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leased him and stopped to pick up the forged receipt, which had fallen to the ground. As he did so, Diego. misin- terpreting the action, and thinking that Jerry was about to attack him again, stumbled as he tried to escape, slipped and fell backward, striking his head upon the heavy ornament which Jerry had thrown down.
 His head crushed on the knObbed metal. He threw up his hands and struggled to rise. A singular change passed over his face; he opened his lips, muttered, and then fell back and lay still.
 Jerry stopped over the prostrate man. Diego was dead.
 Mortified, Jerry rose to his feet and stood staring down at the dead man.
 He picked up the iron ornament now stained and splotched with blood.
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On the next day Sebastian renewed his suit This time he got d tentative acceptance. Leontine was weakening i; she said that she would consider and tell him later.
 
 Jerry Carson, picked up by a pass ing tramp ship from the rock on which nearest port to Porto Delgado and made his way afoot to the place which held all his hearts aspirations.
 The villagers stared in amazement at the man who had seemingly returned from death. They crowded round him,
 Tn truth, Sebastian will not be pleased, now that he will find himself in rivalry again with this Gringo," " said an old crone to her neighbor.
 Jerry heard and demanded an ex- plantation. Soon he had it. Reluctant ly-for the Spaniard hates to retail un- pleasant news-they confessed that Sebastian was daily visitor at the house of the merchant, and that his engagement to Leontine was an ar ticle of faith in the village.
 Burning with anger, which he strove to keep down because of his faith In his beloved, Jerry made his way up the street The villagers watched him and shrugged their shoulders. A woman is fickle," they murmured to one another.
 Meanwhile the last act of the con- spiracy was being performed in the merchants house. Diego Navarro, Sebastian's brother, was pleading Sc bastian's cause He had tried to dis parage Jerry before. but had repent ed quickly. Now he hoped to oyerturn the last scruple in the girls mind.
 "This MT. Carson" said Diego, in his soft, well-modulated voice, 'in or der to defray the expenses of his schooner trip, he sold some property which had come to him from his late father, did he not?"
 Really, senor, why should you ask me about Mir Carson's affairs?' in- quired the girl.
 Nevertheless. it is true. senorita ?''
 Well. what if it is?" Well, senorita, you know my brother is an honorable man, and would never have taken an unfair ad- vantage. Let the blame of what may happen to your opinion fall on my devoted head" he added. batting his sleek curls.
 Il do not understand you" said Le- ontine. looking Diego straight In the face.
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Simply, senorita, that when man gives a note, or an I. O. U.. or receipt for moneys advanced, on the strength of the existence of a piece of property. how does one describe his actions in afterward pocketing the proceeds in- stead of paying his debt?"
 Are you insinuating anything against Mr. Carson?" Leontine asked.
 "Yes, senorita," answered Diego boldly. You are aware that when my brother was in New York last year he took with him an introduction from Senor Walcott to Mir. Carson?"
 ''No. I did not know it." said Leon- tine. "Well?"
 My brother knew Mir Carson we'll Mir. Carson. in fact, borrowed a con- siderable sum of money from him in order to defray the expenses of this journey. And then-well, when the property was sold the money went into the schooner instead of going back to my brother"
 -Leontine could not help laughing at the fiimsy trick.
 If you understood MT. Carson" 7" she said, you would know that such a thing is impossible"
 Diego Navarro put his hand into his pocket and pulled out document
 Do me the honor to look at that senorita," he said.
 It was receipt for a large sum of money. advanced by Sebastian to Jerry Carson on the security of the property which he had inherited from his fath- CT. Of course, the. signature was Il fraud. Sebastian had never seen Jerry in America. but John Walcott. who did not understand the notifications of the plot, had agreed to say that he had given letter of introduction in case Leontine questioned him.
 The signature was q clumsy fraud, too clumsy for Leontine, who had half hundred of her lovers letters.
 "It Is fraudulent" she said calmly, handing it back to the man. MT. Car son Is not a thief"
 At that, moment Jerry, in burning anger. entered the room. Hot, dusty. trayel-stalned. hls skin burned to |
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only ask that you will accept this chance"
 Never" she cried, flushing angrily Why not?"
 Because love Jerry. And I have
 promised to be true to him."
 "Jerry is dead. There is not one
 chance in q million of his having sur
 vived. Both the ships boats were
 found, one destroyed, one empty" T will never give up believing in
 him" said Leontine.
 "In his survival?"
 'In that and in him. I do not love Sebastian"
 John Walcott looked at her in his
 aggrieved way. He did not pretend
 to understand the obstinacy of his
 daughters nature. But he understood
 human nature well enough to realize that she was not at present to be over come.
 He told Sebastian, who set himself
 out to be as sympathetic as his nature would permit. With the exercise of good deal of self-eontrol he discard ed the lover and spoke of his accept
 ance of her decision, and his wish that they should be friends. Weeks rolled on, turned into months, and vanished It was nearly year after Jerrys departure that Sebastian lifted not threw 0ff-the mask. He told her that. if he could never win her love. he wanted her com panionship. Would she not marry him
 as formality and nothing more? She should be free, merely the gracious mistress of his hacienda. He would lay everything at her feet. Leontine refused, but she WIS touched by the mans offer. His seem ing devotion had affected a heart soft
 ened by the death of Jerry. That night her father told her that
 unless she married Sebastian he was a ruined man. Otherwise he could not | bring himself to ask the loan which would convert failure into success. Leontine was shaken. What did ii
 matter. so long as she took only Sc
 bastian's name. now that Jerry was deadi
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FIRST EPISODE
TreaSure-Trove

