I States do not wish to curtail the act ivitie s
Hayes *o feign surprise, for, although
I o f this G o ve rn m e nt ; the y wish, rather, to
en la rge them, and wi th e ve ry enlargement,
he knew the situation, he had been
I with the mere gr ow th , Indeed, o f the coun-
confident that auch a thought had
| t rv itself, there must come, o f course, the
in evi ta bl e increase o f expense.
T h e sort
never entered Mary Slade’s pure-mind
o f economy we ought to prac tic e m a y be
ed thoughts.
eff ect ed, and ought to be effec ted, by a
The pent-up emotion of days broke,
careful study and assessment o f the tasks
_____
j to be p e r f o r m e d ; and the mon ey spent
and Mary sank sobbing into a chair,
ought to be m a de to yield the best possible
burying her face in her hands. With
l<t this * r a a t rotaaura « f c o m t r u e t l v * returns In e ff ic ie n cy « n il ach ievement. And.
Washington, D. C.— President Wil* Í w
.
„
Il k « good stewards, we should so account
the expression of the thought that
lia r 0f our appropriations as to
son's message, delivered to congress Justice a w a i t .he action o f a n o .her Con- fo r 0V¥Fy
heretofore she had never admitted
gr«*s.
Its passage would nobly crow n the m a ke it pe rf ect ly evid ent what it was spent
Tuesday, is aB follows:
record o f these two years of m em o ra bl e fo r and in w ha t w a y it was spent,
even to herself, her self-control van
I t is not expenditure but e x t ra va ga n ce
Gentlemen o f tha Congress:
T h a session labur.
ished and she cried out desperately:
Hut I think you will a g r e e with me 1 th a t w e should fea r being criticised for;
upon whic h you are now en te rin g will be
the closing session o f the (Fid Congress, a that this does not oom plete the toll o f our not pa yin g fo r the l eg it im a te enterprises
"W ell, what do you think he wanted
duty.
H
o
w
are
wo
to
carry
our
goods
to
and
undertakings
o
f
a
gr
eat
gover
nm
en
t,
Congress.
I venture to say, wh ic h
will
that divorce for so suddenly?”
long be re me m ber ed f o r the gr ea t to d y the emp ty m ar ket s o f which I ha v e spoken whose people co mm and what it should do,
The strike in the Colorado coal fields
* w e b « v * not t h t ships? Ho w a r t w# t o j L>ut ad ding What w i l l benefit only a f e w
o f tho ughtfu l and c o n s tr u c t i v e _ wor k which
“People usually do get divorced
It
has
done.
In loyal response
to
th«- build up a gr ea t trade if we hav e not the or pouring mon ey out fo r what need not has been called off.
when they can't get on, don’t they?"
.
ins >f transporto
b a v o booa undertaken a t all or m ig h t have
tho u gh t and needs o f the country. I should
lik e in tills address to re vi ew the notable tlon upon which all pr ofitable and useful be«-n postponed or better and mo re econora.
Hayes was willing to lie to shield her
Ooprrl«Lv UiX ifosusauon BUhu
by David b d u a i,
Russians claim defeat of Turks in
»mm©r< e depends/
And now are we to ica ll y conceived and carried out.
T h e Na-
record and try to m a k e adeq<>ate uaa«*a
from the knowledge that he knew
merit o f it. but no doubt we stand too ?et the ships if we wait fo r the trade to tlon is not n i g g a r d l y ; it is v e r y generous, fierce battle near Batum.
sorrow at the thought of the possible
SYNOPSIS.
would be the bitterest part of all the
near the wor k th a t has l,«;en done and a n
leve lou without them 7
j i t will chide us only if we fo rg et fo r whom
unhappiness of this young man whom
William W . Rockhill, a
distin
ourselves too much part of it to play the
F l a g Must He Restored to Sea«.
we pay mon ey out and whose money it is
wormwood that she had already tasted
part o f hi storian* to w a rd it.
D anlvl Slade, suddenly advance* from a she loved as tenderly as if he bad been
T o correct the man y t o l i t i k u by which wo P«>- T h e y aro larga ana « a n t ra l atanil- guished American diplomat dies at
’’Sometimes I wonder,” Mary con
Moreover, our tfrouxhts « r© r - * more of „
rtennile.s m iner to * m illionaire. H e 1» her own son.
hav e diacourasad and ail but d*wtroyed arda, but the y a re not very d if fi cu lt o f ay-
Honolulu.
the fut ure than o f the past.
W h i l e w*
tm bltious to become s o te r n o r o f the
» merchant
marina of the country, to plication to p a rti cu la r caaea.
tinued, reflectively, “sometimes I’m
ha v e w or ked at our tasks o f peace, th*
.ta
le
H
is
sim
ple,
hum
e-loving
w
ife
fails
"Don't
let
us
talk
about
her,"
Bob
retrace the steps by which we have, it
T h e oth er topic I shall take leave to men.
almost positive that— No! Slade Isu’t
Fully 70,000 starving Belgians in to rise to the new conditions Slade meets
circumstances o f the whole ago h a v e beer
ilmost deliberately, w it hd r a w n our tlon goee dee per into the principles o f our
objected.
a lt ere d by war.
4 riag fr om the seas, except where, here and national life and policy.
Htrlck-
that sort of a man. My husband isn't
I t Is the subject Brussels are depending entirely on K atherine, dau gh ter o f Senator
"All right, Robert." Mary attempted
ind, and see* in her all that M ary is
there, a shlo o f war le bidden carr y it or ] 0f national defense.
N e w Ta sks A r e I'sre d.
that sort of a man, Rob.”
American
aid.
lot.
H
e
separatee
from
hie
w
ife
and
takes
It cannot be discussed witho ut fir st a n
W h a t w e have done fo r our own land « o m e wandering yacht displays It. would
to be cheery aa she saw how abstract
"No, of course he isn’t.”
rooms at his club. E d itor M erritt, who
I t is
and for our own people we did wi th the ^ak© a long time and Involve ma n y detailed swer ing some sea rching questions.
