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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-08

"Of course, any day."
"This afternoon, IL you please, Hell
en-" the general followed.
His wife looked slightly puzzled.
"This afternoon? But, George, dear,
isn't ~that-aren't embarrassing this
young man to have him up to Govern
ment House so soon after his arrtvalT'
She suddenly remembered something
that caused her to reverse herself.
Besides, I've asked him to dinner
the dinner I'm to give the Americans
tomorrow night before they sail"
General Crandall looked his surprise.
you didn't tell me that. l didn't
know you had met him."
Just happened to-" Lady Crandall
cut In hastily. Met him at the Hotel
Splendide last night when l brought
Miss Gerson home with me-"
"What was Woodhouse doing at the
S~plendide?" the general asked suspi-
ciously.
why, spending the night, you fool
ish boy. Just off the Princess Mary,
he was. l believe he did Miss Gerson
some sort of service-and l met him
In that ~way-quite informally"
did Miss Gerson-a service-humr'
"Oh, a trifing thing! 1t seemed she
had only French money, and that eau
tious Almer fellow wouldn't accept 1t.
Captain Woodhouse gave her English
gold for ito pay her bill. But Why
HAS Miss Gerson seen him SINGER"
General Crandall asked sharply.
"Why George, dear, how could she?
| We haven't been up from the breakfast
table an hour"
"Woodhouse was here less than an
hour ago to pay his duty call and re-
port" he explained. 81 thought per-
haps he might have met our guest
somewhere In the garden as he was
coming or going"
"He did send her some lovely roses"
Lady Crandall frightened at this, to
She dotted on romances. "They were
in Miss Gerson's room before she was
down to breakfast"
"Roses, eh? And they met informal
ly at the Splendid only last night"
Suspicion was weighing the generals
words. isn't that a bit sudden? I
say, do you think Miss Gerson and this
Captain Woodhouse had me- some-
where before last night?"
81 hardly think so-she on her first
trip to the continent and he coming
from Egypt. But
mo matter. 1 want him here to
tea this afternoon" The general dis
missed the subject and turned to his
desk. His lady's curiosity would not
be SO lightly turned away.
"All these questions-aren't they
rather absurd? Is anything wrong?"
She ran up to him and laid her hands
on his shoulders.
"Of course not, dear" He kissed
her lightly on the brow. "Now run
along and play with that new gown
Miss Gerson gave you. l imagine that's
the most important thing on the Rock
today"
Lady CrandaIl gave her soldier hus-
band a peck on each cheek and skip
ped back to her room. When he was
alone again General Crandan resumed
his restless pacing. Resolution sud-
denly crystallized, and he stepped-te
the desk ieesslns~tteeiiePnone. He called a num-
Der.
"That you, Bishop? General Crandall
speaking. Bishop, you were here on
the Rock eve years ago? Good!
Pretty good memory for names and
faces, eh? Right! l want you to come
to Government House for tea at 5
this afternoon. But run over for a
little talk with me some time earlier
an hour from now, say. Rather impor-
tant. You'll be here. Thank you"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-08

