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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06
"The Beacon Hill Mystery"
BY FRED v. WILLIAMS

You're dreaming said iaftfn,
No" replied Clark. instead
~. '1'm SURF. felt the presence
Of some one here before. I fell
asieep. Something touched ms
hand. II Was cold, Il WAS"
Then Clark pointed 10 tho ocean
aud Iartsn's eyes followed tho al.
rcctlon Of his finger.
There A splash And there was
Whifi o. water"
IAnen ground his pipe between
his teeth.
"come. come. ladf' be exclaimed
Go below. Tll stand shift"
Marian joined them. Clark whs
shaken She pat her arm thru hts
and comfortod him, Clark. ASHAMED
OF his allow OF fear. allowed her 70
lead him beiow
lie saw Miss Page TO her end
81 the cabin and then rolled up
in a pair Of blankets aud tossed
Ia fitlnl sleep The junk rolled
aud pitched drunkenly. Ills sleep
broken by a crush OF cooking
utensils ia the tiny galley.
The night wore on. Overhead, a.
CLARK awakened now and then. he
hehni uls heavy TRAD 81 the skip.
per'a boots. 10 and fro backward and
forward
II was somewhere around I o'clock
Ia tho morning when CLARK nwokc
and missed the dull ihud Of tho skip.
pcr'a boots overhead. ~ wnn that
Time when life on land OF sea. seems
unreal when darkness gives way 10
liEhl. when Il II neither night or day.
clark sat up and listened. There
waH no sound over the old ship save
the Froan Of her timberp. the cresl-
Ing % her maH,s ana the flap. flap
OF her icthered canvas.
The skipper had abandoned his
watch, Clark thought. The old
sailor had probably TIRED ~ his
vigil and gone 10 sleep some
where. What II the Junk should
pile into land. spear her old huh
on rocksg
Clark arose. As his feet touched
the floor he heard low cry. II was
decpihroated. stifisd. chokod. yet
vibrant with terror.
lie knew 4 for tho skipper II
came from above. a stroke In the
night M he riood his watchr The
hand % death az time and In a
place Ike thiss Axe collecting it,
debt nf llfef Or
Clark thought Of the cold
touch on his hand ln the dark
earlier in the night and his blood
chilled. lie crept up the coupan.
ionway and climbed the ladder.
lie peefd ont on deck. Tho YES.
scl was rolling In a heavy swell
Of the sea. Its bow was noddinx
~ the range % waves eourslng
far In tho distance and blending
with the lower lines OF tho
heavens.
In tho half Hight he looked upon
tho deck and searched II for the skip.
psr. He was not AZ thu wheel. lie
was not In The bow. Ito was nowhere
70 30 scen.
"Iarssnf' called Clark. "Izrrenr'
And then hesiia,ed. afraid he might
awaken and alarm tho girl below.
What had become OF the cap.
tain. He went on the deck and
searched everywhere. The sail.
or was gone. Clark looked back
IN the wake Of the ship and
traced its Jagged course over tho
waves. Somewhere, over that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06

CHARLESTON. w. va.-The ~.
prcme court has decided that the
marriage OF tamlson Meredith aud
Anna Victoria Shakespeare was AL
IN fun" An annulmcnt was asked
by young Meredith. who said the
ceremony was conc thru before n
student minister IN spirit OF ban.
ter. Tho annnlmsni was granted.
rho two young people. students az
different aehools. separated after
the wedding"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06

WHITE SALMON. wash.-whitc
chickens turned black over night,
houscwives' clothing wa ruined. and
the whole countrywide was given a
dark hue when Soot from the
Fmudgo pots OF Washington orchards
drifted over into Oregon. Tho oil,
filled pots were kept burning in the
lowiands TO offset the frost during
"A recent cold wave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06
The Tdngle


night that an artist must always
he in love with someone or some.
thing; Il helped her IN her work.
just now Paula Poricr is trying
20 be In love with her leading man.
Whether she Is succeeding or not I
do not know. for except when talk
10 her on business / have not seen
her for months. she may be n very
great artist, Bee. but she Ia not for
me.
Please write me.
-=-----.
TOMORROW: Letter from Bca.
fricc Grimsfaw TO Lcsiie Prescott.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06
MANY IMMIGRANTS

PORT ARTHUR. Ontario. May 6.
Immigrants from Scandinavian
countries numbering nearly 1900
win arrive IN Canada this year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06

