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RULERS REACH AGREEMENT
SCANDINAVIAN MoNARcHs TO
PREsERvE NEUTRALITY.
Express Their Hopes That Conference
Would Have Good and Happy Re-
suits for THREE Peoples.

Stockholm, via London, Dec a.
King Christian Of Denmark, King Gus.
tave of Sweden and King Haakon OF
Norway, who, with their foreign min.
listers, met in conference at Malmo to
formulate plan designed to combine
their respective interests during the
war, reached an agreement on the
special questions raised.
The statement is made In an official
communication issued here The com
munfcation in substance follows: Il
The meeting of the three mon
archs was inaugurated with speech
by. King Gustave, who alluded to the
unanimous desire of the Kingdoms of
the north to preserve their neutrality
and pointed'to the desirability of linn
tied cooperation between the king
doms as safeguard to their common
interests. He said that when he in
vited the ponarchs of Norway and
Denmark to meet him he was Impress
ed with deep sense of the RESPONSE
bility which would be incurred i'm rela-
ton to the present and the future if
any measure which would contribute
to the welfare of the three pepoles
were neglected"
Kings Haakon and Christian replied,
testifying their sincere joy at the
initiative of King Gustav and express
ing their hopes that the conference
would have good and happy results
for the three peoples.
The deliberations of the monarchs
and ministers consolidated the good
relations among the three kingdoms
and also enabled an agreement to be
reached on the special questions rails
ed. 1t finally was agreed to pursue
The cooperation SO happily begun and
to arrange, when circumstances |
should occur, for fresh meetings be- |
.ween representatives of the three |
governments.
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tssrrsok Explains Hospital Work.

New York, Dec 24.-Myron T. Her
rick, former Ambassador to France,
addressed q meeting Of the local COM
mittee which II raising funds for the
American hospital In Paris. I'VE did
not begin the work as diplomatic
measure" he said, but I cannot en-
plastic too strongly the great diplo-
matic value It has proved to be- The
work u Of the highest international
Importance, and 1t depends entirely
4pcp contributions from Americans in
~ country TO keep it going"
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UNITED STATES HAS RECEIVED
VAST ORDERS FROM EURO
PEAN COUNTRIES FOR SUP
PLIES SINCE WAR BEGAN.
ON THRESHOLD OF GREATEST
PERIOD OF PROSPERITY
Charles M. Schwab, President of Beth
lehem Steel Corporation, Returns
t1tom England With Prediction
of Immediate Revival of Bust
ness In Every Line.

New York, Dec. 26.-The nations OF
Europe have placed contracts in the
United States for more than $500, OOO,-
900 worth of supplies since the begin.
ming of the war, according to Charles
M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation, who has returned
here from England aboard the steam
ship Lusitania.
Mr.. Schwab predicted that for this
the threshold Of the greatest period
of prosperity it has seen in many
years."
Mr.. Schwab, who sailed for England
less than month ago, admitted that
the object of his trip was to cancel
provisional contracts he had made
with the British government for the
building of submarines.
Cancels SIS ZOO, 900 Contract.
This he had done, he said, after
having been advised by Secretary of
State Bryan that for an American con-
Germ to supply submarines to any of
the belligerent nations would be vio-
lation both in letter and spirit of the
neutrality of the United States.
The contracts which he had given
up, he said. were worth more than
$15,000,000, but he had been able to
secure while abroad contracts for the
supply of various munitions of war,
although he declined to say with what
nation they had been negotiated.
THE next big problem that the
United States will have to face" said
Mr.. Schwab, will be the development
Of transportation facilities in order to
handle tremendous increases in manu-
featuring and commercial enterprises.
Prosperity Near at Hand.
THE period of prosperity that pre-
dicted on my last return from Europe
Is about on us. The contracts placed
with American manufacturing con-
Germs by Europe call for delivery with
In the year, and | look to see big
revival Of business in every line"
Mr.. Schwab, on his previous trip, |
was a passenger on the steamship
Olympic when that ship went to the
rescue Of the dreadnaught Audacious.
On his return he declined to confirm
,r deny the incident, pleading that he
vas bound as matter of honor not /
o speak Of it in view OF the treatment
him at that time by the Brit
sh government.
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is AWARDED VICTORIA CROSS

