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THIS STARTS THE STORY
Jo Gary, n young rnnclimnn, cm
ployed nt Top Hill Tnvcrn, n rnnch
belonging to n Mr. Kingdon, In n
western stnte, falls In love with n
girl named Mnrta, while on n busi
ness trip to Chicago. She confesses
that alio Is a thief, and suddenly dis
appears, .to returns to the ranch,
confident she will again come to him.
Kurt 'Walters, another ranch em
ploye, obtains the release from jail
of a joung woman from Chicago
named Marta Hills, who has been
arrested for stealing, and takes her
to the Kingdon ranch. Marta tell
Kurt that her real name is l'enelope
Lamont and that she is called lVmo
for short. 1'enuy and do meet, but
it is revealed that they have not
known each other before. Kurt fall
In love with Teiiny. l'enny meets a
man named Larry, who has come to
town. Another young girl comes to
the ranch. She says her name is
Robbie Hurr. Kurt suspects thnt
Vcnny and the newcomer have been
playing a game, as Penny admits to
him that she knows nil about Hob
ble." She is in renlity the Marin,
whom do met In Chicago. .To In
troduces "Hobble" to Kurt as the
real Marta. Rrucp Hebler. un nflicei
f tl, lnw Who IBS VOWCll lo .....(,
Penny to justice, arrives as a guest
of Mr. Kingdon. Kurt asks Penny
? ,rrv him. She puts bun off.
-tvv to marry
Pen takes the blame for a "'PP1";"
heft of ring belonging .;- Mob or.
thinking that Marta , u. .
Hebler decides to arrest 1 on. . Mi
flees after having arranged with n
named Larry, whom she Knows.
to come for her in bis mrplaue
AND 1IKBB IT COSTINVKS
...shc-9a trump'. Read me her note.
Marta.
"Dear little Marta.
"Vou must do just us I sa '
M, AValters and M, He bier too
Ik. i-inf.
Give it to .mi. ."
.. . . t if. it with you to
baud to
tell mm - -1()
him.
Never rto ii " .
is worth
whole mine ot " '""",:
When i "" "" ,..., iOVo
let you hear from me. " ,th ".v.-
,, -:,.! exclaimed .1". "uf
, S as keen as I thought, or she d
he isn t as Keen ' . ,lc rlu!.
have known you didn t Ukc.,'UL
Mo. do '"' l,chClV; vou didn't.
"Shucks, honey '. I Wow f ,
wouldn't believe jou Un u .
s. nntll V III11I ---.
llfto.l the line Liv t ' . .
. . ...... itll VOU '
from
in it "What s iniuv
Mo, T didn't take it'.'
.1 ' .. , i von ihdn . honey .
Don i """ , ., , ii,.,
It's nice in jou to know it. Jo. Hut,
- sunnose I had taken it
MM have given it back unil rusted,
nround till I. ould have bought ,ou the
biggest diamonil in iiwih".
Who do ou suppose iln
did take it.
1 V"
t j-- brtW Mavbc H' ",vtM'
lost
"'Wasn't it grand in her to take the
blame?" .. ., . .... , ti
"I'll sec Kurt, sam ,iu. "" .-
him about it, and lie will find her.
"What's that sound?" interrupted
Marta, looking about her in a puzzled i
way. "I've heard it before somewhere.
Oh, I know'. It's an airship."
They looked up and. for the moment.!
. lost all interest in things below.
"Holy Smoke!" exclaimed Jo. "First .
one I ever saw ! Cetie said there was
one in town a few days ago. Look !
It's coming down corkscrew style! It'si
going to land there by Westcott's!'' I
DOWN the road from the coirnl. :
Kurt chugged homeward in liiscrcdc '
little car. He had the manner of one
whose heart is heavy, but whose roso- i
Iiltion was still inviiicible.
He went on to the bouse. Three
children rushed at him with football
fur?- ..,,,'
"Auut Pen has gone, said the boy i
soberly.
"Clone' When where?
"I don't know. Sh" l'.ised us g.md
by and she gave uie a letter to give to j
you at dinner time."
"Give it to me now, Francis
"No; she snid she trusted inc. and j
I told her 1 wouldn't g've it to jou till
she said." i
Kurt Hushed slightly.
Not believing that Pen would start
out ou foot, he went down to the ga-
rage. The cars were all accounted for. i
A visit to the stables proved the sumel
as to the horses.
"Oh, Mr. AValters!" hailed Mrs.
Merlin, coming from the house, "when'
you see Mr. Hebler, tell him 1 put his,
diamond ring away. I'm awfully for- j
Retful. I " . '
"You put his diamond ring away.'l
Where?" asked Kurt faintly.
"It was like this. 1 couldn't get to I
sleep last night because a window was
rattling in the ball, so I got up andi
went out to fix it. When T passed by
Mr. Hebler's door T saw his diamond!
ring on a table near the door. Aiu'tj
I.. ...Pi.l Unw enreless folks are! I
opened a drawer in the table and slipped
it in, and I clean forgot all about it
till a little while ugo. Maybe he's got
it on by this time, though."
