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Evening star., 1921-04-25
PLAN NEW MOVES
TOA|DC. & 0. CANAL
Cumberland Residents Anx-
ious to Develop General
Business on Waterway.
BOOSTER TRIP TALKED OF
Washington Business Men Would
Build Up Trade With Towns
Along Route,

BUSINESS men of Cumberland. Md,
the western terminus of the Chesa-
leake and Ohio canal are anxious IN
cooperate with Washingtonians in
an effort to save the historic water
way IT was stated today by Repre-
sentative Frederick ~ Zihlman upon
MS return from Il visit of several
days in Cumberland.
IT the Navy Department decides to
continue coal shipments over the
canal to Indian Head, thereby insur-
ing the operation of the waterway
TINS year. Cumberland interests un-
doubtedly viii make an effort to de-
Eclop general business over the canal
IN order that it may not depend for
It's existence in the future on the
Nays support. Mr.. Zihman said. The
executive committee Of the Cumber-
land Chamber of Commerce, he said,
already has the matter under con-
sideration
Boosters Trip Planned.
Secretary Charles J. Columbus of
the Washington Merchants and Man
Efacturers' Association stated today
plans for boosters trip to Cumber-
iand VIII be made as soon as there
IS any assurance of the canal being
operated.
Mr.. Columbus sees no reason why
cargoes should not be developed for
the coal boats that now return to
Cumberland empty. He mentioned
some of the towns along the canal
with which he thought business rela-
tions could be established The
boosters trip, if made. will include
brief stops at Seneca, Point of Rocks.
Brunswick. Harpers Ferry. Shepherds
town, Sharpsburg. Williamsport. Han
cock. Orleans and Old Town.
The proposed boosters trip. Mr.. Co
lumbus said. would afford an oppor-
tunity for the association to inspect
the suitability of sites along the canal.
outside the city limits, for the estab-
lishment Of Washington's future
manufacturing Industries. This is the
logical direction for the capitals
growth, he thinks.
Tire Firm May Help Canal.
Reference also was made by Mr.. CO.
lumbus to the fact that the Kely-Spring-
held Tire Company of Cumberland is
considering importing its raw materials
by way of the canal. He said that de-
veiopment Of the canals potentialities
might include the establishment in
of receiving depots for big
land which might find it more economical
to get their raw materials by water
rather than by rail
The Navy Department is expected to
reach decision in the canal matter
this week Should the verdict favor
the waterway. coal boats which are
being held in readiness at Cumberland
will be loaded without delay, it is stated
If the decision is unfavorable the canal
may go out of business for all time.
Evening star., 1921-04-25
MRS. HAYES DIES.
Was Widow of Brig. Gen. E. M.
Hayes

Mrs. Harriet Gertrude Hayes. wild
ow of Brig. Gen. K. NJ. Hayes, died
yesterday at the residence of her son.
DR.. J. Mortimer Hayes, Davidsonville,
Anne Arundel county. Md.
Funeral and interment services will
be held at Arlington Cemetery tomor-
row afternoon at , O'Clock. Mrs.
Hayes is survived by three children,
DR.. J. Mortimer Hayes. Mrs. j. w.
Wilson and Lieut.. Col. Jack Hayes, L.
S. A.
Evening star., 1921-04-25

the time we reached the boats He
made an attempt to reach the canoe,
I know. but the wind carried it just
beyond his reach"
George Geanaros of the Continental
Trust Company and Harry Shirley,
who was in an outing party nearby,
aided in the attempt to rescue Willis
and in the subsequent search for the
body.
No relatives of the family of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis, who occupy an apartment
at 1411 Irving street, live in this city
For that reason Mrs. Willis remained
last night at the Garfield Hospital.
Her brother is expected here late to-
day. Mr.. Willis has a brother in San
Francisco and his mother lives in
Toledo. Both he and his wife are
native Ohioans.
Watson is dragging the river, aided
by the police of the harbor precinct,
today.
Evening star., 1921-04-25
WILL HAVE MAIL CARRIED.
Delivery Service for Hyattsville to
Begin Nav Is.

Village delivery mail service is to
be inaugurated in Hyattsville. Md.
May 16, according to an order issued
today by Col. Hubert Work, first as
sisitant postmaster general, and COM
municated to the postmaster there
and to Thomas H. Welsh, the mayor
One full-time carrier and one part
time carrier will be allowed Hyatts-
vile under the order issued today.
Mayor Welsh said the town has been
fighting for this service for a long
time. and is happy to know that in
stallation has been ordered.
Evening star., 1921-04-25
SUES FOR MAINTENANCE.

