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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-02
mind besides the secret of the sub
marine"

mind besides the secret of the sub
marine
Though the police started their
search for Satsuma within an hour aft
er the submarine returned to shore
with the body OF the murdered sea
man, they had failed to find the slight
est trace OF the Japanese.
Late in the afternoon OF the second
day after the fight in the submarine.
man might have been observed
strolling aimlessly along the beach
outside the town. He behaved like
one who had no definite objective and
was walking to kill time, for he
stopped every now and then to toss
pebbles into the water or with his
cane to trace patterns in the sand
So slow was his progress that dark
ness was falling when he found him
self opposite a tumbIedown and desert
ed hsherman's hut which stood by it.
self on the beach, five miles from the
town. CHANGING about to make Ger
tain that he was unobserved, he
knocked sharply on the rickety door
four short raps, then three, two, one.
A moment later there was a sound
as OF plank lifted within the cabin.
TITS all right, Satsuma," said the
man without. Its EMahlin." The
door opened and the visitor found him
self in pitch-black room.
It's not wise to show a light" said
| Satsuma's voice in the darkness. ct
might possibly be noticed by someone
passing on the beach"
Here's some food for you" said the
man called Mahlin, producing various
packages from the pockets of his coat
'"The police have been so busy that I
didn't dare take the chance of coming
here before. You certainly got your
self into one hell of q scrape What
did you learn about the invention?"
st had a good look at the apparatus .
said Satsuma- In fact the old man
caught me exa mining it. That was
when the shooting began. The mech
anism is comparatively simple The
real secret is in some formula which
Burke uses, but which, of course, 1
was unable to find"
Mahlin uttered an oath. We've got
to find it." he exclaimed You had
better have a look through Burke's
house tonight It's probably among
the papers In his laboratory"
It's not safe for me to go out to-
night" said the Japanese sulIenly.
| "Tll run into some of the detectives.
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A Woman's Way.

Cornelius Vanderbilt said. In q re-
cent argument on preparedness
They who would rely On a volun-
tarE militia, instead Of on a conscript
army, know as little about real pre-
paredneSS as a woman about tobacco,
Why said she. its ali nonsense
TO say a woman can't buy her hus-
bands cigars AS for me, 1 never
have the least difficulty
No? What's your systemF she
was asked.
just take along q sample stump
she said, and there's never the least
trouble about matching the shade r -
Washington Star.
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something that ! valued as much as
you value the secret of the submarine.
Now is your chance to repay me.
Calvin Montgomery"
For some minutes the inventor sat
silent, lost in thought. 1t was evident
that the message on the card had deep
Iy stirred him. At last he spoke:
''This message places me in a most
difficult position, Mr.. Norton he said.
ST must have time to think it over.
You had better see me again in few
days"
AS the inventor was ushering his
caller to the door, Cleo Burke came
tripping down the stairs. The broad
brimmed sun hat that she wore &C
centuated the spun-gold quality of her
hair and the rose-leaf beauty of her
complexion; the simple gown of cling
ing muslin emphasized her girlish
sIenderness. by Georgei" said Nor
ton to himself, what an exquisite
creature"
"Mr. Morton" said Burke, this is
my daughter Cleo"
I'm delighted to meet you, Miss
Burke" was what Morton said, but
he was thinking "CIeo? Cleo? Now
where the devil have I heard that
name before? By the living lingo,
1 remember! 1t was the name used
by Uncle Calvin when overheard him
talking to himself the day 1 left New
York;"
eff you're going to the town, Miss
Burke" said Morton, noting that she
was evidently dressed for the street,
may I have the honor of walking
with you? am staying at the hotel
"Of course you may come with me
If you Ike" said Cleo, obviously enjoy.
ing the attention Of the handsome
stranger.
Tell me, Miss Burke" he said as
he was leaving her, do you know a
man named Calvin Montgomery"
"Why, no. said Cleo, II never heard
the name before"
"Yet III bet my last dollar that fits
more than q coincidence" unused Nor.
ton, as he entered his hotel 'eUncIe
Calvin, talking to himself, speaks Of a
girl named Cleo. Then, almost In the
same breath, he tells me to come oui
here and see his old friend Burke
And Burke introduces me to E girl
named Cleo. And anyone could see
that Burke was disconnected when ]
gave him that message from Uncle
Calvin. Burke has something on bis
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brought to her eyes the light that
came into them when she was talking
to Jarvis Hope.
Things move slowly at Washington.
Doctor Burke" Hope remarked on one
of his frequent visits. There's a vast
deal of red tape TO be unEound. You
must have patience. The department
has wired me, however, that a COM
mission OF naval officers has been ap-
pointed to test your invention-prob-
ably next week. II their report is sat
isfactOry have not the slightest
doubt but that it wiz be-the govern
your rights. In the meantime / hope
that you viii keep the formula well
guarded There are> persons. as you
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81 sernent AnaIn-

