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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-12-30

drawer that had held the viii sealed
envelope addressed: $3.50
John Dorr:
To be opened on Ruth's eighteenth
birthday. Sooner IL her welfare is threat.
ened.
Gallon turned his dimming eyes to
Ruth. who took both his chilling hands
in hers.
Child! The Master Key keep al.
ways near you. Some day"-he choked
lit will bring you riches. happiness
and love-"
When he first heard that Gallon was
dead Wilkerson was appalled,. He
thought OF the woman in New York
and regained his courage. This was a
case where he must win by brute force.
He must Immediately show his author.
ity. He who struck first would win.
he thought; yet in the back of his con.
seriousness was the realization that he
did not know what disposition Gallon
had made Of the property. And where
was that rich vein Of gold that would
buy him Jean Darnell. with her velvet
ways and her dark eyes OF topaz?
Perhaps because for several years he
had not handled other men. but been
himself a mere cog in q Srent machine.
Wilkerson mistool the spirit of the
miners He did not understand that
they had profound respect for Thorn.
rs Gallon.
II must get these people in hand"
thought Wilkerson. land do it quick"
He spent the afternoon in making a
schedule for n sweeping reduction In
wages. Then lie sent for Bill Tubbs.
the engineer. When he had come.
gross. liquor sodden and half insolent.
the superintendent lnuglied at him.
,''Tubbs. what do you ki,uw about
this mine:"
"Well." Tuhhs answered. 1.-THE ore
.panned out pretty good for nwhile. but
they lost the mother lode. There amt
!. carload worth dollar come out Of.
here in. three months. and TINT little
girl up on the hill won't have moth
Ing ut all unless she takes the advice
Vt some of us old timers and fires that
young squirt Ut nn engineer. John
Dorr."
Wlkerson leuned over aud his face
suddenly grew white In IL intensity Of
expression.
I'm the superintendent OF this mine.
Now go"'
Tubbs looked astonished Mt the tone.
hut Ubeyed.
Wilkerson smiled to himself. One
man. and he one Of the most itEpOr-
tant in the camp. was his absolute tool
ppd slave. He took his pen and rap
idly wrote out an order:
"After this day all wages in this
mine will be reduced % per cent"
He called one Of the bookkeepers and
CURLY ordered him to post 1t on the
wall Of the office. outside. A surprise
awaited him. however. in the attitude
Ut the mixers. They paid no attention
10 the notice he had posted on the office
wall. nor did they seem to recognize
the presence OF the new .superintend.
ent He questioned Ed Mayer. the
loading boss. ~
"Aliss Ruth IL running Title Master
Key!" Mayer replied.
After the passing Of Thomas Gallon
things ut the mine went very quietly
for Il few weeks. John DOrr had nc
cepted the subordinate position I'm.
der Wilkerson and was faithfully de-
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voting himself in the intervals Of his
duties to soothing Ruth's grief. The
girl had really been enormously de-
pendent upon her father. She was
only child. but now IN her SOlitari.
ness she turned to John and old Tom
Kane with ilnpulsive trust and atrec.
tion. She tried hard to he brave. but
the days We're Ion. and the nights long.
err. The cook house blOOned with fresh
roses every day. an excuse for her 60
ing down, to talk with old Tom. and
in the evening. when the shadows fell
across tile gulch. John and she would
water the flowers together. and he
would tell her Of his life in college and
In New York
,"rd love to see New York;" she said
Il dozen times. and on each occasion
John would smile ut lier and say. "You
shall"
Neither of them realized that cirrum.
stances would shortly take them both.
though separately. to New York. for
there was piling up In a secret drawer
In WilEerson's desk letters written in
n woinan's script Some OF them In
scented envelopes on embossed paper.
Each one Of them was signed lean
Darnell" When the seventh letter
came the superintendent reread 1t
many times:
Aston House, New York. May Is. 49,.
Dear Hary-From what YOU say and
from what learn from George. | think
that would be willing to put up the
money to buy control Of your Master
Key" mine. but you must be sure about
this. l know that old Gallo. made money
out of 1t. but I'm also sure that he was
concea!ing something. us you think. Make
the mine worth while and-well remem-
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CHAPTER VI.
The Golden Key.

