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voices.
Harris told his story with such co
herence as he could. He and his son
had come up into the hills to arrange
for the purchase OF property which
they had become interested In through
n third party. Gardiner. They carried
with them large sum Of money ms
proof OF the sincerity Of their inten-
tions. At this little cabin they were
to be Joined by Gardiner and by an
other, named Rifles. who also was TAX.
ing nm interest In the property. As
they waited In the cabin. and as he,
Harris. slept after his long drive. they
were suddenly set upon by outlaws
Allan shot one down--the body still
lay In the doorway-but was himself
badly wounded. and had not spoken
since Harris had encountered anoth-
or, hut after a severe fight the robber
had escaped. The little black bag In
which the money was carried was gone
with all It's contents. Although he had
waited all night In great anxiety. Gar
diner and Rifles had failed to appear,
and II could only be supposed that
they too had met with foul play. But
some hours after the assault one Of the
party had returned. dismounted from
his horse Mt some distance. and stolen
softly up TO the shanty. Harris had
followed him, and, taking him by sur
prise. had been able TO make him pris-
oner.
Sergeant Grey looked from Harris
to Allan, and then TO the prisoner. who
seemed TO lie In n semi conscious con-
ditiou amid his bonds and gags.
"You we're foolish to come into the
hills with so much money alone" he
said. 81 would have been at your
service for the asking, and this would
not have happened. But now that II
has happened the first thing is to pro-
vide for the wounded man, and the
next In TO place this suspect In Gus
tody. ] know n rancher's house few
miles down the valley where you and
your son will have the best atten-
ton"
The mounted policeman made brief
examination Of Allan. us best he could
in the gray dawn. for the lantern now
had no oil. "IIe has not bled very
much" he said. He has a strong
frame and ought to have fighting
chance. will just have a look at the
scene OF the crime. and then we will
move him"
lie made hurried survey OF the
cabin. merely satisfying himself that
the man in the doorway was quite
dead. and then, with Harris assist
ance. quickly found the horses and
harnessed them to the buggy. He also
found another horse near the roadway,
saddled and bridled. 1--WE will make
the prisoner ride his own horse" he
said. while you take your son In the
buggy"
They placed the wounded and still
unconscious Allan I'm the buggy as
gently as they could. and then Grey
gave his attention to the prisoner.
Having searched his clothing for weap
ons. he cut away the bonds that Sc
curely held his arms and feet, and re-
leased the sack from his half-choked
throat. The man writhed and gasped
for fresh air. and the policeman drew
the sack away and revealed the face
OF Jim Travers.
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II took time for him 10 realize the
bitterness with which his plans had
collapsed. As the night wore on he
was able 10 weigh his disaster In a
more balanced mind, but Its magnitude
grew In the weighing. From prosper
Gus ambition he had been swept In an
hour 10 pcnniless ruin. His destruc-
ton was almost complete. The old
farm, the scene OF his labors--hls and
Mary's-was gone II Allan should
die there remained nothing more.
Suddenly he fancied he heard tho
sound Of horses hoofs IN the clay road
along the hill side. now softened with
the light rain. The sound ceased as
suddenly rs II began, and u occurred
90 him that II might be one OF the rob-
beers returning. The lantern was burn
Ing low. but as precaution he now
turned u quite out There we're some
cartridges In Alian's pocket; he felt
for them and decided 10 bring the gun
out OF the cabin. But before he could
put his decision into effect he observed
the form Of n man moving silently but
briskly toward the cabin. He held his
breath and remained obscured In the
bushes Dimly he discerned the form
stop at the door and peer into the
darkness
There was no doubt In the mind Of
Harris as 10 the evil intent OF the Wis
itor. He had come on horseback near
the building. and had then dismounted
and stole up 10 II on foot. That In It.
self was sufficiently discriminating One
who was riding through the mountains
on n legitimate errand. and who knew
nothing Of the nights ARRAY. would
take no such precautions. Unarmed
as he was, Harris resolved that the
robber. probably the murderer Of his
son. should not on any account escape
him. With the blanket which he had
brought to cover Allan was a bag In
which they had carried oats for their
horses: this he found In the darkness.
and stole after his victim. He over
took him standing at the door. In ap-
parent kesitancy whether to enter the
building. without an instant's wnrD-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-17
Without an instants Warning. HarrIs
Threw the Bag About His Head.

