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is known as the Scarlet Woman; she was
clad in red robe edged with gold. All the
trappings are of indescribable richness.
Prayers were offered and Crowley,
pointing to each one in the circle with
his magic sword, uttered mystic words.
The days went on. In the mornings /
worked; and gradually / saw things that
in the fatigue and excitement of arrival
/ had not noticed. Vile pictures, some
hanging on the walls and others engraved
on them, Mortified me. Tea became an
impossible meal for me, the conversation
was too sickeningly bestial Time after
time, used to leave the table; generally
was fetched back. It was dreadful
ordeal; silence for lunch, filth for tea.
My husband was Initiated" but he
would never tell me anything about the
ceremony. All / know is that he wore
gorgeous robes, that the ceremony lasted
eight hours.
Now l come to the sckening episode
of the cat. By this time Crowley never
spoke to me; all my orders came from
Leah. At tea one afternoon Crowley. was
irritable and uneasy. Suddenly he rose
and said:
''There is an evil spirit in this room"
A cat was sitting by his seat-a lovely,
tortoise shell animal. Crowley went to
pick it up; the cat scratched him viciously
on the arm and wriggled from his hands.
"Within three days." ordained the
Beast, "that cat must be sacrificed"
The third day arrived. | wanted to get
the cat away, but my husband told me
not to interfere. But l took the animal
a long way from the house, and put it
down, saying, childishly, perhaps-"Stay
But it followed me back.
Crowley had told my husband that he
must kill the cat, and to write out an in
vocation. Imagine the effect of such in
structions on highly sensitive man like
my husband. He went ashen pale and
trembling as he heard the words, but the
Beasts influence over him was such that
he could not refuse. He caught the cat,
and put it in a bag. The animal cried
pitifully.
The hour arrived l refused, as always,
to sit in the magic circle, but insisted on
being present. | took seat close to the
door so that | could escape if | wanteu TO.
The altar was dressed for the occasion
with "Cakes of Light" 1t is impossible
to describe of what these are made. | do
not believe any normal mind could ever
imagine the ingredients. Above the altar
hung a hell, formed of an almost fiat
metal disc, the striker being a human
bone A bowl to catch the cats blood
stood at the side.
Ny husband, trembling from head to
foot, stood by the altar, armed with a
kukri-the sharp, carved sword that the
Gurkha finds so effective. He had to lift
the cat in one hand, and kill it with the
other. The cat struggled violently.
Crowley dabbed it's nose with ether till
it became quiet enough to hold. The
reading of the long invocation concluded.
Now said the Beast. My husband
struck at the wretched cat, but his blow
lacked force. He only half killed the poor
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Ceremonies in the DeuiL-Worshippers' "Abbeu.n

WYE reached Cefalu-a tiny town of
W one narrow street and a few
houses struggling up the hillside.
Lovely indeed, but desolate.
1t was long, dreary climb up muddy,
mountainous path; and our first glimpse
of the "abbey" did nothing to dispel my
forebodings. 1t doomed up suddenly be-
fore us, the white house cleaning eerily
: in the faint moonlight, one mysterious
Pickering light shining from small
window.
Our reception was startling enough.
We knocked at the door. It was opened
by woman; whom we were to know
later as Jane.
"Beast"' she cried out, "here are Mr..
and Mrs"
| was, of course, amazed; but we
learned afterwards that Beast" is
Crowley's own name for himself. He
likes it; and certainly no other name could
be more appropriate. Crowley appeared.
He raised one hand above his head, and
said:
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole
of the law
To which half dozen other voices re-
piled:
"Love is the law, love under the law"
We were awakened at half-past seven
the next morning by the banging of a
tom-tom, followed by a woman's voice
crying, "Do what thou wilt shall be the
whole Of the law" And the voices of all
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the boy secretarial position with him at
Cefalu.
Neither of the couple had any idea of
the character of the abbey" nor of the
real character of Crowley, according to
the Express" Although the Express"
prints picture of it's informant, her name
is withheld to spare the feelings of her
own and her unfortunate husbands
family. The girl entered the place a
bride and left it a few weeks later a
widow, and the printable parts of what she
claims to have seen and to have undergone
in Crowley's abbey is told by her in the
Express" as follows
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An Altar to the Devil, Used by the Devil
Worshippers. Satan, in the Centre, Is Carved in
His Shape of "Baphomet," Supposed to Be One
of His Manifestations When He Appears a
Demon With the Head of an Ass. Crowley
Calls Himself "Baphomet XII"
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x recall an article few weeks =
ago dealing with the newest ~
activities of Aleister Crowley, "high
priest of the wicked 'Do anything
you want to" religion, and his mis-
guided followers at Cefalu, little =
town in Sicily.
This is the same Crowley who Re
some months ago started Temple"
of go. T. o." as the new religion
is named, at Detroit. Soon the
police took hand in the matter g
and stopped the rites which had al
ready broken up a number of homes,
provided many cases for the divorce \
courts and caused at least half a
dozen suicides Crowley, who is an {
Englishman and graduate of Ok
ford University, could not be
found.
At last the powerful London newspaper
the Sunday Express" turned Crowley u
at Cefalu. Since then the Express" ha
obtained from a young English woma
who recently escaped from his abbey
the first story of what, she asserts, actual
" goes on behind the scenes in this dew
worshippers' temple.
The young Englishwoman was Bird
when she went to the Cefalu temple wit
her husband. He was lad of twenty
two, an Oxford graduate and brilliar
writer. When Crowley was in Londo
last Winter, says the Express" he offere
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FALSE ALARMS

