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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

up, would beg her forgiveness"
forgiveness for what. Q"
"For any faniced grievance she
might have against me. [ have
always tried to please her, but
she was-er--difficult, and it was
not easy to do the right thing at
all times"
did you go to her room?"
II went to the door,"
"At what time?"
"Soon after l o'clock. Not more
than five or 10 minutes after"
There was d rustic Of excite
ment. The poison was said to be
administered at about 1! Did this
fair, doll like girl know the secret
OF the tragedy?
"Proceed, Miss Frayne; tell the
story OF anything you saw at that
time"
II saw nothing. But I heard
Il great deal"
"What was it?'
"The door of Miss Carrington's
room was closed, and | was about
to tap on it when l heard talking
inside. l paused, and I listened
in order to discover if her maid
was still with her, or some one
else. If it had been Estelle, /
should have tapped for admit
tance. But it was not.''S
"Who was it?"
81 cannot say. The voice ]
heard distinctly was that Of Miss
Darlington herself. Her voice was
high pitched, and of what is called
a carrying sort. The things she
said were so strange l fingered,
listening, for l was SO surprised ]
couldn't help it.
"First, l heard her say, quite
plainly: Your face is the most
beautiful / have ever seen! / wish
mine were as beautiful I as
sumed, then, she must be talking
to Miss Stuart, for surely she
would not say that to her maid.
Then she said: But, tomorrow,
shall be forever freed from this
homely face Of mine.'"
miss Frayne, this is very sim
gular! Are you sure you heard
correctly"
II am sure. But there is more.
She next said: Tomorrow you
will be glad!-glad!' 1t was al
most a scream, that. And she went
on: Tomorrow all these jewels
will be yours-if you-ah, but will
you?'' and then her voice trailed
off family, and / could hear no
more"
You heard nothing more at
all?"
yes; / waited-oh, I admit
was housekeeping, but it was SO
strange ! couldn't help it-there
was silence. II may well be some
one else was replying to her, but
could not make out any other
PERSONS words. A low voice would
mol be audible like high pitched
one. But, after a moment, Miss
Darlington resumed. She said
|sI shall change my will. Not
Carr's half, that must stand. But
the other half shall never 60 to
IA niece who has no affection fol
met Again I heard nothing, fol
the responses were inaudible. Their
Miss Darlington said, in a musine
tone: Il have already willed yor
$4,000 Of those United States
bonds, but And, then, after
quite q long pause, Miss Caring
ton cried out, not loudly, bir1
tensely: Henri, Henri! you ar,
the mark / aim att That fright
ened me SO. I ian swiftly back t,
my room, and locked the door,
"You assumed Henri to b.
Count Charlier7"
had no other construction I,
pnt upon the words.
You thought the gentleman
was in Miss Darlington s,roomi''
couldn't think that! An,
ssyet, itsaSopnded O. II she wer
E'speakinssto hin; not Of him."
4his y : very strange story
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06
VIII.
ANITA's STORY.

