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Evening star., 1912-08-31

Probably no other thoroughfare in the
city Is receiving a more thorough inn
provement in the present building season
than is 14th street in that section lying
between Pennsylvania avenue on the
north and the tidal basin on the south.
On this comparatively short stretch of
street one great government building
now is in course of construction; a big
Office building, constructed by private
| enterprise and intended for government
use, Is nearing completion. and a large
modern office building for a private cor
poration also is nearly finished
or the three structures, the building in
tended for the future home of the bureau
OF engraving and printing is by far the
most important and imposing. 1t will be
almost city block in area and it will he
one of the important links in the nro
posed plan OF the art commission for tho
treatment of the south side of the Mali
1t lies just south of the present hureaI
OF engraving and printing, ard after four
years OF preparation it is now actively
under construction. The massive steel
frame OF the structure is completed to
ABOUT one-half of its height and the con-
tract which is being executed bv T
Henry Miller builder, of Baltimore. Md
calls Tor the completion of the great pile
by October 1, 1913.
Ambition Of Director.
Tne execution of the project to have .
model home for what is probably Uncle
Sans greatest factory for several wears
mas been the pet ambition of joseph r,
Ralph, director of the bureau Crowded
conditions, both for the employees and for
the work which the bureau was called
upon to execute. long ago made the old
bureau building inadequate for the needs
or the service. Active work to secure
the necessary appropriation was started
In 1907. and two years ago Congress al
lotted $2,2JAO0O for the work
The site just south of the present bI-
reau was selected. and in order to secure
the land for government use it was neces-
sary to acquire title to thirty-one separate
parcels OF property. Some of these were
secured by condemnation. To gain title
to others 1t was necessary to search far
and wide for the heirs to different estates.
In the meantime the office of the super
vising architect Of the Treasury was en-
gagged In preparing plans for the building,
and these We're completed and approved
both by the art commission and the gov
ernment officials some months ago. Clear
title to the last piece of the land was Sc
cured comparatively recently and in June
of the present year ground was broken
for the new bureau of engraving and
printing. With the work now well started
Evening star., 1912-08-31
WORK IN PROGRESS ON NEW
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
Structure to Cost $2,500,O00- Other New
Buildings on Fourteenth Street.

it has been estimated that the final cost
of the building and ground will be about
$2,oJU.oOO, quarter of Il million DOL
lars in excess of the original estimate.
Monumental in character and literally
a monument to the activities OF DIRECTOR
Ralph and of others in official circles
who have worked fop its consummatlon,
the new structure will be on the southern
edge of the great group of buildings
which the plan of the art commission
contemplates placing along the line or
18th street bordering upon the Mall. 1t
will be six stories in height and it will
have a great colonnade Of pillars along
it's main frontage on 10Th street Kun
ming backward to 14th street there Will
be four large wings, and the principal
entrance for employees will be from TINS
side.
Like Department of Agriculture.
Like the two wings of the new Depart
ment of Agriculture, the bureau of en-
craving and printing will be one full story
below the present grade but the builders
when the plan Of the art commission will
be executed and the hump" on 18th
street southwest will have been cut down.
An excellent idea of the vastness Of the
new structure may be gained from the
statement that the total floor space OF
the building will be approximately 416, 700
square feet
Director Ralph. who is taking a keen
personal interest in every detail of the
big building furnished the following de-
scription of the structure and its interior
arrangements:
The new bureau of engraving and print
ing building is 5O4l5 feet long, 29o13 feet
wide and 1O7 feet high, consisting of
main portion in a north and south direc-
tion, front facing west and four wings
stretching eastward to 14th street.
1t consists of basement, four stories and
attic and is a modern tireproOf structure
in every respect. The beams and columns
are of steel, the arches and girders OF
ferro-concrete construction, the roof of
metal and tile and the window sash and
frames are of iron. The walls are of
brick, faced with Bedford limestone. The
floors will be mostly of wood, concrete
being used in certain locations for spe-
cial purposes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-17
CHAPTER w.
Katharine Sneaks.