Army and navy officials insist that Oh been a tta c k in g Slade is won over to ed and dejected Bob was. “Dinner
bo ft that was In uh , whe ther o f ch ara ct er j Items o f legislation, and the tra de which said in some quarters that we are not p r e
"You didn’t know what I was going
pared f o r war.
W h a t is m e an t by being United States artillery and warships the la tte r ’« support because he cannot
will be ready in a minute and you
o r o f intelligence, with sober enthusiasm we oug ht i mm edi at ely to handle would dis
to say,” she objected.
Jtherwise supply the money demanded for
and a confidence in the principles upon appear or find other channels whi le we d e prepa red ? Is it me ant that we are not
can
sit
right
down.”
are
equal
to
the
best.
i European trip fo r Mrs. M erritt. K a th
ready upon br ief notice to put a nation
which we were a ct in g which sustained us b a t 'd the items
“Yes, I did. About women.”
erine Hgrees to m arry Slade when he is
Th e case is not unlike that which co n in the field. 3 nation o f men trained to
‘ 1 won t give in to him!” she de
nt e ve ry step o f the difficult undertaking,
“He never noticed any other wom
General Funston, recently in com free. Hob H ayes, in love w ith Katherine,
but it Is done.
I t has passed from our fronted us when our own continent was to arm s? O f course, we are not ready to do
clared
as
she
put
on
an
extra
plate
hands.
It is now an established part of be opened up to settlement and industry that: and we shall never be in t im e of mand at Vera Cruz,
an,” she told herself positively.
is visiting his has a storm y eeshion w ith her over her
and
knife
and
fork.
"
I
’ll
never
give
and
we
needed
long
line«
o
f
rail
wa
y,
e
x
a
ffair
w
ith
Slade
M
ary,
anxious
to
nvtke
peace so long as we retain our present p o
the legislation o f the Country.
Its useful
"N o ," Hayes agreed.
t up w ith Slade, appears at S trickland’ « him that divorce.”
ness. its effects, will disclose theinsoives in tended means o f transportation prepared litical principles and institutions. An d what aged mother at Iola, Kan.
beforehand, i f dev elopment was not to lag Is it that it is suggested we should be
house
du rin g
a
jt-ditl al
conference
“Y'ou haven’t heard of anything like
experience.
Oil ship's crew of 36 was burned to »la d e in fo rm « her that separation 1« flDal.
"Don’t you ever think of anything
W e l a v prepared to do ? T o de fe nd ourselves against
W h a t ch i e fl v strikes us now, ns we look in toler ably and wait Interminably.
that, have you?" she questioned.
W e ha v e a l w ay s found means to death when it was necessary to run M a ry declares that «h e w ill fight a d i else?" Hayes questioned, soberly.
about us during these closing days o f a ishly subsidized the building o f transcon a t ta c k ?
W e look back upon that do that, and shall find th em w he ne v er it
vorce. Site retu rn « to the little cottage
year which will be fo re v er m em o ra bl e In tinental railroads.
"No, no, I haven't.” Hayes was find
“No; It’s no use, Robert; I get hot
__
the
_ ______
history
. . o f the
.
world,
.
Is that we face v i t h regret now. because the subsidies led is necessary, without c a lli n g our people the vessel ashore off the coast of E ng where they started out in m arried life.
new tasks, hav e
been fa cin g them these j to many scandals o f which we are as hamed; aw&v f r o m their necessary tasks
to render
land.
and cold hating my husband when I ing the cross-examination extremely
six months, must
face t iem in the mo nths but we know that th* railroads hsd to be compulsory m i l i t a r y ser vice
in time s
of
C H A P T E R IX— Continued.
think bow he is treating me. I know trying, convinced as he was that Mary
to come — follaw
them
witho ut
partisan : built, and i f we had it to do o ver again peace,
The chief of the army engineers
feeling, like men who hav e fo rg ot te n ev e ry . | we should, of course, build them, but In | A l i o
me to speak wi th gr ea t plainness
it’s wrong, but 1 do! Sometimes when must be saved from the knowledge of
T h er e fo r e I propose another and directness upon this gr eat m a t t e r and having the work in charge urges haste
thin g but a comm on duty and the fact ano ther way.
!
Conscious
of
the
song,
Mary
remem
1 wake up suddenly in the night and Katherine at any cost. “If there were
that w e are re pr esenta tives o f a great w a y o f providing the means of tran spo rta to a vo w m y convictions with deep ea rn es t in extending
the Columbia
river
j bered the lamb stew that she had left see the old room and remember that anything, you’d hear it. Don’t worry.”
peop le whose thou gh t is not of us hut of tion. which must precede, not tard il y f o l ness.
I h a v e tried to know what A m e r ic a
"Robert," and she looked at him In
what A m e r i c a owes to herself and to all low, the development o f our trade with our is; what her people think, what the y are, jetties.
ooking on the kitchen fire. Dan had he's living at his club and enjoying
It m a y aeern what they most cherish and hold dear.
mankind In such circumstances as these neighbor state* o f America.
I
The Panama government has agreed ilways loved lamb stew ; that is, her life and me here miserable, 1 juet tently. "Would you tell me if— ”
a reversal o f the natural order o f things, hope that
some o f the ir fin er passions are
upon which we look am az ed and anxious.
"No. I would not!” asserted Hayes
but it la true that the routes o f trade must i in m v own he art— some o f the great con- with the United States the boundary umb stew.
She remembered how get sick hating him."
