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Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
The AbandonedR0onn
By Wadsworth Camp

front door. There was no one in
the court.
"Parades," he said, closing the
door, has gone out of the court.
Where's Katherine, doctor?"
She went to the kitchen" the
doctor rumbled. "I'm sure | don't
know what for this time of night"
After little Graham and Rawlins
came down the stairs. Graham's
iace was SCARED by fresh trouble.
Rawlns drew the district attorney
to one side.
What have you two been. doing
up there?" Bobby asked Graham.
"Rawlins is hard headed" Graham
answered in low. worried tone.
He wouldn't meet Bobby's eyes.
tie seemed to seek an escape.
where's Katherine?" he asked.
Doctor Groom says she went to
the back part of the house. Why
don't you tell ME what you we're
doing?"
Only trying to keep Rawlins
from making more mischief" Ora
ham answered.
He wouldn't explain.
Aren't there enough riddles in
this house?" Doctor Groom asked
with frank disapproval,
Rawlins and Robinson joined
them, sparing Graham further de-
Tense. The district attorney had all
air of fresh resolution. He was
about to speak when the frort door
opened quietly, framing the black
ness of the court. They started for
ward, seeing no one.
Silas Blackburn made a slow,
shrinking movement, crying out:
They've opened the door! Don't
let them i'll! Don't let them come
near me again."
Although they knew Parades had
been in the court the spell of the &C.
dars was so heavy upon them that
for a moment they didn't know what
to expect. They hesitated with
little of the abnormal apprehension
Silas Blackburn exposed. Then
Rawlins sprang forward and Bobby
called:
"Carlosw
Parades stepped from one side.
He fingered against the black back
ground of the doorway. 1t was
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
NEBRASKA BASE
HOSPITAL HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
Major A. C. Stokes Writes of
Attack of Submarine While
Crossing the English
Channel.

Nebraska Base hospital units mar
row escape from German subma
rine while crossing the English
channel is described in letter from
Maj, A. c. Stokes to Frank w. Jud-
son, state Red Cross director.
I'VE were within 100 yards of the
hospital ship Warida when it was
sunk by a German submarine the
night OF August !. We were all
called on deck and could plainly see
the flashes of the guns and supposed
they were firing at US. We did not
know what had happened until the
next morning" wrote Major Stokes.
Shelled in Paris.
We reached Paris August E. the
last day the Germans shelled Paris.
Every half hour shells broke in the
city, one of them also within 100
yards of us. Several people were
killed.
BY August 10, we were all IN
Alierey ready for work. Our hos
pital was built, but the equipment
was not here, so it was up to us to
get the equipment installed and ar
ranged. At this we all worked hard,
filling the wards with beds and matz
tresses, the laboratory and operating
rooms with all the material we could
get.
Nebraska base hospital is gen-
orally regarded in this sector to
have the best equipped operating
room and the most attentive and
conscientious staff of workers. Much
OF our success has been due to the
support and money received from
home and from the state Red Cross.
Many sad things have happened
, during the course of our existence
in France ard we have passed
- through many trials and tribula-
e tons. The saddest thing of all was
the death of one of our nurses froni
meningitis which occurred soon al
TIC, her arrival. Many of the nurses
have been i'll on account Of impro-
per quarters and lack of heat. One
man and his work deserves particu-
lar mention. This is the work of
Our chaplain, Dean Hancock He is
beloved by the entire unit and his
counsel and advice has been invalu-
able.
THE consulting service of the
ear, nose and throat OF the entire
center is controlled by Base 40, as
are also the neurological consulting
service. the X-ray consulting serv-
ice and the neuro-surgical consult
ing service.
Increase Capacity.
Large Markee tents furnishes us
the increased capacity from 1000 to
1000 patients. On the lst of Octo-
Der the patients from the. Argonne
drive began to come. This con-
slant flow of patients continued
from the 1st of October to about
the 18th or 18th of November, al
most up to the present time. Our
capacity was taxed to its utmost.
THE surgical side, of which
Major Stokes is now in charge, at
one time reached the enormous
number of 1900 patients. The medi-
cal service, in charge of Major
Bridges, at the same time mum,
bered 700.
I'VE feel that the state of Ne
,laska. the University of Nebraska
and the Red Cross can be proud Of
the record of Base hospital No. 40.
Unit No. rs is the Rochester, Mimi,
init and we have been in competi-
ton with them since our arrival
and we can justly say that we have
not been compared to our detri-
u,ent"
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plain enough something was wrong
with him. In the first place, although
he had opened the door, he had been
unwilling to enter.
Shut the door," Silas Blackburn
moaned.
Parades, with a quick gesture OF
surrender, stepped in and obeyed
His face was white. He had lost
his immaculate appearance. His
clothing showed stains of snow and
mould, He held his left hand be-
hind his back.
What's the matter with you?"
Robinson demanded.
The Panamanian's laugh lacked
its usual Indifference.
when | said the Cedars was full
of ghosts, | should have needed my
own warning. l might better have
staid comfortably locked up in
Smithtown."
Silas Blackburn spoke in hoarse
whisper:
What did you see out there?"
Are they coming?"
Il saw very little" Parades an
swered. at was too dark"
You saw something" Dr.. Groom
rumbled
Parades nodded. He looked at
the floor.
IA woman in black"
"By the lake| Bobby cried.
Not as far as the lake. 1t was
near. the empty grave"
Silas Blackburn commenced to
shake again. The doctors little
eyes were wider.
1T was woman-a flesh and
blood woman?" Robinson asked.
IF it was a ghost. it had the
power of attack; but that, as you'll
recall, is by noSmeans unusual here.
That's why I've come in rather
against my will. 1t seems strange,
but |, too, have been struck by a
sharp and slender object, and !
thought, perhaps, the doctor had
better look at the result"
With a motion of repugnance, he
moved his left hand from behind his
back and stretched it to the light.
The coat below the elbow was torn.
The slender hand was crimson. He
tried to smile.
Luckily, it wasn't at the back OF
my head"
sit down." Doctor Groom said,
waving Robinson and Rawlins away.
Let me see how badly he's hurt.
There'll be plenty of time for ques-
tons afterward"
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
CHAPTER XXXV.
Another Mysterious Wound.

