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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14
WISE OLD SHIPS
Believed to Guard the Safety Of
Crews at Sea.
That Vessels Are Possessed Of Good
and Evil Spirits, is Belief
Of Ancient Mariners.

at is not wise to scoff or to laugh
In ones sleeve at such notions as that
of the 'knowingness' of ships" says
a writer in the Nautical Magazine. the
organ of the mercantile marine Off
GERS. quoted by the LONDON Daily
News.
"Aien have sailed in vessels and
have come ashore swearing that they
are possessed of an evil spirit.
There are ships which are more
than unfortunate they seem to look
for trouble on their own initiative and
often succeed in finding it,
"But there are few sailors who do
not believe. little as they care to dis
cuss these matters. that ship is I'm.
bued with something which makes
her almost s,ntient being.
81 think II is Conrad who tells the
story Of the ship which never failed
to answer the slightest touch Of her
helm. save on one occasion.
"And on that particular one had
the course been changed as Intended.
she would have run at a good ten
knots into n huge chunk of Ice. de-
tached from some dislntegrating berg
and floating a few feet beneath the
surface.
as II was. she slid by, with the
deadly menace a biscuits throw from
her and then answered her helm as
ANTICIPATED
81 have in mind a very popular
liner that sails out of the Mersey and
across the western ocean.
Captain and officers cherish real
affection for her and passengers are
loud I'm praise of her.
"There was a cyclone on the east
ern side Of the Atlan'ic.
A French boat arrived ut lie Havre
with srnerstructure and boats dam
aged and wireless antennae blown
away. after running before wind and
sea for IS hours
Another PASSENGER vessel from
America arrived In Plymouth sonnd
bnfreted End battered reporting that
the weather had brought her 10 a
standstill. for a dav and a night. what
time heavy seas had caused consider I
able damage.
'But our Liverpool friend Is wise (
old craft. She eraded the cyclone
almost. cne inst caugh. =. .a1 nd /
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14

Ghosts. Ibsen.
Pippa Passes. Browning.
Maid OF Orleans. Samuels
The King Enjoys Himself. Hugo
Embers. Mr.. and Mrs. Halde-
man-Julius.
The Mikado. w. s. Gilbert.
! Pelleas and Melisande. Maeter-
linckk.
Prometheus Bound Aeschylus.
She Stops to Conquer. Cold
smith.
The Misauthrope. MoIiere.
Tartuffe. Moliere.
Salome Wilde.
Importance of Being Earnest.
Wilde.
Lady Windermere' Fan. Wilde
Redemption. Tolstoi-
The Anti-Semites. Schnitzler.
shakespeare Plays
The Man Shakespeare. Frank
Harris. Four volumes.
The Tempest.
Merry Wives of Windsor.
AS You Like 1t.
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing.
Measure for Measure.
Hamlet.
Macbeth.
King Henry v.
Midsummer Nights Dream
Othello, The Moor of Venice.
King Henry VIII.
Tanning of the Shrew.
King Lear.
Venus and Adonis.
King Henry ". Part l.
King Henry ". Part 2.
julius Caesar.
Romeo and Juliet.
King Henry VI. Part 1.
King Henry VI Part 2.
King Henry VI Part 3.
Comedy of Errors.
King John.
King Richard III.
King Richard III.
Pericles.
Merchant of Venice
Lectures on Shakespeare. Inger
SOIL
Five Weeks in Balloon. Verne
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14
FIGHT ON CRIME
Resolves Itself Into Duel Be-
tween the Principals.
Good Teamwork by Detectives Relied
On Mostly for the Successful
Protection Of Public.

