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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09

The name on the box flashed and disappeared.
1t was q kind Of shock to him. He and Bios
som went battering against the rail. Dunk
ers' grip slipped and 80 did Blossoms. The
result was that the box was catapulted into
the sea. With an agonizing cry, Blossom
leaned far over. He saw the box oscillate for
q moment, then sink gracefully in 4 zigzas
course, down through the blue waters. Fainter
and fainter it grew. and at last vanished.
I'm sorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't let
me look at it, said Dunkers, contritely.
Damn you I'm goin' t kill = for that! I"
1t became a real fight this time, fist and
foot, tooth and nail one mad with the lust
to kill and the other desperately intent on liv-
ing. 1t was one Of those contests In which
honor and fair play have no part. But for
the timely arrival of the captain and some Of
the crew Dunkers would have been badly in
jured, perhaps fatally. They hauled hack
Blossom, roaring out his oaths at the top of
his lungs. 1t took half an hours arguing to
calm him down. Then the captain demanded
to know what it was all about. And blubber-
ing, Steve told him.
Six hundred feet of water, II I've got my
reckoning right. The anchor lies in sixty feet,
but the starboard side drops sheer six hum
drcd. You swab! Why didn't you bring the
box to me? A man has right to what he
finds. I'd have taken care of it for you till
we got back to port. l know; you were
greedy you thought might want to stick my
fist into your treasure. And you'll never find
it in GOO feet Of water and tangled, porous
coral That's what you get for being blamed
hog. As for you," and the captain turned to
Dunkers, get your dunmse and your pay
and hunt for another boat back. won't have
no murder on board Captain Manners.' And
the sooner you go. the better
III go, sf." said Dunkers, readily enough.
Had the misfortune happened to him and had
Blossom been the aggressor, he would want
his life. He understood. Like the valet In
Olivette." Il was the time for disappearing.
An keep out o my way. I'll git y yet"
srowled Blossom.
Keep your mouth shut" said the mats,
or III have you put in irons. you pig"
An rishkssir. I've said all I'm soin' E
my tday =; and Blossom STROBE %. . 2
What xas the box like?" asked the cap
tain Of DuukeTk
~Chinese Seontrsption, Gir; lesstwise Il
licked that sNay to me. Didn't look - Il it'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09
copyright: 1914: BY Harold MacGrath.l
CHAPTER XII.

n DIPSY-CHANTY, If you please; Of
n sailormen in jerseys and tarry caps, Of
4 \ rolling gaits, strong tobacco and d.
verse profanity; Of cutters, and blunt
nose schooners, and tramps, canvas and
steam, some of them honest, some Of them
shady, and some of them pirates of the first
water who did not find it necessary to hoist
aloft the skull and bones. The seas are dotted
with them. They remind you Of the once pros
porous merchant, run down at the heel, who
sinks along the side streets, ashamed to meet
those he. knew in the past You never hear
them mentioned in the maritime news, which
Il the society column Of the ships; you know
Of their existence only by the bieached bones
Of them, strewn along the coast. -
An honest ship, but run down at the heel,
rode at anchor in the sound. q fourth-rater Of
the hooker breed: that is, her principal line
g business was hauling barSes UP and down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09
$1,000 FOR 100 WORDS.

