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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

the elevator. When he snorted go
ahead!" she was mortified. He
thought she was a haysecd. she
worried.
The moment she was in their
room, with the beliboy safely out
OF the way. she looked critically at
Kennicott. For the first time in
months she really saw him
His clothes were too heavy and
provincial. His decent gray suit,
made by Nat Hicks of Gopher Prai-
RE. might have been of sheet iron:
II had no distinction of cut, no easy
grace like the diplomats Burberry.
His black shoes were blunt and not
well polished. His scarf was a
stupid brown. He needed shave.
But she forgot her doubt as she
realized the ingenuities of the room
She ran about, turning on the taps
of the bath-tub. which gushed in.
stead of dribbling like the taps at
home. snatching the new wash-rag
out of its envelope of oiled paper,
trying the rose-shaded light between
the twin beds. pulling out. the draw
ers of the kidney-shaped walnut
desk to examine the engraved sta
tionery, planning to write on II 20
every one she knew. admiring the
claret-colored velvet armchair and
the blue rug. testing the ice-water
tap, and squealing happily when the
water really did come out cold. She
ffung her arms about Kennicott,
kissed him.
Like II, old ladyr-
TITS adorable. It's so amusing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

love you for bringing me. You
really are a dearv'
He looked blankly indulgent, and
yawned. and condescended. That's
pretty slick arrangement on the
radiator, so you can adjust 1t at
any temperature you want. Must
take n big furnace to run this place.
Gosh. hope Bea remembers to turn
off the drafts tonight"
Under the glass cover of the dress
ing-table was a menu with the most
enchanting dishes: breast of guinea
hen De Vitresse. pommes de terre
a la Russo. meringue Chantilly.
gateaux Bruxelles.
"Oh. let's I'm going to have .
hot bath. and put on my new
hat with the wool flowers. and let's
go down and eat for hours, and
we'll have cocktail" she chanted-
While Kennicott labored over or
dering il was annoying TO see him
permit the waiter 10 be impertinent,
but as the cocktail elevated her to
bridge among colored stars, as the
oysters came in--not canned oysters
in the Gopher Prairie fashion. but
on the half-shell--she cried. IF you
only knew how wonderful il is not
to have had to plan this dinner.
and order 1t at the butchers ana
fuss and think about it. and then
watch Bea cook 1t! / feel so free.
And to have new kinds Of food. and
different patterns of dishes ana
linen. and not worry about whether
the pudding Is being spoiled! on.
this IL a great moment Tor mar
Ito Re Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

Cissy Sheldon slipped out OF my
mind for that weekend.
Visions of a summertime In q New
England town faded in and faded
out while Motheriear renewed the
tepid bapdages upon my cyeballs.
Nandy's notion about the poverty
Of romance In my past was all
wrong. Any girl OF is has had one
drcam-romance at least had had
mlne-and Dick Barnes voice over
the phone brought II back TO me
with painful vividness.
The previous summer ] had Wis
tied the Vermont home OF my Revo-
lutionary ancestors for the first
time. And there ! had met Jimmy
Alcott
with the money had saved from
my first years work as star. l
had purchased the farm my fore
bears had surveyed $50 years ago.
The town of GAINESVILLE touched
the boundary OF my farm.
Jimmy. that summer. never learn
cd that I was movie actress. IL
was part OF my vacation plan that
nobody should have a chance to talk
shop to me.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11
BY ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER
BY AHERN

der the trees. and there We sat and
talked in the moonlight-u til
Motherdear called me.
could swim and row and ride
with the boys had gone to high
school with them and to dancing
school--and they were all alike to
me- Just boys! But. Jimmy Alcctt
was different
Perhaps II was because Jimmy was
older-1o years older than 1.
Jimmy had been as much = part
OF that summer as the view or tho
air or the trees. He came to see IN
daily. When he failed TO appear one
evening, Motherdear was a little dis
turbed.
might as well know the ruucr.
she said. Jimmy's father was hav-
ing some business troubles. Due to
the general financial slump. prob
ably. Jimmy would explain /
mustn't be fussy.
But Jimmy Alcott never did ex-
plain. ] never saw him again.
Inside of week, a dreadful scan
dial rocked the little town Of Barnes
Vile
fTo re CoufiuuefY1
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ming.
she was the young poet attacking
fame and Paris.
In the Minneapolis station the
crowd OF iumberjacks. farmers, and
Swedish families with innumcrous
children and grandparents and pa
per parcels. their foggy crowding
and their clamor confused her. She
felt rustic in this once familiar city.
after n year and a half OF Gopher
Prairie She was certain that Ken
nicott was taking the wrong trolley
car. BY dusk. the liquor ware
houses. Hebraic clothing shops. and
lodging houses on lower Hennepin
ave. were smoky. hideous. ill-tem
percd. She was battered by the
noise and shutting Of the rush.hour
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

