THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
VOL. XLI
TheMion Dollar Mystery
By HAROLD MAG GRATH
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CHAPTER XXII.
A Night of Adventure.
The federal government agreed to
Bay nothing, to put no obstacles In the
way of the Russian agent, provided he
could abduct his trio without serious
ly clashing with the New York police
authorities. It was a recognized fact
that the local police force wanted the
newspaper glory which would attend
the crushing of the Black Hundred.
It would be an exploit. But their glory
was nil; nor did Servan take his trio
back with him to Russia.
Many strange things happened that
night, the night of the final adven
ture.
Florence sat in her room reading.
The book was "Oliver Twist," not the
pleasantest sort of book to read un
der the existing circumstances. Sev
eral times—she had reached the place
where Fagln overheard- Nancy's con
fession—she fancied she heard doors
closing softly, but credited It to her
Imagination. Poor Nancy, who want
ed to be good but did not find time to
be! Florence possessed a habit fa
miliar to most of us; the need of ap
ples or candy when we are reading.
So she rang the bell for her maid,
intending to ask her to bring up some
apples. She turned to her reading,
presently to break off and strike the
bell again. Where was that maid? She
waited perhaps five minutes, then laid
down the book and began to investi
gate.
There was not a servant to be found
in the entire house!. What in the
world cocld that mean? ÜBed as she
was to heartrending suspense, she was
none the less terrified. Something had
taken the servants from the house.
From whence was the danger to come
this timj ? Where was Jones? Why
did he*toot return as he had promised?
It was long past the hour when he
said he would be back.
She went Into the library and picked
up the telephone. She was told that
Mr. Norton was out on an assignment, ,
but that he would be notified the mo
ment he returned. She opened a draw
er in She touched the au
tomatic, but did not take It up. She
left the drawer open, however.
Earlier, at the newspaper office that
night, Jim went into the managing ed
itor's office and laid a bulky manu
script on that gentleman's desk.
,"Is this it?"
"It is," said Jim. *
"You have captured them?"
"No; but there is a net about them
from which not one shall escape.
There's the story of my adventures, of
the adventures of Miss Hargreave and
the butler, Jones. You'll find it ex
citing enough. You might Just as well
send it up to the composing room. At
midnight I'll telephone the introduc
tion. It's a scoop. Don't worry about
that."
The editor riffled the pages.
"A hundred and twelve pages, 300
words to the page; man it's a novel!"
"ItH read like one."
"Sit down for a moment and let me
skim through the first story."
At the end of ten minutes the editor
laid down the copy. He opened a draw
er and took out twp envelopes. The
blue one he tore up and dropped into
the waßte basket Norton understood
and smiled. They had meant to dis
charge him if he fell down. The other
envelope was a fat one.
"Open It," said the editor, smiling a
little to himself.
This envelope contained a check for
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorn ey-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Mflcc over Natlaul luk of Aliuiee
WM. I. WARD R IRA V. MOSBR
WARD K MOSER,
' ATTORNEY B-AT-LAW
GRAHAM, - - - N. C.
Practice in Slate and Federal
Courts.
j\ s. c qos,
Attorney-at-Law,
URAHAM, N. C.
. Offloe Patterson Building
Seeond Fleor. .....
OR. WILL S. IMJ, JR.
. . . DENTIST . . .
Srafcam - - - - W»ft> Carellae
OFFICE » SIMMONS BUILDING
. AOOB A. LOHG. J. KLMM Lo*o
LONG 4k LONG,
AttumsyssadCiiiiiisslnrs at 1 a m
GRAHAM, n. C
JOHN H. VERNON
Attorney and Coinaclor-«t-Law
VOIHMMkt aU IwHwm SSI
BUKLINOTON, N. 0.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
ORIOI OTIt HAD LETS STORE
Leave Messages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 97 Residence Thone
SB2 Office Hoars 2-4 p. no. and by
Appointment.
}2,000, two round-trip first-class'XTCiCuf
to Liverpool, together with innumer
able continental tickets such as are
Issued to tourists.
"Why two?" asked Jim, Innocently.
"Forget It, my boy, forget it You
"ought to know that in this office we
den't employ blind men. The whole
etaff Is on. There you are, a fat check
and three months' vacation. Oo and
get married; and If you return before
the three months are up 111 fire you
myself on general principles."