"All right, Mrs. Merlinv I'll tell
lilm," said Kurt, hastily going in and
jp to Hebler's room. The diamond fair
ly blazed at him in accusation as he
nnanul the drawer.
And yet Hebler had told him that
he. had the ring! He hadn't been iu
the house after he had said the ring
was missing. And why had Pen said
she took it? Majbe bhe had taken thai
method of returning it.
He went downstairs, pondering over
the mystery. This time Marta stopped
him. excitedly.
"Oh, Mr. Walters. ,lo and I have
been looking for you! Miss I.amont
foidn't take the ring."
'I know she didn't. I just learned.
Marta, that Mrs. Merlin saw it ou
he table and put it away."
"Kind Miss I.amont and tell her!"
j-ricd Marta in distress. "You see.
the thought I took it. She hud reason
to think so the wuy I acted. She was
protecting me."
"I sec," be said despairingly. "I
made ber think you had taken it."
"X3oroe outside and see Jo."
"Jo," he asked desperately when he
Lad. joined biro, "do you know where
she is? She lias gone. I must know."
"Maybe I could venture a guess. I'll
-fcavo to know first why you want to
know,"
Somethlug more compelling than any
emotion lie bad yet knowu kept down
c tjjg anger that otherwise would have
tJaeu at being thwarted.
"I love lier, Jo," be said Quietly.
Top Hill
Well," pursued Jo, "why didn't you
tell her you loved her in the first place?
Maybe it would have helped. It isn't
much of a compliment to a girl to
hang around and not sny anything."
' Think. .To. T supposed until Marta
came that Ten wns your girl. 1 brought
her up here to see if bhe could be re
formed for you. I sent j mi away to
Wctcott's until 1 could tell if she were
worthy of .vou."
"Sa.v. Kurt. 1 am the simp 1 never
monism (ii inai. .she iliifn t think jou
really cared. I.pnvc it to me. I'll tell
her."
"Rut where is hcV Pon't let the
bo.vs know, but Hetty leaked the fact
that shp was going to Franco I can't
think she was In earnest "
Jo whistled. ,
"I am beginning to get glimpses on a
d.irk subject. I'll net that is where he
is making for. t() .
"He'; Who?" he asked iiuicklv.
nobler?"
'llebler! She .1 rather dodge him
than you. n; I mean that aviator
who land.d over toward Westcott's a
He while ago. I .rd one of those
lieis l.a.l been in town giving an ct - I
",' ' "' "" ''ii tn earth iust
about long enougn to pick MlIlll. nne'up.
What Would You Do
if
ion were .summoned to he home of n beautiful wmium in the middle of the
night and found her lying on the lloor dead, her dress carefully ami gracefully
arranged over her body, her eyes closed, one hand covering a wound on her
breast, the other grasping a revolver'' '
What Would ou Think
it
tills same woman still lull around her nci k n gorgeous string of pearls which
she had worn to a dance the evening before where two men had expressed
their love for her?
"THE SECOND BULLET"
will unravel tin fascinating mystery for jou. It is a novel h.v Itoboil Oir
I'hippcrticld and begins on this page tomoriow.
That was what she meant in the note,
she left for me when she said she was,
going by the V.xi elsior route."
"How would she know him. and how
would she get vvoid to him to come out
here?"
"She Mhl me she spent the day in
town let me see day before yester
day. I think it was Said "he met a man
there she used to know
"She told me. too. she had bren to
town, but I thought she was only jok
ing. I didn't believe her."
"There's a liv yon could henr about
her. Kurt, that you wouldn't believe
right off the bat, but it's not me who's
going to put you wise. Talk to Mis.
Kingdon about her. You'll not get the
chance to interview Penny Ante very
soon. I imagine
IN TIIK little valley bv Westcoti s,
Pen stood waiting and staring up
ward. At last she heard the shnrp
sound of nu engine and saw the plane
describing a sweeping circle. It cnine
gently down, the little wheels rolling
along the grass.
"I'm iu debt to llebler." said Larry.
"It was only jour fear of him thai
oveicame your fear of Hying."
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES -By Daddy
(I'mlvic is nhout In tcrd the iii)Iij
old rich mmi trlien Hal, the muticinn,
I'fi.WV and 'i"l .'' to the reseuc. Ilnl
charms the aistle guards to steep irith
his violin and they rush for the castle
just as the icedding uwieh begins.)
SURPRISING WKRDIXC; MVSIC
TTKRK ii"- the 1
-L-i- chorus of voic
mi's the bride." sang a
w n Inn the i
custle.
'Iiun' I C n ii ' We'll" lute!" gasped.
Hill, dashing up the castle steps ahead
of Peggy and liilly Rut at the open
ciistl" door lie stopped short. Guard
ing the entrance were two tall men
armed with long pikes and dressed like
soldiers of the olden (Kjs. Along the
stately corridor within were other tall
guardsmen, each hearing a sharp pike.
