YOIj. XLI
TheMion Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAC GRATH
Illustrated from Seme* in the Photo Drama cftiM
Soma Nam* by the Thanhouser Film Company
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CHAPTER XX.
Bralne Triea Another Weapon.
"What, I want now," aald Bralne,
as he paced the > living room of the
apartment of the countess, "is re
venge. I've been checkmated enough,
Olga; they're playing with us."
"That Is nothing new," she replied,
shrugging. "At the beginning I
warned you. I never liked this affair
after the first two or three failure*.
But you would have your way. You
- wanted revenge at that early date;
but I cannot see that you've gone for
, ward. Has It ever occurred to you
that the organization may be getting
tired, too? They depend solely upon
your invention, and each time your
Invention has resultdH in totalling
nothing but zero."
"Thanks!"
"O, I'm not chiding you. I've failed,
too." *
"Are you turning against met" he
demanded bitterly. •
"Do my actions point that way?"
she countered. "No. But the more I
view what has passed, the more dis
heartened I grow. It has been a series
of blind alleys, and all we have suc
ceeded in doing Is knocking our heads.
I can see now that'all our failures
are due to one mistake."
"And what the devil is that?" he
asked, irritably.
"We were In too much of a hurry
at the beginning, Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your part."
"And If 1 had not acted quickly he
would have started successfully on one
of his world tours again, and that
would have been the last of him, and
we'should never have learned of the
girl's existence. So there's your argu
"ment."
"Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree of finesse."
"Bah!" Braine lit a cigarette and
smoked nervously. "I can't even get
rid of that meddling reporter. He has
been as much to blame for our fail
ures -ts either Jones or Hargreave.
I admit that In his case -1 -judged
hastily. I believed him to be just an
ordinary newspaper man, and he waa
clever enough to lull my suspicions.
But I'm going to get him, Olga, even
If I have to resort to ordinary gun
man tricks. If there's any final reck
oning, by the Lord Harry, he shan't •
get a chance in the witness stand." +
"And I begin to think that that lit
tle chit of a girl hat, been hoodwink
ing me all along. By the way, did
you find out what that letter said?"
she asked after a pause.
"Letter? What letter?"
She sprang from her chair. "Do you
mean to say that they have not told
you about that?" Olga became great
ly excited.
"Explafa," he said.
"Why, I was at the garden day be
fore yesterday, and a man approached
and asked If I was Miss Hargreave.
Becoming at once suspicious that
■omething very Important was about
to happen, I signified that I was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped a paper
into my hand and hurried off. I took
a quick glance at It and was dum
founded to find it utterly blank of
writing. At first I thought some joke
had been played on me, then I
chanced to remember the invisible ink
* letters you always wrote me. Under
standing that you were to visit the
cave in the morning, I had one man
at the garden take the note. And
you .never got it!"
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
if i
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorn ey-at-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
Otflee over IWloul lull of Alaanw
WM. I. WARD IRA (!. MOSER
WARD ft MOSER,
ATTOKNEYB-AT-LAW
GRAHAM, - - - N. C.
Practice in Slate and Federal
Coarta.
J-, S. COOIC,
Attorney-at- Law,
>RAHAM, - - - - - N. C
Offloe PattoraoD Butldlnc
SMOOd Floor. ......
I>K. WILL S.LOSG.JR.
. DENTIST . . .
.raham , - - - Wort* Carallaa
•FPICK IN SIMMONS BUILDING
«X>B A LONG J. ELMKB LONG
LONG * LONG,
tutritmym and Onnnooloro at 1> «
6KAHAM M. «\
JOHN H. VERNON
AtWraoy iM CoaucUr-ot-Law
raraa-oaM au—iaum» ui
BURLINGTON, N. C.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
OFFICE OVEB HADLCT*• BTOBE
Leave Messages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone
882 Office Hour* 2-4 p. m. and by
Appointment.
THE ALAMANCE GLKAXEHL
"Gome one suall pay for this care
lessness. I'll call up Vroon and Jack
son at once. Walt lust a moment."
He went to the telephone. A low
muttering conversation took place.
