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The supreme council has decided to
allow Germany the use of 14 oil tank
ers until the oil contracted for In
America has been delivered.
A gift of 20,000,000 from John
Rockefeller for the improvement of
medical education in tho United States
was announced Saturday by the gen
eral education board. -
Plantation crops in Hawaii are run
ning over the estimates. The Onomea
plantation, which finished grinding re
cently, reports an outrun of 19,688 tons
of sugar. The estimate was 18,885.
Two longdistance seaplane flights
are planned for early next year by the
navy, one to Brazil and another to the
Philippines. Planes of entirely new
construction probably will be used.
The Roumanians attempted to seize
the telephone equipment at the palace
at Budapest, according to dispatches
from that city. The palace attendants,
however, warned In time, removed the
instruments and gave them to the
American mission.
Germans arriving at Coblenz from
tho Interior in the last few days ex
press the belief that a general up
rising of a bolshevik nature is due to
occur momentarily. This situation pre
valla throughout the unoccupied sec
tions of Germany they say.
The first day of the greatest strike
In England's history passed without
disorder, but with practically complete
stoppage of railway transportation
throughout tho country. This far it
has been from a union standpoint the
most successful tie-up of Industry ever
recorded by warring labor.
Serbia now is willing to sign the
Austrian treaty to which the repre
sentatives of Jugo slavia declined to
attach their signatures when the docu
mont was signed by the delegates of
. the powers, with the exception of
Itoumanla, at St. Germain, Soptember
10.
Two men were killed, two seriously
injured and a dozen others cut and
bruised when a logging train on the
May Valley Logging company's road
at Coalflold, Wash., a mining town
near Seattle, ran away late Saturday
Tho train vaulted over a small em
bnukment at a sharp curve and rolled
into a gully 20 feet below.
John I). liockefollor Friday contrib
mod $2,000,000 to the ministers and
missionary board of the Northern Dap
list convention.
The Bank of North Dakota, estab
llslied under the Non-Partisan league
program, has sold at par $3,000,000
worth of bonds, $2,000,000 of which
represent the lssuo of the bank series
of 6 per cent bonds and the balance
the real estate series of 6 per cent
bonds.
San Francisco. The proposed dls
trlbutlon of 15,000,000 hand grenades
throughout the country for use as sav
ings banks for tho Binaller government
securities has been annulled by the
war department, the 12th federal re
serve district batik announced In San
Francisco Friday.
The public schools of the nation be
gan the now school year with a short
ago of approximately 38,000 teachers.
Tills estimate was made by the Nation
al Education association on the basis
of questionnaires Bent from Washing
ton to 3405 district and county school
superintendents in nil states.
Negotiations will be put undor way
soon for the funding of the allies' ob
ligations to the United States into
long-term seurlties. Approximately
$10,000,000,000 of war credits have
been advanced to the allies on short
term notes, Interest charges on the
outstanding notes will be taken care
of In the details of tho funding agree
ment yet to be worked out.
Formal negotiations wore opened re
cently In Buenos Ayrcs by Germany
for a loan of $100,000,000 from Argen
tina to facilitate purchase of raw ma
terial In that country.
Japan is planning officially to invite
China to confer on the Shantung situ
ation after Japan has ratified the
pence treaty. This fact was communi
cated to a correspondent Friday by of
ficials who added that Japan naturally
ould not compel China to accept the
Invitation.
CURRENT
WEEK
NEGRO LYNCHED IN OMAHA
Twenty-four Shot in Street Rioting
Courthouse Fired.
umana. vwinam Brown, negro, was
dragged from the county jail at 11
o'clock Sunday night and banged to an
electric light pole, following a struggle
of nine hours to secure possession of
bis body by an immense mob.
Sheriff Michael L. Clark and his
deputies held the fort In the top story
of the courthouse, where is located the
jail, with a hundred prisoners, until
the building became a seething mass
of flames and he was forced to sub
mit. At 11 o'clock, after Brown had been
hung to an electric light pole, the
firemen were, for the first time, able
to get a stream on the flames. At
the same time additional extension
ladders were sent to the third and
fourth floors, where many of the occu
pants were standing on window ledges
on the one side of the building that
had not yet been touched by the
flames.
The work of rescue then began. It
was apparant that the jail story, on
the highest floor of the building, was
becoming intensely hot. Pleas for air
were being made by those there. The
handicapped fire department already
was making herioc efforts to reach the
panic-stricken and those well nigh suf
focated. Shortly before midnight the fire In
the courthouse was brought under con
trol, the mob was dispersing fast and
It was believed that the sheriff's force
and prisoners were safe.
