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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23
Chapter " Continued.

Tom, whatever reasons | NAV hav
l couldn't put into words. At least.
sha'nt attempt to just now. You sure
~ know what a bunch is; you
scheme of life seems largely to be gov
erned by them"
HUM! grunted Tom, without ur der
standing, but inadvertently hitting up
on part OF the reason for his friend,
retlcence. 1T Is the yelled lady il. tn,
taxi; you think you are on the seen
Oh an adFenture. Rats! No adventur,
that"
Inc other gave him a sharp glance
as II estimating the degree of his DER
spicacity. How much could Tom tell
Tom"-after a moment, "ff YOU
must falkland I know your limita
IONS as compared with your inten
uons-promise me that you will moi
mention the lady in the taxi-to any.
body"
van Vechten's manner was so delhi.
crate and grave that Tom favored him
Win 2 questioning stare.
why, sure. Rudy" was the prom nt
and hearty responsible it's as seri.
GUS as all that. You know her-wbat9 D.,
NO, 1 don't. But I think that 7
snouio-"n1ch Is quite different
thing"
he knew that one phase of the morn.
lngs happenings would not he too
much for Tom to keep to himself. and
lor some unexplained reason Van
Vechten wanted it to be the mysteri.
GUS lady of the taxi-cab.
AS they were turning into the pow
na'an granite archway, Van Vech-
ten bent an inquisitive glance toward
Number 1913. His curiosity was now
UNNECESSARILY augmented by a fresh
interest. And he received another
snock-one that fairly staggered him
TOT the first time in all the months
tnat he had surveyed the silent facodo
ne caught a movement at one of tbo
pnnos, IL was drawn aside, and he
was AFFORDED momentary glimpse Of
sirrs face-the face Of the girl in
the crowd. e"i III
But 1t was not this circumstance
alone that stirred him. She WAS esz-
Ing directly at him with a look that
was both bitterly scornful and accus-
ing. IN this new mien the face Wac
even more beautiful than he had dared
nope Tor. But why should she be with
ering MIN with look Of contemptu-
GUS oisdain and rebuke? He had never
III all MS life seen her face before this
day.
He was actually stung to an rnvolun.
'ary expression of protest.
My God! Don't-don't look ar mo
like thatl" -He
Er-what?" Tom jerked out sleu-
ing around and following Van vech.
tens set gaze.
But the blinds were again closed
you need a cocktail" Tom conn.
seized pithiiy after a pause. "TbIs
thing Of not going TO bed at nigbt az
as TO be up before noon has got Won
70 seeing things"
Ny dear fellow" wac the connosod
reply you can't imagine how emil
nently correct you are in that concl,-
SION And az they passed inside. mo
cocktail. though. thanks. And n Won
10 noe mind. go talk to somebodv ai.a.
want to think"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23
CHAPTER v.


Whatever {, might haze been ns,
,uooiph Van Vschten wanted To non.
usr IN connection with ne u,orntn o,s
happenings. he ba1 10 .ssosztt sor ~ q
noufiJ procession 81 s.ssaxs Ken into
Number 1913, ~. sps sac yss,ed ladv
az msn1 "a ssr appearances a,sd ari.
.a'so h'h.ys zss YET s9f ras aavrder-
II murder sasss ssS aass
his misl wa footed sfsh dixsoIv.
.ns images o. a tssf sfsYs fare. He
Sd" hsr snr1nxiaz IN tread before an
unspeakabis terror. from which he
could not shield her; he saw her sob-
olns ont her heart In bitter distress
h nu II was not his privilege TO comfort
tha Ano tnen' most vivid of all, were
sona sooln ana reproach Of her hand
accusation he could not defend IT.,
self 'eieno Aim-
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23

