LD HAPPENINGS DRAFT IN TWO WEEKS OE CURRENT WEEK Firat Call W ill He for From 900,000 to 1,500,000 Men Under New Plan — 625,000 W ill Washington, He Selected. SENT TO BOTTOM D. C. — Plana o f the Brief Resume Most Important lr ; , « r i r r r ; . S l j K a i s e r ' s Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Naval Bate on Belgian who, it is expect**!, wiii be regutered Coast Bombarded by British. for the new army, were disclosed Tues day by Provost Marshal General Crow der to the senate m ilitary affairs com mittee. Exemptions, he said, prob ably would result in reducing the num ber to 625,000 men for immediate service. W hile the War department had or- iginally planned to select 500,000 men ! first, General Crowder told the com m ittee the plans have been revised and it now is proposed to require 625,000. To secure this number he said it probably will be necessary to draft at least 900,000 and possibly 1,500,000 cause o f expected exemptions. General Crowder told the committee the additional 125,000 would be needed SECOND SHIP INJURED STATE N E W S IN BRIEF. Union county crops, long held back by unusually cold and sunless weather, are fairly "ju m p in g ” out o f the soil this week, follow ing several days o f improved weather. Harold Hansen, o f Carlton, about 30 years old and a native o f Denmark, was crushed to death Friday about midnight by a cave-in in the tunnel being dug to carry the pipe line from Haskins Creek to McMinnville. 71 r * SHEEP’S CLOTHING LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE U M I WOLF," THI N UIS KIVU" U Ä 2S Ä . A j PETER TRAFT CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR LYDIA CRAVEN, AND MRS. MERRILEES SHOWS A MAGNIFICENT PEARL NECKLACE WHICH SHE PROMISES TO GIVE LYDIA SYNOPSIS.— A well-bred young Englishwoman, nervous and sus picious, finds when she boards the steamer Aisatla, bound from L iv erpool to New York, thut her stateroom mate Is Mrs. Amelia Beggar staff, a fascinating, wealthy American widow of ubout sixty years. The girl Introduces herself as Lucy Carteret and says she Is going to America to meet her father. Lucy’s behavior puzzles Mrs. Beggar staff, who Is vastly surprised to fiud the girl in possession of a mag nificent necklace, stolen from a museum some time previously and passes the news on to her friend. Quoin, a private detective on board. Lucy, dresalng In the dark In her sts eroom, hears a mysterious con versation between two men Just outside her window and recognizes one of them as Thaddeus Craven, her father, whom she hasn’t seen for five years. She confesses io Mrs. Beggarstaff that she Is in reality Lydia Craven. The girl discover» her father and young Mrs. Mer rilees, a charming widow, engaged to be married. Mrs. Merrilees 1» bewildered for u momeui because Craven bad always posed us a bachelor, but she and Lydia like one another. Craven tells Lydia he secretly represents the British government In the United States. Recommendation o f Coos Bay for an aeroplane base by the naval commis C H APTE R VI. English porre o f Light Cruisers A t sion was the result o f a recent visit to Eventa o f Noted People, Government! “There, Peter,” announced Sirs. Beg- Marshfield by the tw o submarines H -l tack Six German Destroyers in and Pacific Northwest and Other and H-2 and the lieutenants who were garstaff. “ there goes a very happy instructed to examine Coast ports for girl I” Ile r amazing complacency would Hot Eight Capture Men. Things Worth Knowing. submarine and aircraft basea. have suited a fairy godmother gloat ing over some signal beneficence. Judge Charles L. McNary, Republi Past the deck chair lu which she can, o f Salem, has been appointed The Fashion A rt League o f America London— A German destroyer has United States senator for Oregon, to wa* reclining, with Peter T ra ft at her punishments. Besides, I'm not sure j At length. "Sixty thousand dollars?" been sunk and another damaged in has decreed that a woman must spend succeed Senator Harry Lane. The side, arm In arm. Lydia Craven and I want her hushed. I'm not ashamed Tjuoln inquired listlessly. $653 for clothes if she’s to be properly running fight between six German de official announcement o f the appoint Mrs. Merrilees were striding briskly of the fact, and If I let the Beggarstaff "M y dear man, I do believe you've stroyers and Commodore T yrw h itt’s ment was made by Governor W ithy- aft. Rare color warmed the face of dressed this year. alone, aooner or later she or someone seen the bill 1” combe, and