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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
X.


~LEDGE'S first step toward pick.
ing up the beans" was to send
Bendix down to round up the
Third ward and then to lock
himself In the presidents DON Of the
First National for an hour, at the end
of which time he sent for Davis.
al want $4,000" be directed.
"Yes, SIR" hesitated Mr.. Davis; then
he added apologetically, "You know we
expect the bank inspector to surprise
us day after tomorrow"
"wire him TO put It of ten days. or
dered Sledge.
II suppose you'll fix us up with a
temporary acknowledgment Of some
sort and be ready to turn over some
securities in that time"
ANY way you say" agreed Sledge
~indiferently. and fell again to such
deep musing that he did not hear
Davis elaborate explanation OF how
the thing would be managed.
Presently Davis. who carried a peni.
Tertiary sentence to bed with him ev.
cry night In case anything happened to
Sledge before morning, brought him
some papers to sign. and the felony
was committed-simply. neatly and
with no apparent effort.
Sledge, bearing his certificate OF de-
posit, went over to the Merchants
bank, where he transacted a little
equally expeditions business with Pres
ident Johnson. who. with his forehead
zarrvxoI ILL., ~..4.. szAu.
Sledge's check and gave him a receipt
for It; then the boss went to see Boz
Fam.
You sold those franchises yet2' he
demanded.
mot yet" replied Bozzam. But I'm
going to. Look here. Sledge, why not
be reasonable about this thing2 Fifty
thousand Is all we can get. Why not
take 1t, give us our fifth and let US get
away. We're disappointed, but we're
not saying anything"
Jaw. hang upl" rasped Sledge. You
told Bendix you had a right to sell 1t
and was going to. Why didn't your"
1--WE been waiting because l wanted
to act with your consent"
Sledge chuckled.
You mean Marley was afraid to buy
until l agreed" +.
He would rather have you salts
ded." admitted Bozzam.
"Well. / amt" announced Sledge.
"We don't SELL"
mot at ALL" asked Bozzam, reveal
ing the secret worry under which he
had labored ever since the meeting.
"Nixr' replied Sledge. we keep 'em
and build. Dig up for your stock"
Bozzam merely blinked. This was a
blow SO unexpected that he could
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pany legitimate. He's going to build"
Marley surprised Bozzam.
81 had expected that" he calmly an
nounced. Suppose he doesf"
"Oh, nothing" answered Bozzam n.
with a wondering glance at Timbers.
Hell just put you out of the business,
that's ALL"
81 don't see how" insisted Marley.
his voice now pompous again. "You
must remember, Mr.. Bozzam, that l am
now In absolute control of the Ring
City Street Railway company and can
use to the advantage of the company
and of myself, for the first time In my
career, my training and ability In man.
agement- l fancy that l can protect
myself, even against strenuous compe-
tition."
"Goodby, old friend" said Bozzam, In
bis tremolo. you may not know what
has happened to you, but do. and III
send you a bunch Of lilies In the morn
ing"
He turned from the telephone In
numb amazement.
He actually doesn't know he's hurt"
he puzzled. Hes been president on
bis own vote just long enough to get
enlargement Of the coco. How's the
Q~uarrel7'
"FierceI" grinned Timbers, turning
from the peephole. "Sledge has Just
looked at his watch, and any minute
now l expect to see Moodson move a
toe"
They're wonders, both of Them" en-
joyed Bozzam. I'm still admiring
how many Of US second rate yeggs
Sledge nailed to the wall with this one
pin-Moodson and you and me, fancy
Bert, and Marley and about a million
poor lollops Of stockholders"
THAT stock would make good ciga-
rette lighters" agreed Timbers. IF
Moodson hurries, though, he can sell
the shares he put in elders name"
but he can hold the bag for the $780,
600 he loaned Marley. | don't know
how Sledge will do it. but he'll make
that stock worth nothing a share and
put a curse on whoever holds It"
"HushT" warned Timbers. II think
Sledge Is reaching for a cigar. No; it's
only his watch. That's twice."
Bozzam crowded him away from the
peephole.
Five minutes more passed into eter.
nifty. and the silent wonders still sat
rooted in the selfsame spot; then Sledge
suddenly got up and passed out Of the
door and went down to the depot and
took the 2:30 train for the state capital
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scarcely comprehend 1t. Moreover. 1t
vas q blow beneath the belt.
dig upT" he family repeated.
1.-Two hundred thousand cash." Sledge
rumbled- II dug" He tossed Bozzam
q receipt from johnson, the secretary
Of the Ring City Rapid Transit com.
pany showing that Benjamin f. Sledge
had paid s750.00O cash for 1900 shares
Of stock In that live corporation.
Heres the stock" added Sledge,
throwing down one lone certificate for
the entire AMOUNT.
"You don't mean that you're going to
make a bona lde company out Of thisT y
Bozzam incredulously questioned.
THE moneys In the bank. Make
good or let co.
Bozzam felt his circulation stopping.
I'VE can't let go!" be blurted In acute
pain.
"Sure not" said Sledge. lifting his
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SYNOPSIS

