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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02
So THE DAY OF WRATH

ing eye those same dread tokens of q
far-fiung battle line.
Irene Beresford seemed to read his
passing mood. War has some sie-
ments of greatness" she said, quietly.
The pity is that while 1t ennobles a
few 1t degrades the multitude"
With a woman's Intuition, she had
gone straight to the heart of the prob
lem propounded by Teutonism to an
amazed world. The degradation" OF a
whole people was already Germany's
greatest and unforgivable offense.
Few. even the most cynical. among the
students of European politics could
have believed that the kaisers troops
would sully their country's reppte by
the inhuman excuses committed dur
ing those first days in Belgium. At the
best. war is hell"; but the great
American leader who summed up its
attributes in that pithy phrase thought
only of the mangled men. the ruined
homesteads. the bereaved families
which mark Its devastating trail. He
had seen nothing of German "frightful-
ness" The men he led would have
scorned to ravage peaceful villages,
impale ba bies on bayonets and lances,
set fire to houses containing old and
bedridden people, murder hostages,
rape every woman in a community.
torture wounded enemies, and shoot
harmless citizens in drunken sport.
Yet the German armies did all these
things before they were fortnight in
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II b E story opens with the outbreak
4 of the great war In Europe. In
August. 1914, when Dairoy. an officer OF
the British army. is caught in Germany.
In railway station he meets Irene
Beresford, aiding her to leave the coun-
try, which is IN Srea, turmoil on account
of the declaration OF war. They are ar
rested by the Germans, but escape. and
finally arrive in the invaded section oil
Belgium, making q part of the trip In
the wagon Of Henri Joos. Belgian mil
Ter the latter's hired man. Maertz. driy-
ing the vehicle and describing Irene 10
the German officials as zoos niece In ~
encounter with a patrol OF oernishs
Aaertz is lost, Irene and pnlroy eon,,n-
uing their journey afoot. They hnd me
home Of Joos, where German soloiers
arrive shortly after. stating that they
have been billeted there. They scatch
the premises. Dalroy and the Beislahs
engage in q fight with Germans IN ire
mill. from which place they leave In
company with the women. The DEAD 1er-
mans are discovered by their comraoes
and a search is made for pairoy. Irene.
Joos and his family. who take refuge IN
a woodman's hut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

hear nothing, but judged time and dis
lance by counting fifty slow steps He
shot rang out, and was followed in
stantly by a yell of agony. He saw
the flash. and, taking aim somewhat
below 1t. fred six rounds rapidly. A
fusillade broke out in the wood. the
Germans. like himself. firing at the
one flash above and the six beneath. A
bullet cut through his blouse on the
left shoulder and scorched his skin;
but when the magazine was empty he
ran straight on for few yards. turned
to the right, stepping with great eau
ton. and threw himself fiat behind
rock. As he ran, he had ref!led the
magazine, but now meant using the
rifle as a last resource only.
In effect. matters had fallen out ex-
actly as he calculated. Schwartz had
blundered into the man-trap set on
the path halfway up the clin, and
was s sdos tn Inc 0t me 81 rin and the
darkness. bolted like so many rabbits
to the open road and the moonlight as
soon as the seeming attack from the
rear ceased.
on through a strange wood at night, up
a difficult path bordering n precipice
when each tree might vomit the flame
of gunshot. And these fellows were
not cast in heroic mold. Their one
thought was to get back the way they
came. They were received warmly.
too. The passing regiment. hearing the
hubbub and seeing the flashes. very
taken in flank by a Belgian force, and
blazed away merrily at the first NOV
ing objects in sight in that direction.
Dalroy does not know to this day
nor did he care then He had routed
the enemy in his own neighborhood,
and that must suffice. Regaining the
path. he sped upward. pausing only to
so efficient a sentinel. Judging by the
groans and the stertorous breathing
which came from among the under
growth close to the path, Karl
Schwartz's services as a spy and guide
were lost to the great cause OF kultur.
Dalroy did not bother about the wretch.
He pressed on, and reached the plateau
above the quarry. The clearing was
now flooded with moonlight. and the
doorway OF the hut was plainly visible.
Jan Maertz was not at his post, but
this was not surprising, as he would
surely have Joined old Joos and the
terrified women at the first sounds OF
the firing.
'Liege," said Dalroy. speaking loud
" enough for any one in the hut to
hear. There was no answer. .'Liege"
he cried again. with certain fore
boding that things had gone awry,
and dreadine lest the precious respite
he had secured might be wasted ire
trievably.
But the hut was empty, and he real
ICED that he might grope like a blind
man for hours In the depths of the
wood. The one-sided battle which had
broken out in the front of the Calvary
had died down. He guessed what had
happened. the blunder. the frenzied
explanations. and their sequel in a
quick decision to detach a company
and surround the wood.
In his evaporation he forgot the
silent figure surveying the scene at
the cross roads, and swore like a very
natural man, for he was now utterly
at loss what to do or where to go.
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CHAPTER VIII.
A RESPITE.

