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Told Mayor What lie Thought.

r"I felt very intense about IT," he said
while | feel that ! was wholly respectful
to the Mayor. told him what thought ="
Mr.. trurgev then repeated his con-
vcrsat ion with the Mayor the morning
of tho day Of his resignation. which al
ready has hpen Uioted
The Mayor NJ. tropsey said, told him
he understood that Commissioner Nc
Guire said he had made no such arrange
ment as Mr.. Croreov had6 described
The witness then, in answer to quest ions
continues:
said. Did MIR McGulrc tell yor that?-
NO" he said. lie did not. / said, Il want
TO hear Mr.. Mcclure say he had no such
! arrangement with me-. because. | said.
III is not only n question of my word. Mr.,
Mayor" | said. Il do not think II will differ
with Mr. Mc,'uirc's word, but II il did
differ from Mr. McGuire's word" said
"you don't need to take either Of our words.
because there are records consisting of
letters wrote to the ivil Service Com
mission when Mr.. Mcclure was there. and
letters that they wrote back md their
action in approving my appointments.
which shows clearly tnat had the arrange
ment.'
Mr.. Buckner rercad into the record
bits of Mayor Gaynors testimony before
the present committee in which in reply
10 the quest ion whct her or not the insist =
encc of tropsey on invest gatinc the
, mon cert fled by the Civil Service had
been the trouble with Commissioner
Cropsey" the Mayor said, NO. sir. no
such trouble ever arose in his time
Later the Mayor said that he didn't
think CroIsay meant 10 violate tho law
but had overlooked the rule Of law re-
garding appoint ments "hy inadvertencc. ="
There was no inadvertcnce, Mr.. Buck
| ner, Mr. Cropsey said; 1t was the most
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-25
Mayor Admits Unfairncas.

want to say in fairness to the Mayor.
however. that after got tho statement
from him that he did give II TO the news
papers hc did say that he thought II was
unfair for him to have given It ont TO the
press before having consulted me about 1t.
waldo Docsnt Deny Responsibility.
On the subject of the responsibility
for the appointment of policemen MIR.
Waldo said:
Il do not take the responsibility nor
do / deny it,"
Q. You appointed him IN policeman, as
one Of the mon that Commissioner Cropscy
rejected. and that Is all you caro- to know
about II. Ia that correct? 4 don't know
anything about what Commissioner Cropsrv
did and cared absolutely nothing about
what Commissioner tropsov did | acted
according to Law and according 20 my own
beet Judgment and took the lists of that
Civil Service Commission 4 has hccn
found to he the only way you can eliminate
politics and the continuous introduction
into the police force of all kinds Of rascali,v.
every man running to his diatrirt leader to
ask that he be the man 10 he appointed
Every reformer. since tho beginning Of
history. since tho beginning of muncipal
affairs. has demanded that mon tc an
pointed In this manner That Is NJ" manner
1 appointed ana you set NoufS"ll up tn
criticise It.
Q. But tho other day you told us that all
these new objections which were made by
your bureau ADMINISTRATION OF you turned over
to the Civil Service. Now they say you
didn't turn this over. A don't know
anything about that special case
Q. or course. tho civil Service Com
mission doesn't appoint the mcn to your
force. does II? A II gives mo a list from
which may appoint 10 per cent of the ap-
pointments make
Q. You wouldn't favor or would Won
favor law which woull require the civil
Service Commission TO make appointments
In the Police Department? samlt'cr
OF general policy that Is being don" nov
Q. That Is exactly IT. that is the result of
what you have been saying to-day. NON.
would YOU favor that law? \ Yes. i:
we cannot have system whereby ~r cal.
eliminate rasCallty in politics except hy
doing that
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Continued on Third Page.
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Personally saw Appoiutrc..

