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E OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, and Other Thing! Worth Knowing. Premier Clemenceau again denied upon his return to Paris Sunday that he was a candidate for president. From Budapest comes word that the monarchical party has begun an active propaganda in favor of an English prince for the Hungarian throne. Sir John Simon, former secretary for home affairs, liberal candidate for the house of commons in the Spen Valley bye-election, was defeated by Tom Myers, the labor candidate. The British mission in New York made public Saturday a cable massage from the British treasury denying that Sir George Paish is negotiating a large American loan for Great Britain. Representatives of a Chicago paint ers' union announced Sunday they were making plans to oust all mem bers who hold membership in the American Legion. The Swedish steamer Jetland, bound from Buenos Aires to Gothenburg la den with corn, struck a mine in the Kattegat and sank Immediately. Five of the crew of 26 drowned. Secretary Daniels has Issued a call to the entire naval service designed to bring out full information as to acts of heroism or distinctive service by officers or men during the war which would justify the awarding of decora tions. George Colebrook, wealthy stock man of Corbln, Or., has been exoner ated of blame for the death of Joseph Johnson of Port Orford, who died fol lowing trouble between the two men in which Colebrook was alleged to have struck Johnson with a brick. A Moscow dispatch quotes a Dorpat report as saying that Admiral Kol chak, head of the Omsk government, has notified the United States govern ment that he will cede part of Siberia to Japan unless the allies send further assistance to the white armies to safe guard Russia. Carter Glass did not take bis seat as senator from Virginia when con gress reconvened Monday, having as sented to the request of President Wilson that he remain secretary of the treasury at least until January 15, by which time it Is expected his suc cessor will be nominated and con firmed. A copy of a secret Turkish circular, dated November 28, addressed to the provincial authorities and bearing the seal of the minister of the interior, reached Washington Saturday, order ing the forcible conversion to Islam of the few non-deported Armenians and those who have escaped massacres and death by privations and Bickness. Attorney-General Palmer has been asked by the executive committee of the United Mlneworkers of America, whose convention opened In Columbus, 0., Monday, to put a stop to alleged violations by operators in six states of the terms of the agreement which brought to an end the recent strike of soft coal miners. Secretary Daniels replied Sunday to attacks on his awards of navy decora tions in a letter to Chairman Page of the souate naval committee, which with the house naval committee prob ably will investigate the whole row precipitated by the refusal of Rear Admiral Sims and other officers to accept the decorations awarded to thorn. Three hundred Sinn Felnors attack ed tho police barracks at Carrlgtonhlll at 10 o'clock Saturday night, according to a dlBpatch to the Central News from Cork. The attacking forces fired volleys for three hours and then blew up the end of the building with bombs. Its occupants were made prisoners while the raiders looted the barracks. President Wilson has decided not to exercise powers conferred in the McNary sugar control bill authorizing purchase and distribution of the Cuban sugar crop, according to a statement Issued at the White house. Tho state ment said the president had decldod on the basis of facts presented for his consideration and the recommenda tion of the sugar equallxatlon board that this power should not be exorcised. WORLD HAPF CONGRESS TO BE VERY BUSY Foreign and Domestic Questions Re main Unsolved. Washington, D. C. Congress recon vened at noon Monday after a fort night's holiday, with months of hard work in sight and adjournment ex pected by few leaders before the presi dential campaign next fall. The only recess looked for is a brief one in summer, when the national party con ventions are in session. Innumerable domestic and interna tional problems await the attention of congress, with partisan politics of the coming presidential election promin ently to the fore. Political speeches of presidential candidates and mem bers of congress up for re-election are expected to flood the congressional records during the coming months. The senate resumed consideration of the sedition bill of Senator Sterling, republican, North Dakota, and later began work on the house water power development measure. The Victor election case was the principle Item of programme in the house, where leaders planned to reject immediately the re-election certificate of the Mil waukee socialist, ousted in the last session and promptly re-elected. The senate returned in the hope of disposing of the German peace treaty this month, but without substantial results from compromise