VOL. XLI *.
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Hie Million Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAC GRAtH
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Illustrated from Scenes in the Photo Drama of the
Same Name by the Thanhouser Film Company
(Copyrighta 1014, by U.vrultl UaoGratii) .
CHAPTER XVII.
Betting Trap* for Norton.
The Black Hundred possessed three
separate council-chambers, always In
preparation. Hence, when the one in
use was burned down they transferred
their conferences to the second coun
cil chamber appointed identically the
same as the first. As Inferred, the or
ganization owned considerable wealth,
and they leased the buildings ifl which
they , had their council chambers,
leased them for a number of years,
and refurnished them secretly with
trap floors, doors and panels and all
that apparatus so necessary to men
who are sometimes compelled to make
a quick getaway.
When the Atlantic City attempt was
turned into-a fiasco by timely
arrival Braine determined once more
to rid himself of this meddling re
porter He knew too much, in the
first place, and in the second place
Bralre wanted to learn whether the
reporter bore a charmed life or was
Just ordinarily lucky. He would at
tempt nothing delicate, requiring
finesse. He would simply waylay Nor
ton and make a commonplace end
of him. He would disappear, this re
porter, that would be all; and, when
they found him he might or might
not be recognizable.
So Braine called a conference and
he and hie fellow rogues went over a
number of expedients and finally
agreed that the best thing to do would
be to send a man to the newspaper,
ostensibly as a reporter looking for
a situation. With this excuse Jie would
be able to hang around the city room
for three or four days. The Idea back
of this was to waylay Norton on "-his
way to some assignment which took
him to the suburbs.
All this was arranged down to the
smallest detail; and a man whom they
were quite certain Norton had not
yet seen was selected to play the '•
part He had been a reporter once,
more's the pity; so there was no doubt
of his being able to handle his end
of the game.
'1 want Norton, I want him badly,"
declared Braine, "and woe to you if
you let booze play in between you and
the object of this move."
The man selected to act the re
porter hung his head. Whisky had
been the origin of his fall from hon
est living, and he was not so cal
loused as not to feel the sting of
remorse at times.
"More," went on Braine, "I want
Norton brought to 49. It's a little off
the beat, and we can handle Norton
as we please. When we get rid of
this newspaper ferret there'll be an
other to eliminate. But he's a fox,
and a fox must be set to trail him."
"And who is that?"
"Jones, Jones, Jones!" thundereda
Braine. "He's the live wire. But
reporter first Jones depends a»loF
on him. Take away this prop and
Jones will not be so sure of himself.
There's a man outside all this circle,
and all these weeks of warfare have
not served .to flhng him Into the
circle."
"Hargreave Is dead," eald Vroon
stolidly.
"As dead as I am," snartal Braine.
"Two men went away in that balloon;
and I'll„wager my head that one man
came back. I am beginning to put
a few things together that I have
not thought of before. Who knows?
That balloon may have been carried
out to sea purposely. The captain on
that tramp steamer may have lied
from beginning to end. I tell you,
Hargreave Is alive, and wherever he
is he has his hand on all the wires.
He has agents, too, whom we know
nothing about. Hang the million I I
want to put my hands on Hargreave
Juet to prove that I am the better
ru«n. Ha «immnnl«tM with Jones, net*.
PROFEBBJONAI. CARDS
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
G BAH AM, N. C.
9111 c* over National Baak of Almum
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Attorney-*t-Law,
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Ufflo* Patterson Building
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GRAHAM M. -
JOH N ft. VERNON
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POWBH—4>ace UJ Ke*l4eare m
Burlington, N. O.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
orrioi oveb badlkt'b store
Lea*e Meeaagea at Alamance Phar
macy ,p bone 97 Residence 'Phone
382 Office Hourn 2-4 p. rn. tod by
Appointment.
& .***, ... 'm&M
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
*aps through the reporter; he has had
,me followed; It was he who changed
the boxes, bored the hole in the cell
ing of the other quarters and learned
heaven knows what."
"If that's the case," said Vroon,
"why hasn't he had us apprehended?"
Braine laughed heartily. "Haven't
you been able to see by this time what
his game Is? Revenge. He does not
want the police to meddle only In the
smaller affairs. He wants to put ter
ror into the hearts, of all of us. Keep
this point in your mind when you act.
