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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-25
CHAPTER XI.
The Summons.

When | Numbered up the path
to Godfrey's house, | found him
and Simmonds sitting on the
porch together.
Il had Godfrey bring me out"
said Simmonds, as we shook
hands, because I wanted a look
at those midnight fireworks. Did
you come up on the elevated?"
Yes" | answered, 81 got up
here about eight o'clock. had an
engagement with Miss Vaughan"
You have been with her
SINGER"
with her and SILVIA" and /
dropped into a chair and mopped
my face with my handkerchief.
1.-The experience was almost too
much for me-" | added, and told
them all that had occurred.
How do you explain all that
crystal sphere business, anyway"
asked simmonds.
Lester was hypnotized and
saw what Silva willed him to
see," answered Godfrey.
ut isn't the fact that he hypno-
tiled you that bothers me-" God
frey added, after a moment, Its
the fact that he has also hypno-
tized Miss Vaughan"
The words startled me.
you think that's the reason Of
her behavior" l asked quickly.
What other reason can there
be-" Godfrey demanded.
You've got your men watch
ing the house, l suppose?" Il
asked, turning to Simmonds.
Eyes; and we managed to score
one little point today.
II found out that Annie Gro
gan. the housemaid over there,
had a cousin on the force, so |
got him out here and he man.
aged to have a talk with her. She
promised to leave the door of her
bedroom open at night, and, If
anything happened, to show al
light at her window"
The tall clock in the hall struck
the quarter hour, and with one
accord we hurried through the
garden, and came to the ladder
leaning against the tree.
II want to see those fireworks"
repeated Simmonds.
And at that instant, there
shrilled through the night the
high, piercing note of a police
whistle.
Godfrey jerked the ladder from
the tree, threw 1t against the wall,
sprang up it. and took the twelve !
foot jump into space.
<Another moment and Sim
'monds and | were after him.
. At last we reached the library
door. Three men were there. The |
detectives had their torches in |
1eir hands, and I saw that they
ad broken one of the glass pam
Is Of the doors.
WHATS wrong?" Simmonds |
asked one Of the men who had
been patrolling the grounds.
Il don't know-,but the gill
Showed a light at her window"
I'VE sprang through the broken
door, switched on the lights, and
bounded up the stairs.
Halfway we met the maid.
Godfrey sprang to her side.
"Wbat is it," he asked. what
, wrong?" /
81 heard cry" gasped the
frl, Down here somewhere. And
scuffle in the dark. A wom-
ms cry. 1t was chicken off
hort
who's got an extra gun?"l
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-25
BEGIN HERE TODAY.

Frederic swain. former ftance oil
Marjorie Vaughan, Is accused of the
murder of her father. Worthington
Vaughn. Vaughn was a Hindu con-
vert and had living with him a
Hindu priest. Silva, as a teacher.
Silva has a snake. and Hindu at
tendant, Mahbub.
Vaughan was enormously wealthy
and 50 great recluse that he built
l2-foot wall about his estate, and
for further barrier covered the
top of the wall with broken glass.
Tile midnight of the murder,
Swain. in answer to a note from
Marjory asking help. meets her in
the garden. In climbing the wall
he cuts himself. Godfrey. a police
reporter, and Lester are friends OF
SWANS. Godfrey lives next the
Vaughan estate. Lester, a lawyer,
In whose office Swain is employed
Is Godfrey's guest. They do not be-
lieve Swain IL guilty.
Bloody finger prints on the vic
TINS robe, who had been strangled
10 death, tally with SWANS finger
prints taken at the inquest. Swain
Identifies a woman's bloody hand
kerchief. found beside the dead
man, as one Marjorie tied about his
wrist to stop the bleeding.
Godfrey's theory of the case Is
that some one wishing to .implicate
Swain and thus prevent any recon
Citation between him and Marjor-
ie. committed the deed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
I felt that his eyes were upon
me, but mine were upon the
sphere, and in a moment / was no
longer aware of him. was aware
only of the glowing circle, and in
that ball of light 1 saw a room
with books against the walls, and
a door opening upon a garden.
Then. suddenly, at the door APP
peared two white-robed figures,
an old man and a girl. The girl
crossed the room and passed
through a door on its farther side.
The man flung himself into a
chair. and put his hands before
his face.
With creeping flesh, looked
again at the outer door, waiting
who would enter. And slowly
the drapery was put aside, and a
face peered in. A hand, in which
a knife sgleamed, was raised eau
tiously to the cord. and when 1t
was lowered, it held a piece of the
cord within it's grasp. | could see
the eager fingers fashioning a
knot; then the figure crept for
ward. and even as the old man,
conscious at last of the intruder,
raised his head, the cord was cast
about his throat and drawn tight.
l saw that the hand which held
the cord was red with blood.
From the wrist. stained hand
kerchief fell softly to the floor.
And then the assassin turned
to steal away; but as he went, he
cast one awful glance over his
shoulders. The light fell full
upon his face--and saw 1t was
SWANS! 4.
=
opened my eyes to find MY
self extended full length on the
diyan, with Silva standing over
me. tiny glass of yellow liquid
in his hand.
Drink this he said, and l
swallowed it obedientfy. II
cleared my mind and steadied my
nerves as though by magic.
II will open the gate for you,"
he said, in another tone, and led
the way down the stairs, through
the library, and out upon the
gravelled walk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-25

