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Presents M. Ruvel,
Room President

Permit me-" offered the in
souciant Etienne from the door
way. Monsieur Bressac, I have
the honor to present Monsieur
Hamotaque, and the sleeping knot
who is Joisseu. I have also the
honor to present Monsieur Ruvel,
who is the president of this room
by unanimous election. Monsieur
Ruvel. I have the great honor to
present Monsieur Bressac."
Bressac rolled his eyes again, to
see Monsieur Ruvel, gentleman
of many whiskers, in the bed near
the door, peeling an oragne with
keen interest. He would never be
of any more value in this world,
but he was very well beloved!
81 am happy to welcome Mon
sieur Bressac," said President Ru-
vel. Can you sing. Monsieur"
Monsieur Bressac closed his
eyes. but opened them again.
Good" exclaimed the presi-
dent, and they all laughed. "Vil-
liere sings, when we permit 1t,
and one such Is enough"
The grin on the face of Villiere
was marvellous to see. He grinned
just as we'll having one leg as II
he had two!
Am I permitted?" he inquired,
touching a preliminary chord on
his mandolin.
mot Immediately on the arrival
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doorway, lighting his after lunch
con cigaret. He knew everybody
in the hospital. He was going out
day after tomorrow. "Over in the
big ward almost we'll; Janet"
JANET" Bressac's mouth
dropped open, and his eyes
rounded.
Janet! Jamet!" he repeated 1t
incredulously, then suddenly his
excitement came back.
Tell him Bressac is here and
ask him, ask him, If you please,
IF WE TOOK THAT SHELL
HOLE!"
Etienne was away like a shot In
spite of his limp, and everybody in
that room suspended luncheon and
waited breathlessly. They heard
Etienne's limping footsteps come
hurrying along the hall, then they
heard his voice before he reached
the door.
"YES!" shouted Etienne. YES,
YES, YES, YES!"
The room was full of exultation.
No one there but Bressac knew
the circumstances surrounding
that she'll hole. but they all had a
vital interest in whether 1t had
been captured or not.
For every man there had his
own shell crater. and that shell
crater was his individual war!
Bressac raised himself by the
handle which hung from the cell
ing over his bed, and sat with glis-
tening eyes. The doctor and the
director passed the door just then,
and Bressac called them.
The director twinkled as he saw
that the Indifferent patient now
cared about something, but the
doctor took one glance at Bressac
and at his glistening eyes, rushed
in, pushed him down in bed. and
put thermometer in his mouth.
But DOCTOR" grinned the pa
tient, the thermometer webbing
as he talked. "How soon may I
go back to the trenches?"
Tuesday: Tho Present Paris
Fashions.
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the trenches, and enjoyed the oc-
complishment.
A laugh from the door, where
leaned a saucy poilus with rak-
ish cap and a cigaret in his
mouth.
"Say your other American word.
Villiere," invited this poilu in
French. He was Etienne, and
there was a medal on him.
"Goodbye!" obliged Villiere
gaily.
"Play Monsieur Bressac your
new selection, Villiere," invited
another voice, a very we'll Guilt
waited voice indeed; and Bressac
rolled his eyes to see, In the 9TH
er corner OF the room, light
haired, slender faced young fell
low, with the very tiniest of col
orless mustaches, sitting up In bed
energetically weaving a French
war boat, splendidly camouflaged,
out of colored straw.
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Lassitude; WEAKNESS;
No Interest at ALI