The assault with which William
Brown was charged was committed on
Agnes Lobeck early in the week. With
an escort, crippled beyond the point
of resistance, Miss Lobeck met her as
sailant a. few blocks from home in
the southeast part of the city. He held
the couple" up at the point of a revol
ver. After robbing the young man he
assaulted the young woman in his
presence, holding" a revolver at ' the
head of her escort in the meantime.
Besides the negro's death, the known
casualties numbered 24, one of whom
were killed and the remainder re
ceived wounds, most of which were
the result of revolver shots.
The body of the dead negro was
dragged about the street for several
hours following the lynching, followed
by a morljid crowd of hooting men and
boys.
WILSON, SMILING,
REACHES CAPITAL
Washington, D. C President Wil
son returned to Washington Sunday,
to all outward appearances on the road
to recQvory from his nervous exhaus
tion which interrupted his speaking
tour for the peace treaty.
Leaving his bed virtually for the
first time since his special train
started homeward Friday from Wichi
ta, Kans., the president walked un
supported and smiling through the
railway station to a waiting automo
bile, and later in the day took a two-
hour motor ride through Rock Creek
park.
Dr. u ray son, the presidents per
sonal physician said his patient's con
union was as goou as could be ex
pected, though a period of rest from
official-cares would be absolutely es
sential to complete recovery. The
afternoon ride was prescribed to give
Mr. Wilson some fresh air after two
and a half days of continuous con
finement on the train.'
Albany. Some China pheasant meat
canned more than a quarter of a cen
tury ago was eaten recently by the
family of M. S. Monteith of this city.
The meat was In splendid condition,
When moving some things In the base
ment of his residence recently Mr,
.mmieiin uiscovereu several cans
which had been there for vears and
pon opening one discovered the
pheasant meat. Mr. Monteith gave a
piece of tho meat to the cat and when
he saw that it survived he tasted the
eat himself.
Emma Goldman Freed.
Jefferson City, Mo. Emma Gold
man, who has been in Missouri Btate
nitentiary for violation of the espion
age act, was released Saturday.
Bellboys Demand More Pay.
San Francisco. Bollboys at the
loading hotels presented demands for
an increase in wages of from $25 to
$50 a month here Saturday. The boys
also demand the right to organize a
union, it was announced.
Bogus $20 Bill Appears.
Washington. D. C Notice of a new
counterfeit $20 note on the federal
reserve bank of New York was given
by the treasury. The border of the
note and the background of Cleve
land's portrait aro solid black, instead
of having fine cross lines, and the
treasury numbers are black Instead of
blue.
LONDON IS
PUT ON
WAR RATI
BASIS
Regulations More Strict Than
Ever Before.
TIE-UP IS SERIOUS
Two Attempts to Wreck Trains Prove
Futile Service Is Improving
, In Several Actions.
London. Two attempts to wreck
trains running between London and
Brighton by placing boulders on the
tracks were reported Monday. Mili
tary forces are now guarding the line.
Strikers in Scotland have blockaded
two trains." The London and Brighton
company denies that 75 per cent of the
engine drivers and firemen of their
line have offered to resume work.
Except on certain of the trunk lines
to the north trains are now running
on nearly every railway. An official
report says the Great Western service
is almost normal. Many up-river resi
dents are traveling to and from Lon
don by river. The London Union of
Electricians has decided to take no
action In connection with the strike
at present
The power station at Chelsea of the
underground railways is fully manned
by volunteers. The renewal of the
power from this station will permit
of the starting of the Surrey tram
ways, which will considerably relieve
the situation in southern London.
Troops are being transported to im
portant centers by torpedo boat de
stroyers, which also are conveying
some mail.
Despite the promising signs Secre
tary Bromley of the engine drivers
and firemen's union asserts that the
struggle will be long and most severe,
London. London today faces strict
er food rationing than for a year. Reg
ulations wnicn were winked at even
before the armistice when supplies
started coming in in larger quantities
were clamped down hard on all kinds
of meats and butter and sugar.
Cured meats which were only slight-
it muuueu uunng me war, were
placed In the same category as other
meats. Fish was not placed under the
rationing edict, but the lack of trans
portation is affecting the supply.
It is roughly estimated that there is
a 14 weeks' food supply in the coun
try, if it is conserved. Restaurants
nave eliminated butter from their
menus and restricted bread to one
roll a meal. The familiar miniature
war steaks are again in evidence.
