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that time the prisoners were not on board. They were concealed in dingy 1 upstream not far from where the l ditched automobile was found later. But immediately the coast was clear the dingy was propelled to the water side of the steamer and Pearl and Adams were hustled into separate sec tions of the hold.
 Adams was searched from head to foot for the box of wafers. When they were not found on him, attention was turned to Pearl who refused to permit anyone to touch her. She burt ed out the truth. But she would not diyulge the name or describe the ap- pearance of Bertha Bonn under all manner of threat, and when Adams was questioned about this he professed ignorance.
 Subsequently platter of breakfast was sent to Miss Dare by galley boy who seemed to be deaf and dumb, and who behaved queerly. The moment he appeared Pearl seized him, found a bowie knife and a loaded revolver concealed in his clothes, gagged and bound him before he could make dis turbance and thus armed hurried over to that part of the ships bottom, where Adams was confined. She freed the surprised orderly and briefly ex- plained her escape. Then she gave him start.
 "Strip that lad and give me his clothes !" she whispered in matter of fact manner.
 An amused expression crept into Adams face. "Aint you afeard ito let me loose? I'm 'sposed to be that there Silent Menace, aint r"
 Don't be exasperating she ex- claimed, testilE. Prove to me that you are not by doing as I ask"
 He left her abruptly. A little later he tossed the boys clothing into tAa dark space where she waited. lie heard giggle He, himself, was choking with laughter. But not q word was spoken and lie trudged away with her two-plece street suit and sport hat.
 eHere!" he exclaimed approaching the e0mpletely-tlabbeFgasted youth You got to be a w-woman. Rig up young 'un, r-rig upr
 The boy squirmed. He'd die first
 Sweetheart! Honey-bug .n whis, pered Adams in well-feigned endearing tones.
 When it was all over he forced l.m to eat the vile food he had brought for Pearl. Then he tied him and went
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back and humorously ordered Pearl to hurry up about his own breakfast
 He could see only the outlines of her figure and his impression was that she looked "cut6."
 But Pearl was in no mood for the kind of bantering Adams indulged in She ordered him in a very pre-emptory manner to be still. He obediently fell | silent and as quickly his own humor changed. For somewhere above, doubt less in the captains cabin, they heard voices.
 Do you understand what Is being said?n she demanded, grasping his arm tightly.
 Adams indicated that he did, al ! though the discussion was now 1T French, now in German and occasion ally in heavy-tongued Scandinavian.
 ''The girl, yes; but, Adams, Mor Dieu, no! Don't you know who he is He is needed, messieurs! !"
 Pearl pointed the nose of her revol yer against Adams chest. Tell me quickly. why does the Foreign Ali ance need you?a
 Adams shrugged. Listen" he re piled, coolly. "They may tell you"
 Pearl started to say something more when with that swift action which he had before exhibited. he disarmed her
 You've g-got q dangerous way witl weapons. you have" was all he saiC to the outraged girl
 "So that's who Adams really is 2 they heard a Britisher eXclaim in tones at once respectful and astonished "The-" The remainder was unintel ligible.
 "See!" !" whispered Adams to his com panion, banteringly; they've g-got my number. You'd q got it yourself il you'd k-kept quiet, g-girl"
 Then to her dismay he vanished.
 Adams" she called, repentently, as loud as she might and still be cautious
 There was no response.
 Again she summoned him in vain At the same time the voices overhead grew less distinct although the hun of conversation continued indefinitely