Jim lauded happily and the two
men shook hands. Then Jim went
forth to complete the big assignment
Five minutes later Florence called him
up to learn that he had gone.
What should- she do? Jones had
told her to stay In the house and not
to leave it. But where was he? Why
did he not come? What was the mean
ing of this desertion by the servants?
She wandered about aimlessly, looking
out of windows, Imagining forms in
the shadows. Her imagination had
not deceived her; she had heard doors
close softly.
"Susan, Susan!" she murmured; but
Sußan was in the hospital.
"Oliver Twist!" What had possessed
hereto start reading that old tale
again? She should have read some
thing of a light and Joyous character.
After half an hour's wandering about
the lonely house she returned to the
library, feeling that she would be
safer where both telephone and re
volver were.
And while she sat waiting for she
knew not what, her swiftly beating
heart sending the blood into her throat
so that it almost suffocated her, a man
turned Into the street and walked
noiselessly toward the Hargreave
place. He passed a man leaning
against a lamppost, but he never
turned to look at him.
This man, however, threw away his
cigar and hot-footed it to the nearest
pay station. He knew in his soul that
he had Just seen the man for whom
they had been hunting all these weary
but strenuous weeks—Stanley Har
greave In the flesh! Half an hour
1 after his telephone message the chief
of the Black Hundred and many lesser
lights were on their way to the house
of mystery. Had they but known!
Now, the man who had created this
tremendous agitation went serenely
on. He proceeded directly end fear
lessly to the front door, produced a
latchkey and entered. He passed
through the haitt and reception room
to the library and paused on the'
threshold dramatically. Florence
stepped back with a sharp, cry of
alarm. She had heard the hall door
open and close and had taken it for
granted that Jones had entered.
There was a tableau of short dura
tion.
"Don't you know me?" asked the
stranger In a singularly pleasant voice.
Florence had been Imposed upon
too many times. She shook her head
defiantly, though her knees shook so
that she was certain that the least
touch would send her over.
"I am your father, child 1" ,
Florence slipped unsteadily behind
the desk and seized the revolver which
lay In the drawer. The man by the
curtains smiled sadly. It was a smlK
that caused Florence to waver a bl.
Still she extended her arm.
"You do not believe me?" said tne
man, advancing slowly.
"No. I have been deceived too many
times, sir. Stay where you are. You
will wait here till my butler returns.
Oh, If I were only sure!" she burst
out suddenly and passionately. "What
proof have you that you are what you
say?"
He came toward her, holding out His
hands. "This, that you cannot shoot
me. Ah, the damnable wretches!
What hare they done to you, my child,
to make you suspicious of every onef
Hf/w I have watched over you In the
s:reet! 1 will tell you what only Jones
and the reporter kner', that the avia
tor died, that I alone was rescued,
that I gave Norton the five thousand;
that I watched the windows of the Rus
sian woman, and overheard nearly ev
ery plot that was hatched in the coun
cil chamber of the, Black Hundred;
that I was shot In ths arm
lng the lawn ons night And now ws
have the scoundrels Just where ws
want them. They will be la this bouse
for me within half an hour, and not
ow%f them will leave it In freedom.
I am your father, Florence. I am
ths lonely father who has spent
ths best yeam of Us Ufs away
from yon In order to secure your
safety. Cant yo« feel the truth of all
this?"'
"No, no! Please do not approach
any nearer; stay where yon are!"
At that moment the telephone rang.
With the revolver still leveled she
picked up the receiver.
"Hello, hello! Who Is KT . . .
Oh. Jim. Jim. come at once! I am
holding at bay a man who says he Is
my father. Hold him where he Is, you
say? All right. I will. Come quick!"
"Jim!" Aurmwed the maa, still ad
vancing. He must have that revolver.
The poor child might apod the whole
affair, "go what Joe as tells me Is
true: that yon are going to merry this
reporter chap?"
She did not answer.
"With or without my cons set?"
If only he would drop that fssrises
smile! she thought "With or wttheet
anybody's consent" she said.
"What In the world can I sey to yea
to convince you?" he cried. "The trap
is set; but If Braise and his men come
sad find us like this, good heaven,
child, ws are both lost! Come, come!"
"Stay where roe are!"
At that moment she heard a sou_d
at the door. Her gaxe roved; sad it
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was enough for the man. He reached
out and cttyght her arm. .Sbe tried to ;
tear herself loose. *
"My cblld. In God's name, listen to
. reason! They are entering the hall
and tbey will have ns both."
