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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-07-09

~ attempted 10 besmireh my honor.
oiRa Ahd then he told her Of all tat
mad happened In the smo,;ing room.
Late the following afternoon Easof
and Paulvitch were standing on deck
ut point which was temporarily do
serted. AS Tarzan came upon Then.
they were in heated argument with 81
woman. TaiZan noted that she va.
richly appareled and that her slender
well modelled figure denoted youth. hu
as she was heavily yelled he could uo
discern her features.
The men were standing on cithn,
side of her. and the backs OF an we,
toward TaiZaD, So that he was quite
close TO them without their being
aware OF his presence. He noticed that
hokou seemed to be threatening. the
woman pleading, but they spoke In Il
strange tongue. and he could only guess
from appearances that the girl was
afraid.
AS the ape-man hesitated the man
seized the woman roughly by the
wrist, twisting it as though to wrin,.
promise from her through torture
Then steel fingers gripped his shout
der, and he WAS swung un:eremonions
~ around. TO meet the.co,d. gray eyes
OF the stranger who had thwarted him
on the previous day.
This is my answer to your note.
monsieur" said Tarzan I'm low voice
And he hurled the fellow from him
with such force that Rokom lunged
sprawling against the rail.
Name Of Il name!' shlieled Ruliosf
Pig. but YOU shall die for this And.
Springing TO his feet. lie rushed upon
Tnrzan. Juggling the meanwhile TO
draw j revolver from his hip pocket.
The girl shmnk back i'm terror.
"Nikolas.' she cried DO notch.
do not do that! Quick. monsieur. ny
or he will surely Kill YOU" But in
stead of flying Tarzan advanced TO
meet the fellow. do not make n fool
Of yourself. monsieur" he said.
Rokof ut last succeeded i'm drawing
the revolver. lie deliberately raised
it To Tnrzan'S breast and pulled the
trigger. The hammer fell with u futile
click on an empty chamber: the ape.
mans hand shot out like the head of
an angry python. there was II quick
wrench. and the revolver sailed far
out across the ships rail and dropped
into the Atlantic.
For moment the two men stood
there facing one another. RokoCf had
regained his self possession. He was
the first to speak
Twice now has monsieur seen III TO
Interfere In matters which do not con
Germ him. If monsieur does not know
who Nikolas Rokoff Is. this last piece
of atlrontery will insure that monsieur
later has good reason TO remember
him"
That you are Il coward and Il scoun-
drel. monsieur" replied TarZan. lis
all that care to know OF Won" And
lie turned to ask the girl If the man
had hurt her hut she had diSapneayed
Then, without even Il glance toward
Rokof ana his companion. he contin-
ued his stroll along the deck.
Tarzan could not but wonder what
manner of conspiracy was on foot or
what the scheme of the two men
might be. On the womnn's finger he
had noticed ring OF peculiar work
manshlp. lie determined TO note the
fingers Of the women passengers he
came upon thereafter that he might
discover the identity OF her whom Ro
kof was prosecuting
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CHAPTER II.
Foraina nonds OF Llats 4


TN<AkZAN had sought his deck
81 chair where hc sat Speculat-
u ing on the numerous in
stances OF human cruelty. self
lShness ma spite that had fallen TO his
lot to witness since that day I'm the Jun
l.le four years since that his eyes had
lirst fallen upon II human being other
than himsef-the sleek. black Kulon.
VA. whose swift spear hnd that day
round the vituls OF Kan. the great
she ape, and robbed the youth Tarzln
VI the only mother he had ever known.
He recalled the murder Of King nv
the rat faced Snipes the abandonment
OF Professor Porter aud his party by
the mutineers of the Arrow; the cruel
ty OF the black warriors and women of
Mbonga to their captiyes the petty
Jealousies OF the civil and military OIL
GERS of the west coast colony that
had afforded him his first introduc-
ton to the civilized world.
Mon Dleur' lie solilouuized But
they are all alike-clieating murder
ing, lying, fighting, ana all for things
that the beasts of the jungle would
not deign 70 POSSESS money to pur-
chase the efreminate pleasures of
weddings. 1t is silly world, an
idiotic world, and Farzan of the Apes
was fool to rcnounce the freedom
and the happiness of his jungle to
come into It,"
Presently as he sat there the sud
den feeling came over him that eyes
were watching from behind. Tarznn
wheeled about so quickly that the eyes
Of the young woman who had been
surreptitiously regarding him had not
even time TO drop before the gray
eyes Of the ape-man shot an inquHing
look straight into them. Then as they
fell Tarzan saw faint wave Of Grim
son creep swiftly over the now half
ayerted face
He smiled 10 himself at the result
Of his very nnciyilized and ungallunt
action, for he had not lowered his own
eyes when they met those Of tue
young woman. She was very young
and equally good to look upon. Fur
Their, there was something rather ia
miliar about her that set Tarzan to
wondering where he had seen her be-
fore AS she walked away she raised
gne hand to tic black, waving mass at
the nape Of her neck. agd Tarzan saw
upon q finger OF iais hand the ring Of
strange workmanship that ho he'd seen
upon the finger OF the vcilcd woman "a
short time before
After dinner that evening Tarzan
lolled laziIy 10y the forward rail watch
ing the play Of the moonlight upon the
gently rolling waters. he was half
hidden by n dayit. so that two men
who approached along thc deck did
not see him. and as they passed Tarzau
caught enough Of their conversation to
cause him TO fall in behind them TO
follow and learn what deviltry they
were up to- lie bad recognized the
voice as that OF RokOnf and had seen
that bis companion was Paulvitch.
Tazan had overheard but few
words "And u she screams you may
choke her until' lie kept fhe two
wen ip sight as they walked briskly
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CHAPTER |.
On the Liner

