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Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

She's proof" the lawyer whispered
in the officers ear. Let's see the
stick"
The sergeant considered this a very
interesting experience-quite a jolly
break in the duh monotony of the day.
Hunting up the stick, ne laid it in the
lawyers hands, and then turned his
eye upon the lady.
She had gone pale, but it took her
but an instant to regain her equanimi-
ty and hold out her own hand for the
weapon.
And so the three stood there, the
mems faces ironic, inquisitive, won
dering at the woman's phlegm If not
at her motive; hers. hidden behind her
veil, but bent forward over the weapon
in an attitude of devouring interest
Thus for long, slow minute; then
she impulsively raised her head and
beckoning the two men nearer, she
directed attention to splintered por
.tion Of the handle and asked them
what they saw there.
Nothing; just stick" declared the
| sergeant. uhe marks you are look
ing for are higher up"
"And you, Mr.. Black?"
He saw nothing either but stick. But
he was little less abrupt in his answer
DO you mean those roughnesses? ?
he asked. That's where the sticl
was whitfield. You remember that ht
had been whiting at the stick"
"Who?"
The word shot from her lips SO vi
olently that for a moment both meI
looked staggered by it. Then Mr.
Black, with unaccustomed forbear
ance. answered gently enough:
why, Scoville, madam; or so thu
prosecution congratulated itself upol
having proved to the jury's satisfac
ton. 1t did not tally with Scovillei
story or with common sense l know
You remember-pardon mel meal
that any one who read a report of thu
case, will remember how handled thu
matter in my speech. But the pref
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CHAPTER VII.
A BIT of Steel.

when are you going to Judge os-
trander's?"
Tomorrow. This is my last free
day. So If there is anything for me to
do, do tell me, Mr.. Black, and let me
get to work at once"
There is nothing you can do. The
matter is hopeless. told you so the
other night, and now, after a couple
of days of thought on the subject.
am obliged to repeat my assertion
Your own convictions in the matter,
and your story of the shadow and the
peaked cap may appeal to the public
and assure you some sympathy, but
for an entire reversal of its opinion
you will need substantial and incon-
trovertible evidence Find me eome-
thing definite to go upon and we will
talk"
Doubtfully she eyed him. What
you want" she observed at length, with
a sigh, "is the name of the man who
sauntered down the ravine ahead of
my husband. l cannot give it to you
now, but l do not despair of learning
1t. ! have got to renew old acquain-
tances; revive old gossip; possibly re-
call to life almost obliterated mem
ories"
Mr., Black, dropping his hand from
nis vest, gave her his first look of un.
qualified admiration.
You ring true" said he. II have
met men qualified to lead a forlorn
hope; but never before a woman. AL
low me to express my regret that it is
such forlorn one"
Mrs. Scoville rose. Then she sal
down again, with the remark:
Il have strange notion. It's a hare
thing to explain and you may not un
derstanc me, but should like to see
If it still exists. the stick-my hus
bands stick-with which this crime
was committed. Do the police retair
such things? Is there any possibility
of my finding it laid away in some
drawer at headquarters or on some
dusty shelf"
Mr.. Black was again astonished
Was this callousness or very deeI
and determined purpose.
You shall see the stick If it is still
to be found. will take you to police
headquarters If you will go heavil!
veiled. We don't want any recogni
tion of you there yet"
Mr.. Black, you are very good. How
soon"
Now" he announced. jumping VI
20 get his hat.
There was one little fact of whicl
Mr.. Black was ignorant-that the pc
lice had had their eye on the veilet
lady at Claymore inn for several day
now and knew who his companion wa
the instant they stepped into head
quarters. In vain his plausible eX
cuses for showing his lady friend tn
curiosities. of the place; her interes
in the details of criminology was wei
understood by Sergeant Doolittle
Therefore. when he saw the small
knocking eye of the lawyer begin t
roam over the shelves, and beheld hi
Jaw drop as it sometimes did when h
sought to veil his purpose in an air c
mild preoccupation, he knew what tn
next request would be, as we'll as
the low sounds which left Mr. Black
lips at intervals had been words il
stead of inarticulate grunts. He wal
therefore, prepared when the questio
did come.
Amy memorial of the Etheridg
case?"
Nothing but a stick with bloot
marks on it. That, I'm afraid, wouldn
be very agreeable sight for lady
eye
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almost fatherly, manner with which
he surveyed her.
81 quite understand" she said: "and
so will mother"
"Reuther," he now observed with a
strange intermiXture of gentleness and
authority, there is one thing | wish
to say to you at the very start | may
grow to love you-God knows that a
little affection would be a welcome
change in my life-but 4 want you to
know and know now, that all the love
in the world will not change my deci-
sion as to the improperly Of match
between you and my son Oliver. That
settled. there is no reason why all
should not be clear between u.s."
"AIl is clear"
Fainr and far off the words sounded,
though she was standing so near he
could have laid his hand on her shoul-
der. Then she gave one sob as though
in saying this she heard the last clod
| fall upon what would never see resur-
rection again in this life, and lifting
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HARD TO INTERRUPT SERVICE
Common Mistake That Wireless Com.
municatlon Can Be Easily In
terfered With.

