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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-22

Company are travelling through the
tmbered portions OF Usage county IN
search Of good bridge and tie TIM
ber, They say that the Katy uses
about million ana a half new ties
annually
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-22
OKMULGEE

Special 10 tho World.
Okmulgee, okla, Jan. 21-Mrs. w.
Wood entertained at five hundred at
her home here Friday.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-22
DAWSON

Special 10 the wotld
Dawson, Okla, Jan. 21.--The Dick
ason- Goodman LUMBER Company are
closing their lumber yard here, hav-
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06

Luckily, the roof was fiat, and !
was able to go over every inch of it. But
the result was disappointing: no trap
door revealed itself, no glass window;
nothing but couple of pipes two
inches across, and standing perhaps
Is inches high and three feet apart,
with a cap to prevent rain from en-
tering and raised to permit the pas
sage of air. picked up a pebble
from the roof and dropped it down,
listening with my ear at one of the
pipes. could hear it strike on some
thing with q sharp, metallic sound,
but it was impossible for me to tell
how far it had gone.
/ gave up finally and went down the
ladder again, getting in through the
ballroom window without being OBJ
served. went back at once to the
trunkroom, and, sitting down on a
box, gave my mind, as consistently as
| could, to the problem before me. If
the pipes in the roof were ventilators
to the secret room, and there was no
trap-dOOr above, the entrance was
probably in one of the two rooms be-
tween which it lay-unless, indeed,
the room had been built. and the open
ing closed with a brick and mortar
wall.
The mantel fascinated me. Made of
wood and carved, the more looked
the more l wondered that I had not
noticed before the absurdity of such
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
ODD HATS in JAPAN

lifetime Of the country, but OF the
various ranks of all times as well.
Some of the hats obtained are mar
vels in design and construction. and
some of them are extremely rare
specimens. In some cases Colonel
Knox had to buy his specimens out
of museum collections and they cost
a great deal when obtained in that
way. He had set out to make as COM
plete a collection as was obtainable,
however, and where hat was needed
to fill in a gap in time or to repre-
sent progression in the art of making
hats, he did. not stop to consider the
price.
Another difficulty he had to over
come was the territory covered In OBJ
tanning the hats, for certain sections
of the country had their distinctive
styles, and he found 1t necessary oc-
casionally to send special agent to
some point to get the coveted speci-
men.
Most of the hats in the collection
have finish of lacquer. some in solid
and some in variegated colors, and
many of them bear the crests Of
royalty, the crest being feature Of
the headwear of men of high social
and political rank and of men who
won recognition from the government
in time of war for bravery orsai other
times for high diplomatic ervice.
-~ --~,rr-y,f-@~qs.PNs...sys4YnO dnciOn ~
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06

every drop of blood in my body gath
cred around my heart; then / knew. 1t
was the engine of the automobile, and
Halsey had come back Hope sprang
up afresh. Halsey's clear head and
Gertrude's intuition might do what
Liddy's hysteria and three detectives
had failed in.
After time thought / had been
right. There was certainly something
going on down below; doors were
slamming, people were hurrying
through the halls, and certain high
notes of excited voices penetrated to
me shrilly. hoped they were coming
closer, but after time the sounds
died away below, and was left to the
silence and heat, to the weight of the
darkness, to the oppression of walls
that seemed to close in on me and
stifle me-
The first warning / had was a
stealthy fumbling at the lock of the
mantel-door. With my mouth open
to scream, stopped. Perhaps the sit
uation had rendered me acute, per-
haps it was instructive Whatever it
was, / sat without moving, and some
one outside, in absolute stiffness, ran
his fingers over the carving of the
mantel and-found the panel.
Now the sounds below redoubled;
from the clatter and Earring / knew
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06

gasping respirations, and my face was
damp and clammy must have been
there long time, and the searchers
were probably hunting outside the
house, dredging the creek. or beating
the woodland l knew that another
hour or two would find me uncon-
scious, and with my inability to cry
out would go my only chance of res
cue. 1t was the combination of bad air
and heat, probably, for some made
quate ventilation was coming through
the pipes. tried to retain my con-
seriousness by walking the length Of
the room and back, over and over, but
/ had not the strength to keep it up,
SO / sat down on the table again, my
back against the wall.
The house was very STILL Once my
straining ears seemed to catch a foot
fall beneath me, possibly in my own
room. I CROPPED for the chair from
the table, and pounded with it frantic
ally on the floor But nothing hap
pened; l realized bitterly that If the
sound was heard at all, no doubt it
was classed with the other rappings
that had so alarmed us recently.
And then--I heard sounds from be-
low me, in the house. There was a
peculiar throbbing, vibrating noise
that / felt rather than heard, much
like the pulsing beat of fire engines in
the city. For one awful moment
thought the house was on fire, and
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
SAND CURE FOR DYSPEPSIA
Wealthy Boston Man Says Spoonful
of SteriIized Product Three Times
Day Is Sure Remedy.

