Mosier bulletin., March 23, 1917, Image 2

RAILROAD STRIKE
IS DECLARED OEE
TO CLEAR SEA OF U-BOATS
Preparation for Aggressive Action by
Navy Ordered by President.
Washington, D. C.— Preparation for
aggressive action by the navy against
Basic Eight-Hour Day to Be Put
Into Effect by Managers.
the German submarine menace
began
Tuesday at tbe direction o f President
Wilson.
The President authorized the
expenditure o f the $115,000,000 emer­
gency fund,
NATIONAL CRISIS MAIN FACTOR
provided by congress to
speed up naval construction and pay
for special additional w ar craft, and
the suspension o f the eight-hour labor
law in plants engaged in navy work.
Concession Made R e ga rd !»»» o f Forth­
Immediately
afterward.
Daniels ordered
coming Action by Supreme Court
yard to begin
Chairman laauea Statement.
the N ew
Secretary
York
navy
building 60 submarine
chasers o f the
110-foot type,
to be
completed in from 60 to 80 days.
It
was said 40 o f these could be laid down
N ew Y o rk — The conference commit­
tee of railroad managers early Monday
morning authorized President W ilson ’s
mediators to make whatever arrange­
ments were necessary with
the
rail­
road brotherhoods to call off the strike.
The formal letter in which this au­
thorization was
made
was signed by
Elisha Lee, chairman of the m anagers’
committee, and was as follows:
“ In the national
by events
of
crisis precipitated
which
we
heard this
(Sunday)
afteroon,
the
national
conference committee o f railroads join
with you in the conviction that neither
at home nor abroad Bhould there be
fear or hope that the efficient opera­
tion of the railroads o f the country
w ill be hampered or impaired.
“ Therefore, you are authorize«! to
assure the nation there w ill be no
strike, and as a basis for such assur­
ance we hereby authorize the commit­
tee of the Council o f National Defense
to grant to the employes who are about
to strike whatever adjustment your
committee deems necessary to guaran­
tee the uninterrupted and efficient
operation o f the railroads as an indis­
pensable arm o f national defense.’’
The announcement o f the managers
that they had yielded apparently came
as a surpise to the brotherhood chiefs,
for they were in tied when summoned
again to the conference room.
Earlier
in the evening there had been a dis­
tinctly pessimistic feeling as to the
prospect for averting a strike.
U p to that hour the railroads had re­
fused to make the concessions granted,
and the brotherhoods had stood fast to
their determination to strike unless
they won their demands either by the
Supreme court declaring the Adamson
law valid or by their employers grant­
ing them the eight-hour day.
The men will get their present pay
for 10 hours for eight hours’ work un­
der the agreement. These concessions
on the part of the managers are vir­
tually what the employes contended
they would gain under the Adamson
law if it were declared constitutional.
Immediately after Secretary Imne
had made his announcement the broth-
erhood leaders sent telegrams to all
the general chairmen inform ing them
that the strike had been called off.
Submarines Sink Three Amer­
ican Ships Without Warning
London The sinking of the A m eri­
can steamships City of Memphis, Illin­
ois and VigilSnria was announctsl Mon­
day.
Fourteen men from the V igilan-
cia are missing, as are some of (he
men from the City of Memphis.
The
crew of the Illinois landed safely.
The City of Memphis, in ballast
from Cardiff for N ew York was sunk
by gunfire. The second officer and 15
men of the crew have been landed.
A
patrol boat has gone in search o f the
other members o f the crew.
The Illinois, from Ixindon for Port
Arthur, Tex., was in ballast.
The Vigilaticia was torpedoed w ith­
out warning.
at once.
W ith the
President’s approval, the
secretary also ordered the graduation
o f the first and second classes at the
naval academy. The first class will go
out March 29, releasing 212 junior offi­
cers to fill existing vacancies, and the
second in September, furnishing 202
more, a full year before they other­
wise would be available.
W hile the energies of the navy will
be concentrated for the present on
efforts to get into commission craft de-
signed particulary to destroy submar­
ines ami guard the coast, warship
building generally w ill be speeded up
under the recent agreement with pri­
vate builders and with the funds now
made available.
ADAMSON LAW IS
CONSTITUTIONAL
U. S. IS VIRTUALLY AT WAR
President Considers Extra Session ; )
“ Overt Act” Committed.
