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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-09
The Step on the Stairs
BY Isabel Ostrandcr

thu outer hall without second
glance toward the boudolr and bed
room.
Big Doane. seated upon tho lowest
step OF the staircase. rose hastily and
salutod.
"ono OF tho boys came UP. air. 20
find out about tho light In that stu
do, but fixed II with him." he 70.
marked. ibid you find tho answer
to what was purEllng you. sergeant
IF I've found tho answer to what
was puEsling me. Doanc." no replied.
1--WE stumbled on bigger mystery
yet. and blackcr one"
Ho found at headquarters that
Craig had already turned In his re.
port. and tho chief was awaiting his
own appearance with ilLconccaled
Impotence.
what do you Think" tho chief
asked.
AS 10 tho identity OF tho murder.
err. slrG" Barry asked. cautiously.
I'm quito certain that several PEG.
pie who might conecivably have
killed Mrs. Vance did not do II. and
that let's mo out for tho moment
However. took II upon myself TO do
a little unofficial investigating
''ot Counsel That's what ex.
pected you 10 dor the chief Inter.
rupted eagerly. Tho medical ex.
aminer hasn't performed tho autopsy
yet. naturally. but from his account
OF the affair as well as tho reports OF
the boys from tho local precinct. and
Boyle and Craig. II appears that the
Nano woman Was shot by some Wis.
itor. someone she knew we'll, and
that sho had no premoni,ion OF the
attack. There's ono queer point
about tho murder that tho press Is
bound 90 pounee on and play up big,
and yet can't SEQ any explanation:
thought perhaps you might have
some idea
what is that. sir1" Barry's tone
was guileless.
There wcro no powder marks on
tho woman's smock. and the medical
examiner says that tho ahot must
have bcen fired from a distance OF
several feet at least"
Tho chief paused. Now. accord.
ing to Boyle's report. Professor Sem.
yonov stated that when You and he
heard the sound OF tho shot and
opened hts door no heard footsteps
on tho stairs"
| Sergeant Barry smiled.
THE professor and / have slight
difference OF opinion about the dircc.
ton Of the sound OF those footsteps:
ho believes that they were coming
up. while am quito rs certain that
they were descending" no said.
However, that's not the main point.
You are wrong. think. sir. tho not
in the way you mean. That step
on the stairs had everything TO do
with tho MURDER
'what.tF' The chief sprang from
his chair.
Has anyone given you a descrip.
ton yet OF tho portrait which Miriam
Vane WIS painting when she met her
death. sir7' asked Barry.
only that II is a picture OF Mrs.
Theodore yansittart-"
Coming down staircase. . Barry
finished The THIRD STEP or
THE STAIRS IS just on a level with
the artists breast as she sat on a
stool before the easel. and there ls a
bullet hole in the canvas. Miriam
Fane was shot thru tho heart by
someone on the ether side OF tho
portrsl,r'
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Needles to Elect
Seattle Officers

Members OF tho King County
Medical society viii vote on reports
Of the nominating committee at a
meeting at the public safety build.
Ing next Monday night. Drs. r. IT.
MazHon and II. T. King have been
nominated for tho presidency. Vice
presidential nominations include Drs.
q. a. Downing. a. II. Robertson and
II. c. ostrom. Drs. c. r. Watts and
j. s. Lundy have been nominated for
tho office Of seeretary.trcasuror.
DR.. Torieif Torland viii address
the surgical section tho Barno eve.
ming on Present Status OF Extra
pleurnl Thoraeoplastle in Pulmonary
Tuberculosis"
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almost ChOked
Last Night

With "a, around my heart. Coaldn'i
breathe" many people say.
No sueh choking or anxiety II you vili
take BaslfnArn'f GasTablcts, which arc
prepared especially for stomach "a. and
particularly for all bad effects from "a.
pressure against youf most vital orfin--
your heart
That empty, rome and EnavinF fstlInE
AZ tho pig Of your stomach will diiappesr:
That anSious, nervou, feeling. with heart
palpitation, will vanish, and You will once
more be able 20 take a deep breath, 10
often prevented by gas pressing against
your heart and lungs.
Basimann's Gas-Tsbi,s are foid By all
feliaels drugxists, OF BaAlfnsnn. Chemist,
san Francisco. Inilit upon the genuns
IN yellow package. Price 800.
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FOR FATHERS COUGH

