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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
Thanksgiving Dinner

Take your Thanksgiving dinner at the Gastineau Hotel Cafe.
 For special dinners and reserva- tions, see MT. Carl Slade.
 Music from 5:30 to 700 p. m. Phone it to The Empire. No. 374
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28

Mathilda Floss, very energetic worker who is busilJ engaged in producing genuine pretentious cir GUS for the benefit of the Yankee soldiers attached to the coast de fence branch Of thc United States army. The soldiers are stationed st various points oc the Atlantic coast, and every man Is resdy to take his place behind the hs guns.
 N> N x n An~1sA-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28

FOR RENT-2, 3 and 4-room fur nished housekeeping, $S up; reason able. ''The cozy corner of Juneau" Cliff Apartments, near Court House
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
FOR RENT--Houses

Houses for rent. Mrs. M. Davis. 9th St
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28

Xmas suggestions at Miss Wahl- greens Needlecraft Shop; stamping to order, l22 Second St.. phone 4l7.
 Old papers for sass at The Empire orlee. Second and Main sgrssts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
LOST AND FOUND
MISCELLANEOUS

Allmetal weatherstrips. Phone 254 or 462.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-28
WANTED

: PIANO for rent. 22s Main St.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-04-11
CHAPTER ix-Continued.

Still regarding De Spain with the most~husinesslike expression. the griZ- zled outlaw took q guarded step for ward, his companions following suit. De Spain, always with jealous regard for the relative distance between him md his self-appointed eXecutioners, moved backward. In crossing the room. Sandusky, without objection from his companions, moved across their front, and when the four lined up at the bar, their positions had changed. De Spain stood at the extreme left, SanduSky next, Logan beside him, and Gale Mor- gan, at the other end of the line, pre- tended to pound the bar for service. De Spain, following mountain etiquette Tn the circumstances, spread his open hands. palms down, on the bar. san dusky's great palms slid in the same fashion over the checked slab in un- spoken re, ignition of the brief armis- tice. Logan's hands came up in turn, and Morgan still pounded for someone to serve.
 De Spain in the new disposition weighed his chances as being both bet ter and worse. They had put SanduS- ky's first shot ut no more than an arms length from his prey, with Lo- gan next, to cover the possibility of the. big fellows failing to paralyze De Spain the first instant. On the other hand, De Spain, trained in the tactics of Whispering Smith and Medicine Bend gunmen. welcomed short-arm struggle with the worst of his assail- ants closest at hand. Their maneuver- Ing caused no disquiet to their slen- der, compactly built victim. You'll wait long time. if you wait for serv- ice here. Morgan" he said. comment ing with composure on Morgan's i'm patience. Logan looked again at his two companions and laughed.
 Every hope De Spain had of possible help from the back room died with that laugh. Then the door behind the bar slowly opened, and the scar-fea- tured face of Sassoon peered cautious ly from the gloom. The horsethief, stooping, walked in with a leer directed triumphantly at the railroad man.
 If it were possible to deepen 1t, the sinister spot on De Spain's face dark ened. Something in his blood ragged at the sight of the malevolent face. He glanced at Logan. This" he smiled faintly, nodding toward Sassoon as he himself took a short step farther to the left, "is your drink, Harvey. is it?"
 "No," retorted Logan loudly, this ls your drink"
 "Tll take Sassoon." assented De Spain, goOd-natured again and shifting
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his agile enemy, dropping his revolver, lodged under the rail to close. De Spain, struggling to free himself from the dying man, saw, through mist the greenish eyes and the thirsty knife. He fired from the floor. The bullet shook without stopping his enemy, and De Spain, partly caught under San duskys body, thought, as Sassoon came on, the game was up. With an effort born of desperation, he dragged him. self from under the twitching giant, freed his revolver, rolled away, and, with his sight swimming swung the gun at SaSSoon's stomach. He meant to kill him. The bullet whirled the white-faced man to one side and he dropped, but pulled himself, full of light, to his knees and, knife in hand, panted forward. De Spain, rolling has uly from him, staggered to his feet, and. running In as Sassoon tried to strike, beat him senseless with the butt of his gun.
 His own eyes were streaming blood. His head was reeling and he was breathless. but he remembered those of the gang waiting outside. He still could see dimly the window at the end of the bar. Dashing his fingers through the red stream on his fore head. he ran for the window, smashed through the sash Into the patio and found Sassoons horse trembling at the fusillade. Catching the lines and the pommel, he stuck his foot up again and again for the stirrup. It was use less; he could not make it. Then. summoning all of his fast-ebbing strength, he threw himself like n sack across the horses back, dashed the brute through the open gateway, climbed Into the saddle. and spurred blindly away.
The Ozark spectator., 1917-04-11
CHAPTER X.
After the Storm.