y. Tii Won rsc that hIrcaa yoursclrs
Dii YOU take any personal interest in the
k'ld of Icuutc Who Wcrc coming in or Gid
yOu lcaf" that to tho oN',c bow \ o.
indeed. So personally raw ever man !
anYui..t a and personally tabled to every
| man ! rejected EXCEPT th" ncn VITO were
| rejected on tho reports of the surgeons.
as did not think was anything of a
doctor ! did not Undertake TO examine
| them.
y Did you regard vour time rs we'll
spent \ ! did indeed A. ! rave quite
| a little timC 10 IL. tholgh' that was in
my Y! Nv of IL. tho inos' important 'hing IN
the department. icrhnrs IL wogld bc
proper to id. Mr. HIcSner that was only
after the Investigation had been made nv
id"nt N'anton's bureau and his report had
been made to tho Dcput" Commissioner
under whom I'cur. stanton worked and the
pepGtv Commissioner had made his own
in>es'igation. personally sc"iuI in some
tnstan, in tact IN many instances. the
clnd!da'cS too. and on top Of all that per-
~onallv saw and talDcG 10 each one
In his iudEmcn,. Mr.. (rDpscy said.
| Lieut.. Stanton bureau WIS the most abb"
| body of investigator, with which he had
| ever had experience"
y think they got the most efficient
and satisfactory results of auv iuVcsti-
CATION bureau ever had anything 10 do
with. he added. During the time he wa :
| IN the depart mcnt, he said, he never got
! any complaints or charges Of CrOok"IucS,
| or graft against the bureau and, never
! heard anybody even breath" it."
! The former Commissioner then told
of the persona! interviews he had with
the applicants up tor appointment.
In every -ingi" case OF man | cx-
amiu"d, before the examination was com
picted" H. said "hr always admitted
that tho results Of 'po investigation bl!-
reau We're correct, although some OF them
in the first instance denied II even 10 mo.
| those VINO had falsely sworn that they
never had been arrested always had
one Of two or three excuses. one OF which
was that they thought ii meant only
| whether or not they had been convict ed
| When he read the next question, in which
the applicant was asked to state whether
he was convicted or what, the disposition
OF the oharg" was. the witness usually
became confused. He said that as Com
as one Of the most important require
ments for policeman because, as a law
yer. he had found that some were un-
truthful in court. His policy Of rejecting
| those who swore falsely on their appli-
cation blanks, he said, he thought had q
good effect throughout the department
In explaining his method OF appointing
from the civil service list Mr. Cropsey
said he appointed every man on the list
ms IL was sent to him with three exceptions
| those who had been rejected by the police
surgeons, those whom he reject ed on the
basis of an investigation, and those who
did not appear in response to the notice
| Tor examination.
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Refuses TO Revoke Action.

'h any rate" said Il will not revoke
their appointments, hc said. Il will try
to ly It up"
In the same conversation he said he either
had or would submit the matter to the Dis
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-05-30

extra month for my vacation, begin
ming now. Even II he could have read
fit was in Spanish, too-that
wouldn't be Of much value to him."
Hardly. am beginning to do some
extensive thinking about that Jap,
though. Listen to the proposition he
made me ten minutes ago." And
Brockett rapidly outlined the tempting
offer made by Mr.. Yazimoto.
Something doing. sure" comments
ed Solano. Il can see one thing clear
ly. He fancied hat you would sell
him Il Duplicate Of your diamond ciph-
er-though l cannot figure out how he
could get in touch with that idea so
quickly. Yes | can too. The stenog-
rapher! By the way. Harry, l forgot
to tell you'll have seen that girl chat
ting with this same Japanese two or
three times. You remember that when
we saw them together ! was trying to
recall some place, some occasion.
when ! had noticed one or both Of
them"
Looks as if we would have to watch
out for Mr.. Yazimoto. He may try
some jiu jitsu tricks If he really wants
to get that cipher"
quite likely, Harry. Do you know
anything about jiu %jitsu?"
only what | have read. have al
ways believed that a good American
swing to the jaw would discount all
the jiu jitsu in the world, and, II that
wouldn't be enough, l learned a few
wrestling tricks from an old grappler
some months ago. Nevertheless. I
will watch out for the Yazimoto nan
He must mean trouble"
The bell rang. and Harry, eagerly re-
spending. welcomed a sturdy, red
headed cherub OF f1fteen-Mike Nc
Kane, a w~ell-liked, much-trusted de-
partment messenger, and an especial
favorite with General Cole. The boy
held, in a boa-constrictor clutch, a
thick envelope. which he surrendered
to Brockett with a grunt Of satisfac-
ton.
The old man." explained the mes
senger. told me to give this to you
yerself. and nobody else. You didn't
tell no Japanese guy to relay the let
ter to youse, did your"
why, no-not In a hundred years.
What do you mean, Mickey?"
Tell youse just how 1t Was, Harry.
I'm just comm up yer steps, when q
Japanese guy stops me. All, boy
says he, have you a message for Mr..
Brockett? He has asked me to re-
ceive 1t for him.
"He gifts 1t himself, an no n else
can horn In says /, an hurried Of
quick. l thought he was goin' ter
make a jump fer me, but mebbe 1 vas
mistakened. Anyhow, here's yer
letter"
Brockett and Solano exchanged
glances.
This Japanese gentleman Is GER
tainly in search Of trouble" exclaimed
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CHAPTER III,

