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CHAPTER I.

The men who govern India-mOre
power to them and her are few.
Those who stand In their way and pre-
tend to help them with flood OF
words are a host. The charge has
seen the light in print that India-well-
spring of plague and sudden death
and money lenders-has sold her soul
10 twenty succeeding conquerors in
turn.
So when the world war broke the
world was destined to be surprised on
India's account. The Red sea. full of
racing transports crowded with dark
skinned gentlemen, who's. ne prayer
was that the war Nigh dot be over
before they should hav struck q blow
for Britain, was the Indian army's an
swer to the press.
4 More than one nation was deeply
shocked by India's answer to ''prac-
tees" that had extended over years.
But there were men in India who
learned to love India long ago with
that love that casts out fear, who knew
exactly what was going to happen and
could therefore afford TO wait for or
dcrs instead Of running round In rings.
Athelstan King. for instance, moth
Ing yet but captain unattached, sat
In meagerly furnished quarters with
his heels on table. He Is not a
doctor, yet he read a book on sur
gerry; and when he went over to the
club he carried the book under his
arm and continued TO read It there.
In the other room where the telegraph
blanks were Uttered In confusion all
nbout the floor, the other officers sent
kilograms and forgot King. who sat
and smoked and read about surgery ;
and before he had nearly finished one
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riril platform. And Ne could see the
ou ,n' x the IL i.fe.h.i, TINT the mans
fingers c,ut,hcd underneath his shirt.
IL, felg cd sleep So successfully that
the native turned awry O, last
Thought So" lie dared open his
eyes mite wider. Hes pukka-true
10 type Rob first and then XIII |"
/ As he watched. the thief drew the
sheet back from Iiydc's face. with
trained fingers that could have taken
si,octacles from the victims nose with.
out his knowledge. Then as fish glide
Ia and out among the reeds without
touching them, swift and soft and un-
seen his fingers searched IIyde's body.
They found nothing
King moved ln his sleep. rather
COislly, and the movement knocked a
book To the floor from tie foot oi hs
herlh The noise Of that awoke Hyde,
and King pretended to begin To- wake,
ynwning and rolling on his back Chat
being much the safest position an un.
armed man can take and much the
most awkward Tor his encInD.
Thieves" Hyde yelled at the top Of
Ills lungs CROPPING wildly for his pistol
AMI not hIdIng It.
King sat mp and rubbed his eyes.
The native drew the knife, nnd-be-
licylng himself In command VI the
Slnltion-hcSltatcd for one priceless
second. lie saw his error and dartcd
Tor the door too late. With u move
mcnt uubclicyahly swift King was
there ahead of him; and with another
Movement not so swift but much more
llsconCeriing. be threw his sheet as
the r,tlarius used 10 throw net In
ancient Rome. II wrapped round tht
fa'iycs head and arms, and the two
went together 10 the flonr In u twisted
,tranglchold,
In another hnlf.mlnute the native
vas groaning, Tor King had his knife
wrist In two hands aud was bending It
backward while he pressed the mans
rOmach with his knees.
The knife fell to the foor, and the
thief mndr gallant effort to recover
IT, Int King was too strong for hlr,
lie seized the k;.lfe himself. slipped Il
II his own bosom aud resumed his hold
Dcfu,e the native guessed what he was
after. The trnln screamed itself IN Il
randstl,l Ht way side station. and u
mya with u lantern lScan TO chant
the stations name. The instant the
trains motlon altogether ceased the
heat shut In on them MS II the Id ~
ropEet bi.l been slammed. The prick.
ly heat burst out all over ilyit's skin
and Kings too.
There was plenty Of excuse for re-.
lnNlng hold, and King made full use Of
Il. A second later he gave y very good
pretense u pain In his finger ends M
the thief burst free. The native made
q Give at his bosom for the knife, but
he frustrated that. Thea he made n
prodlgious effort, just too late. tu
clutch the man ngaln, and he did sue.
cccd In tearing loose a piece of shIr,
tut the fleeing rohtcr must have won.
der,d. as he boltcd into the blncker
shadows Of the stntlon building. why
such nn iron.nngcred, wide.awuke
sahib should have made such q truly
feeble showing ut the end.
"Ilnng itl-couldht you hold him
Were you afraid Of him, or whn,i" de-.
manded Hyde, beginning to dress him.
self Instead OF answering. King leaned
out Into the lnmp-lI, gloom, and In a
minute he caugbt sight of n sergean,
u native Infantry passing down the
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The general watched his face with
eyes that missed nothing.
'Remamber--l said work with herr
King looked up and nodded.
"They say she's three parts Rus
sian. said the general. ITO my knowl-
edge she speaks Russian like native,
and about twenty other tongues as
we'll including English. She was the
girl widow of'a rascally hill rajah.
I've heard she loved her rajah. And
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hox Of cheroots general at Peshawur
wiped bald red skull and sent him
"a urgent telegram.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
NETS GUARD HARBORS
u. S. GOVERNMENT ACTS TO PRE-
VENT SUBMARINE RAIDS.
Sea Traffic Opens UP Again-Four-
teen Ships Arrive at New York
Port