TIER he had left his former
partner III the 0tflre Thomas
Gallon slowly went up to the
bungalow. There WAS n riim.
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|" 1HD light in the bungalow on
the hill across the valley
H winked rs some one passed
beneath It and the window.
Evening star., 1914-12-20

nuate million; yet twice in decade
amblng genius taking desperate hazard, elcctrities
he Street with the story of great winnings On analysis
most of these tales prove to be but boastu exagger
ions; for few have that abnormal gift, the spccu
ative temperament, such as possessed by a
otton brokers' clerk, who twenty years ago
shoestrng of four hundred dollars up to six hundred
thousand dollars. Various types such he pose in the
spotlight for short periods.
The latest example to enthra the speculative elc-
nent of Wall Street is young plunger who is
toned to give "strng" order to his broker;
such as selling, say, five hundred shares of Union
Pacific every half-pont decline. It's dcs-
peratc system. ten point drop in the market
gives him enormous profit. if he catches it in
time A drop and then a swift upturn in prices
nearly cleans him out.
After having twice lost considerable sums, the
plunger, toward the close of 1912, again began to
sell the market in this hazardous way. There
Y cnsued long period of declining prices, and by
covering his short sales at the right moments,
reversing his position at times until prices
high enough to sell again, his accumulated profits
amounted to close upon eight hundred thousand
dollars. He had Caught the market right at
the cost of a terrible mental and physical strain.
He at developed into royal spender. At
last accounts he still has most of his money.
How long will he keep it?
Evening star., 1914-12-20
OUR CHRISTMAS SHIPS
Coahraed from page 4

Continued from page
Cross" and asked its destination. On one occasion
three of the became alarmed when they imagined
they heard the pumps going and jumping out of their
berths they hastily adjusted life preservers and rushed
to the deck; only to find apathetic but amused
watch There shout of JOY when the caught
sight of land at Falmouth on September "a.
SIXTY of the and surgeons, comprising Units
~ D and F, landed there and went to Paignton,
England, to the American Ladies War Hospital. Prac
tcaly all the nurses hailed from Boston, Rochester,
and Buffalo The hospital at Pagnton is and main
tained entirely by Americans, and equipped for three
hundred and fifty patients and great the demands
upon it that few weeks ago DR.. Howard M. Beal,
surgeon in charge cabed the Red Cross Society," asking
if twenty additional and surgeons could be sent
on from the United States. The best the organization
could do to despatch and two surgeons,
with the information that the Others would start
funds to bear the extra expense were forthcom
ing. The British government has recently proposed
using of and surgeons aboard hospital
ship.
The nurses for Russia comprising Unit c, under Miss
Lucy Mnnigrode supervisor, journcyed by train to
London and Dundee, sailing from the latter point
October for Bergen and thence going to Stockholm
and Petrograd by rail.
From Falmouth the @Red Cross sailed for Pauillac
where the French government expressed its desire
have Units and B, the contingents for France land
The in these groups from Philadelphia and
Baltimore.
The final stage of the journey of the @mercy ship"
to Rotterdam, where were landed on October 10
the sections for Germany and Austria, travelling by rail
via Berlin. Unit G ordered to Kosel, in German
Siesia and is made up of from New Jersey and
Long Island. The surgeon DR.. Bal F. Bradbury,
writes that he has hospital building accommodating
hundred with exceptionally fine operating
The Germans have accorded the Red Cross every
courtesy and facility.
Thirty miles away, at Gleiwitz another unit is at
work, under Dr. Charles H. Sanders His corps
verted theater into hospital, accommodating scv
cnty, and only the badly wounded arc received.
In Northern Germany there is a wonderful Red
Cross Hospital train, the most complete ever known,
running between Hamburg and the western theater of
war, composed of twenty cars, containing two
hundred and seventy-eight beds, fitted for the trans
poraton of the seriously wounded All the patients lie
under well laundered linen and fresh blankets, while
nne-spring bed reduces jolts to the minimum. Small
hammocks the beds and tables nearby give the
sufferers the opportunity of having books and other
articles handy; while soft reading lights be used
during the night journey All the beds constructed
to permit their being used stretchers, that the
severely wounded at the end of their journey be
carried out of the without moving them from their
Evening star., 1914-12-20