traffic. When n clerk In an over
coat too closely fitted at the waist
stared at her. she moved nearer 10
Kennlcott's arm. The clerk was
flippant and urban. He was n su-
perior person. used to this tumult.
Was he laughing Mt herr
For moment she wanted the
secure quiet OF Gopher Prairie.
In the hotel.lobby she was self.
conscious. She was not used 10
hotels; she remembered with jeal.
ousy how often Juanita Haydock
talked of the famous hotels In Chi
cago. She could not face the travel
ing statesmen. baronial in large
leather chairs. She wanted people
TO believe that her husband and
she were accustomed to luxury and
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Page SIS
SAVED BY A FOOL

That ueiy woman was a good
sport all right wasn't she7'' David
said. when the-ilttie-l ady-with-
white-curls got 10 that part OF her
story. did the Indians leave
themT'
no. she told him. but they
dropped back a little and followed
as they had before.
I'VE had some beautiful girls,
young iadles mean. in our
party. and for two days not one
OF them dared show her face for
fear tho savages would see and
capture her. we all remained hid
den In the wagons and only the
good. brave woman with the ugly
face could go outside the covers OF
the wagons.
"Thcre was also in the party a
poor half.wittcd fellow. TO whom
my father had been kind.
People urged father not TO let
him Join the emigrant train. but
father felt sorry for him and
wouldn't send him back"
"He'n surely make trouble for
you; the follows a fool. half
crazy the men said. But father
went right on being good to him.
"wcli. we were more and more
uneasy. OF course, as we neared
that stream and found that 1t was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

VT TWO star readers have can.s what
~ es snouKht were
have been emitted "' NV s'eN''A VI ue hoVoi
perhaps has happened readers tand
- nave failed TO every insarment
- tns OF Us beginning In the
s'S On me editorial 20 the comic
may IN those instances. be unwt.
sun roaoing al the latter naturally de
~ enission or the part they failed former
a'.enuea Is thus called TO the
take viii not be repeated ~ ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-11

a regular mountain trail along the
edge OF precipice.
below us the river rushed
madly over great rocks. and II
looked deep and wider than we
had expected. and was full OF
whirlpools and eddiea Little
wooded islands dotted Il and from
ono OF these, larger than the
rest. smoke rose from the camp
fires OF another band of Indians.
FAN the time the leaders OF our
party were talking and planning
and wondering what they could do
n the Indians should attack US In
the narrow gorge, the poor half
wit had been watching the In
dams. putting together bit by bit
the things he could understand of
what they said. and working his
stupid brain for all Il was worth.
"Now, don't know whether
you children know II or not. but
Indians are most awfully afraid OF
anything unnatural. And from the
first they showed sort of fear
of that boy. and somehow or other
he knew It,"
Nearer and nearer came the
dangerous, narrow trail along the
edge OF the precipice, and nearer
and nearer crcpt the savages. rid
ing now close UP to the side OF
each slow.moving wagon. Inside
the wagons we covered and wait
cd, outside the crazy boy rode
back and forth, watching.
Go BE Continued
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CTo BE Continued
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
SINGLE DRINK ENOUGH TO
CONVICT IN PETERSBU RG

Petersburg, Va. Nav 3.-DeEp!te
the recent drastic prohibition law
-ulingse in this city, high prices of
booze and increasing activity of the
police against bootlegging and moon
shining, liquor still is obtainable
here.
This is evidenced by the regu-
'ar number Of persons hailed to court
Zach morning on drunkenness charges
However, when these unlucky ones fall
into the tolls Of the law they have
disposed of their liquor in sundrr
ways, and seldom are any caught
with the smallest amount on their
person. In this way. they escap"
prosecution under the dry laws,
he court having held here recently
kat even one drink of contraband
.piritS in ones possession was suffic-
lent to hold him for violating the
prohibition laws.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
II TRUE BILLS
RETURNED By JURY
Eleven Charged With Flo-
lating Prohibition
Law
2 YEARS FOR LARCENY.
Gases Against Three Young Men
Charged With Burglarizing Store OF.
julius Wolf Set For May 81