Alcohol insanity has not Increased
since prohibition. says bulletin OF
tho National committee for Mental
Hygiene.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06
srAnr nrnE rnnAN

NioFd clark seattle artist. lurfd
into q vacant house on beacon Aili
bY a mp Htorious woman in black.
loses CONSEQUENCE ~ the perfume
"a an exotic fiaNer. tie awakena on
an unchAried island in The south
Pacific Women ~ great atrcnEht
and beauty surround him. They
hold a race ~ dwarf men slaves
Tho penalty ~ love on this islend
is death. Tho women believe that
b. slaying their hgabands on the
morrow Of their wedding nlFht iheI
win naFadiss Toba. a beautiful
native girl. falls Ia isve with clark.
hr fieca her cave after marriage %
escape death az her hands lp ths
mngies he slays a prehistoric beast
IONS feared by tho natives Ia tho
hrilhf thai Clark ia Huperhuman the
yemen make him their King,
A storm wrecks q Hhlp. Marian
Hage. a white girl, d. rescued. Clark
ayes her from the natives Toha
,hipwrsek. gusrd. the siri Tor clark
lark and smith find a buried treas
ire smith d. murdered b. the
iatives CLARK and Marian sight an
I'D iunk aud are rescued b. Larsen,
O. skipper and crew.
clark goss back Tor the buried
treasure. Natives attack him. lie
iatties with dwarf men aud over.
tgwera them. with a hag 81 trees
a. nc makes the junk. aRd the
hrrc aail. the womru swimming
tut after them.
"A sea IN The junk clark. standing
fatCh falls asleep and Ia awakened
~ a cold hand on his arm. Ito
alter iE aware % tho presence ~ la.
igihie persons on The shin. bat dare
iui cunlde his Tears 30 Marian.
.Rracn. tho old skipper laughs
Town ClArka fears.
Now 90 on wrrn TnE STORY
NTATCHFUIA alert. clark remain.
w cd upon tho deck. he was afraid
he ship might bend into an island
Ike tile one they had left. and he
yla cascr 20 satisfy himself that the
iuppcU Marian Page and be were
saliy the only persons on the YES.
20.
4 cloud shunted across the siy and
crrcned tho moon. Tho shadows
loced swiftly over the deck, Clark
hood alone at the wheel. drchdfully
alone In the night tae water Surging
below. tho craft rising and falling
With tho swell q the YEA.
Ho put out his hand and rested Il
upon the wheel and again came the
feeling that someone was near.
Vet the ship drove on Ia larry
way and the wind. hot with the
breath Of the tropics. burned his
face. A. tho minutes dragged by
lac leaned against the wheel and
dored
His eyes closlc. hia breathing be.
came deeper and regular. he slept
az his post tarty sentinel OF y crazy
craft now horne 30 fortunes winds
ON an errand OF mercy.
Clark started. shocked from sleep.
terror throhblng AZ his temples. lie
snaiched his hand from Tho wheel,
He half cried aloud. Across hts hand
-he could have sworn I, -Acroaa HIS
hand. as u braccd The wheel. there
lay for moment n cold deadly touch
and in his car there had brcathed
words. strange. sinister. onlnouu.
Captain! Marian.' Clark
shouted. running for the com.
panion way. lie trippcd and fell.
Larsen met him Mt tho hatch.
Marian close behind him. Both
were frightened.
''IAghtAi' called Clark. Lights
Some ono on deck"
A splash sounded over the rail.
Clark ran 70 tho spot and looked
down on the water at strange whlrl.
lng pool In the oceans depth. Larnsn
camc 70 his side.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-06

you another story"
Thank you" said Nancy and
Nick. Wed like 20 come hack to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
OFFICERS CLEARED
 AT BOARD HEARING
Three Charges Against Patrol.
 men Are Heard

Frank Womack and J. W. Dean, pa trolmen, were cleared of charges pre- ferred against them by Clarence T. Lytle, 329 Floral Park, Woodlawn, fol- lowing a trial before the civil service board Monday night.
 These charges: Conduct unbecoming of officers; reckless driving" and fin. terferring with a private citizen" arose from an incident February 16, which Lytel declared the two men stopped him at Forty second street on First ave- nue without any provocation.
 Womack and Dean, taking the stand said that they had stopped Lytle's ma. chine because he was running in the middle of the street." allowing them no space to get by. They did not con. slider the offense serious enough to war rant placing him under bond, they said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
CITIZENS COMBAT
 WAVE OF CRIME.
N0rwood Residents Declare Bet ter Police Protection And
 Street Lights Needed

