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Evening star., 1939-04-23
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that he would be overjoyed to So
again, and that he had arranged
exactly an interview, for Pons
not allow these officially to mer
of your sex, but he has consent
dine at my house on the unders
ing that nothing gets into the par
lady Mary smiled as she read
in spite of the power of the .
President. she thought that the II
of this dinner party would get J
the papers.) There will be no.
but me and my wife. Pons and II
Armitage. | was obliged to saw
Pons that you had something tol
him about the state of public opt
in England. so you had betterinJ
some little budget of information
nattering of course, but | do not |
to advise you to be tactful."
smiled again at the word - tactic!
tactful how would her deed
Judged by future generations.
As matter of fact the appo
ment did not quite please her. As
sination would not be quite so eas
the Lewis drawing room and w(
involve Lewis more than if she C
Evening star., 1939-04-23

She wrote in a clear, round hand:
Dear Horace: l shall be passing
through Carminia on my way to
visit Flora in Teheran. Would it be
possible for me to get glimpse OF
the King President? suppose
ought to write to Paul. but if the
Great Man should refuse to receive
me there might be an incident,
whereas he can refuse you as rudely
as he likes and no one need be any
the wiser. Only l do hope he won't
refuse, because am consumed with
curiosity to see him with my own
ewes. Mary"
Eager as Lewis was to see his old
friend again, he felt shock almost of
disgust as he read her letter. Lady
Mary of all women. Adele. his wife,
could hardly be brought to be civil to
Pons. He would have expected Lady
Mary to detour hundreds of miles
rather than pass through Carminia,
and here she was pleading for an in
terview. The Great Man! That
arrogant murderer.
Nevertheless he wrote cordially
Evening star., 1939-04-23

no courage? Why has no Charlotte
Corday risen to kill that man." As
she spoke she knew what her own
death could do for her it would
enable her to kill Pons. She had so
often longed for some Carminian
woman to sacrifice her life in taking
his.
She had never thought that she
was to BE- the woman.
Pons held himself aloof. Interviews
were not easy to obtain, but for a
woman in Lady Mary's position any
thing is possible. The British Ambas-
sador to Carminia. Sir Paul Armitage,
was an old friend, but she did not
write to him. She knew her country
was trying to maintain friendly rela-
tions with Carminia. She did not wish
to involve Armitage in the assassina-
ton. The American Ambassador was
an old friend, too. The United States
was too far away to fear reprisals,
and, she understood. was bitterly
opposed to Pons. Horace Lewis would
not be ruined by being innocently in
volved in Pons' destruction.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

RADY MARY received the doctors
verdict more calmly than he
- was able to deliver it. Presently
she rang for a servant to show him
out. After all, she was fifty-eight and
she had not expected to be immortal.
To die . to sleep no more Z.
Well. yes, little bit more. She ao,-
mitted that the immediate approach
OF death was startling, unique - not
exactly terrifying.
She had suffered many losses - her
husband by death: her children either
by death or by marriages in the re-
mote corners of the Empire. She had
often thought that every loss had
brought some gain - in wisdom, or
strength, some new incentive to a
deeper life. But her own death
what could that teach her, except
that today she was Lady Mary
Berley, sitting in front of sea-coal
fire in her London drawing room, and
in few months she would be spirit
"a ghost "a mere bit OF dust -
something that the wise ones of the
earth could not tell her much about.
A footman, ignorant of any crisis.
opened the door and said, "The
Countess Helen Tscheskie." Lady
Mary sprang up, her own sorrow for
gotten in a greater one.
Helen, my dear! How nice of you
to come at once. You only landed last
night - your escape how wonder
full"
Il thought you would wish to hear
about my mother"
''Her death, Helen it was not
suicide?:"
Countess Helen, pale plain girl,
sat down and folded her thin hands.
Eyes, think it was. They came to
the castle you know, to question her.
She knew they meant to torture her
they we're quite open about it --
they had ransacked all the old dun
geons for instruments. They wanted
to find out what she had done with
the family fortune, and she was afraid
she might break down and tell them.
She was determined that there should
be enough left for me and my sister to
live here in England - only me, now.
They caught Anna, you know. She is
now in one of their rest houses No
woman ever comes out alive from
those"
Lady Mary shuddered sickly. If she
shut her eyes she could see the four
teenth century castle, the old Count
ess, serene and disciplined, and the
two little girls, so gay and sheltered.
But that was all many years ago -
before the rise of Cyprian Pons.
Of all the dictators, Pons seemed to
Lady Mary the most horrible, for he
had based his rise to power on the per-
secution of women - not of course
that he called it persecution; he called
it returning woman to her natural
place." In Carminia, girls were for
hidden all education beyond the
primary grades. All property was
taken from women and given to their
male relations, or to the State to ad
minister. All occupations were closed
except domestic service in their
own homes or in the houses of Others.
And upon the women who resisted,
such horrors had been perpetrated as
could not be printed in decent news
papers. and so, by many people, were
not believed. But Lady Mary knew
them to be true, for she had heard
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
" Buried AIiUe"
VELLO EVERYBODY!

