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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-18

HIS RISE
POWER
By HENRY RUSSELL MILLER.
Author of
"The Man Higher Up"
Copyright. 1911. by the B0bbs.MerrlIl
Company
SYNOPSIS

Senator Murchell. leader OF the state
machine. and Sheehan. local boss of New
Chelsea. offer the nomination for district
attorney I" John Dnnmeade Duumeade
Ia independent IN his political ideas
Dunmead~ u accept the nornina ton
His father. partisan Judge. congratu-
lates him. lis Aunt Roherta urges John
to call on Katherine Hon,pden. daughter
of capitalist
Katherine Hampden fs worshiper Of
success She and John are friends Jere-
my Appleeatc. a political dependent. cam
pagns for John and the state ticket
in New Chelsea lives Warren Rlake, a
model young bank cashier. connected with
Hampden in high finance" They try
without success Tor Johns aid.
The rottenness of politics in his state
and party as revealed in his campaign dis
gusts John He calls upon Katherine
Katheripe's peril in a runaway reveals
to her and John their unspoken love.
John publicly turns down tho machine
of his party
John will not compromise with his conscience
even for the sake of winning Katherine, and the
two part.
The conrso Of his son is disapproved by
Judge nunmeade. John is elected and
puts Shceha' on trial for political corrup.
ton
Sheehan is convicted and fees Iohr
meets IIaig, a novelist. who is introduced
to him by Warren Blake
Hais and John visit the Hampdens
| Blake proposes to Katherine and is re-
| jected. He praises John to her. Murchel
| has a visitor.
| The visitor is Sackett head Of the At
| lantic railroad. trying to keep the Mich
igan out of the Steel City He want:
| Murchell to retire. The latter cannot in
| duce John to stop his attacks on the ma
chine. John and Katherine meet.
She still thinks John follower Of i'm
| possible ideals. He loses in his fight fo
cleanliness in state politics ard falls i'll
Murchell offers financial aid to the Dun
meades
| John recovers and continues his fight
| aided by HaiS. In the Steel City he meet
| Katherine. who is cOurted hy Gregg.
| financially successful man.
| Murchei loses control Of the machine t.
| Sherrod and retires nomnally from poll
| tics. Sherrod gets drunk and messen
ger is sent to Murchell for aid
Sherrod has embezzied s9Oo.no0 of stat
money Murchell resumes control afte
aiding his foe to conceal the crime an
make restitution.
/ Through Sheehan's plea for mercy Joh
| learns that Hampden and Blake have bee
carrying worthless political notes as par
Of the Farmers bank assets
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and all sufticing. had in a day been
sadly shaken If not totally destroyed
She tried to picture to herself what it
must mean to them-the economies. the
privations even. the loss of caste among
set that measured worth by stocks
and bonds. Somehow the picture could
not profoundly alarm. partly perhaps
because she knew too little Of want to
draw convincingly. She could not even
feel deeply for her father. although
she had for him genuine daughters s
affection and knew what blow failure
would he to him.
Poor father!' she smiled half pity
ingly y suppose nothing can persuade
him that it isn't horrible calamity.
ought to feel so. too. but Heigho
Is this Katherine Hampden?'
She went on turning the pages of the
paper until her casual glance was
caught by familiar name in satiri
cal editorial under the caption "A Foo
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Continued on Page Four.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-09-18
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Honey Pot.

The Honey Pot.
eyH Y0OHN Dun NM e A d E had
N8 thought that anticipation
ke1Ss&S would rob defeat of its
ES&$S3 sting. Not until the event,
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CHAPTER XVII.
Shadows.


