un bill p m
“ But that isn't ■11” the girl ex
plained with growing animation, “You
see, It waa a present from my father,
and the cameo— It's a portrait of my
Prank Opinions Given ny England's
Measure» Designed to Stimulate Pro
father him self!”
“ I t ’a what?” Mr». Beggaratnff ex
and France's M ilitary Experts-»
duction, Put a Stop to Hoarding
claimed shrilly. “A portrait of your
U.
S.
Draft
Plan
Favored.
and Equalize Distribution.
fa th er! P o o h ! Absurd! That thing’s
genuine antiquity— two thousand
Washington, D. C.— W hile definite
years old I f a day I”
Washintgon, D. C.— The administra
ascendancy over the German war ma-
tion food bills were introducted in the
" I know. I mean. It looks Uk* him.
house Monday by Chairman Lever, o f
chine has been established by the al
That's why he gave it to me. He
lied 1 forces
both
in personnel
the agriculture committee.
They do
-
, , .
,!~
‘ ------ in " France,
------- l“
‘*k *“
■
-
showed It to hie once— the last time
[and equipment, and eventual victory is
not cover price fixing or control o f the I
. we were together ln London— and I
in sight, many months o f bitter fight
use o f grain for distilling liquors. I
saw the resemblance; eo he sent It to
ing are still ahead.
These subjects w ill be covered in a bill !
ne on my next birthday.
It really
A U TH O R <=/ “ THE LONE does
This is the view o f m ilitary experts
to be introduced later.
look wonderfully like him.”
, attached to France’s war commission,
The bills introdcued are designed to |
WOLF," ‘‘THC BRASS
"Then, my dear, you ought to pride
as gathered by officers o f the A m eri - 1
stimulate production, prevent hoard- ;
yourself on having a mighty handsome
BO W L/’CTC
can general staff, during informal con
ing, make fo r equitable distribution j
man fo r your fa th er!"
COPYhlCMT BT LOU 13 JOifWt VAflCf
versations at the War department.
and suspend the law prohibiting the \
“ I do.” the girl said Indistinctly,
|
The
French
officers
discussed
the
situ-
!
m ixing of flour. They contain provis
averting her head and closing her eyes.
Bomb Explosion and False Reports o f ions to prevent conflict with the anti Conscript A ge Uncertain and Confer j ation most frankly. Much o f what j
“ And able to make such presents!
was said was strictly confidential and
trust and interstate commerce laws.
ence Must lie Held to Decide -
W ilson's Murder and U*Roat
THE CHARMING AND TALKATIVE MRS. BEGGARSTAFF DIS
Why, It must be worth several thou
information as to the immediate mili- j
The Lever bill appropriates $25,000,-
sands!
An exquisite sp«icimen— per--
Senate for T. K .’ s Army.
Raids to Wreck Business.
tary situation o f the most importance j
000 for its enforcement and authorizes
COVERS THAT LUCY CARTERET HAS A
fectly preserved— flawless— ought by
was freely givqn under that seal.
the appointment o f two additional as
rights to be ln the Metropolitan mu
In addition the American experts
WONDERFUL NECKLACE
sistant secretaries o f agriculture to
seum. I shall envy you It till my
. , .
_ _
_
. ,
obtained many facts and figures ap p ly-!
administer it.
The measure is de
Washington, D. C.— By overwhelm- L
direct|y to problems to be consid-
; dying d a y !”
N ew Y ork — Confession was made in signed to prevent a shortage o f food
Miss Carteret didn't answer.
court Tuesday by W o lf Hirsch, arrest
Just as the giant passenger steamship Alsatia Is ready to leave
wartim e by protecting the pub mg m ajorities both the senate and i ered by.th«.U nited States in raising
and whieh are not re.
