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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01

of this railroad bridge?" and he indi-
Gated a spot on the map.
La Fere squinted at the roof OF the
tent. Some sort of a factory" he
said, at was put up about a year ago"
IT see,'' the other commented briefly.
"a factory, Ell! I'll wager it was
financed in Berlin. Engine bases make
excellent gun platforms, you know"
Then he pointed to another of the
red tacks. Whats there?"
"villa Of wine merchant named
Freedman" was the reply after La
Fere had studied the map a moment.
house,"
Garage and tennis courts, believe"
The staff officer placed a second
thumb tack at the point. when we
courts" he said, significantly, we'll
probably find they have concrete bases
nine feet thick, and the garage, too"
And so on down the line. The angles
taken by Thane indicated the positions
Of quarries, factories. tennis courts and
garages, each of which would serve
as bases for big guns, and the little
staff officers eyes were agleam with
enthusiasm.
when the last set of figures had been
upon his intimate acquaintance with
the locality indicated, the little staff
officer pulled his papers together and
glanced at Kent
Excellent" was his only comment.
and busted himself with dispatches
which would set telephone bells to
ringing and field telegraph keys clat-
tering for miles along the battle front.
Kent left the headquarters tent. his
ears tingling from words of commenda-
A. -. hut ctv 11y
morose he was as he rolled himself
in his blankets shortly afterward -
strangely morose, indeed, for man who
was destined for promotion, whose
name was to go back to England in
dispatches These dispatches were to
cause an irascible old man to storm at
waiter to hide emotion, but Kent was
not thinking Of them. His mind was
filled with the memory Of a parting,
and a look Of pain and doubt In girls
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AE -EXPERZ R4zyZZp zzaEEZy az MRS AIZZE

stance had begged. mot until Lieut..
Griswould told me did 1 have any
idea of what 1T all had cost you. |
have written to brother VIII, and
am sure he will make amends. 1t was
that DR.. Falieros who caused all the
trouble. We teIephoned to Wil1-Oh.
the beast, I wish 1 had told Will all
at the time.
X X
Kent stared long at the letter. his
thoughts going back to a scene in a
hotel in Frankfort when he had felt
the weight of the open palm of a big
American. A hand went to his left
cheek where seemed to glow the mark
of the blow.
Make amends" he thought. ''she
stain be wiped away? Apologies would
not erase from mems memories the
fact that Kent Burgess once had failed
to answer a public insult. He could
not tell the facts in extenuation OF his
conduct on that occasion. A man can
not hide behind woman's skirts.
However. when he next met Falieros,
then"
When Kent buttoned his jacket and
strobe from the tent the lisnt al as
eyes held a grim resolution.
On land and sea, in the sky and the
oceans green depths battle had
ragged for weeks. Along the coast for
two score miles the big guns of Eng
lish cruisers Numbered; destroyers and
submarines played a deadly game of
hide-and-seek; in the canals OF West
Flanders squat. powerfully armed
monitors fought long-range due1s with
German land batteries; in the mud and
muck of a half inundated country the
allies met the Germans in desperate
struggles.
Antwerp had fallen; Ostend had been
occupied; Berlin was considering an
invasion of England; across the chan
mel the searchlights blazed nightly over
London watching for the coming of
commanders had launched terrific
drive toward Calais and the channel
ports.
Swiftly the English and French and
the battered remnant of the Belgian
army swung into position to meet the
attack, and as in the battle along the
Aisne the struggle soon became a dead
lock with neither side able to obtain
a decisive advantage.
~
With the advent of the flying ma
chine, much of military strategy had
been rendered obsolete. There were
eliminated the possibility Of masked
maneuvers on a large scale, of sur
prise attacks except at night, and war
became a game of chess with the
enemy's pieces and formations in full
view.
The air scouts were the eyes OF the
commanders, and it was SO the
strategists around their maps with
colored strings and pins marking the
positions of troops and batteries might
have full knowledge of what the enemy
was doing that the flyers went forth
each day. Brushes with hostile aircraft
merely were sometimes fatal incidents
of the real work of gathering infer-
nation.
In the operations along the coast
Kent Burgess had done his part. risk
ing his life to give warning OF the
shifting or massing Of the :, e sat;,as
in action; blocking the efforts Of German
aviators to obtain information regarding
the allied positions.
But on this day a great wind had
swept down out Of the northwest, driv-
ing the aeroplanes to the ground. send
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CuriO Takers.

