davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-10-23
tContinued from Yesterdays Starr
Stead I'm the Tolls.

Stead In the Tolls.
~ TEAD ooughed lightly as Hing
worth came to an end. He had
taken a seat at Inspector Cor
telyou's invitation, but he now
rose and began slowly but with
steady fingers, to button his light
overcoat.
"Of course, that's all nonsense" he
said. well, / suppose l shall have
70 appear before the maglstrates?"
And without doubt before judge"
replied Inspector Cortelyou dryly
Stead pulled the last button into
place and moved a step toward the
door.
"Very WELL" he said, 81 shall be
there whenever you want me-"
Inspector Cortelyou, without NOV
ing from his chair, smiled sardonical-
ly. "I don't know whether you think
you're trying to bluff US or whether
you're charmingly simple. Mr.. Stead, ,
he remarked. Don't you understand
that you're prisoner?
Stead looked from one to the other
and changed color. That THAT
am to be detained?" he asked.
Certainly! You are going to be
locked up after you have been search
ed" answered the inspector; ;,
"I wanted to go to my lodgings,
said Stead slowly. Cant 1 go if
you, or both of you, accompany me q
NO" answered Inspector Cortel-
you. I'm going there myself hold
q search warrant"
Then Stead showed the first sign of
collapse. He dropped into the chair
from which he had just risen and be-
came silent. The detective nodded to
Tllingworth.
Get through with the searching"
he said in a low voice. "I want to see
what he has on him and then to get
off"
And within five minutes Marshall
Stead, having been relieved of his pa
pers and anything which it was con-
sidered undesirable for him to have in
his possession, found himself locked
up, to reflect upon recent events.
Inspector Cortelyou hastily looked
through the papers in Stead's pocket
book. They were few in number, and
to an inexperienced eye would have
seemed quite unimportant. There were
two or three letters of private ma
ture, a few receipts and some news
paper cuttings. But on the newspa-
per cuttings being opened out they
all proved to be in reference to bet
ting transactions on current races,
and Inspector Cortelyou smiled
grimiy.
a Sunday school teacher and church
warden, eh, Illingworth?" he said.
"A bit queer, certainly" agreed IL
1ingworth.
You'd have looked to find a few
tracts, eh?" continued Inspector Cor
telyou. well. that seems all. Hullo
heres something else What's
this?"
He drew out from an inner pocket
a scrap of paper a few inches square.
which had been folded up in the shape
of a triangular note. On opening this
some curious hieroglyphics appeared.
at which both officials gazed with
wonder and speculation, not seeing
any reason in them.
An oblong frame had been drawn
on the paper and in its midst were
three signs, thus:
Evening star., 1923-10-23
- 7A +sA: III

THAT refers to something or other"
said Inspector Cortelyou. Here, I'll
make a sketch of that, Illingworth,
and then you can lock all these things
up. Not much. but those betting fig
ures suggest a good deal, and this
diagram may yield something"
With his sketch of the diagram in
his pocket, and his cigar in his mouth,
Inspector Cortelyou went out into the
street and set off in the direction of
the house where Stead lodged.
AS he came to the outskirts of the
mining village he encountered Mark
Quinton, who, having seen Phillipa
Mannersley safely into her carriage,
was on his way to consult somebody,
he scarcely knew who, about the
Evening star., 1923-10-23

