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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25

messed at the Waldorf. The men are
not bnd-Iooking, either, do you think?"
"Well, there are all grades here,
now that look about; yet, as you
say, the average is not bad. Prob
ably they will grow louder later in the
evening, when they take the lid Off"
Il don't believe they ever do-that
Is, entirely Mr. Mclaughlin. the de
tective who came with us, said this
was really the most dangerous ploce
IN town from the police viewpoint. Its
very surface quiet made ii special
menace, NOthing was ever permitted
to occur here which would give the
department any excuse for a raid II
there was fight. or even n murder.
IT was hushed up instantly and the
victim hidden away, before even the
patroIman on the block could hear
about it. He mentioned several cases ::
and said the walters were especially
selected to take care Of any rough
house"
perhaps that Is what makes it pop
ular with the class they cater to-"
Safe, you mean. Yes; he said they
could spot any criminal of reputation
in the country at Perond's. II they
HIy waited long enough; that half
the big jobs I'm New York were plotted
at these tables"
~ begin to comprehend" l said
jocularly, why | was received as a
distinguished guest. The headwaiter
must have recognized me as an old
pal-my face is my fortune"
"IIe may have mistaken yo- for
Daily" she admitted soberly, 'but
more likely it was your tip which
made him 50 attentive. You are some
spender, Mr. Severn"
THAT depends on who | am with ;
this is an unusual occasion"
She did not smile, or look at me,
but leaned slightly forward drawin.
back a fold of the curtain with one
hand, so as to gain a wider glimpse
of the large room without mo-
ment she remained motionless; then
turned her face sideways toward me.
"Waldron is already here" she whis-
pered wumingly. "He is alone at that
second table, against the pillar. Step
around this side and you can see
/ the man with gray, buShy hair"
could not easily have mistaken the
| fellow; his appearance was too en-
phatically that of the Russian jew OF
certain type to enable him to con-
ceal his birthright, His ba,> was to-
| ward us, yet as he occasionally cast
/ his eyes about over the faces of those
! around him, | had a glimpse Of a
/ heaked nose, and a sallow, dull com
pleNion. which seemed to blend natu-
rally into a scruggIng beard of no
| perceptibe color. His hair though
was irOn-gray, apparently uncut for
weeks, and thrust back from an un-
usually nigh forehead, so as to give
the man ruffled, unkempt appear
anCe far from pleasing He was big
all over, strangely burly for a jew
with broad shoulders and large hands
| thickly covered with hair.
1 moved back around the table as
Francois appeared, and resumed my
seat, keeping silent until the waiter
again vanished, and left us alone.
And now that you have located the
! fellow" asked curiously, what dc
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25
ALL HAVE SOME PROTECTION
Mother Nature Abandons None Of Her
Progeny, in a Helpless State,
to Their Enemies.

Nature has provided for everything,
down to frogs and little sticklebacks.
All the little animals that seem so
helpless have their own ways Of pro-
tecting themselves, says London An
swers.
If he suspects that some larger and
stronger animal Is out to eat him, the
toad Is able to swell himself out until
he looks very feroCious and Is far too
large to be swallowed.
The frog has longer legs than the
toad and therefore can jump better.
His eyes are at the top of his head,
to enable him to see all round, for
having no neck, he cannot turn his
head. He can change the color of his
coat If it should prove necessary. It
takes him about a quarter Of an hour
to do this thoroughly and after it is
accomplished 1t is extremely difficult
to distinguish him from his surround
ings.
People sometimes try to catch the
lizard, but meet with no success, for
the only part OF It's body one can get
at is its tail, and 1t can drop this at
n moments notice. The little sickle
back, beloved of all small boys, has
little spiky spInes sticking out TO pro-
tect II from the other inhabitants
OF ponds and streams. But these lit
tie spines are Of no avail when the
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25