Porto Delgado slept in the burning afternoon. The white house fronts, which reflected the suns intolerable rays, looked down on the empty street that wound from the brown grasses of the Argentine pampas into the pampas again. The green jalousies were drawn fast. Nobody stirred, ex- cept a few fishermen upon the wharf, where lay trim, Yankee-built schooner, the Portland Girl.
 Upon her deck. a patch of white against the blue of the sky, girl was standing. Beside her was young man, eagerly watching her face.
 IL was a great moment for each of them. Leontine Walcott, the only daughter of an American business man settled in the little Argentine port, had come to bid farewell to her lover, who was about to sail on one of the strangest cruises that man has ever made.
 Jerry Carson, who had chartered the schooner, was successful Ameri- can writer. He had met Leontine in the United States two years before. when her father had taken her there on one of his infrequent business trips. He had always been interested in marine exploration. A few months earlier he had made a discovery while gathering material for novel in the Bahamas. On the strength of 1t he had chartered the schooner and gone to Porto Delgado. which was not only the starting point for his strange quest, but also the home of the woman whom he had come to love more than anything in the world.
 q shall look across the sea every day in the hope of seeing your ship come sailing home. laden with treas- ure," said the girl softly.
 Jerry Carson hung upon her words eagerly. He took Eeontine's hands in his.
 You believe in me-" be said half wistfully. Do you know you are the only human being who does? All the rest have called me fool. Even my captain thinks I am a fool. And your father"
 He looked at her questioningly. Le- ontine laughed happily.
 My father is man Of business. y she answered. Tt is natural that he should put no faith in your idea"
 T suppose it does sound impos- sible," he admitted But that bottle with the message in it, which picked up on the shores of the Bahamas was unquestionably genuine. It was signed by Joseph Dexter-the message, I mean. You have heard of him?"
 No, Jerry" said Leontine frankly.
 Dexter was a big man in his day. His ideas were often derided as errat- ic; nevertheless, they sometimes proved practical, and he was recog- nized as the master of synthetic chem istry. Even his worst enemies grant ed that he knew more than the lot of them put together. What they sneered at was his lack of practicality. Well, perhaps they were right. Anyway. he disappeared"
 sDexter?'
 Yes. Nine or ten years ago. You wouldn't remember, but 1t made a great sensation at the time He had chartered ship-like myself-to ex-
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plore the South Atlantic. The ship was wrecked. He was never heard of again. His will was probated. and that was the end until picked up his message"
 Jerry, many people have sailed to find Sir Henry Morgun's treasure" said Leontine
 And failed to find it. But 1t is found. dear. Dexter wrote that it was found-fvnnd on the deserted South Atlantic rock known as Rayengar's Ledge. Not to be found. but found" Ee6ntine laid her hand impuisively on Jerry's arm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-13
THAW READY TO FIGHT
every STEP TO ASYLUM

