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Jose’s a predicament tor you!
“‘theteoolobelmutneox
ow‘s Santa go
- 0 PM”.
_. yours tor the moment.
- » muntry wondered tor days
had become oi 1.)). Mat-
assistant prohibition ad-
ior the .Vew Orleans
schooner Arsene J., alter
oi the schooner oil the
of tho Mlsdeeippi rim,
her 20. They It first seen
3 kidnaped by the ship's
. Oo'ast gusto boats satchel!
fenthn gull coast tor than.
is Mstthews’own ownthrllling
oi What actually hunched.
* «BY J. 13. MAT!“
~ U. 8. Prohibition
trator at New Orleans
333130. MEXIC (.O.-Coast
u L. B. Hadley and i are
here at Peel-to Mexico. The
"lining schooner Arsene J. is
the custody of authorities.
,liiyeelt and the Arseno J...
hovel; been anything else but
no we boarded the vessel oi!
Pass, Louisiana.
and l were tremendously
when we learned shortly
ylng at Puertc Mexico. that
been “kidnaped by rum-run-
We were missing at sea all
lit kidneped. never. “It: could
‘ - oi the rum- runners. The
’ We could not take care or was
“ her on the Cult 0! Mexico.
was our real danger, irom
sminis-
‘2
, . ”out. we boarded the Arlene '
took command. to the no:
we tied up at a whflthere
ed the schooner over the
customs authorities. while
_ ashore to report to J. J.
the acting American consul
“Fairly Thrilling”
- - at that it was a iairly
nourishes. There were days
reed and water were run.
7 and when we were sailing
‘ . I chart. We were heading
ylcol Hadley and I thought.
-- . ly we were heading tor
Captain Edmonds. corn-
octhe coaIguard baseat
undownthsusenel. with
.. _andtoohherintocus-
Hadley and myseli on
alsotoolrherohertsand
and asliar asliwee
How's Slum GOING TO FIND ins WAY TO YOUR House:
s. l...
.-
it's last about the worst predica-
=‘hnu Claus is crying “Help! Heinz"
ou‘ean see his trouble at a glance, of course.
-> : Agent Kidnapped Not
:By Rum Runners, But By
poundsr' shells on board. a loaded
rifle w th plenty of shells. two heavy
U. S. senlcc Colt automotics. and a
smaller pistol. \‘r c confiscated thtm
and threw the ammunition ov or-
board. ,
. How it Started
But to start at the beginning: this
is what happened;
it was on the noon oi Monday.
November 29. that Captain Edmonde
and myself aboard coast guard cut-
tef 303. with cutter 246 irom the
B ioyi (Mien) base. and.cantured
the Arse-no J.. 60 miles oi! South-
west Pass. We put out tow lines
irom the rum- -runner schooner to
the cutters and I boarded the Arlene
J. to investigate. She had a cargo
of liquor. I stayed aboard the Ar-
seno J.'to supervise the towing or
the craft to shore.
We got about 45 miles oil South-
weu Pass by midnight when a heavy
sea arose. It made towing danger.
one. Then the gasoline suppiyon
{he coast guard cutter bean to run
ow.
Captain Edmonds signaled to me
that he was going to drop the haw~
sore and go into Port Ends. get fresh
’{uehsndgetthebktorcoestguald
natrol boat ‘Tailapooea” to help in
the towing. Be 'sehod'us to heat
back and iorth along the coast un-
ill he could pick as up on his re-
turn. '
' Shortly sitar midnight the how
one were cast oil and the coast
MM cutter vanished in the dark.
Halley and I were alone on the
rum-runner with a swarthy. surly.
reeenttui crew of rumorunners. and
the sea kept mug.
All night and tor the next two
out we one team about by those
mrnwaflusetouoswku‘o
- new m m
hosn,‘w
W‘s CWAS EDITION WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18,1926. ‘
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it‘s aghinst the law, understand. tor Santa to cross any lines. he
he winds his way down toward the center. he must go through open gates.
Get rourponcilandsoohowmuchhelpyouoangtvohlln.
You'll say before you have gone very far that it‘s a rathc battling
problem. - But keep at it, and eventually you‘ll arrive at the foot of the
to find his way irom the North Pole to your ladder.
w-hlankoted little house in the center being unite
._- .. _.._ _._.,_
“lien you get through, check your solution with the one which ep- i
{pears on another page of this section.
Thursday morning and gave up all
hope that the coast guard patrol
could owr find us. 1 summoned the
captain of the Arsenc J.
“Toke us into Tomplco,” I order-
cd him. "it you can't make any
American port."
