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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
1900 WORK ON SUBWAYS
P. S. Commission Announces
Progress for Month.

The Public Service Commission.
through its acting chief engineer. Rob.
ert Ri1gvay. announced yesterday that
for the month ended August ~ salts
factory progress had been made ger.
orally on all rapid transit contracts.
twenty-five contracting firms keeping
1900 men busy. On other contracts
2.400 men are employed.
n is apparent from tho report thst
the Fourth av. subway, Brooklyn, and
tho Ste:nway tunnel will be the first
parts Of the dual system placed in Cd.
Grafton Early in the new year is the
time planned. Also. two additional
tricks will be available in the Centre
81. loop and the connection between the
Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges com.
pleted. Only the Williamsburg Bridge
is now connected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
FREAKS OF A DAYS NEWS,

The British cruiser Essex g. reported OH
>ayNi.If Long Island. whore she is h1ldil.-
up suspects aud conccaIing her own iGentlt
iu clouds Of self gen rated steam.
Angry a. his brother Carmels because hr
would not contribute 81 % 90 q fund ro Wa
collecting 10 enable him 20 go back Co ITALY
and hgh' for MS country. Giovanni NrrilIe
u PhillirSbure. y. j., stabbed him n fh.
lett shoulder and arm. Gio,.nni was afrcst-
81 in Easton.
When the dog tina, ,hc was Iealius hy
chain was Killed by coming 90 contact win
4 third rail Yesterday in Harmon Mr. Louis
Fourier. Of M1hesau, was made unconscious
J.! th' shocN ana heT right arm badly burned.
-Four occupants Of an automobile driven bv
Edison !. Mccall II West Paving were
slightly injured when COW that was STRUCK
hy tho car crashed through the wind shield
and landed In the tonnoau. The animal had
90 be shot
Miss Sarah Spcvack eighteen wears Old. q
stcuographcr. on her way 90 her home. az
-cNi Dean st., Brownsville. last night. sne.se.l
violently. \ vein Boz b nose IA rurtur.d
El'eIiug prOiusey she tainted. ana WAS
carried 90 The brownsville police station Pa
tromau tlNah Rang applied Hrst aid t4cttes
and saved hsr NJ. Fellow policemen await.
ing romance TO follow.
Three, ,ai. Old Ralph scherin pursued "a
ball az top speed boo the roadway In front
~ his home A. 1922 PARK Place. East New
York last night Along came a trolley car
struck the boy and threw him high into an.
air. A he descended Motorman John small
man reached out AMI caught the younsster.
No damage
small stone thrown ln e quarrel between
Italian laborcrs fractured the skull ~ Martha
Young. IN. tweive-ycar-old daughter ~ A.
bert Young Of Hogan Place NinrcId.
Queens. yesterday The child Was taken 20
St Johns Hospital 90 critical condition.
Drilling into gas main az Madison az.
and 9th 49,. Patrick Tohin. ~ ~ East 9sth
st.. was killed 10y the fumes yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
AUTO RIDE ENDS FATALLY
Driver Dying and Three Hurt
in Collision with Span.

One man is DYING and three others
are suffering from minor injuries, as
the result OF an automobile ACCIDENT
on Williamsbridge road. The Bronx
last evening. The dying man, who IS
in the Fordhsm Hospital, IS LOUIS
Hogan. twenty-three years old OF %
Attorney ST. Hogan was driving
The car crashed into the centre span
over the New Haven tracks at Poplar
St. and overturned. piuionine the men
beneath II. The other occupants OF me
car were William and Henry hirs', o.
q5i Washington ay., The Bronx, and
George Clifton. Of % West saith ST. ,
Tho machine was the property OF
William Katz. Of 767 Blom ST. II was
con,plctclv wrecked.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
TWO INJURED IN AOlo
Machine Turns Over, Throw
ing Three Out-One Unhurt'

nv ToI0c-s0h % mo ITIHl"'-T
Norristown, y. j.. Aug. 26.-Andre"
! Whitehead, OF Boonton. sustained
fractured rib and a broken collaroone,
and Fred Nan3,rhoof, Assistant Chiel
of Police Of the same town, received
severe scalp wound when the auto
mobile i'm which they and Henry >;
Norman. County Sealcr OF "eights ana
Measures. we're riding turned over N
Nendham Road, near here, this after
rassinc motorist summoned AID
from Police Headquarters mere III
Nenry A. Henriques started out anu
brought the injured men TO the Mc'''o-
rial Hospital in his car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
FOOD SCARS IN QUEENS
District Attorney Asked to
Probe Cause of High Prices.

