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The Alaska daily empire., 1919-05-15
COUNT RANTZAU SAYS GERMANY CA

BERLIN, May 15-Coun Brockendor Rantzau head of tf German delegation to Paris and foreign minister for many today declared that the treaty prepared by tl Allies for Germany cannot be accepted and signed because will be impossible for Germany to fulfill the terms.
The Washington times., 1919-01-16
PROBE DEATHOF
GIRL HIT BY AUTO

An inquest over the body of Miss
Katherine d. Lord. who was knocked
down and fatally injured by an auto
mobile as she alighted from a street
car at SibIey Hospital Tuesday night.
VIII be held today in the District
Inorgue-
; Samuel Magruder, colored. twenty.
ave years old. driver Of the automo-
bile, gave himself up to the police Of
the second precinct yesterday. Ma
gruder told the police that the brakes
Of the machine had refused to work
and he was unable to bring the ma
chine to a stop. in time to prevent
striking Miss Lord. He was released
on $4,000 bond for his appearance at
the inquest
3 Aaron Boston. owner of the automo-
bile, of 81 Pierce street Northwest,
and Florence Brooks, of 65 Pierce
street northwest, who are said to
have been occupants Of the machine,
were released on 81. 900 bond. Ralph
Roston, brother Of the owner, was trs
fourth occupant of the car, the DO
lice say. The latter, when searched
AZ the second precinct, was found to
be carrying -5S-caliber revolver. A
charge of carrying concealed weapons
was lodged against him.
A funeral procession on IL, way to
Gienwood Cemetery was halted for a
short time yesterday when the motor
hearss bearing the body OF w. ".
Brewer. eighty-tive years old. of 1908
Ihfrty-third street northwest, was
struck at the corner of Seventh and
Rhode Island avenue northwest, by a
delivery wagon said TO have beea
driven by. Homer Johnson. caIored, OF
Berwyn. Md. The fender Of tic hearse
was bent and a lamp broken but ths
eortsge proceeded with little deIay.
The accident ia the second within two
weeks where funeral procession has
ceen halted because OF a collision.
Walter Ross, coiored. fifteen wears
Old. OF 445 Ridge street northwest.
Was struck by an, unidentified autonno-
Bile at Seventh and II streets north
vest last night Moss was removed
70 the Emergency Hospital rufrerin- ?
from injuries on the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

place the United States in a spec
ial position not enjoyed by other
powers respecting the engagements
of the treaty and the League of
Nations. The committees preamble
demands that other powers sign
their assent to our occupying such
a favored position, which they have
neither claimed nor will enjoy.
81 believe in reservations. but 10
attempt to force other nations 70
go before their people and demand
from them the special conditions
required by us is the wrong way &c
get such reservations.
1T will be easier and more
proper to permit them to acquiese
in our reservations than TO demand
that they accept them by positive
action. The situation is precisely
that which frequently confrCnts a
president. A bill is placed before
him which he does not wholly ap-
prove but which is too important
to be vetoed. He therefore permits
it to become a law by limitation
Let US make it possible for other
nations to accept our reservations
in the most courteous manner, and
in the way least embarrassing 10
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
Buying by TrairlIO0d and
Spending 100000 Each
Year Is Nothing for Kuhn

The heaviest spender in the tri-
cities is George HUM.
He spends millions OF dollars e7-
cry year and thinks nothing Of it.
It's a bad year when he can't buy
three or four million dollars worth
Of stuff
Mr.. Kuhn gets his money from
the Peoples Power and Tri-City
Railway corporation. He has what
you might call an unlimited ex-
pense account. And he gets paid
for spending their money. He's the
purchasing agent for the entire sys-
TEN.
The other day Mr.. Kuhn decided
the tri-cities must be protected
against a coal famine, threatened
by the miners strike. Picking up
the telephone he called the Alden
Coal company.
Send me two trainloads of slack
before Nov. l." said Mr.. Kuhn.
Two trainloads, Nov. l." repeat
ed the coal company.
Check" answered Mr.. Kuhn
That was all there was to It. He
never batted an eyelid.
Mr. Kuhn has bought enough
coal in the last u months to make
a solid train 50 miles long, reach
ing from Rock Island to Galesburg
Right here in the tr:-cities MIR.
Kuhn has bought enough coal in
the last year to make another train
20 miles long. His total annual
coal purchase is 10000 tons.
This coal furnishes all the cleo
tricity used in the tri-cities and
makes gas and steam MI Kuhn's
purchases also feed the United
Light plants at Grand Rapids and
Cadillac, Mich, LaPorte. Ind. Chat
tanooga, Tenn, Rock Island, Mo
line. East Moline. Muscatine, OF
tumwa, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids,
Fort Dodge, Mason City, and a
hundred little towns along the rail
and power lines which radiate from
these centers.
Every year he buys a solid rail-
road train of oil six miles long con-
tanning 5,250,000 gallons or this
300, 900 gallons is used at the Peo-
pies Power plant in Moline and
the Davenport gas plant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
FORCES ALLIES
TO BOW TO US
McCumber Tells Why He Opposes
Preamble to Reservations As
Passed BY Committee.
Especial to The Argus. }

