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The day book., 1915-07-14

school teachers in real money. She
has to release. prisoners because she
has no funds to pay for their trans
portatiOn to prison. She hasn't even
money for postage stamps for official
letters. She is utterly demOralized,
financially and politically. LOOters,
labOr-crushers and corrupt military
have had their will of. her. Law, JUS
tice and liberty have been outraged
by the money power, and she is a
drab and pauper
And in her awful hour the mOnied
aristocracy does not hesitate to in
suit her. Sam G. Walker offers to
pay her debt of $12,4OO,000 in ten
years and put $5OO,OOO into public
improvements annually if given sole
right to sell liquor to her people, not
withstanding that she has statewide
prohibition legislation. Maybe the
insult will be swallowed. Let not
Sam despair! A state that will sit
quietly while outsiders come in and
rope all the rights Of man and rob
and shoot down citizens ought to
have stomach for any insult, any
scheme to beat the law, even so raw
"a one as Sans.
Colorado, under the philanthropic
RockefeIers, ought to study the con-
dition of West Virginia under the coal
barOns.
The day book., 1915-07-14
ROTTEN w.

ROTTEN w. Observe the
state of West Virginia.! She is on
the verge Of bankruptcy.
She sold out to. became the craven
tool Of railroad-coal mine big busi-
ness, which outraged her citizenTy
and ruthlessly despoiled her.
She can't pay state officials OF
The day book., 1915-07-14

SHE SUFFERS, ALWAYs.-Only
the faintest ray of hope remains that
Charles Becker may be saved from
the electric chair. AS has chances to
eVade the extreme penalty for his
crime fade away, one by one, the few
friends who have aided in his fight
for life desert him. Now his at
torney, admitting the hopelessness
of his appeal to the Supreme Court,
has withdrawn from the case.
Becker is left almost alone to meet
his fate. Almost alone, but not quite
Through the darkest hours one has
Clung to him, lovingly, braVely, de-
votedly-his wife To the wife al
ways falls the onus of defending a
husbands name when accused, his
life or liberty when forfeited to the
law. Hers is the real anguish ever.
When the death current stills the
heart of Becker, the criminal, his
punishment is DER; that of his devOt-
ed wife, the innocent, goes on and on
and on. Americas heart beats in
deepest sympathy for Mrs. Charles
Becker, however it may feel toward
her husband.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29

In the eastern theater the Russians
are supposed to be engaged in a series
of military engagements in Poland.
Neither the French nor the German
official statement recites any incident
that materially affects ten situation.
Whale artillery is playing the lead
ing oerl along the front in Belgium
and France, there are reports OF vast
,aiIitary preparations in Alsace.
THAT the revolutionary movement in
rhe Onion of South Africa has not
sF1een entirely suppressed is indicated
aby the official announcement from
Pretoria.
A British squadron, composed Of
powerful and swift battle cruisers. pa
sroning the North sea. has encounter
ed a German squadron, presumably
bound for the British coast, and has
won what is considered in England an
important victory.
Russia is said to have REINFORCED
tine Serb army with Cossacks.
New troop dispositions indicate that
BATTLES soon will be raging again.
Berlin notes. movement of Russian:
IN considerable force to the north o
Warsaw
The Austrians have massed large
forces in an endeayor to push bacl
The Russians.
Austro- Hungarian successes in Blu
xowina have served to lessen Russia
prestige in Rumania.
The new Austro-Hungarian foreigl
minister has stated he will refuse tel
r-itoriaI concession to Italy and R'
mania
The British armored merchant sni
Wzknor has been sunk with all mana
soSH the Irish coast. The vessel eltne
Soundered or struck a mine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29

In the eastern theater of the war
there is. for the time being, lull in
the fighting.
Copenhagen hears that 80 persons
were killed and so injured in an Aus
trian aerial raid over Kielce, Poland.
The relative positions of the allied
armies and the Germans in the west
remain much as they have been for
weeks past
The German protected cruiser Ga
zelie has been torpedoed in the Baltic
sea by an unknown submarine She
was not tooabadly damaged. however
to make port
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29
PROGRESSOF THEWAR

