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Relieves reten tion of water almost Immediately If you want quick 'relief and cure this Is the remedy. Sold by Ore ham Drug Co. adv North Carolina's subscription to the second Liberty loan, announc ed by the Treasury Department, was $27,531,200. Break your Cold or LaGrippe with few dotes of 666- SA mAlblE ZW&B SVCWTZT RAINB Coprrifht, nor. by WUllsra UMLwd Kalae. SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—As a representative of the government Gordon Elliot I* on his way to Alaska to investigate coal claims. On the boat he meets and becomes In terested In a fellow passenger whom be learns Is Sheba O'Neill, also "going In." Colby Macdonald, active head or the land asabblnK syndicate under Investigation, comes aboard. Macdonald Is attacked by mine laborers whom he had discharged, and the active Intervention of Elliot prob ably saves his life. CHAPTER ll—Elliot and Mscdonald become In a measure friendly, though the latter doss not know that Elliot Is on a mission which threatens to spoil plans of Macdonald to acquire millions or dollars through the unlawful exploitation of Im mensely valuable coal fields. Elliot also "gets a line" on the position occupied by Waly Bel fridge, Macdonald's right-hand man, who is returning from a visit to "the States," where he had gone In an effort to convince the authorities that there was nothing wrong In Macdonald's' methods. CHAPTER lll—Billot secures an Intro duction, to Miss O'Neill and while the boat Is taking on freight the pair aet out to climb a locally famous mountain. They venture too high and reaoh a position from which It Is Impossible for Miss O'Neill to go forward or turn back. CHAPTER rV-Elllot leaves Bheba and at Imminent peril of his life goes for as sistance. He meets Macdonald, who had become alarmed for their safety, and they return and rescue Sheba. CHAPTER V—Lending at Kuslak El liot finds that old friends ot his, Mr..and Mrs. Paget, are tbe people wnom Sheba has come to visit. Mrs. Paget Is Bheba's cousin. At dinner Elliot revaale to Mac donald the object of his coming to Alas ka. Ttfe two men, naturally antagonistic, now also become rivals for tbe band of Bheba. CHAPTER Vl—Macdonald. foreseeing failure of his financial plans If Elliot learns the facta, sends Belfrldge to Ka matlah to arrange matters so that Elliot will be deceived as to ths true Situation. CHAPTER vn— Eniot, on his way to Kamatlah, wanders from the trail. He loses his horse In a marsh and Is com pelled to throw away rifle and provisions and all unnecessary clothing. After long sti-uegles he realises that be will nevSr reach Kamatlah, and resigns himself to CHAPTER VIII—At Kamatlah, Gideon Holt, old prospector and bitter anemy of Macdonald, learns of Elliot's coming snd determines to let him know t'>» truth. Belfrldge has Holt kidnaped and taken on a "prospecting" expedition. Elliot, bare ly alive, wanders Into their camp and la cared for. CHAPTER I*=-Holt recognises Elliot and the two overpower the kidnapers and reach Kamatlah. Holt glv.s Elliot ths real facts concerning the coal lands deal. CHAPTER X-Havlng all the Informa tion he wanted. Elliot, with Holt as guide, goes back to Kuslak. On the way the? meet a squaw. Meteetse, with her chil l, who Is Macdonald's son. Reaching Ku slak Elliot becomes convinced that Diane (Mrs. Paget) Is doing her utmost to in duce Bheba to marry Maodonald. He de termines to win her for himself. CHAPTER Xl—Macdonald confesses to Bheba that he had wronged her father In a mining traction and make* financial restitution. Macdonald and Bheba be come engaged, and Elliot la Mnt down the river on official bualneaa. CHAPTER Xll—Genevieve Mallcry, adventureaa, who baa determined to -win Macdonald, learns of Mcteetae and her child and sends for them to confront Macdonald. They visit Bheba and she learns the truth. Macdonald blames El liot for bringing, the Indian woman to Kuslak. Bheba breaks the engagement. CHAPTER Xlll—Coirvlneed that Elliot had Induced Meteetae to visit Bheba Mac donald sends Selfrldge to warn him to leave Kuslak at oace, threatening to shoot him on sight. Elliot refuses to go, and purchaaea a revolver. CHAPTER XIV. Ambushed. Colby Macdonald, In miner's boots and corduroy working salt, stood be side his horse with one arm thrown carelessly across its rump. He was about to start