He'll never summon the police unless
we make a broad daylight attempt to
get possession of his daughter. And
even then he would make it out a
plain Case of kidnaping. Elimination,
that's the word. All right. We'll
play at that game ourselves. No. 1
shall be Mr. Norton. And if you fall
I'll break you," Braine added to the
ex-reporter.
"IH get him," said the man sullenly.
Later, when he applied for a situa
tion on the Blade, it happened that
there were two strikes on nand, and ,
two or three extra men were needed j
on the city staff. The man from the
Florence Falls Into a Bed of Quick
sand. •
Black Hundred was given a temporary
Job and went by the name of Oregg.
For three days he worked faithfully,
abstaining from Ills favorite tipple.
He had never worked in New York,
so his record was unknown. He had
told the city editor that he had worked
on a Chicago paper, now defunct.
He paid no attention whatsoever to
Norton, a sign of no little acumen
On the other hand Norton never went
forth on an assignment that Gregg
did not know exactly where he waß
: oing. But all these stories kept Nor
un in town; and It would be altogeth
er too risky to attempt to handle him
anywhere but outside of town. So
iGrcsp had to abide his time,
f ft came soon enough.
." orton was Idling at his desk when i
the city editor called him up to the
wicket
"Gen°'il Henderson has Jus' re
ned to America. Get his opinion
the latest Balkan rumpus. lie'»
oat at his suburban homo. Here's the
address " ____
"How long will you hold open for
me?" asked Norton, meaning how long
would the city editor wait for the
story.
"Till one-thirty. You ought to be
back by midnight. It's only eight
now." '
"All right; Henderson's approach
able. I may get a good story out of
him."
"Maybe," thought Grerg, who had
lo?t nothing of this conversation.
It was his opportunity. He imme
diately left the zone of the city desk
for a telephone booth. But as be
parsed the line of desks and busy
reporters he did not note the keen
HHUkTjM
Norton Was at Hie Deek.
scrutiny of a smooth faced, gray hairari
man who stood at the side of Norton's
deek awaiting the reporter's return.
"Why, Jones," cried the surprised
Norton. "What are yon doing all this
way from homeT" _ —-
ilk* M v . f.... £ ■
"Orders,- salil Jones, smiling falntr
ly as he delivered a note to the re
porter.
"Anything serious?"
"Not that lam aware of. Miss Flor
ence was rather particular. She want
ed to be sure that the note reached
your hands safely."
"And do* you mean to say that you
came away and left her alone In that
house?"
Again Jones smiled. ".I left her well
guarded, you may be sure of that. She
will never run away again." He wait
ed for Norton to read the note.
It was nothing more than one of
those love orders to come and call at
once. And she had made Jones ven
ture Into town with It! The reporter
smiled and put the note away tenderly.
And then he caught Jones smiling, too.
"I'm going to marry her, Jones."
"That remains to be seen," replead
the butler, not unkindly.
"Well, anyhow, thanks for bringing
the note. But I've got to disappoint
her tonight. I'm off in a deuce of a
%urry to interview General Hender
son. I'll be out to tea tomorrow. You
can find your way out of this old fire
trap. By-by!"
The moment he turned away the
smile faded from Jones' face, and with
the quickness and noiselessness of a
cat her reached the side of the booth In
which Gregg believed himself so se
cure from eavesdropping. The halt
dozen words Jones heard convinced
him that Norton was again the object
of the Black Hundred's attention. He
had -seen the man's face that memora
ble night when the balloon stripped
i for Its passenger. Before Oregg came
out of the booth Jones decided to over
take and forewarn blm, but - un
fortunately the reporter was nowhere
i In sight.
! There was left for Jones nothing
else but to return home or follow
when he came out. As this night he
knew Florence to be exceptionally well
guarded, both within and without the
house, he decided to wait and follow
the spy.
When Braine received the message
he was pleased. Norton's assignment
fitted his purpose like a glove. Before
midnight he would have Mr Meddling
' Reporter where he would bother no
.] one for some time—lf he proved tract
able. If not, he would never bother
any one again. Braine gave his or
ders tersely. Unless Norton met with
unforeseen delay, nothing could pre-
I vent his capture.
