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The question of national prohibition
for Denmark will be decided by a
plebiscite to be held In the near future,
according to the Copenhagen Polltiken.
The Austrian battleship Franz Josef,
which had been allotted to Jugo-Slavla,
sank during a hurricane, according to
a dispatch received in Rome from
Zora, Dalmatia.
Soldiers will be used to unload and
reload army vessels at New York if
the longshoremen's strike prevents
the normal handling of the ships, Sec
retary Baker said recently.
One man was shot and killed and
four other men and a women were
seriously wounded at Chester, Pa., by
a negro. The black had been ejected
from a saloon for disorderly conduct.
The American steamship Mount
Hood has been destroyed in the har
bor at Montevideo, Uruguay, by the
explosion of an oil tank during a fire
which broke out on the steamer. The
crew escaped.
A report from Tangier says that
Ralsull, the bandit; has offered to sur
render to the Spanish government.
Spanish troops, according to Morocco
reports, have occupied Penl Mutuar,
Jtulmii and Escarnia.
A dispatch to the Petit Parislen,
I'aris, from Vienna ' says a "white"
Magyar army under command of
Admiral Horby is reported to be
marching on Budapest with the in
tention of expelling the Roumanians.
Senate and house adopted Saturday
the conference report on amendments
extending the food control act to in
elinlo clothing and food containers and
providing punishment for profiteering
and hoarding. The bill now goes to
the president, who asked for this legis
lation as a weapon against the high
cost of living.
.Judge Sidney Ballou, attorney for
the Iluwalian Sugar Planters' associa
tion, in a statement in Washington
Sunday, douied that next year's
Hawaiian sugar crop had been sold
to Japanese interests, as stated by
Senator Smoot of Utah during the
course of debate in the senate on the
sugar shortage.
A dispatch from Berlin says that
50,000 Letts have been landed at Libau
from British warships and will attack
the flank of Colonel Avaloff-Bor-
mondt's troops. A message from Riga
dated Friday, received by the Lettish
press bureau In Copenhagen, says the
Letts have abandoned the left bank of
the Dvina river and hold the right
bank. The message reports the ar
rival of Ksthonlan armored trains.
The transport Sherman arrived at
San Francisco Saturday from Vladi
vostok with 80 casuals and 18 doad
of the American expeditionary force in
Siberia.
Tho greater portion of the German
troops under General Von der Goltz,
whoso recall from the Baltlo provinces
was demanded by the allies and or
dered by the German government,
now are on their way back to Ger
many.
Extending its recont ordor forbid
ding production of old films by mo
tion picture houses under new names,
tho federal trade commission has or
dered that whore parts of old films
were shown in new exhibitions, they
must be so marked and advertised.
There are ample supplies of the
most essential food commodities to
feed the world until the next harvest,
but there must bo an increase in city
productivity and a readjustment of
Industrial relations generally if a ter
rible ora of bloodshed is to be avoided,
Herbert C. Hoover told a gathering
at tho commercial club In San Fran
cisco recently.
The United States has opened a
credit of $15,000,000 to Ukraine, ac
cording to the Ukrainian press bureau
In London. The funds will be used
for tho purchase of American goods.
Heads were broken on Fifth avenue,
New York, Friday when mounted po
lice charged a mob of several thousand
radicals who attempted to parade up
tho avenue without a permit. Ban
ners, which bore Incendiary slogans,
wore confiscated by the police. A
number of arrests were made.
FLYING PARSON' AIR VICTOR
Kiel 20 Seconds Ahead of Major, but
Loses Cross-Nation Race.
New York. Lieutenant B. W. May-
nard, the "flying parson," won the first
coast-to-coast leg of the army air race,
it was announced Saturday night by
officials of the American Flying club,
which assisted the army In the con
duct of the race.
His actual flying time for the 2701
miles from Mineola, N. Y., to San
Francisco, had not been officially
checked, but 24 hours 58 minutes and
554 seconds, was unofficially reported
as the flight time.
While Lieutenant Emil Kiel touched
the ground at Roosevelt field 20 sec
onds before Major Carl Spatz In the
dash from west to east, Major Spatz
was credited with second honors, hav
ing left San Francisco three minutes
behind Lieutenant Kiel.
Lieutenant Maynard's total elapsed
time was given unofficially at 78
hours 47 minutes; Major Spatz' as 80
hours and 40 minutes, and Lieutenant
Kiel's as 80 hours and 43 minutes,
Only the unofficial elapsed time
could be given and the results of the
two other divisions of the race actual
flying time and handicap time must
await the receipt here of all official
reports, it was stated by club officials.
