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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21

We wish to thank our friends for
the sympathy and kindness shown us
in our recent bereavement, and for the
beautiful floral piece sent by the Han
cock Co. Motor Sales Co, Bucksport,
and flowers sent by other friends.
Mrs. Laura Smith.
Mrs Louise NJ Rowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney B. Robbins.
Seal Cove, Me-, May II, 1924.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-05-21
MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 26-27
Matiuees Mt .

GEORGE ARLISS in THE GREEN GOD
DESS" A magnificent production of this
peerless actors greatest stage play. The
romantic story of an English beauty
trapped in the palace of the Orients
greatest lover. One of the outstanding
dramatic pictures of the year. Alice
Joyce, David Powell and Harry T.
Morey in support. News, Fable and
Comedy.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
ATS TOO CHASTITY"

SYNOPSIS. - Joseph Greer. .
black k-Dearded pirate OF hfty,
having discovered process Of
extracting nber from iiax straw,
" made director OF u big corpo-
ration. For years distrusting
men of affairs, Greer has played
\ lone hand. Now holding what
he considers the winning cards.
he is willing to sublet his wits
to wealth. 10 protect his own
interests Joe has foisted his own
secretary, Jennie Macarthur,
upon the company. Henry Cra-
ven. u bank clerk related to John
Williamson. the millionaire back
or of Greer's new company, is
offered by Williamson the POSI-
tlon OF treasurer OF the new COM
pany. with the generally under
stood purpose of watching Greer.
Craven accepts. Joe tells Jennie
about his wife. and his nineteen
year-old daughter. Beatrice.
whom he has never seen. He Is
planning to force the daughter
Into Chicago society. Joe goes
to a Weekend party at William
sons house. where he meets Vio-
let Johns wife. and Is strongly
drawn to her. He fascinate3 her.
Beatrice arrives and father and
daughter get acquainted. Bea-
trice proves to be handsome. self
wllled and lacking social polish.
The AFFAIR between Joe and Violet
progresses. Violet Interaxts her
self in Trlx' social career. Joe
and Violet recoil from tho gulf
that yawns for them. Joe saves
the situation. They quarrel.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
King of Denmark "Saues"
MoUie Actress at Sea

The king Of Denmark. who rescued
Queen Ale1andrine recently when the
Ice on the sound broke under her feet
and she was waist deep in water, once
played the leading part in .spoor'
rescue.
He was enjoying a cruise OF the
Danish coast In the royal yacht. Rita,
when he heard loud firing and ordered
the yacht to turn at full speed in the
direction Of the sound. He soon caine
within range Of an appalling spectacle.
From the deck Of steamer some
men were firing on a rowing boat,
and. as the Rita approached. a gin
flung herself from the boat. A motor
launch was promptly lowered from the
yacht, aboard which the drowning
girl was hauled by King Christian
himself. His majesty then espied in
the offing huge camera, and realized
he had been acting for the benefit of
a. cinematograph operator. He was
angry at first. but calmed down on
seeing the humor Of the situation
Manchester Guardian.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13

and If she really makes up her mind
to quit you won't be able to stop her.
No more could l, of course. You'll do
us well as I've done, l guess. and if
she goes l won't lay 1t up against you.
But keep her for me II you can, .Ien-
ME-"
Are you sure" she asked--it wasn't
IL comfortable sort of question-'thut
Beatrice understood what you expect
me to do? i mean. that she will I'M
derstand 1t when she wakes up in the
morning and finds you gone-and me
here?"
WAS she sober enough to under
stand It's that what you mean? Yes.
of course she was. She wasn't very
drunk when Burns brought her in,
dazed more than anything else, and
ratified at seeing me I gave her some
thing that fixed her up right OF
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13

