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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04
Behind the ClosedDoor'
Melodrama of Action
Suspense At the Strand

idea based on the righteousness OF ven
geance under certain circumstances, ny.
Inee has followed the storyNin the pulla-
ing up Of technically perfect drama
with suspense sustained throughout ana
a climax that is ranked by critics as re-
ally great.
The cast in behind the Door y q
noteworthy one. At its head is Hobart
Bosworth, one OF the veterans OF the
screen. and whose 'Sea Wolf is still
classic His leading woman is Jane NO
yak, who has been seen in many recent
pa ramoun-Arteraft pictures. Wallace
Berry has an important role, as have
Otto Hoffman and others.
Ernest Truck, the star in the comedy
s"Too Good To Be True is one OF the
most famous of light comedians on the
stage and his screen appearances have
been marked successes. Too Good 70
Be True was written especially Tor MN
and is a pleasing bit of humor-
| This bill will be shown at the Strand
through Wednesday only. Az
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04
WOMEN TAKE UP
OIL FIELD WORK
Organize Company In Mckeesport,
Buy Lease and Derrick and Be
gin Drilling
BY Associated Pres,

Mex eesport, Pa. January 2,--Wom-
en- financiers have entered the natural
gas field developed during the past
few months in Snake Hallow, almost
within the city limits, and are drill
ing their first we'll The pioneers We're
Miss Isabella Milmoe, assistant TO the
civ treasurer. and Miss lrna Atwa-
ter, assistant to the city solicitor
they heard SO many stories OF for-
fumes being made in the new develop
ment that they found bit OF Land not
under lease, contracted for derrick,
ana organized company Drllllng -
to be commenced as soon as the plant
is on the ground.
Development in the SNAKE fiolto"
f,a1d l. Going on with every evidence
of the old-time wildcat oil and gas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04

boom. Town lots on the edge of the
city which three months ago were next
to worthless are selling for as much
as $4,000 each, and every time Il new
well comes in the price goes up.
number OF important wells, have
been brought in by companies whose
business it is to search for and find
natural gas But spectacular and pic-
turesque speculation and financing are
not lacking. Stories of the successes
of some persons who have become rich
overnight have attracted others until
the boom has claimed wide attention.
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she is next seen in society finishing
school, and then she is presented as
pampered daughter of society. But
while she is making these changes one
of the most gripping and appeallng
stories of the screen is being untolueu
with one OF the screens greatest stars
in the leading role. "a Daughter OF
Two Worlds will be the big attraction
at the Trianon and it will be shown
for one week only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04
Messenger Girls Quit

London. December 13,--The last group
of Brownies have just left the gov
ernment service. causing general ia-
mentation. These were young messen-
ger girls who We're taken on durins
the war and were called brownies be-
cause of their special brown dresses
which were supplied by the autherl-
ties. = 1t is claimed that they proved
themselves much smarter and quicker
than boys.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1920-01-04
Norma Taln1adge In
daughter Off Worlds
aAttraction at 1rianor1

Tamadge in her newest production, "A Daughter Oh
Two Worlds will the extraordinary attraction at the Ira
non theatre this week beginning Monday This special pro-
ducon and the Tamadge picture under her
contract with First National exhibitors.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02

but the touch of the water seemeu' 10
revive him. He opened his eyes and
stared, like a man trying to make out
objects in a very dim light. His eyes
caught the glitter of the sheriff's star,
frowned, raised, found the Pearlhunter
and strained hard at him.
And it was q cussed Warbritton
that got me at LAST"
"Who 81 eaks the name of Warbrit-
ton?" caMe a hoarse voice from the
couch.
The dying bandit started, rolled his
eyes toward the sound.
what las that. That voice!"
The ~Pearlhunter caught the foot of
the couch and moved it around so, the
two fast sinking men could see each
other. No soone had the gray giant
on the couch caught Il glimpse Of the
man on the floor than, with a great
cry, he tried to rise. His utmost
strength only served to bring him part
ly up on an elbow.-and that only with
the Pearlhunter's aid.
Martin Redmond!' he cried-and
almonst instantly: "Where is she?
The woman You distained? And the
boy? Tell me. I've still the strength
to tear it out of your cursed throat!"
The dying robber fixed his falling
eyes on the couch. Only God knows
who Siveth his grace to the just and
to the un.just-how he found strength
for further words.
"WarbrittOn-" He muttered the
name huSkily, the bloody froth upon
his lips. "Slle was not diStained. 1t
was all a mistake. 1 let you think it
because l hated you-because I loved
her-because she loved you and not
me. Twenty years she's roved these
rivers, pure as the dew at dawn. She
sleeps tonight in a grave four days old
at Fallen Rock"
He picked up his hand from where
it sagged down upon the floor, carried
1t at great labor to his bosom, fumbled
under the fancy vest, drew forth a
picture and laid it against his lips.
The ~Pearlhunter snatched it away. The
action brought the picture near the old
man. He seized it, held it an instant
before his eyes, and with a deep groan
laid it against his bosom.
"And the boy" he cried to the man
on the floor. "The boy?"
The Red Mask was going fast, but he
raised his face and muttered hoarsely /:
"The boy-stands before you"
Since the old man snatched the pic
ture the Pearlhunter and the girl had
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02
XIV.
The Song of a Thrush.

