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The day book., 1916-11-04
BRITISH SHIPS COLLIDE AND
SINK-ONE SURVIVOR

London, Nov. 4.-3OO persons are
believed to have perished in sinking
of small British steamers Come
mara and Retriever after collision in
Irish sea last night. Only one sur
vivor is reported thus far. He brought
back the story Of the greatest sea
disaster since the sinking of the Lu-
sitania and prevented the disappear
ance of two ships with their pas
sengers and crows from becoming an
untold sea mystery.
Shops collided in gale few miles
off Greencore, Ireland. Attempts
were made to launch lifeboats, but
each boat was crushed by heavy sea-
The day book., 1916-11-04

Monroe, east to State, south to Jack
son, west to Market. Rough riders
from beef trust stockyards are a
feature. And Mayor Thompson and
Col. Frank o. Lowden march, carry
ing the American flag.
The day book., 1916-11-04
DEUTSCHLAND CONVOY RAISES
SERIOUS SEA PROBLEM

Washington, Nov. 4.-Washington
officials were today somewhat puz-
zled as to status of Deutschland,
should reports that U boat will be
conveyed back to Germany by fight
ing submarine prove correct.
Belief was expressed that if two
submarines should act in concert, it
would greatly strengthen British
contention that submarines are al
ways to be held in suspicion as YES
sells of warlike character.
G. o. P. PARADE ON TODAY
Republicans, 10000 Hughes men
and women, are predicted for parade
downtown today. Starts from Grant
park 2 O'Clock. Marches on Mich
igan blvd. from Van Buren, to Wash
ingtOn, west to La Sale, south to
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CHAPTER Iv-contInued.


Towards the end of the voyage Alix
faced, wide-eyed, the revelation that
the stakes of the game she and Alan
had played were body and soul.
Alan" she said one night with droop-
ing head, 1--WE had~ enough, don't
want to play any more. want to
quit" She lifted tear-hlled eyes to
him. The foil OF artifciality had been
knocked from her hand. She was all
woman and defenseless.
Alan felt a trembling in all his
limbs. Il want to quit, too, Alix," he
said In his low vibrating voice, "but
I'm afraid we can't. You see, I'm
beaten, too. While was just in love
with your body we were safe enough
but now I'm in love with you. It's
the kind OF love a man can pray for
In vain. No head in It; nothing but
heart. Honor and dishonor become
mere names. Nothing matters to me
but you"
Tears crawled slowly down Alix'
cheeks. She stood with her elbows
on the rail and faced the ocean so no
one might see. Her hands were locked.
In her mind her own thoughts were
running. Somehow she could under
stand Alan without listening. IL only
Gerry had done this thing to her, she
was thinking, the pitiless wracking
misery would have been joy at white
heat. She was unmasked at last-but
Gerry had not unmasked her. Not
once since the day OF their engage
ment had Gerry unmasked himself.
Alan was standing with his side to
the rail, his eyes leaving her face only
to keep track Of the promenaders so
that no officious friend should take her
By surprise. He went on talking. sour
Judgment is calling to us to quit but
1t ls calling from days ago." he said.
I'VE wouldn't listen then and it's only
the echo we hear now. We can try
to quit IL you like. but when / am
alone shall call for you, and when
you are alone you will call for me.
We will always be alone except when
we are near each other. We can't
break the tension. Alix. 1t will break
Us in the end"
The slow tears were still crawling
down Alix' cheeks. In all her life
she had never suffered so before. She
felt that each tear paid the price of ali
her levity.
"Alan," she said with a quick glance
at him, did you know when we began
that it was going to be like this?''
NO" he answered. have trffied
with many women and was ready 10
tribe with you. No one had ever driv.
en- you and l wanted to drive you
thought had divorced passion and
love. / thought perhaps you had too
But love is here. l am not driving
you. We are being driven"
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Not the African Variety.

