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Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

Academy :. ..........0 . o ~
Two base hits Wilson, Dryer. Clark. Bases on
balls on Dinley q Stolen bases. Dinle5. Noon
an Clark Struck out. BY Dinley Is; By Dryer
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08
college Baseball.

Dartmuoth Is, Wesleyan 5.
Lehigh Z, N. Y. .. 8.
Swarthmore Z, MuhleHbrrg Z.
Penn State 2, Bethany 0.
U. of P. 8, Navy 3.
Mass. Aggies 8, Conn. Aggies z
Yale 9, Holy Cross Z.
Andover 4, YaYle Seconds 2.
Bowdoin 6, Maine 2.
Williams II, Trinity 6.
Tufts 5, U. of Vermont 1.
Army 10, Columbia 4.
Colgate 10, Hamilton 0.
Syracuse 6, Rensselaer, 8.
Union 5, Clar1cson Tech. 2.
Haverford 10, Delaware 8.
Virginia 8, West Virginia o.
Cornell 5, Princeton 1.
R. I. State 5, Providence S.
Harvard 4, Catholic U. 8.
GAMES TO-DAY.
National League
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh.
No other games scheduled.
American League
st. Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

"Ping" Bodie, outfieIder, will appear
with the Vernon club of the Pacific
kCoast League when 1t plays next
week. Bodie was with the New York
Yankees and was sold to Boston. When
he refused to report, baseball commits
sioner Lands suspended him. Now
he is with Vernon and will be eligible
to play on May IL.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08
Eddie shevIin is. all throuah bog.

Eddie shevIin is, al through box
ing at Dartmouth and now can de-
vote his. attention preparing for sew
eraI matches that his manager has
arranged for him. The first of many
bouts scheduled for Shevlin will be
with Jack Perry of Pittsburgh at Wor-
cester next Tuesday night. Shevlin
hopes to land a match with Jack Brit
ton before long.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

Lew Mcfarland, New York, boxer
was suspended for Exty days at the
meeting of the State Athletic Com
mission as a result Of his uisquanfl-
cation in bout at the Freeport Il. II
Sporting Club on April "a. The COM
mission announced the reinstatement
of Mel Coogan, Brooklyn lightweight,
and Willie Kohler.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

Champions in the tennis world will
play on the White House tennis courts
next Wednesday. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory and Mrs. Marion Zisderstein
Jessup will meet in a singles match;
Mrs. Mallory and Watson Washburn
will meet doubes. The matches will
be witnessed by the President and
Mrs. Harding and other high govern
ment officials
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

Harry Greb and Al Roberts are down
to trade wallops May II at the Armory
A. A at Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08

Jimmy Fruzetti and Johnny Shus-
rue, New En- LAND lightweights, hav-
ing been declaring that Johnny Gin
ton is sidestc piping them. Clinton an
nounced that he is ready to accomo-
date either of them whenever they are
ready to battle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

every step Of the way. WIN you
tell her? -
"Oui. Ba'teese tell her-a about the
hurne and Msieu Thayer, what he
say. You go Boston tonight7v
Yes
Weakened, wrinkled faced little
jenkins met him at the Boston Of
fee.
You're back, Mr.. Houston, /
didn't know whether to send the
notice from the Mountain, Plains
and Salt Lake Railroad. 1t just
came yesterday"
Abstractedly, Houston picked II
up and glanced at the specifca-
tions.
Jenkins" Houston.s voice was
sharp. insistent. The weazened man
entered, rubbing his hands.
Have we any stumpage con-
tracts"
Only one. sir
"One? What"
THE one you signed, sir. 20
Thayer and Blackburn, just a week
or so before you started out west
Don't you remember, sir; you
signed it, tog ,ther with a lease for
fume site and lake?r
Il signed nothing of the sort!''
You certainly did, sir"
You're lyingi"
Il don't lie, sir. I attested the
signature and saw you read both
contracts. Pardon. sir, but if any
ones lying, sir-it's yourseif!"
CHAPTER X.
Ten minutes after that, Barry
Houston was alone in his office.
jenkins was gene, discharged; and
Houston felt a sort of relief in the
knowledge that he had departed
He returned to Tabernacle and
attempted the only solution; he
must secure timber from Medaine
Robinette and bid on the railroad
contract.
Houston felt that he would be
presuming to ask it of her-himself
a stranger against whom. had come
the accusation of murder. Yet,
withal, in the way, he welcomed the
chance to see her and to seek to
explain to her the deadly thrusts
which Fred Thayer had sent against
him.
Medaine's hand trembled slightly
as she extended it to Ba tiste. Hous-
ton she received with a bow
forced, he thought.
I'VE have come for business, Me-
daine," Ba'tiste announced. "M'siel
Houston, he have need for fiume
site"
She seemed to hesitate then and
Houston took sudden resolve. IT
might as well be now as later.
Miss Robinette," he began, COM
ing forward, Il realize that all this
needs some explanation. Espe-
cialIy," and he halted, about my
SELF
Houston came directly to the
question.
Its simply this, Miss Robinette.
If 1 am guilty of those things, you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

