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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

@ Is there an animal known as
a yapockg
4. Yes. a species Of Soath timer
team aquatic oPossRm has this naHs.
q How much arc German paper
marks worth now. how can / Ert
them exchanged into real money &,
A. German marks are HOiU trorih
n f~riiftoH marks 70 The gold marx,
or one friHsgh paper marks 10 p Us
cents IN 4. $. money. This cur
rcHcv can b. exchanged al any
NelC YorE bdHk having connection
tcfth German baHkg. bu. unless Uou
hare a. least Is cents irorth. the
amount Of exchange troHid not Be
as much as the postage and rE-
change charges.
Q. In what ear was the Indian
head f-cent piece first issued7
A. In 1859.
Q. Can n declarant TO American
citizenship bring his wife 10 this
country as a non-quota immigrant
A No, 70 Is necessary FOR her 10
enter the United States as aHV
other ordinary i~muti0raui subject 10
Immigration laies and uisa require
rzerss.
Q. What is the first-class steam
ship fare from New York TO Poland?
A. approximately S237.
Q. What will make feathers grow
on chickens?
4. Feed them more meat scraps
and fish scraps. and put about 5
per cent iinseed oil meal or gluten
seed oil meal into their mash.
Q. Should a young lady assist a
gentleman to put on his o~vcrcoat?
A. No. not unless he Is her H.
pnce.
Q. What does the name Hedwig
mean?
a. 10 comes from the Tcutouic and
meaHs "tCdr" or refuge"
Q. What Is the value Of a three
dollar gold piece dated 1874?
A. From 1926 to $500.
q. What is the average life Of q
modern warship?
A. Eighteen to 20 years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

their hands and faces washed and
dried, They kinda want TO play a
while, MS any mother kuowa. 50 mnny
little stalIlng stunts r tried.
7 want a drink Of wotcr." comes III
shrilly little shout And Then com.
plants ms Nom turns out the light.
Right into bod the Riddles hop, aud
then they hop right out ]contcndiug
that they were not Kissed good night.
The atory's always quito tho ann,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23


GAS FRANCISCO Dec ga
y Forget tho old superstition
that a man should not discuss
his business Ia his home Then
ihrrr will Do moro happiness and
fewer divorces
Misc. there VIII be far Jess
suffering IN case u the husband
death or disability
Words of advice from Judge
Thomas II. Graham. nationally
know ns the Great Rcconcil.
or. a divorce judge who recon
Giles moro couples than he scpa.
rates
The old ndaRc may have held
true In hoop.akirt days. when
Nomcn'a activities were confined
to the home. and the sewing cir
clio was a medium for harmful
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23
Army Pigeons
and Airplanes

THE var department headquarters at
l. San Francisco announces that expert
ments now under way show that carrier
pigeons can make short night flights sue
cessfully. The pigeons have long been
used rs message-bearers for armies, but
always in the daylight.
With the present advance in aviation
and the rapidity with which airplanes are
being perfected, the tactics of warfare will
undoubtedly be changed so materially
within the next few yeats that the car
rier pigeon, as a valuable aid, will have
been consigned to the forgotten past along
with other relics of the dark ages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23
Judgc T. r. Graham

gossip. In those days men
placed their wives on "a pedestal,
and considered il sacrilcgioua TO
C5ufidc 70 them mere matters Of
trade
"But woman has stepped down
from The pedestal. She ls a com
panion 10 her husband, and ~
usually fairly well acquainted
with business methods, thru
earning her own living before
her marriage.
And tn proof. Judge Graham
cites two instances coming 20
light in his courtroom within "a
wcok.
When Waiter J. Gcrdcau be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23
A Thought

Not he that commendcth himself
Is approved, hut whom the Lord ON.
mcndeth-s Cor. N;ls.
COMMEND a fool for his wit, or a
" kuuve for his honesty, and they
viii receive you into their bosom
Fielding.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

The suggestion Is made that the
new I.cc1ugh epidemic may have
started from one or more o. the
siN best cellars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

The average length Of life In the
10th century was about 20 years,
but there wasn't much going on
that was worth lingering over.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