Washington, Oct. Ex-senator
McCumber, one of the Republican
members of the foreign relations
committee, issued the following
statement last night through the
Washington bureau of the League
to Enforce Peace:
q voted against my Republican
colleagues in the committee on for
eign relations of the proposed
preamble to the reservations to the
peace treaty and will continue to
oppose the preamble on the floor Of
the senate and will vote against it
if it comes to vote there.
las the preamble stands it pro-
vides that the resolutions shall not
take effect until accepted by three
of the principal allied and asso-
ciated powers. The resolutions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
TO HEAR FOURTH
AVENUE CASE ON
COMING TUESDAY
Especial to Tho Argus.)

Springfield, Oct. 25.-The Illinois
public utilities commission today
set for hearing in Chicago next
Tuesday before Commissioner
Wilkerson the complaint of, the
city of Moline against the Tri-City
Railway company for refusal OF the
company to extend It's line 1000
feet south from Fifteenth avenue
on Twenty street. The
case is OF long standing, the utlli-
ties commission as war measure
deciding in 1917 that the company
need not make the extension. Tie
city now renews its petition for IN
order by the commission requiring
the corporation to extend its line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

Another little annual item in Mr.
Kuhn's spending is a train of coke
Is miles long, containing 1900 cars.
each car with % tons. OF this
amount 10000 tons are used here.
When the c. D NJ was being
built Mr. Kuhn was spending a lot
Of money. He bought $500 tons of
rails, $1,000 ties and 1,50e trolley
poles
There are 525, 900 creosoted ties
under the rails of United Light
properties. Each tie last Is years.
This means $4,000 ties year.
Every year Mr.. Kuhn spends
about $4,000 for copper wire. In
January of 1917. before the United
States entered the war, he looked
over the stock and found it low
Guess I'd better order about a
half million pounds of wire before
the United States gets to making
munitions he said. He did So 1t
saved the United Light and Incl
dentally the tri-city properties
thousands of dollars later on.
Mr.. Kuhn has been with the sys-
TEN as general purchasing agent
since 1917. He has been with the
tri-city utilities since 1906. He has
a big stockroom. The first Of last
January stock on hand amounted
to $1,022, 9S624 or this $543, AS
was for the tri-cities.
Utility company officials say Mr..
kuhn's experience, foresight and
ability to buy in large quantities
has saved the United Light and the
Tri-City Railway & Light company
thousands of dollars annually, even
if he did have an off year last sea-
son and was only able to spend
three million dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

Zeal lodge. COS. Odd Fellows, put
a class of candidates through the
work for the second degree at the
meeting held Thursday at the hall
The work was put on by the local
team. After the ceremonies an
oyster supper was enjoyed.
The lodge is to join with other
Odd FELLOW organizations at the
tabernacle service tonight and the
members are all asked TO meet at
the hall at o'clock and go in a
body to the building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
TO
BE ORGANIZED AT
MEETING SUNDAY

A spiritualist mass meeting Will
he held in Odd Fellows hall, 1920
Fourth avenue. Rock Island, Sun
day evening. Oct, 26, at 5 o'clock.
A lecture will be given by Rev Dr.
T. Wilkins Of Chicago, on "Organi-
cation" followed by demonstrations
in spirit healing and measures. In
vestigators and true spirituaIists
are cordially invited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
HEAR GAS RATE
CASE THURSDAY
IN SPRINGFIELD
Testimony VIII be Taken on Re-
quest Of Peoples Power Con-
pany TO Maintain 81 Price.
(SpeciaI to The Argus )

