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The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

In her audacious hands. would be
returned to the dark chest in the
narrow house thai ran on wheels
Alvarita heard a sudden crunch
ing of the grsvri-befow- -her. Turn
ing her head. she saw a big swarthy
Mexican, with a daring and evil
expression. contemplating her with
an ominous, dull eye.
What do you want?" she asked
as sharply as five hairpins between
her lips would permit. continuing
to look him over with placid con-
tempt. The Mexican continued TO
gaze at her. and showed his teeth
In a white, jagged smile.
Il no hurt-y you, Senorita," he
said.
You bet you won't" answered the
Queen. shaking back one finished,
massive plait. But don't you think
you'd better move onZ"
Not hurt-y you-no. But may
beso take one beso-one III KEGS,
you call him"
The man smiled again, and set
his foot to ascend the slope. Al
varita leaned swiftly and picked up
a stone the size OF a cocoanut-
NohOocCp 0oANhs Ehc
peremptorily, you coon!'
The red of insult burned through
the Mexican's dark skin.
"Hidaigo, Yo!" he shot between
his fangs. II am not neg-r-ro
Diabla. bonita, for that, you shall
pay me-"
He made two quick upward step:
this time, but the stone. hurled b,
l. IL.
in the chest. He staggered back q
the footway, swerved half around
and met another sight that drov.
all thoughts of the girl from hi:
head. She turned her eyes to se<
what had diverted his interest. A
man with red-brown, curling hail
and q melancholy, sunbruned
smooth-shaven face was coming uI
the path. twenty yards away
Around the Mexicsn's waist wal
buckled a pistol belt with tive
empty holsters. He had laid asid,
his sixes-possibly in the jscal o.
the fair Pancha-and had forgot
ten them when the passing OF thu
tairer Alvarita had enticed him q
her trail. His hands now few in
stinctively to the holsters, but find
ing the weapons gone, he spreat
mis- fingers outward with the elo
quent, abjuring. deprecating Lstir
gesture. and stood like a rock.
Seeing his plight, the newcome
unbuckled his own belt. containing
two revolvers. threw 1t upon tn,
ground, and continued to advance
"Splendid!" murmured Alvarits
with flashing eyes.
As Bob Buckley. according to tn,
mad code Of bravery that his sensi.
tive conscience imposed upon hi
cowsrdly nerves, abandoned hi
guns and closed in upon his enemy
the old, inevitable nausea of abjec
fear wrung him. His breath whis
tied through his CONSTRUCTED al
passages. His feet seemed. lik,
Jumps of lead. His mouth was DE-,
as dust. His heart. congested witt
blood. hurt his ribs as IL thumpe'
against them. The hot June da,
turned to moist November. An
still he advanced, spurred by a man
datory pride that strained its utter
most against his weakling flesh.
The distance between the tw'
men slowly lessened. The Mexical
stood. immovable. waiting. whe
scarce five yards separated them
little shower of loosened gravel rat
tied down from above TO the rang
er's feet. He glanced upward witt
instructive caution. A pair Of dar'
ieyes. brilliantly soft and neril'
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Europe can always recognize an
American by his ability to drive
bargain and a Ford.
II government can't get Bergdoii'
IL might compromise by getting the
man who let him go.
After all, things even up. Europe
Is distressed by the Near East. ana
America by near beer.
= II movies cause all the wicked
ness now, what caused 1t in the old
days when there were no MOVIES!
There Is some encouragement in
the fact that the great American
hen is resuming normal operations
II small pay Is to be accepted az
a sufiicient alibf for theft. the era
Of dollar-a-year men is past.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1871.

This should be a fairly favorable
day. The Sun Is in benefic aspect
early dn the morning and Mercury
is friendly later. Uranus is strong
ly adverse in the evening.
1t should be an auspicious time
for the usual Sunday pursuits, the
stars presaging for the clergy pow
er to impress the minds of men and
women.
Religious controversies, so long
predicted. are to be much exploited
before the end of the year.
The sway to-day is a fortunate
one for writing letters, unless the
letters carry love messages. which
will not be well received.
There is a good sign for whatever
has to do with philanthropy or
charity.
Again new movements for the re-
lief of the penniless are foreshad-
owed.
Deprivation and want again will
make themselves felt by all classes.
for the poor will make protests in
new forms.
Crime will continue to be more
prevalent than In the past and 1t
will not be controlled until the pub
lie accepts a new viewpoint. the
seers declare. and assumes the re-
sponsibility of scientific preventive
measures.
Forgery and libel will increase. II
the stars are read Alright. Many
scandals that touch persons in high
places are forecast.
A naval review or demonstration
by Great Britain seems to be fore
shadowed. -.
Persons whose birthdate It is have
the augury of a happy and success
ful year. Those who are employed
should be promoted.
Children born on this day should
Le lucky all through life. They
.sdould avoid responsibility and In
du1ge their natural tendency toward
ihl lima AZ lat eaxlsfa ma
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Split-Second
Comments
On the News
By ROBERT CULLEN