Olga could hear little or none of it.
When Bralne put the receiver back
on the hook bis face was not pleaa
ant to see.
"TJiat girl!" v.
"What now?"
"It seems she had been out horse
back riding that morning. She had
seen one of the boys cross the field
and suddenly and she was
curious to learn what had become of
him. With her usual hick she stum
bled on the method of opening the
door of the cave and went in. She
must have been nosing about. She
didn't have much time, though, as the
boys came up to await me. Evidently
she crawled into that old chest and in
some Inexplicable manner purloined
the letter from Jackson's pocket. They
left to reconnolter; and It was then
that Jackson discovered his loss.
When Florence heard them returning
she jumped into the well. And lived
through that tunnel! The devil la In
It!"
"Or out of It, since we consider him
our friend."
"And I had her In my hands, note
and all!"
"But with all that water there will
not be any writing left on the letter."
"Invisible Ink Is generally Indelible
and impervious to the action of wat
er; at least the kind 1 use la. I'd
give a thousand for a sight of that
letter."
"And it might be worth a million,"
Olga suggested.' %
"Not the least doubt of It in my
mind. Olga, old girl, it does look as If
my star was growing dim. We'll never
get our hands on that million. I feel
It in my bones. So let's settle down
to a campaign of revenge, without any
furbelows, i want to twist Har
greave's heart before the game winds
up."
"You wish really to injure her?"
"I do not wish to Injure her. Far
from It," he replied, smiling evilly.
"You want her ~ , > dead?"
whispered Olga, paling.
"Exactly. I want her dead. And
so If all my efforts here come to noth
ing. so. shall Hargreave's. His mil
lions will become waste paper to him.
That's revenge. The Persian peach
method."
"Poison? You shall not! You shall
not kill her!" vehemently.
"Tender hearted?" T ,
"No. If I must In the end go to
prison, so be It; but I refuse to die In
the chair."
"Very well, then. We shan't kill
her, but we'll make her wish she was
dead. I was only trying to see how
far you would go. The basket ol
peaches Is In the hallway. Every
peach la poisoned. No man In the
I*S9^PSJfSwS?
Juat Power Enough to Keep HereeM
-*» Afloat
country knows more about subtle poi
son* than I do. Have I not written
book* on the subject?" troaioally.
"And they will trace It back to yon
In a straight line," she warned. T
will not have It!"
"I can go elsewhere," he replied
coldly,
"You would leave me?"
"The moment you croaa my will."
emphatically.
It became her turn to a pace. Ton
betwee.n her love of the man and-the
danger which stared her In the face,
•he waa for the time being distracted.
All the time he watched her with
malevolent curiosity, knowing that In
the end she would concur with his
svll plana.
"Very wen," she said finally. "But
listen; we shall be found oat Never
doubt that Your revenge will eoet us
both our llvee. I feel It"
"Bah! The law will have no hand
in my end. I always Carry a pellet;
and that ring of yoora would eaflee a
regiment She will not die She will.
merely become a Idad of paralytic;
the kind that can move a little bat
not enough; always wheeled aboat In
• chair. IH bring la the peacbee;
nay and downy. One bite, after ft
given time, will do the trick If thay
suspect and throw them oat we have
lost nothing bat the peacbee. ▲
trusted messenger will carry them to
the Hargreave bona*. And then well
•ft down and wait."
Meantime, In the library of the Har
greave hooae, Florence and Jim were
puxxling over the blank sheet of pa
per.
Til wamr." aaia flm. water
waaned an the writing i« a> . 'tie
Ore do** not seem to do any good.
Well tarn it over to Jones. ' Jonesll
find a way to aolfe It. Truit him."
4 "What are you two chattering
about Suaan, who wai arrang
ing aome flowera on the table.
I _ "Secrets," aald Jim, smiling.
! "Humph!"
j Susan puttered about for a few min
utes longer, then crossed to the recep
■ j j ij 'l
H
*vJb
IH
1 H V
He Went to the Telephone.
tlon room, Intending to go upstairs.