For week the search continued day and night. but each day, even each succeeding hour, reduced the expec- tation of ever seeing De Spain alive. Spies working at Calabasas, others sent in by Jeffries to Music noun tain among the Morgans, and men from Medicine Bend haunting Sleepy Cat could get no word of De Spain. Deaf Sandusky and Logan had been found dead at the Inn by Lefever on the night after the fight. Fairly accu- rate reports accounted for Gale Nor gan. nursing wound at home, and for Sassoon, badly wounded and under cover somewhere in the gap. Beyond this, information halted.
 Toward the end of the week a Mexi- can sheepherder brought word in to Lefever that he had seen in Duke Morgan's stable Sassoon's horse-the one on which De Spain had escaped. He averred he had seen the blood stained Santa Fe saddle that had been taken off the horse when the horse was
  ing the fight, waiting at SasSoons cor ral to be cared for. There could be, 1t was fairly we'll ascertained, no mis- take about the horse-the man knew the animal; but his information threw no light on the fate of It's missing rider.
 Though Scott had known first of De Spain's helpless condition in his desperate flight. as regarded self-de- fense, the Indian was the last to aban- don hope of seeing him alive again. One night, in the midst of gloomy council at Jeffries office. he was pressed for an explanation of his con fidence. It was always difficult for Scott to explain his reasons for think ing anything. Men with the surest in- stihct are usually poorest at reason ing conviction out But Bob, cross examined and harried. managed to give some explanation of the faith that was in him. Tn the first place." he said, I've ridden n good deal with that man-pretty much all over the coun- AN Nh Vi shfdlNillt fbtnu. He tS as full of tricks as a nuts full of meat. Henry de Spain can hide out like an Indian, and doctor himself. Then, again, l know something about the way he fights; up here they don't. If those four fellows had ever seen him in action, they never would have ex- pected 10 get out of a room alive, after a showdown with Henry de Spain. As near as l can make out from all the talk that's floating around. what fooled them was seeing him shoot at a mark here one day in Sleepy Cat"
 Jeffries didn't interrupt. but he slapped his knee sharply.
 You might just as well try to stand on box of dynamite. and shoot into 1t. and expect to live to tell It." con
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Plugging His Shield, De Spain Threw His Second Shot Over Sandusky's Shoulder.

ing his senses tricked him, he felt again and again for it before he would believe 1t was not buckled somewhere about him. But 1t was gone. and he stuck back In his waistband his useless revolver. One hope remained-flight, and he spurred his horse cruelty.
 Blood running continually into his eyes from the wound in his head made him think his eyes were gone, and di- rection was a thing quite beyond his power of compass. He made little ef- fort to guide, and his infuriated horse flew along as if winged.
 A warm, sticky feeling in his right boot warned him. when he tried to make some mental inventory of his condition, of at least one other wound. He could not see twenty feet ahead or behind Even when he hurriedly wiped seemed to have failed, and he could only cling to his horse to put the miles as fast as possible between himself and more of the Morgans.
 A perceptible weakness presently forced him to realize he must look to his wounded foot. Before he slackened speed he tried to look behind to recon noiIer. With relief he perceived his sight to be a trifle better, and in scan- ming the horizon he could discover no pursuers. Choosing a secluded spot, he dismounted, cut open his boot, and found that bullet. passing down. ward. had torn an artery under the arch of the foot. Making a rude tour niquet. he succeeded in checking pretty well the squirting flow that was sap- ping his strength. After he had ad- justed the bandage he stood up and looked at 1t.
 Then he drew his revolver again and broke 1t. He found five empty shells in the chambers and threw them away. The last cartridge had not been fired. He could not even figure out how he had happened to have six cartridges in the cylinder, for he rarely loaded more than five. Indeed, it was his fixed habit-to avoid accidents-never to carry cartridge under the hammer of his gun-yet now there had been one. Without trying to explain the circumstance, he took fresh stock of his chances and began to wonder whether he might yet escape and live.
 He climbed again into the saddle, and. riding to ridge, looked carefully over the desert. It was with an effort that he. could steady himself, and the extent of his weakness. surprised him. What further perplexed him as he crossed long divide, got another good
The Ozark spectator., 1917-04-11

