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The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12

"Will you please read me that mes
sage. And quickly, for this is impor.
tant."
Here II is" answered the bewil.
dered voice over the wire. "'You are
keeping Blonde Casey a prisoner in
your house. Unless you liberate her
within an hour your house will go up
In flames. And after that house. your
next house, and the next 1t is signed
The Cookson Gang But what am
to believe? What am | to do? And
what is the answer to all these mys-
teries?"
Whatever you do. don't let them
get that young woman away from
you"
Family the listener could hear the
sound Of sudden calls. OF quick ques-
tions and answers and counter-ques-
tion. Then the voice OF Golden was
once more frantically calling him over
the wire,
"Manley. Manley, is that you?
You've spoken too late. Wilson, my
butler, has Just hurried In to me here.
Ten minutes ago a stranger claiming
to be meter inspector got entrance
to the house. Do you hear me. they've
taken that girl! She's gone!"
Gomez" echoed Manley. "Then
haven't time to stand here talking"
Yet, Enoch Golden. even as Manley
himself. had little time for talking
over that strange abduction. For two
minutes later his still flurried butler
announced the arrival OF James Girls
void, the president OF the Union.
Traders bank. on urgent business.
Golden" began that visitor almost
as soon as he had crossed the thresh.
old. Il have counted myself among
your friends. But when ! receive a
note like this, threatening me and my
business. ! regard 1t as about time to
see you. face to face
Golden took the sheet Of paper from
the bankers hand. He stood regard.
ing 1t with troubled eyes. For 1t read: :
You are a friend OF Enoch Golden,
the oppressor OF the poor. the scayen.
ger Of unclean gold. The blow that is
about to fall on you and your bank
falls because of this alliance with evil.
doers. You are warned"
The grim-jawed millionaire turned
on his visitor.
THAT is not all" declared the bank.
or. Nor is this afternoons paper.
with It's bitter attack on you and
your tenements all. But three hours
later my fellow banker. Gresham Of
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12
SECOND EPISODE
The House Of unhappiness.

Enuch Golden, with all his millions,
was hard man. Those closest to him
c0ntendcd that he had experienced
much TO make him hard.
The one person who stood In any
way intimately and personally con.
nected with Golden was his young pri.
vate secretary, David Manley For
young Manley, often enough known to
his associates as "Dayie," was both
incnrrigibly youthful and engagingly
irresponsible. Golden. oddly enough,
secretly liked this youth for his fool
ishness.
Golden smiled little as he stepped
into his massiyely furnished library
and found young Manley cuFled up
In one Of the great leather chairs
intpntly working over pocket
camera and quite obligious OF the tele.
phone bell shrilllng from the rosewood
desk beside him. Golden, as he seated
himself at this desk and curtly an.
sweTed the phone call. blinked with
mock dIsapproyal at the youth bent
over the camera.
Il vas not until he heard Goldens
great list smite the rosewood desktop
that MauIey looked UP. The man Of
millions was froWuiug over the letter
5till In his hand.
The condition % these tcnements
8 shameful. Timer arc hard, and
many. We find are out Of work. II you
insist on raising the rents, as you
threaten. our settlement workers claim
that hundreds Of the poor will have
CO. leave their homes. So for the sake
II the mothers and children alone.
Implnre you to reconsider your cartier
decision
Sincerely,
AMOS SCHOFIELD, D. D."
The fools!" said Golden aloud
They know as much about business
Manley, as you know about bond Is
sues Not raise my own rents, |
guess Enoch Golden still knows enough
to run his own business"
lie stopped and looked at Manley.
What's that gim-crack you're vast.
Ink your time on?'' he demanded.
"Glm-crack?" laughed Manley. Its
the neatest thing In cameras that evrt
came into America. That's new
swiss telescope lens I've Just been ad.
blstlng TO 1t. Take a snap OF flea
Sitting your car eighty PAGES away!
And your income on those tenements,
by the way, amounts to an annual re-
turn Of Just 43 per cent OF the capital
invested"
But Golden's patience was exhaust
ed. Get out OF here!" was his brusque
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12

command Get down to Grlswold's
bank with these checks, and be quick
about IL"
Whereupon Manley meekly took his
departure. Two minutes later. how
ever. yet another figure was passing
through the gloomy silences OF Enoch
Golden's home. 1t was more purpose
full figure than that OF the lazy.eyed
young secretary. And over the face
OF this intruder as he cautiously made
his way through the great house was
an odd.looking band OF yellow cloth,
cut In the form Of mask. The center
Of this. dropping apronlike almost to
his upper lip, was marked by an in
verted crescent. which at first glance
lsat to the partly-covered face the
en1nA sassspGton Of IN ironically laugh.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12

ment and his own nrearm spoke nrsk
The shirt-sleeved figure fell in .
heap. where he had stood In the open
doorway.
At the sound Of that shot. from
within could be heard sudden calls
and shouts and hurrying steps.
That's Legar," cried Manley. a. be
caught sight Of the one-armed figure
side by side with bespectacled Ger
man striving and fighting to push
shut the intervening door. But the
fallen mans body lay in the way. and
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12

