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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

wrong direction, and for the second
time within that half-hour Penrod's
light went out. To a person In his
condition It was a disaster. and. ut
tering an exclamation OF horror, he
stumbled and fell from the chair with
a light crash.
He was up again In an instant, cut
ting the air in all directions with the
carving knife: then he CROPPED for the
ak, found II. and stood still once more,
on the defensive. listening intently, ex-
pecting the worst and painting, with
an effect. upon that stiffness, almost
uproarious.
He moved about, and cautiously felt
his way round the table and debauch-
ed to the mantelpiece. where matches
were sometimes to be found In a small
porcelain slipper, madly believed to
be decorative.
A chill struck TO his spine at a verft-
able sound behind him. This n was
a faint creak, the result of some cap
Hilary action Ia the wooden floor. u
SO far as Penrod's nerves we're con-
cerned II might have been a shot.
Wheeling, he struck a frantic blow
with the ak, which. completing a fine,
curve, ~miraculously failed TO ampu-
a the wielder's left foot at the
ankle, but, as an incident, permanent
ly relieved all members OF the house
hold from troubling to put any more
matches in the porcelain slipper.
Thereupon Penrod decided to go
outdoors. The decision itself was q
simple matter; action upon II was de-
ferred because of extreme hesitation
10 move at all. But after q gruesome
period of inertia he began to tiptoe
backward. In the direction of the door,
keeping his eyes. Ak and carving knife
warily toward where the villainous
creak had sounded. Thus r~etrogress-
ing, he presently found himself In the
side hall, which separated oil the front
part of the roomy, old-fashioned house
from the dining room and Kitchen.
The doors leading to the forward
rooms were closed. and the thought or
opening them filled him with horror;
In his minds eye he saw them, gannt'
huge. full of black shapes of furniture.
lurking places that might conceal
anythingI
An empty house In the nighttime
has few attractions for q boy. In
closed darkness sickens his soul and
likewise has q d~iscouraging physical
effect; climaxing In the pit OF Ms
stomach-which u the seat Of courage
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
GIRL RUNS SHINE PARL0R"
Declares That She Has Lots Of Cue.
toners, Likes the Work, and
Makes Good Money.

As the man with the d~ust-covered
shoes climbed into a chair In a shoe
shining ''parlor" In FIT. Wayne avenue.
relates the Indianapolis News, q neat.
%trim-looking colored girl came briskly
out Of a back room.
"Good morning" replied the pros
pective customer. where's the shoe
shinerf"
''That's me. I'm the sinner"
as that sou Well, you are the first
girl / ever saw shining shoes. Like
the businessf"
Indeed. I do. 1t pays me well and
we are all looking for the money these
days."
"How did you happen to get into
this kind of work.
well, II was like this. My cousin.
who owns this place. run a transfeF
wagon. He Is away 50 much he had to
have somebody stay here and answer
the telephone aud look after the busi-
ness. He tried boys for a while. but
they are all gone to war or talking
about 1t and IL was hard TO keep them.
so he gave me the job. This used to
be O shining parlor and so many men
came In asking for shines hat ] de-
cided 10 get into the business myself.
II didn't take me long 10 get onto II.
and now I have lots of customers
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

unpleasant experience In the past. He
recorked the bottle, placed 1t under
his arm. aud muttered:
"You betcha Guess they won't like
this so much Sprinkle II In their ole
eyesl"
II now became his purpose to make
his way cautiously to the front stair
way, descend TO the front hall, and
thence, by the front door, reach the
outer air. So, with slow and noiseless
motions. he put himself once more In
possession of his ak and carving knife,
thrust the latter In the breast of his
jacket. and. though encountered to the
point OF difficulty by the OK, the gun
and the camphor bottle. returned TO
the upper hall and began an advance
In force.
He went forward a dozen steps with
some confidence, then halted alb
ruptly.
What stopped him was something al
together inside himself. In the dark
ness a green vapor appeared Though
not at the other end Of the hall, where
he thought II did, and there emerged
from II the shocking figure of an
old mar lying in the rain ut the mouth
of a wind-swept cavern. The vision of
the sawdust box-spiteful, like all
other visions-chose this particular
moment to recur to the author OF
Harold Ramorez."
He WAS standing by the portal OF his
own bedroom. Gasping, he hoped
across the threshold, kicked the door
shut, and maintained possession OF
his armory. though. perhaps, not of
his faculties. huddled himself upon
the bed and buried his face In the pill
low.
It is not altogether di~screditable to
a boy In the dark that he sometimes
initiates an ostrich. But 1t is unfor-
tunate, because, when one is already
In the dark, very little relief can be OBJ
tanned by closing the eyes.
Penrod. burrowing into his pillow,
could see the old man rather more
plainly than II he had allowed his eyes
to remain open. He saw him through
the pillow and through the wall ; II
seemed that the old man was lying
on the hall rug just outside the
closed door. and that before long he
would get up and come into the bed
room and bend over the bed and
But the imagination baked In ultimate
horror.
without lifting or turning his face
psnrod managed to sQuirm inside the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

