davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20

similar events in New York. | turned
from listening to the witness to study
ing the face Of the man Cook. Could
It be possible he was Hugh Crandall2
saw that he was watching the testi-
mony with eager interest. Against
my will had TO confess that his face
was one that attracted rather than
repealed me. While there was
shrewdness about the eyes. the chin
was square and firm and the skull
well-balanced. | tried TO read in the
shape OF the mouth or the curve OF
the ears some sign Of the criminal,
such as | expected TO find written on
the countenance OF Crandall, but 1t
was not there.
She was sitting there crying"
A sentence OF the maids testimony
suddenly thrust itself forward from
my subconsciousness as II demand
ing my attention and l listened In
tently to what she was saying.
"That was the way II happened that
| didn't make up the room the day be-
fore. When went in to do It she was
sitting there crying and tearing
letter TO bits"
A letter. II came on me In a fash
that here was the clue, that this was
the connecting link with the other two
cases
| pushed my way forward into the
room, determined TO learn all there
was about this new phase OF the case
The proceedings stopped abruptly at
the hustle my movement made, and
everybody, coroner. Jurors and spec
tators. gaped at me.
IL am a lawyer" ! said. MAY
ask the witness ono or two questions ?"
Still the coroner CAPPED and watt
ed no longer for his permission.
WAS IL yellow letter." l asked.
Now that you speak OF II ! kind OF
remember that Il was"
HAS the letter been found?"
"She was tearing II in pieces"
Where are the pieces?"
The eyes OF everybody present boz
gan rowing about the room, as n I'm
answer to my question. The con-
bAublt iuttituNtQ narAg tCATGl. IN
which / myself. the coroner and the
Jurors Joined. felt that II we could
only find those pieces, the mystery
might be solved. While the room was
being ransacked / kept my eye on
Cook. As | asked the question about
the letters color | noticed that he
looked startled. was amazed now
TO see him edging toward the door I
was tempted TO demand that he be re-
strained and searched. felt almost
sure that " the pieces OF the yellow
letter were TO DO found anywhere II
would be In his pocket. Yet second
thought advised against such rash &C
ton. had no positive proof that
Cook was Crandall. Until had. sure
ly IL would be unwise to accuse him
! remembered that there was no train
by which he could leave the town IN
oil late In the afternoon, SO there was
little prospect that he could escape
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20

One or two or the other Jurors asked
questions. prompted plainly more by
curiosity than by intelligent effort to
ascertain the facts; but II was plain
that Mr.. Williams had revealed all
that he knew, and he was dismissed.
Doctor Allen, who had been sent for
as soon as the suicide was discovered,
gave IL as his opinion that the woman
had hung herself early the evening
before, as nearly as he could Judge
about five o'clock.
"who was II found the body?" the
coroner asked.
Mary Evans. the chambermaid.
the constable volunteered. Here she
is, right here"
The coroner proceeded TO examine
her.
Much embarrassed by the promi-
nence into which she found herself
thrust, but manifestly enjoying the un-
usual situation. the girl told how, early
in the morning, as soon as she began
her work. she had gone to the room.
Il didn't know there was anyone In
No. A." she explained. II knew the
woman had taken IL for just one night
and hadn't bothered making Il up the
day before. None OF the other room
ers was up yet and ! thought | might
Just as we'll get No. off my mind. /
knocked like | always do and getting
no answer i opened the door right
wide all or a sudden. Such a shock
as IL gave me ] never expect 10 have
again TO my dying day. There was
the poor creature a-hanging there.
let yell out Of me that must have
walked the dead, and then | ran and
called Mr.. Williams"
Had you seen the deceased on the
day previous2"
yes. but she wasn't deceased when
l saw her"
did you have any conversation
with herr"
mo more than to pass the time q
day with her you might say"
was thoroughly disgusted with the
dwelling way in which the proceed
ings were being carried on. could
see little hope OF any discovery thai
would establish connection with The
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20
/ each handkerchief

In the corner OF each handkerchief
was a neatly embroidered IS"
II gave me quite a shock as looked
at that mute evidence OF her assumed
name. to her effort to mask her
identity.
Could her name have been Elser?
Was this the way In which she was
connected with the two suicides in
New York? But even SO. suppose she
was the sister or relative. or even the
unrecognized wife OF cid Andred FL
ser, what possible connection could
these two humble people have with
Katharine Parrish?
The mystery was growing deeper.
How wished that Inspector Davis
would come.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20
CHAPTER VI.
Tho Third Suicide.

