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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-18
CHAPTER XVIII.
Stranded.


Mr. Thomas Barcus picked himself
I'D from the bottom Of the lifeboat,
where he had been violently precipi'
tated by the impact Of grounding,
blnked and wiped tears of pain from
his eyes, solictously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little If any COM
fort from the discovery that 1t was not
broken, opened his mouth and
remembered the presence Of a lady.
Poor Mr.. Barcus!" she said gently.
Pm so sorry Do forget I'm here
and say 1t out loud"
Mr. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his head at the same time.
1T can't be did, he complained In
embittered resignation; the words
have never been invented ;"
IN the bows Mr.. Law (who had
barely saved himself headlong
plunge overheard when the shoal took
fast hold of the keel felt tenderly OF
his excoriated shins, then, rising, COM
passed the sea, sky and shore with an
anxious gaze.
In the ofiing there was nothing but
the fiat, limitless expanse OF the night
bound tide, near at hand vaguely sill
vered with the moonlight, in the dis
tances blending into shadows; never
a light or shadowy, stealing sail in
that quarter to indicate pursuit
Where are WEI" he wondered aloud
Ask me an easy one" Barcus re-
piled; somewhere on the south shore
of the cape--unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay Of this land
That's lighthouse over yonder
Alan took soundings from the bows
Barely two feet" he announced
Withdrawing the oar from the water
and eel-grass no end"
"Oh!" Barcus calculated with the
accent Of Enlightenment; and leaving
the motor, turned to the stern, oveI
which he draped himself in highly un
decorative fashion while cropping un
der water for the propeller,
That's the answer" he repeated;
there's a young bale of the said eel
grass wrapped round the wheel
Which, | suppose, means I've got t.
go overheard and clear it away"
Like Mr.. Law. he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they hat
been--but only shirt, trousers and
belt.
IF you've nothing better to do, m,
critical friend" he observed as hi
stopped to hack and tear at the mass
of weed embarrassing the propeller
you might step out and give us
trial shove. Don't strain yourself
Just see if you can move her"
The boat budged not an inch-bu
Mr. Laws feet did. slipping on thu
treacherous mud bottom with the W
shot of his downfall; with a might
splash he disappeared momentaril.
beneath the surface-and left his ten
per behind him when he emerged
AS for Mr.. Barcus, he suffered Xix
loss within five minutes; when, wit
much pains and patience having free
the wheel, he climbed aboard an
sought to restart the motor. Ate
a few affecting coughs it relapsed int
stubborn silence.
Studious examination at lengt
brought out the fact that the gasolin
tank was empty.
mot so much as smell left" Bal
Gus reported.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-09-18
CHAPTER XIX.

"Gee!" he grunted frankly, when
after toilsome progress from the
boat, Rose at length slipped from the
seat formed by the clasped hands Of
the two men. And 1t was me who
suggested this"
The girl responded with quiet
laugh of the most natural effect imag.
inable-until It ended in a sigh, and
without the least warning she crum-
pied upon herself. and would have
fallen heavily, In dead faint, but for
Alan's quickness.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
Train Nerves For Danger

Through the transparent sides of the
inn callerv e<rerts ~ oh the
movements of the men Inside.
=. u.s. % go 80 ..= -. sructed
a huge tank containing Il skeleton
submarine. The purpose of this con-
struction is to train officers and men
in the submarine service to keep their
heads in moments of disaster, and by
means of safety devices escape. to the
surface unscathed.
They are lowered in the submarine
to some considerable depth of water,
and when submerged are taught how
to adjust the safety devices and es-
cape.
Few people realize how important
a part the horse plays in war, and
also that these animals have to be
trained as thoroughly as their riders,
if cavalry and artillery are to be de-
pendable fighting units. Most big
countries have special schools for
training war steeds, and at these es-
tablishments all manner of devices
are adopted to train the animals
under conditions akin to actual war
fare.
Their training is carried out in
stages. First a revolver is fired near
the animals, and when they get used
to that they are put through more
drastic treatment They are taught
to face fire by galloping up line of
infantry blazing away with their
rifles, and eventually they are made
to charge roaring batteries of massed
artillery. This process of training
army horses provides plenty of ex
citement for the riders especially in
the final stages, when the horses are
trained to lie prone on the ground
while their riders carry on quick
firing practise, with the barrel of the
rifle resting on the creatures side.
The desire for realistic training has
also penetrated into sporting circles,
and the ardent shot has now at his
command all manner of mechanical
and moving picture targets on which
he can practise his skill; the boxer
has lifelil5e dummies to punch about
the ring and the rider a very con-
vincing substitute in the make-believe
, animal of springs and leather to train
upon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
WILL THE MORGAN TREASURES BE SOLD?

