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Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

NO" directed wallingford. Win a strained
look on his face He sat down. with frown-
ing anxiety. Il DON'T want the money on
II wish could stay" reneetse Biackie.
his eyes kindling. You're liable 10 have q
scrimmage before you get out of this"
though the look Of anxiety was still on his
brow. TN have the town back of nae IL
his own neck"
Twenty minutes later. Blacixie paw walked
out Of the back way with q hundred and
nifty thousand dollars In the yellow suitcase,
and wallingford Immediately sent for the
Well oualey, we're caught" he cheer
fully told the shiverer who stood before him.
Wen probably all be pailed inside Of
Mr.. Qualey crumpisd in q chair and shrank
three sizes.
Were lostr' exclaimed wallinsford.
Listen to that mobw
one need be arrested Prime and Morris and
the other former directors must cover that
deficit on the jump, and in currency"
with unexpected determination. sThey'rc
the ones who took the money, and they're
the ones who have to save u.s."
"Geel II took you a long time TO find
your sandF' chuckled waiiingford. wipInS
his brow In relief You hustle right around
to Prime and tell him what they have to do"
You bet will? declared oualey. shak-
ing his INST. They can raise the money
among them, II they have to shut up the PIT
bucket-shop. and all go broke"
In a few minutes, Prime slipped in the
back way and confronted WallIngford. "A
nns mess you got us intof' he holly charged.
them out there"
TITS none of my AFFAIR" declared Prime
Il was astonished that you sent crazy oualey
we left it in a perfectly solvent condition
1 can prove It by the books"
You'll never have chance" wallingford
w nj IT,
matter Of legal eonsequen .a y yoS mig might
blum; but, II this bank closes Its doors with
deneit OF nearly half it's capital. the people
OF this town viii take you apart for souVe-
Mrs. II you don't believe II, open the trent
door and show yourself" -.'
Prime walked 70 the door and put his hand
on the knob. He paused as he heard his
own name shouted. An. angry depositor was
demanding TO know where he was
n3fsrd sorry y0G ..s sH saRss .h Ws
/ don't suppose SsySssy hsnrss "a the SSs s;
There was a knock at the door The man.
dolin player came in. his expression entirely
unchanged
see Mr.. Prime. IL he is in.- he politely re-
ported; thrTmminE on the edge OF the S e
Myrtle, Ny Sweetheart"
mot here" snapped Prime
VERY wen, str" accepted the mandolin
player. no hair OF hts curly foreloek awry.
prime. We have cash enough to last about
gone you'd better be pouring the currency
To add eject to his threat. he set the deer
about inch aJar. The lobby Of the bank
ss packed iodlS sAs us r Sssor cane fTSH
time. Even Wallingford paled as he caught
their temper from their tone
WAllingford. shutting the deer. Moreover.
tAsyn mob you iuSt a. quickly far ny dss
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

there, brand new, and for the exact amour,
means Of identification, Mr.. DawT
The man who took my money should be
able to Identify me-" stated Mr.. Daw,. blow
gilt Sill dome. ' '"' '''''-o % ' i"'0 'n'
Il can't pick him out" returned Mr.. Daw
hts neck retusing most insolentlZ to turn
moreyr' he shouted.
"rhsrs's no necessity for shouting" pro-
You'll have your moaey as soon as you're
properly Identified. There's something ir-
regular here. don't md your signature on
The sxcitable Mr.. Daw suddenly grew
furious. He shook both fists at the paying
= want my money! he yelled. Your.
trying to delay mel There's rumor All
bank and resigned. II don't get my money
right away. m call oficer"
the paying -teller's window, while the hay
and feed merchant was still hesitating over
BiackIs Daw aside. and pushed a check in
Where's Mr. Prime. Mr.. DOugiasr' she
sN eetiy inquired.
Hes not In to-day" replied the paying
n teller, his severe sPsetae,ss straying from
and TO the secretarys desk.
And Mr.. Norris Is not INF" stin sweetly.
Not to-day" confessed the paying teller
severe spsetacles descending a fraction OF an
inch as he smiled automatically on the lady
door pfsHtoenG6 $1,000
ajar. Now It opened. and big J. Rufus Wal
lingford came out, in plain view. The lady.
who. though very much concentrated. had
noticed a carnation on the mandolin player
desk. and neck on the collar OF the assist
ant secretary, and a pin on the moor back
near the vault entrance. immediately drew
who Is that gentleman she wanted 70
know. The paying teller coughed and his
Sour new manager. Mr. waliingfOrd" he
sT 49,, ~, -. a.. 49, - 80
check. Mr. Douglas" the lady sweetly OBJ
served. What is my balance. please And
produced her tiny, folding check book. and
prepared to write.
The hay-and-fesd merchant tore up his
The buttsr-Snd- egg merchant had already
drawn a check for his balance. There were
siEht depositors in the bank by nov. The
at the window. was talking excitedlY to
three OF them. and displaying his check
Mrs; orandin :" asked the paying teller
anxiously, as he counted out the lady's
ri be back. p prom Mrs. arandin
.swsstly. as she stuffed the money hastily
some frshSs Of mime S Msn' as 30 she daTtsS
sway: the paying teller realized. with q
Mrs .Grandin emerged from the door, irre-
parable damage would be done
The butter-and-egg man lunged his bulk
slammed down cheek HIS eyes we're s bu hHo
Ing and his cheeks were working. Blaclis
side with sharp elbow and bumped him
away; then Blackie wound his long fingers
into the grin. to hold his place in front Of
my money" he hewled. You're holding
ana ps SaI.Ss .S al, huSSESS and ATTY thou
You're ESiAs to have run to-day. and you
acsn an oneerl- ordered the payinr
teller. about whose aged mouth there Wa Z
snap which blAckis rather admired
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

