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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15
CHAPTER XIV--Continued.

pewa Gunga spoke truth in Delhi
.rbon he assured King he should some
dow wonder at Yasmini's dancing.
She became joy and bravery and
-o,+bi She danced a story for them
- tba things they knew. She was the
d.z,n light. touching the distant peaks.
Che was the wind that follows it,
sweeping among the jumpers and kiss
nr each as she came. She was laugh
TOR as the little children laugh when
,be cattle are loosed from the byres at
Iost 10 feed In the valleys. She was
tho scent of spring uprising. She was
blossom. She was fruit Very daugh-
tor of the sparkle of warm sun on
snow. she was the Heart of the Hills"
herself!
Never was such dancing! Never
such an audience! Never such mad
ennlause! She danced until the great
rough guards had to run round the
arena with dubbed butts and beat
hack trespassers who would have
mobbed her. And every movement
every gracious wOnder-curve and step
with which she told her tale was as
purely Greek as the handle on Kings
knife ana the figures on the lamp-bOwlS
and as the bracelets on her arm.
Greek
And she half-modern Russian, ex-
girl-wife of a semi-civillzed hill rajah
Who taught her? There is nothing
new, even in Khinjan, in the Hills p
And when the crowd defeated the
arena guards at last and burst through
me swinging butts to seize her and
fling her high and worship her with
mad barbaric rite, she ran toward the
shield. The four men raised it Shout
der hlgl again. She went to it like
leaf N the wind-sprang on it as if
wings had lifted her, scarce touching
+ with naked toes-and leapt to the
bridge with a laugh.
She went over the bridge on tiptoes.
Ike nothing else under heaven but
Yasmini at her bewitchingest. And
without pausing on the far side she
danced up the hewn stone stairs, dived
into the dark hole and was gone!
"CoMel" yelled Ismail in Kings ear.
He could have heard nothing less, for
the cavern was like to burst apart
from the tumult.
"WhitherP the Afridi shouted in
disgust Does the wind ask whithcrt
Come like the wind and seel They
sill remember next that they have
bone to pick with thee! Come away I"
That seemed good enough advice. He
followed as fast as Ismail could shout
der way out between the frantic hill
men, deafened stupefed, numbed, al
most coWed by the ovation they were
giving the Heart of their Hills"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15
CHAPTER XVI.
"Athelstan !"

'Athestanw
She pronounced his given name as
If She loved the word. standing straight
again and looking into his eyes. There
We're high lights in hers that out
cleaned the diamonds on her dress.
''Your gods and mine have done this,
Athclstan. When the gods combine
they lay plans well indeed !"
Il only know one God" he answered
simply, IS "A man speaks OF the deep
things in his heart.
Il know Of many! They love me :
They Shall love you, too Many are
better than one! You shall learn 10
know my gods. for We are to be part
oers, you and %
She took his hand again, her eyes
burning with excitement aud mysti-
cism and ambition like fever, She
seemed TO take more than physical pos
session Of him.
"What brought them hcre2 Ten me
that" she demanded, pointing to the
bed. you think he brought her? /
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15
On 1t, Above the Linen, a Man and a
Woman Lay Hand in Hand.

/ Richly embroidered, not very ancient
! Indian draperies hung down from it
/ to the tloeF on either side. ON il.
/ above the linen, a man and a woman
/ lay hand in hand, and the woman was
50 exactly like Yasmini, even 10 her
( clothing and her naked feet. that il
was not possible Tor man to be self
/ possessed.
They both seemed asleep. 1t was
minutes before he satisfied himself
/ that the mans breast did not rise and
/ fall under the bronze Roman armor
and that the woman's jeweled gauZy
I stuff was still. Imagination played
such tricks with him that in the still
ness he imagined he heard breathing.
After he was sure they were both
! dead. he went nearer, but it was q
minute yet before he knew the woman
was not she. At first a wild thought
/ possessed him that she had killed her
self.
The only thing to show who he had
been We're the letters S. P. Q. r. on a
great plumed helmet, on little table
/ by the bed. But she was the woman
of the lamp-bowls and the freze. A
life-size stone statue in a corner was
so like her and like Yasmini too, that
ii was difficult to decide which Of the
two it represented.
She had lived when he did, for her
fingers were locked in his. And he
had lived two thousand years ago, be
cause his armor was about as old as
that, and for proof that he had died
in it part of his breast had turned to
powder inside the breastplate The
rest of his body was whole and per
fectly preserved.
Stern, handsome In q high-beaked
Roman way, gray on the temples, firm
Tipped he lay like en- emperor in har-
ness. But the pride and resolution on
his face were outdone by the serenity
Of hars Very surely those two had
been lovers.
Both of them looked young and
healthy-the woman younger than
tlirty-twenty-five at a guess-and
the man perhaps forty, perhaps forty.
five. Every stitch Of the mans cloth
ing had decayed, So that his arnor
rested on the naked skin, except for a
dressed leather Kilt about his middle.
The leather was as old as the curtains
az the entrance. and as well preserved.
Put the womanS silked clothing WAS
as new as the bedding Yet. they both
died about the same time. or how could
their fingers have bDpu {p*arlaoe.,lg
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15
CHAPTER XIV.

As they disappeared after a scramble
through the mouth CT the same tun-
mel they had entered by, roar went
up behind them like the birth of earth
QuaEcs. Looking back over his shout
der, King saw Yastnini come back into
the holes mouth, to stand framed in it
amt bow acknowledgment. For the
space Of five min+tSs she stood IL tbs
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15

So mole, smiling and watching the
-.'"d below. Then she went. and the
yards began to loose random volleys
- me roof and brought down hun
weights Of plintered stalactite.
'.hin ms tie there were hun
50 men busy sweeping up the spln-
~ n another minute twenty Zakka
mad begun 4 sword dance. yell
q. Sc demons. A hundred Joined
IN three minutes more the
80, arena was a DINING whirlpool,
.'' ''" rivers voice was drowned in
'ns and tbs stamping Of naked
lee on stone.
'iA@ = urged Ismail and led the
Alag's last impression was Of earth's
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
"SALARY BILLS FIRST"
IS MAYORS STAND

Financial problems that arose while the
Mayor was in Florida occupied his atten-
tion today when he returned to the city
to find many Of his Cabinet members anx-
ious TO confer with him as to ways and
means of providing for deficiency bills. sal
ary increases and for supplies. the prices
of which have gone soaring to unprece-
dented figures. The one thing that he
insisted upon. after going over the stua-
ton, was that the salary bills 60 through
Councils without a hitch.
Hardly had the Mayor reached the city
when he was informed that the Civil
Service Commissioners had completed an
equalization scheme that will include all
employees in county offices az well as In
city departments who receive less than
$1,000 year. To revise the pay of the
little fellows" in city departments will cost
approximately $3s0,000 and the Civil Serv-
ice Commission report shows that over
500, 900 will be needed to treat with equal
justice the low-paid employe in the county
offices.
The S660,oO0 which 1t was sought to
conserve to raise the pay of employees re-
ceiving less than $1,000 a year is all that
is in sight. The changes as recommended
to the Mayor by the Civil Service Commits
sion will require approximately $500 ZOO. So
certain are the Mayor and his financial ad-
visers that sufficient money is in sight to
proyido for salaries that il is likely that
S5OS35 will be transferrec from the fund
in which the surplus is resting for other
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

purposes for which IL Is said to be needed
The transfer bill scheduled for passage by
Councils tomorrow gives $4,000 of the
transfer to the Mayor for his item of per-
sonal services and loan and transfer agent.
The Mayor was assured by n number of
departmental heads today that they would
be able to make up by transfer sufficient
money to meet the deficiency bills incurred
since last July. This was not the case.
however, with Director Joseph Mclaughlin
of the Department of Supplies, who had to
report increasing shrinkage in his appro-
prations because of the high prices asked
by dealers in all kinds of supplies. In some
instances, the increases have been so heavy
as to make certain the fact that the De-
partment of Supplies will have to receive
material aid from Councils If II is TO get
through the year without showing a heavy
deficit.
All the promises of living within the In
come of the city when the big loan bills
were passed and the increase in the tax
rate was urged bid fair to prove of no
avail in the face of a situation where
money must be found and there is no way
in sight to find it. The Mayor today ex-
pressed the belief that his department
heads will find way out of the tangle,
and that IL may be possible for Councils
to make temporary loan Of $1,000, 900 in
the fall to help tide the city over the
year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
DEED RECORDERS MEN
ON FORCED VACATIONS
Hazlett Makes Clerks Lay Off
Without Pay to Stretch
Appropriation

Enforced vacations will be taken during
the next few months by many members of
the large staff of employees Of the office Of
Recorder of Deeds James NJ. Hazlett The
news of the "lay-off" today quickly spread
in minor political circles until the story
gained credence that the McNichol workers
we're being driven from their soft berths
as transcribng clerks, etc.
Recorder Hazlett Is enjoying the balmy
breezes that blow along the southern coast
line but many of his under officials have
been shivering with fear that their means
of livelihood, will be curtailed here in the
North. Their fears were realized today
when they we're told that they could take
a few weeks off without pay in order that
the money appropriated by Councils for
the office should prove somewhere near ade-
quate to care for all Of the many place
holders.
Financial trouble in a mild form has also
attacked the Sheriff's office with the re-
suit that some of the officials attached to
that important department of the municipal
government have had to patiently wait
for the money due them. The difference be-
tween receipts and expenditures in this de-
partment Is said to be due to the custom
put into effect by one of the judges of the
Municipal Court of having wrlts served by
court officers and not by officers of the
Sheriffs Department. When Sheriff Rams
ley's men serve the papers in certain ca ses
they are allowed a credit which increases
the receipts of the office. The loss of this
business is said to be partly responsible
for a shortage which has caused some in
convenience.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
81 EGGS PREDICTED
BY POULTRY EXPERT
Allentown Man Tells Farmers
They Should Force City to
Pay Price

POTTSTOwN. Pa. Feb. 2s-w Theo-
dore Whitman, n State poultry expert OF
Allentown. in an address at a farmers
meeting in North Coventry, Chester Coun-
w startled the audience with n prediction
that people are going to pay 81 per Dozen
ior eggs before the next year passes, and
II up to the farmer TO make them pay It,"
Mr. Wittman's prediction made the farm
ers smile with JOY but 1t made others who
are now paying forty-eight to fifty cents
per dozen gasp. Mr.. Whitman scorched
the consumers in these sentences: III the
farmer worked only as long as the fellow
who buys the eggs. there might be room
Tor the yelping, but the man In the country
is working eight hours before the man in
the city starts, and continues to labor
eight hours after the other stops You hear
the people yelling and the newspapers talk
ing about boycotting the dealers. and they
don't know what they are talking about.
Just let them try to produce eggs them
selves and they'll find that the farmer
ought to have three cents apiece for eggs
IN summer and twice that in winter"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
Yale & Towne Company Pays More

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-lThe Yale &
Towne Company has declared dividend
of ~ per cent, payable April 2 to stock Of
record March 80. Books do not close. Three
months ago q per cent was declared.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
BUSINESS MEN OF NATION READY
10 DO THEIR BIT IF WAR COMES
Spareu TO Cooperate With Government in Purchasing
''ppnes 81 nor Army and Navy and Raise Industrial
\Effciency of Country to Highest Point

