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Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
METAL MARKET
BASEBALL
National League

At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, 3; St. Louis. 2
 All others postponed. on account of bad weather.
 American League At Cleveland-Cleveland, 5; Chi cago, ,. All others postponed, rain.
 Coast League At Scattle-Seattle, l; Los An geles, ?.
 At San Francisco-Sacramcnto. II; Oakland, 4.
 At Los Angelcs-Salt Lake, 5; Vernon. 3.
 At Po-tland-Portland 1; San Francisco. 5.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
TAKE BAR EXAMINATION

PHOENIN, NprII H.-SeNentet0 aspirants for certificates 10 practice law took the bar examination at tho state house today. The successful applicants will be admitted to prac tice before the Supreme court to- morrow at II o'clock.
 Two from Prescott who took the examination were Thomas E. Ellis md Alfred H. Gale.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
FATHER TRAPS SON

NEW ORLEANS, La, April z/- Zorcastie Myver, detective, accom- panied by a city policeman. lay ir wait early today for a suspected robber. The intruder soon appeared, was seized and then was found to bt the detectives son.
 Pleas for mercy were unavailing and the son was taken to jail by his father.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
NAVAL BILL IS NEARLY HALF
 A BILLION
CBY Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Pass- ing Of appropriations with record breaking rapidity, the senate late to- day virtually completed consideration of the annual naval appropriation bill
 Within so minutes and virtually without debate, appropriations oi $464, ,000 were approved as com pared to SPA, ,500,000 authorized by the house. Except for a minor item the bill was made ready for passage tomorrow.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
SNAPPY DRAW AT YUMA

IbV NSSUCIdItU IIVNoT
 YUMA, April 27-Kid Lincoln anG Sailor Krammer, both bantamweights of Los Angeles fought a hard draw here tonight before a large audience The fight went ten rounds to a de cision. Lincoln will go 10 Tucson May to fight Kid Julian there on that date.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
REBELS BLOW UP TRAIN
 OF TROOPS ON MEX. CENTRAL

FL PASO, Tex, April 27.- Rebels dynamited federal troop train on the Mexican Central be- tween Villa Ahumada and Moe tezuma late today, according to information received here tonight
 The train left Chihuahua city early this morning and was en route to Juarez.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
ROBBERS GET S8OOo

EAGLE PASS, Tex, April 27.-- Holding a woman clerk at the point Of a revolver. two bandits robbed the office of the Estrada Lumbe- company at Piedras Negras of S8,00C in gold Monday, according to in formation reaching here today.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
U. S. STEEL PROFITS RISE

NEW YORK. April N.-IOtaI earnings of the United States Steel corporation for the first quarter of 1920 showed all upward trend from the final quarter of 1919, the aggre- gate of S42.0890l9 representing an increase of S6,297.7l7.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
Sandwiches Al Half 8 Dollar Cafe Men Earn Investigation
CBy Associated Pressl

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April Exchanged with profiteering, spe- officially with selling clubhouse sand wiches at Soc each, or at a profit of more than soc, three cafe proprietors were indicted today by a federal grand jury here.
 Another cafe proprietor indicted on the same charge is accused of selling milk at l5c a glass, or at profit Of T cents.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
GIRLS TO BE USHERS

SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.- Girl .ushers O fthe University of Cali jormia and Stanford university are tc be used to escort women delegates and alternates to their seats at the democratic national convention here. | was announced today.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28
CIothiers Indicted

S4KACJSE. \. Y, ApriI N- Weeds Inc, Binghamptou clothiers was indicted today on charges O profiteering One of Gight counts was based on testimony of T. P Crary, a millionaire, that he paid $6o for a suit costing S32.50.
Weekly journal-miner., 1920-04-28

Wilson's cabinet that continues 9 policy of extravaganza that makes 'i,ficuit the fultillment of the pledge
 And the 'World' knows this to be he fact but, through blind and un- compromising partisanship, it evi- Ienly seeks to deceive its readers. ''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
CHAPTER VII
Heads orr, Gsntlemen'-

