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Evening star., 1919-06-29

two and no more. But It was enough
to give me view of the interior
What saw there caused me to hold
my breath for moment A bed stood
directly in front of me. on the far
SIDE or the bed | saw man, fully
dressed all but his shoes. He was
rather neutral-tintcd man, of rather
meager proportions. but soon lost
all interest in his mere appearance,
since his activities proved even more
interesting. He was engaged in a
movement which for n second or two
l couldn't understand | saw him
cross softly to a white topped dresser
and from it take up a bronze alcohol
lamp. I could see him carefully draw
back the coverings, exposing the end
of the heavy hair mattress. Then
over the end OF this mattress he in
verted his alcohol lamp. watching the
fluid intently as it ran down in scat
tering little torrent and soaked into
the padded fabric.
At the same moment that he struck
this match by rubbing it along his
trouser leg ! reached for my auto
matte and continued to push the door
noiselessly open He did not hear my
advance. as l stepped into the room,
for he was STOPPING low and watch
ing the name of the match end.
Wait"
/ said 1t as short and stern as I was
able to bark out that single word.
He waited all right
Put up your hands," ! told him. He
at once raised his hands above his
shoulders. with the palms facing me-
But. instead of watching me, he was
watching my automatic.
where's Curate SAM asked him,
as calmly as | could.
II dunno any guy by that name"
was his altogether unsatisfactory re-
monstrance.
"Oh, yes, you do" announced, step
ping little closer to him.
You talk. or this does" 1 an
nounced to him.
Jaw, lady. you wouldn't do that" he
said. in a sort of wheedling plaintive-
ness. And as l locke at him I made
discovery. His blinking eyes weren't
directed on me, as he stood there.
They were staring past me. Then,
before I could turn. long arm was
suddenly crooked about my neck,
jerking my head up and back at the
same moment that sinewy hand
brought my pistol sharply down
against my side, pinning it there be-
fore l could even understand what it
all meant. At that the man against
the wall darted forward and jerked
the firearm from my fingers.
was still unable to see my captor.
But the moment I heard his voice I
knew 1T was Curate Sam.
Shut the door," he said in a sharp
whisper At the same moment his
liberated right hand closed on my
mouth, for instinct had told him. I
suppose. that was gathering my
strength for one long scream.
The smaller man in blue serge
seemed to understand just what was
expected OF him. for without being
told to do so he busted himself in
tearing a hand towel into strips and
knotting 1t up in gag. l could see
him hand that gag to Curate Sam.
Then he twisted me about. jerked my
two hands behind my waist and tied
them there with more strands of
toweling.
What re you goin' to do wit herr
inquired the smaller man. an imper-
sonally as though he was inouiring
as to the disposal OF market fowl
Pm going to cook her goose for
her" announced Curate Sam. as he
half flung and half pushed me face
down on the bed. rolled me over. and
before was quite aware Of what he
Evening star., 1919-06-29

in the dining room. That's
We didn't go to Mount Vernon SAL
urday afternoon. as l wrote that we
were planning to. Being Il half-hoh-
day. we let every one else go. Nan had
tried 1t at such a time and she sa,d
that the crowds ruined the atmosphere
of the trip. When she went the people
lined up on the front porch to go
through the upstairs. and when one
old lady stopped to drop tear on
the threshold Of the room In which
Washington died the tear had not
even time to fall before the su'de
growled. Move on, there! Ana
when she and some girls stopped 10
admire the counterpane on Nelly
Custis' bed y man behind poked them
with his umbrella and asked them
not to petrify, please"
Nv now. daddy, you should be just
below tho pictures Of Great-Srand-
father and Grandmother Wayne. 30
seat yourself and look at them q long
time, until you feel yourself drifting
back to their days. Then anchor your
self 30 frmly that the present whi
net interrupt you. and continue with
my letter. It's an echo Of the seven
ties brought to you by the youaG
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boiled at the idea Of turning the es-
tate OF the leader Of the Confeder-
ates into \ federal burying ground.
She alternated between hts Of desire
to tear up the graves of the north
ern generals and strong resolves to be
calm and submissive. When she came
to that expressive monument erected
to the few Coafederates who iis there
the poor child threw herself down sO
Evening star., 1919-06-29

vJ~HIS is the second Of series OF
L letters written by war worker
in Washington to her father In Calf
fornia. Each letter tells separate
story, and the third will appear in the
magsxiue Of next Sundays Star.
Evening star., 1919-06-29

ADDY, Dear: Don't stop in the
hall to read this. but go on
in the dining room. That's
dear
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With Malice Aforethouoht.