Waahintgon, D. C .— W ith the an­
Waahintgon, D. C .— The eight-hour nouncement o f the ruthless destruction
standard for railroad wages, provided ' of throe unarmed American merchant
ships by submarines, it waa unofficially |
in the Adamson law, was held consti­
I admitted here Monday night that vir­
tutional Monday by the Supreme court.
tually a state of war exists between j
The Supreme court’s decision, hold­
the United States and Germany.
ing the entire Adamson act constitu­
Technically the Unit«*! States re­
tional, was announced by Chief Justice
mains in a position of armed n eu tral-]
White.
Whether this shall be changedJ
In announcing the opinion, the Chief ity.
justice reviewed the negotiations lead­ j before A p ril 16, the date fixed for a :
' special sesaion of congress, the war- j
ing to enactment o f the law.
H e did
government, i
not read from a prepared opinion, g iv ­ makng branch o f the
ing it apparently from memory.
He President Wilson has not decided
One step the President is contem- |
told o f the President’s efforts to avert
j plating is a call for an immediate aes-
the strike last September.
J aion of congress to hear an address
“ H e suggested arbitration.
The
employes accepted and the employes asking for authority to adopt aggres­
sive measures against the submarine
refused,” said the Chief justice. “ He
menace.
A lready American ships are
then suggest«*! a baaic eight-hour-day
standard.
The employers rejected being armed to defend themselves, the
; next move must be to send warships
that and the employes accepted.’ ’
H ow the President went to congress | with orders to seek out submarines
was then recited.
"C on gress pass«*! the law that is be­
fore us and the carriers refused to re­
cognize it ,” he recited.
He said the
agreement to exp«*iite the case was
" v e r y laudable.’’
In the early course of the opinion
the Chief justice said that the law was
both an eight-hour day act and also a
wage-fixing
statute.
He said it
“ strips the partitis o f power o f con­
tract” as to wages.
He said the
eight-hour provision was the para­
mount feature.
A s to whether the law fixes the
hours of labor or fixes wages, the Chief
justice said it did both.
He said the
right to fix hours o f labor by congres*
was out o f the cases unqestioncd.
cupied about 20 additional villages and
treating Germans.
They
have gone
beyond Ham on the Somme river and
Chauney on
the
Oise,
which brings
them appreciably nearer to the St.
(Juentin-Laon line.
A t one point the
advance Tueaday penetrated German
lines to a depth of 22 miles.
Isindon
The British advance still is
being pushed
rapidly,
further large
gaina being recorded in the official re­
port
from
British
headquarters in
France Tuesday night.
“ The pursuit o f the
enemy,”
says
the report, “ continued Tuesday, our
cavalry and advance guards driving
back the enemy’s rear guards. The
ground gained extends for a depth of
from two to eight miles and 40 more
villages have fallen into our hands.’’
London— The following official com­
munication is issued regarding the op­
eration o f the
British
troops
against
the Turks In Mesopotamia :
“ During
Saturday
night
General
Maude’s troo)is effected a crossing of
the Diala river and occupied the vil­
lage o f Hahriz and a part o f the town
of Bakuhah on the left bank o f the
river.
The enemy retired hastily to­
ward Khanikan. ”
Bakuhah lies about 25 miles north­
east of Bagdad on the Diala.
Fifteen of Crew of Torpedoed
Vigilancia Are Drowned
Plymouth,
via
London —■ Fifteen
members of the crew of the American
steamer
Vigilancia
lost
their
when the steamer was torpedoed
German
London In an interview granted to
the Copenhagen correspondent o f the
Berlin Tageblatt, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch, Count von Bern-
storff, interrogated as to whether he
thought there would be war between
Germany and the United States, re­
plied :
“ That depemls on our U-boat w a r­
fare.
I f we sink an American ship we
shall get war.
I f not, 1 suppose we
can avoid it.”
submarine.
lives
by a
The survivors
were in lifeboats from Friday morning
Famine Declared Near.
The H ague— A ft e r the debate in the
Prussian house o f deputies March 6, on
the food crisis, Dr. Heim, ltrader of
the Bavarian peasant party, published
an article concerning the situation,
from which the V orwaerts prints the
following extract:
“ It is
high time that facts which
up to the present are known to but few
o f the
uninitiated
should be pub-
lishtsl.