EYY0N the bank, behind closed
kI blinds. Warren Blake was
E1@ay working at his desk. He had
(zsgS) been seen coming out of the
bank every night for weeks. 1t did
not cause comment. 1t was like War
rep Blake. people thought. to be work
ing early and late. No one who had
not the key would have detected in
the widened eyes and imperceptibly
twitching nostrils a hint Of the racking
anxiety within. His pallor would
have been attributed to the Garish gas
light overhead. Quite deliberately he
added up the column of figures before
him. They spelled his crime.
Very cleverly. very characteristicai-
", he had gone about it. Hampden.
lie knew, caught in the big deal into
which Warren had followed him. had
drifted into it-had hardly realized. as
in the heat of necessity he asked the
cashier to certify checks for which
there were no funds. that 1t was
crime. Not so with Warren. In cold
blood, with a nice calculation of the
chances, he had stepped over the line
| that he had never before crossed.
Once over, he had gone far 1t had
been gamblers chance. the kind
that many men take safely. and. when
taken. had seemed all in his favor.
But now the luck was running the
other way. If the market saSSed fur
ther. he would be done for
No one, If told. would have believ'
ed why he had done it--because the
bank was breaking anyhow under the
load of worthless paper. most or ,t
legacy from his predecessor, ana only
a great deal of money could save 1t
n had been his pride to carry ATOMS
an institution for the hakiness O.
which he was not responsible IT nat
become his life He had risked all
even his own little carefully accumu
lated fortune. to save all. though III
had made it a point of honor not tt
risk the trust properties Tn his keep
inc-he somehow made DISTINCTION.
If the market should sag. how shonie
he nav? Hampden. though bankrupt
would hc able to work out OF the noe
TIE could always get money some
where But Hampden could no'
hence would not. try to save both
How then should he. Warren BAKE
nav? With shame certainly VIII
monev-ont of the question.
If the market should sag snddehi
came to him the sure foreSnow'eas
that It would sag. For an instan
manic filled him. He put the book
in their places. then began fumblin
around a dusty shelf in dark corhe
Of the vault until his fingers found an
!, drew forth an oblong pastehoard hos
He opened it and looked at what i'll
within. He took it out and pIave
with it. The cleaning. blue h'ac
thing seemed to hold a horrible fasc
! nation for him. 1t cost him an e
!, fort to pnt it away. He set the tin
lock, closed the vault and left.
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Gasp.
Errant" The fool errant was John
Dnnme;,de, recently-and happily. IN
the editors opinion-disposed of at the
primaries.
Her color deepened suddenly and for
another reason Memory had recalled
to her something she had once said to
this man When you were broken
down. middle aged failure
should he looking up ut the men who
were conguering. And should
regret
Well. her prophecy had been fulfilled
sooner than she had expected He had
been cast aside even by his own neigh
hOrs But there was something large
and fine about him which forbade pity
and commanded respect. made even
such men as Gregg with their vitiated
ideals. want to do him favors ION gen
eral principles
''ro think that could have said that
to him. she cried to herself. What a
cad was! If only hadn't said Up
ut the men who were cOnquering!
John Dunmeade. you tower above them
ALL"
She was still dreaming of John when
her father came in
His face was haggard. set in an ugly.
bitter scowl. The sympathy that had
Jagged as she read Of the wiping out OF
a fortune leaped when she saw the
man who had lost it,
Cleaned out" he said curtly.
She went to him quickly. laying an
mDulsive hand on his shoulder. "Oh.
well. dear. never mind. 1t might be so
much worse. You might have been
taken sick or had an accident. or-or
anything I've just been thinking how
nice it would be to 80 back home to
New Chelsea and start all over again
in-in something that wouldn't take all
your time. I'D he so glad to get ac'
quainted with you again" She gave q
little laugh
"You talk like a foolr' he replied
roughly What could ! do in that rlbe
townru grocery store! Here's
where can make money. And ! can
make all we need. once | get things
Strengthened out I've been broke be
fore. The immediate question Is t.
keep out of JAIL
She started back from him with
gasp "Out-of-jail! Father
"Qut Of Jail. said. I'm into thu
New Chelsea bank and I've nothing lef
to pay with"
isis it much?'
1T wasn't. but it is now"
"Eut we must pay it back. There ar
the bonds you gave me. And the New
, Chelsea houses that mother owns-she1
give those up. And
, Not third enough"
> She dropped weakly into chair. stal
! ing at him fooIishly. She was yer
, pale, dazed by the sudden new calan
ity that had fallen.
!. But surely" she insisted anxiously
4 the bank won't press you. They kno'
l you'll pay it all back when yon can"
j. "What do you know about It?
e isn't the bank; it's the government tha
o is in worse than am. The banks gu
e ted, cleaned out. And the bank exam
s iner is overdue. If he comes aroun
n now With gesture he sketche
# the impending catastrophe.
d Stephen, what is the matter now
came a languid voice from the doc
8 way. "And please, for my sake. low
10 your voice. It's so vulgar to talk lou
n ly before servants" Mrs. Hampde
:. entered and. with an air Of utter e
It haustion. deposited her substanti
n self in an easy chair
# Father" Katherine explained. wi
10 cruel brevity. has lost his money
,d 1t was an unexpected tonic. The
Mt valid suddenly sat bolt upright and ;
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intensified stupefaction when Murche'i
said gravely: Jeremy, you'd better 20
home. Well talk about your job ar-
other time
The old clerk turned and sloW'.S
ssumped out of the room.
Jeremy" commented the senator
seems to have unearthed an unsts
pected backbone
The politicians. uncertain "hethe'
this was senatorial humor or not
chose silence as the course of discre
ton.
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Vaudeville at Orpheum