Round the campfire-to put it poet.
ically-a lot of soldiers were discuss
ing hairbreadth escapes and adven-
lures they had had. One after an
other they related tales, true and 9TH
erwise, till it came to the turn Of
man who'd travelled all over the world.
Every one waited breathlessly for his
yarn, but he said he'd nothing to tell.
"Have you never had an accidentY'
chorused his pals.
Accident? mol"
Never had an accident in your
hfe?"
mo. Rather bit me once.'
"Don't you call that an accident3"
Thunder, no! The thing bit me on
purpose" said the traveller.
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Johnny jones' Fire Eater Returns ia
MinOt Insane.

Ray Sheldon, who will be remember
ed as the fire eater at the Johnny
Jones carnival which showed here dur
local LOCI Il police in pitiabfe condition n.y. He
has been adjudged insane and will be
taken to jamestown. Sheldon left Mi
not with the carnival and went to CAL
gary and other Canadian points, but
returned the other day. At times he
appears to be perfectly rational, then
becomes violently insane, setting up a
horrible cry. During his rational mo-
ments, he says that the spells were
brot on by the fumes from the gaso-
line torch. The man performed super
human feats in the way of eating fire
and many wondered at the time how
his constitution could stand Il.
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MCFARLAND TO HEAD
WILLISTON SCHOOLS

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 14.-G. A..
Mcfarland, deposed president of the
Valley City Normal school, and who
had been engaged as an assistant to
Miss Minnie Nelson, superintendent
Of public instruction, has accepted a
position as superintendent of the viii
liston city schools at salary almost
double that paid him by the state. Mr..
Mcfarland was called to Williston re-
Gently by long distance phone message
and the offer which was made him
came unexpected and unsolicited.
McFarland's salary was the only
one not raised last year by the board.
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Mrs. John Campbell, police naatron,
is in a local hospital quite ill.
John Kromholf, a Minot garbage
charge, but his hearing has not been
held.
Fred King of Velva was arrested at
Darlington charged with jumping a
board bill at the Grand hotel in Minot.
He is serving IS days in the Ward
county Jail.
The Minot and Poplar Mont, ball
teams will play series Of three games
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
Poplar team is made Of former Union
Association players and they are
without a doubt, the fastest team in
Montana this year. Come out and
root for the home team.
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GrenfeII's Splendid Work.

Wilfred Thomason Grenfell NJ. D.,
superintendent of the Labrador medi-
cal mission Of Royal National Mission
Of Deep Sea Fishermen was born
February %, 1863 He fitted out the
first hospital ship for the North sea
fisheries, and cruised with the fisher
men from the Bay of Biscay to Ice
land. He established homes for them
on the land and arranged mission yes
sells for them in the sea. He went to
Labrador in 1892, when he built four
hospitals, series Of cooperative
stores and an orphanage, and estab-
lished numerous small industrial
schemes.
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Fishing at Lake CARLYLE.

E. 0. Dickinson. who is fishing at
Lake Carlyle, Sask., sends the indie
pendent picture Of himself and a
splendid string of fish. "The proof Of
the pudding in in the eating. They
are nearly done now and we are antic-
ipating scrumptuous feed" he
writes
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Minct Strikers Will Go Back to Work
All railroad strikers in Minot will
go back to work Saturday morning as
the result of orders from headquarters
in St. Paul.
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NEW RAILROAD TIME TABLE
Great Observation-Disclosures June Is, 1919
West Bound-Centra1 Time