Gump to Thaw. In one of these
Gump is supposed to have declared
he liked the whippings Thaw adj
ministered. The boy mentioned
specifically how Thaw had flogged
him until he could hardly stand.
Despite intimations of both the
prosecution and the defense that
Thaw will go peaceably back to
New York and there stage another
bitter fight, large battalion of
lawyers who will figure in the de-
Tense have arrived in town.
This, it is taken, is an indica-
ton that Thaw will fight every
step of the road to Matteawan or
prison.
Thaw's condition showed a
slight improvement today, it was
announced at st. Mary's hospital.
Physicians are practically certain
now that he did not swallow poison
tablets before he slashed his
throat and wrists.
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TACOMA COPS
WILL TOG UP

In order to pass the department
inspection May /, 60 new uniforms
must be bought by members OF
the police department.
Because several of the men re-
Gently have bought new suits. the
design will not be changed, II was
decided on at a meeting OF Chief
Smith. Sergts. Gardner, Dynment
and Patrolman Ellingson Friday
afternoon. The suits will De
made out OF 1S-ounce cloth.
In another year the design OF
the uniforms will be changed TO
conform with more metropolitan
lines. The stripes that are used
to show the number of years Of
service, which were formerly gold
ones, will be changed TO service
stripes of black braid.
Caps for the summer, instead
OF helmets, were recommended
by the committee.
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EMPLOYE and JOB.SEEKER
BOTH SUE COMM. CRONEN

AS a direct result of his recent
re-classification of employees In
the light and water department,
Commissioner Gronen was served
with two suits from the superior
court Friday afternoon.
The first is filed by Jerry
O'Conner, for IS years inspector
Of inside wiring, VINO was laid off
recently for alleged reduction of
force. The second is by N. j..
Jenkins, who alleges that he was
on the civil service eligible list
for a job as gate tender at the La
Grande power plant, but was
passed up for another man.
O'Conner charges that w. E..
Hays, former lineman, was ap-
pointed inspector of wiring, at
$115 a month, without having
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CHARGED WITH FAVORINC
SEATTLE; Rejects BIDS

AS the result Of charges that he
had Disseminated against Tacoma
automobile men in his call for
bids on an auto truck for the pub
lis works department, Commits
sioner Atkins Saturday threw out
all bids presented this week, and
returned all certified checks to
the bidders.
II will issue second call for
bids later" said Atkins. land will
make the specifications SO broad
that none of the agents can COM
plain. l will not have any charges
that | am in collision with any
body"
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Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

PHILADELPHIA, Jan Is. =
Freedom, for evidence and testi-
mony that will send Harry X.
Thaw, erratic Pittsburg million
aire, now recovering from self-in-
flicted wounds in this city, back to
Matteawan or prison, is the swap
the district attorneys office in
New York will offer Oliver A.
Brewer and Walter O'Byrne, 1t
was learned on good authority here
today.
Brewer is now in Moyamensins
prison, awaiting extradition papers
from New York, where he is charg-
ed with having conspired with
Thaw to kidnap 19-year-old Fred
erick Gump, jr. O'Byrne is under
indictment on the same charge,
but police have failed to locate
him.
Brewer was the bearer of the
Dear Master" letters written by
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taken any examination.
Commissioner Gronen announc-
ed Saturday that Corners case
was quite mix-up and would
have to be threshed out in court.
He had previously said that he
had released the man because his
age made him useless as an in
spector.
In Jenkins case, he was the
third man on the civil service list.
The first two on the list had NOV
ed away and were not available.
On advice of City Attorney Har-
mon, the civil service board certi-
fled two other men to Gronen, and
the commissioner appointed L. e.
Percival.
II appointed him because ] did
not want Jenkins" said Gronen.
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1t was charged that Atkins spe-
Gifted an unusually short wheel
base for his truck, so a Seattle
agent was the only one who could
comply.
81 had no bids from Seattle"
said Atkins Saturday. Three Of
the Tacoma bids came within the
Specifications. / wanted a short
truck so that 1t could turn about
in narrow streets where IL will be
used. / still insist on a short
truck, but I am not going to have
anyone charge me with grating"
Howard F. Steere, salesman for
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WILL REOPEN
LEAK PROBE
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 10.
Complete reopening of the
house note leak probe was de-
cided on today at meeting of the
rules committee.
The committee announced it
would subpoena, in addition to
Thomas w. Lawson, the New
York brokerage firm of Lockwood
& Co; Donald Mcdonald, who is
alleged to have given Information
to Lawson: James Kelley, manag-
ing editor of the Wall Street
Journal; f. W. MGKinnon, Chi
cago broker, and perhaps half a
dozen or a dozen other witnesses,
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church Sunday evening. Sac
rament OF the Lords supper
will be administered at the
morning.
O o o
Order of the Star of the East
will meet Monday at s p. m. in
room All Provident building. The
object of the meeting will be to
study the Ghagavad Gita and
compare with Christian scriptures
for proof of the coming of a
Great World Teacher.
o q O
Services for the First Christian
Science church will be on the SUBJ
ject, Sacrament"
q o o
(Which is the True
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By Edgar G. Wheeler

