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I SYNOPSIS.

Abner Halliday, a rniserly millionaire.
found gagged, bound and insensible In
bib room, his safe rifed and 5000 miss
tho. The thread Of the story is taken up
by bib nephew Tom. Living in the same
house are other relatives: reckless Bruce
Halliday and pretty Glare Winton. Bruce,
ffo ID d bond broker. has been trying to
Elstsa 3i0. 900 to put through d deal and
5sse himself from financial ruin. He has
slplied to his misery uncle and to others
sps The loan but has been refused. Tom
.Snds Tor William LeDuc, an old-time
stiand connected with detective agency.
~ relating the story Tom reverts to his
acquaintance with Mrs. Dace, a wealthy
gidoW, whose business agent Is Richard
,aackay, q boodler and political boss.
tom IL jealous OF Mackay and is deeply
y love with Mrs. Dace. Bruce Halliday
RarnE MIN TO shun her as an adventures.
sfom sees Mrs. Dace and Mackay togeth-
sf Ito afterwards meets the woman at
\ Morse race, and. happening to mention
slaat Bruce had tip on the winner, she
EYES MIN $500 to place on the race The
W goes wrong and she loses her money
Later Tom Invests in stocks. He makes
seaie money. and returns the lost $500 to
Y. ars, lace. It ID at this juncture that the
. a OF the $4,000 from old Abner Halli-
NV occurs. LIE DUO meets Glare and
Ssuce He learns that the key which
s!are had to the house Is missing. Mac
t,nurs jealous.
mo sctdV. v7ovdws.o. ia cm,w nm
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CHAPTER xs.

a ! gent back to the house. Clare
aad left my uncie's room and I heard
aef voice mingled with Bruce's on
'le lawn below. Uncle Abner had
arisen and was carefully examining
8sas papers as he rearranged them in
aelf customary order. He had been
! .l0it out little, and now that his blood
w circulating freely again and the
,uaness was disappearing from his
anns ne was not suffering bodily to
alioaht to anything But his humor
sas heastly, The look with which he
sssesed me as entered was almost
casniyorous.
ihis Is what comes OF housing fly.
sahights who spend their money stay
VI Y hotels when they should be at
sae ~ the beds which they have al
saus paid for" he snarled. IF you
~ ~ Deen here it would not have hap
! y'aea. ! don't believe there was more
sal one thief, and he could not have
~. -, you u you had any fight in you"
az probably would not have tried
$50 :. any rate, had I resisted
soasd nave stood an excellen, chance
aelhg killed. Men who enter the
s assses q others to commit a crime at
NJ sa' Know that they hold their own
w. y. IN the hollow of their hands and
NJ. aepased to meet resistance with
e, ~ returned somewhat icily
r,s, ene cooiness OF my tones onlv
d, ms wrath fame the hotter.
va aon I make any difference. II
40 your business to be here when
4 ~ !, Knew there was SO much money
H. 'las house instead of running away
WI !. coward and leaving me 70 pro
arn.a !. gu alone. And / suppose you
~ 49,, you will inherit some Of Il
II IA, am gone, but I'll show YOU, -
y sehed The direct intimation that
IA oula Ignore me upon his death
~ M anu that he considered NV ,ife ~
h. ss :, consequence than fraction Of
Oqt q word. i"' from MIN with
staos sa !. % my own room. where I
III 90 s,s ~ the window looking upou
vers ~. below. Bruce and Glare
eyan ..anaef1ng aimlessly about and
po,rv y ~, mar sjstance I could see the
sRfbsa asae iay Upon her face. As for
gnos ~ seemed to have recovered
Al sSs y zeal Of his old-time assurance
ssehtls he turned away with a
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CHAPTER XII.