Judge M cNary has le ft for Craven's daughter, mirth danced lu her will mention the matter to Lydia, nnd Hans Sulzer, who has been appointed 1J " « 11 “ P vacancies In the army o f 500,- sqaudron, the admiralty announces. Smiling, the detective shook hla The German naval base at Ostend, Washington, D. C., to take up the du eyea, a smile edged the pretty lips visa minister to the United States, *°° “ n<i 1,1 k“ P trH,mn* ,n con‘ Swiss from which the breeze caught a snatch then— well, rouse a womun's curiosity, head. tinuoUB o jie ratio n . on the Belgian coast, has been bom ties o f hia office. is on his way to Washington. His ap “ Worth hnlf ns much again,” Mrs. o f laughter as musical as singing gluss. and half your battle’s won." When the original plans for service barded by British warships. The B rit pointment has been approved by the The University o f Oregon is consid and bore It to the ears of her two “ Cottier wanted Craven turned to Inspect the pair Merrilees affirmed. for 500,000 men were made, he said, ish forces were undamaged. American government. ering a plan o f sending professors devoted admirers. at the rail. “ She might do worse," he ulnety." the department had not planned to The text o f the admiralty announce along with m ilitary organizations, i f "They seem perfectly matched,“ “ Um-hm,” Peter assented Indistinct observed. Lieutenant Colonel Fred W. Sladen, send American forces abroad so soon. ment reads: the W ar department w ill permit such ly between teeth gripping the mouth Quoin pursued, knitting his brows; "TlmDks I” commander o f the m ilitary training Casualties from foreign service, he “ The vice admiral at Dover reports “ but I'd like to look at them In a “ Than Quoin, I mean.” Basking in the camp, reserve corps officers, has or believed, sickness, etc., make neces that the enemy naval base and work- an arrangement, according to an an piece o f his pipe. “ Curse I t !” said Peter, flushing. stronger light.” dered the dismissal o f the unfit men sary a reserve o f 125,000 men, in ad ships at Ostend were heavily bom nouncement by President P. L. Camp warmth of a late Suptember sun, ns bell. The purpose o f the plan is to lazily content as any cat, Peter "I'm In earnest, Tnd.” 'T a k e them out Into the sun. If you from the Presidio camp. dition to the duty at training ramps. barded in the early hours Tuesday permit students to continue studies watched the girls swing down the deck “ I believe you are.” Mrs. Merrilees like.” General Crowder told the committee morning. A large number o f rounds On Memorial Day the flood waters while in the service. Craven sat forward lu nervous Im and disappear round the superstruc Interjected with dispassionate scien The o f the Clearwater river, Idaho, claimed he favored immediate drafting o f men were fired with good results. patience. “ Do be reasonable!” he ex ture. Then he removed the pipe to tific Interest. “ I really believe you registering, rather than postponement Work on all new buildings at the enemy shore batteries returned our tw o victims, Eleanor, 13 years old, and Hospital has been observe, critically, "Business of taking are, Peter. Certainly you were never postulated. " It ’s sheer Idiocy to have Uretta, 8 years old, daughters o f Mr. o f the draft for several weeks after fire, but our bombardment forces suf Oregon State registration. He regards it desirable fered no damage. so Intolerably stupid when in love that thing up here at all, with (Jod started. These include the new $60,- all the credit to yourself— ehT" and Mrs. Calvin Boyer, o f laiwiston. knows who spying! And there ure that men drafted may know and have “ Why not?" the Dowager Dragon with me." "Commodore T yrw h itt also reports 000 addition to the receiving hospital, Memorial Day celebrations were held ; 8 f ew weeks to make their personal that early Tuesday morning a force o f the enlargement o f the amusement hall demanded with asperity. “ Didn't Peter, by this time recovered, fired some queer fish aboard— eh, Quoin?" at both ends o f the Panama Canal, arrangements before called to the col light cruisers and destroyers under his and dining room to the main building discover who she v/as and bring her her with a reproving glance. “ Uttered “ Rather I" the detective agreed with speeches by W iliam J. Price, Un- ors. command sighted six German destroy at the institution, and the tubercular anil Tad together? That's why she's in the presence o f a third party." he dryly. American minister to Panama, and Details