VOL. XL
TheliKoflDollarMysteiy
By HAROLD MAG GRATH
Illustrated from Semes in the Photo Drama of the
Same Name by the Thonhouser Film Company
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(Cop/right, 1014, bjr Harold MacQratli)
CHAPTER VI.
"Did you get thi) range?" asked the
countess, when late that night Bralno
recounted hla adventure.
"Range!" he snarled. "My girl,
haven't I just told yt>u that I had to
fight for my life? My boat wai In
flames. We had to swim for it till
we were picked up by a Long Island
barge tug. I don't know what became
of the He must have
headed straight for shore. And I'm
glad he did. Otherwise he'd be howl
ing for the price of another boat.
Olga, for the first time I've had to
let one of "the boys have a look at
my face. Doesn't know the name;
but one of these days he'll stumble
across It, and the result will be black
mail, unless I push him off into the
dark. It was accidental."
The countess leaned forward, her
hands tightly clinched.
"But the box!"
Braise made a gesture of despair.
"Leo, are you using any drug these
days?"
"Don't make fun of me, Olga," Im
patiently. "Did you ever see me drink
more than a pint of wine or smoke
more than two cigars In an evening?
Poor fools! What! let my brain go
into the wastebasket for the sake of
an hour or so of exhilaration? .No,
and never will It I'm keen about the
gray matter I've got, and by the Lord
Harry, I'm going to keep it There's
only one dope fiend in the Hundred,
and he's one of the best decoys we
have; so we let him have his coke
whenever he really needs It. But this
man Feltbn has seen my face. Some
day hell see It again, ask questions,
and then . .
"Then what?"
"A bunal at sea," he laughed. The
laughter died swiftly as It came.
"Threw it into eight hundred feet of
water, on a bar where the sands are
always shifting. Hell never find it.
even If he took the range. He could
not have got a decent one. The sun
was dropping and the shadows were
long. He threw the chest Into the
water and then began pegging away
at us, cool as you please, and fired i
our tank." I
"It looks to me as if be had wasted
his time."
"That depends. Between you and
me and the gate-post, I've A sneaking
idea that this man Jones, whom no
body -has given any particular atten
tion, is a deep, clever man. He may
have been honestly attempting to find
a new hiding place; the advertisement
in the newspaper may have drawn
him. He may have thrown the box ,
over in pure rage at seeing t)lmself
checkmated. Again, the whole thing
may have been worked up for our
benefit, a blind. But If that's the
case, Jones has us on the hip, for we
can't tell. But we can do what In all
probability he expects we'll cease to
do—watch him Just as shrewdly all ,
before."
Olga caught his hand and drew him |
down beside her. "I wasn't going to
bother you tonight, but it may mean
something vital." \
"What?" alertly. \
For reply she rose and waited over
to the light button. She pressed It
and the apartment became dark.
"Come over to the window, quick!"
She dragged him across the room.
"Over the way, the house with the
marble frontage."
A man emerged, lit a cigarette, and
walked leisurely dowp the street
"No!" she cried, as Blaine turned
to make for the dooi doubtless with
the Intention of finding out who this
man was. "Every night after you
leave he appears."
"Does he follow mef'
"No. And that's 6 hat bothered me
at first. I believed he wa*?watchlng
som« shove. But rerularjy
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when I turn out the llgtua ne comes
forth. So there's no doubt that he
watches you enter and takes note of
your departure."
"But doesn't follow me. That's odd.
What the devil is his Idea?" •
"I'd give a good deal to learn."
The shadow and the glowing cigar
ette disappeared around the corner,
and the lights In the apartment were
turned on again.
"He's gone. You really think he's
watching me?"
"He is watching this apartment, I
know that much."
And even at that moment the watch
er WEB watching from his vantage be-
hind the corner.
"Suspicious!" he murmured, tossing
the etgarette Into the gutter. They're
watching me for a change, ril drop;
out. I know what I know. It's a great
world. It's fine to be alive and kicking,
on top of it." He went on without
haste and took the subway train for.
downtown.
"Is there any way I could get near
him?" asked Bratno.
"Tomorrow night leave
by the janitor's entrance. I'll keep
the lights on till you're outside. Then
I'll turn them off and you can follow
and learn who he is."
"It's mighty important."
"Don't scowl. At your age a wrinkle
is apt to remain if you once get It
started."
He laughed. "Wrinkles!" She could
talk of wrinkles!
"They are more important than you
think. Every morning I rub out thai
wrinkle I go to bed with."
"I wish you could rub out the gen
eral stupidity which Is wrinkling my
brain.* I've made three moves and|
failed in each. What's come oven
me?"
