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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
FOUND NAVY AIRMEN
ILL CLAD in WINTER

WASHINGTON, Jan 16.-Criticism
of conditions at the United States
Naval Aviation Coastal Station, Mon
tauk, l.. l., were submitted to Repre-
sentative Britton of Illinois today by
Mrs William Allen Bartlett, chairman
OF the aviation committee of the Ma
ton Special Aid Society, No. 259 Fifth
avenue, New York Mr. Britten, who
is member of the naval sub commit
tee investigating the Navy Department,
said he would look into the situation.
Mrs. Bartlett said the men lacked
sufficient clothing when the weather
was severely cold She visited Mon
tauk on Dec. 2.
she wrote, s. and present at the post
at that date there were no life pre-
servers, CASTOR signals, no pulmotor,
no boat of any kind to serve as a
possible rescue should need arise.
The hospital supplies comprised a
half dozen bottles and lacked the
dozens of essentials in the event of
accident. My committee on Monday
morning had had forwarded three avia-
ton belts, four dozen CASTOR rockets
and one hand power pulmotor.
THE men also lacked wooden gar
ments of all kinds. There were at
that time some eighty men, and, if
you know Montauk, it is about the
coolest spot on our coast. We sent
complete wooden sets, consisting of
sweaters, muffiers, helmets, wristlets
and socks for twenty men, which left
sixty men uncared for"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
WITNESSES SAY HOOVER
AVERTED SUGAR FAMINE

WASHINGTON Jan. 16.-The Sen
at Manufacturers Committee today
completed it's program for the sugar
investigation, but the inquiry was
qept open at the request of the Food
Administration to hear George H.
Earle, president of the Pennsylvania
Refining Company of Philadelphia, a
so-called Independent concern. He
will be called later. William H.
Gardner, statistician, and Charles F.
NJ. Fadely and e. L. Lueder, New York
sugar brokers, testified today that
there would not have been an acute
shortage had the trade been allowed
to proceed in normal channels.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
CHRISTMAS TOYS IN
GERMANY WERE RARE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The little
boys and girls of Germany and Austria
had a mighty slim Christmas, accord
ing to official government advices here.
1t was their fourth Christmas with
war all around them and while the
Holiday packages have been getting
scantier and more scanty since the
first, no holiday was quite so barren
as this.
Thousands of youngsters who before
the war had great celebrations and
lots of presents, this year didn't have
even enough to eat The plight of
the very poor who never have much
anyhow was tragic, the reports state,
And here is the picture drawn:
The short ration candle cards
wouldn't even supply enough candles
to light the houses where gas and
electricity had been cut off to save
coal, let alone supplying enough to
light the Christmas trees. Even
Christmas trees themselves impossi-
bic to get. Many artificial were made
but had to be stopped before any ap-
preciable percentage of the demand
was supplied because of the shortage
of paper and cardboard.
Even those lucky enough to get
trees could neither find nor buy any
thing to decorate them. Colored glass
ornaments, artificial snow and tinsel
tinsel have been swept out of exist
ence by the hand of the war god.
The gift tables were almost bare,
This was true Of gifts for grown-ups
as we'll as of gifts for the kiddies.
Cigarettes cigars, sweaters, neckties
socks handkerchiefs or any other ar
ticles of clothing and all the the
usual little China and metal articles
people gave each other for Christmas
were conspicuously absent-not to be
had. Toys were mighty, mighty few.
Only the wealthiest could afford to
buy any at ALL For the moderately
wealthy and those on down the scale
they were entirely out of the question.
The wonderful toy factories at Nu-
remnorg, which used to make such
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
SOLE GERMAN HOPE
To BEAT AMERICA
PINNED ON j BOATS