Bobby forced himself to speak
calmly, deliberately, steadily.
TO go for the night alone to the
old room as Howel!s did,
|. Robinson whistled.
Didn't believe you had that much
nerve. Two men have tried that.
What good would it do?"
IF the answers anywhere" Bob
by said, 1T must be hidden in that
room. Howells felt it. l was sure OF
it when | was prevented from taking
the evidences You've believed it, |
think"
There is something strange and
unhealthy about the room," Robin
son agreed. certainly the secret
of the locked doors lies there. But
we've had sufficient warning. I'm
not ashamed to say | wouldn't take
such a chance. ! don't know that
ought to let you"
Bobby smiled.
I've been enough of a coward"
he said, and, Robinson, I've got to
know. shan't go near the bed. I'll
watch the bed from a corner. If the
dangers in the bed. as we suspect,
it probably won't be able to reach
me, but Just the same it may ex-
pose itself And Rawlins or you
can be outside the broken door i'll
the corridor waiting to enter at the
first alarm"
"Howells had no chance to give
an alarm" Robinson muttered.
Well see later"
But Bobby understood that he
would agree, and he forced his new
courage to face the prospect.
Maybe something will turn up"
Robinson .nused. The case can't
grow more mysterious indefinitely"
But his tone held no assurance.
He seemed to foresee new and diff
cult complications.
When they returned to the hall
Bobby shrank from the picture of
his grandfather still crouched by the
fire. his shoulders twitching, his
fingers about the black briar pipe
shaking. Groom alone had remain
ed with him. Bobby opened the
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
Mail Carriers to Deliver
Christmas Mail Wednesday

Christmas day business-route car
riers at the main postoffice, Union
station, South Side, and stock yards
stations, will report at 8 a. H., and
will make two trips. Residence route
carriers to report at 8 a. H., and to
make one trip. Carriers at suburban
stations other than above mentioned
will make one trip. Money order
department and postal savings bank
will not open. Other sections of the
postofhce will be open until 1890
a. m.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
Baker Would Make
Three Army Leaders.
Generals for Ii

Washington, Dec. 25,-Bestos
OF the permanent rank OF general
John J. Pcrshing, commander Of
American forces in France; Peyl
{. March, chief of stan, and Tasl
II, Bliss, military representative
the supreme war council, and p
manent rank of lieutenant gene
on Hunter Hggctt and Robert
Bullard, commanding the First a
Second armies, was asked by Sec
tary Baker today in a letter
Chairman Dent, of the house IN
tarv committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
/. Widow of Photographer
Sues Insurance Company