and was setting it in his %buttonhole
before he could demonstrate.
%.'his one was for you, general she
said, and the truce was sealed. That
minute Lady Crandan was waited into
the on the breeze of her own STAG
cato interruption.
whats this-what's this! Flirting
with poor old George? Pinning a rose
on my revered husband when my
backs turned? Brazen miss! I'm
here to take you off to the gardens at
once, where you can find somebody
younger-and not near so dear-to cap
tiyate with your tricks. At once,
nowl"
She had her arm through James and
was marching her off. An exchange
Of glances between the governor and
Hildebrand's young diplomat of the
dollar said that what had passed be-
tween them was a confidence.
Jaimihr Khan announced Major Bish-
op to the general a short time later.
The major, a rotund, pink faced man
of forty, who had the appearance of
being ever tubbed and groomed to
the pink of parade perfection. saluted
his superior informally. accepted a
cigarette and crossed his plump legs
in an easy chair near the generals
desk. General Crandall folded his
arms on his desk and went direct to
his subject:
major, you were here on the Rock
cavon voor re 400 Won COW y,
Here ten years, general. Regular
Rock s~corpion-old timer"
do you happen to recall this chap
Woodhouse whom l sent to you to re-
port for duty in the signal tower to-
day? Has transfer papers from Wady
Halfa."
Haven't met him yet, though Cap
tain Carson tells me he reported at
my Office a little more than an hour
ago. See him after parade. Wood
house-Woodhouse"- The major prop
ped his chin on his fingers in thought.
His papers-army record and all
that-say he was here on the Rock
Tor three months in the spring of
1907" General Crandall urged, to re-
fresh the others memory.
Major Bishop stroked his round
cheeks, tugged at n ear, but found
recollection difficult.
when l see the chap-so many COM
ing and going, you know. Three
months-bless me! That's a thin slice
out of ten years."
Major, I'm going to take you into
my confidence" the senior officer be-
gan; then he related the incident Of
Capper's visit and repeated the charge
he had made. Bishop sat aghast at
the word spy"
"Woodhouse will he here to tea
this afternoon" continued Crandall.
"While you and I ask him a few lead
ing questions I'll have Jaimihr, my
Indian, search his room in barracks.
I trust Jaimihr implicitly, and he can
do the job smoothly. Now, Bishop,
what do you remember about 1907
something W. can lead up to In con
%~ersation, you know?'
The younger man knuckled his brow
Tor a minute, then looked up brightly.
Il say, general Gfaigen was gov
ernor then. But-um-aren't you a bit
~-mild-this asking of a suspected spy
to tea?"
what can 1 do?" the other replied,
somewhat testify. 81 can't clap an
officer of his majesty's army into pris-
on on the mere say-so of a drunken
outcast who has no proof to offer. I
must go slowly, major. Watch for a
| slip from this Woodhouse. One bad
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-08

I0t WIFI
"fN1o you know, my dear, Cynthia
Maxwell is simply going to
die with envy when she sees
IL me in this!'
The plump little mistress Of Govern
ment House, standing before a full
length mirror in her boudoir, surveyed
herself with intense satisfaction. Her
arms and neck burst startlingly from
the clinging sheath of the incompara-
BILE gown that was Jane Gerson's dou-
ceur for official protection. In the flood
of morning light pouring through the
mullioned windows Lady Crandall
seemed a pink and white-and some
what forid-lily In bloom out of time.
Hildebrand's buyer, on her knees and
with deft fingers busy with the soft
folds of the skirt, answered through a
mouthful of pins:
poor Cynthia! My heart goes out
to her."
ooh, it needn't!' Lady Crandall an
swered, with a fitting of her strictly
Iowa style nose. 1.-THE Maxwell per-
son has made me bleed more than once
here on the Rock with the gowns a
fond ann sends her from Paris.
But, honestly, isn't this a bit low for
a staid, middle aged person like my
self? Pm afraid I'll have trouble get
ting past the censor" Lady Crandall
plumed herself with secret joy.
Jane looked up, puzzled.
"Oh, that's old Lady Porter-a per-
feet dragon" the generals wife rat
tied on. Poor old dear, she thinks
the Lord put her on the Rock for q
purpose. Her own collars get higher
and higher. l believe if she ever was
presented at court she'd emulate the
old Scotch lady who followed the law
OF decollete, but preserved her self re-
spect by wearing a red flannel chest
protector. You must meet her."
I'm afraid | won't have time to get
a look at your dragon Jane returned,
with a little laugh, all happiness. Nov
that Sir George has promised me !
can sail ON the Saxonia Friday
"You really must The envious
Eyes of Lady Crandall fell on the pile
Of plans-potent Delphic mysteries to
charm the heart of w~oman-that lay
scattered about upon the floor.
Jane sat back On her heels and sur
veyed the melting folds Of satin with
an artists eye.
"If you only knew what it means to
me to get back with my baskets full
Of French beauties! Why, when 1
screwed up my courage two months
ago to go to old Hildebrand and ask
him to send me abroad as a buyer-I'd
been studying drawing and French at
nights for three years In preparation,
you see-he roared like the dear old
lion he is and said l was too young
But 1 cooed and pleaded, and at last he
said l could come on trial, and so'-
Hell pur like a pussycat when you
get back" Lady Crandall put Ia, with
a pat on the brown head at her knees.
Maybe. If 1 can slip into New York
with my little baskets while all the
other buyers are still over here, cabling
tearfully for money to get home or ask
ing their firms to send a warship to
fetch them-why, l guess the pennant's
mine all right"
The eternal feminine, SO strong In
Iowa's .transplanted stock, prompted a
mischievous question:
s"Then you won't be leaving some
body behind when you sail-somebody
who seemed awfully nice and-for-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-08
For Sale