And presently Mrs. BeggarstafT re
ed Monday with George Meyringer, lic against injurious speculation and house passed late Saturday night the | ita war a
the port o f Liverpool fo r New York, a charming young English
turned the brooch to the top o f the
both Germans, that they were on their would provide for a survey o f food administration bill to raise a war army | garde<1 a? mintary Heori.ts.
woman goes aboard and engages a luxurious stateroom. She is nerv
highboy and went her way, one line,
way to blow up the offices o f J. P. situation o f the country. It also pro-
ous, suspicious and fearful. Presently she learns she is to share the
<lr* „ t*
.
| Statements o f the French fully con- i
The final rullcall brought into line brmed conclusions reached by the gen-
thoughtful wrinkle murrlng the hablt-
stateroom with Mrs. Amelia BeggarstafT. an amiable chatterbox of
Morgan & Co., with a bomb when in- vides for the establishment o f stand-
; ual serenity of her forehead.
tercepted by the police.
fifty years, who lives In New York. Mrs. BeggarstafT learns the g irl’s
ards o f grades for American products behmd the bill many senators and rep- era| gbajj after its long study o f loMM
resentatives who had fought for the in all armies actually engaged in Eu
The Dowager Dragon’s deck chair
name Is Lucy Carteret and that she’s on her way to America to live.
and fertilizei s and for their recep
N ew York — Intention to destroy a tacles, and requires proper labeling for volunteer sytem until routed by the rope, in an effort to learn the provis
She cnlmly announces she w ill act as Lucy’s chaperon for the voy
stood In the shelter o f a Jog near the
decisive
defeat
o
f
volunteer
amend
“ big W all Street institution,” tap tel such receptables to prevent fraud and
ions they must make for maintaining
entrance to the forward promenade
age.
egraph trunk lines between Chicago, abuses. It authorizes the license and ments earlier in the day in both houses. the fighting strength o f an army at the
deck companionway— a most advan-
The
senate,
which
had
voted
down
Washington and New York, send out control, when necessary, o f any busi
front.
| tageous coign for the sincere student
the
volunteer
plan
69
to
18,
passed
the
false reports o f President W ilson's ness or manufacture, storage or distri
The terrible toll in dead, maimed |
But much o f this man's discourse was i ,,f seafuring Immunity.
Here, after
C H APTE R I—Continued.
assassination and IJ-boat raids on the bution o f foods, food materials or bill by a vote o f 81 to 8.
and prisoners, computed on figures in-1
couched In a modified phase o f Ameri- ;l hurried dinner, Mrs. UegguratatT
1 2 --
In
the
house
the
vote
against
the
Atlantic coast, and then disrupt wires feeiln, and gives similar power to com
eluding Russia’s enormous losses in j “ A ll my life," the girl admitted. “ I cuu slung or else harmed Imck to local mounted guard In the blue gloaming,
- - affect - the - jjgj |icenBeH to disgorge unreasonably volunteer plan was 313 to 109, and captured, amounts to 10 per cent a
to prevent - denial, - all to
was born In London, and when I was American topics; both lurgely unintel- | narrowly reviewing the postprandial
stock market for speculative benefit, hoarded stocks to refrain from unjusc that by which the bill itself was month o f troops at the front. H a lf o f j
very young my parents returned to liglble to a sense of humor nourish«*! parade with eyes whose brightness
was the ambitious plot confessed by or discriminatory practices or charges passed was 397 to 24.
these are permanently out o f action, i America, leaving me behind because on strictly British slang and localisms. was as yet undimmed by uge.
As passed by the senate, the meas and were it not for the constant stream
W o lf Hirsch and George Meyringer, and to exact fa ir prices only.
Then there was n Mrs. Merrllees—
they expected to be gone only a little
At length she sat up with a quick
two Germans charged with having a
I t gives power to control the market ure provides for the draft o f men be o f recruits going forward every day,
according to Mrs. BeggarstafT not a
picric acid bomb in their possession. movement and distribution o f perish tween the ages o f 21 and 27 years, an army o f a million men soon would | time. Then my mother died In New year out o f mourning for a worthless movement and culled Imperatively,
Y ork ; and my father went Into busi
' "Quoin 1”
The men were employed at Itoosevelt able products, to prescribe percentages while in the house measure the age fade away.
ness there, and thought me better ofT husband— an adorably pretty creature,
A man who, walking alone, had been
hospital.
O f the wounded or ill, great num- j
o f flour which shall be milled from lim its are fixed at 21 and 40. This
and
so
bewltchlngty
gracious
that
where I w h s , in the care o f friends,
on the point of passing. Jerked u clga-
lesser
discrepancies w ill be i bers return to their regiments.
