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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23

printing of the picture in this paper will
enable the finder to readily recognize II
and return them to her
ut makes me sick" said Miss Long
shore at her home today, Ito think that
my pictures are floating around the city.
perhaps the country My natural mod
esty and adherence fot undue publicity
make the mere suggestion that the pic
lures are being passed from hand to hand
repelling. | am nearly sick about II.
lille the pictures will be of no use to
:. finder, they are of intrinsic value to
me. | am very much chagrined over the
fact that I lost them. as | was very
proud of them. What will eventually be-
come of them IL they are returned to me
do not know and | hate to think
about it,
81 lost them some time Tuesday eve
ming. | was taking them home from the
office. First | went downtown and did
some shopping in Jacob Reeds. / re-
member having them. Next I went to
Bonwit & Teller's, then to Whitman's.
After some refreshments | went to
Whites Dancing Academy, where l take
lessons. From there / went to the Au-
tomat. where | supped, and then home.
When I arrived they were gone. They
must have slipped out of my arm"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23

ENVELOPE. containing photographs in bath
ing suit and other attire, lost. Reward. Miss
Longshore, lG23 Walnut St
Miss Sara Longshore has fondness
for photographs of herself taken i'm allur-
Ing poses. Enticing pictures in the latest
word in bathing suits and photographs
snapped while nonchalantly slipping tea
In pink frock adorn her room by the
scores In her home at 1923 Walnut street.
Miss Longshore breads undue publicity
and notoriety. Hence when she lost a
package containing II of the valuable
and delightful photos somewhere in the
shopping district on Tuesday she was
nearly frantic. The very thought of hav-
ing them found by an unknown man and
passed from hand to hand was almost
distracting. She was carrying the pre-
cious packet to her home from her place
of business at 1884 Market street. On
the way she stopped to do some shopping.
a bit of tete-a-teteing and some dancing.
When she arrived home the parcel and
the photographs We're missing.
The package contained one dozen photos
taken in her bathing suit at Atlantic City,
one taken when she was but 10 years old
and one taken in a pink linen suit. A
liberal reward is offered for their return.
Miss LoEgshore is in hopes that the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
U. S. FOREIGN POLICY
FACES GRUELING in
NEW SENATE INQUIRY
Hoke Smith and Lodge VIII
Push Resolution for Airing
of Alleged Failure to Pro-
tect American interests
TRADE THE VITAL ISSUE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-The general
foreign policy Of the United states will
be attacked in Congress Resolutions
calling for n complete inquiry are being
prepared and will be introduced shortly.
Announcement that Colonel II. NJ.
House is going to Europe as an "un-
official ambassador" has precipitated aei-
tation for an inquiry to determine
whether the American diplomatic service
has failed to safeguard American in
terests.
1t Is likely that Senator Hokc Smith,
Of Georgia, will lead the way by forcing
Il vote on his resolution, now before the
Senate, calling for an inquiry by the
Foreign Relations Committee into the
alleged failure of the state Department
to prevent Interference with American
trade with neutral nations. This rcso-
luton Is to be fought by Senator Lodge
who wants II amended so that 1t will in
clude also an inquiry into the submarine
activities of the Teutonlc allies.
Senator Stone, OF Missouri. has warned
the Administration that the opposition to
the present foreign policy Is serious As
chairman of the powerful Committee on
Foreign Relations Stone will endeavor to
prevent any general debate i'm open ses-
sion of matters of policy which might
embarrass the Administration abroad.
But he will not be able to prevent sue.
discussion In executive sessions of the
Senate, he has explained.
Peace advocates. followers of William
Jennings Bryan and cotton state repre-
sentatives, are expected to combine to
get all of the facts, especially those in
connection with the trip of Colonel House.
The explanation that he is making the
trip TO give information to American
ambassadors has increased the demand
for the inside reasons" instead of les
sening 1t, and 1t is expected that an effort
Will be made to force action that will end
the general policy Of secrecy now prevail
ing at the state Department.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
SMITH PAPERS OWE MILLION
Ex-Senator's Newspaper Properties
Accounted in Receivership

