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Evening star., 1939-06-04
HOUSE ENCHANTED
Continued from poss five

We came to the back of the house
Just as Sandeman, ueading carefully,
for fear of awakening Isabel, came in
by the front. | left her entering her
room. She had not said word; she
was shiverlng as if the night were cold,
though ], beside her, was a-steam with
heat. Pawpaws outside the door, tall
trees covered with dangling flowers,
smelled heavily; the scent came up as
| went to meet Sandeman. couldn't
for a long time after bear the scent
of them.
stopped him as he was taking off
his cartridge belt; he had already un-
wound his puttees, but his boots were
on. said, You have to know" and
told him everything. In the light of
the hanging kerosene lamp saw him
turn first red, and then fsh-belly
white. He buckled on the belt again;
it had his "A Colt in the holster. He
didn't say a word; just went out, and
| after him.
Over the door of Corbal's house the
dark bird sat brooding; the bird that
in life lived by rapine and plunder,
that in effigy had seen all hell opened
and the fiends let loose. before it came
to rest on Corbal's roof. saw Sande-
man throw look at it. and realized
that whatever knowledge had gained
of these dark things, his, unspoken,
was deeper. We entered the house
together; the door was not fastened.
mad thought he would kill Corbal,
and in the frame of mind that held
me that night. it would have seemed
no more than justice. l still think he
would have done it, had he entered
the house few minutes earlier.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

But | had not reckoned with the
Government officer in Sandeman; that
side of his character had had time to
awake, and to take command. He
stood in the middle of the floor. in the
pouring moonlight, keeping his dis
tance from Corbal, who stayed all
crouched together in the dusk at the
other side of the room. He asked him:
Anything to say?"
Corba! was silent.
Sandeman said then. "You know
too much. Do you also know -"
he used native word did not under
stand.
Corbal said, Yes" His face was
like the face of skull looking out of
a grave.
Then you know what to do"
Sandeman told him. He turned. We
walked out of the house.
My cookboy was asleep when got
Evening star., 1939-06-04

and the door was shut listened. No
sound within called out, and struck
the door. Nobody answered.
Doors, in the wilderness, are frail.
kicked that one in, and entered. The
light from outside fell through in a
torrent of silver 1t struck the figure
of Isabel, standing. nightdress-clad,
in the middle of the floor. Her eyes
were open, black with horror, fixed on
Corbal, who, like spider creeping on
a fly, was slowly advancing.
1t was in that tense moment that |
remembered - as one sees, suddenly,
a whole landscape, hidden before.
revealed by one lightning flash -
what a Nobo House really was. The
sorcerers of the forest had, it was
said, the evil art of SO enchanting
house, that an intended victim was
drawn towards it, and obliged to
enter whether he would or not. They
raised the spirits of the dead to do
this, it was said, and carried out other
strange and horrible practices.
Corbal, the white man who had
sunk to native sorceries. had seized
the opportunity given by Sandeman's
suppression of the Nobo House in the
village, and Communicated the serv-
ices of his evil friends to work the
charm upon his own house. Whether
, the success of it was due to chance,
to some obscure form of hypnotism,
or (as | persist in thinking) to the
devil bought charm itself in full
force, will perhaps never be known.
But the bird of prey had struck the
second time, and all but seized its
prize.
1t would have made a scene for
play - the three of US standing there,
! with one arm stretched out between
Isabel and Corbal; the girl suddenly
waking up to the knowledge of where
she was, and opening her lips in
scream that instantly checked, with
one hand clapped across her mouth -
and Corbal, starting back. as he
heard what | had heard - the sound
of nailed boots tramping along the
track below. Sandeman was coming
back, a night too soon.
In that moment was seized by the
greatest temptation of my life. l
knew what Sandeman was; a good
man, but jealous and violent when
reused. If he found Isabel there. moth
ing would persuade him - short of
the explanation only could give -
that she had not deceived him in the
grossest manner. He might kill Cor
bal; he would certainly cast her off.
And /?
There'd be divorce court business.
There'd be waiting. There'd be long
hill to climb But at the end of it the
white and gold girl might be mine.
still believe it might all have come
just tiidt way LUZ h>NSA
know. For what did was the thing
to which mere instinct forced me. l
waited until Sandeman's footsteps
had passed the house; then l seized
Isabel by the hand. and led her, none
hindering me. down the steps and
swiftly by the back way. home. She
was shaken, frightened. bewildered.
almost crying. led her on: | was
above myself, mazed in wild unreali-
ties. A python, as we passed, drew its
thick shining body across the way,
and we stepped over it unheeding, as
if it had been nothing but the big
ships cable that it looked. l don't
know where it went,
Evening star., 1939-06-04
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Evening star., 1939-06-04
SOMETHING TO
CHEW ON

