VOIJ. XLI
TheMHon Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAG GRATH
Illustrated from Stmts in the Photo Drama of the
Sam• Nam* by the Thanhouser Film Company
(Odprilfht, 1814, b
CHAPTER XII.
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A dtpsy-chanty. If you please; of
sallormen in Jerseys and tarry caps,
of rolling gaits, strong tobacco and di
verse profanity; of cutters, and blunt
nose schooners, and tramps, canvas
• and steam, some of them honest, some
of them shady, and some of them pi
rates of the first water who did not
find it necessary to hoist aloft the
skull and boneß. The seas are dotted
with them. They remind you of the
once prosperous merchant, run down
at the heel,-who slinks along the side
streets, ashamed to meet those he
knew In the past Tou never hear
them mentioned In the maritime news,
which is the society column of the
ships; you know of their existence
only by the bleached bones of them,
strewn along the coast
Tou who crave adventures on high
seas, you purchase a ticket, a steamer
chair, and a couple of popular novels,
go on board to the blare of a very
Indifferent brass band, and believe you
are adventuring; when, aa-a matter of
fact you are about to spend a dull
week or fortnight on a water hotel,
where the most exciting thing la the
bugle's call to meals or the discovery
of a card sharp In the smoking room.
Take a real ship, go as supercargo, to
the South seaa; take the aide streets
of the ocean, and learn what It can
do with hurricanes.typhoons, blister
ing calms, and men's souls. There will
be adventure enough then. It you are
a weakling, either you are made
strong, or you die.
An honest ship, but run down at
the heel, rode at anchor In the sound,
a fourth-rater of the hooker breed;
that is, her principal line of business
was hauling barges up and down the
coast. When she could not pick up
enough barges to make It pay, why,
she'd go gallivanting down to Cuba for
bales of tobacco or even to the Ber
mudas for the heaven smelling onion.
Today she was an onion ship; which
precludes any Idea of adventure. She
was about four thousand tons, and her
engines were atermward and not
amidship. She carried two masts and
r. half dozen hoist booms, and the inly
visible sign of anything new on her
wac her bowsprit. This was new doubt
lee ~ because she had poked her nose
too farlnto her last slip.
Her crew was orderly and tractable.
Tberi were shore drunks, to be sure,
because they were sailors; but they
were at work. They moved aboat
briskly, for they were on the point of
calling for the Bahamas—perhaps for
more onions. Presently the windlass
creaked and shrilled, and the blobby
links, much in need of tar paint, red
as fish gills, clattered- down into the
bow. Sometimes they painted the
chain as It came over; but paint was
costly, and this was done only when
the anchor threatened to stay on the
bottom. r *
There was a sailor among this crew,
and he went by the name of Steve
Blossom; and he was one of his kind. A
grimy dime novel protruded raklshly
ffom his hip pocket and bis right
cheek was swollen as with the tooth
ache, due, probably, to a generous
"chaw" of Seaman's Delight. He was
a real tobacco chewer, tor he rarely
spat. He was as peaceful as a back
water bay In summer; non-argumenta
tive and passive, he stood his watch
In fair weather and foul.
No one gave the anchor any more
attention after It came to rest. The
great city over the way was falry-llke
In Its haziness and softened lines. It
was the poetry of angles, ot shafts
and spars of stone; and Steve Blos
som, having a moment to himself,
leaned against the rail and stared re
gretfully. He had been generously
drunk the night before, and it was a
pleasant recollection. Chance led his
glance to trail down the cutwater. His
neck stretched Jtesm his collar like a
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turtle's from Its shell
"Well, ril be hornswoggledl" he
murmured, shifting his cud from star
board to port.
Caught on the fluke of the anchor
was the strangest looking box he had
ever laid eyes on. There were leather
and steel bands and diamond-shaped
ivory and mother of pearl, and it hung
Jauntily on the point of the rusty fluke.
Anybody would be hornswoggled to
glimpse such a droll Jest of fate. On
the fluke of ,the old mudhook, by a
hair, you might say. In all the wild
cea yarns he had ever read or heard
there was nothing to match this.
Treasure!
And Steve was destined never to be
passive again. Hla first Impulse was
to call his companions; his second im
pulse was to say nothing at all, and
wait for an opportunity to get the box
to hla bunk without being detected.