Shocks was one OF those conceited.
make-beheve. bold hunters. and was
always spinning his yarns about his
experiences 10 Africa. and he gener-
ally wound up by saying he never yet
saw a lion ne feared One night, after
he had finished EARNING. he was little
taken aback by one of his audience.
who said:
That's nothing. / have IaiEladown
and actually slept among lions il their
wild, natural state"
Il don't believe that. I'm nb 6OOa, :
said the bold hunter.
Its the truth. though"
"You slept among lions in their wild.
natural slater
yes. / certainly did"
Can you prove lit We're they AZ.
rican?"
Well. not exactly African lions.
They were dandelions."
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mend your Compound to other ladies. =
Mrs. MARY RmGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts Woman Writes
Blackstone, Mass. -" My troubles
were from my age, and felt awfully
sick for three years. ! had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains. took Lydia e. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound and now am well.
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 239,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread Of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation Of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
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GEORGE AGNEW CFIAkIBERLA
copYRloHT SY ne cEN1Z5gY CO

her own home never understood
It before. It's q great thing to be
beautiful in ones own home"
"oh, Alan" said Nance, catching his
hand and holding II against her breast,
ut is a great thing. It's the greatest
thing In life. That's why l sent for
you-because you are wrecking for
ever your chance of being beautiful in
your own home. And worse than that.
you are wrecking Alix' chances. You
and Alix cannot do this thing. It isn't
as though her people and ours were
of the froth of the nation. You and
she started life with nothing but
Puritan to build on. You may have
built just playhouses OF sand. but deep
down the old rock foundation must
endure. You must take your stand on
that"
Her eyes had been fixed on the fire
but now she turned them to his face.
Alan sat with head hanging forward,
his gaze and thoughts far beyond the
confines Of the room. Then be shook
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STOP EATING MEAT If
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take q Glass OF Salts to Clean Kid.
neyS " Bladder Bothers YOU
! Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble In some form
or other, says well-known authority,
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworke6:
set sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts Of distress. particularly backache
and misery In the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches. acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver.
sleepiessnesa, bladder and urinary ir-
x1tation.
Tie moment your back hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or If bladder
bothers YOU get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take q tablespoonful IN a glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts Is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice, com.
btned with lithia, and has been used
for generations TO flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them TO normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids In
the urine 80 II no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone:
makes delightful efferyescent lithia.
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs. clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-AdV.
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Henry James on France.