apartment filled with tables Of va.
riouS sizes and shapes, the majority
occupied by men and women. either
eating or drinking. Near the center
was a cleared space for duncing, but
at that moment unoCcupied, while
against the farther wall on rather
high stage, two cabaret singers were
nOisily entertaining the crowd. Alto
gether IL was Il stirring and attractive
scene, bearing 10 my mind no re-
sembunce of any preconceived notion
Of the underworld, ! could have cas-
fly imagined that we had entered,
rather, the restaurant of an ultra.
fashionable hotel the other side Of
Broadway
Nor did our entrance create the
slightest interest, beyond awakening
the attention of the head waiter. who
met us smllingIy.
"A table for two, Msieur?"
"A booth, please; have you one
near the center" and | slipped bill;
into his hand which closed it instant
" out Of sight.
"Ah, certainly; the very thing
Msieur. | will show you. Francois,
the central booth for the gentleman.
All, see, MSieur-bien, tres bienw
1t was indeed a cozy spot, with the
heavy curtains held aside. a divan
Of soft plush across the end. a table
covered with snowy linen, and already
gIistening with silver and glass, in
the center, and three exceedingly COM
Portable chairs.
1T is very fine Msieur," l said.
quite to my satisfaction. You might
lower one of those curtains, if you
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25
"Rottomry Bond"

A bottOmry bond is a legal instru.
ment known to people along the sea.
shore, being an agreement between
the owners of boat and those from
whom money is borrowed, pledglng
the ship or its cargo or both as secur-
lty, the term arising from the use OF
the word bottom which Is taken TO In.
Clude the entire ship.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25

It's hard for man 10 pass money
that he sees lying on the sidewalk
especially if Il Is counterfeit.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-08-25
CHAPTER lx-cOntinued.


chances are they will both be where
we are going, unless they have al
ready quarreled over that bunch of
easy money you spoke about"
But has that been paid over by
krantz? Who has it2"
THE fellow who put knife into
Alvu-whoeyer he may be"
"And you don't know who the as
sassin wus?"
mo. Only 1t must have been one
of certain men; perhaps two were in
the affair. At first | figured It out
to be Waldron alone; now am not
so sure that Harris didn't have some
hand in 1t. They may have had the
affair all plunned-the money was
passed over to Alva early in the eve
ming. | didn't know it then; | learned
this later. Krantz told me when we
were alone on the way back to New
York. Let's move along; there is
policeman coming yOnder"
The officer passed us slowly, swing
ing his club, and eyed us curiously as
he went by; l did not turn my head
yet felt certain he stopped and looked
back as though wondering what our
business could be in that neighbor-
MOOD. We turned down a still darker
side street before exchanging further
speech
i believe I know what you are"
! said at last in low tones close to her
ear, IAN agent Of the Secret Service"
"Oh, no; the honor you offer me ,s
far too great. have not attained
10 any such official dignity"
Il rather expected you to deny;
hut you offer me no other eXplaua-
ton"
And so you decide to believe that?
Very well Mr.. Severn, l shall let you
have it your own way. You deserve
reward; only, pray, never suggest this
theory TO any one else. Let it remain
our secret will your"
"Your mockery does not change my
mind"
Il had no expectation that 1t would
neither does it bring me a salary. But,
seriously, forget all this raillery to-
night, and remember only that you
are with Marie GessIer. Whatever
her purpose may be, you are to be
loyal only to her"
81 am, absolutely" replied with
conviction my voice was unable TO
disguise. she turned her face quick
iy, and i'm the dim light our eyes met.
you said that very earnestly. You
make me believe judged you right
Philip Severn. Here is my hand"
clasped it tightly, the firm pres
sure Of the warm fingers sending an
instant tmll through every nerve of
my body. 1t was not withdrawn and
we walked so closely together l could
feel the slight pressure of her form,
almost resting against mine.
"Where are you taking me"
"To Perond's French cafe-have
you ever heard of it?"
mo, l .hink not"
II have been there with stunning
parties once or twice, with a plain
clothes man along, Of course, to show
us the sights. 1t is not very respect
able, believe, although really ! new
er saw anything particularly dan
gerous. Interesting and unconven-
tional, Of course, but l anticipate no
trouble, unless we care to make IL
ourselves. You see the cluster Of
lights at the next corner That's
Perond's."
AS ! gaZed forward, she drew her
hand from my grasp, and her form
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

I For chapped hands, Victory Cream, 80
cents at Roots Pharmacy. 1-3-6-9t-191
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
WILMINGTON.

