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superabundance of food. He was curl
Gus enough to inspect my case, and
then"
ITO be BRIEF" he continued, "the
king reused up like a man drawn by a
magnet to some fascination irresisti-
BILE. He was smitten with the coun-
terfeit presentment of the peerless
Sophia. He appropriated the doll and
1 was left to mourn. know not how
the Infamous Ducroix wormed his way
into the confidence of the king. !
know not how by signs he made his
majesty know that the original of the
doll was alive and could be found, and
that he could lead him to her. 1 only
know that one month later, with the
royal exchequer looted, the infatuated
monarch and his confidant, Ducroix,
secretly stole away from the palace.
"The king had deserted his wives !;
they soon realized this. Only one
queen, his first wife, mourned. It took
me two months to learn sufficient of
the Jangeh gibberish to make her I'M
derstand all the merits of the situa-
ton. 1t took Queen Ibi Zwoa only two
minutes to engage me to accompany
her in world girdling chase of his
recreant highness.
Therefore am here. What have
learned has been through our host"
and he pointed at Marvel. "to whom
we were directed by the French con-
sui Admirable direction! Estimable
man! We have told him all, but-we
have not found the king"
Marvel arose. I noticed a switch
of the veil, and the woman it covered
also arose. 1t was a signal that the
conference was ended. She could not
have been more than four feet in
height. With some querulous gibber-
ish, in voice that might have be-
longed to child, she lifted her veil.
It was only for moment that had
sight of the face of Queen Ibi Zwoa,
but shall never forget it.
I was sent on variety of missions
during the ensuing several days, the
real purport of which / did not fully
understand at the time. / realized
that 1 was taking helter-skelter
stitches only in network of which
the master hand held the main warp
and wool.
l also knew that Marvel had notified
the civilized world to find and detain
Bernard Ralston. Beyond that he had
local emissaries and outside CORE
spondents on the trail of King Zwun
Zhi.
1.-THE king" he announced to me one
evening, lis in hiding, or dead. 1t
seems that he and that clever agent
of his, Ducroix, followed Sophia Volt
mar clear across the continent 1 hear
of gifts to that peerless beauty be-
yond the purse of a king. Lured on,
but never SO much as touching the
hem of her garment, this fatuous adj
mirer has been encouraged, duped and
beggared. The railroad scheme was
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fected great interest in my ioriorn
condition. He advised that remain
on board the schooner until Cape
Town was reached. Thence 1 could
cable to the house, explaining all.
"My first care was the doll. Except
where dash of rain and salt water
had slightly discolored the dress, it's
beauty, it's grandeur, were apparent as
ever. The string of false pearls was
gone-wrenched from place by the
robbers, who supposed they had Sc
cured the famous Damon gems.
"My blow had been a bad one, and
was convalescent for some time.
The schooner lined the West coast
We entered the Gulf of Guinea just as
the typhoon season came on. The
grain coast of Liberia, the ivory coast
of Ashantee, the gold coast of Daho-
mey. the slave coast of the blight of
Biafra-all these we passed in safety,
and then, one tempestuous night, the
schooner went to pieces, blown upon
rock by gale that drove every man
on deck overheard. a
"Peste! Canaille! sortie de Gle! 1t
was the traitor Ducroix who was my
|lpartner in a wild swim for the shore.
An empty water barrel for our buoy,
we landed on barren coast. By some
strange fate we drifted inland. AS
learned later, we must have crossed
all of the French Congo. We arrived
at the Jebel river, we penetrated JAN
geh.- Our first sight of humanity was
of the tribesmen of Zwun Zhi, the
king"
Lafort made a wry face. Again his
glance, bitter and resentful, wandered
towards the squat, yelled figure. Then
he mouthed rather than articulated
the gruesome word: "Cannibals!"
reflected: Jangeh-was it there the
yelled woman came from?
Through wreck, hardship. perils on
land, never lost sight of my case, OF
the peerless Sophia. She was re.
hinder of the glorious past. We were
taken before the king. In the gleam
ing, hungry eyes of his servitors
noted the greasy JUNCTION of festive ap
petite; in his own, only Indifference
the lazy curiosity of man lulled to
content by half a hundred wives and
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strict business.
was sent to the home of the presi-
dent of the bank, and brought him
| back with me. The institution was
visited, certain documents pertaining
| to the Jebel River & Great Jangeh
Railroad company secured, and new
deed of trust was made out.
eff you can influence Queen Ibi
Zwoa to sign that" observed Marvel
to Lafort, "she can come and see her
husband here. If not, she will see
him behind steel bars"
1t was all arranged within a few
hours-the possession of an absolute
ly valid deed covering the Jangeh
property And that meant new pro-
motion, and the saving to the bank OF
it's ill-advised original investment.
The president could we'll afford to
be liberal, and Ducroix went away
with enough in his pocket to stake
him till he found decent job, if that
was his inclination, which it probably
was not. Lafort was ecstatic over
the possession of thousand, and it
was arranged to get King Zwun Zhi
and his wife back to their home pos
sessions in respectable way.
l was with Resilius Marvel when he
wound up the last strand of this re-
markable case. 1t was at the desert
ed offices of Ralston & Co. We found,
fallen behind one of the dust-laden
desks, mans cap, and written in red
ink on the inside lining was the name:
Clinton Durham"
The big safe of the defunct promo
ter held nothing but useless Office rec
ords. the vault in which it stood only
equally valuelesS litter. The climax,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
WHILE NOW AL AS |!

