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Middletown transcript., 1916-09-23
CIVILIAN BOARD
TAKES OATH
Twenty-FOur Scientists Now
Government Officers.
HEADED BY TH0s. A. ECIsOR
Secretary Daniels Meets Members o.
the Navy Civilian Consulting
Board and Predicts They
VIII Do Much.

WashingtOn.-Twenty-four of Amer
ica's foremost scientists, comprising
the NaVy's civilian consulting board.
headed by Thomas A. Edison, took the
oath of allegiance to the United States
as officers Of the Federal government.
The oath was administered IN the Of
fee of Secretary Daniels, preliminary
to organization of the board under the
new law giving it legal status.
Later the scientists were taken on
board the naval yacht Dolpa.n for a
cruise down to the Southern Drill
Grounds off the Virginia Coast to wit
ness target practice maneuvers of the
Atlantic feet.
Before Mr.. Edison arrived at the
Navy Department he went to Mount
Vernon, Va, the home of George Wash
ingtOn, made a personal inspection Of
the mansion, and planted an en- tree
In the yard. He was asked to inspect
the electrical wiring of the house,
which he did, pronouncing it safe.
Secretary Daniels formally welcomed
the scientists into the Federal service
and predicted that their enlistment
would do much to restore American
prestige upon the seas and assure the
glorious future of cur navy and our
country
Reviewing the problems which faced
Europe at the beginning of the war.
the Secretary said one of the chief
difficulties the belligerents had to meet
in preparing for the struggle was the
need of cooperation between civilian
and naval experts, engineers and
scientists.
At their meeting the members of the
board elected Thomas A. Edison as
chairman, William L. Saunders and
Peter Cooper Hewitt, as vice-chairmen
and Thomas Robins, as secretary. Con-
siderable time was devoted to the dis
cussion of plans for the establishment
of the S1,500,000 naval research Iabora-
tory and committee was appointed
to report to the board as to the best
site for the laboratory. This commit
tee consisted of Thomas &. EdIsOn. DR..
w r. Whitney, DrrL, H. Baekeland,
Frank J. Sprague, Thomas Robins and
Lawrence Addicks.
Thirteen sites were mentioned in
cluding; Haverstraw Point, CrotOn
Point, Fishers Island, Staten Island
and points in the Chesapeake Bay and
ouad Norfolk, but annapolis was the
pace most favored There is already
laboratory there. The decision was
deferred.
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& & & & & Z & & az SZSsESEI
TO BE CONTINUED
MORE NERVY THAN THE MALE
Writer in Toledo Blade Comes Boldly
Forward With Tribute to the
Fair Sex.

