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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28
SIXTH EPISODE
"AIias Nemesis"
Rendoxvoue at Neon.

Rendezvous at Neon.
Superbly mounted though he was,
the horseman rode with slack rein and
specious air Of aimlessness. Suffered
to select its own pace, his cob ambled
indclently through the avenues Of New
port-town and out into the hasking
countrywide, choosing 4 way aasag the
eastern shore. often within sight Of
the Sakonnet river.
For the beauties Of nature In general
Capt. Donald Parr cared no snap Of his
fingers: ~ thoughts, Ike his heart.
were exclusively centered upon one
single beauty. His puFposeless ges-
ture. his semblance Of indifference to
the flight Of time. were alike mislead-
ing; he had Z most particular goal in
mind, and secretly was in the mad
dest haste to arrive ut It. Lastly, his
interest In the charming Views was
positively nil; but his interest In max
ing certain that none followed him was
acute.
Had any one Of his languid reviews
Of the road he was travelling discoy-
cred single sign Of anything remote
" resembling q follower, Donald,s ride
would have ended back In the summer
city BY the sea without pause. A.
1t was, though well persuaded tl1t
mono spied upon him, he came to- his
destination By 4 most circuitous way.
doubling back on his path for the mat
tier Of two miles before, while passing
u lonely patch Of woodland between
road and river, he elected to disappear.
A twitch at the rein with touch OF
the spur swung his horse sharply
aside into an almost imperceptibly
marked path.
!, Winding tortuously through the for
est. the path presently debouched into
a little glade from which, through a
thinning growth OF trees, the simmer
Of sunats waters was visible.
Here Captain Parr pulled mp. dis
mounted, tethered his horse to sap
ling, and went on afoot. striding rap
idly toward the river, with marked
manner Of eager anxiety.
A turn In the path, rounding thick
ct, brought him abruptly lace to
face With the object ut once Of
his happiness and all his cares.
He stopped short.
....'atria r he cried in q voice vibrant
with the wonder that her loveliness
never. failed to arouse.
AZ she offered both hands to his
ardent clasp, her smile seemed tribe
vistful. II.
'npe!" he aid. Al last1 IRev
you wouldn't Sc late but even when
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28
THE CAST.
SYNOPSIS.

Patria. last Of 1.-THE Fighting Chan
nings." while en- route to Newport. her
summer home. 10 thrown to drown from \
Sound steamer by agents OF Baron HUI
roki, chief Of the Japanese secret service:
who. conspiring to smbroil the United
States and Mexico. desires control Of the
extensive Claiming munition plants. own
ed by Patria. Her physical counterpart.
Elaine, q notorious dancer. in Huroki's
pay, substitutes for the supposedly dead
woman. But Patria's life Is saved by
Captain Donald Parr. late Of the United
States secret service and secretly Patria's
lance.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28

