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"•"V . .. P^yfW iPHE McHENKY PIAXNDEA1JSK, McHENRY, H^S -fc i.j- ¥LB^-, By Louis Joseph Vance FLICKERING! MITtfttii PREMIER ANNOUNCES , ^APPOINTMENT OF INSIDE * • COUNCIL OF FOUR. Can you imagine yourself dead for five years? Suppose at the end of that time you turned &p suddenly among old friends in New York city, asked for an accounting of your estate and announced your intention of finding the girt you had married und^y pressure before you disappeared--much to their shocked surprise! That's the position in which we find Hugh Whitaker in this installment. How his plans ruin the important plans of •J ethers About him, how he creates a furore at .a big theatrical performance and how he finds his wife, is told with >j dramatic effect ' fccc*:>:>:i»;co>>;:o:o>::co>xo:o»>>:o:o>xco>>xco:co>::co:«<€cc<»>::o::o:co:c€cc»:co>xoxi S CHAPTER v--Continued# Whitaker laughed quietly and turned c^the conversation, accepting the mana­ ger's pseudo-confidences at their face value--tbut is, as pure bluff, quite con­ sistent with the managerial pose. They rose presently and made their way out Into the crowded, blatant night Of Broadway. "We'll walk, If you dont mind," Max •uggested. "It Isn't far, and I'd like •to get a line on the house as >it goes •'.'in." He sighed affectedly. "Heaven ^knows when I'll see another swell ao- lllence mobbing one of my attractions!" They pushed forward slowly through fthe eddying tides, elbowed by a mateh- ; |ess motley of humanity, deafened by >jfe» thousand tongues, dazzled to blind­ ness by walls of living light. Whitaker * Experienced a sensation of partlclpat- .<ng In a royal progress: Max was plain- ' ly a man of mark; he left a wake of ; (Tippling interest. At every third step .. somebody hailed him, as a rule by his ifiret name; generally he responded by • curt nod and a tightening of his jteeth upon bis cigar. They turned east through Forty- jelxth street, shouldered by' a denser pabble whose faces, all turned In one --direction, shone livid with the glare of 7^. ift gigantic electric sign, midway down t the block: THEATER MAX I - SARA LAW'S FAREWELL, ft' , ;,It was nearly half-past eight; the . jbouse had been open since seven; and flitlM a queue ran from the gallery doors to Broadway. The lobby itself was jprowded to suffocation with an occi­ dental durbar of barbaric magnificence, the city's Rupreme manifestation of religion, the ultimate rite In the Worship of the pomps of the flesh. -Look at thdt," Max grumbled through his cigar. "Ain't It a shame?" "What?" Whitaker had to lift his tl f t f r-" ; * ">iv •*' % mr' v"** 'voice to make it carry above the bus­ ting of the throng. "The money I'm losing." returned Jthe manager, vividly disgusted. **t acould've filled the Metropolitan opera fiouse three times over!" He swung on his heel and began to ^>ush his way out of the lobby. "Come • Along--no use trying to get tn this /way." Whitaker followed, to be led down a iriind alley between the theater and ,fhe adjoining hotel. An Illuminated fcign advertised the stage door, through which, via a brief hallway, they en­ tered the postscenium and--Max drag­ ging him by the arm--passed through A smail door Into the gangway behind "the boxes. "Curtain's Just up," Max told him; "Sara doesn't come on till near the inlddle of the act. Make yourself com- - tortabie; I'll be back before long." , X' He drew aside a curtain and ushered * his guest Into the right-hand stage-box, v^then vanished. The few empty stalls 'fwere rapidly filling up. There was a ^ l:\fluent movement through the aisles. A '•* - eubdued hum and rustle rose from that '̂ - portion of the audience which was al* .• f-eady seated. The business going on I* tipon the stage was receiving little at- tentlon--from Whitaker as little as 4;-, from anyone. The opening scene In fjii I the development of the. drama Inter- jested the gathering little or not at all; V It was hanging in suspense upon the SV- tinfoldlng of some extraordinary devel- 1.1?'r jppmeht, something unprecedented and, .