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Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

watching her, ''how I happened to be
out Of the house that night. followed
man who came there to the house.
Wassaquam: :-dld-net., know his name
He did not know Mr.. COryet was gone;
for he came there to see Mr.. Corvet.
He was not an ordinary friend of Mr..
Corvet,s; but he had come there often.
WassaQuam did not know why. Was
saQuam had sent the man away, and
ran out after him; but I could not
find him."
He stopped an instant, studying her.
THAT was not the first man who came
to the house." he went on quickly as
she was about to speak. 81 found a
man In Mr.. Corvet's house the first
night that l spent there. Wassaquam
was away, you remember. and l was
alone In the house,
"A man there In the houseT she re-
peated.
HE was going through Mr.. Corvet's
things-not the silver and all that, but
through his desks and files and cases.
He was looking for something-some.
thing which he seemed to want very
much; when lnterfered, 1t greatly ex-
cited him. frightened him. He
thought was ghost" -
"a ghost. Whose ghost?"
He shrugged. 81 don't know; some
one whom he seemed to have known
pretty well-and whom Mr.. Corvet
knew, he thought"
"Why didn't you tell US this before?"
"At least-I am telling you now,
Miss Sheriff.. l frightened him, and
he got away. But ! had seen him
plainly, I can. describe him.
F. You've talked with your father Of the
possibility that something might hap.
pen to me such as, perhaps, happened
to Mr.. Coryet. If anything does hap
pen to me, description Of the man
may i. prove useful"
Then clearly and definitely as he
could, he described Spearman to her.
She did not recognize the description;
he had known she would not. Had not
Spearman been In Duluth? Beyond
that, was not connection of Spearman
with the prOwler In Corvet's house the
one connection Of all most difficult for
her to make? But he saw her fixing
and recording the description In her
mind.
They were silent as they went on to-
ward her home. He had said all he
could, or dared to say; to tell her that
the man had been Spearman would not
merely have awakened her lncreduli-
,ty; Il. -wonld have destroyed credence
utterly. A definite change In their re-
lation to one another had taken place
during their walk. The fullness, the
frankness of the sympathy there had
been between, them almost from their
first meeting had gone; she was
quite aware, he saw, that he had not
frankly answered her questions; she
was aware that In some way he had
drawn back from her and shut her
out from his thoughts about his own
position here. But he had known that
this must be, so; 1t had been his first
definite realization after his return
to consciousness in the hospital when,
knowing now her relation to Spear
man, he had found all questions which
concerned his relations with the peo-
pie here made immeasurably more
acute by the attack upon him.
She asked him to come In and stay
for luncheon, as they reached her
home, but she asked II without urg-
ing; at his refusal she moved slowly
up the steps. Looking after him from
the window after she had entered the
house, she saw him turn the corner In
the direction Of Astor street.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27
KNOCKERS AND BOOSTERS.

The ball team has gone to considerable expense Of
putting up grand stand and improving the grounds
and the fans should back them up. In the game with
Ezel Saturday there crowd of possibly two hun
dred and only about seven dollars paid in. The bows
had had scarcely any practice and did not put up the
game that they will later, but there too much knock
who did the loudes knocking had paid the Is cents ad
mission fee instead of refusing to pay and then knocking
The fans ought to be willing to pay for seeing the game
before they cicise the home team too freely The boys
had to go down in their pockets to pay the expense
of improving the grounds Let's give them better sup
port and less knocking
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

CHAPTER IV.-Alan takes possession
of his new homo.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

CHAPTER III-From q statement OF
Sheriff. 1t seems probable Conrad Is Cor
vets illegitimate son. Corvet has decided
his house and Its contents to Alan.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

CHAPTER II.-corvet's letter summons
Conrad, youth Of unknown parentage.
to Chicago.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