6ledge, q typical politician. becomes In
fAtuated with Molly Marley. daughter Of
. street ear company president. He sends
her red roses.
On Eolly's invitation Sledge attends a
party. Before tho crowd disperses Molly
thanks Sledge for his kindness, and then
he o marriage. Her refusal Ii
treated as only temporary by Sledge.
Molly attends the governors ball. and
her attractiveness results In her climbing
tho dizzy heights Of popularity. The no.
table respect accorded Sledge. however.
perplexes her.
organization. He asks Marley for Molly's
hand, but is refused. Having financially
ruined Bert Glider. Sledge threatens to do
the same to Marley.
Narley's loans are ordered called by
sledge. Feeder. who receives a salary for
keeping quiet about the public fund scan
DIAL, confesses during Sledge's questioning
and II roughly handled.
Molly becomes angry at her fathers OBJ
vlous fear Of Siedge. He tells her to mar
nv him, but she refuses and suggests q
neht on 6lodge. which encourages Marley.
sledge visits Bozzam. and a heated ar
r3ment arises. The chief nnds Bozzam
a working against him.. The ~eorganized
railway company ~tockhoide meet MAI
ley presides, and siedge is present.
TIL two votes Of Marley and Bert Gid
ar are suficient to carry the amendment
To the resolution for the purchase OF the
franchise for 1900 cash.
eledge receives an announcement OF the
engagement of Molly and Glider. Boxzam
tells Marley sledge decided not TO sell the
franchise at any price. and that he In
financially dead.
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Arranging a Little Protection For the
People.
"HAT sterling friend Of the pop
ulace, that stalwart defender
Of the rights and the morals
and the welfare and the purses
of his admiring constituents, that vo-
ciferous choice of the people. State
Senator Allerton, was discovered by
Sledge In the act of serving the public
interests by playing poker in the rooms
Of Assemblyman Buckley. and with
these two conscientious patriots, deep
also in the exercise of their duties to
the commonwealth. were the very men
Sledge wanted to see-Franchise Wal
tiers, who was heavy set, but not fat,
and who looked like a prosperous shoe
merchant, and old Pop Gresham, the
red eyed administration wheelhorse
from Pickerel county, and Calvin 7.
Luther, the ministerial looking profan-
ity expert, and Cap Digglesby, the
ayowed and professedly bitter enemy
of Sledge, whose every white whisker
was needed as a calendar for his many
honorable scars Of forensic battle.
1t was Cap Digglesby who was the
first to hail the visitor as he entered
the door.
Hello, malefactor of great wealth."
he called. Have you a spare queen of
clubs about your persona"
I'm shy on queens" confessed
Sledge. looking down with indifference
at the game he played so indifferently.
Buckley. I'm dry"
BEAT you to 1t, old man." replied
Buckley easily. BE was a spare person.
with the neatly combed appearance Of
4 dancing master, but with intensely
clear eyes and deep creases In his
cheeks. 81 sent word to the bar as soon
as the phone announced you. FOUR
stein will be right up"
"Thanksw grunted Sledge, and o
siderately fell to estimating the jack
pot.
Allerton. a smooth featured man
with a good forehead and a smiling
eye, picked up the two cards which
had been dealt him, compared them
| JuulCdliy Wllu TIC tuICc NC uciu, AOlu-
ed them together with minute care
and tucked them neatly under the
deck. Looking up, he caught the cold.
ly disinterested eye Of Sledge. Every
man Of the six at the table had tried
that same thing, but Allerton was the
only one who succeeded. Sledge, paus-
ing to inspect carelessly the bountiful-
ly arranged sideboard, moved into the
adjoining room Allerton arose from
the table.
Deal me out for a couple of rounds"
he suggested. Buckley. watch my
stack. There's twenty-three fifty in 1t,
and Pop Gresham's pile is mighty
I low"
Pop Gresham took ten blues from
Allerton's assortment and added them
to his own.
"Charge me tel from your friends
treasury, Buckley" he chuckled. with
a playfulness intended to conceal his
real satisfaction.
well, what's new?" asked Allerton,
closing the door carefully behind him
and sitting on the edge of Buckley's
bed.
street car business" returned
Sledge.
II see we have two companies down
home" remarked Allerton (which
one are you in?"
New one. Seven hundred and nfty
thousand"
"Whewr' whistled Allerton. ANY
money involvedr
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ats almost harsh with them,s dryly
commented AlIsrton.
degree. 1t will make a penal o6ense
on the part of the officers to bond q
company for more than its capitalize
ton"
Sledge chuckled.
THE bankers convention will In
dorse that" he said.
'The bill will prevent street railway
companies from running open or sum-
mer cars when the thermometer Is be-
low 40 degrees F. 1t will prevent the
glass protection for the motormen. 1t
will be made illegal to have more than
one strap In every eighteen inches of
space. 1t will be made illegal for a
full car to run by a signaling pedes-
TRAN, and 1t will be made illegal, al
though this will be scattered In three
or four places In the bill. and sur
rounded with a lot Of ambiguous Ian
guage, for any franchise to be granted
for as long a period as fifty years."
That's the talk" nodded Sledge.
Restrictive legislation"
81 thought you could get along with
forty-nine years and eleven months"
stated Allerton. Moreover. I think we
can frame the bill to protect the PEG
ple."
"Can you slip 1t ~throughT
"Digglesby thinks SO, although he
agrees with me that about six months
after it's done somebody will explain 1t
so that the voters will understand 1t,
and the man who fathers 1t will have
his name chiseled alongside Benedict
Arnold's.'
Hes dead" commented Sledge. with
keen philosophy.
Exactly" conceded Allerton, with a
philosophy which, though unexpressed,
was still keener. There's only one
political post Of any worth which would
be open to him after the prejudiced
public had its n judgment per-
manently fixed"
THE senate guessed Sledge.
THE United States senate" firmly re-
peated Allerton, looking Sledge square
ly in the eye. That's the one place
In which political opprobrium cannot
reach a man."
Sledge studied long and carefully and
made some painstaking Establishments.
In order to make a place for n mar
he had to do considerable shifting on
his political chessboard and eventually
push a pawn Off the edge.
"Irl see what can be done about
that" he promised.
'"That matter being clearly under
stood as well as the others we men,
tioned-the legal representation and
the amount Of stock / am to acquire-II
think the bill a feasible one and the
legislation to be exactly such as IL
needed by the changing requirements
Of our modern civilization"
applause" observed Sledge, devel
oping an unexpected turn for repartees
xviii Digglesby fight the bill himself 2"
mo; he'll put Bailey Cooper on the
job" grlnned Allerton. This viii be
about the last time he a be used that
way too. That young spellbinder Is
getting too wise. Digglesby's almost
afraid OF him now"
Cant we get him p asked Sledge.
mo chance" regretted Allerton.
Hes too young yet"
Don't risk him." warned Sledge.
Leave it to Digglesby and Buck
ley" advised Allerton. They know
(continusA o. page avs.)
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CHAPTER XII.