still another step to the left. What do you fellows want now?"
 We want to punch hole through that strawberry" said Logan. that beauty-mark. Where did you get it., De SpainY"
 '"l might as we'll ask where you get your gail, Harvey" returned De Spain. watching Logan hunch Sandusky toward the left that both might crowd him closer. 'T was born with my heauty-mark--just as you were born with your d----d bad mnnners." he added composedly, for in hugging up io him his enemies were playing his xalne. You can't help it. neither can l, he went on. somebody Is bound
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tinued Scott mildly, "as to shoot into that fellow in a room with closed doors and expect to get away with it. The only way the bunch can ever kill that man, without getting killed themselves, is to get him from behind and at that, John, the man that fires the gun" mur- mured the scout, ought to be behind a tree.
 You say he is hit I grant it." he concluded. But I knew him once, when he was hit, to lie out in the bush for a week. He got cut off once from Whispering Smith and Kennedy after q scrimmage outside Williams Cache two years ago"
 You don't believe, then, he's dead, BobT' demanded Jeffries impatlently.
 Not till I see him dead" persisted Scott unmoved.
 
 De Spain, when he climbed into Sas- consciousness. He knew he could no longer defend himself. and was so faint that only the determination of putting distance between him and any pursuers held him to the horse after he spurred away With the instinct of the hunted, he fumbled with his right hand for his means of defense, and was relieved to find his revolver. after his panicky dash for safety. safe in it's place. He put his hand to his belt for fresh cartridges. The belt was gone.
 The discovery sent a shock through his failing faculties. He could not recollect why he had no belt. Believ-
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And then very strange thing happens to De Spain-an event that changes the whole course of his life. lt Is described fully in the next instalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Az q Man Thjnks.

A young man thinks he Is devil. and an old man likes to think that there was a day when he was devil. --Atchison Globe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
50 TEAMS ENGAGE |NBOWL|NGC CLASH
Northwestern Pin Smashers
To Roll in Tourney
on April "a.

Northwestern bOwlers Will roll for
championship honors at the fifth an
nual Northwest International Bowling
congress tournament TO be held at
Portland during the week of April "a.
According to J. Warren Blaney, man
ager of the Oregon alleys. where the
tourney viii be held. between so and %
teams viii be entered in the five man
event and about 200 in the singles con-
tests.
Spokane and Seattle are 10 send six
five man teams each. II is expected;
Vancouver. B. g.. will be represented
by three, and Tacoma by two Already
- Portland five man teams have APP
piled for entry blanks Several Ore
gon towns, including Corvallis. Eugene,
Salem. Albany and Astoria are PLAN
ming TO send teams and entry blanks
have been sent on request 10 eastern
Washington points.
Campbell and Park. who set the
northwest doubles at the 1915 tourna-
ment in Spokane with 1852 pins and
Charles Hermann. who Won the north
west singles title in Portland IN 1914,
will be members of the Vancouver
team in the coming tourney. Charles
kruse who holds the northwest all
event record, will roll with the Port
land five
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Matt Brock Makes a Howl
-:H: -:II:- SIS: -:II:- -:l:-
He Wants To Meet Ki1bane

Charley and Jack White and Billy
Wagner have been through. They've
certainly rivalled the Hatfield Mccoy
feud Of Kentucky. But where their
scraps have had a basis of brOtherIy
blood the Cleveland embrogliO is based
primarily on the pride of nations.
kiIbane. an Irishman of pureSt
ray serene, has been the idol of
CIeveIaud's greatest section of
Irish since he Wrenehed the feafh-
CT weight title from Abe AtteU.
Hes popular all over the town for
that matter. But it's in his own
district where he il the popular
Joss and where the Macs" and
the "O's~ predominant
Brock, on the other hand. with his
brother Phil, a former popular light
weight, lives in the Hiddish district,
where their names are spelled longer
and harder. The kids were raised in
the boxing game. But somehow or
other. like the east and west of Mr.
KiplinEs poem. il seems never the
twain shall meet" Brock has beaten
boys who have been given popular de-
cisions over the champion. And then.
on the other mitt. kilbane has made
suckers of lads who wallOped Brock
to their hearts content. For instance,
he used TO use Carl Delaney for spar
ring partner-and Carl not only beat
Matt often. but when he outgrew the
feather weight class hammered brother
Phil to his hearts content
Now. whatta "a gonna do in an event
like this2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
SIMPSON MAKES A
NEW WORLD RECORD

