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communications until he was quit OF
the public eye.
The first proved to be a character
istic communication:
Dear Ulysses-Thanks for the Jail
delivery. I got in this morning just in
time to motor over to Jersey in hopes
of seeing your finish as a bachelor;
instead, I was favored by being made
IN involuntary witness to your spec
tacular ascent. following your almost
equally spectacular high-dive.
But to business: my time is lin
ited; in half an hour more | am to
double IN black-face for the purposes
of the author of this melodramat'c
farce which you, no doubt. call the
history of your grande passion.
Il mean to say-well, several things.
to-wit: When l saw you snatched out
of the North river ! was engaged in
trailing a pale-faced villain in a motor
car concerning whom you probably
know far more than |; he on his part
was busy being a bold, bad kidnaper;
Rose was in his power, as We say in
such cases. His intentions, however.
were nothing more blameworthy than
to return her TO the arms of her doting
parent. know. because | sleuthed
after 'em, even to the house of Seneca
Urine. Later | sleuthed some more.
following a furtive young man from
the house of Urine to the Office of the
general manager Of the New York Cen
tral, where he made arrangements for
a special 10 convey the said Urine and
retinUe to Chicago and points West.
Il leaves at three this afternoon. I
was unable to ascertain whether or
not Rose is to participate in this
hegira, but | know shall On the of
chance of being useful, have bribed
the train crew to let me impersonate
the porter. So, should you be moved
to follow and succeed in catching up
with us. and observe anybody who
looks rather off-color in the party
don't shoot the said party viii be me.
Yours for the quiet life,
tom BARCUS."
The second note yielded a communi-
cation written on notepaper of the sim
nest elegance in . woman's hand-a
hurried scrawl:
They are taking me West by spe-
c;al trainI don't know where or Why.
A servant has promised to SO that
- reaches yea Save DsI"
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Owes snss AsAs x-sssisd an incr~e
uSoes moss. The hand ~ss sas hssse %
koss bat the phzas~osoxs Nas n1 "
ksr svs-if ne exsmin~d h more csose-
" and tho.shf 40 assecf bs.sssh -
ssnsblanee of hasse . asliseEs;s aae
carefully zsiasa pen. Me pscsed 40
the enxelose 10 compare the hsas~rii-
ms of the sad-ess sith thaf Of the ssr
ciossEe-saa saook osf . trey q
hearts.
This last Nas covered. as to ifs fsce.
Slish Q plainly -Nritten usessass.
With the com ssiseats of ssneca
Trine to Alan Lax We are due IN
and leave immediately for the Pacific
coast VIA santa Fe route"
Comparison between this aRd the
MESSAGE purportins to be from Rose
distilled she conviction thai the same
hand sas Responsible Cor both.
Alan shrugged so he ~as to be-
lgred away from New Nors and Rose
by this Transparent trick. was he7 No
fear
HE glanced at his watch. hndlPg the
hour far too early 10 attempt what he
lad IN mind
With plenty of time on his hands.
he gave the matter serious considera-
tion and concluded 10 take no chances
It was just possible that Trine had
taken Rose with him on his western
trip. after all In such case the only
possible way Of evertaking the special
would be by air line
Promptly Alan called up the avia-
tion fields at Hampstead Plains and
got into communication with a gentle
man answering to the surname of
Coast the same birdmaB who had
come to Alsn's rescue with his hydro
aeroplane
Their arrangements we're quickly
contaminated, Coast agreeing to wait
for Alan with his biplane in Van Cort-
landt park from midnight till day break,
prepared " need be to undertake Q
transeontinentsl fight.
Thereafter Mr.. Law proceeded to re-
habilitate himself In decent clothing
and bis own esteem. after bathing, he
dined alone N his rooms from tray
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after dining he slept soundly for three
hours-and may be thought TO have
earned at least that much rest through
having been for four hours a passen-
ger in a hydroaeroplane lost in fogs
that wrapped Long Island and all the
adjacent territory in an impenetrsble
shroud.
all that had led up to Alan's rescue by
Coast: the forced landing Of the hydro
aeroplane for lack of fuel had taken
place on the south shore of the Great
South bay; a search of hours had fol
lowed before a boat was found to con
vey Alan and the aviator to the main
land; and a motor run of several hours
had followed that. conveying Coast to
his Hampstead hangers and Alan on
to his hotel in New York.
Another man would have needed
twelve hours in bed at the least TO
compensate for such a day: Mr.. Law
awakened in a lamb-like temper when
called at eleven-thirty.
At midnight he committed an act of
pursldTy, Cdlllis anu Win ueleTllld-
ton breaking his way into the house
OF Seneca Urine through the area win
dows and basement.
In this nefarious business nothing
hindered and none opposed him. But
for single lighted window in the I'D
per tier Cbut not, he noted, the window
TO Roses bedchamber) and one or two
1, 4
the kitchen Offices and other servants
quarters on the lower floor he would
have thought the house empty. The
silence of an abandoned place in.
formed it all-below the upper story.
But he was not to be satisfied with
such negative evidence: he explored
the dwelling minutely. room by room,
story by story, passing with little in
terest through apartments by every
sign dedicated to the tendency of his
mortal enemy, intent on one object
only-to find Rose Urine, that one
woman whom he loved, or else make
sure she was not there.
He negotiated that last flight n,
steps which led to the topmost 'oor
with extraordinary stealth. advised
thereto by a sound. or rather a series
OF sustained sounds, which had tber..
tofore been inaudfble to him. Possibly
ny hod not TIL then existed: posufAav
tAo naA servant whom hs found 49,
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CHAPTER XXX.
Via Air Line