Arranging a Little Protection For thu
People.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13

There Was Nothing So Good for
Congestion and Colds
as Mustard.

But the old-fashioned mustard
plaster burned and blistered while
1t acted. You can now get the
relief and help that mustard
plasters gave, without the plas-
ter and without the blister.
STEROLE does It.. II is a
clean, white ointment, made with
oil of mustard. 1t is scientlfical-
~ prepared, SO that II works won-
ders, and yet does not blister the
tenderest skin.
Just massage MUsTEROLE in
with the finger-tips gently. See
how quickly it brings relief-how
speedily the pain disappears.
And there is nothing like MUS
TEROLE for Sore Throat, Bron-
chitis, Tonsilitis, Group, Stiff
Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Head.
ache, Congestion. Pleurisy, Rheu.
matlsm, Lumbago, Pains and
Aches of Back or Joints. Sprains,
Sore Muscles, Bruises, Chilblains,
Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest
CT often prevents Pneumonia.)
At your druggists, in 25c and
50c Jars, and a special large hos.
pital size for $3.50.
Be sure you get the genuine
MUSTEROLE. Refuse imitationt
get what you ask for. The
Musterole Company, Cleveland
Ohio.
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ed will be their fortune here.
They will also have to do the en-
tire work of the camp, cooking
the meals and keeping the tent
clean.
| saw three gray-haired women
in the camp. The women take
themselves very seriously, much
more so than did the men at
Plattsburg and other camps of tha
same sort.
On the opening day they lined
themselves up in the staring sun
and 80 in the shade, and stood
at attention for nearly an hour
before the president and Mrs.
Wilson made their appearance.
For some inscrutable reason
an escort of men from the regu-
lars were lined with their backs
to the sun, while these girls who
had probably never been so UNI
comfortable in their lives, faced
it-and | did not hear a murmur
There are 800 women in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
BY Theda Bara

