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Admiral John

AT that instant came the second
and severer shock. The sailor could
not have done more than stagger a
few steps toward the loot when the
sky changed color outside Use the
natives insist tn this day. turning
purple and black. the earth gave q
vast heave upward and the whole
structure of the little house crunrbn-v.
In an instant before the sight of Ad-
miral Johns fugitive soldiers, watch
Hg in terror from "A distance.
Juan and bona Teresita were
buried together in the collapse of the
building. Aud as IL Ia remove the last
evidences of the sailors romantic life
and struggles and love the earth
opened slightly and the mass of adobe
clay in which were Joined the bodies
of those two lovers sank from sight
forever. There is something touching,
as in "A fable, in the story of that man
who came out OF the sea and vanished
still more suddenly. his coming and
coins attended hy cataclysms Of
nature. his story unfinished. his
triumph unknown"
Sherwood sat a while in silence after
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This Water Street Shop
Still Sets the Hour for Hundreds OF Ships

their balances. II a fault is observed
The makers have To take the defective
instrument or Instruments back and
remove the polarity by exposure 10
the rheld 81 a powerful magnet. Steel
ships and the general use of electricity
aboard OF them have emphasized the
need Of this precaution.
After the thermometers have under
gone this twofold scrutiny "A mathe-
NAUTICAL value is determined for each
competing instrument and 10y this fac
tor Of excellence the price paid the
makers * regulated. The highest
price is s400 and the lowest price for
an acceptable chronometer il S32I,
An additional sum Of $l7j is paid II
the C~hronomctcr j. fitted with an cleo
trio break circui, attachment by means
Of which time records can bc made.
In carrying the chrouometers to
Washington for trial the makers pack
them with the Utmost ear" and they
are handled en- route like babies In
the case of the Water street firm il Is
customary To take Il whole Compart-
mcnt in a parlor car or sleeper and
the precious wares are then placed
where they will he least likely To he
exposed to shock. All of this that the
position Of a ship may he more GER
tainll determined in the open sea.
In service, the chonometcr must run
day aud night, month in and month
ont. for years. The modern turbine.
with its millions of blades and fine
workmanship by which great ships
are now driven. is immeasurably crude
hy comparison and absolutely incapable
of anything like this sustained and
splendid uniformity of performance.
The chronometer will do it's work for
decades. and it's infreauent overhaul
ing and repair do not involve an out
Law of more than Z In, cent of the
original cost. And this because of the
eNu,lisi,e skin If it's maker.
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THROUGH descr'"rs. Z the dispositions
made. and az the head of a few men
had made a dash for the place where
rrreSlta Madrcno had gone for safety.
idmirai John. reaching the mountain
pass and blocking II effectively. re-
c"iyed word from al exhausted fugi-
tive that Rodriguez had made a sue
ressfui surprise attack. had captured
Cen. Nidrcnn's daughter and put To
death tine guard with her, and was for
tifyinE himself in n house back Of the
town which had been the scene Il his
victory.
The huge sailor. humhly faithful In
the beautiful woman who had saved
his life, was filed with frantic despair
a. this news. IL. loved her. dare
say ne would have lived and died with
on; NcuturlHg t. breathe his love. For
.r did not consider himself worthy 20
do more than serve her for the rest ~
his days the days that she had given
him To l.y. and - serve her In.
Toward Rodriguez | do not think
he ft', very much one way or another.
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tory IN WASHINGTON all thermometers
purchased for the Government arr put
through rigorous competitive trials bee
fore acceptance and these tests sup
element the period of observation to
which The instruments have been pre-
vluu~lN subjected by their makers.
Chronomctors are bought for Uncle
san only after eNaCtlng examination
and 10 j. to the interest of the makers
not ia submit, green" instruments,
First there are temperature trials
covering a matter of eleven weeks,
during which the Chronometers are
exposed for seven uav periods to certain
degrees IT heat and the error due 10
each interval is established with the
almost nicely, \ t~cmp"rltur" record
inS clock shows whether or not the
room has been kept at the prescribed
heat during each of the trial weeks,
\ table - computed from these per-
f0rmanC"s.