law Reid gave $1,000, and pledged $500 month ad-
ditional until the end of the There bazaars
Lenox and Tuxedo Park which brought in several
thousand dollars Guests of the Free Home for Work
ing Girls sent S10 saying that all the girls had con-
trbuted the individual subscriptions ranging from two
to twenty-five cents. Charles p. Rowland, New
York lawyer, pledged the salary of nurse at $50
monthly.
No gift is too small; for dimes will buy enough
choroform ether provide painless operation for
poor wounded soldier. Who wouldn't give ten
cents if it may mean life saved? True, the Morgans,
the Frcks the Carnegcs and others welcomed with
their drafts for $4,000 Big checks swell the totals;
but it should not be overlooked that some remarkable
public contributions relieve distress have been made
through the Red Cross, mainly in small sums.
THE Red Cross Society is charity knowing dis
elimination of race politics. 1t has no enemy,
and its mission of alembracing mercy 1t brings
its present task all the high qualities of hepfuness,
DEVOTION experience, courage and organization And
the public knows in subscribing money to it in the pres
cnt calamity that every cent will be used to do the
maximum of good
Proof of this may be in every step taken by the
society, particularly in its despatching "mercy Ship
something never before done in the history of America.
1t fact that many obstacles had to be overcome be-
fore the boat started out with its message of good will
and friendship the nations Even the date of
sailing, originally set for September s. had to be post
poncd fortnight account of objections raised by
Great Britain and France to the personnel of the
Among the sailors Americans of German
BIRTH and at the last the casting off delayed
until the vessel could clear with of native-born
Americans The stewards were negroes Captain
Arnistead Rust, United States Navy, retired,
mandcr of the "Red Cross" which favored before
her departure from New York with official inspection
by Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
On board eleven surgeon directors, twenty-five
surgeon assistants, one chief nurse and hundred and
thirty y-eght nurses. All enlisted for six months
the provision being that the is not at the
expiration of the term of service other nurses will be
sent take the places of those returning. Major
Robert U. Patterson, of the army medical corps in
charge of the units, while Miss Helen Scott Hay had
command of the nurses.
Many thousands of pounds of absorbent and nom
absorbent cotton gauze, surgical Instruments and sup
plies taken the ship
1t had a rough crossing, and some of the nurses
well the negro walters became seasick just outside
Sandy Hook There classes for first aid and foreign
languages held daily A welcome break in the voyage
furnished by the doctors glec club with its familiar
melodies Everyone retired at ten PM; but many
nights there quick awakening for some when
British cruisers threw their searchghts the @Red
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
Coming. "ouo yadis..

Unparalleled in the world for pho
tographic beauty, human interest,
dramatic power and Spectacular
grandeur is George Kleine's produc-
ton of the Cines photodrama. "Quo
Nadis," which is to be the attraction
at the Alta theater for two days. CON-
mencing February "wednesday,
with daily matinees. Although this
is strong statement to make. it is
fully verified by the remarkable runs
this attraction has had in the Astor
theater. New York city. the Garrick
at Philadelphia. Mcvickcr's in Chi
cago, fremont theater in Boston and
host of other cities under the most
adverse circumstances and in sum-
mer time. too when every other dra-
matte form of entertainment has fall
ed to attract the public to theaters.
This fact alone is sufficient substan-
tialization of almost any assertion that
may be made about this truly Won
derful photo drama.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
Tango VIII Re Feature

Probably no attraction will be
headed by a moretalked of feature
than Russelrs Merry Minstrel Maids.
presenting Mayme Prayer and Char
iotte Tomkins. sensational dancers, In
truly conscientious Interpretation
of the Argentine. Paris and American
styles of tango. On account of their
gracefulness and agility, these charm
ing young ladies' have been highly
complimented on this dance as well
as the latest New York craze, the
maxixe and X-ray dance. While
travelling abroad. they had the dis
tinct honor of dancing with Vernon
Castle. now instructor at the Cafe de
Paris where he and his wife receive
enormous salaries for dancing every
night Mr.. Castle pronounced these
ladies two of the most graceful AM
erican dancers who ever visited Paris.
These clever persons will be seen
a. the Alta theater on next Tuesday
evening. February 8, with the Min
strel Maids company.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
THE ADVENTURES OF KATHL LYN'