It ¡B better to tell the people
the truth »«juarely than to continue to
work on a system which has hopelessly
broken down through its own faults.
W e must hold out 120 days longer
until the new crops; but even if to­
morrow brought ‘ hunger peace’ we
would be unable for months to get a
(lound mote o f bread grain, owing to
khe lack o f tonnage and the w orld’s
crop fa ilu re .”
Colombian Treaty Modified.
Washintgon, D. C .— Mixlifications
in the Colombian treaty were agreed
upon by the senate foreign relations
committee in an effort to meet Repub­
lican objection«, and Chairman Stone
w ill lay the new draft before the sen­
ate with a view to pressing for ratifi­
cation before the end of the present
extra session.
Republican leaders,
still hostile in spite o f the changes,
said there would be no filibuster to
prevent action, hut more than 30 sen­
ators were pledged to vote against the
treaty.
T I D 1 J ' F J — I - N -L L V -
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W H EN
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D IS C O V E R S
JE R R O L D H A R M ER AND
P R U D E N C E E X C H A N G IN G
T E N D E R G LA N C ES AND
S O FT W ORDS
Mr. Starr, widower, Methodist
minister at Mount Mark. Iu., has
five charming daughters. Pru­
dence. the eldest, keeps house for
him. Fairy is u college freshman.
Carol and Lark, twins, are in
high school.
Constance is the
“baby.”
The activities of the
girls— Prudence's work. Fairy’s
school affairs, the youngsters’
pranks— and the family perplexi­
ties, muke the story. It is simply
u recital of homely- incidents
glorified by affection.
The pre-
cedlng installment descrlhed an
accident which Prudence suf­
fered during an eurly-inorulng bi­
cycle ride and her rescue by a
strange and fascinating young
man.
CHAPTER
—
C zar Nicholas, o f Russia.
The house of Romanoff is descended
from Andrei Romanoff, who is said to
have gone to Moscow from Prussia in
the 14th century Mikhail Feodorovitch
Romanoff was the first o f the family to
ascend the throne. This was in 1613,
when he was 17 years old.
The direct line of the Romanoffs
terminated in 1730 and the female line
in 1762, when the Holstein-Gottorp
branch came into power and has since
ruled.
The members of the fam ily in the
past two centuries have married so
generously into the
German royal
houses that the Romanoffs are often
said to be as much German, by blood,
as their kinsman, the German emperor.
IX— Continued.
12 —
H e went upstairs to obey, with de-
spulr in his heart. But to the girls,
there was nothing strunge in tills ex­
actness on the purt of Prudence. Jer-
rold Warmer wus the hero of the ro­
mance, and they must unite to do him
honor. lie was probubly a prince in
disguise. Jerrold Hurmer was a per­
fectly thrilling name. It wua really u
shnlue tjiat America ullows no tltlei
L(>rd .,errolj ai)1 solln(J so noble, and
Lady Prudence was very effective, too.
He and Prudence were married, and
hud u family of four children, nam«*l
[
for the various Starrs, before one hour
had passed.
“I’ll begin nty book right away,”
Lurk was saying. She and Carol were
In the dining room mudly polishing
>
their Sunday shoes, what time they
were not performing the marrluge cer-
j
° f. ‘ I“ “1! SiSt_er 0Ud .,he
Yes, do! But for goodness' sake,
don’t run her into n mule I Seems to
tne even Prudeuce could have done bet­
ter than that.”
and clear the trans-Atlantic lanes.
“I ’ll have his automobile break down
Some o f the highest officials of the
in the middle of the road, and Pru­
government hold that the executive
dence can run into It. The carburetor
has the p o w e r to doclaro L-.T.Ï - -,ti*fe
came off, and of course the car
of w ar exists and to proce«îd with ag- j
wouldn't run an inch without it.”
gressive protective ste(>s pending the
assembling of congress.
There is no ! "Yes, that's good,” said Carol ap­
indication, however, that the President provingly. “It must be a sixty-cylin­
der, eight horse power— er— tonneau
will follow that course.
or something real big and costly.”
“Tw ins!
You won’t be ready,”
United States of Russia Being
warned Prudence, and this dire possl
Formed by Victorious Duma ] oiiity sent them flying upstairs’ in a 1 I
I
N ew Y o rk — The Empress and Crown panic.
