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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

Jour previous climb. I told you at the
time that l expected to get the proof
from one who would not suspect that
he had furnished it until ] denounced
him, and | guess ! was correct. |
don't believe i. entered your head
that you were making the evidence as
you went along by which | could
send you to the penitentiary. Neither
did you suspect that l meant you
when | told you If | ever unraveled
the knot Il would be because of the
assistance and clues you had given
me. Incidentally l might say that
the office We bur9larized belonged to
. friend of mine who loaned 1t To me
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
SYNOPSIS.

n found gagged. bound and insensible in
his room, his safe rihed and $4,000 miss
ing. The thread of the story is taken up
h. his nephew Tom. Living In the same
house are other relatives; reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Clare Winton. Bruce.
raise $4,000 to put through deal and
save himself from financial ruin. He has
applied to his miserly uncle and to others
for the loan but has been refused Tom
sends for William LeDuc, an old time
irlend connected with a detective agency.
In relating the story Tom reverts to his
acquaintance with a Mrs. Dace, wealthy
widow, whose business agent Is Richard
.Mackay. boodler and political boss,
Tom is Jealous Of Mackay and is deeply
warns him to shun her as an adventures.
Tom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
er. He afterwards meets tire woman at
that Bruce had tip on the winner, she
gives him $500 to place on the race The
later Tom invests in stocks. He makes
GONE money, and returns the lost $500 to
Mrs Mrs, Dace. It Is at this juncture that the
Bruce, He learns that the key which
Glare had to the house is missing. Mac
kay's dealings with Mrs. Dace make Tom
more Jealous. The detective intimates a
suspicion against Bruce Halliday as the
thief. This Clare Winton Indignantly re-
pudiates. Mrs. Dace accepts Tom as her
fance, and encourages him to invest in
certain stocks. Tom has a row with
Mackay and the latter threatens revenge.
The detective announces that he has dis
covered important clews as to the thief
II looks as If Mackay had got hold of
might have been the burglar Tom sud
dehly finds himself financially ruined He
learns that Mackay had so manipulated
VIE stocks that he lost everything The
detective calls Tom to conference and
announces he has discovered the persoA
who stole the $40 900 from old Abner Hal
ne1rn ~.
Stetnly and emphatically lie Due declares
that 1t Is himself
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

perate plight at the exact time when
you became possessed of the knowl-
edge that your uncle had this large
amount of money In an old, weak safe
the combination of dire extremity
and sudden opportunity. 1t was your
last hope and you went after 1t as
drowning man goes after a floating
oar. You got it. and for time it
buoyed you" l writhed in my help
lessness.
And you supposed | coniured burg
lar tools out Of the air by a wave of
my hand, together with the skill to
lively.
mo, still had that difficulty to
overcome. For a little while it had
me stumped, and then l chanced to
recall that you went for year or
so to a technical school and learned a
l knew that many young men kaep
their kit after leaving such places,
and l wondered if you had. ! also re-
membered having noticed sort of a
tool chest in the basement on the
day I examined the premises. and
now concluding that 1t was time for
me to know what was in it. There
forcing the back door. picked the
lock OF the chest and examined it's
contents. Among the tools | found
one of exactly the size Of the one that
had bored the safe. and upon closer
inspection found that a bit of 1t had
been broken off In the operation, and
that bit of steel you now see on the
table before you. l found 1t on the
morning | went over the room. You
will remember what painfully mi
mute scrutiny | made of everything
even using my magnifying glass" He
gathered .D the card case. the ticket
and the biz of steel and placed them
carefully in an envelope which he
deposited in his pocket. He then
turned to the piece Of soiled paper
and the lump Of grayish matter.
II had now the chain of proof con-
Meeting you with the crime forged
with the exception of one link, which
could / supply would make 1t prac-
tically unbreakable. On one of the
mortgages which had been blackened
by burnt powder was a fairly good
imprint Of right thumb. tore off
the fragment Of paper containing 1t,
and by placing 1t under the micro
scope could distinctly trace the lines
OF course such lines are not the same
on any two persons in the world: and
could l get an imprint Of your thumb
and by comparison find that they cor.
responded, there could then be no fur
ther doubt as to your hand being the
one that had rummaged the safe. But
this was a difficult thing to do with
out arousing your suspicious l finally
got around it, however. by organizing
our burglary for the double purpose
of getting the print and calling to
your attention the probability of
your having lost your card case in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
union when my disaster exnrS- sssfAs

