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The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-16

cil was "hea handed and utt.ra1, into.erable"
 The arrival of the British order. to gether with news of the flat rejection by Great Britain and aer allie. of tine informal proposals of the United States for the abandonment by Ger many of her submarine warfare fl England permitted foodsuffs Io 20 to the civilian population of enemy countries, destroyed tue lopes Of Pres ident Wilson and his advisers for the early improvement of conditions for the neutral commerce of the world Germany had accepted praa- tically all the American suggestions.
 While the British order in council explains some of the points made in the note of inquiry from the United States concerning prohibitions on commercial intercourse between Gel many and the Jmted States. the fact that an additional memorandum moi yet received here had been given to Ambassador Page left the hope that dyestuffs would be exempted rom the prohibitions as requested in the American note and that further le tails a sto shipments O. cotton Woult be furnished
 Officials declined to comment to any extent on the British order ba. their displeasure over its contents was apparent It was pointed out there was no precedent for Great 3ritans action
 summed mp, officials interpreted the British order as meaning thai without enforcing a blockade on the German coast itself but by stopping American ships anywhere on the high seas, cargoca destined for Germany would be taken into prize courts for utermiuable litigation.
 This would particularly affect the shipment of cotton and other articles hitherto listed as non-couuahaud and would prevent also the importation of dyestuffs from Germany SD necessary for American industries
 Perhaps more displeasiug Co oit- cials than any other part of the Bril- ish order, however. was its prohiui t.ons on American commerce con- signed 10 neutral countries and sus- pected of enemy destination. lt is on this point that the United States aas engaged in vo.umnous corlespond- ence ever since the outbreak of hos uiues. It constitutes the chic, ground on which the United States will insist on the freedom ot its com. merce from undue interference.
 Officials were undecided d. to the detafls of the course which would oo pursued by the United States bay i- was thought in some quarters tHe best policy for the present would be to await am enforcement of tae British order-in specific cases making each one of these the basis for vigorous protests This was regarded as prob. able because ut the latitude which the British order itself implies in cases of cargoes plying between ueutra. ports if proved not to ue q. enemy destination or origin.
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THIS FORMATION IS PRINTED IN THE NEWSPAPERS OF
 LONDON.
THE ENTIRE GREW Is SAVED
British Give Way Before the Germans Near Ypres-Lord Kitchener com- plains About the Slowness That Ammunition is Turned Out.

London, March 15.-t1 D. m.--"The Dresden has been sunk" "The Brit ish are holding the Germans in their efforts to retake Neuve Caappelle and Epinette;' Russians continue in pos session of Przasnysz"
 These were the headlines which at. tracted the attention of the English people today and tonight
 The announcement of the sinking Of the German cruiser Dresden came after nightfall. but the news spread quickly through the theaters and res taurants and there was much rejoic- ing that this commerce raider had at last been sent to the bottom.
 The fact that all the crew of the Dresden were saved sets a new record for rescue after an action at sea, and naval battle of five minutes dura. tion probably is another record. Ap- pareatly the British ships were not even hit, for no damage whatever is reported.
 In the region of Przasnysz Russian Poland, the great battle has not yet been fought, and what fighting there has been, eacir er rsfe contenders maintains, is turning in his favor.
 m the west the Germans are not so optimistic regarding Neuye Chappele as they omit in their official state ments any mention of the fighting there, although they have been bring ing up reintorcetents and are fighting desperately to retake the ground from which they were driven with such loss. There is no British statement to throw light on the present situation but the French war office says there has been no change.
 Meanwhile the Germans are keep. ing up their attacks on the British near Ypres, the ground made famous last fall. Before these attacks the British have been giving way to some extent. This fact is asserted by the Germans and admitted by the French,
 It is believed that another sangui- nary engagement will be fought near Neuye Chappelle The Germans arc seeking to distract the British by their activity around Ypres and proo- ably the coming battle will necessi- tate endorsements
 Earl Kitchener, secretary for war. in the house of lords today referred enthusiastically to the military situation in general from the allies standpoint but he complained of the slowness with which munitions of war are being turned out. He emphasized what is worrying the war authorities more than any other phase of the task of throwing an army into the field-the great problem of keeping the British and allied armies supplied with the vast amount of ammunition that the guns devour, an amount which will perhaps treble if the gen. erally expected spring advance comes.
 Blaming trade unionism, with it's restrictions for some of the delay, he added 'I have heard rumors that the workmen in some of the factories have an idea the war is going so well that there is no necessity for them to work their hardest. I can only say that the supply of war material at thS present moment and for the next two or three monhts is causing me very serious anxiety. The output of every rOun dof ammunition has large in- fluence on the operations in the field
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FAVORED RAILROADS.
Missouri State Senate Likely to Grant
 Increased Railroad Rates.

