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CHAPTER Ii.-Continued.
sHer royal highness-"

SHer royal highness-"
''Annunciata is fool" said his ma
Aesty. Then, disnafssing his daughter
with q gesture, ave don't know how
90 raise our children here" he sale
fmpatiently. 1.-THE English do better
And even the Germans"
It is not etiquette to lower ones
eyebrows at a king and glare. But
General Mettlich did 1t. He was rather
n poor subject. ''The Germans have
not our problem, SIRE" he said, and
stuck up his mustache.
SIN not going to raise the boy 8
prisoner" insisted the king stubbornly
General Mettlich bent forward and
placed hand on the old mans knee
I'VE shall do well, SIRE" he said
gfayeIy, ito raise the boy at ALL"
There was short silence, which the
king broke. "What is new?"
"We have broken up the university
meetings, but / fancy they go on, In
small groups. / was gratified, how.
ever. TO observe that q group of stu
dents cheered his royal highness yes
tcrday as he rode past the university
buildings. The outlying districts are
quiet. So, too, is the city. Too quiet
SIre.''
They are waiting, Of course, for my
DEATH said the king quietly. "It
only you were twenty years younger
than am, 1t would be better" He
fixed the general with shrewd eyes,
~'What do those asses of doctors say
about me?'
"Hven at the best, sire" He
looked very ferOciOus, and cleared his
throat. He was terribly ashamed that
his voice was breaking. ''Even at the
best. but OF course they can only give
an opinion"
'Six mOnthsa"
ga year, SIRE"
Sand at the worst!" said the king,
with grim smile. Then, following
his own line Of thought: "But the
people love the boy, 1 think"
'They do. 1t is for that reason,
sire, that advise particular caution.
lie hesitated. Then, "Sire," he said
earnestly, ''there Is something OF
which L must speak. The Committee
OF Ten has organized again"
Involuntarily the king glanced at
the photograph on the table.
'Forgive me, sire, If I waken bitter
memories. But / fear"
''YOu fear!" said the king. "Since
when have you taken to fearingY'
Nevertheless" maintained General
Mettlich dOggedly, Il fear. This quiet
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rhis afternoon She was not alone.

This afternoon she was not alone.
Lounging at a window was the lady
who was waiting at the time, th0
Countess Loschek. Just now she was
getting rather wigging, but she was
remarkably calm.
'The last three times" the arch
duchess said, stirring her tea, ''you
have had sore throat. In my opinion,
you smoke too many cigarettes"
The Countess Loschek was thirty,
and very handsome, in an insolent
way. She was supposed to be the best
dressed woman at the court, and to
rule Annunciata with an iron hand.
although 1t was known that they
quarreled a great deal over small
things, especially over the coal fire.
Some said that the real thing that
held them together was resentment
that the little crown prince stood be-
tween the Princess Hedwig and the
throne. Annunciata was not young,
but she was younger than her dead
brother Hubert
The countess yawned.
where is Hedwig?" demanded the
archduchess.
"Her royal highness is in the nurs-
cry, probably"
"Why probably2"
"She goes there a great DEAL"
The archduchess eyed her. swell,
out with it," she said. "There Is
something seething in that wicked
brain of yours"
The countess shrugged her shoulders.
Not that she resented having a
wicked brain. She rather fancied the
idea. "She and young Lieutenant Lar
iSch have tea quite frequently with
his royal highness."
Little fooll" said Annunciata. But
she frowned, and sat tapping her tea
cup with her spoon. She was just a
trifle afraid of Hedwig, and she was
more anxious than she would have
cared to acknowledge. "How far do
you think the thing has gone"
''He is quite mad about her."
"And Hedwig-but she is silly
enough for anything. Do they meet
anywhere else?"
"At the riding school, believe. AT
least, T."
Here a maid entered and stood
waiting at the end of the screen.
"His excellency, General Mettlich,"
said the maid.
The archduchess nodded her august
head, and the maid retired. Go
away, Olga" said the archduchess.
"And you might" she suggested grim
ly, "gargle your throat
The chancellor had passed trou4
bled night. Being old, like the king.
he required little sleep. And for most
of the time between one o'clock and
his rising hour of five he had lain In
his narrow camp bed and thought. He
had not conflded all his worries to tha
king.
Evidences Of renewed activity on tha
part of the terrorists were many. In
the past month two Of his best secret
agents had disappeared. One had been
found the day before, stabbed in the
back. The chancellor had seen the
body-an unpleasant sight. But 1t
was not of the dead man that General
Mettlich thought. 1t was Of the other.
The dead tell nothing. But the living,
under torture, tell many things. And
this man Haeckel, young as he was,
knew much that was vital.
At five General Mettlich had risen,
exercised before an open window with
an old pair of iron dumb bells, had fol-
lowed this with a cold bath and hot
coffee, and had gone to early mass at
the Cathedral.
He entered the boudoir Of the Arch
duchess Annunciata, and the countess
went out another door, and closed It
behind her, Immediately opening It
about an inch.
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OF the last few months alarms me.
Dangerous dogs do not bark. l trust
no one. The very air is full of Sc
iitiOn."
The king twisted his blue-veined old
hands together. but his voice was
quiet. "But why" he demanded, al
most fretfuIly. "If the people are
fond of the boy. and think they are,
TOTO carry him of, or injure him,
would hurt the cause. Even the ter
rorists, in the name of a republic, can
do nothing without the people"
'sThe mob is curious thing, sire.
You have ruled with strong hand.
Our people know nothing but to obey
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Tibet History Lost.

