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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

ed second. Then he went down the
steps, paid the boy, and, stating that
he would walk across the fields to the
Trench place, watched the buggy out
of sight.
The instant he was sure his curious
driver was well on his way back to
town he swung about and started for
the house. There was a deep flush on
his tanned cheeks and the blood in his
veins was like fire. The sight of that
blood-spot on the veranda had brought
grave apprehensions.
Circling the house again he discov-
cred a back window which he could
raise-forced it open and climbed
through.
He was in the kitchen, great room,
with brick oven at one side, against
which stood a rusty stove.
A gruesome silence rested upon the
house and the heavy air was damp
with mildew and age.
Slowly Kingsbury began his search.
The inside shutters to the windows he
opened sufficiently to admit a little
light and he went from room to room,
fearing almost to open the next door
not with the thought of personal
danger. but with the dread of what
his eyes might find.
Yet he ended his hunt. Every room,
from cellar to attic, carefully ex-
amined, and nowhere had he found
the slightest trace of MacLean, or any
sign in the deep dust which covered
floor and woodwork, that his friend
or any one else had entered the house.
He let himself out as he had gained
entrance and turned to the barn. His
search there brought no reward. Re-
luctantly he turned toward path
across the meadow.
He was certain of the knife in his
hand certain, therefore, that Dick
had come as far as the front veranda.
What did the blood-spot on the worn
boards mean? Why had the horse
been left in the barn?
He arrived at the Trench home, to
be informed by the servant that the
owner had left the house early that
morning.
Kingsbury was about to turn away
when he heard his name called, and
glanced down the hall as Marjory
Holcomb emerged from the music
room.
won't you came in?" she nues
toned. Edith will be back very
soon, and know she wants to see
you"
Kingsbury followed the girl into the
living room and sank down in a chair
as she seated herself by the open
window
81 hoped to find Mr.. Trench" sug-
gested Tom, not, however, so en-
crossed in his troubles that he failed
to note the charming picture Marjory
made, leaning back in the deep chair
with the soft breeze ruffling her dark
locks.
"He went to town early this morn.
ing. There is no telling when he will
be back"
DO you mean he has left Concord
gone away?"
"Oh, MOI" laughed Marjory. But
Uncle Jerry's movements are always
uncertain. He comes and goes, and
We never know when to expect him."
perhaps I'd better hunt him up.
must see him, If there is any chance
of his going away"
II doubt it. DO you know. Mr..
Kingsbury, something is worrying
Uncle jerry. Was that why you came
up here?"
His eyes narrowed as he considered
the girl and her question.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30
CHAPTER VII.
The .rail of the Whit Mare.

The 'rail Of the Whit Mare.
The expression upon Tom Kings
bury's face as he, reread that strange
note fully marked his bewilderment.
Certainly. from what he had
learned from Trench. the events Of
the past few days were known to very
few. The bank itself didn't realize
that 1t had been party to a theft.
For the life of him he could not see
who had any information to warrant
the sending il such a message.
He studied the note again. and then.
going down to the desk, he inquired
how it had come to his room.
The information was simple but un.
satisfactory. A boy, the clerk didn't
just few minutes before Kingsbury's
rctuin-and asked that it be left in
the lawyers room
Kinssbury went back to his room
and his puzzle. He spent some time
over it, took ii TO bed with him, and
awoke in the morning realizing that
he had allowed II to interfere with
his sleep-a thing he seldom permit
ted.
The truth was he was beginning to
grow worried. The thought of foul.
play came TO his mind.
He hurried through breakfast and
walked out onto the street. There he
paused. for he didn't for the life of
him know which way TO turn.
He couldn't go about town crying
out that fifty thousand dollars had
been stolen, MacLean suspected, and
ask. here and there, IL any one had
geen his friend. 1t began to look as
II Trench was the only one from
whom he could expect information.
Somehow such a thought was not
pleasing.
Luck had attended Tom Kingsbury
Int great -That-morn,
ing the tickle goddess was still with
him.
AS he turned down side street and
saw ahead of him the wide avenue
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

