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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04
The oaucheris of Soldiers.

Soldiers when marching at night through open country invariably gravi- tate toward the left, not to the right. This is the experience of an old sol dier, who thinks the tendency is due to two causes: First as the rifle is carried in the right hand 1t naturally follows that the weapon arm must be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04
wh.+ Mako. a Good Road.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04
poc.honsas and Mrs. Wilson.

It was on the Fist of March, old style, in 1917, that Pocahentas, love Hest and most celebrated of all Indian women, died in England. on the eve of her projected return to her native land.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04
ps v;noi,. 9Th. Last Supper.

During the last years of the fifteenth century Leonardo da Vinci executed for the Duke of Milan his masterpiece of painting, 'sThe Last Supper" wall decoration in the refectory in the mon- astery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04

"Is she help to her mother?'' asked one woman.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04

Secretary Redheld notified Congress that on May there were under con struction in the United States BS7 steel vessels and 167.-weoden ones.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04

One of These Crazy Questions.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-04

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The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18
SYNOPSIS.

Adventurous Jerry Carson embarlSs
in Search of hidden treasure with the
plasaise of Leontine Walcott to be his
wife on his return Her father favors
Sebastian Navarro. Jerry's ship is burn
ed, he is reported lost. Jerry suddenly
turAs up to confront charges of the Ma
forged paper Diego Navarro is killed and
Jesry is convicted of the murder. He es
capes, and finds the treasure and a won
desfHi chemical pellet. Leontine is forced
he attacks her in a rage. Suddenly he is
confronted by a weird apparition. Raw
e9Ear forces a confession from Louie.
SEBASTIAN attempts to get it. An earth
quake occurs: in the excitement, Red
Ffzn steals the confession and fees. He
appears In New York as Romanoff and
L4satine consents to accompany Ham
ilt6a on a balloon ascension. Sebastian
Drugs Hamilton and arrangeS to have
Lecntine set adrift in the balloon. The
faGs that her companion is Ravengar.
They are rescued, but One-Lamp Louie
reports that they persisted in hurricane.
SEBASTIAN arranges to marry Blanca.
LSASe prevents it to save himself and is
thrown to death by Sebastian who
changes his marriage plans. He sees
kicAaps Leontine but the Shadow has
promised her protection. Ravengar de-
hvsrs Leontine from the hands of her
enemies, but Bianca's thugs capture him.
passaonately in love with him. BY main
tanning that Leontine is insane, Sebastian
again gains possession of her Ravengar,
after terrific battle. rescues her. but the
mystic mantle which renders them invis-
ib4e. Is stolen. Bianca's thugs corner Raw
engar and Leontine in a shack. Blanca
de1ends Ravengar. He escapes and re-
covers the invisible mantle. Out of re-
venge the thugs dynamite the shack. Raw
eBaRr offers Sebastian his freedom in ex-
change for the confession; as the police
aFs4ve Sebastian escapes. Ravengar takes
Lxantine to his laboratory to explain a
mystic pellet. Sebastian steals the pellets
am the mantle. After struggle Sebas-
tinn by the aid of the mantle spirits Raw
e74ar away unconscious. Leontine re-
tyrns to the laboratory but her husband
fd1eUws her, locks her within and sets fire
to Ne building. Ravengar escapes from
his prison and rescues Leoptine.
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
Absolute Black.

Ravengar, in the midst of his con-
veseation with Leontine, had seen Sc
basdan's face at the window of a near
by tenement house. Sebastian had
changed his mind about the immedi-
ate destruction of Ravengar. He was
sensible enough to prefer to finish one
job at time, and at present he pre-
feared to watch his wife burn to death
in Ravengar's laboratory.
He was examining Joseph Dexter's
journal In the room of certain Mr..
Wang. This gentleman was not, as
his name might imply, of Oriental per-
suaSion. He had never seen the Flow
cry land, and his only idea of China
man was of a purveyor of chop suey
to ordinary folks and clean laundry to
thzse who had taste for such lux
uries. Whitley Wang was an old
friend of Sebastian's, and lived in the
aforesaid tenement.
Sebastian soon perceived that the
dead scientists journal needed more
than careless scrutiny. He closed
1t and handed it to Wang, together
with the bottle of pellets.
'Take these to the Central Trust
companys offices and have them put
in my safe deposite box" he said.
Wang took them and went out. But
as he was closing the door Sebastian
hailed him.
"Come here!" he said. do you see
that man over there?"
Wang nodded.
Watch him carefully. That's the
man I'm after. See, he's looking at
usi Better beat 1t. Sure you've got
a picture of him ?"
y got him." answered Mr.. Wang mo-
r0sely as he went out and descended
tho stairs.
Now Mr.. Wang was man of sudden
impulses.
Why should Sebastian wish to place
an old book and bottle of black pei
lets In his safety deposit box?
They must be worth something.
He went downstairs all right, but he
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

