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The Washington times., 1917-11-04
PAPERS IN MEANS
CASE NEARLY LOST
IN TRAIN WRECK

The papers which contain the evi.
dence that may send CASTOR B. Means
to the death chair on the charge of
the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King
have arrived safely in New York
after q perilous twenty-four hours.
Late Friday night attorneys for
Means served papers on Solicitor
Clement, in Salisbury. N. c., demand
ing that he turn over to the clerk Of
the Cabarrus county court all papers
seized from the New York, apartment
of Means.
An hour prior to the service the es-
sential documents had been put on
board a train bound for New York in
custody of an officer of the district
attorneys office.
Yesterday morning at Danville
Va, the papers were sent hurtling
out OF a sleeping car. when a switch
engine crashed into the north bound
express. The custodian Of the pa
pers, scantily attired and aided by
men made a hurried
search, gathered the papers together
and hopped on board another north
north bound train. leaving the
wrecked train IN the rear. Sleepy and
worn the officer arrived here late
yesterday afternoon with the papers
and caught q train for New York.
The Washington times., 1917-11-04
CATHOLIC WOMEN PLAN
FUN FOR ENLISTED

Soldiers. sailors. and marines IN
and around Washington are to have
another source Of entertainment me
women's Catholic war relief commit
tee has secured permanent hsAdquar-
tsrs at the Aloysius Club. connsetsd
with Gonzaga College. and win have
the use OF it's dance hall. thsstsr, aud
club rooms
A series Of dances and entertain
ments are today under way. The
most elaborate OF these to follow will
be on Thanksgiving Day. whom wom-
en- Of social prominence win act A.
hostesses at the club. and scores Of
debutantes viii be on land to dance
with the soldierA
The Gonzaga Club building. which
was recently remodeled at q cost Of
$4,000. has many features that VIII
appeal to the men In uniform. These
include billiard and pool rooms,
pianos, bowling alleys, and tennis
courts.
The Washington times., 1917-11-04
U. S. BEGINS ENORMOUS
AIRCRAFT TASK JAN. |

Following the completion Of sue.
cesstul tests Of the nrst American
lighting airplane, the aircraft produc.
ton board has announced that the
aircraft building program will be IN
der full swing by January 1.
Six months later the United States
will be able to supply any demand OF
the allies for airplaneS
Under the S640. 900 900 aircraft ap
preparation It is planned to build
%, 500 battle planes and other air
craft, equipped with the Liberty mo,
tor. The present program calls for
construction OF $4,000 motors. Once
the machinery for turning out planes
and motors is in motion there is no
limit, aircraft production officials de-
clare, to the number Of battle planes
and motors that can be turned out In
American factories to scatter destruc.
ton over Germany.
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

DR.. E. Sauer q Boston physician who
has studied both in this country and in
great European Medical Institutions
says: "As ! have said q hundred times
over organic iron is the greatest of
all strength builders. If people would
onlv take Nuxated Iron when they
feel weak or rundown, instead of dos
ing themselves with habit-forming G
drugs, stimulants and alcoholic bev-
erages / am convinced that in this
way they could ward off disease, pre-
venting II becoming organic in thou
sands OF cases and thereby the lives of
thousands might be saved who now
die every year from pneumonia, grippe,
kidney, liver, heart trouble and other
dangerous malAdies. The real and
true cause which started their dis
eases was nothing more nor less than
a weakened condition brought on by
lack Of iron in the blood
Not long ago a man came to me
who was nearly half a century old
and asked me to give him a prelimin-
ary examination for life Insurance
was astonished TO find him with the
blood pressure OF a boy of 20 and as
full of vigor. vim and vitality as a
young man; in fact a young man he
really was notwithstanding his age.
The secret, he said, was taking iron
nuIated iron had filed him with re-
newed life. At 80 he was in bad
health; at 46 he was careworn and
hSoA ~ Oil AAl-IO" at
NuXated Iron a miracle Of vitality
and his face beaming with the buoy
ancy OF youth.
Iron is absolutely necessary to en-
able your blood to change food into
living tissue. Without IL, no matter
how much or what you eat, your food
merely passes through you without do
ing you any good. You don't get the
strength out Of II. and as a conse-
quence you become weak, pale and
sickly-looking, just like a plant trying
10 grow In a soil deficient in iron.
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AN INGENIOUS IDEA.