Keepers task of following a recipe
easier:
Three teaepoanfus equal one table
spoonful.
Half crp.uI cs.ga!s sill.
A cupful Or two sl!s squalls half n
pint.
Two cvpfuls equal a pint, four equal
a quart.
Two cupfuls of butter sequal
pound.
pint OF milk or water--two cup
fuls-equals a pound.
Ten eggs, with shells, equal
pound. approximately.
Two tablespoonfuls OF butter equal
an ounce.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

AS far as possible. the interior fix
lures of a poultry house, such as
roosts, nests, dust boxes, drinking
fountains, feed troughs, and grit
boxes, should be so constructed as tn
permit them 90 be readily removed
and cleaned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

When the other fellow tells you a
falsehood and you catch him at it he
thinks he is clumsy and you think you
are clever.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

nere are two kinds of women
those whose clolhes seem to have
been made for them and those who
seem to have been made for Their
clothes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

AS long as the earth is inhabited
men and women will continue to stir
up trouble for each other.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30
ITO be Continued

Canadian press statements report
the acquisition by American interests
of copper bearing lands in New Bruins.
wick.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

Many a man is sorry he spoke af-
ter spending an hour pricing furni-
ture and such things.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

plaud wife who gets the best of
her husband in a play
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

Bacon Of inferior quality can be
made delicious by slicing, covering
with cold water and boiling two min
utes. Drain and fry golden brown.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

Says female lecturer: "The men
hold the reins, but the women tell
them which way to drive"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

Table for the Bride.
Here is a table of measures and
weights to help make the new house
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS
CHAPTERS

CHAPTERS
Jeremiah Trench, an influential
politician from New Hampshire,
seeks seclusion in the woods with
a fishing party. By a fake tele-
phone call he is lured to the post
office Of nearby town and on the
return trip is taken to an island,
where he is forced to reveal the
method by which q certain pack
age can be secured from the bank.
This package contains $4,000
which has been placed at the dis
posal Of Trench by the Midweather
Water Company, who seek the
passage of certain legislation
through his influence. After being
released Trench finds that the bank
has delivered the package to man
who called for 1t in the proper
manner, and this man described as
being Dick MacIIean, a young and
active newspaper reporter. Trench
confers with Samuel Cruthers as
to how to apprehend MasLean
without calling on the police.
Trench sends Il letter to Horace
Franklin, editor of one of the city
newspapers, accusing MacLean as
thief. Franklin, who is per-
sOnal friend of MacLean, refuses
to believe the charge and starts
out to learn the truth.
"In other words, you refuse to give
me any information that will aid me
in finding the truth of this AFFAIR.""
"Kingsbury," and the trace of a
smile touched the thin lips, I'm not
egotistical, never was. My worst
enemy will nod yes to that. But
fancy can find MacLean if he's
to be found. notified Franklin be-
cause l thought l should, MacLean
working for him. / can't for the life
of me see what you came up here
for"
Kingsbury suddenly leaned back in
his chair and broke into hearty
laughter. He knew he liked the little
bulletlike man with the scrap of
tawny hair rumpled over his nearly
bald pate. He knew it, despite the
fact that he resented his refusal to
be more explicit, despite the fact that
he considered Trench unfair to Dick
MacLean.
II fancy you'll talk when you please
Sleep on this thing, and I'll see you
in the morning. ! sha'n't go back to
Boston, Mr.. Trench. | don't leave the
trail SO easily and there is a man in
volved here whom I've known pretty
we'll. I'll see you in the morning" and
without another word Kingsbury
walked out of the house and back to
his hotel.
He reached there. was shown to his
room he had engaged and crossed to
the bureau. On it lay note address
to him.
Inside was slip of paper upon
which was written:
Don't leave town until you hear
from me again. may be able to give
you some information on the matter
that brought you here.
No namc was signed. The hand
writing was an almost illegible
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Mysterious
MacLea11
-E--M-
BY w. T. ELDRIGE

