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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-07-28
FOUND TUNNEL LEADING
TO SPURGlN'S BANK VAULT.
Missing HANK President Had *s""'-
Os,O Leather stock Concealed.

CHICAGO, July 2s-Disvorery OF a
$3.50. .OOO lea ther speculation OF Warren
{. Spurgin, missing President Of the
closed Michigan Avenue Trust Com
nny, was reported to-day by the
state Attorneys ofiice. The leather
IT WAS stated. was found in the ware
house OF local wholesale leather
dealer and was in Spurgin's name.
With indictments out and search
for Spurgin leading from Canada 10
Mexico A second discovery was am
nounced to-day by the State At
torncy's office whose operatives have
found an apparent plot To tunnel into
the building Of the defunct bank. A
hole six feet square and four feet deep
was discovered Just outside the wall OF
the vault. II wa Stoted
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-07-28
BROADWAY CAR BURNS:
PASSENGERS ESCAPE.
T~sTI" In Madison square Tied
Jp Half an Hour.

\ surface car ahre tied up tra .
for half an hour In Madison square
shortly aftc- noon to-day.
4 no1rlrbound Broadway open ca at
2ith Street became shart circulted and
was soon enveloped in flames whist at
times reached twenty feet into the ait.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-07-28
U. S. SHIP BOARD THREATENS
RATE FIGHT WITH BRITISH
OVER UNFAIR TREATMENT
Will Declare an Open Market and Haul Any
thing Anywhere at Any Rate and May
Exclude Some Competitors

LONDON, July IS (Associnted
Press) The United States shipping
Board, it was learned here to-day,
has delivered an ultimatum to the
British shipping lines that unless its
ships are accorded fair treatment in
contracts for the transport OF cotton
from Alexandria, Egypt, to the Unit ed
Kingdom and the United States the
shipping Board will declare an open
market" and haul anything anywhere
at any rate.
The board also viii invoke the re-
taliatory measures embodied IN the
Jones shipping Act under which yes.
sells owned by unfair competitors may
be excluded from the United SLLtts
ports. the ultimatum declared
A London despatch of Wednesday
night quoted Central News advices
from Alexandria az saying the roprc-
scntatives Of the United States Ship
ping Board in Alexandra had lcCid@i
to break off negotiations with Liver
pool shipping interests regarding tn,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-07-28

special, Mems Palm Beach suits, so.s5
Pries,iey MohaIs. slO.s5 All Wool Suits SIS
value ssi. 90. Manufacurors' outlet. l5s East t2d
t.. near LcI. Ave, upstsirs-Adv
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

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 l had noticed the
young lady and the girl in the Pull
man section next to ours.
told him had, and then, because
had never known him to bother his
head for two minutes In succession
about any woman, he gave me a
shock; said they were ticketed to
Portal Clty-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 l. '"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 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 50 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" threw In, just to see how he
would take it.
Fright you are, Jimmie" he agreed.
1--WE 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 glimpse Of
pretty neck, and when you get
around to the face you find out that
the neck was only a bit of bluff"
If l had been eating anything in the
world but ice cream believe it would
have chQked me. What he said led
up to the admission that he had been
making these face-and-neck comparl-
sons for goodness knows how long,
and l couldn't surround that, all at
once. You see, he was such a picture
of a mans man in every sense of the
word; a fighter and hard-hitter,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

right from the jump. And to a man
of that sort women are usually no
more than fluffy little slde-ssues. 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 a cigar and said we'd 20 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
unrol itself under the trucks. The
young lady was wearing a coat with
storm collar, but the girl had a fur
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