Washington, Feb. 20-The United
States navy already possesses num-
Der Of submarine nets and constant
experiments are being carried on in
placing them in their proper positions,
testing their effectiveness, ETC., accord
ing to a statement made at Washing
ton by Secretary Of the Navy Daniels.
1t is understood the department has
enough submarine nets to protect all
of the important harbors in the United
States.
These nets can be placed and let
down within an hours time,
Another American vessel, the City
of Puebla, a cargo vessel, carrying nc
passengers, passed quarantine on its
way to Havre with a capacity load OF
cotton and copper.
Other vessels sailing were the Brit
ish steamer Roman Prince, the Dutch
steamer Texel, the Spanish steamers
Mar Negro and Mouro, and the Swed
ish steamer Helsingborg.
New York, Feb. 20.-While govern
ment boats were at work in the outer
harbor on Saturday lowering a great
steel net for protection against sub
marines, IA vessels, totaling nearly
$4,000 tons, cruised easily past tht
Statue of Liberty and came to anchor
All had come from the war zone and
had passed safely through the subna
rine field.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
FOOD RIOT IN NEW YORK
Women Carrying Babies Cry: 1--WE
Want Bread"-Dispersed by Police
Mayor Asked to Help:

New York, Feb. 22.-The cry Of
housewives unable to meet the advanc-
ing cost of food was heard in the
city's seat of government on Tuesday
when several hundred women from the
tenement districts stormed the city
hall, screaming: "We want breadI"
They came to place their plight be-
fore Mayor John P. Mitchell. Many
carried babies. They swarmed up the
steps and tried to push their way
into the building. Policemen on guard
shut the gates.
The leader was Mrs. Ida Harris,
president of the Mothers Vigilant
league. She and three other women
were allowed to enter and await the
mayors coming. "We are starving" /"
Mrs. Harris told the mayors body
guard. 1--WE demand help from the
mayor. We will not be responsible
for what happens if we don't get it."
The leaders were told that the may
or would not be at his office, but would
arrange a meeting later. Sweet
Marie" Cans, one of Mrs. Harris COM
panions, addressed the women from
the city hall steps and was arrested,
charged with disorderly conduct.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
BERLIN TOLD TO FREE TARS
Washington Sends Final Demand to
Germany for Release of
Americans.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Peremptory
demand for release of the IL American
Yarrowdale prisoners, now held in
Germany, has been sent to. the impe-
rial government, the state department
announced.
The department announced the de-
mand had been sent Saturday.
Secretary Lansing, In making an
nouncement that the demand was dis
patched secretly Saturday, added that
late Sunday evening the department
received word from Berlin, presumably
through the Spanish ambassador, that
the prisoners ''would be released short
ly."
It Is not believed this communication
Of Sunday evening Is a reply to this
governments demand sent Saturday,
since so quick an exchange would have
been practically impossible.
This demand, it was made clear was
just short of an ultimatum, recited
the attitude, policy and steps taken re-
garding Germans, German property
and German ships interned here, and
pointed out clearly President Wilson'S
policy to take no step that could be
construed as having been taken for
military exigency."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
DISTINCTION MADE.
BY HIGH JURISTS
IN REVERSING JUDGMENTS ABoL-
ISHED BY COURT-ENHANCES
THE POWER OF JURIEs.
AWARD TO WIDOW FAVORED
state Insurance Fund To Pay Sum-
important Gases Affected BY Rul-
lngs Announced BY Judges at Ohio
CapitaI-Other State News