Brockett returned at one o'clock
accompanied by Ramon Solano. He
lifted the sheets on which he had beer
last working from the desk drawer
and quickly looked them over. All
five of the sheets were in proper
place, but the third carbon from the
top had been removed, and a fresh car.
bon substituted.
General Cole, kindly and affable,
had the boys feeling thoroughly at
home before they had been in his of.
flee for five minutes. The old soldier
was in CHEEKY spirits. and his genial
mood communicated itself to his
young visitors, who-long counted
among the most ardent admirers of
the general-Were at first inclined TO
bashfulness when actually in the pres
ence Of their ideal fighter. Solano.
whose father had often spoken of Cen
eral Cole and his prowess as shown i n
the rush up San Juan Hill, was almost
in raptures owe the unexpected in
terview, while Brockett, wondering
much over the events of the past four
hours, was trying to figure OUT wrat
on earth would happen next. lie was
not long left in suspense, for the old
warrior plunged into his reasons for
requiring their attendance in his Of
fee.
"Brockett, my boy" said the gen
eral, pleasantly enough, but with
something governing the tone of the
calm, even understanding that
seemed to electrify both young men
like the current Of a mighty battery
II believe that | car make you-and
your young friend-quite useful in the
immediate future"
Solano gasped, astounded, and fixed
his big black eyes upon the generals
face. Brockett nodded. and leaned
forward, expectantly.
Il have had considerable experience
with government and military ciph-
ers," the soldier continued, and I
must say that yours Is the most ex.
traordinary tumble and most weirdly
mangled collection of hieroglyphics I
ever looked upon. For that very rea-
son, my boy, l am forced to believe
that you have stumbled upon some
thing Of real value to the army, the
nation-and your own personal future.
/ can't figure where any expert In the
world could read that cipher without
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"Mr. Brockett," came the incisive
tones Of the chief, cutting through the
boys understanding like a spear
point thrown from a long, long dis
lance, will you give these gentlemen
another demonstration of your cipher?"
The spearpoint went clear through,
and Brockett woke up.
"Why-yes-of course. How shall
I demonstrate it?"
Suppose" explained the chief, I'VE
have General Cole dictate a sentence
to you. Write out that sentence In
your cipher. Then read the sentence
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your reward?-
Il Am willing to do anything l can
possibly accomplish, if you give me
the word, chief"
Good boy! | sized you up that way
the first time | ever saw you in the of.
flee, son. Could you say as much for
your friend Solano?"
yes sir. l think Solano would go
to any lengths to prove his love for
the United States"
Very well. This afternoon, Mr..
Brockett, kindly make duplicate
copies of your cipher for General Cole,
the secretary Of war, the secretary Of
the navy. Mr.. Pinkwell, and myself.
BY the way, we might as we'll have it
done now, and save the time. Mr.,
Brockett, will you call in Miss Law.
SOM"
Brockett had ~half-opened the door,
when he faced around, closed the door
again, and looked calmly into the eyes
Of the puzzled chief.
Chief" be exclaimed, rapidly, "Ill
make out the duplicate copies Of the
key myself. Anyone who was unused
to that sort of work might confuse
the symbols. l will have them done
early in the afternoon"
Very WELL" the chief assented,
Bring me the copies, and then go to
army headquarters. General Cole will
be awaiting you at three o'clock. II
possible, get your friend, Solano, and
take him with you. General Cole will
explain to you both just what he
wishes you to do"
Brockett bowed respectfully to the
group OF notables, and walked out. Go.
Ing to his desk, he attended to a few
matters Of routine duty, and then.
with hard pencil and carbon papers,
began laboriously copying the key to
his b~ewildering cipher. His hands
became smutted with carbon and pen.
Gil dust, and Brockett, who was metic.
ulously a about his work, went to
the Mushroom. Returning after an alb.
n or but a few minutes, he was
just IN time to see the stenographer,
MISS Lawson, moving away from his
desk, empty-handed and with the
most innocent of demeanor. A glance
at his cipher treasured him-none Of
the sheets were disturbed, none of the
carbon papers missing. Brockett fin.
ished copying the key, and Their wait.
ed, apparently busy in other work, un.
til Miss Lawson was called away to
take dictation. Then, rapidly Shining
the completed work and the used car.
bons into his inner pocket. he took
five fresh sheets, four fresh carbons.
and proceeded to carefully inscribe
the top sheet with the words of an old
Columbia college song, mangling and
Jumbling words, lines and rhythm
When Miss Lawson returned, the boy
was still laboriously sinking the hard
pencil into the topmost sheet. When
the boy went out for lunch, Miss Law
son remained, absorbed in earnest er.
forts at her typewriter.
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Typewriter paper at the Register Of
fee at 75 and IS cents per box OF 500
sheets.
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Continued
