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The Washington times., 1922-01-21
BY
Wel1-Kncwn Author and Novelist q :
Countrywide Requisites.


Countywide Reputstioa
ct WAS wondering" Torrie hest.
tatingly began. after the ST.
lence had Heightened ably.
symally between them, III you'd
have the time. later on, to do ga
bust Of me, something like the Klein
merit bust" ya.,H
It was impossible, he fosfnd. to
keep from probing for some motive
behind this suggestion. Bat the
motive. II there was one. efuded
him.
"That was a terribly bad bust"
he averred, almost lightly, wonder
ing just how he should phrase his
refusal Of her suggestion.
mo, no.; I've heard only nice
things about f." she protested,
trying to counter d depressing con-
sciousness of formality by smile
which was at first hesitatihg and
then pitiful. But perhaps you're
busy with other work.
"i've got old 'Tecumseh to work
out, II I can ever get a. model who's
lean and sinewy enough for what l
need" g" -
"oh, yes; Tecumseh." she echoed.
her mind obviously not on what
she said. She turned away, and
her hand went up to her well.
Through that veil he seemed 10
read on her face an odd plinghng
Of perplexy and disappointment.
He himself was perpiexed by some
newborn shyness about her. and, air
of timorousness which - he found
hard to reconcile with his earlier
memories of Torrie. Without
knowing why, as he watched her.
he thought Of bird with broken
wing. Her pale face colored q lit-
tie as she became conscious OF his
studious eyes upon her. - ~ o..
'.Are you sorry T. carneT she
asked, speaking with IN effort. :Ssh
YES" he was compeliedtin henor
to admit. Pm sorry" 9sra T...aH:.
She nobbed her head, as though
IN belated consciousness OF some i'm
finite and forgotten remoteness BE-
tween them. Then she turned away.
Her husband watched her as she
moved slowly towards the door.
Must you GOT" he mechanically
inquired. q.
Torrie, still without looking back
at him, NODDED her head. Her steps.
as she walked towards the door,
were slow, like the steps offs per-
son wading through water. But
she passed out into the dim-nt and
many-odored hallway without stop
ping or looking back. Storrow, after
staring a moment at the still open
door crossed to the wall-swttch and
lighted the studio.
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No Looking Back.

The room. with it's shadowy re-
cesses that had seemed haunted by
q huddle Of thin shapes and memo
ries. became at a hands turn place
of fiat walls and uncompronaisingly
hard lines. His eyes wandered on
to the clay-stained frame-work to
which 50 much Of that day had gone
in toll.
Storrow was still standing there.
deep In thought, when he was
aroused by the sound OF quick and
nervous footsteps crossing his floor
boards. He swung about to find
himself confronted by Hermann
Krassler In O fur-lined Melton over
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THE STORY TO DATE.

- Hester Bevins, left alone by the death
81 her parents. has been earning her
hving In the small town OF Demopolis;
phs hates the environment and yearns to
try her hand at success In New York.
The people in the boarding house where
-Newcombe, the clerk in the store. who
has always loved her, II the only person
who makes life endprable: The story
opens on May Day, which the whole
takes Hester. He proposes to her. She
refuses him because she is going to the
metropolis to win her way. Jerry puts
her on the train for the city. Hester
finds work and lives at the Y. w. G. A.
rsBaek Pay" has been made
Into photoplay by Cosmopolitan
Productions; direction Of Frank
Borxage; scenario by Frances
Marion. Il will be released as q
Paramount picture.)
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Whims and Dreams.

When she wandered past the
shops and beheld creations modest
~ priced. at a years salary she
had thrill Of imagination; pic
turing herself in silks and satins
and furs; what she had called her
crepe de- chine soul reveled in
these visions and the very impossi-
bility OF realizing them in no way
threw damper on her.
But there is an insidious poison
in example when the example is
bad; her friend, girl by the name
of Sarah, set Hester to thinking.
Sarah had vanished from the office
with the announcement that she
had found better position She
did not specify. but when Hester
saw her three months later driving
in a smart car she was under no
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Screen Version NoUeiised
BY Jane Mclean.

