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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

The dogs arc separated. William van
shes, disguised, under a boiler. Thss
evening he takes his fathers dress suit
and calls upon Miss Pratt and her friend.
kIss Parcffer.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

o'clock today. That's all IT,
"You say yon understand" he wall.
ed. shaking his head drearily at the
closed door. "and yet. even on such a
day as this, you keep talkingl Can't
you see sometimes there's times when
a person can't stand to-
Yes. Willie" Mrs. Baxter interposed
hurriedly. "of course, I'm going now.
! have to go hunt up those children,
anyway. You try to be back for lunch
at half past /, and don't worry. dear
You really will be all right"
He ven to his mirror and, gazing
long, long and ~piereingly at the Will
liam there limned, enacted almost un-
consciously a little scene of parting.
The look of suffering upon the mir
rored face slowly altered. In Its place
came n still sorrowful. but tempered
with sweet indulgence. He stretched
out his hand as If he set 1t upon a
head at about the height of his shovl-
der.
Yes, 1t may meant may mean for
ever he said In a low, tremulous
voice. Little girl. we must be brave"
Aud the while bis eyes sazed into
the mirror they became expressive of
a momentary pleased surprise, as II
even in the arts OF sorrow he found
himself doing better than he knew.
But his sorrow was none the less gen.
uine because of that.
Then he noticed the ink upon his
forehead and went away to wash.
When he returned he did an unusual
thing-he brushed his coat thoroughly
removing 1t for this special purpose.
After that he earnestly combed and
brushed his hair and retied his tie.
Next he took from a ORA wer two clean
handkerchiefs. He placed one in his
breast pocket, part of the cOlored Dor
der of the handkerchief being left on
exhibition, and with the other be care
fully wiped bis shoes. Finally he
sawed 1t back and forth across them
and, with a sigh, languidly dropped 1t
upon the floor, where IT remained.
Returning to the mirror, he again
brushed bis hair. He went so far this
AZ uH ~ III ISL LIS . 1OAOha hnlNn
seemed not much altered 10y the OPP
GRAFTON. Suddenly he was deeply af-
fected by something seen in the glass.
by Georgef' he exclaimed aloud.
Selling a small hand mirror, he
placed it In juxtaposition to his right
eye and closely studied his left profile
as exhibited in the larger mirror. Then
he examined his right profile, subject
ing it to a like scrutiny, emotional, yet
attentive and prolonged.
by Georger' he exclaimed again.
"By George
He had made a discovery. There
was a downy shadow upon his upper
lip. What he had just found out was
that this down could be seen project
ing beyond the line of his lip, like a
tiny nimbus. IL could be seen In pro
hle.
by Georgel" William exclaimed.
He was still occupied with the two
mirrors when his mother again tapped
softly upon his door. rousing him a:
from a dream. brief but engaging, tC
the heavy realities OF that day.
"What do you want now?'
II won't come In" said Mrs. Baxter
II Just came to see"
See what7"
II wo~ndered-I thought perhaps you
needed something. I knew your watch
was out of order
"Fsr evans sake. what II 1t isg"
She offered a murmur OF placative
laughter 10 her apology and said
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

by WILLIAM S. BAXTER.

By WILLIAM $. BAXTER.
The sunset light
Fades into night
But never viii I forget
The smile that haunts me yet
Through the future four long years
hope yos will remember with tears
Whate'er my rank or station
Whilst receiving my education
Though far away o seem
l would see thee In dream.
He placed his poem between the pho
tograph and the letter. closed the box
and tied the tissue paper about 1t
again with the blue ribbon. Through
out these rites-they were rites both in
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30
CHAPTER XXI.
The Last Sad Rites.

VAT LILLIAN opened the box OF
NAV candy and placed the letter
w upon the top layer of choc-
olates. Upon the letter he
placed a small photograph, wrapped In
tissue paper. Of himself Then with a
pair OF scissors he trimmed an oblong
of white cardboard to ft into the box.
Upon this piece Of cardboard he labori-
ously wrote. copying from q tortured,
inky sheet before him;
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-30

jumped upon the steps just as the
train began to move. She stood there,
on the lowest step. slowly gliding away
from them, and In her eyes there was
. spartis Of tears, ,sft, It may BE-.
- . 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Army FGers, 3 Days in the Air,
Hunt U-Boats Off Long Island
One Lands in Tree After Scouting, Another s
Gasoline Gives Out While Over Water and
He Has Narrow Escape from Drowning