Never before in the course OF q some
what varied life had Dalroy felt so ir-
resolute. so heiplessIy the victim of
circumstances. Bereft of the local
knowledge possessed by Joos and the
other Belgians, any scheme he adopted
must depend wholly on blind chance
The miller had described the wood as
the Meuse. with steep cliffs forming
the southern bank of the river. There
was a towpath; possibly, Il series of
narrow ravines or ciefts gave preca =
rious access from the plateau to this
lower level Probably. too. in the first
shock of fright. the people N the hut
had rNde for one of these cuttings,
taking Irene with ther. They be-
lieved. no doubt, that the English n
had been shot or captured. and after
that squirt of musketry so alarmingly
near at hand the lower part of the
wood would seem alive with enemies.
Dalroy blamed himself. not the 9TH
ers. for this fatal bungling. Before
snatching a much-needed rest he ought
to have arranged with Joos a practical
BILE line of retreat in the event of a
night alarm. OF course, he had i'm
posed silence on all as sort of COM
pulsory relief from the tension Of the
earlier hours. but he saw now that he
was only too ready to share the mil
ler's confidence. Not without reason
had poor DR.. Latarge warned his fell
low cOuntrymen that there were far
too many Germans in Belgium
Schwartz and his like were to be found
In every walk OF life. from the mer-
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
A CITY HELPS BY
PRODUCING PORK

The city OF Hull. Mass. has a herd
OF 32b hogs which are turning gar
bage into pork, and providing a cheap
er disposal OF waste than was possi-
BILE under the former garbage-reduc-
tion methods. Hulls municipal or
community piggery has been under
taken In response to appeals for more
meat production. and officials OF the
United States department of agricul-
ture and of the Massachusetts, agri-
cultural college report the system as
practical. The towns committee OF
public safety advanced the money to
buy the young pigs which were taken
at cost by citizens. The land for pas
turing and housing the hogs was Civ
en- free, so the only cost was for 2
large hog houses. / man feeds and
manages the entire herd. Each day
the uneaten garbage is taken away
before any more is ted all hogs are
inoculated against cholera and are
kept under sanitary conditions. When
the hogs are ready for market the
unit cost of care and feeding will be
shared equally by the owners, and
this sum plus the original cost of the
pig will be the only expense to the
owners. The public safety committee
is holding surplus OF young sows for
breeding. since II plans to continue
the system. Citizens OF this town ex-
tol the advantages of its garbage dis
posal and recommend II for other
places Of similar size.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
EDUCATOR CALLS ....
YOUTH TO COLORS

