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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-01-21

tuted a triad named Ku-Kaua-Kahi, rec
ognized as the Supreme Unity.
These gods existed as expressed by
the Hawailans. from the time of night,
darkness and chaos. which latter they
disslpated by an act OF their will The
heavens. numbering three in ALL were
next created. and after them the earth.
which was used by them as footstool.
Next In the order OF events they Gre
ated the sun and. following this, the
moon and stars and number of spir-
its and angels to act as their servants.
Then man was made by the gods from
red and white earth and clay and their
spittle. The clay was brought from
the ends of the earth by Lono. When
the earthen form of man was complet-
ed. the triad breathed into his nose
and he became n living being. Last Of
all, woman was created from one Of
the ribs of the man while he slept, and
upon awaking he took her as his wife,
the two becoming the parents of the
present race. Although the names of
the first man and woman vary in the
itbtlluSs Ahtg dlt lluhN btH'
orally referred to, the man as Kumu.
honua and the woman as Kea'okaho.
nua.
Like The Bible Eden.
The original home of the founders
OF mankind is spoken of In the Hawaii
an legends as q wonderfully beautiful
place. and in II were various fruits.
nuts. roots and animals for the main.
tenance OF Il g lives If its human in.
habitants. Several OF the fruits. how.
ever, were tabooed. and 1t was through
eating one OF these. a species of bread
fruit. that the founders OF mankind
were expelled from their home and
met with other misfortune.
Other legends tell OF one of the spir-
its who were created as servants 20
the triad having revolted and attempt.
ed TO create a man similar to Kumuho-
nua. The man was constructed OF clay
and earth. but when the spirit breathed
into his nose and commanded him to
come TO life. he failed to do so. For
this offense the spirit was thrust down
into uttermost arkness-Ilao-loa-. ka
po--where he lived and was lord
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-08

How will you have IT." he asked !:
and 1t was the stranger at Mr.. Gal.
braith's elbow who answered.
"One thousand in fives, tens and
tWenties, loose, If you please; the re-
mainder in the largest denominations,
put up in a package"
The teller counted out the one thou
sand in small notes quickly; but he
had to leave the cage and go to the
vault for the huge remainder This
was the crucial moment of peril for
the robber, and the president, stealing
glance at the face of his prosecutor
saw the blue eyes blazing with ex
element.
1T is your time to pray, Mr.. Gal
braith,' said the spofler in low tones
If you have given, your man the sig
nal"
But the signal had not been given
The teller was re.entering the cage
with bulky packet of money paper
you needn't open it," said the
young man at the presidents elbow
THE banks count ts good enough fol
me-. And when the window wicket
had been Unmatched and the money
passed out, he stuffed the loose bills
carelessly into his pocket. put the
package containing the ninety-nine
thousand dollars under his arm, nod
ded to the president, backed swiftly
to the street dO0r on1 xyon;ohol
Then it was that Mr.. Andrew Gal
braith suddenly found speech, opening
his thin lips and pouring forth a tor
rent of incoherence which presently
got itself translated into vengeful
hue and cry; and New Orleans the un
impetuous had it's sensation ready
made.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-08
CHAPTER II.
The Right Of MiQht.

Two days after the supper at Chau-
diere's the unimpetuous routine of the
business quarter of New Orleans was
rudely disturbed by the shock of a
genuine sensation.
TO shatter at single blow the most
venerable of the routine precedents,
the sensational thing chose for it's COL
liding point with orderly system one
Of the oldest and most conservative
of the city's banks-the Bayou State
Security. At ten o'clock, following
the precise habit of half lifetime,
Mr. Andrew Galbraith, president of
the Bayou State, entered his private
room in the rear of the main banking
apartment, opened his desk, and ad-
dressed himself to the business of the
day. At half-past the hour the presi-
dent was left alone to read his cor
respondence.
Being a man whose mental proc
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through the old French quarter toward
the French market In narrow ALLEY
giving upon the levee he finally found
what he was looking for; a dingy sail
ors' BARRIERS shop. The barber, was
a negro, fat, unctuous and sleepy look
ing, and he was alone.
Yes, sab; shave, boss?" asked the
negro, bowling and scraping a foot
when Griswold entered
mo; a hair cut" The customer
produced silver half-dollar. Go
somewhere and get me a cigar to
smoke while you are doing it. Get a
good one. If you have to go to Canal
street." he added. climbing into the
rickety chair.
Inc tat negro shuff1ed out, seeming
tips. The moment he was out Of
sight Griswold took up the scissors
and began to hack awkwardly at his
beard and mustache; awkwardly, but
swiftly and with well-considered pur-
pose. The result was a fairly COM
plete metamorphosis easily wrought
In place of the trim beard and curling
mustache there was rough stubble,
stiff and uneven. like that ON the face
of man who had neglected to shave
for week or two.
There, think that will answer"
he told himself, standing back before
the cracked looking-glass to get the
general effect. And it is decently
original. The professional cracksman
would probably have shaved. where
upon the first amateur detective he
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-08
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons]

