davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
DESTROYER OF ENGINES

Carbon destroys far more motor motor wealth annually than fire and ac- cidents combined yet it's destructive work is regarded as ordinary wear and tear. Tests made by treating fuel with noncarbon forming compounds have proved that engines properly fabricated can run forever with practically DO wear. and tear. 2s..-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
BRAKES NEED ADJUSTING

Brakes that aren't adjusted and equ- alized rattle, chatter and squeak. The tread of one or more of your tires is soon worn down the frame of the car is distorted with strain; the wheels lose their perfect alignment. Brakes should be adjusted every 30 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
LOSES DYE MONOPOLY
America And Switzerland Making In
 roads Into Chemical Market

Since the war the United States and Switzerland have made heavy inroads into the worlds chemical market, which Germany previously controlled. America has the, advantage of unlim- tied funds for scientific research. Swift zerland has become our strongest rival upon the continent.
 One of the largest chemical works at Ludwigshafen, which formerly ex- ported 70 per cent of the dyes it manu- factured, ships only 30 per cent. abroad today. While identical conditions may not prevail in every branch of the chemical industry, this instance is fair ly typical. Only the more costly spe- cialties now find, an outlet abroad.
 Prices do not seem to be the deter mining factor in the export trade. Some chemicals cost more in Germany than abroad; but prices of many commodi- ties are falling, in some cases even be- low the prewar level. Nitrogen sells for 25 per cent less than anywhere else in the world, or than at any previ-. ous period. That is. due to, the im- provements perfected by the Badische Anilin und-Soda Fabrik.
 Notwithstanding the deperssion, chemical works are running at approx imately full lcapacity, partly because they cannot curtail production as easily as other industries. They employ about 90 per cent as many operatives as be- fore the war. Managers are reluctant to suspend workers. or to put them on nart time, for fear they will be en- ticed away by competitors.-Dr. Erich Wolf in Berliner Tageblatt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
NOT HALF.

A passenger took the train from Lyons, entered a sleeper, and tipped the porter literally to put him out of the train at Dijon:
 I'm a very heavy sleeper" he said, land you must take no notice of my protests. Seize me and put me out on the platform.1 @
 He slept. He awoke as the train steamed into Paris. In a raging fury he went to the porter and expressed some emphatic. opinions in varied vo- cabulary. st
 ''Ah," said the porter calmly, "you have a bit of temper but it's nothing compared withF the chap I put out of the train at Dijon!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28

STORAGE BATTERY MOUNTING
 If the storage battery is not secured tightly in its place the vibration and jolts of ordinary travel may very pos sibly break some of the jars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-28
THE COST vs. THE PRICE OF
 GASOLINE

Two men owned a 1923 model of the sane, sane car. & One got nineteen miles +Psr per words, with the gas selling at 2oc~the first man was paying 2Oc and the sec ond man was paying close to 40c per gallon. It pays to prevent carbon!
Evening star., 1924-10-01
GRAIN COMMITTEE ASKS
FOR WHEAT EMBARGO
overshipment for Lake Ports
Causes Rail Congestion and
Swamps Elevators.