Not once in the course of the ro~t
sixteen hours but a thousand times
Alan questioned land. it will readily
De allowed, with all excuses his san
lty IN permitting himself to he in
nuenced to humor Judith's insistanca
and make her party to this villa
aerial cross-country dash.
Between whiles the plane few foe,
ana high. cutting a direct line as IN.
crow flies. athwart the eastern -
western states.
Chicago they raised a a smpae. -,
the northern horizon about one o'c,o..
IN the afternoon; thereafter eo,n. "a.
tie time was lost in de.cents ,o 80.
tain the Identity OF the many r,,lrn.a
linz that criss-crossed the s~,-n,,~
Cro be continued in our next i..ue)
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About eight o'clock In the evening os
The same dav motercar deposited at
the Hotel MOaolith a gentleman whose
weather beaten and oil-stained motor.
tng-cap and dgster covered little cloth
ing more than shirt and trousers and
assorted oddly in the eyes of the desk
clerk with the rather meticulously
turnedout guest known to him as alr.
Arthur Lawrence and to the manage-
mont of the hotel as MIR Alan Law la
coRnito.
Eventually persuaded the CLERK
yielded ap the key TO MIR Lawrence $
suite of rooms, together with two
notes superscribed with the same non
de guerre.
Alan's impatience was so great that
he could hardly wait 10 examine these
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Tue momentum Of his heap oa-rsec
hiu well ouf over the heads o. the
throng asscmbled Ia the street saE
tEuly toward thai window where Rose
vas waiting Then rs foree slack
ened For an asful instant he pe.
beved thai he had failed Ba, with the
has; expiring ounce Of impetus. he was
brought within grasping distance OF
the window sin
Hauling himself %. he gathered her
into his arms
A great ;onEae Of tavnr fame licked
angrily cut 81 the windows a. ne
sSuRg her back 10 safety
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surpr,ze had gained the closed door
before they Recovered aad soaghs -
stay niH.
Inaiaerenf 10 them all he SHOOK the
knob and shouted -K~e' Rose"
her esy came back 10 MIN a msf
aee scream Alan Help Help
backias away with a mad idea of
thro~Hs himself bodily against the
door snd breaking "a down he vas sud
denly confronted By a hidsOas mask of
humanIiy--fsce OF man all misshapen.
bruised and swollen and disfizured
with smears OF dried blood and a dirty
bandage round his tempis7. but none
che less vaguely Recognizable
The words that stream from its
distorted hps drove recognition home
Gee, feIlers. l9okt who's herei n
t ains tn guy what threw me OF N
thai sirder this m0rnin' stand bacs
and Vet me Kill h"
Without the hesitation Of a heart
beat Alan swung heavily for the thug 5
Jaw The blow went solidly home
The man tell like poled oS
Pandemonium ensued Rallyine 10
their eOmrade. the ruffans attacked
Alan with one mind and one iSORt
Murder would have been done then
and there had II not been Tor rotten
banister-rail. which gave way. precipi-
tatins the iot to the ground floor Of
the hallway.
Simultaneously the lamp on the wall
Vas struck from its bracket and
crashed to the floor. its glass well
breaking and loosing a food of kero
sene to receive the burning wick The
explosion follSwed instantly. In q
trice the hallway was lake of burn
ing oil. and hungry flames we're lick
ing up the rotting wallpaper and eat
ing into decayed baseboards and stair
treads
Still fighting like a madman. con
testing every foot of the way Alan
was borne down the hall and out of
the front door A scream of "Firel"
greeted him as he reeled out into the
open. 1t was echoed by a dozen
throats.
The doorway vomited men and
women of the tenement They choked
It for q time, blocking both egress and
tngress. By the time they broke out
end left the way clear q solid wall of
fame stood behind it.
Thrice Alan essayed TO pass that
barrier Of fire, and thrice il threw him
back. Then, struggling and kicking
90 release himself and try again, he
was seized by q brace of able bodied
policemen and rushed fifty feet from
the house before let go.
Lack of breath checked him momen-
tarily.
He looked up, dashing from his
smarting eyes tears drawn by the
sitting clouds of smoke, and saw
vaguely at the second story window q
woman leaning out and shrieking for
help.
That II was hopeless to attempt The
staircase he well knew. 'Drawing
aside. he endeayored to come to his
sober senses, and cast about for some
more feasible way to effect the rescue
of his Rose
The tenement occupied one corner
of a narrow street Directly opposite.
q storage warehouse stood upon the
other corner. Before this last was the
common landing stage for truck de-
liveries, protected by a shedroof
And. suspended from a timber that
peered out over the caves. a hoisting
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tackle dragged the ground with its
ropes
II was the work Of a minute to con
vince a thick-headed policeman that
the attempt was feasible and should
be permitted II was the work of less
than another minute to rig a loop in
the line and fasten round his body
beneath the arms. Volunteers did not
lack a couple of husky longshoremen
eprang to the ropes at his first call
They heaved with a will. His feet left
the ground, he scared, he caught the
caves Of the shed-roof, and shouting to
cease hauling, drew himself up on this
last, backed little ways down il and
calculating his direction nicely, with
. running jump launched himself out
~a--~- -ha s
t
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+ + + + i + !. !. !
DEATHS I
George ]. lngman
!. + r Il I. i. !. +. \ i. :. !.