Prince are now safe in Finland and
" i d l e the girls, bubbling over with
the Emperor is at the Snetogoraky '’xettement, w ere dressing for the great
Mr.
M
r- s Stnrr
ta rr went
w,‘nt downstairs to |
monastery in Pskoff, according to a
cablegram made public here Sunday by s** 'v*'h Prudence. Carol called to him
the Rusaian-Ameriean-Asiatic corpor- ,,n
w* 7 down, and he paused on
atj0n.
the staircase, lookiug up at ber.
X.
Roused From Her Slumber.
At twenty minutes to four, the par­
sonage family clustered excitedly in
the sitting room, which the sunshine
Hooded cheerily. They were waiting
for the hero of Prudence's romance.
“Oh, Larkle, will you run upstairs
and bring my lace handkerchief!
W ould you keep these pear!* on,
Fairy, or would you take them off?”
" I would keep them on, Prue. You
do look so sweet, but your face is very
flushed. I am afraid you are feverish.
Maybe we hud better not let him see
Prue today, father.”
“F a iry !” exclaimed Prudence. "L is ­
ten, listen, girls! Look, Fairy, and see
if that is he! Yes, It is, 1 know— I
can tell by his walk.” Warm rich
color dyed her face and throat, and
she clasped her hands over her heart,
wondering if Connie beside her could
hear its tumult.
“I'll go to the door,” said Father
Starr, and Prudence i««oked at him
beseechingly.
“I— 1 um sure he is all right, father.
I— you will be nice to him, won’t you?”
Without answering, Mr. Starr left
the room. He could not trust his voice.
"Listen, girls, I want to hear,” whis­
pered Prudence. And site smiled us
she hearil iter father's cordial voice.
“ You are Mr. Hurmer, aren't you?
I am Prudence's father. Come right
in. The whole family is assembled to
do you honor. The girls huve ulmtdy
made you a prince in disguise. Come
hack this way. Prudence is resting
very nicely.”
When the two men stepped into the
sitting room, Prudence, for once, quite
overlooked her father. She lifted her
eyes to Jerrold Harm er's face, and
wulted, breathless. Nor wus he long
In finding her umong the bevy of girls.
He walked nt once to the bed, and
took her hand.
“M y little comrade of the road,” lie
said gayly, but with tenderness. “I'm
afraid you ure not feeling well enough
for callers today.”
“Oh, yes, 1 am,” protested Prudence
with strange shyness.
H e turned to the other girls, and
greet?<1 them easily. He was entirely
self-possessed. “Miss Sturr told me so
much about you that I know you utl to
begin with.” H e smiled nt Fairy us
he added, "In fact, she predicted that
I am to fall in love with you. And so.
very likely, I should, If I hadn't met
your sister first.”
They nil laughed at that, and then
he walked back and stood by Prudence
once more. “ W as it a bad spruln?
"Lark and I are going to use some
of Fairy’s powder, father," she said,
Raider is in Indian Ocean.
[ “W e feel that we simply must on an
Am ong those drowned were several
occasion like this. And for goodness'
Vancouver, B. C. — Cable advices
American citizens, including
Third
sake, don't mention it before hltn! It
Officer Neils P. North and Third En­ from Japan received here by the Cana­
jloesn't happen very often, you know,
gineer Carl Adeholde. This informa­ dian News, a Japanese newspaper,
M e t h o d is t p n r s o u u g e t h a t a ft e r n o o n .
hut today we simply must. Now, don’t
Allies Gain on 82 Mile Front;
tion was given out by Captain Frank said that a Japanese steamship of
you say anything about failing In the I
about
3115
tons
had
been
sunk
in
the
flour barrel, or turning pnie all of a
A. Middleton, o f N ew York, who, with
Sixty Villages Are Occupied the survivors df the Vigilancia, has Indian Ocean by a German commerce
*Hdden, whatever else you do. W e ’d
Do you believe in long engage­
N o details were given.
be so mortified, father."
London— Kritish troops, continuing reached the mainland, and probably raider.
ments between lovers?
Aren’t
Mr.
Starr
was
concerned
with |
their rapid advance on the heels of the w ill make affidavits before the A m eri­
engaged couples able to become
Tokio— It is officially announced that
| weightier mutters, and went on down
retiring Germans, have occupied Un­ can consul.
well enough acquainted after aix
to Prudent*«* with never so much ns a
Captain Middleton said that his ves­ a converted German cruiser has been
important towns o f Nesle, Chaulnes
months to marry and make as
sight«*!
in
the
Indian
ocean
and
is
being
reproving shake of the head for the
sel was sunk without warning.
