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been In New York. aud 1t seems a
shame to waste this fine afternoon.
Anyway. want some fresh mir.
Mrs. Darnell looked nj her thought
fully aud smiled presently in a way
that mnde Ruth flush II seemed to
convict her of discourtcsy TO her hos
tess. You had best have tear and
the girl obediently removed her hat
and jacket and sat down.
1t seemed to her that the rest OF the
afternoon pissed In ilashes Uf such en-
tertainment as she had never known.
IL must be remembered that Ruth. liv-
Ing in the mine nearly MI her life since
leaving school. had not had the advan-
tages or the society Of tr,iined. alert.
smart. clever women. Mrs. Dnrneii
was very clever and she used her ev-
cry art to keep Ruth's attention. She
succeeded
That night nj dinner George Drake.
posing Ms George Everett. suddenly
flushed darkly aud turned TO the giri
at his left. Miss Gallon he said Ia
a whisper. flashing his dark eyes to-
ward his hostess to see II she were
watching. Il really hope that the trust
you put In the you won't ind misplac-
ed IN do everything ! rau 10 help
you. even n II Is funny that I didn't
know that John Dorr has red hair"
Ruth looked at him very soberiy. II
don't just understand a great many
things" she said ~ all seems So
strunge. Mr.. Everett. and. you know.
am worried ought to 20 to the
Ritz Carlton and see II there are teie-
grams for me. for that's where John
would wire me. Im afraid Mrs. Dar-
nell thinks I'm awfully ilnpoiite De-
cause ! want to go and make sure for
myself that John has not wired"
"l'll go myself said the false Ever
EFT. looking at his plate. "l'il go TO
night In fact. I'll 70 right now" He
caught Mrs. Darnelrs eye and said
apoloseticnlly: I'm afrnid. my dear
hostess. I'll have 10 leave you. have
inst remembered my solemn promise
to lie az the club nj o'clock. and. he
sides. I've promised Miss Gallon 70 20
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Darnell dung herself into her evil pas
sion with al the abandon Of the trsigc-
dian. only her voice was almost inan
diblp ''1'uIu Gallon Ton, Gallon. dead
though you are. i'lI have revenge!
When her fury had spent itself-and
ike all physically indolent women. she
conld not Yield long 70 einption she
pscpnfpd her c'imnign, r. II
Fist she called % t;rorge Drake and
t,ats< cprtui,l that he would be ut hel
fuiiie fvf dinner thai evening. Ther
she called up two old arquaintances
who we're always giad 10 I'LL empty
,lmils NJ her well set table, This set
tied. she again sought Ruth and per
shaded her from going down immedi.
ateIy to Everptt's Office
"yon must he very tired. my dear
Mrs. I,arneII pnrred And. anyway,
sun Know. IN New Aork young ladies
CO not ~ about uticscorird to mems
business offices. and cannot go with
you until tomorrow or next day"
"That will be too late" cried Ruth.
Mrs. Darnell opened her eyes wide,
as If in surprise. MIR. Everett is com.
ing to dinner tonight" she said sooth.
ingly. "You can talk business TO yonr
heart's content right here.
"'rhat will he lnnch better said
Ruth
When her hostess was gone she
stood by the window trying to think
more calmly OF ali thar had happened
aince she had left The Master Key"
Eiinc. hut one thought was prominent:
"Wh/ was John Dorr doingY" She
recnlIeX that there was three hours
difference IN time. II was now Z O'Clock
In New York. and II was only II In 81.
lent Valley Tom Kane would be Just
making his final preparations for din
ner. and she could almost smell The
odor OF his coffee. These huinely de-
tails occupied her mind tenderly for an
hour; then she caught mp aud dressed
herself for the streer again.
She had barely finished when the
maid came In with ten. followed BY
Airs. Darnell.
MY child. What In the world are you
going to do?" asked Jean. Look.
we'n have ten together"
Il WAS going cut for walk" Ruth
responded You know have never
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02
GAS COMPANY WILL TEST
STATE LAW IN FEDERAL COURT


Oklahoma City, Jan. 2.-'Seryice
has been had on members Of the cor
poration commission in the injunction
proceedings on behalf of the Okmul-
gee Gas company. The case is set
for January 10Th, before Judge Cot
teral in the district court here.
This is an action whereby the Ok
mulgee Gas Company seeks to re-
strain the corporation commission.
the attorney general and others from
enforcing the Carr act that requires
the taking of gas ratably among the
legislature and has not heretofore
been tested in the courts.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02
KANSAS
WASTES
MILLIONS.
IN SINGLE WHEATH HARVEST
$l5,ooo,o o,oOoIs LOST TO
FARMERS