Here, I've got an idea-and good
one, too, IL It will work. Give MI
a piece OF your handkerchief, will
your" And as lima complied, Harry
wrote, In a few words, an appeal fol
help.
"How are you going to get It Il
the people above?" asked lima, thor
oughly mystified.
The young man knelt and, careful
Iy folding the linen, stuffed 1t under
the pipe. In an instant 1t had dis
appeared.
He turned to his companion.
''There he said, 'now we'll wait re-
suits and pray that some one re-
ceives IT."
While the wanderers were hoping
and waiting, another scene which
was to have some hearing on their
future was taking place above their
heads. Directly over the spot where
they were prisoners was a factory
Back Of this factory was a water
fall; It was not large but It was
steady. Anyway, II was the last
place in the world where one would
expect to see a man hiding.
Yet out from behind the flow came
a strange-looking individual in rub,
ber coat, hat and boots. He emerged
into the sunlight little dazed and.
looking carefully around, made off
into the shrubbery. No sooner was he
gone than a second man followed
Evidently the second man was a-spy,
ing on the actions OF the first. for
his step was stealthy and his ewes
bore a tense expressed OF hate and
suspicion.
The first man approached a hollow
tree and deposited therein his rubber
equipment. He then walked off ran
idly toward the factory. Unfortu-
nately he failed TO see the spy who
had dropped his coat, hat and heavy
boots in the bushes and was watch
Ing him from a corner. the first
man bought a couple Of bananas
from a vender and proceeded TO eat
one OF them. dropping another as
though II were not worth keeping.
A shady-looking tramp picked nm
the despised piece OF fruit and SEEM
ed actually interested in Il. SneedIIv
he tore sack the yellow peel and dis
closed a note. He read this tben
tore 1t into minute pieces. which he
tossed to the winds. StIu wstcb,rg
the spy beheld this evIdenca ~ ,h.
first mans treachery with a at o..
He cursed as he realized tbat -.
could never collect the frs1n.n,s
and thus read the informatior .-t,-'
to the tramp, who had quickIy a.
appeared.
These two men. who had tbr. .
teriously appeared from tn sn..s
fAlL were members Of q countsr.
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ITALIAN FLYER OUT TO
BEAT RECORD TO N. Y

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Nov. A.
Lieutenant Resnati, OF the italian
army. who hey- from Langley Field
to MineoIa recently with nine passen-
gers in a Caproni biplane, will start
on the same trip tomorrow in an at
tempt to better his record for the 800
mile voyage.
from Mineola in a Pomilio machine
yesterday at 1890 o'clock, reached
Langley Field at 1858 D. m. making
the trip in two hours and thirty-two
minutes. a speed of 1872 miles an hour.
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EXEMPTION PLEA
Of FORD'S SON IS
BEFORE CROWDER

The appeal OF Edsel Ford, son Of
Henry Ford. the multi-miIlionaire
Detroit automobile manufacturer, for
exemption from the draft, is before
Provost Marshal General Crowder.
Young Ford's claim for exemption
was rejected by the district board at
Detroit He then appeale~ to the
President His case promises to be
one OF the hardest fought of thou
sands carried to Washington from
decisions of district boards through
out the country.
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EPISODE vi.

EPISODE vi.
" HILE the Executioner was
M making his way through
Wv the tunnel In the wake OF
Perry Mason, the house
was burning flercely. Great parts OF
the roof crumbled in, and after one
particularly loud explosion mass Of
wreckage fell with a road on the
walls of the concrete room in which
lima and Harry were about giving
up the struggle for life in the stead
lily rising waters.
Before the young people were
aware OF II the water had poured out,
carrying them with It as II rdShed
through a breach in the concrete.
When they came to they were lying
AEa:rst the timbers that supported
the gallery of the long. unusuad mine
into which the owners of the hous :
had retreated to hide from the devas-
tation he had inaugurated
Harry Drake rubb.d his eyes and
stared about him in the dark. It
seemed impossible that he was actual
ly alive. Suddenly he looked around;
there beside him was lima, wet and
showing the effects of the terrifying
ordeal throughSyhich she had passed,
but breathing and apparently unhurt.
"IlmAl lima" called the young
man.
She opened her eyes. Harry, is II
you? Where are we?"
He helped her to raise herself. and
as he saw that she was in reality
only q triie bruised he began to
whistle cheerfully.
That was an escaped What do
you remember last Weren't we
1 thought 1t was all over
with US; the last seemed to see was
the water closing over US. What do
you suppose happened?"
But lima could only shake her head
and thank Harry for his heroism In
her up when the waters be-
gan to near the roof of the concrete
room.
'It ever catch that fsllOw" said
Harry.
'Look!" cried lima And following
the direction of her pointing finger
the young man saw the subject OF
his imprecations seated q short dis
tance away, playing with a pistol by
the light OF an electric torch which
he sd set into the ground.
".Ve got himT cried Harry, start
ing forward.
But lima seized his arm "Wait
she whispered. watch him.
There's something queer about him"
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

