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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-10-06

Constantinople, Sept. 30.-Tur-
key has today sent another appeal
to the powers expressing surprise
at Italy's action and declaring
that there is still time to prevent
struggle at arms. The United
States is asked TO take care of the
interests of the Ottoman subjects
in Italy. Germany has assumed
protection of $4,000 Italian sub
iects in Turkey.
The severe martial law exists
here in order to check any out
bursts among the population. The
committee of union and progress
issued statement this morning
that there will be war between
Italy and Turkey.
Salemika, Sept. 30.-The Duke
of Abrazzi is Commander of the
Italian Squadron at Preuesa
whose crew sank the Turkish
torpedo boat. Inc crew OF the
sunken boat escaped. 1t is rain
ing and two of the torpedo boats
are trying to slip ont of the har-
Dor when Abruzzi appeared and
opened fire.
Constantinople, Sept. 30-An
unconfirmed report here says the
Italian warships have gone ashore
near Tripoli
Malta, Sept. 30-Since yester-
day afternoon there has been prac
ically no news from TripOli. 1t is
believed here that the Italians are
holding the telegraph lines and
carefully censoring all dispatches
sent out from the beleaguered
city.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1911-10-06

Constantinople, Sept. 30-An
unconfirmed report here says the
Italian warships have gone ashore
near Tripoli.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06

