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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
It Was the Pirates Wine Cellar.

as of the grave met our nostrils, and
a cloud Of bats flew in our faces and
set the negroes screaming. A huge
cavernous blackness was before US.
The "king" called for lanterns.
AS we raised these above our heads
and peered into the darkness, we both
gave laugh.
"'Yo-ho-ho-and a bottle Of
rum,'" sang the skiing"
For all along the walls stood or lay
prone on trestles, a silent company
of hogsheads, festooned with cobwebs
like huge black wings. 1t was the
pirates wine cellarl
Such was our discovery for that
day, but there Is another matter which
i must mention-the fact that some
how the news of our excavation
seemed TO have got down to the set
tlefnent. 1t is a curious fact. as the
liking" observed, that if a man should
start to dig for gold in the center of
Sahara, with no possible means of
communicating with his fellows, on
the third day there would not fail to
be someone to drop In and remark
on the fineness of the weather. So ii
was with us. As a general thing not
once in a twelvemonth did a human
being wander into that wilderness
where the liking" had made his home.
There was nothing to bring them
nd hau ID al hn
way was not easy. Yet we had hardly
begun work when one and another idle
niger strolled In from the settlement
and stood grinning his curiosity at our
labors.
Toward evening Of the third day we
came upon a passage leading out of
one of the cellars; 1t had such prom
Using appearance that we kept at work
later than usual, and the sun had set
and night was rapidly falling as we
turned homeward.
AS we came In sight of the house
we were struck by the peculiar hush
about 1t, and there were no lights in
the windows.
"No lights!" the "king" and / ex-
claimed together, involuntarily hurry
ing our steps, with foreboding of we
knew not what In our hearts. AS we
crossed the lawn the house loomed up
dark and still and the door opening
onto the loggia was a square Of black
ness in a gloom of shadows hardly
less profound. Not a sound, not a
sign Of lifel
Calypso" we both cried out, as we
rushed across the loggia. Calypso
where are you"-but there was no an
swer; and then /, being ahead Of the
king" stumbled over something dark
lying across the doorway.
Good heaven! what Is this? /
cried, and bending down / saw that IT
was Samson.
The skiing" struck a match. Yes
1t was Samson, poor fellow, with
dagger firmly planted In his heart.
Near by something white caught my
eye attached to the Intel of the door
way. 1t was a piece of paper held
there with a sailors knife. / tore
1t Off In a frenzy, and-the "king"
striking another match--we read II to-
gether. 1t bore but a few words, writ
ten all In capital letters with a coarse
pencil:
WILL RETURN THE LADY IN
EXCHANGE FOR THE TREASURE"
and 1t was signed III. p. T."
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

We had worked for a week before
we made clearance Of the ground
floor. Then at last we came upon q
solidly built stone staircase. winding
downward. After clearing away the
debris with which II was choked to a
depth Of some twenty or thirty steps,
we came to stout wooden door stud
ded with nails.
1.-THE dungeon at last" said the
"king."
''The kitchens, l bet" said /.
After some battering the door gave
way with crash. moldering breath
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
CHAPTER VII.

"The audacity of the fellow" ex-
claimed the king" who was the first
to recover.
But Calypsol" / cried.
The king laid his hand on my
shoulder reassuringly.
Don't be afraid for her." he said.
II know my daughter"
'But love her" / cried, thus
hurting out in my anguish what I had
designed to reveal In some tranquil
chosen hour.
II have loved her for twenty years, "
said the king" exasperatingly calm.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Other Unions Threaten to
Make Sympathetic DEM
onstrations: Railroad
Workers Flare Up Again
Communist Leaders Held
Another Bank Walkout Nav
Be Called if Emonts l.
Not Freed by the Police

BERLIN. July (By The Associated
Press The strike on the Berlin city
railways, voted for by the transpor-
tation workers yesterday, began this
morning. Suburban traffic also was
suspended, so that the capital is de
prived of virtually all means of CON
veyance.
The railwaymen's strike is also flar-
ing up again. while the metal workers
and workers on food products are pre-
pairing sympathetic demonstrations
A large number Of Communists were
arrested yesterday, including Herr
Emonts, the leader of the bank clerks.
who had been advocating general
strike His union is threatening to
is released
Ninety per cent of the workers on the
transportation lines OF Berlin voted
yesterday in favor Of the strike. after
an arbitration board had refused to
meet all the demands of the workers.
The ballot with which the vote was
taken, II is said, was worded ambigu-
ously. The issue was not decided on a
simple yes or mo-" but on the ques-
uon: Are you in favor Of receiving
700 marks ?" which is the war allow
ance demanded and only one OF the
points at issue.
The municipality of greater Berlin
has decided to purchase the big Ber-
I'm tramway system, paying 131 per
cent of the amount of capita stock
outstanding
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
the craft, while she is in our care, con
cluded Colonel Miller
Ships A sked to Aid
Diriigsibie s Flight