Treasure! Diamonds and ruble's and
pearls and old Spanish gold; all "hang
ing to the fluke of the anchor.
"Hornswoggled!" In • kind of awe
some whisper this time. "An' we
aheadln' for th' Bahamas!" For under
his feet he could hear the rhythm of
engtnes. "What'll I do? if I leave It,
some one else'U see It" He scratched
his chin perplexedly; and the cod went
back to starboard. "I got it!"
He took off his coat and carefully
dropped It down over the mysterious
box. It was growing darker and dark
er all the time, and ahortly neither
coat nor anfehor would be visible with
out close scrutiny. Treasure: greed,
cupidity, crime. Steve saw only the
treasure and not Its camp followers.
What did they call them?—doubloona
and pleces-otrelght?
He ate hi 4 supper with his mess
mates, and he ate heartily as usual.
It would have taken something more
vital than mere treasure to disturb
Stfeve Blossom's appetite. He was
one of those enviable Individuals whose
Imagination and gastric Juices worlr
at 'he same time. And while he ate
he planned. In the first place, he
would buy that home at Bedford; then
be would take over the Gilson house
and live like a lord. V he wanted a
drink, all he would have to do would
be to turn the spigot or tip A bottle;
and more than that, he'd have a bar
tender to do it. Onions! He swore
bewojitd not have an onion within a
mile of the OUsen house. "Onions!"
Quite uncodkciously he spoke this word
aloud.
"Huh? Well, If ye don't like onions,
find a hooker that packs violets In
her hold," was the cheerful advice
of the man at Steve's elbow.
"Who's talkin' t*. you?" grunted
Steve. "Wha' did I say?"
"Onions, ye lubber! Don't we know
whut onions Is? Ain't we smelt 'em
so long that ye could stick yer nose
In th' starboard light an' never smell
no kerosene? Onions! Pass th'
cawffy."
Steve helped himself first The man
who spoke bunked over him, and they
were not on the best of terms. There
was no real reason for this frank
antagonism; simply, they did not splice
any more effectually than cotton rope
and hemp splice. Sailors are moody
and superstitious; at least they gener
ally are on hookers of the "Captain
Manners" breed. Steve was supersti
tious and Jim Dunkers was moody and
had no thumb on bis left hand. Steve
hated the sight of that red nubblß.
He was quite certain that it had been
a whole thumb once, on the way to
gouge out somebody's eye, and had
Inadvertently connected with some
body's teeth.
Spanish doubloqns and pearls and
diamonds and rubles! It was mighty
hard not to say these words out loud,
too; blare them Into the sullen faces
grouped around the table. He was off
watch till midnight; and he was won
dering If he could get the box without
attracting the attention of the lookout,
who had a devilish keen eye for every
thing that stirred on deck or on water.
Well, he would have to risk it; but he
would wait till full darkness had fallen
over the sea and the lookout would be
compelled to keep his eyes off the
deck. The boys wanted hlnr to play
cards.
"Not for se. Basted. How lone d'
y* thing MO 'U last in New York, any
how T" And be stalked ont of the fore
castle and went down into the waist
to enjoy bis evening pipe, all the
while keeping a weather eye forward,
at the ratty old pilot house.
.It was ten o'clock, land time, when
he rammed his catty Into a pocket
and resolutely walked forward. If
any one watched him they would think
he was only looking down the cut
water. The thought of money and I
the pleasures It will buy makes cua- '
ning the stupidest of dolta; and Steve
was ordinarily a dolt. But tonight hi*
brain was keen enough for all pui*
poses. It was a hazardous Job to get
the bos off the fluke without letting
It slip back into the sea. Steve, how-,
ever, accomplished the feet, climbed
beck on the rail and Mt down, wait-
In*. A quarter of an hoar passed. No
one had seen bin. With his coat se
curely wrapped about his precious
find he made for the forecastle. Hia
mates, save those who' were doing
their watch, were an in their bunka.
An oil lamp dimly illuminated the for
ward partition. Steve's bunk was al
most in darkness. Very deftly he rolled
back the bedding and secreted th*
box under his pillows, and then
stretched himself out with the pre
tense of snooxlsg Oil the bell called
him to doty. - |
Ha waa rich; and the moment a
man baa money he baa troubles;
there Is always some one who wants
to take it away from you. His bunk
waa on th* nnrt side, and there waa'
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plenty pf biding space between {&• |
'lron plates and the wooden partition.
