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tho machine, and with firm hand--for
his was will of iron-he opened the
door. From out the luxurious interior
he lifted the inert body Of his beautiful
daughter and pressed her to his bosom
bosom that was wracked and torn
with partly stifed sobs.
Gently-gently as when she had been
an infant some twenty years ago-he
carried her into the house, and ton
derly-oh. SO tenderly-he placed her
on a divan. Softly he felt the cold,
pale cheek. and with touch as caress-
ing as that of a woman's. he pushed
back the beautiful raven ringlets. and,
shudderingly, he gazed steadily. as IL
fascinated. at the crimson trimmed, but
clean-cut. hole made by the bullet.
David Powers sank on one knee be-
side the cot. and then slowly his body
seemed to shrvel and sag, much like
a half-nlled bag of meal. as with a
complete surrender to grief he threw
himself prone upon the floor and uttered
the single word:
Dead"
Travis stood silently beside the
stricken father. unable to think or
move. The young woman who lay
there, victim to the wickedness that
the tyranny of her father had stirred
in the breasts of his workmen. had
been his iancee. and his sorrow was
but little less than that of the aconized
parent.
CHAPTER l.
David Powers was known as the
man who never smiled during business
hours. He was known as the man
whose employees all feared him. He
was known. too. as one of the most
successful lumbermen in the business
on the Pacific Coast, and all who knew
him cnvied him. Stern, domineerinr.
and with genius for organization, he
could get more work out of less men
for smaller wages than any man in the
State of California--that is, more than
any man except one. And the who ex-
celled him as a driver of men, the man
who could extract one more ounce Of
labor for one 1.-THE less of wages. was
Jake Snyder. his chief foreman. pugna-
c!ous hard as nails, flinty-heartcd and
entirely without sentiment.
Jake made an ideal driver for so ex-
acting boss as Powers. Watch him
now on this morning several weeks
before the shooting OF Laura Powers
Watch him as he talks among the men
there on the dock and on the boat
Note the feverish anxiety with which
the men bend to their tasks when he
slowers In their direction. Listen to
the harsh. strident note in his voice
as he urges them to fresh efrort-efrorts
that strain their under-nourished bodies
almost to the breaking point. Note, too,
the covert. threatening looks that are
cast In his direction when he turns
his back. Listen to the murmurs OF
hate that rise almost to the violence Of
a threat when he is out OF hearing
listen and make up your mind that a
storm is brewinG-a storm that. when
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ALFALFA FINE REMEDY
FOR MENTAL DEPRESSION
DR.. B1ackwood Tells of Successful
Experiments Made Mt Chicago
Hospital.