Residents of Norwood, in the neigh .borhood of Fifteenth avenue and Twen- ty-eighth street, are becoming alarmed at recent crime developments there,ac- cording to reports reaching the Age-Her- ald, and may petition the city commis- sion for more police protection and better lighting facilities.
 The area has been developing into a residence section in the last year and now numbers quite few homes. Street lights are few and far between and the district for the greater part lies in to- tai darkness at night, it is said.
 Recently several homes have been ransacked by burglars; a salesman was held up and robedb by automobile ban dits in front of his home; a taxicab was held up the same night: school teacher was assaulted and robbed, and women of the neighborhood have report ed being accosted and annoyed by men.
 Street lights as we'll as current for the homes is furnished by the munich pal light plant at North Birmingham, whose lines extend as far as Twelfth avenue. Commissioner William H. Har- rison, city utility head, when asked con corning street lights there, said he had received no complaints. He said he un- derstood the district was fairly well lighted and few petitions had been re- ceived for extra street lights.
 "If street lights are desired at any of the intersections" he said, "my depart ment will be more than glad to receive petitions asking for their installation. Norwood lights are stronger than those in other sections of the city by the B. R. l.. & P.eCo. By the municipal plant getting the current in large quantities, it has been able to maintain lights twice the strength of those of the utility com pany for the same cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
LAUNDRY FOR GIRLS
 SCHOOL IS SOUGHT
Governor Promises Aid In Ob-
 taining Needed Plant

Gov. w. W. Brandon has promised his cooperation in obtaining a modern laundry for the State Training School for Girls at South Park, which the grand jury, found much needed when it made it's regular visit of inspection a few days ago.
 Immediately after inspecting this school, the grand jury sent the gover. nor report of conditions and made few specific recommendations, al though the general condition of the school is said to have been satisfac- tory.
 Governor Brandon wrote that, all though no funds were available for this purpose at the present time, he would be glad to exert his influence to have laundry provided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
AGAINST
 BIC BOND ISSUE
Schools Only, Is Official Stand Taken By Local

Allied Labor Committee of Birming- ham, composed of representatives of practically all organized unions, Monday was on record as being opposed to any other bonds being submitted at the pro posed school bond election. a,S
 With one dissenting vote and. that one against all bonds including even the school issue, resolutions were adopted at meeting late Sunday, Secretary A. B. Warner announced Monday
 The resolution instructed the secre- tary to inform the chairman of the gen. eral committee and the newspapers "that the committee of Allied Labor stands for an adequate bond issue for schools, only, and that we declined to support any other issue at this time. y
 Reports are already out of general fight brewing between school bond advo- cates and other bonds over the report of the Investigating sub-finance committee last week recommending bonds for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04

The sensation of the drug trade is Aspironal, the tWo-minuts cold and cough relisvsr, authpritatively guarAn- teed by the laboratories; tested, ap- proved and most enthusiastically en- dorsed by the hiehest authorities. and proclaimed by the people as ten timer as quick and effective as whisksy, rock and rye, or any other cold and cough remedy they have eyer tried.
 All drug stores are supplied with the wonderful elixir, 50 all you have to do to get relief from that cold is to step into the nearest drug stors, hand the clerk half q dollar for a bottle of two tAaspoonfuls. With your watch in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
ARRANGE TRIAL
 OF AK CASES
Solicitor Says Confessions Not Necessary = Believes Evi-
 dence Will Convict