London, Dec. 24.-The Victoria
Cross has been conferred upon Lieu.
tenant Commander Norman B. Hol-
brook, commander OF the submarine
Bill, for torpedoing the Turkish bat
tleship .Messudier in the Dardanelles
on Dec. IL. Victoria Crosses have
been awarded also to Second Lieuten-
ant James Leach and Sergeant John
Hogan Of the Second battalion Of the
Manchester regiment for conspicuous
bravery near Festubert on the 10th Of
October.
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U. .. and Britain still Negotiating.

London, Dec. 23.-It can be stated
positively that no definite agreement
has been reached whereby Britain will
refrain from searching ships which
leave American ports with statements
from British consuls that they are car
rying no contraband. Britain u willing
to accept such statements IN cases
where there IL no reason to believe
that the cargoes may have been aug
mented 1t SEA, The long negotiations
bstween Great Britain ana America,
however, have resulted IN no posi-
i've AGrnAmant or uuderstnnA1AG.
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Congress Takes Recess.

Washington, Dec. 26- Congress has
suspended business for Christmas
Both house and senate adjourned to
meet again Tuesday, Dec. 20. The
holiday recess finds the legislative
work we'll advanced. The constitu-
tional amendment for woman suffrage
probably will come up early in Jauu-
ary. Several committees will report
appropriation bills soon after the re-
cess and house leaders are determfn-
~ to pfese them vigorously ~ their
Effort to clear up the sessions bust
naos BY March 4 Ss,
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IN cALIciA RUSSIANS RESUME
OFFENSIVE AGAINST AUsTRo-
GERMAN FORCES FROM
THE cARpAThlANs.
ALLIES SCORE SUCCESS
IN BATTLES IN THE WEST
Public Is Warned by Military Men,
However, That Heavy Casualties
Must Be Expected Before Serious
Impression Can Be Made on
German Entertainments.

London, Dec. 26.-The allies in thu
west, the Germans in Poland and thu
Russians in east Prussia and Galicis
continue their offensive operations
but the advances have been SO Sigh
as to be almost imperceptible. In the
long run, however, the ground which
Is being taken may prove vital and
the various armies are fighting with
an intensity which has not been ex
ceeded since the war began.
sIavs Withdraw From cracow.
In Poland, the center Of interest has
shifted slightly to the south Finding
the direct road to Warsaw blocked by
Russian reinforcements, the Germans
made an attack from the southwest
and have reached Skierniswice, which
Is some 40 miles from the Polish capt.
tai. They have thus far failed to
pierce the Russian lines. but have
forced the Slavs to withdraw from be-
lore Cracow.
Russians Infiict Losses.
In Galicia Russia has resumed the
offensive against the Anstro-German
forces which have poured in from the
west and across the C2rpathians. Ac-
tording to the latest Petrograd report
the Russians have inllicted heavy
losses on these forces, while in the
horth they have pursued into the in
lerior of east Prussia a small German
Army which made feint at Warsaw
hom the northwest.
I.
successes in the battles in the west,
they are meeting with very stubborn
resistance and military men warn the
public that very heavy casualties must
be expected before any serious i'm
PRESTON can be made on the German
Intrenchments. II
-: AIif>s Make Progress. Isl
Activity seems to have been resumed |
Hong the Belgian coast, for it is am |
bounced that slight progress has been
made by the allies between the sea
Ind the road from Newport to West
hide.
At other points similar fighting is
proceeding with here success and there
reverse or failure of attack
The a1rmen on both sides have been
Extremely busy and aeroplanes have
been swarming over Belgium, the avi-
ltors accommodating movements of the
opposing troops and, occasionally drop
ping bombs.
Bruges and Brussels have been visit
I'd by aviators from the ranks of the
lilies, while Bethune and other towns
n northern France have received at
IGNITION from the Germans.
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AUSTRIAN EMPEROR is DYING
sacramsnts, According to
Report From Rome.