Two
and I’eronne.
much of a success of the partner­
worldly-minded young twins,
Along a front of about 45 miles they lifeboats w ere lowered from the V ig il­ chas«si by Japanese and British w ar­
ship as if they had waited- two
ships.
The
German
has
sunk
a
Japan­
“Father.” begun Prudence, her eyes
have entered the German position* to ancia and the crew o f 43 men got into
or three years?
ese
freighter.
O w ing to the swell o f the
a depth of 10 miles in places.
In ad­ them.
„ „ (he lace coverlet, "do you think it
11
dition the British have taken more ocean, however, 25 men were thrown
«could be all right for me to wear tliut
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D . )
Von
B
ernstorff
in
Berlin.
into the water.
The boats of the Cap­
thna t>0 villages.
' silk dressing gown of mother’s? I
"My Little Comrade of the Road.”
Berlin, via laindon A special train
The announcement o f . these gains tain and the mates picked up ten of
aeeil something over my nightgown,
other
16 were from Copenhagen carrying Count and
was contained in the official report the men, but the
and my old flannel kimono is so ugly. Does -It pain you very badly? You C O P P E R IS A L A S K A 'S S T A P L E
Countt'ss von Bernstorff and the em­
drowned.
Monday from British headquarters.
You know, mother said I waa to have look tlreil. I am afraid It was an Im­
bassy and consular corps from the
J It, and— I’m twenty now. Do you think position for tne to come this ufter- Shipments of Metal to United States
Unite«! States arrive«! In Berlin W ed­
Flag-R aisin g is Imposed.
Now Run Far Ahead of Canned
Shells Lifeboat: K ill* Eight Men.
Yarrow dale Men on W ay.
It would be ail right? But if you do noon."
Salmon and Gold.
N e w York — Bouck White, pastor of not wnut me to wear It— "
“Oh. don’t worry about that," put In
Berne — The 59 American seamen
London— A boat containing the first, nesday night.
Tearful welcomes marked the home­
Connie
anxiously.
“She
want«*!
you
“1
do
want
you
to,"
was
tbe
prompt
the
Church
o
f
the
Social
Revolution,
who were taken to Germany on the ] second and third mates ami five sea­
coming.
Suit s made by Alaska to the Unit«*]
i reply. “ Yes. it is quite time you were to come. She's been getting us ready
prize ship Yarrow dale stopped
for men o f the Dutch steamer Selien char­
Count von Bernstorff refused
t o ! who is serving a 30-day sentence in
Stutes In the fiscal year 191C aggre­
the Tombs for burning an American weariug it. I’ll g«*t it out of the trunk fo r you ever since the doctor left. 1
lunch in Berne Monday and left at 3 tered by the Belgian B elief commis­ make any statement.
myself, and send Fairy down to help think It was kind of silly for me to gated n«*orly $50,000,UU0, according to
o’clock for Lyons, en route to the j sion. has been shelled by a submarine
It was generally remarked at the flag at a “ melting pot” ceremony in
a report on the Imports from Alaska
you.” Then ns be turned toward the w ear my blue just for one caller."
United States by way o f Spain. The I and all the occupant* killed, according station that the returning ambassador the courtyard of the church last June,
door, he asked carelessly, “Is he very
The twins glared at her. realizing for that period. Just Issued by the bu­
will
raise
the
flag
on
the
new
flagpole
men were met at the railroad station to a dispatch from Stavanger. " T h e had aged consiiierably since his last
’
that she was discrediting the parson­ reau of foreign anil domestic com­
in the Tombs yard each morning ami good-looking, Prudence?"
by Pleasant A. Stovall, the American ! Dutch steamer Selien, “ says the dis­ visit here.
age. hut Jerrohl H arm er laughed, and merce o f the department of commerce.
And
Prudence,
with
a
crimson
face,
haul
it
down
at
night.
minister, the entire legation staff and patch, “ has reached here bound for
No longer do salmon nn«l gold oraupy
Prudence Joined him.
answered
quickly,
"Oh,
I
really
didn't
To
Ed
war«
I
R.
A
m
t*,
and
August
She left Rotter­
virtually all the members o f the Am er- i N ew York in ballast.
