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practically confessed this to me, boast.
ingly, afterward. That last night he
so manipulated the cards-or rather
Carver did, for IL was his deal-as to
deceive Bcaucaire into firmly believ'
ing that he held an absolutely unbeat-
able hand--he was dealt four aces
and q King"
The lawyer leaned forward, breath
ing heavily.
-Four aces! Only n hand Is bet
ter thnn that, and It would he impos-
sibIe to get such a hand out of one
pack"
"That Is exactly true. Haines. ] am
no card player. but l do know that
much about the game. Yet Kirby took
the pot with a straight flush. Now,
either he or Carver slipped an extra
ace into the pack, or else Beaucaire
did. In my opinion the judge had no
chance to work such a trick. And
that's the case as il stands"
Haines jumped to his feet and be-
gan pacing the dirt floor excitedly,
his hands clasped behind his back.
"By heaven. man !" he cried, paus-
ing suddenly. Even If he did have a
chance the judge never did it-neyer.
He was a good sport, and always
played "A straight game. You say he
bet everything he hadf"
"To the last dollar-Kirby egged
him on. Besides the money a deed to
his land and a bill of sale for his me-
groes were on the table"
"The field hands, you mean?"
"Yes, and the house servants. Kirby
insisted that he write these words,
This includes every chattel slave
legally belonging to me- and made
Beaucaire sign II In that form"
Haines' face was white, his eyes
staring at me incredulously.
God help us. man! Do you know
what that means?" he gasped.
Il am almost afraid / do" l an
swered, yet startled by his manner
THAT was why ! sent for you. Would
that include his sons daughter?"
He buried his face in his hands.
YES" he confessed brokenly. ITO
the best of my knowledge Rene Beau
caire Is a slave"
The silence following this blunt
statement was ~sickening. Up to that
moment, In spite of every fact
brought to my knowledge, / had Sc
cretly believed this condition of af-
fairs impossible. Surely somewhere,
through some legal form, Judge Beau
caire had guarded the future safety Of
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HE'S A BLACK AsoLIrloNlsT, SAIL"

synopMs-rn 1892 Lieutenant Knox u, IN regular army is on duty at Fort
Armstrong, Rock Island. Ill.,, in territory threatened by Unaffected Indians
The commandant sends hin with dispatches to ST. Louis. He takes passage
on the steamer Warrior and makes the acquaintance OF Judge Beancaire rich
planter m n Joe Kirby dhe DEVILS Own notorious ambhr. Knox learns
Judge Beaucahe has a daughter. Elose, n a granddaughter, Rene, onslHing
of a non whom the judge mas dinwned Renes mother is a negress, n n
m her aughtr never having been freed, are ayesu under the law, although
the gmIs have been brought IA AS sisters Kirby induces tho judge to stake
his plantation and negro servants on q poker han unfairly dealt by Joe
Carver Kirby's partner. The W hands contain five aces, and Kirby accuses
thu Judge of cheating Beaucalre. Infatuated. arises to attack Kirby, and drops
dead. In the confusion Kirby and Carver are enabled to steal away Knox
a hot argument he and Carver throw Knox overheard. The lieutenant swfms
finds he is In a cabin owned by Pete, a free niger" who had shot him.
nistaking him for an enemy. His dispatches have been forwarded
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Kirby has undoubtedly got the law
with him. We cannot establish fraud I;
the property actually belongs to him
both mother and daughter are his
| slaves"
"And how about the other girl
Eloise?"
"He has no legal hold on her she Is
a free white woman. He could only
hope to overcome her resistance by
threats. The plantation is irrevocably
lost to the Beaucaires, but she pos
sesses the power to defy him because
Of her mothers property. If Kirby
marries her. 1t will only be through
her consent"
~He picked up his hat from the table,
and a stout stick he had brought
along with him, taking a step toward
the door.
II might as well tell you / consider
this a mad scheme" he paused to add
gravely, "and that 1t will probably fail.
There is a possible chance of success,
/ admit, and for that reason / permit
you to go ahead with 1t, and pledge
myself to keep the secret. / was rather
intimately associated with Beaucaire
for a number OF years, and to see his
granddaughter sold into slavery, even
IL she does have a drop of niger
blood in her veins, Is more than i can
stand, without giving her a chance to
get away. That is why l consent to
abet a crime, and keep still about it.
But beyond that I'll not go. Do you
understand the position this Internal
affair puts me intO?"
"Yes, I do, Haines," and I held out
my hand to him. with fresh cOrdiality.
1T Is uncommonly white of you to
even go that far. I'll pledge you this
for Pete here. as well as myself
that II we are caught, your name shall
never be mentioned. Have you any adj
vice to giveT'
He paused uncertainty, his hand on
the latch. the freight flashing up into
his face.
"Only this" he said slowly. eff 1
were you I'd never attempt to 60
south. Below st. Louis boars are ~
merous. and you would be almost GER
tain to be discovered. If Kirby chases
you-and / know him we'll enough TO
be sure he will-he will naturally take
1t for granted that you have headed
for the Ohio. The very fact that the
fugitives are women would convince
him of this. To my mind the one
chance Of your getting away, lies to
the north-up the Illinois. Anyhow,
good luck to you both. and good
night"
The door closed behind him, and the
negro and l were alone. The die was
cast: i had pledged myself to action;
was fully committed to the attempted
rescue Of Rene B~eaucaire. and no
| thought of any retreat once occurred
to me. The negro still remained seat
ed on the edge of the bed. digging his
toes into the hard earth of the floor.
"Pete," l began es nestly. "You
trust me-, don't you? You do not sus-
pect me of being any slave-hunterT"
mo. sab, Massa Knox. I amt
feared o. yer-yers one o. dem down.
fasteners"
well, not exactly that. 1 came from
n slave state, but my family Is of New
England blood and breeding. l am
Just as much your friend as though
you were white. Now. you and I have
got a hard job before u.s."
ssYas, sab, we sure has"
"Anl the first thing we have to do.
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She AGREES.

