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The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-05-09

"No. Mr.. Richard. Passing the bank
There, he's stopped. wonder If he is
going In? You call him, Mrs. Bllnn."
Obediently her friend hailed Rick
ard. He turned back to the windy
street. He felt boylsh; the crisis was
giving him mercurlal feet. He loved
the modern battle. Elements to pit
ones brains against. wits against
forcel
Gerty Hardin's face was flushing
and pallng. "The river" she faltered.
SHOULD we be alarmed, Mr.. Rickard?"
Smiling, ne assured her she should
not be alarmed; the levees would pro-
tect the towns.
"Mr. Hardin is up at Fassett's
ranch, he will be coming back today.
told your husband, Mrs. Blinn, to
catch a nap and then relieve Mr.. Har-
din"
Gerty found a significance In his
words. He had said "Mr. Hardin" and
"your husband, Mrs. Blinn." 1t was
enough to weave dreams around.
"We can't do anything, Mr.. Rickard.
to help" urged Gerty Hardin, her
voice tremulous.
II hope we won't have to call on you
at ALL"
There was no excuse to linger.
Gerty threw wistful little smile at
parting.
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. 4 ~
waiting FOR her. Rickard cotld hear
the man repeat. 'Tm sorry, Miss Har-
din. It's an outrage. That's what It
fs."
Queer, they couldn't see that 1t was
Hardin's fault; Hardin who was up
the river fighting like melodramatic
hero; fighting without caution or re-
serve, demoralizing discipline; he
couldn't help admiring the bulldog en-
ergy, himself. That was what all these
men adored. He'd clenched the girls
aDtagonism, now, for surel How her
eyes mad flashed at himl
Hello! There was tree floating
down toward the station house. .
Bring your poles" he yelled.
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~ thought you were never coming
he grumbled.
Let me take IT." pleaded the en-
glneer.
Nonsense, there is no danger" Har-
din saw personal affection in the plea.
He put his hand affectionately on the
mans shoulder.
"You go home and catch nap; this
Is my job" He was standing on the
step. "Crank her."
There was nothing for Silent to do
but to get out. Hardin pointed the
long nose of the car into the darkness.
She was off like the greyhound she
suggested, missing telegraph pole by
half an inch.
"Who is in charge here2" a woman's
voice was piercing the racket of wind
and wave.
The dawn was breaking. Down the
New river he could see the wind whip
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Copyright Bobbs- Merrill Company,


