vol, XL
The Million Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAG GRATH '
Illustrated from Scenes Hi the Photo Drama of the
Sama Noma by the Tharthouser Film Company
(Copjright, 1814, bj Harold MacUrath)
CHAPTER V.
The Problem of the Sealed Box.
"Gone!" .
Jones kept saying to himself that he
must strive to be calm, to think, think.
Despite all his warnings, the warnings
of Norton, she had tricked them and
run away. It was maddening. He
wanted to rave, tear his hair, break
things. He tramped the hall It.would
be wasting time to 'send for the police.
They would only putter about fruit
lessly. The Black Hundred knew now
to arrange these abductions.
How had they succeeded In doing it?
No one had entered the house that day
without his being present. There had
been no telephone call he had not
heard the gist of, nor any letters he
had not first glanced over. How had
they done It? Suddenly Into his mind
flashed tit* remembrance Of the candle
light under Florence's door the night
before. In a dozen bounds he was in
Jier room, searching drawers, paper
boxes, baskets.' He found nothing. He
returned In despair to Susan, who,
during all this turmoil, had sat as If
frozen in her chair.
"Speak!" he cried. "For God's sake,
say something, think something! Those
devils are likely to torture her, hurt
her!" He leaned against the wall, his
head on his arm.
When he turned again he was calm.
He walked with bent head toward the
door, opened It and stood upon the
threshold for a space. Across the
street a shadow stirred, but Jones did
not see It. Hie gaze was attracted by
something which shone dimly white on
the walk Just beyond the steps. He
ran to It. A crumpled letter, unad
dressed. He carried It back to the
house, smoothed It out and read Its
contents. Florence In her haste had
dropped the letter.
_ He. jclutched at his hat, put It on and'
ran to Susan.
"Here!" he cried, holding out an au
tomatic. "It anyone comes in that you 1
don't know, shoot! Don't ask ques
tions, shoot!"
Jll'm afraid!" She breathed with dif
ficulty.
"Afraid?" he roared at her. He put
the weapon In her hand. It slipped
and thudded to the floor. He stooped
for It and slammed It Into ber lap.
"You love your life and honor. You'll
know how to shoot when the time
comes. Now, attend to me. If I'm
not back here by ten o'clock, turn this
note over toJthe police. If you can't
do that, then God help us alll" And
with that he ran from the house. I
Susan eyed the revolver with grow
ing terror. For what had she left the
peace and quiet of Miss Farlow's; as
sassination, robbery, thieves and kid
napers? She wanted to shriek, but
her throat was as dry as paper. Gin
gerly. she touched the pistol. The cold
steel sent a thrill of fear over her. He
hadn't told her how to shoot It!
Two blocks down the street, up an
alley, was the garage wherelp. Har
greave had been wont to keep his car.
Toward this Jones ran with the speed
of a track athlete. There might be
half a dozen taxlcabs about, but he
would not run the risk of engaging
any one of them The Black Hundred
was capable of anticipating his every
movement. """"
The shadow across the street stood
undecided. At length be concluded to
give Jones ten minutes In which to re
turn. If he did not return within that
time, the watcher would go up to the
drug store and telephone for Inatruo- {
tlons.
But Jones did not come back.
"Where's Howard?" be demanded.
"Hello, Jones; what's up?"
"Howard, car out at once."
"Out she comes. Walt till I give her
radiator a bucket of water. Gee I" 1
whispered Howard, whom Hargreave
often m«i his chauffeur, "get on to j
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attoraey-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. G.
Oilier over Natloaal Baikal AIUUKC
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JOH N H. VERNON
illirujr and Caaaaclor-at-Law
miIEIMMu MJ BcaMaaca Ml
BURLINGTON, N. 0.
Dr. J, J. Barefoot
OFFICE OVER HADLKL'I STOBE
Leave Me—gf at Alamance Phar
macy 'Pbone 97 Residence 'Phone
SB2 Office Hour* 2-4 p. n>. and bj
Appointment.
J
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
tils nibs! First tlirie t e"ver saw Elm
awake. I wonder what'e doing? You
never know what's back of Aose
mummy-faced headwalters. . . . All
right, Jones!"
The chauffeur Jumped Into the car
and Jones took the seat beside him.
"Where to?"
"Number 78 . . ." and the rest of
it trailed away, smothered in the vio
lent thunder of tbe big six's engines.
During the car's flight several police
men hailed it without success. Down
this street, up that, round this corner,
60 miles an hour; and all the while
Jones shouted: "Faster, faster!"
