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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-30

ce- = CHICAGO, March 3O-Vim was put
-, into the wheat market today by further
unfavorable crop news and the tone
showed strength after some irregularity in
! the early dealings. Commission houses
were good buyers and shorts were COM
PEELED to cover. The volume Of bad crop
badvices disheartened many Of the bears,
Minneapolis reported a good demand for
vGthe cash article.
= B. w. Snow said that the loss by win
ter killing in the soft wheat territory was
being generally recognized, but that there
appeared to be disposition TO regard the
crop in Kansas as in a position to make
up the losses suffered elsewhere. He said
that the fact was that the promise in
that State was not up to normal
John Ingls said that prospects in In
diana were poor and that a considerable
area would be abandoned. There was ap-
,prehension over the unfayorable weather
In the Northwest and in Canada.
While offerings were taken readily, best
prices were not maintained, proft-taking
being sufficient to send the list Off
Leading futures ranged follows:
Yes'dav's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-30
FINANCIAL NEWS
MARKET FAILED TO RESPOND
TO EITHER GOOD OR BAD NEWS
American Beet Sugar Declined Instead of Advancing on
News That Dividends Had Been Resumed-Many
s4 Statements That Diplomatic Rupture Is Pending
High Points in Today's Financial News

Sugar resumed dvdends Stock declaring
quarterly First
since October Atlantic Steel Company dgrd ngt dr5eHa @
dtrdcnd declared Y
Ne Zinc Copony Reorganization pgn hdern for stand
lead ddrdnd RdV
taeofabLe EeLrnaN raioad carngs 8atements issued
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-27

Fashion Art League of America, who
is to the juvenile world what POiret
is to the fashion world generally
creator of original designs.
The little frock at the left is de-
signed for a flower girl who is to pa
rade in a June wedding procession;
the same little miss dressed for
fancy dance in white tulle with many
1880 scallops on the skirt appears in
the right picture, and in the third she
is shown in a demure little coat of
novelty white serge with a Quaker
bonnet in gold and white.
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The Oily Eel

This remarkable photo shows an
eel sliding or skidding around a cor
ner. It must have escaped from a
fish store, because its bungalow is
in the ocean. It ''gets the eeIs ami
mali when he hears about these nom
skid tires, because they take first
prize for sliding and he gets second.
If. some enterprising person wanted
to make a lot of mazuma and push
John D. into last place, here's a
bunch that's a royal flush. You've
heard of those collars that are sup
posed to be made so that the tie will
slide easily? Ha! Heb! So have wei!
Well, why not take eels and paint
stripes, dots or fancy little designs
on them-whoa! we've let you in
on this bunch too far already. Quick,
Benjamin, the needle! ~
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BRAIN FOOD

Over-Tea-Cups Club - President,
Mrs. c. L. Marston, $50 Park av.; sec
rotary, Mrs. S. A. Whedon, SAT Col
lege aV. Club meets weekly on Fri
day and studies magazines articles,
cereals and current eVents.-Apple-
ton, Wis, Crescent.
After while a girl casts aside her
hook and line and begins to use a
net,
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GRAND EASTER BALL.

The ladies of the Catholic shurch have decided to give an Easter Ball on April 24, the day after Easter.
 Preparations are being made by a Committee to render the dance successful social entertainment.
 Dandy show tonight at the Grand, see the add on page 4. ad.
 All kinds or commercial print ing dcne at the Progressive-Minc
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.
Territorial Road Commissioner, Division No. 1,

To Whom It May Concern:-
 Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until April 9th, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, for furnish ing to the Territory of Alaska, the following described lumber and tim bers:
 112 Pes. 10 in. 12 in. 10 it. Spruce Rough; 5 Pcs. 10 in. 12 in. 20 it. Spruce Rough; 115 Pcs. 3 in. X 12 in. 14 it. Hemlock S. I. s. I. E.; 1925 Pcs. 3 in. X 12 in. K 10 fit. Hemlock S. I. s. I. E.; 200 Pcs. 8 in. 12 in. 22 it. Spruce s. I. E.; 20 Pcs. 8 in. 12 in. 20 it. Hemlock S. I. s. I. E.; 400 Pcs. 2 in. x 8 in. IA it. Spruce Rough; 150 Pes. 2 in. in. 20 fit. Spruce s. 4 S.; 600 Pcs. 1 in. X 6 in. 20 it. Spruce Rough; 120 Pes. 2 in. in. Is it. Spruce s. 4 s. to be completed and delivered in the waters of Tongass Narrows at or near the Western town limits of Ketchikan, Alaska; said lumber and timbers to be free from all loose knots and delivered at destination free from all freight or other charg- es, except net contract price, same to be delivered at destination with in 30 days of notice of acceptance of bid by Commissioner; cash avail able as soon as properly signed vouchers are sent in to this office and forwarded to the capitol at Juneau.
 The right to reject any and all bids is reserved.
 E. c. AUSTIN, Territorial Road Commissioner, Di. vision No. 1.
 First publication March IA. Last publication April 5.
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 Concluded tomorrow.)
ANSWER TO A QUESTION.