Couldn't Make Port
We couldn‘t make any American
port. he said. The wind nnd'tho
current and ”10 waves were too
strong against us. i knew he was
right. and lie \\ us Just as worried as
wg were over the way food and we.
tor were running low. 80 he took
command. with Hadley and I stand-
ing guard over him. and headed for
'i‘umpico. so he told us.
I am thoroughly convinced that
he headed intentionally tor Pnerio
Mexico. in the hope that once there.
in some way he and his crew and
their craft might esonnc us. That
conviction became certain when.
imnmliutoly after we landed in
Pilcrto Mexico, an agent for the Ar-
eene J. appeared. But the captain
swore to mo that we hit Puorto on
account or mlecalculation caused by
lack of chart.
crew; they behaved very well. But
on the other hand. what else could
they have done? Hadley and I were
in enemy country on the deck of the
Arsenc .1. And we behaved accord-
ingly. lloih of us stayed awake all
day armed and on guard. When
night come we took watch in turn.
keeping close beside each other six
hours apiece. fibers was little
chance of any surprise.
We were on the Arseno J. irom
the moment we boarded her until
the moment we turned her over to
the Mexican customs nutlmi‘itics ai
l'uerto and placed the Ocrew under
arrest. It's up in the 'L'. S. govern-
ment and the government. of Mexico
now. 'Iindiey and myself are walt-
ing orders.
Pop Batten At 86 ,
Rides 2400 Miles
0n Bike to Miami
mam BEACH. Fla..—-!cu young
bucks who think you're all speed
and stamina because you ride in the
have a look at "Pop" Patten.
He's 56 years old. But that didn‘t
Winter tor a Zioo-mlle rune. And he
“cycled into Miami Beach many
laps ahead. -
~ Dislikes Frost. _
You see. Patten has a keen .dls-
taste for frost and lisechllly silica
Long years of residence- in cold
Minneapolis have not aseuagsd‘ it.
so whsn‘the tail waned. he decided
the the balmy cilme oi Florida was
the lace for him to winter.
Railroad tare. He should worry.
"Give me my bike.” mid be. An
away he pedsiled It took him at
days. Even though winter was right
on his hind wheel most o! the way
he had warm weather in all of: the
seven states through wh h be pass.
ed.
I must say this mucli' for the
six-day bike races and such better.
deter him from taking on old King ’
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THIRD SECTION
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Hundreds of the finest pocketbooks in town . 2
especially bought with the gilt-seeker in mind.
We have some stunning ones at
$2.50 to $25-00
THE N. E. RYAN CO.
86 WASHINGTON s1. soum norwnxv
A'MEMOR’Y GEM
Some one started tin whole day
wrong:
Was is you?
Some one robbed the day it its
song: ‘
Was it you? .-
Esrly this morning some 0 7..
frowned.
Some one sulkod until others
' BCOWled. . .
And soon harsh words were pass- 1 1
od around— ‘ :
Was it you? ’
Some one storied the day origin;
Was it you?
Some one made it happy and
bright:
Was it you?
Early this morning. we are told
Some one smiled. and all througn.
the day
This still. encouraged young and
old-
Was it you'."
C‘s .‘s
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- . Selected
Class of 1918 to
Have Reunion
Christmas, Night
One or the mod interesting .a
fairs in the city during holiday woe.
will be the ninth annual reunion o ‘
the Class oi ills of Norwail: hlgl
school. which will be held Christina:
night in the Royal James Inn.
The aiioir will begin with a dinne i‘ ‘-
at 8 oclock during which' each 3
member oi the class will read hi ‘,
history since graduation. Aiteg- tin
dinner and class meeting. there uil
be dancing. ' '.
The Class at till. the only on i .‘_
with a record of nine consecutiv
reunions. is composed o! to grade '
ates and two honorary member: . '
Three oi the Cl have died in th-
eight years and a hall that her:
passed.
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.‘.. -‘1-‘s
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Members of other else-0o oi Nor ‘ .'
walk High school have been invita a
and members oi the Class ot iii: ' ‘
cstacwlth Dr. Julius Olsen and Dr.
Charles Cattaneo and arrange to be .
nt. -
eaitairleinohargeotri'anols ;
D. Crosby oi the Clo-.oi ms.
God rest ye. little children: let ncth
u. attright, .
For C _ Christ. your saviour. ws'a '_
m "I“ W ”I‘ll-t
”snags. mwaalmea the whitt-
wasbornenOhristmasty.
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'l‘he canned product. which is said
toastsuhevaslretainsthe orig-
inal flavor because it “poked in
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When Christ. theChlldoihlasareth. '
are especially requested to oomrnunl .“ '
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