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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Cubs Lose to Cards

St. Louis, August 14.-On the offerings of Pierce and Standridge and with the aid of five errors by the visitors. St. Louis defeated Chicago 12 to 2 today. Ames gave Chicago eight hits, but kept them well scattered. Score: R.H.E. Chicago ................. O01 001 O00-2 5 St. Louis ............... O21 024 12s--12 13 2
 Batteries: Pierce and Standridge and Archer, Hargrove; Ames and Snyder.
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Braves Walloped

Philadelphia, August H.-Philadelphia hit three Boston pitchers hard today and won 9 to o. Luderus made home run. a triple and double in four times at bat He scored three runs and drove in two more. Score R.H.E. Boston .................. 900 600 O00-0 6 2 Philadelphia ........... S01 O23 0Os--9 13 o
 Batteries: Hughes, Nehf, Barnes and Gowdy, Whaling; Demaree and Killifer, Burns.
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Investigate the Detroit Electric why tho 1916 Detroit Electric s the preferable ye battery csrsng by central station
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15
Here are the 1916 prices

Model 6l 4-Passsngsr Brougham
 (Formsrty 2.60U = Model 50 5-Pass. Duplsx Drive Brourham
 (Forneriy 100O) = l Model 5s 5-Pass- Rear Drive Broueham
 (FVrmssiy $2.o50) = Model 5S 5-Pass. Front Drive Brougham
 (Formsrty g. 050) = Model 57 4-Pass. Rear Drive Broueham
 (Formsriy S2.S5O) - Model 56 aPass. Cabriolet
 (Fonmeviy N.6soD - !
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CHAPTER XXI.
Anticlimax.


Alan came to himself supported by
Barcus-his senses still Keeling from
the conclusion of that thunderbolt
which he had SO unwittingly loosed--
the cloud Of sulphurous smoke and yet
dissipated by the wind.
Judith lay at his feet, stunned; and
round about other figures of men in
sensible, if not, for all he could say,
dead.
And then Barcus was hustling him
unceremoniously down the wharf.
Come! Come!" he rallied Alan.
"Pull yourself together and keep a
stiff upper lip. Rose is waiting in
the car, and if you don't want to be
arrested you'll stir your stumps, my
son! That explosion is going to bring
the worthy burghers of New Bedford
buzzing round our ears like swarm
OF hornets!'
His prediction was justified even
before it was made: already the near
by dwellings were vomiting half
clothed humanity; already a score of
PCOplO WCl5 SduOpluS uOWH lOWdIu
the head of the wharf; and in their
number a policeman appeared as if by
magic.
And while the man hesitated Alan
grabbed him by the shoulder, threw
him bodily from the car, dropped into
his seat, cried warning to Rose, and
threw in the clutch. The machine re-
sponded without q jar; they were a
hundred feet distant from the scene
Of the accident before Alan was fairly
settled in his place. !.
AS he grew more and more calm, he
congratulated himself on having drawn
an excellent car in the lottery Of
chance. II was light, but the motor
ran famously, and if not capable Of
q racing pace it would serve his ends
as speedily as was consistent with
reasonable care for the life Of the
woman he loved.
Yet his congratulations were prema.
ture; they were not ten minutes out
OF the environs Of the city when Rose
left her seat and knelt behind his, to
communicate the intelligence that
they were already being pursued
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CHAPTER Xxx.
HeII-Fire.