When Norton arrived at the Hen
| derson place, a footman Informed him
from the veranda that General Hen
| derson was at 49 Kim street for the
j evening, and It would be wise to call
there. Jim nodded his thanks and set
off In haste for 49 Blm street The
footman did not enter the house, but
hurried down the steps and slunk off
among the adjacent shrubbery. His
mission was over with.
The bouse In Elm street was Bralne's
suburban establishment - He went
there occasionally to hibernate, as It
were, to grow a new skin when close
pressed. The caretaker was a man
rightly called Samson He was a
bruiser of the bouncer' type
It waft fast work for Braine to get
out there. If the man disguised as a
footman played his cards badly {iraiue
would have rfll his trouble for noth
ing. He disguised himself with that
Infernal cleverness which hod long
since made him a terror to the police,
who were looking for ten different
men Instead of one He knew .that ,
Norton would understand Instantly
that he was not the general; but on
the other hand he would not know
I that he was addressing Braine.
So the arch-conspirator waited; and
so Norton arrived and was ushered
Into the room. A single glance was
enough to satisfy the reporter, always
keen eyed and observant.
"I wish'to see General Henderson,"
he said politely.
"General Henderson Is doubtless at
his .iwn house."
"Ah!" »
"Don't be alarmed yet," said
Braine smoothly.
"I am not alarmed," replied Norton.
"I am only chagrined. Since General
Henderson is not to be found, here
. I must be excused."
"I will excuse you presently."
"Ah! I begin to see."
"Indeed!" mocked Braine.
"I have tumbled or walked Into a
trap."
"A keen mind like yours must have
recognized that fact the moment you
discovered I was not the general."
"I am indebted to the Black Hun
dred?" coolly.
"Precisely. We do not wish youlll,
Mr. Norton."
"To be sure, no!" Ironically. "What
with falling safes, poisoned cigarettes,
' and so forth, I can readily see that
' you have my welfare at heart What
| puszled me waa the suddenness with
which these affectionate signs £#ased."
"You're a man of heart," said Braine
with genuine admiration. "These af
fectionate. signs, as you call them,
ceased because for the time being you
ceased to be a menace. You have
become that once more, and here you
are!"
"And what are you going to do with
me now that yon have got me?"
"There will be two courses." Braine
reached Into a drawer and drew out
a thick roll of bills "There are here
something Uke $5,000."
"Quite a tidy sum; enough for a
> chap to get married on."
The two eyed each other steadily.
And la his heart Braine sighed For
he aaw In this young man's eyes In
corruptibility.
"It Is yours on one condition." said
Braine, reaching out his foot stealthily
toward the button which would sum
mon Samson.
"Aad that la," Interpolated Norton,
"that I Join the Black Hundred."
"Or the great beyond, my lad," took
np Brains, his voice crisp and cold.
Norton could not repress si shiver.
Where had he heard this voles before
. . . Braine! He stiffened.
"Murder In cold blood?" he managed
to say.
"Indefinite Imprisonment. Choose."
"I have chosen."
"H'm!" Braine rose and went over
to the sideboard for the brandy. "I'm
going to offer yon a drink to show you
thst personally there are no hard feel
ings. You are In the way. After yon,
our friend, Jones. This brandy Is not
GRAHAM, N. C., ..THURSDAY, APRIL 1 1915
poisoned, neither are the 'glasses.
Choose-either and I'll drink first. We
are all desperate men, Norton; and we
| stop at nothing. Your life hangs by
a hair. Do you know where Har
greave Is?"'
Norton eyed his liquor thoughtfully,
j "Do you know where the money Is?"
' Norton smelt of the brandy.
"I am sorry," said Braine. "I should
have liked to win over a head like
yours."
Norton nonchalantly took out his
watch, and that bit of bravado per
haps saved his life. In the case of
his watch he saw a brutal face behind
him Without a tremor, Norton took
up his glass.
"I am sorry to disappoint you," be
said, "biit.l shall neither join you nor
go to by by."