At that moment the maid was ad
mitting a messenger with a basket of
fruit —-
"For Miss Hargreave," aald he. He
gave the basket to the maid, touched
his cap awkwardly, and swung on his
heel, closing the door behind him. He
was In a hurry to deliver another
message.
"O, what lovely fruit!" cried Susan,
pausing. "I'm going to steal one,"
she laughed. She selected a peach
and began eating It on the way up to
her room. &
The maid passed on into the library.
"What's this?" inquired Florence, as
the maid held out the basket. She
selected a peach and was about to set
her white teeth into it when Jim in
terposed.
"Wait a moment, dear." Florence
lowered the peach. Jim turned to the
maid. "Who sent it?"
"I don't know, sir. A messenger
brought It, saying it was for Miss
Hargreave."
"Let me see if there Is a card."
But Jim searched in vain for the card
of the donor. At once all his suspi- J
clons arose. "Don't touch them. Bet
ter let the maid throw them out.
Fruit from unknown persons might
not be the healthiest thing In the
world."
"What do you think?"
'That In all probability they are poi
soned. But there's no need trying to
prove my theory right or wrong. Ask
Jones. Hell tell you to throw them :
away."
"Horrible!" Florence shuddered.
"But they do not want to poison me.
I'm too valuable. They want me.
alive."
"Who can say?" returned Jim
gloomily. "They may have learned
that they cannot beat us, no matter
what card they turn up. I may be \
wrong, but take my advice and throw \
them away. . . . Good Lord, what's
that?" startled.
"Some one cried!"
"O, Hisa Florence!" exclaimed the
maid, terror stricken as she recalled
| Susan's act "Miss Susan took a
i peach from the basket and was eating
I It on the way to her room!"
"Good heavens!" gasped Jim. "I
I was right The fruit was poisoned." |
| Jim had head enough to send lot a
specialist be knew. The specialist ar-
I rived about twenty minutes after Sus
! an's first cry. To his keen eye It!
looked like a certain poison which had
forfaits basis the venom of the cobra.
'Will ah* live?"
"O, yes. But she'll be a wreck for
some months. Send her to the hos
pital where I can visit her frequently. 1
And 111 take that peach along for.
analysis. No police affair?"
. "No. We dare not call them in,"
aald Jim.
"That'a your affair. 11l aend down
the ambulance. Keep her quiet She'll j
have a species of paralysis; but that'll
work off under the treatment A
strange business."
"So it Is," agreed Jim grimly.
Vloimm knelt beaide her friend's
bad and cried softly.
"To* called me juat in time. An
hour later, nothing would have aaved
her. She would have been paralysed
tor Ufa."
Jim accompanied the doctor to the
door and w«nt In search of jonea Ha
found the taciturn butler eying the
fruit baaket, bia face gray and drawn,
| though hla eyes biased with fury.
"Poison!"
"A pretty bad pofaon, too," aald Jim.
. "We can't do anything. We've Juat
got to alt atiU. But In the end well
I get them. That she devil . . ?
j "No, my friend; that be devil. The
woman la mad over him and would
commit any crime at hla bidding. But
I this la hla work. We want him. He
I wasn't without courage to aend this
fruit knowing that I would Instantly
suspect the sender. Yet 1 have no
definite proof. I could not bold him
la court la law. Ha will have bought
the fruit piece by piece, the baaket in
a baaket shop. Ha will have Injected
the potaon himself when alone. Poor
Suaan! That messenger waa without
doubt aome one over whom ha holds
the threat of the death chair. That'a ■
the war be worka."
Jim tramped the room while Jonea
carried the fruit to the kitchen. The
butler returned after a while.
"What about that blank sheet of pa
ptrV
"It has to be dipped Into a solution;
After that you can read it by heating.
I have already dipped it Into the solu
tion. The moment the hest leaves the
■hast Um writlnr dtaaunears again.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL VI 1915
The Ink is waterproof. I'll show you."
Jones got a candle from the mantle,
lit it and held the riheet of paper very
close to the flame. Gradually, almost
Imperceptibly, lettera began to form on
the blank sheet. At length the mes
sage waa complete.