True bills to seventeen ou; OF e:gh-
teen indictments presented this af-
tarncon were returned by grand jury
in the corporation court Judge Robin
son Moncure presiding. Preston q.
Cockey was foreman Of the jury.
Out Of the eighteen cases presented
eleven were for violations of the prohl
b;tion law, some had at their p:aces
of business various concoctions which
contained more than the amount of al
cohol permitted under Mr.. Volstead's
act and .here were others who hat
the real cid time rye liquor in their
possession. In one case the jury re-
turned two true bills against the ac-
cused f.. selling alleged whiskey.
Three o: the persons charged with
violating the prol1ibtion law entered
pleas of guilty and were fined $50
each ant. costs.
Indictments were returned against
three nor residents giving the names
CT Wal:er Smith, John Harris and Os-
car CAN'T charged with breaking into
the store Of Julius Wolf, clothier,
which occurred Marcn Is, Their tria!
was Sc. for May "a. The court also
fined one man fer violating the prohi-
bition law $50 ard added jail SEN
tanee ef ninety days, this 1sing his
second Cffense.
Following a plea CT guilty James
Jackson, charged with grand larceny,
was sentenced to tw1 years III the
psnitentiary. In the case of colo,ed
man charged with grand larceny tbs
ju1y returned not true bill. True
bills for grand larceny also were re-
turned n two cases.
Others on the jury IN addition to the
foreman follow: f. German Ridgeiy
C. Page Waller, jr.. l.. Levinson. J.
Reec,c Cation, c. s. Taylor Burke and
Arthur NJ. King.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Hughes Tells Simons German
Proposals Are Unacceptable

Washington, May 3.-The German
reparat;ors contemporaries are an
acceDtat,'c as basis fer discussion.
Secretary Hughes informed DR.. Sim
ons, the German Foreign Minister, in
a no:e dispatched last night to Loring
Dressed, the American high commits
sicncr in Berlin The text follows.
"The Government Of the United
States has received the memorandum
left by Jr. Sinons with the commits
sioner of the United States, under date
of April "a, rela ting to reparations.
reply, this Government states tha: It
finds Itself unable to reach the con-
c!usicn that the proposals afford a
basis for discussion acceptable to the
Allied governments and that these pro
posals cannot be entertained. This
Government, therefore, again express
ING its earnest desire for a prompt SCI
tlement Of this vital question, strongly
urges the German Government: at once
to make directly to the Allied Govern
ments clear, definite and adequate pro
posa!s which would in all respects
NEXT lis just obligations
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
RELIANCE FIRE CO.
IS REQRCANIED
New Company Starts Out
Win 30 Charter Mem
bers
MUELLER PRESIDENT
Complete Set of Officers Chosen
Gathering Called 70 Order by May
or j. VI. Duncan

The Reliance Fire Engine Company
No. ) was reorgahized hast night at
meeting held al the company'S
house with u charter membership Of
thirty. The meeting was called to or-
der by Mayor James VI. Duncan and
the following officers were elected:
Carl Mueller. president; W. ". De-
maine, first vice president; c. NJ.
Stump, second vice PRESIDENT; William
Sullivan, secretary; Jas. Kennedy,
assistant secretary; Charles W. King,
treasurer; Andrew I. Sullivan, cap.
tain; II. G. Padgett, fi,1:t lieutenant:
Nelson V. Washington. second leu
tenant; F.. Modena, commander Of
hose; Henry c. Aaron, recorder.
The charter members Of the new
company are as follow: Harry Padgett
Eugene Simpson J. ". Meades, Thos.
Cockrcll. Nelson V Washington, +.
Modcna, Henry C.. Aaron. w. w. De-
maine. A. T. Sullivan, J. a. Kennedy,
J. +. Pearson, W. Sullivan, Carl
Mueller. Harry Hinken, Frank Mich
o!bach, James A. Williamson. Clarence
NJ. ToombS, Ei2in B. Harris. R. d.
Washington, F. L. Ward, VIM. Klaus
William Remington, Richard Green,
ir.. W:ngate Summers. NJ. +. Greene,
charles Stump.
Tn honorary members are Judge
L. c. BARLEY, II. l.. Chichester, ".
6. Ayers. William H. Cook.
Membership committee Henry c.
Aaron. ". w. Dcmainc and H. G.
Padgett
Both the Relief and Reliance Com
panicS are now rc0rganized the va
cancies caused by the designations OF
the volunteers of these TWO compan-
:es being filled.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
BL ACk HAND MURDER
DEVELOPS NEW THRILLS