Cottage ON east Glen
wood avenue, five large
bed rooms and bath. Lot
SO by 80. Hot Water heat.
Inquire at Journal office.
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XIV.
In Doubt.

1ENERAL CRANDALL sat at
his desk and tried to bring him
self down to the routine cry
J ing from accumulated papers
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10

So long as the lives of women are re-
quired. these lives viii be given"
Among those in the delegation were:
Miss Anne Martin, Miss Ella Riegel,
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood. Miss Mary
Phelps Morgan, Mrs. Townsend Scott
Mrs. VIM. ]. Ewing, Mrs. Howard
schwarz. Miss Eleanor White, Miss Nor
ris, Mrs. Fra p. Odenheimer. Mrs Har-
vey Wiley. Mrs. John NJ Nelson. Mrs.
Lola p. Thurston, Miss Ruth Thurston,
Mrs. VIM. Bailey Lamar, Mrs. Alexander
Vogelsang, Mrs. Leland o. Howard, Miss
Eliza. Hardy Lord, Miss Alice Theobold.
Miss Nell Rose Baggett. Mrs. Clarence
arren, Mrs. Bessie H. Papandre. Miss
Mildred Gilbert, Mrs. Francois Berger
Moran, DR.. Louise Taylor Jones, DR..
Martha c. Burritt, Mrs. John Jay White,
Mrs. Tallman Bailey, Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker. Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye. Mrs
Geo. T. Odell, Mrs. Nina e. Allender.
Miss Elizabeth Perrin, Mrs. Thomas w.
Sidwell. Mrs. T. Janney Brown. Mrs.
G. II. Fowler. Miss Fowler. Miss Lover
ing, Mrs. Morven Thompson. Mrs. VIM.
r. Wheeler. Miss Elizabeth Mason Heath.
Mrs. Basil Manly, Mrs. Ira Copley, Mrs.
VIM. Z. Humphrey. Mrs. Henry Danforth.
Mrs. ]. s. Nelight, Mrs. Henry lockwood,
Mrs Paul du Pott, Mrs. Florence Bayard
Kane, Miss Marion Dunham; Mrs James
Ginns. Mrs. Patrick Cunning, Mrs. Ellie
Doherty and Mrs. Ivory, all of Washing
ton: Mrs. A p. Block and Mrs. Aylett
Cotton. jr., of San Francisco.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
POLICE SEEKING THAW
ON KIDNAPPING Charge
Indicted for Alleged Assault in New
York on Boy "Fnend."
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