O. far Hester has been eminently
- safe; even the daily CONVERSE
tons with her fellow workers
had failed to stir her to envy Of
!. those rich women who passed her in
luxurious cars or Of whom she
caught glimpses now and then on
the way to the theater.
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"A Serial of a Country Girl Who Seeks
Happiness in the Maelstrom
r. of the Metropolis.

illusions as to what the other posi-.
ton was. ...'''
They met face to face; Sarah's
hand was lying idly on her, lap;
there were rings on her fingers.
but not the one Hester was looking
for.
''why hello Hester, II 1t isn't a
surprise-sorry there's not room in
this little car or I'd ask you IN"
"Oh it's yours?" asked Hester.
my initials are on the door,"
A whistle sounded. the car started.
80 long. Hester. see you again"
Sarah did not see Hester again
for some time, but she did drop her
a note asking her to come up and
see her.
Curiosity got the better of every
consideration. Hester went. The
apartment was one Of the many in
a great ark on Park avenue. Hester
was rather astonished Mt its
elegance. But 1t was merely q prep
aration for, the fiat wherein her
hostess held forth.
They shook hands rather des-
perately and Sarah turned to bring
forward q tall. good looking man
with gray hair. s
Her speaking OF the words. Mr..
Wheeler" meant nothing to Hester:
and Mr.. Wheeler. himself, was so
courteous that she forgot to won
der who he was in the pleasure of
accepting his polite alterations.
A Man of Millions.
Hester did not stay long and
Sarah did not urge her to come
again. Some ten days later she saw
Mr.. Wheeler from her downtown
window entering the portals Of tho
Stock Exchange; she seized the arm
of one OF the office boys:
who Is that man?" she asked,
pointing.
That's Charles G. Wheeler, Kid.
he's worth million minute"
His ready answer gave Hester
something to think about she
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This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the DEATH in 1906 of Will
liam Pitt, orator and statesman and regarded by
historians as England's greatest prime minister He
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CHAUFFEUR UNDER ARREST THROWS LIGHT ON MURDER
DRIVER OF CAR TO HOME OF VIM. DESMOND TAYLOR UNDER AR. REST TELLS NAMES OF SUP. POSED MURDERERS

DETROIT, Feb. 24-The net of the law has been extended far and wide to bring in suspects connected with the murder of Wm. Desmond Taylor, the prominent motion picture director, at Los Angeles. The latest develop ments have occurred in the Detroit, and it is believed that the authorities are close in pursuit of the murderer.
 Harry M. Fields, a chauffeur, was placed under arrest today at Detroit. He has confessed to the police that he received $9OO for driving two men and a woman to the home of William Des- mond Taylor on the night of the mur- der. He states that be believed the trio committed the murder. Fields is . drug addict, but 1t Is believed he has thrown light on the mystery.
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W. ?. HAMMOND
 ACQUIRES RICH
 NOME PROPERTY
MINING COMPANY SELLS OPERATED THIS SUMMER-JAF- EFT LlNDEBERG INTERESTED

SEATTLE, Feb. 24.-Contracts were signed yesterday whereby the Pioneer Mining Company of Nome gave w, P. sammond an option to purchase all their holdings in the Nome District The contract gives Hammond right of immediate possession and requires he operate the property next summer with the present equipment on the ground. Hammond will go to Nome on the first boat wish his engineer to arrange for the seasons work.
 Jafet Lindeberg, who is now fighting extradition in California to prevent be. ing taken to Tacoma to answer crim- inal charge for the wrecking of the Scandinavian American Bank of Taco ma, is one of the principal owners in the Pioneer Mining Company.
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.BURSUM BILL
 PASSES SENATE

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24-The Bur sum Bill giving disabled emergency of ficers of the Americai expeditionary forces the same retirement privileges as regular army officers passed the Senate today.
 During the war the United States army was organized. doing away witt the distinctions between Nationa Guard, National Army, and Regular Army. The three sources from whict the U. s. Army was organized furnish ed men of equal worth who fought and suffered alike. The Bursum Bill is ar attempt to treat alike the men of these various organizations who were injur cd in the war.
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TOTEM WRECKED AND
 THREE DROWNED