OLYMPIA, Jan. 13.-With the
legislative machinery set up and
oiled, the senate and house will
settle down Monday to grind out
new laws and consign others to
the waste basket, after one of the
quietest first weeks in history.
Two of the most important
pieces of legislation-the hone dry
bill and the higher educational
bills--are safely on their way in
committees.
The only expressed objection to
the "bone dry" bill as introduced
has come from the Epworth Meth
odist church of Tacoma in the
form of a resolution, signed by the
pastor.
Back of the resolution is known
to be the w. c. T. u, which is
anxious to cut out the exemption
for priests and clergymen, allow
ing them to import intoxicants in
to the state for sacramental pur-
poses.
There appears to be little chance
for this change, as the sentiment
is in favor of shooting the bill
through just as it stands.
The question of constitutional
fly has practically been settled by
the supreme courts ruling in the
Webb Kenyon act.
Bitterness over the univer-
sity controversy is on the in
crease.
Because of the widespread
interest i'm the question, the
house has ordered the print
ing of 1000 copies of each OF
the 10 educational bills in
troduced by Representatives
Zednick and Brown, members
of the educational survey
commission.
The chief contention is
over the distribution OF
courses between the two uni
versitics, which takes awya
the courses in forestry and
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Predicts That War Will
Bring a.Lasting Revival
BY Rev. Charles S. Mcfarland, Phi. D.

oy 1IOV. SudllCS -. HACT dl ldlu, Eli. -. .
General Secretary of the Federal Council
the Churches of Christ in America.)
The religious spirit in Europe, is on the
whole constantly deeping, and, while it has
too largely been the worship of tribal gods,
this, L believe, will pass away, and the sad
experience Of the past two years will ulti-
mately bring long lasting revival of reli-
gion in the highest sense of the word.
While the religious forces in Europe are
now rent asunder, the reaction that will
come after the process of reconciliation and
in the process of reconstruction will bring
about very much stronger unity than eX-
listed before the war.
So far as the moral and religious effects Of
the war are concerned, our own nation has
suffered worse than the other nations, be-
cause, while they were called to sacrifice and
suffering, we have followed the false gods
OF materialism.
Even this, it may be hoped, however, will
change when America and the American
churches realize their unreasonable oppor-
tunity for the coming process of reconcilia-
ton and reconstruction across the seas
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IT.
Humphreys Seventy-seven
For Grip, Influenza
COLDS
3 KEEP-WELL RULES