young fellow showed the letters to his
mother.
Thaw stated in his letters that he had
planned to make the boy a civil en-
gineer and that IL his parents would per-
NIT him to take charge of his education,
he would send him to the Carnegie In
stitute in Pittsburgh and guarantee him
a successful career. These alluring prom
ises had such an effect in the Gump
household that the boy was sent to New
York to meet Thaw:
The boy had never before been awav
from home, and it did not strike him as
suspicious that Thaw, in giving him d.
rections as to meeting him in New York,
selected the Century Theater as the
place.
Cump went to the Century Theater be-
fore the doors were opened on Christina 8
night last and Thaw shortly appeared
Thaw had hired a suite of rooms on the
eighteenth floor of the Hotel McAlpin.
which are described as buffer rooms.
The suite contains inside rooms which
are far removed from the corridor and
any noise in them would not likely be
heard outside.
Thaw was dissatisfied with the show
at the Century Theater or pretended to
be, and after the second act left with
Gump. Thaw took Gump to the Nc
Alpin.'
O'Byrne, the alleged bodyguard of
Thaw, according to the boy, appeared to
be excited and nervous.
you have had a long ride on the
train" said Thaw to Gump, 'and you
had better jump in the tub right away
and have a bath"
The bath over, the boy came out of
the room with towel thrown over his
shoulders to dress himself, Thaw. partIv
undressed, it is alleged, awaited his
coming. He had two whips, a long and
short one, with cowhide lashes, the
boy charges.
Without further ado, the boy alleges,
Thaw belabored him with the whips. Hs
appeared to be in a frenzy of excite.
mnet-but made no noise
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
SUFfRAGIST PICKETS
To PATROL White LOT
Women to Flaunt Votes for Women
Banners Before President.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

more; Miss Ella Riegel. of Bryn Mawr,
and the Delaware branch of the Congress
sional Union, each subscribed 800.
Among prominent Washington women
who Pledged various amounts were Mrs.
w. Thompson Burch. Mrs. Nina E. AL
lender. Mrs. Jessie Hardy MacKaye. Miss
Eliza Hardy Lord, Miss Edith Goode and
others.
'T DO not see how anybody can fail
to observe from the utterances Of the
last campaign that the Democratic party
is more inclined than the opposition party
% assist in this great cause" and the
President. addressing the suffragists,
"and 1t has been a matter of surprise
to me, and a matter of very great re-
get, tl..t so many of those who were-heart
| and soul for this cause seemed so great
ly to mibunderstand and misinterpret the
attitude of parties. I have done my best
and shall continue to do my best in
the interest of a cause in which / per-
sona1ly believe"
Prominent Women I'm Party.
Prominent women from all parts Of the
United States were in the delegation. The
White House had issued 800 tickets OF
admission. Every card was used and
lIltic was 1nOTt.
The President met the women in the
East Room, where he was presented with
resolutions commemorative OF the life and
! services Of Mrs. Boissevain. The Presi-
dent was reminded of the needless sac
| rifices women are making in their strug-
giles to secure their rightful political lib
erty," and was asked to support the Fed
eral suffrage amendment.
Miss Maud Younger, of. San Francisco,
presented resolutions adopted at the
Christmas memorial to Mrs. Boissevain
In Statuary Hall. Mrs. Field handed
President Wilson resolutions adopted al
memorial in San Francisco.
Mrs. John w. Brannan and Mrs. Clar-
ence II. Smith, OF New York, brought
| the resolutions and the appeal to the
President Of the women OF New York
Accompanying the three sets of resolu-
| tions was a written appeal, which said in
part:
I'VE desire to make known to you, Mr.
President, our deep sense of the wrong
being inflicted upon women, in making
them spend their best health and strength
and forcing them to abandon other work
that means fuller self-expression. in
order to win freedom under a government
that processes to believe in democracy.
No price is too high to pay for liberty,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
Defeat of Referendum Plan
Deplored by Washingtonians