Grounds.
the door refused to close. Before that
body could be dragged to one side.
the lieutenant and his men were IN
through the door. welding night
sticks and flashing firearms.
1t was Manley himself who caught
up chair and brought it crashing
down on strangely complicated mech.
anism standing squarely in the light
of the Tower window.
But Legar himself had not been
idle. At the first wild charge into his
tower room, the master criminal had
dropped crouching behind a work.
table, darted across to his parcel
chute and there touched hidden
spring. The next moment the chute
stood open and Legar was descend.
ing like plummet to the floor below.
But not before Manley had caught
sight Of his vanishing head and start
ed in pursuit.
Manley was joined minute later BY
the police. In the meantime Legar
had escaped to the street by way Of
the fire escape.
He hailed a taxicab and hurried
eastward to the Owls Nest. Two
minutes after Legar went rocking and
swerving eastward he was followed
by stranger In second cab. This
| q p a n a. drnun ut rai ioh 20 hn
front. two blocks to the north. dis.
missed his taxi, and earnestly con.
ferred with roughly-dressed long.
shoreman, who later rounded the slip
in rowboat and took the stranger
aboard.
Legar. in his quarters beneath the
Owls Nest, was in anything but an
amiable mood. He stared about at
his coterie of unsavory confederates.
A CLEAN Of triumph showed in his
narrowing eyes as he spied white.
faced girl in chair near the fireplace.
so we've got you back, little onef"
he Knocked.
She WINGED as he wheeled her
roughly about, but remained silent.
A sleepy-eyed parrot, standing On
its perch beside the empty fireplaca.
stirred uneasily at Legar's rough
movements. The girl, rising slowly
from her chair. stared into Legars
| evil face.
What are you going to do with
me?" she demanded.
Legar laughed.
You won't be asking questions
about 1t, when you find out!"
Courage, little one, courage!" said
low yet distinct voice.
Legar, at the sound, wheeled sud.
denly about.
Who taught that damned bird To
talk?" he demanded. There was .
stir of uneasiness. about the room.
Why. cap, that parrot can't talk"
declared the tremulous coke-snufer
at the end Of the table. 1T never
could talk!"
L AhOh WIN udiu SOuT6B6 C8lHUW
out the irate master criminal.
Il did," said the same distinct yet
ghostly voice. And had that wide
eyed group stared closer into the arc
place. instead Of at the silent and
motionless bird on its perch, thsv
might have noticed where q small
stone, little bigger than q mans hand.
had been worked loose and liftsd
away from the heavy wall separating
that unseen watcher from the room
into which he had been peering.
Yet that stone was once more IN
place before Legar and his worthless
peered, squinting-eyed. about ths !,
smoke-stained masonry. Only, The
hands Of the girl. sitting silent ana
thoughtful In uer chair. were no Ions.
or trembling. The covering look haA
faded from her eyes. For to her that
voice had not seemed IN altogethes !
| unfamiliar ma
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12
SYNOPSIS.

On W!nIgard island Palldori intrlguss
Mrs, Golden into an appearance Of evil
whsh causes Golden 10 capture and tor
tIre the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Pnlidora opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and in
maps Gnlden's six-year-od daughter Mar
sUfs, Twelve years Inter In New York
one calling himself the Hammer OF
Cod rescues an eighteeu-ysar-ol girl
from the cadet Casuyantl. TO whom Jules
L. E5r had delivered her.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-10-12