I Quick as a bird shadow above grass,
he flung the brandy over his shoulder
, Into the face of the man behind. Sam-.-,
' son yelled with pain Almost at the
same instant Norton pushed over the
table, upsetting Braine with It. Next
he dashed through the curtains,
slamsned the door, and fled to the
street, very shaky about the knees, if
the truth Is to be told.
General Henderson's views upon the
latest Balkan muddle were missing
from the Blade the following morn
ing. Norton, instead of returning to
the general's and fulfilling his assign
ment like a dutiful reporter, hurried
out to Riverside to acquaint Jones
: with what had happened. Jones was
glad to see him safe aiid sound
"That new reporter started the
game," he said "1 overhead a word
or two while he was talking In the
booth. All your telephone booths are
ramshackle affairs, you use them so
constantly. 1 tried to find you, but
you were out of sight. Now, tell me
what happened "
"Sh!" warned Norton as he spied
Florence coming down the stairs.
"I thought you couldn't come!" she
cried. "But ten o'clock!"
"I changed my qlnd," he replied,
laughing.
He caught her arm In his and drew
her toward the library. Jones smiled
after them with that enigmatical smile
of his, which might have signified
Irony or affection After half an
hour's chat, Florence, quite aware
that the two men wished to talk, re
'tired.
v At the door Norton told Jones what
had taken place at 49 Elm street.
"Ah! we must not forget that num
ber, niUßed Jones. "My advice is,
keep an eye on this Gregg chap. We
may n;et somewhere by watching him."
"I>o you know where Hargreave Is?"
Jones scratched his chin reflectively.
Norton laughed. "1 can't get any
thing out of you."
"Much less any one else I'm grow
ing fond of you, my boy. You're a
man."
"Thanks; and good-night."
When Olga Perlgoff called the next
day Jones divested himself of his liv
ery, donned a plain coat and hat, and
left the house stealthily. Today he
was determined to learn something
definite In regard to this suave, hand
some Russian When she left the
house Jones rose from his hiding place
and proceeded to follow her. The re
sult of this espionage on the part of
jones will be seen presently.
Meanitme Jim went down to the
office and lied cheerfully nbout his
mtbfirtg the general. Whether the
I city editor believed him or not is of
~no matter. Jim went over to his desk.
From the corner of his eye he could
see Gregg scribbling away. He never
raised his head as Jim sat down to
read his mall. After awhile Gregg
rose and left the office; and, of course,
Jim left shortly afterward When the
newcomer saw that he was being fol
lowed, he and continued on his
way. This Norton chap was suspi
cious. All the better; his suspicions
should be made the hook to land him
with. By and by the man turned Into
a drug store and Jim"'loitered about
till he reappeared. Gregg walked
with brisker steps now It was his in
tention to lead Norton on a wild goose
chase for an hour or so, long enough
to give Braine time to arrange a wel
come at another house.
Norton kept perhaps half a Mock In
the rear of bis man all the while. But
for this caution he would have wit
nessed a little pantomime that would
have put blm wholly upon his guard.
Turning a corner. Gregg all but
bumped Into the countess. He was
quick enough to place a finger on bis
lips and motion ' bead toward a
taxlcab. Olga hadn't the least Idea
who was coming around the corner,,
but she hailed the cab and was off In
It before Jim swung around the cor
ner.
Jones, who had followed the count
ess for something over an hour and
a half, hugged a doorway. What now ?
be wondered. The countess knew the
man. That was evidence enough for
the astute butler. But what meant
the pantomime and the subsequent
hurry? He soon learned. The man
Gregg went his way, and then Jim
turned the corner. Jones cast a wist
ful glance at the vanishing cab of the
Russian, and decided to shadow the
shadower —In other word*, follow the
reporter, to see that nothing serious
befell blm.
The lurer finally paused at a door,
opened It with a key, and swung It
behind him, very careful, however, not
to spring the latch. Naturally Jim
was mightily pleased when be found
the door could be opened Whe r n
Jones, not far behind, saw him open
th#door, ha started to call out a warn
ing, but thought the better of It If
Norton waa walking Into a trap It was
far better that he, Jones, should re
main outside of It If Jim did not
appear after a certain length of time,
he would start an Investigation on bis
own account
No sooner was Jim In the hallway
than he was set upon and overpow
ered. They had in this bouse what
was known as "the punishment room "
I Here traitors paid the reckoning and
were never more heard of. Into this
room Jim was unceremoniously
.dropped when Braine found that bo
4mld get no information from the res
olute reporter.
