MD M IR
or comer week
ROOSEVELT HAS ARMY
187,000 Men Iteady to Kollow Teddy to
Trenrhe« in K ran e» 10 Million«
Pledged to Cover Expense.
Washington, D. C.— Without drum
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
beat,
trumpet flourish or flag waving,
Colonel
Theodore
Roosevelt
has re
cruited 187,000 men who are eager to
follow him to France to fight against
the Germans.
He
has applications
from 20,000 more who want commis
COMPILED
FOR YOU
sions.
A ll he now needs to convert his re
cruits into United States volunteers is
m m PM E
OFFER IS BE1AIEH
Mile Front and Take
Important
Points Dominating Valley.
Paris — A brilliant success for the
1 French arms is recorded in the official
communication Sunday. An important
French advance has been made against
powerful opposition along the road
from Soissons to Laon, over an extent
o f nearly four miles.
French troops have captured all the
| plateau in the neighborhood o f Ceray
and Craonne and the hills dominating
j the valley o f the Ailette river.
The
number o f prisoners captured
was
4300, in addition to the 1000 taken
Battle on Western Front and Crisis in Saturday.
The battle continues with fury and
Russia Also F'actors F'or Delay.
the losses of the Germans are officially
Internal Troubles Acute.
characterized as exceptionally high.
The German Crown Prince did not
hesitate to sacrifice his reserves and
he repeated his desperate counter
London — The opinion prevails in attacks in an extended endeavor to
British circles that the German chan neutralize the gain o f the French, but
cellor, Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg, is all efforts to retake the ground were
“ sitting on the fence” in the matter in vain. The assaulting waves o f the
o f announcing German peace proposals. , German
forces
were
everywhere
It is believed here that he iB playing broken an(j the principal line of the
¡for time in an attempt to let the fight- enemy
was thrown back.
enemy defense
i
ng run through the summer before he
The obstacles confronting the French
commitB himself.
armies were in many cases natural and
The German chancellor is anxious to it would seem insurmountable, and the
see the outcome o f the submarine cam French accomplished magnificent ex
paign, o f the fighting on the Western ploits in scaling them in the face of
front and o f the Russian crisis before the enemy, who had accumulated di
he definitely announces a “ no annexa visions and batteries.
tion” program.
Likewise, it is be
New s from the front tells o f the ex
lieved, he is delaying in the matter of treme violence o f the counter-attacks
internal reforms hoping that the trend that the Germans are making in a
o f events will make it possible to ig most determined effort to gain an ad
nore a large pari o f the demands for vantage which might become decisive,
such action.
___
_____
but nowhere ___
have they
made headway
Accenting to a Reuter dispatch from I according ui the French officers.
Amsterdam, the Pan-German news- j There was no diminution in the
paliers in Berlin continue their attacks ! heavy German onslaughts in the neigh-
on the imperial chancellor.
| borhood of Rheims, where the Germans
between Beine and Gapisneul form a
Copenhagen — There is still talk in pronounced salient which includes Fort
Berlin, according to advices received Brimont and Forts W itry, Berru and
here, that Germany w ill make new Nogeant.
The operations that the
peace proposals this week.
There is French have begun in this region have
no definite basis apparent for the ru for their object the reduction of this
mors, though the convocation o f the salient and unofficial reports say that
Bundesrath committee on foreign a f-j some progress has been made by the
fa ir perhaps may be confirmatory of i French in the vicinity of Brimont.
them.
The fighting during the 48 hours
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Waiting to See Outcome
of Submarine War.
Kaiser
SHEEP’S
CLOTHING
French W in Brilliant Victory on Kour-
HOLLWEG IS BLAMED
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
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C«frrlffct by
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Vu.
CH APTER
MRS. BEGGARSTAFF DISCOVERS THAT LUCY CARTERET
OWNS A BEAUTIFUL NECKLACE WHICH HAD
BEEN STOLEN FROM A VALUABLE COL
LECTION SOME TIME BEFORE
A beautiful, well-bred English-woman, nervous and suspicious,
finds when she boards the steamer Alsatla. bound from Liverpool
fo r N ew York, that her stateroom mate is Mrs. Amelia Beggarstaff,
a fascinating wealthy A m e r ic a widow of about sixty years. The girl
says her name Is Lucy Carteret and that she Is going to America to
meet her father, who has lived there many years.
