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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

after every job-a black-paper bat in
side the Marshall safe-a bat drawn
on the wall with burnt match where
he'd jimmied the Cedarburg bank-a
real bat, dead, tackled to the mantel-
piece over poor old Allison's body. Oh,
he's in class by himself-and I very
much doubt if he was crook at all
for most of his life"
you mean?"
81 mean this. The police have been
combing the underworld for him-I
don't think he comes from there. l
think they've got to look higher-up
in our world-for brilliant man with
kink in the brain. He may be doc
tor, a lawyer, merchant. honored in
I'll use 1t some time-and at night, a
bloodthirsty assassin. Well-that's
our man."
"But, Bill"
81 know. I've been going around the
last month, looking at everybody
knew and thinking-are you the Bat?
Try it for a while-you'n want to
sleep with light in your room after
few days of it. Look around the
University club = that white-haired
man over there-dignified-
is he the Bat? Your own lawyer
your own doctor-your own best
friend. Gan happen, you know-look
at those Chicago boys-the thrill
killers. Just brilliant students-lik-
able boys-to the people that taught
them-and cold-blooded murderers, all
the same"
His companion laughed uncertainty.
slow about you, Bill-are you the
Bat?"
The editor smiled. "See," he said,
sits got you already. No-I can
prove an alibi-the Bats been laying
off the city, recently-taking fling
at some of the swell suburbs. Be
sides-I haven't the brains-Pm free
to admit It." He struggled into his
coat. "Well-let's talk about some
thing else-Tm sick of the Bat and his
murders"
His companion rose as well, but it
was eNlueuI tudl Tie eullOT tHcOly
had taken firm hold on his mind AS
they went out the door together he
required to the subject.
Honestly, though, Bill-were you
serious-really serious-when you said
you didn't know of single detective
with brains enough to trap this devil?"
The editor paused in the doorway.
Serious enough" he said. "And yet
there's one mani don't know him
myself-but from what I've heard of
him, he might be able-but what's the
use of speculatingT
"rd like to know, all the same" said
the other. and laughed nervously.
Were moving out to the country next
week ourselves-right in the Bats
new territory"
"We-ell." said the editor. you won't
let 1t go any further? OF course it's
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
A Novel From the Play


wNU Service
'@rhe Bat" copyright, 1920. by Mary Roberts
Rinehart and Avery Hopwood

play 1t up. It's an amazing list-the
Marshall jewels-the Allison murder
the mail-truck thing-two hundred
thousand he got out of that, all nego-
table, and two men dead. 1 wonder
how many people he's really killed
we made 1t six murders and nearly a
million in loot-didn't even have room
for the small stuff-but there must be
more" rs4
His companion whistled.
sand when Is the Universe's Finest
Newspaper going to burst forth with
Bat Captured by Blade Reporter ~
he inquired, sardonically. 4
"Oh, for-lay off of it, will your
said the city editor, peevishly. "The
Old Mans been hopping around about
it for two months till everybody's
plumb cuckoo. Even offered bonus
"a big one-and that shows how
crazy he is-he doesn't love nickel
any better than his right eye-for any
sort of exclusive story. Bonus-huh!'
and he crushed out his cigarette. 1T
won't be Blade reporter that gets
that bonus-or any reporter. It'll be
Sherlock Holmes from the spirit
world"
But look here, Bill-you don't
mean to tell me he'll keep on getting
away with 1t indefinitely"
The editor frowned. "Contidentially
i don't know" he said with a
chuckle. ''The situations this: for
the first time the super-crook-the
super-crOok of fiction-the kind that
never makes a mistake-has come to
life-real life. And it'll take clev-
erer man than any Central Office
dick I've ever met to catch himw
"Then you don't think he's just an
ordinary crook with lot of luck?"
81 do not" The editor was en-
phatic. Hes the Chapman type-but
he's brainier than Chapman. Got a
CHASTITY. sense of humor, tOo-look at
the way he leaves his calling card
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
Texas Bandit Queen
Unhandicapped BY Sex