Rome, Dec. pa rumor is in cir
culation here that Emperor Francis
Joseph OF AUSTRIA Hungary is dying.
The report has it that the emperor
king has received the last sacramento.
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Reserve Board Arranoes Hearing.

reserve board has finally arranged for
hearing Nankers In protest against
designatioAp OF Federal reserve cities
and dehuitiAas q reserve districts -
made BY tho reserve bank organiza-
ton committee.
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British Cruiser Reaches Port.
Valparaiso, Dec. 26.-The British
cruiser Newcastle has arrived here
and Is taking on coal and provisions.
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he never attempted to ascend to the
platform. Perhaps he realized the
useIessness of investigation since
the platform made it impossible Tor
him to see what was up there. But al
ways now, to and from the truce wa
ter, he paused, looked up, circled the
tree, and went away mystitied.
Only the grass eating beasts came
down to water that night, and kath'
Ign understood by this that the men
and the elephants were still in the
stockade.
The following morning she went
down to the stream to battle; at the
same time the parent leopards came
for drink. They had not cared to seek
their lair during the night on account
Of the fires; and. worrying over theiI
cubs, they were not in the most agree
able mood.
Kathlyn saw their approach In
time to reach her platform. They
snarled about the tree, and the male
climbed up as far as the platform
Kathlyn reached over with a stout
club and clouted the brute on his ten
der nose.
A shot broke the silence and bull
let spat angrily against the tree trunk
Two cats fed Immediately there came
a squealing and trumpeting from the
| stockade.
| ,c hot hnd honnnnnd'
chief mahout had discovered the cub!
and had taken them into the stockadt
Just as another hunter had espied thu
parent leopards. The rifle shot haC
frightened one of the wild elephants
With a mighty plunge he had broker
the chain which held him prisoner t.
the decoy elephant and pushed
through the rotten stockade, heading
straight for the river.
Kathlyn saw his bulk as it crashes
straight through the brush. 1t smut
fled directly toward her tree. TIL
ground about was of clay. mergini
into sand as it sloped toward the river
The frantic runaway slipped, crushe
against the tree trunk, recovered hin
self, and went splashing into the We
ter.
Kathlyn was flung headlong an
only the water saved her from sever
bodily harm. When she recovered he
senses she was surrounded by grou
of very much astonished Mohamm,
dams.
They jabbered and gesticulated
one another and she was conducted
the stockade. She understood but tw
, words-"Allaha' and slave"
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Copyright by Harold MacGrath)