^extraneous, foreign to the play. * Max slipped quietly Into the box and "'S"7 tianded his guest a program. "Better ; "jget over here," he suggested in a ji, <£'{hoarse- whisper, indicating a chair near Jthe rail. "You may never have an- Jbther chance to see the greatest living iictress. Wonderful bouse." he whis- P:*|>ered, sitting down behind Whitaker. " v ^'Drummond hasn't shown up yet, though." '// "That so?" Whitaker returned oyer /t' "* |ils shoulder. ^ "Tea; it's funny; never knew him to ;" so late. He always has the aisle •>;> Beat, fourth row, center. But he'll be ii .,:|hlong presently." '2f-; >'i5 He glanced idly at his program, In- 5 • s. differently absorbing the Information T , jhat "Jules Max has the honor to pre­ sent Miss Sara Law in her first and ^T^reutest^success entitled Joan Thurs- --a play In three nets--" V The audience stirred expectantly; a a tnovement ran through It like the t'. , *f%no*ement of waters, murmurous, up- y 2 !f>n a shore. Whitaker's game was X ' |lrawn to the stage as if by an 1m- :**!•, "^filacable force. Max shifted on the 41^ "«<iiair behind him and said something Indistinguishable, In an unnatural tone. s A woman had come upon the stage. '•^ "Suddenly and tempestuously, banging j. pi door behind her. The audience got ' f >«:he barest glimpse of her profile as. . ~ -pausing momentarily, she eyed the .other actors. Then, without speaking, K,y,^he turned and walked up-stage, her jback to the footlights. ; Applause broke out like a «ifetnder> - ;<f %lap, pealing heavily through the Mg f£,|iudltorium, but the actress showed no j , unconsciousness of It. She was standing ' before a cheap mirror, removing her J|iat, arranging her hair with the r ftypicaK unconscious gestures of a dreary shopgirl; she was acting--living ^jlthe Fcene. with no time to waste In ^Qianderlng- to her popularity by bows pod set smiles; she remained before 4he glass, prolonging the business, un- the applause subsided. Whitaker received an Impression aa Of a tremendous force at work across ^."'A.-^'iUie footlights. The woman diffused an ••• .;/%fTect jis of a terrible and boundless !!D^5%nergy antler positive control. She /was not merely an actress, not even leret.v a great actress; she wa* the «rry soul of the drama of today. Beyond this he knew In his heart that site was his wife. Sura Law was the woman he fy|d marled In t|u|t •teepy Coun^cttcut town, vlt'yeani be- % fore that night. He had not yet seen her face clearly, but he knew. To find himself mistaken ?ould have shaken the foundations of his understanding. Under cover of the applause, he turned to Max. f "Who is that? What ts her name?" "The divine Sara," Max answered, his eyes shiping. -£l mean, what Is her name off the smge, in private life?" "The same," Max nodded with coo- vlction; "Sara Law's the only name she's ever worn in tny acquaintance with her." At that moment, the applause hav­ ing subsided to such • an extent that It was possible for her to make herself heard, the actress swun, round from the mirror and addressed one of the other players. Her voice was clear, strong and Vibrant, yet. sweet; but Whitaker paid nq heed to the lines she spoke. He was staring, fascinated, at her face. Sight of It set the seal of cfertalnty upon conviction: She was one with Mary Ladislas. He had forgotten her so completely in the lapse of years as to have been unable to recall her fea­ tures and coloring, yet he had needed only to see to recognize her beyond any possibility of doubt. Those big. Intensely burning eyes, that drawn and pallid face, the< quick, nervous move­ ments of her thin whit% hands, the sienderness of her tall, awkward. Im­ mature figure--In every line and con­ tour, In every gesture and inflection, she reproduced the Mary Ladislas whom he had married. And yet . . . Max was whisper­ ing over his shoulder: "Wonderful make-up--wljat?" "Make-up!" Whitaker retorted. "She's not made up--she's herself to the last detail." Amusement glimmered In the mana­ ger's round little eyes: "You don't know her. Walt till you gej^u pipe at her off the stage." Then he checked the reply that was shaping on Whit­ aker's lips, with a warning lift of his hand and