"a q AGNlFIQUEr calculated the
HEH Countess de Conde beneath
I've her breath.
En- questioned the
count, turning toward his young wife.
what is II thnt IS magnificent?
And the count lent his eyes in various
directions in quest Of the object of her
admiration.
"Oh, nothing at all. my dear"' re-
piled the countess. slight flush mo-
mentarily colorinS her already pink
cheek. IL was but recalling with ad-
miration those stupemdous skyscrapers
as they call them. of New York" And
the fair countess tiled herself more
comfortably in EC steamer chair and
resumed the mag; lie which nothing
Mt air. had caused Ter to let fall upon
her lap.
Her husband again buried himself
in his book. but not without mild
wouderment that three days out from
New York his countess should sudden
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
FLAT RAIDED AFTER BURGLARY
Three women and seven Men Ar
rested--stoIen Cutlery Found.

rs result oc q burglary early YES
terday In n cutlery shop NJ 37l West
l25th street, owned by John Baumann. IN
which knives. razors and shears worth
$1,000 were stolen. detectives Miller Nc
Gee. Boyle and McGowan broke into a
fiat at $40 West 12ith street YOUNG
men and women in the place tried 10 fight
the detectives of. bu, after th.oe Or four
shots were fired all Wee arrested stolen
cutlery worth about S700 found i'm tho
place was Identified by Badmann az his
The young women were held ~ re-
ceivers of stolen goods They said they
were Mrs. Lillian Rally. %. 40 Yves.
l2lth street. Alice Mcintyre. 20. 1fS
Eas: Ninety-eighth street. and Mabel
Hail. 20. 1874 Second avenue
The men were charged with burglary
They said they were August Baer. 10.
la East Elghty-fourth street Joseph
Cullen. -. S4s Powers avenue. The
Bronx, Fred Ro!neckc. 90, 3i3 Powers
avenue. Vincent Nevins. 70. 233 East
Eighty fourth street, and John Due. -.
259 East llSth street.
Edward Delaney. II. OF 3o3 East
Nuety-eighth street. later called at the
HAT 70 buy som. of the cutlery. TIE
said sam Luhen, q stationcr Of 1854
Third avenue. had sent him. so he and
l.uhen were arrested. charged with re-
ceivlng stolen goods.
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Did you ever prepare a Statement a.
To the financial condition ~ the bank
asked Trustee Ilenk"l.
Sicgsl ON the advice OF counsel. refused
to answer this question or the ground
that II might incr.mirate him
"Did YOU ever borrow a half million
from the hank asked the trustee.
why, from time 20 time. | got loans
Of from 5000 to $4,000 each" was tho
reply
How much have YOU paid for living
AZ the Hotel Majestic during the past
four ycars"' asked the trustee.
II pay $1,000 a year" replied Siegrl.
Sicg,l added that for the past year a
fricrd has been paying his living eN'
urus.s ~ n" hotel. He seemed reluctant
to diviilgc he name Of his henefactor, but
Attorney Louis =, Levy furnished the
Information that II was \. Hermann. who
4. said to have come to SieCels rescue
with funds az other times.
Referee Dexter will resume the hear
ing a: som" future date.
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"Did you leave money or securities
with either yonr brother or your daugh-
ter" asked H'nkel
81 did not" replied Siegcl
once during tho examination Siegels
coinplacency forsook him. That was when
the opening OF door back OF him made
audible thu shouts OF the deposltors OF
IT,, Kobre bank, who tried 20 mob Max
kubre. president Of the concern. while
Kobre was testifynr before referee In
bankruptcy iu the adjoining court room
Si.gl ma, have thought that some ~
his creditors were responsible for tho
noise. II. looked relieved when the door
was shut There was no sign Of trouble
at he Siegcl hearing
Then Segcl proceeded 10 tell tho re-
m4rktblc sto.y ~ how he never con-
cern,d himself with the affairs Of his
bank. with its $4,000 600 or more OF de-
POSTS. cNccnt TO negotiate a loan from
the cashj,r once in a while.
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STORMY PASSAGE FOR
SEA SAFETY TREATY
La Toilette to Conduct Filibus-
ter: Federation &C Labor
Fights II.

