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The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
The sergeant shrugged his shoul-

The sergeant shrugged his shoul-
ders.
81 shall have to"
"I think it is clear" said Virgil,
''that this gentleman is telling the
truth" The two police stared upon
him as though he were out of his
mind. 81 mean, if he were guilty,
he would scarcely have made an
admission which put the rope round
his neck"
AS soon as he could speak
''But, SIR" cried the sergeant, "a
rope round the neck is harmless,
unless it is tight. If every rogue
was believed because he told such
truths as could do him no harm"
"These gentlemen" said Virgil,
shave not the appearance Of rogues.
1t only remains for you to beg their
pardon and make a fresh cast. Good
God, man, when time is so precious,
do you propose to waste 1t in prying
into two strangers private affairs?"
With a manifest effort. the SER
geant controlled his voice.
"Sir," he said, eff you do not wish
to wait, you must leave us here.
I have a sow by the ear, and until
I know it's the wrong one, I will
not let CO." With that, he returned
to Herrick. "You have said too
much or too little. You were at
Brief this morning from four until
half past six. Kindly relate what
you did there-from first to last"
"With very great pleasure" said
Herrick, folding his arms. 'We left
our car at the mouth of the northern
drive-after instructing our chauf-
feur, first, to seek some petrol, and
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
Pittsburgh CLIO. Contention
To Climax Career of Lewis

John L. Lewis career as labor
leader will probably reach its eli
max November IA, when the c. I. o.
chieftain steps to the rostrum at
Pittsburgh to open his organiza-
tons constitutional convention.
It will probably mark the death
nell of long-cherished hope that
labor's warning factions-C. I. 0.
and A. F. of Lean be brought
back into a common fold. For John
Lewis will lead his mammoth octo-
pus into clearly defined, rival or
ganization against that of William
Green, A. F. of L. president.
Lewis rise to power has been SEN
sational, and has furnished another
instance of the wife whose perse-
verance pulled a politically and So
cially ungraceful husband to posi-
ton of power and esteem. In 1908,
when Lewis married Myrta Edith
Bell, an Iowa school teacher, his
education had been confined to Is
years in the coal mines.
Became Union Leader.
The Lewis family settled down at
Panama, ILL.,, where the future c.
I. o. chieftain interspersed an ambi-
tious course of reading with leader
ship in the local coal union. In
1919, reporters covering a bitter
strike found him immersed in
Homer's Iliad. Overnight he be-
came powerful orator.
A few years later Mr.. Lewis was
sent to the Illinois state capitol at
Springfield as labor lobbyist, by that
time being the best informed man
in the industry on wages and work
ing conditions. Under Samuel Com
pers' wing he became vice presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers
union, soon becoming independent
enough to run against Gompers for
president of the A. F. of L.
The vertical type of union or
ganization Lewis began champion
ing called for organization of all
workers in the same industry into
one union, as opposed to the A. F.
of L. idea of organization by craft.
Lewis independence started with
the New Deal, and under NRA
his union gained 10000 members
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
Interference Resented

Californians have also thrived-
thank you-without the unasked in
reference of outsiders in behalf of
Tom Mooney. In 1881 they looked
down their sun-tanned noses at
New York's Mayor James J. Walk
er, who came west to plead with
Gov. James Rolph for clemency.
They suggested politely that Mr..
Walker might have remained at
home to look after two odoriferous
investigations then under way in his
own bailiwick.
They felt the same way last year
when Minnesota's Farmer-Labor
Gov. Elmer A. Benson came to San
Francisco and suggested that ga
united labor movement" could
achieve freedom for Mooney and
Billings.
ga united labor movement could
not only open for them the prison
gates" he pontificated, "but it could
see to it that, in the future, those
who dedicate their lives to the serv-
ice of humanity do not meet the
same fate that was Tom MONEYS. -
California's courts have washed
their hands of the mess via A. E.
Shaw, special referee for the state
supreme judiciary, who summed up
the states official attitude and its
open resentment regarding the
Prisoner of San Quentin:
"It is established by the prepon-
derance of evidence that the peti-
toner (Mooney) was not a victim of
a frame-up nor was he convicted as
the result of any improper act of any
kind on the part of the district attor-
ney or any of his assistants, or on
the part of any person representing
the State of California"
Will Cuthbert Olson think other
wise? Tom Mooney hopes so.
g Western Newspaper Union.
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SERIAL LFICTION------
She Painted Her Face
Il stony Of eoue and intrigue. by DoRNFoRD YATES
oDmnsudYa
wNU Service

down, turned and exhorted Virgil to
enter and start the car.
eff you'll take us to Cable, sir,
I can get on to Innsbruck from
there, and in less than two hours
from now every police station in
Austria will be alive with orders to
search for the people we want"
Splendid" said Virgil, somehow.
He turned to Herrick and bowed.
"Please believe that / shall not for
get today and that / am a
man who invariably pays his debts. !"
'Is that a threat?" said Herrick.
I saw the police open their eyes,
and Virgil in desperation let himself
go.
"It's a warning" he snarled. "I
do not believe your tale of the num-
berless car. That you saw a dog
this morning proves nothing at all
except that you were at hand when
the outrage was done. And who
would think of so using a coil of
wire except man who had
planned to employ it that way?"
"Come, come, SIR" said the SER
geant. "You said yourself just now
that these gentlemen"
ST have changed my mind" spat
Virgil, cas- you have changed
yours"
"I have just remembered" said
Herrick, "that one of the men was
called Max. Not the leader-the
burly man, who got out of the car.
The leader was sharp with him, as,
indeed, with them all. Iathink that,
if you could find them, they might
give the leader away"
"And the name of the leader?"
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

get some idea of how many germs
actually had been on the pages of
the books.
Mr.. Bryan recommends that old
school books which are frequently
exchanged should be opened up and
summed for several hours. Books
used by sick children should not be
handed out to other students imme-
diately (most germs die or lose
their virulence if kept away from
body tissues for a while).
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

Every so often in some commune
ty comes up the question of disease
germs being spread by school
books. This is only natural since
books handled by patients having
tuberculosis, scarlet fever, diphthe-
ria, meningitis, infantile paralysis
and kindred diseases are more than
likely to get some of the germs on
them.
A pretty clean bill for ordinary
school books, however, and some
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
Undiscouraged by 22-Year Battle,
Tom Mooney Again Seeks Freedom
Unaided by Court Appeal,
San Quentin's Celebrity
Turns to Politics
By JOSEPH w. LaBINE

Dy JOoGl II w. LdDllNG
A month ago, CALIFORNIA; S
Gov. Frank F. Merriam re-
ceived a telegram from the
most distinguished prisoner in
his San Quentin penitentiary:
Thomas j. Mooney, who landed
in Jail under life sentence for
participation in San Francisco's
1916 Preparedness day bomb
ing.
Said the telegram:
'You have resorted to the
time-worn political subter-
fuge of declining to act (On
my plea for pardon) on the
grounds that the case is
pending in the courts. You
are hereby duly notified by
me that all court actions on
my behalf are now cOnclud-
ed and no other actions are
contemplated, and I now
not only insist but demand
that this outrageous pro-
crastination be ended"
Few prisoners would be in a
position to insist" or ode
mand," but Tom Mooney has
been doing it something like
20 years. His latest ultimatum fol-
lowed refusal by the United States
Supreme court to review the case,
but it did not mean that Mooney is
disheartened. Instead his hopes now
rise higher than ever, first, because
the Supreme court has granted Moo
ney the right to apply for an origi-
nal writ of habeas corpus; and Sec
ond, because California Democrats
nominated one Cuthbert Olson for
governor. Although Mr.. Olson did
not touch the Mooney dynamite keg
during his campaign, he delivered a
fiery two-hour plea for Mooney be-
fore the legislature last winter. AS
governor, he might grant what no
California chief executive since 1916
has dared grant-a pardon.
Another Dreyfus Case?
Tom Moneys case, which his
sympathizers can compare only
with the infamous French Dreyfus
injustice, has given certain labor
elements and radical groups a
cause celebre for 20 years. His
story opens with the parade which
San Francisco's solid citizens engi-
neered July %, 1916, in protest
against President Wilson's "too-
proud-to-ight" attitude. AS the pa
rade passed Steuart and Market
streets, bomb exploded and killed
10 people, injuring so. Tom Mooney
has since offered alleged photo
graphic proof that he and Mrs. Moo
ney were watching the parade from
roof, mile distant, when the ex-
plosion occurred. But he and War
rem K. Billings, then 23-year-old
rabid red, were convicted and SEN
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

