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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
Is MEXICAN GUSHFR
We'll Developed b, Tulsa Men In Tam.
pico oil District MAY Equal the
Grrst Pearson Gusher

TULSA Sept l3 The Harmon
White aud Sinclair we'll on AN uuIr
yrloped property in the Tamplco uu
district MrNlro which came In Tue.
day doing 10000 barrels "a dny. ur
.nrdng 10 estimate. Is now making
1000 barrels an hour This was the
news from there today This well Is
near the great Pearson gusher, the
production u which could mot be estl
muted aud II is believed the Tulsa
promoters will have ns good a PRO.
duccr To add 20 his good luck George
Harmon, who Is the man who blocked
mp the acreage. was informed TODAY a
piece ~ apparently worthless land he
purchased In Arkansas few ,enrs
ago Is rich In lead and zinc aud is tp
be- developed
I won't quarrel with my bread aud
butter Swift
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
ECLAT MARKS
DURBAR OPENING
Tulsa VIII Expend $5O,OOO In En-
tertainlne Visitors at "hardl
GraS Of Oklahoma

TULSA. Sept 70 The third mmm
oklahoma purbar hcrnldcd as
rho Murdl Grus Of Oklahoma
opened here this morning under most
auspIcious circumstances. TnG wealth
er is ldeul aud the city Is filled with
visitor, The formal opening took
place at r. o'clock, noon when IA telc-
gram wa, received from President VII.
son and read 10 great throng In
front " the court house Tulsa "
spending $4,000 this week to make
the Durhnr success AS spectacle
and otherwise
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
-sMnUIn \ MnImEN TNLLy M
WILDER
OUSTEDFOR TIME
Henry Asp and Ben Thompson his
Attorneys and Big Legal Battle
Is Set for September 20.

9 AruLrA Sept H. John $. Woof
~ ter has been named acting sheriff
Of Greek county 10y District Judge 4.
B Hughes following the bringing IN of
an accusation against Sheriff Lew WI
der by the grand jury that IL on.
gagged IN probing situation IN this
county wherein violNtor> NJ the pro
hlhitiou and anti gambling laws have
met with little real Interference from
those who are sworn to uphold the
law.
Sheriff Wilder. whose trial Is set
for September 20. has retained Henry
Asp Of Oklahoma city and Ben
Thompson as his attorneys. and II Is
expected to he one Of the hardest
fought legal battles In the states his
tory
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
FATHER or CORK INDUSTRY

NEW YORK, Sept l3 william
kiug. who was known as the father
~ the cork industry IN Amerlcn IL
dead AT his home In Perth Amboy. n.
u. Mr King was boru u England. 81
yurs ago NE rnmp to New York
when Is years old His death last
night was due 90 pneumonia
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

naplng ur Lovruuruck had been re-
ferrcd to the state nud war d,purl.
mcuts at Washington.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
MRS. NELSON
WINS HAYNES

close second The organization rucu
wa, from the start practically confined
To these two organizations aud toward
the last excitement was at top pitch.
T. j Petrasek OF Oklahoma county
ran hig rucc and as result Is the
winner uf u Sl75 player piano. MIR
Pctrusek was one Of the hardest work
ers " the contest and made an eN.
ccIlcut showing
Mlss NDuan Scranton won the
player piuuu that was awarded BOO
the city And 50 we might ~ ON
down the list Of candidates. To sum
up the whole affair 1t can be said tuut
every contestant In the list worked
hard aud accomplished big results. II
is but natural that some should DO
more than others Some worked harder
than others Some had wider ac
QuaIntuncr than others But all did cN
,pptluuRllN we'll
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

Votes
Mrs Harry Nelson .........l5T1l, 500
Noruu scranton .......... 3giI3UO
Mrs John SVaushcrgpr .... 3Uul1O
Mary Sruslhuugh ........ 10000
Mrs. f. Chwtouu lrgr ... IJg7OO
B. +. Nlhurt .............. llGTJO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
The Standings

District $50. An that part Of OK
Iohoma city south " the Rock Island
Railroad. Including Capitol Hlll.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

District 80 . An that part Of OK
lahoma city north of the Rock Island
aud east ot the Santa he railroads.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
PETR0GRAD SAFE
FOR 10 ANYWAY