"Perhaps you've had too many sue-:
cesses. The wheel "of chance is al
ways turning around."
"May I smoke?"
"Thanks. At least It proves you still
have some consideration for me. You
would smoke whether it was agreeable
or not. But-I like the odor of a good
cigar. And it always helps you to
think."
I Bralne lit the cigar and began his
customary pacing. At length he
paused.
"Suppose -we have a real old-fash
ioned coaching party out to the old
mansion we know about?"
"And what shall we do there?"
"Make the mansion an enchanted
castle where sometimes people who
enter can't get out. Do you think you
could get her to go?"
"I can try."
"Olga, I must have that girl; and I
must have her soon. Sometimes I find
myself mightily puzzled over the
whole thing. It Hargreave is alive,
why doesn't he turn up now that It's
practically known that his daughter
presides over bis household? I might
understand It if I didn't know that
Hargreave is really afraid of nothing.
Where is the man with the five thou
sand, picked up at sea? What was
the reason for Jones carrying that box
out in broad daylight? Who la the
chap watching across the street?
Sometimes I believe in my soul —if I
have one! —that Hargreave is playing
with us, playing! Well," flinging the
half consumed cigar .into the grate,
"the Black Hundred always goes for
ward, win or lose, and never forgets."
"We are A fine pair!" said the wo
man bitterly.
"We are exactly what fate Intended
us to be. They wrote you down Jn the
book A beautiful body with" a
crooked mind, "fbey wrote me down
as the devil, doomed to roam earth's
top till I'm killed."
"Killed?"
"Why, yes. I'm not the kind of
chap who dlea In bed, surrounded by
the weeping members of the family,
doctor, nurse, and priest. I'm A
scoundrel; but It hAS this saving
grace, I enjoy being A scoundrel. Now,
I'm going up to tha club. There's
nothing like A game of billiards or
chess to smooth that wrinkle which
seems to worry yon." '
In the great newspAper office there
was A mighty racket. Midnight Al
ways means pandemonium in tha
city room o t A metropolitan daily.
Copy boys were rushing to and fro,
messengers and piintara with sticky
galleys th their hands; reporters were
banging away At their typewriters,
and intermingling you could hear the
ceaseleas cllckety-cllck from tha tele
graph room.
Tha managing editor came out of
hla office and approached the deak of
the night city editor.
"Editorial paga gone down?" -
"Twenty mlnntes ago," said tha
night city editor.
"I wanted a stick on that Paaama
rumpus."
"To© liti."
"Whara'a Jim Norton?"
"At tha chamber of commerce ban
quet. The major Is going to throw A
bomb into the enemy's camp."
"Nothing on the Hargreave staff?"
"No. Guess I'd bettor pat that in
the cubbyhole. He's dead."
"No will found yet?"
♦"Not A piece as big as a postage
stamp." /
"That will leave the girt In A tough
place. No will, no birth certificate;
and. wont of all. no photograph of
the old men himself. I don't see why
Jim sidestepped this affair. Ha tha
only man In town who knew anything
About Hargreave."
"Ha hasn't given It np; hut ha wants
to cover it on his own, turn tha yarn
over when he's got It, no false alarms."
"Ah! 8o that's ibj} gamer
i "Yes; ana Jim is the sort every pa
per needs. When the time comes the
atory turns up, if there is one. Here
he Is now. Looks like an actor in the
fourth act of a drama. Good-looking
chap, though."
Norton came In through the outer
gates. He was In evening clothes, top
.hat A dead cigarette dangled be
tween his lips.
"How much do yoil want?" asked the
night city editor.
"Column and a half."
I "Off with your glad rags!"
"Anything good?" asked the manag
ing editor.
"The lid has been jammed on tight.
No wine In any restaurant after one
i o'clock. There'll be a roundup of ev
' ery gunman in town." >
"Good work! Go to it"
It was one o'clock when Norton
turhed in his last sheet of copy and
started for home. Just outside the
, entrance to the building a man with a
' slouch hat drawn down over his eyes'
stepped forward.
"Mr. Norton?"
"Yes." Norton stepped back sua.
plciously.
The other chuckled, raised and low
ered his hat swiftly.
"Good Lord!" murmured the re
porter.
"Will you take A ride with me in a
taxi?"
"j "All the way to Syracuse, If you say
'ao. Well, I'll be tinker d —d!"
' "No names, please!"
■ What took place in that taxlcab was
,never generally known. But at ten
o'clock the next morning Norton sur
prised the elevator boy by going out,
Norton proceeded downtown to tho
national bank, where he deposited
$5,000 In bills of large denominations.