for Seven Mile Crtek camp with $2,700 In the saddlebags to pay the men there. Diane was talking with him. "She's young and fine and spirited. Of course It wfcs a great shock to her. She bad been Idealizing you. But I think she Is beginning to understand things bet ter. At any rate, she does not hate you any more. Give the girl time." "Ton tfelnk she will—be reasonable?" "I don't know. But Fm sure of one thing. She'll not be reasonable, as you call It, unless you are reasonable." "TOT nwnn —Elliot?" "Yes. She likes him very much. Do you know that when the Indian woman come he targed Bheba not to listen to her story?" "Sounds likely—after he had spent his good money bringing her here," sneered the mine owner. "He didn't. Gordon Is a splendid fel low. He wouldn't lie," answered Di ane hotly. "And one thing Is snre—tf you lsy a finger on him for this, It will be fetal with Sheba. She will be through with you." Macdonald had thought of this be fore. It had been coming to him from several different angles that he could not afford to gratify his desire to wipe this meddlesome young ofletsl from hi* path. He made a alow, sulky promise. "All right, m let him alooa. Peter can tell hln#* Swinging to the saddle, be spurred bis horse and cantered away. Hl* mind was full of the problem that had come Into bis life. He rode abstract edly, so that he wa* at the lower ford of the creek almost before be knew it. A bilberry thicket (trailed down to the opposite bank of the stream on both aide* of the road. \ The horse splashed through the ford the little rise beyond with a rash. Jnst before reaching the brow of the hill, the animal stumbled and Ml. Aa It* rider went headlong, he canght a gllmpee of a cord drawn taut acrosa the path. Macdonald, aha ken by the fall, began slowly to rl*e. Prom the shadow* of the bilberry bnabea two stooping fig ures rushed at him. He threw np aa arm to ward off the club aimed at hi* head, bnt succeeded only in breaking the force of the Mow, A* he staggered back stunned, a~¥3fet*~gianced along bl* forehead and ridged • furrow through the thick hair. A aecond stroke of the dab Jarred him to the heels. Though his mind was not clsar, his body answered automatically the in stinct that told him to close wtth his asssllants. He lurched forward and gripped one, wrestling wtth htm for the revolver. Vaguely he knew by the sharp, Jagged shoots of psln that the second man was beating bts head with a club. The warm blood dripped through his hair snd blinded his eyes. Dared and shaken, he yet managed to get the revolver from the man who had it But It was his last effort He was too far gone to use It A blow on ths forehead brought htm unconscious tc the ground bleeding from s dosen wounds. On his way back to Seven Mile Creek camp Gordon Elliot rode down to*tbs ford. In the dusk he wss slmost upon them before the robbers heard him. For a moment the two men stood gas lng at him snd hs at the tragedy be fore him. One of the men moved toward his horse. ] "Stop there 1" ordered Gordon sharp ly, and reached for his revolver. , The man—lt wss the miner North rup—jumped for Elliot snd the field agent fired. Another moment and hs was being dragged from the saddle .What happened next was never clear to/him. He knew that both of th« bandits closed In on him Bnd that hs was fighting desperately against odds, The revolver had been knocked from his hand and he fought with bare fists just as they did. They quartered over the ground, foi Gordon would not let either of them get behind him. They were larget than he, heavy, muscle-bound giants of great strength, but hs was far mors active on his feet He jsbbed and Ha Waa Fighting Desperately. •sMeatepped and retreated. More than once their heavy blow* crashed on his face. His eyes dared not wander from them for an instant, bat he was working toward a definite plan. As he moved his feet were searching for the automatic ha had dropped. ' One of his feet, dragging over the ground, came into contact with the steel. With a swift side kick Gordon flung the weapon a dozen feet to the left Presently, watching hia chance, he made a dive for It. Trelawney, followed by Northrop, turned and ran. One of them canght Hacdonald'a horse by the bridle. He swung to the saddle and the other man clambered on behind. Thar* waa a clatter of hoofs and they were gone. Elliot stooped over the battered body that lay huddled at the edge of tip water. 