good deal worse perhaps than any
thing that could have been involved u
he had only gone away. The facts we
bad made II certain that-lf what hnd
happened to him was death at the
hands Of another-he must have fore.
seen that death and, seeking no pro-
lection for himself It implied,
that he preferred to die rather than to
ask protection-that there was some
thing whose cOncealment he thought
muttered even more to him than life.
lt-lt might have meant that he con.
sldered his life was due to whom
ever took IT," Her voice, which had
become very low, now ceased. She
was speaking to Alan Of his futher-a
father whom he had never known, and
whom he could not have recognized by
sight until she showed him the picture
u few weeks before; hut she was
speaking Of his father.
"Mr. Sheriff. didn't feel that II was
necessary for him to do anything, even
though he thought thntT
III Mr. COrvet was dead, we could
do him no good surely, by telling this
to the police; II the police succeeded
IN finding out all the fucts, we would
be doing only what Uncle Benny did
not wlsh-whut he preferred denth TO-
We could not tell the police about II
without telling them ull about Mr., Cor.
vet, too. So father would not let him.
self believe that you hnd been attacked
TO he killed. lie had to believe the
police theory WIS sufficient"
Alan made no comment ut once
"WussuQuam believes NJ, Corvet Ii
deud," he said tinallN "Ile told me so
Does your futher believe thatT
II think he is beginning TO believe
IT,"
rye not told any one" he sud, nov
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27
Pay AZ on Time Deposits Socts your business tho
basis of the most liberal terms consistent
with sound banking principles.
West Liberty, KY, March "a, 1922

West Liberty KY, March "a, 1922.
At the regular term of the April Fiscal Court which
will convene April 26th 1922 the magistrates will elect
County Health Officer to for period Of the un
expired two year term that closes December 81 1928 and
will recev5 bids from any physician who cars to make
Nd You will he required to do all the duties Of County
Health Ohcer and give medical attention to the inmates
Of the county jail and poorhouse. Said bids must be-
sealed an he man that elected will be certified to the
State Board of Health and commissioned the secretary
of the County Board of Health of Morgan county.
JAMES Y. HENRY,
Judge Morgan County Fiscal Court, N
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

No, it was not Democratic paper that said this it
was the New Hampshire Guardian Republican paper of
Manchester: "Congerss gummed up the ak revision
programme, man-handled the whole tariff revision ques-
ton and made nauseatng spectacle of itself in handling
the bonus problem. Its record will surely give every
thoughtful Republican cause for alarm"
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

The appointee as postmaster at Liberty, Tenn ac-
cording to Senator Mcclellan enjoys the proud dstinc-
ton of having been indicted for bootlegging and num-
erous other charges have been preferred against him.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27

Senator Borah had the courage of his convictions
his reply the men who threatened to de defeat him for
his vote on the bonus measure.
Licking Valley courier., 1922-04-27
Copuriqht by Edwin Bolmer -
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-wealthy and highly
placed In the Chicago business world.
Benjamin Corvet Is Something Of q re-
cluse and q mystery TO his associates.
After O stormy interview with his part
ner, Henry Spsarman, Corvet seeks Con-
stance Sheriff. daughter Of his otner
business partner, Lawrence Sheriff., and
secures from her a promise not to marry
Spearman. He then disappears. Sherrin
learns Corvet has written to a certain
Alan Conrad, in Blue Rapids. Kansas,
and exhibited strange agitation over the
matter.
CHAPTER II.-Corvets letter summons
Conrad, youth OF unknown parentage,
to Chicago.
CHAPTER III-From q statement OF
Sheriff. II seems probable Conrad 10 Cor
vets illegitimate son. Corvet has decided
his house and Its contents to Alan.
CHAPTER Iv.-Alan takes possession
of his new home.
CHAPTER What night Alan discov-
ers q man ransacking the desks ana bu-
appearance Of Alan tremendously agitates
the intruder, who appears TO think him
ghost and raves Of i'the Miwaka," After
a struggle the man escapes.
OI1AI NAs-ANOAb NNy AaNh
from Sheriff. that Corvet has decided his
entire property to him. introduced to
Spearman, Alan is astoupded at the dis:
covery that he is the man whom he had
found In his house the night before.
CHAPTER VII.-Alan tells no one Of
his strange encounter, but In q private
interview taxes Spearman with the fact.
SpearDlan laughs at and defes him.
CII pTvI,p VIII -Corvat'a Indian aarv-
ant Wassaquam, tellS Alan he believes
his employer 10 dead, He also tells him
the legend of the Indian Drum, which ac-
cording to old superstition beats once for
every life lost on the Great Lakes. Twen-
ty years before. the great freighter MI
wala had gone down with twenty-five on
board, but the Drum had sounded for
only twenty-four, leaving the Inference
that one person had been saved. since II
was general belief that the drum never
erred Pursuing a stranger who had
made a disturbance at his house, Alan
is slugged and rendered unconscious.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
WOMEN'S LABEL
LEAGUE TAKES
ON NEW LIFE

