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Show I THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. UTAH n mud mmm O Mf . '.Pickells Ajfwg 0 B cof7msHraf),'awiiintialArata! Siss j LENROOT AND CHILD LABOR Tho employment of children In on tho premature lulwr U an usauult y tlo sociofoundations of society." logist. They iofnt out Hint wartime condition have enormously Increased Juvenile delinquenc y through violations of child labor and eumpulHory educa, tion laws. They any; "It I difficult to measure the sacrifice that the relaxing of child welfare regulation ha ulreudy mount In terms of human welfare nnd happiness. We can only guess us yet what the price may be that we shall fiuve to pay. But certain fact muke It quite clour that If we wNh to preserve our national treasure l he children we must Increase rather than lower our regulations; give greater prelection Insteud of less; take more children out of Industry rather than put more children In." Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, with Senators Kenyon nnd Jomerene, drawn a bill to avoid tlie otr.Mlitilimwl defects which defeated the former child labor net. It muke uo of the taxing jsivvif, proposing u prohibitive excise tax on all products of child labor, the lax to he additional to ull other taxation. Irvine L. Lenroot has leen In congress since EKS.h Ip to Inst summer he was lu the house. Now lie Is lu the senate, having been elected at a special election to fill a vacancy caused by dcuth. Ik tnude his mark In the house. rligp )C M' c .ni ....... r V r r ., f. h-i- s C:7 -- - j "Cbufdhi ycustOjOii?" CORRIGAN looked inonmful Bkccter's 'fine to the ItUIHlItf of pa-punder tlm bid's arm a (lie little follow turned from signboard at Hie edge of Ho alley. nlmut. "Wliut you whimperin' jrmuttT he asked. Tln n os Skeeter he added, fingered lila LINK from er If) "Sluck?" g I are," replhd Skeeter sndty, against tiie eoruor of the building, one fool resting on top of the other. , lonn-In- H'l An look dere. Jlllnk roeked Ids left eye In the dl- reetlon of Skeeter' nod, and with an exeloinatlon of boyish delight beheld the dramatic aceuea Mrt rayed In bril- dalnt Je? ctet tiist week?' the gallery entrance to well down Fourteenth street when Blfnk arrived. Step by step he moved along the line, passing the brilliantly lighted stores from which shone an unending aiYay of Christmas things. At last a glittering dNplay of surgical Instruments Itllnk wua nicknamed for that defection of Ida left eye, and reudlly recognizing that short, uncomplicated names were suitable for the need of their profession, he had applied "Skeeter" to his diminutive younger l.loiher with the authority of the elder brother of a fatherless family. Why Didnt I Sea Cat Last Week?" After a few minutes of hard mental labor Itllnk a pelted out Ihe wording, "flreut Mike I he exclaimed. Why didnt 1 see dnt last week?" Then turning to Skeeter. Say. Skeet, leave us go tonight hey? It's de Newsboy Detective.' Ifa nt de Itegent an we ken git In de loft for 15 Again Skeetera face was overspread with end I only got nough to buy inudder'a Christness. mas present, an six cents over," milled the boy. "An people aint buyln no more." "Aw, elioke It off; youse aint on de Job a little bit," retorted Bliult, although he knew that the demand for papers was decreasing. lie glanced nt Skeeter'a big armful and then at hi own slim Owan now, muke a pile, and softened a bit. hurry," he added. "I'll give youse de foist chiuicc." A customer whistled and Skeeter ran off. Blink I'll help de poor Jingled the coins In his pocket. kid If he don't sell enough." he told himself, "Sold free," cutue Skeeter'a shrill voice from the corner. Blink beckoned to him with wildly waving arms. "Iley. youse, pipe yer lights over derel" he G'wun. Khouted, pointing across the street. bent It." Dodging In and out among the wngqp and Skeeter started ucross the street on a run. The street was crowded with trade nt that point, there was a grout confusion of noises, and the little fellow did not bear the warning shouts that preceded a heavy dray drawn by two horses. Suddenly It crushed full Into an empty carriage, nnd beneath tie torn canvas, the splintered wood and glass and the twisted Iron lay Skeeter, stunned. ; Blink, too, was stunned by the