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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06

u YiTii an agility surprisingly
Va In contrast with his former
wv dccrcpit attitude, tho intend.
w ed victim seized his chair
and raised It thrcatcningly over his
hcad. The two officers halted. Doyle.
rcgaining n calm demcnnor, through
tho excellent self control which had
become one Of his valuable assets In
his business. spoke easily.
80 you don't want friend, old
fellowY
Avery lowered tho chair.
"No," he snorted. mot any friends
that are coppers. Thieves are bad
enough"
The point Of tho reply did not escape
Doyle.
"Well.' he responded angrily, "you
have got me for an enemy all the rest
Of your worthless life You'd bettsF
come TO see me once month for fear
grab you by mlstnke-on suspicion"
ITO - with your snarled Avery,
turning away and facing the warden.
'I've got the regular state allowance
for released prisoners comm to me.
amt II"
"Yes," answered Handler. "and you
take 1t and get out Of here, you
crook! Here, sign this" (he showed
him paper, III you can write. II
you can't, why, make your mark" The
warden handed over bill.
The departing man scanned the
greenback deprecatingly.
"Five dollars" he cried. "and this
suit of clothes that a country con-
stable could see the Sing Sing tag on
In the night Pretty good for eight
years and ten months work, eh? And
you guys are my frlendsl For Gods
sake, let mo get out Of here, where
there are men who don't live on the
mistakes Of some one else" He
wheeled toward the door and disap-
peared.
"Theres one more we've got to keep
track off, cgmmentcd Doyle.
| Hell be at work In week." said
Handler laconically.
Eyes, and I'll nail him and give him
back to you"
II don't want him." the warden put
In hastily. II Just might make II
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b. Q stool pigeon. sh1 welt rm eli
sad I DON'T ksaw where fm gotta
when I leafe hsfe Hnf 80 take the
river out tbefe" pointing over bis
shoulder with his thumb. "far mine
before play that anme ! tell yoa
the eld mans voice fpso % IN lndle
nant pitch "ifs only ~ guys like gau.
Doyle. that's too Hsy or too ignorant
10 do their wofk themselves that has
10 have stool pigeons on your staff "a
DO your work for sou Why. you
couldn't nab twelve.yearold DIP II
you didn't have some poor nerve bro
ken sucker of stool 10 80 out ahead
and make tho Job easy for you"
Roth Doyle and the warden. enragcd
st the old man. lungcd ylclously al
him to wrcak vengeance upon him fol
his denuncInton.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06

tough for him II he was sent back. I
thought he had come to his senses and
would help you against Valentine. but
he's just plain fool"
And all alike--aiI blaming US for
their fall" The detective seated him.
self AZ he spoke. "He can't work now;
he's too old. Tho game as he knew It
was tho ycgg game"
Handler also had resumed his seat,
and he leaned over his desk and said
significantIy: 80 you're afraid valen-
tine will get new trial, eh? There's
some class to Valentine. Have a
smoke" The prison master held ont
Z box oG perfectos, from which Doyle
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06

