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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-07-29
CHAPTER vi.
In the East Corridor.

In the East Corridor.
When the detective left he enjoined
absolute secrecy on everybody in the
household. The Greenwood club
promised the same thing, and as there
are no Sunday afternoon papers, the
murder was not publicly known until
Monday. The coroner himself notified
the Armstrong family lawyer, and
early in the afternoon he came out.
Il had not seen Mr.. Jameson since
morning, but knew he had been in
terrogating the servants. Gertrude
was locked in her room with d head
ache, and l had luncheon alone.
Mr.. Harton, the lawyer, was a little,
thin man, and he looked as If he did
not relish his business that day.
This is very unfortunate, Miss In
nes," he said, after we had shaken
hands. "Most unfortunate-an and mys-
FERROUS. With the father and mother
in the west, find everything devolves
on me; and, as you can understand,
1t is an unpleasant duty"
'No doubt" said absently. "Mr.
Harton, am going to ask you some
questions, and I hope you will answer
them. feel that I am entitled to
some knowledge, because and my
family are just now i4 most ambigu-
GUS position"
I don't know whether he under
stood me or not; he took of his
glasses and wiped them.
II shall be very happy" he said
with old-fashioned courtesy.
''Thank you. Mr. Harton, did Mr..
Arnold Armstrong know that Sunny.
side had been rented?"
Il think he did. In fact, I my
self told him about it.
"And he knew who the tenants
were?"
YES. 81 III
"IIe had not been living with the
family for some years, I believer" E
mo. Unfortunately. there had been
trouble between Arnold and his IA
ther. For two years he had lived In
town"
Then It would be unlikely that he
came here last night to get possession
Of anything belonging to him7"
II should think It hardly possible, :,
he admitted. TO be perfectly frank,
Miss Innes. I can not think Of any
reason whatever for his coming here
% he did. He had been staying ct
tho club house across the valley for
the last WeSk Jarvis tells me. but
g. /, fAwnA Has.a
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was as blind as-as some detectives,
he could walk right in"
"Liddy," said sharply, "come down
with us and turn on all the lights"
She offered her resignation, as us.
ual, on the spot, but took her by the
arm, and she came along finally. She
switched on all the lights and pointed
to door just ahead.
"That's the door," she said sulkily.
'The keys in it,
But ther key was not in It. Mr..
Jameson shook it, but it was heavy
door, well locked. And then he stopped
and began punching around the key.
hole with the end Of lead pencil.
When he stood up his face was exul.
tant. II
tits locked on the inside" he said
in allow tone. There Is somebody in
there" Z
Lord have mercy!" gasped Liddy.
and turned to run.
(ro BE CoNTINUED.)
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RAIL CHIEF HAS A School

H. E. Byram. vicepresident Of the Burlington
system, has been teaching school in St.. Louis
Naturally it is railroad school and notable from
the fact that the occasion was the first upon
which the man who recently shouldered the rs
sponsibilities Of operation Of the Burlington sys.
tenn had been In st. Louis.
From the time Mr.. Byram left the Chicaxo
headquarters he became peripatetic pedagogue-
travelling teacher as It were--for he Is goinrss
all over the Burlington System, meeting member
Of tho operating and trafhc stan at division M
district Headquarters and holding little education
al meetings. @ ss ssSs All
He had school composed Of local celebritiaas
in ST Louis. One was W. a. Taloe, assistant = ~
eral nassenger aren't vh0 ~ sf6vinw tl,.
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ought to be able to change the plan
pect of suspicion"
There is little in the paper ITSELF"
he admitted; 'but why should Arnold
Armstrong carry that around, unless
it meant something? He never built
a house, you may be sure of that. If
it is this house, it may mean anything
from secret room"
ITO an extra bathroom" I said
scornfully. Haven't you thumb.
print. too?"
II have" he said with smile, land
the print of foot in tulip bed, and
a number of other things. The odd
est part is, Miss Innes, that the
thumb-mark is probably yours and the
footprint certainly"
His audacity was the only thing
that saved me; his amused smile put
me on my mettle, and I ripped out a
perfectly good scallop before I an
swered.
"Why did step into the tulip bed?"
asked with interest. ~.
"You picked up something" he said
spontaneously, (which you are 60
ing to tell me about later"
cam I, indeed?" 1 was politely Gu
rious. with this remarkable insight
of yours, I wish you would tell me
where I shall find my four.thousand-
dollar motorcar."
II was just coming to that" he
said. 'You will find it about 80 miles
away, at Andrews Station, in a black
smith shop, where it is being re-
paired"
I laid down my knitting then and
looked at him.
"And Halsey?" I managed to say.
I'VE are going to exchange infor-
nation" he said. II am going to tell
you that, when you tell me what you
picked up in the tulip bed"
We looked steadily at each other; it
was not an unfriendly stare; we were
only measuring weapons. Then he
smiled little and got up.
with your permission" he said, Il
am going to examine the card room
and the staircase again. You might
think over my offer in the meantime"
He went on through the drawing
room. and l listened to his footsteps
growing gradually fainter. dropped
my pretence at knitting and, leaning
back, thought over the last 48 hours.
Here was l. Rachel lines, spinster, a
granddaughter Of old John lines of
revolutionary days. d. A. R.. Co
lonial Dame. mixed up with vulgar
and revolving crime, and even at
tempting to hoodwink the law! Ger
tainly had left the straight and mar.
row way.
was reused by hearing Mr., jamie
son coming rapidly back through the
drawing room. He stopped at the
door.
Miss Innes." he said quickly, "will
you come with me and light the east
corridor? / have fastened somebody
IN. the small room at the head Of the
card room stairs"
jumped up at once.
You mean-the murderer?" ii I
gasped.
Possibly" he said quietly, as we
hurried together up the stairs. Some
one was lurking on the staircase
when went back. spoke; instead
| Of an angwer. whoever It was turned
and ran UP. followed lit was dark
but as turned the corner; at the,
top q figure darted through this door
and closed itA The bolt vas an nv
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OLD GUERRILLA CHIEF OUT

