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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-13

Fund reached the $1,000 mark with
yesterdays returns.
Reading. The Board OF Managers
of the Home for Widows and Single
Women here yesterday. for the first
time In years. authorized a loan to
aid in the maintenance OF the institu-
tion, the sum to be borrowed being
$500.
Shenandoah. Burglars early yes
terday entered the general store of j..
A. Depew, at William Penn, and stole
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-13

United States Cavalry was killed when
his horse stumbled and fell on him
during drill at Neuvado. Texas.
HaZieton. - Broad daylight on the
site, of the Slough Tabernacle. where
$500 were converted last year. was Sc
lected as the time and place by two
highwaymen VINO held up Frank
Kachiski and robbed him of $49.
Reading. - The total collections
among eleven Reformed congregations
of this city towards this city's SIS, 900
share of the S250.000 Prince of Peace
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News Items Of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania

York. - At the annual banquet last
night of the York Chamber of Com
merce, Elliott II. Goodwin, secretary
of the National Chamber of Com
merce. Washington, d. C.. was the
principal speaker.
HazIeton. - William Boyle, aged 80
who two years ago enlisted in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-13
MELVILLE DEFEATS
$4,000 FIRE LOAN
Votes Down Proposition to Bor-
row Money For Apparatus by
Majority of 5S
Special 10 The Telegraph

Carlisle. Pa. Feb. 13. - At a special
election yesterday the voters of New
vile defeated the 10000 bond issue
proposition by majority of 5S votes.
The loan was asked for the purpose of
buying auto fire apparatus for the town
and erecting quarters for the fire COM
panv The fight against the loan was
led by a number of prominent people.
who circulated the idea that it would
result in increased taxes and higher
rents, Newville has had three bad
fires recently and has been compelled
to call for assistance from Carlisle at
times. The result of the vote yester-
dav was as follows:
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Wedding Ceremonies in
Central Pennsylvania
.SbeeiaI 10 The TeIerrath

Lancaster. - Miss Grace f. Smith
was married yesterday to Howard b.
Writing by the Rev. J. II. Meminger,
at the parsonage of the Fifth Reform
ed Church here.
Marietta. niss Ellenora G, Rupp
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was married yesterday to Haydn NJ.
Brubaker of Ephrata, at the parson-
age of the Ephrata Lutheran Church,
by the pastor, the Rev. ]. w. Smith.
Mountville. Miss Clara u. Danz
was married yesterday to William r..
Burnight, of Lancaster, at the par
sonage of the Grace Lutheran Church
by the pastor the Rev. DR.. Haupt.
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fixed steadily on her in the glass. She
missed Marie's red gums, which were
always showing. but there was no
smile in the French Canadian girl just
now.
why did you leave him:" asked the
maid.
Money. Marie. Ned gave me some
money"
I'VE were all so glad that Mr.. Ned
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CHAPTER n.

" lust where one turns from the
Concourse into the narrow lane
of the interminable Mott street
construction work the Mnnre
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NUMBER so.

Unwashed. unwarmed. his clothing
wet with sweat. be slept another night
in the canvas.
In the early morning he spread a
tarpaulin on the ice. loaded it with
three-quarters of ton and started 10
pull. Where the pitch of the glacier
accelerated, his load likewise accelerat.
ed. overran him. scouped him in ON top
and ran away with him
A hundred tackers, bending under
their loads, stopped TO watch him. He
yelled frantic warnings. and those In
his path stumbled and staggered clear.
Below. on the lower edge OF the gIa-
cier. was pitched small tent. which
seemed teaping toward him. so rapidly
did it grow larger. He left the beaten
track where the packers trail swerved
to the left and struck a pitch of fresh
snow. This arose about him in frosty
smoke, while 1T reduced his speed He
saw the tent the instant he struck 1t,
carrying away the corner guys. burst
Ing in the front flaps and fetching up
inside. still on top of the tarpaulin and
In the midst Of his grub sacks.
The tent rocked drunkenly. and In
the frosty vapor he found himself face
TO face with a startled young woman
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CHAPTER n.
The MAKING of a Man.