No one could get past them to stop the
marriage of Penelope to the ugly old
rich man.
The guards did not see Hal, Peggy
and Rillj, for nt that moment the
wedding pro ession was coming down
he grand stairway into the broad re
ception hall. First walked flower girls,
strewing the path of the bride with
roses. Rchiiul them was a page bear
ing the ling. Next were singing
maidens clad all in white, chanting the
bridal chorus. . Following the singing
maidens were twelve lovely brides
maids nriajed iu the softest shadings
of the rainbow (olois. After them
came a proud duine, richly garbed in,
silk, her head held high, her eyes Hash
ing sternly, her step sure mid certain.
At oue glance Peggy knew that it was
poor Penelope's perfectly prim and
proper Aunt Prue
Then the bride ah. she was a vision
of loveliness in her lily-like frock, her
shimmering veil, and her wreath of
orange blossoms !
"What u beautiful wedding! Whut
a charming bride!" murmured Peggy.
"Hut the wrong bridegroom,"
groaned Hal. all upset by the sight of
his beloved Penelope marching to wed
nnother. "I'll die rather than see her
marry the ugly rich man."
DOROTHY DARN IT-
Trail
She put on the hood and goggles and
wns adjusted to the seat.
"Now where do you want to go?"
ho asked.
"Anywhere to lose myself. Hcbby
is In town and so are others. Let
us take the opposite direction nnd jou
can land me nt mine place where the
eastliomid stops nnd I can get some
more luggage. Then we'll make plans."
lie started the engine. The plane
skipped along for n few paces, then
arose, it seemed to Pen. to grent and
di.zy heights. In spite of her instruc
tions she ventured to look down. Kvery
thing earthlj was disappearing. They
dodged the clouds, went above them and
then slii) ilon ii to the splendors of the
sunlight. Over the hills nt full speed
they swept along. Larry's -air-wise,
lightning-swift sensibilities- mnking
naught of change of currents nnd drafts.
Then came the joy and thrill of a
sixty-mile straightaway spurt.
I'p theie above the hills and in the
clouds she felt entranced, spirituali.eil.
It was with a feeling of depression
that she saw they were spinning down
until they hovered over a field, scud
ding smoothly and slowly along.
"You weien't afraid!" exclaimed
Larry triumphantly, as they walked
along toward a little inn resting at the
base of one of the undulating hills.
"Xo;" she answered, "only nwoil."
"Was il any thing like yon expect
ed?" "No." she replied .
A man came out of the inn to meet
them
"Halloa. Lurry ! Too bad I couldn't
have had a full house to see. The last
touiist lett on the train today."
"Then you'll have more room for us.
That is Mis Laniont. Nat. Mr. Yates,
the proprietor." he explained to Pen.
"Can jou give us supper and put Miss
Laniont up for the night? I have to
fly back to mj hotel. I'll return by
tiaiu in the morning.''
"Sine thing! House is yours."
lb- showed Pen to a neat little loom
and lold her "supper'd be ou iu a
jiftv."
She sat down d.i.edly Presently
she was roused to her surroundings by
I.arrj's "Oh, Pen!" from below.
When she came down to the dining
room Larry's clear young eyes looked
lit her keenly :
"Not down to eaith vet. Pen? 1
know how you feel. First time 1 made
the sl.y route I went off by myself for
a day."
Throughout the meal Larry did most
'THE RUNAWAY BRIDE'
Tiie.v found themselves hidden
'he
He would have rushed
upon
sharp pikcs .,! the guards,,,,.,, illytho ,mtic. f , , ,.
had not held him back.
"There is still a chance of saving
ber." whispered Hilly. "The windows
are opep
true enough, the great lull windows '"e 'orus uieu away, anil the otgaii
were open and they were unguarded, dropped In la low note.
Evidently Aunt Prue had never thought Then all could hear Hal's violin s,ng
of ' rescuers getting iu that way. ltjing its song of tine love. The charm
took lii;t u moment for Hal. Peggj and worked an instant spell. The i lergj -Hilly
to climb through i man's mouth stayed open, but the vows
They found themselves hidden near
the orchestra behind a bank of palms
and lookintr out unon a corneous dravv-
iiiL'-roon, nil set and icadv for tbelding partj listened iu surprised di -
wedding. At ime end. in a gallery.
was the realing organ. At the other
was mi altar, and tneri stood the
clergjinnn in his vestments waiting to
marry Penelope to the ugly old rich
man. At one side of the clergyman was
a fat. dumpy, frowning, bald-headed,
shinv-nosed high, who looked veev nn.
comfortable in his evening suit. Peggv
knew at on. e that this was Jonathan
Cash, the aged bridegroom chosen by
Aunt Prue for poor Penelope.
