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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Shackleford and
Frank Graham. rrg
Mrs. Jay B. Katz has returned with
her children from St. Louis and is at
the Blackstone. Mrs. Hattie c. Rubel
and her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Vaughn
Chaser OF St. Louis, arrived also on
Sunday and are at the Blackstone.
Mrs. Chaser will be remembered as
Miss Mildred Rubel. .-.. ..ls
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brandeis have
returned from months vacation trip
to California. ,Vs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-20

Davis Joins Braves. z,.. ~ s.l
After announcing his retirement from the
game. Pitcher George Davis changed his
mind and Joined his team, the Boston
Braves, s sae a l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-20

OF course summer is coming some
day and few OF us like to think
about her and prepare for her. And
a wonderful preparedness note" is
this dress of oyster white silk serge,
whose glinting satin-like surface falls
in simple yet smart lines. The sleeves
are of georgettc and the tiny buttons
are of pale coral. With it are worn
hat and parasol under which any
woman ought to look young and
beautiful The outer '"coating" OF the
parasol is wonderful soft burgundy.
And through it glints the softer rose
Of the inside layer. All along the
edge OF this wonderful chiffon sum
shade are loops Of velvet baby ribbon
shading from burgundy to the new
rose Paris calls heart of the rose"
and then on to coral. The hat is OF
the burgundy and the tiny ribbon
loops run riot over it in flower
garden mass.
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curiouSiy he got TO his feet and
advanced to investigate.
What he saw. as he pSsred through
the doorway into the torture cham
Der, was Tom Carleton, removing the
last Of PEARLS bonds. He had dis
covered that the bars at the window
were made in the form of . gate
that fastened on the inside And he
had managed to open this gate and
crawl in.
1t had been his clutch on the rope
that had severed Il, and he had held
Pearl firmly above the boiling lead
until he had drawn near enough to
lift her free of It.
With a howl OF rage the Arab
perceived all this at a glance and
threw himself upon Tom, uttering
at the same time a loud cry In his
own tongue. Tom gave battle, Joy
ouBly, but the Arab, trained in the
sports of HE country until he had
the agility OF an ape and muscles of
steel. speedily proved himself the
stronger.
He had Tom bent backward in q
dangerous position and was about
to finish him OF, when Pearl took a
hand In the game. Rushing upon
the Arab, she sent him spinning
backward by the force of her on
slaught
She had not intended to send him
toward the boiler. She bad not even
observed that the boiler still stood
there. behind him. But Fate or
Destiny guided his footsteps. He
alipped-he sprawled backward. and
With . Wild, Departing cry went to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-14
By Fred Jackson.
Episode s.

Episode 6.
scoVyr1Eht. 1917. b. Fred JHetSoa. all IiEhu
-HE High Prestess CARED
after him scornfully.
L He is gone" she said,
with q shrug. Then, turning. she
added:
Come with me-all Of you but
one. One remains here to witness
the end of this daughter of treaeh-
SryT"
A moment later she passed out Of
the room and out OF the house, fol-
lived by her faithful band. Only
one Arab remained behind. squat
I ting on the floor beside the rat.
trap and chanting gleefuIly as he
watched them gnAw their way
through the strands of the rope.
il was halfway severed
It was thrse-quartsrs through
But q single strand remained, and
that was Eivingi
The Arab bent over, watching Gag
erly, sucking in his breath.
The rope broke, and receded swift
ly through the doorway into the
other room. But he heard no thud-
no accompanying splash.
Could her body have descended
. into the hot lead 80 noISSlsssly a.
/ thiSI
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Bring Them Together
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX
Since last May have been
going about with the girl I now
intend 70 marry.
However, my mother objects TO
my marrying. a. she does not like
the girl or her parents. and some
Of her objections are truly Justi-
ned; and my mother says that
II marry the girl she will never
see me again A. my mother 10
quite old now and ~ ! love her
dearly, / would not like this TO
happen A. B. G
THIs 70 exactly the sort Of letter
about which I dare not make q
decision. How can read over
eight or ten lines and determine
whsthsr your mother 10 Justified in
her Gttituds7 Perhaps your mother
means what she says and your mar
rage would separate you from her
forever and terminals IN bitterness
toward the wife who had cost you
20 much. Perhaps yoH can per-
SuadS your mother 70 feel dInsF-
emily. Perhaps you have no FiEh.
90 desert the girl you have prom
Used to marry. Try very hard 70
bring the two women you love to-
Esthsr. II you fall IN this you
must decide 10 which Of than you
eve mere loyalty and devotion.
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How Can You Ask?
DEAR Mics FAIRFAxI

