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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-21
PROHIBITION REPUDIATED
BY BRITISH COLUMBIANS
Plebiscite Records 5000 Majority
Against Dry Ma

VANCOUVER, B. c.. October IL
Reputation Of the British Columbian
prohibition law. indicated by the IT,
900 majority already recorded from
yesterdays plebiscite. today brought
government officials to consideration
OF how the liquor traffic shall be adj
ministered.
The vote was on the preference be-
tween prohibition and '1an act TO pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-21
10. S. ENGINES TN FRANCE.
176 Freight Locomotives Nearly
Ready for Service.

I11.-French railway stock win shortly
be inc >ased by It's American heavy
freight locomotives. They were ship
ped from America, dismounted. just
before the arms ice. They have now
beea set up and soon viii - ready
|feP oorYf0A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-21

A novel device on which . moving
hand indicates the direction the car
will turn has been designed for use
On the rear of motor cars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-21

There are about 100000 sheep In
Sweden, owned by 10000 pe9ooaa
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12

Ompoetont . o0othoSo
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
tor infants and children, and see that 1t
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saw there was no y In my insist.
ing further about the passageway.
His mind was stubborniy made up
that It could not exist. He was the
only friend I had In all the great city,
and ! must leave It to him to work
the thing out In his W. way.
"What about q lawyer?" ] asked.
Didn't the court assign you oneY'
Eyes. but he took 1t for granted that
l was guilty. $ o ! got rid Of him."
swell. there amt much q lawyer
could do yet. ri dig up one when
we need him. Ball Is not possible IN
q murder case. SO there Is nothing for
you to do but to sit tight and take It
as easy as you can. BY the way. have
you heard anything from old CASTOR
since you were arrestedr"
mot a word" I answered. n have
not the least idea where he u or how
to reach him."
"Humph. that's funny" said Cor
mar abstractedly. "G0od-by. I'll see
you again tomorrow"
He pounded on the cell door, and a
guard released him. leaving me alone
to ponder w my plight, and espe-
cially W his last question. What
had he meant by It?
Where was old Rufus GastOn1
Once more suspicion Of my aged
relative shot through my brain. Was
It possible that his was the master
mind behind all this plotting2 Cor
man had insisted that the arch Grim
inal behind Wick and the others must
be some man of intellect. My great
uncle Rufus had brains. Out of a
clear sky he had summoned me to live
In the Granddeck and then had mys-
teriously disappeared. Certainly he
had had opportunities for knowing
Wick and the telephone girl. Bar
bara had recalled once having heard
her father speak of him In disparag-
Ing terms. Had 1t been he who was
plotting against the Bradfords and
had brought me into the case as a
scapegoat2
Was old Rufus CASTOR the master
mind7 Where was her
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The trouble q that ~ were a.
lutely without Witnesses Old Rur,
Gaston's whereabouts stit RENAME,
a mystery. II We could discover bin,
in time. we could at least explain sat
isf.ctorily my presence In the Grand.
deck and could establish that was
0 the homeless, penniless vagrant
they would try to prove me. The
longer old Rufus remained IN hiding.
the stronger became my suspicion
that he might be In some way involved
In the plot. His action In keeping his
address q secret from me seemed to
have been with deliberate intent.
After some discussion German and
l had agreed not to mention either Of
the Bradford girls.
III mi word about either OF them
slips out In court" said German,
they'll be In for It. The papers will
jump to 1t and print their pictures
and all that. We'd better leave them
out Of It"
With this I heartily concurred. !
was determined that Barbara Brad.
ford must be In 40 way involved
come what may. 4 knew that she her.
self would be apt to be restrained
from attempting to communicate with
me by the fact that her sisters mar.
rage was set for the day after to
morrow. Her loyalty to her family
was such that she would not risk scan.
dial by trying to aid me. at least not
until her sister was married and the
future for Claire and her mother as
sured.
Two small rays Of sunshine light
ened the gloom Of my cell-the fact
that the newspaper mention of the
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war, o. the United States.

