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SCOTLAND YARD'S

• IMPORTANT

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WILL ROGERS JOKES AGAIN.

PERSIFLAGE ABOUT".

PERSONÁLITIES.

great little Irish business man stood up in his box to acknowledgo the applause.

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"I wish," said Rogers that he made coffee. England has the greatest statomon but the rotton- cat coffee in the world." London, 4th August-Chiof.

Next came Lord Dewar, in Constable, Wensley and Detective" A smiling, rather nervous man, Rogers" opinion "the finest after Superintendents Nicholas and in a blue and white sult with grey dinner speaker in the world," who Ashley of Scotland Yard, who wore hair slipping over his forehead in promised the American comedian instructed to investigate the mur.something of n Napoleonic curl that Sir Thomas Lipton would der. of a man named Edward, came on the atage of the London take him to Soho, where he would Creed have now discovered an im-Pavilion on July 19th. to poks get the best coffee. portant clue in a pair of blood-humorous fun at everything from "That old guy's good," comment- stained chamofe gloves which did politics to the Prince of Wales. not, belong to Crood."

Ho could not have been mis- He doesn't sit in the House of ed Rogers, "and the bird's a lord. The detectivos infer that the taken, he was chewing gum, he Lord's although he's allowed · in,' murderera used the gloves to con- was Will Rogers, the famous Great place that. House of Lords ceal their finger-printa. Appar American comedian.

of yours I was in there a week or ently the criminals are already Mr. Cocharn says I've got to so ago, and they were debating on known to the police; probably come and introduce myself but an appropriation Bill for the Boer they are professional burglars. never felt so scared in my life,"

Scotland Yard has ordered the he änid, and certainly Mr. Rogera Mr. Rogers says he can stop police to make a search through-looked it. Had it not been for wars. Countries should change Lout "London" for two men-one à his chewing, gum" he would have

places. Japan should exchange six-footer and the other about 6 looked really frightened.

with France, and then if Germany feet 7 inches in height, with one! "In America," he continued "I wants to fight her who cares? leg shorter than the other and a have a standing that over hore America, anyway, can't go to war pronounced imp. Both are said would be like a Premier out of again because it hasn't got a to be rough in appearance: work. My social standing over slogan.

War."

Certain streets a short distance there is about like a Sir' over

"I'd love to see Mussolini In the from the scene of the murder, fre-hero.....

French Chamber of Deputies now," quented by criminals, are being Mr. Rogers thought Americu ran on Rogers, chewing hard at his combed out.

needed a representative so he came gun. "He'd have all those French The murder was discovered over as the first man ever to come frogs jumping in the Seine." when a next-door chemist got the from the United States without a "He's wonderful fellow," anid. smell of gas and called a constable message trying to cement good Rogers, referring to the Prince of who foread open the door of feeling.

Wales. What do they expect him Creed's shop. A trail of blood "Quit cementing," said Mr. Ro-to do when his horse falls down? was found leading to the celler gers. "I'm over here on a diplo-Remain in the air till It gets up where they discovered the body matic mission. I've rend Mr. again? Why those guys that huddled on the steps where it had] Colonel House's book and I've read laugh couldn't even row across the apparently been flung headlong. Lord Grey's book and now I know jumps in a boat."

There was no sign of any wea- who started the war." pon, probably a blunt instrument Next Mr. Rogers then proceed.

was used.

The murderera took on the remarkable course of in- Three new torpedo boats for the- the keys from the victim's pocket troducing to the audience some of German Navy were launched at and cleared the safe of about $50. his English and American friends the naval wharf in Wilhelmshaven A neighbour saw two men loiter-who were in the theatre. First In the presence of Vice-Admiral ing near the shop on the previous there was Miss Dorothy Gish, one Bauer, the former Commander-in- evening one ostensibly selling of the aristocrats of the film. Then Chief of the German submarine flowers.

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