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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-06
Armament and Aviation.

Armament and aviation section
The representatives Of the allied ma
lions examined the condition Of their
various war manufactures and consid-
cred practical means of avoiding all
duplication and directing the effort of
each nation to the production Of the
things for which It was best fitted in
matters of first Importance. an inter-
allied committee was formed for carry
ing out the common programs and deci-
sions were arrived at
Sections of imports, maritime trans
ports and supplies-The allies. considering
that the means OF maritime transport at
their disposal. as well as the supplies at
common for the conduct of the war, de-
cided to create and interallied organiza-
ton, with view to co-ordinating action
mon program, constantly kept in mind.
and enabling them. while utilizing their
resources to the full, to restrict their i'm
ports in order to release as much tonnage
as possible for the transport Of American
troops
Action as to Switzerland.
Blockade section-The blockade section
examined. in the first place. the conven-
garding the questions Of blockade The
draft Of an arrangement between the
United States and Switzerland was ap-
proved and the United States will appoint
delegates 70 ldho part III inc uelUerduons
Of the permanent international appoint
ments committee as well as those Of the
interallied commission at Bern.
The section decided to make the dispo-
sitions necessary to enable the commits
sion in regard to the food supply in Bel
gium and northern France to accomplish
It's program as to provisions and trans
port Tho section submitted to the CON-
ference q declaration to the effect that
the prolongation Of the war having led to
the consumption OF products of all sorts
out Of proportion to production. IL was
evident that tho available resources,
whether in allied or neutral countries,
were unequal to actual needs and that It
would be necessary to extend the general
principles laid down by the American gov
ernment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-06
French Take Prisoners.

PARIS. December 6.-"our patrols
brought back prisoners south OF st.
says today's Official report. "on the
right bank Of the Mouse our batteries
effectively shelled enemy batteries
which were very active on the front
between Louyemont and Bezonvaux.
"a raid against our posts north OF
Bezonvaux was repulsed. Another
enemy effort. in the region Of Largit-
zen, upper Alsace, met with no better
success
Everywhere else the night was
quiet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-06
difference of Opinion Develops.

Meanwhile the food and the fuel adj
administrators developed a difference OF
sopinion about whether food or coal
SHOULD be given priority IN many re-
<ssons. Judge Lovett continued to sit
Sti&ht and still is endeavering to
.straighten out the general muddle.
: Meanwhile. so the railroads board as
sSerts. 1t Is left without any knowledge
-of who it is to take orders from and
tho voluntary agency is put in the po-
-sition of assuming a super-govern-
-rnental function and making its own
rulings about which government
agency Ii shall heed.
There is no dispute about the power
bfthe President to operate the roads
IL he so desires. Such authority was
given in the following section of the
military appropriations act last year:
The President. in time of war. Is
empowered. through the Secretary of
War. to take possession and assume
control of any system or systems of
transportation, or any part thereof. and
to utilize the same. to the exclusion
es Tar as may be necessary. of all other
traffic thereon, for the transfer or
transportation of troops, war material
And equipment or for such other pur-
poses connected with the emergency as
lnay be needful or desirable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-06
rnment control, they might be per.
aaded to remain at their posts.
Doubt Success Of q s. Control.

: Doubt Success Of q s. Control.
: With that portion of Commissions
NIc-hord's report which deals with the
dfxarsified control of shipments, rang
fno from that of the food admtntstra-
Ton. the fuel administration and the
Nar Department to the orders received
through the war industries board. the
railroad men are highly sympathetic'
even though they do not reach the con
Huston that such duplication and con-
fnsJon of directions can be solved only
Nv direct government control.
: That Is why some OF them are not even
Sfsposed to oppose q federal admins
srosor. so long as his activities are con-
Nue,i to those of an official fnterme-
Siary between government wishes and
Volunteer execution OF them by tho
railroads
: Evidence OF this confusion Is to be
found In q number of statements from
-hsre has been complaint that priority
orders were issued in such large mum
hers that movements of freight were
checked. The board undertook also 70
list about $50 essential commodities.
snd this list was forwarded to the pri-
4rities director of the Council Of Ma
lionaI Defense, Judge Lovett.
Caen Ii was found that the fuel au-
sl.fiiStrator had been wording alons
.;nGs of his own regarding priority
.fipments, and Judge Lovett VS.
Cooked to to stralghter out this tangie.
sIrxt the Council of National Defense
rrounced that no industry could be
regarded oyhand as non-essential, ana
81 was stated that probably there never
syo,ild be a list Of non essential industries
,s-cnuigated
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
"This is the clerk who received