A stray paragraph on WARS Of the
United States" enumerates nineteen
wars. Ten Of these were conflicts
with Indian tribes. Of which the most
important we're probably the Black
Hawk war and the Seminole war. Ii
these are called wars, an eleventh
might be added-the MOdoc war OF
1873. The important wars on the list
are the War Of the Revolution. the
War Of 1912. the Mexican war. the
Civil war, the Spanish war. the wa.
with Germany. The minor conflicts
included In the list are: The war with
France, 1898; the war with Tripoli.'
1901; the Philippine war. 1889.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12

tragedy seemed thus far to have es.
capped my mothers notice and the
fact that Barbara still believed in my
innocence and trusted me absolutely.
A day or two after my arrest German
had managed to see her and had told
her that it was my wish that she
keep entirely quiet her knowledge Of
the affair and that she should make
no attempt whatever to communicate
with me while l was in prison. He
had brought back with him a hastily
penciled note which often in my cell
l read and re-read:
Dear Mr.. Nelson:
I'm SO sorry to hear Of your trou-
BILE and the absurd charges against
you. I'll do whatever you wish. Of
course. l trust you absolutely. II
anything l can tell will aid you at any
time, l am ready to speak-cOst what
1t may. l know you are innocent and
must soon be freed. Hoping to see
you,
with all confidence.
"a. B."
Each time read anew the penciled
lines, my heart rejoiced. Come what
may, l felt sure that Barbara's heart
was mine. l joyed to know that come
out Of prison to her though l might,
she ~would be glad to see ne. Joyful
" would l have gone to the electric
chair rather than have her fair name
in the least smirched by scandal in
trying to defend me. She alone could
prove an alibi for me, but no n
must ever know it.
What would a scandal-lovlng world
say IL the fact became public that
she had been alone with me in my
apartment near midnight? II only by
the sacrifice of her good name could
l go free, then let me stay In my cell.
Let me even go to the electric chair.
l would not have my life at the loss
Of my beloved's reputation.
One other thing I had kept from my
lawyer-my discovery Of the passage
way between the walls in my great
uncle's apartment. II I could not get
German to believe In this secret pass
age, which l was convinced had some
connection with the mysteries and the
whisperings at the Granddeck, there
was little likelihood that McGregOr
would believe my tale either. Given
one single hour in my quarters at the
Granddeck and l would have discov-
cred whittier it led and who used It,
but once a mar is charged with MUIR
der. his hands are tied. 1t was fu-
tile for me to mention 1t again. even
to the detective or to my lawyer. until
such time as l could show It to them
and convince them that l knew what
was talking about.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Il never got such bloom. and such Z
variety as I do here" She admitted
Il was q lot Of work, the watering. the
wedding. the hoeing, but such work
was q pleasure. -
Well, such Is some Of the life Ia
Western Canada, and as I left the
farm home I concluded that much Of
our surroundings are as we ourselves
make Observation-Disclosures
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12