suddenness of the accident. Then bystanders helped him extrl-- I te both Skeeter nnd one of the. men of the Pain. Skeeter rcvlvcjl quickly, but the intm was overtly Injured, nnd while be nnd Skeeter lay waiting for the ambulance he held a bnof, hurried talk with his partner. "Kemember, Jim." he snhl In n low tone, nudi-bl- c enough to Skeeter, them two tanks whats marked Is them what has the gasolene forced In em; other twos plain. The team's all right, ain't It?" The man nodded "Then get em up to the Regent ns soon as you Bill knows can. the Injured man continued. the mnik. but be sure'n toll him theyre for the . second performance tonight." seven oclock. Vihome Skeeter had Blink by sions of the preparations which their mother nnd Skeeter nnd he hud made for their Christmas ' feust had strengthened his pleadings with the doctors. They found a badly sprained hospital nnkle and a few bruises. Blink had cast aside 11 thought of the theater rfler the accident, but when his mother nnd he hud mode Skeeter comfortable In bed, Skeeter said. Ain't youse gotn, Blink? "Aint no good," returned Blink, shifting awkwardly. "Ain't?" repented Skeeter, his head tfwust up Duts all you knows. Why, derea lu emphasis. goln to be two performances tonight." Clink's eyes opened wide In surprise. "Two I" Who said so?" ,e exclaimed. De man what went to de hospital wit tne," Mld Skeeter, and he told of the conversation. " "Dere "Ilully Jim exclaimed Blink excitedly. show." dut to class must he some I fink so," Skeeter agreed. "An' say, Blink, kin tell me all .nut go. an' toiuorrer youse i ' out It." ; Blink slapped his knee and Jumped from his V'i Ir. "I never fought cf d.it, he suld. "Ill car-rltge- s, run-awa- y , ! line of eager newsboys stretched from xled him; Ids eyes rested on two long pieces of the polished wood crossed as a background towide-eyehe nnd stopped, metal shining pieces, and In a moment Blink was out of the line. In another hour lie was home, stundlng before his mother and holding a pair of crutches up to her astonished gaze, with but fifteen cents left In his pockets. Haltingly, Blink told his story to his mother nnd asked her to wait until next week for her Mr. Corrigan folded Christmas present, at the boy In her arms until he suddenly straightened up. excited. "Say, look dere!" he exclaimed, pointing breathlessly to a bright glare In the western sky. Gee! Will yex look at it Dcres a whoppln big fire somewheres." It was half pnst ten oclock when Blink The sldewulks were filled reached Brondw-ny- . eve crowd, most of Christmas with the uunl them unheedful of the fire toward which Blink was hurrying. With eucli step the crowd grew denser, the ex-- , citenirnt greater. Occasionally a few people cittne hurrying In the opposite direction, and from those Blink beard a lot of mixed rumors. But what he did henr made him ruh the faster. It was the Regent theater; nn explosion that seemed to start n tire nil over the theater nt once, a panic, nnd a score or nrori of people supposed to have been lost. For a moment Blink shudder d nt what he felt was n n irrow escape for Skeeter ami himself. But his bo.Kh excitement gave little room for sentlnunt, and he became all Intent upon getting nearer. "Couldnt You Stop Itf 11 voices of two men caused B'ink presently to draw further In. They stopped near by and one said : I Theres people been "My God. Gallagher killed. Wasn't there no- - way? Couldn't you d open-mouthe- rents." , ' "Great WcfAe excamect. Wnr liant colon. if - , stop it ?" "How could 1 stop It?" came the growling reply. I hud the two marked tanks stored away In props room, fixed so's I could turn em on last thing before I left after the house closed, everything was O. K., I tell you. until the tanks we hud on the calcium lights ot weak Just In the burglary scene. The stage mnmiger got hot and culled for them oilier Innks. Well, there was nothin to it; I had to get em out. I was tankin' .slow work fcos the scene would he over, but the stage manager was fiery. He had them things connected In a second, turned 'em on. nnd when the gasolene spray lilt them red hot limestones In the lamp My God! I never seen anything like. It. Both tanks burst together, and you know tlie rest." The two tnen were silent for a moment, then, Wheres the manager, Jim?" I don't