England Asks for M ore Credit.
the first place* among Alaska's export
notice,
father."
“
It
Is
quite
true,”
she
admitted
Henkel,
serving
senten«*es
for
the
same
¡can colony.
Mrs. Harold McCormick dam Friday, bearing the usual desig­
London It ia understood that the
staples, having given way to the ex­
He went on upstairs then, and p es- frankly. “The mule and I disgraced
had given each one of the party $50. nations o f the Belgian Relief com­ supplementary vote o f rre«lit which offense, w ill fall the iluty of carrying
port of copper, which in the present
Some bought little souvenirs, while oth­ mission, ami was attacked at 5 o ’clock will be move»! Thursday will lie for the flag to anti from the warden’s office ently Fairy came down with the dainty the pursonage this morning, and I fiscal year had u total value of $28,-
*iik gown trimmed with flue soft lace. wanted the rest of you to redeem it
daily.
ers invested in suitcases and clothing. , Saturday afternoon.
£50,000,000 ($250,000,000). The an
488.UU). ronipured with $5.182,000 In
“1 brought my lavender ribbon for your this afternoon." She looked at him
nouncement created a mild sensation in j
1915, aud $3.870,000 iu 1914.
hair. Prudence.
It will match the inquiringly. “Then yon bod another
“ S agebrush’' is Adopted.
End o f Strike* on I'tilitiea.
Cubans lla>e Skirmish
j the house o f common*, in view o f the
coat
T"
gown
so
nli*«*ly.
Oh.
you
<lo
l«x»k
sw**et.
Kansas City, Mo. — The Adamson j granting o f the huge sum o f £550,000,-1 Carson City. N e v .— A fte r the legis­
Santiago. Cuba The first skirmish
Folly In Grieving.
deuri-st. I pity Jerrold Harmer, 1 can
“ No. I didn't. I saw this one in a
between government forces and rebel* j law derision by the Supreme court I 000 as recentiy as February 12. An lature had refused to adopt the sage­
One class of feelings ran be extin­
tell
you
that.
Now
I
must
hurry
and
window
this
morning,
and
couldn't
re­
since the landing o f loyal troops at means the end o f strikes in industries explanation unofficially o ffe n d is that brush as the emblem o f the state of
sist It. W as the ride very hard on guished only hy the creation of anoth­
Santiago was won by the soldiers of of utilities engaged in interstate serv­ I the new government departments have Nevada, re«|uests by women’s clubs I finish my own dressing."
e r; one sentiment banished only hy
But with her foot on the bottom yqiir ankle?”
President Menocal. The clash result - | ice, in the opinion of Frank Hagerman, lieen apemiing more largely than was throughout the state obtained a rever­
Mr. Stnrr was puzzled. Evidently it inviting the antagonism of another;
ed from steps taken to prevent the de- i special government attorney in the I anticipated in connection with the war. sal o f the former action, ar.d the des­ ! stair, she p«»t*e«!. H er sister was call­
one interest supplanted only by the
ert *hrub has been officially adopted by ing after her. "Send father down here, w as not lack of funds which brought ,
struction of the pumps at the city w a ­ case. This probably w ill be «lone. Mr.
So
this man on foot from Des Moines to stronger occupancy of another.
the prevent session as the state insig­ quick. Fairy.”
Hagerman declared, by the empower­
New Malady Besets City.
ter supply station early Sunday.
Father ran down quickly, and Pru­ Mount Mark, half-way across the long as this is nnperceived the over­
nia.
Nevada
has
been
known
for
Bombs intended for blow ing up the ment o f some body, such as the Inter­
Galesvilie, W is__ Four persons have
grieving heart will seek In vain to
pump* were discovered.
Santiago is state Commerce commission, to settle .lied here and scores are ill. some crit­ years as the Sagebrush State, but the dence. catching hold of his hands, state I He did not look like a man
discipline Itself. Thinking of Its sor­
fleeing
fmm
justice.
What.
then,
was
whispered
wretchedly,
“Oh.
father,
he
name
was
applied,
not
because
of
a
leg­
any
such
labor
dispute
that
may
arise.
quiet. The American forces still hold
ically. from a disease which has baffle«)
row as too much, instead of Its sense
their positions in the city, while Cuban
“ The public is to be congratulated physicians. The city officials have ap- islative action, but be«**use o f the —he Is good-looking. I— I did notice the explanation?
