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The Dolores star., 1918-06-07
CHAPTER XVII.

|. 0hsba pess Not Think %,
The fingers Of Shsba were busy with
the embroidery upon which she worked,
but her thoughts were full Of the man
who lay asleep ON the lounge. His
strong body lay at ease. relaxed.
Already health was flowing back into
his veins. Beneath the tan Of the
thin, muscular cheeks Q warmer color
was beginning to creep. Soon he would
be about again. vigorous and forceful,
striding over obstacles to the goal he
had set himself. F 4
Sheba had sent BIN q check for the
amount he had paid her and had 70.
fused to see him or anybody else.
shamed and humiliated, she hid Kept
to her room. The check had come back
to her BY mail. 1rs @
Across the face Of It he had written
In his strong handwriting:
II don't welsh on my bets. You can't
give to me what II not mine.
do not think for an instant that
shall not marry you" ~
She moved to adjust Q window blind
and when she returned found that his
steady eyes were fixed upon her.
"Youtre getting better fast" she
said.
"Yes."
The girl had q favor to ask Of him
and lest her courage fail she plunged
into It. .ea.s .'.' &
"Mr. Macdonald. II you say the word
Mr.. Elliot will be released on bail. I
am thinking you will be 20 good - to
say It" 10 ?
Hls narrowed eyes held q cold gilt
ter. "Whyr'
"You must know he is innocent. You
must"
IL know only what the evidence
shows" he cut in, warily on his guard.
HE may or may not have been one Of
my attackers. From the first blow
was dazed. But everything points to
1t that he hired
'Oh, nor interrupted the Irish girl,
her dark eyes shining softly. 'sThe way
Of 1t il that he saved your life, that
he fought for you, and that he IL in
prison because Of It"
IF that IL true. why doesn't he
bring some proof Of itf''
"Proof" she cried scornfully. "Be.
tween friends -
"He's no friend Of mine. The man d
. meddler. despise him."
The scarlet flooded her cheeka
@And am liking him very. very much,
she flung back stanchly.
Macdonald looked up at the vivid
4 0nQhah f0No and Rov>~H IN.
charming. He liked her none the lesa
because her fne eyes were hot and
defiant in behalf of his rival
"Very WELL" he smiled. sT1l get
him out II you1l do me a good turn
Thank You. It's a bargain"
Then sing to me-"
"What shall I singr'
"Sing Divided"
The long lashes yelled her soft eyes
while she considered. In q way he had
ticked her into singing for him q
leve-song she did not want to sing.
But she made NO protest. Swiftly abe
turned and slid along the bench. Hes
fingers touched the keys and she be.
gan.
Sheba paid her pledge In fun. After
the nrst two stanxas were finished ahs
sang the last ones n well:
An what about the wathar When I'd
have ould Paddy's boat, IA
70 H me that would be afeArd to Erip tn
oars an 20 aAcatf n
Oh. I could And him by the NGht of sau
or moon or star;
But there's caulder things than sslt yaypn
between ua 90 they ara.
0oh anssi
| heart t0 ooNnA n roA 80 -t--
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gr1n. -Nov. aint thar modest Of NM
You lads are entertaining that wen
known deteckative and spy, Gordon
Elliot. that renowned king Of bold
ups"
The red-headed man fnterrupted
with howl Of rage. "n you're telling
It straight. Bill Macy. I'll learn him to
Spy on me-"
Elliot was sitting on one Of the beds
He had not moved an inch since Macy
had appeared. but the brain behind his
live eyes was taking stock Of the situ.
alton. Big Bill blocked the doorway.
The table was In front Of the window.
Unless he could fight his way ont, there
was no escape for him. He was
trapped.
Quietly Gordon looked from one to,
another. 4
I'm not spying on you. My horss(
II lame. You can see that for your.
self. All asked was q nights lode.
ing"
"Under another name than your ovsi
you cussed sneak"
The field agent did not understand
the fury Of the man, because he did
not know that these miners were work.
ing the claim under q detective title
and that they had jumped to the con.
clusion that he had come to get eyi.
dence against them. But he knew that
never In his life had he been in a tiRht.
er hole. In another minute they would
attack him. Whether it would run
to murder he could not tell. At the
best he would be hammered helpless.
But no evidence Of this knowledge
appeared In his manner.
II didn't give my last name because
there is a prejudice against me in this
country" he explained In an even
voice.
He wondered as he spoke IL he had
better try to ding himself through the
window sash. There might be q re-
mote chance that he could make It.
The miner at the table killed this
possibility BY rising and standing
squarely In the road.
Look out! He's got a mt.
warned Macy.
Gordon fervently wished he had. But
he was unarmed. While his eyes
quested for a weapon he played for
time.
you can't get away with this, you
know. The United States government
Is back Of me. It's known I left the
Willow Creek camp. I'll be traced
here"
Through Gordon's mind there flashed
word Of advice once given him BY
a professional prizenghter: IF you
get In a rough house, don't wait for
the other fellow to hit first"
They were crouching for the attack.
In another moment they would be upon
him. Almost with one motion he
stopped. snatched up by the leg q
heavy stool, and sprang to the bed
upon which he had been sitting.
The four men closed with him in Q
rush. They came at him low, their
heads protected BY uplifted arms. His
memory brought to him a picture Of
the whitewashed gridiron Of a football
field, and in 1t he saw q vision Of
safety. i N-s H. L
The stool crashed down upon Big
Bill Macy's head. Gordon hurdled the
crumpling figure. plunged between
The Dolores star., 1918-06-07
snokeless Powder,