At last weeks meeting of the Wom-
ems Label League arrangements were
made whereby it is expected a re-
sumption of activities during the fall
and winter months will place that or
Qanization among the most important
in the Twin Cities.
During the hot months just past
the ladies' were more prone 70 enjoy
the great outdoors rather than sitting
in a stuffy hall, and for this reason
the attendance has not been what II
should have been; but now that cool
weather is here, the League plans
some interesting sessions, at which
entertainments will intersperse the
serious parts of the meeting.
During the past month or so the
League has been instrumental in
Strengthening out several knotty prob
lens that has confronted organized
labor for some time, at least three
local firms have capitulated under the
convincing arguments Of the women
comprising the label committee. This
good work is to 90 on in a quiet way
and no doubt further good results will
follow.
The League meets in Labor Hall on
the second and fourth Thursday
nights. Every lady member of a
union mans household should be a
member and join in the activities Of
the League.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
JOHN THELAN
LAID TO REST ON
THURSDAY MORNING

John Thelan, 403 East Eureka
street. was suddenly stricken by a
fatal attack of heart trouble at 9:ab
Sunday evening, and two and one
half hours later, while a physician
labored to prolong his life, he died.
The malady which resulted in his
death came upon him suddenly at a
time when his health was apparently
unimpaired by illness. On previous
occasions, however, he had been
stricken with attacks Of nature
similar to that which resulted in his
death, although they were less severe.
The deceased Is survived by his
widow and the following seven chill
dren: Mrs. Hannah Shaffer, Urbana;
Mrs. Anna Gassett, Alma, Mich;
Nicholas Thelan, Chicago, and Marie,
Mildred, Bill and Peter, all of whom
live at home. There are also two
brothers and a sister living. They
are Nicholas Thelan Of Chicago, Bill
Thelan of Idaho, and Katherine Ban
bo of Chicago.
Mr.. Thelan was member of Brick
layers Union No. IL of the Twin
Cities, members of which organiza-
ton attended the funeral in "A body
al st. Mary's Catholic church Thurs
day morning at 8 o'clock.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
THE NEW STATE CONSTITUTION


ton and II the people approve the
measure IL should become law regard
less of the whims of the law who
come here once In two years 10 mend
political fences and plaly horse with
the voters welfaae and his money.
IL will no doubt be eontended by the
opponents of these advanced ideas
that the people viii submit too many
measures and all sorts of ideas viii
be presented for the voters 10 pass
judgment on, that the expense will be
too great and ~ forth. The most
effective denial to that sort OF logic
is to look over the number of freak
ishly foolish bills that are offered at
the sessions Of tiR general assembly
every two years. JAS for the expense,
it would be comparatively small as
against the tremendous expenditure
indicated every pme the legislature
meets.
The very fact that this document Is
to be submitted al other than a regu-
lar election time is sufficient TO con-
vince the average person that they
were afraid to present it when people
turn out to vote as 1t IL easily appar-
ent the voters are not In sympathy
with this make shift constitution. IL
has cost the tax payers of this state
an enormous sum of money and now
because Of the Nomination of a few
specfajf insf.{c ssz Skere is nethine in
It that Is cosninxh0ahie.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
NEW PRESIDENT
ELECTED AT 18TH
QUARTERLY MEET

Members of the Twin City Co
operative Society at their twelfth
quarterly meeting held Sunday after
noon at Labor Hall, elected new
president, several board members and
a new educational committee, as fol-
lows:
President---Frank Moore.
Vice President--Dan Meneley.
- sDirecasrs-~Hhemas lnskip. h~-k,
Mathews, w. S. Martin.
Auditors--Geo. p. Jenkins, Wyhe
Burke.
Educational Committee-Mrs. j. X
Martin, Mrs. c. l.. Healey, Mrs. S. w
Walkup and Mrs. II. +. Mathews.
Reports from the auditors showed
the society to be holding its own, and
that a substantial increase in the vol
ume of business was had during the
past quarter.
c. r. Brown, the new manager OF
the society, Vas present at the meet-
ing and addressed the co-operators.
Mr.. Brown has had wide experience
in the cooperative field. He extends
an invitation to all union men and
women to meet him at the store and
become acquainted with the co-opera-
tive movement.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
LOCAL PEOPLE
LOSE $4,000 BY
THEFT IN SUGAR