HeiI-Fl Ire.
But by this stage in his history Mr..
Law had arrived at state of mind
immune to surprise at the discovery
that he had once more failed to elude
the vigilance and pertinacity of the
woman who sought his life.
He viewed the schooner with no
more display of emotion than resided
In narrowing eyelids and a Tightening
of the muscles about his mouth.
Much farther to go?" he inquired
presently, in a colorless voice.
AT our present pace say, two
hours"
And will that enable us to hold
our own"
"Just about" Barcus allowed, squint-
ing critically at the chase; she's
some footer, that schooner; and this
Ia just the wind she likes best"
How much lead have we got?"
A mile or so none too much"
Anything to be done to mend mat
tiers 2"
Nothing but pray. If you remem-
Der how"
In the end they made It BY q narrow
margin. The face OF Judith Trine was
distinctly revealed by the chill gray
light Of early dawn to those aboard
the power cruiser as she swept up
through the reaches Of New Bedford
harbor and aimed for the first wharf
that promised . fair landing on the
main waterfront Of the city.
There was neither policeman nor
9 Waterman Of any sort in sight.
Nor was there. for all his hopes and
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the burden Of Alan,s solicitude seemed
to grow lighter with every squeal
Of the greaseless oarlocks, with ev-
cry dip and splash Of the blades
which, welded by crew of villainous
countenance, brought them nearer the
handsome motorboat which MI. Breed
designated as his own. 1t was not
until Alan looked up suddenly to find
Mr. Breed covering him with a re-
yolver of most vicious character that
he had the least apprehension OF any
danger nearer than the offing, where
Judith's schooner might be lurking,
waiting for its prey to come out and
be devoured
I'll take that money-belt Of yours,
young Teller" Mr.. Breed announced.
"and be quick about it--not forgetting
what's in your trousers pocket"
In the passion Of his indignation
Alan neglected entirely to play the
game by the rules. The indifference
he displayed toward the weapon was
positively unprofessional for he
knocked 1t aside as If it had been
nothing more dangerous than a straw
And in the same hutter Of an eyelash
he launched himself like a wildcat at
the throat Of Mr.. Breed.
Before that one knew what was hap
pening he had gone over the stern
and had involuntarily disarmed him
self as well.
The other two men made sad busi-
ness of attempting to overpower Mr..
Barcus In less than a minute they
were both overheard.
"And just for this" Alan said before
getting out of earshot-"I'm going to
treat my party to a ioy-ride in your
pretty powerboat."
He concluded this speech abruptly
as Barcus brought thepa up under the
quarter Of the power cruiser.
Within two minutes the motor was
spinning contentedly, the mooring had
been slipped, and the motorboat was
heading out of the harbor.
Within five minutes she mad left Il
well astern and was shooting rapidly
westward, making nothing of the buf
| fets of very tolerable sea kicked III
by the freshening southwesterly wind
My friend observed Alan, "a
our acquaintance ripens am more
and more impressed that neither Of vi
was born to die natural death
whather abed or at the hands of those
who dislike us; but rather TO be
| hanged as common nirates"
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turned with no less craft-open m
creduaity informing his countenance.
And, surely enough, Alan brought
forth an empty hand.
MAKE q light" he said sharply. MY
moneys in a belt round my waist.
Open your office. You'll get your dol
lar, all right
"All right" he grumhied, reopening
the door OF the telegraph booth and
making second light inside. There's
blanks and a pencil. Write your mes.
sage. 1t amt often do this--but I'll
make an exception for YOU"
Alan delayed long enough only to
make few Inquiries, drawing out
the information that, for one who had
not patience to walt the morning
train northbound, the quickest way
to any city of importance was by boat
across Buzzard's bay to New Bedford
Boats, it was implied, we're plenti
full, readily to be chartered.
A timetable supplied all other need
full advice. Alan wrote his message
swiftly.
Addressed to Digby. his man Of
business in New York, 1t required thai
gentleman to arrange for a motor-col
to be held in waiting on the water
front of New Bedford from 800 a. m
until called for in the name OF Mr.
Law, as we'll as for special train q
Providence, on similar provisions.
But now, though he was all uncon-
scfous of the fact. he went no more
alone.
His shadow in the moonlight kept
him company upon the sands; and
above, On the edge of the bluffs, an
other shadow moved on parallel
course and at a pace seduaously pat
termed after his.
He found his sweetheart and his
friend much as he had left them, with
this differenee-that Mr. Barcus now
lay fat on his back and snoring
Justify.
He was wakened quickly enough
however, by Alans news.
But when it was the turn of Rose
they faltered. She lay SO still, be
ttrayed her exhaustion so patiently ir
every line of her unconscious posture
as we'll as in the sharp palior of hel
face upturned to the moon, that il
seemed scarcely less than downright
inhumanity to disturb her.
None the less, it had to be done
Alan hardened his heart with the re
minder of their urgent necessity. ant
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Two Men Swallowed Him.