gasolene was obtained at the dealers
nearest TO the place OF landing. Dur
ing the night the planes wer left in
the field in which they had landed,
while the pilots slept in the nearest
inn.
The hiers were detailed 20 watch for
submarines-an experiment which the
officers at Mineola have been intend
ing to make for some time. The be-
lief that undersea craft had been
sighted near Montauk Point made the
patIol work more than an experiment
Torpedo boats and smaller craft we're
easily silh'o. By the aviators. They
saw no submarines. but declared that
the sandy bottom in that port of the
Sound would have made the detection
of U-boats a simple matter.
On his second day out Bonney's
engine went dead when he was flying
near Melville. He was forced to land
as best he could. He came down in
the limbs of tree. The pilot was I'M
hurt, but the aeroplane had to be
taken to pieces in order to get il back
to the field
Aliens supply of gasolene gave out
on his first day, when he was flying
over the water near Crane Neck
Point. The stiffness OF the breeze
prevented his gliding for a long dis
lance. and his craft landed in shallow
water near the shore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

CATION of suffragists. headed by Mrs.
Gait and Mrs Maud Wood Park, chair
man of the Congressional committee.
The celebration will start with
breakfast at the Hotel Shoreham, with
Miss Rankin rs the guest OF honor.
The National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. with which Miss Rankin has
always worked, is so jealous of the
glory which has come 20 it through
her, that they tried 20 arrange for the
breakfast at the national headquarters,
on Rhode Island Avenue. so that there
would be no danger of any one think
ing Miss Rankin had any connection
with the rival association, the Woman's
Party. However, the Independent COM
mittee. which is arranging the break
fast, had already settled on the Shore
ham, and the plans could not be
changed Miss Rankin will be given q
reception later on al the headquarters
and the presence of Mrs. Gait on the
Speakers bench will make her afIilia-
tons clear.
The speakers at the breakfast will
include Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Mrs
Frederick c. Howe, Mrs Marion Goth
rem. Miss Katherine Leckie, Miss Lane
Thompson, Miss Cornelia Swinnerton
Miss Helen Todd, Miss Elizabeth Wat
son and Miss Katherine Anthony.
Miss Rankin will introduce the Susan
B. Anthony suffrage amendment in the
House, and arrangements are being
made TO have it listed as House Bill
No
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

For the first time in the history OF
American military aeronauties Ameri-
can aeroplanes flew last week over our
coast line to guard against the attack
Of enemy submarines. Theory was
omitted German U-boats were be-
lieved TO be Oft Montauk Point Four
hiers from the government school at
Mineola Instructors Leonard Bonney,
b. B. Acosta, a. S. Allen and A. w.
Briggs detailed to spend three
days away from their base in looking
for them.
Details Of this splendid piece OF
reconnaissance work were learned for
the first time yesterday. 1t was not
work stimulating the conditions OF war
II was under reproduction of the con-
ditions Of warfare.
Last Tuesday morning these four
hiers rose from the Mineola field IN a
forty-mile an hour gale and bad log
They were detailed to patrol the Long
Island coast from Oyster Bay to Mon.
tauk Point. while Governors Island
aviators watched over the shore from
the island to Oyster Bay. Two of the
men, Acosta and Briggs. were out for
three days. They did not return to
their headquarters. merly landing when
they were forced to. A new supply OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Accused as Swindler
of Many Pastors
Police Say Prisoner Described
Clergymen as Easy Victims
of Hard Luck Tales