the only obvious alternative, a Cover
messy, middle-aged pose, authority
made easy by bits Of encouragement.
advice and suggestion, would drive her
to open rebellIon-if not. Jennie re-
flected. to homicide!
Meanwhile. lying low. going early to
the Office and coming back just in time
for dinner. bringing home work to do
in the evening, sticking to casual
preoccupied and not Overfriendly tone
In the strictly unimportant conversa-
ton she addressed to the girl. she
found a modus vivendi establishing
Itself. On the first morning at break
fast. In reply TO domestic question
raised by the butler upon the tentative
presumption that she was now the
head of the household. she had told
him to go on taking his orders from
Miss Greer as usual.
After dinner that same night Bea-
trice brought the question up explic-
lily. "Anson says you told him WAS
to go on giving the orders. Is that
what you meant?"
Heavens ~ said Jennie. looking
round her paper, 81 don't know any
thing about running an establishment
like this. You'll have to do that"
Does that take in the cars, too
and the new chauffeur"
Jennie ignored the overt resentment
OF the last phrase. "Why notT' she
said. "Pve no use for him. drive
my own!"
1t struck her as she plunged back
Into her reading (too suddenly. she
was aware. for good histrionlsm) that
her young ward looked bit let down.
If she'd been luxurlating in the close
confinement, bread-and-water theory,
this treatment was sound-as far as 1t
went
But 1t went nowhere near far
enough. 1t supplied insufficient mate
rial even for small talk, let alone real
companionship. Jennie found her rule.
to do nothing and to say nothing ex.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
'I'm Terribly Fond Of Him." Jennie
Answered Instantly.

Answered Instantly.
cept when there was something per-
fectly obvious for her to do or suy,
wearing pretty thin. Finally, after
their third dinner together. meal
eaten dismally through in almost total
silence, Beatrice exploded.
II think. after this" she said, "I'll
have my meals in my room. can't
stand this. It's too-ghastly."
''It is CHASTITY" Jennie agreed, ''and
it's ridiculous. I've had all 1 can
stand of 1t myself. OF all the pre-
posterous. idiotic things your father
ever did, chucking you and me to-
gether like this is the worst don't
know what to do about it. any better
than you do. I've been afraid to open
my mouth for three days for fear of
getting worse with you than I wns.
and l was in badly enough already.
I'm ready to try saying everything that
comes into my head and see what hap
pens. 1t can't be worse than this. Per-
haps If you do the same thing we may
get somewhere"
Trx had been staring at her. from
the first words, in blank, simple in
credulity at first, later through u
tangle of contradictory surmises and
doubts. She went on staring, for h
while, after Jennie had done. "All
right, she said, at last. "This is what
I'm thinking. If you hate 1t like this,
and think it's idiotic of father to have
asked you to come here, why did you
do it?'
I'm terribly fond of him." Jennie
answered instantly Not the way I
guess you thought 1 was when you first
came out here. I've never been in love
with him. and he's never tried to make
love to me. But there's hardly any
body I've cared for as much as I do
for him-and there's nobody on Gods
green earth that I'd go as far for.
in the way of doing what he want.
ed me to. He looked so perfectly sick
and helpless last Saturday night over
what had happened that 1t never oc-
Cured to me, till he'd gone off and
left me here. that I'd had any choice
in the matter"
you're on his side, too," the girl re-
marked. You don't care anything
about me. You've made that plain
enough from the first"
"Dont hint Jennie commanded
crisply. "We've made a good start
talking out. Let's keep 1t up. How
did make 1t plain didn't like you? ~
you've never come here to the
house since I've been here, though he's
asked you to, he says. But you used
to come before that"
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
By HENRY KITCHELL WEBSTER

wasn't to furnish many details. "She
WAS pretty excited one way and an
other" he summarized presently, "but
when she quieted down she WAS sort
of dopey. just ike you saw her. l
stopped at cafeteria on the way
down and tried to get her to come In
and have some black coffee, but she
wouldn't, and I didn't want to start
anything conspicuous. I'd have tried
harder. but I thought there was a
pretty good chance, II Mr. Greer was
going to have a long business talk
with you. that could get her home
ahead of him. Happening the way 1t
did was just exactly wrong"
That's what thought at the time"
Jennie said. I'm not sure, though,
that 1t didn't happen Just exactly
right"
"To make her father put his foot
down on herr" he asked, and shook his
head, skeptically. II don't believe 1t
does anybody any good to be showed
up looking worse than they really are.
Specially not when they're young.
And man like that-like Mr.. Greer
will always sort Of half believe the
worst about it. Every time he gets
mad he'll show her that he believes It,
never thought had much OF a
chance. but when look at the kind Of
chance she's had! She's a fine girl,
Miss neutrality-suspicious.
He had more to say about her, now
he was fairly started. to which Jennie
listened only half attentively. She'd
taken to swimming and diving as natu-
rally as a seal. Born in her, 1t was
she'd never learned at all until she
came to Chicago. And she could drive
car-as far as mere driving went
as well as George himself. She was
as quick as lightning. She had all the
pluck in the world and never lost her
head. She'd have made wonder of
an aviato. II she'd been a man. And
she was lot smarter than most men;
took after her father in that, George
supposed. Unconsciously and. to Jen-
ME, rather pathetically. he was giving
himself away, hand over hand. Before
ment he'd given her a lot to think
about.
This was the better part Of two
hours later, for she gave Joe all the
time she could in which to get the girl
sober and reach an understanding with
her assuming any understanding
whatever was possible. She looked for
ward to her return to that fiat as to
the crater of an active volcano. But
her foresight here was altogether at,
fault. Joe himself let her in, carried
her bag to the room that was to be
hers. and asked her, when she was
ready. to come out into the library for
q smoke with him. Trix, he said was
asleep.
His mood was strangely slack and
his manner quieter than any she could
remember in him. He knew how she
hated taking this job, he said, but 1t
wouldn't be for very long. BY the
middle of September, he thought, he'd
be able to be at home again, perma-
nently except for short trips. Mean
while Jennie possessed his full author
ity over everything. Trix understood
this and agreed to IT.; seemed to be
glad, rather than otherwise, that Jen-
ME was coming. since she had been
lonely as the devil.
She's got. though" he told her, "the
better half of that original thousand
1 sent her. tucked away somewhere;
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
She'll Learn

