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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-04
By Capt. E. X. Roden,
Nautical Expert of the |. C. S.

.ST7HE story published in the Strand Magazine
81 pretending to explain the mysterious abandon
So ment OF the brig Marie Celeste near the Azores
in 1873 is ridiculous and preposerous yarn as has
ever come to my notice. According to the solution
given one OF the survivors" of the crew of the Marie
celeste In notes found after his and lust now
come to light through the enterprise OF an Oxford
scholar Captain Briggs, OF the Marie Celeste became
dafy" as result of rough weather encountered after
leaving New York
What particular reason the skipper had turn queer"
because of bad weather is stated Bad weather is
condition generally met with sea, and is always
dealt with as matter Of course, and no seaman least
to it With stanch hull, strong rig and plenty Of
searoom such as that occupied by Marie Celeste one
week out from New York, 1t lis not clear why bad
weather should affect the captain in such a way
as 1t did.
However the captain went queer and persisted re-
manning for the rest OF the trip. His idea to
build. In the forward part of the brig Just aft of the
catheads. bridge gangway running athwartship for
mental condition. No would ever put bridge
In such exposed position where bsheets heavy
blocks are Tapping back and forth the slightest
ing to the wind of the brig. Whatever the degree of
dizziness on the part of the skipper of the Marie Celeste
he certainly never ordered such bridge built,
or he did his two mates would surely prevented
the crew from carrying out the order being him
drance to the manoeuvring OF the brig.
The shippers subsequent suggestion to his mate to
swim alongside the brig with their clothes on,
plainly indicates II the story is believed that the
entire ships company daffy, in state bordering
on daniness.o The upsetting OF the bridge and the
dumping into the afterward of the remaining
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-04
llheEue Stuyas Great SeafNsteryt &c MdrieC eIesteA
The Manifest Absurdity Of the Recent
Pretended Explanation Pointed
s x@s Out by Capt. kOden

How the
Brig
Celeste"
Rolled
Heavily in
the Sea
and
Tore Open
the Casks
of
Alcohol in
Her Cargo.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
chap.er az! /.

N'.I r Il D. i
At half-past seven IN the evening
Joan descended from the train. at Lam
caster station, after an all-day ride. y
Il was like going home. Joan could
not see her village, which was on 4
branch line, but at lledlingten she
was only four miles away. There
were the same misty mountains. break
ing the horizon line, the same small.
struggling towns, the same fragrance
I.of the deep forests bringing back to
her those remembrances which .
chance odor suddenly unlooses, aseat
the touch Of some magician's stave.
The two years that she had spent at
Monmouth seemed to slip out Of her
recollection. 4, 3s.s
As the afternoon dew by the dis
stant mountains changed into a semi
circle Of irregular heights. Now the
train was climbing into the foothills.
k II was lonely land. This was fur
sther In the back country than Joan
han ever been. The villages were be:
coming mere clusters Of negro cabins.
There had been two changes OF trains
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
that day than q any time since her

that day than at any time since her
mothers DEATH .s \ I,
She leaned ont Of the window. She
suddenly remembered that the sinsti,
tute was not many miles from her old
home. Itwould be almost going home
and on the morrow. Joy .leaped into
her heart. s5.s & q s /
Then she saw something that for an
instant chilled the blood In her veins.
Across the street, leaning against the
park ratings and looking up at the
house, was short, squarebuilt figure
OF q man wearing a hard hat. She
could not distinguish the face. but
she thought Il was Myers. And she
remembered his threat.
What did It meant Bswiidered. she
turned into her room again. She half
regretted now that she was To- 60 to
Lancaster. Il q A. 81 g15i;
@ But IN the morning she dismissed
the incident from her mind 40 i fan
tasy. ~ s.Sf y WA .sSa I'LL
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
MYERS