The Making OF Man.
w Ohm BELLEW grew anxious
% Capturing bunch of indians
n backtripping from Lake Linde-
GB man. he persuaded them to put
their straps ON the outfit. They charg-
ed 30 cents pound to carry it to the
summit Of Chilkoot, and 1t nearly
broke him. As it was, some 400
pounds of clothes bags and camp out
fit were not handled. He remained be-
hind to move it along. dispatching Kit
with the Indians. At the summit Kit
was to remain. slowly moving his ton
until overtaken by 400 pounds with
which his uncle guaranteed to catch
him.
Kit plodded along the trail with his
Indian packers, AT the end Of quar-
ter Of mile he desired to rest But
the Indians kept on. He stayed with
them and kept his place in the line.
At the half mile he was convinced that
he was incapable of another step. yet
he gritted his teeth, Eept his place and
ut the end of the mile was amazed
IuaL lie WuS sui alive.
Then. in some strange way. came
the thing called second wind, and the
next mile was almost easier than the
first. The third mile nearly killed him.
but. though half delirious with pain
and fatigue. he never whimpered. And
then when he felt he must surely faint
came the rest. Instead Of sitting In
the straps. as was the custom of the
white packers. the Indians slipped out
of the shoulder and head straps and
lay at ease. talking and smoking
A full half hour passed before they
made another start. To Kits surprise
he found himself fresh man. and
long hauls and long rests" became his
newest motto.
The pitch of ChiIkoot was all he had
heard of it, and many were the occa
sions when he climbed with hands as
well as feet But when he reached
the crest of the divide in the thick OF
a driying snow squall it was in the
compapy OF us indians. and his secret
pride was that he had come through
with them and meier squealed and
never Jagged.
When he had paid off the Indians
and seen them depart stormy dark
ness was falling. and be was left alone,
a thousand feet above timber line. on
the backbone of a mountain Wet to
the waist. famished and exhausted. he
would have given years income for
fire and a eupfuI Of coffee Instead.
he ate half a dozen cold iapjacks and
crawled into the folds Of the partly un-
rolled tent.
In the morning. stiff from his labors
and numb with the frost. be rolled out
| OF the c:nvas. ate couple of pounds
Of uncooked bacon. buckled the straps
on hundred pounds and went down
the rocky way. Several hundred yards
beneath the trail led across Il small
| glacier and down to Crater lake. 9th.
er men packed across the glacier. All
| that day he dropped his packs at the
| glaciers upper edge. and by virtue OF
/ the shortness of the pack he put his
| straps on l5h pounds each load Ills
establishment ut being able to do i,
never abated.
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deathly sick and was so ronnd Dy
| Robbie. who had similar troubles Ut
| his own
And am twenty-seven years old
and a nean." he privately assured him.
self many eimes in the days that fol-
lowed. There was need for it. At the
end of week. though be had sue
| ceeded in moving his 500 pounds for
ward Il nile a day. he had lost fifteen
pounds of his own weight His face
was lean and haggard. All residence
| had gone out of his body and mind
He no longer walked. but plodded. and
on the hack trips. travelling light. his
feet dragged almost as much as when
he WAS loaded
lie had become Il work animal He
fell asleep over his food. and his sleep
was heavy and beaStly save when he
| WAS aroused. screaming with agony.
by the cramps in his legs. Every part
of him ached. He tramped on raw
blisters
When they had moved the outfit
across the foot logs ut the mouth of
the canyon they made change in
their plans. Word had come across
the pass that at Lake Lindeman the
last available trees for building boats
were being cut The two cousins. with
tools, wbipsaw. blankets and grub on
their hacks. went on. leaving Kit and