"Oh' oh! oh!" said Pegg.v. looking
from Jonathan to Hul It would be
awful for Penelope to wed that uglj
-Dorothy Does a Little Picket
,JL1 , Bn unveil STAND THERE pal FOR MV 1 MOW MUCH DO I NOTHING,. I ( Llll JHQ1 J,
LlJ MO RAsfl WHERE ARE flft mam-mai-' Vou GET FOR CONSlbER.1T WOU POOR DMNTY JHipn
JKHSsi OUGOlN fl , J GOIM? 1a PLEASURE DUMB WAI'T"ttlJHlV Z
II II SriAWt .
By BELLE K. ill ABATES
Author of "Amnrllly of ClolliM-Lln'e
Alley," "Mildew Manse," e.
of the talking, Pen scarcely responding.
Then he wns off, steering In great circles
toward town. Pen watching with the
quickening of pulse nnd n rencwnl of the
elation she had felt when taking the air.
When he wns but a mere speck in the
sky she went up to her little room.
It was n hard struggle for Pen to
adjust her new self that she had found
up in the high altitudes where all the
tepid, petty things of life bail dropped
from her where she had found the fa
mous fleece, the truth. In the vast -ness
of that uncharted land like n flush
in the dark something had leaped nt
her. Her dream of n dream hud come
true. She had learned the great human
miraclp. thp meaning of a love that bait
the strength to renounce. A God-made
love, sweet and strong, conceived on
enrth but brought -forth on high, where
the cnll of destiny bad sounded with
clarion clearness. She knew now what
she had missed ; that he was not of the
world of miniature men who exact and
nner return.
She wns roused from her visions of
the new nnd radiant world which had
opened unto her by a knock at her
door.
"Yes," she answered vagurly.
"There's a man downstairs to sen
you," said the proprietor.
"Me said to tell you 'twas Jo."
Joyfully she hastened down to the
deserted office of the little inn.
"Jo, f nni so glad it's you."'
"So urn I. Come outside and take a
walk with me "
"How did jou ever track me up here
Jo?" she asked as they walked up a
hillside.
"Not hind in track the first sky
craft that ever came up to these parts.
"I saw one land near Westcott's,
and I hud a hunch it was lighting for
jou. Then 1 thought no more about
it until things happened that made it
up to me to tmd Jou. I inquired nround
and about and found u big balloon had
come this wuy. so figured this wus
ubont jour goal for a train."
"Why was it up to yon to find me.
Jo?"
"Well. Miss Penny Ante. I am n,
little intciesteil in you, seeing ns it was I
jou who brought Marta to me. And 1 '
knew vou would be interested in know- I
ing Marta didn't take the ring."
"Oh. Jo! 1 tried to think it wasn't
Mnrta. but - "
"She sa.vs she acted just ns though
she had taken it. It was old Merlin,
nosing mound the ball, who tucked it
away Hut the real reason I had to
run jou down was for my pal. IIe
wants vou."
"Why?" she usked. "To apologize?
Vou didn't tell him, Jo " I
"I told him nothing."
"Miss Penny Ante," he continued, ns
she did not answer him, "jou don't
know Kurt Walters as I do. He is a
square man. square ns a die."
"Yes. ,Io.'' she said softly. "He is a
real man a square man. I know it
now, too late."
"Not too late. Not if jou care Go
back with me to the ranch. He lias
gone to town with the children to
meet the Kingdom)-. Mrs. Kingdon is
there, too. They will be buck to
night." iCONTlNFKO TOMOIUiOWl
old man when she had given her heart
to such a Hue. handsome young man ns
Hal. Rut how could she be .saved? Tn
another moment the wedding vows
would be spoken, for the bride was al
icady Hearing the altar,
i Then Prgg.v thought of the way iu
I which they had passed the guards at
the gate
"Your liohn!"' she whispeieil to
Hal. "Play us jou never played be
fore Put them under the spell of your
entrancing music."
Hal laised his magic violin to his
chin and drew the bow across the
strings. There came forth n wondmus
melody, dear, sweet, breathing all the
love that was stored up in Hal's ach
ing heart Rut Hal seemed to play in
vuin. The wedding nnrt.v never heard
im. The chant of the chorus and the
, IT.Ilim. Of.'ll ..f ihn m,.n,, c.-nll I ....
the procession to the altar, and thei
'the ugly old rich man stepped forward
to greet his bride. The clergyman
opened his mouth to speak the vows.
were unspoken, the ugly old rich man
let fall Penelope's hand. Aunt Prue
stood as if turned to stone. The wed-
! 1'gl"- Never had uny one present heard
luc!i music at a marriuge.
As tot rcnolopc, the briih be
halted for a startled minute, ns it she
couldn't believe her cars. Then her
pale cheeks Hushed. I lor eyes glowed.
And while the wedding party stood en
tranced, she turned from the altar and
' "alked straight toward the bank of
' 1",1,"s Kh"t' lla la'r lovcr. "" hid
'"
1 7 oinnriow nill he told low the
virl o the music is broken, and the
lovers me forced into a mad rare to
escape.)
Duty!