Kansas City, No, March 1.-THE
Missouri university track team de-
feated the Kansas university team here
Friday night in their annual indoor
dual meet sc TO 80. Robert simpson.
worlds champion hurdler. established 4
new worlds record in the 90 yard
low hurdles. equalled the worlds
record established by himself in the
80 yard high hurdles and scored 10
points.
Simpson ran the so yard low hurdles
in six seconds The former record
was els seconds. Simpsons record
OF 8 3-5 seconds in the so yard high
hurdles was the same time as that
made by him in a meet here March 3.
which was said at that time to be 4
worlds record
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

CHICAGO, March 17.-This latest
challenge Of Matt Brock to meet
~ his fellow townsman, Johnnie
Kilbane, Of Cleveland. raised the ques-
ton whether fight fans should laugh
or cry Il mas been a regular custom
on MATHS part to challenge the feath-
or weight king And just as regular
ly Johnny, through his wise little
manager. Jimmy Dunn. has laughed.
Matt has wept copiously So there you
are-laUghs and tears furnished by two
very adept mitt men, with the choice
Up to the people who pay the freight
Of the boxing game.
MATHS latest challenge calls for "A
contest ut Hot Springs Ark, the
mecca during frigid months for
those who don't care for Palm
Beach and yet can afford either.
Maybe they'll meet there-maybe
ON the Golden shore. To date.
however. they have not anEIed In
the center Of n regulation boxing
ring.
To understand the Brock-Kilbane
situation you have to know a little
about Cleveland, where the two boys
hail from The Sixth City contains 4
peculiar boxing feud. which reminds
Old timers Of the battles the Abe
Monto-Casper Attelis and the more or
less popular Anchovitz brothers. tOwit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Goes Alone 500 Miles
In An Arctic Winter To
SerOe Term In Prison

Seward. Alaska, March 1-.-Emil An
derson Of Nushagak on Bristol bay.
holds the long distance record in Alas
ka for an "unescorted hike from court
to cell" Anderson was convicted At
Valdez. home of the court in this dis
trict, and Travelled 500 miles alone TO
Nusha-ak where he served a 80 day
sentence. He carried his own commit
ment papers and had served his time.
been released and at home two months
before word reached the court that
he had obeyed orders.
Anderson's offense was that OF using
n knife in an argument at the NuSha-
gak cannery. After his arrest he was
transported across Behring sea through
Unimak pass and northeast again to
Valdez for trial. a distance of nearly
1900 miles BY water. The testimony
showed that beyond z doubt ne had
cut his opponent. but IL also showed
that the opponent was the aggressOr-
Under these circumstances the jury
recommended extreme clemency- The
court took cOgniZance of the situation
and realizing that the man had al
ready been in custody over two months
ordered that he return home and de-
liver himself 10 the deputy United
States marshal and serve sentence
Of 80 days.
The last boat had sailed for Nusha
yak, so ne obtained a passage on a
boat which landed him at Hanna on
the west side OF Cook inlet. From
Hanna, he started on the long over
land journey across the upper end OF
the Alaska peninsula It was late
fall. and there were snow squalls and
every possible inconvenience.
For 20 days ne waded and swan
streams and mushed over the hills in
Arctic weather. eating. sparingly of
his fast decreasing pack, which he re-
plenished twice with dog salmon from
natives. He finally reached Nusha-
gak where he at once gave himself
up. served his term and was released
November %
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
RULING
FAVORS
LEAGUE
Army Organization is Doped
To Have Best Success
of the Season.
CITY LEAGUE WILL
BE SHORT PLAYERS