INCOLN SPRINGFIELD. the English
Ia editor, was lunching in London
when a Samoan entered and shook him
by the hand.
What do the natives do for q living
over therer' Mr.. Springfield asked the
Samoan.
"Oh." said the other. ''thsy sell cocoa
nuts, and birds OF paradise. and Robert
Louis Steyenson's inkwelL"
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CHAPTER VII.
On Wings of Steel.

In silence the little group passed
through the gates Of St.. Aubins
crossed a road and entered a field be-
yond through a gap in a hedge. The
pound of the guns had ceased. and the
dry grass rustled underfoot in the still
ness.
Suddenly Constance gigsled halt
Historically. Kent's clasp frightened
on her arm. and she apologized in a
whisper.
Il couldn't help it, she gasped
its all so fearful!y melodramatic
Here in century of motor cars and
telephones. and electric lights and
fountain pens. we're fleeing the villain
in a most romantic. up-to-date man.
ner-in an aeroplane."
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of the ever-watchful searchlights. but
some power drew her eyes to Kents
face as he stood looking down at her
A hand closed upon hers.
Wfnifred swayed toward him. her
heart betraying tendency to skip
beats. then race violently. He seemed
wonderfully strong and manly-this
now giowed-but as she yielded into
his arms memory came of things that
had been said that night-harsh things
he had not denied-and she stiftened
THAT man." she whispered, and her
voice held a hint of the chill creeping
into her heart. HE said"
Kent drew himself erect, his face
grim. II understand" he said. his
voice bitter. Yes. he said several
a coward who failed to resent public
insult.
He referred to something that hap
pened in Frankfort-an incident hardly
pleasant to recall 1t was that which
made me what you call remittance
man over on your side of the Atlantic,
only l happened to prefer to spend my
remittances on the continent rather
than bury myself on a sheep ranch"
rs there no other side to the story?"
There is,' DULY.
And will you not tell it to me-"
softly.
Kent glanced toward the hill. his
lean features giving no hint Of the
said at last. Some things are hard to
explain. Perhaps an explanation would
only make matters worse. ] am sorry.
Some day. perhaps, you VIII under
stand, but now-it is impossible can
say no more than that I have nothing
to be ashamed Of"
Mr.. Burgess! wipifred strove to
keep the doubt from her voice. Cant
you be more explicit?'
The other shook his head. mo-, he
a. i'd "nOt even Won
Almost rudely he turned away,
marching into the darkness with his
shoulders squarer, and a wounded, dis
tressed girl turned toward the tent to
spend long hours. sleepless. with an
ache in her heart, longing for the
luxury Of tears.
The sight Of an orderly waiting in
front Of his quarters reminded Kent no
report had been made to Col: Anterior
regarding the results Of the scouting
trip, and without comment he followed
the other to the tent Of the commander
of the flying corps.
Besides Col. Atherton, a staff officer
was waiting. Kent laid before them
the notes made by Thane and supple
mented them with a verbal report of
his own observations. The staff Off
Ger, an understood man who looked
more like a college professor than the
chief technical expert OF the French
army. nodded often as he listened
to Kent and pounced eagerly on the
notes when the aviator had concluded.
For half an hour he worked with
rulers and an engineers draughting
quadrant, checking his results with
bewilderingly swift calculations. Oc-
casionally he asked curt question or
carefully placed a large, red-topped
thumb tack at some point on a big
map spread before him.
Finally he jerked hts head toward the
door LA Fere," he said, and bent
again to his task. An orderly departed
without question and moment later
towsled man clad in shirt and trous-
ers, with the blear OF disturbed sleep
in his eyes, appeared.
The Ataff ofIicer looked up. TIA Fere,"
he san, what 10 ,on the north side
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ment along the coast OF Flanders,
where the English and Belgians bat
tied to check the onward sweep Of the
invaders toward the channel ports.
And there he had learned that the
world never forgets. It may forgive a
mistake, may reward duty well per-
formed. may give praise where praise
Is due, but memory of the once cor
roded spot fingers, and rough is the
path of the man whose name is not
without blemish.
Other officers treated him with a
courtesy much too formal. They recog-
what he had done, yet they did not
admit him to companionship.
The code of honor among military
men Is decidedly exaeting, and every
officer of the British expeditionary
force had heard at least one of the
occasion in Frankfort when Burgess
was reputed to have acted the craven
Varying and highly colored were the
different accounts of how he had suf-
fered a blow in the face and had made
no effort to resent it nor to seek salts
faction.
True, those who had known him in
other days were wont to shake their
heads over the story. The man they
had known was not one with whom it
mutable fact remained that Kent never
had entered a denial nor offered any
explanation of the affair, and this
weighed most heavily against him in
the scales of their judgment.
So Kent was considered by them as
an outsider.
He found the situation more difficult
to endure than his lot when he was a
private. Then the barrier between the
enlisted man and the officer rendered
it impossible for the men he once had
known to treat him as an equal, but
it was hard when this had been re-
moved to find himself still beyond the
pale.
Had Thane been with him things
would have been different, for he had
been stanch always. but Thane was
in England, recovering from the wound
in his shoulder.
Kent made no effort to cultivate his
brother officers, and their aloofness
merely caused him to hold his head
higher. Secretly, however. their cold
ness hurt 1t is all very well well for ora
others think. but the individual who
does not is abnormal, and Kent craved
companionship.
savagely he had flung himself into
his work. and his daily record was
to shake his head in approval. He
seemed constantly in the air, regard
less of weather conditions. and even
the men who treated him with the
greatest reserve acknowledged his
value to the corps. But on this day
when the gale had rendered aeroplane
scouting impracticable, Kent, alone in
his tent with his thoughts. frankly
was depressed.
Then an orderly drew aside the flaps
at the entrance and handed in let
ter. Kent noted the address was in
the handwriting of a woman and open
ed the missive with a half hope it was
from her. He had not seen Winifred
since the flight across the lines. the
girls having been sent to Paris the
following morning.
The letter was from Constance Cres-
ton, and it was much-blotted little
note, full of disjOinted sentences, ap-
parently hastily written. Kent's smile
was somewhat bitter as he read the
last few phrases second time:
Forgive me. I lid not know" Con-
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ing giant combers rolling in from the
North sea, forcing the warshfps to
stand of shore. and as Kent emerged
from his tent he heard the thunder of
guns above the piping of the gale. The
Germans were attacking in force.
Prompt had been the Raiser's COM
mander to seize the opportunity the
storm presented. For days the big
rifles of the cruisers had rendered i'm
possible an advance along the shore,
but the storm had forced the ships to
withdraw, and the Germans struck at
the weak point in the English position.
Rapidly the attack was driven home.
The English who held a line of shallow
rife pits in the sand dunes were swept
backward, scattered, cut to pieces and
through the gap poured food of gray
clad soldiers; then with the precision
of a machine the Germans wheeled to
the east and for half a mile rolled up
the allies like a strip of tape.
simultaneously strong frontal attacks
had been launched, and once the wedge
had been pushed through, the allies
line was bent back on itself like a fish
hook, the shank along the strong in
trenched positions, the crook follow
ing a narrow canal which ran par
allel to the seashore.
At this canal the English rallied and
the Germans were checked, but instant
1y their right flank started reaching
out, forcing the defenders of the strip
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CHAPTER VIII.
Judged by the Code.

