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AUCTION SALES.
ADAM A. wEScHLER. AUCTIoNEE
THIS AFTERNOON.

TRusTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
TwO-STORY BRICK BUILDING no. l2,2
d STREET NORTHWEST.
BY virtue of certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded In Liber No. S06S, folio :s6S ct se-I, of
the land records of the District of Columbia and
1T the request of the party secured thereby. We
the undersigned trustees. will sell at public auc-
ton. in front Of the premises, on WEDNESDAY
THE TWENTY-F1RST DAY OF July. AID
1918, AT HAIF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM.
the following described land and premises sit
Of Columbia. and designated as and being part
Of original lot numbered twelve tial. in SQUARE
numbered two hundred and ninety three y 81,
described as follows: Beginning for tho same
at point north n street three feet east from
the northwest corner of slid lot and running
thence east twenty-five t22l feet. thence south
So feet AZ. inches the line Of said lo'.
thence west along said line 81 feet and
thence north So feet IS. inches TO the plare of
beginning. together with the Improvements. con
eisting of brick building occupied for business
purposes.
Terms Of sale: one-thi-d Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash. and The balance IN
two equal installments. payable in one and two
years. with interest at per centum per annum:
payable semi annually. from day of sale. secured
by deed OF trust upon the property sold, or all
cash, the option of the purchaser. deposit
Of 5000 will be required Of the purchaser at the
time Of sale. All convevancin-. recording and
notaral fees at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms
from day Of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right to resell the property the risk and
cost OF the defauitfnC purchaser. after FIVE days
advertisement of such resale in some newspaper
published in the city ~ Washington. p G.
FDW +. SCHWARTZ,
John II. RUPERT
TooMEY & TOoMEY. Trustees.
Attorneys for Party Secured iya-dSds exSu
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JSO. A. THOMPSON,
SETH A. TERRY.
t1-t&ds, eYsu&ty5 Trustees.

The above sale Is postponed until TUESDAY,
JULY TWENTIETH. 1913, SAME HOUR AND
PLACE
ty13d4ds, eISu By Order of the Trustees
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SECOND TENNIS ROUND
IS ALMOST COMPLETED
Good Matches Furnished Between
Veterans and Youngsters
at Cedarhurst.

CEDARHURST. L. l.. July 21.-With
the exception of one match. the second
round of the Rockaway Hunting Club
invitation tournament was completed
at the club courts here yesterday. Karl
H. Behr was the delinquent who kept
the second round still open. He was
unable to get down here. and his match
with Seton Porter was held over until
today 1t would be hard to pick a fea-
ture match from the seven played in the
second round, for the conditions were
ideal and the tennis on a whole much
better than yesterday
Cedrick A. Major. the former Cornell
player. who was runner-up in the New
Jersey state championship provided a
treat in his match with Theodore r
Pel1. Notwithstanding the fact that he
was beaten in straight sets at 81
6-3. MAJOR played about the best ten
mis- he has shown, and not only was 1T a
revelation in itself. but 1t brought out
the highest grade of tennis that Pell
has displayed in many a long day. In
the first set Major played Pell to a
standstill, and it looked for a time as
If the youngster was going to win
Pell, however, was one of the first to
notice the drift of the match. and he
played as hard as he knew how right
ND to the finish
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DTHE ABOVE SALE IS FURTHER POST
,Dnef until THURSDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH
DAY or July. 1918. same hour and place
ty20-ddds exSu BY Order Of the Trustees
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ARSECON