THE defeat OF the Underwood amend
ment that would have given the citizens
Of the District the right to vote upon
a wet or dry District is Indirectly a
blow at the cause of suffrage for Dis
trict residents.
Personally, I am not discouraged.
believe that the vote for the District is
Just as inevitable as the rising of the
sun. 1t has been delayed. 1t will be
delayed. But sooner or later II Will
come and it will be all the more welcome
Why am 1 so optimistic? Because
know our cause is predicated upon JUS
tice and with this foundation We are
building a structure that cannot fall.
1t must go forward and it will soon go
forward to the point that Congress must
recognize it.
I'VE are living in the Capital of the
greatest nation in the world. We have
a contituency that is far above the aver
age of intelligence. To deny them what
everybody else in this great country en-
Joys is a plain injustice. 1 am conf
dent that Congress will soon right this
situation"
DR.. Van schaick Pleased.
Dr. John Van Schaick, jr. president
of the Board OF Education, said: II am
pleased to hear that the Sheppard bill
passed the Senate. As to the Under
wood amendment, I was one of the
first in the District to advocate a ref
erendum vote, but have changed my
mind since that time.
The referendum in this case seems
to be only an attempt to defeat the
prohibition bill; 1t Is a cover for the
fight being put up by the liquor men.
I walked up and down Seventh street
the other Saturday night and there I
saw saloons jammed with sweating
sagages. just pouring II down. In my
opinion the saloon is an evil"
Collnday for Referendum.
Attorney Edward F. Colladay. formerly
president of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations. and now chairman OF the
committee of finance aid legislation of
the federation. said:
Il am glad to hear that the Sheppard
bill passed the Senate, and I would have
been pleased to see the referendum
measure pass also. The people OF the
District of Columbia are altogether
qualified to express themselves on meas
ures which affect them and their govern
ment."
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
mony was phrssed in the piainest of

mony was phrased in the plainest of
English.
you sustain intimate relations with
the administration" was asked Mr.
Baruch.
II am a member of the advisory COM
mission of the National Council of De-
fense," responded Mr.. Baruch
When questioned with regard to his
contributions to the Democratic Presi-
Dental campaign fund, Mr.. Baruch ex-
planned that his total contribution be-
fore the election had been $4,000, and
that after the election he had given
his check for $4,000 to make up the
deficit.
Have you ever talked with Secretary
Tumulty with regard to the deficit in
the Democratic campaign fund.-" asked
Representative Campbell
'T have not was the answer. 81
want to make a series of statements.
The statement that had three or four
days advance information of the forth
coming Lansing note to the belliger-
ents is absolutely false. The state
ment that ! have conferred with Jo-
seph p. Tumulty. the Presidents sec
retary, with regard to the note is alb
| solutely false. The statement that !
breakfasted with or otherwise associ-
ated with Mr.. !Tumulty at the Biltmore
dOtel III NtW 1OTh is dDsOlQtely 1alSe.
Following Mr.. Baruch was the corre-
| spondents Of the Dow Jones Agency were
examined by the committee, but nothing
| to indicate any leokage advance news was
brought out.
The examination of Charles II. Sabin
earlier In the afternoon was brief Mr..
Sabin made a statement to the committee
which had to do with Information which
Mr.. Sabin had given to the representa-
tives of the press in New York about the
first of October. Mr.. Sabin said:
Early in october-about the 9Th, l
think-I sent for the financial writers,
some six or seven of them came TO my
office and I told them that Information
had come to me to the effect that the
German government had the intention to
approach the United States in the mat
ter Of some movement with view to
peace.
81 had not thought of the effect on the
stock market in my mind. In my talk
with the newspaper men l said nothing
about stocks. l did not allude to the
matter. / felt 1t my duty to the public
that with thin information in hand it
| ought to be given publicity. I thought
that any impending movement In the
direction of peace was news that should
be in public possession"
Otto H. Kahn reiterated his state
ment made to Chairman Henry a week
ago, that he was in no wise interested
| in or implicated in any leak or the
speculative market which followed the
leak. He said he had never sold a
share Of stock short in his life.
Allen Curtis, of Curtis & Sanger,
New York and Boston brokers, testified
that he was not the author Of the "A
Curtis Letter." which formed the basis
of the suspicious connecting the names
of Baruch and Tumulty.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Hughes. James. Johnson. Kern, Lee,
Lewis. ILppitt. Lodge. Mclean, Mar
tine, Newlands. OGorman. Oliver, Page,
Psnrose, Phelan. Pittman. Pomerene,
Reed. Salisbury. Smith. of Arizona,
Smith. of Maryland, Stone, Sutherland,
Tillman, Underwood. Wadsworth, Wat
son, Weeks, and Williams.
Votes Against Referendum.
Beckham. Borah. Brady. Chamberlain.
Chiffon. Clapp, Cummfns, Curtis, Fer
Maid, Fletcher, Gallinger. Gronna, Hus-
ting, Johnson, of South Dakota, James,
Kenyon. Kirby, Lea, OF Tennessee. Nc
cumber. Martin. Myers. Nelson, Norris,
Poindexter. Ransden. Robinson, Shaf-
roth. Sheppard, Sherman, Shields, Sim
mons. Smith, of Georgia, Smith. of
Michigan, Smith, OF Arizona, Smith, of
South Carolina, smoot, Sterling, Swan
son, Thomas, Thompson, Townsend,
Vardamen, Walsh and Works.
Seldom are the corridors of the Senate
lobby OF the Capital so well filed as they
were yesterday. The galleries were filled
with early arrivals long before the hun
dreds OF OF >prohibitionists arrived.
One of the FIRST moves of Senator
Underwood was to roll a sort of hose
cart full of signatures praying for a
referendum into the chamber. The
petition consisted of 1900 names which
Senator Galiinger. Republican, said were
not bona fide. The petition was backed
by the saloonkeepers, Mr. Gallinger as
serted and he continued to say that the
freshness of the ink and other marks
showed many signatures to be by the
same hand.
The crowds which attended the ses-
sion got their moneys worth. From
the time the hearing started until the end,
the proceedings were enlivened by
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10
WALL Street Leak
STORY DENIED BY 3
New York Bankers Follow Lawson in
Testimony Before Rules COMMITTEES.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

