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him was the old lady who came so often, and behind the old lady's chair the tall man with the kind eyes-the man whose glance Jua- nita remembered had steadied her nerves that first night.
 Others sat around the roulette wheel, but they seemed more a part of the crowd than the two who came with Adrian. The old lady was a figure Juanita found herself watching every night-hap- py when she won, sad when she lost. because the old lady herself followed the flying wheel with such intensity, the tall man beside her saving words of encouragement when she had guessed wrong, nod ding congratulations when she won.
 Her bets were never large, and she usually left early, sometimes against her will, uttering little protests. But the tall man was adamant at these times, folding her wraps about her and guiding her among the tables, Diyitt moving before them as if it were the exit of a queen dowager. Juanita had wondered if they would be there tonight, and now she ob erved a third member of their party, man with dropping ironic mouth and lazy eyes. He and Adrian were watching her as she went to- ward their table.
 The new man rose from his char at her arrival. .s.s ..
 Not now, Adrian said to him. wait till the senor comes"
 Juanita held out the tray. The man smiled at her, lowing.
 "Akshanamlar hayer, Hanum," he remarked.
 q said wait til lthe senor comes, 7 Adrian repeated angrily.
 Cant even tell the lady good evening'?p inquired the man, and smiling again at Juanita, "Hanum effend." he said, "Arkadasin sizi cok beyenigor, zanedersem bende sizi seve bilirdim." He returned to Adrian who had been listening 1 with anxiety. q merely informed the lady that my friend likes her livery much but I think could like her myself"
 Juanita smiled, extending the -I-.-~ cigarette tray Divitt had taken Gabreau's place behind the rou- lette wheel. Juanita knew that he missed nothing. M
 "The senor has come" Adrian re- marked, and Juanita glanced to- ward the door A dark, portly man : was entering, man with a frowr carved between thick black broWs Juanita, staring, leaned agains' the table. Then as he came towarc
 them. turned as if to leave. Copyright, Dodd,i Mead and Co., l Basara! A trap? Tomorrow
 Juanita gets out of trying ) situation by kiss, well invest ) ed ~
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moon Of DELIGHT buMo4ea1et.Beu Hott4z0ssA

SYNOPSIS: Disguised as Turkish maiden, Juanita Bas- ara sells cigarettes in Divitt's gambling parlors, where she is virtually a prisoner. His threat to report her as a stowaway on the ship where Umberto, Div its hireling, has found her, is effective. Conchita seems a sympathetic servant as does her sen, Gacreau, who protects her from Umberto's unwelcom- cd advances. Divitt and his wife Molly, are not unkind to the lovely newcomer, who has aroused the interest of the so- cially elect Kirk Stanard and his loving grandmother. Mrs. Belaise. Fouche tells them that his friend, Eric Led better, who speaks Turkish, has promised to lift the girls veil. Eagerly they plan a visit to the rendezvous, inducing their guest one Senor Basara, of Mexico City, to join them.
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Chapter T ENTER SENIOR BASARA

Juanita was dressing when Ga breau knocked softly on her door It was the signal for her to desceno to the parlors, but it did not dis turn her. Not since the night Um- berto and Gabreau had fought in her room had any fear come to her. In the week that had followed since then Umberto had been help less in bed with what had seemed at first broken neck. Gabreau's hands, however. had stopped just this side of murder, and Umberto would be about the place again.
 Juanita braided the pearls in her hair and went over to the win 5 down, for Gabreau, having Knocked stopped there as if to speak with her The window was open now Juanita no longer sealed herself in during these hot days and nights
 Gabreaus red goblin suit fitted him like his own skin. The cut from Umberto's knife, healing or his cheek, gave to his face a look half ludicrous, half tragic.
 He unrolled a paper in his hand "a picture of the Madonna ht had found somewhere. A chromo highly colored, yet an appealing face. Even Juanita could not fai to observe it's resemblance to he own. She was silent, meeting Ga breau's worshipful eyes. "Pierr down street is gon' frame it fo me" he said. ts'
 After a pause Juanita asked tn time
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Knitting Is Booming
 As Result of Slump

