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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-08-24

charge of things. you have done a
noble piece of work" Then he looked
at the senator
'Is the file gomez" querled the lat
ter. weakly. Have you caught that
man Adams2"
Both are gone !" burst from Pearl,
tossing the muller onto a table.
whats that?" quickly asked the
senator.
"Hls Disguise. hastily explained
Pearl. "He always wears one of
these and leaves it behind. I...."
zone moment" interrupted the ma
jOr, as some of his officers and a clerk
appeared. Quickly to them: "Any
tracer"
None"
Major Steele showed his keen dis
appointment. He motioned the clerk
to sit at a desk and take notes. "NOw,
Miss Dare, kindly tell us how you
came to be here. l want to get at
the facts at once, senator"
The senator nodded and Pearl began
to talk. She was somewhere on "F"
street, alone, when a Qulckly-passing
limousine attracted her attention. 1t
was a ROlls-ROyce very similar to her
own. 1t contained two passengers
whose faces were hidden. The car
passed so near the curb on which she
stood that she was able to Overhear
their conversation. The name Of
Adams was mentioned and something
about an appointment at the senate
building. This was enough to excite
PEARLS alarms. She hailed a taxicab
and started in pursuit of the llmou-
sine.
An exciting chase followed, winding
up in front Of the senate building. The
limousine reached there first. It's pas.
sengers dismounted, presented a pass
to the guards and entered. The guards
held her up as 1t was long after the
hour when unidentified callers were
admitted. But by a ruse she evaded
them and stole into the main corridor
just as the two men preceding her,
mounted a back stairs. UnObserved
she followed ON their heels.
"YOu know the rest" she concluded.
you arrived in time to save my life,
just as l was about to give up hope"
But the man Adams wore no muf.
ferl" INTERCEPTED Senator Wardeld.
now quite himself. "Nor could he have
been n Of the men In the limousine"
At that moment a figure darkened
the doorway. It was Adams.
"Did / h-hear my name mentioned?"
he inquired, calmly, addressing Pearl.
Behind him We're Major Brent and
Toxic taking In the scene with startled
-countenances.
(END OF FOURTH EPIsODEO
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-08-24
FOURTH EPISODE
War Clouds.

Late In the following afternoon six
faded and harassed travellers re-
turned TO Washington on the same
train which brought the corpse
claimed by Capt. Ralph Payne's attor-
neys. who had FASTENED to the scene
Of the railroad wreck.
The uppermost feeling Of Col. Rich
ard Dare was one OF thankfulness for
the miraculous escape of his daughter,
Pearl, from injury In the catastrophe
and also in her two encounters with
q mysterious assnllant over the mill
tary plans for defending the canal.
But mixed with this emotion was
mystifcation and dread.
These questions kept insisting them
selves upon him who was the strang-
or, II. o. Adams hat association had
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-08-24
SYNOPSIS.

Capt Ralph Payne. u. g. A.. Is given So
cret plans OF defense 10 deliver to Pana-
ma He attends a bali at the Granada EN-
haEsy with Colonel Dares' daughter,
Pearl As a climax 20 a series OF mys-
FERROUS Incidents he Is arrested for tre1-
lead and the plans missing from Payue's
coat. Major Brent. Fayne's rival. enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Pearl Dare follows a burglar from
tier home, Is drugged and left In a field.
and later ~overhelrs plOtters. who almost
capture her. Payne Is sentenced TO life
imprisonment. A train carrying Pearl.
Bertha Bonn and Payne on his way TO
prison Is wrecked and Pearl sees Payne's
ufeless body at her feet. She meets a
mysterious stranger who offers her his
services to trace the traitors. She learns
that he has the plans.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-08-24

body. Then as the file was jerAed out
Of his hands, he received a singing
blow and fell. But he was up in an
instant racing into the dlmly-lighted
hall after a fleeing figure, In the uni
form of a guard. He was the swifter
Of the two and caught up with the
latter at the end Of the corridor. They
stumbled together into a ~hreproOf
stairway. There ensued another en-
counter. He regalned possession OF
the senator's file. Then his footing
slipped and he tumbled h%eadlOng. AT
ter that for some minutes Adams knew
nothing.
Back in Senator Warfeld's room q
surprising scene was being enacted.
On the floor stretched the lifeless body
of an attendant. Senator Waraeld,
greatly shaken, was on his feet trying
to regain his composure. Near by
stood Miss Pearl Dare. In one hand
she held a thick, black muller. She
was about to pass it to Major Steele.
Pearl was greatly agitated.
"Sit down, please, Miss Dare" re-
quested the major soothingly, taking
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
SENATOR'S ACCUSED
OF AIDING GERMANS