Within twelve minutes from the time
It left the garage, the car stopped op
posite No. 78 Grove street, and Jones
got out. v
"Walt here, Howard. If several men
come rushing out, or I don't appear
within ten minutes, Are your gun a
couple of times for the police. I don'f
want them if we can. manage without.
They'd only bungle." * ' ' »' *
'All right, Mr. Jones," said the chauf
feur. He had, In the past quarter of
an hour, acquired' a deep and lasting
respect for the butler fchap. lie was a
regular fellow, for all his brass bat
tons.
As Jones reached the curb, Florence
came forth as if on invisible wings.
Jones caught her by the arm. Sbe
flung him aside with a strength he had
not dreamed existed In ber slim body.
"Florence, I am Jonesf"
She stopped, recognized him, Snd
without a word ran across tbe street
to the automobile and climbed Into the
tonneau. Jones followed Immediately.
"Home!"
The car shot up the dimly lighted
street, shone palely for a second under
tbe corner lamp, and vanished.
"Ah, child, child!" groaned the man
at her side, all the tenseness gone
from his body. He was Jones again.
Still she did not speak but stared
ahead with unseeing eyes.
No further reproach fell from the,'
butler's lips. It was enough that God
had guided him tofbeT at the appointed
moment. He felt assured that never
again would 4he be drawn Into any
trap. Poor chl|d! What had they Bald
to her, done to her? How, in God's
name, had Bhe escaped from them who
never let anybody escape? Presently
she would become normal, and then j
she would tell him.
"I found the lying note. You dropped
It."
"Horrible, borrlble!" she said almost
inaudibly. ,s~ I
"What did they do to you?"
"He said he wae my father. , , .
He put his arms around me. , . ,
And I knew!"
"Knew what?"
"That he lied. I can't explain."
"Don't try!"
Suddenly she laid her head against
the butler's shoulder and cried. It
was terrible to hear youth weep in
this fashion. Jones put his arm about i
her, and tried to console her.
"Horrible!" sbe murmured between
the violent hiccoughs. "I was wrong,
wrong! Forgive me!"
Unconsciously the arm sustaining
her drew her closer.
"Never mind," he consoled. "Tell no ;
one whst has happened. Go about as
usual. Don't let even Sdsan know, j
Whatever your poor father did was for !
your sake. He wanted you to be '
happy, without • care In ths world." ,
"I promise." And graduslly the sobs .
ceased. "But i fesl So old, Jones, so
very old. I threw over the lamp. L
threw a chair through the window..
They thought that it was I who had
jumped 'out That gave me -the necee-.
sary time. I don't understand bow L
did It I wasn't frightened at all till,
I gained the street"
Tbey found Susan still seated in tb*|
chair, the sutomatlc in her lap. She.
had not moved in ail this time!
% » • • • • •
Braine paced the apartment of tbe
Princess Perlgoff.' Prom the living;
room to the boudoir and back, fully
twenty times. From ths divan Olga
watched blm nervously. Hs was Ilk*
a tiger, fresh In captivity. All at one*
he paused In front of bar.
"Do you realise what thst mere cbit
did?" I
"I do." I
"Planned to the minute. Ws bad
her; aeven of us; doors locked, and
all that No weeping, no walling; |
could not understand than, but I do
now. It'* In tb* blood. Hsrgreav* was
M peaceful as a St. Barnard dog, til|
you cornered him, and tb«n be was *
I km, O, tbe d*vill Slipped out of o*q
finger* Ilk* an eel. And acroa* tb*
street, Jones Itus racer! I never paid
any particular attention to Jonss, but
from now on I shall. Tb* girl may or
may not know wher* tb* mon*y is, but
Jonas does, Jons* does! Two men
shall watch. Fulton on tb* street and
Orloff from tb* windows of tb* de
serted bouse. With opera glass** h«
will b* sbls to tab* not* oKall that
happens In tbe bouM during tbe day,
Hs will be sbl* to *ee tbe girl's room.
And that's tb* important point It
* good plan, littl* woman; and It
would hav* been plain sailing if only
we bad remembered that the girl wag
Hsrgreav*'* daughter. Be very care
ful berearter when you call on h*r. A
nlgbt Ilk* this will hav* mad* her sus
picious of svsry one. Our bop* lies
with you. Anything; on your mindf
"Yes. Why not insart a personal la
tb* Herald?" Sh* draw some writing
paper toward ber and scribbled a tew
word*.