 Now more alert than ever, Pear listened | while but unable to catcE any meaning, presently instituted ar inspection of the ships hold. She soor concluded that this was no ordinary | freighting vessel. It was damned witt
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grape baskets, vegetable crates. potato bags and bulky boxes of irregular shapes But no odor of plant life es- capped from these coverings.
 Curious to know whence came grapes at this unreasonable period of the year, and with a view to examin- ing it in the somewhat better light of partly opened porthole Pearl started to lift one of the baskets. It was as heavy as lead. She broke open the top. The basket was full of cartridges.
 A further examination showed that the vegetable crates lined with fresh corn huskings concealed explosives and that the potato bags contained q fine yellow powder.
 She was so absorbed that she did not hear footsteps stealthily approach ing, or at first perceive a sweet, sick ening odor which permeated her nos trils. She became faint and restless under an overpowering desire to sleep. Without knowing 1t, she sank in an anaesthesia and was carried away in the arms of masked person. Several minutes later Adams crawlcd through a starboard porthole into the river and diyed shoreward. He reached the wharf and raised himself by some ropes. Two policemen grabbed his coat collar and landed him on his feet
 T got to see Colonel Dare a-at onct, ' he said to these officers of the law.
 You'll see him quick enough n' sneered one.
 q got to see the colonel at onct r' reiterated Adams to the officer of the day at the barracks, where he was de- hyered. T got 10 s-see him bad"
 About Miss Dare?e
 Adams nodded shortly That was enough. X post automobile was fmme- diately called and they sped to the colonels house.
 My girl" exclaimed the colonel the moment he saw Adams.
 Safer assured Adams, laconicaHy. Then he locked the door and pulled down the window shades.
 "Kfn I sit down, coloneI?'
 "Certainly"
 TheS sat down together
 A look of triumph came and went in the eyes ef tho mysterious orderly. II got that there foreign Alliance bottled up, colonel ai toteie,l up by gum :"
 The co5onei Haff rose.
 "FsF there :" smiled Adams forget full of form, moIiening hin to be pa tient. He began to talk in his slow, Stamm9fiHS way.
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nounced to the gathering when he could find expression.
 For a moment no one moved or spoke. Then the president adjourned the conference with a gesture of hope lessneSs.
 You better send the Canal defense plans here," said he with quiet emphasis to the secretary of war; flor they will now be sought. I'll lock them up in the White House safe, or better still, let Colonel Dare lock them in his private safe at home where they would be least suspected to be.
 America, gentlemen" he contin- ued; lis in the grip of a secret foe. The first army is on the ground. We must obliterate it before the army of the invasion arrives. For you, col onel, l have the highest regard. The entire country will be your everlasting debtor if you succeed in unmasking our enemies"
 The president walked out of the room amid profound silence, his head bowed.
 Sometime before daybreak Colonel Dare visited his major. He found him in bed attended by q staff physician and nurse. Brent told him, as best he could in his nauseatcd condition, that he had been attacked on the street outside the barracks when the box containing the wafers was stolen. Chloroform had been administered. which was the truth His aSsailants, there were two he said, got away be- fore he could give warning, which was not true, for Brent had drugged him self.
 The colonel believed him.
 Any news from Pearl?" Brent in- quired anxiously.
 "Toko has telephoned that the au- tomobile has been found, ditched in the Potomac river" the colonel re piled, failing in his effort to force q hopeful smile. He went back to his house shortly after that and hid the Canal defense plans in his safe.
 