The advantages Of smokeless POW.
der. besides its virtue Of high explo.
dveness. are two-fold. Il does not
create Q smoke cloud that betrays
the location Of the gun or gunneFs,
and at the same time the man behind
the gun is not confused for second
BY pail Of smoke that obscures ths
range Of vialo0 N ~ 1lrosla0 G
~ GAAm4.
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NJ lsvs = va = ~ vsss ~ N~.
aeaD o. IL -,
n ths saao n - d naag ~ - -
na0s u - = faT:
HlB thouGAlB afO hard ~ 0UR - -
Tween - - thay o1a
Her hands dropped iron tile keys
and she TUNED s10Wly o. the end Of
the seat. The daxk lasheS fell % her
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lure wsll know hs1l never have the
heart 70 ooDs b ne.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
ITS ATTACHES RECALLED
FROM BERLIN AND VIENNA
Areentana's Minister Of War Ac-
cepts Sinking Of Ministro 1rriendo
AZ Unfriend1y Act.

BUENOS AIRES. February '2.-The
minister Of war has recalled Argen-
tina's military attaches from Berlin and
Vienna. In political circles this action
is regarded as significant and connect
ed with the sinking of the Argentine
steamer Ministro Irriendo, January rs.
The Argentine minister to France has
confirmed the fact that the steamship
was flying the Argentine flag when
sunk. The government has not an
nounced by what authority the change
OF flags was made after leaving this
Countrywide vessel having sailed un-
der the French flag-but accepts the
sinking as an unfriendly act even
though the use of the home flag was
unauthorized. The assumption in politi-
cal circles here is that Germany does
not intend to keep her promises in
regard to Argentina's shipping.
After an unusually long lapse OF time
the foreign office has replied to the
notes Of Peru and Uruguay which noti-
fed Argentina Of their rupture of rela-
tions with Germany and that OF Brazil
informing Argentina of her sister
country's state Of war with the central
powers.
These notes and the Simultaneous
recall of the military attaches from
Berlin and Vienna are regarded as in
dicating that the country is verging on
a crisis in its international relations.
1t is announced that an army officer.
who has been acting as correspondent
in Berlin for La Nacion, also has been
recalled by the minister of war.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
WAR LECTURE THRILLS
Lieut.. Roberts Tells Experience Be.
fore National Geographic Society

Stories OF fighting in the trenches
and in the air, with many pictures IL
lustrating various phases of warfare.
thrilled big audience yesterday at the
lecture by Lieut. E. NJ. Roberts before
the National Geographic Society in Ma
sonic Temple auditorium. The speaker.
q Canadian, who enlisted at Calgary
at tho outbreak OF the war, described
his service and told of tke various bat
ties in which he fought and was gassed
and wounded.
His first experience with Hun gas
bombs was at the second battle of
Ypres. Recovering from the effects of
the poison gas. Roberts was made a
supply sergeant and later a dispatch
rider. Wounded again. he was trans
ferred to the flying corps after re-
coyery, and in an aerial battle received
bullet from a Hun machine gun in
his hHad. He is now lecturing in this
country in the interests Of the allied
armlsa
Evening star., 1918-02-02
MAIL TO FRANCE IN Is DAYS.
Mr.. Burleson's Report to Congress.
Says Shifts of Troops Delay,

The American soldiers in France are
getting their mail from home in from
fifteen to thirty days, the longer time
being required in cases where. troops
have been shifted. This information
was given to Congress in a special re-
port from Postmaster General Burleson
in response to a resolution in the
House by Representative Rodgers OF
Massachusetts,.
The report says delays have occurred
where the military units have changed
location frequently, or individual SOL
diers have been separated from their
units on detached duty, while on the
other hand instances have been reported
where letters from the middle west,
mailed SO as to make close connections
with departing French liners or fast
transports, have reached addresses at
the front in from twelve to fourteen
days.
Owing to the irregularity Of the sail
ings from New York and constant shift
ing of military units, the report says
about thirty days on the average
should be allowed for the average let
ter from the United States to reach the
camps in France, provided the indi-
vidual is stationed with his unit at the
time of arrival of the mail.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
Democratic Diplomacy.

