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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-17
CHAPTER XIV.
Wind and Limb


Dress suit case in hand Neal stopped
in front OF a cigar store in New York
Next to the cigar store was an en-
trance 10 a stairway that led TO the
second floor above. In front of this
entrance paced an officer in uniform.
Recruiting station?' queried Neal,
salutiGg.
Nothing but" returned the man in
uniform you're as welcome as the
flowers in May Ascend" He waved
his hand inyitingly Neal ascended.
Half an hour later he had regularly
enrolled he was an apprentice sea
man in the navy. The United States
at its own expense shipped him with
a squad of recruits to the naval train
ing school at Norfolk
As the hours few by, Meals eyes
were opened He loved the sea-had
always loved it, He plunged into the
life OF an apprentice seaman.
He wrote his mother and Annette
that afternoon after drill was over
This is the life he said to them,
"I've been fighting all the afternoon
aiming thirteen inch guns at hostile
battleships, handling a cutter; splicing
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said This is what 1t said-and Neal
signed It as requested.
do soemnly declare on my honor
as a gentleman that have neither OBJ
tanned nor given aid Of any kind dur
ina the course Of this examination.
Neal Hardin, Candidate
lie had no sooner finished signing
than Joe Welcher approached the
desk
Through. Jocy?" queried Neal, I'll
wait for YOU
Wclchcr signed his own honor slip
Neal waitcd-and while he waited, he
thrust his hand into his coat pocket
There was something unfamiliar
there. lnvoluntarily he drew ii out
it was a cr.mpled printed paper. The
examiners eagle eye was upon 1t IN
an instant
Haven't been cribbing, boy?" he
exclaimed -.
NO." stammered Neal, "I-I don
know what It is" The examiner knew
II however. for the thing it was. lie
grabbed Meals hand and snatched the
paper from him.
"Oh!" he said, the missing duph
cate questions and answers both. No
wonder Hardins papers were well
nigh perfect
lie turned to the congressman-who
nodded understandingly
Il don't know how 1t got there
stammercd Neal, Il didn't put 1t there
= never saw the thing before. Oh
my honor" -,
'Pah." cried the congressman. MS
ewes flashing. look at it-thumoec
and soiled-he's had It for a week
be's learned the thing by heart"
Angrily he tore up the honor slip
tore un Meals answers-and hunI
them to the floor He pointed to th'
door
Go" he exclaimed, the nayy's wei
rid Of sneaks like you"
once outside his pace slackened- ~
didn't want to so home. And yet ~
must 60 home-hed have to tell then
all about it-teu HIS mothfr-tell Al
pette-how much would they believe
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CHAPTER XII

Rack iu the Hardin cottage hy the
fra Miss Irene CCurt."r known IN
other ana less reputable circles hy
trc name 90 luc7 Castro -limncd mot
L.grscclu,lyl downstairs from the
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CHAPTER XIV.
Finesse.

II was somewhat early in the morn
ina Joe Welchcr. seated at a round
table in the Seaport house bar. still
celebrated with three boon compan-
ions. his success IS a passer Of COM
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JOSEPH WELcHER OF sEApoRr
WINS ANNAPOLIS APPOINTMENT

In Congressman James }. Prince
recent competitive examination for
the Annapolis appointment. Joe Welch-
er. our young townsmsn, came very
near the hundred mark and Sistsnced
all his fellowB. Good work, Welcher.
Seaport will back you through Anrap.
oils and through the navy. Become
an admiral. Hitch your wagon to .
star.
Mrs. Hardin, Joe's foster mother,
caught him in her arms. Both my
boys--Neal and Joe-in the navy" she
exclaimed.
Yes" returned Welcher. with a
sneer. hut there's difference. go
in as an ofiicer-and Meals nothing
but a common seaman, understand -
Annette flushed, but gave no other
sign.
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CONGRESSMAN PRIME AN
kOUNCES PRELIMINARY AN.
NAPOLlS EXAMINATIONS.

