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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

The afternoon editions were S+iu
for, between breakfast and lunch ~
yet another man had fallen yictip, ms ms
mysterious assassin; and sheets iii. 'ls
sheets green, sheets gray and sbes,s ' aL-
low were scattering panic from on ~,
of London to the other. The nolic. s s-
tective system of the country u,ar e
ten. The government should ir+or,.- ~
must interfere. II was a natIonsi sc
grace that the foremost city of the o.S
ilized world should be terrorized il Wv,
appalling fashion and the author =, t ~.
outrages remain undetected, Corr5 ~. ua
thing be more appalling?
1t could, and--it was, Whom
came and the evening papers were ,,sl'
planting the afternoon ones. thar go
thing more appalling bo,,s.
before to the Yard itself-was gIarir- US Wis
on every bulletin and every front 49,. S-'
in words like these: 's'
LoNOoN's REIGN OF TERROR,
APPALLING ATRocITY IN cLAser.
STREET.
SHOCKING DYNAMITE OUTRAGE
Charges street! The old magic" ,,r,.,
Of those magic" old times Of Cleek s,5
the Red Limousine and the Riddles tb,,
were unriddled for the asking, NsrLo1'
grabbed the report the instant he bs,r,
that name and began to read Il breatb,
lessly. 1t was the usual station a..
vice licked through TO headquarters ana
dectphered by the operator there. and (,
ran, tersely, thus:
4:2s P. M.-Attempt made by unknown
parties to blow up house in Clargs,
street, Piccadilly. Partially succe,,Sr
Three persons injured and two Killed
No clew to motive. Occupants far,Gr
from Essex. Only moved in two dav,
ago. House been vacant eight v.sks
previously. Formerly occupied bv 70.
tired seafar1ng man named Captain vo.
ratio Burbage, who
Narkom read no further He flung N.
paper aside with a sort Of mingled laupb
and blub and collapsed into his chair with
his eyes hidden in the crook Of an IN.
thrown arm and the muscles OF his month
twitching.
(To be Continued Tomorrow1
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
DON'T BELIEVE HIM.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

ItdI MISS T dIIIdN.
l am IS and have been keep
ing company with a young man one
year my senior. He asked me to go
out with him. but | refused to go,
having good reason for il. But
just to show me, he has been go
ing out with different girls every
Sunday and vet he claims that he
loves me all the same. ANXIOUS.
l doubt if he really loves me. Men
are so contrary that If you show this
man you don't care with whom. or
how many. he goes. l am sure his at
tentiOns to other girls will end. That
is the only remedy left for you to APP
ply. If YOU show YOU are hurt. he viii
redouble mis- attentions TO other girls.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

! even I-faugh! he might pass me In the
street a dozen times a day and I'd never
know him if l looked straight into his
ewes. He'd come like a shot if he knew
| l wanted him-gad, yes! But he doesn't;
and there you are"
l. Imagination was never one of Petrle' s
strong points. His mind moved always
along we'll prepared grooves in time-hon-
ored ends 1t found one of those grooves
! and moved along it now.
A Commonplace Suggestion.
'Why don't you advertise for him
them" he suggested. Put a personal in
! the morning papers, sir. Chap like that :
sure to read the news every day; and its
| bound to come to his notice sooner or
later. or, if it doesn't, why, people will
get to know that the Yards lost HIM and
get to talking about it, and maybe he'll
learn of it that way"
| Narkon looked at him. The suggestion
was so bald so painfully ordinary and
commonplace, that, heretofore, it had
never occurred to him. To associate
Cleek's name with the banalities of the
everyday agony column; to connect him
with the appeals of the scullery and the
methods of the raw amateur.
| The very outrageousness of the thing was
! its best passport to success.
by James, I believe there's some
thing in that" he said. abruptly. IF you
get people to talking Well, 1t
doesn't matter. so that he hears-so that
! he finds out l want him. Nip over to
! the telephone there and ring up The
Daily Mail while I'm scratching off an
ad. Tell EN- it's simply got to go in the
mornings issue I'll give It to them
over the line myself in a minute"
His Personal.
| He Iurched over to his desk. drove a
! pen into the ink pot and made such good
haste in marshaling his struggling
thoughts that he had the thing finished
! before Petrie had got further than Yes;
| Scotland Yard. Hold the line. please,
! Superintendent Narkom wants to speak
to you"
! The Yards requests are at all times
| treated with respect and courtesy by
! the controlling forces of the daily press,
so it fell out that, late as the hour was,
space" was accorded. and, in the morn
! ing. half a dozen papers bore this no
tice prominently displayed:
CLEEK-Where are YOU? Urgently
needed. Communicate al once
Maverick Narkom.
The expected came to pass: and the
unexpected followed close upon it's heels.
The daily press, publishing the full ac-
count of the latest addition to the al
ready long list Of mysterious murders
which, for fortnight past, had been add
ing nervous terrors to the public mind,
screamed afresh-as Narkom knew that
! it woodland went into paroXysms of the
Yankee Reporters Disease until the very
paper was yellow with the froth of H.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
1T is NOT HOPELESS