The room did not look sinister, but
for all that it possessed the faculty of
""•growing smaller and smaller, slowly
or swiftly, as the man above at the
lever willed. When Jim waa apprised
_ In ths Case of His Watch He Saw s
7 „ Brutal Faco Behind Him.
of this fact, he ran madly about in 1
search of some mode of escape, know
ing full well In his heart that he
should not find one ■'
Presently the machinery began to'
work' and Norton's tongue grew dry
with terror They had him this tlme; r |
there was not the leaßt doubt of It.
And they had led him there bj the
nose Into the bargain.
Twenty minutes passed, and Jones
concluded It was time for him to act
He went forward to try the door, but
this time It was locked. Jones, how
ever, was not without resource Tlio
house next door was vacant, and he
found a way into this, finally reaching '
the roof. From this he Jumped to the j
other root, found the scuttle open, and
crept down the stairs flight after
flight, till the whir of a motor arrest
ed him.
Conspirators are often overeager,
too. 8o Intent were the rascals upon
the business at hand that they did
not notice tho door open slowly It
did not take the butler more than
a moment to realize that his friend
aad any was near curtain death. With
an oath he sprang Into the "oom, gave
Braine a push which sent him down
to Join the victim, and pitched Into the
other two. It was a battle royal while
it lasted. Jonea knocked down one of
them, yelled to Norton, and kicked the
rope he saw down Into the pit. One
end of tbls rope was attached to a ring
In the wall. And up this rope Norton
swarmed after he had disposed of
Braine. The tide of battle then
swung about In favor of the butler,
and shortly the fake reporter and his
Up This Rops Norton Swarmed.
companion were made to Join their
chief.
Jonos stopped the machinery. He
could not bring himself to let his en
emies die so horribly, loiter he knew
he would regret this sentiment
When tho people came, summoned
by some outsider who bad heard the
racket of the conflict, there was no
one to be found In the pit Nor was
there any-visible sign of an exit.
There was one, however, built
against such an hour and known only
to the chiefs of the Black Hundred.
And still the golden tinted bank
notes reposed tranquilly In their hid
ing' place!
(To be continued)
It appearing that there was no long
er any need for such an organization
as nearly everybody who want* work
has obtained employment, the public
employment bureau at Wilmington
has been discontinued. The bureau
was established esrly In January fol
lowing a mass-meeting of citizens
held for the purpose of providing a
way to help those out of employment.
After remaining clovd , two weeks
Oyi local plant of the National Casket
Compsny at Ashevllle, resumed opera
Hons, the management announcing
that the orderS are so heavy that It
Is Imperative that work be stsrted at
once. . The resumption of operation*
furnishes employment for many la
borers who were out of work during
the time that the factory wg*"closed.
The scarcity of dyestuff used In the
manufacture of hosiery by the Dur
ham hosiery mills. Is Csuslng the offi
cials a good deal of anxiety. They
have been working day and a portion
of the nights during the past few
months, but have been rather "up
against a hsrd proposition getting
bold of dyestuffs. Tbey have recently
filled an order for one of the belliger
ent countries, pending to New York a
large consignment of heavy socks for
the soldiers.
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VILLA FORGES ARE I
BADLY DEFEATED
ENCOUNTER AT MATAMOROS I
HAS CEASED TO AWAIT
ARTILLERY.
SERIOUS FOR TEXAS TOWN ,
0
Carranz* Tr9ops Are Strongly En I
trenclisd and Only Artillery Will
Move Them From Garrison.
Brownsville, Texas. Falling In
j their attempt to dislodge the, Carranza
garrison oy rifl j and mnchlnfe gun fire, I
I Villa forces besclgitig Matamoros vlr-1
j tually cea-ed theinrattacks awaiting I
It was announced, the arrival of artll- !