Suddenly Florence knew. She could
not have told you why; but there was
an appeal in the man's voice that went
to her heart.
| "You are my father!"
"Yes, yes! But you've found It out
, Just too late, my dear. Quick;
~ this side of the desk!"
Braine and his men dashed into the
library. Olga entered leisurely.
"Both of them!" yelled Braine ex
ultantly. "Both of them together;
what luck!"
There was a sharp, fierce struggle;
and when it came to an end Har
greave was trussed to a chair.
"Ah, so we meet again, Hargreave!"
said Braine.
Hargreave shrugged. What he
wanted was time.
"A million! We have you. Where
is It or I'll twist your heart before
your eyes." *
"Father, forgive me!"
"I understand, my child."
"Where Is It?" Braine seized Flor
ence by the wrist and swung her to
ward him.
"Don't tell him, father; don't mind
me," said the girl bravely.
Braine, smiling bis old evil smile,
drew the girl close. It was the last
time he ever touched her.
"Look!" screamed Olga.
Every one turned, to see Jones' face
peeling between the curtains. There
was an ironic smile on the butler's
lips. The face vanished.
"After him!" cried Braine, releasing
Florence.
"After him!" mimicked a voice from
the hall.
The curtains were thrown back sud
denly. Jones appeared, and Jim and
the Russian agent and a dozen police
men. Tableau!
Braine was the only man who kept
his head. He floored Norton, smashed
The Clean Life of the Reporter Told.
a window, and leaped out. The blow
dazed Norton, but he was on his feet
almost Instantly and followed Braine
through the window. Across the lawn
the two sped, with an exchange of
shots which emptied both automatics
but did no damage. Braine headed
for his auto. He Jumped In, only to
be hauled out again by the furious
reporter. A hand-to-hand fight fol
lowed; and the clean life of the re
porter told.
"There, my angelic friend, I believe
that the game Is up. There Is one
shot left In this automatic. If you
make any attempt to escape, 111 let
you have it; not to kill but to disable.
You and your precious countess will
sail tomorrow morning for the Baltic,
and from there you will go to the lead
mines." He dragged his prisoner to
ward iM"house. "*
"Your troubles are over, my child,"
said Hargreave, as he pressed Flor
ence to his heart
"And mine have begun," murmured
the countess. "Bnt I have still one
shot." . -
The police stood encircling her.
Calmly she opened her handbag -and
took out aer hankderchlef. It was
a thick and heavy silk ons. Swiftly
she unscrewed th '>p oi her walking
stick (it will be e*fc now that the
carrying of It was not an affectation!),
extracted a vial and threw It violently
to the floor. An overpowering sweet
odor filled the room. Jones, knowing
how deeply versed Braine was lb ori
ental poisons and narcotics, made a
desperate but futile effort to tear down
a curtain to throw over the liquid; but
even in the effort be felt his senses
going. The last be wss conscious of
was a mocking laugh.
But the entrance of Jim, dragging
Braine after him, shocked ail ths ban
ter out of the countess. She turned
and rushed madly for the stairs, with
out having the least ides bow shs wss
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The luspi of Countsse Olga.
to msnags sn eecape from the upper
stories. She had thought Braine free.
As she fiew op the steps all the pest
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returned, fell heV warnings Co that ■tub- j
■ born man. This was the end . . .!
j Ruaalat The horrora of the cold and
the deadly dampa or the mines . . . j
forever!
I Jim, atlll holding the battered con
aplrator, watched her flight in amaze
ment ' He could not understand—till.
he pushed Bralne Into the library and
the vanishing odor assailed his nos
trils. What these fume* were he nev
er knew, but they proved to be transi
tory. Five minutes sufficed to bring
all back to their senses. For the while
they forgot Olga.
"This man Is mine," said Bervan,
nodding toward Bralne.
"He's yours without charge," said
Jim.
"I'm an American citizen," said
Bralne, who, realizing what the fu
ture held, readily preferred a long
prison term in America to the horrors
of Russlan exlle.
"Your certificate has been de
stroyed," said Servan, "and the state
department considers your papers void
because you obtained them under false
oaths. Tou are an undesirable citi
zen; and the republic Is happy to learn
that you will be taken off Its bands."