Something about
the girl's manner makes the widow wonder what's the trouble. She
is much surprised to find Lucy possesses a magnificent necklace which
the girl said her futher had given her for Christmas.
II— Continued.
“None whatever. You haven't told lar that In a twinkling It focused her
drowsy, errant wlta.
The Dow ager Dragon glunced fore me what you know about him.”
and Pacific Northwest and Other
"W h y — o f course!— what the world
The sound w as "Psst-pssst-psssst,”
and a f t ; but there were no other pas
Men from every state in the Union
knows.
H e's an entertaining little a trisyllabic hiss of which each purt
sengers
within
earshot,
and
the
ports
T hin g« W orth Knowing.
have clamored to join the Roosevelt di
behind them, though alight, were shut man who came out of nowhere to cheer was longer und more emphatic thun
vision, most of them men above con
and sound-tight
“Betty Merrllees," us up about fifteen years ugo. Never Its predecessor. Unmistakably of hu
scription age, and all men inspected
was heard of before one fine morning man origin, though as odd and alarm
she said.
“You're warm— as the children say when we all woke up to find he be ing us the warning of a serpent. It
A delegation o f Chinese gardener« and found mentally and physically
longed. No money, so fur as I know— brought the girl from her bed to her
In hide-and-seek.”
called on the state pure food commis qualified for active service.
“Aha I” the lady cried In triumph. or Just enough to enuble him to live feet with a start.
sioner o f Idaho and complained that
The Colonel Tuesday was in a posi
H er movement was a noiseless one.
“Well, then! Betty doesn't mean to well without working too hard. N o w a
the vacant lot gardening movement
tion to offer the W a r department two
try to beat the customs. She told me days New York teems with Just this The mun who hud sounded that strange
threatens to ruin them.
completely equipped divisions, includ
so herself. The row that man Loeb type of unuccountable persons— de cull she discovered stealing Immedi
Except for an intensive bombard ing infantry, cavalry, field artillery,
has kicked up about smuggling has cent. diverting, well-bred, und three- ately outside the w in d o w ; his back
ment by the Germans near Merhishuv, engineers,
signal corps, motorcycle
That’s all— except I was to It, so that she could see little
scared her so that she’s made up her quarters Idle.
there have been only the usual activi machine gun commands, motor trans
mind to declure every blessed trinket. like the man.”
more thun the concave line of his
ties along the Russian front and in the port, commissary and subsistence, avi
“You never heard he was married?” dark, lean, shaved cheek, and the back
So you see, Quoin, you're simply wast
Roumanian w ar theater.
ation corps, hospital corps and quar
"H e Isn't I" Mrs. Beggarstaff ex o f u long, narrow head beneath a
ing your time trailing Betty M errl
The German ship Steinbek, seized termaster’s corps.
claimed. dumfounded.
lees."
steamer cup with vizor well down over
He has men enough pledged for
by the United States government after
“I don't say so. I only wonder. O f ),|.s t.yes.
Quoin smiled vaguely at his finger
lying in Eagle H arbor near Seattle, three divisions, but his desire and am
tips. “No, I'm not,” he contradicted. course, If you never heard he was mur-
Almost Immediately the hlsa was an
since the beginning o f the European bition are to mobilize an army corps
Mrs. Beggarstaff sniffed suspicious rlcd, you never suspected him of huv- swered by quick, light footsteps, and
He does not ask to
w ar, has been ordered repaired after of two divisions.
lug u daughter— you're too pure- the voice of one as yet Invisible, a
ly. "I've guessed wrong?"
command this corps, seeking merely
survey by a United States official.
“For once In a way. The truth Is, I minded.”
voice of guarded accent but vibrant
the junior brigade command, which
“Thank yon for nothing. W hat are with lndlgnutlon, “ What the devil do
don't care whether Mrs. Merrllees de
The Arizona governorship contest would make him the ninth officer in
frauds the government or not.
It’s you driving at?”
between ex-Governor G. W . P. Hunt the corps, being ranked by the corps
you tnenn by buzzing "me like that?"
"And If he hasn’t a daughter, who
over a yeur since I left the secret
and Thomas E. Campbell, de facto gov commanders and by other brigadier
The girl trembled. Unless her senses
service.
