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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17
WITH THE EDITORS

This week has witnessed the ~inaugur-
alton Of the winter truck shipping sea
son at Sal Benito. Already heavy cx-
press shipments of q few vegetable pro
/ ducts. string beans in particular have
begun 10 move aud the Indications arc
that The fall and winter truck harvest
ing season. Is now permanently under
way. No CARROT express or freight ship
mcntS Of vegetables have thus far been
made this season. though it is not prob
abe that in express carload Of beans
will be slapped from San Benito next
week or 0 thereafter. The heavy car
lot shipments will 0 begin until some
tiihe latcs in the season. Resides string
Deans. solie peppers. cabbage and
squash have already been shipped out
TINS season, though the bulk of san
Bcnito's early vegetable shipments has
been bcans.-Sm Bcnito Light.
M '# y 4
No equal sum of money ever expcnd-
cd about Dcvinc has made 4 better show
a more real Valuable improvements,
than the 100000 spent to date upon our
roads and streets -Dcvinc News.
Kentucky went Democratic Tues
Gay-all EXCEPT Brcathitt county,
which is normally Republican,
Brownsville Herald.
Paste and Pencil left Kentucky for
Texas in 1871. At which time it was gen
orally understood that the voters of
Brcathitt county didn't know that the
war between the states was over and
were still voting for Lincoln fer prcSo-
dent. Later adviceS represent conditions
there aS having changed but little
Fort Worth Record.
\ recent letter from the 90 oneI ac-
cording TO one of his lieutcnants. saws
he is busy working on a scheme to in
sure the success Of the Progressive party
Doubtless ii il the color scheme. in
which it will be necessary to inject a
good zeal of black. san Antonio EN-
press
Evn Russia can't get itself to believe
in ritual murder. New York American.
The arGuouS task of putting Tamma
ny ont Of business has been accomplish
ed. The still more arduouS task of keep
ing it out Of business remains 10 be
dcnc Kansas City Journal.
What will happen when the irrcsisti-
bic Wilson meets the immovab!c Huer-
ta?-Chicago IntcrOccan.
According TO a recent count. if pcr
cent Of the first class mail il improp.
crly addressed. But who ever heard
According 70 a recent count. Il per
cent Of the first class mail is improp-
erly addressed. But who ever heard Of
Il biz going to the dead letter office?-
New York Evening sun.
Certain rumorS assert that down in
McXio uncle John Rockefeller has been
pulling some Of the tail feathers out of
Uncle Andy Carnegic'S dove Of peace -
Chicago News.
There is a lot of learning in Boston.
but not sufficient TO enable the natives
to understand Massachusetts 30 itics.-
Washington Herald.
The report that Congressman Fitz-
gerald of New York. will resign il an
other of the sort that may be regarded
News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17
SOME NEW FAD.

You must keep up IN unbrokcn egg
diet"
Great snakes. doctor, DO YOU want
me To swallow them whole"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

That Brazilian purchases of Clliforr
mia pruncS have reason to consider them
delicacies. since they pay at the rate o.
o. TO - cents Il pound for them IS one
of the odd facts brought out in a bullc-
tin just issued by the Bureau Of For
cign and Domestic Commerce. Depart
mcnt Of Commerce.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17
HEALTH POINTERS

w. u. w. y. ~. y. ~. ~. go. p..w smsm I.
900. .~.m. b.. ~.a.a r.m. s %. go. 700. o
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Conditions. therefore. which seemed
visionary only a few years ago are now
being realized elsewhere, in the crowded
city as we'll as in the country Anal il
must be forgotten than the country has
special problems of housing and living
as well as the city. The mere fact that
one is not SO crowded in the suburbs
or country does not mean that the house
in which ven put your family, nor the
stable in which YOU put your hotrcS and
%cattcl. is at all the kind of shelter that
will secure the best results for family
and animals.-Heaith Bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17
BUSINESS NOTES

