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The mooting of the stock-holders of the Mechanics Savings Bank was said to be one of the best. The body convened at the Pythian Castle Tuesday night at 9 o'clock and a large crowd was present. President John Mitchell, predeed and Secretary Thomas M. Crump had charge of the records. prayer was offered by Rev. S. C. Burrell, and the call of the C. roll showed that more than two-thirds of the stock were represented. Among those present were Mr. B. G. Fitzgerald and Mr. C. C. Johnson of Atlantic City, N. J. The report of the Cashier was listened to with rapt attention. The report showed that the increase in loans and discount was $2.162.83 over that of last year. The increase over this year over last year was $21,899.47. The increase in the surplus was $4,000 over last year. President John Mitchell, Jr. then 100 Journal in the State. William Roane, one of the best known men of Hanover County, died 12th. July, 1914, at his home near Studley. Va. He has been in doching health for some time. The community in which he lived has a good and useful citizen and a christian gentleman. He was a Descon of Gentleman Grove He was a Church for many years, from which his funeral was proclaimed Jan. 1st, 1915. A very large congregation was present. He leaves three sons, two daughters and many friends to two daughters and many friends to Large Attendance—Zion Baptist Church Decorated—Rev. Mooro's Great Work—President Mitch All Religious Occasion explained the relationship of the tariff and the War in Europe to the banks in this country. He then gave a detailed explanation of the new Federal Reserve System. He told of the benefits and the alleged disadvantage. He also explained how the Mechanics, Savings Bank could join the system and why it was deemed advisable that the Bank should not do so. He announced that the Board of Directors had declared a 2 per cent dividend, payable on or after Jan. 1915. mohair then he was Director of the National Ideal Brands Society from its organization and a Coordinator of Guiding Star Lodge No. 17; he was buried with the honors of the Order. A committee from the Supreme Committee in the persons of A. W. Lodge in J. R. Hillec in A. W. Holmes in J. R. Hillec in Beverly and A. C. Hines was present. Mr. A. W. Holmes made some timely remarks which the following resolutions were read: Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 2, 1915. Zion Baptist Church of which the zion and popular Rev. E. W. Moore is pastor was the scene of unique and interesting experiences last night. A band of music located in the gallery fronting the rostrum discurposed patriotic air, while the walls of the church airs, were placarded with mottoes and sayings showing the progress of the colored people and the achievements of those in 'Philadelphia'. That the audience was patriotic and thoroughly in harmony with the purposes of the meeting was evident. He discussed at lethigh the failure to secure for the colored people all of the rights to which they are entitled under the American Constitution. He then introduced the Master of Ceremonies, who in turn made an admirable address upon assuming the chair. He in turn introduced Dr. W. F. Graham, who had been designated to introduce President John Mitchell, Jr. This great pupil doctor paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Mitchell. He reviewed his work and commented upon his steady progress. He told of his being the founder of the Mechanics Savings Bank of his membership in the National Geographic Society at Washington, his membership in the Royal Society of Arts of London, England, of which Society he was a life member and also to his recent nomination and election as a member of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, which Society was then in session at the University of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of his remarks, a vote of thanks was tendered him to the dining hall where the stock-holders, are then conducted in the dining hall below where a magnificent repast was served by a committee of ladies. Joy reigned supreme and by 11-45, the last words were beguiling said and the withstanding stock-holders were onroute to their homes. At the conclusion of his remarks, Whosee, our beloved colleague, who友恩 endowed himself to us in every way by his faithfulness in the every way by his duties, as a Director of our Organization and a Director of our Counselor of Guiding Star Lodge No. 17 and Whereby our Brother exhibited his royalty and interest in the welcome of our great Order in the Supreme Annual meeting of the Supreme Lodge that was held in the city of Newport News. Va. not only by Newport News, but by actual canvass. BYN. RICHARD. CAMILLEH. BYFTH ST. HAPINT CHURCH. It was about 8 o'clock, when Hon. George H. White, formerly congressman from North Carolina, but now located in Philadelphia led the way to Roy. Moore's study followed by President John Mitchell, Jr. of the Princeton John Savings Bank and Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D, pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church. After some delay all went into the church where prolonged aplaeuse greeted them. Rev. Moore introduced Hon. George H. Whito as Master of Covenants. Rev. Moore discussed conditions as they exist in this country with the handicaps experienced by the colored people. SUNDAY, Jan. 10, 1986. Do not fail to 10 a.m. present at the 10th St. Baptist Church Sunday Jan. 10, 1986 at 1:30 a.m. A. M. and S. 1. hee. Icthach Carroll the priest; Evangelist and preacher will preside of two of the church's morning and night. The choir will sing special Dr. Walter J. Bittoes, D. D., of Washington, D.C. will presach a specimen Wednesday night Jan. 11, 1:15. Under the auspices of the General Committee on Improvement of the church. All are invited to hear this great divine. Mother thou art gone forever Where thy face no more well will Yet will linger in our lives Husband memory. Husband. W. W. Page. Jas. W. and Clarence H. Page. sons. REV. W. F. ANDERSON. I. R. HICKS. T. L. BOERKE. F. L. BRYANT. I. F. CHARITY. REV. W. F. JOHNSON. D. D. A. W. HOLMES. SPET MASTER. GREAT DAY AT THE FIFTH ST. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL. section of the monument. Any contribution will be gladly received, promptly acknowledged by recoult, and in due time by publication. Contributions should be sent to the chairman of the Monument Committee. Also follow photographs and further addresses. As every alumnus of the institution is a member of the monument, any request to contribute not less than requested will contribute not less than the dollar for this purpose. That request, and in due time by publication a number of persons as pos-sible to a number of persons as pos-sible may have an opportunity to be written in this effort, single donations are required. Committee. Also for photographs limited to twenty-five dollars. Any number of photographs, the exact reproduction of the accountant will be furnished upon application cut will be furnished among those ment Committee. 632 High St. Danville Va. who may care to take part in the THE LATE PRESIDENT, G. W. HAY The accompanying cut is that it has been in the minds of a Prof. Gregory Willis Hayes, former host of his friends and admirers to his presiding officer of Virginia Theological Society and College. The cut is the exact form of a bronze bust gotten out by the artist of the Gorham Co. of New York that is to be erected to the school at Lynchburg in recognition of the splendid work done by Prof. Hayes. Eight years ago, on Dec. 25th, he nation throughout the entire country was laid to rest. Ever since he in general. At the conclusion, amidst exclamation, Mr. Mitchell proceeded to discuss, "The Demand for our Full Emancipation." He told the advent into this country of the original Africana in 1619 and of their participation in all of the wars in which this country had been engusted. He discussed their struggle for freedom and the blood they shed on many battle fields. He told of their financial progress, the wealth of the colored people now being estimated at $700,000,000. He showed that in 1910, the colored people produced cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco and other products to the amount of $457,771,400. NOTICE. Last Sunday, before the first Sunday in the year overseas of the morn ing in the Sunday School were very interesting and highly compliment ed. The School on Sunday at 9:30 sharp. The School on Monday at 10:00 sharp. The School on Thursday at 9:30 sharp. The School on Saturday night at 8 o'clock. Jan. 10, 1915 at 8 o'clock. An excellent musical program has been arranged and a cordial invitation is extended to the general pub- Rev. Edward N. Callison, Ph.D. Rabbit of Both Aahisha Synagogue will deliver a special address at the Echo- nous Baptist Church, Sunday night Jan. 10, 1915 at 8 o'clock. An excellent musical program has been arranged and a cordial invi- tation is extended the general public to be present. Exercises are under the auspices of the Ushar Board of the Church. Rev. W. H. Stokes, Ph.D., master of theology Oaks to Pronch Here. H. Brooks, Author of uplift Church of Wash- iver a special airmail Baptist Church, Wed- 13th, at 8 P. M. No of his greatest of crowd is expected The Man Of The Hour. Rer. Dr. Brooks to French news. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Adjutor of the 19th St. Baptist Church of Washington will deliver a special sermon at the Fifth St. Baptist Church, Wednesday, January 13th; at 8 P. M. This will be one of his greatest efforts and a large crowd is expected to hear him. The meeting is under the auspices of the Church Club for the improvement of the structure, Mrs. Callie, D. Brown is Chairman and Mrs. Berenia Nash, Admission Secretary. All are invited. Admission free. The Fifth St. Baptist Church is now being renovated. Segregation Case Advanced Attorney Alfred E. Cohen made a motion in the Supreme Court of Anpeels of Virginia to have the case of Mary Hopkins versus the City of Richmond advanced. The Court. Errted the motion. The argument will be heard at the March term of the court. The next regular Annual Meeting. The Street Helders of The Richard Sondal Inu. Do. will be held Monday, January 14th, 1915 at 0 o.e. Thursday January 14th, 1915 at 0 o.e. Friday, 7:00 N. Sod. St. Baptist Church, Washington, D.C. 20000. The Man of The Hour. Speaking of Virginia, he said the colored people paid taxes on property in that State in 1913 to the value of $4,743,656 and in Richmond city to the value of $2,180,662. He spoke for about an hour amidst an apology and at the conclusion, was the recipient of prolonged applause. Mr. Mitchell was warmly commended by the speakers who followed him. Those who spoke were the eloquent. W. A. Credil, D. D. Prof. R. R. Rev. W. A. Credil, D. D. Prof. R. R. Wright, W. A. Credil, D. D. Prof. R. R. Wright, who declared that he had postponed an engagement out of the city, in order to hear him. Rev. J. Henry Duckwye. Annual Stockholders meeting of the American Beneficial Insurance Company will be held at the office of the Company No. 612 N. 2nd. St Wednesday Jan. 20th. 1915 at 5 P M. Rev. Dr. Brooks to Proach Here. PERSONALS Rev. Walter H. Brooks, Author of 19th. St. Baptist Church of Wash. ington will deliver a special sermon the Fifth St. Baptist Church, Wed. day, January 13th, at 8 P. M. burg. J. J. Nickerson of Williams- sider, January 13th, at 8 P. M. burg. J. The Supt. Proof, B. H. Pelton gave his annual address and report to the school, which was, it is said, a hard-matterpiece. His uncle object was "Black masterpiece." Forwards" showing the progress of the school for the past twelve months and the expected advancement for 1915. At the conclusion of which he rendered a report of which he rendered a report of the teachers and officers of the school and presented Mr. M. F. Doyle. Chorister with a prize for having answered the roll call fifty-two times in the year. Other officers and teachers made notable achievements. Monumental Church Choir Recital. of excellent solo was rendered by Mr. been arranged and a cordial invitation is extended the public public to present. To exercise under the auspices of the Usher Board of the Church, Rev. W. H. Stokes, Ph. D., master of ceremonies. Bring a silvery offering. age crowd is expected The Rev. J. J. Nickerson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Wil- min in unier the amphibes Mondayburg, passed through the city on Chub for the improve- structure. Mrs. Cailie Hinton W. Va. where he is conduct- chairman and a ten days meeting for the Rev Acting Secretary All A. O. Lewis. The The colored people of Richmond will be honored Tuesday night Jan. 12th, 1915 at Ebbeswar Baptist Church with a recital given them by The Historical Monumental Church choir. This choir consists of thirty-six voices, the best known white talent in the city. This is the first time this choir has ever been out side of its own church to render "real" to the colored or white. It is expected the house will be over-thirty crowded. Doors open at seven-thirty a.m. So every one may get a seat. Mr. Judgo Brown was also present. Rev. Moore then had the Cadei Band, a most wonderful aggregation of musical talent in more boys, he play a special selection and play of their acchoveteen. It was. Itinerant 11:00 o'clock when the last word was spoken. The entertainment was given under the anapia of the Emancipation Equal Rights Association. The audience was well pleased and the Association was congratulated on all sides. Rev. A. Gorion, D. D, and his madame were interested spectators. Mr. C. C. Johnson after having spent a pleasant stay over the holidays, left this week for Atlantic City N. J. While here he was the guest of his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Mende of 908 Abligh Street. COMMITTEE Mr. Sheridan Jackson, Pres. Mr. Oskar N. Brown, Society. Mr. W. H. Walton, Treas. Messrs R. H. Hill and Jas. Smith reports. The day was also enrollment day and the enrollment committee was well prepared with the enrollment time and the invitee invited the next Sunday and requested to turn in their cards. The request: Bannon was won by Mrs. Krause, Lawrence, 2nd by Mrs Lillie Gray and 3rd by Mrs Lillie Doyle. 908 Abigail Street Miss Mayy E. Mayo one of Richmond's prominent school teachers. I left this week for Atlantic City. N. J. dowell. Va. Jan. 6. 15 Mr. Cornellus Latos of the above where she will become the bride of Mr. E. B. Worrell leading head waiter of Atlantic City. N. J. 224. N. Poinn. A PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD. mend this prorent school tech. N. J. Where she will become the/br/do of Mr. E. B. Rorera. A leading head waiter of Atlantic City. Address No. 220 N. Pein. Mr. Lucas was a highly respected citizen of Hanover County by both white and colored. He bore his sick name with patience, and died in a fall with a death. The Lodge known as the Working-House of Hope, which he was a member had charge of the burial ceremony. He leaves a place to attend a lay hero returned. This week to Atlantic City. They were made Innocent with the grov. The present member of the 200 people present. The brotherhood, and the redhead of our denomination, we have in the Navy the *think* ship with. We have an intelligent secondly; we have, secondly, that over all, the March argument will be heard at the stages that over all. calize what we have in the耳声. Skipwith, "I think we have an intelligent preacher, smoothly; we have a best singer that ever appeared in audience, that knows singer in this country how to sing, and can in time. A complimentary ticket has been extended to every minister and his wife, to hear the floridus music. The public in general are invited to attend this grand concert. Admission 15 cents. Master of Congregation, W. I. John- Master of Congregation. Mr. B. G. Pitzerberg, Bifadier General uniform Rank of K. of P. State of New Jersey. in company with M. C. U. Cohn on us. After having n. W. C. U. Cohn on us. Also returned a pleasant alert, day after return. The week to Atlantic City. They were much impressed with the pro- grams of the colored people of Rich- mond. 390. by John J. Johns by the Program Committee of the Sunday School will soon be active as they are looking forward to co- mmerce with the church in beauti- ting the basement. All are invi- led to be present next Sunday at 9:30 NO TOWN OP ANNUAL MARKETING. The most regular Annual business. The best Helders of The Rich- tie. The Stock Holders of the Rich- tie. Mead Benevolent Inc. Co. He will be held on Thursday January 14th (915) 6 o'clock, P. M. at the office of the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington Company 190 N. Std. D. Richmond Rhode Island, Lawrence, Washington and others, for Christ! The written writers hit it us for Christ! WARRINGTON NEW YORK The marriage of Miss Rose B. Bet wrote to Mr. Richard Washington, will take place Thursday, August June 17, 1915, at 9 o'clock at 3 i-3 WARRINGTON NEW YORK Now Running at the Hippodrome Theatre ZUDORA SYNOPSIS. Zudora is left an orphan at an early age. Her Father is killed in a gold mine. Zudora and the fortune from the mine. Zudora and the fortune from the mine. left in the guardship of Frank Koene. Zudora's mother a brother. Zudora, giving promise of great beauty, reaches the eight feet of herelf. She is a Hindo muslim and is known as Hassam All, decides that Zudora must be before she can have a chance to come into possession of him, the next of his Hassam All goes an obstacle to his scheme in the person of John Storm, a young lawyer, and he compels the girl to put the man out of her mind. Zudora tests that if she cannot marry Storm she will marry no one. You take such a hardill compromise. Move my next twenty cases and you can marry him, fall in a single case and you must Zudopa, using the knowledge gained from years of association with her uncle, unravels a balling mystery and whispers her secret away from being considered a murder navigated by Hassam All himself. CHAPTER II. The Sleeping House Mystery. THE clearing of John Storm was a nine days' wonder. In court Hassam All testified that Burns had been seeking some facts regarding the past and that he, Hassam All, had succeeded in aiding him to a certain extent. But the name of Beneathold had never been mentioned during those seances. He could not imagine why Burns had committed the crime. There was no evidence to be found that the two men had ever exchanged a word. He was rather