"Dear Hargreave—The Russian min
ister of police Is at the Blank hotel
under the name of Henri Servan. He
is lnveatlgatlng the work of the Blacfc
Hundred In thla country and can free
you from their vengeance If you sup
ply the evidence needed."
"Now, what evidence can he want?"
asked Jim.
"Such as. will prove Bralne an unde
sirable citizen."
j "And then."
; "Quietly pack him off to Russia,
where he is badly wanted."
"Who sent this message?"
"One of our mysterious friends. We
have a few, aa you already know. But
I'll go and make this man Servan a
visit. I have seen the real minister,
and If this man Is the same one. some
thing of Importance may turn up. I
shall want you somewhere about.
Here, I'll let you have this letter. Re
member, heat brings It out and cold
air makes it vanish. Now I'll go up
: for a moment to see how that poor
girl Is getting along. We are lucky;
there's no gainsaying that."
"You're a 4evir man, Jones," said
Jim. * 7
.(ones turned upon him, hiß face
graW The two t>en looked steadily
into eyee. Jones was
first to turr-sdilde his glance, as he
had something to conceal and Jim had
nothing.
When the ambulance took the tor
tured Susan away, Jones addressed
Florence gravely.
"I am going out and so Is Mr. Nor
ton. Do not leave the house; not
even If you have a telephone call from
me or Norton. Both of us will return;
so don't let anything bother or con
fuse you."
"I promise," said Florence, strug
gling with a sob.
Jones went downstairs again, paused
by a window as if cogitating, and sud
denly threw It up and looked .abroad.
_A rustle among the lilacs caused a
smile to flit across his face 8o they
had sent some one to learn the effect
of the poison? Or' to follow him
should he leave the house? He re
tired to the kitchen and gave some
faj . im,m * IS#
Letters Began to Form on the Blank
Sheet r
explicit orders to the chef, orders
which did not In any way refer to
cooking. Then Jones and the reporter
left the house, each quite aware that
they were being followed. Near the
Blank hotel they separated in order
to confuse the stalker. He might dod
der and follow the wrong man. Hut
It was evident that this time be had
been directed to follow Jones; for he
entered the hotel a minute after
Jones.
Meantime a second spy. whom Jon»s
had not seen, had observed the trans
fer ol the invisible writing and had
Immediately Informed Bralne, who
was not far away. That his poisoned
fruit had stricken down an outsider
troubled him none at all. But that
mysterious message he meant to have;
it might be a life and death affair. It
might be a clue to the treasure, or
the whereabouts of Hargreave.
Thus, while only one man followed
Jones, several kept a far eye on Jim.
Jones scribbled bis name on a blank
card and had it taken to the Russian's
room. The page eyed that card curi
ously. It was different from anything
he had ever seen before. In one cor
ner were written three or four words
which resembled a cross between He
brew and Greek.
"Hump'.i!" muttered the boy.
'Whadda y' know about that? Chick
en scratches; bul I guess the' bell
ring* Rotelan. On your wayi II.T
--tense," he cried to the hall maid, who
wanted a look at the card in'
room, sir. Hell see yuh!" The boy
kept the silver salver extended ex
pectantly, bSt Jones went past with
out apparently noticing tbe hint
The Russian was standing by a win
dow when Jonea knocked an« waa
bidden to enter.
"Too are not Hargreave."
"Neither are you tbe Russian min
ister of police," urbanely.
"Who are your'
"I am Hargreave's confidential man,
•If."
The two men eyed each other cau
tiously.
"Yoa speak Russian?" *
"No. 1- am able to scribble a few
words; that la all."
The Russian lit a cigarette and
smoked leisurely. He waa In no bur
ry-
"No, I am not the minister; but I
am hla accredited agent. I am em
powered to bring back to Russia a
man who is known her# by tbe name
of Braine another by tbe name of
Vroon, and a woman who calls her
self a countese and unfortunately is
one. All I desire I* aome damaging
pr6of against them that they are oat
laws In this country. Tbe rest will
be simple."