TT. No.
Arrives 2:l5 A. NJ; departs 2:25 A.
M; daily Glacier Park Limited,
ST. Paul TO Spokane.
~ sspaay MIN s Eli en Loe sseept
81 Express and Mail, arrives 9:45 r.,
NJ departs $50 P. NJ; daily.
1873 Arrives s p. M; daily except Sun
Arrives GAS F. M, daily except
Sunday; St. Paul to Minot Local.
20 Arrives 3:15 n. NJ, daily; Red
k Ea.t l nonnac sa pau r, to Mnot
A. NJ, daily; Glacier Park Limited,
Spokane to ST. Paul
200 Departs $3.50 A. NJ. daily EXCEPT
sunday Fargo-surrey Local
10 Departs 8:45 A. NJ, daily except
Sunday; Minot-st.Paul Local
80 DEPARTS 40 2; N. daily; Red River
2 Arrives 400 r. NJ; departs 40
r NJ. daily, Oriental Limited via
New Rockford.
% Arrives 1l:5o 2. NJ; departs 1901
222 Arrives 12:15 F. M. daily, except
Sunday. Williston-Minot Local.
500 Iins-1Rectivs June LIST, 1913
west sound Central Time
1o7 Arrives 2:10 A. NJ: departs 2:lo
A. M daily. d
81 Arrives 312:Ul r.. M. departs 1890
r. NJ. Local Freight Monday, we'd
nesday and Friday.
LOS Arrives 2:10 p. M; departs 2:10
r. NJ; st. Paul to Portal Local
261 Arrives 400 r. NJ; Bismarck to
Minot Local, daily except Sunday
East Dound-Csntral Time
f1os Arrives 40 A. NJ. departs 1:10
"A NJ daily.
$50 Leaves 9:45 A. NJ, daily except
Sunday acknowledgements Local
40 Arrives 800 a.. M: departs 800 A..
M.:#local freight Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
100 Arrives 1901 r. NJ: departs 1901
p. M. Daily; Portal-St. Faul Local.
FRED ANDERSON,
Ticket Agent Union Depot
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Neil McDougal has returned from
Lansford, where he completed the re-
modelling of a large barn that was
wrecked by wind storm during the
summer. It cost $500 to restore the
barn.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-11-11

ST. Petersburg, Nov. 11.-Because
they are unwilling to risk additional
loss over and above the $1,000 that
they will have to pay on the bond
which they signed, the two men who
went on the bond of w. L. Strickland,
for his appearance in circuit court in
February, today declined to pay the
expense Of search for the missing
deputy sheriff. A. P. Avery and M.
l.. Stoney signed the bond for
Stricklands appearance. This morn
ing they were asked to go into court
and direct the sheriff to make a de.
termined effort to produce Strickland,
who is commonly supposed to have
fled from the jurisdiction Of the court.
II the bondsmen did this the cost of
the search for Strickland would have
to be paid by the bondsmen and Mr..
Avery told Judge Roy v. Sellers and
Ben Sachs, attorneys for the Loeser
estate, that he was not willing to
throw good money after bad; that he
would pay the bond, when the time
came, but would not spend more
money now for men to travel over
the country on search for the miss
ing deputy.
But an effort may be made to fnd
Strickland. A new warrant may be
issued for the missing man. Such q
warrant can be issued on new
charge not covered by previous war
rants and when such warrant is is-
sued the county would stand the ex-
pense of the effort to find Strickland.
States Attorney Mel McMullen said
that a new warrant can be issued
and this likely will be done, there
being a persistent and insistent de.
mand on the part of the people that
efforts be made to locate Strickland
who is wanted here to tell what he
knows.
Mrs. Frank Ferry, Of Cleverport,
KY, niece of Mrs. Loeser, who, with
her husband, was asphyxiated here
last January, arrived this morning.
She and her attorney, Mr.. Sachs, were
reached in Jacksonville yesterday
and told of the discovery the dia-
mond lavalier which was stolen, along
with other valuable jewels, from the
dead couple. She came here and po-
sitively identified the lavalier which
H. B. Smitz bought from Strickland,
through Noel A. Mitchell, for $500.
Mrs. Ferry said this morning that the
necessary steps had been taken to
get possession of the jewels and that
she would not reimburse Smitz. She
said she had paid out all she intends
to pay to recover her property.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-11-11
BondSmen Decline to Paw
Expense Of Effort To
Find w. L. Strickland

