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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
CHAPTER VIII.
On the Trail.

A chain of mountains lies back of
Kobe. They rise from the lowlands
back of the seacoast, their tanks
covered with a varying vegetation.
First come the rice paddles, lying at
the foot of the elevation.
From there one comes to a more
rugged land where forests of bamboo
shoot upward, making a twilight
through which winds the trail De-
ciduous trees next take up the task
of clothing the naked shoulders of
the heights; and as one goes on, now
and then a fir appears, jostied into
partial obscurity by its crowding
brothers of arboreal life.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
Receiving Stations In Helmets.

An ingenious use for wireless tele
graphy Is projected in Berkeley. CAL.
says the Scientific American. A pole
has been erected on the site of the
new town hall and experiments are
being made to test the feasibility OF
summoning policemen from their
beats in the event Of any emergency
call. The receiving station will be
placed in the helmets of the men.
When a message is sent out bell IL
rung in the patrolman's pocket and
the message itself recorded In dots
and dashcs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
15O Miles an Hour.

It Is expected to reach speed OF
$50 miles. an hour in the new tests
which will be made on the higbfspeed
electric line near Berlin. It will be
remembered that the last expert
ments which were made on the spe-
cially laid track from Berlin (Marien-
felO to Zossen, resulted in speed of
over 130 miles an hour.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
Bird Travelled 400 Miles.

Two Australian black swans were
picked up recently off Norfolk island,
in the Pacific. They must have trav-
eled 400 miles, The birds were in a
very exhausted condition, but after
fresh water bath and plenty of
food they revived. The black swan
is a powerful swimmer. but 400 miles
at sea Is long swim. even for him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
Note Books of Shelley, the Poet.

Three notebooks which formerly be-
ionged to Shelley, the poet, containing
autograph manuscript, considerable
portion OF which has not been pub
lished. were sold in London not long
ago. The purchase is saidi to have
been made by an American. The man
uscript formed part of the library OF
the late DR.. Richard Garnett, keeper
of printed books of the British Mus
cum.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15

When a Russian dies he 10 buried
with a paper In his hands. On 1t 10
written his Christian name. as well
as prayer for his soul
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15
SYNOPSIS

Ned Gafford, who has been unjustly
accused of treason when at West
Point, and gone to Japan, has become
an opium slave. While in an opium
dream, he overhears a conversation
between two Japanese who want a
war against the U. s. for the sake of
selling their "BIue Bombs," which
are an invention of karioff, Russian
Nihilist.
Later Gafford saves Shiela McRae,
daughter of the American Secretary of
of State, from abduction by Oshitua,
the Japanese of whose crime Gafford
was accused.
She urges him to regain his man-
hood for the sake of his country, so
with the help of "White Kate" he
overcomes his drug habit.
While he is kept imprisoned, ShieIa
is abducted by Oshitu." White Kate"
hears of it, and sends Gafford to her
rescue.
Gafford, disguised as cooIie, starts
in pursuit, having learned where the
blue bombs are made and Judging
that to be his destination.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-04-15