Z" Tho Milton Dollar Mystery" stesy
ectH run for tscentv-tno consecutive seeeks
N this paper. By on arrangement scifA
the Thanhoaser Film company it has been
made possible not only to read the story
IN thts paper but also to see it each sceeE
n the rGrious nsorin0 picture theGtcrs.
For the solution of this mystery story
$4,000 f,:H Be 9iven BY tho TaGah0~ser
Film corporation.
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE
CONTEST.
Tho prize of $4,000 4cilI be ICON BIZ the
mon, scomon, or child s0ho scrites the most
acceptable solution of the mystery, from
schich tho last too reels of motion picture
drama sciU be made and tho last tro
chapters of tho story soritten BY Harold
MacGr0th.
Solutions may be sent to the Than
housev Film corporations, either at Chicago
Jan: II. This allosos several sOeeks after
the last chapter has been ps6lished.
A board Of three judges s0iH determine
schich of the many solutions received - the
most acceptable. Tho judges are to be
Harold MGcGrath, Lloyd Loner0on, and
Mics Mae Tinec. Tho judgment of this
board sriU be absolute and final. Nothing
of literary nature sCiH be considered In
the decision, nor oiren any preference u.
INC SStSCUSOW VI tWC StbWWCI W wv VN~p~"~
prize. Tho last too reels, schich tciH give
the most acceptable solution to the mys-
terry, soiU be presented in the theaters
harin0 this feature a. soon as 1t Is pos
sible to produce the sanse. The storv corre-
spending to these motion pictures sciH dp-
pear In tho ne,cspapers coincidentolly. or
az soon after the appearance of the pic
lures as practicable. With the last tsc0
reels .ciH be shoaon the pictures of the scin-
ner, his or her home. and other interesting
features. 1t is understood that the ne,cs-
papers, so for as practicable, in printing
the last tsco chapters of the story By Hsr-
old MacGrath, sc1H also sh0s0 q picture OF
the successfMI c0ntestdnt.
Solutions to the mystery ntwst not be
more than 100 soords long. Hero are some
ouestions to be kept In mind in connection
soith the mystery az an aid to q solution:
No. 1-What becomes of the nillionciref
No. 2-What becomes of tho 81 900 ,0OOs
No. SEWhons does Florence nssrys
No. 4-What becomes of the RMssian
countessf
Nobody connected either directly or In
directly 10Th "The Million Dollar Mys-
terry" soiH be considered as contestant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09
SYNOPSIS OF PREv1ou CHAPTERS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after .
miraculous escape from the den Of the
gang of brilliant thieves known ~ the
Black Hundred. lives the life of q re-
cluse for eighteen years. Harxreave &C
cidentally meets Braine, leader Of the
Black Hundred. Knowing Braine will
try to get him. he escapes from his own
home by q bealDen. BefoRo essaping he
writes letter to the girls school where
eighteen years before he mystefieusly
left the doorstep his baby daughter,
Florence Gray. That day Hargreave
1T II reported that this dropped into the
sea when the balloon he escaDed in was
punetured.
Florence arrives from the girls' school.
Countess Olga. Brains's eesnpanlon, Wis
its her and claims to be a relative. Two
bogus detectives call, but their plot IL
foiled By Norton. . Newspaper NAN.
BY bribing the captain OF the Orient
Norton lays q trap for Braine and HIS
gang. Countess Olga also visits the ORR
ent's captain. and she easily falls into
the reporters snare. The plan proves
abortlvc through Braine's good luck and
only hirelings fall into the hands Of the
police.
After falling I'm their Arst attempt the
Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask
her for money, but she escapes, again
1oilinx them.
Norton and the countess call on Flor
ence the next day, once more safe at
homo. The visitors having gone, Jones
removes . section Of flooring and from
= cavity takes . box. Pursued by meA-
hers Of the Black Hundred, he rushes to
the water front and succeeds in drop
ping the box into the sen.
Countess Olga succeeds I'm breaking
the engagement existing between Flor
ence Hargreave and Norton.
Aecomplices Of Braine succeed In kid
mapping Florence while she 10 shopping
and hurry her on to sen. She leaps into
the and A. picked mp in q dased con-
dition by q party of Ashermen. The
Black Hundred locate her and Braine,
disguised ~ her father, succeeds In taxi
ing her hack to sea with him. Florence
sets IRE to the boat and 10 rescued by q
chip ON which Norton has been shang-
hated.
Norton and Florence, safely ashore
and with mo longer any misunderstand-
anG between then, take the train for
home. The train IL wrecked and waiting
nembers Of the Black Hundred carry
the injured Florence to . deserted hat.
Norton, who tries to rescue her, II tied
to the railroad tracks. Florence saves
him and finally Jones comes to the res-
cue Of both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-09