DEAN AIbb BA1RFAXI
] am twenty-five and cared a
good deal for = young lady who
recently married. met her re.
Gently and told her OF my feeling
for her. Do Yeu think Il wa fair
70 DO that, or 10 Il fair for me to
meet her without her husbands
knowledge or when he In not
PRESENT.
A RE you completely stupid or COM
pistely oAddiEh7 How dare you
tell another mans wife Of your feel
ing for heri You didn't want the
work Of supporting hsr-dId your
Tou didn't want the responsibility
81 marriage Now the other chap II
making q home for her, how dare
you intruder OF course. you must
not see her without her husbands
knowledge. OF course. you mustn't
make cheap, sly love to her. Have
you no JucEment-no morals-no
dsesnGTf II you have any OF them,
yo1 hardly need me to tell you how
completely eontsmptibIs yoHT con-
dust ~
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

the war MANNED and brokenf There
are . great many soldiers who
would not permit the women they
love to run the risk Of lifelong
sacrifice that such . marriage would
mean. There are women who ask
nothing better than this chance to
prove the reality Of their love. This
is = step which no one could take
without having carefully estimated
their personal fsslinEH ! will not
venture to Edviss you, but l. think
that II / loved . soldier boy
should feel myself Q Stacker II
didn't marry him before he started
to do his Bit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-14
THE FA TAI RING
6YNoPsIA

Pearl standish. richest girl in
America, IL accused OF having in
her possession The Violet DiA-
mond OF Daroon." She knows moth
ing of the gem, which 10 eagerly
sought by the followers OF the
Violet God OF DAroon, led By the
High Prisstess of the order. They
dispatch one of their number.
Nicholas Knox. to get the gem or
suffer death. He holds up Pearl, and
she promises TO help him. Knox
has the setting, and Pearl, knowing
that her father bought the stone in
the Far East, asks Richard Cars
lake, his secretary at that time. TO
call and tell her about II. CarslakS
calls. sees the setting and takes It
away at the point of . gun. Later
the Priestess and her Arabs Gp-
pear and he loses It. Pearl and
Knox in their search for the dia-
mond have many narrow escapes.
Tom Carleton. . reporter, saves
them. Tom per8uGdes Pearl 10 draw
Knox out In an EFFORT to learn the
mystery connected with the Violet
Diamond, but she 10 not successful.
Meanwhile . mysterious lady calls
on Knox and tells him the new
whsreabouts Of Carslaks. Pearl and
Tom ind him and secure the Violet
Diamond. Pearl insists on going
10 the temple with It. There Knox
trieG to take Il from her. but she
nuts II IN q vase and hurts the vase
10 the street, where cRrslAke picks
M the gem Meanwhile Pearl 10
held for punishment By the Priest
eaG. who has her bound and sus-
pended head nrst over = cauldron
Of boiling lead. Knox pleads In
vain for her release.
fNovsliEed from the photo-piHy The
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the death that had been planned
for Pearl.
He that diggeth a pit for an
other shall fall into It himself"
They dared not attempt to Guo-
cor him. lest his cry bring upon
them the rest of the band. But, in
truth, there was nothing that they
could have done. Creeping eau
tiously toward the door. they made
their way out OF the torture cham
Der with averted faces.
No Answer to the Call.
Twice tho Arab had sounded the
alarm-oncs when he had discov-
cred Tom in the torture chamber
and again when he had felt himself
falling backward into the boiling
lead; but no answering calls sound
ed IN the Temple. The truth was.
save for him who lay dead now in
the room below and the two who
warily sought their way out. the
place was empty.
They regained the street. Pearl
clinging tremulously to Toms arm.
They crossed and re-entered the
waiting car, and Pearl babe the
chauffeur take her home.
Then she fell back. unnerved.
against Toms shoulder. ami big
tears forced their way through her
thick, downcRst lashes. Once she
raised her eyes wistfully and
glanced At him-ashamed Of her
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CARSLAKE ESCAPES WITH THE VIOLET
DIAMOND, BUT THE ARABS FOLLOW

