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' PAGE THREE GERMAN ROYALTY THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918. REVELATIONS FROM Continued from page one) I put it to h' in strongly that bis fathe ught to eome in with the war party; that there could be nothing that eould taiid in the way of victory; that fin mucial ruin was impossible; and I told aim I had information which ought to convince the old man." "What information, Elsaf" I asked "Why, that General , the best man the French have is with us. In the event of war ho would bo in com niand of wait a minute, I'll sbjni you". lhe .Baroness went into an inner room and returned with a map, not a; ordinary map, a war map, secret and confidential, issued only for the use of the German general staff. "Now we should go through Belgium f course, They will allow us passages for they won't be able to help them elves. Thoir army ' could do nothing Once through Belgium the rest is easy. Bee here I " She ran her fingors down a red line n the map. "That is where we should advance through there. Now, General '. is marked down for this impor tant command in case of war." v "Ah, I Bee! Then General has teen bought t Is that it, Elsa!" (This general bears a name so hon orpd, and has so distinguished himself in tho war, that we dare not put down lis real name). "Oh, foolish Schroeder! You really are a little stupid-head at times! Of course ho isn't! Ho's absolutely incor louptible, though we'vo tried him, of course. But I can tell young Thauso that to is to be bought, can't If "Yes, but how prove it to Thause!" I asked. "Ah! that's better! You have a little icnse after all. Young Thause shall meet the general. I shall wire to Stein hauer tomorrow morning, and he will end somebody along who yill bo useful and then I think we can get to work with young Thause." Trickery. Somo days later I stopped to look in the window of a well-known photo grapher's shop, and thero noticed a portrait of the very French goneral whom Elsa and I had been discussing lut a few nights before at the hotel. "No," I decided as I looked at lii.t atrong face, "that man would never a traitor to his country, to his adored Trance, and how then could Elsa per uado young Thausef" "After dinner, Schroeder," said tho Baroness 'to me that night, "you will come to my private sitting room. H will bo there." "He! Who!" I asked. "General ," she whisperce! andfthen laughed. After-dinner I went up to lie sitting zoom and she introduced me to General . There he was, the honest look ing, straightforward Soulier, but now in ordinary evening dress. He welcomed me courteously in Ger man, good German, but with a Btrong French accent. Yes, here he was, the very man himself. How clever! What a wonderful woman Elsa was! I looked nt him, hardly believing my eyes, and then suddenly Elsa burst into a scream of laughter, and General ! quickly gave me a sicrn which told me that he was one or steinnauers men Steinhauer, tho master spy, per: taps the most powerful man in the fatherland next to the kaiser. A 0 1 JULffiSlJ? PHOTODRAMA BASED ON Rev. Paul Smith's GREAT FIGHT THAT TURNED SAN FRANCISCO'S RED LIGHTS ' WHITE "Its gospel message can not be forgotten and its lessons are irrisistible." A. W, Leonard, M. B. Bishop, San Francisco. STARTS SUNDAY TOMORROW y u HuL U ULL W 0E n BARES THE PITFALLS OF COMMERCIALIZED VICE .oerey .1 JhiealLre o - i 7 l) -; ' : f A 0. ( "i , fftXukt&iMrUii mJ mtat -Mi,. NO ADVANCE IN PRICES "Splendid,' isn't it!" said Elsa "don't you think it's a good dis- guiset" , mi 1 Herman -.luorouguueM. Elsa more than hinted that this ex traordinary likeness to the great French soldier might possibly be o further use when war had begun. "But," I put in, "how about Mon. sioup Poiutain here! He can't go back to Rouen without his beard! Ther too, if he walked about hero in Fans tho likeness might be remarked upon and the newspapors--well, you know 100 HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE LAUGH! WILLIAMS and TAYLOR LAUGH! EZZ3 m "STEPIMLY 1 LAUGH! CHAMBERLAIN AND EARLE Comedy Singing, Talk ; ing and Violin CORNALLA SISTERS Aerial And Acrobatics EARL WILLIAMS in "THE SEAL OF SILENCE" "FIGHT FOR MILLIONS" "LAWS AND OUTLAWS'-COMEDY 0 0 3.LIOM, THEATRE what they are for what they call "a good story. " "Oh, it's all quite, simple," said Elsa. "Monsieur Pontain will have a new .beard: brought here for him to morrow by Alphonse, the hairdresser and wigmaker of the Rue de la Faix after which he will proceed to England on business, where ho will discard tho beard and proceed to grow a fresh on. "Poof! they aro so stupid, the English they. will never notice who he is likel Now, you shall run away, Schroedor, for young Tliuuse will be here direct ly, and it won't do to have too many ji this scene. Pump him when you meet him next at Grcnilleg." Grenilles was a fashionable boutovard cafe w'jore Thauso and I met each other nearly every afternoon, and on the following day he camo in as usuul, nodded