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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04
CHAPTER ".

Many man writes down on paper
the things he cannot articulate.
Thomas Gallon dreaming of two
women. taciturn and silent as he
was, wrote down the thoughts which
he could not express in speech. His
diary, we'll thumbod, held the his
tory of many lonely night; but of
all these nights there was one that
stood out in his mind:
II was the darkness enclosing a
woman on a bed He still heard her
whispered cry; you speak Of God,
Tom-but I have no religion but
motherhood" Before his closed eyes
came the vision of a lamp llt-thon
almost an apparition-the face OF his
daughter. One life had fed. possibly
appalled, by the horrors Of a world
thatrecks not OF our poor humanity.
Yet there was In the dead woman's
arms a -grotesquely asleep. as
II unawakoned to the sorrows this
mother had known.
"Ruth!" he cried. There was no
answer from the still woman in the
darkness-but thus he had christened
his only child.
II seemed to him as If that echo
still reverberatod from the moon
washed hills which marked the site
OF "Tho Master Key"
81 am getting old" he thought, as
he turned the pages Of his diary, as
II unconsciously counting the years
since a woman had leaned over his
shoulder.
Ruth" he murmured again
ffsl.. Lad
longer dim and vague. as IL had been
! in the days OF his prime--but ahso-
lutely distinct and clear-what wa.
TO become OF Ruth when he died
With his trained business intelligence
he set himself TO solve this question
He reviewed in his mind all tho
men and women he had known. II
was strange procession. They
I marched before his sharpened vision
old partners, fresh young girls. ma
ture women, men with check-books
in their hands. men dying Of thirst
on the desert-and Wilkerson. lie
sternly put out of his mind the
thought OF his former partner-thS
man-was he dead? II he had not
died that night I'm the gulch-if h'
/ we're still alive, knowing the secret
/ of "The Master Key" who would save
! Ruth from his vengeance?
J Then there rose before his mine
I the straight. strong, almost auster'
! figure of his mining engineer, JOIN
Dorr. Youthful. of course, but HI
had proved himself wholly compe
tent in almost every task that hat
been given him.
The old man thought more deeply
he recalled his own former years H'
himself, had broken down the iro
barriers of cold world for the sax
Of a woman whose image Ruth wa'
! He had seen in John DORIS eyes IN
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04

Two prospectors, James Gallon and
Harry Wilkerson. are partners. Gallon
makes rich find and draws tempo
rsry plan of the location of the vein OF
gold. Wilkerson tries TO steal these
plans Gallon resists and they quarrel
IN the fight Gallon thinks he has killed
his partner. and leaves him lying In the
camp Gallon arrives in small western
town. where he tells the sheriff that he
and his partner were attacked by out.
laws and that his partner was killed.
The sheriff, his posse and Gallon 90 to
Che scene Of the fight, but they do not
find Wilkerson. The sheriff, thinking
Gallon has trickcd him. places him
under arrest. Meantime Wilkerson has
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04
MOTHRR'S ILLNESS DELAYS CASE

The larceny case against Robert
Washington. colored. accused Of the
larceny Of a watch from his mother.
was continued in City Court today.
as the mother was unable to be pres
ent because of illness. p. L. Garrett
appeared for the defendant.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04

Field goals. Filliben, 3: Flynn, s
Dowd. 3; w. Mayors, 3: Fox, L.:
Scheu, 1. Foul goals. Filliben, 9
Scheu, l. Referee, Davis. Scorer.
Maguigan. Liner. Graham. Time of
halves. 20 minutes.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04
WEST END WINS.

West End Second defeated the Mer-
wick Social team last night in West
End Reading Room by the score of So
TO 3. The features of the game was
the close guarding Of Mack and Fox,
who held their opponents to one field
goal. Dowd and Flynn starred for
the winners. each getting eight two
pointers. Jack" Filliben was an
other feature of the evening, getting
nine out of sixteen fouls. Fritz
Scheu. of the losers. Gagged their only
field and foul goals. Lineup:
WEST END. MERWICK.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-04
BY John Fleming Wilson
SYNOPSIS