\ Michigan radio fan insists he
tuned In on Scotland and IL WA 80
distinct that he could hear Harry
Lauder squeeze o. shilling.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23

M pln Vs ae tucked IN sound. They never really want 10 no TO bed
~ re always feeling playful when their tuckiu time comca round And
"'fp Why shucts, they'd rather play instead.
WOpyrght, 1929. Tor Tho slnrl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-23
Mrs. HcHriette Korcn

3IfE. HcHTiEtte hOEtn
came unable 10 attend 90 his
ship rhaudlery business four
months ago. IL was netting $4,000
"a month -Four months after hts
wife ma named guardian and as
summed active charge. the volume
Increased 10 yL5ou a month
II was secretary in a ship sup.
ply firm before marriage, cX.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

was Meager ana his outfit doing hercf
That was what he must face and
leaIn-not how Alvara died. He went
on. cautiously, blindly. the darkness
closing behind God how still it was
Was tn: steaIthy movement OF
there to the left? The man wheeled
about, revolver swung up. and stood
poised and breathless. Straight into
his eyes leaped a binding burst of
flame.
Kelleen staggered backward, yet in
stinctively fired at the black, almost
shapeless shadow revealed an instant
In the flame The speeding bullet had
missed him hairs breadth, yet in the
second Of startled surprise he retained
no power Of action. He had seen the
man crouched against the farther wall.
mere black blot, almost unrecog-
nizable. Then that awful darkness
again, and silence. With his first re-
turn Of strength he stepped swiftly
to one side, STOPPING low, and listen
ing for the slightest movement. His
heart almost ceased to beat.
He waited q minute, two minutes
It seemed an age-leaning forward,
every nerve tense, his very breath sus-
pended, nervous finger on the trigger.
Cd the fellow could not long re-
main motionless where he was; he
would never dare. Unless that chance
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

husband. If so. no greater service
could be rendered the girl than an
exposure of Bob Meager's rascality.
With the fellow once safely in the
hands of the law she would obtain re-
lease. and the opportunity of escape
if she so desired. And he felt no
doubt as to her desire. The man had
taken her by force; her earlier dislike
had been changed into hatred-and-
and-since then another impelling
force might have come into her life.
Kelleen smiled, sitting up In the dark
ness, his mind dwelling over the men,
ory of those hours they had passed
together. He realized suddenly how
much he already cared for her. how
deeply her womanliness had i'm
pressed him; what 1t would mean II
she should turn back to Bob Meager.
The very thought Of such a posi-
bility nerved him to action. to forget
fulness of his bruises. He had seen
that In the depths of her eyes he
would never forget; he would live to
read that message again. The men,
cry was inspiration and hope But
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

limbs, his progress stopped and di
verted, until, by some fate, his bruised
and battered body had been flung here
Ike bit of driftwood on the bench.
He extended his arms. and fell
about to be sure-yes, he lay there or
shelf Of earth, out of which that
tree grew; the gnarled trunk was
within reach Of his hand, and another
tree, q smaller one, was at the left
1t was so dark there he could see
little, yet that fire was still below, and
If he should roll OF. he would have
another sheer drop, God knew how
far. He dare make no effort to turn
over. How badly was he hurt7 He
dreaded to learn the truth, yet forced
himself partially to sit up and ex-
anime. There was a hole In the coat.
but none In the shirt beneath; the
flesh was uniform, but painful to the
touch and decidedly swollen. The
bullet had struck him, but failed to
penetrate; had been DETECTED by some
thing-his watch Surely; he car
ried 1t there in his upper coat pocket.
His fingers drew the wreck forth, and
the bullet dropped into his lap; he
picked 1t up-caliber .44-with a queer
feeling Of horror, and then placed 1t
In pocket. The ruins of the watch,
~-'"e'od beyond repair he flung away.
{" the moment he was daZed. what
nh meant remained vague and con-
fused.
Kelleen began to understand, and
his mind to function He was not
killed, not even seriously hurt. He
had been almost miraculously saved
but now he must serve himself. He
harbored no doubt as to who had shot
him, or why. The very manner In
which It had been done, out of the
concealment of the night, revealed the
method Of Bob Meager. It was his
fashion, his style; the way of a cow
ard who never met his enemies face
to face. Yet why should the fellow
have held him as an enemy7 The
only answer Kelleen could find to this
query was Deborah. There was no
other satisfactory explanation. Bob
had not previously known the woman
had left the ranch; he believed her
still there, hidden In his stepmother's
room, his helpless victim on his return
Otherwise the man haG nothing
against Kelleen, had no suspicious of
him, except possibly a desire that he
keep out of this particular affair. That
surely was not sufficient to justify an
at cold-blooded murder. No,
it must be the girl.
And what had become Of her? Kel-
leen had no recollection of a second
shot, so it was altogether probable she
had been spared, and was again a
prisoner in the hands of her brutal
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II 1t weren't for the obstacles life
would be mighty dull.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
CHAPTER xiv
"Alvara's Lost Mine.r