The teller had some difficulty In count
ing them. They stuck together and re
tained the sodden appearance ot
jmonor recently submerged In water.
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1 Florence was delighted at the Idea
of a coaching party. Often during her
achoolglrl days she had seen the fash,
lonable coaches go careening along the
road, with the sharp, clear note of the
: bugle rising about.tbe thunder ot hoofs
and rattling of wheels. Jones was not
neither was he a killjoy,
i "But you are to go along,
Florence.
; "I, Miss Florence?"
"The countess Invited you especially.
;You will go with A hamper."
' "Ah, in my capacity as butler; very
good. Miss Florence." To ber he gavq
;no elgn of his secret satisfaction.
The hour arrived, and the gay party
'bowled away. They wound In and Wit
;of the streets toward the country to
'the crack of the whip and the blare of
,the horn. Florence's enjoyment would
Florenca Was Chatting With tha
Count.
have been perfect had It not been for
the absence of Norton. Why hadn't
he been Invited? .She did not ask bo
cause she did not care to disclose to
the countess ber Interest In the re
porter. They were nearlng the limits
of the city, when the coach was forced
to take a sharp turn to avoid an auto
mobile In trouble. The mgn puttering
at the engine raised bis head. It waa
Norton, and Florence waved her hand
vigorously.
"A coaching party," he murmured;
"and your Uncle James was not invit
ed! Oh, very well I" Ha laughed, and
suddenly grew serious. It would not
hurt to find out where that coach waa
going. (
He set to work savAgely, located
tha trouble, righted it, and act off for
the HargreAve home. He found Busan 1
and bombarded ber with questions
which to Susan came with tha rapidity
of rain upon tho root
"So Jonaa want along?"
In his capacity of butler only."
Norton smiled. "Well, I'll take a
jaunt Bbt there myself. You are sure
of the location?"
"Yea."
"Well, good-by. IH go as a waiter,
since they wouldn't invite ma. I'm
one of tha boat little waltera yon aver
heard of; and all things coma to him
• who walta."
What A pleas Ant, Affable young man
he WAS! thought Susan as she watched
him jump Into the car and go flying
up tha street
Jones waa a good deal surprised
when Norton turned up at tha old
Chilton manor.
"What mad* you dressed
I Ilka thla?" tha batter demanded.
"I'm a suspicious duffer; maybe
that's tha leaauu."
"Do yon know anything?"
"Wall, ao; I can't say that I da
Bat, hang It, I Just had to como**bat
bare."
"Maybe It's Just as well you did."
said Jones moodily.
"f know thla place. The housekeep
er used to be my nana, and If she la
still on the Jot aha may ho of service
to aa. Yoa don't think they'll question
or recognize mo?"
"Hardly, fll put In a word for yoa
I'll aay I seat for yoa, not knowing If
we had enough servants to take care
of tha lancheon."
"And now 111 go and hurt up Meg."
Sure enough, his old nurse was stin
la charge of the house; and whoa
her "babv? disclosed hla Meatftf she
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY
- all but fell upon his necn.
s "But what are you doing here,
3 dressed up as a waiter?"
3 "It's a little secret, Meg. I wasn't
C invited, and the truth Is I'm very
. desperately In love with the young:
r lady In Whose honor this coaching
> party Is being given. And . . ,
• maybe she'a In danger."
♦'Danger? What about?"
> "The Lord only knows. But show
me about the house. I've not been
here in so long I've forgotten the run
of It. I remember one room with
- the secret panel and another with a
painting that turned. Have they
• changed them?"
"No; It is Just the same here as U
nsed to be. Come along and I'll show
you."
t Norton Inspected the rooms care-
I tolly, stowing away in his mind every
( detail. He might be worrying about
t nothing; but so many strange things
i had happened that it was better to be j
on the side of caution than on the
side of carelessness. He left the
_ house and ran across Jones carrying >
a basket of wine.
"Here, Norton; take this to the
party. I want to reconnolter."
"All right, m'lud! Say, Jones, how
• much do you think I'd earn at this
( Job?" comically.
I "Oet along with you, Mr. Norton. It
may be the time to laugh, and then It
t may not."
"I'm going back into the house and
hide behind a secret panel. I've got i
» my revolver. You go to the stables'
i and take a try at my car; see if she
j works smoothly. We may have to do ,
, some hiking. Where is the countess;
> in this?"
1 "Leave that to me, Mr. Norton," said
t the butler with his grim smile. "Be
• off; they are moving back tpward the!
• house."
