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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

ment to anyone. Anybody could see-"
"StopT" Esteban was turning alter
lately red and white. sYou seem 20
imply something outrassouA"
"Now Let W b. sensible. under
itand roo perfectly. ny boy. But N
'ficer u the Guard1a Civil may arEive
vt any moment and 10 viii want 70
know how yen ZANE to b With your
stepmother when shs plunged into that
rap. % prepare yourself
Young varoaa was watching his In
luisitor now With . fAintly speculative
'rown. When Cueto had finished. Est
teban said:
"You would like me- % confess %
<one black iniquity that would make
IS better friends. eh1 Well, Il - hap
,ens that I wal not alone tonight but
hat another person saw the poor WON
ms death and can bear me ont In ev-
Arything say. No. Pancho. you veE
each yourself. Now. then"-Esteban
vas Quick-tempered. and for years no
lad struggled against IN instructive
iistrust and dislike Of the plantation
nanager-~remembee that ! have b.
.ome the head Of this house. and your
employer. You will do better 70 think
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cHApTER N-censlnsed.

Seating himself on one Of the old
eoone benchst the young man lit =
Agaretts and composed himself to
U0lt he ut there for . long time.
Fumbling inwardly. for the night was
lamp and hs was sleepy; but Of last
= 0guro stole ont Of the gloom and
oolncd him. TIE newcomer was . rag.
Ou6 negra. 0ressed In the fashion Of
- poosss eo1Atry people.
well. Asens1N I thought you'd
lsssf COMA m Ut . fever from this r.
uDDteban sala igsitahly.
IT = : loag WY. Don Esteban, and
2vanesD11A ma6e me wait until dark.
! I'll 20 " have to b careful thsss
lnys.s
sRhse = IL nswsi what did you
honeT
Aesnsle asAsd gratefully - 10 seat
= 11meelf. sOne hears . great deal,
- 80 asvsr knows what 70 believe.
1oQe . 1gAt1ne n Santa Cars, and
1onDoo sueepo Westward"
2Aalag ~ unaodrsssed lseesf from
- DochsA. 0Btsban said. II have an
Ne1n8 mssGa9e ~ Oolonsl Lope2.s
~xAAt Lepnl Hes Asrs today and
n10e temoss0W; one en- nsvef 0ed
sWeil - nsst ma him, and In
Doo1afety. A1eastos THIS isteee Con
1n1no llupsseane nsws-eo important, IN
M9s-Esee1aa laughed nshtly-~that
f 20 Gna youEoolG u daneoe from the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26
EsTEDARs CONNECTION WITH THE lNSuRREcT0S
BRINGS DISASTER UPON HIMSELF AND ROSA