confounded at the turn of events. The broken phrase "but another" was as much a mystery to him as to the court. It was inexplicable. Hassam All, a good friend of Burns, was grilling from the district attorney, but the answer answered every question calmly and in detail. He admitted that he was a disciple of the Hindu cult; admitted that he had the gift of second sight at times. There were many who could testify to this. Hassam All finally left the witness chair with honors in his favor. A subsequent investigation by the police revealed nothing to his discord it so far as the law was concerned. His past, from the circus days to the present day, was as an open book. Indeed, Hassan Alla was himself the investigator of this research. He wanted it definitely understood that, while his cult was not looked upon favorably by the police, he was not the object of any justifiable suspicion. His grave air, his unfailing patience under the glues of the interrogator, his frankness, all won him at least the respect of his detractors. The man Burns was buried at the expense of the city, and what was known as the Hirenoth case went into the police case as one more unpleasant mystery. It was remarked, however, among his associates that John Storm lost a deal of his impunity and that in his subsequent case he was no longer brilliant and eratic, but calm and steady, always extremely well fortified within his facts. New York city has without doubt the most considerable population of any city in the world. The only aliens race which does not find habitat in New York is the Aztec, and that is merely because the Aztec is extinct. And each race has quietly formed a city of its own within the greater city. There are Little Italy, the Glicott, Chinatown and heaven knows how many others, all familiar to sightseers. But among these others that even the police never hear about except by purported accident. Who can say he knows the heart of Chinatown unless he actively belongs to it? On a certain night two weeks after the Blencott case, recorded in the preceding chapter, Zubira heard the clock chime the hour of 9. She went upstairs to her room and threw up the shade for a final glance at the heavens and praised in amazement. Coming toward the house was the strongest procession she had ever seen. Turbans, flowing robes and white pantons here in this workaday city of New York! She rubbed her eyes as if striving to awake. She looked again. They were trooping silently up the steps. She next heard the thunder of the knocker, which nobody used in these days of electric buttons. She then became silive to the fact that this was reality. She reached the head of the stairs just as her uncle's Hindu servant, Amed, opened the door. He bowed deeply and ceremoniously. He was dressed a good deal like his strange visitors. Zodora came down the stairs unde- cided as to whether she was frightened or merely upset. The man who was griidently the leader of this strange anwra* advanced to wield Zodora. "I wish," he said in broken English, "or use him who is called Hannan ALL, the giver of light." "The people who are my uncle!" said Zodora, equally colored. "And you, my daughter!" "His place, I will call him." "She left the hallway and sought the mystic room, where she found Hassam All crowded over his globe. He looked up impatiently. "Well?" "Some Hindus to see you, uncle." "Hindus, at this time of night? Why didn't you send Amed to me? It lowers you in his opinion to take upon yourself to do his work." Hindus—what can they want, I wonder? "I'm sure I don't know nor care"—a bit angry at being rebuffed by her uncle. When Hassam All stood before his knees there was some time wasted in gumming his teeth. "You are Hassam All, the man who kisses?" "Your servant here recommended you to us, Sahib, we are in the midst of a strange mystery. In our absence the god of sleep comes suddenly and unwares. Our own god seems to have forgotten us. This dread thing comes almost instantly, and we are taken in soep no matter what pose we are in. That we are here ought and not under the evil gods' influence is due to the fact that we waited outside the octagonal room." "The scandalous room," repeated Hassan. All thoughtfully. "You are known to us as a great yogi, a bear into the future. Will you aid us to find out what causes this dread bloom? Our servants are economists and interpolated with." All this was in an English that was only fairly understandable. Here and there Hassan All's man interpolated the right word. "You will accompany us, Huzoot?" Hassam All smiled and held. Here was an adventure that rather appealed to him. More than that, it would banish from his mind, at least temporarily, certain psychological agencies which were making their power felt more and more strongly as the days went by. "I must go, too, uncle," said Eudorde "Hurry, then. I should like to see these people before they come out of their trance." They went away to get their wrap. Before going downstairs again Zudora THE FIGHT "Tell me where she has gone or I will kill you!" fondled for a moment the carrier pigeon whose Storm had given, her recently, John had one for himself. The bird's carried messages. Aside from its practicality it was very romantic and elevated the necessity of trusting one's secrets to the telephone girls. And Zudora was not always sure that some one in the house was not listening when she telephoned. As Hassan All never entered this room of hers she was quite confident that he knew nothing of the pigeons. When they returned to the visitors they were greatly astonished to learn that they were to go blindfolded, garbed in oriental costume. Hassam All objected. Very well, then; the Hindus declared that they would go elsewhere for aid. They made this decision unmotivationally. Hassam All bent his head to signify that if they took that attitude he was ready to submit. Presently the procession fled out into the street. They hurried along for several blocks; then came a long automobile ride. Hassam All counted the turns and felt quite assured in the end that they were being driven in circles and that the house of mystery was not so far away as it seemed. When the bandages were finally taken off Zudora found herself in a room which might easily have been taken bodily out of the "Arabian Nights." It was, indeed, like some fabulous farmland—the idols, the sleeping people, the strange, sweet, after which seemed to permeate everything. She was not sure that she had not been transported by some magic carpet to the heart of the ancient city of England. Sue became childishly inquisitive. She moved about the recumbent figures, and suddenly she came upon what looked for all the world like the sleeping beauty of the fairy tale. The sleeping woman was beautiful in the accepted sense of the Caucasian race. Her skin was as light as Zudora's own, which generally wore a slight tan, due to her out of door habits. Near the young woman lay the figure of a the looking native. Zudora surmised that these sleeping people had been in the midst of some solemn ceremony, possibly a wedding, when overtaken. The caucasian resembled nothing so much as a prearranged tablum such as she had often played at school. "Who is this beautiful woman?" asked Hassam, All, as keenly intertwined as Zudora. "She is our ruler, our princess. All," he murmured, darling toward Zudora; who was how sleeping over the sleeping beauty. "The meenshall must not touch!" "But"—began Zudora. "The mensubtils touch would delish," she said the mansely stollen. Meantime an idea had come to Hassan Amal. He was beginning to sense a peculiar heatness about his eyes, and he realized with alarm that this mysterious sleep was overstimating him. Quietly and unobserved he slipped from the room and managed after some difficulty and some explanations to reach the street. Zudora was there alone. If she was clever enough she might extricate herself: if not—well, that was Hassan Alla's idea. Zudora went on with her visual investigations, quite oblivious to the fact that her uncle had deserted her. The strange idols fascinated her, especially the heroe one before which were grouped the sleepers. It was a monster, a man's body with an elephant's head. As she gazed up at its sinister little eyes she began to see things as through a film of rain. It seemed as if some invisible hands were forcing her down, down. There was no feeling of alarm, no sense of danger; just a grateful, dreamy sensation, not unlike that of going to bed after some strucure. The object of it was that she was conscious of making to effort to fight off this sleep. As she felt she clutched in her hand a little very figure, a small elephant which had evidently escaped the fingers of the princess when she succumbed. Now there had grown in John Storm's heart an orientalism, doubtless engendered by his frequency at the house of Hissam All. It consisted of a polygonal sense of danger to Zudors at those moments when she really was in danger. He could not have analyzed this sensation, but he immediately surrendered to it. He was this night in the act of retiring when this sense came to him. He at once went to his desk and wrote a note, which he attached to the carrier pigeon. In less than a quarter of an hour the bird returned. The message had not been received. Storm got into his topper and hat and hurried over to the Keen place. Aimed answered his ring, but hesitated to admit the man his master had forbidden the house. "Where is your mistress?" demanded Storm. "She is out, snail." "Where?" "I cannot tell you," said the servant, gradually closing the door. But Storm was in no mood for parlaying. He resolutely pushed his way in. In his hand there was an automatic. "You will tell the where she has gone or I'll kill you!" he said, making no effort to lower his voice. "Sahit, Hassam All will kill me if I tell you!" I aimed. "I don't care what he'll do, but I know what I'll do if you don't answer me. Where has she gone?" The curtains stirred a little, but neither Storm nor the servant noticed this. Hassam All peered forth cautiously. The servant saw in Storm's eyes a species of madness, and he was quite certain that Sahib Storm would shoot him, as he said. Rapidly he recounted what had taken place. "You can take me there just as soon as you can." "Very well, sahib. But it will be the death of us both in the end." The curtains fell back gently, Hassam All returned to his globe smiling. Both of them! Storm was greatly astonished when the Hindu told him that he must be blindfolded. He refused, emphatically. "Very well, sahib. Shoot. I cannot take you where the momeahib is without blindfolding you." Storm saw that the man was in concert; so, after much grumbling and warning, he submitted to be blindfolded. Half an hour later the burgundy was taken from his gym. "Where is she?" he whispered to his Storm suddenly moved forward until he came upon the form of the sleeping princess. He was rather sadd in spite of his democratic assurance. What in her heaven's name was going on here? Where was he? In Hammett, in the middle of a bad dream? Suddenly, even as he gazed, the woman on the rug before the idol stirred and sighed. Her dart, slooflike eyes opened. Storm stopped and raised her to her feet. "Is Zudora here?" be asked. Zudora lay almost at his feet, but he had not recognized her, due to the outlandish costume. The princess looked at him bewilderingly, shaking her head. Presently THE LIFE OF MARY C. MAYER He Was Overcome and Taken Away From the Octagonal Room. He Was Overcome and Taken Away From the Octagonal Room. he spoke softly, but so far as his knowing the intent of the liquid words it might as well have been the wind moving through the treetops. The hand some native who had been lying at the side of the princess now opened his eyes, saw the strange white man talking or trying to talk to his princess. The stump left him almost instantly. He sprung to his feet, a vicious looking knife in his hand. Feringh! he shouted. Which means a foreigner. Others came to life at the same moment, and John Storm found himself in a predicament little to his liking. He was strong and sturdy, but he was no match for the dozen of so little East Indians. He was overcome and taken away from the octagonal room. He was cast into a steel dungeon in the basement of the house. The sleeping mystery of this house had its ebb and now evidently, Zudora awoke without any abnormal effect for her short shan, and the men who had gone to Hassam All's house also awoke, Nabok Shan demanded of them who this white girl was. Were they betraying him? They should do like dogs in that case. They graveded and hastily explained that she was the niece of the celebrated Hassam All and that she might be able to break the power of the sudden sleep by discovering how it was accomplished. "Where is this man Hassam All, then?" demanded Nabok Shan, who had grown very suspicious. "Huzor, we know not. Mayhap overcome as we were by the sleep. But this memahab is clever and may help us." "Who was this man I just sent to the dungeon?" "We know not." "Well, you speak the occured English tongue. Question her and learn what she has to say. And on your beads be it if there is any sign of treachery." "It is justly said the leader of the men who had brought Zudora. They then proceeded to squat down upon the rug, and Zudora piled her questions and culled a story which ran somewhat as follows: It began in southern India. A certain native prince had in his extreme youth, as is customary in India, be betrothed to the little princess of a neighboring state. There were great festivities, not to say extravagant ones, in honor of the event. When the girl became a young woman and the boy a young man the marriage ceremony was brought about, but not commensal, for the simple fact that a prince of still another principality had been the princess and had determined to make her his own regardless of the possibility of throwing the three states into a tribal war. The British raj uttered it, but not until a good deal of war had weight. The rival prince was Nabok burgtain. He hardy and none too scrupulous chieftain. He succeeded in carrying off the princess, but he was beset by so many trials that he fed from India to America with the bulk of his treasure and the purified princess. The house with its oriental trappings had been the property of an uncle, who had chosen American because his neck had been in danger. "But the mystery is this, memahm: It is written that the marriage ceremony shall take place before our god, the elephant headed, and always when we begin the ceremony we are thus strangely overcome by sleep. Solve this riddle for us and my master will pay you well." The spokesman addressed a few words to Nabok Shan. The prince smiled and dragged a rope of super pearls before the girl, intimating that in the event of her success they would become here. Now, Zeddora did not seek monetary reward, but she was wise beyond her years in understanding the ornamental mind, due to the several years that her niece had employed blindness as servants. If she admitted that she acted for no reward there dark pearls that would hastily begin to support her, and once, they compelled her her life would not be worth a map of the world. Butliness it would not be such a very hard object to imagine much of the present world. may be Nabok Shan that she hoped to solve the mystery for the sake of the pearl, being a normal woman. But she must have free run of the house. This was agreed, but under no circumstance must she leave without being blindfolded, and moreover, she must remain that night. Eodom accepted the conditions philosophically. She never wore Nabok Shan's rope of pearl, however. She would have liked very much though, to acquaint her lover with her whereabouts. Her uncle's disappearance puzzled her. But perhaps he had already, begun his investigations. The night passed uneventfully. Those who slept did so naturally. Zudorn, however, wandered in and out among the curious alcoves and quiet balconies. She peered behind the grotesque statues into the fountain. Whenever the ceremony began sleep came. This fact kept ringing through her mind. She just must solve it. It would be another step toward her lover and happiness. One thing she ascertained for future use and this was the exit more or less, carelessly guarded. She might have to take to her heels. And all the while, in the steel dun- geon below, Storm saw the walls slow- ly and relentlessly contract. He had beaten upon the unfeeling steel until this knuckles bled. He had shouted until his lungs hurt, and smaller and smaller grew his prison. He recalled a certain tale by Poo and touched the metal from time to time to see if it were growing hot. But it was evident that he was to be crushed only, not incinerated. Morning came. The feast of the night before was remamed. Naught girls danced; musicians played the sax and walling music of the cast. Zudora had quickly wet her handkerchief in the basin of the fountain and at the moment the ceremony began held the wet dandelion to her nose. She showed her forelight in this, for shortly after the music began the people in the octagonal room fell to nodding and from nodding into peaceful sleep. Even with the aid of the dampened handkerchief Zudora could not wholly escape the subtle and amazing narcotic. She strigged blindly toward the exit. How she managed to reach the street was something she could never remember. She was mighty glad to get back to New York again, for she had been 13,000 miles away in spirit if not in fact. Still, she determined to return and solve the riddle. She had already formed a campaign. What simple tools these orientals were in some respects? Haslam All concealed his astonishment. Yet something down in ```markdown ``` Storm Saw the Walls Slowly and Relentlessly Contract. his soul told him that she would return unburth. "But how did you escape, uncle?" "They wanted you," he gild glibly. "They bluffed you again and sent me about my business. What did you learn?" "Enough to determine me to see what I can do. Of course it is a colossal trick of some sort, but it would not be wise to suggest that. It must be proved." "My child, this is altogether a strange business. These orientals are quick to distract. If they find you gone when they wake up it is quite likely they will try to kill you." Then she ran upstairs. She was anxious to send a message to Storm by the carrier pigeon. She wrote a short note explaining the situation and liberated the bird. Storm's housekeeper received