. "....'....' .. DOT. lA' INV
Tint the uafluu must Increase her cf
forts very gmu, n victory Tor the
entente allies 4, tu hr assured
LONDON Sept l3,-A Wholesale
n>odus NJ The lvpplc In virtually all
Of The townships and villages OF Inc
Russian province ~ GrudnO is report
rl by Reuters correspondent at
Nlu-k The people are fleeing ahoot
tu Muuuoyiuhl the junction point "
thr railway wllng ~ wilma Rovuo.
lrr-t Illu,sh and Mnsk
The refugee, numbering thousands.
Ur, sleeping I'm the woods at night.
drrurhrd Dog the cold ralus The nu.
thprurs nrr doing their utmost 10 re-
plryr distress
LONDON. Sept l3 Another 2cp
ryllu raid was made over the east
coast W England last night ~
The attack Is described In the ml
lowing official statement. "The east
conS WINS again visited by hustlla air.
craft last might. the l2l3th Romhs
We're dropped but there were mo- casual
ties
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

lNsirl,I so An thnt ppr' of Ot
nhomu 'lb north Of the Roek llAud
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
Done tO Get Subscriptions

- lfNNIA VI lht NNhlNhA N'Ntl VT
thousand new paid ln.adyance sub.
s'riptlons were added 10 the already
large llst uf The Tunes The proposi
tluu was not run with the view Of
making money The purpose of the
campaign was 10 do Just what was
done, Increase the circulation " The
Times materially
The Times management wants TO
congratulate every contestant In the
list ON the showing made and 10 thank
them for the excellent work they have
done outside M giving them The prizes
they have Won The orders for prizes
are ready and can be had at any time.
How Judges Worked
Messrs g. A Schwelnle, +. u Bear.
ly aud + = Johnson, who kindly acted
as Judges I'm the final count of the bat
lots were right on the Job at the mo-
ment NJ closing and made n record
count as tu the time taken A speedy
count was also greatly assisted 10y the
use NJ burroughs adding machine
which wus loaned for the occasion hy
the local ufflrp " the Burroughs com
pany
Aud now that we have congratulated
the contestants. the judges, ETC. before
closing the Incident The Times wants
TO welcome the thousands Of new read
ers into the fumlly We will endeavor
10 give you the biggest moneys worth
M any paper On the state and Il Ia our
hope that you win like The Times so
well that when your time is out you
VIII renew again aud again
Following IS the complete list "
standings
The StandlnEs
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

I won't quarrel with my bread aud
butter Swift
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13
Boys Blue Serge Suits, $4.95

In all probability It Is the best values we have
ever been able TO offer in blue serge suits for hoys
The saving is made all the more emphatic by a
rising serge market A surging ono.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-09-13

c. m A suspeuder dress. OF
YJ'VV zephyr Fugham, In
Scotch plnds finished In hand
embroidered repp collar, . 10 IA.
7E. 80 aud $50 for gulmps
SJI To be worn with the afore.
mentioned So dress Open at the
front attractive shepherdess col
lar.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-06