I So Norton carried the basket around '
to the lawn, where It was taken' from
his hands by the regular servant. He
i sighed as he saw Florence, laughing
r and chatting with a man who was a
i stranger and whom be heard ad
i dressed aa count. Some friend of the
i countess, no doubt. Where was all thla
I tangle going to end? He wished he
t knew. And. what a yarn he was going I
, to write some day! It would be read'
I like one of Oaborlau's tales. He
turned away to wander Idly about the
grounds, when beyond a clump of ce-1
. dars he saw three or four men conVers-!
Ing slowly. He got as near as possible,l
• for when three or four men put their
I heads together and whisper animated- j
ly, It usually means a poker game or j
' something worse. He caught a phrase
t or. two as It came down the wind, and
> then he knew that the vague suspl
t clon that had brought him out here
I had been set in motion by fate. He
heard "Florence" and "the old draw
ing room;" and that was enough.
He scurried about for Jones. It was
pure luck that he had had old Meg
show him through the house, other
wise he would have forgotten all about
the secret panel In the wall and the
painting. Jones shrugged resignedly.
Were these men of the countess'
party? Norton couldn't say.
Norton made his hiding place In
safety; and by and by he could hear
the guests moving about in the room.
Then all sounds ceased for a while. A
door closed sharply.
"No; here you must 'stay, young
lady," said a man'a voice.
. "What do you mean, sir?" demanded
the beloved voice.
"It means that no one will return to
this room and that you will not be
missed until It la too late.'
The sound of voices stopped ab
ruptly, and something like scuffling
ensued. Later Norton heard the back
of a.chair strike the panel and some
one sat heavily upon It. He waited
perhaps Ave minutes; then~he gently
( slid back the panel. Florence sat
bound and gagged under his very eyes.
It was but the work of a moment to
• liberate her.
t "It Is I, Jim. Do not speak or make
. the lttst noise. Follow me."
i Greatly astonished, Florence obeyed;
. and thp panel slipped back Into place.
! The room behind the secret panel had
I barred windows. To Florence It ap
. peared to be a real prison.
[ "How did you get here?" she asked
1,/liMUlilMaljr. °
I "Something told me to follow you.
And something is always going to tell
me to follow you, Florence."
She pressed his hand. It was to her
as If one of those book heroes had
stepped out of a book; only book he
roes always had tremendoua fortunes
| and did not have to work for' a llv
' ing. Oddly enough, she was not
afraid.-
i "Who waa the man?' be asked.
t "The Count Norfeldt. Some one
, has Imposed upon the countess."
I "Do you think ao?" with a strange
look In his eyea.
"What do you mean?"
' "Nothing Just now. The Idea la to
get out of here Just aa quickly aa we
can. Bee thla painting?" He touched
a spot In the wall and the painting
alowly swung out like a door. "Come;
we make our escape to tha aide lawn
from here."
At th« stable they were confronted
with the knowledge that Norton's car
waa out ofcommlsslon; Jones could do
aothiqg with It. Then Norton suggest
ed tt%jk he make a effort to cooar
mandeer the limousine at the count
ess; but there were men about, so the
limousine waa out of the queation.
"Horses!" whlapered Jones. "There
•re several aaddle horsee, already sad
dled. How about these people, the
owners?"
"Oh. they are beyond reproach. They
have doubtless been Imposed upon.
Bnt let us get aboard first. There will
he time to talk later. I'll have to do
some explaining, taking these nags off
, like thla. We won't have to ride oat
In front where the plcknlckera are.
There's a lane back of the stable, and
a alight detour brings ns back Into the
main road."
The three mounted and clattered
away. To Florence It had the air of
a prank. Bhe waa beginning to have
such confidence In these two Inventive
men that she felt aa If she waa never
going to bo afraid any more.
When the Couhtess Olga saw the
three horses it waa an effort not to
fly into a rage. But secretly she
warned her people, who presently gave
, chase la the limousine, while she
| prattled ana Jested and laughed with
her company, who were quite unaware
' that a drama was betr g enacted jrlght
under their very noses. The countess,
while she acted superbly, tore her
handkerchief into shreds. There was
something sinister in the way ail
their plans fell through at the very j
moment of consummation; and that'
night she determined to ask Bralne
to withdraw from this warfare, which
gradually decimated their numbers
without getting anywhere toward the
goal.
Jones shouted that the limousine
was tearing down the road. Some
thing must be done to stop it. He
suggested that he drop behind, leave
• his horse, and take a chance at pot
ting a tire from the shrubbery at the
roadside.
"Keep going. Don't stop, Norton,
till you are back In town. I'll manage
to take good care of v
(To be Continued.)
