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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-22

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merge Her.
when the music stopped. They noticed
the crowd around Doctor Lund and the
three strangers, and quickly Joined
the group Of curious and excited
guests.
From another. room Mrs. Lund e.
tered, and working her way through
the group crowding around Doctor
Lund and the secret service man. soon
caught the drift Of the discussion. Her
face blanched for, an instant. and then,
by an effort recovering her self-pos-
session, Mrs. Lund said In q command
ing voice:
Doctor Lund. why don's you have
these intruders bodily elected from the
house. They have no right to come
here in this way and disturb u
guests"
Before Doctor Lund could make re-
ply the spokesman for the secret serv-
ice officers responded:
"We are officers OF the law, come
here to find the leader OF a gang OF
counterfeiters, and we are going to
stay here until we are ready to leave.
The first person 10 lay a hand upon
n of US does SO at his peril"
And three revolvers were whipped
from the pockets OF the officers in .
simultaneous move.
Peg screamed. as II in terror at tho
sight of the r%evolvers. Old Flip sprang
to her side, his face paling with ap-
prehension. He looked at his watch
it was close to the midnight hour.
do be careful. Peg dear" said Flip.
don't excite yourself. We must hur-
ry away from here" And he attempt
ed to gently draw her aside, with the
intention OF leading her from the
room
But It was too hate. Pegs voice
raised to q hysterScM scream a. she
cried:
Il sent a letter 10 the secret serv-
ice, Doctor Lund. A member Of your
family is the head Of a gang Of coun
terfeiters." Then tho circus girl
laughed wildly, 40 Flip struggled 10
restrain her.
The secret service men were quick
| to reach Pegs side. Doctor Lund's
unfeigned establishment made him
s~peechless under the girls accusation.
| Mrs. Lund's face was drawn instinc-
| lively into hard. set lines, as she stood
within . few feet Of the excited girl.
| rigid - q statue.
"Who do you meanf' the oflcer
shouted. putting his hand on Pegs
shoulder with . rough clasp.
grabbed Peg. young Lund got into ac-
ton. He struck the forearm Of the
officer. ~loosening his hold upon the
girl. and shouted:
Keep your hands OF that girl. you
big bully. I'm able to protect her
from your kind"
Pegs hysteriA was now 1t IT.
height. Poor old Flip tried with
what strength he had % restrain her.
but her natural vitality, augunented b.
the nervous ferocity OF hAf Afnicti0n.
made the old clowns efSoyes utterly
useless.
The girl screamed again and again.
striking out with her haeds and feet
after the manner her Attacks usually
took effect. and befoJo young Lund
could realize her purpose, she caught
him by the hair o. to head and vigor.
ously shook him hack and forth. -
spite his struggles TO resist.
Then she threw him from her grasD
and pointing IN accusing nnee9
straight ct yoang Lund the girl csto9
out:
There . yoar man! He = tie lsaAr
ar Of The counterfetterS.
Thea peg nvs : mere IN -
texseal laugh, and swooa0 = -
UpsD a. srxz1 Wl1oEMn
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
COLGATE LEADERS
ARE OPTIMISTIC
Declare That "S0ber Second
Thought" Of Republicans Is
Turning to Their Candidate
MISREPRESENTATION

Newark, n. j., Aug. 3.-Optimistic
reports concerning the candidacy OF
Senator Austen Colgate for the Re
publican nomination for governor con-
tinue to come in from all sections OF
the state, according to his campaign
manager, Frank ]. Book, former post
master of Newark. While 1t is admit
ted that the colonel's campaign did not
really get under way until very re-
Gently, 1t is claimed that in the short
time it has been active surprising re-
suits have been achieved. Emissa-
ries have been sent to the different
counties, With instructions to dig up
influential Colgate men there and get
them on the job.
As a sort of offset to the attempt
which is being made by Edge workers
to make inroads into the Colgate
strength in Essex Colgate workers are
now starting an aggressive boom for
their candidate In Atlantic. They are
working with the idea that the strong
opposition which developed against
Senator Edge during the Atlantic City
commission government election cam
paign can be used as a big asset for
Colgate at the primaries.
Would Be Hard Man to Beat.
The dominant idea which the Col
gate nag are now trying to i'm
press upon the Republican voters Of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

SENATOR AUSTEN COLGATE.
the state is that Colgate would be the
candidate the party could
nominate. They also give it out that
the Democratic leaders don't want Col
gate because he would be the hardest
man to beat.
Daily conferences of Colgate leaders
from different counties are being held
at the headquarters, 40 Academy
street. A general plan of organiza-
ton throughout the state, determined
upon at the conference In the Robert
Treat hotel, Newark, a week ago, Is
being perfected.
REPORTS that are coming in from
reliable sources in the various counties
of the state,' said Mr.. Book the other
day. indicate that the sober second
thought OF Republican voters is turn
ing to Colgate In the re4nzaLlon ina
it is the duty of the party q select
its strongest candidate and that GO
gate is the man, 1t is realized that.
other things being equal, the Repub-
lcans will have a better chance of
ollihA46 IL my N1lROS AZ IAC44 III
nee a representative of the great pop-
ulOus section of the state. The Dem
ocrats plan to nominate a man from
Hudson county in the hope that the
big vote he win get in that Democrat
ic stronghold will give him an advan-
tage his opponent cannot overcome.
They did this in 1913 and got away
with it, their candidate then carrying
Hudson by more than $4,000 plurality.
Senator Colgate's popularity in Hud-
son county, where his great manufac-
turing plant is located, would insure
him a much bigger vote there than any
other Republican candidate could get
and therefore would go far to nullify
the effect of the strategic advantage
the Democracy hopes to gain there.
Clean and Clear Record.
"An reports of serious OBJECTIONS
from the Colgate ranks in Essex are
made out of the whole cloth.
And right here may say that Sen
ator Colgate is paying no attention to
anonymous and ridiculous rumors that
are being circulated in the attempt to
m~isrepresent his attitude ON various
matters and TO make him out to be a
different than he is. He has en-
tered this campaign on his merits, and
his record is clean and clear. 1t is
significant that In the effort to stir up
sentiment against him his opponents
have been compelled to resort to mis-
representation.
Colonel Colgate intends to conduct
a clean cut campaign. He has no de-
sire to stir up ructions IN the party.
If nominated he will have the full
party behind him and will pull stronger
with the independents than any other
candidate who could be named. l be
lieve 1t is the duty OF the Republicans
to choose their strongest candidate for
governor Of New Jersey, as they have
chosen their strongest candidate for
presidast Of the United States.~
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
sets bay under balance reefed lower

sets bay under balance reefed lower
sails.
The marine observer, too, hardened
though he was, would have marVeled
at thought of their nights experience
In the wild gale which had ragged or
Cape Cod since early in the evening be-
fore.
The course of each was laid for East
ern Point and Gloucester. sixty miles
to the north
The yachts spind1ing topmast had
finally succumbed, and the last shreds
Of a ruined foretopsail ficked straight
out from the masthead, but the loss
of this top hamper was a blessing rath-
er than anything else
Gale appeared to realize that his
was a losing fight In such weather
the fisherman was at her best, and the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

ed ~spygiass from the mate and squint-
ed through 1t up the harbor.
.By the great hook block" ne TUNED,
II there amt that slabsided plug OF
Sponsors In there To an anchorl Where
tn the name of the gods and little fishes
did he drop from? Well, this harbor
amt big enough to hold us both to
night. that's alll Wen run over TO
Hyannis, and then wen have a thirty
mile start on him when the weather
gifts Strengthened out agatni"
o
OF course Gale had no right 10 risk
his owners property so recklessly, and
Sponsor, though he owned the White
Sea. was hardly within the bounds OF
ommo sense In leaving a potential
seasons catch 500 miles behind and
racing madly northward
It all goes to prove once more John
Gays acknowledgement assertion.
when a lady's in the case You know
an other things give place"
The contemptnous eye Of Captain
Andrew Sponsor had seen the n
vers Of the yacht, which no had be-
tieved hundreds OF miles astern-
Though his sails we're hardly furled,
be got the White Sea under way again
and deftly ran out of the crowded har-
Dor under headsails in pursuit Of his
deetfng rival.
Next morning. If the glass Of the
marine observer at Highland Light
could have bored the thickness of the
furious easterly storm which fashed
the sands beneath him, it would have
revealed the wallowtng schooners Day
break and White Sea, nearly abreast,
heading ~resolutely across Massachu-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICAN ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records Made
Public by the Carriers.
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
Managers Offer TO Leave Question OF
sfoo,ooo,ooo Wage Demands TO an I'M
partial Federal Tribunal to Prevent
Disaster Of a Nationwide Strike.

: New York.-What Is probably the
most elaborate study of wages ever
made In any industry has just been
completed by the National Conference
Committee Of the railways.
For six months railway accountants
throughout the country have. been en-
gagged In collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employee among the
100000 engineers, conductors, bremen
and brakemen now voting on a ma
tfonal strike for a new wage scale.
That these employees are n of the
highest paid groups of workers In any
industry Is disclosed by the summary
made public today by the railroad
managers.
The average yearly wage payments
to all Eastern train employees dnclud-
ing those who worked only part of the
year., as shown by the 1915 payrolls
were:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
TREATMENTS HIGH WAGES

When l note from the reports
made TO the Interstate Com
merce Commission that these
men receive average yearly
wages 80 per cent higher than
those Of all other railway en-
ployes, and practically double
those of the average American
wage-worker, 1t occurs to me
that they at least have less
cause for complaint than most
others. When I consider that
the average locomotive engineer
has an income of over $1,000
a year, and that most Of the
engineers who have been long
In service make from $1,000
to $1,000 a year, and when I
compare their hours, labor and
responsibilities with those OF
the average small merchant,
farmer or doctor, whose income
Is far less, 1t seems that In all
fairness they are well paid
John V. Farwell, Chicago Mer-
chant
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
parior,s continued Gale con1dentially,
ovoriookin0 hia hosts rudeness.

parI0r,' continued 0ale conuuenIlauy,
overlooking his hosts rudeness
"What do you know about Jennie
Hilbert?" he demanded "Tt Jest hap
pens that me and Jennie Hilbert
Why, man, you jest keep out of Jen-
ME HiIbert's parlori"
my poor %feller," said Gae, I'm
afraid your hard luck's gone 10 your
head Now. II I took ye anyways but
a Joke. I could show We somethinNand
dinged If I don't!"
He tore open his ample blue coatand
yanked a fragrant wad OF pink envel-
opes from a tight breast pocket A
faint perfume filed the smoky cabin.
While a pudgy fist guarded the pre-
cious documents Sponsor was allowed
to gaze for a brief instant at the magic
words:
your ownest Jennie"
you got anything you want to per
duce as evidence agfn thatf" de-
manded Gale triumphantly.
AS If In a aaze Sponsor drew out
another bundle of letters In identical
stationery and Gale stared at the fate
full line:
always your own Jennie"
II don't bite for a cent?" shifted
Gale. "The writin's different"
"The perfumery amt" said Sponsor,
with something ike a groan, land It's
easy enough to change handwrittn'."
"Oh, have It your own way. ye big
Leg and arm factoryr" said Gale wea-
rily. I'VE won't have to fight about #
She'll tell ye where you git of fast
enough when We git back to Gloshter."
You pile out Of here or we VIII be
fghtin' about It'll" shouted Sponsor
swell, I must be gttt1n' back aboard
What time do ye caPlate to git out Of
here In the mornin', Sponson-that Is,
allowtn' 1t clearsT
Sponsor appeared not to have heard
for a moment. Then he said absentiy:
~Oh. not till the tide ebbs-S O'clock,
I c~al'late, allowin' it clesrs."
swell, good luck! Sorry We couldn't
fix I'D that little race" said Gale, SEEM
ingly anxious to heal the breach
As Sponsor was ostenSibly only go
ting out to the grounds again to dog the
mackerel there seemed no reason why
her crew should have got her under
way SO s%tealthily when the sffvery
moon rays leaked through the first rtf1
In the clouds about midnight
And as Gale was avowedly going
home leisurely through the canals
there seemed no xcnse why he shoule
have followed the Gloucester man Il
sea 30 feverishly when the anchor
watch routed him out and apTtset
him of her departure.
The inference Is that Captain Gals
and Captain Sponsor "knew" each 9th
er of old
-Four days later the schooneryach
Daybreak boiled In past rocky Mon
tauk Point wing and wing before
southwesterly gale.
She certainly hadn't passed the las
few days In "dawdling among the Ill,
pads" The planking was gone from
her bulwarks amidshipa. and the stan
,chions stood up lonely.
Captain Gale regarded the wild SIX,
obviously, shook his bead, ~consulte'
his barometer again and ordered tn
reefed mainsail lowered.
81 hate like the deuce to go 1n," n
said, 'but I cal'1ate the Vineyard vii
= be plenty good enough for rs tonight
). The mate, with an arm In q sling
agreed promptly.
But as the outer sfb W a d0wned OF
West Chop preparatory to Joining tn
" fleet of comfortably anchored shippin
IN the capacious haven Gale uncere
ANONYMOUSLY snatched the canvas covel
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

