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that roared. waist.high, around me.
Suddenly l felt Stapfhaus grasp me
by the arm. l could not hear his
words amid those awful cries OF de.
spair that went up to the heavens.
Dimly l felt that his will. stronger
than my own at this supreme crisis,
demanded that should plunge with
him into those foaming. churning
depths. With last despalring shrek
l leaped; l felt the black waters close
over my head. and went down, down,
for an interminable period. until the
breath pent In my lungs seemed about
to rend me. Then-I felt my head
struck violently by some floating OBJ
ject; I emerged above the surface,
gasping and choking. and found my.
self clinging to a deck chair. one OF
those which had been In occupation
only short hour before. In the leo
Of deck shelter. The current Gre.
ated BY the sinking ship had, most
luckily. carried me away instead Of
drawing me under. All around me, un.
der the full moon. was the black.
heaving sea, trimmed with Ice foes
that seemed to have withdrawn to
leave . clear space In which the YES.
sci might sink to her ocean bed. Now,
where she had been there was no
ripple to show. nothing but the dark.
leaping waves. spume.fecked beneath
the wind. and on their breast there
foated spars, chairs. debris Of every
kind.
clung to my chair and shouted
wildly. No call came back across the
waters. II any had escaped, they
had pulled away from the danger spot.
The entire company and crew seemed
to have perished. I felt that I could
not keep my senses much longer. Be-
numbed by the Icy water. spent, ex.
hausted. my strength fast leaving me,
put all my powers Into one last, des.
perate cry. Then came an answer. I
knew the voice. plunged onward des.
perately through the waters. Tho hail
came more loudly. All at once there
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-15
He started. "Ransacking my room p

He started. "Ransacking my room?'
he cried. What the devil for?"
What for?" l reiterated, bitterly.
I felt bitter toward him. Even II he
spared my life, at least l knew that
my career was over. could never
face my sovereign again. And here
he was mocking me.
Il ransacked your room," | replied,
ito find the treaty. Why do you sup
pose l Gamer" l saw him start. The
pistol quivered in his hand. do you
think I followed you for Jest, or to
play puss-in.the-corner?"
do not know what he would have
done. He seemed to take deliberate
aim at me. Then heard wild, des.
perate cries from the deck above. A
blast Of Icy air seemed to strike me
and suddenly there came tremen-
dous shock which flung us from our
seats with terrific violence. l heard
the pistol explode as 1t left Stapfhaus'
fingers. Then, stunned and dazed,
picked myself up from the floor. to
find that the sea was pouring through
the portfolio and that l was wadlng
In foot OF water, which swilled from
side to side Of the cabin as the ship
rolled heavily in the trough Of the sea.
Above me heard orders being shout
ed, hard and clear; heard the stamp
ing Of feet; then Stapfhaus and were
running along the passage side by
side, and making for the deck.
Water was pouring down the com.
panionways. Passengers Of either sex,
In night attire, were screaming, pray.
ing franticaly. and rushing hither and
thither In widest terror, which gradu.
ally yielded before the orderly preci.
sion OF the officers and the sailors.
When we had forced our way to the
deck we found that the vessel had
struck an immense Ice foe, clearly
discernible In the bright moonlight,
and toppllng like drunken thing 200
yards on the bow side, rolling heavily
In the surge. and almost split in twain
by the force Of the impact.
What damage we ourselves had sus-
tained was uncertain. The engine
room was flooded. the engines had
ceased working, the electric lights had
gone out. Everywhere through the
vast. black hull resounded shouting
and screaming. From beneath, pas
sengers. with few hasty wraps
around them, were running up to the
deck, their numbers constantly aug.
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menting. while they carried with them
such trifes as they had been able to
save or had snatched up In the con.
fuslon-often Of the most incongruous
nature. From abaft came curses and
groans. From time to time the boards
would resound with the confused
trampling Of bare feet; then these
sounds would cease suddenly and the
shouts would be resumed. Looking
down. became aware that these cries
were from the steerage passengers.
At each ladder which led to the decks
from this region Of the ship two men
were posted: and each held a pistol
In either hand and guarded the ap-
proaches.
The burly figure OF the captain ap.
peared. There was concerted rush
for him. For moment passengers
and crew struggled together Then
his voice rose clear and clean above
the medly Of sounds:
There Is no immediate danger.
Lower the life boats and be ready to
cast of"
Hardly had the words left his lips,
however. when thrill seemed to run
through the ship. The stern rose per.
ceptibly In the air. She Ia sinking!"
cried hundred voices. All disci.
pline was lost. The sailors, lowering
the boats. had the ropes snatched out
OF their hands by frantic passengers,
The mob was gaining control. And,
at the critical moment, suddenly there
came a renewed rush from the steer
age against the ladders. l heard q re-
volver crack, a man cry. Then. with
the roar Of single beast. the stecrage
passengers had swept over all OBJ
stacles and no further semblance oi
order was possible. Suddenly I fel,
Stapfhaus thrust q pistol into m,
hand.
What fort" cried In astonish
ment. We stood little aside from
the fighting. furious mobs. helpless t
prevent their deeds. Women were be
Ing thrust aside; l saw a boat SWIM
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-15
"Whlos" In History.