 Morning dawned and found Pearl Dare and Orderly Adams prisoners in q bay freighter at anchor off the Packet Line docks in the Washing ton river harbor. During the night this vessel among all others had been investigated by the capitol police. At
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PEARL,
 0f Ahe Al[Hv I Guy WncCotDrDell
SYNOPSIS.

Capt; Ralph Payne, U. s. A, is given se- cret plans Of defense to deliver to Pana- ma. He attends ball at the Granada em- bassy with Colonel Dares' daughter, Pearl As climax to a series of mys- terious incidents he is arrested for trea- son. The ambassador of Granada is found dead and the plans missing from Payne s coat. Major Brent, Paynes rival, enters into suspicious negotiations with Bertha Bonn. Pearl Dare follows a burglar from her home. is drugged and left in a field and later overhears 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 mysterious stranger who offers her his services to trace the traitors. She learns that he has the plans. Pearl finds Adams In Washington and learns of his peculiar actions. Adams warns Senator Wartield that he Is in danger from a ring of spies. While they talk the senator's office is attacked by conspirators. Bertha Bonn asks Pearl to hand Adams a package which proves to be the plans. Adams is made Colonel Dare's orderly. They are ordered South. The Granadans capture Pearl and Adams to get the plans. Pearl begs Adams to let her take his belt which contains the defense plans They escape and Adams steals the belt from her. Brent confronts Adams communicating Pearl against her professed friends. Pearl is captured again by the Grana- dfans. She is rescued by Adams. Dis guised as his brother she accompanies and poses a s 6 chemist They are rec ognized; in the fight Adams saves Pearl from harm. Colonel Dare arrives with American troops. The black scarf appears
 Pearl and Toko follow Adams on his way to an appointment at the chemical build ing: All three fall into the hands of the
 alliance. Adams is arrested by Coun- tterfeit soldiers who also take Pearl with
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Valuable Piece of Property.

According to the figuring of the New York tax department i'll its 1917 estimate, the Grand Central station is the most valuable single property in the city. Its value is reekoned at $21,- 100000. The Equitable building and site covering the block between Mas sua street, Broadway, Pine and Cedar streets is assessed at a value of $20,- 100000, and the Pennsylvania station
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service men in plain clothes are searching every alley and stable It is regrettable that the rogues got Il good start
 ''How did you collect this fnforua- ton so quicltly?' interrogated the colonel.
 T beg your pardon, sir" apolo- gized the under-strapper. He stepped back and whtstled up the basement stairs. Several soldiers and q wom- an came down.
 Brent smothered an oath. The woman was Bertha Bonn.
 "Miss BoHnn faltered Colonel Dare taken by surprise.
 She was pale and nervous. T thought you had departed. Other wise 1 would have come to you direct ly. Your orderly"
 "Adams:9
 "- Adams" she sobbed; twas to have met me in front of this building at ten o'clock. He told me there might be trouble. I was on hand to keep our engagement when Adams was arrested. I knew something had gone amiss. He leaned out of the automobile as it passed mine and told me to inform you that your daughter and he were in the hands of the Foreign Alliance, and Miss Dare tossed this box to me- She handed a little round box to the open-mouthed colonel.
 T told the first officer in sight, . Bertha concluded, pointing to the heaming young lieutenant.
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lasting Tn the printed pages or Ameri- can history" She continued with chal- lenge and contempt: You are armed ! Shoot me! I could not serve my coun- try better than to perish by m act through which her enemies too would be destroyed. Unmaskl :" she reiterat- ed; "or destruction will follow '"
 For Gods sake unmask !" cried one of the Americans to the group of for eigners, his teeth chattering "The girl means what she says. Does any one know who she is?'
 The leader of the Foreign Alliance motioned for silence and spoke. "She
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accepted death as brayely IS any mar tyr of the faith. That he was un- justly convicted and executed has since been decided by Spain's tribunal which generally considered the case months after the death of the victim, and IS gravely handed down de- cision that Ferrer was innocent of the charges made against him!
 Ferrer was born in a village near Barcelona. on January 10, 1859. Early in life he became a shop boy, and then ticket inspector on a Spanish rail- way. Although he had few education
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is believed to be worth $15,9soooo, ac- cording to current values. The Metro politan Life Insurance company build- ing Is taxed at SIP. 100000; E. Altman X Co.'s dry goods store is rated as the most valuable, at S14,100,O00, and the Waldorf-Astoria taxed at $11,650,000, is the most valuable hotel.
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UNfusTLY SENT TO DEATH
Spsnish Tribunals, After His Execu- ton, concede That Ferrer Was Not
 Guilty of Extreme offense.