His own regard sharpenea
then his jaw dropped, and hIs And
clattered upon the gratiny PIPE
feet. ~ hIi
lie recognized one OF tho m
aged. white-haired servant VII. @s
had seen once or twice emergo ns
Number 1913. Quickly he d., IRON
glance at each OF the others a.,
but he had never seen them hs sa'n;
In flash they were gone sn ','s
was not until vagrant nun s au u
him perilously astarboard Tho, se'ed
recovered his wits and bron.h, nc
boat round again into the vs. us
then the motor-boat had been 81, .!
swallowed in the gloom. WI
However. Tom reflected thew w..
heading straight for Rocky Cove "''s
the breeze held he would hava
own craft tied up at his fri nd's ln
within the half-hour; then a on rs'
change OF attire in the boatLou. ss as,
he could put In the evening reco,na'
tering. 1t would be queer II bs ,.u0,
70 turn up something In a littls nl.ss
like Rocky Cove. S'ses
But after he had dined at tho -.
MOTEL where he felt free TO 20 q, 49,
season without evening clothes -
was put out to observe that a -
was brewing. The sky Was s,raas4
thickly overcast. the night suroas'
ingly close, and on to the west uss,
ming was fiickering and approacb,r.
with rapidly that promised A sor.r
While he stood undecided 90 -
what course to pursue. the matter w..
taken Unexpectedly out OF his hard
A man. walking rapidly. came sh
ruptly out OF the darkness and on
tered the glare or light from the No.
teirys open door and windows us,
was who had been controlling M
motor-boat. 'A'
Tom now had an Opportunity To oh
serve several particulars abou, hin
that he had previously missed o-
failed to note-that he WAS ,.n
ioose-)olnted. muscular younyi.s
man. OF sandy complexion and sa
rious. not TO say sullen. cast OF conn.
.ehance. Moreover, his lean. sharr.
featured face bore number NJ mari.
and abrasions. as IL he had Quite ~
Gently met with an accident Tom.
own good-humored psyslognomv
more than once had acquired similar
nigh lights and shadows. Resultant on
tumbles from sundry polo ponies
The man proceeded upon his wsy
looking neither to the LEFT nor ths
right. He carried a large laden has.
ket-which he bore lightly-and in .
SECOND or two had passed into The
darkness again.
Inc night. though. was now so pune
tuated by lightning flashes. that Tom
found no difficulty In marking nj.
progress along the road that led ia.
land. He chuckled to think how luck
was showing him her cards; Rudy
doubtless. was still racking nj,
brains and sitting In town.
Without an instant's hesitation or
thought OF the storm which wa,
about to break. he set out after the
leiiow. He neglected to observe even
the ordinary precaution OF a glance
around. II he had. the nights adyen.
lure might have terminated differ
emily.
lie would have beheld for CO.
Ihing. two other OF the motor. boars
occupants. farther in the rear. walk.
ing In the same direction-tno sth
euc young men laden with bundles
d various Sizes and shapes As It
was they on their part instantly de-
'ected Toms interest in the first man,
ind also the obvious fact that he had
started out to follow him
Ito be Continued
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23

CHAPTER II-Several persons at regu-
lar intervals enter No 1913
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23
Local Druggist Says. Take Only On,
Dose"

We want to tell those in Jerome
suffering from stomach or bowel
trouble that we are agents for the
simple mixture OF buckthorn bark.
glycerine. etc. known as Adler-i-ka,
remedy which became famous by
curing appendicitis. This is the
most thorough bowel cleanser known
ana JUST ONE DOSE relieves sour
stomach. gas on the stomach and con-
stipation almost Immediately. You
VIII be surprised at the quick action
or Adler-i-ka. North Side Pharmacy.
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23

Beware OF constipation. Use DR.
Kings New Life Pills and keep well
Mrs. Charles +. Smith, of West
FRANKLIN, Me-, calls them "Our fam.
lily laxative" Nothing better for
adults or aged. Get them today. csc.
All druggists or by mail II. n. Buck.
len q Co., Philadelphia or 81. Iouls.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23

There is n vast difference between
the man who makes an honest effort
to do something and fails. and the
fellow who tries to do nothing and
succeeds.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23
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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-04-23
SYNOPSIS.
Book I.