Copyright-.-The Frank A. Munsey Co.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-01-30

CHAPTER VII.
At the Crossroads.
Kingsbury Strengthened and hesitat-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
AMERICA FIRST, SAYS LODGE

According to Washington reports, tenn
pestuous demonstration broke loose in the
United States Senate, on August II, at the
close of a speech by Senator Lodge, the
Republican leader in which he assailed the
league of nations.
II will go as far as any one in world
service, but the first step to world service is
the maintenance of the United States,
Senator Lodge said, "You may call me sell
fish if you will, but an American was born,
and American have remained all my life.
I can never be anything else but an Ameri-
can, and I must think of the United States
first. and when think of the United States
first I am thinking of what is best for the
world for if the United States fails, the
best hopes of mankind fail with it.
'I have never had but one allegiance, I
cannot divide it now. I have loved but one
flag, and | cannot share that devotion and
give affection to the mengrel banner invent
ed for league"
When the Senator uttered these words, a
tumult of applause broke loose from the gal
leries Disregarding the Senate rules, the
crowd stood up, cheering and waving hats,
and time after time the applause was re-
newed. Vice-President Marshall finally
succeeded in restoring order
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
ALL WELCOME
Free-wiH Offerings Only Received

more grain for feed and food than is re-
ouired for home consumption and export
/ alton.
The most drastic cut in wheat production
ever known was made last month with a
lowering of the wheat yield to 94O,GOO,OOO
bu., or 221 100000 bu. from the July re-
turns. and 2oo,OOO,OOO bu below the estin1-
ated yield in June. The crop is only 5000
600 bu. larger than last year and is 0o,OOO-
900 bu. short of the bumper yield of 1918,
while it was confidently expected two
months ago that it would show an excess of
3O0OO0,OOO bu.
The wheat crop is sufficient to allow Co.,
100000 bu. for domestic consumption and
seed and 100000 bu. for export without
allowing for any surplus at the end of the
season. 1t means that the government with
its 1000, 100000 corporation for handling
the crop will not be burdened with an excess
of supplies as expected earlier in the season.
Most of the crop is of poor quality this year
and best informed people do not regard the
supply of milling wheat much above $780,
100000 bu.
The total crop of wheat, oats, rye and
barley is estimated at z, ,4o5, 100000 bu., re-
duction of 4O3, 100000 bu., or Il per cent
under previous estimates. Including the
corn crop, there is total Of 5,283,OOO,O 900
bu., a loss in July of 100000 bu., or rs
per cent
AS compared with last year, the total of
the five grains shows a reduction of 102,-
100000 bu. or about 2 per cent, while COM
pared with the big crops Of 1917, the loss is
19o,OOOOOO bu. or about per cent.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF FIVE
BIG PACKING FIRMS

Antitrust suits against the five great meat
packing firms, Armour, Swift, Morris, Viii
son and Cudahy, were announced from
Washington by Attorney General Palmer,
on August 6, as the first concrete develop
ment of the governments campaign to re-
duce the high cost of living. Criminal
prosecution will be instituted. Jail sentences
will be asked for the heads Of the packing
firms, according to United States Attorney
Charles F. Clyne, and suits also will be filed
to recover money.
The prosecutions will be under the Sher-
man antitrust law. The charge in each
count will be conspiracy, either to curtall the
supply of foodstuffs or to stifle competition
and to maintain uniform high prices.
]. Ogden Armour, in statement regard
ing the proposed federal prosecution OF the
packers, has said:
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
ANDREW CARNEGIE, WORLD PHIL
ANTROPIST, PASSES AWAY IN
HIS 84TH YEAR
Donated Sums Totaling $3.50, ,695, ,653 -
Founded Nearly 5000 Libraries Besides
Many Other Public Institutions

Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and phil
anthropist, died at his summer home,
Shadow Brook" near Lenox, Massachu-
sets, on August II, in his 84th year.
Carnegies wealth, built of per cent steel
bonds, would, without so much as turning
over hand, have approached half billion
by the time he had reached the age of four
score, on November %, 1915, had he not
given large portion of it away
He held that it was disgraceful for man
to keep on gathering idle millions, and on
the day of his death had given away the
stupendous sum of $35O,6o5,653. This
was at the rate of over $4,000 day. On
free library buildings alone, he spent $780,
364, ,8O8, establishing them in $500 English
speaking communities throughout the world.
In Pittsburg, the scene of his steel making
triumphs, he established great institute, in
cluding the largest of his libraries, a
museum, a magnificent concert hall and the
Carnegie chronological Schools with total
endowment of $16,000,000.
He built great national institution in
Washington, to be the fountain head of ad-
vanced work in investigation, research and
discovery, costing $2OOOO,O0O. To univer-
sites in his native Scotland he gave an edu-
cational fund of 100000. His other en-
dowments, chiefly along the line of educa-
tional work, would make a long list.
One of his ideals was the abolition of war,
and he donated $1O,OO0OOO toward an in
ternational peace fund, erecting the peace
palace at The Hague, which was dedicated
in 1913. Mr.. Carnegie is said to have been
more severly affected by the world war
which followed than most men it came as a
hard blow to him and the cause which he
had so close at heart.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
PEACE CONFERENCE DATA WITH
HELD BY PRESIDENT WILSON

President Wilson's refusal to make public
the proceedings of the peace conference has
aroused lot of editorial criticism.
Arthur Sears Henning, writing for the
Chicago Tribune, from Washington, under
date of August II, says:
president Wilson today declined to fur
nish the senate any of the documents she'd
ding light on the negotiations of the peace
treaty or the drafting Of the league OF
nations covenant.
Having cautioned Premier Clemenceau
to adopt the same attitude toward the de-
mands of the French senate, the president
now has reason to regard as safely bottled
up all secret information bearing on the
open covenants Of peace openly arrived at.
"The only document the president vouch-
safed the senate was the American plan for
a league of nations, which Mr.. Wilson al
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
EUROPE IN CLOUD OF PROFOUND
DISCOURAGEMEN

Lieut.. Colonel Homer Folks, just return
ed to America after two years in Europe,
where he made careful survey of the situ-
alton, is quoted in the Nezo York Times as
saying:
Coming back to America iss like coming
out from under dark cloud which never
lifts.
II am not thinking of the danger from
Prussia but of the sense of tremendous and
irreparable loss and of vague and impending
danger which weighs upon every thinking
mind in Europe It is almost impossible for
us to realize the situation in France, for in
stance, where the loss has been about one
fifth of its men from Is to so years of age.
If we had lost the same proportion of our
population we would be mourning for
100000 men. No great country has ever
faced the future with such loss of its man
power; but it is the allied countries farther
east - Poland, Roumania, Serbia and others
- that need help urgently now.
"The war has brought different evils up
on different countries but Serbia has had to
meet them ALL The net result of her suffer-
ing has been the loss of about twenty per
cent Of her entire population plus the sacri-
flee of the normal increase If we had lost
in proportion we would have lost p, 100000
people.
"Add to these things another factor, psy-
Geological but important: while the war
lasted, everybody was keyed UP to high
pitch of emotion. Now everybody is dis
appointed and disilusioned. Everybody sees
enormous losses which cannot be repaired
h11t 11111St he written off aS Head 1occ no
reparation, now or later, can undo suffering
undergone nor bring the dead to life. Pro-
found Encouragement holds Europe in its
grasp, and Asia also. It paralyzes effort.
"But here in America the sun still Shines
Our economic life has been upset but we
still have our men to set it right again. We
are the richest nation in the world and one
of the most populous. We still have Our
homes, our families. We still live in COM
fort"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16