Hirsch, the police assert, besides wheat, and to perm it or compel whole and
With 1
Miss
Curteret,
ut
sight,
first
caught
( rette stub over the rail, and moved to
than with him.
being a chemist, is a former German sale and economical mixtures o f wheat. threshed out in conference early in the
her lireuth with envy, then fell hope the lady’s side.
secret service officer and a reserve
e ffld S S y , half* o T the I " But sur‘ ' y ” thls ln » hooke<1 elpos
A bill to be introduced later w ill week, so the bill may be in the hands j
lessly In love with her.
»i...
--------- l i „ . .
i R
j
1 tulatlon. "he 1 «...«=
--------------
“ Sit down. Three mortal days I ’ve
petty officer in the submarine division confer plenary power on the President
i - t i r e h £ o f any army is recovered to
A third she remembered for no r»*a- been moping round the saloons with
Oh, Indeed he did, often ; that Is.
but thc procegg takes
o f the German navy, while Meyringer, to more adequately handle the situa The War department already has com- active dut
considering the difficulties, the long son she could assign. His nume was my tongue huuglug out, parched for a
who was a kitchen man in the hospital, tion, including the fixing o f prices, pleted plans for carrying it into effect mor# tha„ three monthH.
Both senate and
house adopted
Thi8 comiition is one o f the impel- voyages, and the fact that he lsn t Quoin— u full, tuclturn man with a bit of scandal— und you never came
is an expert telegrapher and a student both minimum and maximum; to pre
reaaoi,8 wby the genera| 8taff a rich man. But I haven’t seen him quiet voice, a semi-lronlc uttltude [ neur m e!”
o f finance.
scribe national prohibition in the Pres amendments just before the final roll- n
toward the Dowager Dragon's gush of
for the 8elet.tive draft recently— not ln several years.”
The Germans expected, the police ident’ s discretion; regulate transporta cails which would greatly increase the gto<xl firm|
“ But I hate to dlauppoint; I'd noth-
on ,
hlB„ enough for your sen.
“ And now you're going to join him?” splrlted Inconsequence, and a sugges- ,
say, to make a fortune in W all street tion o f food products and deal with pay o f enlisted men during the war. f(>rm o f the administration’s army bill.
,an. England’ s
“ Yes," Miss Carteret affirmed ln a tlon of reserve. For some reason she sone(] pa|u te ”
on short investments by instructing produce exchanges and boards o f trade The house provision would make their Umier the volunteer
he ,WI)Ul]ent, Quoln. what
pay $.10 a month and that approved by for(.ea at the front were in some cases '/olee that betrayed more doubt than remembered him more definitely even
their brokers to buy just as the expect to prevent undue speculation.
than she remembered Mrs. Merrllees. ljrt, yoQ
on thl8 1>oatT I f you
ed tumble in the market developed
the senate would fix it at $29 a month. M reduced in gtrength that their nhe suspected.
from the bomb explosion and the false
But before lier astute Inquisitor As for the others, they might as well ,lnawer> .CroH8ll,K the Atlan„ Ci* r u for.
The present pay is only $15
predicament was serious.
clnemato-1
,.m „ |ady_ . .
In the houae at the last moment!
France had n<) djfficulty on that could take advantage o f the weakness have been shadows
news. Persons fam iliar with the mar ROOSEVELT READY TO START
Chairman Fitzgerald, o f the appro- score. Under her system o f universal her tone suggested there befell au In- graph screen.
ket conditions have informed the po
Quoin chuckled.
“ I'm combining
By ten o’clock, leaving Mrs. Beggar- I
lice that the Germans either were mis Cutonel Hays Division Ought to Go to priétions committee, objected vigor- I m ilitary 8ervice classes were called lerruptlon. It wns nothing more ex-
business with pleasure, If you must
ously
to
the
appropriation
o
f
$3,000,-1
led about the probable outcome o f such
France Immediately.
up as they were needed and the loss at Taordinary than a knock on the state- staff firmly fixed In the fourth seat | know. Nothing pleuses me more than
000,000 carried in the bill for the ex
an occurrence in W all street, or that
'oom d oor; hut It brought Miss Car at a card table, engrossed b> ln*r one j to lie cooped up for u few days with
the front offset promptly.
N
ew
York
—
Theodore
Roosevelt,
penses o f the new army, and the sec
they are putting this story forward to
teret to her feet with u start, ugnin confesseil Infatuation, nuction bridge, j tin unsuspicious subject. In such clr-
upon
his
return
here
from
Chicago
tion finally was eliminated. Mr. F itz
hide their real intentions.