By the Associated Press.
DULUTH, MINI, October 1.--An
embargo on all shipments of grain to
the head of the lakes from all points
in the Northwest was recommended
tate yesterday to the railroads reach
ing here in a resolution adopted by
the joint terminal grain committee
of the Northwest regional advisory
board, and assented to by the rail-
roads.
The ambargo will halt movement of
all cars loaded with grain to this
point until further notice, beginning
at noon today. Cars loaded before
that time will be moved in the usual
manner. 1t is expected, members of
the committee said. that the embargo
will be kept in effect only for four
or five. days. 1t will be lifted as soon
as congestion, caused by overshipping,
subsidies and is put into effect to per-
nit elevators here to catch up with
unloading of cars.
For some time shipments TO the
local elevators, which have cap
acity of 1,500 cars a day, have run
Evening star., 1924-10-01
WILL FIGHT ROBSON.
Senator Harrison to Resist Ad-
mirars Confirmation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AssOcia ed Press.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. October l.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
keynote speaker at the Democratic
national convention at New YORK and
now on a speaking tour in the inter-
ests of the Democratic party, IN an
address here last night asserted
that not only did President Coonuge
retain corruptionists in high office as
long as possible. but under his lead
ership officials concerned in the naval
oil leases are being promoted
Senator Harrison said that Iheo-
dore Roosevelt, whom he charged
with completely in the leases, had
President Coolidge's backing for tn.
New York governorship nomination
and that Rear Admiral Robson, "the
Evening star., 1924-10-01
POTH|ER COUNSEL
TO OPEN ARGUMENT
Will Try to Show U. S. Court
Lacks Jurisdiction in
Murder Trial.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TACOMA, Wash, October 1.-Coun-
Sci for Roland Pothier. former SER
nt-bugler of the 2l3th Engineers
at Camp Lewis, Wash, was prepared
today to offer arguments at the open
ing of Pothier's trial on charge of
murder, as a result of the death of
Maj. Alexander Cronkhite at Camp
Lewis, on October 25, 1918, to show
that the case should not be tried in
the Federal Court here owing to lack
of jurisdiction.
The defense asserts that Camp Lew
Is was not Government property when
Mai. Cronkhite was killed and the case
Is one for trial by the State courts.
The State authorities have indicated
they would not bring the case to
trial if jurisdiction was passed to
them.
Robert Rosenbluth. former captain
of company of the 2l3th Engineers
is scheduled TO go to trial on October
>" on charge of murder resulting
from Maj. Cronkhite's death.
The selection of a jury was made
yesterday. Some so witnesses from
all over the United States are here
for the trial.
Jonah j. C;oldsteiu of New York,
friend and attorney of Rosenbluth.
was spectator during the selection
of the jury. as was J.. RoSenbluth,
aged father of the former Army cap
tain. Goldstein came West, he said,
to be OF whatever service he could
to his boyhood friend. rather than for
any fee. Goldstein said that Rosen-
bluth is now practically without
funds.
Arnold Davis. who was Pothier's S
attorney at Providence, L. l.. is also
in Tacoma subpoenaed as a witness.
Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, father of
the dead major. has been reported to
have been in the Northwest for the
past several days, either in Seattle
or Tacoma. but has been successful
thus far in avoiding interviews, it
being believed that he will not reveal
himself until he is called as wit
ness.
Evening star., 1924-10-01
France Lauds U. S. FLYERS.

PARIS, October 1. President
Doumergue has sent a cable dispatch
to President Coolidge expressing the
admiration of France for the achieve
ment of the American Army flyers in
encircling the globe. The message
said the energy, endurance and pro-
fessional skill of the airmen were
characteristic of the American Army
and Nayy
Evening star., 1924-10-01
WALES AND PARTY LEAVE
ON TRIP TO VANCOUVER
Will Spend Two Days on Coast
Then Return to Ranch for
Stay of Two Days.
Bv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HIGH RIVER. Alberta, october l.
The Prince of Wales. accompanied by
his secretary. Sir Walter Peacock
and his aide, Gen. Trotter. will leave
High River tonight for Calgary. en-
route to Vancouver.
The party will travel over the Ca
madam Pacific railway lines to Ed
monton and will stop over at Jasper
for several hours on their way to
the coast over the Canadian Ma
'tional raIlWa!'. The prince will
spend one day at Victoria and one
day at Vancouver, returning to Cal
gary on October .. He will then go
10 the ranch for another two days
before leaving for the East.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

we'll over that figure, from 400 to 500
cars a day in excess of the amount
the elevators could unload. This has
resulted in unprecedented car con-
gestion. > 1t was announced at the
meeting that already $4,000 cars are
loaded or already en- route to TINS
point and will arrive within three
days, which will be the elevator cap
acity for 10 days.
Evening star., 1924-10-01

only naval officer who recommended
signing of the leases, was promoted
over four older officers in the Navy
TO the high rank of admiral"
The speaker declared that "the
senate Will have its say about that
promotion, and Robson will never
be confirmed"
Evening star., 1924-10-01
Wrap-uround and Pieated Sport

Wrap-around and Pieated Sport
Skirts-the p1eated models with
plain panels at front and back.
Fashioned of camel's hair, velour,
wool crepes and fannels. Pleated
styles, plain colored; the others
striped, checked or plaid. Sizes 70
to 81.
tsecond Floor, Hecht Co.,
, 1924-08-20