She has gardened where the soil Of
humanity has been most grateful, and
the aspect. 80 to call it, most toward
the sun, and there, at the high and yet
mild and fortunate center. she has
grown the precious, intimate. nourish.
Ing, finishing things that she has inex-
haustibly scattered abroad. And IL we
have all taken them from her, so ex.
pected them from her as our right, to
the point that she would have seemed
positively to fail Of passed pledge to
help us to happiness IL she had disap-
pointed us, this has been because Of
her treating US to the impression OF
genius as no other nation since the
Greeks has treated the watching
world. and because OF our feeling that
genius at that intensity is infaIlible.-
Henry James, In THE Book Of
France" Macmillan.
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all. what was there in America for
such men to do except make more
money?
For the first time he was struck by
the narrowness of American life.
There was only one line of effort
The whole people throKged a single
causeway. They made q provincial
demand that all should dress alike,
look alike, think alike. They pressed
on In a body to the single goal OF
wealth and when they got there they
were lost.
IndIvidualists were rare and unwel.
come. Boys stoned Cinnamon because
they were different; they followed 3
turbaned Asiatic. strayed to an IN.
friendly shore, with ieers; an astound.
ed Briton. faultlessly dressed, found
his spats the sensation of a street
Each of these incidents Gerry had wit
messed with amusement and dismissed
without q thought. Now they became
so many weather-vanes all Dointins
the same way, How was 1t Alan had
summed mp the history Of America
Men. machinery, machiness''
WIN Tue AHouSnt OF AIM ms brow
puekered- Here he felt no impulse 4,
indulgence Some day he would NEE
Alan and when he did he would breal
him. The scorn he had expressed /,
Alix for Alan ana Alan's nature wa
without understanding but II was gen
uine. He knew there were such mel
and he. ascrihed all their acts to 4 de
basement beyond regeneration an,
[. none % temperament From mora
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Between the hour of writing her
note to Alan and the moment when
she stepped on the train Alix had had
no time to think. She was still driven
by the impulse of anger that Gerry's
words had aroused. She did not reflect
that the wound was only to her pride.
Alan held open the door of the draw
ing room. She passed in and he closed
It. Anx threw back her veil and
looked at him. With quick stride for
ward he caught her to him and kissed
her mouth until she gasped for breath.
With fash she remembered his own
words, IF ever kiss you l shall bring
your soul out between your lips" To
AK amazement she did not feel an
answering fire. The kiss had brought
her soul out between her lips. Her
soul stood naked before her and ones
naked soul is an ugly thing. The kiss
disrobed her, too, and from that last
bourne of shame Alix suddenly re-
volted.
Gasping. she pushed Alan from her,
Their eyes met. His were burning,
hers were frightened. She moved slow
ly backward to the door and with her
hand behind her opened the latch
Alan did not move. He knew that II
he could not hold her with his eyes he
could not hold her at all. The train
started. AK passed through the door
and rushed to the platform. The por-
ter was about to drop the trap Oh the
steps. Alix slipped by him. With all
her force she pushed open the door
and jumped. The train was moving
very slowly but Alix reeled and would
have fallen had 1t not been for a pass
ing baggageman. He caught her and,
still in his arms. Alix looked back.
Alan's white face was at the window
He looked steadily at her.
I'VE almost whit with him, Miss, -
said the baggageman, with d full
brogue and a twlnkling eye.
"How did you known said Alix,
dazed.
At the strange question the baggage
mans longer upper lip drew down to
gravity. Where dye think was
whIn ye stfpt OF the thrain into me
arms7' he asked solemnly.
Cro BE CoNTINUED9
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Gerry stood In the hall outside Aiix'
! room for a moment hoping to hear
sob, a cry, anything for an excuse to
go back. Instead he heard the scratch
of pen but he was too troubled to
deduce anything from that He went
slowly down the stairs and out into
the street. The biting winter air
braced him. He started to walk rapid
ly. At the end OF an hour he found
himself standing ON a deserted pier
He took of his hat and let the wind
cool his head. 81 have made a woman
cry-Alixw He turned and walked
slowly back to the avenue and into his
club but he still felt uneasy. A waiter
brought whisky and soda and put it
at his elbow. Gerry turned on him.
Who told you to bring thatY' Then
he felt ashamed of his petulance. ITS
all right. George" he said, more gent
ally than he had spoken for many a