The history Of Tibet is lost in the
obscurity of the long ago, for It's GUS
toms date back to the morning Of the
world. It's people come from the an
Gent ages, and 1t is only known that
they belong to the Tbeto-Indo-C Chinese
branch Of Keene's Homo Mongolicus.
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Countess Loschek, lady in
waiting at the court, who is In
love with Karl of Karnia, pIots
to Illustrate his marriage to He'd.
wig. She is already Involved In
an intrigue with the ruler OF
Karnia and she prepares a sc.
cret message for transmission.
Some interesting developments
are recorded In the next install
ment.
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MANY seem TO Think 30.

Like everybody else, the paragraphs
er has his dull days, though, perhaps,
the rest of the people feel that tina
paragrapher has more of them them
anybody else.-WilmingtOm News
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The archduchess was having tea.
Her boudoir was a crowded little
room. The archduchess liked 1t be-
cause it was warm. The palace rooms
were mostly large and chilly. She had
q fire there on the warmest days in
spring, and liked to put the Goals on.
herself. She had them wrapped in
pieces of paper so she would not soil
her hands.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
Y. M. c. A. HAS 1923
OVERSEAS WORKERS
OF These 1860 Men and 5l3
Women Have Gone Across.

The scope of the amplified work
of the Y. NJ. c. A. overseas, which
has taken on increased proportions
during the past six months, Is in
dicated by figures recently issued by
the personal division Of the War
Work Council through its bulletin
issued to the camp secretaries.
"Of 1923 people approved up to
and including August for Red Tri-
angle overseas work" says the bull
letin. SO are men and 1910 are
women. OF these numbers $3.50 men
and BIB women have already gone
overseas. During August 142 resig-
nations from overseas work took
place.
"Of those who have sailed or are
ready to sail, 1922 are booked for
the American EXpeditiOnary Forces
in France. 547 for England and Is
for Italy. Working with the Italian
army in Italy are 2O1 secretaries
and with the polius in Foyers du
Soldat in France 367.
TT is interesting to note" says
the report. that there Are 213 pro-
Tess innal entertainers engaged Cx-
CIUcively under the ~ in entett thin
ing these Coldiers in, France. The
quota furnished by each department
was as follows: Northeastern. 694:
eastern. 2.547; southeastern, 44O, cen
tral. 100; southern, 1S6; and wes-
tern. 3S6"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
EXAMINE RUSH BUTLER
IN SENATE HEARING
Chamber Of Commerce Man Ques-
toned by Committee.

Rush Butler. Of the United States
Chamber Of Commerce, was before
, the Senate Agriculture Committee
again yesterday as a witness in the
investigation to find If there is a
close relation between the packing
industry and the Chamber of Com
merCe.
Little progress was made in the
direction of establishing that the
influence OF the five great Chicago
packers with the Chamber had in
spired the report of the Butler COM
mittee attacking the report of the
Federal Trade Commission on the
packing industry. Mr.. Butler, how
ever, made the statement that If but
small part of that report were
true, the Department of Justice,
from top to bottom. ought to be
impeaChed for failure to proceed
against the packers under existing
law.
George P. Hampton. managing di-
rector of the Farmers National
Headquarters. strongly upheld the
report of the commission, and said
that it should not be hampered in
the good work it is now doing for
the country.
The farmers of this country. and
the people of the country. are not
concerned about the methods en-
pIOyed by the Federal Trade Com
mission" he said, but are looking
for results, and that Is what the
commission Is giving them"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
AIR SERVICE OPENED
TO REGISTERED MEN
Candidates for Commissions In
cluded in Ruling.