This tabled point, in the case of PEN
rod, was becoming more an more sem
sitiye every moment. He suffered from
an unpleasant conviction that he a
surrounded by vital dangers which be-
came the deadlier for each slightest
movement that he made. These dan
gers were all the more deadlier be-
they were underlined /; the inscru-
tlble darkness held Secrets-and, put
ting out his hand 10 feel the wall e a
the kitchen door. he encountered n
of them. His fingers very, very brief
ly closed upon something that felt
like u head of wet, cold hair. It sank
from his touch. and there was a thick
sounding thud upon the floor.
"Oofr' moaned Penrod. the question
of going out through the Kitchen thus
definitely settled, and when he became
again conscious of his whereabouts he
was on the second floor at the top OF
the back stairs.
Mops had driven greater than PEN
rod.
He was sorely shaken, but not dis
posed to linger in the vicinity Of stairs
that led toward q kitchen inhabited by
surprises of this kind. He fled into his
fathers lied chamber, hfulslng him.
self v~ariously in the passage thereto,
and, abandoning his weapons for the
moment, slid his hand along the wall
until ID came to a forbidden object
that hung there.
1t was an Enfield rifle, a muzzle-
loading relic. last put to s by PEN
rods grandfather on q Gay in the year
1868, and it was truly unloaded. Pen
rod got it down, pointed the muzzle
waveringly In the general direction of
the door by which he had entered, and
whispered feebly and TREMENDOUSLY:
"Now let's see whu-what you were
goln' to do so mum.much 7"
He maintained this attitude until the
weight of the extended rifle became
insupportable then he grounded arms
and leaned against a bureau, breath
ing even more vehemently than before.
His elbow touched a bottle; he seized
upon 1t and smelled the eontents-spir-
It's of camphor. Suggestion was i'm
mediately reused by the memory of an
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
War Economy.

Sandy and Pat were discussing the
economies of their respective land
ladies'. "Indade." said Pat, the other
day I saw that wumman O'Grady
counttn' the reas to put In the broth"
"Och," replied Sandy, where | am
the landlady melts the margarine an
paints Il on yer bread WI a brush !"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