1t is yet to be what effect the Mellen testi-
mony in regard the hand taken by the late J. P.
Morgan in the wrecking of the New Haven is to have
upon the disposition of the great art collection which
Mr.. Morgan left to be disposed of by his son.
All that has been printed on the subject is mere
conjecture. Probably the son has not yet made up
his mind definitely what he will do with the treasures
Having fortune of millions, he has need to sell
the collection privately. while the immense cost of
keeping them might be burden on his estate The
sentiment of the elder Morgan will also that the
collection should be the property of the Metropolitan
Museum
If the art collection is sold resentment for the
public criticism of J. P Morgan will be the cause.
And yet such action would be unreasonable. 1t would
deprive posterity of great boon. but it would do no
good to the name of Morgan. It would be charged
that collection purchased with wealth obtained by
such transactions that of the New Haven sor-
didy sold. 1t would strip the memory of J. p. Nor
ian of all the romance that now belongs to it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
a Revival Of PopuItsm i.

From the New York sun.
Although rural credits legislation
has been a part of the administra-
tons program, President Wilson does
well to oppose action at this time
considering the disposition of the law
making mind as illustrated by the
subcommittee of the House banking
and currency committee which has
had the matter in charge.
Washington could embark on no
more dangerous policy than that to
which the government would be COM
mitted should Congress pass any such
bill as that which the subcommittee
has shaped. Omitting details, IL suf-
fees to say that the bill proposes TO
involve the Federal treasury in a
scheme of land loans to farmers; and
even without SO monstrous a conces-
sion to the spirit of Populism the bill
would be menacing enough in it's COM
plication of the government with an
elaborate banking machinery for the
increase of debt in the agricultural
community.
Rural credits legislation can afford
| to wait until the subject has beer
| better considered and a sane plar
has been outlined. Important as this
| departure must be and valuable al
1t may be In promoting and facilitat
Ing the prosperity of agricultural en-
| terprise, there has been no need fol
| hurry since the Federal reserve &C
was placed on the statute books.
| Last years currency LEGISLATION
changed the law in respect to ma
tionai bank loans so as to insure /;
better supply of of readily available
credit for the farmer, not only TO
crop planting and harvesting pur
poses, but for farm expansion ant
Improvement
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
HrERrA,s BUTCHER OF MEN.

Huerta's lord high executioner, who found 1t con-
venent to quit Mexico City and seek shelter under the
American flag at Vera Cruz and has now taken ship
for Galveston, finds himself the object of the i'm
Dlacable hate of Mexcans and in peril of assassina-
ton The role this has played in the Mexican
capa has earned for him the reprobation of all
and there would be at his sudden taking Off
Urrutia's case recalls those of some other no.
torious butchers of men, Judge Jeffreys in England
came to miserable end, universally detested for his
crimes. The revolutionary magistrate during the
Paris Reign OF Terror who seldom let victim escape
the death sentence was finally executed the guo-
tine amid popular execraton. He had sent hundreds
of victims to that blood-staned instrument. Where
will Huerta's butcher hide himself now that the
American troops are relieved of his care?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
New Machine Gun a error

been known to put a machine rifle
out of commission temporarily.
1t is ingeniously cooled by the cir
eulation of air around the barrel.
very complex piece of mechanism.
A machine gun is of necessity a very
complex piece of mechanism. For
portability, it must be made light in
weight, yet ii has to operate under
the most trying imaginable condi-
lions, enduring enormous high
pressure from the powder charges.
Even now a competitive test is 60
ing on at the government arsenal at
Springfield to see if any gun can
prove itself better than the Benet-
MERCER. In this competition are en-
tered two machine rifles from Eng
land, one from Denmark and two
from the United States. Our own
war department would rather have a
foreign gun if it Is superior to an
| American gun. We want the best
possible weapon. The Benet MERCER
| is made by French company,
though Benet, one of the inventors,
| is an American.
Our government has secured the
right to manufacture 1t at Springfield,
and the Colt Company at Hartford is
equipped for turning 1t out.
Strange though it may seem, the
regular army of the Unied States pos
sesses no machine gun companies
simply for the reason that they have
not been authorized by Congress as
yet With every regiment of infantry
or cavalry in the service, however, Is
a so-called machine gun platoon,
| consisting of twenty men detailed
from different companies. Each pla-
toon comprises two sections. Each
section has one mule, carrying one
machine gun and 1900 rounds of am
munition; also, two additional mules
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25