1t the door Of the safe stood
open.
In an instant. I had flung my
self on my knees befort Il. The
five packets of money were gone.
what is 1t, Lester?" asked
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27
TOMORROW LAST DAY
10 rIlE STATEMENTS

Today and tomorrow remain tof
the rendering of income statements
to the Internal Revenue Collector
of the United States. Failure 70 re
port by March | will subject the de-
Iiuoutnt to fine of from $50 to
900 The duty is incumbent up
on every person With d net income
of $4,000 or more in the calendar
wear 1913 A married couple is priv
LEGGED to an exemption OF $4,000 as
net income for the year 1t is be-
lieved that more than 10000 per
sons in Texas are subject to the tax,
From the tax rolls filed at Aus
ton, as made up by the Assessors in
the various counties of the state,
the Internal Revenue Collector Tor
Texas, Hon. A. S. Walker, has made
up a list and has addressed letters
TO the persons, including in the let
tiers the necessary blanks. lie Is
not required to do this, it is said
but has done so to hasten familiari-
ty with the new law. whose frst year
is based on the business Of 1913.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

There is no one general in the
world Who has had Us much fight
/ ing during She past three years a.
F.. General Paucho Villa, rebel leader.
Military attaches of the embassies
and legations in the Mexican capt
fat constantly pay ttibate to VII
las military genius. An instance
OF Villas military cieYerness was
described by European military
student, thus:
VILLA never overlooked an OPP
porluHi,y to take advantage OF the
enemy All of his fighting, lately,
has been dom by means of long.
thin firing line. He distributes his
troops over a vast space. It's one
OF the clegefest things he has ever
done. for ha knows we'll that the
federal soldiers are men who hay"
been forced into the army aud their
generals must keep them punched as
hey dare not lei them 20 TOO tag
away. for fear of desertion po-
range. Victoria and Gjinaga We're
lost N this way, just because the
faderals didn't dare to split their
bodies OF troops into small bands. =
Huerta ha5 all of an Indians
stoeism. This is the way he spent
the eventual day ON which came tn"
news that President Wilson had
raised the embargo Oh arms shipped
10 the rebels
About ten O'Clock, after break.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

s., Paul. Feb. - Hath of tie
community Is not very good at pres
ent
Mrs. Darby and little Minnie Pearl
Minor are on the sick list,
MR.. r.. +. craig is suffering with
a sprained ankle.
Messrs Ear and Arnold Craig and
Earl Cook played forty-two at Mr.,
w. c. Davis Wednesday night.
Uncle Jimmie Alternately was a
pleasant caller al w. c. Davis sun
day night.
Miss ophelia Cox visited in Mans
field the latter part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Gibson Wis
tied in Grand Prairie the last of the
week
Mrs. S. r. Johnson of Waxahachie
is visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. I,
Minor.
Miss Abbie Wilson spent Sunday
night with Miss Birdie Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs Willie Lee OF HOE
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
home of Mr.. J. T. Minor.
Mr.. Charlie Craig OF Grand PRAIRIE
spent SUNDAY with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs r. f. Craig.
Several of the young folks enjoy
ed a singing at W. G. Dayiss Sunday
night
Miss Bertha Tribble visited home
folk Friday to Sunday.
Mics Mallie White of Frisco Is
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

