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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

as II ne was fecltlnS Il IamlIlar lesson.
81 am the superintendent of the
Granddeck apartments. | was in the
elevator about half an hour ago when
l heard a woman screaming and then
the sound of the shot. | took out my
revolver and got off at this floor to in
vestigate. At the door | found Mr.
Nelson. Hc, too, had heard the
screams and tho Shot and though the"
came from this apartment. ! took ont
my pass key and we went in"
"Were there any signs of the bur
glar?" asked the other man.
mo, we looked all through the
apartment and found no one"
"Was anything missing?'
! waited with bated breath to hear
if Wick would tell of having found the
wall safe open. If he did not | felt it
would be conclusive evidence that
there was something he was trying to
conceal.
81 didn't notice anything missing,
he said glibIy. 81 wouldn't know, any
how. don't know what stuff she had
here"
"WhO would know
"Her maid might. She's out now.
Generally she's home by eleven
O'clock"
did she keep only the one servant?
."Only the maid and a chauffeur"
"Then she was all alone In the
apartment"
Eyes. She'd gone out all dressed up
about seven in her own car. She came
home unexpectedly in hired taxi not
more than half an hour ago"
did she come home alone"
"Sure she was alone. At least the
hall boys told me so. I did not see her
come in, myself"
T More and more I was convinced that
Wick was lying. ] was sure he knew
far more about affairs than he was ad'
hitting. Why did he keep harping
on the fact that Miss Lutan had come
in unexpectedly" What means had
he of knowing what time she was eX'
nected home? Furthermore he said he
was in the elevator when he heard the
screams and the shot. | did not be-
lieve It would have been possible for
the sounds to have carried that far
The walls were all deadened, and the
room where the tragedy had taken
place was at the back of the house
many feet distant from the elevators
7 wondered If the burglar had not beer
In the place with Mr.. Wick'S conniv
ance, while he stood guard outside. As
he heard me coming he might have
taken refuge in the elevator. Anc
why did he have his revolver so con
veniently ready?
The detective who had been Ques
tioning Wick turned to me.
"Who are your"
"Spalding Nelson"
"What do you do? Where do yor
work."
"Tm a clerk"
"a clerk living at the Granddecl
apartments" he sneered. you mus
have a. good job"
II haven't any at present" re
piled. "Tm living here In Mr.. Gas
toms apartment, taking care of 1
while he and his wife are away"
could see that my statement tina
I was only a clerk and was not at pres
ent employed had not made q favor
able impression on the detective.
"Will you explain what you were do
ing at the door Of this apartment
when the superintendent arrivedF h
demanded with growing suspicion II
his tones,
"That's easy to explain" I retorted
"T was In my apartment directly owe
this one. heard her scream and thel
the shot. 1t seemed to come from tn
floor right below me, so ] ran down t
investigate"
"Is that right?" he asked, turning t
Mr.. Wick.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

The wanderer hit the trails he re-
membered from boyhood. After a long
hike through the mountains through
binding rain he reached the cottage
he left when Cripple Creek was q from
tier town eighteen years ago.
When Zlesenhene knocked on the
door his wife answered it. She could
not believe 1t was her husband until
some of the surviving cronfes of his
boyhood were called in, and his lden.
tifcation made certain by his stories
of the old days.
"Bill" and his wife have decided
that remarriage is an unnecessary for
mality, and there will be no ceremony
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
WHO SHOT HERR"

Dorsis.-spalding Nelson 10 &C.
g,ng the apartments of his
,.pncle. Rufus Castor. The
lons leaving on a trip, tell him
/, mysterious noises and "whis-
I" fiat have scared them. He
mes acquainted with barbara
slord, who lives in the same
hniIding. He instinCtively dis
and dlstrusts the superintend-
Wick. The mysteries in his
.tmsnts begin with the disap'
lance of the CASTOR pearls from
wall safe. He decides not to
IN the police, but to do his own
setigating. 1t is soon evident
someone has access to his
Becoming friendly with
.bara. he learns that her apart
ts are equally mysterious. She
him that several years before
sister Claire, who lives with
had made runaway mar
with an adventurer, from
IN she was soon parted, and the
.riage had been annulled. Claire
.noacad to be married and some
has stolen documents concern
the affair from the Bradford
rtment and is attempting to
gtmail the Bradfords. Nelson
: Miss Kelly, the telephone
to dinner with the idea Of
hing her German, a hotel de
9iye recognizes her, as the vile
efty Moore. a noted burglar.
eon tells his story to German
nuts the case in his hands.
son finds a secret passage, with
aneI door in his room, He real
he loves Barbara. He and
+bara hear a shot in the build
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
CHAPTER VIlI.