Boston, Mass.-"Common sand, ster-
ilized properly, is a better remedy for
dyspepsia and Indigestion troubles
than any medicine. 1t is the means
of digestion of many animals, 80 why
not a man also?" says William A.
Graustein, a wealthy milk dealer of
Boston.
Many years ago I used to sit at
my desk, incapable of work. dopy and
dull. A physician suggested that |
swallow a spoonful of sand three
times day until my attacks passed
away. / tried the experiment, and it
worked. Within two months was
cured. Today, within ten minutes
after eating spoonful, ! am capable
OF any work, and / think l work
harder than any man in the United
States.
II have passed on the suggestion
to any number of friends and the rem
edy has been infallible. If you suffer
from inability to digest food. sterilize
a handful Of building sand, take a
teaspoonful three times daily. and
within two weeks you will be a new
man"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Innes, spinster and guardian OF
Gertrude and Halsey, established sum-
mer headquarters at Sunnyside: Arnold
Armstrong was found shot to death IN
the hall. Gertrude and her fiance,. Jack
Bailey, had conversed in the billiard
room shortly before the murder. Detec-
tive Jameson accused MISS Innes ~ ~ paul Paul
Armstrong; bank, defunct, was arrestea
for embezzlement. Paul Armstrong
death was announced Halseys na !.,s,;sa
she still loved him, she was to marry an
other. 1t developed that DR.: Walker was
the man. Louise, was found unconscious
She said something had brushed by her
in the dark on the stairway and she
tainted. Bailey is suspected OF Arm
er, was found dead with q note in ~ his II
lace A ladder found out OF place Deep a
ems the mysterpy dark ne Miss innes shot
an intruder. Halsey mysteriously disap p,
peared. His auto was found wrecked by
freight train It developed HaiSey mao
before his disappearance. New cook dis
appears. Miss Times learned Halsey was
alive. DIR. Walkers face becomes iivld
ton. Evidence was secured from a tramp
that d man, supposedly Halsey, had been
bound and gagged and thrown into an
empty box car. Gertrude was M is,s 4
man and tainted confederate of DR..
Walker confessed his part In the mys-
terry He stated that the Darlington wo,
man had been killed, that Walker feared
her, and that he believed that Paul Arm,
strong had been killed by hand guided
by Walker. Halsey was found in a dis.
tant hospital Paul Armstrong was not
dead. Miss lines discovered secret rooms
in which the Traders bank treasure was
believed to be- Mrs. Watson, dying, said
she killed Arnold Armstrong, VINO years
hoH fod har
alias of Wallace. Lucien Wallace was
born of the marriage.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
Horned Men Once Lived on Pa
cific Coast.
Topango Canon Yields Remains Show
Ing Existence of Ancient Weird
TrIbe-Scientists Inter
ested In Find.

San Francisco.-The horned men of
Topango have been discovered-that
is, they were almost horned and of a
physiognomy SO strange that the
scientists who unearthed them are al
most persuaded that the existence in
the long ago of hitherto undreamed-
of race of aborigines has been demon
strated
Prof. ]. R. Pendleton of the geology
department Of Stanford university Is
the explorer who has found this new
field Of anthropological conjecture.
With party of Stanford students he
has just returned from two months
stay in the mountains whose slopes
rise from the ocean shore near Santa
Monica, In Southern California.
In Topango canon. which is In the
heart of district long known to have
been the home OF Indian tribes now
extinct, the excavators found one
mound containing the bones Of "a abb
origines. Although the bones were
disintegrated and broken by the CEN
turtles of erosion and geologic change
that have taken place since the In
dams inhabited the spot, the scientists
were able to piece together something
of the story OF their past
From flint arrowheads found imbed-
ded In the skulls and from the crush
ed skull bones that bore every evil
dence Of having been beaten In by
war clubs, Professor Pendleton says
it Is plain that the ancients died in
battle.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
Home of Most Picturesque Head
gear Ever Worn.
Remarkable Collection of Oriental
Covering Brought to This Coun-
try by New Yorker-Some
Old Specimens.

