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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04

He knew none of his ancestors. nor
had he any means OF tracing them
Oh. we'll arrive at something
yet the undiscouraged herald said.
Tell me. now, X you have ever per-
formed any signal or heroic feat on
your own account
Well said the millionaire, 7 was
once In jail and escaped by saving
the bars. of q fourtlf-story window.
And how did you get down from
that great height the herald asked.
Well. there was a lofty statue
OF George Washington in front OF
the window. and tied rope 10 tina.
and slid down
'Good.' cried the herald. Lin
eally descended from George Wash
ington. We'llgiye you Washington's
arms. Of courne + I 3
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American Story Teners
and Their Yarns
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

Richard Harding Davis. at play
wrights' dinner in New York, ridiculed
the pretensions OF certain American
families to be descended from Char
lemagne, William the Conqueror
Richard Occur de Lion, &c.
You see,'' said Mr.. Davis, proofs
of such descent are very easily OBJ
tanned. A herald, suitably remune-
rated will trace a man back to the
pre-Adamite kings. just leaving a
slight gap to indicate, you know, the
flood.
'Once a millionaire trust president
went to herald for coat of arms
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WILLIAM
HAMILTON
OSBORNE

~ ~ ~ NJ W w W W ~ ~ ~ 49, ~
-'JunIping Jerusa.am.y exclaimed tine,
captain. leaping to his feet. They're,
coming here That ends me-Ism orr
He caught up his cap and disappeared.
Pemmican once more locked the,
door. Then Broderick resumed the|
conversation.
by George, that's so.'' be said tot
Thorne. 'Pemmiean Is the witnessed
We can keep him muzzled"
Pemmican edged forward
"BHt you won't keep me muxzied.!9
| he exclaimed. -------
Frederick gasped: ]
"W-whatT
Pemmican drew himself togetherI
Hitherto his attitude had been one 81
fearful Difference toward Thorna. Now
he was defiant
You can't keep me muzziedr' he 70.
peated.
Broderick took long breath and
rose as though to throttle Pemmicans
Thorne waved him to his seat.
"Pemmican," said Thorne, you need
some sleep"
II don't need sleep nor coaching efs
Their" retorted Pemmican. I'm going
to tell the truth about this murder"
We'll" said Frederick soothinglys
you've told ito u.s."
Thorne fastened Pemmican with his
cold, penetrating glance Of displeasure.
pemmican shivered, but was game.
This MURDER" Pemnican maintains
ed desperately. twas committed by
Challoner In Room A OF this gambling
house. / don't care If the house does
pay me my salary-I don't care II I
am In charge here-the house can't
make me lieT' He paused for a mo-
ment and then went on;
This killing followed row over
game of cards. heard the row, I
saw the shooting. and it's up to me to
lay my cards down on the table. III
give up what ! know"
"If Murgatroyd comes here" reared
Broderick. ''or sends for you. ron keep
mum. Do you understand That's
Your game Wen take care OF you
the same as we are going to take care
of the captain. He's true blue, and
you've got to be true blue" And,
| pointing toward Thorne. he added:
There's Thorpe. You do rs he says,
and he'll take care of you
~ can take care of myself" returned
| Pemmican doggedly. I'm going to
tell the truth about this thing to Muir.
gatroyd."
There was another knock upon the
| door--a short. sharp. curt command.
ing knock. Pemmican sprang to tho
door, unlocked 1t and threw 1t open.
| Three men entered. One was Mix.
ley. another McGrath, both detectives
In the employ Of the prosecutors OF.
fee ia the courthouse. and the third
man was William Murgatroyd, tho
newly elected prosecutor OF the pleas.
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A Mystery
Romance
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Copyright. 1909. by Dodd.
Mead u Co.
Continued from Yesterday,