If every detective were as skillful
as Sherlock Holmes In ferreting out
crime crooks would have sorry time
Of II. Unfortunately, every detective
cannot be Sherlock Holmes, and, be-
sides. even granting that truth is
stranger than fiction, solving them In
real life are different matters. De-
tectivcs. when It comes to skill, are
not unlike men IN other professions /;
some are better than others, and the
real brilliant fellows are not numer-
Gus.
In modern detective work good team
work, after all, counts more than in
divIdual effort pack of dogs pur-
suing a wolf Is better than a lone dog,
and the same is true In running down
crime--collective heads can accom-
plish, as a rule, more than a single
head When murder is committed.
two detectives are assigned to the case.
They belong to the precinct in which
the crime occurred After they have
made themselves familiar with the
fncts, they are often able to tell with
certainty who the murderer Is. This
knowledge is obviously of great adj
vantage to them, since they have only
to get their man and build up a case
against him. Naturally. 1t often fol-
lows that to know the assassin Is one
thing--to get him another. He may
lead them a merry chase before he is
finally captured. But few known as
sassIns escape altogether, and detec-
tives are content to know that some
day the suspect may fall into their
net.
There is another type OF murder
which presents an entirely different
problem. This is a case like the Ed
well murder, in which the identity OF
the assassin Is unknown. Like the
former case, two detectives are at first
assigned to the 'squeal." When II be-
comes apparent that the police have
real mystery on their hands, other
detectives are set to work. AS the |
mystery. grows and deepens all the
up clues, and detectives considered |
as the "best brains of the department
are assisting in the work.
1.-THE successful detective today"
said a veteran in the service, ''is not
necessarily the brilliant, brainy fellow.
There are men in the bureau who use
their heads to good advantage. They /
belong to the analytical type, and they
study problem from every angle.
They often make valuable suggestions
which. when followed, lead to good re-
suits. Undoubtedly without them the
service would he badly crippled. But
II they have place in the unravelng
Of crime, the same may be said of an
other type.
F. This type is the fellow VINO. though
not brilliant, Is a silent. persistent plod-
der. | have known these fellows TO
accomplish wonders simply because
hey worked hard. When a man feels
hat his life is at stake, and he Is
making every effort to throw you OFF
his track. you are not going to catch
him II you are not as active in going
lfter him as he is In running away
rom you and covering up his tracks
You have to work hard to catch
lever criminal. He knows that he Is
'eing hunted and he becomes tired
md discouraged when he realizes that
ou are giving him no quarter.
aaraer,va.- snss..-- r-----:~ - |
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14

A Voyage to the Moon. Verne.
The Unworthy Coopers. Halds-
man-Julius.
The Privateersman. Capt Mar
ryatt.
Yiddish Short Stories. Edited by
Isaac Goldberg.
Nurnberg Stove. Ouida.
Great Spanish Stories.
Chelkash. Cork.
Creatures That Once Were eMn.
Cork.
My Fellow Traveller. Cork.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14
Blue Books
Continued from page one)

Pierrot of the Minute. Dowson.
God of Vengeance. scholom Asch.
Translated by Isaac Goldberg.
Four One-Act Plays. Strindberg.
The Creditor. Strindberg.
Everyman. A Morality Play.
The Bacchantes. Euripides.
Land of Hearts Desire. Yeats.
Les Precieuses Ridicules eng
lish). Moliere.
Nobody Who Apes Nobility.
Moliere.
Empedocles on Etna. Arnold.
Woman of No Importance. Wilde
The League of Youth. Ibsen.
Dolls House. Ibsen. ~.
Wild Duck. Ibsen.
Rosmersholm. Ibsen.
Hedda Gabler. Ibsen.
The Master Builder. Ibsen.
Pillars of Society. Ibsen.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14

Death of Ivan Ilyitch. Tolstoi.
Dog OF Flanders. Ouida. :
Tales from Arabian Nights. Vols
/ and 2.
Dream Woman. Collins.
Fall of House of Usher Poe.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
and Other Tales. Poe.
Poe's Tales of Mystery.
The Gold Bug. Poe.
deman-Julius.
Caught and other Stories. Hal
Finest Story in the World. Kip
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14

Hotpoint Cleaner sells regularly for $40
without the splendid cleaning attachments 20
by taking of this special offer, while
is good a time only.
If you buy the Hotpoint without the set of at
tachments it wcost you only $4,000 This is the loves
price at which Vacuum Cleaner equal to the Hotpon
offered that know ofand in addition e
its remarkable value offer eassy terms of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-03-14
81 DOWN 81 a Month

Hotpoint the product of of the largest and
best known manufacturers electrical appliances
guaranteed give satisfaction.
wide nozzle and its powerful motor Gre
air that it gets every bit of
dirt and from your The agtating brush
picks up all the lint straghens the
Every housewife who wants strong light weight de-
pendable low price should investigate this
offer the Hotpoint demonstrated.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
Houdini Film
to Thrill New
AirdOme Folks

Houdini in Haldane of She Sc,
cret Service, which will be pres
ented at the New Airdome theatre
tomorrow night tracks and solves
the international puzzle that has
baffled the police of three contin-
ents. Behind the mysterious auth
GRITTY of Doctor Yu, Prince Fab
Wong and ex-Consul General Orms-
by operating in neutral China, an
international organization. floodt
the white countries which spurious
money, murders investigators, and
evades pursuit by protc.,n changes.
The tremendous surprise Of the
feature involving climazes of over
powering intensity, comes III a
series of breath-taking scenes i'll the
provinces of France. His escapes
from traps and bonds, the swimming
and boarding of an ocean liner un-
der full steam, and the miraculous
delivery from a fortyfoot wheel OF
death Us it crashes down on him,
are legitimate components of dra-
matte story that keeps everyone
thrilled.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
Prominent California
2 #h" Man Declares Andres
KARNAk
A Revelation in Medicine