Tell a man that tight belts cause
Appendicitis and he loOSens his belt
at once. remarks the Toledo Blade.
Warn him that stiff hats make the hair
fall out and he carries his hat in his
hand until he can find Il soft one to
put on. This is one of the striking
differences between men and women.
You cannot scare woman with any
such threat. 1t must be centuries since
women were told that stays would be
everlasting ruin to them. But is there
any decrease in the use of these or
ticIes? None that is indicated by the
windows of the dry goods stores.
Tight skirts were bound to shorten
their steps permanently. V-necks
would invite ills with the most terrify-
ing names. Fur collars would weak
Ell their resistance to murderOuS
germ ). But what did the women think
of these cautiunings? About US much
as you would think of the hum
ming of a gnat. They wore the
tight skirts until they were blessed
we'd ready to abandon them. They
barred their necks to the wintry breezeS
as if there were no such thing. You
mny- be sure that the fur collars will
not come off until they become unfash-
iCnable. You may be equally sure
that women will be caIlOus to the ad-
vice of the Cleveland doctor now urg-
ing the discarding of high heels be
cause they make bow legs.
The female of the species is more
nervy than the male.
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truth-the weapons of a woman, love.
and jealousy. Monsieur. am l to fgh'
this fight aloneT
At first l thought he would not an
swer me, although his handgrip tight
ened. and his eyes looked down int"
mine, as though he would read the
very secret of my heart,
perhaps l did not understand be
FORE" he said at last, "all that was
involved in your decision. must
know now the truth from your own
lips before l pledge myself"
"Ask me what you please; l am not
too proud to answer"
'I think there must be back of this
choice of yours something more vital
than hate. more impelling than re-
venge"
There Is, monsieur"
"NIay l ask you whatT'
Eyes. monsieur, and I feel no shame
in answering: love you! Is that
enoughY'
Enough! my sweetheart"
"HuShp' I interrupted, mot now
Barbeau returns yOnder."
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with them before this, or other signs
of their passage. They are below,
either at the fort. or planning attack
on the Indian villages beyond. What
think you. Barbeau"
81 have never been here" he said
slowly. 80 cannot tell what chance
the red devils might have against the
white men at st. Louis. But they are
below US on the river, no doubt of
that. and engaged in some hell act. I
know the Iroquois, and how they con-
duet war. Twill be well for us to
think it all out with care before we
venture farther. Come, D'Artigny,
tell me what you knows the fort
one to be defended against Iroquois
raiders?'
"'Tis strong: built on a high rock.
and approachable only at the rear.
Given time. they might starve the gar
rison. or drive them mad with thirst,
for | doubt If there be men enough
there to make sortie against a large
war party"
"But the Indian allies-the Algon-
quins?"
"One warwhoop Of an TroquOis
would scatter them like sheep. They
are no fighters, save under white lead
ership, and It's likely enough their vii
lagos are already like this one yonder,
scenes of horror. have seen all this
before, Barbeau, and this is no mere
raid OF few scattered warriors. seek
ing adventure and scalps; it's an or
ganized war party. The Iroquois have
learned of the trouble in New France
of La Salle's absence from this valley
they know of the few lighting men al
the Rock, and thar De Tonty is nc
longer in command. They are here
TO sweep the French out of this ILL
nois country, and have given no warn
ing. They surprised the Indian vii
lagos first. killed every Algonquin
they could find, and are now besiegina
the Rock. And what have they to op
nose them? More than they thought
no doubt. for CassiOn and De Ia Du
rantaye must have reached there safe
". vet at the best. the white defend
ers will scarcely number fifty men
and ouarreling among themselves like
mad dogs. There is but one thing FOL
us TO do. Barbeau-reach the fort"
"Av. but how? There will be deatt
! now. haunting US every foot of tht
way"
D'Artigny turned his head, and hi:
ewes met mine questiOningly.
.sThere is a passage know" h'
said graveIy, "below the south banks
wonder. but there will be peril in it
peril to which I dread to expose th'
lady"
stood erect. no longer paralyzet
nv fear, realizing my duty.
"no not hesitate because of me
monsieur" I said calmly. "Frenci
women have always done their part
and I shall not fail. Explain to u
your plan
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The canoe rode close in under the
bank. Barbeau holding 1t with grasp
on great root. He must have read
in our faces some message Of alarm.
for he exclaimed before either Of us
could speak:
''What is 1.-THE IrOquois?"
'Yes; why did you guess that?"
"I have seen signs for an hour past
which made me fear this might be
true. That was why held the boat
so close to the bank. The village has
been attacked?"
GAY, surprised and massacred; the
ground Is covered with the dead, and
the tepees are burned. Madame is
half crazed with the shock"
Barbeau took no heed, his eyes
scarce glancing at me, so eager was
he to learn details.
"The fiends were in force, then?"
"TLeir moccasin tracks were every
where. could not be sure where
they entered the village, but they left
by way Of the Fox. l counted on the
sand the imprint of ten canoes"
deep and broad?"
"Ay. war boats; It's likely some Of
them would hold twenty warriors; the
beasts are here in force"
1t was all so still. so peaceful about
us that felt dazed. incapable of COM
pretending our great danger. The
river swept past. its waters murmur-
ing gently, and the wooded banks
were cool and green. Not a sound
awoke the echoes, and the horror
had just witnessed seemed almost a
dream.
"Where are they now?" questioned
family. "Have they gone back to
their own country?"
"Small hope of that" answered
D'Artigny. "or we would have met
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-23

