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Tiediy summoned 0Or con re1t-
 T tell you, Sibley, said .a- nan millions, something has tc e. 5Ul4 and done soon. I'm surrounded by enc mics l cant run down, enemies I cant even understand. In the first place, there's this man in a mask stalking through my house and pinning threats to my doorpanels. Then"
 Wait cut in ths nan of law. %Did anyone actually see this man of the mask?"
 Yes, Wilson, my butler. came face to face with him as he stepped out of a passageway. Then, when my secre- tary, Manley, started in pursuit of the intruder, instead of finding a stranger in this fool mask, he found his way blocked by girl, a girl in a cloak, who seemed to come there cut of thin air. And that girl, sir. turned out to be my own daughter, my own daughter in some miraculous way res cued from Legar."
 Brought there by the man in the mask?" Yes, brought there by him. Sc she asserts. Yet this stranger, who brings me back the enc thing precious in my life, on the same day assumes to criticize my conduct and threatens to rob me of my money"
 But that threat, as I've already pointed out, is foolish. Your money has all the protection that steel and civilization can surround it with. 1t lies in the vaults of the Third National bank"
 But tell you I am surrounded by enemies, by unknown enemies of great skill and daring. That has already been proved. And while they can never make me cover, they have at least made me cautious"
 T guess we'd better all go down to the Third National and make sure they're not putting their gold and notes out on the windowsills for the first crook that comes along to carry off," said the lawyer
 President Stonington of the Third National received them in his private office and learned from Sibley the reason of his visit That official. in fact, was an active sharer in the inere- dulity of the old lawyer. He quietly touched bell, sent for a uniformed at tendant and instructed that attendant
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FOURTH EPISODE
THE NAME AND THE GAME

Legar had reason to feel Eei. pleased with his mornings work. Dc feated for the time being, in one lu5t. ter, he promptly swung about and struck at another
 His attack, in this instance, was ai- rected at nothing less than Enoct Golden's own home. There, emectine an entrance through a neglected coal chute before even the servants NeIs astir, he had crept stealthily upward until he found refuge in trunk room. Through the door crack of this trunk room, however, he soon had the iUbi- ous pleasure of beholding a figure 1yits as stealthy as his own, figure that wore a laughing mask and made it's way cautiously downward to the docc of Enoch Golden's study. On thai dOp- the masked figure, before vanishing as quietly as it had first appeared, pinned an ob!ong paper. Stealing pr to it, Legar read:
 Enoch Golden: You have proved 5 disappointment to me. Despite rny warnings, you still oppress the poor and abuse your power. Your 5suoh ter has been saved from the clutches of Legar, and at the proper tirns ain be produced. But that time wii' not come until you have charged your ways of life. So while still you have the chance, do some good deedI
 THE LAUGHING MASK.
 Legar. having thoughtfully perused this strange warning, promptly sdded a postscript:
 As slight sign Of my disapproval, l am appropriating your fifty thousand dollars from the vaults of the Third National bank, for which now take occasion to thank you.
 Ten minutes later Legar had made his escape from the house and was speeding southward in his car, to con fer with his own men as to the ap- preaching assault on Golden's wealth in the Third National vaults.
 The Laughing Mask himself, in the meantime, was busy with his own en-
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to escort his visitor to the bank vaults.
 Be so good, MT. Wells, as to show our clients that our vaults are not made of tissue paper"
 This the attendant took much pride in doing.
 The array of defensive measures, puzzling as it was to the younger mem bers of the party, served to bring a sense of assurance to Enoch Golden himself.
 A certain one-armed criminal, nev- ertheless, was at that precise moment very busily engaged in preparing for his assault on this Gibraltar of gold so proudly regarded as impregnable. Two workmen in the uniform of Gen section of abandoned cable gallery, were busily engaged in enlarging a wire conduit which met this gallery at right angles. There, by means of an electric mining drill, they burrowed like two moles deep beneath the level of the street along which the traffic of great city So ceaselessly eobed and flowed. From a manhcle opening into this gallery was quietly passed huge cylinder of iron capped by a drum of zinc having hinged cover. The two subterranean workers had been warned to handle the cylinder with the utmost care. And this they did, know ing full well that it's weight was due to the fact of it's being tightly packed with high explosive.
 Legar himself, in the meantime. hay ing clothed a number of his henchmen in uniforms and caps bearing the in- scription "Western National Bank" di- rected his attention to the much more critical task of tracing the signature, Henry H. Stonington, on typewriter sheet bearing the embossed imprint of the Third National
 His next move, once he had received a report that his two gallery workers had fitted their massive cylinder in the wire conduit and pushed it gently but firmly into the uttermost recesses Of that conduit by means of a jointed bamboo pole. was to verify the time at which the detonating clock had been set, advise his colleagues. aud take up his position in the window of a building commanding a view or the great granite bastioned bank itself.
 He consulted his watch from time to time, with his eyes always gbips hungrily back to the heavypillsrea back entrance itself.
 Tn one minute" lie, announced, they'll get a dose of the medicino.taey gave US this morning. Again no looked at his watch.
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sulky sTunt, one of the newcomers sud denly struck a match and held it close to the white-bearded face. the hands gripping the wheel quite as suddenly relinquished their hold and fastened themselves about the throat of the overinquisitive cargo sentry. Before his companion. standing quite close to the bow of the boat, could quite real ize the meaning of the movement. the two men beside the wheel were writh- ing and stamping and panting about the narrow deck.
 Fierce as that fight was. it was not a prolonged one. For the white-beard- ed man, despite his age. with one final effort, succeeded in lifting his op-
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SYNOPSIS.