H* r*ad: "Florence—the biding
place Is discovered. Remove it to a
siorj secret spot at once. I. H." —Hs
laughed and snook nis neuu. -in
afraid that wMI never do." [
"If she reads it, Jones will. The man
with the opera glasses may see some
thing. There's a chance Jones might
'become worried."
"Well, we'll give It a chance."
It was midnight when he made his
departure. As he stepped into the
street, he glanced about cautiously.
On the corner he saw a policeman
swinging his nlgbt stick. Otherwise
the street was deserted. Braine pro
ceeded jauntily down the street.
And yet, from the darkened doors of
the house across the way, the figure of
a man emerged and stood contemplat
ing the windows of the Perlgoff apart
ment Suddenly the lights went out.
The wttcher made no effort to follow
Braine. The knowledge he was after
did not necessitate any such procedure. {
Of course, Florence read the "per-j
sonal." She took the newspaper at
;once to Jones, who smiled grimly. I
"You see, .1 trust you." j.
"And so long as you continue to
trust me no harm will befall yoy. You '
were left In my care by your father. 1
am to guard you at tbe expense of myj
'life. Last night's affair was * miracle.
The next time you will not find it so
easy to escape."
Nor did she.
"There will be no next time," grave
ly. "But I am going to ask you a di
rect queetlon. Is my father alive?"
The butler's brow puckered. "I fiave
] promised to say nothing, one way or
the other."
She laughed.
"Why do you laugh?"
"I laugh because tf he were dead,
there would be no earthly reason for |
your not saying so at once. But I hate
money, the name of It, the sound of It,
the sight of It. It Is at the bottom of
all wars and crimes. I despise it!"
"The root of all evil. Yet It per
forms many noble deeds. But' never
mind the money. Let uS give our at
tention to this personal. Doubtless It
originated In the same mind which
conceived the letter. "Your father
would never have Inserted such a per
sonal. What! Give his enemies a
chance to learn his secret? No. On
the other hand I want you to show thiß
persona] to all you meet today, Susan,
the reporter, to everybody. Talk about
It. Say that you wonder what you
shall do. Trust no one with your real
thoughts."
"Not even you, Mr. Jones," thought
| the girl as she nodded.
"And tell that you showed It
to me and that I appeared worried."
That night there was a meeting of
the organization called the Black Hun
dred. Braine asked If anyone knew
I what- the- Hargreave Dutler looked like.
"I had a glimpse of him the other
night; but being unprepared, f might ,
not recognize him again."
Vroon described Jones minutely.
Braine could almost see the portrait.
"Vroon, that memory of yours is
worth a lot of money," was his only
comment.
"I hope it will be worth more soon."
"I believe I'll be able to recognize
' Mr. Jones If I see him. Who is he and
what is he?"
) "He has been with Hargreave for 14
years. There was a homicidal case In
I which Jones was active. Hargreave
' saved him. He Is faithful and uncom
municative. Money will not touch him.
If he does know where that million Is, i
j hot Irons could not make him own up
j to lC The only way Is to watch him,
| follow him, wait for the moment when
he'll grow careless. No man Is always
on his mettle; be lets up sooner or
tetter."
"He Is being watched, as you know."
Vroon nodded approvingly. "The cap
j tain of the tramp steamer Orient, by
the way, was seen with a roll of
money. He was In one of the water
front saloons, bragging how he had
' hoodwinked some one."
i "Did he say where he'd got the'
; cash?" asked Braine.
, "They tried to pump him on that,
I but he shut up. Well, we have agreed
| that Felton shall watch from the street
1 and Orloff from the window. OrIoff :
| will whistle If he sees Jones removing'
i anything from any of the rooms. The
rest will be left.to Felton."
'"And, Felton. my friend," said
Braine softly—he always spoke softly
when be was in a deadly humor—"Fel.
ton, you slept on duty the other nlgbt
Hargreave stole up, consulted Jones,
snd got away after knocking me down.
The next failure will mean short shift.
Be wsrned!"
"I saw only yon, sir. So help me. I.'
was not asleep. I saw you run down
the street after the taxicab. I did not
tee anyone else."
Braine shrugged. "Remember what I
I Mid."
Felton bowed respectfully and made
hli exit. - He wished In his soul that he
might some dsy catch the mastor mind
free of his eternal mask. It was an
Iron band which ruled them and there
I were friends of bis (Felton's) who had
I mysteriously vanished after a brief
period of rebellion. The boss was •
swell; probably belonged to clube and
society wbleh he adroitly pilfered. The
organisation always bad money. When
ever there was a desperate Job Mil,
undertaken, Vroon simply poured out
the money necessary to promote it
Whenever Braine and Vroon became
engaged In earnest conversation they :
talked Slar. Braine was never called
br nam* bars; ths boss, simply that.
Well, ten per cent of a million "Was a
hundred thousand. This would be
equally divided between the second
ten of tbe Black Hundred. Another ten
per cent would go to to members; tbe
balance would be divided between
Vroon and tbe boss. But bis soul re-;
belled at being ordered about like eo
much dirt under another man's feet.
He would take bis ten thousands and
make tbe grand getaway.
Tbe next afternoon tbe princess
called upon Florence. Nothing was
seid sbout tbe adventure, and this tact
created a vagus unrest in tbe schem
ing woman's mind. Bhs realized that
sbe must play ber cards more care
fully than ever. Not the least distrust
must be permitted to enter the child's
bead. Once that happened good by to
tbe wonderful emeralds. Was It that
she really craved tbe stone? Was It
not rather a venom acquired from ths
knowledge that this child's mother had
won wbst she herself, with ill h *r
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915
cleverness, wiyi not sure" Of—Bralne's
Jo»e? D\d he really care for. her or
was ehe only the catspaw to his
hot chestnuts.from the fire?
When Florence showed her the "per
sonal," her vague doubts become In
stantly dissipated. The child would
not have shown her tbe newspaper
had there been any distrust on ber
part.
. "My fchild, your father Is alive,
then?" animatedly.
"We don't know," sadly.
"Why, I should say that this proves
U "
"On the contrary, it proves nothing
of the sort, since I have yet to dis
cover a treasure In this house. I hav*
Florence Qrsy.
hunted In every nook, drawer; I've
searched for panels, looked In trunks
for false bottoms. Nothing, nothing!
Ah, if I could only find It!"
"And what would you do with it?"
"Take It at once to some bank and
tfffer the whole of It for the safe re
turn of my father, every penny of It.
I don't know what to do, which way
to turn," tears gathering in her eyes
and they were genuine tears, too.
, "There are millions In stocks and
bonds and I cannot touch a penny of It
because the legal documents have not
been found. I can't even prove that I
am his daughter, except for half an old
bracelet, and my father's lawyers say
that that would not hold In any
court."
"You were born In Bt. Petersburg,
my dear. Have the embassy there look
! up the birth registers."
"That would not put me into posses
sion. Nothing but the return of my
father will avail me. And there's a hor
, rlble thought always of my not being
his real daughter."
| "There's no doubt In my mind. I
have only to recall Katrlna's face to
know whose child you are. But what
will you live on?" Here was a far
greater mlxup than she had calculated
upon. Supposing after all It was only
! a resemblance, that the child was not
Hargreave'*, a substitute Just to "blind
the Black Hundred? To keep them
away from the true daughter? Her
mind grew bewildered over such pos
sibilities. The (tingle and only way to
settle all doubts was to make this
Child a prisoner. If ishe was Har
greave'* true daughter he would come
out of his hiding.
She heard her
question: "There Is a sum of ten or
twelve thousand In the Blverdale bank,
under the control of my father's but»
ler. After that Is gone, I don't know
what will happen to us, Susan and
me."
I "Tbe door of Mine Farlow's will al
ways be open to you, Florence," re
plied Susan, with in her eyes. _
11 This Interesting conversation was
'interrupted by tbe advent of Norton.
He was always dropping In during the
late afternoon hours, Florence liked
S blm for two reasons. One was that
I Jones trusted blm to a certain extent
land tbe other was tbat . . . that
she liked him. She finished this sen
tence In her heart defiantly.
II Today he brought her a box of beatt
! tlffil roses, and at the sight of them
tbe princees smiled faintly. Set tbe
wind In tbat quarter? She could hav*
laughed. Her* ws* her revenge sgslnst
this meddler wftti took no particular
notice of her while Florence was In
the room. She would encourage him,
poor grubbing newspaper writer, with
his beggarly pittance! What chance
bad he of marrying this girl wltb mil
lions within resch of her bsnd?
i The peculiar thing about this was
T lhst Norton wss entertaining the sam*
thought at th* sam* time: what earth
ly chanc* had be?
1 In tbe second story window of tbe
house over tbe way tber* wo* a wor
, rled man. But when bis glasses
brought In range tbe tru* contents of
th* box he laughed sardonically.
;i "This watching is getting my goat.
1 smell * rat every time I see a
shadow." H* wiped tbe lenses of bis
opera glasses and proceeded to roll *
cigarette.
)j When tb* princ*** and Norton went
•way Jone* stole quietly up to Flor
ence'* room and threw up tb* curtain.
