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Maytorena to Resist.

Sonora, June 19.-Gov. Joe May,
torena, Villa commander, authorized
the statement to-day that the entire
forces under his command would oe
used. if necessary, to resist the land
ing of American marines on the west
coast to protect foreign settlers OF
the Yaqui valley from Indians now at
war. ooo
A detachment of nearly 1000
troops. sent to the Yaqui valley yes
terday, he said, was dispatched prl-
marily to protect settlers and their
crops from the Indians, but they mao
orders to resist any landing OF Amer
lean expeditionary forces.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
BRYAN ROMPS ON.
TEDDY and TAFT

New York, June 19.-William J.
Bryan spoke on peace under the aus
pieces of the Central Federated union
in Carnegi hall tonight.
His address was direct attack on
former Presidents Taft and Roosevelt
and their advocacy of an army: and
navy adequate in strength to defend
the United States against a foreign
foe. So 3hipel
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20

]. Ed Murray Camp Mo. $40, United
Confederate Veterans, will meet at
O'Clock this afternoon, at the court
house, in regular monthly session.
Delegates to the recent reunion at
|Richmond will make their report e
1.-THE camp. &.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
Crops are Fine.

are the crops in the neighbor-
ikeoro' Wabbaseka, iAltheimer,
/ i ane and Humphreys, accord
itss assessor Fred Rucker, who
nv .aese thriving communities
.ess;n Tue week for the purpose of
II me- s property. Mr.. Rucker says
u ns e corn has been planted
llent va and that this is in ex-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
Sub. Torpedoes Brit!sher.

London, June 19.-The British
ship Dulcie was torpedoed at sunk
Off Suffolk today. With one excep-
ton, the members of the crew were
saved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
Smith Selling Ont.

Thos. Smith is closing out his entire
stock Of new and up-to-date merch-
andise at extremely low prices. He
proposes to quit business. (Advt.l
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20
G,rclan King Improves.

washington, June 19.-Steady I'M
movement in the condition OF KING
Constantine is reported in bulletin
to the Greed legation here.
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french Drive Makes Great
Progress, and Fall of Vim
va Is Now Imminent.
|oFFRE'S BIG GUNS
sHELLING MUNSTER
,rssians Put Torch to Metzeral in
,tteipatiOn of Graduating that City.
british Resume Offensive, in Effort
to Aid French Fighters.

ondon. June 19.-Great strides
re made today in the French
i've The ravine of Fon du Duval,
ursing at the foot of the slopes to
east of Notre Dame de Loretta,
,ch has been stubbornly defended
tho Germans since May 8, was
rried by assault today. But ten
pmans remained alive, so dsspeT-
was the resistance. The slopes
Hill No. 119, the northern end OF
yimya plateau, are all in French
nds and the fall of Vimya is i'm
nent.
n Alsace, the French have ad-
need three miles in the direction
the Rhine positions, and their ar
ery is now before Munster, which
under bombardment. Metzeral is
rested and the Germans have set
city Attire, in anticipation Of
bcuatng it.
Whila the forward press of the
untain forces in Alsace is impor-
BIT as bearing on the destruction of
German sources Of supplies for
crown princes army and that oc
bying iAltkirch and Muelhausen,
main battle is being fought Ill
ktatrn France.
Germans Squeezed.
Here the French offensive, which
being vigorously prosecuted
bthward from loretta and north
I'D from Newell st. WAIST, mas
heezed the bulk Of the German
GEES into front of only seven kilo-
tiers, or little less than five
les. An army numbering upwards
10000 is now being sacrificed in
despairing effort to save the last
nnants of the defensive system in
sector.
two positions, according to un
clal statements from Paris, pre-
atoms are now being made for
dden retirement, should reinforce
nts from Belgium be insufficient
prevent the fall of Souchez.
me offensive has been resumed
the British in the LeBasse region,
order to haras the Germans
taer to the north, and prevent the
wing of further reinfOrcemen,s 70
French front.
french Announce Success,
arls, June 19.--The French nave
'ured the Fon du Duval, where
herman forces were recently re-
tsds surrounded.
paly ten Germans remained alive
sa me ravlne was finally taken
assault, after a desperate resist
be.
AulS QQn0ll Asal 4 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-06-20

J. H. Waters returned yesterday to
his home at Camden, after visiting
his. sister, Mrs. A. B., Loving.
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Russians Admit Defeat.