Have you ever stopped to think of
the condition of the world and the
opportunities IL will offer after the
war? state Superintendent w. y.
Ross OF Kansas has been doing some
thinking along that line and it has
led him to issue the following call:
ITO the young people of Kansas:
The universities of Europe have vir-
tually been transferred to the
trenches. Thousands OF their stu
dents or graduates are dead upon the
field of battle: still other thousands
are yet to make the supreme sacrifice.
Soon we must add our. share to this
offering to liberty and civilization.
When these have finally been made
safe devastation and Generalization
unparalleled will prevail This ruin
will not be merely physical and ma
terial. Ideals will have been shatter-
ed, education will have been crippled,
Christianity itself will have suffered.
Peace will bring with II problems even
greater than those the war has
brought. The world will have TO he
rebuilt, society will have to be re-
organized, civilization will have to be
remade. To prepare to perform this
herculean task; to be ready to take
the places OF scholars and scientists
whose learning no longer avails; to
fit themselves to step into places of
leadership made vacant, and still 9TH
er places of leadership never yet till-
ed-these to my mind are the SUI
preme opportunity, the sacred obli-
cation of our young men and young
women of high school and college
age. Not education as usual: but ed
ucation more and better than ever
next to victory itself this is the most
fundamental demand the world war
makes upon us. To meet the demHn
is a matter of patriotic duty. On the
eve of the opening of the schools in
this our first year of the war | call
the youth to their colors." This is a
clear call to you, young men, to you,
young women, and to the parents Of
these young men and young women.
1t should come with especial force to
the parents. Perhaps you have been
feeling that you can't spare the boy
or the girl this year, because of the
high cost of living. or because of the
opportunity offered in war prices for
making money. But what will a few
dollars saved or a few dollars made
now amount to against that childs fu-
ture? Brains will rule this world in
the future as in the past and the bet
ter trained brains will have most to
say in the government of the world.
We don't mean, necessarily, that they
will hold the political offices. tho even
here we believe that education will
amount to more In the future than 1t
has in the past. But educated brains
will be the power that will move the
world and there will be more room at
the top than ever before. Give your
child a chance to get to the top
IenVen worth Times
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
TORNADO DELIV-
ERED A POSTCARD

How a Kansas tornado acted as
postman is told by Miss Eula Clark.
OF Chanute, who has just received a
letter from w. w. Perry, a prosper
Gus young farmer of Spruce, Bates
county, Missouri. Mr.. Perry got Miss
Clark's address by finding a postcard
in a wheat field on his farm, where
1t had been left by tornado which
tore the O. l.. Clark home to pieces
June g. last. He wrote a nice letter"
Miss Clark commented. wishing that
/ was not hurt and hoping ! would be
glad to get the card, altho the card
really did not amount to much. He
gave me his address, too" Spruce is
about 60 miles from Chanute.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
ExECuTOR.s NOrICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters.
Testamentary. upon the estate of
Julia Lange, deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, by the
Probate Court OF Buchanan County,
OF August 1917.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance. within six
months from date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any BEN
eft of such estate; and IL said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication of this no
tice, they will be forever barred.
WILLIAM r.. LANCE.
iSeaD Executor.
A true copy, Attest.
Fred NJ. Wanger. Clerk of Probate.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
ADNnNIsTRATOR,s NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration, upon the estate of
Anthony Halter. deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned, by the
Probate Court OF Buchanan County,
Missouri. bearing date OF the 4th day
of September, 1917.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance, within six
months from date OF said letters, or
they may be precluded from any BEN
eflt OF such estate: and il said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
tice, they will be forever barred. -
THERESA HALTER,
tseal) 81 Administrator.
A true copy. Attest:
Fred NJ. Wanger, Clerk of Probate.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
THE DOLLAR
ASLFE SAVER

Luther Paine. of Ardmore. Okla.
discovered that Ia some respects a
silver dollar Is more valuable than
any other kind of dollar. He was the
target for 10 shots in a feud between
the Paine and Pruitt families. and the
dollar was dented times by bullets.
As 1t was. Paine was wounded In the
left leg. Had he not had the silver
dollar in his pocket some of the other
shots might havel given him a mortal
wound
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
CLOTHESPINS
WHEN WANTED

This clothespin bag is always with
you when you need it, and not on 1
line when you wish to hand clothes
on another: Take a yard of bed tick
ing, fold l end up about 1-3, or enuf
to suit the length of your arms, and
stitch thru center. forming pockets.
Wire pins can be kept in l pocket and
wooden in the other. On the other
end a band to fit the waist may be
made.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
CHECKING FOOD
STOCKS IN STORES

Several Kansas and Missouri cities
have been chosen by the government
I'm which TO make a complete and de-
tailed inventory of all the food stocks
held In retail stores. This u q part
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08

