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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-28

he's off again on that hardy annual
talkaiogus Of hial Lin'n. II.
s."
Call me pcrceval." p. sybarite
suggested pleasantly.
"wh-atr'
Let II be Percevai hereafter.
Ccorge-niwayH. ! grant you free
permission"
but / thought you said
80 I did-a fow hours ago. Now
we'll l rather like IL. I, makes all
the difference who calls you that sort
Of name FIRST. and what her voice Is
like"
''ons % u.s. George protested with
profound conviction. Is plumb ioony
In the headr'
It's me-" said y. sybari,s him.
bly,; Il admit g. And the
worst OF II isl like a. 80 would
you II you'd been thru Day OF
Days"
George let that pass: for the mo.
ment he was otherwise engaged In
vain speculation m TO the appear.
ance Of phenomenon rather rare in
tho calendar OF that West asth at.
boarding house.
A Western Union boy. weary with
the WEAKNESS OF not less than forty
summers. was fhuffllng I'm Mt the
gate.
shay" he called with tho aspcr-
ity OF ingraincd cnnui--"cisher OF
youse guys know n guy named Per-
ccval Sybarito Z lives hcrcT"
Silently T.. Sybarltc held out HIS
hand. took the greasy little book in
It's black oilcioth binding. scrawlcd
his signature in the proper blank.
and received the message in It's
scaled yellow envelope
"Waitr' he commanded. calmly
cycling Western Union with suspi.
cion
WITS eatin' your Is they an an
swer7"
They amt no answer" p. sy-
barite admitted.
Well. whatcha want, rot no
time to stick around hero kiddin'."
One moment OF your valuable
time. believe you delivered n mce-
sage ut the Monastery apartments in
fsrd 81 this morning"
Wei. an what Z did,
only this
II. Syharite extracted an immense
roll Of bills from his pocket: trans
ferred IL TO his other hand: delved
deeper: eventually produced single
twenty.dollar gold piece
Take this" he said. tossing II 10
the boy with princcly nonchaiance.
IT'S the last of a lot. butts
yours"
what for7- Western UnloS do
manded I'm amaze: while. as for
George Bross. he developed plain
symptoms OF apoplcxy.
You'll never know" said +. Sy.
barite. Now run along before
come to-"
In the shadow of this threat.
Western Union fled prccipitately.
+. Sybarite rose; yawncd: smiled
benlgnantly upon George Bross.
I'm or TO bcd-was only waiting
for this message" he announced:
but before / go--tell mo; how much
money docs Violet think you ought
TO be earning before you're eligible
for the Matrimonial Stakcs?"
"She said something about fifty
per-" George remembered gloomiiy.
TITS yours-doubled." +. Sybarite
told him. Tomorrow you win re.
Sign from the employ OF whigham
& Wimper and go 10 Blessingtons TO
enter their shipping department at n
hundred week: and IL you don't
earn II. may God have mercy on
your wretched SOUR
George got up very suddenly.
"I'il 30 send for tho DOCTOR he
announced.
"Ono moment morc.- y. Sybarite |
dropped n detaining hand upon his |
arm. You and Violet are invited to |
dinner tonight--at the Hotel Plaza. |
Don't be alarmed: you needn't dress:
wen dine privately In Marian's
spartmont
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-28
GIFTED

