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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-08
.unSHe|dill in
Vancouver,
Alien Saws


The steamer Novsorod. of tho
Russian volunteer fleet. clear
ed from Vancouver, q. c.. Mon
day. for vIadivostok. Siberia. II
10 learned. without taking the
small arms and cannon which.
az told In The Star Monday,
were slipped across the bound
ary line AZ ~u,lnIna machinery"
There may be a connection be-
tween the Novgorod's failure to
take the arms an the reported
presence In Alaskan waters OF n
mysterious" German warship 10
days ago.
Report Verified, Allen Said
United States District Attorney
Clay Allen said Tuesday he had
reason to believe the arms were still
in Vancouver.
Il have had verification," said
Allen. "of the report. The arms
were seen In the packing cases in
Vancouver. This department will
take no action. however" he added
as am told by Customs Collector
Harper that the customs department
at Washington has ruled that arms
are not contraband. that TO ship
arms is not a violation OF neutral.
ity laws. and that the shipment
would not have been stopped even
II II had been labeled arms or
guns instead OF mining ma
chinery'"
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RESTAURANTS
RAT PROOF NOW

A sister bill tothe chicken ordi
nance" recently introduced In the
council. is the "rat-proof building
ordinance" proposed by Or. b. J.
Lloyd OF the federal public health
service
Or. Lloyd wants all buildings
where foodstuffs are sold or served
to be 'rat-proof." meaning they
shall have concrete floors, ceilings
OF metal lathing. etc.
Now it's up to restaurants. baker
les, cafeterias. meat markets. grair
and seed stores, etc. to worry.
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Tho money Is coming In. but not
fast enough.
Understand. this 10 not going to
be a charity show. We don't ask
for secondhand clothes for the
poor. We want nothing useful.
WE WANT ONLY TOYS AND
CANDY AND "FOOLlSH"
THINGS. IN ORDER THAT LIT
E-CHIMNEY KIDS MAY
HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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(contlnued on Page 4.
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JASON AT GENOA

GENOA, Dec. 8.-The Amer
lean Christmas ship Jason,
bringing presents for the chill
dren OF war-strleken Europe,
arrived here today.
The government furnished
special train TO carry the pres-
ents TO the children Of Austria
and Germany.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6s--
Departing from the prepared
text Of hls carefully arranged
address 10 congress. President
Wilson this afternoon delivered
. direct message 20 the bvsl-
ness interests Of the country.
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Ing" Berthe. In the postoffice.
heard and turned pale-not for
France. but for her Jean.
The order came for the postmas-
ter 10 transport. with all speed.
his papers and tho contents OF his
safe to the head of the department
at yerdun. 22 miles away as the
road runs
A big motor car was brought.
the money and papers were thrown
into Il.
The news came that the German
cavalry had oyerrun the depart.
ment.
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COLLINS
SOLD BY MACK

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. s.-Connie
Mack announced today that he had
sold Eddie Collins. his famous acc.
ond baseman. to the Chicago White
Sox. Mack refused TO state the
amount he received for Collins.
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Telephone Put in Place for the General
General Kneels Humbly on the Earth

The for soldiers. living and dead. is begun.
worsh
themselves the
salute
knees humby the earth
heavily gloved hands.
priest soldiers His Fror
Home"
He calls the MY companions"
much II all Of you," he
rom encourages
us
81 for all this morning letter from home-fom
thome This letter tells
we will be awaiting
know s back
Tyro could not give
n these who be dead who
all to be ready worthy
he welcome that heaven will u.s."
A again while the pri bowed the altar
oared Far the Russian beloved
s
the Russian grenades. daily visitors left their
last he concluded.
down the HILL traied the valley
cawed other hills and sank from
the crests.
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President S
MessageIs
a Surprise!
ey JOHN z. NEvlN

