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Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-23

on the lock, spun the dial and wheeled
and gaping-mouthed servants with his
revolver.
With a flourish OF his revolver he
waved them to the door and would
have reached It himself had he not
at that moment heard the entrance
door of the Golden mansion flung open
and the noise of many feet sounding
on the stairs a minute later
Slamming the room door shut upon
Wilson and the footman, Legar, his
look OF triumph gone from his features.
stared frantically around the room. He
dashed to Perugian panel screen OF
ancient design, its panels fashioned in
sixteenth century tapestry, Ind
crouched behind 1t, his revolver still
In his hand.
AS Legar found this precarious hid
ing place, the door OF the room
amid clatter of hurrying feet and a
bapble of voices. Wilson, for the third
time, tried to explain to his master
what had happened.
"Margeryl My daughter shut up In
the vault, you say. Wilson," cried her
father.
Yes, sir, shut up In there with the
man In the yellow mask, the man as
these officers, sir, have been looking
fort"
Golden strobe over to the vault door
His face was pale and he breathed
hard as he stopped over the lock dial
The man In the yellow mask, II he
felt any fear for the outcome OF this
his most precarious adventure among
the innumerable strange predicaments
that his selfappointed guardianship of
Margery Golden had flung him into.
gave expression to none. He treasured
her gently and chided her. even, for
her seeming lack of confidence in him
Have you forgotten. my dear, that
/ have the confession of Legar?" he
whispered to her. THAT alone means
safety, for IL will take care of most of
the crimes which the Iron Claw has
fastened upon me-"
He took from pocket and hand.
ed to the girl a little hard black
ovoid. In her hand, 1t felt to her touch
to be like a cake Of soap. only there
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-23

mental problem that engrossed her
preoccupied her attention to the exclu-
sion of everything else. Then a voice
behind her spoke:
Can you see any of them?"
Margery turned to the man In the
yellow mask, who stood close behind
her.
No." said Margery, in answer to his
question. I'VE have a few minutes
grace. Do you think II surely the
wisest thing to do do you think 1t nee
essary beyond all doubt that go away
Nth you? | know you must realize
what that must mean to mel can
not but think of father!"
Il have thought of everything you
have said-everything you have even
thought" said the Laughing Mask
gently. But il is no longer safe for
you to stay here. | had to tell you
this. And | had to get from your ia
theirs vault the thing that will clear
me of some. at least, of the crimes Lee
gar has fastened upon me-Legar's
confession"
Then, come, let US hurry" said
Margery.
The two of them then stole quietly
down through the shadowy house to
the library.
The Laughing Mask,went swiftly to
the vault and in a moment its heavy
door swung open. But the next min
ute a Jingle. OF alarm swept through
Margery's body, for the call bell of the
telephone on the rosewood desk sud
denly rang through the room. BY this
time the Laughing Mask was within
the vault, but the shrill of that bell
brought him out into the room.
Don't answer it," warned the girl.
But Wilson or another of the serv-
ants will surely come to answer IT," ex-
planned the Laughing Mask as he
moved toward the only door that he
had not locked on entering the library.
THE confession-have you got it,"
asked Margery, not needing what he
had said, so great was the tension of
her mind.
ut is where II is safe" quietly re-
piled the Laughing Mask.
Then I'll shut the vault door," she
said.
He stood watching her as she
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-23

he's az big a crook as this Iron Claw
~ elf. For honest men don't crawl
into river caves!"
Golden was about to reply in the af-
firmative to this selfobvious statement
when he was interrupted by the en-
trance Of his daughter.
But suppose our fugitive" said
the serene-eyed girl as she smiled
down on the somewhat startled police
captain, had enemies who seemed at
the moment stronger than he was and
at the same time found himself In pos
session Of something which 1t was es-
sential that he should guard? Wouldn't
II seem natural for him to go where
hBd be least likely to be found?"
The russet-faced captain blinked
stolidly up at her.
When an honest man has some
thing it seems dangerous to hold, he
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
A SHIP THAT DID HER BIT.