pocketbook, the detective produced
and unfolded two sheets of paper.
This, he said, "is the letter to the
bank manager. 1t runs:
Mannsersley Castle, June 2. 1so-.
Dear sir-Until / call upon you
the next three days, be pleased not
to honor any check drawn upon my
private account bearing date later
than May % inst. Yours faithfully,
ROBERT MANNERSLEY."
And this" he continued, sis the
letter to Stead. from the same address
and of the same date. It's a sad let
ter, In my opinion.
Dear Marshall Stead-Although l
telephoned you requesting you to call
here tonight, 1 feel that L cannot see
you, and / am therefore writing this
note, which will be given to you. l
have suddenly discovered by accident,
but on the most indisputable evidence
and surest proof. that you have
| forged my name to a check for f75O.
There Is no doubt of your guilt, and
my discovery has led me to train
| of sad thought. I am not sure
whether the hand which forged this
check may not have been the same
which forged that in respect of which
my unfortunate nephew has suffered
For the sake of your dead father
and mother, 1 cannot bring myself to
prosecute you. But you must go. j
inclose a banknote-why, | don't
know. for 1 dare say you have feather
ed your nest well. Go at once-any-
where-and try to be honest because
1 have been merciful. / felt for you
as a father. and I am trying to act
as your own father would have acted
-mercifully.
rROBERT MANNERSLEY."
Inspector Cortelyou folded up these
papers amid his own and his COM
panion's silence. Each man felt as If
he had listened to q voice from an
other world.
IF Miss Mannersley hears that let
ters," said Quinton at last, 1T will
almost break her heart"
AYE, sir, but 1t will soon be
mended," answered the detective
Joy is stronger than sorrow, and
love than grief. And now / must get
on with my duty. You'll see and hear
more before the days over"
Then he went forward on his mis-
sion, and Quinton turned back to the
Continued Tomorrow.
Evening star., 1923-10-23
2 WOMEN NEAR DEATH.
Negro in Birmingham Jail Charged
With Slashing Them.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, October "a
early today charged with attacking
Mrs. Frank Romeo and Mrs. Juliet
Vigilante, mother -in-law and wife of
a South Side grocer late last night
in their rooms adjoining the store.
Mrs. Romeo and her daughter are in
a hospital, reported near death, both
having suffered fractured skulls
when struck by their assailant with
a meat cIeaver. Mrs. Vigilante's
throat was also slashed. She gave
police a partial description OF the
negro.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
More Power for Zweifel.

FOTt NOTtH, 1cA., oept. los-l1eHts
Zweifel, United States attorney,
brought into prominence because OF
his fight against alleged fraudulent
oil operators has been chosen to repre-
sent the United States Attorney Geu'
erals Department in the government
probe of oil operators in Texas, Ar
kansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. As
sistants ip his office may be assigned
at any time TO any Of these states OF
any point in them TO aid in the prose
cution of alleged fraudulent promoters
The new order does not mean thai
Mr.. Zweifel is to supersede the vari'
Gus United States district attorneys
but he is to advise with them as 8
representative of the Attorney Gener
ais Department, and wherever neces
Sary he is to appear in person anC
give aid and counsel. -
The district attorneys are also Il
appeal to him whenever they need ad
vice and instructions as TO how tc
proceed in the Investigations and trial;
of oil fraud matters.
The new order is an indication al
to the widespread investigation tn,
government is making into the sale O.
oil stocks.
However, it is not confined to thi.
section but all over the country posta
inspectors and special investigator,
are working on this phase of law
breaking,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
TEXAN TRACKS
BROKERS' WHO
FLEECED HIM
Deputy Sheriff Chases
Swinders Over AZ States
and Four Nations.
THEY TOOK HIS ROLL
But Four of His Quarry
Convicted Because of
His Efforts.
Dallas. Tex. Sept. 1s.-Six mer

Dallas. Tex, Sept. 1S.-Six men
have been apprehended through
the personal efforts Of Frank Norflee;
deputy sheriff and ranchman of Hai.
Center, Tex. since he was fleeced
TOUT of $4,000 in Fort Worth on De-
cember ,. 1919. Mr.. N0rfleet in con-
ference with local officers today re
ported.
Mr.. Norfleet has made persona.
chase all over the country, going TO
every state, except Maine, to track
down the self-styled brokers who, he
says. swindled him out of his property.
The Hale Center deputy said tina;
six men were engaged in fake stock
game and that plans. for the Job
were formed by men meeting In
rooms in Dallas hotels. -Four of the
original six men, he said today, have
been convicted of participation in the
robbery. one was acquitted and one
3 is still at large. OF the four convicted
one died of illness. another committed
suicide and two are now in the peni-
Tertiary.
Norfleet quickly picked up the trail
after the swindle. He pursued the men
. into various parts of Mexico, Canada
Cuba and practically every city in the
United States. Once he found one OF
his men in Montreal. Canada. A short
struggle ensuel and the man began
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18

the most frugal supplies of necessity.
Many of the men are said TO have
been in receipt of less than the equiva-
lent of 20 cents weekly. 60.
For long time the populace suf-
fered in silence, bvt on Friday aSfurth-
er increase in prices led 20 violent
demonstration which forced the shop
keepers to reduce prices.
There was no interference on the
part of the police and the day passed
without disorder.
The burgomaster, however, secret
~ summoned police reinfo-cements
from kottbus, and these arrived Sat
urday and took up quarters in the
market place Of Sorau.
While deputatien of workmen was
urging the burgomaster to withdraw
the reinforcements great crowd
gathered in the market place and the
police, apparently fearing they we're
about TO be attacked, suddenly opened
fire.
The crowd fled in terror, leaving
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18

shouting for help. Canadian police
locked Norfleet in Jail, charged him
with disturbing the peace, he said.
He again picked up the trail as soon
as he was released. On one occasion
he located one of his men in Europe
and Immediately began efforts to book
passage in pursuit. As he was at that
time operating under an assumed
name. he found so much difficulty IN
establishing his true identity and pur
pose that by the time passports could
be obtained his man had moved TO al
unknown destination, he concluded.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
JAP NAVY SUFFERS
Vessels That Escaped Typhoon and
Quakes Destroyed by Burning Oil.