WASHINGTON. Dec. g.
Departing from the prepared
text Of hls carefully arranged
address 20 congress. President
Wilson this afternoon delivered
= direct messaae 20 the busL
ness interests Of the country.
In effect. he declared his admin
istration had completed It's busi-
ness executive program and that.
hereafter. business Interests would
have a rest from restrictive and
corrective legislation.
The statement was unexpected
For a moment 1t seemed AZ II
the point OF his declaration had
been lost on the audience. But
many senators and representa-
tives who had been sitting slump
ed down in their chairs, suddenly
sat up. showing by their attitude
they realized the great Importance
OF his utterances.
Ends aeguIatIve Program
II was evident 10 congress that
the president had written "finis'
on his so-called regnlative program.
The announcement was taken to
mean that business may proceed
secure in the knowledge that IN II
shapes It's affairs TO existing laws.
n will not find itself confronted
nv sudden changes resulting from
new laws.
Wilson personally read his mes
sage TO a Joint session Of the sen
ate and the house today.
Popular interest In the presi-
dents utterances was intense and
admission cards were at prem
ium.
Against Bigger Army
The president declared emphat-
tcalIy against enlarging the United
states army and navy for pur-
poses OF defense.
The president urged congress- TO
strengthen, rather. the national
guard.
He urged favorable action upon
the pending shipping bill, saying
the government must blaze the
way in the new avenues or trade,
and that afterward. when private
capital had been attracted to the
proposition, the government. hPr-
ing accomplished It's purpose,
might retire from the field.
Demands Economy
Other pending legislation com
mended by the president provides
for the unlocking OF the resources
OF the national domain, under
proper safeguards; the giving to
the Philippines OF a larger meas
ure OF self government: the estab-
Ilshment OF rural credits system,
and the safeguarding Of the Alaska
coast line.
The president also warned con
gress II must economic.
Concerning bills before congress
for the enlarging OF the United
States army and navy, President
Wilson said:
"The subject OF national defense
cannot be discussed without first
answering some very searching
questions.
1T is said in some quarters that
we are not prepared for war
What is meant by being pre-
pared?
"Is Il meant that we are moi
ready upon brief notice TO put a ma
lion in the field. nation OF men
trained TO arms?
''Of course we are not ready 70
do that: and we shall never be in
fr1axlrusd m Dana ~
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HE'LL BE MANAGER

NEW YORK, Dec. S.--Chas.
Comiskey announced here today
that Eddie Collins would manage
his club next year. He said Col
Inns agreed to sign five-year con
tract
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They had come pouring In In
great numbers across the river at
Metz. The postmaster was ready
but In Briey were his wife and
his family.
stay. Msieu." said Berthe. Re
main with your family. will 60"
But you will be captured. shot
mo matter she replied. 1T is
duty-the papers must reach
verdun'
And she showed them n revolver
as she sprang TO her seat at the
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friend.
We state, without comment, that
all the alvers so far toward the
Empty Stocking club have been
working people. such as walters,
lonoshoremen, teamsters and
mechanics.
The donations OF mlIllonaIres
and prominent ehureh-workers are,
by their absence.
as we 40 TO press. conspicuous only
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PARIS. France. Dec. s.-Some
day. when new city arises upon
the ruins OF what was Briey, there
will arise In the market place at
Briey the statue OF a young French
girl. Berthe Levy. She will be
Briey's Joan OF Arc
when word flashed all over
France. THE Germans are COM
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SHEPHERD
ATTENDSA
WAR MASS
BY William C. Shepherd

PRZEMYSL, Nov. /. (By Courier Vienna. Thence by
Mail to New York Ut is the evening OF Sunday
went to church today II wartime service
battlefield amid litter OF trenches and rifle shelters
Two batteries Of howitzers in valley 800 yards
distant, doomed a intervals.
Our shells screeched high mprovised altar
and their way o death
Imagine chain OF hills covering the size of the
city OF Chicago. You stand the safe side OF hill
the Russian lines Then you'll have of the
service
top not to show your
your hIside Across them come
ns. Of soldiers lines moving the slope Ne
Ezrth Of Trenches StiY 81 1Heif nsnds - = ~
Hungarian regiment.
The who marching through gray morning
black earth is their clothes. faces.
The altar is small ean-to made OF fresh
There Is chstmasy air about it, for is decorated
which candles flicker with
The priest waiting He short man. ruddy-a
pilot OF men Who at take
appear and gold vest
ments He is bareheaded and the wind
and head
hi strnging wire ON
the behind him
Telephone Put in Place for the General
He lays small box ground
the
day. and he be with moment
More lines OF through the valley
From another OF the slope bv
dressed officers with the
II is Gen. Schonburg
BY this time than 1000 gathered
altar
as possible
wit a 5Opound sa and a win blowing
The priest HIS leanto the
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Tbi. 10 the third Of Correspondent n.
,. Phillips stories from the war rome. In
witch he tells tho h~~t hero story" he
has b~~n able To 60 from zach Of the
warning nsfi~ns. EpGiand's and Ger
msny's have already bern told. This is
from franee.
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CHAPTER Xxx.
Birdman.