oynopaa-Don Esteban varona, ! Cuban planter, hides HE wealth
-0oaay. Jewels and uus dseds-ln Z wen % his estate TIE hiding
p0cs = known only TO Sebastian. . slave. Don EstebanS Vie deo ae
IL birth q twdnA Esesban and Rosa Don Esteban ma1ies the
avar4dous donna Isabel. who t51es unsucceosfuly % wiring the secret
- H. hA10ea Treasure from Sebastian. Angsrsd O hs refusal che
uDs Do Eseeban - ssn EvngeMna. ssbasdans daughtsr. Don
0gooom refuses, but u the course Of . gambling osua he risks
Evaaoslina q cards and los4k erased By the loss q biz daughter.
oshaseha kills Den Esteban and u himself killed. Many years pass
md Dena Isabel u unable to nnd the hidden treasure. Doa Mario
rh noass merchant, sesks to marry Rosa who has returned IRON
school IN IL United States1 Johnnie OReily, an American Who loves
Ro&A VIM her promise - wait for him until he can return IRON New
YORK. ~
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open moonlight then he sighed with
relief: "Ah-hi Now I seet Il 10 my
s~tepmother. She II asleep"
For . moment or two they watched
the progress Of the white-robed figure /:
then Esteban stirred and rose from his
seat. "She's too close to that well.
There Is" He started forward 4
pace or two. They say people who
walk ut night 90 mad Il they're avail
ened too suddenly. and yet
When the somnambulist's deliberate
progress toward the mouth e the well
continued hs called her name softly.
Donna Isabel" Then he repeated Il
louder. Donna lsabell Wake up."
The woman seemed 70 hear and Jet
not to hear. She turnsd her bead 70
listen. but continued to walk.
"Dont b alarmed. 10 said. reas
surtngiy. IT = only Eseeban-Douna
Isabel! Stopi~ Estsoan sprans TOR
ward. shouting &C The top Of his voice.
FOR &C the sound o6 hes name Isabel
had abruptly swssved . her hight .
movement which brought her danger.
ousfy Close % The up q he wcil.
''Stopl @ backt. screamed he
young man.
Above his warning theee cnme q
shrek. shFlll mi aoealse6- vail OF
such saAys0al terror - q shock the
night hirds a1d lAe insects into stili-
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~ your own affairs than q nina
intend to have . careful rsekooiAs
With You- I think you know I have .
sood head Tor ngursAs Turnlas his
rack upon the elder man. he walked
away.
Now Il did not occur 10 Cueeo really
to doubt the boys innocenee. though
he circumstances Of Doona laabel'e
death were suspicious eaougA g raise
. question In any mind but In view
Of Nseban's threat he thought Il wise
to protect himself By setting . bach
nre.
A 10 at On m old stone bench,
moodily repicturing the catastrophe -
Dsteban had described Il, his attention
fell upon an envelope at his feet. Il
ri sealed Il was unaddressed. Cue
to Idly broke It open and began %
read Before he had gone far hs start
ed: then he cast . fustive glance
about. But the place vas SECLUDED: he
vas unobserved. when no nnished
reading hs rose. smiling. He no longer
feared Esteban. On the contrary, he
rather pitied the young fool: tor here
between his fingers was that which
not only promised 70 remove the boy
from his path forever. but 70 place In
his hands the entire varona estates.
One afternoon. perhaps . week later.
Don Mario de Csstano came puflng
and blowing mp to the quinta, demand
Ing 20 go Rosa without . moments
delay. With . directness unusual even
Ia him. Don Mario began:
sRosa, my dear. you and Esteban
have been discovered was &C lunch
with the coumandante when I learned
The truth. Through friendship / pre-
vailed upoo him TO give you N hours
grace"
.what do you mean. Do Marior'
inquired The girl.
@Come, come" the planter cried. i'm
patiently. Don't you = Jon can
trust met Heavenl TIE ~recklessnsss,
The folly Of young peoplsi Cosld ron
not leave this instruction % your
eldeFs1 OF. perhaps you thought Il
mattss q no great Importance. N
amuGing thing"
sDon Martoi" Rose interrupted. II
Aen't knew what 20 are talking
abouG"
.You don't. chr The callers wet
checks grew reddef: ~ blew like .
psspolse. Then eall Estsoaa quickly
Thsre = not . momsss - leoe." WAen
- hRothne nnnnnfod n Cnnfnno
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pssge ANesleon aowselmlulenalee.
IL 1roe Americas muldmllnonAlso
- attain International ihmo q q.
count q Als vase wealth was 0eepAGo
0lfar6 o.. ~ financial 0ynaDl3oo 6
today oily ~ Astoss an1 van6eE1Gln
wsro f~sreeeeeteo = 0lEasdns tina a.
the fortune 6 ~ AfeonGusAed Phalo-
delphian e1eoe0e1 .ehoe a 0ommoooeo
Cornelius van0eehl1t q ~ 1roe Jonn
Jacob Astoe. 0lfaFd ~ wogtA >ovOooe
600 at tho dine e bio deat1. nucn 6
this money ~ LETT % the elty e P11lo-
delphia 1oe public puEpoee4 ano
100000 were applied 70 IT, bulldlag
Of . college To- orphans. THIS ias0tUr
don has supported and edueated ten
q th0usands q orphans and 0ttoo
them for their battles with the woeld.
0lfard Was . freo Thinker.
n Now South Wales there n .
mountain from which rock yielding 10
Per cent alum has been mined Tor nnoee
than half . century.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

In the commerce OF speech use only
coin Of gold and silyer.-JOubert.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

a Clumsy Wooer.
Edith-How does Fred make lover
Marie-Well. ] should define 1t a
unskilled labOr.-Kansas City Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-07-26

It Is the low prices at which land
can be obtained IN western Canada
which - rendering this country such
an important factor In the production
OF foodstuffs at the present time. Il
- enabling men who have been farm
ing small areas In older districts to
tnke mp and farm with the same capt.
tai areas not only many times AZ great,
but which are also capable Of produc-
ing considerably larger crops to the
acre.-Advcrtisement.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
u. S. to Take Over
Cape Cod Canal to
Protect Coal Boats