Keep out of crowds as much
as possible.
"Sleep in room with the win
dows wide open.
"See that your office or shop is
we'll ventilated.
Walk o mile in the open air
twice a day.
Cover up each cough and
sneeze with your pocket handker-
chief for the protection of others.
Don't spit on the sidewalk.
and help enforce the ordinance
against it.
Don't overeat. "-Daily Papers.
II these precautions fail you,
don't wait until your bones begin
to ache, take "Seventy-seven" at
the first chill or SILVER to break
up the Cold.
At Druggists, rs cents or mailed.
Humphrey Homeo. Medicine Co.,
Ib6 William Street. New York.
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Prof. Slavery of the Univer-
sity OF Washington will
speak at the Public Forum
of the First Congregational
church Sunday evening OH
"The Religion of Democ.
racy." In the morning Rev.
Dyer breaches on "DO You
Believe i'm a Personal God?"
Rev. Trimble will explain how
the preacher is both the weak
ness and strength of the church"
in the second of his sermons on
What Is the Matter With the
church," Sunday evening at the
First Methodist.
Holy Communion will be OBJ
served at the st. Andrews Epis-
copal church 9:15 p. m. Sunday
morning. Evening service at 1880
p. m.
The evening service of the
First Swedish Lutheran
church will be i'm the nature
of a monthly service with
full service ritual and SER
mon i'm English by the pastor.
Children's chorus will sing at
that service.
A special invitation is given to
all members of the w. G. Il. U. to
attend the evening service of the
First Presbyterian church to hear
/, DR.. Weyers sermon on "A Bone
Dry Nation" Musical program
to begin at 7:10. The morning
sermon will be why Jesus Was
Rejected"
kindness" will be Rev. r. II.
McGinnis' sermon Sunday morn
ing at the Church of the Holy
Communion" Evening sermon
will be 'The Problem of Mis-
sions."
"The Basis of Morality"
the first of a series of SER
mons on the "Ten Com
mandments," will be given
by Rev. Robert II. Milligan
at the Emmanuel Presbyterian
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DUPONT
PLANT
A RUIN
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Ltusc0 Wuc.b
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-Reports
of heavy loss of life as a result
of an explosion of tons of powder
at the Maskell. n. j., Dupont
plant last night was circulated
today in various New Jersey
towns.
A sergeant Of the Pompton
Lakes police declared 81 were
killed. He announced his esti-
mate after talking with surviving
workmen. One OF the Dupont
company doctors was quoted by
the sergeant as saying he had
counted eleven dead.
Hints of incendiarism in con-
nection with the blaze which
caused the explosions are many.
James Lyman, superintendent
of the plant, said the fire started
in a glazing barrel" a cylindri-
cal piece OF machinery, in which
powder is mixed with graphite to
reduce friction.
From here, he said, II spread
to a magazine in which was 400,-
600 pounds of smokeless powder
to be used in cartridges for ma
chine guns. This caused the big
explosion. he stated
Houses Flung About.
Not a house in the village OF
Pompton Lakes has a whole win
dow today. Houses belonging to
the company and located three
fourths of a mile away were lift
ed from their foundations and
flung. twisted and broken, to the
ground.
A report that guards at the
plant had beaten back the men
when they started to run was de-
MED by eye witnesses, who said
workmen, guards and residents OF
the village fled at the first warn
ing.
With the flash came the warn
ing cry of nearby workmen and
in moment the 800 men on the
night force were racing and yell
ing through the village, rousing
the inhabitants as they ran.
Flee in Terror.
The country roundabout was
filled with fleeing, terror-stricken
men, women and children when a
little later the earth bumped and
shook with the rumbling roar as
the first magazine blew up.
Sheds, ramshackle houses and
buildings collapsed. Thousands
of window panes ratified to the
ground.
Machinery in small factories in
Haskell, Midyale, Bloomington
and other small towns nearby
jumped from their bases and
tumbled about, smashing floors
and ceilings and in some instances
wrecking buildings.
Instantly the black night sky
flared red from the burning pow
der plant. Thousands OF people
throughout New York, New Jer-
sey, Massachusetts, and Connecti-
cut felt the rumbling jar OF the
explosion; and from windows as
far away as Albany, looked out
and saw the fire light leaping
against the sky.
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Church," will be the SUBJ
ject of the discourse of aPs-
tor Rev. o. Hadley of Port
land, before the Associated
Bible Students at the Odd
Fellows Temple, Sunday
afternoon at 3.
o o o
The answer of the preacher t.
the call of the First Christian
church will be given at the morn
ing service. The subject of tn,
evenings discourse will be "Tht
Tap-root of SIM" The anthem
'Oh, That | Had Wings Like a
Dove will be sung in the morn
Ing, and at the evening service
Ray Dew will sing The Lord l!
Exalted"
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FRIENDS OF BLUM
CALL 1T ACCIDENT

SEATTLE, Jan. 13.-Friends
of Samuel Blum, wealthy pioneer
banker and merchant OF Alaska,
today secuted the police theory
that he had Intentionally leaped
to HIS death from the third story
of the Pacific block here late
yesterday afternoon.
They believe he tainted, and
point to the fact that he had been
subject to fainting spells and
habitually went to the window
for air, on occasions.