On Windward island Palidori Intrigue.
 Mrs. Golden into an appearance of evil which causes Golden to capture and tor ture the Italian by branding his face and crushing his hand Palidori opens the dyke gates and floods the island and in the general rush to escape the flood kid maps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar gory. Twelve years later in New York Masked One calling himself ''the Hammer of .God'' rescues an eighteen-year-old girl from the cadet Casavanti, to whom Jules Begar has delivered her. and takes her to the home of Enoch Golden. millionaire. whence she is recaptured by Legar. Lsgar and Stein are discovered by Manley, Col den's secretary. setting fire to Goldsn's buildings, but escape Margory's mother fruitlessly implores EnOch Golden to find their daughter. The Masked OnG again takes Margory away from Legsr-
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terprise. He had rescued Margory Golden from Legar, 1t was true, but her conveyance to a place of safety, in open daylight, was a much more difficult problem. in his extremity, accordingly, he had to resort to those expedients nearest at hand.
 This led him down a secluded by- way. where the powder shack of a con- struction company still stood half way up wooden hillside. At the end of a tunnel piercing this hillside was timbered chamber for high explosives. Guarded as it was with it's double lock, the Laughing Mask seemed an expert in the manipulation of such obstacles. since five minutes work with his skeleton keys threw open that we'll hidden room Once there, he even ven tured to explore his surroundings and takefrom their case certain small cylin- ders incased fin greasestained paper. He did not explain to the already over- puzzled girl, however, that these
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A sudden thud ana roar O9 sOuno cut off all smaller sounds. Then came the cries of terror-stricken human be- ings. shrill calls for help, hoarse shouts from stalwart figures in uni forms. and the sudden shrill of a pO- licemans whistle. The clamor and tumult of the streets rose above the quick and ever-nearing throb of en- zine bells, the gongs of ambulances, the rattle of iron-tired patrol wagons pounding over car rails, the shouts of blue-coated patrolmen already forming their cordon around the dust-crowned ruins.
 "Fire," was the cry that filed the canyon! The buildings On fire!"
 And it was then that Legar re- placed his watch in his pocket, and tossing aside the field glasses through which he had been viewing the street, showed that he was once more him self.
 "Ncw's the time, men, he an nounced to his followers, ito get ready for work" ....
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Yours very truly, JOHN ELIOT STONINGTON.

