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Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15
NINTH EPISODE
Greed VS.. Patriotism.

"If what this officer says is true,
the Foreign Alliance must have
tricked us by a bold ruser' declared
the astounded colonel turning to Ma
jor Brent. How many of our men
are here?"
"We had three full automobiles
sir" cried Brent, shaking like leaf.
There were four automobiles"
quickly announced Toxic.
"Then the fourth automobile be-
longed to the Foreign Alliance 7"
stormed the colonel. Here's pret-
ty how'd do, major. CARRIED as Amer
lean soldiers these masqueraders got
into this building among our own men
and made away with my daughter and
Orderly Adams and" biting his
moustache viciously, a. If this note
be true, and not trick of Adams,
with chemicals which will decipher
the Canal defense plans. Why, even
made their getaway easy by ordering
Adams arrest and turning him over
to their make-believe corporal"
He spun around and glared at the
Junior officer responsible for this
startling information. "Have the po-
lice been notified?
"The police are on the lookout-city
and suburban both; hundred secret
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15

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 ut this unreasonable period of
the year, and with a view to examin-
ing 1t in the somewhat better light Of
partly opened portfolio, Pearl started
to lift one of the baskets. 1t was as
heavy rs lead. She broke open the
top. The basket was full of cartridges.
A further examination showed that
the vegetable crates lined with fresh
corn husklngs concealed explosives
and that the potato bags contained u
fine yellow powder.
She was so absorbed that she did
not hear footsteps stealthily approach
ing, or at first perceive sweet, sick
enlng odor which permeated her nos
trils. She became faint and restless
under an overpowering desire to sleep.
Without knowing it, she sank in an
anaesthesla and was carried away in
the arms of masked person. .
Several minutes later Adams crawled
through starboard portfolio into the
river and dlved shoreward. He
reached the wharf and raised himself
by some ropes. Two policemen
grabbed his coat collar and landed him
ON his feet.
II got to see Colonel Dare a-at onct,"
he said to these officers of the law.
"You'll see him quick enough |"
sneered one.
~ got to see the colonel at onct ~
reiterated Adams to the officer of the
day at the barracks, where he was de-
livered. 81 got to s-see him badw
"About Miss Dare?"
Adams nodded shortly. That was
enough. A post automobile was imme-
diately called and they sped to the
coloners house.
my girl ~ exclaimed the colonel the
moment he saw Adams.
"Safel" assured Adams, laconlcally,
Then he locked the door and pulled
down the window shades.
"Kfn / sit down, colonelw
"Certainlyl"
They sat down together.
A look of triumph came and went in
the eyes Of the mysterious orderly. ~
got that there Foreign Alliance bottled
up. colonel, all bottled up, by gum |"
The colonel half rose.
"Easy there" smiled Adams forget.
full of form, motioning him to be pa.
tient. He began to talk in his slow
stammering way.
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15
PEARL
Nfh@
ARM
~
Guy Cornell
SYNOPSIS.

Capt; Ralph Payne, U. s; A.. is given Sc
ma. He attends a ball at the Granada en-
bassy with Colonel Dares' daughter.
terious incidents he is arrested for trea-
son. The ambassador of Granada is found
dead and the plans missing from Payne's 8
coat. Major Brent, Payne's rival, enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Pearl Dare follows n burglar from
her home, Is drugged and left in field
and later overhears plotters. who almost
capture her. Payne is sentenced to life
imprisonment 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 Warfield
that he is in danger from a ring of spies
While they talk the senator's office Is
attacked by conspirators Bertha Bonn
which proves to be the plans. Adams is
made Colonel Dare's orderly. They are
ordered South. The Granadians capture
begs Adams to let her take his belt which
contains the defense plans. They escape
and Adams steals the belt from her.
1th the serasa Bonn
Pearl against her professed friends.
Pearl is captured again by the Grana-
dams, She, is rescued by Adams. Dis
him into the camp of the conspirators.
and poses as chemist. They are rec
ognized in the fight Adams saves Pearl
American troops. The black scarf appears
Pearl and Toxic follow Adams on his way
to an appointment at the chemical build
Ing, All three fall into the hands of the
terfet soldiers who also take Pearl with
them.
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15

service men in plain clothes are
searching every alley and stable. II
is regrettable that the rogues got n
good start"
"How did you collect this informa-
ton so quickly?" interrogated the
colonel.
II beg your pardon, sir" apollo
gized the under-strapper. He stepped
back and whis.led up the basement
stairs. Several soldiers and wom-
an came down.
Brent smothered an oath. The
woman was Bertha Bonn.
miss Bonnl" faltered Colonel
Dare. taken by surprise.
She was pale and nervous. 81
thought you had departed. Other.
wise / would have come to you direct.
ly. Your orderly"
"Adams"
e. Adams" she sobbed; "was 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 1t passed mine
and told me TO inform you that your
daughter and he were in the hand.
OF the Foreign alliance, and Miss Dare
tossed this box to me-" She handed
a little round box to the open-mouthet
colonel.
II told the first officer In sight,
Bertha concluded, pointing to thu
beaming young lieutenant.
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15