TRENTON. Dec. 2S.-The Newark
newspapers owned by former United
States Senator James Smith, Jr.. have
assets of 1855 5.35s.62 and liabilities of
si,Su.1 .12S.37. according to an inventory
filed today in the Chancery Court at the
State Capitol here.
The inventory was prepared by Ed
ward A. Pruden, trust officer Of the FL
deity Trust Company, Of Newark, which
is the receiver of the former Senator's
affairs. The assets and liabilities are
filed as those of the Newark Advertiser
Publishing Company, the Smith Com
pany, controlling the Newark Morning
Eagle and the Newark Evening Star
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
Lansdale Art Store Burned

LANSDALE. Pa. Dec. 23.-Fire. which
started I'm the basement. evidently from
a spark from the heater, resulted In the
loss of thousands of dollars worth of
stock at the Wesley Heebner art store
on Main street. The fire occurred about
8 o'clock last evening. The art works
were destroyed by the dense smoke and
the basement was flooded.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
$3.50, 900 for Market Street Lease

A 10-year lease for the first floor of the
building Mt 800 Market street. formerly
occupied by Berg & Berg. has been OBJ
tained by the w. T. Grant Company, OF
New York. which owns a chain of sand
1O-cent stores in New York and other
cities. A rental approXimating $3.50. 900
for the term of the lease has been fixed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
IDA Won CLAUSSEN FREED
FROM ASYLUM THIRD TINE
Woman Who Threatened Roosevelt
Now in Brothers Custody

NYACK. n. Y. Dec. 23.-Countess Ida
Won Claussen, who once tried to bring
suit for Sl,OOO.OOO damages against ex-
Preside tnRoosevelt. has won her release
from an insane asylum for the third time
Justice Arthur S, Tompkins, of the Su-
preme Court, handed down a decision to-
day ordering the Countess release from
the Middletown State Homeopathic Hos
pital. She will be placed in the custory
of her brother.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
RalIroad Head Leaves HospitaI

h...al .s..AalLIlMoRE, Dec. 2s.-'T am feeling
vsssa Today than have felt for many
said M. II. Smith, president of
M louisville and Nashville Railroad. as
h hu Johns Hopkins Hospital where
M sa been a patient for the last month.
s,s,Is smith, who is 70 years old, was op-
e'so on by DR.. Hugh H. Young.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
TAFT A SPHYNY ON
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Continued from Page One

Il. j. Laubach and Edwin Doneckar The
party went by automobile to the Belle
vue-Stratford for breakfast after which
they left the 69th Street Terminal for
Allentown i'm the private car of H. r.
Fehr, president of the Lehigh Valley
Transit Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23

q Our i d e a | S are
brimful and overflow
ing value of materials
to the last button and
b u t t o n h o | e; a fit,
style, character and
distinction S u c h as
send a man to his
mirror for another
glance of apprecia-
ton, and move him to q
tell his gossip that he
G OF his clothes at
Perry's. All which
ideals build up our
business, besides in
spring us to greater
and greater service.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-23
Fourteen Lovely Poses of Miss Longshore Lost and Now
Probably Exposed to Male Eyes-Thought of
1t Almost Makes Her Sick

ENVELOPE. containing photographs in bath
ing sun and other attire, lost Reward. Miss
Longshore, lG23 Walnut St
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
22QDDO@N A Great Mystic Story So MzedRATff 1z957afF

Every other day he would drop into Alt
mann's cheese shop, chat awhile with the
cheese maker his, wife and daughter, and
then leave with his regular purchase.
Now Il happened that Hassam Ais mid
night appetite was similar to that Of Storms
except that Hassam All never touched alco-
hollc beverages of amy sort Moreover, he
was friend to both cheese maker and diamond
cutter. There was more to the latter than
most people suspected. When the mystic saw
Storm enter the cheese makers his first In
spraton was to learn what sort Of cheese he
generally purchased ard eventually substitute
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
the CENTER The CARBON TEY FOUND Pure WHITE DIAMOND