Dear Miss Fairfax.
| am 20 years old. and met in a
place of business a young lady
is years of age. ! started to keep
company with her, and seemed to
love her dearly.
The other night she told me that
am not for her and she is not for
me; but she said we can continue
keeping company.
Shall | continue the friendship
or not? l told her Maybe you'll
'learn to love me later" but got no
answer from her. Up
You are right in assuming that she
may learn to love you, and I am of the
opinion that your prospects are favor
able.
If she did not care something fol-
you, she would not go with you at all
Persistence usually wins so don't
tamely give her up, If you really want
to win
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
A GREAT BENEFAcTREss.

Lydia E. Pinkham, Of Lynn Mass.
bequeathed to posterity such a leg
aCy as few women leave behind
them. This woman, gifted with a
knowledge of the medicinal virtues
of roots and herbs, won lasting
fame by her discovery of a priceless
medicine to relieve women from
their sufferings and thousands Of
American women, now we'll and
strong claim they owe their health
and happiness to Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
A MATTER OF TASTE.

\ young man accompanied
lady friend TO church the matter
being prearranged and not merely
a chance meeting. Is it proper for
him to offer her change to deposit
in the collection basket?
LOTTIE.
He commits no act Of improperly il
he offers her change for the collection
basket. and she must have the good
taste To th~uk him and refuse it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

It is infatuation. l am glad you rec
ognize there is a difference and hope
you will always be as clear-eyed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
INHALATION.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

i''tl MISS dllldN.
am a young lady Of nineteen
years and am very much perpleXed
with the following: l have met sew
eral very nice young men with
whom I thought I was in love. but
when something parted US they
never entered my heart again. Is It
infa tuatiOn or love?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Cleek, the Mysterious.

Cant YOU find somebody TO put YOU
on the lay, sir?-some friend of his:
somebody that's seen him, or maybe
heard from him since you have"
"Oh, don't talk rubbish" snapped
Narkom, with a short, deriding laugh.
Friends. indeed? What friends has he
outside of myself? Who knows him any
better than l know him; and what do |
know of him, at that?-nothing Not
where he comes from; not what his real
name may be-not a living thing but that
he chooses to call himself Hamilton Cleek
and to fight in the interest of the law as
strenuously as he once fought against it,
And where will l find man who has
seen him, as you Suggestion would
know if he had seen him-when he has
that amazing birth gift to fall back on d?
You never saw his real face-never, in all
your life. I never saw it but twice. and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

Yes, sir. King Uric Of Mauravania
is there as the guest of the republic.
Funny time for a king to go a-vsiting
another NATION, sir, amt it., when there
is revolution threatening in his own?
Dunno much about the ways of kings,
superintendent but if there was row
coming up in my house, you can bet all
you're worth I'd jolly we'll stop at home"
Diplomacy, Petrie, diplomacy-he may
be safer where he is" said Narkom, in
reply. "Rumors are afiOat that Prince
Whats-His-N Name, son and heir of the
late Queen Karma, is not only still living,
but has, during the present year, secretly
visited Mauravania in person.
q see by the papers that that ripping
old Royalist, Count Irma, is implicated in
the revolutionary movement, and that, by
the kings orders, he has been arrested
and imprisoned on a charge of sedition.
Grand old johnny, that hope no harm
comes to him. He was in England not so
long ago. Came TO consult Cleek about
some business regarding a lost pearl and
took no end or a fancy to him. Hope
he pulls out all right; but if he doesn't
oh, well, we can't bother over other peo-
pies troubles-we've got enough of our
own just now with these mysterious muir
ders going on and the newspapers ham
mering the Yard every day in and day
out. God! how / wish l knew how to get
hold of Cleek-how I wish I did"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

