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The Washington times., 1917-09-06

I and unanswerabls 70 the natural laws
OF humanity.
He now saw oil civilized men a.
abductors OF yolth, traitors who held
his Moisetts prisoner against all Jus
tics. so that they might some lay give
her to SeVerac, the most treachsrous
OF them ALI
What q strange and terrible anon-
alyi Hlctaner. man and shark, reA-
Boning like q man. acting like q wild
beast-experiencing the sentiment
which makes the youth Of mankind ~
exquisites yet torn by the elemental
furies natural to the shark. the moat
dangerous dweller Of the sea-
All, Fulbert's internal genius and
Oxus' cold, cruel knowledge had plan
ned well in creating this exceptional
physical and moral being, and IN
Matching the intrigues OF which he
was the unwilling tool!
Nevertheless, the destroyer had
pitted himself against the world. and
the world could not give him the only
thing he asked
Little by little Hietaner's pain aaa
anger could not md further sxpress
sion. He was silent and sank into q
CnAAE win ~ aoAQ IN Ll1 n84o8s
For an hour nothing disturbed GAo
deathIike silence Of the laboratory.
At last Fulbsrt roso, and, putting Q
rough hand on Hictansr's shoulder. he
said:
NJ son. you must have soms-slDsp
IN preparation for the happiness or
the struggle which tomorrow holds IN
store for you. Go back to your grot-
toes-eat and sleep. We win kssD
watch Cor
Dooils a. before. Hictansr 0beyod
He was overcome by fatigue a. wsI1,
for he had slept . Bcant few hours IN
the past week. His hunger had been
deceived IN his corzings and goingu
with some anemones and shen dsh0s
here and there
CTo Ne Continued romorrUw1
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

Lord PirIe, chairman Of HArIRnd
= Wolf, the great Belfast ship.
building hrmr Is credited with re-
markable powers Of persuasion -
q business man,
It IL told OF him that when visit
ing Liverpool = large shIpownsF
was observed to haVs 4 more seri-
Gus face than usual,
what is wFongT one Of his coli
leagues asked
We'll, the fact is." he replied.
''Pirls has been over here and has
persuaded me to buy a l0.Ooo-ton
ship, and ] am wondering what on
earth TO do with itF'
Sir Robert Baden Powell told q
good story the other evening.
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
And the Greatest
of These Is School
Once-OUerS

New
fathers mothers Of high
planning keep sEmms
o
subject
put age
winners.
A In matte not be difficult
deprive your
required good living
anything esyes everything esebefore
girl Of school,
Without school training they opportunities
q responsibility duty parenthood
II be deny yourself
them in Of grasping the big
nothing your education
which will make them recognize the
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

A T four minutes past . o'clock
"A cruiser was blown up.
1 i Then almost Immediately an
other. Two minutes later q
cruiser and two torpedo boats blew up
simultaneously. Then one by one two
other armorclads and a cruiser At ten
minutes past : o'clock q torpedo boat
blew up and. one each minute, twenty
other torpedoes were destroyed. During
this time two more cruisers were sunk
And all the time. by Admiral Beres-
fordS orders, the entire feet were
forcing their fires and pushing forward
into the fatal pass.
For twenty-four hours this went on.
oxus and Fulbert had strewn sunken
mines by the hundred between the
great Island OF KIchm and Masadam,
which lie on either side Of the mar
rowest part Of the Straits Of Ormuy.
Still more fatal were the invisible
attacks made by Hictansr.
No class OF vessel was spared.
That unspeakable hectacomb, that
heroic onrush. lasted for twenty-four
hours.
On April rs, at 2 o'clock In the aft.
- NSS@s @@SN = ~ unit OA me WOEAo
feet remained n the Gulf Of Oman.
Four hundred and ninety-two vessels
had gone down in the Straits of Or
mug. As for SOC othsrs-cruisers bat
tleships. torpedo dsstroyers and sub
marines-they assembled little By lit
tie In the gulf instead Of the spot
designatsd In advance by Admiral
Beresford. which was the triangle
outlined by the islands OF Favour,
Tam and Abov-MossG-
The Cyclone and the RspubHQus
had escaped destruction.
But the DrsadnouGht had been
blown up, dragging down with her
Admiral Beresford, his staff and his
crew,
Therefore, Admiral GermInst be-
eams the sole commander OF thS
world neet, diminished by Q third.
And HiotRnsr had not bean even
caught . glimpse of
4 Family Drama.
As soon ~ his ammunition was ex.
.hauGted, HiotAnsr left the world fleet
10 further destruction by the sunksn
mines and returned IN all haste to
the Lost Isle.
OpOh ACe9HAAb NAAo oAbAaeNAho nNOh-
toes, he signaled his presence, and
after running the Torpedo into hsr
basin, he entered the laboratory
where oxus and Fulbert were waiting.
HThey took no notice of the ultima
tum," he said without preamble.
~ sank sixty OF their largest Vss-
sells"
Good, my senr' exclaimed Fulbsrt,
his eyes glitterins with the Joy of
triumph.
HAnd the mlnea" asked 0xua,
~ was only concerned with my own
tasks" HictaneF answered gravely,
"Antil reports On that" said Full
bert. 81 gave him orders to lie in
the neighborhood Of the fight, near
enough to give an account of the sp-
proximate number OF vessels destroy
ed, without running any risks to the
electric launch.
Let US wait for his return before
deciding anything definitely"
And Severac?" asked Oxus.
81 could not see him." replied Hie-
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
SYNOPSIS