brows: "Ssh! Catch this, now. She's a wonder in this scene." The superb actress behind the coun­ terfeit of the hunted and hungry shop­ girl was holding spellbound with her inevitable witchery the most sophisti­ cated audience in the world; like wheat in a windstorm it swayed to the modu­ lations of her marvelous voice as it ran through a passage-at-arms with the termagant. Suddenly ceasing to speak, she turned down to a chair near the footlights, followed by a torrent of shrill vituperation under the lash of which she quivered tike a whipped thoroughbred. Abruptly, pausing with her hands on the back of the chair, there came a change. The actress had glanced across the footlights; Whitaker could not but follow the direction of her gaze; the S25 He Knew In His Heart That She Was His Wife. eyes of both focussed for a brief In­ stant on the empty aisle-seat In the fourth row. A shade of additional pal­ lor showed on the woman's face. She looked quickly, questioningly, toward the box of her manager. Seated as he was so near the stage, Whitaker's face stood our in rugged relief, illumined by the glow reflected from the footlights. It was Inevitable that she should see him. Her eyes fastened, dilating, upon his. The scene faltered perceptibly. She stood trans­ fixed. • • t in the bnsli) Max cried impatiently: 'What the devil 1" The words broke the spell of amazement upon the actress. In a twinkling the pitiful counterfeit of the shopgirl was rent and torn away; it bung only In shreds and tatters upon an individuality wholly strange to Whitaker: a iurger, stronger woman seemed to have start* ed out of the mask. She turned, calling imperatively into the wings: "Ring down!" With a rush the curtain descended as paodutoniga broke out en both sides of it. Chapter vi/^v • The Late Ejrtr*^"' Impulsively Whitaker got up to fol­ low Max. then hesitated and sank back In doubt, his head a whirl. He was for the time being shocked out of all ca­ pacity for clear reasoning or right thinking. Uppermost lh his conscious­ ness h* had a half-formed notion rt»ar CURZO* IS LORD PRESIDENT It wouldn't help matters if he were to force himself In upon the crisis behind the scenes. Beyond all question his wife bad recognized In him the man whom she hart been given every reason to believe dead: a discovery so unnerving as to render her temporarily unable to con­ tinue. This, then, explained Drummond's reluctance to have him bidden to the supper party; whatever ultimate course Of action he planned to pursue, Drummond had been unwilling, per­ haps pardonably so, to have his ro­ mance overthrown and altogether shat­ tered in a single day. He had tied lied desperately, doubtless meaning to encompass a marriage before Whitaker could find his wife, and so furnish him with every reason that could Influence an honoruble" man to disappear a see- ond time. On the other band. Max to a certain­ ty was ignorant of the relationship be­ tween his stur and his old time friend, just as he must have been ignorant, of her identity with the one time Mary I^idislas. For that matter, Whitaker had to admit that, damning as was the evidence to controvert the theory. Drummond might be Just as much in the durk as Max was. It was only fair to suspend 'judgment. In the mean­ t i m e . . . The audience was petting beyond control. In the gallery the gods were beginning to testify to their normal in­ tolerance wjth shrill whistles, cat-calls, sporadic bursts of hand-clapping and a 'steady, sinister rijinble of stamping feet. In the orchestra und dress circle people were moving about restlessly and talking at the top of their voices in order to make themselves heard above the growing din. , Abruptly Max himself appeared at one side of the proscenium arch. It was plain to those nearest the stage thaMie was seriously disturbed. There was a nottcenble hesitancy In his man­ ner, a pathetic frenzy In Ills habitually mild and lustrous eyes. Advancing halfway to the middle of the apron, he paused, begging attention with a pudgy hand. It was a full minute before the gallery would let him be heard. "ljudies and gentlemen." he An­ nounced plaintively, "I much regret to Inform you that Miss Law has suf­ fered a severe nervous shock"--his gaze wandered in perplexed inquiry to­ ward the right-hand stagebox, then was hastily averted--"and will not be able to continue." Wave upon wave of sound swept through the auditorium to break, roar­ ing, against the obdurate curtain. Max with difficulty contrived to make him­ self disconnectedly audible. "Ladies and . . ." he shouted, sweat beading laia pertnrBed forehead . . . "regret , . -, . Impossible to continue . . , money . . . box office . . ," . * An tingry howl drowned him out. He retreated at accelerated discretion. Whitaker, slipping through the stage door behind the boxes, ran into the stage manager standing beside the first entrance, heatedly explulniug to any­ one who would listen the utter futility of offering box-office prices in return for sent checks which in the majority of instances had cost their holders top- notch speculator prices. "They'll wreck the theater." he shouted excitedly, mopping his brow with his coat sleeve, "what t'ell'd she wana pull a raw one like thls^or?" . Whitaker caught his arm in a grasp compelling attention. j*j Well, what's yeur guessf Will jjj £• Whitaker^s wife receive him with w v; gratitude and open arms--be- cause he saved her honor long >! i«j ago--or will she look him over S catmly.Md ehase Mi| oil the S place? $ V 5 (TO BE CONTINUED.! ODD PLACES TO HIDE CASH Woman Concealed Savings on Her Mother's Grave--Safely, P«po«it in Cannon, The woman who, as just revealed In the law courts, hid her savings on her mother's grave in Forest Hill cemetery probably hit upon a unique cache. But there Is no saving. The person who mistrusts savings banks generally looks around for the most unlikely spot In which te deposit wealth, and more than one may hit on the fame idea. Old cannon, for instance, seem to form favorable depositories. Quite • quantity of Jewelry was found some while ago In a solitary gun which stands In the fort at Shoreham. and about the saiue time a bag containing 70 sovereigns was discovered in an old cannot* in Peel park. Bradford. From one of the old Crimean cannoa at Liverpool also some inquisitive youngsters once brought forth a sol­ dier's discharge papers and notes to the value of £1(J0.--London Chronicle^ Expert, Indeed. j_ A strange man had been sent M polish the floors. His manner wag anything but energetic, and the i«4y feared that he would not polish theu properly. * "Are you quite sure that you un­ derstand the woik?" she inquired^ His indignation was tremendous. "You know Vjolonel B.'s folks, next door but one?" he said. "Well. I refer you to them. On the nolished floor ot their dining room five |K?rsons nrokf their iegs last winter and a Ind: slipped clear down the grand stair case, i polished all their floor*!**- Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph mr'BFf Hendersop, Mliner and Bonar Law Are : His Associates--Sir Edward Carson Heads 'the Navy--Balfour Forsign » Secretary.. .. ;. London, Dec. 12.--Official anhounce- uaeht wa| made on Sunday that the government had been constituted, Witt a war cabiuet comprising the following: Premier--David Lloyd-George. | Lord President of the Council- Earl Curzon, who also will be govern­ ment leader lu the house of lords. Arthur Henderson, minister without portfolio. Lord Milner, minister without port­ folio. Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor ol the exchequer, who has been asked by | the premier to act as leader in the house of commons, and also as member of the war cabinet without being expected to attend regularly. An important point In this novel organization is that It concentrates far more power In the hands of the prime' minister than the British sys­ tem has ever known before.