We tralled off together up the track,
two and two, the boss walking with
the young woman. After we'd counted
a few Of the cross-tles, the. girl said :
as your name Jimmie Dodds|'. And
when | admitted it: Mine is Maisie
Ann. Tn Sheila's cousin on her moth
er's side. I think this Is a great lark /;
don't your"
81 can tell better after it's over" !
said. Maybe wen have to stay here
all night
81 shouldn't mind" she came back
airily. Il haven't been up all night
since was a little kiddle 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 1t a good bit
harder to get acquainted with his half
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

lucky things this side of MpSonot0.
mia How the dey-how in thunder
did you manage to turn up here?" And
all that, you know.
The explanations, such as they were,
came later, As a matter of course,
the talk jumped first to the mysterious
hoId-up and kidnapping and the reason
why, There had been no violence
the pistol shots had been merely
meant to scare the traiumeu-aUd
there had been no attempt at robbery
for that natter. Mr.. Chadwick hadn't
even seen the kidnapers- and haJ~@
known what was going on until after
it was all over.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01
THE WRECKING OF THE WRECKERS

She IS married n0w, and her husband still living"
For little couldn't do anything but cape like chicken with
me PIP ~ ~as simply fecel knew we'll as knew anvhnq
Aat the BOSS WGs gone Mrs She that he had fallen IN LORE
r NTH the back of her neck and then Nth her prett face and
then r1h all Of her, and that the big reason y he had let
mr. otadcb Pnuade him to stag in Portal City was the fact that
ne haa GnteG TO be near her and to sbow her could make
perfectly good sp00" out Of the spoiled horn the Pioneer Short
Line '
there's The Weckers" in nutshel-a railroad story nv
Francis Lynde that's enough for The Bo ia 6r,tcl,.
aaround railroad man. MRS Shei lovbe as thew make EN-
The Pioneer Short Line sick road which mia
used by successive of Wall spectators jimmie
Dodd who tells the in his nmabe way is the Bo,,"
secretary and handyman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

Of the combination than | was with
mine, but after little the young wo-
man thawed out bit and made him
talk-tO help pass away the time, I
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 a pref
ty woman can make a 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 a
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'n't mind 1t
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 were 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.
l 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 lust before we went to dinner i'm
the dinlng-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
an hour when l struck n match and
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 railroad story, telling
about a right-of-way fight on the Mid
land, when the little girl grabbed my
arm and said: Listen
l did, and broke in promptly Eek
cuse me-" | called to the other two,
"but | think there's a train coming
The boss cut his story short and
we all listened. 1t seemed that l was
wrong. The noise We heard was more
like an auto running with the cut-out
open than a train rumblng.
"What do you make It, Jimmie"
came from the boss end Of the tim
Der.
Motor car" l said, pointing in the
darkness toward the east
My guess was right. In less than
a minute we saw the lights of the car
Ii stopped a little way below the water
tank and about a hundred yards north
Of the track, or maybe less, and four
men came tumbllnG out of it. If |
had been alone on the job l should
probably have called 10 the men as
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01

. tz2issAi
they came tramping over TO the side
track. But Mr.. Norcross had a DIFF
ferent think coming
"Out Of sight-qulck, Jimmie" he
whispered, and in another second he
had whipped the young woman over
the big footing timber to a standing
place under the tank among the
braces, and I had done the same for
the girl.
What followed was as mysterious
ms chapter out of an Anna Katherine
Green detective story. After doing
something to the switch Of the unused
spur track, the four men separated. One
of them went back to the auto, aud
the other three walked down the main
track to the lower switch of the short
siding, which was on the same side Of
the main line as the spur, Here the
fourth man rejoined them, and the
girl at my elbow told US what he had
gone back to the car for.
HE has lighted a red lantern" she
whispered. 81 saw It when he took
it out Of the auto"
I guess it was pretty plain to all Of
us by this time that there was some
thing decidedly crooked on the cards
hut If we had known what 1t was, we
couldn't very well have done anything
to prevent it. There we're only two
Of us men to their four; and, besides,
there wasn't any time. The lantern-
carrying man had barely reached the
lower switch when we heard the whis-
tie of q locomotive. There was a train
coming from the west. and a few sec
onds later an electric headlight Showed
IN on the long tangent beyond the
siding.
It was bandit ho4d-up, all right.
One Of the men stood on the track
waving the red lantern; we could see
him plainly in the glare Of the head
light. There wasn't much of a scrap.
There were two or three pistol shots.
and then, as near as we could make
out, the hold-up men, or some Of them.
climbed into the engine
Before you could count ten they had
made a flying switch with the single
car kicking it in on the siding Before
the car had come fully to stop, the
engine was switched in behind it, Cou-
pied on, and the reversed train, with
the engine pushing the car ratified
away on the old spur that led off into
the hills; clattered away and was lost
to sight and hearing in less than a
minute.
It was not until after the train was
switched and gone that we discovered
that two of the bandits had been left
behind. These two reset the switches
for the main track, leaving everything
as they had found 1t, and theI
crossed over to the auto.
was just thinking that all this
mystery and kidnapping and gun play
must be sort Of hard on the young
woman and the girl, but, though my
half of the allotment was shiyerIng
a little and smuggling up Just grain
closer to me, she proved that she
hadn't lost her nerve,
did you see the name on that car
when the engine went past to get in
behind it?" she asked,
L. 3
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-07-01
Owe changed my mind, Un-
Gle John-I'll take the Job"
no BE CONTINUED