Arizona Record:If Berlin knew how many battles the
Minnehaha for the allies there might be Ger
man rejoicing reported than there has been
Tweny-six round trips since the began the
ord the faithful ole transport and each time she
loaded to the gunwae with the luggage of Mars Shells
and arpanes and motor copper and Steel nearly
billion pounds of munitions had been ferried from Amerl
England in this hull
The Mennehaha ship of adventure and deal of
luck She the Seal Rocks off the Sicily Islands
in 1910 In July 1915, when three days from New
York with cargo of explosives, she caught fire from
what undoubtedly bomb set by the German assoc
ates of Frank Holt the would be assassin but Captain
Clarent took her into Halifax and saved her. just
Captain Leyland had saved her from the Seal Rocks.
Clarent the Minnehah's skipper in all her fine
service. "Its nervous work taking ship down the
Channel" he said in November. 1914. Probably he did
find after the policy of frghtfuness at
began for doubt longer remained to whether
the submarines would strike the transport they
could 1t irony that the old single stacker should
have slipped through the pers warfare month at
without escort only to be reported lost her
first trip with convoy.
This the most useful member of sturdy family of
ships The Minneapolis lies in the deeps off Malta; the
Minnewaska off Crete. The Minnetonka is afoat, but
familiar the Jersey commuter, who her and
go in the North River as regularly if
known.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
Ripping Rhgnes
WEATHER INFLUENCE.
(By WALT MAsoN.)

WGA n El iiNt IL GtNS=s
The weather man has much to do
with making people glad or blue. On
dreary days OF fog and rain men are
disgruntled, and complaint; when
weather is as bad as that. I'd never
passed around the hat; for when
man is chilled, alack! with gooseflesh
up and down his back, he won't chip
in pair of straws to help along
worthy cause. He feels that he viii
need his roll to purchase blankets,
grub and coal. He looks with pessi-
mistic eye on everything beneath the
sky. and says the Germans can't be
licked, and all their foes will be gold
bricked. But when the weather mans
begun to trot along his good old sun,
and when the skies are blue and fair.
and like tonic is the air, and dismal
clouds don't come to bat, like to pass
around the hat Then people reach
down in their jeans for coin to buy
new submarines, TO help Red Cross,
Y. NJ. c. A, or anything that comes
their way. Then optimistic are all
guys; hear no deep, heart-rendering
signs, and people say, We'll bet some
mon Wen have the Germans on the
run" The weather man should
realize how much depends on being
wise, and dish up days no man can
knock-the very best he has in stock.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT!
STOP DANDRUFF and
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Hair stops falling out and gets
thick, wavy, strong and
beautiful.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy.
abundant and appears as soft, lustrous
and beautiful as young girls after a
"Danderine hair cleanse" Just try this
-moisten a cloth with a little Dan
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair. taking one small strand at
time. This will cleanse the hair OF
dust. dirt and excessive oil and in just
few moments you have doubled the
beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once.
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses. purifies and invig
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at frst-yet-but really new
hair growing all over your scalp. II
you care for pretty. soft hair and lots
of it surely get a 25-cent bottle OF
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug.
gist or toilet counter. and just try it,
ADVERTISEMENT
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
A SLACKER'S PLEA.

Kansas City Star:-"If the got over here would
fight" Stacker at Camp Funston said. "but don't want
TO until then"
An often heard but merely excuse After
the had got here would have been too late to
fight We have been six months al and aren't
ready yet Germany making the other
side of the It's whole showed that it
brought to this side.
The who says he would be willing to fight if our
shores invaded but not otherwise, is simply dodg
ing He wouldn't fight at all
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
TAKE CARE OF THE THOMPSON BUNCH"