show window, Sophia Voltmar. The
miniature latest creation of Worth in
which the doll was CARRIED cost 5000
thalers. About its neck was the Da-
mon string of pearls. 1t had taken
coast fisherman two years to gather
these, mated from the center from a
hazel nut size to that of a pea, and
listed at $4,000 pounds sterling"
From all this began to understand
that the racy Sophia, founder of the
celebrated Cobra" dance known over
two continents, had been duplicated
in doll fashion and exhibited to the
Vienna world as a most artistic speci-
men of the exclusive handicraft of
the House.
Il was deputized, honored with the
commission, to convey this latest pro-
duction of the House to Paris" pro-
ceeded the volatile Lefort when it
was ready for packing the Damon
string of pearls was removed. There
was substituted cheap imitation
necklace. 1t was unfortunate that in
my pride, my desire to show this
marvel of the House to some friends
at Marseilles, l did not proceed direct
to Paris, where the doll was to be
placed in a case before the Grand
Opera House, where Sophia Voltmar
was the attraction. found my friends
at the seaboard city absent at we'd
ding. Always my precious case with
me, l strolled about the harbor. It
was one of those royal evenings, the
air pure wine, the sky a vaulted sap
phire, the lovely Mediterranean a
sheet of liquid gold. l took a row
boat, my case ever at my SIDE Just
as dusk came up yawl holding three
men. They ran into me. I later
guessed that these bandits must have
followed me from Vienna and were
after the Damon pearls, which they
believed had remained on the doll.
A blow, insensibility, and it was a
long, dull dream of many weeks for
me.
when 1 came to myself again the
world was nearly month older.
had been picked up, and my case, by
a schooner in the African trade. My
pockets had been ransacked. There
was nothing to indicate who I was
when the schooner found me. The
card showed you later discovered
in the lining of my coat. A storm had
driven the schooner out of her course
They simply kept me aboard because
they made few landings. There was
passenger who probably recognized
that was gentleman of culture, pos
sibly of means. This was one Ma
poleon Ducroix."
l gave the speaker an intense stare
The pen with which Marvel was writ
ing made splatter just here. It was
purposeful, to emphasize what 1 nat
urally had discovered, that Napoleon
Ducroix was the name attached to the
Jebel River & Great Jangeh bonds.
"Ducroix learned my story. He at.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07
His Fall Not Unchecked.