II am not worthy of you-not
worthy. am not worthy of you"
"All right, George, go ahead" inter.
posed the girl sweetly. We've got
that much settled."-Louisville Cou-
.rier-JOurnal.
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Why Girls Stick Around.

"Why will zone of you girls mar
ry?'
There's a quarrel as to who gets
the piano"
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Knox sets out on the
"Great Adventure"
(To BE coNTINUEDJ


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TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
suffering Described As Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.

Rossville, Gains. Kate Lee Able, OF
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GOVERNOR TO AID
RETURNED YANKS
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PHOENIX, Sriz., Jan. 81. = That
returned fighters, discharged from
the service of their country, have the
right to demand proper recognition
from their state, was the message
Governor Thomas E. Campbell gave
$50 ex-sOldiers. sailors and marines
here tonight at dinner and reception
held for them by the Y. NJ. c. A
CharaCteriZing the gathering as the
largest of returned service men yet
held in the state of Arizona, the gov
ernor said:
Soldiers, salute you. You have
done well. We want you TO know
that our homes and our hearts are
open TO you. These are no idle
words; you can do much for your
state and you have the right TO de-
mand proper recognition"
In concluding his address the gov
ernor said that anything his depart
ment of the state could do for the re-
turned service men would be cheer
fully done on request.
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out the knowledge of Serbia, which
was largely concerned in it. He in
voked the principle of nationality
which President Wilson has enunciat-
ed in spite of the claim of the Serbians
to the region, where he asserted the
Serbs largely exceeded the Ruman-
ians.
Although the hearing showed a
sharp difference in views there is rea-
son to believe that mutual concessions
will lead to an agreement between
Serbia and Rumania, or, if not, that a
commission will be appointed to deal
with the subject
The hearing given to the Serbs to-
day is expected to be followed by the
early presentation of the Jugo-Slav
claims to the eastern Adriatic, which
involves delicate questions and render
probable formidable issue with Italy
over the Adriatic coast
To Outline Serbian Case
In anticipation of this question
Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia
will arrive here tomorrow for the spe-
cial purpose of personally laying
Serbia's case before President Viii
SON Meantime reports from the re-
gion in controversy show increasing
tension there.
One dispatch from Laibach says the
Italian troops have withdrawn from
Fiume, the central point of the contro-
versy, and that an inter-allied COM
mission has taken charge OF the city.
Another dispatch from Agram, an
nOulces that Serbia battalions have
entered Fiums and that the Italians
have retired to 4 point near Volosca.
These dispatches are unofficial but
they are taken as indications of the
growing acuteness of this issue on the
Adriatic coast
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oEEIcIAL STATEMENT