, lery. in the event of an artillery duel, |
Brownsv.'le, directly acr.ms the Rio
Grande from Matum'oros, would be en-1 (
dangered one/of the gravest of border
i crfsea jKa»/fcarod. The likllhood of .
shells falling in Brownsville was de- i
monstrated by the rifle bullets which "j
dropped here during the first Villa as
: sault on Matamoros trenches, a costly
, failure of Villa forces In which their
j losses were officially given bb 100
| killed and 40 woundod. This attack
j was a headstrong dash of 2,000 mount-,
|ed riflemen. The Carranza losses j
were 10 killed and 45 Injured. Two I
persons were struck by bullets In j
Brownsville. Neither was seriously
Injured.
The coming Villa artillery must be i
powerful enough to cope with nine
three-inch field pieces of the defend
ers, none of which lias yet been fired.
In addition the Carranza troops are
said to have four three and one-half
Inch guns.
A troop of 2!io Villa cavalry, circling
five miles south of Brownsville, ap
proached unwittingly at a town named
Rosltas, a machine gun trench hidden i
by brush. Ttiey were trotting past j
this trench when the machine guns
were fired. Nearly the entire Villa
dead were said to have fajlen at this |
point, while almost to Bjpan, the
others were wounded.
Nafarrate said ho would defend the
city to the limit. Four flags, cap
tured, floated In front of Ills head
quarters, the hand played In the plaza
and men and womui of Matamoros
celebrated, fllllpg tire streets with |
color.
One flag Is Inscribed "Second Bri
gade, M. Chao." This battalion, the
Constitutionalists claimed, was almost
wiped out by Its dashing assaults In
the breastworks. Both Villa and Con
stitutionalist s6ldlers say three Villa
troopers were killed carrying tills flag.
Another flag Is Inscribed "Villa Bri
gade." Tliese and the other two cap
tured banners were bloodstained.
FRUITLESS WORK FOR F-4.
Discovered Objsct Wss Only Big
Anchor. —Submarine Locsted.
Honolulu, T. H —Three days search
for the lost United States submarine
F-4 has resulted' .only In Unfulfilled
hopes. Divers who went down the.
two cables thought to have been at
tached to tho submarine found the
I heavy body was an old anchor, prob
ably lost by tho hnttl«!ilp Oregon.
Diver Agra z, who went dow nsbe
cable attached to the anchor, wore
only a helmet.
' Diver Evans, who descended along
the second cable, reported that he
found nothing. Agraz, whose descent
to a depth of 215 feet Is said to be
a world's record, spent 11 minutes on
the downward Journey and nine and
j half minutes In the ascent. The ex-,
perlence apparently caused him no
distress.
The submarlno F-4 has been located
outside the harbor It was announced.
Portions ol the superstructure have
been brought to the surface. Tho
) The dredge California will shift moor
ings, tugs will criss-cross In all dfrec- \
tlons and an attempt wll lie made to j
life tljf submarine.
Alabama Ordered to Hampton Reads.
Philadelphia.—Carrying the flag of
Rear Admiral J. L. Helm of the Atlan
tic reserve fleet, the battleship Ala
bama sailed from the Philadelphia
Navy. Ynrd for neutrality duty at
i Hampton Roads.
Cotton Proceeds to Italy.
Genoa Italy via Paris—As a result
of the efforts of American Ambassa
dor Page Instructions have been, re
ceived here from the- foreign ministry
at Rome to allow all American cot
ton billed througn tbls country to be
exported. Difficulties In the way of
moving the commodity now are dun to
congestion. There are 158 ships at
Genoa waltng to unload, while outside 
the harbor 116 vessels are-waiting to
enter. Methods employed In unload
ing the ships prevent more than 3.000
bales of cotton entering the port dally, i
Russians Pushing Through.
Petrogrsd. via London. —The Rus
sians have pushed their front well '
through the Carpathians toward the
plains of Northern Hungary In the vi
cinity of Bartfeld, capturing an Aus
trian position five miles south of
Tarof.
By taking the Austrian positions at
the source of the Ondava River at ,
Nljnl Pollanska. 12 miles northeast ;
of Bartfeld. the Russians gain con
trol cf roads leading direct to Bart
feld end southward lo Svldnik and to
Taller of the Ondava.
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FIGHTING DESPERATELY IN EF
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AUSTRIANS BLOCKING WAY|
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Making Great Effort to Kesp Back tha
Invaders.—British Announce End .
of Submarine 11-29.