A gale from the northeast whipped
the flaps Of he tent where Kent Bur-
CESS sat digesting the bitter truth that
the man who referred to a mans honor
as his buckler made a poor choice in
his search for a figure of speech.
However furnished a shield may be,
persistent rubbing will make it bright
again, but single blemish on a mans
reputation spreads and eats deeply, be-
coming q hideous thing from which
others recoil. something no amount of
Furnishing can efface.
This was the reason for the gloom
on Keft's brow, the leaden weight In
his breast. This is what nullifed the
joy Of achievement, the pride Of having
had promotion come to him in the man.
ner Of which every soldier dreams-on
the battlefield for valor
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Elevation to the rank OF lieutenant
had sent him to a new field Of action
where q division Of the corps had been
decimated In q finish fight in the clouds
with the Germans, and for days he had
played 1 part in the furious engage
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Kent Burgess, an Englishman. falls
in love with Winffred Stanley when he
rescues her and her girl companion in
Belgium during the war. He becomes
m air scout near scissors, where she
is staying with her father. In n night
visit over the German lines, kent's
plane is damaged and he is forced to
descend. Meanwhile DIR. FalierOs, a
Greek. has fallen in love with Wini-
fred, and Won ReinhOld, German Zep-
pelin scout. has met and been attract
ed by Constance Creston. Winifred's
friend.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
SENATOR WILLARD GETS
 FIRST MINING LICENSE