Petrograd, June 1S, VIA lLonuon'
June 19.-Admission is made IN an
OFFICIAL statement issued today at the
war office that the Russians have re-
tired beyond the line of lakes at GRO
dek less than 16 miles west OF Lem.
burg their last line of defense in 'front.'
of the Galician capital.
The communication follows:
"Near Muravievo and Shawl and ON
the Dubysa engagements on the lftn'
resulted in no important changes.
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The Weather

s@day and Monday.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03
SYNOPSIS.

on the day Of the eruption Of Mount
pelce Capt, John Hardin OF the steamer
Princess rescues hve-year-old Annette
nington from an open boat, but " forced
20 leave behind her father and his COM
panions. llingtOn Is assaulted by Her
nandez and Ponto In vain attempt 10
get papers which Illngtol has managed
10 send aboard the Princess with hi1
daughter. papers proving his title 70 ana
telling tn whereabouts OF the lost Island
OF CinuE.ar. Illngton's injury causes his
mind 10 become a blank. Thirteen years
elapse. Hernandez, now an opium SNUG
glpr. with Ponto, IneZ, n female accom-
pllce, and the mindless brute that once
was Ilington, come TO Seaport, where the
widow OF Captain Hardin Is living with
her son Neal and Annette Ilington, and
plot TO steal the papers left TO Annette
by her father. Neal tries for admission
TO the Naval academy. but through the
treachery Of Joey Welcher is defeated by
Joey and disgraced Neal enlists IN the
navy. inez sets a trap for Joey ana the
consplrators get him In their power. lie
agrees 10 steal the papers for them but
accidentally sets FIRE 10 the Hardin nom"
and the brute-man rescues Annette with
the papers from the flames. Annette DIS
covers that heat applied 90 the map re-
Vrnls the location Of the lost island. Sub
sequeutly In struggle for It's possession
the map Is torn In three parts, Herman
d'z Annette and Neal each securing a
portion
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03
BUSINESS IN CANADA
IS GOOD
Successful Crops and Big Yields
Help the Railway.

The remarkable fields that are ~
ported Of the wheat crop OF Western
Canada for 1915 bear out the esti-
mate Of an average yield over the
three western provinces OF upward OF
20 bushels per acre. There is no
portion OF that great west or $4,000
square miles in which the crop was
not good and the yields abundant. An
American farmer who was induced TO
place under cultivation land that he
had been holding for five years for
speculative purposes and higher
prices. says that he made the price OF
the land out OF this years crop OF
oats. No doubt, others. too who took
the advice Of the Department OF the
Interior to cultivate the unoccupied
land, have done as well.
But the story of the great crop that
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
produced this year is best told In the
language OF the railways in the added
cars that II has been necessary 10
place in commission, the extra trains
required to be run, the increased ton
mage OF the grain steamers.
1t is found that railway earnings
continue 10 improve.
The c. p. r. earnings for the second
week OF October showed an increase
OF S7G2O00 over last year, the total
being only $4,000 below the gross
earnings Of the corresponding week
of 1913, when the Western wheat crop
made a new record for that date The
increase In c. p. r. earnings for the
corresponding week OF that year was
only 1851 .0O0 or less than half Of the
increase reported this year. The
grain movement in the West within
the past two weeks has taxed the re-
sources OF the Canadian roads as
never before, despite their increased
facilities The c. p. r. is handling 1000
cars per day, a new record. The
G. r. r. and the c. N. r. are also max
ing new shipment records. The other
day the W. Grant Morden, of the Can
ada Steamships Company, the largest
freighter of the Canadian feet on the
Upper Lakes. brought down a cargo of
476.3l5 bushels, a new record for
Canadian shipping. Records are go
ing by the board" in all directions this
fall, due to Canada's record crop. The
largest Canadian wheat movement
through the port OF New York ever
known is reported for the period up
10 October 18th, when since shipments
of the new crOD began in August
4,265,79l bushels have been reloaded
for England, France and Italy. This
is over half as much as was shipped
of American wheat from the same port
In the same period. And, be It remem-
bered, Montreal, not New York, is the
main export gateway for Canadian
wheat New York gets the overflow
in competition with Montreal.-Ad-
yeTtisement.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03