greatest importance, and that
when he toed father what if was.
that he, Langdon, could have any
thing my father possessed in the
way of a Job and competence for
life. 1t sounded like hlackmail-
| could think of nothing else COM
ing from Tom Langdon-and / Id
him SO. That was unfortunate.
There were several persons in my
Office at the time He resented the
statement that we quarreled. They
hea- d 1t and later testified. He sug-
gested that we go to dinner to-
gether and insisted upon it. There
was nothing to do but acquiesce;
especially as l now was trying to
draw from him something of what
had brought him there We I'D
wine- Oh" and he swerved sudden
ly toward t. woman at the IL
dow, I'm not trying to make any
excuses for myself. We left the cafe,
he fairly intoxicated, myself greatly
SO. We saw the advertisement of a
prize fight and went, getting seats
near the ringside. They weren't
close enough for me- bribed fell
low to let me sit at the press stand,
next to the timekeeper, and worried
MIN until he let me have the mallet
that he was using to strike the
gong.
THE fight was exciting-especiai-
iy to me in my condition. / was
standing most of the time, even
leaning on the ring. Once, while
in this position, one of the men,
who was bleeding, was knocked
down. He struck the mallet. Tt
became covered with blood. No
one seemed to notice that, excent
myself-and everyone was too ex-
cited. A moment lore mi the
fight was over. Then I stuck the
mallet in my pocket, telling every
one who cared 10 hear that / was
carrying -way a souvenir. Langdon
and l went out together.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

don't want to have anything to do
with me. But / am here to tell you
that l am not guilty. and that 1t al
has been a horrible blunder OF ci--
cumstance. It is very true IN one
sense and his voice lowered =
that about two years ago in Bos-
ton, was arrested and tried Tor
murder"
$50 Mr.. 1nayer said
II was acquftted-but not for the
reason Thayer gave. They couldn 7
make a case. A worthless cousin,
Tom Langdo1, was murdered. They
said | did it with a wooden mallet
which | had taken from a prize
fight, and which had been used 10
hammer on the gong for the begin
ming aud the end of the rol-nds-
had been seen to take it from the
fight, and it was found the next
morning beside Langdon. There was
human blood on it. | had been the
last person seen with Langdon. But
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