tion and reclamation. A native Of
Virginia and graduate of Union Col
lege, Mr.. Perkins began his profes.
sional career as topographer for the
United States Geological Survey in
1855. For a quarter of century he
remained in the Government service,
during the latter part Of this periord
being employed an an egineer in the
U. S. Reclamation Service. One Of
his most notable achievements was
the laying out of 300-mile system Of
wagon roads in the mountainous and
unexplored regions Of Idaho. He has
been prominent in the affairs Of the
American Reclamation Federation
and the Florida Everglades Engineer
ing Commission, as we'll as the Ma
tional Drainage Congress.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-11-11
GET READY
FOR FLU
Keep Your Liver Active, Your
System Purified and Free From
Colds by Taking Calotabs,
the Nausealess Calomel
Tablets, that are De-
lightful, Safe and
Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis-
ing their friends to keep their systems
purified and their organs in perfec,
working order as a protection against
the return of influenza. They know
that a clogged up system and lazy
liver favor colds, influenza and serious
complications.
To cut short a cold overnight and to
prevent serious complications take one
Calotab at bedtime with swallow Of
water-that 8 all. No salts, no nausea,
no gripping, no sickening after effects.
Next morning your cold has vanished,
your liver is active, your system is puri-
fed and refreshed and you are feclinr
fine with hearty appetite for break
fast Eat what you please-no danger:
Calotabs are sold only in original
sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents.
Every druggist is authorized to refund
your money if you are not perfectly
delighted with Calotabs.-(Adv.)
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-11-11
AIN THE DAYS NEWS"

Edmund 7. Perkins of Chicago,
will preside over the annual conven-
ton of the National Drainage Con-
gress which is to meet at st. Louis
today, is a celebrated engineer who
has made a specially of land irriga.
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pay even small pensions to her in
jured and the families of her soldiers
who have been killed Her war debt
must be paid some time and sink
ing fund Of 5 per cent would add
81 100000 to her annual taxation
Here Is total increase Of $4,O0O,0OO,-
900 all due to the war
OF course both the United States
and Germany may greatly increase
their debts, but the increases will not
change the relative situations.
The German Government has drain
ed the German people of their gold
even their jewels and heirloOms, and
yet the Imperial Bank of Germany
now has but little over $500,000,0OO Of
gold in it's vaults. The United States
has made no special effort to obtain
gold, has made no call upon the peo'
pie for the precious metal, and yet
today has i'm its Treasury vaults
practlcally $2.5OO,OO0,OOO Of gold coin
and bullion.
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WHEN WILL PRICES DROP?

The continued high prices of all
necessities of life are disappointing a
great many people who expected to see
them drop soon after the war ended
People who expect an immediate
change forget that business men and
farmers are paying just as much for
labor as last summer, also the work
ers are paying just as much for food
While these conditions last, prices
can't fall far
The government has undertaken to
bring pressure ON certain industries
to secure some return to lower prices.
But in the main supply and demand
will be the ruling factor. AS long as
Europe is drawing great quantities of
food and taking practically the whole
American surplus, food prices won't
drop far.
The social disintegratiOn i'm Ger
many, Austria and Russia will greatly
reduce the crops that those countries
should raise this year. But they will
not have money or credit to buy any
great quantity. The allied countries
should raise good deal more than
In 1918. By next year imports of
food should have fallen considerably
below the war level. When a sur
plus Of food appears in American
markets prices will go down.
Millions in Europe are barefoot and
ragged There will be a tremendous
demand for cotton, wool and leather.
These materials and the prouucts
thereof are likely to remain at 5neir
present very high level for a year or
two.
All price establishments will have
to be OF the nature of a trade; every
producer dropping his scale a little
while the things he has to buy 60 off
an equal amount. It will have to
take place by slow degrees. Tnere
must be a spirit Of give and take be-
tween all elements entering into pro-
duction. 1t is for the interest of
everyone to cooperate i'm the effort
TO get prices nearer to normal. The
present level is artificial, burdensome
and detrimental to business.
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between ! and O'clock" she con-
tinued. IT intended to sleep with
Elizabeth. 7 heard noises and was
scared. entered the room where
Mr. Dandy was sleeping. / was clad
10 q kimono, which had put ON arrer
my bath. The next instant. a light
Mashed upon me and T heard numer-
Gus voices.
tn my nervousness and excitement
the kimono partly dropped and |
sought whatever covering could and
tried to hide beside the bed Because
OF the men there with my husband il
begged him to turn off the light,
which he refused to do"
q point Of objection made by Mr..
Parsons, il applying for reduction
OF alimony, was against providing
Dandy with dinner and with one
whisky highbalI on his arrival and
four whisky highballs during his din
ner.'
The couple were married October
II, 1907.
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Summer Millinery

We have on display full line Of
Summer Rugs. Crex, Deltox, Wool and
Fibre Mating Rugs in stenciled patterns.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE z, 1919
THE RIGHT OF WAY.