SUGAR cane was once called honey
bearing reeds" In the Old Testament.
the prophet jeremiah, in casting
about for similes, links together as
articles of great value. incense from
Sheba and sweet cane from far
country"
In Mexico, before its conquest by
: Spain, the Aztecs had neither horses
nor refrigerators To satisfy their
emperors craving for fresh fish, relays
of racing Indians carried the fish all
the way from the Gulf of Mexico to
the mountains of the interior. They
covered a distance of 200 miles IN
twenty-fo four hours.
AUSTRALIA produces the upside
down" pear - so called because Its
stem grows on the large end.
-EMlLlE FOLTIhG
Evening star., 1939-05-11

pired April l, in all of its terms,
schedules and conditions, with the
addition of two sentences in its en-
abling clause reading as follows: 1T
is agreed that the United Mine
Workers of America is recognized
herein as the exclusive bargaining
agency representing the employees
OF the parties of the first part. It
Is agreed that as a condition of en-
ployment all employees shall be men,
bers of the United Mine Workers of
America except in those exempted
classifications of employment as pro-
vided in this contract
Must Be Included,
'The foregoing two sentences
must be included in every contract
and should be placed in the en-
abling clause following the identifi-
cation OF the parties to the contract.
When such contracts are signed by
operators, districts will arrange for
forthwith operation of mines and
copies of contracts shall be sent to
Washington office for approval by
international union and signatures
OF international officers.
"All contracts will be tentative in
status until examined, approved and
signed by international officers. and
their failure to so approve will in
validate contract. Please acknowl-
edge receipt of this wire and
promptly advise any contracts exc
cuted, Written confirmation of this
telegram is being forwarded by
mail"
Evening star., 1939-05-11
C.L. 0. Dispute Closes
Portland Wafer Front,
Leaving 1850 Idle
Action Follows Refusal
Of Loneshoremen
To Work Freiehter
N the Associated Press,

~ the Associated PRESS.
PORTLAND, Oreg, May IL
Po-tland's water front, crowded with
more than 20 vessels, was ordered
shut down at 8 am. Pacific stand
ard time) today by the Water Front
Employers Association in dispute
with c. I. o. longshoremen.
The closure, leaving 500 men idle,
was ordered because members of the
International Longshoremen and
Warehousemen's Union refused to
work the freighter William Lucken-
bach, picketed last week by the c. I.
Q. Maritime Office Workers Union.
The employers suspended relations
with the longshoremen despite ef-
forts of Samuel Weinstein, Federal
arbitrator, to hold an arbitration
hearing at 10 am. today. Employer
spokesmen said they did not believe
the dockmen would live up to any
settlement, and accused the steve
dores of four breaches of arbitration
awards this year.
The Office workers picketed the
freighter last week, charging that
the Luckenbach line had failed to
comply with National Labor Board
order to reinstate three discharged
members with back pay.
The picket line was dissolved by
court order which held it in viola
ton of Oregons new union-control
law. Longshore gangs dispatched
from the hiring hall nevertheless
failed to show up for work at the
William Luckenbach.
Evening star., 1939-05-11

