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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09

London, May 9.--Lloyds reports that
the White Star liner Cymric sank at
3 o'clock this morning. All on board
We're saved.
Dispatches yesterday said the $4,000
ton steamship Cymric had zen tor
pedoed by German submarine. A
message from Queenstown last night
said the vessel, torpedoed at o'clock
afternoon, was still afloat. The
Cymric left New York, April 20, with
a large cargo Of war munitions for Liv-
She had been in service as a
freighter for several weeks and carried
no passengers. Her crew Z numbered
about 100 men, none Of whom, so,far as
known, ia an American. h. i. ss,sss
sunk ~ German Submarins. Sd
Officials of the White Star line say
that the indefinite reports which have
been received by their offices here indi-
cate that the Cymric was torpedoed by
a German submarine at noon Monday.
The steamer was not armed. "i% F@.
y The location of the disaster is not
kAllOWIs Dul lAC oS4AOAuA0 OA "LASA SAAS
liner was operating when II: left New
York on the outward bound journey
would have placed 1T somewhere along
the south coast Of ireland, probably
near Old Head of Kinsale, the spot
where the Lusitania went down. .
z'F' Nc Passengers on Board.
The White Star offices announce
that there were no passengers aboard
the vessel and it is not believed that
there were any Americans among the
LOG members Of the crew.
There is some doubt regarding. the
service in which the Cymric was en-
gaged. One report said the vessel had
been taken over by the British gov
ernment for the transporting of Cana
dian troops for service on the CONT
nent.a A cable from Ottawa, however,
says no troops were on board and that
the Cymric was not included in the list
Of vessels used in transporting the
overseas contingent.
The ,Cymric carried much munitions.
1t is known that the Cymric, together
with a number of other large vessels.
had been marked by the Germans for
destruction as nunition carriers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09

stored with dynamite belonging to the
plant Of the Atlas Powder company at
Lake Hopatoona, N. j., blew up short
8ly before 1 o'clock today, killing at
least four men, according to telephone
iadpices here. B
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09
Men / T,ti 81 ,Eseaps.

@ Marathon, Tex, May News OF the
escape Of ftAmericans was brought here
today by Carl Halter, mine .superin-
tendent, who also said that y. Deemef,
the. storekeeper, and Monroe Payne,
a negro, were prisoners of the Mexi-
cans. Halter did not believe either
had been killed. ss $5 m y
The, party OF Americans who made
their escape were: Carl Halter, mine
superintendent; II. 5Hasbrouck; as
sayer: DR.. Homer Power, w. T. But
ler, Nick Pastorius, N. r. Mcknight.
George Scott and Austin Swayze.
S "a body Of dozen Mexicans,,' said
Halter, came ito the mine Saturday
morning bringing with them two OF
our truck drivers. They robbed me Of
my watch and sacked the house and
then ordered us into q truck, which
they loaded with oil and gasolene. The
bandits treated us courteously, sayin.s
they were going to take us: to Torreon,
but would send us back in a month.
I'VE started towardg Ocampo, but
returned to Deemer's store to take on
supplies. We then moved to a water
hole and stayed there until Sunday
morning. w l.ssg5g .Ss.
"A Mexican was sent ahead to get
some mules from g. wagon which mad
been seen. Monday morning other
Mexicans went forward, leaving only
three to guard ns. sss .s. 4ias4
1--WE then determined to escape, and
while the bandits were pushing on the
truck we Jumped on them from behind,
seizedstheir guns and made the Mexi-
cans prisoners. w walked twelve
miles across country to save distance
and turned them over to Sherin Walt
on, at Boquillas. One man more will
be brought here soon 1 @
Halter said that Deemer was un-
doubtedly heinz held for ransom.
IA cowboy brought word that the
Mexican prisoners would be held as q
ransom for Deemer,A life.8 It was
planned to set one Of the three free
with note tos ssthe. bandits offering to
exchange the remaining two prisoners
IL they would set Dsemer free.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09
FUNSTON 70 RETURN.

