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Movie Star Discov
ers a Navy Graft
New York, —A wealth Of experi
nece in "foiling [lit, villain" ia mov
ie clot^ wa^ put to pood use in the
service of Uncle Sam. b>- Jack Piek
lonl, brother o£ Jlary, and himself
a. movie star, Young Pickford is
^iven the princiual credit for ua-i
oa.-tiiiug tliq gigantic aw-iuults tnat,
it i» cnarged1, have been carried ou
Dy Ue corrupt ring :n the third na
»-^1 uisuict fcere, which has result
od ia the exposure and arrt-st of sev
eu ofUcors, iuelu-diug Knsign lievs,
or the paymaster's corps, aud lorty
yuuneii, and the couvictioa "ad* im
prisonment o£ Lieut. Benjamia l'a
1*
■The graft ia believed to have net
ted 'Uo operators at least ?.>u,uuo.
The uavy officers aad iueu coacenuifl
obtained the money by getting
meu tnrolled in the nav# who were
aoout to be drafted into the army
Dy securing "soft berths" for mea
enli9teii ia the navy, and securing
th>; transfer to laad duty of mea
assigned to (jea duty.
Jack Pickford aud his chum, Jo
seph Whitehead, ieir to the "Coco
Cola" millions, enlisted ia th© na
ry. Both ware approached by a
yeomen wit& th® suggestion that
(bos') who knew the ropes mi?ht
"get somewhere." The young men
«■'. first regarded the proposi
tion as a joke, but took it to the
naval intelligence bureau. White
head aud Pickford www transferred
to the intelligence service, and
wear to work to uuca,th the gang
of iraftera. Whitehead weut to
Lleuf. Davis with » proposition.
"I want to be transferred to the
air service, and my friend. Pick
ford, wautjj to b^ sent to the air
station at Saa Diego"
iW-Tis "ffcli" for tho trap, ana
^ai.t no thought it might bo nr
ranged for a little matter of $1,
oOl). A meeting wag arranged at
♦lis Hotti Plaza. A dictagraph was
installed, the two young men. met
th« officer ami exchanged1 $1,000
in maraed, billg. The arrest of
Lieut. Davis, and his trial and sen
tence ?0 naval prison followed.
JDavis' bank accounts showed many
deposits from $50 up to $500. He
pleaded that New York night life
had tempted him. From this
lead further investigation^ went on.
it was found that a number of of
ficers »nd enllsteti men were spen«L
juj their monej; freelv in ttre cafes
a^ii' cabarets of the White light
district on Broadway. One sec
ond clasg yeoman "blew in" in one
aight $300 for a gmajl dinner par
ty given in honor ox a theatrical
roo" garden beauty.
The collection of evidence and the
arrea* of 4 7 officers and enlisted
men followed.
Home Guards Will
Retain Equipment
Some time since, Governor Riggs
directed Captain C, W. Bush, of
the home guards, to forward all
rifles and ammunitions to the gov
ernment arsenal at Benecia. Califor
nia. At the ym-e the order tame,'
it was not possible to make ship
ment to the point designated, Yes
terday Caotain Bush wired the gov
ernor that he thought it advisable
to retain this equipment here, for
the time being, at least, and the
governor yields to thia request, as
*Le following shows:
Juneau, Alaska, April 9,
1919, Bush, Anchorage,
You can teeo Springflel^ rifles
and ammunition until further advis
ed, oroviiied no expense to the ter
ritory is incurred.
^ . RiGGS* Goveragr.
WOLVES
of the SEA
RANDALL
PARRISH
Ooprrlffct by A. C- McC'lori * uo.
A moment and she bad attained the
Cho»«x to Continue Playing the Fool.
deck. Estada chose to continue play
log the fool.
"Thanks, senorlta—thanks." he be
o'an softly, and again bowing before
her, cap in hand. "We greet you with
due honor aboard the Namur—"
"Enough of that, you coward, you |
murderer," she broke in coldly. "Do j
not touch nor speak to ine."
She turned her back on him, thus
coming fuce to face with LeVere, who
stood enjoying the scene, a wide grin
on bis dark face, revealing a row of
white teeth under a jet-black mus
tache.
"You, sir—you are an officer?"