Next the Instruments are watched
for ten weeks more to determine their
rates. and While in this chamber,
known as the c~hronomcter room they
ar" examined for magnetic polarity in
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Continued from Sirh Pdg'

steel blue eyes. the old mock.np smile
wrcathing his thin lips, Moshy un-
buckled the pistol belt from his waist
and stepped from the buggy. remark
ing to Il friend who came up. II be-
lleve | am 'ultimus Romanorum. "
He then walked INTO the law office
of Mosby Il Speed. relatives of his. be-
fore proceeding To the office of tn" pro-
Vost marshal. and while seated there
word anne that n new order had cone
from Secretary stanton. Cuuntcrrnand-
ing the parole and d!recting that he
Ice sent 10 Washington for trial by
court-martial. Moshy BETRAYED no SUI
prise or emotion of any kind at this
news. His cold blue eyes lost none 80
their impcrturhahlc light as he rose
without "A word and r~ehuckied his p.s-
tol belt about him. Blowing To his
friends in the law office. he Was soon
confronting the provost marshal with
these words
Il came into town his morning under
assurance from Gen Gregg that | W.T.
I" receive my parole. since my arri-
val am Informed that orders have
come from WASHINGTON withhold n"
my parole and that am to- be SEN
there a. "A prisoner ~ II consider
this bad faith, and refuse to hc
taken captive. have here ten shots
in my pistols and before | am arrested
these ten shots shall tell upon my
captors."
No movement was made hy any one
TO arrest him, Gen. Gregg. when nuti-
fled, gave immediate orders that no at
tempt to arrest him should he made
until he had returned To the mountain
recesses whence he had come. Ac-
cOrdingly, MosbN reentered his buggy
and in full sight Of the Union soldiers
drove back to his customary strong
hold and the fruitless quest for hin,
began all owe again.
Some time after this, the affair lr,
ing brought to Gen. Grants attention
he interposed his influence N hchal'
Of the daring ans and Moshy was
paroled shortly thereafter and became
nee more a citizen Of the Union.
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Madreno's watchers on the cliffs saw
her approach and there was much
premature rejoicing in the revolutions
lists camp over the prospect III taking
n ship the nucleus for a navy) and
getting food and munitions intended
for the enemy Especially food. TtS
Army of Liberation was in DANGER
of starvation.
"Imagire. then. the wrath and de-
spair Of the watchers when. in u ire
mcrdous storm hat blew up without
AZ. hours warning. the supply ship lost
every shred Of canva and was impaled
Oh one II the sentine, rocks NJ the very
mouth If the harbor.
The storm ceased as suddenly as it
had arisen. but not before /, had
ground ship against rock until ynu
could sec little but n mess Of floating
t.mbers. On n of these bits Of
wreckice a man was seen ~clinging. II
was the only sign of life on the tum-
bling waters.
"By good fortune he was carried
ia!rly close tc shore. To the surprise
al al. abandoning his refuge he
~ rang into the breakers. \; this c..-
dcrco nf self-des,ruction the tattercd
outposts Of Gen. Madreno crossed
themselves pioUs.y. But In a moment
the man reappeared. battling through
the surge.
at was evident that he was a fellow
of prod,G!ous strength. Three times he
was carried back and sucked under. IT,.
fourth time ne got close enough in
ShnrC IN CRASH and in Snp,a in,nn,nsx-
able way cling to n SINAI rock which
was sufficiently large tn furnish protcc-
ton on its landward side from the worst
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mean proportion. The ,i"rl surround
lnss Of tn" atmosphere OF an clsorNt-
tory cannot he had ON shIphodri.
Think Of the slfetl II a ship DO
pending upon the prevention az 4 bit Of
rust No larger than a ily spnCk. II il
said that a spot ~ oxide uo bigger than
a pm point on the spl.r- Of tho balance
Will cause a c~hrouomctcr t. bose any
whcr" from one 10 five seconds every
tw.nty-fuur hours. and the rate Of that
loss VIII increase Is the rust eats
drep.r into the thin metal.