A few days later there happened a
little incident SO irexplicable and irTi-
tating in its character that it caused
me considerable annoyance and
thought. It was one Of those peculiar
occurrences that one does not care
anything about in itself, yet which
exasperates him because of his in
ability to explain it. It so happened
that desired to wear certain SUIT
of clothes which | had purchased a
short while before, and with that pur-
pose before me went into the closet
where kept my spare apparel hang
ing In order to get 1t out / could not
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fad it. Growing more and more inn
patient as I searched among my
things / at last removed all that the
closet contained, article by article,
and laid them on the bed. The suit
chat | was looking for was certainly
missing.
| sat down and thought. I remem-
bered distinctly the last time | had
worn it, and had an equally clear
recollection of replacing 1t in its &C.
customed place at the end of the day.
I was positive that | had. not touched
1t since that time and It's absence now,
as far as I was able to reason, could
only be explained On the theory OF
theft. | went downstairs to Mrs. Teb-
bets to question her about it, and
happening to recall that she had ex-
pressed her admiration of it upon
seeing it upon me for the first time,
/ now described It to her as the suit
which I had worn on Derby day. She
answered me very promptly:
'Why, yes. That is the one you
sent me word about yesterday. I let
the man have it as you told me to in
the note
| looked at her in mystification,
knowing that / had sent her no note
and being at a loss to grasp her
meaning. What note-What MANI"
demanded. She stood rubbing her
damp hands with towel and seem
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Postgraduate Course.

Pretty Daughter-Now that have
graduated, mamma, don't you think /
ought to take a postgraduate course2
Practical Mother Certainly. my
dear. have arranged complete
course for you In roastology, bake
ology, darnology. seWology. patch,
oIogy, washology. ironology and gen
eral domestieology. Run along no#
and get on your working harness
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ment watching him with pathetic
little clasping of her hands; then
turned and came hurriedly into the
house. ] intercepted her at the head
of the stairs and signalled for her to
come into my apartments. She did
SO. seating herself In a chair that
drew for her. WELL, / said iflquir-
ingly. She shook her head.
Sympathetically continued: st
is really too bad and I don't under
stand 1t either. Nobody in the world
has more confidence. in Bruce's hon.
esty than have, and If he would only
speak I would believe him against a
host of circumstances. But there are
certain things which he as a man
should come forward and explain. He
did not produce the key and denied
ever having had it, while / know it
was in his possession yesterday. The
only thing we could get out Of him
was his permission for us to go to an
uncomfortable place. Have you any
idea of how he became possessed of
the key to the house which saw him
have yesterday"
Il have not-assuming that you are
right. We have been talking that same
matter over and he says he had no
key In his side coat pocket and never
carries one there. know that never
gave him mine, and its disappearance
at this time can be nothing more than
gyfr J,era nlr
that he ever at any time had posses
sion of my key, and am satisfied that
he did not for the reason that If he
had / should have missed it. I don't
care q snap what anybody thinks or
says: know Bruce is as puzzled over
your charge that he had it as you
seem to be over his denial" Her
mouth set dedantly and l knew she
would defend him to the last ditch
should attack him, which, of course,
I had not the remotest idea of doing.
Instead, / became even more mollify
stubbornness through argument ad
vanced to her.
X know that his denial proves
nothing any more than does the fact
of his going broke on change. or his
making that silly remark that he was
going to get $4,000 some way. Meth
er would his refusal to tell us where
he spent the night prejudice me. al
though it might seem somewhat sin
gular, and under the circumstances
be sufficient to arouse suspicion in
those who do not know him. But the
combination of all these things places
him In position before LeDuc which
l regret to see him occupy You and I
have often discussed his outspoken-
ness, and you have said that he did
not know that there was a back door
to anything. 1t is his present com
desire to cover up something that
ought TO be revealed that puzzles me-
Why don't he come out as he has al
ways done before and tell us where
he was at the time this happened? II
for any reason he does not care to
tell you, he at least might confide in
me, knowing as he does that any
secret would be safe in my keeping
Then l could investigate his state
ment merely as matter OF form, and
having found it true 1 could satisfy
LeDuc or anybody else without going
into particulars If on the other
hand there is any reason why he oon't
care to take you or me into his con
fidence, he could at least talk to LIE.
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Deisem, No. OAK. --etI was passing
through Change of Life and felt very
bad. I could not sleep and was very
nervous. Lydia e. PinkhaHn's Vegetable
Compound restored me to perfect health
and would not be without il. Mrs.
+. ID. THORN, Deisen, No Oak.
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me a well woman after
suffering three years. -
= Mrs. MARY BoGART.
Reedville, Oregon.
New Orleans, La -
When passing through
the Change Of Life / was
troubled with hot flashes,
weak and dizzy spells and
backache. / was not fit fos
anything until / took Ly-
dia E. Pinkham,s Vege.
table Compound which
proved worth its weight
In gold tome. Mrs. GAS
TON BLoNDEAU, 1541 Po-
lymnia ST., New Orleans.
Mishawaka, Ind. :" Wo.
men passing through the
Change of Life can taka
nothing better than Lydia
E. Pinkha1n's Vegetable
Compound. I arrl-recom-
ndingitt allrnyfrienda
because Of what it has
done for me. Mrs. CHAs.
BAUER, 523 e. Marion St.
Mishawaka, Ind.
Alton Station, Ky.-s'Fo2
months / suffered from
troubles in consequence OF
my age and thought ]
could not live. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Veg atabla
Compound made me well
and / want other suffering
women to know aboutit- "
Mrs. EMMA BAILEY, Alton
Station, Ky.
u - . q
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TESTIMONY
or five WOMEN
Proves That Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Conn
pound Is Reliable.