Wallace Nelson, who was arrested on
Friday on the complaint of the Kew
BENJAMIN +. Wyland. of the Tompkins
Avenue Congregational Church. Brook-
lyn, who said the young man had at
tempted TO swindle him out of $50, ad-
mitted Yesterday, the police say, to de-
frauding numerous clergymen IN New
York and other cities. In the Gates
Avenue police court he was held Tor
Special Sessions on a charge OF petit
larceny.
According to Detective Van Duzer'
Nelson on reaching his FIELD OF opera
tons went straight &c a pubic library
and buried himself in religious publ
cations. From these, il is said, he
learned enough concerning clergymen
in various cities to enable HIM TO pose
as a member Of some congregation IN
another community who was Temporal
rilv in need of funds. Always. 1t is
alleged. he referred in feeling tones 10
his beloved pastor. and frequently no
attempt was made TO test his plausible
tale.
In New York his most frequent eN-
cuse for begging was. according 10 VIC
Tins. that he had been TO Boston and
was sick. Always the name Of some
Boston clergyman figured IN the story.
il is alleged Occasionally he IS SAID
TO have declared he hailed from Boston
and wished to return. and one clergy,
man reported that the devout blt OF
fiotsam wished to 90 TO Philadelphia.
Van Duzer said that his prisoner ad-
mi,ted that he couldn't himself re- ,
member the names of all whom he had
swindled. but that he had worked
Phiiadeiphia. Detroit, Cleveland, Kan
sas City. St. Louis and New Orleans.
Among the men who. the police say
were on his visiting list were the Rev:
DR. A. Eugene Bartlett, pastor of All
Souls Universalist Church, Brooklyn.
$40; the Rev. DR.. Frank Oliver Hall
pastor Of the Church of the Divine Pa
ternity. Central Park West and sew
enty-seventh Street, S25; the Rev. Dr..
". f. Thompson. pastor Of s.. Johns
Methodist Episcopal Church. on Bed
ford Avenue. Brooklyn, So the Rev.
Julian x. Smyth, of 230 West Fifty
ninth Street. and DR.. J. Perry Stuart,
of 100 West Seventy-hrst Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
White Wings Before Forum
Squad Will Illustrate Fether-
ston's Talk

DR.. Haven Emerson, Commissioner of
the Department of Health, and J. T.
Fetherston, Street Cleaning Commits.
sioner. will address the Civic Forums
fourth "Town Meeting Tuesday even
ing in Carnegie Hall. Their talks will
be illustrated by motion pictures and
by a demonstration b. squad OF
white wings.
Miss Lillian D. Wald. head Of the
Henry Street Settlement, will talk on
Serving the City" which also will be
illustrated by movies.
DR.. S. S. Goldwalter will be chair
man of the Department o. Health Sec
ton and Martin W. Littleton chairman
of the streetcleaning section. The
Street Cleaners Band will play.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

Gratis seemed almos. certain tonight,
with two Republican members too Ill
20 be present and with n third under
Indictment. The III members are Hell
Cesen. Of North Dakota. and Capstick,
o. New Jersey. Representative Bleak
ley. Of Pennsylvania. is under indict-
ment for spending too much money IN
his campaign IL is possible that he
may be able 20 be present Monday.
Both regular and Progressive Repub-
Leans claimed a victory for their fac
ton. Regulars pointed TO the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Mann and failure 20 take
up the question Of his successor as
floor leaders as proof OF their conten-
ton. Progressives declared they won
in the appointment Of a Committee on
Committees. and Of q Steering Commit
tee. Heretofore Mr. Mann as Repub-
lican leader has made Up committee
lists ard has had biz say in the con
duct Of business.
None Of the five so-calIed independ-
eHts attended the conference.
The Committee on Committees
OF the seventeen members of the
Committee on Committees named to-
day only four-Nelson. Of Wisconsin;
Anderson. of Minnesota; Reavis, Of Ne
braska. and Wood, Of lRdiana-are con-
sidered Progressive Republicans by
that faction. The original list sub
mitted TO the committee Of twenty
seven by the Progressive element con-
tanned . names Of two other Pro-
gressivo Inclined members-Hayes, OF
Calforn -, and Kelley, Of Michigan.
Besides Nelson. Anderson, Reayis and
Wood. the members of the committee
are Representatives Mann. Illinois,
chairman; Gillett, Massachusetts; Mon
dell, Wyoming; Fordney, Michigan;
Kahn. California; Moore, Pennsyl-
vania; Longworth, Ohio; Fairchild.
New York; Austin, Tennessee; Brown
ing, New Jersey; Green, Iowa; Sinnott,
Oregon, and Representative elect
White, Maine.
Power to name the Steering Com
mttee was vested in the Committee on
Committees. 1t will be named within
a day or two and il is understood Mr..
Lenroot will be a member of it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