About eight o'clock in the evening of
the same day motorcar deposited at
the Hotel Monolith gentleman whose
weather-beaten and oil-stained motor
.ing-cap and duster covered little cloth
ing more than shirt and trousers and
assorted oddly in the eyes of the desk
clerk with the rather meticulously
turned-out guest known to him as Mr.
Arthur Lawrence and to the manage
ment of the hotel as Mr.. Alan Law in
cognito.
Eventually persuaded, the clerk
Welded up the key to Mr.. Lawrence's
suite of rooms, together with two
notes superscribed with the same nom
de guerre.
Alan's impotence was SO great that
he could hardly wait to examine these
communications until he was quit of
the public eye.
The first proved to be character
istic communication:
Dear Ulysses Thanks for the Jail
delivery. | got in this morning just in
time to motor over to Jersey In hopes
of seeing your finish as a bachelor;
instead, l was favored by being made
an involuntary witness to your spec
tacular ascent, following your almost
equally spectacular high-dive.
But to business my time is linn
tied; in half an hour more l am to
double in black-face for the purposes
of the author of this melodramatic
farce which you, no doubt, call the
history of your grande passion.
Il mean to say-well, several things,
to-wit: When l saw you snatched out
of the North river l was engaged in
trailing pale-faced villain in a motor
car concerning whom you probably
know far more than l; he on his part
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squad of police apparently as grimly
bent on comprising the destruction of
their quarry as was the mob.
And they swarmed up the rigging
after him without a moments hesita-
ton.
Holly pressed, the fugitive climbed
higher and still higher, until at length
he gained the topmost yard; with
three policemen not half dozen feet
below him and popping away for dear
life, if happily with the VIGOROUSLY
poor craftsmanship of policemen gem
orally.
None the less, there was no telling
when some accident might wing bull
let into the young man; and it was
evident that he so decided.
For, inching out to the end of the
yard, he waved his hand toward his
prosecutors with a gesture of light
hearted derision that Enthusiastically
identified him as Alan Law to Mr.. Bar
Gus, and forthwith dropped to the wa
ter, feet foremost.
AAdn ldlcI lOOh Tue water uGdblg
came up uninjured and clearheaded,
and without an instant's hesitation
struck away toward the middle of the
Hudson.
AS this happened the police ran to
the stern of the sQuare-rigger, un-
moored dory that was riding there,
and threw themselves into 1t.
During the (to Barcus, at least
GREATNESS suspense of that chase, the
ferryboat drew stolidly farther and
still farther away from the scene. Bar
Gus could not tell whether, as it
seemed, the police-laden dory was real
ly overhaulfng Alan, or whether the
illusion of perspective deceived him.
At all events, it seemed a frightfully
near thing when the interruption be-
fell which alone could have saved
Alan.
Out of the very sky dropped hydro
aeroplane, cutting the water with
long, graceful curve that brought it.
almost at a standstill, directly to the
head of the swimmer, and at the same
time forced the police boat to sheer
widely off in order to escape collision.
Immediately the swimmer caught
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landscape. Only at the third cast did
they succeed in picking up the line OF
the Santa Fe And it was some hours
later, though still daylight, when they
picked up the special train, flying ike
a bunting across the levels.
There was scant room for doubt
that it was the train they sought. Spe-
cials are not common. Moreover Alan
contriyed with considerable difficulty
to focus binoculars upon the rear plat
form of the car and caught a fugitive
glimpse of a white-coated figure with
black face that was watching the BIZ
plane in the same manner, that is,
with glasses.
The man in the white coat, Alan as
sured himself, was positively Barcus'
And hardly had he comforted him
self with this assurance when his sar-
donic destiny struck the motor dumb
In response to his look OF dashed
inquiry the aviator merely shook
weary head and muttered the words:
Engine trouble"
Swiftly the earth rose to receive the
volplaning mechanism. Under Coaste
admirable handling it settled down al
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message purporting to be from Rose
distilled the conviction that the same
hand was responsible for both.
Alan shrugged So he was to be
lured away from New York and Rose
by this transparent trick, was he? No
fear
With plenty of time on his hands,
he gave the matter serious considera-
ton and concluded to take no chances;
it was just possible that Urine had
taken Rose with him on his western
trip, after ALL In such case the only
possible way of overtaking the special
would be by air line.
Promptly Alan called up the avia-
ton fields at Hampstead Plains and
got into Communication with a gentle
man answering to the surname Of
Coast: the same birdman who had
come to Alan's rescue with his hydro.
aeroplane.
Their arrangements were quickly
contaminated, Coast agreeing to wait
for Alan with his biplane in Van Cort-
landt park from midnight till daybreak,
prepared il need be to undertake a
transcontinental fight.
Thereafter Mr.. Law proceeded to re-
habilitate himself in decent clothing
and his own esteem; after bathing, he
dined alone in his rooms, from tray;
after dining he slept soundly for three
hours land may be thought to have
earned at least that much rest through
having been for four hours a passen-
ger in a hydroaeroplane lost in fogs
that wrapped Long Island and all the
adjacent territory in an impenetrable
shroud.
Nor had this been all. Leaving aside
all that had led up to Alan s. rescue by
Coast: the forced landing of the hydro
aeroplane for lack of fuel had taken
place on the south shore of the Great
South bay; a search of hours had fol-
lowed before a boat was found to con
vey Alan and the aviator to the main
land; and motor run Of several hours
had followed that, conveying Coast to
his Hampstead hangers and Alan on
to his hotel in New York.
At midnight he committed an act of
burglary, calmly and with determine
ton breaking his way into the house
of Seneca Urine through the area win
dows and basement.
In this nefarious business nothing
hindered and none opposed him. But
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CHAPTER xxx.
Jailbird.