CHAPTER I-Rudolph Van vechten. a
young man of leisure. is astonished TO
see man enter No. 1913. a house across
the street from the Powhatan club. The
house has long been unoccupied and is
spoken OF as the House OF Mystery.
CHAPTER 1I-Several persons at regu-
lar intervals enter No. 1913.
CHAPTER III-Van vechten expresses
concern to his friend. Tom Phinney, re-
garding the whereabouts OF his cousin
and hancee. Paige Carew. A fashionably
attlred woman is seen to enter the House
n Mystery. A man is forcibly elected
from the house. Van Vechten and Tom
follow the man and find him dead in the
CHAPTER VIVIAN vechten is attract
ed by the face OF a girl in the crowd OF
oniookers surrounding the body Later
ne discovers the girl gazing at him with
a look OF scorn from the windows of the
mysterious house.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
Back to the Bible
Hod fast to the Bible the sheet anchor OF your liberties
Grant,
THE TWO WILLS IN MAN.
Bv His Eminence JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS.

and such like. "The flesh lusteth
against the spirit and the spirit
against the flesh. for these are con-
trary one to another"
But although the struggle between
fierce and incessant. the result de.
pends on ourselves. BY the grace OF
God the superior will can always
conquer. II we are only determined
that 1t shall. The flesh may strive
to capuvate and allure US. but IL
cannot capture and enslave US
against our will. The most violent
and ferocious passions may assail
us like hungry wolves eager to de-
YOUR us: yet We can escape as un-
harmed as Daniel In the lions den.
Our free will. dwelling in the citadel
OF the soul and fort fed by the grace
OF God. is impregnable.
Many try to soothe guilty con-
science by ascribing to mental or
bodily maladies what. by right. Is
attributable to q perverted will. The
man that makes his passions re-
sponsiblo for his crimes Is less OK
cusable than the astrologer whom
Shakespeare holds up to rtdicule:
'Wo make guilty Of our disasters
the sun. the moon. and the stars:
as II we were villains by necessity,
fools by heavenly compulsion. knaves
thieves and teachers by spherical
predominance, dr,Inkards, liars and
adulterers by enforced obedience of
planetary influence"
Copyright. 1914. hy Joseph Il. Bo".cs.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16

French government raised its period
of compulsory service with the col
ors and made the most effective
answer possible.
But the advantage obviously still
rested with the nation of $4,000, 900
as against the nation of 10000, 900;
and the economic burden imposed on
France has become so heavy that
the country has had resort. appar-
emily, to an effective measure for
protecting itself. If Germany has a
much greater population than
France, Russia has a still greater
preponderance in numbers over Ger
many. Its teeming millions count
up twice the population of the Ger
man empire, and they are military
people, too.
Russia is the ally of France, and
the alliance is aimed primarily at
the German military menace, which
is at once the greatest danger, and
perhaps also the greatest guarantee,
of European peace. Russia, doubt
less responding to representations of
France, has adopted program of
military expansion which looks to
adding almost a half-million men to
her establishment in the field. The
announcement Of this increase is &C
companied by significant sugges-
tions as to its meaning; and Paris
will not be without due appreciation
Of the fact that its financial sup
port of Russia has brought forth
a reciprocal demonstration which
goes far to restore the ole balance.
Meanwhile, the people, the work.
e-s and producers, of the great coun-
tries involved in this competition of
ornaments, must at the last pay the
bills. The ancient notion that the
people of wealth and high position
pay the bills is long ago exploded.
The humblest citizen of France or
Germany has come to understand
this; even the ignorant masses of
Russia are beginning to sense it.
How long will the burden-bearers
carry whatever is put on their backs
without protest? Whenever the real
protest comes there will be real
trouble for the militarist program
makers.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16

tory service-picking up shipments,
for example, as the express COM
panies do-would cost.
Even what it costs the parcel post
system to haul its business on the
railroads is yet to be determined and
even estimated. At present the
parcel post is virtually sponging on
the railroads. Of course, if the ex-
press companies were doing that
there is no telling what. the express
companies could do to the parcel
post in the way of putting the Gov
ernment service out of business. The
express companies couldn't sponge
on the railroads. But neither can
the Government for very long. If
the railroads are to remain privately
owned the Government will have to
pay like anybody else for shipping
its parcel post freight. If the rail-
roads are to be owned and operated
by the Government, why, of course,
the parcel post will have to be
charged with its share of the cost
of hauling its freight.
So we don't know and we can't
know at this time what the true
basis Of competition is between the
express companies and the parcel
post; and until we do know it's any
thing but settled whether the Gov
ernment service must drive to the
wall the express company service,
with or without a Postoffice deficit,
or whether the express companies
can, with the kind of service they
are able to give, take and keep busi-
ness away from the parcel post
and do it at a profit.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
THE MINIMUM WAGE
FACTS.