WASHINGTON, Dec. i2.-The American
Federation of Labor served notice on the
Senate leaders that the safety at sed
treaty cannot he ratified in it's platform
and Senator La Toilette notified his col
leagues to-day when the treaty was up for
consideration that he was prepared to
talk indefinitely.
Senat tor Stone. chairman OF the Foreign
Relations Committee. served notice on the
Senate that executive sessions would he
held each day until the treaty was dis
posed Of
The President has asked the Senate to
ratify the treaty before January ! or It
will be no longer binding on the Powers
sgnatory thereto. In his message read TO
Congress this week the President said
that the delegates from the United States
to the London conference that shaped the
treaty had had much 20 do with malSing
II and II ought 20 be ratified by the Senst,
without hesitation.
So the fight now on Is between the Admin
istration and the labor leaders ana Senator
La Toilette. who may have some support
from the Democratic side. Senator John
Sharp Williams If not pleased with the
treaty. La Folctte's objection is that In
its present form the treaty would prevent
legislation such as the La Toilette bill
designed to put al end to the alleged
involuntary scrv!tude in the merchant
marine.
The Senator insists that the modIfica-
tions proposed 10y the friends OF the
treaty do not meet the situation Sam
Gompers Joined forces with La Toilette
to-day as did Andrew Furuseth. repre-
sentative OF the International Seamen's
Union. Following the adjournment ~ the
session La Toilette and Gompers caused
kilograms 10 br sent 10 all leading labor
organizations urging them to demonstrate
with the Senate against the passage OF the
treaty IN its present form
The opponents OF the treaty admit they
have fewer than the required one more
than y. third OF the Senate to defeat
ratification
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P. s. G. SEEKS CAUSE
OF ELEVATED CRASH
Hearings Are Scheduled to r..
gin Next Wcdncsd">
Afternoon.
MOTORMAN FREED on BAii

The Public Service CommssiUu vrs.,r
day adopted a resolution 10 inv,s'iua.
the accident on the Ninth avsul. 49,.
waited at the 11Gth stree. station \
order was served on the nt,rhuruJ.-
Rapid Transit Company and the Mtul.'
tan Railway Company that hearings Nou
begin at L. VI. on December iG Zoo a.,
commissions rooms nj 15i Nassau stree.
The commission proposes to learn .t
cause of the collision between the 10
trains, which resulted in the death q w.
men and injuries to many passeng,.e. ave-
10 determine whether the regulations
practices, equipment and appliances %
the company on the elevated llh,5 ar
Just. reasonable, safe. adcquA. al
proper"
The Commissioners intend e. md o..
also II the company should be dire, '.d 3
provide additional tracks, swTchcs, So
ton facilities or any other proper''. co.
struction. apparatus, equipment, fl',i.t.
or devices for use in or In connection WI
the transportation Of passengers or nlo.
ertv on it's elevated lines. or any rept
or improvements 20 or changes ot ar
thereof In use. or any additions Their
or changes in construction thereof. q.
20 inquire whether the company sNUu
be required to provide such other cor d
ferent cars az may be necessary 20 d
crease the capacity and lmpro''
safety and service of operation.
The resolution further says tina 80
ne found that such repairs. improvuT.u
changes or additions ought to be made
tn. commission Will determine oh. tg
and manner IN which the same should .
made and provided
Thomas Mcmahon, motorman -
local train tina; crashed into the "xnr''
train standing at the ilbth sire st
ton. was bailed out yesterday. \ {? o.
bond was accepted by Coroner Boria
While the motorman was waiting
the Coroner's office TO have the bond a.,
out. he volunteered a statement VIII
has been recorded and will he used
the Public Service hearings. He said .
found some of the motors out OF ord
when he took the train at South Ferry
From the motorman whom ne succeed
he learned after he had started rp'ow
that the train was on. of order On q
down trip. The inspector at South F'.'
was informed of the disabled cori!to
OF the motors. but McMahon w. pr.
warned of this by him.
He managed to operate the trail '-o
the frs; ear until the Franklin street 80
ton was reached. Then ae dropped .a"
20 the fourth car. which was the no,
motor car on the train From 'Hf- .
he ran the train the rest OF the w"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
ENRAGED DEPOSITORS
TRY TO MOB BANKER
Max KObre's Appearance Before
Bankruptcy Referee
Causes Riot.