negotiations during the holiday recess. The motion of Senator Underwood, democrat, Alabama, for appointment of a conciliation committee is await ing consideration and on the calendar, as Is the resolution of Senator Knox, republican, Pennsylvania, proposing ratification of all peace terms except the league of nations. Other treaties to be considered are the French, Austrian, Polish and the Panama canal settlement with Colom bia, and, possibly, the Turkish peace treaty. The railroad reorganization bills and the oil, coal, gas and phosphate land leasing bill, both in conference, are scheduled for final action this month. Unusual committee activity is on the programme. Army reorganization plans of the two military committees are completed and differ only in de tails except that the house bill is to be silent on universal military train ing projects. The senate committee will take up next Friday tho bill drafted by a subcommittee. Shipping legislation will be taken up January 12 by the senate commerce committee, with wooden ship contract adjustments slated for January 10. Many investigations will be prose cuted. Senate committees will con tinue the Mexican investigation here and on the border. Inquiry into naval awards of decora tions will be begun soon at joint hear ings of the senate and house naval committees. Investigation of bolshevik propa ganda and activities of L. C. A. K. Martens, soviet "ambassador," is to begin next Friday by a foreign rela tions subcommittee, headed by Sen ator Moses, republican, New Hamp shire. Other senate investigations planned include the coal situation, the Ford Newberry election contest from Michi gan, Investigation of the federal trade commission and charges of Senator Watson, republican, Indiana, that some of its employes are socialist propagandists, and the newsprint pa per situation. General tariff or internal 'revenue tax revision legislation is not planned during the present session. Repeal of the war luxury taxes on soft drinks is planned before hot weather sets in. Child Labor Increases. Washington, D. C An increase in the number of working children and a longer working day for children under 16 was the effect of the war on child labor, according to a state ment issued Saturday night by the department of labor. In a number of states an appreciable increase was noted in the violations of state laws following the decision by the supreme court declaring the federal child-labor law unconstitutional. Oil and Gasoline Go Up. New York. An advance of 1 cent per gallon in the price of gasoline and kerosene, effective Monday, was an nounced by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. The new prices apply both to export and domestio trade. The communism of Lenlne and Trotzky recognizes no national lines or state boundaries, but aims at en gulfing the entire world through es tablishment of a "dictatorship of pro letariat," according to the "essence of sovletism" prepared by the bolshevlkl themselves and included in a collec tion of press utterances translated from Russian newspapers for the state department PLOT FOR REVOLT REVEAED RAID Red Plan to Fan Strikes Into Revolution Nipped. AGITATORS IN FIELD Dragnet Brings in 4500. About 2635 of Whom Probably Will Be Deported Shortly. Washington, D. C Radical leaders planned to develop the recent steel and coal strikes into a general strike and ultimately into a revolution to overthrow the government, according to information gathered by federal agents in Friday night's wholesale round-up of members of the communist and communist labor parties. A definite program to expand the two labor disturbances to blot out ev ery resemblance of organized govern ment, was disclosed in evidence gath ered in half a score of cities. This data, officials said, tended to prove that the nation-wide raids had nipped the most menacing revolutionary plot yet unearthed. Officials indicated that both groups of radicals were only awaiting an op portune moment to carry in among other workers the same sort of agita tion employed among steel workers and coal miners. Among the foreign element of the communist and com munist labor parties information de scribed as conclusive revealed that payrolls have been "loaded" with agi tators to be sent suddenly to every fertile field in support of a general strike campaign. Durign the last two weeks of the coal strike communist agitators were discovered to have penetrated prac tically every mining center east of the Mississippi river. Evidence showed that in several instances where min ers had voted to return to work, the communists had spread their propa ganda of distrust of the government to such an extent, it was said, that few miners actually got back to their jobs. Attempts to incite the mine work ers to violence were the most bold in West Virginia, officials said, serious trouble being narrowly averted there. But all soft coal regions were infest ed and much of the data leading up to Friday's raids were gathered by secret agentB circulating among the miners and coming