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure It you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally. and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. FAIRS
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one Of the best ply
sicians in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. 1t is composed Of
the best tonics known. combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
ton OF the two ingredients is what pro-
Guces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
f. j. CHENEY e. CO, Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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hack again to us-iust to show that
he cipher is clearly ineligible to you
Yourself. After that-if you so wish
explain the key Of the cipher"
Brockett had shaken himself to-
sether, and the group of dignitaries
10 longer over-awed him. Pad and
pencil ready, he waited for the gen
tremendously, dictated.
Send Eighth cavalry, 3S5 men, to
Laredo. Support with First infantry
by Friday. No guns at present"
Brockett penciled briskly, and hand
ed the general a sheet scrubbed be-
wilderingly in this fashion:
l. SH f BH BOSTON r Pos r pos
Pc w WI COBB % TIC 70 pos w
SH BIZ TIC l. fin IA FA TC w TO
BIB HR To 3BH CUBS HR E SB Pos
E TO w WP ALB WP SB w HR BH
pos WI UMP 2BH fin Z L pos TO FA
w SH L SH E TO.
The sheet Of paper went arccnd the
circle, and then back to Brackett, who
promptly read off the generals orig
inal dictation. Silence followed for a
moment, and then the general, slap
ping his hand sharply on his knee, ex-
claimed: "By blazes! Gentlemen, it's
too much for mel" A general burst Of
laughter followed, and Brockett felt
the last traces Of embarrassment melt
rapidly away.
"Mr. Brockett," Intercepted the
chief, after the merriment died down,
how old are you?"
Nineteen, sir"
What education, If I may ask?"
High school, sir. Then one year
at Columbia. Had to leave when my
father died"
Eyes, | see-making it essential for
you to support the family, | suppose?"
yes, sir"
Speak any, languages besides Eng
lish?"
Il have picked up Spanish from a
friend, a Cuban, Ramon Solano."
HIN. HIM. That accounts for your
remark of yesterday-that a Cuban
might understand this cipher. Have
you shown it to your friend, Solano?"
Eyes, sir. In fact, he suggested
some Of the points in the cipher, and
can read 1t as we'll as myself"
HIM, HIM. Rather sorry about that.
Is this Solano a good, square fellow? ?"
BEST in the world, sir. He's a real
American in everything but his birth
place, chief. I'll vouch for him every
time"
The secretary Of the navy spoke up
at this juncture.
Il think l know this young Solano,"
he interposed, land l know his father.
If l am not mistaken, he might be the
very man we need In the affair now
under discussion"
Chief wilkins resumed the inferno
cation.
"Mr. Brockett. would you be willing
to take a chance for your country? A
chance that might involve risking your
life q dozen times. and which might
not yield you ven q taste Of glory al
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a key, and an untranslatable cipher.
right now, is imperatively needed. II,
during the next thirty days, the war
department-yes. and the navy, too
a transmit certain important mes
sases, without danger Of their being
transcribed by hostile influences, a
service of the most notable kind will
have been performed for the country.
Do you follow me?"
Rrockett nodded eagerly, but Solano
could not shift his great black eyes
from the generals visage. The old
warrior resumed his speech.
Mr.. Brockett, a key of your cipher,
and a message, written in hat cipher.
must be carried, by a messenger on
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Frank Hanna, a prisoner at FIT.
Meade, mad his escape while work
ing under guard. Hanna struck his
guard on the head, rendering him un.
conscious and badly cutting him.
Hanna, who had shackles on at the
time of his escape, took the guards
pistol and rifle. No trace of Hanna
has been found, but the authorities
are securing the country. Hanna es-
capped from the guard house last
month, but was recaptured.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Secret Service Chief Will
kins. puzzled over the theft Of the Gov
ernment's cipher. calls to his aid Detec-
tibe Pinkwell. They think they have
boy, Brockett, tells them its The Dia-
mon Cipher" and starts for the ball park.
CHAPTER II-Brockett. Chula Lon
Kan, a Siamese, Ramon Solano, a Cuban,
together with some twenty other young
sters practice baseball playing until dark.
One OF wilkins stenographers Is seen TO
pass a paper to mysterious stranger.
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Harry. I'll look out of the front door
and see II he Is lingering around"
Brockett opened the door, ana
stepped out into the darkness. AS he
left the threshold, he noted, with sur
prise, that the city lamp which was
supposed to burn directly In front Of
the building was unlighted. His eyes
had not yet accustomed themselves to
the unexpected gloom, when some.
thing seemed to snap and whirr In
the wide Of his head, his feet were
struck from under him, and he sank
In a helpless heap upon his own door
sill.
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Sectional Maps Brookings county,
7x8h, at the Register ONCE.
The Hayti herald., 1912-05-02

