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porters presence had convinced him that she an
intimate friend
Just what time was the theft discovered?" in
quired The Thinking Machine
Within a few minutes of half past nine
AT what time did most of the guests arrive?'
Between half-past nine and ten"
Then at half-past nine, continued the scientist
there could not have been many persons there?1
perhaps dozen, returned the reporter.
And who were they?
Their names, you mean? l don't know"
Well find out directed The Thinking Machine
crustly. IF the servants are removed from the
case, and there were. dozen other persons in the
house, common sense tells us to find out who and
what they were. Suppose. Mr.. Hatch, you had at
tended that ball and stolen that necklace; what
would have been your natural inclination after
ward,"
Hatch stared at him blankly for minute, then
smiled whimsically. You mean how would have
tried to get away with it," he asked.
Yes. When would you have left the place."
That's rather hard to say Hatch declared
thoughtfully. But think should either have
gone before anybody else did, through fear of dis
covery, else | should have been of the last
through excess of caution
Then proceed along those lines, instructed The
Thinking Machine You might almost put that
down a law of crminology 1t will enable you
in the beginning, therefore, to narrow down the
dozen guests to the first and the last who left "
Deeply bordering this little inter lection of psy-
chology into very material affair, Hatch went his
way. In the course of events he Mrs. Dilling-
ham who out of consideration for her guests, fatty
refused to give their
Luckily for Hatch, the butler didn't feel that way
about at all. This due partly the fact that
Detective Mallory had given him miserable half
hour and partly, perhaps, to the fact that the
porter oiled his greedy palm with bill of two
figures
TO begin with" said the reporter 81 want to
know the of the first dozen or so persons who
arrived here that evening" mean those who were
here when you went up to speak with Mrs. Dilng-
ham
81 might find out, sir Their cards were laid on
the salver they arrived and that salver, think
has remained undsturbed. Therefore, the first
dozen cards it would give you the names you
want"
Now, that's something like" commented the
reporter enthusiastically And do you remember
any person who left the house rather early that
EVENING""
No. sir" was the reply Then suddenly there
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Oil DllSSI ilS
Thinking Machine
he did not mention
the mysterious wo-
man in the automo-
bile. However curl
Gus those incidents
in which he and she
had figured were, they
were inconsequen-
tial, and there was
nothing to connect
them in anyway with
the problem in hand.
The strange woman's
meeting with Mrs.
Dillingham; in the re-
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lace" she explained so far at least, as we have
been able to find out Mrs Dillingham; began dress
ing at about halfpast eight o'clock, and l assisted
her usual l suppose it was half-past nine when
she finished All that time the necklace in the
jewel box on her dressing table. 1t was the only
article of iewelrv in the box.
We'll, the butler up about half-pa nine
O'Clock for his final instructions, and Mrs Dillng
ham went into the adjoining to talk to him.
1t was not more than minute later when she sent
down to the conservatory for a for her hair
She was still talking to him when | returned five
minutes later. l put the in her hair, and she
sent me into her dressing room for her necklace
When | looked into the jewel box, the necklace was
gone. l told Mrs. Dillingham;. The butler heard
me That S all know of it, except that Mrs Dill
lingham went into mysteries and tainted and tele
phoned for the doctor"
Detective Mallory regarded the girl coldly; Hatch
knew perfectly what coming. You are quite
sure, asked the detective, that you did not take
the necklace with you when you went down to the
conservatory, and pass it to confederate the
outside.
The sudden pallor of the girl her AFFECT cringing
fright, answered the question to Hachs satisfaction
even before she opened her lips with denial Hatch
himself was about to ask question, when footman
entered
Mrs Dillingham; will see you in her boudoir"
he announced.
From the lips of Mrs Dillingham; they heard
identically the story the maid had told. Mrs.
Dillingham; did not suspect anyone of her household
For half hour the detective Intercepted her;
then there came rap at the door, and woman
tered.
why, Dora!' exclaimed Mrs Dillingham;
The young woman went straight to her. put her
glare defantly at Detective Mallory and Hutchin-
son Hatch. The reporter gasped-it was the mys-
ferrous woman of the automobile An exclamation
was on his lips; but something in her ewes warned
him, and he silent.
When on the following day, Hutchinson Hatch
related the circumstances of the theft of Mrs Dill
linghams necklace to Professor Augustus S. F. X.
Van DuSen - The
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Strange Quest of The Thinking Machine
By JACQUES FUTRE

and slammed the door as the chauffeur
leaped down from his seat From the other
side came an answering door slam, as if an
echo.
Five minutes later Hatch joined Detective
Mallory inside. At just that moment the
detective was listening to the story of Mrs.
Dillingham's maid.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
ONE THOUSAND STUDENTS
That Number at the University;
Junior Mining Engineers.