Pearl standish. richest girl IN
America. undertakes to help Mich
elias Knox find the Violet Diamond
Of Daroon. bought by her father from
q faithless Arab priest Knox 10
under pain of death II he does not
recover It Pearl is also threatened
by the dovotees Of the Violet God
Of Daroon- She has many thrilling
escapes. and meets Tom Carleton. q
reporter. who aids her in her search
Richard Carslaks. once the private
secretary of PEARLS father. has the
diamond. and forces the setting
from Knox. Pearl finally pays
big price for the ring and takes Il
to the High Priestess to save Toms
life It IL stolen by an Arab and
recovered by Carslake. Pearl sees
one Of Carslake's followers take IT
from his unconscious chief and de-
mands its return.
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

What other interest do you
mean?" she asked.
He stared at hsr-and turned
slowly away.
"Nothing-neVer mind.- he said,
and moved to the window and there
stood staring out.
A Strange Picture.
Pearl EaIed after him, thouKht-
fully, and 4 little tenderly, but he
did not observe this AbstraetedIy,
he drew out his watch and opening
the back OF It, he EAIed down into
the case. sadly. This action was
not lost on Pearl She rose and
crossed the room on tip toe. She
loked over his shoulder. expecting
to see some pictured likeness Of her
self-soms reproduction cut from
the pages of a Newspaper or Illus
trated magazine
But the face that EaEed up At her
from the back of hia watch was
strange to hsr-ths face Of q very
beautiful young girl whom she ala
not know.
Her expression altered. with dif-
nculty she forced back an exclamA-
tion Of astonishment and-painI
Had he 4 nanes to whom he vAs
bound-or q wife Was there some
other girl to whom he owed Alls-
giancs7 Was this the reason for
his hurried stininE Of the things
that had been Almos ton his lips
As softly a. she had drawn near
TO him. shs retreGtSd- There was .
dull ache At her hsart-G new sort
Of pain that she had never felt be-
fore. Hsart-breakinE had been her
especial business heretofore She
had srsservsd the privilege Of In
spring unrsquited passions To
suffer the same s1perisnee at the
hands OF somebody else was . thing
she had never contemplated And
she did not like It
She sank into q big chair with
her back toward him. a faint from
In her eyes
Well" said Tom suddenly, turn
ing from the window and coming
toward her. Il hoped I could in
nuence you. but II I can't, sup
pose I can do nothing but stand By
and hope for the best I'm all
against this violet-diamond busi-
ness. but you know where to find me
II you want me. And you know you
can count on me. at any time. for
HnythinKg'
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
The Latest on Winter Styles.

As to materials and coor the fashions for Winter
happily decreed. There win be tremendous vogue
for silk for afternoon dresses There will be the practical
frock OF SERGE and for tailored dresses veours Taupe
favored as are also the various browns and tans-
From Good Housekeeping
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
The Key to a Secret.