Despite announcement from the
army air service at Washington that
the return trips of the planes would
be started on October 20, it was inti
mated at the American Flying club
that the race might not be continued.
and that should It be, the route might
be laid out in easy stages through the
south in an effort to avoid the severe
weather encountered in the west.
Asked by Colonel Miller if he could
make the return trip in the same
plane, Major Spatz said he could, but
that he would not want to try It. He
said that while the engine was in per
fect condition, he feared the plane it
self had been put to too great a strain
Asserting that all the flying fields
were good except that at Rawlins,
Wyo., which was too small, with
mountain jutting up at one end, Ma
jor Spatz declared that if single mo
tored planes were to be used commer
cially for transcontinental work, land
ing fields should be built at 200-mile
intervals, but that if two or three-
motored machines were employed the
"safety" fields would not be used,
WILSON HAS LONG
ROAD TO RECOVERY
Washington, D. C While President
Wisou is believed by his physicians to
be on the road to recovery, the pro
cess will be slow and tedious. The
president, It was reiterated Sunday at
the White House, must resign himself
to strict observance of the physicians
orders to put aside all thought of h
office while convalescing and remain
in bed until danger of a relapse has
passed.
Kear-Admlral Grayson, the presi
dents personal physician, and the
physicians he called in more than a
week ago, continue to confine them
selves to terse bulletins twice a day.
That they are satisfied with the prog
ress their patient is making is appar
ent from the spirit of optimism that
pervades the White House, and the
resentment with which various ru
mors as to the president's "real' con
dition are met by White House offi
cials.
Maynard Fills Pulpit.
San Francisco. Lieutenant Belvin
W. Maynard, first in the transcontin
ental air race to reach the Pacific
coast, exchanged the role of aviator
for that of preacher for a short time
Sunday. Unheralded, he attended
morning services at the First Baptist
church. Through a watchful usher his
presence became known and to an in
sistent invitation he consented to en
ter the pulpit. He talked briefly of his
experiences in his flight, giving to
them a spiritual application.
Bold Burglar Affable.
Omaha, Neb An affable burglar,
whose depredations In this city during
the past four months have netted him
$30,000, Sunday night " entered the
home of T. J. Donahue and took $15000
worth of diamonds. With the tele
phone wire cut to prevent the alarm
being given he visited with the family
while ransacking the house. He raised
his mask and showed his face to one
of the children who experieced curios
ity as to his appearance.
French Present Statue.
Washington, D. C Ambassador J.
J. Jusserand Saturday presented to the
unvy on behalf of the city of DeGrasse,
France, a bronze statue in commemor
ation of tho arrival overseas of the
first American warships convoying
troops to France.
The statue was received by Secre
tary Daniels and will later be placed
on tho cruiser Seattle, flagship of Ad
miral Gleaves In the first convoy of
American troops to France.
PRESIDENT $1 10
EESI
Partial Paralysis of Face Is
Reported.
BULLETINS MEAGER
Senator Moses Describes Condition of
President, but Draws Anger
of Medical Men.
Washington, D. C Rumors as to
President Wilson's condition supplant
ed all other discussion Monday as a
result of the publication of Senator
Moses' letter to a constituent saying
that Mr. Wilson Buffered a cerebral
lesion either at Pueblo, Colo., or just
afterward, which had caused a slight
facial paralysis.
The president's physicians came in
for much criticism, the charge being
that they have been withholding facts
from the public. Further' comment
was aroused when the afternoon's
White house statement failed to deny
the specific reports that have been
the subject of gossip for more than
ten days in Washington.
If the statement given out Monday
is correct, one report which was cur
rent in the earlier stage of the presi
dent's illness would appear to be with
out foundation. This report was that
Mr. Wilson was suffering from cere
bral arterial schlerosis and that his
condition was almost identical with
that which caused the death of Gover
nor Ernest Lister of Washington.
It was partly in refutation of this
rumor, doubtless, that the medical
statement said: "Pulse and respira
tion rate, heart action and blood pres
sure are normal and have been from
the onset of his illness."
Several eastern newspapers, includ
ing the New York World, leading ad
ministration organ, have either in
their news or editorial accused the
president's physicians and attendants
of not being candid with the public,
insisting that the country is entitled
to know all of the truth.
The noon edition of the Washington
Times said that the White house phy
sicians would make a detailed state
ment as to the president's condition
during the afternoon, taking the pub
ic fully into their confidence, and
when the usual brief and evasive but
letin was issued dissatisfaction was
everywhere noted.
