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The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1920-10-27

the street to themselves. AROUND the
corner of the palace wall limousine,
with the curtains drawn. swung on TWO
wheels. skidded, struck the carcass o1
a horse and turned over. catapuitlhg
the chauffeur into the middle OF tue
street.
"Sarros !" shrieked Don Juan ana
ran to the overturned vehicle. 1t was
quite empty.
"Rully boy, Senior Sarros," Webster
laughed. .'He's turned pretty trek
hasn't he? Sent his guards out 20
hack a pathway for an empty llm"n-
sinel That means he's hoping to draw
the watchers from the other gate J!
But Don Juan Cafetero was not us
tening; he was running at top speed
for the south gate of the palace
yrounds-and Webster followed.
AS they swung into the street upon
which this south gate opened. Webster
saw that it was deserted Of all save
the dead, for Sarros' clever ruse had
worked well and had had the effect OF
arousing the curiosity Of his enemies
as TO the cause Of the uproar at the
north gate, in consequence OF whlch
thew had all scurried around the block
TO see what they could see. thus ac-
cording Sarros the thing he desired
most-a fighting chance and a half
minute to get through the gate and
headed for the steamship landing with
out interference.
Webster and Don Juan came abreast
the high, barred gate In the thick. ~
foot masonry wall as the barrier swung
back and a man, In civilian clothes
Numbered through on a magnificent
bay thoroughbred.
"That's him. Shtop the divil +
screamed Don Juan. They'll do the
decent thing be me If ! take him
alive" =
To Webster. who had acquired the
art Of snap shooting while killing time
in many lonely camp. the bay charg
er offered an easy mark. "Hate t<
down that beautiful animal" he re
marked-and pulled away. s
The horse leaped into the air and
! came down stiff-legged; Sarros spurret
1t cruelty, and the gallant beast strovt
/ to gather itself into its stride, stag
| gered and sank to its knees. as with
wild Irish yell Don Juan Cafetert
| reached the dictator's side.
Sarros drew a revolver, but before
| he could use 1t Don Juan tapped hin
smartly over the head with his riff
barrel, and the man toppled inertly tt
the ground beside his dying horse.
"More power to We sor," Don Juar
called chee~ily and turned to receive
Webster's approval.
What he saw paralyzed him for al
instant. Webster was standing beside
the gate, firing into a dozen of Sarros
soldiery who were pouring out Of (
house just across the street. where TO
an hour they had crouched unseen ant
unheard by the Ruey men at the gate
They were practically out of ammuni
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1920-10-27

fusillade. They walked through the
sacristy and passed through a door
into the great cathedral, with it's high,
carved gothIc-arched ceiling. Through
the thick-closed doors Of the main en-
trance, lost In the dimneSs of space
out in front, the sounds of the battle
half block away seemed very distant,
indeed.
They passed the altar and Don Juan
genufected and crossed himself rever-
emily. "Pll be afther maxim me con-
fession." he whispered to Webster,
"Wait for me, sor."
He leaned his rifle against the altar
railing, crossed the church and touched
lightly on the shoulder monk kneel-
ing In prayer before the altar of the
Virgin; the latter bent his head while
Don Juan whispered; then he rose and
both went into the confessional, while
Webster found bench along the wall
and waited. 10y
ssi0 Presently Don Juan came forth,
knelt on the red-tiled floor and prayed
something, Webster suspected, he
had not done for quite, . while. And
when he had finished his .supplication
and procured bis rife, Webster Joined
him, the monk unboltedf the door and
) from the quiet Of the house Of God
! they passed out into the street and the
.tumult Of hell. ,.5 ar.ss se-.a
Tive been clost to death this day."
Don Juan explained, IAN the day is
not done. Be the same token. it's long
since yPd made me last confession;
sure, until you picked me out av the
mire. sor, it's little thought had for
the hereafter."io aag4s s4gs
5fsa From their place they could see
dozen or more of Ricardo's hired fight
ers crouched under the shelter Of the
palace walls across the street. II think
we'll be safer there" Webster cried.
as couple Of bullets struck the stone
steps at their feet and ricocheted
against the cathedral door. "That rifle
Of yours Is making you marked man.
Don Juan" se
They ran across the street and
Joined the men under the palace wall.
"What's thisY Don Juan demanded
briskly. 'Have ye not shmoked thin
out vet?r QsA
"Noddings doing" young German
answered. der chief has sent word
dot we shall not artillery use on der
balace. Men all aroundt it we hat, nit
machine gun commanding. each gate;
- IL 4,
west In der rear of der government
troops"
'sThen." Don Juan declared with con-
viction, "there'lI be no fighting here to
speak av. until later"
der Is blenty of choy hunting snip
ers. mein freund. Der houses here
abouts vos filed NIT DEM"
''T'll have no cat fights in mine," Don
Juan retorted. "Come wit me, so, an
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1920-10-27
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copyright. by Peter B. Kyne)