PEARLS blue eyes Widsned a. they
rested upon him
''Tou are = good friend to me-
Tom Carlton" she said. reaching
eat her hand TO him again. "Gnd
40 appreciate you Good friends
Are rare."
He eolored as he took her hand,
presSed Il hurriedly and released it
Il wish you'd take the nrst avail
able steamer for Spain and get out
Of this whole mess for good and
ell" he cried wtstfuIly. Please do.
I'll see the High Prfestess and give
her back the setting and say that
CarBlake has the diamond. I'll ask
her kindly to turn her attention TO
him"
No. Tom" replied Peri, shaking
ASr head The violet diamond q
the key TO q dangerous secret That
secret II is my business to nnd and
destroy. You know how IaVIsss
these Arabs are now. Think what
Q menace they would be, possessed
OF the powder Of death which they
ara seeking"
Tom nodded
Il know, but why should you risk
pour life to thWaFt thsmT
what better use could make Of
my life she asked. simply,
He looked At her Wistfully.
Can you think Of no better use7
Have you no other INTEREST," HaS
no other pasGiOn come into your
life u take the place Of this mad
advSnfnreT
She was . littis pu1Eied. not quite
sure that he meant what she
thoagh4 ~ meat
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

VeliSed from the photo-play The
Fatal RinR.D
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
When the MayfolDer Sailed.

IN September g. 1920 the Mayflower sailed from South
ampon carrying the coloniss who sought a new world
where they might be free to worship in their manner
Ar stormy voyage the little vessel of eighty tons
chored In Plymouth Bay and the advenurerS started the
settlement of what is now Massachusetts,.
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
lCopyr1Ehtsd.)

A T four minutes past 2 o'clock
n cruiser was blown up.
1 i Then almost Immediately an
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
By Fred Jackson.
Episode 8.
psSyaEAt. Is1T. b. Fred JaeEuua, an rirAs,
rsserTedl

FNsgHSAE AAAas " Areo dack1o2, an riGhe
0ARsLAKB still had the dia-
mond She still had the set
ting. And the Arabs were
essperately eager to recover both
ob5ectA. eager enough to stop At
nothing In the attainment Of their
desiEnA
The only bright spot in the whole
series OF adventure was her interest
IN Tom Carleton and his very evi-
esnt interest in her. She knew that
IL Wls not only his reportorial nose
for news that sent him pryinE into
whatever adventure involved her.
With Woman's intuition, she sensed
ais EreE1ng regard for hsr-hIs,in-
ereasing susceptibility to her influ-
sncA And she smiled contentediy
enough a. shS thought about that
Tom Comes to Call.
A nights rest restored her after
her varied adventures, and when
she had hAthed and dressed and de-
aesndSd to the drawing room her
eyes lighted with satisfaction a.
she found Tom Carleton there pa
tiently waiting for her. He had
come over an hour before and had
remained pacing the floor, deter
mined TO see her, but equally deter
mined not to disturb her.
Well" he said, approvinKly. a.
she advanced and put both her
hands IN his. you don't look any
the worse for the Nightmares you
lived through last night must
admit that"
4 never felt better in my life,
ThonAA," she replied, with an ador-
GblS air Of eomeradie- 1T isn't ex-
element and danger that destroys
one; II is sitting still and doing
nothing. I've grown years younger
since this diamond business began"
Well, I've grown years older
since was first involved" Tom as
Surod her Omphatically.
Poor Thomzsl Was he afraid OF
being killed." asked Pearl sympa-
thetieally.
mot At all I'm not at all worried
about myself It's your welfare that
concerns me-" he answered. This
morning discovered two gray hairs
At my loft temple"
Dear me" murmured Pearl, dim
pIinE.
Both due to worrying over you
last night when we got out of that
bsastly house In the country and
found no trace Of you-and when
the chauffeur said you were blinded
and that CarslAks had got hold of
you-and when I found You-sensS-
le6S-bshind that tabls."
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
A Conference.

n NOu4C4 CuCCs
carSlAks and Dopsy I'd seated
themselves ~ FAR from the others
Gs they could get and began 70 con-
fer IN whispers
The chances are" BEGAN Cars
lake meditativSly, that they took
her straight home last niEht ana
that she'll stay IN bed most Of to-
day, uniess We can Ontloe her out
And ~ she's got the setting that
want. thArS what we've got 70 try
70 Do
'rGIYs her . nGsh Of the diamond
and shSill coma out fast enough"
Eruntsd Dopsy nd.
Exactly" agreed cGrsiGkS That
Is what I've planned TO DO. Aad
this 70 ths way mean 20 do t.
WGnt you 70 20 70 that phone and
call her up"
"CGlI her upt" gaspsd popsy "a,
'ks1 What are you giving uaf'
Tell her" went on CaFGtaks
quietly. that you've doubls-erosssd
ms-that you've got away with the
diamond-and that IT'S for sale"
Dopsy Ed stared at his chief with
buIging sysA
"Doubls-crossSd you, EovSrnoEE"
he gaspsd. II wouldn't do that.
You know / wouldn't do that And
she knows it,
To Bs COAttnasd To-nSErON
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
Tom Makes an Offer.