The Air Service yesterday was re-
opened for induction of mechanics
and of candidates for commissions
Irrespective of their standing in the
draft.
Registrants Of dates earlier than
the September IL registration can now
be induCted into the various branches
Of tho service. which may want them
and into which they may wish to
enter.
After October !, registrants Of the
date Of September y may be inducted
into the service under similar condi-
tiOns and irrespective OF their stand
ing and classification of the draft.
So although the wide-open vOlun.
teering system may never again be
in effect a method is open to any
registered man who does not want
to await his call to choose the serv-
ice he desires, and IL he can meet
its requirements and there is an OPEN
ing for him he may be entered in it
through the regular channels pre-
scribed for conducting the selective
service operations.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
HOOVER WANTS MIXED
FLOUR LAW CHANGED
Restrictions Deter Millers from
Making Ready Mixed Article.

Ready-mixed war flours, instead OF
household mixing OF substitutes with
varying success, is the special plea Of
Herbert Hoover, National Food Ad.
ministrator. in a letter to Representa-
tive Henry T. Rainey. ranking mem
Der of the Ways and Means Commit
tee OF the House. asking an amend
ment to the revenue act to suspend
the present mixed-flour Jaws for the
duration of the war.
Mr.. Hoover makes the point that
the restrictions Of the mixed-flour
laws deter the miller from putting UP
mixed flour. although the war condi-
tions and the probability OF using a
90 per cent admixuture OF wheat SUBJ
stitute in bread for the duration of
the war indicates the advisability II
not the absolute necessity for the
common good OF selling flour mixed
according to the Food Administration
regulations.
An amendment to accomplish the
purpose sought accompanies Mr..
Hoover's letter
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
new BUILDINGS
FOR CHILDREN
Holy Trinity Parish Opens
Group to Care for
800 Pupils.

The order OF the Sisters of Mercy
will have charge of the new group Of
school buildings erected by the Holy
Trinity parish. Georgetown. which
which open next Monday. The new
buildings are located on Thirty-sixth
street between N and o, Georgetown,
and will care for 500 pupils.
Separate buildings have been pro-
vided for the boys and for the girls.
Children residing outside the parish
bounds who wish to attend may do
so by paying a nominal fee of 81 a
month.
Each of the buildings contains two
stories and a basement. Gymnasium
eauipment is being installed in a
playroom 7OxJO feet Provision is
also made for a kitchen and lunch
rooms, where hot lunches will be
served at cost. Lockers have also
been provided in the basement, as
well as ample cloakroom for the
wraps and school books OF the chill
dren.
The school rooms themselves have
been made as light and as scientifi-
Cally ventilated as possible. The
broad windows overlook the beautiful
gardens of Georgetown College and
the Visitation Convent. In each
building there will be ten class
rooms, each accommodating forty
pupils. Drinking fountains have been
installed in the corridors of each
floor as well as in the basement.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
MOTOR TRANSPORT TO
CUT HIGH LIVING COST
To Reduce Waste and Put Labor
on Farms

Escape from the present high and
higher cost of living may be pro-
vided by a developed system of
American highways. Herbert Hoov-
er. Federal Food Administrator. sug-
gested to the regional chairman Of
the Highways Transport Committee
of the Council of National Defense
at a luncheon at the Willard yes-
terday. He said the efficient opera :
tiOn Of mechanical TRANSPORT en-
COura Ged by the committee is ca-
pable of lowering price levels bv
cutting down wastes and putting
more labor on the farms.
The failure of our public mark
cts Is due to the tremendous loss
of perishables that we experience
every year." said Mr.. Hoover, A
network of rural deliveries will pro-
vide the economic basis for a sue
cessful public market in America.
"A further effect of this trans
port development would be to bring
INTO productive activity largo
potential of labor now on the farm
but not actively producing. Me-
chanical transport will cut down
the number of work animals on the
farm, and turn over to the CROWNS,
or foods acreage capable of sus-
tanning 40,000,0OO people.
Large areas OF Europe are facing
famine. The deaths from starvation
this winter are likely to outrTn
those by bullet. Also, after neace
is achieved again. we shall face an
peals for ten years from our FIJI
ropean allies for a share of our
productivity"
Mr.. Hoover congratulated Roy d
Chaplin, chairman of the Highways
Transport Committee, on the work
his organization has done to pro-
mote a system of transportation He
pledged the cooperation of his ad-
minlstration to the highways com
mittee.
Todays sessions will be addressed
by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy, and Maj. Gen. Geo. w
Goethals.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
Tanks to Bear Names of
l20 Cities Winning Best
Records in Fourth Loan