in contact with the agitators themselves, it was disclosed. Late figures received by Mr. Garvan showed that a total of 2635 aliens were held with evidence which federal agents believed was sufficient to war rant deportation. The total number of arrests was es timated at close to 4500, although this estimate was changing almost hourly. As more cities reported it was evi denced that the number of radicals caught in the raids would exceed ex pectations. Among them were many "parlor bolshevists," who, it was ad mitted, would have to be turned over to state authorities. Only about ten of the state have laws adequate to handle this class of disturbers, Mr. Garvan said. Last Troops Quit Pari. Paris. The departure or Brigadier General William D. Connor from Paris on the evening of January 9 with 300 officers and men, marks the final withdrawal of the American forces from France. General Connor and his party will sail from Antwerp January 11. By that date all the buildings oc cupied in Paris by the American army will have been given up with the ex ception of several small offices. Gen eral Connor leaves behind less than 100 American officers and men, mostly connected with the graves registration service. Brest, the last American port open, was closed January 1. Coal Output Picks Up. Washington, D. C Coal production is again sufficient to meet current re quirements, according to the weekly report made public Saturday night by Walker D. Hlnes, director-general of railroads. In the central western re gion, coal production was exceptional ly large, the report says, loading being 54 per cent more than the same period last year and 148 per cent more than the previous week. Business condi tions are improving generally. Yuma Hidden From Sun. Yuma, Ariz. For the first time In 45 years, the 'sun failed to shine on Yuma Saturday, according to state ments by persons who have lived here that long. The rain tell for 13 hours straight. One hotel here has a large sign offering tree board and gasoline every day the sun falls to shine. It Is understood the manager was ready to make the offer good had anyone so requested, but no one did. WOLVES OF THE SEA - CHAPTER XXVII Continued. 18 "Vot vas eet you say 'bout dis sheep? Eet haf cholera heyr' Dorothy took a step forward, and confronted them, her cheeks flushed. "You are sailors," she said, speaking swiftly, "and ought not to be afraid if a girl isn't It is true this vessed was ravaged by cholera, and the crew died ; but the bodies have been flung over board Captain Carlyle risked his life to do that before he asked us aboard. Now there is no danger so long as we remain on deck. I have no fear." The Swede shook his head, grum bling something, but before the revolt could spread Watkins broke in. "An that's right, miss. I wus on the Bombay Castle when she took cholera, an' we hed twenty-one days of it beatin' agin head winds off the Cape. We lost sixteen o' the crew, but not a man among us who stayed on deck got sick. Anyhow, these blokes are goln' ter try their luck aboard yere, er else swim fer it." He grinned cheerfully, letting slip the end of the painter, the released quarter-boat gilding gently away astern, the width of water constantly Increas ing. "Now, bullies, jump fer it If yer want ter go. All right then, my hearties, let's hunt up something to work with and scrub this deck. That's the way to clean out cholera." He led the way and they followed him, grumbling and cursing, but obe dient. I added a word of encourage ment, and In a few minutes the whole gang was busily engaged in cleaning up the mess forward, their first fears evidently forgotten In action. Watkins kept after them like a slave driver. It was not difficult finding plently for the lads to do, making the neg lected schooner shipshape, and adjust ing the spread of canvas aloft to the new course I decided upon. Sam started a fire In the galley and pre pared a hot meal, singing as he worked, and before noon I had as cheerful a ship's crew forward as any man could possibly ask for. Dorothy and I glanced over the log, but gained little information. As the sun reached the meridian I ventured again into the cabin and returned with the necessary Instruments to determine our position. With these and the pricked chart, I managed fairly well In determining our location, and choosing the most direct course toward the coast. CHAPTER XXVIII. i A New Plan of Escape. Nothing occurred during the after noon to disturb the routine work aboard or to cause me any uneasiness. Sunset brought clouds, and by the time it was really dark the entire sky was overcast, but the sea remained com paratively calm and the wind steady. It was a pleasant night in spite of the darkness, the air soft and refresh ing. The locker was filled with flags, representing almost every nation on earth. I dragged these out and spread them on the deck abaft the cabin, thus forming a very comfortable bed, and at last Induced the girl to lie down, wrapping her In a blanket. Finally I found a seat beside her on a coll of rope, and