E-lFSipCU~s At the same time that the police captain. acting CT this peremptory or der vas clearing a path Co the neigh ho1hcoG Of the still smoking vaults. Eu0ch Golden. with Marg.rv and Man le7 his side vas fighting to break througt those ieal3usl. gu3rded fire lu-e-. And at fhe sight CT the motor truck and the Western National at telda4tr his antics became even more r5n2ie- than before.
 ' tell you I've got to get in therei" he shouted to fhe apathetic patrclmsn holding him hack.
 "4es' agreed tine pauolmau. "of course vou'1 like TO set in there
 Put ' tell you I'm En5ch Golden, -'s the 7Eanoiels frantic cry.
 den, care f you're the president e the United States was the retcrt You stay out
 It vas young Naniey himself. who, watching his chence suddenly slipped ir through the ilipes and gained the side of the busy captain before he ipuld be stopped For already the work of removing the vault contents was under way
 You've got Co keep this gold from going out. tho young man cried into the face Of the somewhat astoundeG captain
 Who are you?" demanded that oft.
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tenant, who had been requisitioned to clear way through the crowd. For this was not the intrusion of mere cu- riosity seekers. That much the cap- tain in charge of the police lines promptly discovered when he was on the point of ordering both truck and attendants out of the forbidden terri tory. For the cooleyed man in con- mand Of that truck had come well armed for any such emergency. Into the astonished hand of the police ofi- cial he thrust an authoritative-looking document from the president of the Third National himself:
 This letter 5f introduction read:
 To the Officials in Charge: Act ing on an emergency decision of our directors, l herewith authorize the agents of the Western National Bank tc take possession of anG remove the contents of Third National Bank vaults to the vaults of the Western National. As this decision was arrived at to frustrate any possible interference with our gold and collateral when So obviously exposed, trust you will do everything possible to expedite the re. moVai of this treasure to a place of safety.
 Yours very truly,
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The Bitter Bitten.

The news of the Third National bank outrage soon spread through the city. And as the resultant fire grew in intensity the crowd in the neighbOr- hood grew in volume. Police reserves, marshaled by a stalwart and stern faced captain, had already estab- Iished their fire lines and still fought back the overcurious that trampled the long scorpions Of black hose and kept edging and shouldering ever closer to the scene of the great catas- trophe..
 There was no relaxing of vigilance, in fact, when the limousine of Enoch Golden himself came throbbing and crawling through that densely packed mob of-hunan beings, Golden himself. alighting from that car, pleaded and stormed in vain with the memorable officials confronting him. And while he still frenziedly argued and demand ed a hearing with the officers in charge, second vehicle made it's way towards the. still sInOldering ruins.
 # This second vehicle was motor truck on which was mounted not only. a number of men in the uniform Of bank attendants, but also a police lieu
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The Secret Attack.

GnOch Golden was no longer a cor remptJ0usiy indifferent man as ne faced his attorney. John Sibley. hur
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30
INFANTS 25c SOX l5c

Infants sox, sizes Az to 8,
white with pink, blue and black
fancy tops. Special, pair. 15c
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

employees perform an adequate serv-
ice for the money expended.
Every dollar inrelligently saved
can be utilized for the improvement
development and extension of service,
resulting In a reduction in postage for
those served.
plans are being worked out for
the solution Of railway mail service
problems. They are being solved in
way that will enable the United
States to pay the railroads adequate
compensation for service rendered.
and pay only for service received.
With this result IL next year we can
make those using the second class
mail service pay a one-half part of
what they should. we can go before
congress and take the first step to-
ward penny postage!
THE fact that this year we have a
surplus OF between $4,000, 900 and s5,-
100000 demonstrates that at last the
postal service is on a strong business
and self-suppOrting basis. II we can
keep down useless extravaganza, we
can soon inaugurate one-cent postage
In this country"
This frank statement from the post
master general substantiates declar.
ations which have been made during
the past year or two by officials OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

master General Albert S. Burleson.
This emphatic statement made by
the postmaster general before the
National Association Of Postmasters
Of the United States at their July,
1916, convention, indicates that this
important reform is much nearer
realization than most people believe
and that next winter will see radical
steps taken toward this end.
In addressing the postmasters,
General Burleson declared that they
are giving the best postal service in
the world today, and that is what the
American farmer and business man
are entitled 10. for they pay for IL.
He advised the postmasters to spare
no expense that means greater eff
cheney.
But that does not mean extrava-
gance." said Mr.. Burieson. where
is an official who will tell me that
employees useless 10 the service should
not be Topped off? / do not want TO
be hard on postal employees. be-
lieye the government should require
only a certain number Of hOurs work.
and that under sanitary and comfort
able conditions, at salary not only
adequate, but generous. II is my pdr-
pose and your duty to see that all
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