A sea serpent is said to have been
washed ashore at Indian Rocks, Fla,
q few days ago. and Il buzzards had
not reached the spot before natural
lists heard the news, the Smithsonian
institute might now have really cred
liable specimen Of the tabled monster
In the museum. From head 70 tail the
length OF tia thing wes estimated to
be g fest ghs mouth was large with
sawliks testh "a zmnense sews, and
from eace side of The zzlEz stooa out
fzzlIke aes. t#o e. Ssh #rias. tss sts
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supply. but that they have increased
almost four times in price. And
right In the middle OF the housecIean-
ing period and the packing away of
the winter furs and garments sI1e Is
learning it to her dismay. To the
pawnbrcker AMI storags-house pro-
prietor this Is also unwsIcome news.
Before the war mothballs were as
cheap as clothespins. Then Il was
that Mrs. Homebody could run around
TO the corner drug stors about this
sins e the year ana bug ssx pounds
f1z 5 QusrtsE. Nov that sane amount
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1t for our government, my father viii
be released from Siberia. To get it
I will do anything. take any chances.
There must be no such word as fail -
And If I get it for you, Olga" said
Sextus, softly, what IS to be my re-
ward ?''
st viii be time to talk of your re-
ward when you have obtained me the
secret, she answered. you had best
return to Valdavia and get to work
at tonight"
eff the secret is to be had, Olga, %
he said, holding her hand in both Of
his, Il will get it for you-no matter
what the COST
Two days after the struggle in the
submarine. Gerald Morton reached Val
davia. He went to see Burke.
Doctor Burke began Morton,
when they were seated in the inven-
tors study. 81 have been sent here by
my uncle, Calvin Montgomery"
Calvin Montgomery calculated
denly blanch. Calvin Montgomery is
an old friend-I have not heard from
him for many years. Rut-but what
does he want Of me?"
He wishes to obtain an option on
your submarine invention, Doctor
Burke said Morton, on whom the in
yentor's expression of momentary
alarm had not been lost Should it
pass the tests to which he would nat
urally wish to put it, he desires me to
say that he would be willing to pay
you very handsomely for your rights
very handsomely, indeed
Il appreciate your uncle's offer, Mr.
Norton was the reply. but 1 cannot
accept it. In fact I have already
promised my invention TO the govern.
ment of thesUnited States
I'VE will pay you far more than the
government, Doctor Burke" urged
Morton, ''and the government is no
toriously slow pay
''The government already has my
PROMISE said the inventor, firmly.
Then we cannot obtain the op
tion?''
cit is out of the question, as I have
already told you"
Before you make your decision
final, Doctor Burke said Morton, TAX
ing from his pOcketbook the card
which Calvin Montgomery had given
him, you had better read this"
Burke adjusted his spectacles. "Deal
Ralph" he read, 81 once gave you
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tors guarded against isolated cases
may be traced TO local causes and the
causes removed The conquest Of ty-
phoid fever in the large cities has
been the most remarkable and most
convincing demonstration OF the value
Of disease prevention IN recent years.
In the past four years there has been
. reduction OF 10000 cases annually
among . population CT 2s.e0o.eos-
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of money win buy her but 3 little
more than a pound OF the pungent
cEystaIlized balls.
All this. wholesale dealers IN
pharmacists supplies say, is due to
the war, and they explain It IN this
manner: Before the war England
sent to this country most OF the
nsphthsIsne, CT which mothballs are
made. Since last August not ship
msnt has been made.
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DON'T LOSE ANOTHER HAIR
Treat Your Scalp With cutieurs and
Prevent Hair Falling. Trial Free.