Twentieth of June, and the world at
high tide; the woods full of cradles,
and each cradle housing a lusty baby:
the weak gon back to earth, the fit
that survive beginning to test wing
and claw. Streams and woodland
pools grow languid with millions mat
ing. Each leaf has reached it's maxi
mum of lung expansion. The trees
breathe deep. The forest has settled
down seriously to the business of full
filling its promises. Cocoon and chrys-
ais have opened and flung forth their
glittering mysteries. Furnished bodies
and gauZy wings glance and glitter
through yellow sunshine and soft
shade, like fakes of star dust sitting
down out of the sky.
But if the woods have man. cradles,
they also have many graves. There
was d new one this placid June evening
at Fallen Rock-a new n beside the
me that was almost new. There were
orchids upon them both. 4 man and
a maid had together hunted the woods
for them. Only such as they could
have found so many. Only to her fav-
critics does nature show the way to her
treasures.
The stanch old Boss and h%ard-faced
Bull MaSterson We're back at their
watts and clam rakes. Billy's grand
mother was staying az cne cabin of
The three gables a few days for com-
pany.
The Iearlhunter came from the vii
lage in the still evening. Along the
dim. slim path through the woods he
came, against the face OF the sunset.
The swing and spring of a master Of
men was in his stride, for he carried
In his pocket a telegram addressed to
a man with q name at last, to David
Wulf Warbritton. The telegram told
OF two fortunes awaiting down the
river, of houses and lands, and advis-
Ing that Judge Eskridge was on his
way.
Near the turn of the path he stopped
and stood listening. The song of a
thrush was charming the silence. Only,
the song carried a certain delicious,
elusive witchery that no bird throat
ever knew. He stole along the path,
stopped and stood with barred head.
Upon the flat rock at the pool stood
h Wild Rose, the tears running down
her face. her lips and throat alive with
the magic of song. A lady cardinal
perched upon her shoulder. A king
cardinal fidgeted and twitched his crest
ON an ov~erhanging twig that almost
brushed her, hnlr, A pair OF sk'
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02
CHAPTER XIV.
Man to Man and an Even Draw.

Man to Man and an Even Draw.
The candle fingered long that night
in the cabin of the three gables. The
old man was more than usually rest
less. The girl lowered about his chair
constantly. She succeeded at last in
coaNing him down in his chair, where
he sat grooming: mumbling in his
beard; and whetting the knife on the
palm of his hand. She had smoothed
the cushions behind his head and
stood stroking his face with her hand,
when, without the least warning. the
door flew open, and, sharply outlined
against the dark background of the
night, a mar with a red mask I'VE his
face stalked across the threshold.
He was, of course quite
that the girl already knew his identity.
That probably explained why he had
put on the mask. 1t would be impos-
sible to describe the startling trans
formation it wrought on his sinister
face. From out Of all it's many ter
rors the night could not haye selected
a more appalling one to fling into the
cabin.
The girl screamed and chung about
the old man in the chair. Her scream
seemed to rOuse him. He glanced up
rubbed his wide, pitiful eyes, and.
with Il wild cry-more that Of beast
than man-sprang from the chair with
a strength that sent the girl reeling.
His sleeping senses seemed to wake,
TO recognize the object for which his
ghostly eyes had searched the woods
for weary years-a bit of red cloth
with a certain face behind it. His
giant frame seemed to swell with a
strength tremendous. He raised the
knife and leaped toward the intruder.
A giants strength, but with the dis
ordered unwieldiness of a stricken
mind. The knife barely grazed where
it was mean to kill. Before the gray
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02

