davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-10-13

FORD TOURING CAR, frst-class condition:
latest model. driven by careful driver. Price,
$3.50, payable SO cash and SO per month.
Purchaser must own real estate and furnish
references. See Mr.. Smith. at home all day
op5 Feet o. anitol st 13s
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Gone, But Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen belong
to:
Harry E. Smith, 2242 E. Pruitt St.
Chevrolet, from Wabash st. and
Capitol Ave.
Chester Harris. 93S Edgemont ST.,
Ford, from same address.
Oscar Featherston, 1923 Central
Ave. Chevrolet, from Ohio ST. and
\Capitol Ave
Arthur Weber. 1925 n. Pershing
Ave, Ford, from Market and West
SITS.
Thomas Mullin, Oneida Hotel,
Nash, from 127 w. Georgia st.
William A Alexander, Rushville,
Ind, Oakland, from in front of Co
lumbia Club, Monument Pl.
Coleman Davis. 1872 w. Tenth St.,
Chevrolet. from 1850 Sherman DR..
Robert Hiner. 4417 Central Ave.
Nash, from Market and Delaware
SITS.
Harry H. Monks, Shelbyville. Ind,
Hudson. from Delaware and Ohio
SITS.
William Raub, 102 N Traub Ave.
Ford. from Pennsylvania and Mary
land SITS.
Ross Ingells, Kokomo, Ind, from
Ohio and Meridian SITS.
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cordially, being hailed denghtedly.
I wondered if these were part Of
the gang which I suspected must be
associated with him. Then, noting
a meaning glance exchanged between
him and the girl. / knew that while
she might be an associate of his. her
gross companion was, If not already
a victim. destined to be one. l post
poned my departure. I had two
cigarettes left; amusement would
go we'll with my last tobacco. And
inasmuch as my acquaintance of the
early evening had turned his back
to me as he sat down, there was no
danger that my presence would in
terfere with his plansAprovided, of
course. that he had any plans. and
that 1 had not misinterpreted the
pregnant glance between him and
the girl.
AS I watched the three, the gross
man produced a little box from his
waistcoat pocket. 1t was the sort
of box that would contain a ring,
and the sight of it evoked mem
cries. I wondered that 1 had not
recognized the huge-featured man be-
fore. For years ago 1 had more than
once entered his jewelry establish
ment on Fifth Ave. 1 knew him to
be Daragon. one Of the most famous
jewellers of America, and one of its
most notorious rogues.
He had changed greatly since I
had seen him striding pompously
through the aisles of his fashionable
establishment. Added years of loose
living had brought more flesh and
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Such as l were produced upon this
earth to guide and instruct the COM
mon people We were not meant TO
battle in tawdry ways or the gross
material things Of life. The supreme
achievement Of evolution is the gen.
tleman; and society permits a gen.
tlenan to starve. I can conceive no
harsher Indictment against society.
Then 1 smiled at my own heat.
had had my opportunity to become a
criminal earlier this evening, and
had refused il. 7 had no intention
of changing m mind, and accepting
the otter OF my fur-collared friend.
So, tfen, le me die, as a gentle
man should. without repinings, or
anger, or sneers, or other vulgari-
ties. And let me die, as unfortunate
ly 1 had not recently lived, upon Il
full stomach.
There were placed in New York
where one might still dine, frugally
it is true. but amid clean surround
ings. in an atmosphere Of breeding,
for the small! sum that still re-
manned to me. Such a place was
Careys, an Italian tabled hote res
taurant south of Washington Square.
Dinner could be procured there for a
dollar and n half; with twenty -five
cents for cigarettes, there would still
be a quarter for the waiter. 1 re-
GREETED that the check boy in the
courtroom would be forced to get