T. DOPE is TO be taken into consid-
GRAFTON. the Army league is going
- TO be a stronger organization than
the City league this coming season.
Soldiers naturally think so, but civil
ians. too. are inclined TO form the same
opinions when conditions are given
more than the once over
Recent orders issued by Gen.
Bell, jr.. which forbid any soldiers
from playing on civilian teams and
which Will keep the soldier clubs
In opposition to soldier teams only.
unless special disPensatiOn il
granted, make up one big reason
why the soldiers should have the
stronger of the two leagues
The Seventh L. :. infantry team
COPIED the flag in the City league here
last season with a well balanced team
and battery IL York and Gallagher
that would be hard TO beat in any neck
OF the woods. This season, the Seventh
viii be out for honors against the
other army entries And to date some
lions OF entering the league With the
seventh in the Army league, the
strongest team Of the 1916 City league
IS scattered off the civilian list Bar
ring the soldiers also takes away the
strong players with the Feldman last
year
Present indications point toward
the international Books making
the best bid for first place in the
City league. The Books this sea
son are Juan Gomez and his Mex
lean players. And from the show
ing they made in an exhibition
game not long ago. they are about
the topnOtchers of the City
entrants
The Purity this season. loses out in
their pitching material, so they'll have
10 hunt for some more good hurlers.
Last season Pete LeyVa and shorty"
Weiss were stars on the mound for the
Purity organization They really kept
the Purity team in the race. But both
Weiss and Leyva have Joined the Ter
rell club of the Central Texas profess
sional league. which leaves the Pur-
lty gang in the rut- Red" Brannan
IS their sole remaining pitching star.
From an impartial standpoint. it
stands to reason that the Army
league will have the best success
This season The success Of the
City league last year was largely
due to the soldier players who boil
stored more than one team and
kept that aggregation in the run
ming.
The Purity's were not the only ones
with soldier players The kracka5acls
played on an average of four and five
soldiers in almost every game they
staged with CITY league teams. and the
EverybOdy's dipped in with uniformed
men. The Feldman team was almost
entirely made up Of Goth L. 5. infantry
men
Much rivalry is expected and is due
10 be started soon. The Rio Grande
park has been leased by the City
league but the Army leaguers probably
will build q park alongside OF the Rio
Grande. With military bands the Army
men will have added attractions. But
with a park alongside the Rio Grande
diamond, the soldiers viii have to put
dinners on the music TO keep the band
stuff at home. entirely.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
WESTERN ROADS WILL TRY
TO HANDLE FOODSTUFFS

Chicago, Ill. March 17.-Officfals OF
the western railroads continued prep
arations today 10 keep their lines in
operation despite the strike order
scheduled 70 take effect at o'clock
Central time) tonight
An embargo has been placed on
freight by every western railroad.
though officials announce that efforts
will be made to move foodstuffs with
as little delay as possible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
BANKERS OF TEXAS CONVENE
HERE MAY IS; MANY TO COME

The next convention to be held in FL
Paso will be that OF the Texas Bankers
association, which convenes here May
Is. Is and L.
approximately 500 visitors are ex-
pected to attend this convention. Bank
ers and their wives from many cities n
Texas will attend
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
CUBS BEATEN BY
FRISCO BALL CLUB

san Francisco, Cal. March 1.-THE
san Francisco Coast leaguers defeated
the Chicago Nationals here Friday.
10 2 Score H r
San Francisco ----.-.-.-3 o
Chicago ----------.2 .
Batteries; san Francisco, Baum.
Steen and Baker: Chicago. Vaughn.
Prendergast Demaree and Elliott
CubletS Also Victims.
Santa Clara, Cal. March 1.-THE
Santa Clara university team defeated
the second team Of the Chicago Ma
tiOnais here Friday. 10 I. The
score- r II. +.
Santa Clara. >
OnlcdsO- -.---.--l >
Batteries: Santa Clara. Hickey. Pratt
and label. DellhOefer; Chicago, Nc
Tague and Benton
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
KILBANE WON'T FIGHT
MURPHY TOO HEAVY

New York. March 11.-Johnny Xii
bane, featherweight champion Of the
world, Friday night refused to meet
Young Murphy of Syracuse in a ten
round bout because Murphy was nine
pounds the heavier man Murphy had
agreed TO make 133 pounds ringside.
but weighed in at ?. m at 1879
kilbane weighed 1881.
Police reserves We're called when the
crowd. disappointed. became unruly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
COLORADO BEATS DENVER

Colorado Springs. Colo. March IL
Colorado college defeated Denver Uni
versity in basketball here Friday
night, Il TO l.. 1t was the last game
of the season and gave the Tigers
the conference championship