Senator B. F. Willard is the first to file application for mining license under the new law and the Treasur- CTS office yesterday issued Mining License Certificate No. 1 to the Gran ite Gold Mining Company, of which Senator Willard is president
 An automobile license was issued to r. T. Stevenson of the Union Iron Works. and a professional license to C. B. Brubaker. an attorney of Valdez.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
,mlDNleaT SUN" EXCURSION
 IS COMING ON SPOKANE

The Seattle to the Midnight Sun excursion legt Seattle at 9 o'clock last night. on the steamship Spokane, and wlll be through Juneau Saturday.
 The special trip is best described in the Pacific Coast Steamship com pany's 1915 folder which was written up by c. D. Dunanu, passenger traf- fic manager of the company Mir Dun ann says
 "Are you going to Alaska to see the day that is all day when the sun sets not at an but continues on its way through both waking and sleeping hours? Pictures may be taken by daylight up to ton and eleven o'clock D. ID.
 "While the midnight sun may be seen about the vicinity Of SlSagway on the regular Alaska Excursion, it Is proposed in 1915 to operate a special excursion past Skagway and north on the Yukon River to Fort Yukon north of the Arctic Circle, especially to view the midnight sun. There photo graphs may be taken Of the sun at every stage as it circles down toward the earth. but never below the hori- zon. and finally rises again. This ex- cursion will leave Seattle on S. S. Spokane. June Sth, reaching Fort Yu- kon on June 21st the longest day of the year: it must of necessity be linn tied In number to sixty persons.
 'Tt is the first time that such a tonr has been proposed. and the un- usual excellence. including, as it does. all the Southeastern Alaska trip and a visit to the Klondike. should make a special appeal Reservations will be made in order of application.
 Another phenomenon often seen on the Alaska trip is the mirage, caused by the contact of the extremely cold waters with the warm, moist air These are often extremely plain and .remarkabie.
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American government 10 thorough investigation. 1t entertains also a keen wish to cooperate in a frank and friendly way in clearing up pos siblc misunderstanding which may have arisen in the relations between the two governments through the events mentioned by the American government
 cushing and euuflisht Cases
 "Regarding firstly, the case of the American steamers Cushing and Gull. flight The American embassy has already been informed that the Ger man government has no intention Of submitting neutral ships in the war zone. which are guilty of no hostile acts by a submarine or submarines or aviators.
 ion the contrary the German forces have repeatedly been instruct- cd most specifically to avoid attacks on such ships.
 'If neutral ships in recent months have suffered through the German submarine warfare owing to mistakes in Identification It Is a question only of quite isolated and exceptional cases which can be attributed to the Brit ish governments abuse of flags. to- gether with the suspicious or culpa- ble behavior of the masters of the ves- sels
 .win Settle Loss Of NeutraIs.
 "The German government. in all cases in which it has been shown by it's investigations that a neutral ship, not itself at fault. was damaged by German submarines or aviators. has expressed regret over the unfortunate accident and. if justified by condi- tions. has offered indemnitIcation.
 "The cases of the Gushing and Gull flight will be treated on the same principles. An investigation of both cases is in progress. the result Of which will presently be communicate ed to the embassy. The investigation can. if necessary. be supplemented by an international call on the inter nation commission of inquiry. as pro- vided by article 9 of The Hague peace agreement of Oct. IS. 1907
 Offered Safety to Falaba
 When sinking the British steamer Falaba the commander of the Ger man submarine had the intention of allowing the passengers and crew a full opportunity for a safe escape.
 "Only when the master did not obey the order to heave to. but fled and summoned help by rocket signals did the German commander order the crew and passengers by signals and megaphones to leave the ship within ten minutes. He actually allowed them twenty-three minutes time. and fired the torpedo only when suspic- ious craft were hastenine to the as- sistance of the Falaba
 Regret Lusitsnia Less Of Life
 Regarding the loss of life by the sinking of the British passenger steamer Lusitania. the German gov ernment has already expressed to the neutral governments concerned its keen regret that citizens of their states lost their lives.
 "On the occasion of the imperial government. however. cannot escape
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09