He intented to loosen three or four
planks, and then when the time came,
■Up the box behind them. Some t?me
during the morning the forecastle
would be empty, and then would be
his time.
But he suffered the agonies of dam
nation during the four hours' watch.
Supposing some fool should go rum
maging about his bunk and discover
the box? Suppose . . , But he dared
not suppose. There was nothing to do
but wait If he created any curiosity
on the part of his mates he was lost.
He would have to divide with them
all, from the captain dovn to the cook's
boy. It was a heart-rending thought
From being the most open and frank
man aboard, he became the most cun
ning. From being a man without
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The Master Villain and Hl* Adviser.
enemies, he saw an enemy even In his
shadow.
At four o'clock ho turned in and
slept like a log.
In the morning he found his oppor
tunity. For half an hour tbe forecastlo
was empty of all save himself. Fever
ishly he pried back the boards, found
the brace beiftn, and gently laid the
box there. It was a mighty curloui
looking box. Once he had stoked up
the Chinese coast from the Philip
pines, and he Judged it to be Chinese
in origin. He tried to pry open the
cover and feast his eyes upon tbe
treasure; but under the leather and
Ivory and mother of pearl was Imper
vious steel. It would take an ax or
a crowbar to stir that lid. He sighed.
He replaced the boards, and became
to all appearances his stolid self
again.
But all the way down to the Baha
mas be was moody, and when he an
swered any questions It was with
words spoken testily and Jerkily.
"I know whut's th' matter," said
Dunkers. "He's in love."
"Shut your mouth!"
"Didn't I teli yuh?" laughed the tan
tallzer, dancing toward the compan
lonway. "Steve's In love, 'r he didn't
git drunk enough on shore t' satisfy
hi* whale'Sj^elly!"
A boot thudded spitefully against
the door Jtftnb.
"You fellaha let me alone, 'r I'll bash
In a Couple o' beads!" «
"O, yuh will, will yuh?" cried Dunk
ers from the deck. "If yuh want a
little exercise, ytih can begin on me,
yuh moonslck swab! Whut's th' matter
with yuh, anyhow? Where'd yuh git
this grouch? Whut've we done t' yuh?
Huh?"
"You keep out o' ray way, trial's all.
I'm mlndln' my watches, an' don't ask
no odds of you duffers. What If I have
a grouch? Is It any o' your business?
All right. When we step ashore at
th' Bahams, Mister Jim Dunkers,
I'll tear the ropes out o' your pulley
blocks. But till we git there, you t',
th' upper bunk an' me t' mine."
"Leave th' ol' grouch alone, Jim.
Th' mate won't stand for no scrappln'
aboard. We'll have th' thing done
right In th' custom sheds. We'll have
a finish fight, Queensberry rules, an'
may th' best man win."
"I'm wlllln'," said Jim.
"So'm I," agreed Steve. IJut his in
tentions were not honorable. He pro
posed to desert before any fight took
place. Not that he was physically
afraid; no; be wanted to dig his
hands deep Into those doubloons and
pleces-of-elght
So ths four days down passed other
wise uneventfully, amid paint pot* and
Iron mat and three meals a day of
pork, onion soap, potatoes, and strong,
bitter coffee. The winds became Ught
and balmy and tbe sea blue and gea
tle. Tbe men went about la their
undershirts and dungarees, barefooted.
Of coarse tbe coming fight wa* tbe
main topic of conversation. It prom
ised to be a rattling good scrap, for
both men were evenly matched, and
both had a "kick- in either hand ffven
the captain took a mild interest In thp
affair. He waa an old sailor. He knew
that there waa ao such word as arbi
tration in a sailor's vocabulary; bis
dlapatee could be settled only in one
manner, by bis rsthwasd flats
When the oM mudhook (aad some
day Steve was going to buy It and
it over the entrance ot the Ofl
aoa hoove) slithered down Mo tbe
amMif waters of the bay, Steve con
cluded that diseretlon was the better
part of valor. Re would steal ashore
on the quarantine tug which lay along
side. He was -wMlnf to fight under
ordinary ciresmatancea, bat be must
get hla treason in safety first. They
coo Id call him a welcfter |f they
wasted to; devQ'a bit did be eare. So
be pried back the tbarHs of his bunk
wan. took out tbe box. eyed it foadly.
and noted for Ufe first time th* let
tering on it: * * A
_ STANLEY HARfIRKAVE. i
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1915
' He wrinkled his brow m we effort
to recall a pirate by this name, but
was unsuccessful. No matter. He
hugged the box under his coat and
made for the gangway, and Inadver
tently ran Into his enemy.