If had been alone | would have
gone directly to the Parrish home. I
was anxious about Louise. l had not
seen her since the night before, though
l had telephoned her early in the
morning. greatly regretted having
to leave her so much by herself in
such distressfuI circumstances. I
thought it wiser now to prepare her
beforehand for the inspectors COM
ing. l wanted him to see the Parrish
home. I felt that if he met Louise
and realized the luxury and comfort
in which the family lived he would
better appreciate the mystery and my
determination to solve it.
1 suggested luncheon at Martins
and Davis assented. AS soon as we
had obtained a table I excused my
self and FASTENED to the telephone
Louise told me that the condition of
both her father and Katharine was
practically unchanged. l briefly sum-
married. my mornings work and asked
if / might bring the inspector after
luncheon.
him right over. I want to meet him
and there may be some things can
tell him which will aid him."
When / returned to the cafe on the
Broadway side, where I had left the
inspector, / found him abstractedly
rolling little pellets of bread and plac-
ing them in various positions on the
cloth. So absorbed was he in his oc-
cUpation that he hardly seemed to note
my return. His flying fingers would
hastily mold three or four pellets in
as many seconds. Placing them in
a row, ne would eye them intently.
Occasionally he would sWoop down on
some unoffending pellet and sweep it
to the floor. Two or three times I
tried to interrupt him to learn what
be wished to eat, but each time he
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forehead to suggest her wound, lay
the silent figure of Katharine Parrish.
The pallor of her face seemed only to
enhance her beauty, and though her
eyes were closed, her long dark lashes
still gave expression. AS we watched,
she began stirring restlessly and her
hands twitched nervously. Suddenly
her eyes opened wide, not with the
light Of intelligence, but with the bril-
liancy of hysteria or the excitement
of fever. She made an Intellectual at
tempt to rise in bed, but she was too
weak. Sinking back on the pillow
she shrieked: Promise me, Hugh,
promise me, you'll do it at once"
After that one sentence she relapsed
into unconsciousness. I feared for a
moment that she was dead. The doc
tor fastened to her side and began to
feel her pulse and listen to her heart.
1t seemed many minutes before he
turned to us with a reassuring whis-
per:
ut is nothing seriOus-a relapse to
be expected after that outburst. Her
heart is stronger than | expected. She
will not likely regain consciousness
for many hours, but there is no imme-
date danger"
His manner, rather than his words,
invited us to go, so Louise and 1 fol-
lowed Davis from the room.
The inspector seemed to have for
gotten his haste to depart. He sat
down abruptly on a divan in the up
per hall, with his face resting in his
hands, and gave himself up to intent
thought.
Louise and stood little apart, dis
cussing in whispers Katharine's
strange cutlery. What could she have
meant?
''She meant Crandal1, of course"
said Louise. "She mentioned Hugh
did you hear it?"
l nodded assent.
Probably she was repeating a con-
versation she had with him just be-
fore she shot herself" I suggested.
what do you suppose she wanted him
to promise herr"
Louise shook her head. I racked
my brain in vain for some theory to
fit her words to her own desperate
act, to Crandall's flight, to her IA
theirs terror. judged from Davis
distracted manner that he, too, was
similarly engaged.
Everything" I said to Louise, ''ev-
cry single thing we have learned
points to Crandall's connection with
the mystery that has hung over your
father and Katharine. When we have
found him we shall learn what it was.
am more and more convinced that
he is guilty of some crime, something
terrible, something that your father
and sister knew"
The inspector laughed aloud.
We turned toward him, I in indigna-
ton, Louise in establishment, to find
MIN looking at US with an amused
smile.
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turbed the invalid, Davis turned quick
~ and left the room. Louise and I
followed, leaving only the doctor and
nurse.
1 wonder what made him look so ?"
breathed Louise.
He's afraid of something-for
some one?" I said, hurrying to over
take Davis, hoping to learn from him
his opinion as to what caused the pa
TENTS fears.
Il was right. It's just as [ thought
I heard him mutter as he fastened to
the hall and reached for his hat and
coat. l saw that he was making prep
aration for instant departure and I
was in quandary what to do. [ felt
it my duty to accompany my friend.
for from his manner was convinced
that he was on the track of the mys-
terry. Yet I did not wish to leave Lou
Use until I had gained some expIana-
ton or the barrier that she seemed to
have raised between Us. I was con-
scious of no way fn which I could
have offended her, vet there was a
marked difference in ner attitude tow
ard me overnight. While I was still
debating the question and Davis had
all but reached the door, seemingly in
different to whether or not 1 accom-
panied him, nurse came running to
Louise.
Miss Parrish she said, "I think
your sister is recovering conscious
ness. I thought you would like to
know it and to be at her side in case
she speaks
Though Davis was some distance
away his acute ear must have caught
her words. He turned and was up the
stairs in flash. Louise convulsively
caught my hand. The barrier between
us was swept away. I knew then it
was only fear that she had been for
ward in showing her affection. Hand
in hand we raced up the stairs after
the inspector, and ranged ourselves
on the other side Of the bed from him.
Between us, her long hair in braids,
only the white bandage around her
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-17
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER Harding Kent calls on
Louise Parrish to propose marriage and
q Dis the house in great excitement over
the attempted suicide of her sister Kath-
airline. Kent starts an investigation and
finds that Hugh Crandall, sutton for
Katharine, who had been forbidden the
house by General Parrish, had talked with
katharine over the telephone just before
she shot herself. A torn piece of yellow
paper IS found, at sight of Which Cen
eraI Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER II-Kent discovers that
CrandaIl has left town hurriedly. An
Grew Llser. an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
CHAPTER TIA yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room. Postofffce Inspec-
tor Davis, hent's friend, takes up the
cas-
amt 1t queer, now, that you
speak of that! The first letter he had
in months came only last week. The
police found part of the envelope on
the floor beside him Them and me
both looked through all his things, but
never trace of the letter could we
find. I can't for the life Of me think
what he could have done with it. 1
know the letter must have had some
sort of good news for him, for after
he received it, for several days he
was as bright and clipper as could be,
more like himself than he had been
for years. Then yesterday somebody
telephOned to him don't know who
it was, for I was out marketing and
he never had any phone calls before
that / know of. Right after lunch he
went out and was gone until after
three. Soon after he came in he
killed himself in this very ROOM
To my mind things were beginning
to look blacker and blacker for Gran
dali. The parallel between the cases
of Katharine and Elser was entirely
too strong for it to have been mere
coincidence. We knew it was Gran
dali who had telephoned Katharine. It
must have been he who had called
Elser. There was much to be ex-
planned. What it was that had driv-
en- them both to seek death was still
a mystery to me. My mind reverted
to my original theory that there was
child, whose existence had been
kept from the world, that was in some
way connected with the Parrish fam
lily. Old Elser was the guardian of a
boy. Suppose this boy was the child.
1t would establish possible connec-
ton between the two suicides. 1t
would explain why Katharine might
have known old Elser yet never have
mentioned the man to Louise.
I took it for granted that Davis
would ask the landlady further about
the child. Of course, he would want
to know the boys name and the
name Of the school where Elser
kept him, but he made no further
inquiries. Telling the Iandlady he
would let her know in a day or
two about the room, he turned to me
with:
Come on, Kent, it is time we had
some luncheon"
eve must find Crandall," I said as
we left the house.
eve must find who wrote the yell
low letters" Davis responded.
1T must have been Crandal," l as
serted with conviction.
cit may have been Crandall," the
inspector replied. "Was CrandalI left
handed?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-17
SHOP in E, Il. HYDE BLOCK
JOSEPH E. IVEY
Many Good THINGS of Life.

