SAVING A RUBENS MASTERPIECE
Germany 1» Preparing
to Attack Great Britain
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
“Oh, father, tell the tru th ,” Rath*
erlne Interrupted. "T hese gentlem en
w ant to m eet you, Mr. Slade. I hear
we're to expect g reat things of you.
! * A m sterdam — Reports are current in
You see. I’ve been mixed up In poli
B erlin th a t th e Krupps have completed
tics all my life, and I do love to have
enormously heavy guns of a calibre
a hand in them .”
and range never before attem pted and
"S he’d run for president If th ey ’d
th a t a large fleet of Zeppelins is being
let her," teased h er father.
"Indeed I would,” th e girl adm itted,
j collected n ear Kiel aw aitin g a favor-
brazenly. “I’ve got politics in my
! able opportunity to sail for England,
blood, and home doesn't seem like
according to th e statem en ts of a B rit
home unless politics are being brewed
ish new spaper man who has ju s t re
in our dining-room. So you’ll both
Twenty-seven cases of cholera are
come, w on't you—you and Mrs. Slade."
turned from B erlin to A m sterdam .
reported in Vienna.
Slade was stam m ering his accept
A rtillery officers assured this corres
A t the fall of A ntw erp 20,000 troops
üopyrlf IjL. l ju (PaüUcaUou Ululila Udsanraâl bj d a Tul Beiasco.
ance when S trickland Interrupted ab
pondent th a t th e new K rupp guns have ! were made prisoners.
I
SYNOPSIS.
woman th a t m akes a man glow with ruptly.
a range o f about 25 m iles and probably
"H ow ’d you like to be governor,
A
German
subm
arine
is
responsible
pride to present as his wife or daugh
are destined for use a t some channel
'
for
the
sinking
of
a
Russian
cruiser,
D a n i e l S l a d e s u d d e n l y a d v a n c e s f r o m a ter. She was all th at Mary Slade was Slade?”
port in ev en t th e G ermans secure a
Slade threw back his head w ith a
p e n n ile s s m i n e r to a m illio n a ire a n d b e
foothold there. He also says th at the ' together w ith 568 men.
c o m e s a p o w e r In t h e p o l i t i c a l a n d b u s i not.
laugh th a t was intended to denote
Slade
stood
looking
a
t
her,
fasci
n
e
s
s
w
o
r
l
d
.
H
e
h
a
s
h
i
s
e
y
e
o
n
t
h
e
g
o
v
e
r
I aeroplane facto ries in Germany are
Ferdinand, nephew of the late King n o r ' s c h a i r . H i s s i m p l e , h o m e - l o v i n g w i f e
nated. forgetting for the m om ent the com plete unconcern.
w orking day and night supplying ma Charles, of Roumania, has ascended to f a l l s t o r i s e t o t h e n e w c o n d i t i o n s .
"Oh—th a t talk! Did the evening
man she was with, rem em bering noth
chines and th a t 200 av iators are qual the throne of th a t country.
ing but the m agnetic personality of papers put th a t into your head or—”
CHAPTER I—Continued.
ifying for m ilitary service every week.
It is claimed th a t Italy has spent
the woman whose reputation for do and he paused significantly, "did you
“ The B ritish are more hated than
$1,000,000 a day since the w ar began
ing big things in a big way was a l put it into th e evening papers?"
“Dan,”
she
said,
“I’ll
tell
you
some-
e ith e r the French or R ussians," he
Strickland's laugh was a practical
in preparing her arm y fo r w ar.
ready
known to him—a woman whose
!
thing.
These
expensive
laundries
ruin
said.
“ The G ermans would ra th e r
admission.
eyes
m
eeting
his
gave
back
flash
for
The Boers, subjects of G reat B rit your sh irts right off, and when 1
capture one Englishm an than 20
"It would m ean a hard fight, Slade.
others.
In
G ermany England is ain, are said to be in revolt and wish washed ’em they lasted a whole year. flash and understanding for under The w ater-front crow d's agaiust you.
standing.
| They ain’t ironed right, eith er.”
blamed for it all, rig h tly or wrongly. to establish th e ir own republic.
Almost m echanically Slade found and you can 't get on w ithout th eir
“Oh, my God!" groaned Slade, help
She is accused of being a t the bottom
influence."