Gosh all Frlday-say but the next
few days did see a tcarup 20 beat
the band on the old Short Linei With
the printing OF his appointment cir
cular. Mr.. Norcross took the offices
in the headquarters building iafhly
vacated by Mr.. Shaffer. and II was
something awful to see the way the
heads went into the basket. One by
one no called the Duntonitcs in. the
traffic manager. the general super.
intendent. the roadmaster, the mas
ter mechanic--clear on down 10
the roundhouse foreman and the
division heads
Some few OF them were allowed TO
take tho oath OF allegiance and stay.
but the place.flllers and payroll
parasites. the cousins and the
nephews and the brothers-in.law,
every last man Of them had To walk
under the az. One instance will be
enough TO show how II went. Van
Burgh, great .great-grandnephew OF
some Revolutionary bigwiR and our
figurehcad general superintendent,
was the first man called in, and Mr..
Noreross shot him dead in halt n
minute
MIR. Van Burgh. what railroad ex.
perlence did you have before you
came TO the r. So LII" was the first
bullet.
Mr.. Van Burgh. n hoavy-faced,
youngish man with sort of world.
tired eyes. looked NJ his finger nails.
Il was In the presidents office In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
THE WIRECKERS
By FRANCIS LYNDE


ters with wire saying that the
ciai at 25o. II Mr.. Chadwick were
ready: and he put his o. X. on the
message and sent II back.
Now for n few unofficial things.
Graham. and well call II a GO he
said. after the boy had gone. You
not only In the management and tho
operating. but also In debating the
policy OF the company What you
say goes az II lies, and Dunton has
promised me that there shaIl be no
appeal. not even To him"
II imagine he didn't say that will.
ingly." the boss put in. which was
the first intimation had had that
he wasn't present at the directors
meeting in the BuIlard
mo. indeed; nothing was done
willingly. | had 10 swing the big
stick and swing II hard. But I had
them where they couldn't wiggle.
They had 10 swallow you whole or
take the consequences-ai the con.
sequences were going to~cost them
money. Dunton got down when he
had 10, and nc pulled the others into
line. You are 10 set your own pace,
and you are to have some money for
betterments. I offered 10 float a new
loan on short-time notes with the
Chicago banks. and the board au.
thorized IT,"
The boss pushed that part Of It
aside abruptly. as he always does
when he has got hold OF the gist
OF n thing.
Now, about my staff" he said
TITS open gossip all over the West
that the +. s. l.. IL differed by n
lot Of dummies and placehunters
and rela1ves III have to clean
house"
go TO IL: that In a part OF your
free hand Have you the material
to draw from"
II know a few good men. II can
get them" said the boss thought
fully. There In Upton Van Britt;
he was the only millionaire In my
college, and he h simply born
operating chief II / can persuade
him 10 store his autos and lay up
his yacht and sell off his polo ponies
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

Now whatr- asked Nancy as the
Green Shoes set them down on the
very edge Of Santa Claus bix chin
ney.
wish ourselves down inside San
ta's house. nodded Nick
please Or" began Nancy. but
the shoes didn't walt for her 70 fin.
fsh. Down dropped the twins.
bunpity. bang. crash. bump right
into a big fireplace. bringing down
car loads OF SCOT and stones and bits
OF, brick along with them. There
was a roaring fire on the hearth.
but altho they landed In such a
dangerous place. they were not hurt
a bi, more than II they had fallen
into Goosey Gamblers bed. The III.
tie Shoes saw 10 that
Up they jumped and began to
brush the CRIME off their clothes. for
aitho they were not hurt in the least
they were very dirty indeed
Suddenly they heard someone
laughing. 'sHa. Ia. IN. har' went
the voicc. no. no. no. no. Ia. Ia. hs-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

IT WAS PRETTY COLD. but
= Mothcr-dear decided to let them
60. n seemed such a wonderful
trip 20 miss. all the way TO TIA.
coma out across the beautiful
prairie. thru tho grcat tall tim.
Der and on TO Yetm.
Daddy pooh.pooed the idea Of
their catching cold. and Grand.
mother thought they might be all
right n they wcrc bundled up
warm and snug. no that's how
they oame 10 Be In Yelm and
that's how they met Mrs. r.. who
told them some brand new Indian
stories.
did I live right here when I
was a little girlf- she answered
their questions as fast as she
could Uou know David can ask
about 40 questions 10 the minutel
10. I lived IN Olympia. and most
OF my httiegirl memories arc
about that part OF the country.
and my Grandmother has caiifor.
mia memories. because that WIS
her home.
"She told me about one time
when she was only IL years old.
when she was quite a heroine.
TT was the year when people
from all over the country were
crowding into California. because
news had gone North and East
that gold was plenty there.
MEN left their homes and fam
lilies and rushed after the gold:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