Many suppose that it is possible for
an enemy to disrupt and suspend all
wireless communication at will by pro-
ducing very powerful waves of irreg-
ular length; in other words, by inter
ference OF 'jamming." According to
Commander F. C. Loring of the Brit
ish navy, such tactics are seldom sue
cessful. 1t is very hard, if not i'm
possible, to Jam" a well-organized
wireless service, for there are many
ways, both technical and methodical,
TO defeat such an intention. If the
enemy attempts interference, he must
put his own wireless communication
completely out of action for the time
being, with no certain prospect OF Sc
riously inconveniencing the communl-
cation OF his opponent, Commander
Loring also believes that the risk of
having the signals of the fleet inter-
cepted by an enemy is very slight.
Cooperation between operators, with
I"u knowledge Of each others meth
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SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing veiled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
Ihe woman has disappeared but the judge
is found in u cataleptic state. Bella, his
servant, appears in a dying condition and
prevents entrance to a secret door. Bella
dies. The judge awakes. Miss Weeks
explains TO him what has occurred during
MIS- seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts of the yelled woman. She
proves to be the widow of man tried
before the Judge and electrocuted for MUIR
Ger years before. Her daughter is en-
gagged to the judges son, from whom he is
sstranged, but the murder is between the
lovers She plans to clear her husbands
memory and asks the judges aid. Alone
IN her room Deborah Scoville reads the
newspaper clippings telling the story of
Lhe murder of Algernon Etheridge by
John ScoviIle in Dark Hollow. twelve
years before The Judge and Mrs. ScoVille
meet at Spencer's Folly and she shows
MIN how, on the day of the murder, she
saw the shadow of a man. whiting a
STICK and wearing a long peaked cap. like
ner husbands. Until long afterward she
DID not know that her husband had not
worn that cap on the fatal day. The
judge engages her and her daughter
Keuther to live with him in his mysterl-
GUS home
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Industry Worth Developing.

Little use is being made of the floss
from the inside of the pods of the
silk cotton tree in the West Indies.
In the Philippines the collection of
this product-known throughout the
East as "Kapok" an industry
of considerable promise, 1t is being
more and more used in the manufac.
ture of patent life-belts, and agricul-
turists in the British West Indies
might with profit turn their attention
to the collection of this floss The pro-
duction for 1918 was 245,OO9 pounds,
as against 69,606 in 1901 The de-
cline in 1912 is attributed by the
Mindanao Herald to increased local
consumption. Most of the kapok for
merly went to the Netherlands, either
direct or via Hongkong; but in 1912
IS it was exported chiefly to the Unit
ed States, Germany and Australasia, in
the order named.
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JUDGE MAeRUDER DEAD.
He Was Retired Member OF Court OF
Appeals.