Mrs. Mollie Schwartz today filed suit
for maintenance in the District Su-
preme Court against Martin Schwartz
employed as a druggist. They were
married February II, 1918, and have
one child. Non-support and desertion
are alleged. Attorneys J. D. Eason.
jr.. and J. B. Stein appear for the
wife.
Evening star., 1921-04-25

Contributions to the fund of
$4,000 being raised TO continue
me work of the Instructive
Visiting Nurse Society should
." addressed to r. S. Huide-
@oper. care of the Instructive
sitting Nurs" Society, 14l3 q
street northwest.
Evening star., 1921-04-25

The Switzerland Synod of the Prot
estant Church has decided to allow
unmarried Swiss women to act as
minister's
Evening star., 1921-04-25

Canoe just Beyond reach.
1T was less than a minute from the
time he yelled until he disappeared
In reality he was not to be seen by
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13

quiet. breaking out once, in the meat
course, to tell me that he'd just had
forwarded telegram from an old friend
of his that would stop us off for
day or two in Portal City, the head
quarters of the Pioneer Short Line.
Farther along, pretty well into the ice
cream and black coffee, he came to life
again to ask me if had noticed the
young lady and the girl in the Pull
man section next to ours
told him l had, and then, because
l had never known him to bother his
head for two minutes in succession
about any woman, he gave me
shock; said they were ticketed to
Portal City-and to find that out he
must have asked the train conductor
adding that when we reached Portal
it would be the neighborly thing for
me to do to help them off with their
handbags and see that they got a cab
if they wanted one.
Sure l WILL" says 1. THAT is, If
the lady's husband isn't there to meet
them. Her suit case has her name,
Mrs. Sheila Macrae,' on it,"
The boss has way of making two
up-and-down wrinkles and a little
curved horseshoe line come between
his eyes when he is going to reach
for you.
There are times, Jimmie, when you
see altogether too much" he said,
sort of gruff.
'Macrae,' you say: that is Scotch
And so is 'Sheila.' Most likely the
names, both of them, are only hand
downs. She looks straight American
to me-"
'She is pretty enough to look any,
thing" l threw in, just to see how he
would take it.
Right you are, Jimmie" he agreed.
I've been looking at the back of her
neck all day. There are so many
women who don't measure up to the
promises they make when you see 'em
from behind. You catch a glimpse of
a pretty neck, and when you get
around to the face you find out that
the neck was only a bit of bluff"
If had been eating anything in the
world but ice cream believe it would
have choked me. What he said led
up to the admission that he had been
making these face-and-neck compari-
sons for goodness knows how long,
and | couldn't surround that, all at
once. You see, he was such picture
of mans man in every sense of the
word; a fighter and hard-hitter,
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13

lucky things this side of Mesopota-
mia! How the dev-how in thunder
did you manage to turn up hereYo And
all that, you know.
Inc explanations. such as they were,
came later. AS matter of course
the tax jumped first to the mysterIous
hoid-up and kidnapping and the reason
why. Ihere had been no violence
the pistol shots had been merely
meant to scare the trainmen-ond
mere mad been no attempt at robbery :
lor mat matter. Mr.. Chadwick hadn't
even seen the kidnapers, and had.
nnown what was going on until after
It was all over. 70
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
BY
FRANCIS
LYNDE