ing Harris threw the bag about his
powerful wrist had his prisoner Sc
curely gagged. Throwing him violent
ly to the ground, he tied the sack Ia q
hard knot, and. despite all struggles.
dragged him back TO where Allan lay.
Here he relighted the lantern. and.
cutting part OF the blanket into strips
with his pocket knife. securely tied his
captive hand and foot. At first the
prisoner tried 10 talk. but he could not
speak intelligibly through the close
drawn sack, and presently he gave up
and lay In silence In the wet grass.
And again the leaden night wore on.
broken only by occasional gurglings In
the throat OF Allan, or futile struggles
by the prisoner. Harris felt little curl
osity concerning the Identity OF the
man In gags before him. or the victim
OF Allan's gun In the doorway. They
we're absolute strangers to him. and he
even feared that II he should look INTO
the face OF the one that still lived his
anger over the assault upon Allan
would burst oil bounds and he would
kill his victim on the spot He was
slowly forced 20 the conclusion that
Rifles and Gardiner had also met with
foul play. and that no help was now
20 be expected from that quarter.
Just as the first bars OF gray 10 the
eastern sky proclaimed approaching
dawn. the sound of horses hoofs came
distinctly up the valley. Harris drew
himself into = sitting nestura aud 'i~-
tened. Allan was still breathing. ana
apparently with less effort than earlier
In the night The sound Of the horse
came nearer and nearer. AT last IL
was In the road just below. and mo-
ment later would have passed by had
not Harris called out.
Sergeant Gray instantly swung his
horse from the road and. dismounting.
proceeded In the direction Of the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-17

like his brother
jeremiah. who Ia
full of fun, and
the best company
imaginable.
"Your remarks
show how little
true greatness is
appreciated In a
m oral family
boarding house,
where the dam
ages are collected
In advance" OBJ
served the star
boarde. an my
nninInn IapanS 10
LIZ Il Anl ..u nn-n
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worked hard ali your life, and today
you have nothing. brought you to
this"
She saw II all. and for the moment
her heart shrank within her. But she
saw, too, the futillty Of II all. She
might have upbraided him; she might
have returned In part the sorrows he
had forced upon her, for he was
wounded now and could not strike
rack But she rose and stretched her
arms toward him.
Continued Next Week.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-17
THE MODEL GUEST

SSNEY COUSIN Jnmes is coming
TV1 to spend a week." announced the
landlady, "and | can't say I'm over
joyed. He's the most unsatisfac Glory
visitor ever saw. You can hardly
get word out of him. He isn't a bit
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-17
FATHER POISONS HIS
STARVING CHILDREN
Kentuckian Receives Letter From
China Telling Of the Horrible
Famine Conditions There
10000, 900 FACE DEATH

So dreadful are the famine condi-
lions in China, a father poisoned hi
family to save them from the suffering
Of starvation. The 100000 people
who face starvation now are beginning
to die from the dreaded typhus.
These conditions are described IN .
letter to the Rev. DR.. e. Y. Mullins.
Louisville, chairman for Kentucky Of
the China Famine Fund, and also are
told Of in the report Of the American
Minister at Picking sent to President
Wilson. The campaign to save these
people from starvation was launched
BY the President.
100000 Are Children.
The American Minister states that
Of this lumber. 100000 are subsist-
ing on dry leaves and 100000 q
them are children.
DIR. Mullins says this famine d the
greatest since the one In 1915 when
tho world stood aghast at the death
Of millions by starvation and cold
The horrors Of that year are at our
very doors" he said.
The area involved Is larger than
France and embraces Shantung. Shan
81, Chilli and Honan.
A missionary in a letter receiveA
yesterday by DIR. Mullins, says:
'-This dreadful famine follows i've
years Of crop failures. Millions q
men. women and children are eating
the last of their dry leaves. The WIN
ters here are very cold but these peo-
pie have no fuel-they depend on
leaves Gnd gooliang stalks to hea4
their huts-they have neither.
Typhus Upon Them , L
This appeal Is not ours but theirA
passed from Techow to rentsio.
there was only barrenness. wheat had
been sown in some few spots, but II -
Q long wait until harvest time and noW
typhus is upon us-
Il found one very pathetic ca1aA
The COW that had kept the family alive
for months, failed to give milk for LACK
Of feed She had to be sold for trffiaL
The father prepared q good meal &C
~Beoda." dumplings for his family.
Ifts little daughter asked how 1t was
that they were having such good food
after weeks Of hunger. After they had
eaten, he told them that he had put
poison In each dumping and all would
soon be out Of their misery. He could
not bear to see them starve and they
were dead when | arrived.
~Piease send money for these poor
human beings. The railroad into
Manchuria will haul wheat free Of
charge but we haven't enough money
70 buy the wheat"
DIR. Mullins has sent an appeal -
the clergy Of Kentucky to relate the
experiences Of this missionary. Joseph
Burge, treasurer OF the Famine Fund.
sends the funds to China through IL
state Department. q WashingtsA
The New York herald., 1921-06-24