along without a gratuity from me.
With my stomach filed, putting at a
cigarette, I would stroll leisurely to
the west, coming at length upon a
dock on the North River. After
that--who knows?
There was no need to say anything
to Mrs. Cannon. Tomorrow or the
next day, finding my room unoccu-
pied, she would rent 1t to some one
else; I had paid her for a week in
advance, and she would consider my
departure something in the nature
of an unexpected profit. There was
not the slightest danger that she
would report my absence to the po-
lice. She would confiscate my poor
suitcase and it's meager contents,
and gain still another petty profit.
So I walked downstairs, much
stronger than when had done so on
my way to visit Weinberg, but still
weak and hungry again. In the hall
little Peter met me.
when you goln' to make a penny
disappear for me, Mr.. Ainsley?" he
demanded.
I smiled at him. Tin going to
make something bigger than penny
disappear, Peter" I told him.
"When?" he asked.
Pretty SOON" 1 replied.
"WiI you let me see your" he
asked.
You'll know about it," I assured
him.
Smiling at my double entendre, 1
left the house. And as walked to-
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ward Carey's. my resolution grew
stronger. If a man can't live as a
gentleman should live, why live at
all? Life is rather uncomfortable at
best; only comfort and luxury miti-
gate it's severity. I laughed as l
passed rows Of tenements. What
fools these people were to continue
in the prison of life, A tragically hu-
morous thought occurred to me; sup
pose that these people who lived in
these grimy tenements. and in SINH
lar or worse habitations all over the
world. should decide to quit the bit
ter struggle for mere existence?
Suppose. instead of going on strike.
or starting riots. or turning Bolshe-
vik, they chose by lot a certain num-
Der. and that certain number imme-
diately killed themselves? On the
next day, another number would kill
themselves, and the remainder would
declare publicly their intention of fol-
lowing the suicidal example. In a
week or two society would be so
alarmed that it would be offering
palaces on Fifth Ave. to the poor If
they would merely consent to live.
1t was, 1 f1attered myself, a quaint
conceit, as sane as most revolu-
tionary nostrums, and 1 was smiling
as I entered Carey's. 1 was still
smiling as l finished a very satisfac-
| tory meal, and leaning back in my
chair, consumed my eighth cigaret.
Life was not a complex thing. after
all. At least, il one didn't find it
simple one simply stepped out Of its
absurd complexities.
For instance, that girl who sat
across the narrow room from me
would be indutiably better off II
she joined me on my stroll to the
dock than if she remained with the
gross beast, who was her dinner
companion. For she patiently
showed that he Disguised her. Pret-
ty, extremely so, with black hair
and blue eyes. and, I guessed from
what appeared above the table, 4
charming figure, she belonged to
youth, not to bloated age. And the
fact that her eyes were hard and
mercenary made no difference. They
were so merely because advantages
had been denied her. could dis
Germ that the attentions Of her COM
panion sickened her.
Yet though I could see her shrink
at the touch of his f1abby hand
upon her own. she did not push
it away. She smiled and apparently
answered terms of endearment with
verbal caresses. Unquestionably he
was rich! Doubtless she was to
share his wealth. Well, I was glad
to be about to leave a world where
such things were endured.
I raised my hand to beckon 10
my waiter. Then I dropped it, for
into the room came my fur-collared
friend. advancing to the table whers
sat the couple who had excited my
Disguised interest, sgreeting them
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Cops Stop Worrying About Safe
of Detectives at HEADQUARTERS