A gentle-faced sister came in,
moving softly as thistledown,
and bent over him, her wide, stiff
black cap sticking out in the dim
ness like wings.
Bressac allowed his eyes to re-
main shut. He did not want to
explain why he had not eaten his
dinner or how he felt. He did not
care how he felt. The sister moved
out again, as softly as she had
come in, taking his tray with her.
The director came in, a tall,
lean old fellow, with a glistening
bald head and a fringe of white
hair, and the wrinkles of humor
around his eyes. He, too, gazed
down at Bressac contemplatively;
but he was man who had inside
eyes as we'll as outside eyes, and
he had seen countless Bressacs
since this war began.
Good evening, Bressac." A
very gentle tone, one calculated
not to arouse sleeper.
No movement.
1.-The doctor says you are get
ting on splendidly for so short a
time after your operation, Bres.
sac"
An irrepressible flutter oil
WEAKNESS.
The director smiled, and his
eyes twinkled, and he noiselessly
drew up chair and sat before The
disinterested patient.
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PARIS, March 11.-Bressac lay
Hstlessly in his little white cot In
his little white room, oblivious to
Ill the sounds of the big hospital.
His eyes were staring at the
dim. high ceiling, and his hand
Law motionless on the coverlet.
The only movement in him was
at regular intervals OF about 10
minutes, when his brows knotted
tensely, after which he closed his
eyes for while.
The reason for that monotony
of slight movement was this: Bres-
sac was in the fog with janet and
Maupeta, and Ii was a raw, chilly
morning. The ground was rough,
pitted and SCARED with projectiles
of every size from mere bullets to
two big shells. There was barbed
wire scattered all around, and
from some place nearby came the
rafting purr OF the machine gun
they had been sent out to find.
DimIy he could distinguish the
half dozen other men OF the de-
SoulOn III tuO iCout
standing out little way from the
rest; and Coulon, advancing, and
peering all about him for stray
bharpshooters who might be con-
cealed In heavens knows what
mud-hole, was bending his elbow
regularly and putting something
IN his mouth. He was eating a
piece of bread!
4 Suddenly there was veer in
che direction of the sound of the
machine gun fire, and Coulon fell
face downward. and lay perfectly
still. A man came running from
the group of which Coulon had
been part. II was Lieut. Lom-
tbardin. followed by the rest of
his men, and, as he passed Bres-
sac and janet and Maupeta, he
called out:
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|Awakes as Uusual to
Face Old Problem

you're going to recover nicely,
the doctor says. How do you
feel?"
The eyellds relaxed. Bressac
was going back to the fog; auto
|matically.
Well have you out in a couple
of weeks, Bressac, my boy!"
Would they? No stirring of
vitality in Bressac over that cheer
full announcement.
He was at that ebb in the strug-
|gle between life and death where
1t made no difference to him
whether he lived or not.
Everything was too much
trouble.
There was silence between the
two men for quite a little time;
then Bressac's brows contracted.
knotted painfully. after which ex-
haustion followed. He had Just
dropped again at the edge of the
|crater.
The director studied Bressac
with his inside eyes, then he hunt
ed the doctor in those upper wards
where stupor and pain and fever
held sway over the rows of white
cots.
us it safe to move Bressac?"
When"
Tonight"
The doctor stroked his beard
and surveyed the director. They
had a great deal Of confidence in
each other.
"I'll see." A slight pause.
"Bressac. Bressac. He needs Ru-
vel and Villiere and Hamotaque
and Joisseau and Etienne." He
ratified 1t off like a prescription.
Bressac awoke. as usual, in the
cold gray fog. He was with Janet
and Maupeta. From some place
nearby came the purr of machine
gun fire-No. There was some
thing wrong with the sound this
time.
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"A Laugh Rings Out
jim Bressac's Dream

1t was more like the tinkle of
la musical instrument.
There was laugh; unmistak-
lably there was q laugh!
Bressac frowned at the inter-
ruption, as he opened his eyes
wider and turned his head.
His room was larger, much
larger; there was another bed by
the side Of his. and in 1t sat a fell
low with black hair and bristling
black mustache. and a wide grin
which disclosed the fact that two
front teeth were missing. This
was VilIiere, and he had q man.
do1in.
'Alioi" said villiere cordial
lily. catching Bressac's eye. VII
Here had been learning English In
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of any new member, declared
President Ruvel firmly, whereat
they all laughed, including Viii
liere. It took very little to make
these fellows laugh. But you
may play your new selection.
Good" laughed Villiere, dis
playing the gap in his grin, and
taking up his mandolin, from
which the "E" string was missing,
he Systematically picked out, note
by note, an air with which all the
world is familiar, under various
names; the fundamental ragtime
tune.
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A'cASCARETS" FOR
HEADACHE, COLDS,
LIVER, BOWELS
Enjoy life! Don't stay bill
ious, sick, headachy and
constipated.
Get rid of bad breath, sour
stomach, coated tongue,
indigestion.
Get a 10-cent box now.