These strange words suddenly
brought Kitty back to a train of
thought which for the time had been
broken She felt quickly at her bosom
and at her waist for the bit of coin
which she had brought away from
Count Frederick's room. 1t was gone!
At some time during her journey from
Count Frederick's palace to this place
long or short whether it had been,
she could not tell-the coin had been
taken from her.
Kitty sprang to the sill of the little
window and peered out for an in
stant; but her hold was too feeble.
She sank back, not seeing what would
have given her great Joy to see.
Apparently some eye had caught
sight of her face, brief as had been its
appearance. In truth, Roleau, hound
like, had run his game to earth. 1t
was he who had caught sight of her
Just for an instant. Later she heard
once more the tinkling of some falling
object upon the floor. She picked it
up-it was a substantial file, which
evidently had been flung through the
window by someone having the intent
to aid her This thought gave her hope.
Almost as soon as she grasped it she
fe, to work at the bars which had re-
strained her.
Meantime, at the scene from which
she had been so unceremoniously abb
stracted but now, Count Frederick re.
mained still pondering on the strange
events which had been brought home
so close to him. He was too much
preoccupied in his concern over the
young woman's disappearance to note
carefully anything else that went on
about him. When one of his house.
hold placed a message in his hand. for
the time he gazed at it, scarce COM
pretending that it came from the roy
al palace.
Since he had left unattended the
servant of Count Sachio, whom he
had found in his own room, the latter
seized the present opportunity to es'
cape from the place and to find his
own master, Count Sachio himself
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who waited for hlm impadently
enough at the rendezvous which had
been established
swell. well. then. Bartel.' exclaimed
the count, why the delay? What's
wrong? You are not going to tell me
the same story that Rudolph brought
you have not failed?'
The shamefaced look of the other
gave him his own answer Count
Sachio himself gave way to hearty
curses of all incompetence.
"The count retained one-half the
coin went on the unfortunate mes
senger. q don't know which it was.
The Eirl-the young American-got
the other piece. ! saw her pick it up.
But she did not get both! / don't
know which one she did get, but l
know that each has one-half-the
count and the girl She must have
been carried away by some other
man. heard her scream. then all was
silent"
$50 all escaped you? 1t is another
matter what | myself may have done
as to the girl and the coin-they es-
capped you?"
Yes, eXcellency, naturally | could
not prevent the man from escaping,
and the count himself allowed the
other man to do So"
What other man.
"Roleau, they called him-the girls
seryaut-he follows her like a dog
and fights like one"
so. there were two others present
beside yourself?"
"Ngs it seemed as though everyone
Interested in the coin came all at
once"
Naturally, the competition asks
quick work of all of us And we will
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act quickly. Tell me, what happened
then?"
The Count Frederick allowed her
to escape-strangely he seemed to
have small resentment for her after
ALL Nor did he have too much for
Roleau, whom he must have ranked a
wholly faithless servant. He did not
punish him-but even sent him of
after the girl! Excellency, my word
for it, he seemed to miss the girl as
much as the coin-did Count Fred
erick."
Follow them then, Bartel. Follow
Roleau-if you can find him-he will
lead you to the girl, wherever she may
be. For myself, | cannot guess"
1t was this counsel followed dill
gently by the unhappy messenger OF
Count Sachio, which resulted in a
quick shifting of the forces of Kitty's
enemies. 1t was true Roleau had
gained access to a point within sight
of Kitty's window, where still he
tried to be of aid to her-still hoped
she soon would be able to aid herself.
But here he was surprised by these
emissaries of Count Sachio-it was
none less than the nobleman himself
who led the forces now.
Therefore when, after all her toll
Kitty at length managed to make her
escape through the barred window, II
was but to find herself once more a
prisoner-Roleau once more prisoner
with her! The fact of captivity had
not changed-only the phases of cap
tivity. She and her ally had only ex
changed captors. Who her last prison
guardian had been Kitty could not
tell. Now. without doubt, she was
once more to be subjected to the scani
courtesy of the nobleman Of Grahof
fen.
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CHAPTER XVI.


When Kitty in her blind impulse OF
self-preservation sprang out of Count
Frederick's room, she did not at first
contemplate continued flight. Once
out of reach of immediate danger, she
paused, loath to leave what she had
come there to obtain, and loath also to
abandon her stout-hearted ally in his
paused just outside the door once
more AS she did So yet another door
opening into the hall was pushed
silently ajar-opened fully. Yet an
other man. whom never in her life
had she seen before, now stepped out
She felt a hard hand close upon her
mouth, more than haif-stitling her
scream for help. "Silence!" she heard
his voice insist. Go on ahead of me
Once more Kitty undertook to
scream, and again the firm hand
stopped her voice. 1t seemed to her
that some pungent aromatic drug
filed the car with its fumes. She
struggled less violently. Events
seemed to pass by her in a dream
and she regarded them carelessly'
alphabetically. In short, either in part
or in whole, she had lost conscious
ness.
When at length she fully regained
her senses she was alone-alone with
terror which seemed to her more
overpowering than any she yet had
known. Instead Of her own apart
ments in her hotel, instead OF the room
I Of Count Frederick or the hunting
lodge OF his quondam friend, Count
/ Sachio. she found herself surrounded
/ by four barren walls-'in what edihco
or in what place, she could not guess
! There seemed some sort OF door
yes. There was small, high. barred
/ window; but the latter was at snch
height as TO be almost beyond hel
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SEVENTH INSTALLMENT
CHAPTER XIV.
Divided.