| Captain said Broderick, this Is
my counsel. He's RATHER for advice
when q mans in tight hole, and
thought I'd just fetch him along. Cap
tain whaily, Counselor Thorne" And,
t turning at once upon Pemmican, Brod-
erick proceeded to interrogate him.
Now, just where did this thing hap
penn
I Pemmfcan looked at the captain, at
I Frederick and then at Thorne before
| answering. Then he said:
Room A"
"Then 1t .cas pulled off ~ here?'
| Eyes"
"And how did he get out there on
| the streetT"
Pemmican rubbed his hands togeth-
or. looking first to Thorne and then to
the captain for approval.
ST dragged him out"
Good work. was Broderick's brief
comment
"yNho did this thing% asked Thorne
Pemmican gulped. After second he
answered:
"Challoner."
Laurie Chailoner? You don't say-
calculated Brodcrick.
"Challoner," exclaimed Thorne. with
| a show of satisfaction, as a client OF
miner
Broderick's eyes frightened.
Great! That simpfifies matters
| You'll defend himT
'T shall" admitted Thorne, 'if he be
apprehended."
"But we must fix 1t so that he won'i
be-" remarked Broderick.
"or If apprehended,' continued
Thorne, $50 that he won't be brought
to trial" And. turning again to Penn
mican, Where is Challoner?"
Pemmican shrugged his shoulders.
"Gone-nobody knows where"
Just then the telephone bell rang.
The captain, with some trepidation
seized the instrument and talked In
low tones. Finally he hung up the re
ceiver and announced:
TITS my office. Murgatroyd is there
now" The captain looked worried al
he declared. He wants to talk to me.
! Thorne was the first to break thu
silence that ensued.
'Tf Murgatroyd drags Cradlebaugh':
into this murder case there1l be tn.
devil to pay"
Hes got to keep 1t out" insisted
Frederick. .'Confonnd it! Ii he drag
Cradlebaugh's into it he'll drag into i
his own organization. He doesn'
know the men who are behind tits
party affiliations. its patrons. Ii b,
makes this case handle for his con
founded invesdgations-welf
'He VIII" interrupted the captain
Of police. See Ii he don't
what II he does:" protested Brod
erick. ''There isn't a grand jury eve
been picked that would indict Cradle
baugh's. And there you arer'
$50 long as public opinion don't ge
to work." ventured the captain.
-Broderick started
You've hit the nail upon the head
captain" he assented as he smote tn.
table with his ciinched fist.
Keep cool, now: keep COOL" coun
seled Thorne. I'm see Murgatroyd,'
he went on. This is the time of al
times that he's got to do what we tel
him to do, and If he doesn't--we1
break him on the wheelw
Thorne smiled and jerked his heat
toward Pemmican.
I'VE even have the sole witness t.
this tragedy in the hollow of on
hands"
There was gentle tap on the door
Pemmican opened 1t and held whis
pered conversation with one of the at
tendants Of the house. Then he cam,
back into the room, and, looking at thu
captain, he said:
They say downstairs that two o
the prosecutors men were seen leav
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What fish?
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study from whilA out in the country
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Winners of Puzzle Prizes
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Iore so when a pupil studies
take the history Of the United States.
udying about that c

leads you back to our mother country,
England, and many other different
countries. So, instead of studying one
country, you are really studying sew
eral countries combined.
T. like to study about the great men
who formed our country and preserved
bravely and Loyalty for us and for the
stars and stripes
Leaving our country, / will write
about the brave foreigners who, though
they did not help our country, helped
their own. Napoleon, who, perhaps is
the greatest man in the history OF the
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AWARDED A PRIZE
HISTORY THE broadcast
STUDY
EMANUEL STEADMANN,
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AWARDED A PRIZE
BIRDS
OLIVER REDMAN
Newman. Cal. Fifth Grade, Newman
school. Age IL.
like to study nature, birds in par
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AMERICAN HISTORY
JAMES DEAN PORTER.
1927 Twenty-frst street, Horace Mann
School, A Eighth Grade. Age 13
OF all studies history is my favorite.
The main reason is that I like to read
how, under great difficulties, our coun-
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/ Arrangement of papers:
Su
N;
Address.
Grade.
| WRITE ON ONE SIDE OF
GET THE COMPOSITIONS
Prize winners will be announe
THE KINDEST THING THA
Vacation is coming You are
going to have. For two months all II
you. Mother will take you to TIL
rather Sfau at home. or e1se there
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u y D6CdTITG WTIdL It is HOW,
It Is SO interesting reading about the
greatest nation in the world in my es
timation. and also about the heroes @

each war, the wars which step by step
brought our nation to what 1t is now.
OF course, not half the heroes are
known, for many died fighting to the
last, unknown.
1 like to read about the Indians, the
greatest obstacle our men had to con-
tend with. They were treacherous,
cunning and revengeful, and more than
once a farmer returning home from
work found his home in ashes and his
wife and children scalped.
Again 1t is interesting to read about
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every adVanta Re III SlUUylN
ot ctrnn0 op6 tho inpfor ha
dered me to leave school for the rest
of the term and live in the open air.
I
think it the prettieSt bird we have
la-1ax lac.1 10 1aaxxr III q rlQ