Phyllis-Your husband Is simply
wild about you, isn't he?
Lois-Yes. he raves about me in his
sleep. but the poor absent-minded boy
nearly always calls me by the wrong
name.-New York Sun and Globe.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-13
"You're the only thing in the
world he really cares about"
tTo BE CoNTINUED.)

Then What7
1t was said that fools build houses
and wise men live In them" What II
q man does bothl
Evening star., 1924-12-03
interruption which Capt. Blood's ad

interruption which Capt. Blood's ad-
vent occasioned.
M ie Baron" the latter greeted
him, "I must speak frankly. and you
must suffer II. My men are on the
point of fhutiny."
NJ. de Rivarol considered him with
a, faint lift of the eyebrows
capt. Blood, I, too. will speak
frankly. and you. too, must suffer 1t.
( there is mutiny you and your
captains shall be held personally re:
sponsibfe The mistake you make Is
n assuming with me the tone of an
ally, whereas have given you clearly
10 understand from the first that you
are simply in the position of having
accepted service under me. Your
proper apprehension of, that fact will
save the waste of deaf of words.
Blood contained himself with diff
Guilty. One OF these fine days, he
cit, that for the sake of humanity
ne must slit the comb of this super
.ilious. arrogant cockerel. -.
You may define our positions as
you please" said he. but I'll remind
you that the nature of a thing is not
changed by the name you give it.
am concerned with facts-chiefly
with the fact that we entered into
4 finite articles with you. Those
articles provide for certain ulStrl-
button of the spoil. My men demand
il. They are not salts ed"
"Of what are they not satisfied"
demanded the baron.
"Of your honesty, NJ. de Rivarol."
A blow In the face could scarcely
have taken the - Frenchman more
aback. He stiffened and drew him.
rr'f ~ Ms ewes bla Ing, his face
OF deathly palior. The. clerks at the
.sbIes laid down. their pens and
awaited the explosion ina sort Of ter
ror.
For long moment there was
silence. Then the great gentleman
delivered himself in voice of con-
centrated anger do you really dare
so much, you and the dirty thieves
that follow you? God Blood! You
shall answer to me for that word
though It entail yet worse dishonor
to meet you. Faugh"'
II will remind you," said Blood
that l am speaking not for myself.
but for my men. 1t is they who are
not satisfied, they who threaten that
unless satisfaction is afforded them,
and promutly. they will take ii"
Take it?" said Rivarol, trembling
in his rage Let them attempt il.
Now don't be rash. NY men are
Evening star., 1924-12-03
within their righ,a a. you ara aware.

within their rights. a. you are aware
They demand to know when this
sharing of the spoil is to take place
and when they are to receive the fifth
for which their articles provide"
God give me patience! How can
we share the spoil before 1t has been
completely gathered?"
My men have reason to believe
that IT is gathered: and, anyway,
they view with mistrust that II
should all be housed aboard your
ships and remain in your possession.
They say that hereafter there will be
no ascertaining what the spoil really
amounts to-"
"But-name OF heaven!-I have kept
books. They are there for all to see. I"
They do not wish to see account
books. Few of them can read. They
want to view the treasure itself.
They know-you compe me to be
blunt--that the accounts have been
falsified. Your books show the spoil
of Lartagena to amount to some 10,-
100000 livres The men know-and
they are very skilled in these compu-
-ations-that 1T exceeds the enormous
total of 40,000.000. They Insist that
the treasure itself be produced and
weighed in their presence, as is the
custom among the Brethren Of the
cast"
I know nothing Of hlibuster Gus
Evening star., 1924-12-03
ns" The gentleman was disdain.

