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be necessary for me to pay another
short visit to the house in the morn
ing.
Il see that the man who did this
job Is an old experienced hand"
said, as took my departure. "The
signs of an old-timer's work are all
over the job I'm afraid We'll have
hard time recovering your jewels,
Mrs. Holister, if we ever do"
AS I said this I watched her closely
and l thought that a slight look Of
relief seemed to flicker in her eyes;
but instantly she began to lament.
20, / hope you do recover them.
never. never will be able to find
such perfect stones in another set"
But all the time the impression was
with me that this woman still was
playing part, still was acting.
At the hotel entered my room
and stopped short in surprise to see
Mr.. Burns sitting in my chair
shut the door" he said. "Well,
what did you fn' at the house?"
l told him. was rather proud Of
my work. He smiled.
Cornell" said he, II picked you
out for this case because l know
you've got patience for digging up de-
tails, and you've certainly made good.
want to tell you. however. that Wien
this case came in | had hunch that
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whom 1 knew to be at liberty then.
None of them seemed of class to
perform job like this. There was
one man whom the job fitted-Peters,
the gentleman burgar-but Peters
was in the Federal prison at Leaven-
worth and SO was eliminated.
spent a long hour studying the
house in this fashion; then l went
back to the hotel and called up the
agency to report for the day. Chief
Burns himself answered. my call.
"Say, Cornell" he said, "Hollister
has been 'phoning the insurance com
pany asking why they don't send out
an Investigator to look up his claim.
What's the matter?"
AS briefly and succinctly as l could
l related all that | have here told.
1.-THE thing doesn't look right from
the outside" said l. That's why
I'm not reporting at the Hollister
house."
The chief was silent for moment.
Are you sure her bother was out
there Saturday," he asked
That's the information I got here"
l replied.
"Well," said he. you go up to the
house and report, and make your in
vestigation. Come back to your hotel
for the evening. And for heavens
sake, don't do anything to make them
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think you may not believe things are
all right"
He rang or
At the Hollister house was usher.
ed at once In to Col. Hollister on In.
forming the butler of my mission.
Rather late In getting here said
the colonel. He was an old man, and
he was not happy. judging by his e1-
preston. He called Mrs. Hollister.
She was young. charming woman,
yet somehow could not get rid OF the
impression that she was still-there
In her own home-playing part. To
gether they took me over the scene
of the robbery. Mrs. Hollister had
els in her dressing table in her room.
The room was on the second floor.
Saturday night. while they were hav-
ing an informal little dinner down.
stairs. the window of the room had
been opened. the jewel drawer had
been forced and the jewels taken.
"A plain case OF robbery by some
one who had studied the premises for
a long time," said the colonel.
asked score of questions to
throw them OF the scent. and In the
meantime took a careful look at that
window. 1t was 30 feet from the
ground. in dat wall. looked at
the marks on the frame: and then l
nearly whistled In surprise. The
marks were made by some clumsy
round instrument not at all resem-
bling the efficient Jimmy of the expe-
r1enced burglar.
IAN amateurs Job" said to my.
self. looked more closely, and saw
that the window never had been for
ced open at all. It had been left un-
locked! The marks had been put In
for . blind. or I was no Judge. To
force open such windows as were in
the Hollister house requires consid-
erable leverage; and the marks Of the
tool used are sure to sink deep into
the wood. In this case. the surface
OF the frame was only bruised
scarcely dented at all. The windows
were not locked when the burglar
came to do his work! Whoever had
done the Job had done 1t from the in
side. The window had no part in 1t.
thanked the HOLSTERS for their
courtesy. excused myself because 1t
was growing late. and said 1t would
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we'd find something queer about it."
"Why?" asked.
Because" said he, Mrs. Hollis
ter's brothers reputation is no secret
to me. And Mrs. HOLSTERS affection
for him is known to be almost like
a mothers"
We sat still and looked at each
other for several long. silent seconds
The Chief waited for me to speak.
Chief" cried. wed better ind
this brother right away"
He burst out into his hearty laugh.
Right, Cornell" he said. But
don't worry. I've had the whole
ONCE combing Manhattan Island for
him ever since you telephoned in
what you had found. II we don't find
him soon the chase may be q long
one.
Why" asked.
"Because-unless we're all fools at
reading the signs-that boy knows
something about who got Mrs. Hollis
ter's Jewels, and II he does I'm afraid
he wouldn't be disposed to stay on
this side of the water any longer than
he can help"
"Why?" asked again.
THE Hollister Jewels are too well
known on this side to be sold here.
And the brother. If he ID in on this. will
want to be in at the sale. Fortunate D
ly. you saw the light in a hurry and
reported at once. l Immediately got
Into communication with every ocean
steamship line and tod them to keep
an eye open. Hollister hardly can get
out of this country unless he's already
lett the city to take boat at some
other port"
While we were sitting thus tele-
phone call came for the chief. 1t was
froin slavin, one OF our men In this
city.
"Hollister Is under shadow" was
Slavin's report. Hes just reserved
a birth on the Franconia. to sail to-
morrow morning. He's sticking close
to his room in the belmont Hotel In
the meantime"
Don't lose sight of him on your
life. slavin." said the chief. and rang
on.
THAT about settles It," he said.
turning to me. Cornell. call up Mrs
Hollister. get her on the wire. and
ask her If she will see you alone. II
The Springfield herald., 1912-07-19
A question Of Names.