The criticism comes mainly from
the known friends of the president,
men who have been in close touch
with the White house ever since Mr.
Wilson has been the occupant.
One of these when asked- what he
thought of the Moses letter, said :
"You will notice that Senator Moses
s not taking back anything he said,
and he doesn't have to deny it."
One significant fact in connection
with the president's condition is that
Secretary Tumulty was not permitted
to see him from tho time of his return
from the west until last Friday, and
such a wall has been built about him
that only one or two persons aside
from the physicians and Mrs. Wilson
know exactly the degree of his illness.
FOOD COST TO DROP
SOON, HOOVER SAYS
San Francisco. Food prices should
begin to drop within a month, Herbert
'. Hoover told a luncheon gathering
of Commonwealth club members here
Monday.
"The United States must be in a
position, however, to sell its surplus
In Europe," he said. "The proper
credits must be established and our
efforts to stabilize Europe must be
continued so that there will be a
market."
The possibility of the nation having
more foodstuffs on its hands than it
could handle unless the supply going
abroad shall be maintained was point
ed out by Mr. Hoover.
"The United States has done much
for Poland," he said. "It should not
desert Poland now, when that country
on the verge of securing a stable
fter American ideals.
government, which shall be patterned
General Barry Retired.
New York. Major-Generat Thomas
Barry, commander of the army de
partment of the east, was Tuesday
noon automatically retired from
the service by the reason of age, hav
ing reached his 64th birthday.
He will retire to private life, and
pending the appointment of his suc
cessor, lirigndier-Ueneral Charles J.
Bailey, who has been stationed at
ort Toten, will command the depart
ment of the east.
HAVE BRAIN
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Safe for a Time on the
Deck of the Namur.
Synopsis Geoffry Carlyle,
master of sailing ships at twenty-six,
is sentenced to 20 years'
servitude In the American col
onies for participation In 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
became acquainted with the Fair
faxes in London. Carlyle meets
Dorothy, who informs him her
uncle has bought his services.
Sanchez shows himself an enemy
of Carlyle. The Fairfax pnrty,
now on Its own sloop in the
Chesapeake bay, encounters a
mysterious bark, the Nainur of
Rotterdam. Carlyle discovers
that Sanchez Is "Black Sanchez,"
planning to steal the Fairfax
gold and abduct Dorothy. He
fights Sanchez and leaves him
for dead. In a battle with
Sanchez' followers, however, he
is overpowered and thrown into
the bay. In a desperate effort
to stive Dorothy, Carlyle decides
to swim to the Namur.
r CHAPTER X Continued.
"Him? Oh, Jose an' me carried him
Inter the for'cnssel, an' shoved him
inter a berth ter sleep off his liquor.
Thet wus the last I ever see er hoar
o' him ferbout six hours, when this
yere feller must a woke up in the for'
cassel sum crazy. He cum a chargin'
out on deck, whoopin' like an Indian,
wavln' a knife in his hand, intendin'
fer ter raise h 1. Well, it happened
thet the fu'st feller he run up against
wus LeVere, who wus cumin' forrard
fer sumthln', an' fer about a minute
thar was one h 1 ov a fight. It was
so dark I couldn't tell whut did hap
pen, but it wus fists mostly, till the
mate drove the poor devil, cussin' like
mad, over agin the rail, an' then
heaved him out inter the water 'long
side. I heerd the feller splash when
he struck, but he never let out no
yell."
"What did LeVere do?"
"Him? He didn't do nuthin'. Just
stared down over the rail a bit, an'
then cum back, rubbin' his hands.
Never even asked who the feller wus.
Thar ain't nuthin' kin skeer that black
brute."
"He ain't got no human In him. It's
h 1 when English sailormen hes got
ter take orders from a d d nigger,
an' be knocked 'round if they don't
jump when he barks. He's goln' ter
get a knife in his ribs sum day."
"Maybe he is; but yer better hold
yer tongue, Tom. Sanchez don't stand
fer thet talk, an' he's back o' LeVere.
Let's go in ; them gaskets will hold all
right now cum 'long."
I could now perceive now clearly the
character I was destined to assume
when once safely aboard the Namur.