Jefferson City, Mo. March i5.-Ths hopes of Missouri railroads for an in- crease in passenger rates were re- vived today when the state senate railroad committee amended and then reported favorable the house public service commission bill.
 The senate committees amend ment eliminated the provision re quiring the public service commis- sion to make a physical valuation of all railroads operating in Missouri be- fore permitting the roads to increase passenger rates from two cents a mile the present legal maxium rate, to ? 1-2 cents mile.
 It was estimated the physical valua- ton requirement meant minimum delay of two years in any increase.
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QUINCY HAS BIG FIRE.

Quincy, H., March 1G.-(Tuesday) Ere entailng a loss of more than $500, 900 early this morning destroyed the Stationers Manufacturing Com pany. Dayton-Dick Magnetic Company and the Daytou-Iaytan Pump Com pany. besides damaging the Gem City Stove Company. Quincy power pant and nearby buildings The fire started in the machine shops of the pump company and spread rapidly.
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FRANCHISE QUESTION
Taken Under AdWsement Until Some
 Investigation Can Be Made.

Taken Under AdVlsement Until Some
 Investigation Can Be Made.
 Chicago, March l5.-Judge Baldwin, who has been hearing the pleas of the Kansas City Federal league club for a permanent injunction to restrain the transfer of the clubs franchise to Newark, before taking the case under adyisement today until Wednesday, stated that he was not sure that James Gilmore. president of the league, had the right to transfer the franchise The court asked Edward D. Gates, counsel for the Federals, to submit copies Of the articles, rules and regulations of the league and a copy of the franchise agreement un- der which the Kansas City club ol- erated.
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NEeRo's BOLD CRIME.

Shreveport, La March l6-A negro early this morning after robbing the residence of J. B. Lindsay travelling sai esman. attacked and severely in- iured Mrs. Lindsay with a bar of iron and escaped Two arrests have been made. Considerable feeling is evident and q lynching is feared.
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SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER
Win Be Used to Large Extent in Re building the War Destroyed Cities.

Mouteomery, Ala, March l5.--Plans for the eNportation of yellow pine to France. England, Switzerland and Holland were discussed today at the meeting ot the Alabama division of the Southern Pine Association. J. F.. Rhodes of New Orleans, secretary of the association, stated that assnI- auces had been made by London buy CTS that Iiege would to a large extent be rebuilt from southern pine Sup plies which have been coming from Germany and Russia are no longer ob- tainable. it was stated. and the south would have to furnish the lumber
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ADVANCE IN WAGES.

Wilmington, Del, March 15-No- tices have been posted at all of tha Du Pont Powder coHpany's plants throughout the country announcing thar beginning April l each emploge will receive an advance of twenty per cent in his wages This increase IS to continue until the end of the cur. rent year and possibly longer.
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UNITED STATES DlsPLEAsED.
Flat Rejection of This Country's Pro- posals Destroys Hope of Bettering
 Shipping Conditions.