spout of the teakettle extracts the Colones note but
does not touch the sealed enclosure He then quickly
writes note of his own, encoses it in place of the
abstracted re-seals the packet, and steals away.
SECOND REEL
The second scene opens at midnight New Year.
Eve. The good old padre is ringing the mission bells
ringing the fate of Kahlyn She and her sister limo.
Gently open the tampered packet There they find the
false note of the mysterious Hindu If have not
turned at this hour, it is because held captive by
the people of Allaha. The only way be saved is
by having possession Of the sealed envelope herewith
Bring it yourself to my headquarters in Allaha Catch
first steamer. Guard well the packet, as you may be
pursued by those who will wish to take it from you
Kathlyn is woman of quick impulse and energetic ac-
tion and is for being hundred miles away by high
tide to take the first steamer sailing for the Orient.
The only way out of town. by fast freight train,
leaving at once She climbs into the caboose and there
she finds one Of her fathers lions boxed for shipment
The animal manages to escape during the trip and In the
melee the door of the tool closet accidentally forced
open revealing the Hindu (who the note) hiding
there. He refuses to give account of himself but
offering to pay his fare is accepted as passenger
Kathyn that he is after the mysterious sealed packet
She makes her steamer and eventually arrives in
India. She rides to the end of the railway line, and
there hires elephant to carry her through the inter-
vening Jungle to her fathers station in Alaha Pre-
ceding her at rapid pace is the mysterious Hindu who
took passage the ship. He arrives first at the
Kings palace, and is Immediately received in state by
the Council of Three. He is Umbalah the confidential
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
IN THREE REELS

agent and is invested with unusual power His next
visit the prison cell under the palace where
Col. Hare is chained prisoner to stone pillar
Cmbalah asks the prisoner "Wll you consent to take
the throne Internationally. z. He emphatcally answers
NO"
The next event is the arrival of Kahlm at her faith
ers bungalow not far from the palace She has hardly
entered his deserted apartment when the continuous
Umbalah steps into view from his hiding place and in
forms her that her father is dead She falls in faint
and he takes advantage Of her helpless condition to Sc
the packet from her person the scene dims
THIRD REEL
When the girl RECEIVERS consciousness the villain tells
her that the King being dead she Kathlvn. must now
become Queen and take the throne. Mystified, she
thinks that he is Joking: but, in proof of his words he
opens the packet shows her the contents of Grams
latinga language she cannot read shows her the note
of her father which emphaticalv staesto destroy the
sealed packet, comforting the hereditary right to him
and his to the throne Of Allaha one de.
fenseless in strange land she is more alarmed
than ever she realizes that she thoroughly in the
power of fanatca people, and has already done exactly
what her father commanded her not to do She is in
formed that she must take possession of the throne at
once and protesting she dragged to the palace placed
upon the throne and held captive against the day of the
Coronaton-This develops wonderful spectacle, its
magnficence having kinshp with the famed Durbar of
India Amid great pomp she is unwllingly crowned by
the high priest. The Council then lead Umbaah for
ward and the popuace is informed that he is chosen az
the husband of the Queen She is stricken with terror
this announcement, which is the concluding feature
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
Local Playhouses
What the Press Agent Has to
Say Of Present and Coming
Attractions.
Orpl,cunl.

For Thursdays change. ''The
Awakening at Snakeville.' two part
Essanay. Featuring Augustus Carney
tAikali Ike) and Margaret Joselyn,
This is positively the funniest COM
edy in months. II is full of side
splitting situations which crowd one
another from beginning to end.
Sophie is making bread and the
much abused "Alkali'' is peeling po-
tatoes, He tries vainly to get away
but she is always after him with a
rolling pin. He finally gets her to
drink some drugged cider and then
forgets and drinks some himself and
the incidents that follcw will con-
vulse you with mirth.
A Night at the Inn. Edison. Fea-
turing Mable Trumelle and Herbert
Prior. Frank Harding is forced to
seek refuge in an inn overnight. The
proprietor Is very disreputable fell
low and when he sees the guests
weu filled purse he tries to win the
money at cards. Failing in this ne
tells his sister to drug him. But she
has become interested in the traveller
and refuses. He then tries to trap
his victim in folding bed but the
sister again saves him.
The Death Trap. Lubin. The
story Of how a girl helps the detective
catch a counterfeiter and then she
catches him. A very pretty love story
of California.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
QUIT MEAT IF YOUR
KIDNEYS ACT BADLY
VAKE TABLESPOONFUL OF SALTS
If BACK HURTS OR BLAD-
DER BOTHERS.