' BERLIN A SMOKELESS TOWN
Police Regulations the Principal
Cause for Clssn Atmosphere in
German Capital.
Visitors who go to Berlin to make'
Industrial Investigations, being usually
aware of the fact that the Kaiser's
capital is one of the largest manu
facturing cities In the world, are
amazed that the air is so free from
! smoke, and set about to find the cause.
They usually go about It in the wrong
way, and come to the conclusion that
j It Is all a matter of coincidence.
There are many reasons why Ber
| lin Is smokeless, and these reasons
range all tfte way from police reguia
j lions to the economy of the Inhabl
i tants In the use of fuel. There Is ac
tually no law against smoke, but
I Clause 27, Part 2, Paragraph 10, says:
"The necessary measures for the
preservation of the public peace,
safety, and health, and the averting,
preventing, and removing whatever
may be detrimental to the general
public or to the individual members
thereof belong to the functlin and
duty of the police.
That IB quite sufficient, and yet the
j reasons why the police rarely have
to enforces this clause In regard to
smoke are to be found elsewhere. In
I the first place most of the big' fac
| torles were placed, for that very rea
-1 son, on the eastern edge of the city,
and the prevailing wind blows from
| the west, so that It Is only one day
| out of five or six that the smoke Is
! across the city. Second there
Is the fuel used. This Is lignite orj
"brown coal " As a mineral it Is noti
so "old" as American coal, Is much
lighter In weight and Is almost en-1
tlrely consumed on combustion. For|
use It Is usually compressed In the
form of briquettes, which burn stead-'
lly with almost no smoke.
'One of the most Important, factors
In making Berlin smokeless, however, 1
is economical. Locomotive firemen |
and the stokers In factories receive
premiums for the coal they save. I
They are ordered from day to day or j
from,week to week to keep up a cer-j
tain standard of heat, using a fixed
quantity of coal; If they manage to
keep up the standard with less fuel j
they are allowed a certain percentage j
of the value of the fuel saved. This
Is one reusiin why Berlin stokers are
so eagerly nought for by the trans-
Atlantic liners to tend their furnaces.
HOW TO BEAUTIFY THE HOME
Careful B*lectldn of Vines and Shrubs '
Will Mske Ordinary House
Attractive,
In making a garden of the home
grounds, the planting around the |
house Itself should receive the first at- j
tentlon. A careful selection of vines
and shrubs will make an ordinary
house attractive, and a beautiful one
even more charming. Study your own
house and lis architectural defects. 1
Luxuriant masses of vines will break
up the spaces of a wall that seems |
blank and forbidding, aind will con- 1
ceal any crude carpentry that the
veranda may display. Large shrubs
banked against a house that stands
too high above the ground" will give
it the effect of fitting more closely!
Into-Its surroundings, while the ap
parent breadth of a bouse that Is too!
narrow can bo Increased materially |
by a deep planting of shrubbery at
the sides.
Even If a house Is of good propor
tions, the harsh line* of Its foundation
must be concealed, and
I ties In Its outline, such as the an
gles formed by steps or extending
wings, filled In with shrubbery. Flow
ers are not good for lUs purpose;
they do not make masses that are
rich enftgb to frame a building More
over, they are on duty for less than
half the year.
Choose shrubbery ot varying height
to avoid monotony. Pearl bush, Tar
tarian honeysuckle. American haw
thorn, lilac and syrlaga are excel
lent tall shrubs that will succeed un
der most conditions.- Kugoea roses.
Bplrea, Van Houtel, the drooping
golden bell, Japanese barberry, and
the deutxlas are' useful In front of
other shrubs to make a good transition
to the grass.
Drape the veranda vines, not
their beauty, bnt for the pri
vacy they will give. Virginia creeper,
a variety of climbing roses,, and
maaaea of feathery, white lowered cle
matis that blooms In the fall, clematis
paniculate, will make the veranda do
hgbiful torTrtr months every ya*rr
The short circuiting cf a high pow
•red current In a Sow York subway
conduit brought the entire subwsy
system • moment later to a stand
still for eight and half hours, caused
In death of- one person, a woman
passenger, and the Injury of 204 oth
ers by partial asphyxiation or hurts
dne to the frightful panic that drove
several hundred persons to fight for
life and air In darkness.
Because she refused to wed. Miss
Susan Lewis, a Bronx school teacher,
was sjain; before dying she accused
Frank Borchman. a manufacturer.
The Reroey Eloctrlc Co., will build
• tl,WO.noo plant In Detroit.
14. 1915
*
SIR HENERY HOWARD
Blr Henry Howard was recently ap
pointed envoy from England to the
Holy See qt Rome. He was former
ly minister to The Hague and la well
known in the United Btatea.