down the ladder with my apparatus
under one arm, consisting OF small
but powerful acetylene magic-antern
and megaphone. In the lens OF the
lantern had fixed painted slide war.
ranted to cast through the one clean
pane OF glass and the lace curtains the
image OF a very spectral.looking Red
Lady on the wall opposite the sleep.
er's bed. That done, | applied the
megaphone TO my lips and set Up q
most dismal "Whoo-W -Whoo-Whoo"
Presumably Cousin Lionel was
asleep. but the noise and the glow
woke him up in short order. ] kept
the lantern wobbling, so as to create
the Illusion OF moving spectre, and
the walls sent booming through that
megaphone were weird enough to
scare rogue.
Tell the truth-Whoo." What
are you doing here-Whoo!" "Who
are you?-Whoo!" Don't tell any
more lies-Whoo," we're some OF my
efforts, and speedily they did the
business. Pretty soon ! could hear
the beggar bouncing around: then he
began to groan and swear. Finally he
yelled to be let out, for In his fright
he had lost the key. crying that he'd
make clean breast OF It all. only
for Cords sike. tike him OUT"
Ashley had been stationed in the
hall for Just such an emergency. and
when he broke open the door found
his pseudo cousin In a groyeling heap
! on the floor. When he came to he
confessed the whole imposture.
And who was he? you'll ask.
Well. It seemed that his real name
was Albert Edgerly. born In Bermond.
sey. a tailor by trade. who'd fallen In
with Lionel Ashley when the latter
was keeping sheep up-country In the
Australian bush. They'd been no end
OF pals together and there was Ger.
tain amount Of physical resemblance.
For ten years they were chums, and
In that time the heir to the peerage
had unbosomed himself freely to his
companion concerning himself. his
family, and a thousand and one petty
details which the cunning Edgerly
carefully treasured. When Lionel
Ashley died. the other thought II
would be easy to pass himself OF for
the long.sought heir. A cleverer or
more cultured man might have sue.
ceeded. but the impostor's low breed.
Ing and total lack Of education were
fatally against him.
However. he had the mother on his
side, and there Is no telling what an
English Judge and Jury would have
decided had the case ever come to
trial. So perhaps It was fortunate
that ! was able to frighten the truth
out Of the bold and daring impostor.
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pricked up my ears. for had a sud.
den quickborn Idea.
so there is a family ghost?"
| queried. starting TO walk on.
That's wot tn bloomin' beggars
s'y. but don't take no stock In any
such bally rot"
Then you've never seen the ghost?"
| persisted
NO, nor any one else" he growled.
When We met In the drawing.room
Just before dinner hastily whispered
to VIscount Ashley:
What about your family ghost? Is
there one?"
He changed color, laughed uneasly,
and murmured back: They say So
the Red Lady walks in the West
Wing. I'm told. but ! never saw her
myself, Why?"
! motioned for silence. for heard
the rustic OF skirts, yet managed to
say before the viscountess entered:
Follow my lead after dinner"
After the wine was on the table and
we three men were alone | led up to
the subject OF the Red Spectre, ad.
dressing this query to the viscount:
rs It true that Red Lady always
shows herself to the rightful heir and
TO none other. Just previous to his
accession"
Ashley rose nobly to the bait. q
er-believe there Is story to that
effect. But she never showed her.
self to me-"
AN a damned good reason WHY"
exclaimed Lionel" humping the pol.
ished mahogany with fist almost as
big as leg OF mutton: "'cause tn
old gal knowed yur wos bloomln'
rotter Of 'umbug! That's why, BIZ
mel"
had purposely kept the bottle near
our vulgar friends elbow. and saw to
It that he had enough drink to make
him pot.valiant.
AVihopb youl SOuoiu tuluhS uc
have better luck'" insinuated.
An 'oo's got better right t tn
luck?" he shouted Amt I tn real
thing? Trot out yer bloomin' Red
Lidy an I'll show 'er tn time O. day"
That means you'd have to spend a
night alone In the West Wing" clev.
erly cut In the viscount. you don't
mean to say you're game to try IT."
"Gime!" exploded the pretender.
Mime yer time an I'll bet yer a
'underd { one In suiferin's th't tn
old gal does skirt dance fer mel"
We both laughed incredulously. tell.
Ing him that he didn't mean II, and
all that, with the result that we had
him pinned down to the boast that he
would sleep In the haunted West
Wing next night. Ashley explained
! that the room could not be made
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couth half-profane phrases. Ill pro.
claimed the cad and the bounder, Just
as Gerald Ashley had said. needed
no further evidence-for l know 3
cultured Englishman when ! see and
hear him-and then you must remem-
ber that l met this precious Lionel
with an unbiased mind. Before Lady
Ashley had risen from table my
verdict was ready-the pretender was
that and nothing more. No tongues
Of men or angels-not even the poor
deluded half.blind dowager-could
have convinced me otherwise. But
the thing to be done was to prove the
man fraud. and self-confessed
fraud. II possible. All that night and
the next dayI pondered the problem.
but without success.
The viscount had introduced me In
my right name as an old school friend.
so there was no danger Of the pseudo
Lionel taking alarm. By the second
dinner time we were the best OF
friends. During the day had tramped
over the park with him. and he had
spoken his mind pretty freely. taking
1t for granted that l was familiar
with the situation.
AS we were returning Lionel
stopped to take q. swig from his
pocket.hask and then lighted a vile.
smelling briar pipe. AS we started
again the noble old pile Of Fairlle
Castle came into full view.
"A beautiful place" said !. stopping
to enjoy the scene.
'Blarsted old rat.hole." growled my
companion. Yer won't ketch me liv.
in ere much. not on yer nat'ral. Id
sell 1t damned quick II could
ghostses an ALL"
But at the word "ghostses"
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is that Of coziness and 1t is one that
should appeal to home lovers. 1t will
be noted that even the porch is form
ed Of concrete blocks. Directly of the
porch is living room that has fire.
place. This room is ten feet six inches
wide and eleven feet long. Back Of
this room is the dining room, which is
eleven feet square. The kitchen is
eleven feet long and ten feet wide.
There is one bed room. nine feet SIX
Inches square.
This house can be built at very mod.
erata cost, depending, Of course. on
the amount Of money the builder de-
sires to expend on the inside. The
blocks can all be figured out before
hand. 80 that the exact number can be
made for the house. leaving no waste.
Another advantage about this house
is that It will never need much repair.
and no paint is required except for
the window frames and sash. 1t will
be house that will always be salable
II you should want to sell.
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ready before. because none Of tie
maids would enter the room after
dark Besides, I needed the next day
for certain little preparations of my
own which necessitated my running
UP to town to make some purchases.
While was gone, the housekeeper
swept and garnished the haunted
room where the Red Lady walked.
BY luncheon time was back. and
then. taking viscount Ashley into the
secret. put In a couple Of hours max.
Ing ready and installing some simple
apparatus.
Again at dinner that night | led up
to the theme Of the ghost, printing
Lionel" with just enough liquor to
make him boastful and garrulous. and
joking him about his coming ordeal.
Greatly to my delight he evinced
no symptoms OF backing down, and
about half-after eleven we two grayely
escorted him down the long dank
smelling corridor and into large and
gloomy chamber whose chief article
OF furniture was big old.fashioned
fourposter valanced bed. We looked
around. waved our candles so as to
make lot OF shadows, then civilly
wished the impostor goodnight, pur.
posely leaving him with only one
candle.
My part Of the show was scheduled
to begin at one o'clock There was a
wide stone balcony outside the only
window Of the haunted room. From
the roof had lowered l2-foot lad.
der and had besides blackened every
pane Of glass on the outside save one
In the center. Ashley had himself re-
moved the window-shade. leaving only
pair Of thin muslin curtains.
When the time came climbed
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
Of "RAB AND HIS FRIENDS"
Story Was First Told by Or. John
Brown In Lecture In His Native
Village.

