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Tells About First Loan.

They made no statement or represcn-
taton to me-" answered Champion. that
the money was being loaned 10 them per-
soually and Mr.. NOgel gave me lnstruC
tons at various times to charge those diff
ferent corporations with the amounts that
were advanced" The first loan to any OF
the corporations. he said. was $4,000 10
the Fourteenth Street Store In August
1904. four months after its opening.
Louis 4. K-idel. who described the
tSS4.0j check transaction. and now u be-
tx,ine necessary because OF the excessive
withdraw walls Of the Fourteenth street Store
to take the money for the check from ON"
OF the $4,000 notes discounted by tn"
bank IN making the 500, 900 lban to the
store. Identified much documentary proof
offered in evidence" Among this mass were
the certifcation sheets OF April 20. May
g. and u, to show that the four $4,000
notes OF the 100000 loan obtained from
the bank on January :, 1913, w@r" can
cellad before the new notes wer" made
and 10 refute the dcfences claim that the
loan was merely a continuation OF yearly
line OF credit.
Rega riding the check for s6sto5 drawn
by Siegel ON June II, 1913. payable TO
Austin. Nichols & Co. and paid by the
National Bank of Commerce. Keldel testi-
fled that on October -, 1914. he examined
the records Of the bank and found that on
June II, 1913. an item of t6Si05 came
] through tine Clearing House from the Ma
tonal Park Bank: that this item was the
only one Of that amount passing through
the exchanges on that day and that this
item WAS tn" only one charged To the
account Of the Fourteenth Street Store
on that day
! Keidol established the fac. that the
/ s6s4.05 check was paid out Of tho proceeds
Of one Of the Sa5 900 notes which was
really the banks money. because the
I Fourteenth Street Stores deposits In the
/ National Bank OF Commerce when the
/ check was cashed were IN the aggregate
! less than its Withdrawals and had been
: from April 90 to June "a. Mr.. Train re-
! garded Keidels testimony az most vital
! to the prosecutions efforts 20 prove that
a grand larceny was committed by Siegel
/ in drawing and cashing that check.
| Substantiating keidel, Oliver A. Pilot
/ another assistant cashier In the bank
gave an emphatic 81 did" despite Ross
| NJ. I,ovelrs vigorous protest To Mr.. Trains
question Ibid you rely upon statement
furnished TO the National Bank OF Com,
merce by the Fourteenth Street Store
signed by Siegcl as president OF the store
and purporting To- give a true and correct
report Of the financial condition Of tina
corporation FOR the fiscal year ended Janu
AIRY 81, 1912, In putting through tho loar
of 100000 granted 20 tn" store on Janu
airy :. 1879" Pilot added that every yea
tho bank loaned the Fourteenth Stree
Store 500 600 II relied on The Statements
OF the previous fiscal years, which tn
many indictments against Siegcl alleg
We're false
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GETS FIRST G. 0. P. PLUM.
!. 4. Wendell Named ComptroIler's
Deputy by Travis.

ALBANY. Nov. Estate Comptroller
elect Eugene NJ. Travis made the first
appointment under the new Republican
administration to-day. when he named
James A. Wendell OF Montgomery
county one OF his deputies.
Mr., Wendell has heen In the Comptrol-
ier's office for the past twenty years.
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Cuban Budget Calls for $4,000. 900

UAvANA. Nov. 13.-Thc new budget,
which is awaiting the approval OF the Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury. will carry total
nppropriations OF 100000
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Kept 7avo Sets of Books,
Siegel Bank Cashier Saws
Continued from First Page.