WASHINGTON, July 22.-To protect
the coal supply going into New Eng
land from Southern ports from the
menace of submarine operations off the
New England coast, control and opera
ton of the Cape Cod Canal is to be
taken over by the government and
President Wilson is expected to issue
the formal proclamation tomorrow.
The canal will be operated by the
railroad administration as part OF the
administrations canal system. Govern
ment operation of this waterway has
been under cosideratlon by the War,
Navy and Commerce departments and
the railroad administration. for some
time
The canal, owned by the Boston,
Cape Cod and New York Canal Com
pany, is seven miles long and connects
Cape Cod and Buzzerds pays. It has
depth of ! yenty-five feet, permitting
movement OF large coal vessels and
thus not only protects them from at
tack, but also shortens their journey
and saves them from the risks of
storms in rounding Nantucket Shoals
and beating up the Massachusetts
coast
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Gen. Murguia Tries
Back-to-Land Stunt

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, July %.
General Francisco Murguia, com
mander of the northeasserr military
zone, has started an agricultural colony
or. the great estates north of this city
which were confscated from General
Luis Terrazas by General Villa in 1913.
General Terrazas was Che wealthiest
land owner in Mexico, owing fifteen
ranches, about two-thirds of the state
of Chihuahua, estimated At 100000
acres.
When Villa was at the zenith of his
power General Terrazas fed to the
United States and Villa decreel the
seizure and confscation of his prop
erty, at the same time holding General
Ierrazas's sen, Luis, jr., prisoner, and
demanding ransom of $3.50, ,0OO While
In the Jail in Chihuahua City the son
was subjected to torture 20 compel him
to reveal the place in which Villa be-
lleved the Terrazas family had con-
cealed $5OO,0OO. Luis Terrazas, jr., es-
capped to the United States and soon
afterward died in Los Angeles.
General Murguia has established
himself at Molnar station, CT the Mex
lean Central Railway, and has brought
from the south train load of former
revolutionists and other undesirables
from Zacatecas and Torreon and has put
them to work on the land They are
blowing tract of 10000 acres and
big crop is expected if they do not join
Villa the next time his hand passes
near the colony.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Columbia Gets New Fund

Columbia University is a beneficiary
under the will of Major Eugene Wilson
Caldwell, of the United States Medic
Reserve Corps, which was filed yester-
day in the SurroZates' Court, two trust
funds to go to the institution upon the
death of life tenants to support a
foundation for general educational
work.
DIR. Caldwell died in Roosevelt Hos
pital from burns received while ex-
perimenting with X-rays He was the
inventor of a device to locate by means
of the X-ray the depth of an object in
the body lie gave this invention over
to the government. His estate was
valued at more than s15O,oOO.
Major Caldwell left his laboratory
and its contents to DR.. Harry M. I'M
boden and Thomas Riker, friends and
co-workers in his field, with the re-
quest that they continue his work
Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins Caldwell, his
widow, receives $4,000, household eff
fects and the income for life from one
half the residuary estate. The income
of the other half of the residue goes to
his mother, Mrs. Camilla Kellogg Cald-
we'll, of Concordia, Kan. These are the
two funds upon which the Columbia
foundations to bear DR.. Caldwell's
name are to be based
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Valuable Specifications
Seized on Vessels Bound
for Scandinavia
Restrictions Issue d
Several Builders Asked to Ex-
plain Moves to Give Data
to Foreigners

WASHINGTON, July 22.--An order
issued to-day bv Secretary McAdoo, in
structing customs collectors to refuse
permits to all except government of
fcials for taking ship and shipyard
plans out of the country, revealed that
agents of the Shipping Board recently
seized in New York large amount of
valuable specifications on ships clear
ing for Scandinavian ports.
The specifications dealt minutely
with Americas shipbuilding programme
and also with vessels under construc-
tion in this country for the French
navy. Some of. them were the property
of American builders, who explained
that they had been asked for plans as
a basis for postwar orders. Investiga-
tion is being made of the purpose for
which the other shipments were in
tended.
Military interests of the United
States were considered to be leopard
lied by the marine documents, which
were taken from passengers and mem
bers of the steamers crews. The docu-
ments are said to nave included de
tailed drawings of American shipyards,
photographs of ways, plans and ships,
blueprnts of American steamships,
sailing vessels and mine sweepers, and
specifications of ships being built for
France
Explanation of the attempted send
ing of the documents abroad has been
asked of several builders, in view of
the Shipping Boards announced policy
in opposition to the solicitation Of
afterwar orders from neutral coun-
tries at time when the American
building programme must have the un-
divided attention Of all ship workers if
the war is to be won.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Foe Loses ESQ Men
I'm Two American
Raids in Vosges
(Bu The Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 21.-American troops
in the raid into the German lines in
the Vosges Friday night inflicted 15O
casualties on the enemy and sustained
virtually none themselves. The Ger
man prisoners declare they had been
receiving bad food and poor ammuni-
ton.
Six officers and sixteen men have
been commended in French and Ameri-
can orders for conspicuous bravery
in the preparation and execution" of
raid in the Nosges recently. This
raid was preceded by half hours
artillery preparation.
Two hundred Americans, including
thirty-two bandmen IS stretcher bear
ers, penetrated 500 yards into the Ger
man trenches and inflicted nearly 100
casualties. They also took seven pris-
oners from crack Uhlan troops sent
into the line several days before to
make a raid on the American trenches.
The American raid anticipated the
German plan by only few hours and
occupied only as minutes
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Briton, Too Strong
For Armies, Bites
Way Into War Work
Recruiting Mission Finds
Place for Man Who Lifts
500 Pounds With Teeth