Nisitor--What makes you think
that William win grow up to be a
great doctorf
Fond Mother>-while playing doc
tor with his little playmates, he said:
Gentlemen. before We begin to OPP
crate. you hold the patients hands
and feet III get the cents out of
his right.hand pocket" 's~~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-28
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NoNftnUf0 n rom It8<tfb4ll1
Like an arrow from the string.
Novcmber's car broke cover at an
angie ignoring the sianting way
from threshold to gutter. II took the
bump OF the curb apparently at full
tilt. and skidded to the northern
curb before IL could be brought Urn.
der control and its course shaped
eastward
with q shiver P. sybants recog-
mixed that car.
II was not the taxicab that he had
been led 10 expect. but tho same
maroon-colored limousine into which
he has assisted Marian Blesslngton
At the Bizarre.
On It's front seats were two men
Red November himself at the
drivers seat. a revolver In either
hand. And the body of the car CON
tanned one passenger. at least IL II.
sybarife might trust to an impress
nuion gained In one hasty glance
through the forward windows as the
lar bore down upon them--Novern-
ber's Weapons splitting fire.
He could not say who that one
passenger might be: but he could
guess: and guessing. knew the au.
tomato in his grasp TO be useless;
he dared not fire at the gangster
Tor fear of ioosing Wild bullet into
the body OF the car.
Now they were within fifty feet
Of one another. By contrast Win
the apparent slowness OF the tour
ing car TO get in motion. the HIM
CUISINE seemed already TO have at
tanned locomotive speed.
A yell and a shot from one OF
Tovember's reviewers OF. Sybarite
saw the bullet score the asphalt
not two feet from the forward
wheel warned them to clear the way
as the gang leaders car svervcd
wide to pass them
And on this the touring car
seemed 10 get out Of control. swing
ing across the street Immediately
the other. crowded TO the gutter. at
tempted to take the curb. but the
wheels meeting # at angle not sun
ficiently acute, the rnaneuyre faiieo-
TO chorus OF yeiis Novemoers
driver shut down the brakes not a
thought too soon--not soon enough,
indeed. 10 avoid a collision that
crurnpled rnudguard as tho 1t had
been a thing Of pasteboard.
simultaneously p. Sybarite's char
fs,rr set the brakes. and with the
agility OF bounded rabbit scekns
n, burrow, Owed from his seat 70
the side OF tho car farthest from
In an instant be was underneath
Il.
p. sybarite, on tho other hand.
had leaped before the accident
staggering n pace or two-and All
the time under fire--he at length
found his feet not six feet from the
Limousine. 1t had stopped broadside
on. In this position he commanded
the front seats without great danger
Of sending q shot through the body.
His weapon rose mechanically and
quite deliberately he took aim
making assurance doubly sure
throughout what seemed an age
made sibilant by the singing past
his head Of the infuriated gangster's
bullets.
But his finger never frightened
upon the trigger.
November had ceased firing and
was plucking nervously at the slide
Of his automatic His driver had
Jumped down from his seat and was
scuttiing madiy up the street
In breath p. Sybarite realized
what was the matter: as automstics
Twill, when hot with fast firing. No
MEMBERS had choked on an empty
shell.
November rose TO meet him. re-
verslng his pistol and aiming at p.
Sybarite's head q mmderous blow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-28
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COPYRIGHT eY LOUIS Jo3gPH VANCE

This. however. tho little man was
alert 20 dodge. November came
bodily Into his arms. Graphing. tho
two rccied and went down, T.. Sy-
baritcs fingers closing ON the throat
Of the asvls~in Just as tho iattcr'a
head struck the pavement with
brutal force.
The man shlvcrcd. grunted. and
lay stiil.
p. sybarite disengaged and got up
on. sis feet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-28

wistful regard OF the gfrl. and blush.
Cd 20 HIS brows.
The car swept on and on. through
the golden hush Of that glorious sun
day morning.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
TAILOR MAID TAKES NEW ORLEANS STAKE
Beats Good Field Over 0ne-Mile
 Route for Bogalusa Purse

New Orleans, La. Dec. 27-Cold, bleak weather continued here yeste: day. and in consequence the ordinary program offered at Jefferson Park bore a distinctly anti-holiday aspect. IA majority of the contests were car ried off by outsiders ill the specula- tion.
 The most valuable offering was the Bogalusa Purse over the one milo route. It went to Tailor Maid. She followed the early pace set by Harry Burgoyne, a heavily supported favor ite, to the middle of the back stretch, where she took command. In the final run she responded in hearty fashion and maintained the early advantage from Jiffy which came with a determined rush to cap ture the place honors. Bon Tromp found the mile route too long and finished a poor fourth after having failed to display any speed under q perfunctory ride by Glass.
 The most heavily played horse of the day to earn brackets was Sweep ing Glance, in the fourth. He won easily, to; the delight of the Kentucky contingent. Sweeping Glance was making his second appearance of the current season and displayed a high order of speed from start to finish. ainboW Girl made a valiant effort under Butwell's hard urging but was unable to threaten the winner at any stage. Sicsta, weakly handled by Warrin gton took show honors in j drive from Sauer.
 The local element benefited greatly through the success of Ornery, which took the final after leading the large field for the greater part of the jour- ney.
 , Close finishes were the rule in the first and second events. The opener went to Dolph, which finally escaped the maiden class after repeated efforts here. Richard ", heavily played Kentucky good thing, was the victim of a belated start and repeated inter- ference through the running, but per formed well withal
 A 20 to 1 shot went over when Med- ding Miss took the second from Frances Starr in d hot drive with Pluviada third. Koh-I-Nor, the heav- fly played choice, was sore on parade and pulled up lame.
 For crossing his fields in the fifth and sixth races Jockey Coltiletti was meeting.
 John Mckee has determined to dis pose of Jack O'Dowd after today's race and go to Winnipeg, Canada, to conduct a boxing club
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
WILLIAMS TO PLAY HARVARD.
Drops Cornell and Middlebury From
 Football Schedule

