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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-11-21
MT. LAKE PARK

Thanksgiving is almost here. The
air is beginning to feel right brisk.
Pretty soon the family clans will be-
gin to gather. Boys and girls will be
coming home from colleges and the
schools. There is one. trouble about
Thanksgiving comes 50 close to
Christmas it keeps one "orosseyed'
trying to figure things out. The scent
of turkey is not gone (if you have a
turkey) until it's Christmas, and then
one wants another bird and plum
pudding, too. But whether we have
any of the above or not, we can at
least be thankful for what we now
have.
Robert Louis Stevenson has written
one Of the worlds loveliest prayers.
Do you mind if we give it to you and
yours for Thanksgiving? e..
Lord, receive our supplication for
this house, family and country. Pro-
tect the innocent, restrain the greedy
and the treacherCus, lead us out of our
tribulation into a quiet land,
Look down upon ourselves and up
on our absent dear ones. Help us and
them; prolong our days in peace and
honor. Give US health, food, bright
weather and light hearts. In what we
mediate of evil, Illustrate our will;
in what of good, further our endeav-
ors. Cause injuries to be forgotten
and benefits to be remembered.
"Let US lie down without fear and
awake and arise with eXultation. For
His sake, in whose words we now con-
clude-Our Father
Personals
Mrs. E. L. Meadows, her daughter,
Mrs. Wiley yelling, Jr., and children,
left the Park on Tuesday morning for
Wheeling, W. Va, where they will
visit Mrs. Meadows sister.
Mrs. Warren Rathbun returned to
her home on Saturday from Alliance,
Ohio, where she visited her mother.
Miss Malva Warwick, of Keyser,
spent Monday here, the guest Of her
father, Hill Warwick, and her aunt,
Miss Bertha Warwick.
Mrs. C. S. May was in Cumberland
the latter part of the week to see her
son Dewey, who is a patient in Allie
gany Hospital.
Bushrod Grimes is spending the
week in Washington, D. c., on bust
ness.
Gay Hayden has been here over the
weekend with his family.
Mrs. Louis Killius was given a
surprise party on Tuesday night by
her children. The event was in honor
of Mrs. Killius' birthday anniversary,
F. NJ Murphy, of Fairmont, spent
Sunday here with Mrs. Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hardesty and
family were in Cumberland on Sunday
to see Mckinley Ours, who is pa
tient in Allegany Hospital Mr.. Ours
is brother-in-law of Mrs. Hardesty
E. Carl Frame shows some improve
ment, though still confined to his bed
Rev. and Mrs. Bleakly visited their
son Gregory in Cumberland on Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Jacobs and their
daughter Nancy Traver spent Monday
in Cumberland.
Eugene Commerford continues to
improve from an illness of several
weeks.
Will White is repairing the R. G.
Richardson property, which he occu-
pies. A new foundation is one of the
improvements being made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1935-11-21
ACCIDENT
Church Services

Church Services
Church of the Brethren, Rev. A. D.
Scrogum, pastor-9:3O a. M, Sunday
school, H. NJ. Speicher, superinten-
dent; 1920 a. M, worship.
Zion Lutheran church, Rev. A. W.
Code, Pastor-9:30 a. M, Sunday
school; 1920 a. NJ, English service,
On Thanksgiving Day there will be a
service in English at 1920 o'clock in
the morning.
Public School News
Last week some state standard tests
in English and mathematics were
given the pupils. Scores are new being
sent in and will be compared with
those of students in other parts of
the State.
Monday of last week brief Armis-
tice Day program was given which
consisted Of songs and an address by
Principal Aiken.
Friday program was rendered at
assembly in which students from all
of the grades in both the grammar
and high school contributed something.
This program was along the line of
American education and was in accord
with the program of American Educa-
ton week, which extended from No
vember II to November 16.
Attendance record in both the high
and grammar school is given here:
Grammar School-Lorraine De-
Witt, Alverta burst, Louise Friend,
Dottie Haenftling, Melva Hoover,
Robert Alexander, Junior Failinger,
Donald Glotfelty, Garna Georg, Lois
Kaese, Martha Fratz, Everett Sellers,
Doris Alexander, Betty Rush, Geral-
dine Kramer, Billy Sellers, Ruth Ma
RE Scrogum, Lyle Wright, Ruth Sim
mons, Billy Fickenscher.
High School-Vernon Seibert, Ger
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Blackmailed
Continued from page eight