eventually brought her to with the
aid of few drops of brandy.
Between them, they helped her up
the beach, past the point, and at length
to the door of the hotel, where-reani-
mated by the mere promise of food
Rose disengaged their arms and en-
tered without more assistance; while
Barcus was deferred from treading
her heels in his own famished eager
ness, by the hand of Alan falling heav-
lily upon his arm.
Wait" the latter admonished in
half-whisper Look there!"
Barcus followed the direction of his
gesture-and was transfxed by the
sight of rocket spearing into the
night-draped sky from point invis-
ible beyond the headland of the light
house.
The two consulted one another with
startled and fearful eyes.
AS with one voice they murmured
one word: Judith" To this Alan
added grayely: "Or some spy Of
hers!"
Then rousing, Alan released his
friend, with a smart shove urging him
across the threshold of the hotel.
Go on" he insisted, "join Rose and
get your supper. I'll be with you as
soon as I can arrange for boat. Tell
her nothing more than that-that /
thought it unwise to wait until every
body was abed before looking round"
He turned to find his landlord APP
preaching from the direction Of the
hotel barroom. And for the time it
seemed that the wind Of their luck
must have veered to favoring quar-
ter; for the question was barely ut
tered before the landlord lifted will
Ing voice and hailed a fellow towns
man idling nearby
Hey, Jake come here!"
introduced as Mr.. Breed, Jake
pleaded guilty to ownership Of the
fastest and stanchest power-cruiser
In the adjacent waters, which he was
avariciously keen to charter.
They observed haste religiously;
within ten minutes they stood upon q
float at the foot Of fight Of wooden
steps down the side Of the town wharf.
while the promised rowboat Of Mr..
Breed drew in, at most leisurely pace,
to meet them
aboard and away from the wharf,
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CONTINUED from last week.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Stranded.


Mr.. Thomas Barcus picked himself
up from the bottom of the lifeboat
where he had been violently precipi
tateG by the impact of grounding
blinked and wiped tears OF pain from
his eyes, solicitously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little if any com.
fort from the discovery that it was not
broken, opened his mouth and
remembered the presence of lady.
Poor Mr.. Barcusp' she said gently.
I'm SO sorry. Do forget I'm here
and say it out loud!"
Mr.. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his head at the same time.
1T can't be did, he complained in
embittered resignation; "the words
have never been invented -
In the bows Mr.. Law (who had
barely saved himself a headlong
plunge. overheard when the shoal took
fast hold of the keeD felt tenderly OF
his excoriated shins, then, rising, COM
passed the sea, sky and shore with an
anxious gaze.
In the offing there was nothing but
the fat, Imitless expanse of the night
bound tide, near at hand vaguely sill
vered with the moonlight, in the dis
tances blending into shadows; never
light or shadowy, stealing sail in
that quarter to indicate pursuit
Where are WEI" he wondered aloud.
ASK me an easy one" Barcus re-
piled; somewhere on the south shore
of the cape-unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay of this land
That's lighthouse over yonder'
Alan took soundings from the bows.
Barely two feet he announced,
withdrawing the oar from the water,
"and eel-grass no end"
"Oh!" Barcus calculated with the
accent of enlightenment; and leaving
the motor, turned to the stern, over
which he draped himself in highly un-
decorative fashion while groping I'M
der water for the propeller.
That's the answer" he repeated;
there's young bale of the said eel
grass wrapped round the wheel.
Which, l suppose, means I've got to
!
Like Mr.. Law, he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they had
been-but only shirt, trousers and q
belt.
IF you've nothing better to do, my
critical friend he observed as he
stopped to hack and tear at the mass
of weed embarrassing the propeller,
you might step out and give us a
trial shove. Don't strain yourself
Just see If you can move her"
The boat budged not an inch-but
Mr.. Laws feet did. slipping ON the
treacherous mud bottom with the up
shot of his downfall; with g. mighty
splash he disappeared momentarily
beneath the surface-and left his tenn
per behind him when he emerged.
AS for Mr.. Barcus, he suffered like
loss within five minutes; when, with
much pains and patience having freed
the wheel, he climbed aboard and
sought to restart the motor. After
few affecting coughs it relapsed into
stubborn silence.
Studious examination at length
brought out the fact that the gasoline
bank was empty.
mot SO much as smell left" Bar
Gus reported.
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prayers, based On the telegram toI
Digby, sign OF q motor car.
Still, not much of the street was
revealed The docks on either hand
were walled and rooted. cutting OF the
view.
If they ran for it, they must surely
be overhauied. Something must be
done to hinder the crew Of the
schooner from landing.
'Here!" he cried sharply to Barcus.
you take Rose and hurry to the
street and find that motorcar. i
know she's there. Digby never failed
me yeti"
But you
Don't waste time worrying about
me- I'll be with you in three shakes
I'm only going to put spoke in Ju-
dith's wheel. I've got scheme!"
AS for his schemehe had none
other than to give them battle, to sac
rifice himself If need be. to make sure
the escape Of Rose.
Sheer luck smiled on him to this
extent, that in turning his eye lighted
On a four-foot length of stout, three
..rch scantling, an excellently for
= club.
But soon, disarmed, his case was
desperate-an and there were two al
ready safe upon the dock and others
madly scrambling up to reinforce
| them.
| Wildly he cast about for some sub
| stitute weapon, he leaped toward a
small pyramid of little but heavy kegs,
| and Selling one, swung it overhead
and cast it full force into the midriff
of his nearest enemy; so that this one
doubled up convulsiyely, with a sick
ish grunt, and vanished in turn over
| the end Of the wharf.
His fellow followed with less injury
But Alan had no time to wonder
whether the man had tripped and
thrown himself in his effort to escape
a second hurting key, or had turned
coward and fed. 1t was enough thai
/ he had returned, precipitately and
1 heavily, to the schooner.
The key, meeting with no resistance
! pursued him even to the deck, where
the force Of it's impact split it's seams
None Of the combatants, however
! Alan least of all, noticed that the pow
der that filtered out was black ant
coarse. Alan, indeed, had only the
haziest notion that they were powder
kegs he used as ammunition. Tha
they were heavy and hurt when they
collided with human flesh and bone
was all that interested him.
In the same breath he heard (
friendly voice shout warning far vi
coming to his aid.
A glance over-shoulder, too, discov
cred the cause of the warming; two
men who had thus far escaped hi
attentions were maneuvering to fal
upon him from behind. The bount
required to evade them brought hin
face to face with Judith as she landed
on the dock.
i "Oh," she cried. II hate you, hate
YOU
/ SO you've said, my dear, but"
His final words were not audible
even to himself. In his confidence
i (now that Barcus was taking care o.
the others) and his Impotence witt
the woman, and In his perhaps un
worthy wish to demonstrate conclu
sively how cheap he held her, Alar
had tossed the pistol over the end Of
the wharf
1t was an old-fashioned weapon, anG
the force with which it struck the
deck released the hammer
Instantly the "A cartridge blazed
into the open head of a broken powder
! key.
4 And with roar like the trump Of
i doom and a mighty gust of fame and
smoke the decks of the schooner were
/ riven and shattered; her masts tot
| tered and fell
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You have the courage of igno-
rance Barcus replied coolly; IF
you'll take the trouble to glance astern
I promise you sight that will move
you to suspend Judgment for the time
being
At this Alan sat up with a start.
t Back against the loom of the Eliza
beth islands through which they had
navigated while he nodded, shone the
milk-white sails Of an able schooner.
Sheets all taut and every inch Of
canvas fat with the beam wind, she
footed it merrily in their wake-a sill
yer jet spouting from her cutwater.
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Dug into His Money Belt.

