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exposure or hunger. One such, sew
eral years ago, carried some $4,000
in q twisted bandana. Yet he plodded
the streets and haunted park bench
es in the midst Of winter. Any fellow
warrant could have snatched the for
tune from his hand, had the secret
been known. But who would have
dreamed of comfort. food and warm
tn, hidden in beggar's bandana.
X X \
A BROADWAY CHARACTER
Not since the lurid exit from this
life of Arnold Rothstein, has Broad
way had 50 much material for chat
ter and legend as at the moment
with Larry Fay as the subject. And,
as usual, the old Broaway moraliza.
tons come out. Fay, who rose from
a petty race track plunger to a bright
lights character of wide renown, died
with his dress suit on-but with lit
tie money for his burial.
Most Of them 60 the same way.
F'ay's rise and fall started on GER
tain day when he put over a 100 to /
shot on the tracks. From that NOM
emit he was a convert to the easy
money" notion.
Soon he was using gambling as a
mere side-line and plunging in the
night club business. Broadway ocon-
ceds that he was a pioneer. If not
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We are no nearer peace Is years
after the armistice of the great war
than We were the day before the
armistice was signed.-Dr. Albert Elm
stein, noted German physicist.
X X =
I should like to see every man, wo-
man and child dressed in gay colors.
Color is life.-Prof. Henry Edward
Armstrong, distinguished British
chemist.
The horse is coming back-this time,
believe, to stay. The American farm
er IS past the hurry" stage. He's
found it doesn't pay-Wayne Dins-
more, secretary, Horse Association Of
America.
X \ Y
Men are timid. A woman is much
more reckless, particularly when she
really cares about something.-Edna
st. Vincent Millay. New York poet.
X X \
After a couple more weeks I'll try
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the father, Of the mixed society
night life as 1t now obtains. HID
first ventures were bit too young
for the ultra ultra speakeasy clubs
which come and 60 with the moon.
He backed Tex Guinan and the FL
ray spot found the Blue Book mixing
with the very questionable. He grad
uated to q $4,000 place and another
on the Florida sands. He Jumped
from racket to racket; from taxis TO
Wilk-
But he had learned to strut his
stuff on Broadway: to put on the big
gesture. Few Of them ever escape
and that's the way the easy money.
goes. They plunge in flash am
show when the easy money" starSs
rolling.
Rothstein was lodging gaming
debts on the very night he was
taken" Fay was said to be arguing
over q small sum q few minutes be-
fore the shooting began. Beer barors.
gaming kings, night club gents
alike. When the hearse arrives, the
fortunes have evaporated in varied
gestures.
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catching this disease tularemia we

catching this disease tularemia we
hear SO much about Il. E.
Answer-Tularemia is an infectious
disease that prevails among rabbits
and other game, but is rarely If ever
found in tame rabbits or domestic
animals. The transmission of tu-
laremia to man is almost always thru
scratch, cut or puncture of the hands
while SHINING or dressing the game
For this reason dresserS should wear
heavy rubber gloves, and be particu-
lar about washing the hands with
soap and hot water after every hand
ling OF game. Thoro cooking kills
the germ and makes the meat safe
to eat in any case. A rabbit or other
game that fails to try to get out OF
harms way in the natural manner
should be regarded with suspicion
Little white spots on or in the liver
, are characteristic signs of tularemia
Good Radiance
From your articles I infer that a
person who has had his gall bladder
removed may hope to attain as good
health as anybody else. I hope this
is true, for both my gall-bladder and
my appendix were removed 4. How
long should person remain on q diet
after his. gall-bladder is removed?
"a. T. W.
Answer-Certainly, and good rid
dance to both of them. Follow the
diet as long as your physician directs.
Man without a gall-bladder ordinar-
lily eats the same things anybody else
does
Copyright, John F. Ollie Co..
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ury Department. It's a wonder they
last that long, considering how fast
they go,
Before laying barber shop blasts
TO racketeers someone should exam
inc the razorS.
Il 4 X
Sir Hubert wilkins plans another
attempt to reach the North Pole. OF
wider interest, however. in the field
Of polar exploration seems to be the
search of neighbors' refrigerators for
more ice cubes.
