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TUSCANIA VICTIMS

LONDON, Feb. % Two hundred and four Americans lost their lives on the Tuscan:a, according to the latest figures received at American army headquarters.
 Of this total there have been identi- fled and buried, three officers and 137 men; unidentified buried, one officer and thirty-one men; missing (presum- ably went down with the shipl thirty two men.
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CcOntIuued on Page Five)
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Ukraine Republic as Check to Bolsh@vk Plans

ence through the cultivation of the
lands which have been free from the
threat of military invasion. It Is known
that some crops have approached some
thing like normal production.
II anarchy were not reigning at Pc
tTograd and if the Ukraine and its
neighbors were willing to cooperate
with the bolsheviki some food supplies
might be sent north. But with civil
war actually raging there Is no prospect
or the bolsheyiki getting food from
Russias most productive region, and
consequently they have to face increas-
ing discomfort among their own fol-
lowers. That is a powerful argument
for a conciliatory course on their part
IN their dealings with the Ukraine.
In peaceful times the bulk of the
agricultural exports of Russia have
gone out through this southern region,
OF Dardanelles. to the Mediterranean.
Wheat has been the principal cargo.
1t was taken by Italy, Spain. Holland
and some of it by the United Kingdom.
The failure of the British expedition
TO force the passage of the Dardanelles
and the continued control OF the straits
by Turkey has shut of these supplies
countries of Europe. That situation Is
not likely to be changed, but there is
no prospect that Germany will get the
benefit of 1t. The bolsheviki may be-
tray Russia to her. or such part of
Russia as they control, but they can
not betray the Ukraines and the Co.'S
sacks. Germany would have to have
a big army invading southern Russia
in order to control the crops. and If
they did control the country it is pretty
certain that the crops which would be
harvested would not be large enough
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troops with the commissioners. The
Ukraine leaders sent troops to wei
come them.
The result was civil war. The Tx
raines, fighting on their own ground,
generally, had the best OF it. There
were also riots and pillaging- Members
OF the Ukraine delegation in Petrograd
were arrested by the boisheviki and
held virtually as hostages. This did not
deter the Ukraine leaders from their
course. They continued to maintain
their position of neutrality-suspicious.
The rada, or parliament. in session at
Kief. treated the ultimatum of the
bolsheviki demanding submission with
scant poiiteness. 1t pronounced in ia
which alone could be competent to de-
eide the question of peace for the whole
of Russia. The inference from this pro-
nouncement was that If such a republic
really were to be established the
Ukraine might be content with a large
measure Of autonomy and not.set up for
itself, as an independent nation or
state. But it made clear that tina
Ukraines did not recognize the bolshe-
vik groups in their negotfa tons with
the kaiser as representing Russia
The Ukraine government also wanted
the bolshevik government. as an EVIL
dence Of sovereignty and good faith, to
issue money to meet its needs if it were
to be considered a part of that gov
eminent, but the bolsheviki were not
ready to issue money to any except
their own partisans The shutting off
of foodstuffs by the Ukraine govern
ment was a blunt hint that without
money for the Ukraine there would be
no food for northern Russia
1t does not appear from the meager
accounts of the fighting in southern
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tine, followed closely by Sydney. Whit
son came. Burke and ourselves COM
pleted the party. Kennedy and I were
from the large dining hall. when Craig
paused and looked at the massive
table set for che dinner.
A servant had just completed setting
out cocktails at the various places,
pouring them from a huge tankard
which had been on q sideboard. Guests
had been walking past through the
colonnade since we arrived, but at the
moment there was no one about and
even the servant had disappeared.
Kennedy stepped lightly into the din
ing hall and looked about sharply. He
pulled from his pocket clean linen
handkerchief. Into an empty glass he
poured the contents of one of the cock
tail glasses. straining the liquid through
the handkerchief. Then he poured the
nitrate. II l may call 1t such. back into
the original glass; A second he treated
nearly completed the round of the table
when heard a light step. My warning
came only just in time. 1t was Bur
ielgn He saw us. made some hasty re-
terest in Leontine or in the dining room
that had drawn him thither?
