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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-08-21
AT THE THEATRES

Ever since the arrival of the train
the American Red cross has been
operating a field kitchen in the rail-
way yards and feeding the stranded
Poles and t'lSrainians, who reached
Riga with neither money nor food.
In view of the situation along the
East Polish frontier. it is feared that
the Yudenitch veterans and their fam
lilies may he forced to prolong their
stay in L4atvia for several weeks. The
Red Cross is making arrangements TO
continue caring for them during the
enforced stopover.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-08-21

SIEXICALI, Aug. 20.-CU. PA
complete understanding between Gov
ernor Cantu, and the Mexican federal
commission has been reached" the
bureau of information of the Lower
California government has officially
announced
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-08-21
The Deep Pur1

A man bred in the deep purple; {
woman with heart of goldl intrigue
in the underworld-lov in the upper
crust.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER STACEY Wallen. first mate
of the bark Upolo. in the Java sea, is the
sole survivor Of the crew, all victims OF
yellow fe Ting Wah Chinese ne sn sai{S %s
other CT amen were sent aboard by
Drink House SAM" notorious character
of Singapore. to kill Wallen: The latter
recalls an incident of his childhood which
seems connected with the confession.
While delirious. Wallen enters In the
ships log the announcement of his death
and abandons the vessel in small boat.
CHAPTER II.-Wallen's boat drifts to
the island of Arru and Scottish trader
there, MacKnight, cares for him. Learn
ing that a ship Is in port on the other
side of the island. twenty miles away,
Wallen. though unfit for the task. deter
mines to reach 1t. He sets out but falls
exhausted on the trail. There he is found
by a man and woman who are from the
ship he was trying to reach. Mott, first
mate, and Helen MacKay, a passenger.
They convey him to the vessel.
CHAPTER III.-The ship proves to be a
small tramp steamer, the Monleign, capt
Laynton. taynton tells Wallen the yes
sci had been chartered by Wallen's rather
to find him, the father knowing ms son 10
be in grave danger because or tons
standing feud between the elder WanG,i
and a notorious pirate, Ram Gulab singns
Laynton also informs him of the death OF
his father, explaining that sthe Iatality
was believed to be an accident. WalIen
instantly associates Ills IothCA
with the Chinaman's confession on the
Upolo. He takes over the charter OF the
vessel.
CHAPTER IV.-Helen MacKay explains
that she Is on visit to an aunt in SUI
matra Wallen agrees to take her there,
just touching at Singapore, where he is
determined to fathom the mystery Of
Drink-House Sans enmity. While look
ing over his fathers papers. which Layn-
ton had turned over to him, Wallen Is
startled by the thrusting of piece of pa
per beneath his cabin door. On the paper
IL traced a human hand from which all
but the foref1nger had been hacked away.
He recognizes 1t as of sinister import con-
nected with the death of his father.
CHAPTER Vat Singapore Wallen
leaves the ship, alone. and visits. Drink
House Sans bar-room, determined to
force from him an e1ucidation of the mys-
terry Announcing himself as StaceyWal-
len, Sam denounces him as liar and the
crowd In the bar-room attacks him. Walen
escapes, but waits outside the place, hav-
ing made up his mind to have an inter-
view alone with Sam. Entering the house
he finds Drink House Sam murdered and
at the same time encounters his father 8
Old servant, Gunga.
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"He was very powerful, and his