Seattle. Wash, Sept. 1S.-Reports
of the destruction at Yok"suka of a
large part of tue japanese navy i'm
mediate:y following the japanese
earthquake were not exaggerated, .ac-
cordiIg to Mrs. U. II. Webb, wife of
Commander Webb, in charge of the
United States naval hospital at Yoko-
hama.
Mrs. Webb was one Of the surviv-
ors of the earthquake who reached
Seattle Sunday on the steamer Presi-
dent Jefferson.
Many naval vessels that escaped de-
struction in the quake and the typhoon
which followed it, were consumed by
burning oil which covered the harbor
at Yokosuka when huge tanks, hold
ing ten-year fuel supply for the
japanese navy, gave way and burst
into flames, Mrs. Webb said.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18

sured by the action yesterday of rep
resentatives of local unions from the
three United Mine Workers districts
of the anthracite field, in ratifying the
wage agreement drafted in Harrisburg
by union officials and representatives
of the operators.
The delegates followed this immedi-
ately by voting to return ~ the mines
tomorrow.
At the same time preparations were
being made for the signing of the new
wage contract tomorrow at Governor
Pinchot's home in Milford. where the
governor has been on a vacation since
the end of the coal conferences, wL.ch
he called and took part in.
Miners throughout the anthracite re-
glon were reported today to be in con-
dition for immediate resumption If
operations.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
ANTHRACITE MINERS
TO RETURN TO WORK
AND SIGN CONTRACT
Workers Themselves Agree
to End Three.week
Lay-oH 81

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 1S.-Anthracite
miners throughout the Pennsylvania
hard coal fields are preparing today to
resume work tomorrow morning after
a layoff since August 81, when the
1922 wage contract between the United
Mine Workers and the coal operators
expired and the union order to stop
work became effective.
Resumption of operations was as
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
FLOGGING CASE JURY
Defendant Charged With Assault
With Prohibited Weapons.

Georgetown, Tex, Sept. 1s.-Selec.
ton of jury, if change of venue is
overruled, will begin today in the
case of Murray Jackson. charged with
assault with prohibited weapons.
Jackson was indicted in May in
connection with the flogging of Il. W.
Burleson, who, on April 1. was drag
ged from car, beaten and then car
ried TO Taylor, where he vas chained
TO tree and smeared with tar and
other black, sticky substance.
A motion by the defense to Quash
the indictment was overruled.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
IL WORKMEN SLAIN
WHEN POLICE FIRE
INTO GREAT CROWD
Wages Insufficient to Pur.
chase Bare Necessities
of Life.

Berlin, Sept. 1S.-Twelve persons
were killed and many wounded at
Sorau. province OF Brandenburg, on
Saturday when police reinforcements,
who had been called to the town be-
cause of food demonstrations, fired
into a crowd in the market place.
Owing to the fact that the fac
tories have been working on short
time. the wages of the workmen were
totally inadequate for the purchase of
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
QUAKES SHAKE SICILY
Violent Earth Shocks Shake Italian
Island.
BY the Associated Press.

d, Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. ia vio-
lent earthquake shock was felt here at
Z 80 o'clock this morning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18

twelve dead and many wounded on the
ground.
Quiet prevails in Sorau, but the an.
ger of the. workmen is intense.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
Prince Likes COrned Beef.

High River. Alberta, Sept. 1S.-The
Prince of Wales, who is at his ranch
here. likes corn beef and cabbage.
Just fine" was his verdict yester.
day after dining with his employees.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-18
RingwOr1n

RingwOrm
One bottle Imperial Eczema Remedy
is guaranteed to be enough for any
case. All druggists are authorized to
refund your money if it fails. (Adv.)
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
china's Sacred Mountains.

