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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14


ST. LOUIS recently voted a S3,000,
coo bond issue, the money to be ex-
pended in additional school buildings,
The necessity for them cut no figure
in the election; the cause of Educa-
ton is too sacred for investigation
and the multitude, once persuaded
that they we're to get something with.
out cost to themselves, would as
readily have voted a $50, 200, 900 loan.
''It won't cost me anything Isl pow
erful argument in favor of the Eyes
on any question of public expenditure
OF interest in this connection is the
following, taken from the st. Louis
Taxpayer:
The "crowded condition of the
schools" claimed and agitated in fran.
tic frenzy, by the Board of Education.
for its So, 000, 900 bondissue, is discred-
tied by an investigation made by the
Tenth Ward Improvement Assoc
citation, which reports 1910 empty
seats in is of our public schools. Oh
the remaining 219 schools not report
ed, some OF them r said to contain
whole rooms entirely vacant.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14
Weather Report.

Meteorological Report Of Coopera-
tive Observer at Irontou, Iron County.
Mo-, for the week ending Tuesday,
Dec. IL, 1915:
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ODr Inv DG03rtnnt X S3Dt2'S t

Many dozens of DOLLs-China, Rubber, Unbreak-
ale and KID Body Dolls, priced from 10c to
1915. There are Doll Buggies from SOC to $500
each, and Doll Furniture of all kinds.
There are REPEATING AIR RIFLES and % Cal.
Rifles for Boys. Also, velocipedes, Coasters, Flexible Flyers, Iron
Dancing Tops, Rocking Horses, Ice and Roller Skates, Etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14
Days Of Week.

Lost-In Arcadia, December I'd, a
heavy White Sweater. Finder please
return to this office. Reward.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14
Judge Bearings Majority.
wayne County Journal.l

The totals by counties on the Circuit
Circuit Judge race are:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14

Some Things the Ladies Appreciate
Kimonas, Silk Sweaters, Robes, Fine
Silk Hose, JeweIry Novelties, Box Fine Sta
tionery, Fine Cologne, Toilet Cases, Manicure
Sets, White Ivory Handled Mirrors, Hair Brushes, Combs,
Leather Handbags, Skating Sets, Gold Beads, LavaIieres,
Furs, Gloves, Good Books, SILK PETTICOAT, CLOAK, SILK
UMBRELLA, SUIT CASE OR TRUNK.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14

There are TOY RANGES for Girls, Toy Dishes from
25c to 81 ,25 per set, Sewing Sets, Fancy Ribbons,
Combs, and hundreds of other articles.
GOO BOOKS for Boys and Girls and Grownups.
Alger and Henty- and Motor Series for BOYS.
southworth and "Girl Chum" Series for Girls. Rhymes and Jngles
for the Little Tots. Nice Assortment of most popular Books of
the day by leading authors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-12-14

E. D. AXE, EDITOR
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

Default having been made In the conditions
sf certain mortgage made by John Harmep
and EliLabsth X Harmer, mis- wife. 10 Norman
II. Herbert, Secretary, and William Hodgns,
Treasurer OF the Michigan Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, and their successors
In ON e. and dated March 25th, A ID. 1913, and
recorded In the ONCE OF the Register OF DECIDE
for the County OF st. Clair and the State Of
Michigan on the oath day March. A. d.. 1918, In
llber 100 OF NJ MoFtgages on page 634 and OH tho
18th dRy OF April A. ID. 1913 said mortgage being
assigned by said Norman B. Herbert Secretary
and William Hedgns I easurer Of the Michigan
Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co unto Seneca
Valentine, said Assignnsent being recorded In the
once OF the Register Of Deeds for the county Of
~ Cslr .as ss-1s ?. s sss ths suS.edSeSt ~
90 so laid assignment the said assignee, seneca
Valentine being deceased and Cecelia Valentine
ksvine been appointed adninistratrix OF his
estate By the PrsbAt Court OF the County Of 81.
Clair and state " hiosNss
AccordibS to ths terms asd ecndltisns OF said
roftsnge there IL new slaimed To be due thore-
90 st the date sf this Hstes tour thousand three
hunAreA spA twenty ttSs2Aeol cellars and taxes
for 1915 amounting 70 Aeeut ono nunared sno
thsusssd fear husdred and seventy ts44IO 0oI
dollars and an htt0rnsJt fcs a. prsvlded 10 salu
msrtgAss u forty leo oe) ashsrs' sna no suit W.
OF proceeding AZ law having boon instituted 70
recover the moasys secured by said mortgage,
New. rseroasrs, by virtus OF the power Of sas
su h case made sAd provided. notice Is hereby
Siyeu that oa FRIDAY, the 18th day Of October,
sh.ll All A publte suetss to the highest bidder
nt the front door si the Ceurt House IN the fty
Of Port Huros. 10 said osunty. that being thy
haildinQ where the Circut Court foT tho SALE
eousty a 81 Ciair Is hsIA. the premises eoscri0-
ed In said mortgage, or - much thsreof as may
be nss esssry TO pay the amount due on ssi4
mortgage with siE per cent interest enu AL leEa'
eosts toqethsr Nth an attorneys fee Of forty
dollars AZ provided for In said mortgage.
TIE said premises betng described In SAID
auartsT NJ Of section nfteen llSl and also the
southeast quarter y ot the southeast quarter
u. OF section slxte II ls] all la township elght
Isl north, range fUutoen ll+J east, one Eunureo
and twenty acres OF Land.
CkI KLIA VALENTINE, Administratrix OK
Assignee Seneca Valentine, Deceased
R.H. DRAkE, Atty Tor Administratrlx l6 -
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19