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 19- Remarkable revival of needlework and knitting is reported throughout Australia.
 Shopkeepers' sales of needles, knitting and sewing yarns and other needlework materials during the past few months have been un- precedented.
 It is a result of the depression. Reduced incomes have necessitated household and clothing economies Daughters now out of employment cannot sit idly at home, so they get busy with knitting needles. Then there is the greater need and more urgent apeals by benevo- lent societies, and many a cominu- ter spends considerable time each
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lay in making garments for the
Solution of Yeeterday's Puzzle

day in making garments TOT tne needy.
 All this female industry is hav- ing another effect, too. There has been an amazing slump in the price of women's wear and several old established businesses that dealt in rich goods have failed.
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NET AND SILK MAKE
 COOL COMBINATION

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Coolness combined with attractiveness seems to have been in the minds of the designers of this summers clothes.
 A fetching one-piece dress suit ably for almost any occasion from morning shopping to afternoon tea combines ecru net with figured brown and white silk. The waist, with it's short puff sleeves, is made of the net. A little bolero sleeve less packet of the silk matches the skirt.
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LOCAL PEOPLE DUPED
 BY RUG SELLERS, IS
 CHARGED BY EXPERT

Charges of "duping" of local peo- pie by "porch-climbers,' house to house canyassers, voiced frequently by business men and the Chamber of Commerce, were given fresh point today by John w. Jones, Manager of Juneau-Young Hard ware Company, and expert on furniture, rugs and tapestry, who made the positive assertion that the community is today being over-run with salesmen of fake oriental wares. 4
 People are being induced to buy alleged genuine oriental rugs and tapestries and other wares that are only cheap limitations of the real article" MT. Jones as serted.
 Not only are these goods not genuine, but those who buy then are paying double the prices fol which the same quality and kine can be obtained from local deal CTS" he added.
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The Woodville, Miss, Republi- can, weekly newspaper, has been blished continuously for l07 years.
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DOUGLAS NEWS
D. F. D. MEETING

Tomorrow evening is the regular meeting night of the local volun- teer fire department. AS same time has elapsed since real session of the towns fire fightere was held, the meeting should be an interest ing one
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Old Papers at rhe Empire.
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FRAULEIN HOPS
 FOR TARTARY

MOSCOW, Russia, Aug 19.-En- gagged in solo effort to fly from Berlin to Tokyo, Frauline Marga von Etxdorf, who arrived in Mos COW yesterday, took off today for Mazan, Tartar Republic.
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ENGsTROMs IN wRANGELL

MT. and Mrs. E. E. Engstrom are having an extended visit in Wrangell, longer than at first an ticipated, and will not return home until next week Elton is doing a little fish buying on the side while visiting his old home town.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20

rupost o. the hon naae Il
knOwn 70 close 20 ralaaa affairs tha
by line AZ the swenken whh
be tss the rataa bmness
H q reported that Arnux Co.. Eseand.
making intensive possibilities a ahnpne
commodities than on g@eme nntura gas ~ ppe Haze
Apparently result number
pipemaking and engineering the country
permenng with line puverized
the survey favorable
However before such becomes practical
of difficulties via These
roughly problems
engineering
kind Of for hipmeps puverized coal and determining
methods OF laying the line different from methods
Temperature presents problem
Shipment Of puyerizsd accomplished mixing
with certain proportion and the Industrial csptes
the north watch logical places FOR ppns coal some
protection be devised n wintsr
The economic problem chiefly that Of deyelpps sufficient
which woud advantage Of
the savings Of pipe line shipment
said pointed that the place to
the first puverized line would be Pennsy
metropolitan
problem freezing solved example, BY
running shEourh main na market
established New York New Jersey
generating plants the line would be built in short order
Il than likely syndcate Of railroad interests
would build and the coal pipe line and operate as com
carrier.
pioneer learned on
he first pipe line others would be sure 70 follow
from mid western coal fields TO
Cincinnati Indianapolis cities would lead greater
be possible tias where eanI
Puysrked coal zoe 800
long uaaA thing These circumstances
Another possibility which received attention OF ensees
although shipment OF flour various kinds of
other commodities lOngdiaanns hHe Theae
naturally shipped through pipe
Inc dry ana would have e be ptected against contamination
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20
THE TEN STATE PACT
(Albuquerque OIL News J