the committee the w. P. AS pur-
chasing policies were robbing local
building material dealers of their
traditional business.
Mr.. Eckley said, for illustration,
that in one instance the Govern
ment called for bids on 5000 bar
rels of cement in Detroit and Flint,
Mich, for use on projects at widely
scattered points in the State.
Only two dealers submitted bids,
the witness said, and nine declined
to bid.
The w. P. A. has taken over the
functions that normally would be
handled by the local Dealers" he
added
The witness said his group made
the definite recommendation that
purchases for w. P. A. projects be
made through the local dealers
This would preserve the normal
business functions and tend to sus-
tain employment, he said.
To Push Tennessee Phase.
The committee also planned to
delve further into charges that
Federal relief money had been used
in Tennessee to enhance the value
of property owned by politically
prominent persons.
Evening star., 1939-05-11
axes
Continued From First Page)

the administration wants them to
go ahead and take risks and that
the administration wants them to
make money.
Tax legislation should be of a
nature that is not deterrent to
business men,"
He also asserted he stood by his
March 3 letters to Chairman Harri-
son of the Senate Finance Committee
and Chairman Doughton of the
House Ways and Means Committee
promising to present certain un-
specified tax studies whenever the
committees wanted them. Secretary
Morgenthau expects the House Com
mittee to summon him in about a
week.
The Secretary's tax recommends
tions, formulated mainly by Under
secretary John w. Hanes, a former
Wall Street broker, have been re-
ported to include consolidation of
the present four corporation taxes
into single levy, provisions for off,
setting corporations operating losses
of one year against the profits Of the
following year. and numerous other
technical changes desired by busi-
nesSmen.
Evening star., 1939-05-11
Eiqht Believed Dead
In Grain Elevator
Fire in Chicago
$1,000. 900 BIoze
Spreads to Four
Other Buildings
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 11.-An explosion
and fire leveled a mammoth South
Side grain elevator today, in which
f1remen feared eight or more men
were killed. The flames then spread
to four neighboring elevators and
enveloped quarter square mile in
soaring heat.
Fire Marshal Michael j. Corrigan
said 1t was the largest fire in Chi
cago since the $1,000 900 conflagra-
ton at the stockyards May 10, 1894.
Five city firemen and four other
men, two seriously hurt, were taken
to hospitals.
Preliminary estimates placed the
loss to grain and properties at well
above 100000.
Reports that casualties might
reach a score could not be confirmed
because the heat kept flremen some
100 feet from the ruins of elevator
"A" of the Rosenbaum Grain Co.,
w. H. Gassier, superintendent
where the explosion originated. :.
in charge of operations for the
company, said eight men were be-
lieved to have been trapped in "A"
elevator.
Evening star., 1939-05-11
W. P. A.
that they better join the alliance if
they wished to hold their jobs.
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that they better join the alliance if
they wished to hold their jobs.
Sold Buttons to Members.
Mr.. Maureberger, the Maths affi-
davit said, sold alliance buttons for
5 cents apiece and memberships for
IS cents each. Furthermore, accord
ing to the statement, the men on the
project allegedly stole apples from
Mr.. Maths and wood from his neigh
Dor.
During bad weather. the Maths
affidavit went on, "the men would
stay in shack known as the SOUP
house There the men would re-
main all day drinking. playing poker
and pinochle. keeping The other
laborers working as far down the
road as possible"
Blamed for Strikes.
Then Mr.. Doose read an AFFIDAVIT
from Mr.. Nygard, the Berks County
construction foreman, who had his
own troubles with the Workers Al
lance. The alliance is the cause Of
all the strikes in Berks County,"
Mr.. Nygard said He recalled that
during strike when he was in IL
shack attending to business, Work.
ers' Alliance men picked up the
shack and shook it, shouting the
while:
Chase the big out and get
a rope"
when a Workers Alliance men,
Der is dismissed from one job, he
bounces back on another project" +"
Mr.. Nygard reported.
An affidavit given Mr.. Doose May
by Russell M. Lott, w. P. A.
worker connected with the Skyline
boulevard project until February,
reported on the working habits of
the w. P. A. laborers. Saying that
when he was member of the
Workers Alliance, he attended sew
eral meetings, Mr.. Lott reported:
During these meetings the COM
mitteemen, informed the w. P. A.
workers that If any of their FORE
men on any of the projects tried to
push the men or work them too
hard to report 1t to the committee
of the Workers Alliance and that,
in turn, they would contact these
foremen and that they would de-
mand their removal. If this was
not effective, they would run them
off the project"
An affidavit from Joseph Clinton,
Laureldale, Pa. given May 8, said
Alliance members threatened to run
him off his w. P. A. job If he didn't
join the organization.
Michigan Man Testifies.
Earlier at today's hearing Olin C..
Eckley, representing the Michigan
Builders Supply Association, told
Evening star., 1939-05-11
Security Cards Are Held
By $4,000, 900 Women
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Women hold nearly 100000 of
the 100000 Social Security cards.
The Social Security Board said to-
day that this was a higher propor-
ton than the estimated number of
employed women, but that there is
heavy turnover of feminine job
holders
OF the applications for Social
Security numbers last year, 56.7 per
cent came from men and women
under 30. Among these were more
than 100000 between Is and 10
years old. AkSd
Evening star., 1939-05-11
}. N. Holland, Gardener
At Walter Reed, Dies