were much greater in their market ef-
feet than the Presidents move Baruch
denied the "Biltmore breakfast" charges
and said that he had never discussed
peace with Secretary to the President
Tumulty or anyone else connected with
the administration.
He told the committee with some sat
isfaction that his profits were all his own
and would not be split"
snbin Reioins Bride.
waited impatiently for the resumption
of their interrupted wedding trip. ex-
planned his peace statement to the news
papers last October. He sad his informa-
ton did not come from any administra-
ton sources and that 1t was not made
public with any view to its effect on the
stock market. The New York broker
denied that his wedding trip to Europe
which will now be resumed-was designed
to remove any books or papers from the
jurisdiction of the committee.
Bernard NJ. Baruch furnished the most
brilliant testimony of the hearing. When
he took the stand he explained to the
committee that his business was that OF
an investor and speculator," with offices
at Ill Broadway. His first testimony after
his Introduction to the committee was
with regard to the alleged leak and was
a complete disclaimer of having been
possessed of any information in advance
of the morning newspapers of December
n, the day the Presidents peace note was
made public. Baruch said:
II want to make a complete statement
on this general point first. 1 had no ad-
vance information of any sort either
upon the so-called peace note Of the
President nor upon Won Bethmann- II oil
weg's speech at the convening of the
Reichstag in which he uttered Germany 8
first peace offer"
Was Buying Stocks.
Representative Campbell. of Kansas,
questioned and requestioned him with re-
gard to his market activities during the
three days of December 10, 20 and q. To
the great surprise OF the committee Mr.
Baruch admitted that all during Decem-
Der 20 he had been a heavy buyer OF
stocks.
During Baruch's testimony there wa.
much fog in the minds of his ques-
TONERS. Representatives Patten and
Bennett, of New York, and ChiperfieId
Of Illinois. seemed to understand the
vernacular which Mr.. Baruch strove tc
avoid, and for the most part his testi.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-10

speeches which the galleries enjoyed
i A.ar ul..tn nnln