Col John S. Mosby, the famous Confederate
guerrilla of Civil war days has lost his position az
a special attorney in the department of justice,
after eight years there.
In the absence of Attorney General Wicker
sham no explanation was made at the depart
ment Old age. that nightmare Of superannuated
government employees, it is understood, was the
main reason for the dismissal.
COL Mosby Is about seventy-three years of age.
To his old friends he appears active and energetic
He has been blind in one eye since he was
young man. and lately has been getting deaf
The colonels history as fighting man, his
achievements with small band of guerrillas dur
ing the great war between the states. has given
him place. in history that has marked him for
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MS
in the financial
the
Co.
HIS election the directorate and finance committee the United States
tors the the father amiize
with views than
banking
is much like his
looking
little In
made him extremely popular both business and society,"
He is athlete
most banking business
the
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"The quarrel, believe" he per-
sisted, twas about Mr.. Armstrong;
conduct to you, Miss Gertrude. He
had been paying you unwelcome at
tentions."
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IN THE LIMELIGHT
TO HEAD MONEY HEPTARCH'

]. Pierpont Morgan. Jr., whom Thomas Ryan
says is to head an American financial heptarchy.
recently has been visiting some of the vast prop
erty interests to which he is to fall heir Young
Morgan marveled at the huge steel plants in
Pittsburg, part of the United States Steel cor
poration-the trust-which is controlled by his
father. He also visited the mills at Gary, Ind.
which are growing so rapidly. and found much
to ponder over there.
Although the impression is far from general.
young Morgan is in many ways much like his IA
Their. He may not have the latteT>s organizing
genius; that remains to be seen
But he has the dominating personality and ap-
titude for business that made the elder Nor
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distinction for He appointed special
signed break the caemens
the middle threats
him the appreciation President
the which recently
Colonel Republican
evng that be method
special yoe
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h Egyptian
spite Of this
vceoy OF India There effort
nothing
generally the idea that the taking
vice and will rule with a
In England Mr. Roosevelt followed this telling the British
should right
establish maintain
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SYNOPSIS 'j'

Miss 1nnes. spinster and guardian Of
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nl-
meroYs difficulties the servants deserted
she was startled by a dark figure on the
veranda. She. passed a terrible night
which was filled with unseemly noises
In the morning Miss Innes found q
strange link cuff button in a clothes
hamper. Gertrude and Halsey arrived
with Jack Bailey. The house was awak-
was found shot to death in the hall.
It proved to be the body of Arnold Arm
strong, whose banker father owned the
country house. Miss Innes found Hal
sey's revolver on the lawn. He and Jack
Bailey had disappeared. The link cuff
button mysteriously disappeared. De-
tective Jameson and the coroner arrived.
Gertrude revealed that she was engaged
to. Jack Bailey, with whom she had
talked in the billiard room few mo-
ments before the murder
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
OREGON FOOTBALL SQUAD
is HARD AT PRACTICE