Fully twenty years before American
women besieged the White House, the
capitals and the villages until they
got the vote, one American woman
considered it proper for woman to
"fill a mans Shoes" if she could do it.
She was Belle Starr, the Calamity
Jane Of Texas. styled by some news
papers of the time the Queen Of the
Bandits"
Belle was once asked why she,
woman, undertook to play the part of
a man in the Starr coterie. She took
her pistol, pointed out leaf on
nearby tree and shot two holes in it
before it fell.
did you ever see my husband do
that well?" she asked.
"No."
"Then why shouldn't I take his
place? Because Pm a woman? That's
no argument. If you get thing done,
does it matter whether you're a
man or woman? I've no patience
with these silly women who depend
on men for their opinions.
City Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
Huge London Waste

The amount of waste in large city
was shown in recent survey made in
London, where 100000 tons Of refuse
are gathered and dumped each year at
a cost of $3,5OO,OOO.
Engineers told the councilmen there
that If the waste were treated scien-
tifically about one-half the cost would
be avoided, important by-products
would be supplied, and, II the dry ref
use were burned, at least 332, 100000
units of electrical power could be pro-
duced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
AnsUers No. ~

1-Sacajawea.
2-The burning of substance or
body by the internal development Of
heat without the application Of fire.
3-Welker Cochran.
+"Madame Butterfly"
5-Ninety miles.
emerson, Thoreau. Hawthorne,
A. Bronson Alcott, Louise M. Alcott
and William Ellery Charming.
THE walnut is family Of nut
bearing trees comprising about a
dozen species, all of which are valued
for their wood and for their sweet,
edible fruit.
S-Seventieth.
9-The suns surface is $4,000 and
its volume 100000 times that of the
earth, but the mass is only $4,000
times as great and its density about
one-Quarter that of the earth.
10-Alexander Hamilton.
Birmingham, Ala.
12-Capt Matthew Webb in 1875.
13-In 1921.
14-Because it has been proven that
every human being has marking on
the finger tips different from any 9TH
er person on earth.
15-Ford's theater, Washington, D.
c., during a performance of "Our
American Cousin"
16-Venice.
Thames Justinian Morier.
1S-From 1000 to 1000
19-Andrew w. Mellon of Pennsyl
vania.
20-7,926.5 miles and the polar di,
ameter 1905 miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
H ID y a

you do what I tell you-and it'll be
work, believe mel"
"All right, SIR" Anderson laughed
and turned to the door. "And-thank
you again."
He went out. The door closed. The
Grief remained for some minutes look
ing at the door and shaking his head.
'The best man I've had in years
except Wentworth" he murmured to
himself. "And throwing himself away
Ito be killed by a cold-blooded devil
that nothing human can CATCH"
He turned back to his desk and his
papers. But for some minutes he
could not pay attention to the papers.
There was shadow on them-a shad-
ow that blurred the typed letters-the
shadow of bats wings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

When it comes to "the dear little
dimpled darling who has ne'er seen
Christmas vet" Santa Claus is simply
lavish in his giving. Something diff
ferent" from the regulation silk or
kidskin bound baby book are those
which speciality shops are featuring
of white pique with an applique of
wee satin roses. The ribbon carriage
strap and coverlid clamps, which COM
plete this baby set, are made of satin
lowers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

Christmas day will be a time for
rejoicing for the debutante or bride
who receives anything so beautiful as
the dresser utility box shown in
this picture, covered with taffeta silk
yelled with all-over gold lace, garni-
tured with a cluster of handmade taf-
feta roses. The comb case and top
of brush are made to match.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
Were Not Handicapped

When they were building the pyra-
mids in Egypt 1t took 1000 able
bodied men three years to move one
of the huge stones from the quarry
to the scene of construction, but fer
tunately there were no efficiency ex.
perts around then to make prelimi-
nary survey, so they finally got Il
done.-Ohio State Journal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
Deriued From, Saxon

The word club, used to designate
an organization, Is supposed to be de-
rived from the Saxon cleofan, to d.
vide; club being an association the
expenses of which are shared among
its members.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
A Parable