to mo, and, as wag his frequent custom, camo to sit at my table. We wero sitting in a corner, there was no one near enough to overhear us, and he leant across tho tablo and spoko to mo in a low voice. "I had my eyes opened last night when I met tho Frenchman," he said, "and I'm sending a strong letter to father. Come with mo and you shall see me post it, and then you can tell tho Baroness. And, look here, Schroeder I liko you, and I can put you onto something good. I've told the Baroness, and she 's going to put 50,000 marks in to it. Havo you got the same amount at your disposal! If you have, put it in, too, and I '11 go the same, and we ought to make three or four times (that amount each. What do you say!'' A Golden Prospect. I wondered what on cartli ho was driving at, and I asked him right out "You know the Bivoli theatrol" he said. "Well, that's for sale. It's a white elephant nobody s ever made any money at it, but we could make a for tune there." "How!" "It can be bought for 500,000 marks but 150,000 marks only, need be paid down and the rest in instalments to be arranged by a mortgage on the proper ty. Understand! We pay 150,000 marks down now, and when we" he tapped himself on the ehest, "when we take Paris I don't think the owners will apply for the remainder of their in stalments, eh! So we shall get a very valuable property for 150,000 marks." "Allowing everything you say," I replied, "we know nothing at all about theatres. Besides, yon say yourself that it's always been a white elephant, and that nobody's ever made any money there." "No, but the Baroness and I will see to it that we do. I've promised to get my father to withdraw his opposition to war on the consideration that he no opposition, so it'll be quite a simple job." "No opposition! Why,, we Bhall be bound to keep a lot of tho theatres open for the sake of our own Bqldiors alone!" "Yes, but the Baroness is going to see to it that the Bivoli will be the fashionable theatre. Othors within easy distance of it will be'shut np, and tho kaiser will havo his gala performances there that tho Baroness will see to. Can't you seo that there will bo money simply dropping into our laps?" " Well, the thing looltg sure, " I aid. "I'll go in with you to 50,001) marks. Tho Baroness has got a largo letter of credit ,and she'll lend it to me." For Elsa nover travelled without large sums of money toJier credit, nover knowinjwfrhen she might want to bribe or perhaps buy. So, feeling that fortune was wait ing for her, I went with Thause to the post office, where he sent off the letter to his father. "That'll fetch the old gentleman!" said Thauso chuckling. "He'll make enough out of tho campaign to insuro himself against any possible risk of be ing ruined, so you'll soe that his oppo sition will be withdrawn all right. Lot mo have the money tomorrow, and then I'll pay it in and deposit tho receipts with the Baroness." The Bivoli Theatre. i "It's tho most certain thing we've ever come across, Schroederl" snid the Baroness when I had handed her Thause 's receipt for the money for the purchase on account of the Kivoh then tro. "We shall make a fortune thero It'll be our property for ever, proper ty bought by good Germans before tho war. It'll never be returned, of courso" We went the next day to look at the Bivoli theatre, and Elsa nodded as we stood outside the portico. "Yes," she said, "I shall mnko this the fashionable theatre of Paris. We shall soon have it open again. What's that man putting up there!" The theatre, a rather mournful-looking structure, had evidently been clos ed for some time, and just at that in stant a bill-sticker came up and start ed sticking a bill on the portico iself. "What's that! Surely that can't be right, Schroeder, look!" . Just in front of us was a bill, and on it, in great, staring letters, wer the words: MON8IECB DTJICHCHE Having purchased this theatro, will shortly open it under his personal direction, with him self in an entirely new play. Further particulars will be duly announced. Monsieur Duichche was one of thr most popular Parisian actors of the da? ICAL CLUB Big Things Expected Of Chib Next Year, Several Good Candidates Suggested. Fed W. Stouslof'f announces that he most positively' will not consent to servo another year as president of tho makes money out of it the old man and Elsa and I looked at each other will be sure to want that. So the Bar- j blanklv. oness has promised to get him certain banking privileges hi connection with the campaign, and that will settle fath er. And as regards our making money out of the Bivoli . theatre, well, wc can get a manager who will do all the "Monsieur Duiehche!" she said. "1 an easily pet to see him. I must find out. Go, Schroeder, ta the cafe am" look for Thause." . - I waited nt the cafe all that after noon, but Thause never appeared, and running about for us, and there 11 be j when I met the Baroness that night at tho hotel she beckoned me nto her privato sitting room. "I went straight away