Spfy nodded and swung upon the
gaping Mathison. "Tell Mr.. Cough
to meet me at once in my cabin" he
directed. After you've done that,
rouse the chief and tell him to get
his engines ready for instant sailing.
Turn out your relief at once and
order away the launch. Tell the boat
swain to wait for Mr.. Cough and
take orders from him. That's all.
Got"
The Second" saluted and set off at
run. Spry motioned Gafford to fol-
low and returned to his own cabin.
There he seated himself at desk
and began to write. When he had
finished he passed what he had writ
ten to Gafford, who read:
On Board the Nantucket, Nagaski.
c. NJ. Aver, U. S. Embassy, Tokyo.
Information received that Miss
Shiela has been abducted from the
hotel by representatives of war
party. Have party on board who
believes he knows point of abduct-
ors destination. No doubt of his de-
pendability: Am sailing for Kobe
at once. Advise at U. S. Consulate
there. Spry, Captain.
Gatford smiled as he handed back
the message to Shiela's father. The
vouching for his own integrity Of
thrill he heard footballs approaching,
and rap fell on the door.
Come" called Spry.
The door opened to admit a stall
wart individual in the uniform of
first officer. He came in quickly and
brought his hand smartly to salute.
Spry handed the massage to him.
wake up Mr.. Reyes of the wire
less" he ordered "and have him code
that. I've called away the launch for
you. Go ashore with the code and
get it off at once. Return here as
quickly as you can. We sail imme-
diately."
"Shall l arrange the clearance ?"
inquired Cough.
"Confound the clearance-read
that message" snapped Spry. mo
body's going to tie me up with red
tape while I've got boat like the
Nantucket under my feet"
Cough glanced at the lines on the
paper and his face blanched. "Yes,
sir" he gasped and ran from the
room.
"And now," said Captain William
Spry to Gafford, "I'll redeem my
promise to you, sir. / apologize as
one man to another, and here's my
hand"
Gafford took it and wrung it. For
a moment the lights of the cabin
dimmed before his eyes.
"I'm going to do what you wish,"
said the captain. well get out as
soon as Cough returns. Now, tell me
every darned thing you know. Have
a cigar"
For an hour the two men talked.
Then there came to Gatford's ears the
creak of the falls as the launch was
hoisted home. Cough came in and re-
ported the message filed. The three
men left the room. Presently the
winches began their clacking, as they
lifted the Nantucket's anchors from
their hold on the harbor floor. A
tremor shook the yacht from stem to
Itern. On the bridge her master
touched a lever. A bell changed far
below. The yacht heeled like cir
cling seagull and began to slip for
ward. Silently, like a wrath of the
mist, she slid over the fog-clouded
waters Of the bay.
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pared p"
The thought invoked another.
Shikoku had said: "The gods will
destroy those who seek to shed more
blood" He recalled the .rapt ex-
preston of the mans face as he had
spoken-the strange force of his
words.
He quivered with a odd, nervous
tremor as he lay on his mat in the
room Of the charcoal-burner's son.
"Those who seek to shed the blood
of their fellows to satisfy their own
selfish greed" The description was
apt for Oshitu and Yamata.
He with his own ears had heard
them plan to enrich themselves from
the toll Of war. He had not thought
of it before, but here was a peasant
burner of charcoal, who alone in the
silence of his hills had thought it
all out.
He thought of Shiela, and of
White Kate. They were as far apart
as heaven and hell, yet both women,
and both bound together in their
common love of country, and both
linked with his fate.
The one had inspired his promise
to work for his country. The other
had furnished the means and the
help which had enabled him to at
least make the attempt. The one
had become the victim of a mans
lust for beauty and gold. The other
was already doubly the victim of the
lust of the man she had killed to
avenge another's wrongs.
1t was she who had at the last
still further sacrificed good part of
her hopes in order to enable him to
save both the former and his land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
FIND 72O BODIES
The Russians Report a Great
Massacre of Christians
By the Turks i'm the Village of
Haftdewan.

Tabriz April 1.-Preceding the re-
occupation by the Russians of Salmac
plains, in Azerbaijan province, north
west of Urumiah, hundreds of native
Christians were rounded up by the
Turks in the village of Haftdewan
and massacred. The Russians found
720 bodies, mostly naked and mutt
lated. Recovery of bodies from wells,
pools and bitches and their burial
kept 500 men busy three days.
Surviving widows who were able to
identify the bodies of their husbands,
insisted upon digging graves and bury
ing the bodies. Some of the victims
had been shot. In other cases they
were bound to ladders and their
heads protruding through, were hack
ed off. Eyes were gouged out and
limbs chopped off.
A general massacre of the ten thou
sand or Fifteen thousand Christians
remaining in Urumiah is expected un-
less it should be averted by orders
from Constantinople. Verbal messages
from Urumiah confirm earlier reports
that more than 500 persons already
have been killed in their neighborhood
and that more than 1000 have died of
disease. These messages also confirm
the reports of the maltreatment of the
Rev. DR.. E. T. Allen, an American
missionary at Urumiah.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
He WANTS TARIFF
Senator Weeks Points Out Re-
suit of War.
Must Erect Barrier to Preserve
Business.