"And because," added Norton, "you
have laid too many m'.nea In the black
mailing business, and the government
doea not propose to have them made ]
known to the public through a long
and useless trial. It was a long run,
old top; but right is right. And by
the way, 1 want you to meet Mr. Jed
son, formerly of Scotland Yard."
He indicated Jones, who .started:
"Yes," went, on the reporter, "I rec
ognlzed him long ago." A
"It is true," said Hargreave, takjpg
Jones' hand in his own. "Fifteen years
ago I employed him to watch my af
fairs, and very well haa he done so.
And to you, you wretch," turning upon
the haggard Bralne, "listen; there Is
a million, and you have been within
a foot of It a dozen times. It has been
under your very nose. Do you re- '
member Poe's 'Purloined Letter?' Ha!
Under your very nose, within touch of
your hand! Now, take him away, Mr.
Servan. The police will be satisfied
with the prisoners they have."
So, presently, Hargreave, Jones,
Florence and Jim were alone. That
smile which had revealed to Florence
her father's identity stole over his face
again. He put bis hand on Jim's shoul
der and beckoned to Florence.
"Are you really anxloua to marry
this young man?"
Florence nodded.
"Well, then, do so. And go to Eu
rope with blmt)n your honeymoon;
and as a wedding present to you both,
for every dollar that he has I will add
a hundred; and when you get tired of
travel you will both come back here to
live. The Black Hundred haa ceased
to exist"
"And now," said Jones, shaking his
■boulders.
"Well?" said Hargreave.
"My business is done. Still—" Jones
paused.
, "Go on," said Hargreave soberly.
"Well, the tmth Is, sir, I've grown
used to you. And if you'll let me play
the butler till the end I shall be moet'
happy." *
"I was going to suggest It."
Norton took Florence by the hand
and drew her away.
"Where art you taking me?" she
asked.
"I'm going to take this pretty band
of yo'irs and put it flat upon $1,000,-
000. And if you don't believe It, fol
low me."
She followed
THE END. L
The announcement has just been
made that passenger service would be
Inagurated on the Mount Mitchell i
railway this summer.
The program for A. & M. com
mencement bas Just been Issued from
the office of President D. H. Hill.
Hon. W. B. Wilson, Secretry of La
for, will deliver the commencement
address.
Klnston's celebrated incubator
baby, according to a statement by her
physician, at the age of seven months
weighs IS pounds, a little Iq excess
of the average aeven-month-old
baby's avoirdupois.
The money for the Lovelady Town
ship, Caldwell county, road Improve- ,
ment bonds bas been received, Terry, j
Brlggs A Slayton, of Toledo, making ■
the purchase. The $25,000 issu j 1
brought a premium of 9325.
Suing J. H. Michael, colored, prlnct
pal, of the Hill street school. Asbevllle
for damages In the sum of $5,0t0,
Flora Nichols, colored, formerly em
ployed as a teacher at the school was
awarded damages In the sum of SSO.
It waa decided at a meeting of the
Whltevllle Commercial Club to erect
at once a tobacco warehouse to cost
approxlmtaly $(.000, aasuring White
vllle one of the best markets In tbla
section of the state with a full corps
of buyera.
, Two ear loada of sewer pipe reach
ad Southport the paat week. Other
material will arrive In a few days and
work will be pushed on tha new $40.-
000 water and sewerage plant It Is
the plan to have the whole system In
stalled within tha next (our or five
months.
All the street-cars of Wilmington
In a abort time are to be painted a
cream white, tha Tidewater Power
Company having decided upon this
abade after an Investigation extend
ing over America and, Europe The
abade is to be ar* almost exact dupli
cate of the tram cars of Tha Hague,
Holland.
Ooldsboro gets the,next annual con
vention of the Baraca-Phllatbea Aseo- i
elation of North Carolina, according ,
to the decision of the executive com
mittee of the organisation aa announc
ed after the Joint session In tha Taber
nacle Baptist church at Raleigh. Dar
ing the day officers for all branches
of the convention were ehoaan and
with tha monster parade the mass
meeting -in the city autdlortum and a
final session In tha Tabernacle Baptist
church, the fifth annual convention
ended.
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ViRS. R. E. JEFFREY
Mrs. Robert Emmett Jeffrey Is the
wife of the newly appointed minister
to Uruguay. Mrs. Jeffrey was Miss
Nlta Hocss of Heber Springs, Ark.,'
before her marriage to the minister. .