They followed Don Juan down the
rapgway to the launch and sped back
10 the city. The door of Leber's ware
:, d rifle and bayonet from one of the
wounded. he turned the corner into the
.n.Vt street which they followed west
through a block plentifully sprinkled
with the dead of both factions.
Don Juan led the way through an al
ley in the rear Of the Cathedral de Ia
Santa Cruz to the door Of the sacris-
ty; as he placed his hand on the latch
three rifle bullets struck around them
sshowering them with fragments Of fall.
ing adobe.
There's a house party in the neigh
'borhood," yelled Don Juan and darted
into the church, with Webster at his
heels, just In time to escape another
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1920-10-27

ton and had merely been awaiting a
favorable opportunity to escape before
the rebels should enter the city In
force and the house-to-house search
for snipers should begin. They had
been about to emerge and beat hasty
retreat. when SarrOs rode out at the
gate. and with a rush they followed,
gaining the sidewalk in time to be wit
nesses TO the dictatOr's downfall
For moment they had paused, hud-I
died on the sidewalk behind their Off
GER who, turning to scout the street,
up and down, beheld John Stuart Webb
ster standing by the gate with an au-
tomato in his hand. At the same in
slant Webster's attention had been at
tracted to the little band on the side
walk in their leader he recognized no
less a parsonage than his late acquain-
lance. the fire eating Capt. Jose Ben
avides. Coincidentally Benavides rec
ognized Webster.
II was an awkward situation. Web
ster realized the issue was about
TO be decided that If he would
have It in his favor. he should waste
not one split-second before killing the
mercurial Benavides as the latter
stood staring at him. It was not q
question. now, Of who should beat the
other TO the draw, for each had al
ready filed his hand. It was ques-
t,on. rather, as to who should recover
arst from his establishment. If Bena-
v,des decided to let bygones be BY
zones and retreat without firing
shot. then Webster was quite willing
to hermit him to pass unmolested; In
I decd such was his aversion to shoot
ing any man, 80 earnestly did he hope
the Sobrantean would consider that
discretion was the better part Of valor,
fhat he resolved to inculcate that Idea
IN the Hotspur.
"Captain Benavides," he said snave-
| ~ "yonr cause is lost. If you care to
escane aboard the steamer, ! will see
70 il that you are not removed from
ber before she sails; If Won care to
surrender to me now. | give you my
o-ord of honor you will not be exc
cuted."
Benavides might have had, and
doubtless did have, his faults, but
cowa r1ice was not one of them. And ne
did have the ghost Of sense OF hu-
NOR. An evil smile fitted over his
olive features.
"Without taking into consideration
the bayonets at my back" he replied
ut strikes me the odds are even now
And vet you patronize me-"
Webster was nettled I'D rather
do that than kill you Benayides." he
retorted. Don't be fool. Kun
along and sell your papers, and take
your pitiful little sandal-footed prl'
gands with you. Scat!"
(TO BE CONTINUED
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-21
WITH A CANDIDATE IN JAIL

BY nominating candidate II"
president who is serving term OF
imprisonment in the Federal Peni-
tertiary at Atlanta the Socialists will
have established a political precedent
that is not to be held in low esteem.
There are great and obvious adj
vantages in having a presidential can
didate in jail until after election at
least. For one thing. the party Will
always know where to find him. It
will know who goes to see him and
can be sure shat no campaign pledges
will be made except in the presence
OF the warden There can be no secret
promises and arrangements under
such a system.
Moreover. the candidate himself is
removed from much mischieyOus
temptation He cannot make rear
platform harangues that have to be
explained away the next day by the
party managers. He cannot be drag
ged into such a muddle as Mr.. Hugh
os fell into in California in 1916 when
his visit cost him the state. Nor is
he subject to any of the vicissitudes
of a Rum Romanism-an
speech such as defeated Mr.. Blaine
in 1884 because he forgot to repudiate
it at the psychological moment.
A candidate in jail is pound to stay
put He cannot get out and the office
seekers cannot get to him. Nobody
can heckle him, and if the campaign
goes wrong he has a complete alibi
which would be accepted in any court
0f record.-WOrld, -
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-21
PAGE SEVEN
LUSlTANiAS TO COME