Thousands of pilgrims come every
year from all parts OF China to visit
the shrines and temples of the sacred
mountain of Human, Nan Yoh Shan,
one Of the five sacred peaks OF China.
Early in October more than 10000 pill
gr!ms arrive daily. Some OF the pill.
grims travel from their homes on foot,
coming great distances. They kneel
and how their heads down TO the little
stools, which they carry In their hands.
every five, seven or ten steps, accord
ing to the vow they have made. At
one end OF the stools arc made sticks
Of incense, the burning of which is part
OF their worship.
In n large majority OF the cases the
VOWS have been made on behalf of n
sick mother, and the journeys are
taken MS an expression OF ihanksglv-
ing In case OF recovery, or MS a prayer
for mercles In the other world In case
OF n fatal Issue OF the illness.
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
Sees No Change in Weather.

A scientist says the sun has not
cooled five degrees In n thousand NIL
lion years. This may be true, but our
recollection Is that thousand million
years ago the summers were much hot
ter and dryer than they are now. A
thousand million years ago the heat
was SO intense we couldn't sleep
nights; even in our favorite northern
resorts palm beach suit felt like n
winter oyercoat. The mercury used 10
break the necks OF the thermometers.
In those days they used TO deliver ice
at nights, because II was impossible 10
transport II In the daytime. A 25-pound
cake Of Ice In n trip from the wagon
to the back door, II the sun were shin.
ing. would be changed into kettle OF
boiling water. Only five degrees cool.
er In thousand million yenrs-the
man hns grown forgetful Detroit
Free Press.
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
Pigeons In Primitive Times.

Pigeons have been domesticated
from the earliest times. They were
looked upon with much affection by
primitive peoples. and one OF the In
dlcatIons OF wealth was the number of
dovecctes n man possessed. Mention
OF turtledoyes and pigeons In the Bible
usually Is In connection with sacrifice.
As IN the ease OF the parents OF Jesus
duke 2 2:2I). The poor were allowed 10
bring. instead Of n lamb. two turtle
doves or two young pigeons.
The first known law for bird pro
tectlOn. found In Deuteronomy - %,
forblding the killing of mother bird
on the nest, probably was largely for
the benefit Of the pigeon. Pllny wrote
OF pigeons, especially noting their man.
ner In drinking holding up their
bills between whllcs."
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
EARLY DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
the Great Continent Long Before
Columbus Was Born.

1t Ia said by persons who have given
attention TO the subject that the
Mortimer were well acquainted with
the east coast of North America nearly
500 years before the first celebrated
voyage of Columbus. II is said to have
been accidentally discovered by an Ice
landic navigator, while endeavorlng TO
make the coast Of Greenland, IN the
year 1901. From that tine, for about
$50 years, the intercourse of the Ice
landic NOrmans with Holluland New
foundland), Markland (Nova ScOtia),
and Vinland (New England), was fire.
quent and intimate. No other Euro
pean people have been so scrupulOusly
correct In keeping their records as the
Scandinavians, and the accounts Of
these early voyages, which have been
handed down from the period in which
they were made, are most particular
and circumstantial-more so, Indeed,
than those Of the Spanish adventurers
who followed Columbus.
All intercourse of these Northrnen
with America seems to have ceased
about the middle Of the Fourteenth
century. This fact is as extraordinary
and inexplicable rs that, about the
same time. or soon after, they disnp-
peared in like manner from the west
coast of Greenland.
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
HELD IN MUD FOR CENTURIES
drously Preserved During the Up
building Of the World.

Fragments of colony of marine AMI
mails on n slab of black rock, with
many trilobites (dark) and shells Of
the Sidney crab QighD. were discov-
cred by G. D. Walcott on Mount Wap-
ia. These creatures lived before the
day of the fish or any other vertebrate
animal, and when land plants, and
even marine vegetable life, were al
most uErepresented. Other animals
of the sea, however, existed In great
profusion, and here and there condi-
tions were so favorable for their burial
in the mud and sand of the Cambrlan
sea that they were preserved un-
broken, and throughout all the proc
esses of rOck-making and mountain
building escaped destruction.
In one of these favorable places In
the Canadian Rockies the most delicate
Of organisms, like the Jelly fish, have
been so exqulsitely preserved that one
can hardly realize that they were
buried in the mud fifteen to twenty
million years ago, and have remained
undisturbed while several miles of
thickness of sediment were deposited
over them, changed into rock, elevated
into mountain masses, and later eroded
into the present mountains and can.
yons
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
Some Consolation.