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SOUNDEST IN THE WORLD
COONTRY SMILING WITH PROS
PERITY AS RESULT OF NEW
BANKING ACT.
Agriculture as a Sectional Problem,
Problem, RaUroads, Markets, Are
Leading Topics Before Congress.
Muskogee, Okla. —The country Is
smiling with prosperity as a result of
the Federal Reserve Bank act and an
the system grows older the smile, will
grow Into a laugh, according to ('has.
S. Hamlin, governor of the Federal Re
serve Board, who spoke before the
Southern Commercial Congress here.
Mr. Hamlin pointed out that while
formerly "we had the worst financial
system In the civilized world, we now
have the soundest,"
I He answered advocates of a single
centralized bank by asserting that be
cause of the large .territory Involved,
12 decentralized banks are preferable to
one centralized band and that the Fed
eral Reserve Board holds all the au
thority of a centralized bank.
"A financial panic such as that of
1907 Is now Impossible," Mr. Hamlin
continued. "In view of financial
stringency, a farmer deserving of
credit can get It. We have a real
elastic, a real local, liquid currency.
I The Federal Reserve Board Is em-
at such times to put out enor
mous sums sufficient to dispute any
idea of panic."
Dr. Charles Brand, chief of the divi
sion of markets and rural organiza
tion of the United States Department |
i of Agriculture declared that th»l'Bouth
ern farmer and ranchman has realized
the need of being more provident. The
time Is passing, he said, when pro
ducts of the farm and ranch are ship
ped to market and then brought back
as foodstuffs. c-
THE NEW JAPANESE DEMANDB.
President Yuan Has Not Reached De
cision Regarding Them.
Peking. -With the new draft of the
| Japanese demands on China Interest Is
aroused In the nature of the modifica
tion of the modification Japan has |
made In the original document.* Pres-!
Ident Yuan Shi Kal and bis advisers i
have examined the demands as amend
■ ed, but no declflon has been rached
J and they are likely to be the subject I
for further discussions. Group one
and group four of the original demands
have not been altered from the form
to which the Chinese Government al
ready has agreed. Group one relates
t- Shan Tung Proving and group four
I relates to refusing a third Power, any
Island, port or harbor along the China
coast.
I Storstad Responsible For Colllsslon.
j Montreal. —The Admiralty Court In a
I decision beld the collier Storstad re
! sponsible for the collision with the
liner Empress of Ireland In the St.
Lawrence May 2". 1914, which cost
approximately 1,000 lives In tbe sink
ing of the liner with nearly all aboard.
No blame whatever w is attached to
the captain or crew of the liner, the
court held.
Kitchener Scores Oas Bombs.
London, —War Secretary Kitchener
In tbe House 1 of Lords referred to the
use by tbe German Armies In the West
of asphyxiating bombs. He declared
that Oermany had "stooped to acts
which surely will stain Indelibly lief
military history."
Joyner Delivers Annual Address.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—The Southern
Conference for Education and Indus
try beld a four days' session here
with delegates from throughout the
South In attendance. Among subjects
under dlscusslo.n were school work,'
woman's part In the social and econo
mic development of the rural dis
tricts, educational progress In the
Bouth and conditions In rural com
munities- J. Y. Joyner of North Car
olina. president of tbe conference, da
Itverod bis annual address.
Te Cars a.Celd la Oae lit).
Tske Bromo Quinine
' Tsblets. All druggists refund tbe
money If it falls to cure. K. W,
Orove's signature Is on each box.
SS cents. sdv.
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Japan's ambition may be to star
in the role of the International sus
picious character.
Striking modlly to the center of
• the stage, Italy again recites Ham
let's great soliloquy.
INCHED TAXES
Oil ALL LIQUORS
13 PROPOSAL OF DAVID LLOYD
GEORGE IN THE HOUBE OF
COMMONS.
SOME OF MEMBERS PROTEST'
There Is Some Opposition to the
Measure—First Division In House
B!nce War Began.
London. —Resolutions Introduced la
tho Houso of Commons by David
Lloyd-fiei.rt a. Cimneellor of the Kx»
| chequer. to'double tiie Juty on splrltß,
| quadruple Uio tulles on wines and to
l instlliKe aa increase by graduated*
tax on bfc'?r—to the use of
I lislitor l,eors—wura strongly oppor.ed
j and It Is (tpneVally believed that the
new taVei. v, i 1 bavo t.» be moderated
t before Parllrneut will accept t'.iem.