The barber promising to give
you a shave and haircut in fiji
teen minutes.
Father promising to get up and
beat the rugs at o'clock on
Sunday morning If he is al
lowed to sit in the poker game
on Saturday night
A napper telling all her friends
that a movie star is crazy about
her.
Brother promising to stop smolS-
ing If he Is given money for
new suit.
The old lady who wants to
start an hour early so that she
won't miss tho last train to the
city.
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Besides, they never receive any
encouragement. Being hit with .
tin can or an old shoe doesn't
spur any cat on to better things.
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An eats are alike to them. Yost
only get . nickel no matter
whether the one you capture
sWears or sings grand opera.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

StiH, they do the best they
know how. II isn't their fault If
they're unable to yOdeI Iike an
opera star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

Every cat packs q disease. but
very few Of them can carry 8
tune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

And you can't expect them to !
find music teachers IN waste
paper baskets and rubbish piles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

These cats never hcwled; but
the board Of health hasn't got
time to test their vocal abilities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

Educational number-''My Boy
Friend is so Economical That He
Always Turns Out the Lights"
BY Fanny the flapper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

Cats are necessary to kin mice,
but some Of them are getting so
Independent that you have to
bring the mouse to them on 4
platter.
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These were the hardest to
catch. He had to wait TIM the
neighbors who owned them lei
them out.
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Evening Bedtime Story
Father Goes to Bed at Nine
O'Clock, but There's a Rope Lad
der Outside the Window"
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Stock report-'T Have to MIX
the Cows and Feed the Horses
Before I Can Keep a Date with
My Sweetie," BY the hired man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

Why not LET the cats live and
stiH catch mice, but cut out their
singing by amputating their vocal
chords?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

This wouldn't hurt their voice
any except that once in q while
they might capture a mouse off
key.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

OF course he wouldn't have
made this much. only he turned
in three angoras ana six Persian
kitties.
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Since the board Of health has
started this drive on alley pests.
all the germs have deserted the
common cats and are building
new homes on pedigreed ones.
Copyright, 1924, King Features
Syndicate, Inc
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M ED Blu r Y
S "A Y s
By John p. Medbury.