January is usually ono OF tho
coolest months. and brings It's share
Of coughE. colds and hoarBeness.
Take FoLEY's HONEY AND TAR
COMPOUND at tho first slgn OF a
cough or cold. as II loosens tho
phlcgm and quickly brings relief 20
the lnflamcd membranes Of tho
throat. ''Your HONEY AND TAR
COMPOUND has done wonders for
my father. who had an awful cough.
He Is feeling fine now" writes Mic.
olasa Gonzales. cuero. TeIas.-Ad.
yertisemen..
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lContlnued Trom Our last Issuel


The girls slender figure did not
resemble tho splendid. scnsuously
full lines OF the body OF Mrs, Vanc
savo in It's height, and tho face was
an Neutrality-suspicious. blur. but on a
sudden Inspiration Barry rose, still
carrying tho picture and going Into
tho studio no turned on tho brilliant
light within tho reflector. Then he
drew from his pocket small bu,
powerful microscope. II proved OF
littlo aid beyond showing that the
blurred object by tho girls side was
indeed largo dog. for the photo.
graph was too worn and faded. but
on tho reverse side the distinction
between tho pencil marks and pen
scratches was plainly visible. and
three words written In q round. girl
ishly uniformed hand werc unmis'
.akably revealed:
''Mopus would move"
Then. standing almost on the
same spot which the body OF Miriam
Nane had occupied In front OF the
easel, Barry used hts microscope tc
scan every inch OF tho psrtralt with
mcticuious care.
Strengthening nj length with very
grave expression upon his hoyish
countenance. no switched off the
glaring light In the reflector. leaving
only the side brackets In tho wal
glowing softly. and crossing behind
the portrait he passed the model
throne and went 10 the row OF win
dcws.
When no raised the shade OF one
OF them the empty house beyond the
narrow strip OF garden stood out
more distinctly than before and a
graytsh effulgence was spreading
over tho cloudy sky. The sultry
summer dawn was az hand
Dropping the shade once more,
Barry turned and rcflectlvely re
garded the hack or the portrait upon
the easel. Tho huge square OF can,
vas was blank excep, for some mum
hers scrawled in charcoal on the
upper left hand corner and n small
cross in red paint a little below the
center. For soma minutes these
cnigmatic characters occupied the
close attention Of the sergeant. then
he turned off tho last OF the lights
and left the studio. going directly to
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ITCHY letter
ON HANDS
And Arms, In Small, Red
,PimpIes. Cuticura Heals.

"f was troubled with letter which
broke out on the palm OF my lefi
hand In small. red pimples. The
skin was red and sore and i,ehed
and burned badly. BY scratching /,
oAused Il to spread. My hands
and arms were dlshgured. and when
put highlands in water they smarted
and burned.
read an advertisement for Gu
,leura Soap and oin,men, and sent
for a free sample. | purchased more,
and after using four cakes Of Soap
and one large box Of Ointment /
was healed" iSIgned) Miss Elma
| ]. Pyle, 62o MIllvilie Ave. Hamii-
ton, Ohio.
Cu,ieura Soap, Ointment and Tai
cum are ideal for daily ;olle, uses.
ssnyi,s rrs. w Nan Addrsss. -ouusurs fADss.
sssriss Dspt "a. ksiasa 40, Mss ns.d sv-rJ.
~hsrs aoap IS Ointment = and Goo Taleumzss
WT cutieura Soap shavss without mug.
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they como originally from tho same
city?"
II don't know Anything about
that. All know Ia that Mrs. vnno
was American. for all she landed
hero from France like that young
MIR. Ladd. and shed no more than
got settled than shc sent mo upstnirs
with note for Mr.. Grlswold, an
formal as you please. Surprised. he
was too"
Yes. he must havo been pleased
20 find that so charming d ncighbor
was an old friend" Barry's tono was
guilelcss. I'm warrant he gave you
big tip"
"Tipr' Tho janitor's repetition was
as expressive as mn oath. well,
when l gave him that no,o and he
saw tho writing on tho envelope he
jumped and got little bit moro
green and then rubbed hts chin and
smiled In that slow way OF his. AZ
last no opened tho note and read Il,
and then he told me. still smiling. 10
tell Mrs. vano no would do himself
tho honor OF calling on her In a few
minutes. ! remembered II because
II was such queer. fashioned
way OF putting IT,"
And did he callr' A trace OF
eagcrncss had crcpt into tho ser.
geants voice, and kodgo became aud
denly wary.
How should ! know. slr7 de.
livered his message TO Mrs. yane,
and then went about my business
Barry rose. LOFT him and assembled
TO the fifth floor.
Professor scmyonov opened the
door.
Did you succeed. sirT' tho detec
tive demanded eagerly.
Continued In Our Next Issuel
Copyright. 1924. n. Il. a. servlco)
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MIGHT BE TRUE,