BLUEJACKETS HONORED
SECRETARY OF NAVY, DANIELS
PRSENTB THE BADGES OF
HEROISM TO MEN.
»
Boys Are Honored Who Bore Them
selves With Distinction Under
Fire In Mexican Port.
New York. —Medals of honor were
printed by Secretary Dahiels to 13
enlisted men or the United States
Navy who won special mention for
distinguished conduct at the occupa
tion of Vera Cruz In April laat. The
formal ceremony took place on the
deck of the battleship Florida at the
j Brooklyn Navy Yard and Rear Admlr
| al Fletcher, now cotnmander-In-chlef
of the Atlantic fleet, who commanded
| the American naval forcei at. Vera
I Cruz, and other high officers of the
Navy participated. The medal wln
! ners were:
I Teury N. boatswain's
| mate, first class; Abraham do Somer,
chief turret captain; Joseph O. Har
] ner, boatswain's mate, first class;
Qjsorge Cregan, boatswain's mate, first
class; Lawrence Cregan, boatswain's
| mate, first'class; Lawrence C. Slnnett,
! gunner's mate, class; Percy A.
j Dee Her, chief boatswain's mate; Sliar-
I lea F. Bishop, quartermaster, first
| class; James A. Walsh, quartermaster,
| third class; Charles L.'Nordslek, sea
j man; Fred ,1. Sihnelpel, seaman;
Berrife 11. Jerrltt, gunner's mate; third
class; William Zuiderveld, hospital
steward; Harry C. B«asley, coxswain;
Edward A. •fJlshurne, electrician, sec
ond class, was not present to receive
I his medul, hut It had been sent to him.
' Secretary Daniels also read a long
list carrying names of officers, head
ed by Rear Admiral Fletcher, and
bluejackets and marines, who had re
ceived special mention for heroism
and bravery at Vera Cruz.
| Before presenting the medals, Se.>
rotary Daniels declared that the out
standing naval event of the past year
was the courage, sacrifice and self
restraint displayed*l>y the officers and
! men of the Navy and marine corps
at the battle of Vera Crux.
| "On answering the call of their
country," said the Secretary "nine
teen men, sailors and marines, won
the distinction and glory of doath on
the field of- battle. America then,
; mourning her. loss, waa Ilk* Nlobl
'all te: rs."" .
I *The Secretary spoke of the honors
; paid these heroes at the time their'
bodies were brought to the' I<ed
States, when President WilsdiT, him ; f
pelf In an address at Brooklyp, vole-'
ed the Nation's appreciation of their .
vaior.
Kitchener Addrsasas English House.
Ixindon —The House of Lords met
• month earlier than the House of
Commons chiefly to hear from Lord
Kitchener a review of the military
operations for the six Weeks since
Parliament was prorogued. While
the speech of the-Secretary for War
contained little not already known,
It was llstetipd to with rapt attention.
The peers, as * usual, were In. their
robe* of office,' but beyond this the
scene was lacking In the usual color,
for of the long rows of peeresses vir
tually every one was In mournlag.
Panic In New York Subway.
New York.—The worst accident In
10 years' history of New York's sub
way occurred during the morning rush
hours when 700 passengers Jn two
stalled stricken with panic
In the darkened by dense amoks
and acrid fumes from a short circuited
cable. In Jhe struggle to escape soma
tag persons were Injured, one • wo
man. fatally. Others, overcome, were
rescued, unconscious, by police and
firemen, while scores struggled to tha
street unnerved or hysterical, their
clothing torn and facea blackened.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS.
There are 343 students enrolled at
Wake Foresf for the spring term.
The corporation commission has or
dered a new set of tariffa on glaas Jars
from Pittsburg.
Work will soon be begun to replace
the Presbyterian Farm School. near
Aahevine, which was destroyed by
fire recently.
Joseph A. Baldwin, aged 71, promi
nent citizen of Columbus county died
of paralysis recently.
HUNDRED YEARS OF
PEMiECELEBWED
COMMEMORATE AT NEW OR
LEANS THE CENTURY FOL
LOWING BIG BATTLE.
ENGLAND PLAYED A PART
*
Special Envoy of the British King
Feliclteted Representative of tho
Government of United States.
New Orleans.—A three-day celebra
tion of the one hundredth anniversary
of peace among English-speaking
people was held on the site of the last
armed conflict between- the United
States and Oreat Britain. The ce-*>
monies opened with the firing of a
salute of 1 guns so timed thil the last
gun boomed at 8:20 o'clock, exactly
100 years to the minute, according to
historians, that General Jackson fin
ally triumphed over the British on the
Held of Cbalmette near New Orleans.