giant could recover his DOnderOus
strength to strike again. the Red Mask
had him by the wrist, and, seemingly
unwilling to risk the sound of a shot,
was raining blows upon his head with
the butt of his heavy revolver. 1t was
a horrible thing to see. The girl stood
with laced fingers, helpless with hor-
rer. The first blow brought the blood
streaming out over the white hair and
disabled the old man so frightfully
that he ceased the struggle and stood
%quivering. But the mercileSs arm
struck again and again until the vast
frame dropped, shrank together, the
Knife fell from his fingers, his knees
gave way and he sank groaning to the
tloor-writhed, Strengthened and lay
still.
The revolver was foul with blood
and gray hair. The murderer noticed
1t, hastily wiped it away on a corner
OF the fallen mans coat. thrust it bach
INTO MS pocket and raced Ineeg1....
The spell was broken. She started
as IL from a nightmare and sprang
back OF the chair. Like a man pressed
for time, he dashed after her. With
the chair between them, she managed
for a bare moment to keep beyond his
hands. He kicked the chair out of
the way. She darted toward the
Kitchen door, probably with the hope
OF escaping to the woods, but he was
100 close to her. She whirled toward
the door of the bedroom. The turn
was fatal. His hands reached her and
drove her back into the corner of the
room at the head of the couch.
She fought as only n woman fights
for II stake infinitely higher than
life itself. Since time began the earth
mas staged that struggle. Her dress
was torn. her body bruised, her hands
gradually driven together behind her
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02
1.-THE Boy-Stands Before YOU"

been staring at each other. Events
were happening, developments unfold
ing, too fast for comprehension. The
old nan was staring at them both,
from II to the other, a if unable to
grasp Il revelation that had been TWEEN
ty years coming. He stretched up his
hands at last to the young man, pulled
his face down to him, gazed on it as
at something of which he had long
dreamed but never hoped to see;
turned back to the man on the floor.
Martin Redmond, Tl requite the
deed you've done, the one good deed
Of your evil life. The little girl I've
raised as my own, the child of the
good woman you cruelty killed. the
child you deserted, your daughter
stands before YOU"
The girl recoiled in horror. The I'M
natural father strained his glazing
eyes toward the daughter his thought
had outraged; a cry muttered up out
of his chest and brought with it a gush
Of froth and blood: he stifrened: his
face frightened horribly he fell heavy
against the arms of the sheriff-dead.
The girl turned away from the grue-
some sight, stole a half faltering
glance at the bewildered face of the
Pe%arlhunter, threw herself down by the
side of the couch and bowed her face
upon the old mans bosom.
"Unsay it, Daddy! Oh, Daddy, un-
say it,"
He softly stroked her hair with his
great, gaunt hand.
Its the truth, Dotty, and can't be
unsaid. But you w him no respect
a parent only, never a father. He de-
serted you, and killed your mother
in ways unspeakable killed her-a
woman of the high blood Of the
Dawns." He fumbled the picture up
Off his breast, held 1t before his face
a moment, laid it back. "God!" he
groaned. THE ruin he wrought! For
years | searched for her"-he spoke
the name in reverence, "and you, my
son."
His hand found It's way back into
the Pearlhunter's; his eyes strained
hard toward the face bending over
s':S
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02