Ia4t, before word came. OF til. ral4-
ing OF the embargo. he went z II
Ac Cafe Dion, near his home.
merely Stopping of tor Il drink. on
his way to he palAcc. OF course.
III every eat" III tho Genital thorc 3.
always someone ready To take ~
drink with the president" A..
noon he vas still there. with seer.
service men waiting around at yari-
ru' tables and standing on the side.
Wall outside the cafe doors.
NJ o'clock came news that tho
embargo had been raised TIL
Mexican and American newspaper
correspondents BEGAN Wild search
Tor lIuerta. NJ last. at 3 O'Clock,
one American photographer and AZ
English newspaper woman. seeing
his ear outside the cafe, entered
the Place and demanded to see the
president. The secret service men
'mnediately bundled t;iem both into
n automobile took them to cells in
The nearest police station.
In the meantime other correspond
1ents had found Moheno. the min
|ster Of foreign relations, al his
homo, at lunch.
= don't Know where Huerta is"
ne said He leads u very ipfgr
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27
Movies Used to Teach Boys.

St Cloud, Mimi, Feb. 27.-~The
moving picture machine used Tor the
past two years at the Minnesota
Training school for boys has proved
extremely beneficial and has more
than paid for itself in the good re-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27
Nose. Head. Thioat-Nnu breathe
ErccIy-Dall Headache Gue>---
Nasty Discharge Stops.
Instantly Relieves swollen, inf1aEned
Try "t,ly's Cream Balm.

Get a small bottle anyway, just TO
Try it-Apply little in the nostrils
and instantly your elof&ed nose AMI
stopped-up air passages Of the lead
viii open; you will breathe freely:
.dullncss and headache disappear. BY
morning the calarrh-rold-iu-ne or
catarrhal sore throat VIII be gone
End such misery now Get The
snail bottle Of 'Etg's cream Balm
at any drug 4tero This sweet, fra
srahl balm dissotyes by tie heat ii
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27
HI: NiF| At
CLOSE RANCE.
kl4T IliI }issNiEAN y tH
Iouh> iGlE TO TIE PEG
pLE 0i MEXICO.
Hy[RTA 4 DR|NkER
lhe nay Following thc lifting al
the Embargo On ANN, Dictator
Va on a Big
spree,


~
- = mt u : =
a4s il sae 4ital took President
'liso'. $ ag- 81 raising the embargo
'eris1ft way. That
t4'3=stit.-ln &f}at they We're
SF''''4 - TO- While the news
'a's aa43 he}Ht9 The govern
'sa' o...ea 1.-the anbiic seemed 70
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27
OPENS UP NOSTR|Ls, CLEARS HEAD
ENDS COlOS Or ChTARRH At ONCE

the nostrils; penetrat"s and heals the
ilIlamed, swollen membrane which
lines the nose, head and throat;
clears the air passages; stops nasty
discharges and feeling Of cleans
ing, soothing relief comes immedt
ately.
Don't lay awake tonight strua-
Cling for breath With head stuffed,.
ncstrils closed, hawking and blo8-
ing Catarrh or cold with its run
ming nose, foul mucous dropping into
The throat, and raw dryness is dis,
I've &sin@ but truly needless.
Pat yoHr faith-jusi in
'FlNs Cream Bs3m" and your cod
FER catarrh will surely disappea4,
CurltHs Two Drug Stores. adv.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

numher Of head The value Of the
Texas dairy herd on january i=t
i@lf naa $4s.5HA ,9eo compared
with SIT - .oo9 d year previous.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

Attend The Gum Drop sale ton4r
row n CuHlin Drug Go. adN2Hi
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

0's Villa. the real wife OF
= faheha Villa. has been with
''urez for some time. This
'irst picture ever publish
Nef. While villa has been
|sssl over Mexico spreading de-
h, 'oh' she has been at home.
|ns = possible that she will be-
Ne lirst lady OF Mexico, for
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-02-27