Hutchinson, Kan, Jan. 2--Careless
ness cost the Kansas wheat raisers
$14,952, ,252 in the 1914 harvest, says
u. c. NIohler, secretarg Of the state
Board Of Agriculture.
The value OF the crop was $l5l,o ,oS3-
031. 1T should have been $l6s,585'2S3
Thirteen million bushels Of wheat
was thrown to the birds.
II siProbsbly one and onehalf bush
els of wheat is wasted on every acre
said MIR. Mohler.
son some farms the waste is big,
perhaps three bushels an acre. ! be-
lieve the loss IS becoming less each
year"
Grain left in the fields was enough
to keep G,796,47S iBelgians from starv-
ing from now until their next crop Is
harvested. Ut r.jEcsents 3,95Sl939
barrels OF flour
4Gleaning wasted wheat from fields
and straw stacks yielded d, II. King
OF pawnee countys $3.50 a month. Mr.
King Is SO years Old In months he
secured $50 bushels. He cleaned the
dirt from the wheat and threshed the
grain out OF stray bushes he had
gathered mp. He sold the wheat for
rs cents bushel and cleared s6S7.
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nope that you dont think TINT I'm no
doing my best | am iohn Dorr an,
have gone over this matter together
He agrees With me that we have abso
lntcly iosl the vein and that II Tn
Master key is to pay anything NOR
NE tnnst lind II ngain.r
X I;ifil's expression softened at th
mrntinn OF .Ionn BORIS name "Wha
does he tninkg' she demanded. "Wha
Is the chance oI rinding il ngaiuy'
III we run west. Dorr thinks,' sait
WiIkefsun slowly. well recover th'
vein, but that viii cost money. whict
we haven't got do you realize. Mis-:
Gallon tiIat the pay roll here Is oyel
sl,nuO It day. Within wees ! have
to pay uut over 100000 for the mouth
ANA tel! you frankly TINT wnen
hare paid that there win be no mors
money le the account ot The Master
kcy III the TANK u silent Valley,
l.nth realized that ne was speaking
the truth. even iessenins the imme
fiaieness OF the catastrophe. but bel
distaste Of the man was too great u
allow her TO discuss the matter witt
him in the intimate way which she felt
was necessary. She must see JohE
ilnfi
She ,i,iickiy dismissed Wilkerson ano
thea Went TO Durr otflce herself. meet
ing min AT the door. She bore as a
gift a small basEet Of fruit Without
preliminaries she said. John. are we
broke"
He laii.hed. then his face grew
grave 'l'he mine is not paying" he
said briefly.
rbut can't we make it payi What
is the Inattcr2''
Money" said John
"Rui why money!"
lit will cost $4,000 to drive that
npw tiinnci." John added as they eu
tered tile office.
'lsut Mr.. WilkSrson just said he was
going 10 pay over $4,000 to the men,"
Inth said soherly. "lf we have that
much money. why can't we'-
4 tenderness flooded DORIS eyes. he
,.o,,,nra,,ended hpr helpIessness under.
st,na vhv oia ,rbomaS t,allon bad been
u ir.ist.n, M, ha .Iohn Dorr. should
,o.,t ,fter her sh. wos 4 mere child
H. tr,ea 10 oxnloin the exact situation,
witb ma r.su,r rbnt nuth finally push.
.,d lin, In ~. hiuh stoo, rot mn on II
narself ana wrota in 4 la,ne childish
na,,a ,,oi,, .cr,ss tba f,ca ~ ona ot
~ aaw dr.wings 81 nust raise s10..
noo,,
-, a s,o
,"e !" u"s "'os 80 ,s1nsv ~
~" s''" 80 "'1'uOo s.
- r.,,,.....a a,.,tnda ~
=. -, ...ssa
49, - ."e ''o' '
ne H"'u sIa'eus
oNh - .ue mas.e'
n.n y NV iorh Wy "N' 'san 80
s'V.e'o on II ne ueus wv "e' a.
hestly, pnt iisten' ruin. II we spenu
the Slo.ooo ana we don't una tne tnotn-
:. 'oue' sou iose 'ne -
'Ae . 'n'' 1taEe =" '"''
hul sou "ou'ul ausses, 'n's =
Wereh the oh,y way CUT sue san'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02