Two insurance agents-a Yankee
and an Englishman = were Dragging
about their rival methods, says the At
lanta Journal The Britisher was hold
ing forth on the system of prompt pay
ment carried out by his peOple-no
trouble, no fuss, no attempt to wriggle
out of settlement. eff the man died
tonight" he continued, 'his widow
would receive her money by the first
post tomorrow morning" "YOu don't
saw" drawled the Yankee. "See here,
now; you talk of prompt payment!
Well, our Office is on the third floor of
building 40 stories high. One Of
our clients lived in that forty-ninth
story and he fell out of the window.
We handed him his check as he
passed"
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however, arrived when a second vault
was opened
Upon it's floor lay prone figure. 1t
was the owner Of the misplaced cap,
dead-dead for many days.
We could only conjecture from a
crumpled document in his cold hand
what it all meant. The unfortunate
mercantile reporter had become sus
picious, had suspended the rating OF
Ralston & Co., and had revisited their
Office for proofs to sustain his judg
ment of the condition of tie concern
The paper In his hand was private
balance sheet, showing the house in
solvent. He must have had an OPP
portunity to slip into the vault to Sc
cure it. He had been discovered
probably by Ralston, with the indis,
putable evidence of the insolvency of
the concern in his possession. The
door of the vault had been crashed
shut, and then, within twenty-four
hours, gathering up all he could lay
his hands to, Bernard Ralston had
vanished.
A week later Resilius Marvel
showed me a telegram from Lott
dated at Los Angeles. He was on the
trail of Ralston, who was aiming to
get out of the country.
There was a longer wire two days
later-again from Lott, close on the
track of the absconder. The latter
hemmed in, had tried to escape over g
narrow mountain road. A wrong turf
sent the automobile and its driver
three hundred feet below to the bot
tom of a rock-strewn canyon. The ma
chine had turned turtle, shutting ou
from sight the frightful end of the
man who had been Open for Rating.
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Was only Shopping.

"My heavens, jack" said the lady
who had been waiting in the Claridge
lobby. "What was the matter? Where
have you been?"
Nothing tn matter, m'dear," was
the reply. "Not thing in tn world.
JUS been doing a lii shopping aroun'
some saloons. New York Letter in
the Cincinnati Times-Star
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Didn't Care to Ride.

In a small Southern city the first
airship exhibition was about to be
held. A large crowd was on hand,
among them being an old negro man.
The aviator inspected his machine for
the last time, took his seat started his
motor. and was soon soaring above
the crowd. The old negro gazed up
ward very thoughtfully for a minute
and then was heard to exclaim: "Sho
think dey don't need no Jim Crow
cars on dem things. "-Everybody's
Magazine.
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Painful, Indeed!

A party Of wounded were out for
ride in charbanc. Bandaged
limbs being very much in evidence,
the nurse who accompanied the men
asked them how they were feeling.
you're hurting me- said man
who was sitting on the box seat.
"But I'm nowhere near you'll" said
the nurse Indignantly.
"That's what hurts me" said the
sentimental Tommy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-09-07

Los Angeles is to have a BILLY"
Sunday revival.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13
Whistling Dicks
Christmas Stocking
By O. HENRY

Copyright by Doubleday. Page q Co.
TT was with much caution that
/ whistling Dick slid back the door
OF the box car, for article SIG, city
ordinances, authorized (perhaps uncon-
stitutionally) arrest on suspicion.
He saw no change since his last visit
to this big, almsgiving, long suffering
city Of the south, the cold weather par
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13
FIRST RED CROSS CHRISTMAS

FIRST RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
r,oMETH1NG HAS HAPPENED simple and thrilling thing
- that brings something greatness to lives humble
las they may be.
have even thought of it's appropriateness and It's
ncance this world of anguish without having touched the
thoughts all the worhat which given on the
birthday celebrating bring good hdings
great joy shall be to all people, and that which was
in the Treaty made nations which establish
that the sick and wounded of the should be
sacred to the Red Cross.
This is Christmas when we cannot young sol
strong straight of back without vsonng those others
whom war made helpless We cannot the happiness OF
our children without thinking of those little in Europe who
starved to death Perhaps cannot deck our chdrens
Christmas without remembering that He in whose honor
they are of and acquainted with grief
In the campaign for 100000 members dur
ing the week preceding Christmas there for all ten
dernes richest imaginngs all newborn power OF
simplicity of heart all possibilities of service.
Chapters have asked all members of the Amer
lean Red Cross to take part in simple ceremony Christmas
placing of lighted candle in the window shining thru
flag the window This flag is
piece of white transparent blue b0rdered with the sign
Red Cross five inches the center and smaller
added each of the household who member
Red Cross It expression of service this unexamped
symbol that the Red Cross will glow
length and breadth of the land
sending out the Christmas to the world and telling not
the passerby but hearts, that boys
finding strength in their sacrifices,
thru service
ASER WILHELM will go down in history as the thief who
II stole the ma out of hu(nanity while the world slept
and laid the blame on God.
FEXICO may continue have its Caranza and its Villa Rus
wi may continue to have its Kerensy and its Boshev
but the world isn't big enough for Bill and Teddy
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MEXICO continue to have its Caranza and its Villa Rus
may continue to have its Kerensky and its Bolshev
the world isn't big enough for Germanys Bill and Teddy
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-12-13
y y y y y