we've Got 70 Find. the Crook That 10
Back Of All This-$he Master Mind"
You've been reading too many thrill
ers OF going to the movies too much.
They don't have secret passages In
modern apartment houses. You bet
ter keep quiet about that. You can't
get anybody to believe you. and you'll
only hurt your case"
"But ! know there's q passageway
there-al0ng the hall. found the
opening. = panel In my bedroom.
There's . place there big enough for
4 man to walk In. saw It."
ne looked It mi pityingly. and /
could see that he did not believe 4
word was saying.
.An right. there's . passage there.
and we'll leave Il there. A young EEL
Inv II love i apt to imagine al sorts
= fhineAs
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plan them. This whole thing Is a
big affair, carefully planned ont. 1t
takes more brains than Wick " e
dreamed Of having to plant anony-
nous notes and terrify people nearly
nj of their senses with mysterious
whispers and then to steal the Brad
ford papers and the CASTOR pearls and
then when things get hot to have you
already framed as the goat to blame
things on"
"Then you think my discharge from
the Office was part OF the plot2"
"Sure II was. You butted In on
their blackmail plans. and they want
ed to get square with you. and a young
fellow out of work and discharged in
disgrace is always an easy mark for
suspicion"
And was 1t part of the plot to
blame Miss Lutan's murder on met"
II don't think SO. The Lutan MUIR
der was an accident. Even the big
gest crooks seldom deliberately plan
murder. They're all afraid Of the
chair. She came In and surprised
some one Of the gang In the apart
ment. He had to shoot her to make
his getaway. 1t was quick thinking
on somebody's part after the murder
to plant that gun In your rooms. That
sort of scheming takes brains, and
Wick hasn't got them"
"WhO was 1t, them"
"We've got to flnd," said German.
speaking slowly and with emphasis.
the big crook that is back of all this
the maSter-mind."
THE master-mind." I echoed.
"Yc5," he said. there's q big crook
ed brain somewhere that has been d.
recting the whole plot. and planning
the actions of Wick and of the tele-
phone girl. and maybe OF Claire Brad
ford, too"
II wonder If It could be her ex-hus-
band. She told me, though, a few
moments ago, that she had not heard
of him for years. and she seemed to
me to be telling the truth"
II don't think it was him." said
German. HE was only a chauffeur.
II he's In 1t at all. he's only one of the
gang. He's not the master-mind."
II hope we can keep the Bradfords
out Of 1t altogether" l said. you
see, German"
Il understand" he interrupted. Il
know how the land lies. You need
rot worry about that. II Claire Brad
ford had any part In the plot, you
can bet she vas forced into it and
driven to do what she did. Have you
een her sister,"
mo, and l hope she'll make no eff
fort to see me. She mustn't. You'll
see her, won't your"
Leave 1t to me-" said the detective.
"Ill manage to reach her without
ever her own family knowing any
thing about 1t. I'll make her under
stand that II she tries to see you or
says anything, she'll only be damag-
ing your case. Don't worry about
her."
There's one thing, though" l said,
that l wish you could do"
whats that?"
"Can you find some way of getting
to the CASTOR apartment and explor-
ing that secret passage and see where
1t leads2"
He turned savagely on me.
"Say, young fellow" he said, III !
didn't know that you were innocent,
I'd swear that you were a dope fiend
with this tale Of a secret passage.
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Where He Was Weak.

The other day, my little cousin
brought home his report carl marked
"A plus for everything except deport-
ment. His father said: "Why. John.
how does this happen?" Johns reply
was: "Well but daddy. that's my
hardest study."-Exchange.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12
Do You "hates Yourselff

For l say. through the grace given
unto me. to every man that is among
yOu. not to think of himself more high
II than he ought to think."-Paul In
his letter to tho R0msus, 1873 &
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12
Perverse WomanI

About the only thing we blame a
woman for Is that she laughs ut the
old.fashioned furniture owned by her
husbands folks and ave over the
antiques in a cntalogue.-Dallas News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-12

It isn't the cost of living that o
ries the man behind the bars.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05
NO MAN IN CITY HALL.
And a Woman Mayor Rules in Jack
son, Wyo, Population 800.

Cheyenne, WyO., June "a woman
mayor, Mrs. Grace Miller, now rules
in Jackson, the population center of
the Jackson's Hole country. which long
was famous in fact and fiction as the
resort of outlaws, cattle rustlers, horse
thieves and other bad men Of the West
that once was. For what is said to
be the first time in history, there is
not man in the city hall of an Ameri-
can municipality; for city admins
tration composed entirely of women
has been sworn into Office as a result
of the election in May. There is not a
man in Iaekson's CITY hall.
Jackson is diminutive city-with a
population of not quite 300. Perhaps
no other section of the United States
is so far isolated from the railroads
and from allyear traffic. The nearest
railway station is 80 miles away. and
from November until May the high
way 10 that station j. virtually i'm
passable. Surrounded BY the high
mountains IN the range south Of Vel
lowstone National park, the residents
of Jackson make little or no attempt
to travel during the winter months
II was in Jackson's Hole that the
had men made their last stand against
the advancing wave Of civilization 30
or 10 years ago. There they iocked
after stealing cattle or horscs or other
robberies or hold-ups and banded them
selves together for mutual protection.
To-day Jackson. itself. has surren-
dcred to the feminist movement and
made a clean sweep Of every male Of
hecholder. The only explanation thus
FAR given for the Overturn comes from
the editor Of The Courier. the city's
sole newspaper. who saws in his paper
III l. Thought the novelty Il being the
first city on record 10 he governed
entirely by women helped them TO -
cure such a complete victory The
editor who wa~. himself. = candidate.
accepts the results without repiniug.
bat saws tlle women surprised even
themselves by the result
There was no unusual campaigning.
Do special issue al stake. nor was there
IN unusually heavy vote. Mrs. Miller
iefcated Fred Ilotejoy for MAYOR bv
! vote Of - 80 - -Four women were
.lccted memlers 81 the eitv council
lter four men candidates b. about the
anne relative vote
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05
A Tactical Error.