ILL
She looked round quickly with eye
filed with inquiry. He nodded at
nrmatively.
"Yes-at the Casino. I was JUS
about ready to start on my well-knowz
morning ride-purely," he laughed, III
the interests Of my health, Of course
when Huroki and De Lima turned u
with the changeling."
'Ulaine!"
"Your volunteer substitute. So
had to wait till they were otherwise
occupied before I thought It wise t.
leave"
The two came out by the rivers edge
In a little rOck-bOund cove with y
sandy floor. Inland, more than half
hidden among the trees. modest
bungalow Of unsurfaced logs was Wis
ible-on its veranda the ample person
Of Anne, Patria's maid, placidly rock
ing and sewing.
"Sit down." The girl sank, feet
crossed beneath her, to the beach
''Tell me about this creature. Does
Elaine really"
sGet away with itT' Parr laughed
again. II should say she did. Thu
girls consummate actress and mimic
Only q close observer can detect Ia
Elaine's manner the inevitable, Occa'
siOnal gaucherie. when she's ut q lOSl
how to behave out of her element
momentarily without Fanny Adair a
her elbow to prompt her. Al Z dip
lomat, however. she conspicu0uely
lacks fnesse that, or she1 VIE
" ill-advised."
How do you meanY
4 mean she goes about ril1ing her
self OF dangerous encumbEances In the
crudest fashion imaginable. Well, you
know how she guarded With Anne @
the nimsiest pretext, and sent her pack
Ing; and how she couldn't resist the
temptation to slap my face with the
confidential announcement Of her En-
sagement, % Patria Channing, to Juan
De Lima. And today, deSiring to get rid
Of Mrs. Wrenn and Rodney, she hls
caused this announcement to be pub
lished, without saying q word to them.
The newspaper gave the first hint Mrs.
Wrenn got Of the affair"
Parr drew from his pocket a'folded
paper. and displayed to PAtria one OF
her own photographs, wretchedly re-
produced In half-to0e, above Z story
headlined somewhat In this fashion:
MICS PATRlA chAltNtee0
saultlmtIl!snairs Hsiress 9tlrs Newport
Ssaisty ~ Anneuneine hsr 1hoess-
rnent 70 Senior Juan Dc Lima,
Wealthy Ae,elean Mine Owner
With q little exclamation Of exas-
peration Patria read the article
through. then angrily crumpled the pa
per Ii her two hands.
.And what came Of it7'' she asked.
''Oh, Mrs. Wrenn protested, OF
course insisted that 'Patria' retract
the announcement. And the row
Elaine had been spelling for was on,
ending with her Informing Mrs. Wrenn
that, II she disapproved 50 strongly.
Fanny Adair would relieve her OF re-
sponsibility as 'Patria's' chaperon. So
Rodney and his mother are leaving"
"Whenf'
To-day, l presumed"
ssOh r.. the girl declared In deepest
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28

Morgan City Dsily 1Yllsisyyiew deliver
e.. youf ONE ~ 81 per inon,n
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
BE PATlENT-AND CONFIDENT

North Dakota people, like others, are concerned over
the, fortunes Of the soldiers whom they have sent to serve
in the armies of their country. They watch anxiously
of all kinds, and some these stories are such as to cause
them anxiety. They may wonder why the newspapers
do not say plainly just where their soldier boys are and
what they are doing.
Our friends are reminded that the newspapers of
the country have been requested by the war department
to publish nothing relating to the movement of troops,
their departure from any point or their arrival at any
other point. except such as is given out officially by the
department itself. TheN purpose Of this is to make it as
difficult as possible for the enemy to gain information as
to the disposition of American troops.
The publication of the fact that a particular regi-
ment had reached a certain place would, probably be of
little value to the enemy taken by itself. But if infor-
nation as to the movements of each were pub
lished freely in the newspapers of the district from which
that regiment came. it would be an easy matter for Ger
man agents here and abroad to collect and classify this
information and thus be informed as to the location Of
divisions and army corps, and to make close estimates as
to their future movements. For this reason the newspa-
pers of the country have been asked to publish only such
information along this line as is issued by the depart
ment itself.
For their comfort our readers are reminded that 1t
is the announced policy Of the war department to make
public Immediately the facts relating to any misfortune
to American troops. This policy has been followed scru.
pulously, and no other method would be tolerated. The
fact that nothing to the contrary has been sent out
therefore with reference to any regiment is evidence tina,
it's members, wherever they may be, are safe and wen
For the rest, our friends are urged to be patient un4e,
the delays which military necessity imposes on all of us
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED

It was a strange coincidence that brought the call
Of death on the same day to John p. Bray and E. G..
Cooper, the one in distant South Africa and the other
In North Dakota. The two men had been warm friends
and comrades in their early manhood, and were closely
associated during their middle life. The developments
of political life and the demands of business had placed
half the circumference of the earth between them, and
yet on the same day the call came to them to forsake
their earthly habitations and pass on.
In the presidential campaign of 1896 the two men
were brought into close association for the last time in
their lives. AZ. c. Cooper was at the beginning of that
campaign made chairman of the Republican central
committee of North Dakota, and when the time came
P. Bray was selected as its chairman. The two worked
an made his first appearance as & presidential candidate,
and in which it appeared likely for a time that the
country would be swept by the free silver fallacy with
It's promise of cheap and abundant money. AT the be-
ginning of the campaign free silver sentiment was
was Strongly Republican, many people believed for some
time that Bryan would carry the state Mckinley car
ried the state rs we'll as the country at large, and dur
ing the following year Mr.. Bray was appointed to fill
the vacancy that existed in the consul generalship at
Melbourne, Australia. He has lived abroad since that
time, becoming a permanent, and q most useful mem
Der of the consular service. Mr.. Cooper remained a res
ident of the state, serving acceptably as insurance COM
missioner, and later resuming his private insurance work,
in which he was recognized az an expert.
The departure of these two men who were so closely
associated with the history of North Dakota during its
early years of statehood will bring keen regret to many
who knew and honored them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27