Uniformed policemen need worry
no more about when the safe in
the detective department at police
headquarters might be blown. For
there will be detectives on duty
twenty-four hours a day.
Although it has not been generally
known there have been no detectives
regularly on duty from 4 to a. m
for many years. Between a. M,
when the night clerk went home
and 7 a. m, when the day ranking
officers generally arrived, there was
not a. soul whose duty it was to be
in the detective office. Uniformed
men have regarded the possibility
of some one looting the detective
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that dead paIlor to his face. But l
recognized him; the sight of the lit
tie cardboard box had aroused re-
membrance. had bought trinkets
in my day.
So, wondering what might be the
meaning of Daragon's presence in
the company of a self-confessed
crook. I watched them. I saw the
girl open the little package. I saw
her hands tremble as she. unfastened
the string that tied it. I saw her lips
part in a gasp Of delight. I saw her
turn to my friend of the earlier eve
ming and address words that, from
her manner. seemed to be appealing.
Continued in Our Next Issuel
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It would serve society right if 1
turned against it. 1 was a gentle
man, a. man qualified to act as arbi-
ter in matters of taste and culture, a
man admirably familiar with the
arts. Yet the world passed me by,
and prepared to bestow fits honors
and rewards upon a glor1fed grocer
or a vendor of pig iron.
1t had taken ten generations of
aristocratic forbears to produce me.
While L did not profess to own the
creative instinct, nevertheless, by
sheer virtue of my family traditions,
1 was qualified to judge the works
of creative artists and say: This is
good; thai Is bad"
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office between and Z a. M, as
standing joke for a long time.
Jerry Kinney. new inspector Of de-
tectives, has decided to stop the
leak" Upon Kinney's recommended
ton the board of~safety has provided
two more detectives. These men will
be assigned to headquarters from II
p. m. to a. m.
The board also named a second
captain of detectives, so there will
be ranking officer in charge at all
hours. Detectives have worked with.
out supervision between II p. m.
and a. m. heretofore.
With the inspector in general
charge the day captani and lieuten.
ant work together from until lunch
time. One or the other get lunch
and return. Then, the other was
off duty until p. M, when he re-
turned until IL p. m. The man or
duty in the afternoon was through
at p m. The new night captain
goes on duty at II p. m. and is
through at a. m.
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By FRANK ]. TAYLOR
Times Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 80. The
Democratic convention may not
have much to show in way Of a
candidate for President, but it has
made good progress toward locating
the oratorical wonder Of the party.
He is not William Jennings
Bryan and he is Newton D. Baker.
Bakers plea before the conven-
ton for the League Of Nations
plank raised the convention to its
highest pitch Of emotion since it
started. Diminutive. wan from
sleepless nights, Baker played upon
the feelings of his audience as an
organist handles his keys, and when
he finished, women all over the
garden were sobbing and men were
breathing hard.
Yet Baker lost his cause.
After he finished speaking, dele
gates began thinking it over, and
most Of them decided that their
heads should rule their hearts.
Bryan Fails
A short time later, Bryan rose to
speak. Delegates waited breathless-
ly to see what the old-time SPELL
binder would do with that enormous
crowd. They waited in vain. Bryan
never captured his audience.
Hostile when he started, the New
Workers in the galleries interrupted
Bryan with Kisses and carcalls.
Folks who watched Bryan Satur-
day night found it hard to realize
that quarter Of century ago this
same man, then unknown and mex
perienced, went to st. Louis, and
when similar opportunity occurred,
captured his party. nomination and
all, with oratory alone.
Why did Bryan's eloquence fail
him? 1t may have been a row of
three little disks. microphones, d.
rectly in front of him when he faced
the pulpit and a cluster of mega
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INTERNES ARE ASSIGNEE