Every one who is afflicted with bad
cough is sure to get a paroxysm wh4r
going from warm room into a colder
atmosphere. \ simple means Of pre-
vention when changing the air-is 20
close the mouth firmly. and for some
minutes breathe entirely through the
noStrils.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
FLORENCE

50 contrary Is The heart Of a mad
that if my reply favored \. your heart
would favor B.
l am sure that neither is the one You
really love, for this reason: When a
girl loves a man she can not compare
him with other men any more than she
could compare a star with a pebble. An
eNaggeration. I admit, but such is a
girls love
Let time decide for You
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24

very good way to make your stair
carpet last longer, before laying the
carpet provided you do not possess
proper PADS is TO fold up some brown
paper, or newspaper would do. five or
six thicknesses not as wide as the car
pet. and just lay it about six inches
from the edge and a little over the
edge, and secure it at each end with a
tin tack. BY doing this you will find
your stair carpets will last a good deal
longer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
FOR YOU TO DECIDE.

Dear Miss Fairfax.
am a girl of seventeen. am
considered very good looking. and
am very popular among the Young
men. l am keeping company with
two young men and think a great
deal Of them. l do not know which
one l love the better. \. takes me
to the theaters and gives me good
times. but b. seems to like to stav
in the house and never seems to
want to take me out Now. think
I would like r. much better than
A. il he would take me out and
give me good times
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
Household Suggestions

Household bread will keep fresh fo-
considerably longer if it is placed in a
tin with a well fitting lid whenever i,
is received from the bakers or-when
made at home-directly it is cool. An
old-fashioned recipe for preventing
loayes from becoming hard in very cold
weather consisted in covering then
with liberal sprinkling of -four anu
then inclosing each loaf in paper bag.
The necks of the bags should be tied
round with string. when they should be
hung on nails in a dry larder until re-
quired, the flour being then shaken of
and the loaves wiped with a damp
cloth before being placed in the oven
for few moments
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-24
His Personal.

CLEEk are YOU? Urgently
needed. Communicate at once
Maverick Narkom.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11
Joe McGinnity.

Jimmy Callahan and John Nc
Graw had a hot argument in New
York about iron men" pitchers,
Cal boosting; Ed Walsh as the
most durable finger since "Old
Hoss" Radbourne pitched g.
straight, and the Giant leader
nominating Joe McGinnity for
the same honor. What Walsh can
do is well known to every fan, but
McGinnity was not far behind.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11

pass, there will be several amend
ments of a minor character. In its
present form no provision is made
for decisions. In New York de-
cisions are not allowed, and that
clause will probably be added to
the Carroll-Hilton measure. Six
ounce gloves are the smallest that
can be used.
One of the strongest boosters
of the bill is Lieut.-Gov. Barrett
O'Hara. Speaker Mckinley has
also declared for it, and Gov.
Dunno said today that if a bill
could be drawn that would elm
mate the objectionable features of
the sport he would sign it.
ANY kind of clean sport is a
good thing, said the lieutenant
governor, 4 never saw any harm
in boxing, and I am positive there
is not as much demOraizing in
fuence IN "a boxing match as
there is in some Of the shows at
our theaters, which make a sen
sual appeal Of course, we3must
eliminate the dishonest promoter.
That is what gave the game its
black eye. The promoter makes a
crooked offer, and a fighter, being
human, accepts. It's the pro
moter's fault. In New York they
have clean boxing, and, under a
good law, I see no reason why we
can't do the same here"
Frank Chance reached New
York last night. The first man to
greet him was John McGraw,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-11

will have to make some changes
in his training schedule. The Sox
leader expected to open the sea
son in St. Louis instead of Cleve-
land.
President Navin of Detroit
says Sam Crawford is still a hold
out.
So far there has been no serious
hitch in the Jack Britton-Packey
Mcfarland fight. Britton wants
to weigh in at 1874 pounds at 4
O'Clock and Packey is asking for
135 at 3 o'clock. Its believed this
will be adjusted,
Cy Seymour, former Giant,
who has bought his release from
Los Angeles, is reported to have
signed with the Boston Nationals.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