TAKE CARE OF THE THOMPSON BUNCH"
Henry o. Yen of the Viglantes wrote the following
vivid and strong appeal to all good Americans take
traitors and thus do their part win the
He twentyone and he having the time of his
young life He was going to war
1t the 9Th of September in Chicago. The citys
mayor in hiding He had outraged the city the
nation by inviting the ratorous Peoples Council meet
in his city So he hiding at the home of his pro-
German boss while the contingent of drafted men
from Chicago waiting in the grimy old Union Sta
ton for their train to pull out for Camp Grant
The kid of the contingent. He in his
glory The train platform had been cleared, pair OF
Italian barbers-of the contingent-were stunning their
guitars, and the kid angoing geeully and ndscrm
inately with every pretty girl within reach And they
were all pretty him then and he to them.
He was good dancer. He good tennis player.
He welldressed, happy kid.
Then the train moved. He dropped his partner aud
eaped aboard few seconds later he stuck his head
out of a window and in those few seconds he had
changed. He serious. As he looked at the crowd
a big thought had smten him. and that's hard
happy kid of twenty-one.
He looked at a group of who weren't going He
trying put something big in words, and he only
twenty-one.
And then it came.
SAY you fellows" he said stammering little you-
you you gotta take of the other kind-that
Thompson bunch-while we're away."-And that his
goodby
Well? How about it? Are doing it? Are taking
care of the "other knd?" Are fighting the enemy
home, while the kid is away?
Emphatically-we MOTT
Mayor Thompson of Chicago is only symptom. He
could exist without his supporting horde OF
ant[American pro-Germans. He knows it big Bill"
is stupid man. but he knows He and his bosses in
know that the tratorous antiAmerican element is
strong in Chicago alone that good politics
openly to them.
Think of it! In our second city the enemy is strong
enough to inspire stupid mayor to open traitorism 1t
strong enough kill the kid by thousands. Not op
enly no. by its swapping and snarling it pro-
long the war. To German eyes made to appear
nation the roots; Russias eyes made
to appear a divided people And the German army in
the field continues fight with confidence because of the
aid which the unenlsted German midst lends
to it,
The kid had gone to war.
If we are fit to be called Americans will igh the
good fight at home also.
hunch"-while's he away.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

A Bisbee writes the editor in regard to the
editorial bread cheaper in England than
it She declares that in letter received recently
relatives there that while the bread is cheaper
it is wheat bread. Bran and rye and cottonseed
meal mixed with it, 1t is bread Yes, that is
true madam but the that bread is cheaper
over there. Bran mixed with wheat -four makes more
wholesome and healthy bread than that made from wheat
would all be better off if had bread
body.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
Wednesday Morning, September rs, 1917.
A FALSE NOTE IN THE FARMERS Wall.

FALSE NOTE IN THE FARMERS Wall.
What a difference just few years make How easily
does mankind become swollen and naughty with opulence
Ten years ago the happy individual when
his brought fifty bushel and his wheat eighty
and his hay six dollars and his hogs six
cents pound and his twenty-five cents in
winter and fifteen in summer and the price land
held its
Today this farmer is kicking in the traces like
baky mule over an arbitrary price 1920 his wheat
He drives his the county take his daughter
to the train her way to college and he stops long
enough to tell the editor that he will be
hornswoggled will sell bushe of wheat paltry
twotwenty He will also tell, if he get any poverty
stricken city listen how he is being robbed on
his corn at dollar and give his hogs
away at eighteen cents pound.
No will give him much more twice much as he
held his land for few years Sixty cents for
dollar feather for chickens and any price he has
conscience charge for his butter Alas for the
poor farmer. He owns the bank stock and has
waterworks and Delco lighting systems and bungalows
colonial mansions his farm His daughter spends
her and his watches the World
Series in the buys bull pups and hydropanes for
And this farmer this putocrat of the SOIL he roars and
raves over his wrongs the hands of the government
Twotwenty for wheat Why, he has to pay his hired
hand thrty-fve month now instead of fifteen. Farm
machinery clothes, hardware, sugar and coffee about
the only things has buy have advanced from twen
tyhve fifty per Everything sells has advanced
from one hundred to five hundred per cent
But, after ALL the farmer feeds He has to work
hard and he stand by and the rain flood his
crops and the wind and the winged
insects destroy them. has his troubles, just like
every else And yet this particular time there
is no why he should be grouchy parade his
grievances against the trend of the times Rather it is
the who works in town for who should have
the stage and spot light show his thumb The
town faces hundred and five hundred per cent
only fifty to hundred per cent increase in
wages with which to meet them War conditions hit
all clans and classes of by
all good citizens and brave hearts But the farmer help
ed the and hit the least is making of out
cry than the man. who is doggedly bearing his bur
his loaf of bread will be bigger and the price less than
it is this day.
War and high prices make lively times Low prices
mark the advent of dull and sagnant times. Thus the
blessed law balances adjusts burdens and alter
mates recompenses and handicaps in that
below
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
State and County NelUs Briefs