Peace advocates from many parte
of the United States and Canada wit
nessed formal exchange of greetings
between a representative of the Pres
ident of the United States and an es
pecially appointed envoy of the King
of England, watch the unveiling of a
monument to General Jackaon and
the maneuvers of the Seventh United
States Infantry and other regular sol
diers transported from Texas City,
Texas, for the celebration. The Sev
enth Infantry composed a part of
Jackson's command 100 years ago.
The soldiers were in charge of Brig.
Gen. J. Franklin Bell, commanding of
ficer of the Second Division who la
here with 72 other army officers and
2,000 men. Sailors also took part In
the Chalmette ceremonies and a mili
tary parade was commanded by Rear
Admiral McLean, who arrived here on
the battleship .Rhode Island from
Cera Crux.
Preliminary to opening the cele
bration reception for Mrs. William
Oerry Slade, president general of the
United Daughters of 1778-1812, took
place at a hotel here. Other women
prominent In this organization and
some members of the Daughters of
the Confederacy are here.
RUSSIANS MOVE IN HUNGARY.
Moat Significant of Campaign* Haa
Now Begun.
London.—A complete change in the
aituatlon in the Near East may be
brought about by the Russian victory
over the Turks In the Caucasus. If
the Turkish fleet Is aa sweeping aa
haa been reported officially—the virt
ual destruction of two Turkish army
corps and the repulse of a third—the
Turkish menace against the Ruaslana
In Trans-Caucasia haa been removed. I
The loss of so many of their best
trained officers and men ,lt ia bellev- |
ed here, will compel the Turka to
give up any ambition they had of In- '
vading their enemy's territories and
force them to cencentrate on the de
fense of their own country. Military
men however are, taking even greater
Interest In the Russian Invasion of
Hungary through Uzsok Pass In the
Carpathians, and their rapid advance
on Transylvania through Bukowina
simultaneously with their movement
toward Cracow. These combined op
erations are the most gigantic under
taking in the war. •» * •
In the meantime the Russians are
held by the Austro-Oermaris in West
ern Oailcla. Field Marshal von Hln
denburg, the German commander In
Northern Poland,' can move but alow
ly In his offensive operations against
Warsaw because of the muddy road*.
Thirty-Day Rate Reduced.
Richmond.—The board of director*
of the Richmond ■ Federal •> reserve
bank authorized a "reduction of one
half of one per cent In the re-discount
rate on thirty-day pafrer. The new
rate, 4 -2 per cent Is effective at once.
T-hp oiljer rates, K per cent for 60 to
bO day" paper and 6 per cent for more
than- 90 days, are unchanged. Gov
ernor, George S«ay said that the re
duction was ordered because of the
general reduction In discount rates
throughout the country,
a ' ——————
Tsnnsseee Liquor Laws.
Nashville, Tenn.—Governor Hoop
er's recommendations regarding fur
ther legislation which went to the Leg
islature Include the following propos
ed laws: For removal of derelict offi
cials : prohibiting all clubs from serv
ing liquor or operating lockers search
and seizure law; strict regulation of
liquor salea by druggists; Interchange
of judgea; amend menta to the antl
shlpment law. The so-called "nuis
ance" law, he aaya, ahould be amend
ed In several particulars. One la the
destruction of her fixtures
Villa Moving en Border Towns.
El Paso. Texaa/—General Villa Is
moving to attack the Car ran za garri
sons of the Mexican border towns op
posite Naco and Douglas, Aria., with
8,000 Convention troops. To drive the
Carranxa forces out of the border
towns Is Villa's sointlon of the prob
lem of stopping border fighting. R
became known here that Villa bad
communicated hla Intention to Gen
eral Scott, United State* Chief of
Staff here, to secure an agreemnt to
neutralize the border cltlea.
cracksmen broke open a safe In the
store of J. C. Adam* near Fayette
rllle recently and secured S4OO In
cash.
The Duplin Enterprise weekly paper
that haa been published at Warsaw
for the past year baa been moved to
Bowden and will be published there.
J. E. Provo. formerly superintend
ent of the chaingang system of Craven
county, has been elected by the Paa
quotank county commlaalonera super
intendent of the Pasquotank county
chaingang and manager of the public
road*, at a aalarv o( SUM sec rear.
NO. 48
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
AT INDIANAPOLfS
BLOOD OF THE MEXICAN? IS
THEIR OWN TO BPILL, SAYB
WILBON.