Shopmen Sign Contract.
Washington, D. C. Changes in the
wage scale of railroad shopmen, under
which they will be paid on the basis of
an eight-hour day similar to members
of the four brotherhoods, are embodied
in the first national agreement cover
ing their wages and working condi
tions, which, it was learned Monday,
has been signed by Director-General
Hines and representatives of the six
international shop crafts. The changes
mean an increase of 4 cents an hour
and were ordered by President Wilson
to put the shopmen on an equal foot
ing with other employes in the matter
of an eight-hour day. At the same
time he refused any general wage in
crease as requested.
The agreement, effective October 20,
until the government relinquishes con
trol of the roads, is the first contract
covering all railroad shop employes,
Heretofore, each road has had Its In
dividual agreement with the unions,
varying in Important particulars.
union officials regard the uniform
contract as one of the most Important
gains made by labor In recent years,
Wheat License Held Up.
New York. Application of H. W
O ... I t V. T. I
oiuuu ui rreuonia, Kansas, for a
wheat director license will not be
granted until October 1 and he has
in the meantime been required to ab
stain from all business requiring li
cense. Wheat Director Barnes an
nounced Monday. Reasons given were
"inexcusable delay in filing applica
tion and "making shipments of wheat
regardless of failure to Becure the re
quired license."
Bank Employes Strike.
New York. Sixty employes of the
Bank of the United States, members
of the bank employes' union, walked
out Monday when officials of the In
stitution refused to recognize their
union and reinstate a discharged union
employe. The strikers declare that
the union has enrolled more than 2000
members since Its organization last
month.
A Battle to Death in Dark
ness of Night.
Synopsis Geoffry Carlyle,
master of sailing ships at twenty-six,
is sentenced to 20 years'
servitude in the American col
onies for participation Jn the
Monmouth rebellion in England.
Among the passengers on board
the ship on which he Is sent
across are Roger Fairfax,
wealthy Maryland planter; his
niece, Dorothy Fairfax, and Lieu
tenant Sanchez, a Spaniard, who
hecame acquainted with the Fair
faxes in London. Carlyle meets
Dorothy, who informs him her
uncle has bought his services.
Sanchez shows himself an enemy
Carlyle. The Fairfax party, now
on its own sloop in the Chesa
peake bay, encounters a mys
terious bark, the Namur of Rot
terdam. CHAPTER VII.
The Lieutenant Unmasked.
Where the craft could be bound ; for
wnat secret purpose it was afloat ; who
were aboard, were but so many unan
swerable questions arising In my mind,
Where could it have come from, unless
from that strange Dutch bark?
it really came from the Numur of Rot
terdam hud it been sent In answer to
some signal by Sanchez? I could think
of nothing else. I determined to as
sure myself as to the Identity of these
strangers. If they had actually landed
It would .require only a few moments
to ascertain the truth. The distance
proved somewhat greater than antici
pated, because of the deep curve In the
shore and I had nearly, reached the
conclusion that the boat must have
rounded the point and gone on when
suddenly I was brought to a halt by a
voice speaking In Spanish one of
those harsh croaking voices never to
be reduced to a whisper.
"Not the spot Manuel? Of course
it is; do you not suppose I know? This
Is the place and now there 13 nothing
to do but wait. The senor he will be
here presently."
"Ay, unless you misread the signal,"
a somewhat more discreet but piping
voice replied doubtfully. "I saw noth
ing of all you tell about, Estada."
.The two men went on to discuss
plans evidently communicated to Es
tada by Sanchez from England. I was
about to creep nearer, when a new
comer moved past me scarcely a yard
distant, along the narrow strip of
sand. Directly opposite my covert he
paused.
"Estada." He spoke the name cau
tiously.
"Ay, captain," and another figure
emerged noiselessly from the gloom,
We await you."
"Good. I rather questioned If you
caught my signal. I was watched and
obliged to exercise care. How many
nave you here?"
"Four, senor, with Manuel Estevan."
"Quite sufficient How Is it here?
Are there suspicions?"
"None, senor. We have cruised out
side most of the time. There is no
warships in these waters. You said
you were being watched on the sloop,
Are you known?"
"A dog of a servant who came over
with us one of Monmouth's brood.
The fellow watches mo like a hawk.
We had some words aboard and there
Is hate between us."
"May I ask your plans, senor?"