When we look into the long avenue
Of the future and see the good there ~
for each one Of us TO do, We realize
after an what q eautiful thing it IS
to work, and to live, and be happy
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-17

Don't be too sure" he said quizzi-
cally. "Cranda1 doesn't seem to have
been left-handed."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-17

Parrish mystery, however, is of the
second cIass-the crime Of The pair.
I am certain Of it."
The important thing then for us
to do" said I, trying to bring him
from the abstract to the concrete. "is
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-subr ,ribe for The Herald.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
LEADS To
BIC BANKRUPTCY
Anderson Hardware Company
Failure Laid to the Loss of
Chief in Accident.

| The death in an automobile accident
several years ago Of Harvey Anderson,
head of the company. is given today by
business men as the cause of the bank
ruptcy of the Anderson Hardware Com
pany, for which receivers were appoint
ed today upon application to the Fed
eral court.
1T was a one-man concern" said
prominent hardware man. Harvey An
derson was the business. He had it AT
! his finger tips and he had never trained
any one else TO take his place. Presi-
dent Charles w. Davis is a capable
young man, but he assumed control
only a short time ago and the business
was in bad way then.
There is absolutely nothing in the
! liquidation of the Anderson company to
cause apprehension of other failures.
The failure was not due to general con-
Citions, but to circumstances peculiar
to this firm"
Another large hardware company is
negotiating today to purchase the en-
tire stock of the liquidated company
and the deal probably will be closed
! this week. The stock is being invoiced
and the doors of the store are closed.
The company filed a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy, giving assets as
$13l, 500 and liabilities OF s142,0s1.62.
The assets are made up Of $4,000 in
bills receivable and i'll open accounts
! $4,000 in stock in trade, $4,000 in
promissory notes and $1,000 in cash.
There are only 70 creditors and
they are agreeable to the receivership,"
said President Davis today. We had
foreseen such action would be neces-
sary for several months. 1t is not so
much q bankruptcy as d liquidation Of
business. Nobody will lose heavily
| Thomas D. Meador and F. w. Mckee
were named co-receivers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
MUCH IMP ORTANT.
HISTORY MADE IN
CLOSING YEAR
Titanic Disaster and Balkan
Defeat of Turkey Are Most
Prominent Events.