see that some terrific struggle was at
hSAd.
In another instant II was all over,
Two figures elutching at each other
frantically darted suddenly over the
rail, There was a splash below.
Man overheard" yelled Neal.
He sprang to the rail and dove into
the moonlit water-taking good care
not to foul the other two
Two minutes later II was all over.
Annette was on deck half fainting in
Meals arm-but with a smile upon
her face.
Don't worry" she said TO the
crowd about her. Il haven't swal'
lowed a drop OF water, | assure you,
I'm a regular little water rat-Neal
knows that, don't you Neal?"
Half an hour later IN the Courtier
villa in Newport. Annette nestled in
huge arm chair in a kimono before
blazing fire. She laughed trium.
phantly. She seized a dripping little
chamois bag and took from II very
damp old piece OF paper parchment.
This is what he was after-you
can't tell me, she said. She spread
II out and exhibited It to Inez Castro
why. It is a blank piece OF pa
per-" said lnez Castro.
Look at II closely" said Annette
"oh, yes" said Irene. 1T has orc
word upon it-longitude."
1T has more than that upon H.,
said Annette. Watch and see"
She spread 1t out upon the hea-,'
to dry 1T is a piece OF the MAJ
OF my map, Irene" she went on, "th
map of the lost Isle of Cinnabar
Scsr-face got portion Of it-dort {
| you remember, at Crooked Crag-bnt
a harmless portion got part md
! so did Neal. Wait Look. The piece
is dry-see what the heat has done
Inez Castro bent over her. where
did the writing come FROM" she de-
manded.
"The heat brought the writing out"
said Annette. See. Look now at
the longitude. What does It say"
Inez looked eagerly. "One hundred
and twenty-three degrees" she ex-
claimed slowly, "and forty minutes
west"
That isn't ALL" went on Annette.
"There's a message-a message from
the past upon our pieces, Meals and
mine--a message that I've got by
heart"
What" queried Inez, yawning. '1s
the message from the past?"
Annette nodded proudly. This is
the message" she returned. "Granted
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03

his note, hoping that you and your
charges can add one more evening to
your round of gayety in Newport so
ciety. beg to inclose an invitation
which may give you a few hours Of
pleasure. Wish could go myself
Anything on a oattleship suits me-
Inclosed In the misslve was heavy
white card engraved in script:
The officers of the u. s. S. Alabama
request the honor Of your presence
with friends at the dance on ship
board Tuesday evening, June.
The words with friends" were in
terlined in ink Annette read the in
vitation and then handed it to Inez.
Good" exclaimed lnez. These are
worth while-these shipboard dances" ."
Five minutes later she called up a
private number on the wire in her
boudoir, waiting impatiently until she
heard a voice she knew. Then she
talked rapidly, almost in a whisper.
ITS worth taking a chance, is it
not?" she queried.
"Ah.' returned the voice at the 9th
er end of the wire. we do nothing
without chances. We shall take a
chance. Farewell" ---n.
Il must be understood that an able
seaman like Neal Hardin, while his
good behavior, his natural aptitude
and his general Inability gave him
many priyileges-yet he was still the
victim of caste-naval caste AS
civilian he might travel with ladies
of dignity, such as his mother, and
young women of style and beauty,
such as Annette Ilington and her
friend, Irene Courtier; but as a chief
petty officer remarked to Neal-"A
ball on board the Alabama is not for
able seamen, not so you could notice
it, my boy. STILL" he added, clapping
Neal upon the shoulder. ''Ill try and
get you a place on the back stairs
where you can look on and see the
swells."
Figuratively speaking, he got him
a place on the back stairs without
much difficulty, and after Neal Lad
spent a day in assisting his fellow
able seamen in polishing up every
thing aboard the Alabama that could
be polished, and in swabbing every
thing aboard her that could be
swabbed, and in setting to rights
everything that could be set to rights,
Neal, clad in an immaculate white
duck suit, found himself stationed,
stiff as a ramrod, and for the first
time scared to death, by the side of
large punch bowl under the canvas
covering of the dancing deck.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03
CHAPTER XXI.
4 .t54 Etr. ~bE ...
'% incodnito