The party in the colonies which nro.
NOTED and backed the revolution took
the name Wings. Their PRINCIPLES
were the same as those Of the Whigs
OF England. only they were made an,
plicable to this country. In 1894 the
name was revived. the Federal party
having come to an end In 1917. From
that time all American politicians
were simply Republicans. But soon
dinerent Views were held by the va.
rious members Of the party with tho
results that factions were formed un.
DER their own leaders. Adams, Clay
and their followers believed In pol.
ICY OF protection and federal internal
improvements and a broad or loose
construction Of the constitution. 9th.
ers. who construed the constitution
strictly. opposed these thing. and
found leader In Jackson. The for.
mer took the name Of National Repub.
iicans. After his defeat their chief
leader was Clay. whom they nominal.
cd for president In 1881. Their oppo.
sition to jackson drew to them va.
rious elements, and, as opponents Of
executive usurpauon. In 1884 tho
coalition took the old name Of Wings.
The Whig body always formed q coal.
ition rather than a party. there being
two divisions. the northern and
southern Whigs.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-02-15
SURELY HAD A BUSY DAY
And With All the Excitement Perhaps
They Were Not to Blame for
Thelr Oversight.

" am awfully tired" sighed Loretta
as she dropped heavily into q chair.
But / have had very good day Of
1t. Mrs. Dingle and l went shopping
to get some toys for the bazar. The
church women decided that they would
have a booth for inexpensive toys to
catch the children's pennies and per-
haps q fishpond."
whats q fshpond?" asked her
brother. "a matrimonial booth?'
ITS a place where the children have
t1shpoles and fish over a curtain be-
hind which we hang toys on the hooks.
or course we had to have lots Of small
toys that didn't count up In price, SO
Mrs Dingle and / decided we'd go to
the Ave and ten-cent stores and select
number.
I'VE were rather late getting started
because Mrs. Dingle couldn't find the
list that the president Of the Aid 30
ciety gave her, but at last we set out.
1t was after IL when We got downtown.
SO Mrs. Dingle took me to tea room
for luncheon. 1t isn't the quickest place
In the world to get waited on: but real
ly We were rather slow ourselves. We
had lot to talk about. and
think We discussed everything under
the sun.
Then Mrs. Dingle wanted to 60 to
q matinee. even II 1t was late, and we
tried at two or three places. but we
couldn't get seats. So we went over
to vaudeville performance and II
was really quite good"
"And such a help to the bazar!" her
brother murmured. mo doubt you two
will be put on every available commit.
tee on account Of your faithful and
conscientious labors. l always said
you were q wonderful worker when
you once got started"
I'VE didn't stay for the whole per.
formance." Loretta explained. "You
see. Mrs. Dingle remembered that she
wanted to match some ribbon and, any.
how. the last part Of the program
was not new. would have stayed II
had been alone, but I was Mrs.
Dingle's guest, and couldn't very well
say didn't care particularly for her
GRAND. Now, could II"
Hardly. I am proud to see that
you have the right spirit and recognize
duty when It stands In your path and
waves It's arms"
"You needn't make fun Of me-" Lo.
retta said. I'VE matched the ribbon
all right. though we had to 20 to
seven places. II was last years ribbon
and the stores never carry the same
colors two years In succession"
mo apology 10 necessary. I under.
stand perfectly" !.
After we got the ribbon we went
to the ten-cent stores and bought the
toys"
THE plot thickens!" cried the
brother. NOW we come to the eli.
max"
There Isn't any climax" Loretta
said. We went to all the stores and
Iby the time we had finished wa had
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i
''Yes," answered. II have an oil
skin bag round my waist. But 1t con.
tains no treaty-merely sealed instruc-
tions which his majesty handed to mo
in person, with instructions that 7
should open them after l had obtained
the treaty"
Stapfhaus stared at me incredulous1
ly. Then he began to tremble.
Dare you open it," he muttered.
See" From beneath his clothes 6e
produced a similar bag. This, or it,
contents, rather, his imperial majesty
the kaiser handed to me before my
departure" he said, with instructions
that should open 1t when I had OBJ
tained the treaty from you"
l said no more, but boldly unripped
the sewn oilskin. The water had PEN
etrated not at all. Simultaneously
Stapfhaus ripped his own open. We
laid them in the bottom Of the boat
and stared at them.
They were identical. Each con-
tanned a single note Of the Bank Of
England to the value of $500. And.
with each, was formal discharge
from the civil service Of our respec-
tive countries, and regret that fts-
ture employment was not to be er-
pected.
think 1t was some time before I
understood the tenor Of this. Then
heard some one sobbing near at
hand. l looked up; stapfhaus was
weeping unrestrainedly. And . tear
fell on my own hand.
