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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-17
PRUCE IS BROKEN
|tAN IN MORNING

SMtDO, Tex. Feb. 16.-The truce
tsa between, the government and
lolees at Mexico City was broken
morning. according 20 the telegraph
o. az Mexico City. who was in
Onleanon with Laredo al noon. A
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Promise to Be Good.

Two boys. aged IA and 13 years
respectively. We're arrested Yesterday
nippers from the Rex theater. When
taken 10 the station, the boys tearfully
promised to be good In the future and
after fatherly talk by Captain Hempel
they were released
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Volunteers in Bingham.

The Volunteers OF America conducted
special meetings in Bingham during the
last week end from which they report
good results. They returned TO Salt
Lake City yesterday in time for their
usual services here Sunday afternoon and
evening
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-17

The following theater notices arc
marked advertisement" in order to
comply with q strict Interpretation OF
the new federal newspaper law. In
no sense are they paid advertise
ments. They are Items furnished by
the press agents OF the various
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hour. he said The wire failed before
further details could be given. Attempts
to re-establlsh communication with the
capital this afternoon were unsuccess-
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Ex-senator Hale Dying,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Former
Senator Eugene Hale of Maine Is report
ed tonight to be in a critical condition
from paralysis. with which he was
stricken yesterday. He Will be II years
of age next June
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q q 8 Q RIA

viii do the least harm possible to
lives and property In the capital.
and have hopes that everything Will
be peacefully arranged In Il very short
lima
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List of American
Victims in Mexico

WASHINGTON, Feb. 49,
Following is a list of Ameri-
can citizens who have been
killed, wounded, fired upon,
and assaulted in Mexico
City:
KILLED.
r. M MEREDITH of Troy. o.
agent for the National Cash Reg
lister company; struck by a bullet
while i'll the Porter hotel. Two
days previously Meredith had been
wounded by Mexican foderaIist
bullet.
HERMANN o. WEISS, civil en-.
gineer of Washington and New
York, said to have been shot to
death.
MRS. H. w. HOLMES, wife of an
employee of Dun S, killed while
preparing dinner.
MRS. PERCY GRIFFITHs, wife of
an employee Of the street railway
company; legs shot off, causing
death.
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AMERICANS MOBBED
At ACAPULCO, MEX.
Continued from Page one.)

o'clock, the British minister remain
Ing for the night at the embassy.
due to the difficulty OF crossing the
danger zone to reach the British le-
cation
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Exhibition of the much-advertised NOV
ing picture film, Cleopatra" will begin
at the Salt Lake theater this afternoon,
running continuously to IL o'clock p. m,
daily until "Wednesday night
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CHAPTER ix-(continued).

was puzzled beyond expression.
Why should Louise refuse to see me!
| was conscious of having done noth-
ing to offend her. If only l could see
her for Just minute to find out what
was the matter! | felt that l must
reach her. For an instant l was
tempted to brush past the maid and
force my way in. Surely Louise OF
her own accord would not treat me
thus. She must be beside herself with
grief Perhaps she was under the
same malign influence that so dis
tressed her sister. Yet even in the
depths of despair we observe the con-
ventionalities.
"Will you ask Miss Louise when
she can see me-" l found myself say
ing in calm tones to the maid.
Again she closed the door in my
face. Again | waited.
Miss Louise says that she will see
you II you will return in an hour,
was the message that was brought me.
left the Parrish door and stumbled
blindly up the street. The plight in
which / found myself seemed inexpli-
cable, maddening. | was sure Louise
loved me. Had she not turned to me
in the first hour of her distress? Had
she not telephoned me when her Sis
ter shot herself? Had she not permit
ted me to take her in my arms? Had
she not commissioned me to solve the
mystery of the yellow letter? Yet
why had she babe me discontinue my
search? Why had she shut her door
to me? What could be her motive?
What could have Influenced her
against me?
Torn by a hundred conflicting emo
tions, | traversed street after street,
not knowing or caring whittier my
feet were taking me. l must have re-
traced my stefs, for l found myself
in the block whsre the Farrishs lived.
looked at my watch and saw it was
still half an hour before the time
had been told to return. / turned
away from the house and wandered
aimlessly on. There was some mys-
terry in Louise's conduct / could not
fathom. She refused to see me, yet
just ahead of me some one else had
been admitted to the house. A wave
of jealousy swept over me. Who was
this other man? | racked my brain.
striving to recall his appearance, try
ing to remember what there was that
was familiar about him.
All at once 1t came to me. A wild
rage filled me. i knew now who he
was. A picture of the office in that
little hotel in New Jersey came to
my mind, as it looked when | stood
by the stove drying my clothes. A
man had come to the desk and got
his key and had walked past me as
he went to his room. l knew now
where l had seen that man wro was
admitted to the Parrish home, 1t was
the man called Cook.
II was Hugh Crandall.
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own vo,ttion. am certain ynxe you