Reedville, Ore. I can truly recon.
mend Lydia E., Pinkllam's Vegetable
Compound to all women who are passing
through the Change of Life, az It made
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1l.-Aviator
Peck had been operating aeroplanes
only little over year. He took up
aviation at College Park, Maryland,
near here, and showed much aptitude
In the science. He did much flying
at College Park and last winter went
with the United States Army avlators
to Augusta. Ga, flying there during
the season. Since that time he had
done exhibition flying in several
states.
Peck was about 23 years Old. While
he made his home in Washington, his
parents live in West Virginia. His
young wife died here last April after
TRANSMISSION Of blood from her hus-
band had been made in an attempt
TO save her life.
To officers of the United States
army corps Pecks death came as a
shock, as he was known to have been
a very careful aviator.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
FRENCH ANIlTOR NEh|ei,
BREAKS DIST ANCE H..
Stayed In the Air for - Hours ara
Covered 62b Miles In the
Wight.

ETAMPEs, France, Sept IN.
Tourney the French aviator, compct-
ing today for the Crterium prize Of
fered by the French Aero club, made
notable flight but failed 10 equal
the record set by Helles here last
September Tourney remained In the
air for l3 hours ana IS minutes and
covered distance OF 1,l0l kilos
(62S mlles) lie started over the
seven kllometer (i,3 miles) circuit Of
the Etampes aorodom at 5:5S o'clock
and descended at 7;il o'clock tonight
There was strong wind through most
Of the day and considerable rain, but
Notwithstanding the unfavorable con-
ditions Tourney averaged ~ miles an
hour He used blplane and IL win
ner of the criterium prize of $1,000
Helle's record which was made
while competing for the Michelin
cup, Is 776.S6 miles In II hours and Z
minutes,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
Wholesale LYNCH|NC
NARROWLY AVERTED
MOB SOUGHT THREE NEGROES
WHO ASSAULTED
WHITE GIRL.

CUMMINGS, Ga, Sept, 11.-Furth-
er lynching as a result of the recent
fatal assault by negroes upon young
daughter of prominent planter neal
here was narrowly averted this after
noon. Three negroes, Oscar Daniels,
Della Daniels and Ed Collins, confess
&c today that they were implicated in
the attack on the young girl. AS soon
as the news became public mob was
formed to hang them to the same tele-
phone pole on which Robert Edwards,
"a negro who confessed to the assault,
was hanged yesterday.
Sheriff Reid and his deputies learn
ed Of the mob being formed, rushed
the three negroes from the Jail to an
automobile and took them to Atlanta
to be placed in Jail.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
JAIbS johnson WIFE
ATTEMPTS suicide
FIRED BULLET THRUGH HEI,
HEAD AND MAY DIE AS
RESULT.

CHICAGO, Sept 1.-THE white
wife of Jack Johnson, worlds champ
ion heavyweight gillst, attempted
suicide tonight by shooting herself in
the head, and may die, The woman
had been in such a condition for sew
eral months, that on the advice pf a
doctor, Jphnosn had employed two
women attendants to watch her He
was to have taken her tonight to Las
Vegas, N. NJ, for her health. and was
away getting tickets when she made
the attempt,
The attendants were both with the
women tonight when she opened u
cabinet drawer. took out revolver,
they said. and pointed it at her head.
They struggled with her. they said.
but she succeeded In discharging the
weapon. At the hospital tonight It
was said the bullets passed through
the womans head
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
WILL SPEAK At
NEW YORK STATE FAIR
Speni Quiet Day la New York
Aftcr Being Excused by the
Reporters,