Tor the moment. CarBlako ned from
him, whether he would ever see her
again
Having disposed Of Tom Carlston,
the vicinity Of the Temple a.
swiftly A. possible, hailed a taxi
and drove TO Eella's house-EIoat-
ing over the good luck that had
brought him directly under the
window At the moment that Pearl
threw the vase and the violet dia-
mond out
Two Arabs. sent By the High
Priestess. picked up his trail Just
~ his taxi was about 10 start. and
managed to mount the running
board. but he shouted to the chauf-
feur to keep going a. fast a. he
could 30. and a. the taxi joltsd
along over the uneven roadA Cars
lake kicked and punched the poor
Arabs viciously, In . desperate at
tempt to throw them o.
The advantages. Of course. werS
all with him He was comfortably
enseoncsd within the cab. while
the two Arabs had but . prscarious
footing on the runninE-eoard. % u
Is not At all remarkable that Carr
lake presently succeeded In Kidding
himself of them
First ons-thsn the other vas
forced bGck-lost his Erfn-And
went spinning into space. to land
with frightful violence on the
asphalt Whsreupon CarSiAks sx-
ultAntly riEhtsd himself. settled
back In the broad leather seat and
drew . long breath OF relief.
He Outwits His Enemies.
He had the violet diamond once
aEainl And he had outwittsd Ais
pursuersI
True, he was . fugitive from Jus
tice still. for he was being sought
by the police on many counts, but
he had had dusls Of wits with the
police before Gnd-hs was still .
free man. He had good friends to
count upon, not the least OF whom
were NeIlH and Henley. the pair Of
WORTHLESS who had aided him In g.
eoying Knox to NeIla's house
To this same dwelling. therefore,
~ 5A1Ao AON lA4d9 hAn way. ne
paid on the taxi, adding a generous
tip. He lodged into the shadows to
evads an officer of the law who was
Just then coming by. He escaped
the policsman's notice. and, mount
ing the steps, rang the bell.
Jenny. Nella'B negro maid, came
to the door.
"Yissah. Mistah Cah'slaks, sah,-
she said by way of greeting. a. she
recognized him.
He pressed forward.
Il want to see your master ana
mistress at once. Jenny" he said
CURLY,
Miss NsllR an MarG' John Amt
hyGah, Sah," answered Jenny, apol-
ogetically. "Deys gwIns out to To-
dinnah. Bah"
To dinnsrF" repeated CarsIak,
disgustedly
"Ysssah. dey's not gone ten min
utes. sab. Is dey anything Jenny
kin do. sah?"
NO" answered carslake. TIL
follow them
"Yissah. yo'l sholy ind dem at de-
Piermont. sab" said Jenny.
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Marrying q Soldier.
MN l1B9 RAIRYAXI

am twenty, and have bSSa
steadily gotnG areund with . SOL
diSF Nhs h about TO leave for thu
front Ne has GHiEOd me 70 marry
hin, ut ! dOn't know WAT road
- taxa BRoKEH HEARTED.
10 ~ 1SyO hin - m1eA that yOS
80 PaAAg - SaSS ~ him al
6ss2AADRA -SDsO kaG6 eeen
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the best

the best
way
to escape
from
the
Temple
which the
Arabs
think
she
has
persisted.
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weakness. But he reassursd her.
You're suffering from reac'i0n'
Cry" he advised.
However. che would not cryi SaS
despIsed tears. Valiantly she strug-
Eled against them. But she was
grateful TO him for his tolerance.
Most men. she knew, hated weep
ing women.
She thought that he was q very
unusual man, Indsed-and wondered
what she would have done without
him!
He wished he might take ndvan-
tAgs of her moment OF weakness
and draw her close into his aTmA,
where he felt that she belonged
But before he could muster MP
courage his opportunity was gone.
The car stopped He descended,
with a RICH. and helped her out
Tom Hates to Say ~Good-by."
Tell Bert where you want to CO."
she said. He'll take your
Thank you" answered Tom.
gratefully. And do get some rest,
won't your
AT once. promise" she
answered. Good bye!"
Good bye" said Tom. They
shook hands and parted, but Tom
aid not re-enter the car until he
had watched her mount the steps
and disappear.
He never knew, when she left
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The Moons Shining Mountain.

IF what is it composed? Are you reading the instructive
articles by Prof ServiSs running a series this
page? Cut them out and them for you might search
for years before finding the unique and interesting facts
he gives you.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-14
IF WE LIVED
ON THE MOON
We Could See the Earth
Cities Throuhg the
Telescope.