Kuroue W i l l Ne ed Our Help.
be actually opened— by many ships and reg j ceptlons and desires whic h ga v e birth to
W a r has interrupted the means o f trade ular sailings arid mo dera te ch arg es — before this G ov ern me nt and which hav e mad e the line separating the canal zone and Heartily he always ate of it, how he
"Now, auntie"— Hayes was anxious vigorously. "Haven’t you got enough
not only but also the process o f produc streams o f merchandise will fl o w fr e e l y aud i voice o f this people a voice fo r p ea ce and
never failed to paes his plate for a to divert her attention— "I wouldn't trouble now?”
that country.
tion.
In ETurope it is d es tro yi ng men and p r of it a bl y through them.
hope and liberty a m o ng the peoples o f the
"But, Robert, you are my friend,
second “helpinig," and how he used think of that. You have the best of
resources wholesale and up op u scale un
Htilpplng Hill Im p er a t i ve .
world, and that, spe ak in g m y ow n thoughts
The German ambassador at Wash
precedented and appalling.
Th ere la rea
aren’t you? You ought to— ’’
.o
look
up
at
her
and
say:
H en ce the pending shipping bill, discussed i
* shall at least In part,
speak theirs also,
him.
You’ve
got
him
beaten.
I
have
son to fe a r tha t the tim e Is near, if it
h o w e v e r fa in tly and inadequately, upon this ington charges that dumdum bullets
Ho was Baved from any further
"This is lapping good. Mary.
1 a good lawyer for you. and he’ll be out
be not al rea dy at hand, when several of the at the last session, but as yet passed by vit al matter.
In m y Judgment such le g i s
are being used by the allies, and
countries o f Europe will find It diff icult to neither house.
questions along that unwelcome line
W e are at peace with all the world.
No
think
I
will
have
a
bit
more.”
to
see
you
today.
You
know
I’d
take
j
lation
is
Im
pe
rat
ive
ly
needed
and
cannot
do for their people what they have hitherto
claims he can name the factories mak
been a l w ay s easily able to do— many essen wisely be postponed. T h e G ov ern me nt must one who speaks counsel based on fa ct or
Just as if he needed any urging!
the case myself, but it wouldn’t be pro- ;
tial and fu ndamen tal things
A t any rate, open these gat es o f trade and open them dr aw n fr om a Just and candid in te rp r et a ing them.
Mary found her thoughts growing fessional. You’ve positively made up
tion
o
f
realities
can
say
that
the
re
is
they will need our help and our manifold w ide; open them before it is a lt og et he r
services ns they h a v » never needed them pr of it a bl e to open them, o r a lt og et h er rea reason to fe a r that fr om any q u a r t er our
Mayor Albee, of Portland, has es very tender when she suddenly re your mind to light the dtvorce to a
before, and we should be ready, mo re fit and sonable to ask pr iva te capital to open them independence or the in te gr it y o f our t e r
read y than we have ewer been.
Dread o f the pow er tablished a scholarship in honor of his membered that tonight she must sit finish?"
at a venture.
i t is not a question o f the rit o ry Is threatened.
It is o f equal consequence tha t the N a G ov ern me nt
mon opo lizing
the
field.
It o f any ot h er nation we are Incapable of. son who was killed recently, and who down alone at the table, that instead
"Tooth and nail!” Mary’s answer
tions whom Europe has usually supplied should take action to m a ke it certain that W e are not Jealous o f riv al ry in the fields
with innumerable articles o f ma nufacture tranuportatlon at reasonable ra te * will be o f c o m m er ce or o f
any oth er
peaceful was a student of the high school. The of two she would only serve one plate came through set teeth.
and commerce, o f which they are in co n pr o m p t l y provided, even where the ca rriage achie vem ent .
W e mean to liv e our own fund begins with $1,000.
ful of that stew. Her heart contracted
"Then you’ve got him.
He can’t
stant need and without which their economic '
Is not at first pr of it a bl e; and then, when llv«‘S as we w i l l : but w e mean also to let
with a pathetic, futile longing for tight a woman in the courts in his
dev elop men t halts
and
stands
still,- can
live.
W e are. indeed, a true friend to all
Brigadier
General
Christian
Fred
now get only a small part o f what they f o r the ca rr ia ge has become s u ffi c ie nt lt y prof- the
nations
of
the
world, because
we
things as "they used to be," and grew position, with his nomination before
m e rly Imported and ea ge rl y look to us to Ita ble to attract and en gage pr iva te capital, thr eaten none, co vet t he possessions o f none, erick Beyers, one o f the leaders of the
and en gag e it In abundance, the G o ve rn
bitter as she remembered conditions him."
supply the ir all but em p t y markets.
Our friend
ment ought to withd raw.
I earnestly hope desire the o ve rt h ro w o f none.
rebellion
in
the
Union
of
South
Africa,
as they were. The sat with her face
N e w .Markets Must B e Supplied.
" I ’ve got him, have I?’ .Mary was
thut the Congress will be o f this opinion, ship can bo accepted and Is accepted with
has
been
shot,
it
is
officially
an
out
reservation,
because
it
is
off«ired
In
f
Th is is pa rti cu la rly true o f our ow n n e i g h and tha t both houses will adopt this e x spirit and fo r a purpose which no one
pillowed on her arms, so absorbed I d all eagerness now.
cee
din
gl
y
imp
ortant
bill.
nounced.
He
is
believed
to
be
dead.
bors. the states, gr ea t and small, o f C e n
need e ve r question o r suspect. Th er e in lies
her unhappy reflections that she didn’t
"You’re sure of It? Was he very
Itural Credits Deferred.
tral and South Am er ica .
T h e i r lines of
our gr«‘ atness.
W e are the ch am pio ns of
The steamer Rochamheau, of the hear the door open, didn’t hear a 6tep mad about my coming here? Has my
trade hav e
hitherto run ch i ef l y a th w a rt
Th e gr ea t subject o f rural credits still r e peace and o f concord.