80 badly had the face been beaten and hammered that it waa not until he had .washed the Mood from the wounds that Gordon recognised Macdonald. Opening the east of the taseastM* man, Gordon put M( hand against (Ha heart. He could not be rare whether he felt It beating or whether the throb bing came from the puisee la hi* linger Up*. Aa wall aa ha eonld ha bound up the wounda with handkerchief* and atanched the bleadlng. With Ice-cold water from the at ream ha drenched the bruised face. A faint aigh quir ered through the alack. Inert body. Gordon hoiated Macdonald acroaa the (addle and led the horaa through the ford. He Walked beside the animal to town, an* never bad two mile* aaemed to him ao far. With on* hand h* steadied the halplaa* body that tor Ilka * tack of floor balanced In th* trough of the aaddto. Koslak at laat lay below him. aad when be daacended th* hill to th* *ab arba almoat the flrst hottaa waa the ana where the Paget* lived. Billot threw the body aero— hi* ■boulder and walked np the walk to th* porch. He kicked upon the door with hla foot. Sheba answered th* knock, and at eight of what be car* ried the color faded from her face. "Macdonald ha* been hurt—bafly." Jte explained quickly. . "Thi* way," the girl cried, and lad him to her own room. "Oat Dl*a* aad a doctor." ordered Gordon after be had laid th* aneos sdous man an the wMte sheet. While be aad Diane undrsaaed .AM GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21.1918 mfne owner Bheba got a doctor ... . J telephone. The wounded man opened his eyes after a long time, but there was In them the glass of delirium. He recognised none ot them. All night he raved, and his delirious talk went back to the wild scenes of his earlier lite. Sometimes he swore savagely; sgaln he msde quiet deadly threats; but always his talk was crisp and clean and rigorous. Nothing fool oi' slimy came to the surface in those hours of unconscious babbling. The doctor would make no promises, "He's s mighty sick man. The cat* are deep, and the hammering must have jarred his brain terribly. If It was anybody but Macdonald, I wouldn't give him a chance," he told Dlant when he left In the morning to gel breakfast "But Mscdonald has tre-1 mendons vitality. Of courss If be lives It will be because Mr. Elliot broughtj him In so soon." Cordon walked wtth the doctor si far as the hotel ▲ brown, thin, leathery man undraped himself from s chair In the lobby when Elliot opened the door. He was officially known ai the chief ot police of Kuslak. Inci dentally he constituted the whole po lice force. Generally he was referred to as Gopher Jones on account of hli habit of spasmodic prospecting. "I jot to put you under arrest, Mr Elliot," he explslned. "What fori" demanded Gordon, sur prised. "Doc thinks It vtn run to murder. I reckon." - The field agent was startled. "Tot mean—Macdonald J" Ths brown man chewed his quU steadily. "You done guessed It" "That's absurd, you know. What evidence have you gotT" "First off, you'd had trouble with him. It was common talk that whet you sad Msc met guns were going to pop. Ton bought an automatic r» volver two days sgo. Ton wss seen practicing with it" "He had threatened me." "Ton wsnt to be careful what yoi eay, Mr. Billot It wIU be used against you." Gopher shot a squirt of to bacco unerringly st ths open door oi the stove. "Ton was seen talklni with Trelswnsy snd Northrup. Monej passed from you to them." "1 gave them a loan of ten dollan each because they were broke. Is that criminalT" demanded Gordon angrily "That's your story. You'll git a chance to tell It to the Jury, I shouldn't wonder. Mebbe they'll believe It Yo« never can tell." "Believe It I Why, you muttonhead, I found him where he was bleeding tc death and brought htm In." "That's what I heard aay. Kinds) queer, ain't It you happened to be the msn that found hlmT" ' "Nothing queer about It I was rid ing In from Seven Mile Creek camp." Gordon was exasperated, but not at all alarmed. "So you was. Whils you wss out al the camp you asked one of ths boys how trig the psy roll would be." "Does thst provs I was plsnnlng s hold-upT Isn't that ths last thing I would hsvs ssksd if I bad Intended robberyT "Don't ssk me. I ain't no psycholo gist All I know is you took an inter est in the bank roll on tbe way.'' *Tm here for ths