How many teetotal navies are there
I'm the world-navies from which the
"grogtub, has been banished and the
ofticers' wine bill, too? asks the Lon
don Daily Graphic
Probably not one person in num-
bred knows the correct answer to this
little question, which is made inter-
estine by recent announcement that
all United States bluejackets and
naval officers are henceforth. to be
total abstainers. If the United states
navy be included, the actual number
of teetotal navies in the world Is
three; the other two are the fleets
of Russia and Japan.
And in a few years time the Brit
ish navy may make the fourth. Any
Englishman who hazarded such a
prophecy thirty years ago would have
been asking for trouble, but the i'm
mense progress of temperance prin-
ciples, both in the wardroom and
between decks, during the last decade
has made the prospect of a "blue
ribbon" British navy anything but
an impossibility. Indeed, there are
already two "abolitionist" ships under
the white ensign: neither the Niobe
nor the Rainbow, which have been
| lent to Canada, could muster a tot OF
rum between them.
The modern tendency was strikingly
| indicated only last year by the frs
lord of the admiralty himself. Wher
the teetotallers in the navy had at
| last grown to a respectable percentage
of every ships company the abstain
er was not required to draw his tot
| and opposite his name was placed the
letter T. Last year Mr.. Churchill re.
versed the plan, and threw the onus
of drawing the grog upon the mar
who wanted it; it was he who was
made conspicuous by the addition o.
the letter G. to his name, and not tn,
abstainer, who was inferentially re
garded as the normal member of tn,
ships company.
In lieu of the grog each abstainel
draws GIG of a penny per day, ant
efforts are being made by highl!
placed officers to persuade Parlia
ment to increase this allowance 4
one penny. When the suggestion wa
put forward in the House a few
months ago DR.. Mcnamara said tn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25

Before there we're such things as
"loop-the-loop'' aviators, deep-sea
divers and oxygen helmeted corps q
mine rescuers, the world was poorer
nv several unique inventions of recent
date. Those who go against nature
and her laws must needs become Used
to their sensations, else they meet
with disaster. Several getting used
to it" methods have just come 10
light H.
Several Well-known aviators VINO
loop-the-loop have spent conslderapie
time hanging upside doW1 III q chalr
IN which they were strapped in order
To get used to the sensation of beng
in an inverted position for length OF
time, Thus, when they turn over III
their aeroplanes several hundred IeeI
in the air they are sufficiently useo
to their strange position to keep d
clear head and bring their machines
back to their former position at the
right moment.
Ttis practise of training the nerves
NJ those who undertake hazardous
tasks by means of realistic rehearsals
is now carried out with many inter
esting directions, says Pearson 8
Weekly.
For instance, there is an establish
ment in existence in England
where men are trained for rescue
work in mines. An imitation coal
gallery some fifty feet long Is
Completely inclosed by walls of
plate glass. Within this strange
erection pupils, attired in smoke
helmets and carrying oxygen tubes on
their backs, grope about IN dense
unbreathabie atmosphere, thick with
poisonous sulphur fumes.
While moving about in the murky
atmosphere of the make-believe mine,
they have to pick up from the floor
and carry on their shoulders dummy
miners. make their way over all man.
ner of obstacles, all by the faint glim-
mer of a hand safety lamp.
The realism under which this train
ing is carried out can be gagged from
the fact that a doctor is in c'ose at.
tendance throughout, in order to deal
with the pupils who are overcome by
the fumes of the glass-inclosed mine
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25

Senator Charles o'Connor Hennessy made speech
over in Rutherford Saturday night.
Rutherford is in Bergen county and Mr.. Hen
messy represents that county the New Jersey Senate
1t the people of Bergen county who made
Mr. Hennessy what he is today. They thought they
knew him. and may probably think that they know
him now, but that point is most certainly debatabe
The senator told of the laws he caused to be on
and those he sought TO have enacted, bemoaned
the fact that Supreme declaring invalid
his pet measures and deplored things generally. He
couldn't for the life of him understand why his revo-
lutonary laws. such as his home rule act which
knocked feet by the courts because OF It's
Inconsistencies aud harmfuness in application, were
seized upon by the people with Joyous eagerness
The senator said a whole lot of things and his
listeners CAPPED in wonder and at his highfautng
language. Then their thoughts reverted to the way
eminent jurists sized up the Hennessy ect, and went
their homes with one impression.
This was to listen to everything the senator had
say about laws and then take the opposite view
the best bet.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Railroad Magnates Advice to His Subordinates