Virginia near Beach. FIREPROOF. Built
Of brick and stone Private baths. rooms with
running water. electric lights; elevator street
level and all modern conveniences. Rates, 81 so
o. d. PAINTER.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY IN BUSINESS SECTION BEING;
TwO-STORY BRICK BUILDING NO. 1222
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my partner for this" Hunt turned
eagerly to his visitors. I'm off.
can't let this chance slip by. You peo-
pie sit quiet until you hear from me.
I've n bunch that we're going to do
some roundup work this afternoon.
Storm, you keep Zudora under your eye
up to midnight. You never can tell.
The rats may turn and bite when they
learn that the game is up. Promise?"
Il PROMISE" laughed Storm.
Hunt found Baird hiding In the per.
COLA.
Everything all right?'
"Yes. But you'll have to hurry. No
knowing when they'll return. / Judge
they took some diamonds to the lapi-
dary's. Looks rs If they smelled rat
and were cleaning up. That window
up there Is open. Come along and I'll
give you boost. I'll stand under TO
give you warning In case they return
before you complete the job"
Hunt began the ascent Immediately.
The window was unlocked. Gently the
detective raised It and slid into the
room. He wasted no time there, but
made directly for the stairs, alert and
watchful. The servants were still In
the villa, ana he was not DESTROYS OF
running afoul Of them. lie reached
the stairs safely and went down ms
soundlessly ms cat He paused alb,
ruptly ut the first landing. Some one
was in the Greclan salon. II was the
butler He was clearing the little ia
bic of glasses. When he had them all
on the tray he staked out of the room.
"MayDe tomorrow he will not hold
his head so high" unused Hunt, con
| tinuing his way down. He tiptoed into
| the salon.
The first object OF his attentions was
the gem vault. He succeeded In open.
Ing the panel In the column, but the
vault was seemingly impregnable. He
desisted and gave his attention TO the
| table. He cast aside the cover and
books and hither and thither he ran his
nimble. fingers, hunting for the secret
combination. He was about TO give vi
In despair when the top Of the table
slowly turned.
"Ah, my friends, believe I've got
you all In the hollow of my hands this
| trip. My, what stack of papers
They'll make interesting reading, III
| wager"
He went over them rapidly and fnal
| ly came upon document rather yellow
with age. He opened II. He had al
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Ho SdTdSc TAU pcon oodIucu Up
them red handed on that count. I'll
have the place surrounded by the po'
lice, They've got nerve, and I'm curl
Gus TO see how far II will stretch
Tell Storm to arm himself. Baird and
! will be within calling distance. With
the police nj hand don't think there'll
be any great risk. Give 'em rope;
they'll hang themselves" Hunt hung
up the telephone,
"a final adyenture!' cried Zudora,
"If It was any one but Hunt I'd bow
or, but the old boy knows what he's
doing"
II was rather remarkable gathering
which appeared at Nine. Du Vals
valedictory dance. Half of them knew
that something serious was afoot, aud
the other half felt that something was
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your mind Is made up. Don't turn to
me with reproaches II the game blows
up the other way. What's the use Of
playing game when we're up against a
proposition like tbis7''
1T Is my willp'
"All right I'll wire the warden at
Sing Sing to order a feather bed for
me. Believe me. II we don't hike to-
night we shan't find the opportunity
tomorrow night"
ar yon wish to run away do so at
once" she replied coldly.
my dear woman. you'll never be
able to lose me. Let's say nothing
more about It."
At . o'clock the old lapidary was ar
rested as the first move In the game.
A small fortune Of uncut diamonds
was taken In ut the same time. In the
future diamond smugglers would have
to look elsewhere.
Hunt Informed Storm and Zudora
what he had succeeded In doing and
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boudoir and went out of the window
just as Baird sounded the alarm.
They are coming back! That's
madame's limousine down tho road.
Hustle! What luckg"
Got everything"
'"Then let's duck while the ducking's
good" suggested Baird.
They began dodging among the trees
In hopes that the occupants Of the
limousine would not see them. But In
this they failed.
Radcliffe leaned out OF the limousine
window.
Hunt he whispered; "Hunt and
that man Bairdl What the devil have
they been up tot"
1--WE can soon find out" said Mime.
Du Val uneasily. "They can't have got
into the house with the servants on the
watch"
"You never can tell about this man
Hunt" replied Radcliffe grimly. "Here
we are. Come! Hurryw
They got out of the car and ran up
the steps. Upon entering they both
lntuitively went into the salon. Rad.
cliffe first went to the gem vault. But
nothing there had been touched. Then
madame opened the top Of the table.
Gomez
whats gone" demanded Radcliffe.
"Everythingw she cried passionate
ly. They have cleaned out the drawer
completely. Radcliffe, we are lost"
He rang violently for the servants.
But they swore earnestly that they
knew absolutely nothing. And as these
servants were crooks Of minor order
Radcliffe was forced to believe them
But he gave them n berating over their
carelessness, berating not to be for
gotten soon.
"Well," said Radcliffe, striving to
calm madame, who had inexplicably
burst into tears. "we've got tidy sum
salted away. I've warned you hun
dred times, but you would play the
game to q finish. But | don't under
stand your tears. You knew the risks
we We're taking. And now-hight!
Thank the Lord. the yachts In com
mission! That'll take us anywhere we
care to CO."
Suddenly the woman rose to her feet
and dashed the tears from her eyes.
Radcliffe, II weep It Is with tears
Of rage. That little chit, to beat us
when we had everything. j am going
to finish up this affair my way"
"And what's thati"
~ will give reception tomorrow
night"
"Hou are mad! A reception. They'll
hold that In the Tombsr'
Listen to me. They'll come out OF
curiosity, and while they are dancing
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-29
Cost Of ADVERTISING,