University OF oregon, Eugene, Ore.
September 27-Headed by Coach
Warner, the Oregon football team is
now in the preliminary practice OF the
year. such as falling on the bail,
catching punts and improving the
wind. Coach Warner believes in hard
work and plenty of il and the veter-
ans OF the team find the early prac-
tice OF the same length of time and
strenuousness as the mid-season
grind.
With eight old men in line. Warner
has a nucleus to work around. Grad
last years team. Perhaps the great
est loss is that of Dud Clark. the
punter OF the last four seasons. His
absence leaves oregon without a punt
er and Coach Warner mas his work
cut out to fill Clark's shoes.
The assistant coaches this season
are Gordon Moores and Hunt. Noores
Is too we'll known in northwest foot
ball circles to need introduction. His
playing on the Oregon team for four
years was consistently brilliant.
Noores has the reputation among
football men of being one of the
craftiest who ever played in the
northwest. His choice Of chief as
sistant to Warner is a timely one.
Hunt, OF Cornell, is also a good foot
ball man and comes with a football
reputation.
Louis Pinkham, one of the great
est tackles known in the northwest,
will also assist during the season.
The physical condition of the squad
will be in the keeping Of Bill Hay
ward, the greatest trainer of the west
The squad at Oregon this year con-
sists of some so men. From this
bunch of material will be formed three
teams, the varsity, the second team
and the freshman.
The varsity will play the following
games.
Alumni, October 10, Eugene.
Willamette university, October 22.
Eugene.
Idaho university, October 30, Mos
COW.
o. A. c., November 12, Corvallis.
Whitworth, November 49, Eugene.
NJ. A. A. c., November 25, Portland.
The second team will probably meet
Albany college Chemawa and other
secondary teams. The freshmen will
meet the o. A. C. "babes" and prob
ably some high school teams.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
MILTON WILL SEND
MANY TO FAIR
Especial Correspondence

Milton, Ore, Sept. 27.-Many resi-
dents of this city will attend the fair
az Pendleton this week, the largest
number going Thursday. Those in
charge of the Milton n-Freewater booth
went down Monday morning, among
them being Mrs. Otto Didion, n. T.
Manela, L. L. Berry and F. f. Cock
burn.
Mrs. j. L. Williams is expected in
the city today from Lostine and will
be the guest for several weeks of
Mrs. L. B. storm.
Mrs. George Edwards, Mrs. Ade-
laide Pritchard and Miss Fannie Prit-
chard arrived in the city Sunday from
Glenville, Mimi, and will make this
city their home.
Carl Brown and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Jasper Sans leave the last
OF the week for Red Bluff, Cal. where
they will reside in the future.
Miss Estella Chapman will 60 to
Los Angeles Wednesday. after several
weeks visit in Milton with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. l.. A. Edwards and little dau-
ghter left today for their home at
Portland after a visit of several weeks
with relatives here.
The little daughter of 7. w. Jones
is reported as being very i'll with
j. A. Mann and family expect to
leave early next week for Portland
where they will make their home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
GARDENER AT WHITE HOUSE
LEAVES CASH FOR CHURCH

London.-The old parish church at
Chatteris, Cambridge. has been re-
stored Through the generosity of a
man who had long been gardener
at the White House grounds. Wash
ington, d. c. In this connection there
Is an interesting story told by his rel
atives.
Robert Wright was sexton of the
church in the first part of the last
century, and his son William was a
helper. The lad, however, set out for
America, where he obtained a po-
sition at the White House.
Years after he paid a visit to his
old home, and found the church
crumbling away. He returned to
America, tending the White House
gardens under the presidencies Of
Hayes. Garfield, Grant, Cleveland and
Harrison.
Eventually retiring he came back
to Walthamstown. where he spent
the remainder of his days.
In his first will he left 500 pounds
for the repair of Chateeris church,
later he left the residue of his prop
erty to the restoration fund. and in all
the legacy amounted to nearly 5000
pounds, and now, six years after his
death, the object of his ambition Is
completed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
make more than 81 and "a