Instead Of showing surprise at
this statement the coroner broke
the GREATNESS silence that fol
lowed it by saying:
Will you please explain what
you mean by 'stca!thilyY'"
Just what ! say" returned
Haviland bluntly. "She went
slowly, now and then palsing to
listen, twice drawing back around
corner and pcepine out, and
then coming forth again; she wore
no shoes and carried no light; she
went down the hig staircase in
the manner I have described. and
after about 10 minutes returned
i'll the same fashion. That's what
l mean by %stealthily."
what was your errand?"
asked Scofield of Estelle.
Nothing. l didn't go,"she re-
piled coolly.
sShc tells al untruth," said
Gray calmly. ''SEc did go, just
AS have described. But it was
doubtless Oh an innocent GRAND.
l have NC idea she was implicated
iii Miss Carrington's death. I am
sure it is Of casual explanation
o: l was sure until Estclle de-
MED it,"
How was it you CHANGED to sec
hcri'
81 @1s wakcful, and l was
prowling around to find some
thing to read. l went out in the
hall and got q magazine from the
table, and had returned to my
room and was just closing the
door when I saw a white figure
glide across the hall. She passed
through moonlit space or / could
not have seen her. She was
wrapped in a light or white XII
mono thing. and I should never
have thought of it again if it were
not for whar has happened"
"Yon knew it to be this Es-
tellef"
YES; her red hair was hanging
in a Braid
"'Tisn't rcd!" snapped Estelle,
but Mr.. Scofield silcnccd her with
o frawn.
"Weli, auburn, thcn," said
Haviland easily. "You may as
we'll own up, Estellc. What did
yojl &c down fOre's
II didn't CO." repeated the
maid obstinate..y, and no cross
questioning could prevail on her
to admit otherwise.
"All right and Haviland,
shrugged his shoulders; 81 sup
pose il doesn't matter, as the
crime was committed about l
O'Clock. It's up to you, Mr.. Coro-
ncl., to find some person who acted
s%rsrieiously nearer that time.
Ar.i. by the way, as man of bust
ness Of this estate, Mlless some
worthwhile evidcncc is forthcom-
ing pretty soon, I'm going to
round up a detective OF two who
viii set somewhere"
"iaivc lis q little more time, Mr..
Haviland. 'sAsaid Scofield suavely ;
this inquest is only begun"
Well, get it over with, and
then, # the truth hasn't come to
ieht, IN take II hand"
Miss Frayne was called next,
ard Anita, with q look Of impors
tancc on ncr pretty face, came
, forward.
Her evidence, at first, was
merely 4 repetition Of that already
hearll, and shc corroborated Paul
inc S recital Of the sceiN as the
two girls babe Miss Darlington
good night.
AL Stlleni' prompted the
.G6roaef.
Then / went to my room, but
gdidn't retirc. I sat thinking
oyer what Miss Darlington had
raid 10 me. And % I though,
abosf It Isconciuded that this time
really dismissed from hNl
sccrcfiary1A nip lsdst tint maas ID,
tea very sorry, fok: itWassag oos
utifion md Ind ~ W3lh 10 1os'
81. Altcf ~. I#begen \
think .Ewpold airing
49, rnnnn 80 III Sbe were Stil
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

phia, was PLACED on trial wednesdav ~
the common pleas court CHARGED With
misdemeanor in office and violation OF =
state law prohibiting the PARTICIPATION ne
Office holders in politics.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06
The story first TO YOU"

sD'" tiii NA'CA q oat
other person in Miss Carrington's
room to whom she was speak
ing?
1T seemed so to me-"
But you did not hear this
other person voice?"
Anita paused a moment and
then said: "Not distinctly."
Did yon hear it at a!i?"
81 cannot say. When | did not
hear Miss Carrington's voice
clearly there were sounds that
might have been another person
of her own voice speaking more
inaudibly."
Might it not be that she was
merely talking to hers%elf-soliio-
quizing?"
lit could not have been that.
She spoke definitely and decid-
eddy to some one when she sail
Your face is beautiful, and when
she said II have wiiled you
100000 Indeed, everything she
said was as if spoken to some
nearer; not as one who talks to
herself"
After You regained your room
did you leave it again?"
mo, | did not" 4
HIM. Now, are you positive,
Miss Frayne, that all these
speeches were said just as you
have repeated themY 1t is a great
strain on the memory to repeat
accurately a conversation as long
as the II you have just re-
hearsed."
1.-The speeches I heard are
burned in my brain. l could not
forget them if | would. 1 may
have erred in some minor or III
important words, but the most Of
what I'heard is precisely as l have
repeated it. Indeed, so thoroughly
was 1 amazed at it all, l wrote it
down as soon as l reached my
room. l had then no thought Of
of what was going to happen, but
Miss Darlington had made pecu-
liar remarks about something
happening to her, and in connec-
ton with that the words | heard
seemed so remarkable-not to say
uncanny-that | made a note of
them. This is not an unusual habit
with me. l often make notes Of
conversations, as it has been useful
in my services as secretary"
Gas howl" 3
IF a caller in a social or bust
ness way had conversation with
Miss Darlington, and l was pres
ent, l often made a record in case
she asked me later just what had
been said"
81 e e. And how do you inter
pref the words: Henri, you are
the mark | aim atf'"
can only think that Miss Car
rington was in favor of consider
ing marriage between herself and
the Count"
"You made use of the word
suncanny.' De yea imagine that
Miss Darlington had any forebod-
ing Of. her approaching doom7"
"When l heard her say, "To-
morrow I will be forever freed
from this homely face of mine,'
and tomorrow all these jewels
will be yours l couldn't help
thipking-after the discovery Of
her death-that she must have
anticipated it."
did her voice sound like the
despairing one of a person about
to die"
"On the contrary, it sounded
full of life and animation"
"Did she seem angry with the
person to whom she was speak
ingi"
AT times, yes. . And, again,
no. Her voice showed varying
emotions as she talked on"
"Her speech was not continu-
Gus, theni"
"Not at all. It was broken, and
in snatches. But, remember, I
could not hear all Of what she
said, and the other person or per-
sons not ut ALL"
".Did you not catch a word
from the other2voicef'
81 cannot say. Much, in a low
tone. that I could MT haar loo NV
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

