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THE STROUD DEMOCRAT
L'BERTY
A ROMANCE Of
OLD MEXICO
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UFACTURING COMPANY
SYNOPSIS.
Liberty Horton, American heiress und
fwrier of a large Mexican estate, Is cap-
ured and held for ransom by Juan Lopez,
«. noted Mexican lnsurrecto. While in his
ramp she overhears a plan to attack un
American town und army camp, fcilie es-
capes with the aid of Pedro, a faithful
servant, and while a rescuing party,
headed by Major Winston, U. S. army,
Onptain Robert Rutledge of the Texas
Rangers, who Is in love with her, and
Manuort Leon, son of her other guardian,
rUop pursuit, she rides to warn the Amer-
icans, but is too late and the Mexicans
attack. They are repulsed by American
soldiers that night. I'ancho Leon threat-
ens Major \Vinaion with exposure of mis-
appropriation of funds left in his care,
unless he. Major Winston, forces Liberty
to marry his son Manuel. The major
refuses. Liberty, who lias heard the ar-
gument between Pancho and the major,
isteps into the room, and to save the ma-
jor's honor, she agrees to marry Manuel.
Kutle<lge prevents I'edro from killing
Manuel. The marriage takes place. Ma-
jor Winston, with Rutledge, leaves to
Join the troops, who have in tho mean-
time received orders to cross the line,
and bring back, dead or alive, the parties
responsible for the Discovery outrage.
"Manuel goes to Liberty's room that night
And is watched by Therese. Liberty tells
1dm that she is his wife in name only.
As he is leaving, Therese attempts to
kill Manuel. Pedro arrives at the ha-
cienda in time to hear Therese telling
Liberty that although she is Manuel's
•wife In the eyes of the law, In the eyes of
<lod she (Therese) is his wife. Pedro
confirms tnis statement. Manuel Joins
Lopex. Liberty makes a desperate effort
to «oape. Lopea attempts to blow up
.American troops at Lacinda, but the plan
Is foiled by Liberty. An aviator arrives
at the camp of Major Winston with or-
ders to stop the Invasion pending nego-
tiations, Rutledge goes to rescue Liberty,
who. with Pedro escapes into the desert.
Major Winston disobeys orders and goes
to aid Bob, who, with four troopers is
surrounded in a hut. After escaping nu-
merous perils in the canyon, Liberty and
Pedro are picked up by an aeroplane
Acout, who starts back with them to Win-
ston's camp. Lopez, who realizes that if
the aeroplane gets bud* to Winston's
Column tnere will be no surprise attack,
orders the machine gun turned on the
party. Manuel fires, but misses them,
•whereupon Lopez takes charge of the
grun himself, and fires but misses them
first, but later disables the machine and
the party have a miraculous escape when
the aeroplane drops back to earth, where
Jit Is wrecked. Liberty and Pedro are
made prisoners by Lopez, but they man-
age to overcome the sentries and Pedro
rides to warn Major Winston of the
planned attack, while Liberty starts off to
flflnd the rangers.
TWELFTH EPISODE
"For the Flag."
When Liberty escaped from Lopez
And his band she started In the direc-
tion of the rangers' camp. The night
■was black, and she had to pick her
way carefully.
Her thoughts were of Rutledge. She
5*new he needed her. When she left
iiim he wanted her to go, to save her-
self. He was wounded, too. She
hated Manuel to the depths of her
very soul. His efforts to win her af-
fection had been brutal.
These are the thoughts which oc-
cupied her mind as she rode along the
road. The greatest thing In the world,
Liberty believed, was a real man. She
knew Rutledge to be one. Love pro-
tects; It does not destroy. A man like
the ranger could command the respect
und udmirntlou of most any woman;
a man like Manuel would encourage
■woman to dislike the rest of his sei.
Rutledge loved her for herself; Man-
uel cared nothing for her, but wor-
shipped her riches.
In the meanwhile, Lopez had sent
men out to search for Liberty and
Pedro. Two of them took the northern
trail, leading through the Chihuahua
foothills, where Major Winston was
encamped with his troops, and two
others started for the desert country
where Lopez had left Rutledge and his
beautiful girls they had captured would
then he brought before them and stood
In the center of the table, while the two
bandits drank to their health. Many of
these girls, when they were released
by these men nnd permitted to return
home, preferred death to a confession
of their treatment
But, these men had been schooled In
such debauchery, for they had be-
longed to the staffs of the bandit gen-
erals before they started the Insurrec-
tion, and had adopted the methods of
these famous chieftains.
