Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 2

" THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER Author of the Millionaire Baby, Who Took The Vial From The Box? Chapter VIII Like a man who fecls himself sud- denly seized by the throat, yet who struggles for life, Sinclair cast one heartrendering look toward the con- servatory, then heavily demanded: “Why were you out of your room? Why did they have to look for you? And who was the person who uttered the scream?” She confronted him sadly. “I.was not in the room because I was_ troubled by my discovery. I think I had some idea of returning the box to the shelf from which I had taken it. At all events, I found myself-on the little staircase in the rear when that cry rang through the house. I do not know who uttered it; I only, know that it did not spring from my lips?” “Jt was your aunt!” he whispered. “It ‘was she who took the vial out of the box; ‘woh put it to her own lips; who neked when she felt her vitals Had you stayed you would have known this. Can’t you say so? Don’t you think so? Why do you look' at me with those incredulous eyes?” . “Because you must not believe a lie. Because you are too good a man to be sacrificed. It was a younger throat than my aunt’s which gave ut- terance to that shriek. Mr. Sinclair, be advised; do not be married tomor- row!” Meanwhile I was pacing the hall without in a delirium of suspense. Suddenly I'heard a hoarse cry break from within and saw the door fiy open. and Dorothy come hurrying out. She shrank when she saw me and soon was up the stairs and out of sight. I rushed into the library. I found Sinclair sitting before a|; table with his head buried in his hands. In an instant I knew that our positions were again reversed. I dared and laid my hand on his shoulder. He shuddered but did not look up, and it was minutes before he spoke. Then it all came n a rush. ~.“Fool! fool that I was! And I saw that she was consumed by fright the moment it became plain that I was intent .upon having some conversa- tion- with . Dorothy. Her fingers where they gnpped my arm have left marks ‘behind them. But I saw only womanly nervousness where a man less blind would have detected guilt. Walter, I.wish that the mere scent of this empty flask would kill. Then I should not have to reenter that con- servatory door—or look again in her face, or—"" I asked with all the calmness pos- sible: “What is all this mystery? Why have your suspicions returned to Gilbertine?” “Dorothy had the empty box; but the vial! the vial!—that had been taken by a prevous hand. Do you remember the white silk train which Mr. Armstrong saw slipping from this room? I can not ‘talk, Walter; my duty leads me there.” He pointed toward the conserva- tory. I sank into a chair. He ad- vanced to the conservatory door. But in another instant I was on my feet. I could hear him rushing about among the palms. Presently I heard his voice shout out the wild ary: “She is gone! I forgot there was another door communicating with the hall.” 1 entered where he stood gazing down at an empty seat. Never shall 1 forget Mis face. To him this flight bore but one interpretation—guilt. * I found my way to my own room alone. I fell asleep very soon after and did not wake till roused by a knock at my door. On opening it I confronted. Sinclair, looking haggard and unkempt. As he entered the first clear notes of the breakfast bell could be heard rising up from the lower hall. “I have not slept,” he said, “I have been walking the hall all night, list- ening by spells at her door. God for- give me, but I have said nothing to any one of what has made this affair an awful tragedy to me! Do you think 1 did wrong? I waited to give Dorothy a chance. Why should I not show the same consideration to Gil- bertine?” "“You ¢hould.” “I shall not go to breakfast,” he now declared. “I have written this line to Gilbertine. Will you scc that she gets it? Be sure, when you give it to her, that she will have an opportunity of reading it alone. I shall request the use of one of the little reception- rooms this morning. Let her come there if she is so impelled. She will find a friend as well ag a judge.” T endeavored to express sympathy, -~ patience and suggest hope. But he had no ear for words. 