Miss Carteret was abed and asleep.
,.mn8tfln0l,8 your humble sleuth leurni
pale and trembling.
Tuesday, declared he hoped, as Mar gerald declared that to place this vast
A bed o f almost sybaritic uxury It a ,
about himian nature.**
“ Oh I” she cried ln alarm. “ Oh, what
shal Jotfre had urged, that the people sum in the hands o f the secretary of
Is that?”
Involuntarily she stepped seemed, as It rocked her gently to for- j
"Then
you’re sleuthing .' I know It I
o f this country would realize the ne war would make o f congress a “ mere
hack as If to put as much space as getfulness ; but a bed o f misery when But on whose trail?”
cessity for sending without delay an automaton” and promised that i f the
she
awoke
in
the
chill
o
f
dawn,
with
possible between herself nnd the door.
' Afraid I dnssen't tell, Mrs. Beggar-
American force to the French front.
section were voted down the commit
Mrs. BeggarstafT watched her ln the Alsatia. for nil her Immense bulk, staff.”
He added that those in congress who tee would provide funds promptly in a
dancing drunkenly to the tune piped
open
wonder.
“ What If I know?”
oppose the raising immediately o f separate measure.
“ I t ’s only the atewnrdess. I rung by a mud northeaster. And for more
"That wouldn't surprise m e; you
some divisions o f volunteers for such
Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader
than sixty hours she was held the
for
her
some
time
ago."
certainly do contrive to know a sur
service “ w ill be repudiating the advice Kitchin and Chairman Dent, o f the
victim o f mortal weakness and the ele
“
Oh,
I
f
that’s
all.”
Miss
Carteret
prising number o f things that don't
o f Marshal Jotfre, w ill be voting m ilitary committee, who had favored
ments' immortal rage.
concern you."
The Hague, Netherlands, May 1, via Hgainst speedy and efficient action by the volunteer system, all voted for the Ten U. S. Navy Men and Part sat down again.
Intervals
there
were,
of
course,
"One moment, stewardess.”
Mrs.
Ixmdon— Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the United States, and w ill be endeav draft bill on the final rollcall.
Re
" I ’m not sure whether that's flattery
of Crew Reported Miss
BeggarstafT l»x>ked back at the girl. when, her sufferings temporarily nbnt-
the German imperial chancellor, w ill oring to the extent o f their action to publican Leader Mann also was record
or impertinence.”
ed. she was able to talk a little with
“
You
don't
object
to
my
letting
her
In.”
make
this
a
paper
war
-
a
war
in
make another |>eace offer in the reichs-
ed in the affirmative, as was Miss Ran
“ The man who eoulil flatter your om
ing from Oil Tanker.
“ Oh, no, no I" Miss Carteret insisted one or the other o f her would-be com
tag on Thursday o f this week, accord which we make speeches and let other kin, who previously had voted with the
niscience, madam, wouldn't hesitate
forters—
Mrs.
BeggarstafT
and
the
hastily.
“
Please
don't
mind
me.
I'm
ing to an announcement today by the men do the fig h tin g ."
volunteer advocates.
to— ah— tackle the Job of teaching a
very nervous— haven’t been— well. I stewardess. But on Tuesday a mem
Merlin Tageblatt
London — The American oil tank was startled— that Is all.”
orable conversation took place, neg New York head-waiter the gentle art
being insolent.”
Men and Women Riot in
WANTS U S. ARMY IN FRANCE steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The "S o I see," said Mrs. BeggarstafT ligible though It seemed at the time. o f Mrs.
FAR l Y e x p e d it io n o p p o s e d
Beggarstuflf laughed aloud.
captain and part o f the crew and the with a quizzical accent. "Come in I”
It
wus
at
about
six
bells
ln
the
fore
Chicago Bakers' Strike
"But suppose I do know what game
naval lieutenant and nine American
T h e door opened, admitting a smil noon watch when the Dowager Dragon
Marshal
Jotfre
Hopes
American
Flag
you're stalking und can lend a help
Chicago R ioting marked the open
gunners are missing.
Dispatch o f Raw Toops to French
ing. apple-cheeked, inlddle-iigeil Eng
W ill Fly in France.
ing o f the bakers’ strike in Chicago
ing hand?”
The Vacuum was sunk by a German lishwoman.
Front Improbable.