Diyon's Chapel, Feb. % Health
"a this community is not 50 good al
fhi4 writing
Another cold spell Visited H. sun
Y might
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03

fFrom Report OF Bureau OF Mines.)
1t IL a reasonable estimate that the
present waste. in large measure I'M
necessary, of mineral resources
amounts to a national loss of not less
than 81 100000 a day.
In one respect at least a considera-
ton of the mineral wastes has basis
quite different from the consideration
OF agricultural wastes. Our crops rep
resent an annual production from a
reasonably permanent soil; our for
ests may grow again. though a much
longer period of time is required; and
the soils themselves may be repro
duced from the subsoil and the rock
beneath. But of our mineral re=ources
we have only the one supply. This sup
ply Is to a considerable extent des-
troyed in use; and at the present in
creasing rate at which we are using
and wasting il our one supply will be
either exhausted or largely depleted
while the nation is yet in its youth.
The most urgent need for investiga-
ton and reform is in connection with
the unnecessary waste of oil and
natural gas that still prevails in many
parts OF the country Even with the
limited facilities at its disposal the
bureau has been able during the 'cur
rent year to stop waste of natural
gas valued at not less than $4,000, 600.
an amount that exceeds by six times
the total cost of the bureaus investiga-
tions to date There is urgent need
OF enlarged facilities with which to
push this work more rapidly. A few
years of further delay and this valu-
able source of national wealth will
have been wasted-permanently lost.
The individual operators in causing
this waste have followed their natural
bent for temporary gain. The states
have permitted this criminal waste
without protest, fearing that interior
ence might retard development. Will
the national government do the same?
The saving already accomplished was
the result of Inquiries and researches
that enabled the engineers of the
bureau to demonstrate to the oil and
gas men in one of the Oklahoma fields
that much waste of gas could be pre-
vented without stopping the drilling
for oil
If the funds at the disposal of the
bureau had been large enough to pro-
vide for more extended Investigations
and demonstrations. the prevention of
waste would have been much greater. !
AS il is, however. in many parts of the /
Oklahoma oil and gas fields the waste ,
Of natural gas that still continues is /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03
INSTRUCTING WOMEN
VOTERS

Never in Rock Island has there
been such a crowding at the polls
as there will be next Tuesday
and probably never again will the elec
ton machinery be put to so severe a
/ test II is anticipated that the vote
/ in no precinct will tc less than 500,
while in some it may reach 1000 or
even more. Before there is another
election in which women voters take
general interest 1t is probable that
more precincts will be provided so
that the average number voting in each
will not be so great.
The polls will be open 10 hours and
if 600 vote in a precinct ii will mean
that vote must be cast every min
ute during the day. Where there are
more votes the rate must be increased.
Vote early will be exceptionally
good advice to follow because he who
waits TO vote late may not be able to
vote at all. If the women wait till
after they have done their homework
before going TO the polls there will be
a grand crush during the last two or
three hours of the day.
Not alone will the unusual number
of voters in each precinct make the
work difficult for the judges but the
fact that so large a proportion of them
have had no experience in the use of
the ballot will also figure. 1t is hardly
expected that the ladies will be able
to mark their ballots as quickly as the
men do. especially when voting for
the first time. 4 good many of them
probably will need help on the part
of the election officials.
Under the circumstances the efforts !
Of the Local Option league ladies in
members how to vote are
deserving of high commentator. I
of schools of instruction in I
IL precincts out of the II in the city /
and the giving of personal instruction /
TO hundreds ought TO have consider I
able effect in facilitating the handling I
1f the new voters at the polls as
well as insure a more intelligent eX-
preston of the voters and reduce the
number OF ballots it will be necessary
% throw out because improperly
marked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03
The Name Tibet.