1t is expected that Community Service
workers from BrattleborO viii be in town
and hold a community meeting in Memo
rial hall next Friday evening.
The Parent Teachers association will
hold its business meeting at the high
school building at 3.45 p. m Friday. 1t
Is earnestly desired that all members of
the association be present.
The Worth While Girls, the local chap
ter of the World Wide Guild, held their
annual election of officers at the home
OF Mrs. III. Il. Ware Saturday afternoon
and the following officers were elected :
President, Mildred Carpenter: vice presi-
dent Florence Wood secretary and treas
urer, Edna Boyd; assistant secretary
and treasurer, Esther Bishop. vote
was taken to hold a food sale in the near
future. and a committee to have charge
OF It was chosen, consisting of the officers
of the chapter. Reports showed that last
year the chapter raised SIC for mission
airy purposes. Refreshments were served
and social hour was enjoyed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24


Leave p. NJ.
Northfeld, Georges Pharmacy, 1910
East NOrthfield. G. p. BufTum's
Store .................. 1890
. South Vernon, II. Ii. Bufum's
Store 1876
Central Park .. 1850
Vernon Store ........ 1855
Arrive BrattiebOrO .......s.... 1.2O
Leave
RrattIeboro. Roots Phsrmacy 400
Vernon Store . 42O
Central Park ...... 4.30
South Vernon, e. 3. Buffum's
Store ................ $40
Fast NOTthtfeld. G. r. Buffum'S
Store $50
Arrive Mortified ........ 500
Order Book at Roots Pharmacy,
BrattlebOrO, VT.
ARTHUR LYMAN-NorthneId. Mass.
Telephone 1I4-2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
CLUES IN DEATH MYSTERY
Detectives Investigating Find of Part of
Body of Young Woman

NEW YORK. Oct 24-Detectives en-
gagged in the work of solving the mystic
riOus death of the unidentified young
woman, part of whose body was found
yesterday in a pond near Queens Boule-
ward, Long Island city, wrapped in white
oilcloth, energetically followed several
clues yesterday.
Their first success was in finding the
manufactures Of 7si1cl6th, and through
him it was .hopaIiTtnf rncesthe dealer who
might have sold it to e,possibe slayer.
\ laundry mark WAS IA another clew by
which the ssieuths expected to+identify the
victim tl., ..srrr- sIa
Search was continued throughout the
day in the vicinity of the pond and of all
other swamps in the neighborhood for the
missing parts of the body.
The police also were trying to find a
man described as a railroad employe, who
had been seen going in the direction Of
the pond carrying a bundle.
The records of young women reported
missing for several months past have
been carefully checked with the descrip-
ton of the dead woman, police headquar-
tiers reported, but the comparisons failed
to aid the Identification.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

Mrs. w. f. Perley of Bellows Falls,
the diocesan treasurer, will talk to the
women at the Episcopal parish house
Wednesday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Frank Young and Harold Miner have
leased the Crosby garage building in tine
rear of Harmony block from f. L. Hill
dreth and have opened an automobile re-
pair shop.
Members of Sedgwick Woman's Relief
funeral of Mrs. Georgia Haskell, which
will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon in the Methodist church
A special Halloween entertainment hss
been arranged to follow the meeting of
Dennis Rebekah lodge tomorrow evening.
when it is hoped a good number of the
men members will attend Refreshments
will be served. I
Planking placed in the highway in
front of c. w. Cleavelandis house on
Canal street to cover an excavation for
leaky pipe gave an unexpected gar to
scores of motor-car drivers Saturday eve
ming. The planks were several inches
above the street level with no warning
| light nearby, and the occupants of more
than one car were shaken up severely
from coming in contact with the OBJ
struction.
The funeral of William H. Hackett,
/
Saturday afternoon at Carl A. Mitchelfs
undertaking parlors, Mrs. Edward Lind
sey reading the Christian Science service
There We're many beautiful flowers. The
body was taken by automobile to Orange,
! Mass, where the buria ltook place in the
! family lot Francis CARL and sister, Miss
/ Madeline CARL, of Northampton. Mass
and Mr.. and Mrs. f. n. Potter of Green
field, Mass, came to attend the funeral.
A prayer service for Mrs. Caroline L.
Chase, who died Friday, was held in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Coleman oil
140 South Main street at o'clock Satur-
day afternoon by Rev. Il. Q. s. Osgood
lpastor of the Unitarian church. The body
was taken yesterday to Jacksonville
where the funeral service was held in the
EUniversalist church at go o'clock, Rev
Mr.. Osgood officiating. The church choir
sang two hymns. The burial took place
in the family lot in Nottingham. The
bearers We're grandsons and great-grand
sons of Mrs. Chase Those from away
who attended the funeral were Mrs. F
A. Upper of Brighton, Mass, DR. and
Mrs. F. j. Canedy of Greenfield, Mass,
and Willard Coleman of Burlington.
| Cast your eyes on Lord Bashful and
Duke of High Titles; hear Hunger and
j ''Weary Willy's" songs in Miss Bob
/! White. Auditorium Nov. "a. 200-201
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
Roads Forced to Defer Maintenance
Work