COPYRIGHT. ,s,A. uv JOHN FLEMING WILSON
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A WIFE, SOME VEGETABLES. A SML

came the Big Light among lightweight
boxers.
Freddie liked athletics. gymnastics
and, most uf all, boxing. So one day he
-aw Rcrnarr Macfadden in the hotel
'obby and had "A new idea. In n short
lime later he was boxing Instructor at
MiCfldden's Physical Culture School In
New York.
There he met young woman by the
name Of Fannie Weston. Fannie was
taking "A physical culture course. She
was not the fuffy-ruffy. ribbon sort.
She would have impressed you first as
"tomboyish," alert, aggressive.
The young boxer took a fancy to her.
But he also had a lot Of the prudence
stuff in him and believed in training
financially for matrimOny, Just as he
trained physically for bout in the ring.
So they health cultured along to-
gcther and finally one day, Manager
cupid signed them both for ninety
nine round go for 'bettor or worse"
The contract has been mostly ito the
better"
Now, Mrs. Freddie had n long dis
lance eye. Just as she knew that her
wires Of hsllhOp patch. she seemed to
sense that Freddie would not always re-
main boxing instructor.
BESIDES there was Manager Cupid
watching critically. He told her that
Love was not a booster for a Rest Cure
Boss Cupid felt that his employees
ought to be up and doing, busy, get
ting somewhere.
So Mrs. Freddie planted the germ n
a now idea in her husbands Thinllnp
Place. From that second on his prog
ress vas az rapid as the Roger Uprisinu
over where the long queues sprout
Sle took him in hand and soon tried
I him out in Philadelphia athletic clubs
where he knocked 'em out as fast a,
they could set 'cm up, Freddie ever
/ then, compared with the other boys
| had moro speed and science in his lin,
gers than a healthy radlum molecul,
! which had trained for Microbe Mara
I thon in Mrs. Curie's laboratory II
| France somewhere.
/ Mrs, Freddie then decided that.the:,
! was something other than honor ant
| glory In the world, She told her hus
/ band so. He agreed Then she resur
named him so that he'd have a boxins
monickcr which would help his family
back In PontySsidd, Walos, guessing
until he reached the enc Of the Cham
plonship Belt Line trip and had become
famous. She banked just as much o.
the Belt Line train as she does nov
when she takes the Twentieth Centur,
for New York to get a new nat.
Thereafter Freddie was known a.
! Freddie Welsh.
The next lap Of the Belt Line jaur
has much To do with the uncommon NJ
garden variety OF training. In oths
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Nurses making bandages.

eyes NJ the medical profession abroad.
and no loss an authority than Sir Fret
erick Treves, Sergeant Surgeon - tho
King Of England. has been unstinted IN
his praise.
When the Americans had the hospital
ready for service they offered 4
gratuitously TO the French Government.
and the official acknowledgement and ac-
ceptance show tho unique distinction
which the institution has won for itself.
Ordinarily. services Of this sort are
rendered through the channels 81 tho
Red Cross. but the French Minister ~
War gave the American Ambulauc"
Hospital an exceptional standing by
placing n Immediately under the direc-
tion NJ his department, vcsting II ut
tho same time with a special measure Of
responsibility. But tho compliment
brought In it's train a burden that only
men and women working with singular
wholcheartedness could have tal,"n
upon themselves and borne chocrfuliy.
when the American Ambulance Hos.
piial nrsi minlstCred in the wounded
sent back from the Marine the organ:
zatiou was not complete. But that dill
MT hamper the work American
women and among toom some of great
wealth. did the work of charwomen and
cooks, and with their own hands put
the hospital into order and kept IT SO
until those better fitted for such labors
could hH had. Before three weeks had
passed tho place was equipped ~ that
II could handle $50 wounded. and now
II can accommodate quite 400.
Eut this Is not tho limit of its useful
ness. with sufficient funds the building
could easily he made to house and TO
hold cots enough for the treatment. Of a
round thousand sufferers II Is for the
purpose Of securing this money that
Francis l.. Drake, second vice president
OF the Paris Chamber OF Commerce. Is
now IN the United States Mr.. Drake
Is one Of the original committee Of five
appointed to establish the hospital
There has been some misunderstand-
ing about the American Ambulance. as
II Is commonly known, and many have
imagined that funds We're asked for the
purchase and maintenance of num-
her of motor cars to be sent to the front
or to be used about Paris In transfer
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bulance. has given this brief account OF
the enterprise:
This Is a mans work, but work that
is we'll worth doing. A few nights ago
we sent our ambulance train to the
! front and 7 accompanied II,
Leaving Paris at we arrived at
certain town about thirty miles from
Paris at midnight, a town which nor
mally has Is, 900 Inhabitants but wherein
mere handful were left. We found
about $50 wounded distributed among
old buildings and IN direst distress and
/ in need Of assistance. Two men and
two women we're doing all they could
to look ont for them. We searched all
Of these buildings With the lanterns
+ from the automobiles, and It was one
" the most grewsome and impressive
experiences I over went through.
WHOM we had orEa nIzcd the first aid
accompanied two ~ the doctors with
couple Of automobiles out TO the most
advanced posts ~ the French line and
over ground that had been fought over
y few hours before There was little
moonlight and tho sight was very i'm
presslve ~ tho advanced posts we
were IN range Of the picket firing and
~ VAS Impossible 10 proceed to the bat
tlohc'd half milo beyond. whore Their"
N.rs Eiill = great many wounded who
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
HARLEM'S CARNIVAL.
I HARLEM Is In festival dress these
days. At night l25th street is