PARIS, Jan. 31-The full text of
the official communication issued this
evening, dealing with the session OF
the supreme council follows:
The president of the United States
of America, the prime ministers and
foreign ministers of the allied and
associated powers and the represen-
tatives OF Japan met this afternoon at
o'clock
The delegates OF the great powers,
composing the inter-allied commission
which will shortly proceed to Poland.
were introduced to state the conclu-
sions which they had reached after
hearing the representatives of Poland
and of the CzechO-Slovak republic re-
garding the provisional exploitation
of the industrial district of Teschen.
After listening TO the reports
made by NJ NOulens and by General
Gothic, in the name of their colleagues,
the allied ministers decided to send
to Teschen allied commissioners for
the purpose of assuring a peaceful
exploitation in agreement with the
tOrial settlement of the question by
the conference.
"a statement of the views of the re
spective interests and rights of Ru-
mania and Serbia in the Banat OF
Temesvar was then heard. NJ Bratia
no and NJ. Mishu represented the Ru
manian government and the Serbian
delegation was composed of NJ Pach
itch, NJ Vesnitch and NJ. TTumbitch
The next meeting was fixed for TO
morrow, Saturday, at 3 o'clock
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exclusive of officers, and carries an
amendment by Representative Oliver
of Alabama, directing that men who
enlisted in the navy during the war
for the regular term of four years
shall be regarded as having enlisted
for the period of the war, if they ap-
ply for such change of status before
next July l.
After the committees decision. it
was learned that the navy general
board, headed by Rear Admiral Fetch
er, is studying the question of milf
tary characteristics of new ships close
~, but has not as yet reached definite
conclusions.
The one point On which there ap-
pears to be substantial agreement is
that no very radical departures in
battleship or battle cruiser design has
grown out of the great struggle. The
engagements of heavy craft were too
few to afford any clear-cut lessons, it
was said, and the developments OF
these vessels continues to be largely
on theoretical lines
The last American battIeships au-
thorized were designed for a dispIace-
ment Of $4,000 tons, carrying u 16-
inch guns in their main batteries and
having a speed of % knots.
Changes in Cruisers
The six battle cruisers for the navy
authorized in 1916 constitute the most
radical departure in naval design
made by any nation, il was held. be-
cause of their great speed and heavy
batteries. They were designed for
a speed of 80 knots and to carry eight
16-inch guns
Some American officers favor deyel-
Opments of a composite battle craft.
combining the speed of a battle
cruiser with the guns and protection
of a battleship. Others. however,
point out that to give a ship both the
speed and the guns and armor would
require great increase in size, prob
ably to nearly the $4,000 ton displace-
ment, the limit once set as the maxi
mum craft that could pass the Panama
canal locks
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ORDERED BACK TO WORK.

by Review Leased Wire
SEATTLE. Wash, jan 81 = More
than 1000 longshoremen who voted
this week by a close margin to 90 out
on strike in sympathy with the $4,000
striking metal trades workers of the
shipyards and contract shops. have
been ordered to remain at their work
or have their charter cancelled and
their action publicly denounced by the
international LOngshoremen's union
executives, said an order sent today
TO Harold Graves. secretary of the
RisseTs' and Stevedores' union, in a
telegram from T. V. O'Connor, presi-
dent of the international union.
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STEAMER GOES ASHORE


DEAL, England, Jan 81 CPy the As
sOciated PreSs) The American
steamer Piave, which went ashore
near here Wednesday night, parted
amidships tonight during a fierce
stem accompanied by binding
snow, and is a total loss. 1t is feared
that several lives were lest.
Two boats capsized while being low
cred, but their occupants were res
cued by lifeboat. Thirty of the crew
have been landed at Deal. They ex-
pressed belief that majority of the
others of the crew were rescued by
the tugs and patrol boats in the vicin-
'ty. They assert that there is Il strong
possibility of the II American officers
on board having been saved.
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WHITE DENIES STATEMENT