CHICAGO. July a.-Members of tho
American Institute OF Homeopathy
concluded their annual convention here
to-day and adjourned.
Alfalfa as a remedy for indigestion
and mental depression was recon-
mended by DR.. Alexander L. Blackwood,
OF Chicago He told of experiments
made with the new remedy at a Chi
cago hospital.
During the past year observations
were made Of the action Of alfalfa on
seventeen persons" he said "All of
them noted that they grew so hungry
that they could scarcely wait for their
meals. Their minds were clear and
bright. all bodily functions were stimu-
lated, and it was impossible to have
the blues"
Alfalfa is converted into tincture
and used internally. It's use. said DR..
Blackwood. was accompanied by. an
immediate delightful feeling Of we'll
being. increased appetite and great i'm
provcmcnt in weight
'AN bodily functions were stimula ted
and it was impossible TO have the
blues said the physicians report
The tincture is known as medicago
saliva.
'Dr. Ben Bradley. Of Hamlet, O.,
also has made experiments with al
falfa," said DR.. Blacl1wood, and he be-
lteves it TO be coming drug. 1t slim
ulates digestion and will prove OF great
value In dealing with loss Of appetite
1t does not act as stimulnnt In the
same sense as liquor"
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CONTINUED To-Morrow.)
KERN DECLARES BRYAN
WILL SUPPORT WILSON
Makes Emphatic Statement Tint
Former Secretary of Stnte Is for
Presidents denomination.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
WASHINGTON. July 3.-Although
Senator, John w. Kern. majority leader
In the Senate. has been in Indiana ever
since the resignation of William J.
Bryan, and has not talked with the
former Secretary Of State, he made the
emphatic statement yesterday that
President Wilson would be renominat-
ed, and that Bryan would support him
both in the convention and on the
stump.
president Wilson will have no more
Jealous advocate in the next Demo
cratic convention than Mr.. Bryan"
said Senator Kern, "and he will have
no more earnest supporter in the cam
paign. If I understand the situation
correctly. the President will have no
supporter whose assistance he will need
more than that of Mr.. Bryan. | look
upon the denomination of Mir Wilson
as assured. and believe he will be re-
elected by an overwhelming majority"
Senator Kern spurned the idea that
MIR. Bryan would play Rooseveltian
role I'm the next Democratic campaign
He asserted with emphasis that Mr..
Bryan was not that kind OF a Demo-
GRAFT
Senator Kern has long been n per-
sonal friend OF Mr.. Bryan, and was
candidate for Vice-President on one of
tho Bryan presidential tickets
Referring to the one-term plank in
the Democratic platform. Senator Kern
said 1t was merely rcafflrmation OF
previous planks that had been adopted
by Democratic conventions
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PEOPLE TERROR|zED
IN CONsTANT|NOPLE
Provisions Are Scarce With Prices
High. Factories Arc Closed and
Shipping ut Standstill.
DOWNFALL SEEMS IMMINENT
Returning Italians Say Dardanelles
Could Be Forced in Ten Days, and
Without Special Effort Could Be
Passed in Two Months.

Especial Cable TO The Times-Dispatch.l
ROME. July italians. returning
from Turkey give important informa :
ton regarding the situation in Constan-
tinopIe They say the population is
.errorized. there is a lack of provisions
and coal. prices have Increased enor-
mously. factories have been closed and
a great quantity OF shipping has been
i-nmobilized in the Golden Horn.
Hatred against Enver Pasha and the
Committee OF Union and Progress is
irdescribaNle The wife OF Enver
Pasha. the Princess Mehcmmed. has
loft him, considering him the cause OF
Turkeys ruin.
The Germans are masters every
where the returned travellers say. One
OF them reported that one OF the Turk
ish deputies recently approached the
United States ambassador. asking him
70 interpose to obtain peace. The end
OF Turkey IS understood to he near.
with sufficient effort. the Dardanelles
can be forced in ten days. in the opinion
OF these informants. hut even without
such pressure il could bc passed in
two months
The Turks and Germans are now eX-
traordinarly preoccupicd with Bulgaria.
whose intervention is feared
DISTURBANCES AMONG
SOLDIERS ARE FREQUENT
Disturbances among the soldiers are
frequent Two army corps recently
have been completely destroyed. There
are now $4,000 wounded in CONSTANT
nople. The first day Of the attack on
the Dardanellcs, according to these
travellers. 5000 wounded wcre brought
in. III order 10 deceive the public. fresh
Turkish victories are announced daily
When British submarine penetrated
10 the Golden Horn the Turkish au-
thortios stated that il Was 4 German
submarine which had come TO salute
Constantinoplc
Tho Italians stated that they saw the
Breslau seriously damaged in the
Golden Horn. The Turkish newspapers
are prohibited from referring TO Italy's
progress in the war. and are allowed
only 10 publish alleged Austrian VIC
tories
1t is learned from an excellent Otto
man source that Turkey herself will
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NEW WAR LOAN AUTHORIZED