I don’t like the work— too In thunderatlon is Lydia?”
ernor, who has held the office since generals, who would be regular army
were untrustworthy, she knew that
“Quoin,” said the Dow ager Dragon voice better than her own. It seemed
tame -a n d having leurned all It could
early in the year on order o f the Su men.
teach me, I quietly dropped out and solemnly, “I wurn you, If you keep me Impossible thnt she could be mistaken.
preme Court, was decided in favor of
The financial preparations have been
on tenterhooks another Instant— ”
returned to my old field."
Governor Campbell.
such that these two divisions could be
It w as again audible, the response
"H ere you are, then," the detective of the man outside the window having
“Private Investigation, eh?”
A ll students except 30 seniors have mobilized, equipped and sent to France
it
to
“There’s
some
fun
in
that,"
Quoin
I
Interposed
hastily;
“but
keep
escaped her, "Y ou Infatunte u s s ! Don't
“ struck” at the Colorado School of without entailing a dollar o f expense
laid with mild enthusiasm.
"Odd ; yourself.
Yesterday afternoon, when you know better than to take such
Mines, and moBt o f the approximately to Uncle Sam.
lobs—
I
love
’em.
They’re
generally
j
I
was
killing
time
In
the
wireless
Wealthy volunteers and wealthy citi
chances?"
140 “ strikers” have left the institu
so very odd— unexpected besides.”
| house, a message came in which 1
tion, as a result of the faculty’s re zens who cannot go have pledged vast
“Oh, it's all right, lie's up on the
“Quoin," the lady Inquired with a read over the operator's shoulder ns
fusal to reconsider suspension o f sev sums, and returns show that the magic
boat deck, chlnnln’ with some skirt.
change o f toue, "you remember the he wrote It down. It was for Craven,
eral students for rubbing a professor o f the Colonel’s name can mobilize
I made sure of that before I laid for
louehim collection?"
und ran something like this: ‘Lydia
$10,000,000 i f he but gets permission
with sand.
you. Trust me.”
"D o I remember it I” Quoin protest- disuppeared. What shall I do? A w ait
to go. One Southern «city alone has
“Trust you to play the fo o l! Don’t
A blizzard of midwinter proportions pledged
?d with reproachful slucerity.
"I ing ndvlce before notifying police,'
$1,000,000,
and individual
you know every word you utter can be
swept the upper peninsula of Michigan
! along the entire Franco-British front wish I might hope ever to he repaid Signed, 'Hlcks-Lorrlmer.'
And after
pledges o f from $1000 to $50,000 have
Thursday, completely tying up railroad
overheard in those staterooms?"
has been the most sanguinary and des- for the sieep I lust on that e a se!”
been made.
traffic and causing great damage to
' perate since the battle of the Marne.
Instinctively the girl crouched In the
Once Colonel Roosevelt gets the
“You never got a clue?”
telegraph and telephone wires.
Six
shadow of her bedstead. In deadly ter
sanction to raise a corps he has assur
“Never one. That was a musterly
inches o f snow fell :n Marquette and
ror lest she be detected at her Involun
ance that Oregon w ill fumiBh one
|ob.”
vicinity.
Great damage to crops is
tary eavesdropping— so strong upon
brigade o f infantry and one battalion
"H a s none of the stuff ever turned
predicted.
her sensitive perceptions the psycho
o f infantry; Washintgon has pledged
Rebels on Island Alarm Foreigners and up?"
logical effect of this surreptitious pas
In the fisheries o f Alaska the United arid recruited two regiments o f infan
“Oh, plenty of It, here and there—
Intervention is Asked.
sage.
States may find millions o f pounds of try, one battalion and three companies
mostly In Europe. Iu fact, I'm told
food for the w ar emergency.
Kish o f infantry, and Idaho one regiment of
N e w Y o rk — Charges that Cuban ne that Joachim has reassembled most
But her fears were quickly dissipat
Washington, D. C .— The government gro rebels are burning and pillaging
Commissioner Smith told a senate com cavalry, one regiment and one com-
ed, the Interview terminating as ab
if the collection; hut It bus cost him
is investigating the activities o f the the homes and properties o f Americans
mittee that the supply of cod, salmon, pany of infantry.
ruptly as it hud begun.
five times his original outlay."
steamer Manitowoc and other vessels and other foreigners in the districts of
herring and other edible fish was prac
"There are, of course, pieces still
“Good-night I" thut well-remembered
o f the American Trans-Atlantic com Palmarito,
tically unlimited and that the govern
Bayate
and
Miranda, missing?"
voice continued Incisively. "And for
pany,
which
are
said
to
have
carried
ment might well go into the fishing
Oriente province, were made by 24
the last time I warn y o u : Don’t ap
“Oh. n aturally !”
supplies to German submarines in the American and British refugees who ar
business.