Who pays the cost OF advertising
Certainly not the consumer; certainly
not the retailer. Here Is the real
truth OF the matter. Money wisely
spent in advertising Increases sales
and profits to such an extent that suf.
hcient capital is provided for the op-
Grafton OF economies naturally result.
Ing from buying and manufacturing In
larger quantities. The bigger the vol
ume Of trade the cheaper Is the rela
tive production. As all leading adver.
Users know, production is cheapened
In n much greater degree by adver-
Using than is represented by the money
spent In advertising. Were 1t other
wise there would be no use in adver.
Using. But what is of still greater i'm
portance Is that In ratio with the
cheapening of production there Is a
cheapening Of the advertised article to
the public.-London Strand Magazine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-29
Wonderful Salt Mines.

Many of the worlds most famous
salt mines are in operation in Galicia.
Those ut Wieliczka have been worked
for nearly seven centuries, at one time
being n principal source Of revenue for
the Polish kings Railroads are not
permitted to run near them lest their
vibrations result In cnve-lns. Within
these mines is labyrinth of salt
hewn streets and alleys, lined with pill.
Jared churches, staircaSes, restaurants.
shrInes and monuments. Nearly 1000
workmen are employed In the salt
mines, working in eight hour shifts.
The damp, salty atmosphere seems to
shorten their days, but even ut that
they do not appear unhappy In spite
Of the small wages OF 20 cents day
they are paid. There are little lakes
In the mines. sometimes thirty feet
deep, which are navigated by ferry
boats,
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She gave an exclamation Of dismay and
sried to catch the broken chain. but
she was too late to prevent the locket
from falling to the floor.
ITS brokenr' she cried. "Oh, that's
bad luckr'
Nonsense" he replied. "A jeweler
will be able to patch It up without any
trouble whatever"
bad luckw she reiterated. 1T was
my mascot. and now the charm Is
broken"
Put on your things, and we'll 60
right down to the jewelers. and pre-
vent the hoodoo from getting In any
active work" Storm laughed. He had
very few superstitions.
Half an hour later they were at the
jewelers..
"Oh, yes; that can be fixed easily
enough" he declared. 1.-THE pictures
will have to be taken out. though.
while the locket is being repaired"
He picked up small tool and prled
the photographs from the cases and
handed them to Zudora. Idly she
turned them over.
"Why, what's thls?" she cried. indi-
eating n slip of paper which adhered to
the back of her mothers picture.
She spread 1t out on the case and
read aloud, Your fathers will has
been left In charge OF our trusted
friend, Captain Radcliffe"
Good Lord" exclaimed Storm.
Girl, there's the key to the whole
business; take my word for It. pro
pose you run down to Hunts Office at
once. He'll want this"
Meantime Hunt had visitor. II
was Marcus Villiers of Montana, In
charge of the Zudora gold mines. He
| was informing the detective that he
had concluded to follow his documents
In case they needed his testimony,
when Storm and Iudora burst into the
office with their astonishing news.
II knew itr' said Hunt jubilantly.
"They seemed too COMPOUNDED assured
to suit me. And this little scrap of pa
per will solve the riddle. Baird Is out
at the villa, ready to send word to me
the moment those people leave the
villa empty. And, by George, there
goes the phone noww He took down
the receiver. THAT you, Baird? Fine!
They've left the villa? I'll be there
inside Of ten minutes. And you heard
the directions? All. the diamond cut
ter's! Great work. boy! I'll make you
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In the air, but could not tell what. }
Hunts fault lny In his overconfidence,
and In his overcon6dence he forgot all
about the underground passage unit!
his quarries were suddenly found MISS
Ing He was furious. They had play
ed with him In a manner he had been
far from expecting. He had a sensa-
ton not unlike that OF nonsmoker
having tobacco smoke pulled In his
face. He called to Baird
They've gone into the underground
passage. We have ono chance in a
hundred In blocking them at the old
garage. Look aliver'
The two ran excitedly from tho
house.
They found the garage boarded up.
They began battering at a window and
succeeded in breaking the barricade
just as the fugitives left the garage at
the other end. They jumped into the
empty van awaiting them just as Baird
and Hunt crawled into the garage.
They saw by the open trap that the
birds had flown. Out of the window
again they went, in time to see the
van numbering off.
They're in thatv' yelled Hunt in
strangled tone. Never in all his career
had lie been quite so brazenly made Il
fool OF.
But the van gained speed and rap.
idly drew away from the pursuers.
Hunt had saved Zudora's millions for
her, but he had lost forever his trio of
precious crooks. He received this In
formation three weeks later. Nine.
Du Vars yacht had run afoul a float
ing mine In the English channel. and
everybody on board had gone down.
Storm and Zudora were married IN
the Du Val villa, which really had
been purchased by money belonging to
her fathers estate. Thus ended the
trials OF Zudora.
THE END.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-29
How Coffee Grows In Haiti.