According 10 the official list Issued bv
Registrar George Coray OF the rnlYcr-
SHY. Tuesday afternoon. there are almost
- thousand students registered I'm tho
different departments and schools of the
institution OF the 999 students regis
tered during the present school year. 5S5
or IS.6 per cent. are of college standing
while the remaining il.3 per cent ONLY
have highschool standing. All students
NJ the school having three years high
school work or the equivalent thereof.
axe ranked as preparatory students
The junior mining engineers of th.
school ~ill hold a meeting this afternoon
10 decide where they will spend the first
SLY weeks of their vacation on The course
IN mine surveying. An students who are
graduated from the course In mining en-
SlnecilnS are required 10 make this trim
IN the field. Part Of the time Is spent
IN Inspecting mills. part In making loca-
tloh and patent surveys. and finally un-
dersround work, ono OF the big mining
camps OF the State L. selected MS The
WORKING grounds. Sentiment among thr
Juniors iavors Park City. Eureka and
Alta as the scene OF this work
There has been much talk NJ ihe
sthooi during The present year among up-
per Gldssmen In the engineering school
LaNuIing an extended tour OF inspection
pi me neighboring States. TO visit ali the
DIG industrial ccDters. Heretofore no
such Trips have been made by students
)i the University, but such excurajons
are made by the juniors and seniors of
pthCr schools. and this action IS directly
N line with The advancement OF Inc
State School OF Mines. The proposed temy
would include visits To I.eadvilc. Pueblo |
ma Denver. In Colorado. Butte and An
icolina. IN Montana. and most of ih. hIp
mining camps CT Utah.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
WARRANTS FOR SPECTATORS
Chicago Determined to Stop Grating
in Theater Tickets

CHICAGO, March 26-Nineteon war
rants for the arrest of as many specuIa-
tors in theater tickets were sworn ont
today by Assistant Corporation Counsel
Wade.
The city council several days ago
passed an ordinance prohibiting The sale
or theater tickets AT any place but the
box office of a theater or for any price
other than that printed on the tickets
since the passage of the ordinance IL
mas been charged that many OF the spec
uiators have ignored the ordinance and
nave been selling tickets as formerly.
Among those for whom warrants were
issued were number OF theatrical man.
ayers. as Well as the men charged with
the unlawful selling ot tickets The most
prominent Of the managers named are
George w. Lederer. manager OF the CO.
lonial theater; Harry j. Powers. John A
EMnlin OF the Grand. VIII j. Davis OF
me Illinois. Herbert &. Dacc OF the Car
rlck, and Lyman d. Lover of the Ma
IestiC
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
Six Thousand Men VIII Walk
Out May | to Enforce
Their Demands.
EMPLOYERS REFUSE TO
GRANT EIGHT-H0UR DAY
Building Operations Which Re-
quirc Structural Steel VIII
Be Checked.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-On
May | next all the iron trades in
San Francisco, comprising twenty-one
unions and 5000 men, will strike for
an eight t-hour day. This action was
decided upon this moruing in pro-
tracted meeting OF the Iron Trades
council.
Tho strike Will affect the Union. Ris.
don and Fulton iron works; all the ma
chine, copper and boiler shops in this
city, and all the construction work
which requires the use of iron 1t is
anticipated that the small shops Will
concede the demands. but the big three
may fight. If they resolve TO do so the
complications will be serious, as the last
strike lasted for ten months.
The argument of the employers In re-
sisting the demand is that they cannot
grant an eight-hour day and compete
with the Eastern manufacturers. who
plan on the basis of the nine hour day
prevailing throughout the East.
The men reply to this, first, that Z
per cent of The work done on this coast
IS repair work. IN which no considera-
tlon Of Eastern manufacturers enter In
any way; second, that railroad rates
are go high from Eastern points and the
deliveries SO slow that tho Eastern
manufacturers find ii difficult to COM
Petc Win thP w est on any OASIS, lnrd,
that the possibility of competition is re-
stricted to 30 per cent. and that the
local workers are now taxed beyond
their ability 10 supply the demands;
and fourth, that on May | all the iron
workers In Brooklyn, New York, Jersey
CITY and other manufacturing centers
will declare a simultaneous strike for
The eight-hour day, thus reducing the
Eastern mauufacturer TO the same basis
ot competition as is contemplated for
he Western DrndUror
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
PROTEST TURNED DOWN
Plans for Financing American Tele-
graph and Telephone Company Go.