thlnk It Tie pTetlltSt DIId we I!ave
here. They are now building their
nests and they use horsehair, carrying
it for quite a distance, then weaving 1T,
and make very pretty nests. They are
a beautiful yellow bird.
The meadow lark is very fine sing
er, calling one another all over. the
field. They make their nests under a
bush on the ground. They usually lay
from four to six eggs. They are of
blush tinge, spotted with black.
The swallow is smaller bird 1t
does not sing, but twitters. 1t is much
smaller than the oriole or lark. and
straw or feathers.
The blackbird, though destructive is
very pretty. They are jet black, with
red, RED or yellow wings, rr making "a beau
in the grain field on the ground, and
cbnnld any ern tha
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GEOGRAPHY FIRST
LON IcVvVA NJ RARR
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5 fuH OF lie.


bCOhL ny ~ ~ P.Ct PCii'S
have yellow, some have red and some
dark blue on them Out in the coun-
try you can see and hear the birds
without harming them.
SO / think nature study is the finest
thing.
HISTORY SETS A STANDARD
ROSA MARKUS,
3I14 Twenty-secOnd street, San Fran
cisco. Horace Mann School, Eighth
Grade
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y sENss WIZ NNVCNNE -
eventh Grade. Age IL Year
ry Is WY favorite study.
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grammar grades. In my school work
the study is very pleasant. At present
our class is taking up the civil war.
We. have found that Mcclellan, able
as he was, had faults that make bad
general We know that Burnside was
great, but he lacked certain things
which proved to be his ruin
Mcclellan was too cautious, Burn
side too reckless. Hooker was great.
to be his ruin.
Meade was great and little eau
lions hut he L. Il inl,
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"a Sisson. Sfskiyou CO., Berr
13 Years

OF all my school studies / Ike geOg-
raphy the best. 1t tells Of the rotation
the winds; it also tells of foreign coun-
tries, but best of all, it tells us about
our own United States, the country we
all love.
Some people are anxious to travel in
Europe or Asia, but If they would first
travel through the United States they
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e.
School
Age.
IE PAPER ONLY.
BY WEDNESDAY, JUNE /
June H.
EVER WAS DONE FOR ME-
hiking of all the good times you are
plans of the family will center around
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it will mean only extra VIC
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now. You will see how much OIL
member The Very Kindest Thing
Perhaps it was done by some
haps it was done by some stranger
kind heartedness. Perhaps it was a
| thing. The point is that some one
/ do something for you, with the sir
Whatever it was, write and tel
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ne studies which we take VI
school are HlStUry, BTHHIHldI. dTItHiHe
tic and geography. / like all four, but

l am unusually fond Of history. I
sometimes wonder whether we are
worthy of all the struggles that were
encountered and all the hardships that
had to be overcome by the brave men
who won this land of liberty for as.
/ also wonder whether we are appre-
ciating their deeds by giving our peO-
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iiu litOIC lid III dl Dcd
Inrfld chnuy ~, hQr Iaros
or churches, or museums, or large music
nlacRS. such I.ainZiQ

Travel through California on the road
of thousand wonders or through the
grand canyon of the Colorado, you will
find scenery you would not think nature
could have made.
l am also interested. in the study of
rature, lus I think of. the two l like
geography the best.
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IIUpt!tSSHeSS OF lNE tbs KS "
plaillira Don IL Tan, n, .xala
Sittfng Bull tried at different times
that is the uniting of ali the Indian

tribes, to drive the palefaces from their
lands forever.
COMPOSITION A PLEASURE
DAVID SULLIVAN,
1908 Dolores ST., st. James School, Sixth
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IIItS WeTt7 HWHTutu 10 TIE IOI
FARwELL &. BRowN, 4so Fourth

street, MarySVfIIe, Cal
MARIE EDsTROM, 1474 Page street,
San Francisco.
ZULA FOLLETT, Tuolumne. Cal.
A. G. GREGORY, ,s1712 Church street,
San Francisco.
NORMA GUINOSSO, 1920 Powell
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HIN TN IEKEo IIINU SUDJLOf