It is reported from P etrograd th a t
of th is war. N eith er officers nor men Germ any has ordered all officers and lessly, pitying her lack of understand him self acknow ledging S enator Strick
“N ot in this town, a t least," am end
of the G erm an arm y seem to have men, regardless of age, to the colors. ing ra th e r than being angry w ith her. land's form al presentation of his ed K atherine.
“I wish you’d forget, Mary, th at I daughter. H esitatingly he offered his
much regard for the B ritish arm y as
“You’ve got to have W esley M erritt,
The
Boston “ B rav es”
won the had to let you wash and scrub once. hand, which the girl, perfectly at
a fighting machine, but they freely ad
his paper, his highfaluting editorials
ease,
grasped
with
a
cordial,
sym
pa
m ire the pluck o f the B ritish officers w orld’s series from th e Philadelphia W e’re up now. L et us kick the lad
and his speechm aking—and his wife,”
four stra ig h t der out from under us and stay up— thetic pressure. H er eyes w ere look
and the rapid range-finding abilities of A thletics by tak in g
ing critically into his, much as if she S trickland explained. "H e and his
games.
forget how we got h ere.”
B ritish artille ry .
crowd run the tow n.”
“But I don’t w ant to forget,” rem on were trying to read him through and
“ Ju d g in g from w hat I saw in B er
Governor H unt, of A rizona, has or
"Oh, you mean my neighbors?"
lin, th a t city a t th is mom ent holds an dered the S tate G uards to prepare to strated the little wisp of a woman op through and take his m easure for fu aeked Slade. "T hey’ll come around,"
o th er five o r six arm y corps of able- protect the te rrito ry along the Mexi posite him. "I was perfectly con ten t tu re use.
H er easy, graceful acceptance of the he finished, m eaningly.
ed those days. I a in 't now. I hate
bodied young men attached e ith er to can border.
“But, man alive! Only today M er
situation,
her thoughtful Inquiry for
this house. 1 h ate It. It’s too big.
the first or second reserve or to the
r itt’s attack on you was scurrilous. I
Mrs.
Slade’s
health,
prom
pted
by
weil-
The
22
men
charged
w
ith
m
urdering
The help scare me, so many of ’em.
landsturm . The same proportionately
rem onstrated with him myself. H e’s
may be said of all th e other German Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his I'd like Jest one hired girl and my old bred sym pathy rath e r than any curi your out-and-out enemy. I’ve tried to
cities. E veryw here I was struck by m organatic w ife, which is said to have sitting-room set.” She stopped m edi ous interest, and the cultured m odula get him—to—to come over and shake
started the European w ar, are on tria l tatively, her thoughts w andering back tion of her splendid voice, charm ed
the boundless enthusiasm for w a r.”
hands, but he sw ears he'll never c >ss
in A ustria.
Removing the "Assumption of th ) V irgin” from A ntw erp cathedral for
to the early days when her husband
your threshold—”
the purpose of hiding It In a cellar to save It from tho vandalism of German
took
his
pick
and
dinner
pail
and
Six hundred wounded Frenchm en,
World’s Baseball Series
“I guees th ey ’ll come when I w ant
ralde;
tram
ped
off
to
the
mines,
and
she
rn in g from the front, w ere killed
’em to come,” Slade interrupted, with
Won by Boston Braves retu
in a railroad w reck when the tra in was sang as she bent over the w ashtub
an assurance his auditors could not
“ On October 9 two of th e inner forts
Boston—The Boston N ational league p recipitated from a tre stle into the and busied herself a t the kitchen
understand. “In fact. I’m looking for
w ere tak en . A t 2:30 o ’clock on the
stove.
Marne
river.
’em any m inute now,” and he consult
afternoon of October, 9 the city of club completed the m ost rem arkable
H er husband sa t w ith face averted,
ed his watch.
“ It is stated th a t th e G erm ans lost his im agination carrying him far into
A ntw erp was occupied by G erm an in record in modern professional baseball
“You're looking for them —here—to
fan try w ithout resistance on th e p a rt by d efeatin g th e Philadelphia A m eri 45,000 men during the a tta c k on the the future— a vision of honor as chief
night?” gasped Strickland, showing
o f the Belgians, whose conduct was cans in the fo urth and final gam e of fortresses Waelhem and W avre-St. executive of the state and pow er in
plainly he thought Slade was m aking
C atherine a t A n tw erp ,” says a Cen keeping with the untold riches be had
valiant. However, th e effect of the
a Joke of the m atter.