Kansas City, April America will
be flooded with foreign made goods at
the close of the present war; Europe
will pour thousands of immigrants in
to the United States and business de-
preston will result unless reasonable
tariff barrier again is erected, accord
ing to John w. Weeks, United States
senator from Massachusetts, who
spoke at luncheon here today.
Senator Weeks also pointed out that
at present there is too much legisla-
ton and regulatioEpf business" The
government through Its various COM
missions and Investigations Is 1nterter-
ring too much with the legitimate
business of the country" he said.
THE government is attempting to
control business without ownership. 1
believe in regulation, but not in regu-
alton to the point to which 1t has been
carried. The American business man
no longer dares to plan for the future
he doesn't know what to expect
Senator Weeks pointed out that he
could not agree with the optimistic
view that the close of the war in
Europe will mean a business revival
in the United States.
In my judgment the war has start
ed more looms and furnaces than it
has closed. The grain raisers of the
middle west have benefited from the
almost every product of the middle
western farm. On the other hand,
cotton raisers in the south are getting
less from their crops than if the war
had not disturbed the worlds mar
kets. But, on the whole, business sta
tistics will show the war has benefited
business in the United States. Inciden-
tally it has piled up an enormous trade
balance in our favor"
The speaker explained that with
the release of the men serving in the
armies of the belligerents '.the indus
trial armiS will be crowded, wages will
be depressed; taxes will be enormous
and goods will be made very cheaply
in Europe.
THE result" he said, foreign made
goods will bring prices in the u. S.
even less than before the war, while
the great thrush of immigration
which will result will cause a surplus
age in the American labor market
IT am not a tariff extremist" he
continued. But the present tariff is
too low. Too many articles are on
the free list
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
IN SHOWER OF SHELLS
Young French Scientist Completes
Valuable Treatise on Battlefield.

Paris. April What is de-
scribed as highly scientific opuscule
on the parasitic infusoria of cepha-
lopoda" has been written in the
trenches by a young savant named
Colin and read at the Academy of
Sciences.
Colin was investigating the abstruse
subject when the war broke out. He
was in the thick of battle near Notre
Dame de Lorette last week, when, ac-
cording to a letter he has written to
a fellow investigator, he had a feel
ing that he probably would be killed.
Colin therefore took advantage of a
few hours respite when his company
was relieved to complete the final
chapter and hand it to a comrade for
transmission to the Academy of
Sciences.
This unparalleled scientific achieve
ment was accomplished while shells
were bursting amidst the second line
of trenches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
WANTED IN KANSAS.
Governor Capper Grants Requisitions
for Alleged Check Fixers

Governor Capper today granted re-
QUESTIONS on the governors of Missouri
and Wyoming for men wanted in Kan
saS. Both men whose return to the
state is desired, are wanted for secur-
ing money under false pretenses.
William NJ. Thomas is wanted in
Wyandotte county for passing a bogus
check drawn on the Garnett State
Savings bank. The check was for
S43.5O and the Minnesota avenue bank,
Kansas, was the victim. Thomas is in
Missouri.
Erwin McNett is wanted in Green
wood county for securing by fraudu-
lent means the endorsement of Sew
cry merchant to a sight draft. The
Severy man is alleged to have been
victimized in the amount of $50. Nc
Nett is being held in Cheyenne, Wyo,
and the requisition is on the governor
of Wyoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
FILLING HER BUNKERS
The Eitel Is Making Preparations to
Leave American Waters.

Newport News. April 1.-At
o'clock this morning the German con-
verted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
which began taking on coal at this
port late yesterday, still was filling her
bunkers under supervision of the U.
S. navy.
Soldiers from Fortress Monroe, who
guarded the Eitefs pier all night, re-
mained on duty. and in the James
river a navy launch manned by sail
ors from the American battleship Ala
bama patrolled the waters adjacent to
the cruiser. No one without official
authority was permitted to enter the
ship yard. At an early morning hour
a tug with barges of coal reached the
vessels side. All night the crew
worked at coaling the ship and a
fresh crew took up the labor at sun
rise.
That the commander was not pre-
pairing to move his ship immediately
at least was apparent early in the day
because it was known to have only
reserve boilers in action. Smoke was
coming from but one of the tunnels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
USE ONLY RIFLES.
Artillery Fire Is Lacking in the Fight
at MatamOrOS.