Something had happened.
awoke the next morning with
start and sat up In bed listening to
the strange confusion In the hotel. In
stinctively Irecognizcd that the Densa-
fion OF tho unusual that so affected me
was something more than the feeling
every one experiences on suddenly
nwaking for the first time In a strange
ple e
ing from the bed and. opening
J., looked out into the hall 1
. nothing. for a turn OF the
cu shut me on from the main
hal. om the floor below came the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
FIRST TAHITIAN EXHIBIT
IN THE HISTORY FOR THE BIG FAIR

SAN FRANCISCO, January 14-The
Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
ton in San Francisco in 1915 will en-
joy the distinction of having the first
Tahitian exhibit in history. Tati Sal
mon, chief of Papara district, Papeete,
Tahiti, has made application at eXposi-
ton headquarters for two-acre space
for a Tahitian exhibit, and claims that
Tahiti or Tahitians have never before
taken part or assisted in any eXposi-
ton. In a letter to the exposition
company it gives the following list of
exhibits which it is desired to place
and a description of the native village
to be constructed:
I'VE propose to construct a typical
Tahitian village, the houses of which
will be constructed of native materials
and built by native labor on the
ground allotted. We will bring par
ty of from $50 to 200 natives to depict
the various occupations and amuse-
ments, For the accommodation and
exhibit of these people there will be
built one general assembly house
about 3Ox6O feet, one house for the
exhibition of curiosities, ten 12x30
dwellings, one house for the chief and
his family and one house for the
guests of the chief
1T is proposed that, in the general
assembly house, there will be shown
the manner of making tapa cloth from
the bark of the various trees such
as the bread fruit, Aute, Ora and
Matt. This work will be done by
about sixty women, who sit on either
side of large piece of wood about
thirty feet long and, by continual beat
ing on the prepared bark with wooden
mallets, manufacture one continuous
piece of cloth. At the same time this
is being done, the different workers
/ leaving their task for a short time,
amuse the others by dancing, singing
and in other ways, all the while ac
companied by beating Of drums. There
will also be shown the making OF mats
! from the prepared Pandanis fiber; hat
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
HOW M'NAMARA
WAS TRAPPED

INDIANAPOLIS, January 13.-One
reason why Mrs. Ortie McManigal,
wife of the confessed dynamiter, was
brought here from Chicago to TESTIFY
in the federal grand jury's investiga-
ton of the dynamite conspiracy, it was
learned today, pertained to the man
ner in which John J. Mcnamara WIS
arrested.
While McManigal was being kept Sc
cretly in a room at the home of a de
tective in Chicago last April, plans
were laid to see what Mcnamara
would do if he heard the dynamiter
was in trouble. Mrs. McManigal ac-
cordingly was sent to visit Mcnamara
at the office of the International AS
ISOLATION of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers in indianapolis and to
ask him for financial aid for her hus-
band, According to the woman s
story Mcnamara gave her $50 and
said, Tell him to keep his mouth
shut and everything will come out all
right" McNamaras arrest followed
three days later,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
TALK
IN THE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, January ia bat
tie of words between Representatives
Ben Johnson of Kentucky and Martin
b. Madden of Illinois in the House to.
day while the District of Columbia ap.
preparation bill was under discussion
nearly resulted in blows.
Johnson had objected to $3.50 for
motorcycle for elevator inspectors, and
Madden Immediately accused him Of
endangering the lives of people who
might ride on elevators which inspect
ors had been unable to examine.
The other day the gentleman from
Illinois, however" retorted Represen-
tative Johnson, undertook to prevent
giving protection to women and chill.
dren in crossing street car tracks in
order to save money for a corpora
ton"
The gentleman is mistaken. | am
here to defend no corporation" re.
Joined Madden.
IF this were a corporation whose
assets were assailed," pursued the
Kentucltan excitedly, 81 doubt not
that the gentleman from Illinois
would come here now and ask for it's
protection"
q take exception to the statement
of the gentleman from Kentucky,
shouted Madden.
'Fake exceptions to my statements
outside answered Johnson, advanc-
ing into the middle of the aisle.
Il am no prize-fghter,' snapped
Madden.
Come out there now insisted
Johnson. "a coward can sit down and
laugh
Friends interviewed and later the two
men exchanged apologies. The motor
cycle appropriation got through, but
the passage of the bill was deferred
until Monday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
Y. wo SING co.