WilliamstoWn, Mass, Dec. 26.-Al- though not yet ratified by the athletic authorities because of meetings durin s the Christmas recess, the tentative Williams football schedule for 1920 calls for a game with Harvard but not Yale. Trinity is another newcomer to the Purple's slate, and Cornell and Middlebury both disappear from her list of opponents.
 A change has been made in regard to the time between the big gam es with Wesleyan and Amherst The us- ual two weeks intermission has been cut to one for next year. The schedule follows:
 Oct. 2, Rensselaer, Poly at Williams town; 9, Union at Schenectady; i 6, Harvard at Cambridge; 23, Trinity at Willamstown; 30, Columb bia at New York; Nov. 6, Hamilton at Williams town; f3, Wesleyan at Williamstown i; 20, Amherst at Amherst.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
WOODS WINS TITLE
11-Year Old School Boy Captures Tennis Championship in Three
 Straight Sets from Young Grcss.

New York, Dec. 27-Charles M. Woods, Jr., the fourteen-year-old De Witt Clinton High School student yes- terday was crowned the boys national indoor tennis singles champion when he defeated Valentine Gress, the oth- CT finalist, in the final round of the annual tournament in the Sevcth Reg 1ment ArmOry. The score was 6-c S-6, 6-1. The Red and Black rac- quet Wielder succeeds his schoolmatc, Morton Bernstein, as title holder. Bernstein was una ble to defend his title, as he was graduated into the junior ranks.
 Despite his youth and the fact that it was his initial appearance in tour nament competition the dininutivc Red and Black young5tcr in annexing the title demonstrated that he will hold his own among the best of the junior and boy tennis players during the coming season. With the exceD- ton of a brief period in the second set, when he became a little cratic, the driving of the newly crowned d champion was excellent. He put much strength behind all his drive s and for accuracy they could not have been placed much better had 8 senior title holder been sending them across the net instead of the little Clinton Schoolboy.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
AMERICAN BOXERS
 WIN LONDON BOUTS
Moore, GriffithS and Lewis Prove
 Victorious Trio in Contests

London, Dec. 27.-TWo American fighters, Pat Moore, bantamw eight, and Johnny Griffiths, welterweight de cisively defeated French opponents in the ring at Albert hall last night.
 In what was to have been L 20- round bout, Moore made Eugene Cri- qui quit in the i4th round, while Grlf- tiths scored d technical knockout over Francois Charles in the third round. Both Criqui and Charles declared that they had been hit low.
 Ted ("kid'D Lewis administered a bad beating to Platt Wells in 12 rounds, mutting his face to ribbons and breaking his nose. Wells gave up the unequal struggle in the 12th round.
 Moore severely trounced Criqui In the 14th round the American sailed into the Frenchman and, with a hard right hook to the stomach, doubled him up. CriQui quit. He claimed that Moore had foulcd him, but he made no formal protest. It was also a right hook to the stomach that caused Charles to refuse to continue with Grifliths. He likewise claimed that the Americans blow was low. During the evening Georges Carpenter, the European heavyweight champion boxed a three-round exhibition bout. Joe Beckett, who recently was knock ed out by Carpenter, entered the ring and requested another fight with the Frenchman
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
TOLEDO WANTS BOUT
\. w. Thachcr Wires Jack kearns That His Club Will Duplicate Any
 Offer for Dempsey Carpenter Bout.