teenth Street Store. Thus the whole Se5,-
900 eventually reached the Simpson Craw-
lord Company. although part of II was
sent through the Fourteenth street store. 4"
Champion explained that on the open
set OF books In the Siegel bank the
Simpson Crawford Company was deslg
mated as No. 1. the Fourteenth street
Store. No >: The Henry Sleg-i Company
Of Boston, No. z; Siegers personal lc-
count No. 4, and the Slegel Cooper Com
pany of Chicago. No. g. He could not re-
call the person or store designated "a
No. o.
Champion will resume his testimony
Monday morning. No session OF court will
be held Tomorrow
1t Is on Champions story OF where the
$500 900 OF the depos!tors' money went
after Siegel got II IN at his cashiers win
dow In the Fourteenth Street store bank
and the testimony Oscar \. prall, SIoger $
confidential financial man, will give of
credit statements made to order on which
TO borrow money from outside banks that
the state relies In the main to prove the
Wholesale frauds alleged against the In
dicted banker merchant and the larceny
OF the soS4.05 check Ia question.
Ground Work OF Case Laid.
For this reason much OF the ground
work OF the prosecutions case was laid
this afternoon. Louis a Kedel. an as
slstant cashier in the National Bank OF
Commerce. from which the larceny IN eaid
to have been made on June H. 1918. testi
fed earlier In tho day that between April
20 and June II. 1913, the Fourteenth
street store had made Withdrawals In
excess Of amounts IL had on deposit with
tho bank, which neccssitated taking the
money for the s6S4.0J check out OF the
proceeds of one OF the four t25, 900 notes
discounted BY the bank in making the
January loan of 100000 10 the store
The state contends that the monev rep.
resenting the discount on the notes really
belonged TO the bank. because on June ~
a note was cancelled and d new one is
sued and that Il was during the interval
between the cancellation OF the old one
and the negotiation OF the new one that
the check In question was pre.ented and
rashed. Anothe' assistant cashier, oliver
A. Pilot who followed keidal. then testi-
fled that the banks Loan OF $4,000 20
the Fourteenth street Store IN January.
1918, was based OH Slegels statement of
the financial condition % tn store for
the fiscal year ended January 81, 1912.
Champions testimony hogan with his
| fifS, employment by Siegel m 1900.
Champion then became cashier Of the
| bank conducted by Segel- Cooper n
co. Siegel vogel and L Mr. Keim,
~ Nops' n.'s' ~ III tou'" VIII 'he
na'rs vi the p"'N; ne Salu' anu ea'i, hau
an equaI say III th' management OF the
bank.
"Did siegel instruct you what dispo-
sition to make OF the deposits.' Mr..
| Train asked.
| IT was understood that II they gave
me instructions ! was to turn over the
| money 20 the corporation"
WAS all the money OF deposit turned
over to the corporation OF Siegel. Cooper
& Co"
! g., -. At. =, - -. d,
addition at All times we had "A consider
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
Maklna Slow Proaresa.

nO Richard rushed into the house after
his first day at school and seized the
futny page ofothe paper scanning i
with eager anpeipation,I Throwing It
down he exclaimed In dtter dfsgdst::' Z
!, Gee. but that's a rotten school,"
Why, Richard'I said the fastonishi-
ed mother. why do you say that?"
19iWeil. Fve been to- IT whole day
and amt learned to read YETI .Gier
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
CAN, BE AVOIDED.

People are taught In the. f,Iils Of
Life" how to- avoid aheb iceasaloss
drain that catching cold makes upon
the vital organs Get u and read H.
and judge FOR yourselves OF its value
and prqe1cability, tlis issued by
the PerSna CO. or Columbus, Ohio,
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
LOSSES SURELY nPREvENTEr
EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL

.WO LAVE 4~NH kSl7 ola sdt
In talking with the wireless 0perstOr
many ship passengeYsIAsR the meaning
OF the three lcttefS aisdB nrthe dis
tress signal. i"s1 o. $40 There seems
to beIeseherai '6bif6tf init tHe lettets
are the abbreviation of three separats
wordH ovRh d ldafina6 hieaains. Per-
sons of an imaginative trend var tell
you that ti6f leiIets stand TOR Save
our ship" -@,Set1o o,3htN Aittor,' "a a os sink
or sWim," 6orPqs0me Or Hs%h nearing
The lSHefAsjsPit, gYtbbEpgo oept y t.IlRiIaqt IfRat q
ship is in distress and In need OF as
sistaaeai 7 The aalh ~ used by all na,
uons assaunnersat oedeI 40 that amy
wireless uopcmtoV.7 regardless Ueta the
languageo hes speuks, lnaip imwedistaU
intercept theionh ofwdistressi So has
muchfdB the Uaip isin aserby ALI oo1ns
tries, it can be seen that the signal
can HTfe iRp IneAnHg1 M a'6yshdGuHge.
The 9thar9gtr bf mo code makes fta
call Mat S.BD DbRes spfHHd 91t SSsiFyy from
otheS sijgSpatg ijSpa being, $SoiPPoSgd 9ftihr5eqq -
dots I6rsed dqqFRsst Wgse id9ls : . s1,
NirslSSs NeKsl sai n -ToAgTI
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
German Regiment Destroyed.