Two round point* of light Hashed from
th* watch*?** window, but tb* satura
te* smile on Jones' lips was not ob
served. Ha went to tb* door, opened
it cautiously,. * hand to bis «ar. Then
be closed th* door, turned back the
rug and removed * section of tbe floor
ing Out «f this cavity b* raised a box.
There was lettering on tbe lid; lb fact,
th* nam* of It* owner. Stanley Har
greave Jones th* flooring,
tuckad tb* bos under hi* arm aad
mad* bl* «xlt.
' ■ Tb* man lounging In tb* abadow
heard a faint wblstl*. It was tb* *tg
nsl agreed upon. Th* man Felton ran
i.
across tlie sTrefci tsu coldly rsng the '
bell It was only then that Florence
missed the ever present butler. She
hesitated,-then sent Susan to theudoor.
'1 must see Mr. Jones upon vitally
Important business."
| "He has gone out." said Susan, and
very sensibly closed the door before
Felton's foot succeeded In getting In
side.
1 It was time to act. He ran around
to the rear. The ladder convinced him
that Jonfes had tricked him. Ho was
wild with rage. He was over the wall
In an Instant. Away down tho b&cls j
"
1 JBnr
wzgM >
p bP
"A Hundred If You Overtsks Thst
Bost."
street his eye discovered Ills man In
full flight He gave chase. As he
came to the first corner he was nearly
knocked over by a man coming tbe
othei way
\ "Who are you bumping Into?"
growled Felton. »
"Not so fast, Felton!"
, "Who the devil are you?",
I The stranger made a sign which Fel
ton Instantly recognized.
. "Quick! What has happened?"
"Jones has the million and Is mak
ing his getaway. See him hiking to
ward "\he water front?"
I. The two men began to run.
I There followed a thrilling chase.
Jones engaged a motorboat and It was
speeding seaward when the two pur
suers-arrived. They were not laggard.
There was another boat and they made
for It.
"A hundred If you overtake that
boat," said Felton's strange companion.
Felton eyed him thoughtfully. There
was something familiar about that
voice.
Great plumes of water shot up Into
the air. It did not prove a short race
by any means. It took half an hour
for the pursuer to overhaul the pur
sued.
"Is that Jones?"
"Yes." Felton fired his revolver Into
the sir ip. hopes of terrifying Jones' en
gineer; but there was five hundred
dangling before that individual's eyes.
"Let them get a little nearer," r.hout
etl '.he butler.
Tbe engineer let down tho speed a;
.notch. The other boat crept up within)
twenty yards. Jones sought a perfcctj
range. He would have to Untl this spot'
again.
"Surrender!" yelled Felton.
In reply Jones raised the precious
box and deliberately dropped It into,
the sea. Then he turned,his auto
matic upon bis pursuers and eucceeded
In setting their boat afire.
All this within the space of an hour.
During dinner that night (there was
. now a cook) Jones walked about tho
dining table, rubbing bis hands to
gether from time to time.
"Jones," said Florence, "why do you
rub your hands like thst?"
, "Was I rubbing my hands, Miss
Florence?" be asked Innocently.
(To lie Continued.)"•
I . 77 ~
GOOD FEED FOR LAMBS PAYS
Changs From Grsss to Alfslfs, Corn,
Bsrlsy, Ensllsgs, Etc., Must Be
Msds Graduslly.
A small percentage of loss In Ismbs
In the feed lot I* to be expected, but
this loss In some Instances 'ls tar
greater than It should be. When
j range Ismbs sre placed on a fattening
j ration the change of feed Is so sudden
that dletlc disturbances csusa s gen
eral disorder and several dead sheep
sre. found In tbe pens each morning.
This Invariably leads to the suspicion
that th*y are dying of some Infectious
disease
{ In some esses the rstlon Is not well
bslanced to sscurs ths best gains snd
tbs conditions of care and handling
might be better, but these things will
I account for only a nominal loss.
| The change from grass to alfalfa,
corn, barley, molasses snd straw, en
sllsgs. stc., must be made gradually
and herein lies the secret of tbe heavy
losses of lambs In ths teed lots In the
early tell. Ths desirs to get tbs
I lambs on a fattening ration as early
ss possible snd falling to appreciate
. the danger of too heavy feeding and
| change of radon bss helped to mska
lamb feeding an unprofitable business
In some Instances. A sudden change
of feed or overfeeding must be guard
ed sgair.st In tb* domestic snlmsls;
especially Is this trus with ths horse
and sheep.