Toledo, Dec. 27.---Toledo wants the Dempsey Carpenter championship pugilist encounter. It was announced officially today at the Toledo athletic club. A. w. Thacher, matchmaker for the Toledo boxing commission has wired Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey, that his club will duplicate any offer made in France. London or the United States. Thacher is await ing reply to his telegram it was said.
 Thacher was responsible for the match here last July in which Dempsey wrcsted the title from Jess Willard .. @"a.. .... . ..'
 Thacher also is seeking to arrange championship match between Jimmy Wilde, the British hyweight cham pion and Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne Ind, American title claimant.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
|IG BOWLING MATCH
 |PON CASINO ALLEYS
lew Britain and Hartford Are to
 Revive Battles of Other Days

Frank McDono ugh, proprietor of he Casino bowling alleys, has ar knged for the formal opening of tho |leys next Monday night with a latch game between teams repre- Enting New Britain and Hartford. h the lineup of the visitors will be Fido" O'Brien, Freddie Donlin and Indy Mccarthy, the trio that recently lon the big end of the $2,5OO purse b a match with Connie Lewis, Fred tone and Fred Harper. This trlo considered among the best Ill the last. They will have Donahue, or he and Lathrop as mates. New Brit in will be represented by Joe Foote' ill kahms, Jim Ryan, Billy Lotgrch md Edward Anderson. The game Eil start at o'clock. Dave Peter on will be the scorer and Jack 4charff will watch the foul line.
 Fafuir League Results.
 The results of the games Tn the -afniY Bowling league last night at bc Casino alleys, are as follows:
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
MAGNATES' TROUBLES
90 Per Cent. of Major Lea
 que Players Must Be ProHcrcd Ne"
 Contracts Before 1920 Season Opens.

Chicago, Dec 27.-New contracts Tor the 1920 season must be pro1fered approximately 90 per cent. of the reg ular players on major lcakue pasepali clubs, expert followers of the game said here today. That condition, With the increased interest displayed In the national pastimc they say probaDly will result in a number of players 1ol- lowing Babe Ruth, Boston American Ditcher and outfielder, in demands for increased salaries.
 Retrenchm ents for tho period after the war, when the owners expected to be confronted with, lessened interest Tn baseball led to many one year con- tracts being made. Long time con- tracts for @ number of stars terminat- ed with the past season. That the m- terest next year in baseball is not eX- pected to be letharg1c, some of the players who wintered in Chicago say, Is evidenced by the owners plans for extended training seasons and the adoption of the usual 1 54 game sched ule instead of 40 games as last year Some of the players are said to hold that with the owners obtaining great patronage larger salaries can be paid.
 Few players of tho Chicago clubs have been signed as yet. Alexander, Killefer and Robertson arc the Ma tional league club stars who have made 1920 contracts. Only a few youngsters have made contracts with the Chicago Americans. Eddie Col 1ins' five year contract expired last fall. Eddie Cicotte's contract also ended, as did the one year agreement with Ray Schalk.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
ANOTHER GAME SCHEDULED.
West Virginia Wesleyan Added
 w. and J. Football Card.

Washington, Dec. 27-West Vir- glnia Wesleyan College was added t5 the Washington and Jefferson foot ball schedule, the Mountain State Methodists being assigned October !. for a game at Wheeling, W. Va. Last fall the teams played in Washington, but Wesleyan requested the Wheeling engagement with the intention uf staging the game as the biggest in the northern Ohio Valley next season
 The game will be seventh betWeea teams representing the institutions, an of which have been won by Washing ton and Jefferson. The Presidents now have only three open dates on the card|ISeptember 25. October g and 16, with a probability that Geneva will take October 16 and Centre Col lege October 9.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
CRIMSON STARTS WORK
Coach Bob Fisher Has Harvard Team Working Out Twice 2 Day For Big Game On New Years.