per day after meals for two weeks.
Then test your strength again and see
how much you have gained. l have
seen dozens OF nervous, rundown peo-
pie who were ailing all the while
double their strength and endurance
and entirely rid themselves OF all
symptoms OF dyspepsia, liver and
other troubles in from ten to fourteen
days time. simply by taking iron in
the proper form. And this. after they
had in some cases been doctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit.
But don't take the old forms Of re-
duced iron, iron acetate, or tincture OF
iron simply to save a few cents. The
iron demanded by Mother Nature for
the red coloring matter in the blood
OF her children is, alas! not that kind
OF iron. You must take iron in form
that can be easily absorbed and as
simulated TO do you any good, other
wise II may prove worse than useless.
Many an athlete and prize-fghter has
won the day simply because he knew
the secret of great strength and en-
durance and filled his blood with iron
before he went into the affray, while
mary another has gone down in in
glorious defeat simply for lack of
ircn."
DR.. Schuyler c. Jaques, Visiting Sur
geon OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital, OF
New York City, said: 'I have never
before given out any medical informa-
tion or advice for publication as
ordinarily do not believe in IL. But In
the case OF Nuxated Iron I feel 1
would be rsmiSs In my duty not to
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While know
ing that iron deficiency was the cause
OF this debilitated condition, and that
iron must be supplied before renewed
strength could be obtained, ] never
theless always hesitated before giving
an opinion. This was simply because
of my lack of confidence in the ordi-
nary forms Of metallic iron salts, with
which there has been so much dissat-
isfaCtion After carefully examining
the formula OF NuXated Iron / realiz-
ed that here at last was organic iron
the only kind / could conscientious
ly recommend. prepared In such way
with other ingredients as to be easily
assimilated and calculated to act as a
quick revitaliZer of the blood and a
true strength builder. Its admlnlStrR-
tiOn In n number of stubborn cases
where other tonics had utterly failed
only served to convince me absolutely
of the remarkable and unusual power
Of NuxRted Iron. when ! perSOnPlly
took IL found the rapIdlty with which
my energy and endurance Increased
most surprising. In my opinion the
widespread use OF NuXated Iron Is
bound to make a nation OF stronger
men. lovelier women and healthier
children"
NoTE-NuxRted Iron. which is prescribed
ana recommended above by physicians in
such great variety OF cases, IL not a patent
medicine nor Eecret remedy. but one which 10
well known TO druggists. and whose iron con.
stituents are widely prescribed by eminent
physicians both IN Europe and America. I'm.
ike the older Inorganic iron products Il IL
EARLY assimi'ated. does not injure the teeth.
make them black nor upset the stomach; on
the contrary, It IL a most potent remedy in
nearly all forms Of indigestion as well as for
nervous, rundown conditions. The mRnufAc-
turers have such great confidence IN Nuxated
iron thAt they offer to forfeit 5000 TO any
Charitable Institution II they cannot take any
man or woman under sixty who lacks iron
ana increase their strength 100 per cent or
over in four weeks time provided they have
no serious organic trouble. They also offer
to refund your money II Il does not at least
double your strength and endurance In ten
Gays time. II is dispensed in this city by
Jas. ODonnell Drug Stores, Peoples DruG
Stores and all rood druEEIsts.
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MASON LOSES MIND.