Congressman James J. Prime OF Sea
port announces that the preliminary
examination for candidacy for Annap'
oils finals will be held at the High
School here on Thursday next at a.
m. The congressman's privilege 10
limited to but one appointment. May
the best man win.
"lts your chance, Neal" said the
girl She placed Il hand upon his
shoulder, and at her touch the blood
ran through his veins liko wine.
You're the best man, Neal, she
whispered, always the best man.
You're bound to win"
Congressman james J. Prime was n
Seaport man and the biggest man In
that shore town. llo had sprung from
bodybuilding. seafaring ancestors, he
know scagolng folk. he liked them.
And he liked the sea. And the pleas
ATTEST thing he did, he was wont to
tell his friends, was to recommend
cloarcycd. clean limbcd younE fellows
for Annapolis At the very time that
Annette and Neal were sitting In the
lfohont gazing soaward, tho congress
man was at the post office surrounded
by a circle OF old cronics, holding forth
upon the navy As he talked he exam
incd his mail. opening 1t with u clumsy
forenngcr lie had mail aplcnty
small envelopes aud big ones, long
and short Three times he dropped n
letter. once he dropped check -
somebody picked them up for him.
Then. unknown to himself. and nm.
seen Of anyone about him, he acct
dcntally dropped something else upon
the noor-a long, folded printed paper.
lie didn't miss It; and when Congress
man James j. Prime moved of In the
direction of his home, a human being
slouchcd over to that corner. placed a
conccalng foot upon the folded paper.
struck match and nc a cigarette.
stoopcd suddenly aud with nicotine
stained fingers, picked up the docu-
mout
The conccalluE foot and the nico-
tInc.staincd fingers belonged 70 a
young and sporty gentleman OF the
uamc of Joey WclChcr,
lie thrust the document into his
pocket and then, he too, moved on to
some less public place. When he
reached q place less public, he exam
iuod his find lie was disappointed at
first lie was prepared for anything
of interest lut he was disEustcd when
he opened the document and read its
headlines.
Questions and Correct Answers TO
be used In Preliminary Competitive
Examination for Congressional Ap.
pointment --- District Of New Jer-
Soy. for Navy Academy, Annapolis.
Duplicate.
Il dldq't interest him. but he glanced
over its comforts. then thrust II into
lis hip pock,, and went his way
smoking cigarette.
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Third INSTiLlMENT
The FAILURE
CHAPTER ~.
My ths Beat Man Win.

Neal Hardin, clad IN his life-saying
uniform. sat upon the Runwale Of bis
lifobOat. gazing Beaward sea
ward lie was seeing yisiOns-always
visions Of the sea He caught An
nette's hand In his own. He turned to
her
Annette" he cried. "rye got to do
tt can't help IT, II calls TO me-the
sea. It's In my blood"
The girl smlled-a bit sadly per
haps But her eyes glowed She re.
turned the pressure OF Meals hand
with her warm, strong, girlish grasp.
ITS In your blood she repeated,
your father was hero OF the sea
he saved me-you saved me. Neal
You've got to go"
"You-want me to-" he asked.
yes, | want you to-"
"I'll 60" said Neal
The girl held IN her right hand n
newPpapcr-th current issue OF the
local Seaport weekly. Il saved this
Just for you Look Read II, Neal
she said. She pointed to an item Oh
the first page.
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ropes. tying sailors knots, cutting on
imaginary heads with cutlasses-and
tonight for the first time since the
eruption of Mt Pelee, I'm sleeping in
a hammock This is the life and no
mistake. We even have the pie tha.
mother used to make"
Meals letter reached home next day.
And next day something else hap
pened. Joe Welcher burst into the liv-
ing room at the Hardin cottage, early
in the evening, with the local paper,
still damp FROM the press, in his hand.
"Tve just sent cne of these to Neal
he said and here's a copy for you
Read it, Annette. Now what have you
got to say"
Annette read it. This is what 1t
said
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CHAPTER KIN.

The Honor slip.
q crowd OF, thlrty-more or less
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
DECISION Of J.. s.
SUPREM ME- COURT
AGAINST THE c. Y.