Few people realize the extent Of the
steal represented in the 2 10 : cents
Increase Of the price Of sugar.
The public has been much excited
over the numerous bold hold-ups by
bandits IN our cities, who have taken
Thousands Of dollars at time from
bank messengers and others, aud the
newspapers have played up these
crimes in sensaiionally big type an
their front pages. Yet the sugar steal
represents en- amount of money many
times greater ,han all the street ban
dts of the country could hope to grab
IL probably will cost the people even
more than the notorious proiiteering
In coal, since everybody uses sugar
the year around, while most people
must have coal only during the win
ter months.
Ii Is eonsersatively estimated that
Champaign and urbana people use
1 100000 pounds of sugar a year,
which multiplied by 2 cents pound,
amounts TO $4,000 a year handed
over 10 those who control the sugar
market.
But We have not heard of the gov
ernment taking any steps TO stop the
sugar hoid-up. Federal troops nave
not beer called out TO shoot the sugar
trust into submission. The newspa-
| Ilers have not shouted the news IN
| hystericai headlines.
After the hold-up Is over, itinay be
that congressional committee--.tray
cling expenses paid by special appro.
priation---will be appointed to lnyasii-
gate. This committee may iunke. 20
Cuba and various parts Of the United
States To call on various big sugar
men and be entertained MS their
quests. Ii may even discover that the
hold-up really was hold-up and lay
the blame on few manipulators at
the top of the industry. Then the
whole matter will be pigeonholed and
forgotten. Nobody will be punished
but the consumers of sugar, and they
have long since gotten used to II.
But "the rights of the public are
paramount"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
REV. PILCH GIVES
FAREWELL SERMON
SUNDAY EVENING

Grace Methodist church, Urbanar
was comfortably filled last Sunday
evening to hear Rev. c. I. Pilch's
farewell sermon and to wish him sue
cess in his new charge at Cauton,
Many union men and women whe had
become admirers of Rev. Pilch on ac-
count of his fearlessness in champ
ioning the cause of organized labor
were in the congregation.
1t was with much regret, said the
reverend gentleman, that he was
leaving those whom he had learned
to love; those with whom he so deep
ly sympathized because OF the cor,-
ditions under which they labored
with whom he had suffered because
they had suffered. He predicted thal
right would soon conquer might, and
predicted that the time would soon
come when those who toll for living
would be accorded he consideration
to which, they are entitled.
While Twin City union men are
losing a valuable friend in the de-
parture of Rev. Pilch, we can not 1elp
but congratulate our brothers in Can
ton in their good fortune.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22

tray, oppressive. unjust and illegal.
THIRD. lie has, without war
rant threatened with punishment
citisons 0g the United States wha
have oppnsea hls attempts 10 over
ride the Constitutions and the laws Of
this nAtioh.
FOURTH, He has used the funds
Of his office illegally and without war
rant IN the prosecution IL individuals
ami organizations for certain lawful
acts, which, under tho law. he was
specifically forbidden to prosecute.
.flFrh He has fasled to prosa-
cute individuals and organization
violating the law after these viola-
tions have become public scandal.
"SiAfn, lie has defeated The ends
Of Justice BY recommending the re-
lease from prison Of wealthy otfen.
defs against the sherman antitrust
act
SEVENTH, lie has failed 10
prosecute defendants legally indicted
for crimes against the people"
kellef's prepared resolution for an
investigation nf his charges by the
Committee on the Judiciary follows.
The Resolution OF impeachment.
NHEftEASs impeachment Of
Harry NJ. naugherty, attorney gan-
en.i Of the United States. has been
made on the floor OF the House by
the representative from the fourth
distnc, Of Minnesota. be Ii
RESOLVED, That the Committee
on Judiciary be and they hereby are
authorized aud directed 90 enquire
into the official conduct af Harry NJ.
naughefty, attorney general Of the
united States, and to report 60 the
House whether, In their opinion. the
said Harry M. Dnugherty has been
guilty of any acts which In coniem-
platlon oi the Constitution. are high
crimes OF miademeanors. requiring
the interpretation of the constitutional
powers nf this liousei aud that the
said committee have power To send
for persons and papers and to admin.
ister the customary oaths TO wit.
nesses,"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22