Van Buren, street. According TO Mrs.
Evans, who lives at 14O1 East Wash
ington street, she saw the man about
to step in front of her machine. which
she declares was travelling about 10
miles an hour. When she sounded her
horn, Shields stepped back clear OF the
oncoming car, but for some reason or
other stepped in front of it again just
in time TO be hit. The car knocked
him to the roadway. the front wheels
passing over his body.
Preparations are now well under
way throughout the state for the de-
parture of the third contingent of 40
per cent of drafted men, which is
scheduled for October 8. Local boards
today were certifying additional men
to be Immediately forwarded to the
training comp at Fort Riley. accord
ing to word received by Colonel Breen.
These men will act as alternates for
men who failed to go with the second
contingent. VI the l,SoS men Scneuul-
ed to entrain with the second conting-
ent, less than 200 failed to go, accord
ing to reports today. In many in
stances. it was stated, alternates have
already been forwarded. Many in
quiries are being received by Colonel
Breen as to when the final contingent
of Is per cent will take is depart
ure. Rules governing the entrainment
provides that these men shall depart
as soon after October as is practic-
able No additional instructions have
yet been received from Washington.
The date for the entrainment of the
final Is per cent will be announced
within the next week or 10 day, it is
though.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
Brief State Notes

H. A. Mahery, formerly of Athens,
Tenn. and more recently at FL Paso,
as been transferred to the position
f night ticket agent at the Southern
'acific station at Tucson.
Nebraska won the first prize at the
international Soil Products exposition.
Out of a possible 1,500 points, Nebras-
IA led all other exhibits of agricultur-
Il products with 1926 points. Kansas
vas second with LBS points. Arizo-
ma third with 1854 points; Minnesota
was fourth with zoos points; Saska-
tchewan, Canada, fifth with 922 points
and Wisconsin sixth with 92O points.
An investigation of the affairs of the
Okasol Manufacturing company was
started by the state corporation COM
mission at the state house. This ac-
lion was instituted by the commission
because of the failure of the company
20 make a full report of its activities
IN its yearly statement to the commits
sion. The laws provide that all invest
ment companies must report their &C
tivities in full to the department. The
Okasol Manufacturing company is af-
fniated with the Arizona Chicle Gum
company in the manufacture of a rub
Der composition from cacti plant.
One of the murder mysteries of the
Northern Arizona forests has evidently
been solved by the confession said to
have been made to officers at Perry,
Okla. by Walter Bursey. 1t was on
January Z, 1913, that S. r .Sayer was
mysteriously slain in a secluded spot
in the pine forests north of Flagstaff.
A dagger was driven through his
heart The murderer so successfully
covered his tracks that officers were
able 10 obtain only the faintest idea
Of who committed the crime. The
fact that a stranger had been seen in
company with the dead man a few
hours before his death was the only
clew on which officers had to work.
w. q. Ruggles of Kingman has been
named deputy grand exalted ruler OF
B j. o. L. for Arizona, according to
Information received by II. b. Cassidy,
exalted ruler of the Phoenix lodge.
7he appointment was made by Fred
Harper of Lynchburg, Va, grand ex-
allied ruler of the national organiza-
ton.
The office to which Mr.. Ruggles was
appointed is the highest in the order
in this state. He is directly in charge
If the work in Arizona and is second
n command only to the grand exalted
uler of the national order.
Mr. Ruggles is deputy county asses
or of Mohave county. He has been
resident of Arizona for several years
Daniel Shields 50 years old. died at
ST. Joseph's hospital early Monday
morning at Phoenix Of injuries receiv-
ed when he was struck and knocked
down by an automobile driven by Mrs
Homer Evans Saturday afternoon
Shields was crossing Grand avenue at
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
EXPECTED HOME.

c. w. Cain. the Nacosari mining
man. is expected here tomorrow from
that place and will remain for several
days on a visit to his wife. Mrs. Cain.
the proprietor of the Golden hotel.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26
County Briefs