The railroads have considered every
man whose name appears on the Janu-
airy and December payrolls as an EN-
ploye for a year, no matter how little
service he performed in the other ter
months. It is pointed out by the man
ayers that these averages are, In con
sequence, an understatement Of the
earning power of these employees.
An Appeal TO the Public.
The National Conference Committee
In making these wage figures public
says:
do you believe in arbitration or
Industrial warfare?
1.-The train employees on all the
railroads are voting whether they
Will give their leaders authority
to tie up the commerce of the
try to enforce their demands for a
100000 600 wage increase.
1.-THE railroads are in the public
service-your service. This army
Of employees Is in the public service
your service
"You pay for rail transportation
$4,000, 100000 a year, and A cents
out of every dollar from you goes
to the employees.
"a 500, 100000 wage increase for
men in freight and yard service
Cess than one-ffth Of all employes)
is equal to a 8 per cent advance In
all freight rates.
The managers Of the railroads,
as trustees for the public, have no
right to place this burden on the
cost of transportation to you with
out a clear mandate from a public
tribunal speaking for you
"The railroads have proposed the
settlement OF this controversy either
under the existing national arbitra-
ton law, or by reference to the
Interstate Commerce Commission
This offer has been refused by the
employees representatives
shall a nation wide strike or an
investigation under the government
determine this issueT'
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04

WAGES as High as $3,22R.
ThreeQuarters of these men Qncfud-
ing all those who put in a fun years
servfcel. earned these wages:
Engineers (road), $1,5S5 to $3,224;
yard, $1,000 to Salts.
Conductors (road), $1.552 to $3,OO4;
yard, S1,145 to 1891.
Ffremen (roadl 1898 to $1,762; yard),
1852 to $1,633.
Brakemen (road), 1862 to $1,7O7;
yard, 1884 to $1,625.
For the whole country the average
wages of three-quarters Of the en-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-08-04
When a Lady's
In the Case
Yacht and Fishing Smack
Race For Love, and
Both Win.
By DAVID WATSON
Upright by Frank A. Munsey Co


The Daybreak slipped out OF muddy
Albemarle canal in tow of her polished
mahogany launch just as an omni-
vorous fog sifted In from Hampton
roads. Commodore Keelson's trim
schooner yacht was on the way via
the inside route from his leafy winter
home at Ortona, Fla, to his cool SUM-
mer retreat at Rivermouth, on the
Maine coast.
Needless to say the owner was not
aboard.
Captain Martin Gale, her fat little
sailing master, wasn't going to cry
baby at a little fog, especially as be
was his own boss for the time being
SO he pointed her down the ship chan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
HEATED CAMPAIGN
 ENDS IN LOUISIANA;
 PROHIBITION ISSUE
State-Wide Democratic Primary Will Be Held Today-Only Two Aspir-
 ants for GOyernOrship

New Orleans. January 24.-Aspirants for nominations on the democratic ticket for state and parish offices and for members of the legislature in Lou isiana closed their campaigns tonight and were awaiting the decision of the voters in the statewide democratic primary to be held tomorrow.
 There are contests for all state of- fices, except one, and q heavy vote is predicted This year, for the first time, the prohibition question has been a leading factor in Louisiana state campaign Of the two aspirants for governor, E. G. Pleasant, attorney general, has advocated regulation Of the existing local option law, and Thomas c. Barret, lieutenant gover- nor, has declared for statewide pro hibition. Speakers sent into the state by national anti-liquor organizations have urged Barret's nomination.
 There are five aspirants for the lieutenant governorship and from two to four for all the other ottlceS, eX- cepting superintendent of education.
 The so-called regular" democratic organization of New Orleans has an- nounced support for a state ticket in- ciuding Pleasant for governor and F'ernand Mouton for lieutenant gover- nor. L. Austin Fontenot, contesting for governor, has mdae his campaign with MT. Barret, and on a similar platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
EASTLAND DISASTER
 BLAMED ON RIVER
Testimony at Grand Rapids Trial in Regard to Bottom of Chicago
 Stream