, hours longer, thanks to your hospital
ity. For that length of time l pre-
sumo l shall continue to conform to
what we have been taught to believe
is the immutable order of things.
After that
He paused, and cambridge put the
question. We'll. after that; what
them"
Then, II the chance to earn is still
denied me, and I am sufficiently hun
cry, shall stretch forth my hand and
take what need"
cambridge fished in his pocket and
took out ten-dollar banknote. do
that first" he said, offering Griswold
the money
The proletary smiled and shook his
head
The fruit steamer Adelantado, out
ward bound, was shuddering to the
first slow revolutions Of her propeller
when cambridge turned the key in
the door of the stuffy little stateroom
to which he had been directed, and
went on deck.
why hello. Brotfin, How are you
old man? Where the dickens did you
drop FROM"
1t was the inevitable steamer &C.
quaintance who is always at hand to
prove the trite narrowness of the
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-08
"You Couldn't Keep Your Peculiar
Views Muzzjed."

world. and cambridge kicked a chair
into cOmradely place for him.
Broftin, heavy browed and clean
shaver save for thick mustache that
hid the hard-bitted mouth, replaced
the chair to suit himself and sat down.
In appearance he was cross between
a steamboat captain on a vacation and
an up-river plantation overseer recov-
ering from his annual pleasure trip
to the city. But his reply to Balm
bridges query proved that he was nei-
Their.
Il didn't drop; I walked. More than
that, kept step with you all the way
from Chaudiere's to the levee. You'd
be dead easy game for an amateur"
You'll get yourself disliked, the
first thing you know said cambridge,
laughing. Cant you ever forget that
you are in the man-hunting business?
Where are you headed for, Brofin?"
The man who might have passed for
a steamboat captain or a plantation
overseer, and was neither, chuckled
dryly.
You don't expect me to give it away
to you, and you newspaper man, do
you? But l will-seeing you can't get
it on the wires. I'm going down to
Guatemala after Mortsen."
THE Crescent bank defaulter? BY
Jove! you've found him at last, have
your
The detective nodded. 1--WE been
two years, off and on, trying to locate
Morrison: and now that I've found him,
he is where he can't be extradited.
All the same, I'll bet you five to one
he goes back with me in the next
steamer-what?"
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-07-08