The $40 ARE homestead law. as it is
often called the en- arged homestead law
has made possible the entry of many
million acrs of dry land in the Western
States in tracts double the size allowed
under the original homestead law, DULY
land which has been 'd~esignated| by the
secretary of the Interior as "nonirriga-
bic" can be entered undo rthis act. More
than 900 00O. 900 acres have been thus
designated. but petitions and sworn
statements requesting further idesigna-
lions are constantly being received.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Commercial failures last week in the
United States. as reported 10y K. 6.
Dunn 4 CO., were 80 against 'G' the
preceding week and 30 the correspond
ing week last year. Failures in Canada
numbered II against 50 the preceding
week AMI ~ last wear. OF failures last
week in the United States 131 were in
the cSat. - south. II West and - in the
Pacific States and 13S reported lialll-
tiles OF 5000 or more against III the
previous week. Liabilities Of commerce
al failures reverted thus far for October
are $I0.370.716 against ST., l40.7G last
wear.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

The colonel is said to beaworkihg very
earnestly for the su.cess of the prQgres-
Sive party. He's none too early about it.
Also he had better work clOser home.
Brazil has a fine climate for working
at this season, especially for a man who
has lived in New York Tor alle greater
part Of his life AMI is now getting well
a,ong toward the sixty mark; yet the
elections this year were held much clos
or to New York than to Brazil and tbs
returns do not Indicate that the COlopel
party is thriving greatly. ..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

There are man examples Of cities ~
which typhoid fever is prevalent in spite
OF the presence of satisfactory public
water. In this disease a knowledge Of
occurrence of eases is necessary to To-
cate milk outbreaks, to discover contain
mated wells. if such exist. and to pre-
and by contact. Every typhoid fever pa
tient has potential possibilities for harm
through the contamination of water AMI
food supplies which may be 50 far-reach
ing that it is but proper that an efficient
health department should take cogniz-
ancc of each case
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Montana leads in the production of
precious stones, this supremacy being
due to the mining of sapphire, one Of
the few instances of gcm-mining carried
on as an industry i'll the United States.
The value of the gems produced i'll 1917
was 5000. 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17
NJ. Chairman

NJ. chairman. We IIS" 10 place III
Nomination for the Office OF president
If Mexico. vice Huerta, squelohed, a man
who is the unexpcctcdest person between
FL PasO and Iucatan-a man who, as Il
soldier. has the wonderful gift of ap
p~earing suddenly where he isn't-a man
who sometimes aint where he is-a man
who. while being aunihilatcd at Rosalia
il entering Torrcon by the back gate.
without knocking and without an lnvi
'%tation-a man who. while being i%gnomin
ously defeated before the walls of Chi
huahna. is entering JuareZ with Il brass
band and Il freight train: need we say
that we allude to his exccllency elgtien
eral Francisco Villa. the suddcncst, the
most immediate, and the most surpris
ING person who ever happened in Mexico
siIsfe the days Of HcrliandO COrtez?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

"Onc of the great responsibilities Of
our profession rests on thc question OF
dosing nervous patients. Thousands Of
poor sufferers are today leading lives
of the damned. because some doctor did
not know that scdativcS. OpiatcS, and
stimulants are seductive pOiSOnS, which
only too rapidly demoralizc the already
defective ~ncurapathlc character. -
Health Bulletin.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

The report that Congressman Fitz-
gerald of New York. will resign il an
other Of the sort that may be regarded
News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Four hundred millions Of lol'arS. two
billions of francs is the estimated loss
of the French incurred by invcStmcnt in
'foreign" securities within the last few
years. France is calling a h%aIt-to this.
The New York Financial Market con-
tinucA inert. The passage of the cnrrcn-
cy bill is becoming increasingly proba-
be and banking opposition to it is no
a Willingness to adopt many of the Sug-
gestions made by recognized financial
acknowledgements and Finance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Scarlet fever is another common disc
asc in which the need for the notification
OF eases is universally understood. Ev-
cry case Of this disease comes from some
preCXisting case. No community would
expect and 10 health department would
attempt t. c%ontro' thi> disease III the alb
Scncc Of the notification of the case that
were occurring. The same is true of
plague. yellow fever. and cholera.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

y recent letter from the 90 onel &C
coTdng TO one Of his lieutcnants. saws
he IS busy working on a scheme to in
sure the success of the Progressive party
Doubtless ii il the color scheme. in
which it will be necessary to inject a
good zeal Of black. san Antonio EN-
press
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