Appeals.
nnapolis.-FoTmer Judge Daniel
Randall Magruder, retired member of
the Court of Appeals, died at his home
here. He was so years old and had
been in failing health for several
years. In spite of his declining health
Judge Magruder was able to be about
until a few months ago. During the
last few weeks his condition had been
grave.
Out of respect to. his memory the
Court Of Appeals adjourned at noon
and arrangements will be made for a
memorial service to be held at an
early date. Judge Magruder practiced
law for many years. He was a native
of Annapolis, but lived for some time
in Calvert county. 1t was while there
that he was named chief judge of the
Seventh judicial circuit and became a
member of the Court of Appeals bench
After leaving the bench, having been
defeated for re-election, Jurge Magru-
der continued the practice of his pro
fession in this city. He retired from
active work several years ago.
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DDS, is extremely important when han
ding difficult code messages, and the
more skilled the organization, the
more difficult it is for strange op-
orator to, take down with the neces-
sary accuracy the groups of a code
message. He cannot ask for the
repetition of doubtful groups. and he
has no intimate and daily familiarity
with the methods of the sender to as
sist him in his task. And, after all.
giving the enemy every advantage,
giving him a perfect record of the sig
nails. the ley of the code to his hand,
and equal facility of skill and Ian
guage to translate it for use-a most
important combination, it must be ad.
mitted-he has still failed to prevent
the all-important information from
reaching it's destination" - Youths
Companion.
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GOVERNOR SUSTAINED.
Court OF Appeals Decides Against
Clayton Purnell.

Annapolis-The Governors right to
make appointments to the State Board
of Education without the advice and
consent of the Senate was upheld by
the Court of Appeals. The decision
was established in an opinion written
by Judge Constable, deciding that a
writ of mandamus should not be issued
to place Clayton Purnell in Office as
member of the educational board in
place of Henry Shriver, who succeeded
to the board by appointment of Cover.
nor Goldsborough. The court upholds
Mr. Shriver's right to the place on the
board. Mr.. Purnell was formerly. a
member of the board. but it was main
tanned that his successor was not
legally appointed because the Governor
failed during the legislative term OF
1914 to submit his name to the Senate.
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ouAkERs Oh pPosE WAR TALK.
Want Wilson o Stop "Thoughtie
Utterances" In Congress.

Washington, d. CA protest
AGAINST members of Congress making
..thoughtless utterances" about the Eu-
ropean war and communication Of
President wilson's efforts Tor peace
were delivered to the President by a
committee from the Society of Friends
Of SwartAmore Pa. The President
was asked to use his influence against
any movement to extend military in
struction in colleges and schools.
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GERMAN z ONE WAR ON.
French Steamer Dlnorah Torpedoed
BY Submarine.

London.-The net result of the hrst
lays work of the Germans under the
new order of making war upon the
commerce of the Allies in the naval
zone, appears to be the torpedoing of
the French steamer Dinorah, from
Havre for Dunkirk, 16 miles off Dieppe,
and the torpedoihg or striking by the
Norwegian tank steamer Belridge OF
mine off Dover. No lives were lost.
In addition the German threat
laused the British Admiralty to sus-
pend until further notice all travel
between England and the Continent OF
Europe.
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s21s,ote RAISED BY TAXES.
Auditors Report Washington County
Finances In Good Shape.

Auditors Report Washington County
Finances In Good Shape.
Hagerstown.-Coun Auditors How
ard p. Hartman and Lancelot Jacques
have completed the annual audit of
the books of the county for the year
ended December 81 and submitted
their report to the County Commits
sioners
The amount of money spent on the
roads and bridges during the year was
$54,671.40.
During 1914 the county tax collector
collected S21S,O167O. and there re-
mained uncollected of the 1914 levy
S42,759.61
During the year the county received
S2,06424 in fines imposed by magis
trates, and $s21.4S is upon daily bal
ances for county money kept on de
posit in the Second National Bank.
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TRAIN ROBE ERs IN VIRGINIA.
Express Messenger Bound and Safe
Rolled From Car

Washington, u. C.-The Jacksonville
express of the Seaboard Air Line Rail
wav was boarded at Alexandria, Va,
bv two robbers. who after binding and
eaeging the express messenger, rolled
the safe off THE train at Franconia,
three lilies beybnd, and escaped. Ex-
nress company officials here declared
there was nothing in the safe.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27


mouth, at the base. st. Kentigern, in
the seventh century, took up his
abode on the site of the present city
of Glasgow. Upon an oak in the clear
ing he hung bell to summon the saw
ages to worship, hence the cak and
bell. A queen, having formed an at
tachment to a soldier, gave him a
precious ring, which the king had
given her. The king, aware of the
fact, stole upon the soldier in sleep,
abstracted the ring, threw it into the
Clyde, and then asked the queen for
it. The queen, in alarm. applied to
st. Kentigern, who went to the Clyde,
caught salmon with the ring in its
mouth, handed it to the queen, and
was thus the means of restoring peace
to the royal couple.
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JAILBREAKER MAY GO FREE.