wealth was beyond reckOning.A
"AlsO, sahib, he was a murderer and
thief, whereby he had his wealth !;
and he hid his face behind the British
government, whom he deceived. Your
father lost one schooner and then an
other and many goods; and knowing
in his heart that it was Ram Gulab
Singh, he complained to the govern
ment. But because he could prove
nothing, nothing was done, sahib only
that it came to the ears of Ram Gulab
Singh, and he Knocked your father, my
master, by messengers in private.
"Sahib, my master was brave man,
and of great cunning. He loaded a
schooner with such richness of goods
that it was common talk; but also, in
secret, he placed abundance of arms
upon the vessel; and at night. as she
sailed, he himself came aboard in the
darkness with many men to join the
crew, and of these l was one, sahib.
at came about as the master had
fOreSeen-
Gulab Singh was; and Ram Gulab
Singh, knowing that it was your ia
theirs schooner, and thinking it a prize
of great value, fell into the snare.
Sahib, he came upon us with four.
proas, and our men lay hidden below
the decks, that they might not be seen
until the pirates, led by Ram Gulab
Singh himself, boarded us from the
prOaS.
at was fight, sahib, that l would
for my arm is, still strong and my
blood is the blood of youth, and the
years count not. They fought as rep
tiles fight who must either fight or die.
But half escaped, and those by swim
ming to the proas which, in their first
onslaught, after all hail come on board
of us, we had cut adrift from the
schooner's sides.
MANY times in the melee my mas
ter tried to single out Ram Gulab
Singh, that they might meet face to
face, but it was only at the last the
master came upon the other as Ram
Gulab Singh was climbing over the rail
to escape. and his hand was on the
rail, but before he had dropped into
the water the masters cutlass had sew
cred three fingers from the hand of
Ram Gulab Singh-such, sahib, is the
reading of the paper with the one-fin-
gered hand.
"Sahib, this time the government
took heed, for we had prisoners who
confessed;t but against these Ram
Gulab Singh sent many to take the
oath that he had been elsewhere at the
time. And so again there was not the
full measure of proof, but my master
pressed the matter and asked that an
armed force be sent against Ram Gu
lab Singh. Sahib, if that had been
done, all would have been well.
Instead the government deemed it
wise to bring only great dshonor upon
Ram Gulab Singh, and they stripped
Ram Gulab Singh of all rank and au-
thority, and for several years patrolled
the waters of the island closely"
Gunga paused. The muscles of his
face were twitching again-and the
hard, fiintlike CLEAN was back once
more in the coal-black eyes that al
ways swept the. water, that never
looked at Wallen.
"Sahib, It was because of your moth
er, before you were born, that the mas
ter left the East. The heart of Ram
Gulab Singh was black with hate-and
revenge filled his soul 1t is too long
Il story to tell now. sahib. Great wealth
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afterWard when your father had hid
knows. for she was with child then
and when you were born She died.
And then, sahib, the master stayet
on there to protect you, as he hat
promised your mother he would 90
Put even there it was not further thar
the arm of Ram Gula) Singh cOul<
reach. Does the sahib remember The
night as a child he crawled from bed
and came down the stairs, and there
was man dead upon the fioor?'
IT remember" said Wallen in a
voice he did not recognize as his own.
"And then, Gunga?"
"And them" said Gunga, "the young
sahib went away; and the master had
no longer any heart for anything but
to stay on in the gray house. When
were at sea, sahib; and after that he
watched your cOmings and your goings
always.
"And all this time Ram Gulab
Singh gave no sign. Then came the
time that word reached the master
that you had taken berth upon the
Upolo, to trade among the islands Of
Ram Gulab Singh-and upon the mas
ter fell again<the old fire, for he knew
that it was the hand of Ram Gulab
Singh that struck.
81 sahib, he sent mere Immediately
to spy upon them, and this | learned:
Drink-House Sam, taking with him the
Chinese of whom the sahib knows, was
sent to Shanghai to wait the coming Of
the Tokamaru, the sahib's ship; and
there at the time the UpolO was in
port. He bribed the man who was
mate to leave the vessel, and also some
of the crew, that there might be room
for the men he had brought; and then,
through the influence of others Of Ram
Gulab Singh's agents in higher quar-
tiers, the captain, who was an honest
man, sahib, was led to induce you to
sail with him in the others place.
But sahib, all this 1 did not learn
at once; and meanwhile your father,
knowing well what threatened, had
stopped at Honolulu and chartered the
Monleigh, as the sahib knows, to fol-
low the Upolo in the hope that he
might reach you in time before the
work was done.
"Sahib, there is but of the murder
of eDrink-House Sam to tell. Here In
Singapore | have crept into the house
of the banker Loo, an cid and crafty
Chinese fox, who is the chief agent Of
Ram Gulab Singh. And it was there
| learned of Drink-House Sam, who,
though he was one of them, was hated
by them because his demands for
money were ever insistent, and be-
cause, sahib, with the years he knew
too much to be refused.
''And there to that house came the
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silence.
Wallen whirled and rushed on deck,
with Laynton stumbling madly behind
him. There was no one in sight save
Gunga, who came running TO meet
them from the rail-thOugh now from
forward, the crew evidently aroused,
came cOmmotion.