Berting the key Mr.. Wick handed
turned 1t sharply and flung the
wide. 1t revealed luxuriously
shed apartment, the front rooms
hiCh were extravagantly ablaze
light.
4 a moment the three of us, Mr..
the elevator boy and myself,
there with our ears alert for
FOUND from the apartment. While
not admit to being a coward, the
.Own has It's terrOrs for all of us,
must confess that the knowledge
Mr. Wick had his revolver drawn
indeed comforting. All was
&c IN the place.
ohn,7 said Wick to the elevator
you stand here right by the door
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

hams Vegetable Compound had done
for other women and decided to try it.
1t surely did wonders for me. | have
no pains now and | can do nv house
work without any trouble at all. /
will always praise your medicine as /
do not believe there's doctor that can
do as much good in female weakness,
and you may use these facts as a testi.
monial, Mrs. LESTER E. WARNER,
r. !, Box SO, Onalaska, Wis.
The reason women write such letters
to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
and tell their friends how they are
helped is that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound hasbrought health
and happiness into their lives. Freed
from their illness they want to pass the
good news along to other suffering
women that they also may be relieved.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

NEW YORK.-A rare and compare
~ lively unknown portrait of George
Washington, painted in oils % mar
BILE slab by Archibald Robertson, has
been deposited in the New York His
.torfcal society by Tarrant Putnam,
lineal descendant Of the artist. The
painting shows Washington clad as a
civilian in pale brownish coat with
broad white ruffies down the front A
notation by the artist indicates the
portrait was painted in Philadelphia
in December, 1871. The artist had
written that when the painting was
made Washington did not wear his
false teeth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

stomach | could not
lie in bed. ! suf.
fered so it seemed
as though | would
die, and | was not
regular either. /
suffered for q year
and was unfit to do
m y housework,
ould only wash
d is he S once in a
while. | read an
advertisement Of
what I ,pdio r pinL
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Enjoy present pleasures in such
way as not to tnjure future oneS.-
Seneca.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11

Constipation generally Indicates dtsordered
stomach, liver and bowels Wrights Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity without
griping.-Adv.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-09-11
HAS NO
PAIN NOW
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND Did
Tor Mrs. Warner,

Onalaska Wis. -" Every month had
such pains in my back and lower mari of
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
THE PRESIDENT

Woodrow Wilson belongs to history He is
longer contemporary political issue Henceforth,
will his works with clear of partisan bias He
passes from the and there must to all his
countrymen Of having witnessed great tragedy
haunting sadness after evening at play with
1nournful ending.
The of Woodrow Wilson's time may agree
the right wrong of his policies, but all must
stand in admiration before the spirit that burned itself out
with its ardor The judgment of history may decide
against Woodrow Wilson, the statesman but it speak
only good of Wilson, the man, who fought himself for
What he believed to be right.
1t is we'll that accusation of partisanship
rest against fairnded Americans who he recedes into
the perspective of history accord to Wilson, the his
due need of credit while history weighs Wilson, the pres
ident
Never has there of the presidency figure
pathetic and appealing the pity of all Those who
have him recently speak of the of shock they
felt when they into his presence and 'old,
old his face drawn and haggard his eyes dull his
voice low and weak
Sitting thus in his wheel chair he awaits the hour when
ne snail be mustered out of service. In the meantime,
truce on hates and preudces 1t time for sympathy,
generosity, understanding and justice. Let the great
American heart open up to embrace motif
you will so have i-Woodrow Wilson, but the president
of the United States
What say you fellow countrymen?
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
W0MEN'S CLUBS
PLAN SESSIONS
FOR THURSDAY