studying his desktop. Then with his
grim mouth fixed he crossed to the
rear door and opened 1t. stepping out
into the hall and peremptorily called
for his butler as he did so.
Manley, returning from his errand,
at the same moment stepped into the
room from another door. He stared at
the girl as he stopped to pick up his
pocket camera.
"Who are you?" he pertly inquired,
as Golden re-entered the room.
But his eyes. the next moment, were
on neither Golden nor the girl. His
gaze passed beyond those two strange.
ly diverse figures to yet a third, the
crouching figure OF an eavesdropper
clinging to the wistaria vines that
framed the huge window on the far
side of the room.
Manley. crossing the room on the
run. took the window. glass and all, in
one leap. He landed on a hydrangea
bush even as the burly eayesdropper
dropped to the grass beside him. The
next moment the two men clinched.
The fight was an uneven one, but
Manley stuck to his man. He stuck
to him until that worthy, with a sud
den blow on the jaw, sent the 1.-the
bodied young secretary staggering to
the ground.
Before Manley could recover him
self, the mysterious eayesdropper
broke away. vaulted TO the street and
signaled to waiting automobile.
Then Manley's senses came back to
him, and rolling over into the open
roadway. he took the camera from his
pocket and held 1t between him and
the disappearing touring car. He
pressed the spring. knowing that
his telescope lens would carry to the
waiting film the secret of that mys-
terious cars license number.
Tho Arrows Of confagration.
Jules Legar. In his role as a master
Of underworld activities. was both
adroit in his engagement of the serv.
ices of others and painsts king In the
preparation Of the field wherein they
should labor. Like the humble weasel,
he held that every warren should have
both an exit and an entrance.
So when Legar and his scientific
friend. DR.. Herman Stein. engaged
their triple-noor office suite at the top
OF the Central Tower building. they in.
sisted on certain structural altera.
tons In those ofhces. Not only was
The Detroit times., 1916-10-31
PLAY GOLF FOR
SAKE OF SOUL
That's Advice oS Kansas City
Preacher Who FINDS Game
Religious Tonic

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Oct. So
Play solf for tho good OF your soul
Play golf on Sunday II you have
NJ time through the week, but play
golf.
That's The advice OF Dr Burris
=. Jenkius. pastor Of a Christian
church IN Kansas City
Tsk!ng \ stand directly opposite
savants VINO hold np golf as a
stimulant for the art OF profanity
and Sunday golf as one ~ the
agents o. Satan. Dr jenkins says
that 80 body builder and soul up
litter. golf Is unsurpassed
by bringing man in closer touch
WITH nature il brings him IN closer
touch with God, n. Jenkins de-
clar1d
Go 10 church sunday morning.
.iay gols IN the afternoon. r your
conscience doesn't forbid Dr Jen
kiEs told hts congregation 'It is
just as legitimate ~ riding n bn
automobile or hoat Or even driving
q carriage
"Goi, Is csse t'ally game o. dl'
clpline. The man who loves his
temper. breaks his clubs ane abuses
his csddy e never sDccessfl.
golfer Neither can he none 70 be
successful otherwise.
Coli develops viii power sa5
selfcontrol as we'll ss muscle and /.
nerves. Il viii make bette mar /
aud a better Christian
1T 4 ;irue the chur-f smootss .
away It's 'rown A. clean sports
The prejudice born IN III early
dsys OF The church when The gladi-
atorial contests at Rome were The /
only sports has no place in modern /
Christianity.
Golf should be played FOR relax /
alton. Playing for stakes turns .
play into work Pursuing dollars
on the links or in the city are IS 4
sentially the same, snd The man 4
seeking pleasure after business
hours finds himself doing just what .
ne has been doing in his ofice or
store"
The Detroit times., 1916-10-31

The uncertainties OF the natioE4-
game have impressed Jack GraRey.
Cleveland outhelder. and he has de-
cided To get ready for the day when
he viii 40 longer be A ballplsysr BY
studying medicine.
Graney's education did not include
enough lAt,n % make him eligible
for matItculation IN medical
school, 30 he has started to high
school
Arriving at school half 81 hour
/. before IL opens and remaining un.
til long after the glasses hsve been
dismissed. Graney expects 10 be
ready for college next year Isck
n 2s
The Detroit times., 1916-10-31
Wrestle to Finish
Melady's Ultimatum

II Joe stecher snd strpngler
Lewis. who wresued 10 draw in
Omaha Labor day wan. TO meet
again each win be forced 70 deposit
n forfeit OF $4,000 as guarantee
that the match will 90 to a Hnish,
;agardless OF how lcns II takes. ac
, ,eording TO Gene Melaoy. Omaha
promoter. who Is dickering for the
show.
Melady believes this match would
practically decide the heavyweight
wrestling championship Of the vorn
a. Got-h has retired and Alex AberE
IN a Graeco Rorian grappler
The Detroit times., 1916-10-31