union whom my disaster exhIN SsS6sAs
er have I any doubt but that Maokay
was infatuated with the woman. cav
that | was winning her and started
out to get rid of me. He probably
learned Of my speculations. and
knowing that If he could wreck them
it would effectively dispose of me so
far as she was concerned, ruthlessly
tore down tho fortunes OF many that
| might be crushed in the crash. And
he succeeded perfectly. Mrs. Dace.
being convinced by him that I was
ruined, and probably having been
wavering somewhat between us: pre-
ferring me. but being tempted by bis
wealth, hesitated no longer when She
became satisfied that I could not give
her what she had made up her mind
to have. Realizing as l did all along
that we never could have been happy
without considerable money, | would
not have blamed her particularly for
making the choice that she did had
not Mackay been married man.
Even as it is, l bear her no IL! will
and do not believe that she was an
immoral woman. There was great
deal of good in her, but she was
selfish and cared little for the suffer
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

ton, leaving it locked" LeDuc looked
at me with a frown.
That was a thing l never did
puzzle out to my own satisfaction;
yet 1t was the simplest thing of all.
When | think how rudimental 1t is.
it makes me disgusted with myself
to think that | didn't solve it. All
of which goes to show what blunder-
ers we all are when we think we are
doing something extremely clever.
Another thing along that line which
| should like to know is this. Did
you put that half burned cigarette
vhere / found it In the hall?"
Il did not; I know nothing about It"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
THE END.
Extcnuatina Circumstance.

Ted was an excitabIe youngster. and
tc adequately express his feelings had
acquired the use of words forceful. but
improper. In fit of temper one day
he used some of his most violent
terms to his mother She said moth
ing, but Ted knew well the signs OF
preparation for a Just rebuke. corpor-
eally administered. He said. ". know
you are going to whip me. but before
you begin remember | said it in very
pleasant tone of voice"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31

for the purpose. I had you 3aInb your
thumb against the bali of soft putty
and got an excellent impression Of 1t.
which I have had experts compare
with the faint lines on the blackened
paper. They assure me that they
were both made by the same thumb"
1t was a good thing that LeDIc
had possessed the foresight to render
me helpless and secure my revolver.
In the frenzy of the moment ! certain
ly would have used 1t upon one or
both of us. ! turned upon him des-
perately. do you think any jury
would believe such evidence as that
and convict me?" demanded huskily.
He wrinkled his forehead.
II am sure | don't know. One can
never tell. Do you want to give
fury the chance?" ! made no answer
and we sat in silence, the GOODNESS of
death upon me, my companion un-
moving. but lynx eyed. Then once
more he addressed me, and through
his tones ran the old familiar friend
Illness of days long gone by.
Il know that you are not Grim
inal at heart, Tom. ! am sorry, very
sorry for all this. and should regret
very much to see you go to the peni-
tentiary But If you wish me to as
sist you, you must make a clean
breast of the affair. Have you any
of your uncle's money !eft?" | could
only groan. Despairing and helpless
l threw myself upon his mercy.
mo. used 1t for further specula-
ton after was wiped out the first
time. | was way ahead of the game
until today, but now | am wiped out
completely. ! am penniless and in
debt. ! can repay absolutely nothing
can offer no compromise. You will
have to do as you please with me-"
LeDuc whistled.
81 wondered If you had got bitten
today for the second time when
read that Underground had blown up.
So that ends my prospects of getting
any fees for lot of hard work" He
then frightened up and continued
more cheerfully
But really that does not matter
so much after all, for | can worry
along without 1t. If could only have
found that some one besides an old
friend had done this thing would
not be dissatisfied with my job. But
there Is thing or two which | don't
understand | don't believe you had
duplicate key. for l don't believe
you ever contemplated such an act
until you were driven desperate by
assumption that you quarreled with
your uncle the day before the robbery
on purpose that you might have an
excuse for throwing down the key and
absenting yourself from the house
during the night That being the
case, how did you enter?"
when | left the house after :he
quarrel | threw the catch which pre-
vents the door from locking OF
course 1t would snap shut as usual.
but could then be opened from the
outside by the knob. | had no idea
that any one would think of looking
to see that the door locked itself
when it was shut on that day any
more than any other. and of course
no one did | was therefore enabled to
come in without a key and when
went out after replacing the tools.
and with the money in my pockets.
restored the door to its usual condi-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-31
Wisdom of Father.