Cities making records In the
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign will
have tanks, battling at the front.
named for them. Announcement
was made at the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday that it had been
given the privilege of naming 120
tanks. 1t will divide these. ten to
each OF the twelve Federal Reserve
Districts. so that the ten cities in
each district making the best show
ing will be represented in the next
following big drive into German
territory by a tank each.
The Department had already been
authorized to name twelve ships OF
the Emergency Fleet Corporation
and these will be apportionsd one to
each Federal Reserve District.
In preparation for the drive Di-
rector General McAdoo OF tho Rail-
road Administration yesterday ad-
dressed another circular to en-
ployes of his department. urging
them to participate.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19

blood constantly discharges into
them.
Another common indication of
weak. impure blood is the loss of
appetite. tired. worn out feeling and
a general rundown condition of
the system. This is an ailment very
prevalent in the Spring and most
persons so afflicted realize the ne
cessity of overcoming the trouble
by the use of a tonic.
We recommend to all in need
of blood purifier or tonic. the use
of S. S. S.. a medicine which has
proven itself the greatest of all
blood purifiers. 1t goes down into
the circulation and removes all i'm
Purities, humors and poisons and
makes the blood pure and health
sustaining. 1t purihes and strength
ems weak deteriorated blood. sup
plies it with the healthful properties
it needs and lays the foundation
for good health. As a tonic S. S.
S. has no equal and those who are
beginning to feel the need of such
medicine to fortify themselves
against the unpleasant condi-
tions which come with Spring
and early Summer. should COM
mence its use at once. S. S. S.,
the King Of Blood Purifiers, is a
genuine blood cleanser. made en-
tirely from roots, herbs and barks;
it does not contain a particle of
mineral in any FORM. You could
not do better than begin the use
of S. S. S. if from any cause your
blood is weak or impure. and you
will find it the most satisfactory
tonic you ever used. Write for
book on the blood and any med
ical advice. No charge for either.
Address 4OS Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.-Adv,
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
COMMUNITY CENTERS
IN DIVERS ACTIVITIES
All Doing Their Bit to Amuse
Strangers Within Our Gates.

The Rhythmic Players. a Com
munity Center Club. will give a pro-
gram of music and rhythmic dane
ing for lonely war-workers who are
in Washington at Mrs. Tinnin's
studio 1742 Church street, next Fri
day evening at 1880 o'clock. This
group of esthetic dancers is also
planning to present THE MasQue of
Mondamin" at the Central High
School shortly before Thanksgiving.
The Arion Club of the Signal
Corps as hostess entertained men in
uniform last evening at a dance at
the Thomson Community Center,
Twelfth and l. streets northwest.
Singing, Red Cross work, recon-
struction OF old garments was the
program offered last night at the
Garnet Community Center. Tenth
and U streets.
Birney Community Center. Ana
costa, held a community dance last
night for the young women and the
men in khaki of the neighborhood.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
Five Concert Artists
In Philharmonic Series

The five artists who will give con-
certs this season for the philharmonic
course were announced last night.
Nine. France Aida, soprano from
the Metropolitan Opera, accompanied
by Rudolph Genz at the piano, will
open the season on December T.
Toscha Seidel. violnist who created
distinct i impression last winter
among the music-loving colony in
New York, will appear on January
%. Martinelli. the popular tenor of
the Metropolitan Opera; the beloved
Nine. Louise Homer and Ossip Cab
rilowitsch, the well-known pianist,
will each be heard in a full recital
program.
Seats will be sold the early part of
October at Mrs. Greene's office in
Droop's. Thirteenth and C streets
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
Song Leaders Wanted
To Help Bond Sales

Peter Dykema, who has charge
Of the community singing for the
War Camp Community Service OF
the District of Columbia, has is
sued call for voluntary song
leaders to work in the local thea
tiers in connection with the next
liberty loan drive.
Arrangements have been made
with thirty-six local theaters for
our-minute Sings" alternating
with the talks of the four-minute
men. The song leaders will lead
the audience in the singing of two
patriotic songs.
Mr.. Dykema is conducting a
class each Thursday night in the
Thompson School for the purpose
of drilling the song leaders and
instructing them in the work. All
volunteers who will give their
services in the cause of the next
liberty loan are urged to call on
him tonight or any other Thurs
day night.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
.WASHINGTON-ALASKA
IN INITIAL MEETING
War Workers from Northwest form
Club.