I "rd take more ORDERS" suggested
the engineer.
"Then send third of them home,
tell them to come back tonight at six.
Send away the other third. tell them
to come back at noon. Keep the other
shift. Say you'll have coffee sent
from the hotel, tell them Hardin says
to stop wasting stuff. Tell them, oh,
tell them anything you can think of.
Silent, before he comes" Her break
down was girlish.
She could hear the signal Of the To-
comotive; coming closer. Then she
could hear the pant of the engine as
1t worked up the grade. 1t was n
| steady gentle climb all the way from
/ the junction, two hundred feet below
seaievel, to the towns restin. at the
level of the sea. 1t quickened her
thought of the power OF the river.
Nothing between 1t and the tracks at
Salton. Nothing to stop its flow into
| that spectacular new sea whose basin
did not need drop of the precious
misguided flow. She could hear the
bells; now the train was coming into
the station; she would not wait for
Silent. She did not want to meet
Rickard.
No one saw her as she left the levee.
She passed Silent, who was issuing or
ders. She heard him say, "The boss
says So"
She took the road by the railroad
sheds, to avoid the dismissed shifts.
moving downward. At full speed, she
cOllided with man, rounding the
sheds corner. 1t was Rickard. Her
veil had slipped to her shoulders and
he saw her face.
"Miss Hardinv he exclaimed.
Whatever are you doing here"
II was looking for my brother"
"You ought not to be out at night
alone here"
"lt's morning."
"With every Indian in the country
coming in. I'll send Parrish with
YOU"
She recognized Parrish behind him.
She tried to tell him that she knew
can In the twin towns, but he would
not listen to her. 'T'm not going to let
you 60 home alone"
She blinked rebellion at the sup
planter of her brother. But she found
herself following Parrish. She took a
deep pride in her independence, her
fearlessness. Tom let her 60 where
she liked. She had an impulse to dis
miss Parrish; every man was needed,
but he would obey Richards orders.
MacLean had told her that! "They
don't like him. but they mind him!'
Richard made his way down to the
levee. "Where is Hardin?" he asked
Of every one he met. Silent came up
to explain that Hardin had gone up to
Fassett's just a few minutes ago to
| carry dynamite. The river was cut
| ting back there. "Good," cried Rick
ard, "that's bullyT
HE left me in charge" glibly lied
the friend of Hardin. "Any orders,
sir2'
"Things are going all rightT began
the manager. He stopped. From
above came dull roar.
"Dynamite" cried Rickard.
The friend of Hardin had nothing
to say. ~ thought you said he went
only few minutes agoT demanded
his chief.
There was another detonation. Down
the river came the booming of the Sec
| ond charge.
That's dynamite for sure" evaded
| Silent.
"Not a minute too soon!' declared
Rickard, going back to his inspection.
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him! Why, the building was desert
ed. Ogiivie's letters had prophesled
ruin. 1t all looked wrong tobhlm. Go.
ing on to the levee, he met MacLean,
Jr., who was coming away. The boy
told him vaguely that he would find
Richard around there, somewhere.
"Tll hunt him up for you"
"why, they are letting itoget ahead
of them!" Babcock's manner sug-
gcsted that he was nggrieved that such
carelessness to his revered company
should 60 unpunished. Something, he
told MacLean, might have been done
before the situation got as bad as
| this!
His excited stride carried him
across the dividing ditch, which now
was carrying no water, into Mexicali.
MacLean had to lengthen his step to
keep pace with him. The havoc done
to the Mexican village excited 'Bab-
cock still more.
Estrada, just In from his submerged
tracks, was lounging against an adobe
wall. His pensive gaze was turned
upstream. The posture of exhaustion
suggested laziness to Babcock, who
was on the hunt for responsibility. He
was more than ever convinced that
the right thing was not being done.
Estrada
Estrada took his eyes from the river.
Babcock looked like a swapping ter
rier taking the ditch at bound. Lac
Lean. Jr.. 1.-THE greyhound. followed.
"What the devil are you doing to
stop this?" A nervous hand indicated
the Mexican station cleaning in it's
fresh coat of paint; to the muddy wa
ter undermining its foundation.
Estrada drew q cigarette out Of his
pocket; lighted 1t before answering.
"Not thing. What do you sug-
gest2 t
A big wave struck the bank. The
car on the siding trembled.
Another wave like that and that
car'll 60 over" cried Babcock, Jump
ing, mad. "Why don't you do some
thing? Why don't you hustle-all of
your" He would report this Incompe,
tency.
Down the stream came a mass of
debris, broken timbers, ravaged brush,
wrenched fence post, chicken coop.
A red hen, clingIng to Its swaying
ship, took the rapids.
"Hustle-what?' murmured Es
trada.
Babcock glared at him. then at the
river. His eye caught the approach
ing wreckage. Men came running
with their poles. The caving bank was
too far gone. The instant the drift
Ing mass struck It, there was a shud-
der Of falling earth, the car toppled
toward the flood waters, the waves
breaking into clouds of spray.
Human responsibility fell to a cipher.
The rivers might was magnificent.
Even Babcock, come to carp, caught
the excitement. "Come, MacLean."
he cried. "Watch thist The stations
goingw He Joined Estrada by the
adobe wall.
'Have a cigarette7" murmured
Eduardo. .
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EDNAHT AIKEN
WITH HARDIN GONE, HIS AIDS DIS0RGANlzED, WHAT
WILL RICHARD SAY7 INNES ACTS TO SAVE
HER BROTHERS. FACE.
HER BROTHERS. FACE.

Of the Overland Pacific is
Of the Colorado river
which Thomas Hardin head OF the
has failed Rkard oesees embarass
student him
college, Holmes with whom Rickard once
At the offices at Caexico Rickard
him. He meets Mr.
Hardin Innes Hardin the formers half sister lnnes
bitter ckad suppanting brother Hardin dis
Rckard Caexco and
thinks her husband Jealous Gey
pushes the and is ordered by Marshall
Hardins
break the midst of Gerty Hadns
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The Passing Of tho Waters.