The immortal story of "Rab and His
Friends" was written "on the quick"
to use one Of Dr. John Browns favor
lite expressions. His uncle. the Rev.
DR.. Smith. of Biggar. asked him to
give lecture In his native village.
He had never lectured before, but was
anxious to say something to the
"strong.brained. primitive people Of
my youth"
In rare moment OF inspiration he
decided to tell them Allies story, the
memory of which had never left him
since his days in the Minto House hos
pital. Ever he saw the beautiful face
Of the suffering woman. heard the
voice Of the heart.broken carrier en-.
treating him to tell all the world what
his Allie was. and listened to Rab
whining at the hospital door.
At IL o'clock one midsummer night,
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
Astroioqy With Risks.

Formerly they had rough-and.ready
modes OF testing claims to supernatu-
raj powers.
"Dost thou know where thou wilt
pass Christmas?" asked Henry VII.
Of an astrologer. He could not
tell.
Whereupon the kings grace which
did love merry Jest, made answer:
"Then | am wiser than thou, for
know that thou wilt spend Christmas
In prison"
John Galeazzo. duke Of Milan, Is
said to have made even merrier at
the expense Of an astrologer who FORE
told him that he would die early.
And how long do you expect to
live!" he inquired OF the prophet.
MY lord. my star promises me .
long life"
Never trust to your star. man; you
are to be hanged today" the duke
took care that his own prediction
should be fulfilled.
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ception that no face plate Is used.
This gives a block with an extremely
rough face. After being properly cured
the blocks are laid into the wall and
after this Is complete the outer sur.
face Is plastered with cement mortar
and finished in any desired way. The
result Is q wall that has all the appear.
ance Of a monolithic wall. IL hollow.
and yet not q penny has been expend.
ed for forms.
We show here the design Of q con.
crete block cottage or bungalow. a.
cottages are termed now. The house
u twenty-five feet four inches wide
and thirty.three feet eight inches long.
The general appearance Of the house
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says Mrs. Sarah Tooley. In the Corn
hill Magazine, he sat down to tell the
tale, and by o'clock he had finished
1t. He called the lecture "The How
gate Carrier His Wife and His Dog
Rab," but his uncle in introducing the
subject to the Biggar audience omit
ted the last word, at which DR.. John
complained that his friend Rab had
been grievously insulted.
There is no doubt he was dog"
he explained. but he was great deal
more-he was Rab."
Perhaps 1t was to make amends to
the faithful creature that, when the
story appeared in print, the author en-
titled 1t "Rab and His Friends"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06