“You must have fouml it rather a I of duty as too little. It fails to meet
decision. ’ hit
statement , (waled to physicians in other cities for [ large proportion o f Nevada covered by j it. I didn't really mean to lie to y«>u.“
forces have taken up positions in the on this
"There, now. Prud«*n«*e." h« said, long walk," he began tentatively, his pointedly Its own remedy —Jam «#
reads.
outskirts.
assistance.
Little difficulty is exper-i this shrubbery.
Marti neau.
kissing her tenderly, “you musth t get eyes on the young man's face.
—--------------------
| ienced in
detecting the symptoms. ;
excittM again. I'm afraid yon art* too
“Yes, I think tny feet are a little
Funeral W arship Named.
Ranchers to Build Ships.
Seaplanes Save Ship.
swollen glantls and high temperature. ,
nervous to have cullers. You must lie Mistered. I have walked farther than
Increase Silk Production.
Waahintgon, D. C .— Japan ha* as­
N ew York
The British freight hut the proper treatment has not been i Seattle, Wash. — Through R. W .
! very quietly until he conies. That was that many times, hut I am out of prac­
In German silk culture experiments,
Michael, of Seattle and Portland, a
signed the armored cruiser Azum a to steamer Eastgate. which arrived here «lev* ..*ped.
no He. child. You are so upset you do tice now. Sometime*, however, walk­ feeding with leaves o f a species o f
numher o f ranchers o f the Pendleton
bring boms the biuiy of Ambassador Tuesday from I a Palliae, waa recently
not know what you are saying toilay. ing Is a painful necessity."
rom frey 1* expected to produce four or
Mme Explosion Kills 8.
district in Oregon are seeking to in­
Guthrie.
Mrs. Guthrie w ill return or attacked by a German submarine and
He quiet uow. Prudence, it's nearly
“How long did It take yon coming five crops of cro w n s s year Instead o f
the same ship.
escaped
«instruct ion
only
through
t'anonaburg, I’a.
Eight miners are vest a large amount o f money in the
time for bltu to come."
from Des Moines to Mount Mark?" in­ the one from mulberry leaves. Consul
prompt ai«i rendered by two French known to have been kiile«i their bodies 1 motorahip industry at Seattle, Michael
“You arc a dear good father," she quired Carol in a subdued and respect­ C. A. Da mm. however, 'orecasts the
Day is timet ia Dahlia.
seaplanes.
Tbe Incident was related i having be recovered, and five others , said Monday
cried, kissing bis hands passionately. ! ful voice, and curious, withal.
failure of tbe attempt to crests a silk
Dublin
St. Patrick’s «lay paase
The construct ion o f wooden ships
by members of the crew, who pointed I are missing as a result of two explos-
“From De* M oines,' he gaspe«L Industry for w ar Invalids and ripple*,
quietly in Dublin.
Many country peo | to hoi«** in the shiff’s ventilator* made | ions which early Thum iay wrecked the is logical the means o f putting to use “hut It was a lie. I did koow what I
1 did It on purp«>ae."
"Good heavens' I did not walk from on account of difficulties of spinning
(de came into town but there were no by shell* in support o f their story. I interior of Hendersonville mine No. 1. the money reoeived for the wheat was saytu*
And Mr Starr s heart was heavy, for Des M oines! Did yon— “ He turned and a cost of the product likely to ex­
processions. The church services were The place o f the attack and the «late ! of the Henderson Coal company three j r r o p 4 ” he aaid. “ It ia apparent that
h* knew that bis fear* were real
to Prudence questioning!/. “D id /ou ceed that of the Imported raw «sifc.
teargely attended
were not divulged.
P
I mils* north o f here.
i the industry is «*nly in its infancy."
.1
until Sunday afternoon.
According to Ivan Norodny, head of
the corporation, the cablegram was
from their representatives in Petro-
grad and was transmitted through the
Belgian minister.
Mr. Norodny announe«*! the receipt
of dispatch«** also saying that the Du­
ma is promulgating orders for the
formation o f a g«>vernment
to be
known as the United States o f Russia,
with Prince LvolT as Presiiient.
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PetPograd — A fte r his abdication,
Emperor Nicholas returned to general
staff headquarters.