“ Well, then,” said the lady delib
proach me again aboard this ship 1”
Nine Regiments to lie Recruited at Atlantic. Thia was disclosed at the
rived here Monday.
They predicted
"B u t— listen," the other pleaded
Secretary McAdoo has announced
N avy department Tuesday, but no de that there would be a massacre o f the erately, “ I don't mind telling you that
Once for Construction Service.
that the first offering o f bonds author
and threatened In the one breath.
tails of the steps taken were given white residents remaining unless the there's one piece I distinctly remem
Washington,
D.
C
.—
N
ine
new
reg
i
ber, on board this ship— u magnificent
ized under the w ar finance law would
“W e got to get a straight answer out
out.
United States intervenes, and asserted
be a $2,000,000,000 “ liberty loan " ments of army engineers, to be com
of you— ”
The American Trans-Atlantic com that the Cuban government is power sardonyx cameo."
posed
exclusively
o
f
highly
trained
"Truly?”
issue, open to |iopular subscription at
'i 'v e given It already— twice.
For
pany has offices in N e w York and Bos
par, and that subscriptions would be railway men, will be the first Am eri ton, and its ships fly the American less to cope with the situation.
“Would you care to see It? Then—
the third time— n o !”
W ith this the
Most o f the refugees escaped with look I"
can
troops
sent
to
France.
They
will
received until June 15 next.
The
lust speaker strode briskly forward.
flag. Officials here will not say what only the clothes they wore.
The re f
bonds will be dated July 1 and will be go “ at the earliest possible moment,
Mrs. Beggarstaff unclosed her left
Rising as silently us any shadow.
had aroused their suspicions, but ad ugees appealed for aid for the A m eri
the
W
a
r
department
announces,
for
ready fo r delivery on that date.
hand. Iu Its palm lay Miss Carteret's
Miss Carteret again turned her face
mitted
that
the
ships
had
been
held
for
cans
remaining
in
the
territory
threat
work on communication lines, but spec
brooch!
to the port.
Pooling o f Am erican w ar risk insur ulation as to the exact time when or investigation at St. Thomas, V irgin ened by the rebels.
Their statement
W ith
a
wondering
exclamation,
The man who hud hissed was still
ance with the allies is proposed in an to what points they will lie sent is for islands, by order o f the Navy depart w ill be forwarded to the State depart
Quoin bent forw ard to examine the Almost Immediately the Hiss W as there, watching the other way.
administration bill introduced in con bidden because of the submarine men ment.
ment at Washington. The threat o f a
:atneo, while Mrs. Beggarstaff regard
Answered by Quick, Light Foot- | She fancied something sullen nnd
gress.
Am erican ships and cargoes ace.
massacre is contained in a statement
ed with u triumphant smile his bent
steps.
menacing In the lowering inclination
would be reinsured by the allies and
contained in the appeal, alleged to
The new forces will be volunteers,
bead. It was something to have star
of his head, the stoop of his narrow
the United States would reinsure al raised at the nine great railway cen
have been written by General Bias
tled the greatest living detective, a while Craven’s reply was brought In shoulders.
lied ships and enrgoes.
An appropria ters of the country.
Each regiment Committee Doubles Taxes on Whisky Maso.
for transmission. ‘Keep awny from po
which
was
precisely
the
distinction
the
tion o f $25,000,00(t is to be asked, will be commanded by an engineer col
Suddenly, with n mumbled word,
and Increase on Inheritances.
keen-witted old womuu uccorded this lice. If girl doesn't return, wire me inurtlculute with anger, he turned and
which will include insurance on the onel of the regular army, aided by an
New
York
Saturday.'
Addressed,
Washington,
D.
C
.-
In
an
extended
man.
lives o f seamen on Am erican merchant adjutant.
went swiftly aft.
A ll other officers will be
session Tuesday, the house ways and
“Take It to the light and have a 'Hlcks-Lorrlmer, eleven King Charles’
ships.
railway engineers or official.
court,
London,
West.’