Thinking of sitting in a theatre and
seeing pass in revue such stage favortes
as Lillian Russell, George Cohan, Robert
B. Mantell, Eva Tanguay, David War
field, Fay Templeton, Irene Franklin,
Bessie Mccoy and Enrico Caruso The
Orpheum offers this array of talent this
week, not the originals, but a troupe
of nine wonderfully clever Juveniles who
impersonate them and do it excellently.
Every one of the members of the com
pany is good, and several of them ap-
proach what is known as art in their
representations. Set aside as the cleverest
of them all is William ]. Dooley as "The
Sheriff." who keeps the audience in
constant thrill by his narrow escapes
from accident. In the company are Miss
Elsie Dingas, James Dougherty, Florence
Hughes, Harry Anger, Marie Jacobs, Ray
mond O'Malley, Miss Flo Hughes Elsie
Taylor, Frank Donia, each playing a
part at 1.-The Lawn Party" the title of
the revue.
This act toplines the vaudeville at the
Orr heum this week. and it is representa-
tive of the quality of the bill recently.
The Bramsons open the performance with
what is the cleverest, best and most artis-
tic hoop rolling act that the patrons of
vaudeville have witnessed recently. They
make hoops perform all kinds of figures,
and complete the pleasing effect of the act
by using brilliant lights in the hoops.
etu and Astella acrobats are ex-
ceptional'v good, completing the act by
backward fall from the topmost part of
the stage. Comedy is injected all through
the act, while one of them does fancy
tumbling of all kinds
The Grace Sisters, two girls In pretty
costumes, sing four numbers WELL They
present an excellent stage appearance,
and pleased the audiences. Dan Delmar.
a monologist, completes the bill, and he
was hit with the audiences. He has
many new features that are clever and
entertaining, including the song of an
inebriate The bill as a whole is above
average and the speciality with the 10
children will be a big drawing card for
young folks this week.
There is matinee every afternoon at
2:30 and two performances every night,
at 1880 and o'clock.
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ADJUSTMENTS
"Quo Vadis"

A triumph of moving picture making Is
offered this week at the Biiou theatre in
Quo vadis?" photopay taken from the
novel of that name and produced With
wonderfully realistic results. The Kleine-
Cines drama follows the scenes and in
cidents of the book With great fidelity,
yisualizng each in a manner that leaves
nothing to be desired. Even a reader
of the novel, whose imagination was deep
ly moved by it's vivid descriptions will
meet with no disappointment in viewing
the moving picture dramatization. Prac-
tically all of the novel is reproduced in
the pictures, many incidents being shown
II at would hardly be thought of sufficient
Importance to the plot to be preserved in
film production. From the first event
from the wars and his meeting with his
uncle, Petronius, to the death of Nero
and the appearance of Christ to Peter
on the Appian way, with warning that
turned the fleeing apostle back to Rome,
the absorbing story is faithfully related.
Great care was evidently taken in or
der to insure a realistic portrayal of
"Quo Vadis?' and expense does not seem
TO nave Deen considered IN making tHls
! notable photo drama. Some of the more
elaborate scenes are presented on a scale
| that is really most impressive. A great
| many people were employed and no de-
| tail of life in Rome in Nero's day seems
| to have been overlooked. The burning OF
| Rome and the scenes in the arena pre-
| ceding and including the death of the
| Christian martyrs, leave nothing to the
| imagination. The producers achieved a
masterpiece of realism in representing the
| Roman multitude, Nero in their midst
enjoying the brutal sports of the arena.
| In order not to destroy the illusion only
/ a glimpse is given of some of the scenes
more difficult to STAGE" but In that the
| producers showed their good judgment
| and their knowledge of dramatic effects.
"Quo Vadis?" will be shown at the
| Bijou all this week. No one can afford
to miss this superb achievement of NOV
| ing pictures.
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HOOD MAKES HOT
REPLY TO OATES
Montgomery Sheriff Takes
Exception to Report of
Prison Inspector

