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The Springdale news., 1915-09-24

the crowd nettled Mdrmaduke Smythe beyond endurance and so taking his purchase he mounted his horse and awkwardly bore II away.
 He lad hardly gone when Detective Blake arrived, driven over from fhe Fairfax depot, followed i'll another sta. tioH carriage by Blair Stanley and his mother and tue asitated-for erery=fit= tle thing upset her aEd she would tetI 1ea-Mrs. Randolph.
 Blake asked that the house and the furnishings be offered as a whole. and rendered an opening bid of $2 2.O0U Mr. Stanley drew her thin lips together. and Blair neryousiy lashe1 himself to q suppressed and murderous anger The Stanleys had not expected compet= tive bidding Blake admitted acting for an unnamed client
 Neither Blair nor his mother dared openly affront the interloper, as they deemed him. But they bid desperate ly to the limit of their resources only to see Stanley hall and all it's furnish ings, save the deer head already puf- chased by the English lawyer go for $2o.odo 10 Thomas Blake. tine agent of the unknown highest bidder
 They dared moi vent their cold all ger upon the smiling and inscrutable Blake. but Mrs. Stanley turned with q torrent of bitter. eontemptuous eibes upon poor Mrs. Randolph who hap peLed to remark that her poor nerves were shattered and that she wanted to faint In consequence Blair and his mother went to their house in Fair fax and did not return with Mrs Ran d0lPh Q Richmond
 Esther reached the gypsy rendezvous worn and exhausted not Knowing of the sale of Stanley hall The ggpsies received her with wild delight, but she only stayed with these sincere though humble friends long enough to make another unavaIIiHg search for Haeafs missing hoard
 
 Meanwhile what of the diamond from the sky?
 II eleams upon the breast of 8 pa poose nnrscd by it's stolid mother. in the Eiare of the California sunshine outside an adobe hut Luke Lowell # is fated, is to see and gain again the diamond from the sky He has taken up with associates as bad as himself and has become a bootlegger. 9r Illicit whisky peddler With com panion of his own ilk he passes by the desert Indians hut and sees the diamond the squaW has found sleam ing in the sunshine q papoosc's play thing
 It k onlya bit Of glass and tinaei i'll he mind of the soddea drink craving Indian father Despite the angry pro ,ests Of the squaW the elistenin@ orna- ment is bartered for the vile whisky If the eaeer white man
 And 90 tHe diamond faares oa aaain
 santa Earmra oa fhe scacoast. re sort for rich tourists. k not far away. and tl4ither Luke Lowell and bis cronT bear it. seeking 2 purchaser able to buy this gem of price
 
 With Arthur Stanley that was, who is John Powell now, how fares it. How have his fortunes fortunes to be 'ouHded on stolen means. prospered2 ? Not well
 Arthur has fallen into the hands of oil sharks and has invested the outlaw plunder in the Good Hope wells Tie Good Hepe wells have been q joke of fhese oil felds Rat who is to warn a Iuileiess young investor?
The Springdale news., 1915-09-24
CHAPTER XXlil.
"To the Highest Bidder"

tHS ffiSieot oiNiAcFs "HE impulses of youth are gen
 M erous Not for himself alone
 @ did he who had been known as
 Arthur Stanley of Stanley hail. Virginia, dream his dreams of Wealta and power, as John Powell, Califor- nia millionaire 10 be True, the factor of vanity, especially strong when fife Is young, actuated him in part He had left the proud, old countryside of Fair fax. where, IS master of Stanley haul. he had been aH ariStocrat If U st3. crats, fugitive accused of murder. He had felt no slame ii this for he knew his own innocence and knew it coaa be proved
 But the deeper shame that had driv. en him to this desperate course Was the shame at the thought that his life had been q living lie He WIS not | Stanley of Stanley hall. proud Aeir of an English earIdom and the diamond from the sky
 He was gypsy changeling an Impos- tor. This had been through ne faalt of his, but il was his fault that he had wasted the fair heritage of Stanley hall heritage not his. and had left it bankrupt. He had stood and lie still stood usurping Blair's heirship 10 all these things.
 It was perhaps vanity. and natural one. that inspired Arthur's resolve to return to Virginia rich in his own right. tell the truth. the whole truth, sparing Blair from the consequences of being responsible for the sudden death of Dr. Lee
The Springdale news., 1915-09-24