Yes. sir" nuttsred Mr.. oualey. and taking
that list into the vault of the bank, he leaned
his head for nvo minutes against the cool
surface of locker 562. When he brought the
familiar notes to Wallingford, he laid them
down. and crumpled up in a chair like q
ripped balloon.
Very good" remarked wallingford. light
ing a thick. black cigar.
"How'H our currency supplyT'
Rather low" stated the bookkeeper, the
color coming gradually back into his cheeks.
Very well, Qualey Wen have these notes
paid in currency. I'll issue the demand in
writing. It's a good thing for q bank not
70 let its currency supply get too low. Cam
Gel all these notes with your time stamp,
showing the date, hour, and minute of cam
o'clock. and enter them paid, in cash"
Yes, sir" heartily agreed sQualey. There
was animation in his tone. the moisture OF
relief In his eye. actual color in hia cheeks
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

wallinEford "And let me warn you loose
Jawed bankers to buy some sticky taffy and
keep right on chewing IL until you get on
that two-forty train. Sign these resigna-
lions, and don't fll in the dates" Producing
n big red pocketbook, he handed them each
a thousand-dollar bill and a ticket to New
York.
A tall. thin gentleman with n black mus
tache walked up to the window of the pay
ing teller in the Peoples Bank, and laid
thousand dollars
Currency, please" he observed
The paying teller, who was an elderly man
with severe spectacles. examined the check
on both sides, and Blackie Daw from as
many angles possible.
III. O. Daw." he voicelessly formed with
his lips, and a knot OF concentration sprang
between his eyes. lifting his spectacles
That name was new one TO him, and he
consulted his references. The account was
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07
Presented By This
NEWSPAPER, in
COLLABORATION
With The
Ar1ols PATHe' PLMeRS

President wallingford stepped forward.
81 know the man." he said, entering the
paying teller's cage The account is cor
rect. give him the money" He picked up
the check, and put his o. X. on II. What do
you mean by this7" he demanded of II. @.
Daw. Are you trying to ruin the Peoples
Bank?
They wouldn't give me my money" loudly
explained Mr.. Daw. Il don't want to put
the old officers in bad. but the truth about
Prime and the rest of them had to come out
before the days over, anyhow. and wanted
my money"
shut up, you foolr' ordered wallingford,
quite visibly angry. Come inside, and wait
until your money can be counted"
Give room, will you! will youI"
Blackie excitedly requested of the depositors
who were crowding him. There were nine OF
them now in line, and there was no deposition
in front OF the receiving-tellsr's window.
Blackie Daw picked up a big yellow suit
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

vase, ana heHleInpert ne eau
toned the paying teller, as he
moved away. mo one gets paid
until / get mine"
The paying teller looked at
the receiving teller, and the re-
celvlnR teller looked across at
the paying teller. Both were
lost in profound wonder as to
how that account of H. q. DAVIS
had come on the books; but they
did not speak. No employee de-
sired to know anything which
would be embarrassing. on a wit
ness stand, with the sole excep.
ton Of the mandolin player; and
he was handicapped.
Shall I leave you the little
toilet-baR. Jim7" asked Blackie
Daw in. the once of President
Wallingford, and he affection
ately patted the yellow suit
case. now stuffed with money.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