"This is the clerk who received
the money said the manager.
and returned the seven notes tn
the detective.
Lepine motioned the clerk to be
seated, and himself sat down fac
ing him.
Tell me all that you remember
of the transaction" he said.
1T was Tuesday afternoon,
SIR the clerk began, "about 4
o'clock, | should say, that a man
came to the counter and stated
that he desired a statcroom, with
two berths, second class, for the
P%rlnzsessin Ottilie, the sailing. of
yesterday"
What sort Of a mane" asked
Lepine.
"a thin man, past middle age.
His hair was quite grey and he was
of a. dark complexion, with very
bright eyes"
What language did he useg"
HE spoke in English, sir"
"Fluently?"
Quite fluently, sir" -.
Every we'll; proceed"
II was in some doubt as to
whether such a stateroom was
available, as this is the busy sea
son; but on reference to u list.
l found that there was such a
stateroom. A customer to whom
we had sold it had just called at
the office, saying that he would
not be able to sail, and leaving his
tickets with us to resell, if pos
sible. When l told the man of
this, ne seemed very pleased, took
the tickets, and gave me the TOO
franc notes. My attention was
called to them because they were
quite new and unfolded. He took
them from a long envelope which
he carried In an inner pocket. and
which seemed to contain a large
sum of money!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23

oner started down the stairs, Lee
pine turned to an investigation of
the two rooms Every nook, every
crevice, ever inch of the floor, ev-
cry drawer-all these he examined
with a m%inuteness Of which only
the French police are capable, but
his search disclosed nothing which
shed any light on the mystery. At
last, he descended the stairs and
left the house.
There was still one hope, the
telegram. He fastened to the post
office, inquired for the clerk of
telegraphs, apologized for again
disturbing him, and asked to see
the telegram received for b. Sc
guin, 80 Rue du Plasson, the Sum
day before. At the end of five
minutes it was in his hands, and
he read it with dismay. It had
been sent from Brussels, and this
is the English of its contents:
Our sister is very ill and asks for
you. Come il you would see her alive.
Charles Seguia.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23

According to ]. Kuhie Kalanianaole.
Hawaiian delegate to congress, ur.
gent pleas. to be sent to France "a
Join the American forces there are
being made BY 5000 Hawaiian mi.
litiamen. Mr.. KAlanianaole il urging
favorable action By the war depart.
The question Of food supply, Il u
said, enters into the problem Of what
disposition 10 TO be made az "a
Hawaiian forces, for Hawaii Is ex-
pected to furnish the United Slater
much ct The needed sugar and riee.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER TX.
CHECKMATE.

lit is evident that this affair
was not lightly arranged, said
NJ. Delcasse, and ran his fingers
nervously through his hair.
Lepine nodded gloomily.
lyon may we'll say sol" he
agreed.
The two sat together in Delcas-
se's room, and Lepine had just
finished his report. Evening was
falling, and the room was growing
dark, but neither desired a light.
Everything has been thought
OF and provided for" said the Pre-
feet, at last, "even to the telegram
which gave an excuse for this
mans abrupt departure. Perhaps
the other kilograms were also in
tended. to mislead us-just as they
did mlslead me-to convince us
that those other men were only or
binary travellers. They must have
foreseen that the police would in
vestigate the presence of every
stranger in Toulon. 1t was care
less to send both kilograms from
Brussels, but a coincidence SO
small might easily be overlooked.
On one point only was there an
oversight-they did not foresee
that we might trace them by
means of the money. There is our
hope. Sooner or later, the man
with the white hair will spend
another Of his 100 franc notes.
There is a certain justice in it,"
he added, "that he should be be-
trayed by his blood money"
Yes, blood money! cried Del
casse: THAT is the word for it!
Oh, that | had my hands on the
monster-for he is a monster,
Lepine he must be a. monster!
There he sat, in cold blood, and
loosed the power that killed 800
men! Have you considered, LIE.
pine, that the finding of this Sec
ond: installation furnishes. as
Crochard foresaw, proof 81 his
theoryi'
Yes" said Lepine, in a low
voice this is the proof"
Delcasse was on his feet, strid-
ing savagely up and down the
room. )
But it is absurd" he cried, 1T
is incredible that here, under our
very noses, such things should
take place! What are our police
for, Lepine-our secret service"
1T is the fault Of that miser.
able landlord" Lepine pointed
out.
"Of him an example shall be
made. But that does not help us.
This man must not escape! Think
what It may mean for France if
he escapes!"
- have thought, STRIP and Lee
pine 8 voice was trembling.
Delcasse turned on him fiercely.
Where is Crochardi". he de.
manded. What is he doing ali
this timef',
lido not know. sir. l have not
seen. him since yesterday"
Rest assured that he has not
been idle. DO you know where to
find hint"
have HE address.
akhsn, mi ssy Iwish
must lay there
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23