III SG2I E3G fAFnCQ rus y.dH at AlhG
 Trophy.
 crats came to sIeh over the vanishing glory Of the old regime.
 But to the poor whites and the care. less colored population il was a fete day and I free picnic Dog fights and the presence of the eccentric English .awyor, Marmaduke Smythe enliyenea he proceedings
 As no purchaser of the whole had come forward the auctioneer was pre- pared 10 sell tue historic and proud old it contained. in separate lots Pictures, ornaments. rugs had been brought out upon the broad piazza to make the auctloneer's work the easier
The Springdale news., 1915-09-24
CHAPTER XXIV.
Arthur strikes It Rich.

1V YES, dear, Hagar had mur- W mured when Esther had fold
 Fl ed her in her arms; "i know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24

Tors report TO the senate committee.
she would not permit q stitch TO enter
the flag save It was placed there by
American hands, the work being done
by American women with the assist.
ance Of Capt. Nayior and two other
oficefs.
This flag was hoisted above the Ma.
tional Palace, October Is, 1S47. and
called forth a tribute from the Daily
American star, journal that was
printed by q lighting editor. John II.
Peoples, who carried HE press with
the afmy. alternately hghtihg in the
ranks at Vera Cruz. Jalapa, Pueblo
and Mexico City. and then printing the
news of the victories. On the oeca-
sion Of the raising Of the new flag
Peoples patriotism burst forth with q
paragraph stating that there are
many things beautiful in this land,
afar off from our hearts home: but
to us, there is nothing SO ahectingly
beautiful as this our starry banner.
We are informed that it was made by
a lady from Philadelphia now resident
it succeeds, was nearly worn out; 1t
was fast frittering away. 1t is the
first American flag that waved over
Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Jalapa,
Puebla and Mexico
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they were or not. there can be no doubt
that 70 10 true, 40 charged. that there
ms been the most shocking and mex
cusAble cAf8lessnesa shown In the pres
ervatieA Of records, national. state and
municipal. IN practically every part OF
the country. Documents Of great his
toric interest and value have been
given away. stolen. sold or cast or as
Junk bscause the men supposed to look
after them were too ignorant to know
their importance or too dishonest to
safeguard them. This is shown by the
repeated appearance in sales Of letters,
papers or records which are really Of
netal and which belong to the people
az whole. When they have passed
into private hands It has generally
been through crookedness or ignorant
indifference to duty.
With the greater interest taken now
IN state and local historical matters II
IL probable that this dishonest practice
is much less common than 1t was. but
evil has already been done. Priceless
papers relating to the revolution and
colonial history have been lost, and
many belonging to the civil war era
are constantly turning up in private
collections. This is all indicative of a
very crude and imperfect civilization.
Collectors are largely to blame, and
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river Terminals conferences was in sss-
sion. The coincidence Impressed the
st. Louis papers. OF whist avail were
deep channels and swift packets II
there were no landing places?
After many years Of neglect the nat.
ural waterways of this country are
coming in for q share Of national at.
tention. Millions have been appropri-
ated for them, and extravaganza and
misn1ahagement have succeeded in
wasting large amounts. But as yet the
country has little to show for Its ex-
penditures. The rise in the cost Of
transportation. the perplexities and ir-
rttations of the railway problem and
the demands Of river communities have
at last developed an interest in water
lines. Out Of reckless appropriations
there have come more careful ap-
praisals, and out Of unreasonfng de-
mands for improvements" q general
calculation as to what action will be Of
the most benefit.
Perhaps the most serious difficulty
which waterway Improvement has to
contend with is the lack Of public ter
minals. Along the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers there are to be found
few cities possessing adequate mu-
nicipal terminal facilities. The river
terminals conference finds that fif-
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Chapultepec and the stormfng Of the
city this nag was carried by Sergt
Manly, accompanied by q color guard
Of SIX on-commfssioned ofiicers and
privates. The flag was pierced SIX
times by bullets. Manly was wounded.
but the banner was kept at the head
OF the assaulting column. and finally
raised above the National Palace by
order Of Maj. Gen. Quitman. But the
first flag raised on the citadel was the
banner Of the I'd Pennsylvania Regi-
ment, the first troops to enter the
Mexican capital. while the Palmetto
flag of the South Carolina Regiment
was the first banner hoisted above the
city's gates.
One of the officers OF the I'd Pennsyl-
vania Regiment, Capt. Charles Nay1or.
was later placed in command OF the
National Palace, and within month,
finding the old flag which had led the
troops was becoming tattered and USE
less, Naylor requested permission to
have a new flag made. Gen.. Quitman
approved. and this flag, one of the
largest American flags ever flown in
Mexico, being twenty by forty Feet.
was made by Mrs. Louisa Baker, a
lady then resident in the
Mexican capital. Mrs. Baker assem-
bled all the American women Of the
colony, and. according to Capt. Nay
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GERMAN WAR LOAN NOW
TOTALSs3,0O7,9DO,0DO
All Accounts Agree That Issue Is
Emphatic Success-Cities
Give Huge Sums.