., kennedy was now looking closely at
the handkerchief, and I looked also. In
the glasses had been innumerable lit
tie seeds. The fine neshes of the linen
had extracted them. What were they?
! took one in my fingers and crushed it.
There was an unmfstakable odor' of bit
ter almonds. What did it mean?
How l managed to get through that
dinner I do not know. 1t was a bril-
liant affair. After the coffee Kennedy
managed to make some excuse for us to
leave In the secrecy OF our room in
the little hotel Craig was soon making
use of his travelling laboratory.
What about the little bottle of kera-
tin?" I asked, eagerly.
oh. yes" he replied, not looking up
from the tests he was making. wei,
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CRAIG KENNEDY DETECTIVE STORIES ~;

sudden. deadly West Indian hurricanes.
We hurried out on the street. The
Ericksons had Just driven up with Bur
leigh and Leontine. as well as Whit
On the horizon an ugly, dark cloud
rose menAcingly. In tho strange, un-
earthly murkiness I could see people
pouring out into the narrow streets
Suddenly, without further warning. the
storm broke. Trees were turned up
by the roots and buildings rocked as IL
they were houses Of cards
'Leontine." I heard a voice mutter
by my side 1t was Burleigh.
I was literally picked up and hurled
against an object in the darkness
man. In the room-more keratin--
moro seeds!" It was Kennedy. He had
made a search in the confusion. which
otherwise would have been more diff
cult.
Just then came q crash as the hotel
crumpled under the fierce stress OF
the storm. Out of the doorway strug-
gled figure just in time to clear the
falling walls. II was BurleiEh a huge
cash from a beam on his forehead. In
his arms clinging about his neck, was
Leontine. no longer the sophisticated.
but in tho face of this primeval danger
Just woman.
My Godr exclaimed a thick voice.
as an arm pointed toward the harbor.
There was the Arroyo, Juggling at
every extra mooring that could be i'm
pressed Into service. The lighters had
broken or been cut away. and We're
scudding sauarely at the shore below
us. moment and they had crashed
on the beach. while the great waves
tore open and flung about heavy cases
as though they were mere toys.
Then. almost as suddenly as 1t had
come the storm began to abate. the air
cleared. and nothing remained but the
fury of the waves.
Look" exclaimed Kennedy, pointing
down at the strange wreckage that
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

q UKRAINE demands place in the
III Russian revolutionary repub-
u u lies. The word has a great
deal of meaning for Germany
and the bolsheviki. 1t may mean dis
aster to the plans of both.
The proposed Ukraine republic is
something more than a logical sequel of
the anarchy with which the bolsheviki
started out as a part of their program.
1t has a substantial basis. There is
geographical extension back of it. 1t
also has substantial racial identity and
identity of language. What is more i'm
portant is that in the way of products
and resources it has the means of sus-
tanning the population comprised with
in its borders and a surplus to spare.
The Ukraine. In some of the dis
patches, takes on larger geographical
extent than is comprised within the
limits OF the region, but the additions
como within its sphere OF influence, so
that the whole section in the present
political situation of Russia may be
considered as one. At least. the region
is one which is refusing to recognize
the rule of the bolsheviki.
1t stretches from Rumania and the
mouths of the Danube On the west to
Astrakhan on the Caspian and the
mouths of the Volga on the east. It's
southern border is the Black sea. Its
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Sugar From lava.

'HaR' SO much in the public eve
ana SO much upon the publia
tongue IN figurative sense has
caused the thoughts of many persons
10 turn to Cuba. the great sugar island
OF the world, but relatively little pub.
lie interest has been manifested in an-
other great sugar isIand-that is Java,
Persons who have not Travelled thsre
and have not been particularly inter-
ested IN the geography of the east or
OF the Malay Archipelago are ant to
thihk OF Java as q small island where
some cofree comes from sometimes ana
a vast Quantity Of tropic spices. Java
dar away. That island is peopIed ,bv
5o.ooO,0O0 Inhabitants. From west to
east it is 622 miles long and its ex-
tren1e width is 121 miles, while IN one
place line fifty-five miles long viii
reach across the island. There ava.
more than $4,000 square miles OF land
IA Java, while if several of the closely
associated and adjacent islands be
square miles.