OU1AAk N1GUUuIyo
/" HE health departments IA
several cities have started
campaigns to get rid oe
cats. In doing 90 they have
broken up. homes in hundreds of
alleys.
ANY cat who starts vocal Iog.
son On your back fence 3 uabIe
to finish Il in the nearest refuse
can.
The cats have been receiving
50 much attention that Tor }
while they thought 1t was Old
Home Week.
m-4
The board Of health q paving
. nickel . piece for bowling Re.
lines. One guy who lived IN
neighbOrf1Ood that was tIIcIklv
populated with cats cleaned n 3
$3.50 In two nights.
OF course he wouldn't have
made this much. only he turned
in three angoras ana six Persian
kitties.
These were the hardest t.
catch. He had to wait TN the
neighbOrs who owned them lei
them out.
These cats never hcwled, but
the board Of health hasn't rot
time to test their vocal abilities.
An eats are alike to them. Won
only get . nickel no matter
whether the one you capture
sWears or sings grand opera.
Every cat packs disease. but
very few Of them can carry 4
tune.
StfII, they do the best they
know how. Il isn't their fault If
they're unable to yOdeI IIko IA
opera star.
And you can't expect them to
find music teachers fn waste
paper baskets and rubbish piles.
Besides, they never receivo any
encouragement. Being hit with
tin can or an old shoe doesn't
spur any cat on to better things.
Cats are necessary to kin mice,
but some OF. them are getting so
independent that you have to
bring the mouse to them on
platter.
Why not let the cats live and
stiH catch mice, but cut out their
singing by amputating their vocal
chords?
This wouldn't hurt their voice
any except that once in q while
they might capture q mouse off
key.
When mouse Is resting be
tween . set Of teeth he doesn't
stop to listen whether the cat il
on the scale or not.
Since the board Of health has
started this drive on alley pests.
all the germs have deserted the
common cats and are building
new homes on pedigreed ones.
Copyright, 1929, King Features
Syndicate. Inc-J
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

When q mouse Is resting be-
tween . set Of teeth he doesn't
stop to listen whether the cat il
on the scale or not.
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Campaign speech by Henry
Ford. eff I Ever Live In the
White House, I VIII Use Tin
Roofing or None at all"
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The board Of health q paving
2 nickel . piece for bowling fe-
lines. One guy who lived IN
neighborhOod that was thickIy
populated with cats cleaned IN
$3.50 in two nights.
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Travelogue -" What Happened
When I Tied My Reindeer to the
North Pole" By Capt. Cook and
survivors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

ANY CT who Starts . vocal leo.
son On your back fence b liable
to finish Il IN the nearest refuse
can.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-03

The cats have been receiving
50 much attention that Tor j
while they thought 1t was Old
Home Week.
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RADIO HITS

Religious n u m b err" since
Grandpa Bought a Radio Set, He
Can Sleep Through the Sermon
In Peace
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior.

department or lnG interior. U. s. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, December 4, 1922.
 Notice is hereby given thar George w. Tobin, of Seward. Alaska, who, on February 25, 1922. made homestead entry, No. O5297 for southeast quarter, Section 23, Townshhip l N.. Range l w., Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Aaron E. Rucker. U. s. Commissioner, at Sew ard, Alaska, on the 10th day of Feb ruary, 1923.
 Claimant names as witnesses:
 Tom Hambright, of Seward, Alaska. James Mcdonald, of Seward, Alaska. Burl Story, of Seward, Alaska.
 Ed Vogl. of Seward, Alaska.
 FRANK A. BOYLE
 Register. First publication December 1, 1922. Last publication February 28, 1923. Run in daily sixty days continuously
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NAH JONCC IN STYLE
CHINESE GAME IS TAKEN UP BY
 NEW YORK SOCIETY