n question ut the two women. WIN
Won two stay here with Jimmie whie
On and see what l can find in that
gulch?"
They both paid me the compliment
of saying that 4 ,y'd stay with me-
but the young woman suggested that
II might be lust rs well If we should
oll 90 up the gulch together. SO we
piked out in the dark, the boss heip-
.np Mrs. Sheila to hobo along over
the cross-ties of the spur, and the lit
tle girl stumbling on behind with me.
We had followed the spur track up
the guch for maybe short quarter
of a mile when we came to the en-
gine. As we had feared 1t might be-
the big machine was crippled. There
was Il key gone out of one of the con-
nectinc-rod crank-pin straps; one
mis-. rahle little piece of steel. maybe
eight inches long and taperins one
way, and half an inch or so thick the
other; but that was a-plenty. we
couldn't make move without 1t.
thought we were done for, but Mr..
Norcross chased me up into the cab
for lantern. With the light we be-
gan to hunt around in the short grass.
| had been sensible enough to show
the little girl the other connecting-rod
kew. so she knew exactly what to look
for, and it did me heap of good
when il turned out that she was the
one who found the lost bit of steel.
"rve got tive got itr she cried /;
and sure enough she had. The hold-up
people had merely taken it out and
thrown it aside on the extremely prob
able chance that nobody would be
foolish enough to look for it so near
at hand, or, looking, would be able TO
find it in the dark.
1t didn't take more than minute
or two, with wrench from the en-
gineer's box, to put the key back in
place. Then, with one to boost and
the other to pull, we got our two
passengers up into the high cab.
threw few shovel-fuls of coal into
the firebox and put the blower on ;
and when we were all set, the boss
opened the throttle and we went care
fully nosing ahead over the old track,
feeling our way up the gulch and keep
ing sharp lookout for the Alexa as
we ground and squealed around the
curves.
1t must have been four or five miles
back in the hills to the place where
we found the private car, pushed in
on an old mine-loading track at the
end of the spur. The other members
of the crew were off and waiting for
us; and standing out on the back plat
form, in the full glare of the head
light as we nosed up for n coupling
there was big, gray-halred nan
bareheaded and dressed in rough 'ooli-
ing old clothes like mining .ios
| pector.
The big man was "Uncle John
Chadwick, and if he was properly
astonished at seeing us turn up with
his lost engine, he didn't let it inter.
fere with our welcome. Mr.. ChadwicA
seemed to know Mrs. Sheila; ut any
rate, he shook hands with her and
called her by name. Then he grabbed
for the boss and fairly shouted al
him: well, well. Graham of all the
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13

right from the jump. And to a man
of that sort women are usually no
more than fluffy little side-issues, as
Eve said when they told her she was
made out of Adams rib.
That ended the dining-car part of
1t. The sure-enough. Knockout round
was fought at the rear end of our
Pullman. which happened to be the
last car In the train. AS we walked
back after dinner Mr.. Norcross gave
me cigar and said we'd go out to
the observation platform to smoke.
When we reached the door we found
the young lady and the girl standing
at the rear railing to watch the track
nnroiI itself under the trucks. The
young lady was wearing 8 coat with
a storm collar. but ne IA Ia aafur
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
CHAPTER ~
MIR. chadwick,s specIaI

or course, as soon us the skip-out
Of the four hold-up men gave us a
free hand we knew 1t was up to us to
get busy and do something. It was a
safe bet that the Alexa was carrying
her owner, and In that case Mr.. John
Chadwick and HIS train crew were
somewhere back in the hills, without
an engine, and with good prospect
OF staying put" until somebody should
go and hunt them up.
We've got to. find out what they've
done with Mr.. Chadwick" Mr.. Nor
cross broke out. And then: 1T cant
be very far to where they have lef.
the engine, and II they haven't Grip
pied IT, He stoppsd short ana sluns
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
THE WREcKlNe OF THE WREcKERs.

"She is married now, and husband is still huing.
little couldn't do anything but cape like chicken ruth
nip simply ferci kew, weI as knew anything
gone Mrs Shea that he had fallen lore
the back of her neck and then NTH her pretty face and
her; and that the why he had let
Cladwick psuade him 10 stay Portal City the fact that
her and to sho her how he could make
perfectly good spoon the spoiled horn of the Pioneer Short
Line
There's The in nutshel-a railroad by
Lynde;
a-a is make em
road which
his nmtabl the BOSS"
nd hand
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13

We trailed off together up the track,
two and two. the boss walking Win
the young woman. After we'd counted
few of the cross-ties, the girl said ;
rs your name Jimmie DoddsT And
when | admitted it: Mine Is Maisie
Ann. I'm Sheila's cousin on her moth
er's side. l think this is great lark !;
don't you?'
Il can tell better after its over"
said. Maybe We'll have to stay here
all night"
II shouldn't mind" she came back
airily II haven't been up all night
since l was little kiddie and our
house burned down"
We reached the big water tank, and
the boss picked out one of the square
footing timbers for a seat. 1t seemed
as if he were finding it good bit
harder to get acquainted with his half
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13