A tap at the door made him break
off and lift his hand to the electric
bulb overhead. The light snapped
u Come in." he called.
The door opened and II mans head
appeared against the dim sky. "Mr
Collins a y will you please come OF
the bridge, sir" said a voice.
"All right" Captain Bunker turned
to Bess. 'Ill look into the matter.
Miss Archman," he said, as he rose
and hurried out of the room, followed
more slowly by Bess.
h Eel Rio was approaching the
land, whose loom Collins had made
out. Captain Bunker rang his engines
of and on and kept the engine-room
telegraph spinning like mad. A rift liz
the clouds ahead was growing mo-
m%omentarily brighter; the captain
watched 1t and swore softly to himself.
Brighter grew the rift and brighter,
changing from a rift to a cash. and
widening. till abruptly a fat. yellow
moon cleaned out for IN instant. then
slipped away again. 1t had stayed just
long enough to show a black island.
with a mountain peak thrusting high,
above it.
Captain Bunker rasped an order
and the wheel spun madly. The Ell
Rio turned on her heel and darted
westward for n little way. then headed
south into the mouth of al invisible
channel.
Steadily the steamship vent on. till
even Bess could see the peak of the
mountain a little of the port bow and
could make out a lower lump of land
that ended with a smother Of white
foam to starboard. She looked aft
and saw that the two lines Of foam
had arisen apparently out Of the sea
and seemed to be closing in behind
the vessel. Then suddenly they began
to move swiftly to starboard. Bess
started. looked round n saw that
the peak of the mountain had swung
far to port, inc she realized that the
Ell Rio had passed into a hnrbOr and
was turning. probably to seek sOme
anchorage screened from the outside
view.
Involuntarily she spoke. Good
Good |" she eXulted. "We've lodged
them. We're safe"
But even as she spoke n sudden
glare filed the night, sending its bril-
liant CLEAN over miles of heaving wa.
tiers. lighting up the quarterback. the
breaking waves, n the tall cliffs
that rose on three sides.
Someone had set fire to a red flare
placed upon the taffrail.
, 1924-08-20
CHAPTER K
Behind the Island

Bess was up early the next morn
ing. Ell Rio lay nearly quiescent on a
silver and gold flecked sea that rocked
to the base of the bounding mountain
peaks. To right. to left. behind. be-
fore, rose islands. Bess knew by the
chart that there were many of them.
but where one began and another
ended, she could not see; their out
lines melted indistinguishably into
each other.
To the west lay the island Of the
chart, bathed in sunlight and easily
recognizable by its shape, a tall, ap-
parently fat-topped peak which rose
with amazing steepness out OF a hump
Of tree-clad rounded hills that sloped
downward gently to twenty or thirty
feet above the water n then broke
away abruptly to the sea as II cut by
a gigantic knife. There seemed to be
no beach. the shores rising sheer from
the waters edge. No sign Of a dwell
ing place, not even the smoke from n
fugitive fire, rose to tell that the
island had any Inhabitants at all.
Disappointed. Bess once more
scanned the waters Of the bay. but de-
tected no sign of life. The broad bay
seemed utterly deserted.
Bess glanced up at the bridge and
saw there the tall figure of the first
officer, Mr.. Collins, instead of the
bulky frame of Captain Bunker. with
whom she might discuss the situation.
The events Of the afternoon and
evening before were still unexplained,
so far as the discovery Of the spy was
concerned. As to his object, there
could no longer he any doubt. The
red flare on the taffrail. following the
secret examination Of the sealed In
structions, could have no other object
than to give information TO a pursuer,
When the red fare broke on the
night, the quarterback was deserted
both by passengers and sailors. Col
Inns, springing from the bridge and
rushing aft to hurl the ~treacherous
light into the waves. had seen no n
All the passengers, except Mrs. Arch
mnn, who was In her stateroom
seemed to have been collected far for
ward. straining their eyes to penetrate
the darkness into which the ship was
hea Captain Bunker's most siren
uous inquiries failed to cast suspicion
on anyone. And other inquiries. nd
dressed to the crew, had. so far as
Bess knew. met similar failure.
And there was no sign OF any pur
suer! Bess could only hope that. after
all, neither floating bottle nor red far,
had succeeded in carrying the spy's In
formation to his patrons.
(To DE coSTINuED.) .
, 1924-08-20
Place at the Top

Andrew Carnegie said: ~ would
not give n fig for the young man in
business who does not already see
himself n partner or the hend Of the
Hrm.'' DO not rest for a moment In
your thought of yourself as n head
clerk, foreman or manager. In any
concern. no matter how big II Is. Say
to yourself each day. my place Is Mt
the top" BE king In your dreams.
Vow that you will reach the position
you long to attain with untarnished
reputation, and make no other vow to
distract your attention. No matter
what business you may be In, your
prime ambition should be to attain
high water marks. The love OF ex
%cellence Is the star that leads the
world OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
, 1924-08-20