Springfield. Oct. 25.-The Illinois
public utilities commission today
set for hearing before Commits
sioner Walter a. Shaw in Chicago
next Thursday the petition of the
Peoples Power company for au-
thority to continue in effect the in
creased rates for gas service in
Rock Island, Moline, East Moline
and SilVis, granted by the commits
sion on it's order of May Is, 1919.
The present net rate for gas is
81 per 1000 cubic feet, the price
having been elevated by the state
commission in May, 1918. from IS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
OH MIMI
THE AMERICAN LEGION BUTTON

is the symbol of your service.
1t is becoming the habit Of
folks everywhere to look at
the lapel of every young man
they meet to see if he was in
uniform while the fighting was
going on. Is this button on
your coat?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

Two new Portland cement fac
tories are building at Kawasaki
and Hokkaido, Japan, at a cost Of
100000.
A bee can carry twice its own
weight in honey.
Football is almost as popular In
Burma as it is in England and
America. The natives play the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

To wear this button you
must be a member of the
American Legion. This is the
organization which is going to
bear the relation to the recent
war that the Grand Army of
the Republic bears to the Civil
war. It is sweeping the cour-
try. 49,,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
ATTENTION. MEMBERS

Members Of Rock Island en-
campment. No. l., Patriarch. Odd
Fellowship, are requested to report
at the Odd Fellow s temple. Satur-
day evening, at z o'clock. TO attend
the Billy Sunday service in a body.
G. BAKER. c. p.
J. REID. Scribe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
TIRED
ACHING MUSCLES
Buy a bottle Of SlOan's Linlment
and keep IL handy for
emcrRencY

IF I only had some Sloan's Lini-
mentF" How often you've said
- thati And then when the rheu-
matte twinge subsidized - after hours
OF suffering you forgot i'll Don't do
it again-get bottle today for possible
use tonight A sudden attack may come
on - sciatica. lumbago, sore muscles,
stiff joints, neuralgia, the pains and
aches resulting from exposure. You'll
soon relieve it with Sloan's, the hni-
ment that peHetrGse5 without rubbing.
So years leadership. Clean, econom-
ical. Three sizes-35c., Toe, $14O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25
WITNESSES TO
BE CALLED IN
I MURDER TRIAL
Last Of Jurors in O'Rney Case Ac-
eepted Yesterday Afternoon
and Court AdiOurns.
0'RHEY HRY-

O'RILEY JURY.
.TOhn 4. CLAM, Hampton.
Harry Shay, Hampton.
r. f. Benson. Rock Island.
II. VI. Hendren. ROsk Island.
L. r. KieI, Moline.
A. W. Stisser, STIvis.
Lee Schneider. East Moline.
Warren Cook, Milan.
w. A. Mccarthy, Rock Island.
l.. j. Brennan, Rock Island.
w. NJ. Powell, Moline.
'. Liemer, Rock Island.
The last Juror in the trial of Hale
O'Riley for the murder Of Sheriff
Jake Wigers, was accepted at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. All
further progress of the trial was
halted until Monday morning. the
court ordering the adjournment.
Both defense and state will be
prepared Mondav morning at 9
-%clUck to present opening state
ments to the jury Evidence will
then be started. the state calling
upon witnesses to tell the story
Of how Sheriff Jake Wigers met
his death on the night Of Dec 30.
1918. while in the performance Of
his duty
Four days time was required 10
pick Il acceptable men to try the
youth. O'Riley. who IS "a, for murder.
The examinations were begun Mon
day afternoon at o'clock. The
greatest obstacles were encountered
in accepting the last three men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

cents. Unless the commission
grants a continuation of the pres
ent rate. the charge will revert 10
So cents on Nov. l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-25

Shoes covered with diamonds
were recently worn by a woman
at a ball in Paris.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18
Z vojny.