all the empty rooms and vacant halls
and passages. Burglars had opened
the door and looked ut him.
Stopi Had they only looked at himf
Had one OF them come In the room
when the door opened? Was he there
now7
Or was IL the old manf 4
That finished Penrod.
With a SCATTERING yell OF terror no
sprang from the bed. clutching all his
armory somehow and anyhow; got the
door open, plunged blindly through the
hall and down the front stairs to the
landing. where he tripped over the
stock Of his gun and fell all the rest OF
the way. believing outrageodsly and
accompanied by the rife. the camphor
bottle and the carving knife and the
AK.
1t sounded like the Eiffel tower fall
ing downstairs.
He came to n pause in a sitting pos
ture at the foot Of the newell. The
hall was brightly lighted. So were
the rooms opening from II, and out of
these rooms issued sounds of sudden
confusion and disturbance. His moth
or rushed to him through the near.
est door.
"Penrodl What on earth"
Then through the open front door
came Margaret and four young men
who had been spending the evening
with her on the front porch.
Then, following Periods mother.
came three of Periods aunts, one
uncle. and eleven other alarmed ladies
and gentlemen, most Of them holding
cards IN their hands.
Then through the door of another
room came Periods father, three OF
Periods nneies. one aunt and the
eleven remaining members of the
Thursday Evening Bridge club, the
hosnitable superintendent of which
organization had occupied most of
Mrs cehofeld's time that evening aft
or her return, with her husband and
daughter. from dining with an elderly
relative.
Over the banister above leaned
Della On extreme negllgeel. and Della
| likewise demanded TO know, What on
earth Then, by means Of the back
hall and The back stairs, Katie and
an alleged cousin, who had been sit
ting quietly on the back porch, Joined
Della. Katie also wanted to know.
Whist on earthi
what is the matter. Penrod7" bis
mother vailed.
Penrod coughed, gulped, and an
swefed feebly:
"Just-playing"
'But what made you get up7r his
mother cried.
Get up-wherefa
"Out of bedl | slipped away and
looked in your room awhile ago and
you were sound asleep. What did you
get up and dress for and
81 was just pretendlngl
pretending what?'
"Just pretending"
He answered absently and In a pre-.
occupied tone, his mind having some
what conferred upon the number of
human beings in the circle about him.
AS his mother remarked afteward.
there were more people In the house
that evening than she had entertained
for years. Including the family. and
Margaret's callers there were 80, she
said.
At that she forgot to count Penrod
and Della and Katie. and Katfe's
cousin.
Altogether there were 81.
"Mom-muhT' Penrod began rs be
rose from the floor.
"You put those things away com
manded his father.
"Mom-muh?"
And then you go straight to bedr'
his father concluded sternly.
"Mom-muh. aren't you going to
have Ice eream?'
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
Exercise.

Don't you think every man should
devote some time to physical cultureT'
Not in my particular field of ac-
tivity," replied Senator Sorghum. IF
all legislators went In for physical cul-
ture as well as intellectual develop
ment some of these debates might end
In a personal encounter that really
hurt somebody"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
BAD Marksman.

"What Is the chief aim of Jobling's
n~istencer
Making money"
But he's always hard n.y."
quite true. IT'S aim + paos.'
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13

THAT singers voice has great carry
"a. power. hasn't III"
4, ought to have. He supports ~
Ga. anl his wife's family. too. n ~
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
BIC POWER SYSTEM ,-...
 -.ssEoR SOUTH. BAVARIA

AMSTERDAM -The largest bv- draplic power system in. Europe is to be built fn Bavaria and operated as public utility, according {, the plans recently, completed. The DOW er%as to be obtained from Walcben Lake, in South Bavaria, and will he transmitted by cable from Koecbel to all towns and villages throupbou+ Bavaria. r'i .-...
 A commission which has baen studying the undertaking for t,vo years has submitted detailed memorial to the Bavarian Diet est; mating the cost of the enternr;se at 7S,OO0,0OO marks. The cost of the system is to be borne prcnor tlonally by the Bavaraian govern, ment and the municipalities bene. fitting by this great electrical plant
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
"PERSHINC'S CRUSADERS"

Pershing's Crusaders" the first of a series of moving pictures prepared by the film department of the Com mittee of Public Information to show what the United States is do- ing to win the war, is now making the rounds of the big cities of the States.
 This picture, which is tax-free and the net proceeds of which are devoted to war charities, has already been shown in several of the larger cities, including New York, Chicago and Washington, D. C., with great success. The first half of the pie ture shows what our civilian army IS doing on this side-in the can comments, the shipyards, and the ordnance manufactories. The second half follows the Flag to France and accompanies our fighting men to the firing line. They are seen in winter quarters marching cross country, guarding their German captives, and under review by Sec reary of War Baker and Gen. Per shing.
 The pictures are strictly up-to- date and entirely authentic. In the lobby of Polls at the. national capi- tai, where the ,pictur, ran a. week, collection of American war trophies including five . captured German trench mortars and 25 packing cases ot other material were on exhibi- on%for the first time in the United States. :. This :. collection is accom- panying "Pershing's Crusaders" on It's tour of the country. ~>';-' :;
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
WOMEN OPPOSED DRAFT PLAN ON
 EMERALD ISLE
Irish Women Took An Iron-Bound Pledge to Prevent Conscription
 of Their Men.