Fine Job Printing at Star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
OIL CONCRETE
FOR ROADNAKING

Logan Waller Page, director of the
office of public roads of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, highly praises
the discovery recently made of a new
use for crude petroleum. 1t has been
discovered that a large quantity OF
crude petroleum could be combined
with Portland cement paste by very
simple mixing process, and further
more that there was no separation Of
the oil from the paste after setting.
The importance of this fact was rec
ognized and a series of laboratory
tests were made, using several types
of oil and tars. An enormous number
of test specimens were nodded for
these experiments, which required the
construction of a large REINFORCED
concrete storage tank built as an ad
ditional test of oil mixed concrete. A
1924 mixture was used containing 10
per cent of oil based on the weight Of
cement. The tank was found to be
absolutely water tight. The tests
show the advantage of oil-miXed CON
crete in structures where a very mex
pensive damp proofing is desired, such
as pavements, basement floors and
walls, shallow tanks, concrete build
ing blocks, concrete roofs, etc,
Practical tests of oil-miXed road
ways are now in progress in Meridian
place, Washington, d. c.; Innis street,
Staten Island, and two bridge floor
surfaces at Ridgewood, N. j. Oil
mixed concrete has also been used
with success in the construction of
new vaults in the United States treas
ury. These vaults are waterproofed
by oil-mixed concrete in the proper
ton of one part cement two of sand,
four of crushed rock and 10 per cent
of oil. The process is free to all.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
Start the New Year
BRIDGE
A DYNAMITE CACHE

SAN FRANCISCO, January IT,
Seventy sticks Of dynamite, careless
ly wrapped in an old gunny sack, were
discovered beneath the Southern Pa
cifc's bridge at Easton, a point mid
way between Millbrae and Burlin-
game, Monday night and an effort is
now being made by railroad and other
police to find the owner. Whether or
not the discovery of the explosive pre-,
vented another dynamite attempt such
as the two near Santa Barbara a
few months ago is unknown, but the
Southern Pacific is to make a thor
ough investigation.
The dynamite was found by a tramp
walking the tracks He found the dy-
Mantle sticks wrapped in an old sack
and this, in turn, was in a coal oil
pan. The finder notified Foreman
Jeremiah Mullen, who in turn notified
the Burlngame authorities. The rail
road officials express the belief that
the dynamite was left there by some
workman, who later forgot where he
had left it. 1t is now held at the
railroads Toulouse near Millbrae and
the Southern Pacific is prepared "a
restore it to the rightful owner-if he
will claim it..
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26

WASHINGTON, January 13.-A
comprehensive military plan for the
United States will be completed by
the War College and General Staff of
the Army before the end of the pres
ent session of Congress, according to
a statement before the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs today.
Secretary Stimson said the Army
was unprepared for war because of
it's geographical disposition. The
troops were in state of high efficiency,
but they must be distributed accord
ing to tactical plan, where their
services could be used to the greatest
advantage, he said. The War College
and the General Staff have been at
work on plans which are understood
to contemplate a reorganization of
most branches of the Army service,
the abandonment of many military
posts in the interior and the location
of large bodies of troops at strategic
positions.
There has been excellent ground
for complaint" said Secretary Slim.
son, that the military policy of the
United States has been so discon
nected and changing that it could
never be pursued to it's full develop.
ment. We are at work upon plans
that for the first time will present a
comprehensive military policy"
Extensive notifications of the
Army reorganization bill now before
Congress were announced tonight by
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
Chairman the House Committee