o f making exemptions also era and engaged them at long range building, which w ill be constructed at happy. If you must know— not because said severely, “ slander Is actionable. “ Please be ndvlsed I” Craven urged Major Herbert White, o f the United were explained to the committee by in a running fight. One o f the enemy the rear o f the infirmary, and w ill be you've fallen head over heels In love Merely because I didn't like to show "Lock that thing up again and let inn States Army. the provost marshal general. He said destroyers, the S-20, was sunk by our 215 fe et in length. with the girl and moon around after my distaste for your Infatuated ad take It back to the purser." “ Tad. you’re tlresompJ" Mrs. Merri I t was announced in London this the government does not contemplate gun fire and another severely damaged. When the local committee at Moro her like a stray puppy looking for u vances. you take up with an emergen cy ration like Tud here, nnd then gel lees began. week that, owing to the shortage o f any class exemptions, but that all will Seven survivors from the S-20 have was canvassing the prospects o f selling good home.” But Quoin Interrupted. "Craven Is “ Ouch!” said Peter pensively, and sore because I don’t forbid the banns— shipping and the consequent necessity be personal. Farmers, factory opera been picked up and made prisoners Liberty Bonds recently, P. W. Strong, right.'’ o f economizing all available supplies tors and other special classes would There were no casualties on our side.’ a farmer living near there, stepped up repluced the pipe. peevish child 1" “ Oh, well I I f you will spoil every With a grim sniff, the Dowager o f tobacco, the board o f trade w ill re not be exempted as such, nor territor “ Just for that," snld the woman, and said he would take $2500 and also ially, but all exemptions w ill be made United States Trade to quisition all stocks. during the period o f the war he would Dragon withdrew momeuturlly into "Just for thut, Peter, I ’m going to thing, take all the fun out o f my sur individually. thought. “ Have you asked her heap coals of fire upon your uug-rate- prise.” J. E. Black, a policeman o f Selma, Get Ten Billion in Year invest 50 per cent o f his income each deep The men drafted probably will be in " Surprise?" Peter echoed. to marry you yet?” year from his farm i f he realized the rul head— and heaven knows I hope Ala., was sentenced to one second im training camps by September 1, Gen “ Who— me?" Peter ei|>ostuluted. they’ll scorch nnd blister—” Mrs. Merrilees nodded emphatically. New Y ork— Ten billion dollars to be expected war profit on his crops over prisonment in the county ja il for k ill eral Crowder said, and added that he spent during the coming year by the and above what had been considered in "Nothing like thut!” Marble?" Craven suggested with "Look well at them, my friends; for ing A lex Posey, a negro, while trying favored beginning selections within "W hy not?” the minute I get them through the open Incredulity. to arrest him. The sheriff took Black two weeks after registration so that United States and the allied govern the past as a normal price. "T oo much sense,” Peter explained, ments for the products o f American Be quiet. Tad, nnd run an errand customs, to safe deposit they go and to ja il, locked him up and immediately exemption work may be expedited W ith Salem’s share o f the Liberty rarely sententious. farms, mines and factories, Secretary for me, like a biddable child." Mrs. there remnln." She paused deliberate turned him out, and notifications o f final selections MeAdoo declared here Tuesday night, Ixian bond issue set at the $300,000 "Whose— hers?” Merrilees loosed the drawstring of a ly, with n challenging smile. mark, active steps are being taken A tornado struck Mineral Point, Mo,, may be made us s<ion thereafter as w ill bring to the country t*,e greatest "Even money you can’t guess.” "W hy?” Peter demunded blankly. Incework wrlstbng, took out a tiny there to float the c ity ’ s share. Carl S. late Wednesday, killed four persons possible. “ Yours, o f course I” prosperity in its history. “ Don’t you ever mean to wear ’em. poekethook, and from tills last extract and injured 30, demolished the entire “ Some people profess apprehension K elty, o f the Lumbermen’s Trust com “ There 1” groaned Peter. “ I might've ed u slip of paper. “ Take that to the Betty?” town with the exception o f the school- I about the future o f business,” said Mr. pany o f Portland, is to