The New York factory investieat.
ing commission has gathered to.
gether the most complete and i'm.
pressive array of facts concerning
wages paid to $4,000 men, women
and girls, in various industries in
New York. The work has been done
under the direction of Prof. Howard
Woolston, of the College of the City
of New York, and the testimony is
that it has been done with great
care and accuracy.
Now. just when the material is
m hand, and when the time has
come for digesting, tabulating, ETC.,
the commission finds its modest ap.
preparation exhausted, and is with.
out means to go ahead and complete
the work. The legislature has been
asked for s5O,oOO, with which to
finish the task, and it is doubted
whether the money will be forth
coming unless an insistent demand
d Is voiced by the public.
1t is stated that the facts gath
cred are vastly the most complete
survey ever made in this country,
The Massachusetts minimum wage
inquiry made records for $4,000
women and girls in that State. But
the New York commission, in addi-
ton TO securing records for $4,000
men, women, and girls, has secured
data for from 80 to 80 per cent OF
the people working in three typical
trades: paper box making, confec.
tionery, and manufacture of mems
shirts.
The material that has been gath.
cred shows, it is declared, that thou.
sands of workers in the Empire
State, the greatest manufacturing
Commonwealth in the nation, are
working long hours, at arduous oc-
cupations. for less than q living
wage. The digestion and formula.
ton of inevitable conclusions from
this inquiry would be shocking ir
some ways and to some people; but
that should be only the better rea-
son why this work should be fin.
ished. 1t is utterly impossible to
deal intelligently with such prob
lens as this of a minimum wage,
until we know the facts. Here has
been gathered a great fund of facts;
they should not now be cast aside
in order to save a little money.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Potornac, No. 6. lecture; Benjamin
B. French No. Il; Anacostia, No. z, So
cial: Pentalpha. No. q: Mount Pleasant.
No. 80: Hiram Chapter. No. 10. Royal
Arch-Washington Council. No. 5: Ruth,
No /, grand visitation.
Red Men-osags Tribs No. 6. Society Temple
Fifth and stress northwest. Red ~ ING
Tribe No. 20. lil6 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Maccabees-National Tent, No /. old Masonic
east Temple; Anacostia Tent No. Z. Ma
sonic Temple. Anacostia. Capital City Di-
vision No ]. Uniform Rank. old Masonic
Temple.
Odd FelIows-IInion. No. II, and Beacon. No
IT, degrees: Covenant. No. 13. and Langdon
No Is. business: Naomi, No. !. business;
Ruth. No. 2. business and social.
National Union-Potomac Council. Pythian
Temple: Central Council. Perpetual Build
ing Hall.
knights Of Pythias-Equal. No. Il. knight
rank; Amaranth. No. c, esquire rank:
Century, No. 80 monthly meeting Past
Chiefs Association. Pythian Sisters; month
ly meeting. board Of directors OF Hall AS
ISOLATION.
TaiIors' Union-sll E street northwest. s p
m.
Socialist Party-LocaI northeast 20 renn-
sylvsnia avenue southeast. p. IN.
Meetings mornings:
National Naval Militia Association in C:abi-
net Room. New Willard. 10 o'clock
Army Relief Society. IN Gridiron Room New
Willard. 10 o'clock.
Buffet Supper. Iowa State College Alumni
Association In the Oak Rom. The Raleigh
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
Hits From, Sharp Wits

Beware Of the man who makes prom
ises, who has no character to under
write for him. Judas made as fair
promises as any Of them.-Knoxville
Journal and Tribune
When you waste today regretting the
past you put q mortgage on tomorrow.
Being tho breadwinner Of q family is
not a hard job: but 1t requires some
hustling to provide the butter.
Any time you doubt that old maxim
that in union there Is strength, try boil
ing cabbage and turnips together.-To-
ledo Blade.
Many an automobilist seems to think
that when he bought his car he also
bought the citys streets.-Charleston
News and Courier.
A comfortable income is one that pro-
vides "all the comforts OF home" with
no worrJ.
Distance lends enchantment to the
view. but It never lends money. wherein
distance Is wise.-Deseret News
Tho man who Is persuaded to go ou,
on a lark that becomes a Dat. finds out
too late that he was sull.-Columbia
State.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
GETTING JOB AND MAN
TOGETHER.