and losing it there He found Rajah,
the elephant, the howdah gone, and
only the ornamental headpiece dis
covered to Bruce that he had found
his rogue. Rajah was docile enough;
he had been domesticated so long that
his freedom rather irked him.
Bruce elected from the mourning
holy men the amazing adventure in
all it's details. Kathlyn had disap-
peared in the jungle and not even the
tried hunters could find her. She was
lost. Bruce, though in his heart of
hearts he believed her dead, took up
the trail again. But many weary
weeks were to pass ere he learned
that she lived.
He shook his fist toward Alfalfa. 20,
Durga Ram, enc of these fine days
you and | shall square accounts!
Kathlyn had just completed for her
self a dress of grass. Three years be-
fore she had learned the trick from
the natives of Hawaii. The many
days of hardship had made her thin
ner. but never had she been 30 hardy
so clear-eyed, SO quick and 1.-THE in he
actions She had lived precariously
stealing her food at dusk from thu
fields of the ryots; sugar cane, raw
vegetables, plantains, mangoes Some
times she recited verses she remem
bered in order that she might breal
the oppressive silence which Away
surrounded her.
She kept carefully out of the way 0
all human beings, SO she had lost al
hope of succor from the brown pee
pie, who had become so hateful to he
as the scavengers of the Jungle Their
was something to admire in the tiger
the leopard, the wild elephant; bu
she placed all natives (perhap
wrongly in class with the unclea
jackals and hyenas
Tanned deeply by wind and sui
Kathlyn was darker than many a n;
tive woman. Often she thought {
Bruce, but hope of his finding her ha
long since died within her. Ever
night when she climbed to her pla
form she vowed she would start sout
the next morning; south, toward til
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to forget this oriental inferno through
which she was passing.
She ran toward the jungle, all un-
conscious of the stone she still held
in her hand. She lost all sense OF
time and compass; and so ran in
half circle, coming out at the river
again.
The Indian twilight was rising in
the east when she found herself again
looking out upon the water, the stone
still clutched tightly. She gazed at
the river, then at the stone, and again
at the river. The stone dropped with
a thud at her feet. The savage In
her had not abated in the least; only
her body was terribly worn and wear
led and the robe. muddied and torn.
enyeloped her like veil of ice Above
her the lonely yellow sky; below her
the sickly river; all about her silence
which held a thousand menaces
Which way should she go? Where
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land where there were white people;
but each morning found her hesitant.
Behind her tree there was clear
ing, then tumble of thickly growing
trees; beyond those was another
clearing, upon which stood a deserted
elephant stockade. The grass had
grown rank in it for want of use. She
was in the act Of putting on grass san.
dals when she saw, to her dlsmay, the
approach of men and elephants. Two
elephants were ridden by mahouts
Two other elephants were being jos
tied toward the stockade, evidently
| new captives. They proceeded pas
sively, however, for elephants submit
to captivity with less real trouble than
any other wild beast. Kathlyn
crouched low in the grass and waited
till men and elephants entered the
stockade; then she ran quickly to-
ward her haven, the platform in the
tree. She never went very far from
this, save in search of food. She had
also recovered the idol and set it back
Ill It's place. II WIS HUI, fortunately
much frequented spot. 1t was fol
the benefit of the occasional pilgrim
the ryots having shrines more con
veniently situated,
She nestled down among her rushe'
and waited. She could not see tn,
stockade from where she now was
but she could hear shouts from tn
mahouts.
Recently she had discovered
leopard's lair near the stockade an
was very careful to avoid it, much a
she wanted to seize the pretty cub
and run away with them. BY this tim
she knew the habits, fears, and HI
treds of these people of the jungle
and she scrupulously attended to he
affairs as they attended to their
! | Sometimes the great striped tige
, prowled about the base of the ire
! sharpened his claws on the bark. b,
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nainted red and ochre caste marks on
ones forehead, and ash-covered ia.
l-irs with withered hands, Nautch
girls. girls from the bazaars, peripa
tetic jewelers.. kites, and red-headed
vultures-this being a proper place
for them.
The chief mahout purchased fol
Kathlyn a beautiful saree. or veil
which partially concealed her face
and hair.
"Chalu!" he said, touching Kath
lyn's shoulder whenever she Jagged
for they had dispensed with the litter
Go on"
She understood. Outwardly she ap'
peared passive enough, but her soul
was on fire and her eyes as brilliant
as those of the circling, swooping
kites, watching for that moment which
was to offer some loophole. On
through the noisy bazaars, the object
of many a curious remark, sometimes
insulted by the painted women at the
windows, sometimes TESTED at by the
idlers around the merchants booths
1t seemed to her, however, that a
film of steel had grown over hei
nerves; nothing startled her; she
sensed only the watchfulness she had
often noted in the captives at the
farm.
Continued on page %
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CHAPTER Iv-John Bruce, an Ameri-
can, saves her life.
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George j. Kirby, administrator of the
Estate of John A. Kirby. Deceased.
plaintiff, VS.. Phoebe King Mining Com
pany a corporation and George j. Field,
j. s. Free, John II. Hodson, N. A.
Robertson and w. H. Weber. defend
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CHAPTER VIII.
The Slave Market.