Now that democracy Is being
made the theme of a dance tune, the
term needs only be applied to Pull
man car, a sandwich and a collar to
become firmly entrenched in the
English language.
X Y Y
Down in the Congo, they've dis
covered tribe of natives who can
leap to height of over seven feet,
# loyal alumni groups are up to their
stuff we should see these dark boys
in college football lineups next fall.
Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc.)
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"For what purpose? On the
first occasion, * stole stationery
and a pen-but overlooked one
important detail. All purple inks
are not the same That aroused my
first suspicion in the case. The
note which demanded blackmail
money from Dr.. Maskell was q
forged note. It was brought back
to the apartment on Morningside
Heights by X who, eft alone in
the living room, tore it across
and thrust the pieces into the desk
drawer, certain that later on they
would be found. II they had not
been found, * would have planted
the fragments Of q second note.
Nothing was to be left to chance.
But 1t happened that the scheme
worked perfectly the first time.
Again it was lucky that Betty Cam
field saw Geraldine half-finish a
note and then destroy it-w which
threw US all off the track, until
our detectives found the fragments
Of both notes. It was also on the
second visit that the key to the
house on Peddler's Road was left
in Geraldine's coat.
1--WE know that this was not the
only note by * Another was
completed and instead Of being
torn up was sent directly to Felise
Morgan, the mother Of Doris. The
purpose Of this was manifest. It
was to create even in the mind Of
Dr.. Maskell's nearest and dearest
Z doubt Of his innocence, and to
show to the police the ostensible
motive for the deed. Further, the
note also showed No where to look
for the body-it gave us our first
intima&ion Of the house on Ped
dlsrs Rosd-serving two deadly
purposes."
Natalie Maskell smiled in i'd
miration.
ut i marvellous how you have
worked this out, Mr.. Colt" she
said. 81 am beginning to be
afraid that You have anticipated
the very defense we have been pre-
pairing, and which absolutely clears
my brother-in-law."
"But your husband does not
seem 80 confident" sneered Dough.
erty. The District Attorney wa
still entirely unimpressed BY
Thatcher Colts reconStruction Of
the case. And IN this instance
Doughsrtf had spoken shrewdly.
Old George Maskell, the lion 81
the court rooms Of New York,
looked depressed. His eyes were
like the windows Of IN empty
house. Yet he answered the re.
mark Of Dougherty directly and
iorcefully.
TIN listening 70 Ill that i
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In the death Of Thomas H. Pugh,
Judge of the sixth judicial district,
North Dakota loses not only an able
jurist but an outstanding citizen.
Among the lawyers Of the state he
was held In high repute. There were
some who regarded him as one of the
ablett men on the North Dakota
bench.
This opinion apparently was shared
by the members Of the supreme court,
who designated Judge Pugh to hear
the numerous cases arising out OF
bank :losines n the state. All Of the
litigation Affecting closed banks came
to his court and there never has been
complaint Of unfair decisions. Many
Of his rulings were appealed to the
supreme court and the vast majority
Of them were sustained.
Because Of this position. the vast
amount Of work entailed and the
49, number Of decisions rsndsred
II = improhabls that any other mod.
nm jgrist has contributed - much
to m lssai presidents Of this state u
~ Judge Pash. Most Of this worn
anvolvsd original decisions and he did
= vii.
8. II collaboration with his fellows
% The bench Of the sixth district, HI
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NEW
YORK
|!|!|
KEEPER OF THE BOOK

KEEPER OF THE BOOK
New York, Jan. 17.-You might call
him the keeper of Manhattan's "book
Of the night"
His entries, to be sure, are blunt
and impersonal; direct and un-
dramatic matters of record. Yet he
knows all the plots; q thousand-and-
one nights when terror stalked half
lit streets; when q nerve-shattering
shrek came suddenly from a dark,
dank dwelling place; when white
faces seemed to walk toward the
river, clutching hopeless tragedy to
their hearts; when the figure Of q
broken man dropped like q limp
meteor from some high peak
X Y Y
NEW YORK NIGHTS
I speak of Edward Volz, who re-
cords the cases coming out of the
night into Bellevue Hospital. Belle
vue Is New York's clearing house for
men found starving in the streets, or
frozen In doorways; for women found
In gas-filled rooms and gun-men top
pied into the street. It is New Yorks
central public hospital. AS might be
expected of such a metropolitan
clearing house, it eventually hears
the echoes. Of poverty, heartbreak,
sudden rage, pistol shots, sling-shot
thuds, the crash of motors on a
slippery street.