UNIVERSAL REPAIR SHOP - The store of NEW and second hand
 ranges. stoves, heaters and house. hold furnishings. Come and see our goods and our low prices. 6.1.Lr.
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a * < 2. @ {, z. |. s 2. .s S' < Z. {. .s ~ PERSONAL MENTION <
 C. c. Harsey, representing the Nut House. of Seattle is in the city on business.
 Miss Minnie Goldstein sailed for Juneau from Seattle last night. She will spend the summer here as the guest of her sister, Mrs Robert Simp- son.
 J. Latimer Gray of the Alaska Soda Co.,. has gone to Petersburg on busi- ness.
 Mark E. Russell and son Dan will be passengers on the Al-Iti next week for Seattle, on their way Co Pitts. burgh. where Mir. Russell will pay his aged mother visit.
 Mir. and Mrs. William R. Garster returned last evening from their we'd ding trip to Honolulu. The Garsters were married here early last month, and sailed for the Hawaiian islands on the S. S. Makara, from Vancouver, B. c. They reached Juneau on the Princess Alice.
 Tom G. Mcdonald was over from Treadwell yesterday.
 Miss Elizabeth Held and Miss AL ma Sowerby are expected back soon from Skagway. where they have been visiting.
 Mir. and Mrs. William LeRose have booked passage on the Georgia for Tenakee hot springs.
 George Hain has gone to Tenakee hot springs. and may decide to re- main there for the summer, operat. ing cigar store and billiard room.
 Mrs. Hugh G. Weir, who has been patient at St. Ann's hospital for the past week is reported as doing well and will be discharged in few days. Dr. Earl Bevis is in attendance
 Paddy Brennan, formerly con crete worker at Thane. left today for Seattle, on his way to Arizona.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
VISITOR TO ,ciTY
 PRAISES ALASKA

w. F. Locke. representing the fa- nous D. l.. Moore Dlstillery. company, is a business visitor in Juneau.
 'T am very much impressed with your wonderful little city; in fact the entire Alaska trip has been a revei- ation to me" he said today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
TEXT OF GERMAN REPLY TO NOTE
 OF PRESlDENI l

The following Is the official text Of the German note ,he answer to which caused the ruction in President Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet from which Secretary Of State William J. Bryan withdrew:
 ~The undersigned has the honor to submit to Ambassador Gerard the fol- lowing answer to the communication of May 15 regarding the injury to American interests through German submarine warfare:
 "The imperial government has soo- iected the communication Of the
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09

Kendrick" expert sign writer. Com pare workmanship before ordering. -l6.7.1mO-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09

'Kendrick expert sign writer Com pare workmanship before ordering. -(s-7-1m.)-
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
GIRL SEEKS BROTHER.

Miss Roseiia Lynn of St. Marys. Kansas. has made inquiry to Chief of Police Sitter for information about her brother, Ira D. Lynn.
 Lynn was here year ago, but left without making his destination known, according to Chief Sitter, who made numerous inquiries today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
DROWNING VICTIM IS
 BURIED IN EVERGREEN

Albert Matzdorf, barber who was accidentally drowned az Taku har. bor Sunday, was buried this morning in Evergreen cemetery. Funeral ser vices were coneucted by the Rev. J. B. Stevens. pastor of the Presbyter- ian church. from the C. w. Young chapel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09

L.L. Harding is expected back next week from Haines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09

Everybody reads the rmpire. Ad. vertigo In lt
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-06-09
lowA EARMER IS
PROPERLY TRimmED

--
 An Iowa paper contains the follow. ing:
 ''How is this for going some? An Iowa farmer and his wife decided they could not get along so the wife sued for a divorce and got S5.00O as ali mony. After a short time the farmer got lonesome, so wrote his former wife. telling her of the facts and ask her to marry him again. She con sented and told him to come on and they would try 1t again, The farmer arrived, and after seeing his former wife again decided that he would be better off if he remained single. so he refused to marry her Thereupon the former wife sued her former hus- band for breach of promise, and the court and jury gave her verdict of $5.00O damages Thus the old boy was trimmed proper.