Dunkers caught a bit of the box
peeping from under the coat
"What 'a' yuh got there?" he de
manded truculently.
"None o' your damn business! You
lemme by; Jjear me?"
"Ain't none o' my business, huh?
Where'd yuh git a box like that? Steal
It? By crlpes, I'm goin' t' have a
look at that box, my hearty. It don't
smell like honest onions."
"You lemme by!" brapthed Steve,
with murder In his heart.
Suddenly the two men closed, surged
hack and forth, one determined to
take and the Other to hold this mys
■ terlous box. Dunkers struggled to up
i hold his word: not that he really
wanted'the box but to prove that he
was strong enough to take It if he
wanted to. The name on the box
flashed and disappeared. It wan a kind
of shock to hlnl. He and Blossom went
 battering against the rail. Dunkers'
grip slipped and so did Blossom's. The
result was that the box was catapulted
Into the sea. With an agonizing cry.
Blossom leaned far over. He saw the
box oscillate for a moment, then sink
gracefully In a zigzag course, down
through the blue waters. Fainter and
fainter it grew, and at last Vanished.
"I'm sorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't
I let me look at It," said Dunkers, con
tritely.
"Damn you; I'm goln' t' kill y' for
that!" --
It became a real fight this time, fist
and foot, tooth and nail; one mad with
the lust to kill and the other desper
ately intent on living. It was one of
those ccntests In which honor and
fair play have no part. But for the
timely arrival of the captain and some
of the crew Dunkers would have been
badty Injured, perhaps fatally. They
hauled back Blossom, roaring out his
oaths at the top of his lungs. It took
half an hour's arguing to calm him
down. Then the captain demnnded to
know what It was all about. And
blubbering, Steve told bira.
"Bix hundred feet of wajer, 1f I've
got my reckoning right. The anchor
lies in 60 feet, but the starboard side
drops sheer 600. You swab! Why
didn't you bring the box to me? A
man has a right to what he finds. I'd
have taken care of it for you till we
got back to port. I know; you were
greedy; you thought I might want to
stick my fist into your treasure. And
you'll never find It In 600 feet of water
-and tangled, porous coral. Thai's what
you get for being a blamed hog. As |
for you," abd the captain turned to ,
Dunkers, "get your dunnage and your j
pay and hunt for another boat back. '
I won't have no murder on board 'Cap
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POI
if' to'' /
And That Is Why Jones Was Able,
®oms Weeks Later, to Hide Once
More ths Original Box.
tain Manners.' And the sooner yon go,
tbo better."
"11l go, sir," aald Dunkers, readily
anougb. Had tbe misfortune happened
to blm and bad Blossom been tbe ag
gressor, be would want his life. Ho
understood. Uke the valet In "Oliv
ettf.* It was ths time for disappearing.
"An' keep oat o' my way. 11l git
y* yef growled Blossom.
"Keep your mouth shot," aald the |
mate, "or I'll have you pot In irona,
you pig!"
"All right sir. I've aald all I'm goln'
t' aay t'day;" and Blossom strode off.
"What was tbo box 11 kef asked ths
eaptaln of Dunkers.
"Chinese contraption, air; leastwise
It looked that way to me. Didn't look 
as If it'd been in th' water long, air.
Bometbln' lost overboard by some pri
. vate yacht f my thlnkln'. I'll keep
out o' Stove's way. 11l lay low on
shore, air."
And though Steve made a perfect
range of the spot he never came back
to find tbe mysteriona box, never saw
tbe Ollson house beck home, nor did
ho ever eee nnnkers again. On tbe
I
| voyage home he br'ooaej continually,
and was frequently found blubbering;
and one night he skipped his wai.cn
and went to Davy Jones' locker.