Il Adventure laid icy hand on the shoulder of
Joseph Kurz who sent of the best written
I've had to date Joe's Brooklyn and at last writing
could have used job He gave his youthful ambition to
mining engineer result of events related in todays
story and switched mechanical engineering But you
the magazines looking for people who write
like Joe.
Accordingly, I'm following his script pretty close In
April 1920 Joe surveyor with the Glen Alden Coal
Co., Scranton Pa. 1t his first job and he was assigned
investigating pillar robbing' in the Cayuga mines. I'll
explain.
Miners leave enough coal to support the roof of the
mine which consists of shale scay rock, that caves IN
stealing coal from these remaining sup
illegal since cavens in which workers
explode buildings
standing collapse earthquake fire and flood
Old Tmbers Prove Useless as Support
so Inside Joe and three
crumbed the weight of millions
held decades AS supports they
well been mined out Old timber
themselves those far bygone years
were roted useless collapsed mil
dewed the millions of tons of
his head
the the pitch" ype-each chamber
a IongsI The roof dan
of breath would
Fallen rock covered the steepy
"gob" cans sIanting tunnel floor
dues-lovey this loose rock
safe for the others to come up II
he forgot tell about
JOes Lamp Ignites Pocket of Whtedamp.
cnging gsnng
the faint light the lamp fastened
light falling feather testing every
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
Varmint Killer No. l

LIE HAD keen eyes, steady
L L nerves, infinite patience and
knew no fear; it was natural that
Ben Lily should love big game hunt
ing. But it was only because he be-
came one of Americas most de-
pendable hunters that he was en-
ployed by the United States biologi-
cal survey to kill mountain lions.
Ben began to hunt in Louisiana
when he was child not much taller
than the length of his rifle. Later in
life he took Theodore Roosevelt
through the Louisiana canebrakes
on a hunting trip. Then he trailed
big game in Mexico, up In the Yu-
kon and in the distant wilds of
Canada. He even got to the jungles
of Africa before working for the gov
eminent in Arizona.
He worked in the Blue river Sec
ton of the White mountains Of
Arizona protecting cattle from lions
and bears. Ben worked all year
round, travelling on foot with moth
ing but dogs for companionship.
In the Apache forest reserve alone
Lily stalked and killed more than
$50 mountain lions and two score
"club-foots" besides. The mountain
stock owners figure that each row.
ing lion destroys $4,000 worth OF
cattle each year.
G Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
Machine Gun Maestro