Pretty Daughter-But ! can't under
stand why you object to Clarence.
father. Isn't it better to dwell In
cottage with the man ! love than to
dwell in a palace with one | hate?
Wise Fathe--Certainly. my dsars
but Clarence hasn't the cOttaDa
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

Increase in Spot Demand Also
FaCtor-SeIIing Light and
Scattered.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Firm sales and
covering by local shorts resulted i'm the
COTTON market opening steady with prices
Z 70 IL points higher than the closing
quotations of Thursday. Good support
was given the market by big bulls and
spos interests; The selling was light and
scattered After the call prices made a
further advance of 4 to IL points on con-
mutation of buying orders from the very
pest sources Later wave of profit-tak-
ing prevailed, causing IA decline of to 3
points IN most active positions from the
early high levels.
The phenomenal strength in Liverpool
prevailed last night that this market
would take the bureau report figures as
bearish, but overnight they were con-
Strued by the majority of traders more
publish than thought yesterday The
larger spot interests continued their
asgresSlVeness. While the local spectators
Soldi also wall Street houses which was
caused by weakness in the stock mar
ket, one certain firm was said to have
sold fully so, GOO bales yesterday and was
reported a seller today However, the
market maintained a steady tone and
displayed considerable strength in face of
hquidations.
During the late forenoon and into the
afternoon session precipitant short COW
erlng movement and heavy buying by the
pig professionals caused a rapid adj
vance Prices regained the early de-
clines and within a few minutes ranged
is to " points higher than the initial
ngures. This buying was based upon
expectations that the week end statistics
would be bullish
At the close the market was very steady
with prices net gain of 10 to 26 points
from the final quotations of Thursday
RANGE IN NEW YORk FUTURES
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
URGENT DEMAND
STEADIES GRAIN
Firm Gables and an InCIinatin
Among Leaders to Await Re-
port Are BuIIiSh Factors.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.