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 3d.
Nine of fourteen Indianapolis med
ical students graduated from Indi-
ana University School of Medicine
have been appointed to Indianapolis
hospitals.
They have been assigned as fol-
lows:
Donovan r. Givens and Willard P. Rice.
Provident Hospital. Chicago Archie D.
Erehart. Postgraduate Hospital and medi-
cal School. Chicago; Harold W. Gillen,
United States Naval Hospital. Norfolk.
Va; Fred W. Tavenner. Savers J. Miller
and Henry G. Backer, Methodist Hospital,
Indianapolis: William S. Ankenbrock and
Flavius E. Ullrey, St Vincent's Hospital.
Indianapolis; Harold NJ. Trusler and Wall
ter L. Portteus. Robert w Long Hospital,
Indianapolis; Hubert B. Pirkle and Floyd
Roberts; city hospital Indianapolis. John
c; Stucki will attend the University Nam
king Language School Marking China
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BAKER ENERGIES
As GREAT ORATOR
William Jennings Bryan Fails to Register With Audience
Fred Van Nuys Moves Crowd.

phones above his head that worked
Bryan's undoing.
In the old days, folks drove miles
to listen to Bryan speak, because
they could hear his stentorian roar.
They couldn't hear the average
speaker. Today, with the aid of
mechanical devices, the entire $4,000
persons packed into Madison Square
Garden. could hear every speaker
Baker Was Heard
The more ordinary the speaker,
the better he registered by Micro
phone and radio. Baker faced
directly ahead, and was heard.
Bryan, orator of the old school.
turned and twisted and was heard
but half the time. The effect was
weird indeed. The gentle art of
cratory in not an art any more. 1t
is science. Any person with a
moderately good voice, and some.
thing to say. can be heard if he Wilt
read his remarks distinctly. .
Women are the exception to the
rule at Madison Square Garden.
They have failed as speakers, largely
because they have tried to force
their voices and have shrieked. This
doesn't go far Mrs. Izetta Jewel
Brown of West Virginia. Having a
stage career behind her, Mrs.
Brown knows how to amuse folks.
Folks responded.
1t is doubtful If any but one NOM
ination speech helped any candidate
get votes. The nominating speeches
were oratory wasted. The one that
wasn't was made by man named
Van Nuys, from Indiana. He was
smart enough to limit his speech to
200 words. He helped his candidate.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

f7 ROSE from the bed and
| opened my suitcase. I was
sure that there was moth
ing in it that would identify Mrs
Gannon's missing lodger as John
Ainsley, but I wished to be positive
Pride forbade that even after I was
dead, persons who once had known
me should know the humiliation Of
my end.
l closed the case and sat down
once more upon the bed, to gather
all my strength. AS sF~sat there
thought of the man who had fed
me- The display of money which
he had made was assurance that
he was an extremely successful
criminal, probably one Of those
super criminals created by the
police to cover up their own incom-
petence.
I laughed at the idea. This man
was nothing but the most mediocre
sort of person. Beyond a vicious
cunning, he possessed no mentality
at all. The reason for his success
lay in the fact that the men OPP
posed to him, the~ police. were also
mediocrities. Imagine a man of
real intelligence devoting himself
to the stupid career of crime detec-
ton! Graduated policemen were
the detectives who protected So
ciety against the schemes of such
as my fur-collared friend. and
while a policeman may be morally
and physically, an exceptional per-
son, mentally he must be on the
level of a laborer.
The supernatural existed only
In the newspapers. In reality he
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my homework. My baby girl is in
the best OF health and 1 surely am
recommending the Vegetable Com
pound to my friends when they have
trouble like mine, and 1 am per-
fectly willing for you to use these
facts as a testimonial. Mrs. Frank
H Grimm, $50 Locust Street. Ian
caster. Pa
Women should heed such symp-
toms as pains. backache. nervous
ness, rundown condition and ir-
regularity. as they indicate some
form of female trouble Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
a dependable medicine for all these
troubles. For sale by dSuggs<.
every&he re-Advertisement
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

John Ainsley, man of education
and breeding, whose war wounds
left him unfit for manual labor.
pawns an ivory miniature of his
mother in order to pay his week S
rent to his landlady and to buy food.
prosperous-looking. fur-collared
stranger. whom he saw in the pawn
shop. stops Ainsley takes him to his
home. and feeds him
The man throws 10 or 20 thousand
dollar bills on the table. admits he is
oootlegger and an all-round crook.
and attempts to enlist Ainsley as an
accomplish. Justly feeling insulted.
Ainsley pays the crook for his sup
per and leaves the room, preferring
starvation-or even suicide-to ac-
&C pting the other mans proposal
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was such a person as my fur-col-
Jared friend And the limitations
Of that person had been made clear
ly evident to me tonight. He knew
his limitations himself, and had
asked my aid to overcome them.
Why, if 1 chose, 1 could be a super.
criminal, a real one, not a myth in
vented to please the writers Of
newspaper headlines and their
readers.
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BACK HOME AGAIN

An automobile reported found by
police belongs to:
Rob Mills, colored. e53 Cotton
St, s Booth, found at 1882 w.
WASHINGTON st.
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lltCA NOOSs MY SAO
ter-in-law told me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
My husband got
me a bottle at
once, and it did
me so much good
that l kept on
taking it. 1 be-
began to feel well
and strong again
and was able to do
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and you have
used skin ap-
PHI c a tions
without num-
Der, make a
test yourself,
on your S elf
with a bottle
of S s s one
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of the most powerful blood cleans
ers known. S. S. S. makes the
blood rich and pure, and when
your blood is freed of inpuri-
ties your stubborn eczema, rash,
letter, skin eruptions, pimples,
blackhesds, blotches and acne are
bound to disappear. There are no
unproYkn theories about s. S. S.;
the S S1tific results of each of its
pure Vegetable medicinal ingre-
dieI admitted by authorities.
49, S. S. S. IL sold at all eoad
lug stores In two sizes. T.,
ger size is more economical.
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Stop that
&c z G I'M a!