They're fine Cascarets liven
1our liver, clean your thirty feet
OF bowels and sweeten your stom-
hch. You eat one or two like
candy, before going to bed and In
The morning your head is clear.
eongue is clean. stomach sweet,
breath right and cold gone. Get
= box from your druggist and en-
Joy. the incest. gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever expert
pnssd. Cascarets stop sick hear
Aohe, biliousness indigestion, bad
breath and constipation.
Mothers should give whole
Cascaret to cross, bilious, sick,
fevsfish children any time. They
are harmless and never grippe or
doken.
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what someone had told him about
the German hospitals, how a
wounded soldier was taken up and
put thru the curative processes
like clock work, how the isolation
system was practiced as much as
possible, how there was a marked
difference in the treatment of the
soldier who could be used in the
ranks again, and the one who
would be a burden after his recov-
cry.
Efficiency! The memory of the
very word made Bressac's temper
come up. his first temper since he
had been wounded.
IL the boche were to have his
way, IL he were to establish his
dominion over France, for in
stance, and German kultur and
efficiency were to supplant all this
gentleness and cheerfulness and
human fellowship, and men here,
as in Germany, were to be reduced
to mere automatons without
hearts and emotions, and valuable
only for the strength of their
limbs
Bressac, in the energy Of his
emotions, tried to rise, but sank
back, exhausted!
When he next awoke he was not
at all in the cold gray fog. Far
from It.
He was burning with a question
which 1t was curious had not
come to him before.
TELL me?" They were so start
led at the vigor of the tone of this
man who had not cared whether
he lived or died, that Ruvel, who
was eating his luncheon, swal-
lowed q fishbone.
us there anyone here Of my
company" went on Bressac, and
named his regiment and division.
Yes, Yes, Yes; They Did
Take That Crater!
"Why yes." Etienne from the
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They Charge Into
Fortified Shell Crater

over there they are." Just
that. No dramatics about Lom-
hardin.
They all ran after him, STUN
bling over strands of half buried
barbed wire and scrambling down
into little declivities, and up on
the other side; and suddenly.
thru the mist, they came in sight
of an old shell crater which had
been supplied with very carefully
concealed Notifications, and from
there three machine guns were
pumping lead at the scattered
Frenchmen, with all possible vim
Here they are!" cried Lieut.
Iombardin triumphantly, and,
with his pistol in his hand, led
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Gentleness and Cheer
Are Hospital Keynotes

II have only played the man.
dolin one month, since I have been
here" explained villiere with
naive pride.
81 know another song" where
upon he played it, but no one
could guess the name, much less
Bressac, who was now asleep.
Music in the corridor, and it was
morningi Bressac had heard that
music before, but had paid no at
tention; the quartet from the big
convalescent ward across the hall.
Etienne brought them in, and
they sat in row on the empty
bed of Joisseau, who was out of
bed now, on his crutches, and TAX
ing his breakfast downstairs, with
dozen other good fellows; at a
table! The quartet sang very low,
and Bressac went to sleep.
When he awoke again he was in
the cold gray fog, with Janet and
Maupeta, and-no, he wasn't! He
heard laughter. He looked around
quickly.
Joisseau was back, and was
playing a game of jaquet with
Hamotaque; and Villiere, from
across the room, was the unlimited
referee. A droll fellow, that VIII
liere, and Bressac smiled; smiled!
The sister came in, to bring the
flowers for that room.
ooh, Monsieur Bressac!" she
said, glowing with pleasure. you
are better!"
Eyes, thank you," returned
Bressac.
A spirit of gentleness seemed to
have fallen on the room.
It seemed full of peace.
Oh, this was a good place
to be, this hospital of France,
run on the basis of gentleness
and cheerfulness, run on the
basis that putting men to-
gether raised their spirits,
reused them from their leth-
argy, made them want to live.
gave them renewed Interest
In life and in the things life
meant.
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System Wouldn't Work
With Morbid Germans

You could only pursue that sys-
tenn with men of brave spirit.
IL they were morbid-minded fell
lows, like the Germans, they would
help to make each other more
morbid.
Suddenly Bressac remembered
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MASONIC BODIES BEGIN meeting
WITH THE RAN. RECEPTION TODAY