should be employed to discourage
borrowing, reduce circulation, force
liquidation and draw increased gold
reserves from abroad. But the ne
cessities of the Government for bor-
rowed funds cannot be diminished by
high interest rates. These only serve
to increase the burden on the public
treasury.
Neither can liquidation be forced
when there is no market; stocks Of
goods have to be carried no matter
what the charge for capital with
which to do it. Gold cannot be
drawn from abroad when there is no
responsive gold market. In short,
the remarks of Mr.. McKENNA a year
ago on the inefficacy of high bank
rates hold true to-day.
The world movement toward lower
interest rates will eventually bring
about A to 5 per cent. wages for capi-
tai. This will be all to the good as
an influence for lower costs and
lower prices.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
BOWDOIN CONFERS
DEGREE ON DON SEITZ
Macmillan Announces Plans
for Polar Trip.

Special Despatch to THE New YokK HERALD.
BRUNSWICK, Me-, June 23.--More than
700 attended the annual alumni dinner
this afternoon which followed the i16th
commencement OF Bowdoin College.
Gov. Percival Baxter of the class of '98
was the principal guest and speaker.
while another member OF the same class
was Prof Donald 3. Macmillan, tho
Arctic explorer, who announced def
nitely that he would sail from Wiscasset
July Is aboard his new vessel, the Bow
doin, for Bafin Land I'm his search for
the magnetic pole.
Announcement was made by President
Sllls of a legacy of S150.000 by the will
of Dr. Thomas Upham Coe. rs. of Ban
gor, and $4,000 from the estate of
Harry p. Converse of Maiden, Mass.
Kate Douglas Wiggin. the author.
upon whom Bowdoin has bestowed the
degree of LID. gave $3.50 toward the
fund for college preachers.
The following honorary degrees were
awarded: Doctor Of Letters, to Don G.
Seitz of the New York World; Doctor Of
Divinity. to the Rev. Newman Smyth.
'63. of New Haven Doctor of Humane
Letters. TO Henry Kirk White. "a. OF
Newcastle, Me-; Doctor of Science, tn
Addison Sanford Thayer. SO, dean OF
Bowdoin Medical School, and to Preston
Kyes, '96, of the University of Chicago;
Master of Arts. to Heloise Edwina Her
sey of Boston and wilbert Grant Mallet.
'91, of Pennington. Me.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
FRIDAY. JUNE "a. 1921.
Down and Out Strikers.