German a rtillery , in fan try and m arine th e w orld’s series a t Fenw ay Park tra l News dispatch from A m sterdam . accum ulated.
"Yes, tonight." replied the would-be
divisions in the first atta c k was such Tuesday by a score of 3 to 1.
“T h at’s it,” he finally exclaimed, “I
The retu rn for last week issued by
governor, quietly, and turned to K ath
th a t resistance was futile.
Beginning w ith th e ir rush from last the Reichsbank of B erlin she ws an in want to go ahead and you w ant to
erine.
“ A large qu an tity of supplies was place in the senior league in the m id crease of 544,000,000 m arks ($136,- stick over your w ashtubs. I need the
Strickland subsided, a question
taken by the Germans. The efficiency dle of July, the B raves have broken 000,000) in specie notes, w hile circula support of big people—got to mix with
growing in his mind as to w hether hs
of the G erm an troops was recognized
tion shows a decrease of 292,000,000 'em, and be one of ’em. And you
had fully m easured the man ho expect
by th e em peror in conferring on Gen trad itio n s and records in the N ational
won’t."
ed to use for his own political and
Commanding General 'tells Citi eral von Beseler the order of m e rit.” sport w ith speed and abandon during m arks ($73,000,000).
“No, I don't have to,” replied Mary.
financial ends. T here was in Slade's
The follow ing official statem en t was "I needn’t.”
the last three months.
zens His Forces Have Entered.
m ethod of fighting a direct and open
They em erged la te in the afternoon given out a t P aris : “ T here is noth
“You don’t see the necessity of Join
City as Conquerors.
Secretary to Pope Benedict
quality th a t would m ake htm hard to
V iolent ing me?” he asked, testily.
champions of th e universe, leaving a ing in p articu lar to report.
s have occurred along the front.
handle in th e crooked and indirect
XIV Pannes Suddenly tra il of sta rtlin g surprises and upsets attack
“I don't know how.”
ways of political life.
in th e ir wake which it will be hard to We have gained ground a t some points
“Do
you
w
ant
to
know
how?"
he
Rome Cardinal Dominic F e rra ta , duplicate in y ears to come.
London—Germany has imposed a fine
and we have not lost a t any p lace .”
K atherine S trickland’s eyes n a r
persisted.
of £20,000,000 ($100,000,000) on A n t th e cardinal secretary of state, died
rowed as she m et Slade's gaze. H er
L ast and fa r from the least of th eir
“No,”
cam
e
the
provoklngly
indiffer-
In
a
dispatch
from
Rome,
th
e
corre
Sunday.
werp as a w ar indem nity.
quick, calculating m ind saw in th is
accom plishm ents was th e overthrow in
The im m ediate cause of the death of four consecutive gam es of the world- spondent of the C entral N ews says snt answer.
The population of A ntw erp is about
man the possibility of realizing h er
“You’re putting the bars up in the
th
a
t
M
ontenegrin
troops
are
now
only
Cardinal
F
e
rra
ta
was
p
erito
n
itis,
an
292,000. The levy, th erefore, Is ap
highest hopes and am bitions. W ith
famous baseball m achine of Connie eig h t hours’ march from R agusa, the middle of th e road,” he continued,
outcome of his protracted illness. Be Mack, w ith its hundred thousand dollar
proxim ately $342 per capita.
such a man a woman could scale any
‘and I’m m aking up my mind to
A dispatch to th e R euter Telegram cause of this perito n itis, it was consid infield, home-run heroes and corps of A ustro-H ungarian seaport in D alm a
heights—reach any goal. He was hard
change
things."
tia,
the
fall
of
which
is
believed
to
be
company from A m sterdam says th a t ered im prudent to operate.
—yes! But a man needs to be hard
skillfully blended veteran afld youthful im m inent.
Suddenly
M
ary’s
lips
quivered
and
The death of th e cardinal w as not pitching stars.