Will Proceed at Once to San Antonio
Because Of Troop Movement. II .
Ell Paso, Tex, May 9.-On receipt of
news that President Wilson had Or
dered out the militia Sof Texas. New
Mexico and Arizona, General Funston
annouced he would soon return to his
Headquarters at San Antonio. His de-
parture will be contingent with ar
rangements he can make with General
Scott relieving him from participation
In the conference with General Obre-
gon. s# II \ u S
General Funston said 1t would be abb
solutely necessary for him to return to
Fort Sam Houston. .yst.:.s II sst q ss
It was said here that the available
Texas militia totals 200 men, includ-
ing infantry. cavalry and artillery.
Captive Americans Escape.
a private message received here to-
day says that the seven American en-
ployes of the Porto Rico de Boquillas
mine near Boquillas, Mexico. who were
captured by the Big Bend bandit
raiders, oyerpoWeted their guards and
have escaped TO the borde bringing
three of 4 the Maxicans with them as
prisoners sSgs # NJ
sThe mes % sisach was laterssco con-
4 sfirrhedEF "a thAt lrr Toner Powers, OF
San Angelo, Tex. who was among the
cartnrsds also made HIS escape.
a Where the troops would mobilize,
General Funston was unable to state,
he said, as he was still working out
plans for their dispusal. Asked II the
additional troops. would be used to res.
llieve troops already on the border, he
was not prepared to answer.
AT the temporary headquarters here
1t was thought that the additional;
troops would reach the border possibly
in four or Ave days. Being infantry
they can be entrained much fastersthan
cavalry. :$s q @ @
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09

f} New York, May 9.Advices here to-
day from Lake Hopatoona, N. j.,
the telephone placed the dead in the
explosion at the Atlas Powder Com
spany building at four and an unknown
number injured. Buildings near the
shore all around the lake were dam
aged and great cloud Of smoke all
most shut out the sun. Windows were
shattered for miles
The plant was used for the mannfac-
ne antds xrlsa>t s:>:ss,s.. =:
sother points to be used & In making
powders for warbmunitions Between
900 end 10An naap worked In the
plant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-09
fstrucction.

In order. however, to avoid any
possible MISUNDERSTANDING, the Cow
lernment os thA United States mt Ifics
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Former Residents
 Plan Extensive rip
Muldon, Miss, S..

Muldon, Miss, S-12-16 Leading Newspaper:
 Mrs. H. Kicks and daughter, Mrs. Auldin D. Nolan (nee Miss Rebecca Ricks). of Southern California, expect to visit rela- tives and friends in and about Ozark, Watalula, and White Oak, about the middle of this month. Somewhat delayed in leaving Los Angeles. it is understood they will visit in Mississippi and Arkansas until the middle of September, postpOning a trip they were intending to make to Eastern Texas and New Orleans. They are now enjoying a happy reunion with relatives in Amory and Muldon. Mississippi, the girlhOod home of Mrs. Kicks. They will remain at these places for two or three weeks. Their plans are, after their sOJourn here. to entice, persuade, or take by force, Mrs. N. H. Young, daughter of Mrs. Kicks. with them to visit another daughter and sister in Eureka Springs, who is planning extensive enter tainments for the travellers when they shall reach her home. Mrs. Rebecca Nolan is ecstatically en- thusiastic over her trip here. It will be remembered that Mrs. Nolan was a little school girl in pig tails" some five or six years ago, attending Watalula school with her sister. Lillian. They are daughters of Mir. H. Kicks who formerly owned farm in that district. The girls also at- tended White Oak sociables and were also well known at that place. It is understood that Mrs. N. H. Young and little daughter, Jewell, will accom- pany her mother and sister to Eureka Springs, visiting in Fort Smith enroute. After their visits in these places separations will take place, Mrs. Young and little girl returning here; Mrs. Kicks and Mrs. Nolan leaving direct for their homes in South ern California. Con.
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SAYS HOT WATER WASHES P0IS0NS
 FROM THE LIVER
Everyone should drink hot water with phosphate In lt,
 before breakfast.