know." was the reply Blink heard. "We warned him. Well, Its done now, but I wish we could have burnt his loose without "Shut up, man. Somebody might hear." A heavy prolonged rumble, followed by a dull crash of falling walls, the shouts of llreimst. and an Increased crackling of the flumes held the men speechless for a moment while Blink crawled to the edge of the nreaway. Then : "How about Collins? He might blow. Let's go to the hospital nnd talk to him. Itll he safer." There was another pause, then the reply: I never got the name of the hospital. I don't know where he Is." "You don't ! came the astounded voice. "Then we will have to beat It This Is no place for me and you," The story had become very uppnrent to Blink, and before the men started he hnd picked his alley, turned back, runway down the smoke-fillening, purposely stumbled against them, and stood punting for breath. d "Sny." he sold, between' brenths, could yous guvs tell me where I could find Mister GallAgher?" Thp men eyed Blink suspiciously. What Uyoo want with him? asked one of them. They's a guy sick In the City hospital what wants to see him right away, returned Bliuk. They sent me tip here on a dead run.". Another grent crash and then the smoke In the alley heenme blinding. But Blink saw the men run, and he fancied he saw also a grin of satisfaction. Close on their heels Blink ran to the nearest telephone and called the city editor of tlie Record. He was not a stranger to that official, and he nhh "DIs Is Blink Corrigan. Know me?" "Yes, yes; what Is It?" come a hurried voice. "I've got somethin' great fer youse and the Record about the fire" answered Blink excitedly. "Send a man and two plain cops to meet at de City hospital right away. Tell em to wait fer roe If I don't get dere ahead of dem. Ill point out de men they got to arrest- - Are youse on?" "Cause of fire?" questioned the city editor. "Sure, on a stunner. At the hospital Blink stationed himself in the shadow of one of the big columns at the main entrance. Presently the two men from the theater appeared. Blinks heart started to sink, but as they turned, to mount the steps the Record man and two headquarters men turned the corner. Blink slid out from behind the piilnr, ran down , the steps, and wildly waved his arms to the detectives. Pinch em!" he cried, as they hurried up. The two men turned about. "What's this for?" asked one. Excitedly Blink blurted out the story." It caused a laugh from the men. looks of Incredulity on the part of the detectives, mid even a question on the face of the reporter. But Blink, Instead of losing his nerve, remembered stories of the "third degree," boldly jerked his thumb over Ids shoulder and said, "No use hlutlln. It's all up vvld youse. lie's confessed gut scared when lie heard of de fire. Bibik plucked nt the sleeve of one of the and pulled him uslde. "Say," lie "dut was il IduiT about him eonfessInV I know It. v on scamp." the otlieer replied; "hut he vwll son. don't you worry." The menial preparation of the Injured man w'lthia the hospital by ihe police was a slow and tedious process through which Blink was by numerous winks from the reporter. It was long after press time before the detectives called upon the newspaper man to take down the confession, whLh verified Blink's story. In tj)e meantime the reporter hnd written the mala features of the story In anticipation, waited only for the verification ami motive, and when they enme was off in an Instant. Blink followed nnd lnld In a stock of paiers( which promised to contain nn umiMi.d and rapid-sellinstory. They did, nnd they sold more rapidly then ever before In all Blink's professional experience. Only after the edition was exhausted Blink went home, armed with the proceeds in the form of two bundles, one lor his mother nnd one for Skeeter, It was a glorious Christinas morning. The sun had rNen brightly and Itllnk went In whistling. Just a lie passed Into the room a messenger arrived and handed In nu envelope and a copy of the Record. It was the first opHirinn"y bum laid had to spell out the headlines. ., (1, n tj,e front page In pig. black type, supported bv !i,(f a dozen subhead and encircled by a b pencil muik were the words: fA New-bo- y wl,l-pile- con-s'ol- ul g Blink cast .uslde with the expression, Slush!" opened