a MAZING results have been
"A produced by S. S. S. in cases
of eczema, pimples, blackheads
and other skin eruptions. IF you
have been troubled with eczema,
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- LWOCD police are dog
r. gone" sore. Thieves en-
IL tered the police station
and made away with a suit case /
Of beer, seized in a raid.
Some jack the pepper at Upton is
out Of luck. Police found his flash
light in front Of a window of prom
inent home.
Two squirrels cost Russell Kelly.
Greensburg farmer, plenty. Squire
Creath fined him SAT for possession
during the closed season.
IN EYMOUR telephone com
IL company is mystified. A
2 queer current set all of
the telephones in Seymour ring
ing. Everett Ault, manager.
said the switchboard looked like
a Christmas tree lighted up.
Spencer boys are threatening the
girls with mo candy, no flowers. no
movies, no nothing" unless they
throw over Rur0ue University stu
dents encamped for the summer near
the town.
Scoble & Sons grocery at Wash
ington is niystified by it's popular.
ity Thieves have visited it six times.
DRIVER for Cabs taxi
Al line at Attica drove UP to
II a filing station and held a
lighted match down into the
tank to see how much gas he
needed. He will live
George Lively, Arcadia. lived up
to his name when he fell between
two cars while 'braking." He es-
capped with minor injuries.
DR.. I. NJ. Sanders. Greensburg
physician, told Judge Craig in Cir.
cult Court that the reason Roy Bry.
ant could not provide for his child
was because he had fiat feet and
was unable to work.
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RUNDOWN
WEAK;NERvOUS
Benefited by First Bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound

After I was married 1 became ter
ribly rundown and was weak and
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HOOSie1- Briefs

r. LWOCD police are dog
III. gone" sore. Thieves en-
IL tered the police station
and made away with suit case /
of beer. seized in a raid.
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Two squirrels cost Russell Kelly.
Greensburg farmer, plenty. Squire
Creath fired him SAT for possession
during the closed season.
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Some jack the pepper at Upton is
out of luck. Police found his fash
light in front Of window of a prom
inent home.
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George Lively, Arcadia. lived up
to his name when he fell between
two cars while "braking" He es-
capped with minor injuries.
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Scoble & Sons grocery at Wash
-ington is nystified by it's popular.
ity. Thieves have visited it six times.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-04-22

Unavoidable changes in the pro
gram for the Southeastern Alaska
lnter-School Meet. made at the elev.
enth hour, postponed all events
scheduled for this afternoon and
delayed formal opening of the meet
until this evening. The first event
will be the first preliminary High
School debate in which Juneau and
Douglas contest for honors.
The changes in the program were
made necessary owing to the fact
that the Wrangell schools will not
participate. A telegram was receiv-
ed this morning from Wrangell say
ing that its contingent had not been
able to get passage ON the steamer
last night and no other transporta-
tion was available.
Delays Board Meeting.
The non-arriyal this morning of
Ketchikan resulted in the postpone
ment of two meetings of the Board
of Control, the first slated to have
been held at II a. m. and the
second at l p. m. These will be
held at the first moment possible,
it was stated.
The two elementary school games
of basketball scheduled for 3:15 D.
m. today were ALSO postponed one
of them being removed entirely from
the program. These were the first
events on the program. Douglas play
ing Petersburg and Juneau and Wran-
gell clashing The Douglas.Peters-
burg game will open the bill at
A. B. Hall tonight
The withdrawal of Wrangell also
necessitated changes in the debate
lineup. Under the new program an
nounced this afternoon. Douglas, af
firmative, is matched against Juneau,
negative, at 7 p. m. today in the
High School Auditorium. The loser
in this will meet Ketchikan Thursday
at p. m, sides to be drawn after
tonight's debate The final debate
will be held Friday at z p. IN.
The only other changes are in the
basketball games, elementary school
and girls high school series only
as Wrangell had not entered in the
boys High School series.
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