WORK OUT OWN SALVATION
1 Prealdent Intimate. That He is Head
of Democratic Party and Almost
Announces For 1916.
Indianapolis, Ind.—President W'ihon
ID a Jackuon Day Speech here voicea
what hla I.earers Interpreted as a liint
that he might be a candidate for
the preaidency again In 1916. The
r.udlence of more than 4,C00 pe »pl 3
rose to th lr feet and cheered until
the President called for quiet.
The President had been discussing
the Mexican question. Referring tj
his belief that he knew the tempera
ment and principles of the American
people, he added that he would not
be fit to stay where he was if he did
not understand them.
"There may come a tim V he said,
"when American people will have to
fudge whether 1 know what I am
talking about or not."
There was a slight pause and then
the ci"owd began cheering. Realizing
the construction which had been put
on his words, the President held up
his hand for silence and said:
"I did not mean to stir'up anything
That was merely preparatory to say- «■
lng that for at least tWo years
I am free tt> think I know the Ameri
can people."
Previously the President had at
tacked the Republican party, defended
the record of hla Administration on
the Mexican policy, the tariff and cur
rency and declared that a careful ex
amination of the returns from the
elections last November showed that
if it had been a Presidential year a
Democrat would have had a majority
of about 80 In the electoral college.
Mr. Wilson gravely spoke warning
to Democrats not to break up the
solidarity of the party. He declared
those who did would gain an unen
viable position for themselves.
"If a man won't 1 play on a team he
must get off the team." be said and
later spoke of himself as the "captain
of the Democratic team for the pres
ent."
The President spoke briefly of Mex
ico. He ssld the people there are en
titled to liberty, "no matter how long
they take In determining it." Speak
ing slowly and carefully, he declared
that "so far as my Influence goes,
while I am President, no body shall
Interfere with them."
"Have not European Nations taken
aa long aa they wanted, and spilled aa
I much blood as they pleaaed to settle
tbetr own affairs," he continued, "and
| shall we deny the same right to Mex-
I Ico? No. I aay."
BRITAINS SATISFIED WITH RATE.
House of Lords Adjourns After Hear
ing Governmsnt Statements.
London. —After a two days' session
In which Parliament heard speeches
from Lord Kitchener, Viscount Hal
dane. Lord High Chancellor; the Mar
quis of Crewe, Government leader In
the House, and Baron Lucaa, on be
half of the Government ,on the pro
gress of the war and Great Britain's
preparations to carry It on the House
of Lords adjourned until February 2,
when Parliament will reassemble.
The opposition failed to learn from
the Government the growth of the
Army or the operations ot the Navy,
regarding which Its members persis
tently questioned the Ministers, but,
generally speaking, the Government
expressed satisfaction at the rate at
which was proceeding and
Vlacount Haldane declared the neces
sity dor compulsory service bad not -
'arisen.
y"
Mad* Farewell Speech.
Washington.—Governor-elect Frank
B. Wlllla -of Ohio made his farewell
speech In the House, resigned from
Congress and lett for Columbus, where
he was inaugurated. HA gave a part
ing agalnat what he called a tendency
to believe that legislation must be
guided by a political dictator.
Asaembl* Off Virginia.*
Washington. . Virginia Senators
notified Secretary Daniels that they
would Insist upon execution of the law
requiring the assembling of the Inter
national fleet In Hampton Road* next
month preparatory to the cruise
through the Panama Caqal to the Pa
cific Coast.,, Naval officers have been
considering the feasibility of supply
ing the threatened deficiency In Euro- .
pean representation In the Interna
tional fleet by making special effort*
for tbe participation of Latin-American
navie*.
Favor* Chamberlain Bill.
Washington.—Unqualified endorse
ment of tbe Chamberlain bill to ln
creale the strength of -the coast ar
tillery corps waa given by Secretary
Oarrlson In a report aaked for by the
Senate Military Committee.
The measure would add to the corps
U colonels, 12 lieutenant colonels, 40
msjorr, 178 captains, 187 fiist Ueutca- ■
ante, 187 second lieutenants, a corres
ponding quote of non-commissioned
officer* and 7,672 privates, making' tho
total authorized' limit of 30,309.
Three Cumberland county prisoners,
John Garvin, charged with house •
breaking. Oeorge Hart, charged with
burglary, and Walter Riddle, accused
of larcency, affected a successful jail
delivery from the county jail at Fay
etteville. K
John C., Drewery haa been electa)
president of tbe Capital Club at Ral
elgh. ■ V"j
Charlotte -was visited by a severe I
wind and rain storm a fejMiyi ago. !
Klnston 1* discussing the qRy man
ager form of government.