H
DAILY NOVELETTE
A NIGHTLY VISITOR
Ry RARRARA WOOD
"mno's the
" Polly And
rilO'S there?"
folly Anderson sat up in bed with
n start. Her breath came fast and her
heart beat like a little trip hammer.
"Who's there?" she called agnln ;
this time her voice was steadier. Rut
there wns no answer. Slowly, oh, so
slowly, Polly slipped two pink little
feet out from under the covers, and
without taking her eyes from the door
f.he felt nround on the floor for her
slippers. After a moment or two of
vain searching she drppped her eyes to
look for them.
Now Miss Polly Reckwlth Anderson
was not in thp lpast a nervous or timid
joung lndy. She was what her gentle
man acquaintances called "a sport,
through and through," and she could
recnll ninny a delightful day spent
"breaking" one of her father's colts or
at target practice with her two brothers.
Rut when she hpnrd her 113111? spoken
in n hoarse whisper lv a man, in her
own room nt 2 o'clock in the morning,
her heart stood still for the space of a
quickly drawn breath. 'First, two
shoulders clod in pink ailk, then two
nrms. soft and white, and last, a head
and face hidden from view by n dark
mass of curls, made their way slowly
nnd fearfully out from their recent
hiding plnce.
With a toss of her head she threw
her hair over her shoulders and lifted
wide frightened eyes to look info the
face above her. In nn instant she wns
on her feet. nniLber eyes, oven in the
dark, gleamed with anger.
"Robert Anderson, what do you mean
by frightening me like this?' Answer
me !"
Rob shook with suppressed laughter
ns he put his finger to his lips.
"Listen here. Polly-o," her brother
was serious now nnd was fumbling In
his inside coat pocket, "I saw Dave to
night and he asked me to give you
this." With that he handed her a note
addressed t "P. R. A."
Rut Polly did not take it. She was
staring at him with n great light iu
her eves. Finally she whispered:
"Yon saw David my David?"
"Yes, little sister, and he's preftr
lonesome for you, foo, I guess. He took
me out to the little new cottage he has
huilt and furnished for you. and. Polly,
it's a beauty. There's nothing lie's for
gotten, lie asked my advice about a few
things for jour own sunshiny boudoir j
because, ns he expressed it, I 'was morel
acquainted with girls' things.' Dave
may make money on the quality and ex
cellence of his portraits, but no por
tiait he ever painted will be equal to
the one you will ninke with the home
he lias made you for a setting. Why.
girl, he pidured jou in every nook and
corner: the place couldn't belong to nn
otlier person in the world. Rut here's
jour note: it's time for me to retire.'
Polly took the note nnd reached up to
kiss her big brother good-night.
"Oh. Robby, Robby," she whispered,
"I love him so much, nnd you under
stand so-well! If only father were a
little moie like you."
Rob stroked her hair.
"Never mind. Polly-o." be said,
gentlv, "he'll he nil right after it's over.
It's just that he hates to lose his only
daughter."
When Rob was gone Polly opened the
note and her fingers were trembling a
little as she read it. She hail not
snapped on the light until Rob left, nnd
when she did it showed dnrk, tired rings
under her beautiful, heavily fringed
blue eyes. There wns a sad little droop
to her sweet lips. And yet she was hap
pier than she bad ever been, for she
was going to David. Three long years
they bad waited for her father to give
his permission to their marriage, nnd
at last Polly hail told David that it
would be wrong to wait any longer.
And now she held David's answer in
her hand. Through her tears she rend:
"Come, dear heart, I am waiting, nnd
everything is ready for the mistress of
our home." There was more, but the
word "come" wns all that really mat
tered "Yes, David. I am coming," she
whispered, nnd with n little sob she
threw her head down, on her arms nnd
cried. "Daddy, daddy. I must."
For three days Rert Anderson fussed
and fumed because his daughter was
not there, to wait ou him : he always
did when she went uway to visit.
"Where's Polly?" he had asked Hob
erf the first morning.
"Oh. she's away somewhere, 1
guess." Rob had answered him indif
ferently. Well he knew what his noc
turnal risit had meant to his sister. He
didn't need to ask himself twice where
she had gone or when she would come
back.
At lust there came a day when Mr.
Anderson received n letter written in
Polly's own hand. When he finished
leading his face , was flushed with anger.
"Thunderatio'n '." he blurted out.
Then very slowly he began fo review
the years since Polly's mother had died.
Always it was Polly who comforted
him : Polly who made him laugh : Polly,
wlmse girlish loveliness had made him
so proud. When at last he remembered
how Polly's face had grown sad the
last few years, and why, he dropped
his head into his hands and whispered:
"My little daughter, I've been a fool ;
and at last I know it. Can you forgive
me. dour child?"
Polly had nsked forgiveness first, but
il was she wit" gave it aj hist.
The next oyiiplete novelette .March
dunned Her Mind.