The great armies of the east APP
parently are resting on their arms
while their commanders prepare for
new developments.
Renewed aerial activity by both
she Germans and the allies has pro
yided a spectacular feature of the OPP
ssrations in the west.
Thief interest in the war so far as
shis country is concerned, centers at
present in what action Great Britain
may take in reference to the cotton
ship Dacia. sailing for Germany from
Galveston, and the foodladen Will
heimina, now ON her way to that coun-
FRY.
fyrhe most important OF the martial
siavelopments in Europe, If the report
is based on facts, is the announcement
from Petrograd printed in Paris that
Germany has informed Rumania that
the latter country's military measures
and its encouragement Of revolutary
movement in Pennsylvania constitutes
hostile acts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29
orders millions Of socks

sharon. Pa-Negotiations We're clos
ed here by which local company will
make 100000 pairs of wooden socks
for the French army The same com
pany recently took an order for 1870,
600 pairs of soldiers shoes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29

British Casualties.

british casualties in the naval bat
lie in the North sea are reported to be
one officer and 10 men, killed. three
Officers and 26 men wounded.
Battle cruiser Lion and torpedo boat
destroyer disabled and towed to port
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29

1t is likely to be several years be
fore sugar is again as cheap as it was
before the war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29
GERMAN SHIP SUNK
WAS MAKING ATTEMPT TO 6oM-
BARD THE ENGLISH TOWNS
ON THE CHANNEL.
700 OF CREW WERE ALL LOST
8n the Running Fight Two More Ger
imam Cruisers Were Seriously Dam
.aqed-British Superior in Ships
Engaged in Battle.

I.ondon-An attempt by a German
cruiser squadron to repeat the attack
recently made on Scarborough, the
,rfartIepools and other British coast
GOWNS was frustrated Sunday by the
British patrollingi squadron, and in
running fight the German armored
,,eyuiser Bluecher was sunk and TWO
German battle cruisers were seriously
cjazoaged.
The British ships suffered only slight
injury. So far as is known only lz5
,of the Blucher's crew of $50 were
saved.
a battle also occurred between the
Night cruisers and destroyers accom-
soanying the bigger ships, but the re-
suit of this engagement had not yet
reached the admiralty Monday
The British were superior in Ships
engaged, weight of armament, and the
flight of the German ships into the
anines and submarine invested field
possibly saved them. from further
losses.
British Also Lose One.
in-Meager unofficial details
available here concerning the naval
engagement in the North Sea Sunday
indicate that torpedoes have been re
.sponsible for the sinking Of the Ger
man armored cruiser Butcher and
British cruiser The detailed officia
report of the fight has not been re
ceived
German Survivors Landed.
Iondon.-Two hundred additiona
survivors of the German cruiser Blu
cher, sunk in the North sea Sunday b.
British warships. landed Tuesday
They included a few petty Officers
The prisoners were taken to Edir
rburgh castle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
IN OTHER PEOPLES CLOTHES
individuality Asserts Itself No Matter
How Many Times Garments
May Be Exchanged.

The delicacy inherent in the present
of a CASTOR suit or frock is due per
haps to the subtle clinging Of the
giver's self to the serge or silk. 1t is
strong man who feels that he Is
himself in another mans old coat. II
an individuality is fine enough to be
worth retaining. it is likely to be fine
enough to disappear utterly beneath
the weight of another mans shoulders
upon ones own. Most of us would
rather have our creeds chosen for US
than our clothes. Most Of us would
rather select our own tatters than
have another's CASTOR splendors
thrust upon US. 1t is no light achieve
ment. the living up to and into other
peoples clothes. Clothes acquire so
much personality from their first
wearer-adjust themselves to the
swell Of the chest, the quirk of the
elbow, the hitch Of the hip-joint-that
the FIRST wearer always wears them.
no matter how many times they are
given away. He il always felt to be
inside, 30 that the second wearer'l
ego IL constantly bruised by the pres
sure resulting from two gentlemen &C
cupying the same waistcoat.-Fron
the Atlantic.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
A Mysterious Note.

Harry Thompson was very much In
love with q girl, and every time that
she said anything his heart would
jump for fear that she was going to
offer him her hand.
One day he received letter from
her. In the letter was the following:
81 have question that l have
waited long time to ask you, and l
hope that you will not think that l
have nerve to do SO, but it has wor-
ried me so much and caused the loss
Of so many nights sleep that must
ask you 1t now or else / don't know
what will become of me. for every time
that you leave. it comes into my mind
Well, / can't keep it in any longer. and
SO here it il: How many times q week
do you shave?"
He did not read any more Of It. His
nerves had got the best of him. He
had received such a shock that he had
to be rushed to-a nesEhy hospital.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25