Grand Rapids, Mich, January 24. More testimony to support the claim that the condition of the Chi cago river was responsible for the Eastland disaster, was offered by the defense today at the hearing in federal district court of the six men indicted on charges of negligence in connection with the tragedy.
 William Dinau of Chicago, a diver, declared that after the East land sank he explored the river bed and found two piles imbedded in the stream near the steamers dock, He also testified he found rock about 1S0 feet from the Clark street bridge and 67 feet from the Eastland's dock
 The defense announced that it would not complete it's testimony until Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
ONE PER CENT OF
 STATES POPULATION CONVICTED OF CRIME
The Secretary of State in New York Makes Annual Report to the
 Legislature

Albany, N. Y, January 24-Almost one per cent of the states population was convicted of crime in courts of special sessions and of record during the year ending October 31, 1915, ac- cording to the secretary of states re- port to the legislature tonight. To be exact S2,540 men and women were convicted of crimes, an increase of 1Sf2 over the preceding year. Women were convicted in 1856 cases.
 Figures on the more serious off, lenses follow:
 First degree murder, 22; second de- gree murder. 36; manslaughter, S4; blackmailing, 25; Kidnapping, 3; arson, 40; bgamy, 43; conspiracy Il; receiv- ing stolen goods, 406; melting riot 13; robbery, 271; burglary, 200O. ap- proXimately; extortion, 49.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
.SCUTAR| OCCUPIED BY AUSTRIAN ARMY
Athens Report to the Effect That Conquest of Monte
 negro Continues

London, January 24Apstro- Hun. portant town of Scutari in northern Al bania, according to a Stefani News agency dispatch from Athens
 The Austrian occupation of Scutari appears to confirm previous state ments that no negotiations are pro- ceeding between Austria and Monte negro as, according to the reports con corning the original Austrian offers oi peace, it was understood that the Mon- tenegrins were to hold Scutari as com pensation for Austrias occupation ot Mount Lovcen.
 Telegrams from Vienna assert that no negotiations are possible until the Montenegrins surrender their arms, but the situation is so obscure that Lord Robert Cecil, parliamentary under sec retary for foreign affairs, had to ad- init in the House of Commons today that the government had no knowl- edge of the present state of affairs
 The occupation of Scutari accord inG to Italian reports, followed a des- perate battle that had been raging for two days, the Montenegrins making their final violent resistance on the Tarbosch mountains before Scutari However as they must have had but little artillery, most of their guns hav- ing previously been captured by the Austrians, they were unable to make an effective resistance. The Austrians in their invasion are now in posses sion of all the chief ports and towns of Mpntenegro and in addition the most important trading town of All bania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-25
EXPLOSION KILLS
 FOUR AT BUFF ALO
Several Known to Be Miss ing-Was Used as a
 Machine Shop

2 Buffalo, N. '. January 24-Eour per sons are known to have been killed, sever. al are missing and four were injured in an explosion late today that wrecked the plant of the Kelker Blower company manufacturers of blaming mill exhausts and ventilators on Harrison street
 Charles Kelker, head of the firm, said that from P to 9 employees were in the plant and that 21 of them had been ac- counted for.
 The known dead:
 Charles Kelker, head of the firm. said nographer; Charles Pabst, IS years old, teamster; two unidentified men.
 Mrs. Helen Kelker, 45 years old wife of Charles Kelker, had both legs blown off and probably willsdie
 The injuries of the other three were not serious.
 The building was long, two-story frame structure, the first floor and base ment of which were used for the machine shop, and the second floor as store room and living apartments.
 The explosion demolished all the walls and the roof fell on the ruins, which caught fire. Pieces of the foundation were thrown hundreds of feet and the concussion smashed nearly every window glass within the radius of a block.
 About 1500 boys and girls in a grammar school 300 feet from the plant were thrown into panic, but the teachers quickly marched them to the street.
 Charles Kelker and his two sons, John and Albert J., were in the machine shop, One of the boys was blown through an open door while the others were taken from the wreckage. All escaped with a few bruises.
 Mr Kelker was uncertain as to the cause of the explosion. Gas was used in several forms in the welding department and was kept in retainers in the base- ment. He estimated the financial loss al $5O0OO.
 The flames were extnguished in less than an hour and firemen began search ing the ruins. At nightfall only two bodies had been taken out, but two others could be seen under piles of broken ma chinery.