To feel as fine as the proverbial fiddle, we must keep the liver washed clean, almost every morning. to pre- vent Its sponge-like pores from clog ging with indigestible material, sour bile and poisonous toxins. says a noted physician. rr.- te .... ...t rE
 If you get headaches, It's your liver If you catch cold easily. it's your liver. If you wake up with bad taste. furred tongue, nasty breath or stomach be- comes rancid, It's your liver. Sallow skin. muddy complexion. watery eyes all denote liver Nuncleanliness. Your liver Is the most important. also the must abused and neglected organ of the body. Few know its function or how to release the dammed-up body waste. bile and toxins. Most folks resort to violent calomel. which Is Q dangerous, salivatinG chemical which can only be used occasionally because 1t accumulates in .the tissues, also attacks the bones.
 Every man and woman, sick or we'll. should drink leach morning be- fore breakfast, glass of hot water with a tcaspoonful of limestone phos- phate in 1t. to wash from the liver and bowels the previous days indigestible material, the poisons. sour bile and toxins; thus cleansing. sweetening and freshening the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach.
 Limestone phosphate does not re- strict the diet like calomel, because 1t can not salivate, for 1t is harmless and you can eat anything afterwards. It is inexpensive and almost tasteless. and any pharmacist will sell you quarter pound ~which Is sufficient for a dem- onstration of how hot water and lime stone phosphate cleans, stimulates and freshens the liver. keeping you feeling at day In and day out.
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For Gods sake stop Jawing."

For Gods sake stop jawing. l cried "Everything's against me. haven't had a bit of luck since l came on shore at Leith. Whats the harm in a poor devil with an empty stomach picking up some money he finds In bust up motorcar? That's all l done, and for that I've been chivvied for two days by those blasted boobies over those blasted hills. l tell you, I'm fair sick of it. You can do what you like old boy! Ned Ainslie's got no fight left in him.
 l could see that the doubt was gain ing.
 "Will you oblige me with the story of your recent doings?" he asked.
 "I can't, guvnor," I said in a real beggar's whine. i've not had bite to eat for two days. Give me mouth full of food, and then you'll hear Gods truth!
 l must have showed my hunger in my face, for he signaled to one of the men in the doorway A bit of cold pie was brought and a glass of beer, and 1 wolfed them down like a pig, or, rather, ike Ned Ainslie, for l was keeping up my character.
 In the middle of my meal he spoke suddenly to me in German, but l turn. ed on him a face as blank as a stone wall. 1 was steeled to carry the de ception to finish.
 Then l told him my story-how l had come off an Archangel ship at Leith a week ago and was making my way overland to my brother at Wig ton had run short of cash-I hinted vaguely at spree-and l was pretty well on my uppers when l had come on hole in a hedge and, looking through, had seen big motorcar lying in the burn
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bed of chaff A nail caught the seat of my trousers. and l left q wisp of heat mixture behind me.
 The mill had been long out of use.
 The ladders were rotten with age and in the loft the rats had gnawed great holes in the floor. Nausea shook me. and wheel in my head kept turn ing. while my left shoulder and arm seemed to he stricken with the palsy looked out of the window and saw a fog still hanging over the house and smoke escaping from an upper win dow. Please God l had set the place on fire, for l could hear confused cries eefaiA9 from the other side. But ] had
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West View Con-
 vention a Success
Sulphur Springs Chosen for Next
 Township Convention.