lasting in the printed pages Of Ameri-
can history" She continued with chal-
lenge and contempt: "Yous are armed!
Shoot me! could not serve my coun-
try better than to perish by an act
through which her enemies too would
be destroyed. Unmask!" she reiterat-
ed; tor 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 ISL"
The leader Of the Foreign Alliance
motioned for silence and spoke. "She
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15

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 "cute."
But Pearl was in no mood for the
kind Of bantering Adams INDUCED in.
She ordered him In a very pre-emptory
manner to be still. He obediently fell
silent and as quickly his own humor
changed. Forsomewhere above, doubt
less in the captains cabin, they heard
voices.
"Do you understand what is being
said?" she demanded, grasping his arm
tightly.
Adams indicated that he did, al
though the discussion was now in
French, now in German and occasion
ally in heavy-tongued Scandinavian.
'The girl, yes; but, Adams, Mon
Dieu, no! Don't you know who he is
He is needed, messieurs p
Pearl pointed the nose Of her revol-
ver against Adams chest. "Tell me
quickly, why does the Foreign Alli-
ance need your"
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 dlsarmed her.
you've g-got dangerous way with
weapons, you have" was all he said
to the outraged girl.
$50 that's who Adams really is I"
they heard a British0r exclaim in tones
at once respectful and astonished.
"The-" The remainder was unintel-
ligible.
"Seew whispered Adams to his COM
panion, banteringly; they've g-got my
number. You'd got 1t yourself if
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 hum
Of conversation continued indefinitely.
Now more alert than ever, Pearl
listened while but unable to catch
any meaning, presently instituted an
inspection Of the ships hold. She soon
concluded that this was no ordinary
freighting vessel. 1t was jammed with
Gilpin observer., 1917-03-15

1t would explode and blow up the
ship"
The Americans drew back in alarm
as the leader Of the Foreign Alliance
opened the lock.
An instant Of suspense followed. He
started to raise the lid when 1t flew
open and he drew back startled. Miss
Pearl Dare stepped out of the box
holding the potato-shaped sample
bomb threateningly in her hand
"Stop!" she cried, as with wild yells
and blanched faces every one in the
party ran toward the door. She made
move us II to throw the bomb nt
them. "Ill send you all to kingdom
come II you don't"
They retreated from the door at
which she now posted herself, huddling
together, dumb with surprise and fear.
The only person in the room who had
not moved or after the moment OF
surprise passed showed alarm was the
leader Of the Foreign Alliance.
Pearl faced him. "At lnstl" Her
voice rang out victoriously. "Un.
mask y
He wns the coolest man she Ind
ever seen in dilemma such as this
He stood as still as stone.
She turned to the others derisively
"All unmaskl |" With scorn to the
Americans: II do not know your
names, but your faces shall not for.
get and your disgrace shall be ever
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19
Man Power Mast Win War,
Says Provost Marshal CrOWder

cause Of humanity is in attaining an
economic supremacy
Not a Mere Sutier.
ITO do so would be to relegate the
United States to the role of sutler of
the fighting nations. We shall, Of
course, increase our production. We
shall become more and more effective
as a nation and we shall supply our
new armies and do all that can be ex-
pected of us to supply thearmies of our
allies. But we shall not, under that
guise, confin4 our participation in this
conflict to the baking of bread and the
sharpening Of the swol ds of other men.
This war will be won military on the
devoted field Of France. Doubtless 1t
will be won by the side which is able
to place behind it's army the prevailing
ounce of provision. But the blow that
skaters the Germin lines and ext1n-
cuisines autocracy from the face OF the
earth will be the blow of mans right
arm and not the insidious stroke of q
shrewd trader"
General Crowder gives great praise
to the selection boards and states that
the volunteer method of raising an
army far war is gone" and that the
"principle of selection has been tried
and proved by our people"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19
NEWSLETTES