An entire German regiment was de-
stroyed north Of Bixschoote when the
allied troops again flooded the dis
ytriGt in which the bitter fighting for
the line to the coast has been in prog
ress for the last month '' ] '"1l'n'
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28

d. Red Gross Ball Blue,I much better, goes
farther than liquid blde.? .?h Gee hft0m ahy
grocer Adv. $40 smo1 .nirug 9Ia
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28

'"'of course a woman can Keep Sc.
cfet. That is, she can keep 1t going.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
nfGefnaan ,CruisernlntePned d.

n1'he German cruiser Berlin has been
interned at Trondhjem, Norway. The
Berlin. with a crew of 450 men, ar
ndil idml and herledmmand!
en- was AiTan tRsqfhqice Of putting to
sen within, tWenty-four hours or OF
subMitthfto 70 disdrmanieht!l afe chose
disarmament. ayHd oiSn9d,N Il l.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-11-28
Turks Push SIays Back

IolThe" general Stan Of the Russian
Caucasian army has issued aneom.
mupication confirming the report from
Tdfkish sources that, the Russians, had
received a check near Erzefhm.. ="
.yoI iosondbardmeht Kills 125o.li NJ
A dispatch 9IoD Athens says, the
Turks lost ,2Rp, men apdb two guns de-,
'btroyed In the bombardment or the
forts of the Dardanelles. The former
Germanl criisets Goebsn hhd) Bueslau.
'wiiichnqw pEI the sTWkish ifqg, have
reentered the Bpsphorus,,
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u |TN.NI INV ~ .'W I'd UWI
lliw 9ySeoeplng ~ Out. aida OF r
So Miss 9uidie HuarRied 20 iFak 81
eh?" .2tI. .ot991p auO49Up.
'By the iway, die oils getting rid of
her inoaesvI should oallrhim2a slioveLlf
ipal-a-a-aasS.--..ar iGdi hoai
Love. being blindY qievcr pees1 itself
as 6tlitrs osee'f ft9q nj uoV sos b1oirG2
EST lAM- M-2!1-lEInaL- -1unN top 10 ~
MbyrTage Bssa ne but sohitf pe6ble
regafd dfa ipfSey as, d Sip kh9t5:, IsoU :,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-21