A
nd
we
should
be
th e seas, not to our ports, hut to the ports mains to he dealt with, and it is a m a tt er
lealous o f this distinction which we have French line, on which Myron T. Her until someone leaned over and kissed lawyer seen his lawyer?”
o f Great Br itain and o f the old er c o n o f deep re gret that the di ff icu lti es o f the | SOUKht
to earn.
Just now we should be
tinent o f Europe.
I do not stop to inquire »ubje. t i « > . aeemed t-> render It lrapuaalble «...rticu larlv Jealous o f It. because It 1» our rick, ex-ambassador to France, is a her tenderly on the faded cheek that
Hayes answ ered the last of her many
why. or to make any co m m en t on probable to complete a bill for pme,a«e at ttite session. : ,1 m , t present hop e that this cha racte r
York after Han used to pat so lovingly and declare questions first. "They met today.”
causes.
W hn t interests us Just now is not Hut It cannot be perfected yet and there -, an,, rcI)Utatll)n m a y presently, in God s prov- passenger, reached N ew
was lovelier than their garden roses.
tho explanation, but the fa ct and otir duty fore there
"Did you get me two lawyers, Rob?"
re no oth er co nstructive msas- j jd onCfl_ bring us an opportunity such as dark Wednesday and anchored at quar
and opportunity In the, presence o f it. Here urea the necessity fo r which I will at tills
"Oh. R o b!" Mary exclaimed, start
She was a day
"Yes, I got two.
I got a whole ’
are ma rk et s which we must supply and time call your attention to, but I would be has seldom been vo uc hs af ed any nation, antine for the night.
for which we must find tho means o f action. n egl ig ent o f u manifest duty were I not to the opportunity to counsel and obtain peace late, having been delayed by a storm. ing up in glad surprise. ”1 didn't hear firm."
T h e United States
this great people for «‘ all the attention o f the Henate to the fact In the world and reconciliation and a h e a l
you drive up.”
"Do you think I need another— so's
w ho m we speak and act, should he ready, that the proposed convention fo r sa fe ty at ing se tt lem en t o f ma n y a m a t t e r th a t has
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
”1 didn't,"
Bob laughed, good- to be sure?"
hb nev er
be fo r e to s«?rvo Itself and serve « « I a w a i t s its conf irm at io n and that the cooled and Interrupted the friendship of
from
Rotterdam
says
that
a
bombard
nations.
Th
is
Is
the
t
im
e
above
all
others
ma n ki n d; reod v
with
Its resources, its limi t fixed in the convention i ts el f fo r its
naturedly. "My car is stranded two
Hayes laughed.
energies, Its forces o h production, and It* acceptance Is the last day o f the present when we should wish and resolv e to keep ment o f the Belgian coast between
our stre ng th by solf-possesslon, our In flu
blocks back,” and he threw his linen
means o f distr ibu tio n“
"You have all you need, auntie."
month.
Th e conference in which this co n ence by pre ser vin g our u n d en t principles Ostend and Nieuport by ships of the
I t Is a practical matter, a m a t t e r o f ways
duster on the eofa as Mary hastened
vention ori gin at ed was called by the United o f action.
“Thank God. I got the telephone In
and means.
W e hav e the resources, but
allies began at 3 o’clock Tuesday. The
Stat es' the re presentatives o f the United
in her fond little way to take his hand so they can call me up.” Mary was
are we fu ll y ready tq use the m ?
A nd if States played a very influential part Indeed
F r o m the first w e h a v e had a cle a r and
wo can m n ke ready w Wi t we^tiave, hav e we In fr a m i n g the provisions o f the proposed settled po licy with re gar d to m ili ta ry est a b fleet was operating in conjunction with and hover about him.
almost feverish in her excitement. “I “You Are Going to Oppose the Di
the means at hand to distribute It?
W e convention,
W e ne ve r h av e had, and whi le the land forces.
and those
provisions are in lishments.
“It’s strange how near town this couldn’t go on the witness stand. He
vorce?”
are na\er fu lly re ad y; neither hav e w e the the mselves fo r the most part admirable.
we retain our present principles and Ideals
means o f distribution.
\Ve ,ar© willing, but
It is announced in London that the place seems to be." Bob rattled on. doesn’t know that, though. Any signs
. It would hardly be consistent with the part w e never shall have, a la rg e standing army.
we are not fully able.4
ftavft* the wish w e have played In the whole m a t t e r to let I f asked, are you read y to def end y o u r
reply, most assuredly, to the government would permit exportation “When we lived here before it was of Dan going back to the house, now by the sound of the doorbell and a
to servo and to serve gr eatly, generously; it drop and go by the board a* if forgot te n selves, de
but we are not prepare«! ns we should bo. and neglected.
moment later Merritt opened the door
It was ratified In M ay last ut mo st : and vet w e shall not turn A m e r ic a to the United States of Australian clear out In the country, but with I’m out of it?"
W e are not ready to mobilise OUr' resources by the German g o ve r nm en t and In August into a mllltacjr camp.
W e will not ask our
Merino wool bought during the present a motor car it’s right next door to
without ceremony.
The
bell
that
never
hesitates
to
In
at once.
W e are not pr epared to use them by the I ’ arlla me nt o f Great Britain.
yo
ung
men
to
spend
the
best
years
o
f
their
It
im m ed ia te ly and at th'plr beat, witho ut d e mar ks a most hopeful and decided ad vance lives m a k in g soldiers o f themselves.
T h e r e sales or at other times, provided satis town."
“W e ll!” Hayes was far from cor
terrupt at any moment rang insist
It will
lay and witho ut waste.
In
International
civilisation.
We
should is an o th e r sort o f en erg y in us.
“Well,
aunty,"
and
he
stretched
factory guarantees were furnished that
ently. Mary jumped about in her ex dial.
show our «iarnest good faith in a gr ea t m a t kn ow how to d ec la re Itself and m a k e I t
E rro rs Must B e Correct**«!.
se l f e f f e c t i v e should occasion arise.
