Paris, Nov. 8.
An important clue which may solve the mystery of the abduction of the Tzarist General, Miller, was discovered by the French police when ming books in the flat of Gen.
blin who is suspected of complicity anā whose present whereabouts are unknown.
The police found a bible converted into a secret code. They are now decoding the letters received by the vite of Gen. Skoblin with the help of this bible as they suspect Skoblin kept in touch with his wife by code messages.
Reports add that suspicions were aroused when Gen. Skoblin's wife repeatedly and urgently demanded that her treasured family bible should be sent to her so that she might relieve the tedium of detention in gaol by the study of holy scripture.—Trans-Ocean, Mrs. Schooss Testifies On Damages Sustained The preliminary hearing in the nage suit brought by Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Schooss against the Chry Corporation and the "Hell Drivers" was completed: yesterday in the U.S. Court for China before Judge Milton J. Helmick. The plaintiffs are seeking to recover U.S. $13,000 for damages sustained. The trial will be held later but as the ce-plaintiffs are to leave shortly for the United States their testimony was taken in advance.
In the morning session, Mr. Schooss was cross-examined by Mr. C. S. Franklin who represented the defendants. He was questioned as to his idea of the meaning of the words Hell Drivers." Mr. Schooss replied that the words conveyed to him the idea that the drivers "gave the cars hell" to show that they could withstand the most gruelling tests, and were therefore sturdy and safe.
The witness was then questioned as to whether Mr. Acton was intoxicated a the time the car he was driving in the show crashed through the fence. Mr. Schooss said that Mr.
Acton did not stagger or show signs of intoxication but that he might have been without showing it. He also stated that Mr. Oldfield, the other "Hell Driver", had told him sometime after the accident that Mr. Acton had admitted having vomited prior to the show in which the accident
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