Now
who
Is
means committee wrote new and dras
good look."
The expeditions will have a total
Petrograd — Petrograd is
again
Notably increased activity, particu
tic liquor and inheritance taxes into
"Thunk you." said Quoin, rising In 'Lydia' to Craven If not wife or dnugh-
Do you believe that Lucy C ar
larly by enemy scouting parties, is re strength of lietween 11,000 and 12,000 the war revenue bill, but adjourned warned o f an impending German at
stantly
und moving forw ard to the \ ter, that wireless messages must nd-
teret is telling the truth and
ported on the Russian front in W ed men, each regiment being composed of still in disagreement over many sec tack upon it by way o f Libau, in an
* vise him of her disappearance? Not
lighted
companionway,
where
he
II
n-
two
battalions
of three companies
that she is an honest, high-class
nesday’s w ar office statement.
tions and about $200,090,900 short of army order which directs the d isp osi-, f
a long lnluute. Intently inspect- i his wife for he refers to her in Ills
each.
girl; or do you think she it one
1
$1,800,000,000 it has voted to raise. tion o f forces to resist such an attack. I ing M the
his daughter,
N o Berlin newspapers have arrived
with
a
small
magnify-
!
rt’PH'
ns
the
‘girl.’
If
brooch
Every branch of railw ay workers
of a band of shrewd crooks?
The leaders hope to complete the The warning was given b y General log glass.
he must be a widower."
in Copenhagen for several days. Such necessary to the building or operation
Korniloff, commanding the troops in
The next installment brings im
stoppages are often preliminary to im of lines will he represented and the measure soon and a proposed retroac
After a thoughtful moment the P ow -
"Unquestionably one of the missing
portant developmenta.
tive income tax amendment, which the Petrograd dispatch, who says:
portant m ilitary developments.
pleces." he declared flatly, returning. Í » « er D « * « n exclulmed, "Quoin ! This
W ar department expects a response to
“ W e have received reports that the
would yield $140,000,000 during the
Joachim brooch— has It struck you that
A German who spoke slightingly of the call that w ill insure a force already coming year, and other far-reaching enemy is concentrating large forces "uml. If I ’m not mistaken, one of the
the cameo bears a resemblance to any
(TO BE C O N T IN U E D )
German finest in the collection, llo w did you
the Klag in Helena, Mont., recently, trained to the minute an army of ex- proposals are held in abeyance, to be against our northern front.
one we know?”
come by It, please?"
w as seized by a dozen soldiers and |>erts in railway operation.
inserted at the eleventh hour if neces merchantmen are at Libau, ready as
“Craven, of cou rse! N ow you men
" It ’s the property of the young per
soon as the ice has melted to embark
forced to kneel and kisa the Stars and
sary to make up the desired total.
son who shares my cahiu; name. Lucy tion It. a distinct resemblance.”
troops
and
under
cover
o
f
the
German
Stripes.
He then was ordered to start
Sawm ill May Hire Girls.
Several members o f the
house, j
"This Miss Carteret says her father
Carteret.
She’s ati American, about
somewhere and keep going. His name
Ashland, O r .- A report from Hilt, a are planning to carry their fight for troops anil under cover o f the German
Alice Heine, Who Enjoyed Unusual
twenty, and has lived abroad nil her gnve It to her because of Its likeness
fleet
to
carry
out
a
landing
which
may
was not learned.
Distinction, Soon Tired of Life
lumber town in Northern California, is changes in the hill to the senate finance
life. Now sho's going to N ew York to to him."
possibly
be
made
quite
close
to
Petro
committee as soon as hearings on the j
as Princess of Monaco.
Three hundred V illa soldiers surren, to the effect that the Fruitgrow ers’
“W hat did you say the name was, In
join her father, who— she says— gave
grad.
dered to General Eduardo Hernandez- Supply company, which operates a saw senate side begin, probably this week. !
full?”
her
this
on
her
fifteenth
birthday."
