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Evening star., 1925-08-07
MRS. TOWER DIVORCES
LATE AMBASSADORS SON
Paris Courts Grant Decree tt
Daughter of Harry Payne
Whitney.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, August Mrs. Roderick
Tower has been granted divorce by
the Paris courts on the ground of
abandonment by her husband. Mrs
Tower, the former Flora Payne Whit
ney. was married to MIR. Tower in
New York on April 10, 1920.
NEW YORK, August Mrs Rod
erick Tower. who was granted
divorce in Paris, is the daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney- Her marriage TO Mr.. Tower in
April, 1920, in st. Bartholomew
Church, was one of the most brilliant
social affairs of the season.
Mr.. Tower is the son of Charlemagne
Tower of Philadelphia, former Ameri-
can Ambassador to Austria Hungary,
Evening star., 1925-08-07

Russia and Germany He was grad
uated from Harvard University with
the class of 1915.
Last Winter Mrs. Tower and her
cousin, Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, after
two years study. displayed the first
of their statues at the annual exhfbi-
ton.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
Bandits Kill Bank Cashier

YUMA, Ariz., August Z LP).-G. T.
Hobbs. assistant cashier of the Gads-
den State Bank, at Gadsden. Ariz,
near here, was shot and killed when
three masked robbers held up the
Institution just before closing yester-
day. The bandits escaped with a
small amount of cash
Evening star., 1925-08-07

had served as district Judge in New
Hampshire and commissioner of the
State Public Library.
He, is survived by his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Miller and
Miss Margaret Wright, and son.
Sheldon Wright, now a student at
Dartmouth College.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
SECOND MURDER CHARGED
Virginia Negro Kills Neighbor

Special Dispatch to The STAR
LYNCHBURG, Va, August Car
field Williams. negro. was held for the
September grand jury after prelimi-
nary trial in the Municipal Court
here Thursday TO answer the charge
of numbering Summerfield Payne. an
other negro. last Sunday, two days
after he had been acquitted of the
killing of Sam Black. on July 1S.
The evidence showed that Payne, a
neighbor, told Williams that he got
off easy at the trial. whereupon he
drew his revolver and killed Payne.
Williams said Payne struck him twice
and attempted to draw a revolver.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
ENGLAND MAY BAR
SWEATSHOp GOODS
laborites Urge Prohibition of
Such Imports From For
eign Countries.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. August THE report Of
the Labor partys committee on fiscal
policy, TO bc issued soon. recommends
the adoption of a plank in the Laborite
platform prohibiting the importation
into Great Britain of all foreign goods
produced under 'sweated" conditions.
Such goods would be treated like
foreign plisonlnade goods ror British
copyright material printed abroad
1t is understood that "Sweated't con
ditions Will in the first Instance be in
terpreted as referring to production
where longer hours are worked than
those provided for. In the Washington
Labor Convention, and that other fac
tors, such as Wages and conditions of
labor, are TO be considered after
ward.
The prohibition is said to be subject
to the stipulation that if goods are not
made in Great Britain and are
only obtainable from places where
weated' conditions exist. the EN-
barge is not to apply. The report is
to he submitted TO the annual con-
ference of the Labor party at Liver
pool in September, when. if indorsed
u VIII become part of the labor Do!-
icy 10 be effected by the next Laborte
government"
Some parties stiGmatize the report
s the adoption of protection by the
La horites, but il is stated that the re-
port condemns discriminatory tariffs
and labor circles deny that it has pro-
teCtionist aims.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
The Surest Killer of Flies i And Mosquitoes
Ever Made. Demand Black Flapl s.=

BLACK FLAG is diff The :.
ferent = it kills every
single fy, mosquito and .noroos
roach that gets into killers
your home-not just roach
few. 1t contains a Sc
cret vegetable ingredient that
is the surest death ever dis 4
covered for insect pests. Bugs IN
breathe it and die. But it is n
absolutely harmless to humans
and animals.
BLACK FLAG kills and rids a home
of flies, mosquitoes and reaches,
ants, bedbugs and moths, dog feas,
plant lice and chicken lice.
You have got to kill every single
bug TO get rid of them completely.
Yet ordinary Insecticides kill, at.
best, only 6 out of every 10. -Four
get away and breed hundreds which
return.
But BLACK FLAG is deadlier. It
Evening star., 1925-08-07
Nine Die in Blast in italy.