District Attorney Mathew !. Smlth
Of Queens has been Appealed 20 oy
the officers Of the Richmond I'M ,iN'c
Association 20 start an investigation
Of the cost of foodstufis.
In certain sections of the borough
especially in the Long Is land Guy avs
tricts where men live who nave ocvn
thrown out OF employment. the peCpIe
are subsisting on the smallest amount
and the poorest quality OF 1000.
The communication to District A''or
noy Smith declares that the prices OF
food in Queens are higher IMAM ~
any other section Of the city ana IL
also says there Is no reason Tor TINS
condition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
Train Time Correction.

In Yesterdays advertisement in The
Tribune the special train 10 Mauch
Chunk and Glen Onoko was made 10
leave West 23d 81. az $3.50 =. m. Th's
should have read $50. The Liberty 50.
leaving time is $3.50.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29
Cyclist Killed Dodging Baby

In lodging Caroline BrOrhy. three
wears old. Alfred C. Lockwood. OF La
dcntown. Rockland County dashed his
motorcycle into stone culvert and
was killed in Ellenburg yesterday. lie
was twenty-nine years old and leaves
a mother and a sister.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29

Drilling into gas main az Madison az.
and 9th 49,. Patrick Tohin. ~ is1 East 9.th
st.. was Killed by the fumes yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29

The British cruiser ESSEX b. reported OF
SayNilIs. Long Island. whore she is haldi1.-
up suspects aud oonccaiinS her own iGentit.
Ia clouds Of self gen rated steam.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-29

When the dog tina, shc was Ieadiur hy
chain was killed by coming 90 contact with
third rail yesterday In Harmon. Mr. Louis
Fourier OF Michigan. was made unconscious
ly the shock and her right arm badly burned
Evening star., 1914-04-19

Suez. the Mediterranean and the broad
Atlantic.
The air was still and hot, for the
Indian summer was now beginning to
lay it's burning hand upon this great
peninsula. The pale dust, the white
stucco of the buildings. blinded the
eye.
They proceeded at once to the single
hotel, where they found plenty of ac-
commodation. Then the colonel hur-
ried off to the cable office and wired
Winnie. Next he ascertained that the
British ship Simla would weigh anchor
the following evening for Bombay; that
there they could pick up the Delhi
bound for England. There was nothing
further to do but wait for the answer
to the coloners cable to Winnie, which
would arrive somewhere about noon of
the next day.
And that answer struck the hearts of
Umballah had beaten them. Winnie
had sailed weeks ago for Allaha, in
search of father and sister!
Ahmed spat out his betel nut and
squared his shoulders. Somehow he
had rather expected something like
this The reason for Umballah's half
hearted pursuit stood forth clearly.
"Sahib, it Is fate" he said. 1--WE
must return at once to Allaha- Truly.
the curse of that old guru sticks like
the blood leeches of the Bengal
swamps. But as you have faith in
your guru I have faith in mine. Not
a hair of our heads shall be harmed"
II am a very miserable man, Ahmed!
God has forsaken me-" The colonel
spoke with stole calm; he was more
like the man Ahmed had formerly
known.
NO Allah has not forsaken; he has
forgotten us for time" And Ahmed
Evening star., 1914-04-19

Don't you want me?" asked Bruce,
quietly.
Kathlyn had gone to her room to hide
her tears
Want you. But no." The colonel
wrung the young mans hand and turn
ed to go back to Kathlyn.
wait a moment colonel. Supposing
/ wanted to go, what then? Supposing
I should say to you what 1 dare not
yet say to your daughter. that l love
her better than anything else in all
this wide world; that it will be happf-
ness to follow wherever she goes
even unto death?"
The colonel wheeled. Bruce, do you
mean that?"
with all my heart, sir. But please
say nothing to Kathlyn till this affair
ends. one way or the other. She might
be stirred by a sense Of gratitude, and
later regret it. When we get out of
this-and I rather believe in the proph-
ecy of Ahmeds guru or fakir-then
I'll speak. I have always been rather
a lonely man. There's been no real
good reason. 1 have always desired to
be loved for my own sake, and not for
the money 1 have"
Money!" repeated the colonel. Never
had he in any way associated this
healthy young hunter with money.
Did he not make a business of trap
ping and selling wild animals like he
himself? Money! 1 did not know that
you had any, Bruce"
Il am the son of Roger Bruce"
What, The man who owned nearly
all of Peru and half the railroads in
South America"
"Yes You see, colonel. we are some
thing alike. We never ask questions.
1t would have been far better if we
Evening star., 1914-04-19
Misinterpreted.