assist in the known better than to bet against In purser and bring me what it calls for.” She shook her head. “They're not BABY PLAGUE BEING TRACED house, and then swept southward to McAdoo. " Why, gentlemen, prosper movement and is co-operating with the tuition." With assumed reluctance Craven for me, Peter. I f I dared smuggle, Salem Commercial club. That club Eye, where Fred Harper, a farmer, ity in the next 12 months w ill be Why pluln Intuition, Peter? The I should wear them, Just to be sassy Cominitte Declares Infantile 1’aralysls greater than it ever has been in our itself took $3000 worth o f the bonds, phrase Is rightfully ‘feminine lutul- heaved up from his place and rolled about It. But since I don’t dare, I was killed by flying debris. forward, while his flauceo cradled her it being the first commercial organiza Communicated by Contact. history. You cannot prevent it i f you tion.' ” S. X. Constantinidi, first secretary chin In her hand and regarded Peter mean to keep them for a wedding pres try. “ The only thing that could stop tion in the Uinted States to make a “ The weed Intuition flourishes only ent to my stepdaughter— If I ever have o f the Greek legation in Washington, with a whimsical smile. New Y ork — Infantile paralysis is move o f this kind, and it has been one." She closed the case with a snap. has presented his papers o f resignation communicated by personal contact, and prosperity would be the refusal o f the commended by Secretary McAdoo for In the well-known sex. Mun, possessed “ Quit It I" he said crossly. “ You o f bruin, reasons to a logical conclu Lydia sat back with a little gasp, to the State department and announced not from contaminated sources o f milk people to support the reasonable meas its action. haven't got anything on me, you sion ; woipnn— hm !— shuts her lovely her eyes hlnnk with confusion. Quoin his allegiance to the forces o f Venizo- nor from lower animals, insects or by ures o f taxation that are needed and to A ll mills on Coos Bay have an eyes, sticks a pin through the card, know.” los. He said he disapproved o f King clothing and other extraneous objects, buy the bonds o f the government.” laughed an odd. brief laugh, nnd "H ow about the others?” The secretary addressed a great mass nounced the minimum wage for able- and i f the perforated horse wins, Constantine's pro-German attitude. glunced askance nt Craven. This last says a report made public Tuesday by “ Others? I never looked cross-eyed meeting at Carnegie hall in behalf of bodied men, commencing June 1, would claims her choice was dictated by a turned to his betrothed with o star Representatives o f the Midde West the special committee o f physicians the Libery Loan, which, he warns, be $3.18, which is declared to be the mysterious faculty denied to man. The at a girl before this." tled gesture nnd lips that gaped. Pe liaving brick and light and power in appointed lust summer to conduct an would succeed as it must succeed, only highest w a g », paid on the Peter 1" Pacific word Itself Is a sort of ubracadabra. ter T ra ft alone betrayed no abnormal dustries protested against the proposed inquiry financed by the Rockefeller i f everyone flirt his duty. Well, hardly ever. And, anyway, H e appeal Coast for mill workers. The C. A. at mere mention of which fools fnlut emotion. Grinning cheerfully, he 15 r per _ _ cent ____. . . f r e ig h t rate Increese at Foundation, ed to those who cannot fight on the Smith Lumber & Manufacturing com oiul wise men climb trees." from now on I ’m going to wear a sign Trie report made to Mayor Mitchel watched the two women, absorbed In weoriesohy s hearings before the In battle front to supply the means that pany said the fiat wage would be $3 a board here." He sketched the site Secretly charmed, Mrs. Beggarstaff each other— Lydia finding breath terstate Commerce commission, and gives the record o f a study o f 5496 will enable the government to provide day, with an added bonus o f 6 per cent wrinkled her nose unbecomingly. "F or upon his waistcoat; enough for the protest, “ But, Mrs. predicted curtailment o f business or cases. It asserts that slight and non- for the so'diers who go to the front. for all who had worked for two weeks. ouce you admit man Is deficient.” Private. No Thoroughfare. This means paralytic cases are the most frequent Merrilees, you mustn’t I” the other con failure i f it were granted. row! Grlnalng, Peter made a quaint obei sources of infection, “ as these cases Practically all o f the 