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/ said, and who could be my guide oeteer
than he? At last he assented. both Vi
us wanted to clear up the mystery, was
the Princess?
Back in the Muscovite again I watched
Sophie, waitress and hostess in one one
recognized me and walked over TO join
me-then stopped. She looked as though
she were seeing miracle. walked up
to her; she was still as though in
trance. The single syllable Yes" from
my lips sent her hurrying to the table to
my dragoman.
Serge" she said, and was silent.
Later the Colonel and the Princess told
me that their story is no unusua, one.
With variations, it is similar to that of
the surviving exiled Russian nobility.
The Princess Is still at the Muscovite and
the Colonel earns some coppers as an in
terpreter and guide. They wish to 20 to
Paris. They hope, some day, to return
to st. Petersburg-yes st. Petersburg,
foS they are royallsts through heritage
and habit.
Reunion with their son would be moth
ing short Of miraculous. 1t might ALSO
b. infelicltous for when the Princess fled
the boy was at school, which institution
was taken over by the State, so that by
training and education he will be out of
sympathy with the royalistic hopes and
the traditional philosophy of his parents.
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w HEN we look at the leopards in
w menagerie our minds in.
stinctively turn to pictures Of
the hot tropics and the torrid lands OF
the equator. But there are leopards that
love the snow, and never willingly de-
scend below the levels where snowstorms
occur in summer as we'll as in winter.
There is at least one specimen in this
country of the "snow leopard" whose
home is among the lofty mountains about
Tibet. Thousands of tanned skins of the
snow leopard are carried to Shanghai TO:
sale, but the living animal is rarely seen
away from his cool mountain home.
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Our ship locked at lIaifa, port 11J
milos by rail north Of Jerusalem. the
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KAPITOLA XXI.
krOceje ma chOdbS.

Mercy byIa samotna. Ia
bezpecila 81 ma pull hodiny sa-
motu We SVEN vlastnim pokoji,
| kterehoz casu chtela pouziti
ku sepsani sveho pi.iznani, We
zpusobe psanl svedciciho Julia
nu Grayovi.
Zadna zmena udavsi Sc v je-
Jim postaveni dosud nezmirni-
la jeji hruzu pred nutnym wy
znanim sc Horacovi lady ia
net, re 81 klestila cestu k jejim
srdcim podvodem. Pouze pro-
strednictvim Juliana rnohla pro
nesti slova, jimiz Grace Rose
berry melo byti dopomozeno k
mistu, jez il v dome po pravu
nalezelo.
Jak mela mu uciniti vyznani
sve? Piscmne? Aneb ustne?
Po vScm tom, co Sc udalo od tie
chvile, kdy objeveni Sc lady
Janet ie vyruSilo, byla by spise
| pocit 'ovala ulehceni nez roz-
! paky, kdyby osobne otevfela
! srdce sve muzi, jenz il tax jem-
nocitne porozumel, .jenz tax
vernym il byl pritelem V hodi-
ne nejvetsi jeji potreby. Vsak
opctovane vybuchy Horaceo-
Wy aarlive podeziivavosti vuci
JuliAnovi varovaly j, re by Ju
llama stavela trapne posta-
veni, kdyby no pripustila k
: soukrome rozmluve, pokud jest
Horace v dome.
Jediny zpusob uciniti vyzna-
nj, jenz il zbyval, byl zpusob,
pro nejz Sc rozhodla. Uminivsi
81. re sdeleni celeho sveho pod
vodu ucini We zpusobe dopisu,
svedciciho Julianovi, chtela ku
konci listu pridati jisty navod,
kteryz by mu ukazoval, jak O.
, ia 81 pfeje, ably pristi sve jed
mani zafidil.
Tento navod stanovil, re Ju-
lian ma odevzdati psani ieii
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co? Ma celem tele sc zachvev-
81, odvratila sc cd Dina. "Skon-
ci Sc vse takovym zpusobem,"
tazala Sc sama sebe, .odpovi-
Ii matrona zapori1e?"
Dala Sc do psani.