Continued Next Weekly
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
EMERGENCY TARIFF
 EFFECTS TUNGSTEN

WASHINGTON, D. c. July B. That an Emergency tariff" bill will
 be reported to Congress by the Ways and Means Committee before August 1st is now certain. The announced in tention of Republican members of the Committee to rush out a report be- fore July 1st and to include only dyes, potash, chemical glass, magnesite and tungsten resulted in insistent demands from Democratic members from the graphite and manganese states that their constituents be not shut out from an opportunity for early relief for the men who have tied up millions in these war industries. Chairman Fordney now announces that hearings on manganese, pyrites, sulphur, gra- phite and other "war minerals" will be held shortly after July 4th. The Alabama Graphite Section of the Am. erican Mining Congress is organizing the fight for graphite and will as- semble producers from Montana, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and South Carolina to meet the Congress- ional Committee The Graphite men will be able to show that England now controls the crucible business of the
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
YUCCA

Miss Ruth Russell was recent wis itor to Yucca from Kingman. She was a guest of the Piper family.
 Messrs. Miller and Shaw report some promising new claim locations near Copperville.
 Johnny Mullen was one of the re- cent cowmen in Yucca. He is resting up after several weeks in the saddle. Reports a very satisfactory calf crop.
 There are some Baron Munchausen reports of big COW deal going around these days. Lacking the yer ification we prefer not to mention any names.
 Telly Bland was up from Signal.
 Mrs. James Bacon and daughters write from Long Beach they are hav- ing a fine time. So much water must look good after a long dry spell on the desert.
 Chas. Bly is a very busy man at his garage nowadays. The modern Blacksmith shop is not at all like the mysterious affair of our childhood days.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Advertised--12--1 The following letters remain uncall- ed for at the Post Office at Kingman, Arizona, for the week ending July 5, 1919.
 Cochrane, w. F. Dias, Carlos Marsh, E. w. Moore, Mrs. L. l.. Newton, Harry Prado, Demetrio Rose, Mrs. Florence White, Miss Lucy F. Walker, Mrs. Maud If the above letters are not called for at the end of two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office at San Francisco, Calf.
 CHARLES METCALFE,
 Postmaster.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05