LONDON, Jan. 16.-Germany is de-
pending on her U-boats to defeat the
American menace and bring about
peace, declares the Berlin Tageblatt,
a copy of which has ben received here
The entire entente hopes" says
the paper are now based ex-
pected help from the United States.
Whether the Americans will be able
to provide a fighting army in NUM-
bers sufficient to bring about de-
cision, whether they will be able to
furnish sufficient ships for the trans
port of the army, and whether they
VIII then be able to provide the
necessary supplies of food and war
materials, are question upon which
opinion is divided.
But there is no doubt that the
efforts the Americans are making
must be taken seriously The hope OF
an early peace depends almost en-
tirely on the efficiency of our sub
marine weapon"
Reviewing the first year of Ger
manys ruthless submarine campaign,
which ends February l, the Tageblatt
asserts that the Central Powers have
succeeded in completely upsetting the
economic life of the entente, and
adds that the submarine campaign,
which has now become the principal
factor in naval warfare, is being ex-
banded and developed still further.
The Tageblatt claims that U-boats
have sunk on an average of 821 90 tons
of shipping monthly from last Febru-
airy to DECEMBER, and for the whole
year the toll may be expected to show
nearly 100000 tons. 1t thinks that
the building of new ships by the en-
tento and neutrals during the year
will replace only between 100000
and four million tons of these losses.
and four million tons of these losses.
The newspapers say the monthly
loss to Germany's enemies from the
Ir-boats viii. reach five billion dollars,
figuring the value of the ships at
$3.50 ger ton and their cargoes at the
SAME amount
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
FIFTY EGG PROFITEERS
PROSECUTED IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-The food COM
mittee began today the prosecution of
City profteers in eggs. Owing to
weather conditions few fresh eggs are
being received Dealers have taken
the cold storage variety and sold them
as fresh eggs for rs and so cents a
dozen. AS a result the committee
was compelled today to set the price
for .esh eggs at 20 cents a dozen,
and for cold storage eggs at SIS cents
a dozen. Many of these eggs went in
to storage at 81 cents a dozen last
March.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16
AGED MAN BATTLES
WITH FOUR ROBBERS
UNTIL BLACKJACKED

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-John Ludlum,
seventy-fve, a retired farmer reputed
t. be a millionaire, and his sister,
Mary, seventy-two were set upon in
their oldfashioned home just east Of
the Belmont race track early yester-
day morning, blackjacked and render
ed unconscious after the aged man
had battled four amsked robbers I'M
til his strength gave out.
The intruders then bound the
couple to bed posts, ransacked every
room in the house, took $500 in cash
and three gold watches and escaped.
Several hours later Ludlum re-
gained his senses and was able to
free himself after much effort. He
then united his sister and fell ex-
hausted. The aged woman was weak
from loss of blood and could not walk.
She collapsed as he made an effort
to cross the room.
Finally she dragged herself to a
centre table, grabbed red table cloth
and, crawling along the floor to
front window, waved the cloth until
it was seen by James H. Randall, a
neighbor He called DR.. Charles H.
Ludlum from Hampstead and notified
Sheriff Seaman. After the farmer had
been treated by the physician for a
short time he revived sufficiently to
tell OF the attack and robbery.
He said that about 8 o'clock his
sister heard some one rummaging in
the drawers Of a dresser in her bed
chamber and she called to him to
an adjoining room.
Ludlum leaped from his bed and
was grabbed by one of the masked
men, who warned him to keep quiet
Instead he knocked the intruder to
the floor and was pummeling him
when a second man appeared. He
succeeding in subduing the two, and
was about to go the aid of his sister
who had been screaming, when third
rcbber appeared and the trio set upon
him.
All four were rolling around the
floor, striking out in the dark. Lud-
lum was weakening nthe fight when
the fourth of his assailants appeared,
coming from the room in which his
sister slept He struck Ludlum on
the head with blackjack as he lay
on the floor, and the aged man sank
into unconsciousness
Then the quartet attacked the sis
ter with a blackjack, and she too fell
senseless to the floor. Then the rob-
bers picked up their unconscious
victims and bound them to the posts,
after which they hurriedly searched
the house and left.
Ludlum told Sheriff Seaman he had
torn the masks from two of the in
truders and that could identify them
II he saw them again. He was sure
he had inflicted injuries on at least
three of the four.
Despite Ludlum's wealth, he and his
sister have preferred to live without
servants. Their family was among
the early settelers in the SETON, their
realty possessions IN the neighborhood
being worth more than 100000. Some
time ago Mr. Ludlum fell into a for
tune through the death OF another
member of the family.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-01-16

marvellous things for Santa Claus to
bring to America before the war shut
down because the government took all
their materials for war munitions
The Austrian toy factories suffered
a similar fate
There were very few sweets, cakes
or dainties to grace the Christmas
feasts. Butter, honey and chocolate
were unobtainable. -.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