With the second day of the four
day session of the southern district
of California Women's Clubs over, the
leaders today turned their thoughts to
the sessions tomorrow, which have
been planned to be of special interest.
The program, published herewith,
shows a varied and interesting num-
ber of subjects which will be handled
by some of the ablest women speakers
in the southland.
Tomorrow's program for the third
day Of the convention is as follows:
Thursday Morning
9:30-Presiding, Mrs. A. W. Wohl-
ford and Mrs. C. F. Cross.
9:3O-Assembly singing. Minutes.
Federation Emblem, Mrs. Charles
Wagner, chairman. Club presidents.
10:05-First reading of resolutions.
10:10-Report of nominating COM
mittee. Mrs. R. H. Robbins, chairman.
10:10-Department of Home Eco
nomics, Mrs. M. H. WOodworth, chair
man. Demonstrations.
11:10-Department of Social and
Industrial Conditions. Mrs. Mary La
throp Cross, chairman.
11:20-Mora E. Jones Memorial.
Mrs. r. f. Root, committee member;
Mrs. Aaron Schloss.
11:30-Endowment Fund for Cali
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17

Complete Repair Dept. Phone 154w
INDIAN MOrORCXCLES, BICYCLES
SPORTING GOODS
874 Main st. Eel CentrO, Cot,
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
FIVE SUITS FILED
WITH COUNTY CLERK

The following suits have been filed
with County Clerk Cook:
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
of Los Angeles VS.. Victor R. Sterling
ct al, suit on note for $4,000 dat
ed April 25, 1917, and due three years
later. The complaint recites that the
collateral was 294 shares of water
stock in Number Nine Water COM
pany and also real estate consisting
of the south half Of section %, twp.
II, range 13.
H. P. Hopgood ct al. VS.. J. C. AL
lender ct al, asking title be cleared
to part of lots II and 13 in section
10, twp. 16, range IA.
The First National Bank of Cali
patria VS.. Ray L. Sargent ct al, to
recover $2500 on note dated Sept.
A, 1920, and due one year from date,
with interest payments to be made
regularly. The complaint alleges that
default has been made in the inter-
est. The note was secured by mort
gage on the north half Of the north
west quarter and the southeast quar-
ter of the northwest quarter of sec
ton %, twp. II, range 13.
Imperial Valley Hardware Co. vs..
C. c. Holme, Jr., ct al, to collect an
account for $399.4S, which is past due
and unpaid.
H. c. Wells VS.. Mary c. Wells ct
al, to recover S569.38 on a note.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17

fornia Federation Women's Clubs.
Mrs. j, E. Carren, chairman. Plan for
state endowment fund. The Caroline
Severance Memorial.
One hundred dollars places a name
on founders roll. Ten dollars places
name on honor roll. Any sum places
name of a mother on mothers roll.
Any sum places a name on general
roll.
Discussion.
2:00-Reading of resolutions.
| 1880 - Announcements. Adjourn
ment.
Luncheon 1880 until 2 o'clock.
2:00--Presiding: Mrs. A. w. Wohl-
ford and Mrs. E. A. Davis.
.2:00-Election of officers 2 to 3
o'clock. Assembly singing, Final re-
port of credentials committee. Final
report of resolutions committee, Mrs.
George L. Wing, chairman.
2:20 = Indian Welfare committee,
Mrs. H. A. Atwood, chairman. Greet
ing fgrom state chairman, Mrs. C. c.
Arnold. Address, What Uncle Sam
Is Doing for the California Indian"
Paul Hoffman, superintendent United
States Indian service, southern Cali
fornia reservations.
2:30-Department of History and
Landmarks, Mrs. c. S. Alverson,
chairman.
2:40-Departmen of Federal Serv-
ice; Americaniation, DR.. Louise Har-
vey Clarne; Thrift, Mrs. M. E.
Bausch; Community Service, Mrs.
Warren Currier; Education, greetings
from Imperial county chairman, Mrs.
j. E. Peck; Press, greetings from
Imperial county chairman, Mrs. C. L.
Shaw; History and Landmarks, greet
ings from Imperial county chairman,
Mrs. Anna Gates; Thrift, greetings
from Imperial county chairman, Mrs.
B. B. Kepley.
3:30-Discussion. Unfinished bust
ness. Report of treasurer. Report of
auditor. Invitations for next conven-
ton. Presentation of new officers.
Thursday Evening
S:00-Wilson Auditorium. An eve
ming with Imperial Valley clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
ATTEND THE COTTON MEETINGS