Volz has been on hand many
years. AS keeper of the book" he
will someday be taken aside by some
one and he will tell tales such as
Gorky or Chekov told: such as are
hidden in newspaper paragraphs and
front page stories. They are endless
and part and parcel of New York.
Many Of his favorites concern dere-
licts who hid fortunes in their rags,
yet were brought in suffering from
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Accordingly, the murder was
committed on Christmas Eve In
the afternoon exactly q scheduled.
! will give you the details Of this
In just . minute. But let me leap
ahead for q moment. A few days
after Christmas, Doctor Maskell
leaves town suddenly, mySterieus.
", without IN explanation. WHY?
X knew perfectly well-ths o.
cret trip TO Reno prepefato!y 70
getting . divorce. Il WAS this TO-
nance which fastened the crime.
All Of these plans, eoineidental q
they may seem 1t first glance
really show why the crime was
committed at just this time. *
seized the opportunity because Il
was necessary. Il Feliss and the
doctor were married, the reason
for the crime itself would cease
to be.
"'X' knew that the doctor weuld
return on January I. In The mean
time, no one would 30 visiting the
house on Peddler's Road. There.
fore, all that time the body Of
Geraldine Foster lay washing IN
the tub Of fannie acid. But on
the night Of January 3, some one
in the neighborhood Is willing to
testify they saw = light IN the
house. That was the night X re.
turned there and buried the body,
|single-handed.
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Fun for the Riddles

Skating Kinks placed in different
sections Of the city have been a fine
investment for the youth Of Bis
marck.
This city should develop the winter
carnival spirit more. The season is
cold enough in this section to develop
sports which can be promoted at q
very small expenditure.
The country club offers facilities
for toboganning and skiing which at
some future time, when conditions
permit. should be utilized.
There is no better exercise than
skating and its kindred sports. More
and more are the children Of Bis
marck participating in this clean
sport. There can be no better anti
dote to the modern tendencies which
corrupt youth than a winter sports
program.
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established system which Is claim
ed to make the jury system what the
founders intended 1t to be. In his
bearing on the bench and decisions
Of law, Judge Pugh was what the
public expected him to be. Every
lawyer in the state respected and ad-
mired him.
The ailment against which he
fought was ca incu-ablc che, r.:
Judge Pugh battled bravely to the
end. The agony of almost unendur-
able pain could not quench his
magnificent spirit. And so he died
In the harness, a fine judge and a
splendid citizen with a real passion
for justice.
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CHAPTER XII.
<EAKY suspicious were not
" deeply founded at this

III deeply founded at this
~ early stage Of the
game. Now l can tell you with
definite assurance that by this
elaborate and fantastic genealog-
ical device, * had obtained CO.
pious samples of the writing Of
Geraldine Foster. For what pur-
pose? Obviously in preparation
for . forgery. l do not have to
tell any of you herewith the pos
sible exception Of Doctor Maskell
that forgery is by no means the
rare and delicate accomplishment
generally supposed. Expert forg-
cry need mean no more than the
power to draw accurately. | know
many artists who can initiate. per-
fectly any signature at the first
trial. / have since proved that the
person whom had begun to sus-
pect was * studied drawing,
many years ago. / have been
shown samples Of ks work.
Between August and December
"a, * had ample time to copy
the handwriting of Geraldine
Foster.
Meanwhile, luck favored the
plotter. I do not know to what
sly resources * would have fall
len if chance had not smiled upon
those dark plans. Geraldine Fos-
ter was about to be married.
Therefore she was leaving the
apartment on Morningside Heights
and Betty Garfield was seeking
smaller quarters for herself. The
apartment was for sublet. The
girls worked during the day and
x called to look at the apartment
during the day.