A search lasting for years for
something to remedy chronic stom-
ach complaints, attended by nausea,
bilious headaches, dizziness, con-
stipation, nervousness, sleeplessness
and a threatened breakdown of the
entire system, is Interestingly des-
cribed by Mr.. A. j. Rossi, well
known superintendent of construc-
ton and building, 1920 Champion
ST., Oakland, Cal.
Mr.. Rossi states that his search
ended when he found Karnak, the
sensational new medicine, now ac-
complishing such phenomenal re-
suits throughout California.
II just felt so sick and weak. all
the time I could hardly hold up my
head,' states Mr.. Rossi. 81 had
spells of sick headache lasting for
three days at time, and one would
hardly leave before another would
follow. 1 was losing weight, and
was so rundown l was almost as
weak as a straw.
~ have never found anything
that has helped me like Karnak. l
have taken three bottles so far, and
/ haven t had one of those bilious
headaches since l started on it. 1
am gaining weight, have new
strength and energy and feel like
work now. What Karnak has done
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25

breaSing against the limitations of
their social bonds.'
Long repression of the pastor IS
desire for a pretty woman to take
the place of his steadfast wife of 26
years is seen in the discovery of
dozens of pictures of pretty women,
some members of his congregations
ip places where he was formerly
stationed. Latest identified picture
is that of a beautiful brunette mem.
Der of his congregation at Thebes,
extreme northern point in Illinois,
where he was preaching three years,
named Ruby Gillespie. She mar
ried shortly after the pastor left.
The picture was identified by
friends of the girl here who said the
family gave the PASTORS wife the
picture as a mark of esteem for his
work. Hight, however, had the pic
ture pasted on the back of book.
Three Sweetin children will be
placed in some institution by their
grandfather, Christopher Columbus
Sweetin, on 5000 which Mrs. Sweet
in saved from her husband s earn
ings.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25

N-Tt often seems that no sooner
oes one get floor well finished
nd in fine condition than some
ming happens TO mar it. Either ae.
idents occur which spot 1t, or un-
lsuallv hard wear destroys the fin
.sh along the lines of greatest trav-
ell.
Vanished floors require some
oil. as varnish gradually dries out,
becomes brittle and wears away
quickly unless it is oiled occasion
ally. To care for such floors, sweep
them with soft brush or mop and
then give them a good rubbing with
floor oil or kerosene. Only enough
oil or kerosene should be used to
Just moisten the cloth or mop used,
for if any remains OF the surface
of the floor il catches dust, and this
tracked into the floor will darken
both the finish and the wood. A
very light floor oil should be Sc
lected.
Oil Softens Wax
On the other hand, waxed floors
should not be treated with oil of
any sort. Oil softens the wax, and
in this state it soon collects dust
and dirt. Waxed floors should be
brushed with "a soft brush or mop
entirely free from oil. Occasion
ally the waxed floor should be Civ
rn a thorough cleaning with
cloth wrung out of warm, soapy
water or moistened with turpentine
or gasoline, which is better still.
Overmucl ter viii dull or whiten
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

Real Hollandaise sauce is a
veritable mayonnaise in which the
oil is replaced By butter, which
should be the freshest possible.
Put into small receptacle the
yolks of three eggs hard-boiled,
crush and add a pinch of fine salt,
pepper and one or two teaspoonfuls
boiler and add small pieces of but
of water Put this into double
ter until there is sufficient guam
tity, stirring well all the while.
If the dressing should be too
thin, incorporate one or two
spoonsful of good white sauce.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
FLOOR PROBLEMS NEED SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION, APPLYING TOO
MUCH WAX IS COMMON ERROR

the .luster of wax, and the use of
gasoline or turpentine will prevent
much polishing to restore the fin
ish after the floor is cleaned.
This cleaning will remove the
dirty, dingy film of wax and leave
the surface again bright and easily
polished. Wherever the floor has
the hardest wear the surface will
need more frequent coating of thin
wax and polishing. Where only
moderate use occurs rewaxing two
or three times year should be
sufficient. -,
Ink Can Be Removed
In waxing floors the most COM
mon error is to apply too much
wax. The surplus wax remains on
the surface in a soft coat and col
leets dirt. Weighted brushes are
necessary to give a waxed floor
a high, brilliant and hard finish. A
new electrical device has recently
been placed on the market which
relieves much of labor of polishing
floors.
White spots on floors caused by
water may be made to disappear
by rubbing with the weighted
brush; if obstinate, a little wax may
be applied. Ink spots on hard
wood fleors may be removed with
an oxalic acid solution used for
laundry purposes.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
MRS. SWEETIN ON VERGE
OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