Nine Die in Blast in Italy.
RAVENNA, Italy, August z R).--
Seven woman workers and two men
were killed in an explosion of q
factory at Lugo yesterday. One of
the men was customs guard; the
identity of the other is not known.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
This is the most
thorough of insect
killers for killing
reaches, too.

kill flies, mosquitoes and moths
and the powder to kill reaches, ants,
bedbugs, dog feas and lice.
BLACK FLAG costs less. Powder,
15c up. Powder Gun, 1oc. Liquid,
25c up. Sprayer. 45c.s Introductory
package containing can Of liquid
and spraysr for only 65c. At drug,
grocery, hardware and department.
stores. Buy BLACK FLAG today.
Evening star., 1925-08-07

with these three exceptions
meyer use any liquid on furs !;
use the powder to make them
mothproof. Use the powder,
also, to kill dog fleas and lice.
Evening star., 1925-08-07
Children's Felt Hats
In Falls NeUest Shapes
$1.98 and S2.49

Trim little shapes tiptted effect
Usually
pencil
harmonzing colors.
s \ ~ "A Infants Dept.--Second
Evening star., 1925-08-07
81 Costume Slips
A Special Purchase at Only

Shadowproof Slips, with 15-inch double hem.
Fine, seft-fnished muslin fashions them, and all
smart1y trimmed with fine lace embroidery.
Bodice top, too. for correctness and shown all
regular sizes. wonderful opportunity to buy a
supply for future genuine wing.
Main Floor
Evening star., 1925-08-07

kills every single bug.
1t rids a home Of insect
pests when all else fails.
Both form s. BLACK
d FLAG powder and liquid
,a alI
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14

know its approach. Your circles and
mine are no longer the same. You
are ripening still-a wonderful mira
cle!"
"You have no circle" said Brena.
"No.'' said he, 81 have no circle"
.rhere are times when l wonder
whether this new turn in our lives is
not connected in some way with me-
New turn
"Yes!" She was vehement. "This
thing which hangs over us like a gull
lotine blade. This thing which makes
YOU go about wrapped in your chills
of fear. Thle thing which makes YOU
eves flicker from side to side as If
every street corner were an ambush.
The thing which makes you afraid to
be alone"
He sprang up.
Whist if It were?" RI said. ut is
possible, isn't It? 1t is possible that a
person might carry around in their
trail some strange destiny. There
might be some extraordinary forces be
hind YOU, m1Shtnt theret 1T Is posi-
Bile that some tragic end awaits all
men who bind their lives with yours
Brena opened vide her dark eyes.
"That is enough" she said.
"What are you going to do?'
"I'm going to leave you, Compton
she said.
. If she had spoken these lines in the
theatrical emphasis with which they
are spoken by several hundred women
In each thousand sooner or later, as
wise a man as Compton Parmalee
would have laughed in her face. 1t
was only necessary to know Brena to
know that if she said these words 1t
would be with a calm, a sureness, a re-
gretful sorrow all combined in the
lone of her voice and the expression
IN her eyes that would carry convic-
tion. Compton was convinced.
The idea knocked him onto his
knees. He came half crawling, STUN
bling, struggling up toward her.
"No, no! No, no, Brena-for Gods
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The city is bad for you, Compton,
she said. You are quivering yourself
TO pieces over some absurd apprehen.
sion. We must go outside somewhere
"a house, a garden-quiet."
He appeared as if he were about to
fall apart. He almost blubbered. He
said, THANK God you've said that
Brena. We must go where l can
escape. if there is a chance to escape.
You're right. It's got my nerve"
"What?"
Yes, what?" he whimpered. That's
it. But we must go-where you said.
III pun myself together. And
Brena-"
Eyes"
If anything Ices happen to me-"
Yes"
you're not to blame-not in the
sense that it's your own will. Do you
understand? I'm trying to be a man.
Can't you see. In the morning"
She looked at him in disgust for the
first time she felt a pang of hate.
Within thirty days he had purchased
a great gloomy house up the Hudson.
1t had been built in the seventies by
some afflIent banker with a taste for
squares. The house was square, the
rooms in it were spacious, lofty, hol-
~low-sounding cubes, and the garden
was square in a square area which
contained itself and the house within
a high brick wall nainted a slate gray
to match the house and with a great
decorated iron gate which could be
closed at night. The upper windows
looked out in summer upon the tossing
branches of old trees growing out of
vast, damp bald spots on the lawn and
in winter upon the stark boughS and
the silver of the Hudson river. The
place was in a slight hollow in a hill
top, isolated, glowering, without the
flavor of old places lived In richly and
warmly, but suggesting questionings
as to which room the family had used
to die in, and forecasting nights when
the wind would howl around the cor
ners of the French roof.
Parmalee had a coping of concrete,
filed with broken glass, built all
around the top of the wall. He had
ordered iron bars for the lower win
dows, and a bill for an elaborate cleo
tric burglar-alarm system was on his
desk the morning that he disclosed to
that he had bought her a house.
"At last you have a home" said he.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14