And the wool would not be forwarded to himself out in an easy chair, "I sup citement and finally took down the
"I beg your pardon for entering so
ter by a ddi ng our own acceptance o f It.
especially when h a l f
the wor ld Is on fi r e
T o speak plainly, we ha v e grossly erred
pose it’s like heaven to you to get receiver. She dropped It as hastily abruptly.” Merritt was the eame old
hostile countries.
we shall he care fu l
to m a k e our mor al
('» ne ts Should He Charted.
In tho way In which wo ha v e stunted and
back here to the old home you lived and backed away.
talkative, suave, good-fellow, I’m-your-
hindered the dev elopment o f our merchant
T h e r e Is ________
another ______
ma t t er _ __
o f which I must Insurance against the spread o f th© con-
A correspondent says:
“ The Ger in so many years?"
marine.
And now, when wo nood ships, we mak e special mention, if I s m to disc harge J fl a g r a tl o n ve ry d e f i n i t e and cer tain and
friend-Merritt, "but I was bound to see
“You'd better answer It, Rob.”
man divisional headquarters was re
have not go t them.
W e hav e ye ar a fter my conscience, lest It should escape your a de qu ate Indeed.
"Yes,” Mary agreed, rather indiffer
“It’s Slade,” Bob declared, holding Mrs. Slade. I’m for the Slade family—
It may seem a small thing.
It I
Uet us remind ourselves, therefore, o f the moved from Rouliers when shells be
year debated, without end or conclusion, attention.
ently.
tho best policy to pursue with rega rd to Effects only a single Item o f appropriation, only thin g we «a n d o or w il l do.
W o must
his hand over the transmitter. "H e but I’m for all the Slade family, so I
the use o f the or««# and forests and wa ter- But m an y human lives and many gr ea t
en- depend In e ve ry t im e
o f national peril, In gan to fall in the town after the Brit
"Any of the old neighbors left. I’d wants to talk to you.”
hope you won't make a stranger of
It Is
the m a tt er j the future
as In the past, not upon a stand. ish had recaptured Passchendaele, 11
powers o f our Nati onal domain In the rich terprlses hang upon It.
like to see them— some of 'em.”
me.”
states <»f tho West, when we should have <*f ma ki n g adequate provision for the s u r v e y 1 Ing army, not >et upon a reserve army, but
“No,
siree!”
Mary
was
vehement.
This indi
acted; and they are still locked up.
T h e and ch art in g o f our coasts.
It Is I m m e d i a t e ! upon a cit izenry trained and accustom©«! to miles northeast of Ypres.
“I never noticed before how many “Cut him off! I ain’t going to talk to
Mary was politely indifferent and
key Is still turned upon them, the door shut and ex igent In connection with the Immense j arms.
It will be rig ht enough, rig ht A m o r . cates a distinct and important advance
questions old neighbors could ask, him. I’ve got two lawyers. Tell him Hayes, with back turned, was tapping
fast at which thousands o f vigorous men, coast line o f Alaska, a coast line grea te r lean policy, based upon our ac customed
full o f Initiative, knock clamorously fo r a d than that o f the United States themselves, principles and t>ractic«‘s. to prov id e a sys by the allies.
Rob,” Mary sighed, as she recounted to have his lawyer talk to mine. My his foot uneasily on the floor. Alto
mittance.
Th e w ate rpo we r o f our nav igable th«>ugh It is also Important, Indeed, with t em by which e v e r y citizen w ho will v o l
Arizona liquor men are preparing to the curious visits of her old friends, heart's so hard against him— I couldn’t gether not the warmest welcome a
streams outside tho Nati onal domain also, rega rd to the old er coasts o f the continent. unteer fo r the t rai ni ng m a y be m a d e f a
even in the Eastern states, who re we have W.» ca nnot use our gr«>at Alas ka n doma in ; m i l i a r wi th the use o f modern arms, the make a determined legal fight against who bad inquired anxiously and re-
listen to the sound of my own voice,” man ever received.
worked and plunned fo r generations, Is still »h ip s will not ply th it h er i f those coasts and rudim ents o f «Irlll and m an euv er and the
“This man is likely to publish any
and she Bank weakly into a chair as
W e prohibition.
not used as it m i g h t bo, because we will their m an y hidden da ngers are not t h o r mainte nan ce and sanitation of camps.
T h e wor k I* should encourna© such trai ning and m a k e
and wo won’ t; because the laws we have oug hly surveyed and charte«!.
Hayes continued to converse with thing you may say, auntie,” Hayes
The Italian premier advises a policy
mad e do not Int ell ige ntl y balance encour In complete nt almost ev er y point. Ships and it a inenons o f dis cip line which our young
Slade. “No, she says not,” he was warned over his shoulder.
agement agulnst restraint.
W e w it hho ld by Uvea have been lost In thr eading w h a t were men will learn to value.
of armed neutrality, with “ just aspir
po w erf u l nav y w e have a lw ay s r©
supposed to be w«*ll known main channels. I
regulation.
“Oh. come now, Hayes,” objected
saying. “No, I am not out here wind
ations”
in
mind.
I have come to ask you to re m ed y and W e hav e not provided adeq ua te vessels or garde«! as our proper and natural means of
ing her up or advising her,” and he Merritt. ’ I’m here on a perfectly
mach ine ry
fo r the
su rvey and defense; and it has a l w ay s been a ilefense
correct these mistakes and omissions, even a«lequato
Zapata soldiers, many poorly clad
W e hav e used old vessels that that we hav e thought, nev er o f aggression
at this short session o f a Cong res which charting.
friendly visit. I well remember this
banged up the re-elver.