George j. Ingman, who learned the
er Co. plant, and who worked for the
company for 50 years, died suddenly
about o'clock Saturday morning at
his home on North Mckenzie street
Mr.. Ingman retired from activities
of life about two years ago. While
he was feeble at times, due to kidney
and bladder trouble, he was up and
about practically all the time. On
Friday evening he took his accustom
walk and retired at his usual bed
time hour.
At / o'clock he got up and secured
a drink of water. An hour later he
arose, presumably to take his medi.
cine. He turned up the gas light in
his room and had taken few steps
when Mrs. Ingman, who occupied a
room in another part of the house,
heard him fall
Mrs. Ingman hurried to his side
and attempted to restore him to con-
sciousness, but he passed away with.
in few moments, without speaking
Mr. Ingman was born in Newark
O., March 7, 1885. AS young man
he came to Mt. Vernon and entered
upon his apprenticeship. When the
Civil war broke out he enlisted in Co.
d., First Ohio cavalry, serving three
years and four months.
He was married in 1860 and is sur.
vived by his wife and two children,
Mrs. Nellie Maxwell of Mt. Vernon
and Mr.. Charles H. Ingman of Apa-
lachicola, Fla. One brother, o. l..
Ingman, the youngest of family of
seven boys, resides in Newark, and
is the last survivor of the family.
Short funeral services will be held
at the house at 10 O'Clock Monday
morning, and the body will be taken
to Newark Monday noon. Funeral
services will be held in Newark Tues
day, and burial will be made in the
family lot in the Cedar Hill cemetery
in that city.
Mr.. Ingman was member of the
Vine street Church of Christ, the Ma
tional Union order, Joe Hooker Post,
and the Cooper shop association. He
was one of the organizers of the as
sociation and was its first president.
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Tables instead of Desks

Last year, the system of using
tables instead of desks in the first
grade at the First ward was tried
out. This system proved so success.
ful that this year every first grade
in the city is using the tables instead
Of desks. The objection to the desks
was that the pupil was placed in
somewhat of cramped position and
being forced to sit at the dseks all
day, 1t proved injurious to his health.
So the tables and chairs have been
secured and have proved very salts.
factory in every way.
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SUCCESSFUL
Applicants At The Last Teach.
erS' Examination
frederiCktOwn Normal School
Has Opened
(By w. r. AIIgire.)

