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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
BEST LAXATIVE FOR
LIVER AND BOWELS
Don't stay constipated, headachy, bill.
ious, with breath bad or
stomach sour.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head aches.
how miserable and uncomfortable YOU
are from a cold, constipation, indiges.
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get relief with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take Cas-.
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ache, biliousncss, dizziness, nervous
ness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, bad
cold, offensive breath and all other
distress cleanse your inside organs OF
an The bile, gases and constipated mat.
Ter which is producing the misery.
n Decent box means health, happi
ness and clear head for months All
druggists sell Cascarets. Don I forget
the children-their little insides need q
gentle cleansing, too-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
Famous Tenor Surprises
big Bill Edwards by
Prefering Not to Wait
$500 IN INTEREST
SAVED BY HIS ACTION
Draws Caricature for Collector and
Gives Autographed Photographs of
Himself to Tax Expert-Has Two
Sons in the italian Army

NEW YORK, Feb. IS Enrico Caru-
So has made new record. 1t has just
developed that the opera singer Wis
tied the Office of big Bill Edwards
collector of internal revenue for the
Second, or Wall street, district, in the
custom house one day recently and
told Mr.. Edwards that he wanted not
only 20 make out his income tax return,
but 10 pay the tax forthwith. As most
persons have not even filed their re-
turns, not to mention paying the tax,
which need not be paid until June Is,
Collector Edwards, although somewhat
surprised at the opera stars eagerness
To settle with the government, told Mr..
Caruso he would be glad to meet his
wishes.
Accordingly, Inspector Il. +. Edwards
aud other experts were called in to as
sist caruso in the preparation of his in
como tax return. AZ the singer was
very frank regarding the details of his
earnings, not much over half an hour
was required to fill in the blank, which
tn this ease was what is known off
cially as Form 1910, covering individ-
ual net incomes in excess of $4,000.
When the form was ready, Mr. Caruso
signed the blank which called for n
payment of $4,000. 4 certified check
for this amount was then handed ia
Collector Edwards 10y the singer. This
was forwarded to Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue Roper III Washington.
Caruso IS tax payment, it was under
stood, was practically the first big in
dyidual income tax payment to b,
made in the downtown revenue office
Collector Edwards said that after Caru
so s tax liability had been all figure,
out he had managed to save the SINCE
sum in the ncighborhood of $4,000
'lNqtgi ~ i'll the collector, - that Nh
taruso wanted to keep any money tina
belonged to the government. He is full
OF patriotism and love for this country
and he said that if there was an
question he would rather pay too nue.
than too little. But through some mis-
take last year he paid $4,000 too mucf
aud by going carefully over the figure
this year we were able 10 save him tn
$4,000 Aud that was in addition t
5000 saved because Of advance nav
mont There is treasury decision pr,
Viding for allowance of interest al TIA
rate of ) per cent per annum on a SO.
day basis on advance payments of il
come aud excess profits taxes NJ
taruso 5 tax is n good deal of none
TO hand over to the government, b,
cause Caruso is a big donator to I'll
Red Cross He is a nonresident aliei
aud there are no deductions or exeml
tions allowed on his income tax f.
these other contributions. j"
White he was waiting for the Q,
perts 10 complete their figuring, Carus
drew caricature head of Collector f,
wards. which he presented to him. II
also left several autographed pilot,
graphs of himself for the tax expert
assisting him.
Caruso : income in this country
derived about equally from his 80 pc
formonces each season on New York
opera stage and from the sales of b
talking machine records. on whit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
SUICIDE REVEALS
10 YEARS OF THEFT
z. w. Davidson, Corporation Counsel OF
New Rochelle, Left Full Comics
sion of Guilt.