We are nation of meat eaters and
cur blood is filled with uric acid,
says a well known authority, who
warns us to be constantly on guard
against kidney trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork;
they get sluggish; the eliminative It's
sues clog AMI thus the waste is retain
ed in the blood to poison the entire
system.
When your kidneys ache and feel
like Jumps Of lead; and you have sting
ing pains in the back or the urine Is
cloudy. full Of sediment. or the blad-
der is irritable. obliging you to seek
relief during the night: when you
have severe headaches. nervous and
dizzy spells, sleeplessness. acid stom-
xach or rheumatism in bad weather.
get from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table,
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast each morning and in Few
days your kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts Is made from the acid
OF grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
'clogged kidneys. to neutralize the
acids In urines o IL is no longer a
source of irritation. thus ending uri-
nary and bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure: makes a delightful eiter'
vescent lithia- water drink and no.
body can make mistake by taking
a little occasionally TO keep the KID
neys clean and active.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
STATEMENTS MUST
Be FILED MARCH |
ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE ALL
INCOMES BEYOND $4,000
TO BE LISTED.
for Those Who Fail 10 File-Blank
Forms Are Now to BE Had at Of
lice of Treasurer Bradlcy-Many
VIII Pay Tax in County.

on OF before March of this year.
Omatina county citizens who have
an ANIMAL income of over $4,000 must
file statement to that effect and
those who are delinquent will be sub
sect to a fine. Blank forms are to be
hHd upon application at the office of
Treasurer Bradley and the law makes
~ obligatory upon the citizen to ap-
rSfS for one of these forms.
The first year is 10 months long.
so those whose net income from
March TO December 81. 1918. was
Ss500, or over, are figured as having
sufficient income to be taxed.
People whose annual income is
over $4,000 must pay additional tax.
The law allows a married man exemp-
Nion up to $4,000 year.
In case of failure to make a return
the law provides that a penalty of not
hess than $50 nor more than $4,000
shall be levied, and an additional tax
of so per cent upon the amount of the
TAX assessed Is also to be paid. False
cor fraudulent returns or statements,
ef intended to defraud or evade the
cax, may draw fine up - $4,000 or
imprisonment up to year or both.
tor the maker.
How many people in Umatilla coun-
ey must pay the tax is not known, but
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
WOMEN VOTERS MUST
TELL AGES IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Jan. s9.-Chicago wo-
men who wish to take advantage Of
the new Illinois suffrage law and
vote at the spring elections will have
to tell their ages under instructions
issued by the board of elections. At
torneys and friends had advised the
women that in all probability they
could evade the age question by maxi
ing statement that they were OF
legal voting age. However. the order
of the board probably will betaken
of the board probably will be taken
pecteI. The legal voting .age of
women is 2l years, not Is. as many
supposed. -.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29

able the city will have to discontinue
operations there. Announcement was
made yesterday by those in charge
that 1900 yards OF rock Is all that can
be used on the boulevard.
Just what the city will do to furnish
work to the unemployed using the
Gypsy Smith Auditorium is uncertain.
The plan of giving work to the unem-
ployed which has been in, operation
for some time has cost the city s23,-
1882. according to a statement is
sued yesterday by City Treasurer Ad-
ans
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
|" l am very glad to say I

l am very glad to say few
words in praise of Chamberlain $
Best Cough Medicine for Children.
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. Ida
Dewey, Milwaukee. Wis. II have u.s.
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and myself and it never fails to re-
lieve and cure a cough or cold. No
family with children should be with
out it as 1t gives almost immediate
relief in cases of Group" Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is pleasant and
safe to take, which is of great impor-
tance when a medicine must be CIV
en- TO young children. For sale by
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