AS the result of the teachers ex.
animation held August o. the fol-
lowing were granted certificates to
teach in the rural and village schools
of the county:
High School, three years-Garrett
Greer and William HUM.
High School, one year-Idonia Bell,
Mae Pealer, R. c. Goode H. H. Hahn,
James B. Smith, Oscar c. Spohn, Mil
licent Taylor.
Elementary, three years-C. F.
Hays, Earl r. Welker, Hazel Daniels,
Weltha Keck, Wilma Mayors, Mary
Rogers.
Elementary, two years (renewals)
Guy Moreland, Alice G. Durbin.
Elementary, one year-Walter Bus
enburg, Guy c. Cullison, Calvin c. La
fever, Frank B. Lepley, Augustine
Smithhisler, Ruth Arnholt, Mabel d.
Barrick, Alison r. Bartlett, Eleanor
Cain. Mary NJ. Claypool, Mary Clip
pinger, Mary e. Dickerson, Ada NJ.
Elliott, Cora Fawcett, Helen Cor
such, Fora Greer, Mary E. Groh, Ber-
tha Hammond, Frances Helen. Fora
Jones, Mary Leonard, Martha Leon.
ard, Winifred Mahan, Myrtle Mapes,
Mary Miller, Maude Miller, Faun
Nichols, Ruth Nixon, Edna Owings,
Alice Pickard, Golden Porter, Alta
Rice, Myrtle Robinson, Ethel Snow,
Edna E. Stout, Lula Turney, Mary
Workman, Laverna Mild.
The Fredericktown normal opened
last Tuesday with very good pros
poets for a pleasant and profitable
years work. There are still some TO
enter next week. Young people who
expect to teach should avail them
selves of this opportunity to get spec
ial training for the work of teaching
without any cost of tuition. Room
and board or rooms for light house
keeping may be secured at very rea-
sonable rates in Fredericktown. High
school graduates who are not other
wise employed should avail them
selves of this opportunity. Visit the
school and see what is being done.
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HERE TO ESTABLISH
CREDIT OF A BILLION
Anglo French Commission Meets
American FInanCiers.

New York, Sept. 11.-More than 100
men from the financial centers of the
country, representing the greatest
financial institutions of the United
States, extended q greeting to the
Anglo-French financial commission In
the library of j. P. Morgan.
The meeting marked the debut o.
the United States as world financial
center. Out of 1t, SO soon as the meth.
cd has been decided upon, will come
the establishment of credits of a mini.
mum of billion dollars, either by
loan or in some other form.
The conferences to be held to con-
slider the best way OF meeting the
present foreign exchange situation are
not designed to aid the allied nations
in the purchase Of munitions of war.
Those have been provided for and
will continue to be paid for in casil.
The object is to establish credits so
that the normal exporters Of the Unit
ed States, the wheat men, the oats
men, the corn men, the cotton growers
and all other staple producers may
export their products not only to the
countries at war, but to all otner coun-
tries in the world able to receive sup
plies, receiving bills of exchange
through the worlds exchange center,
London, at the fixed price Of $4.4S. .65
for pound sterling. 1t is this vital
necessity FOR the producers Of the
United States which has drawn all the
great banks Of the country into an ap-
proval Of the movement.
OF the six members of the commits
sion, four are from England and two
from France. They are representing
Russia and Italy as we'll
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Chapel Exercises

Tuesday morning all high school
students, new and old, gathered to-
gether in the high school auditorium
to receive instructions for the com
ing school year. After giving a short
talk himself, Principal Rimer intro
duced to the students all of the new
teachers that they might become ac-
quainted. He then assigned the pu-
pills to their different rooms and
school had begun.
Friday morning the student body
again assembled in the auditorium
for the singing period. This period
was taken up, however, by a number
of announcements and an excellent
talk by Superintendent Zemer. In
fact, the superintendent gave such a
good talk that one of the high school
teachers afterward remarked that it
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SERIOUS
Is Condition Of Vim. 0'MaIley
The Result OF Injuries
When Horse Fell On Him In
A Race At Silver Lake

The condition of William O'Malley
of Toledo, brother of John O'Malley
who resides just east of Mt. Vernon
on the New Gambler road, who was
injured at Silver Lake Thursday ar-
ternoon while driving Prince Oliver,
owned by Thomas Allen of this city,
in the races, still continues to be
very serious. O'Malley was taken to
the home of his niece, Mrs. Fred
Baughman, of Orrville.
The accident occurred when shoe
on one of Prince divers left hoofs
broke. The iron penetrated the hoof
and the pain threw the horse back
ward on O'Malley, who was in a light
sulky. He was badly crushed about
the chest and his condition is regard
ed as extremely critical
When Thomas Allen of this city de-
cided to enter Prince Oliver in the
Summit county fair races, he secured
as driver John O'Malley. 1t happen
ed that Johns brother, William, Of
Toledo, was in Akron at the races
and he allowed him to drive Prince
Oliver prior to the start of the races.
1t was then that the accident oc-
Cured.
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Hard Work for footbaIIers