govsroment inves tigating Macdonald. I was getting In formation^—earning my pay. . you undentsnd thstf Gopher chewed his cud Impassively. "Sure I can, snd I been earning mine. By the way, bow come you to be beat up so bad, Mr. Elllotr "I had ■ fight with the robber*." "Bur« It win'l with the robbed f That split Up of yours look* to me plumb like Mac's John Haneock." Elliot fltialied angrily. "Of course If you Intend to believe me guilty—' h "Now, there aftrt no manner o* use .In get tin' bet op, young fellow. Meb be yon did It; mebbe yon didn't Any how. yonll gimme that gat yon been .toting theee last few days." ' Gordon's hand mow) toward bis hip. Then he remembered. "I haven't it I left It—" "You left It at tbe ford—with one shell empty. That's where yeu left It" Interrupted the officer. "Yes. I fired at Northrup ss be rushed me." "Dm-bu," assented Jones, Impudent unbelief In his eye. "At North rup or at Mscdonald." "What do you tblnk I did with the money, then? Did I eat Itf "Not so yea eeuld notice It Store you put It to me flat-foot, you gave It to your psrdners. You didn't wnnl It They did. They have got ths horse too—and they're hitting the Ugh spoty to mske their getaway." Billot was locked ap In tbe flimsy Jail without brsakfasL Hs was furl ens, but as be paced up and down ths narrow beat beside ths bed bis anget gave wey to snxlety. Surely tbe Pag et! could not believe be bad done sock a thing. And Shebe—would she ac cept as true this, wsight of circum stantial evidence that waa piling op against blml It could all be explained so easily. And yet—tbe facta fitted like links of a chain to condemn him. Be west over tbem one by one. Tbe babbling tongue of Bel fridge that had made common gossip of tbe Impendlag trag edy In which be and Macdonald were the principals—his purchase of tbe automatic —his public meeting with two known enemies of tbs Scotsman, during which bs hsd been sssn to give them money—bis target practice with tbe new revolver—the unhappy chance that bad taken him out to Seven-Mile Creek Camp tbe very dey of tbe rob bery—Me casual questions of tbs min ers—even tbe Hading of tbe body by Mm. AH of these dove-tallsd with tbe hypothesis that bis oartner* In arista w«r» to aaeapa and bear tb« blame, white ha iru to brlai tho body back to town and aaaom* Innocence. Pact w adznlttad to hl« call later la the moraiflf by Oopbar Jonea. Ho abook banda with tba prtaonar. tea* retired. Toti*b lack, Ooftteo," the engineer aMd. "What doea Shaba think r "Wo haven't toM bar yon hare baas arraated. I heard It only a Httlo white a»fc" "MtOamr "Tough Luck, Gordon," the engineer •aid. "TeUT she -nowi." "Wellt" demanded Gordon brusque ly. Peter looked at blm In questioning surprise. "Wall, whatr' He canfht the meaning of his friend. "Try net to be an ass, Gordon. Of court* aba knows the charge la rldiculoua." The chip dropped from the young man'a ahonlder. "Good old DUne. I might bare known," be aald with • new cheetfuineea. "I think you might ha**," agraad Peter dryly. "By the way, bate yon bad any breakfaatr "No. I'm hungry, come to think of It" "I*ll have aomething aent In from the hotel." "How'i Macdonald?" "He'a alive—and while there'* Uia there la hope." "Any newa of the murderaraf' aaked Gordon. "Poaaea are combing the hlUa for them. They Stole a packhorae from • truck gardener up tba valley. It aeama they bought an outfit for ft month yesterday—aald they ware go ing prospecting." They talked for a few minutes long er, mainly on the question of a lawyer and the chancea of getting out on bond. Pater left the prisoner In vary much better spirits than he bad found blm. CHAPTKR XV. "Qod Save You Kindly." A nurse from the hospital had re lieved Diane and Sheba at daybreak. They alept until the middle of the aft ernoon, then under orders fro# the doctor walked out to take the air. The fever of the patient waa anbaldlng. Ha slept a good deal, and In the intervals between bad been once or twice quite rational. The thonghta of the cousins draw their steps toward the Jail. Bfeeba looked at Diane. "Will they let ua pass, do yoa think r • "Perhaps. We can try." Gopher Jonea wss not proof agalnat the brisk confidence with which liri Paget demanded admittance. The prisoner was atttlqg on tba bod. His heart Jumped with gladness when he looked up. Diane shook bands cheerfully. "How to the criminal 7" ' "Better