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A bad Press"
New York Times


Friends Of Governor Roosevelt are
complaining. and Republican oppon-
ents OF his are pointing out with glee,
that he has been subject to much
newspaper criticism during the past
two weeks. They speak of his having
had. in the French sense, a bad
press" But in fact what is meant
by the phrase is about the best thing
that could happen to the President
elect at the present time. Since he
describes himself as now listener
and a learner, he ought to consider
it a good press that lays facts and
public impressions before him with
friendly candor. It is not whole
some for a man who is soon to take
over what will probably prove to be
the hardest job in all this world of
hard jobs to be told that everything
which he thinks or says or does is
the perfection of political wisdom,
and that all the big problems will
melt before him when he finally has
70 take them up one by one. Mr.
Roosevelt might we'll feel that. while
ne is facing and will have to face
many difficulties and even miseries,
he is at least escaping one WOE"
It IS the one thus defined in the
Scriptures with which Mr.. Roosevelt
Is so well acquainted: WOE unto you
when all men shall speak we'll of you,
for In the same manner did their
fathers to the false prophets"
It is certainly not Mr.. Roosevelt's
fault that the work cut out for him,
and even now piling up on him, ID
arduous and full Of perils. His trou.
bles grow partly out Of the interval
when the nominal Government at
Washington is made for the time be-
ing almost impotent, and when un-
usual demands are made upon the
man about to become President. With
no official responsibility, he Is yet
asked to act as II he had 1t. His
party u already looking to him "a
provide It with plans and, II possible
with unity and energy. Mr.. Roose-
welt might well exclaim: who u
sufficient for these things?" II he
casts about for help In his tremen-
douS task, he viii b much more apt
% ut Il from frank.spoken critics
than from flatterins prophsts Of only
smooth things. In that sense the 90
called bad press" ought really to
be reckoned . good press.
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INCUBATION OF THE CRI

Right now, writes q QlenarQ, Il
have bad code in the head which
I acquired while roughing it alone in
a shack in the North Wisconsin
Woods. Had been there four days
when I felt ity coming on. The
closest I had come to conversational
spray in that time was via radio-lis-
tening to football and other broad
CaStS.
My friend the diehard is not at all
sarcastic or patronizing about 1t. He
merely reports the case and suggests
that symposium on the cri question
would be enlightening.
Oh. / don't know. It might en-
tighten few Of our younger readers,
If any of them still take any stock
in the quaint old superstition of TAX
ing cold from exposure to cold air or
dampnesS But have a vague feel
ing that am the only person Of ma
ture age who has been. enlightened by
the symposiumS We have held about
this question in the past. What !
have learned Is that all these old TO-
gies who jest know they catch cold
from every draft, Wetting of the feet
or whatnot, are going to die uncon-
verified to any crazy notion like mine.
Suppose our diehard friends al
legged cold turned out to be measles
or poliomyelitis-of course don't
know and neither did our diehard
friend know what it might turn out
to be-but it might very well have
been one of these illnesses. ask,
would our diehard friend have ascrib-
ed his illness to exposure to cold or
wetting or draft or sudden change of
weather or whatever 1t was, just the
same?
In measles the incubation period
(time elapsing from moment Of in
lection to beginning Of illness) is from
week to more than two weeks. So
the diehard was not isolated from
human contact long enough to cover
the requirements of that eventuality
It is impossible to get any definite
statement or even an opinion upon
the incubation period of the so-called
common cold" from any physician
or health authority of scientific stand
ing. Just as it is impossible to ma
neuver one Of these shrewd authori-
ties into a position Where ne will
have to commit himself on defini-
ton of the condition he designates
the common cold" So we have to
assume our own limitations. I sug-
gest that a minimum incubation
period is "a hours. We know of ne
disease that has a shorter incubation
period than that.
Very we'll. If that is fair, ther
| right away a great majority of al
! legged colds" attributed to drafts, wei
| feet, insufficient room heat, or wear
ing insufficient clothing, are exclud
ed, for the stuffiness or running a
the nose or increase Of cough o
whatever the victim of chroni
rhinitis, chronic bronchitis or othe
chronic respiratory trouble. feels ii
such circumstances, begins within
few minutes if at all-sufficien
proof, to my mind, that the troubl
is purely mechanical variation in tn
circulation. Further evidence of thi
is the fact that the discomfort cease
as soon as the representative invali
gets out of the draft, changes to dr.
clothes or otherwise returns to hi
usual environment.