Scientists say that among mosqui.
toes and other insect pests it is only
the female that attacks man and
beast. This is probably a parable
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

There's lure in cunningly shaped
baskets which no honey" woman can
resist. What's more, the modern in
terror decorator lays great stress on
the ornamental qualities of the fanci-
full basket. In the shops one sees, this
array of baskets which are awaiting
to have Christmas greeting cards tied
to their handles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18
Headaches from Slight Colds

Laxative BROMo QUININE Tablets re-
lieve the Headache by curing the Cold.
Look for signature Of E. w. Grove on
the box. 30c.-AdV.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

Two people can never satisfactorily
share a clothes closet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-18

We realize that the world is get
and look our way.
Evening star., 1927-10-16
Almost a Hero.

James J. Montague in New York Herald
Tribune.
IT is now contended that Jesse
James wasn't so bad. Well, compared
with the modern gunman, he wasn't.
Evening star., 1927-10-16

'" @@@F1 =
One man, at one
point, stood alone
and paid no atten-
tion to what was
going on. And,
instead of gum
Chewing, his lips
were set together
as grim as a pr'is-
on door that is
barred which
seems a farfetched
thing to say, only
You will have
t h ug h t S, you
know.
Other men and
women paused be-
fore the window
$500
Evening star., 1927-10-16

Seventh street the other Saturday
might. The street was ablaze with
Nights and sociable with chatter, and
everybody most everybody - was
Evening star., 1927-10-16

The woman treated. just to show
how downright rich she must have
been she made it nickel. Then she
waited until the Snowman counted
out the change and passed the rag-tag
behind the lurid daub. For that one
instant of anticipation, anyhow, the
child was perfectly happy.
And even a cents worth of happi-
ness is a splendid thing.
Evening star., 1927-10-16

CROWD made up of late mar
keters, business people sour
rying home from work, and
Just regular gadders, out for
a walk, jostled up and down
Evening star., 1927-11-16
TWO OW|VESCLA|M
SLAIN INVENTOR
Yonkers Woman Says He
Left Her Two Years Ago.
Brother-in-Law Sought.
8
BY the Associated Press.


HIGHLANDS, n. j., November 16.--
Stories of two women that they We're
the wives of Herbert Q. Maisterknecht
inventor and engineer, who was shot
dead while telephoning in his work
shop, were regarded by authorities to-
day as furnishing motive that dove
tailed with statements attributed to
brother-in-laW sought as the slayer
Police said that Alex Schreiber.
brother of Mrs Sophie Meisterknecht,
had charged that the inventor $ mar
riage 10 his sister was bigamous.
Mrs Susan Meisterknecht. coming
from Yonkers with her 15-year-old
daughter, told police she had never
been divorced from the inventor, but
that he had left her about two years
ago when he told her he loved the
woman who later became known as
the second Mrs. Meisterknecht. AT
the parting, she said, he made her
sign a document that she had been
only his houSekeeepar. She had only
seen him once since then, at the flu
neral of their son who died last
month.
She declared she had known moth
ing about the otter Mrs. Meister-
knecht beyond the information given
her by three detectives who called at
her home in Yonkers recently and ask
cd her if she had been divorced from
Meisterknecht.
Mrs. Sophie Schneider Meisterknecht,
formerly of Cleveland, stopping with
friends at Red Bank. is under $4,000
bond as material witness.
Evening star., 1927-11-16
MI u C.
PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY OR.
CHESTRA