TO have trouble enough without his adding to
It, Brave little girl Because she loved him
she had assumed almost three times the tasks
OF Hercules He became more ami more de-
termned to follow her and stand guard over
her in every case she had d-that is, II they left
him alone From the bottom of his soul he
distrusied Kcenc, Hasam All, so-cnllel. It
did not require an unusually sharp intuition
10 feel the sense OF hatred directed against
him whenever he came into the presence Of
the mystic But he possessed no defined the.
ory as to what had caused this activity u
passion. II was born Of no tender seutlmcn,
for the niece. Nor could Il be due to the fact
that he, Storm, looked with contempt upon
Kccues work, lie knew Kcrne 10 be abso.
lutcy Indifferent to what the public thought
OF his affairs IN this Storm wh. compelled
to admit Of secret admiration for the man.
Think deeply aud constantly as he might
however. he could not bring to The surface
any legitimate causc 70, Kccue's bitter an.
ugonsm
storms mlstaEc waa that hc did not reveal
90 Zndom what hIs ral suspicious were; that
L was llasam All who wanted him ont OF
the way They both In tnt oycnt would
have escaped a good deal Of trouble being
mutually prrDnreJ for H.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
SYNOPSIS.

Zudora "a left an orphan at an early
age Her father Is killed In a gold nine
he has discovered, Half an hour after
learning Of the death Of her husband
Zudora's mother-a tight rope walker
with a crcus-is seized with vertigo,
falls. and Is killed.
Zudora andlshe fortune from the mine,
which grows to be worth $40, 100000, are
left in the guardianship Of Frank Keene, q
circus man, Zudora'S mothers brother
Zudora giving promise Of great beauty
reaches the age Of l8. The uncle who has
set himself up as a Hindu mystic and IL
known as Hassam All. decides In his
greed that Zudora must die'before she can
Rave chance to come into possession
OF her money, so that 1t may be left TO
him the next OF kin. and he preyailB
upon the girl 10 leave her money In his
hands three years longer and say moth
ing to any one about the fortune. Hassam
All sees an obstacle to his scheme In the
person Of John Storm, a young lawyer,
for whom Zudora has taken fancy and
he commands tho girl 10 put the man out
OF her mind. storm comes 10 ash Has
gam All for the hand OF his niece, At first
the crystal Razer will not listen to the pro-
pOsal but Zudora lnslsts that II she can
not marry Storm she will marry no one,
Well well" says Hassam All, IL
you take such a stand. I'll compromise.
solye my next twenty cases and you can
marry him; fall IN a single coseand you
must renounoe him"
zudora using the knowledge gained
from years Of association with her uncle,
unrayels a battling mystery and wins her
first case-a case In which John storm Is
eayed from being convicted OF a murder
instlgated by Hassam All himself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

anonymous letters purporting to come from
some dsgruntled politician. think the best
thing you can do Is to marry me-"
"Not until every letter of my agreement is
complete"
81 suppose you've made up your mlnd?"
Yes. Just as firmly as have made up
my mind that you're my man and that
wouldn't exchange you for the greatest king
dom on earth"
He laughed and pressed her hand. He had
been on the point Of telling her his innermost
suspicious. He saw now that she was going
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

those we have wronged or intend to wrong.
Whenever be saw her slender white throat
horrible, almost irresistible, desire laid hold
Of him to take that white throat within his
fingers and crush the life out of 1t. At the
same time he became vaguely alarmed lest
at some time or other he should surrender
to this mad desire. No, mol A thousand
times mol He must follow without deviation
the plans he had mapped out Sooner or later
he would gain his ends without ncriminatng
himself. She suspected nothing, One side
Of her was all keenness and insight, but the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

larger than pinhead lay upon It."
"What is it?" asked Hassam All
"A diamond Of the purest water" was the
exultant answer. The main obstacle in pro-
ducing diamonds artifcially has been the
great expense for each experiment 1t was
not practical diamond making; there was no
compensation in the result. 1t summed up,
Just man of science striving to wrest from
nature one of her greatest secrets. 1t costs
me about one-fourth of what each diamond is
worth. But I must have bigger furnace,
more power have figured out the relative
degrees Of heat"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09