the bird and naturally read the message. She scribbed on the back of this message and informed her master's sweetheart that he had left the house in haste the night before and had not yet returned. The return of the pigeon left Zudora in a fair state of excitement. She immediately set out for Storm's apartments, but the housekeeper could add nothing further than that Mr. Storm had sent a pigeon to her and it had come back with the note. Zudorn returned home and guzzed her uncle; but, of course, he ployedly denied having seen Storm. Surprisingly, she piled the Hindu servant. This man secretly worshiped the young membhil, and by and by she got the facts from him. So! She had not only to solve the mystery of the sleeping house, but to save her lover also. She would be without a mission in that fantastic house, and it was quite likely that he would be made to suffer for his audacity. Bravely she set out for the house of Nabok Bhan and boldly she demanded admittance. The servant at the door recognized her, but it took a bribe to open the door wide enough for her to step through. The persistent ceremony was being started again. To Zudorn it would have been laughable but for the new tragedy underneath. The man who had brought her to the house originally finally disheartened to what had been done to storm. His death had been claimed on An Indian grand wizard skipped the many days over a man in a purple difference from that wager by them in the octagonal room. He shone up in where he stood and correctly wrestled him and became easily convinced of the desire to stone. He breathed through her, handshaking, lowering her per glance water from the hidden man. He turned, smiling bronzely, and she saw him raise a stone in the flooring. He disappeared into a pit, letting the stone fall carefully into place. Sleep had again attached those determined upon the ceremony. One would think that they would have at least given his some chance to investigate before proceeding again in an endeavor which had so many times proved a failure. This very sleep, however, gave her freedom of action. She stole from the octagonal room, found the stone, raised it and discovered a tunnel. It was not the safest tunnel in the world, but with John's life hanging in the balance she accepted her chances. The tunnel led to a room under the cellar. This room, bewildered, her far more than the octagonal one. There was a large rat, which had the appearance of a distillation rat, with many little pipes leading up from it. The men gathered about this strange contrivance were evidently of a different case from those in the upper room. A tall, graceful young man seemed to be directing the others. One of them, however, saw the shadow by the door, drew his knife and stole quietly up to the girl. She was caught! Ready witted, she asked. "Do you speak English?" The man passed. He nodded grimly. "I am a friend. I would save your princess. I would defeat Nabok Sheen." My lover is hidden somewhere in this house. Save him, and I will save the princess." The man turned to see if his comrades had observed him. They were all busy with the vat. "I will go with the memsabib. If she has lied she shall die." "I agree to that." Once home she ran upstairs for her automatic. When she came down again the stranger had vanished. Aimed refused to speak and Hassam All did not know what she was talking about. "He came in behind me," she declared. Then he took to his heels the moment his back was turned. "Over her shoulder to Amed Hassam All went a terrible glance, and Amed knew that death awaited him if he opened his lips. He was still breathing heavily from the strangle. Zudora left the house more deeply puzzled than ever. Two hours later she had cleared up the mystery of the sleeping house and rescued Storm from his dreadful prison. The fact that the ceremony could take place only before the elephant headed god made it a simple game to the enemies of Nabok Shan. Zudora did not go to the octagonal room, but proceeded directly to the secret chamber. For one belief moment death stared her in the eyes, but she spoke briskly in return for the Liberation Declaration, declared that with the aid of one man she would bring the princess down to them. The young prince struck his forehead in rage. He had never thought of such a thing. His one aim had been to force Nabok Shan from the house and then to take his tortured. When the princess awoke, the next time she found her true lover gazing down into her eyes. Then they stisted out in search of Storm, and they were just in time. The steel chamber had become a box, coffin shaped, three feet square and eight feet high. Storm was in bad shape, but food and water and an hour or so in the outer air revived him. "Will you be good hereafter?" he asked to Zudorn. "Yes." "You promise never to go anywhere without first sending the pigeon?" "Yes." "And now what the dickens made those chaps go to sleep?" She explained. The vet was a brow of an oriental narcotic, the vapor of THE MUSIC OF THE MUSIC OF THE MUSIC She Found the Stone, Raised it and Discovered a Tunnel. which superinduced sleep. It was quite transitory and harmless. The pipe led to all the elephant trunks, and each time the ceremony began the vapor was liberated at a signal from the watcher above. "That's the oriental mind, John. They cannot go at anything in a straightforward way. It must be all mystery and trickery." "Do you know, Zudorn?" he said ruminatively. "Know what." "That I've an idea we'll be married before the year is out!" The Age of Vintage Venice is used upon buildings, jewels and people. It can be observed in local buildings, industrial malls, public and religious buildings. It is most relatively in Italy, except Italy, but is mostly in Portugal. Of the buildings and public buildings in Venice there in various circumstances. Some who know it, some are born with it, but in this country somebody has had it thrown upon him, because it is raised on highly that no one wishes to part with it. Sometimes the question is asked to what in the difference between venerd and the real thing. It is different because venerd is something is no more that there is no basis of comparison. Venerd Sorensen in all climates. It is no respecter of persons. It is cultivated by college professors, authors, and lawyers. It probably reaches its highest state of perfection, however, when exhibited by young girls who have just been graduated from some finishing school.—Life. Colonel Isaac Newton Lewis, inventor of the rapid fire gun which aided the Belgians to put up such a remarkable resistance, is a retired American army officer, late of the United States const artillery. The weapon, which easily fires 500 shots a minute, is said to be the most perfect of its kind in the world. It was offered to this country, to Germany and England before Colonel Lewis took it to Belgium, where he perfected terms for its manufacture. C The candidacy of Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of the kaiser, is certainly being energetically many. It has been put about in Hungary that the name Eitel is merely a name, not a nationality, naturally, according to German reasoning, marks out the holder of the name as hereditary claimant to the indole, and the result is, therefore, will be one of the results of this war for Hungary. CANADIANS KILL AMERICAN GUNNER Soldiers Fire on Two Duck Hunters. One American was instantly killed and another seriously wounded by Canadian troops patrolling the Canadian border at Fort Erie, Ont., opposite Buffalo, N. Y. The men were hunting ducks out of season in the Niagara river and in Canadian waters. Thomas Delaney, a provincial policeman, of Fort Erie, ordered the men to stop shooting. They refused, and Delaney called upon a corporal and two privates of the Forty-fourth battalion of the Canadian militia for assistance. The corporal ordered the men to come ashore. Instead they headed their boat for the American shore and were beating a hasty retreat when at the order of Delaney the soldiers fired upon them. Walter Smith was shot through the head and killed and Charles Dorsch was seriously wounded in the shoulder. Both resided in Buffalo. ] When the hunters toppled over in their boat the soldiers put out in a boat and towed the hunters' craft to shore. ] Secretary Bryan was notified of the shooting by J. B. Curtis, United States vice consul at Fort Erie. ] "Whether or not complications will result is a debatable question," said Mr. Curtis: "While two Americans were shot, the information available indicates that they were shooting ducks without a Canadian license and were in Canadian waters, where they had no right to be under the circumstances." WOULD VOTE ON WAR Senator Owen Would Have Majority of Voters Approve Before Action. Aggressive warfare by the United States would be possible only on the approval of a majority of the voters of the country, under a constitutional amendment proposed by Senator Owen. -The power of the president to call out troops to resist invasion would not be altered; but declaration of an offensive war would have to be submitted to a referendum. Wife Polene Hercelf and Children. Mrs. Lolita Rogers, the wife of a New York lawyer, poisoned herself and two small children. All appear in a hospital. The children are dispatched to die. Mrs. Rogers, who is a prisoner, charged with misapprehension and illicit recourse. FRENCH BATTLE WAY INTO ALSAGE ANOTHER DRIVE STARTED Second Column of Troops Advance on German Soil to a Point West of Colmar—Teuton Strongholds Meraced. Pressing back the forces of the kaiser who have been driven from their line of entrenchments in that region, the right wing of the French army, has begun another invasion of Alsace. Already they have advanced far in to that territory and their progress now threatens Muelhausen and Metz and other fortifications along the river Rhine. Following the capture of Steinbach, a strategic position as an advance base, the French troops are being hurled to the east of that stronghold and to the north, and official dispatches from Paris and Berlin tell of the heavy fighting to the east of Steinbach. Already the French have made notable progress along the battle front in Alsace and heavy reinforcements have been sent to that region to strengthen the army of invasion. In upper Alsace the French have started another drive, and as in the campaign to the south, Paris claims that the forces of the republic have pushed back the German troops defending the positions and are now near Orberg, fourteen miles to the west of Colmar, capital of Upper Alsace. The fighting in that section of the western war zone has been particularly fierce. Severe losses have been inflicted by both sides, but the fresh troops sent to the breach by the French have turned the tide, for the time being, in favor of the invaders. The Germans along that entire front of the battle line have assumed the defensive, but are being pressed back yard by yard and forced to abandon a number of important positions. The French forces are less-than thirty miles from the Rhine and the German line of fortresses guarding an invasion of German soil. The French are driving forward with the objective of investing the fortresses of Metz, guarding the German line of communication to the left wing along the front in the western theater and Muehlhausen. On the other extreme of the line in Flanders the French official communication claims gains for the allies in the region of Nieuport and also at St. Georges, the scene of desperate fighting early last week. At some places in the vicinity of the latter town gains of from 300 to 500 yards have been made, and in addition some German trenches were captured. In the region of Arras, Berlin reports the blowing up of a French trench 200 yards in length, and also the capture, of many prisoners. At other points along the battle front the heavy cannonading continues, but there have been few infantry attacks. British warships have renewed their bombardment of the Germans on the Flanders coast, according to officers who arrived at Calais. The Germans have assembled a submarine flotilla at Zeebrugge and Ostend and the British squadron is attempting to destroy these vessels. The water tower at Zeebrugge, the new German base, has been demolished. Heavy volumes of smoke can be seen on the Holland frontier arising from Dulmberge, between Hoyst and Knoche, and it is believed the village is burning. French Statement. The following statement was issued in Paris: "Monday night our troops took possession of a quarry situated at the crossing of the road from Rouvrola to St. Mihiel and that from Marmay to St. Mihiel, and also some neighboring trenches. "In Belgium, in spite of the condition of the ground and the difficulties which resulted, our infantry made progress in the sand dunes in front of Nieuport. In the region of St. Georges our men advanced, at different places, 200, 300 and 500 yards, occupying houses and some trenches. At several points there Belgian artillery reduced to silence the artillery of the Germans. "From the Oise to the Vosges no infantry activity has been reported; in the region of Cranone and in the vicinity of Rhelms there have been artillery engagements. Our batteries effectively bombarded the positions of the enemy in the town of Salspe, as well as in the region of Perthes and in the vicinity of Beaunejour. There was similar activity in the Argonne and on the heights of the Meuse. To Alhena, to the southeast of the Cal (Mount) at Bunbroune, we have entered the hamlet of Croxx d'Arpent, two miles west of Orby, where we are embarking our position. The police residing by us on the road from Thames to Quay have been subdued at a flagship one mile east of Cal Thames. NOVEMBER JOE November Joe Traps the Highwayman Furthermore, the fire of our heavy artillery at a point two miles east of Burnhaupt-le-Haut silenced the artillery of the enemy." German Statement. The following statement was issued in Berlin: ```markdown ``` This is the first picture received in America. shopping the German cruiser Emden after her right with the Australian battleship. Note the ship's side and grims blown away on the port quarter. Copyright, IJM, by American Press "Operations in Alsace appear to be progressing favorably for the Germans. According to Swims reports, the French have been completely driven from the Vallly, river and all have withdrawn in the direction of Belfort. All attempts to use Thann as a base for an aggressive movement provod vain. "The western seat of war otherwise is characterized by unusual quiet, unfavorable weather conditions apparently hindering vigorous operations." German Airmen Destroy British Base. In a raid made by German aviators on the British reserve ammunition stores established at Couderskerque, explosive bombs which were dropped from the aeroplanes killed or wounded 100 soldiers and destroyed the ammunition. It was officially announced in Berlin. Germany Arrest Cardinal Mercier. A dispatch that was received by the Amsterdam Tild from Roosevelt, Belgium, says Cardinal Mercier, private of Belgium and archbishop of Maliine, has been arrested by the German authorities and held a prisoner in his own archbishop's prison at Maliine under a military order. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. GREATER than Sherlock Holmes is November Joe, the hero of our new serial. READ about how he solved the mysterious murder at Big Tree Portage. READ about the seven lumberjacks and the trapping of the lone highwayman who robbed them. 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The action of the United States Senate in amending their immigration bill by providing for the barring of persons of African descent has waked up Dr. Booker T. Washington, who not only condemns this a crime, but calls attention to the fact that the Panama Canal could never have been dug but for the employment of Negroes from Jamaica and the other West India Islands. The distinguished educator shows that he is taking an active interest in what is transpiring. We beg leave though to call attention to the fact that political power or is necessary to secure an adjustment of those conditions. In the Southland, the colourful people have been told to eschew politics, to invest in business and to to back to the farm. This advice was all right in a way all wrong in either way for the loss of political power has brought about the sacrifice of material interests. In this country of politics, it is absolutely essential to have political rights and to exercise them in order to protect property rights. Protects by the mouth will do good, but protects with the tailbill will do much more good. Every representative who supported the ratacious measure should do unto private life and remain there. It is indeed unfortunate that we are not able to place in the best statesmen who can face above petty prejudices and be supported by the people, who sent them there. Dr Rooker T. Washington is all right in this position he has taken and the indications are that he will be all right in many others in the future. THAT IMMIGRATION BILL. Senator James A. Reed of Kansas City, Missouri has a unique distinction of having offered an amendment to the immigration bill providing for the barring from entrance of all persons of African descent or of the black race Senator Williams of Mississippi gave as his reason for supporting the amendment that there were enough Negroes in this country already. The astounding part about that matter is that Senators Borah, Polindexter, Sterling, Sutherland and Works voted in favor of the amendment and these five senators were elected to the United States Senate as republicans. They show plainly their antipathy to colored people. On the other hand Sonntra Hurche Lane, Lewis Pomerene, Robinson Shafroth and Thomas, Democrats voted against it. It shows that you can no longer determine a statesman's pos- tion upon the race question by his political affiliations. We would soon vote for any one of these seven Democrats than for any one of these five Republicans. We met Sonatar Sutherland several years ago in Sait Lake City, Utah and we are, sur- pired at his attitude. The immigration bill was passed after this amendment had been adopted by vote of 25 to 29. But what about international complications in a result of this vote? These West Indian colored people are subjects of Great Britain and as such are entitled to free admission into this country. France has citizens of African descent and they are subject to like