The Baltimore News day or two
ago published the assurance that
there were jobs enough on the farms
of Maryland alone to take care of
all the unemployed men in Balti-
more. Like other cities, Baltimore
has had its serious problem of unem-
ployment this winter.
Maryland maintains a State Bu-
reau of immigration, whose business
is to look after new arrivals and so
far as possible assist in finding
market for labor in need of employ
ment. The bureau has undertaken
to expand this latter feature of it's
activity. As is almost always true,
it finds that while men walk the city
streets idle and hopelessly seeking
employment, farmers are just as
vainly looking for men to do the
work that means larger production,
cheaper living costs, and, in the end,
less unemployment in the city as
we'll as the country.
So the effort has been seriously or
ganized, to get the men and the jobs
together. The response of the un-
employed has been startling. In one
forenoon twenty-five men called on
the bureau and filed their applica-
tions for places. They were assured
that within a few days they could
all be given work. After that, of
course, everything will depend on
themselves. A good many of the ap-
plicants made plain by their talk that
they didn't know anything whatever
about farm; and it doesn't seem to
be so well understood as it should
be, that the "unskilled labor" of
farm hand is in fact a kind of labor
that requires more variety of knowl-
edge, intelligence. and experience
than most trades. The "farm hand"
doesn't get half his due in regard to
these things. His job does indeed de-
mand more Drawn than most others;
but it also requires a wider range of
information and understanding.
Nowadays, it is coming to be we'll
paid and self-respecting kind of en-
ployment. There is every reason why
the city laborer may hope to better
his condition by going to the farm.
He will learn about the best trade
that is available nowadays, and one
that on the whole gives the best as
surance against unemployment. The
farmland may not see moving pic
lures and street pageants so often as
his brother in town, but he has a
comfortable certainty that his job is
going to stay by him.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
THE INDEPENDENT COM.
MISSION.

Whatever else may be thought Of
the specific piece of legislation to
which the Administration has given
its approval, for the creation of a
trades commission, there will be gen.
eral agreement on one important
point. That is, that the establish
ment Of an Independent commission
is the right procedure.
It is proposed to make this CON-
mission generally similar, in re-
sponsibilities and relationships to
other branches of the Government,
to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The best possible model
has been selected. No Cabinet Off
Ger bosses the Interstate Commerce
Commission. 1t is responsible to it
self, and runs its own affairs. The
President or Congress may call upon
1t to investigate and report; or it
may do that on its own motion. It
has powers which have gradually
been expanded from a rather lin
tied grant in the beginning until
they are proving ample and useful
for many purposes not even con-
templated at the outset. Perhaps
there has been too much disposition
to make the commission an omnibus
affair; but that is in fact a proof
that there is plenty of work to be
done by another commission of the
kind, dealing with industrials rather
than with transportation.
There is no political head to the
Interstate Commission, and there
should not be. Its policy is not made
for it by the Administration or the
politics that may be ascendent at
the moment. Not half the men in
Congress could name the members
Of the Interstate Commission and
state accurately the politics of every
man; and that is as it should be.
The Independent commission is a
very long and effective step toward
real non-political administration of
government at the point where gov
eminent most Intimately affects
business. This point, above all
others, should be kept in mind in
drafting this legislation.
The Washington times., 1914-03-16
Truths By Women Who
Know The fhe We!f;Gs Gh;'S of
Aim of National Congress of
Mothers

While the attention Of the public being forcby
beement of the while theories advocacy of eugencs
advanced hand todas article by A. Bney
who knows her subject thoroughly particularly interesting pre-
sents distinct angle the question of improvement
With the third international Congress Welfare of the Child
be held Washington in April the time close to attempt
focus the public the object congress- and its rez
tion to mankind, q
By MRS. A. A BIRNEY.
President District Mothers
The Washington times., 1914-03-16

breast of the saint as we'll as in that
OF the sinner. though ordinarily with
different results. The struggle be-
gins with the dawn Of reason and
ends only with life itself.
The superior will strive to elevate
the soul to God and to act In obedl-
ence to the divine will. It inspires
sentiments Of charity. Joy. peace,
patience. meekness. modesty, contin-
ency, chastity. 1t struggles to OBJ
tain the mastery over the flesh. The
lower will endeavors to subject tho
superior will to its control. It Is at
tended In its train by hatred. malice,
envy. lust intemperance. gluttony,