With the strike in the Cramp ship
yard at Chester, Pennsylvania, still
in full swing the plant itself is run
ming at just about full force capacity.
Moreover, j. III. NULL, the president
of the company, is authority for the
statement that the workers are 81
per cent more efficient than was the
case before the strike began, as shown
by the increased yard output.
The efficiency increase, according
to Mr.. Null, is largely due to the
elimination of dead wood from the
working force. And right there is a
sad feature of this particular strike.
one, however, which is only too often
characteristic of similar labor con-
troversies. Men old in years and in
the service of the company are down
and out. Many of them would soon
have been eligible to pensions had
they remained at work. Now their
employment is gone and the PEN
sions on which they might have
lived in their old age are gone like
wise. Their places have been filled
with younger men. The age average
of the 5.4O0 Cramp employees before
the strike was So years. Now it is So
years.
The labor union can do nothing for
the strikers in mass, for the strike
threw the whole labor union out.
From closely unionized concern
Cramps has become an open shop. 1t
is filled with new and younger blood.
II is unshackled from muscle binding
union rules and restrictions. 1t is
going to stay so.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
Sol Exposed.
Electric Energy, Not Heat, His Con-
tributlOn to Mother Earth.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: The fol-
lowing theory has been advanced to ac-
count for the changes of temperature we
experience: The earth on its journey
around the sun is drawn from its course
by the bodies into whose gravitational
influence 1t comes. AS it moves nearer
the source of heat the temperature rises
When 1t Is drawn in the other direction
the temperature falls.
If that were true a whole hemisphere
would be affected In like degree, the
mountain tops would be warmer than
the valleys and we would have more
heat in winter than In summer.
As a matter OF fact, we get no heat
whatever directly from the sun. The
great central luminary Is merely a vast
sterehouse of electrical energy, continu-
ally discharging mighty currents OF
electricity into space. When these cur
rents come into contact with the re-
sisting blanket of the earth's atmosphere
they are converted into heat. and as
they are constantly varying in direc-
tion. In volume and In intensity the
temperature of the atmosphere can never
be the same for any length of time.
l.. JULIAN MCINTYRE.
BROOKLYN, June %.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
Women With "Hands." I"

Women have been more than ever
conspicuous in the saddle at the open
air horse shows held recently. IL has
long been the habit of women to show
saddle horses, and the experts among
them could hold their own with the
best of the men. but the jumping
classes were until few years ago
confined to the professionals and an
occasional amateur among the men.
Nowadays there Is scarcely jumping
class where women and girls do not
outnumber the men two or three to
one. Their skill Is shown by the
ma nner in which the most headstrong
Of the jumpers usually behave in the
hands of these slips Of girls. Horses
which would fight professional are
docile under their manipulation. and
all because Of the gift OF hands"
The possession OF hands" is some
thing akin to genius. Hands" make
riders. male or female. great. They
are instruments which they employ
in gaining the confidence OF their
mounts. Many horses expect rough
treatment from those who ride or
drive them. They are ready 10 re
sent il, and the more highly mettled
they are the harder they will fight.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
The Little Known Jordan.
It's Full Length Untraversed; Two
Americans Explored Part of It.
From the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
BY provoking paradox the Jordan,
which Sir Herbert Samuel proposes to
utilize in connection with hydroelectric
and irrigation schemes. is at once the
best known river in the world and one
Of the least known to topographers.
The upper waters were partly explored
about fifty years ago by our compatriot
Macgregor In his Rob Roy canoe. while
more recently two American lnquirers--
Professor Libbey and DR.. Hoskins--have
made valuable additions to our knowl-
edge. But owing to the rapid current.
unuavigable nature. frequently inacces-
sihle banks and pestilential climate this
famous river has apparently never yet
been traversed throughout its tortuous
length.
Yet this stream of khaki colored
water, apart from many sacred mem
ories. possesses great Importance for
naturalsts and geolosists. 1t flows
through a deep crack on our globe. the
most depressed spot of the earth's sur
face, while tho local fish and vegetation
are characteristic not of Asia but OF
Africa. Moreover, the proposed dcflec-
ton OF the Jordan for Industrial pur-
poses naturally raises the problem ot the
fate that would befall the Dead Sea
when no longer fed by this strange
stream.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
German Red Leader Convicted.

The most striking and in many
respects the most interesting indi-
vidual in the struggle between the
communists and conservatives in
Germany following the armistice was
MAX HoLz. who was sentenced to
penal servitude for life at Berlin
Wednesday. HoLz came into promi.
nence in Saxony at about the time
bella KUN was in the sscendency in
Hungary and LESINE's agents were
at the head Of the communistic groups
in Bavaria. His plan was to control
Saxony, gain the support OF the Hun.
garian and German communists and
affiliate all with the Moscow So.
Wet. He considered himself the
leader of communism outside of Rus
sia: he was fond OF referring to him.
self as one in the group "of our
leaders, Rosa LUxEMBURG. LIEB-
KNEcHT and JoeIscHEs," and he was
proud of the title of "the German
Robin Hood" given to him by Saxon
peasants. But when he was brought
to court he was tried as common
highway robber on the charge of
murder, arson and most of the other
offences in the calendar.
Hotz began his interesting two
year career as an aggressive commu-
mist by the occupation OF the old cas-
tie OF Falkenstein in southern Sax.
ony and then raiding the neighbor-
ing estates and dividing the loot
among his followers and the peasants
OF the neighborhood. His forces in.
creased rapidly In strength aHd he
captured several Of the large manu-.
featuring towns, Merseburg, Sanger.
hausen and others, and finally estab.
lished his authority over the entire
mountainous vogtland on the Czecho.
Sloyak frontier. His proclamation
Of Dictatorship OF the Proletariat'
was as follows.
81 have occupied this town with
my troops and herewith proclaim
proletarlan martial laws That Is to
soy. every bourgeois who does not
obey the orders Of the Supreme Mill
tary Commander will be shot. The
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
w. c. Reick's New Field.