(TAIs = the ma IN nis sniQs.
serses b. Prof. ssrvIss).
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Uranus In Opposition to the Sun.
Uranus is in opposition to the tomorrow morning.
The old astrologers did not know Uranus but the mod
en ones say very powerful in human affairs and they
have adopted him with enthusiasm He is in the constea
don Aquarius.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06
Wage Question is
Paramount Issue

Mr.. Naturally, the ques.
ton of paramount interest to the la.
boring man is the wage question. II
is the dividend he receives from the
only capital he has to invest-his la.
Dor. He is, therefore, very greatly
concerned with every influence that
effects his "stock in trade"
AS an employee of the st. Joe Lead
Company, | am very much interested
just at present, in the attitude of the
management of this corporation. /
am asking myself the question: "Why
does the management endeavor to
conceal from the employees, who have
ALL their capital invested, what it
costs us to produce lead from our
mines?" have just recently been
informed, through a source very close
to the inside" that, at the directors
meeting in New York last month, the
president stated frankly that the
reason they had not shared this bit
of confidence with the employees was
because if the employees knew they
would refuse to continue working at
their present wages. Can you think
of a more exasperating condition?
| am sincerely a man of peace and
do not approve of violence as the ar
bitter of disputes. But if the fore
going information is true; if such
shameful duplicity is to make the pol
icy of the present management, it
seems to me that the activities of the
old-fashioned "tar-and-feather" So
cieties could not be severely censured
should they "look after" these rob-
bers when they come West to "look
over their property"
No wonder the laboring men have
no confidence in the officials when
such treachery and dishonesty are
boldly practiced! l look for day,
not far distant in the future, when
more equitable adjustment of the
profits arising from the operation of
all industries will be made between
employer and employee. But this
hoped-for day will not come during
the regime of men of the character
of the present president of the St.
Joe Lead Co., who will play such
rascally part with his "firm" Let
man be placed at the helm who is hon.
est and trustworthy.
LABORER.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06
A "BOOZY" REPORT

jefferson City, Mo-, March 31.-In
the heart of the Ozarks, not many
miles from the Arkansas border, is a
distillery regularly licensed by I'm
Gle Sam, operating in a local option
county, which, according to a report
just received by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics covering the 1916 output of
the plant, turned out whiskey that
year solely for the use of the proprie-
tor and the members of his family.
This distillery bears the unique dis
tinction of being the only one in the
country run to supply an exhilarat-
ing beverage for the individual de-
mands of the owner. Labor Com
missioner VIM. H. Lewis, the head of
the department which received the re-
turn, suppressing the name of the
owner and the exact location of this
legally operated still, announces that
16 barrels of whiskey were distilled
in 1916 and adds that the assertion is
made that it was "pure corn whiskey,
unadulterated and unrectified" and it
had mo value, only to drink myself,
quoting the report verbatim. The
amount paid for insurance and as a
revenue tax that year was $82 Raw
material used in 1916 was worth
$500 and there was paid out $3.50 in
wages for a distilling period of GO
days.
In reply to a question of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics which called for
total selling value" of whiskey dis
titled in the plant in 1916, the answer
is, cant sell". The plant represents
an investment of $4,000, $1,000 of
which is in grounds and buildings, and
$1,000 in coils, worm, watts and other
apparatus used in the distillery. Fur
tire information furnished by the dis
tillery owner is that 81 am a farm
er and did not make anything in
1916" One male employee was re-
ported and as answer to number of
females" on the payroll, the reply is
zone, me and frow". An interroga-
ton which calls for the number of
skilled wage earners, 1916, is respond
ed to with the reply, "have none, only
frow and u. The number of hours Of
toll on Saturdays was 16, and there
was also Sunday work of 16 hours
for II and frow" from May 2, 1916,
to July IS, of 1916 Two non-fatal
accidents occurred, and information
regarding them is that 81 and frow
got tired from overwork" but "both
are fully recovered and that 1--WE
are now able to be up" In report
ing the industrial classification of
the distillery the owner of the dis
tillery makes the simple reply, "mak-
ing booze" The distillery belongs to
the sixth revenue district of Nilsson
ri, which district has its headquarters
in Kansas City.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06
ADVERTISING HELPS TO DIS
POSE OF SURPLUS HONEY