The launch Rolfe II. returned to Cor dova Saturday after fruitless search for the launch Totem which left there in December for fox island at Yaku- tat, and failed to reach its destination. The belief is that the boat was wreck ed and the three men, Capt Fred God win, Fred Arnold and Jack Olson were drowned. HEGy
 The coast was cruised to Yakutat, when a man named Hardy reported that on January II, while eating break fast in his cabin, looked out on the bay and saw the mast of boat, and with binouclars learned that it had a knob on the mast (maintruck) and a brown sail, the house being painted white. The stern of the boat had been stove in and was filling with water. The high surf was driving 1t on Kan tuck island. Hardy went out in dory but the boat sunk before he could get to it. The description tallies with that of the Totem.
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ORDER Is MADE
 PUTTING TARIFF
 RATES IN EFFECT
TELEGRAM FROM DELEGATE DAN SUTHERLAND ANNOUNCES NEW TARIFF RATES OVER GOVERN. MENT RAILROAD

The Seward Chamber of Cmomerce today received a wire from Delegate Dan Sutherland that an order was is sued yesterday placing new tariff rates from Seattle to Fairbanks into effect The new Tariff Sheet will be published by Wm. A. Gerig in Seattle
 Delegate Sutherland's wire was in reply to one sent by the Committee on Freight Rates of the Seward Chamber of Commerce and reads as follows:
 "Order issued yesterday placing tar if rates in effect will be published by Gerig. The base rate Seattle to Fair banks is forty-two dollars per ton Wa ter haul to Seward, sl5; to Anchorage, $17. No wharfage charges at Seward or Anchorage on through freight. Freight other than through shipments are liable for wharfage sharges at Sc. attle, Seward or Anchorage. Rate on lumber will be about s30 per thousand from Seattle to Fairbanks.
 Announcement of the tariff rates by MT. William Gerig in Seattle is expect ed at any time. Seward has already been assured that the through rate from Seattle to Fairbanks via either Anchorage or Seward will be the same. This assurance will no doubt be con- firmed in a few days by information direct from Mir Gerig.
 The remaining feature in regards to the new freight rates to be settled is in relation to the local lumber indus try Will the local industry be able to compete with the low freight rate on through shipments of lumber from Se- attle to Fairbanks.
 This is matter that can only be determined when the new tariff sheet becomes available.
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MEMORIAL FUNDS
 BE INVESTIGATED

WASHINGTON, Feb 24.-Represen- tative Underhill has introduced a res olution in the House asking an inves- tigation of the George Washington memorial association in charge of the erection of victory memorial build ing in honor of those who served the Nation in time of war.
 The purpose of the Association is to raise sufficient funds to erect an in 'stitution of learning at the capital city that would be memorial to our war heroes and the fulfillment of the wish of Washington to have a great institution of learning at the capital city.
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IRISH FACTIONS
 UNITE AT SINN
 FEN CONFERENCE
THREATEN SPLIT IN RANKS OF SiNN FEN PARTY INVERTED BY
 CONFERENCE OF LEADERs-oE. VALERA STIRRING UP oIscoRD

DUBLIN, Feb. 24.-Late yesterday afternoon DeValera declared that a split in the Sim Fein party was inev- itable. He openly advocated such a division in addressing the convention. He declared that it would be better for Ireland to have two armies, each ready to assist the other against an outside power than one army diviGed against itself. Great excitement pre- vailed in the convention upon rha all. nouncement Of DeValera Tc prevent rioting the convention was adjourned until this morning and he leaders of the two factions were called together by Collins.
 At this mornings session of the Ma. tional Convention DeValer aannounced that an agreement between the oppos- ing factions in the fight over the Anglo Irish treaty had been reached He further stated that the threatened split in the ranks o( the Sim Fein had been averted by last niShC s> conference be. tween Griffith, Collins and himself and that everything would run sm.othly pending the framing of the Constitu- tion for the new Irish Free State. The Nationa, Convention adjourned | today for three rlhnth.. During this time the present Sim Fein parliament will continue to func'ion.
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pERSHING GIVES TROPHIES
 TO NEBRASKA COLLEGE

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 24.-Univer- sity of Nebraska is the recipient of what is said to be the best collection of Philippine war implements ever seen in this country. It is the gift of Gen. John Pershing and contains several weapons and coats of mail that date back to the fifteenth century.
 A collection of Philippine birdskins also presented to the university by the same donor has been mounted and placed in the museum.
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HIRAM JOHNSON
 FIGHTS TREATY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Hiram Johnson, senator from California, to- day asked the Senate to take up the Four Power Treaty which he charac- terized an alliance that had superseded the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Senator Johnson took the opportunity to reply eto President Harding's letter that no record had been kept of the negotia- tions which had preceded the signing of the treaty. Johnson declared that an alliance had been formed without any record or evidence to judge it by and only the literary gems had been preserved"
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MEXICAN REBEL
 LEADER IS KILLED