In some of the country districts OF
ireland 1t is not an uncommon thing
to see carts with the owners names
chalked on to save the expense OF
painting Practical jokers delight in
rubbing out these signs to annoy the
owners.
A constabulary sergeant one day ac-
costed countryman whose name had
been thus wiped out unknown TO
him.
"Is this your cart. my good MANI"
'Of course 1t Isl" was the reply. DO
YOU see anything the matter wild tt?"
II observe" said the pompous police
man, that your name is o-blitherated.'
Then ye're wrong. ".quoth the coun-
tryman, who had never come across
the long word before, for me names
O'Flaherty. and I don't care who
knows it."-Youth's Companion.
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answer. Hes a little no-good. Tries
to be an actor sometimes. and press
agent occasionally, and falls down on
both jobs"
what does he live on?"
Search me. He always has money,
though. I've heard that old Hollister
sort of takes care of him. Don't be.
lieve 1t, though. The boy Is a cheap.
bright-light sport"
went back to the hotel and sat
around and smoked for awhile until
the clerk again fell into conversation
with me. / led the talk back to the
HOLSTERS.
WAS that bunch Of theatrical peo-
Pile up there last Saturday night? ]
asked.
"Sure thing" was the reply.
"Was the brother with them?"
20, yes But didn't see him drink
ing around here that time"
bought the clerk a cigar and
strolled away toward the Hollister
home.
Instead of going at once to the
house walked twice around the
pIdCo blLlA6 ~ up 90 ~ = "0Ao - DoA
glar looking for place to enter. One
could hardly imagine a harder pros
pect from the burglars point of view.
The house was upon blum overlook
ing the Sound. All around 1t ran a
red brick wall IL feet high. On top
of the wall were long iron spikes. On
the side fronting toward tho Sound
was the lodge of the boatman; In the
opposite corner Of the grounds was a
small living house. evidently the
home of the gardener. while In an
other corner were the stables and gar
age. with living quarters for coach
man and chauffeur. To enter that
house a burglar would have to scale
the wall. risk detection from one Of
the three outlying houses. cross a
long open space. and break into a
house which obviously was we'll pro-
tected with safeguards. The more
looked at the house the more I be-
came interested. II burglar had en-
tered and stolen those Jewels he must
be a man whom 1t would be an in
teresting task to run down. But had
a burglar entered? We're there any
burglars out of prison Just then who
would venture such task?
ran over the LIST Of two-story men
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accumulation during working hours of
certain toxic substances which cause
the phenomena of sleep. and which
during sleep are removed. Similarly,
he believes that the phenomena of old
age and normal death are produced
by certain other toxic substances grad
ually and continuously accumulated.
Starting on this basis. he is devoting
his life to the attempt to extend the
lives of others. 1t is true that Metch-
nikoff is man OF science peculiarly
difficult to estimate. He has made mis-
takes; but he has also done things
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and big things, too. Certainly this
much may be said: his attempt is abb
solutely scientific, legitimate and,
from the present standpoint of biolog-
ical research, entirely sensible. There
should be no cause for surprise should
he succeed. But what would his sue
cess mean? Who can tell? 1t would
transform the world into forms and
conditions that we cannot imagine
During the fifteenth century the aver
age length of life was about twenty
three; 1t was a world of youth, In