"Draha panli
TAX dlouhy uplynul cas- od
te DOLBY, co iste posledne mne
slysela, re skoro Sc lekam
psati vam. Obavam Sc, ze v
mysli sve jste Sc mne iiz VIDA
la co zeny nesrdecne, nevdec-
ne.
| Vedla jsem zivot falesny;
nebyla jsem to psati YAM dri-
We nez dnes. Nyni, kdyz cinfm
vse NOME, abych odpykala
vse ku prospechu tech, jimz
jsem ublizila = nyni, kdy q
hloubi srdce sveho vseho litu-
Ju, - smlm nyni prositi, ably
mi bylo dovoleno navratiti sc k
pf1telkyni, kteraz mela sc mnou
trpelivost pc mnoha bldnych
roku mi vypomahala? Oh. pa
nj, nezapuzujte mne. "Nemam
nikoho, ma nejz bych sc mohla
obratiti - jen vas!
Dovolite mi, abych Sc vam
vyznala re vseho? Odpustite
mi az zvite, co jsem ucinila?
Prijmete mne naZpet qtulek,
mate-li vubec nejake pro mne
prace, kterouz bych 81 mohla
zaslouziti pr1stresi i vyzivu?
Prve nez nadejde noe, mu-
|sim opustiti dun, 2 neho YAM
pISu. Nevim, kan bych sc me-
Ia obratiti. Ten drobet penez,
tech nekolik mych cennych We
ci musi zde Zustati po mne:
domohla isem Sc jich pod klam
nymi predstirkami, nepatrl
mne. Y tn chvlli nezije opuste-
nejslho stvoreni made mne! Wy
jste zena krest' anska. Ne pro
me dobro ale pro dobro
kristovo, smilujte Sc made
mnou a prijmete mne Ease ma
zpet.
Jsem dobrou oSetrovatelkou
.jak sama vite a umim speSne
zachazeti jehlou. Nemuzete mi
Y iednom neb druhem oboru po
skytnouti zamestnanl?
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no nyni. Proc mann cekati?"

mo nyni. Proc mann cekati?"
Lady Janet Sc vzpamatova-
la "a reci Horacovy.
''Uplne souhlasim s tebou,"
pravila. Il ia Sc tazi, proc ma
me cekati?"
| JulianOvo sebeopanovani
pominulo, kdyz teta jeho opa-
kovala tuto ukrutne prostou O.
tazku. Jak asi il Mercy zod-
povida?" Neopusti il odvaha
Nv poslednim okamziku?"
"Tazal jste Sc mne, proc
mate cekati, '~pravila Horace
owl klidne a pevne. "Seckejte,
abyste uslyseli neco vice 9
Mercy Merrickove."
Lady Janet naslouchala s
|vyrazem nechuti.
"Nevracej Sc k tomu!' pra-
villa. "Vime jiz dosti Q Mercy
Merrick.
"Odpusteni - mylady nevi
niceho. ia jsem jedinou oso-
bou, kteraz YAM muze podati
zpravu."
"Ty?"
"Ty?"
Mercy sklonila uctive hlavu.
|"Prosila jsem vas, lady Janet,
abyste mi povolila pdl hodiny,"
pokracovala. "Opravdove sc
zavazuiu, re ia pdl hodiny
pfedvedu Mercy Merrickovou
do tohoto pokoje. Lady Janet
Roy, pane Horace Holmcrofte
ma to musite pockati.
Stale Sc zavazujic, ze uci-
III vyznani sve, sejmula perle,
Sc sve size, ulozila je do
|skrlnky podala je Horacovi.
"Podrzte to-" pravila s okamzi
kovym zachvevem v hlasu
SVEN, "podrzte to do naseho O.
petneho shledani.'
Horace prijal skfinku mlc-
ky; pohliEel okolo sehe a jed
nal jako muz, iehoz mysl byla
prekvapenim ohromena. Ruka
jeho pohybovala Sc mechani-
cky. Oci jeho. sledovaly Mercy
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pohledem bloudicim, tazavym.
Lady Janet, zdalo Sc, poetic
vala jinym zpusobem tutez sti-
snenost, jaka Sc jeho zmocni-
la. Neurcity jakysi pocit oba-
Wy a nestesti vznasel sc jako
mrak mad jeji mysli. V pane
tihodnou tu chvili citila svuj
vek, vyhlizela primerene sve-
mu veku, jake no nikdy drive
necitila aniz die neho vyhlize-
la.