could only realize that Medaine
honlnette had heard him accused
without single statement given in
MS own behalf. that Medaine. the
giri OF his smoke-wreather dreams.
now fully and thoroughly believed
him-a murd rer.
CHAPTER IX.s
DULY. Houston turned back o
the sherin and to the goggIe-eyed
"a tiste, trying to fathom it all.
eakiy he motioned toward Thayer.
ana ms words, when they came.
Were hollow and expressionless:
That's a lie, Sheriff. I'll admit
that have been accused of mur-
der. was acquitted. You saw
that nothing counts but the court
action-and that's all l have to say
IN my behalf. In regard-to this.
III obey the court order until | can
prove to the judges satisfaction
tnat this whole thing is a fraud and
lake. In the meanwhile, almost
piteously, do you care to go with
me, Ba'tiste?"
Heavily, silently, the French
Canadian joined him, and together
they walked down the narrow road
to the camp. Neither spoke for a
long time
We'll, Ba'tiste." came in strain
ed tones, II might as well hear it
now. You'll only be leaving a sink
ing ship"
What you do?"
That depends entirely on you. II
you're with me. I fight. If not
well frankly don't know"
Member the mill, when he burn
DOWN."
yes"
"You no believe Bateese did
heem- Well, now l no believe
eitheri"
Honestly, Ba'tiste?" Houston
had gripped the other mans arm.
You don't believe it? You don't
"Bat teese believe M'sieu Houston.
You look like my Pierre. My Pierre,
he could do no wrong. Ba'teese
satisfy"
1t sent a new flow of blood
through the veins Of Barry Hous-
ton-that simple, quiet statement of
the old trapper. His voice bore
vibrant tone, almost of excitement:
I'm going back to Boston to-
night. I'm going to find out about
this There's fraud, a'tiste-and
I'll prove 1t if I can get back to
Boston Miss Jierdon knows the
truth about this whole thing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

they couldn't convince the jury; l
went free, as I should have done. l
was Innocent"
Houston, white now with the
memories and with the necessity of
retailing again in the presence OF
a girl who. to him, stood for all
that could mean happiness, gritted
his teeth for the determination 20
go on with the grisly thing, t. hide
nothing in the answers to the ques-
tion which she might ask. But
Medaine Robinette, standing be
side the window, the color gone
from her cheeks, one had finger
ing the curtains, eyes turned with
out, gave no evidence that she had
heard.
II hadn't seen Tom Langdon in
five years. Always had looked on
him as a sort of black sheep. He
asked for my father and appeared
anxious to see him l told him that
father was out of town. Then he
said he would stay in Boston un-iI
he came back, that he had infor-
nation for him that was of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

the rallet for himself and pull "a
it out OF my pocket / struggled
with him for 1t, finally. however
TO be bested. and started away.
went home an 10 bed. About {
O'Clock In the morning. I was asak-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

We started home-for he had
announced that he was going TO
spend the night with me. Persot $
about us heard him II was not far
to the house and we decided TO
walk. On the way. he demanded
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

snea NJ fhe noIice. They had found
Tom LangGon dead with his sknil
crushed. evidently by the blow ef
4 ciah or a hammer They said I
did IT,
lUontfnucd In cur next Issuel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28
BEGIN HERE TODAY.

rate had seen fit to shape the life
ef young
p1RRY HOUSTON into a series OF
.ragic nolds. A bitter experience
: his past caused his father to
lose faith l. his son and there
sore beaueath to him timber hold
.ngs In Tabernacle only on condi-
ion that a high output be main
.ained.
Nysterious accidents have pre-
.sated this and Houston, arriving
srou, Boston, finds that this is due
i the treachery Of his mill superin-
tendent,
FRED THAYER. Houston is as
sisted in his work in the timber
country by
RA,TISTE RESAUD. an eccentric
french Canadian, whose life has
been saddened by the double
tragedy of his sons death In
france and the unsolved murder
Of his wife. Houston discharges
Thayer despite the remonstrances
OF
AGNES JIERDON, girl who has a
mysterious hold over Houston.
The mill is burned. Houston de-
cides to carry on the fight when
he is confronted with a forged
lease which turns his timber
rights over to a neighboring lum-
Der company. Houston claims he
doesn't remember signing such a
lease. In the presence of
NEDAINE ROBINETTE, to wh,n
Houston is attracted, Thayer says
Houston probably doesn't remeu1-
Der the night he murdered his
cousin
TOM LANGDON.
60 ON WITH THE STORY.
White-hot with anger, Barry
Houston lurched forward, to find
himself caught in the arms of the
sheriff and thrown back. He
vhirled-and stopped, looking with
glazed, deadened eyes into the
hlanched, Mortified features of a
afl who evidently had heard the
sccusation, girl who stood poised
in revulsion a moment before she
turned, and, almost running, hur-
red to mount her horse and ride
,Eay. And the strength of anger
left the muscles of Barry Houston.
The red fame of Indignation turn
ed to sodden, dead thing. He
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

