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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03

"Inasmuch as yc have done it
unto one Of the least Of these
my brethren yc have done it
unto me-
The Gazette taxes pleasure in
acknowledging the receipt OF
$3.50 to the fund Of $50 neces-
sary to pay the expenses OF
little crippled boy at hospital
until he is cured. In note en-
closing a dollar bill a little girl
writes:
Dear little boy: ! have just
81 to spare. How did you hurt
your poor little leg. | just want
ed to help you in your trouble.
| hope you will soon be we'll.
| will have to close now.
Helen Louise Outcalt.
Another letter enclosing 81
and signed "a friend" states
that the writer is u widow with
two children and can hardly
spare the sum enclosed, but
wants to help in the good cause.
We sincerely trust that the
balance of the money needed
will be raised promptly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03

Samuel II. Lunt, auctioneer sold on
Saturday for Robinson Moncure, trus-
tee. the store house and dwelling at
the southeast corner of Alfred and
Pendeton streets for $1,000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03

A delegation of members of Fitz-
gerald Council, No. 459, Knights OF
Columbus, of this city, yesterday after
noon went to Washington and witness
ed the excmplifcation Of the third de-
gree of the order on large number
of candidates.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03

North bound extra freight train I'll
and south bound freight train 63 OF
the Southern Railway colllded at
Rockfsh on Saturday about haifpast
twelve o'clock. Engineer Mcdonald
had two ribs broken by the accident.
The engines were damaged and seve-
raj cars more or less broken.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03

The Woman's Auxiliary to R f.
Lee Camp, will meet tomorrow night
at 7:3O o'clock in Confederate vete-
rams building.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03
WEATHER REPORT.

Generally fair tonight and Tuesday:
moderate southwesterly winds
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-06-03
SUN AND TIDE TABLE.

Sun rises ut 45O sun sets ut I:26.
High tide tomorroT-1l Il. M, ana
1885 p. nj.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27
IooOyTlsht, iSiS (. .. Hooiurs ! o.
SYNOPSIS,

Robert Cameron, capitalist. consults
Phillip Clyde, newspaper publisher. re-
farding anonymous threatening letters he
has received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on a certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriousiy cut
from portrait of Cameron while the lat
ter is In the room. Clyde has theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means OF a string. unnoticed
by Cameron. EVELYN Grayson, Cameron's
niece, with whom Clyde is In love, finds
the head of Cameron's portrait nailed TO
= tree, where II was had been used as
target. Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy;
clyde learns that q Chinese boy employed
by Philetus Murphy. an artist living
nearby, had borrowed a rifle from Cam
eron's lodgekeuer Clyde makes an eX-
cuse to call on Murphy and is repulsed
He pretends to be investigating alleged
infractions of the game laws and speaks
OF finding the bowl of An opium pipe un-
der the tree where Cameron's portrait
was found. The Chinese boy~is FOUND
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
eron in his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
becomes seriously i'll as a result OF the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri-
ously on Cameron's sick bed. II makes
direct threats against the life of Cameron.
clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything ana
plans to take Cameron on a yacht trip.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27