With good audience and great interest the West View township Sunday School Conven- ton went down in history as big success last Sunday.
 Program was called promptly at 10 a. m. Most all responded promptly and did credit to the various subjects discussed.
 Brother J. A. Floyd on "rhe Value of Sunday School" gave us very interesting talk which was much enjoyed by all. Bro. Ed Barham on Township Con- ventions" gave some valuable hints which will be remembered. Bro. T. l.. Dickerson talked on The Sunday School Work" and called our attention to the na- tional Sunday school work and gave some good reports. All the young folks and the children rendered their pieces we'll and a good spiritual interest prevailed. The old officers were held over for the year. The next conven- tion will be held at Sulphur Springs.
 SECRETARY.
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feet the two ruftians who had inter viewed me yesterday. Now, they had seen me as the roadman, and they would remember me, for I was in the same rig.
 What WAS a roadman doing twenty miles from his beat, pursued by the police? A question or two would put them fin the track. Probably they had seen the real Turnbull probably Ian cie too, most likely they could link me up with Sir Harry, and then the whole thing would be crystal clear.
 What chance had l fin this moorland house with three desperadoes and their wistfully of the police, now ploddine over the hills after my wrath. They at any rate were fellow countrymen and honest men, and their tender mer cies would be kinder than these ghoul ish aliens,
 But they wouldn't have listened to me. That old devil with his eyeiids had not taken long to get rid of them. l thought he probably had some kind of graft with the constabulary. Most likely he had letters from cabinet min isters saying he was to be given every facility for plotting against Britain.
 That's the sort of owlish way we run our politics In the old country.
 The three would be back for lunch, so hadn't more than a couple of hours 10 wait. It was simply waiting or de Etruction. for 1 could see no way out of this mess. l wished that I had Scudder's courage. for l am free to confess 1 didn't feel great fortitude.
 The only thing that kept me going was that l was pretty furious. It made me boil with rage to think of those three spies getting the pull on me like this. l hoped that at any rate l might be able to twist one of their necks before they downed me.
 The more l thought of 1t the angrier I grew, and l had to get up and move about the room. l tried the shutters, but they were the kind that lock with n key, and l couldn't move them.
 From the outside came the faint clucking of hens in the warm sun. Then l groped among the sacks and boxes. couldn't open the latter, and the sacks seemed to be full of things like dog biscuits that smelled of cinnamon. But as l circumnavigated the room found a handle in the wall which seemed worth Investigating.
 It was the door of wall cupboard what they call press in Scotland and 1t was locked.
 l shook it, and 1t seemed rather film sy. For want of something better to do put out my strength on that door. getting some purchase on the handle by looping my braces round it. Pres ently the thing gave with crash, which I thought would bring in my warders to inquire.
 I waited for bit and then started to explore the cupboard shelves.
 There was multitude of queer things there. l found an odd vesta in my trouser pocket and struck light. It went out in second, but 1t showed me one thing. There was little stock of electric torches on one shelf. picked up one and found it was In working order.
 With the torch to help me I investi- gated further. There were bottles and cases of queer smelling stuffs. chemi- calls. no doubt. for experiments. and there were coils of fine copper wire and hanks and hanks of thin oiled silk.
 Then away at the back of a shelf found a stout brown cardboard box
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A Humorist Must
 Have Brain S
A Humorous Writer Must Have
 Brains-Here is One.