There were II producing gas wells in
California at the close of 1917, six wells
having been completed during In" year,
vt the close Ct 1912 there were 81 u;
productive gas wells in Ohio. 637 wells
having been completed during the year
The novel pan of increasing imports
Of American cotton seed oil into north
ern Africa hy introducing m0icrn oil
pressing machinery and encouraging the
natives to produce better grades Of
olives is proposed by Commercial Agent
Erwin w. Thompson in a monograph
entitled Edible oils in the Mediterrane-
an district. inst issued by the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce. De
partment of Commerce. The natives will
sell the high grade olive abroad at excel
lent prices and then import cheaper oils
for their own use. -tt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Action was taken at the last annual
conference of State and Territorial
health officers with the United States
Public Health Service. having aS its
object 4 cooperative plan by which the
state authorities are to keep the Public
Health Service informed regarding the
occurrence and prevalence Of certain dl-
scascs within their respective States
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

There is a lot of learning in Boston.
but not sufficient to enable the natives
to understand Massachusetts 20 itics.-
Washington Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

The decline in BraZi ian securities
which has been very severe, is explained
by the London Economist as due to the
slump in rubber prices and public extra
vagancc. including a waste Of Gvcr g.
00G. 900 on drcaGnaughtS."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

The health department i'll a commune
itv is able to control disease in proper
tion to the completeness and cXa 'tncSS
of its knowledge of the occurrence ot
cases. With full information of existing
cases it can work effectively it can dir
Get it, efforts at p~rophylaXiS against
the disease itself it can work in the light
Of knowledge Of the situation
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

Certain rumors assert that down in
Mex o uncle John Rockefeller has been
pul ing some Of the tail feathers out of
Uwle Andy C%arnegic'S dove Of peace -
Chicago News.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

No equal sum of money ever eXpcnd-
cd about Dcvinc has made 4 better show
a more real Valuable improvements,
than the 10000 spent to date upon our
roads and streets -Dcvinc News
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-17

According to the monthly report of
the British Board of Trade the imports
Of the United Kingdom in September in
creased ftS0.fG9 a. compared with the
corresponding month last year.
There were 81 80 locomotives IL use
on the railroads in this country in 1872
and 236S.GJS cars were III service.
The idea that Capitalization and rom
bination always produce increased eff
ficicncy and profit is a bubble that has
been prickcd This should hcartcn the
i~ndividualist in enterprise. howver small
his capital or modest his establishment
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-03-06

duct the minute l mentioned the yel-
low letter and his flight from the town
behind the fastest horse obtainable.
While l was only an amateur In
criminal investigation. prided myself
that l had followed everything as far
as Davis himself could have done. l
doubted II even he, with all his
shrewdness. could learn the identity
or the dead woman or could explain
what the postmaster was doing with
such an unusually large sum. left so
carelessly hid in the cash-drawer. My
private opinion was that the money
was probably counterfeit and that
when we had solved the mystery we
would find that Hugh Crandall was at
the head Of band OF skilful rogues
who were defrauding the government.
More than likely they had headquar-
ters somewhere in the vicinity. Prob
ably with the connivance OF the post
master they conducted some sort Of
green-goods or other swindling game
through Lock Box II. 1t seemed to
me more than possible that Crandall,
taking advantage of Katharine Far
rish's love for him, had shared her
rather into some nefarious scheme.
Such theory would explain her sud
den break with him and might even
account for her fathers terror at the
sight of the yellow letter that had re-
vealed to her his error. The knowl-
edge of her fathers plight, too. might
6riVon 70 t,-p
Elser possibly was one of the gang S
dupes or agents who saw exposure
coming, through Katharine's activity,
and feared to face 1t. The one flaw in
my theory, 1t seemed to me, was that
it In no way accounted for the second
woman's suicide, and in spite OF Da-
Wis prophecy that there would be
more suicides, | was inclined to be-
lieve that perhaps, after all, 1t was
only coincidence. Learning her
identity, | did not regard as half so
important as to locate Crandall ] al
most wished that had gone in pur-
suit OF him alone. I would have felt
an unholy Joy in rounding him up sin
gle-handed, while Davis followed 9th
tI lllllOI Clues. / lett COUSlueTdDlN
annoyed that Davis apparently was
more interested in learning who the
dead woman was than in discovering
Crandall's whereabouts.
Il have no Idea what they have done
with the Clothes" said almost cross
ly. 81 suppose they are still in the
room. The inquest was adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning. Maybe they
have been taken to the undertaker's.
He came this afternoon and took the
body away. | forgot to tell you that
Crandall called up the Parrish house
this morning and asked for Katharine
right from this very hotel"
What did he say" he asked apa,
thetically.
| repeated the conversation with
Louise word for word as she had
told it to me.
That" said I. is definite evidence
that Crandall, the man whom we sus-
pect. was here In the place where you
sent me-here under an assumed
name. What greater proof OF guilt
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-03-06
7r 0o86'71z1s1 01l7a"1 MIHAlaI1W5N XRaznes