Such an assumption would Involve but
slight danger of discovery. It was as
though a miracle had opened the way,
revealed to me by the unconscios lips
of these two half-drunken, gossiping
sailors. The story told fitted my ne
cessities exactly. Had I planned the
circumstances myself nothing could
have been better prearranged. No one
on board had seen the missing man by
daylight; he was believed to have
sunk without a struggle. Yet no one
knew positively that this was so, be
cause no one cared. The death of the
lad had simply been taken for granted
when LeVere had failed to see his
body rise again to the surface. Yet it
was quite within the realm of possi
bility for the fellow to come up once
more In that darkness, beyond Le-
Vere's range of vision, and even to
have remained afloat, buoyed up by
clinging to the anchor hawser, until
strong enough to return on board. At
least there was no one aboard the Na
mur able to deny that' this had been
done. , si
Satisfied by this reasoning of being
able to pass myself off as the dead
man, I began slowly and cautiously to
drag myself up the taut hawser. I
had chosen a fortunate moment for my
effort; no one heeded the little noise
I made, and, when I finally topped the
rail and was able to look inboard It
was to discover a deserted fore deck,
with the watch all engaged at some
task amidships. I crept down the fore
castle ladder and worked my way aft
beneath the black shadow of the port
rail, until able thus to drift unnoticed
Into a group tailing onto a mainsail
halyard. The fellow next to me, with
out releasing his grip, turned bis brad
and stared, but without 0' 'erning my
features.
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"Whur did yer cum frum?" he
growled, mid I as instantly recognized
Bill Haines. "Been sojorin', have yer?
Well, now, lay to an' pull."
Before I could attempt an answer
a tall figure loomed up before us, the
same high-pitched voice I had noticed
previously calling out sharply :
"There, that's enough, men! Now
make fast. We can head the old girl
out from here in a jiffy, if it really be
gins to blow Jose, you stand by at
the wheel, in case you're needed ; some
of the rest ship the capstan bars, and
remain near for a call."
"What are ye swingiii' the yards
fur, anyhow. LeVere?" asked Haines
Insolently. "Just fer exercise?"
"Because I am a sailor, Haines," he
replied angrily. "Anyhow it Is none
of your business; I was left in com
mand here. Those clouds don't look
good to me ; there is going to be a
blow before morning."
Haines growled something and Le
Vere wheeled sharply about to go for
ward. This movement placed hlra
face to face with me.
"What are you loafing here fer?
Who are you?"
"Joe Gates, sir," I answered quickly,
mouthing the first name which came
to my lips.
"Gates Joe Gates?" peering sav
agely into my face but unable to dis
tinguish the features. "I never heard
of anybody on board by that name.
Who is the fellow, Haines?"
The Englishman gripped me by the
sleeve to whirl me about, but as his
lingers touched the soaked cloth of my
jacket he burst forth with an oath.
"He's wet enough to be the same lad
you chucked overboard an hour ago.
I believe he is. Say, mate, are you
the gay buck we hauled aboard drjjnk,
and dumped into the for'cussel?"
"I dunno, sir," I answered dumbly,
believing it best not to remember too
much. "I couldn't even tell yer whut
"What Are You Loafing Here For?"
ship this is, ner how I signed on. Last
I seem ter remember I wus ashore
frum the schooner Caroline; but this
yere is a bark."
Haines laughed, already convinced
of my Identity, and considering it a
good joke. Then he proceeded to tell
me all ubout it.
LeVere broke in with a savage snarl.
"What's all that? Do you mean,
Haines, that this is the same d d
scamp who tried to stick me?"
"No doubt of it. But he never knev
what he was doin' he wus crazy as a
loon. There's nuthin' fer yer ter fuss
over now. Tell us about it, Gates
the bath must have sobered yer up."
I watched LeVere, but he remained
motionless, a mere shadow.
"I suppose it must have been that.
sir," I confessed resDectfnllv. "If
things happened as you say they did.
I haven't any memory o' tryln' ter
slash nobody. Leastwise I seemed
ter know whut I wus about when I
cum up. I don't remember how I got
ther; furst I knew I wus slushin'
'round in the water, a tryln' ter keep
afloat. It wus so blame dark I cudn't
see nuthin', but sumhow I got grip on
a hawser, an' hung on till I got back
'nough strength ter clime on bonrd. I
knew this wa'n't my ship, so I just
lay quiet awhile, figurin' out whar I
wus."
"Yer English?"
"Born in Erlstol, sir, but I wus
workln' on the Caroline she's a Col
ony schooner, in the fish trade. At sea
since I wus twelve. What's this yere
bark Dutch, ain't she?"
"Once upon a time ; just now we are
flying whatever flag comes handy. We
ain't got no prejudice in flags."
"Is thet a gun forrard, covered with
taupalin?"