Public memory of the Lusitania
horror is still so strong that meet
ings were held last Friday to com
memorate the fifth anniversary OF
the tragedy. Such meetings are pur-
poseless, however, except as a means
OF perpetuating international hatred
unless an attempt is made to pro-
claim the real lesson of the crime
4 Ii another great war is permitted,
the torpedoing of a Lusitania will be
one OF the minor Incidents of no
more real Importance than the burst
ing Of a shell in trench or the sui
fCcating of a battalion by poison gas:
for in the matter of frightfulness, the
next war will begin where this w3r
stopped.
When the armistice was signed on
November IL, 1918, there was no in
iafrnatiCnal law left in the world,
either 0a land or sea- The allies
were making war as ruthlessly as the
Germans had made it,, and they had
no alternative. All of them were APP
plying NapoleOn's theory or unlimit-
ed war which justifes the use of ev-
cry expedient to destroy the enemy
and compel victory. If another con-
fiict comes it will not only end that
way, but it will begin that way. No
body will dare take chances Of con-
Quoting what used to be regarded as
"civiliZed" warfare Henceforth there
can be no civilized warfare, no war
fare in the sense that war is the bus
mess only of uniformed bodies of
troops organized into armies. Every
device that the brain of man can con-
ceive for the destruction of human
life will be employed, and there can
be no distinction between soldier
and civilian.
Why should any group of American
citizens, still shudder at the LuSitania
murder when the United States, by
refusing to join the league of nations,
is inviting another deluge of blood
in which civilization itself may
drown? What of the Lusitanias that
are to come because the United
States shirks it's duty and repudiates
its moral obligations to mankind?
1t is not without substantial reason
that the eminent Italian historian,
Ferrero, in discussing the "Crisis OF
Civilization in the May Atlantic,
makes the reduction of armament the
. CdplLdl uu6SJIOu upOn WHICu Tic ldtS
OF the western world hinges. Only a
league of nations can force disarma-
ment, and without the compelling
force of the United States it is al
ready apparent that the league is in
capable of driving to the roots of the
new danger.
! Mourning the Lusitania is not an
impressive ceremony in a country in
which the senate, after refusing 70
ratify the covenant of the league of
nations, is attempting by resolution
to decree a separate peace with Ger
many which will recognize our title
to the loot that we hold in our hands.
A people that permits professional
politicians to make partisan issue
of a guaranteed peace and recognizes
no responsibility for the prevention
of future wars might better dry its
tears so far as the Lusitania is con
cerned. Gigantic as their Offense was,
even the German U-bO&'3 did not oe-
tray the dead.-WOrld.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-05-21
THE TEMPLE ORANGE

The Record Twas the recipient re-
Gently of sample Of the new TEN
pie orange sept by the Buckeye Muir
series through D. c. Gillett. The Tenn
pie Grange has much the color and
much the saA pe sind of skin, and the
same shape aSas tangerine, but it is
larger and quits ofIlicy. There ot IS fan de-
in the more com ION orange and the
Record force exi 'ess their praise in
extravagent terms It is probably the
coming orange Off the stare stat ,r Out at ~
limited ara ~ pplassrseries have hard
ly begun to meet he demand. me e
I"kid glove skim enS pnsS Inc 0s,, user -, -
enjoy the fruit vito q. n orsr + ans ans
n nanas ]. and staining hd Ave recy Re.
lcord. '1ksA STATE
The Banner has sn . surely 9. 2.
these oranges and q liz 1a,o 80
Rsosd ~ 4 Is "a 4
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-12

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Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
M'ADoo RELEASES DELEGATES
 FROM BOND TO SUPPORT HIM