Ceta cernoSskych novackl
byla jeste trochu neohrabana X
nemale zlosti serzanta, jemuZ
vycvik jich byi svefen. Ten
konecn6 dopalen pravil: 'Kdyz
porucim V levo HE'D! musita
Wy nigri mrsknout OXEN, az
vam panenky cvaknou.'
To pripomina historku, KITE
rouz rad vypravel general
Grant. Ia obcanske valky byl
mu nabidnul pluk kentuckych h
zalesaku, sami chlapici iak }
hora, re radost ma ne Sc podi-
vat. Libili Sc Grantovi, ale va
zne pochyby choval 0 iich w
cviku. Ably Sc o tom presv6d-
Gil, pravil k jich veliteli:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18

"Plukovniku, rad bych videl
vase hochy praci. Dejte tedy
powell: Poor, ma rame zbran. !.
Y levo box! V srazenych IA
dach pochodem pochod!'
Plukovnik otoGiv Sc k zalesa-
kun, zavelel podle sveho:
"Hosi, vyspulte oci, flinty pres
rameno. zatocte na levo do
.houfu a sypte.'
Pluk byl prijat a osvedcil sc
jednim z nejlepslch v arn1adG
Grantove.
SSH [+I] LSSM
Olga: "Myslis, re 81 mne ten
statkar vezme?"
Berta: "Zajiste. Je daleko
siroko znamy jako nejvet5i
hlupak."
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18

Itfikrat a po sedme -
naposledy! Dvere Sc vyhouply
q objevily Sc jeji utroby.
Oci byly napjaty V tom Okla
mziku hruzou tax, za Sc zdalo,
ze usilne napjeti prerve svaly
Ipoutajicl je k dulkum a ze oci
Ivypadnou ma podlahu vrh-
nou Sc ma lupice.
Ale nestava Sc tax. Napjeti
chabne - oci klesaji zpet, a
ina jejich hladine odrazi Sc bo-
Hest neresignovana, tusici ko-
nee, ale zoufala. Ty oci nezna-
Ily nikdy resignace. Znaly jen
kouzelnou moe zelezne skrine.
A pokojem chvely Sc sustot
z9lenych, cervenych a mo-
idrych papiru, Zvonivy cinkol
'dukatu a zvuky ty dopadaji ia
ko nemilosrdne metly ma oci u
miraiiciho a bicuji je neupros
me, bez ustani. Oci Sc chveji,
slzny kal zaleva je mocneji,
modre skvrny stavaji Sc nezre
Itelnymi.
Lupici odstupuji Cd skrine,
Ijejiz otevrene dvere ukazuji
inahotu iejich utrob. Prazdna.
7 Prazdna! Jeste jednou skubne
to V ocich Ma staromodni ore
chove posteli. Slzny kal ustu-
puje, modre skvrny Sc jasni a
zastavi sc na skrini: Prazdna !
Prazdna! Skubnuti, nahnedla
Sed' zalije oci a nalze rozezan-
ii vodnate belmo, ami modre
skvrny zritelnic. Prazdno je V
tech ocich jako v te skrini.
Lupici odeSli. Dvere zavTe-
ny. Tina znovu rozlila Sc jiz-
bou.
Smrt skocila hnede pelesti
,ofechove postele a usedla do
prazdne prihrady zelezne po-
kladny.
A rudy pruh sVetelneho re-
flexu olejoveho plamenku roz-
ii Sc bizzardn6 pc hole leb-
ce.
IWSS! [+&] [WSS]
Proto.
a.: proc pax jste neprisel
vGera k "modre hvezde"?
: B.: "Nebylo mono. Natfeli
ismc cerstvou barvou nase dive
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18
LAKOMEC.
Napsal Alois Zipek.