A man who believed he knew all
about parrots undertook 20 teach
what no thought 20 DO young.
mute bird 10 say 'Hello.' in ono
lesson. Going up 70 tho cage he
repeated tho word In a clear voice
for several minutes. the parrot pay.
Ing not tho slightest attention. Al
tho finai ''Hollog' tho bird opened
ono eye. gnzod at tho mar, and
snapped out. Lines busy. Sue.
ceAsful Farming.
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ENJOYED A GOOD NIGHTS
SLEEP

"I wish TO say that FOLEY
PILLS worked o. X on me in
n couple OF hours and the pains
left mo at once. took q couple
of them in the afternoon. vent to
bed and had good nights sleep
and have slept good ever since"
writes Con Thlol, lis Il. Columbia
st.. Fort Wayne. Indiana. FOLEY
PILLS are a diuretIc stimuRnt for
the kidneys and win increase their
activity. Refuse substltu es,-Ad.
vertisement.
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company playing at tho Palace Hip.
You all know her--Revay Howard.
Miss Towards pecn away from
Seattle for long time--so long
that when she came back early In
1919 M a musical comedy star no.
body hero knew her. or II anyone
did recognize her they didn't tell
tho rest OF Seattle about II. so we
claim tho honor.
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does.' She had not taken the first
bottle before II began TO help her.,
and we will always say that LydiG|
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is the best medicine she ever took. -.
Mrs. r. DARBY, 9l1 N. 10th ST.
Richmond, Indiana.
An Ohio Mother Reports
Columbus, Ohio. - when my,
daughter became. ID years Of aR0'
she was ailing very much. The
doctor gave her medicine, but she
was very weak, and he always had
20 write excuses for her as she could
not attend the gym classes, and
i often had TO keep her home from
school. ! had taken Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for my.
nerves and rundown condition, 60
/ gave her three doses daily, and
also Lydia Z. Pinkham's Blood III edi-
cine. Our friends are surprised TO
see how fine and tall she Is getting
and how well she Is. / will gladly an
swer letters and give you q fine rec-
concentration for other mothers. +"
Mrs. MARIE MIELKE, 814 Elmer
Street, Columbus, Ohio. 2
Over 100, 0O0women have so far re-.
piled to our question, Have you re-
ceiyed benefit from taking Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound7"
98per cent. of these replies answer.
Eyes" That means that 90 out OF
every 100 women who have taken.
this medicine have been helped by
1t; For sale by druggists every
where. \
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REFORM EASY

"why won't you marry, Adolph?"
'Ho Is a Frethinker. He doesn't
believe there Is a hell~
Then you should marry him.
You can then convince him Of hir
crorr'-Korsarcn lchristiania).
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The sin fcas shininO right on them

Nancy and Nick md Tom Tucker
and tho halloon,man all went TO
hunt for the lost Twcedles. Dunn
and Dee.
They looked all over the circus
grounds. where men were busy get.
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Richmond, Indiana. liam send
Ing this letter to tell you how much
good Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did my daughter. She
was troubled with nervousness SO
that she was restless at night, and
then she could not sleep and she was
afraid Of everything. She could not
work as she was not strong enough,
and she had TO quit school at ID be-
cause she was IN so much. The doc
tor said she had a nervous break
down and her system was all run
down. She had pains In her right
side and through her back, and the
medicine she took did her no good
at all. saw Lydia E. Pinkham's
advertisement In our paper, telling
all that the Vegetable Compound
had done for other women 30 / said,
we will try 1t out and see what it
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YOUR DAUGHTERS HEALTH
Mothers of Ailing Daughters, Attention
How Two Mothers Helped Their Daughters
by Giving them Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Every mother possesses Informa-
ton OF vital Importance TO her young
daughter, and the responsibility for
the girls future Is largely In her
hands.
When school girls thoughts be-
come sluggish, when she suffers
the consequences Of wet feet, pain,
headaches, fainting spells, loss OF
sleep and appetite and Is irregular,
her mother should have care for
her physical condition and give her
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has proved a reliable
aid to nature for just such condi-
tom In 80 many cases.
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Raa1manns
UME15iZN:II3N

For sale In Seattle by DarteiI Drug
Company. and all other good drug
Eists.-Advcrtisem
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If Headachy, Bilious, Sick,
Constipated