Own volttion. 7 am certain ynxt you
are Influenced by fear-fear lest some
greater evil will befall, II my efforts
to uhmask the criminal are success
full: Is it not so?"
Don't ask me, Harding" she begged
piteously. II can't tell you. Ii Is not
my secret. | can tell you nothing.
Please don't ask me-
More than ever now was convinced
that fear of Crandall dominated her.
Quickly following on his telephone
, message he had come to the house
and had cast over her the same mys-
terlous spell as had fallen ON her sis
ter. More than ever was | determined
to follow the trail of mystery to its
end, no matter where II lay or what 1t
cost. What was life to me if the wum-
an | loved was to be for ever under
| shadow, in the power Of some hid
den criminal who might prey On her
as he had done on the other members
of her family? felt it my duty toward
her to go on and, If could, compel
her to divulge something OF what she
was holding back from me.
Why did you want that bit of the
yellow letter? What were you going
to do with it, s.,
Il can't tell you. Please don't ask
me-" t<54
why do you want me to stop my in
quiries?" tg5
Il can't tell you. Please don't ask"
What was Hugh Crandall doing
here this morning." ~
The question, direct and blunt as
put it, had almost the same effect as
| IL [ had fired bullet at her. She
caught her breath quickly ard her
face turned pale. | thought that she
was going to faint. With great eff
I fort she recovered, and looking me
straight in the eye, she answered soft
| ly: "Mr. Crandall was not here this
| morning What made you think he
was?"
! did not try to conceal the open
eyed amazement with which l stared
at her as she gave me this unequivo-
cal reply. What could it mean? l
| could not, would not believe that this
high principled. honorable girl would
| wilfully deceive me, yet | was as sure
as that ! was standing there that
Hugh Crandall had been in the house
| that morning. Could it have been that
he had entered without her knowl.
! edge? Was it possible that one of the
maids in the Parrish home was in
his pay and had permitted him TO en-
| ter without Louise's knowledge? That
might explain the rifiing of the locked
! desk The maid might know of Lou.
| ise's habit of hiding the key in a vase.
1t began to look as if | had solution
of this new mystery. Yet it could
hardly be possible for Crandall to
have been in the house for fully half
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Both Vows Broken,

Apropos of the anti-vivisectionists'
fight against the Nobel prize award
TO DR.. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefel-
Ter institute. Prof. Herbert Satterley
said the other day in Jacksonville:
These ants contradict themselves
terribly when they try to prove that
animal research is useless and futile.
They just pit themselves in the posi-
tion of one OF their number whom l
met at my hotel the other day.
'As this anti was dining l bent for
ward and said to him:
Pardon me, but you are, believe.
both an administrations and vecO.
tarian?'
Then said |, you will probably
be shocked to learn that you have
just eaten live caterpillar with your
lettuce salad"
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Character of the Kaiser Revealed e
Expert by Close Analysis OF
His Signature.

There is always certain amount OF
interest attached to the deductions
drawn by psychologists from the Sig
natures of eminent men. Here, for
example, is an Illuminating description
of the kaiser's autograph, supplied by
an eminent Berlin graphologist:
ITO begin with, there is a crochet,
sign of pertinacity, followed by verti-
cal dash, showing audacity, energy. re-
CARELESS of any obstacle. Thec there
is an acute angle, a sign of firmness
and aggressiveness. The first stroke
of the w indicates feeling of supe-
riority over the rest of the uni
verse. The termination of the impe-
rial w suggests that the sovereign
sometimes finds himself struggling
with the multitude of his thoughts, or
the power of his instincts.
The other letters forming the sigma
ture show similar characteristics" the
graphologist proceeds. The final m
is indicative of great diplomacy. which
to the analyst suggests subtlety. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-01-10
CHAPTER K.
Who Was the Thief?