In
order
to
create
a
new
army
eap-
Proposed taxes on whisky were in
Alice Heine, the only Amenlean wom
the Carranza cavalry commander, fol mill and box factory plant there, is
"Lucy Carteret. But when she told
"T h e question Is, W ho Is Carteret
creased by the committee from $1.10 ! *ble o f stubbornly defending our cap-
an to enjoy the distinction— and suffer
lowing the battle o f Hacienda de C ar considering the hiring o f women and
me
she
tripped
and
stumbled
over
to $2.20 a gallon, and on beer from ital against the assaults o f an enemy j pore?"
the disillusionment— o f being the w ife
men on A pril 28, General Francisco girls to replace the men at many of the
$1.50 to $2.75 a barrel. The amount | from abroad, and of concentrating the j "I'm not psychic," Mrs. Beggarstaff something that sounded suspiciously
of u sovereign, was born In N ew O r
Murguia announced Wednesday before tasks in the mills.
An embarrassing
T h e woods are full of Car- like 'Lid.' ’Lid' for I-ydla. eh?”
o f exempt liquor in a dealer's posses- freedom won by Russia. I order the re- | •hjected.
he left Juarez for Chihuahua City. shortage o f labor is said to have caused
"Lucy Carteret— Lydia Craven," the leans fifty-nine yenrs ago. H er father
sion at the time the law becomes effec- \ oragnization o f the reserve elements of terets; but I know none that this child
wus Michael Heine, a Jewish bunker,
General Murguia also announced he the move.
A ll of the lumber camps of
tive was reduced from an unlimited I Ih* district in accordance with the or- resembles In any way. Besides, she detective mused aloud.
nnd her mother Miss Anielle Mllten-
would continue his campaign against Northern C alifornia and Klamath coun
“Help
me
up,"
the
D
owager
Dragon
ders
I
have
already
issued
to
the
first-
lias
denied
every
relationship
I've
sug
quantity to 50 gallons. These changes,
V illa with Chihuahua City as a base.
ty have difficulty in obtaining enough
demanded excitably. “I'm going down herger. who enine of u prominent
gested so far."
it is predicted, ««411 result in almost line troops.”
l.ouislarm family.
men. Many of the taaks in the mills
“But we mustn’t forget that, when stairs this minute nnd have a good
$50,000,000 additions revenue.
A w ar measure designed to raise not
could be handled as well by women.
H aving made a fortune In N ew O r
look
round
thut
cabin,
If
the
girl
isn't
W
a
r
Party
Gaining
in
Ueina.
found, this paternal Carteret will
Inheritance tax rates were greatly
less
than $ 1,500,000, 000 by direct
Pekin -T h e entry of China into the probably prove to he a perfectly hon awake. Quoiu," she added with ani leans. Michael Heine settled In Paris
increased over strong protests from
taxes during the coming year, will be
Anti-Germ an I’act 'Found.'
Republican members.
It was agreed war at an early date seems inevitable. est bourgeois who picked up the cameo mation, as the detective gave her his after the F'ranco-I’russlan war, and
reported to the house ways and means
Ills
Copenhagen— As the latest means of tentatively to increase all such taxes
casually In some out-of-the-way shop, bund, "If It turns out ns we think— ” rose to be a noted financier.
committee by a sub-committee which
President Li Yuan Hung and the sen
daughter, Alice, became the bride of
"H ope?" he suggested, smiling.
has been draftin g the bill in secret keeping the German people arouses), one-third, beginning at the present ex ate are opposed to such a step, but the at home or abroad. I’ve often thought
the German newspapers have discov- j emption of $50,000, and to impose the
“F'or my part. hope. If It turns out the due de Richelieu, scion of an an
sessions.
Reduction o f the income tax
that the widespread distribution of
a
“ secret
Anglo-Am erican following graduated taxes for large house of representatives, the premier that loot might he taken ns pretty good as we hope, this voyage Is going to be cient French line. She bore him n son
exemptions from $30tH) and $4000 to ered
and
the
conference
of
military
govern
most amusing. And I was afraid of and a daughter, after which he died.
$1000 and $2000 for single and m ar treaty ," whereby Germany in the fu -j fortunes:
ors are urging war.