To aid the navigation of the British
dirigible RIA across the Atlantic
Ocean. Brigadier General L. f. O..
Charlton. British Air Attachc to this
country, yesterday requested all ships
to wireless their weather reports to
Cape Race wireless station in New
foundland.
General Charlton asked that the re
ports be sent over a period of ten days,
so they could be utilized on both the
outward and return journey Of the
dirigible. He stated the R-34 is due
at Mineola~ L. l., either on July or
July 5. She will stay only long enough
70 refill her fuel tanks and then be
gin her return journey.
The Aero Club of America was re.
quested officially yesterday to inform
civilian flyers OF the desire Of the Brit
ish officers in charge of the arrange
ments not to fly out to meet the big
ship as it would endanger her safety
an order that nothing should in
any way mar the success of the vel
come which it is desired to extend
BY thc officers in charge of the ar
rangcmcnts." says the bulletin, 1--WE
ter viii be risidly complied with. Ac-
easily have been avoided, resulting in
serious damage TO the dribiblcs and
the wireless antennm hanging below
the ship arc practically invisible.
"In case airpanes are. unavoidably
in the vicinity OF the dirigiblcs, they
should keep at least five miles away
and strict orders have been issued to
the army and navy avators with re-
gard to flying while the dirigible is
In % 81
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
R-34 NighHest of
Britain s Air Macy
Dirigible Is 643 Feet
Long, II Feet in Beam;
Has Four Propellers
By Frank w. Getty
NoW York Tribune

Special Cable Serrtco
Copyright: 1919 New York Tribune Inc)
EAST FORTUNE, Scotland. July 2
The super- r-dirigble R34 that left here
early to-day on nonstop voyage
across the Atlantic is the Air Min
9stry's pioneer in overseas adventure
mat, If successful, may revolutionize
transoceanic transportation.
During the months of preparation
Cor its flight the giant balloon has been
nres moretthan 800 yards long And
tine balloon itself is larger than any
ihing of the sort that has ever been
seen in the United States s-643 feet
from nose to stern. Her envelope is
built of sheet duralmin towers that
reach a height of 81 y feet. Her beam
i5 II feet.
Despite its size the huge ship is so
perfectly balanced and so complete is
the coordination OF her rudders and
elevators that she IS controlled with
comparative ease.
Four Cars Hung Underneath
Four cars, tiny in comparison with
the envelope. hang suspended below;
one forward for the captain and pilot;
tNo wing cars amidships and an after
car IN which two engines attached to
:he same shaft drive the largest of her
Anur propellers. The propellers of the
forward and wing cars measure seven
xeen feet six inches from tip to tip.
That on the ;.fter car. one of the
largest ever made, measures nineteen
sect six inches.
To drive these blades five Sunbeam
Eiaori engines OF 275 horsepower each
Are used.
The R-84 is not a fast aer, and her
best speed does not reach sixty knots
1le intention of her commander to
~ most OF the way at forty knots In
ene event some unavoidable depres-
SIN Is encountered he Will put on
.rll speed SIS long as it is necess ary.
While the R34 is capable OF reach
ing an altitude of $4,000 feet. her
best height Is 1000 feet. Weather
conditions permitting. she will fly at
TIC latter altitude most OF the present
trip.
Some idea of the enormity of this
giant airshiip may be conveyed by the
1act that she has a capacity of COO
600 cubic feet. She will carr thirteen
tons of water for ballast, arranged in
bags along the keel to keep her up
right
Gas Bags Are Separate
Nineteen separate gas bags inside
the outer rigid envelope, filed with
hydrogen gas. furnish the lifting pow
cr These bags are so partitioned that
there is plenty of opportunity for the
crew to pass freely throughout the
interior Of the envelope.
When she left here the R-3f carried
b,670 gallons Of petrol in eighty-one
tanks. sufficient to enable her to make
the journey and return without stop
ping for fuel, should the necessitv
arise. Running at half speed, She
consumes fraction less than one
gallon OF petrol knot-.99 gallon
& knot, 70 be exact. She can easily
remain in the air eight days if neccs-
sary.
Inside the envelope the airship gives
the impression OF long, narrow col
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
HGSelhurst Field
Ready for 81