day. "but l don't want 1t. Take 1t
away"
He sat for a long time and at last
came to resolution. Alix loved roses.
He would send her enough to bank her
room and he would follow them home.
He went up the avenue to his florists
and stood outside trying to decide
whether 1t should be one mass of blood
red or a color scheme Suddenly the
plate glass caught a reflection and
threw 1t In his face. Gerry turned.
A four-wbeeler was passing. He
could not see the occupant but on top
was a large. familiar trunk marked
with a yellow girdle. On the trunk
was a familiar label. He stared at
1t and the label stared balk at him and
finally danced before his mazed eyes
as the cab disappeared into the trafic.
Gerry stood for long while.
stunned. He saw lady bow to him
from a carriage and afterwards he re-
membered that he had not bowed back
Somebody ran into him. he looked
back at the flowers massed in the
window. remembered that he did not
need them now, and drew slowly
away. TWO men hailed him from the
other side OF the street. Gerry braced
hfiAseif, nodded TO them and hailed 3
pa ing hanson. From the direction
All cab had taken he knew the sta
flor Ne was bound for. AS he arrived
an platform they were giving the
ias4 for the Montreal Express
ut sight OF Alix hurryins
he gates and followed. A.
enr % me nrse Pullman. some
Q "a on she window OF ths
y em. Gerry say Alan'a fac.
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tiled roofs. Giant plane trees cast blots
of shade on the cobbled esplanade
Of the boat quay. In their shelter a
negress squatted behind her basin Of
CONSCIOUS and another before a tray
of fried fish. Around them loungad
ragged crew, boatmen, stevedores
and riffraff, black. brown and white.
Beyond the trees was a line Of high
succeed houses, each painted a diff
ferent color, all weather-stained, and
some with rusted balconies that threat
ened to topple on to the passer-hy.
One bore the legend, "Hotel d'EuropG."
There Gerry installed himself.
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we Can't Break the Tension, AiiN."
himself and got up to go. ~ wish we
could, Nance" he said gravely and
then added half to himself, half to her,
"I'll try"
For some days Alan had been pre-
pared to go away and take ak with
him, should she consent Upon his ar
rival he had had an interview with
McDale & McDale in the course of
which that Arm opened its eyes and
its pocket wider than 1t ever had be-
fore. When he left their offices he had
contracted more or less on his own
terms and McDale, Junior. said to the
Senior. He's only twenty-six-a boy.
How did he beat usT'
by beating Walton's record first, "
replied McDale. Senior, "and how he
did that time will show"
As he waIked5 slowly back from
Nance's, Alan was thinking that after
all there was no reason why he should
not cut and run-no reason except
Alix.
He reached his rooms. AS he crossed
the threshold he saw that he had
stepped ON a note that had been
dropped through the letter-slip. He
picked 1t up. A thrill went through
him as he recognized Alix's handwrit.
Ing. There was no stamp. 1t must
have been delivered by hand He tore
it open and read: you said that q
moments notice was all you asked.
viii take the Montreal Express with
you today"
Alan's blood turned to liquid Are
The note conjured before him a vision
of Alix. He crushed It and held IL tC
his lips and laughed-not jeeringly but
in pure. uncontrolled excitement.
1t was not a coincidence that Gerry
had sought out Alix at the very hour
that Nance was summonlng Alan. Ger
~ and Nance were driven by the same
forewarning OF catastrophe. Gerry had
felt it first but he had been slow to
believe. slower to act He had no
precedent for this sort Of thing. His
whole being was in revolt against the
situation In which he found himself.
1t was after sleepless night--a most
unheard of thing with him-that he
decided he could let things go no long
er. He went to Alix' room, knocked
and entered.
Alix was up, though the hour was
early for her. Fresh from her bath she
sat in a sheen of blue dressing gown
before the mirror doing her own hair.
Gerry glanced around him and Into
the bathroom looking for the maid.
.Good-morning," said Alix. ..She,s
not here. Did you want to see her?'
He was standing beside an open
window. He could feel the cold air on
his hands. He felt like putting his
head out into Il. His head was hot.
"Alix," he said suddenly without look
ing at her. Il want you to drop Alan. "
But l don't want to drop Alan"
replied Alix lightly.
Gerry whirled around at her tone.
His nostrils were Quiyering. To his
amazement his hands fairly itched Ia
clutch her beautiful throat. He could
rdly control bis voice. 'StOp play
AAax@" he gulped. There's never
- nrcea mmanG the LansauxS
WaNenznser Aaa 90 i :
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Amenities of War