"look hsre. Wilkerson. maybs both OF
Us have made a mistake
The present mine. painstaking toll in
figuring ont tile trend OF tile various
selns. would lead to that particular
pot of gold which had been at the END
OF Gallons youthful rainbow OF hopes.
Wilkerson WAS determined TO be mas
ter OF -'fhe Master Key" He needed
the skilled aid of John Dorr with his
engineering knowledge.
John Dorr knew that there was a
tremendous secret IN Gallons life rep
resented by the golden key which he
had torn from his neck aud handed TO
Ruth when he was dying. That Key
mad figures on it. He understood that
those seIutciles on that golden surface
represented something tremendously
important. and that the old man bad
committed Ruth TO his charge and had
spoken OF Wilkerson us his former
tnrtner and said, "Niikerson BDows"
whnt was II that W'llkerson knew?
II wss hrtier. thonght John. 10 accept
his amiable advances and thereby pos
slbly gain bis confidence and find our
for Iiuths sake that secret which
Thomas Gallon had taken to his grave.
SO op the second day after the resto-
ration OF the old scale Of wages and
his own reappuintment as engineer In
charge John went down TO the office
and said blanily: Look here. Wilker-
son. maybe both Of ns have mnde
misinke I'm sure my only aim is to
help out In the promotion of The Mas.
ter Key"
Wilkefson received him amiably.
I'm sure my only interest In this busi-
ness is TO fetch into good ore. All that
we are digging out now is dirt without
euy pay in IL"
y think / know where we can strike
drst class stuff" Dorr returned. There
Is sure pay rock II we travel south
from that mnin tunnel We may have
10 go couple of hundred feet"
Wlikerson looked at him shrewdly
That will cost money" be remarked
But ri take this up with Ruth"
John looked nj him with a faint trace
of the old enmity in his eyes he did
not Ike TO bear the FIRST name OF the
mistress OF '-rhe Master Key" on those
lips
"lf the mine is Dot paying It's up to
as TO make II pay" he remarked
When wilkenson entered the bunga-
low Ruth perceived a great chanee In
his attitude. lie was no longer suilen
and be WAS evidently worried 1t wns
clean worry aud she smiled at him
Had not her father rome ia with that
expression on his facp many times
She put her chin IN the cup Of her
hands and asked cheerfuily. "Whaf d.
st. Nc Wiikerson2"
"Mny sit DOWN be said swk
wufdly
She pUtioned 20 chair. and hr pun
20 ON Of hi- pocket paper royerrd
with figures
tnipk sou ougni O. snaw now
ttlnes are golRg aionE aiIs- ,i'uIun
Dc said with anu-ua fprmaaty
when yogf faibef made me- super1n
ieudeng 81 ,nis mine d.d not realize
thai The responsibility was So heavy ms
Il is we sre np, making any money
Ne are losing money iuu cnn see oy
the rererts Uhicb / haze ncre fhai our
cicanup nfciy nas been tar cS~ tHan
a.a4.. .i444ra.aat
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02
RUSSELL. OF HEALTH BOARD,
BACK TO THE FARM

U. S. Russell. of the state board Of
health, has joined the back to the
farm movement and swears that he
VIII soon be tilling the soil. Russell
purchased 1SS-acre farm three
miles west of Atoka, about a year
ago. He calls It Glendale farm
Russell purchased forty Jersey cows.
He also has large flock of Ddroe
Jersey hogs. A family now is living
on the farm and viii have charge Of
the dairy work for Russell
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02
A TEXAS WONDER

The Texas Wonder cures kidney
and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel.
cnres diabetes. weak and lame backs.
rheumatism, and all Irregularities OF
the kidneys ami bladder in both men
and women Regulates bladder trou-
bles In children. II not sold by your
druggist, will be sent by mail on re-
ceipt Of $1,000. One small bottle II
two months treatment. and seldom
fails to perfect cure. Send for tes-
timorials from this and other states.
DIR. E. w. Hall, 1926 Olive Street, st.
Louis. Mo Sold by druggists.
------------------------
The Oklahoma state Bank will keep
the Christmas Savings Club open for
a few days to accommodate those
who have been too busy with
Christmas shopping to join the CLUB.
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Wiikcrson the PIotter.