~ AAkA vACSSN ~ ~
MOST men have to decide early
IN life whether they want to
become soldiers of fortune or stay
nome and make money in business.
Sam Dreben never could make up
his mind. But he was successful
at both.
His record was only ordinary in
the Philippine insurrection, the Box
er rebellion in China and the La
Guardla campaign in Honduras. But
that was because he hadn't yet laid
ms hands on machine gun.
In 1912, when Gen. Campo led an
uprising against the Mexican gov
eminent, Dreben joined the rebels.
Near Parral, when Gen. Campa's
son was killed in front of him, the
rebels morale broke and they began
to retreat in confusion.
Only pudgy Sam Dreben remained
calm. He sat at machine gun and
covered the retreat with a constant
hail of bullets that permitted the
rebel troops to take up an orderly
position in the rear.
When the revolution was put down.
ne crossed the border to Ell Paso
and made a small fortune selling
guns. But Huerta led an uprising
against Villa and Dreben decided
to go to the latter's defense. Sit
ting aStride his famous machine gun
at Bachima pass, he held off the
Huerta forces. Single handed he
delayed them until Villa could re-
organize his troops and turn re-
treat into a victory Then he re-
turned to Ell Paso again and made
a half million dollars in Green Mon
ster copper stock!
Although Sam was rich and al
most 40 when we entered the World
war, he enlisted. Leading a group
of doughboys, he silenced a menac-
ing German machine gun emplace-
ment in battle near Etienne. Forty
Germans had to be killed before
his mission was accomplished and
Dreben killed % of them himself.
For that feat, General Pershing
himself pinned the Distinguished
Service Cross on Dreben's already
medal-heavy chest.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
Lee Christmas

WHEN Lee Christmas was engi-
w neer for the Yazoo & Missis-
sippi railroad. he got into scrape
and was sent to Jail. His fellow
trainmen dynamited the building
and got him out. That's how his
adventurous life happened, literally,
to start with a bang!
Pursued, he slowed away on a
ship for Honduras. There was
war going on when he got there and
he joined the army. 1t was wise
choice of vocation-he was rapidly
promoted through every rank in
Guiding general.
Then he went to Guatemala and
got into another fracas. No dyna-
hitting was necessary this time,
however, as he shot the officer
and several members of the group
that were sent to arrest him. Then
the entire army was called upon to
capture him.
Running through side streets, he
saw the rear door of an unguarded
armory open, ran in and barricaded
himself. He found more than thou
sand rifles, plenty of ammunition
and many loopholes. He went
around the building for a day and a
half, firing as fast as he could from
one hole after the other. Not only
did he give the impression that he
was more than one man, but he
actually killed about 80 soldiers.
He didn't come out until, of all
things, they offered him not only his
liberty but a commission in the
army.
He won So big battles in Central
America and even went so far as
to start a revolution of his own in
Honduras-and won it. Later he
succeeded in getting into the United
States army intelligence service
with an assignment to Central
America. In 1923 he died peace
fully in a hospital in New Orleans.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
Family Ties Mean Nothing to Cold-Blooded
Reptiles; Offspring Wriggle Through Life Alone

his slender dark body and three long
yellow stripes. The green snake is
as green as grass and the queen
snake, which is found only in water,
has nice chocolate brown stripes.
The storer's or red-bellied burrow-
ing snake is very small and gray
with bright red decorations.
Each one has a personality of his
own. Some are very mysterious
and secretive, preferring to lead pri-
vate lives under stones, bark or
logs. Others move freely in the
open fields. Some are happiest
around water or living in marshes
and swamps. Tree climbers like
the pilot black snake haunt the
heavy woods.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

ImbrOpea N SUNDAY
Uniform cCYIoor
-:-LESSON =
BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for March S

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used BY
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

air condition. Skiers look for it.
But powder snow, if it comes to
earth at very low temperatures,
may form sand snow on which nei.
Their ski nor sled will glide. Wild
snow, is another form of powder
snow which falls in a complete calm
at low temperature and is immense.
ly unstable.
Following first contact snow en-
tiers the stage of settling snow. II
becomes settled snow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
ALL KINDS OF SNOW, LITERALLY!