3 KILLED
IN
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N ACCIDENTS HERE
Two Children Aro Fatally Hurt
When Run Over Girl
Killed in Auto
ARRESTS ARE MADE
Two children, a hree-year-nld girl
mil a boy of the same nge, are dead
today as the result of street accidents.
Six other persons nre injured, several
of them seriously.
The dead are: Alice Wilson, three
venrs old. of 210S North Douglas street,
run over by a moving van; Oiuseppo
C.ro, three years old. of TOM South
VntMii dreni oriishod by a trolley
car, and Irene Young, nineteen years
old, of Mfi Cedar avenue, ubk i.ynne,
X. .1.. killed in nn overturned uuio,
mobile. The Cro child wns playing in the
street with other children nnd, while
trving to elude them, ran in front of
n 'trollev car at Sixth street nnd Wash
ington avenue. His skull was fractured.
He died on the way to Mt. SInni Hos
pital. An infuriated crowd mobbed the car,
following the accident. Windows were
broken nnd curtains torn in an- effort
to get nt the crew. Passengers were
in terror until C.enrge Hemmeke. a dis
trict doteetive from the Seventh nnd
Cniponlor streets police station, as
sumed control of the situation. Hem
meke ordered Claude . Hopkins, V2i
West Cumberland street, the motormau,
to run the car at full speed until Reed
street, three blocks further on. wns
reached and the mob's limits passed.
Hopkins wns nrretsed nnd taken to
Citv Hall. Hemmeke held the con
ductor. Ceorge M. Robe. Knst Pacific
street, as a witness.
Dead Child's Sister Hurl
The little Wilson girl and two other
ehildren ran in front of n moving van
at Thirtv-third street near York. Alice
wns instantly killed. Her sister. Mar
garet eleven vents old. was knocked
down. Her skull was iraciureo. mt
is nt the Woman's Homeopathic Hos
pital. The third child escaped without
injury
The moving van was driven by Kd
sar Wicker, of 244 North Sixty-sixth
Street, son of the owner. Tie wns ar
rested and will b- given a hearing to
day before Magistrate Grplis.
Miss Young was upset in an auto
mobile driven by her brother, Herbert,
nt Itrmiil lane near Mercer street. Olou
cester. She was pinned under the ma
chine, and was so 'badly injured that
she died while oil the way to Cooper
Hospital. Camden. She wns employed
at the Wclsbnoh plant. Gloucester.
.Man Hurt. Auto Driver Flees
Miss Fsther Heller. of Illo Rituer
strict, was knocked down by 11 truck
at Twelfth and Arch streets. She wns
tiikeu to .Tofforson Hospital. William
S. Knstlaek. of Camden, driver of .the
truck, is being held under $100 bail
to await the result of the girl's in
juries. .Inmos Fitzpatrick, of 017 North
Sixteenth street, was struck by a mo
tortruck at Sixteenth and Fairinount
avenue. His skull was fractured. The
truck was driven by .Inmes Fitzmorris.
Roth of George Russell's legs were
broken when a motortruck ran him
down at Rrond nnd Clearfield streets
last night. The truck did not stop
after the accident. Russell is at St.
Joseph's Hospital. He lives at !)4!)
North Twelfth street.
Iloward Dumbnugh nud Flliott Duni
bniigh. brothers, of 40.10 Pnrkside ave
nue, were injured when the motorcycle
they were riding in Fairinount Park
1111 into an automobile. Howard Dum
baugh's, skull was fractured. His
brother was cut nud bruised. Roth arc
iu the West Philadelphia Homeopathic
Hospital. Herman Fcldniaif. of 17'-'.")
North Fifty -first street, driver of the
automobile, was nrrested and will be
given a hearing today.
MORDECAI JEFFERSON DIES
Was Widely Known in Textile Ma
chinery Circles
Mordecai .leffersou. prominent in the
worsted machinery business in this
country and Knghinil. died .Monday eve
ning at his home, R17 Fast Durham
street. Mt. Airj. Although Mr. Jef
ferson had been iu rather poor health
for some time past, nevertheless his
death was uiicxpectrdj.
Mr. Jefferson was forty-three jears
old. He was born in Rradford. Kng
land, and was the son of Cornelius Jef
ferson, who founded the firm of Joseph
JcfTorou & Rros. in 1S04 ill Rrad
ford. In 1WI7 Mr. Jefferson came to
this country. He formed a partnership
wilh his brother. Kdvvard Jefferson,
under the uuine of Fdvvurd Jefferson &
Pro., with headquarters in Philadel
phia, where tliey engaged in the wor
stcd. woolen nnd textile machinery
business, acting ns ininorters and agents
for man) of the leading manufacturers
of Vorstnl machinery in Knghind.
,, R'l" this tirin wns dissolved, nnd
Mr. Jefferson organized the Jefferson
Machinery Company, dealers in textile
machinery. In the spring of this vonr.
however, his failing health made it
necessary foe hi in to discontinue active
business. He is survived by his widow
and n daughter, nnd son.