Changes IA temperature ts'd ip ur
more serious I'm their effects until the
m'tallursist eNolNcd a ros.licn, Hoy ia
place If steel Toy the SprinG II the vital
balance. Palladium ~ one of these
suhst .tutcs and before the -chrouometcr
makers would approve Us use they put
il to 4 fifteen year i,st Indeed they
have. to he conservative. because after
~ the making Of thermometers is
scmcthinG ~ a business gamble. eSpo-
olally 20 when dealing Wi'h the ma
tluual authorities.
At tn" United states naval ,bscrNa-
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he had finished his narrative, and then
he asked
We'll, what do Won think Of ~" 80
capital" said SCARBOROUGH warinlr.
"Ry the WAY, | think II unly fair nuw,
Luptou, 10 say that his isn't To go
further. Sherwood tells me these
stories with the idea uf trying them
- the dog ..
y sudden light burst on M.
You aren't Arthur Sherwood. the
novelist | asked iurredulous,y. II
had always wondered what this writer
of best sellers could he like. And heta
| had taken him for a successful
broker. ct
toying my discontinue When are
you going L. write It. Shcrwoud"" 20
The writer Of the popular noveys,
who had been hooking drcam.iy at The
end of his cigarette, came" 90 himscf
with Is start. 49,
En-" he said Write j." NJ. I'm
not gong to writ" il. couldn't. YOU
know" he smiled = iItti" SADLY. In
ON" episode and in uimpsrh.," and
setting the story Is Ike a ale. f..Io-
scph ConrnG's. and # wor, u great
artist like HIM | migut write u. But.
rou see. haven't the audience, for it.
MY readers expect tabs of VIVA, they
are pleased to think s|lciety life. am
AT work now ON on" mat VIII make a
great hit with them lis all about "a
poor but beautiful gin who poses for a
rirE man, AN amateur artist and an
evil sort. | shouldn't wonder if n ran
10 hal' a million copies
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From within came a sudden snarl
and a scream Of rage.
"'El Almirante Juan. There's a
bullet here for YOU, compadre.' shrieked
the voice of the insaneiy jeShous Col.
Jorge Rodriguez. between the rolls of
thunder and the blows OF the sailors
timber against the we,lgcd door. "A
bullet for the Dona Teresita and a bull
let for you. Come and receive il. oh.
scum of the ocean,
II arm quite sure hat Admiral John
did not hesitate. Where was no time
to think before acting. Even IL the
maniacal Rodriguez was telling ,he
truth. the sailor had no choice. Per
SOM ofteAi recover from bullet wounds
but the chances OF recovery of one
buried in the fall Of a house are in
finitesimal.
with all his strength he smashed
against the door. forcing it open at
last. As he delivered the last stroke
n pistol shot sounded.
I'm "A frenzy the sailor dashed in
side. But Col. Jorge had been lying
There had been only one charge in his
weapon and he had shot himself.
"CrouChed In n corner Of the room
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Tie ku"N there was ~ reason &" su~-
poet the GENERALS dturutor OF anything
more serious than q Friendly interest
IN the saiior-su.d.tr md an admiration
tor hts performance. hut when dii
the ovid rCp of MS senses ever satisfy
u man midly IN love-
The explosion came on the day
when. aft q particularly brilliant Gr-
feat e the Span gh troops, Admiral
John VAS made % Cu,unel and raised
T." Epdr.gno2s rank. tn" i~nfItriat"d
'o!. JorP" meet ~ Admiral lnhn in
the street struck HIM IN The face and
called him u uf those names which
the Spanish tongue seems able to
make II particularly vile and atrocious
insult. The grd Epdrigu"2 fol-
lowed tins ~ los drawing his pistol
Admiral ! hn un.o't wicst"i y from
him. .upted u ON .h" ground and
handed 4 bach.
'Wl,hin tw,r'N four hours rp!
Jorge had asked for Tcr"-.'t Md
dreno's hand. hal o. cu rejected and
had Withdrawn with come Il his troops
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TIME AT THE SIGN OF THE L

radio stations, and the error in the
case Of the great plant al Radio. Va.
which is a lag. amounts To- only about
eight-hundredths of "A second The
Government time signals have already
been successfully used by vessels for
rating their Chronometers. and have
been employed likewise 10y surveying
craft in the accurate establishment II
longitudes. Therefore. the day Is APP
preaching when the. NAVIGATOR with
any reasonably good clock Will hay,
all that he needs for the determination
Of his position east and west. The
clock can he set twice a day agree
ably TO the radio signals.
or course, in time Of wal the enemy
might Jam these signals n he
wilder shipping Then the chronom-
eter would he the navieator's only
safeguard Bu, perhaps science may
prevent this interference.
