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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-07
YESTERDAYS GAMES. Pacific Cor # League.

Seattle 9 San Francisco 5. Portland 6: Los Angeles 4.
 National League. Cincinnati ?, 4 New York 4, } Chicago l Brooklyn ,. Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 6. Boston-St. Louis postponed on &C., count of rain.
 American League. Wechingtcn 2; Cleveland 3. St. Louis 3 Boston 2 Detroit I: Philadelphia IA.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-07
SEALS WIN ON 2 SINGLES AND
 THROUGH ERROR

SEATTLE, Aug. '. - The Seals won yesterdays contest in the eighth frame on two singles and an error. Eldridgo letting Kilduff's hit go right past him and permitting the winning run to score. Courtney practically won the game for the visitors by his pitching.
 The batteries were as follows:
 San Francisco Courtney and Y~lle.
 ;sed.tie-Blake and Yaryan
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-07
SMALL BLAZE IN CHIMNEY

Fire in the roof of the Boutwell, residence. on Main Street, caused by an overloaded chimney. was cause for calling out the Juneau Fire De- partment at 2:30 o'clock this after neon. The blaze was extinguished In few minutes after the alarm was turned in. by the fire boys.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-07

Zy IU q. ZI To 6l Summary: Earned runs-American
, 1923-03-26

Finally Doane lifted his head. with
a brusli but not unpleasant, Yes,
sir?"
Brachey. for a moment, pressed his
lips tightly together.
Mr.. Doane." he sa'd then, clipping
his words of short, may l first ask
you to read this cablegram2"
Dolne tool the paper, started 10
unfold 1t. but then dropped it on the
table md stepped forward.
Mr.. Brachey'-this was what he
said, with extraordinary simplicity of
manner-"can you take my hand?'
Brachey gripped the proffered hand.
And during a brief moment they stood
there.
Now" said Doane quietly. sit
down" And he read the cablegram.
After some quiet thought he said.
Have you come to ask for Betty?"
Brachey bowed his head.
The best way. I think, will be to
settle this thing now" Doane ap-
peared to be speaking as much to
himself as to his caller. r. get
Betty. You won't mind waiting?"
And he returned h c~ablegram and
went out of the room.
Brachey stared out at the gray
thing. The moment was TO him
, 1923-03-26

Brachey sprang UP and threw back
the flaps; and beheld. tsanding there.
STOPPING in order that he might see
within. the giant person OF GriEgsby
Doanc.
Brachey bowed coldly. Dosne. pro-
ducing an envelope, said. Il found
this cablegram held for you at Shau
Ting, sir"
Brachey took the envelope; stood
stlnly holding 1t unopened before
him. For a moment the eyes Of these
two men met Then Doane broke the
tension.
Good morning" he said grufTly.
and was well out OF earshot when
Brchey uttered the two words.
Thank you"
From a distant corner of the com
pound came the fresh voices OF young
men-Americans and Australian and
English-ralsed in crudely pleasant
harmony. They were singing My
Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"
Brachey seemed to be listening.
Then. again, abruptly starting into
action, he stepped outside the tent
and stare across the courtyard after
Griggsby Doane. He raised the
envelope. Until this moment he had
assumed that It could bring but one
message to himself and Betty. but
now he knew wildly better. Any.
thing might have happened. II was
unthinkable that he should want the
courage 10 read II. He had forseen
no such difficulty. Perhaps II it had
come by any other hand than hat OF
GriEgsby Doane.
The curse OF an active Imagination
was on him now. n was riding him
rs wildly as ever witch rode a broom
stick.
The bit OF paper in his hand was
nothing II not the symbol OF his terri.
BILE failure In the business called
living.
As he had built his work on failure.
was he, inevitably. to build the hap
piness OF himself and Betty on the
same painful foundation? Even II the
paper should announced his freedom?
Freedom Then "IIapplness7' .
What were these elusive things?
Were they in any sense realities?
Absolute decree granted you are
free"
He tossed II, with its unpunctuated
tumble of words, On the table.
a little Inter, the habit of meeting
responsibilities hat was more strong
ly n part of his nature than in this
hour of utter emotion he knew, be-
gan to assert itself. The strong char
acter hat led him. after all. out to
fight and to build his mental house
was, largely the man.
He looked down at is mud.stnincd
clothes. Deliberately. almost pain
fully, he shaved and dressed.
There was. TO a man OF his stripe.
Just thing 10 do; and that thing
he was going at directly. firmly.
Until it was done he could not so
much as speak to Betty. OF the out
CONT Of this effort he had no notion;
he was going at IT doggedly. with his
character rather than with is mind.
Indeed the mind %Guibhled. manufac-
tured little delays, limited at ~evasions.
He walked directly to the building
occupied by the Boatwrights; sent in
his card to Mr.. Doane.
He was shown into the room. Here
was the huge man writing.
Il am ~interrupting you" Brachey
said. almost CURLY.
For the first time GrigEsby Doane
caught a glimpse OF the man Brachey
behind that all but f%orbidding front.
He sad. kindly enough. "Oh, no. in
, 1923-03-26
"HILLS OF HAN"
BY SAMUEL MERWIN
WHO'S WHO