CLEVELAND, Feb. 2s.-wlth tho Cor.
'"en-American situation seemingly ap.
proachlng climax, Americas business
men and manufacturers are fastening "to
the colors' today, prepared TO hack IrncIa
sam from first TO last Bascom IJ,tIe
chairman of the national defense commit.
zee OF the United states Chamber of Com
merce, declared today.
Several Of the business mems oo,,r,t,,.o,
uestlned TO cooperate with the Govern-
mcnt quartermasters in buving sunntio,
lor the army and navy already have been
appointed, Little announced A polI of the
business interests of the country has found
tnern Standing at attention. awaiting in
eructlons and eager to help. he said
Litt'e is the man Uncle sam has dele
gated to swing business into line and win
cooperation between the Government buy
.ns slatons ana the nations industries The
NATIONAL defense committee has been asked
tnroush Secretary Of War Baker TO CO.
operate with the army quartermasters in
the purchase of supplies.
COOPERATION THE KEYNOTE
Unless the Government, suo privata IN
dustries get together-learn how TO co..
operate-the Government will enter into
threatened hostilities facing a tremendous
handicap Little said, outlining the NUM-
tlon situation today.
The safety of the Government lies In
me widest possible production OF munitions
IN peace time product plants But this wide
production cannot be had II the Govern
ment pursues short-sighted purcha sing
policy, which makes the private production
OF munitions an undesirable business. 1t
must be made an attractive business,
The Government should become the
most valuable peace time customer of every
plant that can be educated for the national
service In time of war. II should be
realized that once these plants have in
stalled specialized equipment to produce
munitions this equipment must be kept em-
ployed at sufficient profit to offset the de-
probation Of the equipment. The Govern
ments attitude of aloofness must be changed
TO one Of friendly interest In the success of
the producer"
Little said he believed the first important
step to this end would be the establish.
ment of centralized purchasing depart
ment entirely apart from the administra-
tive departments of the army and navy.
He deplored the theory of the present sys-
tenn of purchasing through eighteen widely
scattered offices.
The officers detailed for this service-dls-
tasteful TO them in many cases-are men
OF highly specialized technical military
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28

knowledge, and II is undesirable for the
Government to lose their services in the
military branches for which they were
trained. when another man with business
training alone could do the buying as WELL"
he said
Asked what were the plans OF the ma
tional defense committee in its cooperation
with the army quartermasters, Little said,
with emphasis, that the committees of FIVE
business men appointed to sit in" with
quartermasters at the eighteen Government
purchasing stations would seek not to in
terfere"
We will appoint men familiar with the
industries of the various sections" he said.
They will act purely in an advisory capac-
ity. II we find we can't be OF any help.
we will get out.
AGAINST "KRUPP INTERESTS"
The first thing to guard against is a
| 'Krupp interest in war-large amounts OF
| private capital invested in plans which
can only sell their production on n war
market" Little said. adding that the nat
ural aim Of such capital would be TO create
| a war market
The way TO avoid this menace, he said
| IA TO have Government owned plants man.
ufacturing the specialized Government mu-
| nitions, such as armorplate and artillery
| with capacity to produce. working one
| shift, about one-thrd of the peace time
| requirements. This production could he
! more than doubled during war by working
three shifts. he said
| Little said the Government cannot ex-
| pAct private concerns to manufacture as
cheaply as Government-owned plants, be-
| ojuse they must provide not only n profit,
| bLt higher rate of interest on their cap
| ital, as well as allow for depreciation and
| the risk of idle specialized equipment.
| The perils OF the munitions manufac-
ture Little pointed out, are many largely
because Of the specialized equipment re-
quired He said private concerns which
| took rife orders for European countries at
tho outset of the war lost money and were
unable TO deliver In quantity for two yeaw,
| because they were not equipped to make
| the specialized army rifles. He advocated
| the transformation Of the Rock Island Ull)
Arsenal into an enormous Government rife
plant
Factories now manufacturing munitions
| for the Allies. Little said. would be unable
to throw their aid quickly TO this move
ment, in case of war. because the United
| States munitions differ IN essential details
| from those of any other country. The time
required for adaptation would range from
thirty days to two years. he said, with
! the average well over one year
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
COMMON-LAw MARRIAGE
LOCALIZED IN NEW YORK
Court Of Appeals Re-establishes Old
Act-Many Couples Face Bigamy
Charge Under Decision

ALBANY, Feb. 2s.--Hundreds OF chill
dren seemingly born out of wedlock, have
been given the shield of legitimacy by
decision of the Court OF Appeals restoring
the legality OF common law marriages since
1907 made Illegal by bill passed In 1901,
and subsequently repealed in 1907.
BY reviving the common law marriage
tho court has made marriage n mere mat
ter of civil contract. and many. men and
women who register in hotel as man and
wife or live as such are legally married.
Revival OF the law and the courts de-
clsion which diverts its legality back to
1907 may involve hundreds OF New York
citizens in bigamy.
The decision of the jurlsts also gives
legality to marriages performed by alder
men since May 1, when an act took effect
which deprived them of that authority. Mis-
understanding of the law has caused many
persons to wed with aldermen officiating.
although they had no legal authority to
do so.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
SENATE REVENUE BILL
FIGHT NEARING END