"What was it?" shouted LayntOn ex-
citedly. "WhO fired those shots?"
"They seemed to come from there,
Captain Sahib," Gunga answered inn
passively-and pointed forward.
jumped for the ladder and swung him
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Kanaka tonight; and there, too, came
word that you had made trouble at
Drink-House Sans. And, sahib, as
wolves that feed upon themselves and
because it would seem that the guilt
would fall upon the stranger, upon you,
sahib, who had come and fought al
ready with Drink-House Sam tonight,
they went, sahib, and did even as YOU
have seen. Would the sahib, too, have
paid with blood for his fathers blood?
81 meant to do that thing myself;
but because could not escape from
where l was hidden in the house until
all were gone, l was too late. Sahib,
the tale is told.'
No word came from Wallen. For a
long time he sat immovable-while q
cloud obscured the moon, and the
riding lights of the vessel cleaned and
twinkled brighter in the greater dark
ness, and until the moonlight strug-
gled forth again in silver, waving
path-until there came a little splash
in the distance, as though fish had
jumped.
Then Wallen raised his head.
AT the sound Gunga too had stirred,
for now he dipped his oars and rowed
on toward the Monleigh. And then he
spoke again:
"Wash your hands, sahib," he said
in low tones, 'for they are red"
At the gangway Gunga sent the boat
a0rift with a push toward the Mon
leigh's stern; and Wallen, with the
other behind him, mounted to the boat
deck. There was no one on the bridge;
and if there was an anchOr-watch at
all, the man was asleep, for they had
'o.ne alongside unnOticed.
In the doorway of the captains cabin
there were empty glasses on the lock-
er and an empty bottle. Captain Layn-
ton fully dressed, was snoring in his
bunk. He sat up with a start at Wal
lens second knock.
"HellO!" he blinked "Oh, you, Mr..
Wallen And"-he blinked again at
Gunga-'who's this you've got here?'
"My fathers servant-Gunga," Wal
len answered. "YOu remember, [ asked
you about him. Gunga, this is Captain
Laynton."
The East Indian salaamed gravely
and profoundly-and stepped respect
fully back out onto the deck, away
from the cabin.
Captain Laynton stared at Wallen.
Then he rubbed his eyes and stared
again.
"My word" he calculated. "You
look as though you'd been in bally
fight
do II" smiled Wallen. "a few
wharf-rats, that's all, captain. Well
get under way now, if you're ready"
AYE, I'm ready" Laynton replied /;
he was still staring, only more fixedly
now at Wallen's clothes.
Wallen, following the direction of
the others eyes, glanced down-and
his own eyes fixed on an ugly red
smear across his pocket. He had for
gotten that! It was when he had felt
for match.
AYE, I'm ready" said Laynton
again. II was sitting up for you.
Reckon finding that chap was your
business, Ell? Well, I For Gods
sake, what's that?"
1t came sudden, quick as the crack
of doom-two revolver shots in rapid
succession from without-and then
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"This he carried TO the captain,
thinking that the captain would believe
the treasure within his reach and
search for it on his own account in
spite of you, sahib, and so keep you
aboard, for the paper was the position
Ram Gulab Singh had given the Kan
aka, as he had also given the drawing
of the hand; but the captain only took
the paper and babe him hold his
tongue and"
wait" said Wallen quickly. "It is
certain, then, that Captain Laynton
and the crew had nothing to do with
my fathers murder-with Drink House
Sam?'
"It is certain, sahib," Gunga an
swered. Though, too, there are
strange things about that ship-but the
tale Is for another time"
sand this Ram Gulab Singh?" Wal
len questioned through thin lips.
Gunga's eyes were still searching
the water around him in the same in
tent, curious way.
nave SdIllD, uc Sdlu
'Time does not press now. 1t is well
that you should know all before you
go aboard. The ship is to sail at once,
then"
"Yes," said Wallen.
at Is as the Kanakas said," Gunga
nodded "Sahib, question: How did
you know of those Cinnamon and
Drink-House Sam2"
Zone of them told me as he was
dying" Wallen replied, because,
suppose, had nursed him as best l
could through the night"
"Yes," Gunga nodded his head again.
'But / will end first the Kanaka's
tale so that the sahib will understand
all else the better The Kanaka had
been a long time a member of the
crew, long before the ship came to
Honolulu
''It was in Honolulu that for much
money he was hired by one of Ram
Gulab Singh's agents to kill the mas
ter.
eff he failed in that he was to
stir up the crew to dream of the treas
ure-hunt, sahib, which, with so strange
a voyage as was theirs, would readily
be believed, so that 1t might come
about that the crew and officers would
take things into their own hands, and
would take the ship to the place Ram
Gulab Singh had set down upon the
paper, and where Ram Gulab Singh
would lie In wait to work his will upon
the master and upon them all, sahib,
for dead men tell no tales. But for
that paper, sahib, it so fell out, he had
no need until you, by Allah's will, came
also to the ship, as have related. All
this, sahib, I learned tonight while /
lay hidden"
go On!" urged Wallen tensely. II
begin to sea little. My father, Gun
ga-and this Ram Gulab SinghT'
1.-THE young sahib is twenty-four,"
said Gunga. 'It began two years be-
fore you were born. The master was
q great merchant here, owning schoon-
ers by means of which he traded with
the natives. Ram Gulab Singh was
the native governor over a group of
these islands.
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was his; those in his pay were every