Coswith in his office at the Agency.
Each time during the ensuing ten
days that he went out supping, there
was letter; each following afternoon
the mysterious voice OF "a Friend"
telephoned the news to Adele.
Would elucidation never come? He
asked himself that question as he went
to the Federal Building. A message
had come for him to call on Coswith
Immediately.
The older man greeted him with a
queer little smile. WAS there another
phone call to Mrs. Freeman yester-
day." he asked.
There was." Gus replied.
There was not" Coswith retorted
with amused emphasis. I've had the
wire at your house tapped for more
than week. I've had you watched,
and we've been watching the detective
your wife's hired to watch you. When
she found out you were probing the
anonymous letters. she just invented
the phone calls. That wife of yours
seems to be pretty bright woman"
well, I'll be hanged" Gus said.
"A woman likes a good loser"
Coswith said, as he dialed the Freeman
number.
Gus laughed. and spoke into the
transmitter. Mrs. Freeman? This is
A Friend speaking. E. O. X. I'll
take you to a dinner and a show
tonight - The Bottom of the Well
The girl in the second act is leaving
the show. Contract for Hollywood.
ITS worth five hundred dollars to
find out your wife isn't fool" he
added, to Coswith.
Evening star., 1935-09-01

makes us worse, that education makes
us rogues, find no echo herei Build
yourself no monuments of brass or
marble but build them of Living
mind. Let us cast our votes so that the
blessing of education shall be con-
ferred on every son of Pennsylvania,
shall be carried home to the poorest
child Of the meanest inhabitants of
your mountains. so that even he may
be prepared to act well his part in this
land of freedom and lay on earth a
broad and solid foundation for that
enduring knowledge which goes on in
creasing through increasing eternity"
Thaddeus sat down. There was
applause, then deepening silence. 81
second the motionr' called a loud
voice. Question: called a score of
voices. Men were on their feet before
the clerk finished reading the motion.
Aver they shouted. AYE! Aver
Soberly Thaddeus rode home to
Gettysburg. He thought of his old
home. He saw himself sitting on the
shoemaker's bench. he felt the icy
wind on his back. He saw his mother
standing by the window.
Education is free, Thad, she said.
Like light and air."
He was childless, but he had. made
the children of Pennsylvania his
children.
Evening star., 1935-09-01

surface, could not repress start of
horror.
My features seemed to have altered.
The face that stared back at me was
not my own. 1t was like the evil.
sneering face depicted in the portrait
downstairs. On the carved wooden
frame the tiny mask of satyr leered
down at me, but it was my own re-
Election in the mirror which had made
me stiffen. And then gave a laugh of
relief as thrust the candle forward. 1t
had all been trick of light and sha-
dow, accentuated by the uneven sur
face of the old glass. I was about to
turn away when l suddenly held the
candle high in the air and took another
quick step forward.
l was not looking at my own fea-
lures now: was peering at the re-
fiection of the room behind me. Over
my shoulder, l could see vague shape
which made me swing round with
cry. l had not noticed the thing be-
fore. From where l had stood, the
open door had shut it off from my
view. But now l could see it only too
clearly.
Pinned to the oak-panelling, with a
long knife through his throat. hung
the dead body of MIR. Paul.
ITO Be Continued Next Week
Evening star., 1935-09-01
THIS WEEK

founded on poverty is infinitely
more so.
Gentlemen Thaddeus waited till
his audience breathed again. Gentle
men. you object to taxes for free
schools. You make no complaint about
being taxed to provide jails and sher-
ifs and to support criminals - why
do you complain of that which will
prevent your fellow-citizens from be-
coming criminals?"
The sun slanted on the floor, the hall
grew warm, the air vitiated. An hour
passed, another, yet no one thought of
the warmth or of the exhausted air.
"You object to the law because its
benefits are shared by the children of
the profigate spendthrift equally
with those of the most industrious and
economical habits. The benefit is
bestowed not upon the erring parents
but upon their innocent children"
The westering sun shone in the
windows, the clear voice grew hoarse.
Your fellow-citizen, Benjamin Frank
lin, who plucked the lightnings from
Heaven and the sceptre from tyrants,
was the child of New England free
schools"
The blue eyes fixed this man who
hated free schools. that man who was
for them, this man who wavered.
LET the barbarous cry that learning
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Free as Air
Continued from page sis