General von lleseler, commander o f the
in these dayB and tim es if he is ever
a h u rt look showed in her eyes behind
German troops th a t captured A ntw erp, unexpected. The news was conveyed
The London D aily M ail’s A m sterdam
to accom plish anything. In her fer
To the victors belong the spoils and
the
m
isty
tears
as
she
realized
th
at
has issued the following proclam ation: to the Pope by telephone and his com the credit, and unexpected as was the correspondent says B erlin new spapers
tile brain sm oldered am bitions as
w
hatever
she
did
irrita
te
d
her
hus
“ To the inhabitants of A ntw erp: m ent w as: “ God’s will be done, but crushing defeat, th e Mackmen took it are d is trib u tin g posters announcing
g reat as his am bitions th a t she now
band. She started to speak, but was
The German arm y has entered your it tak es from me a dear friend and my in sportsm anlike sp irit, praising the th a t the civil population is leaving
realized would never be attained un
interrupted
by
the
entrance
of
a
serv
city as conquerors.
No citizen shall rig h t hand. ”
less she m ade some great, radical
w inners and offering no excuses for B elfort, a fortified French tow n in ant, who announced th a t S enator
The Pope im m ediately retire d to his th e ir failu re to hold th e ir national the so-called te rrito ry of B elfort, in
be harmed and your property shall be
change in h er life.
Strickland
and
his
d
aughter
had
Just
spared if you refra in from hostile acts. p riv ate apartm ents, w here he prayed league riv als in check. In fact, none fear of a bombardment.
She had pushed h er fath e r as far
phoned to say th at he and his daugh
All refractions will be punished ac for tho repose of the soul of th e de are available, for th e Bostonians for
as the man would—could go. She
The French embassy a t Rome has ter would call on th eir way to the
cording to th e law of w ar and may parted cardinal.
had outdistanced every girl in h e r
th e Bostonians out-played and out- issued a com m unication saying th a t apera.
The secretary of sta te passed away gam ed th e ir more experienced oppon
lend to the dem olition of your beauti
circle. She had reached high, but she
the French cannon of long range land
Slade's
face
flushed
and
paled
a
t
the
surrounded by fa ith fu l friends. He e n ts in every gam e and departm ennt
ful c ity .”
had trium phed. Now she was a t the
ed a t A ntivari Septem ber 22, have all thought—flushed a t th e pleasurable
The Hague correspondent of the E x was conscious to the last mom ent. of play. The b est th a t could be said
end of h er teth er. It was a m a tte r
been transported to the “top of Mount tu rp rise at this unlooked-for attention
change Telegraph company says th a t His last rem ark w as: “ 1 am so tire d ; of the A thletics by th e ir w arm est ad
of m aking some one huge stroke or
Lovchen, from which a bom bardm ent from the senator, and paled as he
Prince August W ilhelm, the fourth son I go to join my sa v io r,.”
sinking hack into stupid obscurity, a
m irers was th a t the team , n eith er col of C attaro, D alm atia, has begun.
thought of th e sen ato r’s stunningly
C ardinal F e rra ta was strick en w ith lectively nor as individuals, appeared
of the emperor, was among the first to
situation all the more b itte r because
gowned
d
aughter
arriving
to
find
his
B ritish w ar office reports large loss
penetrate th e fortifications of A n t appendicitis soon a fte r his appoint to g e t going in th e form shown in p re
of h er previous successes.
The
wife
in
a
cheap,
ill-fitting
dress
th
a
t
of officers, 236 are killed, 686 wounded
werp. He sen t an enth u siastic m es m ent on Septem ber 4 to th e officie of vious world series.
thought of settling down into the ev
would
have
looked
badly
even
for
and 322 m issing.
sage to the em peror, who replied, be papal secretary o f sta te . The cardinal
eryday life of the w estern city w here
morning wear.
She Was All T hat Mary Slade Was she was born m ade h er very soul
stow ing the Iron Gross on the prince was born a t Montefiascone, Italy, in
A dispatch to th e H avas Agency
Fraud
Convictions
Stand.
“Mary, you look like a steerage pas
Not.