A genuine friend win lndorse at
least nine out Of ten of your boasts
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
curS1rRrowN AND VICINITY


npseisi correspondcnoe Every Evening.
'hcs'e-,cvn. Md, Dec. so.-wfour
l'lneon. who came down from INia-
dolphin 20 r'cnd the Christmas hon-
DAYS With has aunt. Mr.. Thomas W
iaisson, 10 qurs 81 ~ nncunonis.
hsv'nr contracted the disraae shortly
after hir s.rriyul here.
f'rss1 H. Davis ~ Quaker Neck -~c-
uoh, IL The leading money winner IN
ths ssse cf his ,'hrlstrnas turkcv. M
Davis left here last Thursdsv rno-nir-
~ i've o'clock with n motor truck toad
~ hnc turkoys which ne sold IN ,ho
Wilmington market FOR Cs conts a
reund, realizing in tho neigheorhood
of 400 for the lot.
William 7, Nicholson. who ha. nec,
"a the Maryland General Hospital sor
ne past four weeks. having undergone
l"o "fsrauons Tor Intestinal trouble.
expects 10 return 20 his home, Fancy
lsfin, neNr town, tomorrow. He is
rr~a-ly improved.
Chester Lodge us Na&ors ha. eic~t.d
tho following officers for the ensuing
Nesri Edgar l.. Pyle. worthy master.
y. Thomas kIo,r, senior warden; Don
islls, iunior warden: William A
Nhearcy, secretary. = n. sides
ir.asurcri William q. Russel assist
snt secretary Rev. Ollie Connolly.
chaplain.
Tho Marvil Package Company's bag
nih. here Will resume work after the
nfsi az the year. having been closed
fvf several months.
Among rhc RESIDENT, OF Wilmington
who -p'nt tho holidays with relatives
sr'' friends here were Misc Olive Kent.
Nj" Gladys ifatcherson. Clarence and
Edward Armstrong, John Cannan ana
fsebocca kcndsl
REV J. NJ Artcrs and wife OF Port
and. Maine, arc visiting Mr.. and Mr.
William J.. Rlngrold az Cacs.ertown.
s1erk of the Court Robert y. Ayrcs
ies issued the following marriage
lioenses during the pas, wocis: James
-. IHnHsr and Ruth v Walls, Solomon
,, IS 7. Jones and Esther NJ bowling:
W Norman Cooper and Margaret
Harris. Floyd poweli and Leila Meek
ina ~ Cecil county Edgar A. McGin-
rsw and Frances Howard j. Roland
Everett 1 Queen Anne and Mary J.
Walmsl~y 81 Kent
NJ. ana Mrs. Henry ~. Eunefclter
have cios,d their country home near
'h~stsrtown and have some TO Balt.
more. where they have taken apart
merits 'ot tho winter
Nrf. Aiday Clements wll close their
lo~ai houso the last % this week. and
ehc aud her daughters VIII 50 90 Baltl-
more, whore they have rented apart
f.enss fof the winter.
Howard y. Owens, Tive newly ap-
pointed postmaster az Bettcrton 20
svcceed Mrs. Charles II. Bri,c, whose
term expired sometime aso. has re-
seiyod his commission, and viii take
,narge ~ IN, oflico the hrst OF the
car
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
rursL COUNTY NOTES.