Honey is one product of the farm
which will practically market itself
if it is properly prepared for the
market. The marketing of a small
surplus is simple matter. Let your
neighbors know you have the pure
unadulterated article and they will be
glad to relieve you of the surplus. The
marketing of large crop may not be
so simple as you may have more than
is needed for supplying your imme-
date neighborhood or city market.
For disposing of large SURPRISES,
Leonard Haseman of the Missouri
College of Agriculture suggests adj
vertising in newspapers. This will in
crease the demands from other cities
and from large country district.
One Missouri beekeeper this season
has thirty thousand pounds of honey
which he will market largely in his
own county and says he could mar
ket much more if he had more good
white clover honey. White clover
honey is Missouri's most important
honey crop and it is usually more
easily marketed than the darker
honey.
For marketing small surplus,
glass jars holding three, six or twelve
pounds are convenient and attractive
but where larger surplus
is to be marketed tin pals holding
five or ten pounds or larger quanti-
ties are more generally used.
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throne, locking generally "as real as
life."
1t is related that the Empress Cath.
crime, shortly before her death, was
sitting reading in her boudoir wher
one of her adies-in-waiting came tc
tell her in breathless voice that a
very strange thing had just happened
They had seen figure exactly like the
Empress enter the state-room, and
were greatly mystified, as they knew
her majesty could not possibly be in
that part of the palace at that time.
The Empress turned pale, as she
knew what such an apparition signi-
fed; but she followed her attendant
to the state-room, and there beheld
seated on the throne, a female figure
the exact counterpart of herself. She
boldly advanced toward the mysteri-
Gus being, and, addressing it, demand
ed to know who it was that had dared
TO intrude thus.
The figure RENAME motionless and
silent; so the Empress turned to her
guards, who were close behind, and
ordered them to fire at it. They had
no sooner done so than the apparition
vanished. The Empress died about
10 days later.
1t is reported that one of the pal
aces of the Romanoffs has several
ghosts, one of which is that of the
Emperor Paul, who was assassinated
An English lady was resident in
the palace as a governess shortly be-
fore the present war declares that
she twice saw one of these appari-
tions.
Two Warned of Death.
1t is a matter of history that Char
les | was visited by the ghost of Lord
Strafford, who warned him of impend-
ing defeat, disaster and tragic death.
Queen Elizabeth was warned of her
death by the apparition of her own
double. The ghost of George III, it
is alleged, was often seen at Windsor
Castle. Ghosts of royalties have also
been seen at Hampton Court and the
Tower of London.
The Empress Of Austria had a warn
ing of her death on the night preced-
ing the tragedy at Geneva in 1898.
She was awakened in the night by the
bright moonbeams which filled her
room, and saw in the moonlight the
FACE of woman weeping bitterly.
A few hours later Lucchini stabbed
her to death as she was about to en-
bark on steamer.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is said
to be haunted by the ghost of his late
Minister, Count Stambuloff. This ap-
partition has been seen by his side
sometimes when he was driving, and
frequently when he was walking.
Two Kings of Denmark of olden
times are said to revisit the pale
glimpses of the moon" in much the
same way as HamIets father. Abel,
who reigned several centuries ago,
and murdered his brother, still haunts
the wood of Poole, near Sleswig; and
the old Scandinavian King Valdemar
~ is said to appear at times in the
great Forest Of Cure, near Elsinore.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06
OCEAN MEASUREMENTS

Deep-sea soundings are made with
wire, and the machinery is now so
perfect that soundings may be made
with accuracy in the greatest depths.
The new International Encyclopedia
says: "In the operation of sounding
several instruments are sent down
with the wire. A thermometer takes
the temperature at the bottom, a
closing cylinder brings up a speci-
men of the bottom water for analy-
sis, and the sounding cylinder at the
end of the line brings up specimen
Of the bottom mud or ooze for ex-
animation as to the character of the
bottom. To the sounding cylinder is
attaches the sinker-a sixty-pound
iron shot--which detaches itself on
striking the bottom. An indicator
attached to the reel on deck shows
the number of fathoms of wire that
haev run out. After sounding the
wire is reeled in by steam. It takes
about one hour to make a sounding
three miles deep and get the instru-
ments back on board"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-04-06

Indigestion nearly always disturbs
the sleep more or less, and is often
the cause of insomnia. Eat light
supper with little if any meat, and
no milk; also take one of Chamber
lain's Tablets Immediately after sup
per. Obtainable everywhere. (adv.)