Joseph N. Holland, Sc, chief gar
dener at Walter Reed Hospital, died
yesterday at the hospital after q
two-week illness. He made his home
at Clifton Park, Silver Spring, Md.
A native of Louisa, Va, he came
here when 16 years old. Besides his
wife, Mrs. Eta D. Holland, he leaves
five daughters, Mrs. Bernice Griffin,
Mrs. Ethel Moore, Mrs. Margaret
Myers, Mary and Betty Holland,
and three sons, David, Charles and
Merele Holland.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at his home and
burial will be In Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1939-05-11

MOLINE, ILL-SURGEON'S KNIFE is BLAMED-Nancy Irene
McCreedy efD 19 months DID, dead today the victim of
strepococcic infection resulting from wound accidentally
inflicted by surgical knife in the pocket of her father Dr.
Clifford @. McCreedy of Aedo ILL., rgh The knife, used
few hours earlier patient suffering from abscess
wounded the child when her father took her in his
P. WrephOtOs
Evening star., 1939-05-11

Death, Disability, Arrest and Scorn
are the Four Horsemen Of traffic
safety.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
81 Lose LiVes When. Storm
Hits So. California Coast

Continued Prom rare onsl
10 escape the beat AMI were trap
ped by the wind and rainxtofmA
Tho coast from santa Barbara
south beyond Huntington Beach
vas s,re~n Monday with the debris
Of the storm. hlsh seas sisii pound
ing the shore. and rain falling In
torrents.
Amoag al the Victims ~
licvesi 10 have drowned In tbs
small boat disasters. oaiy ons
body had b~sn washed ashore.
That was this unideatifled body
Of the woman found ~ thu
Point Huenemse lighthouse.
Al least five deaths In ths surf
were reported.
Two died at Los Angeles har-
Dor. two At Long Beach and ons
at Newport Beach.
They were among the thousands
who flocked 10 tina beaches for
the weekend, seeking relief from
the heat that held with little abate-
ment until early Sunday morning.
With the sea calm. scores Of
small craft put into tho Sea-
Then the storm broke.
Many OF the boats were re-
ported missing at 3 a. m.
The early toll indicated at least
10 yachts and barges sank or were
wrecked.
Navy cruisers were aiding coast
guard cutters In search for disabled
craft, but with little hope OF find
ing any survivors Of the storm.
Deputy sheriffs and jail pris-
oners aided farmers and Geo
youths In searching tho sands
In southern Ventura county
for possible victims Of the
Spray disaster. The fishing
boat was washed ashore In
Mugu lagoon. All that re-
mained Of the vessel was tho
hull.
As the storm waters rushed sea-
ward, homes In the residential dis
tricts Of the lowlands and beach
cities were flooded.
The Roosevelt highway TO OK
nard was blocked at Santa Monica
canyon when waters backed up at
a storm drain project under con-
struction and flooded the highway
under from two to three feet Of
water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
BRITAIN IS NOW
RATIONINC GAS