Even rag-time is music; only jag
time Is jazz
Ireland need not despair. Belgium
lived through II.
A. lot of men would join the
church IL the password was secret.
Epitaph for the easy-money days
of 1919: They can't come back"
Travel abroad broadens one. Or
at any rate 1t usually broadens
his as.
The reformers need not be dis
couraged. They will never run out
Of 4 job.
Let us be thankful that We lived
in the old days when you could
kiss q girl and not taste anything
but girl.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Deductions of Harvey Hunt
By Pkilip Francis Nsvcan.

Aq. the Iscketr lay the answer
10 the Suestfen whether the
woman whese dead body hsd
lust been found I'm the river
was a murder victim or . sui
eide. The police picked the lat
ter becsuse OF the lack Of muir
Ser evidece. The lack Of evil
deaee was due rather % eyes
that wsuld net see.
Bot Hunt. the mas who cssf
overlook trininE details. merely
smoked his caIsbssh and said,
.Murder.r The Iocket found on
the woman was not her own
ebvisssly, according 10 HINT.
The pieture in the lecket would
prove that easy enough, wss his
DOPE. How does it nt with
yours, or doesn't % ftf Read
ont
When Harvey Hunt saw the dis
coloration on the woman's skin
where the silver locket had lain, in
the case OF In the Locket." he de-
duced at once that there had been a
substitution Silver in contact with
the skin may itself become tarnish-
ed, but IL does not discolor the skin.
Something else must have produced
that discoloration. and the xilver
locket substituted to explain e.
Furthermore, the person who sub
stituted II was evidently no chem
ist, or he would have known this.
The very fact of the substitution
pointed to murder. Since a definite
efort to explain the discoloration of
the skin had been made, the clue TO
the method Of murder must lie in Il.
The absence of any mark Of vio-
lence upon the body eliminated any
theory but that of poison, probably y
virulent metallic poison absorbed
through the skin at the discolored
spot, and probably from a locket
From the fact that the siIvel
locket contained q child's picture
Hunt deduced that the poison locke
did not Naturally the crimins
would try to divert attention aIont
the wrong lines. Hence the locke
probably contained the picture of |,
man.
Working along the lines sug
gested Reagan found a man VIII,
had purchased such a poisonous
metallic substance from a chemics
house and clinched the case by find
ing the death Iocket. which he haS
foolishly kept among his effects.
The death Of Mrs. Pettingal,
would have been an important new
story In any event She was one o
the richest women in the city. Blu
when IL came in the midst of
spiritualistic seance. at the nome n
when her dead husband called he
| through the lips of the medium, I
became a sensation, so great, q
fact that the press did not sens
the still greater sensation that wa
hidden there.
Mrs. Pettingale was not a pat
roness of mediums. She was a plai
little old lady with more none
than she knew how to spend. an
whose name inevitably headed I'll
list of every worthy charity in tn
city. II was the first time she ha
ever gone to a seance, and she ha
done so. as the Society for tn
Study of Psychic Phenomena fapn
out, only at the behest OF he
nephew and heir. winton Pettin
gale.
This nephew had been active fo
years intrying to prove to the sc
ciety the genuineness of mediumi:
tic powers and particularly thos
of Lolita Del Monzo. in whose pal
lors the tragedy had occurred. VIII
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