A South Dakota state sepator recantlv
gave a new Illustration of that fine saw
ihg of an ancient philosopher: Man was
borD for mutual assistance" ~
Rcustomer entered the small town har.
Der shop.
HOW: sesn can you cut my hair?" he
asked OF the proprietor. who was seated in
dime novel.
Bill" said the barber. addressing his
errand boy, run oyer and tell the editor
that I'd like my scissors if he's got done
edith the paper. Gentleman waitin' for
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
ing the others countenause.

ing the Others countenanee.
"You have indeed changed,
Samson" he said. at last. III sup
pose it was Crochard who ar
ranged your escaped"
Samson made no reply.
"You have y good business
here3"
Every good, sir"
"You know, Of course, that il is
my duty to denounce you as an es-
capped criminal?"
eyes. | know that, sir"
"Crochard tells me that he will
answer for you-in other words.
he guarantees that you will not
run away. DO you understand
that?'
edo not fear" said Samson.
huskily. "Monsieur will ALWAYS
find me here when he requires
me-"
Lepine looked at him for a mo-
ment, then got abruptly to his
feet.
"Vcry well," he said; 81 shall
do nothing for the present." and
he left the cafe.
1t was nearly S O'Clock, and.
feeling the need of dinner, Lepine
made his way back to his hotel:
but his hunger was destined to 90
unsatisfied, for, as he stepped
through the door, Pigot touched
him on the arm.
IN. Delcasse wishes to see you
at once" he said. and Lepine, with
one regretful glance in the direc-
ton OF the dining room, hurried
up the stairs to the minister's
apartment. He found him die
tating to his secretary, a great
pile of letters before him.
Without pausing in his dicta-
ton, Delcasse picked up a tele-
gram which lay at his elbow, and
handed it to Lepine. 1t was dated
from Paris, and had been filed but
an hour before. 1t read:
"Seven notes 100 francs
Bl62s1oR to B162sl6R deposited
today by Thomas Cook & Son.
"Linne, Governor Bank of
France"
Lepine laid the telegram on his
desk and glanced athis watch.
II must be in Paris in the morn
ing" he said.
Delcasse nodded.
"Yes," he agreed. "And Gro
chard?"
"Is no doubt already there"
and he handed Delcasse the note
which Samson had given him.
Delcasse read it, and looked up
with an amused smile, in which
there lurked a trace of malice.
"What a man!'' he said.
NEVERTHELESS, Lepine, 1 think you
would better go. You may be able
to ASSET him! Give him my COM
pliments, and keep me informed"
and he turned back to his secre-
tary.
/. The Paris office of the Messrs.
Cook is at the corner opposite the
opera house, and here, about 10
o'clock OF the morning of Thurs
day, September %, a little grey
bearded man descended from a
fiacre, entered, and, after a short
delay, was admitted to the
presence Of the manager, who
made it clear at once that he was
entirely at the service of his dis
tinguished visitor.
Lepine sat down and produced
from his pocket seven notes Of the
Bank Of France, for 100 francs
each. They were quite new and
had not even been folded.
"These notes were deposited
by you yesterday afternoon" he
said. II should like to know from
whom they were received"
The manager took the notes and
glanced at them.
"That will not be difficult,
SIR" he said. "Our cashier can
nc doubt tell us from which Of our
clerks he received them. Excuse
me a moment"
He hurried from the room with
the notes in his hand, and Lepine.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER overwhelmingly.
Lepine recognized the cogency
OF this reasoning and nodded.