Rske!" he whimpered. For the love
Of Christ don't leave mel"
At her feet he shampooed his hair
as in an imaginary basin until it's
sparse growth had been rumpled I'M
der the palms of his clutching, twitch-
Sng hands.
"Well, then never speak of any
mystery trailing upon my heels" she
had said. Never bring this insinua-
tion that a curse follows me. You
have had your chance TO be free Sf 1t
and instead Of wanting me to go you
want me to stay. l loathe ~dramatics,
Compton. This is the Twentieth and
not the Twelfth century and those who
now attempt to raise superstitions
will fare badly If others believe as 1
do. Get up"
He stood. With his eyes indicating
humiliation through the terror which
still fingered in his face, he arose and
walked toward the door.
"very well,' he said at last in cold,
hard syllables. "You shall not hear
Of it again. Forget it. Call it a mad
and foolish thing. My lips are sealed.
But the time will come. There are
stranger things in the world than you
know"
He closed the door and left her
alone, somewhat shaken; and in spite
of all that she had said, somewhat
eager to ask him more. If she had,
he would have pressed his thin lips
tight and said nothing. He did this on
later occasions. he had made up his
mind to wrestle with his fears, what
ever they might be, alone. His physi-
clan told Brena confidentially that
Compton Parmalee was suffering only
from a mild form of n~eurasthenia in
which dread had attached itself to
some particular chain Of morbid
thoughts.
In March Parmalee conceived the
Idea that he was being followed. He
spoke of it several times and Brena
laughed.
"Why should any one follow your
she inquired scornfully. you tell me
that you understand why l am fol-
lowed sometimes on my way home
from the studio, but cannon offer the
game explanation for you. Come,
Compton, let's me sensible"
He was not amused.
"Then report it to the police" she
Nid.
1.-The police?'
Eyes"
what a suggestion !"
She heard no more, however, of his
aorhid suspicion no one was follow
ing him she was convinced. And yet
The unknown terror, of which he would
now say nothing. infected her 80 that
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14
CHAPTER TX

Winter had come again when the
Parmalees had settled into a quieter
life in New York. Brena had turned
the back of her interest upon dining
out and the amusement of new ac-
quaintances.
There is a manner of SAVIOR faire
to be acquired in it, Compton, she
admitted to her husband. 81 have ac-
quired it a little, no doubt-a kind Of
veneer of ease which is like a glass
covered surface of troubled waters. 1t
makes the pool of personality appear
calm down to the bottom"
Yours is" said he. Yours has
shown me the difference 1etween the
old deep streams and he new tor
rents"
you know how they say that con
tact makes breadth" Brena went on.
"They mean that touching the elbow
of a statesman or an artist at dinner
provides the glib phrases of foreign
relations or allows one to mention cas-
ualIy the newest Spanish painter. But
it is all surface. For instance there's
Mrs. Balmer-ROseboro in London. Her
kind is covered with feathers plucked
from every magnificent bird that mi
CRATES into England. But her mind is
really only cottonwood stufiing. She
is only M stage higher than the per-
sons who draw their intellectual repu-
tation from reading book reviews, or
weeklies printed on uncOated paper
which appear authoritative because
they are without illustrations. 1t is
being a secondhand dealer-in ideas
Compton nodded. AS if suddenly he
had been reminded of a duty, he
laughed outright with the artificial
laugh which had come with long peri
DDS of absent-minded loss of sense of
environment during times when, as if
in a daze, he stared far away.
you want to cease seeing people?'
he asked.
81 want to learn something-some
art or profession, and learn it we'll. l
want to tread upon a solid ground"
said Brena.
"GOod!" Parmalee said. 81 cannot
tell you how glad l am to be free from
seeing so many people"
There appeared again in his face
that WEAKNESS from some tensity
which would not relax, an expression
that increased as the weeks went by
and the lives of the two drew more
apart.
Less and less did he appear inclined
to go out of their apartment less and
less did he go anywhere alone.
There is a book auction-the Odin
collection with two volumes of illumi-
mated MSS. from the old monastery at
Ell MayaQuez," he said n day in
March. viii you 60 with me, Brenaf"
"Of course" she said, but his re-
quea marked aharplyL the moment OF
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I,-Out of uniform, at tbs
end Of the World war. with the ranl
lean Of wealth and family, ia urged BY
an English comrade in arms, Eversby
Benham, to visit the Benham home and
meet the Englishman's mother and Sis
ter, and, incidentally, Brena Selcoss
young woman about whom there Is an
air of mystery.
CHAPTER II. Muriel Benham,
Eyersby's sister, becomes infatuated
with Peter, but he is interested only
IN the mysterious Brena selcoss, OF
MurieI urges him to forget her, warn
Ing him that If she (Brena) should like
him he is in danger of vanishing
like the others"
CHAPTER III.-At his London hotel
Peter gets a message from Brena, ask
Ing him to meet her He does 80, and
the meeting results in the formation
81 a strong bond Of friendship.
CHAPTER Iv.-After a few days
sompanionship the feeling between Pc
ter and Brena ripens into love. He
asks her to marry him, and she con-
fesses that she is married and that her
husband has vanished"
CHAPTER Y;LBrens,s life story, is
Sqe * father sds 0s and aSS IRISH pSSu mother. 0i her
childhood and youth had been a strange
one. Her father, learned but imprac-
tical, haQ been IOrCeQ 10 leave mis- ma
tive land because of revolutionary af-
fliAtions, and his death, following
quickly upon that of his wife, leaves
Brena practically penniless, at Dallas,
Texas: She secures work, and at her
boarding place meets Jim Hennepin.
He falls in love with her, and in her
loneliness she becomes in a manner
attached to him. Jim tells her he has
had a call and is going away; He
urges her to meet him in st. Louis.
Brena goes to that city.
CHAPTER VI-Brena returns to
Dallas alone. Compton Parmalee, Hen
nepin's employer, middle-aged and
wealthy, visits her, seeking news of
Jim, who has disappeared. Parmalee
tells Brena He%nnepin's intentions to-
ward her were dishonorable, which she
had suspected.
CHAPTER VII-Some months later
Parmalee makes Brena an offer of mar
riage, admitting that he seeks only her
companionship, and promising her free
dom. After reflection, she accepts the
offer. They are married. AT the rail-
road station. Immediately following the
ceremony, Parmalee is seized with APP
parently uncomfortable fear. In ex-
PLANTATION he accuses Brena of being in
some way the cause of his feeling.
CHAPTER VIII-On their wedding
journey Brena shows her husband a
scrap Of paper Hennepin had given her.
On It is a figure which Parmalee tells
her is the "Kuk-ul-can," symbol of the
Mayas. He appears perturbed.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14
Continued Next Week.
LOCAL TRAIN SCHEDULE
Great Northern Railway