of the combination than l was with
mine, but after little the young wo-
man thawed out a bit and made him
talk-to help pass away the time,
took it-and the little girl and l sat
| and listened. When the young woman
finally got him started, the boss told
her all about himself, how he'd been
railroading ever since he left college
and lot of things that I'd never even
dreamed of. It's curious how pret-
ty woman can make man turn HIM
self inside out that way, just for her
amusement.
The boss asked her If she were
warm enough. saying that If she were
not, he and l would scrape up some
sage-brush or something and make
fire. She replied that she didn't care
for a fire, that the night wasn't at
all cold-which it wasn't. Then she
showed that she was human, clear
down TO the tips of her pretty fingers.
You may smoke If you want to-"
she told the boss. II sha'nt mind it
in the least"
The boss lighted his cigar Then
there was more talk, in which it
turned out that the young woman and
her cousin We're to have been met at
Portal City by somebody she called
Cousin BASIL" but there wouldn't be
any scare, because she had written
ahead to say that possibly they might
stop over with some friends in one of
the apple towns.
Then Mr.. Norcross said he wouldn't
miss anything by the drop-out but an
appointment he had with an old
friend, and he guessed that could wait.
listened. thinking maybe he would
mention the name of the friend, and
after a while he did. The forwarded
Portal City telegram the boss had got
ten just before we went to dinner in
the dining-car was from "Uncle John"
Chadwick. the Chicago wheat king,
and that left me wondering what the
mischief Mr.. Chadwick was doing
away out in the wild and woolly west
ern country where they raise more
apples than they do wheat, and more
mining stock schemes than they do
either.
We had been marooned for nearly
NItn StIuCh Il anu
looked at my watch. Mr. NOrcross
was doing his best to kill time for the
young woman. and he was just in the
exciting part of a railroad story, telling
about right-of-way fight on the Mid
land, when the little girl grabbed my
arm and said: "Listen!"
did. and broke In promptly. "Ex-
cuse me-" I called to the other two
but I think there's a train coming"
The boss cut his story short and
we all listened. 1t seemed that was
wrong. The noise we heard was more
like an auto running with the cut-out
open than a train rumbling.
''What do you make it., Jimmle?"
came from the boss end of the tim
ber.
Motor car" I said, pointing in the
darkness toward the east.
Ny guess was right. In less than
a minute we saw the lights Of the cur,
1t stopped little way below the water
tank and about d hundred yards north
Of the track, or maybe less, and four
men came tumb1ing out Of It. II 1
had been alone on the Job should
probably have called to the men q
IA .i. 8. II ~ +
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
.RECkLES
Now Il the Time to Get Rid q
These Usly Spots-

There's no longer the slightest p..s =
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Cthss
double Btrength-is guaranteed to rensn
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of Othine-dous,
strength-from your druggist, and appy /,
little of 1t night and morning and M
should soon see that even the worst frs,tu
have begun to disappear. while the llgh,u
ones have vanished entirely. II Is uli.,
that more than one ounce Is needed to e,-.
pletely clear the skin md gain a beaui.d
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double str,rrs
Othine. as this is sold under gaaraut.s
money back II It fails to remove irecksi
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
Perforatina Enuslnno..

Perforation around the return n.
dress of an envelope enables the !.
ceiver of the letter to use the crO,s,
card as the address for return I,.
ter. BY tearing off the perforati,
the name and address of the send,
may be taken from the envelope AMI
pasted on the answering letter Sp,,
practice, according to Popular Mecb,,.
les, will insure correct addressing
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
Frank.

"Well, he's frank, even If he Ia.
tactful."
"In what way2"
ale admits he wants all the mOng
he can make; he says in most matter
he thinks of himself and his own b.
terest first and he doesn't claim that b
was happier when he didn't have !
dollar to his name"
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
Acid Stomach
for 10 Years
NOW A Different WoIl.
4
Earnestly Praises Eataas

"My wife was great sufferer lI5
acid stomach for 10 years" writes =
D. Crippen, ''but is different wOun
since taking EatOnic." n
Sufferers from acid stomacaI
Eatonic help you also. 1t quickly a1s ,ar
up and carries out the excess asiuJ
and gases and makes the stomach ~ y,
and comfortable. You digest ea,.1 ~
get the full strength from your ~ ~
feel well and strong. free froln ~ n
ing, belching, food repeating, az az ~ n
box costs costs only trine Will y
druggists guarantee.
The Ordway new era., 1921-05-13
ivs eh.nsed my mind, u..
Gle 'ehn-i'll take the job"
ITO BE CONTINUED

4 genuine friend win indorse =,
! 'esst 'sss n'ns out q ~ q sour boasta b 4
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01
MORE POLITICAL GOSSIP