MinneapoliS-"Rig was not
captured by the Germans. 1T
was captured by LaFOlIettr.
Stone and their followers in
the United States. And if the
city of Petrograd is captured.
the same men will be rcSpon-
Sible, because of the assistance
they are rendering the anti
American movement in this
countr-.' Such was the de-
claration of Charles Edward
Russell, a member of the Root
party which visited Russia,
upon his arrival here to attend
the American Alliance Of La
Dor and Democracy.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
GOVERNMENT STARTS
ANTI |. w. W. CRUSADE

Alarmed over the increasing
activities of the |. w. W., the
government has taken the mat
ter in hand and promises to
make short work of theagitat-
ors. Acting on instructions is
sued by the department of
justice the federal authorities
in all sections of the country
have raided the headquarters
of the Objectionable organiza-
ton and confiScated literature,
check books. and documents of
all kinds. 1t is understood
that the department of justice
also has inaugurated a nation
wide investigation to ascertain
with certainty the magnitude
of the Industrial activities.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
PETROGRAD SAFE

Petrograd-General Alexi-
off, former cOmmander-in-chief
of the Russian army. says chat
Petrograd is not threatened by
the fall of Riga, In his opin-
ion. the greatest danger is on
the Rumanian front. General
NasSil,Of the kovski district,
is also of the opinion that this
city is not necessarily menaced
by the fall of Riga, but he says
that the moral effect is bad.
The Petrograd garrison is in
good spirits and we'll disci-
plined, and it is confidently
believed that the troops can be
depended upon in case they
are required to defend the CITY.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
LONDON IS RAIDED;
MANY ARE INJURED

LOndon-The London district
was raided by German aircraft
early yesterday morning and
bombs dropped in various parts
of the city. Nine persons are
dead as the result of the raid
and many are injured. One
of the bombs fell just to one
side of a hospital, another hit
a building nearby and third
smashed into a retail store
where a number of the shop
girls were sleeping. One of
tie raiding machines was shot
down off Sheerness, but the
others escaped.
British newspapers are ask
ing why the home defense air.
planes are unable to keep the
Germans off English soil.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
DAWSONITES ENJOY
ANNUAL GOLD STRIKE

DawsOn-Therc is consider
able excitement in this city
as the result of the receipt of
reports of Il new find on Sey-
more creek. twenty miles from
Selkirk, on the old Dalton pack
trail There is promise of con
siderable of a stampede to the
alleged discovery.
The reports state that the
creek is Staked for Il distance
of eight miles. Considerable
stalking also has been done on
Kitchincr creek and the tribu-
tries of Seymore. but the real
value of the discovery will not
be known until spring.
The discovery is southwest
of Selkirk, about 30 miles from
the Yukon river.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
MAY HELP SOME ,

Observation-Disclosures Will
son telegraphed to the New
York parade committee yester-
day requesting that the men
entering the military service
be informed that he would
~'like to be with them ON the
field and in the trenches where
the real and final battle for
the independence of the United
States is to be fought.
The president headed the pa
rade of the first drafted men
of this city yesterday, walk
ing several miles in the hot
sun. The new soldiers left
for their cantOnment today.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
Stacker ARRESTED;
MORE ON THE LIST

Advices received at the
Office of the United States mar
shall, at Fairbanks, report the
arrest, at Hot Springs, of Al
bert Larson, on the charge of
being Il Stacker. He has been
bound over to the grand jury.
1t is expected that several
arrests will be made in Fair
banks on similar charges, and
there are also Il number of
suspects in the Nenana pre-
cinct who are to be given the
opportunity to show the local
authorities that they are not
attempting to evade military
service.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
GERMANS ARE SORE