"Yes, I am here to explain. This
planter, Fairfax, has returned from
England with a large sum. It Is in
gold and notes. It represents the pro
ceeds of the tobacco crop of himself
and a number of hs neighbors. With
out doubt It will be upward of fifty
thousand pounds. This still remains
In his possession, but a part will be
dispersed tomorrow ; so If we Jiope to
gain the whole we must do so now.
Everything Is ready, and there is not
the slightest suspicion of danger not
even a guard set over the treasure."
"Then it Is at the house?"
"In an iron-bound chest, In the room
assigned to Fairfax for the night
Only two servants sleep in tho main
house, the cook and a innid, both
women. Fairfax Is vigorous and will
put up a fight if he has any chance.
He must be taken care of before he
docs have any. Travers Is nn old man,
to be knocked out with a blow. All
we have to fear ore those fellows on
the sloop,' and they will have to he at
tended to quietly without any alarm
reaching the house. I nm going to
leave that 'job to you it's not your
first." -v
"The old sea orders, captain?"
"Ay, that will be quicker and surer."
The voice hardened to sudden ferocity.
Hut mark you, with one exception
he can be taken alive. I would deal
with him."
"Then after that," Sanchez went on
deliberately, as though murder was of
small account, "you will follow me up
the bluff. Who are the others with
you?"
"Carl Anderson, Pedro Mendez and
Cochose."
"Well chosen; Mendez is the least
valuable, and we will leave him with
the prisoner at the boat. The big ne
gro, Cochose, together with Manuel,
can attend to Travers and the two ne-
gresses they sleep below. That will
leave you and the Swede to get the
chest. No firearms if they can be
avoided. . I have been over the house
and drawn a diagram. You ;can look
tt over in the cabin of the sloop. The
stairs lead up from the front hall.
will go with you to the door of Fair
fax's room."
"And you, senor the girl?"
"What know you of any girl?"
"That there was one on the deck of
the sloop an English beauty. It was
when you turned to greet her that
you gave me the signal, f merely
thought that perhaps "
"Then stop thinking," burst forth
Sanchez enraged. "Thinking has noth
ing to do with your work. If there
Is a girl I attend to her. Let that suf
fice. Dlos! am I. chief here, or are
you? You have my orders; now obey
them and hold your tongue. Bring the
men up here."
The ' little . band of men emerged
from the concealment of the fog
noiselessly. I could distinguish no
faces, scarcely Indeed the outlines of
their separate forms in the gloom, but
one was an unusually big fellow Co
chose. ; "
"Lads," he said incisively, a sharper
note of leadership in the tone, "it has
been a bit quiet for you lately; but
now I am back again, and we'll try
our luck at sea once more."
There was a savage growl of re
sponse, a sudden leaning forward of
dark figures.
"We'll begin on a job tonight. There
are fifty thousand pounds for us In
that house yonder, and I waive my
share. Estada will explain to you the
work I want done. By daylight we
shall be on blue water, with our course
set for Porto Grnnde. How is it, bul
lies, do you sniff at the salt sea?"
"Ay, ay, captain." .
"And see the pretty girls waiting
and hear the chink of gold?"
"Ay, senor." ,
"Then do not fall' ine tonight and
remember It is to be the knife. Es
tada, I have forgotten one thing
scuttle the sloop before joining me.
'TIs better to make all safe ; and now,
strong arms, and good luck. Go to
your tnsk, and if one falls me it will
mean the lash at the mast-butt."
They moved off one by one, Estada
lending, along the narrow strip of
sand, five of them, on their mission of
murder. The leader remuined alone,
his back toward where I crouched, his
eyes following their vanishing figures
until tne night had swallowed them.
CHAPTER VIM.
A Victory and a Defeat.
1 arose silently to my feet, fully
aware that all hope of thwarting this
villainy lay In Immediate action. San
chez had turned slightly and stood
with his face toward the bay. I ven
turea a cautious step forward and
stood on the open sand, scarcely a
yara to his rear. Some vague sense
of my presence must have Influenced
the man, for he swung suddenly about,
uttering a stilled cry of startled sur
prise, as we met face to face. For an
Instant we were locked so closely
within each other's desperate grin, his
neaa Bent beneath my arm, with my
nngers clutching at his throat to block
any call for help, that he possessed no
Knowledge of his assailant's identity,
nut the man was like a tiger. The
surprise of attack was to my advan
tage, yet nlmost before I realized what
was being done he had rallied, broken
my first hold, and his eyes were glar
ing straight into mine Then he knew
me, his free hand instantly grasping
at his knife. Even as he jerked It
forth I crushed his wrist within my
fingers, forcing his forearm back.