quick to notice 1t. He uttered shor.
laugh.
In that moment of delay Myers
mind went back to the early days
when he was q copra buyer In the
South seas. He had had adventures
there, he had done things which had
made him eagerly sought after by his
own government. He had amassed q
fortune there, but he had lost the
woman he loved. who waited for him
In America.
OF all the bitterness that he had
known, bitterest was the remem-
brance Of that night when he had
written . remorseful letter to Connie
Stevens. He told her all-the incident
of the kidnapping Of the Kanakas, the
death Of the old chief who tried to
rescue the men whom Myers had en-
! shaved, the bloody tale of murder and
T, theft which had given him wealth.
He was coming back to America, he
said. Would she take him in spite Of
his record Of crimef In the hot
tropics his sense Of right had become
atrophied. He wanted to start new
clean life hereafter. Would she TAXI
him ~ he was?
No answer came. Myers did mo-
exeps-knoX--xhether> ccanie- had Ee
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25

highest law-and no man may evsde
1t. Do you know what that would
mean for me?"
"1t, is the Price, boy, dear; don't
ask you to pay 1t. Listen: My father
and have agreed to disagree. and he
has turned over to me lot of money
that he took from-that was once my
mothers brothers share in the Colo
RADIO gold claims. What is mine Is
yours. We can pay back the money.
Will that do?"
He was shaking his head slowly.
NO" he said, Il think 1t wouldn't
do"
81 was afraid II wouldn't" she
sighed, but / had to try. Are they
; still gnashing their teeth at you?-the
dreadful things, / meal?
He did not answer in words, but she
knew, and held her peace. At the end
of the. ends he sprang up suddenly and
drew her to her feet
II can't do it. Margery, girl! l can't
ask you to wait-and afterward to
marry a convict! Think of it-even II
, Galbraith were willing to withdraw,
the law wouldn't let him, and I'd get
the limit; anything from seven years
to fifteen or more. oh, my God. no!
7 can't pay the price! can't give
you up!"
She put her arms around his necl
and drew his head down and kissed
him on the lips. 'I'll wait oh
boy, boy! I'll wait! But I can mel
Their push you over the edge nor hold
you back. Only don't think Of me;
please, please don't think Of mel
Whatsoever seemeth good'-that II
what you must think Of; that Is my
last word: Whatsoever seemetf
good" And she pushed him from hel
and fed.
ITO Be Continued.D
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
The BLACkMAIlER:
BY n. M. EGBERT.

"Hanbury?" inquired the bank presi'
dent of his secretary, inspecting the
card which had been brought to, him.
do l know anybody namedi Hanbary,
Jenkins?"
Its that crazy fellow who, has been
trying to see you for weeks past" re-
piled the secretary. "He insists that
his business is personal and eonfden-
tial."
Does he look dangerous Jenkins?'
mo, sir, but logged as they make
them. In fact, he's such nuisance
that I thought would ask you II you
cared to see him."
Send him in, Jenkins" answered
Myers. "One never knows. And, II
he develops symptoms Of insanity Ill
touch the bell under the desk"
Very good. sir" answered the sec
rotary.
The man who entered did not be
tray any symptoms Of insanity. He
was about fifty years Of age, little
down at heel, with limiting. shabb,
clothes, but not the type that woult
attempt violence. He paused In thu
middle Of the room and looked hart
at Myers.
swell. sir?" demanded tho presi
dent.
81 guess you don't know me-" SAT-
Hamburg. 80 I may a. we'll tell yo'
who am. My wife died last month
leaving me with girl eight year
old. I've got to provide for her."
"Plenty Of people are in the sam
predicament." replied the other.
But in this case 1t Is you who ar
going to assist her. I need five hur
dred dollars to get share In . ne'
business venture"
Its blackmail all right" the visitc
with q smile of amusement. "Nobod
ever blackmailed me in his life. You
better not try. 1t won't pay you"
TITS blackmail all right" the visitc
answered, taking a letter out OF hf
pocket. First let me tell you til
name of my wife. She was Miss Coz
ME Stevens"
The president remained impassi,
but his face blanched. Hamburg We
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25