"They have all three taken out nat
orallzaVtou papers."
The Russian waved bis hand airily.
"Once they are in Russia those docu
menta will never come to light This
man Bralne. It has been learned, baa
long been la, the pay of Prussia, and
has given the general staff . of tbat
countrv many plana of our frontier
Jones Paused by a Window.
fortifications tao not know what any
one of tho three looks like. That is
why I sought Hargrcavo."
"I will gladly point them out to
you," said Jones, rubbing his hands
j together, a sign that be was greatly
| pleased.
"That will bo very good of you, I'm
sure," in a rumbling but perfectly
intelligible English.
"And suddenly they all three will
disappear?"
"Suddenly; and ycu may believe me
that from that time on they'll be heard
of never morel"
"All this sounds extremely agree-.
! able to me. Mr. Hargreave will be
happy to hear that his long enforced
hiding will soon come to nn end."
| "All you have to do, sir, is to point
them out to me."
! "It may take a week or ten days."
"My government has waited for ten
years to gather In tblß delectable trio.
A month. If you llko."
"The sooner the better. 1 shall cnll
this evening after dinner. We shall
j begin with Mr. Itralne; and generally
I where he Is is the woman. Vroon
be the most difficult."
"After dinner, then, since you know
some of his haunts. There Is u re
ward."
Jones laughed shortly. "Keep It
yourself, sir. Mr. Hargrcavo would
willingly doublo whatever this reward
Is to eliminate these despicable crea
tures from his affairs."
; "Thanks."
While this conversation was taking
place Norton Idled about; and feeling
the cravings for a cigarette, prepared
to roll one, only to find that he hadn't
the "makings." So fate urged him to
step Into the nearest tobacconist's.
He asked for- his favorite brand and
passed over the silver.
Pralne and his companions snw Nor
ton enter the shop it agreed with
their plans perfectly. Tho tobacconist
happened to be affiliated with the or
der. So they the shop.
i Jim Instantly realized that ho was In
a trap.
"How can I get out of here?" he
whispered to the tobacconist.
The latter iftntled "I have to obey
these gentlemen. I don't know what
they want you for; but If I made a
move to help you 1 should find my
own throat cut without saving yours."
"The devil!" »
Jim made a dash for the rear door,
to find It locked. ICten as he fumbled
with the key, Itrnlne and Ills com
panions flung themselves upon tho re
porter and overpowered him
"Ah. my friend Jiralne!" lie said
"My friend Norton!" Jeered the vic
tor '■
"A rd what do yon want; soma
peach';r.?"
| "A paper mj; friend, a little -secret
of paper with Invisible writing on 1L
, We promise to give you something in
J exchange for it."
"What?" asked Jim with as much
nonchalance as be could assume.
I "Life."
"Bearch." said Jim "You won't, ob
ject to my smoking?" fie began to
roll a cigarette while«they passed *ver
him. He struck a match; the pleus
ant aroma of tobacco flouted about tils
bead.
| "He's got it on him somewhere I
saw him take it. He's got his nerve
with him."
Tbe cigarette glowed. Jim smoked
hurriedly.
Through every pocket they went.
- The content* of his wallet lay scat
tered at his feet; bis watch dangled'
from tb« chain. The cigarette grew
shorter and shorter. Suddenly one of
the men stretched out a hand and
whisked the cigarette from Jim's lips
•He threw It to tbe floor and stamped
I out tbe coal.
"I thought so!" be exclaimed, hold
ing out the scrap of burnt paper to
| wards Bralne.
The words "Dear Hargreave" were
•II that remained of the message. With
• snarl of rage Bralne whipped out Ma
revolver.^.
"I will give you one minute to tell
me what that paper contained."
"And after that minute la up?"
"A bullet In your stomach."
Quick as a flash Jim's band shot
out. caught the loosely beld revolver,
gave It a wrench, and brought It down
savagely upon Bralne's head. Then
be reversed It and backed toward the
front entrance.
"Ao revolr, till we meet again, gen
tlemen!"