1 found the lower hall alive with Igger guests and a few outsiders. fews of the sad event was slowly making its way through the avenue, and 'somé of the Armstrongs’ nearest neighbors had left their breakfast tables to hear the particulars. Mr. Armstrong was nowhere in sight. For him the breakfast waited. I re- nnlned near, the staircase waiting “THE AMETHYST BOX™ By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN The Mist, Etc. (Copyrighted by the Bobbs-Merrill Company): * The Filigree Ball, The House In for some one to déscend who could give me news concerning Miss Mur- ray. But little Misg _Lane would: be sure to appear, she ‘would listén to my questions and give me the answer I needed for the carrying out of Sin- clair’s wishes. But before her light foot-fall was heard, three men came down, one after the other, followed by Miss Armstrong. Two of them were the physicians who had been called in the night. As Mr. Armstrong ushered them down the hall and out the front door, many were the curious glances which followed them. This filled me with a vague alarm. I was closely watching the door b hind which Mr. Armstrong had van- ished when it suddenly opened and ' 1 perceived that he had been writing a telegram. As he gave it to one of; the servants he made a gesture and summons rang out for breakfast. Young and old turned toward the dining-room, but the host did not en- ter with them. Before the younger of his guests could reach his side he had slid into the room which was set apart for the display of Gilbertine’s wedding- presents. Instantly I lost all inclination for breakfast and lingered about in the hall. Mr. Arm- strong approached from the side hall, and inquired if Mr. Sinclair had come down yet. I assurcd him that I had not seen him and did not think he meant to come to breakfast, adding that he had been very much affected by the affairg of the night. “I ‘am sorry, but there is a ques-|. tion I must askshim immediately. It is about a little Italian trinket which I am told he displayed to the ladies yesterday afternoon.” End Chapter VIII CENSUS FIGURES SHOW . DEATH RATE DECREASES (Continued from page 1) dicitis, scarlet fever, diabetes and | puerperal fever. The fatalities cas- ed by automobile accidents and in- juries show an increase from 10.4 per 100,000 in 1920, to 11.5 in 1921. A marked decrease..in shown in | the death rate from' tuberculosis, which was 99:4 in 1921 as compared with 114.2 in*1920; also in the death rate from influenza' and pneumonia (all forms) ‘which was 99.5 in 1921 against 208.3 in 1920. The rates for measels, bronchitis; nephritis, whoop ing cough, heart disease, and diar- rhea ang enteritis also dec)inedA 'ARMS LIMITING . PARLEY CALLED EVENT OF Washington Meeting _ Stands Cut as Big Achievement of U. S. in 1922 Py (Continued from page 1) ‘tustoms of the government, may be considered the greatest job perform- ed by Congress during the year. The law was passed late-in September, after having been under debate for two years, Virtually all tariff duties were raised, and the bill is now ‘breaking all records for customs re- ceipts. Other important ‘cluded : The act providing for the refund- ng of the war debt and the creation of the debt refunding commissjon. Provision for additional credits to the farmers. 1 Creation .of a federal fact finding coal commission as a result of the coal strike to investigate the mining industry. Much minor legislation also was passed, but many of the legislative problems facing Congress at the be- 'ginning.of the year still remain un- solved. Although a majority in Con- gress favors a soldier bonus bill, it ~was blocked by a presidential veto, the senate failing to override the ve- legislation in- |to. The ship subsidy bill, strongly advocated by the adminjstration still is pending with its fate in doubt. President Harding has recom- mended a huge program of legisla- tion which can hardly be touched be- fore the present Congress goes out of office on March 4. in Supreme Court In the Supreme Court, the most important decision of the year prob- ably was the one defining the rights of prganized labor. In a case brought by the Coronado Coal Co., of Ar- kansas, as the result of strike riots in 1914, in which miners are alleged to have caused great damage ‘in the mines, the court held that labor un- jons can be sued for damages, and that heads of unions can be held re- 'sponsible for any illegal acts of the ‘unign members, if the act resulted from orders issued by the leaders. The decision was generally regarded as limiting the “activities of strikers bloiv to its rights. In other important- decisions, the Supreme Court declared unconstitu- ‘tional ‘the child labor law, upheld ‘the packer control. law, knocked out parts of the Grain Futare Trading acts, strengthened the prohibition law in several decisions and handed ‘down _decisions. affecting scores of State laws. ! ~The government has made big strides toward govemmental econo- The Paris municipal tax on ‘ser- vants hag raised about three.quar- ters of a million dollars in 6 months. my during the year, cutting the fed- eral budget for the next year down to about $3,0000,000,000, or more : +|than.