st. Albaps, Aug. Ga mandate from
the Supreme Court of the United states
has been received by George c. Stevens,
clerk Of the Franklin county court. that
the judgment of the supreme court OF
Vermont has been affirmed in the case
of Mary Teresa White, administrators Of
the estate of Enoch l.. White, vs.. the
Central Vermont Railway &C lpany, and
ordering execution to be issued.
Thu case, which was tried at the March
term of the Franklin county court in
1913, resulting in a verdict for tho plain
tiff to recover $7,16S and afterward at
the November term of the state supreme
court resulting in an affirmdncc of the
Judgment of the county court, was taken
to the Supreme court of the United
States upon writ of ey.Sr assigning %
claimed errors in the judgment.
4 motion was filed by Warren II.
Austin of this city, attorney for the
plaintiff, to dismiss the writ of error on
the ground that no federal question was
presented and that such questions as
We're raised were without merit, un-
substantial and forcclosed by previous
decisions.
The case was assigned to the
docket by the supreme Court OF the
United States and counsel for both
parties, Warren r. Austin for Mrs.
White, and John w. Redmond of New
port for the Central Vermont Railway
company. Wer" notified to appear in the
court at Washington. u. C., April 10 last,
which they did and questions ON the
merits raised We're discussed.
This was the first case under the en-
%plOvcrs' liability act taken from the STAT
of Vermont 60 the United States Supreme
Court. ana by the mandate mentioned
final disposition is made of the platter.
It Will be recalled that Enoch l..
White va killed in a rear-end collision
of two freight trains January -, 1872 in
the early morning aboutNone and one
half miles north of Randolph station.
Mr.. White left a wife and two small
children and another child was born four
months after his death.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
DYNAMITE F0UN0
IN STATER0O N
Of THE ARABIC

New York. Aug. st became known
at police headquarters here to-day THAI
a stick Of dynamite was found aboard
tho White Star liner Arabic before
she sailed from this port for Liver
poo on July g. The explosive, ID
such a state Of deterioration that ex-
perts said 1t would have exploded al
the slightest jar. was found by "A
stewardess between hot and cold
water pipes. II was wrapped in news.
papers.
According to the information re-
ceived at police headquarters the dy-
Mantle was taken and after being ex-
amined was destroyed.
According 20 the experts who re-
moved the dynamite from the ship .it
was placed in a women's rest room in
such a position that had it exploded
it would have done considerable dam
age. 1t was reported at police head
quarters yesterday that a bomb had
been found IN one Of the foreign con-
sulates in New York. The police re-
fused any Information Upon the sub
ject, Investigation Of the report
caused the police 70 tell that the dy-
nDrnite had been found on the Arabio
instead.
The explosive was d~iscovered the
day before the steamer sailed with
thap 5000 tons of cargo almost
all of which was war supplies. One
hundred and lightweight ~assengers
among them twelve Americans. were
aboard the steamer.
An Official of the White Star line
said this afternoon that two sticks of
dynamite had been found on the Ara
bic late at night OF the day of the SAIL
ing. The Arabic was due in Liverpool
at four o'clock this afternoon.
The Arabic arrived safely In Liver
pool at 400 3. m to-day, according to
a cable despatch received by the COM
pany late to-day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
ENGLAND As SURGEON
DR.. A. A.. skeels of st. AIbanr Gets
appointment to Royal Army
Medical Corps.

st Adams, Aug. 9-One st. Adams
physician has found the call to the
colors' too strong to resist and as the
result Or. A.. A. Skeels Of North Main
street expects in a few DAYS to he on
the way to, England. having received
from the British government an appoint
ment as surgeon in the Royal Army Med
ical Corps for a teru Of one year. He
is under orders from next Saturday.
DR.. Skeels, who has nracticed his pro-
fession in st. Adams for the past II
years. attended school at St. John the
Evangelist and the M2ntreR high school,
was graduated from |the academic de-
partment Of MaGill University in that
city In 1893. be!ng d gold medallist in
classics, and m 1897 was graduated from
the university with honors in medicine
and surgery.
Ever since the outbreak Of the war
Or. Skeels has felt the desire TO go as a
surgeon and a few weeks ago, seeing the
call for, Montreal doctors. he determined
to offer his services. Within a month
he received his appointment. Having a
license to practice his profession any
where IN the British empire, it will not
~ necessary for him to take exanlina-
tons which otherwise he would be COM
PEELED to do.
DR.. Skeels does not know whether he
will be stationed in England or France.
Mrs. Skeels Will go in a few weeks
to the home Of Der father in Adamsville,
?. O., to remain for a time, but she
expects to join her husband as soon as
definite arrangements as TO his head
quarters are completed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
SHOT BY SUBSTITUTE
STATION AGENT, HE
SUES CENTRAL VT.