The Philadelphia Symphony OrcheS-
ira is always a marvellous OrganlZa-
ton 1t opened the orchestral season
in Washington at the Auditorium yes
terday with an oddly varied program
of music under the direction of Fritz
Reiner, guest conductor-inch chief, while
Leopold Stokowski, the blonde wizard
who built the orchestra to its present
excellence, is travelling in the Orient
for rest and inspiration. Mr.. Reiner
was heard here last Winter as guest
conductor of this orchestra in one pro-
gram and he later appeared in con-
cert here with his own organ anlZatlon,
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1t seemed rather obvious yesterday
that, although Mr.. Reiner is a fine,
musicianIy conductor who gives his
entire programs without score and
who works earnestly to achieve eX-
actly the effects with each part of the
orchestra that he desires, this group
of Philadelphia Symphony musicians
is not completely under his individual
spell as yet. Both Mr.. Reiner and the
orchestra received enthusiastic ap-
plause that amounted to ovation pro-
portions. AS usual, the audience was
very large and was headed by Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge. There were little
gaps here and there which might have
been eloquent reminders of some Sto-
kowski fans who were among the
missing, but Mr.. Reiner seemed quite
satisfying TO most of his hearers.
The program was opened with a
pleasant rendition of Won Weber's
overture to "Euryanthe." German and
Italian music of many moods and
periods seemed to dominate the pro-
gram, although Hungary, Austria and
Russia also were represented. In con- |
trast to the classical prettiness of the |
Won Weber work came n fantastic. |
whimsical suite entitled "Noah's Ark"
written by Nittorio Rieti, a 30-year-old |
Italian composer of today. There were
fascinating rolling water rhythms and
an apt suggestion ever SO often of the
tossing ark and its apparently sea-
sick animal occupants. Throughout
there was a light, fairy tale quality
which made this work seem inconSe
quential in the memory when it had
been followed by the "Toccata and
Fugue in G Major" by Bach, as ar
ranged by Leo Weiner. Perhaps Phila-
delphia Symphony audiences have
been been spoiled by Mr.. Stokowski's
Bach. which is always superb and
emotional as well as full of musicianly
brilliance. The Hungarian's arrange
ment didn't seem so thrilling. except
for the colorful fugue.
The brilliant little sketch of gay
music, Fireworks" by Strawinsky,
was very welcome and amusing The
exquisite gavotte from Mozart's
"Idomeneo" was excellent contrast in
mood and treatment. Respighi's pines
of Rome" first heard here a year ago
by this same orchestra under the di-
rection of the composer was we'll per-
formed with an extremely impressive
finale, including the organ. Somehow,
the real nightingale, whose canned
voice is heard in the third part of this
work, always sounds as though he had
been captured unawares and totally
unprepared. H. F.
Evening star., 1927-11-16

Crib Blankets
Warm crib EOc
bl a n k e is in O/O
pink and blue check or
solid colors, with bor-
ders. Size 30x40.
Soft Sole Shoes
w !, h i t e ST LIS
kid shoes in lace or
button style. Pink or
blue bands at top.
Down Pillows
Soft Swed- d 5 .98
ish down pill l.
lows with attractive
sateen covering. Pink
or blue. Size 13x17.
+.
Infants Flannelette
Garments
s,r4r,,%.. Wei, made 45c
G ow S or wrappers
with pink or blue shell
trim. Long or short.
Warmly made. Un-
usual value.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
} COPPER AND SILVER QUOTATIONS

The average daily quotations for
copper and silver, as carried by the
Engineering and Mining Journal for
the week ending May 49, are as follows:
Copper, 1878; Silver, 55.98.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20

at 90l4 cents a bushel, the topmost
figures which that grade has so far
reached on the crop Meanwhile May
delivery jumped to more than 20 cents
over the recent low level.
Increasingly unfavorable crop re-
ports from the southwest eclipsed news
that 1927 harvesting Of wheat had
begun in Texas, the earliest ever
known Eatimates were current stimuli
taneously that the winter crop yield IN
Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas has been
curtailed 100000 to 25,O00,000 bushels
since May /.
Unexpected higher prices at Liver
pool counted as an additional bulllsn
factor and so, too, did adverse weather
northwest. Besides export business
from North America today was larger,
$50 900 to $4,000 bushels.
Oats were strengthened by estimates
that farm reserves in six leading states
are So per cent smaller compared with
year ago.
Provisions reflected advances both
in hog values and in grain.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
GRAIN MARKET