After the first of the year New
Jersey will require sll automobiles
to carry mirrors, to enable drivers
to see the road in the rear.
On the land of E. L. Hastings, in
Townsend, Vt, is s pure white
squirrel the onlv one of its kind
.In ■ family of red squirrclt.
I Any English male above the age
of It Who refuses the obey the Call
of the high sheriff to withstand
the King"* foes is legally held
guilty of felony.
' Distinct traces of light hav? been
detected in the pcesn at the depth
of more thin 3,XM> feet by an Eng
lish oceanographies! expedition.
GERMAN BOMBS
SHOWER DUNKIRK
Fleet of Kaiser's Jlrecplanes Miki Aerial
Attack On French Seapor^
Doing Much Damage
BUILDINGS WERE WRECKED
Flftsen Citizens Killed In Slag*—All !
Aerlsl Assailants Msde Escspe
From French Guns
I
London.—Four German aeroplanes j
have flown several times over the city |
of Dunkirk recently, dropping bombs j
as they went. Soldiers In the streets
fired on the machines and one Tuube ;
seemed to ba hit, but all got safely j
away.
The official returns of the casualties
show that fifteen persons were killed ,
and thirty-two wounded. Tire, bombs
were filled with shrapnel.
For hulf nn hour the wlfole city .
crackled wlfh rifle shots nnJ bombs, ;
which threw up dense clouds of blacls
smoke. No sooner did one aeroplano
seem to depart than another arrived, j
Buildings In all parts of the city were 1
wrecked.
The first bomb fell on the fortifica
tions, two more near tho railway sta
tion and many others In different parts
of the town and In the suburb of
Itosendaell and the districts of Coudn
kerque and Fumes. One child had an
arm blown off and an old woman was
killed outright.
The fifth aeroplane remained as sen.
try outside the town ready to attack
any of the allies' aeroplanes that
Imght seek to repel the air assailauts.
BELGIANS FILE PROTEBT
Belgian Minister At Washington Flies
Protest With United States
Against Gsrmsny
Washington—The Belgian minister
filed with the state department a pro
test against the requisitioning by Ger
man military authorities in Belgium
of merchandise worth about 67,000,-
000 francs. He asserted that the Ger
man policy means "the ruin of In
dustry In Belgium."
The protest set forth that the goods
wore not taken for use of Germany,
and that consequently the seizure was
In violation or the fourth Hague con
vention. The Belgian minister Issued
this statement: "The German authori
ties .ba»e put Into requisition against
a single receipt and without mention
ing the value of the same, the follow
ing merchandise, to be awarded to
Germany, and which belongs to pri
vate parties: In Antwerp, cotton for
the value of 13,000,000 francs; rubber,
2,500,000; woolen, 6,000,000, and leath.
er 10,000,000 francs. In Ghent, cotton
nets, flax and other raw materials, 8,-
[>oo,oo francs. In Charlerol, copper,
1,500,000; tool machine, 12,000,000
francs. In Duffel, nickel, 1,000,000
francs. In Mallneg, canned goods, |2,-
600.000.
"These measuers nre In opposition
with tho articles 46 and 62 of the
fourth convention of The Hague. In ac
cordance with which private property
must be respected and requisition can
not be claimed otherwise than for
the needs of the army of occupation.
These measures Involve the ruin of
the Industry In Belgium.
SHIPPING BILL REPORT
Sscrstsry Redfleld Recommends Mer
chant Shipping Bill B* Pushed
Through
Washington.—lnitiating the aggres
sive fight to be waged In congress
for passa? ' of the government ship
purchase b 11, to free American com
merce from European war limitations,
majority members of the senate com
merce committee filed a report rec
ommendlng the measure In vigorous
terms and transmitting a commends
tory letter from Secretary of Com
merce Redfleld.
The committee report, filed by Act*
I Ing Chairman Fletcher, quoted the re
port ~Mt-AtlM>
and Redfleld, showing enormous In
creases In ocean transportation rates
since the war began and attendant
telling off of ocean tonnage facilities
The committee predicted that enact
ment of the ship purchase bill would
go far to relieve that situation.
France's Nsw Asrlal Fleet
New York. —France Is building two
great fleets of aircraft, armed with
cannon, darts and bombs, with which
to Invade Germany in the spring, ac
cording to Pedro Chapa, a Mexican
aviator, who arrived here from' Eu
rope on the Cunard liner Carpatbla.
Hundreds of armored biplanes, each
carrying a small cannon and bombs,
and numerous monoplanes, equipped
with bombs and steel darts, will be
ready to sweep across the German
frontier when winter Is past, Chapa
said.