III try u. Anyhow. Then there
Ia Charlie Hornaek. who Is the best
aii'around traffic man this side q
tho Missouri only his present EN-.
pioycrr don't seem 90 have dlsoov-
cred H. can g~t iornaek. The
ono man can't place at sight iH n
good corporation counsel I'm
obliged to have a good lawyer. Uncle
John
Il hav~ the man for you. n youTl
take him on my say 30. young fei.
low named Ripley who has done
some corksng good work for me In
Chicago. I'll wire him. II you like.
Now a word or two about this local
graft we touched upon iaat night
don't know the ms and outs OF IL.
but people hero win tell you that n
sort OF holding corporation. called
Red Tower Consolidated. has a
strange grip on this entirr region.
lite subsidiary companies control the
grain elevators. the fruit psckerics.
the coal mines and distributing
yards. the timber supply and the
lumber yards and even have finger
on the ao-cailed independent srneit.
cra"
The bops nodded. i've heard of
Red Tower. ALSO. have heard that
the railroad stands in with IL 10
pinch the producers and consumers.
A road engine was backing down
tho spur 20 take the Airxs In tow
for the eastward run. and what was
said had 20 b. said In n hurry
Dig II out barked the wheat
king. III you find that we are in
on IL. It's your privilege to cut loose.
The two men who will give you the
most trouble arc right here In
Portal CITY: Hatch. the president Of
Red Tower. and Henckel. lts vice
president They say either Of them
would commit murder for a ten-dol.
lar bill. and they stand In with Pete
cianAhan. the city boss, and his
gang Of political thugs That's all.
Graham. all but one thing Write
me after you've climbed into the
saddle and have found out just what
you're in for. II you say you can
malesit 20. III back you. II IL takes
half Of hext years wheat crop
a minute or 40 later the boss and
stood out In the yard and watched
the Alexa roll away toward the sun.
rise country, and perhaps we both
felt a little bit lonesome. just for a
second or two. Al least. know I
did. But when the special had be
come a black smudge Of coal smoke
| in the Distance. Mr.. Norcross turned
on me with the grim little smile that
goes with his fighting mood.
You are private secretary 10 tho
new general manager OF the Pho
necr Short Line. Jimmie. and your
salary begins today" he said. brisk
ly. Now let's 40 up to the hotel
and get our fighting clothes on"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

order. and both Mr.. Van Britt and
Sc~ York for time after left
Harvard" hn drawied. a good deal
as II the question bored him
And how long have you bees
here"
4 came out iaxsf October
HIN: only ax months actual sx
perienoc. ohl I'm sorry. but you
can't learn operative railroadlnE at
the expense Of this management on
the Pioneer Short Lima Your
resignation. TO take effect nj oncr
viii be accepted. Good day
Van Burxh turned red In the face
but ho had his nerv~
You're an entirely new Kind OF
brute" he remarked calmly. -
waz appointed by Pr~sIdsn, Dunson
and I don't resign until he tell
me to-
Then you're fircd-' snapped q
eon. ~hiriinR his chair back TO h
desk. And that was ali there wa
I 10 H.
Three days later. when the whole
town was talking about the new
Jack, the ripper" AZ they. caiied
him. kirrnn. who had been our
head machinery man on the Midland
construction. tumhied In ins answer
to a wire. Mr.. Norcroas slammed
him into place ten minutes after he
hit tn. town.
Your office IA across the tracks.
kIrgan.~ he told him. i've begun
the house cleaning ovcretherc by fir.
ing your predecessor and three or
four Of his pet forcmcn Get in the
hole and dig 90 tho bottom. You
have a lot 81 soreheadg 60 handle.
here and at the division shops. and
IL Isn't all their fault. not by long
shot III give you six months In
which TO make good NJ n model
superintendent OF motive power. Get
busy"
That's me-" said KirRan, who
knew tho boEg up one side and down
the other. You give mo the on.
gines, and IN keep 'cm out Of the
shop And with that he went
across tho yard and took hold. be.
fore he had even hunted up a place
to sleep in.
Mr.. Van Britt was the next man
to show up. He was fine. square
built. siocky little gentle4nan who
looked AZ n he'd always had the
world by the ear and never meant
to Let 70. Tho IL was n time when
most men went clean shaver. he
wore a stubby little mustache. close
~ rifnurd and rrhlic hI. fau. taoI a.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
By ALTMAN

by the former members Of the 80
ond division TO the watch party ~
Informal ball TO be held IN the A.
mory on New Years eve.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
Continued Tomorrow
Hold Open House for
Blue Lodge Masons

Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite Masons will hold open house
for all Blue Lodge Masons on New
Years day from 20 8 p. m at the
Masonic Temple. Harvard aves and
Pine St The principal address Of
the afternoon will be made by James
II. Begx. grand master OF the Grand
Lodge OF Washington
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
THE TWINS ARRIVE

hA- On hum, That was funny, Not
hurt are you kiddies7 You really
must excuse me for laughing. but
you look 20 f-gfunny.- And who
ever II was. started TO laugh all over
again.
Then a little fat roiy-poiy figure
came into view out OF n shadnwy
corner. and made a jerky little bow
TO the newcomers. Santa ciausr
cried tn. twins together. ''Is II real
" your" They could say no mor~.
for II suddenly dawned upon them
that this was tho wonderful person
OF all their drcams-the fairy who
eiuded the raze Of earth children,
and who visited only those who had
been very. very good during the
year.
YES nodded the fat little man
with twinkle IN his blue eyes. II
believe I'm really I. And who. pray.
are you?''
Were your helpers" answered
Nick quickly. THE Fairy Queen
sent us
Copyright. 1870. n. r.. Al
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DAVID AND PEGGY TAKE A MO TOR TRIP

whole families struggled West
after selling farms and houses
everybody was after gold.
That was In isae. and most OF
the people who came had to live
In tents because nobody would
take time TO build houses.
GRANDMOTHER lived In one OF
these tents and helped with the
simple houaowork- one day she
stepped to the door to empty her
dishwator. carefully wiped out her
shining tin pan. and started into
the ten. when she heard a horse
galloping down the road.
ITO her horror she saw thai II
was a runaway. with a saddle on
its back. and a man who had been
It's rider was dragging by his foot
which was caught in the stirrup.
AHe hefEr Nt~ totthHh ~ - ~
rife pace and abe was only a 1T
tie Girl. with no strength TO hold
runaway. even II she could
reach tho tlying bride.
mo strength had she. but
quick mind. and she realized In
stantly what she could do
"catchins up the cleaning pan.
she turned II in such a way that
II threw the glare OF the sun
straight into the eyes OF the
frightened horse. Surprised and
shocked and blinded. he stopped
stock sin. and the toosened stir.
rup slipped from the foot Of the
man.
You're a great lot-you men,
no said. to let little gtrl be
the only one smart enough 10 stop
that horscr Then he called her
his little heroine
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

conditions reversed. IL was large
Mr.. Hornack said as much. but the
boss said II had TO 40 Just that way.
There would be a little money for
betterments. but II must be spent as
IL every dollar were ten.
Naturally. the big turnover
brought all sorts OF disturbances at
the send-off. Some OF the relieved
cousins and ncphews stayed In town
and jumped In TO stir up trouble
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
CHAPTER vi
The AIexa Goe. Fast.

chased like the dickens on the
printing job. because. apart from
wanting TO absorb all the dope ]
could as / went along on the new
tob. knew I would be needed every
minute right at Mr.. Sorcross' Ell.
bow, now that the actual work was
beginning.
He and Mr.. Chadwick were deep
IN reports and figures and plans OF
ali sorts when 1 got back TO the
AIexa- Luncheon was served In the
car, and they kept the business talk
going like n house aflre while they
were eating, the hurry being that
Mr.. Chadwick wanted 10 start back
for Chicago the minute he could
find out II our connecting line east
would run him special.
could tell by the way the boS,
eyes were swapping that nc was
soaking up tbe details at the rate
OF a mile a minute: not that he could
20 much deeper than the totals into
anything, OF course, In such a gal.
iop. but these were enough 10 give
him his hand holds. At 2 o'clock a
Inv came down from the headquar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

for the new management The
Herald. which was the other morn
Ing paper. took up for the down
and.outs. and there wasn't anything
too mean for II to say about the
boss and his new appointees Then
the employees got busy and the gricv'
ance committees began to pour IN.
Mr. Norcross never denied himself
90 anybody. The office door stood
wide open and the kickers were wei
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
Veterans Invited to
Armory Watch Party

All members Of the American
Legion and Veterans OF Foreign
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27
srAxy HERE TODAY