HARLEM Is IN festival dress these
days. At night l25th Street is
alive with banners and vari-
colorod lights that span the street, and
some of the avenues which cross this
thoroughfare are also decora, ed.
Harlem Is preparing for a great car
nival. 1t IL to celebrate the opening OF
the Willis avenue trolley extension
which is scheduled for the latter part
OF October. According to the present
plans It will open on Sunday, October
20, with services in all churches. There
VIII he addresses and lectures on the
growth and development OF Harlem and
the Importance Of the community spirit
On Monday there will be n parade OF
progress with historical features illus
trating the development OF Harlem from
the first settlement up to the present
day. ON Tuesday evening there will be
labor parade by Harlem labor unions
On wednesday evening there will he
an automobile parade and prizes will he
given to the bost decorated Harlem
autos THIS parade will he In coniunc-
Ton with the main auto parade OF ,he
'N'W YORK Tercontenary Commission
Thursday will be- bankers and manu-
lacturers' day, with luncheon at
"hlch hnAncicrs and city officials will
max" addresses. on Friuay evening
thor" VIII be an Industrial parade of
Harlem business houses. at which prizes
VIII he awarded for the host decorated
wagons horses and automobiles on
nc same evening there viii .hc omen
nous" in the Harlem churches. clubs
ana other places whore social gather
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ring the wounded - existing hospitals.
In French tho term ambulance sIgui
fics q military hospital aud II hes this IN
flct that the Americans IN Paris have
provided
The work NJ tho hospital was i'm
mensely helped nv the presence IN Paris
Of pr. Joseph \. Blake, formerly Of
tho New York Presbyterian Hospital
and he was Immediately made head sur
geon Of tho institution and actually
supervised tho equipment Of the place
pr Blake has given his services gratui-
t5usly. and other surgeons have since
been added To the stan besides those
originally attached to IN" American
Hospital In Paris
lust rs the fighting goes on for TWEEN
tv-four hours q day at the front 81. too
tho men and women who arc making
the American Ambulance Hospital a
brilliant success are working night and
day cut on the firing limos the shifting
movements Of tho struggling armies
have been So swift and their determine
ton So dsSpeIso N the holding NJ
ground gained that tho wounded on both
sides have often been left unattended
for days Just whore they tcll ar where
they could crawl Some Of tho wounded
have thus been left for = week Those
that were 50 hndly hurt that they could
not use their first aid packets have had
to lie there with their injuries exposed
to Infection. This has led to a gan
Grenous condition that has added greatly
to the task of uic surgeons.
But even those who have been ban.
daged on the hcld have in some cases
shown the effects OF after neglect. aud
with few exception. their wounds were
in grave state when reaching Paris
At the American Ambulance ii has been
the practice well nigh from the BEGIN
ming to use the antitoXin for locl<iaw.
and thus the danger from injuries al
ready infected with the germs Of tetanus
was !esscned by this latest Of treat
mcnts.
because OF. its reputation and rogarl
in the eyes OF the French military au.
thorities the hospital at Ncu.lly has
sent to Il only the most desperate cases.
The wounded that are picked for tho
American Ambulance are those reu,Iir-
ing tho most sldlful surgery and treat
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The American Ambulance Hospital at Paris