we fell Into conversation. This was the first opportunity we "bad enjoyed to actually talk with each other alone. "Dorothy," I said humbly, "you were frightened last night I cannot hold you to what you said to me then." "You mean you do not wish to? But I was not frightened." "And you still repeat what you said then? You said, 'I love you.' " "Yes, I can repeal that I love you." "Those are dear, dear words; but I ought not to listen to them, or believe. I am not free to ask a pledge of you, or to beg you to trust me in marriage." "Is not that rather for me to de cide?" she questioned archly. "I make a 'confession now. You remember the night I met you on deck, wheu you were a prisoner, and told you that you had become the property of Roger Fairfax? I loved you then, although I scarcely acknowledged the truth even to myself. We are all alike, we Fair faxes; we choose for ourselves, and laugh at the world. That is my an swer, Geoffry Carlyle; I give you love for love." "I would ask an opportunity denied me to stand once more in honor among men. I would not be ashamed before Dorothy Fairfax," "Nor need you be," she exclaimed Impetuously, her hands pressing mine. "You wrong yourself, even as you have been wronged. You have already done that which shall win you freedom, if it be properly presented to those In power. I mean that it shall be, once I am safely back in Virginia. Tell me, what are your plans with with this achooner?" "To beach It somewhere along shore, and leave it there a wreck, while we escape. The men insist on It with good reason. They have been pirates, and might be hung if caught" "And yet to my mind," she Insisted earnestly, "that choice Is most dan gerous. I am a girl, but If I command ed here, do you know what I would do? I would sail this vessel straight to the By RANDALL PARR1SH iriii(, by A, C McUurg Co. Chesapeake and surrender it to the authorities. The men have nothing to fear with me aboard and ready to testi fy in their behalf. The governor will accept my word without a question. These men are not pirates, but honest seamen compelled to serve in order to save their lives; they mutinied and captured the bark, but were later over come, and compelled to take the boats. The same plea can be made for you, Geoffry, only you were there in an ef fort to save me. It is a service which ought to win you freedom. If the gov ernor fail me, I will bear my story to the feet of the king. I ain a Fairfax, and we have friends In England, strong, powerful friends." "I am convinced," I admitted, after a pause, "that this course Is the wiser one, but fear the opposition of the men. They will never go willingly." "There is an argument which will overcome their fear. I mean cupidity. Each sailor aboard has un interest In the salvage of this vessel under the English law. Also there must be gold aboard perhaps treasure also. Let the crew dream that dream and you will need no whip to drive them Into an English port." "Full pardon, nud possibly wealth with it," I laughed. "A beautiful scheme, Dorothy, yet it might work. Still, If I know sailormen, they would doubt the truth, if It came direct from me, for I am not really one of them." "But Watkins is. Explain It all to him ; tell him who I am, the Influence I can wield in the colony, and then let him whisper the news to the others. Will you not do this for my sake?" "Yes," I answered; "I believe you have found the right course. If you will promise to lie down and sleep I will talk with Watkins now. I may catch some catnaps before morning, but most of the time shall be prowling about deck. Good night, dear girl." She extended her arms, und drew me down until our lips met. "You are actually afraid of me still," she said. "Why should you be?" "Somehow, Dorothy, you have al ways seemed so far away from me I . I Dared Not Let Go. . have never been able to forget. But now the touch of your Hps has " "Broken down the last barrier?" "Yesj forever." "Are you sure? Would you not feel still less doubt if you kissed me again?" I held her closely, gazing down Into the dimly revealed outline of her face, and this time felt myself the master. I left her there and groped my own way forward. I found Watkins awake. He listened gravely to what I had to say, with little comment, and was evi dently weighing every argument in his mind. "I've bin In Virginia and Maryland, sir," he said at last seriously, "and If the young woman is a Fairfax, she'll likely have influence enough ter do just whut she says. I'll talk it over with the lads. If they wus only sure thar wus treasure aboard I guess most of 'em would face hell ter git their hands on a share of It." "Then why not search and see?" He shook his head obstinately. "Not me, slrl I don't prowl around in no cholera ship, loaded with dead men not if I never git rich." "Then I will," and I got to my feet In sudden determination. "You keep the deck while I go below. Light the lantern and bring It here. If there Is any specie hidden aboard this hook er It will be either in the cabin or lazaret. And, whether