our day It Is about forty-four. 1t would
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him. and nothing will-unIess you
wish 1t. 1t is all up to you"
What is it," she whispered. 20,
what is 1t? Tell me-"
MRS. Hollister." said the chief,
hasn't your brother Geen pressing
you to give him large sums OF money
lately?"
Her eyes ran from one to the other
| of us. seeking to read what we knew.
She wasn't acting now, and l felt
sorry for her.
How do you know that" she
asked
Isn't it fact" continued the chief,
that Colonel Hollister refused to give
you any more money to give your
brother?"
She sank into chair and sat star
ing at US in terror.
MRS. Hollister." said 1 as gently as
could. when you saw me looking at
that window didn't you see that
knew Just as we'll as you did that no
burglar ever had forced his way in
there?"
She was dumb with terror; she
| strove to speak but the words would
not come.
"And don't you know that my sus-
picions naturally pointed to your
brother? And just now we've learned
that he's booked to sail on the Fran.
coma In the morning"
"And. Mrs. Hollister." said the chief
with a gentleness l never had sus-
pected him of. wed have to arrest
your brother on suspicion IL he at.
tempts to sail-knowing what we do"
What do you want me to do" she
cried suddenly. hinging out her arms.
Don't hurt that poor boy! What do
you want me to do?" -
looked at the chief.
Mrs. Hollister." said he, I'VE are
only engaged to investigate this case
for the Independent Burglary Insurance
Company. Our duty at present merely
is to report that we do not advise the
payment of your claim without fur
ther investigation. Then we will be
instructed to continue our investiga-
tion at once. Which means that our
duty would force us to take your
brothsr into custody"
She thought 1t over for a few min
utes. Then she went into the hall
and called for her wraps and the big
touring car.
Where are you going madame"
asked the maid.
I've got to run in to the belmont
! Hotel" said Mrs. Hollister calmly. II
have an appointment there for this
| evening""
Late that night Col. Hollister called
up Mr. Blaney of the Independent
Burglary Insurance Company.
II say. Blaney." said he, drop that
claim we presented for Mrs. Hollis
ter's jewels. '.uckiest thing in the
world Just happened. Mrs. Hollis
ter's brother just came out to the
house and took walk down by the
beach and founl the jewel case with
the stones all in it lying under a
bunch of sand grass. Yes. yes; found
,them-all of them-yes; the burglars
| must have dropped them in making
their escape.-Yes: probably escaped
In a motor boat up the sound.-Yes
Smart boy. that Mrs. HOLSTERS
brother, Blaney. I'm going to do
drop the claim completely. The jew
els are back here safe in the house.
and that's all we care for. Good
night, Blaney. good night"
A few days later the news Of the
attempted burglary Of the Hollister
home leaked Out and the newspapers
| made a great ado over the finding Of
the stolen jewels. But wonder what
they would have done had they known
at the time that what have told here
is the real story of how the Hollister
| jewels did not disappear.
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be difficult for us to imagine the diff
ference In the appearance OF a pubic
gathering in our day and in that past
Elizabethan era-in the mere age of
Its members. If science could extend
the present average age from forty
four to hundred 1t must be remem-
bered that 1t would mean a CORE
spending extension of youth.-Proi,
Robert Kennedy Duncan, in Harpers
Magazine.
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SEEKING TO PRoLoNe LIFE
Should Prof. Metchnikot Succeed It
Would Mean Much Change in
= Worlds Conditions.

CveE in France there is working
Metchnikoff, the winner of the Nobel
prize Metchnikoff believes that the
present normal tenure of our lives is
undnly restricted, and that 1t ought to
be possible to extend our lives through
substantially longer periods. He be-
lieves that the cause of sleep is the
The Springfield herald., 1912-07-19
True to Hi, Trust.

Father" asked the beautiful girl.
did you bring home that material
for my new skirt?"
Yes"
where is it?"
Let me see. Wait now. Don't be
impatient! didn't forget it. I'm
sure I've got 1t in one Of my pockets.
somewhere"
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Preconcerted?

when a man deliberately sells
his vote for money and is found out"
Numbered the campaign orator. "how
can he ever hold up his head again In
the community"
Let him wear Chokum's Never
bend shirt collars!" yelled natty,
well dressed. businesslike young man
in the back part of the crowded hall.
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She Knew 1t.

Stella-This is the presidential year
Bella-I know. The farmer we
board with keeps eight bull moose
that chase you every time you go out.
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Lest you forget when next In need of
laxative remember the name "Gariekl Ten."
A trial will convince you Of Its merits.
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When you are offered anything free
look for the string.
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Particular.

Two young sports met on Euclid
avenue Tuesday morning. One was a
mushy person who had all the money
he wanted; the other was a hardened
chap who wanted more money than
he had. Said the first:
II hear your uncle Is seriously Ill,
old boy"
'I'm afraid he Is" was the answer.
Don't be bally hypocrite. You
don't love him. do you?"
NO"
"And you're his only relative?"
"Yes."
Then why pretend you're not
glad?"
You darned fool! I've got two
uncles-and the poor one is the one
who is not expected to recover!"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
was given the floating soap and the
bath brush and a rubber elephant to
play with, and was then left to her.
self. Yet she hollered.
Then her mother called up to her:
Keep your mouth shut while you
are in the tub"
"Why?" insisted the voice.
You'll know why when you swallow
lot of soapy water"
why can't l swallow soapy water?
Amt there plenty more?"
Kids are hopeless, almost, some
times.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The globular clusters on the elms
are fragrant when dried.
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Tho Kids View Of Il.

The child was put in the bathtub,
but still she continued to shrek. She
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-06
DETAIN WOMEN WHO AIDED
CAPTURE OF AUTO THIEVES
Two Matrons Unable to Furnish
$1,000 Bail.

Unable to furnish $1,000 bail, Two
young women, through whose admls-
sions the police We're enabled to rouno
up three alleged automobile thieves,
are being detained at the Second pre-
cinct police station. They gave their
names as Mrs. Bessie Wilson, p years
old, and Mrs. Marie Nelson. 11kyears
old, both of 423 Broad street. Both
were ordered held by Acting Judge
Oehring as material witnesses against
the trio now under arrest.
The were taken into custody
last night after an investigation by
the police into ~ theft of an aE.o-
mobile from NJ. & j. Dlgnan. Of II
Littleton avenue. 1t is alleged that
they gave the police a statement in
which they admitted having lured the
Dignan chauffeur to a saloon on last
Friday night, so that the gang could
get away with the car. The scheme
worked. Their statements, it is
claimed. also contained information
connecting the prisoners with the
theft of several other cars.
George Lapp, 40 years old. of 500
Central avenue, Jersey City, leader of
the alleged gang, is now being held in
S13. 600 bail, $4,000. for the theft of the
Dignan car, $4,000 by the Passalc au-
thorities for a robbery he is alleged
to have committed there, and $4,000 on
a similar charge in this county. The
other two. Arthur Johnson, of 4G3
Broad street, this city and George
l.. Gault. of Hoboken, are held in
81 1000 bail each.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-06
% EXCEPTIONS AGAINST
AUTO VICTIMS ESTATE
Creditors of Late CT. Feick OPP
pose Accounting.


An even dozen lawyers representing
creditors of the late Charles F. Feick,
who was killed in an automobile acct
lent neal Kingston, n. Y, on Sep
TENDER 80, 1911, appeared before Judge
William P. Martin with reference to
having a late set for a hearing on
the exceptions to the accounting of
the estate of the deceased. !
William L.. Morgan, of Pitney,
Hardin & Skinner, representing Mrs.
Bertha e. Feick, the widow and ex-
ecutrix of the estate, explained to
Judge Martin that it would take at
least two weeks and possibly a longer
time to hear all the exceptions that
have been filed aainst the will. the
entire number being ninety-eight.
Judge Martin said that the court
calendar was pretty well filed up to
February 10, and that as many pris-
oners were in Jail awaiting trial he
thought the Feick matter had better
be referred to an advisory master in
order to facilitate the adjustment of
the estate.
This view was %concurred in by Mr..
Morgan, representing the estate, and
by the lawyers who are looking after
the interests of the creditors. Judge
Martin appointed Deputy Surrogate
Charles F.. Kocher as special master.
and the arguments on the exceptions
will be heard before him later.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-06
MOULDERS VIM
RETURN TO WORK
Foundrymen Agree to 25 Cent
Increase to $3.50 a
Day.

Jubilant. happy and the prospects Of
a gloomy Christmas dispelled, n
hundred moulders who yesterday
went u on strike at the plant of
Maher & Flockhart, at rs Polk street,
today returned TO work, having won
their fight for an increase of twenty
five cents and the establishing of A
fat wage Of $3.50 a day.
The action of the Fo~undrymen's As
ISOLATION in agreeing TO the demand
of the Moulders' Union averted what
seemed to be the threatening stu
alton Of having a general walkout
occur Of the LOO moulders employed
in the foundries throughout the city
and vicinity. and also affecting about
2 800 laborers.
FOundrymen Hold Conference.
For some reason not given, the
foundrymen, who held a conference
directly after the hundred moulders
had quit at the Floekhart plant and
decided on their course, did not make
known their action until late in the
evening.
Several times during the day when
an Evening Star reporter requested
to see James Flockhart as to the con-
dition of his plant and whether the
association would grant the demands,
word was sent back that he was too
busy and did not have anything to
report.
A. f. Barlow. head of the Barlow
Foundry Company. of % Orange
street, made the following statement
on behalf of the foundrymen:
"Inasmuch as conditions vary in
the different shops the association
felt hat it was advisable and ex-
pedient to leave the adjustment of
the demands TO the best judgment
of the shop management"
To Get Flat Rate of $3.50 a Day.
With the granting of the increase
the three branches of the molders,
floor, bench and eore-makers will be
paid the fiat rate of $3.50 pei day.
which amount was heretofore in
Newark and vicinity paid only to the
floor workers. It was stated by a
number of the strikers waiting near
the Polk street plant that this fat
rate was universal. This was I'M
phatically denied by Mr.. Barlow. who
stated that while the fat rate was
paid by some foundries it was by no
means paid by all of them.
Asked regarding the sudden change
of attitude of the members Mr.. Bar
low said that it was expedient to act
as they did. Upon the question
whether 1t was not true that the
members were aetuated by the fact
that they had more or less large
contracts on hand, Mr.. Barlow stated
that he could not go into detail. He
also would not say anything as to
the attitude of the members. but
from what could be learned there
will be no widening of the strike. but
on the contrary it will come to a har-
monious settlement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-06
BLEASE DEF|ES
WHOLE NATION
South Carolina Executive, De-
nounced by Governors, Retail
iates in Strong Language.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. "a sweep
ing resolution r~epudiating the re-
marks of Governor Blease, of South
Carolina, in support Of lynch law.
was adopted by the governors con-
ference today by a vote of Ia to 4.
Governor Blease, defending himself,
snapped his finger in the faces OF the
other governors, and declared thai he
cared not one whit what the confer
cree did or left rdone.
-Four times this morning my life
has been threatened for my utter
ances,' declared Governor Blease.
Il was quoted yesterday as laying
To hell with the constitution | say
now to all the governors of all the
States and to all the people of the
United States what l said then
The conference hall was thrown into
an uproar.
Governors of Alabama, Wyoming,
Missouri, New York, Maryland and
Wisconsin denounced the South caro-
linian in strong terms for his utter
ances. Governors of North Carolina,
Arkansas, Connecticut and Idaho
voted against the resolution.
The conference today appoint
ed a committee of five to draft uni
form State legislation under which
old-style farm mortgages could be
replaced with short or long-term
bonds. A chain of new State banks
throughout the country to be author
lied by the various legislatures under
a uniform law and a listing of he
bonds on stock exchanges are con-
templated.
Under the terms of the resolution
the bill to be drafted by the commit
tee shall be submitted to the gov
ernors of all States, and must be
approved by two-thirds of them be-
fore it shall be sent to the legisla-
lures.
Governor Emmett O'Neal, of Ala
bama, suggested a means for remedy
ing the situation in the United States,
which he described as a practical
boycott in the money markets of the
country, of agriculture, an occupation
adding over EIGHT billion dollars
annually to the country's wealth, n
''in which Il, 900, 900 of the eountry's
inhabitants are engaged"
The failure of our financial system
to provide methods by which u
farmers could procure one at rea-
sonable rates, Governor O'Neal said,
had long been recognized as one of
it's chief defects. He said it had been
responsible for many visionary and
impracticable schemes.