Il poisoned one, II was hhmatera to him
whether Altman paid for the deed or not,
As Storm entered one door the diamond cut
ter came out Of the other HassOm Ali made
sign which the latter answered. Together
they rcGntcred the building Hassum Ali hal
no desire to run into Storm.
81 did not recognize you, master" said
the diamond cutter
"Aud never recognize me unless you see
me make the sign Well, have you made up
your mnd9"
am going to trust you"
WHY notl may be able to help you A
great deal" said Hasam All, secretly pleased
that he had won his point am like
physician ora priest Whatever you may tell
me will be buried IN my breast" his strong,
magnetic eyes boring into the others The
diamond cutter was always in such mental
state as to lend himself readily TO hypnousm,
und, without being aware OF It, he fell under
the spell Immediately iI0ssam All spoke to
him. al cad on"
The diamond cutter led the way to his cell
like shop and threw back the curtains, reveal
ing the furnace aud crucbe, Dcfty he
placed piece of carbon IN the receptacle oui
turned switch There came n binding
fash anil the hcat of 1t drove uassam Al
backward toward the wall.
we must walt II few moments, Some
times the heat * too ,ma0, sometimes too
grraL The secret IL the medium hcot"
The speaker threw oir tlc power, stood inn
movable ror the spO,c ut FOUR minutes, then
@,lraty picked ont black lump, This he
sbnlnlb broke With d small hammer Pros
entity be held ont bis pam A crystal little
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
ANp r4eY ~ AAD 4 eoOD LAU@A

"Wll you let me take this crystal to
jeweer3" asked Hassam All tremendously
Interested
Certainly. I have sold many to pawn.
brokers', but have been afraid to come out
into the open"
"Trust me" said Hassnm All.
So he took the diamond away. He was
still bit skcpdcnl. 1t might be that this
diamond cutter was not such fool as he
looked In some scientific manner the crystal
might have been previously confined in the
carbon. If the man offered to sell his inven-
ton Hnssam Ali would feel assured that
there was bamboozlement somewhere in tho
background He was himself too old bird
to be caught at such game, But il this
was honestly donc
He was informed at the jewelers. that the
crystal was an uncut diamond, perfectly
white and worth about $40, So far, 50
good. Hassam Ali returned to the inventor.
ITS white diamond, worth about $40.
Now, before we go any further, let me see u
piece Of carbon"
The inventor exhibited his stock and in
ylted IIossam Ali to make his selection. 10
Hassam's mind had each piece contained
diamond the inventor already possessed
small fortune. He was beginning to feel re.
assured,
Soon another diamond came to life as 1t
were. Hassam Ali was convinced There
was no charlatanism in him. The man had
discovered one OF the greatest secrets in tho
world.
30, have failures, Sometimes the car
bon Is not right again the power is not
strong enough. But will show you some Of
the gems have already made"
He went to the cupboard aud produced his
little hoard. He poured them into Hassam
Ais hands. The gems were all exQuisltely
cut md polished The largest was about the
size OF ou ordinary pnrlor match head.
How many here2" inquired the Visitor,
now genuinely astonished
"Teu."
FIasam All counted them. He shook bis
head.
Only eight"
" "lmpossber
Count them youreslf"
The inventor did so. He ran to the cup
board and searched every nook,
81 have been robbedr
"shl Not so loud" warned Hassam All.
"You say You put ten stones in there Here
ore but eight In other words, some one has
been rinms the cupboard. My advice is to
catch the thief without drawing the police in.
Put seals on the door aui the lock notlco
that the wall is very thin"
"Boh Altman Is mn Old fool. lie think,
am a locksmlth," coutcmptuously,
You never can tcll will come tomorrow
aud together ven examine the seals"
But what 10 you thlnk7"
about what2"
1.-THE stones.
40. am onito certain that In the event
~us n yT%u
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-09
9AssAM 7u 5pED ON TH I'VE LOvgQs We WI aEceETY

other side Of her was as guileless as a child,
and to this side he always played, lie must
wait, tedious as waiting might be, Gold,
gold yellow gold, the most beautiful thing In
the world; millions Of shining discs all his,
He suddenly shook himself, He must
smother these thoughts, this rampant desire,
or he might oyerstep Misers are full of
strange cunning.
zudora had given her word to say nothing
about her great Inheritance and her loyalty
10 her word was as strong as hoops Of steel.
Hassam All was an adept at Disgusting
himself, making himself unrecognizable A
half dozen touches Of lhe brush, muller
about his chin and even Zudora would fail
to recognize him at first glance, He sailed
forthi he was eogor to learn what Storm was
doing, For the present Storm was the main
obstacle In bis way, II he became zujora's
husband, good-by to the Tralnor millions,
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my ueaF ne Sa'u' want 10 ASK you
some really V''a' questions
Go ahead"
"Do you love your uncloS"
She did not answer at once, because tho
question was totally unexpected, She began
to think.
"why, John. that's an odd question"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-13
FERGUSON News,