Grsnts Flfty.Flv* Psrdons
Columbia. 8. C. —Governor Bless*
granted clemency to fifty-five state
prisoners. Twenty-eight were serving
terms for homicide, seventeen having
been sentenced originally to life Im
prisonment. Sixteen full pardons,
twenty-four paroles and fifteen com
mutations are included In lli* list. The
release of th* forty men pardoned or
paroled reduces the number of pris
oners In the state penitentiary here,
at the stste farms, and In tbe county
cofivlct tamps to 149. Governor Ilteas*
BOW has exercised clemency to 1.M4.
Stationary, steam, oil and gus
engine plants of the United States
are producing about 20,000,Mu.oo«
horse power.
There are now between 7,0*0" ana
*,OOO automobiles in Denmark, or
about on* machine to every 400 in
habitants.
In the course of one year more
than 6,000 persons were identified
by their finger prints in the Lon
don police court.
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PRESIDENT POINCARE
In an address to American Ambassa
dor Sharp and othar foreign diplo
mat* In Pari* on New Year'e Day
at the Palace dea Elyeeee, President
Polncare of France predicted the
European war would draw to a close
during the year of 1915.
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SECRETARY OF TREASURY CALLS
CONFERENCE OF PAN-AMER
ICAN FINANCIERS
Preaident Wilson And Becratary Bryan
Backing The Plan Which Will
Bring Americaa Cloaar '
Washington.—The United States has
Invited all Central and South Ameri
can nations to send their ministers of
finance and leading bankers to Wash
ington for a conference with treasury
department officials and flnanciera of
this country on financial and commer
cial problems confronting the two
Americas as a result of the European
war. Several of the countries already
have accepted and the conference
probably will be held next spring*
Invitations were sent formally
through the embassies and legations
here. The plan with Secre
tary McAdoo, but Secretary Bryan and
Prexldent Wllaon have taken an active
Interest In It. It has been suggested
that congress be asked for an appro
priation to defray expenses, bat wheth
er or not this Is done the visitors will
come as the guests of the United
States.
Officials of the state, treasury and
commerce departments expect-the con
ference to prove an Important step
toward bringing the two American con
tinents Into closer commercial rela
tionship.
BRITISH PAY FOR WHEAT
English Prize Court Orders American
Wheat Shippers Be Paid For
Captursd Grain
Washington.—The decision of the
British prize court In London in the
case of the British steamship Mlraml
chl, loaded with wheat and shipped
from America to German consignees
prior to the war, was announced here
by the British embassy. The court
held that the wheat was still the prop
erty of the American claimants and or
dered that they be paid for It. The
embassy Issued the following state
ment:
"The case of tho British steamship
Mlramicbl has recently come before tho
prize court at London. The vessel was
one of a largo number whlch-had ship
ped cargoes of wheat In the United
I Htates before the outbreak of war con
| Mgned to Merman firms In Germany.'
Generally the documents had not been
i taken up liy the German buyers and
| money had been advanced on the car
toes by neutral bankers. The case
j was therefore submitted to the prize
court as a test case in order that the
j point of law might be determined
v. bether the goodrirere at tfiifttme of
seizure the propefty of the American
flippers or of the German conslgneW"
Few War Change* Noted
London. The battle fine* In the
cast and west have undergone few
changes In the past few, day*. French
and German reports agree that the
Germans h*ve captured a section of
trenches near Hollebreke, south of
Ypres. The French assert that the
Germans gay* up trenches on the first
line to the extent of about 800 or *OO
yards in the Lens region, farther east,
while unsuccessful demonstration*
have been made from both aides at
various points along the extended
line*.
Uncle Sam'* Newspaper
Washington.— To promote the for
eign commerce of the United States
the government will go Into the news
paper buslne**. when the first bom
ber of the Daily Commercial Report
will be issued by the department of
commerce. In It will be carried all
Important commercial cablegram* re
ceived from the attache* at the vari
ous embassies abroad and from eoa
sular offices throughout the world. It
also will contain brief abstracts of the
findings of Investigators of the de
partment In American enterprise.
Oray horses are the longest lived
and cream colored one* are the
onea most affected by temperature
change*.
Military obligation In Ruaala be-
Kines at the age of 12, and I* not
nally concluded until the end of
the iird year.
All the parka and gardens and
available open spaces in Vienna are
to be laid out a* vegetable gar
dnea.