Tho Passing Of tho Waters.
Babcock came rushing down from
Los Angeles that morning to see what
in thunder 1t was all about. He asked
every one he met why some one didn
get busy and stop the cutting back o
that river? There was no one at til,
Offices Of the company to report 4
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to her that Rickard would insist upon
delivering her message. OF course, he
would oppose her going. Some petty
reason or other. She knew from the
men that he was oppositionnl. that he
liked to show his power. Not safe, he
would say, or the horse was needed,
or Sam too busy to wait on heri
"You cannot 60 home alone, You
two. The town Is full Of strange In
dlans. Give me your lantern, Miss
Hardin: I'll rout out that darky."
Rebelliousiy ape gave him the Ian
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What Will the valley do7 Fac
Ing tremendous losses II Il does
not push the damage suits filed
against the railroad, Il faces ut
ter ruin 10 the railroad abandons
the fight against the river.
MarshalI puts the Issue squarsiy
up to the ranchers, but 10 hs
bIufsInu7 Go on with the story
IN the next Issue u this paper.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS BAR
 ssssS FOUR COLOMBIAN WON EN

New York, Oct. 21.-A copy of Ponce de +Leon's grant of Florida by the king of Spain was shown to iTau7f- grafton officials today by four Colorn- bian women. but it failed to qualify them for admission to the United States from France in lieu of the pa pers prescribed by immigration de- pertinent regulations.
 Evidence of possible ownership of an entire commonwealth of the United States, acquired by inheritance from the seeker of the fountain of youth, was not suf11cient Identification for the immigration Inspectors. The officials ruled that the women and 31 other 'passenxers must stay aboard the steamship La Touraine because they had not filled out Form 22S."
 An appeal has been made to the state department to permit the. .em- bargoed passengers to land The Co., lombtans include Senora Terese. de Tanco, wife of the former Co1oniblan minister to Peru and sister of the min fster to England. is
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22

I full weight to the statement ot tlle operators regarding contracts and po he importance of resembling tbe strike order and to withdrawal of de hands for a thirty hour week. just as le gave weight to the statement of the miners that there must be "a dispo- sition to really negotiate"r before it would be worth while for them to go Into conference.
 President Lewis then spoke for the miners. The old WAC agreement, @he declared, had expired and the opratOrs ,ie charged had refused to consider d new one.
 The side of the operators was pre- sented by P. H. Penna, of Terre Haute, Ind, who charged that the miners had violated their agreement, that the operators had adhered to the princ5 pies and practices Of collective bar gaining, and that the unions were at fault. Then without consulting the leaders, Secretary Wilson t~1$ gest- ed an adjournment until ,v--4orroF,
 as casually is if the conference had planned to run for a week.
 There was no objection, neither sid~ desiring to appear in the atti- tude of blocking peaceful efforts bs- voluntary mediator, but miners and
 operators alike were surprised The general feeling seemed to be that the thing would be fought G.Ter and set tied today. The secretary, it was said, indicated desire to present the views or the government after each side have been given a full hearing. Because Of the necessary absence Of Secretary Wilson the strike was nor discussed at tiEe regular cabinet
 meeting today. but it was the subject
 of serious private discussion among officials generally. Some Of them
 searched the records to see what ac-
 tion was t<en in similar disturb
 ances, but everything was held in
 abeyance until it was determined
 forts would bear fruit. et
 the administration of President
 Roosevelt when a coal strike appeared
 certain, miners and operators were
 warned that if, the mines were shut
 down they would be immediately
 opened and operated by the govern
 meht with troops on guard, ii nee
 essary, to see that the public got an
 adequate supply of coal. Re eSta blishfnent of the fuel zd ministration, which ceased to function
 last spring, also was discussed by of
 ficialS. It was contended that the
 food control act gave the government
 full power to require the miners to, re
 n<ains at work pending adjustment Of
 wage demands.
 It was not thought tonight that the
 conference would continue in session
 after tomorrow All government
 plans waited, therefore, until it's close, with full expectation should no results be obtained, the government, through congress or other agencies, would step in and keep the mines in
 full operation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
NEW YORK PUBLISHERS TO
 RESUME ALL PUBLICATIONS