"Dovoli mi mylady odebrati
Sc do meho pokoje?" pravila
Mercy uctive.
Lady Janet mlcky udelila
! povoleni. Posledni pohled Mer
cy-in pri jejim odchodu 2 ko-
mnaty platil Grace.
este spokojena nyni?" zd;t-
10 sc, re sc velke sode oci tru-
chlive taZou. Grace rychlc Sc
Odvratila stranou a pohyb ieji
prozrazoval syehlavost. | niz-
ka jeii povaha alespon ma chvi
i mimovolne byla pristupnej-
81 a pfipustila alespon drobet
soustrasti.
Slova, iez Mercy na odcho-
du pronesla, odporttovala Gra
ce peel Julianove:
"Prihledn6te k tomu, ably il
byl vykazan pokoj, kdez by
mohla cekati? Podate il sam
zpravu, az pIlhodina uplyne 2
Julian il otevrel dvere kni-
hovny.
"Dobre vykonano! Slechetne
vykonanon' poseptal il. "Vse-
chen mil soucit vam nalezi =
- vSechna ma pomoc patrl
vam!!"
Oci jeji k nemu vzhledly a
dekovaly mu skrze shromaz-
d'ujici sc V Mich Shy. Vlastni
jeho oci byly zroseny. Mercy
tise Sc okolo neho ubirala a
ztratila Sc jeho zrakum drive,
nez "a nj zavrel dvere.
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ireba. - U zemskeho soudu V
| Postupimi udala Sc techto
dnech tato pfihoda: Rada
ZEN. soudu Westphal mel IL
Geni manzelSkem rozvodu
kteresi dustojnicke rodiny Wy
! slechnout jako svedkyni man
zelku byyaleho prince Eitela
triedricha. Westphal vyzvaI
sveho staleho zapisovatele, -
kancelarskeho asistenta Kel-
cha, phi prichodu princezninc,
aby opustil soudni ufadovnu
zavolal k vedeni protokolu re
ferendara nrabete Groebena.
kancelafsti urednlci postupim
skeho soudu stezovali 81 do teto
pfihody u pruskeho ministra
spravedlnosti. Rada Z. S. p.
Westphal navrhl proto sam pro
ii sobe zahajeni disciplinarniho
vySetfovain. Den ,. m. m. by
10 ministrem spravedlnosti ozna
memo radovi Westphalovi, re
ieho postup pri zayolani slech-
tickaho zapisovatele k vysle-
.chu prlnceznlnu Sc schvaluje a
disciplinarnl vysetrevani sc Ia
stavuje. - Republikanske Ne
mecko melo by jeste ustanovi-
II, re prl vyslechu princezen
musl na priste intervenovati ta-
ke slechticky vratny a slechti-
cky kancelarsky sluha.
Afera Umrathova. .Jak
znamo, pokusil Sc sveho casu
tovarnik Umrath odvezti Il
Prahy do Styrska cele vagony
cennych vecl, minci, skvostu,
cennych papru, potravin atd..
Veci ty byly tehdy bdelosti ze-
leznicnlch zrlzencu na nadrazi
v Ces. Budejovicich zabaveny.
Y techto dnech bylo nekolik G.
sob, ktere vyvozu zabranily,
odmeneno to prozatim po
10000 Kc. Jsou to nektefi ze-
leznicni zrizenci tehdeisi
clenoye hospodarske rady ces-
kobudejovicke.
Zajimavosti &c stctistiky. --
"Csl. r. sdeluje, ze u mas pri-
pada 200 statnich zamestnan-
eli ma 10000 obyvatelu. Je te-
dy kazdy padesaty obcan stat
nlm zainestnancem. V nynei-
Sim Polku pfipada jeden statni
zamestnanec asi III s obyvate-
III. 90
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Ny
Mercy otazku tn ihned uci-
Mia.
proc jest zde?"
Horace podival Sc pres po-'
koj ma Grace a odpovedel:
Jest zde, aby mas zbavil one
zenstiny."
"Chcete tim flci, re il odve-
De-"
''Ano." n
Kan il vezme?" sf
"Na policejni stanici."