Observation-Disclosures received
in this city from Berlin state
officials of the imnerial govern
ment were thrown into a rage
by the reply of President Will
son TO the pope's peace over
lures. No attempt was made,
however, to inspire anti Amer
lean demonstrations.
London-The British casual
ties last week were fifteen
thousand, according to an Off
cial report issued today by the
war office. The report also
states that the British made
sli"ht gains in the st. Julien
region, near Ynres.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
TUESDAY
RUSSIANS ENACUATE
THE RIGA DISTRICT

Petrograd-The evacuation Oh
Riga by the Russians Is an
nounced in official advlces re-
ceived at headquarters today.
There is IA general retirement
from the entire district. in the
interior and along the coast
in a northeasterly direction.
They have been dislodged from
their positions by the Germans
in the Great Jaegel river re-
gion and compelled to leave
the coast country, where hos
tile vessels are Smelling numer-
Gus towns near Riga and to
the north of that city.
Riga was evacuated by the
civilian population and foreign
consuls three weeks ago but
the fact did not become gener-
ally known until it was seen
that the city was doomed to
fall into the hands of the Ger
mans.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
MORE SPEED

Washington The original
plans of the shipping board
to build ships at Il rate to keep
pace with the losses sustained
through the operations of the
submarines. has been aband-
oned, according to Il new nro-
gram made publiS today. The
new plan is to outdistancc the
diver losses and the altered
program will become operative
as soon as the contracts have
been let for two hundred steel
steamers, which already have
been authorized.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
COUNCIL CONDEMNED

Minneapolis-Thc American
Alliance for Labor and DemOc-
racy. which was organized for
the purpose of squelching the
activities OF the paciticists and
pro German propagandlSts,
and bringing the labor forces
of the country to support the
government, opened three-day
loyalty conference in this city
this week. In his address to
the delegates, Frank p. Walsh,
temporary chairman, denounc-
ed the Peoples Peace council.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
MAYOR Is HANGED

Chicago-Cnpopular Mayor
Thompson. whose peace utter
ances have outraged the city,
was hanged in effigy by mob
of several thousand people last
night, and open threats were
made against the mayors life.
Thompson has started Il dam
age suit against the Herald"
for the sum of S250,000 be-
cause that paper referred to
him as an anti-American.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
DEATHS INCREASE

Amsterdam Many deaths
are reported to have occurred in
Berlin during the past six
months. due to the rapid in
crease in the number Of tn
berculOSiS cases. Statistics
compiled by the German gov
crnmcnt show that during the
months of March, April and
May the mortality increase at
the capital from that cause
was SO per cent over the same
months in 1916.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
AGITATORS THREATEN
LIFE OF PREMIER

Montreal Five anti-draft
agitators were placed under ar
rest in this city this morning
on the charge of conspiring to
Premier Borden.
The arrests followed the dis
cOvery of several sticks of dy-
Mantle in the parliament build.
ing. it having been the inten-
ton of the plotters to blow up
the building while the premier
was inside.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
CANADIAN LABOR
WILL FIGHT DRAFT

Vancouver. Is. C.-The work
ers of Canada are making Il
bitter fight against the enforce
ment of the dominion draft
law, recently enacted by par
lament. At a convention held
in this city yesterday it was
voted to call a general strike
throughout, if necessary to pre-
vent the enforcement of the
law.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
SEATTLEITES PARADE
IN HONOR OF DRAFTED

Seattle-A GREAT patriotic
demonstration and parade was
held in this city last night in
honor of the selective draft
men Who are leaving today for
the national army cantonment
at American lake. \ letter of
greetings from Teddy Roose-
Welt was read during the cele-
bratiOn.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
PEACE PROPAGANDA
GETS MAYOR IN BAD

Chicago Mayor Thompson
was the center of a menacing
demonstration in this city this
morning when he and a mum
Der of his followers gathered in
fifty automobiles, preparatory
to their start for Kankakee, to
attend the fair at that place.
The political banners were torn
from the machines by The mob,
the ringleaderS of which were
soldiers, wlo took that means
to show their disapproval of
the mayors peace attitude.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
THURSDAY
SUBMARINE ATTACKS
UNPROTECTED CITY