49, 4
SYNOPSIS. .- Nurses IN the
southern hospital 1t Avonmouth
are angered2 by the insolent
treatment accorded them by DE-.
a John Lancaster. head Of the I'm.
stitution. and there 10 . general
feeling Of unrest. into which
Joan Wentworth. probationary
nurse. 10 drawn. Doctor Lam
caster 10 performing q .difncult
operation, for which he has won J
1 fame. Joan. with other nurses,
70 In attendance. She 10 upset,
4 through no fault OF her own, ana
! makes . trivial blunder at . crit
{ ical moment. The patient dies
and Doctor lancaster accuses
4 her OF clumstness. She 10 sus- !;
Y pended, the action meaning the 4
end Of her hops Of q career 40 q
4 nurse. without relatives or
friends. and desperate, Joan.
urged by her landlady. goes to
B Doctor Lancaster's ONCE to. ask
him to overlook her blunder and
retnstate her. She overhears o
violent alteration between Doe
tor Lancaster and other men she
Z does not see. Joan 10 struck by
tho favorable change in the ap-s
Z pearance and demeanor5 OF the
doctor. recalling that. at times Ia
1 the hospital he has been gentla
and thoughtful and at others su-
percilious and bullying. He tells
her he can do nothing for her 1t y
+ the hospital. but offers her q po-
& sitlon In q nursing institution In
the country. telling her she can
be Of great assistance to him.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24


Joan stared at him 81 astohishment.
! Now she realized that she had mis-
taken him: he was not . servant. but
apparently d member Of the Doctors
household. :a's q nv & s
.;sWili you let me pass. pleaser
asked Joan, as,he blocked the way.
81 81 want to know what the doctor
was saying to you" repeated the man
doggedly. 81 .slSi.. 49, saw
...Ares you going to refuse me pas
Sage?'' demanded the girl, flushing
with anger. n Il
He stepped aside with q sneer and
. mock bow. 20, very well. II that's
your attitude. = he answered. II shall
4 fnd out.,,' A IL !. ;l;S
Joan turned swiftly upon him. II
don't know who you are. but shall
complain Of you to Doctor Lancaster"
che said. Il;
Myers looked at her and .sneered
and chuckled Then, without word,
he went back into the Doctors room.
And still the voices kept up their
quarreling dialogue. .s3 !.
.sS Joan found herself IN the street Ia
the twilight and now the unreality Of
the absurd interview struck home to
her. She tried to puzzle It out. Be-
fore she reached the boarding house
she thought she had her clue. &, \
That Lancaster. the terror Of the
nslrses. should have been unable to
DrOmise Immediate acknowledgements. hia
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24

John ordered built by the late Pope l
linking willow mats on the banks Of til
illinois farmers selecting seed corn 1
AL Smith, governor of New York,
gave q new and most impressive dem
onstration Of his popularity by over
coming the plurality Of 100000 by
which Coolidge carried the state and
defeating Theodore Roosevelt for the
sovernorship by about 10000 plural-
ity. In Illinois the Coolidge plurality
was tremendous and the entire state
Republican ticket was elected, but
Governor Small ran far behind, and
Charles s. Deneen's plurality for
United States senator was cut down
lot by Albert Sprague.
Mixed results attended the active
participation Of the Ku Klux khan in
the election. In Indiana Ed jackson,
Republican candidate for governor.
was supported by the khan and though
he was elected, he ran long way be-
hind the national ticket. In Texas the
khan suffered severely. for Mrs. Fer
gnaor "a ITO ovouod FOO ond :, odo har
90 ar mno, r. 10 roo,v ~ that ,ssna IN
Kansas the khan helped pile up a huge
vote for Ben s. Paulen for governor.
william Allen White. independent
anti-klan candidate, ran third. Other
Kansas candidates whom the khan OPP
posed were successful. In Colorado.
Judging by incomplete returns. the
khan elected both the governor
Clarence g. Morley. and senator for
Nicholson's unexpired term. Col. Rice
Means. In Denver Il made almost q
clean sweep. Jack Walton the i'm.
peached and removed governor o,
.Oklahoma 81 sought election to the
/ United Sfates Senafe On tie aiifa.E faf
issue and was beaten BY w B. Pine;
Republican, !. which probably would
have happened even if the khan had
reversed Its vote. Ohio yielded the
Ku Klux what 10 accounted, victory.
Governor Donahey, Democrat, seeking
reelection and favorable" to the
khan, defeated his Republican rival,
former Gov. Harry L. Davis, "unsat-
.isfactory" to the khan. His plurality
was more than 100000. despite the
tha s, stata t,clet four otf,ceholdars saes..
10 10 s - o,oot,n,, ~, ..savnroh,a,, ~ nc
,.,s e n,ara re.e,ectad A.
-.
MO SMALL part Of the credit for
IN the Republican victory is to be
g glvsn ~ oen.. a"e ~ $1,000
woonus -. na ,nass,.s a W.T. lssote ~
.nusn ~ ns sis.vuv .anp.su ~. ~
ueaenus oul ns. -. an ~ ins..
u,lons asas, .ns a.t 4 =. ,e .a III
election was pleasing especially on
Dawes account. for they know him
much better than they know Coolidge.
Pertinax, political editor Of L'Echo de
ess,na %e s., 1 seos ever S III. tend gss
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24