Author of THE Road to Fr7ntenac." THE Honey Bee" Etc.
INSTALLMENT NO. TWELVE.
, 1923-03-26

terrible. He stood on the threshold
OF that strange region Of the spirit
that is called happiness.
The door always before closed 10
him except the one previous expert.
ence when It proved but an entry into
bitterness ana desolation) had opened
here at the last. amazingly. at his
touch. And he was afraid to look.
It seemed an hour later when foot.
steps sounded outside, and the outer
door opened. Then they came in.
father nnd daughter,
Betty. rather white. stood hesitant.
looking from one to the other. Doane
placed n gently protecting arm about
her shoulders.
II haven't old her" he said.
''Thut is for you to do. I want you
both TO wait while / look for tho
others
no was gone. Betty came slowly
forward Brachey handed her the
cahlegram.
IL can't read It,. she said, with
, 1923-03-26

fault than any OF you. I wish. now,
before o all. to acknowledge my
own confusion in this matter. and
further. to clear away any still exist
ing misunderstanding in your minds.
49,. MIR. Brachey has established the
fact that no Is eligible to become
Betty's husband. That being tho
caes, l can only add that I shall ac-
cept him as my only son-inlaw with
pride and satisfaction. He has proved
himself worthy in every way OF our
respect ant confidence
Mary Cassin broke the hush that
, 1923-03-26

once. DO you know what is the mat.
ter?" Miss Hemphill could only reply.
rather acidly. II can imagined
Mrs. Boatwright came into the cor
rider then. followed by Doane. She
walked with firm dignity. her enig'
matte fac squarely set. And when
no ushered them Into the room, she
entered without a word, but remained
near the door,
There has existed anon us n
grave misapprehenslon'-thus Doane
-'onc in which. unfortunately, I
have myself been more Erievously At
, 1923-03-26

followed by stepping quickly forward
and kissing Betty; after which she
gave her hand warmly to Brachey.
Elmer Boatwrlght was studying his
wife. Moved by an impulse. erhaps
the boldest of his llfe-and lust as
his wife said, coldly, I'm sure I wish
you happiness. he went over and
caught Betty and Braohcy each by a
hand.
Il haven't understood this. he said
and tears stood in his eyes as he
smiled on them-''but now I'm glad.
Betty, we are all going to be proud
, 1923-03-26

a tremulous little laugh. "John-I'm
cry.nE!''
The door squeaked. Miss Hemp.
hill, teacher at the Mission. looked
in; stopped shorts then in a sudden
confusion OF mind in which indigna-
ton struggled with bewilderment for
the upper hand. stepped back into the
hall,
Before she could come down on the
decision TO fec, Dr.. Cassin joined her;
~curiously, carrying her medicine case.
TO tho physlcinr's brisk. "Mr.
Doaue sent word TO come here at
, 1923-03-26

deed! Come right in" But his
thoughts We're aheld, or else he was
busily, quickly, r~rarr1nging them.
Braehey stepped within, and closed
the door. Here they we're. these two
at last, shut together in a room. 1t
a m Of high tension.
sit down" said Doane. still busy.
ing himself at the table, but waving
an immense hand toward the other
small chair.
But Brachey stood waiting
. in his hand a folded paper,
, 1923-03-26