brownsville, April There was
considerable rifle firing between Villa
scouting parties and the Carranza
trenches at Matamoros early today.
The firing stopped entirely before
daylight.
Two hundred bombs are being
manufactured in Brownsville for use
of a Carranza aviator. 1t is planned
to use them in defense of Mat9moros
provided an aeroplane arrives here in
time. The Carranza officials here
claimed this machine was due to ar
rive from New York Monday. Yes
teEdax theE sent telegralos to try IT,
hurry 1t through. From the Villa
camps outside Matamoros, there have
been several reports of the arrival of
an aeroplane for use against Mata-
moros. No plane, however, has been
seen in action.
The arrival of field cannon for a
Villa bonn mbardment of MatamoTOs, an
event vhich has caused some worry
as to BrownSville's safety and the time
when the Villa troops will renew their
assault on MatamorOs are both sur
rounded with considerable secrecy.
Although Villa artillery was reported
only about rs miles away from Mata-
moros at the beginning of the siege,
the Villa force appears to be in no
hurry to get the field pieces to Mata-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
WOMEN CHASED HIM.
So Wife of Georgia Physician Shoots
Husband to Death.

Blakely, Ga. April because
of her husbands popularity among his
women patients, Mrs. T. E. Sheffield,
wife of DIR. T. E. Sheffield, a leading
physician of this city, lay in wait for
him Tuesday and opened fire as he
left his office. She fired five bullets
from a 3S caliber revolver, all. of
which took effect. DR.. Sheffield was
dead when his body hit the pavement.
As Sheffield fell, the woman in a
embracing and kissing it Moaning
piteously, she was led to cell.
1.-The women wouldn't let him
alone" was her plea the police
took her into custody. The shooting
attracted a big crowd, among which
were several women who were on
their way to DR.. Sheffield's office.
The murder has created q senSa-
ton, the SheffieldS being among the
most prominent families in this sec
ton of Georgia. They had three small
children and were extremely popular
in social circles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
GENERALS OF TO-DAY OLDER.

London, April 1.-The striking
difference between the ages of the
commanding officers in the pres
ent war as compared with those OF
earlier times is attributed by the
British Medical Journal to the saw
ing of bodily wear and tear brought
about by modern inventions. The
paper suggests that Napoleon
would not have broken down so
soon if he had been able to use
automobile, telephone and tele-
graph. Generals a few generations
ago were young men, because they
soon broke down under the hard
ships of campaigning. They had
to live in the saddle and keep the
field under eye in order to be able
to direct the movements. Nova
days, the general stays in his base
quarters, where he follows opera
tions on a map as reports come in
by telephone and telegraph. occa-
sionaIly by motorcycle, from va
rious parts of the line. When he
goes on a tour of inspection. he
rolls along in a motor car at his
ease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
YOU JUST CAN'T TELL
Sunshine in Kansas Today-But To-
morrow-Who Knows?

This is a time of year when all
signs are likely to fail. The weather
prophet predicted rain or snow for
both Wednesday and today and sun
shine prevailed.
"It is a sure sign of spring when
rain or snow is predicted and 1T does
mt come' commented sunny" IS.
ID Flora, the local weather observer,
today 1.-The elements are getting
weak
The weather predictions have been
unusually accurate in the last few
months; it has been seldom that the
forecasts have failed utterly.
The sky was practically cloudless
early this morning, but later became
partially overcast.
The temperature was below normal.
The minimum at $50 o'clock was 80
degrees.
Generally fair weather with little
change in temperature is scheduled for
tonight and Friday.
The temperature today averaged 10
degrees below normal. The wind was
eight miles from the north this after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
Prominent Persons Urge United
States Ambassador Page
To Make Suggestions of Peace
to Warning Powers.
(By Alice Rohe.)