The o'ltri?i',llen. t».a protert agulnst
11 an -additional trxctlori on Irish whl:»-
-t kies and Jteers, brought about the first
divlslob e Hottne since Us out
break' of t'.ie war, by voting
! the provisional resolutions which
would bring the taxes lulo force at
J j once so as to prevent spirits being I
taken nut of bond while Parliament
Is dealing with the resolutions.
The resolution relating to spirits
was passed by a vote of 89 to 5, the
minority beiiig composed of O'Brien-
Ites. The Nationalists olso protested
against the measure, but did not
vote. The Unionists who withheld
1 criticism until all the facta could be
placed before thorn also abstained
from voting.
The provl: ional resolutions Impos
i Ing tax"a on beer aid whie also were
1 paused, tfco Unionist'! abstaining from
votlnt; ar.d thQ O'Brlonltes opposing
the beer tax.
Usually these provisional rosolu
. tlons are carried without division, for
, should Parliament refuse to sanction
the taxes, they are refunded to those
i who jnjty have paid.
I The Laborltos' promised to reply to
■ the Charcellor's charges that a minor
ity of the workmen, lured away by
, dr nk, wore not putting their best
Inta the work of producing war ma
, terlal.
GENERAL MANAGER RED CROSS.
President Appoints General Carroll A,
Dsval.
i Washington.—President Wilson as
I head of the American Red Cross has
[ appointed Brig. Oen. Carroll A. Devol,
I U. S. A., general manager of the Red
, Cross, a nowiy-created position.
General Devol, now attached to -the
Ooneral Staff, was given three months
leave of absence on May 1 to assume
his new office and become active
head of the Red Cross. Ho has not
determined whether he will remain
In tho position permanently. To do
so he would have to resign from the
army at the expiration of the three
months leave as ha will not reach tha
age of retirement for several rs.
Expects Early Recognition.
Washington. Unofficial advlres
that General Carranza expected early
recognition by the United States at
tracted widespread attention In olfi
, clal and diplomatic circles here.
Carranzn representatives here have
been very active recently. The United
States, it is said, has been advlsd In
dotall of the Carratrea plans. It was
said at the state h»qartment, how
ever, that the (|Hesiff>n\f recognition
had not been formally'' coniHdered.
Oamjge at Frledrlchshsfsn.
Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris
Of the six bombs dropped on Zep
pelin dirigible belaan worksheds at
Hrlcdrlchshafen by Allied aviators |
four fell on empty sheds and one
'truck a building In which was the I
, framework of a new Zeppelin. The I
, French aviator who dropped the
bombs was under heavy
Henry W. Miller Vice President.
Raleigh.—Henry W. Miller of At-'
lanta, assistant to the president of j
the Southern Railway, has been pro- '
moled to tho vice presidency of the
road, it was announced here.
Told How He Stopped Panic.
Syracuse, N. Y.—Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt was excused from the wit
ness stand In the $50,000 suit for al- {
Icged libel which William Barnes has
trough! against him after he had told
his own story of bow he ended the
panic of 1W and had Identified a
letter In which Oovernor Charles S.
Whitman, then District Attorney of
New York, wrote that he thought the
time was ripe to rid the state of the
kind of party control mainly respon
sible for corrupt conditions.
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Big Firs st Vancouver.
Vancouver, B. C. —Fire, held by
some police officials to be pert of a
plot to burn the cHy, started slmal
taneouxly In the ('amble and Gran
ville street bridges, connecting the
business and residence parts of Van
] rouvcr The loss was $200,040. Aside
from the bridges, however,_ ..no at
tempts at arson were discovered.
Thousands of persons blocked on their
way to work watched the flames soar
from tbft wood and tar pavement of
the Great Connaught bridge at Camble
street. The chief damage was here.
sloo Dr. E. Detchon's Anti-Diu
retic may be worth more to you
—more to you than 1100 if you
have a child who soils tho bed
ding from Incontinence o( water
durinjr sleep. Cures old and younjr
alike. It arrests the trouole at
once. SI.OO. Sold by Graham Drug
Company. adv.
Manifestly Mr. Barnes would be
glad to hear fhe Bull Mooss mew.
April is voted of the feminine
gender without a dissenting voice.