You are very good" said Pearl.
Thank your
He fanciSd that the note Of friend
liness had gone out Of her voice
that something about her had al
tered. But he said nothing more
merely nodded and left her.
And Pearl. gazing wiStfully at his
tall figure, drew q long breath and
blew him q kiss But he did not
once look back. 90 he never knew.
On West Forty-nfth street, over
near the river. stood an old-fash-
ioned house that was used by Cars
lake and the members of his gang
as g rendezvous and refuge. It was
not yet known to the police, so 7sas
the safest place that CArslake could
70 in times OF trouble. According
ly, he and Dopsy I'd headed d.
rectly for IL upon escaping from
PEARLS rescusrH.
They, too, spent the rest of the
night and most Of the next morn
ing In sleep. and arose about the
time that Pearl was meeting Tom
Carleton uptown.
Only three other members OF he
gang were In the meeting room
when CsrslAkS and Dopsy I'd en-
tered They were playing cards at
the farther end-BilI Rack, Mooney
Black Tony, but they paid no heed
TO the newcomers save 70 nod cas-
uAl grsstinEA In cErSlakSs world
no one paid any attention 70 any
one SlSs's business.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
COB.
THEY DON'T WANT ADVICE?

Just what the explanation is do know it seems
that the farmers of Lancaster county
aid assistance when rendered
meeting of the farmers be held Saurd
hear addresses by experts from Clemson college
literally advertised and every effort
goody number of farmers in meeting
called to order the attendance shogy small The
did not to feel any interest in matter.
With the boil weev almost DOORS the farmers of
South Carolina going face plans coming
They will longer be able to raise only
and what the farmer will he finds that he
can't raise cotton than won't accent the adj
of the college experts and he refuses to attend meetings
held here Saturday weev does cone
the planter is going to be totally unprepared
Why the farmers of Lancaster county refuse to attend
meeting like that held here atrday can under
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
OUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM.

Every town is criticize its telephone sometimes
justly sometimes usty but
telephone system inefficient system could be- We
have had little about the matter,
plans common battery
system and hope that when all these plans
caster service worthy of the present
telephone system is joke patron easily walk to any
part of the carry his person quicker
than he could get service the wires
We have telephone systems cities and in some
instances thought that had poorest
world but it remained for what really
POOR service is.
We consider that the local telephone officials
and do not like the idea crczn them the truth is too
apparent to all to need explanation Frankly there
great improvement after the battery installed
consider that the perfectly justified
appealing to the railroad commission believe
that action will be taken.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
COB
"YoU ARE WELCoME-Co AGAIN"

The time approaching auto on every
afternoon es himself to the
be) and gets his Tnzz a spin country
During the travellers will
through Lancaster and suggest this
ton idea to the Lancaster city council How would
have large built at the edge of the every
erng the city, with the words inscribed Welcome
Come Again" We wonder how it would
know personally that Lancaster
mighty nice town and would be fine live would
e the tourist know that cordial
quired would be small and the might be great.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
OUR EASTER NUMBER.

We herewith Easter publication and wish
behalf of the advertisers who taken
this Friends of The Lancaster News will confer
the of this publication reading
semens and the statements made by merchants appear
these readers to be real bargains then ask that friends
give the preference to the stores advertising this paper
merchants spending money put
and if the readers this don't that
and respond then the merchant has thrown his
The Lancaster News has hesancy personally vouchng
merchant advertising in these columns
patron will find the merchants goods just they
advertised to be- If you it is So
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
(::o:)


In practically large city of the country every
building and residences gay bedecked
flags thus procaimng to the world people city
heart and soul in sympathy with the United
tion in the present crisis.
Possibly it is only matter of sentiment, but
sentiment and would like people
follow the example set by the cities you
flag let fly from your you haven't one
to get Let it be
America for Americans, first last and all the time
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
The Face on the Penny.