hnseil Correspondence rSv-ry Evening
rlNtcn. Ma. Dec. so-Ths funeral
Uf James 5. Rowland, "a wcil-kncvn
TURNER Of the rair iiii section. who
dicd sunday night. wa, held ycstcr-
day afternoon from hl, late home.
intcrnont was made at Sc. paurs
cemetery Earleviile. tho former home
~ the Nowlands.
ncginnins with Monday morning
ft,o mail delivery service Will be
established IN Eik,cn. The sixteen
applicants who took the examination
Tor the positions ARE on the anxious
bench as 60 who the successful op-
pointees VIII Be.
Edna II. Baxter OF Chesapeake
'liy has flcd a bin In tho local court
Tor divorce from George w. Bax-
ter of Baltimore. alleging deser,ion
Marriage licenses were issued in
hlktun this week 20 ths following:
benjamin A. Bryan and Mary h.
Creswsll. Norsh FAST: NJ. Garland
limh-rsvr sn6 R~asrfcs A. Wilson.
i,ls'rs sun. Jsnes Caleb Of cncss-
r-nke city and Anna Sa~Jsr of
South Mirs y. G.
irNnk Rrown ecltwvd. who shot
Aid kfS1ed Harry Johnson also color
81 ss . Negro party At cscrton, .
~sss aSo has bean committed TO the
loo1 jan without bali for the action
~ tho March torn 81 court.
Rev. Mr. Reed. Of Whit. Clay Creek
church. viii preach IN Zion prcshy-
terisn church. sunday next. as a
candidate for the vacant pastora,e AZ
tho church.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
COURSE WILL CLOSE
WITH DAYS PROGRAM
Members OF Boys and Girls
Clubs Had an Instructive and
Pleasing Time at Newark.


spsc,a, Correspondence Every rven'rs
Newark. uAcc. so.--Aftcr n succee~fui
snd inetructivs wcck. the third an
rw~, Junior Farmers Short Course
., the vnivcreity ~ Delaware VIII
dose tcnisht with social In the
eunxe room of Old Commons. The
youngsters will leave for their homes
tomorrow morning.
Tho bovs. this morning after break
fast had nome gym" work under
ii,~ inst~,ic,ious cf "plck" liclton
University senior, which lasted an
hour. pr. Charles &. Palmer % the
rsrrrlmcr,ai Station sten gave lee
tnf. cu Vaccination ot Poultry FOR
isour" s,d Ax.n, Wilson of Kent,
county gave y talk on state Corn
ludning Contest"
The xiri- this morning heard n talk
hy al.~- Agnes u. Mciill club ieadcr
roe Nav Castle county. on Local
tf,dcrshlp and had "mcdcl sewing
i.sson" under instructions OF Mise
Dorothy Emerson. nlco n county club
l.adcr. A round ,anc discussion was
conducted from ii.is 60 ii.i5 o'clock
fr the sirlS.
i.,at nlsht tho boys had charge II
The s~'lal program held In the lounge
foNm. There were several surprises
for tho pifls and also their instructors.
nnc number IN which there was n
'Hstscn" on somc of tho club leaders
sie- c~rcclsily good.
Yesterday afternoon the boys were
slven.a Poultry culling demonstration
~ county Agent Vaughn of Sussex
tfi-tFu,tlgna In hon fNlvfpp lNs pro.
f~ssor Baker and an illustrated lee
lure on SOILS and Crops" by Pro
iunSoru schustcr and hunk.
70 tho girls. yesterday afternoon.
Miss ilricn l.. Comstocly. County Club
ls.sder save talks ON "Strncillng and
Painting" snd v>Ni finishes"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30

httis day someone VIII lose some
ans ~ saiuc.--Nan, uae thc ciaSsi-
ga ,siumns OF Every Evonine and
80 ,he lasi arficios returned. -Dthegs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-30
Scarfs of At
Brushed Wool SIS

Wide scarfs of pure worsted yarn.
with heavy knotted fringe. belt and
pockets.
In tan and brown and other much
used color combinations-showing both
novelty stripe and block borders.
--oimh.is rhiiadslphis, Nsskwe.r. Firm nosr.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1921-06-30
r YOU RUN DOWN?
Awaken to The Danger and Aid The
Weakened Kidneys.