to call on a great friend of Monsieur Duiehche whom I know well," gho aid, "and it's qufo right ho has bought the" theatre. We'ro too lato. Where's Thause and our money at least, my money that 50,000 marks of mine and the 50, 000 marks I lent you! AVhcro aro they! D0 you understand?" Budolph Thause A Clever French Se cret Service Man. I shall never forget what a torribb time tho rest of our stay in Paris was The Baroness was simply furious. Shr hated to lose a penny, and though I should, of course, pay her back the 50, 000 marks she had lent me. she was still that amount to tho badhorself. ' "Now," she said to mo when wf, , were back in Berlin, "I'm going to see Budolph Thause, and then I'll ring! you up. hcurocucr, and tell you when to come and see me." I got her message that evening, anc1 found her in a most furious rage, wor than 1 had cver seen her before. "That young man has dono us. If only I come across him again! Papa inauso greatly regretted the Joss of my 50,000 marks but, of course, ho could n't do anything in tho matter, and. he said ho certainly should not withdraw his opposition to the proposed wur, and it was a beautiful day, wasn't it! And so tho matter ended. Mein Gutt! If cver I catch that young Thause!" For the life of mo I couldn't help tho flicker of a smile creeping over mv face, which JUsa saw. Now, if there was one thing she hat ed almost above all others, it was t' be laughed at, and that, with the loss of her money and her anger at having been swindled, was too much for ner. "And you you laugh at me, do jnn. Schroeder!" she screamed. "Takr. that!" She flung herself at me, slapped nv roundly on the cheek, then eollapsot1 into a chair in a fit "of hysterical weep ing and I thought it wiser to creep quietly out of the room. (To Be Continued) NEXT WEEK (In what strange way the kaiser wai made to give orders to the German fleet involving tho battle of Jutland, will bo disclosed by Colonel Schroeder next week)., Salem Commercial club as he has held tho office two terms. As offkors for 1919 aro to be eloct ed within a fow weeks ,there is somn speculation as to who will bo elected; especially as it is thought the club should become especially active noxt year. Theodore Both 1ms been mentioned as a Buitablo candidato. He has been most active in the Commercial club work sinco its reorganization and has nerved several years as director of a department. K. 0. Paulus, vice president for tho past year, is regarded as good material especially as within the noxt year there will lie .great doings in tho fruit world of the valley and it is felt tho Com mercml club should actively support any movement to uiako Halem the cen ter of the packing industry as well as for all fruit interests in this part of tho stnto. E. T. Barnes, as ono of Salem 's most successful business men is favorably mentioned. He is now director of ono of tho departments and his business sa gacity and judgment is recognized by his associates in business life. As a successful business man, many feci that Mr. Barnes would be the ideal candidate Although it is against the custom of Salem to recognize merit until a rnnn has livod a number of years in the val ley, yet thoso who aro inclined to think it would be well to get away front this custom, aro suggesting the namo of It. O. Snelling as president of tho club for tho next year. Mr. Snelling has shown his interest in civic affairs in all liber ty loan and patriotic drives. Ho is Sa lem agent for the Associated Oil com pany. Since the reorganization of the Com mercial club in 1915 thero hag been three presidents W. M. Hamilton, to whom tho Btronuous work of keeping tho club on its fct uftcr the reorgan ization by Mr. Chase, then Joseph Al bert, through whoso financial ability debts of tho club were paid 'and a lit tle surplus laid away for rainy days and Fed W, Stoualoff, who has had the most strenuous work of serving as pres ident during war times. EOLA NEWS ITEMS Eola, Or., Dec. H. Hurry Thacker sold a hog Tuesday in Salem for $-18. Frank Clement was homo for a very short time Sunday. ' , William Glierko had his wages raised to seven dollurg a day this week. He is working at tho foundry in Salem. I!. I. Ferguson is down at tho Eiver side farm helping his son Boy to get his plowing done. Hurry Thacker butchered two hogs Tuesday for homo use. Tip Acuff killed three hogs for the family meat supply. Gilbert & Puttorson have sold their hops. Dnvo Jacobsan and wifo wore in our burg Saturday looking very smiling, He had just sold his this year 'g crop of hops. Ho suld his last year's crop a short timo ago. George Mitty is at Manete, Washing ton, where his brother Clyde lives; who is in very poor health at a tuberculosis hospital, near Seattle. . Mr. Siiulfield of Eola has fivo child ren who are attending tho SiBtcrs ac ademy in Salem. They drive over ev ery morning. 'flip Eola school is getting along fine. Wo havo had no flu, so did not close Hrhonl. 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