1847. He w as created and proclaimed
and General Reseler.
squirm . Surely th ere was som ething
“ I t is reported senger," he exclaimed suddenly, tu rn
San Francisco — The U nited States from C ettin je says:
For six
According to a rep o rt received here a cardinal Ju n e 22, 189ti.
here
th
a
t
the
R
oum
ania
P
rince
Ghika,
ing on the flustered little woman, who him as no woman had ever done be more in life for her. Surely th ere
C
ircuit
Court
of
Appeals
denied
an
ap
from The H ague, Baron von der years he was papal nuncio a t P aris and
w ere bigger goals to be gained.
who has arrived a t S cutari, w ill try to was aghast a t the very thought of a fore.
Schuetz has been ap|H>inted governor late r was p refect of the Congregation peal of Charles E. Houston and John profit by th e present critical mom ent
She had never realized how em pty
call from the sen ato r and his daugh
T here was nothing of the shy, re tir
II.
Bullock
from
th
e
ir
sentence
in
1912
of A ntw erp and has notified the Bel of bishops in Rome.
to have him self proclaim ed P rince of ter. "Go up stairs and dress.
I’ll ing ingenue in K atherine S trickland's the old home life was until now, when
to
a
y
ear
in
prison
and
fines
of
$2000
gian refugees in Holland th a t they
make excuses and hold them till you makeup. She was a woman of splen she suddenly found herself a part of
each on conviction of conspiracy to de A lbania. ”
may retu rn unmolested w ith all g u a r
come down.”
did physique and wonderful m ental de it again a fter the brilliant E uropean
fraud the governm ent in the sale of
Italian Army Ready and
antees for th e ir safety.
“ The communal council of Ostend
velopment. H er appeal to a man was season and the stim ulating, exciting
“I
can’t,”
she
gasped.
“I
a
in
’t
got
coal. The appeal was made on tech
It is said th a t th e G erm an soldiers
has passed unanim ously a declaration time, anyway, and I haven’t anything th a t of a dom inant intellect as much life in diplom atic circles at the capital.
Equipped
tor
Winter
nical grounds which w ere upheld in one
are active in m astering the fires.
The thought of rem aining in the W est,
th a t th e tow n is ready for every sacri
as of a lovely woman. She im m edi
London Tho Daily Mail correspon dissenting opinion. Houston and Bul fice in order to re sist the G erm an ad to go to the opera in.”
The G emrans agreed in th e term s of
a big frog in a little puddle, had
ately
im
pressed
Slade
as
being
keen
Slade
leaned
forw
ard
and
struck
lock
w
ere
found
guilty
in
the
Federal
capitulation not to disarm the civic dent a t Chiasso, Sw itzerland, say s:
grown positively hateful to her. Big
vance to the last m o m en t,” says the
“ The Italian governm ent is spend courts in W ashington of having com London D aily T elegraph’s O stend cor the table with his clenched fist. "Don’t w itted, strong-m inded and clever. His or little herself, she w anted a big
guards or m ake prisoners o f males be
adm
iration
displayed
itself
in
his
shin
you
understand?
You
m
ust
see
these
bined
to
ex
act
e
x
o
rb
itan
t
prices
for
ing $10,000,000 on w in ter outfits for
tw een the ages of 18 and 30 years.
respondent.
people. T onight's paper nam es me for ing eyes and his unusually affable, a t puddle. She was quite satisfied in h er
troops, including woolen v ests and fur coal delivered to arm y officials in Se
own mind th at no puddle would be so
S tric k la n d s Influence is tentive manner.
a ttle in 1908. Betw een them Houston
The French au th o rities have seized governor.
big th at she couldn't become a frog
B erlin—The G erm an ollieial rejwirt coats, suitable for a cam paign in the and Bullock obtained
more
necessary
to
me
than
any
other
Suddenly
he
found
him
self
com
par
$92,041 on food supplies valued at betw een $1,-
mountains. The Italian arm y is now
of considerable 6ize in it.
on the capture of A ntw erp says:
checks signed by Q u arterm aster J . E. 600,000 and $2,000,000 w hich had been m an's In the whole state. He controls ing his own little old-fashioned wife
q
u
ite
ready
for
any
e
v
e
n
tu
a
lity
.”
Now. as her restless brain and soul
“ The first shot was fired on Septem
A V enetian new spaper, however, an B axter. The governm ent charged th at deposited on the docks a t H av re by a the party. H e's bringing his daugh with this handsom e, self-possessed clam ored for higher goals and a wider
ber 38 ag ain st the o u ter line of forts.
woman
before
him.