consideration. This country has made representations to Russia on account of the refusal of that country to recognize the American government of citizenship of Jewish decent and now by vote of the upper chamber of the American congress it proceeds to practice the very discrimination that it has condemned in another. It is announced that President Wilson will veto the immigration bill should these restrictions be passed by the lower branch of congress. Let us hope that he may do so. Conditions now are puzzling and critical. "The practicing of 'peanut politics' is every where in evidence. The penalty for all of this is war. Europe is now being drenched in blood as a result of the duplicity of its statesmen and the United States is marching boldly to the front in search of a similar experience. May God help the nation. MORE RACE PREJUDICE. It is no longer a question of race prejudice in the Southland. It has spread to the North with increasing virulence and the trouble about it is that these northerners are constantly making a "mess of the whole business." The following telegraphs report explains itself. Millwaukee, Wisc. January 5. Negro boxers will be permitted to engage in contests with each other before batting clubs in Wisconsin, but no boxing whites and negro contestants will be allowed, the boxing commission ruled to delay. The ruling regards a former order forbidding boxers between negro This reads like Louisiana Colonies, can only box colored men. This race prejudice is largely due to the Négré haitian address of Senator Bert R. Tillman and Thomas Dixon, added and abetted by the dissolute insulting crap-shooting Negroes, who can now be found in nearly every section of this broad country of ours. They are a hendrance and a curse. It may be that some times, the thrifty, industrious, will to colored man of the Southland will use the necessity of organizing a person for the dissimilation of information concerning the progress and upheld habits of the west-colored people. Philanthropists in the North are grateful hundreds of thousands of dollars to change these conditions to educating the colored people and their wonders colored people, identified as examples of the kind that need just this kind of training. When colored people learn to imitate the Roman Catholics and other progressive denominations to the extent of caring for and tearing the children of the race, then we shall have started to change these unpleasant conditions at the root, where only the positive work of reconciliation can be accomplished. It is a fact that we are standing in our own sun blue and we do not seem to know it. The dissolute colored people, both male and female, burrowed of whom have North Africa to embrace, the worthy colored people who have come in the same direction, are doing no injury than all of the Tillmans and Dissous in this country. Dr. Washington is aware the only colored bearer, who can secure a hearing now upon those all important topics and it is to be hoped that he will proceed to counteract the effect of this constant eruption of the dissolute colored elements against us. RUSSIANS ROUT SULTAN'S ARMY Whole Corps of Turkish Troops Surrender. A complete and decisive victory over the Turkish troops operating in the Caucasus was announced in Petrograd. The entire Turkish forces have been routed, the war office says, and the whole Ninth Army corps of the Turkish army was surrounded and forced to surrender. The victory is declared to be complete in every detail. All the Turkish positions are said to be now held by the Russians, and enormous quantities of supplies, ammunition and guns have been captured. The victory followed the arrival of fresh Russian troops, who carried out in the most successful manner a flanking movement which resulted in the Turks being split in two. The Caucasus, are now pursuing the retreating Turks. PORTUGAL ENTERS WAR Premier Announces That Troops Attacked Germans in Africa. Portugal has entered the war on the side of the allies. Official announcement was made in Lisbon that, Portuguese troops had been engaged with German soldiers in Angola, Western Africa. The announcement was made at a meeting of senators by the Portuguese premier, who said 4700 more soldiers had been concentrated in Angola for the campaign against the forces of Germany. The result of the first engagement between the Germans and the Portuguese was not made known. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR WEDNESDAY. Vienna official dispatches admit the successes claimed, by Petrograd in the fighting in the Carpathian mountains, and say that the Austrian forces, greatly outnumbered, are being "withdrawn." Dispatches from Petrograd say that the campaign of General von Hindenburg against Warsaw is on the point of collapse, Berlin, on the other hand, asserts officially that the Germans in Poland have advanced far beyond Lowicz and Sierlernlewice, the latter city forty miles southwest of Warsaw. German troops in Belgium are bombarding St. Georges, three miles south of Neuburg, in an effort to recapture the place. Despite this, Paris reports slight gains in this region. Stelbach, in Abauce, is being shelled by French artillery. THURSDAY. Overwhelming defeat for the German and Austrian armies on the eastern battle front is claimed in a statement by Grand Duke Nicholas, commander of the Russian armies. It is asserted that the German forces have fallen back along the Bura river, in Poland, after most severe losses; that heavy fighting is resulting favorably to the coats of arms along the Pilea, upper Vistula and Nidla rivers; that the Austrians are holding their own in an artillery battle along the Hawka river, and that the Austrians are fleeing in Hungary. Five German armies made a raid upon Dunkirk, in France, dropping bombs which killed fifteen persons and wounded thirty-two. Paris announces that the French have entered Stettin, in Vienna, and are engaged in house to house fighting with the Germans for possession of the town. Slight gains for the allies are reported on the battle line, east of the Alpine river. FRIDAY. The trichlite may receive a heavy blow at the very beginning of the new year, when the battleship Fornival was walled, either by a mine or a submarine, in the English channel. The death limit may reach 500. French armor dropped bombs upon Metz, in German Lorraine, and Arnauld, in French Lorraine, and Arnauld, in French Lorraine, dropping bombs, the second attack on the French port in twenty-four hours. German and French forces are still engaged in a savage struggle for the mastery in the Alsatian town of Steinbach. In the east, Petrograd announces that Waraw no longer is in danger of German capture. Russian troops are advancing in the Carpathians and in Galich, and Przemysl, the Austrian fortress, is reported to be near carranger beog of starvation. SATURDAY. The fifth month of the battle of the Alene as the great campaign in northern France is popularly called - begins today. The contenting millions virtually hold the same positions they were in when the battle started, although in the last two weeks the alene have made important, but hide-ble, palisade there and there. Another fifty men from the British battle ship Portsmouth, lost in the English channel on Friday, have reached safety after掉 out a fierce gale for upwards of twenty hours in an open cutter, making a total of 201 survivors out of a crew of 780. Street fighting for the possession of Stemnbach in Algea, continues. The French report maps, which the Germans deny. In Poland there is no change. The Germans are fortifying all their positions west and south of Warsaw. SUNDAY. The Russian general staff reports that the Austrian retreat in eastern Galicia has developed into a rout, that the Austrians are also being beaten in western Galicia, that all German attacks on the Baura-Hawka front have been repulsed and that the Germans have undergone a severe reverse in fighting fifty miles north of Cracow. The German general staff reports that the allied feet has appeared again off the Belgian coast, but that no diving has taken place. The repulse of a French attack in the Argonne is also recorded. The French war office reports the success of operations in Alsace and announces that the slackening of the allied offensive, noticed recently, has been caused by the incessant rains all along the front. At one point the French gained 300 meters and at another 500 meters. MONDAY. Heavy artillery fighting along the upper Viatula. In Poland, is announced in an official statement from Petrograu. German troops which tried to force a cr. sieg of the Bursa river were overwhelmed by the Russians. In Bukowina the Russian advance continues, but in Galicia the Austrian troops have come to a stand. Pestilence is said to be spreading in the besieged fortress of Przemysl. French troops have wrested Steinbach, in Algea, from the Germans, Berlin admits. French guns are within range of Altkrief. French aviators, in a raid, damaged a Zeppelin shed near Brussels. Berlin-hears a report that the submarine which sank the British battleship Formidable, was destroyed later by a mine. World Excursions Legends The correspondent in Borne, Switzerland of the London, Bag, Morning Post says that he learns that the death sentence on Private William Leondale, the English soldier, who was tried by court martial in Germany for an attack on one of the guards at the prisoner camp at Dambarin, will not be sent out. Germans Gain in Warsaw Region and Cross the Pilica River—Russians Swarm Into Hungary. The correspondent of the Berlin paper, Zeitung Am Mittag, at Austrian headquarters, in a dispatch says the Russians are conducting a series of violent frontal attacks on the Austrian positions along the Danube river to the cast of Cracow, and are bending every effort to push toward the fortress, which has been their goal for two months. All these attacks the correspondent adds, had been practised with heavy losses, owing to the excellence of the Austrian positions. The capture of Borgfjow, in Poland, on the road to Warsaw, is deemed highly important, according to the press bureau. In this connection it says: "The position is described as合围ing a wide sweep of the surrounding country, and the possession thereof greatly to infiltrate the German advancement, Warsaw." The Local Anselm's military cor- respondent recalls. It is probable that the Germans will succeed in breaking through the lines here unless the Russians forecast this by a great retreat. Announcement is made in Berlin that the portion of Russian Polish occupied by the Germans has been pro- vided with a well administration under Herr von Brandenburg. Germans Are on Offensive In East. The Germans are made on the offensive along this whole front, but the Russians are occupying positions of great strength and reports recently from the front state that the German attacks are being repelled at all points where their successful advances would prove a message to the Russians. At some point, the Germans have succeeded in capturing a few of the Russian troops, only to lose them in counter attacks by the forces of Grand Duke Nicholas. The only place where the Germans have succeeded in holding captured ground is about Holtown, where they have take part of the town of Borkmow. The Russians still hold their trenches on the western outskirts of Borkmow and are making night and day attacks to drive the Germans back. The Germans suffered heavy losses in their capture of Borkmow, and it is believed that they will be unable to hold the ground they have won. At points along the Pillon river the German, by the side of their sands of men, have succeeded in crossing the stream. Russians Swarm Hungary. A Petrograph dissection published in the Park paper *Information reports that the Ruskies have occupied eight Hungarian townships and that several divisions of the Austrians are surrounded in the Carpathians. FOUR GIRLS KILLED BY TRAIN Run Down by Buffalo Flyer Near Cementon, Pa. Mary Yurkoski, twenty-four years old; Mary Farnenkop, twenty; Katha rine Bankosk and Catherine Malda sixteen, were killed by the Buffalo express on the Lehigh Valley railroad, between Cementon and Coplay, Pa. The girls, who lived at Cementon, were walking on the northbound track on their way to work at Coplay. When a shifting engine came along they stepped on the other track, directly in front of the express, which was running fifty miles an hour. Three of the girls were killed instantly. Katharine Malda died ten minutes later in the Coplay station. Over Million Loss In Two Big Fires. Twenty-five families were driven from their homes by a fire alarm fire which old extensive damage in Philadelphia. The fames broke out in the lumber yard of the Charles Este Co. Twentheth and Glenwood avenue, and were swept in every direction by the wering wind. The loss is placed at $750,000. The yard covers an area of three and one-half acres and practically all the lumber was destroyed. Seventeen dwellings were damaged. In several cases merely the walls remain standing. The hospital ambulances were on the go all day, as thirty firemen were either overcome or received minor burns. Nobody, however, was seriously injured. Despite the severe weather, women and children rushed into the street regardless of apparel. Men were carrying bundles of all descriptions, endorsing to save what they could from their burning homes. A spark from a passenger train is supposed to have started the fire. Carried by a heavy wind, are swept along the river front in the southwestern section of Camden and damaged property, valued at more than $300,000. The blaze started in the writing room of the Keigham avenue ferry house, probably by a lighted, cigar or cigarette, being burned into a coffin. The ferry house was destroyed, entailing a loss of about $100,000 to the Delaware River Ferry company and the Reading Railway company, before and in the amount being the long of three quarter care, valued at about $60,000, and twenty-one passenger coaches, estimated to be worth about $600 each. The big lumber plant in Camden of the C. B. Cole Sons company was almost wiped out by the fire. Members of the firm estimated the loss at about $150,000. The Dialogue shipyard was damaged to the extent of about $5000. Notwithstanding the fierceness of the blaze, only six persons were injured. Live Stock Prices CHICAGO-HIGHS 64 lbs. lower, mixed and butcher's, $7.50/kg. $7.50/kg. $7.25/kg. $7.25/kg. bulk $7.00/kg. ATTACK LIFE lower, heavier, $6.50 $9.75, cows and heifers, $2.50/kg. attackers and feeders, $4.50/kg. Tennessee, $7.25; calves, $7.95. cows, $7.25; lambs, $7.95. $3.50/kg. lamb, $3.50/kg. NEGRO LEADER SAYS NEXT WHITE WILL BE DARK AGAINST WHITE Washington, Jan. 1. --- The prediction that the next great war of the world will be between the white and dark races, and that it will be beaten by the action of the Senate is adopting an amendment to the Immigration bill excluding from entrance into the United State members of the "african or negro black race" was made to-day by the Rev. J. Milton Waldron, a leader of the negro race. Dr. Waloron is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church and member of the advisory council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He was former president of the Washington branch of the association. He was a member of President Wilson's inauguration committee. Japan will lead in the war on the side of the darker races, in the opinion of Dr. Waldron. The action of the Senate has a storm of protest among the leaders of the negroes. Preparations were being made to day to carry the fight to the House. Protest by the thousands will be sent in from the branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Equal Rights Association and church boards throughout the country. The leaders of the Negroes, however, do not expect to defeat the amendment. They admit that the House probably will follow the example of the Senate and adopt it. "The adoption of this amendment will work to the disadvantage of the government," said Dr. Waldron. "The darker races of the world are getting together—they are being driven together by the unfair treatment accorded them by the white races. The British Government is already having trouble because the darker race under her rule have been getting together—more secretly than openly—and effecting an organization. "It will be the next great war of the world." The white people, with less than one-fourth of the population, cannot destroy the rest of the world. After this legislation is passed affecting the negroes, the next to be taken will be the Japanese. And when the great war of races comes Japan will lead the darker races. "We think the action of the Sage unfurrection from a religious standpoint. The American people claim to be Christians, and this fact has helped in Christianizing the dark races. This act is unchristian. I am sorry to confess I was a member of the immigration committee at President Wilson's inauguration." Liesburg (Va.) Notes. Sunday 22th, Mrs. Mary B. Seegins had an her guest at dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Fox and family, Mr. B. Muse and family and Mr. W. H. Seegins of Washington. I tell you that turkey did mourn. The entertainment given at the Old Fellows hall Wednesday and Saturday night by the Masonic Lodge was quite a success. Mr. Calverton Neal of Alexandria Va. was the guest of the sister today looking fine. I knew he wished Miss T. had been there. Mrs. Isiah Jordan and Augusta Mana and little daughter Edith of Washington stopped over with Miss Tona Jackson last night and left today for Syracuse Va. Framville (Va.) Notes The Christmas holidays brought to our town many visitors and friends as well as the return of many students from the various Institutions of learning. From Virginia Seminary and College—Miss Cecilia Murrell, Mr. Hillin, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Boykin, Mr. Smith, Mr. L. Bland Mr. Joseph Jordan, Rev. A. Jordan, Rev. E. Johns, Keysville Mission School—Mr. Taylor Redd. V. N. and I. L—I. Mr. Fears, Mr. John Paige, Mr. Barnett Johnson, Mr. Flay Wood, Miss Adole Adams, Miss Mattle Hankill, Miss Mary Green, Miss Mattle Hilton, Miss Inez Ward, Miss Hattle Early, Miss Mary O. Jackson, Miss Gerrido Rose. Hartshorn College—Miss Mattle Price, Miss Tima Adams. W. D. Hunt—Mr. Templeton Williams; Mr. Charlie Robinson, Teachers—Miss Lottie Paige, Miss Blanche Paige, Miss Elise M. Jordan, Miss Jessie Cousins, Mr. Magellal Price, Mr. Julia Womac, Rev. P. W. Price, Mrs. B. Bethel, Mrs. K. Wylie, Mrs. A. W. Lander. Villiams—Miss Bibel Pogue from Bedford City Va. Miss Washington of Lexington Va. Miss Magnetin Baker of Pumpkin Va. Mr. Walker Jordan of Washington. D. C. Mrs. Martha B. Griffin of Petersburg Va. Louiset for the next week's news. Mr. J. B. Dickerson an interesting business mah and farmer at Society Hill S. C. passed through the city Dec. 1st returning from Beaufort B. C. where he had spent the Holidays. He said he spent a pleasant time at the home of Miss Mamie Gertrude Farr. Miss Farr is a teacher in the public school at Port Royal S. C. and is highly esteemed by all. Miss Ophelia Jackson and little Edgar Jackson passed, through the city Doc. 31st, returning from Richmond Va. and returning to Darlington her on home. The party looked quite well. Mr. B. F. Freeman of Hartville S. C. was in the city Dec. 31st. He is a successful farmer, rains plenty of corn, cotton, tobacco, peas, ote. He cleared $300. dollars on 3 hogsheads of tobacco. He also deals in lumber. We are always glad to see him. Miss Susan Cade, Mrs J. Cade lier sister and Mr. J. Cade her father spent Thursday the 31st first, in the city. Mr. Cade is a successful farmer at Clousen S. C. He sold a part of his 1914 cotton crop and is in good shape for 1915. Mr. H. B. Calne of Jacksonville Flu passed through the city Dec. 31st enroute for home. Mr. Calne is originally from Hymansville S. C. He has been away 20 years and was glad to have old friends greet him. After visiting Hamlet he will go direct to Jacksonville. Mrs. Florence Brown oldest daughter of Rev. C. R. Brown of this city spent the holidays here visiting relatives and friends. She left for Washington on train No. x2 Dec. 31st. Mr. S. W. Williams is very fond of reading negro newspapers. Mr. Hampton Robinson of Wil- mington N. C. passed through the city recently enroute to his home. He was a commanded by Mrs. R. I. R. Robinson and Hampton Robinson Jr. They were returning from Bennett- ville their old home. Mr. Cary Brown, piano player of Darlington S. C. passed through the city Jan. 1st, returning from a trip West visiting Chicago, Burlingham and Charleston S. C. and other places. Mrs. Henrietta Greeg of Darlington passed through the city Saturday in- st. enroute to Lake City. She is principal of the Lake City Public School. Prof. Wilkinson delivered the Em- The Emancipation orator a tro- Jones spoke along Educational lines. I saw these distinguished gentle- men on train West bound and wif- t told that the meeting was a success. Mr. Elias Sawyer of Forcene- county is quite a successful farmer. He raised this year 400 bushels of corn, 25 bushels of peas, 40 bales of cotton, 1,000 pounds of pork, 55 gall- ons of syrup, 125 bushels of potatoe- ces, cleared $1,855.00 on 8 acres of tobacco, 750 bushels of oats, 20 tons of hay. He has paid all of his indebtedness and has 10 bales on hand. He is in time shape for 1915. Mr. James Wyman of Wedgehill, C. passed through the city Jat- ttb, enroute for Philadelphia College. Mr. DeWitt T. Walton of Boston Ga. passed through the city Jat- ttb, enroute for Howard University Washington D. C. He is Senter Commercial College. He delivered the Emancipation ordination at Thomasville, Ga. Subject Commerce. Mrs. G. H. Holkins of Wittonville N. C. passed through the city Dec 28th. enroute to Columbia, Winsboro, Ridgeway and other points to send holidays, with relatives' and friends. Mrs. D. Rembert of Davis Station S. C. spent a few days in the city visiting relatives and friends returning home Monday afternoon the 28th. Mrs. Cornie Whittington of Timmonsville N. C. passed through the city Dec. 28th. enroute for home. She had been to Conway S. C. to visit her sister. She brought her little niece with her, Zenobia McCary. Misses Lucinda Reed and sister Jannie Reed passed through the city Dec. 29th. enroute for Cepogorda N. C. to visit their brother, Deacon E. Reed accompanied them to the Station. Mr. Mack Hollman an old Florentine who lives now in Charleston S. C. Spent Christmas in our midst, at talked with him on train No. 89. He said Mrs. Rosa Hollman his wife was quite well. Mr. William Cooper was in this city Dec. 29th, returning from Kingstreet Lake City, where he had spent Christmas. He was then enroute to Marlon this home. Mr. J. C. Anderson a prominent barber from Vineland N. C. passed through the city Jan. 1st, enroute for home. He had spent Christmas his old home at Sumter S. C. written letters. He spent a part of the time at the home of the Johnson's at Sumter. Prof. R. S. Wilkerson and Prof. C. H. Jones, of the State College at Orangeburg S. C. passed through the city January 1st, returning from Mullins S. C. Mrs. Hallie Williams, Janies Athur-Bell, and little Mamie Lee Williams passed through the city the 30. Inset, returning from Wilmington N. C. Where she had spent a pleasant Christmas. She was a venue for home. Sumter S. C. Rcv. L. D. Williams of Soville, Ga. and wife Mrs. Boudie, passed through the city the 20. Fast carriage for home. They had been visiting Wimrow N. C. and Wilmington N. C. Rcv. Williams Miss John B. H. Dane has a fine school at Mt. Pigall, and enjoys the confidence of the teachers. Miss Henrietta Gregg of Darlington S. C. passed through the city Jan. 3rd. enroute for Lake City S. C. to teach at that point. Miss South Ellison of Dillon passed through the city recently enroute to Allon University Columbia S. C. Miss Catherine Gurley after spending Christmas at home returned to her school on Monday, the 4th, inst. E. B. WEBSTER. VIOLET SOCIAL CLUB'S BALL. The Violet Social Club, of Richmond, Va. held one of the most spectacular and gorcous balls ever held in this city, at Price's Auditorium on Wednesday night. December 30, 1914. All of the gentlemen were attired in evening dress. The ladies present a very beautiful appearance in their latest creations of the dressmakers' art. Many fine addresses were delivered by the visiting club presidents. President Edward Stuetley made a very fine address and was applauded. One of Fatalities Resulted Seven Months After Bite of Mad-bog. Richmond, Va. December 30, 1914 —(Special). Lack of attention to the blits of animals not known to be suffering from hydrophobia have recently been responsible for two more deaths in Virginia, according to a statement of the State Board of Health issued today. In one of the cases reported to the board, a boy was bitten more than seven months ago by a vicious dog which had shown no signs of hydrophobia. The dog was killed but was not examined for evidence of the disease. The wagud which the boy had received healed promptly and was forgotten. But a few weeks ago the boy began to feel pain in the muscles of his throat and was sent to a hospital where he developed typical symptoms of rabies and died in anguish after several days of torture. The diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy, which showed the presence of negri-bodies in the brain. In the other case reported to the board, the victim died within little more than a month of the day on which he was bitten and showed all the evidences of rabies. In both these cases are now in this book the anti-rabie treatment at the laboratory of the State Board of Health "These distressing cases," declares the board, in official announcement of the deaths, "go to prove that rabies or hydrophobia is not as some people think a disease of the "dox days." It can be contracted and will develop any season of the year. These cases also demonstrate the great need of a bacteriological examination of the head of every animal diving of the ship that in the stipetate degree suggest reengements have been made with the United States Public Health Service whereby any citizen of Virginia who has such an animal can send the head to the Hygienic Laboratory in Washington, by prepaid express, and can have it examined without cost. If this be done, and if those who have been exposed to infection from the rabid final will take the Pasteur treatant, there is practically no danger. It should be remembered, also that human beings suffering from hydrophobia can communicate the disease to those in close contact with animals, and that the virginia is to be protected from the ravages of this disease and if human lives and valuable stock and domestic animals are to be saved, every suspicious animal must be tied up and its head must be examined if the animal dies of the disease or becomes violous." "Warm" Enough to Supplement Blankets in Cold Weather. Richmond, Va., December 30 1914 (Special). Newspapers, according to the State Board of Health, are useful not only to convey the latest reports from the Year and the Vitalia but also to ward off the cold. The board states that if layers of newspaper are placed between coverlets, they will help to keep in the body warmth and to render the bitterest night of midwinter much more odorable. As much cold often enters a bed through thin mattresses, the board also advises that a layer of newspapers be placed on the bed between the springs and the mattresses. RELIEVES QUICKLY COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS. JEFFRIES NO.1 NO.1 TRADE MARK COUGH MIXTURE. GUARANTEED. Prompt and positive results given by taking Jeffries' No. 1 Cough Mix- If coughing at night, one dose will relieve you and make you sleep well. Has been tested and found to be the best and耐用 Cough Remedy on the market. $10, $20, $1.00 Shoe. Ak your drugstore; if he hasn't it, call 'phone or write to TREND, TREND JEWELER, Manufacturing Company. Sid B. Broad St., Midland, Va. Goods and by parcel post upon payment of price, st. age or motor charge. was studying the problems of socialism. He said it was well received at the university and was doing much to broaden the views of the students. It is believed that Howard University is the only Negro school that maintains a chapter for the study of this problem. Mr. Foster made many friends for his school, and many of the white students of the convention did not know that there was a large university of the rank of Howard that was maintained for Negroes. CONDITIONS STILL RAD ON $52,325.00 PAID OUT FROM Jan. 1, 1912 to Nov. 4, 1914 FINE SHOWING FOR BOTH BRANCHES OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS—READ AND CON- WANTS TO FIND I would like to look the relatives of one, A. Abraham L. Cary, for mond, Va. He had been on the L. P. R. R. for more up to the time He was last employed Station, at Louisville. as follows: Ago, 50 or 60 years, weight about 17 Address, J. S. Boll, From New York 2000 mon and women testify to lead new life at Watch Meeting service at St. Marka' M. E. Church-Rov. Dr. W. H. Brooks noted pastor of St. Marka Church urges the church to take soundings to get its boardings—Emancipation Day observed at special exercises at Y. M. C. A.—Hon. James W. Johnson orator of the day proposes, new line of attack for 1915—W. H. Foster represents Howard University at convention of Intercollege Socialist Society—22 colleges represented with Howard as only Negro School—Conditions are still bad on the Southern Roads—Mrs. Henry Allen returning from the South says conditions are almost tolerable for decent women—"Pick-ups" by the correspondent. New York January 4. 1915. 2000, men and women rose at the annual Watch Meeting service at St. Marks' M. E. Church last Friday evening, and testified that they would lead a new life for 1915. The great testimonial services came at the end of the strong sermon delivered by Dr. W. H. Brooks, the honored pastor of the church who for eighteen years has led this flock of Methodism. In his Watch Meeting sermon Dr. Brooks told the vast audience to begin to look back over the year and see where you stand. "Once a year" we should take soundings to get an idea of our bearings and prevent ourselves from running into shallow waters. The great ship of the ocean must take these soundings often to sound the depths of the water. Dr. Brooks made a plea that the entire church rededicate itself to its spiritual obligations. He urged wayward young men and women to start the new year by a determined stand for Christ. An overflow meeting was held in the lecture room of the church at which Rev. Gilbert Wilson officiated. A feature of the service was the sinking of many of the old songs known throughout Methodism. The annual collection for the choir was also taken. Sunday morning the annual love-feast service was held. The membership of the church was largely represented. The revival at this old historic church of Methodism had a good beginning, and your correspondent who is closely related to the church has never seen such spiritual awakening as manifested itself at the Watch Meeting service. EMANCIPATION DAY IN THE METROPOLIS The Negroes of this big city did not forget to observe the greatest of all days in the Negro's history that of Emancipation. The principal service was held at the Y. M. C. A. and began Friday January first and ended on Sunday afternoon, January the third. The exercises on Friday were held under the auspices of the Literary society and were participated in by the young men of the city. There was both an afternoon and evening program. The young men to take part, were Alonzo Smith, W. Nathaniel Huggins, Prof. Page Beverly, A. P. Randolph, and Rev. J. H. Ellison. The program reached its climax on Sunday afternoon. The auditorium of the Association was crowded with a large audience of men and women representative of the best people of the race in this city. The hall was specially decorated for the occasion with beautiful American flags. Secretary T. J. Bell of the Association presided. Special music was furnished by a quartet under the direction of Miss Leah Kate Walker. Prof. D. E. Tobias read the Emancipation Proclamation, and a solo was sung by Miss Green. A poem entitled "Fifty-years" and written by Hon. James W. Johnson was read by Cleveland G. Allen, the newpaper correspondent. Alonzo Smith sang a solo. Hon. J. W. Johnson, one of the best informed men of the race and contributing editor of the New York Ago was the principal speaker. He said in part: "The time calls for modern weapons, and a consistent plan of battle. We must make the dominant people and the majority recognize us. It is by the dominant majority that we are to be rocked with." The address of Mr. Johnson was noteworthy for its calm sanity. Those present in talking with your correspondent said the address was the most noteworthy oration ever delivered in the North by a member of the race. The meeting closed with the audience singing America: INTERCOLLEGIATE SOCIALIST CONVENTION HERE During the holidays the Intercollegiate Socialist Society an organization made up of the leading colleges and universities of the country held a three days session in this city beginning December 29th. The organizations maintains chapters in the various colleges for the study of the broader meaning of Socialism. There were over 200 delegates present and 22 universities and colleges were represented. Howard University at Washington was the only Negro school represented at the convention and the delegate from Howard held up the colors of this institution at this brilliant gathering. The delegate from Howard was William M. Foster, a senior at the college who was elected by his chapter to represent the institution at this convention. Mr. Foster made an interesting report in which he told how Howard was studying the problems of socialism. He said it was well received at the university and was doing much to broaden the views of the students. It is believed that Howard University is the only Negro school that maintains a chapter for the study of this problem. Mr. Foster made many friends for his school, and many of the white students of the convention did not know that there was a large university of the rank of Howard that was maintained for Negroes. CONDITIONS STILL RAD ON SOUTHERN ROADS Mrs. Henry Allen accompanied by has little son Henry Allen Jr. passed through this city last week on a route to her home Stamford, Conn. Mrs. Allen was returning from a trip South in points in North Carolina where she had gone to spend the holidays with relatives and friends from her former home. She stated that conditions were still bad on the Southern Rail-Roads and while going South she was subjected to many indignities on account of poor accommodations offered by the roads to colored passengers. She said that men and women were compelled to use the same lavatories, which is almost unbearable for a decent and self respecting woman of the race. She stated that it was very humiliating for respectable women to have to travel over the Southern roads, because of the poor accommodation and provision made for colored passengers. Mrs. Allen is the wife of Henry Allen formerly of this city, but who now resides in Stamford. Your correspondent will call the Rail-Road's attention to those conditions as reported by Mrs. Allen. S. S. Booker, formerly secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Indianapolis passed through this city last week where he goes to become secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Baltimore. Mr. Booker is one of the most expert Y. M. C. A. workers in the race, and goes to his new field with a large experience. Mr. Booker began his career as Y. M. C. secretary three shortly after his graduation from Virginia Union University. He remained at Chattanooga for about three years. He then took up work as Educational Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in Indianapolis where he remained for one year. Mr. Booker is an earnest young man and will do well in this new field. He was recommended by the International Committee. "PICKUPS" Your correspondent has called attention to the discrimination that exists in the Flower Hospital of this city against colored patients. The information was based on complaints from Miss Mable Smith a young colored woman of this city who says she was badly treated at the hospital. Miss Hattie McDaniels is spending a few weeks at her home in Itaqua, N. Y. Miss McDaniels is former student of Cornell University. The citizens of the Metropolis are looking forward with much delight to the coming of Mrs. Lella Walker of Indianapolis to this city. She will be a worthy addition to the business and cultural success to the race in this section. Your correspondent was much impressed with Mrs. Walker when she was on her last visit to this city. She spoke at a meeting at St. Marks' M. E. Church which was arranged by your correspondent. 