Mae c. Noel, widow of J. w.
Noel, photographer who figured in
the sensational Kelly ax-murder case
in Montgomery county, Ia, has
brought an action in the district
court for $3.50 against the | Mer-
camille Insurance company OF
America. -. ./~
The claim is made in connection
with an automobile policy held by
Nj. Noel, whose car was stolen; d.,
Noel was found dead in the Abba,
Ia. railroad yards about year ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
Railroads Report Christmas
Travel the Best in Years

With the~crcst of the Christmas
travel passed with the exception OF
short trips, railroad passenger men
say that business has been the best
in years. More people than usual
have gone to California and the same
has been true with reference to the
movement south.
Onsctount of so many of the boys
having been in the government ser
vice, The student travel has been
lighter than usual, but it has been
very good. On the whole, the rail
road people are satisfied,
A lull is expected until after the
first of the year, when it is said
there will be another large move
ment to the Pacific coast and south.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-12-24
Reported Illness Of Head OF
Street Railway UnConfirmed

(;urdon w. Wattles was well
enough to be up and around
Monday after a cold, which kept him
in bed Saturday and Sunday. A
rrmor was current Sunday night
that he was dangerously in with
pneumonia. Members of his fairly
saw he had no sign or symptom oil
pneumonia. 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-27
A Real Remedy
For Falling Hair
Keeps Scalp Cool, Stops Itching ard
Prevents Dandruf.

Here s good news for men and women
whose hair IS falling out, whose scalps
are. covered with dandruff and itch like
mad
. Wilfrcd f. Root, or any good drug
gist, can now supply you with the gen
uine Partisan sage (liquid FORM which
is guaranteed to quickly, surely and
safely abolish every sign of dandruff,
stop itching scalp and falling hair and
promote a new growth, or money re-
funded.
Thousands can testify to the excellent
results from its use; some who feared
badness now glory in their abundant
hair, while others who suffered for years
with dandruff and itching head got a
clean, cool scalp after just a few days
use of this simple home treatment.
No matter whether bothered with
falling hair, gray hair, matted, stringy
hair, dandruff or itching scalp try
Partisan sage-you will not be disap-
pointed. It's scientific preparation
that supplies all hair needs.-Adv.
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FROM THE BOYS OVER THERE
Recent Letters Descriptive of Life in the Trenches
in France
in France

julius F. Kuech of the American
Field Service, .quartermaster corps,
France, writes his mother as follows:
Dearest mother
Tonight | received letters from both
You and dad and you may believe / was
glad to get them. They are the first in
about ten days. Our mail is quite irreg.
ular and probably now the drive is on
it will be more SO.
The drive started yesterday and to-
day the papers are full of it They Ger
tainly are going well and working us
hard. / was a few kilometers behind
the lines when they started it, carrying
ammunition. 1t was pouring guns and
the roads were so dark and slippery il
was hard to keep in them Some of
the trucks got off, but / managed to
get there all right. On the way BACK
i passed bunch of German prisoners
some were wearing civilian trousers
and very few had helmets. They say
the Germans are using the helmets tt
make into shells Probably it is moth
| ing but wild rumor.
No doubt you have read how lot OF
| forms, came over into our lines, but af
| ter the ruse was discovered / doubt i
any of them got back into their owl
| lines. l do believe Germany is abou
| done, and that this drive will practi
cally bring us near the end of the war
On the trips with ammunition, the,
send out only one driver at a time nov
so to have a fresh one always on hant
and in that way keep the trucks rollin;
just about every day and every hour
! i believe it will only be short tim
before VIC shall be in scissors again
/ think, as am writing, they have driv
en- the Germans out.
We are still in the same place bu
expect to move any time as we are nev
er sure how long we shall be in on
place. At first it seemed as if we di
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-27
TABOO is COMING.
Director General Will Inspect New Eng
land Railroad Laws.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Director
Gen. McAdoo plans to pass the greater
part of next week in an inspection trip
over New England railroads, giving
special attention to the physical and
financial condition of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad, and to
the Cape Cod canal, which is being i'm
proved under direction of the railroad
administration.
Mr.. McAdoo will call conference OF
federal managers of New England roads
to discuss methods of improving oper-
ations with special reference to coal
movement.
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France, your son, Private Clayton w
Crippen, was killed by an enemy shell
fire while the battery was assisting
in breaking down the advance of the
Germans across the Marine.
''You have no doubt been informed
of this by the war department, but ]
wished to extend the sympathies of my
self and his comrades.
He was model soldier: faithful
and courageous in the performance OF
his duties and esteemed by both officer.
and men of the organization.
"Yours very truly,
"HOMER COOK.
Captain 10th F. a. R. c.,
"Comdg. Battery c.
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NEST BRATTLEBORO