Philip Norton. assistant director
Of the Committee on Public Infor-
nation. who left the city last night
for Siberia, where he will go as a
member of the American Commits
sion spoke last night at the initial
meeting of the Washington-Alaska
society which has been formed to
promote sociability among the war
workers and the soldiers and sail
ors from the far northwest
Capt. Albert Miller who has lust
left Congress to enter the service.
made his first public appearance in
his uniform, also spoke. Other
speakers were Representative
Humphries of Seattle and Prof.
Benson. formerly of Washington
State University, now in the gas
bureau of the War Department.
John F. Miller. representative, and
Ashman Brown, were elected tenn
pOrary officers.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
Stomach of Cow May
Fail to Find Value
Of Boots Fricassee

Fri,assce Of boots is undoubtedly
nutritious if you can digest it. ac,
cOrding to W. T. Greasy. chairman
Of the National Board of Farm Or
EanizatiOns and secretary of the Ma
tiOnal Dairy Union of Pennsylvania,
IN discussing the mixed feed amend
ment to the agricultural bill now in
joint conference.
NO manufacturer of hOuest feeds
Is afraid to label the bag as to its
contents" continued Mr.. Greasy.
This amendment provides for that.
That a chemist may find nutri-
ment in some articles does not prove
that the cows stomach will.
The farmer sells the same grade
Of article he always did in wheat.
potatoes and other produce He can
not tell what he buys back in the
manufa -tured article
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
WOMEN PLACED ON
MERGER COMMITTEE
Six Members of Field Division Are
Men: Six Are Women.

AS a tribute to the war work al
ready accomplished by the women of
America and TO bring them in still
closer relations to the government s
war activities. the Council OF Ma
tional Defense has created a Field
Division with a governing committee
of six women and six men.
The new organization is in effect a
merging OF the present Woman's
Committee of the Council with the
State Councils section. 1t will be
headed by Secretary OF the Interior
Franklin D. Lane. The following
have been named on the governing
committee: DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
Mrs. Joseph r. Demar. Mrs. Stanley
Mccormick. Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell.
Miss Agnes Nestor, Miss Hannah J.
Patterson. Daniel Willard: Fuller
Galloway. OF Georgia; George L.
Berry. Tennessee: H. NJ. Robinson.
California. r. NJ. Bissel, Connecticut,
and Grosvenor B. Clarkson. secretary
of the council and OF the advisory
commission.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
646 ENSIGNS GIVEN
NAVY COMMISSIONS
Secretary Daniels Attends Grradua.
ton Exercises at ANNAPOLIS

Yesterday 646 ensigns received their
commissions after a course of ten
weeks in the Naval Academy, follow
ing preliminary training. The COM
missions were presented by Josephus
Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, who
congratulated the young officers upon
entering the navy.
Secretary Daniels told OF the serv-
ice being rendered by officers whose
training has been OF short duration,
and of how they had demonstrated
their fitness to hold the commissions
Civilians from college, shop and
farm have shown ability to master
seamanship and qualify for the serv-
ice. They have been placed in re-
sponsible positions and officers of
long experience say they are efficient.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-19
TO IMPROVE
POSTAL WORK
Plans Discussed for Elimi-
mating Unnecessary
Night Work.

At a meeting OF representatives OF
postal employees and Assistant Post
master General Koons yesterday
plans for eliminating unnecessary
night work and improving condi-
tions were discussed.
Ofcials of the employees organ
ization present at the meeting
were: First Vice President John ].
Welsh. of Memphis, Tenn. Fourth
Vice President Walter G. Hancock
OF San Francisco. Cal, and Fifth
Vice President Patrick f. Higgins
OF New York.
Over seventy per cent Of the mail
distribution work is done at night.
For such work the committee sug-
gested differential pay. 1t also rec
commended that unsanitary condi-
tions in post office work rooms
that are injurious to employees
health. be remedied especially since
women are entering this industry at
a rapidly increasing rate.