- Mr. Lioyd-George's proposals to Premier Asquith were for a war council of which the premier should not be a member, although he should have 'the power of passing on its work. Mr. Lloyd-George has not hesitated to place himself in the position more closely resembling a dictatorship than he was willing to give his predecessor. The war cabinet will hold daily ses­ sions, directing the prosecution of the war. Mr. Lloyd-George, Lord Mil­ ner aud j Mr, Henderson will be the chief directors of the war. * For practical purposes the govern­ ment will be by a cabinet of four. The other members of the ministry, who are not in the war cabinet, are: Lord high chancellor, Sir Robert Banntyne Finlay; secretary of state for the home department, Sir George Cave: secretary of state forJforeign uf fairs, Arthur J, Balfour; secretary of state for the colonies, Walter Hume Long; secretary of state for war, the earl of Derby ; secretary of state for India, Austen Chamberlain; president of the local government. Baron Rhond- da ; president of the board of trade, Sir Albert Stanley; minister of labor, John Hodge; first lord of the admiralty. Sir Edward Carson; minister of munitions. Dr. Christopher Addison; minister of blockade, Lord Robert Cecil; food con troller. Baron Davenport; shipping con­ troller, Sir Joseph Paton Macl«y; pres­ ident of the board of agriculture, Row land E. Protliero; president of the board of education, Herbert A. L. Fish­ er ; first commissioner of works, Sir Al­ fred M. Mond ; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Sir Frederick Cawley; postmaster general, Albert Illlngworth; minister of pensions, George N, Barnes; attorney general, Sir Fred' erick E. Smith; solicitor general, Gor­ don Hewart, K. C.; secretary for Scot land, Mr. Munito; lord advocate, James A. Clyde, K. C.; solicitor general for Scotland, Thomas B. Morrison, K. C.; lord lieutenant of Ireland, Baron Win- borne; chief secretary for Ireland, Henry E. Duke; lord chancellor for Ireland, Ignatius J. O'Brien, K. C. Lord Northellffe's organ, the Weekly Dispatch, says that Premier Lloyd George's program comprises the fol lowing: 1. The arming of merchantmen in order to fight the submarine peril, 2. The preparation for the spring of­ fensive. , 3. The mobilization of the civil pop­ ulation between the ages of sixteen and sixty. ' j; _ 4. The ̂ Making effecti ve of the block* ftde. 5. The rationing of the population by the issue ot food tlck«$s. * ' & The increasing of the hotne jtood production. ±*6. FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA DIES Japan's Greatest Soldier 8uccumbs at Tokyo--Commanded Army at . Port Arthur. t : Tokyo, Dec. 12.--Field Marshal Prince Iwao Oyama, commander in chief of the Manchurian army of Japan during the Russo-Japanese war, is dead. , Marquis Iwao Oyama was (Hie of Japan's greatest soldiers. In his long career his victories over the Russians in Manchuria in the Russo-Japanese war stand out us the most brilliant achievements. He was the blaster mind of Japan's strategy in the land campaign. His chain of victories was crowned by success tn the battle of Liao Yang. In the war with China he led the second Japanese army, which took Port Arthur and Wei-Hal-Wei. •vl j VA^.Si J sr. touts steusue. ^ ; : f v • *"i WASHINGTON FORWARDS MOTS TO BERLIN ON DEPORTING CIT- . ̂ IZENS OF BELGIUM. A > CALLED BLOW TO HUMANlW V ? ^ ' ' '• BUCHAREST IS TAKEN PLOECHTi, IMPORTANT RAILWAY STATION, ALSO CAPTURED. PaN of Roumanian Capital Marks Cul­ mination of Brilliant ^ - Campaign. <; B^tn, JDec. 8.--Bucharant, capital of Roumania, has been captured, It was announced officially here . on Wednesday. Ploechti, the Important railway junction town, 36 miles northwest of Bucharest, also has been taken. Field Marshal von Mackenaen's troops, advancing victoriously, ap- prouched the railway line running northward from Bucharest to Ploech­ ti, causing the Roumanians to evacu­ ate their positions north of Sinaia, the war office announced. South of Bucharest the Teutonic troops have occupied other town's along the River Ait. More than U,U00 Roumanians were captured. The capture, of Ploechti, on the rati- way runulng north from Bucharest, cuts the maiu line of retreat fpr the Roumanian armies operating in the Bucharest region. The official state­ ment does not indicate whether the entry of the Teutonic forces Into Bu­ charest and Ploechti was simultane­ ous. The capture of Ploechti before that of the capital would be far more serious for the Roumanians." The taking of Bucharest virtually completes the conquest by the Teu­ tonic forces of the southern section of the Roumanian kingdom, embracing territory of more than 50,000 square miles. "• •" t ." TWO AMERICANS SLAIN HOWARD GRAY SHOT AND THEN HANGED BY VILLI ST AS. Alto Reporter That Another U. 8. sen Burrvid and British Sub* ject Murdered. El Paso, Te^. Dec. 9.