Monday morning. The worat disorders
“ Charmed to humor your whim.
Washington, D. C.— Marshal Jotfre submarine on Saturday while she was
“
Shut
thc
door—
th
ere!
So
many
Washington, D. C. W ith the judg occurred in the Ghetto district, where told the people o f Am erica Sunday. 0n her way to the United States,
Consider me u docile little supposer.
p»topic
running
up
and
down.”
ment o f the French war mission and mounted police were called upon to through Washington newspaper cor-
And then?”
The chief mate and 17 men, inclnd-
But when they were alone again,
the American army general staff seem protect the smaller bakery shops from respondents who called upon him, that \ ¡ „ g three o f the American naval gun-
much to the relief o f the girl, Mrs.
ingly in conflict as to when American strikers and their sinypathizers.
France cherishes the confident hope ners, have been landed,
BeggarstafT failed by any word to
troops should be sent to France, par
A t many piacea men and women that the flag o f the Unite»! States soon
And right away Mrs. Beggar-
a boat containing the master o f the
ticular intereat attached to a confer- i threw keroaene on bread as it was w ill he flying on her battle lines.
staff confesses to Mr. Quoin her
! ship and the remainder o f the crew, refer to her r«*oent betrayal o f alarm—
something
hardly
to
be
explained
ence at the White House Tuesday lie brought to the WHgons for delivery,
suspicions about Lucy Carteret
Victories sure to be won by the sol- | together with the lieutenant and nine
other than by open confession-—which
tween President Wilson and Rene Vi-1 Meanwhile the shortage o f 1,000,000 diers o f the two republics, once more naval gunners is missing
Don’t miss interesting devel
wouldn't
In
the
least
suit
Miss
Car
viani, head o f the French mission.
! loaves o f bread caused much concern to fighting shoulder to should for liberty,
opments given in the next in
Decision rests with the President, | householders and city, state and fed- declared the her») o f the Marne, w ill
New York — The American steam teret’s book.
stallment.
"N ow ,” said the elder woman plncld-
through hia constitutional function as i eral officials exerted every effort to "hasten the end of the war and tig h t ship Vacuum, commanded by Captain
commander-in-ehief o f
the United j end the walkout, which whs caused by en the links o f affection and esteem S. S. Harris, le ft New York on March ly, folding a veil over a most palpable
(T O B E C O N T I N U E D . )
States army. It was generally assumed a demand for higher wages,
which have ever united France and the 30 for Birkenhead, England, and car wig, but still a most becoming one,
that the views o f the French official-
Unit»*d States.”
ried a crew o f 34 men, o f whom 15 “now T il hurry on deck and »**.* about
PEAT AS COAL SUBSTITUTE
disclosed in Marshal Jotfre’s statement
lx>ssrs Impress Hritona.
The marshal, replying to questions, were American citizens, including nine our chairs, and then Interview the sec
ond steward about seats at table. I
advising that American forces I k - sent
London It seems that, regrettable said he deemed it advisable to semi one | native born.
Coming Much Into Favor in European
to the battle front soon, were formally
, ,
, ,
...
.
know most o f these people, stewards
. .
,,
.....
.
as it is, last week s official report on American unit at a tim e to France
Countries Where Fuel Supply
presented to Mr. Wilson during thc
and all, and generally manage to get
rather than to wait for the complete
Insurance Rate is Fixed.
conference. No information as to that »hipping losses has proved more effeo- equipment o f a big army because of
Is Limited.
New York— Representatives o f life Just about what I want.” Mrs. Beg-
discussion was given out, however, and
than any number o f official ex- | transportation problems.
gnrstafT added with grim self-coneett
insurance companies decided Tuesday
no administration official would com j hortatlona in impressing the public
Europeans, paying unusually high
“ I presume you've no obj»»ctlon to sit
He said, too, that he did not think
ment on the statement o f the great ' W>H> the gravity o f the food situation I | Americans now with
prices for coal, are turning to peat
the
French to recommend a uniform type o f policy ting beside me? Not that you won’t
French soldier.
* ml thereby smoothing the govern- | army 8hould be withdrawn to serve un for insuring men entering the army see all you want o f m«*— and more, “ Where Under the Sun, Child, Did You ns n substitute. Germany has been
Pick Up Thia?”