Inc on states ADVISORY Committee has held many meetings
and have finally agreed that pact be entered
into by the principal oil producing the remedy
production, etc. etc We do not question the sincerity
Of these but not in sympathy with their
illusions
In the first place in order to be effective the legislatures
Of each of the states must pass uniform formally
enter into the win take from four years to eternity
get ten Legislative bodies to do the thing
Secondly, who going to control the board that viii
force the terms and conditions Of the pactf This idea gov
eminent by commissions whose members generally
known and therefore not responsive to the public has already
been demonstrated to be buck passing medium for cleo
tive Officers and politicians
Thirdly the necessity for such restrictive action
belief based false premises Is there overproduc
ton of of If open up all the wells for thirty days
prove it. After thirty days flow the wells in the United
States will not make thirty per cent Of their present EST
MATED" potential daily production.
The worst feature about this tenstaepact idea is that
being used divert the attention of the public
that millions Of barrels Of crude and gasoline s being
imported from South America
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20

For the week ending May
%, the production of the new
East Texas field averaged
300, 600 barrels q day-or al
most exactly the same as the
imports Of foreign oil IN 1880.
And today kilograms are de-
luging the governor Of Texas,
inploring him to call the leg
islature into special session to
enact a proration law that
viii be strong enough to hold
back the flood from this and
any other flush fields.
Undoubtedly the state Of
Texas win enact an effective
law to hold back that 300, 600
barrels q day.
But we couldn't get congress
to enact law that would hold
back the 100000 barrels a day
of foreign oil
Can you tell us why states
WILL pass laws protecting
against 0werproduction and
congress WON'T pass a law
against foreign oil
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20

In 1890 imports Of foreign
crude and refined oils aver
aged almost 100000 barrels 4
day-or about los, coo, 600 bar
rels for the year
Vainly did we implore con
gress to include oil in the 1890
Tariff Act. Our leaders went
TO Washington and talked ia
the president to the members
Of the federal oil conservation
board-to senator's to repre-
sentatives-to everybody that
would listen to our story. Gov
ern0rs and other high state Of
ficials, either wrote. wired,
phoned or went to Washing
tom
But all to no avail.
And yet, during the year
1890, there were imported into
the United States an average
Of 100000 barrels a day Of oil,
principally from Venezuela,
Colombia and Mexico.
We got gored.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20
FOREIGN OIL

Reprinted from !
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20
EXTENSION

proven area II 1t is commercial
Completion OF Alberta Drillersl
Farbo No. ! as producer will
mean a great deal OF additional
drilling IN this field IN the near
future.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20
INDIANA STAD
DATMG M
OKLAHOMA TOWD

Standard Of Indiana Is eon
bdating ali OF its southern ana
western offices in Tulsa, Okla.
homa. according 20 word from
Casper. where it is reported thar
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20

OIL is the blood of the earth flowing through :
- fortunes field only to enrich the courageous.
Ii sometimes rqvards eDenfhe p0n-thfnking bEsl-
ness Stacker but it nepeT lifts the burden rom
the back of a business coward. Its plus marks
of success generally 20 to those waO combine
some degree Of thought with action
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-06-20

q number d families viii be
transferred from Wyoming to the
new location
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-26
HEAD 0F ASSOCIATION AND DFORMER EXECUTIVE
 CONVICTED AT TRIAL

SEATTLE, Oct, 26, P)-Adolph Linden, head of the Puget Sound Savings & Loan ssocia ii 0 n. which failed here a few months ago, and E. W. Campbell, former executive of the organization were convicted on grand larceny charg- es Saturday night by the grand jury.
 AS a result of the convictions Linden and Campbell are now faced with maximum sentences of 50 years in prison.
 The verdict was reached after 57 hours of deliberation. c. C.. Nelson, the remaining defendant was acquitted. The trio was ac- cused of embedding $126,O00 and they appealed their case.
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TROOPS MOVE
 DEEPER INTO MANCHUR|A
 AND CHINESE TERRITORY