make more than 80 and 81.
The question of the trouble is an
intricate one perhaps. II may best be
summarized as follows: The board of
trade three months ago fixed a mini
mum wage of cents an hour The
probationary period allowed for OBJ
jections has now expired, but any en-
ployer who can show an agreement
in writing by his workers to continue
at the old wage is not obliged to pay
the official minimum wage for an
other six months.
The majority of the employers pro-
fess themselves ready to abide by the
new rate il the smaller employers will
do so, but the latter, in most cases.
refuse and have been pressing the
workers for signed agreements 1t Is
because of their refusal to sign these
agreements that the women are now
idle.
In all England you will find moth
ing to beat the sheer sordid squalor
of Cradley Heath In its slums erac-
tically every house has its chinashop,
with forge and bellows, wherein men,
women and children toll feverishly
forging china. In one of these a wo-
man was turning rods of iron into
plough chains. A baby hung in an
improvised cradle from the ceiling,
and two other children, sickly and
stunted. sat in heap of cinders on
the floor. The chain-maker. without
stopping her work for an instant. con-
trived to keep an eye on her children.
and to answer questions. BY work
ing 10 or II hours a day she could
make about 81 a week. but out of
that she had to pay so cents for fuel,
or. as she called it, breeze" Then
she had to pay 10 cents a week in
rent for the forge. which was not her
own. Altogether il was rarely she
cleared s1.25 a week She began
work at Z in the morning, taking an
hour for dinner and half an hour each
FOR breakfast and tea, and never
knocked off until 7.
All the time she was talking she
went on busily with her work heating
the rod redhot, bending it into the
shape of a staple with two or three
quick hammer strokes, and then,
having cut off the staple and passed
1t through the last made link of the
chain. hammering the two glowing
ends together.
Sweat poured from her face and
arms as she labored Her hands and
arms We're covered with burns from
flying sparks. Occasionally she would
herself gasping for a frac-
tion of a second to let little air into
her congested lungs.
Asked why she did it, "To pass the
time away and keep myself warm"
she laughed bitterly. and added more
seriously, pointing to the children.
1--WE 'em to keep and feed somehow.
you know"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
BREEZY NEWS NOTES
FROM OLD UMAT|LLA
Especial Correspondence.)

Umatilla. Ore, Sept. 26.-Mr. and
Mrs. W. w. Mappin are visiting at
Walla Walla.
l. II. Chung is on a business trip
to Walla Walla.
j. C. Shea, assistant superintendent
of the o. r. & n. of La Grande, wa,
visitor here today.
ID. b. Spalding and wife of Stan
field were visitors here today enroute
east.
ID. Hogan has leased the old Bow
man ranch and has moved his family
there.
Chris Chististian. foreman for Jones
Scott & CO., was q visitor TO walla
Walla Friday.
Jas. Shape. the veteran o. r. h N.
car repairman here has gone to Port
land for medical treatment.
Track Master Thompson had a
rather painful accident happen him
on Tuesday, his foot being badly
crushed. DR.. Monkman is attending
him.
Several car loads of McAvoy steel
for the new Umatilla iron bridge ar
rived recently and II Is expected that
work on same will begin early in oc-
tober.
The government engineering boat
"Umatilla" has been docked here for
the past few days awaiting supplies
and orders.
C. f.. Hubbard is a Portland visitor
today.
John Lennox was in Portland on
Sunday.
Special officer Sweeten spent Sun
day with his family in Arlington.
F. f. Bishop of Portland, the well
known commercial man, was calling
on the trade here today.
The o. r. & n. is building an ad-
ditonal switch in the local yards
Section men are also putting down
new ties all through the east end Of
the yards.
A musical club will shortly be or
ganized for entertainment during the
winter months.
The basketball teams have been or
ganized for the winter work and II
is expected to have some good games
with out-of-town teams In the near
future.
Arthur Means leaves today for Eu-
gene, to resume his studies at the
University of oregon.
II. Baars and wife of Oregon City,
arrived by the Navigation Co.'s boat
today enroute to Echo where they
will visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs w. H. Switzler are
visiting In Portland.
Mrs. Robt. Lingo and family who
have spent the summer visiting In
Idaho and Hot Lake, have returned
home.
DR.. r. Monkman of Hermiston.
made professional visits here several
times this week.
H. C. Belamy OF Portland is here
today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27

Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get bottle OF
Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty
five cents. A piece of flannel damp
ened with this liniment Is superior to
any plaster fer lame back, pains in
the side and chest. and much cheap
er. Sold by all dealers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27

Your complexion as well as your
temper is rendered miserable by a dis
ordered liver. BY taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets you
can improve both. Sold by all deal
ers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
WOMEN CHINAMAKERS WORK
AT FORGE IN SQUALID HOMES

London.-The women chinamakers
OF Cradley Heath are locked out"
and 500 of them have no employment
even at their pitiable wages of cents
per hour. They are women who by
go hours week Of the hardest kind
OF physical toll can never hope to
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
Notice.