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 24.-Gen. Pablo Marrero, leader of the uprising in the State of Chihuahua, was killed yester. day near Cuidad Laredo, in fight with Federal forces.
 More troops are moving north to put down the new revolution that had be gun to assume alarming proportions The defeat of the main rebel army un der General Marrero and his death will, it is believed, bring about an early peace.
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Names Passengers

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24-News was received here that Harry M Fields, under arrest in Detroit, has named the occupants of the car he asserts he drove to the bungalow of Taylor tho night of the murder. Fields declares that his three passengers were Johnny Clark, Wong Lee and Kennte Moore the latter being a white woman.
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CLEANING UP NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Dr. Simon Carleton, the new deputy police com. missionerd appointed by Mayor Hay. land and who has been given free rein to clean up the city of vice, intem. perance, gambling and thuggery, made his first showing today when the DO. lice department destroyed $750,000 worth of confscated drugs.
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RIGHTLY PER CENT OF NEW
 YORK ARE BOOZE HOLSTERS

NEW YORK. Feb 24-Only one wo. man in more than thirty stood up at a meeting of the Women's Democratic Club when the chairman called for a rising vote of those favoring prohibi. tion. Miss Elizabeth Mardury. a mem Der of the Democratic National Com. mittee said 80 per cent of New York. CTS continually violate the liquor laws.
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MINISTER GIVEN CONTROL
 OVER POLICE OF CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Mayor Thomp- son has formally created the post of law enforcement commissioner in his cabinet and appointed Rev. John w Williams, Methodist minister, as first incumbent with powers over law viola tions from the highest city official to the lowest crook on the street.
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COMMITTEE HAS
 RESOLUTION ON
 LOWELL CREEK
MAYOR ELLSWORTH RECEIVES A
 WIRE STATING PROGRESS OF
 LOWELL CREEK REsoLuTloN- COL, sTEEsE IN FAVOR OF BILL

Mayor Ellsworth today received a announcing that the resolution asking for $10O,000 to curb the flooding of the city by Lowell Creek was now before the House committee on Territories and would be called up for hearing within few days.
 Delegate Sutherland states that Governor Bone and Col. Steese will ap- pear before the committee and urge the passage of the resolution.
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JUMP FROM BOAT IN MID-
 OCEAN; COUPLE SUICIDES

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-Mrs. Alice Hills of Los Angeles and Harold Holloway of San Francisco, jumped from the liner Buckeye State, and were drowned. The act was evidently the result of suicide pact and was carried out when the vessel was three hundred miles north of Los Angeles.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-In t

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-In the tircuit court of appeals decision was handed down today affirming the ten thousand dollar damage suit awarded ID. J. Cover against the Alaska Pack ers' Association. The suit was tried in Ketchikan before Judge Jennings over year ago. The plaintiff alleged he tvas injured by fall from ladder while working in the Loring cannery.
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NOME RESTAURANT SOLD

N. Nicon has sold his interest in the well known restaurant and bakery at Nome to Harry and Gus Cremidas, pre- vious co-owners with Nicon. who will devote his time to mining.
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WILL CHOOSE BATTLESHIP
 THAT WILL BE CONTINUED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Secretary of the Navy Denby has appointed a special board of naval officers to study Technically the status of construction of the battleships Washington and West Virginia, to determine which one will be completed under the naval treaty.
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POINCARE AND
 GEORGE TO MEET

LONDON, Feb 24.-Lloyd George will meet Premier Poincare at Bou. logne or Calais soon for a discussion of questions relating to the Genoa con- ference and the proposed Anglo-French pact.
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WOMAN WASHES HUSBAND
 BEFORE GOING OUT CALLiN,

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 24.-'T had to wash him every time took him out anyplace," Mrs. James H. Henry told Judge Dingeman in circuit court ask eng for a decree of divorce. He also took great pride in showing his friends how to beat up wife"
 She got her divorce.
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NAVAL PRESS BE CONTINUED

WASHING TON, Feb 24-The House Resolution extending the privileges of the Naval Radio Service to the press for period of five years was adopted by the Senate today.
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FORMER DIRECTOR w. R.
 DIES OF HEART DISEASE

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-R. c. Cholm- ley-Jones, former director of the Blu reau of War Risk Insurance, died here today of heart disease.
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BURGLAR HAS TOUGH LUCK