(To be continued)
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Why suffer from rheumatism
when relief may be had at so small
a cost? Writes Mrs. Klmer Hatch,
Peru. Ind„ "I have been subject
; to attacks of rheumatism for years.
I Chamberlain's Liniment alway* re
lieves me me. Immediately, and I
take pleasure In recommending it
to others." For sale by all deal
ers.. adv.
Some of the world's most respect
able nations are now running
amuck.
L'ELSGN W. ALDRICH
Nelson W. Aliilch, crest Republican
leader, wis senstrr from Rhode In
land for SO years has |u»t died at his
home at New Yor! of heart disease.
He wis 74 years old.
MAXWELL IS PRESIDENT
HEW LEADER NAMS 13 BY COTTON
M ANUFACTUREiIB' AS36CIA
TION AT M£M?HI3.
FroH-st Againit O-era'.ion of BUI
Favors Merchant Marine.—Want
"Open D;or."
Memphis, Terin.—Endorsement w.ut
given proposals to establish nn Amor
lean mere uut marine by Government
subsidy and protest made the
operation of fae Palmer child labor
law and legislation pending In Con
greas to rvqv'.ci the branding of goods,
In a> lesoli j.in adopted f.y the Ameri
can Cofton Manufacturer*' Associa
tion, wMc'.i concluded Us annual con
version here.. Other resolutions ad
opted afdtd that the United States
Qoveran ert require a new statement
of the "ilglit of efjuul opportunity" to
trade in the markets of the world, par
ticularly In China and that the prin
ciples of the "open door" be reassert
ed- " to
flcott Maxwell of Cordova, Ala., was
elected president of the association,
John A. Law, Spartanburg, 8. C„ vice
president and Caeser Cone, Greens
boro, N.' C„ chairman of the board of
governors. Other members of tho
bor.rd of governor* elected were J. J.
Hradiey, Huntsville, Ala.; Eugene
licit, 'Partington, N. C.; Oeorgo K.
SpoiTord, Augusta, Oa.; Paul J, Merrs,
Henderson, Ky„ and Craig S. Mitchell,
Philadelphia.
FIFTEEN KILLED -IN COLLISION.
Street Car and Freight Train Collide
In Detroit. * . j
Detroit, Mich. —Fifteen persons were
killed and about 20 Injured In a collis
ion between a Detroit city street car
and a string of fright cars pushed by
a switch engine on the Detroit, To
ledo & Ironton Railroad.
Most of the deitd lived In Detroit'*
quarter. Pour are women.
Tlje street car, crowded with pas
sengers, stopped as It approached the
railroadx crossing and ' the conductor
ran to see If the track was
clear. Ill* signalled the motorman
to wait, but rfpparrnlly the latter mis
understood his meaning, lie applied
the power and t'e car ran .rapidly
down an Incline and ontj the ral'road
tracks.
The freight car* pushed by the
engine struck the street car fairly In
the middle. The wreckage was push
ed along 100 feet, several of the dead '
and injured dropfin* along the street]
before the trsln wni stopped. Others
were crushed In Oe splintered mas*
of steel and wood and ft wa? several !
hour* before they could he extricated. |
Kaiser Vloits In Italy.
Geneva, via Paris. lnformation!
reaching Geneva teed* to confirm tho
reports thot Emperor William visited
Emperor Franc I* Joseph last month.
A'erorcllng to this Information Km
peror William determined to see Em
peror Franc!* Joseph after receiving
from Prince von Buelow, German am
bassador to Italy, a message that ne.
gotlatlona concerning territorial con
cessions by Austria as the price of
Italy's neutrality bad failed.
May Seon Cet Dyerturf.
Washington.—State dnpartmi nt offi
cial* were prepared to teke up with
The German government the last step
necessary to supply American textile
mill* with two cargoes of Oerman
dyestuffa bought before March 1. The
way was cleared by tho announco
ment that Great Britain had agreed
to permit those cargoes under certain
conditions to come through from Rot
terdam The position previously taken
by the German government has bee'n
that It would permit dye shipment*
in exchange for cotton or copper.