he found that he could not live with
| in it.
"'You can live within it, Mr..
/ Huntington replied, no matter what
it is [ won't say whether ! may not
| increase your salary | won't say
whether or not L am satisfied with
your work. but l will tell you that
learn how to live within your income.
! Why. If your salary was doubled you
! would still find that you were running
-, behind because you would at once
increase your yearly expenditures.
Now, l want to say to you that |
am going TO give you a chance. |
want to see whether you pay any
heed to my advice If you do, why,
| then you won't need an increase in
salary; but it sometimes happens that
the man who does not need an in
| crease of salary is the man who gets
| it. Just think this over. Cut your
social associations out. Don't go to
so many theatres; don't give so many
dinners, and then at the end of the
year see where you stand
about a year after Mr.. Hunting
toms death this man said: I owe all
that l am to the advice given to me
| by Mr.. Huntington. l now have at
least a comfortable independence.
was very angry when he first told
me that l ought to bring my expendi-
lures below my income, but / thought
| 1t over and became satisfied that he
was right. l did alter my manner
of life: my wife and I economical
without being stingy, and we found
at the end of the year that we were
several hundred dollars ahead be-
fore the second year passed. Mr..
Huntington congratulated me upon
having learned the lessons he taught
me. and then told me that he felt
! justified in increasing my salary be-
cause he was sure I would make good
use of my income. From that day to
this I have not only kept out of debt
but l have steadily accumulated
| Copyright, 1914, by Dr. E. J. Edwards
! All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
MORSE WANTS TO ..GEro ROOSEVELT.

Charles W. Morse, who was released from the At
lanta penitentary in alleged dying condition on
the certificates of physicians and is actively en-
gagged in business his old stand in Wall Street says
he wants to testify before the Interstate Commerce
Commission Some unkind illusions in the Mellen
testimony to his attempted deal to form great ship
ping trust on lines of his muchexecrated ice trust
have hurt Morses feelings, He wants to talk
The question, when Morse made his offer to take
the New Haven steamers, was whether he should
succeed in forming his trust not whether 1t was
proper that the New Haven should retain them. That
was the least evil the and at that time, too,
railroad ownership of steamship lines was not an
issue. It was President Roosevelt, with his knowl-
edge of the character well the motives of Morse
who put quietus the proposed deal and who aft
erward helped to secure his prosecution Morse bit
tery recalls all that. Now he wants to get" Roose-
Vnf
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
SUNDAY AT THE EXPOSITION.

report the Presbyterian General Assembly at
Chicago condemns all Sunday recreatons desecra-
tion and sounds the first of dsapproval of the
opening of the Panama-Pacifc exposition Sunday.
This issue is brought up by the sabbatarans in the
case of every worlds fair in this country. They
would close the gates Sunday. the only holiday for
millions of workers and shut people out from enjoy
ing the benefits of exhibits brought together from all
parts of the world of the highest and edu-
cational character.
The spirit of the report medieval 1t does
violence to the enlightenment and humanity of the
present age. But the exposition will nevertheless be
open during the entire week. San Francisco will be
crowded with visitors during the exposition and many
thousands of CALIFORNIA; population who have liberty
only Sunday will visit the exposition that day
To deny these people would be an outrage on hui
manity
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
Bar Liquor From Navies

extra 7-16d asked for would cost the
admiralty an additional $4,000 or
$50 900 per annum. No better proof
of the advance of temperance In the
navy could be adduced and 1t is only
Just to acknowledge that the i'm
provement is in a large measure due
to the splendid work conducted by
Miss Agnes Weston.
There is distinct limit to the
size of a British naval officers vino
BILL but that limit is not hard and
fast one throughout the service. The
amount which subordinate officers
drink is in the absolute discretion of
the captain, and once he has ex-
pressed his views upon the subject,
1t is not generally wise for a lieuten-
ant to demonstrate a difference of
opi1Stpn.
OF the army, a similar story has to
be told. The Royal Army Temper
ance Association, which has been
working in India for sixty years, and
| in this country for nineteen years,
has a membership at home and
abroad of $1,000 men. Fffty-eight
thousand of these are total abstain
ers, the other 1000 being pledged to
discourage excessive drinking. That
the value of the associations work is
! appreciated by the government is
shown by the grant Of f750, which is
made every year for the work at
home, and of the payment of eight
annas per day by the government OF
India for every teetotal Tommy in Its
service.
Only last October LIeutenant-Gen-
eral Sir Reginald Hart, commander
in-chief in South Africa, prophesied
that within fifty years canteens
would be abolished with the consent
of the private soldier.
The principal obstacle in the way
of the work of home stations Is the
absence of a special room In which
the teetotal soldiers can meet. Every
station in India is furnished with d
seperate clubroom and coffee bar for
its total abstainers
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-25
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
MAY 25
Helen Blackburn
Copyrighted
sy MARY MARSHALL.
Copyrighted 1914.

her interest was drawn from me-
chanical things to the subject of
woman suffrage, which was just be-
ginning to focus the attneitno of
many women in England. In 1874 she
was elected secretary of the central
committee of the National Society of
Woman Suffrage, and she held this
office till 1895. In 1881 she became the
sole editor of the Engllshwomans
Review, the organ of suffrage propa-
ganda in England
Miss Blackburn had u large collec-
ton of books-both her fathers and
her own-and these she bequeathed
to Girton College, the womans de-
partment of Cambridge University.
Miss Blackburn is best known
probably for her book on woman
suffrage published in 1902, which is
considered even to this day the au-
thority on the subject