The Hammer of the leveied Pistol
Clicked.
pinnacle of resolution, at the instant
when. with the robber at his elbow
he stepped to the window and pre-
sented the check, Andrew Galbraith
felt the gentle pressure of the pistol
muzzle against his side; nay, more
he fancied he could feel the cold chill
Of the metal strike through and
through him.
So it came about that the fine reso-
luton had quite evaporated when he
said, with what composure there was
in him: You'll please give me cur
rency for that. Johnson"
The teller glanced at the check and
then at his superior; not too inquisi.
lively, since it was not his business
to question the presidents CON-
mands.
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met would reconstruct the beard on
the sunburned lines. Now for a pawn
broker; and the more ayaricious he
happens to be. the better he will serve
the purpose"
He went to the door and looked up
and down the alley. The negro was
not yet in sight, and Griswol6 walked
| rapidly away in the direction opposite
to that taken by the obliging barber
A pawnbroker's shop of the kind re-
quired was not far to seek in that To-
| cality, and when it was found. Girls
void drove a hard bargain with the
Portuguese Jew behind the counter.
The pledge he offered was tbr suit he
was wearing, and the bargaining con-
cluded in an exchange of the still serv-
iceable business suit for pair of but
ternut trousers. secondhand coat too
short in the sleeves. flannel shirt a
cap, and a red handkerchief: these
and sum of ready money, the small
ness of which he deploreA piteously
before he would consent to accept it.
The effect of the haggl:ng was ex-
actly what Griswold had prefgured.
The Portuguese, most suspicious Of
his tribe, suspecting everything but
the truth, fatty accused his customer
of having stolen the pledge And
when Griswold departed; without deny
ing the charge, suspicion became con-
viction, and the pledged clothing,
which might otherwise have given the
police the needed clue, was carefully
hidden away against a time when the
Jews apprehensions should be quieted
Having thus disguised himself, Girls.
void made the transformation artisti-
cally complete by walking few
squares in the dust of loaded cotton
float on the 1evee. Then he made a
tramp's bundle Of the manuscript OF
the moribund book, the pistol, and
the money in the red handkerchief;
and having surveyed himself with
some satisfaction in the bar mirror
of riverside pot-house, daring i'm
pulse to test his disguise by going
back to the restaurant where he had
oASoAAelcICu oClHCu c&l1A Do1C HtAi NR-
town.
The experiment was an unqualified
success. The proprietor of the bank
neighboring cafe not only failed to rec
ognize him; he was driven forth with
revilings in idiomatic French and brok-
en- English.
Bette! Go back on da leyee were
you belong to go. III been Ripping dis
cafe for Advertisement. Scelerat. Co."
Griswold went out, smiling between
his teeth.
THAT settles the question OF iden-
LITIGATION and present safety" he as.
sured himself exultantly. Then: Il
believe could walk into the Bayou
State Security and not be recognized"
AS before, the daring impulse was
irresistible, and he gave place to it
on the spur of the moment. Fouling
five-dollar bill in the mud of the gut
ter, he went boldly into the bank and
asked the paying teller to give him
silver for it. The teller shifted at the
money, scowled at the man, and turned
back to his cash book without a word.
Griswold's smile grew to an inward
laugh when he reached the street.
CrO BE CONTINUED1
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Illustrations by c. D. RHODES

But man! yere clean daft! Do We
think l have"
In the midst of his vehement pro
tests the stranger sprang out of his
chair, stepped back pace and raised
his weapon.
"Mr. Galbraith, you are juggling
with your life! Write a check while
there is yet time!"
The hammer of the leveled pistol
| clicked. Andrew Galbraith shut his
eyes and made blind grasp for pen
| and checkbook. His hands were shak.
ing as with a palsy, but the fear of
death steadied them suddenly when he
came to write.
Endorse it," was the next com
mand. The voices had ceased beyond
the partition, and the dead silence was
relieved only by the labored strokes
Of the presidents pen and the tap-tap
of the typewriter in the adjacent
anterOOm.
The check was written and indorsed
and under the menace of the revolver
Andrew Galbraith was trying to give
1t to the robber. But the robber would
not take it.
mo, l don't want your paper; come
with me to your paying teller and get
me the money. Make what explana.
ton you see fit; but remember-if he
hesitates, you die"
They left the private office together
the younger man short half-step in
the rear, with his pistol-bearing hand
thrust under his coat. The president
did not despair. In the public lobby
there would be eyes to see, and per-
haps some that would understand. Mr..
Galbraith took a tirmer hold upon his
self-possession and trusted that some
happy chance might yet intervene to
save him,
But chance did not intervene. There
was goodly number of customers in
the public space, but not one of the
half-dozen or more who nodded to the
president or passed the time of day
with him saw the eye-appeal which
was the only one he dared to make.
On the short walk around to the pay
ing tellers window, the robber kept
even step with his victim. and try as
he would, Andrew Galbraith could not
summon the courage to forget the
pistol muzzle menacing him in it's
coat-covered ambush.
At the paying wicket there was
only one customer, instead of the
group the president had hoped to find;
sWeet-faced young woman in a mod
est travelling hat and a gray coat. She
was getting draft cashed, and when
she saw them she would have stood
aside. 1t was the robber who antici-
pated her intention and forbade it
with courteous gesture; whereat she
turned again to the window to con-
clude her small transaction with the
teller
The few moments which followed
were terribly trying ones for the gray
haired president of the Bayou State
Security. None the less, his brain
was busy with the chanceful posi-
bilities. Failing all else, he was deter
mined to give the teller a warning
signal, come what might. 1t was a
duty owed to society no less than to
the bank and to himself But on the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27

At MUSKOGEE
AVE R 7 { D.
TWO NEGROES WHO HAD KILLED
CITY POLICEMAN, MAKE MAR
ROW ESCAPE WITH THEIR
LIVES.