When the subject OF the concrete
building block Is mentioned to some
people objection is Immediately Offer
ed to 1t as something that Is not de-
sirable. But a revelation was made
at the recent cement shows in New
York and Chicago, where Uarvelous
creations along this line were shown.
There Is no question as to the econ.
omy offered by the concrete block.
The only valid objection has been the
sameness and initiative features Of
the material. This feature may now
be said to have been removed entirely,
and 1t Is possible to build house of
blocks and have structure that will
present the most pleasing appear
ance.
The other objection, that of the
dampness Of the concrete block, Is no
longer tenable. There are many good
and effective waterprooflng compounds
now available that make the surface
Of the block impervious to water, or
at least as waterproof as 1t is desir.
able to have the block. The concrete
block should be just porous enough to
take up the natural dampness or hu.
midity to prevent sweating on the in.
side Of the house, as would be the case
! with wall that was absolutely water.
proof.
In all parts OF the United States now
the concrete block is being used to Its
best advantage. This form Of con.
struction Is especially advantageous
to those in small towns where gravel
is available for the making of the
blocks. The machinery manufacturers
give full instructions, and any mar
who wants to build home with con
crete blocks can do SO II he has the
proper material. Oftentlmes the nee
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essary material Is available on the lot
where the building is to be put up. but
care should be exercised to use only
clean material
A pleasing variation In the method
of using the concrete block has been
In vogue In the east for some time. AS
you know. the monolithlt wall for a
house is too expensive, as 1t would re.
quire as much lumber for the false
work as would be required to build an
ordinary house. The same effect as a
monolithic wall has been attained by
the use OF the concrete block In an
unique manner. The blocks are made
in a regular machine in the same way
as all blocks are made. with the OK.
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A Job for Them,

What will become Of the worlds
great navies In case we have univer.
sal peace?" queried the moralizer.
WELL" rejoined the demoralizer. IT
would suggest that the big warships
get together and lombard the icebergs
which obstruct the way to the north
pole"
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Natural supposItlon.

Natural supposItlon.
Hyker-Let's see-what 10 II they
call fast steamshipsi a
Pyker-Ocean greyhounds. =
Hyker-That's It. Now, I suppose
they will call airships sky terriers,
won't they?
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
Copyright. 1910, BY ". O. Chapman,

!E private official diary
OF Darrell Callister. lhan.
aging man for Bul.
livants Limited In the
London Office. con.
tained no more curious
and interesting entries
than those relating to
the celebrated Ashley
case. BY virtue Of the
story teller's ON n s.
cience We are enabled
to transcribe these
notes. weaving there
from the folio " In &
terse narrative concern
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Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to. the
subject Of building for tho readers Of
this paper. On account Of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he Is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
l~ Fifth Ave. Chicago Ill. and only en-
close two-cent stamp for reply.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-03
DEATHS ON SHIPS
HOLD IMMIGRANTS
Incoming Greeks Believed
Responsible for Epidemic.

New York, April 2-Because of four
deaths. believed to have been due to
Spinal meningitis. the Greek liner The
mistocles. from Patras, and the steam
ship Germania, OF the Fabre Line, were
held UP at Quarantine tonight.
The recent death of six immigrants in
this port from the dread disease fol-
lowed by the illness and death of Dr.
Edward F. Ashley, the noted bacterioI-
ogist, who made the autopsies and cx-
aminations, has caused the greatest care
To be observed at Quarantine.
Since the death OF DR.. Ashley, who was
credited with being the bitterest foe of
the disease, and whose life was sacri-
feed to its study, DR.. Raymond w.
Brown. house physician of the New
York Hospital, has died with it. He is
believed to have contracted 1t while
treating some immigrant at the institu-
ton
The death of the two physicians has
served to draw the lines tighter against
the admission of immigrants. Every
ship containing passengers from Greece
is subjected to thorough examination
and every immigrant carefully examined.
Two deaths occurred on the Themis-
tocles and two on the Germania. DR..
Doty, the health officer of the port of
New York, upon receiving the reports
of the doctors on the two vessels be-
came convinced that the deaths were due
to spinal meningitis, and both ships were
held for observation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-03
CAR KILLS MAN
ASLEEP ON TRACK
Body Hurled to Iron Pole at
Side of Street.
Special to The Washington Herald.