displaced the seismic apparatus.
Yesterday afternoon and this morn
ing torrents Of sand fell"
Vesuyius has changed it's form
many times, and is now changing it
again. In ancient Roman times the
volcano stood about 1000 feet high.
but the eruption of 49, A. D., blew
this to ashes and reduced it to about
1000 feet.
The crater OF the old dormant
volcano was the scene of one of the
most stirring dramas in Roman his
tory-the fight for liberty of the
gladiator Spartacus. A Thracian by
birth, Spartacus had been seized by
the Romans while quietly tending
his fiocks and sold to a trainer of
gladiators. He revolted at the
cruelty of being forced to fight with
men and wild beasts in the arena
and with band of seventy follow
ers fed to the crater of Vesuvius
The Romans sent small force to
capture him, but he destroyed them.
Dissatisfied men came to join him
every day and increased his army.
The Roman praetor Clodius was
sent against Spartacus with an army
of 5000 men. Clodius guarded the
exit from the crater with part of his
force and then descended the crater
in pursuit Of the rebel Spartacus
and his men climbed the walls Of the
crater by means of the vines, then
fell on the Romans from above and
destroyed them.
After this Spartacus collected an
army of 100000 men and overran
Southern Italy sacking many Of it,
principal cities. Spartacus defeated
one Roman general after another, in
Guiding the important Crassus.
Finally the Roman Senate called
back. Lucullus from Asia and Pom
pey from Spain, and all these to-
gether crushed poor Spartacus,
whose rebellion originated in the
crater of Nesuvius
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16
Professor Malladra, of the
Vesuvius Observatory, De-
sends 1900 Feet into the
Treacherous Volcano and
Makes New Discoveries

This cracking Of the cone was ac-
companied by the opening Of two
large craters at the summit that dis
charged with a terrific noise i'm
mense clouds Of steam dust. lapilli
and volcanic bombs. Some of these
bombs were thrown to a height of
1000 feet above the top of the noun
tain. They issued from the crater at
a velocity of about 5000 feet per
second.
At the eruption of 1906 Professor
Matteucci the director of the OBJ
servatory to which Professor MALTA
dra belongs, gave himself up to what
appeared certain death in order to
make all possible observations. On
April 7 he recorded
THE neighborhood of the observa-
tory is completely covered with lava.
Incandescent rocks are being thrown
UP by tile thousands to a height of
2,400 feet, or even 5000 feet and
falling back form large cone. The
noise of the explosion and of the
rocks striking together is deafening
The ground Is shaken by strong and
continuous seismic movements, and
the seismic instruments (that record
the time, direction and density of
earthquake movements) threaten to
break. 1t will probably be necessary
to abandon the observatory, which
is very much exposed to the shocks.
The telegraph is interrupted, and it
is believed the funicular railroad has
been destroyed
In spite of this critical condition
Professor Matteucci continued at the
observatory. On April he wrote:
During the night the expulsion of
rocks ceased, but the emission of
sand increased, completely envelop-
ing me and forming red mass from
seven to ten inches deep, which car
ried desolation into these elevated
regions. Masses OF sand gliding
along the earth created complete
darkness until o'clock. Several
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

z YESUVIUS, the busiest volcano
" in the world, has given signs
Of new era Of activity, such
as that which was ushered in by the
historic eruption that destroyed
Pompeii and Herculaneum in 70. AID.
a new mouth has opened up in
the crater and is discharging gas in
vast quantities. In order 10 make
accurate observations Of the new
conditions Professor Alessandro Nal
adra, Of the Vesuyius Observatory.
with several companions descended
INTO the depths OF the crater and
took remarkable series OF photo
graphs, In doing this work the
scientists risked their lives.
The professor descended the crater
10 q depth OF 1912 feet, which is
record for the exploration of active
volcanoes. With him were Pro
.essofs Max Stortz and NJ. Paul
lacJbi. The descent was made along
hg southeast Wan Iron rings were
lr.yen into the wall by the ex-
p,or.rs as they descended and ropes
rriached TO these by which they let
themselves down.
After long and perilOus climbing
lgy found themselves on the door.
which is about a thousand feet from
he crater's edge. 1t is strewu with
treat blocks Of rock that have been
brown up by the volcano and con.
aims numerous vents. In May last
p part Of the floor fell in and left a
nfnel Sith a diameter Of about $50
Get and Il depth of 230 feet. Later
20 July "mouth" opened up. at the
yottom of this funnel.
Tho most hazardous part of the
scientists undertaking was to climb
Town this funnel to the edge of the
mouth The temperature within the
.uDuel was exceedingly high. and the
'umes discharged from the mouth
were very distressing to the ex.
plorers, They were Obliged to wear
vet sauze over their mouths while
Lhey approached the opening into the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