Kidney sickness often runs you
down to the verge of collapse before
you know the cause. When you are
unable to pin your mind to any task
your back aches and you cannot do
an ordinary days work. It is time
to ask yourself this question: Are
my kidneys working right" The
answer may be easily found.
Weak kidneys slacken their fill
tering work and the uric acid cir
culates with the blood. in many cas-
es attacking brain. nerves, muscles,
and vital organs. Don't wait for
serious trouble-begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills when you feed the first
backache or first notice urinary dis
orders. This remedy has given new
life and strength to thousands. Read
the grateful testimony that follows:
Mrs. o. T. Senger. Houston, No,
says: II have used Doan's Kidney
Pills on several occasions in the past
and they have always proved a fine
remedy. At times I have suffered
from weak kidneys and my back
ached and would become lame.
There would be a dull, steady ache
through my kidneys. I have always
been greatly troubled with rheu-
matte pains. I knew the trouble was
caused by weak kidneys. Doan's
Kidney Pills have always cured me
Of these attacks" soc at all deal
ers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv. No. SO
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1921-06-30
Trustees Sale.

Whereas John W. Kennedy
and Annie G. Kennedy his wife,
by their certain deed of trust,
dated February Oath, 1920. and
recorded in Book AZ at page 1875
of the Office of Rec order of Deeds
in Wright County, Missouri con-
veyed to R. E. McMahan the I'm.
dersigned Trustee, all the fol-
lowing described real estate,
situated in the County OF Wright
and State Of Missouri, to-wit:
The Southwest quarter and
the Northeast quarter and the
West half of the Northwest quar-.
ter all in section twelve (12)
Township twenty nine (29) Ran.
&c sixteen (16) containing in all,
four hundred acres (4OO) more
or less,
Subject to a former deed of
trust given to secure the pay.
ment of a note for three thou.
sand dollars 5000, OO) held by
Waddell Investment Co.
For the purpose of securing a
certain promissory note in said
deed of trust described, and
WHEREAS default has been
made in the paymentof said note.
THEREFORE, l. r. E. McMahan
the undersigned Trustee at the
request of the legal holder of
said note, will on Tuesday the
second day of August 1921. be.
tween the hours of nine o'clock
in the forenoon and four O'Clock
in the afternoon of that day, at
the front door of the Court
House in the City of Hartville in
said County of Wright and State
of Missouri, sell the afore said
property at public vendue, tc
the highest bidder, for cash in
hand, for the purpose of satisfy
ing the terms of said Deed Of
Trust and paying the expenses
of executing this trust.
R. E. McMahan, Trustee
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1921-06-30
Congressman Shelton
Writes

That he desires to be of as
much service to ex service men
as possible. A great many let
ters from them have been re.
ceived, and in every case he has
asked prompt attention from the
Bureau of War Risk, and in most
cases has been able to get detn-
lite action.
This bureau is simply swamp.
ed with work, and is trying to
handle the claims eXpeditiOusly.
In many cases the eX service
men do not furnish the evidence
required. In other cases their
disability does not justify com
pensation.
Many men entitled to vocation
al training are not taking advan
tage of the opportunity. Where
ever a man can be made self sup
porting, and thereby sclf-re
speeding, the government does
him a greater service thar it does
by supporting him at public ex.
pense. The Federal Board for
Vocational Education has an
office at Springfield, Missouri,
and all ex service men in south
ern Missouri should write Mr..
10. w. Price, 700 Landers Build
ing, Springfield, Mis- souri,, il
they have been handicapped in
making an honest living by their
service in the war, These cases
will receive careful considera
ton.
The Congressman will be glad
to assist any deserving cases
which have not been able to gel
action on their claims.