While the feast was going on Alvlra
suddenly turned to Lopez, as he
raised his glass.
"Where Is that American girt?" ho
asked.
"She escaped again .... The little i
cat . . . With that dog, Pedro," re- |
piled Lopez as a deep frown swept
over his countenance.
"null, she could not get away from
me like that," boasted Alvlra as he
gulped down his wine. Then, as he
leaned forward and gazed into the face
of his comrade. "She Is pretty, too."
"ner money is handsome," returned
Lopez. "We need It. I will get her
again, and when I do, I keep her until
she pay me a good many hundred dol-
lars."
"You will never get It, so long as
that American, Rutledge lives," said
Alvlra.
"Then I kill him !" threatened Lopez
as he brought his black fist down on
the board.
"And, the American government will
get you," Alvlra reminded him.
"Lopez Is not so stupid," said the
other. "Manuel Leon Is her husband.
She Is married to him. He is my of-
ficer, and must do as I say. I will get
what I want through him."
"I don't trust that yellow dog," re-
marked Alvlra. "You will find he is
a traitor to us."
"If I think that, I kill him now," said
Lopez as he started to rise.
"No, no, not so fast, Senor," cau-
tioned the other as he pulled him back
In his seat "You will find, soon enough.
Then you will see. He Is a coward."
At that moment two of Lopez's men
were entering the camp with Liberty.
They led her before Alvlra and
Lopez. As they entered, Lopez looked
up with a treacherous smile. "See, I
said I would find her." Then he turned
to Liberty who stood Just Inside the
tent, with a Mexican on either side of
her.
"So, you think you can escape me,
my pretty white cat?" he sneered.
The girl did not answer, but stood
staring at him, with all the hatred In
her soul outlined In her countenance.
"You cannot get away from Lopez,"
he continued. "No matter where you
go in Mexico he will find you. I sup-
pose you go to your American lover.
| You no need: I will bring him here
to you, yet" Then his countenance
blackened with fury, and his eyes con-
vinced her that he meant every word
of Ms next sentence. "And, If you
no give me money, I kill him right be-
fore those pretty eyes."
"The American government would
never rest until it found you," said
Liberty.
"Is that so?" he grinned. "What do
tho American government know about
the Chihuahua mountains? Once I go
there, they never find Lopez. They—
never—find—you—tool Youheur!"
"What do you want with me?" In-
quired Liberty.
"I no want you: I want your
money," replied Lopez. "If you give
me ten thousand dollars I let you go
now."
"I will never give you one cent 1"
answered Liberty.
"You may change your mind, Sen-
orlta," laughed the bandit Then he
addressed her two guards. "Take her
to the hut," he ordered them.
Liberty was led away and thrown
Into aa old deserted adobe hut, which
stood near the outskirts of the camp.
It had been used one time by her
father as a storehouse. There was one
window In It, besides a lot of dirt and
an old Mexican blanket.
As she leaned against the window
and gazed out Into the beautiful moon-
light, Liberty was disgusted and sad.
THE WEEK'S NEWS
IN
a man entered. It was Manuel. She
thought It was him from the first
As soon as he stepped his foot Inside
she spoke.
"Don't moyel" 6he began. "Stay
right where you are 1"
But Manuel was not prepared for
such a reception, and It annoyed him
Immensely. He had come on a very
serious mission this time, and to have
his wife stick a gun under his nose
before he had time to explain, was
indeed Irritating.
"I have come to offer you freedom," j
he began as he started towards her. j
"What's the price?" she Inquired. |
"I cannot talk to you If you are go- , uttle |ncidents and Accidents That
lng to keep that ugly-looking gun i
pointed at me all the time," said Mun-
GENERAL SHAKEUP OF EM-
PLOYES OF SCHOOL LAND
DEPARTMENT.
OTHER NEWS OF THE STATE
Go To Make Up A Week's History
Of A Great Common-
wealth.
uel.
"It Is too bad that you are the type
of man that has to be treated like
that," remarked Liberty.
Just then something outside the win-
dow attracted Liberty's attention, and
she lowered her arm. It was only for
an Instant, but long enough to give
the shrewd Manuel an opportunity to
snatch the gun out of her hand and
throw it out of the window.
"Now then, I'm going to prove to
you I am not as cruel as you think 1
am," he remarked as he stood In front
of her.