quick cry OF warning bursting from the
drivers throat. Staring ahead. she
saw that still another effort was being
made to Intercept them. This time II
was a man with a red flag. Instead of
stopping, the car swept past the man
so close that its fender-end slapped
against the fiagstick itself as he re-
peated his lusty shout OF command.
But that command was more or less
lost on Train, a little dizzy now with
the sheer drunkenness OF speed.
"Stop?"Smocked the driver as he
raced on. I'm going to stop for moth
ing this side OF hell"
Yet that valiant boast was little
more than the articulation OF mortal
pride so often preluding mortal disas-
ter. For, bearing down on them along
that lonely stretch OF roadway they
could already see a second car. The
point about this car that worried Train
was that 1t was not approaching them
as a well-behaved car should approach
a comrade vehicle, but vermiculated
drunkenly from one side OF the road to
the other. Even Margery,. as she
leaned forward, puzzling over these
strange movements, realized that peril
was involved in passing a vihicle 30
uncertain OF its course. At the same
time, too, she could hear from far be-
hind her the prolonged and warning
cry OF an auto horn, wailing disturb
ingly through the quiet air of the late
afternoon.
The next moment the two cars had
met. head-on.
There was a crash of metal and
glass, a rending OF honey-comb radia'
tors and coppered tenders.
What happened after that for all
time remained strangely like a dream
to Margory. She remembered seeing
Train lying close beside his wrecked
car, with the blood trickling from his
wrist and staining his whip-cord uni
form. She remembered seeing other
figures, even more helpless looking
But most OF all she remembered how
one OF these figures, pulling himself
together. had slowly risen to his feet
AS he did so he turned half-stupidly
about and stared down at her. And the
moment she saw that pallid yet tri
umphant face she knew that it was LIE
gar. She knew that he was confronting
her, that he was slowly but determin
edly making his way towards her. And
she knew that In another moment she
would have been their prisoner again
had not a sudden and unlooked-for in
terruption taken place.
This interruption came in the form
OF flying roadster. with a masked
figure leaning low cut from its run
ming board as it swept down on them
She remembered the sudden shout OF
the men, the sudden clutch of the
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19

and hand IL TO the man In the black
ulster who will be waiting there. No
trickery can succeed. And this is your
last chancel JULES LEGAR."
Silently the beaten man stared down
at this strange missive. Slowly as he
did so, the last of his once iron will
melted away.
He rose heavily from his chair and
crossed to the vault. From this vault
he took the map, the time-yellowed
square OF MANILA about which so many
of the sorrows and troubles Of all his
life seemed to revolve. Then. calling
for his hat and coat and ordering a
car, he tremblingly made ready for his
midnight visit of capitulation to the
Central Tower building.
While these events were taking
place, however, there was one member
of the Golden household who remained
far from inactive. When David Man.
ley so abruptly left a tranquil bunga
low at Cedarton and so stealthily
pushed his way through the shrubbery
surrounding that bungalow, II WIS be-
cause he had made the sudden dis
covery that Legar himself was in the
neighborhood Nor was II hard for
him to guess the reason for that mas
ter-criminars invasion OF those seques-
tered grounds. And Manley, promptly
deciding to stalk the stalker himself,
was rewarded by overhearing enough
OF Legar's plans, as the latter hurried
ly issued his instructions to two of his
confederates near the roadside, TO
realize the necessity OF at once get
ting in touch with Enoch Golden.
Whatever happened, he felt, 1t was his
duty to warn Margery's father that
Legar himself had acknowledged his
ignorance of the girls whereabouts
and had expressed his intention Of
tricking the chart out Of Its present
owners hands.
Ten minutes of frantic efforts at a
telephone booth In the nearby village,
however, convinced Manley OF the inn
possibility of getting In touch with
Golden BY wtrs
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
servants' telephone below stairs. Part