lneognito S.,.s-s,
In dingy little hotel room in Prov
idence, Rhode Island, there sat man
at a dressing table gazing into a mir
ror and doing unusually queer things
with his face. Hernandez was past
master at a certain art-Gisguise.
Ten minutes later a stranger stood
erect within that rcom-a full-bearded
stranger, clad in an evening coat of
foreign cut, with well padded paunch
and shoulders, eyeing himself still
critically in the looking glass. He
raised his high hat and bowed pomp-
ously to Pontc.
In reality, friend Potion" he re-
marked, 81 am M. Romanoff-a Rus
sian nobleman."
MY friends and l are invited to
the dance or board the Alabama" he
said. "My friends and shall go.
Call in that beast. Now for the final
test"
Ponto disappeared and a moment
later the brute crept into the room.
He glanced fearfully toward the chair
where Hernandez had been sitting;
then he glanced about the room. A
puzzled expression overspread his
countenance and then with a deep gut
tural cry he sprang for the appari-
tion's throat.
Hernandez twitched himself to one
side Just in time and then tapped the
brute smartly on the arm.
Il am satisfied he said, in tones
that the brute Immediately recog-
nized "Even he did not know me-
he, with all the instincts Of savage
but faithful dog. Let us be off"
An hour later he was standing ex-
pectantly in front of the huge punch
bowl or the dancing deck of the Ala
bama Clustered around this punch
bowl were a group of officers and
pretty women-and among them Inez
Castro and her friend Annette ling
ton.
Romanoff stared boldly at them
both, then he turned to Neal Hardin.
"A glass of punch, If you please"
he said in foreign accents.
Neal Hardin did not answer. He
was otherwise engaged. Annette
Ilington was standing at the table
with young ensign at her side.
They were both drinking from the
punch bowl. The ensign drank with
his right hand; so did Annette, but
clutched in the hand of Neal Hardin
of the punch bowl. 1t was the only
chance the evening could afford them.
"A glass of punch" reiterated the
unknown Russian nobleman.
Neal jumped as though shot. Has
tily he ladled out a glass and pre-
sented it to the Russian. The Rus
sian took one sip of it and sat down
his glass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03

Half way they stopped, for her escort,
M. Romanoff, had reappeared. He
smiled as Joe came up with Annette
anC waved his hand.
I've been looking at the moon," he
said.
Annette, already bored-chiefy by
the close proximity of Joe Welcher-
glanced off toward Neal,
Lets go and get some grape juice"
she said
Joe drew her out to the railing
through the same aperture from
which Romanoff had watched the cir
cling motor boat.
"I'll get the grape juice" said Joe
aloud. "Wait here until / return"
Annette started after him, but the
aperture was closed now by the broad
back Of Romanoff, who talked viva
ciously with Irene Courtier. Annette
was not averse to looking at the
moon, and she looked. But-all she
saw was the moon itself. She did not
see and could not know that motor
launch, silent as the night, had
fetched up alongside Of the anchor
chain. She did not know and could
not see a black shadow that stole
along the railing behind the canvas
curtains that hid the dancing deck.
Suddenly she. gave a choking cry.
The black shadow like some black
panther had sprung upon her from
the night and clutched her in its
grasp. She cried out once more, or
tried to. She found she could not.
A strong wiry hand closed across her
mouth and wiry form forced her
back across the rail.
With a superhuman twist of her
1.-THE young body-and she was strong,
was Annette Ilington-for one in
stant she wrenched herself away and
gave vent to piercing scream. Neal
Hardin at the punch bowl heard it.
Forgetting all discipllne-and all
grape juice-he bounded across the
dancing deck and with one sweep of
his arm brushed the nonplussed
Romanoff and his charming escort to
one side. His eyes were blinded by
the deck lights and as he rushed
through the curtains he could only
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03

WIS happening ana turned to Mrs.
Hardin
You and irene" she said. go into
the wireless room. Let as ell go
even joe"
Just as she said II mutlnaer
rushed past her. stopped. leered iI,to
her face and grasped her by the hand
With a sudden wrench he closed the
door Of the wireless shutting the
three people inside Welcher and the
two other wOmen--and then with a
glare into Annette's eyes. he drew her
toward him and crushed her strug-
Cling form against his breast.
Below there wero other passengers
who watched the fght-Hernandez
and his two companions. The brute
watched stupldly-Po Ponto and Her.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03
FIFTH INSTALLMENT
A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXI.