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?" ED away in Water street,
in an atmosphere hat still
smacks of ships stores and sea
water. Is the home of a con-
Germ which Is among the worlds most
famous chroncmetcr makers. Despite
tho changes about il the house stands
much as II did sixty odd years ~
when the fourth generation back es-
tablished the business of marking time
for ohservatories and ~seagoing men.
For six decades and more they nave
worked patiently. persistently and sue
cessfully in the effort to make the
chronomctcr a st!ll more accurate
means Of measuring time. Mechani-
cally this concern has done much to
improve these delicate timep!eccs, and
while fractions of a second are vital
in the eyes Of the firm. still expert
ments extending over periods of ten
and twenty years have been looked
upon with seeming indifference If at
the end it was possible TO record a
distinct advance.
The world over Chronometers made
in Water street are famous, and II il
not %unearned praise 10 say that the
hest Of American chronometers are
without their superiors, The Industry
would not have fiourished II 1t had
had to depend upon the patronage
alone II American shipping. On the
shelves Of this quaint shop are any
where from 800 to 400 chronometers
undergoing rating and repair. and
until very lately the greater number
by far Of these instruments were from
foreign vessels. The war In Europe
has brought about the change, be-
cause the American flag is now seen
more frequently upon the seas. Just
the same, the manufacture OF chro-
ncmeters IL a dwindling industry. and
all because of the march Of science.
The house has been intimately ASSOC
GATED with the history Of American
shipping. II saw our merchant fleets
at the climax OF their glory; 1t
saw them fade well nigh away: and
to-day the members Of the firm wonder
II the present animation is a desperate
gasp or the wholesome breath Of a
sturdy revival. IT Is a trite saying
that there liz no sentiment in business.
But ask the senior member of the
firm why the house has stuck by the
blu btdtu dhu ~
improve it's products and he will tell
you:
Sentiment has kept us here. MY
forebears started the business, and we
are proud Of the reputation which our
instruments have won"
To the layman the term chronometer
means a very well made clock To the
seafarer 1t means an aid toward safe
navigation and the one thing essential
To bind him to his last port and to
tell him how far east or west he has
gone. At least that is what the
chronOneter used to represent.
To do THIS II was necessary that the
chronometer should run true, that is,
that it's daily gain or loss should he
uniform and determined by the watch
maker before the ship left port. How
much tho chrOnometer lost or gained
was no OF moment. provided 1t was
q reasonable matter Of seconds. so
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To the mountains. whore he effected a
junction with the Spanish forces.
Gen. Madreno, alarmed by this de-
lection. advanced shortly afterward
with his main force against the enemy.
sending his daughter under u small
escort to "A point inland. Admiral
John was sent with some men to guard
Il pass through which the Spanish
troops, If defeated. might he expected
to retreat,
Before Gen. liadreno had come up
with the enemy Col. Jorge had learned.
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Colonel under Gen. Madrcno and suitoi
for his daughters hand.
The submissive devotion Of Nd
miral John To Tcresita Madrcno and
tho big sailors boundless gratitude to
her for saving his life stirred in Col.
Jorge Rodriguez n feeling that ate his
soldiers heart. so that for days he
was hardly able to execute properly
his military duties. The conviction.
which eaIne to him in lucid intervals,
that his intense jealousy was baseless
only strengthened Rodrigucz's hatred.
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but standing facing her fate with IN
shielded eyes, stood the daughter OF
General Madreno. As she saw her
sailor she uttered n cry OF JOY, lie
seized her in his arms 10 bear her out
s!de To safety.
"'At last | am able to repay your
kindness he murmurei io,fuily. And
Won. IuaO'
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one of these bits of w~reckage a man was climbing.

wa
TANBOROUGH and | were eat
ing at a marble topped table in
a certain French restaurant Of
downtown New York frequented by
a queer medley Of business men.
writer's. ArEentinians and retiring ell
DERBY fellows who read the Partisan
journals and order and swallow exotic
wines from the proprietor's cellar.