NEW YORK, Feb lS.-It is an
nounced that the real cause for the sui
eide of Edward w Davidson, corpora
ton counsel of New Rochelle, on Jan
: last was not worry over the raids
made by United States Marshal Me
Carthy on New Rochelle saloons, as as
serted at first, but the fact that he
had robbed estates of which he was the
attorney and faced imprisonment when
the revelation was made 4 report
fled with District Attorney Lee Par
sons Davis of Westchestcr county
shows that Davidson $ populations, ac-
cording to his own confession, were
about $4,000.
1t has been definitely learned that
Davidson forged mortgages, which he
made out TO fictitious persons, and used
the funds for his own purposes. In
one letter he left behind he says he
even forged the name of his wife to a
note for $500, and asked the bank of
ticials TO keep that act from the no.
tiee of his wife.
Davidson shot himself on the morn
ing OF Jan. 8. His wife heard the shot
and went to spare bedroom which
her husband had occupied during the
night, as he told her on the previous
evening that his head panied him and
I he desired TO be alone. She found him
| dead with a bullet hole behind the
| right ear
| Coroner Stella of New Rochelle was
called, and, after reading fifteen let
ters which Davidson had written tC
friends and clients and a statement tell
/ d nf no m tCran b.n h11
of thefts committed, decided that there
was no need for an inquisition, anC
that Davidson had killed himself Will,
insane. In one letter Davidson sale
that he had been misappropriatinl
moneys of clients for 10 years, and tina
for five years he had carried a bottl
Of poison in his, pocket which he in
tended to swallow in case he should b
apprchended.
; For what | am about to do,
wrote Davidson in one letter, q don
know what the future has in store 70
me. ! know, though, that | cannot &c
into any worse hell than l have bee
III for the last eight years.
The principal confession was ad
dressed TO Ford Hinman, manager o
Davidson $ law Office ~ knew moth
ing Of what Mr. Davidson was dom
until ! read the letters he left be-
hind, said Mr.. Human. SIT was
great shock to me. | feel sorry for tn
, widow and daughter, now that tn
facts are going to be published -
Re When word reached District AttoI
ney Davis after Davidson S death tina
= he had been forging mortgages, he ser
William Hotfkins, investigator for hi
office, to New Rochelle. My repol
shows, said Mr. Davis, Chat Davic
r son was alone in carrying on the mi
? appropriations ,
. Iofkins in his report to Mr.. Dav
SAYS that he found that the letter
T. Davidson to Howard Ives referred
$ the Watson estate. In this letter Da'
idson said that it was his intention
5 do away with himself and that he ha
r. misappropriated various moneys.
: another letter Davidson stated that |
$ had misappropriated about 900 al
Il that he had forged the name of Mr.
= Watson to a satisfaction piece al
turned over the same to some title cor
pany in Manhattan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18
The Traveller Learns.

II doesn't pay to take it for grant
ed that the native Londoner has no
sense of humor. as one American off
Ger of the newly organized engineers
found out This man went into a bar
Der shop for a shave and fell to brag-
cing about the United States of Amer.
lea.
Why, in America he declared
we all specialize. You should stick
to one thing and master it completely
The barber, who meanwhile had been
lathcring his customer S face, nodded
assent, but said nothing. He then left
the American and sat down to enjoy
his newspaper.
Why don't you shave me?' in
quired the American.
"Oh, we only lather here eoolly
replied the barber. You must 60 mex
1ocr to be shaved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-18

Tho average man would feel bored
good deal oftener than he does were he
not accustomed to associating with
himself
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30

turned away. As she did SO her eyes
dilated and her body grew rigid.
Across the snow waste a man was
coming. He was moving toward the
cabin and must cross the trench close
to her. The heart of the girl stopped,
then beat wildly to make up the lost
stroke. He had come through the bliz-
zard to save her.
At that very instant, as II the stage
had been set for 1t, the wonderful
Alaska sun pushed up into the crotch
of the peaks and poured Its radiance
over the Arctic waste. The pink glow
swept in a tide Of delicate color over
the snow and transmitted 1t to mill
lions of sparkling diamonds. The
Great Magician's wand had recreated
the world instantaneously.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30