John Canon, who claims his home
is in Alaska, was arrested Monday by
Justin Dasprit, special agent, depart
ment of justice, on charge of being a
Stacker. Canon has been in Mexico for
the past few weeks and was returning
to this country when he was picked
up at Naco.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Alton Overlook, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. E. Overlook of Douglas. is now in
the aviation corps of the United States
army, the mechanical end. and is max
ing a first-class mechanician for aero
planes. Young Overlook was we'll
known in this county. where he was
raised.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Captain Louis O'Donnell. known
among his army associates in Douglas
as Mike" O'Donnell. is nov serving
with the American army in France
Mike" was formerly attached to the
Tenth cavalry at Fort Huaohuca, and
later was made aide-de-canip to Genera.
Davis and removed his -ation to Doug
las. He was a general favorite and
highly popular in local society. When
his promotion 10 captain came II
caused his assignment to another cav
airy regiment and he left Douglas to
20 to CaleXico. Cal, where he remained
until few weeks ago, when. after
considerable effort, he was given
commission with one of the regiments
doing duty in France. and Mike" will
soon be on the firing line.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

REVIEW WANT ADS
BRING RESULTS
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Paul and daugh-
ter, Miss Winifred. of Douglas. left on
Tuesday night for New York City. and
from there they will go to Bryn Mawr.
Pa, where Miss Winifred will enter the
Baldwin school for the coming term.
Miss Paul has been extremely popular
in the high school circles and her de-
parture is deeply regretted by her
many friends.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Daniel Shields 50 years old. died at
ST. Josephs hospital early Monday
morning at Phoenix Of injuries receiv-
ed when he was struck and knocked
down by an automobile driven by Mrs.
omer Evans Saturday afternoon.
Shields was crossing Grand avenue at
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Following a raid by the military and
civil authorities in Douglas late Satur-
day night. Floyd Courtney of the South
ern hotel and a Greek, who is known
locally as Jimmie the Greek" were ar
rested by the federal authorities and
locked up in/the city Jail on a charge
of Bookkeeping. 1t is also alleged the
men have both been selling liquor TO
soldiers in uniform. and they will be
prosecuted on this account also. as
soon as the state sentences them.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

Leasers are bringing the silver ship
ments in Tombstone back into promi-
hence. Many properties are being op-
Grated in a small way, but with aggre-
gate returns of rapidly growing impOr-
lance. aided as they are by the steadily
advancing price of silver. Beside the
latter. considerable manganese is
now being mined. While Tombstone
is not likely to work back to its stand
ing as one of the greatest silver camps
of the world in the early eighties, it
is headed toward more prominence as
producing district than enjoyed in
many years.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-26

H. A. Mahery, formerly of Athens,
Tenn, and more recently at FL Paso,
as been transferred to the position
f night ticket agent at the Southern
'acific station at Tucson.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-19
WILL EXTEND RAILROAD
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Given a
Charter for II Miles Additional.

Little Rock, Dec. 16.--At a meeting
yesterday OF the State Board of Rail
road interpretations, which is COM
posed Of Governor Brough, Secretary
of State Tom ]. Terral State Treas
urer R. G. Mcdaniel, State Auditor
Hogan Oliver Attorney General J. D.
Arbuckle and State Commissioner of
Agriculture John H. Page, a charter
was granted for the the extension of
the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf railroad,
which will be constructed from Hot
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-19

Springs through Garland and Saline
counties, distance of II miles farther
east than it's present terminus at Hot
Springs The articles of incorpora-
ton were then filed with the secretary
of state by the incorporators, who are:
A. C. Ramsey, J. w. Bishop, W. WI
Brown w. w. Wilson and C. A. bod
SON. The capital stock is $225,O00.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-19

Grover Caldwell, formerly OF
at Tulsa. Okla, recently He was
testing the purity Of oil in large
tank and dropped his testing lnstru-
ment in the tank. He climbed
down into the tank to get it, was
overcome by gas and fell back into
the oil 1t was necessary to drain
the oil from the tank before his body
could be recovered.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-19

The next day the neighbor sold the
calf for $3.50 The man who bought
It sold it to another man for SIT The
ourth owner of the calf fed it for a
few weeks and then killed it. He sold
half of the meat to the three former
owners for SIS and still has half Of
he meat and the calls hide.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1917-12-19
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves.

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
Gem raj Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties ofQUIN1NE
and IRON. It acts en- the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole SysteE. 80 cents.