Ike the place. 1t is much more re-
spectacle than the resorts that STAN
his taste for romance.
We had reached dessert when a man
who had the aspcr; of a successful
broker with an Office. say. s!x blocks
below the restaurant. entered the
south door and made his way lcisurely
between the tables. Scarborough. who
was eating a bonnie ylacec discon-
'er;edly. d!dn', sec him until he was
dose upon us. Then he jumped up.
"Shcrwood," h. exclaimed with de-
'.sh' st down vita U.S. he CONE
nindcd. and he went through the
.,,.
''" We "''H ." Eva"
sherwood ME- l-upton'
THE inoersonatrr " a successful
broker srn,led agrceahll and. seating
himself hasteuad to assure Henri. the
waiter. that he would have no dinner.
h,,i would be glad to have Am ic. and
coffee.
IL am Just back from my vacation
4 cruise in The Caribbean" he told
scarborough. And | picked up a
eood story that want to tel! YOU"
There never was a better ;ime thar
now Scarborough returned. You
will redeem an unpromis.ng evening
Y the story is really good. And as
for Lupton. he will enjoy il, although
he may not be willing to say SO"
was about to protest against this
intimatlon that | besrudge my pleas
ures. | don't. My taste is not so hi
zarre as Stanborough's and ! don't
like to go to a lot OF messy places
10 crafty it-that's all. But my
friend went on:
LuDtou mas a. GTestl virtue III tiItt
he can he trusted never to tell any
thing. So let's have the story"
Well. if do say il. the compliment
was deserved. My diary, where | am
penning these lines, is the sole record
of Stanborough's escapades. I'm one
Of the sort that can pu, a thing down
on paper and forget il. So ! have only
10 burn these pages to have IA clean
slate.
Sherwood, with a thoughtful air. was
eating the ice Henri had brought.
AN right" he said, Il will tel
you the thing as il, happened. OF
course. some parts OF IL are mere
hearsay, some parts are a historical
record And still other parts. the most
important Of all, have built up for
myself from the outlines ! got hold
OF. Cali it invention II you like.
To the cruise south we stopped al
Ccpta Blanca, the seaport and capital
~ the republic of that name. Have
either OF you ever been there No?
Then ] shall find it difficult TO make
yod appreciate the w!ldness OF the
adjacent coast.
There are steep cliffs from which
fragments have been spilled To tho
ocean bed for miles along. A terrific
surf boils about these rocks. Only at
Costa Blanca do the cliffs leave an
opening OF a few miles. Passing
through this gan YOU enter n placid
and beautiful harbor with a sandy
beach and a city OF low, white build
ings inhabited by Spaniards. Indians
and the. blend of both which consti-
tutes most of the citizenship OF the
republic. There are very few foreign
crs. for as We, Costa Blanca Is not
The Washington herald., 1916-04-12
OFFERS AMENDMENT
TO ANTITRUST LAW
Senator Owen Proposes Plan at In
stance of Federal Reserve Bank
to Lift Important Ruling.

An important amendment to the Clay
ton antitrust law In its bearing on the
Federal Reserve system is proposed in the
Owen bill, reported yesterday to the Sen
ate by the Committee on Banking and
Currency.
The Clayton act, which among other
things prohibits interlocking director
ates. forbids a director or employe OF
a member bank to act in like capacity
in Federal Reserve bank. The prohi-
bition is removed by the bnl reported
yesterday in cases where there Is nc
Substantial competition between banks
and trust companies. The bin was intro
dueed by Senator owen, Of Oklahoma, at
the request of the Federal Reserve
Board.
In the report accompanying the bill.
which was read in the Senate yesterday.
the measure was explained as follows
Realizing that the purpose Of the
passage of the antitrust law, in so far
as 1t affects banks, was to prohibit a
practical monopoly of credits through
the interlockmg directorates OF compet-
ing banks. the committee is of the opin-
ion that that purpose can be as we'll
served by granting this permission to
those banks which are not in substantial
competition with each other, requiring,
however, that the Federal Reserve Board
shall first give its permission, and lin
iting the discretion of the Federal Re-
serve Board in the matter to specifically
two other banks