W
hat
a
wife
K
ath
ter
to
my
house.
You’re
m
eeting
them
they
had
stiffed
all
bidding
and
th
at
G erm an firm.
The action w as taken
field, the thought of Slade's millions,
On October 1 th e 'tirs t forts w ere taken nounces that Italian workmen have the moneys obtained w ere fa r in excess
to prevent the supplies from being socially. Come on. now, come on”— erine Strickland would be for the gov Slade's dom inating, forceful personal
by assault.
The riv e r N ethe was been obliged to leave Roum ania be of a reasonable price for the coal.
ernor
of
a
state!
W
hat
a
picture
she
he
becam
e
persuasive—
"put
on
a
nice
taken abroad.
crossed by the G erm an infantry and cause th a t country is preparing for
little gown and come along and show would make presiding at the head of ity, Slade's reputation for sw eeping
w ar, the popular voice insisting on it.
artillery on O ctober 6 and 7.
How ■ everything before him. Slade's prob
A dispatch from P etrograd says the them you can do som ething. W e'll a m illionaire's dinner tables!
Return o f Belgians Up.
able governorship, flashed through h er
On October 7 A ntw erp was notified According to them , it is only a ques
w
onderfully
such
a
woman
would
hold
a
reception
here
and
it'll
be
s
Russians have driven th e G erm ans
mind like a burning streak of electrio
Berlin N egotiations are in progress
th at a bombardment was im m inent and tion of days. The M essaggero’s V ien
adorn
the
richly
furnished
room
s
of
direct
answ
er
to
W
esley
M
erritt’s
slur
from
W
loclawek,
R
ussian
Poland,
36
fire. W ith him, with his weapons,
this was begun a t 12:40 o ’clock in the na correspondent has been told by a betw een The N etherlands and Germany m iles southeast o f Thorn, E ast P rus on you in tonight's paper."
his
newly
built
m
ansion!
Instead
of
w hat a career lay before a woman!
morning of October 8. Sim ultaneously high A ustrian personage th a t A u stria ’s for the return of Belgian refugees in sia, and have fortified
the
work-worn
fingers
of
his
wife,
con
Go
to
the
opera
with
K
atherine
them
selves
Ju s t as suddenly she found herself
an attack was made on the inner forts. fu tu re depends upon Italy and Rou The N etherlands. Perm ission has a l w ithin a few m iles of th e fo rtress of Strickland—with a women who had tinuously
fum bling
with
darning
mania.
w ondering w hat sort of a woman had
ready been given for th e return of wo
Thorn.
The G erm an le ft w ing in lust returned from E urope—the wom threads, he eaw. In a m ental vision, been a m ate to this man for so many
men. A question has arisen, how
Poland is said to have been p artly en an who had dined with a queen and this woman's lovely hands constantly | years. She was conscious of a poign
Japanese Report Advance.
Lots Cast tor Sacri/ice.
ever. concerning th e m ilitary age of
been feted all over the continent. Hold engaged in unw inding the threads of
veloped.
T okio—The following statem en t rel
ant pang of envy—Jealousy alm ost—
London “ Lots were draw n by four Belgian males.
Many of the Belgian
a reception—hostess in this house problem atic political tangles.
Here
ative to Japanese operations at Tsing officers,” says the Daily N ew s’ Ostend men in Holland are said to be soldiers
A dispatch to th e H avas Agency w here she felt, save for her Dan, a was a woman who would be a m an's against this woman who had the op
Tau, seat of governm ent of th e German correspondent, " to decide who should who donned civilian a ttir e before cross from Rome says: " I t is reported th a t ] stranger. Meet people who spoke in wife and comrade— the very an tith esis portunity which was denied her.