Jaiibird.
The period of restraint in durance
vile suffered by one Thomas Barcus
i'm consequence of conduct riotous, I'M
seemly, and in general preiudiced to
the public peace of the New Bedford
waterfront at half-past four in the
morning, proved in the upshot far
more brief than had been fondly
hoped, not only by his just Judge, but,
singularly enough, by the misdemean-
ant himself.
Taking everything gravely into con-
sideration, including a person any
thing but prepossessing, the judge
reckoned that, in default of fine OF
one hundred dollars, ten-day layup
for repairs and repentance was not too
much to mete out to the prisoner at
the bar.
He was sentenced at 10 a. m. and it
was little short of 10 p. IA. when his
post-prandial repose was disturbed by
the rattle of a key in the lock OF the
door to his cell.
Conducted with every evidence OF
disesteem on the part of his jailers to
the office of the warden, he was &C
quainted with the fact that his fine
had been paid by no one less than the
judge himself: then present in portly
and solicitous person.
IF only, you had told me you were
a friend of Mr.. Digby's," the judge
FASTENED to say as soon as the two
were ensconsed in the privacy Of the
judicial limousine, Il would have
known better how to guide myself in
this unfortunate affair."
"And if you will be good enough to
indicate how else / may serve you
2"
"Digby didn't offer any suggestions
in his wire, l gather?"
Zone moment: | have it here"
Naturally I'd like bath and a
change of clothes" Barcus pursued
while the judicial breast-pocket was
being explored; "and l could do with
Transportation to New York by the
first train out of this God-forsaken
hole, and"
This is what Mr.. Digby says" the
Judge interrupted, laboriously de-
ciphering the message by the light of
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The Hydroaeropane Is Forced to
Land. .
a match Please see to immediate
release of one Thomas Barcus, prob
ably in jail in your jurisdiction for riot
ing on waterfront this morning. Pay
his fine and instruct him to report to
me in New York at earliest feasible
hour. Give him all the money he
wants and look to me for remunera-
ton"
"Eh?" Barcus interrupted, sitting up
smartly; what's that last again?"
Patiently the judge repeated the
sentence from the message.
Thanks. Please don't read farther
You might come to something that
would spoil it. It's almost too beauti-
full as it stands" Barcus observed.
Law owes me five thousand or so
liquidated damages-but I'll be rea-
sonable. Frisk this burg for fifth of
that sum before train time-and
promise to ask nothing moreI'
His private comment was: i've sus-
pected that this was fairy-tale all
along. Now l know it isl"
And this phase of incredulity per-
sisted in coloring the complexion of
his mind until the moment, some
hours later, when the train connecting
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copyright, 1914, By Louis Joseph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