This morning ushered in the great
est attendance of Masonic dignitaries
ever seen in the southern country as
every branch of the order was repre-
sented with new delegates coming
in by auto from every direction.
The grand chapter was convened
this morning at 10 o'clock when,
after the opening ceremonies, flag
was presented by Silas f, Ross on
memory of Past Grand High Chief
Trenmer Coffin and son to the grand
chapter of the Royal Arch by the
widow and mother.
Thomas Lindsay. grand master of
the Grand Lodge OF Nevada, deliver
ed his annual address.
This was followed by a reception
to the grand representatives who
were received and welcomed by
Grand High Priest Robert Levers.
with response by Past Grand High
Priest Walter Pratt, after which the
chapter adjourned for lunch.
The present officers of the chapter
are: G. H. p. Robt Levers: d. a
II. p, Adams F, Brown; @. X, Thos
Lindsay; G s.. I'd C. Peterson: C. IT,.
Geo ROhlnsoR; q s. I'D Wander
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teith; NJ. Sd ", Hosea Reid. The
election will take place this after
noon.
The delegates are:
Lodge No 1. Carson, by f. C..
Peterson, Ed Vandervith.
Keystone No. 6-W. B. S. Park.
Reno No &c. H. Duborg. II.
Reid, Sidney c. Foster. Robt. Levers,
Geo w, Robinson.
Monitor No, &c. G. Barron. B.
p. BARLEY.
Humboldt No, 9-Lewis G. Camp
bell, Geo. o. Balm. Chris. Wolf.
Goldfield No, 10-Jos. Hamilton
n, F. Armstrong, e. J. Rowland
Walter E. Pratt, Adams F. Brown.
Elko No 1l-otto F. Williams.
Tonopah No 12-Harry Dunseath,
Irwin c. Arnold, Sanford Calvin. AL
fred L. Smith, Robt. ]. Highland.
.Thos. Lindsay Henry Schmidt.
Grand Lodge, F. & A. NJ, Of Ne
vada viii convene tomorrow. Tues
day, at - o'clock sharp Luncheon
viii be served by the local body.
Tonopah No. 12. at / O'Clock. and
regular business will continue
throughout the day ana Wednesday.
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sational raid on the market in which
an effort was made to stampede
holders Of West End into selling by
circulating a report that the decision
was In favor of the Jim Butler.
Shortly after the opening of the
stock market this morning a report
was current that the United States
supreme court had handed down an
opinion reversing the decision of the
lower court In the West End.Jim
Butler case and awarding the dis.
puted territory to the Jim Butler
The report came from Sparks in
Philadelphia stating that at the office
OF the Jim Butler company it was
announced that the court had acted
favorably to that company.
Hugh Brown, attorney for the But
Ter interest, did not receive any con.
firmation and the street was left in
doubt as to the facts.
The report sent In by Sparks read:
"The ticker says Butler gets the de-
cision." Whatever influence was re.
sponsfble for the rumor must have
made a neat scalp as Butler went
up to SS cents from Saturdays
close of 70 bid. West End dropped
from $1.O7 bid at the close Saturday
to so and then reacted to $1.1O, with
sales, when 1t was found that the re-
port was without any authority.
Just before the close Of the sx.
change at noon message was de.
livered relating that the court had
ruled in favor of the West End. This
the pendulum to swing to the
other extreme and buying took the
place of the selling movement that
had been forced by bringing pressure
against timid holders of West End
stock. In few minutes a further
confirmation was received stating
that the officers of the Jim Butler
in Philadelphia conceded the verdict
to be in favor of the West End This
led to heavy buying orders for West
End which were further accelerated
by the knowledge Of the companys
ground around the Ohio shaft show
ng up richer than the management
ever had hope of reaching. At 2
o'clock the bid for West End was
S1.27, with sales, while Butler was
luoted at rs bid.
The heavy bidding for the winning
side is due to the necessity now for
iividing the impounded earnings
which have been tied up by order Of
he district court of Nye county in
he hands of the West End company
which has been keeping a separate
account Of every pound Of ore raised
from the disputed territory. The
amount held subject to this decision
in round figures is $4,000 and the
of this would be eauiva-
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EXAMINE
us. CAPT|VES TO.
.F|ND0UTNUMBER.
YANKEE PRISONERS GIVEN THE
THIRD DEGREE BY kAl-
SER'S CREW

LONDON, June l0.-The Times
correspondent with the American
army in France telegraphs that two
~ermans with three Americans as
prisoners who started to the rear be-
came confused and walked straight
into the French lines and were them
selves taken prisoners, The Ameri
cans reported that German officers
questioned them closely regarding
when and where they landed in Eur
ope, where trained and the identity
of their units. The Americans re-
fused to answer all questions. The
Germans served the Americans
compound of flour and
water as food
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Third Big Drive Begun
and Germans Sacrifice
Thirty Army Divisions

and three-quarter miles, about one
fourth of the entire line of attack
The gain was stopped on the wings
with such losses that five divisions
were put out Of commission. This
was about one-third of the divisions
identified thus far with having par.
ticipated in the attack This was
done without using any French re-
serves.
The Germans were forced to bring
up troops al the last moment in
order to avoid giving alarm to the
allies The columns deployed from
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the column of march into the line
of attack as they arrived This oper-
alton requires hours and exposes the
men to unpleasant artillery fire un-
less the element of surprise is pre-.
served
German attacking troops coming
out to envelope the heights dominat-
ing the Matz valley offered a splen.
did target for French gunners. The
enemy had to throw in several di-
visions before they were able to
drive forward to Reasons and Mar
euil along the Roy road.
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TRAITORS
NAME IS GIVEN
CORPORAL OF coNNAUcHT RANG.
ERs ACTED AS SPY FOR
THE HUNS
,Hy Associated Press,