Mercy Sc zalekla a podivala
Sc ma Juliana. Ten stale jeste
pozoroval sebe mensf zmenu V
jejim obliceji. Ohledla Sc Ease
k Horacovi.
INA policejni stanici!" opa-
kovala. "Proc?' y Y
'Iak Sc jen 'muzete takto ta--
zati,'' pravil Horace pohne-
van. = ssZajiste ze proto, a.
by mas nemchla znepokojova-
H."
"Minite tim, re bude uvez-
nena %
"Minim, ze hude dana do IL
tulku,
Opet sc Mercy obratila k
Julianovi. v obliceji jejim .ie-
vilo Sc nyni zdeseni prekva-
penl zaroven. "Oh," pravila,
Horace Sc jiste myli. To pie
ce jen nemuze byti?"
Julian prenechal zodpovida
nj otazky Hcraee-ovi. Vsech-
ny jeho vlastnosti chapaci zda
ly Sc soustred ovativ jeho sire
zeni obliceje Mercy-ina. Byla
nucena obratiti Sc ieste jednou
k Horace-ovi.
"Do jakeho utulku?" tazala
Sc. "Vy prece neminite dtulek
pro choromyslne?"
'Myslim. odvetil ON. MOI
10, &c pride napred do pracov
ny a pax do blazince. Co tom
viditc prckvapuiiclho? Vzdyt'
.iste il to rekla sama do oci.
Spravedliva nebesa. Jak jstc
bleda! Co jest vam?"
Obratila Sc k Julianovi pc
treti. Hrozna volba sc il ko-
necne naskytla. Vrat' il jeji
totoznost, jiz isl odcizila, ncbo
il del zavrlti do blazince -
zalezi to na TIVE volbe TAX u
tvafil Sc pomer jeji mysli.
Rozhodla sc okamzite. Prve
nez. otevrela usta, vyssi jeji
povaha promluvila' k Julianovi
jejima zraky. Stale vnitrni sve
Ito, jez jiz jednou spatril je-
jich ocich, zazarilo V Mich opet
jednou, skveleji a cisteji nez
drive. Svedomi, jez on upeN
nil, duse, jiz byl zachranil, di-
valy Sc nan a volaly,: Nepo-
chybuj vice nasl
"Poslete muze toho z domu'
To byla prvni jeji slova. Mlu
villa (ukazujic ma policejniho
straznika, hlasem jasnym, roz-
hodnym, slysitelnym nejvzda
leneislm Route pokoje.
Ruka Julianova prikradla sc
nepozorovane k 'jejisi spovedela
il okamzitym stisknutim, re
muze spolehati ma bratrsky je-
j soucit a pomoc. Vsechny o.
statnl osoDy pokoji divaly Sc
ia nj $ pfekvapenim tako-
wynn, ze nemohl nikdo z Mich
promluviti. Grace povstala Sc
zidlc. ] straznik vyskocil re sve
no sedadla. Lady Janet (rychlc
plnou merou sdileiic jeho zma-
teni poplach) mimovolnc sc
chopila ralne Mercy-ina a ga
trasla nj, jakoby il chtela W.
burcovati, ably Sc vzpamatova-
la co cini. Mercy zustala pew
nou; Mercy rozhodne opakova
la co prve byla prones42: "Po-
Slete muze toho 2 domui'
Lady Janet pozbyla veskere
trpelivosti. "Co Sc to, s tebou
deje?' taz;ll;, Sc pfisne. wis
co povidas? Muz tens jest zde
We tyem prav6 tax iak0 mem
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/ -
hovne, kdezto Mercy, priznav-
81 Sc, re jest pohresovanou zen
stinou, jiz predvesti byla slibi-
la - We vedlejsim pokoji me-
la vyckavati rozsudku, jakyko
liv by mad nj yynesli. Jeji roz-
hodnuti, &c Sc nebude skryva-
II "a Julianem pred jakymiko
Ii nasledky, jez by vyplynuly q
Jeiiho priznani, zakorenilc Sc
v mysli jeji od te chvile, kdy
Il Horace prudce Sc il otazal Ca
kdy lady Janet opakovala je-
no otazku) proc odklada sve
] vysvetleni a proc je nechava
! cekati. Prave 2 bolu zpdsobene
no temito ctazkami vznikl ieii
umysl, re osobne bude vycka-
vati svuj ortel v iednom poko-
1 il, mezitim co ieii list k Julia
novi bude "a nj mluviti v jinem
pokoji. "Necht' 81 zdrti ME
srdce, zlibf-h Sc jim" myslila
81 v trpkem tom okamziku;
"nebude to vice, nez 81 ga
slouzim."