out Of Champaign way back In 1904,
and later became affiliated with the
Brotherhood of Railway Tfainmen,
and IL was while working as "A brake
man In Oklahoma that he developed
his memory so that he did not have
to tie string around his finger every
time his wife wanted him TO mail a
letter.
One day while checking a train
upon which he was working, he found
himself minus a pencil with which TO
write down the car numbers and lni-
tials. So he glanced at the numbers
as the train rolled along, then swung
onto the caboose and gave the con
ductor his report from memory. The
"con" was ast0niHhed. Said he didn't
believe there was d shack in the
world who could do IL; so at the next
stop, be went over the train and took
the numbers of the cars and found
that Throop had made no mistake In
his report.
That was the last time Throop had
occasion 10 resort to q pencil and
paper TO remember anything, SO he
threw his pencils away and began ~
real earnest 20 develop that part OF
the human mind which he says is the
basis OF education.
SO remarkable has been his sue
cess that it is no uncommon test 10
give correctly at his entertainment
the names and numbers of hundreds
of cars to be found in the railroad
yards; the names and telephone mum
bers Of half the business establish
ments IN town; numbers and makes
of over a hundred automobiles; de-
nomination and numbers Of a hundred
bank notes, and many other astonlsn-
ing exhibitions of "mem0nzation.'
Several years ago Ihroep posted
bet Of 100000 that there is no one
In the world who can beat him m
memory tests. SO far he has had no
challenge. although he has competed
with several mind wizards who did
not care 10 risk the money. In 1919
at the San Francisco Exposition, he
met and defeated all comers, and vas
awarded the gold badge proclaiming
him the memory expert OF the
world"
Throop has lectured in nearly every
English-speaking university ~ the
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
NO CONFIRMATION
OF SETTLEMENT ON
N. Y. CENTRAL LINES

Newspaper reports that the shop
mems strike had been settled on the
Big Four railroad could not be con
firmed at strike headquarters Thurs
day. Local ehairmen said they had
received no word of such a settlement
and that the status of the strike il
practically the same as 1t has beer
for several weeks.
The men are hoping, Of course, FOL
"A settlement. But they place but
little faith in newspaper reports
which, they say, are intended mainly
to influence weak strikers to retur
to work. Such reports are circulated
almost every week, and have proyer
To be false. So local strikers vii
await notification from the proper
source.
Should the reported settlement oi
Wednesday night be authentic, OF
the basis Of the Baltimore plan, loca
shopmen will return 10 work at th'
Big Four on terms practically th'
same as those existing prior e
July /.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-09-22
DAUGHERTY iMPEACHED
FOR UNLAWFUL ACTS"
Injunction Atracty Against Rail Strikers Leads Rep.
Keller to Act. Charging High Crimes
Against Attorney General

Ry International Labor News Service
Washington. u. G.. Sept. - lin.
peachmeni of Attorney 6euefal Harry
NJ. Daaeherty n ths House Of Rep.
resentativoa On Monday, Sept. II, hy
Representative Oscar y. Keller es
Minnesota, republican. has again up.
set the party equilibrium, Republican
leaders were j0Allsnt at l.eader Mon.
dell's strategy in having the resola.
uan referred 10 the Committee an
the judiciary, long recognized a. tho
legislative graveyard because they
felt IL would de there. Caritieism Of
Speaker oillett for permitting such
action Vas not in itself disturbing.
Chairman Nelstead of the judiciary
Cemnlsllee4 however. has announced
that nothing - cru3e as immediate
deaih t. the resolution l. eONtem.
plated ~ him, lie Is also from Min.
neso,a, There aN voters in Mime.
sofa who insist on fair MAY. 81
there will be hearings on the fosela-
tom After the hearings the com.
nlttee will determine whether the
House shalt he permitted 10 discuss
the matter. A little censorship II IN
order under the dieetlon of the able
honAe censor.
HERE'S What Keller Alleges.
Representative Keller lists the fol.
lowing charges as the basis for his
Impeachment proceedings against
naughoftys
FIRST: Harry N. naugherty. at.
toiney general Of the United States.
has used hts high office TO violate the
Constitution OF the United States IN
the following particulars; by ahndg.
ing freedom Of the press, and, by
abridging the right of people peace.
ably Go assemble.
SECOND. That, unmindfnl OF tho
duties of his office and bis cath 10
defend the Constitution of the United
States. and unlnindful OF his obliga.
tions TO discharge those duties faith.
fully aud impartially, the said Harry
M. Daugherty has, in the capacity ai
attorney general of the United States,
conducted himself Ia a manner arbi-