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before any fight took place. Not that he was
physically afraid; no; he wanted to dig his
hands deep into those doubloons and pieces-of-
eight.
; So the four days down passed otherwise un-
eventually, amid paint pots and iron rust and
three meals day OF. pork, onion soup, pota-
toes and strong, bitter coffee. The winds be-
came light and balmy and the blue and
gentle. The men went about in their under
shirts and dungarees barefooted. OF course
the coming fight was the main topic Of CONVEX
sation. It promised to be a rafting good
scrap, for both men were evenly matched, and
both had kick in either hand. Even the
captain took mild interest in the affair. He
was an old sailor. He knew that there was no
such word as arbitration in sailors vocab-
ulary; his disputes could be settled only in
one manner, by lis calloused fists.
When the old mudhook land some day Steve
was going to buy it and hang it over the en-
trance of the ellison house) siithered down
into the smiling waters of the bay, Steve con-
Guided that discretion was the better part Of
valor. He would steal ashore on the qusran-
tine tug which lay alongside: He was willing
to fight under ordinary circumstances, but he
must get his treasure in safety first They
could call him a welcher if they wanted to;
devil bit did he care. So he pried back the
boards of his bunk wall, took out the box,
eyed it fondly, and noted Tor the first time
the lettering on it:
STANLEY HARGREAvE.
He wrinkled his brow in the effort to recall
a pirate by this name, but was unsuccessful.
). Nc matter He Rugged the box under his coat
and made for the gangway, and inadvertently
: RIM into his enemy.
Dunkers caught bit of the box peeping
out from under the coat
What "a yuh got there?" he demanded
truculently. ~s--..s.
( = None o. your damn hu1iness! You lemme
by; hear me?
Amt none o. my business, huh? Whereid
yuh git box like that? Steal it? By cripes,
! I'm goin' t have a look at that box, my
hearty. It don't smell like honest onions"
You femme byl. breathed Steve, with
murder in his heart
Suddenly the two men closed, surged hack
and forth, one determined to take and the
other TO hold this mysterious box. Dunkers
struggled to uphold his word mot that he
really wanted the box but to prove that he
8 was strong enough to take It Il he wanted to.
~ =
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
"sPARTAcus" COMING

It is doubtful whether any photo
drama has ever been so elaborately
staged as "Spartacus," George Kleine's
latest and greatest marvel in motion
photography. Magnificent interior and
sumptuous exteriors representing a
vast monetary expenditure are screen
ed throughout the eight parts, subdi-
vided into three acts, of this stupend-
Gus achievement.
Rome and Turin, the actual locali-
ties of the story of the revolt of the
gladiators against Roman domain, Of
which "Spartacus" photodramatically
relates in such earning and fascinat-
ing way, are the locale Of the various
scenes. Seventy-five hundred persons
acted and posed for this marvellous
motion picture classic. The various
leading roles are played by actors of
feeling and ability and the characters
are said to be very realistic. This
absorbingly interesting INSTALLATION
of love and liberty is announced as
the attraction at the Browne theater
for wednesday, September 16
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
can be done in the air.

Cdh DO QOAC ~ tAAC an
Appeman's monoplane was the last
of that type to reach this country,
as a week after it left France the
war became inevitable and no more
aeroplanes were allowed to leave. Ii
is the same type of monoplane in
which Roland Garros was killed in
his theatrical charge on a German
dirigible just after the opening of the
war between Germany and Austria and
the allies,
Y. w. C. A. Building
Ground was broken for the Young
Womens Christian association build
ing on the grounds of the Panama
Pacific international exposition on
Tuesday, August %. Prominent men
and women workers from all parts of
the country had part in the serv-
ices. The. site is one of the most at
tractive and desirable on the eXposi-
ton grounds, inside the floral wall
and to the left of the main entrance
at Scott street, with an outlook to the
west on the great Palace of Horticul-
ture, to the east of Festival Hall, the
beautiful south gardens bordering it
on the north. Lecture and assembly
halls. rest rooms, quick luz III, dining
and banquet rooms, and mo ion pic
ture theater where films showing as
sociation work all over the world are
for free use of members and their
friends. The six hundred and twenty
eight thousand members have all
been invited.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
lie NOIR RESIGNS AS
Y. M. c. A. SECRETARY
GIVES ILL HEALTH AS THE REA-
SON; DENVER MAN WILL
SUCCEED HIM