OFFICk.
Il don't know about Avery's re.
1eaDe," he said. "Oh, Smith," turning
to his assistant, where's the listy'
ION your desk"
''Oh, yes. Avery hcreT' "
''He's waiting outside"
Lets have him"
Hes tough old boy. this Avery"
commented Doyle, but he's my one
best chance In trying to get the goods
on Valentine"
The secretary brought IN Bill Avery.
whose gray hair, ashcn face and stoop-
ing figure indicated that prison fare
was not rejuvenatlng. although there
was a strange sharpness in his eyes,
In his glance, that long career Of fur
tive watchfulness had developed.
"You're finally out, eh7" greeted the
prison master. you've done nine?"
Eight years ten months, SIR"
"Treated pretty well, weren't your
Avery gazed intently at Smith, then
he replied to his qucstioner:
you've never heard me complain,
have your
"No, and It wouldn't have got you
much"
II saw that the first day I'M
swell, now what7 Going to turn
sQuareT Handler sneered as he spoke.
The released convict looked the ward.
en- squsrely in the eyes.
you know am, SIR"
Handler laughed uproarlously.
II know: they all say so. oh, here's
IN old friend of yours, Avery" The
speaker pointed to Doyle.
II don't remember him." replied the
old man after searching suspicious
inspection Of the detective.
'You don't remember mech, BillT'
Doyle laughed.
Avery suddenly exclaimed:
II got you now.- You're Doyle-stilI
4 copperT
"Still copper, Bill"
you amt got anything on me b
hold over me when get out"
that's true, Bill. Anyway. this
time I'm your friend" said the detec.
tive in earnest manner.
Avery threw his head back.
MY friendf" he exclaimed In aston
ishment.
The warden could barely suppress {
grin.
"Yes; think know where car
get you a pretty good Job" went OF
Doyle engagingIy.
Nobody wants me-" said Avery Dc
spondently.
II think can arrange It."
"A Job in u laundry, eh7" snappe,
the ex-prisoner. Two been q wash
woman here"
| There are lots Of jobs where 20
don't have to know q trade. Can't Bi
sit down. wardenT
why, certainly" responded Har
dler.
Avery. volcing his thanks, ssate
himself at the wardcn's table.
Doyle came close to the old man.
There's one thing you want to d.
Ban, above everything clse--kecp o.
u bad company" he warned.
Avory hesItated. He glanced fror
IL detective across to the warden.
I'm getting out Of bad company h
day." he replied briefly.
Il Doyle started forward.
"Yes, and its good thing you ar
for you're getting away from Vale,
t1ns."
'vaIentinsT"
: YEA" insisted Doyle. 1T doesu
. g you any good to know Z man ID
that suppose you know be kills
! QQEtQn p be HQuldp't hexq. 70 diyk
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06
A Most Thrilling Story
Teaching a Great Moral
Novezed by Frederick r. Toombs from the play by Paul
Armstrong
thousands Have Gone Wild Over the Play. You Will Ha,
the Exciting Time of Your Life Reading Story

to take brief outing to breathe In
the air from the hills that Knocked
them, thus to prolong the lives Of
those who hoped to live as well as Of
those who hoped to die, thus to
strengthen the nerves Of the unfortu-
mates whom justice had decreed must
some day at sunrise go to shadowy
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06
Copyright. 1910. by American
Press Association.
PROLOGUE.


You're not so sure about Jim
ny Valentine as you might be-
not until the very last chapter,
shen he finds himself" In a
sesne that is as cleverfy con-
estved as anything ever present.
q IL American fiction or drama.
What you are sure of as you
'sad-very, very sure, In fact
= that you are following the
Sory Of a most interesting char
ssssr, one whose doings on the
&cge have held the interest Of
many thousands. Jimmy Valen-
me becomes a crook, with
most Of the faiiings and weak
assses Of a man who doesn't
nsognise the difference between
HfHs and thine, but he winds up
= o--weli, read the sfory and
Had out for yourself how he
v.nds up. IT will be worth your
eAae, for this absorbing, thrill
: Romance Of both the under
ss1sd and the upper world as
~ proves that a man has nev-
Il sunk SO low but that he may
esn regdth the honor he has
sa aside when the true spirii
n93hood fhrobs within him.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06
(coNrrxusD ON rAox p

Impure blood runs you down-mskss
you an easy victim for 0rgeulc de.
eaaes. Burd0ck Blood Bltteee purl.
nes the blood-cures thAeause-buiids
you W.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06

little stone room to sit In sinister
wooden chair equipped with stout
straps and electric wires.
The warden was in his customary
pesslmistIc mood. Good reason for u
this time, too, for Chicago Whitley"
4 trusty. doing a "bit' Of seven years.
Ind got through the guards and drop
ped over the wall on to the top Of .
car Of an 'up bound freight train the
evening before. Not trace OF him
yet. Handlers pride in his record 40
. pen mpstcr was at stake, and be
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-01-06

~ Asmstrong drama. Of which the
- A r, y the novelizod version, II based
~ ~ 1snry's story. "A Retrieved Refor-
CHAPTER !.
HE wardcn's ofIice In Sing Sing
prison is not pleasant spot in
N which to linger. whether you
may be innocent or whether
sy q Q crime. And no more reas-
o could be termed the abrupt
Ting peEsa1eYe who presided
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
ACCUSED BY GIRLS; NO BAIL
Frank Brach Held While Brooklyn
Grand Jury Investigates.