VI tnlS reasoning and nodded.
"Continue,' he said.
'She was a dark, slim girl, of
about 20. They gave me no trou-
BILE. She scarcely left the house
except for the marketing. But her
father was away a great deal"
did he bring much baggage?"
"Two pieces of hand baggage,
sir, and that box yonder by the
window. The box was very heavy
almost as if filled with iron
and he had great difficulty in get
ting itsup the stairs, even with the
assistance of the truckman."
"Did you enter this room while
he was hepe?"
ono, sir; l entered neither of
the rooms. My rule is never to in
terfere in the affairs of my ten
ants-they do not like it, But on
one occasion, as | passed the door,
j hard him at work on his inven-
ton"
Heard him, you sayi"
eyes, sir; there was a deep
humming noise as of a huge top,
or perhaps a motor. 1t occurred
to me that it was a flying machine
which he was inventing. Then, on
Sunday, came a telegram"
"A telegram"
Yes. sir; | brought it up my
self. He read it and his face grew
very grave. He informed me that
he would be compelled to depart
next day-that his sister was dy-
ing. But he assured me that he
would return as soon as possible
to continue his experiments, and
that | was to hold the apartment
for him-at least until the month
for which he lad paid had ex-
pred"
And he did depart?'
Yes, sir; quite early in the
morning. | called a cab, and as
sisted TO carry down his baggage.
The box. as you see, remains
against his return, also his appara-
tus,' and he indicated the bat
teries.
"Oh, certainly" agreed Lepine.
with irony, there can be no doubt
Of his intention to return" And
then his face grew dark and his
eyes flashed. "How does it hap
pen," he demanded sternly, that
you did not cause him to fill Out a
registration blank for the police?"
The little man twisted his hands
nervcusly.
I'm that l admit l was most
culpable, sir" he said. ",But when
looked in my desk for a blank. /
found that | had none. Every day
! intended going to the prefecture
TO get q new supply, but every day
something occurred to prevent me.
And then came the day o. his de
parturc."
Lepine's face was very stern.
"Yoa have, indeed, been culpa-
Bile, he said, "and I shall see that
YOU r punished. You have bro,;-
cn ore Of the laws Of your conn
try. You have aided a malefac-
tori!
The little man $ face was liyid.
oh. do not say 30. sir" hc
protested. There must be ON
mistake! That kind gentleman.
absorbed only III his ins.nt;on-''
do say SO, broke in Lepine.
savage'y. Did he receive any
:etters2
One, sir, on the Saturday be-
tore the arrival Of the telegram.
No doubt it, too, spoke Of the ILL
ness Of lis ~sistav."
Lepinc put his hand YEARLY to.
mis- head.
At least you noticed the adj
dress on the letteri" he asked.
Oh, yer, sir. It was .Monsieur
:. 6egg,lfu: 50 Rue du PlassDn. Tou-
lon. Seguin, hat was the name
"a IL! ledger"
Buts!yeuSsaid he was not a
efencb1nanl
perhaps he was asfseleian, sir,
have keards that they arc some
ls,nes dark
sepiiine threw up his hand.
1ead ah,asnigA'' he cried, and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
Another Lincoln Story.

From the Illustrated Weekly.
When Lincoln was still an insignificant
ountr lawyer, he had occasion to travel
to a small town to take charge of a case,
1t was a drive of some IA miles from the
railroad station to the town inn, where
he was to pass the night. Wet and chilled
to the bone. he arrived at. last. but. to his
dismay, found only a small fire built in
the CRATE, while standing about it, so as
to exclude the heat from the traveller,
were the other lawyers interested in the
case. At length one of the group turned
to Lincoln.
hot in hades."
Ever been to hades, stranger?" asked
another.
Yes" replied Lincoln. solemnly.
This raised a faint smile among the
other lawyers.
What does it look like there?" they
asked.
Very much like this" said Lincoln,
dryly. "An the lawyers nearest the fire"
---
Manicuring the Lettuce.
What are you doing in the garden with
your curling tongs?"
'FfXing up the lettuce
II don't understand. Why the Curling
tongs?'
81 like the curly lettuce leaves. and I'm
helping them along a bit"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-08-23
NeiahborIy.

CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28

and she told her all klnds on aNi1.
things about the boy love ] never
liked this aunt ana don think she
loves me-
% How can I convince my parents
that this young man Is all right. They
don't dislike him fer himself alone
bus because of the things my aun.
says
o. To Won think il Is possible that
he S untrue to me-
(3) Would IL be ali right TO tell htn
how nay parents feel about OUT get
ting married and what my aunt says Of
him and make him explain 20 them
This is driving me crazy because 4
want 1T all settled soon.
LILLIAN
lI1 For the present I wouid moi
argue the matter with anyone When
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28
Musical club Social Gathering.