Hes lost his mind" said lima
Stepping forward, she picked UP tn,
pearl and then the torch. To tn,
delight OF both herself and Harry
the jewel proved to be one of the
seven pearls that once had formed tho
Sultan's necklace.
Perry Mason looked on with a fool
ish grin. He showed no signs of re
sentiment at being thus deprived Of
his treasure, but played with the pis
tol regardless OF danger.
Suddenly he pulled the trigger: q
shot reverberated through the gallery
He looked amazed, and Harry made
haste to take the gun away.
where are we?" he asked the
staring Perry. The latter only shook
his head. Evidently there was nc
hope Of getting any information from
him. Meanwhile. with lima, he fel;
the need OF food. They wandered on,
but only to find that the gallery
branched of into other galleries
there was no sign OF light. Evidently
the unused mine had been extensively
worked at one time, and the under.
ground passages stretched this way
and that There was nothing to do
after a while but rest The young
man made his companion as com
Portable as he could and sank down
beside her to snatch a little sleep.
Nearby Perry Mason leaned against a
pillar, and was soon an the land of
dreams.
When the trio awaked It was day
light In the outside world, but there
was nothing to tell them that, for
the gallery was pitch dark. Harry
was the first on his feet Perry
Mason slept on.
How do you account for him7"
asked lima, pointing to the sleeping
figure.
There's q bruIse on his head. /
suppose he was hit by a piece of tim
Der or something" said Harry, and
he added, with a smile: 81 can't say
1 am sorry"
AS he assisted lima to rise. their
faces came close together. Harry
could not resist the impulse to kiss
her; nor did the girl he had saved
seem unwilling to permit him this
token of her appreciation. But, as
before, just before their lips met, she
started back, her eyes wide with
terror for, like an omen, there ap-
peared the SuItan's dagger held In q
strong hand and standing forth
strongly in the light OF q torch from
the blackness OF an adjoining corner.
What Is it," cried Harry. But
lima did not answer. The young
man stepped back and Perry Mason
opened his eyes.
Come on" cried Harry. roughly.
to the man. We've got to fnd some
way out of this or well starve to
death. We must have slept all night,
and It ouht to be about 9 now"
Harry had made a shrewd guess.
as he proved by politely taking the
watch out OF Perry's pocket and wind
ing Il to make sure they had check
on the time. lima remained within
speaking distance while the two men
explored. Their efforts were reward
ed in a way they little expected, for
hardly had Harry taken a dozen steps
when he stumbled on a water pipe
that extended through the roof and
bore drops on its surface.
He called to lima: Here's a pipe;
evidently II goes to some factory or
building above" As she came run
ming he took UP a heavy stone and
pounded vigorously. There was no
answer.
'Look!r cried lima "see that
water going up?" And she pointed
to the steady fiow sucked UP the pipe
from a stream that ran at their feet
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It Is conservatively estimated that
over three million people annually in
this country alone are taking Nux-
ated Iron. Such astonishing results
have been reported from its use both
by doctors and laymen, that a number
OF physicians in various parts OF the
country have been asked to exnlain
why they prescribe IT so extensively,
and why It apparently produces so
much better results than were obtain
cd from the old forms Of inorganic
iron.
Extracts from some Of the letters
received are given below:
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

might expect to find and where to
md 1t, and spurrsd on by this unex-
pected news the whole force rushed
forward to trap the counterfeiters.
In vain Harry and lima, bound and
helpless, stared at each other; that
they should expect mercy was too
much to hope, for these desperate men
could not AFFORD to allow anyone to
depart with the secret OF the den.
1--WE beg you to let US gol" cried
lima "We only happened here by
chance; let us go and we promise that
not a word thall ever pass our lips OF
what we have seen"
But the leader shook his head.
Dead men tell no tales" he said
brusQuely. and. making q sign to one
of his followers, he stepped back. A
murderous-looking fellow advanced,
with q pistol In his hand. He aimed
1t at Harry. lima Screamed and closed
her eyes. But there was no sound.
Instead. the mans hand dropped and
with terror on his face he started
back. The leader. too. shrank away
a mortal fear in his eyes
Perry Mason was the cause OF this
sudden transformation; with a can OF
deadly nitroglycerine in the hollow OF
his arm he was sprinkling the death
dealing explosive about with childish
aha ndou
The Washington times., 1917-11-04
CLUB HEARS DR.. BAUER.

Following the Compass-the Work
Of the Nonmagnetic Yacht Carnegie" /"
was the subject OF lecture by DR.. L
A Bauer, director OF terrestrial mag
netism OF Carnegie Institute, last
night at a meeting OF the Federal
Schoolmen's Club at the Hotel Conti-
mental President Arthur Deerin Hall
presided.
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MAsoN's TERRIBLE ACT.