Spanish republicans, socialists an- archists and radicals of all degrees celebrate January 10 as the birthday of Francisco Ferrer, who, convicted of having melted revolutionary riots in Barcelona, was executed in l9o9' Fesrer was in many ways remark able mana fanatic of unbelief, who
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tile efforts to combat the spinach aphis which seriously attacked the truck crops of Virginia year after year. This has been accomplished by the introduction of the spotted lady bird, which is said to have proved very effective in keeping down the aphls. The first efforts in this direc- ton were unsuccessful, owing to the fact that there has been extensive re moval of trees and underbrush, and this left no accommodations for the hibernation of the lady birds. which perished during the winter. This has
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al advantages, he was naturally I student, and spent all his spare time reading and studying scientific and philosophical works. He early be- came an opponent of the church and republican, and his intellectual abl ity won for him place among the leaders of the Spanish anti-clericals and anti-monarchists.
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cannn Sites Selected

Washington.-A second training camp site was designated by the War Department in Atlanta, making two for that city. Columbia, s. C., Green. vile. s. C., and Amityville. L. I, have been selected as contonments, or d. visional t-7ining camp sites.
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Calls In An American.

New York-Reorganization by an American of the governmental depart ments of Mexico is to be undertaken at the invitation of President Carran- "a of that country.
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VIII Build Mine sweepers.

Washington.-A considerable nun. Der of mine sweepers are to be added at once to the naval establishment. Secretary Daniels conferred with pri- vate builders on plans for getting the craft turned out without delay.
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Submarine Launched.

Bridgeport, Conn,-The submarine NJ, constructed for the United tSates navy, was launched at the yards of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company here.
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Sailors To Buy Bonds.

Great Lakes, Ill-Sailors at the United States Naval Training Sta ton here probably will buy about ST. 100000 worth of Libety bonds.
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Yes. f. Is Hard.

It's mighty queer how hard 1t is to make people believe we are not loaf ing when we are sitting still, thinking. Exchange.
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curbing Ravages of &phis.

Announcement has been made by he United States bureau of entomol- ogy that great success has attended
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now been taken care of and the rav- ages of the aPhis greatly decreased.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-09
State Aid Applicable to Cities.

Burlington Standard Democrat: I'm
der new statue, chapter 645, laws of
1917, county boards are empowered to
add to the county system of states
roads, aid on roads and streets in
incorporated cities which directly con-
meet the ends of roads on the state aid
system, and such streets, with the
highway commission shall become a
part of the prospective state aid system,
provided however, that state aid shall
be available for only such portions of
streets, where the value per front foot
of property is less than $40 per foot
and in counties having population of
$50, 900 or more not to exceed 800 per
foot. In no case shall an improvement
be made that shall extend from the
city limits distance greater than one
mile toward the center of the city.
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MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEMOCRATS
NEWS GATHERER.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs Frank Brewer,
Friday, August 3, son.
Mr. and Mrs F. G. Ludden and family
and Mrs March Chase Of Winnetka
motored to Madison Sunday to visit
friends.
Miss Eunice Noble is visiting at Mil
waukee and Mansion.
j. A. Meserole is spending few days
this week at DodgevilIe serving on the
Iowa county exemption board for the
U. S. army
B. T. Prideaux and two daughters,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs James
Brewer, motored to Galena Friday to
visit friends.
Mr. and Mrs F. w. GRADER, ME- and
Mrs Frank Lynch of Darlington and
Mrs John Lynch and Mrs Wilbert
Lynch of Delavan visited at Dodgeville
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Eulberg and two
daughters and Mr. and Mrs Julius
Eulberg and son of Portage spent the
week end with relatives here.
Mrs Fred Farnsworth and daughter
Dolores of Chicago are the guests of
Dr. and Mrs Charles Ross.
Mrs A. d. Brown is spending a few
weeks with her sister at Prescott,
Mich.
Leo Jeuck, son of Mrs William
Jeuck, Sr. has enlisted in the U. S.
army and left Monday for the training
camp at j efferson, Mo.
Miss Mildred Opie went to Belmont
Sunday to spend few days with rela-
tives.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Dave and two
daughters of Brookfield, Mo-, are here
visiting Mrs M. j. Dave.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Collins and Miss
Margaret Sullivan of Monroe were the
guests Of Mr. and Mrs Alex Metz Sunday.
Mrs March Chase returned to her
home at Winnetka, H., Monday, after
visit of two weeks with friends here.
Roland Ross went to Waukesha Fri
day to meet his mother Mrs w. S. Ross
and from there they went on trip to
the Great Lakes.
w. P. Gundry and sister Miss Mary
r. Gundry and nieces Miss Alice Gun
dry and Miss Nancy Lamberton expect
to motor to Glouster Mass, Thursday
for months visit.
Mrs 7. E. LaMonday of Sarina, On
tario, Canada, is here for month S
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Nicholas GRADER.
Mrs William Jeuck, Sr. left Saturday
to visit her daughter Mrs Earl Tom in
Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs w. J. Tomlin and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs William
Buckingham motored to Madison Fri
day.
Louis Strasburg of New Castle, Pa,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs Nicholas
GRADER last week.
w. j. T0mlin and Bert Hosken are
in Chicago this week buying goods fo1
a Cash Grocery store, which will open
up in the building recently occupied
by A. w. Thoma.
Miss Agnes Bloom returned Thurs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-08-09
LINDEN