was his; those in his pay were every
where.
Twice he tried to bring worse than
death upon the master by attacks upon
your mother And the second time,
sahib"-Gunga's hands around the
oars frightened until the knnckles were
as white knobs protruding from the
sWarthy skin-"it was only by mir
acle that she was saved. But, sahib,
it killed her, even if it were months
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Read What U. S. Dept. of Agricul
Says About What Two Rats Can

According to government figures,
rats breeding continually for IL
years produce $50. 1904 indivio
rats. Act when you see the first
don't wait. RAT-SNAP is the SUR
cleanest, most convenient eXtermil
tor. Drys up after killing-leaves
smell. Cats or dogs won't touch
Three sizes, 35c, Coo, $l25. Sold a
guaranteed by Sands Hardware. c
and Speidel & Speidel.
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self down to the foredeck.

self down to the foredeck.
Wallen's eyes met Gunga's.
"Sahib," said Gunga softly, "shall
a viper sting twice? / was watching
in the boat, for knew we were ahead
of him.. He swims well, but once he
splashed. 1t was Kanaka. He will
swim no more, Sahib."
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Continued next week

Saturday is an opportune time to buy
your felt hat. You are sure to be salts
fed if you buy here.-Moen Hat Shop.
Company.
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Money to Loan.--McGin & William
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-12-03
Ribbons For Gift
Makers