" h. srtses that two such brilliant
rwas ss were recorded In the P~nu
state nucknell game src staged IN
The ssnse contest. Beck. Of Pens
esste, ran % yards for = toschdewn
ouA Lawrence. a Buckneil end. pick
- - fusahi~d hall and rss - ysrds
fer 4 seuehaewn.
SsStrsry 90 the g~sersl ides Of
&4ncesaR rs-thods, Cesch Al sharpe,
- toferu. fastructs his players 90
UI@oa& the th~ater and 20 stay mp as
No. ~ ss~s DESIRE the nfsst before =
~ on@o. q toech OF the bright
WnRo s(he nsuhs befcre- .. ssppes~e
- &ooD ~ nstnds sf the ,lsyrFs on
~ tst<etsrs ssrwssi<
The Detroit times., 1916-10-31

11GGO AN 1AS0S ~ ~ ~ >~A
IsJTE KEPT Us out Of viaEzed civil 1t til
otf.I +b.D and border Europe VIII
PARTY Of The ilate and
That the present ad- adnnS'r
SLOGAN false has sbrughthu 49,, ,
out tn0ueh reason dangerous
t0the tfe OF ths nation ~ and
We rvebes t tva~we sa0uenos o
no" at war; many " nave osen wdchW Ud
losrou honarha been besmirhd
and yet the A'em0'i rarY lave we
enaton He
l1 tuI Uo Of has becomes
me ana mine Inc i' 'na' "" VIII 'e
t - a,. t,oJ s he This
behind and treasures "e 'e our U1e wal In"
honorof couny
t 5 the world war n Europe,
the the Wilson ad- 10eS 01"
The OF Mexico which has "N"'@ ~
the red than Shagh
have onHH haUe
turned the nd o"' 'e'o0"
eIous of
of oabl
nations
L. +b.U Force
of dSord l" mexico 10
of MeSa andUd
European Dos the
SN'"s ~ 0D ' - " val Mexico declare that these baveh
"h'S' nations uOAd
lh Judge Advocate o ""N" Ue u" count
Hiexiians say it is war Wilson's M for OIL
111l-, that havme
| haemea tha
mustad determined policy om0 0fva arb
The truth IN Mexico,
than 1t / without the conyd duty itent with
honor and murder without the stewardship which Mr.
lis condition that makes d under the Monroe Doctrines Mr.
/
o1ocp m hare become in The tbe.unJer Of the Monroe Doc
cues other nations
"A Nation Which Does Not Protec
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-06
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Washington. - Pres. Wilson pre-
scribed standard proportions for
American flag. Provides for II sizes,
as against Sc now in use.
Neutrality-suspicious. of American
citizens against Germany growing
out of submarine warfare cases will
be settled by international comm, is
opinion of state dept officials.
Washington.-Plan made to es-
tablish school for training subma-
rine officers preliminary to making
American navy's submarines eff
cient as German U boats.
New York. - Katherine Schultz,
Rutherford, N. Y, sister of Lillian
Russell, dead.
-O-O
Telephone poles of glass nodded
over a heavy wire net are being made
in Europe.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-06
PREACHER IN JAIL FOR BURNING
OLD GLORY

Bouck White, head of the Church
Of the Social Revolution" in New
York, has been sentenced to Jail be-
cause he burned an American flag
with the flags of other nations dur
ing a strange service in the rear yard
of his tabernacle, which he said typi-
fed the new world unity"
1T was a lovely ceremony" White
told the Judge who sentenced him to
80 days in Jail and 800 fine for desc
Grating Old Glory.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-06

WANT EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN
EVERY PLATFORM
Planks which the Republican,
Progressive and Democratic conven-
tons will be asked to make a part of
their platforms and which endorse
equal suffrage we're framed at the
meeting today of the Woman's Ma
tionaI Suffrage convention, Princess
theater
In the Republican plany the N. W.
S. c. quotes Lincoln's government
of the people, by the people and for
the people" and asks for extension
of suffrage to women as a measure
of Justice to one-half the adult peO-
pie of the country.
The Democratic plank was similar
except that it quoted ThOs. Jeffer-
sons government rests on consent
of the governed" and draws the
anomaly of One-half the citizens Of
America being governed without the
privilege of saying whether or not
they give consent.
1T is a lOp-sided humanity where
man, assuming all political burdens
and responsibilities cannot walk up
right" said Mrs. Grace Wilbur
Trout, leader Of the convention.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-06