New York.-ln a recent trip around
the world Colonel Edward M. Knox
Of this city collected some rare speci-
mems worn by the people of many ma
tons at different periods in their civ
ilization and is now exhibiting to his
friends what he jocularly calls the
trophies of his long journey.
Although Colonel Knox discovered
many fertile fields in which to gather
material for his collection, he found
his most prolific territory was Japan,
whose people probably have worn at
one time or another perhaps the most
picturesque headgear ever worn out
side of the American tribes of In
dams
There is not only picturesqueness
but classification In the headwear of
the Japanese, according to Colonel
Knox, so that the specimens Of hats
he gathered in the land Of the chrys-
anthemum are not only representa-
tive OF OF certain periods In the long
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06

a mantel in such a place. 1t was COW
cred with scrolls and panels, and fin
ally, by the merest accident, pushed
one of the panels at the side. 1t
moved easily, revealing small brass
knob.
It is not necessary to detail the
fluctuations of hope and despair, and
not little fear of what lay beyond,
with which I twisted and turned the
knob. 1t moved, but nothing seemed
to happen, and then discovered the
trouble. / pushed the knob vigorous
ly to one side, and the whole mantel
swung loose from the wall almost a
foot, revealing cavernous space be-
yond
l took a long breath, closed the
door from the trunkroom into the hall
thank heaven, did not lock it-and
pulling the mantel-door wide open, |
stepped into the chimney-room. / had
time to get a hazy view of small
portable safe, a common wooden table
and a chair-then the mantel door
swung to, and clicked behind me. I
stood quite still for moment, in the
darkness, unable to comprehend what
had happened. Then turned and beat
furiously at the door with my fists.
It was closed and locked again, and
my fingers in the darkness slid over a
smooth wooden surface without sign
Of knob.
was furiously angry at myself, at
the manteldoor, at everything. / did
not fear suffocation; before the
thought had come to me had already
seen CLEAN Of light from the two
small ventilating pipes in the roof.
They supplied air, but nothing else.
The room itself was shrouded in
blackness.
must have dozed OF. am sure
/ did not faint. was never more
composed In my life. remember
planning, if were not discovered,
who would have my things. knew
Liddy would want my heliotrope pop
lin, and she's q fright in lavender.
Once or twice heard mice In the par
titions, and so sat on the table, with
my feet on the chair. ! imagined !
could hear the search going on
through the house, and once some
one came into the trunkroom: ! could
distinctly hear footsteps.
I'm the chimney! In the chimney"
called with all my might, and was
rewarded by piercing shrek from
Liddy and the slam of the trunkroom
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06


waves in the lacquer. dates back to
1714. It was worn by the Daiti Usah,
lord of the provinces in that year
Another, made in 1921, bears the crest
Of the Lord of Daimayo, the crest be
ing worked out in infinite detail and
with much elaboration of color.
Another specimen is representative
of the Lord Of Kumamoto. who raised
an army against the Shotgun In 1863
Lord Okrudaira Is represented In the
collection by a lacquered hat which
bears a crest dating back many hun
dred years.
Perhaps the. specimen cherished
most by Colonel Knox. both for its
association and workmanship, is that
Of Lord Hihone He is considered to
have made one of tho greatest moves
in the advancement of the nation In
its history, single acts considered, for
It was he who first opened up the
country to the peoples of Europe and
thus led the way in the first step to
intercommunication and interchange
of trade.
This hat bears the design of a
dragon in black lacquer, with waves
of gold lacquer over the black. 1t
was conferred on Lord Hikone when
he signed the peace treaty with the
United States in 1860, before which
he was hailed by all of the japanese
nation as its foremost worker for
civilization.
Colonel Knox will keep the. collec-
ton intact for time, after which It
is possible that he will give 1t to one
Of the New York city museums.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
Worried Over His Trousers.