But w h o shall tell us now and barefooted,
would certainly seem to hav e done all the w ere not hlg enough o r strong enough and I or o f conquest.
are keeping perfect
“What'd he say?” Mary was wring little place,” and he looked about. “I
W e shall tak e
work that could reasonably h»i expected o f which worn so nearly unseaworthy that our what sort o f n av y to build?
ve *“
to he strong ------
upon *K“
the —
sens, in the order in Mexico City.
“ ----
It.
The time and the ctrcfainst anr»»s are Inspectors would not hav e al low ed p r i v a t e 1’ lea
ing her hands in her uncontrollable ex stopped here some years ago and Mr.
future as In the past; and there w ill be no
extraordinary, and so must our ef fo r ts be owners to semi them to sei
Slade brought us a drink of water.
citement.
also.
T h is Is a ma tt er which, as I h av e said, thought o f offen se o r o f pr ovocation in that.
Ex-Senator Patterson blames Gov
W h en
seems small, but Is In re ali ty ve r y great. Our ships are our natural bulwarks.
“Oh, he just called me a skunk and Slade was in his shirtsleeves, I re
ernor
Ammons,
of
Colorado,
for
the
Unlocking o f Reeonrces Urged.
Its Importance has only to be looked Into w il l the ex pe rts tell us Just what kind we
Big man, Slade!” and he
cut off,” answered Hayes, as he non member.
Fortu nately, tw o great measures, finely to be appreciated.
should construct— and when will the y be labor troubles in that state.
“Big
conceived, the one to unlock, with proper
rig ht for 10 years t og et h e r If the re la t iv e
chalantly lighted a cigarette. He paced eyed Mrs. Slade Inquiringly.
E co n om y Is En joined.
j e ff ic ie n cy o f cr a f t o f d iff er en t kinds and
safeguards, the resources o f th«« N a t ’ nal
German Socialists express regret
up and down the room for a moment m an!” he exclaimed again as Mary
domain, the other to encourage tho Use of
Tloforo I close ma y 1 say a f e w w o r d s ; us«'s continue* to ch a ng e as we have sc«*n
remained silent, her features giving
tho nav igable wate rs outside that domain upon tw o topics, much discussed out o f i It change under our ve r y eyes In these last that their representative in the reichs-
and then turned on her:
for
generation o f
power, have
already doors, upon which It Is high ly Im po rta nt few months?
tag voted against the w ar credit.
“God! I’d like to haul him through no clew to her feelings.
passod the House o f llepresentatl ve« and that our Judgments should be clear, de fi ni te
But I turn a w a y fr o m the subject.
I t Is
"W ell, my wife has gone off to Eu
are ready for im m ed ia t e consideration ami and st eadfast?
every court in the country. The scoun
not new. Th er o Is no new need to discuss It
Many families in Alsace are divided
(>ne of these Is econom y In Go ve rn m e nt W e shall not a lt er our atti tu de t ow a rd It
action by the Senate
W i t h the deepest
rope on a long-extended tour.” Mer
drel!”
Th e duty o f ec on om y Is not because ronie amo ngst us are nervous and by the war, brothers fighting against
earn«>«tness I urge their prompt pasting© In ©xpenillt’ires.
It is mnulfest and Imperative. - v. It«-«!.
“1 don’t like to hear you talk like ritt was determined to make conversa
them both w o turn our backs upon hesi ta debatable.
W e shall easily and sensibly a gr ee brothers and fathers against their sons.
appropriations
w«' pass
w© are upon a policy o f defense.
tion and makeshift amt fo rm ul a te a ge nu In the
Tho questhm has
that about him, Rob,” Mary remon tion if he had to do it alone. “I’m
ine policy o f use amt conservation, I** tho spending the money o f the great people not change«! Its aspects because the times
Servian losses since the beginning
strated. “ He's been a pretty good quite alone, in fact, we’re in the same
'Ve aro not normal.
beat sense o f th«»so word*.
W e owe the one whoa« se r v a n t « wc nr«' not our own.
Our po licy will not be fo r of the war are said to amount to 100,-
measure not only to the people o f that great are trustees and responsible stew ard s In the an occasion
It w il l b«> conceived as a p e r
boat— alone."
friend to you.”
spending.
T
h
e
only
th
in
g
deb
atable
an«!
West ern country fo r who se free ami sys
manent an«! sett led thing, which w e w ill 000, or one-third her military strength.
“Well, perhaps."
Hayes tried to ; "I'm
not,"
Hayes
burst
forth.
te matic development, as It seems to me, upon which w e should be careful to mnke pursue nt all s«*as«»ns, without haste and
Prominent Russian economists ad
our legislation has done so lljtle, but also our thought and purpose d e a r Is the kind a ft er a fashion p er fe ct ly c«»nslstent with the
calm herself for her sake. “He's all | “Thank God. I've got my troubles, but
I assert with peace o f the world, th«» ab iding fr iendship vocate an income tax to replace the
to the people o f the nation as a who!«'; and «*f econom y dem anded o f us.
right, 1 suppose."
I’m not married, so I'm not quite
w e ns clear ly o we the oth er In fu lfillme nt the great
co nf idence that the peopls o f 0f states and the unhampered
fr ee d o m o f
in that
o f our repeated promts«»* that tho w a t e r the Un lt«'«l
States are
not jea lo us «»f the all with
w ho m we deal
Uet there be no revenue lost by prohibition
"I dunno that he is." Mary’s mood alone.”
pow er o f the country should In fact as well amount their Gove rn me nt costs If they are j misconception.
T h e cou ntry has been mls- country.
was variable. "When I think of that
Merritt latmhed good-naturedly, glad
as In nam e be put nt the disposal o f great sur,. that they get what they need and de- inf or med
W e h a»© not been
n egligent o f
f«»r the outlay, that the immey Is being Nat iona l defens.«
W e are n<*t unmindful
of
industries which ran mnko e & n o m l c a l and • tre
Arabs reported to be threatening the
divorce— ’’
at any kind of response.
profita ble use o f It, the rig hts o f the public spent fo r «»bj«'cts o f which they a pp r ov e th©
responsibility resting upon us.