When a pair OF light.fngered hands
came from behind to clap themselves
upon his eyes. and a well-known voice
said, Guess"
"Margery!" he said, and she laughed
with the joyous unconstraint OF q
happy child and came around to ait
by him.
II was doing time out on the veran-
da, and l saw you down here In the
moonlight, looking as II you had lost
something" she explained. adding:
"Have you?"
II don't know; can you lose that
which you've never had?" he returned
musingly. And then: yes; perhaps
did lose something. Don't ask me
what it is. l hardly know, myself"
"You have just. come from Doctor
Bertie's?" she ind .ired.
YES"
"And Charlotte doesn't want to
marry you?"
Heavens and earth" he exploded
who put the idea into your head that
l wanted to marry herr"
"You did"-calmly.
"Then, for PHYS sake, let me take
it out, quick. If l were the last mar
on earth, Miss Farnham wouldn't
marry me; and If she were the last
woman, l think I'd go drown myself
In the lake!"
The young woman of the many met
amorphoses was laughing again. ant
this time the laugh was letter-perfec
imitation of a schoolgirl giggle.
"My!" she said. "How dreadful!
hard she must have sat on you!"
please don't laugh" he pleaded
unless you are the heartless kind o
person who would laugh at funeral
I'm down under the hoofs of the horses
" last, Margery. girl. Before yo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
CHAPTER xxx.
Apples Of lstakhar.

The swinging arc light suspended
above the street crossing sputtered
and died down to dull red dot OF in
candescence as Griswold returned
Margery's note to his pocket and
walked on
There are crises IN which the chief
contention looms so large as to leave
no room for the ordinary mental proc
esses Griswold saw no significance
IN the broken line OF Margerys mes
sage. The one tremendous revelation
the knowledge that the dross.creat-
ing curse had finally fallen upon the
woman whose convictions should have
saved her-was plotting out all the
subtler perceptive faculties; and for
the time the struggle with the sub
merging wave of disappointment and
disbursement was bitter.
He was two squares beyond the
crossing of the broken-circuited arc
light, and was still following the curve
of the lakeside boulevard, when he
came to the surface Of the submerg-
ing wave long enough to realize that
he had entered Jasper Grierson's por-
ton of the waterfront drive. The great
house, dark as to its westward gables
save for the lighted upper windows
marking the sick room and its ante
chamber, doomed In massive solidity
. among its sheltering oaks; and the
moon, which had now topped the hills
and the crimsoning smoke haze. was
bathing land and lakescape in flood
of silver light, whitening the pale vel
low sands of the beach and etching
fantastic leaf-traceries on the grave
of the boulevard driveway.
There was no inclosing fence on the
Mereside border of the boulevard, ant
under the nearest Of the lawn oaks
there were rustic park seats, Jaspe
Grierson's single concession to thu
public when he had fought for ant
secured his property right-of-wa.
through to the lakes margin. Griswol'
the benches. The disappointment wa
growing less keen. He was beginning
to understand that he had made n
allowance for the eternal feminine i
the idealized Fidelia-for the feminin
and the straitly human. But the dill
heartenment remained. Should b
stay and fight 1t out? Or should b
take pity upon the poor prisoner {
the conventions and seek to postpon
the day OF reckoning by fiighti
He had not fitted the answer
either .ofsthese ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25

came, I was wondering If the game
were at all worth the candle"
Her mood changed in the twinkling
of an eye. "The battle is over, and
won,' she said, speaking softly.
Didn't you know that?" And then:
"Oh, boy, boy! but it has been a des-
perate fight! Time and again have
thought you were gone, in spite of
all could dol"
You thought was gone? Then
you know"
"Of course l know; l have known
ever since the first night; the night
when l found the money in your suit
case. What silly. silly thing it was
for you to do-to leave the Bayou State
Security slips on the packages!"
but you said"
mo. / didn't say; merely let you
believe that didn't see them After
that, knew it would be only a ques.
ton of time until they would trace
you here. and hurried; oh. hurried !!
l made up my mind that before tno
struggle came. all Wahaska should
know you, not as bank robber but as
you are, and 1 made it come out Just
that way. Then Mr.. Broffin turned up
and the fight was on. He shadowet
you, and | Swallowed him-or haC
| Johnnie Fergus do it for me. ! knew
he'd try Miss Farnham first, and there
was only one hope there-that sh'
might fall in love with you and so re
fuse to give you away. She did, didn'
she?"
Most emphatically. she did not" h
denied. you have greatly misjudge'
Miss Farnham. The reason--the onl
reason-why she did not tell BROTH
what he wanted to know was purel
conventional one. She did not want t
be the most-talked-of woman in Wf
haska."
| His companions laugh was nc
pleasant.
I'D rather be a spiteful little ca
which Is what she once called me, tina
to be moth-eaten on the inside hk
that!" she commented. Then she wer
on: with Miss Farnham out OF 1t
and / knew she must be out OF
since Broffin didn't strike-there We
still Mr.. Galbraith. You didn't kno
why / was so anxious to have you g
acquainted with him. but you kno
now. And 1t worked. When Broff
asked him to identify you, he couldn
or wouldn't. Then came that u
lucky drowning accident"
Griswold nodded slowly. Yes. N
Galbraith knows me now"
~ "He Doesn't" she exulted. He
dear old saint, and he will new
; know you again as the man who he
him up. Listen: He sent for Bron
:. this afternoon. and gave him a ne
u commission-something about bon
in California. And he told him
must go on the first train!"
y oncesmore >thescastsgay-.x WAS "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
The sIIieus optImIst.