Dunkers had not told about the
name he had seen on the box; and
Blossom bad not thought to. The name
Hargreave had Instantly brought back
to Dunkers' mind the newspaper
stories he had recently read. There
was no doubt in the world that tbls
box belonged to the missing hillllon
aire, who had drawn a million from
his banks and vanished; and, more
over, there was no doubt in Dunkers'
.mind that this million lay in the Ba
haman waters. It had been drawn up
from the bottom of the sound, under
the path of the balloon. He proceeded,
then, to take a minute range.
It would require money partners;
but half a loaf would be far better
, than no loaf at all; and he was deter
mined to return to New York to find
I backing. Finding Is keeping, on land
| or sea.
' Now It happened that his favorite
j grog shop was a cheap saloon across
the way from the headquarters of the
Black Hundred; and Vroon occasion
ally dropped In, for ho oflbn picked up
a valuable hit of maritime news.
Dunkers was an old friend of the bar
keeper, and he proceeded to pour and
. guzzle down his throat a very poor
I substitute for whisky. He became
communicatlvo. He bragged. He knew
where there was a million, and all he
needed was a first-class diving bell. A
year from now he would not be drink
ing cheap whisky; he'd be steering a
course up' and down Broadway and
buying wine when he was thjrsty.
He was no miser. But he had to havo
a diving bell: and where the blue devil
could he get one with sl2 and an
Ingersoll watch In his pocket?
Prom his table Vroon made a tlgn
whlqji the bartender understood. Then
he rose and approached Dunkers.
"I own a pretty good diving appar
atus," he said. "If you've got the
goods, I'll take a chance on a fifty
fifty basis." Vroon did not believe
there was anything back of his talk;
but It always paid to dig deep enough
to find out. "Have a drink; and, Bill,
give us a real whisky and none of
your soap-lye. Now, let's hear your
yarn."
"I don't know yuh," said Dunkers,
with drunken caution. "How is It,
BUI?" turning to the bartender.
"He's the goods, Jim. You've heard
of Wyant & Co.?" .
"Sure I've heard o' them. Best
divln' app'ratus they is.'
"Well, this gent here Is Mr. Brooks,
general manager for Wyant & Co. I
can O. K. him."
Vroon threw an appreciative glance
at the bartender. He was not affiliated
with the Black Hundred, but he had
often aided Vroon in minor affairs.
J'All right, If yuh say so, Bill. Well,
here'e th' yarn."
And when he had done, Vroon
smoked quietly without speaking.
"Don't yuh believe ltf demanded
Dunkerß, truculently.
"But 600 feet of water, In a coral
bottom, and no way of telling Just
where It fell-6verboard. That's a tough
proposition."
"O, It Is, Is It? I'm a sailor. I can
lay my hand right over th' spot. Do
yuh think I'd be fool enough t' hunt
for It without a perfect range?" Dunk
ers tapped his coat pocket suggestive
ly-
And Vroon knew that the one thing
he wanted was there, a plan or a
lng of the range. So there was another
man shanghaied that 'night, and his
destination was Cape Town, 22 days'
voyage by the calendar.
Vroon carried his Information to the
organization that same night. They
would start the expedition at once,
and till this was accomplished, Har
greave's daughter was to be Immune
from attacks. Besides, It would give
Hargreave (wherever ho was) and the
others the Idea that the Black H un "
dred had concluded to give up the
chase.
Above, with his ear to a small hole,
skillfully bored through the celling
without permitting the plaster to fall,
knelt a man with a bandaged arm. He
could never see any faces; no one
ever took off a mask In this sinister
chamber. But there were voices, and
he was going to forget some of them.
After tbe meeting came to an end,
he waited an hour after, and then stole
down into the street by the aid of the
fire escape. Later, he entered a tele
phone booth and called up Jones.
Then, one leathern and steel box,
dotted with bits of Ivory and mother
of-pearl, became two; and the second
one was soaked In mud and salt water
for two weeks till you could not have
told It from tbe original. And that 1s
why Jones was able, some weeks later,
to bide once more tbe original box.
As for tbe substitute, Just as Bralne
was about to use a mallet and cblsel
upon It the lights went out. There
was a wild scramble, a cbalr or two
was overturned.
"The door, the door!" shouted
Bralne, furious.