Wheat-No 2 red ..........107 d1Os
Cotn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 48 q 481s
oats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3312@ 3S&0
CHICAGO. Dec 18-Advances of &c
ana &c were made in wheat early today
ana THIS was more on tine fact that the
offerings were Ugh than that the demand
was ui gent II was d market where
scattered shorts were willing TO get in
and where longs We're willing TO feed them
at a slight advance Worlds shipments
# wheat are expected TO be somewhat
lighter, and Manitoba offerings were more
| firmly held m Liverpool The improved
demand for cash wheat from millers is
| hearing fruit, as sales yesterday amounted
| to a50UO0 bushels at Chicago.
Corn was &c to sc higher. mainly in
sympatny with wheat, as the weather Is
and The crop is now pretty well harvested
and conditioned. Argentine shipments
this week amounted to 4,513,000 bushels
and the Liverpool market was I'D lower
to Nd higher.
oats We're isc to nc better on shorts
covering and smaller offerings.
Hogs were &c higher al the yards. and
pork. lard and ribs were mainly higher.
Fake war news was sent out in goodly
Quantities from Wall Street today with
the intention of advancing wheat prices
and it worked well enough but the CON
tradlctions caused sharp losses toward
the close. The December was up as high
as S5A at one time, the May reached
99la $685., and July S7H But these
prices were all trimmed u TO sac before
the close Resting spots for the day
however, showed advances Of CSC for De
cember and &c for May, while July was
unchanged. A New York message report
ed charters of ocean freight room az
made today a the lowest figures on the
crop and the room was taken with the
option of shipping either barley or oats
ClearanceS from The seabOard for the
week were 100000 bushels, with flour
included as wheat compared with 3,100-
coo bushels the corresponding time last
year Worlds shipments for Monday
next are estimated al 10, 400 ,000 bushels.
or 1900 600 bushels larger than the same
time last year
Corn closed unchanged to lac higher
and oats were IS 0%c better.
Provisions were irregular, but mainly
better in price
Cash transactions were: Wheat 49,
600 corn, 100 000; oats, 230, 900
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
STOCKS ERRAT|C
IN CLOSING HOUR
Market Nervous With DeCIin-
ing Tendency in Fear of Fur
ther Foreign News.
81 cHARLEs M. sroRM.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Lehgh Valley
was the feature of the market at the
opening today, advancing III on aggress-
i've buying The list was irregular Some
terial losses.
Canadian Pacific started weak with a
loss of l point. but within Is minutes had
recovered this loss and gained u over
last nights final Reading attracted
much attention by the strength which It
displayed. This issue opened at 164Ts for
a gain of * but before 1880 O'clock had
advanced to 1864 for Il net gain of 2
points over Thursdays closing Union
Pacific showed strength. This issue be
gan at lb6, an advance Of / point over
last nights price, but on aggressive buy
ing soon gained rs An upturn OF "a was
scored in Great Northern preferred.
Al the end of half an hours trading the
list was firm on heavy supporting orders
ana spectators buying for profit taking
on the bulge. United States Steel COM
mon opened unchanged, but subsequently
gained q Southern Pacific rose "a,
American Smelling opened p off, but
later recovered and gained "a.
Fractional losses were sustained in
Utah Copper, Missouri Pacific. Consoli-
dated Gas. Beet Sugar and a few others
The curb was steady
Americans in London were strong,
In the late forenoon the important is
sues We're the center Of heavy attack
established in the early trading were
wiped out. Canadian Pacific led the
downward movement with a loss Of 8
points Southern Pacific fell pa to 107
and loss Of rs was noted in Union Pa
ciic Lehigh Valley and Reading declined
u each Declines ranging around !
point were recorded i'm Atchison, Copper
Steel common and New York Central
A steady tone was shown in the late
afternoon and the prices Of the more inn
portant stocks ranged slightly above yes
terday's final. A god part Of the buying
reflected the covering of board room
shorts Canadian Pacific moved up 4
points to 257 shortly after noon. but later
after a few sales, fell to 256A Other
price movements were narrow.
The market closed steady.
Governments unchanged; other bonds
steady.
At the close the market was very steady
from the final quotations Of Thursday.
Stock quotations:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
NEW YoRk PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 49, Wheat firm:
yator and los o. b. Corn firm; No 2
In elevator nominal. export No. 2 54al
T. o. b., steamer nominal No. 4 nomi-
nal. oats steady; natural white 36u3Si5.
white clipped 3IW4l. Rye firm: No Z
nominal +. o. b. New York Barley steady;
mating 5706S c. g. f. Buffalo HAY
steady; good to prime 90m115, poor to
fair 75m1O5.
Flour quiet; spring patents 4GOa4g5.
straights 4.5OmAG0, clears 425m435. win
ter patents 520U5.40 straights 46504 so,
clears 430m4.A0.
steady; mess 1880 ~ go family % 00G
400. Lard weak; city steam 16LU105s
middle West spot HOO Tallow steady;
city lin hogsheadsJ ga, country Qu
tierces) 6Q6%.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
GENERAL FORECAST.

Following is the general forecast until
T y. m. Saturday
Georgia Fair in north. cloudy in south
portion tonight. Saturday fair with ris-
ing temperature.
Virginia Fair tonight and Saturday;
slowly rising temperature.
North CarOlina-Fair tonight and Sat
urday: slowly rising temperatures.
south Carolina-Cloudy tonight; warm
err northern portion; Saturday fair with
rising temperature,
Florida Generally fair. except rain in
extreme northwest portion tonight or Sat
urday warmer in northern portion Sat
urday.
Alabama-Fair in the interior, unsettled
on the coast tonight; saturday tair with
rising temperature.
Mississippi Fair tonight and Saturday;
warmer Saturday and in northern portion
tonight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
CABLE NEWS
CAUSES WEAKNESS IN STOCKS

NEW YORK, Dec 13.-Dow- Jones Com
pany says
The reaction in stocks was accompa-
MED by a Tumor that war between Aus
tria and Seryia was inevitable One of
the large houses had cable from Rer-
lin to that eeffct. 1t was believed how
ever, that Servia would receive the sup
port Of Russia.
Canadian Pacific weakness was re-
garded as evidence Of depression of SEN
tment in Berlin Southern Pacific de
cline due to undoing of straddles by spec
ulators who bought that stock as a hedge
against sales of Union Pacific. having
been forced TO cover in the latter they
no longer cared 10 retain position"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