"Nothing could convince me of that
but a message from heaven," replied
Liberty.
"Now, listen to me," began Manuel.
"You cannot play with me any longer.
You are my wife. Whether you think [
so, or not, It doesn't make any differ-
ence in the eyes of the law. I know I
you hate me. but, you hate me be- |
cause I am a Mexican. You do not like
them; you never did, even when you
were a little girl. I hate them myself!
Yes, I know you are wondering why
I say that. I will tell you. I lived
most of my younger days across the
border; over there In that land, some
people call God's country. I was
shunned by the American boys, when
my father sent me there to school.
They called u.e a greaser, and said
there wasn't any decent Mexicans;
that we were all bad.
"I was a good boy then, and It hurt
me to have my people spoken of In
such a way. Later, when I entered col-
lege I found my seat at the rear of
the class-room. I was seldom Invited
to any of the social functions, and,
though I qualified for the track teams
and other athletics, they never let me
in. My college life was made miser-
able because of these things, which
caused me great embarassment, and
made me gradually learn to hate not
only America, but my own country,
too,"
"That Is a poor excuse for becom-
ing an outlaw," Interrupted liberty,
who had been listening attentively to
every word.
"It has never occurred to you," re-
turned Manuel. "If It did, you might
feel different about It. There are
many people who think that every Passenger Service Is Established Be-
Mexlcan Is bad and not to be trusted. , tween Ardmore and Healdton.
They think he lives on chile con carna
and steals all he gets.
J Oklahoma City—Aho turmoil ba-
tween the governor and the sehool
\ land department has reached a climax
In a complete ahakeup of employes in
j which a number of the governor's
i friends lose out. Thi action came in
the adoption of the report cf an "ef-
! llciency committee."
j Tho report prepared by Secretary of
! State Lyon and Frank M. Uault, fol
lowed up the previous action of tho
board when it "llred" every employe
of the school land department, effeo-
tive May 1. Tins report was a rec-
i ommendation of changes in the force
and the retention of employes.
Names of those who lose their places
I were not mentioned.
j Ry the action, George A. Smith, ses-
I retary for the past two years, is suc-
ceeded by A. M. McKinney, who has
been assistant secretary. The place
held by Mr. McKinney was abolished.
Ten employes lost their places.
Eleven were dropped in theory, but
M. Young, appraiser, had previously
force now consists of forty-one per-
sons.
"The action is not a reflection on
the abilities of any one of the em-
ployes let out," said one member of
the board. "We have effected a sav-
ing of $14,000 a year in the depart-
ment and have convinced ourselves
that the work will be done just as
well. Some of the employes had to
go In the Interests of efficiency."
The employes eliminated were G. A.
Smith, secretary; 8. A. Todd, book-
keeper; George F. Clark, appraiser;
J A. West, appraiser; W. D. Wilson,
appraiser; Horace Wilson, chief
clerk of the sales division; R. M. Gil-
more, bookkeeper; Mollie Lleben-
helm, stenographer; Kmjnu bond,
stenographer to Secretary G. A,
Smith, and W. C. Hall, auctioneer.
Cam Gait was made chlcf clerk of
the farm loan division; Frank B. Lu-
cas, chief clerk of the sales dirlsion,
and W. F. Gulick was made superin-
tendent of sales.
RAIL LINE HELPS OIL MEN
Well, if he has !
that kind of a reputation, the best
thing for him to do Is live up to It.
I am not a bandit, nor a bad man.
Lopez gave me an opportunity to join
his forces, and, If I refused I was to
be taken out and shot Life, under
any conditions, is much pleasanter
than death. That Is why I decided to
become his lieutenant. But, now I nm
through, and If you will come with me
I will help you to escape. We will
cross the border and go up north,
where we will be sufe from these fel-
lows."
"You do not love me, Manuel," re-
plied Liberty. "Love does not ap-
prove of the things you have done.
Love guards and protects. You do not
know what real love Is, and I cannot
permit you to speak of It to me; es-
speclally In a place like this. If you
loved me you would not hold a condi-
tion over my head. You would free me
even If It requested your life."
"If I did that I would never see
you again," argued Manuel. "I have
aided In keeping you a prisoner be-
cause I wanted you near me. I wanted
to see you, even If I could not be per-
mitted to have you for my own." And
Ardmore.—With the establishment
of passenger service between Ard-
I more and Healdton, a new epoch is
! marked In the southern oil fields. Op-
erators and oil Held workers have had
to go a long way by auto and it is
U-id that the road between Ardmore
and the fields was the most heavily
[ traveled road In the state of Okla-
homa. Despite all the efforts to keep
the rood in condition there are times
when it Is almost Impassable and the
train service to the fields will be
great convenience and will also make
their trips cost much less money.