--Government agents sent a report to Washington on Thursday saying an American named Foster had been mutilated, then burned at the stake by Villa bandits operating near Torreon. The report was suiu to have been brought by ref­ ugees coming to the border from Tor­ reon. They, also reported 60 Carranza soldiers, with their ears cut off by Villa bandits, near Torreon. Foster's son was forced to witness his father's exe­ cution, the report said. Foster was an American hacienda superintendent. Guillermo Snyman, son of the late Gen. W. D. Snyman of Boer war fame, is reported to have met his death at the hands of Viiiistas at San Pablo Meoqui, Chihuahua, near Chihuahua City. Howard Gray, an American mining man at Parral, Chihuahua, was killed by Villa bandits when they entered the town November 5, according to a tele­ gram received by the Alvarado Min­ ing and Milling company. The mes­ senger reports all other Americans safe and American property unharmed. Gray was shot to death in the door­ way of his home, near Parral. and his body then hanged by a band of Villa bandits from Villa's main column,- two foreign refugees who reached here from Enrral reported. BOYCOTT ENDS EGG CORNER Bacon Aids War Wounded. New York, Dec. \'l.--Passengers on the St. Louis,,, which sailed, included Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France, on a mission connected with the American ambulmiCe service in that country. * "* . Vote Confidence in Italy. PaPris, Dee. 12.--A Havas dispatch from Rome says that the debate in the chamber of deputies on the govern­ ment's declaration regarding the war, which lasted four duys, ended wit* a vote of confidence In the government Hawaii Has Population of 237,633. Washington, Dec. 11.--Hawaii has a population of 237,633, an Increase of 45,714 over 1910, according to the an­ nual report of Governor Pinkham. The greatest increase was among the Japa­ nese. * "' ,y _ f\ Shoots Wife; Kills Himself. Grays Lake, 111.. Dec. 11.--Edward Madole shot and seriously wounded his cvife in their home, and, locking bis^five •hildren in the building, he set it afire, i'lien lie killed himself. The children were rescued. Prides Drop 10 Cents at Chicago F<tl« lowing Drastic Action Taken by Women--Foodstuffs Lower. Chfeago, Dec. U.--The "egg eocper" is smashed. , , Food prices are tumbling. Speculators, packers and produce men are "unloading." This was the good news brought to Chicago housewives on Th«f*day on the heels of the opening of the federal grand jury hearing, egg and butter boycotts, and a report of warehouse­ men showing the gelling out-of big holdings of eggs. Eggs have dropped 10 cents a dozen, wholesale, in the last ten days. Butter is 4 cents cheaper than it was a week ago. Potatoes started on the downward road with a drop of from 5 to 8 cents in the week. Southern fruits and vege­ tables came down from 8 to 10 cents. While packers and produce men were Inclined to hold the boycott re- fsnn.nslhlo for the (Iron In nrlwiJ, the big shift came with the opening of the fed­ eral grand Jury's investigation of food prices. * That the packers and warehousemen ®q«I -prolines men "unloauiug" hoarded supplies of foodstuffs became knowu Immediately after a conference betweeen Artltur Meeker, vice president of Armour & Co., and, United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne. Document Cabled to American Cliarg* : Gr^w After President Wilson Dia» bussed Matter with' Ambassador^ Gerard--Germany Defends Action. Washington, Dec. 1L--A note to many protesting against the deporta­ tion of Belgians for forced labor wa» contrary to all precedents and humane principles of international practice waff made public on Friday by the state de­ partment The note