NO. 12
DR. LOUIS E. VAN NORMAN
Dr. Louis B. Van Norman, who for
ton years has bsen In charga of ths
! foreign department of tho American
l Review of Reviews, haa bssn msds
editor In chief of Ths Nation's Busi
ness, ths offlolal magazine of ths
Chambsr of Commsrcs of ths Unltsd
Statea leeued In Waahlngton.
FRENCH CRUISES IS SUNK
AUBTRIAN SUBMARINE SENDS
CRUISER LEON QAMBETTA TO
BOTTOM.
Crulalng at Entranos of ths Otranto
Canals—All Officers Psrlshsd at
Thslr Posts.
Paris.—The French armored cruiser
Leon Gambetta bas been torpedoed
and sunk In the lonian Sea with the
loss of all of her offlcers and all ex
cept 136 members of her crew, accord
ing to an official announcement by
the French Ministry of Marine. The
number of the crew was not given,
but It was believed the warship car
ried 750. From this It was estimated
that about 600 men perished.
While the French communication
did not say by what the cruiser was
torpedoed an official from Vienna aald
the warship Was ssnt down by Aus
tria submarine U-5,' commanded by
Lieut. Qoorge Hitter von Trapp.
The communication Issued by the
Ministry of Msrlne was as follows:
"The armored cruiser Leon Gam
betta, cruising at the entrance of the
Otranto Canal, was torpedoed the
night of April 26-27 and went to the
bottom In 10 minutes.
"All the officers on board perished
at their poits.' One hundred and
thirty-six members of the crew, In- ,
eluding 11 under-officers were res
cued by vessels sert out promptly to
their help by the Italian authorities.
"The list of survivors has not yet
been received at the Ministry of Ma
rine."
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SUFFERS FROM LONO ORUOHT.
Forty-Year Record Broken.—Truck
Crops Suffering.
Washington. -The longest early
spring drought in more than 40 years
now exists over eastern United
State*, anounced The National Week
ly Weather and Crop Bulletin. ,
Cotton and truck cropa In the
. Southeast are suffering.
| "In Teias and Oklahoma excessive
, rains greatly hindered farm work,"
' says the bulletin, "fields were badly
I washed, bottom lands were flooded,
' and much land already planted to cot
ton and corn will have to be repfant
ed. white the wet soil will further de
lay cotton planting which Is generally
rosldered as several weeks late.
| "In the principal trucking dlstrlcta
to the eastward of the Mississippi
most crops are suffering for rain,
especially in the South Atlantic
coast districts.
"Early planted corn Is coming up,
but later planted over the Southern
States eaat of the Mississippi ha* not
I germinated well on account of
• drought"
Labor Must Co-operate. -
| M imk ogee, Ok la. —Closer relations
i between the employer and employe,
crop diversification and more liberal
treatment for the small farmer were
urged by speakers at the Southern
Commercial Congress ss essential U>
the commercial development of the
South.
Details of Persian Massacre.
New York.—Details of the recent
massacre of native Christians at Uru
mish, Persia, by Kurds, received by
the Presbyterian Board { Foreign
Missions, state that not lees than 80S
i have been murdered there and that
not less than 2,000 have perished from
disease. The attacks It would appear,
have not -been confined to Kurd*, but
have been made. In at least one In
st an _ e, by Turkish soldiers. Cruciflx-.ru.
snd biirr.iDg of Christians alive have
bM'i revived, missionaries reported to
'he board.
English Spavin Liniinnet re
moves Hard, Soft and Calloused
Lumps and Blemishes from horses;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stillt-s,
Sprains, Swollen Throats, Coughs,
etc. Save SSO by nse of one bot
tle. A wonderful Blemish Cure.
Sold by Graham Drug Company.
sdy « .
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TORPEDO STRIKES 1
tin OIL si 1
CAPTAIN DIEB OP HEART FAIL* |
URE AS A RESULT OF THE
SHOCK.
—• "'M
FEW OF THE 1
Qiilfligiit la Struck, Off Ccilly Ills .:.
—Washington Believe* It Wa*
Accident.
London.—The American oil tf '"
Steamer Oulfltght which aalled from
Port Arthur, Texaa, April 10, for
Rouen, France, was torpedoed off the |
Sicily Islands, according to a Central
News dispatch.