.eo TX and In which his body has
9 Mississippi near Memphis to pro-
rom the states 500. 100000 CROP.
over to bolshevism. He has seized the,
imperial palace. evicting the former
emperor and his wife and servants;
has occupied all Of the Forbidden City
and has even taken the horses and
motor cars Of the deposed president,
Tsao Kun. A bolshevist rump cabinet
set up by him has abolished forever
the title Of emperor and all other titles
and has confiscated the palace In the
name of the state. A further mandate
agrees to pay the former emperor
$500. 900 annually as a private citizen
and to appropriate 100000 for the
relief Of the poor attendants Of the
household.
NJ. Karakhan, soviet envoy to China.
is said to be most influential in the
councils Of Feng, and DR.. Sun Yat-sen,
leader Of the southern China group.
has been invited to Peking. Mean
while General Flu, who fed to war
ship at Taku, Ii waiting for a chance
to consolidate the non-bolshevist fac
lions. 1t will be interesting to see
what course General Chang, the Man
churian, will pursue, for It looks as II
Feng were not proceeding according to
Change plans and wishes. The adj
vance guard Of Chahgs troops arrived
at Tiehtsln.
l.THE movement to deprive President
AKemal qf Turkey Of his power ID
growing stronger daily and since the
grand national assembly has Just
opened at Angpfa the crisis may be ex-
9 neatatsAenpnsalR Aiaaf- Revy fosnecs pre-
mier ara "a great naval hero, Is the
1 leader Of the oppositien ~, GENIAL and
Is supported by such powerful ana
popular men as Gen. AliaaNad Pasila,
Cen. KAHN Kara BekirsAshn Eefet
Pasha and Djambolat Boy The ssten-
sibie object Of their attasks - Premier
Ismet Pasha.
/ M RAKOvsKY went ~ Paris and
NAs met Premier Herfiot, cementing
the Franco. Russian accord. Il was an.
.nounced that Leonid Krassln would be
i the first soviet ambassad dor to France,
and that Jean Herbette would be sent
as ambassador to- Moscow, $59si
lDREMI1R MUss0L1NI ii confident
= that the crisis which threatened
him and the Fascist has passed and
that his organization will be stronger
than ever. The minister Of the in-
terror, Sig. Federzonis, who 10 re-
garded as one of the biggest mem
bers OF the cabinet, and who has won
the confidence Of the country for his
impartiality, intimated, that the Tas-
cisti are, cleaning their own house and
are taking energetic means to stop
the excuses which were complained
Of by the Italians, 5,5
4 IRON London comes the interesting
= information that contracts for con-
struction Of, an airship twice the size
Of the Los Angeles. formerly the ZRe8y
and capable Of crossing the Atlantic
from London to New York IA two;
days, have been placed BY the British.
government. vickers, Ltd, the COM
pany which makes Ill sorts Of war
materials and other things. VIII build
the huge ship. \. Z AZ
lIENRY CABOT LODGE, senior.
- senator from Massac husetfs, was
II 49,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
NEWS REVIEW Of I.
CURRENT EVENTS
Some Causes and Results Of
The Great Victory Of the
Republican Party.
b. EDWARD W. plckARD