Clarence Taylor of Greenfield came
Monday morning to visit his grand.
mother, Mrs. l.. F. Knapp.
Miss Blanche Clark has returned to
her home in Greenfield, after visiting
here with her sister, Mrs Hoyt IL Bar
Der, and family.
Miss Belle Greenwood returned last
night from Williamsville, where she Wis
tied over the weekend with her grand
mother, Mrs. H. E. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs A. E. Cudworth and son.
of Hartford Conn, were guests over
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Wilder.
They made the trip by automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McVeigh and
two sons and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Am.
idon returned Saturday from Spofford
Lake, where they occupied the Fletcher
| cottage.
/ Miss Jane Bvrne, v',o is employed
at Linden street, underwent an opera
| ton for appendicitis Monday at the
Melrose hospital. DR.. E. r. Lynch and
DR.. LaChaine were the physicians.
There will be community sewing
meeting tomorrow afternoon in Acad
envy hall from to clock There is
much work to be finished this week, anf
it is especially hoped there will be {
large attendance at this meeting
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Spears and Mrs
~. 4. Spears of Worcester, who cam,
here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Pol
~ Clark, returned Sunday afternoon /,
their home. They were accompanied b,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Mixer, who will Wis
II thprp until AVa1pncdav
! 0. G. Convey went Saturday to Soutl
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Helped Catch IT Germans.

ST. ALBANS, Aug. 27-Mrs. Kath.
crime Mahoney of East Georgia has TO
ceived letter from her son, Harry +.
Maboney, who is a member of the 5sth
infantry, saying that he was wounded
in the left hip by a German machine
gun July is near Chateau Thierrv after
he had helped to capture II German
prisoners. Private Mahoney is now in
a base hospital in France.
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nothing but duck the Germans. orders
being countermanded, that they were
headed our way and camp changed be
fore our return, but now it is to be
nearer our working base, | suppose
We are sleeping in our shelter tents
Yesterday and last night it just poured
and our blankets and clothes are soak
ing wet.
The tents are all right in pleasant
weather but leak quite little when
it rains hard
We have been working pretty hard
lately and in some of the territory
which the French have just taken. It
certainly is devastated country; the
towns are almost completely destroyed
and the roads and wheat fields are
just masses of shell holes.
The other day when quite close to
the line and on our way back, we saw
a bunch of German dead in the field
Everything shows that the Germans
| left in a hurry. Piles of ammunition
| are all along the road and evidence,
| too, that the Americans have been
there and have done their share of the
| fighting. Nearly all the bridges have
been blown up and pontoon bridges
| thrown across the streams, great trees
broken off by shells and the ground is
just turned upside down. 1t certainly
, looks some different from what it did
before the Germans were there.
In today S paper the Americans arc
stifl going strong. | think before long
the Germans will be cut off altogether
in the wedge.
The outlook for peace by Christmas
looks better to me every day.
My truck has just come in so / shall
probably have to roll any minute.
Regards to friends.
Yours.
JULIUS.
A card from Aix-les- Bains received
Saturday reads Here today on a tive
days permission. -
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BRATTLEBOROLO LOCAL.