A dissolution of evidence In support o f something I've
The son Inherited the title, and a few
ried persons respectively, and an in ture is to be allowed no colonies what
Above $8,000,000 and below $11,-
always contended was a |«>pular chi being b o re d !”
parliament
is
threatened
if
parliament
crease of the excess profits tax from 8 ever, Germ any’s stirplus population to : 000,000, 22 per cent; above $11,000,- fails to declare a state o f hostilities. mera— the existence of a regular or
"Then," Quoin reminded her, “you yenrs ngo followed the example of hla
father by taking an American wife.
per cent on all amounts over 8 per be directed to the Anglo-Saxon con- j 000 and below $15,000,000, 25 per
O w ing to the great power exercised by ganization of social freebooters. You're ought to be very grateful to me."
cent ami $5000 to 16 per cent are two trolled regions, where “ they are to he I cent, and above $15,000,000, 30 per the military party, the senate prob going?" he added ns Mrs. Beggarstaff
" I love you for I t !’ Mrs. Beggarstaff Miss Eleanor Ikiuglas W ise of B alti
absorbed as the Germans have been in cent.
more.
ofjthe sub-committee's proposals.
ably w ill yield to the w ar party.
Hsu i stirred and sat up, preparatory to ris declared ardently.
the United S tate«.”
The Hamburg
Alice Heine, dnehess o f Richelieu,
ing.
Ship Ying, minister o f communica
Wednesday fire destroyed two grain Fremdenblatt prints the story “ from
W asters to Be Punished.
remained n widow many yenrs before
C H A P T E R III.
"T he present owner of this bauble
tions,
has
resigned.
elevators of the Hales A Edwards com- "■» abeolutaely reliable source," urg-
«he was won by the prince of Monnco.
Ixrndon — An order w ill be issued
is asleep— und I want to replace It
____
____
, ■ ,
. _
. ing the necessity o f complete .victory.
pany, l hi cago, containing approxi-
J
•
before she wakes up."
Long after dark Miss Carteret w ak whose prior imirriage to laidy Mary
soon providing that the waste o f any
Mme. Joffre to Get Ham.
mateiy 75,000 buahela o f oat* and
“t»ne minute, if you don't mind. Peis ened. F or some minutes she lay In Douglas Hamilton, nn Englishwoman,
Washington. D. C .— Madame Joffre,
Two Men Die at Aviation School.
kind o f food shall be a punishable
wheat, and causing a total losa of
hud been annulled by the church. Life
w ife o f the Marshal o f France, is go haps you can tell me something— " lazy content, unstirring, wide eyes
Hempstead.
N.
Y.
-
Peter
Merritt,
I
offense.
Captain
Bathurst,
parlia
$500,000. Federal officials have begun
“On one condition.” the old lady stip dreaming Into obscurity. The state with the sovereign prince o f the tiny
mentary secretary o f the food control ing to get a fine, big sugar-cured V ir
of
Roosevelt,
N.
Y
.,
ami
John
Sten-
an investigation.
ulated firmly. "You must let me In room was dusky with shadows; hut country of Monaco— noted principally
dorf, of Tonawamia, N. Y ., both pri ler's department, made the announce ginia ham. a gift from Mrs. Woodrow
for Its great gambling resort. Monte
Discussion in the house o f Wilson, when the marshal returns to on the ground flier. I'll not lift my deck lights beyond the open window-
The report that K in g Constantine of vates in the recently organized avia ment.
hand to help you In anything that's u ports pointed wan squares wpou the Carlo— w as not a bed of roses, and she
Paris.
During
one
o
f
the
marshal's
(
the
work
o
f
the
liquor
control
board,
is
Greece is aoon to abdicate is reiterated tion training
corps at Hempstead
white Interior woodwork. The sweep soon tired of It. The prince was given
internet. calls at the W hite House. Mrs. Wilaon mystery to me."
In a dispatch from Rome to the London Plains, were killed Monday when their awaited with considerable
"I don't mind telling you In the least. of clean sea air through the room was a divorce.
Star, which say« it has been confirmed machine fell from a height of over The Pall Mall Gaaette says it ia ru learned that Madame Joffre was very
from neutral diplomatic sources.
It is | 2000 fe e t The accident was witnessed mored in quarters generally well in fond o f American ham, which is very- This Isn't a case— Just simple curiosity as sweet as fresh cool water to a
Few Individuals Honored.
suggested that the king and queen may by many persons, some o f whom as formed that the government contem scarce there. Mrs. Wilson sent to V ir on my part. Did you ever know any parched throat. F'reling stronger nnd
land « t an Italian port and proceed serted the gasoline tank o f the a ir plates introducing a measure for state ginia and procured an extraordinarily body by the name o f Hicks Ixirrltner— more herself for each delicious breath,
France delights In naming Its streets
humbly the girl gave thanks; for 1* after * o m e particular building, or some
fine ham and sent it to Marshal Joffre, In London?”
overland to Denmark.
plane exploded, while others said the purchase of,the liquor trade.