Kelleen lay GREATNESS on his back.
staring up uncomprehendingly through
the tangled branches of tree. He
was bruised. dazed. scarcely certain
dimly aware Of what had actually
occurred. He remembered the spit of
flame out of the darkness, the report,
the bullet striking him, and the horror
of that awful fall, as he grasped madly
at the air. And what then? Did he
lose consciousness? Did the shock
numb his brain? He must have
eras>ed headlong through those tree
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

shot had gone homer The mere sug-
gestion leaping into the brain brought
to the hunted man a flash Of courage.
1t might be, dim as his mark had been,
hurriedly as he had fired, the chance
shot might have told, leaving the fell
low dead on the rock floor. He had
heard no sound, no groan, no mufled
fall. yet men sometimes died silently.
instantly-there was a hope, a posi-
bility. He advanced an inch at q
time, feeling forward with cropping
foot, still obsessed by the idea that
thus he might encounter an out
stretched body on the floor. He had
gone a foot, two feet, three; then,
suddenly his foot dislodged a pebble,
which grated sharply In the intense
stiffness. Instantly the tunnel famed
again; he felt sting in his shoulder,
the impact driving him fiat against the
side wall-but he saw his man. and
was ready. Firing once, he leaped for
ward, graphing for the dim shadow
as the darkness closed them in again.
They swayed back and forth, trip
ping over a pile of debris, crashing
against the wall, exerting every ounce
of strength, breathing In gasps, but
speechless. Kelleen lowered his head,
thrusting it under his opponents up
lifted chin, and with one free hand
struck with all the power he possessed.
AS he did so iron arms crushed him
such arms as he had never felt, like
bars of steel-and the lunging body of
the man seemed to force him irresist-
IDLY backward. Inch by inch he had
ly, to retain his feet; then suddenly
crashed over into the darkness, the
other falling full upon him, now grip
ping with one hand at his exposed
throat. the other fumbling at his
waist. The knife the knifel 1t must |
be the knife the fellow sought. What |
came next Kelleen never knew. He |
fought in delirium, in Inconsistencies, /
the very breath crushed out of him,
unable to break that strangle hold. or
twist his body from underneath. He |
knew he touched the knife handle;
that he reached it first, struggling to
retain his grasp beneath the fierce
pressure of the others gripping fin
gers. In some way he must have
:urned partly, squirming on one side
20 as to jam the fellows hand be-
ween his hip and the hard stone floor.
n that instant he had jerked the
,lade free. and slashed viciously at
he huge bulk above him. Again and
gain he drove in the steel, knowing
lot where he struck, but feeling 4
Wild exultation as the limbs gripping
i'm relaxed and hot blood spurted on
lis hand There was no moan, no out
idewise and lay still.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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"Some day." said Uncle Eben, II
may feel dat it's up to me to go on
one o. desc here hunger strikes. II 1t
ever happens it'll have to be at de
time Of year when It's too late fob
spring chickens an too early fob wa
termelon."
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went right out and got me bottle Of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and before bad taken the whole
of that bottle knew it was helping me.
Itook six bottles, and then in about three
months took two more. Now am in
perfect health. l do all of my own work
and could do more. / can truly say that
] know Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound gave me my health. Mrs.
o. J. HNCKLEY, 316 Union Ave-, Mem
phis, Tenn.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text
Book upon Ailments Peculiar to
Women Twill be sent you free upon re-
quest. Write to The Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. This book
contains valuable information.
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ObJet d. Art.