When the grand jury reconvenes March "A, several witnesses probably will be summoned to testify. in an at tempt to implicate negroes now under arrest in other axe attacks, Solicitor Jim Davis indicated Monday afternoon. Three or four of the negroes now await ing trial for participation in one of these murders might be indicted for others, officials said.
 Solicitor Davis said he did not think he would be able to bring Pearl and Odell Jackson, negroes charged with participation in the murder of John Robert Turner, for which Peyton John son was sentenced to be hanged by a jury last Friday, to trial until some- time in May, although reports were current Monday that a special date would be set by request of the solicitor.
 "The March capital week docket is already crowded" he said, land I do not think it will be to our advantage to have this case set then. There is no capital week in April; 50 it looks as though our first opportunity to try them will be during capital week in May" {
 Officials in the office of Forney Brandon pointed out that these cases could not be tried in other than a regu- Ira capital week, except at the request of the defendants, who would be obliged to waive special venire.
 Deny Plea For Mercy M [
 Reports current Monday that several alleged axe murderers had offered to confess to the crimes with which they are charged and turn states evidence against others whom their confessions would implicate, on condition that they would escape the death penalty, were denied in official quarters.
 We feel sure we have enough evi- dence against these people to convict; so we are.not worrying about any con fessions," Solicitor Davis said. "We are now trying to find out who is guilty of these axe attacks and think we are pretty certain. of success.
 Reports have been received at the county jail that several negroes, angry at Mary Francis Sanders, star witness for the state in the trial of Peyton Johnson, had made threats against her life. She told officials several had threatened to Hget" her.
 Solicitor Davis declined to say whether the indictments returned by the grand jury dust prior to It's adjourn ment involved Baby Doll Hearn and Sandy Noel, who were placed in jail Thursday afternoon on a charge of per- jury, after the prosecution in the John son case produced evidence to show that their testimony given earlier in the trial had been false.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
PRINTER WANDERS
 LAND AT LEISURE
Darrow Typical 'Journeyman' Of
 Paper Legend

Parked on a vacant lot at Third ave nue and Twenty-third street is a Ford car that has made and broken several records in its voyages from many parts of the United States, with it's owner and his only companion, his dog, Peggy" The automobile is Ford in name and engine only, for the body has gone through a series of changes that make it now a comfortable apart ment on wheels.
 The owner is James R. Darrow, and he and Peggy" arrived in -Birming- ham few days ago from Texas. He is by nature a wanderer and by trade a printer, combining the two very sue cessfullyby means of his metamor- phosed automobile.
 Since coming to Birmingham he has been working as linotype operator for the Age-Herald, but says he will continue his migration northward with in day or two.
 q think my ancestors were English, they are noted wanderers. l don't think I'll be able to live in real honest to-goodness house again." he said Mon. day.
 Darrow had two sons in France dur ing the war. One of them was not heard from for eight months, in spite of the efforts made by his father and the American Red Cross to get into communication with him. These eight months of suspense ended with the dis covery that the young man was safe {; but the anxiety shortened the life of Mrs. Darrow and brought her to her death just as the two were starting on their first trip in the recently ac- Quired automobile. His sons were away on business, so he was left alone with no companion but his dog.
 Together they continued. their wan derings that brought them last week to Birmingham and will take them eventually back to Huntington, W. Va, where he will visit relatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
CLUB INTEREST GROWS F0ur.H Organizations Hold Meetings

Increasing interest is being shown among the boys and girls of Jefferson county in the work of the FOur-H clubs being organized throughout the county, Mrs. Pearl Crawford, home demonstra- tion agent, said Monday.
 Among the club meetings which Mrs. Crawford will attend and address dur ing the present week are the Parent Teacher association at New Merkel Tuesday afternoon at o'clock, where Mrs. Crawford will speak on foods and nutrition: the. Four-H club at Mineral Springs Tuesday morning: at Upper Coalburg Tuesday afternoon the Four II club at Kimberly Thursday morning and at Snow Rogers Thursday after noon.
 Members of boys and girls clubs are showing greatest interest in gar ment making and baskerty, Mrs. Craw- ford said. Practical instruction and demonstrations are given at the meet ingS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
PROBE OFCHARGES
 BY MDUFF ASKED
Officers Want Chief To Conduct
 Preliminary Investigations

The civil service board Monday night took under consideration petition signed by practically every patrolman and detective on the force to vest great CT authority with the chief of police in the investigation of charges made against officers.
 The petition, made public Nt the time 1t was in circulation, states that an investigation of the foundation of charges by Chief McDuff before they are placed before the board will save unnecessary loss of time and embar- rassment to the officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
IS WITHOUT POWER
City Will Not Close Drug Store A
 Was R0uu0stNd

City commission will take no imme. diate steps toward revoking the license of the Barber Bros. Drug company, be- cause one of the operators was con- victed in federal court of violation of the narcotic law.
 This action was forecast Monday for Tuesdays commission meeting, based on the opinion of W. J. Wynn, city at- torney. Wynn, after investigating, de- clared the commission had no authority to revoke the license. The opinion ex- plained that the power was not given under city law; but might come under the recent wording of the 1924 license code, stating all licenses were subject to revocation for cause.
 However, Wynn's opinion said there was nothing to show that the drug store violated the law under its 1924 license.
 The commission vas asked to close the drug store last Tuesday by r. D. Butler, federal narcotic inspector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
LECTURE TO DRUGGISTS