NEW YORK. Feb. 13-"Mah Jongg" (meaning sparrow) the gambling game of the Chinese after it's conquest last winter of London, is now taking New York by storm, displacing bridge or poker and other games of chance. It is the oldest games in the world having been played in China for 5000 years. It is not game for piker to get into. One can win fortune in a night. r. One hundred and forty eight pieces shaped like dominoes, while for SCOT ing long strips of bone or ivory and backed with bamboo.
 Chips are provided for scoring being long strips of bone O. ivory.
 Four little dice are provided, each player throwing two at time and progressing according to the numbers upturned. Four position indicators, being markers to show the position oi the players as the game advances.
 The game comes from China in a small rectangular box, one one side ot which are cabalistic Chinese charac- ters in brass. A good ivory set costs about s40O, but the bone ones are sold as low as SIP. Sets run as high as $25Oo.
 Every hand is played as an indivld- ual without partnership and that fea- ture comments itself to the player who in other games is handicapped by poor partners. One studies the un- folding of the game. one detects Eas tern cunning to whet the skill, first building the wall, undoubtedly mean ing the great wall of China; next to draw to determine which side of the wall is to be broken.
 1 The terms employed in the game are favored of the Orient, those titles called the winds (east, west, north and south), then those called the green, red and white dragons the white dragons are blank tiles because the Chinese say that dragon cannot be seen) and the seasons. There are also suites in the titles called the bambooes, the dots and the charac ters. Or take the counting chips which are known as heaven, and
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earth, men and women; women being the lowest in value. Chow and Pung are terms which called out mean to capture from the enemy.
 Only IA tiles can be used in the game; the remaining four being used as blanks to replace tiles that may be lost. Every game is played by four players acting individually. Tiles are placed face downward on the table, shuffled and each player builds his or her wall IS tiles in length and two high; then all the players push their respective tiles to the center of the table making hollow square which represents walled Chinese city. Then comes the throwing of two dice--if south wall will be opened; if z. Il, the west wall will be opened; if f, 8, the total of throw is 2, 6, or 10, the or 12, the north wall will be openeu, |, if 5 or 9 the east wall will be opened.
 After the place of the opening in the wall has been determined and the top and bottom tiles have been placed on the wall to the right next tho players in turn take two top and twG bottom tiles until they have twelve tiles each, after which in turn eacn takes one tile twice, until they have 14 tiles in hand. The players keep their hands concealed from each oth, er as in dominoes. Drawing and dis ca-ding of tiles from then on is the game. The object of each player is to complete four suites of three tiles each and one pair.
 There are many important winning hands designated by the Chinese un- der allegorical terms. You can get a moon from the bottom of the sea, thirteen unique wonders" heavens cross," 'sea=th's grace" buried treas ure," getting flower in unseason- able time." or blessing lowering ov el the door,"
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Department of the Inter

Department of the Interior United States Land Office, Juneau, Alaska, Nov. g, 1922.
 Notice is hereby given that Roy E. Clark, of Kodiak, Alaska, has submit ted final three-year proof in support of his homestead entry serial 05076, for lands embra ced in U. s. Survey No. 1896, situated near Kodiak, Alaska, in latitude 57 degrees, 47 minutes, 23 seconds North: longitude 152 degrees, 23 minutes, 4S seconds Wes::; and more particularly described as fol- lows:
 Commencing at corner No. l whence U. s. c. & G. M. bears s. 43 deg. 13 min. w. 4634 chs; thence N. 34 deg. 43 min. w. 5000 chs. to corner No. 2; thence N. 55 deg. IT min. E. 53.33 chs. to corner No. 3; thence s. 34 deg. 43 min. E., 5000 chs. to corner No. 4; thence $. 55 deg. r min. w. 53.33 chs. to corner No. l the place of beginning. con- taining an area of 160 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above described land are required to file their adverse claim in the United States Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, CT they will be barred by the provisions of the stat utes.
 FRANK A. BOYLE.
 Register. First publication Dec. 16, 1922. Last publication February 28, 1923. Pub colfin. in daily sixty days.
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Notice Of Sale of Real Estate

No 106 In the United States Commissioner S Court for the Territory of Alaska Third Division, knik Precinct. at Anchorage, before the Honorable
 w. H. Rager, United States Com l missioner and ex-officio Probate | Judge.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas F. NJ. Boyle, otherwise known as | Dr. Frank NJ. Boyle, Deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that in pur. suance of an order of the Probate Court in and for the Knik Precinct Third Division, Territory of Alaska, made on the 22nd day of January 1923, in the matter of the Estate ot Thomas F. M. Boyle, otherwise known as Dr. Frank M. Boyle, deceased, the undersigned, the administrator of the said estate will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and subject to confirmation by said Probate Court, on Monday, the 18th day of February, 1923, between the hours of o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon. commenc- ing at o'clock in the forenoon of said day on the premises hereinafter de scribed the following described prop erty, to-wit:
 The north one half of lot twenty two (22) and the south one-half of lot twenty-three (23) in Block nine (9), of Seward, Alaska. Terms and Conditions of Sale:- Cash, lawful money of the United States, ten per cent of the ~''"n',ase price to be paid to the auctioneer on the day of sale, balance on con6rma- tion of sale by said Probate Court. The undersigned administrator re serves the right to reject any and all bids if in his judgment an insufficien price only is offered for any of said real estate.
 Dated this 22d day of January, A. D. 1923.
 EDWARD V. BOYLE, Administrator of the Estate of Thomas
 F. M. Boyle, otherwise known as
 Frank M. Boyle, deceased.
 First publication. Jan. 25, 1923. Publish Jan. 25, Feb. l, 8 15, 1923 4