Constitution in his regard haG been
forgotten. Instead of being q check
on the President, the Senate has be-
come the actual appointing as we'll as
confirming power. The President has
not been enabled to choose the fttcs;
he has been obliged to choose those
who were politically acceptable to To-
cal bosses.
"The complaint, therefore. that this
executive order deprives the Senate OF
its right of confirmation is unfounded
both in logic and in history. What has
happened is that President Wilson has
asserted his constitutional right Of Sc
lection.
There is still a stable army of
political agents on the government
Observation-Disclosures IF customs and in
ternal revenue. district attorneys and
United StlteS marshals. The removal
Of the Presidential postmaSters from
this company may perhaps he regarded
as only the first Of a series of steps
which President Wilson plans 10 take"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Representative Gardner
Denounces Choice and
Bolts Meeting
Declares Defeat Sure
Progressives Win Fight for
Committee on Com
mitteeS
lFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, March 31.--James R
Mann was nominated by reclamation by
the Republican caucus for Speaker of
the House Of Representatives to-day,
after stormy session which finally
resulted in Representative Augustus
p. Gardner and F. W. Dallinger, of
Massachusetts,, and Edward W. Gray,
Of New Jersey, boiling the caucus.
After the bolt Mann was nominated
and the Republicans then got down TO
the routine of picking their nominees
FOR the various plums in House patron
age and for committees.
Before adjournment the caucus
stripped Mr.. Mann of the sole power Of
appointing Republican members Of
committees, vesting this power in a
large advisory committee, of which MIR.
Mann is chairman. This corresponds to
the plans of the Democrats, who allow
their own members of the Ways and
Means Committee to act as a Commit
tee on Committees.
Mann Is Denounced
Before leaving the caucus Mr.. Gard
ner made a passionate plea for repu-
diation of Mann as Republican leader.
"Mr. Mann is not fit to be Speaker"
said Mr.. Gardner. "He cannot be elect
ed. Why not put up Republican who
can be ?"
lie then announced that he would
vote for Mr. Lenroot. as did Repre-
sentative Temple. Of Pennsylvania, and
several other members.
REPRESENTATIVE Graham, Of Pennsyl.
vania, who is against Mann, urged
party unity. but it had little effect.
There was much difference of opin-
ion among members at the conclusion
Of the meeting, which was behind
closed doors in the House chamber, as
TO whether il was binding or not. Rep
resentative Longworth moved to make
Il binding. and then moved 10 lay his
own motion on the table, which would
rather indicate that the intention oil
the Republicans was that it should MOI
be binding
Representative Gardner tried to OBJ
tain \ separate vote for Speaker anC
for party leader. realizing that Mann
would certainly be defeated in the
House by Speaker Clark, and then /
might be possible TO elect Lenroot a.
feared. This was waved aside by
"Uncle Joe" Cannon. who pointed ou
that the majority leader" TO which
Mr.. Gardner referred would be the
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, who would have the right t
make the motion to adjourn. and be II
charge of finance legislation. all othei
legislation being in charge of the chair
man of the committee in control.
Control of the House by the Demo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
u. S. Instructor Comes Up
Smiling to Face Intoxi-
cation Charge
Owed Over Hangers
Captain Briggs Took Barrier
While Going Sixty Miles
an Hour

What army officers termed fool
hardy and reckless flying" INDUCED in
yesterday afternoon by Captain A. W.
Briggs, an instructor at the govern
ment aviation school at Mineola, re-
suited in the first accident since the
field has been under Federal control
Briggs had been repeatedly cautioned
by the army men at Mineoa against
careless driving. This is his third ac-
c:dont within ten months. Last fall he
struck a fence SHORTLY after leaving
the ground. Less than a month ago ne
struck a snowbank with a wing of his
craft. which took a violent somersault.
he says he is an officer in :he British
Flying Corps, here on furlough.
Captain Briggs started out ye5ter-
day afternoon in a Curtiss the
TIC. After circling about the field
he headed toward the hangers. APP
parently possessed with a spirit Of
bravado, ne pointed the nose of his BIZ
plane toward the earth and dashed
straight for the hangers.
Plane Dives Over Hangers
The enlisted men and others near
the hangers scattered. As one avia-
tor expressed it, 81 thought he was
trying TO run Us down" Going sixty
miles an hour and while only forty
feet above the earth, Briggs pulled
sharply on the controls and drove his
machine over the row OF hangers like
horse taking barrier
Once again the aviator climbed, I'M
I'll he had reached an altitude of per
haps 1000 feet, and again headed for
the field. Suddenly he nose-dived into
spiral. making his banks so steep
and dangerous that the spectators
gasped Once more he "levelled Of"
and swung around the field g..
Turning over the Old Country Road,
Briggs prepared to land. He started 10
volpiane down, with the wings of his
craft rocking up and down like the
ends of q Seesaw, with the engine as
an axis.
The right wing dipped so far that
it touched the earth, digging a hole
some two feet across and about six
inches deep The biplane careened
madly. The left wing struck the earth
and crumpled, breaking both planes
and swapping the struts. The landing
chassis was Jared loose and both pro-
pcllcrs were splintered.
Flyer Energies Grinning
The post ambulance rushed across
the field with half a dozen mechanics.
They expected to pull from the wreck
age the lifeless body of the instructor.
Instead, he stepped down from the
drivers seat with a grin on his face.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Sufragists to See
Miss Rankin Seated
Women to Crowd House Gal.
elries-All-Day Celebra-
ton Planned