eyes slowly turned to his. and he met
the touch Of her surrendered lips.
Nature had brought them together BY
one Of her resistless and unpremedi-
tated impulses.
A stress of emotion had swept hef
into his arms. Now she drew away
from him shyly. The conventions In
which she had been brought up assert
ed themselves. An absurd little fear
obtruded itself into her happiness. Had
she rushed into his arms like love
sick girl, taking it for granted that he
cared for herr
"You-came to look for usr she
asked, with the little shy stiffness Of
embarrassment.
"For you-yes."
He could not take his eyes from her.
1t seemed to him that bird was sing
ing in his heart the gladness he could
not express. He had for many hours
pushed from his mind pictures of her
lying white and rigid on the snow. In
stead she stood beside him. her deli
cate beauty vivid as the flush of
flame.
"Did they telephone that we were
lost?"
"Yes. I was troubled when the
storm grew. I could not sleep. So I
called up the roadhouse by long dis
tance. They had not heard from the
stage. Later called again. When I
could stand 1t no longer. started"
"Not on footf"
"No, with Hollis dog team. he Is
back there. His leg Is broken. A
snow-slide crushed him this morning
where we camped."
Bring him to the cabin. I will tell
the others you are coming"
"Have you had any foodT he asked.
A tired smile lit up the shadows Of
weariness under her soft, dark eyes.
"Boiled oats. plum pudding and choco-
lates." she told him.
"We have plenty of food on the sled.
TIL bring 1t at once"
She nodded. and turned to go to the
cabin. he watched for a moment the
lilt in her walk. An expression from
his reading jumped to his mind. Me-
lodious feet! Some poet had said that,
hadn't he1 Surely 1t must have been
Sheba of whom he was thinking, this
girl SO virginal of body and Of mind.
free and light-footed as a caribou ON
the hills.
Gordon returned to the sled and
drove the team up the draw to the
cabin. The three who had been ma
rooned came to meet their rescuer.
"You must "a come right through
the storm uckitty split" saltwater
said.
you're right we did. This. side pard-
ner Of mine was bent on wrestling with
q blizzard" Holt answered dryly.
"Sorry you broke your laig, Gid"
'sThen there's two of us sorry. Swift
water. It's one of the best laigs I've
got"
Sheba turned to the old miner Inn
pulsively. "If you could be knowing
what am thinking of you, Mr.. Holt
how full our hearts are, of the grati-
tude-" She stopped. tears in her
voice.
"Shoi No need of that. miss. He
dragged me along" His thumb jerked
toward the man who was driving. "rve
seen better dog punchers than Elliot,
but he's got the world beat at routin'
old-timers out Of bed and persuadin'
them to kick In with him and buck q
blizzard. Me, O. course, I'm an old fool
for comm"
The dark eyes of the girl were like
stars in frosty night. ''Then you're
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30

the kind Of fool love, Mr.. Holt.
think 1t was Just nne Of you. and I'll
never forget it as long as live"
Mrs. Olson had cooked too long In
lumber and mining camps lot to know
something about bone setting. Under
her direction Gordon made splints and
helped her bandage the broken leg.
Sheba cooked an appetizing breakfast.
The aroma of coffee and the smell Of
frying bacon stimulated appetites that
needed no tempting.
Holt. propped up by blankets. ate
with the others. For a good many
years he had taken his luck as it came
with philosophic endurance. Now he
wasted no time In mourning what
could not be helped. He was lucky
the ice slide had not hit him in the
head. A broken leg would mend.
CTO BE cONTINUED.l
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30

The Winners Of the Great Alaska
Sweepstakes Were Flying Down the
Street.
flying down the street in the teeth OF
the storm. Armed with a rife and q
revolver. their owner was mushing into
the hills to bring back the men who
had robbed his bank and killed the
cashier. He travelled alone because he
could 60 faster without q companion.
II never occurred to him that he was
not match for any two men he might
tace.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30
CHAPTER xIx-centinued.