the envelope, and passed it to his mother. Mrs. Corrigan read: "My Jcnr Blink: Inclosed find cneck for ?50 in part payment for last nights work. By your friendliness to us, the delay In securing the confession, nnd the fact that the mn on the other papers were chasing up the manager of the Regent in every corner of New York for a story on the cause of the fire, the Record made the greatest scoop In history. Therefore, I say, the n closed Is In part payment, liense come to the office tomorrow night prepured to go to work. "ANDERSON, C, E." The election of changed the political complqxlgu of congress. When the memhers-cleo- t take their seats March 4 next the Republicans will control both houses. When the Republicans organize the house, who will be elected speaker to succeed Clmmp Clark? The West thinks James IL Mann of Illinois Is the man. The East picks Frederick II. Gillett of Massachusetts. ' Nicholas Lungwort h of Ohio Is considered the durk horse. Mann represents one of the most Important districts In the whole country-several South side wards of Chihaving served cago. He Is an ten successive terms. Clllett la even more of an having served 12 terms. In picking Gillett the East eliminates Mann after this fashion: "It Is now generally accepted that Maun, the nominal Republican floor leader and logical candidate for speaker, will, by renson of his long Illness, be passed over." But Mann appeared In Washington the other day, declared he was fit and looked It, and announced tliut only the unanlmoua verdict of his physicians would keep him from being a candidate. Then he went straight to Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, for an examination and the verdict old-time- r, old-time- r, If out of the great war come the republic of Bohiud and Jan Ignnce Paderewski Is made Its first president, the new republic will not have to tell the world who Its chief executive Is. For all the world knows that he Is the foremost pianist of his day nnd generation and among the greatest performers the world has seen. Born In 1S.'D In Pmlolhi, which was taken from Poland by Russia In 1793, he was a professor of music In the Warsaw conservatory at eighteen. Ills dehut took place ,n Vienna In 1SS7. Since l'i02 lie has been a familiar figure lu the United States. lie has be n nt the head of the work of forming the Polish legion here and of raising funds for the Polish cuuse. Voll-- li troops have taken possession of Posen, capltul of German Poland The Galician socialist leader, Dnszynskl, has been appointed premier of Pol.ui.1 and charged with the forma tlon of a cabinet by General Iilsudskl, to whom the Polish regency council has Intrusted the formation of n national government. It Is stated that the Poles scattered throughout the world number 31.800,-00that of these 27,100,000 are in Europe, nnd that of the latter 20,200,000 In Russian Poland, Prussian Poland, Austrian Poland, Lithuania and Little Russia have the right of 0; ALBERT I, HERO OF HEROES If the world were asked to choose the hero of heroes of the greatest war of all history, on whom would the choice fall? The list of popular heroes Lloyd Is long Wilson, Pershing, George, Haig, Beatty, Sims, Clemen Luf-berceau, Petaln, JoITre, Foch, Diuz, Cuynemer, and so on. Each of these popular heroes would undoubtedly have his adherents, But many people In all the nations of earth would choose as the hero of heroes: Albert J, king of Belgium.' They would not cluhn that Albert was the superior of these men In the qualities that make them great They would simply sny in his behalf:, Here Is a man who Instantly saw his duty and did It forthwith because It This his duty. When Germany demanded passage for her troops he piled, Belgium Is a nation, not a f Germany tore up the sernp-opaper trenty nnd started through, lie resisted to the limit of the nations strength. lie saved France, for he gave the French time to entrench nni the British time to get on the fighting line." ' Four years ngo, facing imminent destruction, Belgium won by her seif sacrifice a place of honor among nations, a crown of honor imperishable. Albert has been a king worthy of his people. Now Albert, long a king without a country, has come back Into his own. If ho Is the Loro of heroes, he has a proportionate reward. y, road-Whe- n |