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-Chas Howard arraigned yesterday on a charge of burglary, is said by the DO lice to be the most unfortunate of his kind ever taken into custody. He is charged with over fifty burglaries and burglars get in a single job He is said he robbed five stores one night And got $50.
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REED DENOUNCES
 AMBASSADOR HARVEY

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Senator Reed of Missouri, in a speech before the Chi cago Counci lof the Friends of Irish Freedom declared that Ambassador Harvey at the Court of St. James should be recalled and his recent per formance erased from the recollection of man."
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NINE BREAK JAIL; FIVE ESCAPE

EUGENE, Ore. Feb. 24.-Nine men escaped from the Lane county jail early yesterday morning. Four of the men were recaptured and are once more safely within the walls of the institution. Three of the recaptured iailbirds were found hiding in barns, and the fourth gave himself up to the Sheriff. The remaining five are al large.
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WILL OSLERIZE THE
 AGED AND INFIRM

VICTORIA, Feb 24-A detachment of Provincial police have been sent to Brilliant, B. C., to investigate the avowed intention of the Doukhobors to kill off their children and infirm.
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FATHER MRS. JAMES
 STILLMAN IS DEAD

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 24.-James Brown Potter, father of the notorious Mrs. James Stillman died at West Hampton, a suburb of Richmond. Mrs. Stillman Is now in Canada in search of evidence to carry on the fight against her husband in the divorce courts.
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JAPAN WILL MARCH
 OUT OF SHANTUNG

TOKYO, Feb. 24.-The Foreign of flee announced today that Japan will withdraw her troops from the Shan tung railroad as soon as China as sumes guard over the road.
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ARMY OFFICER HURT
 BY AUTO ACCIDENT

SEATTLE, Feb. 23.-Major A. H. Cleary, stationed at Fort Lawton, was seriously injured this morning in an automobile accident
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 24.-Members of the scale committee of the United Mine Workers apparently favored retention of the present wage scale for the soft coal miners rather than make a demand for an increase when they met this afternoon.
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NATIVE DAUGHTER OF ALASKA
 MAKES VISIT TO STATES

Miss Lillian MacLaren, a Skagway girl and later a citizen of Dawson, is on her way to the States for the first time in IS years.
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TROOPS GUARLING
 JAP PARLIAMENT

TOKYO, Feb. 24.-Troops were call ed today to guard the parliament buildings against demonstrations by advocates of universal suffrage for men.
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B. B. Chamberlain, who returned to Seward f-om the Rainy Pass district on recent train, is ill with influenza in his room at the Hotel Sexton.
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IRISH SIGNATORIES
 INVITED TO LONDON

LONDON, Feb. 24.-The government has invited the Irish signatories to the Anglo-Irish treaty to come to London for an early conference on the treaty situation it was announced today by SSLord Churchill, secretary of the colo nies.
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GREAT GRANDSON
 OF BURNS DEAD

WINNIPEG, Feb. 24-Robert Burns Thompson, great grandson of the Scotch poet Robert Burns died here last night.
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NEGROES CHARGED WITH CRIME

WACO, Texas, Feb. 24.-County au- thorities arrested nine negroes this afternoon near Concord in connection with the murder of w. s. Barker, a merchant, his wife and thirteen-year. Old son of neighbor whose bodies were found yesterday. It is said to be un. certain whether robbery or revenge was the motive for the crime.
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THORPE SIGNS CONTRACT

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 24.-Jim Thorpe, of the Carlisle Indian School has been purchased from the T. A. A. by the Portland league team.
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GUATEMALA ELECTS
 NEW PRESIDENT

GUATEMALA CITY, Feb. 24.-Gen- eral Joe Maria Orellana was elected president of Guatemala at the recent elections.
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Dept. Commerce Gets Biz Sum for Work in
 Alaska Departments

WASHINGTON. Feb 2-Alaska red we'll the bill which  
 
 
  $5S,39 to operated twoBu of sheres of the
  Service navigation in Alaska. The Fisheries of in
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ToDAY's FISH PRICES

TODAYS FISH PRICES KETCHIKAN, Feb. 24.-Fish prices today, fresh halibut 13 and 2 cents. SEATTLE, Feb. 24.-Haibut IT cents; chickens, cents.
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Good show at the Liberty tonight.