Carroll County Refuses To Pay Cost
OF His Arrest.
Frederick.-George Hatfield, an al
legged burglar, who was released from
the Mt Airy Jail by frieSds who broke
open the door Wednesday night may
escape further punishment. He was
located by Deputy Sheriff Frizzell,
who communicated with Magistrate
Young. The magistrate telephoned to
States Attorney Weant, stating that
the Frederick county authorities re-
quired fee of $40 to make the arrest.
Weant replied: I'VE won't pay the
costs. the county is better off without
him." Sheriff Conard said he will not
molest Hatfield for this offense unless
the costs are forthcoming.
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Picture.

Night! and Deborah Scoville waiting
anxiously for Reuther to sleep, that
she might brood undisturbed over q
new and disturbing event which for the
whole day had shaken her out Of her
wonted poise, and given, as it werN.
a new phase to her life in this house.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
CITY TO CONDEMN PARK SITE.
Jury Will Meet March 8 At Hagers.
towns Request.

Hagerstown.--Tbe Mayor and Coun
Gil, through City Attorney Alexander
r. Hagner, filed a petition in Circuit
Court asking the Court to direct the
Sheriff to summon jury of 20 citt
zens to condemn the Armstrong woods
property, so acres, as a site for pub
lie park. The owners asked $4,000
for the property, but the city officials
regarded the price excessive.
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United States Ordnance

The United States government main,
tains ordnance establishments at
Watervliet. N. Y, and at the Wash
ington navy yard the former for the
army and the lattes for the navy Most
of the smaller arms are MANUFACTURED
by private companies
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KAISER T o APOLOGIZE.
Will Express Regrets To Gerard For
Affront In Berlin Theatre.

Basel, Switzerland, via Paris.-Em-
oeror William will apologize personally
to James w Gerard the American
Ambassador to Germany, for the hos.
tile demonstration which occurred at
a Berlin Theatre on the evening of
February g. A telegram received here
from the German capital contains this
information. The Emperor it is said,
will express his regrets to Mr.. Gerard
on the occasion of the Ambassadors
visit to his Majesty at the East Prus-
sian fortress of Koenigsberg.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
Life-savlng Garment for A,iat,

Life-SaVin9 Garment for ANiators.
David Williams Ogilvie of Balboa,
Canal Zone, in a patent, No. 11O9l4O
presents life-saving garment especial
ly designed for aerial operators and
which has means for retarding a fall
means to cushion against injury from
fall. and float means to act as life
preserver if the operator should drop
in the water.-Scientiilc American
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
TO HOLD CARGO
Of WILHELMINA
Action is FOrerunner of Absolute
EmbargO.
WARNING G IVEN NATIONS
Objection BY Neutrals To Further
Pressure On Germany Cannot
Properly Be Made British
Secretary Holds.

London.-The British Governments
announced that ii had decided that the
cargo of the American steamer Will
helmina should be held for the de-
cision of the prize court.
This announcement was made by
Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign
Secretary, in a note to United States
Ambassador Page 1t seems TO make
clear the purpose OF Great Britain to
declare all foodstuffs for Germany
contraband as we'll as to foreshadow
other reprisals.
German Methods Denounced.
In his note. Sir Edward Grey, after
reviewing the German methods of war.
fare and denouncing them as absolute
violations of all international usages,
says:
''If, therefore, his Majesty's Govern
ment should hereafter feel constrained
to declare foodstuff absolute contra
band or to take other measures for
interfering with German trade by way
of reprisals, they confidently expect
that such action will not be challenged
on the part of neutral states, by ap-
peals to laws and usages Of war whose
validity rests Oh their forming an
integral part of that system of inter
national doctrine, which, as a whole,
their enemy frankly boasts the inten-
tion to disregard, so long as such neu-
trail states cannot compel the German
Government to abandon methods OF
Warfare which have not in recent his
tory been regarded as having the sane
lion of either law or humanity"
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CONFIRMS | PISS OF AlRsAlPs.
La and LA Reported In a Gale-Four
Men Missing.

Berlin. by wireless to Sayville, l.. |.
Announcement of the loss Of the
German airships LIB and LA in heavy
gale off Southern Denmark was made
by the Overseas News Agency. 1t
was stated that the crews of the ships
were saved with the exception OF four
men who are missing.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

After taking 80 ballots. the Freder-
ick County Democratic State Central
Committee indorsed DR.. ]. Alliene
Williamson. a dark horse. for post
master of Frederick.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

Roy Black was indicted at Hagers-
town for passing an alleged bogus
check.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
The Arm. Of clasu0,..