Coffee, the great staple product OF
Haiti, grows with little attention. 1t
supplies the bulk of the revenues Of
the government and the meager de
mands of the simple peasantry of the
mountains and valleys whose business
It Is, especially the women and chill.
dren. to gather It and bring II to the
seaport towns on their heads and on
the backs OF donkeys and horses. This
plant is seen on nearly all the uplands
and mountain sides OF the country, and
as the product is easily portable II Is
brought TO market from far and near
In all conceivable quantities. from one
or two pounds up to 200 pounds. ac-
cording Us 1t Is carried on the head Of
child, the back Of horse or In sacks
In OK carts. Notwithstanding that the
coffee plant is scarcely cultivated at
all. except In small patches around the
cottages, 1t goes on reproducing itself
from fallen berries so successfully that
the crop only varies from year to year
through eXtrnneOus Influences like q
variation In the rainfall-the lack of or
too abundant rain near or during the
towering season.
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The Hurryina World.

II you saw "A company Of pilgrims
walking as II for II wager, each with
his teeth set, and II you happened TO
ask them one after another whittier
they were going, and from each you
were TO receive the same answer-thnt
positively they were all In such hurry
they had never found leisure to inquire
into the nature OF their errand-con-
fess. my dear sir, you would be star
tied at the indifference they exhibited.
Am | going too far II say that this is
the condition OF the large majority OF
our fellow men and almost all our fell
low women ?-Robert Louis Stevenson
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declared that on the morrow he would
arrest Captain Radcliffe. Bruce. Nine.
Du Val and their confederates.
But imagine Zudora's amazement the
next morning when she received pc.
lite invit91En from Nine. Du Val to
attend ngo dance! And when
Storm teNthoned that he had also re-
ceived one they concluded to notify
Hunt. He went up In the air for few
minutes.
"What shall we dor asked Zudora.
"Wait n minute" said Hunt; then he
spoke. go. They are contemplating
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-29
CHAPTER Xxx.

TT took two weeks for Baird's burns
to heal. And Hunt sat down, as
1t We're, and patiently waited for
his friends recovery. He could
have gone forward alone, but Baird
had stuck to him so Loyalty and devot.
edly that he hadn't the heart TO disap.
point him.
81 want to be In ut the death, Hunt"
"All right, my boy. 1t may be bit
risky waiting, but I'm going to take
the chance"
'Its mighty good of you. Can we
bring the count OF murder against
them in regard to the superintendents
deathW
That's a hard nut to crack" an
ywered Hunt. "All l can see clearly
Is to jug them on the grounds of SNUG
gling-that is, II don't find something
more vital In that desk of Nine. On
Val, Since you've been laid up I've
found an odd bit of news"
whats that"
This man Radcliffe knew Zudoras
father"
"Now
"Sure thing. How well and under
what conditions wasn't able to learn
Villiers' extra documents brought this
bit to light Nine. Du Val, Bruce
and Radcliffe are crooks of q high or.
der, but confess that there are some
cOnfoundedly big holes In my net, I'm
worried to death for fear they'll slip
through. II | can get I'm on the
grounds OF grand larceny and fraud
81. -, 49, ~ ~ -
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and perjury. why. l can send them up
for a comfortable number Of years."
"Well. let's pray for that much. II
seems to me that Hassam Ais Hindu
servant did not sell everything; they
had something to start with and only
wanted to fortify themselves. Well,
here's hoping I'm up and out by the
end of the week. It's going to be a
grand smashup for somebody"
Three days after Baird was freed OF
his bandages Storm paid a visit to Zu.
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dora. She was sitting In the window
seat drumming guitar. He tossed
the box of flowers into her lap. She
opened 1t with delight.
"Are you still of the same mind 2" he
asked.
Same mind for whatw she counter
cd, knowing full well to what he re-
ferred.
THAT you will marry me inside Of
three monthsi"
~ never break my word, John. Per
haps II | hadn't been SO stubborn and
foolish and had married you at the
start all these dreadful things might
never have happened to me-"
"Well, you're at the end Of long
lane. Hunt telephoned today that he
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Norway Shippinu.