The guest found the brides biscuit
rather heavy. They kept forcing them
on him, and he kept nibbllng at them.
But he slid several into his side pocket.
The bride saw this and SO did her hus.
band. or course they We're too polite
TO say anything. However, as soon ms
the guest had departed, the bride began
TO whlmper.
"Cut out the weeps, dcarle." coun.
seled her husband. 'Tnke II Ms a com.
pllment. With those biscuits he doubt
less intends To conduct some important
experiments from which we may all
reap fame and fortune. He's n noted
road builder
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
wKUUGHi wuNUEns IN sIonE
Work Of Architects Of the Twelfth
Century Stand as Challenge
to the World.

The most laboriously wrought stone
carving In the world, the temple Of
Chenna Kesava, at Belur, India, was
built In the Twelfth century to cele-
brate the conversion to Vishnuism Of a
Jain ruler. FERGUSON says of this par
ticular temple: "The amount of labor
which each particular facet Of this
porch displays is such as never was
bestowed on any surface Of equal eX-
tent in any building in the world"
Another masterpiece of sculptured
stone, at Hullabid, India, ten miles
from Belur, is greatly ruined now, and
many Of its gems have been removed
TO the museum at Bangalore. When
intact 1t was the finest specimen of
indian art in existence. This column
is one of the most marvellous exhibi-
uons of human labor to be found even
in the patient East-far surpasses any
thing in Gothic art. The effects are
said to be just what the medieval
architects were aiming at, but which
they never attained SO perfectly as
was done at Hullabid. FERGUSON fur
ther Says placing the Hullabid temple
and the Parthenon in Athens as the
two extremes of architecture: ut
would be possible to arrange all the
buildings Of the world between these
two extremes, as they tended toward
the severe intellectual purity of the
one or the playful, exuberant fancy Of
the other; but perfection, II 1t existed,
WQuld ha soino,,,ho.x ,,on,. 4l,n ,,,oaxn
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
I 7S-"s So ssssTsI- Irwin ~ISTTSESs
ouakers Explanation That II Would
Have Been Inconvenlent at the
Time 10 Humorous.

A story dating from our Civil war
has just been retold by Earl Russell,
grandson of Lord John Russell, the
great Victorian statesman, in his my
Life and Adventures" A Philadelphia
lawyer named Rosengarten was a
colonel in the Northern army and was
dispatched to arrest John Janney, a
Quaker, who had signed the virginlan
act of secession. He found them all
at a meeting" SO he just sat down
and said: II don't want to disturb
your meeting, but warn you that at
the end Of 1t, 1t is my duty to arrest
John Janney." One OF them arose and
said: "Will thee take off thy hat2"
NO." he replied, ut is Friends meet
ing" "Yes, thy hat Is a military hat"
So he took 1t Off, and his sword also,
after some demur, and one OF the
Friends took them out. After an hour
or so, the meeting was over. "Now,n
he said, II must remind you that
want John Janney. Pray stand up
About twenty Of them stood up. "Non-
sense,' he said, II want the John Jan
ney who signed, ETC." "Oh, that John
Janney,' they replied, "why he took
out thy hat an hour ago." He added
that after the war John Janney came
and called on him to apologize for
slipping away, but said II would really
have been very inconvenient for him
to have been arrested just then.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
Phillips County herald., 1923-05-31
FARMER PUTNAM's PHILOSOPHY

IT. too bad fur a woman to be so
dumb about some things as Josephine
is. | was writin her the other day
to the ranch that Prof. Maynard IN.
vited me to be sure and come over to
the feedin' pens on Feeders Day.
June I, and see the steers and she
writes back and sez:
Dear Tom: OF course | knowed
you'd go to Feeders day. If they's
anything on earth that you're better
at than scmethin' other it's feedin'.
no mistake. II ] had your appetite
fur good feed I'd git out patent
on it and notify all feeds which you're
goin' to attend thai all rights is re-
served by you under your patent.
Why don't yol ever let me in on
some of them big feeds they has at
the College? Amt we got parcel
post Tom, by which you kin send NE
sampler"
Well ! guess have been neglectin'
Josephine, but have decided to turn
over a new leaf, and so ! got May
nard to fix me up a nice mess of sun
flower silage, barley, cotton cake,
beet molases and dry pulp and I'm
sendin' the box today by parcel post
with note as follers:
Dear Josephine: ! got some of
the feed that we're goin' to have on
Feeders Day and hope you'll like 1t.
Don't furgit to follow directions on
the package"
Them directions SEE: "The best
way to feed this mixture Is. to cut up
some alfalfa and straw. mix II with
this stuff and sprinkle beet molasses
over it. Use plenty of roughage: 1t
cuts the cost Of feed and makes more
economical gains"
Thos. jefferson Putnam.
Specialist In Rural Deyilment.