There was no outcry, no noise, except
that of our heavy breathing and tram
pling feet. Personal hatred had as
cendency in both our hearts I doubt
if he ever thought of aught else but
the desire to kill me there with his
own hands. Only once did he even
utter a word, hissing out the sentence
as though It were a poison :
To bell with you, you sneaklnc
English cur!"
What followed has to me no clear
ness, no consistency. Never have I
fought with deeper realization that I
needed every ounce of strength and
every trick of wit and skill. Now I
knew the fellow possessed greater
quicker movement; I excelled In
weight of body and coolness of brain.
Twice he pricked nie det-p enough to
draw blood, before I succeeded In
twisting backward the arm with which
he held the blade. He met the game
too late, falling half back upon one
knee, hoping thus to foil my purpose.
There was the sharp crack of a bone,
as his useless fingers let the knife
drop, a snarled curse of pain, and then,
with the rage of a mad dog, Sanchez
struck his teeth deep into my cheek.
With a thrill of exultation I gripped
the knife, driving Instantly the keen
blade to Its hilt Into the man's side.
He made no cry, no struggle the set
teeth unlocked, and he fell limply
back on the sand, his head lapped by
the waves.
The fellow lay motionless, his face
upturned to the sky, but invisible ex
cept In dim outline. I rested my ear
over his heart, detecting no murmur
of response; touched the veins of his
wrist, but found there no answering
throb of life.
With the death-dealing knife still
gripped in my hand I raced forward
along the narrow strip of sand, reck
less of what I might encounter. I ran
on until I reached the sloop. Through
the gloom concealing the deck I c,ould
perceive only dim figures, a riot of
men, battling furiously hand to hand,
yet out of the ruck loomed through
the darkness In larger outlines than
the others Cochose, the negro. I
leaped at the fellow and struck with
the keen knife, missing the heart but
plunging the blade deep into the flesh
of the shoulder. The next Instant I
was In a bear's grip, the very, breath
crushed out of me, yet, by some
chance, my one arm remained free,
and I drove the sharp steel Intohlm
twice before he forced the weapon
from my fingers. I thrust an elbow
beneath the brute's chin, and thus
forced his head back until the neck
cracked. .
He was too strong, too immense of
stature. Apparently unweakened by
his wounds, the giant negro, thor
oughly aroused, exerted his mighty
muscles, and, despite my utmost effort
at resistance, thrust me back against
the stern rail, where the weight of his "
body pinned me helplessly. With. a.
roar of rage he drove his huge fist into
my face, but happily was too close to
give much force to the blow. My own
hands, gripping the neckband of his
coarse shirt, twisted it tight about the
great throat until, In desperation,
panting for breath, the .huge brute
actually lifted me in his arms and
hurled me backward headlong over
the rail. I struck something as I fell,
yet rebounding from this splashed Into
the deep water and went down so
nearly unconscious as to make not
even the slightest struggle. And yet I
came nr.oe more to the surface,
Made No Cry, No Struggle.
arising by sheer chance directly be
neath the small dory which my body
must have struck as I fell towing by
a painter astern of the sloop, and for
tunately retained sense enough to
cling desperately to this first thing my
hands touched, and thus remained con
cealed. The dory caught in some current,
floated nt the very extremity of Its
slender towline, and In consequence
the sloop appeared little more than a
mere smudge, when my eyes endeav
ored to discover its outlines. Evi
dently the bloody work had been com
pleted, for now all was silent on board.
Then came the voice of Estada In a
gruff Inquiry:
"So you are hiding here, Cochose?
What are you looking for in the sea?"
"What? Why that d d English-
man. Mon Dleu 1 He fought me like
a mad rat." .
"The Englishman, yon say? He was
here then7 It was he you battled
with? What became of the fellow?"
"He went down there, senor. The
dog stabbed me three times. It was
either he or I to go."
lou mean you threw him nvr.
board?"
'Ay, with his ribs crushed In. nnd
not a breath left in his d il hndv.
He's never come up aven I've watched
ana there has not been so much as a
ripple where he sank."
Too late to save Dorothy
from the hands of Sanchei vil
lainous crew, Carlyle sees but
one desperate chance of going to
her aid. Shall he take It?
tTO BB CONTINUED.)
There
are 1,000,000 beehive In
the Englishman Is not to be killed, If
knowledge of tho game than I and a I
Spain.