An automobile publication says
that more motor accidents occur from
machines trying to cross in front Of
each other than from any other one
cause. Collisions occur in two ways,
in some cases a car tries to pass
another going the same way and runs
into third car coming from an oppO-
site direction. Sometimes the slower
car that was being passed is pushed
out into the gutter.
Or another frequent type of acct
dent is when a car comes out from a
side street and attempts to cross or
turn into the street ahead Of a car on
that street. The question arises
which had the right to 60 ahead.
In some states the law attempts to
define rights of way under such cir
cumstances. But it is never possible
to state them exactly because so
much depends ON judgment and posi-
ton of cars at a given moment. With
the machines moving rapidly, it is
difficult to fix the legal responsibility.
A jury is apt to decide that both were
to blame.
1t would be well if law could be
enacted, uniform for all states, i'm
which the question should be settled
whether the man driving ON a main
street has precedence over one COM
ing from a side street. And if he has
such a precedence, how much nearer
the intersection he must be in order
to claim the privilege. But even
with such law existing anywhere,
the question would frequently arise
as to which was the main road, and
which the side street.
1t would be we'll il every operator
in Carroll county would resolve to
use more caution than ever before
No matter if you might possibly claim
the right of way in d doubtful case,
it is better to give it up than to lake
any chances of accident. If there is
a doubt to who is entitled to go
ahead, let the other fellow do it.
That would be considered common
courtesy in any other circumstances
but automobile driving.
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ustre O=date line
and Childrens Wolfe Dresses "Nloy line of Su
the minute The
PRICES ARE RIGHT We YOU f. ~
spect this line and Judge for yourself. "
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Man In Her Room Just AS Guardian

Had it not been for her fear of burg
lars her. husband never would have
found another man in the apartm ent
and would not have discovered her
dressed in a kimCno, crouching near
the bed occupied by the stranger.
This defense came to light when
the Appellate Division cut in half the
$50 a week alimony that had beel
granted BY the Supreme Court to Mrs.
Edith wi. Parsons, New York, pending
trial of the divorce action OF John 2.
Parsons, an advertising man
Mrs. Parsons explained that on the
night Of March % last, when she and
her husband were living apart, her
fear Of burglars, inspired by recent
neighborhood robberies, caused her
TO request one Morgan Dandy To sleep
In the apartment that night.
Throughout the night, she said, she
was in constant attendance ON her
1O-year-old daughter Elizabeth, who
was suffering from scarlet fever.
'I did not prepare to retire until
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IN iMEMttRIAM.

IN sad but loving remembrance of our beloved
mother. Georgeanner Barnes. who departed this
life Z years ago today June ., l9O2
Death has robbed us OF our mother,
OF the we loved so well;
Taken from this world Of sorrow,
Safely home with him to dwell.
Gone from earth yes gene forever.
Tear dimed eyes will gaze in vain;
We shall hear her voice. Oh never.
Never more on earth again.
Home is sad, oh God how dreary
Lonesome lonesome ever spent,
Listening for her voice still weary,
Weary for we hear 1T not
Her well-remembered footsteps,
We are listening for in vain;
Our eyes grow dim for watching,
And orr hearts are sad from pain.
Farewell farewell mother dear,
Life is sad without you here;
But may all meet in heaven above.
Where all il peace and JOY and love-
By her loving children. L. G. Randel, S. +. Grau.
I'll. y. Barnes.
In sad but loving remembrance of my husband
and father who departed this life three years ago
today June "a.
DAYS of sorrow still comes over us,
Years and sadness flow;
Fond memory keeps our husband and father
near US,
Though Heaven claimed him three years ago.
Awaken you from such peaceful rest,
For the sorrows and care of this life. oh no,
Your heart was true your life was young,
Not my will but Gods be done.
BY Maize Asper and children
I'm sad but loving remembrance of my dear hus-
band and my father Daniel P Warfeld, who de-
parted this life, one year ago today, June 18th,
1913. ..-
The month of June once more is here.
To us the saddest OF all the year.
Because it took from us away,
The loved one we loved SO dearly. one year ago
today.
Death has robbed me of my husband,
Whom loved and cherished dear.
1t was husband. yes, dear husband.
Can we help but shed tear2
Rest on dear father thy labors are DER,
Thy willing hands will toll no more;
A faithful father both true and kind,
A truer father we could not find.
By his loving wife Margaret. and SON Earnest.