lVAy1 HEN he had thoroughly learn-
wv cd his lesson Wilkeson cooI-
l--d iy. in spite OF the letter he
tsr1zJ had received from Jean oar
nell ill New York. telling htm Of her
willingness 10 Iinance her scheme. de-
ternlined he nsiSt be friends win John
ilorr. at .casi nniwariN 80 he
s,noothcd ont the visible wrinkles IN
his fHre. trying 10 veil TIE malicious
Eieatu III his eyes. and spent two days
quietly trying 10 show his aIniability,
not only to the miners. nnt 10 borr
himself
WilkersoD WAS absolutely certain
thar his old partner, ThOtnas Gailun.
mad rcails made II rich iltd ana hat
he had lust the imwfinn nn1 accepted
"The Master key" as substitute m
the nope that by working u Inolonshls
he might und The nlutllet 'ods. IN
het words. carefi'i manipulation of
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Wifhef>an n,dded ana said. "itl pn
thr E,n 20 work Iumunow Dorr. R't
Ter have yonr pians reads '-' lie STAMP
eG ont
YOU hnd h,-iier 20 this afternoon.
John told Ruth There r. n0 time q
iaSe.'
AN right. she said "I'lI be- read,
In an hour"
John smiled "Aa right: IN TAX
sou over IN the nrdor truck or shni
ge ridr 20 silent Naiievf"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02
THE LIVER REGULATES THE
BODY; A SLUGGISH LIVER
NEEDS CARE.

Someone has said that people with
Chronic Liver Complaint should be
shut up away from humanity. for
they are pessimists and see through
glass darkly." Why? Because
mental states depend upon physical
states. Biliousness headaches. Diz-
zlness and Constipation disappear
after using DR. Kings New Life Pills.
2Jc. at your Druggist.
The Oklahoma State Bank will keep
the Christmas Savings Club open for
few days to accommodate those
who have been too busy with
Christmas shopping to join the club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
The First Grenadiers.
1From The Manchester Guardian

From The Manchester GHdTddrl
Eand-grenades, which are playing prom
inent part in the present war. were revived
in modern times by General Baden Powell
during the siege of Mafeking. They were
afterwards used with dire effect against the
Russians by the slim" Japanese. But they
first appeared among the equipment Of the
British Army in the summer of 1878, when
John Evelyn records: "Now were brought
into service a new kind of soldiers called
grenadiers who were dextrous in finging
hand-grenades. They had furred caps with
COPIED crowns, which made them look very
fierce These primitive grenadiers, after
hurting their missile, charged the enemy
with hetchets, and were frequently killed
by their own frework. Besides grenades
in pouches and bsttle-sxes, they were
armed with muskets, sings O., swords and
daggers; and bayonets, when first invented,
were appropriated to the grenadiers So
they must have been walking arsenas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
RICHMOND'S PRESIDENT
Danger of a Scandalous Use Of
Power by Staten Island Aldermen.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Is it not time that the attention of
the city at large be called to the situation
which exists with regard to the election of
a Borough President for the Borough Of
Richmond to succeed Charles J. Mccormack?
The matter affects the whole city because
of the position of the Borough President
on the Board of Estimate and the fact that
he will serve for over two years.
The power to choose the successor to the
deceased Borough President is vested under
the charter with the three aldermen from
Richmond. The electors have no choice and
can only trust the aldermen to represent
them faithfully. Two of these three men,
instead of meeting the duty thus thrust
upon them with any fitting sense Of respon-
sibilty, are using their power simply for
the advancement of one of them. Alderman
Cole is candidate for the position. Al
derman Fink supports him. Alderman
O'Rourke, who alone seems to realize the
manifest improperly Of the aldermen elect
ing one Of themselves, has refused to join
in any such conspiracy against the public
interests and has announced that he will
vote for any one of number of prominent
citizens who have been suggested.
In order to be elected Cole must first re-
sign. This would leave a tie, and the Mayor
would have to vote. Apparently with the
idea Of forcing the hands of the Mayor, AL
derman Fink and Cole are reported to have
united on a manifestly unsuitable candidate
and threatened that they will elect him II
Cole is not chosen.
This situation is rendered more disgrace
full by the fact that it is possible for these
aldermen to elect a man who is fitted in
every way to fill the position. Two or three
such men are available. Ex-senator Bayne
and William G. Wilcox are both eminently
qualified and the services OF either could
be secured. 1t is matter of very great
public Importance when these aldermen use
the power delegated to them for their own
selfish purposes, entirely neglectful not only
of the interests of the Borough OF Richmond
but of the city as a whole. CITIZEN.
New York, July 26, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
New York Factories Fail.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The communication in your issue of
July 20 from Stewart Browne, president OF
the United Real Estate Owners Association,
indicates a lamentable failure to diagnose
accurately the reason for the exit of factories
from New York City. Mr. Browne sees fit
to attribute this to the activities of what he
designates social uplft takers"
Business men, including manufacturers and
merchants, realize, however, that the greatest
handicap to industry of all sorts in New
York City is the high price of land and the
enormously heavy taxation of industry.
Industry and labor pay three-ffths of the
cost of local government and the city's share
of the state direct tax. This condition obtains
because the city, instead of securing most
or even the major part-of the cost of local
government by taxing the only class of prop
erty which is benefited by municipal expend-
tures-land- taxes industry.
Progressive cities of the Canadian North
west and in Pennsylvania, the two cities of
Pittsburgh and Scranton, are gradually untax-
ing buildings and transferring taxes now
leyied thereon to land values. With its enor-
NOUS municipal debt and increasing budget
New York City must adopt the same common
sense system of taxation if it is to hold its
present position as the leading manufacturing
and commercial city. JOHN MOODY.
New York, July 20, 1915
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lowed undisputed and free use OF the seas
without the interference of German subma-
rines, which is the only retaliation The Ger
man people have, she is mistaken. 1t is
the case of a man who wants to fight and
bully, but does not relish the idea of being
hit himself Germany is only doing what
England would in all probability do were
the tables reversed.
What we need is less notes to Germany on
what are essentially England's troubles and
more notes to England on our own shipping
troubles, which are far greater with Eng
land than with Germany. We would then
be nearer to free and undsputed use of the
seas, and would not be drawing ourselves
into a senseless conflict with a nation which
is trying to protect itself
WILLIAM A. LIE BEAU.
Hoboken, n. j., July 3d. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
"Long-Range Poison"