They seemed hungry to know many
things-the twenty years of wander
ing; the death of the woman of the
picture; how the young man came to
be just there; of his wounded arm.
But with the steady courage of a sol
put them by, and dropped his eyes to
the girls hair.
Your grandfather, Dotty, old God
frey Dawn, cast your mother off when
she married Martin Redmond. Alone,
and dying in poverty and want, she
sent for me at last" The girl was
crying softly. He stopped, put his
arm about her and drew her close. 81
had the privilege-and honor-of MAXI
ing her last hours less terrible. She
died without-seeing you. You were
three years old when 1 gave up the
search, left everything in the hands
of my good friend, Judge E~skridge,
II came up here to lose myself in
these list woods along the Wabash,
q present from General Jackson"
His eyes closed YEARLY. He lay
so still, and the pallor on his face was
so CHASTITY that the Pearlhunter bent
anXiously over him. But the heavy
lids presently Enclosed; the voice,
queer and hoarse from long disuse,
and noticeably growing weaker, fall
tered on.
Seven years! 1t seems only this
morning he shot me! And vet, it
couldn't be, o Dotty wouldn't be the
wonderful woman she has become, nor
you, my son, the man you archie man
| was when l led Jackson's nger
Hesper Dawn Red" the quavering
voice hesitated. mo, no., let that
name perish with his who disgraced
it. The Judge knows. Hesper Dawn;
David Wulf Warbritton. Both Of the
high blood Of the Dawns; your moth
ers both named Hesper Dawn, distant
cousins, both the same name, and both
of the same high blood. Neither need
you be ashamed, my son, of your name
of Warbritton. 1t has been more or
less on the tongues of men since the
brave days of Saxon Harold. Share
your estate with Dotty. 1t is in the
will that you do so, and there's ample
for you both. The Judge will know"
The ~Pearlhunter was on the point
of mentioning the letter-the death
Of the girls grandfather, his relenting
his will. But the faltering voice left
him no opening.
MY son, o are a man grown, but
you will not deny your father the
heart hunger of twenty bitter years."
His voice was fast failing; his eyes
strained hard to find the Pearlhunter's
face, though he was bending low over
him. The young man read the mean
ing, the twenty years of longing, in
the straining eyes. He knelt down and
laid his face against the old mans
cheek. An arm stole about his neck
and held him close.
A long time the old man lay still.
his right arm around the girl kneeling
at n side Of the couch, his left arm
around the mar at the other. So still,
so motiOnless he lay that the deep
silence became burdened with a heavy
fear. The sheriff at the foot of the
couch bent forward. The Pearlhunter
turned his face, looked and bowed his
head. The girl raised her eyes, gazed
intently at the placid features, threw
herself acros the motionless body
and wept aloud.
The graceful musician, the intrepid
SOldier-WaS dead.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-12-02
THE ENID

~-'"snn-RoDert ii. Neely. attorney.
has been commissioned a captain IN
the United States regular army and
will report to Fort keogh, Montana.
Rhame-Jennie Oakland, eight. was
shot and killed when the trigger of q
shotgun her brother was carrying
caught in his clothes and the eapon
was discharged.
Grand Forks-Enrollment at the
state university will approximate 1900.
Among several new additions to the
faculty is Clarence Perkins. A. M,
Ph. D., who heads the newly created
department of European history.
Grafton-Farmed without a rest
from 1878 to 1919 and Their cultivated
intensiveiy for the purpose of killing
SOW thistle, a 30-acre tract of land
here produced this year Il flax yield of
932 bushels or 81 bushels to the acre.
Steele - ~Thirty-seven bushels of
wheat to the acre on 13 acres is the
yield on which Kidder county bases
It's claim to the state championship.
IL. Behrnson harvested the crop, It be-
Ing Kubanka wheat sown on mlllet
land,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Charge Officially Denied
 By Associated Press

Dublin, October 3.-Dubi;n Castle has issued an official denial of the charge made recently by Arthur Griffith founder of the Sinn F'ein. that the government itself was responsible for reprisals in Ireland and that a certain number of Sim Fein leaders, including himself, were marked for assassination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
COMMITTEES AT WORK
Hope to Report Wednesday Regard ing Public Finances and Currency

Brussels, October 3.--After the financial conference took recess yesterday four Committees went earnestly to work and 1t is hoped that at least two of them will be able to report when the conference reconvenes Wednesday regarding public finances and currency. Though their work is well guarded in an effort to keep all decisions and discussions secret until disclosed in the form of resolutions it is understood that the currency committe5 has decided in the affirmative two of the questions submitted to it-"Ought paper circulation be reduced in all countries where inflated?" and Gan it be done ?''
 The second question, how it is to be done, is giving some difficulty to the va rious groups, the countries being divided on the subject acting as the interior situation is affected by the problem.
 All sorts of projects have been pre- sented to this committee, among them an international monetary unit to be called 'florin." Then florins would have the value of eight grammes of gold, OF ap- proximately five dollars on a pre-war basis. Its adoption would reduce money everywhere to the decimal system
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
FALL RAGING SEASON
 OPENS AT LEXINGTON