servants telephone below stairs. Part
OF that guarded conversation was car
ried on by Wrench. the new footman.
and much OF II had to do with the very
situation so disturbing the aged million
aire in the room above. For 1t was Le-
gar explaining that a masked stranger
at the last moment had snatched the
girl from their hands and had apparent
ly carried her Off to some hiding place
of his own. This was followed by the
command to deliver still another mes
sage to Enoch Golden, with the final
warning that every wire leading into
the Golden house must be cut as soon
| as possible.
The new footman, in obedience to
these orders. quietly traced out the
telephone circuits to the basement and
there severed the wires with a pair OF
scissors purloined for the purpose
from Mile. Celestine's workbag. Then,
watching his chance, he carefully
penned o note, wording IL as Legar
had duly instructed him to do. Then
he returned to the neighborhood OF the
| library door, with his ferretlike alert
ness masked under his customary i'm
mobility OF face.
It was not until his restless master
| discovered the telephone wires to be
dead. and went storming through the
house to determine the reason for this
misadventure. that Wrench realized
his chance had come. Slipping into
the deserted library on the pretext OF
adjusting the rugs. he stopped before
the rosewood table, hesitated a mo-
ment, and then lifted the heavily
chased lid of Golden's cigar case and
dropped the note inside. A moment
later he had left the room, unobserved
and unsupported.
II did not take many minutes OF
waiting to confirm the wisdom OF
Wrench's movement. For Enoch Gold
en-, striding restlessly back into his
library, sank with a sigh OF WEAKNESS
into the armchair beside the rosewood
table. For a moment or two he stared
abstractedly and unhappily about him
Then, with still another sigh, he
reached out and lifted the heavily
chased lid OF silver. His fingers, in
stead OF coming in contact with a per
fecto corseted in gold, rustled against
a sheet of paper Automatically he
picked II up and unfolded 1t.
Written on that mysterious sheet he
found the following:
"To fight me further In this Is use
less. And unless you open your eyes
to this fact Il will soon be worse than
useless. II will be fatal. repeat that
want your half Of that chart. II you
want your daughter to live, want her
sent back to you, take that chart tc
the twenty-fourth floor Of the Central
Tower building, within the next hour
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
SIXTH EPISODE
THE SPOTTED WARNING

Enoch Golden had never formed the
habit of taking others into his conf
dence. And when events came into
his life which seemed to leave him
more and more dependent on his i'm
mediate associates he betrayed an oc-
casional tendency to focus his neb-
ulous resentment against that situa-
ton on the exasperatingly imperturb-
able figure Of David Manley.
Young man." he said, fixing his Sec
retary with a steely eye, 81 came to
this decision twenty long years ago,
and nothing is going TO change 1t. That
woman was sent from my home, and
she will never enter it again"
Manley looking down at the note
still held in his hand, thought OF the
troubled and tear-stained face OF the
girl who had so recently clung to his
arm and asked him to plead her cause.
And the memory of Margery Golden
brought fresh courage to him.
But this woman who was once your
own wife is only asking for glimpse
of her own daughter again. Surely
hat is asking little enough"
And l repeat that won't allow It
| have saved my daughter from the
dangers that woman's wrong surround
ed her with. have saved her from"
Have you?" interrupted Manley, de-
iberately meeting the older mans
stare.
Any retort the older man was about
10 utter remained unspoken, for at
that moment a soft-treading footman
entered the room and crossed to the
iesk with a salver of mail in his hand
Manley looking up, eyed that servant
'esentfully, and with touch of sus
picion. This intruder. he promptly
surmised, was a new figure in the
household retinue.
BE so good as to knock when you
enter this ROOM" was the young secre
lary's sharp command.
Every good, sir" answered the new
.ootman, scarcely raising his eyes.
"H'h!" Golden scoffed, looking uT
from the letter which he had just
opened. "Since you're so ready to ask
avors, here's another friend to ask
hem for. Here's the captain OF the
circle you're so ready to champion
But instead of asking favors you see
ae demands them!"
He tossed the folded sheet angrily
across the desk top. Manley took il
up and read it.
"Your happiness hangs on one small
Ierap Of paper. That paper Is the
,ortlon Of the WIndward island char
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
SYNOPSIS.