by Common Schools shall speak on
that motion"
Thaddeus paused. He looked from
House members to Senators up to the
gallery, back to the floor. Folly" said
hundred grins. He leaned forward.
He made only short peroration; he
had much to say, and it was hard for
men to listen for more than two hours.
Education is important under all
forms of government. When people
govern themselves, it is of absolute
necessity. If an elective republic is to
endure, every elector must have suffi-
cient information not only to accu-
mulate and take care of property but
to direct wisely the Legislature, the
Ambassadors and the Executive of the
Nation. Some part of these things
falls to every freeman"
Thaddeus elaborated upon his
thesis. Now men were leaning forward.
1--WE have hitherto had law which
requires the poor to be branded.
Hereditary distinctions of rank are
sufficiently odious, but that which is
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Magazine Section

Gus telephoned Oracle from a pay
station to her private phone: he
was to see her matinee that day. Two
nights afterwards they were to sup
together, discreet but romantic in soul.
The next morning the postman
stopped Gus. This one came this
morning." he said.
"A Friend" related the visit of Gus
to the matinee. That night at dinner.
Adele was depressed. After the ser
want had cleared the table. she sighed.
''Some man - he wouldn't give his
name = phoned here and said you
saw The Bottom of the Well yester-
day afternoon" she said timidly. ITS
the same person who wrote those let
tiers. wish you'd stop him, dear
He patted her shoulders comfort
ingly. you bet. We can't have you
being worried this way"
He was boiling as he went to his
office. Shadowing his own house
wasn't work tor the Department OF
course. but he could make matters a
bit easier for the great Agency whose
head he now went to see.
II smell politics in this" Gus told
him, ''or someone cunning after my
job, Put your best people on this, and
if you need my help for anything. let
me know" He was considerably re-
lieved after putting the investigation
into the hands of another. He felt as if
he were being protected now. and took
Oracle to supper with light heart.
Sure enough the letter from "A
Friend" came in due time. Gus took it
from the postman cheerily, and an
hour afterwards he handed it over to
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Falcon Castle
Continued from, page twelve

To my surprise his door was ajar.
distinctly remembered having closed
it myself after I had said goodnight,
and now pushed it slowly open. Then
l saw that Mr.. Pauls bed was empty.
This brought me up sharply, and l
peered around. The man must have
dressed himself, for | could not see
his clothes anywhere. Where was he?
went little way down the passage,
and there l noticed a curious thing.
The bedroom on my right had been
my grandfather's, and the door was
open about three inches.
Without hesitation swung it wide
and walked in. The room was empty.
Beside the fireplace stood the chair
in which Felix Swinburn had been
found cold and stiff on the previous
Tuesday morning. looked around at
the dark panelled walls. the sombre
hangings on the big four-poster bed,
and the mullioned windows through
which moonlight made faint white
pattern on the purple carpet. Then
my eye was drawn to small mirror
on the wall - the mirror my grand
father had asked me to keep as a
memento. l was on the point of
leaving the room when an odd impulse
made me move towards it. And as
l looked at my own reflection in it's
Evening star., 1935-09-01

is back - the old fox! Come on,
there'll be fight"
Thaddeus sat in his place in the
Pennsylvania Legislature. He lifted
his hand and wiped his forehead, and
the motion shifted his wig little to
the left. His tall hat stood upside
down on the floor. He knew that the
room was filling, but he didn't look
around; he heard loud talk, but he
didn't listen.
Bill to Repeal" began the clerk.
Thaddeus was on his feet facing the
House, his lip still farther out-thrust.
He saw every member in his chair; the
galleries were crowded; a throng
pressed into the rear of the room. He
smiled his mouth wry - there were
Senators among them, come to hear.
Bill to Repeal" read the clerk.
Il move you an Amendment" said
Ihaddeus. Il move an Amendment to
strike out the whole of the Bill of
Repeal but the clause, BE it enacted
and to insert supplement, To Es-
tablish a General System of Education
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Christophine Discovers America
Continued from preceding page