Montgomery, June 0.-(Special. )-Sheriff
Horace Hood this afternoon issued a
singing reply to DIR. William H. Oates,
state prison inspector, relative to the re-
port which DR.. Oates submitted to Gov
ernor O'Neal Saturday on the Montgom-
cry county Jail
Sheriff Hood declared that DR.. Oates
had exhibited the spirit of spite, spleen
and venom, and that he was Influenced by
political environment rather than by pub
lie veal in the conduct of his office, he
declares moreover that DR.. Oates report
contained many startling and contradic-
tory allegations, and he proceeds in de-
tail to point out what he considers to be
erroneous conclusions of DR.. Oates
Sheriff Hood states in part, THE bonn
bardment of the sheriff's office has been
SO continuous and exciting that l am no
longer surprised, shocked, Inundated, con-
fused, or confounded by any new develop
ment and, as the small boy would say,
prepared for those endeavoring to dis
credit me, to do anything in their power
toward that end "
And it really looks like the worst had
come in Dr. Oates report, however, before
one reached a conclusion the report should
be gone over carefully and with eau
ton, lest one be misled, it displays a
spirit of malevolence and personal hostility
that will discredit it with the thoughtful
reader. 1t displays spite, spleen and
venom. 1t is not in keeping with the high
purposes of an officer with such grave
powers and responsibilities as have been
given by the legislature to DR.. Oates, es-
pecially one who seems to have been so
easily influenced by political environment
rather than by public veal in the conduct
of his office"
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appealed from the Walker circuit court,
the supreme court decided in favor of
Sartain. The case was one of long stand
ing in an election for probate judge of
Walker county In 1910. Sheppard wasd e
clared elected by vote of 1916 to 1920,
which Sartain received. The latter con-
tested the election on the ground that
Sheppard had received some of his votes
by fraud, and the lower court decided
in favor of Sartain This judgment was
upheld by the supreme court which de-
cded that Sartain had received 1916 votes
to Shepard's' s 149l.
The court held the state automobile
law to be valid. This decision was put
out In the case of Robert H. Bozeman
against the state, which was sent to the
supreme court on a writ of certiorari to
the court o Appeals, that court having
previously held the law to be constitu-
tional Other cases put out by the su-
preme court today were as follows:
Dcwell, c. flames NJ. Thomason of
the court of county commissioners. ct all
appeal from Marshall chancery court; af-
firmed.
Anderson J-F'ranlr J. Mizell VS. the
state of Alabama, appealed from Geneva
circuit court: reversed and remanded.
Ex parte-Will Kirkwood, petition for
certiorari to court of appeals, certiorari
denied.
EN PdfIe--N eSteTl Union Telegraph
company, petition for certiorari to court
of appeals; certiorari denied.
Joseph McGay VS.. the state of Alabama,
appeal from Marengo circuit court af-
firmed.
McClelland. J-Ex-parte Ralph w.
Shrner, petition for mandamus man
damus denied.
Will whitten VS.. the state of Alabama,
appeal from ST Clair circuit; affirmed
MouHa16 ctat of AIeI
board of school commissioners of Mobile
county, appealed from Mobile chancery
court; affirmed.
Tom Hays vs.. the state of Alabama, ap-
peal from Covngton circuit court;
affirmed.
Luther johnson VS., the state of Ala
bama, petition for certiorari TO court of
appeals; reversed and remanded.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad com
pany VS.. Ephriam Beck, appeal from Nor
gan law and equity court; affirmed.
Sayre, J.--Viney Bailey VS. the state of
Alabama, appeal from Marengo circuit
court; affirmed.
M. Loeb VS.. city of Montgomery, GER
tioraria to court of appeals: certiorar
denied.
Sommerville, J.-Birmingham Realty
company VS.. r. E. Thomson, petition for
certiorari to court of appeals; certiorari
Alexander Waldrop VS.. the state of Ala
bama, appeal from Admission city court;
affirmed.
DeGraffenreid, J.-Railroad commission
of Alabama VS.. A. j. S. Railroad COM
pany, ct al, appeal from Birmingham
city court; reversed and remanded.
Wiley Goforth VS.. the state of Alabama,
appeal from Gadsden city court; reversed
and remanded.
Remington Typewriter company vs.
Frank w. Hall ct al. appeal from Nor
gan law and equity court; affirmed.
Macon county VS.. NJ. r. Ahercrombie
ct al, certiorari to court Of appeals; re-
versed and rendered.
Edgewood Highlands Land company VS.
H. II. McFerren, certiorari to court of
appeals; reversed and rendered.
Percuriam ex9parte J. J. Smith. petition
for certiorari to court of appeals; petition
for certiorari denied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-01
WAUHOUMA MASONS
INSTALL OFFICERS