ClNlAGu.
As Kitty approached the little room
Of the counts palace-which before
now had proved to be something of a
storm center in the affairs Of the Grot2-
hoffen coin-there came to her the
conviction that there might be others
beside herself who would have some
inkliug as TO the whereabouts Of the
missing portion of the coin, and who
might therefore arrive upon the scene
at much the same time as that of her
own visit. She was not altogether
surprised at the sudden interruption
of her labors, just at the moment Of
her success.
AS she saw herself the object of a
poised weapon, she swerved aside in
stinctively-calledo out instinctiyely for
help.
"Roleau!" she exclaimed, for, wom-
anlike, she had learned the value Of
a strong mans arm, and her first
thought was of the faithful servant
who so strangely had attached him
self to her own varying fortunes. And
Roleau came fastening from his
watching place outside the door.
He saw the little room occupied by
a man-who now suddenly had en-
tered-and who menaced Kitty, so
that, to save her life as she supposed,
she was on the point of surrendering
to him both pieces Of the coin. The
sight of his mistress in danger was
enough for Roleau With his custom
airy battle cry he plunged Immediately
into the conflict, careless Of the threat
ening weapon. In the melee the two
half coins both were dropped upon the
floor.
Even now the ruling impulse OF Kit
ty did not quite forsake her. She
stopped and regained one Of the half
coins, but the struggling men, shifting
here and there in the room, kept her
from securing the other. In the blind
instinct for escape she fled now to
the open hall, taking that direction
which led back from the front Of the
building.
Roleau heard her pass, and could
not join her in flight-but he heard
her give a cry Of alarm whose cause
be could only guess. His energies were
fully occupied by the combat with this
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reach For the time Kitty was OF the
belief that her senses must leave her
forever The sense of solitude was a
poignant torture.
How long she had thus remained
she could not tell, when at length the
close-titting door in one side Of the
four walls opened. An old woman
came in, bringing some food for her.
Kitty tried her in every language
which she had ever known, but got no
answer. The old woman shook her
head, and after time retreated 81
lently as she had come.
Getting no answer to her appeal for
help, Kitty sat down once more, fight
ing herself to retain her faculties, her
calm, her poise. Escape? How could
there be hope for that? For once she
was at her wits end as she looked
about her. She sat moody and silent,
too dazed, suffering too much, too un-
certain in her own mind to plan intel
ligently any course of action. She
was brought to herself somewhat by
hearing the tinkle OF some object on
the floor at her feet.
1t was bit of stone wrapped tight
ly in little wad of paper. Surely
it had been meant as some communi-
cation to her-from someone outside
the room. 1t must have come through
the window.
She opened the paper and smoothed
it out. AS she read it she wondered
now many other persons there were in
this strange country who could claim
acquaintance with her own plans
Better write an imaginary story for
your paper and return to America.
Give up the coins and you will gain
your freedom. Refuse and you will
fare badly"
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PAGE THREE

fair could be undertaken de novo, my
dear count. She gave it to you to
return to me? Well. no matter, only
hope that in some way, on some day.
she will come back again"
81 trust it, your majesty" said Count
Frederick feryently; and the deluded
monarch, pleased at the quick execu.
tion of his wishes, knew nothing of the
deeper Vaccinations of the keen brain
which he fancied still was in his serv.
ice.
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stranger-whom now he saw to be one
OF Count Sachio's men. He had noted
him at the hunting lodge. He himself
had not time to reason as to the pres
ence of this new factor in the general
imbroglio, but at last, able to bring
his own weapons into play, he stayed
the issue for a time They both had
time to recognize one another as they
stood, the one as much bafiled as the
other. and neither quite comprehend
ing what the other was doing here.
Very naturally the sounds OF all TINS
confusion could not be concealed The
scream of a woman had rung widely
through the halls, and used as they
were to extraordinary circumstances
hereabouts, the servants could not faii
10 investigate the cause OF this. Inc!
hastened in the direction of the up
roar. but their advance was stayed oy
tha command OF the master OF the
palace himself.
The men in the room, as they
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-06
ThE BROKEN (QIN
AStory Of Mystery and Adventure
BY EMERSON HOUGE1 G
From the Scenario By Va
GRACE CUNARD sgass1s gasss11sSxzHAsSs2sy 9zsHAsSsssy
CO9N2hGHT /2y3 BY
Nl2GHTR. RFTZLRSQY