MINEOLA, Long Island, July 1--we
are ready TO receive the British drigible
R-34 any time she arrives said Colonel
Archie Miller, in command Of the Mazel
hurst Flying Field, here tonight, when
he was informed that The big uirship
mad started
"Our wireless plants arc complc,cc,
and we expect to pick up the craft about
SIX hundred miles out to sea- We will
keep In wireless touch with her all the
t.mc tnd expect to talk(with the com
mandcr by wireless telephone when the
RIA is about sixty or seventy miles
off shore
"Wc anticipate the twelvc anchors.
built Of steel and concrete and arranged
in n Circle, will prove sufficiently strong
to keep the dirRlble from getting away
from US while she is ut Roosevelt field
She Will remain about twcnty-four
hours, so we understand, and during
that time VIC expect that thousands of
persons will make the trip to tho field
80 view her. We viii police the ncld and
keep every one at safe distance from
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Army Airmen First TO
Flv Over Adirondacks
Licuienants Tavlor and Stevens
Circle Mount Marcy i'm Flight
From AlineDla

LAKE PLACID. \. y. July In the
trst airplane 70 hy> over the Adiron-
dack Mountains. Lieutenants ". H.
Taylor and F. Paul Stevens arrived
here tonight after 500 mile flight
from M|neola TO participate in the Of
Ecial homecoming We come to be ex-
tended TO is war heroes by Essex
County
The aHiators 'eft Hazelhurs, Fiela a.
$40 a. M. reaching Albany at l0.5o
and resum nE their q gh, at 80 y N.
and'nr SIT Wes,pori. on Lake Cham
p.A'e. at t. O'clock They set out three
hours later for LAX piacid, arriving st
49,
After clrciae the summit of Mount
Marcy. highest Of the Adirondack
peaks. 5.Sai feet above sea level. IN
pan landed near the grave Of John
Brown Becau-e of darkness fires were
lighted 10 aid them in sighting tbs
landing rcld
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
No Evidence to Deporf
Martens, Il. S. Rules
Near York Tribune

FNSNtlDtCn bureau
WASHINGTON, July No evidence
to Justify the deportation Of l.. A. c. X
Martens, so-called representative Of
the Russian soviet government in the
United States has been uncovered
thus far in the investigation Of his
activities, Secretary of Labor Wilson
Informed Senator King, of Utah. to
day
The secrctarys letter was in reply
to one from Senator King. which ex-
pressed the opinion that Martens, as a
member of an organization that had
expressed opposition to the American
form OF government and recommended
its destruction by force, could be i'm
medlately deported under existing
laws.
Secretary Wilson did not share this
opinion. He did not think Martens
could be touched under the existing
statutes However, he told Senator
King that the Bureau of immigration
was carefully following the investi-
CATION and would take action so soon
as any evidence to Justify deportation
Is uncovered.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Aviators to Fly Here
For NC Heroes Dinner

Several aviators VIII ay 80 this city
today to attend the dinner gwen Com
mander John H. Towers. lieutenant
Commander Albert c. Read. Lieatena-t
Commander = \. L. Bell'nger and the
crew Of the NG-l in honor Of The f,.t
successful Hlght across the Atiant. e
Ocean. The dinner VIII be at Tho
Hotel Commodore under tire auertces
OF the American Flying Clab OF II East
Thirty eighth Street.
Captain Roy \. Francis, VINO plans
to fy across the continent with only
enc stop. viii fly his L. : bom1or from
Dayton, Ohio. IN time TO attend the
dinner. Frank Stanton Read. of the
Princeton Flying Club. vii Hy from
Princeton, \. J., TO attend
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
" arm 'TrotzIxv
Not TO Harm
Americans
Continued from pnge

more surprising and unjustifed as
he acted openly as the representa-
tive of Soviet Russia without call
ing forth any objection or protesta-
tion on the part of the American
government.
THE Russian government fears
that this arrest may not be an iso-
lated case, but form part of gen
eral persecution of Russian citizens
loyal to their peoples government,
and demands the cessation Of such
pc secutions and the immediate re-
7se of Mr.. Martens.
The Soviet government expects
To be accordingly informed at an
car ate and not to be compelled
reluctantly to take reprisals against
American citizens to be found on
Russian territory.
"(SignedD Peoples Commissary 70
Foreign Affairs, TCHITCHERIN."
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Hamburg Is Reoccupied
BY Government TrOOps