For five exciting minutes squad of
deputy marshals under United States
Marshal William Henkei fought yester-
day to prevent a crowd of Infatuated men
and women from attacking Max kobre.
the indicted head of the defunct chain Of
banks that bears his name. Kobre was
testifying before Bankruptcy Referee
Peter Is. Olney in the United States Dis
trct Court.
When the deputies had cleared the
courtroom they had another battle in the
hall. where several hundred creditors.
most of them foreigners and poorly
dressed. waved their bank books in the
air and shrleked imprccations at the
banker Many OF the women became
hysterical and fought like tigers when
the deputies tried to shove them into the
elevators.
The trouble was apparently caused by
dissatisfaction with the plan of compost
ton offered, although the attorneys for
the bankrupt stated that 65i depositors
had registered their approval OF the plan
by postcard. while only eighty had dis
approved. The plan provides for "A 10 per
cent. cash payment OF the deposits and 90
per cent. in notes
one OF the deposftors espied the banker
being smuggled into the courtroom
through a side door. Before Kobre could
reach the rail encircling the witness
stand the depositor grabbed him By the
shoulder and waved his bank book in the
bankers face
You have ruined me So he cried in
broken English. IAN my money gone
YOU"
At this point the deposltor was seized
by marshal and forced out OF the room
Kobre was president Of the Kobre chain
OF banks in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Of
which the main institution was at II
Canal street. They were put into bank
ruptcy several months ago. with liabli-
ties OF over si.0OO.000. Most Of that sum
belonged to the $4,000 depositors
The Kings County Grand Jury recently
handed down indictments agan1 Kobre
his son-in-law. David T.. Singer. and
Moses C;irsburg. who are charged with
defrauding depostors out of $4,000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
TO FIGHT HIGHER FERRY FARE
Jersey Mayors VIII Ask Concrc.. Z
Take Action.

Mayors %. The several munic,pai .,.es .
North Hudson county will seek 20 h7v
Congress amend the Interstate co1.r,t
act In an effort to bring ahout a Ioir.'..
Of the increased rate schedule inauC ,rafa
by the IVES. Shore Railroad I'm tn or-.l
ton OF its ferries to Cortlauit stree
Manhattan Congressman Elgtu VIII b
asked to present the amendment 10 Coz
greSs.
The Mayors are agreed that the Hv
cent fare on the ferry was not excess ~
TO transient travellers, Out would he
strain on the pocketbooks OF commuter
who have been patrons for years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
sees One Dia,cuIty IN Wa,.

There is an obstacle In our ooupe. NIX
with Germans in manufactures. when
the war Is over they Will break their
necks 10 regain lost business and will
Offer prices that will defy competition
our able manufacturers see this and hosi-
tate to put large capital into new types
of products unless these can bC protected
for a period Though low tariff man
myself. I think study ought to hc made OF
protecting for a given period such manu-
factures as may arise naturally from
broken German industries"
Mr.. Tilene talked with many German
bankers and business men 100 October.
There WAS not tho slightest trace Of fea"
as to Gcrmany's fate I'm their minds they
were confident. he said, and ~ bankers
were willing To- continue to finance the
war.
Belgium Mr.. Flene thought In greater
danger now than ever before. tn. great
est menace to the Bclgiaus d, u. mSelveS
Before the end of tn" winter the
3 600 900 will have 10 hc fed from INC
outside" he said They are hungry now.
and IL ~ getting worse The danger ~
that tho patriotic leaders viii not be able
TO restrain q starving ropulncc from using
violent means against he Germans
III there IT. an outbreak the ,eprsal
will he tremendous and Will oyorshadow
any of tho horrCrs OF August In Brussels
600 600 are being barely kept from starya-
ton now by soup once a day"
All sorts of gossip flo ted about the
decks OF the Lapland as she steamed up
from Quarantine yesterday as 10 why
she was more than day late. Passcn-
gers whispered that they had been carried
into : uthern waters to escape the karls-
ruhe. that the weather was lik" summer,
that their salt baths We're tepid, that NO
ships chnrt was posted and that wireless
messages were forbidden. Al capt Brad
shaw would say was thar III" ship had had
very heavy weather
The I.apand brought twenty-five Of the
ssmith-Laurillard company which j. to
play "To-night's the Night
The liner also had tho first large con
signm NJ OF Christmas mail. the removal
81 which delayed the liner an hour in
decking
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
DIES AS HE FEELS
GRASP OF MILLIONS
Edwards Heir Stricken After
Succeeding i'm Hunt for
Missing Deeds.
MAY END LONG FIGHT