Java is such fruitful land that ona
hesitates to specify the principal crou.
put IL Is one of the great sugar-pro-.
duclng countries of the world. The
something like / 1905 900 tons. Peopia
are SO accustomed to thinking of sugar
in terms of pounds that nearly 1000. 600
TONS OF sugar seems to have stupefy.
ing effect on the mind. There are mora
than 100000 acres of land under culti
walton IN sugar on the Island of lava
and the average yield per acre Is four
and one-half tons. which is a Weld that
Is high above the average of sugar,
land
The cultivation of sugar cane ia an
old industry in Java The production
has Increased rapidly and the end IA
not yet Between 1850 and 1860 lava
produced less than 100000 tons a year.
sugar tonnage increased RAPIDLY and
steadily. until 1904 the million-ton out
put was reached. and it is Thought
that the two-million- marx wifi he
passed within two or three years. A
writer in the Americas, issued by the
National City B.nk of New York. saws
That While the cultivation of sugar "a
a very old industry in Java, it has
passed through many vicissitudes Fifty
years ago, he says, the sugar was
raised almost entirely by native farm
ers. who paid part of their crou to
the government as rent. The rise OF
beet sugar growing in Europe made IL
necessary in order to compete to In
troduce more efficient system Today
the cultivation is done by the manu-.
facturers themselves. They lease tho
land from the natives, who in MANY
cases are the owners. or from the ma.
tive communities. Many small prop.
critics are thus united under the maf,-
agement of manufacturer during the
period OF one pianting--that is, about
three years. After each planting the.
land is turned back to the native pros
prietors for growing rice or corn until
its fertility for sugar production = !.
restored.
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keratin. you know. 10 also called cpl
dermose. It is . scleroprofefn present
largely In cuticnlar structure, such as
prepared from pieces Of horn soaked In
pepsin. hydrochioric acid and water for
a long time. Then the residue 10 dis
solved in ammonia and acetic acid.
The pepsin of the stomach won't dt-
gest it," he returned. FOR that reason
It is used for coating what are known
as 'enteric capsules Anything coated
with kerat.n Is carried on through the
stomach into the intestines."
what are the seeds? Have you found
out yet?'
There seem to be two kinds. Some
of them are quite harmless. But there
are others that have been soaked In
nitro oenzol-artificial oil Of bitter al
monds. Even a few drops. such as
might be soaked UP in this way. might
be fatal. They were all carefully coat
ed with keratin. Really, they are kera-
tin-coated enteric capsules OF nitro
benzoi--a deadly poison
l looked at him, aghast at what some
or US had been rescued from by his
prompt action.
You see,'' he went on, that is why
the autopsies probably showed nothing.
These doctors down here sought for a
poison in the stomach. but IL the poi
son had been in the stomach the odor
alone would have betrayed 1t. You
smelt ~ when you crushed a seed. But
the poisoning had been devised to avoid
just that chance of discovery. There
was no poison in the stomach. Dea tn
was delayed long enough. also. to di-
vert suspicion from the real poisoner.
Some one has been diabolically clever
in covering up the crimes"
I could only gasp my amazement.
Then" I biurted out, you think the
Ericksons-'
Our door burst open. It was Burke.
Look" he exclaimed, pointing to the
open window. For a moment I gazed
at the sight blanllly. Then 7 realized
that sweeping on us was one of those
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Russian Black Sea fleet In the early
days OF the war this feet WINS . very
effective arm of the allies. 1t would
have been more effective had the CAL
lipoii expedition rot failed to force the
passage OF the Darda nelies. Neverthe-
less, it inflicted considerable damage
on Turkish ships and drove them to
cover.