lug lnto tbs MONEY Belt.
Its no use." he conceded at length.
Were here for keeps"
why not wade ashore?' Rose Urine
suggested mildly from the place she
had taken in the stern in order to
tighten the bows. 1T isn't farand
what's one more wetting?"
That's the only sensible remark
that's been uttered by any party to
this lunatic enterprise since you hove
within earshot OF me, Mr.. Law" said
Mr.. Barcus. Respectfully submitted. !"
''The verdict Of the lower court
stands approved" Alan responded
gravely.
But there's no sense in Miss Urine
wading," Barcus suggested. We're
web-footed as it is, and she's too
tired
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-08
HOLT HELD A
PHILOSOPHY
OF VIOLENCE

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. July g.
II Frank Holt was Erich Muen-
ter. Harvard instructor, as seems
to be the case. the violence in his
actions, Is somewhat explained by
the philosophy of life which he
set forth in the following letter
to Harvard professors after he
had fled the country. following
reports that he had poisoned his
wife:
On the treatment of those &C
cused of crime without proof, he
wrote.
Take my case. Even without
the process of law, the spirit OF
revenge and prosecution of the
law which our newspapers 80
brightly and painfully reflect. has
branded me as u criminal.
Without knowing whether I
was innocent or guilty, you have
reviled me, you have cast me out.
II | do not strain every nerve to
get revenge, the bloodiest, the
most brutal kind of revenge, let
me never respect myself any
more.
II can never prove my inno-
cence to you. My only witness is
dead. Hence. If | could annihil-
ate all of Chicago and Cambridge
at one blow, that would be the
thing to do.
You wish to annihilate me.
must anticipate you"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-08
TRIES TO STOP
NEWIES' NOISE