the National One Cent Letter Postage
Association, which has its headquar-
ters at Cleveland. that with econom-
ical operation Of the department and
a reasonable adjustment Of postal
rates one cent letter postage could be
inaugurated without injury to the
federal government, and letter users
given the benefit Of a big reduction
over current rates
Nearly sixty bills were presented at
the present session of congress, call
ing for one cent letter postage
Scores Of representatives and sena-
torres and representatives have been
closely studying the matter and have
become united in conviction that
the time is ripe for one cent postage,
a reform sought for many years. but
only recently brought to the atten.
tion Of congress through the persist
ent campaign on the part OF the Ma.
tiOnal One Cent Letter Postage As.
ISOLATION.
At the present time letter users OF
the United States net profit to the
government of over 1000. 900 al
year over actual cost Of distribution
At the same time large magazine in.
terests are securing distribution of
their product at one cent pound |
which means a great loss to the gov
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

Mrs. Good of Waterman visited sun.
day at the Bryan home,
Mrs J. G. Bryan was an Athena
visitor Saturday.
Or. j. Griswold made a profession
al visit TO Pendleton Monday.
Mrs. NJ. L. Morrison, Misses Vesta
and Daisy Morrison we're Walla Wal
Ia visitors Monday
Mrs Martin Lewis came out from
Pendleton Monday
Mrs Clara Woodruff Of Athena,
was in town Monday
A. H. Peterson has returned from
a trip to Walla Walla Mr. Peter
son will move to Pendleton for the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. " V. Kirley went to
Athena Monday TO attend the funer-
al OF Robert Maloney. Mrs. Kerley's
cousin. Mrs Charles Alspach also
attended.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

Csc HANDKERCHIEFS 1sc
New handkerchiefs, white lin
en-, small designs, colored en-
broidery, also dainty colOred
silks. Regular 25c quality.
Special p. -.-.....,-,-.-....---......... 19c
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30
NEW OWNER FOR
THE HELIX HOTEL
GUY Il. SMITH WILL TAKE POS.
SESSION THURSDAY - MAN
Is HURT IN HARVEST AC-
CIDENT.
(East Oregonlan Specially

HELM, Aug. 3O.-Guy +. Smith has
leased the Commercial Hotel and will
take possession Thursday.
Sunday next will he decision day
in the Baptist Sunday school Special
music will be feature Of the pro.
gram.
Letha and William Albee have re-
turned from a visit to Pendleton.
Mrs Eta Massey will return
Thursday to her home in Rathdrum,
Idaho, accompanied by her niece,
Mildred Epln.
James Christeson of Freewater was
injured in a harvest accident at John
Thomkins place Friday. Several
ribs were broken.
Miss Anna Heath Of Portland win
teach in place Of Miss Alta Spauld-
ing, resigned. Miss Spaulding goes
to Joseph Ore
Rev. d. w. Thurston went to Ad-
ans Sunday evening and preached
in the Baptist church. Mrs Thurs.
ton accompanied him.
Gid Morrison Of Adams was FRI
Gay visitor.
Among the visitors from Athena to
the swimming pool Friday were Mr..
and Mrs, Fred Gross, Mrs, Ralph Nc
Even, Misses Jessie McEwen, Betty
Keefer and Pauline Myrick.
Mrs. Victor Maston has returned
from a visit to Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs Eugene Tingley OF
Spokane are at the Commercial Ho-
tel
John McRae of Weston was here
Saturday on his way to his ranch in
Cold Springs
Miss Clara King of Cold Springs
visited Miss Letha Albee over Sun
day.
George Clay was out from Pende-
ton Sunday arranging to move to
Pendleton. They expect to leave
Andrew larsen Of Wallula was in
town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Cannon, the
Misses Mcintyre and others were Wis.
tors from Athena Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Peterson Of Ju.
niper were Sunday visitors
f. E. Eheer motored to walla
Walla Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30
SCHOOLS
OF HERMISTON TO
OPEN MONDAY.
MISS KATHERINE CARSON IS
ELECTED To FILL PLACE
OF HARRIET HARRIS.
Al Children Suffering With WhOop-
ing Cough to BE Excluded from
SchoOls-Frank SwnyEe Quarantin-
ed With Scarlet Fever In Mild
FOTm-Othcr News Notes.
(East Oregonlan speclall }