|hae s1nes been occupies ~ the rsmHants OF the Betgian
force with other unts from both British and French ar
mics ~ the British numbers increased they have adj
|ded 70 their $holdinEs until they are now far to the south
sof their original positions. and 1t Is understood that this
tr1fnsfer has been In progress until 1t least very recently.
The American troops have taken over q portion of
the French sector. When announcement was first made
OF the fact that American troops had actually entered
the trenches It was stated that they had been assigned to
f. .quiet sector ind this fixed the locality as being
somewhere toward the Alsace border. AS one seeks an
explanation for everything Efforts have been made to as
sign a reason for the selection Of this particular part OF
the line for occupancy by American troops.>4 Our guess
is that the selection has something to do with the futdffe
OF Alsace. and a Kansas editor who has Just returned
from Europe thinks that, the idea is that the French are
willing to have the Americans enter Alsacs because 1t viii
they will not be likely to return the territory to Ger
many.
1t seems scarcely necessary to enter the field Of p-
lihcal speculation to explain why our troops are placed
in a particular district. They must go somewhere. They
constitute, not a separate and independent group, bu. a
part Of q vast unit. The west front is one front. The
armies, French. British, Belgian and American. while,
each is commanded by its own officers. constitute one
great army. The business Of that army is military. It's
purpose IL not to make permanent dispositions Of terri
tory, but~to destroy German armies. And we may safely
assume that tho American troops are placed where they
are, and that they will continue to be placed where they
are expected to be, because that disposition. will. in the
opinion, Of the generals who are handling the work. most
surely and largely increase the military effectiveness Of
the entire great army that stretches from the North Sea
to the Swiss mountains.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
THE SUGAR CONTROVERSY

The two conspicuous figures in the sugar contro-
versy are Mr.. Hoover, head of the federal administration,
and Claus spreckles, the we'll known sugar manufac-
turer. Up to. date, in spite of the fact that he was for a
time denied an opportunity to present his case before
the senate Investigating committee, Hoover appears to
have the better of the argument.
In his testimony before the committee Mr.. spreckles
declared that Hoover himself was responsible for what
ever sugar famine exists; that the announcement off,
sugar shortage frightened people into boarding; that
an abundance of sugar was produced. and that there
was no need for any anxiety whatever.
Hoover has replied through the press with facts and
figures, not only as to. the. production in this country
and the other countries from which we derive a large
part of our supply, but as to the conditions abroad
which have a very material bearing on the situation here
1T home. He points out that our allies have in former
years depended on Germany for a large part Of their
sugar supplies: that this supply has, of course, been cut
of: that our friends have been obliged to cross the ocean
for sugar; and that the districts which formerly supplies
the United States, without much regard to the trans
Atlantic countries, are now called on to supply England
and France as well as ourselves This. in> substance. is
the explanation which Mr.. Hoover gives for the scarcity
In this country.
The government is criticized by spreckles for per-
hitting the expectation Of large quantities OF sugar to
Europe because this has lessened our home supply. The
expectation Is admitted by Hoover. and he does not apol-
oSise for it. On the contrary, he points out that 1t is
only ON. duty to limit our sugar cnusurnpton in order
that our friends across the ocean May be able to have
q lest : little df this very necessary. article OF food.
That looks reasonable.
Il ~ unfortunate that the senate co.nsnittes il headed
~ senator Reed. whose o~pnestien@s TO the confirmation
m Mr.. Hoover va exhtbited In : number OF ways which
made It appear 70 be inspired more BY personal feeling
81 some other. private feeling than ~ regard for the pub
~ interest. AZ inyysstisation conducted under those
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
NECESSARY TO ACT,
SAYS PRESIDENT.