PETROGRAD, July (via London).--
The Onicial Journal to-day published an
imperial edict authorizing the Russian
Minister of Finance to make two issues
OF treasury obligations OF $3.50, 600. 900
each. The issue is TO be In the shape
of per cent shortterm notes. free
OF income tax.
The issue will be in denominations Of
from $50 upwards. This low demon
inauon is expected to give the loan a
popular aspect. and to appeal to for
egn rs we'll as Russian investors. The
issue is to run for six months. begin
ming to-day.
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they're Pretty Near the Limit Now"
Said Jake, But Well Speed EN-
Up Bit"
and gravel, Powers was seen to pause
and turn an instant toward the younger
man AS II for support.
He had heard the piercing, clank-
Ing notes OF the horn long before tho
machine was In sight. He knew the
temper OF his men. He realized that
he had never done one single thing to
win them to him. He knew that his
affairs were approaching crisis. And
he was afraid-afraid with the pitiful
fear which comes over strong men
when they realize that the confronting
danger Is of their own creation.
With trembling limbs tho chauffeur
climbed from his seat and averted his
fear-distended eyes. as with unsteady
hand he pointed to the broken window
pane in the door OF the handsome ma
chine. The small round hole, with it's
pattern of radiating cracks. like a
serried and shattered mirror, told its
own story. Nothing but n bullet could
have made a break like that
Mastering his own emotion with a
supreme effort Powers stepped toward
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not take the initiative in negotiating
for a separate peace, but II some
powerfully. for example-makes a
suggestion OF such n peace, 1t will find
ground that Is very favorable. Tho
authenticity OF this information from
leading Ottoman circles can be guar
anteed. These circles arc convinced
that henceforth. whatever may be tho
issue OF the war, Turkey can gain
nothing from 1t. but can lose a great
deal.
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1t does break. will overwhelm Powers
and Jake and all their hated class.
Powers had just driven up to his
office In his high-powered six, and had
sent for Jake. A clerk found tho fore
man at his favorite occupatlon-that of
orowbeating the laborers under him
ana 1t Is no eXaggeration to say that he
mated to leave this glorious pnstimc for
even so delightful n diversion as n con-
suitation with his taciturn and iron
jawed employer.
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BIG LOSSES FOR RUSSIANS
Germans Cinim Capture of 1880 Of
ncers and $4,000 Men

BERLIN. July Thy wireless to Say
rille).-Military writer's declare tho
Russians from May until June 81 left
in the hands of the Germans 1880 OF
iiccrs and $4,000 mon prisoners. and
800 field guns and TO machine guns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-30
CRUSADE AGAINST NOISE

Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley, that val
ant crusader against needless noises,
commends Baltimore for having a
noise policeman. That policeman, it
seems, has been able to curb the
tastes of city jewellers who insist on
harboring barking dogs and growing
ROSTERS, he has restrained the auto
lists who take great pride in the
raucous footing of horns, he has
reasoned with the drivers of early
morning milk wagons, and he has
curbed the shrieking of whistles and
the changing of bells.
After all there is no reason why a
city should be subjected to useless
noises. Other senses are protected
from offensive assault. The health
department looks after the nasal
\ disabilities, the police prevent bodily
contacts which might jar the sense
of feeling, the medical inspectors
look to the protection of the mouth
from communicating foods, and other
departments see to it, to some ex-
tent, that the eve is not offended by
billboards and other unsightly spec
tacles. 1t is high time someone was
coming to the rescue of the auditory
nerves.
There is more than an aspect Of
mere comfort to all this; there is the
protection of city jewellers against
noises which physicians say are con-
tributory to many nervous COM
plants.
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TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

American business men are turn
ing their eyes toward our sister con-
tinent to the south as an alluring
field for enterprise and Investment.
OF the countries of South America,
Brazil especially is the new Land of
Opportunity, or, rather, the land Of
old opportunities made new. The
European war has shackled the trade
combinations and influences against
us, and for the first time the United
States gets real chance at the trade
of Brazil. '."' o. 1.r
The United States always has been
Brazil's best customer. Now the OPP
portunity is offered of making Brazil
one of the best customers of the
United States. In 1913 we bought
goods from Brazil amounting to
$100,000,0O0, while the combined
purchases of Germany and Great
Britain were a little more than
$4,000, 900.
In 1912 we took so per cent of
Brazil's rubber, az per cent of her
coffee, and 30 per cent of all her ex-
ports. Our Brazilian coffee cost
S95,0O0,0O0, while Germany's pur-
chases were less than $34, 900, 900 and
Great Britain's only little more
than 100000.
AS sellers, however, we were sur
passed by both Germany and the
United Kingdom, the British outsell-
ing US by more than so per cent.
The European war. has nullified
some and handicapped all of the
European trade combinations which
had the better of US in Latin America
up to year and a half ago. We
can get into the game now; but we
must also prepare for the time when,
peace restored, Europe will be back
in it, too.
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BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR LABOR