nose were each ready to tell him.
about our successorS." stated PTesidsnt Prime.
who was quicker of speech than the Others
sso ~ hs Smpse t SssP s Ttn sGiT,n a.
with Wallingford around the tick Of the
erendfathers clock. "our resignation I'm a
holders' meeting for election of of1cers,
and, since we no longer hold majority OF
paused for q choice Of words. "who would
not understand hnance." tlt
tor. his face lighting with pleasure. "As
see II. we step out OF once with every piece
snv Sossi @S on.ston sss mere GSui 10
cash and cancelled"
"All paid" corroboratsd Secretary Norris.
.s ws s S: H.
was about to purchase new car, and he
'In cash" added the high shouidered al
SasT % the Ss , q his tsn
him some trouble. but he managed IT,
'Finei" exclaimed the beiatsd little direc-
tor Where's the cashr'
We'll as II just happens, there IL no need
TO handle the actual specie. since MT. Wal
nngtord informs an, me that he is e make =
;RsS the amount n sossS anna So client %
ssHtsd y re notes; taking the notes them
The proossdinss which followed were brief
and crisp President Prime resigned from
]. Rufus WaiiinEford as director 10 MI the
unsxplred vacancy. IN spite of the fact that
ateiy thereafter. they elected ], Rufus Wal
lingford president. and at once indicted that
genial and smiling hnancier into ofiioe,
Secretary Morris resigned, and no sooner
had he done so than he ceased TO twirl hts
place. ons Paul Pollst. a short, chunky young
man with thick spectAcies and why POM
padour
The neree- whiskered director resigned and
was replaced by the stranger who had sat
nearest the clock. This new directors name
% @ Jones and he WAS SO Sal Sss oSSs
mistaken him for Aro-lamp. The fat
director with the upturnsd nose was replaced
eeived hts nickname from the luxuriAnt
fringe concealing his eountenance. Jim
and a muoh-ehewsd mustAchs. replaced the
sirseter With the h1sh sh9Sidsrs ana th zen
would go into executive session; whsreupon
the retiring dirsctors arose. 70 ME out and
Presidsnt Prime paused 20 bend over the
chair Of President Wallingtord
,Sst =, 0SoS5s . tb. me ns Sn@ loan nntl tos
morrow" he suggested.
Wallingford was grateful 20 hiEl for hav-
o~n think h T SSaae: 4. . 81
with a slight contraction OF his brows; -but
q bank examiner we're 20 suddenly pop in
sssOunt for that thrss hundred thousand Of
Were leaving this bank in as solvent q
in@.@ ana he sauatsrsa out through the
lobby. where simple-minded business men
were eagerly dsgositing their money.
Jones. as soon as the door had closed be-
hind the last Of the retiring directors. =
move that We all so In the vault and split
slfsstlax's adi9srnsd." chuekisd PrsHiasai
Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-07

but he was holding hin wrist
with n grip which was leaving
hnger-marks. we get the ao-
tual cash. do we7 or Counsel"
Wallingford blew q placid
smoke ring.
"Oh Lordr groaned Qualey,
his eyes popping.
Il don't see why we can't re-
sign In a body and be done with
IT," Erowled the fierce-whiskered
little director, who had been
out OF town and was being
plunged into the whirl of events
without explanation.
The president, the secretary,
the hlRh-shouldered director, and
the fat one with the upturned
nose were each ready to tell him.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
Iezz2Asz5~ G1.zaeN, M.zex 1Sae>uzy
Ga1h1zD AEe A1zS