CAMUEL REA. president Of the Penn
- sylvania railroad, said in Philadel-
phia apropos Of the charge that the
railroads were exaggerating the amount
of their operating expenses SO as to get
permission to charge higher rates:
This railroad. at least, has not dis
torted one iota its accounts. He who
would claim that it has must have mis-
read it's reports, as the young man mis-
read his Emerson.
"A rich young man in New York read
Emerson's advice. Hitch your wagon to
a star
Then he rushed Off and gave his new
sixty-horsepower gray stream-line
roadster to the leading lady of a musical
comedy on Broadway"
Evening star., 1914-04-19

ITH the assistance
of the shepherd.
Kathlyn W e n [
down the rope
agilely and safely.
Once firmly on
her feet. she turn
ed to thank the
wild-eyed h i l.
man. But her
b e st Hindustanl
Evening star., 1914-04-19

During a luii in the ceremonies
resonant voice from out the dense throug
cried, Give US queen of our blood and
race. thou black, gutter born dog"
Ramabai started at the sound of that
voice, but caught himself before he
looked in the direction whence it rose.
1t belonged to one Lal Singh.
Un1ballah scowled, but gave no other
sign that he heard. But a guard dove
into the crowd. uselessly. however.
kathlyn touched Ramabai's arm.
20. / must speak to her"
BE careful. memsahib:' he warned.
But even as she spoke she stepped
past him. toward her beloved sister,
and offered the flowers she held.
Winnie, not dreaming that this dark
veiled creature was her sister. smelled
the flowers and beheld a card which
had writing on it-English.
Courage. Father and l have a plan
for your escape. Kathlyn."
(To BE CONTINUED NEXT sunday
Evening star., 1914-04-19

(and she was able to speak and under
stand quite a little by now fell on
ears which heard but did not sense
what she said The man, mild and
harmless enough. for all his wild eyes.
shrank back. for no woman of his
kind had ever looked like this. kath-
lyn, with a deal of foreboding. repeated
the phrase and asked the way back to
the hunters rest house. He shook his
head: he understood nothing.
But there is one language which is
universal the world over. and this is
sign language. Kathlyn quickly stoop-
ed and drew in the dust the shape of
the rest house. Then she pointed in
the direction whence she had come
lie smiled and nodded excitedly. He
understood now Next, being unarmed,
she felt the need of some sort of
weapon. So she drew the shape of
rifle in the dust, then produced four
rupees, all she had The shepherd
surgied delightedly. ran into the hut
and returned with a rife of modern
make and a belt of cartridges With a
gesture he signified that 1t was use
less to him because he did not know
how to use it,
Evening star., 1914-04-19
1F 1|Hr1|S
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

Kathyn Hare believing her father. Coz; so,ns n
h peril has summoned her. Leaves hel ,ia n'g I'm.
SlfSrnia to 70 10 mn nm throne Of that principal
' ity. has p't Imprisoned the colonel named by tns
late King as ,5.a, bis on asis his resa rights
Jpon her arrival in AIlaha kathlyn Is informee
by Umballah that her father s, perns sorthNitb Be
cause OF her refusal she IS sentenced 10 ua-
dergo two criesls with Wild beasts ,.s.sn,sr
Johu Bruce an American and fellow passNehSei
ON thc boat which brought kathlyn to Anaha.
saves her life. The elephant which cares s.ne ne
from the scene of her trials becomes & ,rlgnten.i i
and runs away. separating her from Bruce anu
the rest of the party. =, ,.,, ,.t.s
refuge in u ruined temple. But her maven =. -
also the abode of lion. and she IS iorfen Sn, 20
oniv 10 fall into the hands OF hand of sla,s
traders who brin. her to Aliaha 10 t, !ns pu he !.
mart. She Is sold to umhaii VINO. ~, unu5 i,,55eeon
sin unsubmissive, throws her into Inc uunseo"
Bruce c and lis friends effect the release OF
Kathlvn and the colonel and the Ingll'es "S
given shelter in the palace OF bala khaI, ,bar
Supplied with camels and servants ns -e.rb
the coast. but is overpowrred by a hand OF
brigapds. and the encounter rTsul's Eathlvn
and Bruce escape from their eaptors and nl return
10 Allaha. where Kathlyn learns that ner ;soner
y nnils Il arranred to ind bride for him Can,
disiates come from near and far ana M d;s
gains access to the palace by appearing o's
During the ceremony Of betrotha the H leopa1a- p.-
which GUARD the treasury become tree auu
the tlroneroom throwing the entire court iu.o ,cs
wild manic This makes IT possipie lof f,bsr
and Ramabai rescue kathyn aI,a,n and ner ia'ns''
and the party steals away from Aiiaha'
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Evening star., 1914-04-19