sic. and when II came 10 an end
Hargreavo was trussod 20 a chair
"Ah. 10 We meet again. Har-
freaye'" said Braine
Hargrcave shrugged. What he
wanted was time.
"A millIonl We have you. Where
Ia Il. or I'll twist your heart before
your eyes"
Father. forgive me-"
Il understand. my child"
Where Ia it7~ Braine seized
Florence by the wrist and swung
her toward him.
Don't tell him. father. don't mind
me-" said tho girl bravely
Brainc. smiling his old eyil smile.
drew the girl close. II was the last
time be ever touched her.
Look" screamed Olga
Every one turned. TO see Jones
face poering between the curtains
There was an ironic smile on the
buffers lips The face vanished.
After himl" cried Brainc. re.
leasing Florence.
After hint" mimlcked a voice
from tho hall.
The curtains were thrown back
suddenly. Jones appeared. and Jim
and the Russian agent and n dozen
policemen Tableaul
Braine was the only man who
kept his head. lie floorcd Norton.
smashed a window and leaped out.
The blow dared Norton. but he was
on his feet almost instantly and fol-
lowed Braine through the window.
Across the lawn the two sped. with
an exchange OF shots which emptied
both automaties but did no damage
Braine headed for his auto lie
jumped in. only TO be hauled out
again by the furious reporter. A
hand 10 hand fight followed. and the
clean life OF the reporter told.
There. my angelic friend. be
lIeye that the game is up. There is
one shot left I'm this automatic. II
YOU make any attempt TO escape.
I'll let you have II, not to kill. but
to disable You and your precious
countess will sail tomorrow morn
Ing for the Baltic. and from their
YOU will go TO the lead mines" He
dragged his prisoner toward the
house
Your troubles are over. my
child" said EIargreave. ms he
pressed Florence to his heart.
And mine have begun" muir
INJURED the countess But have
still one shot"
The police stood encircllng her.
Calmly she opened her handbag and
took out her handkerchief II was
a thick and heavy silk one. Swift
~ she unscrewed the top of her
walking stick CT will be seen now
that the carrying Of It was not an
affectation). extracted a vial and
threw II violently to the floor. An
overpowering sweet odor filled the
room. Jones. knowing how deep
~ yersed Braine was In Oriental
poisons and narcotics. made des.
perate but futile effort to tear down
curtain to throw over the liquid
but even In the effort he felt his
senses going. The last he was m
scious OF was hooking laugh.
But the entrance of jim, dragging
Braine after him. shocked all the
banter out of the countess. She
turned and rushed madly for the
stairs, without having the least idea
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II you return before tho three
mouths are up I'll fire you myself
on general principles"
Jim laughed happily ard the two
men shook hands. Then Jim went
forth 10 complete the big assign.
ment Five minutes later Florence
called him MP 20 learn that he had
gone.
What should she dot Jones had
told her 10 stay Ia the house and
not to leave a. But where was he7
Why did he not como. What was
the meaning OF this desertion By
the servants She wandered about
aimlessly, looking out OF Windows.
imagining forms in the shadows.
Her Imagination had not deceived
her; she had heard doors close
softly.
Susan. Susanl" she murmuTed.
but Susan was In the hospital.
Oliver Twist What had pos.
sessed her 10 start reading that old
tale again7 She should have read
something Of q light and joyous
character After half an hours
wandering about the lonely house
she returned 70 the library. feeling
that she would be safer where both
/ telephone and revolver we're.
And while she sat waiting for
she knew not what. her swiftly
beating heart sending the blood
Into her throat so that 4, almost
I suffocated her, man turned Into
/ the street and walked resolutely
/ toward the Hargreaye place. lie
passed n man leaning against a
lamp post. but he never turned to
| look al him.
This man. however. threw away
/ his cigar and hot.footed II TO the
1 nearest pay station. He knew IN
his soul that he had Just seen the
man for whom they had been hunt
| ing all these weary but strenuous
weeks-Stanley Hargreaye I'm the
/ flesh Half an hour after his tele-
| phone message the chief OF the
/ Black Hundred and many lesser
/ lights we're on their way 20 the
house OF mystery. Had they but
/ known
/ Now. the man who had created
this tremendous agitation went SO.
renely on. lie proceeded directly
and fearlessly TO the front door.
produced a latch key and entered.
He passed through the hall and re-
I cepti0n room TO the library and
paused on the threshold dramat-
lcaily Florence stepped back with
a sharp cry OF alarm She had
heard the hall door open and close
and had taken It for granted that
Jones had returned.
There was n tableau OF short
/ duration
Don't you know me7' asked the
stranger in a slngularly pleasant
voice.
Florence had been imposed upon
too many times. She shook her
head defiantly, though her knees
shook so that she was certain that
the least touch would send her
over.
Il am your father, child"
Florence slipped unsteadily be-
hind the desk and seized the re-
volver which lay In the drawer.
The man by the curtains smiled
sadly. Il was "A smile that caused
Florence TO waver bit still she
extended her arm.
you do not believe me2" said
the man. advancing slowly.
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as far apart as the polea. hut I'll re-
member ~ long aa she lives what
you have said Ia mo today"
Dad reached out trembling hand
and | bent down and held II for n
moment against my cheek and then
well | had 10 leave the room 80
that he would not see my tears.
/ wonder. little book. II. when |
come 10 tho end Of the way. my
thoughts will go back To the begin.
ming OF love-
don't believe that ! have ever
had tho ecHtatlc feeling since that
was mine the night before my mar.
riage.
sometimes think that when one
IL filled with high hopes II when
one enjoys most.
A very pedantlc friend said 10 me
the other day tltlt many people used
hope IN a wrong sense.
Hope" he said. means some
thing you desire and expect You
can EXPECT something you do not
DESIRE and desire something you
do no, expect. but you can only hope
for something you both expect and
desire"
We women expect NO much and
desire 40 much Of marriagel
IL our hope ever fulfilled
ITO BIO continued Monday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-21
BY Gibson Gardner