London-The city of Scar
borouh. popularity known as
"The Queen of English Water
ing Places, a place of over
forty thousand inhabitants, on
the North sea coast of England
80 miles northeast of York, was
bombarded by Il German sub
marine early this morning,
Thirty rounds were fired, the
shots doing considerable dam
age to buildings and killing
three persons. Five others
were injured.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
BIG PLANS MADE
FOR AMERICAN ARMY

WaShington-QuartermaSter
General Sharpe is authority
for the statement that supplies
are being laid in for an army
of two million men. the gov
eminent having planned to
have that number of men in
the field by next summer. in
France and at the various
training camps in this country.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
NOT THE KAISER

Berlin-The bulk of the Ger
man people do not want to
gain materially through the
war. All that they desire is a
durable peace, guaranteed by
international treaties. This is
in accordance with an authora-
tive forecast published today.
PetrOgrad-German vessels
are reported to have made an
appearance in the Gulf of Riga
during the past two days.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
APPEAL Is DENIED
IN OLD BANK CASE

San Francisco-The federal
circuit court of appeals has de-
MED the appeal of Receiver
Moves, who is seeking to COM
pei the former directors of the
defunct Washington Alaska
bank to pay damages for al
legged illegal combination of
banking interests. There is
another similar and much more
important suit still pending.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
MORE FRENCH SHIPS

Paris French govern
ment has entered the shipbuild-
ing business on a scale which
promises to triple the ship ton
mage before the end of another
year.
Seattle-Sheriff Dennis. who
is charged with assisting in
the recent jail break, says that
he is the victim of a frameup.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
PERSHING DISCOVERS
AMMUNITION FAKE

Washington-The war de-
partment has started an invest
ioation to ascertain the cause
of faulty ammunition being
shipped to the Pershing army
in France. 1t is stated unotfi-
ciallv that much of the ammu-
milton intended for the use of
the Americans was practically
worthless.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
TO THE RESCUE

Petrograd- Russian troops
are pouring through the city
today. enroute to the Riga
front to check the German adj
vance. Meanwhile, the pro
visi0nal government is making
arrests bv wholesale in an eff
fort to stamp out the revOlu-
ton. which now appears to be
on the decline.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
.ACSTRIANS WEAKEN

Rome-An official report is
sued this afternoon by the Ital-
ian war office states that "thc
enemy to the northeast of Cor
izia, having suffered heavy
losses during the past. several
days, is making desperate re-
Sistance against our pressure,
which continues decisive"
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
FRIDAY
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
AMERICANS WILL WIN

LOndOn-In an address de-
livcrcd in this city today, Dav-
id LLOYD George declared that
the entrance of the Americans
in the war made victory for
the Allies doubly certain, mas
much as the "Americans have
never known defeat" The Rus
sin revolution. he said, would
merely delay the victory.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
GERMAN AIRPLANES
RAID BRITISH BASE

LOndon-One hundred Brit
ish sailors were killed and 80
injured yesterday by bombs
dropped by six raiding Ger
man airplanes. The machines
attacked the Chatham naval
base, infiicting heavy property
damage, besides causing the
number of deaths reported.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
HOSPITAL ATTACKED;
BOMBS KILL MANY

Paris-The French hospital
at Verdun, which was the scene
of a recent air raid, was again
attacked by German planes
last night. The lombard
ment lasted nearly six hours,
during which time nineteen
inmates of the hOsuital were
killed and more than a score
injured.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
GERMANS MAKE READY

WashingtOn-The belief is
general here, among military
experts. that the Germans are
concentrating their attention
on the Russians at this time in
the hope of putting them COM
pletely out of business before
the Americans enter the fight
ing on the Western front.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
ITALIANS ARE ACTIVE

Rome-Italian airplanes at
tackled the Austrian naval base
at Pola early this morning, ac-
cording to information given
out by the admiralty. Thirty
machines were engaged in the
raid, which is reported to have
been one of the most success
full thus far made.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS

Chicago-While the federal
authorities were engaged today
in raiding the socialist head
quarters in this city, the nation
al secretary, German, rushed
a wire to Senator La Toilette,
advising him that the social.
list property was being seized
by the marshal.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
PRESIDENT FANORS
LARGER INSURANCE