tender, encountered and held his
own. The most fearful heart and
the boldest one in all the Rio Bravo
country exchanged a silent and in
-scrstable communication. Alvarita
still seated within her vine. leaned
forward above the breast high
chaparral. One hand was laid
across her bosom. One great dark
braid curved forward over her
shoulder. Her lips were parted: her
face was lit with what seemed but
wonder-great and absolute wonder.
Her eyes fingered upon Buckley's.
Let no one ask or presume TO tell
through what subtle medium the
miracle was performed. AS by
lightning flash two clouds will ac-
complish counterpoise and compcn-
sation Of electric surchsrge, so on
that eyeglance the man received his
complement of manhood, and the
maid conceded what enriched her
womanly grace by its loss.
The Mexvican, suddenly stirring.
ventilated his attitude Of apathetic
waiting by conjuring swiftly from
hs bootleg a long knife. Buckley
cast aside his hat, and laughed once
aloud. like a happy school-boy at
frolic. Then, empty-handed. he
sprang nimbly. and Garcia met him
without default.
So soon was the engagement end
ed that disappointment imposed
upon the rangers warlike ectasy.
Instead OF dealing the traditional
downward stroke. the Mexican lung
ed straight with his knife. Buckley
took the precarious chance, and
| caught his wriso. fair and hrm.
Then he delivered the good Saxon
knock -out blov-always so psthcti-
cally disastrous to the istless Latin
races-snd Garcia was down and
out. with his head under a clump Of
prickly pears. The ranger looked
up again to the Queen of the Ser
pents.
Alvarita scrambled down TO the
path.
I'm mighty glad happened
along when ! did" said the ranger.
"He-he frightened me So" cooe<
Alvarita-
They did not hear the long. lov
hiss of the python under the shrubs
Wiliest of the beasts. no doubt he
was expressing the humiliation he
| felt at having so long dwelt in sub
lection TO this trembling and color
ing mistress of his whom he had
deemed so strong and potent and
fearsome.
Then came gslloping to the spot
the civic authorities; and to them
the ranger awarded the rrostrat-
disturber Of the peace. whom tho
bore Away Imply across the sadoaS
Of one Of their mounts. But Buck
ley and Alvarita fingered.
Slowly, slowly they walked. The
ranger regained his belt OF weapons:
with a fine timidity she begged the
Indulgence of lingering the great
.0i5's. with little "Ohs" and Abs
of newborn. delicious shyacss. -r
The canoncito was growing ousky'
Beyond its terminus in :ss rvcr
blur they could sec the outer world
yet suffused with the waning glory
of sunset.
| A screams piercing scream OF
fright from Alvarita. Back she COW
cred. and the ready, protecting arm
OF Buckley formed her refuge,
What terror -. dire as to thus be-
set the close OF the reign Of the
ever-before- Queen?
Across the path there crswled q
caterpillar-a horrid. funny, two
inch caterpillar! Truly. Kuku. thou
vert avenged. Thus sbdicsted the
Queen Of The Serpent Triee-vivs
la reinai
co.pynshs. issi. ~ vs.s.r s,.s,s.s.,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Last August Thomas Fisher was
brought into court on a charge of
assault. The charge was not seri-
Gus one. Thomas pleaded for len
iency and was placed on probation
for a year. with instructions to re-
port regularly to the probation Of
fcer.
These instructions seemed to have
as much effect on the man as water
ON a ducks back-it went in one
ear and out the other.
He came back IN the building once
or twice. but never. II was said. did
he make regular report. as he had
promised.
what Is the reason you did not
report to the probation officer?'
Judge McMahon asked Thomas.
The man did not answer. He sim
ply shrugged his shoulders. =
The court asked him again, as
suming that he did have a reason,
tut was having q hard time getting
out Of his system No answer
gain.
There was nothing else to- do but
send him to jail. and the court
I'D. Twenty days"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