Sebastian was half way down the first
flight of the fire escape
He ran through a back yard, down an
alley, crossed street, went through
garden, and finally emerged breath
less in main thoroughfare of traffic.
-
Ravengar's sudden disappearance
frightened Leontine. She saw him
dart across the street toward the tene-
ment building. Then he was swal-
lowed up in the crowd that still lin
gered about the burned-out ruins of
the building in which had been the
laboratory.
As she stood in Mrs. Spielburger's
yard, with Pat Mcguire, trying to COM
pose herself, she heard a distant re-
volver shot ring out She caught at
Pats arm in an agony of apprehen-
sion.
Its nothing, lady" said the ever
ready Irishman. Sure he'll be back.
Them rats in that district is always
shooting at each other Maybe it's a
tire blown out he added hopefully.
But when a second crowd began to
run around the corner of the ada
cent block Pat volunteered to go and
find out what the trouble was. And
Leontine waited in terror which she
could no longer conceal. What if the
shot had been fired at Ravengar?
1t was, of course, Seba stian's shot
which killed the policeman. Raven
gar had been a participant in that af-
fair, but not a principal. And Leon
tine never knew how narrow his es-
cape had been.
As Leontine chung, trembling, to the
fence, Ravengar stood before her. She
gave happy little cry and ran to
him; then, remembering how short a
time had passed since she had ac-
knowledged her love, she drew back.
suffused with bushes.
Ravengar dropped upon one knee be-
fore her.
BE brave, Leontine," he said. "And
be assured that / shall stand between
you and any further danger all your
life.
Il saw Sebastian and went to find
him." he continued. But he escaped
me-
THAT shot" she faltered.
ut was not fired at me-" answered
Ravengar, and he said no more.
'Leontine," he continued "if it
should prove impossible to catch Sc
bastian and compel him to free the
memory of your dead lover, how long
will you pursue hopeless quest"
II cannot give that up" she an
swered gently.
But you love me, dearest?'
yes. And do you not love me
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

grabbed Whitney by both shoulders.
"Gimme that book and the bottle.
or I'll knock your blamed head of !"
he shouted.
Whitley was taken by surprise. a
thing that seldom happened to him.
''Lemme go'' he yelled. "Lemme go,
d'you hearY'
Pat twisted the bottle of pellets out
of his hand and put it in his pocket
In doing this he had perforce to re-
lease his hold of Whitley for mo-
ment. 1t was only a moment, but
Whitley took full advantage of the sit
uation. He twisted out of Pats grasp
like an eel and ran
Into the ample form of Mrs. Spiel
burger, who promptly boxed his ears,
knocked him down with blow of her
brawny fist, and screamed for help.
Pat got the journal from Whitley be-
fore he had found his feet again. As
the two men struggled a crowd began
to collect. A policeman came running
up.
= Whitley, freed by Pat, started off
again, but this time he fell into the
policeman's arms. The policeman rec
ognized him as an old friend, and stuck
to him as such. Pat thrust his pellets
and the journal into Leontine's hands.
you'd better beat it, Miss" he said.
"I'll trust you for that five hundred"
Leontine darted out of the yard,
pushed through the crowd, and found
taXicab. A moment later she was
being whirled away from the scene.
Leontine's new address was in a
fashionable part of the city. She had
decided that the best security lay in
publicity. She had a small house, with
a gardener, chauffeur, and a couple
of maid servants. Thus aided she
felt a match for any schemes of Sc
bastian.
She was seated in her study waiting
for Ravengar when she heard the door
opening. She looked up in surprise.
She had not heard the bell ring. It
sounded like Ravengar's step. Then
she found herself looking into the face
of--Jerry!
She stared at him in amazement
which robbed her of speech. Yet she
felt no fear. And as she watched him
Jerry addressed her.
I come to you in behalf of Raven
gar" he said. You are all in the world
to him, and the life of the living is
more than the memory of the dead"
He turned and left the room, leav-
ing Leontine staring after him. And,
though she had no doubt that Jerry's
appearance was that of spectre, even
then she remembered that she had
heard his footstep.
A spirits footstepl Suddenly she re-
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