So far the mind of the Scotsman fol-
lowed the probabilities logically, but
at this point it made jump. There
were at least two robbers. He was
morally sure Of that, for this was not
a one-man job. Now. II Holt had with
him a companion, who of all those in
Kusiak was the most likely man7 He
was q friendless. grabbed old fellow.
Since coming to Kusiak old Gideon had
been seen constantly with one man.
They had been with each other at din
ner and had later left the hotel to-
gether. The name of the man who had
been 80 friendly with old Holt was
Gordon Elliot-and Elliot not only was
another enemy Of Macdonald, but had
very good reasons for getting out Of
the country just now. sra.
The strong jaw Of the mine-owner
stood out saliently as he gave short,
sharp orders to men In the crowd. One
was to get the coroner. a second wnlly
Selfridge, another the United States
district attorney. He divided the rest
into squads to guard the roads leading
out Of town and to see that nobody
passed for the present. a15 4.
The coroner took charge Of the body
and Wally Of the bank. The mine
owner and the district attorney walked
up to the hotel together. AZ soon as
they had explained what they wanted.
the landlord got q passkey and took
them to the room Holt had used.
Apparently the bed had been slept
In. In the waste-paper basket the dis
trict attorney found something which
be held up In 4 significant silence.
Macdonald stepped forward and took
erom him q small cloth sack.
zone Of those We keep our gold In
at the bank" said the Scotsman after
Q close examination. This definitely
tles up Holt with the robbery. Now
for Elliot
HE left the hotel with Holt about
dve this morning. the porter says"
This was the contribution Of the land
lord.
The room of Gordon Elliot was In
great disorder. Garments had been
tossed on the bed and on every chair
and had been left to lie wherever they
had chanced to full. Plainly their
owner had been In great haste.
Macdonald looked through the closet
where clothes hung. His new fur
coat II not here-nor his trail boots.
Looks to me Al though Mr.. Gordon had
hit the trail with his friend Holt"
All doubt Of this was removed when
q prospector reached town with the
news that he had met Holt and Elliot
travelling toward the divide ~ fast ~
they could drive the dogs.
The big Scotsman ordered his team
Of Siberian wolf-hounds made ready
for the trail. AZ he donned his heavy
furs, Colby Macdonald smiled with
deep satisfaction. He had Elliot on
the run at last.
Just as he closed the door Of his
room. Macdonald heard the telephone
bell ring. He hesitated. then shrugged
bis shoulders and strobe out into the
storm. II he had answered the call
hs would have learned from Diane.
who was at the other end Of the line.
that the stage upon which Sheba had
started for Katma had not reached the
eoadhouse at Smiths Crossing.
Five minutes later the winners Of
the great Alaska sweepstakes were
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30

Coming.
forty pounds to the dog, for they want
ed to make speed. 1t was not cold for
Alaska. They packed their fur coats
on the sled and wore mittens of
moosehide with duffel lining, ON their
feet mukluks above German" socks.
Holt had been 4 sour-dough miner too
long to let his partner perspire from
overmuch clothing. He knew the dan
ger Of pneumonia from q sudden cool
ing Of the heat Of the body.
Old Gideon took seven Of his dogs,
driving them two abreast Six were
huskies, rangy, muscular animals with
thick, dense coats. They were in the
best Of spirits and carried their tails
erect like their Malemute leader.
Butch, though Malemute, had q
strong strain Of collie in him. 1t gave
him q sense Of responsibility. His bus.
iness was to see that the team kept
strung out on the trail, and Butch was
q past-master In the matter Of disci-
pline. His weight was o3 fighting
pounds. and he could thrash In short
order any dog In the team.
The snow was wet and soft. It clung
to everything 1t touched. The dogs
carried pounds Of 1t in the tufts Of
hair that rose from their backs. An
Icy pyramid had to be knocked from
the sled every half-hour. The snow
shoes were heavy with white slush.
Densely laden spruce boughs brushed
the faces Of the men and showered
them with unexpected little ava
lanches.
They took turns in going ahead Of
the team and breaking trail. It was
heavy. muscle-grinding work. Before
noon they were both utterly fatigued.
They dragged forward through the
slush. lifting their laden feet sluggish
". They must keep going, and they
did. but it seemed to them that every
step must be the last.
Shortly after noon the storm wore
Itself out. The temperature had been
steadily falling and now 1t took 4 rapid
drop. They were passing through tim.
Der, and on a little slope they built
with a good deal Of difficulty q fre.
By careful nursing they soon had Q
great bonfire going. In front of which
they put their wet socks, mukluks,
scarfs and parkas to dry. The toes Of
the dogs had become packed with little
ice balls. Gordon and Holt had to go
carefully over the feet of each animal
to dig these out.
The old-timer thawed out a slab Of
dried salmon till the fat began to
frizzle and fed each husky a pound Of
the fash and lump Of tallow. He and
Gordon made pot of tea and ate some
meat sandwiches they had brought
with them, to save cooking until night.
When they took the trail again 1t
was in moccasins instead of mukluks.
The weather was growing steadily
colder, and with each degree Of fall in
the Thermometer the trail was easier.
| ''Mushing at nifty below zero IL all
| right when 1t u all right" explained
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30
CHAPTER Xxx.
In the DilxxArd.