To most people to whom snow
only means a job of shovelling, it
may help bit to learn that scien-
lists classify snow into at least II
different varieties.
Let's start with falling snow. 1t
is precipitation frozen into some
type of crystalline form. When II
hits the ground it becomes fallen
snow At first fallen snow is pow
der snow. soft. fluffy and feathery
and not unchanged from its in-the-
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
Revelation Must Speak

Let reason count the stars, weigh
the mountains, fathom the depths
the employment becomes her, and
the success is glorious. But when
the question is: How shall man be
lust with God?" reason must be 81
lent, revelation must speak; and he
who will not hear it assimilates
himself to the first deist, Cain; he
may not kill brother, he certainly
destroys himself.-Henry Melvi1.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

A snake is -blooded in every
sense of the word. Family ties
mean nothing. If the young hatch
from eggs. they are left to come out
all by themselves. If they are born
En- a litter of from to so infnitesi-
NAL ribbons, they must wriggle
through the school of experience
alone.
Most of the snake gentry here
abouts are very handsomely pat
termed. The ringnecked snake, for
example. is shiny blush black with
bright yellow underparts and bril-
liant orange ring around his neck.
The pilot black snake has black
velvet skin. The ribbon snake would
make a pretty fancy ribbon. with
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

top fly" Joe calls himself to es
instrumeno shoot at
Joen made it. tOp-BOOm An
a shook the earth bolt of vid
flame. ignted pocket of whitedamp
Crash The shock eked rock topping from the
dropped COB the seepsantng floor The
on
audible above the rolling rumble of the
them crescendo jagged rock
Joe hurting into the he'll
darkness far below
marching of fire.
Blsering white heat above
below Joe chung the pillar
dukng hurting shrinking from the blazing
vainly
thereit seemed ages-aching
muscles "carbonic oxide
to seek with
spreading chain explosions
burying Joe his companions
He Began to Figure His Chance for Escape.
of crushed lysmear
of rorapped doghoe crosscu in par
In the nky black Joe CROPPED for
lamp The floor clear He stepped out Instantly
tobogganed overlooked hundred
brought the of loose rock 1t had blocked
the entrance completely
like a rat He on rockw
frightened, his chances of seeing
suddenly precious, and air.
had sucked much out the explosion had driven
out the fire he of
that black pit Would the rest last till
they got to him?
shouted himself hoase
smashed repeatedly against pillar listened Not sound
silence Terrible silence slow death Standardization
Unwonded he wished for deahwif DEATH rather
than Now could wait hepessy
prefers hours Imagination
horrible had
With all they notified surface relay
piar adjoining
that the stand looking
write like professional? What do think?
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
NERv0US?.

Do you feel so nervous you want to screamf
Are you cross and irritable? Do you scold
those dearest to you?
If your nerves are on edge and you feel
you need good general system tonic, try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made especially for soonsen.
For over 60 years one woman has told an
other how to go Smiling thru with reliable
Pinkham's Compound. 1t helps nature build
up more physical resistance and thus helps
calm quivering nerves and lessen discomforts
from annoying symptoms which often &C
company female functional disorders.
Why not give it a chance to help YOU2
Over one million women have written in
reporting wonderful benefits from Pinkham's
Compound.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
0UICK
AUOTES
AMERICAN CREED

"OUR nation was founded upon the
~ principles of responsible citizen.
ship and has grown great upon that
foundation. Personal freedom and
equality of opportunity under the pro-
lection of the law have been-and, |
fervently hope, always will bean abid-
ing creed and zealously guarded way
of life of the American people,
COrdeH Hull, U. S. Secretary Of State.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02
PETER breaches TO
GENTILES

LESSON TEXT-Acts l0:30-48
GOLDEN TEXTBOOK unto me, and
be We saved, all the ends of the earth :
for l am God. and there is none else
Isaiah 1922.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

From the drier,
birds are double.
dipped in warm
liquid wax. After
the wax has con.
gealed, employees
standing along the
line "break down.
the birds, causing
the wax to pop
ope H. Feathers
come off with the
wax. Chickens go
through this proc
ess at the rate of
$50 an hour.
Evening star., 1939-09-22


from q printing and publishing
house In Glasgow and London.
He had resided In Brookhaven.
Miss, for many years.
Evening star., 1939-09-22

work of Parent Teacher groups, was
attended by more than 200 per-
sons, including presidents of va
rious Parent Teacher Associations
and group leaders.
The congress will seek to interest
persons in comfortable economic
circumstances In helping carry for
ward work in less favored sections
OF the city, it was announced.
The meeting was opened by Mrs.
G, D. Lowe, new president of the
congress. Mrs. o. G. Hankins, chair
man of the Organization Committee:
Mrs. Earle Sapp and Mrs. Walter B.
Fry, past president of the congress
and chairman of hospitality, were
among the speakers.
Mrs. P. c. Elicit. vice president of
the congress, told Of the annual
George Washington Parent-Teacher
Institute to be held at George
Washington University on November
l and 2. The institute is conducted
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Normal Trend Of Life
Regardless Of War
Held P.-T. A. Aim
First Of Two Leaders
Conferences Attended
By 200 Persons