HAYWARD & CLARKS
DAILY COTTON LETTER

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13.-Liverpool
prisingly strong, with futures about 6
points better than due; spots 1 point
lower.
First trades here were at an advance
Of 10 points and the market ran up
quickly to 1894 for March Sellers were
scarce, owing to the temper of Liver
pool and New York, and little buying
caused an advance.
Very bullsh weekly statistics are ex-
pected. Movement figures well below
those of last year and mill takings larger
ish object the expectation of which con
tributes to the firmness of the bullish
position in the market. is the census
report next week on December 90 1t
will in all probability show very small
ginnings for the period.
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Closed very steady.

Liverpool cables were due to come I'M
changed and the market opened steady
and unchanged. At 1915 p m the mar
vance Of to points Later cables re
ported decline of l to III points from
l2:l5 p. m. At the close the market was
steady with prices a net gain of So to Z
points from the final figures of Thursday.
Spot cotton steady and in moderate de
mand at l point decline; midding, 7O6d
sales, 5000 bales, including 1000 Ameri-
can ca bales; imports, $4,000 bales, including
II 900 American
Estimated port receipts today are so.
600 bales, compared with g. COZ last week
and S9534 last year, against 1887 the
year before
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Futures opened firm
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
INTERIOR MOVEMENTS

WANTED-Visitors to come out and see
the great Southwest. Most OF them
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta. steady; middling 13c.
Athens, steady; middling IL 1916.
Macon, steady; middlng 12h.
New Orleans. steady; middling 1871
New York, quiet; midling 1910.
Boston, quiet; middling 1910.
Philadelphia. steady, middling 1885.
Liverpool, steady; miuGIng 1860.
Augusta, steady; middling 13c
Savannah, steady; middling 1871
Norfolk, steady; middling 12&
Mobile, steady; middling 12B.
Galveston. steady; middling 1871.
Charleston, steady; middling 49,
Wilmington. nominal
Little Rock, steady; middling 13c.
Baltimore, nominal; middling 1879.
Memphis. steady; middling 49,.
st. Louis, firm middling 13A.
Houston, steady; middling 12&
Louisville firm; middling 13c.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

C. 4. Richards. 10 acres on Virginia MAJ ave-
nue., in land lot l. Seventeenth district;
part Of Medlock subdivision. October %
$4,000 Penal Sum-Henry II. Hilder-
where northeast side Powers Ferry road
intersects west side Roswell road. De
cember 9.
R. w Roberts. 1877 acres on south line Of
land lot 1917. Fourteenth district, 303 feet
west of southeast corner said land lot.
December IL. Transferred to A. f. Lieb-
man December II.
49, 1000 Penal Sum-W A. Babb to T. b.
Hutchinson, lot 30 by 307 feet, northeast
corner Bellview avenue and Capitol View
avenue. December 6.
$11 400 Penal Sum-Mrs. Ernie Pope
estate (by administrator to Charles J.
Martin, 16 acres on Wesley avenue and
Howell Mill road, in land lot 1856. Novem-
Der 49,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13
GEORGIA-Fulton County.
Court of Ordinary.

.,, At Chambers, December 10, 1912.
ne appraisers on the application of
deceased. for a twelve months support
herself and minor children, having duly
Hed their return all persons are hereby
Cled TO show cause, if any they have, at
ne next January term of this court, why
said application should not be granted
JOHN r. WILKINSON, Ordinary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-13

$6OOO-W H Franklin individually and
as executor of the estate of Herman
Franklin and Mrs. Susan S. Franklin ct
al to Clarence NJ. Paine, Ill, 113. 115, III,
119 Haynes street. 123 by LOO feet. De-
81 and to Carry out the wiI-Mil-
ton n Armstrong, executor of will Of
Mrs Elizabeth X. Armstrong, to Milton
n Armstrong lot 1874 by 430 feet, north
side Ponce DeLeon avenue, 376 feet south
west of Jackson street, one-half interest;
also one-half interest in lot 65 by 1926 feet,
north side Ponce DeBeOn avenue, $40
feet southwest of Jackson street. De-
cembeT 10.