AISER WILHELM will down in history the thief who
II stole the 'ma out of humanity while the world slept
and laid the blame God
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
PUT DOLLARS ABOVE
LIVES OF PASSENGERS

NEW YORK, Jan. S-Dollars are
more important than human lives.
That, in summary, appears to be
the decision of the Real Estate
Board of New York, which has just
announced its opposition to an or
dinance requiring saftey devices on
passenger elevators. The appliances
proposed would prevent accidents
while passengers are getting on and
off the cars, and would keep shaft
way doors locked so they cannot be
opened unless the elevator is station
ed at the landing. This ordinance is
now pending before the Board of AL
dermen.
at will cost money" is the howl
the real estate men have set up at
the time Of beginning their fight on
the measure.
In other words, if the real estate
men can keep their profits, they are
willing to sacrifice the safety and
perhaps the lives of passengers on
the city's elevators.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
OPEN SHOP FIGHT
LAUNCHED BY BIG
ANTI-UNION TRUST

WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 6.-Ex-
termination Of all building concerns
in the country which are fair to or
ganized labor will be the first move
in the war to crush union labor
launched by the giant eighty-billion-
dollar Industrial Conference Board.
Already, through financial manipula-
ton, the Metal Trades Association of
the board has acquired control of the
large Norcross Bros. Building Comp
any here. With this as a basis, the
crusade against organized labor is to
be continued in the building trades
until the industry has become an open
shop one
Later, this immense anti labor
trust is to use its colossal force and
power for industrial warfare in the
other trades, unless labor, through a
united front, bars the way of this
board in its efforts to wipe out Or
ganizatiOn among workers.
Some time this month, Evan F.
Jones of the Morgan Spring Com
pany, will become president of the
Norcross concern, O. w. Norcross
having been forced out. Jones' rep
utation as a fighter of unions is
countrywide.
Just how the presidency was wrest-
ed from 0. w. Norcross is not gen
orally known. Union men here de
clare it was accomplished through
the old trick of "bank throw down. -
Frequently, to carry his large pay
roll, Norcross made loans from his
bank, taking up his notes at the time
stipulated with money realized from
contracts completed. AS a rule, he,
as all other manufacturers doing a
large business, had the option of re-
newing his original short time note.
When the time on the note ex-
pired, it is said, the "bank throw
down" game was worked. The
banker had suddenly become
"suspiciouS." For nearly a score
of years the Norcross business
has been one of the soundest
here. But renewal of the note
was not only refused by the
banker, but the other obligations
of the concern, subject to renew
al, are said to have been bought
up by the bank, on which pres
sure is said to have been exerted.
Unable to raise money on short
notice, despite big contracts pending,
Norcross, it is believed, through the
Vaccinations of the Metal Trades AS
sociation members, was forced to sub
nit to a reorganization" through
which he was ousted as president, and
a labor-baiting member of the as
sociation put into that post.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
PRESSMAN PROGRESS

The constant progress of the Inter
national Printing Pressman and AS
sistants' Union is indeed gratifying.
The pressman have developed a stable
organization which places them in the
front rank of trades unionists. They
work 8 hours, get good pay and have
good sanitary working conditions.
This organization has completed
it's new splendid sanitarium at Roger
vile, Tennessee, and at its opening
there were twenty inmates. This
Pressmen's home ranks high among
institutions of it's kind and stands a
monument to perseverance of its
founders and builders.
The Pressmen's Union last week
held a referendum election on the
question of establishing an old-age
pension and there is little doubt that
it passed. Conditional to receiving
the pension the member must have a
paid-up card for 20 years and be in
capacitated for work at his trade. To
raise the necessary fund for the pay
ment of the pension roll the member
ship is assessed one cent a day for
five years. This assessment would
raise a fund of more than $560,000-
neat little sum for a beginning.
The membership is now over $4,000.
The assets Of the l. P. P. and A. U.
now amounts to about $1,200,000.
This union is entitled to the con-
gratulations of its fellow trade un-
ionists for these magnificent achieve
ments.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
TRADES
COUNCIL
N E w S