Western Newspaper Union News seryi,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus, O.-By decision of the
Supreme Court there is destroyed a
legal distinction which various of the
eight different Courts of Appeals had
made as a means of reversing judg-
ments of the Common Pleas Courts
In the case of Mrs. Mary A. Britain
and others against the State Indus
trial Commission, the Supreme Court
reversed the judgment of the Appel
late Court of Marion county and af-
flrmed that of the Common Pleas
Court, holding the Appellate Court
had no right to reverse the Marion
County Common Pleas Court on the
ground that the judgment was mot
sustained by sufficient evidence"
The amended constitution of 1912
provides: mo judgment shall be re-
| versed except by the concurrence of
all the judges of the Court of Appeals
on the weight of the evidence" Ap-
| plication of this rule having been
found rigid, various Appellate Courts
reversed trial Court judgments on the
''suf1ciency of the evidence
| The present litigation grows out of
the death of John Henry Britain, a
canvasser. and solicitor of furniture for
Marion merchandising firm, which
was a subscriber to the state insur.
ance fund. He was found dead nearly
three years ago in an abandoned stone
| quarry near Marion.
In the Court of Appeals two of the
three judges of the Appellate Court
held that the Common Pleas Court
erred in overruling the motion for q
new trial for the reason that the yer
dict is not sustained by sufficient evi
dence.
The decision, overruling the Court
Of Appeals, enhances the power Of
juries in trial courts and correspond
ingly lowers the power of Courts ot
Appeals.
The opinion of the Court was unan
imous. 1t was written by Chief Jus
tice Hugh L. Nichols and treats the
subject exhaustively. The widow ant
children will recover $3.50 from the
state fund.
Both the Common Pleas and Appel
late Courts of Licking county were re
versed by the Supreme Court il
granting a new trial to Mary J. ant
James F. Lingafelter, against whom
judgment of $S41.60 had been secure,
by Mary E. Moore,
By judgment of the Supreme Cour
sustaining the Hamilton County Cour
of Appeals, Frank Hoffard, Annie Hoi
fard and John Koeler lose in their al
tempt to secure payment for thei
stock in the Williams Shoe Company
of Cincinnati, which went into tn
hands of receivers in 1913. The Hot
fards and Koeler were dissatisf1e
with the sale of the property and de
manded payment for their stock.
By refusal of the Supreme Court t
certify for review a decision of tn
Butler County Court of Appeals, col
currence is given to the holding of til
Appellate Court that there is a di
tinction between the rights under tn
license law of a domestic and foreig
brewing company.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
Mikes Foolish Question.

The talk topic at a recent social
session turned to the propensity that
some people have for asking foolish
questions when this happy little Incl
dent was recalled by Harry Fox, the
well-known actor:
One Sunday morning last summer
the weather was so exceedingly hot in
Pats happy home that he took him
self, out to the back porch for his
Sabbath shave.
While Pat was performing the oper-
alton of amputating his bristles, his
next-door neighbor. Mike, sauntered
out on the back porch adjoining.
'Shure, Pat" pleasantly remarked
Mike, leaning on the partition railing,
show comes it thot yez aire Shawn on
the outside this mornin'?'
"Begorra, Mike, an how can OF help
it?" responded Pat, his eyes merrfly
twinkling through mass of lather.
"Do yez think for wan minute thot
Dim fur-lined ?'-Philadelp Eve
ming Telegraph.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
MIsHAPs ARE ON INCREASE
Accidents Total 5000 ir 1916, State
Actuary Says in His Report-Fifty
Per Cent PreVntabIe.