ment, and this makes the work ~ tin
operative star all tho harder. For SIX
tocn hours at a time DIS. Blake and
pubnuchet have alternat"d in the clinic,
hating only briefly to take u cup of
coffee or TO eat a sandwich standing.
But the American Ambulance must
aalt In its splendid labors unless suii-
Gent funds are soon forthcoming Ana
yet DIR. Blake says: Remember. that
our place at Neuilly is capable Of talk
ing care ~ more than twice "a many
as we now have under its roof. Whether
we have 400 or 1000 wounded there
the overhead charges remain suhstan-
TALLY the same, and 10y having moderate
additional funds we Cnn do good for thu
greater number. Just think what this
would mean"
II one Is not affected by the immediate
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appeal 10 aid ire wounded NJ the battle
hcids of F,vropc. then, perhaps. there
is broader Yet more selfish view
which miEht arouse a helpful response.
The work that is being done by tho
American Ambulance brings in its train
familiarity with wounds Of nm eXaGEer-
ltcd and extremely grave charactc'.
What surgeons are learning 10y this
unusually abundant experience, which
ordinarily is not to be had in times Of
peace, is building mp fund Of knowl-
edge THAT will benefit the world at
large and Americans in particular here
after.
Many of tho nurses have been giving
their services free, but this cannot in
justice to them continue indefinitely.
one Of the committee of five. tho civil
ian management of the American Am
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had been lying there for . couple Of
days. We got most OF these later in the
morning. | only mention this to show
some Of the work we are doing.
we have now got the hospital pretty
we'll hled UP with a variety of troops
including an English MaJor-General,
English officers and men, Frenchmen,
Mnroccans and Algerians. All our work
and efforts are more than amply repaid
by seeing the change which has come
over these poor fellows after a day or
so in comfortable bed and after they
have been washed harbered, had their
wounds dressed and had some real food
in their stomachs"
\ short while ago another committee
bent upon lending kindred aid went to
the French Minister Of War to learn
what was needed in establishing a mill
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words 1t has to do with garden stun -
plain vegetables.
Before Mrs. Welsh went to Macfad-
den's school and later became an in
structor, she sat on a high stool and put
numbers into big book in "A New York
counting house. But before that she
had learned how To cook
SO when she took up the business Of
training her husband for fights there
was no wizardry in turning vegetables,
which was all she gave him, into edible
food
The training diet tasted all the better
10 Freddie because his wife ate the
same food and trained right with him.
She would take n turn at the boxing
dummy, pound the bag, slice clncles in
the ozone with Indian Clubs and join
him on cross country hikes.
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She is the only trainer Freddie has
ever had. He says he wouldn't have
any one else around To tell him what
to do. And Manager Cupid says she
may have the Job for life.
All this while Freddie was cultivating
his smile.
Back in his hellhop days he often
found 1t hard to smile. That was hc-
fore he had found Life Target. He
was aiming in the air. And when the
bell sounded he didn't care much
whether his cosmic rifle was loaded or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
NO DIVORCE, NO LEGACY
Fathers VIII says daughter M"r
Get Her Freedom.

WATERLOO, la. oct N \ uuuu" proc
vision in the will Of Neil McDougal
farmer OF this county wlthhods a third
OF his estate. worth $4,000 or s., 400. fr'r
his daughter. blanche " nrahota, 40
long AZ she IL the wife OF tIc-aert +
Bradford. Her share II she continues ~
live with her husband In 10 he hold N
trust and only the income enjoyed by her
The widow and another daughter cerN
has one-third OF the estate.
On September IN Mrs. blanche y Rrah
ford Med suit for divorce from Herh'r
IT, Bradford. To whom she was msrn'H
In 1912, at Fort Dodge, on the grounds
OF cruel treatment and non-support,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
A SMILE AND A CHAMPIONSHIP BELT

There they have plenty Of fresh air,
fresh vegetables, and Freddie keeps
right on smiling. When he In not look
ing over letters from want to be cham
pons he can go about with Baby Welsh
IN the gocart
And this is the story OF the little belt
line journey.
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Grds The best Of these floats 49,. IN
seen N the Harlem carui,a,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-26
PR0L0NGING LIFE
-. BRlGHT'S DISEASE