WHO'S WHO
Betty Doane, daughter Of an Am
erican missionary at T'ainan-fu, Pro
vince OF Hansi. China, becomes in
fatuated on the ship, while travel
Ing to rejoin her father. with
Jonathan Bachey, a distinguished
writer. on his way to investigate
rumors Of Revolution in China.
Brachey admits he is married. but
tells Betty he and his wife nave part
see her again, but being told that
T'ainan.fu is the center OF the bitter
feeling against the foreign Ho Shan
Company. he goes there. Chinese
Officials take him 10 the Mission
Compound 10 have him identify him
self properly and there he sees
Betty. At first neither Of the two
speaks, but as he is about to leave
be dashes up stairs and whispers
a few words to her. This ~astonishes
Elmer cartwright, in charge at tho
the Mission. in the absence Of
Griggsby Doane, Betty's Father,
who is at So Tung. where Chinese
of the Great Eye Society, or Look
srs," have attacked employees Of the
Hon Shan Company.
Mrs. Boatwrighf. strict housekeep-
er OF the Compound. IS told OF the
meeting between Brachey and Betty
and gets from the girl the admis.
sion that she knew Brachy was
married. When MI. Doane Teturn
with new of a massacre Of the Ho
Shan Company's employees at So
~ D--.H-A@ .-Hf- 49,. - Fha
affair between Brachey and Betty.
Doane goes FIRST TO see his daughter
but lacks the courage 10 speak to
her about Brachey. He eXacts from
Brachey, later, however, a promise
that hi will leave T'ain.an.fu without
seeing the girl. Doane then starts TO
walk TO Huns Gran. In the morning
Brachey receives n from
Pc. Interpreter at the Yamen OF
Judge Pao. telling him that the Great
Eye soldiers are planning 10 attack
the T'aInan-tu mission. and that Mr..
Doane had been killed. Brachey
carries the news to the Mission, but
in the face OF death. the whites re-
fuse to leave their native converts
and girls. Mrs. Boatwright orders
him from the Mission. and Betty. TO
the horror OF the rest, decides TO so
with him.
Accompanied by Brachey's Chinese
servants, and AIr. Pc. the latter es-l
Gaping disguised as a muleteer. Betty
and the writer travel toward Ping
Yang. spending three nights on tho
Betty is ostracised by Mrs. Boat
and the other women of the
mission. the whole mission staff hav-
ing hurried TO the Ho Shan company
compound, at Ping Nans. The Look.
ers. or Soldiers OF the Great Eye so
ciety, are repulsed at first but soon
aettled down to a siege Of tho com
pound. Elmer Boatwright Is awak.
ened TO find Griggsby Doane, who
had been reported dead, alive and in
his room
Doane attacks Brachey and beats
him insensible.
NJ. PourmOut, in command at the
Ping Yang Compound, orders him to
forego personal matters IN view of
tho common peril and Doane resolves
TO go through tho enemy lines and
send for aid. As he leaves. Betty. who
knows nothing OF his attack and the
iooked.for cablegTam announcing his
divorce.
Doane passes the Great Eye lines,
and in the village OF Shatu Ting after
.dispatching some kilograms, meets
his old friend
Rev. Henry Withsry who hands
him. among mail for the people at
Ping Yang, a cabiegram addressed to
Rracbev noauc returus to Ping
Yang TO find the trouble at an end.
, 1923-03-26

I'm glad to see you're stil sound
of life and limb and fresh as a daisy"
he remarked ~cheerfuuy. with per.
mission I will sit here a bit for in.
formal how-do- chin-chln."
Some one stopped before the tent.
and a strong voice called:
Mr.. Bachey."
With a nervously abrupt movement
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
PUBLIC z.

Sealed bids will be received by. the
BOARD of Education of the City OF Pleas
antville, New Jersey, at the High School,
Washington Avenue near Third Street,
May 91st, at s o'clock P. NJ, daylight
saving time, for the furnishing of all
materials and the performance of all
work required for the erection and COM
pletion of the heating and ventilating
system in the Grade School Building, on
Leeds Avenue, Pleasantville. New Jersey,
in accordance with plans and specifica-
itect.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a certified check made payable to the
order of Carrie E. Smith, Secretary, in
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, which
shall be pinned to the outside of the
envelope containing the proposal. Each
bid must be delivered at the place. and
at the hour above stated for receiving
bids. An Naturalization bond will be
required with a reliable Surety Company
satisfactory to the Board of Education
in a sum equal to 100 20 of the contract
price. Plans. specifications, bond and
contract forms will be on file and may be
Carrie E. Smith, II North Second Street,
P~leasantville. New Jersey, or of the
Architect, Bertram Ireland, Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City, New Jer-
sey. A complete set of plans and speci-
hcations may be obtained from the Arch
itect upon a deposit Of $40 which sum
will be repaid upon the return thereof in
good condition on said May 31st, at the
time of the reception of bids.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Education of
the City of P~leasantville.
CARRIE E. SMITH,
SprrRfarN
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
PU BLlC T e.