400 acres of "It seems go funny— you !” Laugh firming her Intention with an emphatic Citizens o f Berlin, Wis., arc seri arouse no suspicion and other persons Judge Lindsey Attacked. sance, and strolled aft, leaving Mrs. flax selected by the Salem Commercial nod and the statement, "But I ’ve rnnde ously considering changing the name come in contact with them; “ that the Denver Judge J. B. Lindsey, o f the club for sowing this year had been Beggarstaff to gnaw her nether lip over ing quietly, the woman looked up to up my mind, dear; so you may as well review Lydia with a long glance. o f the place from its namesake across disease usually develop« from three to Juvenile court, and a nationally-known seeded, according to a statement made the discovery, too tardily made to be give me my head. Besides, you prom “ She's a dear girl," she observed. the ocean. W hile there are literally ten days after exposure, and that figure in child delinquency study cir by Harry A, Schoth, government flax turned to hts discomfiture, that what dozens o f cities in the United States “ Promise uever to call me ‘mamma,’ ised always to call me Betty.” “ previous good health does not give cles, was attacked in his court room expert, who has had charge o f the took him from her was his utter In Locking the metal box. she rose. bearing the same name, this is the and I'll do my best for you." ability to rest In Ignorance o f Lydia immunity from attack.” here Wednesday by Bennie Huffman, work. “ Come. Tad. I owe my appetite five first, so far as is known, where the "W hat chance have I got, with Craven's whereabouts. For the two The report says that males apparent 14 years old, and Mrs. Huffman, the agitation to change the name has as Stockmen from various sections of young women bad failed to round out Quoin tanking the pace? He's a regu more lnps round the deck before lunch ly are more susceptible than females. boy’s mother, after he had sentenced sumed definite shape. The Indian Douglas county reported during the lar fellow — I'm ouly a drawing room eon. Peter, please take this back to their circuit of the deck. Barents are urged to isolate sick chil the youth to the reform school for the purser nnd get his receipt. If name Mascoutin is said to be favorably dren. [last few days that many horses had entertainer." Turning past the veranda cafe, at highway robbery. considered. become affected with what is known "H e's a strange man,” Mrs. Merri you’re afraid, Lydla'll go along to pro the after extreme o f the promenade Both Mrs. Huffman and her son as “ pink e y e " and that in some in- ; lees mused. “ I f he hadn't taken up tect you.” Warning Given Hankers. Ideas embodied in Rear Admiral grasped the jjd g e around the neck. stances the animals are in a serious deck. Peter came upon Mrs. Merrilees. "W hat becomes o f me?" Quoin de such nn Impossible profession— ” Washington, D. C. A t the request Slight wounds were inflicted by the Bradley A. Fiske's invention o f a tor seated at an adjacent table In com manded with mock truculence. condition. "D o you suppose he has a case In pedo-launching seaplane have been o f the State department, the Federal boy's fingers as officers removed the pany with Craven. “ You're to walk the other side of "ap propriated” by the Germans, and Reserve Board has warned member pair. Baker county officials have informed A second glance showed him I.ydla hand now; aboard this vessel, I me,” the lady ordered imperiously, were used by them in tor|asloing the I banks o f the reserve system that Ger- State Treasurer K ay that they intend In the angle of the start <ird rail. mean?" “ and help me make Tnd behave." "Call him, and I ’ll ask.” 3000-ton British steamship Gena off to pay for that county's share o f the Quoin at her side, Artillery More Active. | man interests in I.atin-America are Craven breathed heavily. "W hether Peter compiled with the best grace Aldeburgh, on May 1, according to a | seeking to secure American funds for state tax, only 6 per cent more than In response to a hail from Craven, London — Considerable activity was Imaginable. “ Quoin! I say, Addison, I like It or not— ” With a last reluc statement given out in New York by was paid for the state tax last year, he turned sulkily to thut quarter, fomenting trouble in this hemisphere, displayed by the artillery on both sides come over here u minute. A beautiful tant glance at the treasure box, he the A ero (Tub o f America. T w o sea I and that all transfers o f money to neu along the British