W. H. Farley, business expert of Dayton, O., will deliver an address on retail drug merchandising before the retail druggists' division of the Cham Der of Commerce, at a luncheon to be held at the Tutwiler Wednesday at l o'clock. -. \
 All retail druggists connected with the organization are expected to be present and to bring their employees, for the address will be as interesting to store clerks as to proprietors. MT. Far ley will use charts and diagrams in or der to emphasize the important points of his talk. -f W. W. Anderton, secretary of the retail druggists division, has invited several hundred to be present at the luncheon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
BETTER THAN WH|SkEY
 FUR COLDS AND FLU

your hand, take the drink 1t one swal- low and call for your. money back in two minutes if you cannot feel the dis trsssing symptens of your cold fsdink limit. Don't be bashful, fer all druS
 rists invite you and expect yen te tSt 1t. Evsrybedy's doing 1t. .s
 When your cold or couxh il rse lieved, take the rsfneindsr of the bet tie home to- your wife and ehtldrenl for AspironAl il by for the safest nr4 ths most sereeabls cold and eeni
 ren1edy for childfsn as we'll as adu1tf. ouickest relief for catarrhal croup afl
 chiidrsn's choking ID at nisht-Adg
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
THE BIRMIN(1HAM AGE-HERAID D
DEMURRERS FILED
 BY OIL OFFICIALS
Walker Consolidated Trial Is Set
 For April 21

Former officials of the Walker Con solidated Petroleum company, in which a number of persons of Birmingham and Alabama are alleged to have lost money, Monday began filing demurrers through their attorneys in federal courts, pre- liminary to tfe trial set for April 21.
 firm of Thomas, Frank, Milan and Touchstone, of Dallas, Texas, and were not obliged to appear in Birmingham for the preliRinaries. The men under indictment on charges of using the mails to .defraud and conspiracy are ,: A. w Walker and Harold w. Walker of Dal. las; Sydney Menasco of Indianapolis and H1dmon Hopson, of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
WILMA MEETS HER MATCH Dusky Swat Champion vanquisled By
 Unidentified Foe

velma Moss, 1907h Alley c, a. fe. male Battling Siki," whose proclivities with her fists have extended some bit beyond her. precinct, was found in a. bloody condition at Eighteenth street and Avenue F by E. l.. Hollums and W. K. McAdory Monday evening.
 Velma's story was that she had been attacked by a3"great big white man, ' but knowing her reputation, the off cers said they were inclined to believe she had at last met her match and placed her under arrest for assault and battery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04

library, fire department and auditor ium and to be included in the election. Commissioner William H. Harrison, leader of school bonds alone, expressed pleasure at the stand of the labor cons nittee. He has iiitimated he will ask that; the sub-comittee's report be thrown out on the grounds that it exceeded its authority, should the report pass the general committee and reach the city commission. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
FlkEMAN INJURED
Crew of Truck Dislodsed When Machine
 Hits Street Car

J. c. Bell and L. H. Wiple, firemen from No. 8 station at East Birmingham were slightly injured Monday morning when they were thrown from 2 fire truck at First avenue and Thirty ninth street, when the truck collided with an East Lake street car.
 e The truck was struck on the rear wheel and the men were hurled to the ground by the force of the impact.
 The truck was put out of commission and the men will probably be off duty for few days 1t is stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
TEN MORE CLERKS
Indirect Word Reaches Smyer Tha

Indirect Word Reaches Smyer That
 Post Office Gets Them
 Ten additional postal clerks to re- lieve the congestion in the Birming- ham office are expected to be ap- pointed, according to word from Wash ington and unofficial informatio reaching Postmaster k. B. Smyer.
 The local department at present has been using substitute clerks at 60 cents an hour to help with the increasing volume of mail, but this has hindered the efficiency of the office. The new clerks will draw $1, 400 a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-04
WOMEN TO GIVE BALL

as The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. o. H. will give a ball and entertainment Tuesday night at 9 o'clock at the K. of O. hall, 21211a Third avenue. ac- cording to announcement Monday.
 made, and the public is invited. Mrs. Mabel Roy Leedy is chairman of the committee on arrangements.