"1 have charge of the deck."
"Then where am I to go?"
The mulatto, surprised by the sud
den question, glanced inquiringly
toward Estada. who had already com
pletely lost his sense of humor.
J "tui!" the latter growled. "Why
send the wench below. I'll see to her
later, and teach her who Is the master
(here. Off with her now, but be back j
quickly." He leaned out over the rail,
sending his gruff voi«e below. "Send
vCp that chest, you men. Huok on the i
boat, Manuei, and let her drag; we j
must get out of here in a hurry. All i
aloft?"
"Ay, ay. sir."
"Then sheet home; how 19 It for
rard?'
"Both anchors apeak, sir."
"Sraartlv done—hard down with
your helm there! That's It; now let
her play off slowly."
He caugltf sight of me. All the sav- j
ag.» brutality of his nature had been .
brou)dit to the surface by Dorothy's
stinglntr worls. anil he sought now ■
TO 1HE PEOPLE OF SKAfiW.U
Wi'h the reappearance of a few (
' cases of Influenza in our Town, it,
.has been deemed: wise by the City
Council to close, for a short time,
an rlaces of public gatherings such
as Schools, Churcheg, Motion Pic
I tur« Shows, Fraternal Order Meet-1
Jiugs, Card Games, and" ®ny other]
1 meetings where a number of poo- J
'pie *et together. And would, fur
ther request that Parents keeQ their j
children at home or off the streets |
1 ai much ag possible during such >
[quarantine. The City Health de
partment feel confident that they
will be abie to ptamp out this sec- [
oud slight wave of Influenza very1
quickly If they have the honest co
operation of the Town's people gen
erally,
H. Ashley, Mayor.
To incourage reindeer farming in'
Alasia. the government will leet j
rakdeer farmers have a nucleus of'
a herd on moot favorable terms. It |
ig stated tha th-e> usual procedure j
is to loan the herds to farmerB j
wLr are allowed to keoo the in-1
croAse and oay for the origunal herd
iu "mall install meats.
The Victory Loan Committee will ]
get you if you don't watch out.
Choice of Voices.
Edith—Mr. Borelelgh? Oh, dear!
Ill have Ninette tell him I'm out
Alice—Won't the still, small role*
reproach you?
Edith—Maybe, but Fd much rather
hear the still, small voloe than Mr.
Boreleigh's—Boston Even.'ng Tran
script, —1
STififr tit Vd gfofc It vent
Before I c<uld moves he had gripped
mf by tho CoUafr, and Swung me about,
so that tte light streaming out from
the cabin fell directly on my face.
"What the devil are you doing, loaf
ing aft here? I've seen you hanging
about for ten minutes, never lifting a
hand. Who are you anyhow?"
"Joe Gates, sir."
"Gates—another damned English
man ! How did you ever get aboard
here?"
It was the returning LeVere who
made axpls.natlon before I could reply.
"Manuel brought him on board last
night, ricked him up drunk ashore."
"1 see. iVell now, do you happen to
have anylblea who I am. Gates?"
"No, sir—only that yi>u are one of
the officers."
"I ain the first officer, and En com
mand at piesont. Pedro Rstada is my
name. Now, you damned English
whelp, remember that!"
Before I even suspected what was
coming, his unexpected action as swift
as the leap of a poised tiger, he struck
me fairly 'jetween the eyes with the
butt of a pistol, and I went down
sprawling onto the deck. For a mo
ment I seemed, in spite of the vlcious
ness of the blow, to retain a spark of
consciousness, for 1 knew he kicked
me savagely with his heavy sea hoots;
I felt the pain, and even heard the
words, and curses, accompanying each
brutal stroke.
"You drunken dog! Tou whelp of a
sea wolf! You English cur! Take
that—damn you! And that! You'll
not forget me for awhile. That's it
—squirm. 1 like lo see it. Wheu you
wake up again, you'll remember I'edro
Estada. How did that feel, you grunt
ing pig? Here, LeVere, Manuel, throw
this sot into the forecastle. Curse you,
here is one more to jog your memory."
The heavy, iron-shod boot landed
full in my face, and every sensation
left tne as I sauk limply back, bloody
and unconscious.
CHAPTER XII.