Columbus. O-Actuary Emile E.
Watson, Of the State Industrial Com
mission, just made public a statement
to subscribers of the workmen's COM
pensation fund, in which is set forth
the claim of the condition of the fund
as of November Is, 1916 At that time
the cash balance was $4,703, ,289.33.
From that time to February Is the bal
ance has increased to $5,148, ,19428.
AS part of the communication is a
compilation of the accidents during
the calendar year of 1915, the total
being 10000. Of these, Mr.. Watson
says fully SO per cent are preventable,
so that the economic loss, to say
nothing of the humane phase, is $3,-
100000 annually. The increase in the
number of accidents has been enor-
nous, due, in part, to the period of
industrial stress. This compilation
does not include the accidents to steam
railway employees.
In this connection complaint has
been made in some industrial sections
of attempts to cheat the workmen' s
compensation law so that awards may
be recovered. The State Industrial
Commission, as yet, has taken no ac-
tion to construct additional safeguards
for the fund to prevent it's depletion.
| The statement shows a total net
earned premium of $10,075 5,3S7.2S, Out
of which the total losses are $10,054,
00S.10. This, includes $9,1S0,261.44 OF
total awards paid and deferred, and
pending claims of 1878 1866, leaving
a net earned premium. of $21,37918
The amounts named are in addition to
a total surplus fund to guarantee the
perpetual solvency of the state insur
ance fund of $1,040, 1898.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
U. S. CANAL MENACED
PRESIDENT WILSON URGES PAN
ANA PACT BE RATIFIED.
Blames Aid of Kaiser-Senator Over
man Says 100000 Spies in the
IT, s.

Washington, Feb. 21.-President
Wilson has sent letter to Chairman
Stone of the senate foreign relations
committee urging action during this
session of congress on the treaty to
indemnify Colombia for the separation
from Panama.
The presidents request is said to
have been based on fear of complica-
tions that may arise on the Panama
canal if the relations between Germany
and this governments result in war.
The president is said to have made it
clear that German agents in Colombia
are already active with view to max
ing trouble for this government along
the canal.
The failure of the senate, through
the opposition of Republican senators
led by Senator Lodge, to ratify the
treaty whereby Colombia was to re-
ceive $15,O0O,OOO in payment for the
loss of Panama and the canal rights,
has, 1t is said, aroused much hostility
to this country among influential per
sons in Colombia, of which the German
agents have not been slow to take ad-
vantage.
Opposing amendments by Senator
CumminS to temper some Of the
stringent provisions of the espionage
bill pending in the senate, Senator
Overman of North Carolina declared he
had been told there were 100000 spies
In the United States and that it was
absolutely essential that drastic laws
be enacted to protect naval stations
submarine bases and other national de
fenses.
Senator Fall, Republican, of New
Mexico, argued for stringent laws ant
declared that the government of the
United States was on trial for eff
cheney to perpetuate itself.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
SLAIN IN FOOD RIOT
ONE MAN KILLED AND NINE
HURT DURING CLASH AT
PHILADELPHIA.
ROADS WILL RUSH SUPPLIES
United States Body Orders Carriers to
Act at Once to Relieve Shortage
President Wilson Is Determined Con-
gress Appropriate for Food Probe.

Philadelphia, Feb. 23.-Led by
woman with a baby in her arms, a mob
Of striking sugar employees of the
Franklin Sugar Refinery, in an effort to
back up their wives and mothers who
had engaged in a food riot, attacked
squad of police on Wednesday night. In
the battle that followed the police fired
point-blank upon the strikers, killing
one and wounding nine others. A by
Stander was probably fatally injured
scores of strikers, women food rioters
and policemen were struck by flying
missiles.
A riot call that brought every high
official of the police department and
many reserves was necessary before
the outbreak could be quelled.
Mrs. Florence e. Shade, thirty-two
gears old, who led the mob, was arrest
ed on the charge of melting to riot.
NJ. Detkobzo, Pole, was slain. John
Bromley, twenty-five, was shot in the
stomach and is dying in hospital.
The riot followed a demonstration
by the wives and mothers Of the
strikers, who marched to the refinery
crying for food. While the police were
dispensing the crowd a battle started
between the women and strike-break-
ers, who were just leaving the refinery.
Washington, Feb. %. - President
Wilson is determined congress shall
pass Immediately the 100000 appro-
priation which the federal trade COM
mission has requested for the nation
wide food-price probe he directed the
commission and the department Of ag-
riculture to make.
1t was stated officially at the White
House that the president would give
his personal attention toward swinging
congress into line behind his food probe
suggestion. He made this decision fol-
lowing receipt Of news of the New
York food riots.
A gigantic campaign to relieve the
suffering Of thousands Of city dwellers,
literally starving because of the car
shortage, has been undertaken by the
interstate commerce commission, it
was announced.
FoloWing receipt OF telegrams that
thousands are short of food and ami
mails are starving in New England,
New York city, Pittsburgh, Philadel-
phia and other eastern cities, the COM
mission kept telegraph wires hot with
messages directing railroad managers
to rush food trains at once 60 the
Strengthened communities.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02