Oen. Funston at Brownsville,
Brownsville, Texas.—Major General
Frederick Funston, who ha* Just ar
rived here from Han Antonio to take
charge of the border situation created
by the siege of Matsmoroe, said hi*
coming wa* due to reports that the
Villa artillery wa* advancing and that
the fighting might be expected to reach
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SAYS MEXICO CAN
! NOT BE CONQUERED:
—.—
SIXTEEN MILLION WILL HAVE
i TO BE KILLED BEFORE MEXI
CO COULD BE,INVADED.
VIEW OF GENERAL HUERTA
' I
H* Declare! the Head* of Washington
Administration Have Not Been
Fair to Mexico.
| New York.—Asserting that he had
| nothing to .do with the death of Kran-
I cieco Madero, General Vlctorlano
1 Huerta, former Provisional President
i Issued a lengthy signed statement re
-1 lating to the question.
| General Huerta declared he knew
| who was responsible for Madero's
I death, but that he was keeping it as
I "a professional searet."
| General Huerta's statement review
, ed the history of the Madero revolu
tion, his own accession to the Provi
sional Presidency and concluded with
the assertoln that "my country can
not be conquered."
Sixteen millions of men. women and
children would have to be killed be-
J fore Mexico would submit to an in
vader. Huerta asserted.
The heads of the Washington Ad
ministration, Huerta declared, had
not been fair to Mexico, had been
misled by falsrf' statements and if they
had been In Mexico for thirty days
"they would have changed their the
oretical, erroneous Ideas." Had it not
been for the embargo on the exporta
tion of arms from this country Gen
eral Huerta Indicated that his army
would have prevafled over those op
posed to it.
The former Provisional President
reiterated the assertion made when he
left Mexico last year that he had re
signed from his position only because
he hoped to bring peace to his coun
try. He pointed out that in the eight
months elqf" 6 * l since that date the sit
uation In Mexico had become "too sad
for ine to analyse deeply."
"Anarchy is too soft a word to call
It," he said. Mexico eventually would
be saved, but by a Mexican, he said.
Who that would be he did not know.
Huerta declined to give an Inkling
as to. his future movements. He de
nied that he would go to San Antonio,
Texas, or any other point near the
Mexican border. Discussing the death
of Madero, he said:
"That is a professional secret Law
years have secrets, doctor* have
secrets—l am a soldier—why should
not a soldier hava secret*? It Is not
thorough frlendAilij) for any one that
1 am withholding the information.
The time will soori come when my
name will be vlndlcatod and. as Gen
eral Lee said of General Jackson, the
world will say of me, I stood like a
stonewall submitting to the Ignomlty
and the Insults heaped upon me."
NETHERLANDS STEAMER SUNK.
Anchored Off Her Home Coast* She
I* Torpedoed.
London.—The Netherlands steamer
Katwyk, Baltimore for Rotterdam,
| was torpedoed while anchored seven
j miles west of the Hinder Lightship In
j the North Sea. ;
I The crew of 23 was saved and
I taken to Flushing, according to *
[(outer dispatch. The dispatch fluotes
| the men as saying that as they rowed
! away they saw the periscope of a
i submarine, which quickly disappeared.
' The Katwyk sank 16 minute* after
the explosion.
Router's Amsterdam correspondent
: says the Katwyk had been lying at
anchor for IS minutes when torped
oed. The correspondent says a mes
sage from the Hook of Holland de
' Clares that all the ship's lights were
burning at the time of the attack.
Zeppelin* Vl*(t England.
I^indon. —Two Zeppelin alrsMps
visited the east coast of England,
dropping bombs on several towns and
doing considerable damage to prop
erty. As far as has been ascertained,
1 only one person, a woman, was injur
, ed. It Is said she was only slightly
1 hurt.
Taft Speak* to Legislature.
j HarrUburg—William H. Taft told
I Pennsylvania legl*lators to con»erve
! tlifl people'* money and not to upend It |
bftnre they know how much the state']
Jianjo llfitnd. "The growing danger
In thin country," Mr. Taft said, "ii
the wa*!o of the people'* money." The
former president declared the gov
err)went nhould not go Into builnssi
In competition with private enterprise.