wauhouma Lodge No. 1853, Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons installed officers
iast night as follows: ]. c. Arthur, wor-
shipful master; F. E. Feltus, senior war
den; t. H. Kilgo. junior warden; A. S.
Bragan, treasurer; w. L. Weeks, secre-
tary; J. c. Stratham, senior deacon; c.
C. Abbott, Junior deacon; G. Holmes,
tyler. The installation was public and a
large crowd attended. A pleasant feature
of the evening was the presentation of
past masters jewel to retiring Worshipful
Master G. H. Smith. The presentation
was made by Worshipful Master Arthur
An interesting address on Masonry was
delivered by F. E. Feltus
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by press and pulpit alike. This was less
than 100 years ago. Dissatisfied that wom-
en- should be debarred forever from such
privileges. she withstood the calumny that
was flung at her, and bazed the way for
the thousands of women librarians in
charge of such institutions today. A glori-
Gus malconte't
When Lucy Stone had the temerity 10
seek and finally to get a college education,
she was so reviled, even by her own sex
Chose women who We're "contented" with
the three R's) that none but the hardest
soul could have withstood the attacks
Today women are admitted to many col
leges. and most of the professions, al
though as late as 1925 girls were not per-
mitted to attend the public schools of ef-
fete Bostoni
Another malcontent!
What suffragists hope to do is to awak
en- women to the danger of the inertia
bred by "laissez faire;' and we believe
citizenship is a stimulus (the desire for
citizenship we know to be) to an aggres-
sive self-respecting intention to better
conditions.
PATTIE RUFFNER JACOBS.
Birmingham, June so, 1918.
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p. SNEDECOR LEAVES
TO JOIN MONTGOMERY

New Orleans, June So.-The controversy
between Manager Frank of the New Or
leans club and President Jones of the
change of several players. was decided
today by President Kavanaugh OF the
Southern league. when he awarded Bagby
and Kutinat of the Montgomery club 10
New Orleans in exchange for Snedecor
and cash consideration of $3.50. Snede-
cor left for Montgomery tonight.
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At the Majestic

'The Merry Whirl," typical summer
girl show, began an engagement of
one week at the Majestic theatre with a
matinee performance yesterday afternoon.
Three comedians, two of the Dutch
variety and the other a Hebrew imper-
senator, furnish the comedy. They are
rather above the average tabloid CO.
medians and the audiences seemed to ap-
preciate their efforts yesterday afternoon
and last night. Lew Miller and Harry
Loader were the Dutch" funmakers and
Sol Carter appeared as Isadore Lachinsky.
Miss lakes songs were well received.
She has very unusual voice for wom-
an and she was encored a number of
times. Her singing helps the performance
considerably.
The chorus is sprightly and attrac-
lively costumed. Some pretty electrical
effects enhance one or two of the musical
numbers, notably ''Twinkling Star"
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GIVE INSTRUCTION
THURSDAY NIGHT

instruction of officers of the military
companies of Birmingham will occur
Thursday night.
Lieut. Albert G. Goodwin, United
States army, stationed as inspector and
instructor in Alabama, while in Birmng-
ham last night. made the foregoing an
nouncement Lieutenant Goodwin was en-
route to Athens.
He did not make an announcemet of
the time to be set for the inspection of
Company B. Some time ago the date was
announced but had to be changed on ac-
count of illness of the inspector