Rome, April Am bassador Page
has been urged by a number of prom
inent persons, in international politics,
to inform the United States that the
time is now ripe for an informal sug-
gestiOn to the European powers to
discuss terms of peace. I learned this
today from a source whose reliability
can not be questioned. The name of
the diplomat who presented the re-
quest to the American ambassador for
obvious reasons can not be revealed
at this time.
The newspaper Giornai d'Italia has
hinted at the same thing Men close
to the American ambassador today
said that the same person who con-
ferred with Page probably inspired
the publication in the newspaper with
the object of feeling out sentiment in
Europe through newspaper comment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
SHORT WAR MATERIAL
England, France and Russia Hasen't
Caught Up Yet. @

London, April 1.-The Times mill
tary correspondent admits that Eng
land, France and Russia are still short
of much necessary war material, and
that Germanys preparedness in this
respect has been one of the heaviest
handicaps that the allies have had to
contend with.
'The result of this war depends
more upon material than any other
great conflict in history" adds the
correspondent. THE Entente powers
were all short of material when the
war began, but they are making up
leeway very fast. Before long their
equipment will be complete, and from
that moment onward they will be in
position to bring into play their large
numerical preponderance.
For only a short time more, they
have to stand on the defensive, hold
ing their armies on the defensive and
stunning adventures for which this is
not the moment. The hour for the Of
fensive will come. but it has not come
yet, and it is the greatest mistake in
the world to display impatience and
to expect to Gull the fruits of victory
before victory is ripe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
Build Zeppelins Faster Than
England Turns Out Ships.
They Are Seen Flying Over Ber-
lin at All Hours.
LEAVE CITY ON LONG CRUISES
They Hover Over Capital In
Great FIOtiIlaS.
Attack on English Cities Is
Expected Before Long.

Berlin. April 1.-The Germans are
building Zeppelins much faster than
England is building ships. There Is
every reason to believe the en- masse
aerial attack upon fortified cities OF
the enemy will be made before Ions.
Zeppelins and Taubes flew over
Berlin at all hours of the day ihey
scared out of the capital on long
cruises. Their destination, OF course,
cannot be revealed but there is every
indication here that these WonderIui
craft are far more successful for mil
itary purposes than America has ever
dreamed.
All dGv yesterday zeppelins and
Taubes in great air flotillas maneuver-
ed over Berlin while crowds thronged
the Friedrichstrasse, gazing upward IN
admiration and shouting beautiful y
The great Zeppelin, the HAMA
cruised back and forth with the great
est ease, despite heavy wind which
amounted almost to a gale. Her crew
could be plainly seen; her armament
was hidden from sight. Across her
nose was a great black cross and a
German flag trailed from her stern.
A Taube followed lazily in the rear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
BETTING ON THE WAR
LIoyds Offer Even Money 1t Will
End During 1915.

London, April 1.-ApproXimately
$4,000 was paid out by brokers at
Lloyds yesterday on policies written
earlier in the war fixing the end of
the European conflict for March 81.
High premiums had made the risk
unattractive.
One of the best known of the Lloyds
brokers stated that policies to the eX-
tent of over 100000 had been issued
fixing March 81 next year the end
of the war, the rate being 25 guineas
per cent, or 3 to 1 on.
Not much alacrity has been shown
to pay so guineas per cent that the
war will be concluded by the end of
this June. Seventy-fiVe guineaS is the
rate being charged on policies that the
war will be concluded this September
and so guineas or a level chance is
being quoted that the war will end
during 1918
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01
KICKED OUT OF BED.
Woman Sues Husband for Divorce
and 500 Month Alimony.

New York. April because he
kicked her out of bed one night ten
years ago, Mrs. Jessie NJ. James, wife
of Isaac w. James, who represents a
New York corporation in Ohio, has
sued for separation and 500 month
maintenance.
Commenting, Justice Shearn of the
supreme court, before whom the case
is up for decision, said:
IF a husband lays hands on Il re-
fined woman during an alteration he
submits her to the greatest humiiia-
ton
The couple have lived apart since
the acts complained of and it was
brought out that James had been
sending his wife S100 a month until
several months ago, when he reduced
the sum to $50. Decision was re-
served.