From the West Coast the other day, came the following question:
 "Will you please tell me why. when We stay neutral, a shipment of rubber to Germany, as was re- corded last fall in the papers, is banned by our government? Why was it said to be German plot We are sending shiploads of muni- tions to the allies, and that is con- sidered all right. Why is it a crime in the one case and proper in the other?''
 The offense charged in the dis covery of the effort to send rubber to Germany, as referred to, is not the sending of material to that country, but rather the failure to manifest to he United States goods exported to foreign lands for pro- fit in the course of trade. There is no law in this country against send- ing contraband of war by individ- uals or firms to any country what ever; but there is a law making false manifests to the United States. Hence the crime attributed to the Germans.-Editor.
 The Daily Progressive Miner de | f1..x~o1
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The Daily Progresive-M Miner de- livered 75 cents per month.
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Annette Isldnd Council Takes
 Exceptions
FATHER DUNCAN AND HIS METLAKATLA INDIAN
 CONVERTS

Continued from last issue.)
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-03-27
The Stedman Cafe
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.
Territory of Alaska, Territorial Road Commissioner, Division No

1SA1AsSAA0l AsOetN OOhliu1oolOlSIt
 Division No. 1.
 Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Territorial Road Commissioner, Division No. 1, Ket- chikan, Alaska, until 12 o'clock noon on April 5, 1916, for the construct ion of roadway from a point to be designated by the Commissioner on the Charcoal Point Roadway to the site selected by the School Board of Charcoal Precinct for the Government School Building, a dis tance of approximately 1125 it.
 Plans and specifications may be obtained at the office of the under signed and the ground will be gone over with any prospective bidder. Bonds will be required of the sue cessful bidder and the right is re- served to reject any and all bids.
 E. c. AUSTIN, Territorial Road Commissioner, Ter ritorial Division No. 1.
 First publication March t4. Last publication April 5.
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 If you are looking for something you have lost; OF something you need whether 1t is bargain in clthes, engines, meal tickets, position or whatnot, read the Classified Ads column" It is there.
 Bring in your bit of news. The Progressive-Miner is always glad to receive and print news items.
 Job printing neatly and prompt. done at the Progressive Miner.
 -1--
 All kinds of commercial print ing done at the Progressive Miner.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
SYNOPSIS.

At Troyon's. a Paris inn. the youth
Marcel Troyon, afterwards to be known
As Michael Lanyard. is caught stealing
by Burke. an expert thief. who takes the
boy with him to America and makes OF
him a finished craftsman. After stealins
the Omber Jewels and the Huysman wal
Troyon's forthe first time in many years
because he thinks Roddy, a Scotland
Yard man. is on his trail On arrival he
nnds Roddy already installed as a guest
At dinner conversation between C0mte
de Morbihan. NJ BannOn and Mile Ban
non about the Lone Wolf. celebrated
cracksman who works alone, puzzles and
alarms him to whether his identity Is
only guessed or known To satisfy him
ee1f that Roddy is not watching him
lanyard dresses and goes out. leaving
Roddy apparently asleep and snoring in
Che next room, then comes back stealth
lily. to find in ms room Mile. Bannon. who
Explains her presence by saying that she
was sleep walking. In his apartment near
the Trocadero he finds written the back
Of tWenty-pound note. part of his con-
Eealed emergency hoard. an invitation
from The Pack to the Lone Wolf to join
Them. Lanyard attempts to dispose of
the Omber jewels. but finds that The
Pack has forbidden the buyers to deal
with him. He decides to meet The Pack.
De Morbihan meets him and takes him
before three masked members of The
Pack. He recognized POpinot, apache,
and Wertheimer. English mobsman. but
the third. an American. is unk to
him. He refuses alliance with them.
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common sense or to his romantic bent
In two minutes he had stripped the
mustache clean away from that stu
pid, faced mask.
Unquestionably the resemblance was
now most striking; the American
would readily pass fer Michael Ian
yard
This much accomplished. he pursued
his preparations in feverish haste. In
spits of this, he overlooked no detail.
In less than twenty minutes he had
exchanged clothing with the American
down to shirts, collars and neckties;
had packed in his own pockets the
several articles taken from the other.
together with the jointed jimmy and
few of his personal effects, and was
ready to bid adieu to himself. to that
Michael Lanyard whom Paris knew.
The insentient masquerader on the
floor had called himself "Goodenough
Smith," he must serve now as Good
enough Lanyard" at least for the
Lone VOLTS purposes; the police, at
all events. would accept him as such.
Extinguishing the lights, he stepped
quickly to a window and from one
edge of its shade looked down into
the street.
He was in time to see a stUnted hui
man silhouette detach itself from the
shadow of a doorway on the opposite
walk, move to the curb and wave an
arm-evidently signaling another sen
tinel on a farther corner and out Of
Lanyard's range of vision.
Herein was additional proof. if any
lacked. that De Morbihan had not ex-
aggerated the disposition of Popinot.
He nodded grimly. moved back from
the window, and used the 1ash-lamp
to light him to the door.
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Picking it up. he examined with in
terest a small hypodermic syringe.
loaded to the full capacity. plunger
drawn back-ali ready for instant use.
1t was the needle of this instrument
that had pricked the skin of Lanyard's
neck; beyond reasonable doubt it con-
tanned a soporific. if not exactly kill
ing dose of some narcotic drug-co-
caine, at a venture.
So it appeared that this agent of the
Pack had been commissioned to put
the Lone Wolf to sleep for an hour or
two or more-perhaps not perma-
nently-that he might be out of the
way long enough for their purposes.
Lanyard smiled grimly, lingering the
hypodermic and eying the PROSTATE
man.
Turn about he reflected. sis said
to be fair play Well, why not?"
With this he bent forward, dug the
needle into the wrist of the American
and shot the plunger home, all in a
single movement so swift and deft
that the drug was delivered before
the pain could startle the victim from
his coma.
AS for that, he recovered quickly
enough; but only to have his clearing
senses met and dashed by the muzzle
of a pistol stamping a cold ring upon
his temple.
Lie perfectly quiet, my dear Mr.
Smith," Lanyard advised: don't speak
above a whisper! Give the dope a
chance; it'll only want a moment-or
I'm no Judge and you're a careless
highbinder! I'd like to know, how
ever, if it's all the same to you"
But the drug was taking swift eff
feet; the look of panic which had
drawn the features Of the American
and fickered from his eyes. with
dawning appreciation of his plight
was cIouding, fading. blending into
one of daze and stupor. The eyelids
fluttered and lay still; the lips moved
as if with urgent desire to speak, but
were dumb; a long, convulsive sigh
shook the Americans body, and he
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rested with the immobility of the dead,
but for the slow and steady rise and
fall Of his bosom.
Thoughtfully Lanyard reviewed
these phenomena
Must kick like a mule. that dope!"
he reflected. Lucky it didn't get ma
before l guessed what was up! If
I'd suspected its strength, however.
I'd have been less hasty-I could do
with a little information from Mr.
Mysterious Stranger herei"
In abstraction he wandered to a
chair over whose back hung a light
dressing gown of wine-colored silk,
which, because it would pack in small
compass, he was in the habit of carry
ing with him on his travels. Lanyard
had left this thrown across the bed,
and he was wondering subconsciously
what use the other man had thought
to make of it that he should have
taken the trouble to remove it to the
chair.
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shows that stand It real well. 1 took
the Compound when my ten year old
daughter came and it helped me lot.
have also had my Oldest girl take 1t
and it did her lots of good. keep it IN
the house al the time and recommend
it Mrs. DEWITT SNCEBAUGH, West
Dandy, n. Y.
Sleeplessness, nervousness, irritabiI-
ity, backache, headaches, dragging sen
sations, all point to female derange-
ments which may be overcome by Lydia
L Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients Of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be most valuable tonic
and lnvigOrator of the female organism.
Women everywhere bear willing test
mony to the wonderful virtue of lydia
Z Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Cling feebly; not long, but long enough
to enable his antagonist to shift his
hold and climb on top Of his body.
where he squatted, bearing down
heavily with a knee on either of Lam
yards fOrearms. two hands encircling
his neck, murderous thumbs digging
into his windpipe.
He revived momentarily. pulled him
self together, and heaved nightly in
futile effort to unseat the other.
The sole result Of this was tighten
ing pressure on his throat.
Then of a sudden he ceased to
struggle and lay slack and passive in
the others hands.
Only an instant longer was the
clutch on his throat maintained. Both
hands left it quickly, one shifting to
his head to turn and press it roughly.
cheek to the floor. simultaneously he
was aware of the other hand fumbling
about his neck, and then of a touch
OF metal and the sting of a needle
driven into the flesh beneath his ear
That galvanized him; he came to
life again in a twink1ing, animate with
threefold strength and cunning. The
man on his chest was thrown off as
by young earthquake, and Lanyard's
right arm was no sooner free than it
shot out with blind but deadly accu-
racy to the point of his assailant's
jaw. A click of teeth was followed by
a sickish grunt as the man Iurched
over.
And then Lanyard was scrambling
to his feet, bit giddy, perhaps, but
still sufficiently master of his wits to
whip his pistol out before making one
further move.
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Bullet Wounds In Stomach

In some experiments with bullet
wounds it was determined that when
a hollow organ. such as the stomach,
Is perforated by a bullet it sustains
more damage if it contains fluid than
If empty. The author fired a O.303
bullet at a Sleeps stomach, In the one
case when it as full OF water. and
In the other case when it was empty,
with following results: The aperture
in each wall of the empty organ was
o. inches: the aperture in the arst
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CHAPTER Xii.
Flight.

Plight
That wistfuI shadow Of his memo
ries, that covering Marcel Of yester-
day. in acute terror Of the heavy hand
of Nine. Troyon, had never stolen down
that corridor more quietly; yet Ian
yard had taken not five PAGES from his
door when that other, at the far. end
Of the corridor, opened. and Lucia
Bannon stepped out
He halted and shut his teeth upon
an involuntary oath-truly it seemed
as though this run of the devils own
luck would never endl
Astonishment measurably modified
his evaporation What had reused
the girl out OF bed and dressed her
for the street at that unholy hour?
And why her terror at sight Of him2
For that the encounter was no more
welcome TO her than TO him was as
patent as the fact that she was pre-
pared to leave the hotel forthwith A
businesslike Burberry rainproof en-
veloped her from throat to the hem
Of a short walking skirt of rough
tweed. beneath which boots both stout
and brown were visible
At sight OF him she paused with a
nervous start and instinctively stepped
back, cropping blindly for the knob Of
her bedchamber door, while the eyes
that held to his with an effect OF
frightened fascination seemed mOmen-
tarily to grow larger and darker in
her face of abnormal pallor-
But these were illegible evidences
and Lanyard ignored them, intent on
securing her attention and silence be
fore she could speak and so. perhaps
betray him and ruin incOntinently that
grim alibi he had prepared with such
elaborate pains. He moved toward her
swiftly, with long. silent strides, a
lifted hand enjoining rather than beg
ging her silence and attention As he
drew nearer he was aware that curl
Gus change was coIoring the complex
ion of her temper. She passed quickly
from dread to something oddly like re-
lief, from repulsion to something
strangely like welcome, and dropping
the hand that had sought the doOrknOb.
she. in turn, moved quietly to meet
him
He was grateful for this considera-
ton. for this tacit indulgence Of the
wish he had as yet to voice, and drew
a little hope and comfort from it in
an emergency which had surprised
him without resource other than to
throw himself upon her mercy. And
as soon as he could make himself
heard in the clear yet concentrated
whisper that was a trick Of his trade,
he addressed her in a manner at once
peremptory and apologize:
IF you please. Miss Bannon-not a
word. not a Whisper"
She paused and nodded, eyes stead
fast to his. questioning but compliant
DoubtfuIIy, wondering that she didn't
show more wonder. he went on in the
shirt of one committed to a fOrlorn
hope:
IT'S vitality essential that I leave
this hotel without it becoming known
If might count on you to say moth
ing"
She gave him pause with a small
gesture. But how7" she breathed in
the least Of whispers. The con
cierge-"
Leave that to mel know another
way. 1 need only a chance"
saThen you must take me with youl'-
'rEh?" he stammered, dashed
ITO BE CONTINUED
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pleton OF the Fifty-third regiment. who
was permanent orderly over Bona
parte until the close of June, 1917.
The library Of the Nebraska univer-
sity paid $3.50 for a fine copy Of John
KingsborOugh's Antiquities OF Mexi-
CO." published in London in 1918.
J. F. Lewis gave $85 for a manuscript
Koran written In the seventeenth CEN
fury, in red and black on native glazed
paper Each page is within ruled gold
lines and the first two pages are sur
rounded by ornamental borders IN gold
and colors-
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without movement of any perceptible
sort; his face more than half turned
to the floor, and masked into the bar
gain.
IncredulOusly Lanyard stirred the
body with a foot, holding his weapon
poised as though half expecting the
form to quicken with instant and vio-
lent action; but it responded in no
way.
With nod of satisfaction he shift
ed the light until it marked the near
est electric bulb, which proved, in
line with his inference, to have been
extinguished by the socket key rather
than by the wall switch while the heat
of the bulb indicated that the current
had been shut off only an instant be-
fore his entrance.
The light full up, he went back to
the thug, knelt, and, lifting the body,
turned it upon it's back.
Recognition Immediately rewarded
this maneuver: the masked face up
turned to the glare was that of the
American who had made a fourth in
the concert of the Pack-'Mr. Smith"
Quickly unlatching the mask, Lam
yard removed it; but the countenance
thus exposed told little more than he
knew; he could have sworn he had
never seen it before. None the less,
something in it's saturnine cast per
sistently troubled his memory with
the same provoking and battling effect
that had attended their first encoun-
ter.
Already the American was strug-
Cling toward consciousness. His lips
and eyelids twitched spasmodically,
he shuddered, and his fexed muscles
began to relax. In this process some
thing fell from between the fingers Of
his right understanding small and
silver bright that caught Lanyard's
| eye.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Tolerance In Russia

There is one test Of a civilized
country which Is now universally rec
ognized. Religious freedom is held
to be essential to national greatness
Let US see briefly what this means
in all the Russias. The governing
class. drawn from inner Russia be-
longs. of course, to the strict orthodox
Greek church
The Baltic provinces are Lutheran.
Finland Is Protestant, the southwest
ern provinces contain \ large proper
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
LOCK OF NAPoLEoN's HAIR
Relic OF Emperor, Obtained During
His ST. Helena Imprisonment,
Sold in New York

A lock of Napoleon Bonaparte's hair.
obtained while he was at St Helena,
was bought by George D. Smith for
s1O7 so at the John z. Burton library
sale in the Anderson galleries at New
York. Il is preserved within folio
sheets Of ceIlnIoid and was accompa-
MED By q letter Of Capt. Thomas Pop
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wall of the full stomach was also o.
inches. but that in the second wall
was OF inches. From this it follows
that a man hit after full meal would
have less chance of recovery than
had this occurred when the organ was
empty Bullet wounds Of the lung,
provided no large vessels are touched.
are seldom fatal Ia man or beast
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Words of Advice.

81 have the worst luck
What's the matter, SOM"
After 1 had taken the trouble to
learn all the latest steps my girl
began to skate
''Umph! If you don't want to get
left behind nowadays, my boy. you not
only have to keep up with all the lat
est fads, but occasionally anticipate
them"
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CHAPTER XII.
Turn About,

Lanyard now thought Of his pocket
flash-lamp, and Immediately it's wide
circle Of light enveloped his antago-
mist.
The fellow was resting on a Shout
der, legs uncouthly asprawl, quite
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ton OF Roman Catholics and Jews: II
the Crimea and is the middle VOlga
are Tartar Mohammedans: in the
Caucasus is a perfect babel OF Ian
guages and consequently OF creeds-
Religious tolerance, initiated BY the
reforming car. Alexander II. is one
OF the tenets Of government, and Is
nominaIly in force all over the en-
pire.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G etable Com
pound for nerves
and for female trcu-
bles and it straight
ened me out IN good
shape. IworknearIy
all the time, as We
live on a farm and I
have four girls. lido
all my sewing and
other work with
Their holn -
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If a married man ever becomes truly
great his wife nearly always assumes
the responsibility for it