The antique dealer gazed with dis
approval at the shrewish wife Of his
more prosperous competitor. There
she goes" he said. THE dearest lot
be ever bought" Expresa
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
Poetic Interpretation.

Poetry taterprets in two ways: It
Interprets b. expressing with magical
Felicity the physiognomY and move
ment Of the outer world, and it inter-
prets by expressing, with inspired con-
viction, the ideas and laws Of the in
ward world of mans moral and spir-
itual nature. In other words, poetry
Is interpretative both by having nat
ural magic in 1t, and by having moral
ofundity.-Matthew Arnold.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16

were b wreck. i COul0
not sweep Q room
without resting. ]
could not do my work
except a little at a
time, and the doc
tors medicine did
not help me. One
day some one threw
your little book on to
my porch, and in it /
read several testimo-
malls of women who
bod hoop1iko ynuoolf
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mrs. HINCKLEY
NERVOUS WRECK
Tells Women How She Was r estored
to Perfect Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Memphis, Tenn.-"Two years ago I
was completely rundown and mynerves
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-01-16
So Have We All.

A judge is to be envied. He can al
ways enforce silence-inside his court
room, anyway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
Thumb Crushed in Press

Albert Hauck. 120 n. Denny St,
was taken to the city hospital today
when his left thumb was crushed
in a press at the Cummings Printing
Company. in the Liberty Bldg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20

completely knocking out rheu-
matte impurities from the system.
That is why I began using
S. S. 81 Today I have the
strength I used to have years agoI
I don't use my clutches any
more" s. S. S. makes people talk
about themselves the way it builds
up their strength. Start S. S. S.
today for that rheumatism. You'll
feel the difference shortly.
q S. s. S. is sold at all good
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
PROSECUTOR SEES
STATE EXAMINER
Report on JuIietta Wing Sub
jeCt of Conference,

A report Of the State board Of &C
count examiners that the new mems
wing at Juhetta Is in bad condition
was the subject Of a conference this
afternoon at the Statehouse between
Byron K Elliott, chief deputy prose
cutor, and State Examiner Law
renee F. Orr.
Prosecutor William H. Remy, after
reading a copy Of the report, has
studied the statutes 10 find out If
any criminal liability is involved in
the alleged poor construction Of the
Juietta Improvement which cost
the county S138, 900 in 1928. County
councilmen, who started the inves.
tIgation, charged the concrete ceiling
Of the second story is in danger OF
colIapsing on prisoner inmates.
Possibility Of grand jury action
was said TO be the subject Of the con-
ference. The Marion County grand
jury was dissolved last Saturday by
Criminal Judge James A. Collins. but
a new one will be drafted early in
July.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
COLORED BANDITS
OBTAIN S89 FROM
FILLING STATION
Hold Up Attendant, Using
Stolen Auto-Chicken
Thieves Escape,

Two filing station bandits and
three chicken thieves escaped early
today.
In stolen auto, two colored men
drove to the Sinclair oil station at
st. Clair St and Capitol Ave, and
when Sam Boulware, III S. Ran
dolph Ct, came out to wait on them
he looked into a gun, he told Motor
Policemen Lowe and Heller. The two
ordered him to open the safe. They
took $3.50 and the pay phone, con-
tents unknown. officers traced the
car to 1916 n. West St, where it
was deserted. The certificate of title
showed it to be owed by e. G.. Nc
Calnster, 5345 E. Washington St,
who now lives in New Palestine,
Ind. and who had reported the car
stolen.
Anton Ploenges, R. r. J., Box 274,
called police when he heard some
one in his chicken coop. He and two
neighbors traced a truck he had
seen in front Of his place and came
upon Guy Cox, Frank Johns and
William McCallister, who gave St.
Louis Mo, as their addresses.
Police arrived but were told moth
ing had been found on the truck and
the officers ordered the men to drive
on. Later Ploenges called police
and said he found a crate OF his
chickens near the place he had
talked to the men.
Police lost trace Of the men after
trailing them to an +, Washington
ton st. garage.
Burglars entered the Borchert &
Rugenstein grocery at POI Pleasant
Run Blvd. by breaking a side win
dow and stole $50 cigars. four car
tons Of cigarettes, chewing gum and
a watch. totalling $40 in value.
Miss Ruth Freyn. Spink-Arms,
told police that her cottage at La
COON DR.. and Valley View Rd. had
been entered An oil stove and cook
ing and eating utensils valued at
$345O were taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
PROSECUTOR SAYS
HE'LL TAKE LOOK
At CLINE REPORT
Re0y Also Declares Affair Is
Exaggerated No Grand
Jury in Session,