Mrs NJ. A. Butteris returned last
| week from an extended visit in Shelf
field, Iowa.
Mrs B. A. Cady and baby are here
from Baraboo visiting at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs James Var
| coe.
Mrs J. Nj. Tredinnick spent portion
of last week with her mother in High
| land
Mrs Lulu Short and son Willie left
on Friday for Clark, S. D., where they
| will visit at the home of Mrs Joseph
Baker.
Ben Smelzer of Avoca spent several
days at the j T. Tredinnick home.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Sawyer and
| family, who have been here visiting at
the James Wicks home. left Friday for
Harper's Ferry, Ia, to visit before re-
turning to their home in Saltwater,
MINI.
Mrs George Pollard entertained the
l.. B. S. club on Friday evening.
Rev. Fl. E. Evans and wife returned
| Friday from sOjourn Of two weeks
with friends in Cincinnati.
Mrs Susan Rule and sister Miss
Emma Tregoning spent last Wednesday
at the John Billings home in Cobb.
Rev. Samuel Scorse and wife of
Necedah were guests at the Alfred
Hughes home last week.
DR.. E. G. Ovitz departed on Friday
for northern Wisconsin. He expects to
spend three weeks living close to nature
near Crandon.
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Heathcock were
Mineral Point callers Saturday.
Fire, caused from sparks flying from
the chimney onto the roof, completely
destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs
James Varcoe residing about one and
one half miles southwest of the village
Saturday afternoon. A large number
of helpers went out from town an6
succeeded in saving the greater part OF
their furniture Mr. and Mrs Varcoe
have the sympathy of the entire com
munity in the loss Of their home
Mrs Otto Ovitz and daughter Mrs
John Molling were Mineral Point cal
lers Tuesday
Mrs John G.. Holman and daughter
Bernice were at Dodgeville on Friday
Abner erase and family motored
here from Hale, Mo-, and visited at the
home of his brother Alfred erase.
Ocea Heathcock arrived here on
Tuesday from Rochester, where she re-
Gently underwent an operation. Hel
many friends will be pleased to hear OF
her recovery.
The band gave their first concert in
the new band stand, which was recent
ly erected on the Kirkpatrick corner,
Friday evening. A large crowd turned
out to enjoy the music.
Fred Vogt was business caller in
Milwaukee the fore part Of the week.
Mrs Mabel Rundell is visiting rela-
| tives in GAINESVILLE.
On Wednesday of last week, while
washing curtains, Mrs James Holman
had the misfortune to run a needle into
the fesny part of her hand. DR.. Ovitz
was called to extract the needle and
the hand is getting along nicely.