B~rattlehoro, Aug. 6.-The failure Of
long conducted negotiations has resulted
III the bringing of a suit by Attorney
a. T.. Schwenk. counsel for former Rep
rescntativ" Herbert 4. Staten Of Vernon,
against the CENTRAL Vermont railroad for
$1,000.
Mr.. staten was shot on the morning
If Jun" ;, 1918, by Hugh Collins. substi-
tute station agent at Vernon, who was
Intoxicated at the time and who had been
fined the day before for intoXication. Mr..
Staten having been one of the witnesses
against him.
The suit is brought under section i55
of the public statutes, whicil provides
IF a RAILROAD corporation employs or
retains in it's service a conductor or
telegraph operator who receives train
orders, who uses intoxicating liquors as
a beverage, such fact being known to
the president. superintendent or any Of
the directors Of such road. such corpora
tiou shall be fined not more than $1,000
nor less than S3n. and shall also be liable
for the damages which a person sustains
by the employment or retention of such
employee"
1t is cOntendod in the papers that tho
company was aware of tho fact that COL
Inns used intoxicating liquors as a e
erar" and Yet retained him in it, employ.
Mr.. Staten had gone to the railroad sta
.tion on Sunday morning, jun 5. 1919, TO
nag the uorthhound morning train for
Mrs. NJ. I. Reed Of Brattlehoro because
and knowing of the condition Of Collins
the day before, he did not believe he
would be In condition to do the tagging.
He placed the flag in position and Just
before the train arrived he bade Mrs.
Reed goodbye and turned to walk to-
wards his home only n few rods away
Collins had been in the station and,
slipping out the rear door. he fired twice
with a 3S-calihre rifle at Mr.. staten,
wounding him in the right fcrearm and
in the right hip.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
MARTIN INFANT DIES
Charge against Parents May Re Moro
Serious Than Neglect-Secret
Inquest Held.

81. Adams Aug. o'-As tue result Oh tne
death at the hospital early thS morn.
ing OF Rqdolph' me II months o'd son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Martin OF Swantpn' tho
charge OF neglect OF tpelr nVe cnl!ureh'
under which the parents are no" heid'
may be changed TO somethulg more seri-
GUS. States Attorney 5. s. Cushing or
this city began a secret inquest IN swan
ton this afternoon before Assistant Judge
T. w. Foster, NO defiplte action Is eN-
pected until the inquest is completed ana
a report Ia received from the state laoora-
tory of hygiene.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-08-12
REFLECT PRES. FOSTER.
Washington County Veterans A-s"cin-
tion Ends Two Days Meeting.