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of the City of Pleas
a%ntville. New Jersey, at the High School,,
Washington Avenue near Third Street,
~Pleasantville, New Jersey, on Thursday,
May 31st, at s o'clock P. NJ, daylight
materials and the performance of all
work required for the erection and COM
pletion of a Grade School Building on
Leeds Avenue, Pleasantville, New Jer-
sey. in accordance with plans and speci-
ications prepared by Bertram Ireland,
Architect.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
order of Carrie e. Smith, Secretary, in
the sum of One Thousand Dollars, which
shall be pinned to the outside of the
envelope containing the proposal. each
bid must be delivered at the place and
at the hour above stated for receiving
bids. An decentralization bond will be
required with a reliable Surety Company
in a sum equal to 1909 of the contract
price. Plans. specifications. bond and
contract forms will be on file and may be
examined at the office of the Secretary,
Carrie e. Smith, II North Second Street,
~Pleasantville, New Jersey, or of the
Architect, Bertram Ireland. Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City. New Jer-
sey. \ complete set of plans and speci-
fications may be obtained from the Arch
itect upon a deposit of $40 which sum
will be repaid upon the return thereof in
good condition on said May 31st. at the
time of the reception of bids.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
By order of the Board of Education OF
CARRIE E.. SMITH,
SpGrpfa rN
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
SALE.

By virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me
directed, issued put of the New Jersey
Court of Chancery. will be sold at public
WxvTEdDNS,ESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH
DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN HUN
DRIED AND TWENTY-THREE,
at two o'clock daylight saving time) In
the afternoon of said day, in the Court
Room, No. POI. Second Floor, Guarantee
Trust Building, in the City of Atlantic
City, County of Atlantic and State of
Situate in the City of Mortified, Coun-
ty of Atlantic and State of New Jersey;
Beginning in the Northeast line of FL
dred and lightweight and thirty-three
one-hundredths feet from the North cor
ner of Shore Road and Fffield Avenue,
and extending thence ID Northeastward-
ly at right angles with Fffield Avenue
one hundred and thirty-two and eighty
two one-hundredths feet to an old divis-
ion line; thence ~ ENTHUSIASTICALLY in
and along said division line md nearly
parallel with Fifeld Avenue fifty feet
more or less; thence % Southwestward-
hundred and ~thirty-two and sixty-four
one-hundredths feet to the Northeast line
of Fifield Avenue; and thence (( South
eastwardly in and along the said North
east line of Fiield Avenue fifty feet to
the place of beginning. ..
Decree approximately 81, 732.40, besides
interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property of Isaac L.
Smith and Mabel G. Smith and taken in
execution at the suit Of P~leasantvile
of Pleasantville, New Jersey, a corpora
ton, and to be sold by
MALCOLM B. WOODRUFF.
Sheriff.
Dated May 10, 1928.
PRS fee. S21.42.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
SHERIFF,S SALE.

By virtue of two certain writS of feri
facias, to me directed, one issued out OF
the Atlantic County Circuit Court where
in Christopher Casio is plaintiff and Lii
defendants, and Levy is approximately
s. 1850, besides interest, cost and fees;
and one issued out of the Atlantic Coun-
ty Court of Common Pleas wherein Will
lam e. Mathis is plaintiff and Joseph T.
Weeks and Lillian A. Weeks are defend.
ants, and Levy is approximately $401.0 90
besides interest, cost and fees, will be
sold at public vendue, on
WE I}lN% sIAr rITHrI SIXTH RA IN OF
AND TWENTY-THREE,
at two o'clock daylight saving time) in
the afternoon of said day. in the Court
Room, No. POI, Second Floor. Guarantee
Trust Building, in the City of Atlantic
City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey.
Situate in the City of P~leasantvllle,
County of Atlantic and State of New Jer-
Sey.
Beginning at the intersection of the
Southeasterly line of Main Street with
nue., and extends. % enthusiastically
along said line of Lorraine Avenue one
hundred and forty feet; thence (2( South
westwardly parallel with said Main Street
forty feet; thence (3) ENTHUSIASTICALLY
parallel with said Lorraine Avenue one
hundred and forty feet to the Southeast
erly line of Main Street; and (4l North
eastwardly along said line of Main Street
forty feet to the place of beginning,
Seized as the property OF Joseph +:
in execution at the suit of Sundry Plain
'iiiS anu Malcolm Il 3. WOODRUFF.
Sheriff.
Dated May II, 1923.
H. w. Lewis, Solicitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received by, the
Board of Education of the City of Pleas
antville, New Jersey, at the High School,
Washington Avenue near Third. Street,
P~leasantville, New Jersey, on Thursday,
May 31st, at s O'Clock P. M, daylight
materials and the performance of all work
required for the installation and COM
pletion of the plumbing system in the
Grade Schoo Building on Leeds Avenue.
P~leasantville, New Jersey, in accordance
with plans and specifications prepared by
Bertram Ireland, Architect.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
order of Carrie E. Smith, Secretary, in
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, which
be pinned to the outside of the
envelope containing the proposal. Each
bid must be delivered at the place and
at the hour above stated for receiving
bids. An indemnifcation bon will be
required with a reliable Surety Company
in a sum equal to 100 % of the contract
price. Plans, specifications. pond and
contract forms will be on file and may be
examined at the office of the Secretary.
Carrie E. Smith. II North Second Street.
Pleasahtville, New Jersey, or of the
Architect. Bertram Ireland. Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City. New Jer-
fcations may be obtained from the Arch
itect upon a deposit of $40 which sum
will be repaid upon the return thereof in
good condition on said May 31st, at the
time of the reception of bids.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject n or all bids.
BY order of the Board of Education of
the City of P~leasantville.
CARRIE E. SMITH,
Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
PUBLIC NOTICE

Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of the City of Pleas
antville, New Jersey, at the High School.
Washington Avenue near Third Street,
Pleasantville, New Jersey, on Thursday,
May 31st, at S o'clock P. NJ, daylight
materials and the performance of all work
required for the installation and COM
pletion of the electrical system in the
Grade School Building on Leeds Avenue,
Pleasantville, New Jersey, in accordance
with plans and specifications prepared by
Bertram Ireland, Architect.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
order of Carrie f. Smith, Secretary, in
the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, which
shall be pinned to the outside of the
envelope containing the proposal. Each
bid must be delivered at the place and
at the hour above stated for receiving
bids. An indemnification bond will be
required with a reliable Surety Company
satisfactory to the Board of Education
in a sum equal to 100 % of the contract
price. Plans, specifications, bond anu
contract forms will be on file and may be
examined at the office of the Secretary,
Carrie e. Smith. II North Second Street,
Pleasantville, New Jersey, or of the
Architect, Bertram Ireland, Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City, New Jer-
sey. A complete set of plans and speci-
fcations may be obtained from the Arch
itect upon a deposit of $40 which sum
will be repaid upon the return thereof in
good condition on said May 31st, at the
time of the reception of bids.
The Board of Education reserves the
right to reject any or all bids;
BY order of the Board of Education of
CARRIE E. SMITH.
Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
SHERIFF,S SALE.

By virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to me
directed, issued out of the New Jersey
Court of Chancery, will be sold at public
WEDNESDAY. THE THIRTEENTH
DAY OF JUNE, NINETEEN HUN
DRIED AND TWENTY-THREE,
at two O'Clock daylight saving time) in
the afternoon of aid day, in the Court
Room, No. pol, Second Floor, Guarantee
Trust Building, in the City of Atlantic
City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey. s.
Situate in the borough (now city, of
Pleasantville, County of Atlantic and
State of New Jersey.
Beginning at a stake in the Southeast
line of the New Road one hundred and
sixty feet in a Northeasterly direction
from where the New Road intersects Ad-
fifty feet in a Northeasterly direction
along the line of the New Road to a
stake for a corner; thence ~ one nun
dred and forty feet in a Southeasterly
direction and at right angles to the New
Road to a stake in the line of a twenty
Southwesterly direction and along said
alley to a stake for a corner; thence "a
one hundred and forty feet in a North
westerly direction along the line of a
twenty feet wide alley to the place of
beginning.
Decree approximately S2,792.40, besides
interest, costs and fees.
Seized as the property of William Ken
nedy ct al. and taken in execution at the
suit of Pleasantville Mutual Loan n
Building Association, &C., and to be sold
MALCOLM B. WOODRUFF,
Sheriff.
Dated May 10, 1928.
Prs fee, S20.16.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

To Jere H. Nixon and Mrs. Jere H.
Nixon
By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey, made on the
day of the date hereof, in a cause where
in Carrie B. Price is complainant, and
you and others are defendants. you are
required to appear, and answer to the
compliments bill on, or before the 18th
day of July, next, or the laid bill will be
taken as confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreclose your
equity of redemption in land situate in
Pleasantville, y. j., sold under certif-
cate of tax sale of date April 26, 1909,
made by William z. Adams, Collector, to
complainant. and you are made defend
ants because it is alleged you are seized
of said land, or some parts thereof.
Dated May Il, 1928.
H. W. LEWIS,
Solicitor of Complainant,
P. O.. Address 1916 Atlantic Ave,
Atlantic City, n. j.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26
VEGETABLE SEED.

The Pleasantville Press has another
small consignment of government
seed for free distribution. As the
shipment is small, those who call first
will be the lucky ones. Seeds will be
distributed to adults only at the office
of the paper.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-05-26

With Mans cash Pa lit out for Miami
But in Jail he remarked, Now, where
am T."
Nan said with a jeer,
You're in Jail, pa, l fear"
And Pa sadly replied, "Oh, Miami"