DUBLIN.-Irish women were or ganized for participation in the anti conscription campaign in Ireland as never before in the history of poli- tical agitation in Ireland.
 Much is heard of the "Woman's Pledge" which was the leading fea- ture of the women's side of the anti-conscription campaign. The pledge reads as follows:
 Because the enforcement of con- scription on any people without their consent is tyranny, we are resolved to resist the conscription of Irishmen. We will not fill the places of men deprived of their work through refusing enforced military service. We will do all in our power to help families of men who suffer through enforced military service"
 The occasion chosen for the uni versal signing of this pledge by the women of Ireland was the festival of St. Columbeille, a national saint much talked about at the present time on account of some war pro- phecies attributed to him, including one in which he is said to have predicted conscription.
 The woman's pledge was part of a scheme with which conscription was resisted. Wherever possible, the signing was accompanied by floral demonstrations and organi- cations taking part carried wreaths, crosses and other symbols to de- corate the place of signing. The ceremony also was accompanied by and processions to some place of veneration such as a church, holy we'll, site of altar in penal days or some local memorial of national history.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
CAMP OFFICERS PUT AN END ID
 TRAFFIC EVILS
Soldiers in Training At Camp Lewis Protected Against Soaring
 Bus Rates.

CAMP LEWIS.-The visitor to Camp Lewis, whose impressions of camp were obtained last fall in the early days of the cantonment, would be surprised today at the change in the handling of transportation of men to and from camp. Last fall outside of the railroad to Lake, there was no regu- lar service. Automobile drivers were reaping a rich harvest, charg- ing exhorbitant rates to carry sol- diers into town and back again. There always was a mad scramble for busses and the huskiest of the men were first to get rides to town.
 Then came the military police or ganiZation. An officer was placed in charge of the motor traffic. A bus station was established and men were required to await their turn in we'll conducted line for the busses. A fifty-cent fare was es- tablished and any driver charging in excess of that does so at the risk of having his permit revoked.
 Legally the military police have no authority over the bus drivers. Their control extends to the limits of the reservation, but through the of permits to those drivers entering camp, the military police nave the situation we'll in hand. There is no bothering with the law. If driver exceeds the speed limit 'r charges excessive fare his permit s taken away without ceremony. Military police on motorcycles pat 'ol the road between Tacoma and amp and whenever driver vio- ates any of the cantonment traffic 'ules, even if he is not on the can- onment at the time, his name is 'eported and if the cause is suffi- 'lent his permit is revoked.
 It is wholesale regulation and las resulted in eliminating the dis order of the early days and pre- 'enting accidents. Few serious ac-
 idents have occurred on the camp highway in spite of the heavy traffic,
 rom five to ten thousand men have 'een moved from camp to town on l Saturday afternoon.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
MOUSE KILLING CLUBS
 NEW MOVE IN ENGLAND

LONDON.-A movement to form mouse killing clubs in Great Britain as one means of grain conservation IS well under way, men, women and children being urged to take part. A club has already been organized in Sissinghurst, Kent, and it was announced recently that in one day one member alone had killed $50 mice. It has been estimated by per sons interested in the campaign that a mouse will eat spoonful of corn each day.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19

times by soldiers who have but re- gently experienced the horrors of actual gas warfare. Motion pictur,s loaned by the Allied governments, showing how the Hun used the deadly gas fumes and the troops actually in action during a gas at- tack, are shown each week. No op- portunities are lost to impress these women with the extreme value of the work to the life and fighting power of our forces"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
MARINE NEWS
s sssHSxvHssSss

Seattle No. 3-At St. Michael Julia B.-Up Kotlik p. m., 18th Sarah-Up Melozi, 1 80 a. m. Reliance-Up Koyukuk river 17th Jacobs-At Gibbon.
 Davis-Up Louden, 5 a. m. Washburn-Up Holy Cross for Dikeman, 18th.
 Sibilla-Up Circle 8 p. m., 18th Alaska-Up Circle 5:15 p. m. the 18th.
 Carl White-Up Tolovana for Fairbanks midnight.
 Shusana-Leave Cinema down. bound this p. m.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
SINGING CLASSES STARTED
 AS DIVERSION FOR FLYERS