ply to which the attention of the
public should be directed, however,
is his claim that the returns of
wealthy individuals cannot be made
public.
Ican the attention Of the public
to the fact that Luther F. Speer, dep
uty commissioner of internal reve-
nue. and head of the income tax divi-
sion, made the printed statement in
an Interpretation of the law pub
lished under his official title, that the
publicity provision of the income tax
act covers both personal and cCrpor-
alton returns.
The language Of the publicity pro
vision reads:
when the assessment shall be
made ,as provided in this section, the
returns, together with any correc-
tons thereof which may hsye been
made by the commissioner, shall be
filed in the office of the commissioner
of internal revenue and shall consti-
tute public records and be open to
inspection as SUCH"
The word section" which is the
only limitation, refers to the entire
income tax law, which is section 2
of the Underwood tariff act.
Furthermore, if by any legal soph-
istry this provision should be inter
preted to apply only to corporation
returns it would leave the act with
ont any. DrOViSiOn whatever GOVERNS o
the status and place for filing the
personal returns.
PREACHER IN JAIL FOR BURNING
OLD GLORY
Bouck White, head of the Church
Of the Social Revolution" in New
York, has been sentenced to Jail be-
cause he burned an American flag
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
SURRENDER No POWERS

While the Territorial form of government which Alaska has now Is of very litas to any one. The Empire is not In favor of eurailng the powers of our Legislature an ota It Is in favor of every parcel Of pro posed legislation that will increase the Territorial powers and against every parcel of proposed legislation that win take away from these powers For that reason n does not favor the proposed bill to take away from the Territory the power to the fisheries of Alaska. For the same reason does not favor the passage or the wickersham Administrative commission bin in s present form though 1t favor the Lane Develop ment Board plan for Alaska It is set out In the Chamberlain bfl
 This controversy over the respective powers that should be exercised In Alaska by the Federal govern
 ent and the Territorial government makes 1t conclus' yey plain that the first thing for Congress to do is Go pass full Territorial form of government oil for Alaska Let Alaska be given all tho powers of govern ment that other Territories have exercised. and then let the Federal government do as 1t will with what powers of government as are left We cannot think of better disposal them than to confer them upon such board as is proposed in the Chamberlain and wiczersham bills.
 R Alaska had Q full Territorial form Of govern ment and were exercising It's proper powers under It. no Cabinet officer would seriously suggest that bill preventing the taxation of the nsherdies by the Ter ritory should be passed by Congress
 The people of Alaska should fight to retain all the powers that they now have and continue the contest for their American right to full setgOvernment under a full Territorial form of government
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29
WILSON AND THE IRISH

A strong effort Is being made again this year as was made four years ago. throw the socaiied Irish vote against President Wilson because of his Scotch Irish and English ancestry Of course It win fail now as 1t failed then In fact f the Presidents ancestry had influence with the Irish should be in his favor The Presidents paterna grandfather to the coun try rom County Down. Ireland. for the same reason
 chat brought many another patriotic Irishman to Amer ca-because antiEnglish radicalism made It mpolitic for him to remain longer in the old Country. He was a journalist and espoused the of Home Rule be- fore the beginning of the last gentry. He came to Philadelphia and engaged in American journalism aid ed the Irish cause n America and supported the French Revolution and the French In the that followed He was strong supporter of Jefferson throughout the controversies that lead up to the War of 1S12 support ed the administration in that conflict and later was an adherent of the Jackson branch of the Jetersonian party It Is true that Wilson's ancestry was Protest ant instead of Catholic. but Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parneu and other great leaders whose names are revered by all Irish Home Rulers were Protestants Mir Wilson's father was born in Ohio became Presby teran preacher and located in the South During the cvn War like most Southern ministers, he supported the cause Of the South
 However. there Is no Irish vote in the United States Individual Irish-Amercans will vote for their personal choice for President just will other Amer leans
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-29

Seattle brought $1,OoOOOO worth Of copper ore from Cordova. We look for a trade of $1OO.OOO,OOO between the United States and Alaska this year. It reached ssO.0OO.0OO last year. If that trade Is worth going after. Port land must establish a transportation service.
 Population ls Gaining
 "Our cities and towns are increas- ing rapidly in population. Juneau, for example. has quadrupled in the last four years. That is not attributable to the new railroad now under con- struction from Seward. but rather to the development of our mining and our fisheries. Twenty-eight cent cop per has stirred the mining activities of the copper districts to an enormous degree so that this year the copper values will exceed the gold output.
 "All Alaska has taken on o new tone," Governor Strong said. "The prospect of rail communication with the vast and immeasureably rich in- terior has had It's effect. Agriculture Is being encouraged. Population is expected to follow the rails inland. The war. however. has had no direct eff feet except for the stiffening of the copper market which has set the pro ducing region to work with greater ! earnestnpsg %