“ Upon that subject, I have no com- n'ent’s path for adopting needful m e a a -ij
the Americlln flag, except, possi and navy. The flat charge o f $37.50 a probably— right here.”
Sweden's principal source of supply,
incut I t M i l t , " WM tbc reply w ith uri'*. AltbciuJi Lord Devon port, the bly, a few specialists, who might be year for each $1000 o f war risk insur
"Please.” the girl begged, laughing. came below, ostensibly to find a book, nnd that source being cut off the state
which Secretary Baker met questions.
controller, intimated that the useful in developing the training o f a ance, in addition to the regular premi “I'll be delighted with whatever ar ln reality to convey fulr tidings.
railways in thnt country have been
um, is advocated.
This, however, rangements you're kind enough to
There is no question, however, that public would be given another chance new American force.
“ You’re feeling better,” she assert forced to curtail tht'ir schedules.
the general staff dispprovea any sug- j to ration themselves, little doubt now
American officer?!, he believed, were would apply only to those who took make.”
ed, after a shrewd look at the girl.
I’ cat Is notoriously one of the cheap
geation that American forces be sent ! is fe lt that a few weeks w ill see the fully competent to train American out policies at the tim e o f enlisting.
Iropped up In bed. Miss Carteret est— as It Is one of the most abundunt
“ Very good. then. And for dinner.
abroad until they are fully trained and actual operation o f a rationing scheme. men, and he gave it as his opinion that "T h e m ilitary clause shall cover the If you please, put on your prettiest moved a languidly negative head.
of fuels. Lack o f suitable furnaces
e»|uip|ied with the exception o f final
an American army would develop rap entire periisl o f m ilitary or naval serv frock. Peter T rait's aboard, and he's
"Don't tell m e ! I haven't crossed for It* consumption has hampered Its
T ie « Interlaced on Trnck.
ice
in
time
o
f
war
i
f
commenced
w
ith
touch»** to be given behin»! the line«
idly.
a dear— well worth dressing up for.” this iulll-p«>nd thirty times not to use ns it did for a long time that o f
in five years o f the register »la te ."
Marysville, Cal.
An attempt to
The bang o f the door as Mrs. Beg- know when n seasick woman’s on the the crude oil from the American pe
wreck n W«*stern Pacific passenger
Raider Thought Near U. S.
Mexico Restricts Germans.
Besides, haven't you noticed troleum fields. Decent experiments In
garstaff went out might have been a mend.
Eighteen Admit V oting Frauds.
New Y ork — The captain o f a stand train one mile south o f here was dis-
signal; Immediately the girl became how much steadier the boftt has been Sweden have prove«! thnt peat can be
Washington, D. C.— Official advices
»•overe»l by Albert Berg, a county
lndianap«dis — Eighteen o f the 20 conscious that the ship was In mo this lust hour or two?"
made Into rakes and used with econ
ard Oil tank steamship, which has ar-
bridge watchman, Monday morning. to the State department sai»l the M ex Evansville Democrats who plea»le«i not
“ I thought I must be imagining It." omy ln a proper burner.
tion— vibrant nnd sonorous with the
ried here, said he had no »ioubt but Berg happemni to walk up the track a ican government had warne«l Germans
guilty to charges o f conspiracy to vio drone o f Its turbines.
the Invalid murmured Incradulously.
A Maine man a few years ago se
that a mysterious vessel which he short di*tan»*e from the bridge and in M exico that any <*»>ncentratum o f
late the election laws when arraigned
"N onsense! The barometer's b«*en cure»! patents for turning peat Into
T h e voyage o f the Alsatia was be
sight»*«! Thursday night and Friiiay fourai four tie# interlaced on the track. Germans near the American border
some time ago, changed their pleas to gun, and— nothing had happened. She rising since midnight. The wind shift briquettes which would produce a heat
morning off the Virginia coast was the The tie « were found n»*ar where the w ill be followed immediately by their
gu ilty Saturday in the United States had elude«! pursuit, was fre e !
ed at dawn, nnd now we've a clearing ns intiuise ns thnt o f charcoal and
German raider S»*eadler. The stranger southbound limit»*»! was wrecked two arrest. The instructions o f the Ger
District court. Among those who ad
sky and a falling sea.
O f course could be produced a* cheaply as bi
was a four-mast»*d bark ami had all weeks ago.