Montueli.r Aug. THE two days re-
union of the Washington County.
Veterans association closed this noon
following the election of officers. Presi-
dent T.. J. Foster of Waterbury Center
and Secretary J. Il. Wilson We're gwen
reflections and but two changes were
made in the list of yice-prosidents, W.
G.. Wheeler of Calais being chosen In
place Of a. NJ. Tithout. who vas select
ed as chaplain. and Mark y. Gnodel of
Woodbury. sucoeGding James Pickett
Goorg" W Eiddsr, f.. f., Joslyn and l."
IA. Goodwin. all M Montpelier. were
selected for the executive committee.
\ vote of thanks was extended to
President Foster and Secretary Wilson
for their earnest work In keeping the
association up to standard, also to he
Womau's Relief Corps.
Secretary Wilson reported that INA
membership total was Tn5, a loss of fv&'
81 having died during the year and II
new members having enrolled
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camp of Novogeorgievsk, the Russians
have evacuated the whole line of the
Nistula river. INangorod. the south
ern fortress. having fallen into the
hands of the Austro-German army,
the Russians are now making their
way eastward to the Brest-Litovski
line.
The decision of the general staff to
leave the garrison in N~ovoxeorgievsl
Is announced in Petrograd dispatches.
The object is to deprive the
of tho use of railway communications
and of the Nistula river for bringing
up supplies for their armies.
NovoEcorgicvsk is situated AT the
junction of the Vistula. Narew and
kkra rivers to the northwest of War
saw. It has two powerful bridge
heads, eight citadels and "a redoubts
containing eleven and twelve-inch hat
teries. 1t is calculated by military OBJ
servers here that an army corps can
hold out there for many months, as
the camp is protected by massive earth
works, which doubtless have becn en-
larged and improved since the Rus
slams We're compelled to begin their
retirement.
The laying of siege to Novogeorgievst
may prove one of the most interestin.
operations of the war, as it doubtless
Will show whether earthworks are less
susceptible to the fire of high explosives
than are cupula forts.
OF the retiring Russian armies the Of
fetal reports say nothing. The Rus
slams. however. destroyed bridges over
the Nistula and took other means to
place obstacles in the way of their pur-
suers, while others of their forces con
tinue to offer stubborn resistance to the
Germans and Austriars south ana north
who are trying to forge a ring around
them.
The general opinion here is that the
Russians commenced their retirement in
time to escape this inner ring, but they
have Yet to reckon with the wider out
thanking movement from Lomza which,
If successful, would turn the Brcst-
Iitovsk line.
An even more serious menace seem
ingly Is General Won Buelow's advance
In the Baltic provinces. While. accord
ing to Retrograd, the Germans have been
thrown back Immediately south of Riga
they have made a further advance east
Of Poniewesch toward the Dvinsk Wilma
Petroerad railway.
Some critics believe this move means
that the Germans, unless they succeed
In smashing the Russian army, intend to
make an effort to advance further into
Russia and cndeavor to force Emperor
Nicholas to accept a separate peace.
With this history Of previous invasions
of Russia before them. however. il is
believed in other quarters that the Ger
man staff would hesitate at such a ire
mendous undertaking.
Along the western front the Germans
have made a series Of attacks. but all Of
them, according to the French report.
were repulsed.
In diplomatic circles great interest at
taches to the NEGOTIATIONS going on in
the capitals of the Balkan States. The
ministers of the quadruple entente pow
erS at Nlsh, Serbia, following the cX-
ample of their colleagues in Athens,
have had a conference with the Serbian
government. Simultaneously Sofia has
denied the repeated reports that an
agreement had been reached between
! Bulgaria and Turkey.
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NOvogeorgievsk, the great Russian
the sole possession of the Russians along
the Nistula river. Behind its well-fortiied
lines the Russians intend to stand a siege
by the oncoming forces of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, hoping to prevent the
Germans from bringing down supplies
from the lower reaches of the waterway,
from using the railroad line from the
East Prussian frontier for a similar pur-
pose or from proceeding southeast in
order to get into closer contact with the
Russians from Warsaw, who have retired
on Praga.
Like Warsaw, the Ivangorod fortress,
lying to the southeast of the capital,
also has been abandoned to the Teutonic
allies. AS was the case at Warsaw the
Russians destroyed the bridges crossing
the Vistula before they evacuated. While
they left the Warsaw Qualifications
virtually intact to the invaders. those
at ~Ivangorod were demolished, according
to Berlin.
North of Warsaw the Germans in the
Narew region are continuing their drive
of the Russians, while in the southeastern
sector the Russians are declared still to
be on the retreat but Offering resistance
at various points in rear guard actions,
which have as their object the covering
of the falling-hack movement to the
newly-chosen positions of the Russian
main army,
Just how many prisoners have fallen
into the hands of the armies of the CEN
trail powers in their capture of Warsaw
and l~vangorod has not been stated.
Whether the Russian armies will he able
10 attain in their full strength their new
front of KOvno, Grodno and Brest-Lit-
Dvsk also is a matter for speculation.
The Austrians, however, are hopeful
that they will be able to bag large num-
hers of the Muscovites in their retreat
by reason of the fact that recent heavy
rains in the region between the Nistula
and the Bug have increased the difficult
ties Of traversing the marshy districts
epd compelled them to fall back along the
rOadwaYs alone.
Vienna asserts that the situation OF
these men is precarious and that in nd
ditiop they are recklessly sacrificing
their troops in rear guard attempts.
Up in the northwest, around Riga,
which the populace still is lea wing,
Tetrograd makes the claim that the
Germans have been checked. Farther
south, however, the Teutons are de-
clared to be pressing the Russians back
more and more in an eastward direc-
ton toward the railroad line which
connects Wilma and Dvinsk with Petro-
grad.
On the western front, and along the
Austro-Italian fronts, artillery engage
)nents predopinate, and at various
points each Of the contending forces
claims small successes.
The Italians have made several at
tacks on Austrian positions with a dir
lgible airship notably at Pola, the great
Austrian ava base on the Adriatic
The dirigible which made the attack on
Iola FOR reasons which II has been
impossible to establish" fell into the
sea ana Its crew was captured, accord
In to Rome.
Two American steamers, the Llama
and Wico, oil-laden for Sweden, have
been captured by the
London, Aug. G, 1910 D.. m.-With
the exception Of the great cntrenched