then to wait in a wood little way
off. You will understand that we
did not wish to be SEEN"
SIS your chauffeur here?" said
the sergeant.
"He is. If you would like to see
him"
Proceed, if you please"
Before we had walked very far,
we heard a car coming behind us,
using the drive. At once we lay
down in the bracken until it had
passed"
His face like a mask, Virgil took
out his case and selected a ciga-
rette: but saw bead of sweat fall
on the gold.
''It was not your carr" said the
sergeant, plainly impressed.
Producing a notebook, his fellow
made ready to write.
''It was not our car" said Her
rick. "Others were abroad this
morning . &. within the confines of
Brief"
Describe this car, if you please" "
cit was closed and its blinds
were drawn: its number-plate was
obscured-I imagine, with oil and
dust"
The sergeant turned to his fellow,
pencil in hand.
Have you got that DOWN."
The other nodded and Herrick re-
sumed his tale, relating how the
car had been met and had then
been backed down the drive and
into the track.
'There three people got out, and
the man who had met them came
up"
would you know them again,
sir?"
81 should"
AS the answer went down, I saw
Virgil wipe his face.
zone of the three" said Herrick,
twas woman. She had a dog on
q lead"
"a dog?" cried the police, togeth-
er.
ga long-haired, black-and-white
dog: mongrel, about that SIZE"
Struggling with his emotion
"Sir," cried the sergeant, 81 beg
that you will forgive me if I have
seemed something short. I have to
do my duty, and your interest in
Brief seemed strange. But now ]
know that you are telling the truth.
The dog you describe was found at
large in the park"
Respectfully thanking Herrick and
handing him back our map, the SER
geant begged that he would describe
''the delinquents you so providen-
tally saw'-and Herrick complied
with a gusto which did my heart
good.
His picture of Percy Virgil was
actually taken from life. Lazily sur
veying his victim, he drew a merci-
less portrait of that unprincipled
man: and find it hard to believe
that a rogue was ever so trounced.
Virgips tormentor then repeated
the horribly damning words which
Virgil had said to his creatures be-
fore they had entered the wood,
and when the sergeant seemed puz-
zled about the use of 'sthe wire, Z"
suggested that it might have been
used to trip galloping horse.
Protesting their gratitude, the SER
geant requested our names, and
while Herrick was writing these
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

sneered Virgil. ''Quite sure you
didn't hear that?"
Herrick raised his eyebrows, be-
fore he returned to the police.
''You would not believe me-" he
said, eff I told you the leaders
name. And so I prefer that you
should apply to Max. But I'll tell
you what I will do. I'll write it
down for you, and I'll seal it up.
And when Max has opened his
mouth, you may break the SEAL
Thus I shall corroborate him, and
he will corroborate me-"
"Sir," cried the sergeant, "I be-
seech you to tell it us now"
'I will write it down." said Her.
rick. "Or, better still, Mr.. Exon
shall write it down. You will OBJ
serve that I have not mentioned
the name: yet he will go off and
write (which goes to show that
he knows it as well as l."
With that, he turned to me and
asked me to do as he said
When returned to the drive, Vir-
gil was back in his car, beside him
self with passion and shouting down
the sergeant who seemed very much
surprised.
"And if you choose" he conclud-
ed, ''to take your cue from a couple
of lying hounds who, if you had done
your duty, would now be under ar
rest, you can take it alone"
yLT,4L y, ~ !, cfo Mod hic La
in his clutch and swung the car vio-
lently round. With storming gears,
it squirted between the chestnuts
and on to the road of approach.
The police stared after the fellow
with open mouths: then they turned
to see Herrick with a hand to his
chin.
81 gather" he said, "that you
find his behavior strange"
"I can't understand it," said the
sergeant. "Ten minutes ago"
"Quite so," said Herrick. SIN fact,
ten minutes ago he did his very best
to get you away-because, when he
heard the hour at which we had en-
tered the park, he did not wish you
to hear what I might have to tell"
He took the envelope from me and
held it out. "You may open that
now, if you please, and read the
name of the leader whom Max will
betray. After that, you shall have
some tea, and then, we'll drive you
to Cable to take what action you
please"
The sergeant ripped the envelope
| open, and he and his fellow together
peered at the sheet.
Percy Elbert Virgil
I thought they would never look
up.
When at last they did, they
seemed dazed; and Herrick called
for Brenda and told her to give them
some tea.
It was strange to sit down to sup
per later on with Lady Elizabeth
taking the head of the board, but
she seemed so glad to be with us
and fell so naturally into the ways
we kept that, for my part, / soon
forgot how she came to be there
and began to accept relation which
seemed too fair to be true.
Enough is as good as feast, and
after supper that evening we spoke
of the past and present, but left the
| future alone.
|, (TO BE CONTINUEDJ
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