Washington, March 15.--Great Brit aims order in council explaining her embargo on all commerce between Germany and neutral countries was received with such evident disappoint- ment by high officials of the United States government and that strong protest against its terms was consid- cred in official quarters as certain to be made soon.
 Senator Hoke Smith, wAo saw President Wilson late today, said aft erward that the British order in coun.
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WE EATHER
 F OR E C A ST

Washington, March 15,-Foreest for Arkansas. Fair Tuesday and Wednesday.
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All the War News

The sentinel-Record prints all the war news up to 2:30 eaca morning. two hours later than any other news. paper reaching Hot Springs. When you read 1t in tnis paper you are reading the latest.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16

him 10 BARN. One of lesser expert
once might have attempted to drive
them away with menacing spear OF
well aimed Ratchet and thus have
drawn upon him n half dozen or more
ferOciOus bulls, against which no single
warrior, however doughty, might have
lived long enough to count his antag-
onists.
Threatening and unfriendly as the
apes seemed, the cave man really
looked upon them as friends and allies,
since between them and his own peo-
pie there existed species Of friendly
alliance, due, no doubt. to the smilari-
~ of their form and structure.
In that long gone age when the
world was young and its broad bosom
teemed with countless thousands Of
carniyOrOus beasts and reptiles and
other myriads blackened the bosoms of
its inland seas and filed its warm,
moist air with the 1utter of their
mighty batlike wings mans battle for
survival stretched from sun to sun
there was no respite.
His semiarbOreal habits took him
often into the domains Of the great and
lesser apes, and from this contact had
risen what might best be termed an
armed truce, for they alone OF all the
other Inhabitants OF the earth had
spoken languages, both meager, 1t is
true, yet sufficient to their primitive
wants, and as both languages had been
born of the same needs to deal with
identical conditions there were many
words and phrases identical to both.
Thus the troglodyte and the primer
dial ape could converse when necessity
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16

to the ways of the creatures Of his re-
mote age.
Not one whit did he abate his speed
as he neared the lowest branch. nor did
he even waste a precious second in a
downward glance at his enemy. What
need indeed! Did he not know pre-
cisely what Ia would do?
Instead, he swung. monkey-like. to II
broad leaf. and. though the chances he
took would have paled the face Of a
brave man today. they did not cause
M even to hesitate as he ran lightly
and swiftly along the bending. sway
ing frond. leaping just mt the right in
slant toward the bole of u nearby jun
gle giant.
Nor was he an instant too soon. The
frond from which he had sprung had
scarcely whipped up from beneath his
weight when Ia. with all the force and
momentum of a runaway locomotive.
struck the base of the tree head on.
The jar of that terrific collision shook
the earth. There was the sound of the
splintering of wood. and the mighty
tree toppled to the ground with deaf
ening crash.
M from an adjoining tree looked
down and grinned He was not hunt
ing TIA that day. and SO he sprang from
tree TO tree until he had passed around
the clearing and then, coming to the
surface once more. continued his way
toward the distant lava cliffs. where
90, the man hunter, made his grim
lair.
From among the tangled creepers
through which the man wormed his
sinuous way ugly little eyes peered
down upon him from beneath shaggy.
beetling brows and great fighting tusks
were barred as the hairy ones growled
and threatened from above. But NJ
paid not the slightest attention to the
huge. ferocious creatures that menac-
ed him upon every hand
From earliest childhood he had been
accustomed to the iabberings and
seedlings of the ape people. and so he
knew that if he went his way in peace.
harming them not. they would offer
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16

Barney Custer had come to hunt big
eame-and forget.
But all that has nothing to do with
this story. nor hes John Clayton. Lord
Greystoke. who was once upon time
"Tarzan of the Apes" except that my
having CHANGED to be guest Of his
at the same time as the Clusters makes
II possible for me to give you story
that otherwise might never have been
told.
South of Uziri, the country Of the
Waziri. lies a chain Of rugged noun
tains, at the foot of which stretches a
broad plain where antelope, zebra. g.
raffe, rhlno and elephant abound. and
here are lien and leopard and hyena
preying. each after his own fashion,
upon the sleek. fat herds Of antelope,
zebra and giraffe. Here. too. are buf-
falo-irritabIe, savage beasts, more
formidable than the lion himself, Clay
ton says.
IL is indeed hunters paradise, and
scarce a day passed that did not find
party absent from the low, rambling
bungalow Of the Greystokes in search
Of game and adventure, nor seldom
was 1t that Victoria Custer failed to
be Of the party.
Already she had bagged two leop-
ards, in addition to numerous antelope
and zebra, and on foot had faced a
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16