was cabled to Charge Grew at Berlin on November 29, the day Am­ bassador Gerard discussed the subject with President Wilson, with instruct- tions that he read it to the German ^ chancellor personally. In making it public, the state depart* • meht announced that the Interview bajjll; taken place, but said nothing about suits. ^ The text of the protest follows: "The government of the Cniletf* States has learned with the greatest concern and regret of the policy of the German government to deport from Belgium a portion of the civilian popu­ lation for the purpose of forcing them to labor in Germany, and Is constrained to protest In a friendly spirit, but most solemnly against this action, which fs in contravention of all precedents and of those principles of international Pfnctice which have long been accepted and followed by civilised nations tn.,, their treatment of noucombatants ta conquered territory. ?. ^ "Furthermore, the government of the United States is convinced that the ef­ fect of this policy, if pursued, will in all probability be fatal to the Belgian relief work, so humanely planned and so successfully carried out, a result which would be generally deplored and 1 which, it is assumed, would seriously embarrass the German government." Senator Lodge introduced a copy resolutions adopted by the American Rights league at Boston, condemning the deportation from Belgium of non- combatants and calling upon congress to support the president of the United States in every measure he undertakes to maintain America's traditional po­ sition as the friend and the champion of all the oppressed." Berlin, Dec. 11.--The German gov­ ernment issued a statement on FrlaSy in explanation and justification of the transfer of Belgian laborers to Ger= many. It says the measure is by no, means a hardship for the laborers, but is a social necessity. Owing chiefly to the British embargo against Belgium's overseas trade which before the war supported a large part of the Industrial population,*large num­ bers of Belgian workers are idle, tha, statement says, ahd conditions are growing worse. sU J*? • /3a *••?.'! I; LINER CALLED A TRANSPORT Note From Germany Contends Subma­ rine Commander Believed AraMR Was Carrying Troops. Washington, Dec. 9.--Germany in a note made public on Thursday by the state department contends that the British steamer Arabia, subk in the Mediterranean November 6, was in reality "a transport ship for troops in the service of the British government, which Is to be considered as an aux­ iliary . wraship according to interna­ tional law, and can, therefore, be treat­ ed like a warship." The German gov erntnent's attitude, however, like that In the Marina case. Is expressed tq be one of readiness to make amends if It be shown that the submarine comman­ der violated Germany's pledges to the United States iand made a "regrettable mistake." It may be said that the United States does not regard the circumstances that the German note recites as showing justification for sinking the Arabia without warning or as relieving the submarine commander from establish­ ing the status of the liner. THOMAS J. HICKEY IS ELECTED U-Boat Sinks Sixteen Ships. Berlin (via Suyville wireless), Dec. ll.-r-Germau submarines in the arctic have sunk 16 ammunition steamers bound to Russia during the last week, according to rcjiorts from Stockholm. Leather Shortage Ties Up Report. Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 11.--It was announced here on Friday that reports of the supreme court of appeals of West Virginia cannot be made public because of a scarcity of leather with prhicb- to bind them. Congressman Tribble Diea. Washington. Dec. 11.--Representa­ tive Samuel J. Tribble, who represented the Eighth Georgia district for three terms, died at a local hospital. He was stricken with apoplexy in his of­ fice on the opening day of dongressl Bandit Flees With $20,000, Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 9.--A lone robber threw pepper In the face of an express wagon guard in the rear of a downtown building, seized $20,000 in gold and currency from the express wagon and escaped. More Guards Arg, Released. San Antonio, Tex.. Dec. 9.