New York. May 3.---Po!ice bat
ties. automobile chaseS, mysterious
shcts from ambush early today fca.
turad the hunt for the Black Hand
gangstcrs who strang!cd and stab
bed Mrs. Celeste CaSseSe, of Orange.
y. j.. in an automobile near So@th
Oran~e, Friday night.
While Michael Sellito. % years
old, who was bound and gagged by
ths bandits was being gr-i!Ied by the
police there was excitement in the
vicinity of the Staying. Soon after
midnight the police on guard about
tie Scllito home heard Il pistol fired
in clump Of bushes. Although
detectives rushed Immediately to
Tic spot they could find no trace If
the gun user.
Shortly after tn. mysterious shot
men approached the scenc Of the
murder. The occupants paid no heed
IN the command TO halt. Detectives
and uniformed men opened fire. Their
shots were returned by three Nor
in the car. The police commanders
ed an automohil" and pursued. Afte'
a chase Of several miles IN which
4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Engineer Sent
TO Priscn by Soviet

Riga, May 3.-iThe Moscow lzvest-
ia. in recording the sen:ence OF Royal
C. Kecly, an American engineer. to
two years imprisonment by the Ro.-
sheviki en- the charge of circulating"
false reports tending to discred.t soF-
let Russia, says the time keely has al
ready spent in prisoa, vii! De de;5uc-ed
frcm the sentence.
keely went to Russia as an expert
technical adviser to the soviet govern
me1lt, III which capacity, the lzves.ia
says, ne issued reports through AT
chanistan TO bourgeois newspapers.
aimed against soviet institutions. At
his tria', he was unable to produce r.
burt:ng evidence. the newspaper as
serts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Additional News
Two Letters Weekly Hereafter From
Town of Potomac


Beginning today The Gazette starts
in with m additional letter from the
town of Potomac. Hereafter news
from this town VIII be supplied twice
a week :.y Miss Mildred L. Emerson,
tire Gazette representative.
All TIE news worth while vi! oe
supplied by Mss Emerson every
Tuesday and Friday, although if
occasion should arrant the Friday let
ter may net be used until Saturday.
The increased circulapi48 III the
growing city north of Alexandra am
ply warrants an additional news SER
vice from this town.
Persons having news OF interest
from this town will confer favor on
the management by phoning Miss Mil
Gred L. Emerson whose phone number
is 1872.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Verdict For $1,000
Alexia Frye Awarded Damages For
InldrieS When Struck BY Auto

4 verdict for $1,000 damages was
given BY jury in the corporation
ccur: yesterday in the suit of AlcXia
Frye by his next friend James H.
Frye, jr., in his suit again<.: Joseph
Caporalocta. The object Of the suit
was - recover damages in the sum
CT $5 600 for injuries sustained March
II. $50 when he was struck an:
Knocked down By an automobile drlvc3
~ Caporaletta. The accident happen
ed in Fairfax county. The plaintiff
was represented by Attorney Frack
Stuart and the defendant by Attoc-
ncys r. B. Washington and H. W.
Smith.
The case was heard in the corpo-
ration court, and Judge S. G. Brent
presided in place of Judge Robinson
Moncurc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
American Legion
Var Hero To Address Gathering Fri
day Night

day Night
The regular monthly meeting ct
Post "a, American Legion. will BE
held Friday at s p. M. at the cham
Der of commerce, at which time the
members will be addressed by Ca.0t.
Jensen formerly Of the Canadian
Black Watch Regiment, which was
practically wiped out on two occa-
sons, and Capt. Jensen was serious
y wounded. He was also At Firy
Ridge, when the Germans launched
.heir first gas ATTACK for which the
British were urpr-pared and suffer.
:ed heavy losses.
All members of the Legion are
Urgently requested to be present at
this meeting and hear some very in
.,creStirs experiences Of three years
n the front line trerches.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Festival A Success
Large Crowd Present at Opening Of
st. Mary's Academy Bazaar

The first evening Of 81. Mary's
Academy May festival was decided
success. The auditorium of the insti-
:ut;cn. where the faj: is ocin@ he'd,
was crowded throughout the evening,
and everyone presen. seemed 70 ENJOY
the affair. The. evenings program was
concluded By vaudcv lie ard Minstrel
sketch under the direction Of Norris
Roland ard assisted nv The Columbian
Players Of this city.
The !.a!! was beautifully ,Iecoratei
and in TIE fore-evenng an excellent
supper for 30 per plate was serTed IN
The basement Of the hall! The suppcrs
will Oe served this evening and to-.
morrow ovrning beginning az g
o'c!oGk. Among the different booths
to be ssen al the festival is the Coun-
trv Sscrc being conducted by st.
Mary's Sunday School Teachers. The
festival Will continue tonight and to-
morrow evening. and all the friends
rf st. Mary's are cordially invited 10
astan:h
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
READS BIBLE WHILE
LANDLORD FUMFS