The day that school began. Tues.
day, Coach j. F.. Jacks called all can.
didates for the high school football
team this year together, handed GU.
suits and ordered practice that after.
noon at Riverside park. Anyone pass.
ing through Riverside park that after.
noon would have witnessed one of
the hardest practices that has ever
been gone through with by a high
school in this city. for the first prac-
tlce OF the year. Coach Jacks is one
OF the. products of Coach Zuppke of
the University of Illinois and is GER
tainly in for business. A coach like
this is exactly what this high school
has needed for years, and now. al.
though the coach has but little first
class material to work with. local en-.
thusiasts Of the game believe that
Mr.. Jacks will set forth a winning
team.
Coach Jacks played tackle on the
University of Illinois team during the
years 1928 under Zuppke, and in
the fall of 1914 successfully coache i
a high school team in Minnesota to
the championship of that state. These
facts, then, will give one an idea of
how lucky the local high school is in
securing such competent instructor
to coach it's teams.
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Weaver, Allen sapp. Stanley john.
son, Russell Thrailkill and Hoy Jen-.
klns.
The new courses which we're intro.
duced into the high school this year
have so far proved very satisfactory.
The pupils are going about their work
the same as usual without the slight.
est furry over the change in courses.
Also, not a single complaint has been
registered against the new system.
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improvements at Hiob sehoo,

quite a number Of improvements
nave been made at the high school
building during the summer months.
In the first place, room was made in
the library for new bookcase to be
installed, also the ceiling and walls
repaired, so that now the library pre-.
sents a very changed and improved
appearance. The old gas lights,
which were still used in the halls
and in two Of the recitation rooms.
nave given way to electric lights.
Also, the office of the superintendent
mas gone through some repair to its
walls and ceiling, making it look
much better. The old iron fence
around the front and side yards of
the building has been removed and
at present splendid growth of grass
has sprung up, giving the grounds
much neater appearance. The
study hall, room 16, has also under.
gone a much-needed improvement
The old blackboards, which used to
be in the walls entirely around the
room, have been taken out of the
walls and the ceiling repaired. At
present the walls in the girls gym
nasium are being painted, SO that
when completed they will present a
much more respectable appearance.
In addition to these improvements
to the high school, minor improve
ments have been made at some of the
ward buildings.
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LOAD OF SILVER
Brought Home by Mr.. Carr After
Settling Estate
Newark Advocate

(NeWark AdVOcate.)
Attorney R. l.. Carr of Mt. Vernon,
former secretary to Congressman
Sharp and former candidate for com.
mon pleas Judge in this district, was
in Newark Thursday evening, en-
route to his home from Cadiz, where
he was called on legal matters per.
tanning to an estate of which he is
administrator. The estate has been
in litigation for the past twelve years
and Mr.. Carr has just effected a set
tlement. Included in the assets of
the estate was quantity of Mexican
silver and this was taken back to Mt.
Vernon in leather grip, making
quite a load The money amounted
to $3.50 Mexican, worth about so cents
on the dollar.
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SCHOOL NOTES
School in prooress

The public schools in this city haye
thrown open their doors once more 10
all seeking learning. The high school
mas what Is probably the largest en-.
rollment In its history, as over four
hundred and fifty pupils attend high
scnool this year. One OF the reasons
for this is the fact that the Freshman \
class Is exceptionally large, there
being 100 first year students. The
grade schools also have a large en-.
rollment this year. Following is an
Official tabulation of the number at.
tending school in the city: First
ward 336, Second ward 81. Third ward
2s4, Fourth ward 291, Fifth ward 1875.
Dnbinsky building 6S, Central build.
ing So, High School 463. Summing
this up, we find that LIZA boys ami
girls in this city are attending school
The number is so great that some
shifting of pupils to different wards
mad to be made. This shifting. how
ever, was accepted as a necessity by
most parents and pupils that it affect.
ed, so that scarcely complaint was
heard. For this reason Superintend.
ent zemer wishes to express his an.
probation to both parents and pupils
that 1t affected. Superintendent
lemer also stated that when the new
building is completed, all these con.
gested conditions will be done away
with entirely.