"Well, what do you think of your
concession of Kiau Chow was given out rem ain in command of Fort St. Marie, ing th e fro n tier. These refugees are a t a m eeting of 27 L ib e ra l and Demo w hat to h er was a strange and alto of the household drudge his own wife
The cratic m em bers of th e cham ber of gether unm anageable fashion—with was content to be, with no in terest own country, now you're back?” she
here Monday: “ The Germ an forts, northw est of Antw erp, the officer thus becoming a burden to Holland.
w arshi|is and aeroplanes are trying being sworn to fight to th e death. G erm an governm ent recognizes this deputies, a resolution w as adopted de an accent she did not recognize as be outside of the four wall« of her home heard S’ade's voice saying. "Seem
vainly to a rrest the Japanese advance. “ The lot fell on a m arried man w ith a and is try in g to solve the problem. A claring th a t arm ed n e u tra lity corres longing to her own plain w estern and no desire for anything bigger in big to you?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
We are sustaining no dam age. Ja p a n fam ily. An unm arried officer im m e conference was held betw een the G er ponds w ith the exigencies of th e mo speech.
life than the dally routine of break- :
The resolution also expressed
ese w arships have silenced litis fort diately offered to tak e his place, and man envoy to th e N etherlands and the m ent.
Mary caught her breath with a sob fast, dinner and supper, w ashing on
French Tem oerance Society.
confidence in the g o v e rn m e n t.”
and driven a w arship out of range of the officer who originally was chosen Dutch m in ister of the interior.
of dismay. The very thought para Monday, ironing on Tuesday, and so
An organization for the prom otion
th eir guns. Our av iato rs answ ered an reluctantly accepted. The th ree offi
lyzed
her.
“I
can't.
Dan,"
she
finally
on
to
the
end
of
the
week—week
after
le a d e rs of th e opposition p arty in
Teutons Fortify Belgium.
unsuccessful attack by German airm en cers then retire d , bidding a touching
m anaged to blurt out. “I'd do any week in the sam e deadly rut. H ere of tem perance in France has been
Japanese leg islatu re are opposed to
on Japanese mine drnggers by flying farew ell to th e ir comrade who rem ain
Ixmdon— “ The German positions in
thing else for you—but not this."
was a woman who would “go along founded by M. Schmidt, deputy for the
lim iting Japanese a c tiv ity in th e w ar.
over Tsing Tau and dropping bom ba.” ed behind.”
"
I’ll
not
ask
you
again,"
replied
with a m an"—possibly a step ahead, departm ent of the Vcsges. A feature
Belgium are equal to those on the
B orgerhaut. a suburb o f A ntw erp, Slade, ominously, and poor Mary, too blazing the way for new and greater of the new body Is its catholicity. It
A isn e," says a t’en trai News dispatch
Includes every shade of political and
Tars Fear Mines and Quit.
Breadstuff Rise Halted.
from O stend. “ In addition to A ntw erp has been s e t on fire by th e G erm an excited to Interpret the th reat, picked glories and recognizing no limit.
Slade brought his reflections to a religious belief, and all classes of so
London A m essage to the Weekly
\ enice The r e l a t e d efforts o f the they have prepared reinforced concrete bom bardm ent, according to a dispatch up her sew ing and her new spapers
and m ade for the door.
sudden halt as he rem em bered the ciety^—politicians, professional men
D ispatch from Chiasso, Sw itzerland, A ustrian governm ent finally have |>er- works heavily m ounted w ith guns, ex from A m sterdam .
and w orkm en.' A meeting, addressed
"Tell
them
."
she
exclaim
ed
b
reath
girl's
father.
says:
“ The crew s refuse to work on suaded the H ungarian cabinet to con tending from a point east of Louvain
A dispatch received in Rome from
“W hy, what has happened to you. by doctors, law yers and a deputy, has
vessels of the A driatic because of the sent to a suspension of the im port d u to a place north of Vilvorde, on through Russian headquarters says th a t the in- lessly, "tell them I had a headache—
Just been held in Bordeaux. The
fear of floating mines. Americans w ho ties on grain, but as a p artial conces Alost and thence south to a point south I tim ation has been given to the A us th a t's a fashionable enough excuse, senator? Your fare looks different
new association, which is called
anyw
ay.”
And.
terrified,
she
fled
out
than
It
did
thie
afternoon.”
s|>ent a night on board the Sardenga, sion to the H ungarian ag rarian in te r east of Brussels. There is also a con trian s holding the tow n o f I’rxemsyl,
"H er fault," replied the senator, "L'A larm e," Justifies its nam e by call
bound for A lexandria, are indignant, ests, it is understood the governm ent tinuous line of fortifications from Liege G alicia, that th ey w ill be p erm itted to of the room as K atherine Strickland
with a smile of tolerant affection, in ing attention to the rising flood of
as the Italian governm ent offered a will not a ttem p t to fix any scale of through Nam ur and Mons to V alen surrender w ith m ilitary honors, but and her fath er were announced.
dicating his daughter.