LONDON, July Hamburg. which
has been in the power Of Spartac idcs
and Communists for a week, was oc
cupied at o'clock this morning by
the government troops under General
Won Lcttow -Norbeck The Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
reporting the occupation says there
was no fighting
Another Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen says American
foodships on the way to Hamburg re
aceived wireless orders to change their
course, with the result that no ships
have arrived at Hamburg in the last
few DAYS.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
L. S. Officer and 3 Men
Stain by Siberian Reds

VLADlvOSTOK, June 25 CBy The
Associated Press (delayed). An
American officer and three enlisted
men were killed and two wounded near
the Suchan mines on June %, VIII,
the Americans pursued Bolsheviki who
had surprised and captured an officer
and four enlisted men while they were
fishing.
Entering Nivitskaya, bordering on
the mines. the Ameicans sent de
tachment Of ten to demand the lc-
lease of the men. The Americans
we're fired upon and fight followed
AS d result the Bolsheviki were driven
out but they carried the prisoners en-
to Frolovka village
Relnforcements, instructed to take
immediate energetic measures to re-
gain the captured men and to el;mi-
nate the danger to Americans from
Bolshevk gangs, were sent out.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
lost Ekaterinoslav, 115 miles south
southwest Of Kharkov
Tons of Red Literature
Taken in Montreal Raid

MONTREAL, July lions of Bol-
shevist and Socialist literature were
seized in a raid on the foreign quar-
ters of the city conducted early o-day
by 1870 patrolmen under the direction
of Chief of Police Belanger.
No arrests were made, but the po-
lice, armed with special warrants sup
piled by the Federal authorities, ran
sacked houses, hotels and apartments
to collect information linking up the
activities of the radical elements in
Winnipeg with Montreal, Toronto
Hamilton and Windsor, between which
cities there has been regular ex-
change of correspondence.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

med lately after midnight Monday. in
order to save on the cos. of mailing.
Although il is impossible 70 determine
ne definite number of pieces mailed.
It IS known that 100 ZOO pieces of .irs,
class mail were left at the Hudson
Terminal branch just after midnight"
Postmaster Patten announced YES
terday that the first airplame nal
from Chicago and Cleveland was re
ceived here last Saturday afternoon.
and that mail going west 20 Chicago
and Cleveland Is being dispatched by
alrplane every day.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Congress of German Trades
Unions Opens at Nurembero

- BERLIN. July 1 (By The Associated
Press).-The tenth German trades
union congress was opened at Nurem-
berg yesterday with an address bv Carl
Rudolph Lcgian, resident of the Ger
man Federation of Trades Unions and
one OF the German commissioners who
went to Versailles to receive the terms
or peace from the Allies. There was
remarkable attendance at the initial
meeting, there being present 664 dele-
gates, representing tifty-two unions. and
many foreign visitors, some of whom
came from Stockholm, COPENHAGEN
Chrstiania, Amsterdam and Berne.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Return to Old Postal
Rate increases Mail

The resumption of the two-cent post
age rate for first class mail imposed a
heavy burden on the New York post
Office yesterday, but, according to Post
master Patten, there was no conges-
tion or delay.
eve anticipated a great rush Of
first class matter as.soon as the two
cent rate became effective and were
prepared for it, said the postmaster
Large quantities Of mail we're de
posted at the various branches i'm
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
4nti~B0lsheuik Forces
Adr0ncing Upon Kursk

LONDON, July 1. Anti-Bolshevik
forces are advancing against Kursk, 25O
miles south Of Moscow, and Noronezh,
hoping to find a way to Moscow, ac-
cording to a Russian wireless message
quoting the official Bolshevik organ,
"Izvestia'
1t is added that the Bolshcviki suf-
fered d severe defeat at Kharkov, 1870
miles south Of Kursk, and have also
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
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time not overlooking any oppor-
tunity for observations likely to be
of aid in the future to navigators
and airship pilots crossing the At
lantic"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-02

This is not an argument for
or against Prohibition; it is
merely a statement of fact.
Thirst is the craving for water;
and it cannot be quenched by
alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol only abstracts water
~om the tissues and causes a
.aemand for more water.
Eat sparingly of meat and
plentifully of fruits and vegeta>
bles, and drink pure water free
ly between meals, and you will
not be troubled by thirst.
lce-coid milk. tea ard
coffee real thirst
quenchers delicious
with your meals at
CHlLDS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-29
T|D-bIT EVENT
OF THE SEASON
At TIL: BOWL ;"
Cathedral Meets Stcubcnvine on Friday
md Largest Gathering OF
Year Assured.