Hasty measures of the kind con-
tempfated may not only embarrasS
those of US who are trying to promote
a moral and political offensive on the
part OF the working classes and de-
stroy, their unity; they also may give
to the, reactionary forces further op-
portunities to divide and weaken our
efforts. Democratic diplomacy has be-
gun. British labor first of all formu-
lated its war aims The premier then
declared his acceptance of the govern
ing principles of. our war aims, and
President Wilson went even farther in
the direction we desire to see govern
ments moving and affirmed with great
force and clearness the principles we
laid down.
Reverting to his declaration that an
Immediate peace was the greatest need
of the world. but an honorable and
democratic peace, Mr.. Henderson con-
tinued:
Peace must be made on these terms,
and on no other. That is our policy.
! 1t will be presented as a moral ulti-
ma tum to the governments from an or
ganized democracy in all the bellig-
erent governments. / appeal in all
earnestness to the workers not to
wreck this great triumph of the inter-
national working class movement in
the field CT diplomacy by precipitate
action, which can only end in discredit-
| ing and defeating the democratic
; cause.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

British army officers now frequently
ny from Cairo, Egypt. to GAIA, Pales-
tine. in airplanes. This method of trans
portation over the sandy wastes is
quicker than any other.
Fishermen in the waters about Great
Britain and in Scandinavian seas have
made great fortunes since the war
broke out. One skipper, with compari-
more than 500, 900, whereas he had prac-
tically nothing before the conflict be-
gan. Others confess to having made
sums ranging between $4,000 and
100000.
Marriages have decreased 80 per cent
in Austria-Hungary and Germany since
the war started.
It was in October, 1864, that the first
ship was organized in Great Britain:
This was the foundation OF the royal
marines.
German flyers, in order to obtain car
bo- -hydrates necessary for high alti-
tudes eat bread sandwiches with lfoeral
thicknesses Of lard.
When official reporters take" speeches
Of Premier Lloyd George they always
omit the two words with which he usu-
ally preflxes his sentences. They are:
well now"
Milk In chocolate has been placed un-
der the ban in England.
It is reliably stated that practically
every man now serving in the Serbian
army, which was rejuvenated a couple
of years ago on the Island of Corfu,
has been wounded from one to hve
times in the fighting since the war
started.
"The only thing do not think Of"
said a flier on the western front, "is
danger"
Though King George Of England once
spoke in public with timidity he has
conquered this and his speeches are
now declared to be eloQuently delivered.
the moving picture business early IN
the war, when a great private enter
prise was taken over. finds the innova-
ton successful. Pictures of Great Brit
aims effort in the war are sent all over
the world.
On her sugar card application one
British woman named nine persons en-
titled to allowances. Authorities found
some time and others did not reside
with the woman. She was fined IS.
A quarter of loaf of bread is de-
stroyed every time sixteen pints of beer
is made. In England it is estimated
that $50, ,00O, 900 possible rations a year
go to make beer.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
RUsHEs CARS, FEARING FLOOD.
Railroad Administration Send
Trains to Haul Corn and Cotton.