NO. 47
BRITISH LOSE
ANOTHER SHIP
Bittlnhip Fimidabli Was Sank By Ttii
Germans Off Til Coast of
Dartsmeatb
six hundreTmen perish
On* Hundred and Fifty Burvivor* Of
Disaster Were Picked Up In a
Strong Sea By Trawler
London—The Daily Chronicle states
that survivor* of the battleship For
midable report that the vessel was
torpedoed both fore and aft and sank
almost Immediately.
The Chronlcle'a Brixham correspon
dent, who Ik authority for the forego
ing, say* the captain of the trawler
Providence, which rescued seventy
•urvlvors who bad escaped from the
battleship in a cutter, states that other
fishing boats were close at hand. The
captain expresses the belief that other
survivors have been rescued and taken
to Dartmouth. He saw no other boata
belonging to the Formidable, however.
The destruction of the battleship tn
the English channel by a mine or sub
marine boat, although one of those
events Englishmen now realize must
be expected so long as the British
navy Is compelled to keep the seas,
has caused widespread grief.
. This is dqe. not so much to the toss
of the ship, which was fifteen years
old and cost about $6,000,000, as it is
for the men—(oo In number —who are
believed to have gone down with her.
Thus far only ISO men of the Formi
dable'* crew are known to have been
rescued. A light cruiser picked ap 80
and a Tory bay trawler 70. Among tho
reacued are eight officers and six mid
shipmen. ,
L The British admiralty has not an
nounced the locality where the dis
aster occurred, and declares that it la
unable to say whether the ship struck
a mine or was torpedoed, but the In
clination here Is to believe that a sub
marine again haa been successful In
an attack.
PREDICTS END IS NEAR
President Polncare Tells Diplomats In
Paris That War Will Be Over
During 1915
Paris.—Prediction that 1915 would
see the end of the war was made by
President Polncare In an across to
foreign diplomats who went to the "
Palace of the Elyaee to present New
Year's congratulations.
"I do not doubt that next year, at
this traditional reception, we shall cel.
ebrate establishment of a beneficent
peace," said the president
The British ambassador. Sir Francis
Bertie, as dean of the diplomatic corps,
presented tbe congratulations of his
colleagues and himself. In his address
Sir Francis remarked that tbe diplo
mats present comprised "representa
tives of the nations fighting at the side
of France, and of other nations where
on neutrality imposes special duties
In this grave crisis."
American Ambassador Sharp was
among those present. He was accom
panied by three former ministers who
are aiding him in the arduous tasks of
the embassy during the war—John W.
Garrett, H. Percival Dodge and John
O. Coolldge.
GERMANS LOSE ST. GEORGES
While KaiMr's Troops Yield Belgian
Coast To French, Th*y Took
British Trench
London. —Fighting in Flanders and
northern France has been confined
largely to artillery engagements, ex
cept near Dethune, where the Germane
claim they have taken a British trench.
They admit, however, the loaa of St.
(reorges, near the Belgian coat, which
the Berlin official report says it was
decided not to attempt to retake, owing
to high water.
In the Aflconne region, where the
battle has been almost continuous tor
weeks past, the Germans have made a
lltttto progress, as an offset to which,
however, the French declare they have
continued their advance In upper Al
sace. \ v
WHson Chooses Three Men
•Vashlngton.—President Wilson was
understood to have decided tentative
ly on three members of the federal
trade commission. They are Joseph
E. Davie*, commissioner of corpora
tions; Edward N. Hurley, president
of the Illinois Manufacturers' associa
tlon, and George Foster Peabody, a
New York banker. Two others are
to be selected. The three men chosen *
are all Democrats, and It they are final
ly decided on, tbe other two members
will be Republicans or Progressives,
according to the law passed.
Belgrade I* Bombarded
Belgrade.—"Four Austrian monitors
bombarded Belgrade this week. Their
fire did slight damage. Reports from
Sofia, Bulgaria, of a serious clash be
tween Servian and Bulgarian frontier
guards are officially denied here. Tho
truth Is that Servian Ouards arrested
a number of Inhabitants of Bagan
wsawa. who were trying to leave the
country to avoid military service. Mwl
there were no casualties and there
was no conflict with Ihe Bulgarian
guards." This la the gist of the of
ficial statement
"Nineteen states allow the em
ploy merit of children under the aga ;
of 16 in mining.
The gold induatry of the Rand '
la estimated to be worth $500,000 a 
day to South Africa. , ;■
In proportion to Ita population"
Switzerland spends more on poo? \
relief than doea any other country, -
It la quite poaaible for a man ,
simply spread himself without re- j'
ally having any broadening lhflu|l