BERLIN, September "a, by wireless to
Tuckerton, N. J.-It is officially an
nounced that subscriptions to the third
German war loan have reached total
of 12.o30, 100000 marks $500. SOC, o0o),
the Overseas News Agency says today.
"These figures, showing the immense
success of the loan, will be still fur
Their increased" the news agency states,
las returns from some parts of the
nation are still to be received"
All accounts agree that the new Ger
man war loan is an emphatic success.
Dresden and vicinity subscribed 10000
900 marks 1868. $50, 000). as compared with
e1l 600 900 marks for the March loan.
Cassel subscribed 10O,O00,0o0 marks. as
compared with 100000 in March; the
Dusseldorf branch of the Reichs Bank,
ass, GOT, 900, as against 2S0.000,0o0: the
Dortmund branch. with four adjacent
OFFICES. 100000, as against 100000;
the Berlin municipal savings bank,
4s,o00, 900, against 100000.
To illustrate the heavy participation
of small subscribers. it is stated that
nearly $4,000 depositors of the Berlin
savings bank subscribed to the loan, as
compared with $4,000 in March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24
PH1LADELFdIANS AND FLAG.
Facts Concerning Raising Stars and
Stripes in Mexico Long Apo. :.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
One of the special claims to dis
tinction in connection with the history
OF the nations flag. which Philadel-
phia possesses. is the part it's sons and
daughters have played in placing the
American flag above a foreign capi-
tai. This was in 1s47 and l84s, the
FIRST time until the brief allied Boxer
expedition to Picking that the Ameri-
can flag has flown over a foreign CAPT.
tai Of high rank. In the regiments
participating in the advance from
Vera Cruz to Mexico there had been
considerable rivalry as to which
should have the honor of first carry
ing the flag into the Mexican capital,
and out Of this rivalry grew a con-
troversy which later spread into the
halls of Congress and resulted in a
somewhat lengthy review of the
whole question. which placed Phila-
de1phias part on record.
The honors went to b. S. Roberts, a
captain of the Rifles, who was given
flag by Gen. d. f. Twiggs, with the
express instruction that it was to be
the first planted on the capital of
Mexico" In the final days before
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Our Saturday Toilet Goods Sale
Holds Unusual Values