Much notable history was written in
,,s wear Of 1912-events of vast impor-
.oroa and Of world wide interest fol-
lowed each other in the quick march of
-ae mast twelve months.
The most significant Of these doubt
,azs was the revolt Of the Balkan
Gates against the Turkish empire,
which put a period to the sultan's an
,tert supremacy in eastern Europe. The
srdden rise Of the minor states which
eamprlsed the Balkan allies is one Of
,na rarvels of the age. No less mirac-
rloua was the swift and decisive way
IN witch they swept the Turks across
she plains Of Thrace and forced them
hack to the banks OF the Dardanelles.
The fortunes OF this war caused the
whole world to wonder. The very map
Of Europe was changed from day to
oay. Especially has this war brought
into significant power the states of
servia and Bulgaria and given them an
important voice in the diplomatic To-
rum OF Europe.
Sinking of Titanic.
The most grievous occurrence OF the
year. especially to America, was the
sinking of the Titanic on April IA. The
loss OF this greatest Of all ocean liners,
with over 1900 persons, was the great
est marine tragedy Of all time.
II vas not only the multitude OF vic
tins that made the catastrophe so
overwhelmingly sad, but the character
snd Importance of many OF those who
eank-the appalling figure being 1919.
In the middle Of the night, while the
ship was flashing with myriads Of bril-
liant lights. and the great vessel was
ringing with music and laughter. the
Titanic ran head on into g. gigantic
iceberg while going at the rate Of over
80 miles an hour
Wilbur Wright Dies.
In this year OF the most numerous air
disasters 1t Is quite significant that
death should claim, by sickness, the
man who invented the first practical
dying crsft-Wilbur Wright.
In the political realm the year 1912
Witnessed many remarkable things
Perhaps the most significant was the
completion Of the overthrow Of the
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the assassination of Herman Rosen-
thai, the New York gambler, by four
gunner acting as agents of Police
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker The lat
ter and his four hired murderers are
now under the sentence of death.
The circumstances surrounding this
crime and the subsequent developments
arising from 1t constituted the most
earnest steps ever taken in probing
municipal corruption.
The immediate result of the Becker
crime was the opening Of the alder
manic investigation, which revealed the
revolving details of the alliance between
the police and the underworld
Another event which stirred the
heart of the nation was the dastardly
attempt to assassinate Theodore Roose-
welt at Milwaukee by John Schrank, q
New York crank, who is now in an
insane asylum.
Several important opinions were
handed down by the United States su-
preme court. the chief Of these being
the opinion touching the Union Pacific
merger. The action taken by the court
resulted in the dissOlving of the great
railroad combination which had been
effected by the late L. H. Hartman.
A big event at the end of the year
was the conviction on December 2S of
3S union labor leaders on a charge of
conspiracy growing out of the dyna-
hitting campaign OF the Mcnamara
brothers, who a year ago confessed to
blowing up The Los Angeles Times and
numerous other property, for which
they were sentenced to San Quentin
prison. California, for life The 80 men
were sentenced to prison on Deem
Der 80. Sentence was suspended on five
OF them.
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Manchu dynasty in China and the In
stallation of the Chinese republic with
DR.. Sun, a Harvard graduate, as pres
ident,
In America, OF course. the most i'm
portant political event was the over
whelming defeat of the Republican par
ty and the return of the Democratic
party TO power, after sixteen years.
with Woodrow Wilson as the new
president
An interesting feature or the political
movements in this country was the
birth OF the Progressive party, with
former President Theodore Roosevelt as
its god father.
South Pole Discovered.
The year 1912 also witnessed the dis
covery Of the South Pole by Captain
ROAD Amundson, the Danish explorer,
In the field Of science great progress
was made, especially in surgical exper-
iments The Nobel prize for the most
notable achievement of the year in the
latter field, was awarded by DR.. Alexis
Carroll, of the Rockefeller institute,
New York. Although DIR. Carroll is a
FTenchman by birth he has labored in
America for years. He is, to all events
and purposes, an American, and the
work he did for which he was given
the Nobel award, was performed in an
American institute erected by an Amer
lean philanthropist. Therefore, Amer
lea claims the honor.
The most sensational individual crime
OF the year, at least in America, was