xled, as he had always been, at each
new manifestation of Victoria's un-
canny reaction of every indication Of
the great upheaval which marked the
physical changes in the conformation
of the earth's crust.
He recalled former occasions upon
which his sister had confided in him
something of similar terrOrs.
Once In the Garden of the Gods and
again during trip through the Giand
Canyon in Arizona, and very vivid in
deed was the recollection Of VictOria's
nervous collapse following the reading
of the press dispatches describing the
San Francisco earthquake. In all 9th
er respects his sister was an exception
ally normal. well balanced young
American woman-which fact, doubt
less, rendered her one weakness the
more apparent.
But Victoria Clusters terror Of earth
quakes was not her only peculiarly.
The other was her strange contempt
for the men who had sued for her
hand-and of these there had been
many. Her brother had thought sew
eral Of them the salt Of the earth ana
Victoria herself had liked them too.
But as for loving them-perish the
thought!
oddly enough, recollection Of this
other phase of her character obtruded
itself upon Barney's memory as the
two rode on toward the Clayton bum
galow, and with 1t he recalled per
sistent dream which Victoria had said
required after each reminder Of q
great CONFUSION Of nature. At the
thought he broke the silence.
HAS y0ur-ah!-avatar made hlD
customary appearance?" he asked,
smiling.
Continued on page7
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CHAPTER II.
Today.

~O have looked at her merely
you would never have thought
Victoria Custer of Beatrice.
Neb., at all the sort of girl she
really was. Her large. dreamy eyes
and the graceful lines of her slender
figure gave one an impression of that
timldity which we have grown to take
for granted as an inherent character
istic of the truly womanly woman.
Yet ! dare say there We're only two
things on Gods green earth that Vie.
toria Custer feared. or beneath 1t or
above 1t. for that matter-mice and
earthquakes.
She readily admitted the deadly ter
ror which the former aroused within
her, but of earthquakes she seldom II
ever would speak. To her brother
Barney. her chum and confidant. she
had on one or two occasions unburden-
ed her soul.
The two We're guests now Of Lord
and Lady Greystoke upon the English
mans vast estate In equatorial Africa,
In the country Of the waziri. to which
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16


bull buffalos charge, bringing him
down with Il perfect shot within ten
PAGES of where she stood.
At first she had kept her brother in
for the risks she took were such as
few men would care to undertake.
After he had discovered, however.
that she possessed perfect GOODNESS in
the face of danger and that the ac-
curacy of her aim was so almost I'M
canny as to wiring unstinted praise
from the oldest hunters among them
he commenced to lean trihe too far
in the other direction, so that Victoria
was often in positions where she found
herself entirely separated from the
other members of the party-a cOmpli-
ment to her prOwess which she greatly
priced, since women and beginners
were usually surrounded by precau-
tons and guards. through which it was
difficult to get within firing distance of
any sort of game.
AS they were riding hOmeward one
evening after hunt in the foothills
Barney noticed that his sister was I'M
usually quiet and apparently depressed.
"What's the matter, vic?" he asked.
dead tired. eh?"
The girl looked up with a bright
smile. which was Immediately follow
ed by an. expression Of puzzled bewil-
derment.
Barney" she said. after moment
Of silence, 'there is something about
those hills back there that fills me
with the strangest sensation of terror
imaginable. Today | passed an out
cropping of volcanic rock that gave
evidence of frightful CONFUSION of
nature in some bygone age. At sight
of it l commenced to tremble from
head to foot, cold perspiration break
ing out all over me.
But that part is not so strange
you know | have always been subject
to these same silly attacks of unrea-
soning terror at sight Of any evidence
of the mighty forces that have wrought
changes in the earth's crust or of the
slightest tremor Of an earthquake
But today the feeling of unutterable
personal loss which overwhelmed me
was almost unbearable. 1t was as
though one whom | loved above all
others had been taken from me.
"And yet" she continued, Through
all my inexplicable sorrow there shone
a ray of brilliant hope as remarkable
and unfathomable as the deeper and
depressing emotion which still stirred
me-"
For some time neither spoke. but
rode silently stirrup to stirrup as their
ponies picked their ways through the
knee high grass. The girl was think
Ing. trying to puzzle out an explana-
ton OF the rather weird sensations
which had so recently claimed her.
Barney Custer was one of those
unusual and delightful people who do
not scott at whatever they cannot I'M
derstand-the reason. doubtless, that
his sister as we'll as others chose him
as the recipient Of their condolences.
Not understanding her emotion. he had
nothing to offer. and SO remained ST.
lent.
He was. however. not . little pus-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-06-16
The Story by Chapters