--A total of 5,767 National Guard troops now en­ gaged in border service was designat­ ed by General Funston to go home. He acted under orders from the war dipurtBWli . St Paul Man Chosen President of American Association at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Dec. 11.--Thomas J. Hickey of St. Paul was elected on Friday president of the American as­ sociation, defeating President Thomas M. Chivington, who was a candidate for re-election. Hickey was the first president of the association when it was organized in 1902. • Mammoth Cave Hotel Fire. Mammoth Cave, Ky., Dec. 12.-- Mammoth Cave hotel and a number of adjoining cottages were destroyed on Saturday by fire. The hotel was erect­ ed In 1811 and was widely known Milling tourists. No More Shell Contracts. Toronto, Ont., Dec. 12.--Ertfellsh shell contracts in the United States virtually all run out within six months, and most of them within three months,'after tha first of the year, and will not be re­ newed, it was announced here. 4 ^ * £ 'r" DEUTSCHLAND IS BACK HOME Submarine Merchantman Arrives Off Mouth'of the Weser, Says Berlin Y ( --Makes Voyage in^ld Days. < Berlin, (via Sayville wireless), Dec. 12.-- The submarine merchantman Deutschland, after a quick trip, arrived at noon Sunday off the mouth of tiie Weser. The above wireless dispatch from Berlin means the successful conclu­ sion of the Deutschland's second transatlantic round trip under com­ mand of her plucky captain, Paul Koe- nig. The Deutschland left New Lon­ don November 21, at 2:30 p. m. Her return voyage to Bremen was thus made in 19 days. The Deutsch­ land's return from New London was delayed five days by a disastrous cul­ mination of her original start. Sho collided with her escorting tug, the T. A. §cott. Five lives were lost. The Deutschland's present cargo U» estimated to be worth at least $2,000,- 000. It consists of crude rubber, tin, copper and other metals. London, Dec. 11.--A German warship has succeeded in running the British. cordon in the North sea, according to the report of a ship captain, who saya his vessel was held up and examined in the Atlantic. JS.; Steer Brings Record Price. Chicago. Dec. 9.---"California Favor­ ite," grand champion steer at tho In­ ternational Live Stock show, sold to a Detroit firm for $1,977.50. The animal was the property of "the University of C^lifPruia> SO,000 Farmers Apply for Loana. - Washington, Dec. 9.--Officials of the farm loan board announced that 50.- 000 farmers have applied for mortgage loans aggregating approximately $150,- 000 more than the amount available for lp«nf. FRENCH BATTLESHIP IS LOST Suffren Lett Port November 24 Hu» Not Been Heard From Since--- . 730 cn S«ard. P a ' D e c . 11.--The battleship fren, " 4ch left port on November 34k has i ieea heard from since, and the milter of marine considers the vessel ^Lit with all on board. The Suffren sailed for Lorient, a French natval station in Brittany. Hie Suffren displaced 12,750 tons. Her normal complement was 730 men. She was 410 feet long and 70 feet of beam, aoi. was laid down in 1890. Importer Dives to Death. , - M«w York, Dec. 12.---Christopher Wagner, president of the Wagner company, importers, dived to Ma death from a balcony in u club to es­ cape arrest on a charge of misappro­ priating funds of his firm. Lansing's Assistant Quits. Washington, Dec. 12.--John E. 0% borne, assistant secretary of state, re­ signed on Saturday and will return to his home In Iiawlius, Wy©„ to devota himself to his private business. Ifla successor has not been named. Australia Trade Increase. tioodoa, Dec. 11--The trade comOlfth sioner of New South Wales reports that figures sjiow that In the last three years Australia's trade with America has increased 500 per cent, or 000. Allies Drop Bombs on Trieste. | Borne, Dec. 11--Two Italian sea­ planes raided Trieste Thursday, ac­ cording to au etticiat stateiueut issued by the admiralty. The statement *af» that the raiders dropped five bombs a* aavai sheds and returned unharme4» ! •* <•"' ? .4* » 1 . , * *4 4 •>*>1 I f .kJi