This is the last Tuesday hslf-lol;day
of the season
E. Crosb9 & Co. have acau red their
sixth branch store this week through pur-
chase Of the grain business of II. l.. Baker
in Springfield, Vt.
The Thimbleonian club is being enter
tanned today by Mrs. T.. b. -,Barrows at
her summer home on Ames hill. Hus-
bands of the members are inv.tel there
for supper. sa'A"
The United States naval authorities
have accepted the 23-foot dory which &.
R. Crosby laeently offeredito thu govern
ment; and the claft viii be shipped from
here shortly
Announcements have been received in
town Of the marriage in Madison. Y. j..
OF Smaller I. Lawton, son of DR. and Mrs.
). e. Lawton of Brattleboro. and Miss
Aristine Knapp, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward J. d. Knapp of Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliot B. Allardicc and
son and daughter of Clinton, Mass.
were guests Sunday of Mrs. l.. II. SteIl-
man. Mr.. Allardiee is superintendent
of the Metropolitan Water Works in
Clinton. Mr.. and Mrs. William Elliot
and Mrs. Fanny Allardice of Provi-
dence, r. l., are now visiting Mrs Stell-
man.
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Is Pounds May Be Bought
by Those Previously
Cut Off
MUST GET PERMITS
OF ADMINISTRATORS

oiA1tS W DC III IHSli I1di us BOOB
Ruling of Federal Administrator
Brooks Says Conservation Must Con
tinue, However.
MONTPELIER, Aug. 27.-The I'M
ceasing efforts of Federal Food Admin
istrator Frank H. Brooks to provide
sugar for home canning purposes have
been attended with such success that to-
day he is able to make the announce
ment that sugar up to % pounds may
be secured for this purpose.
Those who had received their %
pounds previous to the stop order is
sued by the food administration few
weeks ago cannot secure moro att pres
ent for those who had secured none
must first be taken care of.
If it develops that sugar in sufi
cient quantities can be secured then
more than the 25 pounds may be al
lowed but for the present, at least, %
pounds is the limit and u further an
nonnccment will be necessary before
the groecrs can act any differently nor
| can persons 60 to their grocer and
| secure the canning sugar by merely
| signing a certificate which the grocer
provides as was the former practice.
! Under the new rules persons desir-
ing sugar for canning must go to their
local administrators and secure a prop
er certificate after satisfying the To-
cal administrator that it is proper
case. These permits will soon be in
the hands of the local administrators
Sharp check will be kept upon the
, transaction and if cases of bad faith
or deception are found sharp correc
tive steps will be Immediately taken.
"There must be the best good faitl
all around, said Mr.. Brooks. 1.-THE
way the people of Vermont have un
complainingly met the disappointment
of having their canning sugar supply
cut off has been an inspiration and
know that the majority will not seek te
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Son Writes of Being Wounded.

MONTPELIER, Aug. 27.-Mrs. Mary
Smith of this city has received letter
stating that her son, Perley, corporal
in the l04th infantry, was wounded re-
Gently but that he was making good
recovery. The letter was the first in
formation that she had received of his
being wounded.
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Officer Sends Condolences.

CASTLETON, Aug. 27LMrs. Ida
May Crippen of this town has received
the following letter from Capt Homer
Cook relative to the death of her son,
Private Clayton w. Crippen, in France:
dear Madam
con July Is, in the vicinity of st.
Eugene, Department of the Marnc,
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Londonderry to visit few days with
his mother. Mrs. Sarah Convey Frank
Convey of Dorchester, Mass, who had
been visiting at Gerry Covey's a week,
went to South Londonderry Saturday
to visit his mother, Mrs. Sarah Convey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-27
FORD OFFERS 81 PLANTS TO U. S
One Factory Being Used for Gas Mask
Making.

DETROIT, Aug. 27.--The Ford Motor
Co. has offered to the government its
81 assembling and service plants in va
rious parts of the country.
One eastern plant has been accepted
and is being used in the production of
gas masks.
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take advantage of relief in the s. Va
ton. Those who do must expect to suf
fer the consequences.
"No one should imagine that there
has been any betterment in the gen
eral sugar situation. The shortage is
real. The two pounds month pro
gram must be carefully followed out
by the dealers and consumers The
utmost conservation must continue |
wish to impress upon housewives that
they should put up the maximum of
fruits and vegetables with minimum
of sugar. In doing this they will be
performing double service to the ma.
ton at war, the saving of 'foodstuffs
and the saving of sugar.
IL feel sure that the food admins
tration will continue to receive in this
instance the splendid support that ha,
| been accorded it in the past.
/ IL money talks II IL nroha hly a M vim.
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ToDAY's CASUALTIES.
offlcial List Released for Publication
This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The
following casualties are reported by
the commanding general of the
American expeditionary forces in
addition to the Isl reported in this