In Norway the insurance OF vessels
is effected by the various owners them
selves, who club together and cover
the risks Of navigation Mt lever rates
than are charged by uT.it'TSriters. "Ie
is interesting TO notice" says shipping
Illustrated, that in this country the
shipping on the great lakes has in re-
cent years adopted this form OF insur-
ance."-New York Telegram.
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he could do to repress a shout Of tri-
umph. 1t was the will so long sought.
zudora had won her fight. He moved
the cover back into place, but In his
hurry did not replace the things he
had uken or II, mistake that may
have cost him good deal In the end.
Some Victories are only half victories,
and fate was going to bring this home
to him.
He tiptoed into the hall, few up the
stairs. sped through Nine. Du val's
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and Baird were now ready for the war
path. And what do you suppose Hunt
told meW
"what?"
"That this man Captain Radcliffe,
Nine. Du Va's admirer, once knew
your father"
"Impossiblew
ITS fact And this may in the
end explain away many confusing
things. Now give me that kiss I've
been waiting for ever since came into
the room"
She flew into his arms, very grateful
to have a pair so strong to shield her.
As she drew back from him the little
locket containing her fathers and
mothers pictures caught on button.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-22
||NTERNED MEN
R HAVE ESCAPED
srATH DEPARTMENT NAY FORM
ULATE NOTE TO THE GER
MAN EMPIRE.
RAIDERS ARE BEING GUARDED


Washington, u. c. Oct 2o-The
State Department Is considering the
form OF the communication that may
10 10 Germany with reference to the
escape OF two commissioned officers
and six warrant Officers interned
With the German commerce raider
Al he Norfolk navy yard.
Acting Secretary Roosevelt OF the
Navy Department made a formal re-
port OF the escape to Secretary Ian
sing, the. letter following a confer
ence with the Secretary Of state.
III is determined that the general
parole covering officers and men has
been broken. Germany will probably
/. be asked to return to custody Lieut.
cnnnt Kock and Or. Kroeneck.
In the meantime a strict guard VIII
be kept over the other raiders the
PrInz Ellel Frederick and the kron-
prhz Wilhelm.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-22
SNYDER HORSE
i WINS At ABILENE

W Alley Fern, tho famous pacing
horse. owned by y. T.. Brumley OF
this city has been making her record
over the State at the various Fairs
At Midland, Alley won the races
she entered and did the same at Rcs-
coe. This past week he has been on
The Abilene track and the following
records will be interesting:
Alley Fern took first money on the
last days racing program. He wins
wherever he goes, The entries were
as follows:
Free for all pace First heat. Alley
Fern LIST, Halle Grace End, Bruce
Kelly 3rd. and Rowdy 9Th Time
1.O4. half mile.
Second heat: Alley Fern LIST, Hal
lie Grace end. Bruce Kelly ard, Row
dy ilh. Time 1905, half mile
The Signal congratulates H. r. on
his successes for Alley speaks wen
, for Snyder and seurry county
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-22
WASHINGTON CITY
FINANCES REPORT


Washington. Oct 2l-The pest
poned hearing on the fiscal relations
between the United States govern
ment and the District Of Columbia
will open today when the committee
Of residents will present the mas OF
facts they have gathered regarding
the financing Of the city since il was
founded 1876 years ago.
The hearing is before the Jcint
Select Committee Of Congress ap-
pointed to inquire into the relations
between the federal government and
the district.
The question at issue Is the rela-
tive proportions Of the expense OF
running the district between the
tax payers and the government. The
financing OF other National capitals
will figure In the proceedings.