Miss Jeanette Rankin, the hrst
woman member of Congress, will be
the centre of an all-day suffrage cele-
bration in Washington tomorrow,
when she takes her seat in the House
of Representatives.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. has been invited by Speaker
Clark to occupy seat on the Speaker
bench during the opening of Congress,
and the galleries will be filled by as
many loyal supporters of woman suf-
frage as can secure tickets. Miss Ran
kin will be escorted from the House
Office building to the Capitol by dele
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01

The smile soon vanished. When
Briggs walked back to the hangers
Captain John W. Butts presented him
with a charge of reckless driving"
neatly typcwritt, and fresh from the
Office Of Captain W. G. Kilner, COM
mandant Of the school. Captain Kilner
had seen the aerial leap over the han
CARS and had decided on prompt action.
Later. official charges. including not
only carelcssness but the belief that
the instructor was "under the lnfiu-
ence Of liquor" were made out. These
will be presented to the Civil Service
Board, as Captain Briggs, IN the ca
pacity of instructor, is listed as a per
manent civil service employe. ms
fact prevents his discharge without OPP
portunity to answer all charges.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
wilson's Order Ends APP
continents Through the
"Spoils" System
Men To Be Named
In Order of Merit
Ten Thousand Most lmpor'
tant Offices Are
Affected

Wellington. March 81 President
wrso, today isued an executive order
..nreY-rr the appointment by Civil
S,-r;,e examination Of all first second
.r5 .hird class rostmasters. As it is
,-oc-,a'v .he first extension o. the
,,r;, system made under the present
,s-,.,...~a,ion It excited a good deal of
.o,rcrt Il IS even more stringent
,b,, the Poindexter amendment which
-. uogso defeated month ago, as i:
,,-,e's the appointment Of the highest
,rr3b-e instead Of one Of the first
three.
po.tnsster General Burleson issued
.,,,e-or, in connection with the order
s..,ar;,c that while incumbonts who
re-s doing their duty would not be
a.,u,be6 he would make it clear that
l,-ssf.e- the supervisory officials Of
,ho 5ensr.rent Will be more eNacting,
- re enforcement Of the regulations,
md that they would be expected 10 &C
oua;rt themselves with the various
pcstal activities under their charge.
Postmasters Must Work
This means that henceforth the post
master above the fourth class, instead
n being merely a political henchman,
while the assistant does the actual
work. viii be expected 70 spend some
time al bis desk serving the govern
ment.
Ten thousand Offices are Affected,
With salaries ranging from $1,000 to
$4,000
The National Civil Service Reform
League issued q statement commencing
the action.
"This action Of Presiden; Wilson and
the Postmaster General says the
statement. comes at a peculiarly APP
proprlate time. The nation faces an
Extraordinary emergency, calling foI
the maNimum Of efficiency IN the use
of Us resources. Il is time when
considerations Of party politics should
play no part in any officials mind. Inc
Preeidert should be free from Sucf
cons derations in making appointments
The Senate should be free in confirm
ing them % consider nothing but merit
Senate Not Deprived of Rights
1T IS a fact, recorded by Bryce, that
the purpose OF giving the Senate the
confirming power was to prevent unnt
monuments. In the eighty years o;
the s0oils system the spirit OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-01
Trout Were Cheated by
Clergyman's Sham Flies

A clergyman was angling one day
for trout in a Highland stream, when
he met with some boys guiding" with
their hands, says Farm and Home"
al say, boys" exclaimed the minister.
"are you not ashamed of yourselves 20
be catching that poor trout in that
way. guiding for them with your
bands for them under the stones? You
know it is not a fair way Of catching
them"
The boys looked up in astonishment,
and one of them. holder than the 9TH
ers, replied: "Gae ava, man; it's you
who should be ashamed. trying TO cheat
them wi sham flies"