II served my emperor" he cried.
T gave my life for him-I would have
died for him gladly at any time. But
l did not think the day would come
when he would make a Jest Of me.
sending me on an impossible mission
to obtain a treaty when there was no
treaty. Why should he mock at me
-or your sovereign at you?"
Then dubious thought came into
my brain.
Perhaps 1t was not done wholly AZ
a Jest" said.
What do you mean7" cried ,stapf.
haus.
Perhaps our sovereigns thought.
that we had been too serviceable-that
we knew too much-that II we met,
each bent upon his fatal purpose. and
shot or. stabbed each other-our
deaths might remove two men who
knew more Of the politics Of Europe
than was good for them" 6
"And II we lived"
THAT fate had chosen So"
Stapfhaus was silent for awhile.
Then he raised his hand to the sa-
lutte.
MY emperor's will be done." he
said. His eyes wandered into the
oflng. Then he gave a cry and
pointed.
A large steamship was bearing
down on US.
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lot Of small packages Of the prettiest
toys you ever saw. Fire engines, dolls,
blocks, puzzles-everything child
could wish. They were SO attractive
that we played with them ourselves ON
the counter before they were wrapped
up."
Where are they?" her brother
asked. .I'd like to see them and re-
new my youth. The fire engines par
ticularly will charm me-"
Loretta's face fell. II haven't them"
she confessed. Il suppose Mrs. Dingls
took them. Still / am not sure"
Here at last is the mystery" said
her brother, "'Where Are the Tuys7
or the Adventures Of an Empty Fish
pond"
Don't be foolish" said Loretta nerv-
ously. II wish knew"
Invention has given us handy in.
strument," her brother suggested,
through which we can converse with
friends at distance. This is called q
telephone, derived from the words"
But Loretta did not walt for derjva-
tions. A moment later her brother
heard her talking to Mrs. Dingle. Tho
conversation lasted for some time and
was evidently spirited. so he waited to
hear the outcome. When Loretta came
back. however. she was not talkative,
and 1t required skin to enable him to
discover what was wrong.
well. II you must know" Loretta
said at last desperately. Mrs. Dlngle
thought had everything"
Rather heavy load for one."
And l thought she had the toys. We
both remember seeing the large par
Gel on the wrapping counter Of some
store. that's all. We must have gone
and left them there. Mrs. DIngle ia
actually ill.tempered about it."-Chi.
cago Daily News.
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drifted into view, separating itself
with mysterious suddenness from the
waste of the sea, an empty life boat
And. clinging to Its edge, making des.
perate efforts to enter 1t, was Stapf-
haus. With the last vestiges Of my
rapidly waning strength l pulled my
self together; the heavy boat slowly
dipped toward us till her edge was
level with the waves. One last en-
deavor, and Stapfhaus and l lay on
her bottom, side by side. But wheth-
er we were friends or bitterest enc
mics. neither of US was able to lift q
finger toward the other In friendship
or enmity.
How long we lay there helpless at
the mercy Of the winds and waves, l
do not know. Luckily, the promise Of
the storm had not been fulfilled, or we
should have been swamped many
times before morning. When the sky
lightened l was able to sit up and look
wearily round me-. We had drifted
beyond the circle Of tyeacherous ice
foes, which had vanished utterly, as
though, having fulfilled their deadly
purpose. there remained nothing more
for them to do. We were adrift upon
the breast Of the immense Atlantic.
Stapfhaus hauled himself into a sit
ting posture and regarded me. When
he spoke his voice was nothing but q
shaky whisper. wonder. now, wheth.
er mine was, too.
"Adams." he said. II have no weap-
ons here. But, for all that we have
gone through and escaped from, l
swear. that one OF US shall never live
to be picked up by any ship unless
unless you hand to me the Anglo
American treaty"
Il stared at him awhile; then an
swered:
"stapfhaus, when you accused me
Of having treaty in my possession
last night l thought that the disaster
had turned your brain. Yet now l rec
ollect that you actually ransacked my
room. even as l did yours, apparently
under the influence Of that same be-
lief. Stapfhaus, l have no treaty.
But you have one which is upon you
round your waist or about your neck.
And I swear that one Of us shall 60
plunging down into this depths Of sea,
unless you deliver 1t to me-"
"Why did you ransack my room?"
he demanded. huskily. why did you
take ship with me?"
ITO get the treaty"
II have no treaty." he shrieked out
at me. II took ship to intercept you
at New York because heard that you
were on your way to deliver your
treaty to the American president"
who told you that?" demanded.
my sovereign, the kaiser" he an
swered, proudly. "And you?"
His majesty. King Edward VII"
I answered. well, shall we strip"
"Wait!" he said, thoughtfully. "Have
you no papers upon you!"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-24

