The Irish standard., 1916-09-16

war: president fears war! Army
and navy chiefs in all night council at
White House! President fears WARP
the scream Of a newsDoy echoed in the
street. 1t was dawn. \ gray glow
spread over the sky from the east, and
+ the moon, yellow and bright few mo.
ments before, became whiter and dim.
mer.
The street lamps went out, and
garish were the electric lights which
showed the ruin Of the salon in the
house Of the spies. Two police motor
wagons backed before the door were
removing the men and the women
caught in the house, except the girl
who had struggled with Jim Ashby
and one of the men who had been on
guard. An ambulance already had
taken the girl to hospital, where u
surgeon would repair the artery in her
arm cut by the broken glass. The
body Of the guard was to be removed
later.
In the dining room Jim Ashby and
Sibert spread upon the table the letters
| which had been saved. There were
only scraps or charred bits in addition
to the bundle of unchanged papers
which Jim had saved; the spies had
succeeded in burning or otherwise de-
stroying all the rest. Sbert sponged
the sheets Of paper with Il chemical
solution which he had brought, and be.
tween the lines of typewriting SELL
| fences of script came out in clear,
brown characters.
"How many more letters were there"
Sibert asked.
II got maybe fourth of those in
sight"
The secret service man gazed down
at the letters grimly. "These are a
quarter Of the orders they We're send
ing out from here. Ashby, think Of
this sort of thing going on all over the
country this morning.
The newspaper delivery boy was hur-
rying up the walk with the morning
paper which had been held a little
later than usual for the last "War Elk.
ira" when Jim reached his fathers
house.
"A Million Men Callcdr' the headline
blared across the top Of the front page.
"a Million Men Needed For Imme.
date Service!'
Hostile fleet, approaching our shores,
sinks American scout cruiser Salem!
Commander Barrett, violating instruc-
lions to take presidents advisers to
ET0iti f1iSoOvnrc pou,nrful anot T., ,,o.tL
Atlantic. Salem Immediately fired on,
but before sinking succeeds In flashing
warning to Washington.
"Hostilc fleet contains twenty-six
ships Of the first linc-four dread.
naughts of the Zeus class, six of the
TraJan. four Of the Pharaoh, six of the
Sargon ana two of the Thor with four
battle cruisers of the Carthage class.
Fleet more powerful Than our strong.
est combination! Our ships scattcred!
Army Of the prince regent, Mt least
100000 strong, now on transports or
ready to take ship to attack our coasts:
$4,000 men will be landed on our
shores within month is encmy's plan.
10 oppose these president calls for
100000 men for immediate service.
In all night council with cabinet and
war chiefs apportionment has been
made between states and size Of levy
required tclcgrar1,ed to all governors.
New York leads list with apportion.
ment Of 10000 soldiers Mt once. Penn
sylvania asked to supply 100000. I'LL
nois required to muster 10000 imme-
diately."
He looked through the other pages OF
the paper-it was Chicago morning
paper-for the notice of the discovery
and capture Of the spies, but either the
news had reached the paper too late OF
Sibert had prevented it from being
printed. He found an article under MI
Elgin date line That the body of me
chanic named lngonf-identificd by the
number on his nlotorcyclc-had been
found in Il field outside of Elgin. He
appeared to have heen killed as the re
suit of some violent explosion after q
fight with two men who disappeared
in an automobile
Jim went back to the kitchen, where
the cook - voubr and excited - gave
him breakfast Then he went away
from the house on the road TO town.
Flags were bcin" raised above houses
as if 1t were Memorial day or the
Fourth OF July. They were flying
above school buildings and drapcd III
front of stores. The stars and stripes
were everywhere.
WARP The word was on every
ones lips.