Fearing serious floods in the middle
west and south within few days. the
railroad administration yesterday
rushed empty cars westward from the
eastern congested area to provide for
an emergency movement of corn to ele-
vators and cotton to southern seaports
for transshipment to New England
mills engaged on government orders.
This. was undertaken without any
| diminution of efforts to transport coal
from the mines to consumption points.
where the fuel reserves were reported
as near the zero mark as at any time
within the last two weeks. Owing to
the absence of new snow yesterday and
the steady work of clearing tracks of
accumulated ice piles the movement of
coal was slightly better, and officials
| predicted slight improvement for the
next few days.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOT WHAT you EARN NOW But WHAT
you save will take care Of you in the fnture
Start nm account in the Home Building Assocla
ton today. Payments received at the treasures
ones. 1907 Pa. ave. NV.
FLOORS RENOVATED. REFINISHED AN l
polished. Our work and prices are ideal. in.a =,
FLOOR FINISHING CO.. 4i9 Mass ave. % NV
sESoNR ANSThL GsyiS R.s, Fund Fund soeey
wiz be held on "wednesday, February =. q.
p,m. inscead Of Tuesday, February 5, In com IN,
hea Hess Tuesday for entertainment OF any Klno
WASHINGTON, D. C.. JANUARY q. 1918:
The Members, German American Building Asso
cistion. Sd and B sts Sc, City.
Your president has received communicative
washington, D. c.. January 2e; 1918;
10 .ocistion' Sd and B sts. Sc. City.
Sir: Inasmuch as we deem 1t to be TO sne IN \,
terest Of the members and the fusure wehase ,a =,
the above-named association that its name shoulS r
he changed so as to omit therefrom the wofo
German" we, as members thereof, respecuui.s
request you to call special meeting OF M .ne nd az
ter to them for consideration and action.
Obviously our association cannot without
criticism and perhaps loss of business, continue
TO enioy its high standing and prosperity in the
community under its present name Institution
OF far greater magnitude than ours have realized
this and have dropped German" from theiI
name. Yours very respectfully;
C. Eattelmann, Walter F. Smith.
Katherine D. Donohoe, L. d. Wilson. MD.
Jesse E. White. Clarence +. Donohoe,
Harry p. Gladman Harry N. Packard.
Robert H. Henderson, Henry ID. Mckee,
Howard B. Kramer, Geo. 8. Stewart.
Francis E. Smith, Francis McQuillan.
Nary D. Mccarthy +. L. Schmidt.
Pursuant thereto and in compliance with the
CONSTITUTION of our association. hereby call a
meeting of the members Of the said association
to be held at its office. Sd and sts. se., this
city on the 18th day of February. AID. 1918.
Mt o'clock pm, and yon are respectfully re-
Quested to be present to discuss and vote upon
the subject-matter of the said letter.
/ am heartily in accord with the proposed
change In our name. and I feel that the
interest OF all concerned will be promoted by
such change. LOUIS HARTiG.
President German-American Building Asso.
T. l.. SCHMIDT.
Attorney for Association.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
FINALLY WINS !:
IN NE|GAT-AOUR DAY AIM
His Amendment to the Department
of Agriculture Bill II Adopted
by the House.

, An eight-hour day for the more than
| 5000. employees of the Department OF
Horticulture is prescribed in tho annual
amounting to 27.000,000. which was
passed by the House yesterday after
noon. The longer day was included in
the bill through adoption Of an amend
ment offered by Representative Bor-
land of Missouri, who has been persist
| ent for a several years in trying to es-
tablish an eight-hour day in all depart
ments for the government employees.
The agriculture appropriation BILL as
! passed, carries no increase in salaries
for employees of the department, as
mittee understood a general bill for in
creasing the salaries of all government
workers on an equitable basis is to be
brought into the House from the sub
committee of the appropriations COM
mittee.
Mr.. Borland's effort to increase the
hours of work of the employees has
falled in previous Congresses. 1t failed
even during the present session when
the House rejected an amendment of
tion bill.
Carl Nrooman, assistant secretary of
agriculture, stated last night that many
OF his workers are already devoting
much of their overlapping time to their
desks in the department and that he
was sure the new ruling would be ac-
cepted in a proper spirit.
He said that never has he received
complaints of overwork.
Horsemeat INSPECTION Rejected.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming
made vain attempt yesterday to add
to the agricultural bill a provision for
inspection of horsemeat during the war.
Chairman Lever of the agriculture
committee said the Department of
Agriculture saw no need for this inno-
walton, and blocked it with a point of
order. Mr.. Mondell told the House that
the State Department has been in COM
munication with certain foreign gov
ernments to see whether a certain
amount of horse meat could be used in
such countries as have resorted to it
at times for food.
The House refused to increase the ap-
preparation for free seed distribution
to farmers from $4,000 to s363.00o,
and also rejected an amendment to
double the $250.000 appropriation for
eradication of tuberculosis in farm
animals.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
URGES PRESIDENT TO ACT,
Alliance Asks Ban on Sunday Amuse
ments at Training Camps.