tSs;tssis+ =, ,s-t.il - Yet I-H
~ EDWARD w. PlcKARp
REAsONs for the tremendous Re
~ publican victory in the national
election are not far to seek. First
among them come confidence in Calvin
sCeplidge and faith in his wise devo-
ton to the public welfare, and the re-
/ puenance Of vast majority of the
American people for extreme radical
i'm. Mr.. Davis was not radical. nor
I was his platform, but the ''LaFollette
menace" was an actually. threaten
I'M q deadlock In the electoral col
lege and throwing Of the election into
congress with the possibility Of the
cASlee Of Charles Bryan as chief ex-
seS 4tiye. and about 100000 voters
sdsdded that this should not be. La
cite of course, never had a chance
@ being elected. but he did have a
fnce of carrying several Of the
western states In addition to
3sconsln, which was conceded to
3 sponnta xotA q aame plaeee
scially ii iowa and several Of the
liar er cities, war heavy, but in the
sma4n the farmers, upon whose discon-
tent he had counted. failed him. Fur
theEmore It was demonstrated again
sthafA the vote Of organized labor can
not De delivered, Tor instead Of going
80 Ll6Qllette In body, as Gompers
Recommended, It split along normal
party lines. One thing LaFollette
and his menace" did was to bring out
the largest vote ever cast In an Ameri-
can election, and this only helped pile
mp the Coolidge plurality Of about
10000 600. ~
sDREs1DbNT COOLIDGE on March
- next will take fresh hold on the
helm Of the ship Of state with the
pleasant knowledge that the new con-
gress Is safely Republican and that
the little radical group has lost the
balance Of power, even in the senate.
IN the house there will be probably
approximately $50 Republicans, only
12 OF whom cannot be counted upon
to support the Presidents policies.
/ Without this dozen the administration
seems assured Of a margin Of about
twenty above a .majority. The Demo
Gratis will number about 1856. One So
cialist and two Farmer-Labor mem
bers were elected. N
The situation In the senate will be
better for the Republicans than they
~
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24

cotton ~ the vail over yon,lI sbll
the frost killed the crops three y4arii
ago. and the mill tell into ruin. Quite
q little water power In that stream,
The buggy assembled g sleeper
/ grade. Nthe horse breaking Into a: short
gallop near every summit, and then
Sresuming its leisurely crawl.
that's the institute, Miss Went.
worth the coachman continued,
pointing toward . struggling building
OF. q little plateau. It had the appear
ance Of a large but rather dilapidatsd
farmhouse. ''It's three miles BY the
road" he added. ''but less than a mile
over the hills. 3t}s3t s.ss 4 II ..s5
The horse had stopped to gain
breath again. Looking back, Joan
saw q white line that crept upward
over the rocky slopes almost direct
from the station to the bull ding. Half
way up was q slittie speck Of black
that seemed to MOVE. Joan knew il
was Myers hard hat hls body being
hidden from view among the bushes.
She shuddered slightly; the man was
very repugnant to her. ,$
The horse went on again, the road
winding uphill through pastures gay
/ with buttercups and white with little
branched asters. II dipped between
hedgerows pink with meadowsweet.
The sun had set, but Ito light still
gilded the hills. The scene wasxvery
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24

