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Evening journal., 1916-08-22
rNFANFIr PARAIYsIs an ouR scHoOIs.

INFASI1IE PARALYSIS AND OUR SCHOOLS.
wryE have had one death from infantle paralysis
wv At Penny Hm That is only short distance
from the northern boundary OF city. There are
children living In that district who attend the VIII
mington schools
Two cases O. The dreaded disease one OF them
fstal reputed within the city limits. Other cases
may develop
Our state ard city health oncials are working ener-
getlcally prevent hs maady getting such death.
dealing hold uron our community as it already has
gotten on ether communities in other States
we aeain ask whether in the face OF such a stu
a,ion il is for Board OF Education TO adhere
to s decision reopen the pubic schools septem-
hsr which IS only two weeks away
ssuch reopening would lead 10 the bringing 20
geher, in close daily contact, approximately $4,000
children. They would come from the affected and
the unaffected districts There lie no telling what the
result WOULD be
Education is e fine thing but good health and lie
are better things child catch up with educa-
tion but there such thing ca.cning up with
death.
I'VE have desire 20 alarm the community but
We do say that m view OF the experience in other
cites, ths members o. the Board o. Education should
bfing their best thought to bear upon the question
whether il win be wise for them 70 cling to the Sep,
tenhsr school rsopening date When they are con.
scerng that question they should not lose sight OF
the hghy important fact that most o. the victims OF
nsantie paralysis children. including those OF
schooIeoins ase
communicable disease that is attended BY a high
rate Of morality ard that is a battling mystery 20 the
medical world is something that should not be traed
with, especially by board that has 10000 boys and
girls in its educational control
Evening journal., 1916-08-22

NJ Hughes does well 70 iav stress
on the fallacy of the "be kent We or+
OF war" argument bv which De-.o-
osats seek 70 cover all the weakness
OF me Presidents Mexican course.
AZ the Republican candidate truly sa,d
N his Detroit speech, we have not
neen Kept out % war Vera Cruz was
war Carrizal was war. The fact
that neither Mexico nor the United
states formally declared war does net
alter the fact that war was made.
y the Democrats would onlv saw
as the facts disclose. "He has onlv cot
US into a little war" or The vera
Cruz campaign cost only ninereen
american lives, so II was almost
negligible as war" their position
would be logical. On that basis thew
might be able 10 make some explana-
ton OF the devious twists OF the Ad-
ministrations Mexican policy. They
might be able 10 make the voters IN
derstand why we went 10 Vera Cruz
and why having gone there and oecu-
pied the city at the cost OF American
nves, we later scuttled away. They
might have some way 10 account for
the now-you-see-it-now-you-dont en-
nargo on shipments OF arms and am
munitlon into Mexico Possibly even
they could make clear Mr.. Wilson's
unaccountable leaning toward villa
the thief. bandit, murderer OF Ameri-
cans, whom. even after the Columbus
affair and the punitive expedition
which hasn't punished. Senator lewis
perhaps as the Administration s
spokesman says this country ought 10
have made President OF Mexico.
II is not due 10 Mr. Wilson's acts
or 70 his Administrator policy
that the Mexican war was not vastly
Evening journal., 1916-08-22
BUILD TEE BERLIN
DELAWARE LINE ROAD
Drn,,, fko Cro,.s TI,If noo-ro

From the Snow Hill People.
The people of Worcester county want
the state road leading through Berlin
toward Shovel connected up with r..
e. duPont's boulevard at the Delaware
line. They want this in no unmistak-
able manner. The money--or SIS 900 Of
ito do this specific work has been
appropriated. Therefore II should be
done, and that without delay
Calvin ,. Taylor, Esq, explained in
a letter recently published in The Peo-
PIE, how, when as a member Of tho
legislature, he was instrumental in
having the above named sum appro-
priated specifically for the building of
this connecting link He also made
clear how General dupont was given "a
understand by the leading citizens OF
Worcester county that this link would
be built, thus Offering an inducement
for him to make Selhyville the terminus
of the southern end Of his boulevard IN
stead Of Delmar. II would seem that
the good word and honor of Worcester
county is At stake, and It behooves al
public spirited citizens who are inted-
ested in the welfare Of Worcester
county 10 lend their influence TO this
particular end
II has been rumored that the State
Roads Commission ie unfavorable 10
this route. and inclines 10 the
shorter one making 81. Martins the
starting point, instead Of Berlin. II IS
claimed that the cost Of thus connect
ing the Maryland State roads system
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Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