Muskogce, Okla, Dec. 2G.-For five
hours Sunday night state militia,
with fixed bayonets and orders to
shoot to KILL stood around the Musko-
gee county Jail while a mob of white
men surgcd back and forth but never
with sufficient strength and determi.
nation to force its way into the iail
to seize and innict summary punish
ment upon two negroes, Willie Green
and Mathis Foreman, accused of the
murder of Policeman Sam Neal of
the city police early Sunday morning.
The end to the situation came after
the mob, ranging in numbers from 200
to 5000 men at various hours during
the night, had been thrice driven
back from the Jail by the militiameI
and the negroes were spirited away
in the uniforms of militiamen and
taken from the city on a train, pre-
sumably bound for the state peniten-
tiary at McAlester.
The most determined effort of the
mob was made at $50 Sunday night,
when "A hundred men armed with
heavy railroad rail, charged through
the Gordon of troops, swept aside the
outer guard of armed deputies and
battered down the outer doors of the
jail.
When it became known that the
negroes, under heavy guard, We're
safely out of the city, the troops
We're withdrawn, the mob was per-
mitted to search the jail and it inn
afterward quietly dis
persed
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
WEST COAST PORTS ARE
PILED HIGH WITH FREIGHT

Panama, Dec. 27-The entire west
coast of South America is asking for
ships to move the vast amount of
freight that is pling up at the various
ports awaiting shipment to other
countries, according to information in
shipping circles here The closing of
the Panama Canal, together with new
conditions brought about by the Euro
pean war are the principal causes for
the present congestion. All the ships
that touch at ports along the South
American west coast from Punta
Arenas to Panama regularly are get
ting all the freight they can handle and
so much is being transshipped over
the Panama Railroad across the 18TH
mus that every car the company has
is in constant use, and there is need
Of more rolling stock.
The Peruvian ports are said to be
stacked mountain high with sacks of
sugar, while III ecuador it is reported
that there are 10000 bales of cotton
waiting to be moved, and the harvest
of cacoa is so great that it will have
to be destroyed if not handled soon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
SAN JUAN'S LETTER CARRIERS
ARE ARRESTED FOR THEFT

San Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 27.-San
Juan's two, and only two, letter car
riers are under arrest following an in
vestigation which post office inspector
Hathaway says shows that the letter
carriers had been engaged in a whole
sale and systematic theft of letters
and valuables from the San Juan post
office.
The two letter carriers are Francis
co Calverin and Paulo Gonzales. both
of the federal civil service employees.
In trunk belonging to Calverin the
officers found bundle of currency,
containing approximately $4,000, and
composed of bills of from so to $50,
each. Watches, reyolvers, jewelry and
other articles which are believed to
have passed through the San Juan
post office We're found in the posses
sion of the two carriers. Much of the
supposed stolen goods the post office
claim came through the
mail from the United States.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27

London, Dec. 27.-The Brit
ish forces turned back the ad-
vancing Turkish troops with
heavy losses to the attackers
Saturday at Kut-el-Amara, in
Turkish Asia, according to an
official report Of General Town
send from Delhi, made public
here today. The report says
that 800 Turks were killed or
wounded and that the British
casualties were less than two
hundred.
The disbanding of two class
es Of the Greek troops now held
to their colors, has been order
ed by a royal decree, says an
Athens dispatch.
The French commander at
Saloniki today announces that
the defenders there are ready
to meet any attack and says the
place is virtually impregnable.
Dissatisfaction among the
Russian troops in Caucasus is
reported from advices reaching
Berlin, which say that the Rus
sian army is demoralized by
hardships and poor equipment.
Berlin advices say that M.
Gounaris, whose party won the
recent Greek elections, has re-
nounced his claim to the pre-
miership and will support the
Skouloudis ministry.
The capture of several towns
by Montenegrins from the Aus
trians is reported from Paris Of
fetal advices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
Sheriff Rescues Deputy