Sources and Supply of Capital for. ............ Construction Industry. .....-......
 29. The main sources of real es- tate loans are savings banks, title guarantee and trust companies, insur- ance companies, building and loan as- sociations, and individual lenders.
 30. Real estate loans by lending institutions did not increase in pro- portion to the growth of the country from 1918 to 1918.
 31. Real estate loans of banks did not grow as rapidly as bank resources in the United States from 1913 to 1918.
 32. Savings banks, insurance com panies, and building and loan associa- tions, the chief financial institutions making real estate loans, did not grow as rapidly in resources as banks, other than savings banks in the United States.
 33. Real estate loans of banks in New York, which hold one-sixth per cent of the total banking resources of the country, did not grow as rapidly as the total resources of New York banks from 1914 to 1918.
 34. Savings banks in New York did not grow as rapidly as other class es of banks in New York from 1914 : to 1917.
 35. During 1917 and 1918 statistics indicate that there has been an ab- solute decrease in real estate loans held by financial institutions.
 36. Statistics showing the amount of real estate loans made by indivi- duals are not available.
 37. The main causes of the failure of real estate loans to increase in pro- portion to the general growth of the country during the last five years have been the lack of marketability of real estate loans, lack of standariza tion in making loans (which makes the cost higher than need bel, changes in the banking system; Government restrictions during the war, and the issue of Liberty bonds.
 3S. A general amortization system for real estate loans by encouraging payment of aid loans would make available hundreds of millions of dol lars annually for new loans.
 39. Improved machinery is needed for making and marketing real estate loans. This would involve, first, a standardized and simplified method of examination of the security offered on real estate loans, thus cutting down costs, and, second, a system of real estate mortgage banks.
 Rents
 40. As a result of the increased cost of commodities, taxes and labor and of the shortage of housing, rents have risen. In most communities their rise has been sufficient to justi- fly building as safe investment. How Building Has Been Stimulated,
 Al. The most complete construc- tion statistics available cover con tracts let for engineering and building construction north of the Ohio and east of the Missouri together with some adjacent area, containing four sevenths of the population of the country.
 The total for March, 1919, exceeds the total for March of any year but one, even with the costs of former years brought up to the 1919 price level. The totals for April and May exceed the totals for April and May of all previous years even with costs adjusted to the 1919 price level. The revival of construction activity is more notable in the Middle West than in the East, and in the smaller than in the larger cities.
 SUMMONS
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
RECOVERING

Mir. Miller, who was quite severely injured in the explosion of several missed holes in the Red Cloud shaft, last week, is fast recovering. The other men are all right, showing but a few scratches as result of their encounter with the heavy blasts.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
DIVIDE SCHOLARSHIP

School Superintendent R. A. Lassell has received word that Jessie Gordon, of Kingman and Clara Douglas, who is said to be Mohave County girl stopping in Coconino County, had tied for the Mohave County scholarship to the Arizona State University. The scholarship of $500 will be equally divided between them.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05

United States through the interna- tional propaganda by which there has grown up a belief that German Clay and Ceylon and Madagascar Graphite must be used to produce serviceable crucibles. They will show that "All American" crucibles are the better.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
ATTENTION BROTHER
 ODDFELLOWS

A special session will be held at Oddfellows Hall Sunday July 9th at 1 p. m. to initiate class from Oat- man. We invite your attendance.
 J. w. PORTER,
 Secretary. Kingman Lodge No. ' I. O. O. F.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05

GRACE F. JONES. Plaintiff
 VS.
 THOMAS L. JONES. Defendant. In the Name of the State of Arizona to
 THOMAS l.. JONES. Defendant.
 Greeting:
 You Are Hereby Summoned and re- quired to appear in an action brought against you by the above named plain tiff in the Superior Court of Mohave County, State of Arizona, and answer the Complaint therein filed with the Clerk of this said Court, at Kingman in said County, within twenty days after the service upon you of this Summons, if served in this said County. or in all other cases within thirty days there after the times above mentioned being exclusive of the day of service. or judg- ment by default will be taken against you.
 Given under my hand and seal of the Superior Court of Mohave County. State of Arizona, this first day of July, 1919.
 (SeaD J. T. MORGAN,
 Clerk of said Superior Court. First insertion July 5. Last insertion August 2.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
The COwman's Prayer

We know, Oh Lord, you are the Big Range Boss You tally true, our gains and loss. But no fool puncher in all the land Would hold his herd on rocks and sand While mother-cows grew poorer every day And baby calves 'ud just fade away. So Lord, I ask you please to send the rain, So'st we can see the cattle sleek again. If it stays dry, us cowmenIl all go broke And man, that shorely'd be no joke Still we can stand it, Lord, but Will hate like hell to see them dogies die! The hungry calves all munchin' hard, no milk to find Their mothers growing poorer, Lord, be kind And send us rain, and let 'em grow They are sich little things, give them show. There's lot of things we need down here, For everything we eat and wear is dear And Huns and profiteers and things like that, It make us wonder where we're at. But for ourselves we don't ask grace, but strength to bear And for our dogies everywhere Some water, grass and browse for feed again, Oh, help us Boss, Thy Range is dry, Amen. Mrs. M. P. Chapman, June 29th,191
 Yucca, Arizona. CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Mary's Catholic Church Sunday July 9th.
 Mass will be said at 1O:3O A. M.
 REV. J. HOOTSMAN.
 