front in France or $59,839. The amount o f state tax where, nt least, n cheerful disposition lady wants to nsk you something.” rose and somewhat sulkily prepared planes participated in the attack and last year, or $59,839. The amount o f wouldn't go unappreciated. Indeed, he tra! countries on both sides o f the A t Wednesday in several districts, includ- In a lower tone he added, “ You’re the to obey orders. one was brought down by the British. lantic must be scrutinized carefully. | ing the neighborhood o f Vim y and the state tax which has been asssessed was welcome. Having privately dis best little diplomat ever. I'll be grate against Baker county is $62,646.90. seminated news of their engagement. Enlistments in the Naval Reserve The board suggests that bankers scru- Ypres sector. British raiding parties ful as long as I live.” And rising with j forces since the war began have tinize accounts o f any resident alien and airmen also were busy in numer- Through plans effected at Hood R iv Craven Hnd Mrs. Merrilees were Indus What do you think about this the sunniest of smiles, lie drew up 1 brought the personnel o f nil branches ,-m-rny and re|s>rt to the tsiard any sus ous successful operations. The British er, it was decided that all local Fourth triously conducting themselves In as man Quoin? Is he strictly on chairs for I.ydtu and Quoin. up to about 25,000, or almost half the pieioua transactions. have recaptured the advanced positions o f July events would be given under smartly an unloverllke manner us pos the level— or do you euepect him “ Yes. Mrs. M errilees?" the detective j size o f the regular Navy a year ago. near Cherisy, taken by the Germans in the joint auspices o f the T w elfth com sible. A tentative third was always of connection with the profes inquired, taking the place at her side. encouraged In their company. This includes the fleet reaerve, the pany, Coast artillery corps, and the reserve, the Gains lawit by Austrians. j Saturday night's attack, and have re- sional smugglers aboard? “ Peter and I have been bickering j naval auxiliary, volunteer roast de local chapter o f the Red Cross. The “ Sit down there.” Craven insisted. auxiliary, volunteer coast de- j R„m e— Italian troops Tuesday with- J pulsed hostile raids near La Basse and fense ami flying corps reserves and wo stood a heavy attack by the Austrians j Neuve ( hapelle, the War office an- city w ill give these organizations a “The steward'll be back In a minute. about you.” the lady fibbed brazenly. I men enlisted for special duty. Bos (TO BE CO NTINU ED .) blanket concession to operate refresh I want to talk to you about this "A re you. or are you not, wasting your on the western slo[>ea of San Marco in nounced. ton, N ew York, Philadelphia and Nor ment stands, hold open-air dances and wretched concert tonight. They've brilliant tuleuts on my devoted trail?" : the Gorizia area. The war office an Quoin looked puzzled. ' “ Something SUCH IS LIFE IN NEW YORK folk, in the order named, have led in participate in other forms o f entertain asked me to be muster o f ceremonies— Slackers Rush to Altar. nounced that at the (Mints where the on your conscience?" he advanced ten- , enlistments. ment. awful bore I” New York On the eve o f registra Austrians had been able to penetrate With a fixed, agreeable smile, Peter tutlvely. “ You don't mean to try any Only by Accident Did Residents of Every jitn ey bus operating in Spo lines leveled by their artillery they tion day hundreds of men and women E. F. Slade has been appointed by sat, drank whatever the steward smuggling this trip, I hope." Apartment in Big City Discover kane was ordered off the streets by had been promptly driven out again gathered in the municipal building to Superintendent o f Banks Sargent as « " I enn’t make up my mind, I’d lore Neighbor Is Old Friend. and back to their own positions with obtain marriage licenses, which were state bank examiner, and his appoint brought him. automatically consumed Mayor Flem ing Tuesday. severe losses. Austrian attacks else ! Iieing issued at the rate o f one every ment was unanimously confirmed by Craven's cigarettes, and listened with to. Are you Interested?" “ Only In your Interests, Be ad- out the least interest to the other's Resolutions adopted at the great where between Vertoibizza and the mintlte and a half. Before noon 125 Tw o boisterous children romping tn the State Banking board. plans. How rould he be Interested, vised— don't I” massmeeting in favor of the entente ■oast were stopped in their incipiency. j licenses hail been handed out and 60 the halls o f a large uptown apartment "W h y?" Mrs. Merrilees pouted, house In New York met a middle-aged allies held in Madrid Tuesday were j couples had been married in the chattel, The Newberg Commerial club is put with that fellow Quoin monopolizing presented to the S|>aniah minister of t City officials in charge o f the license ting on a novel gardening contest. Lydiu? Not that he didn't like Quoin. “ Why not, If, ns Peter would say, I man and forcibly dragged him Into the Spain Sends Sharp Note. In fa c t Peter admired that man tre can get away with It?" the interior. The resolutions were to library, where they proceeded to “ play Madrid The Spanish government, 1 bureau declared the m ajority o f the Tw elve prominent business men are " I f for no more moral reason." said horse" with him by riding on his back the effect that “ Spain should break Each w ill plant, hoe and mendously: so much the more reason it is announced in the newspH|iers, has prospective bridegrooms were taking enrolled. diplomatic relations with Germany and the detective seriously, "because It while he galloped around the room on care for two rows o f potatoes in the to fear his influence! instructed its representatives in Ber I wives in the hope draft. should acept all the consequences from And Lydia, leaning on the rail, a can't be done. The customs people are his hands and knees. vacant block across from the city hall. lin. Vienna and Constantinople to pre the action which she is compelled to The man who gets the smallest yield vision more rudiant even than the day. laying for you." Russians Win Positions. They made so much noise that mem sent an urgent note demanding that adopt for the defense o f her d ign ity .” “ W ell?" Craven demauded with par “They’ll be disappointed." bers o f the family opened the door and I’etrograd, via London — Russian must be host at a banquet to the rest. there be an end to the persecutions, donable Impatience. “ Don't deceive yourself. E ikry man looked In. With the two children still Rear Admiral Sims, in charge o f deportations and liMtings practiced scouts Tuesday broke through four Stanley Hickey o f Cottage Grove, Peter started and batted his eyea on the force know* It was your agent clinging to his back with all their mlghl King rows o f w ife entanglements in front of American naval operations in Euro against the Jews in Palestine. has a ewe which he thinks is a prize “ Eh?" he Inquired stupidly. who secretly purchased that three-hun — they wouldn't let go— the man stood pean waters, was formally appointed Alfonso, it is said, has intervened di the German (tosition near K ovel and "W hat do you think?" dred thonxand franc pearl-and-dla- up and bowed. winner. Within 14 months she gave Wednesday a vice admiral by Presi rectly in this question. “ A h—about what?" rnond collar at Cottier's In Paris." birth to seven lambs. The first birth dispersed the Teuton barrier guards. “ Pardon me.” he said. "You see, p. dent Wilson. “ Good heavens 1“ Craven exploded "But I've quite made up my mind live In the apartment opposite “ onr» Farther south in the Carpathian was twins, the second trip let: and the liritons to He Retried. third twins. She is o f the Shropshire a full, deep note o f exasperation. never to stoop to anything so truly and your children are very old friends T w o employes o f the Giant Powder Washington, D. C. Ralph K. Rlair mountains Russian scouts [tenetrated “ H ere I sit yammering at you— “ breed and gave a good clip o f wool. low as smuggling." company at Oakland, Cal., were killed i at mine. W e play together on the anil Dr. Thomas Addis, British citi«- the German wire entanglements near “ Sorry.” said Peter. "Fact is— I Tuesday afternoon, when the nitro Over this virtuous protestation Mrs. 