The general offices of the Ringling
and Oil Field road here announced
that the passenger train which is an
! electric motor car, would leave here
each morning at 7 o'clock and each
afternoon at 3 o'clock Two round
trips to the new oil field town will be
; made each day.
EDITORS ASKED TO HELP
RECRUIT FIRST REGI-
MENT OF GUARD.
To the Editors of Oklahoma:
1 have designated the week be-
ginning April 30. as national guard
week, and am calling upon you as
patriots to encourage through your
papers the young men of Oklahoma
to fill up the ranks of the First
regiment. Whatever assistance yov
can give will not only be appreci-
ated by me, but by every loyal citi-
zen of the state who wants to see
Oklahoma be among the first of the
states to recruit its national guard
up to war strength.
There are now approximately
600 men needed for the First regi-
ment. This Is the only strictly
state organization authorized for
Oklahoma and the boys who join
the army and want to enlist in a
unit that will retain ita Identity
throughout the war should Join the
First. To do so they will have to
go to Fort Sill, where the regiment
is now encamped. The state will
pay the transportation of all appli-
cants to Fort Sill.
I'ride In this organization should
prompt the young men of the state
to see that it is recruited to war
strength at once. This week Is
Baby week in Oklahoma City and
while observing it the patriotism of
mothers should appeal to an In-
fant that needs attention badly—
the First Oklahoma National Guard
regiment.
I hope every editor In tho state
will do his best in helping to re
crult tiie First regiment, Oklahoma
National Guard, to full war
strength this week. Respectfully,
ANCEL EARP,
Adjutant General of Oklahoma.
CHANCE TO BE AN OFFICER
Government Wants 303 Oklahorrana
To Enter Reserve Service.
NOTICE TO
SICK WOMEN
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieve!
Suffering.
Bridgeton.N.J.— "I cannot speak too
highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
ble Compound for
inflammation and
other weaknesses. I
was very irregular
and would have ter-
rible pains so that I
could hardly take a
step. Sometimes I
would be so misera-
ble that I could not
sweep a room. I
doctored part of tho
time but felt no
change. I later took Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound and soon
felt a change for the better. I took it
until I was in good healthy condition.
1 recommend tho Pinkham remedies to
all women as 1 have used them with such
good results. "—Mrs. Milfokd T. Cum-
mings, 322 Harmony St., Penn's Grove,
N. J.
Such testimony should be accepted by
ail women as convincing evidence of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
the distressing ills of women such as
displacements, intiammation, ulceration,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
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Didn't Cleo Use Her Needle?
Customer (in rug shop—You
positive that this Is an anticiue?
Salesman- Positive, madam I Why,
this rug is known to have been In tha
home of Cleopatra.
CiHttomer What are those four lit-
tle holes?
Salesman—H'm—It Is known, too
madam, that the rug was in her sew
lng room, and that Is where the sew-
ing machine stood.
Oklahoma City.—Oklahoma, after
responding nobly to the call for sol- ]
diers and sailors of the ranks, now Is |
to be drawn upoQ for officers. 390 meu
having been determined upon as tha
quota which will be asked from this
state for tha officers' reserve corps.
A lecruiting station fo- the enlist-
ment of prospective officers has been
opened here, with Capt*l:i Rowland
B. Ellis of the Fourteenth Cavalry Id
charge.
Men will be enlisted In the order la
which they appear. Should there be
more tuan 300 qualified men ap)iy
the first to present themselves will
be accepted, so the necessity of act-
ing quickly la obvious.
Captain Ellis has Just been given |
until Majr 8 to obtain his quota of 300 I
men. He will draw from Oklahoma
City, Shawnee, Guthrie, El Reno,
Chickasha and Anadarko, and realizes
that in order to obtain the number of
men expected of him ho will have to
use Bome rapid fire action.
Successful applicants for enlistment
jn the officers' reserve corps will ba
sent to a military training camp at
Luon Springs, Texas, for three months
training. Those who apply to Cap-
tain Kills should have with them a
certficate of a physioian as to physi-
cal condition, whatever diploma or
certificate of graduation they may
have, and letters of recommendation.