pala do vSech koutu. Ticho le-
III ma vsem olovenou TIL wy
volava teto mistnosti DOZEN
hrobky. Olejova lampicka po-
stavena ma rinse zlute, lety O.
trele skrine vyleva do tiny v
odmerenych prastavkach prou-
zky zluteho svetla.
Krvavy reflex jeho, zpusobe
ny rudym sklem lahvicky, sme
ka Sc jako hade po skrini, pa
da ma hnedou pelest staromod
nj, ofechove postele, steka S
nj ma kartounove povlaky a po
skakuje V bizzardnim chvani
po lyse lebce vycnivajici z pro
macknutych polstaru.
Hrozny pohled: zluta, perga
menova kuze prileha k vystup
lynn kostem bezprostredne ja-
ko napjata. Hlava zapomenu-
te mrtvoly! Ale ne - ted hnu
la Sc svrastela kuze ocnich
klapek, oddaluja Sc, a z sera
dulku vystupuji pomalu oci.-
Strasidelne oci: modre skvrny
plovou We vodnatem belmu, ma
nemz rysuje Sc husta sit krva
vych nitek.
Celia hlava je nehybna, jen
v tech ocich trese Sc zivot. Po-
malu Sc otaceji, namahou.-
Prcha minuta jedna - druha.
Zastavily Sc vytresteny. Zelez-
ma pokladna pristavena k pro
tejsi zdi je magnetisuje. Hroz
ne oci pohlcuji jeji obrysy.
He: cosi V Mich Slehlo iako
jiskra. Jiskra RADIO
sti. Zelezna pokladna jest mo-
cna, elektrisuje nehybnou leb-
ku.
Smrt, ktera choulila sc ma
skrini "a lampickou, couva do
tiny. Ia ji3kra il plasi. Az sha-
sne, pride. Pocka: vecnost je
jeji a leta jsou j chvili.
A liskra tech oclch nesha-
slna, doutna, rosie V modry pla
men touhy, posledni touhy -
miti tn zeleznou pokladnu V
naruci, hladiJi jeji steny, hra-
ny, cltiti Sc bezprostredni
blfzkosti v poslednim vzruSeni
smyslu kouzlo jejiho obsahu.
Dukaty! Papiry. zelene, ril-
zove, modre a ia Mich panny
okrouhle, k libani; - ale CO
do tech - ia cisla mad mimi,
zaclnajici cifrou V pruvodu
nul, ia tn NIT, psat je pod sabe
a scitat, scltat, hrat sc jich
souctem ohonem null do ne
koneCna sahajicim! - Nuly
Nuly! Ale kde je ia cifra pred
mini?
VytreStene oci sc kali; nevi-
di cifry. A elm jsou ty nuly
bez ni?! Jen nulou, prazdnou,
smesnou nulou! A ze by to me
10 byti vSechno V te krasne
skTlni nulou ted V teto noci?
Ne! Ty oGi tomu neverl! Una
ly dobre silu a moe tech papi-
Ri! Mohlo by Sc "a ne koupit
vSechno, vsechno A ted by by
ly nulOu, beZVyznamnOu nu-
lou?
Smrt posunula Sc re tiny "a
Sc k sv6tlu. Je ruda. Plamen
odrazeny sklem larnpicky pa
da ma nj. Vefi ona take moci
zelezne pokladny?
V tom slys! Z prizeni ZalG-
ha V ticho jizby nenadaly
zvuk. To drevene schody zapra
stely. A znovu! Jakoby n6kdo
!kladl opatrn6 ovazanou nohu
ma schody.
Jiskra radosti We vytreSte-
'nych ocich pohasla. Zda Sc, re
oci poslouchaji. Pohnuly Sc.
Susteni plsku, iimz jsou scho
tdy posypany, ozvalo Sc Ease
'jednou, dvakrat, trikrat, ctyfi
krat. Ctyiikrat dotklo Sc neco
IL i
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18