In this situation a policy of the most
rigid economy and of postponing and
cutting to the bone the upkeep of the
properties was adopted by the rail
roads. This was at the price of ne
glecting and for the time deferTing
work which must hereafter and in the
near future be done and paid for. This
is illustrated by the fact that, as of
September Is, 1921, over Is per cent
or 374,431 in number, of the freight
cars of the carriers were in bad order
and needing repairs, as against nor
NAL of bad order cars Of not more
than 100 900, as is further illustrated
by the deferred and inadequate main
tenance of other equipment and of
roadway and structures.
Even under those conditions, and
with this large bill charged up against
the future,-which must soon be pro-
vided for and paid if the carriers are
to perform successfully their transpor-
tation duties,-the result of operations
for the first eight months of this year,
the latest available figures, has been
at a rate OF net railway operating in
come, before providing for interest or
dividends, amounting to only &c per
cent, per annum on the valuation OF
the carrier properties made by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
the recent rate case, an amount not
sufficient to pay the interest on their
outstanding bonds.
Roads Earnings Far Below Reason
able Return
1t is manifest, from this showing,
that the rate of return of 5 II or per
cent for the first two years after
March /, 1920, fixed in the Transporta-
ton Act as a minimum reasonable re-
turn upon railroad investment, has
not been even approximated-m much
less reached; and that the present
high rates accordingly are not due to
any statutory guarantee of earnings,
Tor there is no such guarantee.
In Analysing the expenses which
have largely brought about this sit
nation, it becomes evident that by fa='
The largest contributing cause is the
labor cost.
Today the railroads pay out to labor
approximately Coo on the dollar they
receive for transportation services,
whereas in 1916, 40c on the dollar
went to labor
On the first day of January, 1917,
when the government took charge az
wages through the Adamson Act, the
.abor cost of the railroads had not
exceeded the sum of about 81, 468 ,00O,-
90 annually. In 1920, when govern
mental authority made the last wage
Increase, the labor cost Of the rail-
Dads was about 100000 annual
v. or. IL continued throughout tbs
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year instead of for the eight months
during which the wage increases were
in effect, the labor cost, on an annual
basis, would have been largely in ex--
cess of $3,900,000, 000-an increase
since the government took charge Of
railroad wages in the Adamson Act,
of approximately S2,450, 100000 an
nually.
In the light of these figures, it is
manifest that the recent reduction of
wages authorized by the Labor Board,
estimated at from 10 to IL per cent
in no sense meets or solves the prob
lem of labor costs and in no way
makes it possible for the railroads to
afford a reduction in their revenues.
Thousands of Rates Already Reduced
Indeed, during the past year there
have been between four and five thou
sand individual reductions in freight
rates. On some railroads the reduc-
tions in rates have amounted to more
than the reductions in wages so far
made, and on many other railroads the
reductions in wages allowed no net re-
turn on operations, but merely pro
vided against the further accumulation
of a deficit.
The point is often made that agri-
culture and other industries are also
suffering the same immediate difficult
ties as the railroads, why, therefore,
do not the railroads take their medi-
cine like anybody else? The answer
lies in several facts:
l. The railroads were not permit
ted, as were other industries, to make
charges during the years of prosperity,
making possible the accumulation of
a surplus to tide them over the pres
ent extreme adversely. According to
the reports of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the rate of return
on property investment of the rail
roads of the United States for the
past several years has been as fol-
lows:
RATE OF RETURN EARNED BY
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
SHEAR YOUNG GIRLS HAIR
Mary Mest0r Loses Her Locks at HoI.
yoke

yoke
HOLYOKE, Mass. Oct. 24-An assault
unique in the annals of the local police
department was made known last night
when Charles f. Macintosh of 1913
Northampton street telephoned headquar-
ters at 9.25 that he had found a young
girl lying on the porch of his house,
moaning and only partly conscious Capt.
Frank K. Metcalf and Inspector Joseph
Keane made a hurried run to the Mack
intosh home, where it was found that the
girl was practically uninjured except that
her hair had been shorn clean from her
head.
She gave her name as Mary MeStor,
20, of ~ Concord avenue, and said that
about last evening" while walking down
Sergeant street near the Kirkland school,
two men jumped out from behind some
bushes and seized her, one exelaiming
You'll come short now. She said that
she remembered nothing after that until
Mr. Macintosh found her.
Miss Mestor's hair was black and
abundant and about three feet long.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