The following Is the history of the
supposed Indian head on our one
cent piece. or penny. repeated for the
benefit Of the children and give un-
der the title Know This Girls
Face" by the Pittsburg Leader.
In 1885 the government of the
United States made an offer of $1,000
for the most acceptable design to be
placed upon the new one cent coin,
soon to be issued. Some Indian
chiefs travelled from the northwest
to Philadelphia, to inspect the mint.
whose chief engraver was James Bar
ton Longacre, who invited them to
his house.
The engraver's daughter, Sarah, 10
years old. greatly enjoyed the visit
OF her fathers guests, and during tho
evening to please her. one of the
chiefs took his feathered helmet and
war bonnet and placed it on her
head. In the company was an artist.
who immediately sketched her and
handed the picture to her father, Mr..
Longacre, who, knowing OF the COM
petition for likness to go upon the
cent, resolved to enter the sketch for
the prize offered by the government.
To his delight the officials accepted
IT, and the face of his daughter ap-
peared upon the coin.
The face or Sarah Longacre has
some into more hands, more pockets,
more homes. more stores; yes, more
churches than any other coin in the
United States, if not in the world.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03

A Kansas editor has noticed that
when man finds fault with his local
paper the chances are ten to one that
he hasn't an advertisement'ini it; five
to one he never gave IL job of work !;
three to one that he is delinquent in
his subscription; even money that he
never did anything to assist the pub
Usher to make 1t a good paper, and
forty to one that he is most eager to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03

we wish We had the brains of Ed
ison-ther we could always invent
an excuse that would work.
When the party in power ia de-
feated is the only time the opposition
admits that the election must have
been on the square.
II seems to be war at any price
just now.
II has been stated on good authori-
ty that only one person in 1900
understands the currency question.
we see no reason for such gross ig-
norance. All there is to IL is to get
mold OF as much of it as possible and
nang on to il as long as possible.
The higher-ups-the aero squad
ron.
1t beats all how many flaws the
outs" can find in the record OF the
ms and how quickly the flaws are
CLOSED over when the 'dns" tell
about IT,
one nice thing about policewomen
might be that the servants would not
be so sleepy in the mornings.
A woman never missed an oppor-
tunity to boast OF her influence over
some man.
It's easier for trouble to find your
address than il is for good luck.
a woman does her duty because
she wants to--a man because he has
to.
Money also helps the man who
tries to help himself.
I IL Is easier for woman to say she
IL young than II is to look It,.
He laughs best who has the laugh
on the other fellow.
A man never knows what is COM
ing to him until he gets II In the
I eek
Misfortune is the filler that sep
arate true friends from the counter
felt.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
Women Warriors.

New York dispatch says that two
women for every man applied for
enlistment in the marine corps in the
last week according to Capt. Frank
Evans in charge of the recruiting in
that city, Several women, he assert
ed, wanted to be detailed to battle
ships. 1t was difficult to convince
them that women are not permitted
to serve on warships, he said. Where
is the man who says that woman
ought not to be allowed to vote be-
cause she doesn't have to fight when
war comes?-Spartanb Journal.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03

The Columbia Record got the semi
weekly newspapers Of the State to
print advertisements for the publica-
tion, The Record explaining that it
was worth considerably more as ex-
change than the weeklies, and then
dropped the weeklies from its list
worry along without that valuable
publication but maybe we cap man
;age it somehow.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
Prohibition Preparedness.

The national prohibition committee
of nineteen, of which DR.. J. A. Bar
ton OF Dallas, Tex, is chairman, Is
to meet in Washington next week for
the purpose of renewing the fight for
.bone-dry prohibition throughout the
United States. The committee will
urge prohibition this time as an i'm
portant step in the direction of pre-
paredness.-Yorkville Enquirer.
The Wiley Politician.
Wonder if Senator Stone will have
the nerve to make any more speeches
in congress.-Anderson Mail.
Your Uncle Gum Shoe" has been
lin the. politics business many years,
and is wise to its ways. He will find
some way to reinstate himself in the
affections OF the people" OF the
SHOW me" state.-Newberry OBJ
server.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
Another View.

A few days ago party of citizens
from the eastern section of Chester
county who were in Lancaster de-
clared that If a bridge were built
across the Catawba river Lancaster
would derive much more trade from
their section than is now the case,
which is no doubt true; but we also
believe that the splendid roads that
are shortly to be built in Chester
county will tend to keep this and
other business within the borders OF
the county. and more than Offset any
Attractions from without.--Chester
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03

Summer time is almost here and
I'VE want to warn Lancaster's young
men right now that when girl asks
you to teach her how to swim you
might as we'll go to see the "furni-
Observation-Disclosures man.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-04-03
Surprising,

very inquisitive man was sitting
at the table next to a man who had
lost an arm above the elbow.
Il see you have Lost an arm" fin
ally was ventured.
The one-armed man picked up his
empty sleeve and peered into it,
Great Scott! I believe / have" he
Observation-Disclosures Public Led
ger.