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ENTIRE GUERNSEY TICKET
WINS IN D. A. R. CONGRESS
Kansas Woman Elected President.
General. After Vigorously Con-
tested Fight.
NEW HONOR FOR MRS. STORY
Members Decide to Plant Ground
Adjoining Continental Hall in
Foodstuffs as Practical Step i'm Ef-
forts to Help Meet Emergency.

WASHINGTON. u. C., April ls.-Mrs.
George 1'hacher Guernsey. of Kansas.
was elected president general OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution
for the next three years, tonight over
three opponents by a majority of fifty
eight on the first ballot.
Mrs. Guernsey received ca votes.
Mrs. George {. Squires. OF Minnesota.
263; Mrs John Miller Horton. OF New.
York. 235, and Mrs. James Hamilton
Lewis. of Illinois. l2l
In one OF the most vigorously con-
tested nights in the history of the So
cicty. the entire ticket headed by Mrs.
Guernsey defeated at the last election
by Mrs. William Cumming Story. was
swept into Office.
The other new officers are:
Miss Elizabeth T.. Pierce, District of
Columbia. chaplain general: Miss Emma
l.. Crowell Pennsylvania recording
secretary general; Mrs. Duncan L.
Fletcher. Florida. organizing secrc-
ry-General; Mrs. Robert J. Johnston.
Iowa, treasurer Mrs Wood
bury Pulsifer Maine. corresponding
secretary general; Miss Grace NJ.
Pierce New York. registrar general
Mrs. George Is. Clarke. massachusetts.
historian general: Mrs Benjamin l..
Heath. North Carolina. director-Scn-
eral in charge Of the report to the
Smithsonian Institution: Mrs. James NJ.
Fowler, Indiana. librarian general:
Miss Catherine e. BARLOW, District Of
Columbia. curator general; Miss Nath-
allie sumner Lincoln, Connecticut, cdi-
tor of the magazine.
vICE-pRESIDENTS NAMED
ron VARYING TERMS
Nice-presidents elected were:
For three years--Jeanic u. Elack-
burn. Kentucky: Mrs. Fred H. H. Cal
houm. South Carolina: Mrs. sheppard
w Foster. Georgia: Mrs. James Rem
ton Grant. Colorado; Mrs. Samuel Me
knight Green. Missouri; Mrs. Charles
l.. LonGlcy. Rhode Island, and Mrs
William H. Talbot. OF Maryland.
For one year--AIrs. G. Wallace W.
Hanger. Of the District Of Columbia
Airs. William G. Robinson. OF Maine.
and Mrs. Edward T.. Moody. of Della
ware
For an uncxpircd tcrm---Mrs. c. Il.
Lotion. OF Nebraska. vice president
general for the unexpired term
Mrs. George NJ. SternberG, of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. received the un,n-
imous vote for honorary vice-president.
general.
When the tclIcrs announced that
AIRS. Guernsey had been elected the
convention rose end gave her an ovs-
tion.
Mrs. William Cummings Story. who
retires as president general at the
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Points to Real Danger in
Hysterical and ILL.,
Aduised War; Time
Economies.
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WASHINGTON. April l..-Waru,nr
"a Tho na,ior ,,;,
7 "
"' '"c" economy ana
interference with normal pursuit Of
tho people. is given ~ Howard i.
conn M ,h, ,a,;
'"' '~o"'''' "i 'Naiohai Defense IN
statement made public Tonight. as
tho first enterprise OF tho govern
,,cu,. n,w .,
'o' '''' t'"h'
Just returned from trip through
several Middle westc-, S,,,.r NJ
- '"' 'a'-' '''' co"''''ona
on unemployment and closed factories
should arise as n result Of indiscrim
in.,e onor, ,,,,;
wartime oco,o;
"'F dhu us lcs-
sons serionsiy. Mr. coffin said. I'VE
suddenly launched forth in a mos,
feycrisb ac,ivi,v "a ..,o ,ho
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"I'.D 'NosIrt''H MotE No"
'hHN HEN WE AXE At PEACE
"wc need prosperity in war time
even more than when we arc at peace.
Wc need more business. not less
There is real danger in hystcria. In
discriminate economy will be ruinous
Now is the time to oren the throttle.
1t seems TO me. therefore, that
pam statement OF general policy is
most desirable.
Upon tho industrial side OF the war
three great problems. or perhaps
should better say tasks, confront us.
First and foremost. we must facili-
tate the how OF raw materials and
hnished products to our allies and must
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continued ON Second Page.5

The Most Interesting Water Trip In America
York River Line to Baltimore.
steamer train leaves Richmond I2:i5 noon.
Friday and Sunday. Phone Mad. "72--A Nv.
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CARBIDE.
A full stock. Write Canada Carbide
Agency, 1919 East Main street. Richmond,
Va.--Adv
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DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE:
SURVEY Of SCHOOL. sNSTES,

Mr.. Sands announced his willingness
to answer any questions. and IlIci-
man Workman. Councilman Mills and
AidermaU Pulier kept him busy for :,
few minutes. He said that the sur.
vey lie had outlined did not contcm-
plate or include a survey Of the schooi
syStem. To include it, he said. would
entail further cost. Four months. lie
said would he required for the survey
The report of the survey Will not Ieal
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A STORY FOR SPARE MOMENTS
Polly Perkins

MO ONE would have stigmatized Polly
~ Perkins as being insane. Eccentric,
mentally unbalanced she certainly was and
another couple Of years might possibly see
her comfortably ensconsed in a home for
incurables For the present she was hap
PLY If whimsically dorhciled in tiny cot
tage on Long Island, Miss Polly's mental
state was the cause Of rude 1ests from
village children and one Of amused interest
to older minds. Weekend guests were sure
to be taken past the abode of Polly Perkins
just as they were invariably regaled by
the story of the hauntedt thouse on the old
farm road.
shes dippy on the subject of pink"
said Jimmy Rogers as he strolled past Miss
Perkins's cottage with Bob Hawthorne after
swim in the sound,
81 wouldn't have believed it," laughed
Hawthorne as he eyed with amused glance
the pink painted cottage, the pink flower
gardens, pink gate posts and outbuildings.
II suppose she has pink bows on all the
live stock" he commented.
"She surely has" chuckled Jimmy. every
living chicken in the barnyard has pink
bow on his neck"
You're joking!" exclaimed Hawthorne,
but at that moment the cluck, cluck OF
the discussed birds announced their presence
and both men laughed aloud. A most
tidy little flock Of chickens, each bird wear
ing a pink bow on its neck, came peckng
away over Miss Pollys front lawn.
II don't call that eccenthc. | call it
plain cracked" said Hawthorne. What
kind of freak is this Polly Perkins?" he
Asked
mot so much Of freak as you'd expect" /"
said Jimmy. as they moved along the. street.
"Of course. she dresses entirely in pink and
looks mot half had under the pink sunbon-
net she wears about the garden. You know
she writes stories and things for the mag
azines"
'That accounts for it," said Hawthorne !;
they are nearly all drppy on some line,
these writer people" After that the two
men fell into a discussion Of the yacht
races being held at the club and promptly
forgot all about Polly Perkins and her
chickens.
1t was not until few days later that
Hawthorne, lolling in Jimmy Rogers's ham,
mock. looked up to see a lone chicken cluck-
ing away and pecking contentedly for vermin
IN Rogers's well-kept lawn. The chicken
had q more or less bedraggled pink bow
on its neck that sadly interfered at times
with the capturing of dainties from the
soft sod.
Hello !" exclaimed Hawthorne. draw
ing himself up from his most, comfortable
position the better to look at the hen; ~
you haven't strayed from Miss Perkins, 8
pink domain I'll eat my hat"
/ And because Bob Hawthorne was trife
bored with his own society and more or less
curious regarding the eccentric Miss Perkins
he decided to make martyr of himself
and take the straying bird home.
He had little diniculty in catching the
chicken. Evidently Miss Perkinss hens were
more in the. nature Of pets than table deli
cacies. He wondered II each and every
bird had a name such as Florabelle or
Sylvia or even Peter Perkins, He supposed
they would have.
a.. -
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Farmer Smiths
Column
CHILDREN

My Dears--It seems to me that everybcdy
is interested in children, and II Is right I'M
they should be. Our book editor has jut
sent in to me a book. entitled The MusIc,I
Education Of the Child"
sent that book to me-because he is inter.
ested in EOC-everybody is interested n
YOU.
I carefully clipped an article out Of 1
newspaper showing that the United Stats
spent 100000 Cor a like amount) In teach.
ing farmers how to raise pigs. The artIcIs
went on to say that only $4,000 was spent
by the United States in telling mothers hcv
to bring up their children.
Excuse me if the figures are wrong.
had made up my mind TO write tan
about this terrible article when this %
CURED to me: 1t may be that the mother
do not need to be taught how to raise thsn
children. while the farmers may need to b
taught how to raise pigs!
think this Is a much better way Of pu,
ting it, don't you?
Let us thank the Government for N
$4,000 and be thankful that mothers are d
ing SO nicely. "a
When / was a boy and some one ylsIts(
our school everybody had a chill, from N
teacher down, while today we have that -
cellent cooperation which Is found IN, on
Parent-Teacher Associations.
Can't you make people MORE interestsl
in your school?
Invite more people to come-everybodl
Is interested in YOU--or ought to be-
Your loving editor,
FARMER SMITH
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A Sequel to Beyond the Great Oblivions
BY GEORGE ALLAN ENGLA

been thrown into the bactsx.. ~
mind. She forgot the bov, barna Of
thing save the crushing fact y, evs1.
pendous calamity. VI some ~
All at once she stopped with
terror. WIN a gan
She had reached the turn &.
whence now all the further resoh .ns psn
was visible. But, where the =. ns "a
lowered, now appeared only - rag ~
Jagged rent In the limestone. sreat II
the sky peered down. 'oush vhd
An indescribable chaos n,
docks. debris. detritus of ali t,sent
choked the river below: and IN. us .s har
rent. suddenly blocked now sft swift cur
chafed with lathering fury thamed sN
newly fallen obstacle. "opgh u
Broken short off, the path &c..
hundred yards in front OF ber b.pped NJ
AS she stood there, dazed a..
hearking the terrible cries that ~ ounA
tnose still not dead in the ruins -.
oeiVed some OF the folk gathered alor. "s pa
prlnk OF the new chasm. More ana ~
Kept coming from the scant b.is NOV
caves still left. And all, lazed ana u
like herself. stood there peerfne c do,a nunast
vacant looks. uown via
Beatrice first recovered wit nj,
Understood the truth. The cavern a y
or the folk, the burrowing and bon..
ing through the cliff, must baya' vmps
some keystone, started some ,wsul
broken down some vital rib OF IN. sun "
With irresistible might 1t had to,n uuS ,'
slid, crashed, leaped into the canvon . "oA
Ing with 1t how many lives she kns..
All she knew now was that rescns, m
be made OF such as still lived, and ths, n.
bodies of the dead must be RECOVERED ~
So with fresh strength utterly fo,.....
OF SELF, she ran pnce more down ths s,.s
terrace, calling to her folk: ~
Men My people Down to ths ,...
quickly Take hammers, bars. tool" =
swiftly! Save the wounded Cor
There was no sleep for any in tbs c,,.--
that day. that night, or the next dav yy ny
vast pile of debris rang with tha .,.s.
blows, louder than ever anvil rang ~
the torches flared and sparkled ov., n.
tumble of broken rock, beneath which ~
lay buried many dead-none knew ~
many-nevermore to be seen of man Fc,.'. ~
iron bars bent double with the pryinr y
strong arms. y
CONTINUED MONDAY
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Handicapped

Ernest, were you looking through
the keyhoIe last night at your sister
and msf'
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CHAPTER XXI
The Treason Of H'Yemba

MOT yet even fully awake. Beatrice was
~ conscious Of sudden, vast RESPONSE
bility laid on her shoulders. She felt the
thrill of leadership and command, for in
her hands alone now rested the fate Of the
community
out of bed she sprang, her grief for the
moment crushed aside, aquiver now with
the spirit of defense against all ills that
might menace the colony and her child.
THE cliff falls?" she cried, starting for
the doorway.
Yea, mistress. Hark :"
Both women heard grating, crushing
sound The whole fabric of the cavern
trembled again. as though shuddering; then.
far below, a grinding crash re-echoed--and
now rose shouts, cries, walls of pain.
Already Beatrice was out of the door
and running down the terrace.
"Yulcia Yulca :" the old woman stood
screaming after her. You must not go! 90
She answered nothing, but ran the faster.
Already she could see dust rising from
the river brink; and louder now the cries
blended in an anguished chorus as she sped
down the terrace.
What could have happened? How great
was the catastrophe? What might the death
roll be?
Her terroEs about Allan had at last
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4, pervading her made her akin with the sor'
rowing wife.
| go rest" she whispered II understand
| l. too, have wept and mourned, though that
was very long ago in the Abyss. MY man,
my Nausaak, very brave ana stroHs
catcher Of fish, fought with the Lanskaarn-
and he died I understand Yulcia You
must think no more of this now. The child
needs your strength You must rest. Go"
Gently, yet with firmness that was not to
be disputed, she forced Beatrice into the
cave made her lie down and prepared
drink for her.
Though Beta knew II not, the wise old
woman had stepped therein a few leaves OF
the ronyilu weed. brought from the Abyss.
a powerful soporifc. And presently GER
tain calm and peace began to win posses
sion of her soul.
For time however; distressing visions
still continued TO float before her disordered
mind. Now she seemed TO behold the
Paullac flaming and shattered, whirling
down, over and over, meteor-swft into the
purple mists and vapors Of the Abyss.
Now the scene changed and she saw II,
crushed and broken, lying on some far rock
ledge, amid impenetrable forests, while from
beneath formess tangle of wreckage pro-
truded hand-his hand-and p thin, drip
ping stream Of red.
Gasping, she sought TO struggle up and
stare about her; but the drugged draft
was too potent, and she could not move.
Yet still the visions came again-and now
IL seemed that Allan lay there in the woods,
somewhere afar, transfxed with an enven-
omed spear while In crowding. hideous.
jabbering swarm the distorted, beast-like
anthropods jostled trumphantly all about
him. hacked at him with fints and knives,
fayed and dsmembered him, inflicted un-
imaginable mutlations--
She knew no more. Thanks to the won
drous benefcence of the ronyiu, she slept
deep and dreamless slumber. Even the
child being laid on her breast by the old
woman-who smiled, though in her eyes
stood tears-even this did not arouse her.
She slept. And for few blessed hours
she had respite from woe and pain un-
speakable.
At last her dreams grew troubled. She
seemed caught In thunderstorm, an earth
quake. She heard the smashing of the
lightning bolts. the roaring shock Of the
reverberation, then the crash Of shattered
buildings
"A sudden shock awoke her. She thought
falling block OF stone had struck her arm
But it was only old Gesafam shaking her
in terror.
"Oh, Yucla noa :" the nurse was crying
In terror. Up! Waken! The cliff falls
Awake, awake !"
Beatrice sat UP in bed, conscious through
all the daze of dreams quick broken. that
some calamity-some vast and unknown
perib-had smitten the colony at Settlement
Cliffs.
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CHAPTER XXI

1--WE days dragged past. then six, then
l. seven and still no sign of Allan came to
tighten the terrible and growing anguish
OF the woman
All day long she would watch for him
save at such times as the care and nursing
Of her child mercifully distracted her atten-
tion little while from the intolerable grief
and woe consuming her
She would stand for hours on the rock
terrace, peering into the northwest she
would climb the steep path a dozen times
a day, and in distraction pace the cliff-top
inside the palsaded area, where now some
few wild sheep and goats were penned in
process OF domestication.
Here she would walk, calling in vain his
name TO the uncaring winds of heaven.
With telescope she would untiringly sweep
the far reaches of the horizon, hoping. ever
hoping. that at each moment vague and
distant speck might spring to view, wing
its swift way southeastward resolve itself
into that one and only blessed sight her
whole soul craved and burned for-the
Pauillac and her husband
And SO, till night fell and her strained
eyes could no longer distinguish anything
but swimming mists and vapors. she would
watch, her every thought a prayer, her
every hope torment-for each hope was
destined only to end in disappointment
bitterer far than death.
And when the shrouding dark had robbed
her OF all possibility for further watching
she would descend with SLOW and halting
steps, grief-broken. dazed. half-maddened,
to the home cavern-empty now, in spite of
her child's presence there-empty and ter
rible and drear
Then would begin the long night vigil
Daylight gave some sumulacrum OF relief
in action, some slight deadening of pain
In the very searching of the sky. the
strong. determined hope against what had
now become an inner conviction Of defeat
and utter loss But night
Night Nothing. then. but to sit and
think and think and think TO madness
Sleep was impossible. At most. exhausted
nature snatched only few brief spells Of
semiconsciousness.
Even the sight Of the boy. lying there
sunk In his deep and healthy slumber,
only kindled fresh hres Of woe. For he
was Allan's child--he spoka TO her by
his mere presence Of the absent, the lost.
psrhap the dead man.
And At thought that now she mieht ~
alree1y Yt1c49c ~ ~ bQY fe1n1<Io11
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Clever Henry

She tearfully) - Henry, our en-.
gagement Is at an end, and wish to
return to you everything you have
ever given me.
He (cheerilyl -- Thanks, Blanche'
You may begin at once with the
kisses!
They are married now.--Pearsons
Weekly.
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Caustic

Il tell you. hearing those star opera
singers on the phonograph is almost
as good as hearing them on the
stageN
Far better. You can shut them
off whenever you like on the phono.
graph"
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London Bystsnder.
Pessimistic Curate Ito man who has
lost his business through the war has
three sons at the front, has just been
shown the housekeeping bill for the
quarter and received his income tax as
sessment believe me, things will be
worse before we are done. We haven't
suffered at all yet
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No Escape

Crawford - You must have felt
pleased when the family, next door
with the photograph moved out.
Crabshaw-I was at first but the
people who moved in play the uku.
lele.
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THE STORY THUS FAR

Once more on earth after thelr experi.
snces in the abyss, Beatrice and Allan start
TOT their bungalow on the Hudson. IS
they near Hope Villa they see that Inv
horde Of beast savsges has infested the
building and grounds. and that the IN
yaders have set fire to the home. Broken,
hearted, Allan guides his aeroplane toward
the great Gothic cathedral on Storm King,
where records Of the last pilgrimage after
the great disaster are hidden. Among the
records II a phonograph and discs, includ-
ing the wedding service. There, In the de-
serted ruins Of the cathedral Beatrice ana
Allan are mtrried.
The two return to the edge OF the abyss
and prepare a cave on settlement, Gins.
where Allan plans to bring the Folk from
the underworld. The caves enable him to
keep the white-haired white-skinned peo-
pie away from the bright sun during tho
day. Allan returns with two OF the Meru-
caans on his first trip. to find that giant
gorilla had stolen Beatrice. The three men
save the Rirl. and Allan continues his work
Clins
while Allan teaches the men the rudi-
ments Of constructions and civilization,
BeatrIce instructs the women and children
m rngusn and the three Rs During the
spr,ng son is born TO the two re-
builders Of the human race. After sew
eral months Of work earth, Allan de-
t,p,s 80 return TO tho abyss. Beatrice
again tries to dissuade him
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CORN-Good old corn for sale p
heiu' otaHloru, NY. 45-lt
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THE LATEST WAR NEWS

English forces have dealt a might ,
blow against the German lire in Bel
GUM and have been rewarded with
notable gains in terriar and the cap
ture of more than 5000 prisoners
and numerous guns of various cali
Der. In addition they inflicted heavy
casualties on the Germans.
Over front of more than nine
miles, extending from the region of
the Ypres southwark nearly to Ar
mentieres. the British started their
drive in the early hours of Thursday
morning and at nightfall had every
where advanced their. line, capturing
villages ard numerous points of van
tage. among the latter the Messines-
Wyschaete ridge, which commands
the surrounding plains for miles and
which for two and half years has
been a troublesome salient. The vii
lagos of Messines and Wytschaete
fell into the hands of British during
the attack, and in second drive they
occupied the VILLAGE of Ostarverne
and trenches east of the village on a
front of more than five miles.
Great preparations are being made
in France for the arrival of Ameri.
can troops. Already an American
transport containing food for them
has arrived in French port and
American warships are anchored off
the French coast. Camps have been
prepared for all branches of the
American forces that are expected.
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FOR SALE-Lincoln Wonder 81
lage SEED CORN" See E. T
Pence, Jr., Stanford. 2o.+e
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NURSE-Am ready to nurse arv
who need my services. Mrs. ]. L.
Holtzclaw. Stanford, Ky. Ala
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WELL MATCHES EGGS

An artesian well of hot water that
serves the double purpose of irrigat-
ing his land and Matching hens eggs
is owned by +. l.. Edmunds, living
near Oasis in the Coachella Valley,
California, The water has a temper
ature of l01 degrees at the well. II
irrigated six acres of asparagus from
which Mr.. Edmunds made almost
daily shipments during December,
January and February. Heat to OPP
crate an improvised incubator is Sc
cured bv placing a fve-gallOn can
with perforated sides in an irrigation
ditch. The can is partially filled with
sand in order to sink it. The eggs are
then put in the sand and turned daily
until Matched. AS the water is at an
even temperature at all times a sat
isfactory hatch record resulted.