George H. Kinkel, president of the
Y. M. c. A., on behalf Of the board of
directors, has announced that Secre-
tary P. H. LeNoir has presented his
resignation, giving i'll health as the
cause, and that the board, regretting
the necessity that led Mr.. LeNoir to
take the step, has accepted it.
The directors, both as board and
individually, express the highest ap-
probation of the work of Mr.. LeNoir
during his two years of incumbency,
and have endeavored to find some
way by which he might continue his
labors for the association and recoup
his health at the same time. IN the
summer, with this end in view, Mr.
T.eNoir, took over the active manage
ment of the associations camp in Gal
liDas canyon, and was much benefit
ted by the open air life, but he still
feels that he is not in the physical
condition that would carry him over
another winters campaign in the city
with the vigor that should be injected
irto it.
Mr.. LeNoir's plans are somewhat
undecided, he says, but he probably
will spend from six months to year
in the mountains, away from all active
work, feeling, as he puts it, that It is
most incumbent upon him to re-estab-
lish his health before the enters into
any business arrangement. Mr.. Le-'
Noir, who has been in Y. M. C. A.
work for eight years, has made a host
of friends in Las Vegas, and all who
know him and have heard rumors Of
his approaching removal, express the
greatest sympathy for him because of
his shattered health.
The board of directors have secured
the services of L. c. Scatterday, of the
Denver association. and Mr.. Scatter
day will arrive here about September
20 He has been conducting the sum-
mer school Of the Colorado city's Y.
VI. C. A. at Estes Park, and comes to
Las Vegas highly recommended.
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Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14

1.-THE Methodist Calendar" for yes
terday says of the bishop:
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes who is to
lecture here next Tuesday evening, is
one of the most popular of the bishops
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He has more of the appearance of
wideawake business man than a min
lister. Perhaps this is why he has al
ways been a special favorite with the
men and greatly in demand as a speak
er at Y. M. G. A. conferences, educa-
tional conventions and on the lecture
platform. While quite a young man
he gained an enviable reputation as a
pastor in some of the great churches
in the east. Then he was elected
resident of De Pauw University, one
of the foremost educational institu-
items of the Methodist church. While
serving the church in this capacity he
attracted the attention and gained the
confidence of the whole church. This
led to his election to the episcopacy
in 1908. His episcopal area comprises
the states of California Arizona and
Nevada but this fall he is presiding
at the conferences in Bishop McCon-
nell's episcopal area while the latter
presides in Bishop Hughes area. This
is accordance with the plan adopted
by the last general conference which
provides for such an exchange one
year out of the quadrennium He will
probably give us his great lecture
"Ihe Biography of Boy" or some
thing equally interesting. No admis-
sion fee will be charged and it is hop
ed that the Normal auditorium will be
packed to hear this popular Methodist
Bishop.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
BISHOP HUGHES is
FAVORITE WITH men
NOTED DIVINE WILL LECTURE TO.
MORROW EVENING AT THE
NORMAL

Bishop Hughes, the noted Methodist
Episcopal divine, who is to lecture at
the Normal auditorium tomorrow even
ing, is one of the foremost platform
speakers in the United States. His
lecture will be free to the public, and
ii is desired by Rev. E. c. Anderson,
who induced the bishop to stop here
on his way to Albuquerque to attend
the state conference, that large num-
bee of people hear him. The lecture
would be well worth a substantial ad-
mission fee.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
ALL RECORDS In
CONSTRUCTION
broken
WORK is PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
ON THE SAN DIEGO FAIR
GROUNDS

San Diego, Sept. 4.-Construction
records at the San Diego exposition
grounds have been broken by the rap
idity of work on the Sacramento val
ley building, which stands at the
north end of the Plaza de Panama.
1t required only two weeks and two
days to do the excavating and the
wooden construction work lmmedi-
ately afterward the start was made
in the placing of staff and plaster,
and the entire structure should be
completed shortly after the smaller
edifice of Alameda and Santa Clara
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14

The mere fact that s. s. S., the famous
blood purifier, drives out disease is a
worlds story, topic of conversation wher-
ever men get together.
They wonder why, simply because most
remedies are mystified and put before them
as "disco 7eries.'' The facts are that we
pay too much attention to possibilities and
not enough to real, homespun accomplish
ment. s. S. S. is a remedy of our fathers.
1t has a history that is written deeply in
mems minds because it has done the work,
driven out deep seated disease, revived
hope, put the o. K. on appearance and
-camped down tight any effort Of germs
to get the upper hand. Any sore spot on
the skin is an immediate demand for
S. S. s. since the first principle of this
famous remedy is to strike out for places
of trouble. This is a physiological fact
and s. S. S. is true to the workings Of
our body
Get bottle of S. s. S. today at any
druggist and begin blood health. 1t will
master any blood disease and do 1t in a
way to emphasize its influence. And If
you would like definite advice write The
Swift Specific Co., Sc Swift Bldg, Atlanta,
Ca Their medical department is where
most people first seek advice that puts
them on the straight road
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14