LONDON ~ CreA; Britain had
Instituted a gasoline fAtioning sys-
TEN expected 10 reduce the numesr
az automobiles in tns streets and
traffic deaths by 50 per cent
The program originally was 20
have been started Sept is. but
was postponed when the govern
merit found itself unprepAred 10
issue the thousands Of rstloning
books demanded.
Traffic deaths In London and
other cities have increased dras-
tically since the blsckouts started
and pedestrians were believed 10
learn that patrol cars would be
on duty at all times TO lessen the
hazards OF walking at night.
Motorists readjusted their car
buretors to get as much mileage
as possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
RAY N. NELSAN
RITES TUESDAY

Funeral services for Raymond
w. Nslsan, OF, owner and proprs.
stor OF The South Tacoma Cleaners
and Dysrs establishment, who died
Sunday At HIS home, TAOS No. An
derson at. viii be held Tuesday
Al 30 p. m. from Pipers chapel.
The Rev. sydney 7. James viii
offIclate, with sntombment In
Tacoma mausolsum following ths
services.
Nelson WAS born In LItehfisld.
MINI, and had been = rssidsnt Of
Tacoma Is years. having formerly
lived in Coeur d'Alsns. Idaho. and
Spokane, Wash.
lie was q member Of the Golden
Fleece lodge No. 80. v. = A. N, In
Lltchfield. whsrs his father wss
master Of the lodge At ths time
he Joined. When he came west ne
transferred to tho kootsnai lodge.
n. a A. NJ, In Occur d'Alens. lie
was also a member Of the boottish
Rite lodge ID Spokane.
His activities In Tacoma included
a membership In this White Clover
chapter OF o. n. D.. No. 81. and an
association with the South Tacoma
Business Mems club. lie was .
charter member OF the Kiwanis
club. He had owned and oper-
ated the cleaning establishment Ia
South Tacoma for over 10 years.
lie leaves his wife, Flora, Of the
home, and a brother. Harry A.
Nelsan, Of Minneapolis. MINI.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
CONTRACT FOR FORT
ELECTRICITY VOTED

Authorization Of a contract with
the war department for furnishing
electricity TO Fort Lewis, McChord
Field, the u. 8. Veterans hospital
and sequalitchew lake pumping
station was voted by the council
Monday.
The authority was contained in .
resolution introduced by Commits
sioner Davisson. The current would
be furnished for lighting, power
and cooking" would be based on
the city's rate schedule "E-2," and
the contract would extend TO June
30, 1910. renewable annually for
10 years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
Tacoma Obituaries

one year. coming 10 Tacoma from
Seattle where she bad resided -
years. Private services were hcld
Monday q, 2ia p. M. from thu
Meilinger chapel Cremation fol.
lowed tho services. Born Ia Ken
lucky. Mrs. Parsons leaves five
sons. Oscar Lowe Of Tacoma. J.
h. Lowe Of Seattle. J. l.. Lowe
Of Gig Harbor. Carl Lowe OF Pasa-
dcna and Herman Lowe u CALI
fornia, two sisters. Mrs. Lillian
lizard and Mrs. Vivian Griffith of
Missouri. and two brothcrs. VAL
ter Barnes OF Missouri and Il. Il.
Barnes Of Toppenish.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-25
LOWER TEMPERATURE
AIDS FIRE FIGHTERS

SANTA CRUZ, CaI.--Lower tenn
peratures and better humidity Mon
day aided 200 fire fighters In stem
ming a 1,300-acre blaze that had
burned stubbornly through Zayante
canyon near Santa Cruz, where
there are scores Of summer homes.
Although the fire jumped the Mt.
Charlie and Summit roads Sunday,
1t reached positions where the
firefighters could obtain ample
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