The explanation of the coat of arms
of Glasgow is curious. On it an oak
tree with bell hanging on one of its
branches, bird at the top af the
tree. and salmon, with a ring in its
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TEACHERS TO MEET JUNE 90.
4sth Session OF State Body Will Be
Held At Ocean City.

Held At Ocean City.
Chesapeake City.-The executive
committee of the Maryland State
Teachers Association has decided to
hold the forty-eighth annual meeting
at Ocean City, June 29 to July 2.
A special feature of the program will
be the dedication of the new education
building for which the General AS
sembly appropriated $25,0OO. A com
mittee, consisting of H. H, Murphy, of
the State Normal School, Baltimore;
Superintendent William J. Holloway
and Secretary Hugh w. Caldwell is
making an effort to bring the mem
bership of the association up to 1000.
DR.. E. F. Buchner, of Johns Hopkins
University, is president of the associa-
tion.
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BLAcK-HAv vDERs GET $50.
Farmer Obeys Orders Received In
Letter.

Fairmont, W. Na.-Another case OF
Black Hand work developed here when
Samuel Hull. a farmer, reported to
Sheriff c. d. Conaway that he had been
robbed of $50, which he had been or
Gered by Black Hand letter through
the mails to place in the Dodd Gem
ntery Mr.. Hull obeyed the letter to
the smallest detail and watched for a
week to see if the money was taken
Wednesday night it was missing and
The county and postal authorities were
notified
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

Mrs. Mary c. Hastings, widow of
Martin E. Hastings, has sold her farm
near Wango, to Ernest B. Timmons, of
Pittsville, for $2,50O.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

Temperance advocates in the county
have launched a campaign to make
Frederick county dry"
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ANNAPOLIS NEWS
MIDDIEs MAY NOT GO TO FRISCO
Condition OF Canal Likely To Prevent
Summer Cruise.


Annapolis.-It looks now as If tho
regiment of midshipmen will not get
to the Panama-Pacifc Exposition after
all. and in consequence the Naval
Academy authorities are considering
another plan for the itinerary of the
annual summer practice cruise of the
midshipmen. This situation has been
precipitated by the announcement OF
Colonel Goethals that the canal will
not be navigable for the larger bat
tleships in June, when the cruise is
scheduled to start. The Atlantic bat
tleship feet, which the Navy Depart.
ment had planned to send to the Pa
clfic through the canal route, probably
will not be able to make the trip.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

The Harrison brothers, prominent
Maryland fruit growers, have pur-
chased 600 acres of land, near Stock
ley, Del, and will plant the tract in
apple and fruit trees
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

The cigarette habit is growing to an
alarming extent among the women Of
the better class at Ottawa, Canada
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

The Cambridge Board of Trade is
striving to get additional mail service
to and from Cambridge by means of
an automobile bus line between Hur-
lock and Cambridge
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

The High School at Gambler was
closed on account of diphtheria.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest GIeanings From All
Over the State.
TOLD IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Martin Higgins, near Clearspring,
slipped on ice and broke an arm,
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

While practiciug rifle shooting on
the Linda farm in Dorchester county,
Lambert Byrn, son of Samuel L. Byrn,
was seriously injured when the breech
stock of the rife burst and struck
him in the eye with such force 1t is
feared the sight will be completely
destroyed.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

By the terms of a settlement, the
Western Maryland Railroad Company
will pay Charles A. Lewis $1,000 for
injuries and damages alleged to have
been received when team belonging
to the complainant was struck by
train at road crossing near Sabillas-
vile.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

Lewis J. Ort, member of the Board
of School Commissioners of Allekany
county and vice-president of the First
National Bank of Midland, died at the
Western Maryland Hospital from
paralysis. He was stricken on Febru-
airy 8. while in Cumberland to attend
a meeting of the School Board, and
never regained consciousness.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-27

The Howard County Commissioners,
after conference with Chief Engineer
Shirley. decided not to build the Wood
bine-Lisbon road at this time, and all
bids were rejected Howard county's
allotment of the State aid road fund is
already overdrawn by about $4,000 and
a re-allotment will not be made until
March 1.