Interior OF the vol
Cano. Al this point
hey We're LIP
eet from the crat-
er's edge and in
he throat. If not
The heart, of the
Volcano.
A thermometer
.owered into the
mouth showed a
temperature of $50
degrees, while that
on The floor above
vas so degrees.
The temperature
in the funnel was
30 m e W here be-
( W zen { h e S g
POINTS.
Some OF the pho
tOgraphs taken are
here reproduced by
Kind permission of
rOfessor Malladra.
from these il is
easy to form an
doa Of the great
risks which the
CHEMISTS ran. one
of the pictures is
aiken from a dis r
lance of only TWEEN
ysiN feet from the
waters mouth. The
hick sitting
fumes that beIch
Orth rise TO a
height of hundreds
IF feet
Nesuyius. as most
people know, has
mad long periods
Of inactivity. Re
ore the historic
eruption of -
\ D, it had long
been so quiet that
he ancient ltal
aus had farpDttap
ul about its vol
anne nature. Cat
lie were pastured
Il the crater, and
arge cities grew on
he slopes.
Prior 10 the
great eruption OF
.o5l a similar per
'od Of quiescence
lad reigned The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

UIUCN0 UI SIUUD
broke windows in
the o b $ er vatory.
Last night the
earthquake shocks
were stronger and
more frequent than
y e S t or d a and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

and bays on fast ice some ten or twenty miles
from the open water, it thus avoids the attacks
Of the killer to large extent
In the National Antarctic Expedition volumes
on the zoology of the Antarctic the following
details of the killer whales life and habits will
be found:
"The expedition found that rents on seals are
exceedingly common, both as recently inflicted
wounds and as mended scars, and the chief suf-
ferers are the Lobodon seals, which live habit
ually on the pack ice Of the open sea. An old
Lobodon is but rarely to be found without some
scars upon his coat and an idea of the extern
sive character Of some of these
wounds is conceived by a figure takep
n from scars on one of the skins in
Iii the expeditions cillection
al ''Penguns also in all probability
M& pay heavy toll to these maraud-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

ing bands, and from the excessive hurry in
which they are often seen to leave the water
when herd of killers is in sight it is evident
that they know their danger sufficiently well.
Moreover, the repugnance they show to re-en-
tering the water even when chased by men or
dogs upon the ice is an additional proof that
they knew quite well where their customary
danger lies, and that they feel it is safer to
tackle an unknown and novel risk on the ice
than to face what they know to be certain
danger in the water.'
Unlike the whales of the northern climes,
which feed on minute forms of sea life, the
killer is carnivorous and more ferocious than
the shark The killer is heard to blow, and the
spout is seen before the snout comes out of the
water. They are generally moving at a rapid
rate and as a rule the whole head and back
and dorsal fin come clear out of the water after
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

blowing at every rise They have
the same habit of swimming in
close proximity side by side that
has been notice d also in the ror-
quail. They may be travelling at
a very fast rate, yet the, pace is so
uniform in each individual that they
may appear fastened to each other,
each half a length in advance of its
companion
One place the Scott expedition Wis
tied was christened the Bay Of
Whales because it was Il veritable
playground for these monsters. The
killer would be seen resting his head
on the edge Of a foe and looking
about with his wicked little eye fol
a seal or penguin. These he wouIo
try to knock off by rising under the
foe, and on one occasion a party OF
three men, who spent an anxious
twenty-four hours adrift on a noe
related that the killers were trylhe
this experiment with them.