staff Special.
WASHINGTON. d. g.. Nov, al
The army OF the United States may
be said not 70 exist
This In not because there n no
provision for military establish.
ment. but because OF the way In
which the officials OF the war de
partment are compelled 10 admin
iEter II.
The United States army Is not an
army. but a series OF fragments.
II IN scattered from Florida TO
Alaska. from Maine 90 California,
and from Porto Rico 10 the Philip.
pine Islands. There are exactly i12
garrisoned posts IN the United
States and possessions.
These range In size from an in
significant detail OF "A few men up
10 the armed camp AT Texas City.
Texas. and an expeditionary force
on Mexican soil
Army Has $4,000 Men.
The authorized strength OF the
regular army is si.G9s officers and
men.
This includes 5.7S3 Philippine
scouts.
subtracting the scouts. the auth
orized strength OF the army In
Sc, sG5.
or this number. the backbone Of
course Ia the infantry.
The army act provides for 30 regi-
ments OF infantry.
A regiment consists OF approx
mateiy 1000.
Actually counting officers and
men. there H. authorization for 3s.-
s5s members OF the infantry arm
OF the service.
IS Regiments OF Cavalry.
Next TO these come the Is regi-
meritB OF cavalry. comprising an
authorized strength OF 1873 off
GERS and men.
, The field artillery consists Of six
regiments. including a total OF 5.7s5
officers and enlisted men. and the
coast artillery corps IL authorized
at 1874 officers and men.
The signal corps has I.57S mem
beers authorized. and the quarter
master corps. the medical depart
ment. the Porto Rico regiment. the
military academy. Indian scouts. de-
tached officers. recruiting parties.
recruit depots and unassigned re-
cruits make up the total
In Six Departments
These men are scattered In four
departments In the United States
proper. and in two absoad-the
Hawaiian department and the
Philippine department
In the United States. Major Gen
erai Leonard Wood commands the
eastern department, with headqusrt.
ers Mt Governors Island. New York.
Colonel ID. A. Frederick Ia tenn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-21
COUNCIL HELPS

An appropriation OF Sa.4io was
recommended for passage Friday
by the council finance committee.
TO aid all OF Seattle's unemployed,
Part win be diverted 20 the main.
tcnanco OF tho Unemployed pormi.
tory. though Pauiy declares as soon
as things are running right. the
home will be selfsupporting
ANY hody that won't work. can't
stay here" he said today
An exchange where women may
sell products OF their own ovens
will open az the Pike Place market
Tuesday, and second nj West.
lake market will follow shortly. lts
purpose "a TO relieve the unemploy.
ment situation
A report from Park Superlntend.
ent J w Thompson. recommend.
ing the park board authorize cord.
wood cutting In tho parks this win.
ter. AZ 81 cord. the city 20 furnish
the tools. will be Investigated. and
further reported upon next week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-11-21

stanley Hargre2se. millionaire.
after Q miraculous escape from the
den Of the gang Of brilliant thieves
known rs the Black Hundred. lives
the life Of q reciass for Is years.
Harxreave accidentally meets Brsins.
i~sd~r 81 tho Black Hundred. Know
Ing Brnsne VIII try to get him. he 80
eapes from his own home by balloon.
Before escaping he writes n letter To
the girls school where rs year. be-
fore he my.fsrtously left on the door
step his baby daughter. Florence
GRAY. That day uarxreaxe also
draws 81 900 .0os from the bank, but
II is reported that this dropped into
the sea WHEN the balloon he escaped
In wa. punetured.
Florence arrives from tho girls
school Countess Olga. Brnine's com
penion. visits her and claims her ne a
relative. The Black Hundred then
So . means Of making Florence q
target for their attacks. They NJ
after the 81 900 900. and Prnine. their
leader. sets traps fas Florence. The
Black Hundred. after = number Of
attempts fail. due to the wisdom Of
Jones, the HarEreave butler. and Nor
ttssAs y NrVtR"f
Concealed above the rendezvous Of
the Black Hundred. man learns Of
the recovery % the bon from the sea
by a sailor and ~ II. subsequent re-
turn to the bottom Of the sea. and he
quickly communicates the fact to
Jones. A duplicate box I. planted.
and later secured by the band. but
before it, contents are examined the
boz mysteriousIy disappears.
Finding himself checkmsfed Mt
every turn. Bralne endenvor. to en-
mesh the Hargreay- household In the
law in order to gain free access to
the house. The timely discovery Of
the plot by Norton sets the police at
the heels ~ the pack. md result. In a
raid on the gangs rendezvous. which,
however. proves 70 be barren 81 re-
suits
The Riaci Hundred begin TO fear
Norton, and plan TO dispose Of him.
Again the unnoflced butler shows his
hand by rescuing Norton and defeat
Ing BraIne.
ftraiBe and Countess Olga plan
daring attempt to capture Florence
and Norton at masked ball given
by Princess Parioya. They defeat
their own plan By over-snxiety.
by chance Florence discovers
cave used by the Black Hundred.
Being surprised by members 81 the
band, she Generals herself. and then
learns Of y mysterious paper which
f. Of vital Importance 10 her fathers
safety. and ~ great risk to herself
secures the paper.
Braine loses hope Of securing the
81 ZOO. 900 and turns to revenge.
Henri servan is given documentary
evidence against the Black Hundred.
They try to get u from him by a
clever rus>, but again Jones beat.
fhem 10 II.