The bedroom of vampire!
The very phrase has thous-
and thrills.
One has mental picture of a
divan spread with tiger skins
black satin sheets and huge in
.cense burners.
1t suggests a room where the
light of day never penetrates and
every corner shelters the memory
of soul torn from the body OF
an innocent.
With very obliterating brush,
my reader, sweep the surface OF
this untruthful canvas.
There are other colors on the
palette. We will outline the SEM
blance of a real bedroom-the
one in which ! sleep.
The general tone Is sapphire
blue and old ivory. The sapphire
blue is velvet.
1t hangs from my windows and
doors, covers my bed, couch and
cushions.
The old ivory is furniture.
A large sapphire blue velvet
rug, without design, is studded
with white fox skins. At the side
of my bed is a huge silky polar
bear rug.
Cobwebby lace. old ivory in
tone, shrouds my windows and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
Marriage Licenses.

II. 7. Krona and Dorothy Berg,
both of Tacoma; Oscar Danbert
and Lille DuPuy, both of Buck
ley: Victor Davies and Ethel Ma
tutzeck, both of Tacoma; Arthur
Swanson and Myrtle McCallister,
both of Seattle; J. A. Pyfer and
Mary A. Vencelik, both of Wlke-
son; Baldassare Stallone and
Jennie Galdrup, both of Tacoma
c, l.. Fleisheim and Ora c. Muir
ray, both of Tacoma; Walter Ross
and Carrie Riley, both of Buck
ley; John Mogstad and Elizabeth
Olson, both of Seattle; Ole Lar
son and Ganhild Fritsvold, both
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camp, mostly recruited from the
class of wealth and leisure. All
listened with great attention TO
President Wilson's speech, IN
which he congratulated them
upon their exhibition of patriot
isf, He said they were making
sacrifices of themselves, and they
really are
One stunning looking girl who,
before she donned her khaki uni
form, was elegantly dressed, told
me that she had washed dishes
and peeled potatoes all the morn
tng-something she had never
done before in her life.
The Chevy Chase service camp
will make for something even
greater than preparedness. 1t will
make for democracy, and as The
president said in his speech of
welcome, it will make each one
understand that she is more than
an individual, that she is unit
of the greatest country on earth.
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filters the sunlight.
My two toilet sets are, | be-
lieve, unique. One, of IA pieces,
is of amber monogrammed 1T.
B." in tiny brililants.
This was made for me in Amer
lea and sent to me by a man of
immense wealth who had been
confined in a sanitarium by
scheming relatives.
He visited a motion picture
theater on one of his first days
of freedom. The feature that
night was "A Fool There Was. /"
He was impressed by the won
der of moving pictures and the
personality of the vampire
woman. A month later | received
the toilet set. have never seen
the giver.
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BY IDAH M'GLONE GIBSON

CHEVY CHASE, Md, May IL.
No ammunition, but plenty of
powder! That's the situation at
the Chevy Chase service camp
the first great feminine "prepar-
edness" outpouring, which is at
tended by women from all parts
of the United States, mostly girls
between Is and 80.
There is plenty of powder, |
said A pretty girl would .iot
go into any kind of battle now
adays without the wherewithal
to rub the shine off her nose, and
| saw at least 20 of them do it
the first few hours of their visit
to the camp.
But as soon as they donned the
uniform, powder and makeup
were forgotten and they looked
quite as we'll without 1t.
''Set up exercises" and course
in caring for the sick and wound,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
NEWARK OBSERVING
25OTH ANNIVERSARY

NEWARK, N. j., May a.
Much regret was expressed today
In Newark because President
Wilson would not be able to come
to the city to open formally the
industrial expositin in connection
with the celebration of the 250th
anniversary of the founding of
Newark by Robert Treat.
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GOING! GOING! WHO
WILL GIVE 81

SEATTLE, May 13.-The Seat
tie & Renton electric line was
again offered for sale at auction
with an upset price of 100000
set by the court.
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TOWN TURNS OUT;
THEY GET PRIZE

PUYALLUP, May 10. - The
Puyallup auxiliary of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary society
was awarded a $40 prize at the
close of the Gath convention of
the society for having the largest
delegation. Trinity M. e. of Ia
coma was second.
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PAGE THREE.