“Slade's coming down here today. 1 "Pardon me, Hayes,” he cleared his
being ade quately guarde«l the while, and ami that it la being applied with good bust. \\> shall learn and profit by the leason o f Suez canal are believed to have re
aunty. He dt'dares you're here under throat nervously. “I'd like to talk with
monopoly In the use prevented.
nose sente and ma nagem ent.
e v e r y experience and e ve ry new clreum- tired and the canal seems in no danger
T o ha v e begun such m«'nsy«ea and not
O o v e r n m c n t . grow, piecemeal, both In the ir stance, and w ha t is needed w i l l be ade- from that source.
his very eyes, and he's determined Mrs. Slade.”
complete«! them would Indeed .mar the rec tasks and In the m e a n t by w hich those q u i t e l * done,
,
, ,
that you shall go away, and desert
ord o f this great Congress very seriously. I tasks am! lr\ tho means by which those task*:
"Oh. all right." and with his hand«
David
Lamar
was
found
guilty
of
*
re m in di ng yo u o f
hope and confidently believe tha t they will »r.. t,. be performed. ami very fe w n ^ v. rn
him and give him the opportunity to thrust into his pockets, Hayes strolled
Palmer,
menta are o m a n li e d . I venture to a a r a , « | „ . th” s r,-*> , " " k " " nd
o f pea.-e which im|>ersonating Congressman
be completed.
divorce you. He says the whole coun leisurely into the kitchen.
»*"> ln v U * " ■ « » of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of de-
And th« re is another gr eat piece o f 1««gls- *U.I «xr.-rlen c.u l h ualn cu men » „ u lr t o t m I i » l' 1’ " 1 ! * " « •
latlon which « w a i t s and should r«'c«l\e the
try will know of the trouble unless
"My dear little woman.” Merritt be
o. and the
sanction «»f the Senate
I mean • the bill
you go away. That's what he said gan in his most engaging manner, &a
which giv es a larg er measure of s e l f - g o v
corporation, and
ernment to the people o f th,® Philippines.
I over the phone."
soon as Hayes had left the room. "You
in the pen-
How
hotter.
In
this
tlm«». «»(
anxious
“Well, I’ll stay right here. I can't i have my deepest sympathy and moat
questioning and perplexed policy, could we
show our confidence in the principles o f li b
! get over It. Rob." and her voice quiv profound reepect.
Your position ia
'etrograd con- I
erty, as the source as well as th«» ex pr es
Bob Hayes.
ered in »pite of herself. “I can’t get touching. If you'll excuse me for say
sion *»f life ?
l l o w F et te r coopt we d em on
to the effect
strate our own self-pos ses sin g and st ea d
over the suddenness of tt; his want ing it. I can see your side of it. too.
id our fa. tort«», with the or,»-| that one and a half German army peatedly tor Mr. Slade, how he was
fastness In the courses o f Justihe and di s mUll.tn», be r e l a t l v e l r «met : - email, | mean
o f our t h o u «h t and the fruits o f our !
.
,
...
ing that divorce happened jUBt like Now the point Is this: A week ago
interestedness than by thus goi ng calmly in proportion to the total nero ree ry outla y* ¡c tlon*
h a ra ct er this l* what w i l l hoi«! our atte n- i’ Orp 9,
RDOUt 60,000 01611, W e r e 9UT- j getting on, and when he would be
fo rw ard to fu lfill our promises to a depend o f the Go vernment. It w ould bo t hor ou gh ly
that," and she snapped her fingers to when you called at the senator'« house.
n and our .n t hu - um «tra il
now and rounded bv Russians, hot succeeded in down, and a dozen other questions in
ent people, who will now look mo re a n x w or th effeotlntt. « » ev er y euvlns would, u
In the years to come, as we strive to i h o w
...
./ .
,
-
Illustrate her meaning. “Before that Slade had just said you were going
iously than *\e r to ««'e w he the r we have « re n t Or StBSlL
f u r duty le not » t i e r e d in oar nr© «* © Natio n what liberty an«i vuttin* their way out after enormous the phraseology of people who. as old
he never thought of It. It’s curious,” East to live permanently. I muet say
Indeed the liberality, the unselfishness, the by the eeate o f the e » \ l n « .
the
ire
p
i
ra
t
t
o
n
i
o
f
an
«man
ipat.-.t
«pirtt
losses,
many
of
their
trenches
being
friends,
take
the
liberty
of
coming
as
courage, the faith we hav e boasted and p r o
>iecr«»ll1oe Not t'ortoUi-d.
she paused, thoughtfully; “do you
m a y do for m n and fo r aoct«tl«a, fo r Indl- -
.
.. ,
. , ,
,
,
fessed?
I cannot belle» o tfcat the Seuate
near as possible to demanding that know that sometimes when I get to very few women— very few— would do
found piled with dead six deep.
V v point le that t h « people o f the t ’ ntted \ Iduale, f o r et « te e end fo r mankind.
PRESIDENT WILSON’S MESSAGE TO
FINAL SESSION OF 63RD CONGRESS
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
e Governor's
A N o v e l i z a t i o n of
Lady Alice Br a dl e y ' s Play
'Ey GERTRUDE STEVENSON
Illustrations from Photographs of the Stage Production
Turku Forced by If. S.
to Keep (hen Peace
rible night of anxiety and besides the to »100 each. The next day the colony
police were harsh and brutal.
assembled at the station. Ambassador
The sights he saw made Ambassador Morgenthau was there and personally
London — The Chronicle has pub-
Morgenthau determine to make the supervised all the smallest details of
the departure, even distributing randy
H«hed a letter from Athens praising
Turks respect his wishes. He formal
the activity of the American ambas ly advised the Turkish government to the children before the train left.