'fairs. But I have not seen them for ens, by a Supreme court ruling Tues- Pnevi, drove the Germans from their Chief Grant, Sheriff Burns and dep know Mrs. Merrilees won’t mind being glycerine house at the company's plant Merrilees pursed prim lips belled by so long that this evening I ventured day. must undergo a second trial at trenches and raptured a machine gun, uties, o f Astoria, searched the steam near Richmond, blew up. let Into my confidence on the ground danolDg eyes; then broke down and to renew acquaintance • Itli them.'' San Francisco on a charge o f conspir the War office announced. schooner Florence Olsen, which arrived floor— fact la I'm In love with your Joined tn a general laugh as Craven Then he went back to hls hands and Panama has proposed that the U nit acy to violate American neutrality in recently from San Francisco. They Hruaailoff in Command. daughter. Tad. And Quoin's talking reappeared with a small dispatch box j knees and resumed his wild i uUcs ed States advance $10,000,000 for im recruiting Englishmen in this country found five five-gallon kegs and one to her. So. natnrally, I'm sick with of black metal. IVtrograd General Michael V. Ale- | with the children. mediate construction o f strategic roads for service in the British army. The two-gallon demijohn o f whiskey and Jealousy." gieff. commander in chief o f the Rus “ Mayn't I giggle too?" be Inquired As It developed, he w is a man the and railways as a step in proper de court refuso! to interfere with a sec three sacks o f bottled beer, which they sian armies, has resigned. General “ It's like your cheek.” observed plaintively, looking from face to face family had met abroad a year before ond trial ordered. fense o f the Panama Canal Zone. confiscated. Alexis nruasiloff. commander in chief Craven. “ Have you mentioned the as he delivered the box to Its owner. Not until the children used him as s o f the armies on the southwestern An official statement issued in Lon “ Not worth repeating," his fiancee horse did they discover he was their Although fishermen were not agreed matter to Lydia?" Ex-Governor Haines Die«. front, has been appointed to succeed with the Mncleay company at Wedder- "Certainly not I She'» haring too reported, fitting » key Into the lock. near neighbor. don recently says that counting the Boise, Idaho John M. Haines, gov- him. Genreal Gurko, commander of Americans serving in the British and hum, near Marshfieki on the price good a time. Women won't listen to a " I was merely swearing I meant to be Such Is life In New York aparimen.a French armies ami the additional units em or o f Idaho in 1913 and 1914 d iol the western front, replaces Rruaailoff for catches and did not begin fishing gratuitous lover unless bored or a » good— when every blessed drop of at his home here Monday after a long on the southwestern front. ordered to France, therr shortly will until eight days after the season tively unhappy." blood In me cries out against the sin Efficiency In War. illness. He was 54 years old. He be 100,000 Americans in France. 'Then why bother me with your ful extravagance o f paying duty on— opened, the pack at the cannery is 500 The usual means o f transportation I l l Alien Enemies Taken. will lie buried Thursday with m ilitary lovealek vapors 7" cases ahead o f the same date last year. th lsl" In the Bulgarian army used to be the A mob estimated to number 3000 honors. New York The government's activ "W all. I wanted to see how rusty Opening the dispatch box. she re ox-cart. It was used. Indeed. |n the persons, shouting threats to rid East The Hammond Lumber company at you'd cut up. Beeldea Mrs. Beggar ities against alien enemies, it was moved a handsome Jewel case of first advance Into Serbia. Now the Italian U nto; to Enlist. St. Ixiuis, HI., o f negroes imported to learned here Wednesday, have resulted Mill C ity is now paying $3 a day for staff has discovered my hideous se grained morocco unlocked this In turn, motortruck has replaced I t The offices work in factorise ami munitions plants, laredo, Tex. — Silvio Cambiagio, in arrests o f 141 persons in recent common labor in its big mill and near cret. and Is now busy— or about to and disclosed that same necklace In charge of the supply department swept through the streets Wednesday Italian minister to Mexico, arrived weeks in this district, which ‘ ndudea by logging camps. An increase o f 25 be—distributing handbills." which Quoin had Just named, watch says that one truck does In a day thv night, attacking and beating negroes here Tuesday on a special train from parts o f Northern New Jersey and cents a day in wages was announced "Can't you shut her up?" ing with a smlie o f gratified vanity work of 300 oxen. 230 carta and 3UC wherever found. Several negroes 1 Mexico City on his way to Italy. The Western Connecticut. The specific Wednesday. The mill had raised the "The law forbids erne 1 inhuman > the effect on her four frien d* were injured so severely they probably minister told newspaper men that he charge in each case has not been made pay from $2.50 to $2.75 only a short i • w ill die, 1 intended to enlist in the Italian army, i jaihli tim e ago. J