with the boulevard would not exceed
two-thirds Of the cost Of the, other
route. This may be true, but Wor-
oester county people do not want it
for the following reasons;
First Not more than one-halt as
many persons along its frontage
would be served by this route thus
violating the cardinal principle Of do
ing the greatest good 70 the greatest
number ot people
Second. The route would be more
indirect for the people in the lower
part Of the county desiring 10 reach
the boulevard, and for Delaware peo-
pie who wished 10 go south.
Third, the county would perhaps
save 81 900 annually in road repairing
II the other route is selected.
Fourth. The road from Berlin 10
Showell has recently been graded and
Strengthened at considerable cost, SO
that the cost Of preparing It for stone
or concrete would be small
For the reasons above set forth II
would seem that this road should be
built as specied in the Taylor bill
and that It should be done at the earl
lest possible moment
We would suggest that every citi-
zen who Is convinced Of the justice
and desirahility Of the Berlin-duPoni
route, signify same by writing the
State Roads Commission, Garrett
Building, Baltimore, urging the adop
ton OF said route, and the beginning
Of operations on same al the earlies
possible moment.
Evening journal., 1916-08-22
GEMS OF THOUGHT

The coward only threatens when he is safe
Goethe
We neer like angels till our passion dies
Decker.
When the candles out all women aer fair
Putarch.
.-.-.--.
Misery aeouaints man with strange bsd-fellows.-
Shakespeare.
... :--:-:--s
The blgsh IS beautiful, but It is sometimes inconven
ient--Goldoni
:-s-:-.
who plays fer more than ne lose with pleasure.
stakes his heart.-Herbert
.-.-.-.
Az that gains by falsehood IS not to be believed
when he speaks the truth-Aristotle
All passions that suffer themselves 70 be reshed
and digssted are but immoderate.- .-Montaigne
as----.-.
Hailg independence. haili Heavens next best sift
to that OF lite and an immortal soul,-Thon,son.
u there be crime OF deeper dye than all the
guilty train OF human vices, It is ngrattude-Eroohs
s-s-.-.
Blessed IS the man that endureth temptation; FOR
when he is tried. he shall receive the crown OF te-
New Testament
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bigger than Il has thus far proved 70
be. y is due merely 70 Mexico's in
ability 10 match herself against this
country. Mexicans have no more
relished the Presidents patronizing
talk o. serving humanity there than
they have his utterly unwarrantable
lntereference with their domestic
politics and his two invasions Of their
territory. II he had been trying 70
provoke warfare, II he had been seek
ing 70 produce war as a town bully
seeks q fight with a smaller indivi-
dual, his Administration conduct TO-
ward Mexico need have differed no
whit from what Y has been. And a
bigger. bloodier war than the BATTLE
Of Vera Cruz and the subsequent bor-
der raids and guerilla hghtnS would
inevitably have resulted--if Mexico
had only money and sufficient arms
and ammunition 10 resent the wilson
Administration course.
The Gag was not saluted. Carranza
did not withdraw from ofice when he
was told 10. villa has not yet been
punished. The National Guard Is down
NJ the border for an indefinite stay
but too late 70 save the American
lives taken a. Columbus This is not
war on the scale Of Armageddon. II
II merely a. miserable, petty war
brought about by weakness and
ignorance. by incompetence and blum
dering. u IL, as Mr. Hughes aptly
put Il, "a very ignoble war Of which
this country may never feel anything
hut shame and regret II may be
such a little war that the Democrats
and Mr. Wilson believe that the voters
will forget the facts and overlook q
But II is war. Mr. Wilson has made
war on Mexico, and all talk ot keep
ing us out OF war" is rnoonshine.
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With The Photographers

bug has been discovered that feeds exclusively on
lead pipe and II Is rumored that plumbers will imme
diately set TO work 10 breed the nsects-Dayton (O)
Journal.
We might say something about the weather every
day but it gets tresome trying find new words 70 ex
press the same sentiment without cussing-worcester
(Mass) Gazette
Mexican bandit recently executed Is referred 10 as
"a villa lieutenant" IN this case wouldn't II more
properly be spelled "lootenant?"- Southern Lumber
man (Nashvile)
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HueHFs aNn HIS srEron.