She m ade me alcoholism in France.^
torpedo boat to convoy th eir steam er to maximum prices for the grain m arket. ciennes.
Thus, should the Germans th a t if they refuse the R ussians will
cut
my
beard
this
way.
It's French.” |
C H A P T E R II.
Ancona, and the shipping company had The spirit m anufacturers have been be beaten, they would lie p ro tected .”
give them no qu arter.
K atherine laughed a delightful,
Remem bered Instructions.
promised compensation in the event of forbidden to use corn and potatoes, it
As Slade turned from th e fright throaty little laugh.
A German aeroplane flying over
She was a little girl and very po
disaster.
All passages have t>een re is hoped th a t these m easures will tend
Mrs. Wilson Memorial I p.
"N onsense, father." she protested lite. It was the first tim e she had
P aris and suburbs S aturday m orning ened, Insignificant figure of his flee
called and traffic in th e A d ria tir is to prevent a fu rth e r increase in the
W ashington, D. C. A movement to dropped two bombs, one of which ing wife, he saw a woman of perfect "Of course. I like th e W est, but I been on a visit alone, and she had
again a t a sta n d still.”
price o f breadstuff's.
build a mem orial to Mrs. Woodrow wounded th ree persons.
poise and queenly carriage, a woman don't believe in being absolutely typ been carefully instructed how to be
Wilson in the form of a model block of
a trifle haughty and insolent in her ical I w as horrified when I got back ! have.
Turks Active in Syria.
Germany Is Overjoyed.
sanitary houses in th e slum d itsrict of
G erm an new spapers publish a rticles youth and beauty and assured com and found you so blatantly the typi
"If they ask you to dine with them ."
P aris - A dispatch to the Havas
Rome
D ispatches from Berlin say W ashington has been started by Mrs. expressing satisfaction th a t the B ritish mand of all the Intricacies of social cal. much-« artooned W esterner."
papa had said, "you m ust say. No,
agency from A thens says: "T he new s th a t the capitulation of A ntw erp has Archibald Hopkins, who interested an<l Japanese attack s on T sing Tau.
grace and charm . H er wide, full eyes
Mr. Slade.” resum ed Strickland, “a thank you; I have already d in e d .'’*
papers here say it is announced from caused
unprecedented
enthusiasm Mrs. W ilson in slum work here; Mrs. the fortified position in th e G erm an m et his with an engaging, frank curi few influential men from different
It turned out Just as papa had an
an au tho ritativ e source th a t th e Turks throughout Germ any, w here the gen E rnest Bickwell, w ife of the director leased te rrito ry of K iau Chau, have osity to see this new factor in the po parts of our state are having a m eet
tlcigated
are showing much energy in Syria, eral opinion is th a t the fall of the of the A m erican Red Cross, and other been repulsed. They declare th a t the
litical world. H er gown was a tri- i ing In town tom orrow, and I w ant you
"Come along, M arjorie." said her
Palestine and N orth A rabia, where Belgian city m arks the beginning of prom inent women. The plan is to raise splendid defense of the T sing Tau g a r umph of soft, -ehlmmering silk and to m eet them . I'm arranging a little
little friend a father, "you m ust have
th ey are concentrating troops a t sev er the end. E veryw here th ere are signs money for the block by subscriptions rison is an indication th a t th e prom ise alluring chiffon—a gown th at em pha
im prom ptu dinner, and thought K ath
al points and fo rtify in g im portant of g re a t rejoicing.
Flags have been from the women o f th e country and to of the governor of the colony to defend | sised the charm of her proud, statu erine might be able to persuade Mrs. 1 a bite with us.”
"No. thank you,” said the little girl,
porta on th e coast and on routes to the raised and dem onstrations parade the call it the "E lle n Wilson Memorial the territo ry to th e b itte r end is being ; •aqua figure
She was the sort of ( Slade and yourself to join us.”
with dignity; "I have already b itte a .”
in terio r. ”
streets, acclaim ing the a rm y ."
Block.”
carried out.
Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
ANTWERP LEVY
Germans Make Big Demand
War Indemnity.