Washington-In a letter adj
dressed to Congressman Ad-
amSon, President Wilson eX-
pressed the hope that the
American soldiers might have
$4,000 insurance policies, in
stead of half that amount, as
proposed by congress.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08

ADDITIONAL LOANS

Washington-The American
government has loaned one
hundred million additional to
Great Britain and France. max
ing a total. to the Allied ma
tons, of approximately two
billion and a quarter.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
NEGROES SCATTERED

Washington-It has been an
nounced by officials of the war
department that there will be
one colored regiment stationed
at each cantOnment. OF the
national army.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
GETTING READY

American Headquarters III
France-British officers are as
sisting to put the American
troops through their final
training in order to hasten the
arrival of the men at the front.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
NAY SEIZE VESSELS

Neutrality-suspicious. is rea
son to believe that the govern
ment intends to seize Il number
of Dutch and scandinavian
vessels now in American ports,
for the purpose of sending
them to Java for wheat and
sugar CarwOcS.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
EARTHQUAKE FATAL
IN SOUTH AMERICA

Washington-The state de
partment has been advised of
the loss of many lives in Bo-
gotta, Columbia, as the result
of an earthquake which upset
that section of the rupublic.
Three hundred homes are re-
ported to have been destroyed.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
LABORERS MEET

Minneapolis Organized lab
j or met in this city today, I'M
der the auspices of the Ameri-
can Alliance for Labor and
Democracy. The convention
pledged it's support to the gov
eminent during the war.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
CAN'T COME BACK

Rome-The attempts of the
A ustro-Hungarian forces to re-
cover their positions on the
Carso plateau, where the Ital-
ians are dangerously near
Trieste, have failed in every
instance, according to Dispatch
e> received from the front to-
daV.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
EMPRESS HEARS NEWS

Berlin-The empress of Ger
many has been appraised of the
capture of Riga in a wire from
the kaiser. The capture is re-
ferred to as another milestone
in the German march to Wet
OrV.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
WEDNESDAY,
ITALIANS CAPTURE
AUSTRIAN OFFICERS

Rome An official bulletin is
sued by the war Office this aft
ernoon announces the capture
of Mont San Gabrielle, a strong
Austrian position, together
with one thousand prisoners,
of whom 30 are officers.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
IRISH ATTACK YANKEES

London-Irish mobs in the
city of Cork are reported to
have attacked American sail
ors. precipitating riot in
which many were hurt. No
explanation of the disturbance
has been received here.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08

Westinghouse is believed
by American military experts
that the Germans will not at
tempt to occupy the harbor at
Riga with their battleships.
for the reason that they might
be caught there by the ice
within a few weeks.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08

The steamer Dolphin. sail
inc from Seattle for the North
today had, as passengers for
Npnana,Mrs. w. q. Blakey,
Mrs. T. X. Blakey and Miss
Clara Held. ..... ."
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
PRESIDENT WANTS
FAMILIES ASSISTED

Observation-Disclosures Will
son is urging the members of
congress to provide family al
lowances and indemnities to
the families of fighting men in
addition to insurance on the
lives of soldiers. ::-
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
CAPTURE OF RIGA
ENDANGERS PETROGRAD

ENDANGERS PETROGRAD
Copenhagen-The eyacua-
ton of Riga places the Ger
mans perilously near. Petro-
grad and the belief is general
here that the kaiser will con-
tinue the northern drive until
his soldiers are in possession
of the ancient Russian city.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
FRENCH ADVANCE

Paris-The French forces
have penetrated the German
first line defenses in the Cham
payne sector, a distance of 800
yards.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08

WaShington-The report of
the collector of internal reyen-
ne fer the past fiscal year
shows that Alaska paid in cor
pOration and income taxes on
individual incomes. the sum of
$50, 900.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08

Petrograd-The Russian re-
treat along the Gulf of Riga
coast continues undated, no
effort, apparently, being made
to check the progress of the
Germans.
The Nenana news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1916-1918, 1917-09-08
LIONS ALARM FARMERS

Portland, Ore.-The presence
of many cougars in the north
ern part of Oregon has terror
lied the farmers of that section
and hundreds of armed men
are now engaged in an attempt
to drive the animals back to
the mountains.