FOR BURNING FACE with acid to
pose as victim of Germans liquid ire;
q former soldier has been sentenced
in Jersey.
BOARDERS hid hat of Detroit land
lord, he beat his wife and she got di-
vorce.
FROZEN RABBITS are to be exported
by Teaxs to our allies abroad.
dent Shonts, who in reply to protest says
Don't look at EN-"
MAKING GAY COLORED sweaters al
most high treason, say those trying to
save wool.
CRAWFJSH closed West Virginia fac
tory and made 5000 men idle by getting
in meter and shutting off water supply.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-03

state and the entire armed forces of that section would have been at the disposal of the interests. The streets Of Bisbee would have red dened with the workers blood and for every mine opel ator hanged there would have seen a dozen workers.
 There's not man reading these lines that does not know that this is so-and yet what have the work CTS to do apparently and what are they expected to do, but regard these actions as a threat of what may come if they too dare to assert their rights.
 We have said that the finest lines in the entire Magma Charta-a long long time ago it was granted by King John-was that significant de claration about the freeman and no man durst make him afraid!' That was the key to the whole si- tuation. It is the great and growing and all powerful influence of money that is making towards of us all. It is making the mind of the mas ses, the mind of a slave. It is en- tering into every channel Of human activity. and It is, without any let or intolerance from the law, "mak- ing men afraid.
 it chills the hot glow of enthusi- asm in liberty lovers; it unnerves the hand of those who would fight for liberty, fer democracy, for gov ernmcnt by the people, of the peo- ple, it hushes the voice that would protest against tyranny and it cen sors the line that would denounce evil and wrong and injustice wherever witnessed! And it is done by these plutocratic hypo- critics and their servile tools in the name of patriotism, in the name of the nation, in the name of demo- cracy-in the name of everything that they have done in a thorough lv effective way, their very best to destroy and discredit in our midst these Huns of industry!
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-03
SOMETHING NEW.

Just arrived on the last boat over 800 of this seasons latests styles and patterns, the most beautiful line of wcoIens over arrived in Nome. We invite you to see these samples whether you buy or not, If you wish to take advantage of this offer order before the 14th Of August, in order to have order arrive on last boat.
 We also make alterations, and wo do cleaning, pressing and repair ing. We appreciate your patronage Yours to please.
 NOME TAILORING co. Next door to Segerstrom X Hagen.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-03

oycrlords to the Presidents appeal.
 It is immaterial that right now ill this nation when there is above ali things a crying need for uu.tr 0. purpose and solidarity of action the industrial magnates are forcing upon the people a class war of such dimensions that the world has never seen the like, arraying against peaceable, law abiding non resisting citizens and workers, lawless gun men and the violence of the men at arms of the chiefs Of an indus trial feudalism. That's not demo- cracy! That is not likely to aid in winning the war; that is as the President said about the freight rates "the most effective means in their power to defeat the armies engaged against Germany.
 And the mockery of it all, these industrial bandits, playing the game of the nations enemy, have the effrontery to charge through the kept press that the workers de- manding living wages, demanding semblance of decent treatment, resisting the blacklist ard insisting that they must get enough to meet the costs of living, ere playing thA German game for German money. It is the workers who will win this war if it is to be won. t will be won by them either II. khaNl as United States soldiers. or as workers supplying the needs of the forces of the nation. Thel" labor in industry, in field, in mtn] in mill their valor and their galllntry and their daring and their Lernism on the field of battle. will carry the prowess of tine nation to fame on every hand while the coupon clip pers, the bond ho'Gr'& the corpora | tion heads, the financial kings, the | cowardll assassiGi of life and liher- ty ill demand from th" people the ulIeiilOSt pOuHC Ol iS0A AiolLl 'tN workers in the industries and from the needs of the E0v, rnment to maintain it's armies soG it's nayi,s.
 The country will stand just so much and no more l. is fast grow i ing intolerahle. The human mind rejects with loathing the call to sac rihce when they are already sacri- feed. The human mind will resent, does resent the infamous atrocities
 which are being perpetrated against
 labor on every hand, whose only
 offense is that it has demanded
 some semblance of the rights of
 men, ostensibly free citizens of a
 free republic.
 We must admit that no nation
 can tolerate the outrages which the insolent and arrogant industrial
 overlords have of late perpetrated
 in our midst Suppose for one m
 stant that the workers had taken the big interests and ejected them
 from the Warren district in Ari-
 zona. suppose they had taken W. A..
 Clarke and hung him instead Of
 thelr gunmen hanging Little from
 the railroad trcstle-there would have been roar of indignation
 from end to end of the earth; the
 capitalist and kept press would
 have shouted in unholy horror for
 twelve months demanding blood and vengeance. Nor would it have
 been all talk! The militia of the
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-03
QUEER ACCIDENTS.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 31.- A peculiar and somewhat mysterious accident resulted in the injury of seventeen men in the Brooklyn navy yard today. The accident is now being investigated.
 The duties of the men who were injured crossing a gang plank when it gave way under them, led them over the defective gangWay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Danger of Unrest
 in Great Britain

INTO British premier has ever had 0 NJ so many complex problems to deal with or been burdened with re- responsibilities so grave as David Lloyd George. At the beginning of the war MT. Asquith, as prime minister, was satisfactory to the people. Having had long experience in leadership and being we'll poised and resolute his general equipment was admirable.
 But as hostilities progressed more aggressive man was needed at the helm and MT Lloyd George was the popular choice for the place. He had an indomitable will and a prodigious capacity for hard work, and if any statesman could "speed up" war preparedness he was the one par ex- |cellence. His cabinet--a coalition af- fair-contained several able men and the ministry was marked by a reason
 able degree of harmony and uncom-
 mon vigor; but no premier, no matter
 how resourceful or how tactful, car
 satisfy all the English people.
 l Critics have been stirring up trouble
 for some weeks past, and the opposi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
DEAD SOCIALISM

Lstag in December, 1914, Liebknecht and
 Is other socialist deputies did indeed
 declare that the war was an imperialist
 scheme to conquer the markets of the
 world and in January, 1916, the Lieb-
 knecht opposition group numbered Al;
 but the great mass of the German so-
 cialists have not been driven away even by the policy of annexations. The so- cialist delegates, German, Austriap Bull garian, to the Stockholm conference were all annexationists. Even in re- beating the usual Russian formula against annexation the socialists may be consenting to economic annexations Barring the small knot of independent socialists, they have not the air of being
 honest in their talk They seem to be working in connivance with, even when in temporary apparent opposition to, 1 the government At any rate, they are good Germans, nationalists and not in l ternationalists.
 'We refuse any thought of an annexa- 1 ton of Arsace-Lorraine by France" said l Scheidemann, 'in whatever form it may 1 be attempted
 l Internationalism was never force in Germany What a masterpiece of irony I is the resolution of the congress of the 1 international held at Stuttgart in, 1907: ] "If a war threatens to break out it is I the duty of the working class in the ! countries concerned, the duty of their representatives in Parliaments, assisted 1 by the international bureau, by means of action and coordination, to make every effort to prevent war"
 Sixteen years before the international
 congress at Paris pledged the socialists l of all nations to vote against colonial wars and the building of fleets At the | Copenhagen congress of 1910 the German and the Austrian delegates voted against l a general strike in the event of war, French and British delegates voting for the motion. The national position of l the German socialists who imagined themselves internationalists was strik- I ingly manifested in 1912 at the Congress l of Berne, where a German socialist said:
 Every German, from the highest to the lowest, considers that the Alsace-
 Lorraine question can be reopened only
 on the battlefield"
 J The war killed the internationalist de-
 fusion in the entente countries. Ger
 many never had it. We know what a
 fine French patriot Gustage Herve be-
 came, who 10 years ago was denouncing
 lpatriotism as "an anti-social prejudice" :"
 Tke war opened the eyes of all the sim
 tcere internationalsts. Mir London, in
 distributing to socialists a common oppo-
 ton to war, is reyiving delusion or
 a humbug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Regarding Acreage for
 1918 Cotton Crop

WHlLH it is too s,.', soon .t... to speculate
 wv on next years cotton prices the outlook for a high level is bright, and with this in view many farmers who have learned the secret of get ting ahead of the boil weevil will probably increase their acreage. This, at any rate, may be expected in the states that produced large crops this year.
 Georgia, which comes next to Texas in production, has up to this time escaped the weevil pest at it's worst, but it's turn may come in 1918. Whether or not this be true, however, Georgia is more likely to increase it's acreage than curtail it.
 As for Alabama, this years acre. age was reduced in favor of diversifi- cation, and if thee is any expansion in area planted in 1918 it need not be large in order to get economic re- suits, for the intensive practice should be the rule. An acre which formerly grew only a half bale, or ever less, can be made to yield something like a bale. That would be progress
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-13
Death Claims
 Sterling Citizen

ID oBERT M. GOODALL, who 4N passed away last night after lingering illness, was one of Birming- hams foremost business men and most public-spirited citizens. He had been active in prohibition politics ever since the Anti-SaIoon league was es- tablished in Alabama, but he was never an aspirant for office and no man was less self-seeking. His heart was in the cause he espoused, and he stood up boldly for his convictions, but what distinguished him from many of his fellow workers in excit- ing campaigns, he had no word of bitterness for those who disagreed with him.
 Mir. Goodall, as the head of great mercantile company, gained an envi- able reputation for fair dealing. lie was the soul of probity.
 As a neighbor he was thoughtful and kind, and his genial disposition and fine sense of humor made him social favorite. In dispensing charity he was as Tnostentatious as he was liberal and in contributing of his means to aid worthy institutions he was not only willing, but he always seemed grateful for the opportunity 1 of giving.
 MT. Goodall's death will be sincerely mourned throughout Alabama.