stot = $ pfesnosti temer auto
matickou a kazdou vterinu
stava Sc sustot zretelnejsim,
hrmotnejsim a ticho stisnenej-
sim.
Oci bezvladneho vys,upuji
jako hypnotisovany tim zvu-
KEN dulku pomalu, ale stale
a hrdza a des hromadi Sc v iich
vytrestenem pohledu tim vice,
.clm zretelnejslm stava Sc sum.
Sum blizi Sc ku dverim mist
nosti, na nez jsou upreny, ia
zastavuje Sc. Oci snazi Sc zby-
vajici Jim energii preliti v o.
stalnl telo, vzpruziti je k "a
pasu tim neznamym priser-
nym, ale telo zustava bez VIA
dy, neschopno pohybu.
Smrt sklani Sc nedockava s
hnede pelesti orechove postele
ke kartounovym povlakum poi
staru. Jeste ceka, jakoby sama
byla zvedava ma to, co pride.
Novy zvuk dere Sc dusive
ticho. Chrestot kovu vychazi z
klicove dlrky. Nekde neznamy
snazi Sc vpraviti do nj kovovy
predmet. V tom rama -! klic
trclcl zevnitr We dverich zadu-
mel ma podlaze. Prudke Skub-
mutt sevTelo ocni dvlfka umira
jlciho a touze prudkosti je "a
Sc oddalilo.
Paklic rachoti v zamku. III
voucl oci nehybne mrtvoly jsou
plny hruzy. Nekdo jde pro je-
jich milacky z kovane skrine !!
A telo je nehybne. A oci memo
hou zachraniti pro sebe kouzlo
te skrine.
Cim jsou ty papiry zelene,
ruzove, modre, cim dukaty,
pro ity oci, ted v te noci? Vsim
a prece jen nulami bez cifry.
Smrt sedi zamyslena ma pele
sti a divf Sc vyrazu tech ocl.
Zacina il ten vyraz byti zaji-
mavym. "A to pro nj jsou ty o.
ci tax plny hruzy, re Sc blizi
a ze' je zavre navzdy!" TAX
medituje a nema ami tuseni,
jak Sc myli.
Proud svetla bleskne tmou.
rozvini il a jiz hraje 81 ma ly-
Sc lebce S krvavym reflexem o.
lejove lampickksst. .Ruda a zlu-
ia poskakuji, mihajl, prostu-
pull Sc a vylrestene oci V jich
zari jsou jeSte hroznejsi. Suma
hruzy smysly cnapatelne hro-
madi Sc tomto dosud zijicim
organu. Ty oci staly Sc te
chvili strediskem cinnosti c9la
ho teia. Ty oci vidi, slysl, chte
il mluvit, volat O pomoc, chtejl
Sc branit, cheji skrtil, rdousit
bodat, do krajnosti chranit ele-
ktri3ujici poklad zelezne po-
kladny. Ale snaha jejich zu-
stava jenom vulf. Jsou zajatci
nehybneho tela.
Proud zluteho svetla Sc Siri
Zaplav1 celou svetnici.
Smrt sedici ma pelesti, pre-
stava byti viditelnou.
Diva muzi vesli opatrne. il
5kry oci lesknou Sc magicky V
otvorech jejich cernych skra-
bosck. Jdou pomalu ke stare
modni, ofechove posteli. Vytre
3tene oci sleduji kazdy jejich
pohyb.
Muzi Sc zastavuji. Divaji Sc
IA lysou lebku; pozoruji jeil
oci. Vidi jejich bidu a hruzu.
Lhostejn6 Sc odvraceji. CO je
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nemohou vzbourit dun!
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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-07-18
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Evening star., 1919-10-15
RELATES ACTS OF PIRACY.
Correspondent Says Black Ses
Raiders Get Large Sum.

Correspondence OF The star and the
=. ., Chicago Daily News.D
BATOUM, Russia July 1.-Two
cases of piracy have occurred in the
eastern end of the Black sea just OFF
ond So similar were the methods en-
pioyed that the British naval authori-
ties believe they are the work of one
wen organized band. Practically all of
the commerce and trading in this part
of the world is now done by small mer-
chants, who go on these small Steam-
ers as passengers and carry their goods
as baggage. On the return trip to Con-
stantinople they frequently transport
large sums of money. So frightened
are these Greek, Armenian and
Georgian traders that commerce Of
this sort is now at a standstill.
The Russian ship Constantin left
Batoum with twenty-five first and 800
third class passengers bound for
Trebizond, Samsoun and Constanti-
nople. At midnight, a few miles of
the port Of Rize, the engines stopped
and a large motor boat came alongside.
Masked men appeared like magic from
both the first and third class quarters
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passengers. They were assisted by re-
Inducements from the motor boat.
The pirates collected $2.250.000 worth
Of loot in gold and currency, which was
piled on the cabin table and divided
among. about thirty-five men. Before
leaving the pirate chief gave each
member Of the crew a substantial pres
ent. The pirates then entered their
boat. which proceeded toward Rize
When the ship arrived at Trebizond
the British authorities took hand and
arrested both the captain and the first
mate. When they were searched large
sums of money were found. This fact,
with the timely stoppage of the en-
gines, is taken as evidence Of the cap
tain's completely. The pirates drank
all Of the cognac in the wine locker,
and as their motor boat left the ships
side began to sing boisterously the
Georgian chant Of victory. This. with
the fact that the pirates when they
addressed each other or their victims
always spoke in Russian. indicated
that. despite their disguise as Turks
and Tartars. the pirates were Georgfans
and Russians.