OF Woodinville: G. l.. Spindei and
Catherine Harris, both of Denver,
Col: c. f. Pfeffer and Olga
Stickvey, both of Tacoma; G. M.
Lundquist of Tacoma and Mae
Stanford of Sumner; F. r. w.
Thomas and Nouna Waldrip, both
of Seattle.
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Saturday, May 10, 1915.
Who's Baby's Mother7

CHICAGO May lbs Dolly the
child which che claims Matters wealthy
Chicago banker and theater Testimony
duced today to show that the baby substituted by Mrs Matters
In order to bigger share husbands 100000
DR. Mark Goldstein the family
formed operation her possibilities
OF child bearing claims
Miss Jessie Bryan girl confined the hospital
at the her child
died and that substituted for said have been born
Mrs. Matters.
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masons Here In June

Masons already making the
lodge sessions held starting Tuesday
Delegates the will be
lodge members king elaborate
entertainment The Order the will
session June a. the Order
The master of the Robert Sebastian, will have
headquarters Smith
lodge reservations of
delegates All railroads offered reduced Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
For Strong Arm Raids

SEATTLE May 13.-Mayor Gl's in wrecking drug
stores which violate the prohibition law given the unqualified
the council finance committee today The commit
voted Appropriation bills the of the
raids, will council
to give approval to the
Lundin prosecute
where druggists storing of
liquor the
Chief Rockingham cited
for sezng booze stored the
wareh
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Births.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fred
Grieyes, 631 North Trafton St,
May &, girl: Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Leroy Planetary, Dupont, April
20, boy; Mr.. and Mrs. John Kidd
Gordon, 3413 North Sth St, May
4, boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Townsend Loose, 2403 South 54th
ST., May 4 girl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
WANT COUNTY TO
HELP PAVE ROAD

City officials appealed to the
county commissioners for aid in
paving a portion of Pacific av..
connecting with the paved sec
ton of the Mountain road.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
SEATTLE rs LONG
WAY FROM DUBLIN,
so THEY'RE SAFE

SEATTLE, May 13-At mass
meeting of the Seattle branch Of
the Friends of Irish Freedom,
resolutions were adopted pledg-
ing the meeting to its best effort
to aid In freeing Ireland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
Cummins Raps Hughes

EUGENE, Ore. Ex-senator Cummns of Iowa is at 1t
presidency Last
Wilson's dealings Mexico the black
American history, and referred Justice Hughes
people knew nothing He termed the
of ignorance and
that from the human BRAIN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
Many Dogs Poisoned

dog posoner playing havoc in the North End At least
Proctor lost valuable
yesterday the South End dog poi
valuable dogs poisoned in the same
last in the district The dogs were poisoned
The heaviest
Bod 1892 North 29h st. who lost bulldog worth $500
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13
Defend Work for State

OLYMPIA 13Defendng their work industrial insur
commissioners declaring there to hold
them responsible for the frauds Claim Agent
Ge Clarence Parker Floyd Dagget A B. Ernst deposd
members commission issued signed statement today The
statement ntmated that effort will be made by the state to
the banks which cased the fraudulent mo
large proportions than
said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13

Five divorces granted i'm supe.
rior court.
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Police to sell rev0lyers and 9th.
er junk taken from prisoners dur
ing last two years.
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Can They Be Naughty?

SARATOGA SPRINGS N Y, May 13should members of the
Episcopal church expelled they play CARDS dance
the heater? This the question which stirring the
here. subcommittee
members should be expelled
strong opposition delegates opposed letting down
bars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13

Big audience heazs lecture ON
Christian Science by Frank
Bell, c. S., of Harrisburg, Pa, at
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-13

CentraIia Commercial, club sup
ports campaign to recruit new mi
litia company.
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0ceanWa Warehouse

increase Oriental trade the Mil
another warehouse Tacoma
probably will be completed by June on the com
terminal Tacoma harbor At present the Mill
receiving and exporting Oriental freight at five docks
warehouse the Milwaukee water
a begin