HERMISTON, Aug. 30--At spe-
oial meeting OF the school directors
held last evening, Miss Katherine
Carson of this city, was elected TO
fill the vacancy caused by the resg-
nation OF Miss Harriet Harris In the
first grade Of the public schools OF
this city. Miss Carson has been
teaching in the primary grades of the
Columbia district for the past four
years, and resigned her position to
accept the one offered here, she has
had spendid success. and the school
board is to be congratulated on Sc
curing her services for the Hermiston
| schools.
1t was also decided by the board
Of directors last evening that it would
be necessary to comply with the state
law in regard to contagious diseases
in prohibiting the attendance Of chill
dren having the whooping cough
which is prevalent IN this city at the
present time,
The city schools will open next
Monday with an increased attendance
over last year
Little Frank swayze is quarantined
at the home Of his parents with scar
let fever. He has the disease in
mild FORM and no serious results are
anticipated
Robert Walber, of the local recla
nation office. left Sunday for
weeks vacation at Seaside
Miss Anatasia Chezik, teacher in
the Portland public schools, is visit
ing at the home of her brother, f A.
Chezik. and looking after her land
interests here.
Little Betty Margaret Ralph ar
rived sunday at St Anthony's hos
pital in Pendleton. She is the wee
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Ralph of this city,
Harry T. Maltby left last evening
for Portland for few weeks visit
with friends
Mr.. and Mrs, +. p. Illesly and DR.,
w. w. Illesly have moved into town
from their farm home, and will oc-
cupy the Van Court bungalow on
Gladys avenue, for the winter.
Charles Dishon, of Walla Walla,
and Harold Dishon of Lewiston. Ida
no, were visitors here Sunday, having
made the trip in the latters automo-
bile They were accompanied back
by Dale Hinkle who will visit friends
in Lewiston for a short time
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

ernment and to make up this loss
users Of letter postage are paying a
profit Of 100 per cent.
1t Is to correct this great Injustice
that the postmaster general and his
hundreds Of assistants throughout the
country are now employed. From all
indications one cent letter postage
promises to be one OF the most i'm.
portant issues at the winters session
Of congress.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

COMFORTERS
Made from best selected stock
of cotton and wool batting, COW
cred with silkoline and sateen
and silk. Either straight or
scroll stitched, also tied. large
sizes. Each. $1.OO to $500
BLANKETS
Never before have we had
such a stock of blankets, in fact
we can furnish anything you
want, all cotton, cotton and
wool, German wool finish and all
wool. These are shown in white,
tan and grey and contrasting col
ored headings. Largest sizes.
single and double, also for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

These are Of the finest texture
fabrics made, especially for
dresses. Either in full dress or
in combination with silks and
plaids. Shown in colors of Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

SlecplcssIiess. You can't sleep In
the stillest night if your digestion is
bad, Take Hoods Sarsaparila-it
strengthens the stomach and estab-
fishes that condition in which sleep
regularly comes ana is sweet and re-
freshing. g.-Adv.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30
ONE CENT LETTER RATE
MAY BE INAUGURATED
Bfficiency In Post offlce Department
Brings This Important Reform
Near Realization.

Efficiency in the post office depart
ment with a proper readjustment Of
rates will permit the government to
inaugurate a one cent letter rate with
In the next year. according TO Post
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

double and single beds. A big
line of plaid blankets. Prices
soc to $500.
PLAID BLANKETS $1.9s
One special plaid blanket,
large size, double, medium
weight, shown in pink, blue and
grey, worth more but our price
S1.9S the pair.
COTTON BATS
Make up your own comforters
with our cotton bats. These are
the Real Kind" good cotton,
batted just the size you want.
Small sizes. 15c, 25c
3 lb. Bats Csc, S5c, 95c, S1.OO
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

Another trouble with the man-eat-
ing sharks Is that they are too small
one objects to being a Jonah on the
instalment plan.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30

If the Belgian hare has not yet ar
rived he never will. Rabbits are
selling at 1926 each in parts Of Ger
many
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-30
BEDDING

We better prepared take of the Bedding
than before full and complete of
Comforte Blankets Pillows Sheets Pillow Cases. Bed Spreads
Cotton Bats and Wool Bats We furnish your for the
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