| Zavrela dvere a otevrela psa
CT sve nacini. Dobre vedouc co
ma uciniti, pokusila Sc O Sc
brani mysle sve a 0 vykonani
| zameru sveho.
Pokus ten byl nlarny. Osoby,
jez studuji psani jako umeni
inejake jsou snad jedinymi O.
losobami, jez mohou zmeriti We
likou tn vzdalenost, kteraz od-
| ldeluje myslenku jak v mysli
sc vyskytla. od upravene my
|slenkyte tyar slovny. Tiha,
Irozcllenl, jemuz Mercy pc mno
no hodin podlehala, ucinilo il
nadobro neschopnou k obtizne
mn dilu, jakymz bylo sestaveni
vsech prihod, nichz chtela w
pravovati, patricnem poradi
a v patricnem pomeru iedne k
druhe. Znovu a znovu Sc DO
kousela Q zapoceti psani a vzdy
a vzdy j tom bylo zabrane-
no touze beznadejhou innate
nosti myslenek.
| Zoufale Sc vzdala tohoto "a
pasu.
Pocit sklcslosti srdce jakasi
| tie hystericke stisnenosti ma
nadrech, varovaly il, ably nezu-
| stayala nezamestnana ably
lse necinila obeti hrozneho Sc
| bezkoumani Il don1neleho po-
| plachu. Ably mysI svou necim
|zamestnavala, mimovolne po-
Gala uvazovati sve vlastni
budoucnosti. Tu nebylo zad-
nych zapletek. Vyhlidky jeji
pocaly a koncily iejim navra-
tenn do utulku, paklize il totiz
matrona prime. Nedopouste-
la Sc zadneho bezpravi ma Ju-
lianu Grayovi, vedela dobre,
re velke to srdce bude cititi S
nj, re laskava jeho pomocna
ruka bude j podana. Co vsak
by Sc stalo, kdyby bez rozmy-
| slu prijala vse, co il soucit ie-
no mohl nabidnouti? Skandal-
nici ukazovali by ma jejl kfa-
su ma jeho mladi i vyklada.i
81 podle sve vlastni chuti nej-
cistsi pfatelstvi jake jen mezi
mimi dvema panovati mohlo. A
on BY tinrutrpel, nebot' on mel
charakter - charakter kaza-
tele, jejz mohl pozbyti. Niko-
liv. X jeho vlastnimu prospe-
chu - q vdecnosti k nemu mu
selo byti jeji rozlouceni Sc S
Mablethorpe Housem zaroven
rozloucenim sc Julianem
Grayem.
! VZacny cas- prchal. Predse-
vzala 81, re bude psati matro-
ne d ze Sc il otaze, muze-li il
| byti odpusteno, jakoz zamest
mani dtulku poskytnuto. Ia
byvani Sc psanim, iehoz sesta-
veni bylo snadne, mohlo miti
zmirnujici 1cinel1 Ma mysl .ie-
il i mohlo il vpraviti cestu k
] napsani listu druheho, jenZ il
piIsphiI tak ynlk9 ahtiZp Do
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KAJICNA HklSNlCE.
Roman Cd Wilkie Collinse pro "Domacnost"
z angliciny pfelozil Gust. B. ReiSl.

"Prve nez uplyne pdl hodi-
ny. lady Janet, zvite co to zna-
mena. ia setrvam Ma odeslani
tohoto muze - ia vas jen IA
prisaham, abystei tax ucinila.
Propust'te muze tohoN
Julian ustoupil stl'anou, sle-
dovan jsa hnevivym pohledem
tetinym a promluvil k strazni-
kovi: "Vrat'te Sc ma stanici,' .
pravil, ''a seckejte tam, pokud
vas nezavolam."
Neslusne bdele oci .straznika
spocinuly Juliana ma Mercy
Ii odhadovaly jeji krasu, jake
drive odhadovaly koberce a zi-
die. "Stara povidacka," my
slel 81. 'Slicna zenstina jest
vzdy ma dne vseho; drive neb
pozd6ji vzdy Sc stane die vule
slicne zenstiny." Kracel ma
zpet skrze komnaty, pri cemz
mu boty~ Ease slime vrzaly, u
klonil Sc d'abelskym usme-
vem, kteryz prozrazoval, re 81
ucinil Q vsem nejhorsi moznou
pfedstavu a zmizel dvermi kni
hovny. Vznesene zpusoby Ia
dy Janet Aedovolovaly il fici
neceho, pokud policejni straz
nix nebyl z doslechu. PAX a
ne drive dovolavala Sc Juliana
"Myslim, re mas S timto ia
jemstvim co ciniti?" pravila.
"Myslim, re mas. nejakou pri-
cinu k zvracovani me autority
v mem vlastnim dome?"
"Dosud isem nikdy neopo-
menul prokazati mylady patric
nou iictu," odvetil Julian. Ia
nedlouho budete ved6ti, re ami
nyni nezapominam, jakou IL
ctou jsem k yam povinnovan." "
Lady Janet podivala Sc ma
druhy konec komnaty. Grace
zvedave naslouchala, jsouc 81
vedoma, re udalosti vzaly ta-
jenny prevrat k jejimu pro
spechu ia posledni chvlle.
jest snad casti noveho tve-
no urovnam svych vlastnich
zalezitosti podminka, re ona O.
soba ma setrvati V mem do
me?" pokracovala mylady.
Hruza, iez byla zastrasila
Grace ieste zcela' nepominula.
Pfcnechala Julianovi zodpovi-
dani otazky te. Prve nez mohla
prcm!uviti, Mercy zkrizila po-
koj a poseptala ji:"Poskytne-
tie mi casu, bych mohla pisem-
ne priznati. Nemohu Sc k tomu
pfiznati pred mimi - S timto O.
kolo sve size"
Ukazala ma sperk svatebni.
Grace ma nj pohledla vyhruz-
ne, nahle vsak sc mlcky odvra-
tia. Mercy zodpovidala ctaz-
ku Lady Janet.
"Proslm, mylady, aby j by
! 10 dovoleno setrvati, nez uply-
!! ne ode mne pozadovana pulho-
dina,' pravila. "Ma zadost do
te dolby bude vysv6tlena.'
Lady Janet nemela jiz' zad-
ne namitky. Neco Mercy-ine
obliceji aneb v hlase zdalo Sc,
re il umlcelo, jako byla umlce-
MA Grace.
Horace byl nejblizslm, jenz
promluvil. Hlasem potlaceneho
hnevu a podezfemi oslovil Mer
cy, ktera stala proti nemu pc
bokn Julianove.
"Jsem ia zahrnut mezi temi,
jimz bude neobycejne vase jed
) mani ia pul hodiny vysvetle-
no?" tazal Sc.
Jeho ruka zavesila matcin
svatebni dar. okolo Mercy-iny
size. Ostry pocitila bol pohled.
nuvSi ma Horace a seznavSi, jak
hluboce ho jiz zarmoutila a
urazila. Shy draly Sc j do O.
, cl; odpovedela mu pokorne a
mdle.
"Je-li yam libo," bylo vse, 60
mohla rici prvc nez ukrutna
bolest u srdce il umlcela.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
PRESIDENT ROSS ID BE ENTERT AIMED
International President Xii. Wanis Clubs Will Visit
 City Next Friday

The Birmingham Kiwanis. club is getting ready to show the intcrna- tional Kiwanis president, George H. Ross of Toronto, big time when he comes to Birmingham week from Friday.
 MT. Ross will arrive from New Orleans Friday morning, September 8, and will leave at midnight for Att lanta. He will be accompanied by Mrs Ross.
 The Birmingham Kiwanis club will give a luncheon in his honor at 1 o'clock Friday in the ballroom of the Tutwiler. Officers and di- rectors of the other civic clubs Of Birmingham have been invited and there will be 8 large attendance of Kiwanis members from the clubs of the northern Alabama district. Tus- caloosa alone will send 20, and other clubs will also be well represented. It is hoped and expected that Ala bama's next governor, Judge W. w.. Brandon, will accompany the Tusca- loosa delegation. A special program is being arranged for the lunch.
 MT. Ross Is finance commissioner of the city of Toronto, a position In which he has been a great success because of his long training in the banking business. Born and edu- cated in Toronto he was with the Bank Of Ottawa for many years. In 1919 he became partner In a firm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
SHOP FOREMAN AND GUARD ENGAGE IN SERIOUS FACULTY
Drake Surrenders and Is Charged With Assault With Intent to Murder.
 Makes Statement

Robert Drake, 1911 Tuscaloosa ave nue, West End, foreman f the Louis vile and Nashville shops at Boyles, was placed in the city jail last night about g o'clock by Detectives Jones and Walton charged with assault with intent to murder.
 A, R. Smith, 22. employed as guard at the same shops and working un- der the employ of Drake, Is in the St. Vincent hospital suffering from severe blows about the head and body inflicted with the butt end of & revolver in the hands of Drake. Late reports from the hospital au- thorities state that Smiths condi- tion is serious.
 The difficulty between the men oc- cured on Charles street near Smith field. Smith was rushed to the St. Vincent hospital in Lige Loy's ann bulance. Drake later surrendered to Police Officers Jones and Walton.
 In speaking of the affair. Drake made the following statement to an Age-Herald reporter:
 "I cannot give any definite reason why this fight started. because have no grudge against Smith and don't know why he should have any against me. Soon after we left the shop this afternoon, Smith asked me to go with him to make a loan of $25 from a friend near Smithfield. In- asmuch as I lived in West End l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-30
TURNER TERMINAL PURCHASE REPORT
 STRONGLY DENIED
Emphatic Denial Made by MiI- ner, Bowie and President of Company Owning
 Property

It having been reported in several newspapers of the state that the state harbor commissio was nego- tlating with the Turner Terminal company for the purchase of that ccmpany's terminals at Mobile for the sum of $1,40O,000. President H.. K. Milner of the state harbor com mission and Chairman Sydney J. Bowie of the Alabama seaport amendment committee in joint statement issued yesterday declared that there Is no truth in tho re- port.
 Horace Turner, president of the Turner Terminal company. also de- ries that any negotiations are now . or have been pending.
 The statement prepared by Mfr. Milner and MT. Bowie follows Tn part:
 Ut has sbeen charged that some one had asserted that If the pro- posed amendment were adopted. 1t was contemplated that the property of the Turner Terminal company would be purchased at n price of S1,500, 900. It was also asserted that this cost the Turner Terminal com pany only $400.0oo. MT. Joseph 1T. Lyons, who is credited with having rade this statement, denies emphat- ically that he made any such state mont. MT. Horace Turner, president of this company, also denies this statement.
 Never Contemplated
 "The state harbor commission and the seaport campaign committee wish to state in the most emphatic man ner that they have never contem- plated the purchase of the property of the Turner Terminal company or of any private individuals at any price and under no circumstances would 1t purchase the property of the Turner Terminal company or any other individual at an exorbitant price. Moreover. 1t is In no position to purchase any property at any rriee, even If the proposed amend ment to the constitution be adopted.
 All Essential Safeguards
 "The power to spend the money and the purposes for which 1t would be spent, if the amendment is adopted. is conferred not upon the state harbor commission or the peo- pie of Mobile. but upon the legis- lature of Alabama, who alone will control the issuance of the bonds. tho amount thereof. the purposes for which they are issued. and the Sateguarus that Will pc thrown around the expenditure of the pro ceeds.
 "It is the purpose of the state har- bor commi ssion and of those in charge of the campaign for the adoption of the amendment to ask the legislature to provide that no money realized from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be ex- pended either for the purchase of existing properties or the creation and erection of new facilities except by and with the consent and approval of the governor, and that such fur tier safeguards as may be neccs- sary to secure the honest and eco nomical and wise administration of the fund shall be added as in their opinion and discretion may be deemed advisable"