REPRESENTATIVE JAMES HAY

Chairman Hay of the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs.
Chairman Hay determined to elm
mate the portion of the bill that would
make the staff corps permanent and
abolish the present system of details
from the line of the Army. He de-
clared that the chief of coast artillery
and the chief of militia also would be
retained in the Army organization
when the bill is finally presented to
the House.
IF these changes are made" said
Secretary Stimson, most of my OPP
position to the bill will be with
drawn"
The Secretary expressed strong op-
position to the plan of consolidation
of the general staff with the Adjutant
Generals office and the Inspector
Generals department, making one
large bureau in which routine and
staff duties would be combined. The
officers of the general staff, he said,
should be left free in planning for
war, and advising both the President
and the Secretary of War. He ia.
vored rather the consolidation of the
supply departments of the Army and
expressed the belief that efficiency
thereby would be promoted.
The proposed creation of the new
Major Generals in the consolidated
supply department was opposed by
Secretary Stimson as a discrimination
against the officers of the line.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26

making from such 6bers as Pia Car
rowrooD, Ohe (bamboo), Mou (reeU,
To (cane tasselsl, Moe-Moe (reed)
Niau (cocoanuU, Purau (hibiscus),
etc; making rope from the various
fibers, fancy work in the various fib-
ers, clothing for celebrations and
fetes, fans and other bric-a-brac.
Foods will also be prepared in native
fashion.
I'm the exhibition house will be
shown some 300 specimens of fish pc
culiar to tropical waters; the different
articles and devices used by the ma
tives in catching fish, as well as sin
gle, double, racing and sailing canoes.
The racing canoes will be manned by
from thirty to sixty men, and will give
exhibitions of the speed that is capa-
BILE of being made by them-one mile
in three minutes. Swimmers and div
ers, many of whom can go to a depth
of sixteen fathoms (ninety-six feet,
will give exhibitions. 1t is to be un-
'derstood, however, that exhibitions OF
canoe racing and diving will be given
on special days only.
THE paths around the village
grounds will be bordered by young
growing cocanut trees, vanilla vines
and other ornamental plants"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26

About half the lima bean crop in
the world is produced by a coastwise
strip of California, including Santa
Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles,
Orange and San Diego counties. Pc
culiar climatic conditions are re.
quired, and the only other section
where the bean has been grown sue
cesshully is the Island of Madagascar,
off the east coast of Africa. England
takes the entire island output.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-26

Twenty-siX Moros, lying in ambush
for American troops on the Island of
Jolo, were slain. An American lieu.
tenant was shot twice and one soldier
wounded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11
ARABIAN JUSTICE.
convictins Thief by tho Ordeal OF the
Redhot Knife.

convicting Thief by tho Ordeal OF the
Redhot Knife.
The ordeal of the redhot knife is
thus described by Abdullah Mansur &c.
Wyman Bury as he saw it in The
Land of UZ." The case was one of
theft from caravan. Two young men
were implicated, one palace slave, the
other young Arab. native of the
oasis. Each accused the other, with
many oaths and much mutual vilifica-
ton. Finally both invoked the ordeal
of the knife.
In due course a venerable Arab ap-
peared. bringing the instrument with
him. His family for generations had
possessed the hereditary right to ad-
minister the ordeal. The knife seemed
a very ordinary piece OF hoop iron.
shaped roughly-intO n sort OF blade
about eighteen inches long The name
and attributes Of Allah were engraved
upon it. and it was fitted with u plain
wooden haft
An attendant brought a bowl of
water and a brazier of live charcoal, in
WHICH lIe hhllt WIS llNtIiel. ne
Arab youth received the ordeal first.
He repeated his assertions of innocence
and. rinsing out his mouth with water.
put out his tongue. which was seized
at the tip by the owner OF the knife.
The instrument. glowing dull red, was
drawn from the brazier. and with it
three light blows were struck upon the
victims tongue. which was then in
spected. It merely showed slight
white marks where the hot iron had
fallen.
The slaves turn then came. and
whether he flinched at the contact of
the hot iron or had failed to keep his
tongue sufficiently moist | cannot say,
but the heat of the blade picked off a
small patch OF skin and showed q
bleeding surface. According TO the
rules Of the ordeal. that proved his
/ guilt. and he was led away to durance
| vile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11
LEGAL,
Publication Notice.


