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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-11

"N RlPOLI, Oct. 1u.-1he turks ap-
parentIy do not intend to aban-
don Tripoli to the Italians with
out further resistance. For sew
eral days horsemen have been recon
noitering in the vicinity of Italian out
posts Several times at night they have
been discovered by the searchlights of
the warships, and shells drove them
back into the hills.
About l o'clock this morning about
5000 Turkish troops with field guns
were discovered advancing in two col
umns, with the evident intention of re-
capturing the town. A large body of
natives marched with the troops and
presented a formidable array.
The Italian commander had an inti-
nation that such an attempt probably
would be made. and his men were pre-
pared.
Fight Under Searchlights
The Italian guns were well placed,
and the Turks were met with heavy
artillery and rife fire. to which they re-
piled with equal energy It was moon
light. and the fleet turned the search
lights on the contending forces. When
the engagement was at its height the
battleships and cruisers Joined in with
the smaller batteries, directing the
shells to cover the Italian front and
flank.
Turks Retire in Good Order
For more than an hour the firing on
shore was continuous. but about 2.o'clock
1t ceased. The Turks retired in good
order. although it is reported they suf-
fered heavy loss.
Another body Of Turks tried to turn
the Italian eastern flank, but without
success. The Italian casualties were
slight.
The feet pursued the retreating Turks
with heavy shell fire until o'clock
in the morning.
Montenegrans Attack Turks
Especial Cable TO The Call
sVIENNA, Oct. 1o.-It is reported that
the Austrian ambassador in CONSTANT
nopIe has requested information from
the Turkish war minister about the
readiness of Turkish forces to repel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-11

Continued ON PAGE ., Column I
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-11

same nuf1be rot precincts gave tHc'
recall 21,e1s votes. The opposition mus
tered only 6.242
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-11

Oct. 1o.-The Turks ap-
parently do not intend to aban-
don Tripo1i to the Italians with
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-10-11
THE WEATHER

YESTERDAY - Highest temperature. 90:
lopest Monday night. 81.
FORECAST. FOR TODAY-Faa; light
northwest mind. changing 10 pest.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

line. and once they fairly crept for an
hour through mass OF buffalo. graz
ing so close that fusillade Of guns
sounded from the front end OF the
train. A little farther along she caught
glimpse OF a troop OF wild horses
dashing recklessly down into shell
tering Tavine Yet principally all
that met her straihing eyes was ster-
lie desolation. Here and there q great
ugly water tank reared IT. hideous
shape beside the track. the engine al
ways pausing for fresh supply. Be-
side 1t was invariably pile OF coal.
a few construction cars. hut half
buried under earth. iOop-holed, and
barricaded. with several rough men.
BIoafing about, heavily armed and in
quisitive. A few Of these points had
once been terminal the surrounding
scenery evidencing past giories by
piles of tin cans. and all manner OF
debris, with occasionally a vacant
shack, left deserted and forlorn. !.
/ Wearied and heartsick. Hope turned
away from this outside dreariness to
contemplate u1UT0 ClOOC1y sAApA $3.50
bors on board. but found them scarce
iy more interesting. Several were
playing cards, others moodfly staring
out OF the windows. while few were
laughing and talking with the girls,
their conversation inane and punctu-
ated with profanity. One man was
figuring on scratch pad. and Hope
decided he must be an engineer en-
ployed on the line; others she classed
as small merchants. saloon-keepers.
and frontier riff-ran. They would
glance curiously at bier as they
marched up and down the narrow
aisle, but her veil. and ayerted face.
prevented even the boldest from
speaking. Once she addressed the
conductor, and the man who was fig-
uring turned and hooked back at her.
evidently attracted by the soft note
of her voice. But he made no effort
at advances, returning Immediately to
his pad. ohliyious to all else.
ITO BE coNTINUED.l
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16