Prosecutor William H Remy in
tends to see the report Of the allies ed
Irregularities Of Fred Cline, eX-
park board member, and that
shortly ne announced today. fol
lowing a statement by Walter W.
Wise president of the council. that
"a special meeting of the council win
be held tonight to determine if Remy
can have H.
Cline resigned his position recently
when the councils report charged
him with having obtained about
$4,000 in profits in a sale through
agents Of land near the Riley hos
pital to the park board. He was
also said 10 have benefited fnan-
Cially in several transactions where
by an oil company obtained several
filing station sites on boulevords.
I don't want any unbecoming
squabble with city councilmen, and
don't want to get in a jam about
that report" Remy said, but I'm
going to see it and see it shortly
Wise said Remy might have TO
wait because there are only three
copies. Mayor Shank has one, Wise
has one. and the printers have the
third. so there are not enough for
the grand jury to have a copy. at
present.
Remy said he didn't think the
coUncilnen would have to oe sub
poenaed before the grand jury in
connection with the matter, because
the grand jury has been dis
charged by Criminal Judge James
A. Collins, and there will not be a
new one until July.
The matter will all be straight
cned out by that time, anyhow" said
the prosecutor. This affair has been
exaggerated as to the urgent
necessity of grand jury investigation
when the grand jury is not in
session"
Remy said he didn't think there is
any "skull-druggery in the an
nOuncement Of the council about the
special session, ano that Attorney
Frank A. Symmes, representing the
council, assured him Thursday a
bona-fde effort is being made 20 get
him the report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
Workers Want to Purge
American Government,
Not Tear 1t Down, He
Tells Communists
And Nebraskan, With Follow
ers, Walks Out of Third
Party" Convention at St.
Paul, Which He Says
Didn't Represent the
Workers.
BY LOWELL MELLETT
Times Staff Correspondent

ST. PAUL. Mimi, June 20.-What
happened at the national Farmer
Labor" convention was described
better by one of the delegates than
it can be told by any reporter. This
delegate stood, almost friendless, on
the platform and shot the truth con
corning the convention into the
teeth of the delegates composing it.
He was a farmer, by name, w. ].
Taylor. The brown Of his wrinkled
face and neck was not the tan Of the
golf course or beach, for ground into
the wrinkles was the dirt of the
soil.
bumped higher than the other.
one shoulder revealed the effect Of
years behind a one-handled pillow. He
wore no mans collar. not even his
own. and he wore no coat, and
wide, comfortable suspenders
stretched across his gnarled back.
He had listened hard to hear
speakers in other parts of the au-
ditorium
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-20
Leaders Worried

From the beginning. Democratic
leaders who have party success
more at heart than the interests Of
any one candidate have sought in
vain 10 put a quietus on the Kan
question. Democratic success in
such States as Indiana and Ohio
would be seriously jeopardized if
the Khan issue should bring about a
party split.
But the situation is now getting
beyond their control, George E.
Brennan, Illinois leader, has be
came insistent for a plank in the
platform denouncing the Khan by
name. The Underwood forces are
adding fuel to the FIRE. And the
report here today that Imperial
Wizard Evans of the Khan is com
ing Monday 10 direct the fight
against an anti-Klan plank and en-
deavor TO put over" McAdoo,
coupled with printed allegations that
the Khan supported McAdoo' in
various State primaries has served
to stir the Smith faction.