New York. May 3.--,B"lisvirE &
hat Providenee never would have
:harged s166 67 a month rent for q
one room Office in the Aeolian Build
ing on Fortr-second street, Mrs.
Leila NJ. Tirslsv, a pcbhc stsno~-
-auher, is holding the fort against
he processes of the Law. swarins in
her roe:&ing chair and reading her
Bihle while ths agents Of the build
ing cudgel their wits for some way
If diSposs~ssine her.
The rent has been raised fruu' 500
20 sl6G 81 in three years. and the
L.st ra;se was GOO much for the
morals OF this religious tenant.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Effort 10 Free IankS in

Soviet Jails Frrccas!
Definite action 10 bring about tn"
release cf all American citizens hr!d
in Russia as hostages will he taken
shortly by the State Department.
About 25 Americans are in Mos
cow. The total number now in Rus
s;a does not exceed 100. and of these
about - are Russian wives and chill
dren Of natcraIizc;l American citI-
zcns. About 6 or are actually IN
prison.
Ii ngv be stated positively that
there will be no recognition OF the
Moscow government nor anTdirect
negotiation with its representa-.
tives.
In snite Of the attitude res"rted
/, by the Soviet authorities about 40
Americans have succeeded in lear-
inc the country or have been aided
to escape within the.olast year:
Tire ultimarum demanding the
release Of the Americans pfohsbly
will he presented through another
nation having agents in Russia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
W. Va. rclice Scour
Hills For ASsasSins

Charleston, ". Va. May 3.-Thc
hills of kanawha county are being
SECURED tonight by State and county
police for the four masked men who.
en- The night Of Ap,il "a. murdered tn"
States chief witness in the killing OF
Magistrate Thomas Martin in a moor
shine battle a month ago.
The witness, James A. Richards, ar
aged mcuntainecr, was declared TO be
the Only man who knew by when Ma,
tin was killed. Three attacks ny al
legged m0onshincrs from behind bould
ers ON me night of March 26 resulted
in the Magistrates death and the in
jury cf several of his deputies.
The home cf Richards was enterc:'
late at night by four masked men. HIS
wife fled from the scene, two minutes
later hearing three snots Turning he!
head, she saw the two room log cabin
in flames.
Mrs. Richards Continued 10 the hcmc
Ct her brothec, quarter Of a mile
away. Returning with her orcther anf
two neighbors, she found only pile
Of ashes and biackenei kitchen uten-
sils and irorwa,e where the cab:r
had stood. A search through the ashes
revealed several charred and almost
consumed bones.
The battle in which the mag strate
was hiiled was one of the most dranis
tic in eha history of West Virginia
mconsh:Ee war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
Former Firemen
Hold Meeting and Announce Purpose
to be Made Public Later

Preliminary arrangements for the
organization of q club were mapped
out last night at i meeting Of abou:
100 former vclur.tee, firemen held in
the office Of Kenneth W. Ogden, form
or fire chief. It was announced at the
close cf the meeting that the pur.
prses Of the organization Will be ar
n1uped later in the week. The meet
::ns was presided over jointly by j..
Edward Shinn, former president OF
The Relief COMPANY and J. SD Doug.
las, former president Of the Reliance
Company. A temporary organization,
was effected with the election OF a.
r. Fair, treasurer. and A. Sidney Man
Fir, secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
N QUEBEC
DIE TO. GAME SHORTAGE

Montreal. Nav 3 Introduction
tf the modern long range rifle, re-
$ultng in depletion o. wild game in
Northern OucGcc, is forcing Indians.
md Esnuimauv into cann;5aliam.
Rev. W. G.. Walton. English
hurch missionary in the Northland.
declared here today.
The clergymen related an incident
n which police Of the Hudson Bay
region refused 10 arrest 3. man su$.-
rected Of murder. because to do 60
would have left his family to stavr
10 death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-05-03
MARDl' GRAS
Ore Of Most Attractive CoruSes CT
'Springtime'-Hospital
Benefit Play

Among the chorus groups Of the
hospital benefit play will be Mardi'
Gras scene. In this will appear
Misses Virginia wilkins. Louise
Carlin, Mabel Blunt. Margaret Rob
:nson. Virginia Bladen. Roberta
Schneider, Mary Lee Spilman, Ro-
-;ha Howell, Dorothy Haycock, Vir-
afinia Steele and Icsz Simpson. :
Tickets will be distributed this af-
erncon to the groups rehearsirg.
end will be given to ths members of
.he cast and other chorus"s tonight.
They are now on sale at Warfeld's
lrug store. ready to De reserved for
the shows, Thursday and Friday Of
rsXt week.