The captain of the Gulflight, accord
ing to the same advices, died of heart
failure as a result of shock. Two sea
men Jumped overboard and were
drowned.
The other members of the crew
were taken off by a patrol boat The
▼easel waa towed Into Crow Sound
and beached.
The Gulflight was a steel vessel of
3.202 tons net and was built at Cam
den, N. J„ In 1914. She was owned
by the Gulf Refining Company. The
vessel was 383 feet long, 51 feet beam '-*■
and 30 feet deep. She was aqulpped
with wireless apparatus.
Washington.—Press reports of the
torpedoing of thS Ameilcan steamer
Oulfllght and the loss of her captain
and some members of the crew creat
ed a stir In official circles here.
The course of the United States In
the case of the Oulfllght Is not likely
to be determined for several days as
some time probably wll be required
to get tho facts. The possibility of
any action other than a demand for
damages Is considered remote because
of the belief of officials that the at
tack rn the Gulflight probably will be
lound to have been accidental.
FIRST PLACE IN FINANCE.
America May Lead World at End oi
Great War.
Philadelphia.—Flrat place ,
field of international flnan-e roey
come to the United Stats as a cor ■-
quence of the European war, W. P-
G. Harding, member of the Federal Re
serve Board, said in an address to tho
session of the American Academy oC
Political and Social Science.
To obtain the pre-eminence In inter
national finance, however, Mr. Hard
ing warned his hearers that the Uni
ted States must resist any tendency
tward Inflation, and a wild temporary
boom, such as hlstorv has shown fre
quently follows the conclusion •n»
great wars: He declared the nation
now was In a commanding position :-»
the only great world power not !i
--volved in war. and pointed to the 1 t
trade balance that has been In fav -
of the United States. This balance he
predicted might reach $2,000,000,( .'»
by the end of t#4S. -•
Condition* Are Better.
" Washington.—General improveiw t
In business conditions with "retu -
ing confidence" Is announced In tho
Federal Reserve Board's digest of
ports of agents tn the 12 reserve ( \
tricts Into which the country 1* dlv'J- '
ed. Development of considerable ac
tivity In certain Industries In conn ••
tlon with the war are .pointed out
Colon Fire Lou $2,000,000.
Colon. —The cRy of Colon, half oi
which was destroyed by Are. preaoc;-
ed a scene of desolation. Accord in':
to poflce records, 10 persons, two c>
whom were Panama policemen, per
ished and many were Injured. The
loss is still estimated at $2,000.00*,
The American consulate was amon,
the buildings destroyed.
Charte* E. Llttlefleld Dead.
New York.—Charles E- LittieflelO,
former representative from Maine?
died In a hospital here, after an opera
tion Mr. Llttlefleld was born in 1851. .
He was a Republican.
Switzerland Preparing.
Berne, Switzerland.—The Federal
decided to call out the sixth
division of the Swiss army,
lncr*a*« Rural Mall B*rvlc*.
Washington.—Plans for a general
readjustment of the rural postal ser
vice through the country by July to
provide mall facilities for a million
persons not Included In the present
routing system, were announced by
Postmaster General Burleson. Motor
vehicles will be provided under the
new plan where highways will per
mits "Rural service will be extended
to exery farmer reasonably entitled
to It," said Mr. Burleson, "a* rapidly
as the new adjustment* can be made."
Meat Price* Are Lower.
Waahlngton.—Price* of meat ani
mals were lower on April 15 than f r
two years previous, though they sti:i
were higher than In 1911 and 1912,
the Department of Agriculture an
nounced. Producer* received an av
erage of $6.59 a hundred pounds, com
pared with $7.40 last year. $7.35 la
1911, s.3o In 1912, $5.80 In 1911 and . |
$7.74 In 1910. Farmer* sold beef cat
tle at $5.96 a hundred this year, a de
crease oi 33 cent* from last year; ve.il
calves $7.3 L a decrease of 37 cents;
bogs $6.45, a decrease of $1.32.
Belief la Six Boars
Distressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours b r j
the "NBW GREAT SOUTH AME.:- |
ICAN KIDNEY CURB." It is « ,
great surprise on account of its j|
exceeding; promptness in relieving va
pain in bladder, kidners and bac'., J
in male or female. Relieves reten
tlon of water almoat immediately. ,3
It yon want quick relief and on e
this ia the remedy. Sold by Gra- 3
ham Drug Co. adv.