Having decided upon the fate OF
Kathlyn, the natives set about recap
turing the wild elephant 1t took the
best part of the morning. When this
was accomplished the journey to ALA
ha was begun. But for the days of
peace and quiet of the wilderness and
the consequent hardness of her flesh,
Kathlyn would have suffered greatly
Half the time she was compelled to
walk. There were no howdahs, and it
was a difficult feat to sit back of the
mahout. The rough skin of the ele-
plant had the same effect upon the
calves of her legs that sandpaper
would have had. Sometimes she
stumbled and fell, and was rudely
jerked to her feet. Only the day be-
fore they arrived was she relieved in
any way; she was given litter, and
in this manner she entered the hate.
full city.
On the way to the slave mart they
passed under the shadow of the grim
prison walls of the palace. The ele.
plants veered off here into side
street, toward the huge square where
horses and cattle and elephants were
bought and sold The litter, in charge
of the chief mahout, proceeded to the
slave mart. Kathlyn glanced at the
wall wonderingly. Was her father
alive? Was he in some bleak cell be.
hind that crumbling masonry?
Even as she sent last lingering
look at the prison the prisoner within
his head buried in his thin, wasted
hands, beheld her in vision-but in
a happy, joyous vision. busying about
the living room of the bungalow.
And far away younger man beheld
vision as very tenderly he gazed at
Kathlyns discarded robe and resumed
his determined quest. Often, standing
beyond his evening fires. he would ask
the silence, "Kathlyn, where are
your" Even then he was riding fast
toward Alfalfa.
A slave mart is a rare thing these
were being enacted there existed
many of them here and there acros.
the face of the globe. Men buy ant
sell men and women these times-en
lightened, so they say-but they do |
by legal contract or from vile hidin,
places.
Alfalfa had been famous mart Il
J it's prime. 1t had drawn the agent
: of princes from all over India. Persia
Beloochistan, Afghanistan, and eve
. southern Russia had been rifled Q
J their beauties to adorn the zenanas 9
( the slothful Hindu princes.
: The slave mart in the capital tow
7 Of Alfalfa stood in the center o. tn
!, bazaars, great square platform wit
l. a roof. but open on all four side
Here the slaves were exhibited, tn
s poor things intended for dalliance an
Q those who were to struggle and swe;
;, and die under the overseer's lash.
e Every fortnight day was set asi(
for the business Of the mart. Owner
a and prospective buyers met. chewt
ID betel nut, smoked their hookah
IS slipped coffee and tea and exchange
% the tattle of the hour 1t was as mut
lie an amusement as business; indee
a. it was the oriental idea of club, al
Q, much the same things were discusse
er All about there were barkers, al
$. fruit sellers, and bangle wallas Ct
er slave girls should have rings of rup
o. silver about their ankles and wrists
ut and solemn Brahmins and men WI
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necessary; and there was no reason
why a god who had ten thousand tenn
pies for his own should stoop to rob
poor man of his wherewithal to
travel in safety.
1.-THE mugger!" exclaimed one, let
the high priestess beware of the mug
ger, for he is strong enough to tip
over the raft"
Nearly every village which lies
close to a stream has its family croco-
die. He is very sacred and thrives
comfortably upon suicides and the
dead which are often cast into the
river to be purified. The Hindus are
suicidal race the reverse of the oc-
cidental conception, suicide is a quick
and glorious route to heaven.
| The current of the stream carried
| Kathlyn along at fair pace; all she
| had to do was to pole away from the
| numerous sand bars and such boul-
ders as lifted their rugged heads above
the water.
| hCullu IL Dtuu lllt iiNtI uiiu
grew correspondingly sluggish. She
sounded with her pole. Something
hideous beyond words arose--a fat
aged, crafty crocodile. His corrugated
snout was thrust quickly over the
edge of the raft. She struck at hin
wildly with the pole, and in fury he
rushed the raft, upsetting Kathlyn.
The crocodile sank and for a mo
ment lest sight of Kathlyn, wht
waded frantically to the bank, VI
which she scrambled. She turned il
time to see the crocodile's tearfu
eyes staring UP at her from the wa
ters edge. He presently slid bacl
into his Shiny bed; a few yellow bub
bles. and he was gone.
Kathlyn's heart became suddenl,
and unaccountably swollen with rage
she became primordial; she wante
to hurt, MAIN, kill. Childishly sh
stopped and picked up heavy stone
which she hurled into the water. TIL
instinct to live famed so strongly i
her that the crust of civilization fe
away like mist before the sun, an
! for long time the pure savage (whic
lies dormant in us alb ruled her Sh
would live, live, live, she would liv