Representatives, of sixteen religious
denominations included in the Lords
Day Alliance of the United States yes
terday urged President Wilson to take
steps to put an end to Sunday amuse-
ments at Army and Navy training
camps, cantonments and posts. The
committee expressed the belief that
Sunday amusements were harmful and
said they were distaSteful to the mem
bers of the denominations embraced in
the alliance.
The committee also urged the Presi-
dent to- give his support to the bill
pending in Congress to prevent un-
necessary work in the District of Co
lumbia on Sundays.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
APPEALS AGAINST !.
STRIKE IN ENGLAND
Arthur Henderson Warns Gov
eminent and Asks Labor
Not to Lay Down Tools.
CITES NEED OF PEACE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February arthur Hen
|derson, labor leader and former mem
Der of the war cabinet, who as a mem
Der Of the cabinet signed an agree
ment with the e'Amalgamated Society of
Engineers, embracing the engineers
trade, in which the government agreed
to meet the engineers in separate con-
ferences whenever necessary, last night
issued q long statement appealing to
the government to adhere to this prac-
tiae and avoid strike. which, he said.
would seriously imperil the output of
munitions and other war necessities.
Mr.. Hendefson's address. which Also
was directed to the representatives of
the engineers. strongly advised the
workers. in the interest of the war.
not to lay down their tools.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
STEPS LEADING Up
TO RUTHLESS WAR
Documents From German
Archives Reveal Steps To-
ward Frightfulness.
u. S. AS FOE DISCOUNTED

BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, February THE Han
delsblad publishes a series of docu
ments obtained secretly from German
archives, showing the steps which LED
to the adoption by Germany OF her un-
restricted submarine campaign a year
ago. The following is summary oi
the documents:
LAT the close of 1915 the German ad-
mfra1ty prepared memorandum to
show that unrestricted U-boat warfare
would compel Great Britain to sue 1ol
neace within six months. The word
inp of this memorandum indicates that
the admiralty already had decided to
adopt this intensified warfare, but de-
sired to convince the emperor, the I'M
perial chancellor and the foreign once
Of the certainty of the good results on
economic and general grounds, rather
than merely on military grounds.
Submitted to Chancellor.
"The memorandum first was submit
ted to Dr. Won Bethmann Hollweg' the
imperial chancellor, and then to Dr'
Karl Helfferich, vice chancellor Ine
latter rejected 1t on the ground tnat II
was impossible to set limit on Eng
lands staying power ana the apssnse ~,
of authentic estimates Of her stocks on
hand, and also because he feared tne
action which would result from neu-
trails. especially the United States.
The authors of the memoranouh
then sent a reply. IN which they poin,eo o;4',eo
tion in Germany. and assured Dr. Helf-
ferich that a desperate remedy was
necessary. They reinforced their argu-
ment as to the seriousness of the IN
ternal state of affairs BY ealing e, ~ y
nine experts, representing German
finance, commerce. mining and agrlcui-
ture.
AS experts these men were invited te
reply to three questions: First. Wna'
would be the effect on England OF an
what would be the effect on Germany
relations with the United States ano
other neutrals, and. third. to what ex-
tent did the internal situation OF Ger
many demand the use Of this drastic
weapon.
Ali the experts agreed on the hrs'
point that England would have to sue
for peace in six months at most.
No Fears About America.
On the second question Herr Pau
Reusch said: "The neutrals despise ou1
restricted submarine warfare. Ever!
ship in British waters. enemy or neu
trail, should be torpedoed without warn
ing. The world only respects thos'
who, in a great crisis. know how t.
make the most INSCRIPTIONS use o.
their power. Germany's position in thu
world market after the war will be al
the stronger for her having convinced
the world of her power"
Herr r. Schmidt said: II have no fear:
about America
On the second question Herr Waldo
mar said:
Bitter feeling in the United State.
after the war is not worth considering
because if Germany succeeds she car
dictate terms to assure favored treat
ment for herself
IF, on the other hand. Germany
throws away this opportunity the pas
sive approval of the United States viii
be Of small practical value"
On the third question all the expert!
agreed that the international situation
demanded a drastic remedy.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
Approves Industrial Draft.

The administration bill authorizing
the President to call skilled experts in
industry or agriculture into the mill
tary service irrespective, of classiflca-
tion under the draft was approved yes
terday by the Senate military commit
Evening star., 1918-02-02

According to the bureau of chemis-
try there is need Of much greater care
than is now generally given in the col
lection and preparation of native crude
drugs. to exclude earth, trash and for
eign plant matter.
Evening star., 1918-02-02
What's become O. tn teller that
used t say. "Oh, blame it, I've
gone an ct too much agin!'

real patriotism. fully and freely. Is
is too much to appeal to the patriotism
OF the government? ] strongly urge
the government to display more
reasonable spirit.