Jimmy" Dodds. secretary twe9 tes
he story. and his boss. Graham No.-
eros. having cornpieted CONSTRUCTION
YORK on the Oregon Midland are
route from Portland 70 Chicago va the
pioneer short line. At desert NstsI
tank the train slows down. and tohns
girl. MaIsls Ann. loses her rnutf from n
back platform. and jumps OIL 70 xst ~.
followed By the cousin with whom sne ~
travelling. Mrs. sheiia Maeraa. Soreross
and Jimmie jump off 70 help them 81
back on the train, and that instant Oh y
starts leaving the four behind ihe.
take shelter under the water tank ana
witness the hoidup % special train q
one car b. four men, who approach N
an auto. The ear and engine are run
onto an old mine road leading W into
a ruich. but not before the car u recoE-
nszed as the "Aiexs." owned ~ 1ohn
Chadwick Chicago wheat king. Inc
bandits drive a~ry. and the watchers ~
the tank walk up the mine road. coming
10 the locomotive. which has been ds-
abied.
The locomotive IL soon repaired. ana
the private ear IL found with ChadSl
m n. unbnjured. unable TO account Tor
Ms Kidnapping. Chadwick greets Mrs
Naarae AZ an old friend
Sow GO on WITH TILE STORY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-27

Proposals WIN be received ~ r
Bureau Of Supplies and AEceu6 Nv
Navy Department. washtnGton II
1921. for delivering Venetian red r.
the navy yard. Puget Sound Wo&6
Apply for proposals to the ou40lV
officer. navy yard. Puget 6oGo&
wash. or TO the Bureau Of Supplies
Psymaster General OF the Navy.
13-1l-Do.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09
orIain Of oWhlte EIephant.n

The king of Siam in years gone by
would send a white elephant to
courtier whom he disliked and whose
fortune he wished TO destroy The man
could not sell the elephant and the ex-
pense Of keeping it eventually broke
him up" From that custom was hand
ed down our present day saying, "He's
got white elephant on his hands,"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09
Needs Brains First of ALI.

"In our complex civilization one
scarcely knows what ethical princi-
pies to follow" says writer One
might set forth reasonably confident
in the Ten Commandments and the
Sermon on the Mount.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09

Federal authorities are center
ing all energies now in an at
tempt TO run down and catch all
wood alcohol" dopers all over
the nation Adolph Panerelli OF
New York city. wine dealer has
been arrested I'm glad they got
me IN tell all / know" he said
when officers got him. Deaths from
poisoning from having drank wood
alcohol in bootleg whisky have
been reported from all sections OF
the country.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09

Europe wants to see world
champion Jack Dempsey defend
his title against Georges Carpen-
tler. French champion. Both Eng.
iish and French sport promoters
started bidding In big figures for
the event, Immediately after Car
pentier had knocked out joe
Beckett. British champion. Now
comes Charles 3. Cochran 10 the
united States 10 personally land
dempsey for the bout to be staged
70 London. He has already signed
Carpenter
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09

I'm the un-fussy-est person in the world.
If you know what I mean by that" says Ethel
Clayton, ParamOunt-Artcraft star. Il never
complain if the coffee isn't scalding hot at
breakfast, and / never trouble people to open
windows in trains because the place is so
stufy. Indeed I'm never even ruftled by
those little matters
But there's one thing over which I'm
simply fanatic and that's the care of my
clothes. My motto is One hanger for every
garment and every garment on a hanger
when not being worn.
"All my light-colored frocks have dress
bags of their own, too; nice, big, all-envelop-
ing affairs that slip on over hanger and all"
And in Miss Clayton's wardrobe room,
where are kept in the most apple-pie order
all her lovely gowns, every little slipper has
a shoe-tree all its own and every hat its box.
cts just those little things" she says.
that enable one to get returns on every
cent invested in clothes.
Miss Claytons latest picture is "The
Thirteenth Commandment" an adaptation
of the novel of the. same name by Rupert
Hughes.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09
Only One Clear Road to Success.

No unwilling worker ever yet
achieved great success, for men only
succeed where they think deeply, work
cheerfully and rejoice at the success
Oc what they are working at.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09
Loyalty Is First Demand.

Business presents untold opportuni-
ties, magnificent possibilities but the
only man who ever succeeds for him
self or deserves promotion from any
one else is the man who is loyal.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-01-09

The bell cuff has invaded the
sweater field. This popular new
model OF the knit wool is worn
here by Shirley Mason and pho
toed by Fox Film at Hollywood
Cai' shirley's chasing butterflies
IN this new short-waisted, full
sKirted sweater--so we opine il
may be for sport wear"