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Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09

THOUGH he has not fulfilled proph-
! ecy by trying to form new
party, David Lloyd George is making
a pretty fight for return to parliament
and to power. He declares his OBJ.
ject fs to secure the dominance. Of q
party or group that will keep the
government in a middle course Of
safety and moderation. Addressing a
gathering of the National Liberal
party, he took firm stand against re-
cent radical demands of the Labor
party, and also made 1t clear that one
Of his chief claims for support was
his friendly relations with the United
States. He asserted all reasonable
concessions must be made to induce
this country to enter the League Of
Nations, which would be crippled with
Quit. And he said Britain must pay
her war debt to the United States in
full. Wnrking with the United
States" declared liz "ouglt to be one
Of the cllief puypn. rs Of the govern
tment. If these two nations would
work together, It would be tile surest
guarantee tor g Just peace. and Q just
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09

MO VICTORY could he more com
~ plete than tfa, won by the Fas.
cisti in their peaceful revolution in
Italy, They are now In absolute con.
'rns OF the government and lheir
'ltat ReDito Mua.,iiui is premier
#rG '...'laiei . ..;'ai& 81 A'falrs rn' nf
the interior Ginlitti ,iptllEc' the
premiership, so Mussoini AT the invi.
..tation Of the king took the place and
promptly announced the new cabinet.
Most of its members belong to the
Fascist, but several places are given
to the Nationalists. one to the Demo.
Gratis and one to the Catholic party.
From all over the country the Black
Shirts docked to Rome where 100000
Of them paraded before the king and
premier, and then. at the order of
their leaders. they dispersed to their
homes to resume their vocations
Italy seems to have supreme conf
dence In Mussolini. believing that he
will put an end to the conflicts of po-
litical factions that have sadly
hindered its development during the
last three years and that under his
rule economic prosperity will be re.
stored. He is young, vigorous and un-
pretentious and already has buckled
down to hard work. Once he was a
revolutionary Socialist and was ex-
PEELED from Switzerland and from
what was then the Austrian Tyrol.
But he broke with his old associates
when in his paper, Popolo Italia, he
urged Italy to enter the war on the
side Of the allies. To the world at
large the victory Of Mussolini and his
Fascist IL most important because It
was . victory over the Communists,
radical Socialists and Reds" gener.
ally. These forces of disruption and
disorder were so badly whipped that
ths Communist party in Italy has an.
nounced its own dissolution, which
presumably means that the Commun-
- deputisG win resign from the
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09

IA iAo1NNE4 OLNEhAL DAUS3h.
"A ERTY, who has been attacked re-
peatedly because Of his alleged slow
ness in prosecuting the "war swim
dlers," has announced that prelim-
mary investigation into 425 war
time contracts has disclosed evidence
on which the government win take ac.
tion. In every one of these cases, he
says. either civil or criminal suits or
both must be brought by the govern
ment. Legal civil action will be
taken in every case in which It has
been discovered that fraud, collusion
or dishonesty was practiced," said the
attorney general. "While great mum
bers of cases indicate on their face
the worst kind Of fraud and thievery
the government cannot, of course, go
into court until it has established alb.
solutely on the face of records in it's
possession that its case will stand the
acid test. The government must be
fair to itself, and fair even to those
whom it would brand as crooks and
profiteers. yet, every single individ.
ual, firm, or corporation involved in
the cases now in the possession of the
department. must satisfy the govern
ment's claims to the last penny"
DRESIDENT HARDING celebrated
! his fifty-seventh birthday last
Thursday by going through with his
usual round of official duties. The
day was not forgotten, however, for
Geographic greetings came from many
rulers and leaders of other countries
and from innumerable friends in
America. The President spent the
evening quietly with Mrs. Harding,
who, though recovering from her re-
cent severe illness. is still confined to
her bed. ~.-
ElNAL ballyhooing for the elections
- this week demanded much atten-
ton from Americans during the week
just closing. To predict results would
he foolish. Down in Texas there was
a seemingly .inextricable tangle that,
1t was believed would leave both
major parties without any candidate
for the United States senate on the
ballot. The Democrats had G. e. B.
Peddy, fusion candidate. barred from
the ticket because he participated in
the Democratic primary. This af-.
fected the 10000 Texans who voted
for Harding. Then charges were
brought against e. B. Mayfeld, Dem
ocratic candidate, because he was said
to have been member Of the Ku
Klux Klan. This has resulted in a
legal complication which at this writ
ing seems likely to keep Mayfield's
name off the ballot. The fight may be
carried to the senate.
NJ UNICIPAL elections in England,
4vA which were taken as indication
of the results In the coming general
elections, turned out very badly for
the laborites, usually classed there as
Socialists They lost 149 seats which.
they had held in London and about
100 seats they had held in 80 boroughs
outside the capital.
Cuba also had elections and the
Liberal party scored a sweeping vic
tory, increasing their representation in
the lower house OF congress so much
that the administration majority is
imperiled. It is worthy Of note that
no disturbances were reported.
DREs1DENT OBREGoN Of Mexico
! got rid Of one Of his most danger.
GUS enemies last week. General MUIR
guias leader Of the latest revolt, was
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09