The oath of enlistment la Just for the
three months of the camp.
DEATH AND NOT MARRIAGE.
Wllaon, Okla., Man Shot By Father
of Fiancee.
Ardmore.—George Shaw expected
company of rangers to die of Btarva- ! Again she was in the clutches of this J he moved slowly towards her, his gaze .vi, „hut in
degraded bandit. She knew he didn't , riveted on her countenance. She t0 l>e a bridegroom this week, but In
care anything about her—even though i seemed to look more beautiful to him
he had stated at times, before his tonight Liberty had listened to his
aides, that he loved her. lie wanted ; words, which interested her. Had she
the ransom. But he would never get j not known him so well she might have
tlon and thirst
Alvlra, who had remained with a
company of lnsurrectos far behind
Lopez and his men, came that night
to visit his murderous chieftain. With
hlra he brought Beveral of his men,
•dragging several beautiful Mexican
girls behind them. The men In the
camp knew as soon as they saw their
commander approaching that he had
come to hold another drunken orgy
with Lopez.
As soon as he entered the tent of
Lopez that Individual came out and
gave Instructions to some of his men
to fetch them all the fowls, wines and
fruit to be found In that section and
prepare a genuine feast for himself
and bis visitors.
The men dared not disobey, for they
knew it would mean certain death.
They had seen what had happened to
some of their comrades who had dared
to hesitate at this brute's command,
and the buzzards knew too; for these
men had been shot In their tracks and
their bodies left where they dropped.
Realizing this, his men usually went
out on these expeditions Intent on re-
turning well reworded. If anyone at-
tempted to interfere with an lnsur-
recto he regretted It soon after, for
they would not only take what food
tie had, but more often would compell
his daughter to come along with tbein.
These feasts, held by Alvlra and
Lopez compared well with those of
the tyrant Greaser. After they hnd
a penny from her. She felt that In
the end he would lose No bandit, who
had such crimes as this black-hearted
villain, could expect to travel far with-
out receiving his reward. He seemed
to be winning at present, but he was
going to lose later on, and lose hard,
too.
Alvlra firmly believed Manuel was a
traitor, and he made up his mind to
have him taken prisoner. He called
several of his men together and com-
manded them to fetch Manuel before
him. But, his orders were never car-
ried out
At that moment Manuel was In the
hut where Liberty was being held pris-
oner. He had waited until Lopez and
Alvlra hnd gone to sleep and the en-
tire camp was quiet Then he had
crept quietly from his tent and mude
his way to the Bpot
Liberty, who had thrown herself on
the blanket for a Uttle rest, had fallen
asleep from exhaustion. Just how long
she slept she could not remember, but,
she recalled being suddenly awakened
by a noise at the door. Fortunately,
she still carried a revolver, which was
secreted In her bosom. She reached for
this and levelling it at the door, waited
for her visitor.
Finally, after considerable noise at
eaten for hours, tho wine would bo j the look, which evidently was being
brought to them. Some of the most forced, the door was softly opened and
believed what he said, but she was
distrustful. Manuel Leon was not the
sort of a man that women love; neith-
er was he capable of loving any wom-
an. He was cruel and selfish. Ills
every movement showed this, and his
eyes revealed It.
She stood with her back against the
wall of the hut, staring Into the face
of the man whom she had married.
The rays of the moon shone through
the little window and fell across Ills
face; a face that was sensuous and
continually revealed the evil In his
soul.
For n moment he stood, silently star-
ing at her, then, with a quick move-
ment he rushed forward and was Just
about to clasp her In his arms, when
a shot rang through the air I The next
Instant he doubled up and fell lifeless
at her feet.
Instantly the door was pushed open
and a dark figure of a woman, bundled
up In a Mexican blanket stepped In-
side. She paused as she gazed at the
man on the floor. Then, she rushed to
his side, knelt down and kissed him,
and before Liberty could prevent her
she reached under her blanket drew
out a revolver and placing It to her
breast pulled the trigger. Her body
toppled over and she fell across the
motionless figure of Manuel.
(TO IJB CONTINUED.)
stead he died la a local hospital,
suffering from a gunshot wound.
9haw was on his way form Wilson
with a daughter of S I. Franklin, but
Franklin objected to the young man
aa a ion-ln-law, followed the couple
to the railway station, and shot Shaw
who died next day.
Cepper Found In Garvin County.