New York. Oct. 21.-Publishers of approximately 150 periodicals and trade papers having headquarters in this city. who suspended publication several weeks ago because of labor dificulties, decided late today to re- sume publication "at once, either in New York or elsewhere" Announce ment was made by John Adams Thay- er secretary of the New York Pub fishers Committee. after meeting at tended by most of the publishers who on September 15 decided upon suspen- sion until such time as the printing industry in New York could be stabil- ized.''
 The labor difficulties began when certain locals in defiance Of their in- ernational. called a strike for in creased wages and shorter hours. This was followed by other workers talk ing unauthorized vacations until the publishers decided to shut down.
 In a letter sent today to William Green. chairman of the. Printers League Committee of the Association authorized Green to give all possible assistance to those publishers who de- sire to issue their publications tenn porarily outside of New York"
 q have been directed to congrat- ulate you and the Printers League on the steadfast. inhe~ible attitude which you have all maintained during the past trying three weeks towards maintaining the American principle that contracts are sacred things and not scraps of paper said MT. Thay- CTS letter.
 hen at the meeting of September 10th it was decided to stand behind your organization. and suspend publi- cation as long as might be necessary to bring < out the stabilization of printing contracts in this city. we in formed you that that would be our policy and we have not changed our point of view.
 It was decided, however. at a meeting of the publishers today to authorize you and your association to take up at once the printing of all of the New York publications in cities outside of New York. and we trust you will begin the operation of this plan at once and keep it up until such time as you are ready to report. to us that it is possible to make contracts with responsible orga nfzatiouS of the ,rinting craft III New YOrl; citV"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
NUMBER OF LoNesHoREMEN
 DECIDED TO RETURN TO WORK

New York, Oct. 2I.-The decision of d large number of striking longshore men, members of the union which eu1 braced dock employees on the Chelsea piers to return to work tomorrow morning, gave rise to hopes on the part of steamship interests here to- day that at least a partial relief from the tieup of the port might soon be effected. The Chelsea piers are where the majority O. the large passenger liners dock, and are also used to a considerable extent for Shipping Board vessels.
 The unorganized status of the strike. however, in that the men are out without sanction Of their national or ganization, the Longshoremen's As- sociation. gave to the situation -a sense of uncertainty. As one Of the largest steamship operators said, ssThe strike will not be over until the men are actually at work again"
 The Chelsea piers employees, form ing the \rgest union of the long shoremen in the New Fork district, may by their example, it was said bas shipping board officers, cause a gem eral return, and if so, by tomorrow night conditions here in reSHect to wharf labor might again be close 10 normal A number of the smaller To- cal unions, particularly in the Brook ly district, are said to have already taken action by voting to return to return to work as soon as the larger unions did. On this information many of the steamship lines today made preparation to resume opera tions of their ships.
 Proof that there is still a sharp di- vision of opinion among the strikers was shown at mass meeting called at the instance of Mayor Hylan late today and at which the men re Rbd 10 follow the example Of the Onelsea workers and voted to remain on strike.
 Tentative sailing lists were made mp today by the Cunard and French lines. but it was stated that everythins was dependent cn whether, the long shorement returned to work.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
kRoNSTADT NOT ATTACKED
 BY BRITISH NAVAL FORCES

London, Oct. 21.-tBy The A. P.) kronstadt has not been attacked and will not be by the naval forces now in the Baltic. and if the Bolshevi,li evac- uate the fortress before Petrograd falls 1t will be d great surprise ac- cording to an admiralty statement given to The Associated Press today
 The admiralty. however. expects that kronstadt will surrender soon af- ter Petrograd is ca captured. probably to the British fleet in those waters. Mes sages received by the admiralty from Admiral ~Cowan. the British conman- der in the Baltic, up to tonight. do not mention the white flag incident at KronStadi
 Admiralty officers. who have had ex- perience witIss. the BolSheviki would not be surprised if the white flag real ly had been run up on the fortress. a S has been done in other instances by irresponsible persons in the Bolshevik ranks At present the. British fleet of light cruisers is keeping at respect ful distance from the heavy batteries of kronstadt. unwilling to get within range until confident that the Bolshe- wiki mean to surrender.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
GERMAN OPERA IN NEW
 YORK CITY DISCONTINUED