A healthy humorist gets off good things even in business letters. Here is good sample from the pen of Jas. K. Wallace:
 While this is unsolicited. l would be glad to have you print my testimonial in your valuable sheet among other testimonials Will say had the malaria about two months this winter and tried several kinds of remedies and 1 never found anything that did the work until 1 tried Hays Specific and 1 must say it does the work, as 1 find that Hays Specific and Malaria won't work we'll together.
 expect to keep Hays Spe- cific in my house. The children won't cry for it, as some say, but I find after they take a few doses they laugh and play be- cause they feel good after talk ing two or three doses.
 JAMES E. WALLACE.
 Hays Specific. the great sys- tenn tonic, is sold and fully guaranteed by w. A. Carter X Son.
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no time to finger.
 Any one looking for me would nat urally follow the lode, and made cer- tain the search would begin as soon as they found that my body was not in the storeroom. From another window l saw that on the far side Of the mill stood an old stone dOvecOt.
 If could get there without leaving tracks I might find hiding place, for 1 argued that my enemies, if they thought could move, would conclude 1 had made for open country and would go seeking me on the moor
 crawled down the broken ladder, scattering chaff behind me to cover my footsteps. l did the same on the mill floor and on the threshold, where the door hung on broken hinges. Peeping out, 1 saw that between me and the dOvecot was piece of bare cobbled ground, where no foOtmarks would show. Also it was mercifully hid by the mill buildings from any view from the house. l slipped across the space. got to the back of the dovecot and prOspected d way of ascent.
 That was one of the hardest jobs l ever took on. My shoulder and arm ached like blue fire, and I was so sick and giddy that was always on the verge of falling. But l managed il somehow
 By the use of outjutting stones and gaps in the masonry and tough ivy root l got to the top in the end. There was little parapet behind which 1 found space to lie down. Then fell into an old fashioned swoOn.
 woke with a burning head and the sun glaring in my face.
 For long time 1 lay motionless, for those horrible fumes seemed to have loosened my joints and dulled my brain. Sounds came to me from the house-men speaking thrOatily and the throbbing of a stationary car. There was little gap in the parapet to which wriggled and from which had some sort of prospect of the yard.
 saw figures come out-a servant with his head bound up and then q younger man in knickerbockers.
 They were looking for something and moved toward the mill Then one of them caught sight of the wisp of cloth on the nail and cried out to the other. They both went back to the house and brought two others to look at It. l saw the rotund figure of my late captor and thought l made out the man with the lisp l noticed that all had pistols
 For half an hour they ransacked the mill. could hear them kicking over the barrels and pulling up the rotten planking. Then they came outside and stood just below the dOvecot arguing fiercely. The servant with the bandage was being soundly rated. heard them addling with the door of the dovecot, and for one horrid moment l thought they were coming up. Then they thought better of it and went back to the house.
 All that long. blistering afternoon l fay baking on the rooftop. Thirst was my chief torment. My tongue was like | stick.
 watched the course of the little stream as it came in from the moor and my fancy followed 1t to the top of the glen, where it must issue from an icy fountain fringed with cool ferns and mosses would have given | thousand pounds to plunge my face into that.
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Miss Edith West, a graduate of the Springfield Business Col lege Stenotype course is making more than a thousand dollars a year, She can write at a speed of 250 words minute. Her work shows the immense value of the new shorthand machine. which is so easy to learn and is coming into general use very rapidly. It costs no more to learn than shorthand. Write J. A. Taylor. Springfield, Mo-, for information.
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happened and had found 3 sov
 ereigns lying on the seat and an
 other on the floor. There was no body there or any sign of an owner, so I pocketed the cash. But somehow the law had got after me. When had tried to change a sovereign in 6 bakers shop the woman had cried on the police and little later, when l was washing my face in burn, l had been nearly gripped and had only got away by leav- ing my coat and waistcoat behind me
 They can have the money back" cried, flor fat lot of good it's done me. Those perishers are ali down on poor man. Now, if it had been you. guy nor. that had found the quids no body would have troubled you"
 You're good liar. Hannay," he said.
 l flew into rage. Stop fooling tell you my names Ainslie, and 1 nev- CT heard of any one called Hannay in my born days! I'd sooner have the police than you with your Hannays and your monkey faced pistol tricks No, guv'nor, l don't mean that. I'm much obliged to you for the grub. I'll thank you to let me go now. The coasts clear"
 It was evident he was badly pug 2led. You see, he had never seen me, and my appearance must have altered considerably from my photogra phs- If he had got one of them. l was pret ty smart and well dressed in London and now l was regular tramp.
 "l do not propose to let you go If you are what you say you are you will soon have A chance of clearing your- self If you are what l believe you are do not think you will see the light much longer
 He rang bell. and a third servant appeared from the veranda.
 Il want the Lanchester in i've min- utes,' he said There will be three 10 luncheon"
 Then he looked steadily at me, and that was the hardest ordeal of all. There was something weird and devil ish in those eyes-cold, malignant, un- earthly and most hellishly clever. They fascinated me like the bright eyes of a snake.
 l had a strong impulse to throw my self on his mercy and offer to join his side, and If you consider the way felt about the whole thing you will see that that impulse must have been purely physical-the weakness of brain mes merized and mastered by stronger spirit
 But l managed to stick 1t out-and even to grin. You'll know me next time. guv'nor" l said.
 "Karl!' he said In German to one of the men In the doorway. You will put this fellow in the storeroom till return, and you will be answerable to me for his keeping"
 was marched out of the room with a pistol at each ear
 The storeroom was damp cham Der fin what had been the old farm house There was no carpet on the uneven floor and nothing to sit dowr on but school form. It was black as pitch. for the windows were heavily shuttered.
 I made out by groping that the wall, were lined with boxes and barrels anC sacks of some heavy stun. The whole place smelled of mold and disuse. My jailers turned the key in the door, anG I could hear them shifting their fee as they stood on guard outside
 sat down in the chilly darkness il
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CHAPTER K.

Y HAD poked about to see what had happened and had found sov- ereigns lying on the seat and an hA THhAro xxyo