Paoli.—Paoli and vicinity may be-
come copper and silver mining terri-
tory In the near future Assays of
ore taken from this neighborhood,
made by the state chemist, shows
large percentages of both minerals,
and rumors are to the effect that Im-
mediate development of the field can
be expected. Copper is found both In
roek and In the clay underlying the
surface of Paoli One geologist says
that ore carrying as much as 2 per
cent can be smelted profitably, and
the local field exceeds this.
Williams Wants More Food Raised.
Durant—Governor Williams, who
owns several farms In this section,
has earneetly impressed upon all his
tenants the necessity of a larger acre-
age of food and feed crops, and also
Insists that they shall be planted at
once. Several other land owners In
this county ara following the gover-
nor's lead, and as a consequence ten-
ants who were going to get along
I with the usual planting are being In-
J duced to cultivate Intensively all ths
acreage possible and quite a consid-
erable Increase la anticipated
BODY OF MAN IN TRUNK.
Married on Monday; Hield for Murder
Occurring Two Days Later.
Pawnee.—Mrs. Mary F. Roe, 36
yaars old, was lodged In the Pawnee
county Jail chargeg with the mnrder
of her husband, &0 years old, who was
killed at Maramec, this county She
waB arrested at Yale, where t Is said
she had registered at a hotel under
the name of Florence Osborne
They were married In Pawnee two
days before the murder. She gave her
name to the marriage license clerk
then as Mary F. OBborne.
Mrs. Roe left her home In Mara-
mec and went to Yale. A little later
Roe's body was found In the basement
of an unused house. The bullet
which killed him had entered the
back of his head. The body. In night
clothing, had been packed In a trunk.
The trunk was strapped aa if ready to
be shipped.
Twenty Quarts of Alcohol Seized.
Bartlesville.—Because on* of twen-
ty quarts of pure grain aloohol was
broken an entire shipment of the wet
goods was conltsoated here. The
alcohol was shipped Into Bartlesville
In asteamer trunk. A deputy sheriff,
who happened to be at the station,
smelled the biting fumes of the al-
cohol and took his station near the
door of the Katy baggage rooms.
Frank Basden, who gave his resi-
dence as Tulsa, was the claimant of
the trunk, but he said after arrest
that he was merely getting another
man's baggage for him.
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Free sample each by mall with Rook.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
CRETE IS HAVEN FOR EXILES
Fugitives From Many Lands in Canea
Where No Extradition Treaties
Are In Force.
Canea Is In Crete, and Is a most
disreputably picturesque nnd Interest-
ing place. Crete Is n land of troubled
politics, a strategic point oil which
four or five states have had their eyes
for the last decade, and until recently
It was garrisoned by the troops of
live nations. Canea Is a seaport on the
busiest Mediterranean route, where
no extradition treaties are In force. All
of which Is another way of saying that
Canea Is a poor place to display a roll
if banknotes and then go home alone
tiy a dark street There Is always po-
litical trouble of one sort or another
on foot and there are always numer-
ous gentlemen of elastic morals from
Europe, Asia and Africa hanging about
the cafes, writes a traveler.
They are an Interesting crew, these
exiles from three continents. They
| range all the way from polished sol-
diers of fortune who have organized
and led revolutions of their own brew-
ing, to rugged Egyptian donkey boys
fleeing from justice for heaven knows
what petty crime. One and nil, they
have traveled considerably; they have
the sophisticated polish of men of the
world whether they ure In rugs or
broadcloth.
Conspicuous Is the use of many
tongues among this doubtful element
if the population; they shift from lan-
guage to language and dialect to dia-
lect without effort and nppurently
without thought. A Greek and an Al-
gerian may be quarreling In their na-
tive Idioms, nnd the altercation Is fol-
lowed with amused Indifference by
Turks, Egyptians, English, French,
Arabs, Italians. A very cosmopolitan
circle, the half-world of Canea.
Carmen Threaten Strike.
McAlester.—The employes of the
Pittsburg County Railway Company,
have demanded from 4 to 6 cents an
hour Increase In pay after May 1 or a
strike will be eaUed on the lines. The
contract with tha company expires
on that date. W. H. Vorce, general
manager, has offered half that wage
raise, declaring that more la Impos-
sible, as the company is losing money.
A deadlock holds. Thirty-five men
belong to the union. The train crews
are getting a maximum of 26 cents ai
hour no—
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Ragland, J. H. The Stroud Democrat (Stroud, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, May 4, 1917, newspaper, May 4, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc121265/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.