The o. Hearts is the death sign
employed by Seneca Urine in the private
war of vengeance which, through the
agency Of his daughter, Judith, woman
of violent passions like his own. he wages
against Alan Law, son of the man NOV
dead who was Internationally response
bic for the accident which rendered Irine
a helpless cripple. Alan is in love with
and is in turn loved by Rose, judith s
twin and double, but in all else her oppo-
site. Judith VOWS to compass Alan
death, but under dramatic circumstances
he saves her life and so, unwillingiy WINS
her love. Thereafter Judith is by turns
actuated by the old hatred, the new love
and jealousy of her sister. Rose. Inc
latter is kidnapped by her fathers orders
and conveyed to a low dive in the Sums
of New Jersey. from which Alan rescues
her after accidentally setting the tene-
ment on fire
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the pontoon of the hydroaeroplane,
pulled himself up out of the water,
and clambered to the seat beside the
aviator.
Before he was fairly seated the plane
was swinging back into its fastest
pace.
With the ease of a wild goose it left
the water, mounted the long grade OF
an air lane, described a wide circle
above the bluffs of Weehawken, and
swept away southwark.
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was busy being a bold, bad kidnaper;
Rose was in his power, as we say in
such cases. His intentions, however
were nothing more blameworthy than
to return her to the arms of her doting
parent l know, because l sleuthed
after EN-, even to the house of Seneca
Urine Later ! sleuthed some more,
following furtive young man from
the house of Urine to the Office of the
general manager of the New York Cen
trail, where he made arrangements for
a special to convey the said Urine and
retinue to Chicago and points West
1t leaves at three this afternoon. |
was unable to ascertain whether or
not Rose is to participate in this
hegira, but know shall. On the of
chance of being useful, have bribed
the train crew to let me impersonate
the porter So, should you be moved
to follow and succeed in catching up
with us, and observe anybody who
looks rather off-color in the party
don't shoot: the said party will be me.
Yours for the quiet life,
TON BARCUS."
The second note yielded communi-
cation written on notepaper of the sim
plest elegance in a woman's hand-a
hurried scrawl:
They are taking me West by spe-
cial train-I don't know where or why.
A servant has promised to see that
this reaches you. Save mel"
Over this Alan wrinkled an incred-
ulous nose. The hand was the hand OF
Rose, but the phraseology was not in
her spirit. He examined it more close
ly and thought to detect beneath its
semblanee of haste a deliberate and
carefully guided pen. He picked up
the envelope to compare the handwrit-
ing of the address with that of the en-
closure and shook out a trey OF
hearts.
This last was covered, as to its face,
with a plainly-written message.
with the compliments Of Seneca
Urine to Alan Law. We are due in
Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning
and leave Immediately for the Pacific
coast via Santa Fe route"
Comparison between this and the
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CHAPTER XXX.
Via Air Line.


Not once in the course of the next
sixteen hours but thousand times
Alan questioned land, it will readily
be allowed, with all exeuses) his san
ity in permitting himself to be in
fuenced to humor Judith's insistence
and make her a party to this wild
aerial cross-country dash.
Between whites the plane few fast
and high, cutting direct line, as the
crow flies, athwart the eastern and
western states.
Chicago they raised as a smudge on
the northern horizon about one o'clock
in the afternoon; thereafter some lit
tie time was lost in descents to ascer-
tain the identity of the many railroad
lines that criss-crossed the swimming