can imagine"
What's he been spending it for?"
We'll. noticely him the other day
wearing big dil.lond in his necktie
and he bought himself gold repeater
watch and he's always hiring horses
at the livery stable and going off for
drives in the evening. One night
seen him buy round of drinks that
cost dollar and ten cents. That's
what | call spending
Maybe he met with an accident on
his drive"
Maybe he did, but don't believe 1t
likely. A fellow that can get along
with women can get along with horses,
and while Charlie wasn't athletic or
anything like that, l never seen the
horses yet he couldn't drive.
By this time Miss Cox had her mall
sorted and turned to us with: "If you
two gentlemen want to see what's in
the safe, now is your chance. I'm 60
ing to open it."
Everything inside the safe was in
the neatest order She removed the
ledgers and put them on the desk, in
spected the Cash-drawer OF the safe
and made tab Of the amount. She
also carefully counted the reserve sup
ply Of stamps, postalcards and
stamped envelopes, and added them to
her tally
Now for the daily cash-drawer,"
suggested the constable. Lets see If
he's taken any of the cash"
That's just like a man." snapped
Miss Cox. How are you going to tell
till | go over these books and see how
much there ought to be? Well open
the cash-drawer after I'm through
| looking"
There was nothing to do but wait,
and 1t was perhaps half an hour be-
fore she completed her calculations,
| being often interrupted by callers for
mail
IF the cash-drawer hasn't been
robbed" she said, we'll find exactly
sixteen dollars and forty eight cents
| in it,
In the presence of both Of us she
opened the drawer and carefully count
ed out its contents. One flve-dollar
| bill, two two's, four ones and three
dollars and forty-eight cents in silver
and pennies were in the drawer.
Right to t." she exclaimed tri-
umphantly. 81 believe you two are
disappointed at not finding a shortage.
Charlie Rouser may have his faults,
| but he's honest"
whats that there at the back of
the drawer?" asked the constable,
paying no attention to her remark.
The drawer one of those heavy
wooden affairs with a circular pocket
for silver, had been pulled out almost
to its utmost length. Where the
money compartments fitted into the
| back of the drawer a little space was
| left, barely visible under the overhang
of the desk. 1t was at this particular
space that the constable was pointing
Following the line of his finger,
caught CLINT of yellow, just as the en-
ergetic Miss Cox gave the drawer a
hard jerk that brought 1t out to its
full length. She reached into the slit
| and brought out a neat package Of
one-hundred-dollar bills-fifty of them.
The three of us sazed at each other
In blank amazement.
What was poor country postmas-
ter on s.k hundred dollars a year do
ing With five thousand dollars care
lessly concealed thus?
Where did he get it?
Where was he?
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-03-06