On windward island Palidori intrigues
Mrs Golden into an appearance OF eVli
which causes Golden TO capture and tor
ture the Italian by branding his face ana
crushing his hand. Palho-t opens the
dyke gates and floods the ishnd ana IN
the General rush to escape the flood Kid
maps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar
CORY. Twelve years later In New YORK
Masked One calling himself the Hammer
from the cadet Casavanti. to whom Jules
Legar has delivered her. and takes her TO
the homo OF Enoch Golden. millionaire.
whence she is recaptured by Legar Legar
and Stein are discovered by Manley. Col
denis secretary, setting fire to Golden's s
buildings, but escSpS- Margory's mother
fruitlessly imPsOres Enoch Golden TO
And their daughter. The Masked One
again takes Margory away from Legar.
Legar loots the Third National bank. but
again the Laughing Mask illustrates his
DlanR
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
NO damage whicn . half-nour's woS
couldn't patch up.

But Manley, in truth, was thinking
little OF either Eyart or his fier. All
his thoughts, as he climbed franticaily
up through the broken tower window
were revolving about the problem as
to whether or not he was too late.
And that all-vital question still OBJ
sessed him as he mounted the iron
treads OF the stairway leading TO the
tower top, painting up flight after flight
until his lungs seemed bursting for
want OF air, and his over-driven heart
beat drumlike against his rib-cage.
And as he reached the top and flung
out through the narrow door opening
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19
ANNOUNCEMENT

Owing TO the confusion In the names
OF two Doctor Frazers on Military It.
DIR r. G. Frazer, specialist on Eye
lar, Nose and Throat diseases wishes
To announce his Office on the ground
floor Of the Yokom Bldg, opposite the
Harrington Hotel, i0il Military street
Port Huron, Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19

strong hand as II caught at her while
the roadster swept by, the equally sud-
den pain through her bruised body as
she was swung safely up into the seat
of the onward swerving car She re-
membered. too, the arm close about
her as she lay back, weak and pant
ing, as they danced and speeded on
along that lonely road. She remem-
bered turning in through stone gate,
winding along an orderly gravel drive
way, stopping before a vine-bowered
bungalow. She remembered, as the
masked man at her side helped her in
through an ivory-white door, turning
dazedly to him and asking who he was.
And she remembered the smile that
showed just beneath the fringe Of the
yellow domino as he shook his head
and the sense of deprivation that
swept through her as she found her
self once more alone. Then from the
same door through which the Laugh
ing Mask had stepped. she remem-
bered, she had seen a quiet-eyed wom-
an come out,-a quiet-eyed woman who
had crept up to her, with tears we'll
ing from her eyes and smile of pity
ing tenderness about her lips.
"Margery, don't you know ne? Don't
you remember your own motherY"
that quiet-eyed woman had asked as
she had taken her in her arms. And
as she stared up into taat motherly
face, bent so close over her own, she
had said, with a gasp OF bewilderment.
"Are you-you the Laughing Mask?"
But her mother, she remembered, had
smiled, almost sorroWfully, and had
put finger to her Inns.
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19

Enoch Golden, anxious and worn
out, sat waiting for some further word
as to the fate Of his daughter Margery.
Nothing had come TO him since Trains
startling message of the collision and
the even more startling news OF the
girrs mysterious disappearance. He
would have got little consolation from
q talk that vas taking Llacs over the
The Yale expositor., 1916-10-19

which you still hold. Unless this Is
delivered 70 me, and delivered as !
have already directed, the Spotted
Warning will come to your daughter
Margery. And the meaning Of the
Spotted Warning Sho already under.
stands. JULES LEGAR."
And w.lat do you inte al to do?"
asked Manley. stin staring down at
this strange note.
DO you suppose" retorted Golden
with slightly tremulous finger al
ready on the hell. that I'm going to
empty my safe 10 every blackleg who
banoles about a catch-word that be
longs 70 little Italy?"
"But what earthly use is this piece
Of cnart TO your asked the younger
Ear
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-03-09
STEAMER STRIKES
ROCK, 400 PERISH
Spanish Ship Founders and Goes to
Bottom in Five Minutes
IL DEAD IN ENGLAND AIR RAID
Zeppelins Drop Forty Bombs on the
Northeast Coast of England
Three of Monster Air
Craft in Raid