Many forms of the name Tibet
spranG from the Chinese T'ubar fifth
century, through the variations of
Tuebet, Toboet. Thibet 1165). Tebet
Q29s). to Tibet 1730,. The origin Of
the name has been variously account
ed for. but the weight of historical ev-
idencc indicates that the word is de-
rived from Tubat. a famous family
name proper TO several ancient Tartar
dynasties. extensively used in the
sense of "chief." Hodgson asserts
that before the arrival of Indian teach
ers the people had no name for them
selves or their land. and. though the
present name is not. as some say, IN
known in the country itself. the mod
ern Tibetans call themselves Bod-pa
and their land Bod-yul. Bod being n
Buddhist appellative suggested by the
Sanskrit bot. or bat, so working back
to the Tartar name.-London Specta
tor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03
TWO GULF STREAMS.
Tire Ore 5F Air Is What Creates Tho
Deserts of the East.

Deserts of the East.
The gulf stream. as every one knows.
is broad river of warm water which
starts in the gulf of Mexico. wanders
across the cold Atlantic ocean and
humps into the British isles, giving
them a warm climate and no end OF fog
and rain. But few people know that in
the atmosphere above there is n second
gulf stream OF warm. moist air
This slow, damp breeze strikes the
British isles and does not carom off
like the gulf stream, but continues over
Europe. As 1T passes over Sweden. Fin
land and northern Russia theSe cold
lands chill the wind and cause it to
drop its moisture in the form of rain.
The lakes and rivers of these northern
countries are all supplied by the mois-
ture taken up from the gulf stream.
The rotation of the earth makes this
wind veer gradually TO the southwark
about the time il has given up the last
OF its moisture and warmth. As n
mighty draft of dry. cold air. the gulf
stream wind moves on across the plains
of Russia. As it approaches the equa-
tor the wind warns again, but becomes
ever drier.
AT last. as il sweeps over Turkestan,
Arabia and Sahara. it evaporates like
great sheet Of blotting paper al; water
1t meets. forming the deserts of Turke-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03
FIVE ANNEXATION PROPOSE
TONS.

Voters. both men and women.
should take note that there are five
separate propositions on the annexa-
ton ballot which they will be called
upon TO mark next Tuesday. Each
bears different description of terri
tory covered by the different annexa-
ton petitions as they were fled. 1t
will be necessary to vote yes by plac-
ing a cross in the square at the right
OF each yes in order to carry the
proposition. Do not overlook this
duty. There is no difference of opin-
ion. These tracts desire to become
part of the city and the city wishes to
have them do so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-03
RADIUM AND CANCER.

! Much has appeared in the newspa.
pers recently regarding the radium
treatment for cancer. As showing the
opinions held by scientific men in Eng:
land. the London correspondent of The
Journal of the American Medical As
sociation reports a recent discussion
On this subject. At the annual meet
ing of the governors of the cancer hos
pital of London. Charles Ryall. +. II. c.
:. chairman of the medical commit
tee. described the present position of
radium treatment to cancer. He said
that although a great deal had been
written in the lay press OF late con-
corning radium and the marvellous
cures which IL had apparently effected.
radium had not come TO supplant surg
cry in the treatment of cancer. but to
aid il. Cancer was q disease which
grew from day to day and eventually
reached the incurable stage. and
therefore for safety il must be got rid
OF as early as possible, and the quick
est and surest means was still the
knife. There were cases. however, in
which operation was either inadvisa-
bic or impossible. and in these. radium
and the Roentgen rays were resorted
TO. Radium was the most active sub
stance known. and II was proved that
il had a definite action on living cells
In cancer IL had been found to exert
a definite action either by destroying
the cancer-cells or by retarding or pre-
venting their growth. The properties
of radium were comparatively little
known. and therefore radium treat
ment was in the experimental stage,
I'm which attempts were being made to
fathom its effects on disease, especial
ly cancer. TO estimate it's dosage. and
TO classify what cases were suitable
for treatment by IL. That would mean
some years OF work. and il would.
therefore. be well II silence could be
on the subject for the next
two years until some definite an
nouncement could be made. A defin-
ite announcement with regard to re-
search might be awaited with conf
ience. as the radium research work In
his country was being carried on sys-
ematically. There was an enormous
ield for research and treatment
imong the patients at that hospital, |
,ut the workers were hampered by |
he inadequate quantity OF radium AT /
heir disposal and their inability TO
rocure more owing TO it's scarcity
nd enormous cost.