Girls:-You can't expect a Teller
to love a girl with a red nose, color
less lips, dull eyes. Don't wait
your "chance" might come tommor-
row. Better take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea at once and be on the
safe side.-Huxsol Drug Company.
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CHAPTER III.-At his London hotel
Peter gets a message from Brena, ask
the meeting results in the formation
Of a strong bond OF friendship.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-05-14

eompanionship the Feeling between Pc
Ter and Brena ripens into love. He
asks her to marry him, n she con-
fesses that she is married n that her
husband has vanished"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05
Your Union Meeting

First Friday, Sept. 4, 1925.
as7 Bakers and Cont. 1920 W. Rooss-
8 5ookbinders, IT'S w. Washington
ST., .. m.
90 Broom Makers, $40 w. Harrison 81.
Building Trades Council, 1870 W.
20 Carpenters, 2705 w. 35th ST.
Carpenters Dist. Council, 1870 w.
Washington ST.
1900 Carpenters, 1889 S. HaIsted 81.
ga Eiectricians, 4isi ". I mSRe 81 81.
ss4 Firemen ard Ensinemsn, 54ss S.
81 Glass Workers, Emily and Marsh.
field.
22s Hod Carriers. Monroe and Peoria
ladies'. Garment Workers, joint
Board, 32s W Van Buren, St.
SO Machinists, 11S S. Ashland Blvd.
27s Painters, 2s4s So. kedzie Ave.
637 Painters, School and Sheffield Ave,
1868 Painters. $40 Indiana Ave.
1882 Painters, $40 Indiana Ave.
Pattern Makers. 1te S. Throop ST.
e12 Plumbers, 1851 S. Chicago Ave.
S4e Railway. Carmen, Village Hall, Kol.
s7s Railway, Carmen, Village Hall, kOI.
996 Railway Carmen, 5445 S. Ashland
Ave.
s2s Railway Clerks, 20 w. Randolph ST,
$40 Railway Clerks, S. Clinton st.
1855 Railway Clerks, TT. Dearborn Hotel.
Railroad Trainmen, 1886 {. Gath ST.
t1s Railroad Trainmen, 3349 North
Ave.
1873 Railroad Trainmen, s12o CONNER.
cia Ave.
S67 Sheet Metal Workers, Ashland and
Van Buren,.
South Chicago Trades and Labor
Assembly, 913e Commercial Ave.
z Stage Hands, 412 Capitol Bldg.
Y Stove Mounters, 5000 Wolfram Ave.
Teachers (Womenl, Women's City
Club Rooms, 4:30 p. m.
Telegraphers (com.) 312 S. Clark
ST.
4s4 Mattresses. 10 w. Adams street.
8 p. N.
Women's Union Label League 22o
S. Ashland Blvd.
(Note--Unless otherwise stated All
meetings are at 8 o. ND
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05