for hearing your kind voice," be answered. Hie arss strayed to the ebon-hatred girl In the background. They met a enabled smile, grave and sweet "Awfully good of yon to come t» eee me," he told Sheba gratefully. "How Is Macdonald T" "Better, we hope. He knew Diane this afternoon." "We haven't talked to Mr. Macdon aid yet ebout the attack oa him," Di ane explained. "But he must bave recognised the men. There are many footprints at the ford, showing bow they moved over the ground as they fought. So be could not have been unconscious from tbe lint blow." "Unless they were masked be must have known them. It waa light enough," agreed Elliot "Peter Is still trying to get the offl cers to sccept bell, but I don't think be will Succeed. There Is • good deal of feeling In town against you." "Because I am euppoeed to be as enemy to en open Alaska, I Judge." "Mainly that Wally Selfrldge has been talking a food deel. lie takes It for granted that you are guilty. Well have to wait In patience till Mr. Mac donald speaks and dears yon" Oopbsr stuck Me bead In at tbe door. "You 11 have to go. ladles. Time's up." When Sheba bade tbe prisoner good by It wee with a phrase of the old Irish vernaculer. ' "Ood asve you kindly." He knew the pessenfs answer to tbe wish and gave It "And you, too." The girt left the prteon with a mist In her eyes. Her cousin looked at her with a queer, Ironic little emlle of af fection. To he in trouble was a sure passport to tbe sympathy of Sbeba. Mow both bar lover* were In n sed way. Diane wondered which of tbem •would gain moot from this new twist ot fate. ,j Bel fridge bad been shocked at tbe sight of Mscdonald. The terrible beat ing and tbe Joes of blood bad sapped all the splendid, vital strength of tbe Scotsman. His bettsrsd bead was swathed In hsndsgss, but tbe white faee waa brained and disfigured. Tbe wounded man was wsak as a kitten; only the steady eyes told that be waa Sflll strong snd ucconquered. "I want to talk bostneee for a min ute, Miss Sedgwick. Will yon pieces step outr eald Macdonald to bis nurse. She hesitated. "The doctor ssys—" "Do as I say, pleaae." The nurse left them alooe. Wally told tbe story of tbe evidence egnlnst mist in four oeatsacse. His chis caught the point at diet. After Self ridge had gone, the wound ed men lay Silent tbtriMng eut Ms pro gram. Not for a ssomsstdidbe doubt oist4ts was sstat to live, and his brain was alseedy busy plannlag for the fu ture. He knew now that in the vio lence of his anger against Elliot ha tud nude s mistake. 'To have killed his rival would hsve been fatal to the Ksmatlah coal claims, would liave alienated his best friends, sod would have prejudiced tunelessly his chances with Shebe. Pate had been kind to him. Be had been In the wrung and It had put him In the right. By the ■earns cut of the cards young Elliot had been thrust dawn from an impregnable po sition to one In which he was a dis credited suspect. With all this evi dence to shdw that he had conspired against Macdonald, bis rsport to the department would be labor lost. Diane came Into the sickroom strip ping her glovee after the walk. Mac donald smiled feebly at her and fired the first shot of his campaign to da feat the enemy. "Has Elliott been captured yetr ha ssked weakly. The keen eyes of his hostess fas tened upon htm. "Captured 1 What do you mean? It was Deed on Elliot that brought you In and ssvsd your life." - "Brought me from where r' "Prom where he found you uncon scious—«t the ford." "That's his story, is ItT* The young women stood with her oovss crashed tight in both hands. It was her nature to be always s parti san. Without any rsssrve she was for Gordon In this new flgbt upon him. What had Welly Setfridge been saying to Macdonaldl Did the mine owner mean to .suggest that ha had identified Elliot as oae of h'la assailants? The thing wss preposterous. And yet—that was plainly what he had mesot to imply. If he told such a •story, things would go hard with Cor don. In court It would clinch the eass against htm by supplying the ens miss ing link ia the chaia of circmaetantlsl evidence. ' Diane, to deep thought, frowned dowa upon the wounded men, who sssassd slready to have fatten.into a light sleep, the told herself that this was some of WsUy Selfridge's devil try, Anyhow, she would talk It ovsr with Peter. The reason WsUy was so pleased with hla self was that