The crisis in the cotton situation it affects Imperial
Valley appears to be at hand.
The Imperial Valley Cotton Groves Association admits
that trouble and taking heroic correct
the existing conditions.
The Arizona American-Egyptian Cotton Growers Asso
citation today called meeting at the Tulane theatre for
Saturday o'clock The notice that very import
subjects will be freely discussed pretanng to the sale
of your cotton
It is the duty of every cotton grower to attend these
meetings. Imperial Valley should act unit during
this period of depression. If you cotton at
tend these cotton meetings in order that be fully
informed the latest developments in the cotton sit
uation.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17

Buy Car and Pay for 1t One Year
from, Date.
USED CARS SEE ME LAST
Phone 3J9-J 878 Maln 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
TURKEY PRICES
AROUND 40c.
SEASON IS HERE
Shipments May Reach 100000
Pounds This Year; RaiserS
Hare Troubles in Getting
Young POults Past the First
Three Weeks.

HOLTVILLE, Nov. 17.-lmperial
Valleys contribution to the Thanks
giving dinner table for California will
reach possibly 100000 pounds this
year, and the market men are now at
the very height Of their business with
tuEeys.
A year ago at this time the prices
being paid ran up and down from 20
cents to 80 cents. The price today is
about cents per pound above the
average of last year, or 20 per cent.
The number of turkeys grown this
year is possibly not as great as last,
but the volume Of money that will
come into the valley will be fully
equal to that Of any past season for
turkey growers.
Four hundred thousand pounds at
40 cents pound means S160,0O0, and
while this is a very small percentage
of the S75,000,000 crop value for the
year as recently estimated there is
one thing about it that stands out =
turkeys represent velvet as a rule. In
almost every ranch home where tur
KEYS are grown the task of raisir e
them falls to the lot of the housewife,
and she is usually expected to raise
them without raYing anything or
the feed that goes to them. If she
does this, then every turkey tom
means that she has picked up So
bill.
Contrasts in Raising
There is one ease where 65 young
turkeys were started-"poults" they
are called by the regular turkey folks
and today this fellow will be lucky
if his lone turkey is heavy enough for
the Christmas dinner. This isn't said
to discourage turkey raisers, either,
for where there is a failure there is
almost certainly successful instance
to offset it. This is proved true by
the fact that the neighbor adjoining
the unsuccessful fellow mentioned has
ready for the market today more than
! 100 turkeys which she raised in the
prescribed manner without spending
anv money for feed.
This turkey woman will cash in
probably 5000 on her investment of
patience and care. She spent no
Imoney on them.
Price Now 80 Cents
At Holtville the price Of live tur-
keys-both hens and toms-and all
weights, is 50 cents all around In
some cases, however, the buyer insists
upon minimum Of eight pound hens
and thirteen pound toms, and even
these figures vary. Where weights
are demanded the prices are better.
Turkeys thrive best on a big range
where they can get plenty of exercise
and where the crickets and grasshop-
perg have reached a pest stage, along
with good alfalfa fields. As matter
/ 4 ct, they don't require much feed
I inP-they look after that themselves.
There is another feature about tur-
( keys and turkey raising that is not
| figured on by many. Almost every
/ year the price per pound is greater in
January and February than it is be-
fore Thanksgiving and Christmas
time. Just why this is cannot be ac-
counted for if all turkey raisers have
a voice in the answer, because they
4 all have a different reason to assign
+ for it, II is true. however, that for
,Sror year, part the prices lavc oGen
+ preater after the first If tine wear
than during and prior to the holidays.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
CLUB WOMEN ARE WELCOME