R. Casper III South sth W. Kennedy Phone
4th Edmond
South 10Th ST. w A. Williams Hardware Drug
ana HICKORY Nelson Pharmacy Phone 1872 l02 w Missouri
Walker L.
j.
Stat Mo w AL
bany MOI Falls Bros
Reaksecker b
MO- j. o. Reed Co. Bythedae MOI solomon Son. Bythedae
Woodring.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08
AUTO WAR
TAX SIS TO $50

The automobile war tax probably
will be a small graduated tax. from IS
year on cheap cars. up to $40 or $50
year on cars of higher grade, with
used, There are approximately 15G.-
900 motor cars in Kansas, on which
such tax would raise for the war
revenue a million dollars. And Kan
sas thought before the war-and was
grumbling about IL most of the time
that it was too severely taxed to live.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-09-08

OF the big nation food survey to de-
termine just how much food there 10
in the United States. The cities are
Topeka and Mcpherson. Kan. Mar
ventories are 10 be made In retail es-
tablishments in New York City and In
the city and rural sections of az coun-
ties In various parts OF the country
Aug. 81. 4
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
MARKET NEWS By R. Allyn Lewis

They have been selling stocks for 30 days because there was going to be peace and now they are going to sell stocks again this morning because there is not going to be peace. Luckily this market is in much better shape than for a long time That short in terest which is so much condemned by people not familiar with the details of Wall street will be a great help if there is large selling pressure. Brokers loans are down from the top and We have already had a tremendous de- cline in securities.
 It has been a day of as acute liqui- dation as has been seen for a long time. Evidently the market is adjust ing itself to a rupture with Germany, and at the rate that it went today, it will not take long to accomplish this. What will occur in such an event, it is very difficult to foretell. The only anelogy that can be drawn is a com
 parison with Japan. That country is on the outs with Germany and in a good deal the same position that We would be in case war was declared. Evidently they are prosperous. It is going a long ways though to speak about war yet. A diplomatic rupture does not necessarily mean the other. Fortunately for the market, the other , break shook out weak holders and re- duced longs to the extent where the
 market was much better able to stand today the violent decline which has , taken place.
 Criticism is made of a stock ex- change which allows short selling; we can point to an enormous volume of stocks that are absorbed readily very largely due to the wide and free mar ket which is made by short selling and margin purchases.
 Cotton
 The cotton market experienced the worst break in it's history today. Liqui- dation was on an enormous scale at the opening, carrying values down over five cents from last nights closing prices. The leading trade interests and Liverpool were very heavy buyers on the decline and a rally of four and three quarters cents was scored but failed to hold as further liquidation came in. Opinions are vaueless in a market of this kind.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. l.-Threats that were foreseen to be inevitable today in the price of wheat turned out to be much worse than had been generally looked for, but the downward plunge of the market was ended far quicker than most traders were expecting Solely as the result of Germany's notice of sea war without limit. wheat values made an instantaneous sheer descent of l5A cents. Within twenty minutes, however the market had rebounded nine cents, selling of a panic sort was over and thereafter prices kept inside of five cent range, closing unsettled 4Ac to SIsc net lower. with May at s163A to 1.63A and July at sl.4l2 to 1.41A.
 Extreme declines in corn, oats and provisions were respectively 4SscG5% c and s325, but the final figures showed losses as compared with yesterdays finish to have been narrowed to the following: Corn 22sc to 2&c; oats l 12c to 2%c, and provisions 52hcd 55c to $1.67t2.
 Tension at the outset in the wheat pit appeared to be of a nerve-racking character seldom if ever equalled of change in Chicago. Every foot of standing room from the top step down to the center of the closely packed crowd was occupied, and scores of brokers were literally standing on tip toes, eager to sell at the first clang of the gong. The strain of the wait for the signal proved too great to be alto gether withstood, and just before the bell sounded one perspiring trader shrieked sell May at sixty five"
 Selling on a tremendous scale con- tinued unabated in wheat for about five minutes, but then the pressure be- gan to siacken little and the market. though fluctuating violently for the next quarter of an hour, was less one sided
 Further stability resulted also from wholesale profit taking by traders who of late had been plunging heavily on the bear side of the market. Another influence toward the return of compar- ative confidence was the announce ment that after having been tied up over night the traffic in and out of New York harbor had been resumed.
 In later dealings the nervousness of the wheat crowd was renewed by re- ports that railway embargoes were spreading and by Washington advices that break in diplomatic relations with Germany was not unlikely. Some idea of the magIttude of the interests affected by today's violent setback in prices may be gained from estimates current tonight that a single firm here has sold short within the last few weeks nearly 30,O00.O00 bush els of wheat Another concern was said to have purchased alone 100000 bushels today,
 Corn and oats gave way and rallied in line with wheat. The fact that neither of the coarse grains is exported to nearly as great degree as bread . stuffs prevented such sensational ac- tion as was shown by the more expen- sive cereals.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
MOVIE LED BOY TO STEAL
Eighth Grade Pupils Initiated Gentle
 man" Rurular of Screen