$600,0000,000 under appropri- ' Among the peasantry of Europe there are still women who believe that they will improve their chil- "dren’s health by eating raisins and placing the stones on the baby’s ations for the current year. So far virtually no progress has been made in the refunding .of the $11,000,000 war debt to the United States. France has been unwilling and organized labor consxd red |t a ing the debt Great Bntnm s rehmd- ing has been delayed by a change of government at Lonilon, but negoti- ations are expected 'to open eanly in | 1923. Other nations are awaiting until the powers r=fund their obliga- tions. TRAGEDY STALKS IN BIG _ SUBWAYS OF NEW YORK (Continued from page 1) the dock to meet his wife and son, coming from Russia o join him. Again a subway door closed. An- other family was separated. But this time fortine threw into the path of the pan‘c—stncken WO- man a man who understood her lan- guage and who was’'nt too busy to stop. He escorted the lost ‘mother and son to a police station. There the husband later found ‘them.. A repe- tition of the Gallo-tragedy had been avoided. After two years’ hard work, two brothers decided to go back to Italy and spend Christmas /with their old mother. They spent all their savinzs for passage on the Majestic on her last trip of the year. But they got fost in the subway:and reached the pier in time to see the boat leaving. They could take no' other boat. All their dreams were shattered. According to officials at the Grand Central and Pennsylvania ra:lroad stations, 50 persons a day miss their ains as a result of becoming lost in the subways. Police say hundreds are lost in New York daily. EUROPE IS STANDING AT CROSS-ROADS TODAY | (Continued from page 1) believe renewed war with the Turks is inevitable. | The spectre’ of* whr in the Near Ecst haunted the: Lausanne confer- ence yesterday with the British and Turkish delégates’ at, swords points over the question whether the rich Mosul Oil regions shall be surrend- | ered by ~Britain. The war scare which the conierence was callea w avert, sprung up again. It was reported from London that the British 1leet: which recently left Constantinople waters would from Malta )e%torday afternoon un- der the command of 'Admiral Brock, to be ready to strike 'in the event of war. An. Athens dlspatch said the Greeks were preparmg to rush 100, 000 men to meet the Turks in East- ern Thrace if war comes MISS MAUI,) HILL WILL MAKE ‘HER DEBUT, TONIGHT - St. Paul, —Miss Maud Hill, daughter of Lou S W. Hill, and grand daughter of the late empire builder, ]J' J. Hill, was breaking the tradi- tions of her democratic grand-father today. Her “coming out” party tonight, will be the most exclusive Twin City society affair of recent years. Mrs. Louis Warren Hill, mother of the debutante will ‘present her daugh- ter. ‘Tomorrow:-‘there . will be a dnncing'pnrty at the Hill home for the Yale glee club. appearing in con- cert here. Younger married and col- lege sets-will be guests. ! Babies weighing 20 pounds at birth are by no means uncommon, and instances are recorded from time to time of this weight being exceed- sail | FOR TOURISTS New Officers of Ten '!:houumL Lakes- Asscciation Plan on Big 1923 Tourist Crop (Continued trom page.1) attractions of the Ten:/ Thousand ' Lakes arg,_n brought to_the:atten- in other states'than, ever befor Officers of the association prepayiig a ‘program thp@')é\f - ed to attract 750,000 visitors’ to nesota in 1923. tion, had refused to accept the presi- dency again. Other- officers elected were E. T. Winship of Owatonna, .vice-presi-= (dent; A. D. Darge, St. Paul, vice- president; H. M. Gardner, Minne- 'A. Coppe, S'.. Paul, execnhvc secre- tary. . The association decldcd to abnhsh the salary for the position of presi- ‘dent and make this an hor\orary of5 fice. The association w)ll seek to ohta.m $50,000 a year from the legxshture instead of $20,000 to advertise Min- nesota’s lakes. Decision to ask for the larger a- mount followed the presentation of figures by the association, to show that the 500,000 visitors from -other states vho came to Minnesota last summer ‘spent $25,000,000 in the state. These figures were supple- mented by others offered by mem- bers of the association, showing the return from the advertising: The summer trade at Cass Lake this year amounted to $163,000, ac- cording to an actual survey made byl U. S. Forest Service men. Last year, a similar canvass showed that.. the | The delegates at the annual meet- ing -went on record against any tax which would fall on the tourist. The association favored: Increased for- est protection and conservation, ad- ditional funds for propagation and protection of fish, retention of Min- nesota National Forest, the Greatj Lakeg Tidewater project and a state 'Auditor Chase. 