enough to bear with me a little long
err"
Ravengar hesitated. Then he bowed
his head in assent. He turned as if
to leave her; then, returning, he took
her in his arms, and their lips met in
their first kiss.
II shall never give up the quest"
he said, as he released her.
Mr.. Whitley Wang was decidedly dis
posed to consider his charge a treas
ure. Nobody but a mailman would put
an old book and bottle of pellets in
a safety vault unless there were some
thing more in the action than met the
immediate understanding.
And Sebastian was not crazy.
Putting the book under his coat,
and still holding the bottle of pellets,
Wang began to make his way toward
another rookery, where he also had
lodgings, in virtue of certain alias
into which it is not necessary to go.
However, on the way Mr.. Wang re-
ceived another impulse, and FASTENED
to obey it. He would find out what
was in the book.
Stepping into a doorway, he opened
the book and began to read it. Whitley
snorted with disgust. 1t seemed to be
book of travel. Mixed with it, how
ever, were the figures of a cypher.
Whitley closed the book with snap.
Whitley was not particularly inter-
ested in the sight of pretty Ameri-
can girl who was apparently saying
goodbye to an old Irishman and
German woman in back yard He
had seen such sights before. How
ever, Whitley had decided interest
for Leontine, because she recognized
the book under his arm, and the pei
lets in his hand.
She rushed back to Pat.
do you see that MANI" she cried,
indicating the unconscious Whitley
Wang. Get that book from him. And
the bottle of pellets. That's the bottle
you lost In the river !"
Pat needed no second orders. He
rushed from the back yard and
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

butt descended upon his skull As
Ravengar staggered under the force
OF the blow Sebastian began striking
again and again.
Ravengar was growing dazed Sc
bastian and the crook hammered at
Ravengar until he sank with groan
upon the floor, unconscious.
"Lemme finish him !" begged Whitley
as Sebastian stood over Ravengar's
PROSTATE body, considering whether to
fire or to give the final blow with his
revolver butt.
But at that instant the back door
opened and the gardener, who had
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

gained control over her limbs She
sprang forward and opened the door.
Jerry was nowhere to be seen, but
Ravengar was coming along the hall.
who was that?" cried Leontine, in
the reaction of deadly terror.
who, dear?'
You saw somebody come out of this
door?"
mo, | saw no one come out of this
door," answered Ravengar Whom did
you think you saw?"
Jerry" she answered, and burst
into tears.
Ravengar put his arm about her and
led her back into the study.
ut was his spirit" Leontine sobbed.
He came back to me from the grave,
to tell me that 1 must give up my en-
deavor to free his memory. He said
that the love of the living was more
than the memory of the dead"
Ravengar took her in his arms. lie
ontine-" he began.
But I want to clear his name" con-
tinued the girl eagerly.
Ravengar took her hands in his and
kissed them. Let us sit down, Leon
tine" ke said, land perhaps when l
have shown you the secret of the pei
let's we shall see clearer way toward
that purpose"
= -
And so we've found her.;
Sebastian listened eagerly to the
story of the two crooks. eonfederates
of Whitey's, whom he had hired They
had discovered Leontine's new abode,
and had learned the details of its To-
cation.
Sebastian knew that what he
had to do must be done speedily, for
already every police station was
posted with circulars descriptive of
him and offering reward. He must
secure the pellets and book, make an
end of his enemy Ravengar, and the
wife whom he hated, and make q
quick, clean getaway.
At that moment Whitley Wang came
in. The three had been waiting for
him.
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

went further than his instructions. He
went into the cellar. The old tene-
mept building was honeycombed with
rat holes, and human rat holes in the
basement. From the cellar Wang
squeezed his way into back street,
carrying the pellets and the manu-
script with him, with the idea Of dou-
bls-crossing Sebastian later.
Sebastian, meanwhile, remained at
The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1917-10-18

Sebastian was half way down the first
flight of the fire escape.
He ran through back yard, down an
alley. crossed street, went through a
garden, and finally emerged breath
less in a main thoroughfare of traffic.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-24
SHIP PROGRAM
Is NOW Is PER
CENTCOMPLETED

Washington, Dec. 24-The gov-
ernment's shipbuilding program on
Dec. / was 1872 per cent on its way
to completion as disclosed today in
an analysts of statistics supplied by
the shipping board to the senate
commerce committee investigating
progress of the work.
The program, calling for 8,24e. .SOS
tons Of shipping, is divided as fol-
lows: Wood and composite vessels
437 OF 1861, 800 tons, 10 per cent COM
pleted; reuuisitioned steel ships, 431
OF 3.O56.00s tons, SO per cent COM
pIeted; contract steel ships, sat OF
S,6Ss,400 tons, four per cent COM
pleted.
The percentage OF completion, as
given, does not take into account the
construction of new shipyards in.
which many of the vessels will be
built, or work done toward obtain
ing engines, boilers and other equip
ment.
OF S79 wood hulls contracted for,
keels have been laid for 166. OF which
130 were laid down in yards which
did not exist when the contracts were
let. The wooden hulls were ordered
from 72 yards, OF which 81 have been
built from the ground up since the
contracts were let. The percentage
OF completion OF wooden hulls, fgur-
ing on the entire program, which
included hulls on which construction
has not started is per cent.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-24
LAND BANKS IN
NEED OF aid

st. Paul. MINI, Dec. 24-Unless
congress extends the credit OF the
government TO the amount Of 5000. =
100000 to the federal land banks.
the farmers OF the country face abb
Eolute need, according to a state-
ment issued today by +. G. Quamme.
president OF the Federal Land bank
Of st. Paul Dimculty in disposing OF
bonds based on the farm mortgages,
has resulted In q lack OF money i'm
the banks, Mr.. Quamme said, state
ing that 100000, 900 is needed at
once to pay approved loans and tho
other 100000 900 TO provide q revol~
wing fund to handle loans during the
war. The st. Paul bank, which Mr..
Quamme said does more active busi-
ness than any OF the others, has ap-
proved loans totalling $19. .40S 400
and is ready to approve others
amounting to s2,542.1OO, but has no
funds. The northwest, which Is sup~
piled through the local institutions,
is especially likely TO suffer until
remedial legislation is fOrthcoming,
the president predicts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-24

Amsterdam, Dec. 24.-EmperOr
William visited the front north Of
verdun on Friday, according to q
Berlin dispatch. and I'm an address to
the troops thanked them warmly for
their Efforts.
But for the calm and heroic war
riors on the western front" he said.
the enormous deployment Of Ger
man forces in the east and in Italy
never would have been possible. The
fighter in the west has exposed
heroically his body so that his
brothers on the Dvina and the Isonzo
might storm from victory to victory.
The fearful battles on the bloody
hills around Verdun were not in
vain: they created new foundations
for the conduct OF the war;"
In a speech to. the Second army
ON Saturday, Emperor William said:
TT has been a year full OF events
for the German army and the Ger
man fatherland. Powerful blows have
been delivered and your comrades in
the east have been able to bring
about great decisions.
There has been no man, no officer
and no general on the whole eastern
front, wherever I have spoken to
them, who has not frankly admitted
that they could not have accomplish
ed what they have IL their comrades
in the west had not stood to a man.
The tactical and strategical con-
nection between the battles on the
Aisne, in the Champagne. Artois and
Flanders and at Cambrai and the
events in the east and in Italy is so
manifest that 1t is useless to waste
words on It.
With a centralized direction the
German army works in a centralized
manner. In order that we should be
able TO deliver these offensive blows
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-24
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

Checked in their attempt to drive
through 20 the Italian plains east Of
the brenta by the brilliant feat of
the Italians last week in recapturins
the Asolone heights, the Teutons
have now switched their attack 70
the Rrenta's west bank.
Striking suddenly yesterday in this
quarter they pushed into the italian
lines on the ABiago plateau in the
vicinity Of Buso, where the Frenzella
valley affords q route to the Brenta
valley. The Rome war office reports
the enemy checked at the italian rear
positions, whence q counter attack
was launched.
On the lower Piave front the enemy
has suffered q reverse at the point
where he had driven his lines near
est to Venice. The Italians yesterday
forced the enemy groups which had
crossed the old PiaVe Tor SiIe) river
from their foothold on the west bank.
Raidina operations by both sides
are being continued on the Franco
Belgian front and there is consider
able aerial activity.
Peace without annexations and
without indemnities, the formula
adopted by the German reiehstaa in
its peace resolution last July ia tho
keynote Of the Russian peace terms
now being discussed at Brest-
Iitovsk. The Russian terms have
been submitted to the representa-
tives Of the central powers who have
taken them under consideration.
No compulsory annexation of terri
tory seized during the war and
immediate evacuation Of IL and no
contributions TO be required from
AwHH "a A~&l a -
Russia. Russia also suggests that
countries deprived Of their independ-
enee during the war be reinstated
and that national groups not inde-
pendent before the war shall decide
their status by q referendum.
Germany scored q point in the
selection Of Or. Won kuehlmann, her
foreign secretary, as permanent
chairman of the conference. Emperor
William, IL 10 reported unoffieially,
intends to 90 TO 5rest- -Litovsk, if the
diplomats now there arrive at an
agreement, 10 attempt to assemble all
European rulers in q peace confer
enee. The German ruler is said to
have declared that everybody wants
peace.
The heavy fighting which has
marked the situation on the Italian
northern front for the last few weeks
has almost subsidized and only local
encounters have taker place along
the dine from Asiago % the Piave.
Indications are. however, that the
Austro- Germans will again initiate =
strong offensive in an effort TO
reach the plains or the northern edge
at least, before severe winter wealth
er halts large scale operations.
Raids and local attacks have been
"a - - NnRmw sa1
sectors on the western front, The
artillery has been extremely active
in the Ypres and vendun sectors.
General Allenby has beoun sue
cessfuIly an advance along the
Mediterranean coast north Of Jaffas
Palestine. After crossing the Nahr
60 Auia, his troops on Sunday reach
ed the Plain of Sharon and captured
four towns near the Nahr FL Auia.