- ~ 80
Grape Juice.
OF course the unexpected naval-se-
,cret.service raid on the Crooked Crag
hotel created some sensation-as well
as did the rescue of two beautiful
young women, Miss Irene Courtier
and her friend Miss Ilington. But
Newport is a place of many happen
ings-sonsational and atherwise-and
after all the Crooked Crag had been
rai1ed many times before.
In its balmy days it had been clev-
.erly constructed and maintained as
a secluded gambling place for New
York millionaires, a place full of cub
by holes and uncanny getaways For
jthe thirteenth time in lis history it
was closed up and its proprietor
Iarpd.
But the three weird characters who
mad been the cause of all the vio-
Hence still remained in hiding--Her-
mandsz, the Portuguese adventurer;
Pont0, his Mexican side partner, and
their strange and unusual companion,
the brute.
Annette. for her part, gave full de-
scriptions of these three to the au-
,r0rities and accompanied secretserv-
Ice men on many fruitless trips.
at any rate" she said to her
friend, Irene Courtier, Il know now
where stand. | was warned to look
out for a man with a saber cut across
HIS face" Her face grew wistful
chought-feared," she went on, at
first, that that man might be my ia
-thor; but my father would never treat
"a girl as this scar.face treated me-
Annette touched her neck. A tiny
little gold chain fell into the bosom
~ her waist.
He has laid bare his teeth, this
scar-face," said Annette "Ee knows
something of my father-Tm sure OF
ehat-and I'm sure OF something else
He is seeking my lost Isle of CHINA
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-12-03


the Coronado is a likely shin Giid n
you are bound 70 go, God speed"
He looked the Coronado up and
found her quite a likely ship. He
saw her captain and found him salts
factory.
The next day Annette and her
friends, including Welcher, booked
for the cheap trip on the Coronado.
You're my only passengers so far"
said Captain Handy, and don't care
II / don't have any more
Capt Peter Handy sauntered down
the wharf A big, staggering individ-
ual was looking the Coronado over,
"Bin." said Capt. Peter Handy, "Tn
tell you how II is. ! picked you out
as a cheap bargain and took ance
on you. not knowing you before, This
is a cheap trip down, Bill; IN leave II
to you TO pick your crew. Pick them
cheap, Bill; coming back can make
Il up TO you. Get the best for the
money. Bill. and get EN- cheap"
Il got em already" returned Bill,
'ond | got 'em cheap. Leave that to
me"
On the evening OF the fourteenth
the four booked passengers boarded
the Coronado and we're assigned to
staterooms.
I'm left the captain snoring in his
'1nk and stole across the deck and
t2wn the gangplank to the wharf be-
"sad Once upon the river front he
uired east and strobe on rapidly for
D quarter OF a mile. He darted into
narrow alleyway, reached a dimly
lighted window In an old board house
N the shore and raped sharply on
the window pane. A door was opened
stealthily and he shambed in.
Huddled at tables and flung care
lessly in corners we're the forms OF
sailors, supine, drunk, drugged. Bill
took an electric flash light from his
pocket and examined carefully each
OF these slumbering objects OF hui
manity
I'll take him" said Bill, "and him
there with the broken face; and him
and that chap over there
Ten minutes later he nodded in
self-satisfed way and ierked his
thumb over his shoulder toward an
other door
Is he inside?" he queried.
oh" said the proprietor. the three
of EN- is there"
There were three men in that small
room, a strangely assorted trio. One
was a huge individual, bigger and
stronger than Bill himself; another
was an uncanny, fat, little Mexican
with dangerous eyes the third was a
Portuguese with a saber cut cross his
face.
Bill grinned. Huh" he said.
we're all here, mates. Outside /
picked up enough men TO I'll up the
Coronado's crew and here ! run
against three of her passengers" O."
Hernandez smiled and showed his
teeth. Three unlocked passengers
he said.