The Pullman Company announced
the other day that a big increase In
wages would be given its employees
with the beginning of the new year,
From New York comes the state
ment that a great number of i'm
portant employers are going to raise
wages, the total affecting thus far
probably 100000 earners in that city
and immediate environs. From the
New York and New England mill dis
tricts come like announcements of
Increases for operatives in a wide
variety of industrial establishments
and public service concerns.
If there were any one possible
menace to the nationwide prosperity
outlook it would reside in the danger
Of labor difficulties this coming year.
There have been intimations Of un-
rest in various directions, with sug-
gestions that big strikes might take
place unless wage demands were
met. The good disposition Of en-
ployers toward their workers is in
dictated by the general tendency to
divide with them the newly discov-
cred and altogether welcome profits.
There might be some excuse for en-
ployers wishing to retain for little
space the profits that in some meas
ure would compensate for the losses
of a period of depression; but instead
there is commendable evidence Of
purpose to meet labor half way and
more. Surely the leaders of organ
lied labor may be appealed to for a
like generous recognition of con-
ditions in the business world.
No man dares guess what con-
ditions may supervene in a few
months or years. The feeling is wide
spread that present prosperity is
based upon the abnormality of war
conditions, and that it may be fol-
lowed by depression founded on the
even more extreme abnormality Of q
peace under conditions never before
encountered. There is especial .rea>
son why the country-labor, capital.
agriculture, transportation, every ac>
tivity-should wish to garner and
preserve the fruits of this possibly
all too brief season of industrial
plenty. The year 1916 gives all
promise of dumping the horn Of
plenty with particular lavishness on
this country. 1t will depend on the
good sense, the far-sightedness, the
sound judgment of our own people
whether we shall enjoy to the full
the advantages thus brought within
our grasp.
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chief trouble Il that the term OF enlist
nient IL too long. II II were cut IN half
We could get a much better class ot
men, and more OF them, VINO would
learn moro quickly, and after compile
ton OF their training Q GOOD proportion
Of them would return 10 the colors in
tine Of need. OF course, army officers
will not listen TO this proposition as
drilling recruits 10 not q pleasant duty.
But German officers. who receive only
about half as much pay as ours. do not
feel themselves above work Of this
kind and turn out good infantrymen in
from fifteen TO eighteen months. Those
who pass a mental examination about
equivalent 10 that required for admis-
sion to the average American college,
serve only one year as the military au-
thorities have found that men of this
type can be made efficient in that time,
many OF them getting commissions
later on.
we have fine material; all It needs is
training, and this can best be done, es-
pecially in the infantry, through the
organized militia. which should be paid
by the Federal Government. for service
rendered. and called on whenever and
wherever needed. II Mr.. Hays plan to
allow the militia one-fourth of the regu-
lars pay is passed. its strength and
efficiency will soon be doubled.
VIRGIH1US- WARREN.
Wa ahinrt0
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Nowhere better than in Washing
ton could school houses be used to
advantage as social centers in the
way pointed out by Miss Margaret
Wilson before the American Civic
Association yesterday afternoon.
Miss Wilson's definition Of the OBJ
iect of the social center movement
was this: ITO make every school
building in the United States the
meeting and voting place of the citi-
zens of the school district, associated
in one nonpartisan, nonexclusive or
ganization."
While the Washington schools can
not be voting places, they can be
meeting places. In Washington the
organizations to meet in them 81
ready are in existence, the citizens
associations. Among the things that
social centers and not, in Miss Will
sons opinion, are neighborhood
dances, sewing classes, and such ac-
tivities. nor are they night schools.
These represent useful activities, but
activities of another sort.
For many years efforts were made
to get permission Of Congress to
have the Washington schools used as
social centers. Now that the legis-
lation has been obtained many of the
hackers of the effort seem to have
lost interest in carrying it out.
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WILL BREAK GROUND
FOR N. f. CHURCH
Services Saturday Morning At
Sixteenth and Lamont
Streets Northwest.

At Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal
Church South, Saturday morning, at 10
o'clock, will be held the services In con-
nection with the breaking Of ground for
the new edihce to be constructed al
sixteenth and Lamont streets north
west
Members OF the congregation and
Sunday school will assemble al the hall.
l4IS Park road northwest. and. headed
by the pastor, the Rev. Forest ]. Pref
lyman. march to the new tract, where
the ceremonies will be held.
The nrogrsm will be as follows Hymn
bv tho CONGREGATION; prayer nv tie Rev.
]. L. Kibler: hymn by the sunday
school. remarks by the presiding elder
the Rev II. NJ. Canter; signing Of con
committee and w. A. Kimmlll for he
contractor: address bY the pastor, the
Rev. Forest ]. Prettyman: taking Of pic.
lures OF the congregations; breskin" OF
ground bv the Rev. w. V. Tudor, j. ~
ans missionary society; W. 4. Bennett.
chairman of board OF stewards; ]. Del.
Carpenter, superintendent of Sunday
school: r. A. Frost. president Of the
FnW orth League. ~. -..
George w. Deitrick, J. n. Fague. NJ.
Cary Figg, Elmert Hunt, l.. p. Ken
nedy, Il. y. Munsey, George A. Myers
and w. f. Tomlinson. The building
committee is composed OF Rey, Forest
I Prettyman, pastor George A. Myers
Chairman; G, Edgar Jones, secretary
Il. Il. Munsey, Treasurer. and w. \,
fnII complement despite the very large
sums spent for recruiting
As far as my experience goes, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-30
Fort Myer Children
Given Xmas Festival

A Christmas tree party was given a.
the Y. NJ. c. A. at Fort Myer Tuesday
for the children Of the officers and en-
listed men ana those living in the w
cinity OF the military post Santa Claus
was still in a generous mood and all tbs
children received measurable gifts from
him. Santa Claus was represented by
Mrs. Hugh l.. Scott, wife of the chief
of staff of the United states Army,
Among the features of the entertain
ment held around a brilliantly lighted
and profusely decorated tree were Sc
lections by the Fifth Cavalry Band.
motion picture show by 4. l.. Smith.
recretary of the Fort - NJ, Z. A., and
an address by William Knowles Cooper,
general secretary OF the Washington \.
NJ. c. A. The entire assemblage, about
200 persons. arose and sang The Star
Spangled Banner" at The conclusion of
the exercises. following VIII Ch benediC-
ton was pronounced by Major a.
o'Ksets. chaplain Of the Fifth Cavalry
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Well, Here's One the Copy Desk
WranGIes About, Too.

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
mailed TO The Times recently a
letter on the use OF the word people"
In the letter referred to the fact that
an advertisement of The Literary
Digest, in the street cars, made use OF
the word people" when persons, =
according to the best authorities. should
have been used. In The American
Magazines January number, an lad"
reads: $4,000 People pass here daily"
II would appear that the mistake Is
common.
TO say that 2S5.0Oo people pass a place
means that a. number OF units, TO the
extent Of $4,000. pass that point. ana II
these units are to be called people, thon
each one of the 2sS 600 units is "a people.
As this Is obviously wrong. and as each
one of the $4,000 units Is really a
person." then 1t should be said that
"2S5.OO0 Persons pass here daily"
There has been q great deal OF con-
troversy over this subject within the
past few days. and will appreciate the
courtesy of The Times in giving an au-
thoritative ruling on the point involved.
FRANCIS de SALES RYAN.
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and rich in personalities as Boston
is not too large to need the leader
ship of men like Henry Lee Hig-
ginson in the field of music and art;
and even the gargantuan New York,
to many minds, was dominated by the
genius and brain of the late j. Pier
pont Morgan.
Bodies like the American Civic
Association might do we'll to have a
section on the conservation of great
men. When = city gets hold of a
really great man, be he merchant
prince, philanthropist, scientist, or
captain of industry, it should not be
lacking in appreciation of its good
fortune.