A major Of marines had his battal-
ion out in the brush in Cuba for a
problem in observation. He detailed a
private to 20 to a small hill about a
quarter of a mile away and conceal
himself. The battalion would then try
90 locate the private with field glasses
as a training for finding enemy scouts
and snipers during actual battle oondi-
tons
The private trotted of and, at a sig
nal from the major. Topped 70 the
ground. The major turned around to
explain the problem to the battalion
but. upon turning again, was much in
censed 10 see the private standing again
in full view Of all Selling a pair Of
signal flags from a sergeant. tho major
wig wagged wrathfully: Why don't
you lie down a. ] ordered p
Upon which the private On the stv
line wig wagged back respectfully but
with great emphasis;
'Sir. why did the major order me to
lac down an snSant hill The Home
Sector.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05

defense. 1t wasn't possible to live a
day in a private house. as the Turks
would fire the house and drive the in
habitants out, killing them as they ran
for shelter. We could see that going
on everywhere.
"There were about 5000 Armenians
who joined the column and tried to
make the march over the mountains to
Islahie, IS miles from Marash, when
the French troops evacuated the city.
There was no food for anyone, and
only few carts. Practically every
body had to walk the whole way.
1T was a CHASTITY, incredible night
mare. The worst blizzard that Marash
had even known caught US.
Most of the fugitives were women
and children. The men stayed behind
to fight and cover our retreat.
"rhey died like flies. Every 80 yards
or so someone would drop in the snow.
There was no use trying to do any
thing. II was all anybody could do to
keep going.
"We had to cross many streams.
which were frozen at first, but the ice
was broken by the French trains and
artillery, and when we came along we
had to wade in the icy water, and then
walk on in the snow | saw the French
general in command wading the
streams on foot
"Out of the 5000 who started only 3.
600 ever got there.
Mrs. Mabel Powers of North Hero,
VT, and Miss Helen Shultz of Reading,
Pa, who came out with me went to
Adans in a French hospital train"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05
NO MORE CHAPERONES
FOR WOMEN DELEGATES
Forty Years Ago Miss Helen v. Bos-
well, New York Lawyer. At
tended Republican National
Convention So Es-
corted

New York, June 5.--Forty years ago
Miss Helen Varick Boswell, lawyer and
one of the pioneer women Republicans
OF the country, attended the Republican
national convention with a ehaperone
On June s, Miss Boswell, who is a
chairman of the New York county Re
publican organization and well known
as a humorous speaker, Mrs. Florence
f. S. Knapp of Syracuse, n. Y. aQd 20
alternates, none of whom will have
chaperones, will attend the Republican
national gathering in Chicago as the
representatives of the women Republi-
cans of New York state. They will
go, they say, to participate in the pro-
ceedings ''in the Independent spirit
which should characterize every voter"
This is the tenth national Republic
can convention | have attended" de-
clared Miss Boswell, "but it will be
the first time | have ever occupied
place among the boys on the conyen-
tion floor Women from all over the
United States this time are going to
be in and not merely at the conyen-
ton. More than 25 of us are delegates
and fully 10 are alternates."
Among the more prominent women
delegates from other parts of the coun-
try will be DR.. Helen s. Peabody OF
Sioux Falls, S. d., delegate at large,
well known as an educator and lawyer
Another delegate is Mrs. Katherine p
Edison of Los Angeles, who was in
strumental in having passed the Cali
fornia welfare laws protecting WON
en- and children. She has been mem
Der of the state industrial commission
of California and was the first chair
man of the Republican wOmen's state
committee in California after women
were enfranchised.
Mrs. John Glover South, delegate at
large from Kentucky, is chairman of
the woman's division of the Republi
can national committee. She is cou-
sin of Governor Morrow of Kentucky
and a daughter of the late Frank o. !
Bradley, the first Republican governor !
Kentucky ever had. Kentucky, in Sc
leeting Mrs South as a delegate to the (
convention. set the pace for other south |
ern states to follow. Tennessee imme I
diately elected a delegate at large and I
two women as alternates at large
Mrs. ManIey Fosseen of Mime
apolis has the honor of having been
elected a delegate at large
from Minnesota by the Republicans OF
that state She is head OF the WON
ems Republican organization Of Mime 4
sofa and has been actively engaged in
combating the non partisan league.
Mrs. Arthur l.. Livermore. chairman
of the Republican womens executive
committee of New York, is an alter
nate at large from that state. She is
the founder of the womens university n
club of New York and j. the daughter
OF Senator Henry Wells, who was the
treasurer of the Massachusetts Repub-
liesn committee for a quarter Of
century.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05
Knack Of Cheese Cooking.