1'om rlehl linn hv ihe Hell Syndcl. 1m
EX-MANICURIST WIFE
IN 3D DIVORCE SUIT
Mrs. Husted, Onco Employed
Here, Fijod, First Plea.
Husband Other Two
Urldgeport, Conn., Sept. 17. Mill"
H. Husted, member of n wenlthy family
of Greenwich, has started another ef
fort to divorce bis wife, Jessie Shep
herd Rusted, whom he won from n
manicure chair in n barber shop in
11)10. 116 brought suit here yesterdny
for divorce, alleging she deserted him
on August C. 1010.
Husted was a student nt Yale when
he mnrrled the then Miss Shepherd, nnd
she wns a manicure in a New Haven
hotel. She bnd previously worked in
hotels in Philadelphia, New York.
Rridgeport nnij other cities. They
eloped to Northhaven on' March 1, Hllti,
nnd were married. Husted then took
his bride to the home of his mother,
Mrs. Abhic Husted, of Greenwich, but
bhe left after two weeks.
Only two or three months nfter their
marriage Mrs. Husted .filed an action
for divorce, alleging extreme cruelty it,
that her husband forced her to wear
twenty-five-ccnt cotton stockings nud
refused to tnke her automobile riding.
Her suit was dismissed, ns wns ntso
a counter-suit brought by Husted.
americanTt6res CO.
BUILDINGS ARE SOLD
47 Stores and Dwellings, Cost
ing $400,000, Taken Over
as Investment
William Kainens nnd Isaac Ginsberg
have acquired ownership of forty-seven
stores and dwellings in different pnrts
of the city occupied, by the American
s
Stores Company.
The transaction involves a consider-
i ntinn of about $400,000, and the sale
is subject to tho leases held by the
American Stores Company. Some of
these leaseholds cover a period of
three years.
According tf) Huston!!. Milllgnn, an
attorney, who negotiated the sale, flie
purchasers are in no way connected
with the business of the American
Stores Company, but nre making the
purchase solely for investment pur
poses. Settlement was made last Friday, the
former holders of the properties con
veyed being Fannie K. Hunter nud
the Girard Trust Company, trustees
of the estate of Thomas 1. Hunter,
,..!, ..s nie of the founders of the
Acme Tea Cvunpnny which subsequently
nicigcd with the American Stores Com
pany .
FRIENDS' SKIN SAVES LIFE
Grafting Process Success In Case of
Camden Youth
Skin grafting was reported at
Cooper Hospital. Camden, ns having
been a complete success in the sc of
John Noikus. nineteen years old. of
1 GOT South Sixth street, who was bad
ly scalded by an explosion at the plant
of the Castle Kid Company, Broadway
near .facksou street, on August fi.
While in u serious condition Norkus
wns told that his life could be spared
only through the grafting of skin on
tlie burned spots. The dying youth ap
pealed for volunteers and three of his
friends responded, among them being
JnmiM Heels, a soldier, who served iu
France; Lewis Christian, a fellow
member of the Fmerson Social, and
John Hnrden. n fellow workman. It
wns stated that theie nre thirty-six
patches of new skin, and thnt the jonth
will recover.
' PUBLISHERS MAY QUIT
' Printers' Demands May Cause New
! York Magazines to Suspend
New York. Sept. 17. Publishers of
.,' periodicals having headquarters iu
this city have decided to suspend pub
lication if striking printers do not mod
ify their demands, while owners of
three magazines, with u combined na
tional circulation running into the mil
lions, nre considering moving their
plants west "to free themselves from
the radicalism of local labor unions,"
according to a statement issued by John
Adams Thayer, secretary of the New
York Publishers' Association.
Demands of the local unions are said
lo include a forty-four-hour week, an
increase of $11 a week in all present
scales nnd double and triple time for
overtime. The publishers claim it will
cost S144.70 in labor to do in New
York wbnt it costs $100 to do in Chi-
cngo if the demands are granted.
KILLED BY FALL FROM HORSE
Mrs. Kleauor Oliver, ot South Ilcud,
Inil.. died today at the I'niverslty Hos
pital. A week ago, while riding in
Washington. I) ('.. Mrs. Oliver fell
ft oui her horse and fractured her hip.
Mrs, Oliver was twent)-one years of
nge
By Chas. lJIcManus
MANYBODIESCAST
UPON TEXAS SHORE
Storm Loss UnKnown May Be
300 Dead and $15,000,000
in Property
BABY ADRIFT FOR TWO DAYS
By the Associated 1'rc.ss
Corpus Christ!, Tex..Ucpf. 17. -Today,
more than seventy hours nfter the
tropical huricane and tidal wave that
tore huge rents In this Tcxns coast city
nnd environs. It is still impossible to
estimnte with any degree of nccurncy
the loss of life or damage to property.
Kncb report from searchers, however,
reveals the increasing magnitude of the
disnster. It is believed a week or more
may elapse before its true extent be
conies known. The great piles of
wreckage strewn from one end of the
city to the other may conceal numer
ous bodies, nnd today hundreds of men
nre at work exploring them.