TIE speech OF acceptance Of Charles E. Hughes
= was Enthusiastically read BY the Republicans Of
both House and Senate
II was pronouneed BY al to be one Of the strong-
est and eiearest documents dealing with the great
questions Of the hour tnat has been presented to the
country
y met with The Overwhelming approval Of the Re
publicans
II admitted by Democrats that il was wonder
fully strong 10 the American people and the
bitter criticism hurled at il by close to the ad-
minstration shows that It struck home"
Evening journal., 1916-08-22

Mr. Hughes speech at Detroit stirred up IN
~onted activity al the meeting OF the Presidents Cab
met on the following day. After long discussion
the Washington newspapers tell "a telegram was
70 Mt Hughes by Acting Secretary OF Commerce
Sweet denying some Of the Republican leaders state
rents II will not be long before shall have Mr..
lansing writing Mr.. Hughes threatening him
with fstrct accountability"
Evening journal., 1916-08-22
LrW1s's REPUBLIcAN sERyIcr.

THE list OF Republican speblnders as given out at
the national headquarters, does not include the
name OF Senator Lewis OF Illinois
Yet the Senator's first contribution toward Hughes
election was signal Arising in the Senate 10
"answer Hughes speech Of acceptance, this Illinois
Democrat furnished the additional bit o evidence
necessary TO condemn the administrations Mexican
policy when he declared that wilson at one time was
preparing 10 recognize villa the best qualified Mexi-
can to take charge OF that unhappy lend and its inter
ests
IN administration which would contemplate such a
step as that Is capable Of anything
Evening journal., 1916-08-22

One o. the solemn pledges made 70 Tire american
people by President Wilson and the national Demoe.
racy that II placed IN control OF the Federal
Government, they would cheaper the cost Of living
We leave il TO the American houseSeeper 10 decide
whether that pledge has been kept shamefuy vio-
lated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-01-06
SYRUP Of figs FOR
A CR|LDS BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physiC into a
sick child.

x Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup Of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a ~teaspoonfuI
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. ADV.
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rhe EHeet Of rhIs Simple question Was Extraordinary.

killed by a revolver catching in a
drawer in such a way that merely
opening the drawer should explode it;
then, that the weapon should be
aimed SO unerringly at the victims
heart simply knocks the law of prob
abilities to smithereens. It's impos-
sible.
But I got most of my ideas from
Sam Webb-those two card corners,
for instance. He slipped them to me
and told me he had found them tight
ly clenched in the dead mans right
hand. Now there wasn't a deck of
cards in the house from which the
jack of diamonds and the queen Of
spades were missing.
Here are several curious facts in
this connection. Mrs. Pell tells me
that in his younger days Henry Para
dis was a gambler, but that years ago
he foreswore cards and all games of
chance. Now then, according to Sam
Webb, early In March the old mans
interest in cards all at once revived.
and he became a pinochle fiend. And,
too, early in March is the time when
young Curtis Paradis, the nephew,
first appeared on the scene. Also at
about this time Henry Paradis took
up with a disreputable individual
named Blackburn, a tinhorn gambler
who hangs out at a neighborhood sa-
loon. Sam says there used to be
some notable games at the house,
marked by constant quarrels and
bickerings-either between Curtis and
his uncle, or between Blackburn and
the uncle; never between Curtis and
Blackburn, nor, to Sans knowledge,
was there ever a game when the three
played all together.
I'm simply giving you these facts
for what they might be worth; they
tell me next to nothing.
Finally. on the afternoon OF May
twenty-ninth Henry Paradis drew
from his bank $4,000 in currency.
which 30 far is missing"
n.
Felix Hazard spent the better part
Of the afternoon nosing about the
North HaIsted street neighborhood,
He gathered a lot Of information Of
one sort and another, the net re
suit Of which he summed up in the
reflection II Helen wanted to helr
her friend. she'd better have let the
coroner's verdict stand.
For, among other things. he learned
that Mrs- Pel had called at the Para
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"There,n he soIemnIy Averred.