The humors and tragedies of New
York East side life are delineated by
Frank Marshall White in an article in
Harper's Weekly Master Jacob Ros.
enberg. eleven or twelve years OF
age, was suffering from q broken Les.
His supreme agony came. however,
when Dr. M. ripped up one side of
the Juvenile trousers with pair of
scissors to make room for bandages.
MY new pants! MY new pants! He's
cutting my new pants! Jacob
shrieked, and almost wriggled himself
out Of the grasp Of the policeman and
the driver In his efforts to prevent the
mutilation Of his raiment. All the
way to his home In the ambulance the
boy bewailed his mangled trousers
more than he did his broken leg.
We think that preachers ought to
cay more about hell fi1e and brim-
stone; people are feeling altogether
too easy about themso1vka.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
UNHEARD OF RACE.

But OF more scientific interest is the
amazing countenance conjured by the
skulls as found by the scientist The
brow IL almost totally lacking, rising
from the line of the eyebrows but
three-quarters Of an inch, and the top
OF the head being almost fiat. Strang.
er still, the nose, instead of descend
ing in graceful Roman or Grecfan
line at an angle to the forehead, pro
jects horizontally, hornlike, and with
no resemblance to the human nose.
A spirit level laid from the top of the
head to the tip Of the nose would show
but slight inclination.
These queer tribesmen had bullying
heads in the rear and unusually heavy
jaw bones, due probably to their diet
of CLANS and other shell fish, the
shells Of which they crushed between
their teeth. In the mound of bones
were discovered signs that, although
they subsisted mainly on sea food,
they were also hunters. the bones OF
deer and bear being found in the VI
cinity.
Professor Pendleton declares that
the tribe, the site Of whose village in
the mouth Of the Topango canon he
has unearthed, was probably descend.
ed from Asiatics who had crossed the
Boring straits and drifted to the south.
ern coast. He believes they were ,ex.
tremely primitive In type. the utensils
found in the mound being Of the crud-
est sort.
One indication that the tribes Of
Topango were allied with the Indians
who inhabited the channels islands
was found in the large stones cut In
the form of spinning tops, which be-
fore this have been unearthed on San
Clements and Santa Catalina islands,
1t Is believed these tops were spun
and cast into the sea to charm the fish
to their doom for the tribesmen's
larder.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
x-Rays Find Old Bullet.

Frederick, DeL-Carrying bullet
In his head for thirteen years. Cap
tain D. L. Seacord Of this town has
inst had it located and will have it
removed. Thirteen years ago, while
cunning. Captain Seacord was acct
dentally shot by friend. The sur
geons probed for the bit of lead. but,
not finding it, supposed 1t had slipped
out Since then the captain has suf-
fered with recurring pains In the head,
and never suspected the cause until
he went to q Baltimore hospital. where
x-rays were used and the bullet 10
Gated.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
Police Women in the West

department, with the same recogni-
ton shown to men. In Seattle there
is also q police woman. although her
appointment is temporary during the
Alaska Yukon exposition. In all prob.
ability, however. Seattle will find this
one police woman of such value that
she will be retained.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-01-06
CHAPTER xxxllI.
At the Foot Of the Stairs.

At the Foot Of the Stairs.
As l drove rapidly up to the house
from Casanova station in the hack, |
saw the detective Burns lettering
across the street from the Walker
place. So Jameson was putting the
screws on-lightly now, but ready to
give them twist or two, / felt GER
tain, very soon.
The house was quiet. Two steps OF
the circular staircase had been pried
off without result, and beyond Sec
ond message from Gertrude that Hal
sey insisted on coming home and they
would arrive that night there was
nothing new. Mr. Jameson, having
failed to locate the secret room, had
gone to the village. learned after
wards that he called at DR.. Walkers,
under pretense of an attack OF acute
indigestion, and before he left had in
quired about the evening trains to the
city. He said he had wasted lot
of time on the case, and good bit OF
the mystery was in my imagination!
The doctor was under the impression
that the house was guarded day and
night. Well, give place reputation
like that. and you don't need a guard
at all-thus Jameson. And sure
enough, late in the afternoon, the two
private detectives, accompanied by
Mr.. Jameson, walked down the main
street of Casanova and took city
bound train.
That they got on at the next station
and walked back again to Sunnyside
at dusk was not known at the time.
Personally, knew nothing of either
move; l had other things to absorb
me at that time.
Liddy brought me some tea while
rested after my trip, and on the tray
was a small book from the Casanova
library. It was called "The Unseen
World and had cheerful cover, on
which half-dozen sheeted figures
linked hands around headstone.
At this point in my story, Halsey
always says: Trust a woman to add
two and two together, and make six"
To which retort that if two and two
plus x makes six, then to discover the
unknown quantity is the simplest
thing in the world. That houseful
of detectives missed it entirely was
because they were busy trying to
prove that two and two make four.
The depression due to my visit to
the hospital left me at the prospect of
seeing Halsey again that night. It
was about five o'clock when Liddy
left me for a nap before dinner. hav-
ing put me into gray silk dressing
gown and a pair of slippers. listened
to her retreating footsteps. and as
soon as she was safely below stairs
/ went up to the trunkroom. The
place had not been disturbed, and
proceeded at once to try to discover
the entrance to the hidden room. The
openings on either side, as have
said, showed nothing but perhaps
three feet Of brick wall. There was
no sign Of an entrance no levers. no
hinges, to give a hint. Either the
mantel or the roof. decided, and aft
er half-hour at the mantel, produc-
tive of absolutely no result. decided
to try the roof.
/ am not fond Of a height. The few
occasions on which / have climbed a
step-ladder have always left me dizzy
and weak in the knees. The top of
the Washington monument is as i'm
possible to me as the elevation to the
presidential chair. And yeti
rlimhod n,it an the Sunnvsfde roof
The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1911-05-26
NEWS FROM
OVER The STATE
FARMER ADJUDGED INSANE.

Broken Bow, Neb., May "a, -
G. d. Smith has been adjudged
insane and Sheriff Kennedy took
him to the state hospital at Hast
ings yesterday. Smith is a far
mer and owns land near Merna.
lie is about seventy years old
and a veteran of the civil war.
His mental disorder has been
noticeable but a short time and
finally neighbors swore to in-
formation which led to the hear
ing. He has several children,
and his wife, who lives in Mer-
ma, has not lived with him for
fifteen years. lie became morose
and would not talk to any one for
some time. He did not appear to
take any interest in the hearing
and apparently did not realize or
did not care.
The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1911-05-26
INSPECTOR TO ARRIVE.
Will Supervise Construction of
Federal Building.

North Platte, Neb., May "a. -
II. S. Petton, a government in
spector Of construction is ex-
pected to arrive this week to
supervise the beginning of the
construction of the new federal
building Of this city, the con-
tract for which was let to the
General Construction company Of
Milwaukee for the sum of $SS,
ATS. John Bennett, a representa-
tive Of tlis company, has been
in the city and let the contract
for the. excavation of the base
ment and concrete foundation to
Ed. Walker of this city. Work
will begin within a few days.
The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1911-05-26
SOROSIS MEET

The annual meeting of Soro-
sis was held Wednesday, May "a,
at the home of Mrs. M. Gianni-
nj. Mrs. ]. II. Morehead was
elected president, Mrs. w. w.
Jenne, vice-president, Mrs. Har-
grave, secretary, Mrs. Geo. Hol-
land, treasurer, and Mrs. Dit
mar, auditor
The year book committee was
then appointed after which the
club adjourned to the lawn where
a bountiful supper was spread for
the members and their husbands.
After supper old-time games and
songs were INDUCED in. A rising
vote Of thanks was then extend
ed to our gracious host and
hostess followed by reluctant
farewell.
The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191?, 1911-05-26
SHUBERT MAN HURT
BY STREET CAR

Licoln, Neb., May 25.- Andrew
Hanika, farmer living at Shu-
bert, was seriously injured and
Il. d. King, manager of an auto
mobile company, received painful
bruises and a severe shaking up
by being caught between two
street cars at the corner of
Jwenty-seventh and = streets
this morning about 80.
Mr.. Hanika was removed to
the Central hospital at Twenty
tirst and Q streets. An examin-
alton disclosed that the injured
man had sustained a severe lacer-
alton of the left foot and was suf-
fering from internal hurts. just
how serious these are could not
be determined this morning. T..
d. King was removed to his
home at 1882 Z street where med
zeal aid was summoned.
At the King home is was de-
olared that Mr.. King had one
ankle hurt and was suffering
from a severe nervous shock. Mr..
Hanika and daughter were Wis
iting the King family.
The two men were on their
way down town and were at the
corner to take a car at the time
Of the accident.