/ paused for breathing space, heard
steady football advancing to the door,
heard the calm voice Of Count Fred
erick himself.
Gentlemen"
The intruders, whatever the errand
OF each, took their eyes from one an
other and turned now, recognizing yet
another man who scarce had come in
friendship.
you honor me greatly, gentlemen" )"
said Count Frederick with his usual
coOlness in any extraordinary situa-
ton. But might l ask why you care
thus to dsarrange my apartment?
Had known your own curiosity re.
garding it, / might have asked some
of my servants to assist you in a
search more orderly"
Il was sent back by my master" be-
gan the stranger-whO was none other
than Bartel, the late successor to Ru-
dolph in Count Sachio's good graces.
He had left certain Of his belong
ings-some silver cases of the toilet,
Monsieur le Comte-he did not trouble
to ask you about them, and now he
sent me-"
Indeed! That is most plausible!
But why seek for them in my rooms,
when his quarters were in quite an
other part of the palace, my dear sir?"
"As to that" replied the other with
calm effrontery, 81 cannot say. | only
came here because the servants told
me that this was the room. OF course,
if there has been any mistake"
Cease, say" exclaimed Count
Frederick, frowning now, his face
flushing.
He turned from Roleau to the other
intruder in his apartments. Roleau
stood dumb. The other shook his
head.
Monsieur lie Comte," said he, "the
young woman was here when / en-
tered-when this man also entered.
She passed yonder-when she had the
opportunity-and took with her one
half the coin. There lies the other on
your floor. She disappeared-we heard
cry"
Count Frederick stopped and picked
up the object pointed out to him. 1t
was his own half of the coin-or that
which he had called his own-since he
had taken it from her.
So then, he reflected, she had found
the way to his most secret hiding
place-she was on the very point Of
success when this last contretemps
had interfered with her plans. A new
feeling of admiration for her Keen
ness and persistence once more came
to Count Frederick's heart. For
moment he stood regarding half-re-
gretfully the bit of metal in his hand.
Il shall hot offer this trinket to
you, my friend" said he grimly to
the man Bartel, as he pocketed the
coin, for of course you were not look
ing for coins-only toilet articles-sil-
yer ones. did you say, sir? You shall
take back an excellent set of my own
to Count Sachio, with my compli-
ments. Tell him that it would seem
i'll to me that any guest Of mine should
suffer risk Of loss either to his person
or his property while he was beneath
my roof"
With these stinging words, which
brought color to the others face,
Count Frederick turned coolly away,
and once more faced Roleau. That
was in his face now which did not be-
speak remorselessness, revengeful-
ness. No, something softer lay in the
mans cool gray eyes.
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SYNOPSIS.

Kitty Gray, newspaper woman, finds in
a curio shop half of a broken coin, the
mutilatcd inscription on which arouseS
her curiosity and leads her, at the order
If her managing editor, to go to the prin-
yipalty of Gretzhoffen to piece out the
story suggested by the inscription She is
followed, and on arrival in GretZhoffen
her adventures while chasing the secret
Of tle blnl.cn coin hegin.
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Counterfeit Coin.

Count Frederick finally aroused
himself from the apathy Of inaction
IN which Kitty's sudden disappearance
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-09-09
DR.. DUMBA EXPLAINS LETTER

Washington, Sept. DIR, Constan-
tin Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian
minister, laid before Secretary Ian.
sing today an explanation of letter
written by him to the Vienna foreign
office discussing plans for withdraw
ing Austro Hungarian labor from Am
erican plants making war supplies for
Great Britain and her allies.
Neither the ambassador nor Mr..
Lansing would comment upon the in.
terview when it was over. The i'm
preston prevailed in official quarters
however, that the secretary would
submit the matter to President Will
son with whom would rest the deci-
sion as to whether the explanation
was satisfactory.
The text of DR.. Dumba's letter, re-
Gently seized by British authorities
from its bearer James +, j. Alex
ibald, an American was cabled to the
state department early today by Am
bassador Page at London and hat
been the subject of a conference be
tween the President and Secretary
Lansing before the ambassador react
ed the department. 1t Is understood
that the use Of an American passpor
to shield the messenger who carried
not only the Dumba letter, but dis