out from some av the lads down be-
low
The only equipment operating into
/ Sheridan was construction train.
with an old battered passenger coach
coupled to the rear. A squad of
heavily armed infantry rode along. as
protection against possible Indian
raiders, but there was no crowd
aboard ony this special trip, as all
construction work had been suspended
on the line indefinitely. and most OF
the travel. therefore. had changed to
the eastward. The coach used had
a partition run through 1t, and, as
soon as the busy trainmen discovered
ladies on board. they unceremoniously
drove the more bibplous passengers.
protesting. into the forward compart-
ment This left Hope in comparative
peace, her remaining nelghbors quiet,
taciturn men, whom she looked at
through the folds of her veil during
the long, slow, exasperating journey
mentally guessing at their various oc-
equations. 1t was an exceedingly tedi-
GUS, monotonous trip, the train slack
ening up, and jerking forward. appar-
emily without slightest reason; then
occasionally achieving a full stop.
while men, always under guard. went
ahead to fix up some bit of damaged
track, across which the engineer
dared not advance. At each bridge
spanning the numerous small streams,
trainmen examined the structure be-
fore venturing forward, and at each
stop the wearied passengers grew
more impatient and sarcastic. per.
feet stream of fluent profanity being
waited back whenever the door be-
tween the two sections CHANGED to be
left aiaf.
Hope was not the only woman on
board. vet glance at the others was
sufficient to decide their status, even
had their freedom of manner and loud
talking not made it equally obvious.
Fearful lest she might be mistaken
for one of the same class, she re-
manned in silence. her veil merely
lifted enough to enable her to peer
out through the grimy window at the
barren view slipping slowly past. This
consisted of the bare prairie, brown
and desolate. occasionally intersected
by some small watercourse, the lew
hills rising and falling like waves to
the far horizon. Few Incidents broke
the dead monotony; occasionally q
herd of antelope appeared in the dis
lance, silhouetted against the sky.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
CHAPTER xIx-tconttnued.1

The dead silence which ensueA~ was
broken only by heavy breathing Then
Scott swore. bringing his fist down
with crash on the washstand
That rather stumps yer. don't It.
Bart? Well. 1t don't me. ] tell yer
It's Just as said from the first. It
was Keith an that niger what
jumped we in the cabin. They was
hidin' there when we rode In. He
Just nat'rly pumped the gal. an now
he's up here trailin you. Blame it all.
II makes me laugh"
Il don't see what you see to laugh
at This Keith isn't an easy man to
play with. let me tell YOU. He may
have got on to our game"
.Oh, hell. Bart, don't lose your
nerve He can't do anything i because
we've got the under holt He's fugt-
tive: all we got to do Is locate him.
an. have him flung back inter Jail
there's murder an hoss-stealing agin
him"
Hawley seemed to be thinking
swiftly. while his companion took an
other drink
Well. pard. amt that so?"
mo, that trick won't work, Scott.
We could do it easily enough If we
we're down In Carson. where the boys
would help US out. The trouble up
here js that Wild Bill Hickock is
Marshal of Sheridan. i and he and |
never did hitch Besides. Keith was
one Of ks deputies down at Dodge two
years ag6--you remember when Dutch
Charles place was cleaned out? Well.
Hickock and Keith did that Job all
alone. and Wild BIZ isn't going back
on that kind of pal. Is he? tell
you we've got to fight this affair
alone. and on the quiet. Maybe the
fellow don't know much yet, but he's
sure on the trail. or else he wouldn t
have been in here talking to Willough-
by. We've got to get him. Scott. some
how, Lord, man, there's clean mil.
lion dollars waiting for US in this deal.
and I'm ready to fight for it. But I'm
damned sleepy. and I'm going to- bed.
You locate Keith tomorrow. and then.
when you're sober. we'll figure out
how we can get to him best: I've got
to set Christie right. Goodnight.
Bill"
He went out into the hall and
down the creaking stairs, the man he
+ wanted SO badly listening to his de-
scending footsteps. half tempted to
follow Scott did not move, perhaps
had already fallen drunkenly asleep
Il on his chair. apd finally Keith crossed
his. own room and lay down. The din
outside continued anabated, but the
mans intense weariness overcame it
all, and he fell asleep, his last con-
scious thought a memory of Hope.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
sYNoPsls.