be had dropped ;a hint Into the ear of the wounded man not to clsar Elliot of complicity la the attack upon him. The news thst the spedsl Investigator had been arrested tor robbery and attempted murder, flashed Sll ovsr the United States, would *o*r to neutralise any report he might make against the va lidity of the Macdonald claims. Kto this eould be sdded later reports of sn Indictment, s trial, and -possibly s conviction, It would not mstter two straws what Elliot said in his official ststemsnt to ths land ofilce. To be continued. I ME 111 TSRS DUTCH SK WD VBSflffLS TO BB TAKBN OVBR MONDAY, MARCH 11, UNMR INTERNATIONAL LAW. ROLLMO M DCPESCE •ut Her Plea of •ermsny'a Msnsss Ns Longer Will Prevail—Deoi •len !e Final. One million tone of Dutch shipping which will be need In sending supplies to ths amiss ot the alllee or In trans porting troops to the war sonee, will be taken over by the tJnMed Statee end Oteet Britain Monday, March 11, thus rsllsvlng In great measure a dire need of ths countries at war with the Teutonic allies. Holland's hssltancy to corns Into an agrsement with the United Slates and Orsat Britain which would permit of ths ass of ships flying hsr flag, rnaay of which era now Iglng In Amsrlcan and allied porte, no longer Is to be tolerated, and next Monday, whether shs be willing or not, ths vsssels will he taken over under tbe provisions of Intsrnetlonsl lanw and pet Into usss which are highly essential to tbe suc ssss of ths allied caoss. Holland yet has time to nconleece In the demanda of tbe United Stales and Greet Britain and sanction tbe nee of her shipping, bat her plea ot Germany's msoacs no lon gar will avail, snd thsrs Is to bs no modifies, tlou in ths dscislon of ths United Statee and the alllea to setse all Dutch vsssils In their respective ports throughout ths world snd use them. Liberal compsnsstlon Is to bs swarded owners of ths vsssels and all thslr rights will be eafeguarded. In eddl- Hon the export of foodstuffs to Hol land will bs psrmlttsd snd coal by which Hollsnd may rssums hsr Intsr ruptsd trade with her colonies will bs guarantssd. Washington, March 14.—A million tons of Dutch ships, now held In ports ths world ovsr, through Holland's fser of Osrmsny's threat to Sink thsm If they venture out, will be brought Into the service of the United States snd Orest Britain on March 11. Unlsss the Netherlands government braves ths menace of Germany's pressure and voluntarily accepts an agreement under wbleh tbe ehlpe wouM be put In trade, the United States and Great Britain will Uke them over under International law. availing themselvee of a sovereign right which Germany hersslf has .hith erto exercised under the same author ity. Itcb relieved la M minutes by Woodford's Sb/dtary Lotion. Neve; falls. Bold by Orsbem Drnf Co. HAVE PEACE TERMS CORE THMI LORD CECIL SAY* THAT NO SUCH PROPOSALS ARK BEING "CONSIDER ID." . PEACE IS OFFERED SERBIA Holland In "Perilous" Situation, on Aeoount of Allied Natlene Taking Over Her Ships. That peace terms have been offered Great Britain by Germany may possi bly be Inferred from several signifi cant statements givea out. Lord Robert Cecil, British minister of blockade, when asked if proposals "had been reoelved for a peace at the expense of Russia" answered that "no such proposals are being considered or will be consldsred." A little earlier an Amsterdam dis patch quoted Field Marshal von Hln den burg as saying that "the entente haa shown an unresponsive attitude toward Germany's peace Intentions and the great Oerman offensive must therefore go on." Later General von Ludendofff, the Oerman quartermaster general, was reported as saying: "Sines the enemy is not Incllnsd to make peace, we will have to fight, and this fight will, of course, be the mest trsmendous of the whole war." Ludendorff Boasts Strsngth. General «von Ludendorff continued: "We are stronger than the enemy as regards men, material, aerial forces, tanks. Evsrythlng, In fact, of which he boastsd is standing In readlnaas on our side In the greatest abund ance. The treaty of peace submitted by Germany to Russia at Brest-Litovsk, which makes Russia an outpost of the central empires, has sither been ratified by the all-Russian congress of sovlsts or its ratification apparently Is Imminsnt Reports from Moscow are not clear on the situation, but It seems csrtaln that the bolshevik