You mean the same method you
proposed to me back on the OttawaT
1 faced him frankly. my eyes meet
ing his. no shade Of hesitation in my
voice.
Yes. monsieur. / mean that. You
refused me before, but see no harm,
no wrong in the suggestion. II the
men We fought were honorable I
might hesitate-but they have shown
no sense of honor. They have made me
tlleir victim, and am fully justified in
turning their own weapons against
them. hare never hesitated in my pur
pose, and shall not now. shall use
the weapons which God has put into
my hands to wiring from him the bitter
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Mystery in Unclaimed Novel.

An "unclaimed' novel is the latest
mystery of the London literary world.
Some time ago an anonymous manu-
script was left with prominent pub
fishing concern. which decided. in due
course, to publish the same. Upon
inquiry 1t was discovered that the
author had not troubled to leave either
name or address when he handed in
his MS. Now all sorts Of romantic
conjectures have been made in CON
nection with Anonymous identity
and ultimate fate-with0ut. naturally.
hurting the books chances when it ap-
pears shortly.
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MARSHALL WILL RUN AGAIN.
Vice-President Is Notified Of His Re.
nomination.

Indianapolis, Ind. - Vice-President
Thomas r. Marshall was notified of his
denomination for Yice-president on the
Democratic ticket, and formally accept
ed the honor. The ceremonies were
the third of the kind to be held in
Indianapolis within the last few
weeks The other two notifications
were for J. Frank Hanly, the Proht-
bition presidential candidate, and
Charles W. Fairbanks, Republican
vice-presidential nominee. A large
number of prominent Democrats, in-
cluding National Chairman Vance Nc
Cormick, from all over the United
States were present at the notification.
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SYNOPSIS.

Adele la Chesnayne. a belle of New
France, Is forced into marriage with
Commissaire Cassion, henchman of
Governor La Barre, who Is plotting to
oust La Sale and his garrison from the
frontier Fort st. Louis, on the Illinois
river. Adele had overheard the plotters
Iay she had inherited q great fortune
from her father and they had kept 1t
from her. La Barre and Cassion learned
pf the girls knowledge-thus the mar
riage and the hurried departure OF Cas-
sion and a company for Fort st. Louis.
The bride refuses to share Eleeping
quarters with her husband si;e ,a! has
, guide. He is chary of helping her.
Chevet, the girls uncle, one of the par
ty, is found murdered. A fierce storm
scatters and wrecks the boats. Adele Is
rescued by D'Artigny. They learn they
had thought one another guilty Of
Chevet's murder. Adele loves her res
cuer. They hide from q search party and
with q new found friend, Barbeau, pro-
ceed overland toward Fort st. Louis.
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no clash of swords. Perhaps it can
not be avoided. for Cassion may so
insult you when he sees us together
as to let his insOlence go beyond re-
stralnt. But beg of you. monsieur.
to hold your hand. to restrain your
temper-fOr my sake"
"You make it a trial. a test?''
"Yes-it is a test But. monsieur.
there is more involved here than mere
happiness You must he cleared OF
the charge Of crime. and | must learn
the truth of what caused my mar
riage. Without these facts the future
can hold out no hope for either Of us
And there is only one way in which
this end can be accOmpliShed-a con
fession by CasSiOh. He alone knows
the entire story of the conspiracy, and
there is but one way in which he can
be induced to talk"
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TROOPS ORDERED HOME.
Pennsylvania Regiments VIII Leavs
the Border AS Others Arrive.

the Border AS Others Arrive.
San Antonio, Tex.-Three regiments
of Pennsylvania infantry will be sent
home from the border when the North
Carolina guard, three regiments strong,
reaches its station at Ell Paso, it was
announced at Southern department
headquarters.
The regiments released probably will
be the First, Second and Third of the
First Pennsylvania Brigade
General Funston has decided that
when the advent of fresh regiments OF
guardsmen permits the release of or
ganizations which have seen service
on the border, the regiments which
first came South will be the first to re-
turn home In this instance priority
would go to the First, Second and
Third Regiments, although final deci-
sion will be left to Major General
Clements, commander of the Pennsyl-
vania division at El Paso.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-23
Inadequate.