TOKYO, Oct. 26. (P)-The gov ernment has issued a statement saying that in view of the League of Nations Councils failure to ob- tain an unanimous vote on reso- lution calling for an evacuation by Japanese troops from Manchuria by November 16 that the action was not binding in any way whatsoever and that the attitude taken by Japan at the time of the outbreak of trouble in Manchuria has re- mained unaltered.
 Following reported attacks by Chinese bandits, Japanese troops advanced deeper into the Chinese territory in Manchuria with a view to protect the railway The troop movements started Sunday.
 It is reported that thousands of bandits, many of whom are alleged to be masquerading as Chinese troops, attacked stations near Chenchintun Friday and Saturday.
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FARMER BECAME INSANE;
 KILLED FIVE RELATIVES

WAGNER, s. C., Oct. 26. (P- George Jackson, 40 years of age, a farmer here, apparently became in- sane Saturday as he sat at a gath ering of relatives at his uncle's home and scattered the group with suddenly uttered oaths and then killed five of them.
 Jackson then went to neighbor- ing home of his cousin and fatally wounded him. He was armed with a pistol and shotgun and fled into the thick woods with an 11-year-old daughter Lulu.
 A posse. was immediately organ ized and are searching the woods for the murderer with bloodhounds.
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JIMMY DOOL|TTLE LEAVES
 MEXICO F0R ST. LOUIS

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26. (P)-Ma- jor Jimmy Doolittle, who has been hanging up a number of new rec- ords recently, hopped off at day break from here with St. Louis as his destination.
 Major Doolittle had been delayed here awaiting new parts for his engine when he burned out a cyl finder on his last record smashing flight. Doolittle's most recent achievement is the three capitol flight from Ottawa, Canada, to Washington, D. C., and Mexico City, of the Republic of Mexico. He made this last flight in 12 hours and 36 minutes.
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INSANITY PLEA MAY bE PLEA AT DEFENSE TRIAL
 0F MRS. RUTH JUDD

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (P)-As evidence began to pile up to attack the story of self-defense as related by Mrs. Ruth Winnie Judd in the staying of Hedvig Samuelson and Mrs. Agnes Leroi, indications are now that insanity may be the basis for her plea at trial.
 Her husband gave what author yties considered an intimation in change of plans for legal defense when he said that "her mind Is wandering. She seemed to think that she was in her hospital room all last night
 In jail, Mrs. Judd was denied all visitors but her hubsand and her attorneys.
 Plans are under way to expedite aer to Arizona. County Attorney Andrews of Phoenix said that a letter allegedly written by Mrs. Judd before she surrendered to her husband, revealed a quarrel over 9 man as a motive for the staying
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SWEEPING CHANGES IN
 u|AR DEBT PAYMENTS BE
 OUTCOME CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Oct, 26, P- Groundwork for a sweeping re- adjustment of German repara- tions and alien war debt pay. ments to the United States has been laid at the conferences which were concluded here Sun- day between President Herbert Hoover and Premier Pierre Laval of France.
 Germany is expected shortly to take the initiative by asking re- lief from it's enormous reparations burden and France is expected to cooperate in re-examining Ger many's ability to pay and rad conditions are considered inevita- ble.
 The United States is ready in turn to do it's share as a contri- button to the world stability with regard to the payment of war debts as owed by the allies to this country. the same as payment separations owed by Germany to it's allies.
 The discussions between Presi- dent Hoover and Premier Laval also produced an agreement for Franco-Anerican unity of action to protect fully their present monetary systems based on the gold standard and thus increase the stability of international ex- change and unlock, for the be1ic- fit of the worlds recovery, every possibl ereservoir of frozen assets.
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REVIEW BIG FINE

WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct 26. (P)
 IA $6O,O0O fine assessed Henry M. Blackmer for refusing to testify in the Teapot Dome oil cases will be reviewed by the Supreme Court. Blackmer, wealthy Colorado oil man, was wanted as a witness in the trials of Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior. He consistently re- fused to return to this country from Paris.
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J. 5. SHIP |NTERcEPTs
 SOs JAPANESE FRE|GHTER