See Ire Billion and Van Million, hear
the Mystery of Love" waltz, see "Bub-
bleland' and MANDY" at the Auditorium
Nov. 3 and in Miss Bob White. 200-201
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WEST GUUFORD

The ladies of the West Guilford Ban
inst church will hold their annual meeting
in the church veStry Wednesday evening
OF this week. Supper will be served as
usual. Everybody is invited.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
RAILROAD PLAN TO
GET RATES DOWN
Propose to Reduce Wages and
Return All the Saving by
Reduction in Charges.
FULLTExT OF THE PROPOSAL
Statement by Thomas de Witt cuyIer.
Chairman of the Association of
Railway Executives on
the Situation.

Following a meeting in Chicago,
October IA, 1921, of the presidents of
nearly all the leading railroads in the
country, Mr.. Thomas de Witt Guy
Ter, Chairman of the Association of
Railway Executives, made the follow
ing statement:
At a meeting of the Association of
Railway Executives today, it was de-
termined by the railroads of the Uni
ted States, to seek to bring about a
reduction in rates, and as a means to
that end to seek a reduction in present
railroad wages which have compelled
maintenance of the present rates.
An application will be made imme-
diately to the United States Railroad
Labor Board for a reduction in wages
of train service employees sufficient to
remove the remainder of the increases
made by the Labor Boards decision of
July 20, 1920 (which would involve
further reduction of approximately ten
per cent?, and for reduction in the
wages of all other classes of railroad
labor to the going rate for such labor
in several territories where the car
riers operate.
To Reduce Rates as Wages Go Down
The foregoing action is upon the IN
Outstanding that cOncurrently with
such reduction in wages the benefit OF
the reduction thus obtained shall, with
the concurrence of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, be passed on to
the public in the reduction of existing
railroad rates, except in so far as this
reduction shall have been made in the
meantime.
The arrangements have decided up
on this course in view of their real
ization of the faet-that the wheels Of
industrial activity have been slowed
down to a point which brings depres-
sion and distress to the entire public,
and that something must be done TO
start them again in operation.
The situation which confronts the
railroads is extremely critical. The
railroads in 1920 realized net rail
way operating income of about $62,-
coo, geo, upon a property investment
of over $19 900, 900, 600, and even this
amount of 81 millions included back
mail pay for prior years received from
! the government of approximately S64,
! 600, coo. thus showing, when the opera
| lions of that year alone are considered
! an actual deficit before making any
| allowance for either interest or divi
| dends.
| The year ended in serious depres-
| sica in all branches of industry, anC
| in marked reduction of the market de
/ mand for and the prices of basic com
modities, resulting in a very serious
| falling off in the volume of traffic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
GUILFORD CENTER

4 reception in honor of their recent
marriage viii be given Mr.. and Mrs. FL
mer Henry attGrange hall Thursday eve
ming, Oct. %. All are invited. Women
are requested to carry cake or sand
witches
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. Amy Ryan returned Friday from
Syracuse y. Y, where she visited two
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Louis Stell-
man. and family.
Mrs. Malcolm Mcdowell and sister,
Miss Minnie Stowe, who had been guests
a week of Mrs. W. r. Stellman, left Sat
urday for their bungalow in Wilmington
to remain a few days before returning to
their homes in Sewanee, Tenn, and
WaYerlY. Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

Cast your eyes on Lord Bashful and
Duke of High Titles; hear Hunger" and
Weary Willr's" songs In Miss Bob
White. Auditorium Nov. "a 20O-20I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24

The false hair worn by American wo-
men is imported chiefly from China,
France, Italy, and Switzerland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-24
Automobile Service

Run on Eastern STANDARD Time
N0RTHFIEI.D and BRATTLEB0R0
Daily Except Sunday