London. —The Russians have lost no j
time since the fall of Phsyemsyl in at-1
tempting their drive In the Carpath
ians to reach Hungary. In the var
ious mountain passes where already
thousands of men have fallen Russian*
and Austrlans are In another death
grip, the one army to force Its way
through the mountain passes, the oth- '
er to heat back the Invaders. The ■
Russians nre striking their best blow .
on the 80-mile front between Bart- J
field and Ussok, and although the
operations are being carried on under
; the most iflfflcult conditions the claim
| Is made officially that they are de
veloping "with complete success."
The nature of the fighting is Indi
! cated by the fact that only are there
I great snow drifts to contend agalnat,
| but the Russians have had to light
j their way through barbed-wire en
tanglements, rows of trenches and
works strongly fortified. In one of
I these places, near Lnpkow Paaa, an
i Austrian position, said by the Ruaalan
j War Office to be very Important, was
I carried by assault. Here the Rus
-1 alans captured 6,600 men, 100 officer*
I and several dozens of machine gun*,
j and latest advice* from Petrograd de
scribe the Austrlans as In retreat
I from certain position*.
The BritUh Admiralty announce*
the end of the famous German snb
mßrine U-29, which sank several
j British steamers and torpedoed oth-
I ers. In making the announcement
I the Admiralty said It had good reas
ons to believe that the U-JB had been
sunk with all hands. More than or
dinary Interest attached to the U-2#
because of the belief In some quarters
that Lieutenant Weddlngen, who com
manded the submarine U-# when she
sank three British cruisers in the
| North Boa last September, has been
promoted to the command of the
newer and Urged boat.
Meantime other German submarines
have been active and the U-28 has
sunk the Dutch steiwner Medea which,
according to the British Admiralty,
was flying the Dutch flag and carried
a Dutch crew.
WILSON EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE
Pralae* Stability of Great Body ot
Calm P*opl* of Nation.
Washington.—Full confidence In tha
great body of calm people of the Na
tion, who serve aa "stabiliser*" when
the excitable one* try to "rock the
boat" In theae perilous days, was
voiced by President Wilson In an ad
dress before the Baltimore conferenoe
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in annual session here.
The President appealed to the Na
tion for support In administering his
office, saying "If I can speak for you
i am powerful. If I cannot I am
weak." Ho said It was possible for
» people to be Impartial when a
"quarrel Is none of theirs."
Referring to the danger to mission
aries In some foreign lands of which
he said he had thought much of late,
he added:
"Wars will never have any ending
until men cease to hate one another,
cease to he jealous of one another, get
the feeling of reality In the brother
hood of mankind, which Is the only
bond that can make us think justly of
one another and act righteously be
fore God himself."
Kalsar Haa New Grandson.
| I/ondon. —The Dutchess of Bruns-
I wick, formerly Princess Victoria Lulse
daughter of Emperor William, gvae
birth to a son, according to a Reuter
dispatch from Brunswick.
Minnesota Defeats Statewide.
At. Paul. Minn.—The statewide pro
hibition amendment was defeated In
the house 60 to 64.
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American Flag I* Torn Down.
Washington.—How the American
flag flying ov«r. the hMie of John
R. McMi.ntli an American citizen, In I
Mexico Clt) was lorn and dragged half
way down the pole by Zapata sol
dier* when they murdered McManua
and looted bla home two week* ago is
told In dispatches from the Brazilian
minister made public by Seoretary
Bryan. Recretary Bryan said repara
tion for the Insult to the Dag bad been
ssked from the Zapata authorities, bat
that no reply had come.
Denies Sending Message.
Washington.—Maj. Oeorge T. Lang
horne. the army officer recently with
drawn from his post as military at
tache of the American embassy at
Berlin, has denied authorship of car-.
Lain dlepatchea aent from Berltn to'
tha war department signed with bis
, name, it was said at the department
that the major, when be reached
Washington a few days ago. found in
the department's flle of bis report*
tome messages In plain Engllah which
:te had not aent All of hia diapatcbea,
had been filed In eipher.
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THE BURFACE.
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First Submarine Dlsaater For Unlt-.d
I Stats*.—F-4 is One of Latest Mod
els of Under-Sea Craft.