10 gripping or Inconvenience fol.
lows a gentle liver and bowel
cleansing with "Cascarets." Sick
Headache, BiIlousness, Gases, Indl
gesuon. and all such distress gone
by morning. Most harmless laIa-
tive for Men, Women and Children
Joe boxes. also CSC and zoe sizes.
any drug store.-Advortiseme
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Who have
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Mrs. Charles Butler on Sunday.
Mrs. Prudence Dawson returned to
her home Wednesday after a few
days with her sister, Mrs. John Nc
Crobie, of Swanton.
Mr.. John Smith, of the Glade set
Element, who sold his farm to the
Eastern Land Corporation, is moving
his family to Deer Park this week.
Misses Thelma and Margaret Swer-
niger were guests of Lola King Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Wilson ard
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Wac::er Friend,
Miss Halle Friend and Miss Flo Jun
kins were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Dixie Junkins on Sunday.
Charles and Claude King visited
Edward and Harry King, Sunday.
Mrs. James Hardesty and children
called on Mrs. E. B. King, Sunday.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Butler is very ill at this writing.
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day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Glotfelty.
Misses Vesta and Lillian Harvey
and Bessie Griffith were Sunday
guests Of Miss Iva Savage.
Miss Pegenhardt, of Westernport,
spent the weekend at Mr.. Brison
Glotfelty's. She will soon be able to
take charge of her school again.
Mr.. Arthur Weimer, of Alliance, O.,
was a recent visitor here.
Jonas Glotfelty, ST., who was Wis
iting relatives in Ohio, returned to his
home Saturday.
Mrs. Jonas Glotfelty is visiting rel
atives and friends in Brownsville, Pa,
at this writing.
While the work of putting in a fill
that will be nine feet high on the
State road just north of McHenry is
being done motorists and others who
use the highway will be obliged to
make a short detour which has been
excavated by the men and machines
employed by the General Construction
Corporation. The detour has been
completed and was used the first time
last Friday.
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EVANSVILLE

The thirty-frst recital was given
at the Holmes Wallace studio on Fri
day, October oath. The junior stu
dents gave the first program of the
season and they showed a marked
Improvement on the selections rem
dered.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M.
E. church met at the home of Mrs.
Ralph Engle, Englewood, Saturday.
The day was spent in quilting, after
which chicken dinner was served by
the hostess.
A very elaborate bridge luncheon
was given Saturday afternoon from
loo until 500 o'clock by Misses An
gela and Vida Getty. There were
eighteen guests present. The out-of-
town guests included Misses Lola
Greten and Beulah Wiedman, of Oak
land; Misses Marie Conner and Luz
cretia Boucher, of Cumberland; Miss
Anna McLane, Frostburg; Mrs. Thos
Maurer, of Chicago. Mrs. Maurer
was presented the first prize and Miss
Hadanay the second prize.
The Amish-Mennonite Orphan
School, located a mile and a-halt
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north Of Grantsville, and supported by
the members of those two sects, was
found by Miss Beulah Wiedman, the
county health nurse, to be the highest
average in weight and have the most
perfect teeth of any school visited in
the year by Miss Wiedman.
The Woman's Community Club will
meet Wednesday, November 9Th, at
1870 p. M, at the High School in this
place. Miss Lola Green, home dem
onstration agent of the county, will
be present and assist in remodeling
the children's and women's clothing
and also in altering patterns.
Miss Ethel Lockridge and Mr.. Da-
vid Binns, of Brownsville, Pa, were
the guests of Misses Angela Getty
and Ethel Broadwater on Sunday.
Mrs. S. R. Getty, of Cumberland,
spent the weekend with Mrs.
C. H. Bill at her home in Grantsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blamble and
Miss Marie Conner, of Cumberland,
and Miss Gertrude Hone spent Sum-
day in Oakland and at Swallow Falls.
DR.. and Mrs. Roy Anderson (nee
Miss Beatrice Endsley), of Bellaire,
Ohio, are visiting the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nathan at this
place.
Misses Anna Mclean, of Frost
burg, and Lucretia Boucher, of Cum
bertrand, were weekend guests of the
Misses Angela and Vida Getty at
their home in Grantsville.
Prof William F. Mcdonald, agri-
cultural teacher in Grantsville High
School, accompanied by Roy Krause,
Stanley Stanton and Gernie Miller,
attended the Frederick fair last week
where they participated in a State
wide stock judging contest Wednes-
day against other teams in the high
schools of the State in judging the
Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein cattle.
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ACCIDENT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