Legal action in any form instituted
against the packers, as press dispatches in
dicate, that may be started, confidently be-
lieve, will prove that we are not responsible
for the high cost of meat and that we are
not prohteers.
"To bring about this demonstration we
welcome this opportunity to prove that we
can neither control the price paid for live
stock nor the price we receive for our pro-
duct
'The economic conditions out of which
this situation arises are so deep that no sim
gle agency is responsible. This procedure
can be made to show the part played in high
prices by such basic factors as production
costs, the wages of labor, freight rates, and
the high taxes occasioned by the war;"
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and
Company, also has issued statement, as
follows:
I would welcome the opportunity to
plead Our case before any impartial body of
men, which has so far been denied us.
"The public has been fed up on lot of
baseless accusations and we have been made
the innocent victims of economic conditions
beyond anybody's control
"The increase in the cost of meats has
been no greater than in most other lines and
our profits have been reasonable.
Il know that this suit will prove what we
have contended all along, namely, that there
is absolutely no combination or monopoly,
and that the profit of the packers is only
fraction of a cent pound and therefore has
practically no effect on prices paid for live
stock or received from the sale of meats"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16
SENATE OPENS INVESTIGATION
ON MEXICO

The Mexican policy of the administration
and the whole history of Mexican outrages
upon American citizens and their property
are to be subjected to rigid and sweeping
investigation by committee of three United
States senators, says James R. Nourse in
Washlgnton dispatch to the Chicago Herald
and Exaniner
The committee has been clothed with
greater powers than were ever before given
to an investigating committee authorized by
the Senate It will go to the border and
perhaps into Mexico, and will hold hearings
in Washington, New York and possibly in
Chicago.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16

ready has admitted was rejected in favor of
the British plan.
"To the surprise of many senator's, the
league of nations project put forward by
President Wilson not only was devoid of
any provisions for safeguarding the Mon
roe doctrine and American rights and in
terests generally, but contained article 10, in
practically the form in which it finally was
adopted.
"The president thus is revealed as the
author of the provision pledging the United
States to the guarantee of the territorial in
tegrity and political independence of all ma
tions members of the league, which, it is
contended, will embroil the American re-
public in all the territorial quarrels of Eu-
rope and call for the dispatch of American
armies to distant parts of the world"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-08-16

ing most of the worlds groans today. The
best remedy for such a condition is work,
hard work, and I think it behooves us all to
pitch in and work-all of us, the whole
country, every country-harder than we
ever did before.
"War has swept the worlds cupboard
bare. For four years we consumed more
than we produced Just now we are doing
little better, but still short of everything
except discomfort. The farmer is kicking
about the high price of shoes and the shoe
maker is kicking about the high price of
food-and the people who are making
money are kicking about the high price of
being rich, or, at least. so | am told.
"First we tried increasing prices, but we
soon found that that got us nowhere. We
handled lot of money that we had earned
and thought was ours but it wasn't. The
butcher and the baker and the candlestick
maker sent in their bills and it was their
money. Then we tried strikes. but they did
not get us anywhere either, except deeper
into the mess. And there we are today.
Now, why not try work? By work
mean increased production, making two of
everything where we made one before.
know that just now the tendency is to cut
down the productiveness of each Individual
worker, but let's change that tendency, for
in no other way can we fill the worlds cup
board
IF tomorrow every individual and every
farm and every factory and mine should
begin to turn out twice as much as was
turned out yesterday, how long would the
universal complaint about present day con-
ditions continue? Why, every one would
have all he wanted, and think what a change
that would be!
Hard work has cured lot of people
who thought they were dying of some rare
malady, and work will do as much for the
world today if the world will put its mind
on its job and make the sparks fly"