With cheese in such prominence in
the dietary of the individual, the
housewife will be anxious to acquaint
herself with some of the outstanding
points in relation to cookery and di-
gestion of this most important prod
uct,
When cheese is first purchased, few
minutes should be taken to properly
care for it. Wrap it either in oiled
paper or in wet tea towel and store
it SO as to avoid any possible con
tamination from strong flavors or
odors.
Being ready eat product. cheese
in cookery is heated merely to melt
il and incorporate it with the rest of
the mixtures, says the Springfield Re-
publican. This operation does not re
quire high heat. And, too, being high
in protein content, cheese must be
cooked at low temperature in order to
attain resulting product that will be
easily digested. Therefore, in most
made dishes, the double boiler is en-
ployed. By this method of radiation,
a cheese dish may be prepared without
direct contact of high heat. If neees-
sity demands direct fame, the flame
should he low and the time of cook.
ing should be short.
American cheese serves many purA
poses. The effect of creamed cheese
may be obtained by adding grated
cheese to a small amount of cream
Cheese may be used in desserts. It's
flavor is well liked in pastries and in
salads it is unsurpassed. Caution must
be used in the adding of cheese TO
acid material. It is advisable in made
dishes where cheese and milk are to
be mixed with acid, an acetic in vine
gar. to dilute the vinegar with water,
and then mix it with the -four which
is generally used as a thickening agent |
in cheese dishes.
Cheese left over may be used in ex
tending cheese flavor in vegetable |
dishes, mashed potatoes or in pastries. |
All unused cheese, if of sufficient |
amount, may be coated with paraffin |
and then stored away for future use
Dorothy Dexter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-05
VERMONT WOMAN
SAY HORRORS
Mrs. Mabel Powers of North Hero Was
Member of American Relief
Workers Party In Marash,
Syria, During Turkish
Bombardment.

New York, June 5.--Ths Turkish ma
tional forces in besieging Marash, Sy-
ria. last January deliberately and con-
tinuously fired on the American col
ege and Near East relief hospital and
manage there. according to Dr. Ma
Elliott of Benton Harbor. Mich
was in charge of the hospital dur
;. : the three weeks attack
DR.. Elliott, who has now returned
to ttis country, with Mrs. Mabel
Powers of North Hero, VT, Miss Helen
Shultz of Reading, Pa, and Miss Min
ME Dougherty of Holyoke, Mass. told
an eyewitness story of the attack, di-
rected against the Armenian popula-
ton
The slaughter of men, women and
children was horrible, she said. and the
pillage of houses .barbaric In one Ar
menisn church $500 persons were killed
only % surviving the attack on it
she said.
-Of a fleeing column of 5000 Ar
menans, mostly women and children
driven from the besieged city, Dr. FL
lott said only 2,200 reached their OBJ
jective, Islahie, but Is miles away.
THE whole three weeks of the seige
the firing from house tops and windows
never ceased" she said THE Turks
fred many buildings all over the town.
and from our windows we could see
columns of smoke rising first from one
part of the city and then another,
every hour of the day and night
The largest Armenia church at first
sheltered some $500 Armenians of the
better class, shop keepers, business
men and merchants and their families.
They had arms, and they put up good
fight. But Turks fired the church and
forced them out. Only - of them es-
capped with their lives
"A communication trench was dug
from French headquarters to the hos
pital by which the French wounded
were brought in 90 us They were all
Seneglaese and Morroccans. The Sene-
g.aese blacks suffered frightfully from
the cold We had 200 cases of wound
ed and frozen feet-mostly frozen feet.
All over town, the Armenians would
gather in the nearest church for pro-
lection, largely because by being con
centrated they were in greater force,
and also because the church buildings
are of stone. and surrounded by high
walls. and thus made the best means Of