 The Spider" mysterious thief, who had baffled the police for two weeks. was caught in a web Of his own mak- ing.
 rhe Spider is Richard Carleton Warner. He is a 16-year-old eighth grade pupil of Lincoln school. In two weeks The Spider prowled through four homes. In none of the robberies did he take anything of value, all though in each case money was in the homes.
 Ice boxes and pantries were the strong boxes he cracked. He prefer red fruit to money and on each occa- sion he left calling card with the name Spider" stamped on it.
 The other morning Detective Mike Daly, acting on a tip the detectives had secured from a pawnshop walked into a room in the Lincoln school. After looking over the pupils he picked out "The Spider" The boy was searched. In his pocket was found leather case in which was revolver, a flashlight. mask, skele- on keys. slender but strong Jimmy and three of the cards that made him i famous as The Spider" Warner was taken to the rolice sta- tion and his father, who is a barber, was summoned. The boy confessed. In the nome or The Spider was found collection of old coins he is said to have obtained on his expedi- tions.
 I'm not thief the Spider said be- tween gulps of food that the detectives provided for him. He had refused to | talk until given his dinner
 That is, I am not regular thief steal for the fun of the thing. I don't want money. About year ago, at the Atlas theater 1 saw movie of a bur | glar. entitled, The Spider. That reel ] kept running through my head until | began to believe 1 could do the same | things.
 50 I fixed up some cards with a l rubber stamp and went out on my i first 'prowl.' Gee, but I was scared l didn't load my gun, because l didn't want to shoot anyone. l All the time I was in that dark house I had gooseflesh tickling me and bumped my chin on a chair in i the dark.
 T never gave a thought to the con- 1 sequences It was more fun than any : baseA Il game l ever played All the imer. was in the house had a feeling like a fellow has when ali elevator starts, or when you start coasting down a hill,"-From the Toledo News 1 Bee.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-02
LOS ANGELES MARKET

LOS ANGELES. Feb l. - Prices quoted are for livestock weighed and delivered off the cars without food and water:
 Cattle-(On foot and cross weight) No. l steers weighing 900 to 1.200 bulls and steers, s5.00d5.50; medium, $4.50 q 300; ealves.. light. $10.00q10.5 Sheep-(Per head desirable wooL) Wethers, s6.50@700; ewes, sS.O0Q $50; sucking lambs, s12.50.
 HoGs-tHard grain fed.) 150 to 250 pounds. $9.50G 1000; 250 to 300 pounds. s9.50d10.00; 250 to 300 pounds, s9.G0G $50; 300 pounds up sS.75@9.00.
 Poultry-Broilers, Sc; light hens. 16c; roasters, 1ec; old cocks. Sc; light hens. 12c; heavy hens. 19c; light turkeys, 22@24c; old ducks. 12c; young ducks, 12G14c; young geese 12c; sQuabs, s2.00 dozen.
 Butter-Receipts il,965 pounds. Elk tras. 42c; firsts, 40c-
 Eggs-Receipts. 1S4 cases. Fresh extras. 35c: case count, 3314c; pull lets. 33c.
 Sonora Wheat - s2.25 bid; s2.75 asked.
 Barley-Bright feed, s225 bid; s2.5O asked Dark feed. $1.4314 bid; sL47 F asked.