"The train service Il: Beanville is
simply atrOciOus. Why, there are
only two trains day"
"Oh. well, should think that would
be, enough to accommodate all the
peOpIe who want to go there"
''Yes, but how about the people who
want to get away?"
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PERsHINe FOR MAJoR-eENERAL.
His Promotion To Vacancy In the
Grade Deemed Probable.

Washington. = Brig. Gen. John ].
Pershing, commander of the American
punitive expedition in Mexico and
ranking brigadier of the army, prob
ably will be made a major general, a
vacancy in that grade having been
created by the death OF Major-Generl
Mills. A successor to General Mills as
chief of the Bureau of Militia Affairs
has not been selected.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-23

Madame cassion owes her life
to D'Artigny. She Is now in his
hands. She loves him. She has
a high sense of honor and obli-
cation. Will her conscience
force her to 60 on to the fort,
where her husband is, and tell
him she thinks her real lover
may be a murderer-giVing her
reason for the beIief2 In this
instalIment the author gives a
vivid portrayal Of her dilemma
at the very time her life Is In
grave danger.
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Too Much So.

II wonder. DuW lhp militia troops
are getting seasoned. If they are mus
tered out" ~ ell?' "If they will
get peppery?"
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Be cheerful and seek not external
help nor the tranquility which 9th
ers give.-Marcus Aurelius.
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Was Mentioned.

"Were you mentioned in your un-
cle's will?''
eyes. as worthless cub who de
served nothing"
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CONFEDERATE DRUM RETURNED.
Massachusetts continentals Guests CT
Virginia Guards.

Richmond, Va.-North and South
shook hands in the White House of the
Confederacy, now a museum Of the
Confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety, when the Worcester Continentals
ruturned Confederate drum captured
on a battlefield near Winchester, Va.
Crowds lined the streets and cheered
as the Continentals, escorted by the
two battaHons of militia remaining in
the mobilization camp here.
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LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 24
REVIEW.

READING LESSON-II Cor. 4:1-5:4
GOLDEN TEXT-We look not at the
things which ara seen, but at the things
which are not seen: for the things which
are seen are temporal, but the things
which are not seen are eternal.-H C"r.
as.
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INTERNATIONAL
.SUNIlGYS0N)G
LESSON

CBy f. o. SELLERS, Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1916. Western Newspa per UniOn.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
The Spectre of the AS.

Erzerum, in Armenia, is long way
of. Verdun, in France, is almost as
close 10 Paris. in the sentimental view,
as was the Marine battlefield At the
time Won kluck went yet unchecked.
And Wall Street has in way been be
trayed by its sympathies. To the par
tisan onlooker the enemy's guns arc al
ways the more numerous, the enemy's
generals the more skilful, the encmy's
men the more determined. The attack
against Nerdun has not been mlnimized
in the Street. but magniiied. In dis
trict where everything is discounted
that can he discounted there is ten
dency 70 look beyond what is likely to
happen and see st once the worst
what could happen. Wall Street, watch
ing the moving picture OF the lighting
on the Meuse. is worried by the fre-
quent interpretations OF "close-ups' that
are invariably l2-centimetre guns. No
chance of the famous AIS being under
estimated. Those prodigies OF destruc-
ton in the popular idea arc not only
irresistible but unasssilsble. and they
can knock the props from under bullish
sentiment in a stock market three thou
sand miles away as easily as they can
reduce TO its elemental dust the solid
concrete Of Liege or Namur.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
Putting the House in Order.