both of them excitedly talking at
once; but for the purposes of brevity
and clearness their recitals shall be
disentangled here.
The woman declared her identity as
Mrs. Pell, the dead mans niece, and
confirmed Helen Bertel's assertion
that Henry Paradis had been a
gambler in his younger days-"a card
sharp" she expressed 1t. Her father
and Curtis'-Henry's brother, had
owned considerable property and
money; In an unhappy moment he
had appointed Henry his administra-
tor, without bonds, and then died.
we only want our rights, Curtis
and l." Mrs. Pell ~passionately averred.
1--WE had agreed to relinquish all
claims for a certain sum, and we com
promised on $4,000, which Henry
promised to pay me the night he was
killed. / v got it; nobody an
swered when l rang the bell.
HE was a devil, Henry Paradis
was. Why, even that old niger Of
his, Sam Webb. was scared to call
his soul his own. He held something
over Sam, and treated him like a
dog"
Hazard turned to Curtis.
Were you here at any time on the
evening Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
day2D
Before replying the young fellow
hesitated and glanced uneasily at his
sister. She urged him with a nod to
answer. Then
y tried to hide IT." he returned,
but ! suppose | might as well tell.
Yes. / was here. | saw my uncle
lying dead on the library floor
Here's the way Of it,y Curtis pur-
sued. Uncle Henry knew how
liked to play pinochle, and he hired q
shark to teach him 50 he could win
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help her, is afraid to talk much; there
is something she is holding back:
and whatever it is, if I'm any judge of
another woman's character, it's some
thing that will tend to incriminate
either her or her brother.
Here are the facts that make it
look bad for her: A bitter enmity has
kept her and his uncle apart for
years. Not since she was a little
girl has she been in the house, say
twice-once about a week ago and
again on the evening of the 2Sth Of
May. On the occasion of the last
visit Sam Webb says he heard them
quarreling about money.
Now the murder occurred some
time during the night of the 30th.
Decoration day. Nobody heard the
shot, and the tragedy was not dis
covered until seven o'clock next
morning"
why" Hazard queried, ARE you so
positive it was murder?"
There are several reasons why l
can't accept the police theory" Miss
Bertel replied.
First, it is asking a good deal of
one to believe that anybody can be
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Are you Sam webby" he paused
on the steps to inquire.
The effect Of this simple question
was extraordinary. At the first sound
Of Hazards voice the negro started
and. all atremble. stood staring at
him. The mans face and attitude
were expressive Of utmost terror and
CONSERVATION.
Without the least warning. he
wheeled and ran at top speed back
though the narrow passageway be-
tween the two buildings.
The detective was too astoaished
by this singular conduct to think or
act for a second, and when he did
recover himself and in turn went
plunging down the narrow passage
way to the back yard. Sam-if it were
Sam-had disappeared.
With something of the feeling of
an explorer into unknown wilds. 'Fe-
Xix Hazard. instead Of returning to
the front of the house, mounted the
rear steps; perhaps somebody vas in
charge.
The sereen door stood wide open,
and under the impact of his fist the
inner door proved itself to be I'M
latched by swinging inward slightly.
Without the least premonition. Haz-
ard was blinded by a flash and
stunned by a d~eafening report as a
revolver was fired almost %pointblank
in his face. So close was the weap-
on's muzzle that his cheek felt the
hot blast of the explosion and the
singing touch of two or three powdes
grains.
At once the door was jerked clear
open, and an excited young mar
rushed out at him, yelling;
Good God! Did l hit you? l
thought"
Whatever he might have been
thinking was not Immediately re-
vealed, for Hazards fist caught him
~squarely upon the point of the chin
with a blow that had all his weight
behind it. The fellow went down
as if every bone and sinew of his
body had turned suddenly to jelly,
A minute passed, then, weak and
dazed, the young fellow rose slowly
to his feet. When Hazard realized
how frightened and unstrung his an
tagonist was he regretted the i'm
petuous blow. He pocketed the pistol
and sternly demanded:
"Who are you?"
my names Paradis-" chartered
the other, Curtis Paradis."
Curtis, Ell? I'd like to have a
word with you. Come inside"
AS they entered what proved to be
the kitchen, Paradis protested with
nervous ~volubility that he had fired