LONDON, June 10.-The man put
ashoer on the west coast of Ireland
from a German submarine, now a
prisoner in the Tower of London, is
Lance Corporal Dowlfng, of the Con
naught rangers, the parliamentary
secretary for the war office announc-
ed in the house of commons today.
He has been remanded for trial by
court martial, charged voluntarily
with aiding the enemy
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new DRIVE
ON.
To CAPITAL
PART OF CAMPAIGN AGAINST
PARIS TO ouTFLANk THE
FRENCH
tBy Associated PresnI


LONDON, June l0-virtually the
unanimous opinion of newspaper
commentators is that the new Ger
man attack Is directed against Com.
piegne as part of the campaign
against Paris. The section is regard
ed as a vital one because of the de-
taehed heights across the head of
the Oise valley and its great railway
and road to Paris. An important
gain in this section may compel re.
adjustment of the allied line between
the Disc and Marne. II is assumed
that another object attached to the
is 20 outflank the French
on the Scissors sector
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lBy Associated Press)

lBy Associated PressD
NEW YORK, June 10-The Pinar
Del Rio was not torpedoed. but sunk
with gunfire, after the crew escaped
in life boats. The vessel was stopped
with shot across the bow from a
submarine about rs miles off the
Maryland coast. The Germans came
within megaphone range, when the
commander ordered the Americans
into the life boats The Americans
declared leisurly, which required
half an hour. A rough sea separated
the boats
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RAID On THE MARKET
WHEN jim BUTLER AND WEST END
SEE SAW 50 POINTS IN ONE HOUR

apex existed and contended that the
vein was in the form of roll. The
lower courts sustained this conten.
ton in part but ruled that the crest
of the roll constituted an apex and
the West End had the right to oper.
ate the vein in an opposite direction
on both sides of the point.
Briefly this tells the story of the
West End-Butler litigation contest
over the right to follow the MacNa.
mara ledge into Jim Butler ground.
The truth came out after a most SEN
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MISSING CREW LAND.
.SAFELYAT NEW YORK.
FROM NORWEGIAN.
LATEST VICTIM OF THE SUB.
MARINE GOES DOWN OFF
NEW JERSEY COAST

NEW YORK, June l0-Captain
Mckenzie and sixteen of the crew of
the American steamship Pinar Del
Rio, missing since the vessel
was sunk Saturday off Maryland by
a U-boat, arrived on a Norwegian
steamer which rescued the small
boat seventy miles off the New Jer-
sey coast. The chief mate and fifteen
men were landed earlier on the
North Carolina coast. accounting for
all the crew.
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tiy Associated freaHl
PARIS, June l0-The new German
attack between Montdidier and No
yon continued with undimlnished VIC
euc, last night The French broke
up +. ,eated furious attacks on the
left wing. The enemy, with rein
fore pents. made further progress in
ihe center, and reached the south
en part OF Cuyilly Wood and Res.
Onssur.Matz The French and Amer.
leans gained ground and took more
prisoners In attacks In the region Of
Brusslares on the Marne front
Bitter fighting continues on the
French right wing along the front Of
the new attack The French cap.
tured 500 Germans in various engage.
ments The prisoners reported that
The German losses in the battle be.
gun yesterday we're extremely heavy
thus far
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BRITISH IMPROVE
ON THE S0MME

tny AAspeiated PreAsl
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 10.--A slight advance
last night in the neighborhoOd Of
Bouzeneourt effected a considerable
local improvement in the British line
south Of the somme Otherwise the
night was quiet and the situation IN
changed
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CASUALTY LIST

tHy Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June l0.-Thirteen
were killed, S died OF wounds. from
an airplane accident. Of disease. !
from accident or other causes Forty
six were wounded severely and Z
10 degree undetermined Private
Hitzeroth Of San Francisco was
wounded severely.