IRMA AGNE
11O1 South First Street, San Jose Nor
NAL Training School, High Fifth
Grade. Age IL Years
/ prefer to write on geography. be-
cause it is such an interesting subject.
1T is like travelling through all the diff
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welve valuable prizes are e
c'rCrr wteK TOT CUTrtCt ansWeTS TO the
puzzles. This does not mean that

cVVIy UIIe answering the puzzles COR
rectiy gets prize. But If you persist
you will surely get one. If you do not
get 1t this week, keep on trying. Per-
haps you will be successful next The
Junior follows the fairest possible
method in awarding its prizes.
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lots of good times arran,
er, but pleasure Tor you.
people are ALWAYS doing things to |
thought OF It before, think OF 1t

sT Thought OF It DefOfe, tI1lHK OF ll
rs are doing when you stop to re-
Iat Was Ever Done.
ember of your own family, or per-
ho had no reason at all except sheer
! thing and perhaps it was very little
ok his time or money or strength to
e object of giving you a good time.
he other Juniors about it. Hearing
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AWAKUEU A PIXIE

HISTORY-MY BEST STUDY
GEORGINA SCHLUETER,
rs Lnidlcy street, San Francisco. HOr-
ace Mann school. II Eighth Grade.
Age Ii Years
The study that find like the best
is history.
History is a broad subject to write
upon, and is not confined to any books.
If you happen to pick UP a newspaper
or a magazine you will find in it some
story or article which relates to his
tory.
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lrnlng point of the war.
M fh7a r~raa+o~+ - ~
brought back to the union the southerl
states
her. ScOtf. tO Wl

Back Iurther, Scott, 10 whose su-
perior mind we owe the country west
of the Rockies, is great
General Washington, our father, is
greatest of al.
He had his own men to keep down.
he. with a very small army. had to
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JU a YUVGTHIIItHl a.
lf ahl1 aal J.

performed by our government j say
'.Yes but when ] hear of cases dealing
with dishonesty or injustice | say
No"
/ have just finished story Of how
a boy born in the very depths of pow
erty took for his models such men as
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; must De spe
cards. Those received in other WAYS
will NOT he cnnsidarad

The correct answers to the puzzles
in the Junior of May is were as fol-
lows:
(1) Pendulum; (2) Buttercup (3)
Juggler (4) Hose. 60 Belgium. (6)
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-13
FIGHT IN WASHINGTON
OF NATIONAL INTEREST

SEATTLE, Wash. Sept. l2.-After as
bitter and noisy q campaign as the state
has ever known Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates for United States SEN
ator. three congressional seats. members
OF the state legislature and county Of
fices will be chosen in a primary cleo
ton tomorrow.
The primary is OF national interest be-
cause of the contest OF Representative
Miles Poindexter. insurgent Republican.
for the senatorship. and because OF the
effort OF President Taft to concentrate
the regular Republican vote on one can
didate.
At Mr.. Taft's solicitation, John L. VIII
son withdrew from the contest ten days
ago. but this left two regular candidates
still In the field-James M, Ashton of Ia
coma and Thomas Burke OF Seattle.
In the Seattle congressional district
there are two insurgent candidates. and
William +. Humphrey. who has pledged
himself not to vote for Speaker Cannon
is considered likely TO be rerominated.
In the Tacoma district, which is less
affected by insurgency than the other
two, the denomination of Representative
w. w McCredie is looked for. a new
man Is to be chosen In the Spokane dis
trict because Of the retirement of Poin-
dexter.
Little interest is being displayed in the
Democratic nomina tions
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-13
Squire Coop, Back from
Europe, Speaks of Music

each succeeding picture effacing the pre-
vlous one.
"They have squandered their money
all along the route. from Fishguard to
Naples. and across the other way from
Cherbourg to Oberammergau, and the
inhabitants. from peasant to prince. have
picked IL up before II stopped spinning.
Yet these are not glad TO be back be-
cause they are tired of spending: this an
American never Is. The fascinating il
fusion OF trip abroad Is past. that's all,
and there remains the desire to get back
where one understands and Is understood
All OF which sets one TO thinking. The
American mind Is. perhaps, new, un-
romantic. irresponsible. myoplc mind.
while Europe, already old, its people are
contemplative. sentimental, farsighted.
AT Paris l made use OF the rare op
portunty TO see the original production
OF 'Chantecler' and found II disappoint-
book l could not be accused of not un-
derstanding the piece. To my mind Ros-
tand makes the same mistake I'm Chan
tecler that Ernest Newman charges to
Richard Wagner, namely. unsulta bleness
10 stage. Both masters employ SYM
bolism In order that principles might be
gods. giants, rhine maidens, dragons and
Rostand's barnyard tribe most certainly
turn aside the attention of the auditors
from the lyrical beauties as we'll as the
cult 10 find poetry more exalted in style
more lyrically beautiful, than 'LHymne
au soleil but 1 think 1t would be quite
as impressive without the feathers
Apropos Of 'Chantecler.' in Paris Theo-
dorc Roosevelt is popularly styled lie
Chanteclcr American. the cock who
thinks the sun rises because he crows
There is one place on the continent
beyond compare. It's name is Normandy,
You know It's history. No wonder that
England coveted II and warred for its
possession. No where is nature in a
gentler. sweeter mood, Nowhere the
landscape more graceful. delicate. beau
titul, The flowers that grow along its
winding lanes and in the hedges separat-
ing the fields OF wild clover and sarrasin f,
certainty you can find rest while vet |
alive For 10000 francs. the price of |
cheap automobile. YOU can buy q chateau
there. with perhaps the ruins OF n church |
centuries old TO decorate your bnck yard |
not Tar from the sea, surrounded by a |
picturesque peasantry and here you can |
livTilike baron, for song"
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MUST HAVE QUORUM
TO MAKE REPORT
Any Action Taken by Six "Reg-
ulars" No More Legal Than
Democrats Report.

CHICAGO. Sept l2-Failure to count
a quorum when the Republican members
OF the Ballingcr- Plnchot investigating
committee meet here tomorrow Will
prevent the adoption Of a committee re-
port, according TO Elihu Root, United
States senator from New York. who is
here to attend the meeting.
Six OF the committee VIII attend the
meeting. They are Senators Root Suth-
erland OF Utah; Congressman Olmstead
of Pennsylvania: Congressman DENLY OF
Michigan; Congressman Mccall of Massa-
chusetts. and Senator Nelson OF Mime
sofa, chairman,
II will require seven members TO con.
stitute a quorum. and the absence OF
Senator Flint of California will place any
action taken at tomorrow's meeting in
the same position as the report adopted
by five members at Minneapolis last
week
'T think we will have finished our
work by tomorrow afternoon" said Sem
ator Root "and / expect TO return to
New York before night There was no
report adopted at Minneapolis. That was
merely the expression OF the minority
members.
1T is a hard task TO get such a COM
mittee together. and this may delay ac-
ton for long time / think there is
a draft OF majority report outlined. and
we will study this and discuss il tomor-
row. but the formal adoption must be
delayed until quorum OF the committee
gets together"
Senator Nelson Is not due to arrive
here until tomorrow morning. The com
mittce meeting will be called as soon as
he reaches the city. The members Will
also discuss some means by which a
quorum may be obtained and a majority
report adopted,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-13
WEAKNESS SHOWN
IN FINANCIAL PLAN
Comptroller of Currency Hands
Out Some Plain Talk to
Bank Supervisors.

WASHINGTON. Sept, 12.-Reporting to
the bank supervisors of twenty Qye states
who gathered in convention here today,
Lawrence Q. Murray, comptroller of cur
rency, declared the results under the
banking laws of this country were in
a large measure unsatisfactory. The rea-
son he did not attempt to explain, though
he intimated the fault might be in d
weak administration OF the law.
In proposing a working corporation
between the national banking system and
the state supervisors, the comptroller
mentioned some practicees he con-
sidered highly Objectionable, The June
call for condition OF national banks
showed s26 900. 600 in overdrafts, he said,
and there is no statute which allows his
office TO control such a condition There
are some state laws prohibiting over
drafts and he urged cooperation with
supervisors on that point,
Weak banks should be forced into liq-
uidation. MIR. Murray declared. and he
said he would use every power conferred
on his office to force unsteady institu-
tions to discontinue business before fall
ure. He asked state officials to urge
such a practice in their home territory
Bank promoters he condemned in unmis-
taxable terms. A list OF them is kept in
the conlptroller's office. and he promised
state officials 1t could be available for
their use In investigation of applications.