Tifhn, O.-Mayor Keppel filed an or
der with the civil service commission
formally removing Chief of Police
Claure E. Myers. Last November My
ers was Indefinitely suspended on
charges of drunkenness and the case,
appealed by him, is now pending in
the common pleas court.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
u. S. SPY BILL PASSED
MEASURE PROVIDES SEVERE
PUNISHMENT FOR AIDING
ENEMIES OF U. S.
HINTS AT NEUTRALITY PLOTS
War Power for the President ls
Sought by Lansing-Vote on Es-
pionage Measure Was 60 to TO-
Death Penalty Provided.

Washington, Feb. 22.-The admins
tration espionage bill, providing Sc
we're penalties for spying on matters
of national defense and Furnishing con-
SpiracieS to violate American neutral
ity was passed by the senate on Tues
day by vote Of 60 to 10.
The bill as passed takes in Il sep
arate measures suggested by the de-
partment of justice and was, put
through virtually unchanged. 1t has
not passed the house.
Secretary Lansing and Assistant At
torney General Warren spurred the
senate judiciary committee to pass
four other bills, one empowering the
president to use the army and navy
to enforce neutrality.
Those voting no on the espionage
bill were Senators Borah, Cummins,
Gronna, Kenyon, LaFollette, Norris
and Works, Republicans, and Lane,
Lee and Vardaman, Democrats.
Cummins led the opposition, de-
claring the bill too drastic. He sub
mitted Ia amendments, which were
killed. He said the government could
suppress newspapers, prevent debate
in congress-it might even be q crime
for two citizens to discuss military
information.
The spy section is far-reaching in
character, making it a crime, punish
able with two years of Imprisonment
or $4,000 fine, to approach or enter
any place connected with the national
defense, unlawfully obtain informa-
ton, or to make photographs, blue
prints, plans, ETC., Of things connect
ed with such defense, or to dispose of
code or signal book or model of any
thing else of national defense value.
Where these things are done for q
foreign government in time of peace
whether recognized or unrecognized
by the United States, the penalty is
increased to 20 years imprisonment
and in time of war for life. Any per.
son who, in war time, with the intent
that it shall be communicated to the
enemy, "shall collect, record, publish
or communicate or attempt to elicit
any information with respect to the
| movement, number, ETC., of the armed
forces of the United States or it's wal
materials or its plans of military Ol
naval operations, cor any other in
formation relating to the public de
fense or calculated to be" shall be pun
ished with death, or by fine and no
more than 80 years Imprisonment.
The president is given arbitrar.
power to designate things and places
in addition to those specifically named
which shall be included in the tern
national defense.
Another important section author
ICES the president to seize, detain O
condemn munitions of war and ship
carrying or about to carry them, des
tined to an enemy, to a nation witt
which the United States is at peace
and in so doing he is empowered t
use the army and navy.
Regulation of the anchorage an
movements of foreign ships in the wa
ters of the United States in case o
national emergency is provided in ar
other section, with power given t
place guards on such ships to preven
damage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
ACaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated. give a
teaspoonful - of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good ''inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 30
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-02
1900 DIE IN RUSSIA BLAST
Reported 5000 Persons Were Wound
ed in Ammunition Explosion
at Archangel.

Copenhagen, Feb. 21.-The Overseas
News agency says that 1,5OO persons
were killed and 5000 wounded in an
explosion of ammunition at Archangel,
Russia. The damage is placed at $37,-
100000. Travellers returning from
Russia declare that the last great ex-
plosion at Archangel was much more
considerable than was made known In
dispatches from Russia, says the news
agency. The explosion took place at
the naval station while ammunition
was being unloaded from a steamer.
Not trace of this steamer remained.
1t was reported on February 4 that
an ice.breaker at Archangel had blown
up and that 80 persons were believed
to have been killed and 800 injured.