skirt the woman had worn. Perhaps
It was something in Davis authorita-
tive manner.
There's no use in your looking
these over" I said They were care
fully examined today, and there ia not
n mark on them. The only clue ia the
letter s. on two black, ,bordered hand
kerchiefs and return ticket to
Bridgeport. She signed her name as
Mary Jane Teller, but there Is none
Of the Bridgeport Teilers who an
swers her description. nor are any Of
them missing. | found out all that
long ago"
! Davis was paying little attention to
| my conversation. | doubted II he
was even aware that | had spoken.
With a small pocket tape measure he
was taking the various dimensions OF
the coat and skirt. He turned up tho
hem OF the latter and inspected 1t Ms
carefully as If he expected to find a
name written there. He did the same
thing first with one sleeve and then
with the other.
"You say that she registered as
Teller and that her handkerchiefs
We're marked with an 81" he sudden
ly asked me. showing that he had
heard all l said.
Both the landlord and l answered
him affirmatively.
Where is the telephone?" he asked.
Il want to call long distance"
There was note Of excitement
in his voice that indicated to me that
he believed himself on the verge Of
some discovery, though what 1t was l
could not imagine.
He dashed away to the telephone.
the landlord following. l ate my sup
per alone and waited. Just as ! was
finishing he came back into the
room, and, seating himself. began to
eat apparently Indifferent to the fact
that everything had grown cold in
the half-hour he was absent.
"Wel," | said inquiringly, did you
, learn anything"
He nodded and calmly finished
drinking his cold coffee.
EXpectantly sat there. waiting for
/ MIN W 20 on. llt sttlltu llol W
tiCe my impatience, though It must
have been apparent, and waited until
he had pushed back his chair and
| lighted a cigarette. He always rolled
his own, and never before had | real
ized what an irritating operation roll
| ing a cigarette can be made. It
seemed to me that he was taking en-
tirely unnecessary pains to have the
ends twisted just so. Finally I could
brook no further delay. and burst out
with: We'll, what have you discov-
cred, Mr. Inspector"
| supposed that he might have OBJ
tanned a clue to where the woman's
garments had been manufactured.
some tiny thread by which he hoped
to run her identity to earth. Little
was ! prepared for the startling dis
coveries he volleyed at me. SO tersely.
so concretely put that I could not
doubt the accuracy of his information.
THE woman was Sarah Sackett,
spinsters She lived on little farm
Just outside Bridgeport with her brolh'
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-03-06
CHAPTER vii.
A New Clue.

$50, Davis" | concluded, you see
that every new clue points to Hugh
Crandall."
The post office inspector shifted.
What have they done with the
dead woman's clothes?" he asked. 81
want to see them at once"
| had been anxiously awaiting Davis
arrival, not without some little feeling
OF triumph. to tell to him the startling
developments in the mystery since |
had left him hardly more than twenty.
four hours before at the ferry. | was
at the station awaiting him and led
him at once TO the little hotel. The
noise Of his coming had been bruited
about by the village gossips. and as
his fame had penetrated even 10 the
obscure Jersey village, there was a
curious crowd gathered at the station.
Some OF them even followed US as
far as the hotel lobby, pressing so
close that private conversation was
impossible. To avoid interruption, |
took him at once to my room and or.
dered our supper served there.
While we waited for It summarized
as briefly as | could the new features
OF the case, beginning with my finding
the post office deserted, the name
missing from Lock Box II, the suicide
OF the woman. the calling up Of the
Bridgeport police. the testimony OF
the maid that the woman had been
crying over a yellow letter, the dis.
covery Of the FIVE thousand dollars in
new hundred.dollar bills in tho cash.
drawer, the coincidence in the initials
OF Cook and Crandall that had first
attracted my attention to he missing
guest In the hotel. his peculiar con.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-03-06
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 Hugh
Crandall suitor for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
Tish, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone Just before she shot herself.
"A torn piece of yellow paper Is found.
at sight OF which General Parrish is
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurredly.
Andrew Elser. an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. A yellow envelope is
found In Elser's room. Post Office In
spector Davis. Kents friend. takes up
the case. Kent Is convinced that Gran
dali Is at the bottom OF the mystery.
katharine's strange outcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalfs room and find an address. Lock
Box II, Ardway, N. j. Kent goes to Ard
way to investigate and becomes suspi-
cious of Henry Cook" woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel. A
yellow letter also figures In this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had just been
called by Crandall from the same booth.
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master Is missing,