caught asleep In church at Tepe.
huantes and within few hours had
been court-martialed, condemned and
executed by firing squad. The haste
was explained by the fact that he was
seeking legal restraints to prevent an
immediate trial. 1t was felt in Mex
leo City that Murguia's death brought
appreciably nearer the general pacifi-
cation of the country.
THREE notable men died last week.
L Father Bernard Vaughan, famous
Jesuit preacher and brother of Card
inal Vaughan. passed away in Eng
land. Thomas Nelson Page, we'll
known American author and former
ambassador to Italy, died in Virginia.
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company and chair
man of the Railroad Executives asso-
citation. was found dead In private
car at Philadelphia.
THE mixed claims commission,
L named to adjudicate war claims
between the United States and Ger.
many, is now busy in Washington. At
the first sessions, with Justice Day
presiding as umpire, the working sys.
TEN for presenting the claims was set
tied. The American commissioner is
Judge Edwin B. Parker and the Ger
IAN commissioners. DR.. Wilhelm Kies-
selbach.
. ECENTLY the federal railway la
~ Dor board rendered majority
opinion rejecting "the living wage"
theory advanced by spokesmen for
railway unions. If given strict appli-
cation, 1t would give common laborers
a minimum wage of about 72 cents an
hour, and as step toward this the
maintenance Of way men asked 49,
cent minimum. The labor board, in
creasing the prevailing rate 2 cents
an hour, granted minimum ranging
from 25 to 81 cents an hour. It was
in connection with this decision that
the living wage opinion was given,
the board asserting that the wage
theory of labor if given application
would wreck every road, and If ex-
tended to other industries, would car
ry them into communistic ruin" Sam
uel Gompers, Edsel Ford and William
Randolph Hearst all assailed this
view. Their attacks rolled Ben w.
Hooper, chairman of the board, and
he retaliated with a stinging state.
ment. He gave Mr.. Gompers credit
for sincerity, marveled at the attitude
Of the Hearst papers and poked fun
at young Ford. He continued:
Zone Of the expert economists who
presented the matter to the board for
the employees stated that this would
throw monkey wrench into the in.
dustrial machinery and that the
theoretical living wage should not be
established all at once, but the mini.
mum should be made 48 cents per
hour. This would likewise create a
deficit Of several hundred million dol.
lars.
'The swelling tide Of prosperity In
our country cannot be hastened b.,
methods Of this kind"
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09
ey EDWARD w. PlckARD

TINE United States has de.
L cIined the invitation to par.
ticipate in the Near East peace
conference at Lausanne. Switz
eriand. but will be represented
by observers who will keep tab
on certain subjects Of particu
lar American concern" Do you
think the United States could or
should do anything more thar
this In the setting Of tt's tan
pied affairs Of the Near East7