and people are only counters in the
game. but she holds a higher place
than ever in the clearing house of the
worlds business With hardly more
than 1000 square miles of land that
she can cultivate, Norway is fourth
among the great maritime nations. She
has more tonnage than Russia or
France. Austria or Italy and only Eng
land. the United States and Germany
exceeded her total. Sweden ranks
eighth in a fundamental test of ma
tional strength, the production of iron,
ana Norway stands high as pro-
ducer of copper. Little Denmark has
doubled her population in a century
and has become the dairy and garden
of England.
And there are empires of brains
as well as empires of bayonets. The
chisel of Thorwaldsen, the brush Of
Zorn. the bow of Ole Bull. the pens of
Hans Christian Andersen, Bjernsen
and Ibsen have made Scandinavia a
world power with a far wider sway
over men than she won by the sword
of Gustavus Adolphus and lost by the
sword of Charles XII. And where are
there braver soldiers and conquerors
than Nansen and Sven Hedin. those
daring explorers of the wild north and
wild east?
Rosewater Revolution.
peoples learned peace that in 1905 they
set before the world the example of
a political revolution by peaceable
means. Although Norway for 500 years
had been first under the Danish ano
next under the Swedish crowns. and
even her ancient language had been
virtually supplanted by the Danish
tongue, she never ceased to regret the
loss OF her independence. Finally when
political and economic considerations
were brought 10 the support OF this
sentiment, the national aspiration was
realized.
Norway was not dependency of
Sweden. They were equally indepenc-
ent Kingdoms but with one king. who
governed each country through cab
met of it's own, except that the Min
lister of Foreign Affairs served both.
AS the Swedish Parliament. however.
gained the mastery of the Swedish
Cabinet including the Foreign Minis
ter, IL necessarily brought the foreign
affairs of both kingdoms under its
control. Whereat the Norwegian Par
Lament complained. And since Nor
ways foreign trade was much larger
than that of Sweden. it passed a bill
sular service. This measure-being
vetoed by the King under the advice
of his Swedish ministers. the Nor
wegian Parliament proposed to 80
people of Norway a dissoIutio
the union.
On that momentous referendum.
nearly 100000 votes were cast for Sc
cession and fewer than 200 for main
tanning the union. whereupon the
King was coolly declared 'out OF
office"
Did the King call for his sword
and horse? Did Sweden, twice the
size of revolted Norway, sound
boots and saddles? Not at all. On
the contrary. she repressed her bit
ter emotions. and with her sober
second thought adopted the watch
word of Gen. Winfield Scott at the
outset of the Southern secession in
1851. ''Wayward sister. depart in peace"
Royal Democracies.
When the Norwegians became In
dependent they might naturally have
set up a republic BETTING their dem
ocratic simplicity. But they were ad-
vised that the crowned heads Of
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
SCANDINAVIA UNITED AGAINST WAR

The Valiant Little Nations of the North
That Once Were Foremost in Arms
Are Now Armed tor Peace Alone.
and Pro-Germans and Pro-Allies. in
Sweden. Norway and Denmark. Are
United Only in Their Desire to Keep
Their Countries Out of the Great
Conflict.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03

-
centuries was that Sf ruling and Law
giving. Wherever the Sea ndinavians
went they implanted among insubordi-
nate and distracted peoples the spirit
of obedience. which is the first law
of the stern North where men learn
to obey and to labor under the un-
sparing lash of Jack Frost.
The Sea ndinavians abroad were q
great unifying force. but at home they
have failed to achieve permanent
marriages. the three crowns were
merged early in the fourteenth cen
tury, and under the leadership of Den
mark, they were held together by
main strength for 2 period of 2oc
years. Then q Swedish nobleman. Gus
tavus Ericsson. or Gustavus Nasa
stole back from exile to liberate his
country from the Danish King.
While tramping about in disguise
and working in fields and mines. Gus
tavus prepared the revolution of 1o2l
which made Sweden Independent ana
which seated her deliverer on new
ly set up throne. For nearly 500 years
Sweden remained beneath the rule OF
the descendants OF Gustavus l. who
found her small and made her great
but left her smaller than they found
her The Vasas converted a little. re-
mote nation into a conQuering mill
tary power. but their surest titles 10
remembrance are in the fame OF Gus
tavus Adolphus and Charles MI. Two
of the most extraordinary monarchs
in history.
Gustayus Adolphus.
Gustavus Adoiphus, who was the
grandson OF the Revolutionary found
er o. the Nasa dynasty, came TO the
throne at i and was yet only IS al
his death. But in the course e his
lf1I 10 I632-he carried the banner
OF Sweden il! triumph around the
shores o. the Baltic and made that
sea Swedish lake.
her out from the Baltic. Incorporating
IN mis- kingdom the boggy soil where
Petrograd now stands. Next he whip
ped Poland and carried his frontier
down the southern shore clear to
Riga.
Then came the Thirty Years War.
in which Gustavus was the daring
chieftain of the Protestants and the
ally as well of Catholic France. AL
though he fell al the battle of Lutzen.
in the midst OF that devastating and
calamitous struggle and left his throne
to his 6-year-old daughter. Christina.
Sweden reaped C rich reward for her
martial prowess, when the Peace of
westphalia was made.
By the terms OF that settlement the
girl Queen OF Sweden received the two
German ports of Stettin and Bremen
and various strips of the German
coast In her reign Sweden reached
out Zven across the Atlantic. where
the colony of New Sweden was plan,-
ed on the American shore, but only
to be taken by the Dutch. and finally
to become the English colony Of Della
ware. But the restless Christina
simply could not bring herself to
marry and settle down on a throne.
So, throwing away her crown. like a
last seasons hat, she bade farewell
to her kingdom at IS and wandered
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03
By JAMES MORGAN.