The Kings County grand jury yesterday
began investigating the assaults upon MISS
Agnes Waugh and Miss Alma Sapano. The
assault on Miss Sapano was revealed by
the arrest Of Frank Braoh. Of No. l13l 5bth
street. Brooklyn. on the charge OF assaulting
Miss Waugh. Miss Sapano who is employed
Ia Manhattan. was attacked some weeks
ago while on her way to visit friend In
F3v Ridge. she went before the grand jury
YESTERDAY. hut no indictment was reported
after she had testified.
Brach was arraigned before Magistrate
Hylan. in Brooklyn, yesterday and held
without bail after a representative of the
District Attorney had reported that MISS
Waugh's condition was so serious that she
could not appear in court.
Inspector Hughes. head Of ,re Detective
Bureau, said that Brach was arraigned be-
fore Judge Dixie. In the County Court on
August 81 on a charge Of attacking Miss
Sapano and was released on $1,000 bail,
which was furnished by his mother, Emily
Brach. who owns a house on Twelfth ave
nue..
The inspector went on 10 say that the rec
ord Of the youth. who is only nineteen, but
Of enormous strength and development,
shows that he was arrested on August 13,
1905. charged with assault on Samuel Cohen,
OF No. 1853 59th street. and that he was
discharged by Judge Kelly. in the Supreme
Court Brooklyn. on May 10. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
O. STRAUS UPH0LDS TURKS
Ex Ambassador Says the United
States Should Intervene.

The Quill Club held its first dinner Of III.
season at the Manhattan Hotel last nigh,
More than a hundred members. many a,
them clergymen. were present Oscar :
Straus. former Ambassador 10 Turkey.
reviewed the Turco-Gtalian War question
and condemned Italy's action In lombard
ing and selling Tripob as tyrsnnical and
piratical.
He further said that in noi intervening
the forty-two other nations that signed che
Hague treaties Of 1870 and 1a07 violated the
second and third articles ~ those agree
ments. Even il the nations OF Europa IA
not intervene, It was the duty OF tho
United States 10 do so. and the admins.
trstion at Washington lost great oppor-
tuui'y by holding sloof.
Mr. strAus said that the failure o, m.
Christian nations 10 fulfil their solemn
agreement would arouse the Mahometan
peoples and cause them to feel that any
contracts made with them will not be OBJ
served
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
$4,000 VERDICT REVERSED
Charity Foundation Need Not Pay
for Bicyclist's Lost Eye.

Albany oct 1.-THE Court Of Appeals
reversed to-day the judgment of the lower
courts awarding to. George A. kellogg $50 =
0o0 damages and costs against the Church
Charity Foundation Of Long Island. which
maintains st. Johns Hospital.
Kellogg. while riding a bicycle on the
right side of a street in Brooklyn. was run
down by an ambulance owned by the hos
pital lie lost the sight of one Of his eyes.
A hospital surgeon was riding in the ambu-
lance at the time Of the accident.
The Court of Appeals holds that the
driver OF the ambulance was a servant Of
the livery stable keeper where the ambu-
lance was kept. and the driver was sub
ject primarily to his control
Judge Willard Bartlett, writing the opin-
ion for the court says;
No liability for the drivers negligence
toward the plaintiff can he imputed 10 the
defendant. in the absence of proof that the
ambulance surgeon participated in such
negligence.
Ii must now he regarded as settled that
charitable corporation is not exempt
from liability for tort against stranger
because of the fact that il holds its prop
srty to he applied 10 purposes OF charity.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
NEW TOBACCO PLAN FOES
Opposition Hears of Probable
Aid from Southern States.
THEY MAY FILE PROTESTS
Attorneys General of the Caro-
linas and Virginia Telegraph
for Information.

The possibility Of vigorous opposition to
the reorganization plan Of the American
Tobacco Company from an entirely uneN-
pected source was disclosed late last nisht
through a tolcgraphic inquiry made on be-
half Of the attorneys general OF the three
largest tobacco states-North Carolina
South Carolina and Virginia.
The telegram was addressed to Charles
r. Carruth, Of No. Rector street coun-
sci for r. p Richardson. jr, & Co, by
". T Beckett. Attorney General Of North
Carolina Mr. Carruth was requested ia
inform Mr. Rickett as TO the date set by
tho United states Circuit Court for the
hearing on the Tobacco Trust plan. so that
the three states might file protests. II ad-
visalle. The telegram. dated Raleigh,
y. c.. October T. was>as follows:
The attorneys general Of Virginia. North
Carolina and South Carolina desire 10 have
time ~ study plan of dissolution filed by
American Jobaoco Company and 70 submit
protest If they conclude it advisable.
Please advise me when public hearing Will
he mad by court and how long continued.
Mr. Carruth said he understood this tele-
gram to be the outcome of a conference
held Yesterday al Raleigh. y. c.. between
Ir. Beckett. W. =. Bell. Attorney General
OF Virginia. and J. F. Lyon, Attorney Cen
eral Of South Carolina Although there ex
sted many precedents as 10 having people
Of various states represented by their re-
spective attorneys general in actions brought
In federal courts. no case similar 10 this
had ever come to his knowledge, Mr.. Car
ruth added.
Counsel for r. p. Richardson, Jr.. & CO.,
who have been fighting the Tobacco Trust
since 1905. was highly pleased with this
formidable accession 10 the forces that viii
oppose An acceptance by the court Of the
reorganization plan Of the American To
bacco Company as proposed in the docu-
ment filed by the trust on Monday.
For many years there has been strong
opposition 10 the Tobacco Trust in these
three states. as we'll as in Kentucky" Mr..
Carruth said "and ! know that many to-
bacco growers there have been complaining
that the trust has practically ruined the
industry As far as they were concerned. /
have no doubt that the issue is vital to
many people I'm these states and that popu-
lar pressure has been brought TO bear on
the attorneys general TO guard the interests
Of the citizens of Virginia. North Carolina
and South Carolina"
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
INSURANCE MEN FORM UNION
Officials of Many States at Dinner to
Celebrate New Association.