there Is or not, my man, the Santa Marie turns north tomorrow if I have to fight every sea wolf on board single-handed." CHAPTER XXIX. A 8truog!e in the Dark. He came back with the lnntern In his hand, a mere tin box containing a can die, the dim flame visible through nu merout punctures. Neither of us spoke 15 J 33 until my hand was on the companion door ready to slide It open. "I'll not be long below," I said sober- ly. "Better go forward and see that your lookout men are awake, and then come back here." The port stateroom I had not pre viously entered because of a locked door. I determined on breaking in here. There was no key In the lock, and the stout door resisted by efforts. Placing the lantern on the deck I suc ceeded finally in inserting the blade of a hatchet so as to gain a purchase sufiicient to release the lutcli. As the door yielded a sharp cry assailed me from within. It came forth so sud denly and with so wild nn accent I stepped blindly backward In fright, my foot overturning the luntern, which, with a single flicker of the candle, went out. In that last gleam I saw a dim, grotesque outline fronting me. Then, in the darkness, gleamed two green, menacing eyes, growing steadily larger, nearer, as I stared ut them in horror. Was it man or beast? Devil from hell, or some crazed human agaiust whom I must battle for life? The green eyes glared into my face. I lifted my hand toward him, und touched hair! My antagonist was a giant African ape. Even as the big ape's grip caught me, lipping through jucket sleeve to the flesh, I realized my great peril, but I was no longer paralyzed with fear, helpless before the unknown. I drove my hatchet straight between those two gleaming eyes. The brute staggered back, drugging me with him. His humanlike cry of pain ended in a snarl, but, brief as the respite proved, It gave me grip on his under jaw and an opportunity to drive my weapon twice more ugajnst the hairy face. The pain served only to madden the beast, and before I could wrench free he had me clutched In nn Iron grip, my jacket torn into shreds. Ills jaws snapped ut my face, but I had such purchase as to prevent their touching me, and mindless of the claws tearing at my flesh I forced the animal's head back until the neck cracked and the lips gave vent to a wild scream of agony. I dared not let go ; dared not relax for an Instant the exercise of every ounce of strength. I felt as though the life was being squeezed out of me by the grasp of those hairy arms; yet the very vise in which I was held yielded me leverage. The hatchet dropped to the deck and both my hands found lodgment under the jaw, the muscles of my arms strained to the utmost, as I forced back that horrid head. Little by little it gave way, the suffering brute whining in agony, until, the pain becoming unendurable, the clinging arms suddenly released their hold let ting me drop heavily to the deck. By some good fortune I fell upon the discarded hatchet, and stumbled to my feet once more, gripping the weapon again In my fingers. I sprang straight toward hlin, sending the sharp blade of the hatchet crashing against the skull. The aim was good, the stroke a death blow, yet the monster got me with one paw, and we fell to the deck together, he savagely claw ing me In his death agony. Then the hairy figure quivered and lay motion less. I released the stiffening grip, rising to my knees, only to immediate ly pitch forward unconscious. When I camo back once more to life I was upon the schooner's deck breath ing the fresh night air, Dorothy and Watkins bending over me. CHAPTER XXX. Opening of the Treasure Chert. The dawn came slowly, and with but little Increase of light. The breeze had almost entirely died away, leaving the canvas aloft motionless, the schooner barely moving through a slightly heav ing sen, in the midst of a dull-gray mist. When Watkins emerged from the mist I proposed to him that we go below and continue the search for gold. He was not anxious to go and Dorothy persuaded me to let her go with me. Iu the room where the ape had been hidden we found a big chest and I set to work to open It It proved harder than I had be lieved, the staple of the lock clinging to the hard teak wood of which the chest was made. The lid was heavy, but as I finally forced it backward a hinge snapped and permitted it to drop crashing to the deck. For an in stant I could see nothing within. "Lift up the luntern, Dorothy, please. No, higher than that What In God's name? Why, It Is the corpse of a woman !" (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Good Fight A good fight is never for Its day alone. It is for many days. And It Is not alone for him who bears Its utmost stress. No man can live his own life bravely and not be an energy of social good, virtue proceeding forth from him to heal some brother's wounded heart There is a riddle here for us to guess. John White Chad. wick. " An Advantage. Another advantage of tortoise shell glasses ift that they cover up a good deal of face. Kansas Industrialist