LoNDON.-Dr. Walford Davies. one Of the best known London Or ganists and choir leaders, has been commissioned major and assigned to duty as chief singing-master of the Royal Flying Corps. He is es- tabllshing singing classes in the larger flying camps as a means of diversion and entertainment for the men. Work of the same sort is be- ing done also in France.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
GULF HOTELS ARE
 TAI SPECIALISTS

: NEW ORLEANS.-Scores oS young men, informed by army and navy doctors that they were under weight have hied themselves to the Gulf coast and explained to hotel or boarding-house proprietors that the duration of the war depended upon their gaining so many pounds in a certain length of time. E.
 At first some of the boarding house and hotel proprietors were unenthusiastic over the prospects of disappointed would-be soldier or sailor and loss of patronage to their establishment. Later, according to those who have returned, whenever a youth, rather pale and slim ap- piled for board he was greeted with the question, "How much do you have to gain and when must you report?"
 "1t's easy when you know how" one clearinghouse proprietor ex- plained. "They go out and swim in the salt water, get an enormuoa appetite and we feed them coarse. nourishing food, nothing fancy. They gain several pounds a day, some of them"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
SWISS TO WARN AIRMEN
 WHO INVADE FRONTIERS

AMSTERDAM to the German newspapers, the Swiss gov ernment has arranged that the Swiss frontier guards shall send up special rockets whenever belligerent air man by mistak invades Swiss terri tory. Airmen thus warned are SUD- posed to turn back without delay.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
BRITISH SAILORS HAVE
 SPECIAL UNIFORM NOW

LONDON.-A national standard uniform for the sailors of the Brit
 ish merchant marine has been ap- proved by the government com mittee. The officers cap is of dark blue cloth, with central medallion bearing an anchor and naval crown.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-07-19
WOMEN MASK MAKERS

Thousands of women are employ ed in the United States gas mask plant. They are acting as inspect ors and are engagedt throughou the entire process of manufacture, according to a statement from the Gas Defense Service. Hundreds of girls have been trained in the spe- cial art of sewing the face pieces. Each separate step in the assem- bling of the mask is done by women workers, until the mask is completed the last inspection is made and the final product is ready for shipment.
 'After the establishment of plant entirely within the control of the Gas Defense Service as part of the office of the sergeon general of the United States army a con- certed drive was organized to se- cure the support and assistance of women of more than average intelli- gence and education to be utilized in the more important service of process and inspection," the state ment says: Ut soon be came ap- parent that the type of women needed could not be secured through the ordinary channels of employ ment, so men were sent to investi- gate localities displaying service flags in an effort to secure the services of mothers, wives and sisters of men who had been called to the colors. In gathering the necessary force in this manner, women thus vitally interested will in all cases be most loyal in their work and extremely anxious to send out perfect gas masks.
 "Thousands of women have been employed and the plant is running full speed. Schools have been. es- tablished to train these selected minds for the minute perfection in an inspection system so, complete that no defect of any nature will be passei These women are orpan
 ized along military ':lines. Each woman has been given a course of instructions and intensive training on defective materials before actu- ally being assigned to work ip either the operating or inspeetion division.
 "The work was divided into eight divisions under. the direction of general staff. The divisions were then subdivided into companies m charge of company officers. The company officer was given three platoon officers and six squad lead CTS. This method of management constantly has kept the military idea before the workers and has accomplished unusual results, both in discipline and in the control of production. Friendly rivalry as to quantity and quality of total output is carried on between the differ ent companies. ,.;. ..@
 Every attention is given to the comfort of the workers. A hospital with it's corps of attendants is es- tablished in the plant and the health of the workers considered of para mount importance. A women well. fare worker has been secured and she is actively at work establishing glee clubs, preparing patriotic meet lngs, etc. Space in the building has been set aside for this purpose. During the noon hour employees are privileged to spend a short time in relaxation and recreation. Various methods are used to stimulate pro- duction and constant appeal is made to enliven patriotic impulse by spe- cial war posters, placed throughout the plant and changed from time to time. Lectures are given some