loaded skillfully, much to the astonish-
ment of the hillman. Then she swung
the butt to her shoulder and fired up at
been seen.
The hillman cried out in alarm and
scuttled away to his hut. When he
peered forth again Kathlyn made a
friendly gesture. and he approached
timidly. once more she pointed TO
the dust. at the picture of the rest
house. and then. by many stabs OF his
finger in the air, he succeeded in max
ing the way back sufficiently clear to
Kathlyn who smiled. shouldered the
rifle and strode confidently down the
winding path, but also she was alert
and watchful
There was not a bit of rust on the
rifle. and the fact that one bullet had
sped smoothly convinced her that the
weapon was serviceable. Some care
1t was abundantly oiled. To whom had
1t belonged? 1t was a German make
but that signifed nothing. 1t might
have belonged to an Englishman, a
Frenchman or a Russian; more likely
the latter. since this was one of the
localities where they crossed and re-
crossed with their notebooks. to b.
utilized against that day when the
Bear dropped down from the north ant
tackled the Lion.
Kathlyn had to go down to the very
bottom of the ravine. She must follow
the goat path. no matter where Il
wound. for this ultimately would leat
her to the rest house. As she started
Up the anal incline. through the CEDAR
and pines, she heard the bark of tn,
wolf. the red wolf who hunted il
packs of twenty or thirty, in realit,
far more menacing than a tiger or ;
panther. since no hunter could Kill
a whole pack.
To this wolf, when hunting his kill
the tiger gave wide berth; the bear tool
to his cave. and all feet-footed thing
of the jungle fied in panic
Ka&hlyn climbed as rapidly as sh
could She dared not mount tree. TO
Evening star., 1914-04-19

Ahmed was lean ana deceptive to
the eye. Like many Hindus. he ap-
peared anemic. and yet the burdens the
man could put on his back and carry
almost Indefinitely would have killed
many a white man who boasted of his
strength. On half a loaf of black
bread and soldiers canteen of water
he could travel for two days. He could
go without sleep for forty-eight hours,
and when he slept he could sleep any
where, on the moment
Filling his saddlebags with three
days rations. two canteens of water.
he set or on a hagin. or racing camel,
for Allaha, 800 miles inland as the crow
flies. It was his intention to ride
straight down to the desert and across
this to Col. Hare's camp. If such thing
now existed. A dromedary in good con-
dition can make from sixty to eighty
miles day. and the beast Ahmed had
Evening star., 1914-04-19
CHAPTER XVI.
IN. coronation Of Winnie.

Copyright. 1914. by Harold Ma
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-16

guest and spoke on M01lday and
Tuesday. Ball games, athlstic sports,
band concerts, fireworks and parades
were features Of the celebration end
at the close a banquet was enjoyed.
a. marker was dedicated by Seth
Warner Chapter, ID. A. r., and
naval parade was an unusual feature.
Mrs. Fred Hummerston of Brat
tleboro, 80 years old, was probably
fatally burned on September s, her
clothing catching fire from an oil
stove she was lighting in her room.
Practically every inch Of her body
was burned.
The Vermont Association OF
Sealers of Weights and Measures
held an interesting meeting at Bur-
lington Friday The principal
guest was DR.. S. w. StrattOn, head
of the national bureau of standards.
Thure Hanson, commissioner OF
weights and measures of Massachus-
etts, gave an account of the work
done by the department in mis- state.
State Forester Austin F. Halves call
ed attention to the fact that the
farmers of Vermont had at times
been cheated out of nearly SO per
cent of the real measurement of the
logs they had for sale by use of the
DOYLE and Scribner rules. The
Champlain rule conformed nearest to
the correct measurement of logs, ne
said. Professor A. c. Daniels Of the
University of Vermont, originator of
the Champlain rule, demonstrated his
rule and compared it with the rules
now in use, showing the inconsist-
encies and inaccuracies Of the latter
Other speakers were J. w. Atwood
and M. Soules, state inspectors, F.
H. Hedwall, supervisor of scales for
the Boston & Maine railroad, d. C.
Palmer and d. J. Monihan of Boston
and John Theobald Of New York, rep
resenting scale manufacturers. 1t
was shown during the meeting from
| daily statistics of butter conditions
in Vermont that the average so-caIled
pound of butter in this state in 1910
weighed but IA IL ounces and that
for the last six months it had aver
aged Is and 1916 ounces, demon
strating that on the 100000 pounds
consumed yearly in this state the
weights and measures department
had made a saving yearly of over
175,O0O pounds to the consumer A
resolution was adopted recommend
ing to Congress the passage Of the
Astabrook bill, giving the bureau OF
statistics jurisdiction to pass upon
all types OF scales of weights ana
measures.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-16