The authorities
are man foreign office to M inister Eck- mitted their guilt are several Evans
you're f«*ellng better.
You'll be on tuminous coal, while the by-products
C H A P TE R II.
saila set, but in a six-knot breeze she making an investigation.
har»it in Mexico C ity to do
what ville city officials, including Edward
deck before night."
was proceeding 10 or 11 knot*, the oil
of manufnc'ure w»>uld further reduce
he could to secure Mexico as an B. Oslage. city controller; Edgar A.
“ Oh, please. Mrs. BeggarstafT!"
ship’s skipper reporte»!, ami it waa ob
Dinner ran off uneventfully. I f enli
the cost. The great advantage o f the
W all Street Bomb Mark.
ally in the event o f war with the Schmidt, chief o f police, an»l Miles
“ Don’t w o rry ; I shun t «-arry you off fuel thus produced Is that It burn*
vious she was m|Uippe»l w ith motor
vened by the quenchless animation o f
New York — Tw o German employes United States has rause»1 all devel Saunders, city surveyor.
Bless my Inadequate In with Tittle ash or smoke, that It 1*
power. Several vessels recenlty have nf tb<1 Rixwevelt Hospital
the Dowager Dragon, but Miss Car- by force.
W olf opments in Mexico to be watched care-1
reported Strang“ «hip« in the Atlantic. Hirsch
clean to handle nnd ran be used ln •
.eret, manifesting little appetite, sat come! What's this?"
an assistant chemist, and fully.
Peace Conference ia 8 d .
The girl turn«*d her head wearily to stove or furnace about ns w-ood la.
jut the m»»al with downcast «*yes. mute
George Meyringer, a general utility
Ixmdon Count Hertling, thc pre
Swiss Papers Accuse V. 8.
<avo when courtesy dlctnted speech. look.
There are extensive peat beds all
Postal Banks W ill Aid.
man were arrest«*! Tuesday, charge»!
mier o f Bavaria, says a dispatch from
Later she found herself s«*ated by h«*r
Mrs. Beggarsraff had b**en standing over New England, nnd If this proceso
Berne. Switzerland The American with having a bomb in their p o s s e
Washington. D. C. — Part o f the Munich, is going to Vienna.
He will
Dragon's side on the lee o f the prome- beside the cheat o f drawers, a hand were put ln operation the saving In
legation isaued a denial Wedneedy of a sion. The police say they had received $125,000,000 dep»>eited in postal sav
confer with the Austro-Hungarian cab
report recently publish«*»! in a Zurich information o f an alleged plot to ex ings hanks w ill he made available for inet ministers reagrding pea»*e pros tade il«*ck. to darkness save for the abstractedly toying with her proteg»*e's freight rates would make the peat
beams from light«*«! porta. For a little simple Jewelry, and suddenly had briquettes an economical form o f fuel.
paper that the United States gunboat plode a bomb in W ail street, with the farm l»*ans bv a decision o f trustees o f
pects.
the girl relished all this with gladness. singled out a brooch for wondering In-
Scorpion, now interned at Constanti object o f creating a panic.
the postal savings bank system, an
Masticate Figs Thoroughly.
But pr«*sently her spirits sagged again I tcrest.
nople, had been deteete») early in the
Mrs. Wilson in War Work.
nounced Saturday, to ac«*ept at par
The composition o f dried figs, date«
war proviaioning a British submarine.
This brooch was a very beautiful
Seven Americans Die on Yimy.
farm loan bonds which w ill be issued
Washington, D. C.- Mrs. Wood**ow and she grew drowsy. *nd tlnger*»d
Profiting by the absence o f censorship
Helen
Woodrow rom her b«*d only to please the thing, un exquisite cameo in sardonyx and raisins Is similar. Under normal
Ottawa, tint. — Seven
Am en.an* soon to secure savings deposit*. Ap Wilson an»! Miss
except for news telegraphed outside o f were killed in the first day o f the bat plications for loons already received by Bones, w ife ami cousin c f the Presi- jrami henrt«*»! old woman who had friun«*d In an oval frame o f fine dla- conditions, and when carefully pre
Switzerland, Germanophile paper* in tle o f Vim y riilge, the Canadian m ili the Farm Isuin Board indicate that »ient, are sewing for the Red Cross. idopted her pro tempore— "on suspi momls; anil Miss Carteret treasured It pared. all three fruits are excellent
thia country have indulged in a series tary department announced Sunday.
food foe both children and grown
farmers w ill borrow more than $100,- They are doing the needle work per cion.” as Mr*. BeggarstafT put It. not above all her |*>*se*slons.
o f anti-American articles, which the
without a little IiarmU’ s* malice.