his uncle to hustle along the outfit.
John Bellew now shared the cooking
with Kit. and both packed shoulder to
shoulder, Time was flying. and on the
peaks the first snow was falling. To
he caught ON the wrong side of the
pass meHnt Il delay of nearly year.
The older man put his iron back
under 100 pounds Kit was shocked
but he gritted his teeth and fastened
his own straps to 100 pounds. 1t
| hurt, but he had learned the knack
and his body. purged of all softness
and fat. was beginning to harden up
with lean and bitter muscle.
Also he observed and devised. He
took note of the head straps worn by
| the Indians and manufactured one TO!
| himself. which he used in addition tC
the shoulder straps. 1t made things
easier. SO that he began the practice
| Of piling any light, cumbersome piece
of luggage on top. Thus he. was soon
able to bend along with 100 pounds in
the straps. fifteen or twenty more ly
ing loosely on top the pack and against
his neck. an ak or Il pair of oars in
one hand and in the other the nested
cooking pals OF the camp.
But work as they would the toll in.
creased. The trail grew more rugged;
their packs grew heavier. and each day
saw the snow line dropping down the
mountains. while freight jumped to 6O
cents. No word came from the cousins
beyond. so they knew they must be AT
work chopping down the standing
| trees and whipsawing them into boat
| planks.
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the plains By OK team In the Titles,
and In him was this same hardness,
and the hardness OF Il childhood spent
| in the conguering OF new land.
You're not living right Christopher
Pm ashamed of YOU, Your father was
man. every inch of him | think he'd
have whalei all this musical and artis-
tic tomfoolery out Ut you"
ALAS! these degenerate, days" Kit
sighed.
The Older man was on the verge of
choking with wrath. but swallowed it
down and managed to articuIate. ''How
old are your
Il have reason TO Delieve"-
Il knew. Twenty seven. You fin
ished college at twenty-five. You've
| dabbled and played and friiled for five
use are you: When | was your age
| had one suit OF underclothes. | was
riding with the cattle in Coluso.
was hard as rocks. and could sleep ON
rock lived Oh jerked beef and
bear meat am better man physi-
weigh about l65. | can throw you
right now or thrash you with my fists. -
1T doesn't take IA physical prodigy
to mop up cocktails or pink tea Kit
/ murmured deprecatingly. BESIDES,
wasn't brought up right Now. If when
was youngster | had taken some of
those intensely masculine vacations
you go in for-l wonder why yon didn't
! invite me sometimcS:''
The older man looked at hts nephew
with unconceaiei disgust. well, I'm
going to take another one OF those
what you call masculine vacations.
! Suppose | asked you to come along?
Hal and Robert are going in to Klon-
| dixie. and I'm going to see them across
the pass and down to the lakes then
return
He got no further, for the ,oung man
had sprung forward and gripped his
hand. My preserver!
John Bellew was Immediately sus.
picious. He had not dreamed the in-
vitation would be accepted.
"When do we start?"
1T will DE Il hard trip. You'll be In
the way"
No. | won't. IN work"
Each man has to take years sup
plies in with him. There'li be such u
jam the Indian packers won't be able
to handle 1t. Hal and Robert will have
| to pack their outfits across themselves.
That's what Pm going along tor-to
help them pack. If you come you'll
have to do the same"
when do we startY'
Tomorrow
"You needn't take 1t to yourself that
your lecture has done it." Kit said at
parting. Il just had to get away
somewhere, anywhere, from OHara.'
Kit Bellew landed through the mad
ness of the Dyea beach. congested with
the thousand pound outfits of thou.
sands Of men. This immense mass Of
luggage and food. Hung ashore in
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CHAPTER /.
The Taste OF the Meat.