It slammed the moment tbe words
left bis lips. And as suddenly as they
had cone out tbe lights sprang up.
The box was gone. There were evi
dently traitors among tbe Black Hun
dred.
(To be continued)
The Catawba Creamery Company
has plans for the erection of an ad
dition to its creamery building which
will cost In all 16.000 or $7,000. In
crease In Its business has made more
room necessary. A cold storage plant
will be a part of tbe addition.
The North Carolina Society at
Washington gave a banquet recently
Some of the speakers were; Secretary
Daniels, Representatives Page and
8 ted man. Dr. H. P. Claxton and P. D.
Oold.
Members of the Oood Road* Asso
ciation of Ashevllle and Buncombe
county, meeting in sixteenth annual
session, went oh record as favoring
tbe construction of sand clay roads {
for highways which la*d Into tbo i
main thoroughfares. The main arte-!
rles of travel, they feel, should b« 1
constructed of more durable material; I
and they urged macadam wltb a
binder as the material for these roads. I
FAIR OPENS •>
GREAT CONVENTION OVER
LAYMEN'B MIBBIONARY CONVEN
TION ENDS GREAT THREE
DAYS' BIENNIAL CEBBION.
Near Four Thousand Delegates Mike
Charlotte Meeting Oreateet
In History of Seealona.
Charlotte.—Closing Its three days'
biennial nesHion In this city, the Lay
men's Missionary Convention of the >
Southern Presbyterian Church East j
of the Mississippi left the matter of
date and place of neit meeting with I
the executive committee. Features
of (he final session were addresses by |
Rev. .Dr. Egbert W. Smtlh, executive
.secretary of foreign missions, Nash- !
vllle, on "That Which Is Committed ,
to lis": \V. E. Doughty, educational
secretary laymen'* movement. New '
York, Intercession, the Highest Form j
of Service"; J. Campbell White, gen
eral secretary of the laymen's move
ment, New York, "Leaving Your Mark
on the World."
The chief thing remarked upon by
delegates and olflclals has been the
size of the convention, which, al
though the Southern Presbyterian
church has been divided Into West and
Enst of the Mississippi sections, has
been attended by over 3,500 delegates,
making It double the size of any pre
vious convention.
The afternoon session was given
over to a conference on stewardship
and an address by George Innes of
Philadelphia on "How Can a Man
Best Send His Money on Ahead," this
being a discussion of the practical
side of financing the work of evengell- •
z&tlon. J. Campbell White led the
stewardship discussions.
The feature of the morning session
was the address on "Efficiency by
George C. Shane of Philadelphia. In
which the speaker contrasted the
practical methods of business with
those of church work, giving as an
Instance a Philadelphia financier who
Tn a few minutes bought live boats
for 12H7.000 and borrowed $300,000
with which to pay for them, but bad
a Bible class of fifty students that he
could not Increase by a single mem
ber.
SHIP BILL BTRIKEB BNAO.
Progressives And Seven Democratic
Insurgents Bolt.
Washington—Administration demo
crats got another setback In their
fight for President Wilson's ship bill
when they suddenly learned that the
bill as It passed the house will not
command the support of Senators
yon, Nortis or LaFollette, progressive
republicans on whom they counted,
nor the support of any of thfe seven
democrat Insurgents.
The plan to move to concur with
the house amendments was wrecked
by the discovery that tt#> leaders
could not muster enough votes. Ad
minlsteratlon leaders made no attempt
to conceal their embarrassment, and
planned to send the bill to conference
with the hope of putting on some
amendments to "ommand support.
Talaat Bey Expresses Himself.
Constantinople, via Ixmdon -"Turk
ey declared war without being urged
by Germany or Impelled by any other
Influences save those of the empire,"
said Talaat (ley today In a staoment
to the Associated Press.
Cotton Exports Increase.
Washington—Cotton exports were
beyond normal proportions during Jan
uary. The quantity was more than
300,000 bales greater than last year,
according to the monthly report of
the census bureau.
■lrtish Steamer* Destroyed.
Buenos Aire*. Argentine.—lt 1* re
ported from credible sources that the
Gehnsn steamer Holger was sighted
heading for Buenos Aires and having
oil board the crews of several steam
ers sent to the bottom by some Ger
man warship, probably off the coast
of Braxll.