No game in the Ohio valley this week
End will occasion NOR" interest than
the one to BE- played at IA" Cathedral
Bowl" between the team OF thtt placr
and the pace-sctting S,eubcn"!ilc quih-
tel. Since the Cadets w"F" gwen i
wallopinG at the river sym S"i"t wrGhS
nro, many are counting upon another
win for the Stubs ia THIS lit; How
ever, the local lads know her floor too
we'll, and il takes Il pretty fast c"lic'-
ton to make an impr"$si"n. Cathedral
will depend uron young Stein for to"
majority Of the points and wIll us" th'
other mon to cover up" t" keep the
score down. St"in is a m"rr hrS an, ","I
rcrhaps the smallest playing basket
ball in tho Ohio Valley A'h'c'ic ASST
citation. yet thos" wh" hay" s%cn h';;i
marvel on Gazing goals iron th" L.
foot mark, ar n" up.r,v"r onyS ro Or, =.
mil rnany ,foul.. II is prc't! Slie ";Si,r
;hnt tho Locals will b. in n" game -
The ord r.,, =,
Whether Cathedral puts up n En'
cnr,r or not. the fact that III" ilst
Strubnnvillc aETrcca,i"r comes /" ~"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-29
GROWS
IN ATHLETIC

Th> following results n III" S'aH"tnI
t.rn.t,: juuip have :uw h""n ""'"Et''''', ="
after - =. -j.S 81 tests conducted y! '"'
a:tcr Scaurl physical training tcachE'S
~ .h.. public Sch",''s Of In" city: Ia's'
.est, At ai.y$ical efficiency ar" taken IN
:, Iurr,t,"r ~ athletic cE"Gt$ VITA ine
,ioa Of promoting L greater interest III
,hys!cai training by measuring tne IN
Ity,dual.S ability with the tape or IN"
sop watch.
;.o- .hn Individual scoring the high
IS, records in The broad jump nr"ttz'
rlttn,, g awarded. while I" the room
having ;hc hrS; average record "H""' i
.a;.Id is presented "a b.. h.id unit! It *
wan ~ Some othH- r""n 81 he same
rad, Interest III th"s" tests rs we'll
,s N ;f,> various games IS koch and ;h''
,,,I,,r.ar,- after school training plan h;LS
r.,...r = SrIrcoSS and must rnra2 L b"tt.:
r.hysicaI d.v>loDmcH, FOR those who PR
,Icipa;e.
. The following seventh or eighth grade
hayS are Winners w:th the following
records: Harold Wilkinson. Of Madison.
{; i in: 9. F!am!!l. OF Clay. e. IN:
D--a7 SnIl!"r~. - Clay. Nihc-- Brown OF
lincoln: Lewis HAYS "f IArco'n. VIM.
psh!.- and Thomas Cotton Of Madison
and Martin TuCNUra.. Of Union. are All
tod ac 3 r. N. ttiSS'i t'St't. VI
Webster. s =. q, N: F:dw;ir': !thDtaHa!7.
OF Ritchlr. ) foot. ; inches and George
Mons. % Ei,chi". =. Il in.
Girls 90 tn. sam" grades Won a. FOL
lows: Madoiyu M"d1r. q: Washington.
it. 70 in: t:lizah"t! Davis Of Lincoln 8
# s n: Cnaroi;, G"i:ring. Of Washing
ton. e. - in: Michael 1.eJ"al. ~
Washington. : #. IN: Martha Waters.
OF Lincoln j. T.. n: Virginia krcDs. OF
Ritchic S Il. : IN: and NJ Sheets OF
Ccntre f. . in.
In the fifth and sixth grades tho boys
won as follows: William Narsrhnar % T
Webster. fest: Hugh Lee, OF Lincoln {
feo,; John wood. of Madison II. 10 in:
Philip Mos"v Of Lincoln . e. IN: Harry
Craig OF Mckinley and F. S"arlnn of
Centre tick! ct fF->t; Nelson R"cd. OF
Jefferson. r. Il In
In the same grades the girls winning:
Maggie Carter "f Lincoln II. IL: II.
IScihl. of Crrtr". ) +: Catherine Commit
, Tia. of Washington and Virginia Saline
of Webster. tod NJ e. IN. Eleanor
Marshall OF Madison. ) =. 6 IN.