toms" The gentleman was disdain-
full
But you are learning quickly"
What do you mean. you rogue? i
am leader OF armies. not Of plum
dering thieves
"Oh, but OF courser Blood's irony
laughed in his eyes. yet, whatever
you may be, warn you that unless
you yield to a demand that I con-
slider Just and therefore uphold you
may look for trouble, and ii would
not surprise me II you never leave
Cartagena at all, nor convey a single
gold piece home to France"
"Ah. pardleu! Am 1 to understand
that you are threatening me?"
Come, come. M. le Baron! warn
you of the trouble that a little pru-
dence may avert. You do not know
on what a volcano you are sitting
You do not know the ways of buc-
cancers. If you persist Cartagena
will be drenched in blood, and what
ever the outcome. the King OF France
will not have been we'll served"
CONTINUED In Tomorrow's Star)
Evening star., 1924-12-03
CHAPTER XXxyIH.
The Honor of M. de RIvaroI.

Inc hShOE Ok ac hNtSAFuIs
During the capitulation and for
g-'eater portion of his buccaneers had
been at their post on the heights
o.: Nuestra Sonora de la Poupa,
terly in ignorance OF what was
king place, = ood although the
n1an chiefly, IL not solely. responsible
or the swift reduction of the city,
which was proving veritable
reasure house, was not even shown
lie consideration OF being called to
he council Of officers which with
". de R.varol determined the terms
OF the capitulation.
This was. Slight that at another
time Capt. Blood would not have
borne for a moment. but at present
his odd frame of mind and its
divorcement from piracy, he was con-
cent to smile his utter contempt of
he French general. Not so, however
rs capita ms, and still less his men,
Resentment smoldered among them
or while, to flame out vio-
entity At the end OF that week In
'artagena- 1t was only by under
-aking to voice, their grievance to
he baron that their captain was able
or the moment to pacify them. That
lone. he went at once in quest of
VI. de Rivarol
He found him in the Offices which
'e baron had set up in the town
Yith STAFF of clerks to register the
-asure brought in and to cast up
he surrendered account books, with
a view to ascertaining precisely what
were the sums yet to be delivered up
The baron sat there scrutinizing g
Cdgers, Ike a city merchant, and
:hecking figures to make sure that
al was correct to the last peso. A
choice occupation this for the gen.
:'al of the kings armies by sea and
lind. He looked up, irritated by the
Evening star., 1924-12-03

Mrs. Nellies T. Ross. newly elected
Governor of Wyoming, has u ee
sons, two OF whom are attending the
Uni ersity OF Wyoming AMI ono al
public school
Evening star., 1924-12-03
CAPTAIN BLOOD
BIZ RAFAEL SABATINT.
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

the boats waiting at the beach to |
convey the trea ure aboard the ships. |
Evening star., 1924-12-03

The easy mark doesn't know
how easy he is until some sales
man of worthless stocks or
bonds has his money.
the Better Business Bureau.
Evening star., 1924-12-03

Book Section, Fifth floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-17
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
DOLLAR PARK
STARTS ON PAGE /

then the states going take charge of the development
and maintenance,
EADERs in civic and public life in Seattle enthused
II over the idea.
IT'S becoming increasingly difficult TO get down to
salt water any place outside the city limits" said Mrs.
Henry Landes, acting mayor. ut would be splendid IL
some OF the organizations Of the city would take it upon
themselves to buy an acre apiece of this 9Oacre tract
thru contributions of their members"
AN excellent idea," said Joshua Green president of
the Puget Sound Navigation Co. ut deserves the
mendaton and support Of every man in Seattle
THE FIRST contribution received at the Auto club
i was check for 500 from Frank Paul, county
missioner
THE Star saw fit TO select my location" he said 81
want to back up my judgment with this"
"A salt water state park is splendid idea. Count
a supporter" telephoned Presiding Judge Mitchell
Gillian of the superior court
Here is the Bon Marches bit" wrote Frank Nc
Dermott, president Of the store I'VE think your idea
for a summer park for the people is fine and want
to be in ii. Here is check for 500 and with it
goes the Bon Marches best wishes for the of
the dollar park"
PROSECUTOR MALCOLM DOUGLAS volunteered
his services in legal capacity and said the park
proposal is "a fine constructive project that highly
merits support from everyone"
County Commissioner Tom Dobson and Superin-
tendent George Russell Of the water department both
announced they wanted to contribute
Other public officials who Endorsed the park project
Corporation Counsel t. J. j.. Kennedy and Sher-
if Matt Starwich.
All checks should be made payable to the Auto club
at 416 University ST. The club is cooperating in the
One of the coupons below should be attached to each
contribution in order that the record for the Park
Memorial Book may be kept straight.
dollar contribution is just as welcome as one for
$1,000 for this common folks summer shore estate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-17
FIND PART or
MAIL LOOT
Is Postal Bags Discovered
in Stolen Automobile