An unbidden and unwelcome guest,
jealousy came and sat by the altar of
my heart. stirring the fires of my love
for Louise into furious darts of fame
that SCARED my soul That Crandall
for ! was positive now that the Wis
itor who had entered the Parrish home
had been he-should have been admit
ted to the house with so many things
pointed to his guilt, while /, an &C
copied lover, and certainly Louise's
faithful servitor, had been barred with
such scant courtesy, filled me with
dumb, unreasoning rage. / felt that
all claims Of friendship and of service,
even disregarding the still stronger
claims of honest love, entitled me to
far different treatment
Yet even in the burst of anger that
overwhelmed me there was not a
single thought of harshness toward
Louise. ! felt that if could but see
her she would explain everything sat
isfactorily. 1t was toward Crandall
that all my wrath was directed. Feel
ing as | did, sure that he was respon-
sible for Katharine's attempted sui
eide and for her poor fathers plight,
/ feared that his visit to the house
BODIED i'll for Louise. Undoubtedly his
malign influence had persuaded her
to bid me drop my efforts to solve the
mystery. He must have realized that
1 was close on his trail, so danger
ously close that with the effrontery Of
the daring criminal he had ventured to
come to the house in one last effort
to thwart my plans for his exposure.
AS became calmer.I resolved on a
course of action. Louise's strange re-
quest to me over the telephone must
have been made because she was DOM
mated by the fear of this villain who
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-01-10
THE BEST TEACHER.
Old Experience Still Holds the Palm.

For real practical reliability and
something to swear by, experience
plain old experiences able to carry
a big load yet without getting sway
backed.
A So. Oak. woman found some
things about food from Old Expert
ence a good, reliable teacher.
She writes:
Il think l have used almost every
breakfast food manufactured, but more
equal Grape-Nuts in my estimation.
Il was greatly bothered with weak
stomach and indigestion, with fcrma-
ton Of gas after eating, and tried
many remedies for it but did not find
relief.
Then I decided l must diet and see
If | could overcome the difficulty that
way. My choice of food was Grape
Nuts because the doctor told me 7
could not digest starchy food.
"Grape-Nuts food has been great
benefit to me for feel like different
person since I begun to eat it. 1t -
wonderful to me how strong my
nerves have become. / advise every
one to try it, for experience is the
best teacher.
IF you have any stomach trouble
can't digest your food, use Grape
Nuts fooS for breakfast at least, and
you won't be able to praise it enough
when you see how different you feel"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book,
"The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
There's Reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
~ne appears from time 10 time. They
arc genuine. trae, and full of human
tnterest A&A
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MHMah0M5N NRazNey
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish TO
propose marriage and finds the house In
great excitement over the attempted SUI
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugn
Crandall sutton for Katherine. who hao
been forbidden the house by General far--
IRISH. had talked with Katharine over ths
telephone just before she shot hersei.
A torn piece of yellow paper is founo.
at sight of which General FaWish is
stricken with paralysis Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurrlediy.
Andrew Elser, an aged banker, commlts
suicide about the same time as katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope Is
found In Elser's room. Post Ofnce IN
spector Davis. Kent's friend, takes up
the case. Kent is convinced that cram
dall Is at the bottom of the mystery.
Katharine's strange outcry puzzles tne
detectives. Kent and Davis search CraH-
dalls room and find an address,. Loch
Box II. Ardway. N. j. Kent goes to ara
way to investigate and becomes susp,
cious of a Henry Cook woman
yellow letter also figures in this case:
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had JUST Deeh
called by Crandall from the same pootit'
Cook" disappears The Ardway post
master is missing. Inspector Davis ar
rives at Ardway and takes up the lhhess
tigation. He discovers that me ueau
woman Is Sarah Sacket OF BridSepoIt.
Louise telephones Kent 1mploring MN 70
drop the investigation. Kent returns ~
New York to get an explanation from
Louise He finds the body of woman IN
Central Park and more yeiloW 10
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The Spider Cheat.

Many species of spiders are interest
ing on account of thei2 physical con-
strnction or their habits, but the most
curious specimens are probably to be
found in the woods of Sumatra; and
these naturalists call, not without rea-
son, spider cheats" This insect, in
order to trap the flies, ETC.. on which it
feeds, hides on a leaf and spins a web
of neutral color. making an illusion so
perfect that the prey not only does not
fly. but seems attracted by the peculiar
termination of the web on the edge OF
the leaf. This is a perfect knot in ap-
pearance and. gives. to the trap the gen.
.eral shape of miniature palm-leaf fan
with indented handle - Harpers
Weekly.
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ing away with IT would be some one
against him."
There was silence while we both
pondered the situation.
''You remember" said Louise sud
denly, ''the agitation my father showed
at sight Of that paper. If he were not
lying paralyzed upstairs l think he
would have tried to gain possession
of It,"
How is your father. and your sis
ter?" l asked, suddenly recalling that
| had asked after neither of them.
Katharine is much better" said Lou.
Use "She is entirely conscious, though
very weak, but the doctor says that
she will in all probability recover
quickly. My fathers condition remains
the same, though he seems to have
regained the use of his right hand
He wrote some brief directions to-day
about his business.
Are you sure of all the servants ?"
i asked.
"All of them have been with us for
years; all but one, ever since before
my mothers death. would not think
Of distressing any of them"
Are you certain the house has not
been entered in the night?"
WAS asking these questions with a
view of convincing her that 1t was
impossible for any one but Crandall
to have taken the yellow scrap---for
any one else to have even a motive
for taking it.
THAT would be impossible" she
said. "All the doors and windows are
protected by burglar alarms ana l
know they are in working order or l
would have heard about it."
There is or there must have been,
l said slowly, some traitor in the
house, some thief, some one who had
an object in getting hold of that pa
per-"
There has been no one here" said
Louise with painful effort, mo one
answering that description"
How did you come to look for the
paper in your desk?"
Il wanted" she stopped short.
Mr.. Kent" she said, her entire
manner toward me stiffening as she
withdrew her hands from mine, Il
asked you last night if you would not
cease your inquiries at once"
''But-but-" ! protestingly began.
81 asked you to do what ! requested
without any questions. You have told
me that you loved me. If that is the
case / know you will do what | ask
without trying to force my confidence.
Isn't it enough for you to know that
| wish you to do it,"
Louise, dear" said firmly, "a mys-
FERROUS trail of hidden evil in some
way has crossed your home. 1t has
stricken your sister and your father.
You yourself asked me to try to find
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Fire in Bank Of England.