The maintenance of a normal
trend of life in the community, re-
gardless of the international sit
uation, was given yesterday as one
OF the objectives of the District
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers at the first of two of its leader
conferences in the boardroom of the
National Education Association.
Yesterdays conference, marked
by discussions of many phases of
Evening star., 1939-09-22

through the cooperation of the uni
versity and the Congress of Parents
and Teachers. Mrs. Elicit is being
assisted In making arrangements for
the affair by Miss Myrtle Moore, a
teacher at Paul Junior High School.
The second leaders conference
will be held at 8 am. next Thursday
in the N. E. A. Building.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Col. Charles Collins Dies

VICKSBURG, Miss, Sept. % LP).-
Col. Charles Glenn Collins, 50,
Scotch plutocrat and adventurer in
many lands, died here yesterday.
He was member of a Scottish
family which amassed a fortune
Evening star., 1939-09-22
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1t all adds up to top car oalue for 1910! Go see
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with the Luxury Ride! And be sure to drive it!
Evening star., 1939-09-22
324 Will Receive
Holy Orders in Rites
AtCatho|ic u.
Coodjutor Bishop Ireton
OF Richmond to Preside
At Ceremony Tonight

Holy orders are to be conferred on
1924 candidates in ceremonies at
Catholic University beginning at
BIS o'clock tonight and continuing
through Sunday. The Most Rev
Peter L. Ireton. Coadjutor Bishop
of Richmond, Va, will present the
orders in the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception.
The following will receive the
Tonsure tonight:
Evening star., 1939-09-22
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17

tons subcommittee of both
houses.
The congressman are making
I trip by air. They will leave
Sacramento. Calf. at Q a. m. and
viii arrive at Fort Lewis about
p. m.
In the Ninth Corps area. they
viii visit the Sd division at Fort
Lewis. Camp Murray. Fort Law
ton. the Northwest airbase at
Mcchord field. and the Boeing air
plane manufacturing plant.
From Seattle, they win fly 20
Salt Lake City, Utah. leaving on
Dec. I.
Members of the party will in
clude: Senators Thomas. Oklaho-
ma: Truman, Missouri. Minton.
Indiana; Schwartz. Wyoming, and
Guerney. South Dakota. and Rep
resentatives May. Kentucky;
Thomson, Texas: Edmiston, West
Virginia; Schaefer, Illinois; Cos
tello. California; Brooks, Louis
lana; Spsrkman. Alabama; Shafer.
Michigan; Byron, Maryland, and
Martin, Iowa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-11-17
W.PAT ROONEY
FILES APPEAL

OLYMPA-Alleging two Of the
jurors were biased against him,
w. Pat Rooney, former Spokane
county commissioner convicted of
accepting brides, today asked the
state supreme court for new trial.
Bian Smith, convicted in Lincoln
county with II. w. Ruark for en-
bezzling $1,000 from Davenport
Union Warehouse Co., asked the
supreme court in his appeal today
for a new trial. Ruark was SEN
fenced Tuesday by the state parole
board to five years minimum term
in the penitentiary for conspiring
with Smith to juggle checks.
The state appealed the case
against Jack Sullivan and Richard
Palmer, freed of charges that they
collected a $500 bride from Bob
Hewitt in Seattle to secure Off
cial immunity for an unnamed Chi
nese gambler. The lower court
dismissed the charges because
Prosecutor B. Gray Warner Of
King county could not produce the
Chinese. In his appeal today, War
ner contended this was unneces-
sary.