ed the season at Hayti Saturday.
Hayti was their winter quarters,
keeping their cars, men and ami
mails here. Mr.. Rozelle and family
and also his employees, have prov
en- to be good citizens, and we
will look for them to come back
and winter with us again.
Judge j. S. Gossom was over
from Charlottesville Friday, to
attend to some prosecutions be.
fore the justice of the peace
courts. The Judge and wife re.
turned from st. Louis Thursday,
where Mrs. GOSSom underwent
a slight operation, and she is get
ting along nicely.
The Hayti herald., 1912-05-02
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh That Contain Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely dcrangc the
whole system when entering il through,
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians. as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good y2u ~,
can possibly derive from them. liall,s
Cheney & CO.. Toledo, o., contains no
mercury. and is taken, intGrnally, acting
faces Of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh cure be sure you get the genu-
inc. 1t Is taken internally and made In
Toledo. Ohio. by +. j. Cheney & co. Ics-
timonials free.
Sold by DRUGGISTS. Price T5c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hayti herald., 1912-05-02
gasoline lighting plant for the
Jesse j. DeLisle & Son store.

gasoline lighting plant for the
Jesse j. DeLisle & Son store.
20 you use coal? We have coal
winter and summer, whether the GOTH
er fellow" has it or not, and when the
"other fellow" quits the business, you
can then come to us. Phone or send
Your orders to the llayti Storage.
Chas. Morgan, Mgr. 23tf
Mike Huffman of Braggadocio
was Il caller at this Office Friday,
and besides subscribing for the
Herald for year, ordered his
announcement for county asses
SOr.
Judge JAS. FouSt of EouSt was
in Hayti Thursday and paid this
Office an appreciated call, renew
ing his subscription and ordering
his announcement for reelection.
t No candidate should use cheap
and poorly printed cards, be-
cause they do not impress the
voter. The best is none too good,
and that is the only kind we have.
Jcwcler Dave f. Dev2r left Il
few days ago to visit bis son in
Colorado. He expects to locate
! there, but we advise him to hold
on to his string here, because his
return is inevitable.
This country was visited by
another heavy rain. Friday and
Sunday nights. which will retard
farm work. 1t will be we'll for
the farmers to look for Il drOuth,
/ when the spring rains are over.
/ and be sure to have their ground
in condition for dry farming.
WANTED--a building for printing
office: will make five or ten year lease
. Cannot tolerate present location any
longer. on account of no respect he
ing shown us year after year hN city
hall loaierS, preventing printers from
work, destroying the privacy Of our Of
flee. and annoying business men and
others who call for purpose.
Geo. W. Webb was here from
Braggadocio Friday, and inform
ed US that his lN-year old daugh
ter, Miss Nora. has been under
the treatment of CalutherSyille
physicians for several days fol
appendicitis, and that the opera
was successful and that she vii
soon be able to return home.
The f. A. ROZcllc shows open
The Hayti herald., 1912-05-02

Everybody who uses whiskey
should use the best. 1t is not so like
ly to make you drunk, leaves no bad
effect, is better for your health and
will make you feel good. You can
get it at Fred Morgans Saloon. 20