NEW YORK. March pa protest
against the financing Of the American
Telephone and Telegraph company was
made al the annual meeting Of the com
pany today by counsel for J. s. FAY Jr
who Is said To be n large stockholder
After President Fish Of the company has
replied to Mr. Fay. 1t was decided 10
take no action upon the protest.
The protest was based upon an option
price fiXed upon 100000. 900 convertible
bonds 70 j. +. Morgan &; Co. Fay con-
lends that this price was considerably
below the price at which the bonds were
ohered TO the public. He considered the
action unfavogaDle 10 the best interests
OF the company aud showed poor hnan-
cal Judgment.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
FIERCE FIRE IN NINE
May Be Necessary to Flood Part of
Homestake Workings.

LEAD, s. D.. March GA fierce fire
IS burning in the Goo-foot level in the
Homestake mine here. and ii NAV be-
come necessary TO flood that part OF the
workipss 10 put out the flames
A dozen miners were caught back of
the point where the FIRE started and
were rescued with difficulty. \ number
Oh t9em mad been overcome by gas and
smoke. Nine horses have been bIirnnG
10 ualh. The fve started last evening
In the stables at the 600-foot level and
spread quickly to the timbcred slopes be-
tween the Highland SHAFT and the Star
moist NO miners. except a few 10 fight
the fire, were allowed in the mine today,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
Afflicted With rheumatism

"I was and am yet afflicted with
rheumatism says Mr.. j. C. Bayne,
editor of the Herald, Addington. Indian
Territory, "but thanks to Chamber
lain 8 Pain Balm am able once more to
attend 10 business. 1t is the best of
Gniments." If troubled with rheuma
tism give Pain Balm a trial and you are
certain to be more than pleased with
the prompt relief it affords. One appll-
cation relieves the pain. For sale by
all leading druggists.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
WELB0RN SUCCEEDS HEARNE
Will Become President of Colorado
Fuel and Iron COMPANY

DENVER March 2s-Announcement
WAS made here today that Jesse r.. Wei
born has been chosen by the board of
directors OF the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company Ia succeed the late Frank J.
llearne as president Of the company Mr.
Welborn entered the service OF the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company as a clerk
seventeen wears ago. and at the time of
President Hearnes death was vice-presi-
dent and sales and traffic manager
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
Salt Lake AGENT Drowned

RIVERSIDE, Cal. March 26-Word
was received here today Of the acciden-
tai death Of Earl Nash and Henry Con
nelly on the Mojave river. fifty miles
east OF Otis. where Nash was agent of
the Salt Lake Route. The men were in
specting a piledrver when il overturned.
precipitatng them into the river Their
bodies have not vet been recnYered
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
Dies Praying for Husband.

CLEVELAND. March 2G-Mrs. Lillian
Avery. who shot her husband Sunday
evening when she was slowly diving of
malignant cancer. caused by her husband
striking her while the couple lived in
Chicago. according to her statement died
today, Her husband is al hospital i'm
= precarlous condition. Mrs. Avery died
praying for his recovery
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
TRAINMEN ARRESTED
Engineer and Conductor Face Charpe
OF Manslaughter, Heavy Bail

LOS ANGELES. March 2G.-Charged
with mansIsughter. Engineer Kelly and
Conductor Humble OF the Santa Fe, who
were in charge of the Overland which
Co!lided wtih the Students excursion
ram on the bridge spanning the Los
Angeles river, Saturday nirIl ca,,si',
inc death OF five persons. have been arr
rested. There are two cases against each
OF Inc defendants and the court fixed hail
man,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-27
TWo-Cent Fare Bill Passes.