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S.-The fight in
the Senate over the emergency revenue
bill, designed to raise approximately $780,
100000 to meet the treasury deficit and
pay prepSedness expenses. neared an end
today. Beginning at o'clock tonight, the
Senate will vote on amendments and ex-
poets to reach a vote on the bill proper
before midnight.
The final passage of the revenue bill
Is not in doubt. Those in charge of the
measure estimated it would have a ma
jority of at least sixteen votes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
SPY PLOT CASES DEFERRED
Action Against German Suspects Halted
to Await Indictments

NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-After a statement
by Federal counsel that indictments were
expected TO be handed down by Grand
Jury on Friday in the alleged German spy
pot cases United States Judge Sessions
adjourned until Friday the cases of Albert
a. Sander and Karl w. Wunnenberg, OF
tho Central War Film Exchange.
The two men were arrested mere recently
on charge Of conspring to violate the
neutrality law by organizing n military
expedition and sending newspaper men to
England to act as spies to gather military
Information for the Central Powers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-06
LOCAL COMMITTEE TO
PASS ON APPLICANTS
Continued From Page One.

by his certificate of physical exami-
nation by reputable physician, will
be Immediately examined to test his
capacity for leadership, his executive
ability and other qualifications neces-
sary for an officer in the army.
The application If recommended
by the committee will be forwarded
to the army examining officer. and
the applicant will be notified in adj
vance to be ready to appear before
the military examiners in the town
nearest his place of residence when
the examiners make the rounds.
Any information in regard to ap-
plications may be obtained by appli-
cation to Chairman Kenney of the
local committee.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-07-06
DRAFTING OF NEW ARMY
TO BE STARTED SOON
Continued from Page One.

national guard or regular army each
board will prepare list of persons
designated for service in the order of
their liability, post the list. give it to
the press and within three days send
notice to each designated person by
mail.
AS the men SO notified appear, the
boards first will make physical ex-
animation in accordance with special
regulations to be provided, hearing
in mind that all persons accepted by
them will be re-examined by army
surgeons. If physical examination is
passed successfully, then comes the
question of exemption.
President Issues Statement.
In statement accompanying the
announcement of the regulations.
President Wilson declared the draft
system to be one of equality and
fairness and called upon the local
and district boards to do their work
fearlessly and impartially and to re-.
member that "our armies at the
front will be strengthened and sus-
tanned If they be composed of men
free from any sense of injustice in
their mode Of selection"
The statement follows:
1.-THE regulations which am today
causing to be promulgated, pursuant
to the direction of the selective serv-
ice law, cover the remaining steps Of
the plan for calling into the service
of the United States qualified men
from those who have registered;
those selected as the result Of this
process to constitute, with the regu-
lar army, the national guard and the
navy the fighting forces of the ma
ton, all of which forces are under
the terms of the law placed in po-
sition of equal right, dignity and re-
sponsibility with the members of all
other military forces.
1.-THE regulations have been
drawn with a view to the needs
and circumstances Of the whole
, country and provide a system
which 1t is expected will work
with the least inequality and
personal hardship. Any system
of selecting men for military
service, whether voluntary or in
voluntary in its operation. neces-
sarily selects some men to bear
the burden Of danger and sacri-
fee for the whole nation. The
system here provided places all
men of military age upon an
even plane. and then. by a selec-
ton which neither favors the one
nor penalties the other, calls out
the requisite number for service.
"The successful operation of this
law and Of these regulations depends
necessarily upon the loyalty, patriot
Ism and justice Of the members Of
the boards to whom its operation is
and I admonish every
of every local board and OF
every district board of review that
their duty to their country requires
an impartial and fearless perform
ance Of the delicate and difficult
duties intrusted to them. They
should remember as to each individ-
ual case presented to them that they
are called upon to adjudicate the
most sacred rights of the individual
and to preserve untarnished the
honor of the nation.
"Our armies at the front will be
and sustained If they be
of men free from any sense