'A meeting of the campaign workers of the Y. M. C. A. and W. C. A. Association will be held on Thursday evening. The call is being issued by J. H. E. Elmendorf the campaign secretary. Prof. H. A. Hunt of the Fort Valley High and Industrial School is in the city. He reports hard times and says it will be hard for the school to remain open throughout the year. Miss Minnie Brown is one of the most accomplished young women of the race. She is prominent as a singer in this city. She is a young woman of a delightful men. Rev. Dr. W. P. He is one of the rising young clergymen of the race. He is a forceful pastor and speaker. The rigid winter has not reached this city yet. With the exceptions of a few light snows the weather has remained ideal for this season. The most popular coming event of the season will be the annual concert of the Musical School Settlement for Negroes. This concert is one of the musical festivals of the seasons, and attracts wide attention on the part of the music lovers of the city. The program is made up entirely of Negro music. The National League On Urban Conditions Among Negroes has now moved its offices on Seventh Avenue between 125 and 136 Streets. This organization represents one of the most substantial social service movements engineered by the race. Edw. Stewart 203 S. Second St. Richmond, Va. Dealer in FANCY GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS, VEGETABLES, FISH AND OYSTERS. Phone Madison 1637. FINE SHOWING FOR BOTH BRANCHES OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS—READ AND CONSIDER—VIRGINIA DOING GRAND WORK. Brought Forward..... $26,800.09 1914 1914 January 14—John Adam Sheffey, Summit Lodge, No. 80. January 19—Joseph Logan, Ebenezer Lodge, No. 116. January 19—John H. Kidd, Rescue Lodge, No. 4. January 26—Joe Fountain, Douglas Lodge, No. 69. Feb. 8—E. H. Armfield, Friendship Lodge, No. 3. Feb. 8—William Kee, Lovely Mt. Lodge, No. 57. Feb. 4—Daniel Reid, Jonathan Lodge, No. 20. Feb. 7—Andrew McCleanan, King David Lodge, 198. February 16—D. W. Davis, Planet Lodge, No. 23. February 17—Andrew William Jackson, Pride of Dante, 187 March 6—Harry Williams, Venus Lodge, No. 46. March 7—Alexander Brown, Benevolent Lodge, No. 34. March 10—James T. Brown, Myrtle Lodge, No. 17. March 16—W. S. Walker, Flying Eagle Lodge, No. 130. March 17—R. A. Shelton, Moravian Lodge, No. 13. March 17—Thomas A. Richardson, Golden Seal, No. 39. March 31—D. D. Weaver, Newport News Lodge, No. 74. March 31—Champ West, Crescent Lodge, No. 151. April 4—David Bulllett, Rockingham Star Lodge, No. 72. April 4—Dalton Smith, Charity Lodge, No. 32. April 9—Edward J. Evans, Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15 April 22—Ananias Simpson, Lily of the Valley, No. 40. April 25—James W. L. Carter, Natural Bridge, No. 124. April 29—Matthew Foster, Manchester Lodge, No. 11. April 29—William H. Robb, Venus Lodge, No. 46. May 2—Lorenza Easley, Mt. Pride Lodge, No. 138. May 2—Patrick Woolridge, Winterpock Lodge, No. 132. May 16—Samuel Hopson, Crystal Lodge, No. 156. May 16—Martin Russell, Vernon Hill Lodge, No. 154. May 25—Nat Hooper, Golden Link Lodge, No. 83. May 30—Charles Hogue, White Oak Lodge, No. 67. June 8—Wesley Hendrick, New Light Lodge, No. 155. June 8—Eustace Shelton, Nightingale Lodge, No. 45. June 24—J. R. Griffin, Crispus Attucks Lodge, No. 117. June 29—John W. Miller, Staunton Lodge, No. 62. June 29—Herbert-Matthews, Covinpton Lodge, No. 60. July 1—Albert Hughes, Macedonia Lodge, No. 59. July 1—Christopher Archer, Magic City Lodge, No. 181. July 8—John A Walker, Capital Lodge, No. 81. July 20—Charles Manning, Pride of the East Lodge, 33. July 27—W. H. Burke, Rescue Lodge, No. 4. July 27—Moses Drew, Pride of the East Lodge, 33. July 30—Graves Walker, Morning Glory Lodge, No. 97. Aug. 1—A. S. Thompson, Pocahontas Lodge, No. 41. Aug. 8—William Taylor, Union Lodge, No. 92. Aug. 11—Fred. McQuire, Suffolk Lodge, No. 5. Aug. 11—Frank Chappell, Rising Star Lodge, No. 106. Aug. 11—Albert Roquemore, Langton Lodge, No. 182. Aug. 18—Allen Booth, Magic City Lodge, No. 181. August 22—Nelson Goln, Zenith Lodge, No. 111. August 25—William Coleman, Rising Star Lodge, No. 106 Sept. 4—Booker Leftwich, Venus Lodge, No. 46. Sept. 4—John Lewis Lewis, North Star Lodge, 52. Sept. 9—Isaiah Pitts, Benevolent Lodge, No. 34. Sept. 14—Langhorne Patrick, Sunlight Lodge, No. 179. Sept. 18—Jerry Carter, Nightingale Lodge, No. 45. Sept. 18—Thomas Oliver, Flying Eagle Lodge, No. 130. Sept. 23—William Perry, Zenith Lodge, No. 111. Sept. 23—Marnhall Land, King David Lodge, No. 193. Sept. 26—Albert Hooper, Old Dominion Lodge, No. 8. Sept. 28—George Staten, Charity Lodge, No. 32. Oct. 17—Isham Powell, Suffolk Lodge, No. 5. Oct. 24—Emanuel Slayton, Royal Lodge, No. 26. Oct. 24—Ferdinand H. Calloway, Hill City Lodge, No. 90 Oct. 26—John Space, New Hope Lodge, No. 94. Oct. 27—John M. Carter, Moravian Lodge, No. 13. Oct. 27—Phillip Jones, Pythias Lodge, No. 21. Oct. 27—Oliver C. Clements, Nightingale Lodge, No. 45. Oct. 28—R. D. Brown, Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15. Oct. 31—Hayward Jenkins, Suffolk Lodge, No. 5. January 26—Clarke Bell, Victoria Court, No. 52. Jan. 31—Josephine Western, Christian, Light, No. 167 Bep. 3—Ola Wagstaff, Zion Travelers Court, No. 96 Feb. 3—Franke Cartor, White Rose Court, No. 118 Feb. 3—Annie Clegg, Magic City Court, No. 83 February 17—Bettie Stewart, Randolph Curt, No. 150 February 17—Carrie Ridley, Silver King Court, No. 75 February 17—Margie Ridick, Victoria Court, No. 52 February 18—Henrietta Brown, Pleasant Grove Court, April 16—Ida Levi, Shiloh Court, No. 110 April 14—Martha Brown, King's Daughters Court, No. 70 April 15—Anna Washington, Queen Victoria Court, No. 115 April 18—Laura J. Minor, Salem Court, No. 81 April 18—Rebecca Mitchell, Old Dominion Court, No. 114 April 23—Mary A. P. Grey, Venus Court, No. 47 April 29—Mattie Morris, Star of Hope Court, No. 93 May 2—Eatelle Morris, Friendship Court, No. 143 May 18—Winnie Holmes, Ivy Leaf Court, No. 85 May 23—Annie Robinson, Georgetown Court, No. 152 May 30—Sylvia Randolph, Georgetown Court, No. 152 July 1—Mary Nash, Elizabeth Court, No. 219 July 14—Nannie Vicks, Friendship Court, No. 142 July 15—Ada Hilton, Blooming Rose Court, No. 104 July 31—Almeta Ridick, St. Mary's Court, No. 101 Aug. 10—I. D. Burrell, Magic City Court, No. 83 August 22—Martha Frederick, Morning Star Court, 124 Aug. 25—Julia Norman, Pride of Allegheny Court, 79 Sept. 9—Lettie Williams, Evening Star Court, No. 77 Sept. 9—Garah Pettus, Evening Star Court, No. 77 Sept. 17—Rhoda Robinson, Queen Victoria Court, No. 115 Sept. 22—Martha Osborne, White Oak Court, No. 133 Nov. 4—Isham Powell, Suffolk Court, No. 63 Total.....$16,925.00 AMOUNT PAID BY THE GRAND LODGE.....$35,400.00 AMOUNT PAID BY THE GRAND COURT.....16,925.00 GRAND TOTAL.....$52,325.00 AGENTS' CONTEST. ... Please send the Planet for ..... Months to Murder at New Year Party. Washington, Pa., Jan. 2.—Because they failed to receive invitations to a New Year party given by John Swift at his home, near here, John and Lazarus Schnutzler, brothers, are said to have gone to the scene of the festival, beaten Swift to desist in his own yard, made a vicious assault on his brother Michael and injured Charles King, a guest, so seriously that he may die. After committing the crime the Schnutzler brothers fled and so far have succeeded in eluding a pose of state police, which joined forces with County Detective William McCleary and his deputies. According to the police authorities of Atlantic City, N. J., Nettle Salines, an Assyrian, thirty-two years old, who has been taken into custody, confessed that she caused the death of her husband, Alexander Salines, by putting poison in his food on Dec. 20, to collect insurance of $1000 he had recently taken out. The woman was held without bail to await the action of the grand jury. The coroner of Atlantic county said he by investigating, into the circumstances of the death of the woman's former husband, who died about two years WANTS TO FIND THEM. I would like to locate if living, the relatives of one, Abe L. Cary or Abraham L. Cary, formerly of Richmond, Va. He had been a porter on the L. P. R. R. for 20 years or more up to the time of his death. 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AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for particulars today P DANGER BY SIR ARTHUR COMAN BOYLE This remarkable story was finished by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle last May just before his visit to America. He wrote it as a last anxious warning to England before she embarked upon another war. And the war came sooner than even he had feared. SYNOPSIS. A European power faces a disastrous war with England. Captain Stryker his king of plow which will bring England to her knees. He goes to the British coast with a submarine. Near the mouth of the Thomas he sinks a big steamer loaded with munition, and other submarines with artillery bombs at the other side without success. Three big British ships are sunk in Prussian waters. The British ship Blankenberg. The price of food stuffs in England is so economically THE Kappa, with her gallant commander and crew, was at the bottom of the English channel. It appeared from this account that after I had parted from him he bead met and sank no fewer than five vessels. I gathered this to be his work since all of them were by gundre and all were on the south coast of Borset or Dover. How he met his fate was stated in a shetland telegram which was headed "Sticking of a Hostile Submarine." It was marked "Edmouth" and ran this. "The P and O tank steamer Macdonia came into this port last night with five shell holes between wind and water. She reports having been attacked by a hostile submarine off miles to the southeast of the Lizard. In shock of seeing her torpedoes the submarine for some reason approached upon the surface and fired five shots from a submarineable twelve pound gun. She was fatally under the impression that the Macdonia was unarmed. As a matter of fact, being warned of the presence of submarines in the channel, the Macdonia had mounted her armament as an auxiliary armament. She applauded fire with two quick flares and blow away the coming tower of the submarine. It is probable that the shells went right through her, as she sank at once with her hatches open. The Macdonia was only kept awake by her pumps." Such was the end of the Kappa and my gallant friend, Commander Stephen. His best epitaph was in a corner of the same paper and was headed "Mark Lane." It ish. "Wheat saverage, 66, noire, 48, barley, 50." Well, if Stephen was gone there was the more need for me to show energy. My plans were quickly taken, but they were comprehensive. All that day (Saturday) I passed down the Cormish coast and round Lands End, getting two steamers on the way. I had learned from Steyne's fate that it was better to torpedo the large craft, but I was aware that the auxiliary cruisers of the British government were all over 10,000 tons, so that for all ships under that size, it was safe to use my gun. Both these craft, the Yelland and the Playboy, the latter an American ship, were perfectly harmless, so I came up within a hundred yards of them and speedily sank them after allowing their people to get into the boats. Some other steamers lay farther out, but I was so eager to make my new arrangements that I did not go out of my course to molest them. Just before sunset, however, so magnificent a prey came within my radius of action that I could not possibly refuse her. No galler could fail to recognize that glorious monarch of the sea, with her four cream funnels tipped with black, her huge black skies, her red bliges and her high white top hamper, roaring up channel at twenty three knots and carrying her 4,500 tons as lightly as if she were a little ten motorboats. It was the quaintly Olympic of the White Star line once the largest and still the conifer of lilies. What a picture she made, with the blue Cornish sea creaking round her giant forefoot and the pink western sky, with one evening star, forming the background to her noble lines! I was about five miles off when we dived to cut her off. My calculation was exact. As we came alright we looked our torso and struck her fair. We swirled round with the concussion of the water. I saw her in my periscope list over on her side, and I knew that she had her deathblow. She settled down slowly, and there was plenty of time to save her people. The sea was dotted with her boards. When I got about three miles off I rose to the surface, and the whole crew clustered up to see the wonderful sight. She dived bow foremost, and there was a terrific explosion, which sent one of the funnels into the alr. I suppose we should cheered —somehow none of us felt like cheering. We were all keen sailors, and it went to our hearts to see such a ship go down like a broken eggshell. I gave a graff order, and all were at their posts again while we beaded north- west. Once round the Land's End I called up my two consorts, and we met next day at Hartland point the north end of Belfort bay. For the CHAPTER IV. was finished by Sir Arthur Conan his visit to America. He wrote it to England before she embarked the war come sooner than even he moment the channel was clear, but the English could not know it, and I was reckoned that the loss of the Olympic would stop all ships for a day or two at least. Having assembled the Delta and Epsilon, one on each side of me, I twelve reports from Macam and Var, the responsive commanders. Each had expanded twelve torpedoes, and between them they had sunk twenty two steamers. One man had been killed by the machinery on board of the Delta, and two had been burned by the ignition of some oil on the Epsilon. I took those injured men on board, and I gave each of the best one of my crew. I also divided my spare oil, my provisions and my torpedoes among them, though we had the greatest possible difficulty in those crank vessels in transferring them from one to the other. However, by 10 o'clock it was done, and the two vessels were in condition to keep the sea for another ten days. 'For my part, with only two torpedoes up the Irish sea. One of my torpedoes I expended that evening upon a cattle ship making for Mifflord Haven. Late at night, being aboard of Holyhead, I called upon my four northern boats, but without reply. Their Marcell range is very limited. About 3 in the afternoon of the next day I had a feasible answer. It was a great relief to me to find that my telegraphic instructions had rescued them and that they ```markdown ``` THE SHIP IS BREAKING IN TWO. were on their station. Before evening we all assembled in the lee of Sapphire island, in the Mull of Knittyre, I got an admiral indeed when I saw my five whitebanks in a row. Panza's report was excellent. They had come round by the Pentland firth and reached the creaking ground on the fourth day. Already they had destroied twenty yessets without any misshit. I ordered the Botsa to divide her oil and torpedoes among the other three, so that they were in good condition to continue their cruise. Then the Botsa and I headed for home, reaching our base upon Sunday, April 25. Off Cape Wrath I picked up a paper from a small schooner. "Wheat, 81; maize, 62; barley, 62." What were battles and hopphardments compared to that? The whole coast of Norland was closely blocked by cordon within cordon and every port, even the smallest, held by the British. But why should they suspect my modest confectioners will more than any other of the 19500 houses that face the sea? I was glad when I picked up its homely white front in my periscope. That night I bundled and found my stores intact. Before morning the Beta reported herself, for we had the windows lit as a guide. It is not for me to recount the messages which I found waiting for me at my humble headquarters. They shall ever remain as the patrons of nobility of my family. Among others was that never to be forgotten salutation from my king. He desired me to present myself at Hauptville, but for once I took it upon myself to disobey his commands. It took me two days—or, rather, two nights, for we sank ourselves during the daylight hours—to get all our stores on board, but my presence was needful every minute of the time. On the third morning at 4 o'clock the Beta and my own little flagship were at sea once more, bound for our original station off the mouth of the Thames. I had no time to read our papers while I was refitting, but I gathered the news after we got under way. The British occupied all our ports, but oth- I Know That She Had Her Deathblow. whose we had not suffered at all since we have excellent railway communications with Europe. Price had altered little, and our industries continued as before. There was talk of a British invasion, but this I knew to be an absolute conscience, for the British must have learned by this time that it would be sheer murder to send transports full of soldiers to sea in the face of submarines. When they have a tunnel they can use their fine expeditionary force upon the continent, but until then it might just as well not exist so far as Europe concerned. My own country, therefore, was in good care and had nothing to fear. Great Britain, however, was already feeling my grip upon her throat. As in normal times four-fifths of her food is imported, prices were rising by leaps and bounds. The supplies in the country were beginning to show signs of depletion, while little was coming in to replace them. The insurance at Lloyd's had risen to a figure which made the price of food prohibitive to the mass of the people by the time it had reached the market. The loaf, which under ordinary circumstances stood at freewence, was already at one and twopence. Beef was 3 shillings and fourpence a pound and quintion 2 shillings and twopence. Everything else was in proportion. The government had acted with energy and offered a big bounty for corn to be planted at once. It could only be reaped five months hence, however, and long before then, as the papers pointed out, half the island would be deed from starvation. Strong appeals had been made to the patriotism of the people, and they were assured that the interference with trade was temporary and that with a little patience all would be well. But already there was a marked rise in the death rate, especially among children, who suffered from want of milk, the cattle being slaughtered for food. There was serious rioting in the Lancashire coal fields and in the midlands, together with a socialistic upheaval in the east of London, which and assumed the proportions of a civil war. Already there were responsible papers which declared that England was in an impossible position and that an immediate peace was necessary to prevent one of the greatest tragedies in history. It was my task now to prove to them that they were right. It was May 2 when I found myself back at the Maspin sanda, to the north of the estuary of the Thames. The Beta was sent on to the Solent to block it and take the place of the lamented Kappa. 'And now I was throttling Britain indeed. London, Southampton, the Bristol channel, Liverpool, the North channel, the Glasgow approach. B ce-ench was guarded by my bounty. Great liners were, as we learned afterward, pouring their supplies into Gateway and the west of Ireland, where provisions were cheaper than had ever been known. Tens of thousands were embarking from Britain for Ireland in order to save themselves from starvation. But you cannot transplant a whole dense population. The main body of the people by the middle of May was actually starving. At that date wheat was, at 100, maize and barley at 80. Even the most obnate had begun to see that the situation could not possibly continue. In the great towns starving crowds elamored for bread before the municipal offices, and public officials everywhere were attacked and often murdered by frantic mobs, composed largely of desperate women who had seen their infants perish before their eyes. In the country roots, bark and weeds of every sort were used as food. In London the private mansions of ministers were guarded by strong pickets of soldiers, while a battalion of guards was camped permanently round the houses of parliament. The lives of the prime minister and of the foreign secretary were continually threatened and occasionally attempted. Yet the government had entered upon the war with the full assent of every party in the state. The true culprits were those, be they politicians or journalists, who had not the foresight to understand that unless Britain grew her own supplies or unless by means of a tunnel she had some way of conveying them into the island all her mighty expenditure upon her army and her fleet was a mere waste of money so long as her antagonist had a few submarines and men who could use them. England has often been stupid, but has got off scot free. This time she was stupid and bad to pay the price. You can't expect lack en to be your senior always. CHAPTER V. Straighten Brings Peson. 2. would be a more repetition of what I have already described if I were to return. THE SHIP IS SINKING. What Could She Be Doing Flying the Flag In the Enemy's Waters? I had all our proceedings during my first six days after I resumed my motion. During my absence the ship had taken heart and had begun to come up again. In the first day I got four. After that I had to go farther ahead, and again I picked up several in French waters. Once I had a narrow escape through one of my Kingston valves getting some grit into it and refusing to act when I was below the surface. Our margin of booyancy just carried us through. By the end of that week the channel was clear again, and both Beta and my own boat were down west once more. There we had encouraging messages from our Bristol consort, who in turn had heard from Delta at Liverpool. Our task was completely done. We could not prevent all food from passing into the fritish islands, but at least we had raised what did get in to a price which put it far beyond the means of the pennitless, workless multitudes. In vain the government commanded it all and doled it out as a general feeds the garrison of a fortress. The task was too great—the responsibility too horrible. Even the proud and stubborn English could not face it any longer. I remember well how the news came to me. I was lying at the time off躲sey Bill when I saw a small war resse coming down-channel. It had dieer been my policy to attack any resse coming down. My torpedoes and even my shells were too precious for that. I could not help being attracted, how ever, by the movements of this ship, which came slowly slizzagging in my direction. "Looking for me," thought I. "What on earth does the foolish thing how to do if she could find me?" I was lying awhile at the time and got ready to go below in case she should come for me. But at that mo- What Could She Be Doing Flying t ment—she was about half a mile away—she turned her quarter, and there, to my amazement, was the red flag with the blue circle, our own beloved dag, flying from her peek. For a moment I thought that this was some clever dodge of the enemy to tempt me within range. I snatched up my glasses and called on Vormal. Then we both recognized the vessel. It was the June, the only one left intact of our own cruisers. What could she be doing flying the flag in the enemy's waters? Then I understood it, and, turning to Vormal, we threw ourselves into each other's arms. It could only mean an armistice or peace! And it was peace. We learned the glad news when we had risen alongside the Junno and the ringing cheers which greeted us had at last died away. Our orders were to report ourselves once at Blankenberg. Then she passed on down channel to collect the others. We returned to port upon the surface, swimming through the whole British fleet as we passed up the North sea. The crews clustered thick along the sides of the vessels to watch us. I can see now their sullen, angry faces. Many shook their fists and cursed us as we went by. It was not that we had damaged them. I will do them the justice to say that the English, as the old Boer war has proved, bear no resentment against a brave enemy, but that they thought us cowardly to attack merchant ships and avoid the warships. It is like the Arms, who think that a sank attack is a mean, unmany device. War is not merely a big game, my English friends. It is a desperate business to gain the upper hand, and one must use one's brain in order to find the weak spot of one's enemy. It is not fair to blame me if I have found yours. It was my duty. Perhaps those officers and sailors who scowled at the little lota that May morning have by this time done me justice when the first bitterness of undeserved defeat was past. Let others describe my entrance into Blankenberg—the mad enthusiasm of the crowds and the magnificent public reception of each successive boat as it arrived. Surely the men deserved the grant made them by the state which has enabled each of them to be independent for life. As a feat of endurance that long residence in such a state of mental tension in cramped quarters, breathing an unnatural atmosphere, will long remain as a record. The country may well be proud of such sailors. The terms of peace were not made onions, for we were in no condition to make Great Britain our permanent enemy. We knew well that we had won the war by circumstances which would never be allowed to occur again and that in a few years the island power would be as strong as ever, stronger perhaps, for the lessons that they had learned. It would be madness to proclaim such an astonishment. A pardon. --- OLO We Saw an Aeroplane Heaving a Few Hundred Feet Above Us Like a Hawk offices of ships was arranged, the colonial boundary was adjusted by arbitration, and pre claimed no indemnity beyond an undertaking on the part of Britain that she would pay any damages which an international court might award to France or to the United States for injury received through the operations of our submarines. So ended the war. Of course England will not be caught napping in such a fashion again. Her foolish blindness is partly explained by her delusion that her enemy would not torpedo mechant vessels. Common sense should have told her that her enemy would play the game that suited them best—that they would not in quire what they could do, but they would do it first and talk about it afterward. The opinion of the whole world now is that if a blockade were proclaimed one might do what one could with those who tried to break it and that it was as reasonable to prevent food from reaching England in wartime as it would be for a besieger to prevent the victualing of a be Learnered fortress. I cannot end this account better than by quoting the first few paragraphs of a leader in the Times, which appeared shortly after the declaration of pence. It may be taken to epitomize the sane public opinion of England upon the meaning and lessons of the episode. "In all this miserable business," said the writer, "which has cost us the loss of a considerable portion of our merchant fleet and more than 50,000 civilian lives, there is just one consolation to be found. It lies in the fact that our temporary conqueror is a power which is not strong enough to reap the fruits of her victory. Had we endured this humiliation at the hands of any of the first class powers, it would certainly have entailed the loss of all our crown colonies and tropical possessions, besides the payment of a huge indemnity. We were almost at the g the Flag In the Enemy's Waters? of our conqueror and had no possible alternative but to submit to her terms, however uneous. Norland has had the good sense to understand that she must not abuse her temporary advantage and has been generous in her dealings. In the grip of any other power we should have ceased to exist as an empire. "Even now we are not out of the wood. Some one may maliciously pick a quarrel with us before we get our house in order and use the easy weapon on which has been demonstrated. It is to meet such a contingency that the government has rushed enormous stores of food at the public expense into the country. In a very few We Saw an Aeroplane Heaving a Few Hus months the new harvest will have appeared. On the whole, we can face the immediate future without undue depression, though there remains some causes for anxiety. These, will no doubt be energetically handled by this new and efficient government which has taken the place of those discriminated politicians who led us into a war without having foreseen how helpless we were against an obvious form of attack. "Already the lines of our reconstruction are evident. The first and most important is that our party must realize that there is something more vital than their academic disputes about free trade or protection, and that all theory must give way to the fact that a country is in an arrrrival and thus moves condition if she does not produce within our own borders eight --- Men Admire Women with Beautiful Hair! 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But all parties are combined upon the principle, and, though it will unfortunately entail either a rise in prices or a deterioration in quality in the food of the working classes, they will at least be insured against so terrible a violation as that which is fresh in our memories. At any rate, we have got past, the stage of argument. It must be so. The increased prosperity of the farming interest and, as we will hope, the cessation of agricultural emigration will be benefits to be counted against the obvious disadvantages. The second lesson Is the immedate construction of not one, but two, doo, the fixed railways under the channel. We stand in a white sheet over the matter, since the project has always been discouraged in these columns, but we are prepared to admit that, had such railway communication been combined with adequate arrangements for Hundred Foot Above Us Like a Hawk. forwarding supplies from Marsellea, we should have avoided our recent surrender. We still insist that we cannot trust entirely to a tunnel, since our enemy might have allies in the Mediterranean, but in a single context with any power of the north of Europe it would certainly be of inestimable benefit. There may be dangers attendant upon the existence of a tunnel, but it must now be admitted that they are intrinsic compared to those which come from its absence. As to the building of large boats of merchant submarines for the carriage of food, that is a new departure which will be an additional insurance against the danger which has left us dark a pane in the history of our country. --- TIMES BETTER, SAYS WILSON Answer Manufacturers by Denying Industry's Position in Growing Worse. President Wilson indicated that he believes industrial conditions in the United States are improving. He said, referring to a letter sent him by the Manufacturers' Association of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania urging the repeal of the present tariff that there was no truth in the assertion that the industrial position of the United States is growing worse. For ther than this he would not comment. The president also scouted at reports that the government will face a deficit of $100million at the close of the coming fiscal year, as stated by Representative Mann, of Illinois, the Republican house leader. If there was any danger of this, he would have been informed of it, he stated, and no administration official had brought it to his attention. --- German Losses 2,000,000. The total German losses in the war to date are 2,000,000 dead, wounded and missing, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Anatolian Telegraf. The latest German casualty lists, numbered from 101 to 105, give the names of 38,883 Prussian officers and men in killed, wounded and missing. The total Prussian losses are placed at 753,202. The total Prussian and Bavarian losses are placed at 250,000 killed, 850,000 wounded and 400,000 missing. The aggregate losses of all units include, Prussians, Bavarians, Saxon and Wuertemberg regiments. Family Burned to Death. Harry C. Alvey, thirty-two years of age; his wife and their three children, of Hagerstown, Md., were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home in Winterhaven, Florida, according to a telegram received from Alvey's brother-in-law, who is spending the winter at Florence willa, two miles from the destroyed Alvey home. Harry Alvey went to Florida from Hagerstown two years ago and purchased an orange grove and built himself a handsome bungalow there. W. M. Robinson WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER, Fish, Oysters and Game, 120 N. 17th St., RICHMOND, VIRGINIA We Train the Heart and the Hand GO TO THE Industrial Union Institute SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1015. FRENCH TAKE BELGIAN TOWN Gain Ground in Argonne ars Upper Alsace. KARD FIGHTING NEAR ARRAS Allies Attacks Germans on Twelve Mile Front With Artillery and Bayonet. The fighting in northern France continues with unabated vigor and was marked by violent bombardment of certain French positions by the German artillery and the capture by the French of a village in Belgium. The French have also gained some ground in the Argonne, and they are investing Steinbach, in upper Alsace, where the campaign for repossession of the lost province of Alsace, one of the first objectives of the armies of the republic after the outbreak of the war, apparently is making progress. The unofficial reports that the allies were shelling Muehausen are supplemented by the statement of the attack on Steinbach. "In Belgium," the French war office reports, "the village of St. Georges has been occupied by our troops, who have established themselves in this location. "From the Lys to the Somme the enemy has rather violently, bombarded our positions in the vicinity of Kebelle, at St. Aubin, at Lo Queunoy and at Pouchoir, to the northwest of Roye." The French have also gained a little ground in the Argonne, notably in the forest of La Grurl, in the forest Bolante and in the forest of Courte Chaussée. On the heights of the Meuse several German counter attacks have been repulsed, in the forest of Le Bouchot, which is northeast of Troon. The German forces which had oc- enployed the French trenches in the vicinity of the redoubt in the burned forest to the west of Apremont have been driven out after three successive counter attacks, it is declared. In upper Alsace, following a violent engagement, the French are closely investing Steinbach, and their forces have taken possession of the ruins of the chateau near the village. That portion of the French army which is holding the lines near Arras in northern France, attacked the Germans on a front twelve miles long on Sunday. They carried half a mile of German trenches near Lens by assault, and are holding these positions in force. The way for this attack was prepared by the violent artillery and machine gun fire, which swept the German positions from a point to the north of Lens to the suburbs south of Arras. The German batteries everywhere replied heavily to this French fire. While the Germans were thus engaged along the entire line of this part of their defense works, the French fire opposite Lens suddenly ceased. Instantly French infantrymen leaped from their trenches and charged the German positions, which were from 100 to 200 yards distant. A brief and furious bayonet encounter brought victory to the French. The Germans were routed. It was all over in twenty minutes. The German official statement given out in Berlin says: "In the western arena of the war we gained some ground, after relatively unimportant engagements near Neuport and to the southeast of Ypres. "Several strong French attacks to the northwest of St. Menohold have been repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. We captured 200 prisoners. "An advance in the burned forest to the west of Apremont led to the capture by us of one fortified French trench and three machine guns. The French attack to the west of Sennheim have been repulsed." War office dispatches say storms have interfered with operations in France, but that the French continue to attack on the North sea coast in west Flanders, where they have been repulsed. KAISER TO INCREASE ARMY "In February Germany will add two million more men to her armies now in the field," declared Richard Wackerow, until recently the United States consulted at Breslau, who arrived in New York from Europe on the Italian Hiner Deca D'Osta. "Germany now has 3,000,000 men in the field. By September, 1916, Germany will have 8,500,000 in her armies in the eastern and western theatre of war." "The two works have been built around Antwerp and mountains of concrete have been created along the coast. Antwerp is guided by at least 100 of the big 40圍圍的旅軍 each of which are." DANGER HIS prophetic story was finished by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle last May just before his visit to America. He wrote it as a last anxious warning to England before she embarked upon another war. And the war came sooner than even he had feared. The story tells how a European power by a very simple plan brought England face to face with starvation. What was this plan? half miles. The naval base at Helgoland has been fortified until it is almost as strong as Gibraltar. I know these things, because I saw them with my yown eyes." DuBois New Third Class City. The charter of DuBois, Pa., as a third class city was issued at Harrisburg. Army Bill Introduced. The army appropriation bill, which was completed by the house military affairs committee before the holidays, was formally reported to the house by Mr. Hay, the committee's chairman. The bill carries a total appropriation of $101,144,588. Ban Beer In Petrograd. A dispatch from Petrograd says an order has been issued (here prohibit ing the sale of all alcoholic drinks, including beer, in the city. This order applies even to the clubs and high grade restaurants. Mine Slings British Steamers The Glassov steamer Gem, a vessel of about 500 tons, has been sunk in the North sea as the result of striking a mine. Two of the crew were rescued, but the fate of the others on board is unknown. Have you lost anything? Don't sit down and mourn with a"I'll never get it back" expression on your face. Cheer up! Put out a dragnet for it. That means use a lost and found ad. in this paper. Most people are honest, and few want rewards, so the cost to you is trifling. --- 57. Filipinoa Arrested. Fifty-seven persons are now under arrest in Maula, P. L. in connection with the Filipino conspiracy against United States rule. The authorities are searching for an assemblyman whose name is reported to appear in solitious literature which says in part: "Treat the withholders of Filipino independence with the bolo and the rife." Governor General Harrison is expected to arrive soon, having been recalled from the visit to Borneo upon which he had started. The police and military authorities have adopted rigid precautions to put down any such outbreak as that at Navotas. The city is tranquil. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR WEDNESDAY An important battle is developing in Galicia, where large bodies of Russian troops are being sent to Cracow. While hard fighting continues along the line of the German advance on Warsaw, the northern Russian army continues advancing through East Prussia, suggesting the possibility of a flanking movement against von Hildenburg's main army. Offensive of the allies continues in Belgium and slight gains are made. Germans make stout resistance and in some cases make gains. The French parliament unanimously voted $1,700,000,000 for expenses of the next six months. Emperor-William, with his entire staff, reached Cologne from Berlin, on his way to the western battle front. THURSDAY. Determined efforts by Austro-German forces to pierce the Russian battle line extending from Llow to the Carpathians, have failed, according to a statement, issued in Petrograd. A battle of great dimensions has opened near Crncow, the Germans resisting the Russian advance stubbornly. Berlin asserts that the Russian drive in this operation has been turned. A new German invasion has been begun near Mlawa, northern Poland, but the kalsers' troops near Skiernlowice have been checked. The French war office reports gains of minor importance at various points along the battle line from Flanders to Alsace. Emperor William is with his troops on the western front cheering them with Christmas greetings. FRIDAY. Official dispatches from Petrograd say that the Russians have driven back the Germans on all fronts in the eastern zone of war and, that the inadversaries have met with severe reverses. Violent attacks to the west of War saw have been repulsed, say these communications, and the forces of the czar have strengthened their positions. Berlin reports say that quiet prevails in Poland and along the battle fronts in Galicia and East Prussia. SATURDAY. Unomgal dispatches from Petrograd any Russian troops have taken Rawa, a point of strategic importance forty-five miles southwest of Warsaw, thereby checking the German advance upon the Polish capital. Berlin claims success at Lotzen, in East Prussia. The German aviator who flew over English towns to within twenty miles of London before he was driven away by British aeroplanes, is reported to have lost his life in the North sea. Berlin says French airmen dropped nine bombs on an unprotected German village, and that an air attack has been made on Frelburg. German aviators have retaliated by dropping bombs over Nancy. Paris reports gains by the allies in the fighting between the Alsace and Oise rivers. French troops are report ed to be making a new drive toward Metz, in German Lorraine. The Germans officially claim an important victory over the allies at Nieuport, Belgium. SUNDAY One British aviator is reported as missing after the raid by the British on the German fortified port at Cuxhaven. An official British report says the damage done by the bombs could not be ascertained, but the British lost three machines, in addition to that piloted by the missing aviator. The French official communication says the allies have gained ground in the region of the Argosnes and in Alaice. German attacks along the remainder of the battle front were repulsed, adds the dispatch. Berlin reports say the Germans have repelled all attacks by the allied forces in the western war zone. French aviators retaliated for the air raid on Nancy by hurling several bombs in Metz, the German fortified city in Lorraine. No one was killed by the explosion of the missiles. The Itaflan cruiser Calabria has been ordered to assist the United States cruiser North Carolina if trouble should, arise as the result of demonstrations against the departure of Europeans from Turkish territory. MONDAY Russian armies, according to Petrograd dispatches, have resumed the offensive along virtually the whole eastern battle front. Tarnow, in Galicia, has been retaken, and the czar's forces have begun a new move upon Cracow. The Russians also have crossed the Blala river at Tuchow, fifteen miles south of Tarnow. Considerable damage is reported to have been accomplished by the Brittish naval air raid on Cuxhaven, on Christmas day. A German Zeppelin dropped bombs on Warsaw Sunday, while Czar Nicholas was there. More than a score of Germans are reported to have been killed by a French air attack on Metz. Paris announces the loss by the allies of trenches near Hollebeke, in Flanders, but reports advances in other sections of the front. French guns have been advanced to within range of three forts southwest of Metz, Germany. Pennsylvania's First Electrocution. Governor Tener signed the first warrant for an electrocution in Pennsylvania, directing that John Talap, of Montgomery county, be put to death in the electric chair at the new western penitentiary in the week of Feb. 22. Talap will be taken from Norrastown to the new penitentiary at Bellefonte by the proper officers. --- Fight Fire With Snow Ten houses were burned to the ground at MacDonaldson, a mining town near Johnstown, Pa., and 100 persons are homeless. Virtually all their effects were destroyed. The water supply gave out and the miners fought the flames by shovelling snow on the buildings, but this seemed to have little effect. Fatal Duel In Graveyard. John Center and Soldier Noble, citizens of Hazard, Ky., marveled and agreed to fight a duel. They went to a graveyard on agreement that if both or other were killed their bodies would be in the right place. Each fired several shots and both were fatally wounded. German Armies Meet Barrier Along the Vistula and Pilica Rivers—Berlin Claims Success. The following news agency dispatch was received in London from Petro grad: "It is gathered from the latest official dispatches that the Austrian army is nearing dissolution, and is surreven dering prisoners by the thousand. The Austrians are stragging in disorderly fashion in the Carpathians. "The Russians now are holding the Germans in check along the lower Vistula and the Pilica. "The German armies are shattered by their tittle attacks against the Russian stone wall. The Germans have lost many thousands in killed and wounded during the recent fighting." Austrian Army Cut In Two. While the Austrian army in north or Galicia is in retreat the battle between the German and Russian forces in Poland continues a deadlock with advances at some points offset by retirements in others. Having cut in the Austrian army that pressed forward after the lifting of the Russian siege at Cracz, Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in-chief, now is expected to exercise similar strategy against the German contingent of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's armies. The stroke of the Russians has crippled the Austrian forces, and it will be some time before they can reply and be in a position to give any material air to the Germans. In the meantime it is believed that Cracow will again be under siege before long. Official dispatches strike that all the important passes in the Carpathians are now held by the Russians. It is officially announced that more than 25,000 prisoners, including 25 officers, have been taken in Galilei and Poland during the later half of last week. A great quantity of war stores fell into Russian hands, including fifty rapid fire guns, two ammunition trains, hospital supplies and several heavy pieces of artillery. Official diplomatic say that Genera Daniels Austrian army, whose pursuit of the Russian army after the relief of Cracow has been turned into a retreat, is in danger of annihilation. Hundreds of stragglers, overcome by the cold weather and lack of food, art falling behind in the retreat and are being made prisoners. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg's army has been halted before Warsaw and the plight of Przemysl is now more serious than it was before the Russians retired from the region of Cracow. 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The inmates of the home were happy to have the committee to help them. 10:00 A. M. The jail committee was busy in the city jail and the results were good. A special meeting was conducted for the women in the penitentiary 10:00 A. M. and it was a live hour. The great evangelistic meetings for man by the churches and the Y. M. C. A. opened 3:30 P. M. at the First Baptist Church with a great hump. Mr. H. O. Williams was at his head "Shun that which is evil and cling unto that which is good." Nothing could have been better for the beginning of the New Year. The men were out in great numbers. Col. Thomas M. Crump sang from his soul accompanied by Prof. E. T. Pollard. Every sign present was highlighted. Help us to make the meetings a success. 4 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. Building the boys were out in a crowd to hear Committeman C. B. Gaston who gave the boys a speeal address. Mothers we thank you and send your boys again. Come to the explanation on the Sunday School Lesson by Prof. J. W. 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The number of persons lynched in 1914 was apparently the same as for 1912, and is the smallest number for a year since records of lynchings have been kept. Although the number of lynchings has not increased, there appears to be an increasing tendency to lynch for any cause, however trivial, and also to disregard sex. Of the 52 persons lynchened in the past year only seven, or 13 per cent, two white and five colored, were charged with rape. Three of those lynchened were women. One of these women was only seventeen years' old, and was charged with killing a man who, it was reported, had raped her. Another of the women lynchened was accused of beating a child to death; while the third woman and her husband were charged with setting fire to a barb. In the presence of their four-year-old child they were not to death. The crimes charged against the persons killed were: murder, 13; robbery-and murder, 6; robbery and attempted murder, 1; suspected of murder, 1; rape, 6; attempted rage, 1; killing an officer, 5; wounding officer, 1; murderous assault, 3; alleged murderous assault, 1; bitting off a man's chin, 1; accused of wounding a person, 1; killing person in quarrel, 4; beating child to death, 1; trying to force way into woman's room, 1; stealing shoes, 1; stealing mules, 1; setting fire to a barn, 2; assisting man to escape who had wounded another, 1; being found under a house, 1. I said that lynchings occurred during the year in fifteen states as follows: Alabama, 2; Arkansas, 1; Florida, 4; Georgia, 2; Louisiana, 12; Mississippi, 12; Missouri, 1; New Mexico, 1; North Dakota, 1; North Carolina, 1; Oklahoma, 2; Oregon, 1; South Carolina 4; Tennessee, 1; Texas 4. DOOCHER T. WASHINGTON. Thursday, Jan. 14, 1915--Matinee & Night MATINEE AT 4:00 P. M. 2 SHOWS EACH NIGHT--8:00, gnd 9:45 P. M. ZUDORA Episode No. 2 "ZUDORA" or the Mystery of The Sleeping House. Read the Story Each Week in the Richmond Planet. Starting with This Issue. COMING Tuesday & Wednesday Jan. 12-13, 1915 ADVENTURES of KITTY COBB A Photo Melodrama in 500 Scenes-In 5 Great Parts. A complete change of High Class Vaudeville. HIPPODROME THEATRE. --- James Crane playag Mannag All in Zudern, Dusheenag Lurieag Photographe The Cast 10QO People Each Episode Complete Story Episode No. S Read the Story Each COMING TU A Photo Melodr A complete ch HIPPO RALPH L. MILLER. "The Fighting Evangelist" Pastor. January 4, 1915 The Richmond Planet, Richmond, Va. Gentlemen: Being a constant reader of your paper, I should like you to grant me a little space for the following article. Ralph E. Miller, alias Leon Miller, Ex-Banahim Weight Champion of the World, and member of the Mosaiah Baptist Church, Bridgeport, (Pastor, Rev. W. N. Morton), has just returned from an evangelist campaign in Eastern New York State and Western Connecticut, where God has positively granted great victory through his efforts. There were times during this campaign when God would pour out his Spirit in such measure that both white and colored, young and old, would come and bow at the alter, for getting all about color differences; and there was not one meeting where one soul departed without finding Jesus and giving in their testimony; and signs of repentance and forgiveness were manifested throughout the entire trip. The following is a summary of the can sign by the "Fighting Evangelist," who in times past has won many a "Corruptible Crown," up to August 5, 1902; but since his call to the gospel ministry in October, 1910, and with his four years' labor as pastor at New Cannan, Conn., where he is pastor at the present time, through the mercy of God and the help of his pastor, Dr. W. N. Morton, with the prayers of Messiah Baptist Church, he "Striveth now to obtain a 'Crown' Incorruptible." "I have never experienced the power of God like in the watch-night meeting in all of my four years of revival work. Just as true as there is a God. He is calling sinners to repentance. "After I had finished singing and preaching and extended an invitation to the sinners and backsliders, then and there God sent father and sons, mother and daughters, in fact, entire families, to the front both white and colored, and they were crying for mercy through tears of repentance, with the Christians bowed down with them (because I know no other way except the ("knee way")); and just imagine your self looking down upon such a sight... It was almost enough to break the heart of a stone man. "I fear that sometimes our brethren are in too much of a hurry to close their meetings, for it was not until about one o'clock in the morning when God gave these seekers favor in His sight and baptized them with baptism that gave them that "blessed assurance," and when they did get it every one in the church know by their own testimony that they had found that which they sought." Brother Miller has his own home, and residues at 683 Newfield Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., where he and his James Cruze Harry Benham Marguerite Snow M. Harry Boehme, the Here in Zadara, Thameson's Greatest Photoplay No. 2 "ZUDORA" or the My Sleeping House. Each Week in the Richmond Planet, Starting Tuesday & Wednesday "ADVENTURES of Drama in 500 Scenes—Change of High Class PODROME THEATRE family have lived since 1904, and where his headquarters are. He can be communicated with at this address, as he is open for engagements after January 10, 1915. WILSON'S VETO IN STORE FOR LITERACY TEST. President Sends Word to Congress of His Intention on Immigration Bill. (By John Temple Graves.) Washington, Jan. 1. With all Washington on a holiday and New Year's callers whirling in and out, it has been difficult to bring the Congressional mind down to business. One good bit of news developed, however. The President is going to vote the immigration bill. Beyond a doubt this is his fixed intention. A Senator of the United States, speaking by direct authority, is sponsor for this statement. The size of the majority for the literacy test does not appear to intimidate the President. He will give Congress a chance, if it can, to pass the immigration bill with its literacy test over the veto. The House and Senate passed the immigration bill in April, 1912. President Taft promptly vetoed the bill because of exactly the same literacy test, giving this as his reason. The Senate by a vote of 78 to 18 passed the literacy test bill over the President's vote. The House failed to score the same achievement. The vote in the House in 1912 was 213 for the bill and 114 against it, or five less than the requisite two-thirds to override the veto. The vote in the Senate and House in this Congress is so overwhelming that it is more than enough in each House to override the Presidential veto. So that the immigration law, with its literacy test and an additional exclusion of "members of the African or negro race," and of "persons who believe in or practice polygamy," will doubtless be passed by the Senate tomorrow, carrying its later amputations to conference with the House Committee. The South is nearly solid for the literacy test, and this carried the bill. The South is not against any greater admixture of the races than we have, or any further complications of the race problems. Neither Sutherland, Borah or Martin, who voted with the South on the exclusion of the African races, have any Southern blood or affiliation. 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