1t is hard for physicians who have
had nothing but failure in chronic
Bright's Disease to believe that there
is such a thing as recovery and many
honestly feel that patients reporting
recoverics under Fulton's Renal Com
pound are but temporarily benefited.
Let us refer to the case of the daugh-
ter of the late y. w. Spaulding, form
.er U. S. Sub-Treasurer of San Fran
cisco.
After her father had spent ten
thousand dollars" in efforts to cure
her and the dropsy came and the end
looked near she was put on Fulton S
Renal Compound. To use the words of
the physician, let us say that she was
Temporarily benefited" We must
now stretch Temporary to twenty
years. for it was twenty years ago,
and she was living and attending to
her household duties at last advices,
in January. 1914.
The ability Of Fulton's Renal Com
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-26
Famous Comedian Starring in
Gan American Citizen
Pathe Weekly To Date

at strikes a tiistinctively human
note and may we'll be described as
the play of thousand smiles"
Thus an eminent dramatic critic re.
ferred to "An American Citizen" one
of the favorite comedies OF the Ameri-
can stage, which wifi be seen at the
Popular theater next Wednesday at
the matinee, and will continue through
the week. Besides being popular
comedy this bill will serve to intro
duce John Barrymore one of the lead
ing comedians on any stage, a mem
Der of the wonderful barrymore fami-
ly of actors, being brother of Ethel
Barrymore. -. ~. 5. 49,. =
Barrymore essays the role of Beres.
ford Cruger. the American hero of the
story, who sacrifices his own national
ity and affection for the sake of a
woman and meets all his reverses with
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-26
JOHNBARRYNORE AND PAULINE ARE
ARRIVALsATPOPlLAR WEDNESDAY,

neyer-say-die fortitude, typically Am
erican. The action of the story furn,
ishes Barrymore with innumerable op.
portunities to display that great abil.
ity which scored Tor him signal sue
cess in "The Fortune Hunter"
Commencing also with the matinee
next Wednesday ''The Perils of Pau.
line" will be introduced to Honoiulans.
This is one of the biggest things ever
undertaken in the silent drama, serial
film, and it is undoubtedly the biggest
thing in its line ever brought to this
city. The story of Pauline is a thrill
Ter and to properly appreciate the pic.
ture one should read the story, which
appeared in Saturdays issue of the
Star Bulletin.
An added attractive feature is the
Pathe Weekly, No. 4S, 1914 series,
which shows current events almost as
they happen. This is one of the most
popular of all photo play films and the
bringing to Honolulu of an up-to-date
series has proye.i popular with those
fans who specialize on the weekly"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-26
DIR. WADMAN Is
AGAINST ROSE
FOR ELECTION
Declares ReWdyisu1 and Crime
are Spreading-Too Much
Politics In Police Dept.

That the present administration Of
the police department Is saturated
with politics, that Il is falling to prevent
the spreading Of crime and rowdyism,
is the statement OF Dr.. John w. Wad-
man. superintendent Of the Anti-Sa.
loon league In his official capacity
he is brought closely In touch with
the workings of the police department
He declares that Sheriff Rose Is not
making a record that Is an argument
for his reelection, and that william
Henry should be strongly supported
on what he has done In the past and
has known qualities. 3
I'VE are convinced that the police
department is deserving all that is
coming to II In these days In the way
Of criticism" said DIR. Wadman this
morning. Little is done In the way
Of checking the spread Of crime, row.
dyism and other nuisances if the same
interferes with the political propagan.
do now being carried on by the sheriff
and his weii-paid henchmen.
Nor has the public quite forgotten
the exposition made Of the notorious
mixup Of the police with the spiriting
away to Kaneohe, one Of the principal
witnesses summoned to appear before
the board OF license commissioners In
connection with the Waikiki Inn and
its VIGOROUSLY bad reputation. Nor
have we learned Of any official action
being taken by the sheriff IN suspend
ing Police officer Chiffon as Is usual.
~ done when grand jury files q bill
of Indictment against man holding
q public office. All things considered,
we are fully convinced that the Office
OF sherif. so important in its relation
to the good, clean government OF the
city should be filled by a man OF quite
different type from that Of Mr.. Rose,
judging from the record he is now
making"
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1t would not ne fair to the other
members of the cast of mile. Modiste"
to say that May Edith Taylor is the
best actress among them, but she is
one of the best, and will do much to-
wards making the performance sue
cess. AS Mrs. Hiram Bent, the lady
from Keokuk, she endeavors to show
the people of Paris that they have
nothing on her." D i.
: Mrs. Alice Hayward, another of the
principals. is equally good. Though.
she plays "Bebe," the ballet dancer,
she does no dancing; but her song,
"The Island of Cnddle and Squeeze"