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. lP)- The United States Army transport Grant is reported to have inter cepted an sos from the Japanese freighter Yoro Maru saying that that vessel was caught in a typhoon in Latitude 27 North and Longitude 40 East, 300 miles south of Yoko- hama.
 Further attempts made by the transport Grant to establish com munication with the freighter were futile. The Grant is bound for San Francisco via Honolulu.
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WITNESSES IN TRUNK
 MURDER CASE VANISH
 FROM PHOENIX, AR|z,

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26. (P1 TT Chief developments in the Los An geles- Phoenix trunk murders were the reported disappearances of five prosecution witnesses from Phoe- nix. The witnesses were business men of that city and they had been expected to play an important part in testifying at an inquiry to be reld soon.
 Meanwhile, at Los Angeles, Mrs. Ruth Winnie Judd, who surrendered 10 officers Friday after a five-day search, was on the verge of com- plete nervous breakdown.
 Ar extra ordinary confession in 4he form of a note addressed to pr. Judd, in care of Dr. Moore, was found in downtown store. It had been written four days before the surrender of Mrs. Judd and is be- neved it will throw a new light on the reason for the murder.
 Jealousy of Hedvig Samuelson is 5ntimated as the compelling motive for the murder.
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FOOTBALL FINALS

Baltimore 6, Villanova 61. Iowa 0, Minnesota 34. Drake 0, Fordham 46. Michigan 35, Illinois 0. Indiana 32, Chicago 6. Rutgers 0, Holy Cross 27. Kansas 0, Nebraska 6. Vanderbilt 0, Georgia g. Washington 0, Stanford 0. Oregon Normal 0, Oregon s. 37. Wash. State Col. 13, Montana 0 South. California 6, California 0. Army 6, Yale 6.
 Wisconsin B, Pennsylvania 27. Northwestern 10, Ohio State 0. Navy IS, Princeton 0. Texas 7, Harvard 35. Purdue 13, Carnegie Tech. 6. Notre Dame 25, Pittsburgh 12. North Dakota 0, Oregon U. 0.
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TOM ROGERS, AF0GNAK PASSED AWAY SATURDAY

After a lingering illness caused by infirmities, death beckoned Thomas Rogers, of Afognak, at the Seward General Hospital Sat- urday. MT. Rogers, who was in terested in mining at Afognak, was 81 years of age and had been confined in the hospital for some time.
 The body of MT. Rogers is in the Seward Undertaking Parlors and will be laid to rest in the Seward City Cemetary Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
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RUTH NICHOLS FAILS IN
 NONSTOP HOP NEW YORK

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct, 26, R Miss Ruth Nichols, holder of most of the women's records in aviation achievements, failed in her attempt to make a nonstop flight across the continent of the United States with New York as her final stopping place. She was forced down here after flying for If hours.
 Miss Nichols did, however, set 2 new long distance flight for wo- men.
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CAPONE STUNNED

CHICAGO, Oct, 26, (P)-When Judge Wilkerson, of the Chicago Federal Court, sentenced Al Ca- pone to II years in the peniten- tiary and to pay a fine of $50,000 and prosecution costs, the Hood lum King" and his followers were stunned. The gangster king did not make any comment and will bcg.n his sentence at Leavenworth in q short time.
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ACTRESS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE

RENO, Oct. 26. tP)-Pauline Lord actress and star of many stage pro- auctions, including Strange Inter Jude was sued for divorce here by Owen B. Winters nationally known advertising man Winters complaint charged cruelty on the part of his wife had seriously in jured his health.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-26

Ketchikan friends were inter ested to learn of the marriage of Miss Dorothy Willard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. s. c. Willard, to MT. Ralph Wilcoxen of Seattle, which took place at Ketchikan recently, says the Chronicle.
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MORE FUNDS FOR FESTIVAL

PASADENA, Cal, Oct. 26. (P- The city council of Pasadena has increased the budget for the an- nual Tournament of Roses January l, 1882, to $37, 300. The extra amount will be spent in carrying out the Olympic idea.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-26

The SS. Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, is due in port early tomorrow morning, according to word received by The Gateway before going to press.
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SUB AND STEAMER COLLIDE

LONDON, Oct. 26 (P)-Fifty lives are reported lost in collision be- tween a Russian submarine and an English steamer. The announce ment did not give any details.