No matter what ais your child, q
gentle, thorough laxative should al.
ways be the first treatment given.
II your little one Is out Of sorts,
half-sick. isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally-look, MOtherl see Il
tongue is coated. This is q sure sign
that the little stomach, liver and bow.
els are clOgged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stOmach-ache, diar-
rhea, sore throat, full Of cold, give q
teaspoonful Of california Syrup Of
Figs" and In a few hours all the con-
stipated poison. undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out Of the lit
tie bowels without gripping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless fruit laxative" because
1t never fails to cleanse the little ones
liver and bowels and sweeten the stOm-
och and they dearly love its pleasant
taste. Full directions for babies. chill
dren Of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for bottle Of "Cal-
ifornia Syrup Of Figs" then see that
1t is made by the california Fig Syrup
Company."-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Safe Buyjno for Both.

Buying unnecessary supplies In al.
vance and boarding food. both by the
housewife and grOcers, was responsible
for some Of the highest prices Of the
last year. "DOn't be scared into buy.
ing" the Interstate Grocer urges upon
Its retail grocery readers. That Is
just what food spectators desire. Nor.
NAL buying of all groceries with view
to quick and regular turnover will
keep goods moving In a normal way
at reasonable prices. Don't let any.
one scare you into buying In anticipa.
ton Of heavy advances. but force the
channels Of distribution to return to
the old basis of competition In sell.
ing. Consumers are not apt to buy
out any grocer. as most Of them have
spent as much money as they could
spare I'm canning and preserving their
own fruits and vegetables. If specu.
latOrs succeeded in creating a panicky
buying condition. unloading upon the
retail grocers ut abnormal prices, the
latter would be left holding the bag"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER xIII.-Continued.

His companion flashed look Of
warning at him and explained that
they were going down the river to look
for work outside of the district.
Suddenly Trelawney broke loose
and began to curse Macdonald with a
bitterness that surprised the govern
ment agent. What struck him most,
though, was the obvious anxiety Of
Northrup to quiet his partner and to
gloss over what he had said.
Elliot bought an automatic revolver
next morning and a box Of cartridges
He was not looking for trouble, but he
intended to be prepared for it when
trouble came looking for him. In the
afternoon he walked out of town and
practiced shooting ut tin cans for
half an hour. On his way back he
met Peter Paget.
The engineer came straight to the
subject in his mind.
"Selfridge came to see me last night.
He told me about the trouble between
you and Macdonald, Gordon. You must
leave town till he coOls down. Mac
donald is bad man with a gat."
els he? There'll be no trouble Of
my making. But IL he starts any I'll
be there. Macdonald doesn't own the
earth. You know. I've been sent mp
here BY Uncle Sam on business. and
you can bet your last dollar I'll stay
on the Job till I'm through"
"Of course you've got to finish your
Job. But 1t doesn't all have to be done
right here. Just for a week or two"
"Tell your friend something else
while you're on the subject. II drop
him, go scot free because he is inter-
fering with me on duty. I'll put Self
ridge on the stand to prove IT. But
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