seemed straightforward enough about
their statements. But the chauffeur,
man who had been with Marcia for
several years, denied having driven
her that afternoon. 1t had been his
day off and he had produced a salts
factory alibi as to his movements.
Yet the limousine had been used in
his absence and was, in fact, discovered
abandoned on side road twenty-five
miles out of town. The Du Bois family
had apparently brought every effort
to bear on discovering Marcia's
whereabouts, but no demand for ran
som had been made.
There was, l discovered, no mention
of Jack Tower or myself. With my
pulse throbbing painfully, called the
desk downstairs and ordered the more
conservative papers sent up. And
while waited for them, l paced the
floor restlessly. debating what should
do and blaming myself bitterly for
leaving Marcia, no matter what she'd
done. Now / saw, more clearly than
ever, why her father had wished me
to be with her Perhaps l could not
have prevented the calamity if I'd
stayed on, but at least my conscience
would have been clearer.
The new batch Of papers were
slightly less alarming. One of Marcia's
trustees in New York had been inter-
viewed and stated that no alarm was
felt as yet, due to the fact that Marcia
was "of somewhat impulsive ma
ture" and might have gone away of
her own accord. However, the fact of
the abandoned limousine did look
terribly suspicious. Marcia herself had
most assuredly not driven it off from
the antique shop. and certainly the
man who had taken the chauffeur's
place was not the second man, who
was supposed to have been on duty.
One paper carried a picture of the
Urbitini and some mention of the fact
that Prince Mario di Rigoni was in
Washington at the moment. Evidently
the Duchess had been staying at
Marcia's when the disappearance oc-
CURED.
1t was hard to decide how could
be of help or service. For if l aban-
doned my job and went back, what
good would be to the searchers, after
all? Naturally, my impulse was to fly
straight to New Orleans and try in
some way to make amends for what I
now began to consider my desertion.
But on second thought decided that
throwing aside my work just at the
moment when l was beginning to be
depended on was not right. So in the
end l contented myself with getting
off two wires, one to Emily and one to
Jack, giving my itinerary and begging
to be kept informed. For the moment
that seemed about all l could do. l
comforted myself with the thought
that nobody of Marcia's prominence
could vanish without a nationwide
net being instantly spread for her
recovery. But although / was SEEM
ingly helpless to do anything more
definite, spent a sleepless night, and
next morning set off for Detroit with a
heavy heart.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
preceding page

Al every intervening town and city
bought piles of newspapers, but they
all carried mere repetitions of what I
already knew. And by the time
reached the Land of the Flivver and
the Home of the Brave who compete
with it, Marcia's fate was still as
complete mystery as ever.
Detroit might be only the fourth
city in the U. S. A., but it looked so
big to me that wondered how they
could positively be sure. Seen from the
Dearborn end of Michigan road, it
looked larger and more complicated
than New York and Chicago rolled
into one. 1t would be as ridiculous and
impossible to sing its praises as to
rock Camera to sleep in a cats cradle.
Both are too big to bother listening
for one thing, and for another, every
body already knows that Detroit is the
automobile capital of the world. At the
mere sight of the place. automobiles
began to possess my fancy to the point
where caught myself figuring out a
fantastic scheme for putting out
special shades of Althea rouge to blend
with special body finishes.
Detroit also made me feel positively
ashamed of driving a foreign made
automobile. and was quite prepared
to have the police conhscate it as un-
patriotic, when I stopped at head
quarters and managed after surpris-
ingly little delay, to locate. identify
and retrieve my missing bag. Without
even looking at the contents tossed
it into the car, and went on to my
hotel.
The first thing did was send for all
the local newspapers. My room over
looked West Grand Circus Park, and
stood gazing out impatiently while
waited. Even at this height l could
hear the newsboys' cries in the street
below, and it seemed to me that I.
heard Marcia's name. My anxiety for
her had become an obsession, and the
possibility of real tragedy had wiped
out all memory Of the things she had
done to me. When the boy appeared
with the latest editions, he also
brought two kilograms. The first one
was from Lamesa, Texas. l tore it
open excitedly:
Honorable Jack Tower completely
gone just now" ;" it read. Twill preserve
telegraphic document to present on
his returning.
Yours respectfully
Ishi Warakari''
opened the second wire. 1t was
from Lady Emily, collect:
Dearest Chris" she gushed. 1--WE
are all simply frantic my dear have
you the thinnest notion of what may
have happened question mark so far
nobody has been asked for shilling
and if only the wretches would make
demand it would be a lot more COM
Portable don't you think question
mark If you have the foggiest notions
on the subject do wire old dear stop
will let you know at once if any news
pops up Cheerio Emily"
As straight wire. collect, that GER
tainly was a big comfort to me. l
might have known what to expect
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-06
'SCHICK AND NORKO' STOOD OUT IN "A"
 TOURNEY GAMES.
Bridgeport Rivals. Clash TO-night-Meriden vs
 New Britain