sSwiftwater" Pete, the driver OF the
stage between Kusiak and Katma, did
not like the look Of the sky n bis
oonies breasted the long uphill climb
chat ended at the pass. "Gitdn' heg
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30
CHAPTER XXI.
Two on the Trail.

Two on the Trail.
Elliot and Holt left Kusiak in q
spume Of whirling. binding snow.
They Travelled light. not moro than
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-05-30
Change Dad Wan.

Instead Of trying to mend theiH
ways some people would save Q II
Of time By Eetting new onsA
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
TIME TO GET READY
FOR SUMMER DRIVE
Cylinders should Re Looked After
and \nti-I'rccLCo solutions Taken
Out; watch fabrication.

1T is not unusual for the man
who has stored his car all winter
TO give il good overhuuling when
he takes II out in the spring" says
/ John Tainsh. general sales manager
/ for the Mitchell Motors company,
/ Inc. OF Racine Wis But how many
I people who have driven their cars
I I'll winter stop to realize that with
the coming of spring and summer
I mere Is definite change in the
character OF service the car will be
/ called upon to render, necessitat-
ing equally definite provisions to get
/ the greatest economy and pleasure.
one OF the first things to think
| or is to remove the anti-freeZe mix
| lure from the cooling system This
/ sounds 80 simple and obvious that It
seems unnecessary to mention Il hut
| you would he surprised to know how
many people 20 right on into spring
and summer without doing II. or
course anti-freeze mixtures generally
boil at considerably low tempera-
lures than pure water and this is
the simple explanation of many n
strange case of 'ovcrheating' in the
3 pms h'' 'fl ~ summer
THE cooling system should not
only be drained by opening the drain
COCKS or removing the plugs. but n
/ generous cleaning by forcing water
/ through il from a hose should be
given. In fact. the careful opera b
+ tion VIII make the system Chemi
caIly clean by using a soda solution
J "A pound of ordinary washing soda
/ Is enough for car--being sure 10
wash out the soda with pure water.
lie viii also take the pains TO re-
move and inspect the rubber water
connections TO see that they are not
injured by the anti-freeze solution
used during the winter II they arc
damaged they should be renewed he
cause nothing is so annoying as n
constant leak In the water system.
I Another spring hint which viii
bear repetition" contiuued Mr.
Ta.nsh, 'ls to use heavier lubricants
throughout the car. This is espe-
cially true OF the oil In tho motor
and the grease in the Transmission
and diffeerntiar II is not enough
simply 10 drain out the old oil or
grease. They should be washed out
along with any depoitss Of sediment
with a CopIous dose Of kerosene
with The motor for instance. n is a
good plan to run the engine few
minutes TN warm and then drain
out the old oil replacing il with a
gallon or so Of Kerosene Run the
engine again Tor a few minutes with
the Kerosene In 1t then drain Off.
allowing plenty Of time for the kcro-
senc TO dip clean. The oilinc svste,,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
AIRPtANE BUILDING
SCHOOL IN CHICAGO
pnN institute OF kinL in the " orid
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