III my instructions bid me meet
your father. AS you see. they are the
same. Except that the government
chart shows no red lines"
Bess stared at the chart in fever
ish excitement. Undoubtedly Captain
Bunker was right. The outlines of the
island on the map and chart were
plainly the same. The parchment map,
however, was on a much larger scale ;
when Bess laid 1t oil top of the gov
eminent chart 1t hid n whole group
of stands of which 1t formed a part.
With sparkling eyes. she looked up
as Captain Bunker spoke. There is
nothing on your map TO show whether
the island Is one mile or fifty miles
In length" he said. but the govern
ment chart shows it to be about five
miles long and three miles wide. and
to consist chiefly Of an extinct vol
cano. This red line"-he pointed it
out with a stubby forefinger-"comes
down to the water on the east side.
My Instructions say the northeast
side. and that is perhaps near enough.
At any rate. we will go to the end of
the red line first. The other islands
of the group are placed SO as to form
a sort of natural harbor with fairly
good anchorage"
81 see" Bess could scarcely sit
still. And what do the crosses mean?
Treasurer
Lord knows. / DON'T" answered
CaDtain Bunker seriously. "Of course
a map like this suggests buried treas
, 1924-08-20
Means Peace and Plenty

The name S%ntnrnian days was given
In n mythical period in the early his
tory of Italy, when the god Saturn
shared the throne with Janus, the
reiGning king, and by his mild, pacific
and beneficent rule raised the people
to n relatively high degree of civilian
ton. Agriculture and the useful arts
tlourished throughout the land; lnno-
cence, freedom, peace and happiness
reigned. and SORROWS were forgotten.
The ancient Romans celebrated tina
Saturnalia in December of each year
In honor Of Saturn. The phrase
"Saturnlan days" is used at present TO
denote any period of peace and plenty.
Kansas City Star.
, 1924-08-20

ure and other Accomplishments. But,
Of course. Mr.. Archman isn't the man
to take his daughter on a chase after
treasure. 30 we can leave that out"
"Ohi"
"Yes; we can leave that out" Cap
tain Bunker spoke severely. And
thank God for It! l went treasure
hunting onc In my young days and /
had my fill Of 1t. 1t isn't the roman
tic child's play you young people think.
This isn't treasure hunting, but I'm
afraid it's worse. 1t seems very plain
to me now that somebody committed
murder to get this map. They failed
at first. but they succeeded later. Then
finding that 1t did not give complete
Information. they sent 1t to your
mother. hoping that she would do ex-
actly what she did do-send II to your
father by someone whom they could
follow. That they have followed Is
proved by the fact that my safe was
robbed. and the fact, II 1t is n fact.
as ] strongly suspect, that they are
trailing us In another ship. This
thing Is mighty serious. ! only hope
we'll find your father and sister nlive!'
Bess' lace had grown paler and
paler. "Alivef" she gnsped. "You
don't think that"
mo; / don't; after all" Captain
Bunker caught himself up In swift CON
triton. mo; l don't. They're prob
ably all right. II these %scoundrels
knew where to find them. they
wouldn't be following us. But the stu
alton is certainly alarming. II ! could
only find the spy-but l cant. What
I particularly wanted is to ask you TO
notify me OF the smallest suspicious
thing that you may notice. Don't stop
because you think II may be n hoax
Suddenly Bess remembered the
mans and womnn's voices she had
heard apparently proceeding from
Harry's cabin and his denial OF hav-
ing been one of the takers. II had
seemed n very trlfllng thing Mt the
time. hut In view OF what had hap
pened since, II perhaps became impor'
tnnt. "rhere's just n thing, cap
tnin," she said. 'It's like this and
she went on and told Of the event.
Captain Bunker brought his fist
down with u crash. There Isn't bui
one woman II could have been he
rnsped. and She"
, 1924-08-20
SUFFERED TWELVE YEARS
WITH STOMACH TROUBLE

my recovery has been n surprise to
myself and all my friends recently
declared Jacob Ferdinand, r. F. ID. 2,
Fond Du Lac. Wis, a prominent citi-
zen of this city, in relating his re-
markable experience with Tanlac.
1.-The suffering / went through from
stomach trouble for ~ or 10 years
simply can't be described. In my eff
forts to find relief 1 spent over one
thousand dollars, but kept getting
worse instead Of better. A large part
Of two years I was laid up in bed and
for four months of that time l couldn't
get up ut all.
, 1924-08-20
Amazing Mental Feats

An Indian student who visited Lon
don recently Is n human calculating
machine. He performs the most in
tricate sums without resorting to pen
ell and paper, and can name immedi-
ately the day of the week for any
date In the past or future.
AT n test, two numbers. each of
forty figures, were chalked on u black
bOard. The Indian was told to multi
ply one by the other. After lesg than
half an hours mental arithmetic he
gave the correct answer.
, 1924-08-20
Lost Talent