Lexington, Ky, october 3.-The annual fall meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association opens here tomorrow with the trotting of an all- star programme. fifty-three starters be- ing named in the five events on the card. Entry of twenty horses in the 2;15 trot necessitated the splitting of the field into two races of ten horses each
 Features of the opening day pro- gramme are the two-year- division ot the Kentucky futurity, worth s700o, and the Walnut Hall cup for EOS trotters, worth 5000. Thirteen are named in ths Walnut Hall of which Peter Manning, Peter June. Peter Coley, Millie Irewin, Tootsie Toise, Comit and King Watts are highest regarded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
DEFENSE RESTS CASE
Trial Those Charged With Defraud-
 ing Relief Commission Near End
Ny Assncinted Press


 Constantnople, October 1.-The defense for the prisoners on trial on the charge of having defrauded the American con- mission for relief in the Near East rested it's case today after having called as witnesses w. W. Peet, chairman Of the administrative committee; H. M. Day. president of the American foreign trades commission, and numerous other persons. The argument of the defense was that the affairs Of the committee had been so conducted it was impossible to prove the alleged shortage.
 F. M. Callen, treasurer of the admins- trative committee, denied knowledge that for three days conference at the end of August for forty-three relief work CTS held in Robert College the cost oi automobiles was more than Sl2,G00 He said he knew, however that the meals were supplied by expensive hotel ca terers.
 Lieutenant Colonel Coombs. director 7t the Near East relief. said that two enl- ployes in a bakery which furnished bread for the poor had been discharged foc dishonesty in their accounts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
RECONCILIATION NEAR
Negotiations Proceeding Between De
 La Huerta and Felix Diaz
Bx Associated Press

Vera Cruz, Mexico, October 3.--Negotia- tions looking to a reconciliation between General Feliz Diaz, nephew of former President Diaz of Mexico and the De La Huerta administration are to be opened as a result of conference held between Diaz and Gen. l. Guadalupe Sanchez chief of operations in the state of Vera Cruz, at the formers hacienda near Mar tinez de La Torre, northern Vera Cruz. last Thursday.
 The conference followed a somewhat different march by General Sanchez, ac- ccmpanied by the Associated Press corre- spondent and the troops composing his bodyguard to the residence of Diaz. who has been living at his havenda for some time. Upon arrival they were hos pitably received and a conference soon was arranged
 Few details of the meeting could be learned, but at it's conclusion a message was addressed to General Obregon, the Mexican president-elect, stating that he believed a union between the elements which had overthrown the Carranza gov ernment was possible, an specifying cer- tain terms which would have to be in- corporated in an agreement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
ARMY SCHOOLSARE SOLVING PROBLEMS
 IF AMERICAN|SM
Recruit Educational Center of U. s. Army Offers Excep- tionaI Advantages to the
 UnIearned
By CAPT. H. B. MAY

The Birmingham army re- cruiting station has accepted for enlistment in the army since June 1, $50 white men whose ages averaged about 19. Of this number, 136 were un- able to read or write. Perhaps 50 per cent of the others ac- cepted had only a very elemen- tary education.
 In the days before Anerica's entry into the world war the iliterate or the for eigner who approached the recruiting sergeant and tried to express in his na-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Girl Fatally Injured

Macon. Ga. October 3.-Afss Drueila Devln. 70. formerly of Atlanta. was prob- ably fatally injured near here today when she was caught between the bump CTS of an automobile that was at a stand still and one that was in motion. One of her legs was completely severed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Osler Drops Dead

Mobile, October 3.-James Osler, former ly well-known newspaper man, dropped dead today at Biloxi. Miss, from heart disease. He was a nephew of the famous pr. James Osler, connected with the Oxford University of England. who died several months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
Suspension Made Permanent
 py AssocIared Press

Cincinnati, O., Oc ober s.The board of directors of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks has made permanent the suspen- sion of Grand Vice President J. w Nell son. it was announced at the internation- al headquarters today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
SEVEN
MacSwinev Unchanged
By Associated Pres,

by AssOtlaNtu Ifess
 London, october 3.-fhe condition of Lord Mayor MacSwiney tonight was the same as it was yesterday. according to the bulletin of the Irish Self-Determin- ation league issued this evening.