Publication Notice.
State of Illinois. County of Rock Is
land-ss:
Circuit Court of Rock Island County.
September term, A. d. 1912.
F. II. First VS.. Jesse Baldwin, Dora
Baldwin. In attachment.
Public notice is hereby given to the
said Jesse Baldwin and Dora Baldwin.
that writ OF attachment issued out OF
the Office OF the clerk OF the circuit
court of Rock Island county, dated the
9th day of August, a. D. 1912. at the
suit OF the said +. II. First and against
the estate of the said Jesse Baldwin and
Dora Baldwin, for the sum Of one hun
bred ninety-flve dollars, directed to the
sheriff of said Rock Island county,
width said writ has been returned ex-
ecuted
Now, therefore, unless you, the said
Jesse Baldwin and Dora Baldwin. shall
personally be and appear before the
said circuit court of Rock Island coun-
ty, on the first day of the next term
thereof, to be holden at the court house
in the city of Rock Island. in said
county. on the 10th day of September.
A. d. 1912, give special bail and plead
will be entered against you, and In ia
vor of the said +. II. First, and SO
much of the property attached as may
be sufficient TO satisfy the said judg-
ment and costs will be sold to satisfy
the same.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk.
| Clarence J. Schroeder, plaintic' at
torney.
Aug. I. A. D 1912
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11
LUNk'S MIGHTY PEAKS.
Popularity of the Ring Mountains of
the Moon.


the Moon.
The moon is really and truly great
planet OF mountains its whole visible
surface being dotted with elevations of
curious shapes and of extraordinary
height We say Its whole visible sur
face" and hasten to explain that we
make this statement simply because
the eye of man has never seen but one
side of the surface of the moon.
What we see convinces US that the
little planet is extremely mountainous.
for on the end exposed to our view
there are no fewer than 10000 peaks,
varying in height from 1000 feet to
four miles. When we consider the fact
that this unarian world IS only one
thirty part as large as the earth
we can easily see why it deserves the
title Of the planet Of great noun
tains."
There is a peculiar thing about these
10000 moon peaks. Each and every
one of them has q ringllke form. the
open end of the conicai point being Of
greater or lesser diameter, according to
the height OF the mountain. In low
grade telescope these peaks resemble
true volcanoes. but when viewed
through a high grade glass 1t is seen
that the depression in the center of the
queer ring mountain" is often so great
as to be below the general level Of the
surrounding country.
The depth of these depressions is
calculated in a curious manner, By fg-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11
LEGAL.
= = = = = = --7N-0-N-N-~-~
Notice of Publication.


State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
In the Circuit Court. January term.
A ID. 1912. In Chancery.
Cora Moore VS.. Albert Moore
Affidavit Of non-Tesidence of the
above named defendant having been
hled in the clerks Office Of the circuit
court of said county. notice is therefore
hereby given TO the said nonresident
defendant that the complainant fled
her bill Of complaint in said court, on
the ChaDCery side thereof, on the 2gth
day of November, A. d. 1911, and that
thereupon a summons issued out of
said court, wherein said suit is now
pending, returHable on the first Monday
in the month Of January, A d. 1912
next, as IS by law required, and also an
alias summons returna BILE on the third
Monday OF September, a. d. 1912.
Now, unless you, the said uOR-resi-
dent defendant above named. shall per
sonalIy be and appear before said cir
cult court on the FIRST day Of the next
term thereof, To be holden at Rock Is
and. IL and for said county, on the
said third Monday Of September next
and plead, answer or demur to the said
compla inants bill OF COMPLAINT Tie
same ana the matters and things charg-
ed therein viii De taken as Confessed
and a decree entered against you ac-
cording TO the prayer Of said bill
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island. Ill. Aug. u, 1914
Adalr Peasants, compliments EoIIc-
!tor-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WANTED-House cleaning or ironing
sweeping or general cleaning. SEN
card 20 81 Tenth street.