Santos, Brazil, March 1.-THE
Spanish steamship Principe de AS
turias has been sunk by striking a
rock. She went to the bottom in five
minutes. Eighthy-six members of
the crew and fifty-seven passen-
gers have been brought to Santos
The survivors were brought to
Santos by the French steamer Viga.
Rio De Janeiro, March Tt is
feared that 400 lives have been
lost.
There were 445 persons on the
Principe de Asturias.
London, March Twelve per-
sons were killed and thirty-three
injured in Sunday nights Zeppelin
raid over the northeast coast of
England, it was officially announc-
ed.
1t is believed that three Zeppe-
Inns participated in the raid. The
dirigibles dropped forty bombs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-03-09
THREE WEEKS BETWEEN
STARVATION AND BELGIUM

London, March 7.-HThere would
be wholesale starvation within three
or four weeks if the importation of
food into Belgium were stopped. In
Northern France the percentage Of
Judgment people is even greater
than that in Belgium, because there
are virtually no native supplies. The
clothing situation in Belgium and
Northern France demands very SER
ious consideration. Unless the work
of providing clothing is kept up at
regular rate there will be very SER
ious suffering in the fall" The
foregoing conclusions are those of
Frederick c. Wolcott, who spent
three weeks in Belgium and North
ern France for the Rockefeller Foun-
dation, investigating the work of
the Relief Commission, of which
Herbert C. Hoover is the head.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-03-09
some excitement and the petition
has been put away, 1t is reported
Junction City Union
WILSON'S woNDRoUs WISDOM

In an address before the Cham
Der of Commerce of the United
States, President Wilson said: Il
am not interested in any doctrine
of protection and | am not interest
ed in any doctrine of free trade"
! have been a college professor and
! know why-because there's moth
ing in either doctrine"
Nothing in either! What fools we
all have beenl How absolutely silly
for Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abra-
ham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, James
G. Blaine and William Mckinley to
advocate protection. How foolish for
Calhoun and Cleveland and Parker
and Bryan and Champ Clark to adj
vocate free trade. There is nothing
in either of them. What ninnies
Gladstone and Bismarck were to
consider this question of fundamen-
tai importance. How incompetent
our own captains of industry-our
constructive business men-who ad-
yocate protection when any college
professor can tell them there is
nothing in it,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-03-09

land has US outclassed in the matter
OF skilled labor, business organiza-
ton and reputation, but all these
can be overcome.
Shipping our raw materials away
and buying back the finished pro-
duct is our weakness. Dr.. Waters
told of taking a meal at the home
of one of the biggest farmers in
Kansas. On the table was cold boil
ed ham, bought at city market;
creamery butter from town cream
cry and bread from a town baker
Farmers OF Kansas last year bought
six million dollars worth OF pack
ing house meats. Manhattan has a
factory making excellent brooms
but in the stores of that town will
be found brooms made in Michigan
out of Kansas broomcorn. The pro-
prietor OF a Leavenworth broom
factory told the doctor that al |
though he sold brooms in eight |
states he had only one Leaven-
worth customer. Why, asked the
speaker, are we content to send |
out our raw material and support |
Industries in other parts of the
country?
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-03-09
SOME ROAD RULES

There was much of interest to
motorists and other travellers in the
instructions given by a Republic
county jury at Belleville recently
by Judge John c. Hogin. They were
gwen in an action for damages due
to violation of the rules of the road
by an auto driver and covered the
whole range of statute law and ac-
cepted usage, but one or two of the
points brought out will be new to
many even of the best informed.
For instance, the law provides
that upon approaching another We
hicle or an animal, or person out
side of any village or city, the per-
son operating a motor car must not
only reduce speed to a rate not ex-
ceedilg eight miles an hour but
must stop, and, If necessary, render
assistance, in allowing a FESTIVE ami
NAL to pass
AhN Nol AhNnA nave SOOu bIdheS
and warning signals, and If shy Of
proper equipment, the driver must
be extra careful in operating his
car.
A motorist, however, has the le-
gal right to speed up to pass a
horse drawn vehicle in front of
him the court taking notice of the
species known as the road hog"
and according the motoristvthe priv
ilege of overcoming in a measure
the aggravating difficulties he pre-
sents.
There is no statute in this state
upon which side of the
street party shall drive, but the
law Of the road prevails in Kan
sas, the universal rule that the driy-
er shall keep to the right when meet
Ing another veler.-Clay Center
Economist