special to The Washington Herald.
Richmond, Va. April BLOOD on the
fender Of Broad street car, and the dis
covery at daybreak of a body twisted
around an iron light pole, to-day told the
story OF the death of Leslie III. Folkes.
assistant foreman of the H. W. Roundice
Trunk and Bag Company, which was sup
posed to have occurred shortly before
O'Clock this morning.
Friends of Folkes stated to-day that he
was in the habit of falling asleep on
street corners while waiting for cars. and
after an investigation by the police it was
decided that he had fallen asleep against
tree near the place where he was killed
and the car struck him there
Car No. sos came up Broad street about
8 o'clock this morning, and when between
Allison and Cedar streets struck the
sleeping Folkes, hurting him clear of the
street and against the pole. The car was
IN charge of Motorman c. c. Eddleston
and Conductor F. G.. Jones. 1t was not
light enough to see objects plainly, and
the car passed on without either of the
men seeing the body.
1t was about 6 o'clock when the body
was found upon the pole. The car crew
notified the police and coroner. At the
investigation, car No sos was examined
and showed evidences of having struck
the body. The crew was then formally
placed under arrest
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-03
B. F. BUSH TO HEAD
MISSOURI PACIFIC
Election Conceded as Success
sOr to George J. Gould.

New York, April 2-B. F. Bush. known
as a Gould man." has been selected for
the presidency of the Missouri Pacific
Railway Company, to succeed George ].
Gould. II is expected that he will be
elected at a meeting to be held at the
executive offices in New York this week
Mr.. Bush came out of the West in 1907
to succeed Winslow Pierce as president
Of the Western Maryland Railroad Com
pany. Al the same time he succeeded
Vice President F. S. Landstreet, of the
Western Maryland. as president of the
Davis Coal and Coke Company. 1t was
officially announced at the time that Mr..
Bush had been connected with the rail-
road and coal interests of the Gould sys-
tenn in the West.
of the Pittsburg Terminal Railroad and
Coal Company. This move followed two
years after he had entered the Eastern
railroad field the head of the Western
Maryland. His previous experience as
head of the Western Coal and Mining
Company was considered an excellent
qualification to place him at home in the
Pittsburg territory.
1t has been announced that a salary of
s1OoO0c annually would be paid to the sue
cessor of George J. Gould as president of
the Missouri Pacific.
Although George J. Gould announced
his resignation weeks ago, the battle pre-
ceding the election of directors at st.
Louis in March caused delay in choosing
his successor. Many names were men
toned for the place, and several leading
Eastern railway officials declined the
honor and princcly salary.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-03
BUSY WEEK AHEAD.
Many Games on Card of Local High
schools.

The coming week will be a busy ono
for the baseball teams of the Washington
High Schools. fourteen games being on
the card.
Three games are scheduled for to-day,
Western High meeting the Senate team
on the White Lot: Central clashing with
Gallaudet at Kendall Green, while East
ern will try conclusions with the Cathe-
dral School at the Rosedale Fairgrounds,
Seventeenth and + streets northeast.
Tuesday Eastern plays Gallaudet. while
on Wednesday Technical and the Army
and Navy Props hook up in combat;
Business and Braddock are to shine on
the White Lot; Eastern tackles George
town Props at Georgetown, and West
ern will attempt to down the Cathedral
School on their grounds.
Thursday Western and American Sc
curity will go after each other, while East
ern engages with Rockville High at Seven
teenth and F streets northeast. Saturday
Eastern journeys to Hagertown, Md, to
meet St James; Technical and Wood
side play; Business meets Bliss Electrical
on the White Lot, while Central will
meet the Senate team on the same big
lot.
All Of the teams are now rounding into
the form which they will display during
the championship season, and some good
games will be played.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-03
GREATEST MINISTER
GREETED BY CROWD
New York Church Hears Ser
mon OF English Preacher.

New York, April Rev. John Henry
Jowett, d. D., gave the first message
of his new ministry in the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church this morning. His
sermon was on the compassion of Christ
for the multitudes and indicated that the
minister. who has been said to be the
greatest living preacher in England"
would bend his energies toward develop
ing the institutional and home missionary
work of the church along conservative
lines.
There was a big crowd at the church.
New Workers. show interest in a popular
preacher and elbowed and showed their
way into every place where the ushers
would let them stand. A good many were
sent out who had already stationed
themselves in the gallery when one of
the church officials explained that only
one row could be allowed along the
walls.
The morning offering was taken for the
needs of the chapels and schools, which
the church supports in various parts OF
New York. Jowett explained that more