"Yes, an' yer miglt find another aft,
if yer I, .oiled fer It. Mor'n thet, we
know Ih.-'.v ter use 'era. Now see here.
Gates ; Ihar's no reason why we should
bent about the bush fact Is we'rA sea
rovers."
"Sea rovers pirates, sir?"
"Bab! what's a name! We take
what we want; It's our trade, that's
all. No worse than many another.
The question is, are yer goln' ter take
a chance 'long with us? It's the only
life, lad plenty of fun, the best of
liquor unil pretty girls, with a share In
nil the swag."
"What is the name of this bark?"
"The Namur out o' Rotterdam till
we took her."
"Who's the captain?"
"Silva Sanchez."
"Gawd I Sanchez not not 'Black
Sanchez?'
"That's him ; so yer've heerd of
'Black Sanchez?' Well, we're sallln'
'long with him, all right, mate, an'
yer ought ter know whut thet means
fer a good man."
I hesitated, yet only long enough to
leave the Impression I sought to make
on them both.
"Likely thar ain't no sailor but what
has heerd o' him," I said slowly. "It
don't look like thar wus much choice,
does it?"
LeVere appeared amused in his way,
which was not a pleasant one.
"Oh, yes, friend, there is choice
enough. Bill, here, had exactly the
same choice when he first came hey,
Bill? Remember how you signed on,
after we took you off the Albatross?
This is how it stands, Gates either
go forrard quietly yerself, er the both
of us will kick you there. That will be
enough talk. Go on, now."
It was a curt dismissal, coupled with
a plain threat, easy to understand. I
obeyed the order gladly enough, slink
ing away into the black hndows for
ward, realizing my good fortune, and
seeking some spot where I could be
alone.
The crew had disappeared, lying
down no doubt in corners out of the
wind. And this wind was certainly
rising. I wondered that LeVere hung
on so long in his perilous position, al
though, in spite of the increased strain,
the anchor still clung firmly. It seemed
to me that no hawser ever made could
long withstand the terrific strain of
our tugging, as the struggling bark
rose and fell in the grip of the sea. To
him must have come the same con
viction, for suddenly his high-pitched
voice sang out from the poop :
"Stand by, forrard, to lower the star
board anchor ; move lively, men. Every
thing ready, Haines?"
"All clear, sir. Come on the jump,
bullies!"
"Then let' go smartly. Watch that
you don't get the line fouled. Aloft
there I Anything in sight, Cavere?"
From high up on the fore-top yard,
the answer, blown by the wind, caine
down in broken English :
"Non, m'sleur ; I see nottings."
I joined the watch forward. The
number of men on deck was evidence
of a large crew, there being many
more than were necessary for the
work to be done. Most of them ap
peared to be able seamen, and Haines
drove them mercilessly, cursing them
for lubbers, and twice kicking vicious
ly at a stooping form. Then the great
rope began to slip swiftly through the
hawse hole, and we heard the sharp
splash as the iron flukes struck the
water, and sank. Almost at that same
instant the voice of Cavere rang out
from the masthead:
"A sail, m'sieur a sail !"
"Where away?"
"Off ze port quarter. I make eet to
be ze leetle boat she just round ze
point."
CHAPTER XI.
The Return of the Boat.
The crew hurried over to the port
rail. Beyond doubt most of those
aboard realized that this had been an
expedition of some Importance, the cul
mination of their long wait on the
coast, part of some scheme of their
chief, in the spoils of which they ex
pected to share. Moreover this boat
approaching through the darkness was
bringing back their leader, and how
ever else they might feel toward him,
the reckless daring, and audacious re
sourcefulness of Sanchez meant suc
cess. I was made to comprehend all this
by the low, muttered utterances of
those crowding near me, spoken In
nearly every language of the world.
Much I could not translate, yet enough
reached my ears to convince me of
the temper of the crew their feverish
eagerness to be again at sea, under
command of a captain whom they both
hated and feared a cruel, cold-blood
ed monster, yet a genius in crime, and
a natural leader of such men as these.
Black Sanchez! I listened to their
comments, their expectations, with
swiftly beating heart. I alone knew
what that bolt was bringing. What
would be the result when the dead
body of their leader came up over the
rail?
With dangers threatening
frtm every hand, Carlyle faces
a problem. Shall he save him
self while there Is yet time, or
shall he face the danger, kill
and perhaps be killed? Shall he
take the one desperate chance
of aiding the girl who fills his
thoughts or shall he play the
craven coward?
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