Ell Centro welcomes the visiting club from vari-
Gus parts of Southern California who to attend the
sessions of the district convention Representing they
do the highest ideals of womanhood this city proud
entertain them
Many of them have visited the Imperial Valley
before who visited here know what land of
plenty this is Those who have will be shown by local
club women before the convention is
The ambitious and energetic Imperial Valley cubwomen
whose untirng efforts devoted to getting the
vention for the valley and later to making success
to be congratulated on their success
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
KIBBEY NEEDS OUR HELP

That rather comprehensive outline Walter B.
Kibbey gave the chamber of luncheon this
to what assistance he will need while in Washing
ton, wasn't it?
Kibbey will need every bit of help give him. The
district board will need every bit of help it get
The community~can do greater aid at this time for
the advancement of the All-American canal and the
Boulder canyon storage plan than to throttle the mythical
Volcano Lake storage bubble-and throttle it quick.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-11-17
NOTED EXPERT
TO DEMONSTRATE
(By Associated Press

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Nov. II
President-elect Harding received Gov
ernor Hobby, who thanked him for
his choice Of Texas as a vacation
spot. He also received Senator Fall
of New Mexico and spent most of the
day working on his correspondence
He leaves tomorrow for New Orleans.
The prominence of the American
Merchant marine is once more being
realized
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
Armenian Girl Rescued
From Slavery Among Turks
Mother and Sister Fell by Wayside and Died in Turk
ish Deportation -Four Years Ago; Found by
Soldier and Brought to the United States

the road in charge of brutal Turkish
guards. No food or water was issued.
and their only means Of. sustenance con-
sisted in picking the little vegetation
to be found in the fields and stopping
moment at stream for drink
One by one the refugees dropped out
OF the line to perish of starvation by
the roadside: Vartenouschs mother was
one of the first to go. She died in the
girls arms. A few days later her sister
gave up of wearinsss. She could not
stagger on. After beating her and urp-
ing her forward, the Turks kicked her
off to one side and left her to die alone.
Vartanousch was dashed in answer to
her appeals to be allowed to remain with
her sister.
| Her uncle was massacred en- route to
Aleppo; her aunt and baby cousins
| persisted, and the girl was the only re-
naming member of the family left
when they reached their destination
Out OF several thousand captive Armen-
ians VINO had started in July on the
march under their Turkish captives,
only 100 survived in October.
! Served AS Military Interpreter
/ AS Vartanousch spoke Turkish and
Syrian, as we'll as Armenian, she was
used as military interpreter for
time. Later. to escape the horrors of
living with the army, she sought work
in Turkish hospital, and there found
q girl friend from her home town, dis
guised and serving as a nurse. The
friend was able to get her in, and for
many months she nursed wounded
Turks at the Zahleh base
When the British captured Jerusa-
lem she made her escape to the Brit
lsh lines and was sent by them to the
American relief station at Beirut.
= m then on her story reads like a
chapter from some fairy tale. ..
ONE day, while doing out soup to the
refugees, she became engaged in con-
yersation with an Armenian who had
been in America and who was serving
with the French army. He asked her
name.
"vartanousch Karagheusian," she
replied.
Hears of Brother Here
II know John Karagheusian, who
lives in America" he said "Are you
related to him ?"
/ .'l.e is M 'fother." said the girl.
4 The Armenian soldier in the French
uniform Immediately communicated
with the rug dealer.
! And here is where the brothers.
story started.
When l received his letter." he said,
Il telegraphed the Near East Relief in
New York and asked Ii they would
cable funds to my sister for me. They
replied at once that they would, and
came to New York.
"Thc money WAS scnt, and heard
from my sister in June that she had
received it, | then asked the commit
tee II they could have her brought to
I,Ar1erica, and we have been all this
time trying TO get acr here"
Evidently Dir. Karagheusian did not
approve Of the Paris frock and coat
his lister wore, for the first thing he
did was to take her to u Fifth Avenue
department store and order full
wardrobe,
"Thts time ncxt year / will bring
! her back to New York, and you won't
know shs's an Armenian girl he said
| She's going TO gehoQkAt 1T. Mar9aret's
/ academy In Minncp< H."