/ ~ I'm. FBN0 X U-HsfA No apj ssli,
~ II has taken complete control Sc
sthb ssatral ChlAa 6oyssnmsnt at n:
lktng and plal li ii ull & ~ 2seeuntsy
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
CHAPTER III continued

ttIf- a.
''You're a fool! You don't know
when you are well of. tell syou, !
wash my hands Of you: This Is hnal-n
Joan could not help but hear. And
as she emerged into. the passage, all
the time hearing the sounds Of the
quarreling voices, Myers came hurry
.1langapast. AZ, s.fs
He did not see her. He ran to the
door, flung It open, and rushed down
the steps into the street. 40 no went
along the passage the girl saw him
staring right and left; then, - she
came ont he saw her and went toward
her. She knew that Il was she whom
& he had been seeking.
Nhat was 4 Doctor Lancaster was
saying to- you. Miss N entworth before
1lacaiAs 81 is.s alls asked III llis FaspIng
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
LAMAR ACCUSES ROADS
SAYS THEY GAVE $75,ooo,ooo IN
REBATES.
TestIfes That EI1in, Joliet G. Eastern
Was One of Lines Which Fa-
vored u. S. steel.

Washington, March Am an at
tempt to ascertain what foundation
there may be for charges that the
United States Steel corporation has
received, during the last six years, il
legal rebates from the railroads on
freight charges, Commissioner Harlan
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion examined David Lamar of New
York and William H. Green of Ne
braka Monday, upon whose allega-
lions the senate based a resolution re-
questing the commission to inquire
into the matter
Lamar testified that during the last
six years the steel corporation had re-
ceived not less that s75,000,G0O in re-
bates from railroads, direct evidence
of which could be obtained ny exam
nation of the books of the corpora
ton and subsidiary transportation
companies.
He named the Union railway. Du-
luth & Iron Range railroad, Pittsburgh
& Conneaut Dock company, Bessemer
Steamship company, Duluth, Massaba
e Northern and Elgin, Joliet & East
ern as the companies which had paid
the rebates.
The device to pay the rebate" said
Mr.. Lamar, was simply to raise the
freight rates on iron ore and other
commodities to an extortionate
amount The difference between the
charges actually collected and rea-
sonable charge was paid back to the
steel corporation owners of the stocks
in the form of dividends, which ranged
from 25 per cent to 200 per cent"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
FEW BREAK PAROLE
AFIERPR|sON TERM
PRESIDENT OF STATE BOARD OF
CONTROL SAYS SYSTEM
is coed.
ONLY 20 PER CENT RETURN
Men Are Taught to Live irl Upright
Manl1er-Since Law Went into
Effect s36 Applications Have
Been Granted.

Madison.-"The parole system of
Wisconsin is teaching men to live in
"a upright manner outside of prison.
A man trying right living outside of
a prison is growing into right habits.
1t is better to have him out than in.
This is the statement of Ralph
Smith, president of the state board
of control, in telling of the success
of Wisconsin's parole law.
I'VE take the men whom the courts
will not put on probation, whom the
courts say can not be trusted. We
train them in the prison until they
are capable of parole. This means
that the prison is a real reforma-
tory"
Ninety per cent of the men who
are paroled from the prison at Wau-
pun report regularly to the board and
are Gwen honorable discharges when
Their tine is up.
The parole law went into effect in
August, 1907. From that time until
Feb. %, 1914, the state board has
passed upon 936 applications for pa
role from the prison, granted $50,
denied 445 and continued 3. Five
were Withdrawn. But 46 of the 4So
defaulted and 33 have been returned
to the prison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
CLAIMS TIE WORLD is SOLID
Old Idea That Interior is Molten Mass
Must be Discarded, Asserts Yerkes
Observatory Professor.