7 Advertising 6f ‘Minnesota’s lakes for: o adbe . o summer trade wa$ $100,000. | poultry, park system as advocated by Statel‘”ork Pink Salmon, tall cans, 3 FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1922 include a new feature, { A [it was decided. Efforts will be made to extend the tourist season to five months. In the past, the bulk of the travel has come’ during (M1¥ee months. Attractiong of Minnesota during the other two months, when the lake d(slrict should prove just as inviting to tourists, will be emphasized. Officers of the association also ‘hope to extend the. - advertising | of Minnesota’s. lakes into some. sections..net gain of . $2‘1,956» el to the south: which have. not - been: reached. Minnesota has only begun to yeach. the..number of visitors which: may be expected when the at- trnqtiqns: of its lakes are fully leal- ized in other states. The new directors of the Ten tion of greater numbers of people Thousand ‘Lakes Association are: ' C, H, Su‘wle{, Aitkin; 0. J. Rey- nolds Alexandna Irvin Fox, Austin; F. S. Lycan, Bemld]x, M. N. Koll, D=1 Cass, Lake; John K. West, Detroit; 'R. D. Handy Duluth; S. V. Saxby, H. P. Peters,' kis; A. L. Robe:ts, Rochester; C. D. 'Schwab, St. Cloud; S. W. Dittenhof- ' “|er, St. Paul; C. E. Miller, Staples; G.' 'C.. Callson, Tower; E. L. Barrett' Virginia; Dr. H. R. Werick, Hibbing; P. H. McGarry, Walker Charles L. apolis, secretary-treasurer, and-Ivan .. johnson, Grand Marias,’ and R. E. /Dunn, Pelican Rapids. Directors from Crookston and In- ternat\onal Falls are yet to be se- lected. i JUNICR FARMERS TAKE IN NEAT SUM IN 1922, (Continued from page 1) was loaned by -bankers to the young club members.and that $14,100. was spent for educational trips and ap- proximately and addition of $18,940 . for other prizes. Some 714 demon- stration teams were trained and gave 3,400 demonstrations ' to 89,491 people. Leaders and individual club members gave. . demonstrations at- tended by 132,488 persons.. The club projects were carried on in corn, potatoes, garden, pig, sow and litter, dairy cclf, beef calf, sheep canning, bread, - garment making, dairy stock judgng, and general .livestock - judging.. Of the farm projects livestock clubs were the most popular, with the cairy calf projejet leading. - Garment clubs topped the list for growth among home products. . A ;small beginning 'was made ‘n a lealth project with three counties organizing for the 1373 miles of urban street railw Pn oducts of z"e da Ty calf club were valued at $104,780. The sow and litter clubs came second With pro- duets valued at $‘7.,509 ‘and ‘the beef calf clubs "third’ with prod\.cts val- ued at at $61,340. In the net value of products produced: the:sow and little clubs ranked first, with a total of $34,254.50; beef calf clubs were secand, showing a net gain of $31,- +475.88, and the dairy, clabs, third, a 1 - Club work, is.|a vital.mari ta Dt the extension program carried oBiby the University, the U..S. Department.of. Agriculture, .the farm_ buregu, and, ,other cn.nperating force e DETRGIT'S MUNICIPAL: RAII.WAY I SUCCESS ' | (Conf.mued xrqm page Fam) $.4047 pen car mile, addinz the fixed R. R. Wise of Brainerd is the new ‘Duluth; George L. B: h, Ely; E. precidont of the Ten Thousand Takes | 0" Laan Fangx:nont rozich, Ely; charges which aggregate. approxi- of Minnesota association.; Mr. Wise Glenwood; D. M. Gunn, Grand Rap-' taxes, as the city pays taxes the same was elected at_the D“l“f‘h meeting 4gg; T, J. Karp, Mankato; E. J. West- | as a private corporation to both city, after Hon. P, H. McGarry, president lnke Minneapolis; Ray G. Farring-'state and county to_the expenses it of the organization from its incep-ton Ortonville; E. R. Ruggles, Osa- increases the_expense to $.3771 per , ately $350,000 per month and. the car mile, leaving net after everything +has ben deducted of $.0276 per ‘car mile. t ! Cash Reserve Established ' The depa.\tment employs a ‘very unique method in establishing actual ‘funded reserves. The reserves are not merely a book reserve, but the actual amounts reserved each month are ‘drawn from the’ active cash-accounts in the banks and’ placed in ‘another account from which the payments are made as they fall due. ~This ‘elimi- nates the possibility of using money for anythinz other-than the purpcse it is intended for. - - The propertties of the D'-umt Unit- cd Railway 1n this, city were taken over' by the city last May. Prior to this date the city -had alrefldy as- sumed:;control of approximately 30 miles of the, Detroit lewnv, known as the Day-to-Day lines, and under its own direction had constructed ap- proximately 61 miles of single track. With the taking over of the remaining properties there .was placed under the management of the department & made up entirely of surface lines with cars, car houses, shofs, power houses and the necessary appurten- j ances compnising a complete unified railway system. 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