Dlushlng goblet and hespurns the
flowing bowl. But, nevertheless,
he woke up the other morning to
learn that his model prisoners
were making booze in the county
Jail.
A prisoner gave the still away
when he was frightened by a
rumor thatGncle Sam was going
to raid the place
The still has been working for
a year. The output has not been
large, but large enough to make
life less monotonous for the pris-
oners. The Jail guards have won
dered at the appetite of the guests
for corn cakes and syrup like
mother used to make"
The prisoners have a. gasoline
stove and a frying pan in the cor
ridor and have sent out daily for
cornmeal and sugar !
The cornmeal was put in a pail,
soaked in water and allowed to
ferrnent SO hours. Then it was
boiled and tube stolen from a
disinfector carried the moonshine
to a bowl. The sugar was burned
and the whisky colored. 1t was
not allowedto age.
A lookout was ON the job and
when the jailer appeared he found
the boys frying hoe cakes.
All this Sheriff Brandenburg
learned when he got to the jail
after running all the way from
the house.
He threw the still into the al
lev and announced that the Dris-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-24

swamps and the medicines en-
dowed with miraculous curative
, powers.
Already in Great Britain there
is a law called the Merchandise
Marks Act, applying to commodi-
ties of all kinds requiring that no
false statements be made respect
ing their origin and character.
An act of this kind comes near
answering all the conditions of
trade and with very slight modi-
hcations could be easily applied
to the conditions existing in the
United States.
The people of this country have
only to become aware of the pos
sibility of protection of this kind
to insistently demand of their
legislatures its enactment.
JAILBIRDS RUN WHISKY
STILL IN JAIL
We sing of the Paris apach,
A cruel, INSCRIPTIONS guy;
We chant of the burglar of
Gotham,
Adroit, perspicacious and spry,
We're in awe of Chicago's bold
footpads,
But none of these crooks can
compare
With the merry old jailbird of
Texas,
Believe us, dear reader, HE'S
THERE!
Sheriff Brandenburg Of Dallas,
Texas was elected on a prohibit
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-26

Case Goes
to the jury
JUDGE WILL DELIVER CHARGE
no JURY TONIGHT, BUT NO YER.
DICT is EXPECTED FOR AT
LEAST TWO DAYS.