Officials generally were agreed the ,j
death list would be in excess of 100
nnd some unofficial cstimntcs placed It
as between 'J00 nnd .100, with hun
dreds of persons injured.
Kstinintes of the property loss varied
from !?10,000,000 to $15,000,000.
The best available information places
the known dead in Corpus Christ! at
forty-seven. Seventy -seven bodies, all
blackened and bruisoih were reported
washed ashore last night on Nueces bay,
upon which Corpus Christi is situated.
Although business here is nt a stand
still nnd wire communication demor
alized, a more cheerful spirit seems to
1 revadc the city today, due largely to
the arrival of relief trains with food nnd
mpplies.
Many strange incidents arc coming
to light as the story of the storm, un
folds. Floating alone on the open bay
more thnn two dnys, a ten-months-old
baby wns hauled to shore laic jester
day, fastened tn a raft. The baby was
alive and in fairly good condition.
A fisherman of Kockport named Hig-
gins wns carried across Puerto bay nnd
more than half way to Sinton over tho
plain. Higgins said he left Horkport
in a skiff Sunday, but wns soon ndrift,
with nothing but n lifebelt, which car
lied him until he was enabled to climb
upon a housetop which came in his puth.
Escaping from the chilly wnfers wa
little relief, however, for sharing his
raft were n number of large rattlc
snnkes which had sought safety thereon,
A treetop. with several additfonnl rep
tiles, drifted ngainst the housetop, and
Higgins fought for hours before he dis
lodged them with a piece of timber.
URGES CREMATORY
AS WAR MEMORIAL
Albert Kelsey, Architect, Pro
poses Combining Monument
to Soldiers
I Albert KeNey, architect, addressing
the Itntnry Club luncheon today,
strongly m-eed u public crematory ns s
war memorial.
j Mr. Kelsey. speaking on "The Dis
i pnsal of Human llemnins." argued for
cremation ns n inodern h.vgienic method
for crowded cities.
He pointed to the lnlluen.a epidemic
ns showing a need for a municipal cre
matory in such visitations, and sug
gested the Cnnipo Panto idea, instanc
ing Mossinn. Italy, for exiunnle. ns 11
lustrntiug' vvlint could be done In the
way of making such buildings grent
henuty spots, icflecting civic pride nnd
greatness of the cities possessing them.
Mr. Kelsev dwelt unon the fact that
all cemeteries unil crematories are not
nioney-nuiking private corporations, but
sonii times cnnununicnl or religious in
stitutions, planned ou n vast monn-
! mental scale. He declared the honor
ling of the d nil should not be n cnsunl
! and obscure inntter subordinated to
' business nnd enshnwered by smoke of
factories and railroads. Itather. It
should be n conspicuous nnd sincere ap
peal and reminder in ilnilv life of a
generous and religious people.
APPEALJ0 GOVERNOR
Mothers') Fund Directors Seek Ap
pointment of Mrs. S. E. Laughlin
Iteiptest has been sent to flovemor
Sproul bv the Mothers' Assistance Tiind
asking for his official uppoiiitnieur of
Mifs Sara 10. I.aughlin as the Cutholie
representn.tivo on the local i board ot
trustees of the fund.
Miss Laughlin was recon, mended by
the Itev. William .1. I.allou. diocesan
director of Catholic charities, to fill the
vacancy caused by flic death of Miss
Agnes T. Kelly last mouth. The
recommendation was unanimously in
dorsed bv the board.
The Mothers' Assistance Kiiml has
applied to James (Jaffney for the neces
nry appropriation from the couuty to
carry on the work of the fund to the end
of the )onr. The amount usked to cover
pensions and administration is $'J(),000.
As soon ns the county ufakes the ap
propriation the state will make a sini
ilnr appropriation. The fund now; baa
40" widowed mothers on Us pension
lists.
UKRAINIA APPEALS TO PARIS
Protests Against Deniklne's Attacks
on Anti-Red Forces
I'aris. Sent. 17. (Itv . i i 'i'i,
president of the I'krniuiun delegation
to the Waco Conference' has written
to M. Clemeiiceau, president of the con
ference. protesting against uttneks by
C.enernl Deniklne's volunteers upon the
Ukrainian army, which was in pursuit
of llolshevik forces fleeing nfter the re
cent capture of Kiev.
The letter says thut (ienernl Denikin
is "makiug use of Kntentc assistance,
which was Intended to enable him to
fight the Itolshcviki."
National League Head Resigns
Mrs. Kdgur W. llaird hns resigned as
late chairman of the 1'ennsylvania
iranch of the National League for
iVomen's Service. Her resignation was
enderrd ut the monthly meeting of the
oard, which was held in the central
elidqtiarters of the league, 70.1 Wnl
mt street. After all efforts to pcrsuad9
.Ir. llaird to change her mind had
ailed the resignation wus accepted and
vlll become effective immediately.
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