CHICAGO. June i7.--Tinecn Of
the 4e sacks OF registered mail
taken by bandits from tho Chicago.
Milwaukee, St Paul mail train near
here Thursday night, have been re.
covered, the postmaster Of Joliet
tolsgraphed Chicago police today.
Tho sacks were found in an auto
IN picnic grove near the city, the
postmaster telegraphed.
The machine. stolen here three
months ago. was ono OF tho make
uesd by the dozen or more bandits
when they held UP tho clerks,
guards and crew OF some 20 men
near Roundoul. III.
Local officials believed the sacks
contain tho minor loot.
Spencer Brown. who was re.
Gently convicted for the 1000
Werner warehouse robbery was
under arrest today in connection
with the 100000 mail train rob.
berry near here last Thursday. Police
also sent out descriptions OF Carter
and Ernest Fontana. brothers, and
Anthony A. Kissane, war veteran.
and recently acquitted Of a murder
charge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-17
WOMAN'S DEATH
UNDER PROBE
Body Is Found in Wisconsin
Tourist Camp Grave

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. June II.
Police Tuesday were searching for
George 7. Cummings. %, to question
him in connection with the death OF
bis wife. Mrs. Jean Rae Cummings.
who was found buried IN shallow
grave in tourist camp near wl,tsn.
berg Wis. Sunday
Records here show that tho couple
was married on June 6. sirs. RAa
gave her age as as, but Mrs. Perciyal
Bailey. daughter, declares her
mother was e. yeaTn old she Ind
been married four times. tho dnugh-
ter said. and appeared very young in
spite Of her age,
Dispatches received here from Vic.
toria. u. c.. report that tho George
Cummings being sought answers tho
description Of e. Cummings who
lcft that city on June for Chicago.
By way OF Seattle. lie purchased a
round trip ticket Il is suid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-17
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
CAPT. DODGE
STARTS ON PAGE /

thres-mile limit for tho new speed
craft. he declared All liquor treaties
provide that liquor runner may bo
seized at any place within that dis
lance from shore which tho boat can
travel In an hour.
"Olmsted's boat Is said 70 make 40
miles an hour" said Captain Dodge.
That means he can be seized any
place within 80 miles off the coast
'If he does transfer a liquor cargo
at sea. he'll never get Il thru tho
straits. I'm going to watch him 80
close wen know every move and II
no puts to sea, I'll patrol the straits
until ne comes back.
what applies to Olmsted. applies
10 any other rum.runner," Captain
Dodge declared. I'm now getting
facilities TO fight these men. This
monkey business Is going TO stop and
running liquor is going to be much
more dangerous occupation than 1t
has ever been before"
Captain Dodge snid that all 10
boats 70 be built on the Sound for
the coast guard would be left here
for Canadian border patrol work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-17
POSSES SEARCH
FOR MANIAC
Man Who Attacked Women,
Children Hunted in Woods

Several squads OF policemen from
tho West Seattle station we're con-
tlnulng a search OF the wooded
district around Schmits park Tues
day FOR a maniac who IN the las;
few days has been responsible for
several attacks upon women and
young gir,a
The polics searched the district
Monday night and are planning 10
establish guards on tho roads and
trails which intersect the woods
The man. who Is said 20 be about
Is years old. feet inches Tall and
wearing a blue shirt and brown
trousers. has made three attacks in
tho last week. according 20 Lieut..
Clarence q. Carr.
Two women. ono wheeling a baby
and the other leading her io-year.
old daughter. were accosted on
lovely road bordered by underbrush
a week ago. The women beat tho
man or after he had threatened
them.
A few days later n young woman
was attacked by the ficnd IN her
own home. Another woman wns
nenaoed on three different occi
slons BY tho man. who attempted
to enter her home. Several other
attacks have been reported. II T.
believed that the ono man IS re-
sponsible for the trouble.