Chapter IA Hundred Thou
sand Years.
Chapter Il.-Today.
Chapter IIl.-The Young Hunter.
Chapter IV.-The Dream Mate.
Chapter v.-The Zebra Killer.
Chapter vI.-The Ancient Trail.
Chapter VIl.-The Lonely Man.
Chapter VILLA Prisoner.
Chapter iX.-The Hunt.
Chapter x.-The Death Dance.
Chapter xI.-Happiness?
The Ely miner., 1915-08-13
AMERICANS ARE REINFORCED
Special Train Carries United States
Soldiers to Aid Ranchmen-3oo
Mexicans Cross Rio Grande,

Harlingen, Tex, Aug. 10.-Five
American ranchmen were wounded,
two of them seriously and several
Mexican outlaws were reported killed
in a fight between Texas rangers and
American ranchers and a band of
Mexican bandits at Norias ranch, ten
miles north of Lyford, in Cameron
county, according to a phone message
received here from Norias. The mum.
Der of casualties to the Mexicans, il
is said, could not be ascertained ow.
ing to darkness.
The outlaws estimated between go
and so, attacked the Norias ranch
house shortly before dark. Fourteen
ranchmen barricaded themselves in
the house and defended the place
until 10 o'clock, when, the message
said, the Mexicans withdrew tenn
porariiy. Shortly after the bandits
had withdrawn, 16 Texas rangers
and armed civilians arrived
Sheriff A. Y. Baker of Hidalgo coun-
ty was quoted as saying 800 Mexicans
have crossed the Rio Grande from
Mexico west of Brownsville and are
travelling over Hidalgo county in par
ties of three and four, apparently max
ing their way to some concentrating
point
The Ely miner., 1915-08-13
OFFER OF PEACE BY GERMANY
PROPOSAL TO RUSSIA is DIS.
MISSED BY DUMA.
Representative of Slav Foreign Office
Denies There Is Remotest Pos
sibility of Peace.

London, Aug f0.-Reiter's CORE
spondent at Petrograd transmits the
following:
The Bourse Gazette learns from an
unimpeachable source that the Ger
man Emperor made an offer of peace
to Russia last week, through the King
Of Denmark. The answer sent to the
king stated that the question OF
peace negotiations could not be raised
at the present time
Russian Duma Discusses Proposal.
Petrograd, via London, Aug. 10
The report that Germany had made
peace proposals to Russia became
known in official circles several days
ago, and was freely discussed in the
lobbies of the Duma, according to the
Vechernee Vremya.
I'VE learn on good authority" says
the newspaper, that Germany through
Denmark proposed to Russia a sepa.
rate peace, Russia to receive Galicis
while Germany would retain the west.
ern district of Poland. A representa-.
tive of the foreign Office categorically
denied that there was the remotest
possibility of any peace negotiations
In the lobbies of the Duma the pro
posal was dismissed as unworthy OF
serious consideration"