AbA ENtNlt-M l-etlStaQ WHO
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan 31.-Henry
NJ. White, immigration commissioner,
who is acting as mediator for the de-
partment of labor in the Seattle ship
yards strike, today issued a statement
denying that he declared yesterday
that he thought an honest referendum
strike vote bad not been taken by
the shipyard workers.
Mr.. White, in his statement, also
denied that he stated yesterday that
he thought the strike was being di-
rected by the Industrial Workers of
the World.
% Statements were published yester-
day quoting Nr. White as stating he
thought no honest referendum strike
vote had been taken and declaring he
thought a few radicals were leading
the strike.
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AIRPLANES LEAVE
FOR PHOENIX TODAY
CBv Review I.eased Wirel

TUCSON. Ariz., Jan. 31.-The Gulf
to Pacific squadron of De Haviland
airplanes engaged in gathering data
for typographical map of the pro-
posed mail route from Houston to
San Diego. will leave Tucson for
Phoenix Saturday afternoon at
O'Clock, according to present plans
The aviatOrs expect to make the
flight in an hour and ten minutes and
will spend Saturday night at PhOe-
nix, proceeding to Yuma, the next
stop, Sunday morning.
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concern 10 the American government
than the delineation of frontiers in the
Balkan states"
Stamping out the bolsheyiki menace
at home. he added, was Tar more i'm
portant to the country. than that the
government should offer the ''affront"
to England of attempting to dictate
to her a policy for Ireland, or should
attempt to dictate to France a policy
for her radical elements.
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FUEL ADMINISTRATION GONE.
By Review Leased wirel

WASHINGTON. Jan. S1-AlI price
control exercised by the fuel admin
istratiOn over anthracite and bitumin-
Gus 'cOal and coke VIII cease tomOr-
row under a blanket order signed by
Fuel Administrator Garfield and made
public tonight Zoning regulations and
practically all rules for the distribu-
ton of fuel as well as most regula-
tons concerning oil and natural gas,
promulgated under the Lever act as
war measures, also were rescindeI.
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lby Review Leased WlreJ
NEW YORK Jan 31.-Orders di-
rectings -e0, 600 members of the 'nited
Textile Workers of America to estab-
lish an S-hour day Monday regardless
Of Objections of employers. were is
sued today by the unions executive
committee. according to announce
ment here tonight
John Golden, general president of
the unicn, said the order had been
telesraphed to $50 local unions
throughout the country and that re-
sponsibility for the next step was up
to the manufacturers.
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INFLUENZA FAILs OFF

PhCENIN. Ariz., Jan. 81 - The
board of health announced tonight a
heavy drop in the total of Influenza
cases for the week. During the past
seven days, according to the report,
there were only 5S cases. Officials
Of the department gave it as their
opinion that the peak of the epidemic
in this city was far behind and the
situation well in hand.
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LIMIT OCCUPATION FORCE

tBy Review Leased Wirel
PARIS, Jan. 81 (Havas) The num-
Der Of American, French and British
troops to be maintained in the Occu-
pied regions along the Rhine will be
limited to 100000 men, according to
the Echo de Paris
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of influence must necessarily be fol
lowed by Europe's violation of our
sphere of influence"
The adoption and putting into eff
feet of a sound national railroad pol
icy" he continued, lis of greater i'm
pOrtance to our people than the dis
position of the German colonies in
Africa
The vindication of the policy of the
protection of American lives and legal
rights in Mexico should be of more
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COMPULSORY TRAINING.
nv Ra,-iau- T.eased yyire0

(By Review Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-Universal
compulsory military service for Amer
lean youths as a permanent military
policy is proposed in a bill introduced
in the senate today by Senator New
OF Indiana, republican.
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NO SESSION TOMORROW

tBy Review Leased Wircl
PARIS, Jan. 31.-There viii be no
plenary session of the peace confer
ence tomorrow, according to an an
nouncement made today.
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TROOPS CALLED TO
QUELL RIOT 20 HURT
IN BOLD CLASH

Continued from Page One)
ised to place the whole matter before
the cabinet The executive of the
federation mas in the meantime issued
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TEXTILE WORKERS BOLD.

an order deprecating any local strikes,
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SENATORS OPPOSE
PRESIDENTS PLAN

CONTINUED from Page onel
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VAST NAVAL
EXPANSION PROGRAM
is AUTHORIZED

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