The presidents statement follows:
II ha~veNeXercised the powers OF the
transportation. systems of the country,
which were granted me by the act Of
congress Of August, 1916. because it
has become imperattvely necessary
sources no less than Of men, perhaps
even more than Of men, and it Is nee
essary for the complete~mobilization
of our resources that the transporta-
ton systems OF the country/should be
organized and employed Under a sim
gle authority and a simpfified method
of co-ordinationfw which have not prov
ed possible under private management.
and control. The committee of rail-
way executives who have been co-op-
Grating with the government in this
all-important matter have done the
utmost that it was possible for them
to do; have done It with patriotic zeal
and with great ability; but there Eere
difficulties that they could neither es-
cape nor neutralize. Complete unity
of administration in the present cir
cun1stances involved upon occasion
and at many points a serious disloca-
ton of earnings, and a committee
was, of course. without power or au-
thority to rearrapge charges Or eff
feet proper compensations and adj
} N'S@ SoN tAE % 2SNSI ~ poOo
which were willing apd with admir-
able public spirit accepting the orders
of the committee, have already suf-
Tered from these circumstances and
should not be required to suffer fur
Their. In mere fairness to them the
full authority of the government
must be substituted. The government.
itself, will, thereby, gain an immense
income lin the conduct Of the war and
of the i~nnunlerable activities upon
which its successful conduct depends.
-fPUBLIC INTEREST
MUST BE FIRST SERvED.rs
THE public interest must be first
served. and in addition;-the financial
Interests OF the\government and the
must be brought under a common d.
rection. The financial operations of
the railways eed not then interfere
with the borrowings of the govern
ment and they themselves can be con-
Quoted at a greater advantage. In
~vestors in railway securities may rest
assured that their. rights and inter-
ests will be as scrupulously looked af-
ter by the government as they could
be by the directors of the several rail-
way systems. Immediately upon the
reassembling of congress, I shall rec.
mend that these definite guarantees
be given: First. 4ef course, that the
railway properties will he maintained
during the period of. federal control
in as good repair and as complete
equipment as when taken over by the
and second, that the
roads shall receive a net operating in
come equal in each a to the aver
age net income of the three years pre-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
PROFITS AND INVESTMENT

How much profit ought a concern to make on its
invested capital? 1nnumerable efforts have been made
to answer that question. and We are as much in the dark
as ever. The fact is that no absolute answer to the
question can be given. There are certain lines OF business
not many, but son1e-which are carried on without,
any invested capital at all. There are many which are
conducted on small capital but whose volume of bust
ness is very large. ~ ~ 5et u
Without designating any particular industry, let us
suppose an imaginary case. Suppose that a. man Us en-
gagged in distributing an article for which there is a rcgu-
lar and constant demand, and Of which he needs. there
fore, to maintain on hand only a small supply. Suppose,
for the sake of simplicity. that the handling Of that COM
modify is so standardized that 1t is bought and sold for
cash. Suppose that a capital Of 10000 is ample with
which to cary on the business, and that the goods are
handled SO rapidly that = business of 100000 a year is
transacted tY
Let us suppose that the dealer makes a profit Of /
per cent on his turnover. One per cent seems very mod
crate. The margin Is SO close that great care must be
exercfed that instead Of a net profit there is not 4 net
loss. A little increased expense, a little inefficiency here
or there, a little Of any one of the many things that are
apt to occur may easily wipe out the entire profit and
result in \ loss OF equal d greater proportions.
There is, then, a profit OF / per cention the business
transacted. That means a total profit Of $1,000. But
this is 10 per cont OF 10000. the capital invested. The
dealer, therefore. under the above circumstances, would
be able to declare a dividend Of 10 per cent on his c9pi-
talisation. which looks like . pretty good dividend.
The conclusion that one must reach IL that no prop
er estimate Of what net profit should be made on . given
capitalization until there is a, Understanding of the re.
letion between capitalization and volume Of business. The
fact that = certain profit is made on = siven capital has
Of Itself no meaning At all. 4G
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
SCHEME CLOSELY
FOLLOWS BRITISH PLAN.