the beginning he was Christie
pher Bellew. BY the time he was
IG ut college he mad btcnne Chris
Beliew. Later. in the bohemian
crowd OF San Francisco ne was called
Kit Beilew. Apd in the end he was
known by no etner name than Smoke
Bellew. Nor gould it nave happened
had he not bad II fond mother ana an
iron uncle a},d had he hot received Il
letter from Giiiet Bellamy.
Il have just seen copy OF the Bill
low" Gillet wrote from Paris. "Ot
course O'Hara will succeed with It.
But he's missing some tricks Go
down and see him. Let him think
they're your own suggestions. Above
all. don't forget to make him fire that
dub who's doing the musical! and art
criticism. Another thing. Tell him to
kick around and get some gink to turn
ont live serial and to put into 1t the
real romance and glamour and color Of
San Francisco
And down to the office of the Bill
low vents Kit Bellew faithfully to in
strnct O'Hara listened. O'Hara
agreed. O'Hara fired the dub who
wrote criticisms. Further. when
O'Hara wanted anything no friend
could deny MIN. Before Kit l5cllew
become an associate editor. had agreed
to write weekly columns OF criticism
till some decent pen was found and
had pledged himself to write a weekly
installnent of 10000 words on the San
Francisco serial-and all this without
pay. The lsillOw wasn't paying yet.
O'Hara explained
Luckily for Kit he had his own in
come. Small 1t was compared with
sone, yet it WAS large enough to en-
able him to belong TO several clubs
and maintain studio in the Latin
quarter. Yet he WIS always broke. for
the i'iliow. in perennial! distress. alb
sorbed his cash as Well as his brains
There were the illustrators. who Pc
riotiieaIiy refused to illustrate; the
printers. who periodically refused to
print. and the office boy. who frequent
ly refused to ufficiate AT such tiIneS
O.Hara looked ut kit. and kit did the
rest
When the steamship Excelsior arriy-
ed from Alaska. bringing the news of
the Klondike strike that set the coun-
try mad, Kit made IL purely frivolous
proposition.
Look here, O'Hara." he said. This
goid rush is going to be blythe days
OF 40 over again. Suppose cover 1t
for the Billowy I'll pay my own ex-
penses."
O'Hara shook his head. Cant spare
yon from the office. kit. Then there's
that serial"
The next Kit beard of the K!ontiike
was when he dropped into the club
that afternoon and encountered bis IN
Gle Hello. avuncuiar relative" Kit
greeted. Won't you join me-"
He ordered Il cocktail. bnNthe uncle
glanced with irritated disapproval at
the cocktail and on tn his nephew's =
face. John Rellew came of the old
hard and hardy stock tina, had crossed
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mountains by the steainerS. was begin
ling slowly to dribbie up the Dyeil
valley and across ChiIkoot 1t was Il
portage of twenty eight miles ana
c6ald be accomplished only on the
backs OF men.
'fendereSt of the teii..erfeet was Kit
Like many hundreds of others. he car
ried big revolver swung on Il car
sSidge belt y strapniRg six foot In
dian passed him. carrying IN unusual
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who WIS sitting up in her blankets
the very one who had called him ten.
derfoot at Dyea.
did you see my smoker he queried
cheerfully.
She regarded him with disapprovai.
1T was mercy yon did not overturn
the stove" she said.
He followed her glance and saw q
sheet iron stove and a coffeepot. at
tended by a young squaw. He smiled
the coffee and looked back to the girl.
I've shed my shooting irons," he
said.
Then she recognized him. and her
eyes lighted. Il never thought you'd
get this far" she informed him.
Again. and greedily. he shifted the
air. 'As live. coffee!" He turned and
directly addressed her: "I'll give yon
my little fnger--cut it off right now
I'll do anything; I'll be your slave for
q year and a day or any other old time,
If you'll give me cup out Of that pot"
And over the coffee he gave his name
and learned hers. Joy GastelL Also he
learned that she was an old timer In
the country. She had been born In a
trading post on the Great Slave and as
child had crossed the Rockies with
her father and come down TO the Yu-
kon. She was going in. she said, with
her father, who had been delayed By
business In Seattle
In view of the fact that she was still
in her blankets. he did not make It a
long conversation. and, heroically de-
clining Il second cupful of coffee. he re-
moved himself and his quarter of
ton of baggage from her tent Further,
he took several conclusions away with
him-she had fetching name and
fetching eyes. could not be more than
twenty or twenty-one or twenty two,
/ her father must be French. she had
will of her own. temperament to burn
and she had been educated elsewhere
than on the frontier
The last pack from Long lake to
Linderman was three miles. and the
q
back. dropped down a scramble Of slip
perry rocks and crossed wide stretch
Of swamp. John Beliew demonstrated
when lie saw Kit rise with hundred
pounds in the straps and pick up a
fifty pound sack of flour and place It
on top of the pack against the back of
his neck.
Come on. you chunk of the hard"
Kit retorted. kick In on your bear
meat fodder and your one suit of un-
derclothes.
Bnt John Bellew shook bis head.
Pm afraid I'm getting old. Christie
pher'
"Avuncular. want to tell you some
thing important. | was raised Lord
Fauntleroy, but l can outpack you. ont.
walk you. put you on your back or lick
| you with my fists right now
John Bellew thrust out his hand.
christopher. my boy. believe You
,.an do it. | believe you can do 1t with
that pack on your back at the same
time. You've made good. boy. though
it's too unthinkable to believe
Kit made the round trip of the las,
pack four times day. which is to say
that he daily covered twenty -four
| miles of mountain climbing. twelve
/ niles of it under $50 pounds He was
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PROLOGUE.