When the Russian neutrality-suspicious.,
under the cars cousin. the grand duke.
was making its brilliant advance into
Armenia and was enveloping Trebizond
and other ports on the southern shore
OF the Black sea. the feet was said e,
be cooperating. Then the treachery in
high quarters caused the military &C.:
tivfties in Armenia to be ended. ana n.
was supposed that the feet, under or
oers' was compelled TO bottle itself up
at Odessa.
There have been intfmat3ons that he
6iack sea fleet was controlled by the
same influences that caused the war
SHIPS at kronstadt 70 mutiny, and that
secret understanding existed through
~. me entire Russian navy. But II il
not certain that this is true. While the
hronstadt crews had their brief dav
OF power, and while they have sun, orf.
ed the bolsheviki, there have been res
p = mat the Black sea feet Is Of .
more likely be in sympathy with the
Iada, but its real attitude would des
pend on the crews. Since they are re-
eeuited principally from southern
russia they also more likely will BE- in
sympathy with the local conditions than
with the bolsheviki at Petrograd.
IN any circumstances, Odessa and thu
Biack sea fleet will have a deternfnfne.
Inn influence on the future Of the Ukraine.
me population OF the seaport and the
meet itself could make the Ukraine.s
: s Ia of the holsheviki formidabie.
Lack OF sympathy would increase the
difficulties of establishing an indepen-.
e cent Ukraine government. but also
than to establishing the authority o.
me-, Inc nolsheviki In whatever hghe
veiopments in the Ukraine and
In me Developments in the rada. or par
very important bearing on the future a.
Eussia. 1t must be remembered that the
frontiers of the Ukraine extend to those
OF the central powers. That is a pain
!ui Ukraine argument against lettinr
the boisheviki deliver the region ovSS
TO a German peace
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Bly,.
ARTHUR B.
REEVE.

strewed thu beach. Does that 3oo34
like agricultural niachinefye-
We strained our eyes Kennedy did
not pause:
Tho moment heard that arms vert
getting through into Mexico I suspects
ed that somewhere here in the Carfbs
bean munitions were being transshfps
ped Perhaps they have been sent to
Atlantic ports ostensibly for the al-
lies. They have got down here Dis
euised. From this port. the key to the
vast sweep OF mainland. I reasoned
that they We're taken over to secret
could not safely so. It was here that
blockade runners were redtted in our
civil war. 1t is here that this aew
gun-running plot has been laid
The only obstacle between the transs
fer of the arms and success was tbs
activity OF an American consulate
Those lighters were hot to carry goods
to other islands; they We're really desS
And the scheme for removing opposss
ton was evidently safe"
Kennedy was holding up auothep
bottle OF keratin ard some fruit seeds,
II found these in a room in the hotel"
he added
I did not comprehend. But cut
in the handbag, the dinner-whaf of
them"
Hospitality: all part OF scheme TO
throw guile on some one else, worthy
OF a renegade and Itraitorr'
Craig wheeled suddenly, then addeSs
Il suppose You know that there is re-
puted to have been on one Of these hills
the headquarters OF the old pirate.
Teach-'the miIdest nnannerd man that
ever seuttied ship or cut a throatrs =
Kennedy paused. then added quickly
I'm respect to covering up yoer EunS
running. Wh!tson, you are superiof
even to Teach."
Copyright, 1?I1. By the Mcclure Neu.pape1
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THE GUR1-lRU FNNEsR.

ed to know, without exciting suspicion.
Thus by the time we sat down to din
ner In the saloon we were all getting
fairly chummy.
We had me Burke quite as naturally
as If We were total strangers. II was
easy to make it appear that Whitson
and Sydney were shipboard acquaint-
ances Nor was 1t difficult to secure an
introduction to the other party of four.
The girl whom we had heard addressed
as Leontine seemed to be the leader OF
the group. Leontine Cowell was a strik-
ing personality. / was never quite sure
whether she remembered seeing us at
the Burridge. whether she penetrated
the parts we were playing. She was
none the less feminine because she had
aspirations in a commercial way.