Pasadena, Dec. 27-Harvard's foot ball squad today began a four day training program of two workouts a. day in preparation for the game New Years Day with Oregon. The Orc gon team planned to visit the "1noy- ies."
 The Fasteners who have just com pleted 5000 mile journey from Cambridge, Mass, and with no reg ' Ir training since Thanksgiving felt the need of every bit of practice pos- sible. Coach Fisher and Trainer Don ovan said the men will be given sev- eral hours a day hard practice for the next four days. Probably they will ease off @ bit next Wednesday Don ovan said but not before.
 Oregon on the other hand, has had a weeks training, Coach Huntington claims his men have reached the peak of, condition and from now on he plans to give them just enough work o keen them that way
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
WOULD STAGE BOUT IN BOWL
Syndicate Offers Yale S5O,0OO for Usc
 of Stadium.

New Haven, Dec. 27--A proposal that the Yale bowl be leased by the which is bidding for the Dempsey Carpenter championship fight, was made yesterday to Prof. Clarence w. Wendell, chairman of the Yale board of control. It was learned that $50,- 900 was tentatively offered for the use of the bowl for one day next summer provided the syndicate is successful 1n securing the bout
 Prof. Mendell told the representative of the syndicate that Yale could not consider the proposal.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
BRADEN'S KICK A RECORD
Jlm's Spectacular Boot in IaIc-Har- ward Game is Registered At 55 Yards,

New Haven, Dec. 27-Thc exact distance of Jim Braden's drop kick in the Yale Harvard football game has been recorded officially as f1fty-five yards, according to an announcement made here yesterday. Braden's re- marka!ble kick breaks all records for ale Harvard games and is one of the longest in the history of gridiron competition.
 Braden IS still suffering from the effects of tie plnishm ent he received Tn the champonship games against Harvard and Princeton. Yesterday an operation was performed upon his nose, which was broken in the Tiger
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
CANADIAN AGE DIES.
Major MckcevCr SuccumbS to An Operation-DCWncd Many Germans

Toronto, Dec. 27.--Major A. E.. Me Keevcr, W. C., D. $. C.. ono of the best known Canadian aces in the Great war and credited with the destruction of forty-flEe German machines, died in the General hosiptal here today, as tho result of an operation
 Iii automobile accident near Stratford, Ontario, some time ago, he suffered a broken leg and internal in juries. He was twenty-five years of
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
ROGERS WITH LITTLE ROCK.

Franklin, Pa, Dec. 27-z-Pitcher Tom Rogers, formerly of the St. Louis Americans and the Philadelphia Athletics, will play with the Little Rock (-Arh.) team next season. 1o was brought from the Buffalo Inter- nationals yesterday. Rogers jumped from the Athletics to the Franklin h. de,DendcntS last August.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27

tilt. He has had great difficulty in breathing and it was necessary to re- move a small bone in his nose. He has not recovered completely from the shock of two cracked ribs
New Britain herald., 1919-12-27
CARPENTER COMING TO U. s.
French Heavyweight Champion Plans
 TwO-MOnths Exhibition Tour

Next Spring. " F.
 Paris, Dec. 26.-Georees. Carpen- tier, European heavyweight champion. is planning to go to the United States in March for a two-months exhibi- Iion tour, it was learned yesterday
 The French boxer, who will be ac- companied by his manager, M. Des- camps, expects to give boxing cxhibi- lions in several of the big cities. It will be his first visit to the United Statota
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-10
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

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SrC that Is Nv & constitutional remedy
Catarrhal DEAFNESS caused by IN
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-10
CALEDONIA COUNTY

The mil and two elevators belong
ing TO the A H Mcleod Milling Co.
OF St Johnsbury burned Wednesday
evening, totahng q loss OF S40, 900 %
$4,000 The plant VIII be rebuilt.
II Is expected q big power plant
VIII be put IN at Ffteen-Mile Falls
near Barnet next summer by Boston
capitalists, which viii develop 1000
horse power and cost into the hun
dreds Of thousands OF dollars
The Burke Mountain club OF East
Burke has fled articles OF associa-
ton IN the secretary OF states Office
for the purpose OF conducting 3 club
10 improve the sanitary, social. econ
omic and moral, as well Is the aes-
thetic condition OF East Burke The
papers are signed by Senator Elmer
A. Darling. Lucius Darling OF East
Burke and 20 other persons IN that
and towns adjacent TO Burke
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-10
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