Alfred Ajax Carroll peevishly and
professionally ripped two packs of play-
ing cards asunder with slight twist
OF his fingers and tossed the pieces to
the floor of the British Canadian re-
cruiting mission at 22O West Forty
second Street. Every one connecte
with the mission, from Major C.
Rrooman- White down, was interested.
For the sixth time Carroll had
brought his 200 pounds Of toughened
muscle from his home, at 96 Swami
Place, West Orange, N. j., to the mis-
sion. There had been painful SINH
larity to the visits. The doctors had
marvelled at his splendid physique, and
In the same breath in which they pro-
nounced it the finest ever had rejected
nm because of too powerful and
rampant blood pressure.
ITS disheartening," he complained
to Major Brooman-W White. "The Allies
seem determined to win this war with
out my help"
Could Cat Up" Germans
His eyes swept the room. In a cor
ner rested box containing about 500
pounds of scrap iron. Carroll walked
toward 1t, stopped, grlpped his teeth
IN side of the box and raised it from
the floor
"I'm British subject" he continued,
land Pm thirty-four, young enough to
be fighting for my home and adopted
countries.
"Not only that. but I've brother to
avenge. The Huns got Philip at Loos
in 1915 and since then I have not
spent contented moment. Here am
forced to lift safes with ten men
seated on them for diversion and a
livelihood because the British and
United States armies do not think Pm
physically fit"
1s Strong Swimmer
Carroll has ret confined his fcats
of strength TO land. He swan the
Liverpo Manchester Ship Canal, being
the first to accomplish this feat. The
Carroll family is represented in the
fighting forces at present by James,
another brother, who is in Egypt
At Carroll turned to depart Major
Brooman White suddenly decided that
he was too patriotic product to lose
completely. He told Carroll he could
serve as civilian aid at the mission
to help recruiting. The offer was ac-
cepted thankfully and Carroll began
his duties at once.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
The Faith Displays Sea-
going Qualities of the
Highest Order
Acts Well in Storm
Lloyd's Agent Reports on Trip
From San Francisco to
Seattle
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)


WASHINGTON, July 22.-The re-
port of A. p. W. McNab, of Lloyd's
Register. on the first commercial TRIP
of the Faith, the worlds largest con
crete ship, has been made public and
has caused much jubilation among the
advocates of concrete vessels
The report is on the whole emphati-
cally favorable and is of special value
because during the trip the ship cx-
perlenccd two full days of mountain
Gus seas, during part Of which time the
wind ragged at velocity of sixty miles
an hour.
The voyage was from San Francisco
to Seattle with cargo of salt and
copper. Although the seas rolled over the
ship fore and aft and she was subject
ed to terrific strains not bit of water
penetrated the holds, the single barrel
of wate; found in one of the bilges
when the vessel was unloadcd being
attributed to seepage from the cargo
Few Evidences of Rough Voyage
Mr.. McNab says that the ship re-
sponded we'll to the head seas, much
in the manner Of steel ship" The
only evidences of the rough voyage
were a number of small cracks. There
were some in the deck slab and some
in the paint on the outside of the YES
sci, running parallel to the outer layer
of reinforcing rods, which latter we're
probably caused by a slight movement
of the slab with the force of the seas.
Hairline cracks, probably from shrink
age, were observed in the walls be-
tween the upper and second deck and
faint cracks were observed in the low
er holds at certain places in the shell
slab. These cracks showed a slight
working.
Mr.. McNab recommends that a con-
crete poop be substituted for the
wooden deckhouscs that cover the en-
gine and boiler openings, as he does
not consider that the wooden houses,
merely bolted to the deck slab, offer
sufficient protection for transoceanic
service.
"Apart from these minor failures"
said the report, "the ship, in my opin-
ion, is success. The fault of the
deck slab is due to lack of sufficient
winches being bolted through the ce
iHcHI Aldp ''l.nOuC Shy sedti'iSo'
DETECTION Less Than on Steel Ships
A number of strainograph instru
ments were placed around the midship
of the vessel. The greatest strain
they registered on the underside of
the deck, including hogging and sag
ging, was only 5000 pounds and on
flat Of bottom about 5000 pounds. The
greatest detection of the ship at the
height of the storm, between extreme
hogging and saggng, was seven
eighths of an inch in a distance of
1870 feet, which is about onethird the
DETECTION a steel ship would show
under similar conditions.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23

their ability to use such commission,
illegally became more believahle. The
department. compared various reports
and found them pointing to the sam,
parties although coming from diffcren
sources
several weeks ago In nation wide
rald the papers and files Of hundreds
Oh corporations We're seized. 1t was
learned last night that previous to this
secret raid had been made by Federal
agents on number of corporations and
ndlviduals and important papers found
which started the Department of jus.
wee ON trail which led first to Phila
dolph'a, thence to Boston and back tn
New York.
Here the plan of the contingent fee
men was so skilfully covered that the
investigators were driven to their ut
most to discover the real brains behind
'he frauds which amounted to hundreds
Oh thousands of dollars. In all the gov
has let contracts for $4,000. 900
worth of raincoats and good por-
tlon OF these contracts is held by firms
In the metropolis.
Inc investigator showed that there
were several manufacturer who had
put IN bids for raincoats to be fur
nlshed the Quartcrmaster's Depart.
ment of the army some months before
and on the day the bids were opened it
was found that these contractors were
either the low bidders or far below
others.
The contracts were not awarded until
ten days later, and when awarded sew
eral contractors in question found that
they had not received any orders from
the government, but instead, contracts
were given to higher bidders
investigation proved that statements
had been made that the reason these
contractors had not gotten business
was that they were not financially re-
sponsible or that they did not have
the proper facilities, or that they had
attempted to tamper with the help of
other contractors. Investigation proved
all these charges false.
According to their statements they
went to Philadelphia and Washington
several times and failed to get any
satisfaction from interviews with off
Gals. They were in this situation
when they received the mysterious
telephone calls.
These calls were followed up and in
several instances are said to have re-
suited in interviews with Felix Gouled,
who IS declared to have said he had
great influence with certain officers in
the Quartermaster's Department in
Washington, whom he frequently met
IN New York, and that he could get
contracts for any number of raincoats.
lie is said to have insisted, however,
that corporation be formed and that
he be made silent party to it to avoid
violation of the law, which prohibits
the transfer of contract with the
government.
He also is said to have insisted that
before any profits should he taken out
a certain percentage should be set
aside for army officers
Followlng UP reports received from
General Pershing that many raincoats
received by the troops were worthless,
the government discovered there was
an additional reason for the existence
of the "contingent fee man. Inspect
ors were being bribed to pass raincoats
that fell short of the specifications in
amount of cloth and also in the
quality, it was declared.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-23
Wounded Soldiers
To Get Yacht Trips
Mayors Committee Arrang-
ing Schedule for Cruises
Aboard the Surf

A schedule of daily sea trips for
wounded soldiers in New York base
hospitals will be perfected to-day at a
meeting Of the Mayors Committee on
National Defence.
The steam yacht Surf has been do
mated to the use of the committee for
the length Of the war by DR.. John A.
Harriss, the owner. The Surf is one
of the largest and most luxuriously
fltted vessels Of its type in New York
waters.
1T is planned to send the yacht on
snort cruises up and down the coast to
break the monotony of confinement for
convalescents and to give them tho
benefits of sea air. One hundred or
more men can be carried on each trip.
Red Cross nurses will be in attendance
and prominent New York women will
act as hostesses.
Moving pictures will be shown on the
deck evenings and additional enter
tanment is expected to be provided by
vaudeville and Legitimate" artists who
volunteer their services. Cots and ad~
dltional deck chairs have been supplied.
Motor transportation from the hospi-
tails to the Surf's pier will be furnished
by the Mayors Committee.