on a sudden impulse.
81 thought it was that crazy mig
ger coming back" he amplifed. HE
nearly frightened my sister to death"
At this juncture a pale-faced, ter
rified woman appeared in a doorway
opening into the houses farther re-
cesses.
Don't hurt Curtis" she pleaded
TREMENDOUSLY. He's innocent. Are
you an officer? Oh, Pm glad-so
glad! Let us tell you all we have to
tell about this terrible affair.""
AS this protfer exactly met the visit
or's desire, he was soon listening to
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by an automobile. and the doctor says
his SPINE is broke. He won't live
long.
1T was like this. Sans boss had
treated him so scandalously for so
long that Sam Just couldn't stand II
any more; so when the old man drew
the money from the bank the devil
just naturally got into Sam.
Sam he plans it all out. I'm chef
on a Great Northern dining car. and
he knows I'll be in Chicago over Deco
ration day. He has me go to a col
ored folks ball on Twenty-eighth
street, where he's invited. and make
out like I'm him. We've often done
that just to be skylarking. and L
thought nothing of 1t till l saw the
papers next afternoon. Then | real.
ICED what a position I wal in, pre-
tending to be Sam, because right
away l felt it was him that had killed
his boss.
Il was scared. We favor one an
other SO close, il the police was look
ing for Sam, like as not they'd pick
me up instead of him.
81 was wild to find him. When l went
to where he'd been working there was
a lady and gentleman there, and by
the frightened way they acted at sight
of me | was surer than ever that folks
knew Sam was guilty.
Then ! met this gentleman, and l
thought ! was gone for sure. l reckon
| oughtn't to have run; but / Just
couldn't help it.
by and by some colored folks told
me about the accident to Sam. l went
to the hospital and had him brought
here. After I'd talked to him a while
he promised to tell everything and
give back the money he'd taken"
AS he finished speaking he went to
a dresser drawer and took out a long
thick manila envelope. This he hand
ed to Hazard.
You'll find all the money there just
like Sam got it-s2,8O0."
Sam Webb's story was not long.
His plan to slay his employer and d.
vert suspicion from himself was
simple. He knew Paradis would be
alone the night of the thirtieth, and
also was familiar with Blackburn's
frequent visits to the house and their
object. He also was cognizant of Cur
it's visits. He did not, however,
know that Blackburn had left the city
on the Andrew Cole that morning,
and that, when he interrupted the old
mans dummy-hand game and shot
him with his own pistol, suspicion of
Blackburn would rebound from a dead
wall and alight upon the real culprit.
.
You're a duck, Felix" Helen BeP,
tel assured him when once more she
could breath the sooty but more ia.
miliar Loop air. You were kind
enough to take me to lunch today:
if a girl should invite you to be her
guest at dinner tonight, would you
ASK met" Felix Hazard inter
rupted.
Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapman.)
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dis house early on the evening Of
May S0th-the evening of the tragedy
and that Curtis Paradis also had
been seen whereabouts by at least two
persons. One individual asserted that
about nine o'clock of the same night
he had seen Curtis hurrying away
from his uncle's residence and in the
direction of the car barns at Dewey
place; that he appeared nervous and
agitated, and that he was tearing to
pieces as he went along and scatter
ing broadcast what looked like "a
couple of postcards" but which, the
spectator having been made inquisi-
tive, on examination proved to be two
playing cards!
These circumstances, in connection
with the fact that Henry Paradis
must have been slain some time dur
ing the night of May Both, and that
the $4,000 was nowhere to be found,
indeed looked bad for Mrs. Pell and
her brother.
1t was at a nearby corne saloon,
however, that Hazard obtained def
mite knowledge of Blackburn, the
'tinhorn," and in addition some gen.
eral knowledge of Henry Paradis'
character that was in no way a credit
thereto.
Speaking of Curtis Paradis, the bar
keeper told Hazard that the young
man was an automobile mechanician
who had come to Chicago from Kan
sas City about March LIST in search Of
employment.
HE sure was some pinochle field"
averred the informant, "a regular bug.
Only one other gink around here
fella named Nick Blackburn-that's
as bad. Blackburn, he's a shark, out
for the coin there is in it, and boobs,
like this young Paradis, are pickin's
for him" The speaker abruptly
asked: