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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-29
SOLDIERS WELCOME
ANGELS OF MERCY
Contingent Of Red Cross.
Nurses Recently Establish
ed at Camp Meade.
MEN FAVORED WITH PASSES

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VIII be augmented 70 thiF -hFe WIN
in the next few days.
:, \; IL. a;esc,t. for ,he soldiers To
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distinguish the wooden residence u
the angels Of mercy. Just peek at
tbe wbi,e curtains spotlcss in every
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respect, the NICE niue Ne'dhuf on ~
front of the building CONSPICUOUS be
causc il Is ,ninns the usual layer of
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mud or dust, the neat aooftial atia '"e
holly decorations reveal the presence
of the feminine.
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bear the distinction Of being the only
perrna Uent woman residents of the cam
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pialhed one OF t'le nurses -''s9 -
recently OF Washington. u. G., when they
y.ere o,,izzed nv the correspondents.
s,,.,s.,.;a., 80 MI ne co,,rc,- stands
i''e eAp' eSSfo'' = -"isa
good for every one OF the htiie paiio vi
war women, from Miss Anna H. Johnson,
the chief nurse. down to the rookie
nurses
Miss Johnson is a graduate from Chi
cago hospital, and was stationed at Fort
Riley Kan. before she was assigned to
the work here.
Her assistant. also trained Army nurse
is Miss Bertha Purcell who was trans
Terred from Fort Bliss. rex. Inc re-
n1ainder Of the personnel inciade four
from Minnesota. several from Boston
New York and Baltimore, and eight who
were previously stationed with the Ma
tionai Guard Rainbow Division at Camp
Mills, n. Y, but were not moved to thf
The Yale expositor., 1917-08-23
SYNOPSIS.

Capt. Ralph Payne. u. S. A., is given Sc
eret plans OF defense TO deliver TO Pana-
ma. He attends ball at the GRANADA en-
bassy with Colonel Dares daughter,
Pearl. AS a climax to a series of mys-
terious incidents he is arrested Tor trea-
son. The ambassador OF Granada Is found
dead and the plans missing from Payne.s
coat. Major Brent. Payne's rival, enters
into suspicious negotiations with Bertha
Bonn. Payne Is sentenced TO life impris-
onment. A train carrying Pearl, Bertha
Bonn and Payne on his way 10 prison Is
wrecked and Pearl sees Payne's hfeless
body at her feet. She meets Adams, a
mysterious stranger, who offers her MS
services 10 trace the traitors. She learns
that he has the plans. Granadians capture
Pearl and Adams to get the plans. Peari
begs Adams TO let her take his belt which
contains the defense plans: T9ey escape s
Pearl Is captured again by the Grana-
dams. She Is rescued by Adams. Dis
guised as his brother she accompanies
him into the camp OF the conspirators
and poses as a chemist. They are rec
ognized; in the fight Adams saves Pearl
from harm. Colonel Dare arrives with
American troops. The black scarf appears
Pearl and Toxic follow Adams on his way
for appointment at the Chemical build
ing. All three fall into the hands or the
Alliance" Adams Is arrested by coun-
terfeit soldiers who also take Pearl with
them. They carry her aboard ship and
she is again saved by Adams from the
foreign alliance The snip Is blown R up;
Dare's home stealing the plans They in
turn are confronted by Toxic. Adams finds
a note which calls the Silent Army TO
arms at the Chemical building. Colonel
Dare, with a regiment. appears at the
spot They find the building wrecked and
rified. Pearl is carried away by the 81
lent Flyer. She descends In parachute
and meets Adams who has destroyed the
Flyer. During the progress of the DEFENSE
board meeting at Dare's house Brent re-
ceives the locket from Bertha Bonn. The
MANAGE Adams and Toxic and
gets the war secretary's portfolio. Adams
appears In Brent's room and demands the
locket. Adams forces Brent to marry
Bertha Bonn. He takes Pearl aboard
ship to show her the Silent Menace and
the Alliance" The Alliance" is de-
stroyed and Adams and Pearl are carried
on the way to Panama. Major Brent
promises TO marry Bertha and to unmask
Adams. Pearl and Adams escape from
their prison ship. which is mined. They
proceed to the inner canal waters in time
to intercept the planted mines. Adams
meets q stranger in underwater combat.
The man escapes-he is Brent
The Yale expositor., 1917-08-23

"How were you able to impersonate
the Silent Menace on the munition ship
of the Foreign Alliance? Who put me
in the box with the bombf"
Adams smiled In an apologize way.
"IVe gotten near 1.-THE bottom of that
In the first place i g-gave you chl0ro-
form SOS 10 keep you quiet while
s-sneaked off TO notify the colonel.
Then / hid you in s-safe place In
the hold of the ship. When got back
you were gone. / m-mighty near lost
my nerve then, girl. ! was rummag.
ing around t-trying to find you, nearly
crazy, when 1 heard and s-saw the
Silent Menace. He saw me at the
same time and b-beat IL and the next
thing i knew the munition manufac-
turers arrived and had tito play the
part. When you stepped out of that
b-box with the bomb in your hand
l was never more taken back in m-my
life." He paused remlniscently.
But who put me there?" she In
sisted.
lie looked at her curiOusly. "Think
h-hard, girl. There's only ozone per-
son on earth could have put you
there"
1.-The Silent Menace?"
He shook his head. ale couldn't
and d-didn't." Then with little laugh
You did it yourself. D-don't you re
member anything about it?'
Pearl gasped. II remember a ter
rible sleepiness .. getting
partly awake and crawling out OF q
dark hole OF hearing noises
and hiding myself some
where d. someone approach
ing close then fell asleeT
again."
Adams chuckled. "By golly! You
must have crawled into that b-box anC
The Yale expositor., 1917-08-23
FOURTEENTH EPISODE
The Flag Despoiler!

With his arm In sling, Maj. Thorn
ton Brent sat in a private court of in
quiry in the general session chamber
of the general army staff at Wash
ington.
Practically every available member
of the staff was present, together with
witnesses, voluntary and otherwise,
bent upon seeing justice done the ac-
cused officer. One of these was Miss
Pearl Dare, the colonel's daughter. An
other was the colonel, himself. Both
came prepared to face any shock, yet
In deep sympathy with the man.
Among the involuntary witnesses
was T. O. Adams, the stranger from
Monks Corner, Neb., orderly to Colo
mel Dare, sometime hero, sometime I'M
der dire suspicion, but now openly
acknowledged by Pearl Dare to be her
fiancN, much to the amazement of So
cial Washington.
Another involuntary, though perhaps
of all the most interested, witness was
Miss Bertha Bonn, Pearl Dare's new
friend and house guest.
The charge against Brent was, curl
ously enough, the same under which
Capt. Ralph Payne, a brother officer,
and Miss Dare's former sweetheart,
had been convicted and sentenced to
life Imprisonment in a federal peni-
Tertiary, although he had been saved
the latter disgrace by an untimely end
in a railroad wreck.
1t was reasonable conspiracy.
But while in the case of Payne that
officer was found guilty of disposing
of an army secret-the canal defense
plans-to an enemy, in Brents case
the charge was made that he was the
personal representative Of the enemy,
that he was the Silent Menace so-called
in government circles.
On the night Adams and Pearl Dare
heroically rlsked their lives in order
10 discover the location of mines laid
in the canal by the Silent Menace-and
ucceeded-Pearl, in rescuing the or
derby from certain death due to her
own impetuoslty, shot the Silent Men
ace, wounding and breaking his arm.
That same night Major Brent turned
up at the commandments quarters at
the canal, in dripping wet garments,
with a broken arm.
Immediately suspicion centered, and
for the very first time, on him.
And so the inquiry started.
After the usual preliminaries the
first person called to the stand was
Colonel Dare who upon being sworn
and identified, was questioned closely
on several points, the judge advocate.
general of the army presiding.
'How long have you known the de.
PENDANT.
II have been his commanding of.
ficer for five years, prior to which he
was unknown to me-"
'Have you always regarded him as
the soul of honor, truth and integrityT
always"
"Even nowT
"Even now"
"Has the question of the identity
of the-Silent Menace ever been dis
cussed between the defendant and
YOURSELF"
every frequently"
HAS he ever specifically named any
person In this connectionT
The colonel hesitated. zone per
son." be finally admitted.
The Yale expositor., 1917-08-23

the Silent Menace shut the lid on
you without knowing you were in 1t !!
What's your n-next question, girl?"
She looked at him in amusement.
us your stammer q natural oneT
mo-" was his laconic response.
"Then for goodness sake stop itp
she exclaimed, vexatiously. you are
not an ignorant man, are you?"
"No."
"You are college bred, aren't your
every much So" He laughed.
"Who is Sonora Vendre and what
is your relationship there? Is your
real name Senior Vendre?"
This question took him back to the
incidents on the Granadian frontier
and soft light came into his eyes.
Sonora Vendre is woman with a
heart to whom l told my life story.
She agreed to help me. Her two sons
are a celebrated diplomat and chem
list abroad. 1 merely posed in the
place of one in order to obtain admis-
sion to the secret council of the For
eign Alliance posing you as the other
in an effort to obtain possession of the
canal defense plans"
She looked up quickly. "Those
plans? Were you really responsible
for them-and the wafers?"
II was the party, Miss Dare-Pearl."
"But you are not a barber, or tele-
graph operator, or a waiter in a res
taurant, or any of those common
things you have pretended to be; are
you?"
II guess not"
"Or q cowboy?"
"Never!"
SIS your name really 7. o. Adams?
Do you come from Monks Corner,
Neb.?" She placed her hand on his
shoulder looking earnestly into his
eyes. "Who is the Silent Menace?
am positive that you know"
Adams was about to answer these
leading questions, when for the first
time they observed a large and turbu-
lent crowd of citizens and soldiers
collecting with loud outcries and oaths.
All stood with faces toward the front
peak of the building. Pearl and Adams
ran down the steps to see what the
excitement was about.
They took one look. A man was
climbing up the flag pole, one hand
outstretched toward the emblem flut-
tering in the evening breeze. His face
was covered with a thick black muf-
fer.
"The Silent Menace ~ fell from the
lips of both Pearl and Adams.
They few into the building mount
ed TO the roof and raced across the in
tervening space, followed by a number
Of uniformed attendants.
'Dropr' cried Adams, dwelling his
revolver at the man on the pole. And
then they saw that the outstretched
hand which had grasped the flag in
frantic effort to tear and destroy II
belonged to a broken arm carried In
sling.
Bullets from below whizzed around
the man on the pole. The Silent Men.
ace lost his hold and tumbled in heap
on the roof, dragging the flag with
him.
"The flag must payl" he snarled like
mailman as Adams and Pearl
pounced upon him and started to tear
of his mask. "The upstart fiagi"
fEND OF FOURTEENTH EPISODEJ
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Wooley and Scott Well Satisfied
With Present Family of Producers

Roth Manager Wooley and Tresi-
add Tulsa fandom, so far as it has
had n CHARGE TO study the bunch-arc
well satisfied with the present Pro-
ducer family. Within the last few
Gays the two weak positions have
been filled by strong players and no
further chlnses are contemplated.
Three releases were handed out
yesterday. Olson and Harris, infield-
ers, and Fredette. catcher. The infiel1
problem has been solved by the plac &.
ing OF Sherwood at short and Ohlin
at third. filling out as good an inner
defense as any club in the league can
boast
The first two series were suf-
rc,ent to demonstrate that the
catching staff would have to be
strengthened and when President
Scott got an opportunity to pick up
Bob Dowie, for three wears first
string bactstop for oklahoma City, he
leaped at the chance. Dowie went to
Chattanooga from Oklahoma City but
caught cold in his arm and being un-
able to throw the oases, was sent
back In the meantime Oklahoma
Cay had taken a fancy to Newasche,
the big Indian receiver and passed
Dowie on to Tulsa. While Dowie Is
not n heavy hitter, he has been re :
garded as the best receiver and
thrower in the league for the last
three seasons. HI eQualsd the worlds .
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
SCHOLASTIC MEET
SEASONS CLASSIC
Greatest Athletic Event to Be
Held in State This Year;
Record Entry.


Special 20 The World
NORMAN, Okla. April 21.-"The
greatest interscnoll site meet In the
history of the event in oklahoma" is
the prediction Prof. |. W. Morrow,
chairman Of the committee in charge
is making for the great day in the
scholastic calendar OF the year, fol-
lowing the receipt Of en- unusually
large number of early entries. The
meet will lie held on May 2, and 3
The athletic features are barely half
of the interscholastic event, but the
track and field events are more looked
forward u hy the young athletes of
Oklahoma than are the largest foot
al games cf the gridiron season.
With the cancellation Of all athletic
schedules ny the University Of Okla
homa, the annual interscholastic H.
also looming large now rs the feature
Ct the spring for Boyd Field. NoS
less than n Thousand young athletes
representing practically every high
school In oklahoma, will take part in
the baseball contests for state champ
iOnships, in tennis tournaments. and
most of all. In tho track events. in all
cf which the university gives medals
for first, second ard thi.d places
Altho contests N art, music. debat-
lrg. oratory. etc, will begin on Thurs
day. the opening in the athletic fea-
lures Will come at 10 o'clock Friday
morning with the drawing for places
in the bascball and TERMS elimina-
tion contests. Thirty minutes later
Young baseball men on three dia-
ncnds will begin the battle for the
championship of The state. and as
pirants for tennis honors among Ok
lahoma scholastics will BEGIN on a
dozen courts.
All OF Friday and up to noon on
Saturday will he required ir deciding
what high school In oklahoma has
the best baseball team, and what
tennis nlen are .he best. The track
meet comes Saturday afternoon.
The eldest record now standing IS
in the mile bicycle which event was
oiscontinucd many years ago. VII
liams or Norman made the distance
in two minutes, iS seconds IN 1905
The 1908 wear wGs also the date Of
some unusual feots, including the
work Of Davenport from y. y 6, Ton
kawa. This Is the same Davenport
who becans famous as an athlete In
amateur circles of the north, and wag
finally sent across the water TO com
rcte in the Olympic games. His rec
ord Of Q 4-5 seconds will probably
stand for some time on the century
dash.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
WINFIELD TRACKMEN/
DEFEATED BY AGGIES
Special to The World.

SPECIAL to The World.
SALTWATER, Okla, April 2l.-
BY margin of II points, Oklahoma
a. e M. college downed Southwestern
college of Winfield, Kan, in the sec
ond track meet of the season here
Saturday. The score was 67 to so.
This was the last track battle to be
fought at saltwater this spring.
The Aggies took nine firsts and six
seconds to five firsts and seven sec
onds for Southwestern. McElroy of A.
d M. and McKuerry of Southwestern
tied for first place in the pole vault
Gallagher and Kenny of A. d NJ.
tied for all around honors with 3
points each. Little of the visitors was
next with IL points, nosing out
Thomas, who made 10 a points. With
weather conditions ideal several good
marks were made by the athletics.
The distance of 81 feet 2A inches COW
cred by Briscoe. Aggie. in the broad
jump was good. Compton of the
Kansans cleared the high jump bar
at feet IL inches, beating Wood $
best attempt, s fet 8 inches. Gallagher
clipped off the 220-yard dash in the
fine time of 20 l-5 seconds.
Kenny of A. Il NJ. was easily the
strongest weightman, winning first
place in his three events. His mark
Of 1913 feet 4 " inches in the Javlin
hurl was far ahead of his nearest op-
ponent, as was also his distance of llS
feet 3 inches in the discus hurl.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
TENNIS MEN TO PLAY
ONLY FOR EXERCISE

NEW YORK, April 21.-Champion-
ship tennis play is to be eliminated
from all succeeding tournaments this
season, according to an announce
ment made today by the officers OF
the National Lawn Tennis associa
tion. This action has been taken after
consultation with Secretary Of War
Baker, who approved OF the idea OF
holding the two hundred odd tourna
ments carded under a plan to make
these competitions means of health
full exercise minus the feature of titu-
lar play of all types.
1t is the opinion of the executive
committee Of the association that such
a system of play during the war will
be both beneficial and feasible. The
elimination Of championships and tro-
phies will remove the incentive for
pSyers TO neglect their duty, military
or otherwise, and the tournaments
will thus not become a hindrance to
the activities Of the government.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Wooleys Men Celebrate Home Coming With Seasons Run Record
'->>->>--~>
STATE IL. =. RECORDS.

! 10O-yard dash: Davenport,
! University Preparatory school,
! . As seconds, 1908.
! 220-yard dash. c. Nelson,
! Ardmorc, % 3-5 seconds, 1919.
! 440-yard dash: Henry. Chol-
\ sea, 81 4-5 seconds, 1915 and
I 1916.
, SS0-yard run: Pettigrcw. Ok
, lahoma CITY minutes. 3 50
! seconds, 1915.
Mile run: Bridal, Marshall,
! minutes, 46 seconds. 1915.
! Mile bicycle: williams. Nor
\ . minutes, % 2-5 seconds. 1905.
! 120-yard hurdles; Morrow, ok
! lahoma city, II seconds. 1908
! 220-yard hurdles Edwards.
! Marshall, 81 3-5 seconds, 1914
: Hig jump: Flynt, Chandler,
! feet l-5 inches, 1914.
Broad jump: Walker. Pond
! Creek, % feet, 1910
' Pole vault: sharpe, Mountain
: View, II feet "a inches. 1916.
Shat put: Bradley, Cherokee.
! i5 feet. . IA inches, 1915.
! Hammer throw: Bailey Suy-
der, 167 feet 10ia inches, 1916.
Discus throw: Mann, Glack-
: well, 112 feet II inches. 1914.
Mile relay: University Pre-
paratory school, minutes 33 2-5
! second. 1908.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

record as a fielding catcher IN 1915
ond last year he made but IS mis-.
plays in 1l5 games, the greatest num-
Der caught by any catcher in tho
league. lis sure, sharp throwing
caught no runners last year, more
than any other catcher
There's wonderful kid pi'cter,"
said Dowic after catching Richter the
first inning. HES got more stuff
than any southpaw ! ever caught, and
I've stopped many a crooked arm
shot"
II Is believed that Tulsa yesterday
copied the cup offered by President
Bell to the city turning out the iarg
est paid attendn nee 10 the opening
game. The official figures were not
given out, but there we're more than
1000 people IN grantstand and
bieachers and that IL enouPh to beat
any other point on the circpit, Dent
sen being second best Altho Deni.
son reported unofficially an opening
attendance of more than 1000, il is
said that only about 1900 were paid
More nearly pei feet weather tor 81
baseball game than that Ct yesterday
could not be.
Brady made the first hit. HeotIy
tho first run and Wooley The frs:
home run of the championship sea-
son at Association park. Snyder
scored with the first botble.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

DETROIT April 2I.-If Pitcher
Bill James doesn't help the Detroit
Americans win a pennant this season
it will not be because he failed to train
sufficiently in the southland James
worked like a Trojan this year A
few days before the Tigers left the
training camp James reported at the
practice field one morning and asked
Manager Jennings to give him an
early workout, as he had important
business to transact. Jennings did so
and later learned that James was
anxious to return to his locker where
he had left jewelry and money valued
at more than $1,000. His valuables
had not been disturbed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

Atlanta at New Orleans.
birmingham at Mobile.
Chattanooga at Memphis.
Little Rock at Nashville.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

National Leagne.

st Louis at Chicago.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Only two games scheduled.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

Totals 80 224lO Totals % 697
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
SUSPENSION Lifted.

MlNNEAPOLIS. April 21.-Johnny
Kilbane, the featherweight champion,
and Matt Brock. a Cleveland rival,
may box in Minnesota if they wish.
Their suspension by the Minnesota
state boxing commission has been
lifted. They were barred when il
was alleged they broke Il contract to
box before Minneapolis club. It
was brought out. however. that Brock
had not signed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Cubs BUY AIcrklc.

CHICAGO, April 21.-The most his
toric of what baseball calls bone.
mead plays was recalled today with
the announcement that Fred Merkle
OF the Brooklyn Nationals has been
purchased for cash by the Chicago
team to play first base in the absence
of Vic Safer, who broke leg in a
recent game.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22

50yard dash-McPeak, jerks, first;
DeBaum, jerks, second; Crane, Sand
Springs, third. Time, 7 3-5 seconds.
Baseball throw for distance-Palm-
er, Greenwood first. a. Hollit. Sand
Springs, second; B. Hollit, Sand
Springs, third. Distance. 102 feet
inches.
20O-yard relay race-Jenks, first;
Sand Springs. second; Greenwood,
third.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Cl,iIocco 13. Aggies q.

STIILW ATER. Okla, April 21--
Five acts of comedy featured tho
farcial baseball bill in which the
Chilocco Indians trounced the ORla-
noma Agsies by Is to here Saturday
The A. & NJ, collegians staged four
acts and the redskins one BY pre-
arrangemcnt the contest was stopped
at the end Of the sixth to give way for
a track meet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
BAGBY SLIPS AND
TIGERS WIN OUT
Washington Shakes JinX; Ruth
Defeats Yankees Almost
Single-handed.

CLEVELAND, April 9l.--Detroit defeated
Cleveland today, to 4. as result OF
Cleyclands poor work in the field in the
first inning when Roth turned Neach's pop
fly into a thrcebaso hit aud Bagby's lack
Of effectiveness in the seventh when, after
two were out. three hits produced two runs.
Cleveland drove Jones from the box in the
first inning, but Cunningham was effective
except in the seventh.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Athletics Outslug Sherman.
Snaeial IN Tho World

SHERMAN, Texas, April 21.-Paris took
the first OF the series from Sherman today
by a score of 10 to in free hitting
contest in which the visitors outslugged the
homelings. Both Robinson and Corzine of
the locals were hammered and in the seventh
Paris cinched the game counting six runs
on seven hits. Pitcher Everdon OF Paris
batted out two clean singles q scratch and
a double in four trips. Hellman for Sher.
man got a circuit clout and double.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-22
Twins Recover Adams.

FORT SMITH, Ark, April 21. -
Pete Adams, leading first baseman of
the Western association last year, was
purchased by the Fort Smith team to-
day from Fort Worth of the Texas
league Adams was with the local
club last season. Catcher Copeland
has been released.