For dandrun. itching, burning scalp.
the cause OF dry, thin and falling hair.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are most
effective. Touch spots OF dandruR and
itching with Cuticura Ointment. Then
shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. No treatment more successful
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston" Sold eEeTyEhere-AdV.
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SYNOPSIS.

Lieut.. Jarvis Hope is detailed by the
United States naval board to investigate
and report his findings on the invention
OF DR.. Ralph Burke, which serves to
bring the submarine to state Of perfec-
ton. The lieutenant arrives in Va1dayfa
and is welcomed by the inventor and his
daughter, Cleo. On the trial trip Of the
inventors boat, a japanese helper is sur
mechanism of the ventilating device.
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MOTH BALLS A WAR LUXURY
Price Of Punsent Marbles ouadrupIed
Since HostIiitles in Eu-
rope Began

TIE war has affected various house
hold and commercial necessities In
the past nine months. but who Tor an
instant thought that the common
mothbaII would become . luxury?
such IS the case, however, ana the
housewife is just beginning % realzze
sAat there Is not only dearth IN the
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Experianes the country over has
shown that he publication % the va
sez supply has been the NEST irf1Een-
tai factor n rs6ueIuz tie typho5f
rate. Esxt 20 shss ksg teea care f.
se zzllk szppszs Wa lzszs I've 1zz-
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of a palm leaf fan. covered with a
transparent web. Extending the
whole length Of the back was . con-
tinuous I'm, supported by spines sew
eraI inches long. connected by sort
Of sauze-
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against his mouth and nostrils by a
relentless hand, held her limp figure
in his arms in order to keep her head
above the water. Burke alone seemed
unaffected by the lack of oxygen. He
was still working feverishly. Sudden
" he gave a hoarse croak OF triumph.
A stream Of bubbles shot across the
tank. A moment later faint breath
OF Ise-giving oxygen hoated through
the submarine. Gradually it became
more perceptible. Then a great wave
of clean, fresh air swept the boat
from stem to stern. The machine
was again working.
A rug-vender had hung about the
entrance TO the fashionable San Fran
cisco apartment house known as the
Portola Arms throughout the morning.
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So II Is

Cleanliness. you know. is next to
godliness-"
YES. said the man from Pitts
burgh. "and out cur way it's next TO
impossible"
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His Weakness.

81 married Jack to reform him"
"Of whatF'
"Of telling other girls that he loved
them"
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Tie Hosss power represented n The
snea z51ss75
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Australia has nearly oo.see acres
q untsuehsd EsFess.
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csyrsst. 1919, s, z Ak1aa41r PsveG

NoUeGSed from tie Motion Picture Play of the Same Name By tie
~ American Film Manufacturing Company
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
UNITED STATES POPULATION NOW
NEARING TO-, 100000 MARK

We have hardly got used speaking Of national
population 1O0OO0,OO0 1t is less than year since
the bureau those rotund figures
were Justified and most of still them with
Of mental reservation And the census experts
assure us that already safely past that mark
that Jan l. 1916, there 315 people in
the United States and that July l there will be
102O17,&O2 people in the United r-ates
1t is impossible to think Of thee rapidly mounting
figures without a feeling of wonder and awe In one
year we are gaining more than half as many people
there in the United States when the republic
was established. soon shall be adding whole
population OF thirteen original colonies in one year
and then shall be doubling that.
This growth of the nation proceeds the resisess
coming ever bigger and mghtier Even if we were to
stop all immigration, should go multiplying as
China has multiplied Eventually we shall doubtless
have more people than China has today And those
hundreds Of millions Will not be Chinese-"human
cabbage heads" somebody once called them No
matter how of there may be in the future gen
eratons can't help believing all i'll have the
individuality and power that have characterized our
people from the beginning-and far more resistess
collective power.
That is what makes the steady increment Of numbers
significant What Will those hundreds of millions
do?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
GASOLINE ACCIDENTS AND THE
THING CALLED "PETROMORTIS."

