Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 194, 27 June 1921 — Page 7

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INSURANCE PROBE MAY EXPLAIN SHIP MYSTERY, THEORY

WASHINGTON. June 27. The theory that the sea mystery of disap pearing ships may be explained through investigation of the insurance carried on tho ships and cargoes has gained credence in governmental circles. After publication today of cable dispatches from London, stating that as a result of a "remarkable sequence of sinkings" English marine insuranco

underwriters had placed the ship owners of one European nation under tho ban. Government investigators here directed their efforts along this channel of research. Commenting on this theory, which first was developed in dispatches revealing that the insurance division of the shipping board had uncovered certain significant facts relating to the insurance carried on missing vessels, Edward C. Plommer, commissioner, asserted that it was "the most plausible of any suggested." Carry Large Insurance. "By reason of the sudden and tremendous fall in ship values, due to' the recent marine depression," Commissioner Plnmmer declared, "the majority of the ships now being operated are carrying insurance far beyond their present market value. Such insurance was placed, he explained, when ship values justified the amount written, but values subsequently have fallen several times under the original insurance figures, he points out Figures announced by the insurance division of the shipping board show that, with the present quotations of ' fS, rteel steamers approximately 40 a ton.

the majority of the board's ships are insured at from $160 to $1S5 a ton. The same conditions apply to vessels of foreign flags insured with American companies, it was pointed out, and London dispatches report that much of the insurance refused by English underwriters to vessels of the European power under the ban has been transferred to the American market The insurance division of the shipping board also is authority for the statement that private insurance underwriters have started an investigation of their own.

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PART ONE I have never known ray friend to be in better form, both mental and physical, than in the year '95. His increasing fame had brought with it an immense practice, and I should be guilty of an indiscretion if I were even to hint at the identity of some of the illustrious clients who crossed our humble threshold in Baker Street Holmes, however, like all great artists, lived for hUr art's sake, and, save in the case of the Duke of Holdernesse, I have seldom known him to claim any large reward for his inestimable services. So unworldly was he or so capricious that he frequently refused his help to the powerful and wealthy where the problem made no appeal to his sympathies, while he would devote weeks of most Intense application to the affairs of some humble- client whose case presented those strange and dramatic qualities which appealed to his imagination and challenged his Ingenuity. In this memorable year '93, a curious and incongruous succession of cases had engaged his attention, ranging from his famous investigation of the sudden death of Cardinal Tosca an inquiry which was carried out by him at the express desire of His Holiness the Pope down to his arrest of WilEon, the notorious canary-trainer, which removed a plague-spot from the East End of London. Close ou the heels of these two famous cases came the tragedy of Woodman's Lee, and the very obscure circumstances which surrounded the death of Captain Peter Carey. No record of the doings of Mr. Sherlock Holmes would be. complete which did not include some account of this very unusual affair. , During the first week of July, my friend had been absent so often and so long from our lodgings that I knew lie had something on hand. The fact that several rough-looking men called during that time and inquired for Captain Basil made me understand that Holmes was working somewhere under one of the numerous disguises and names with which he concealed his own formidable identity. He had at least five small refuges in different parts of London, in which he was able to change his personality. He said nothing of his business to me, and it was not my habit to force a confidence. The first positive sign which he gave me of the direction which his

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investigation was taking was an extra-: ordinary one. He cad gone out before breakfast, and I had sat down to mine when he strode Into the room, his hat upon his head, and a huge barbedheaded spear tucked like an umbrella under his arm. - "Good gracious, Holmes!" I cried. "You don't mean to say that you have been walking about London with that thing?" "I drove to the butcher's and back." "The butcher's?" , "And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast But I am prepared to bet that you will not guess the form that my exercise has taken." "I will not attempt It:" He chuckled as he poured out the coffee. "If you could have looked into Allardyce's back shop you would have

seen a dead pig swung from' a hook in the ceiling, and a gentleman in his shirt sleeves furiously stabbing at it with this weapon. I was that energetic person, and I have satisfied myself that by no exertion of my strength can I transfix the pig with a ringle blow. Perhaps you would care to try?" "Not for worlds. But why were you doing this?" "Because it seemed to me to have an indirect bearing upon the mystery of Woodman's Lee. Ah, Hopkins, I got your wire last night and I have been expecting you. Come and join us." Our visitor was an exceedingly alert man, thirty years of age, dressed in a quiet tweed suit, but retaining the erect bearing of one who was ' accustomed to official uniform. I recognized him at once as Stanley Hopkins, a young police inspector, for who'se future Holmes had high hopes, while he in turn professed the admiration and respect of a pupil for the scientific methods of the famous amateur. Hopkins, brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. "No, thank you, sir. I breakfasted before I came round. I spent the night in town, for I came up yesterday to report." "And what had you to report?" "Failure, sir, absolute failure." "You have made no progress?" "None."

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I "Dear me! I must have a look at the matter."