ton was listed by the newspaper
men under the classification Of
nut" His sorrow was greatly tenn
pered by what he regarded as un-
questioned proof of his belief.
According to the report OF the CO.
cfety which examined under oath
every person who had been In the
room at the time, the room had been
darkened after a comfortable chair
had been arranged for the aged Mrs.
Pettingale in one corner OF the room
and the manifestations did not begin
until about 8 o'clock. Mime. Lolita
explaining that the spirits would
not be at liberty TO communicate
with the earth until that hour. y
Then Lolita had gone into q
trance" a performance apparently
involving physical and mental ago
ny. TO Judge by her hysterical Ut
tersnces. Lolita's voice came only
from the end of the room, indicating
that she did not change her position
once she had become zen rapport"
Finally. after q number OF par
TALLY successful attempts TO estsb-
lish Communication with the spirit
world. the witnesses declared there
was a kissing sound overhead, which
continued for several minutes. II
was a very, faint sound. and imne-
diately after it began the meoiumS
voice changed. and she spoke
steadily. -
7 am siias Pettinssle." she s.s&
7 nave been informed that my wife
Is here tonight" (Psuse.) Are
you here. Letitia-
There was the sound OF a chok-
u ~ -
cid lady sat, and a slight scuflipG
noise. Then a very faint voice ut
tered the one word. yes" with sp-
pareL: effort
Il want you, Jetitia- need
you," continued Lolita's voice sim
ply. Come with me. That was all.
/ No further sound broke the still
ness for several minutes. Several
witnesses testified that the kissing
sound overhead had ceased. Il
was very impressive and dramatic.
The spell was broken by footsteps
in a distant part OF the house. A
woman gave a suppressed scream.
Winton Pettingsle called out %
know IL his aunt was all right and
stumbled toward the chair in the
darkness. Lolita gave a shudder-
J ing sigh aand came out of her
trance. demanding IL any of her
messages had been clearly under
| stood.
Then winton Pettingale uttered
an exclamation of horror and struck
a match. BY its fiickering light they
saw that his sunt's chair was empty
and that her body had slumped
down on the floor. winton bent
down. but the match went out He
struck another, but as he stopped
again. IL. too, went out CryinE
Wait, watt" Lolita ran TO the cleo
trio switch, and flooded the room
with light Mrs Pettingale was
quite dead.
The physician who was summoneo
said death evidently had been due
to natural causes.
But Harvey Hunt was not salts
fed that il had. and when Mrs. Pet
tingale's attorney came to him thc
next day he undertook the case,
Armed with power from the police
he made an examination of The
house. and found what confirmed
his suspicious, a register in the cell
ing of the room in which the seancc
had been held.
Bot can you tell what he suspect :
ed. and resonstruct the story Of
what actually happened On the 90.
ance cksmbers
: The answer will appear tonor.
: row.
: -,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Bot car you tell what he suspect
ed. and resonstruct the story OF
what actually happened On the So
ance ckambers
The answer will appear tonor-
row.
Copyright, 1871, By Public Ledrer Cal
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-27

dition outside the turmoil Of the
state and the attitude Of the present
administration. It Is true that the
general conditions are unfortunate
and this, of course, intensif1es our
trouble, but the imitation of land
values which has caused most of tho
financial trouble and hard times in
Iowa, Illinois and other states did not
come to trouble North Dakota.
Politics Cause For Condition.
THE chief cause for the lack Of
credit in our state is political, and Is
peculiar to North Dakota. The lack
of confidence which has caused the
destruction OF OUT credit comes partly
from certain laws enacted in our
state, and partly from the character
of our state administration and the
acknowledgement of our affairs during
recent years."
A. G. Divet, former member Of the
legislature from Richland county,
who was one Of the Independent floor
leaders against the notorious House
Bill "A which aimed to change the
constitution Of North Dakota by leg
faiative action, gave a concise and
thorough review OF the Legislative
record OF the Nonpartisan league and
showed how they by means Of tricky
laws had managed to squander pub
safety. He also showed that state
taxes had increased five hundred per
cent in North Dakota during the last
four years and are still going up,
while the state taxes in Minnesota de-
creased by nearly one-haH since they
reached the high water mark during
tho WnR
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NESTOS SPEAKS
TO BIG CROWD
AT FARGO MEET

CONTINUED from page ~
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GRAND FORKS HERALD. THURsDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1921.

JET4tTaZ I4H8lF sHtFH+s+.E
moment. AS he did this he drew a
~38-caliber revolver and shot himself
through the heart. He lived only, a
few minutes after the shot The
boys condition is serious and it Is not
believed that he will recover:
James Lang. the father, has q wife
and six children who have lived with
him on his farm near Puposky. !.
INSTALLING MBBING LIGHTS.
Hibbing, Mimi, Oct 27.-IIibbing,
famous Is the richest village in the
world, soon will shine forth at night
in its sparkling dress of electric lights.
which are being installed at. the new
village site.
Operations Of mining companies re-
Gently forced removal Of the principal
section of the city to another site.
AS a result the richest village" has
been without it's white way for some
time.
Electrical contractors hope to soon
complete the city's public lighting
system,
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LITTLE NTENTE
MAKESDE||MAND[S
ON HUNGARlANS
Threatens to Send Troops
Into Country Unless
Charles is Surrendered.