Honolulu.—The American submar
ine F-4 lost 'for over thirty hours tiff
Honolulu harbor, has been • located.
Heroic efforts being made to raise tin
stricken craft, but after having been
submerged for more than 30 hours It
, was regarded as doubtful whether any
of the crew of 21 men remained alive.
' To lift the little vessel to the sur-
I face It was found necessary to send
J to the Pearl Station for
j a derrick and crane. This involved
much loss of time and it was thought .
the fate of the crew might not be de
termined for many hours. Rescue
veaaels dragging the ocean bed with
grappling hooks chanced upon the
stricken craft at a depth of 300 feet
Making fast to the F-4 the naval tug
Navajo and the steamer Makaala be
gan to tow their find —they were
not certain that It was the sub
marine they had hooked—toward shal
low water. Quantities of oil came to
the surface, proof that It really was
the lost veasel. Soon afterward a
submarine marker buoy discovered
far below the water, removed all,
doubt that the F-4 had been found.
Just when the marker buoy had
been released by the disabled boat
there was no means of determining.
If the signal was given after the grap
pling hooks of the rescue vessel took
hold, then the crew, or tt least soma
ot them, still were alive.
For more than an hour the tug and
the steamer struggled with their' un
wieldy burden. Soon afterwards It
became apparent that it would be im
possible to tow the submarine near
enough to shore to bring her to the
surface and a hurry call was sent to
the nsval station for % wrecking ship.
Naval authoritls* admitted that they
had given up hope for the F-4's crew.
However, resuscitating apparatus has
been dispatched to the asene and every
effort will be made to develop any
■park of life that may remain. The
general opinion 1* that the vessel's
plate* were sprung through the Im
mense pressure ot the water at a
depth of 60 fathoms and that the two
officers and It enlisted men aboard
have per'shed. Vessels In the vicin
ity equipped with submarone signal
apparatus continued to send out sig
nals, but no answers came.
EITEL STILL AT NEWPORT NEWS
Many Rumors That Veiael I* Prepar
ing to Leave PofL
Washington.—Rumors from New
port News reached Washington thai
the Prinz Eltel Frledricb, the German
sea raider, docked there for repairs
after her commerce destroying cruise,
was preparing to depart. One report
said the cruiser actually had left her
dock at the shlpysrd and was putting
out to sea to e*cat>e or bid defiance
to British snd French warships pitrol
lng beyond the Virginia cape*.
All these stories were-'proved >
groundless, however, as the Prlnx
Eltel was at her dock and repair work
was said still to be In progress. Tha
Immigrant passenger* aboard the ship
were removed and thl* fact toge'hrr
with a growing belief that the tlmn
limit allowed the *hlp for remaining
In port I* drawing near probably gave
rise to the report*.
Tenneaaee Limits Capital Punlshmsnt.
Nashville, Tenn.—The senate pfu
ed a bill abolishing the death penalty.
In Tennessee. The bill which makes
tw.q exceptions. In criminal assault
case* and )n case ot life-term convlc's
who commit murder, now goe* to the
governor.
No Mora Free Lunch**.
Providence. R. I.—The senate pass
ed a bill prohibiting free lunches In
llqoor saloons. It will go to the house.
$20,000,000 In Feeds.
London. —A financial report Issued
here by the American commission for
| relief In Belgium shows that $20,000.-
000 worth of foodstuffs have been de
livered In Belgium since the Inception
of the commission's work. Nineteen
million dollars worth of food Is on the
way to the stricken country or Is stor
ed for future shlpmenL Of the grand
total $8,600,090 was provided by benev
olent contributions and the balance of
150,600,000 was provided by banking
arrangements set np by the com m te
st on.
Lady Paget Victim of Typhus.
New York.—The death In Berbla
from typhus of Lady Paget, wife of
Sir Ralph Paget, third assistant secre
tary of foreign affairs in England, was
confirmed In cablegrams received hero
by If me. Slavko Groultch, leader of
the Bert>lan relief movement In this
country. Lady P*g«t was stricken at
Uskob, where she waa the head of a
hospital established by the Serbian
relief committee in England. lady
Paget bed been active In relief and
hospital work In Serbia from the time
of the first Balkan war.
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