Williams Bay.-The old idea that
Mother Earth was built like cocoa
nut-a surface she'll and liquid in
terior-will have to be shelved, ac-
cording to University of Chicago as
tronomers working at Yerkes obser-
vatory. With it must go the tradi-
ton that molten masses swirled at
the center of the globe and most like
ly hell was located there. The earth
is as solid as an apple, Prof. H. G..
Gale announced. He arrived at this
decision, he said, after exhaustive ex-
periments in which 500 foot ditch
played prominent part.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
REBEL DEF|Es u. S.
BRYAN CONFERS WITH WILSON,
CARRANZA REFUSES TO ACT
in BENTON CASE.
GREAT BRITAIN MUST ASK
Given to State Depart
ment at Washington Shows That
Briton Was Murdered in Villas
Office-investieato Halted.

Washington, March 3.-(ien. Venus
tiano Carranzas defiance to the
United States created a new and
grave crisis in Mexican affairs here.
1t brought the president and Secre-
tary Bryan together for another con-
ference Sunday.
The conference lasted an hour and
half, and then Secretary Bryan held
a consultation at the State depart
ment with Solicitor Folk, who has
charge of the Benton case, and with
Benz Long, chief of the Latin division.
From there Secretary Bryan went to
the British embassy to furnish the
British government, as agreed, with
the latest developments.
City of Mexico, March 3.--President
Huerta insisted on furnishing a spe-
cial police guard for the American en-
bassy. He told Charge O'Shaughnessy
on Saturday there might be justifica-
ton for the presence of a guard and
as he deplored the bringing of marines
to the capital he would provide
sublegation guard.
Nogales, Sonora, March 3.-General
Carranza on Saturday declined to fur
nish information to the state depart
ment at Washington regarding the
killing 81 Juarez Of William S. Benton,
British subject At the same time
he assured Secretary Bryan that he
would investigate the disappearance
of Gustav Bauch, an American citizen.
The attitude CT the revolutionary
leader was that the death of Benton
should be taken UP through the diplo-
matte channels Of his own country,
Great Britain, and not by the United
States.
Carranza announced his position in
two notes addressed in response to
Mr.. Bryan's requests for information
to Consul Frederick Simpich. The
notes were delivered to Ysidro Fa-
bella, Carranza's acting secretary of
foreign relations
In his reference to the Benton case
Car1anza pointedly remarked that
Mr.. Bryan's original message, received
three days ago, was the first official
mention of the tragedy brought to his
attention as directing head of the rev.
olution. He did not say that any in
vestigation was being made on his
part
Washington, March 3.-William s.
Benton was unarmed and was shot
dead in Villas office with a pistol,
says conclusive information that has
reached Washington officials.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
TANGOER LOSES HIS NOSE
Vernon County Dancer Is Injured in
Argument and Surgeons Are
Unable to Help Him.

La Crosse.-Eforts of physicians
to graft piece of flesh from his arm
onto the part of his face where his
nose should have been failed and
David Engler of Victory, Wis, will
be obliged to go through life miss
ing that slight piece of anatomy.
Engler was one of the leading tan
goists at e. dance at Victory and in an
argument with another reveler, Geo.
Williams, his nose was bitten off. He
was rushed to a hospital here and a
grating process attempted. The ply
sicians admitted it had failed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-03-10
IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS

Waterloo, Ia, Feb. 2S.-Ten thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars has been
raised by Waterloo citizens for the
Iowa building to be erected by this
city for the Panama-Pacific exposition
at San Francisco.
Spokane, March Mrs. Stella
Maries, a widow, lost her life when
she attempted unsuceessfully to save
the lives of her two daughters, Helen,
four, and Gale, seven years old, when
her home burned The three were
killed. Her two sons escaped by jump
ing from a window.
Des Moines, Ia, March 3.--The gov
ernor of Iowa will become the actual
head of every department of the execa-
tive branch of the state government,
while every judge in the state will be
appointed By the chief justice of the
supreme court, If the plans OF the
efficiency engineers of the last legis-
lature are carried out, 1t was an
nounced. The report of the engineers
is in the hands of the legislative COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform.