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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-03
han Hazards manner underwent &

than Hazards manner underwent a
sudden remarkable change. His eyes
cleaned between two narrow Sits as,
one after another, he rapidly inspected
IN turn each grouping of weapons.
Each was identified by small tag de-
scribtng it's nature and telling the
region from which it came. It was to
these tags that Hazard directed his at
tention as he moved through the large
room to the left and then around to the
right to a much smaller room that had
been fitted up as a sort of lounge.
Here the savage arsenal was of a
cruder, more primitive type, consist
ing mostly of small arrows with fire.
hardened wooden points.
or sudden he halted abruptly. Be-
fore him was cluster of perhaps a
dozen arrows and arranged with them
were four bows of as many different
models.
ARROWS from Somaliland," he read
upon the tag.
He whipped lens from his pocket,
and one after another he subjected
the point of each to scrutiny that
was galvanic in it's quick, nervous in
tensity. In a few seconds he drew
back with sigh, then moved quickly
back to the reception hall as the sound
Of a step on the stair struck his hear
ing.
It proved to be only the maid, how
ever, whe came to inform him that the
captain would see him if he insisted,
but if the reason was not imperative,
he was so utterly broken and I'M
strung that he hoped he might be ex-
cused
Gall right-very WELL" returned
Hazard, doubtfully. perhaps later
will do. I'll wait for Miss Bertel.'
He remarked change in the maids
manner and surmised that she had
been instructed not to lose sight OF
him as long as he remained In the
house.
And why should this order have
been given-to a coroner's deputy?
Had she mentioned his interest in the
arrow collection?
At this juncture Helen came down
tho long, wide hall.
She cast a doubtful side-glance at
the girl as she drew near; but the lat
ter merely regarded her with curios-
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denied himself to all callers. Plainly
the maid was very reluctant to dis
turb him.
This suited Hazards plans admi-
rably.
"Tell Captain Forsythe," said he to
the girl, that I fully appreciate the
circumstances. shall give him am
pie time to compose himself and pre-
pare for an interview later on in case
it should prove necessary for me to
bother him at all. Meanwhile, I can
be of some assistance to Miss Bertel.
.. There don't seem to be many
servants about" he concluded irrele-
vanity.
mo-" explained the girl, Captain
Forsythe dismissed them all yester-
day-all but me, the cook, and wom-
an who does the rough housework. l
reckon he means to close the house
and go away"
Hazard and Helen exchanged glances.
They placed different interpreta-
ton upon the captains conduct in
Diminishing the servants, and it must
have required a regiment OF them to
keep up so snowy home.
The house was built upon gener-
GUS scale. The walls were adorned
with all sorts of barbara instruments
of warfare and of the chase. There
was more than one magnificent tiger
and lion skin upon the polished
floors, besides the skins of numerous
other beasts that Hazard did not
know. If all these were the results
of Captain Forsythe's individual skill
with the rifle, then indeed he must
have been a mighty hunter.
When the detective expressed an IN.
terest in the trophies upon the walls
the maid saw no reason why the dep
uty coroner should not crafty his curl
osity by looking at them, inasmuch as
he revealed-unexpected by Helena
surprising knowledge Of the many
different kinds; knowledge, asserted
tie maid, that would have pleased
the captain at a less distressing time
Helen, instructed beforehand, moved
away with the girl who was to show
her where the unfortunate lady's BODY
lay, and Hazard, for the time being left
to his own devices, called after her,
IF you need me I'll be amusing my
self with Captain Forsythe's interest.
ing museum.
Scarcely had the two disappeared
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ity with which was mingled an express
sion of frank admiration.
Turning her head so that the maid
could not see her face, she formed
with her lips the word, Nothing"
For a moment Hazard stood bowed
in thought, then, rousing himself, from
pocket he produced a wooden tooth
pick, and with his penknife fashioned
small, smooth splinter. Disregard
ing the maid, he handed this to Helen
without a word. Then, apparently dis
missing the matter from his mind, he
fell to inspecting his nails as if any
way they were the only things in the
world worth while.
Helen hestitated a moment, as if
waiting for him to speak; but he
merely smiled and remarked: when
ever you're ready, we'll CO." They ex-
changed a long look, then Helen
turned and went back the way she
had come.
Slowly the minutes dragged. And
thus possibly five minutes passed.
OF sudden Hazards attention was
caught by two distinctly different
sounds. Somewhere in the house a
door had opened and shut-softly, one
might say stealthily. This he recog-
nized as the door to the mortuary
room, and knew that Helen was com.
ing back again.
But the other sound he located as
emanating from the small weapon
room, where he had been 80 inter
ested in the arrows from Somaliland.
1t, too, was stealthy-in point of fact,
so slight a sound that when it was not
repeated Hazard directed his whole at
tention to Helen, who once more ap-
peared, her bright countenance over
spread with an unusually serious ex-
preston. The maid was watching him
curiously, and so did not see Helen
hold up the middle finger of her right
hand. But she did observe Hazards
short nod of recognition, and wheeled
sharply, to bestow upon Helen look
that bristled with suspicion.
This silent little play, however, was
rudely and startlingly interrupted
There was the crash of pistol shot
and the fall of heavy body to the
floor.
With muttered imprecation, Haz
ard dashed through the larger room
and into the lounge where the So
maitland arrows were.
l Clasping . revolver in his right
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-03
This story throbs with real

This story throbs with real
ism in the words narrowest
meaning. It is a faithful rem.
dering of an authentic expert
ence in the career of a high
official of a detective agency
whose name is a household
word throughout the English
speaking world. Real names Of
persons and places are some
times disguised. In all other re-
spects the amazing, often thrill
ing, always gripping facts are
recorded just as they happened.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-03
Lessons in Memory.

Jaffrey-How do you suppose that
dear old man renembe exactly how
much he paid for his gold tooth, vhicE
he bought forty years ago?
Agnes-Why, s'pose he carried u
in his heeS--Lampool<
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
Celebrities Chean.

Sam Gompertz is said to be going
to build a new amusement place at
Coney island, on the site of Dream
land, with everything free except ten
cents admission. Probably that is
why he was the largest bidder at the
auction of the contents of the Eden
Musee. He bought John Purroy Nit
chel, William the S. o. Bill Sulzer, w.
Jennings Bryan, Anna Held, Sarah
Bernhardt and IL other assorted fa-
nous people, all in a lump, for $3.50, or
$40 apiece. He just missed getting 19
makers of history" from Cleopatra
to Roosevelt, which went en- masse for
$3.50. Thomas A. Edison, clad in a
check suit, was sold separately for
$40, and Colonel Goethals brought $40
Both beat Governor Whitman, who
was disposed of, scenery and every
thing" for 81. Some of the large
prices Of the day, paid for group fig
uTes, in which the auctioneer protest.
ed that the very wax at 25 cents a
pound was worth more than the bid,
were Admiral Fletcher bombarding
Vera Cruz, five figures, $25; General
Funston entering Vera Cruz, eight fig.
ures, $40; Lees surrender at Apo
mattOx, IA figures, $1OO; Pope Plus
lying in state, four figures, $40; "Hor.
rors of the Spanish mquisition," $50;
Hans Schmidt, $40; and the execu-
ton Of the four gunner, $4O.-New
York Commercial.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
BUSINESS GREED

IN Europe Germany's big war is caus-
L ing unspeakable miseriers and sor-
rows. In this country. on the one hand
few men, already rich, are amassing
enormous fortunes out Of 1t, and on the
other hand, the great mass of the people
are suffering loss and privation because
of it thru the greatly increased cost of
MANY articles they consume.
Many things, including drugs and
some other staple articles of daily use,
have been increased in price from two
to 20 times. In some instances, no
doubt, this increase has been caused by
the extraordinary war demands or by
the failure of imports from some If the
warning countries. Aniline dyes, pot
ash, carbolic acid, glycerlne and quinine,
are examples.
But in many cases the war has been
made pretext by greedy manufac-
turers to boost their goods and thus ex-
tort money out of the peoples needs.
Gasoline, which both in domestic and in
business life, has almost come to be a
necessity, is as an Illustration OF such a
dishonest increase. Within a few
months gasoline, without any other
reason than the insatiate greed of that
business pirate, Johl d. Rockefeller,
has risen from IL to 26 cents.
A Republican congressman introduced
a bill to investigate the gasoline
corner" Of this pious old reprobate,
but the Democratic members promptly
buried it in tine committee graveyard,
and John can now double the price once
more if he thinks the people will pay
the gouge, without any fears from this
reform" administration.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
"RED LETTER" MONTH

February, while the shortest month
of the year, certainly holds its own in
number of ''red letter" days-days nav
ing some special significance attached
to them. With an added day tackled on
the rear end, the month this yer also
crowds september, April, June and
November for length. Over the United
States there are thousands of people
who will this year celebrate an anniver-
sary of their birth on February 29th
who have not had the opportunity for
doing so for four years
The first red-letter day of February
was the 2d-candlemas, or grounding
day, more or less associated with super
stition the United States over. The
18th was an anniversary of the birth of
Lincoln, born 107 years ago. On the
18th came st. Valentines day, when
little tokens of love and remembrance
are exchanged-an ideal opportunity
for US to remind our absent relatives
and friends that they are still in our
memory. Sunday, the goth is a more
or less widely known church day -Septu-
gesima-meaning the third Sunday be-
fore Lent Washington's birthday
comes on the ed and is the 174th ami
versary of that event. On the 9th is
Sexagesima-second Sunday b fore
Lent, and then the 29th-Leap Yea,
Day, the extra one added to the montl
one year in four which gives the year
the title of '1.eap Year, during which
those girls of marriageable age who
think it not embarrassing to propose"
are offered an opportunity Of doing so
The word February is from the
Latin ''febru', meaning to purify.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
EXPRESS CARS WRECKED

At o'clock Sunday morning, IS the
southbound train on the Baltimore ano
Ohio railroad was passing Barksdale,
Md, one of the cars broke loose an left
the track, blocking traffic. The train
was stopped at once without further
damage.
Closely following the freight train
was the Wells Fargo express, scheduled
to make very few stops But it was
brought to a halt directly behind the
freight.
A few minutes later a passenger
train, No. IL, scheduled to leave BaIti-
more at 2. As a. M, and due in Whining
ton at IA, came along behind time
twenty minutes. 1t was not stopped,
Tor some reason, and ran into the rear
car of the Wells Fargo train. he car
was loaded with automobiles and was
smashed.
An acetylene gas tank on the engine
of the passenger train was exploded
and set fire to the wreck of the automo-
bile car which was consumed. The
flames spread to the next car ahead,
the contents of which are not stated,
and it was destroyed. Yet another car
ahead, loaded with poultry and eggs,
was smashed and the track was strewn
with the bodies of chickens and crush
ed eggs.
The engine of the passenger train
was damaged but nobody was injured.
A call was sent to Newark and Will
mington for the company's physicians,
but their services were not needed.
Wrecking crews from Baltimore, Will
mington and Philadelphia, were sum-
moned and it took them until noon to
clear the tracks which were obstructed,
and stopped general traffic.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
SAVE CAKE SIXTEEN YEARS
Fond Parents Still Wait for Their Boy,
Who Went to the Boer War
In 1899.

Though the suspicion grows that a
soft-nosed bullet and an African yeldt
may hold the secret of their boys fail
ure to return from the Boer war, Mr..
and Mrs. William Rice, 156 Rondo
street, st. Paul, have not unwrapped
or thrown away the little English plum
pudding that they made for his Christ
mas dinner 16 years ago. The pud-
ding, his favorite dish, reposes in bu-
reau waiting his return.
The sons name is John Rice, and
although his parents call him their
boy" he was an adult when he went
to war in behalf of his fathers coun-
try. His name never appeared among
those of the dead and wounded.
The story of the watchful waiting
parents became known Christmas
when William Rice took his presents
to Mrs. Rice, who was at st. Paul City
hospital because of a broken leg. The
last word from John was received in
1899, and came on a postal card.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
mTppLETowN, DEL, FEB. 10, 1916
VIOLATED HONOR
BUENos AIRES, Feb. II.

BUENoS AIRES, Feb. II.
"Two interned German steam
ships escaped from South American
ports, today and are now at sea,
supplied, according to reports, with
annie quantities of coal by Ger
mans in South America. Another
German ship tried to escape from
Para. Brazil, but was recalled by a
warship shot, NORTH american.
Of course the commanders of these
three German vessels gave their wo1d
of honor when allowed certain privileges, ,
not to abuse them. But what is his
word of honor, or a solemn treaty con-
tract, to German Indeed what is any
compact of God or man to the Kaiser
and his militarists when they see fit to
violate them? Nothing but ''scrap Of
paper!
Some months ago number of Ger
man seamen and several commissioned
officers in command of the warship in
termed at Newport News, also violated
their worthless ''word of honor as Ger
man gentlemen and officers in His Ma
iesty's Navy" and ran off.
Now in view of the many illustrations
of this German contempt for truth and
honor Belgiumn's treaty dishonored
and Germany's solemn promises not to
assassinate American voyagers again
and again broken, and Germany's bold
declaration that she is ''bound by no
law of God or man that contravenes her
interests" what will her ate t
promises to Mr.. Wilson not to torpedo
any more passenger ships amount to?
Nothing. Just SO soon as she thinks it
will pay, she will repeat her Lusitania
massacres as she has already done in
half dozen instances.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
POTASH MADE OF FELpspAH
Discovery, Il is Said, Will Enable
America to Produce All the
Amount Needed.

The European war has brought the
United States face to face with the
problem of supplying its own potash.
Several new methods of providing a
substitute for German fertilizers have
been brought to the attention of the
government. The most promising of
these is that patented by a Canadian,
which provides for the extracting of
potash from ordinary feldspar The
feldspar is heated with limestone and
iron oxide at a temperature of about
2,20O degrees Fahrenheit, which pro-
cuces partly fused mass that is cas-
lily decCmposed by weak acid. From
this product the potash salts can be
readily extracted for further purifca-
tion.
Another method of obtaining potash
will be tried out at New Orleans dis
tillery where molasses is used in large
quantities. In the distilleries where
molasses is fermented it is said that
more than one hundred and six tons of
potash is wasted daily, and is it this
waste the New Orleans company is en-
deavoring to forestall. It is possible
to make fertilizer from this otherwise
worthless material at price that will
meet competition even after the war
is over.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
BRUSHED CAR OFF HIS EAR
So Declared Owner When He Was De.
scribing His Escape After
Collision.

In telling the details later, William
A. Lucas said he brushed the car off
his ear, but that was somewhat of an
exaggeratiOn. He was explaining an
accident that occurred at Washington
street and Vermont avenue, when the
car in which he was riding with his
wife and her sister, Mrs. Kate Holmes,
all OF 652 Towne avenue, was struck
amidships by an unknown motorist in
powerful machine.
The small car which Mr.. Lucas was
driving was turned over, and Mr..
Lucas was thrown out, so he fell with
the full weight Of the machine on his
head. he car was one of the light
ones about which so many jokes are
attempted.
By bracing himself Mr.. Lucas sue
ceeded in raising the machine enough
to escape, He was not seriously in
jured. Nor was his wife or sister-in-
law. All are more than sixty years
Old.-Los Angeles Times.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
APlP.snUEAks" AND seAsPER"
Trench Journals Published by Soldiers
Have Names That Are Hard
to. Understand.

The editors of many Of the curious
little trench journals, which are being
brought out in everincreasing mum
bers by soldiers at the front, have q
perfect genius for inventing queer and
bizarre titles for their publications.
Some of these, though certainly
strange-sounding, are at least under
standable. The "Pow-Wow," for in.
stance, which is the trench journal OF
the Twentieth Battalion Royal Fusi'
liers, conveys some sort of an intel.
hgihle idea to most people.
But the same cannot be said Of the
''Lead-Swinger," which, it's subtitle in
forms us, is "The Bivouac Journal of
the Third West Riding Field Ambu-
lance" Is ''lead-swinger" Army slang
for an ambulance man? Or what?
'Pip-SQueaks" is another puzzling
title, until one learns incidentally, on
glacing through its inside pages, that
"pip-squeak" is a special kind of small
German shell, so-called by Tommy
from the noise it makes when fired.
The Comb and Paper reports and
criticizes concerts and other similar
entertainments at the front. The
Hangar Herald" presents no difficult
ties to anyone who knows that "han-
gar" is the name airmen give to the
sheds where their aeroplanes are
stored. The paper deals, as it's name
implies. with the doings of aviators
at the front.
The "Gaspar" is a paper published
so its editor informs us, for soldiers
at the base," and he goes on to tell
us, incidentally, that "the base is a
place where troops are kept until they
ere so fed up that they do not mind
getting killed"
Yet another of these curiously
named ventures in active service jour
nalism is entitled "Dickey Scrapings,"
and its substitute, which is at least
self-explanatory, even if somewhat diff
fuse, is as follows: THE Only Au-
thorized Version Of the Doings Of the
Honorable and Ancient Order of the
Cooks Of the Artists Rifles
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
HE HAD A LOT OF SENSE