A new word. "petromortis," has come into
s.. 1t a queer word. derived according n recog
lized rule from the "petrol"-the European term for
gasoline-and the Latin word ''mors" meaning death
But meaning simple and plain enough. 1t
asphyxiation by fumes from a gasoline engine
Several ctses have into public notice recently.
have lost by letting
gines in closed garages until the air vated
The burnt air-and gasoline fumes may actively
poisonous but they death when breahed for
length Of time just do the fumes a gas char
uses any form of gas engine should recognize this
danger.
Most gasoline accidents are Of different sort caused
by explosions. Gasoline a liquid will not explode
Even gasoline by itself is non-exposive. 1t be-
ciple the gasoline engine is the utilization Of this
explosive power Of mixed and gasoline vapor Case
line evaporaes rapidly and very small amount goes
a long way The Journal Of the American Medical
ISOLATION explains gallon evaporated gaso
line may render 2.1OO cubic feet explosive An
explosion may result from the absorption Of only one
part OF gasoline vapor TO 40 parts Of And such
explosion besides blowing up everything its vicinity
the open gasoline receptacle ahame
disastrous fire. All that is needed is a lighted match
a gas flame a spark set the mixture.
Many fires started, too by people cleaning gloves
other articles with gasoline They rub the soled
article and the friction heats the gasoline until it
takes fire. Such cleaning should be done cautiously
in the open air.
A. government bureau of mines expert reports that
104O persons were burned to death and 3.12O were
injured from gasoline fires in the year 1919 The
casualties from this doubtless far greater
now.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
With Other Editors Than Ours

are unavoidable. good reasons.
Financial disaster. i'll health and
pressure of home obligations some
times intervene to bring the stu
dents college work to an untimely
end Sometimes pernicious friend
ships formed in early days of college
nuilify and destroy individual ambi-
ton Sometimes it is difficult for the
student TO get through because he
is left alone to sink or swim, neg
lected by the institution that ought
to be his next friend. BY far the
most important reason for student
cutters i'm college is the lack of pre-
paredness. The boy goes to college
fun of life and hope. But perhaps
ne has not acquired or cultivated
staying power, no disciplined capac-
ity for attention, no ability TO con-
centrate on his tasks. One of the
characteristics Of Young America is
heedlessness. lack Of attention. fail
ure to concentrate. The schools, in
the grades and in high school, can
not lay too much emphasis on teach
ing the young how to learn. FOrtu-
nate is the child who consciously
concentrates and uses his mind at
tentively and sustainedly in early
life. That child is building uncon-
sciously but surely for a worthy
future Of effectiveness. Unhappy is
the boy or girl who wanders through
school and into college without
knowing what it means to buckle
down to a task and center attention
and thought on the matter immedi-
ately at hand for solution. The
most brilliant mind, lacking concen-
tration and attention, the disciplined
staying power that surmounts diff
culties, will be little credit to his
alma mater or TO himself. There
fore, a special responsibility is put
on educators to give to the individ-
ual student the counsel and direc-
ton that will lead 10 concentration.
TO attentive effort and disciplined
sticking powers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
PRAISES PROSECUTORS ACT.

Editor News-Times:
The apparent endeavor Of demo-
cratic politicians to put something
over the heads and eyes of the rank
and file voters TO me seems most de-
plorable. and l believe, is one Of
the basic reasons why democracy
has received such severe blows in
ether parts of the state in its use OF
unfair methods in gaining votes
Had il not been that friends of Mr.
ATetzger rallied to his support and
threatened to bring the election
board to time by recourse to the
courts Of law, it is probable that the
urinary would have been held with
out anybody finding out about 1t
until later. Then would come the
real rumpus.
Mr.. Montgomery's action IN re-
ouesting the election commissioners
to accede to Mr. Metzger's demands,
is trustworthy. That sort Of spirit
bespeaks well for party, while the
opposite is true when those in con-
troll seek to play ring the
rosie with the voters. Lack of har-
mony often makes party splits which
al, the honey coated, sugar encasef
promises, and sweet words given in
promises and pledges, cannot seal
up.
Play fair. fight clean, and in the
open should be the slogan.
MISHAWAKA DEMOCRAT.
Mishawaka, Feb. IS, 1915.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
RIVER AND HARBOR BILLS.