Indianapolis, Dec 26.-On the yer.
dict Of jury of their peers probably
will stand tonight between the A la
Dor leaders on trial here for alleged
conspiracy unlawfully to transport
dynamite, and either freedom Of a
prison cell
After a most yitriollc denunclation
of a number Of the former officers Of
the International Association OF
Bridge and Structural Ironworkers,
whom he charged with almost equal
guilt with the McNamaras for the de-
struction Of the Los Angeles TIMES,
Federal District Attorney Charles W,
Miller announced this afternoon that
ho would finish his address ~ 4
o'clock Judge Anderson will then
deliver his charge TO the Jury II Is
not known how long this will occupy
but the court has announced that he
viii be as concise 40 possible, and he
probably will finish in time for DE
Jury to take the case tonight
1t Is expected that at least two days
will pass in discussion by the jury
men before a verdict is reached Each
of the defendants Is charged in two
counts with consplring to transport
dynamite unlawfully, and each is also
charged in so counts with aiding and
abetting such unlawful transportation.
I nder the cumulative penalty system.
the maximum sentence possible Of
each defendant convicted on all
counts would be thirty-nine and one
half years. From this, the sentences
could range down to a fine or sus-
pended sentence
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-26
Frisco Is
Flooded
With Mail
[UNITED PRESS LEASED wlRE.1

UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l
San Francisco, Dec. 26.-Despite the
breaking Of all previous records for
the handling of Christmas mail, there
still remained 100000 postcards piled
today in the San Francisco postoffice,
awaiting sorting and delivery. Over
land mail is piling up in heaps, but
will be sorted and delivered within a
few hours, The postcards are being
sidetracked for the more important
mail, and will probably not reach
their destinations until Saturday
During the five days preceding
Christmas 2,156,SOO pieces of mail
were handled.
Special delivery packages number
ing S62S were received and sent out
during the seven days prior to Christ
mas, compared with 7791 last year.
Stamp sales for the five days before
Christmas amounted to $7O,O51.S6,
against $66,943.26 last year.
The regular force Of $50 men was
augmented by an additional 1856 extra
carriers
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-26
ALBANY ELKS IN
ROLE OF SANTA CLAUS

Frank Ward, druggist at ], c. Per-
ry's State street establishment, re-
turned from Albany today where he
witnessed the Christmas greeting the
Albany Elks gave to the poor children
of that city. Mr., Ward declares that
the Blks in the Southern city adver-
tised broadcast that every child In the
city was invited to visit the hall yes
terday afternoon. A large crowd Of
children assembled at the Elks head
quarters, where they we're received by
Santa Claus. Baskets containing
oranges, candy, apples and in fact ev-
cry kind of goodies loved by child,
were handed out to each little visitor
together with a ticket for each to a
picture show. A merry crowd soon
left their good fellow friends and
made for the place Of amusement with
a wholesome lunch and free admit
tance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-26
Will Soon
GllyeCure
to World
DR.. friedman Arranging TO
Supply the World With
Ills Recently Discovered
Serum for Consumption
LuNlrEp rRrss tEAsEp wruB. ]

Berlin, Dec 2G,--In answer to hum
dreds OF letters, kilograms and cable.
grams that Dr. Frederick Franz Fried
mann is receiving asking when he will
give out his now famous tuberculosis
cure to the world, Or Friedman de-
clared today thai he had not yet ar.
rived at a decision as to what plan he
will follow in making his remedy
available in all parts Of the world.
One thing which is making Or.
Friedman slow TO give out his dis.
coyery was the experience OF Prof
Errlich, discoyerer OF "GO6." Il Is
claimed that the moment Ehrlich an
nounccd he had given out several
phials Of his serum TO physicians.
scores of INSCRIPTIONS doctors In
America advertised that they were
treating with "6O6' and as high az
5000 an injection was charged, when
as a matter Of fact they did not have
a drop Of the remedy
Dr, G, II sherman, a bacteriologist
Of Detroit, Mich, is here today to in
yestigate Dr. Frledmann's cure. He
declared that the longer Dr. Fried
mann refused TO let the medical pro-
fession test his remedy the longer II
viii take to form a correct conclu-
sion concerning liz value.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-26
Will Ship
the Crop
by Mail
San Diego Prane Shipper
Will Send Two Carloads
of PruHeS East as aStarter
by Parcels Post
IUNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l

Washington, Dec, 26.-The first
round in the long drawn out battle
which is expected between the post
office department and the express
companies through the operation Of
the new parcels post has been fought
fought here as a result Of the plan Of
a San Diego, Cal, man, to start ship
ping to New York carloads Of prunes
by the government service.
The postofice department received
word that the San Diego shipper in
tended to start his shipments in jan
vary under the zone system which
would make the postal rate SO cents
for an eight-pound package, Hearing
this the express companies at once cut
their prune rate for the same distance
to 35 cents on eight-pound packages.
1t is expected that operation Of the
new postal system will force cuts in
many varieties Of merchandise
throughout the country just as they
did in the prune war,