Mrs. J r. Tuckis, president Of the
Rock Island Musical club. made a de-
hgbtfuI hostess yesterday when she
entertained in her home. 1901 Four
teeuth-and-a-h street. the active
members Of the club to the number OF
So Mrs. Tuckis had frightened her
lovely home with flowers and the
guests enjoyed a wonderfully good
time. the hostess serving light refresh
ments Mrs Joseph Goldsmith and
Mrs j. II Ciarkson entertained with
readings and these were greatly en-
joyed The club will begin irs season
work Tuesday of next week. program
70 be held at the Rock Island club
The outlook for the season is very
bright and prospects are that it viii
be one ef fhe most successful in the
history 1E this live organization
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28
Young PeopIe Have Rally.

A large number Of the Young Peo-
pie of the First Baptist church got
together last evening at the church
FOR rally and after enjoying a sea-
son of games and contests and a gen
eral good time they were called to
order and after singing "America"
We're addressed by z. &. Fisher. su-
perintendent ot schools. VINO spoke to
them about the results that can be
accomplished by combined effort. The
meeting was Iuu Of interest and
means much for the future success
of the work OF the young people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28
Knitting Tea For
Visiting Nurse Benefit

Mrs James Conner has opened her
home at 70z Twentieth street for q
knitting tea to be held Tuesday. Oct
=, from 3 o'clock on throughout the
afternoon The proceeds from this at
fair viii be used for the benefit OF fhC
Visiting Nurse association which mus
not he forgotten in the effort 10 do fo'
the Red Cross. Mrs Conner viii Is
very glad to see all friends Of the as.
sociafion and they are privileged to
bring their knitting and work at the
same time for the Red Cross.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28

Twenty-Five members OF the home
department and d large number of
babies in the cradle roll of the First
Baptist bible school enjoyed the re-
cepton given them yesterday in the
school rooms Rev. J. Clarke Granger
addressed the company Of older folks
while The little ones played and later
they were all served with refresh
ments. the affair proving as enjoy
able to the older folks as il was
merry to he children
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28

4 company Of 80 couples enjoyed
the private dancing party given last
evening by Rock island camp No IS.
8eodmen Of the World, at Odd Eel
lows halis Bieuer's orchestra gave
the dance program. The next of the
series of parties VIII be held Thursday
evening. Oct H. al Odd Fellows hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-28

Dear Mrs. Thompson am in
! position where I am badly in need Of
advice. AS far back as I can remem-
Der my father has treated me terribly
mean. OF late my mother has also, in
fluenced By him, I think They are
always nagging me and telling me TO
get out IL | do not they promise me
they viii throw me out when I be-
come 10. which is soon / am only
earning seven dollars per week. They
encourage nay sister (I5} to wear and
use all ms things My father calls me
vulgar names before my younger
brothers SO that now they do the
same He tells me I am no daughter
Of his ana mother SAYS she wishes
We're dead
Not that I am bad or disobedient.
get up at 4 80 every morning 10 help
with the work. go ont only Two
evenings d week and am home at 80.
Ny sister is out every night until
1880 They threaten 70 put me in
detention home Can they do that
when I have done nothing wrong?
What shall I do2 Only this morn
ing they told me to get out or they
would fnd means to put me out
a BROKEN HEARTED GIRL.
such parents as YOU describe de-
serve 10 t0IAE1A AAt respect B4 iAE5I
children Fortunately they are scarce
Ny dear girl, if were you ! would
try to find d position with a good fam
lily AS you must already understand
the care If the home and Of children.
such position would be easy to pro
cure. There your surroundings would
be pleasant and besides earning a sal
AIRY YOU would be getting home and
board.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Two months
ago 7 became engaged to q young man
who lives in a town nearby. I had
known him for a year before this, and
7 thought he was perfectly all right in
every way He used to come to see me
three times a week and always brought
be candy or flowers or something nice
to show he liked me. He never went
with other girls and was his only
friend and companion. Ny parents
never fixed him, and It used to make
me feel very bad to think that the
only hoy 1 ever liked should he one
that my parents disliked Ny aunt
who lives in the same town as this
boy has been talking to my mother