“ Where under the sun, child, did you people. The fruit should be thorough
The Canadian total casualties since 000,000 this year through the land sonally.
American minister has hern consider April 9 are 10,064, it was announced. bank system to help s»>lve problems o f
ly masticated, however, and fo r young
Now an»l again friemls paused to ; pick this up?"
ing ways and mean* to combat.
“ It was given roe on my fifteenth children, or In any case where tbo
jay their addr«***»*« to the Dowager
shortage o f labor and high seed price*.
74 American* Take Field.
skins may prove Indigestible, It la
Four Seized Ships Repaired.
Pari#— A detachment o f 74 volun bragon; amiable, light-hearted pe»iple, hlrth<lay.”
Chief o f Police lo s t in Wood*.
safer to run the fruit through the food
“ F ive years ago?”
la w y e r* to T ill Acre.
Colon Repairs to the four German
teer» for the American ambulance field -terminable and attractive; yet o f them
chopper before otherwise preparing or
"Jnst about. Why?”
Roseburg, Or. - Assiste»! by two steamer* recently seized here are v ir
New York
Every member o f the service arrived here M»>nday. The de all the facile waxen tablets o f Mias
The Dowager Dragon laughed de- serving It.— Woman’s li me Compan
bloodhound* from the state peniten tually complete.
Lawyers' Club o f this city, which in- tachment include# men from Chicago, Carteret’s memory retained lmpres-
i ightedly.
"M y roundabout way o f ion.
tiary, several posses o f men are search
The steamers are the GrunewaM, cludc* in U membership some o f the Stanford and other universities. Tw o ,lon* o f but three personalities.
One was the fam»>us Peter T rsft. ‘ asking yonr age. dear." She turned
ing the heavily timbered districts o f P rim Higiamumi. SachenswaM and 8a- moet prominent attorneys in the coun more sections w ill leave for the front
The Peril.
South Douglas county for Jim Haye«, voia.
try, was asked Saturday to sign a thia week and three shortly thereafter. claiming her Interest more because o f the brooch over and held It to the
Mrs. BeggarstaflTs outspoken delight light. “ I f ever you care to part with
“ There Is danger In allowing that
eity marshal »>f Glendale, who disap
pl«*dgc '' to plant or cause to be plant#»!
peared last Friday night.
Cherries $12.50 a Pound.
in him than through any qualities he It. don't forget my passion for antique gay young soldier to hang around the
French Crop« Are Short.
an acre of land, more or leas, in such a
According to the Roseburg officer«,
pretty girl»."
Sacramento. C «L The record price manner as to prochire a maximum yield
F a n * Report* o f an investigation paraded during the few minutes he jew elry.”
the searchers reported that they ha»l o f $125 was paid for a 10-pound box o f o f some staple food c ro p ." Among conducted by the department o f A g ri ■pent with the two—« youngish, well-
"Oh. neeer— 1 could never part with
“ W hy « o r
found hia shoes, together with several California cherries shipped to Detroit. the officer* and member» o f the Law - 1 culture indicate that the forthcoming poised body, with a drawl and a sort i t r
“ Don't you know there Is always
articles o f clothing. besi»le a creek a
“ Forgive roe I forgot tt waa a pres- danger when a »park get* so near pos^g
A h oi weigh# 10 pounds and the v e r»' Club are Charlee Hughes. Alton crops »rill be much less satisfactory o f Insouciant humor that seemed to
abort distance from Glendale.
afford the Dragon Intense dir eral on.
jd e r r
price, therefore, was $12.60 a pound. ^ B. Parker and John Hay* Hammond.
than those o f last year.
FOOD BILLS OFFERED
LONG WAR PREDICTED
S ÍM IL ABB HOUSE
Planned to Blow Up J. P. Mor
gan & Co.’s Office.
Volunteer Plan is Defeated by
Overwhelming Majority.
MARKET SCARE PLAN
MEN S PAY DOUBLED
PEACE OFFER TO BE
MADE BY KAISER
CLOT niNGi
AMERICAN STEAMER