On account OF the Roundup" the
Central Meat Market will close from
IL m to p. m. and remain open from
8 p. m. to 7 p. m. Thursday, septerl-
Der 20.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27
Look, Gentlemen! f!

Checks given on pool games at the
Pastime Parlors. J. H, ESTES.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-27

save money by reading today's eds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-11-25

Given hv Immanual ltpworth League
ct IoiloAa Light House OH FricaY eve.
ming va 4 1ttide9 sJ,cels, lOtl eoCi5 lily
alld Financial Aunt Mar aid 1ncie
viii gsPo uS q haagty welcome.
kbont twenty ioui WEE present., and
after & social chat thC lemons we're passed
around alC .hen baa 49,: began. a
Each ors win AK lou ACE Watched Ne r
semon opeged AUG SEEDS 3oerted ~
penny q seeo Ssa n sting tiIat MI.
Ammor Refine presiCeat Of cur league
stCu]o star ilehr vito 40 prize lemon
ajth I. ri i've seeds. ls good wife
aud our genial lrieod, J. Feri Thompson
stood az e. fco,. witll boob ~ier1ous,
With nct 4 sed. Mrs jowf z Dol5JM
aaina 1eXt lsgi ost v.i9i tweuty-eight
t4eQs. B. ,ns ee'y came next with twenty
tg> seeds Miss Esssie 3traaguen got tire
hooA"c anon WI shirtesu seeds. Lucle
''il mad sH gwen 3zen. aCIt Mary
foIr.o3a. Or DoUinte got o1 easy with
~ TX sesds, aJd Rappy WentdeaQb broke
IL Bnd three ses}s asd MA Ptcny rad
six, Miss Elar5e H9mlnerlli ail.lAed 10
9a-t nish has ias5 esBit isat was forced to
a. nes iemoG only had oue seed. The
9tI Ars Tange3 saywuess .setween three
I.-C seventeen
Then such p squseaiue ttDe as followed
sr.0ng the Wit0Bers, bachelor girls,
1ido~a, married men and women. W
al enjoyed that experience SO much,
that some Of NJ are thinking Of repeating
II again some day.
Their va began TO think about the
inner man which was sbuDdaHtly salts
ied with sandwiches. coffee aud lemon
hde. The Dominic said lie had had 8
chicken dinner and also e supper, but. 0
nv, how The sandwiches and lemonade
1i1 disappear. Every II voted We mad
gpsIt 8 delightful evaring with u
youug old friends auut Mary and uncle
viii We star ted home aboug Il O'Clock,
tlsaD ag them for their general hospi-
tality and wishing them many more year.
IF n g.ian usefulness, and praying that
9isL each year that is added to their age
they nay grow younger in spirit.
Soc. EEPoRgcR.
The Penn's Grove record., 1910-11-25
Mast Sign ordi,ianss

Z. @. billiard, Sciicisos Of Ssl2rA Iits
Council las raue vad loaiicasiOn a. BIS
was successful before slla Supreme Court
in tia 8uit Of Common tolncl. vs. Robass
Gwynne, Jr Mayer o. 5iis o'fy OF ssien,'
n. j., tie court isHliug 9 pfticsnine co7a-
%pelinq him &c sign aud publish csc
ordinances recently passed By that BODY
The Mayer vii hsso 80 pay costs
One Of tlts ordinances regulated Sic
WaaeHsY orks Of Salem. Pg IS pro9laitnt
tie gent Incumbent William y asit,
ap,&a s<
years ago. who Is 3 lnastar pllmDsF,
woul9 l+s prohibited from 3oihR say ms
cilati,al work i0r the e!ty tof psy FseelY.
ing $500 IN lien Of ell seFyics4. Itle 0tl1es
ordinaace regulated tie col ce ioree Q.
tie cry and wa l9ale6 % eompe. sho
.iayor o send g. tOtlsaal Council ti'
uaraa Of any person %npp3iaFs3 70 4i9
force Tor a iouger time b.'2l saEeo days