Nr. Morgan tells the story of a race
Of famous warriors that is now keep
ing the peace on the very edge of the
great battlefield of Europe, story of
Mortimer and Normans. of Gustavus
AdoIphu. and Charles XII and a story
Of the three little democratic Kingdoms
of Sweden, Norway and Denmark In
the midst of the big; warning empires.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-03

When the Norwegians became In
dependent they might naturally have
set up republic BETTING their DEM
ocratic simplicity. But they were ad-
vised that the crowned heads Of
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-06
THOSE KANSAS CROPS.

We how in humble admiration before that wheat story from Dodge City Kan. It always good story, but in it's latest incarnation it is unusually appealing. respondent who gave the yarn the world had driven to the town of Wright few miles north of Dodge City, to conduct prayer meeting He started back foot, taking the short cut through 1900 wheat field. At the prayer meeting had offered up ervent thanks for the bountifuI wheat crop. It was 10 o'clock at night had not arrived there His frightened wife began to make inquiries He was not at Wright, and he not in Dodge and he was nowhere the road between the two towns. Two days passed with word sign.
 On the third day an old lady who had been at the prayer meeting suggested maybe the had got ioalIy searching through gran-which is higher and thicker than ever before. of the searchers heard faint voice murmuring if in prayer Following the sound he upon the minister lying exhausted and hafdeirious, and repeating and over Lord, we thank thee for thy bountu providence which has given us such a plentiful crop of wheat"
 It's now time to hear from eastern Kansas about thai
 little girl who went into the field of young with ho fathers lunch and started right but got lost becaus the corn shot up so obscured all the familiar land marks, and she never found her way out. We hope though that nobody will repeat the yarn about the boz who got lost in tho cornfeId and climber up cornsta to see where the house was and thus got into nor
 trouble than ever because the corn grew up faster tha he could climb down.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-06
ooLpEN AeE EoR eAMKgRs.

new British war loan of billion and quarter of dollars is to bear AZ per interest That makes the income from such an 50 per cent more than it has been at any time in a hundred years. The high rate is due to the growing difficulty of getting hold of real money even in wealthy country as England The rate is sure to rising, the drags on and the demands become greater Engands allies not being so strong financially already paying higher interest
 Everything conspired to bleed the nations white War supplies are unprecedentdly expensive For the great est sums ever borrowed they must pay the most nsnri- ous interest The piling up of these huge war debts and the carrying of them indefinitely mean more than ever before the enrichment of a few and staggering burdens for the many Capital makes its profitable in vestment and labor begins the long grind to pay the annual tax on principal that is everlasting
 tie particularly the time of oDportany for bankers The fortune of the Rothschds founded on the Ma poleonic wars The American House of Morgan has al ready enormously increased its and power iron the opportunities of the present European hnan ciers are doing likewise. When the ends few b blnkers will te the real masters of Europe
Bisbee daily review., 1915-07-06
THE HUERTA PLOT.

It seemed to good to be true that Gen vctoriano Huerta should himself with the peaceful life of a New York suburbanite pottering around his Long s land garden and spending his evenings looking at the stars In the light of recent events it appears that his scrutiny of the planets through his telescope may have been for the purpose of determing whether they were propitous for a new Mexican revolution. As for Gen. Huertas downtown offices they may have been devoted as they purpored to be to civil engineering business but possibly they harbored other activities
 considerable amount of the 2OOOOOOO pesos that the general is believed to have carried Mexico with him is said to have been used in Wall Street speculation with what luck has not been reported His offices may have been headquarters for gambling operations of big ger sort too Many revolution, Mexican and other wise has been matched of the tall buildings cust cred around the intersection of Wall Broad streets
 If Gen Huetra really contemplated dash into north ern Mexico with Gen orozco as active head of new evoluonand our government apparently has evidence to that erect-its pretty good guess that he had back CTS in lower Manhattan There plenty of New York anancers who would rather see a dictator of Huerta. type ruling Mexico any milder and more scrupulou leader pledged reform. The strong hand which l- admittedly needed to govern that distracted country hs heretofore been used freely to deliver and fory for ofgn concessions It was particularly when the han, belonged to Diaz who is Huerta's ideal ruler
 Gen Huera cant be blamed much for plotting reyou tion He's a Mexican and that's his business. But it
 very icklish business for American citizens to monke with If there was really well organized plot backed by American capital just the time when the unite States government was making supreme effort for th final pacihcaon of Mexico the ramihcatons of the cas will be interesting as they develop.