Jack Keith. q virginian. now q bor-
Ger plalngman. 10 looking for roaming war
parties OF aavages. He sees wagon team
q fuil gallop pursued by men on ponies
When Keith reaches the wagon the raid
ers have massacred two men and de-
parted He searches the victims finding
papers and iocket with woman's por-
trait Keith Il arrested at Carson City.
charged with the murder his accuser be-
ing rufflan named Black Bart A negro
eompanion I'M his cell named Neb tells him
that, he knew the Keiths In Virginia. Neb
says one OF the murdered men was John
etbiey the other Gen. Willis Waite, former
" Confederate officer. The plainsman
and Neb escape, and later the fugitives
come upon q cabin and IND Its occupant
20 be young girl whom Keith thinks
ne saw at Carson City. The girl explains
that she Is in search of brother. who
had deserted from the army. and that
Mr. Hawiey. induced her TO come to the
cabin while he sought her brother Haw-
nizes him "a Black Bart. There Is a ter
Eific battle In the darkened room In which
Keith Is victor. Horses are appropriated
and the girl who says that her name Is
Hope, joins In the escape Keith explains
his situation and the fugitives make Tor
Fort Larned. where the girl Is left with
the hotel landlady. Miss Hope tells that
she Is the daughter of General Waite.
Keith and Neb drift into Sheridan. where
Keith meets an old friend. Dr., Fairbain
Keith meets the brother of Hope Waite,
under the assumed name of Fred Will
l0ughby. and becomes convinced that
Black Bart has some plot involving the
two.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
CHAPTER Xxx.
Hope Goes to Sheridan.

Hope Goes to Sheridan.
The discovery Of the loeket which had
fallen from about Keith's neck made it
impossible for Hope to remain quietly
for long in the hotel at Fort Larned.
The more carefully she thought over
the story OF that murder at the Gin.
maron Crossing. and Keith's tale OF
how he had discovered and buried the
mutilated bodies, the more assured
she became that that was where this
locket came FROM and that the slain
fretghter must have been her own ia.
Their. She never once questioned the
truth OF Keith.s report; there was that
about the man which would not per
NIT Of her doubling him. He had
simply failed to mention what he re-
moved from the bodies. supposing this
would be Of no special interest.
Mrs. Murphy. hoping thus to quiet
the apprehensions of her charge set
herself diligently at work to discover
the facts. As her house was filled
with transients. including occasional
visitors from Carson City. and was
also lounging headquarters for many
of the officers from the nearby fort.
she experienced no dificulty In pick
ing up all the floating vumors Out OF
these, with Irish shrewdness. she soon
managed to patch together consist
ent fabric Of fact
Shure. honey. It's not so bad the
way they tell It now" she explained.
eonsoii1gly. Nobody behaves now it
was yer father that got kilt It was
two fellers what stole his OUTFIT.
clothes an all. an was drivins on wild
,em inter the sand hills Divii wan
does know who kilt EN-. but there's
some. ugly stories travelin about,
Some says Injuns; some says the
posse run EN- down; an Black Bart
m his dtrthy ontfit. they swear 1t was
Keith Owe got me own notion. An,
nyhoW, there's bout three hundred
dollars. some mules. an lot o val
yhla papers missin'. z
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
A pisappolntlna Man.

When Prof. Charles Zueblin OF Har-
ward was last in Kansas City he Inn
mediately sought out l.. H. Fiery. as
sistant manager of the Coates House.
who was his boyhopd friend. They
had played on the same college base
ball team and we're chums at school.
One afternoon Mr. Fiery and Prof.
zueblin went to Evanston to play golf.
The professor Is almost an expert at
the game. He was constantly adj
dressed as professor" Finally Mr..
Hery's caddie whispered to him
Is he professor Of golf?"
'Oh, no, my boy" Mr. Fiery an
swered, hes a professor In a uni
versity.
The caddie studied a moment and
then said. with a decided show of dis
appointment:
'.shucks! is that all ?.-Kansas City
Star.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Declined to Swap an Old vest for
WORKOUT Farm Full Of
Diamonds.

+.
In this day Of great fortunes It is
NOT unusual to read in the daily news
columns OF great fortunes being lost
and won in day. and the following
anecdot6 is quoted to illustrate how
one man cast aside an opportunity to
become many times q millionaire
Years ago man named Saltzmann
owned an estate IN GriQnaiand. and
adjoining his property was an old
worn down farm that had not been
worked on account Of its poor soil and
the lack Of necessary water. The
owner of this farm met Herr Saitz-
mann one day and offered to trade the
farm for an old waistcoat be had seen
him wearing.
As SaItxmann did not wish to bur
den himself with piece oE worthless
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Don't Want I'm Back.