NEW YORK, Sept li,-Goyernor
Wilson OF New Jersey left here late
tonight for Syracuse where he has en-
gagements tomorrow lie will first
speak at the state ialr and later VIII
confer with the democratic county
chairman and members OF the demo-
cratic state committee. lie viii ro-
turn tomorrow night
After reviewing the parade Of tho
Hudson County Democratic associa
ton In Jersey city today, Governor
Wilson spent the late afternoon In ss-
clusion In New York. asking the re-
poTters to excuse him, When he
bearded the train tonight he said ho
had spent the evening with his broth
er, Joseph h. wilson. In attendance
at the theater.
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THE Peace Dove
WAS ON THE JOB
TXPECTED BLOODSIED DID NOT
MNTERIALIZE An BOARD
MEETING.
CROWD WAS DISAPPOINTED
Two Policemen, Who Were Present,
Were Not Needed nt
the Meeting.

The olive branch was waved at last
rights meeting of tho school board
and the expected warfare that was
,upposed TO result from last Satur-
days split in the board did not come.
crowd of citizens that filled all
available space In the room at tho
high school and overflowed into the
nearby corridors was greatly disap-
Ointed at the peaceful way in which
everything turned out. Two police
men, who were on the scene early
in the evening, left long before the
board adjourned.
President Mike Delaney waved tho
Ltecn stuff at the very beginning Of
the session He made nice speech.
concluding with these words:
Il have been too lenient with tho
members Of the board in the past ano
hereafter ! intend to exercise my
rights as president Of the board"
His remarks brought forth round
Of applause from the members and
spectators.
The only time that the situation
looked critical was when the reading
of minutes Of previous meetings be-
gan. The minutes Of last Saturdays
meeting, which precipitated the orIgr
nal quarrel, however, We're not read.
President Delaney said that 1t would
not be necessary to read them. He
intmated that the action taken at that
meeting was not legal and declared
that the same action had been taken
by the fun board last night, anyway.
So one till. passed at Saturdays meet
ing, was repassed and placed in the
minutes Of another meeting.
Despite the efforts Of Member
Bumgarner to have the building COM
mittee, of which he is a member, abol-
ishcd or new members added, the
board retained the old committee and
empowered 1t to make a report on
sites for the three new buildings that
are to be erected. This took away
deals for the purchase Of sites ano
hereafter the whole board will take
final action on these matters.
The North side site is the bone or
contention at present A delegation
Of about fifteen residents Of the North
Side appeared and personally protest
ed against locating the school on
North Denver as the building COM
mittee has proposed They Offered
various excuses. County Judge Cub
ser, II. B. Talley. W. +. Stahl, City
Commissioner Wilson and others en-
tered protests. ]. Y. Brand, owner or
part Of the proposed North Denver
site, spoke in favor OF that location.
The building committee probably
will investigate further into sites that
have been offered on Cheyenne, Main
and other streets on the North side.
Superintendent Kuntz made his reg
uiar monthly report. He stated that
the schools were running nicely and
were not so crowded as he thought
they would be. He said that another
room must be provided at the Central
for the high school. thus ne
cessltating the provision for another
overflow room for grade room that
would thus be elected from its pres
ent quarters.
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PRICE Of QUEEN
VOTES Reduced
VOTES WILL BE SOLD FOR ONE
CENT INSTEAD OF
TEN CENTS.
means A heavy VOTING
This Change VIII Probably Result IN
Change Among the Leading
Candidates,