4 break in the market such as oc-
CURED yesterday was by 10 means UNI
expected. Up 10 Saturday OF last week
there had been more or less liquida-
ton. Blu. il was not until the last hour
Of the business week that it was con-
Quoted on anything like the scale
thought necessary if the market was TO
regain its health. Ever since the be
ginning of February, if not earlier,
there was talk in the Street of the
clogging up of brokerage machinery
with stale bull accounts. How that con-
dition was to be bettered WAS some
thing of a mystery. Investors seemed
20 have their hands full, assimilatlng
the securities brought from abroad.
There were spectators enough. from
all accounts. waiting for their chance
10 get into the market. but so long as
the old specializing crowd hung on 70
it's stocks and refused TO make way the
facilities for helping them were made
ouate. Now that is changed. whether
the liquidation goes any further or not.
When people get hurt in the market.
as many were yesterday, old Underly-
ing Conditions and young Intrinsic
Values have TO wrestle vsiantly with
Fear Of M.schance TO attract a new fol-
lowing; out in the end they are always
successful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
Liquidation of a Stale
Position Spurred by
Verdun Reports.
STREETS STATE OF
MIND A BIG FACTOR
Erroneous Reports That Reading
Will Divide Certain Assets
Among Stockholders.

Real liquidation, brokers said it was,
end plenty of it. Spectators were
troubled to think what might happen 10
France and England in the end il, in
the beginning. the Germans actually
took Nerdun. With the idea exploded
that neither belligerent in the western
theatre could penetrate far into the
others lines exploded as much by the
French advance in Champagne last
year. though that is forgotten, as by
the present successes of the Germans -
the Street and the spectators who fol-
low it have taken q new point for their
view. A little while ago they were
merely waiting for the end of the war
and on their guard lest sudden col
lapse of Germany should find them un-
prepared. Now the thought has re
turned which seemed TO come into Wall
Street for the first time in the late
summer of l9l5-what If the Germans
should win? II has not gained much OF
foothold about rs much relatively as
the Germans have lately gained in
France-but it is here. And its pres
ence is recognized to some extent by
the liquidation in the stock market
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
Erie Active in the Trading.

All the stocks whose activity ycstcr-
day ran into five figures were indus
trials, with two exceptions Erie and
Reading. Erie, as q low priced issue,
is often speculative favorite. even
where there is little doing elsewhere III
the list. and yesterday it was not 30
much OF an exception that ITS activity
in comparison with that Of other rail
road stocks was necessarily significant.
1t is true that in the put N cal mar
ket in New Street they were Offering
puts on Erie nearer 10 the market
than those on any other stock, in
recognition. perhaps. of popular
opinion that it was not likely TO decline
much further. "Thc New Erie as the
company is sometimes called because
of its intensive cultivation OF the prop
erty under the Underwood regime, has
apparently as big following as the
unregencrate Erie, which furnished
speculative counter in the days before
Hartman saved it from one OF its
periodic attacks OF reorganization.
What serve to heighten interest III the
stock arc the many predictions that
have been made OF dividend payment
on the first preferred shares before
spring is we'll under way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-29
REPLY TO AMSTER ON R, I,
Peabody Committee Urges Necessity Of
Bond Deposits.

The Peabody committee, representing
the per cent bondholders Of the Chi
csso, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Company, has taken exception TO the
circular recently issued by the Amster
stockholders con nittee, which warned
against the deposi- Of the bonds with
the Peabody COMM, &c.
Referring 70 the Amstcr circular,
which claimed chat nothing but q fail
urc 10 pay the interest for period Of
SIX months after 10 becomes due can
bring about foreclosure Of the re-
funding mortgage" the Peabody com
mittee said IN its letter 10 the bond
holders:
"Ihe- fslgity Of the statement is
demonstrated by brief quotation from
Your mortgage. which specifies in the
event Of default the following: An
order shall be made for the appoint
ment Of receiver Of the railway COM
pany or Of tho mortgsged and pledged
premises or part thereof This fact
yrsnnaot be too strongly urged upon you.
e strongest proof is that interests
guniof and sntsgonistic TO YOU are re-
sVltuS 20 the desperate and hitherto
OVedented course Of undertaking
,.o,..s - you not TO take steps 10 protect