SNOWBERRY FLOATING BATH SOAP, spe-
eial, cakes tor .lOc
JERGEN'S BATH TABLETS, special, cakes
PEARS UNSCENTED SOAP, special, a cake. &c
MUNYON'S WITCH HAZEL SOAP, cake. SC
CUTICURA SOAP, a cake.
EARL BRAND WITCH HAZEL SOAP. spe-
Cldi } CAKES. lUC
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS SOAP,
SAKE ,c;;;I,,; &C
JAVA RICE POWDER all tnts; special: -. .20c
LEHM & FlNk'S RIVERS TALCUM POW
DER. regularly 25c box Special at......I5c
BABCOCK'S CUT ROSE TALCUM, special at IOc
ONE LOT ASSORTED BUFFERS. special. .lOc
PEBECO TOOTH PASTE, special. .......... Sic
CALOX TOOTH POWDER, per .........I5c
Soc Size Bottle PALMOLIVE SHAMPOO for. Csc
EARL BRAND PEROXIDE CREAM, 25c jars.
16-oz Bottle PEROXIDE for.
o8c HAIRBRUSHES special at........... .60c
JERGEN'S BENZOIN AND ALMOND LO-
LYONS sHSH TooTH Po;WDER OR PASTE spe I've
Toilet Goods Store-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24
AFTER FEDERAL LEADER.
Rumorpd That Gilmore Nay Los
the Presidency Of League.

ST. LOUIS. September 24.-There IL q
strongly defined rumor here that Presi =
dent James Gilmore OF the Federal
League is to be deposed as head OF the
organization and another man. who ha x
been very prominent in base ball. elect
ed to the position.
President Ward and President Sin
clair Of the Brooklyn and Newark Fed
eral League clubs, respectively. are
mentioned as leading the opposition to
Gilmore.
The question Of the league leadership
will come up at a special meeting Of
the Federal League. which 10 to be held
in New York city soon after the close
OF the championship season.
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teen cities are planning to construct
or are actually buildinS-wharves and
warehouses. The lack 10 Widespread,
and in not few places the cities have
found that the water front il under
private control. The interstate DOM
merce commission has decreed that the
great lakes transportation system shall
be separated from the railroads, but
there is a question as to terminals. The
existing properties. highly developed
and worth millions, belong to the rail-
roads and are possibly worth as much
as water terminals for land carriers as
shore terminals for water lines. It Is
ably continue to perplex cities long
after water transportation has actually
been resumed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24
THE PIRATE" OF '62.
The Alabama Considerable Of Non
Combatants.

From the Boston Herald.
The parallel attempted several times
OF late between the depredations upon
northern commerce by the Confederate
cruiser Alabama and the attacks upon
merchant ships by submarine raiders is
deficient in a number of important re-
spects. The famous vessel commanded
by Raphael Semmes was built in Eng
land and left Liverpool under the Brit
ish flag; she was commissioned practi-
cally on the high seas, and she voyaged
everywhere. now in Atlantic fog. now
in Indian sunshine, battles with tropic
storms and owl-fiittings in murky twi-
light" all the time swooping upon
merchantmen and GLIDING the warships
which were seeking her upon all the
seven seas.
But her invariable procedure was to
take the crews Of vessels seized on
board the Alabama. and, since there
were no Confederate ports into which
to send prizes. then to burn the ships
themselves. Any passengers found on
the captured vessels were also taken
on board the Alabama and detained
only until some way was found to dis
pose of them with safety to them
selves and their personal belongings.
One of the officers of the Alabama says
that such temporary residents in a ship
WhOoS UcI III uoCA was CEOWuSu ~cTC
housed on the main deck, sheltered by
tarpaulins in rough weather, allowed
free rations and the use of the galley
for the cooking of food to their taste.
Any women who came aboard were
given the officers staterooms. In one
instance, when woman passengers were
hysterical with fear as they watched
the coming of small boats from the
dreaded pirate" cruiser. the young
officer who came on board the prize was
so successful in abusing them of
their mistaken notions that he return
ed to the Alabama destitute of the
shining buttons which had adorned his
uniform.
The outstanding instance of the hui
manity Of Semmes and his men Is that
of the California mail boat Ariel, taken
December z, 1852, when on her way to
Panama. with 532 passengers, mostly
women and children. and las United
States marines and several naval Off
GERS. Semmes intended to land the
passengers at Kingston, but learned
that yellow fever was raging there. He
declared himself unwilling to expose
them to the pestilence, and. having dis
armed and paroled the marines. he sent
the Ariel on her way under bond.
Gamaliel Bradford in an essay written
few years ago accepts as "concIu-
sive' the statement that "in no single
solitary instance was there furnished a
particle of proof that the pirate
Semmes' had ever maltreated his cap
tives or subjected them to needless and
unavoidah!e aeprivatfon.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24
CHICAGO 70 NEW ORLEANS.
Latest Western Watefwsy Develop.
msnt-Need Of Terminals.