For those who are plan
ming to make novelty and
practical gifts we have a
splendid variety Of rib
bons especially adapted
for making c a misoies,
Vanity Cases, Puff Boxes,
Boudoir Slippers, Carriers
and other little gifts that
please.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-20
GEORGE e. ROBERTS TO DE.
LIVER CLASS ADDRESS ON
TUESDAY, JUNE 10.
MANY ACTIVITIES FOR
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
Class Day Exercises, Reunions, and
Special Features to Mark Week OF
June t1-15-Rev. John n. Melish,
Of Brooklyn, NJ. ", TO Preach 6ao-
calaureate Sermon.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, April 2o.-Details Of the
commencement program of the uni
versity OF Iowa are being arranged
by the committee In charge, appoint
ed by resident Walter A. Jessup, in
GLIDING the class day exercises, class
reunions, and various special fea-
lures.
On Governors day, Friday, June IL,
Governor w. L. Harding will review
the unlversitys cadet regiment OF the
reserve officers training corps, tho
annual senior hop being held the
same evening. Saturday morning
will be the occasion of the senior
class breakfast,
Bacealaureate June 10.
Rev. John Howard Melish, rector OF
the Holy Trinity church, Brooklyn
n. Y. will deliver the baccalaureats
sermon Sunday afternoon. Monday,
June IA. Is set aside as class and
alumni day. Glass day exercises will
be at $50 o'clock in the morning.
Luncheons and dinners Of various
classes returned for reunions will be
held during the day
Roberts for Class Address.
Graduation exercises will be held
Tuesday morning on the campus,
weather permitting. The graduates
Of the class Of 1920 will hear an ad-
dress by George Evan Roberts, di-
rector Of the mint a few years ago.
who was formerly editor Of the Fort
Dodge Messenger.
A June fete on the lawn at the
presidents home Monday afternoon
will be under the supervision Of Miss
Marion R Lyon, director Of physical
education for women at the univer-
sity.
The alumni banquet at noon on
Tuesday. June Is. will mark the end
of the commencement program.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-20
AMES SECURES A. n. FULLER
As HEAD OF CIVIL ENol-
NEeRlNo DEPARTMENT.
RECOGNIZED As ONE OF
FOREMOST MEN IN FIELD
For Eighteen Ysars Has Been Dean
Of Engineering at University OF
Neutrality-suspicious. Design He'll
Gate Aroh Over East River-ee.
aims Duties July I.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, April 9o.-A. II. Fuller. for
eighteen years dean Of engineering ~
the University Of Washington. and AT
present director Of engineering at
Lafayette College, has been appoint
ed head Of the civil engineering de-
partment of lava State College. M.
Fuller will take up his duties hero
the first Of July.
Mr.. Fuller is recognized as one or
the foremost men in the engineering
field. At the same time he enjoys
An excellent professional STANDING
particularly in the east. where he has
been engaged in important engineer
ing work.
Helped Design He'll Gate Arch.
He was associated with Gustav
Lindenthal on the design Of the He'll
Gate arch over East river in New
York, one Of the greatest steel arch
bridges ever constructed. He has
just been engaged in some important
Investigations Of the Niagara river
railroad arch bridge, the first great
railway arch In this country.
Mr.. Fuller was graduated from La
fayette College in 1897, and received
his masters degree from Cornell
University in 1898. Later he re-
ceired his Master OF Science degree
from Lafayette College.
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season fell here Sunday night The
ground In now. literally soaked AND
continued cloudy wet weather Ia
holding back the sowing and plant
ing Of crops.
Rev.~L. r, Smith left Monday FOR
New Auburn. where he Is attending
a district conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The Hardin County National Bank
In now conducting business In .
temporary building. Work on the
new bank building has begun.
The city council at meeting held
Monday evening, determined to DO
gin work shortly on widening the
streets about the court house square,
the board Of supervisors havins
given permission to make the i'm
provement. with tho coming OF the
automobile Eldora has found out
that on busy days and nights are
streets around the square are not
sufficiently wide to accommodate the
traffic.
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Mayor Selects
Cabinet Made
Up of Women

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo. April ao.-cedar Heights.
the pretty little community settle
ment between this city and Cedar
Fails on the Cedar River, is to be-
come noted not only for its idealism
as a homo community settlement,
but because the government Of tho
town is to be administered partially
by women.
Mayor W. F. PARROT, formerly one
of the publishers Of the Waterloo
Reporter, and widely known in Iowa
as former newspaper man. was
elected mayor of Cedar Heights at
the last election. His ambition is to
make Cedar Heights the one out
standing civic beauty spot OF Iowa.
In order 70 aid him in his efforts for
civic pride, he has recognized the
worth Of femininity, and has named
a cabinet OF women TO assist the
town council.
The cabinet comprises twenty
wholeheartedly into all movements
for the beterment and uplift Of the
community. When the council meets
In regular session the women will
convene in an adjoining room. where
they will discuss the problems Of the
community and formulate recon-
mendations for the local governing
board. They win coordinate with the
members Of the city council in mat
tiers pertaining to municipal activi-
ties.
The real duties Of the cabinet will
be to take care Of the civic and
community life. to look after the
boys and girls and provide them with
wholesome recreation, and to make
Cedar Heights so attractive in ply
steal beauty and in community spirit,
that every one who experiences
touch Of its advantages will want to
make It his home. This probably Is
the first body Of women to be insti-
tuted as an auxiliary TO city coun-
Gil anywhere in the United States.
In his annual message to the coun-
Gil Mayor Parrot outlined his plat
form and announced plans for his
administration, which, briefly, is the
uniting and cooperating Of all in a
community spirit, centered about the
church and school.
He proposes to build. II possible,
new school house. roads, and
sewers; and TO take care OF the boys
and girls In a manner to make them
love Cedar Heights and to declare
war on mosquitoes. ri. 10. .R.1i-
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High Williamson. these dams are the
most efficient method Of preventing
soil erosion.
IndlanoIs--The victory Of prohibi-
ton in this state and nation seems
not to have affected the interest In
the cause on tho part Of college ora
tors. Representatives of Morning.
side, Parsons. Western Union. Gem
trail Holiness and Simpson will COM
pete for honors In the annual Iowa
prohibition contest here April so.
Preparations by the local forsenio
league arc now under way.