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1917.
Trades Council called to order by
President Dieterle.
j. B. Moncur, j. F. Mcdonald and
Nick Mathiesen were seated as dele
gates from the Plumbers Union.
By direction of the Everett Build
ing Trades Council the name of Ed
Chandler, carpenter, was stricken
from the unfair list.
Reports of Unions
The BARRIERS reported a good meet
ing. Newly-elected officers were
installed.
Cigarmakers reported an import
ant meeting for Thursday night.
Electrical Workers had a good
meeting and installed officers.
The Machinists held a large and
interesting meeting Wednesday night.
M. J. Grant was elected delegate to
the meeting of District 80, Great
Northern Railroad System.
Plumbers had an interesting meet
ing. New officers were installed.
Delegates and visiting plumbers will
be entertained during Federation con-
vention week.
The Stage Employees had a good
meeting and installed officers. Bros.
Webster and Faver were elected dele
gates to the State Federation conven-
tion.
The Teamsters elected and install
ed officers for the ensuing term.
The Building Trades Council re-
ported a good meeting.
The Hod Carriers and Building La
borers reported good meeting.
Council adjourned.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
BOURKE COCHRAN
IN SAN FRANCISCO

W. Bourke Cochran, the celebrated
New York criminal lawyer, is now in
San Francisco to defend Tom Moon
ey, member of Molders' Union; Ed.
Nolan, member Of Machinists' Union:
w. x. Billings, member of the Shoe
Workers Union; l. Weinberg, mem
Der Of Jitney Bus Workers, and Rena
Mooney charged with Preparedness
Parade dynamiting.
On arrival Mr.. Cochran was asked:
"Was the conviction of Billings a
wrong?"
He answered:
"The best evidence of that is that
I'm here. / read the transcript of
the case and that was enough. l de-
cided then and there to come here.
After reading it l decided as a mat
ter Of common human justice that it
was the duty of any one who could
help these defendants to do so, and
accordingly l am here for that pur-
pose. l will not say anything about
the cases now but when / get into
court l Will have a good deal of in
terest to say"
MONEYS trial started in Judge
Franklin K. Griffin's court on We'd
nesday of last week.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
THE BARRIERS

Last night the Barbers' Union in
stalled it's officers-elect for the en-
suing term. They are:
President, |. w. Mcdonald.
Vice President, l.. d. Baker.
Financial Secretary, Dan Ginsinger
Corresponding Sec, F. M. Butler.
Treasurer, S. Emmott.
This is barberous bunch and every
one Of them carries a razor. Keep
away from them or they will brush
your mug and use their razors on
you.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
PLUMBERS ELECTION

AT their meeting Monday night,
the plumbers elected the following
officers:
President, Dan Mcdonald
Vice President, W. J. Smith.
Financial Secretary, John Watson
Recording Secretary, w. Cox.
Treasurer, j. B. Moncur.
Inside Sentry, Jack Leor.
Delegates Trades Council, j. B.
Moncur, j. F. Mcdonald, Me Matthew
son.
Delegates Building Trades Council
w. J. Smith, Louis Aya, Bro. Gil
ford.
Member Board of Control Labor
Journal, j. b. Moncur.
The plumbers are busy working or
proposed sanitary legislation.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
GONE TO OHIO

G. A. Becker, honored member of
the local Plumbers Union, a resident
of Everett for eleven years, pulled
his stakes in this city last month and
went East to enter business. Mr..
Becker has purchased an interest in
one of the largest and oldest plumb
ing establishments in Akron, Ohio.
His fellow tradesmen wish him sue
cess and happiness in his new home
in the Buckeye state. Mr.. Becker
leaves in Everett many friends,
other than his fellow plumbers, who
join them in we'll wishes.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-01-12
THEATRICAL STAGE
EMPLOYEES

At the last meeting of the Theat-
rical Stage Employees the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
term:
President-A. A. Patterson.
Vice President-Wm. Bebeau.
Financial Secretary - Burt Web
ster.
Recording Secretary-M. Bebeau.
Business Agent-F. C. Goldthorpe.
Delegates to the State Federation
Convention Bros. Webster and
Faver.