Mrs. Gertie Beeler returned home
Monday after a three weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. Ed Davis, at Perry.
Miss Sara Stevens came home
Tuesday after visiting week with her
sister, Mrs. Fred Brandt, at Mount
Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thorpe, Of
Newton, came Wednesday to visit at
the Powers home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cool and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Allen, Of Baxter, visited Sunday
with the J. A. Workman family.
o. S. Hamer and Miss Mercer at
tended the teachers institute Thurs
day and Friday at Marshalltown.
The hotel and lunch counter changed
hands Monday. Charles and Oran
Bean are the new proprietors.
Mrs. T. w. King visited in Grinnell
last week with relatives and friends.
Oscar Finders and family. Of Sac
county, returned home Tuesday, &C
companied by the formers brother Ray
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-13
Other Services Changed.
PLEASING MUSICAL PROGRAM.
Baptist Affair Friday Night Proves One
of .ExcentionaIlx Quality.

Members of the Baptist church and
congregation gave Friday night at the
church a musical program that proved
a delightful treat for an audience or
upwards of 200 people. The entertain
rnent was given under the direction OF
O division Of the Ladies Aid Society OF
which Mrs. j. 3, Troutner is chairman.
The program turnout was Of excep-
tional quality. and many in the audi
ence expressed their surprise at seeing
so much good musical talent within the
congregation. Mrs. Z, z. Gildner and
Mrs. r b. Davidson opened the pro-
gram with two vocal duets. and Laura
Dounelson, whose performance on the
piano for one of her years is quite re-
markable. followed with two numbers.
Mrs. Margaret Frazer Henderson gave
a reading, Miss Irene Mason sang two
numbers, Mrs. Ray Doolittle played two
piano selection, and Mrs. Davidson sang
a group of songs. Following a second
reading by Mrs Henderson Mrs. Cid
ner sang three numbers, Miss Naomi
Fletcher gave an organ prelude, and
Mr.. Davidson closed the program with
a group OF three songs.
No admission was charged to the en-
tertainment, but a silver offering added
about s25 to the treasury OF the aid So
ciety division. =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-13
A Natural Query.

Despite the vast amount of legal bus
mess transacted in New York annually
there are 50 many lawyers there tina.
the young man just starting his career
has a very hard row to hoe. Lucky for
him if he is well equipped with the
worlds goods. or if he has few in
fluential friends to give him a helping
hand. Otherwise he is likely to have
a bitter struggle with adversely before
he is likely to land squarely on his feet.
One young lawyer, who has large
and growing practice now, built up en-
tirely thru his own efforts. declares
that more than once during the first
few months after he was admitted to
the bar he almost made up his mind
to give up the fight and try some other
line.
When he first started out he hired an
office in a downtown skyscraper and
tried desperately hard to appear busy
much to the amusement of his neigh
bors, who saw thru his bluff" One
day, on leaving his office. he placed
card on the door on which he had
neatly written
viii return in an hour"
When he came back he found that
some wag had added the words:
For heavens sake, why?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-13
PAYERS Finish
Contract Today

Carey g. Sons expected to finish the
pavement contract today with the
completion of the last of the work in
South Ninth street. This section OF
the contract would have been COM
pleted Friday or early today but for
material being delayed in delivery. 1t
was planned to finish the intersection
of Ninth and Boone streets If it be-
came necessary to work by artificial
light tonight.
With this work done. the following
comprises the parts of streets i'm
proved by pavement under this con-
tract this sea- son:
East State street, Fifth to Eighth
avenue.
East Main street, Ninth to Twelfth
avenue.
Linn street Second to Ninth street.
Boone street, Ninth to Twelfth
street.
Twelfth street, Main to Boone street.
Church street. Ninth to Twelfth
street.
Tenth street Main to State street.
State street, Twelfth to Thirteenth
street.
Ninth street, Boone street to the NJ
& st. l.. track.