A Friend in the Forecastle.
I slowly opened my eyes, to find my
self lying in nu upper bunk of the fore
castle. Memory soon returned, stimu
lated uo doubt by the aching of my
body where Estuda hud so brutally
kicked me with his heavy boot. The
heavy rolling ol' the bark clearly evi
denced that «v were already at sea,
and bucking against a high wind. It
was a dark, disimil, smelly in!s»rior,
amply large enough, but ill ventilated,
and inexpressibly dirty. 1 must have
been lying unconscious for several
hours. 1 rested back, feeling of the
numerous bruises on my body, and
touching ginger! J the dried blood
caked on my face. No very serious
damage seemed to have been done, al
though every muscle and tendon ap
peared to be strained and lacerated.
Clinching my teeth to keep back a
groan. I succeeded In sitting upright,
my heud touching the upper deck, as
I undertook to survey my surround
ings. About half the bunks seemed to
be occupied, the figures of the sleeping
inen barely discernible.
As I sat there, staring about at this
scene there was a stir within the up
per berth on my own level, and an up
lifted face appeared suddenly in the
yellow flare of light. It was mani
festly an English face at first glance,
rosy of cheek, with chestnut beard. A
pair of humorous, gray eyes surveyed
me silently, and then, apparently satis
fied by the scrutiny, the owner sat up
In the bunk, revealing powerful shoul
ders. and a rouiid. bull neck.
"Ahoy, mate," he said pleasantly,
endeavoring to speak low, the effort
resembling the growl of a bear, "llow
do you feel—pretty sore';"
"Ache from head to foot," f an
swered, Immediately feeling his friend
liness. "But no harm done."
"I saw part of it. The damn black
brute kicked snvagi-ly enough, but at
that you're lucky; it's the Spanish
style to use a knife. I've seen that
cock slush a man iuto ribbons for
nothing ut all—just to show he was
bad. Haines tells me your name is
Gates, and that you are English."
"That's right; I shipped first out of i
Bristol."
"So did I. mate—twenty years ago
though, and I never went back since.
My name is Tom Wntkins. Let's shake;
there is quite a spriifkling of us Brit
ishers aboard, anil we ought to hang
together."
lie put out a big, hairy fist, and I (
gripped it heartily, decidedly liking
the man as his eyes frankly met mine.
He appeared honest and scjuure, a fine
type of the English seaman.
He Glanced About Warily.
"Tom WatWns, you said. May I ask
If you were out on theTiow-sprit along
with Haines last night?"
"Just afore the longboat come In?
Yes, we were there."
"Well, I was down below, hanging
to the cnble, and overheard you two
talking together. Somehow, Watklns,
you do not seem to me to fit in exactly
with this gang of pirates; you don't
look to be that sort. How long have
you been with them?" »
He Klaneed about warily, towering
his voice until it became a hoarse
whisper.
"Three years, mate, and most of that
time has been hell. I haven't even
been ashore, but once, and that was
on nn island. These fellows don't put
any trust in my kind, nor give them
any chance to cut and run. Once in
awhile a lad does get away, but most
of them are caught; and those that are
sure get their punishment. They
never try it again. I've seen them
staked out on the sand and left to
die; that ain't no nice thing to remem
ber."
"But how did you come into it?"
"Like most of the rest. I was sec
ond mate of the Ranger, a Glasgow
brig. These fellows overhauled us at
daybreak about a hundred miles off
the east end of Cuba. Our skipper was
Scotch, and he put' up some fight, but
it wasn't any use. There was only
three of us left alive when the pirates
came aboard. One of these died two
days later, and another was washed
overboard and drowned down in the
Gulf. I am all that is left of the
Ranger."
"You saved your lire ny taking on r
"Sanchez had the two of us, who
were able to stand, back In his cabin.
He put it to us straight. He said it
was up to us whether we signed up or
walked the plank; and he didn't ap
pear to care a damn which we chose."
"And you say others of this crew
have been obtained in the same man
ner?" I questioned, deeply Interested,
and perceiving in this a ray of hope.