New York, March 12.-William c. McAdoo telegraphed Coleman c. Vaughn, secretary of state of Michi- gan, today that he would immediately release delegates from any obliga- tion to support him if the democratic electors in the Mihcigan primaries en- dorse him for president. Mir. McAdoo s telegram said:
 .I have your letter of the 9th in- stant and note that under the laws of Michigan my name cannot be with drawn from the presidential primary to he held in Michigan April ,. 1920 l regret extremely to learn this. My conviction is so strong that all dele gates to the next democratic national convention should go uninstructed that l have been seizing every oppor- tupity to further that result.
 In the circumstances nothing seems left for me to do except to say that if by any chance the democratic electors in the Michigan primary should honor me with an endorsement I shall imme diately release the delegates from any obligation to support me and beg them to enter the democratic national con vention at san Francisco without any Limitations upon their freedom of ac- tion so far as I am concerned.'
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
Knew Movements
 of German U-BOats
Admiral Sims Tells of Warn ings Sent of Raider to the American Coast.

Washington, March 12.More ship. ping was saved by keeping track. of German submarines and routing yes-s
 seIs clear of them than any other single measure, Rear Admiral Sims
 today told the senate investigating committee.
 The admirals statement was in
 support of his charge that the navy department had a fundamental nis- conception of the problem of defend ing home waters in keeping Arneri- can naval forces on this side of the Atlantic, rather than by giving whole hearted and vigorous cooperation to the allies. ts
 Actual experience has shown the | witness continued. that we could de-
 pend upon keeping accurate track of i all submarines at sea. We were cer- tain we would never have to deal with but one or two submarines at 1 a time on OUT own coast and it was possible to do a great deal DxAlrds l providing for the safety of shipping g 1 in our home waters without the use 1 of anti-subnarine craft. at all.'
 l Admiral Sims presented cablegrams announcing the departure from Ger
 many of the first raider for the Amer 1 ican coast, sent more than three weeks before the vessels appeared 1T American Faters. The messages he read, he said, were remarkable fol
 the accuracy with which every move 1 of the enemy was foretold adding tha'
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
SUFFERING OF ARMENlANs
 FLEEING THROUGH BLIZZARD

New York, March 12-Confirmation of srfferings inflicted upon Armeni- ans fleeing through a blizzard follow ing the massacre of 10000 of their number in the Marasn district early in February was received in cable gramm today from Dr. A. B. Lambert, relief director at Aleppo, Syria, to the Near East Relief headquarters here,
 He estimated that 1900 Armenia-1s died in the snow on the way to the railroad. Twenty wagonioais cf food, clothing and medicine Oreiteva 1he Armenian population remaining in sMarash have set out under Doctor I.amberts personal dire .tIon, accord- ing to the report. The saf sty of the party has been guaranteed by Turkish authorities.
 Americans in Aintab and Marasll are safe and reconciliation has been effected between the Armenians and the Turks there, although roads are blockaded to all except Americaa le- lief ~ork CTS, says the cahlegram. Tho Turks and Armenians at Mar1sh llvt also declared a truce, Doctor Lanihor' re ports, following the witndrawal Oi French troops on February II.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
CHANGE IN POLITICS IN
 SOLDIER RELIEF LEGISLATION

t
 Washington, March 12-The frank statement by a witness that members of congress would support solciTe re- lief legislation in order. to get votes sarted a rumpus today in the hiuse ways and means cimmlttee. conSld = ering a multitude of bills dealing with the subject.
 Frank Ps keech, a New York brok- er formerly a lieutenant colonel Tn the inspector generals department additional compensation for former service men, declared some legisla- tion might be expected because ol political pressure. The inference thai
 members would be swayed. through fear. of losing votes was character ized by Chairman Fordney as an in suit to the committee and congress ,Keecl replied that hi statement
 was not intended to be insulting, nu' that it was nevertheless true.
 George NJ Rushmore, of New 1ori city. a former sergeant, testified tna' soldiers did not, consider the possible harm to government. finances whlcf i might result. from payment of a casf l bonus. great majority of those re ! ceiving money would spend 1t fool ishly in six months, he said.
 | A preferential grant to overseas
 mean was urged by Leonard OrmeroS 1 of Washington.
 Martin E. Degraff of Cleveland Ohio, representing the World Wa Veterans, urged passage of bill car ! rying mot less than $300", and suS | gested that some of the necessar. funds might be raised from the sal l of excess war materials.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13