The attitude of the armies at the
front in the fa ee 'of the new develop-
m«*nt is not yet known in Petrorgad.
It is generally believed that the ap­
pointment o f Grand Duke Nicholas «is
comrander in chief w ill be received en­
thusiastically by the
troops, with
whom he ia extremely popular.
Com pany.)
CHAPTER
M r. S T A R R 'S H E A R T S IN K S
Abdicates Thro ne .
Allies Pressing Enemy Hard;
Large Territory Being Regained War With United States
Depends on Acts of U-Boats
Paris— The French troops have oc­
small towns in their advance on the re­
T
_1>
D m
I think I
walked
clear from
Moines?”
“Yes." And added hastily, "But I
! did not care If you did. It did not
make any difference how you came.”
For a moment he was puzzled. Then
; he hurst out laughing. “I am afraid
we had too much to talk about this
morning. I thought 1 had explained
tny situation, but evidently I did not.
I drove from Des Moines in the car,
i and— "
“The automobile,” gasped Carol,
with a triuinohaut look at Lark.
“ Y'es, Just so. I stopped at several
places ou business as 1 came through.
I drove from Burlington this morning,
but I got off the road. The car broke
down on me, and I couldn’t fix It—
broke an axle. So I had to walk In.
That Is what I was seeing about to­
day, sending a man out for tbe car
and arranging about the repairs.” He
suiil«*l again. “What in the world did
you think I would walk from Des
Moines for?" he asked Prudence, more
inquisitive than grammatical.
“1 did not think anything about It
until they asked, und— I did not know
about the car. You did not mention
it."
“No. I remember now. W e were
talking of other things all the time.”
He turned frankly to Mr. Starr. “Per­
haps you huve heurd of tbe Harmer
Automobile company of Des Moines.
My futher was Harvey Hurmer. Tw o
years ago, when I was running around
In Europe, he died. It wus his desire
tliut I should personally take charge
of tlie business. So I hurried home,
und have had charge of the company
since then. W e are establishing sales
ugencies here, und iu Burlington, and
several other towus. I came out for
a little trip, and took advantage of the
opportunity to discuss the business
with our new men.
That's what
brought me to Mount Mark."
For the first time In her life. Pru­
dence distinctly triumphed over her
father. She flashed him tile glance of
a conqueror, and lie nodded, under­
standing^. H e liked Jerrold Harmer,
us much a* he could like any tnan who
stepped seriously into the life of Pru­
dence. H e wus glad that things were
well. But— they would excuse him, he
must look after Ids Sunday's sermous.
A little later the twins und Connie
grew r«“stless, und finally Connie blurt­
ed out, “ Say. Prue, don't you think
we've upheld
the parsonage long
enough?
I want to get some fresh
air.”
The twins would never have
been guilty of such social indiscretion
as this, hut they gladly nvuiled them­
selves of Connie’s "break,” and fol­
lowed her out-of-doors. Then Fairy
got up, laughing.
“I have done my
share, too. I think we ll leave the
pursonage in your hands now, Prue.
I want to write to Aunt Grace. I’ll be
Just at the head of the stairs, and if
Prudence wants me. you will call,
won’t you. Mr. Hurmer? Aud won't
you stay for dinner with us? I'm sure
to dlsgruce the parsonage again, for
I am no cook, but you cau get along
for once, surely. W e spend more time
laughing when the food is bad, and
laughter Is very healthful. You will
stuy, won't you?”
Jerrold Hurmer looked very eoger,
and yet he look«*«! somewhat doubtfully
nt Prudence. H er eyes were eloquent
with entreaties. Finally he laughed,
unit said, " I should certainly like to
stay, but you see I «««ant to come back
tomorrow. Now, w ill I dare to come
buck tomorrow if I stay for dinner to­
night? W ouldn’t Connie say that was
disgracing the parsonage?”
Fairy laughed delightedly. "That is
very good," she said. "Then you will
stay. I'll try to fix it up with Connie
to save the reputation of the house.”
No, they did uot quote poetry, they
did not discuss the psychological In­
tricacies of spontaneous attraction,
they did not say anything deep, or
wise, or learned. But they smiled at
each other, with pleased Investigating
eyes. H e put Ids hand on the cover­
let, Just near enough to toueli the lace
■ in the sleeve o f her silk dressing gown.
And together they found paradise In
the shabby sitting room of the old