"Not exactly—no, I wouldn't pre
cisely say that. It's true, perhaps,
that most of the Britishers were forced
to join in about the same way I was,
and there may be a Scandinavian or
two. with a few Dutch, to be counted
in that list; but the most are plrafces
from choice. It's their trade, and they
like it. Sanchez only aims to keep
hold of a few good men, because he
has got to have sailors; but most of
his crew are nothing but plain cut
throats. Indians and half-breeds, nig
gers, Creoles, Portuguese, Spanish, and
every mongrel you ever henrd of. San
chez himself is half French. The hell
hound who kicked you is a Portu
guese. and LeVere is more nigger than
anything else. I'll bet there is a hun
dred rats on board this Namur right
now who'd cut your throat for a sov
ereign, and never so much as think of
It again."
"A hundred? Is there that many
aboard?"
"A hundred an' thirty all told. Most
o' 'em bunk amidships. They're not
sailormen, but Just cut-throats, an' sea
wolves. Yer ought ter see 'em swarm
out on deck, like hungry rats, when
thar's a light coinin'. It's all they're
good fer."
"Watkins," I said soberly, after a
pause during which he spat on the
dirty deck to thus better express his
feelings, "do you mean to say that in
three years you've had no chance to
escape? No opportunity to get away?"
"Not a chance, mate; no more will
you. I know what yer thinkin' 'bout. I
had them notions too when I fust
come aboard—gettin' all the decent
sort tergether, and takin' the vessel.
'Twon't work; thar ain't 'nough who
wud risk it, and if thar wus, yer
couldn't get 'em tergether. Sanchez is
too damn smart fer thet. Every damn
rat is a spy. I ain't hed no such talk
as this afore in six months, Gates; the
last tune cost me tw .nty msnes at cne
mast-butt WhatV*' yer have in yer
mind, mate?"
"Only this, Wntklns. I've got to do
something, and believe I can trust you
—It's not my life I'm thinking about,
but that of a woman."
"A woman! Not the one brought
aboard last night?"
"Exactly; now listen—I'm going to
tell you my story, and ask your help.
My name is not Gates, and I am not
the man Mendez brought aboard drunk,
and who was thrown over the rail by
LeVere. That fellow was drowned. I
am Geoffry Carlyle, an English skip
per."
Thereupon I told him my story in
detail. Then I said:
"I have no plan; to become a mem
ber of the crew was my only thought.
But I must act, If at all, before the
captain recovers. He would recognize
me at sight. You will aid, advise
me?"
"That is easier'to ask than answer,
mate," he admitted finally. "I am an
English seaman, and will do my duty,
but, so far as I can see, there is no
plan we can make. It is God who will
save the girl, if she is to be saved. He
may use us to that end, but it is
wholly beyond our power to accom
plish it alone. The only thing I can
do is to sound out the men aboard, and
lenrn Just what we can expect of them
if any opportunity to act comes. There
are not more than a dozen at most to
be relied upon. Play your part, and
keep quiet. If you can let her know
of your presence aboard It might be
best—for If she saw you suddenly, un
prepared, she might say or do some
thing to betray you. There are other
reasons why It may be best for her to
know she is not entirely deserted."
He leaned over, motioning me
toward him, until his lips were at my
e«r
"It may not prove as hopeless as it
appears now," he whispered confiden
tially. "I helped carry Sanchez to his
stateroom, and washed and dressed his
wound. There Is no surgeon aboard.
He has a bad cut, and is very weak
from loss of blood. The question of
our success hinges on Pedro Estuda.
This Is a chance he has long been
waiting for. The only question is, has
he the nerve to act. I doubt if he hiis
alone, but LeVere is with him, and
that half-breed would cut the throat
of his best friend. You understand?
—the death of Sanchez would make
Estada chief."
"But," I interposed, "in that case
what would the crew do?"
"Accept Estada, no doubt; at least
the cut-throats would be with him, for
he is of their sort. But Sanchez's
death would save you from discovery,
and," his voice still lower, so that I
barely distinguished the words, "in the
confusion aboard, if we were ready,
the Nauiur might be so disabled as to
compel them to run her ashore for re
pairs. That would give you a chance.
If once we reach Porto Grande there
is no hope."
A marllng-spike pounded on tlio
scuttle, and Haines* voice roared
down.
"Port watch! Hustle out, bullies!"
(Continued on Saturday)
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