An economical young man who was
much bored by the requests OF tickle
young women to return their photo
graphs decided upon desperate meas
ures to put stop to the unnecessary
expenditure OF time and postage.
He announced his intention OF start
ing a Venus collection to contain the
pictures OF the 100 most beautiful wo-
men in the world. and now the girls
never ask for their pictures.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Beware of Lazlness.

Burton. In his f1.mous Anatomy OF
Melancholy" says: -Laziness is pois.
on to body and mind. the aiiment OF
perverseness. one Of tie seven deadly
sins; it's the devils pillow. nil bolster.
his main support A lazy Cog is full
of the mango. and how shall q lazy
man not be otherwise? Laziness OF
mind is also much worse than laziness
of body: an unused talent is misfor-
tune: and to the mind rust Is pest.
he'll"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Trinity Church in Debt.

Trinity church, New York.rich as
everybody agrees beyond the thoughts
Of money value, is $2.358,394 in debt.
Contrary to its former practice. 1t now
tells in it's annual reports the values
of its properties, its income and its
debts. It's report of last year, Just
issued, values productive property
owned at $15,117. 900, of which $13.-
858, 900 is real estate at city assessed
valuation.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-11-16
Casting Aside a Fortune

land he kindly refused the OFFER. A
few years later big elear diamonds
were found on this waste stretch. and
now millions Of dollars could not pur-
chase il
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
Ak-Sar- Ben's Glory.

King Ak-sar-Ben is with us again
in all his glory, and King Ak-sar-
Bens glory is peculiarly his own.
The glory Of King Ak-Sar-Ben's
court emanates a lustre that for the
time being in Omaha obscures all
other orbs, however brilliant, and
with King Ak-sar-Ben there is al
ways glory enough for all.
The highest and the lowest, the
rich and the poor, the great and the
small, may share equally and with
out price in the effulgence Of his
regal street pageants, and each and
every one has only to enter into the
spirit Of the occasion TO be with
and a part OF Ak-sar-Ben.
The harvest festival Of old has
been relncarnated in King Ak-Sar-
Ben's annual reign, which is espe-
cially appropriate for the market
town of rich agricultural territory
to which the coming Of the autumn
means the garnering of the soils
prolific yields,
King Ak-sar-Ben's glory, there
fore, is the glory Of nature. 1t is
the only glory that is substantial
and enduring.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
People and Events

A Reno divorce isn't worth the paper
In one Chicago court. No outside decree
looks as well as the output OF the home
factory.
Three successive drubbings ought TO be
as serviceable as an AK in convincing the
ex-shah Of Persia that his come back is
a failure.
A corn Doctor leading a foot ball squad
on hike on a gumbo road shows what
an artist can do In combining business
with exercise.
II proof 10 needed that women can keep
secret, there are the fall sessions Of the
p. L. o.'s in different states, and not one
Of the mere men" gets wise.
II the Young Turks prove as good scrap
pers as their fathers at Plevna and Tir-
nova, several new and fat cemeteries will
decorate the scenery of Trlpoli.
As the new comet racing through space
is fully 4s,OO0,00o miles from the earth.
there is no danger OF collision diverting
attention from the fall campaign.
An early fall attempt to touch office
holders comfortably hedged In by civil
service rules in Chicago was not a COM
plete failure. The touching agent got his
hat back.
An exceedingly hard winter is conf
IDENTIFY predicted for Adams county, Ohio,
and Danville, Ill. Not a piece Of money
showed up at the primaries, and the pros
poets for the November election are as
gloomy as a Bryan election night,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
DR. wiIev's Simple Remedies.