Her companion. Barrett Burleigh, was
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Russia that the bolsheviki are making
any Roadway. although occasionally
they may achieve a minor military
success. Since all the news comes
through Petrograd and is censored by
the bolshevild, it may safely be as
sumed that if any important advan-
tages were gained these would be
heralded. The last reports allowed to
filter out indicated that the Ukraine
forces were in control of Bessarabia
and along the Rumanian frontier. If
this be true II is a further block to the
German plans.
It is clear that up to the present time
the bolsheviki have not succeeded in
getting the Ukrainans into a struggle
with the Cossacks. Instead, the two
anti bolshevik forces seem to be CO.
operating, and Cossack troops are re-
ported in control of the railways of
the southeast over which is transport
ed the coal from the Donetz basin.
The control of Odessa is vital fac
tor in the situation. Odessa is the most
important port In southern Russia, or
in al Russia, for that matter. Its
population Is more than half million
In the past, virtually all the agricul-
transported through it. Shipping lines
to all parts of the world have their
headquarters there.
The city is also an industrial as well
as commercial center. 1t has large
artisan population. Apparently. the boil
shevfki counted on this class to sup
port them as the workmen's delega-
tion in Petrograd and Moscow had
done. Whether there was any direct
connection between the labor unions
and Odessa and in Petrograd is not
known, but the people of Odessa as a
rule had little sympathy with the peo-
pie of Petrograd.
Conflicting reports have been received
from time to time as to what it going
on in Odessa. but it is evident that
there has been rioting, and probably
civil war. The bombing Of the Ameri-
can consulate, which was reported,
may have been an incident to the riot
ing. or 1t may have been a deliberate
attempts inspired by the bolshevik adj
herents.
Americans always have been popular
in Odessa The commercial interests
represented there have been consider
able. The American consulate is one
of the most important in Russia. The
consular district covers a large region.
all that 10 embraced in the Ukraine
districts. that Of the Don Cossacks. and
even beyond to Astrachan.
Odessa 10 the headquarters OF the
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had felt that in any such attempt we
might count on Whitson playing q lone
hand at all stages Of the game.
It was the morning Of the last day of
the voyage. Most Of the passengers
gathered on the deck for the first
glimpse Of the land to which we had
been journeying.
Before us lay the beautiful and pic
turesoue sharbor and town Of Char
lotte Amalie. one of the finest harbors
in the West Indies, deep enough to
float the largest vessels. with ship
yards. drydocks and repair shops.
From the deck It was strikingly
beautiful picture. formed by three
spurs of mountains covered with the
Rreenest Of tropical foliage. From the
edge of the dancing blue waves the
town itself rose on the hills. presenting
an enhancing panorama.
There was much to watch. but let
nothing interfere with my observation
of how the affair between Sydney and
Leontine was progressing. To my sur
prise, l saw that this morning she
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ing how was to convey to Craig what I
had just seen without exciting suspicion.
They were discussing the commercial and
agricultural future Of the islands under
the America flag. especially the sugar in
dustry, which had fallen into a low estate.
II suppose" remarked Kennedy, cas-
ually, that you are already undermining
your plant and that others are doing the
same, getting ready for a revival"
Erickson received the remark stolidly
NO" he replied, slowly. Some Of us
may be doing SO, but as for me, I shall
be quite content to sell IL L can get my
price"
1.-THE planters are not putting in modern
machinery. them" queried Kennedy. in
nocently. while there flashed over me what
he had discovered about shipments Of
agricultural implements.
Erickson shook his head. "Some Of them
may be. But for one that is, 1 know
twenty whose only thought is to sell out
and take profit"
The conversation trailed OF ON other
subjects and I knew that Kennedy had
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Not the Same.

N RITlC Butler Cleanser took down. q
" presumptuous playwright the othse
evening at the Players Club. In Gram-
ercy Park.
I've written a play on the social
evil the man said. pompously: tsome.
thing on the order of Ibsen's 'Ghosts1
you know. Yes, Ibby and are pulttnG
in the same boat now"
But not" smiled Mr.. Glaenxer. ~wlth
the Same sculls."