New Haven, Conn, March G. (UP)-Second round games in the 1895 Yale interscholastic basket ball tournament today found class A supremacy to be determined among Warren Harding and Gen. tral highN schools of Bridgeport. Meriden and New Britain.
 Harding and Central, and Meri- den and New Britain will play at the New Haven Arena tonight to decide finalists.
 Harding defeated Stratford yes- terday afternoon 53-31, while Gen. tral barely disposed of Hillhouse of New Haven, 32-31. Meriden trounced Bulkeley, Hartford, 25-20. and New Britain eliminated West Haven, 45-3O.
 Shick of Central ran up "A points for scoring honors with Norko of Harding second with 20 points.
 Meanwhile, in the class B section at Middletown, Chapman Tech. New London, and Shelton high schools won the afternoon contests in defeating Manchester Trade, 22-17, and Windsor, 25-22, respec- tively.-
 Norwalk eliminated Hartford Trade in night game 39-38, while Branford knocked over Naugatuck 41-26.
 Semi-finals were to be played to- day at Wesleyan university.
 Semi-finals in both divisions will be played Friday night and finals Saturday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-06

There was plenty of competition this week for the high single with Fred Gumpper finally copping the honor with a 150 score passing out his brother Bill and Tony Pepe, who had been tied up to Friday night with 149 score.
 Fill Stanton kept his team right up there in the race by knocking off a 321 pinfall to lead the team in a three point win over Reilly. Jack Reilly won the final contest for his team with 14O single.
 The Cooke team with Pete Gill ligan playing the leading role had little difficulty in knocking off the.1 Tiremen for three points after they had lost the first game by scant margin of two pins.
 Capt. Dan Sullivan of the Chase team proved to be an incentive for his team I'm starting off like a whirlwind and lead them to conn plete victory over the Undcftakcrs. Dan had q pinfall of 3S5.
 The Beer Barons had no trouble in spelling the Lumbermen's chance of entering the prize divi- sion when they took all four points from Gribbon. Bill Gumpper was while Bill Butkus was close be- hind with 344.
 Dick Hyland had to hit 1SS in the final game to save the Power team from complete upset, this score giving them a single point by two pins, after the McVcrry clan had settled other three points,. Dick went we'll I'm the other two games, having $50 pinfall. but his mates were not able to give him any support. Dr. Mullen was the principal pinwinner for the Me- Verry men and if he continues to bowl as in past few weeks, 1t looks as though their team will be in at the finish.
 The Lux Clockmen beat their own team average by almost 100 pins to give Dr. Cottiero's men complete whitewashing. Charlie Denehy was high scorer while Paul Lux gave the team their best margin on the handicap basis.
 Tony Pope and Bill Cavanaugh gave the North Enders plenty of extra pins to enable them to take three points from Blanchard's team, although the whole team fell down in the second contest to lose by 8 large margin. Phil BrOdcur made second game sure when he finished with double strike tOl garneF in 4S pins in last two boxes.
 The School Teachers came back strong last week after their slump of the past few weeks and hit 1900 | to take all four points from liar pin and go back into a tie for,sec- ond place. Dick Palatine led the | Teachers with 34s pinfall.
 Jim Mccarthy and Bill Cahlll were the only men bowlings for their team in their match with | McPartland. but they made a good l showing i'm winning three points. l losing last game only after Harold Bradley came through with hlg score to have one point for his sean1.
 After Joe Dinova had sewed up the first game for the Painters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-06
CAMERA EYE GETS CORNELL BETTER
 RATING OF MEET

New York, March 6-(UP)-- Cornell today holds second place in the standings for the I. c. 4-A track meet held Saturday night at Madisan Square Garden as a result of a lewiston.
 Changes were made when photos taken with the Kirby electrical camera revealed that Robert Lind CTS of Cornell finished fifth instead of sixth ill the 5O-meter dash anl that Charles Pessoni, Manhattan, and Phil Good, Bowdoin, ran a dead heat in the 50-meter hurdles.
 Manhattan won the champion ship with 26A points, but Cor nell moved up to second from fourth under tts revision. with 1GLa points. ahead of Harvard with 16 and Columbia wiht 15 2-3.
 Originally. Linders was given sixth place behind Arthur Jannell. Fordham. and Pessoni was de- clared winner of the hurdles.