The following La vouched for by M.
Millerand, former French minister OF
war. A French scout came suddenly
2ne day upon German scout. The
German was standing by his dying
horse. Why do you not shoot it?"
inquired the Frenchman. Il have no
pistol" replied the other. The French
man drew his and was about to shoot
the horse, when he said: But you
would sooner shoot your own horse, I"
and handed the weapon to the Ger
man. who gravely bowed, shot his
horse. and returned the pistol, and
then gave himself up as prisoner
London Daily News.
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laxity there was no appeal beyond the
sin itself.
The landfalI OF Pernambuco awoke
him from reveries and introspection.
He did not look upon this palm-strewn
coast as land Of new beginnings-he
sought merely q Lethean shore.
The ship crawIed in from an oily
sea to the long strip Of harbOr behind
the reef. Above, the sun blazed from
bowl Of unbroken blue; on land,
the multicolored houses spread like a
rainbow under a dark cloud of brown
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heIufuI Fable.

Once there Was 9 village editor who
wrote g singing hint item about the
mtsDenavior OF an anonymous certain
man Ten d1nerent men whom the
editor mad not tneretofore suspected
OF malehacuon were so certain they
were the certain man that they all
came mp 10 the ONCE and beat him.
Mofsi-From this We should learn
that Nhen we denounce certain man
We snonio De certain that We are not
taking in too much territory. - ass.
City Star.
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daI

Alix and Alan were in the grip of a
fever that is hard to break save
through safety and ruin. They were
still held apart by generations of sound
tradition but against this bulwark the
full food OF modern life as they lived
1t was directed.
1t was only year ago that the table
talk one night had turned on what was
Society's religion and Alan had said.
Society has no religion nowadays;
1t has given up religion for a corrosive
philosophy of nonethics." He had seen
clearly then but not clearly enough to
save himself. he had played with the
corrosive philosophy until he had d.
vorced flesh from the soul and now 1t
was playing with him. He found him
self powerless in the grip of his desire
for AK.
With her. things had not gone SO far.
From the security OF the interrupted
she had watched her chosen world play
with fire and only now when tempta-
ton assailed her, did she realize the
weakness that lies in every woman
once her outposts have fallen and her
bare heart becomes engaged In the bat
tie. Not many days had passed after
their return when Alan's constant at
tendance upon Gerry's wife became
the absorbing center of interest to their
part OF town life. People said little
enough. Their eyes were too wide
open watching the headlong rush to-
wards catastrophe.
One early morning Nance sent for
Alan. He found her alone. she had
been crying. He came to her where
she stood by the fire and she turned
&nd put her arms around his neck. She
ried to smile bat her lips twitched.
LAM" she said. II E9FW EAM, 70 go
Fay."
Nan vas Touched. He caupht ar
80 .eae her arms from arn, Ia
You mustn't ID. ia, 80 r.
me. Nance. I'm ~ - 49, "
= her Sit down on ! erest 80 tss
hre and sat down 49,
~ remind me todav IS -
utai thing ever hears 80. 80
spitefuf srieus =, ~
Is Itge sasd Nan
eyes 20 Aizn
Aha In om
~.
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne Is sent away from Red 5il.
his home, by his uncle. j. ", as a moral
Iailuret Glenn runs after him in a tangle
OF short skirts to bid him good-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan of the failing of the
birthday. Judge Healey buys d picture for
AK Lansing. The Judge defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
Alix meet at sea, homeward bound, and
start filtration which becomes serious.
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4y0&es 4fs = AAAAAANAAAA .
Vegetable COM
pound. When Twas
As and had the
Change of Life,
q friend recon-
mended It and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that / took
several bottles. j
am now well and
hanI@kaxx and aaamnv,a
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CLEAR RED PIMPLY FACES
Red Hands, Red scalp with cutlcura
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

The soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal Nothing
better, quicker. safer, surer at any
price for skin troubles OF young or
old that itch, burn, crust, scale, tor
ture or disfigure Besides, they meet
every want in toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
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nnnhIn MInfnrt,lnn-

Smith lost his head at q critical
moment"
Then what happened?"
His department chief cut It OF. -
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Hla Reeov.IerIes.

did he recover from the accident -
Eyes. And ten thousand dollars
from the railroad company besides."--
Browning's Magazine.
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Good Advice.

knowledge is power"
Yep, but don't let little of it make
you imagine yourself to be q twelve
cylinder
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Nothing so effectually cures a man
Of the flattery habit as marriage.
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
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Compared with what a man wants
IN this world 1t is surprising how lit
tie he can manage to get along with.
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Cupid never attends the funeral
when love dies.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-04-28

A. woman hasn't time to pretend
when she is seasick.
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ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Zen Others How They We're
Carried Safely Through
Change Of Life.

Durand. Wis.-'sI am the mother OF
fourteen children and l owe my life to