~ xsH.r. -. HsRr Grr2I t|Et F3gE itEtH E--EHr.@
London, Oct. s7.-(By the Associ-
ated Presa)-The little, entente, com
posed Of Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia
and Jugo-Slavia has dispatched a note
to, Hungary demanding the surrender
Of former Emperor Charles, the
rehabilitation Of the Hungarian army
and reparations sufficient to defray
The expenses of the little entente's
mobilization. according to a Wilma
dispatch to the Central News Agency
today. Unless Hungary replies salts
factorily within two days. the little
entente troops will enter Hungary, the
dispatch said. .y
Paris, Oct. 27.-(By the Associated
Press)-The Allied council Of ambas-
sadors today decided that former EN-.
perar Charles uf Austria Hungary and
ex-Empress Zita should be placed I'm
mediately upon q British battle cruis-
er in the Danube pending another
meeting of the council next Saturday,
when a final decision regarding their
disposition Is to be made.
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Farmer Dead And Son
In Serious Condition
AS Result OF Quarrel

Bemidji, Mimi. Oct. 27.-Janlcs
Lang. 4s. a farmer near Puposky, is
dead and his son, Charles, 20 years i.
In st. Anthony's hospital here as the
result Of a quarrel over a road con
tract. The quarrel occurred yesterday
afternoon and as a result the father
struck the boy with the flat side OF
"a double bitted ak. rendering. the son
unconscious.
ed to the sheriff who arrived there
late last evening to arrest the father.
W1he nthe sheriff arrived the father
asked thep rivilege Of finishing hi.
chores before coming to Bemidt and
this request was granted. The dep
uties watched the man until he passed
around the corner of a haystack,
where he was hid from view only q
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4 The change in this section OF the
state Is expected to be one Of the big
Eest factors in determining the results
OF the election.
Slope County.
; There remains the Missouri Slope,
which is nor or less OF a puzzle.
Morton county, which gave Frazier
3,117 majority in 1916, and dropped
majority of 500. A. change of 800
votes In the county would mean an
even break and men familiar with
conditions look for just that, conser-
yatively a $3.50 break. HI
Oliver county is the home Of a num-
Der of the most radical leaders Of the
league. Many of the farmers, how
ever, are disguised Owe the. record
made by the state administration, and
there is expected to be a decided in
crease in the league vote there, al
though the leaguers are expected to
carry in the county.
In Mercer county there will be lit
tie change. Neither the Nonpartisan
league nor the Independents appear
to have made material gains.
Newspaper squabbles in Dunn
county, together with the expose OF
the Werner state creamery insolvency
and losses, and general distrust of A.
A. Lederbach as a competent person
to direct a state following the rule
that a prophet is without honor In
his own country" have all aided In
turning votes. A conservative esti-
a cut OF 200 from the Frazier ma
jodty over, O,Connor of SIS.
Adams county, which ave Frazier
PSI majority last year Is expected to
slide close to the Independent column.
Bowman and Slope counties have Civ
en- little indication Of change, al
though some believe that the indie
pendents will make substantial gains
tn Bowman. y y
Southwest Counties.
Strenuous work has been done in
some sections of Billings county with
the result that a consid cradle change
will be, registered. 1t is asserted that
the league will have no opportunity
which were p~erpetrated last fall and
which seated Gust WoE in the SEN
ate. ALL precincts will be closely
watched.
Golden Valley county, always in the
=! Independent ranks, will according to
best advtces from that district show
a considerable gain over the vote last
I4ll WQen carried 1t BY 38S.
Stark county will without question
be found strongly in the Independent
column with an even greater majority
than was given O'Connor, 2s0. The
recent activities Of Harry Dunbar and
Attorney General Lemke in forcing
to the junk heap the wreckage Of the
Dickinson Record-Post, the league pa
per In the county, vas the final straw
to many farmers who held stock in
the paper. Stark county's majority
will be materially increased say a
dozen men familiar with conditions
there. -
In Sioux county the Indians Of the
Standing Rock reservation are not
leasuers. They never have been.
However, 1t 30 happens that among
the influential politicians Of the coun-
ty are men closely allied with the
Clique opposing the recall. Sioux
county undoubtedly will remain in
the Independent column, but the re-
suits in The county are problematical,
with reference to a change of the
OConnor majority of 233.
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Fol that reason one Is forced to
the conclusion that In order to pro-
mote the welfare of the whole state,
its farmers. its labores. its business
men and It's educational and other
public institutions. q restored credit
must be ours II we are to avoid In
creased disaster. f
"Our. credit today is practically de-
st-~vnd and there, is no sufficient
reason. for or explanation Of this con-
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Analysis OF Situation
In State Promises An
Independent Victory
If Voters Get To Polls
tcontinued from page L..

\. The change in this section of the
.stateSis expected to be one OF. the big
Eest factorssin determining the results