"stopl Stop" yelled the leader,
seeking to escape as his men crowded
upon him, but the demented Perry
only showed greater delight. Sud
denly. while lima and Harry were cry
ing to him not to kill them all. he
nung the can at the counterfelters.
There was tremendous explosion.
The door OF the room was hurled
across lima and Harry: dust filled the
air; Perry Mason himself was lifted
and landed in a passage some distance
from the main room. and from the
roof Of the den came tumbling down
rocks and timbers.
The exploring party. though
stunned by the force of the shock,
hurried on. They entered the wrecked
room on the run, let by the renegade
Bill. One Of the policemen stumbling
over Perry, examined him hastily and
passed on, thinking him dead.
Another, seeing lima and Harry
bound and apparently lifeless, rushed
to see IL they were still alive He
was reassured on this point, for the
prisoners, shielded by the heavy
door, were little hurt. Harry cast
an anxious glance at lima and, once
luhl bne was
started to explain their plight to the
police.
So intent was he and so Interested
were the rescuers, who were busy
freeing the young people, that they
did not notice a dark shadow outside
the door. nor did they see the face
OF the Executioner peer in and quick
ly withdraw.
That strange Individual suddenly
devoted his energies to an errand OF
mercy. Picking up the body Of Perry
Mason, he carried the apparently life
= 'oss man out OF sight OF the room,
and. selecting a sheltered corner, laid
his burden carefully down He then
produced a vial from his pocket and
held 1t to the nose OF the man who
had once tried to kill him The other
opened his eyes and stared at his res
cuer with a malignant glare
''Why, what's happenedT he cried,
in his normal voice.
You lost your memory" said the
"You were hit by a fall
ing TIMBER this explosion has restored
your mind to Its normal condition"
What explosion?" demanded Perry.
to his feet. he shook his
hst toward the little door whence the
voices of lima and Harry sounded
down the gallery. The Executioner.
taking his arm, smiled grimly as he
led the man with the Turkish brace
let away through the dark.
Ito BE Continued Next week-)
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feiters' gang that had long eluded
the eyes OF the Secret Service; the
reason was simple. Instead of max.
ing their headquarters in a deserted
house, or in a cellar, or in the woods,
they had chosen to do their work in
the unused mine gallery through
which lima and Harry had been
wandering
The Washington times., 1917-11-04

II you are
not strong or
we'll you owe
II to your
self to make
the follow
ing test: See
h o W / o n g
yo u C a n
work or how
far you can
walk with
out becom-
ing tire e d.
Next { a k e
[ W o n V e
& ra in tab
lets of ordi-
nary nuXat-
e d ir o n
fhreA times
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NOTE GETS IN GOOD HANDS.

There was only one thing to do
and that was to organize a searching
party to save the two men and the
girl imprisoned in the galleries. This
was speedily done and the aid OF the
police was also invoked to insure
success.
When lima and Harry and the
foolish Perry were wandering on, hop
ing for a possible rescue from the
dark caverns OF the mine, the sharp
eyes OF lima glimpsed a faint light in
the distance. Her excitement was
manifest and Harry at once jumped to
the conclusion that their troubles
were over. They advanced toward the
light which, however. soon disclosed
itself as coming from a room set In
the corner OF a side gallery
Into this room the three went. It
was sparsely furnished. Nor did It
take Harry long to discover Just
what It was used for. the bills on the
table. a printing press, the collection
Of counterfeiters' tools. all bore wit
ness that they had stumbled into a
coiners' den.
Harry picked up a big roll of bills.
1--WE better get out Of here as fast as
we can." he said.
time to act on his suggestion. The
members of the gang, returning from
the pursuit OF their renegade member.
piled into the room. Before they had
appeared. however, lima and Harry,
realizing that their only safety lay in
concealment, darted under the big
table. leaving Perry Mason to shift
for himself.
No sooner had the men entered than
he popped up from a corner and. fac
ing the astonished counterfeiters.
pointed to the hiding place OF his COM
panions with the greatest glee.
The infuriated and frightened men,
Hho were now sure that this was a
plot to catch them, dragged the in
truders forth and proceeded to bind
them, entirely ignoring Perry, who
wandered in an aimless fashion into
an adjoining room kept for storing
explosives.
Meanwhile. the rescue party had
actually entered the mine and, led by
the engineer OF the factory. was max
ing its way along the galleries when
it was stopped by Bill, the spy who
had been pursued and abandoned by
the fellows.
This man. anxious to retaliate, ex-
planned to the police Just what they
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Sure enough. the former Perry Ma
son seemed to have disappeared alto
gether. The man who had planned
the terrible vengeance on the pos
SCISSORS OF his secret was now acting
like a child. As the two looked, he
took from his waistcoat pocket the
pearl that had been the cause of their
present misfortune, and rolled It along
the ground, laughing meanwhile In q
silly gurEle