In taking over the presidency and
management of the Journal OF Com
merce WILLIAM c. REIcK will bring
to that very fine business news
papaI The varied experience and sea-
sonae capacity of a newspaper man
wbs Tar many years has been promi-
nent In the first rank journalism of
New York.
Long at the head of the news de-
partment of THE New York HERALD
and THE EVENING TELEGRAM when
they were owned by JAMES GORDON
BENNETT, Mr.. REIcK became very
well known in the life of New York.
In 1906 he bought an interest in the
Neto York Times and became ac-
lively associated with Mr.. OcHs in
the direction of the Times. Some
time after the death of WILLIAM NJ
LAFFAN THE Sun and THE EVENING
Sun passed into Mr.. REIcX's CON
troll, where they remained until Mr..
MUNsEY bought them in June, 1915.
Since then Mr.. RErcK has been asso-
ciated with the management of Mr.
MuNsEY's New York newspapers.
Mr.. REIcK's managing control Of
the Journal of Commerce with the
promise thus reflected for the future
of that already substantial property
will be qualification to all news
paper men who appreciate the value
to their profession of the journalism
which adheres to high standards.
The New York herald., 1921-06-24
Bank Rates Coming Down.

Precipitate action of the Bank of
England in reducing its rediscount
level to per cent. following a SINH
lar reduction by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York last week is an
other concrete example of the in
grained faith of English bankers in
cheap money and their firm disbe-
lief in the efficacy of high bank rates
to facilitate readjustment in abnor-
NAL times like the present.
In ordinary times il the British
pound had been falling in value as
1t has been for several weeks, and
IL prices in England were still above
those in America and credit was
scarcer there than here, a high re-
discount rate of the Bank of England
would be sound and justifiable. But
these are not ordinary times.
Before the Z per cent. bank rates
in England and America had been
established last year the Right Hon.
REGINALD MCKENNA, chairman OF the
largest bank in the world, and for
mer British Chancellor OF the Ex-
chequer, recorded mis- opinion of high
interest rates as a deflationary influ-
ence by saying that while the bank
rate should be at such level as not
to encourage the discounting of for.
eign trade bills in our market, to
raise it above this point may In ex.
listing circumstances injure rather
than benefit our exchange, for dear
money adds to the cost of production,
and every addition to cost hampers
our export to those foreign markets
in which we have to meet serious
competition
This meant of course that the Eng.
lish bank rate must be the same as
the American discount rate. II Il
we're lower foreigners would borrow
in London and deplete the funds
available for British trade. IL it
were higher British trade would be
hampered by the heavier carrying
tudi SC icpltochlcu NY lnlcltob idLtb,
and the benefits OF the higher ex.
change value of the pound and the
larger foreign balances drawn TO Lon
don would thus be nullified.
The practice urged by Mr.. Nc
KENNA is being closely followed by
the Bank OF England. Great Britain
will go into the coming winter with
coal shortage of at least 100000
tons; her merchants will have as
large stocks OF unsold merchandise
on hand as at the corresponding time
In 1920. or larger prices in England
are still 10 per cent. above the 1914
level, while our prices are now up
less than half that much. the British
note circulation gold ratio is only 81
per cent. while ours is S5 per cent;
the Bank of England ratio OF re-
serves to lis )ilities is II per cent.
while ours is 56 per cent.
BY every canon of ordinary bank
ing n high discount rate in England