Fre@ the noia1Apoab News.
Mississippi valley cities are elated
over the progress that the new steam
er Steel City Is making on its first trip
down the river from La Sale to New
Orleans. The vessel Is 275 feet long.
has a capacity for 1000 tons Of. freight
and can ordinarily accommodate 1S5
passengers. Freight is to be trans
ported on barges from Chicago to La
Sale and there transshipped for the
voyage to the gulf. The steamer lie
viewed as the first actual evidence of
success following the persistent lakes
to-the-gulf waterway campaign. But
as every Improvement seems to have
some inconveniences. SO with the maid
en- cruise Of tho Steel City. There
are too few terminals. It SO happened
that the Steel City arrived at St. Louis
while the executive committee of the
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ENGLAND TO TAKE UP
DRINK QUESTION LATER

LONDON, September e4.-The omis-
sion of Reginald McKenna, the chan
ceilor of the eNcheqner, to propose any
additional tax on beer and spirits in
placing the new budget before parlia-
ment was due, according to the Daily
Telegraph, to the fact that the govern
ment intends to deal comprehensively
with the entire drink question later in
the session.
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Historic Papers Scattered.
ON the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There Is something peculiarly Amer
lean in the conditions of affairs re-
vealed by the effort of the state Of New
Hampshire to prevent the sale in this
city Of interesting revolutionary let
ters and papers which 1t claims were
taken from the state archives. Whether
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-24

after them the negligent custodians.
1t il to be hoped that In the twentieth
century we will show more intelligence
and honesty In the matter.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-07-16


cne Of the maids was sweeping In
the hall as Dan went toward the win
dow, about TO wash n.
Il wonder whether I locked those
windows?" muttered jennings, paus-
ing in the hallway. Il guess I'd bet
ter make sure"
He had taken only step toward
the library again when Dan watchfuily
caught sight of him. II would never
do to have jennings shopping around
there now. Quick action was neces-
sary. Dan knocked over costly
Sevres vase.
"There-clumsy--s what you've
donel' berated jennings. starting to
pick up the pieces.
Dan had acted his part well and
promptly. In the library Clutching
Hand was busily engaged at that mo-
ment beside the secret panel search
ing for the spring that released t..
He ran his finger along the woodwork,
pausing here and there without sue
ceeding.
"Confound III" he muttered. search
ing feverishly.
Kennedy. having made the arrange
ments with the telephone company by
which he had a clear wire from the
Dodge house to his laboratory. had re-
Joined me there and was putting on
the finishing touches on his installa-
ton of the vocaphone
Every now and then he would
switch II on, and we would listen In
II as he demonstrated the wonderful
little instrument to me. We had
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which TO record something. and you,
miss, are a fool"
There was no combating Miss Stats
Tx. She overwhelmed all arguments
by the very exactness of her person.
atty.
Elaine departed. speechless, prop
erly squelched. followed by her chauf-
feur.
Meanwhile closed car. such as
had stood across from the laboratory.
had drawn up not far from the Dodge
house. Near Il was man In rather
shabby clothes and q visored cap on
which we're the words in dull gold
lettering. Metropolitan Window
Cleaning company" He carried a
bucket and a small extension ladder.
In the derkened. recesses OF the car
was the Clutching Hand himself,
masked as usual. He had his watch
in his hand and was giving most min
ute instructions to the window clean
er about something. AS the latter
turned TO go, a sharp observer would
have noted that II was Dan the Dude,
still further disguised.
A few moments later, Dan appeared
at the servants entrance Of the Dodge
house and rang the bell. jennings,
who happened to be down there. came
to the door.
MAN to clean the windows" sa
luted the bogus cleaner, touching his
hat In a way quietly to call attention
to the words on II and drawing from
his pocket faxed written order.
"All right" nodded Jennings. ex-