Through deeds found by Emery o.
Edwards of Colville. Wash. before his
death In a furnished room house ut 23l
West Thirteenth street on Friday night
his family may be able to establish
legitimate claim TO portion OF the vast
Edwards estate In this city, valued In the
millions. in the opinion of John III. Fonda
OF 253 West Thirteenth street
Mr.. Fonda for more than thirty years
has been president of the Union Associa-
ton Of Harlem. Anneke Jams, Bogardus.
Edwards and Weber Estates. Inc. and has
been for many years n friend of the
Edwards family. He Is more than so
years old. and has devoted his life to the
fight on the Trinity Corporation In behalf
OF claimants Of property now possessed
by that corporation. lie was the unknow
ing possessor OF the valuable documents
which are now expected To play such an
important part in the retaining OF the
estate for the Edwards heirs. The where
sbouts OF these deeds at the present time
Is not known To MIR Fonda. but 1t is be-
leved that they are among the papers OF
the dead man. which were turned over to
the Coroners office by the police and
locked in the safe OF Property Clerk
Edward Doonau. Whether the papers and
other deeds found en- Edwards's trunk by
the police ana said by them to represent
claims to title to property in Manhattan
from the Battery TO Fourteenth street.
valued at more than Ss0.00O.O00, are
genuine or duplicates could not be learned
last night, as Clerk Doonan could not be
reached.
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Continued from Fret Page.

So points above July 30 price and a
jump OF ~ points over Fridays closing
Southern Pacific advanced IA points
above It's last sale price in the committee
and n beyond the July 80 price. New
York Central was 20. points above
July 30.
No evidences OF foreign liquidation were
apparent Most of the stocks traded In
on the floor were of course not of inter-
national character. The strength of in
ternational stocks in the clearing house,
however. was convincing.
Money conditions, though no transact
tons are usually done IN Stock Exchange
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
BANKS TAXED ON $362 900 900.
Nine out Of 100 Assessed Pay over
x..OOO,OOO.

The city Tax Department has just sent
10 the Receiver of Taxes warrants for tn.
collection of the tax on bank shares The
assessed value OF these shares for 1914
IL s362.000,000. This single class of per
sonal property exceeds In amount all the
personal properly subject 20 the general
property tax.
There are 100 banks subject to tax
Nine of the banks nay over $4,000 00A
This tax gives practically no trouble to
the assessors and the trouble To- the banks
consists IN making report and paying
the bill. The tax paid by nina leading
banks ~ as follows
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
PREDICT PROSPERITY
AFTER TRIP ABROAD
Two on Lapland See Big Trade
Opportunity After Study
ing Europe.
ONE TO SPEND $4,000. 900

Two OF the liner Lapland's passengers.
in yesterday from Liverpool were men
who had spents months studying Euro
pean trade conditions. They came back
convinced that the trade opportunity Of
the United States and prosperity were
at hand.
One of them, Ivan " Serginsky. a rep
resentatlve OF American machine COM
panies and also an agent OF the Russian
Government, said that he was here TO
spend up TO slO.o0O.00O for machinery
for use In manufacturing The other
Edward A. Filene. "A Boston merchant,
said that nine months OF Intercourse with
European bankers and business men had
convinced him that wave Of prosperity
was approaching.
The Lapland also brought to New YORK
the French Yellow Book. an official docu-
ment explaining the causes of the war
from the French viewpoint
The latent resources OF this country
have been undercs;imated' said NJ. FL
lene, who left here in March last to at
tend as v!Ce-prt sideut the biennial mee,-
ing in Paris Of the International Chan-
hers uf Commerce and VINO since then
has been travelling tn France. Sw!tz,i-
land Germany. Belgium. Holland and
Great Britain. When | l"f; | predic;e J
for fall the biggest commercial awaken.
ing of this country since that following
the spanish war The present war has
upset those calculations. hut has not put
an end to the possibilities Of this coun-
try.
The chance TO Increase the export trade
is enormous. of course, as the German
trade will be interfered with for a very
...N 80
last of 1915 AZ the earliest. TO my mind.
During that time the field viii he ours
to export raw stun. particularly wool
and food.