HARRISBURG. March 2e.-The Senate
To-Day passed the House two-ccnt rail
road fare bill. which now goes TO the
House for concurrence in the Senate
amendments. one Of which provides n
fine of $1,000 for each ofTense committed
by railroad company against the pro
visions OF the act ~
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18
can,t Do Il 81 statute.

Any corporation is entitled to a fair
return on a1l its legitimate invest
ments over and above ali expenses
when these are carefully and econom-
tcally administered. There are some
corporations which are undoubtedly
pverchaTglng the public, but there are
more whose stock has never paid amy
dividends whatever, and only an IN
fortunate aggravation OF the present
strained relations existing between the
people and the public service corpora
lions can result from the expectation
of the former that they can through
legislative action obtain a universal
reduction in the charges made by such
corporatIons.-A1unicipaI Journal and
Engineer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18

The city fathers of Brunswick. Mo-
have just done good stroke of busi-
ness in selling Its lighting plant for IS
cents on the dollar, taking pay in
light and water 1t is fortunate 1t
wasn't municipal bakery. It would
be hard to pay for that by sending
large drafts OF -rhubarb pie and cream
cakes to the city treasury, to say moth
Ing OF the risk Brunswick would incur
OF sudden attack of civic indigestion
running into chronic appendicitis from
overindulgence in doughnuts. Opera
tions upon the body polite are danger
Gus things, since the patient IS apt to
experience I'll effects from taking gas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18

BRAND1sHNG A KNIFE AND YELLING.
Of Cleveland started to do the job Of
pairing down Mrs. Lukes' fat hips With
big knife. Brandishing knife and
yelling to his fleeing wife to halt, no
ran full tilt into policeman. He was
borne to the police station, but his
ndipose wife's fearful entreaties won
him freedom ut the hands OF Judge
whelan.
When John courted the now corpu-
lent wife of his bosom hnck iu south
ern Europe che was slim. Now she is
Fat despite his squandering OF count
less dollars for treatment. He suspect
ed her of failure to obey instructions,
and when he read in Sunday news
paper that slim figures now were the
rage he started on his would be cutting
expedition.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18

t1ie nloi0rrnen ronts0cfors WIlfcfIficn,
eastman. ditch digeeiE. Isnemen. eIecs
tThcians, ana so on. to nssess for sim.
uar purposes. the public win doubt
less enjoy free elections. One might
almost hope that such fund as this
would wax so great that after elections
are over there would be balance left
70 declare a municipal dividend with.
The byproducts Of the municipal own
ership idea grow daily more and moro
Interesting, not to say aIluring.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18

It Is nonsense TO cay that municipal
ownership breeds socialism. On the
contrary, it is driving people back to
IndivIdualism. In some European
cities people who used to patronize the
troIleys now walk because they wish
30 get where they are going along
lines OF least official resistance. And
In Valley City, n. D., the quality of the
service OF the public gas plant has
driven number OF business men to
install gasoline lighting systems OF
their own on their premises.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18
us WIFE TOO FAT.

Fsstidioua Man Tries to Trisa Her
Down With Butcher Knife.
Because continued taking on OF fesh
destroyed the sylphlike e4ines which
distinguished his wife In her youth
and antiobesity pills and the services
OF masseurs and other anticorpuIency
doctors, paid for with more than half
his earnings. did no good John Lukes
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18
SWEET MELODY FLOUR.

Dewitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
afford quick relief for all forms Of
kidney and bladder trouble. a
weeks treatment 25c. Sold by all
druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18
q g

Muncie. Ind. has abandoned her
lighting plant, hut consoles herself
with the thought that her bonds re-
main. As the poet said, or would have
said If he had thought OF 1t:
Old ties are hard to sever.
Other ties endure forever.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-18

The increase OF tho public debt Of
Birmingham. England, from $4,O0o,ooo
In the early seventies OF the last cen
fury to $75,0oo,ooo, according to the
last available figures, shows how COM
pletely municipal ownership wipes out
debt of that kind. Alongside of $780,
100000, n paltry sum OF 100000 is
not only wiped out but actually an.
initiated.
The police of Chicago were assessed
In the last elections to pay the ex-
pouses of the municipal ownership
campaign. This is another point in
favor of a comprehensive system of
public ownership. After awhile. with
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-10-17
MYSTERY IN TREE GROWTH.
Whence and How II Came No Man
Can Tell