"I wish to Heavens that you would, Mr.- Holmes. It's my first big chance and I am at my wits' end. For good ness Eake, come down and lend me a hand." 'Well. well, it last hannen that I have already read all the available evidence,. including the report of the inquest, with some care. By the way, what do you make of that tobaccopouch, found on the scene of the crime? Is there no clue there V Hopkins looked surprised. "It was the man's nwn Tv-vurh idr His initials were inside it. And it was of sealskin and he was an old sealer." But he had no pipe." "No, sir, we could find no pipe. Indeed, he smoked verv littlv nnd vet he might have kept some tobacco for ins rrienas. "No doubt I onlv innHvn It hcause, if I had been handling the case. i snouia nave Deen inclined to make that the starting-point of my investigation. However, my friend. Dr. Watson, knows nothing of this matter, and I fhould be none the worse for hearing the sequence of events once more. Just give us some short sketches of the essentials." Stanley HcDkins paper from his pocket. "I have a few dates here which will give you the career of the dead man, Captain Peter Carey. He was born in '45 fifty years of age. He was a most daring and successful seafcand whale fisher. In 18S3 he commanded the steam sealer Sea Unicorn, of Dundee. He had then had several voyages in succession and in the fol lowing year, ism. ne retired. After that he traveled for some years, and finally he bought a small place called Woodman's Lee, near Forest Row, in Sussex. There he has lived for six years, and there he died just a week ago today. "There were some most singular points about the man. In ordinary life, he was a strict Puritan a silent, gloomy fellow. His household consisted of his wife, his daughter, aged twenty, and two female servants These last were continually changing,

for it was never a very cheery sltuation, and sometimes it became past all bearing. The man was an inter- j mittent drunkard, and when he had the fit on him he was a perfect fiend. He has been known to drive his wife and daughter out of doors in the middle of the night, and flog them through the park until the whole village outside the gates was aroused by their screams. "He was summoned once for a savage assault upon the old vicar, who had called upon him to remonstrate with him upon his conduct. In short, Mr. Holmes, you would go far before you found a more dangerous man than

j Peter Carey, and I have heard that he i bore the same character when he com manded his ship. He was known in the trade as Black Peter, and the name was given him, not only on account of his swarthy features and the color of his huge beard, but for the humors which were the terror of all around him. I need not say that he was loathed and avoided by every one of his neighbors, and that I have not beard one single word of sorrow about Lis terrible end." Tomorrow The Adventure of Elack Peter, continued. MARY ROBERTS RINEHART RALLIES AFTER OPERATION NEW YORK, June 27. Mary Roberts Rinehart, author and playwrigttt, was rallying last night after an oper ation for gall stones, performed in a private hospital at 1 o'clock this morn ing. She was stricken suddenly and was rushed to the institution from her apartment in a hotel. She had intended leaving for the West Monday, after a short visit in New York. GERMANY'S UNEMPLOYED FORCES ON THE DECREASE BERLIN. June 27. Unemployment is being gradually reduced throughout Germany. The number of persons supported by the state fell off 40,000 in May to G5S.000, while partial support was being given to 440,000, according to official figures.

On the One Hand Mrs. Jones is "an old-fashioned shopper". When she hits the buying trail, it becomes a warpath. She goes everywhere, sees everything, asks countless questions, and leaves a wake of piledup counters and worn-out sales folk behind her. Sometimes she wonders why a tired girl is a little snippy. Often she suspects that merchandise is not shown to her with particular enthusiasm or graciousness. She wonders why somehow shopping days are becoming an ordeal that leaves her limp and worn-out at supper time. While on the Other Mrs. Smith is a modern shopper. She makes up her mind what she is going to look at before she leaves the house. She knows just where she is going, how much she wants to pay, and where she'll find the right goods at the right prices. She sets out long after Mrs. Jones has left her house, and gets back in time for a cup of tea before getting supper. Everybody has a pleasant word for her, and sometimes she feels that her own face wears a perpetual smile. To her shopping is a pleasure. Now Here's the Difference Mrs. Jones, being old-fashioned, doesn't realize the value-to her-of advertising. Mrs. Smith does. She makes a practice of reading the advertisements in The Richmond Palladium. Sitting at ease in her home, she formulates her shopping program and follows it out. She notes the things that interest her particularly, and plans to cut out waste motion, unnecessary steps and lost time. Are you Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith? Do you make the advertisements work for you? If not, try it. Read the advertisements carefully and regularly. You'll find the steps, the bother, the trouble they' 11 save you will make the shopping day a holiday.

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Morris, Traction Worker, Dies at Cambridge Cit) CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., June 2".E. G. Morris, of this city, an employ of the traction company, was euddenlj stricken with heart disease recentlj while waiting with a gang of workmen for a freight train to pass. - Morris with the other men had been returning from a days' work, on a hand car anc they had removed the machine to al low the train to go by. ' Morris fell tc the ground while he was leaning against the hand car. ;.. . . c, " -

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