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IF Real Renefit

vi ASC0l OS1tCk1y
Showing Of 400 birds In the Slope
Poultry Show, which closed here Fri
day, coupled with the current price
OF wheat and other products, demon
strates the importance which the So
called auxiliary crops have assumed
in the present economic structure.
Bismarck wheat quotations Satur-
day were 81 cents bushel, less than
the going prcie Of any bird exhibited
in the show. The price of poultry is
down, also, but hardly as much as
is the price Of grain.
Any farmer can tell you that much
of the cash he has had during the
last year has been provided by his
cows and chickens, pin-money enter
prises in better years. The cream
check and returns from produce sold
have bought as many shoes and
stockings during the last year in this
district as has money received from
grain sales.
In promoting the poultry industry
the Slope show has had an important
part. 1t has helped to raise the stan
GARD Of chickens and turkeys in this
area, resulting in better birds which
take on weight more rapidly and lay
more eggs. In this manner it has
contributed directly to the promotion
Of poultry profits.
It costs no more to produce poor
ly-bred, slow-growing and scrawny
chicken than good Qne. and the
difference in price is material BY
stressing this fact to the producer,
the poultry show performs worth
while service for US all.
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Barbs

Golf widows worries are never over.
just now they're trying to restrain
their mates from digging divots in the
living room rug.
\ \ X
Dollar bills wear out in eight or
nine months, says the U. s. Treas
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said: Y he replied: II win reply It
"Also," interrupted Natalie,
you have not explained Why
Humphrey was selected @ the vic
tim OF this mysterious * Why
all these devilish prepaxations?"
Thatcher Colt smiled mysteri-
ously.
That will presently appear" he
said. doctor Maskell was the
only possible victim in this case.
X had also been busy finding out
about the private affairs Of the
doctor during the Autumn. Every
thing that he would wish to keen
hidden had been found out By this
prying * He had been followed
to the house on Peddler's Road,
and his secret love affair was
known.
II learned that * had bur.
glarized the house on Peddler'a
Road, got inside and studied the
layout Of the little house. More
than that, * had sent for . lock.
smith and had a private key made
for the front door. The locksmith,
by the way, is now under thia
same roof with us. x could come
and 60 in the house at whim, %
long as the doctor and his friend
were not there.
Therefore, * had contrived
free access to the stage on which
the coming drama Of blood was ia
be played. And, while lurking in
that house, * all-seeing eyes had
fallen upon Doctor Maskell's axe.
'sEven then. the preparations
for this astounding crime were not
complete. * must add . final
touch Of horror, to seal the doc.
tors doom. BY now, you must be-
gin to see that Geraldine Foster
was only an incident in the scheme
The doctor was to be the real vic.
tim. His was the death that was Ia
be encompassed, and the State
would do the killing. * would
commit the murder Of the girl. Nc
one would see. Then X must pre-.
serve the dead body against decay
until it would be possible further
to entangle Doctor Maskelk That
might be days-even . week-yet
when the body was found. it mus,
have the appearance Of being
freshly killed. Tannic acid would
do that. The idea was filched
from an old murder in New Jersey
with which ! am, a. well as X
was, familiar. The plan was clear.
~ defined-kill, put the body In
the tub, soak it in the preservative
bury the body, and then contrivt
by some device to involve the doc
tor with q difficulty in proving hi
movements. But he must not gel
into the house, otherwise he would
discover what had happened, per
haps notify the police himself, ant
thus rub off some Of the sheen o,
suspicion which * was 80 care
fully polishing in Ill the contrivet
circumstances. Here was . rea'
problem, unique in crime, I be
lieve, yet * met it with consum
mate skill.
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One night off for bridge is not un-
reasonable declares Judge Vivian
Frank Gable in Philadelphia do
nestle relations court. She refused
to punish a mother of nine children
who sought surcease from maternal
duties at the bridge table once a
week. Sessions lasted until 3 a. M,
but here the judge held with the
woman and ruled that her bridging
came under the head of strictly rea-
sonable.