Fifty members Of the International As
societ,cn Of Accident Underwriters and rep
resentatives Of a half hundred organiza-
lions Of the Board Of Casualty and Surety
Underwriters held a dinner az the Hotel
Astor last night 10 celebrate the formation
Of an association embracing both bodies. 70
be known as ;he international Association
OF casualty ard surety Underwriters.
The principal guests were 2 number Of in
sursn-e comm ssioners. among them being
William II HotchNss, New York; Fred
erick W. Pstten, Illinois: c.. A. Palmer,
N.chiean. colonel Joseph Button. Virginia:
Edmund W Moore. OHIO: Herman Ekern,
Michigan, and Frank II. Hardison. Massa-
chusetts.
Those attending tho hinner wore the presi-
dents and princirll officers Of the hundred
and odd companies interested in the new
association. or something over two hun
dred guests IN all They were entertained
with a vaudeville programme during the
dinner.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
500 SHOE CUTTERS OUT
Workmen in Lynn Factories De-
mand Eight Hour Day.

Lynn. Mass. Oct l7.-Although work was
refused 10 more than hve hundred snoe
cutters, employed in eighteen OF the largest
factories Of this city to-day. because they
announced their intention of adhering 70
the Knights Of Labor movement for an
eight-hour workday, the first day OF Lynn
latest labor war passed off without dis
turbance Tonight both sides are hopeful
The manufacturer expect that other hrms'
which have not yet taken definite stand
will Join i'm the lockout tomorrow. Ihe
union leaders believe that the NUMBER OF
manufacturers deciding TO allow the eight
hour schedule will he materially increased.
Some seven hundred cutters were work
ing to-day I'm forty-two OF the factories
under the new eight-hour conditions, hut
only two Of the manufacturers have pun
liclv agreed 10 the new schedule. Inc
others are apparently still undecided atout
the matter The two factories where an
agreement has been reached are those OF
the A. f. Little Company. in which eighty
cutters are employed. and William Porter
& Sons. employing thirty cutters.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
CARMODY MAKES LAW CLEAR
Attorney General Points Out
Status of Registration Measure.

Albany. oct lin answer 70 numerous
inquiries as 10 the present status of the
registration law in rural districts Of the
state Attorney General Carmody said I'm q
statement to-day that m view Of the re-
cent decision Of the Court Of Appeals j4-
claring unconstitutional the personal regis
tration feature of the Levy election law,
boards Of registration are required on the
first dav OF registration 20 follow the la"
as It existed prior 10 the enactment of the
Levy law.
They are compelled 70 register not only
those electors whose names appear on The
Ioll hook, but all others known 10 them
10 he qualified electors
The ATTORNEY General points out thai the
decision OF the Court of Appeals does not
feet the provision OF the new law al-
rIcs he 10 the remaining DAYS of resistro-
lion. which provides that on such days the
hoard shall place upon the register the
names ~ an qualified electors who may
apply in person before the beard.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
RECALLS TRIANGLE DISASTER
Harris and Blanck Sue for $4,000 In
surance-Have Collected S174750.