The plan of control as outlined in
the proclamation and statement leaves
much unsaid as to details, but the
general scheme appears to follow,
closely the British system. In England,
however, government freight is car
ried free and the guaranteed earnings
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27

Action Surprise to Washington.
The presidents move, although
forecast for weeks, came at this time
rs a great surprise to nearly every
body in Washington, including rail-
road officials. 1t had been generally
believed he would await the reas-
senlbling of congress before taking
any step.SHe acted through Secretary
of War Baker under authorityecon
ferred in the army appropriation act.
Direct management of the roads
will remain in the hands Of railroad
officials and the railroads war board,
comprised of five railroad heads, will
continue to direct actual operation.
under Secretary McAdoo's general
supervision. =
The chief practical effect Of gov
eminent operation will be to permit
a complete un%ification OF all rail sys-
TENS, impossible under private opera
ton by reason of statutes prohibiting
pooling Of rail traffic and earnings.
The roads themselves had gone as far
as they dared in this direction andZit
became known only today that they
had been warned by Attorney Gener-
al Gregory that a violation of anti
pooling laws could not be permitted.
SOC .
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-27
Government TO Take Over
Railroads riday; M'AdOO
III Charge Of All Lines

f44 s .8tsF ~ Gs -AES2 Il.
ceding June 80, 1917; and I. am en-
be disposed in thisScase, As2in others.
to see that Justice is done, and full Sc
curity assured to the owners and
creditors Of the great systems which
the government must now use under
Its own direction or else suffer serious
embarrassment. i
rrpr ,. - ancn =
MADE DlHEOAOk
..rhe .acr.+.. ~ Il ~ .nd : 80,
rrSad +hst ali tbs circ"r ,st. ~. 30
ihcs taLen into con.;de $40 tim = Net
results can be obtained under the Inn
H Hennrah,e ~ g Mca adEset, mno.s q q
H., .a.ne ~. !.safanuDu, w't.IvasNe prac.
tor tb eap sarsira a rscu whos. 1,,s MIN
80 ssnrsf 4 rv oe ths +=r...vrv ..y,I 10y
9 h,n S;n, * =, go
man cnIIld 4 MANY nanc,a intars.
ests which wifi ha inyoivsd ana urh;ch
nairht nnlesa avs+e,oa ticaI1 Nv Sir"ctsa
suffer, Very mharrassinr antanrIs,
ments. -, $50 -, -
.Tha government ~ fha A5TYnite,
States is the only Great roverntnert
now engaged II n war which has
sort. II was thourht ia besin me .nirs
It Of American NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. az. ey-
erythinr that was necessary through
private management. and IL zeal And
ability and pafriotic motive conId have
accomplished,the necessary unfficatfon,
Of administration, it would certainly
have been Accomplished: but no zeal
or ability could overcome Finsuperable
obstacles and I have daemedlit nv
duty to recognize that fact in all cam.
dor. now that it ia demonstrated. and
to use without reserve the great au-
thority reposed in me. A great nj
tionai necessity dictated the action,
and / was therefore not at liberty "a.
abstain from it.
oonpo u,,r SOM -.
;"oD
Following is the president's procla-
nation:
States of America A.
IA proclamation:
Whereas. the congress- of the Unit.
ed States. in the exercise ofsthS con-
stitutional authority vested in them,
by Joint resolution of the senate and
house Of representatives, bearing date
April S. 1si7, resolved: I e
That the state of war betweenEsths
United States and the Imperial Cdr.
thrust upon the United STATED, Is, here.
by formally declared; and that the
president be and he is>hefeby author
lied and directed to employsthe entire
naval and military forces Of the Unit
60 eo=vs s.ares ana M ne. Joy : % snp
against the Imperial German govern
ment; and to bring the conflict to q;
successful termination, all Of the re-.
sources of the country are hereby
pledged by the congress Of the United
states