Can Tell.
One OF the most wonderful among
the many incomprehensible mys-
teries Of earth Is tree growth. says
the Montgomery (AIa.) Advertiser.
Everything connected with life and
growth, animal and vegetable, is a
mystery, for that matter, for all hu-
hidden operations Of nature. or to
tell the why and how OF life. We see
two plants growing side by side, fed
from the same sources below and
above the ground, so far as we can
determine. yet one produces a beau
tiful rose and the other an ill-smell-
ing and ugly opposite. One tree pro-
duces a delicious peach and another
sour crab, yet so far as we can see
the same elements sustain both. We
see and realize the difference, but
fail to understand It.
But there are some things about
tree growth, aside from leaves. flow
ers, or fruit, that are as deep mys-
terry as anything connected with ami
NAL life. An acorn, for example, is
planted in the earth, and in due time
1t sends down roots and sends UP
tiny sprout. II not interfered with
It continues to grow, and in the
course of many years becomes tree.
During this time the roots have been
attracting moisture and food from
the earth, and the trunk and limbs
have been obtaining something from
the air. Each year a new layer of
wood Is added. and so 1t continues
till great giant of the forest is the
result.
The material for all this wood has
been obtained somehow and from
some source but how 1t is done is the
mystery. 1t may be one of many
great trees growing almost against
each other, and each has managed 10
absorb many cords Of wood from
some hidden recess of nature which
man cannot fathom. We can search
the earth and the air with all our
powers and with all the instruments
and appliances at our command, but
we will fail to detect the tree germs
Nor is this all of the great mystery.
Two trees grow up side by side, fed
from the same source, yet the wood
of one is the soft yellow poplar and
the other hard white hickory; one
may be beautiful birds eye or curled
maple. and the other pitch pine or
oak. There is another mystery that
man cannot penetrate. Somewhere
or somehow the alchemy or chemis-
try or machinery Of nature carries on
its tireless and ceaseless work, and
the result Is before us. That is all
man knows, and probably all he will
ever know, on the subject. All ma
ture Is a mystery. and the growth of
trees Ia not the least
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-10-17
The Cost of Bull Fighting.

Bull fighting In Spain is not suf-
fering from lack of patronage, for
during the last year some twelve
thousand bulls were killed in fights.
From three to six bulls are killed at
q performance, and at least $500
fights may be reckoned.
Bulls for fighting purposes are
costly. They are raised on special
ranches and are intended for fight
Ing and no other use. One of the lar
gest is that OF the Duke of Veragua,
In Andalusia, and his ranch has
made tremendous fortune for him
The bulls are smaller and more
pugnacious than the common cattle
and properly handled will put up O
game fight. That they will not give
up without struggle Is proven by
the fact that some ten thousand
horses were killed by the bulls In the
different fights.
Unlike the bulls. the horses are oI
the cheapest sort, and some are sc
infrm that they can scarcely tottei
about the ring until dlsembowelinl
brings them relief from their tor
ture.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-10-17
The Brotherhood of Man.


A scalawag Chinaman had q young
son,
Brown as a coffee bean, eyes full OF
fun
HI, VI, yellicky mallico.
And he was the petted of all China
town,
AS his father stood tossing him up
and down.
All swathed in Yankee calico.
You should have seen that parent
grin
His cheek bones high go out and
Hica, mica, zellapho kay!
Hearing the babes hilarious cry
At the lanterned red doorway,
All the ilders gathered by;
An lrishman with pipe at mouth,
A burly negro from the South,
An EsQuimau from the Wild West
show.
A cowboy in sombrero,
A union plumber. and n man
Who looked like an American,
An organ grinder, peanut vender,
The husband of the Witch OF
All Joined in the rhythmic din
On every face a common grin,
Watching the babe go up and down.
The cutest thing In Chinatown.
One touch of nature, making kin
The whole wide world, was surely in
The scalawag Chinaman and his
young son
Retta metakah, gillibo tay!
Jasper Barnett Cowd!n.