The first fire within memory &C.
CURED at the Bank of England, Lon
don, few days ago. A fire broke
out in the southeaptern portion of
the building. The flooring and joist-
ing were considerably damaged. The
outbreak was discovered by the Bank
of England authorities, and subdued
by their own appliances in 30 min
utes. A lieutenant and a dozen men
ofsthe Irish Guards on duty at the
bank, with fixed bayonets, assisted
the police in keeping the crowd back
from the building.
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Geography of Liquor.

Mayor Gaynor, discussing city gov
eminent in his wonted illuminating
ard brilliant way, said in New York:
I'VE must not have one reform law
for the rich and another for the poor.
1t is as bad for the millionaire to gam
BILE in his club as for the laborer to
gamble in a stuss joint. 1t is as bad
to become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
ITO many reformers, so,called.
think that when a man is drunk on
Fifth avenue he is i'll, and when a
man is i'll on Third avenue he is
drunk"
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u Autograph Tells a Tale

letter also suggests the impossibility
of the suppression of the ego The
flourish which terminates the imperial
autograph shows suppleness OF spir-
it, a desire 20 be loved
The two terminating points indi
cate defiance and generally the char
acteristics are those of an extraor.
binary imagination"
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Our Discontent.

Brand Whitlock. the mayor OF To
ledc, was talking about discomfort
1T is our discomfort, our divine dis
content" he said, that will make q
great nation Of u.s.
II believe in discomfort. l can
sympathize even with the discomfort
ed old farmer, who said:
'Contented? When'll be con,
tented? Well, I'll be contented when
own all the land adiolnin' mine-and
not befur, be gum!'"
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we'll and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. l feel very grateful tina
l found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish. I!
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan.
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, 50c per box al
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
english and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 8 sent free
Adv
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Pleasing Sounds.

What is more delightful than the
careless prattle of chiId?" asked the
fond father.
Have you ever heard the rattle Of a
train for which you had been waiting
nine hours at a lonely little station
$50 miles from homer" replied the
travelling man.
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Distinction.

What have you ever done to claim
distinction? In other words, what
have you ever done that was original
or out of the ordinary"
Il once had a part in the actual
transfer of several shares of stock
on the New York exchange"
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my breath was
short and | had
chills and back
ache. / took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return Of the
palpitations. Am
now So years old
able to do lots OF
manual labor, am
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The mills of the gods are never shut
down on account of strike.

Constipation causes many serious diseases.
It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One laxative, three for
cathartic. Adv
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Il see you are paying the hospital
expenses of that painter who fell off
the roof"
"Yes; he's too good a man to lose.
AS he went down he touched up two
or three places which would have been
very hard to reach
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JUDGE CURED, HEART TROUBLE.

I took about boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which / had suffered for years.
had dizzy spells, my eyes pulled,
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for ChildrcH
teething, softens LIE gums, reduces irdaHlna
tion allays pain, cures wind collie. sc ottle Lx
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ALFALFA SEED, S. Timothy and Clo.-,r miIe<'
$3.50 VIII ship C. o. d. Farms for sale and rent q
crop pa yments. J. Mullall, Sioux City, iowa. Adj
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Advice is like a bitter pill-e;.sy u
give but uneasy to take.
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Black Record.

There goes a man oS dark deeds"
Bless us! What does he do?"
puts in coal"
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TIRED BLOOD
AFFECTS THE AGED

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Paralysis, Apoplexy, Poor Circulation,
ETC., as result of Tired Blood Condi-
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