In order that the finish Of the Dur
bar Shanzada contest may be suffici-
emily exciting the centest committee
last night decided to change the price
of votes from ten cents to one cent
each. The new ruling will go into ell
feet at 9 o'clock this morning and VIII
be In effect until the close of the
contest Saturday night.
This action was taken by the COM
mittee after consulting with the eX-
ecutive committee of the Durbar as
sociation, Miss Gladys Stebbins, the
leading contestant, has very gracious
ly consented to this arrangement, not
wlthstanding the fact that she Is
leading the contest by several thou
sand votes.
This change will no doubt result
in some heavy voting today and by
tomorrow there will undoubtedly be
some remarkable changes in the
standing.
The committee also desires to an
nounce that through the generosity Of
w. n. Robinson arrangements have
been made to close the contest Satur-
day night in the lobby Of the Hotel
Tulsa. The various ballot boxes
throughout the city will be closed at
6 o'clock p. M, Saturday and re-
opened at o'clock at the Hotel
Tulsa. The standing of the various
contestants will be announced from
time to time until 10:45 p. m, after
which time no information will be
given out until the final count, which
starts at IL o'clock sharp.
The public is cordially invited to
be present and participate In the
closing of the contest, as well as en-
JOY a concert by the Tulsa band. The
Mezzanine floor of the hotel. with
comfortable chairs and settes will be
reserved for the ladies.
Friends of some of the contestants
have so far received but few scat
tenlng votes are preparing to pour In
a big avalanche Of votes for their
favorite today, and the leaders of the
past few days will probably have to
look 10 lnelT lduItlS ere iuOtHel 81
hours has passed.
Arrangements have been made to
hold the coronation ceremonies next
Tuesday night on the front veranda
Of the beautiful Elks home at Third
and Boulder. Boulder avenue, from
Third to Fourth. will be closed to
traffic during the ceremonies, and
from the street and adjacent lots the
crowds will view the dazzling and
impressive ceremony. The Shahzada
and her court enter from teh center
corridor of the Elks home to the
Throne, which will be erected directly
at the top of the main stairway, and
in full view of everyone.
The Royal Scribe will read the Of
fcial proclamations Of the Queen and
there will be other ceremonies, pre-
ceding the reading of the proclama-
tion, declaring Her Majesty's ascend
ency to the throne. The Durbar will
then be Officially open and from that
moment on until the hour of mid.
night on the following Saturday. the
Shahzada will reign supreme over all
n
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12

CHICAGO. Sept. 11.-Aviator Paul
Peck, of Washington, ID, c., holder of
the American duration flight record.
biplane tonight while flying in a
was fatally injured in fall with a
gusty wind. He attempted too steep
spiral. and when he struck the
ground. the heavy engine crushed the
wreckage, striking him In the neck.
A gusty wind blew at Cicero field
all day and Director Andrew Drew
posted the customary warning to avi-
ators against going up. Peck, be-
lieving his small biplane would be
fast enough to carry him through the
choppy wind, went into the air in
spite of the caution. At about eight
hundred feet altitude he started to
come down in a spiral glide. Because
of the unusually small size Of his
machine, he started in too steep a
spiral, and he could not manage 1t.
His real difficulty did not become
apparent until he was within 200 feet
of the ground. He would have es
capped with minor injuries. Director
Drew said, had it not been for the fact
that the heavy engine, crashing
through the frame work, with its
gasoline tank and iron fittings, struck
Peck in the neck and across the legs.
The biplane was Of only 26 feet
spread, headless and equipped with a
gyro motor. He was "a years old
and was making trial flight prepara-
tory to the international aviation here
tOmOrrOw
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
STANDARD OIL Was
never Dissolved
THE DISSOLUTION POWER RESTS
WITH STATE WHICH GRANT
ED THE CHARTER.

CHICAGO. Sept 1.-THE Standard
Oil omhany has not been dissolved.
The federal government cannot dis
solve a corporation, because a disso-
luton must come from the state
which gave 1t its charter" said Levy
Mayer, counsel for the Standard Oil
company today.
The statement was made in argu
ments in the suit of George +. Hard
ing before Federal Judge Ferdinand
A. Geiger. Attorney Mayor explained
that, while the properties of the
Standard have been dissolved In ac
cordance with the decree of the Unit
ed States supreme court, technically
there has not been and could not be
atdissolution Of the corporation Itself
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12

BEVERLY. Mass, Sept. 11.-Presi-
dent Taft posed for the moving pic
ture men today. He planted hickory
tree while the shutters whirred off
hundreds of feet of films, and sat with
Mrs. Taft on the veranda of PARA
malta while the machines were point
ed at him and learned tonight that 1t
must be done over again. A light
fall Of rain and overcast skies spoiled
the films Another try will be made
tomorrow If the weather is good.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-12
BULL MOOSE SHOW
THE WHITE Feather
FEAR TO BUCK LaFOLLETrE IN
HIS OWN STATE OF
WISCONSIN.

MILWAUKEE,. wis. Sept H.
Fear Of a clash with United States
Senator LaFollette baked the naming
of a full state Progressive ticket by
the state convention here today.
Progressive leaders felt that the nom
lnation Of a state ticket in opposition
to the Republican state ticket would
not alone precipitate fight with
Senator LaFolette. but also would
prevent support of the Progressive
cause by Governor McGovern. After
celebrating until tonight the COM
mttee on nomination decided to de-
lay action.