Mrs. Raymond Baker, wife O. Ray
mond Baker, of Reno, Superintendent
of the Mint, and one oi the wealthiest
women OF New York, and Nevada,
has, it is said, an ambition to see her
husband elected United States Sen
ator in 1922, from her home state,
says Samuel Ewing i'll the San Fran
cisco Bulletin, and plans to have that
ambition realized were formulated
last Monday in the national capital,
according tc the interesting story
current today in the local Nevada col
ony
That United States Senator Key
Pittman, whose term expires i'll two
years, has informed the Baker fami-
ly that he will not seek reelection
and will do all he can to persuade
Nevada voters to vote lfor Baker, is
part of the colony's interesting gossip
A brilliant lawyer, Pittman has been
having a hard time in Washington on
his salary. He is said to have some
brilliant offers to enter law firms in
this city, Reno and Chicago
The Pittman promise to help Ba-
ker means much in the Sagebrush
State for the former is said to be a
strong influence with the two FAM
Gus factions in Nevada Democracy
the Nevada Native Sons and the
Colorado contingent" The latter
holds most of the Federal places in
that state, and has been remarkably
| successful i'll politics, mining, banking
and labor union control
Bold in her vision and audacious
in her political plotting Tor her hus-
band, these local colonists have Il
that Mrs Baker already has the
wires pulling to induce Senator Chas.
B. Henderson, Democrat, who was de
feated at the last election by the re.
publican, Tasker l.. Oddie, TO run for
governor, now that Governor Emmett
d. Boyle, democrat, does not want a
reelection
One OF Henderson brothers said
today that he will advise Henderson
not to be party to the Baker plans.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01
OUTLOOK GOOD FOR
THE VALLEY RANCHES

The unusually early storms that
have visited the Douglas county Sec
ton already this fall, have put out a
lot of snow n the mountains and have
laid good foundation for the storms
of winter, giving promise OF great
ly increased flow of water for the
irrigation OF crops during the next
season. says the Gardnerville Record,
The early storms are enthusia stically
welcomed by the farmers OF Carson
Valley. who have experienced an ex-
terme shortage of water for the past
three years. with the result that pas
ture and range conditions have been
anything but satisfactory. During
the past summer, mountain springs,
never known to be dry. ceased flow
ig as result of the extreme short
age of snow during the past three
years. With a normal snowfall dur
ing the coming winter. it is anticipat-
I'd that water conditions will return
| 10 normal, condition most desired
by the farmers of Carson Valley.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01

have 30-ton lot to send to the mill
within two weeks.
Hickey < Hardwick leasing on the
l-Oest mine west g. town, have another
shipment ready TO be milled but owing
to bad weather have been unable to
get it hauled to the mill, The ore is
high grade and it is estimated that
10 tons of thelot will run over 5000
per ton. TheOest shows on the map
as the Comet mine and is one of the
old-time producers of the district
J. B. Kendall OF Goldfeld, who
recently acquired several claims near
the Oest has closed a deal with He
key & Hardwicll and Jerry Donovan
for the Essex group, which he pro-
poses to incorporate with the Silver
Vein group adjoining. The claims
are about one mile west of Silver
City and in the heart OF proven dis
trici, with the Oest mine on the
5outh and the Haywood adjoining on
The west both large producers There
are good surface showings on all OF
claims.
Jerry Donovan has opened up a
fiyeJ.oot vein OF ore on the United
Comsntock Extension group while
doing assessment work. An average
sample assayed SIS in gold and five
ounces in silver The ground adjoins
the south end of the United Comstock
Mines Company.
II. p. Kervin has encountered
body OF good ore on the Willemma
mine at depth a. $50 and will send
lot to the McTigue mill Some of
the ore extracted shows free gold.
Leasers on the Justice north OF
Devils Gate have almost completed a
350-foot incline shat and expect to
commence prosecuting to the vein
about January |.
Senator I. l.. Oddie, Gurney Pordon.
Fred J. Seibert and Joe B Kendall
visited the camp last week.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01
MINING ACTIVITY
IN SILVER CITY

The Silver City Consolidated
Mining Company has been incorpor-
ated to take over and develop the
Cross Lode and three adjoining claims
in the east part of the district. c. s.
Floyd d Reno is president of the
company, A. ]. Bovard OF Silver City
is president and superintendent
and Adam Bochini of Reno, secretary
and treasurer. The Cross Lode is on
the Milk Ranch vein which was highly
productive in the Milwaukee and Ida
mines. Superintendent Bovard has
started work on ore and expects to
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01

Set the balls of Christmas ringing
1t is times best jubilee,
For to us again they're bringing
Messages from oversea;
Let the hearts of all be lifted,
Hope the fercest tide can stem;
Let the darkest clouds be rifted,
Christmas comes from Bethlehem
"a 1920. Newspaper unlonD