DR.. Wiley, our national pure food
and drug expert, has new plan OF
freeing the people from bondage to
patent medicines. He would have
doctors, especially In smaller COM
munities, meet and make out a num-
Der OF simple prescriptions and leave
them at drug stores to be available
at a reasonable price without impos-
ing on the patient the extra expense
OF a medical fee.
On the face of II this strikes us
as a rather plausible proposition,
but we can see two defects In It.
In the first place, DR.. Wiley, being
a physician himself, ought to know
that, while the profession does a
great deal of charity work, its code
Of ethics includes no rule that COM
pels a man to go around cutting off
the channels Of his income and that
not many doctors are likely to go
into a movement with that object in
view. In the second place, the drug
stores are pretty we'll stocked al
ready with simple remedies that go
by big, confusing names. In many
cases. all that would be necessary
would be to change the label-make
It English instead of Latin or other
hidden meaning signs. This would
not destroy its efficacy, though, of
course, 1t might impair its CONNER
oial value.
DR.. Wiley's idea Of having on hand
at the corner drug store the COM
mon-ailment specifics is certainly a
good one, but 1t is like many other
good ideas---it needs popularizlng to
give 1t push.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
Held for Postage.

Do you get notice every little
while informing you that a letter.
or a picture post card, or package.
addressed to you, is being held for
postage In some far-off postoffice,
and will be forwarded II you enclose
stamps in the requisite amount in a
stamped envelope mailed 20 the post
master7
II you do. you will appreciate
more keenly the purport Of the reso-
lutions proposed in the recent post
masters convention at Omaha urg-
ing congress to change toe law so
that unstamped mail matter may be
forwarded at once under postage due
collectible at the other end In double
the amount OF the regular postage.
The held-for-postage rule is read
lily understandable as the chief
means OF enforcing prepayment, be-
cause In the inception OF the post
office the charges for carriage were
regularly Collected from the person
to whom the letter or package was
delivered. The old order still pre-
walls In some OF our international ex'
changes, so that letter from for
eign parts will be transmitted with
out prepaid postage where a similar
domestic letter will lie dead at the
ONCE Of posting. However. all agre'
that the held-for-postage rule not
only delays the delivery OF mail and
linflicts annoyances on the person ad'
dressed. but also makes it cost thu
postoffice more to send the notices
keep the record and affix the stamps
when sent than it would to forward
and deliver at once.
The really strange thing about i
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-01
rhs Mnnh.Soolded American.


The American gets enough scold-
ing from himself and his critical
cousins from over the sea to make
him a better man, but he takes much
of 1t very lightly, so lightly, in fact,
as to lose the effect of 1t. His Eng
lish cousins have always claimed a
special prerogative in pointing out to
the American his own errors as COM
pared with the superiorities OF the
Briton. Charles Dickens encouraged
this disposition when he wrote his
American Tales" and every other
English writer of note has appar-
emily followed suit.
But here, now, are two American
criticisms on Americans. One, from
a Boston newspaper, that Americans
are not as buoyantly happy as they
should be, even suffering by COM
parison in this respect with Russians
in Warsaw. This is, indeed, a severe
indictment. If Russians in Warsaw,
vi any hOiO OAo0 III NhOh h0NANN
land, can be gay and happy. certainly
Americans ought to be. The writer
goes on: "This repression of feeling,
this reluctance to run the risk of be-
ing considered light-hearted, this ex-
eessive 'individpalism' even In recre-
atoms, is exceptionally characteristic
nN - 81
The other criticism Is made by a high
class periodical and is on our break
neck speed. But the twentieth CEN
fury man can't take time TO think.
The world won't Lev him; It insists on
showing him into the thing outright
and he Is caught In It and committed
to It before he has a notion whether
It is decent or fair or not"
This latter criticism seems to place
the blame more on the times than the
Americans and 1t contains a lot OF
truth. But what of the former
Are we not happy, llght-hearted
people? Do We take ourselves toe
seriously? On every side there are
evidences to the contrary. They
crop out in the immense amount OF
time and money We give to pleasure
to high living. to sports, to travel
Our theaters, our base ball parks
our resorts are more numerous and
elaborate and more numerously pat
ronized every year, What is this Il
not pleasure and what is pleasure Il
not happiness. This disposition ever
manifests itself in our vernaculal
press, in its comic supplement and
It's many highly-paid expert fun-mak
ers. II is apparent in our dress, oul
manners, even in the way of trans
acting business. Perhaps II is no
necessary for us to enjoy ourselves
in exactly the same manner they dc
in Warsaw, Russia, or elsewhere II