CHICAGO, May 10 4R.-All grain
went skyrocketing today, especially
corn. Cloudbugsts and floods together
with a forecast of more rain that
meant further serious delay to corn
planting gave big stimulus to buying
and whirled the corn market to the
highest prices yet this season. Heavy
profit taking ensued and corn closed
unsettled at cent to 2 cents net
advance; wheat, Is cent to 7s cent up,
oats at % cent to u cent gain, and
provisions varying from 5 cents decline
to rise of 10 cents. i.
A feature OF buying stampedes IN
+he corn market was that new high
record prices for the season were
reached both for some immediate de-
liveries of corn as well as for future
contracts. A particular instance was
that car of No. white corn sold here
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20

ments to the constitution. 1t passed
The legislature by unanimous vote IN
the senate and nearly & three
fourths vote il. the house.
/ think it proper to suggest at
this time that the civic organizations
Of our state set aside a portion OF
one of their meetings between now
and May 81 for The discussion OF the
merits of these amendments, and
that they urge their members and
electors of their communities to &c
to the polls on May 81 and vote for
these amendments to our constitu-
tiOn
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
HUI Mt DISCUSSES
SPECIAL VOTING
SET FOR MAY 81

A special election is to be held in
the state On May 81 to vote on
amendments and changes OF tne
state constitution letter discuss
ing the election from Gov George
w. p. Hunt reads as follows:
Dear Friends:
A law was passed in the recent
session of the eighth legislature au-
t;aorizing a special election to be
held on May 81 to offer an opportun-
ity for the people of Arizona to- vote
fer the amendment Of section and
The repeal of section 10 OF artlcle ~
of the constitution OF the state OF
Arizona.
Senators Johnson and Shortridge
of California have taken occasion
frequently in debates in Congress, to
refer to these particular sections OF
our constitution.
Senator Shortridge, in debating the
Swing johnson BILL declared that Ari-
zona was estopped from questioning
the right OF the federal government
10 construct the Boulder canyon dam
Lroject-tl1at she is bound by the
enabling act admitting her into the
union, and by her own constitution.
Senator Johnson of California.
after reading from the enabling act.
and the constitution OF the state OF
Arizona declared: 81 read these
provisions o. the enabling act and
the provisions OF the constitution SO
that even were there any validity in
the claim that is made by the SEN
ator from Arizona, his own laws and
his own constitution would justify
exactly what is being proposed here"
the passage of the Swing-Johnson
bill.
1t has repeatedly. been urged In
Arizona that a program be devised
upon which all the people OF the
state could stand in defense OF our
rights in the Colorado river.
The various commissions appointed
to represent the state OF Arizona, in
Guiding the present Colorado river
commission of Arizona, the legisla-
ture. and others who have given this
subject thought and study, have urg-
eel the adoption of these amend
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
WOMAN AIR PILOT

HANDLE, Eng, May 10. CR)-Mrs.
Elliott Lynn, Great Britsin's first
woman air pilot, arriving here today.
announced her intention of attempt
ing to break the worlds record for
altitude in light airplane. Il hope
to reach height of about three
miles, she said. "If I can get to
IL 900 or 1900 feet, shall have
achieved a worlds record for a light
plane"
No Breakfast Complete Without
THE Dispatch.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, May 10 tR.-Unfavor-
able weather reports and forecasts
seemed responsible for increased ac-
tivity and strength in the cotton mar
ket today. Prices for all months made
new high ground for the movement on
covering, combined with trade and
commission house buying. July sold
up to 1909 and December to 1858, or
% to IS points net higher. Mid
afternoon market was within or 6
points of the best. Spot steady; mid
ding 1920. The close:
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20

I believe it would be also appro-
priate for the newspapers OF our
state to give space to a discussion of
these amendments and impress upon
their readers the Importance OF the
election oll May 81.
1 respectfully urge that the cleo
tors OF Arizona realize the import
ance of this election to the future
welfare OF our state and that a
tremendous vote in favor OF these
amendments be cast on May 81.
No Breakfast Complete Without
The DISPATCH
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-20
GILT EDGED RVS.
And INDUSTRIALS
SCORE ADVANCES
tRx the Aasociated Press

Total stock sales 2,246,80o shares