SALEM, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-r'f The
pastor told me to do it and he
gave me the arsenie,' Mrs. Sweet
i'll told the United Press today.
Repeating this sentence over and
over, Mrs. Sweetin is on the verge
of a physical breakdown in her
cell in the women S department of
the Marion County Jail.
She aseribes her crime to "some
sort of influence the pastor had
over her, which she says rendered
her insensible to the enormity of
his plan that She poison her hus
band and he poison his wife so that
he could marry her.
81 dove Hight She said, "but
his meanness has wrecked our
lives. - -=--s
Somehow Mrs. Sweetin 5 mind
persistently reverts to the .unhappi
ness of her childhood.
My father and mother separat
ed when l was just "a little girl.
Papa lived somewhere in Colorado
and mother lived at Ina, she
says. '..-..s ,.-,.-r,..
She grew up and married in Ina
and her children were born there
and there she met the poisoning
pastor,'' for whose love she com
mittcd the crime which she now
fails to comprehend. She and he
had planned to leave ina together,
after an interval had expired fol
lowing the death of her husband
and his wife.
But they had been seen together
too frequently to escape the watch
full eyes of the 400 inhabitants of
that village .-t
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
Won1er1's Interests
PARENT-TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES OFFICERS AND HEADS
OF COMMITTEES FOR COMING YEAR

ia view of the early opening of
Parent Teachers Association activi-
tics in FL Centre. the president.
Mrs. C. s. Marsden announces the
following members as officers and
heads of committees for the wear:
President. Mrs. c. S. Marsden;
irst vice-president, Mrs. IL C..
Iones; second vice-president, Mrs.
Josephine King; seeretagy-Miss
Nora Epler; treasurer, Mrs. A. p.
Shibley; Amerieanizatian chair
nan, Mrs. McEwen; Child Labor
nd legislation chairman. Mrs q
J. Roberts; courtesy and hospitali-
chairman, Mrs. E. \. smith;
embership, emblem and magazine
lairman, Mrs. Stanley Smith; fin
1ce chairman. Mrs. +. w. Ferris
5me chairman; Mrs. Z. J. Mack; !;
hid welfare chairman, Mrs a. p.
hibley; publicity, press and poster
liirllan, Mrs W. c. Costello; pro-
am committee chairman, Mrs. Har-
Jones. Mrs. J. T. Rice, Mrs.
allies }. Walker, Mrs. Josephine
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
Pastor Blames Satan for Taking
Two Lives by Poison; Pictures
of Many Women i'm His Effects

INA, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-"T Tire deyi
did it,
This is the opinion of Ina, shocked
beyond anger by the poisoning of
Wilford Sweetin by his wife and
Anna Hight by her husband Rev
Lawrence NJ. Hight. N.
New stories of the relations be
tween Rev. Hight and Mrs. Sweetin
came into the open as the preacher
in grimy cell a NASHVILLE, H.,
and the woman in the Marion coun-
ty Jail at Salem barred their infideli-
! ties.
The pastor during his hectic three
months love affair eliminating in
the death of Elsie Sweetin s hard
working coal miner husband and the
pastor wife, purchased the milk
for his household from the Sweetins.
! But the peculiar detail is that in
stead of sending his 16-year old son
or his 14-year old daughter for it,
the pastor always made the trip
himself, neighbors said.
Many times Hight was seen sit,
ting atop a pile of lumber across the
street in view of the Sweetin house,
mopping his brow with a handkcr-
chief i'll an ostentatious way sug
gestive of signeling, after which he
would walk away.
Several nights the pastor would
stop at two in the morning at an all
night lunch counter fully dressed,
explaining that he saw a light and
got up to find out what the boys
were doing. This happened fire.
quently, especially when Sweetin
went to Benton to work.
The funeral of Sweetin was re
called frequently. Using as his text
the verse in the book of st. John
"Let not your heart beb troubled;
We believe in God; believe ye also
in me, in my Fathers house are
many mansions, the pastor
preached a powerful sermon that
moved the audience to tears.
A Super r-Hypocrite 90,
81 didn't want to come to this
pulpit to preach, but now see the
Lord had reason for sending me here.
1t was to convert this good man who
is now resting under his beneficent
smile,'' he said.
This hypocrisy now causes church
goers here to ascribe the crime to
the devil
Hight himself gave the same rea-
son. Elsie Sweetin says she felt the
pastor had much influence upon her,
driving her on to the terrible crime.
But State s Attorney Frank
Thompson. says "just a case of sex
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
STUFFED FILETs OF SOLE