The diabolical devices introduced by the
Germans in the present war have possibly
caused men on some occasions to credit
them with more than their share Of fendish
ingenuity. The use of asphyxiating gases,
liquid fire" and so forth is so well es-
tablished that there is indeed little reason
TO suppose that they would stick at any
thing; but the certainty that these things
have been used may have suggested
Schrecklichkeit as the explanation of few
things that might conceivably be accounted
for on other grounds.
Some of the more remarkable novelties
of German warfare are described at length
in q book lately published, and among
other curious passages there is one which
seems to have attracted more attention
than the rest, though in the main the facts
set forth in it are not new. 1t deals with
the use of what is described as "long-
range poison" and it is commonly agreed
that this is even worse than casing, being
more abominable because more insidious."
1t is perhaps because this device was
detected so long ago that it attracted but
little attention when the facts were first
made known. 1t was after the Battle of
the Marne that examination of number
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Are We Right?

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am serving in the National Guard
to-day in order that may be properly pre-
pared and ready to fight for my country if
need be. My motto is: my country may
she always be right, but my country, right
or wrong"
Is our country in the right in her inss-
tence on a dscontinuance of the Germans
torpedoing British ships? Halen't we enough
to do to protect our own s. dipping? True,
the lives of Americans travelling on British
ships are endangered, but why don't they
use the American Line? They should be
patriotic enough to patronize our own mer-
chantmen, and even if they aren't they
should at least hold their personal safety
above the idea of having perhaps little
more luxury and speed
Every one | have spoken with about our
various notes on the Lusitania seems to
nod the same ides-that is, protect our own
AMI let England, who is hsmperng our ship
ping far more than Germany, take care Of
hers. II England, who is conducting a
blockade against Germany, expects to be al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A burglar enters a house 10 inspect
some Of the silverware. Meanwhile he is at
tackled by the man whose property he want
cd to test and knocked unconscious. The
pclice are called. They find that a couple OF
ribs have been broken. The burglar is taken
20 some hospital, where he receives med cal
treatment, and upon recovery he is taken
before a judge and tried for the crime com
nitted
This seems to be the rule in every case;
that when an offender is mentally unfit 70
defend himself of the crime committed he
first receives medical attention.; then, If
he RECEIVERS, he will be tried for the offence
Look how we'll it works with Thaw! In.
sane? Put him in an asylum! Sane? Try
him for murder! Not excuse him of mur
der because insane" and afterward becomes
sane! Oh, legislator, art thou asleep?
New York, July %. 1915. G. MAZZINL