Words can hardly express the grati
sador, Henry Morgenthau. in Constan that unless fhe British colony was al
tinople on the night of November 1, lowed to depart he would demand his tude due him, the letter concludes.
when the English colony w h s not al passports and take them all as his pri-
lowed to leave the city.
Loraine H it by Shrapnel.
j ygte guests un hi« special train.
The action of the Tdrks c mi Sod a
The Turks, the letter says, had no
Ixtndon— The following account of
panic among the British refugees, but desire to fight the United States as the wounds sustained by Robert Lor
the American ambassador assured them well as the allies, so they gave in. but aine. the actor-aviator, recently, while
he would endeavor to get them away took revenge by assessing th* refugees fighting at the front, has been re
next day. The refugees passed a ter- an arbitrary and illegal tax of from »6 ceived from a military surgeon:
"O ne of fyiy latest patients is the
Purchase Loan Floated.
aviator-actor I-oraine.
He was out
Denmark Here to Trade.
New York— The banking houae of
New York Denmark’s export and making a sketch of {the enemy's posi
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the National import trade with Germany which has tion, when a shrapnel bullet hit him
City bank announced the joint pur been partially destroyed hy the war below the shoulder blade, traversed a
chase o f »5,000,000 worth of twh-year will be turned to the United States, lung and eame out below the collar
six per cent Swedish treaatiry notes, according to Figel Hallager, a mer bone in front. He was in bad condi
which will be publicly offered at par chant of Copenhagen, who arrived here tion when he entered the hoapital, but
is doing well now.”
and accrued interest. The,proceeds, of on the steamship Frederick V III.
the loan, which ia the firat te he -nego
Mr. Hallager said he came to this
tiated in the United States hy a neu country for the p’tr|>o«e of making ex
London— "Ostend ia reported to be
tral European nation since the begin tensive purchase* of goods for export on fire." aays the Daily Chronicle, in
ning of the war, will be uaed to buy and to find a market for glovea, »S,- a dispatch from Dunkirk. " I t is be
"various commoditit-a’ ’ in this country. 000,000 worth of which Germany an lieved tnat the
conflagration
was
The loan was regarded as tha fore nually purchased in Denmark prior to caused either by a British bombard
runner of other loans.
th « war.
ment or German incwrtdiXries. "
Japan annnonnees that a very small
amount of booty was captured at the
fall of Tsing Tau, all ships in the har
bor having been destroyed by the Ger
mans.
Statistics compiled by the depart
ment of commerce seem to bear out
the claim that the Underwood tariff,
not the European war. ia mainly re
sponsible for the war tax.
An American who was recently in
Berlin says the German people are in
clined to expect ultimate defeat, but
have not the slightest thought of any
thing but a fight to the finish.
So many reservists have returned
from the Unite«! States to aid Amstria
that «'ommands in many armies of that
country are given in English.
German forces attempted to croas
the flo«ide«i districts Along the Yser
river on huge rafts, but were discov
ered at daylight and repulsed by a
terrific artillery Are from the allies.
you unburden your soul to them on
the spot.
"You'll kind of have to
dodge 'em. Bob. I don’t know when
I’ve lied so. What do you think of
a man who force« a woman to lie?”
"W ell." Hayes hated the old subject,
hated the thought of Mary dwelling
continually
on
her
unhappiness.
"Didn't they know about Slade?" and
he began to toy with the spools of
thread that Mary had been using for
th* Inevitable sewing that had so an
noyed her husband.
"Either they don't know or they
want to find out more than they al
ready know," Mary answered, wearily.
'So I sit here lying and lying."
"You intend to stick it out and stay
here ?"
"Yes." Mary answered with a quiet
determination.
“Well, he can't call tht« desertion.-'
Hayes went on. "You own this house
together. It's your home as well as
bis "
"Yes " agreed Mary, “but It’s awful
| fighting my husband. What's the mat
ter with you. Bob’ You used to tell
me a lot about Miss Strickland, and
lately you—have you had any troubleT'
she aaked. kindly, forgetting her own
When the Germans invaded the wine
districta of France they spared the
grape crop, thinking to harvest it
themselves, but now that they have
been driven out, the French are h*r- i
vesting the best crop in T
thinking about it— 1— something comes
over me. an idea that— shut that out
side door. Rob," she commanded be
fore she would continue. "I wonder
if there Isn't— I declare I’m ashamed
to say it— but I wonder if it could be
possible that there's— some woman,” j
she finally managed to get the word
out.
“Auntie!” It was not necessary for
as much for a man. For Instance. Mr«.
Merritt, I know, wouldn't. I needn’t
tell you that the whole community will
admire you for your reserved dignity—
if you go. Mrs. Slade.”
"I'm not going.” Mary’s voice waa
ominously quiet.
"You're going to oppose th« dV
vorce?”
“Yes." came the soft answer.
(T O
BE
C O N T IN U E D .)
Our National Capitala
Philadelphia. July 2. 177S. to June 30.
T b « capital of the United States 17»3; Princeton. N. J„ June 30. 1713.
has been located at diffsrect times to November 20, 17S3; Annapolis. Md..
at the following placet:
At Phila November 26. 17S3. to November 30.
delphia. from September 5. 1774. to 17S4; Trenton. N. J., from November
December. 1776. at Baltimore. Decem 23 , 1784, to January, 1785; New York.
ber 10. 177«. to March. 1777; Phila January 11, 1785. to 1790.
delphia March 4. 1777. to September, j
Then th« seat of government was
1777; Lancaster. Pa.. September 27. , removed to Philadelphia, where it re
1777. to September 30, 1777. York P a . mained until 1800, since wb:eb Urn«
September 30, t7"L to July. 177»; I it has been In WasbisgtOA