River, and Boston. He had found that instructions had been given them both orally and in writing, those in regard to peryerSion being oral.
 His report went on to, say that the members of the squad performed the work voluntarily and that none of them had complained of it. It said that all the men had perfect naval rec ords.
 Captain Wainwright testified that after making his report he and Cap tain Leigh s1N Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and informed him of the substance of i9 MT. Roosevelt. he said told Captain Leigh to have the squad S operations stopped.
 Judge Advocate Hyneman asked the witness if he had found that any of 1 the operators on the squad had been | instructed in a 'nameless vice" as charged in a letter written to Presi- dent Wilson by Newport ministers l Captain Wainwright reploed that one 1 of the men had said that the wori 1 had been explained to him and tha
 he did not like it's general nature, bu
 had gone into it feeling that he coult
 be of. service.
 Asked regarding the ministers charge that the members of the squa'
 had been ordered to "entrap certain designated individu&s,'' the witnes said one of them had told him he. hal been instructed to track certain men. Another used the word 'shad ow'' and a third said he had been or
 dered, to keep watch" of these mer None of them said he had receive orders to '.entrap'' anyone.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
REReDoLu's COUNSEL WAS
 \REBUkED BY THE COURT

New York, March 1z.5Contempt proceedings against Harry weinber- ger. counsel for Grover c. Bergdoil, on trial at Governors Island on a charge of desertion in evadinS the draft, were threatened today while the attorney was cross examining John P. Dwyer. editor of the Philadelphia Record and chairman of the defendants draft board.
 The court interpreted weInbersers questions as ''an insinuation that Dcyer was in the pay of the Pennsyl- vania railroad" and he was warned ed from the court. The lawyer de- clared that he was within his rights and was seeking to attack the credi- bility of the. witness. Objection of the trial judge advocate to the line of questioning was upheld by the court ! and Weinberger was admonished. His l request that the court retract its ad- monition was refused
 Resistance offered by Mrs. .Bercdoll | the defendants mother was described 1 by Leo J. German. assistant district ! superintendent of the department ot | justice in Philadelphia. German head. l cd the raiding party that broke into ! inc Bergdoll home on Jan. -7 He ex. | hibited a revolver and "blaelxjacl<' i he testified had been taken from Mrs | Bergdoll
 The witness said he had authoriy-
 to tear the house down. brick bl i brick. if refused admission" Enougi
 weapons and cartridges were found ii
 the house, he declared. ito withstand
 a months siege"
 The trial will be continued Monday
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
TESTIMONY HALTED IN
 THE JONES MURDER CASE

, New Haven, Conn. March 12.-Tes- timony in the case of the state against William M. Jones. charged with the murder of Mrs. Esther Hopcroft in June last was halted this afternoon when the attorneys for both sides en- Gagec in a long argument on the ad- instability of evidence given to Cor orer Mix by Jones as the result of questions put to him by Henry J. Donnelly. captain of detectives. before Jones was formally arrested The att torneys for the defense claimed in their arguments before Judge Gardi- ner Greene that the testimony, which the state wanted to have written in
 the records of the trial was given un- der pressure and that it was not vol untary The defense had previously ] dcmanded copy of the transcript of this testimony but the states attorney
 ref sed to grant the request.
 The jury was excused while the ar-
 grr. ents on the point were being made and. as they bid fair to take up con | s'cerable time, the court excused the | Ju'y until Tuesday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-13
CHILD HELD IN CONNECTION
 WITH SHOOTING OF MOTHER

New York. March f2.-Nine year old Conchetti Cont today was ordered held without bail as material wit ness in connection with the shooting of her mother. Mrs. Evangelina Con ii. here last Monday, for which Ma ria Tucci. the child's aunt, has been indicted on charge of murder Miss Tucci. pretty 70 year old Italian girl. surrendered 10 the police in At lantic City last Wednesday,.
 Assistant District Attorney Joyce quizzed the child this afternoon. He declared that after a fit of weeping and hysteria, she admitted that n previous statement in regard to her mother wishing her and her aunt to lear lives of shame was untrue Ac- cording~ to Mir. Joyce. she said her | first story was one in which she had been coached by her aunt.
 The child told Mir. Joyce, he said | that awakened by a shot. she saw her aunt kneelins on the bed with a pistol in her hand pressed against the back | of her mothers head. The shot. she | saidw, was fired across her own body as she law in bed between the two | sisters She was then taken upstairs i by her aunt and later taken from the | house.
 Miss Tucci has asserted that she did not kill her sister, but that the wo- man Accidentally shot herself while | quarrelling with her.