counties, just off the other end of
the Plaza. The wooden work of the
latter building required exactly a
week.
Speed nearly as great was made
with the state buildings of Washing
ton, Utah and Montana, on which the
surface is now going. All three build
ings are on the state plateau lying be-
tween the completed building of New
Mexico, one of the interesting struc-
lures on the grounds, and the big
music pavilion on which. by reason
Of its permanent character, work s
moving more slowly. Much of the
tile work on the imposing tryer of
the California state building. just
within the west gate and overlooking
the Canyon Cabrillo, is complete and
the scaffolding will be down within
a short time.
Meanwhile installation is progress
sing at the Southern Counties build
ing, the outdoor exhibit adjoining
which is one of the most interesting
agricultural displays on the grounds,
notably the model citrus orchard with
its growing oranges, lemons, kumquat
and other citrus fruits, and the in
tensive farm modelled after the best
small area farms of the west. The
mural work now proceeding in the
San Joaquin valley building is en-
tirely of the farm products of that
section, wisps of golden grain in
symmetrical design clamped to a
background of black cloth. Festoons
of the best fruits of the valley will
hide the steel girders from sight The
formal dedication of the building has
been postponed until the close of the
harvest season, by which time the
exhibits will be almost entirely
placed
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14
Aviator Tries for Record

Ralph Appeman, the young aviator
who contracted to fly from New York
to San Diego in seven days, one
sixth time required by the only cross
country flight yet made, has gone to
New York to get his Morane- -Saulnier
monoplane Q20 horse power) ready
for the start of the flight in Decem-
Der, planning, with allowance for bad
weather, to arrive at the exposition
grounds about Christmas day.
AIpeman is entirely confident of
success, pointing to the extraordinary
flights made by the French aviators
using that same monoplane and en-
gine, among them the two-day flight
of 1890 miles. This is vastly longer
than the records made with American
machines.
Il could reach San Diego in four
days and half, l believe" said Ap-
peman. "The seven day allowance
makes it an Gasp trip, although moth
ing of the sort could be done with
any American machine. The exposi-
ton at San Diego is to show the
world what the canal will do for the
west. Well, I'll show San Diego what
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14

Both Traverse City and Boyne CITY
have been dropped from the Mich
gan State league circuit. The league
win finish the season with four clubs,
Lud'ngton, MusKt gon, Cadillac and
Nanistee.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-14

Although a pennant winner the Bel
ton club of the Middle Texas league
finished the season $1,000 to the bad
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-22
MySteriouSly
Blown to Pieces

\ hvc-ton Pierce Arrow motor
truck was mysteriously destroyed
last week at lone, Nye county, &C
cording to advices received yester-
day. The truck was the property Of
the Nevada Cinnabar company and
was used in the transportation OF
supplies from Austin to lone.
The car was totally wrecked, the
only parts left standing were the
front set OF wheels. 1t is believed
a box of dynamite had been placed
beneath the truck, which had not
been III use for the past several
months. Preparations had been made
ior re>uming the machine III service
when the mysterious explosion Oc-
Cured.
According to the advices received
the company officials are at a loss
to explain the affair, which has cost
them about $500.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-22
Has New Divining Rod

James W,lch. a locai mining la
and inventor OF 4 kind OF divinir2
rod for detecting ore bodies, lett this
morning for Inyo county. CAL. where
he will use tne instrument in the W.
~.ercstS of a big mining company,
which has property at that place.
The mean, devised by Me-, Wrlch is
not exactly i divining rod, but serves
the Samc purpose as that instrument
i supposed to serve and it seems to
possess remarkable properties in that
respect. and is an unusually excel
lent ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-22
Strike In Merger;
Bullion Sent Out

The mine management OF the on
opah Merger vOuches Tor the truth
o. the statement that the company
proved up Saturday on the new strike
III the south crOsscut from the west
DRIFT five feet Of high grade that is
sad to run at the phenomenal rate
OF SlGO a ton, with three feet average
ing $l7 and four feet that runs 500
in a ledge nineteen feet in width. y
rartv of visitors went down the mine
Yesterday and all came back with
glowing reports of what they saw.
The MacNamara mill sent out this
morning via Wells Fargo ten bars
OF bullion weighing l.l7O pounds,
valued at approximately $4,000. This
company is now making shipments
three times a month instead of the
former twice a month shipments.
This mill is maintaining its record
for in extraction and the
Percentage entities the management;
t. credit for having one OF the most
efficient plants in the state.-BOnan-