(tarJIOrd, conn, Post
Give a dog bad name and he be-
comes a bad dog. The same is true
Of a legislative policy. Give it a
bad name and II becomes a bad poll
icy. This appears particularly 10 the
river and harbor legislation. This
legislation is generally discredited
before the country. The cartoonists
usually illustrate il by drawing a
picture of a pig with both feet in
the trough labeled United Stated
treasury. The result is that river
and harbor legislation is about on a
plane with burglary in the popular
mind
And yet the river and harbor leg
islation always contains a very large
number Of meritorious projects. 1t
is true that the bill is always loaded
with certain items which never
ought to be in it for the dredging Of
creeks which would not accommo-
date a fleet of rowboats and for work
on semi-inland waters that have no
connection with navigable waters.
And many times these items which
find their way into the bill merely
because legislators are keen TO have
public money spent in their districts.
are left in because the mem bers who
have meritorious projects need the
votes OF the members who simply
have projects. The basic trouble is
that the same log rolling system ex-
lists with reference TO river and har-
Dor legislation as has always existed
with reference TO the tariff-items
have been voted for not on their
merits. but because by voting for a
fellow members projects a member
is assured OF his fellows vote and so
IL goes on in an endless chain.
River and harbor legislation is not
intrinsically evil or bad. but bad and
vicious practices have been resorted
10 in its name. and as is always the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
JOHN BARLEYCORN DISRUPTER OF
FORTY PER CENT OF HOMES

Sometimes it is woman suffrage. in the oratons Of
the timorous which is surely going 10 disrupt the
home Sometimes il is socialism. Sometimes the
economic independence az woman.
1t used to be the higher education Of women. If a
knew little Greek, it going unfit her
for motherhood (When she got that dangerous edu-
cation she right and reduced the infant
mortality rate by intelligent but what is that
TO the tmorous?)
So many things were going TO disrupt the home
paasnt dIshwashers and baby bugges among them
but somehow. the home institution continues to
flourish. and ideals continue to as
before.
such homes however do manage to get disrupted
And the OF domestic relations OF Brooklyn "
Y, has tabulated the which it able
in 1918. John Barleycorn an easy first. with 40
per cent OF the total number OF broken homes. The
other woman" did 10 per cent Of the disruptng the
other per cent the mother in-law per
cent The rest scattering.
Figures have way OF upsettng preju5ices. this
case II would that the most dangerous "other
friend OF the family have around the
house Is John Bareycon- His frequent visits should
be disoourageL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-19
THE EGG-BOILERS-THEY ARE THE
WORKING GIRLS.

What girls and women who work and live alone in
large cities a place boil their eggs.
least that's what Miss Esther Packard Californ-
ian. assistant secretary Consumers league and
investigator for the New York Y w. c. a., says.
whirfwind campaign for money brought in a
large with the understanding that much of it
be used to improve the living conditions Of working
girls who were alone the city. Miss Packard and
Miss Mary Dean Adams spent eight months living in
various organized homes and boarding houses visiting
girls who lived in them and talking with other girls
who lived such places.
IF there's place dismal than home it's
a Furnished ROOM and the place than a
Furnished room is home" agreed the invest-
gators.
Many OF the supposedly philanthropic homes have
rules which a burden. They close at 1890. and
II a girl goes a theater concert. even public
lecture at n distance, she is locked and has to
spend the night in any place she find open. This
is positive danger.
Some few of the homes were pleasant of course,
were kind These the exceptions
The recommendation made is for Specialized apart
ment houses" That IS buildings with tiny flats, one
room. three, but each with its kitchenete,
the tenant can boil her eggs in comfort There
10 be cafeterias comfortable parlors for
home. make it homelike. and be responsible for
her conduct. This sounds like a real solution Of
the rooming- house problem.