Mrs. Shirley Inez Whitney, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl o. Clifford,
died Sept. % at Richford where she
had gone for treatment Mrs. Whit
ney had been in usual health until
last March when a serious trouble
developed. The best of medical
skill in St. Johnsbury, Montreal and
Richford was unable to check the
disease and the end came suddenly
last Wednesday.
Mrs. Whitney was born in St.
Johnsbury May %, 1891. As a girl
and young woman she had lived in
Peacham, North Haverhill, N. H.,
and Newbury. She attended and lat
er taught in the Vermont Business
College in Burlington. January l.,
1913 she was married to Joel Whit
ney, Jr., and they came here to re-
side a little over a year ago. A son
Clifford Joel Whitney was born to
them last December. Mrs. Whitney
by happy qualities of mind and heart
had endeared herself to many friends
who mourn her untimely passing to
the life beyond. Funeral services
we're held here last Friday, Rev
Clarence L. Eaton officiating.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-16
MOTORCYCLE CLUB.
Bay State Club Visited st. Johns
hurry Saturday EVENING

Saturday morning the Bay State
Motorcycle Club left Boston for a
two days endurance run to st.
Johnsbury and return. Out of the
SO starting 35 arrived in st. Johns
bury Saturday evening. Thirty
four arrived on time, between 500
and $50. R. c. Jones did not ar
rive until 1000 O'Clock and failed to
score here, having had a collision
with an automobile shortly after
leaving Portland. M. M. COUNSEL
met them at Crawford Notch, check
ed them through here, and rode
with them as far as White River
Junction Sunday morning. They
reported very sandy roads just out
side of Portland and several bad
spills resulting. The roads through
the mountains were quite rough and
they did not make as much speed as
they had averaged from Boston to
the Notch F. A. Bryant ran into
board fence near Woodsville, Sun
day morning and broke several
spokes in his forward wheel, but
was able to continue the run.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-16

Mrs. Elmer Wadleigh last week.
Paul Houston and EIdridge Smith Of
Pikls are spending the week with
their aunt. Mrs Elmer Wadleigh.
Roy Taft went to the mountains
Saturday with a party, including
Leslie Howard, Mrs. Sarah Hovey,
Mrs. David Macomber, Mrs. Mabel
Carpenter and Miss Ella Hovey.
A. H. Carpenter, who has spent
the summer here and at his cottage
at Joe's Pond, left Monday for his
home in Stockton, Cal. Mr.. Car
penter is a successful lawyer in
Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Carr of
Burke, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Rhines Of
WATERFOWL, Mass, were the guests
Of Arnold Carr last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chesley Of
Shef1eld spent the past week with
his brother, Henry ChesleE.
Harry Chesley and family and
Miss Eugenia Scott went to Little
ton, N. H., Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Mcdowell of Barnet
recently visited her sister, Mrs. G.
g. Collins.
B. G. Hooker has moved from
Bonnie View to Bradford where Mr..
Hooker is station agent.
Miss Emma Cole was home from
Orleans last week.
Miss Della Cole is spending the
week at e. o. MitchelPs.
Mrs. Ernest A. Blodgett has re-
turned from New York.
Mrs. Mary Paddleford is visiting
Mrs. Roy in Barnet.
Mrs. Henry Ellis and sons, Nal
vern and Theodore, have returned
from a three weeks visit in Port
land, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins of Boston
visited Mrs Ina Shaw last Thurs
day.
Mrs. c. H. Woodbury's pet dog
was run over and killed by an auto
early Tuesday morning.
Mrs. C. e. Wadleigh is visiting in
Concord.