Select a short, thick founder and
have il cut in six filcts. Make a
savory suffing Of crumbs, butter
seasoning, a beaten egg and "A little
cream into bind the mixture. Dip
each filet into melted butter, spread
thickly with the stuffing, lay on
anotaer filet, sandwich fashion +;
place them on a buttered baking
dish, dust with pepper and salt,
sprinkle with a little grated cheese
and minced parsley, dot with butter
and bake for six minutes covered,
and then uncover, baste with the
dish gravy and bake ten minutes
until delicate brown. Serve with
tartar sauce.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
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SEND IN YOUR
NEWS ITEMS OF
FALL ACTIVITIES

Now that fall activities in
church, fraternal, school and
social circles are starting again,
the Press wishes to remind all
CT its readers that it is particu-
larly interested in such items Of
news and urges that they either
be sent by mail, telsphoned or
brought TO the Office personally.
We are here to serve the larg-
est number of readers possible,
but it is only by your hearty CO.
operation that we can do so.
Even if an announcement or item
of news seems ever so insignifi-
cant to you, send it in, as it
| will surely be of interest to some
of our readers. Use the editorial
department number, 700, when
telephoning, and ask for the So
ciesy editor.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25

King; parliamentary drill chairman,
Mrs. A. G. Campbell; music chair
man, Mrs. Joe King.
The juvenile court chairman is
yet to be appointed. Someone will
be selected to represent who have
no parents or guardians and are
wards of the juvenile court.
The Americanization committee.
under the leadership of Mrs. Me
Even, will cooperate with the de-
partment of the Woman 5 Ten
Thousand club having this work in
charge.
Committee chairmen are selecting
their committeeman and aids in the
various sections of the work will
soon be announced.
Owing to the absence OF the pres
ident, Mrs. M&rsden no date for
the opening meeting of the P. 7. A.
has vet been announced, but it is
expected. that one of the vica-pres-
i5ents viii cali meeting at an ear
" date.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
Unique Bits From,
Fashions Realm to .
Please Everybody

Wool challic, that soft and lovely
material is "in" again. House
frocks of chaliie, striped and fig
ured, are among the prettiest show
ings of the season at present.
Among the shoes for street wear
shown here today is a pump of al
most startling simplicity. of cara
mel-tinted kid, it has neither stitch.
ing nor cut-outs, merely one slim
ankle strap.
The straight frock is often slit
at the side so that walking will not
interfere with the slim effect, but
this season the slit, if any, is placed
at the back on the right side, rath-
er than in front.
The boa of ostrich tips i'll bright
colors is sometimes used as a ruftle
now. 1t encircles a dance frock
or an evening wrap, impartially.
One of the most remarkable ben
paline creations was seen on the
avenue upon a recent sunny after
noon. 1t was two-piece ensemble
costume in a shade between straw
berry and Venetian red. Being so
bright, the costume required no
trimming except the black fox scarf
worn with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
COOLIDGE MAY
MAKE TOUR TN
WEST IS RUMOR
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Pres
ident Coolidge VIII speak in Phila
delphia tonight on the occasion OF
the 18th anniversary of the first
meeting of the continental congress
the address marking his second sor-
tie from the tap.tals since his return
from Vermont.
The president will leave here at
$3.50 p. M, dining on his, train.
Immediately after the speech he
will return here, arriving about
midnight. #"
Reports continue current in poll
teal circles that the president is
planning a western tour. The white
house declares, the president, aas mo
out of town speaking engagements,
but this is not taken rs closing the
Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-25
SUGGESTIONS THAT
ARE USEFUL FOR
ALL HOME MAKERS

Use lukewarm water when wash
ing anything made of white ok
or mixture of silk and cotton
Too hct water is almost certain to
turn the material yellow.
If you wish to economize when
making a layer cake, make the
cake part not so rich and put the
richness into the icing of frosting
The average person Judges cake
by the icing and will never know
tho difference.
At the back of our medicine clos
ct is row of tacks on which We
suspend the eye dropper, thermo
meter, tweezcrs, etc, and other
small articles that arc so hard to
find when left on the shelf among
the various bottles of medicine.
Don I throw away thcatcr checks
Pullman seat checks, CITE, in toe
great hurry. You might fini you
nave forgotten or lost some ar
ticle in these places and definite IN
formation as TO your reservation
would lead TO its recovery.