lonary and Extension Society" is a
conservative business organization
whose affairs are directed by a group
of substantial business and profession
al men of the Chicago area" the So
ciety proclaims in its 42nd annual
report (1925). This conservative bust
ness body, which receives Lawson's
largest legacy, extends it's tentacles
far beyond the single church designat-
ed in the will. Last year it gave cash
to 4S churches. The power of the So
ciety's board of directors over such
churches is described in its constitu-
ton as follows:
Big Business Gets Sole Power.
Absolute power rests with it to
grant or withhold aid in the case of
any church or mission. 1t possesses
power to advise churches as to prob
lens of federation or union with 9TH
err churches, their removal to other
locations or the sale of their prop
erty. No church receiving aid from
the society or intending to ask from
the society shall take steps to secure
a minister without the advice and con-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05

sent Of the board ofudjFeetors."
In addition to subsidized the society
has hung $4,000 in mortgages round
the necks of churches III their build
ing programs. 1t holds title itself
to 16 churches or parish houses.
The job of the officers and directors
is ito convert the machinery and re-
sources of the society into an active
agency for the christianizing of the
masses of this city" Working class
sections get chief attention. And "the
strongest and most impelling reason"
for this work, according to the So
ciety's report, is because "the securi-
ty and peace of individuals and the
family, the safety and perpetuity of
institutions cannot rest ultimately up
on the protection of the police and
the courts, nor upon education and
business prosperity" Fhe object of
the society is evidently to save the
existing social order.
No member of church accepting
the society's doles can sit on the
board of directors. In other words,
these kept churches have no civic sta
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05
FRANCO BELGIAN LABOR
SHOWS APPRECIATION
or WORKERS REPUBLIC

MOSCOW, Sept. 3.-(Tass)-The
Franco-5eleium labor delegation adj
dressed a letter to the LenIngrad
Soviet, once more extending their
deep appreciation and thanks for
the warm and cordial welcome ae-
corded.
They greatly admired, the dele
gates wrote, the careful and loving
manner in which the Russian work.
ers managed to save objects Of art
and those valuable historically and
preserve them for the working class.
In conclusion, the authors also point
out that they were the most favor
ably impressed by the homes Of rest
for workers and peasants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05
INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF YOUTH
IN N. Y. SEP..11.
Hold Celebration at
Webster Hall

NEW YORK, Sept. 3-The eleventh
International Day of Youth will be
celebrated by the working youth Of
New York with powerful demonstra-
ton to be held Friday evening, Sept.
II, at Webster Hall, 119 East nth
ST., New York City.
In its call to the working youth OF
New York the Young Workers League
has pointed out the awful conditions
under which the working youth and
the working class as a whole must en-
dure under capitalism. the dangers
that are continually arising and fac
ing the international proletariat, and
has called upon them to arise in a
mighty demonstration on this day de-
voted to the militant youth proletar-
lat.
The program for this demonstration
will be such as deserves the day.
Prominent speakers will address the
masses of young workers who will
answer the call of the Y w. L. There
will also be splendid musical pro-
gram, recitations, tableaux, play by
the Juniors and so on. Not the least
striking part of the affair viii be the
remarkable decoration of the hall as
BELTS an occasion like International
Youth Day.
Young workersi Demonstrate on
International Youth Day. Show your
solidarity with the young workers Of
the world and with the whole working
class!l
Don't forget! Friday, Sept II, at
Webster Hall, 119 East 18th St., New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-05
Scotland Yard Fooled.

LONDON, Sept. S--The name of
Prince Ahmed Self Ed Din is mention
ed in whispers at Scotland Yard for it
is delicate matter and one that the
sleuths do not care to discuss, for
Scotland Yard has been completely
baffled by the disappearance of the
prince.
Prince Ahmed, who is the brother
of King Fuad of Egypt, disappeared
from recreation pier in Hastings,
after having spent nearly quarter of
a century as inmate of an English
asylum, after an affair in Egypt which
led to charges against the prince for
attempting to murder his brother, the
present king When Prince Ahmed
disappeared there also disappeared
with him an asylum attendant.