to form the nucleus for c. I. o. In
1885, at the Atlantic City A. F. of
L. convention, he fought with Mr..
Green, poked vice president in the
jaw and walked out.
Ambitious to organize all indus
tries on the vertical" plan, he has
succeeded remarkably to date,
much to A. F. of LIS concern. At
the recent federation convention in
Houston the hope for peace was
raised once more, only to be ground
underfoot as the conservative Green
organization voted a war chest to
fight c. L. o. Now, his last hope for
victorious peace shattered, Lewis
has called c. I. o. members to
Pittsburgh to perfect permanent
opposition body. With this he hopes
to expand the organization plan that
has revolutionized labor thought in
the past decade. Already safely en-
trenched in such industries as auto
mobiles, steel, glass, coal and rub
ber, he believes that in time c. I. o.
will swallow completely the more
conservative A. F. of L.
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

recommendations on books in gen.
eral are now presented by Arthur
H. Bryan of the science department
of Baltimore City college. He col
lected pages from very old and
from newer school books, most of
which had been recently used by
students, cut up the pages, soaked
them and shook them in sterile wa
ter for from Is minutes to one
hour, and then transferred some of
the water to germ growth media to
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
Fashions for Daytime
That Are FIattering

zach Of these good-looking new
y designs is just as comfortable
and practical as it is becoming,
and each is accompanied by de-
tailed sew chart that assures you
no difficulty at all in the making.
The girls jumper. in dirndl fash
ion, has everything that your
daughter will like and look well in.
The women's dress is expertly
planned for perfect comfort in
working and to make you look
pounds simmer than you are.
Dirndl-Style Jumper.
High neckline, to cover up her
collar bones, with little round
collar to soften. High-puffed
sleeves and very full skirt to fill
her out. Shirred waistline, to
make her look soft and small
through the middle. Those are the
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

because a pardon for Tom Moo
ney would be tantamount to ad-
mitting California's guilt in miscar-
rying justice.
Labor in DOghouse
Though Mooney may have a
grievance, he is not the knight-on-a-
white-horse he pretends to be. AS
a labor leader trying to make San
Francisco streetcar men strike, he
jumped into the picture right after
the pro-labor Mcnamara brothers
admitted bombing the Los Angeles
Times. Not only was he pro-labor,
but Mooney also had left-wing rad
ical tendencies. His friend Billings
took childish delight in playing with
dynamite and was adept at throw
ing varnish remover on auto
mobiles. These men, thought Cali
fornia, were dangerous to have
around. Nor has California changed
its mind.
The drum-beating of 20 years
leaves things substantially tn e
same. Free Mooney" has been a
standard policy of the American
Federation of Labor and other re-
spectacle citizens, but the loudest
drum-beaters have been Commu-
nists. This has not helped the cause,
nor has Mooney helped himself by
weeping martyr-like before what
ever news photographer happened
to be within eyeshot. Californians
are apt to resent the guest-like treat
ment he receives at San Quentin.
But if the American people could
vote on the Free Mooney issue, it
is likely that he would emerge from
prison tomorrow, free man. An
interesting, but not unexpected phe-
nomenon Is that Democrats are as a
whole more sympathetic than Re-
publicans. California has thrived
without a Democratic governor
since the 1880s, but as this is writ
ten it is quite likely that a prece-
dent will be set by Cuthbert Olson.
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Wool Embroidered Heavy Net Doiles Were 40c Now 1oc
Embroidered Heavy Net Scarfs 16x45. Originally
81 Is Now -----.---.- 60c
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Now - --------. ------------7 5c
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rayon crepe with opaescent sequin
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S4e5 Now - ----------- S245
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5, originally $685. $685. IS
3, originally s22s5, 1895. Now--------------$s7 5
Is, originally $685., 1926.
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l, originally $35 $22
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naly $29 95, $685. $40
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