Mountain Home, Ark, Dec Go
Sheriff Hurst returned here Sunday
night with Deputy Sheriff Alouzo
Trimble, whose life was threatened
after he had shot and fatally wound
ed Howard Avery, a mountain farm
er. yesterday morning. Avery died
late last night. His friends had
threatened TO lynch Trimble, who
sent a telephone message askine
Sheriff Hurst 10 come to his rescue
Sheriff Hurst said the mountaincers
did not attempt to modest him He
placed Trimble under arrest pending
Investigation of the shooting of Av-
cry Trimble said that Avery resisted
arrest when the deputy sheriff tried
TO quell a disturbance at a Christmas
celebration yesterday afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
TO MAKE TAGS AT PEN.
About $4,000 Tags for Automobiles
Needed by Department.

Oklahoma city, Fec 26--Arrange
ments are being made by the stat,
board of public affairs to manufac
ture tags for use of the state high
way department at the pcnitentary
at McAlester. It is hoped to max,
those required for 1916 licenses for
automobiles and motor vehicles in
the prison factory The total order
for tags for next year will be $1,000
of which at least $1,000 will be for
automobiles privately owned The
cost of plant to make these tags
in the state prison will be about
$4,000
Owners who have paid their auto
mobile tax for 1913 will pay for next
year at the rate of zoe a horse power
Owners who pay for the first time
next year will pay soc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
SWISS NATURALIZATION
FOR REVENUE ONLY

London Dec. 81 Special restric
tions on the use of Swiss passports
are being enforced by all the entente
countries. owing to the ease with
which Swiss citizenship can be obtain
ed in some sections Of the little repub-
lie. The business Of naturalization in
Switzerland is in the hands of the mu-
inequalities, and although ordinarily
two years residence is required, this
may be waived by the local authori-
ties.
According to aGvices which have
~eached the British authorities. GER
tain small villages near the German
frontier have recently been granting
naturalization to a considerable num-
Der of Germans, stipulating only that
the applicants must pay S17O in lieu
of the customary residence provision.
In view of these recent naturaliza-
tions. the British authorities will here
after require every person travelling
with a Swiss passport to present also
his naturalization certificate or his
birth certificate Admission will be re-
fused to all persons naturalized since
the beginning of the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27

SOCIETY SERVE
F|FTY-F0UR
WITH BASKETS AND DINNERS ON
CHRISTMAS DAY OFFICERS
HAVE THE WORK WELL IN
HAND.

Mrs. Kahn, president of the benevo-
lent society, and Mrs. Curtis, proba-
tion officer, who has more to do than
most any other woman in town. are
very happy today over the way the
citizens of the city responded to
their appeals for help, making it pos
sible for this Christmas to pass with
out single empty stocking, so far
as they have been able to find out
Christmas day the society served
fifty-four families with a sumptuous
Christmas dinner, and besides, sent
toys and candies to all children who
We're reported to them They had
ample to supply all and if anyone was
overlooked it was not the fault of the
benevolent society.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27
To SELL OKLAHOMA TlEES
Sale Will Be Conducted by Trustee
on Dec. 81.

Oklahoma City Dec 26.-Sale OF
the property of the Oklahoma City
Times, daily afternoon newspaper
of this city, will be made by the
trustee under deed of trust, on
Dec. 81. As the bonds under which
the sale is to be made amount to a
sum very much in excess of the prob.
able value of the property, based
upon its recent showing in earnings
and eXpanses, it is the general belief
that the plant will be purchased by
persons connected with the bondhold-
ers. Among the bondholders are the
principal officers of the corporation
that owns the Daily Oklahoman, the
morning democratic newspaper of this
city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-12-27

Brindisi, Italy, Dec. 27.-The aged
King Peter of Serbia today reached
brought ashore in an arm chair, so
weakened was the aged monarch from
the rough voyage. He had refused to
leave the crushed Serbian army until
appealed to by the crown prince, who
persuaded him to regain his strength
that he might later return at the head
of a reorganized army.