A great deal OF talent is lost in the
world for the want of a little courage.
Every day sends to their graves a
number Of obscure men who have only
remained in obscurity because their
timidity has prevented them from
making e first effort; ana who, If they
could have been induced to begin,
would in all probability have gone
great lengths in the caree Of fame.
The fact is that. to do anything In this
world werth doing. we must not stand
K shrinking and thinking of the
and danger. but jump In and
s..iDle through as well as we can.
Rev. Sydney Smith.
, 1924-08-20

lydia E. Pinkham'e Vegetable Com
n",,nd and used Lydia E. Pinkham's SAM
tive Wash, and found that 80 healing.
am not entirely well yet for ! was in
bad shape when I started your medicine,
hit / am so much better that ! am not
afraid to recommend it, and I think If I
keep on taking it, it will cure me. /
have done my work all alone this sum
mer. caring for four children, and I
canned 300 quarts Of fruit and made
500 glasses Of jelly. 80 you see l must
be better. I feel pretty. good all the
time and l am glad to tell others about
he medicine. ~ Mrs.. C. J. WERNER
MARK, Box al, Norwalk. lows.
Women can depend upon Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
iieye them from female troubles. For
yale by druggists everywhere. =
, 1924-08-20
Omission Explained

Father" said little Jimmy O'Brien,
"why didn't st. Patrick sign the Dec
laration Of Independence" Didn't
they ask him?"
"Shure they did, me bhoy; but We
see he thought the man hat brought
1t to him was wan O. thin autygraft
hunters, an he kicked hirc out O. the
house."-Boston Transcript.
, 1924-08-20
Don't ehuekls If you put over q substitute
when a, advertised product Is called for.
Maybe your customer will never come back.
Ben MsBord. j..
Her Bossy Aunt

My little cousin, Grace. was visiting
us for a few days. When her mother
came to take her home she took her
on her lap and asked:
weren't you lonesome, and didn't
you miss your mammal"
Grace answered: mo. Aunt Emily
can boss you like everything
Everybody's Magazine.
, 1924-08-20
Singing Desert" Sighs

Travellers are undertaking to solve
the mystery of the Libyan desert.
known as the singing desert" II
gives forth a distinct musical sound.
which sometimes seems to be COM
posed of two distinct parts. The
sound has been described as resem-
bling the signing OF the wind in tele-
graph wires. One returning traveller
has offered the theory that the sound
is caused by the sand pouring over a
low scarp Of rock after a rain storm.
Various other explanations have been
put forth.
, 1924-08-20

now much gooo your
medicine has done
me. When ! started
Ito take 1t ! was al
most bed fast and
would have been in
bed all the time If
had had any one to
care for my children.
There was 30 much
swelling and pain
] could hardly
take q step. took
|aavan haitian of
, 1924-08-20
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
Of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one Of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Advertisement
, 1924-08-20

For your daughters sake, use Red
Cross Ball Blue in the laundry. She
will then have that dainty. well-groomed
appearance that girls admire.-Ad-
vertisement.
, 1924-08-20
No Bananas

A well-known Mississippi printer
was fond of playing pranks. One day
while riding with an illiterate man., he
began gravely to chatter Italian to his
driver.
The man looked wildly at him. but
said nothing. Finally the printer. In
pretended pique. said:
whats the matter? Why don't you
answer?'
81 dunno what yo'all is talkin'
bout"
whats wrong7 Haven't you any
brainsy"
"Yessah, I got some brains all right,
but dey mint no use to me now"
, 1924-08-20

Red Cross Ball Blue should be uset
in every home. It makes clothes white
as snow and never Injuries the fabric
All good Observation-Disclosures.
, 1924-08-20
Go SIoD in Finding Fault

'Tellin' n friend bout where he's
wrong" said Uncle Eben, "ain't near
as liable TO make him lose his faults
us 1t is to make you lose n friend"
, 1924-08-20
Restaurant Conversation

Guest-Is This supposed to be half
q chicken?
Waiter-Yes, sir.
Guest-Then kindly bring me the
other half, instead.
, 1924-08-20
Luck's

Good luck is the willing handmade
of upright, energetic character and
conscientious pursuance Of duty
Lowell.
, 1924-08-20
On Time

Husband-"rve waited an hour for
you" Wife-'But ! said I'd be five
minutes late."-From Life.
, 1924-08-20

Give the other fellow n chance TO
talk he viii appreciate the courtesy
and you may learn something.
, 1924-08-20
INV HISW0MAN
GOT STRENGTH
PIT Up 300 Quarts Fruit, 500
Glasses Jelly and Took Care
of Four Children

Norwalk. Iowa. have been mean
,,r for some time to write and tell you