element has voted by a large majority to affirm the treaty. As this element dominates the eongress, the hard terms will doubt less be accepted, notwlthstandlag re ports that Lsen Trotsky, the mouth piece of the bolshevlkl, la opposed to their provisions and is willing to try to reorganise - the Russian army to fight the Oerman Invaders. Holland stands in a perilous situa tion, according to the Oerman news papers, which ars printing editorials, evidently Inspired, on the taking over of Dutch ships by the United States and Great Britain. "Drastic measures" ars advocated if Holland "gives way" to the alllee. FIFTY HORSIS ARK DBAD; RESULT OF GIRMAN HAND Covington. Ky.—fifty horsei are dead of poisoning In Covington and many mora ara expected to die oat of a government shipment of 7M horses from Camp Orant, Rockford, 111., con ilgnad to Newport Nawe, Va. Dr. L. X. Crtaler, veterinary lurgeon, Cov ington, pronounced the death of the animal■ to be dna to belladona and croton oil poisoning. The consignment of horses reached Covington In charge of Llent. frank LMey and II soldiers. Doctor Crlsler aald ha believed the poison had been placed In water given to the horsas In Covington. Government authori ties were notified. An agent of the department of Justice began an Inves tigation. Deaths of the borers gen erally are said to ha ramlflcatlona of Oerman plots. •ew to Germany's Will. Washington.—The decision of the allßusslan congress of sovleis at Mot cow to ratify the Oerman peace terms, announced In press cables was reach ed after receipt of President Wilson's message to the Russian people assur ing tham that America would take the first opportunity to help them regain their complete sovereignty and Inde pendence. * * • TROOPS ENJOY SUNSHINE AFTER WEEKS OP RAIN After weaves of rain, snow, wind and murky weather there came to the American front lt« first bath of gen'al spring sunshine. The sklee were cloudless, and la th/> moderate temper atare that prevailed sweatere were discarded by the men for the first time since last eummer. while In the vtl. lages where they ara billeted and In the cantonments In the training area, the eamps were decorated wltn rolls of bedding being given aa airing. REINPORCKO CONCRETE SHIPS TO TAKE LAROE PLACE Washington. Reinforced concrete ships apparently are about to take a large place In the solution of the ship building difficulty which Ilea across the path to victory over Qermany. Chairman " Hurley, of the shipping board, telegraphed the builders of tUe ■.•00-ton concrete vessel which was launched eucceesfally on the Pacific coast to report Immediately what were the prospects for laying down additional hulls. A BILTOUS ATTACK. When you have a bilious at tack your liver fails to perform it 4 functions. You become constipa ted. The food you eat ferment* in your stomach instead of digest ing this inflames the stomach and causes nausea, vomiting ana a terrible headache. Take Chamber lain'a Tablets. They will tone up your liver, clean out your stomach and you will soon be as well as ever. They only cost a quarter. NO. 6 GRAHAM CHURCH DIRECTORY Graham Baptist Church—Rev. Itj9 U. Weston, Pastor. Preaching every first and thiHt*H Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p, Sunday School every Sunday #.45 a. m. W. I. Ward, Supt. 7 mee " n * every Tuesday at-r^| Graham Christian Church—N. Main 1 Street—Rev. F. C. Lester. Preaching service* every Sec oad and tourth Sundays, at 11.00 a. JR. Sunday School every Sunday at I 10.00 a. it.—W. R. Harden, Super- I intendent. s Mew Providence Christian Church ,'i —North Muin Street, near Depot- Rev. P. C. Lester, Pastor. Preach- " tog every Second and Fourth Sun day nights at (.00 o'clock. Sunday School every Sunday at ■ 9.46 a. m.—J. A. Baylllf, Superin- V Undent Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet- - ing every Thursday night at 7.45. | Friends—North of Graham Pub- -j 11c School, Rev. John M. Permar, • Pastor. Preaching Ist, 2nd abd 3rd Sun- « days af 11.U0 a. m. and 7.00 p. m. Sunday School every Sunday at 9.45 a. m.—Belle Zachary, Superin tendent Prayer meeting every Thursday " i evening at 7.30 o'clock. .Methodist Episcopal, south—cor. I Main and Maple Streets, Rev. D. B. Brnhart, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 1U» 1 a. m. and at 7.39 p. m. 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