"Blesa my Income!" exclaimed Mrs. seemed that, with the passing of the happening, or a great victory, and this
asking him to take it bark to Madame
steering gear was jammed.
Mr*. Floyd Smith, w ife of the noted
Beggarstaff Indignantly.
"N o !
Who gale, the ghastly incubus o f mn 1 de Is also true to a certain extent In
Joffre with her compliment«
Manila Shows Loyalty.
San Diego aviator, who last year « o
nier had I hs ii exorcised.
la he— or she?"
S u gar Crop la Doubled
<'suada. where there is only one capi
Manila A great parade o f the F ili
credited with eatabliahing three hydro
W ater Hags Hold liq u o r
" I don't k n o w ; that'« w by I asked
Presently, conscious o f a pang of mi city which commemorates an Indi
Washington, D. C. The Louisiana pinos of Manila waa held here Satur
aeroplane altitude record«, announced
Portland— Seven hot water bags are ?ou * h o know everybody. One ques- hunger, she touched the repenting vidual. This Is Charlottetown, the
sugar crop o f 1916 was practically day as a demonstration and pledge of
that aha haa offered her service« to the
twice as great as the crop of 1915. their allegiance to the United States. the lateat whiaky container* to be dis-1 I,ou m ore: What do you know about spring on her bracelet w.-itek— an ex capital of Prince E dw ard Island. The
W a r department for aviation duty.
quisitely small, jeweled extravagance, Charlotte so remembered w ss the
Figures compiled by the department of
Speeches were delivered. Manuel L. covered by aleuths o f the aheriff’s yeur friend Mr. Craven?"
Theee bag*, each holding a
'T a d Craven?" exclaimed the I*owa- her father's gift of the previous Christ
The order of the Ixmdnn food eon Agriculture show the 1916 crop was Quezon, president o f the Filipino sen office.
daughter and only child of George IV.
ate. acting as spokeeman for the popu galkm o f liquor, were found Saturday * ' ' r Dragon In blank amaaentent. mas—und bent an attentlrs ear to Its w h o died only a year after her mar-
trollar
prohibiting consumption of 607.800,000 pounds.
elfin chime. Eight o'clock, It w as too ] ringe In 1817.— Philadelphia North
meat one day each week w ill be re
lation and exchanging felicitation« on morning by Deputy Sheriff* Phillips. "W hat a he been doing?”
U . S. Diplomat Improves.
"Nothing very desperate: only mak late to dress and dine In public. But American.
Filipino-Am eriran solidarity with Gov Ward. Flaherty and George Hurlburt
acindeil. Speaking for the govern
Think as she lay In doubt, tryiag to decide
ment in the houee o f commons, Cap | Washington, D. C .— Ambassador El- ernor General Francis Rurton H arri and Special Agent Geren, o f the dis ing love to Mr*. Merrllees.
tain Charles Bathurst said it might be kue. sick in Constantinople with ty son. The more pro-Filipino the ad trict attorney's office, wrapped in blarv- i «he'll marry him?"
whether she was really as hungry as
Jury Qualification«.
"Couldn't say. she-* a flighty
necessary to abandon meatless day* as phus, ia much better.
H e may not be ministration was, the more pro-Am er keta in a trunk checked to the B aggage
aba felt, or would do better to deny
In England aliens can alt oa a Jury
they involved a strain on the ronaump able to leave for home fur three weeks, ican were the Filipino*. said Senor A Omnibus Transfer eompony.
No tura, und T ad’s tremendously t musing. bcrself food until breakfast, she heard after ten year* domicile. In Ireland
Hen o f breadstuff's.
What concern la It o f yours?"
I Quezon in hit address.
clew to tho owner was discovered.
however.
a sound from the outer deck su stagu- they are abeolutely disqualified.
E vent« o f Noted People, Government«
a word o f sanction from the President
or legislative authority from congress.
U. S. SHIPS SUPPLY
U-BOATS, REPORT
J
CUBANS PILLAGE AMERICANS
ARMY OF ENGINEERS TO GO
TAX LIQUOR AND FORTUNES
Merchantmen at Libau Cause
Petrograd to Fear Attack
AMERICAN
-,
WEDS A RULER