. "Thrf people'* money ahould not be
i put Into private bu*lne*s where prl
: vate enterprise can do the work bet
| ter," Mr. Taft *ald.
Britain Apologizes to Chll*.
I,ondon—Great Britain has offered
i a "full and ample apology" to the
Chilean government for the ainklng
I March 14 In Chilean territorial waters
| of the Oerman cruiser Dresden,' the
, internment of which already haa been
, ordered by (he maritime governor of
j Cumberland Day when the British
; squadron attacked and sank the Oer
man. Thia fact was made public in
a White Paper giving the texts of
th« C'.ii:«an note protesting against the
Kinking of the Dresden and the British
refrty.
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'[ WILLIAM G. F.7ACOO
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
and Comproller William* ar* lead
er* In the fight cau*ed by their
sensatloal attack on the methode of
management of the Rigg* National
Bank of Washington.
UZSOK STOPS RUSSIAN,
AUSTRIANS GREATLY CHEERED
BY NUMBER OF GERMAN RE
INFORCEMENTS.
«■*>
French Are Satisfied With Successes
In West Between Muse and
rain* Frontier. "
London.—Two gateways Into Hun
fary still remain barred, despite th*
tremendous Russian hammering and
M Pas* !* the less import
ant office two strategically, a further
advance Into Hungary hangs on the
possession of Uxok Pass, where the
invader* are meeting with stubborn
opposition. Several daya ago the Rus
sians captured a position wbich gave
them command of a road leading to
the rear of Uzsok Pass, but since
then the Teutonic Allies have checked
the movement. ,• The importance of
the Carpathian operations is indicat
ed by the half-hearted actions along
the rest of the long eastern front
The p«bple of the Dual Monarchy
are said to be greatly cheered by the •
number of German reinforcement*
passing through Budapest on the way
to the Carpathian front to take part
in the operations, which are now be
lieved to be in charge of the German
General StafT.
The whole situation in the East
pivots on ITzok Pass where the Aus
tro-Gennan force* are in sucb great
strength that the efforts of the Rus
slann to reach tho Hungarian Plaips
are likely to be prolonged.
In the west the French apparently
are satisfled with their recent suc
cesses between the Meuse and tho
Lorraine frontier and claim only to
have come In contact with the Ger-'
man entanglements In this region. -
Official German reports assert that
determined attacks by the Trench re
ports assert that determined attacks
by the French have been repulsed
along this section.
Probably no session of the Brills'.!
Parliament since tbe opening of tho
war has been awaited with keener
Interest than the sitting which will
begin soon.
GOVERNMENT BACKB OFFICIALS
Department of Justice Will Aid Wil
liams and McAdoo.
Washington. Developments indi
cated that the Government -intends
to do Its utmost to back up Secretary
McAdoo of the Treasury, and Comp
troller of tbe Currency Williams In
the legal fight precipitated by th
Rlggs National Bank, complainant li.
equity proceedlnga to enjoin these of
ficials from alleged attempts to drive
that institution out of buslner .
through systematic and long-continn
ed persecution.
Attorney Oenqral Gregory announc
ed that thd' Department of Justice
had employed Louis D. Brandeis of
Boston, to defend Messrs. Williams
and McAdoo In the Injunction pro
ceedings. He declared his depart
ment and the treasury were co-oper
ating In these proceedings. It be
came known also that Jesse C. Ad
kins, former A**l*tant Attorney Fen
eral also had been retained in the
case.
Carranza Garrison Lick* Villa.
Bronwsville, Texas.—ln • sortie the
Carranta garrison defending Matamo
ros Inflicted a heavy blow upon the
Villa army besieging tbe town. General
Saulo Navarre, second In command'
of tbe Villa troops, was brought to ,
Brownsville dangerously wounded and
the Carranta consulate here claimed i
tbe Villa dead numbered 304. The .
sortie drew from the Villa forces
their long-promised shelling of Mata
moros tut tbe shelling stopped when
the Carranta division returned to the
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