When . man with noticeable bilious
eyes and liver spots on the projections
Of his face lays himself out" to talk
optimism to us, something seems to
whisper to US that he is blufiing him
self Tor us) for some little purpose Of
his own Because when q bilious per
son talks optimism. his conversation
suggests supercrescence Of exposi-
tory motivation. so to speak.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
SYNOPSIS

bridge at ChaudieroU restaurant IN nv
Orleans and declares that II necessary Ne
will steal to keep from starving.
CHAPTER II-Griswold holds up An
Sat. SECURITY. IN pfs sis privat. once and
escapes with 100000 in cash.
CHAPTER III-By original method:
Sees aboard the Belle Julie a. . deck
hand He Unexpectedly confronts Char
lotto Farnham Of Wahaska, Mimi. VINO
had seen him cash Galbraith's check In
the bank.
CHAPTER Iv-Charlotts recognizes
Qriswold. but decides to write to Gal
70 the captain and 70 incur unpleasant
uotoriety.
CHAPTER v-Charlotts sees the brutal
mate rescued from drowning BY orisWoid
braith.
CHAPTER v11-0nswoM Is arrested on
the arrival OF the boat at st. Louis but
escapes from his captors.
CHAPTER vIII-driswold decides on
Wahaska. Mimi, as . hiding place. and
after Quitting himself properly. takes
the train.
CHAPTER TX - Margery Grierson.
daughter of --Isper 0rierson. the financial
magnate O.. <ahaska, starts q campaign
for social recognition by the 'old fami-
lies" Of the town.
CHAPTER xI-Margery asks her "a,
Their to get Edward Raymor into dnanc1el
hot water and then help him out o. IL
CHAPTER xII-Griswold RECEIVERS to
md the stolen money gone.
CHAPTER xv-Margsry takes Girls
void to the safety deposit vault ana turns
The stolen money over to him.
CHAPTER xvI-Charlotts bluffs out
8ronin and Margery begins to watch him.
CHAPTER xvII-Griswold puts his
money in Raymer's plant and commences
10 rewrite his book.
CHAPTER xViIINGriswold goes Il
dinner at Doctor Farnham's and 10 no!
sure that Charlotte has not recognized
him.
CHAPTER XIx-Griswold uses Mar
gerry and Charlotte as models Tor the
Characters in his book and reads the
manuscript to them.
CHAPTER XX-Broffin spies on Mar
gerry, who throws him on the scent re-
garding Griswold
CHAPTER XXI-Mergery and Girls
void save Galbraith from drowning anf
a. he RECEIVERS consciousness the banke'
recognizes Griswold
CHAPTER XxIi-The men at Raymer'
iron works strike and in his desperation
at the bankers recognition OF him Girls
void forgets all his theories and start
in to fight them.
CHAPTER XXIII-Margery orders he
father, who had fomented the strike t
ruin Raymer, to call It of and enlist
Broffin in a special investigation Of he
own.
CHAPTER xXIv-Margery nurses GA
braith in her own home and Griswol
calls to see whether the banker Is goin
to recover.
CHAPTER XXV-Margery gets wear
ons which she gives to Raymer to Use
her father refuses help.
CHAPTER xXVI-Margery conQue,
her father and compels him to call o
She hunts for Griswold but finds that
has disappeared.
CHAPTER XXVII-Galbraith refuses
recognize Griswold and upsets Brofiin
plans again.
CHAPTER XXvIII-Griswold conn
back to town after a secluded rest at
summer resort to run into cambridge al
Johnson. The latter does recognize hi
as the man for whom he cashed Il
check on the day Of the robbery
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-25
Bankrupt"

The discussion on the etymolosy
the work bank" in Mr.. Jusr
Darling's court might have been Q
RED . step further by the illustratl
Of our term bankrupt" says Il
don paper. The old Venetian mon
changers and lenders carried on u
business at q stand or bench (banc
and when one was unable to meet
obligations his "hanca' was brol
(rupta).