fisherman, that we don't know all ana
everything about So, l say, no mat
ter what they planned this time they
are outwitted." And even as said
It, saw clearly before my vision
these words: Say not Heaven is high
abovel Heaven ascends and descends
about our deeds, daily inspecting us
wheresoever We are"
Then you agree with me7 You
think something may have been
planned?"
II wouldn't pretend to interpret
their symbolism" answered evasive-
". "The empty envelope impressed
me as synonymous with saying,
Nothing more at PRESENT. Even now
l think that if they had meant to con,
tinue they would have said so. I'm
almost sure they would"
was quite sure. of course, but
dared not say so.
Cameron smoked on quietly for q
while in a rumlnative mood Even
tually he threw the end Of his cigar
over the rail, and leaned forward
81 don't know" he said perplexedly.
81 don't know"
This I hoped was to be the end
of the matter, for tonight at least; but
presently he began to talk Of those
first two letters, to conjecture, to won
der, to dissect phrases, to dig out
subtleties OF meaning from euphemis-
tic expressions. And then knew that
he had every word memorized, just
as | had
Seven bells had struck and we were
still talking. But now and then there
were pauses in our converse-inter-
walls Of silence Of varying length-dur-
ing which l sat with my gaze stretch
Ing out over the black waters and my
hearing strained for any unusual
sound More than once during the
evening l thought had detected far
off the pounding note Of a motor
boats exhaust, but had put the notion
aside as too improbable for entertain-
ment. Now, family, seemed to hear
it again; not so distant, but muHed.
got up and stood close to the rail.
and listened with ear bent. Then
determined to go to my cabin for
night glass which l had included
among my traps. But at that moment
the sound, which 1 had made sure Of
ceased, and l stood a second or two
longer. expecting 1t to resume.
Altogether it was not over minute
or two that l stood there. 1t seemed
much less than that. Then l turned
with a question for Cameron. / won
dered whether he had heard the sound
too.
"I say, Cam" began, and stopped
startled, with his name half uttered.
His chair was empty. He was not
on deck. / ran to the saloon. He was
not there. flung open the door OF
his stateroom. He was not there, eli
ther. 1 had the yacht searched for
him. He was not on the yacht.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27
CHAPTER TX.
A Graft Without LIahts.

Craft without Lights.
Composure is second nature with
me. l claim no credit for It; 1t is q
matter of temperament rather than
cultivation. But now my temperament
was all awry, and my composure fed
me. l was excited. More than that
was frantic, distracted, ratified. !
wanted to do a dozen things at onces
to get answers to a score Of ques-
tons in a single moment. And the
consequence may be imagined. For
five-ten minutes, nothing was done
whatever. Then the search-light was
got into play, sweeping the waters on
all sides. far and near; but with pal
try result Five or six miles astern
we made out a power boat, similar to
that which l had seen through the
glass earlier in the day. To the east.
ward a steamer with two tunnels was
just coming into range. The white
sails of a coasting schooner showed
to westward. Trailing in our wake
was our squalid salvage. the dory OF
the fisherman.
Macleod, trained to GOODNESS, re-
tanned his wits. Systematically he
set to work. Likely and unlikely
places aboard the yacht were looked
into. Before l knew what he was
about, we were going back over the
way we had come with the search
light swinging in a circle and a half
dozen sharp-eyed seamen scanning
every square foot Of rolling wave,
81 can't understand it," l kept re.
peating aloud, with senseless iteration.
81 can't understand it."
was standing alone, we'll forward,
leaning over the rail. Presently Mac
Leod laid a hand on my shoulder.
1--WE can't do anything more than
we are doing, Mr.. Clyde" he said in
his matter-of-fact way. For my part,
l can't understand 1t. either; but since
Mr.. Cameron's not aboard, there's
only one conclusion, and that is that
he's overheard. And since there was
no one interested in throwing him
there, then It seems very clear that
he must have jumped"
jumped" l cried, in irritation.
my God, man! Don't l tell you that
| was not three feet away from him,
and only for a minute or two? How
could he have jumped without m!
hearing him? How could he even
have got out of his chair, without my
hearing him?"
The captain shrugged his shoulders
(To BE CONTINUED)
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27
CHAPTER VII.
somewhers East Of Nantucket.


The Sibylla under stress of her
powerful turbines was racing easily,
Keeling off her thirty knots with no
seeming effort and scarcely percep-
tible vibration. There had been a
stiff breeze during the night, but 1t
had died down at sunrise, and now, at
noon, the sea was calm as the bosom
of a nun. The sun blaZed on the
yachts polished brasses, intensifying
the snowy whiteness of her glossy
paint, and turning to jewelled show
ers the spray which fell away from
her sharp prov and caressed her long,
sleek sides. It was wonderful weather
for late October. On the nineteenth
the temperature had risen to ninety
in New York, breaking all records
for that date; and now, two days
later, here at the meeting of sound
AID ocean, with Point Judith just
and Block Island a blur abaft our
starboard beam, we sat, Cameron and
l, shaded by spread awnings, on the
after-deck, as though 1t were mid
summer. For he had been convinced
by my righteous untruth, after re-
peated and emphatic DINING, and had
daily grown stronger; readily agree
ing at length to cruise along the
coast, with Bar Harbor as objective.
THAT is precisely what l had the
Sibylla built for" he told me. when
my suggestion found acceptance.
did you ever notice the inscription
on the brass tablet over the fireplace
in the saloon? No? Well, it's this:
'Sibylla, when thou seest me faynte,
address thyselfe the gyde Of my COM
playnte.'
81 found It IN an old book. published
in 1863, poetic induction to The
Mirror of Magistrates written by
Thomas Sackville. You can fancy
how my application distorts the orig
inal intention; but Sackville isn't
likely to trouble me over it,"
/ repeat this explanation now main
" to indicate the improved temper of
the speaker. His mind was placid
once again, and with this recovered
placidity had come a return Of his
quiet humor For my own part
was not altogether happy My de-
light over my friends recovery, and
Evelyn's pleasure thereat, was cur
died by self-reproach regarding the
instrument ] had employed to bring
It about. A lie is to me a most con-
temptible agent, and to make use OF
one has been always abhorrent. In
this instance / had salved my con-
science in measure with the old ex-
cuse that the end justified the means,
but it was only in a measure, and
was far from being as happy as l
pretended.
Moreover, / could not rid myself OF
an uneasiness-a misery. indeed, in
which / was now without company
concerning the day and its menace. /
say without company" for Gamer
On, 'oY course, had quite dismissed the
subject, and Evelyn, who previously
was greatly pertur5ed, had seemed to
put away all apprehension directly
she saw us safe aboard the yacht.
There had been some talk Of her &C
companying us. but without signify
ing my real reason. had managed
to dissuade her.
For my disquietude there was GER
tAinly no logical ground. had tax
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-27
Love rhat Endurea.

Remember, that there is sometimes
fine love that never leaves a mans
heart 1t stays and wRitsl Man.
chester Union.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
County Seat Cases Closed.

Oklahoma City, Sept l0.-Petitions
for rehearing were denied by tns SUI
preme 'coult today in the cases OF Bris.
tow ". Sapulpa and Tecumseh Us.
Shawnee, INVOLVING the county seats
of Creek anG Po5tawatomie countios
respectively. In the elections neiG in
those couo-;es Sapulpa and Shawnee
were the wilLets. but the co ut SGT
aside both elections on account of IL
regullGties.
In the Pottawatomie county case it
was held that Shawnee's offer of it's
city hal lfor a court house constituted
bribery and in the Creek county case
the distribution of liquor by Sapulpa
partisans at various precincts formed
one of the chief grounds for objection.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
THE ROSARY"
MONDAY NIGHT

When Rowland and Cliffords new
play, The Rosary" comes TO the
Grand Theatre next Monday, the dis.
eliminating public will be given an op-
portunity to see pictured before them
decided answer to the growing un-
rest and irreligion of our times
Not that The Rosary" is a decision
merely, it is more II is a faithful pic.
ture of the misery and unhappiness
that surely comes upon man who lacks
faith in the supreme good and its in
eyitable triumphs in our world.
A typical American family is taken
as fair example of every day condi-
tions that obtain throughout the Unit
ed States, the husband a man immers-
ed in business the exacting business
of Wall Street and the Stock Exchange.
Little by little he has fallen away
from the faith OF his Fathers, that
faith that has brought our Republic
into being, he has replaced it by an
agnOstic attitude all too prevalent in
our day and time The wife believes,
her confidence in an all wise, all pre-
vading good has not bee nshaken; and
so when storm and stress comes, the
man with no anchor is swept by the
storm of agony the woman remains
steadfast, moore dby her faith, to out
ride the tempest
Through all the heartbreak and tears
through all the agony and anguish,
clear and serene, moves the wonderful
figure ia modern Catholic priest
whose life has been dedicated to God
and the service of his fellow man, it
is his clear spiritual vision that sees
through the web that has been woven
about the two people whom he loves
and it his faith and God-given power
that sets them free.
1t is a wonderful preachment OF
faiths mighty power, of the saving
grace of the good that lies all about
us.
The tremendous story, powerful in
its simplicity, is interviewer with the
higher threads of sane humor, of the
sort that one loves to take away from
the theatre and muse over in idle
moments.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
Willow Branch School.

There were sounds of reyelry on Sat
urday night at the new school house
just finished in the thirty-second dis
trict, to be known as the Willow
Branch school Ice cream and cake
galore 70 reveryone present This
school is under the management of
the following board members: Joe
Hunt. chairman, Ora holland clerk,
Grant Williams, treasurer, and Miss
Ida Russell has been engaged as teach
er Everybody predicts a peaceful and
successful term of school. and the
school board offers a hearty welcome
to all public speakers to come and
have the use of our school house at all
times
The ladies OF this district and near
by districts also showed themselves
equal to any emergency in the way of
getting up a sociable in short notice
and good style The following pro
gram was carried out Opening re-
marks by John Ratclif, ice cream, cake
and lemonade, then an address by Mr..
Smith, principal of the Centralia high
school, then voting of cakes to the
most popular young lady, and homeli-
est man. Speech by Pete Coyne, who
praised the board for the efficient man
ner in which they erected their school
having floated no bonds, the patrons of
the school assuming al the responsible
ity of paying off, and carrying indebt-
edness created for material. workman
ship, etc. the school site being a do
nation of one acre to this school dis
trict from Judge Gill and T. D. Cox
to belong to district 50 as long as it
is used for school purposes.
Now come on We candidates and We
will give you a comfortable place to
show your merits in and this school
board guarantees that each and every
party will receive equal consideration
as long as they are in control of the
school
JOE HUNT.
ORA NOLAND,
GRANT WILLIAMS.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
PASSENGERS CARRYING LIQUOR
CAN'T RIDE.

Muskogee, Okla, Sept. 11.-Persons
suspected of having liquor on or about
their person will not be allowed IN
board the Iron Mountain trains, ac-
cording to an injunction issued By
Judge r. c. Allen here today. The
order was issued to the railway by the
court in an effort to suppress the in
PRODUCTION of liquor into the prohib'-
tion territory Bootleggers, who found
it impossible to ship their goods by
express have been boarding the trains
as passengers and carrying the contra
band stuff in their pockets and grips
The railway company is in a delimma
whether or not to search the passen-
gers whom it suspects.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
The Kansas Horse Disease.

DR.. Ben Dobkins was here today en-
route home to Welch from Oklahoma
City The board of agriculture re-
Gently sent Dr. Dobkins to Kansas to
investigate the disease that is killing
so many horses in western Kansas.
Dr. Dobkins says it is blind-staggers
an dthat he examined about 500 head
They nearly all die when stricken
with the disease. The short pastur-
age and the dust is given as the cause.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
STATE FAIR At
OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City. Sept 1.-THE sixth
annual Oklahoma state fair and ex-
position, Oklahoma City, September "a
TO October ), is ready to instruct and
entertain all the people of the state
of Oklahoma an dthe entire south
west. The sixty odd buildings and
barns, the 160 acres of ground and
every detail in connection with Okla
homa's greatest enterprise, are in the
pink of condition for the opening on
Tuesday, September "a
Wisdom of the management in put
ting up large and commodious build
ings is exemplifed this year as never
before. Every department is bigger
and better and there will not be one
foot Of vacant space. In fact, Secre-
'tary l. S. Mahan now faces the prob
lem of caring for the largest number
of county exhibits ever before assured.
II is barely possible that some of the
agricultural displays may have to be
placed in some building other than the
immence agricultural building This
means that there is every indication
that the county exhibits will be one
of the strongest features of the 1912
state fair and exposition
Examples OF Americas best inyen-
tive genius will be found on forty
acres comprising what has become
we'll known as Implement Field Ce-
ment walks, firm paths and substantial
crossings will enable visitors to see
the hundreds of interesting things in
this all-important department without
much thought of weather conditions.
Interest in such exhibits as shown on
Implement Field is constantly grow
ing an dthis year many labor saving
machines and devices will be on ex-
hibition. A merchanical milking ma
chine, silo demonstrations with ma
tured corn and other things of inter
est will be some of the daily features.
The main Exposition building will
be literally bulging out with handsome
and costly displays of merchants and
manufacturers. A special building is
devoted TO the dairy interests while
still another building is for bees and
honey, culinary and pantry stores.
Minerals will be shown in one entire
| building and the automobile and We
hicle building will be crowded Daily
demonstrations and tests will be made
| in the Cement building and two thou
sand chickens will be seen in the pOul-
| try building. The mammoth live stock
pavilion and all the barns for cattle,
horses. swine, sheep, etc, are literally
running over There is every indica-
! tion that it will be the greatest state
| fair an deposition in history.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13

New York, Sett 10.-The Providence
Journal, one of the most influential
papers in New England, has come out
for Governor Wilson
The Journal is an independent paper
and has held off supporting any of the
various candidates until today, when
in a column leading editorial, the pa
per states in part.
"As an Independent newspaper,
bound to ne party and desirous only
of serving the public good the Journal
believes that the election of Woodrow
Wilson as president of the United
States is demanded by every consider
alton OF the national welfare
ITO whom then. at such a juncture
can intelligent and patriotic men turn
if not to Governor Wilson? Now, as
the Journal asked on the occasion of
his speech of acceptance can such
mean fail to respond to so inspiring a
call? The question is no longer one
of mere craftsmanship 1t is at bottom
a question Of morals. Governor Will
son does not indulge in the cant of
affecting to be greater than his party;
but he does appeal to men outside of
the party to join with him in discov-
ering an dapplying remedy for ad-
mitted evils lie is no blind reaction
ary, no wild.eyed radical He does
not believe like Mr.. Taft, that tariff
guaranteeing profits to special inter
ests is the golden source of all our
prosperity, or like Mr.. Roosevelt, that
Utopia is to be established by domi-
neering bureaucracy with an infallible
head we need no revolution" he
says; I'VE need no excited change;
we need only a new point of view and
new method of spirit of counsel. -
The nation will be fortunate if its
next president deals with vital issues
in such fashion. 1t will be fortunate
if the lofty ideals of Woodrow Wilson
inspire the new administration. The
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13

New York, Sept. Ex-senator Fred
T. Dubois, who managed Speaker
Clark's per-convention campaign, de-
clared that all the Clark leaders are
enthusiastic for Governor Wilson
now, he says:
Il have addressed letters TO all the
men who were active for Speaker
Clark at the convention, and have
asked them 10 tell me their attitude
in the present fight have not found
one who is not loyal to our ticket"
A straw vote of the commissioners
on uniform legislation of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, taken just before
the recent meeting of the association
in Milwaukee, showed a decided pre-
ference for Wilson for President. OF SO
who voted "a were for Wilson, II for
Taft and for Roosevelt. William
Draper Lewis, dean of the law school
of the University of Pennsylvania, was
the one who voted for Roosevelt
Eugene c. Massis, of Richmond. Va,
took the vote The members of the
commission on uniform legislation are
appointed by the various states, and
is a representative body
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13
CONTRIBUTORS
FINANCE CAMPAIGN

New York, Sept. l0.-For the past
fortnight a strenuous campaign has
been carried on in the southern and
western states by the Contributors Ma
tional Wilson and Marshall League.
After nearly two weeks Of expert
menting, the plan which was devised
by Acting Chairman w G. MeAdoo is
now to be given a test throughout the
east.
Going on the principle, that the
democratic campaign must be financ-
ed by small contributors, Acting Chair
man McAdoo called into consultation
various members of the national demo-
cratic committee and suggested the
Contributors League.
Mr.. McAdoo was elected president
and Charles r. Crane, vice chairman
of the finance committee of the ma
tional committee, was elected treas
urer, and Stuart G. Gibboney, secre-
tary.
Handsomely engraved certificates
have been printed with picture OF
Governor Wilson and Governor Mar
shall. They are being issued in 81, 81,
IS. $40, s25, $50 and 500 certificates.
Each certificate is numbered and the
name Of the contributor is written in,
an dafter the official seal is attached,
they are signed by President McAdoo,
Treasurer Crane and Secretary Glib
honey. The following letter from Gov
ernor Wilson is printed on each GER
tfFeafe.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-09-13

New York, Sept 10.-Judge A. NJ.
Jackson, eX-Congressman from Win
field Kans., was caller at democratic
headquarters today
IF all Governor Wilson needs is the
vote OF Kansas to be elected, then he
can start on his inaugural speech right
now.
"The nominal republican vote of
1000 is not only going to be wiped
out, but we are going to add not less
than 10000 majority for Wilson"