 No Great Shakes "Lost some of your admiration, eh, for Daredevil Flubdub, the movie hero?"
 "Yaas."
 Why?"
 "He appeared in person."
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
SUMMONS

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF Mo HAVE COUNTY. STATE OF AR1- IONA.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
SUMMARY OF GOV.
 ECONOMIC REPORT

Continued from Page 6)
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05

GRACE F. JONES, Plaintiff.
 VS. THOMAS l.. JONES, Defendant.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-07-05
CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Mary's Catholic Church Sunday July 9th.
 Mass will be said at 10:3O A. M.
 REV. J. HOOTSMAN.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
No Spring Reduction in
Coal Price This Year
Instead Advances VIII Begin in
May at Is Cents a Ton
q Month

The usual April reduction in the
price Of coal will not come into effect
this year Instead, dispatches from the
Pennsylvania anthracite fields vester-
day stated prices viii continue at their
present level until May /. After that
they VIII 80 up, II cents a month beng
added on domestic sizes for period of
five months. This is > cents q ton
more than the usual increase during
the summer season.
The responsibility for this condition.
solomon VI. Schatzkin. wee president
OF Burns Brothers, declared yesterday.
rests wholly with the miners. Burns
BROTHERS and other dealers. he SAID.
have been bringing all the pressure
possible 90 bear on the operators 70
obtain q reduction in prices
The fact that d surplus of thousands
of tons OF coal is now piled up at the
mouths of the mines did not. M
Schatzkin said, have any bearing on the
situation
Labor" he said. "is debating tho
prices Of all commodities to-day, So
long as labor commands its present
wages, there is no relief in ght for
the consumer"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Burleson Rate Fixing
Upheld in State Court
Louisiana Justice Decides Con
gress Empowered Act i'm
Seizure

BATON ROUGE. La. March Q Tia
Supreme Court OF Louisiana has DECIDED
that. this being a war time Of. tho pros,.
dent had a right to seize the telenhona
and telegraph systems and TO doiegats
their operation as he saw E His ron
resentatiVe, the court declared. IN
Gubitably has the power 10 fix rates
during the war without interferepca
by state authorities
Consequently the court dismissed .,
appeal taken by the State RailroaS
Commission and Attorney General 4
Y. Coco from a decision Of the e2s
Judicial District Court upholding the
rates fixed by Postmaster General Bur
Lesson last December EXCERPTS from
the opinion Of Supreme Court Justice
Sommerville follow:
THE suit is clearly against the GOV
ernment and the courts Of the stata
are without jurisdiction over IL.
They (the state authorities) argue
that the joint resolution. which 5as
been set forth in full. does not ciye
to the President the right 10 fix rates
1t gives him authority to take posses
sion and assume control Of any tele-
graph, telephone. etc, system or svs-
TENS. for national security or defence
and TO operate the same IN such man
ner as may be needful or desirable for
the duration Of the war These powers
clearly include the power 70 FIX and
collect rates. Language could hardly
be Stronger'
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Last of Old German
Army Is Disbanding
Passing of Class of 1899 Marks
End of Ex-Kaiser's War
Machine

COBLENZ. March Q (By The Asso-
GATED Press). - The German Military
commission at Coblenz has offcially
notified the headquarters of the Ameri
can Sd Army that it has received q
message from the War Ministry at Ber-
i'm informing 1T Of the Forthcoming dis
charge of the class of 1899.
This class, with volunteers and non
commissioned and commissioned Off
GERS who were signed for a life service
or for long terms, ere the only remain
ing men in the old German army. ex-
ceptlng a few units on the Fastern
front. Thus the discharge of the 1890
class means the virtual end of the old
German army, and in the opinion If
american officers who have studied the
German rehabilitation it viii he fol.
lowed either by dissolution of the
staifs of all of the old army units or
their incorporation into the new vol
unteer army
Many thousands OF men Of the 1900
class, whose homes are in the area Or
cupled by the Americans, now ara with
their regiments 1T depots in the unor-
cupled portions Of Germany and the;.
entrance into the occupied zone in largo
numbers ia expected as soon as tho d;s-
charge order is formally issued.