The Holger for some time has bead
Identified wltb German actlvitjee In
the South Atlantic. She left Pernam
buco secretly early In- January, pre
sumably with supplies for Oermaa
warships.
The State Inter-colleglate Peace Ora
torical Contest, held at Meredith Col
lege In connection with the third
annual convention of the North Caro
line Peace Society ta progress there,
resulted In the first prize going
to S. Saddler of Atlantic Christian
College and the second prise to Eerie
of Wake Forest College, the
prizes being respectively $75 and S6O.
Samuel M. Hamrick, ex-postmaster
of Hickory, died at hie home a few
days sgo. He was 60 yeara of age.
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NAVAL WAR ZONE METHODS ARE
NECEBSARV FOR NATIONAL
PRESERVATION.
If United Static Will Furnish Them
and Refute Allies Then All Will
Be w«n:
Berlin, via London.—Germany's re-
Ply to the protest of the United States
■ against designation of a naval jWar
| tone about the British Isles la couch
. «d In the most friendly terms, but
) firmly maintains the position of Qer
many as already announced.
| The note, wblch has been trans*
mltted to Washington through the
! American Embassy, explains that G*r
-.many's action was made necessary by
Great Britain's policy of attempting
to cut off the food supply of the Oer
j man civil population by a method
never recognized In international law.
j England's course in ordering mer
chantmen to fly nentral flags, equip
ping them with artillery and ordering
them to destroy submarines, Germany
contends, renders nugatory the Tight
of search and gives Oermany the
right to attack English shipping.
The reply close* with the expres
sion or hope that the United States
may prevail upon Great Britain "to
return to the principles of Internation
al law recognized prior to the out
break of the war" and in particular
obtain observance of the Declaration
of Undoo. If this were done, the
not* explains, Oermany would recog
nize In this, saya the reply an Invalu
able service toward a more humane
■ conduct of the war and would act in
accordance with the new situation
thus created.
FLEE BEFORE GERMANS.
Populous Towns In Eastern War Zona
Emptlsd of People.
Petrograd, via London.—The Ger
man advance from Eaat Prussia upon
the towns of Rovno and Grodno ap
pears designed to cut the railroad
communications to Warsaw, rather
than to an effort to take the Russian
fortified positions in that territory,.
Along the line from Plock to Nle
men, about 200 miles In length, there
has been Intermittent fighting. Prom
all the towns In this district, the
most populous of the empire, the civil
population Is fleeing, thronging the
highways and railroads.
The German (advance guards are
reported to have proceedd from Au
gustowo towards the railroad be
tween Grodno and Bialyatok and to
have reached within 12 mile* of the
former place, where they are said to
have been checked by tbe Russians.
The Ge£hans also are reported to
be attempting to break through be
tween Kovno anil Grodno, taking ad
vantage of the frozen Augustowo
marshes and Nlemen River, and fac
ing the possibility of an early thaw
which might leave them at the merry
of the Russians.
The line to the north of Warsaw
of Blonck, Nowo-Gorglewsk and Be
rock, is well defended.
In tbe south between'' the Qerman
column advanc:|ig towards Mesolai
borchhorch and the force moving on
Wyshkow, there are virtually no
troops of either side. Around Mes
olaborch the Russians are reported
to be successfully holding their posi
tions and at several points to have
Frank Jams* la Dead.
Excelsior Springs, Mo. Prank
lames, of Hie notorious James gang,
died on bis (arm near here. James,
wbo waa 74 y*ar* old. bad been In lll
bealth several months and waa strick
en with apoplexy.
Steal Saf* From Train.
Richmond. Va. —Two man boarded
the first section of train No. (1 of the
Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto
mac Railroad Company, due bare at
IS:SO o'clock In ths morning, and after
overpowering the express messengers
threw the safe from the doorway aad
escaped OR a heavy grade running up
to Fran con It. a abort distance north of
Frederick sberg. » is Mljoved that
tbe men boanfad the tnll In Wuh-
Ington. While the train wa# ttaarlng
Pranoonlo they entered the* sfcjrf iand
h*ld up th* messengers. "Tj '
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NO. 2
AMERICAN STEAMER
EVELYN BLOWN UP
CARRYING COTTON FOR BREMEN
SHE STRIKEB MINE IN THE
NORTH SEA.