1t is the Hi! You! Mush
on! Chook! Chook!" spirit
the vim, dash and go" of
a hustling mining country
like the Yukon-that Jack
London has put into these
Smoke Bellew stories. Mr..
London writes Of real men
men whose daily job is to
join issue with danger and
sudden death with never a
whimper. You can't help
feeling the thrill that runs
in the veins of these iron
nuscleds giants of the gold
fields, particularly since
Jack London, a good, husky
figure of a man himself,
has been through many of
the adventures he writes
abort and has the knack of
taking you along and of
making you hit the trail"
with him. "Smoke," once a
tenderJoot,. now a sure
enough sour dough. has the
test of his life in one story
and Is saved from defeat by
a mere girl. In another he
drops. as he supposes. to sud-
den death to save the life of
a friend. Beyond question
Jack London hos struck the
rich mother lode" of fic-
tion in these wonderful sto-
rfes.
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Continued on Page Four.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1915-09-25

London Sept 24.-1O P. Mas "a of elementary
prudence ordered the mobilization her naval and
military Thus the action of Bulgaria in making mill
tary preparations brought the last remaining Balkan state
under for Rumana while not fully mobized for
time has had her troops ready for an emergency
What plans Bulgaria really has in mind and what Greece
and Rumania will do when these plans mature still mat
and Turkey for many enemies have
posed their differences
which the Russian General ano has been
having Gaicia and Vohyna, it is considered in military cir
ces here may still have influence in than in
Balkans General Ivano has been successful that the
German Field Marshal Won Mackenen who is fighting north
the Ppet marshes eastward of Brestovsk has, accord
to the German official report been compelled to withdraw
his line somewhat danger of being encrced while
Ausans been driven back the Syr and
cong account have evacuated the fortress of Lu in
Vohynian triangle which they captured dur
ing the great drive.
These which extend to the Rumana frontier
would in the opinion of military Observers to su
alton the Rumanan flank should Rumania join Russia and
addition might well prevent the Germans from
ing army which is estimated must consist of least
100000 men, to make attack on Serbia
In the the Russians still falling back, while in
the north Field Marshal Won Hndenburg continues to make
progress his offensive against Dvinsk although
slower rate than formerly the Russians stenng their
resistance. East Of Wilma the Germans admit
check, during which they lost guns to the Russians.
There has been continuation of the furious artillery
struggle in the West According to the Berlin official report
British attack south of the LaBassee canal broke down
the German fire.
After fortnight of comparative inactivity, during which
they sank only five British merchant Ships German submarines
again the off the Irish coast Since Tuesday they
have sent five British steamers to the bottom.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1915-09-25
Bulgaria Says
Mobilization Is
Simply Matter
Of Protection

Washington. Sept. PA statement
cabled to the Bulgarian legation here
today by Premier Radoslavoff an
nounces that Bulgaria does not intend
aggressive action against any of her
neighbors and that her mobilization
is not to be construed as indicating
that she is about to enter the war.
Minister Radoslavoff called at the
state department today on his return
to the city after some weeks absence.
He said Premier Radoslavoff explain
ed his governments action as parallel
to that taken in other countries ad-
jacent to the belligerents, like Swift
zerland and Holland. which were under
arms for their own protection.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1915-09-25
Looking for the Instigators Of
Attacks on American Soldiers

Mexicans to give up preoerty more free
ly. These include not only Americans
but Mexicans on the other side of the
river. Reliable reports have been receiv-
ed that some Mexican military men in
Matamoras have received revenues in the
form of illegal taxes upon smuegled live
stock. The constant army patrol tends
to interfere with smuggling.
Governor James E. Ferguson OF Texas
has taken hand in cooperating with
the army by warning civilian, officials
that martial law under the United States
army may be the result of continued re-
ports of laXness in civil administration
None of the responsible officials of this
section has been under suspicion. but a
few minor officials have been closely
watched for some time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1915-09-25
80TH ANN|vER-
SARy OF H0 n.
JOSEPH P. BASS

Bangor. Me, Sept. A.-Hon. Joseph P.
Bass. proprietor since 1879 Of the Bangor
Commercial. was 50 years old today and
the occasion was pleasantly marked in
various ways. Employees Of the Com
mercial presented Mr.. Bass with mas
sive piece of silver, appropriately in
scribed, and hundreds of friends in
Maine and other states sent letters and
kilograms Of congratulations
At his summer home in Bar Harbor to.
night Mr.. Bass entertained at dinner, his
guests being Col. and Mrs. Edgar W.
Bass Of New York City, Mr.. and Mrs
]. H. Hewson Of Washington. D. c.. and
Mrs. Frank Otis Of New York.
Mr.. Bass is remarkably vigorous and
cheerful octogenarian.