Isaac Harris and Max Blanck. composing
the Triangle Waist Company. whose place
OF business. al No. % Washington Place,
was burned last March with great loss of
life. obtained an order in the Supreme Court
yesterday directing the Royal Insurance
Company to show cause to-day why an
order 10 examine them before the trial Of
their action against the company should not
he dismissed. They sued for $4,000 on pol
icy they held and which the insurance COM
pany refused to pay alleging msrerresenta-
tion.
The Triangle Waist Company insured in
forty-two companies and has recovered
$174750 in insurance. The defendant COM
pany IS the only one that has not paid ac-
cordine to the adjustment made by a firm
of accountants and accepted by the New
York Board of Fire Underwriters. Harris
and Blanck alleged that the application for
their examination was made in bad faith.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
QUEENS INDICTMENTS oUASHED
Justice Scudder Dismisses Thirty-six
More Of the Graft Variety.

Thirty-six indictments returned against
three employees Of the recent Gresser al
ministration in Queens during the graft
hunt in that borough a var ago were DIS
missed oy Justice Scudder. IN the Queens
County Supreme Court. yesterday. making
forty-eieh' 50 FAR during Tho present term
Of court for Justice Scudder.
Taken with a number of other dismissals,
this almost wipes out the entire list OF
ninety-fve graft indictments which were
returned against twenty-one individuals.
out Of the batch two convictions were OBJ
tained and three of the accused men
pieaded guilty and escaped with fines.
Frank ~. Burke. a former foreman In
the Highway Department Patrick j. r.
Leahy. former superlntedent Of highways
and Joseph 3 Nelson, former chief clerk
in the Bureau of sewers. were the men
who were cleared Of indictments yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
LRy reIegraph % The Trlhune. ]
AN APPEAL FOR CHARITY.

The charity Organization Society ASKS
for aid for a widow and four children The
widow undertook laundry work when her
husband died. three years ago with ex-
nerience her earnings nave increased ana
now amounts to from $40 to SS5 MONTH
but the society SAYS the labor is TOO heaVy
for her and appeals for $50 TO proVlde
monthly pension Of s. until the eldest child
shall became a wage Garner. This help is
rop, necessary to assure the health OF the
nother. Contributions may be addressed
~ the Charity Organization Society, No. lg5
East 22d street and viii De acknowl,edgea,
The society acknowledges the following
tio1ntributions received in response 10 for
nier appeals IN the New York Trioune
/. NJ. SIS: David l.. Gluck, 81; s. y. p, 20;
Miss Mary W Parsons SlO.
SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
for 50 so year.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
THREE REQUESTS TO CHARITY.

BY the Will of Mrs. Catherine Burns,
filed yesterday in the Smrogates' office,
three charitable institutions receive the
residue Of the estate whose value was
formally set forth as more than $4,000 -
The institutions are the New York Foun-
ding Asylum, st. JOseph's Home and the
Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters Of
the Poor.
Mrs. Burns made specific bequests Of
50 800 to relatives and friends. She left 800
10 John Hughes, a brother. An AFFIDAVIT
Of George r. Jewesson, an investigator,
filed with the papers, said he had made a
search for Hughes and learned that he
was a homeless inchriate.
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
REPORTS ON LAW REFORMS
Association Of Bar Tells OF
Achievements at Albany.

Henry A. Forster. secretary OF the law
reform committee Of the Association of the
Bar. has handed in the report of law
reforms accomplished at the last legisla-
tive session in this state. The report IS
embodied in a ten-page pamphlet and de-
scrbes in detail the reforms which have
been enacted AT the instance of the asso-
citation.
one of the most important Of them was
the passage OF the Grady -Blauvelt bill.
which provides for a modern index, fiat
filing and current docket book system for
the County Clerks office in New York
County
Under this system only one index viii
be necessary instead Of the fifteen indexes
that were in use in the county. Other re-
forms accomplished were the authorizing
Of short form orders. double trials in eject
ment abolished. and the adoption of the
demurrer bill in principle by the courts
New-York tribune., 1911-10-18
LOWERS RAILWAY TAX
Court Reduces Valuation of Man.
haitian Company's Franchises.

Albany, Oct. IA reduction Of S.5u,s3
in the valuation Of the special franchises
Of the Manhattan Railway Company, in
Manhattan Borough, and slight reduction
on the assessments Of the company's special
franchises in The Bronx Borough, is o.
dered by decision Of the Court Of Appeals
to-day.
The State Board Of Tax Commissioners
assessed the Manhattan Borough franchises
al S5.O0O000 and The Bronx franchises at
81 10000 The lower courts ordered the, tor
mer reduced 10 $65,6sl950 and upheld ths
latter assessment The Court Of Appeals
reduces the Tax Commissions feuns Of
s75. 100000 by Sl,31l,s $50.
The Court of Appeals determines that the
rate at which the net income should bs
capitalized should be on the basis Of PER
cent