Can newsies shout their ware
In the streets?
Is their "wuxtry, wuxtry' a
crime?
Employers Association says
yes.
Homer T. Bone, Govnor Teats,
Central Labor Council and Labor
Advocate say no.
Superior court is to decide the
question next Wednesday.
Ed LaBounty, barber, got rid of
his union BARRIERS and started a
non-union shop. BARRIERS started
their fight on him through the
Labor Advocate. A merry battle
resulted, in which the union bar
bers had newsies sell the Labor
Advocate near LaBounty's shop,
with a full account of the trou-
BILE.
WhereupOn LaBounty started
suit to restrain the newsies from
selling their papers, on the
ground that they were a nuis-
ance.
Wednesday the union side of
the controversy will argue to the
court that II newsies are a nuis-
ance to LaBounty, they are to all
other merchants, also.
They also claim that LaBounty
is backed by the Employers AS
ISOLATION which is trying to wreck
the union organization here.
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RUSSIANS
I HOLDING
TEUTONS

LONDON, July S.-With heavy
reinforcements and plenty of am
munition, the Russians apparent
ly are making a successful stand
against the Teuton invasion of
Poland.
Near Krasnik. they had re-
pulsed series of German attacks
with heavy losses.
Some observers think the Ger
mans have sent a large number
OF their troops to the western
lines, where they plan another
dash on Calais. This may explain
the sudden check to their Polish
campaign.
In the Dardanelles, the Turks
shave made a number of assaults
on ground which the British and
French have gained, but they
have not achieved important
gains, so London claims,
The Italians have run up
, against a wall in their invasion
of Austria and have been hurled
back despite their fiercest efforts.
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Mayor Brings
Up Graft Talk

Mayor Faweett again limited at
graft In the police department to-
day when the case of Detective
A. c. Brown, discharged Tuesday
by Commissioner Mills, came be-
fore the pension board.
lis this the detective who
lived with, Big 20 and acted as
go-between for the police?" asked
the mayor.
big 20" is the nickname of a
notorious colored woman living
on Market street, whom Mayor
Fawcett some time ago named as
the leader of the underworld graft
ring In Tacoma.
my Lord, | should hope not,
replied Mills.
well, I've heard that another
of your detectives lives with col
ored woman and collects money
from the underworld people,
said Fawcett. 81 didn't know
whether Brown had been in tn,
same business or not"
Mills made no comment
Browns discharge was acted OF
in the routine of the pension
board meeting, and his polio,
pension was Cancelled.
DR.. S. l.. Blair, pension boart
physician, reported today, IL
spite of statements of Chic
LOOMS and other police heads I,
the contrary, that Brown was
tubercular victim, and was seri
ously ill. Brown, with his wifi
and daughter, is In California.
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PROTEST PUBLIC HANGINGS

of the crime. He had buried $2.-
600 and was digging up some Of
il TO GIN"
Thousands See Tragedy.
The negro was condemned to
death.
A scaffold was erected in the
courthouse yard and the board of
supervisors of the county ordered
a public execution.
Seven thousand men. women
and children, some babies, were
witnesses.
Just a week after the Bay
Springs case. the morbid got an
other treat" at Aberdeen, Miss. A
negro murderer. condemned to
death, fell in a faint two days be-
fore the day of his execution.
Braces were built on the
scaffold to hold his uncon-
sciOus form while the trap
was set and sprung.
More than 5000 persons saw
that horror.
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FRENCH CLAIM
Great VICTORY

PARIS, July "a slaughter OF
German defenders of the trenches
near Souchez by French battalion,
and fierce infantry engagements
at other points along the western
battle front is reported in an Of
fetal communique. Bloody bayo-
net fighting is reported north of
Souchez. The Germans were an
initiated when the French storm
ed the trenches. The approach to
the village is opened, it is re-
ported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-08
AFIFI SHRINERS
PREPARING FOR
BIG FESTIVITIES

The Afifi band of 40 pieces
and patrol of so uniformed
Shriners will go to Seattle Sun
day night to represent the Taco
ma temple in the ceremonials next
week. Final arrangements will
be made this coming Saturday
night. Tacoma day will be Tues
day. On Friday and Saturday the
Shriners will come to Tacoma,
many of them making the trip to
Mt. Tacoma.