Mr.. and Mrs. George Burkhard and
daughters Anna and Irene, Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Burkhard and son Mar
win, all Of Masontown, Pa, were week
end visitors at the F. Burkhard home
in Accident.
Miss Mary Speicher, student at the
Frostburg Normal, spent the week
end at her home here.
The Rev. George Luecke was bus
mess visitor in Uniontown for several
days last week.
Mrs. Albert Glass and son George,
Of Phillips, Pa, visited at her fathers
home in this town last week.
Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. George
Luecke and Miss Clara Luecke were
visitors at the home of Charles Har-
mon, THE Cove" last Wednesday.
The W. H. Haentfiing general store
changed proprietors within the past
week. Mr.. Resley Rush has become
the new merchant, and we wish him
success in his new occupation.
Our local high school teams-girls'
volley ball and boys soccer ball
went to Grantsville last Friday to
play the teams of that town. Our
boys won by seven points, the score
being 81. Our girls were also vic
torious, the result of their game be-
ing 37-9. We are proud Of the good,
clean playing of both teams, and we
hope the county championship will be
theirs. They have a splendid chance
to win and they may do it. Who
knows? So, let's back them with our
hearty support and good will and, by
this unity show our county neighbors
that good old A. H. S. is in the fight
to win.
Our Chautauqua programs this
year were a huge success. Judging
from all reports, they were immense
ly enjoyed. Accident citizens and
those of the surrounding community
consider themselves very fortunate in
securing such high-class entertain
ment as is offered by the Swarthmore
Company, this being clearly shown
by the large crowds that attended
each performance. The contract for
next season has been signed and sent
in, thanks to the faithful guarantors.
Necessity is not only the mother of
invention, but also of new school
building for Accident. At last our
dream will come truel A new addi-
ton is to be built to our present
structure. A sum of money has been
appropriated by the County Board to
cover the cost of building and oper-
ations will begin as soon as posi-
BILE. We owe a vote of thanks to our
leading men for their untiring efforts
in helping US secure this much-needed
building, for thru these efforts they
have paved the way for the education
al pursuits of our young folks.
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La Toilette Strike Pledge
Declared by Gen. Miles
Proclamation for Revolt
By NELSON A. MILES,
Lieutenant Gen. L. S. Army, Retired

Two days later in the stockyards
district a mob of 10000 riotous men
was organized. This mob moved
down from Fifty-ninth street to near
Twelfth, crying "To hell with the
government" and murmuring
against the United States sub-treas-
ury where S22,OOO,OOO lay in vaults,
and against the First National Bank,
the banks in the Rookery, and other
banks and safe deposits which they
were going to loot when the reached
the monied center of the city. They
had armed themselves by cleaning
out the stocks of gun shops.
l had placed Federal troops, in
fantry and artillery, on the mob's
line of march at Twelfth street,
ready for action. At that point the
mob was told to dispense and go
home, or the troops would open fire.
The order was obeyed. They broke
up and went away. The sub-treasury
and the financial district We're safe
Would Let Mob kule''
Upon such an occasion, Mr.. La
Toilette announces, he would see that
no troops should be on hand. As
President he would have that power,
Using it, as he states he would, in an
hour he would paralyze the right of
government to govern. He would let
the mob riot and rule. AS president
he would suspend the Constitution
and let lawlessness run it's course.
Twenty years ago l made tour
Of the world. Of the 20 OF more
governments l then called upon
scarcely three remain today. The
majority have gone down in revolu-
ton. So, too, may our government
go down in revolution if responsible
officials put into effect an immunity
pledge to lawlessness. The Chicago
announcement is an invitation to the
evil elements Of society to gather
under a certain banner and do as
they did in Chicago, in West Virginia,
in Boston and in other sections of the
country convulsed by strikes.
Russian Slaughter Cited.
We see Russia. One million, seven
hundred and sixty-six thousand per-
sons murdered and executed under
Trotzky and Lenine Rejecting that
among the 100000 slaughtered were
100000 farmers and $4,000 profess
SIGNALS, including 10000 doctors of
medicine. Think what 100000 farm
ers could produce for the world.
1t is to the lawless that the sin
lister announcement Of Senator La
Toilette must appear as an en-
enlargement to await their day in
America.
Let law-abiding Americans reflect
that it is seldom a period of six
months passes without a call for our
Federal troops to step in where State
county or municipal government is
unable to protect lives and property
under the Constitution.