New York Oct. 21.-Production oi German opera at the Lexington Thea ter, which last night provoked riotine by service men, tonight was discontin- ued pending the outcome of legal warfare begun by Max D. Stuer. at torney for the producers.
 MT. Steuer late today appeared be- fore Supreme Court Justice Blur to seek an order restraining the police from enforcing instructions from May or Hylan to prevent presentation of Die Meistensinger until peace had been signed.
 Mr Steuer said the question was held by the court to be one of laE, and that Justice Blur required more tfnie to consider it. His opinion is expected tomorrow.
 Three hundred or more soldiers and sailors gathered near the theater about eight o'clock despite the fact that no rerfornance was held. Pa trofmen dispersed the crowd. which confined It's efforts to "boofng'' and jeering. About 800 policemen were held; in reserve at the East Fifty first street station in case of trouble.
 While Tsar Und Zimmerman, the opera scle duled for tonight. was caII- ed off. no money for seats was re- funded and a sign in the lobby read: Tickets will be honored tomorrow night"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
Shots at Meeting
 Of I|o!!!n!gsllorlelne'ln 'l
Fired In Hoboken When Pres ident OsConnor Appeared to Declare That the Strike Was sat an End Disorder Ensaed

Hobokcn. N.J, Oct. FLA riot in which pistol shots were fired >oke out at q meeting Of 1ongshoremen here tonight when T. V. O'Connor. prcsi- dent of the International Longshore- mems Association. after having. off ork waterfront workers at an end, appeared to urge Hoboken strikers to return to work. When MT. .O'Connor with six water front .-huskies'' as bodyguards. enter ed the hall, one of. the bodyguardS be- came involved in a fight in which shots rang out. There were shouts of
 lynch him." and police reserves with di6fcuity rescued the man and MT. U,Connor. The meeting broke up in disorder after the men decided not to return to work
 When the O'Connor party reached the stage, pandemonfum started. One of he bodyguards jumped from the platform and knocked down a long shorennan who was rushing forward. The bodyguard then drew a pistol and fired several shots through the floor. He and his companions were attacked and severely beaten. Tine wharf workers wrath was directed chiefly against Joseph Ryan. who was ac- cused of firing the shots. but who had no firearms when searched by the po- lice.
 The police arrested Ryan. Dennis Hogan and man known as Henry" The three were charged with assault and battery and with carrying con cealed weapons.
 Captain O'Connor went to the police station, a crowd. hooting and jeering. following him. Many of the long shoremen threatened him as he went.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-22
GERMANY HUsTLiNG TO
 REGAIN FOREIGN TRADE

New York. Oct. 21.-Germany. re- covering from the war more rapidly than any other European country, now threatens to divert our foreign trate to her own gain. Dr. F. E.. Pratt, formerly chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the departrn eI1t Of commerce, made this declaration at tonights E1setinF of the New York Foreign Round T. 2. German salesnen~ are. to be found in all the countries immediately sur rounding Germany" JDr. Pratt said. German manufacturers and ner- chants are offering prompt deliberies and, long term credits. If we continue to increase our costs and raise. our prices she will take away from us certain of our best markets
 esEfiirope lis in our debt today by not less than &7 ,000, ,000,000. II believe Eu- ropessa annual paynlents to us. to make Up Hars d2fscit in cpnalh ittess and to pay Her Interest charges on her debt ,tsE aSgk not ztlaan s133s 21o e4e DOC Some: people Seem to think NC IT. in q xssStr6nE aud .desira bic position. Quite the reverse. Is true. The low rate of ext<>anse indicat tes our failure to meet a. fTnNcjal situation 1T Believe two outstanding facts are causif1g our mistaken delay in taking up trade with Central Europe. They arc:
 . Failure Of our goyernD1enf to func- ton With reia ton to the credit cof- lapse soe those countries in Europe which should be our best custcDers. and failure of our financial inStitu- tions to cope with the situation"