WAS NOT IN NEW WAR ZONE
Flrat Government Insured "mil
Lort.—Sensation Results From the
News at Washington. *
Bremen.—The Amerclan steamer
Evelyn which sailed Irom New York
January 29 with a cotton cargo tor
Bremen was sunk by a mine off Bork
am Island In the North Sea.
The vessel's captain and 27 of her
crew were saved.
The nationality of the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been
established.
The Evelyn la tbe first American
vessel to meat with disaster aa a re
sult of a sea warfare of the Euro
pean nations. She does not sink with
in the war zone Included In the Ger
man admiralty's decree. Borknm Isl
and lies directly off the German coast
at the month of the Ems River and is
German territory.
MarUme records give the comple
ment of the Evelyn at 2S men so that
It is probsble that all on board the
vessel was rescued.
The Evelyn was a single screw,
steel steamship and waa commanded
by Captain Smith. She belonged to
Harriss, Irby A Yose of New York.
She was 252 feet long and LIBS tone
net She waa built In Southampton
England In 1882.
Washington.—The T7nlted State*
government waa advised officially of
the destruction of the first America*
vessel on the high seas since the oat
break of the Earopeaa war. —g
After a conference with President
Wilson. Secretary Bryan cabled Am
basrador Page at London and Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin to make aa
exhaustive Inquiry as to the facts,
and. If the crew was landed In either
of their respective Jurisdictions, to
furnish every care and convenience
to Captain Smith and his men.
Although the extent of the sen
zones of war proclaimed by Germany
was never defined exactly, the Bop
kum Islands are considered far dis
tant from tbe danger areas of sub
marines. The waters of the rldniy
sre mined for defensive pnrpoeee and
Gcrmsofsslways has piloted Incoming
ships through.
FIVE BRITISH VESSELS SUNK.
Big Raid by Gorman Cruiser Off Coast
of South Africa-
London—The British steamers High
land Brae, Hemisphere and Potaro and
the sailing ships Sumatra and Wilfred
have been sunk In the Atlantic pre
sumably by tbe Oerman cruiser Karls
ruhe. Crews and passengers were
lsnded st Butaos Aires by the Ger
man steamer Holger.
The sinking of these five vessels
and In addition, tbe British steamer
Viscount Humphreys was .reported
from Buenos Aires February 18. Tbe
Buenos Aires dispatch, however, said
that the German auxiliary cruiser
Kronprins WUhelm and not the Karls
ruhe, sank them. This version prob
ably Is correct aa it waa given by
men on board the Holger.
Twilight Sleep Operation.
Raleigh, N. C.—The condition of
Speaker Emmet R. Wooten. of the
House of Representatives. Injured In
an automobile accident recently con
tinued to grow worse. Late in the day
an operation waa performed on n rup
tured kidney. His physicians stated
be was resting better, though his con
dition Is considered very grave. The
surgeons used the "twilight sleep" In
the operation.
John Barclay Moon Dead.
Richmond, Va.—John Barclay Moon,
chairman of the Virginia Debt Com
mission. for 20 years counsel,for the
University of Virginia, and widely
known as an attorney, died suddenly
•t his home in Albemarle county.
Cansl Tolls Reduced 20 Per Cent
Panama—Under Instructions of Sec
retary Garrison changes are being
prepared In the regulations for com
putation of Panama Canal tolls which,
it is estimated, will decrease revenues
from the classes of freight affected
aproxlmately 20 per cent. It was.dis
covered that the fixing of tolls under
the Panama Canal ru)es at $1.20 a ton
was Ulsgal, the rate being greater
than that sanctioned by law. Thin
arose from the differences between a
ton as defined by the Canal rules and
a registered United States ton.
Eulogies on Ssnstor Bacon.
Washington.—Eulogies were deliver
ed In the bouse on the late Senator •
Bacon of Georgia. Repreaen tat ive
Ada mson portrayed the greatness of
the position Senstor Bacon held In
public life. Representative Parks re
viewed the Senator's achievements,
and said he waa one of the potential
figures in American history and one
of the great constitutional authorities
of Congress and conspicuous in mould
ing Anglican foreign relations. Rep
resentative Hughes eulogized Senator
Mason's character and personality.
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