There was an old geezer and he had a
lot OF sense. He started up a business
on a dollar eighty cents. The dollar
for stock, and the eighty for an ad
brought him three lovely dollars in. a
day, by dad
Well, he brought more goods and a
little more space, and he played that
system with a smile on his face.
The customers focked to his two-bv-
four and sorn he had to hustle for a
regular store. Up on the square, where
the people pass, he gobbled up corner
that was all plate glass. He fixed up
the windows with the best that he had
and told them all about it in half page
ad.
He soon had 'em coming and he
never, never quit, and he wouldn't cut
down on his ads, one bit. And he's
kept things humming in the town ever
since, and everybody calls him the
Merchant Prince.
Some say it's luck, but that's all bunk
why. he was dong business when the
times were punk
People have to purchase and Geezer
was wise-for he knew the way to 'em
was to advertise.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
Given shakespearean Names.

A British paper announces that the
problem of finding names for the sta
tions on the new section of the Ket-
tie Valley railway portion of the Cana
dian Pacific which runs through the
Hope mountains has been solved in
a distinctly original manner. The
construction of the railway is now
almost completed, and it has been
decided to name the stations after
well-known Shakespearean characters.
One station just north of the Co.
quahalla River canyon is called OtheI-
10, another Lear, a: third Jessica, a
fourth Portia, and a fifth Iago. Ro-
meo, another station, is eternally sep
arated from Juliet by Coquahalla sum-
NIT, which is $500 feet above sea
level, and not likely to be moved by
anything short of an earthquake.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
Earned Rapid Promotion.

Rapid promotion rewards those who
serve well the army of France. About
the most remarkable cases of advance.
ment is that of General Petain, who
was only colonel commanding the
Thirty-third infantry regiment at
Arras at the beginning of the war
Successfully he became general of
brigade, general of division, and COM
mander of an army corps, and now for
nearly six months he has been at the
head Of one of the principal armies.
which recently covered itself with
glory. General Petain is one of the
flost esteemed chiefs, and his high
qualities of strategy, energy and cool
ness have not for single moment
failed him during the different opera,
tions in which he has taken part.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
May Be LONGEST Euronean war


It is pointed out that if the war
lasts until the autumn of 1916 it will
have been longer than any great war
in Europe since the fall of Napoleon.
Each of the two Balkan wars of
1928 was a matter of weeks. So
were the Serbo-Bulgarian war of
1885 and the Turco-Greek war of 1897.
The Crimean war lasted a little more
than year, while the Franco-Prussian
war was practically decided in a
month, although Paris was holding out
seven months afterward. The Russo.
Japanese war lasted about twelve
months, as did the Turco Italian war
in 1911-12. The Boer war ran for
two and a half years, but that can.
not be called European war. The
American Civil war lasted for four
years.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-19
WILSON'S WAR FLOP

TN his recent ttswihg around the circle'i
! Mr.. Wilson in some of his speeches
very excitedly cried to his audiences
''Europe's on fire, and the sparks are
falling dangerously close to us, and at
any moment we may be involved in the
big conhagration Let's get our fire
engines ready quick J. And more fran
tic stuff like that.
Yet this dangerous fire has been rag
ing for Is months and this same now
alarmed prophet sat quietly with folded
hands all thoseN Is months, and did
nothing to put the country in better
condition to safeguard itself against
these foreign perils.
Nay, dominated by the man who
made him, Grape-juice Bryan, he be-
ieved in lesser navy and smaller
army-beiieved in ''peace at any price"
believed nation could be too proud
to fight. and so not only did nothing
himself, but opposed those who sought
10 do something, holding that ga larger
navy etc." is purely an academic ques-
tom! Such wisdom comes pretty close
to that which clocks the stable door
after the horse has been stolen. It is
a marvellous summersault this flop from
"paace at any price" to building the
''liggest navy in the whole world
hut the election is coming