donald smiled feebly IL: her and FREQ
the first shot of his campaign to de-
feat the enemy.
"Has Elliott been captured yet?" he
asked weakly.
The keen eyes of his hostess fas-
tened upon him. Captured! What
do you mean? 1t was Gordon Elliot
that brought you in and saved your
life."
brought me from where?"
"From where he found you uncon-
scious-at the ford"
THAT'S his story, is it,"
The young woman stood with her
gloves crushed tight in both hands. It
was her nature to be always parti-
san. Without any reserve she was for
Gordon in this new fight upon him.
What had Wally Selfridge been saying
to Macdonald? Did the mine owner
mean to suggest that he had identified
Elliot as one of his assailants? The
thing was prepOsterOus.
And yet-that was plainly what he
had meant to imply. If he told such n
story, things would go hard with Cor
don. In court it would clinch the case
against him by supplying the one miss
ing link In the chain of circumstantial
evidence.
Diane, In deep thought. frowned
down upon the wounded man. who
seemed already to have fallen into a
light sleep. She told herself that this
was some of Wally Selfridge's devil
try. Anyhow. she would talk 1t over
with Peter.
The reason Wally was so pleased
with himself was that he had dropped
a hint into the ear Of the wounded
man not to clear Elliot Of completely
in the attack upon him. The news
that the special investigator had been
arrested for robbery and attempted
murder. flashed all over the United
States, would go far to neutralize any
report he might make against the va
lidity of the Macdonald claims. If to
this could be added later reports of
an indictment, a trial, and possibly
conviction, 1t would not matter two
straws what Elliot said in his official
statement to the land office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER XIV.
Amhuahed.

Ambushed.
Colby Macdonald. In miners boots
and corduroy working suit. stood be-
side his horse with one arm thrown
carelessly across its rump. He was
about to start for Seven Mile Creek
camp with S2,7OO In the saddlebars n
pay the men there.
Diane was talking with him. "She's
young and fine and spirited. OF course
1t was great shock to her. She had
been idealizing you. But I think she
Is beginning to understand things hot.
ter. At any rate. she does not hate
you any more. Give the girl time"
You think she will-be reasonabler p
II don't know. But Tn sure Of one
thing. She'll not be reasonable, as Won
call IT. unless you are reasonable"
"fou mean-Elhot?"
YES. She likes him very much. Do
you know that when the Indian woman
came he urged Sheba not to listen 10
her story?
Sounds likely-after he had spent
his good money bringing her here"
sneered the mine owner.
HE didn't Gordon is a splendid fell
low. He wouldn't lie." answered d.
ane holly. "And one thing is sure-if
you lay finger on him for this. II will
be fatal with Sheba. She will be
through with you"
Macdonald had thought OF this be-
fore. 1t had been coming to him from
several different angles that he could
not afford to crafty his desire to wipe
this meddlesome young official from
his path. He made a slow, sulky
promise.
"All right. I'll let him alone. Peter
can tell him"
Swinging to the saddle, he spurred
his horse and cantered away. His
mind was full of the problem that had
come into his life. He rode abstract
eddy. so that he was at the lower ford
of the creek almost before he knew II.
a bilberry thicket struggled down to
the opposite bank of the stream on
both sides of the road.
Inc nurse SplaSneu through the fOr0
and took the little rise beyond with a
rush. just before reaching the brow
of the hill. the animal stumbled and
fell. As its rider went hcadlong. he
caught glimpse of cord drawn taut
across the path.
Macdonald. shaken by the fall. began
slowly To rise. From the shadows of
the bilherry bushes two stopping fig
ures rushed nj him. He threw up IN
arm 10 ward of the club aimed at his
head. hut succeeded only in breaking
the force nf the blow. As he staggered
back stunned. a bullet glanced along
his forehead and ridged Il furrow
through the thick hair. \ second
stroke of the club Jared him To the
heels.
Though his mind was not clear. his
body answered automatically the in
Stinct that told him tn close with his
ASSISTANTS. He lurched forward and
Cripped one, wrestling with him for
the revolver. Vaguely he knew by the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Out Of His Ranue,

A young man stepped into sporting
goods store recently. relates the Indian
apOlis News. and asked to see some
guns. His remarks indicated that he
was a sportsman Of a decidedly anna.
flourish sort. The obliging salesman
brought forth all manner and varieties
Of weapons. from .22-callber rife to
latest model pump" gun, but nothing
brought any response of satisfaction
into the young fellows face. Finally
the salesman handed him a high-power
rifle. used for big game, with the re-
mark. This beautiful little gun, sir, is
just what you want, believe. 1t kills
at 5000 yards" The young man shook
his head, more in doubt than ever.
mo" he said, 81 am afraid couldn't
use It at all. You see. / have to get
much closer than that"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
THE YUKON TRAIL
I'm 42aSkan LoUe Story
By WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINE
Copyright

sharp, jagged shoots of pain that the
second man was beating his head with
n club. The warm blood dripped
through his hair and blinded his eyes.
DaZed and shaken, he yet managed to
get the revolver from the man who had
il. But it was his last effort. He was
too far gone To use II. A blow on the
forehead brought him unconscious TO
the ground bleeding from dozen
wounds.
On his way back to Seven Mile Creek
camp Gordon Elliot rode down to the
ford. In the dusk he was almost upon
them before the robbers heard him.
For moment the two men stood gaZ-
ing at him and he at the tragedy be-
fore him. One of the men moved
toward his horse.
stop there :" ordered Gordon sharp
ly, and reached for his revolver.
The man-it was the miner North
rup-jumped for Elliot and the field
agent fired. Another moment and he
was being dragged from the saddle
What happened next was never clear
10 him. He knew that both Of the
bandits closed in on him and that he
was fighting desperately against odds
The revolver had been knocked from
his hand and he fought with bare fists
just as they did.
They quartered over the ground. for
Gordon would not let either of them
get behind him. They were larger
than he. heavy. muscle-bOund giants
of great strength. but he was far more
active on his feet. He jabbed and
sidestepped and retreated. More than
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

once their heavy blows crashed or
his face. His eyes dared not wander
from them for an instant, but he was
working toward definite plan. AS he
moved his feet were searching for the
automatic he had dropped.
One Of his feet, dragging over the
ground, came into contact with the
steel. With a swift side kick Gordon
flung the weapon a dozen feet to the
left. Presently, watching his chance
he made n dive for 1t.
Trelawney. followed by Northrup
turned and ran. One Of them caught
MacdOnald's horse by the bride. He
swung to the saddle and the other man
clambered on behind. There was q
clatter of hoOfs and they were gone.
Elliot stopped over the battered body
that lay huddled ut the edge of the
water. So badly had the face been
beaten and hammered that 1t was not
until he had washed the blood from
the wounds that Gordon recognized
Macdonald.
Opening the coat Of the insensible
man. Gordon put his hand against the
heart. He could not be sure whether
he felt 1t beating or whether the thrOb-
bling came from the pulses In his finger
tips. AS well as he could he bound up
the wounds with handkerchiefs and
stanched the bleeding With ice-coid
water from the stream he drenched
tho hrniSn6 fonn A foin clio
cred through the slack, inert body.
Gordon hOisted Macdonald across
the saddle and led the horse through
the ford. He walked beside the animal
to town, and never had two miles
seemed to him so far. With one hand
he steadied the helpless body that lay
like n sack Of -four balanced in the
trough of the saddle.
kusiak at last lay below him, and
when he descended the hill to the sub
urbs almost the first house was the one
where the Pagets lived.
Elliot threw the body across his
shoulder and walked up the walk to
the porch. He kicked upon the door
with his foot Sheba answered the
knock. and at sight of what he car
ried the color faded from her face.
Macdonald has been hurt-badly,"
he explained quickly.
This way" the girl cried, and led
him II her own room.
Get Diane-and doctor" ordered
Gordon after he had laid the uncon-
sciouS man on the white sheet.
While he and Diane undressed the
mine owner Sheba got a doctor on the
telephone. The wounded man opened
his eyes after n long time. but there
was in them the glaze of delirium. He
recognized none of them. All night
he rayed. and his deliriouS talk went
back 10 the wild scenes of his earlier
life. Sometimes he swOre savagely :.
again he made quiet. deadly threats :;
but always his talk was crisp and
clean and vigorous. Nothing foul or
Shiny came to the surface in those
hours of unconscious babhlng.
The doctor would make no promises.
Hes Il mighty sick man. The cuts
are deep. and the hammering must
have Jared his brain terribly. If il
was anybody but Macdonald, | wouldn't
give him chance" he told Diane