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Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20

The Putnam Patriot makes a de-
lightful Christmas present. 1t will
give pleasure and enjoyment to the
entire family for one solid year.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20
GIFTS FOR WOMEN

GIFTS FOR WOMEN
BRACELET WATC Exquisite
flexible model Of solid gold, with
f5-jewel movement -----.-.---------S $50
BRACELET WATCH - Gold-flled
style-in beautiful cases Of guar
anteed quality with jeweled move
ment ----------z---..-.-z-.-- I4.9I
SIMULATED BROOC H-Finely
wrought cobweb designs in Ia
karat gold, with green finish, set
with large brilliant diamond cen
tre-a safety catch and excellent
mounting. Particularly wonderful
values $50 to $50
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20

These high grade pianos cost trifie more,
but do not let the question of initial cost influ-
ence you when you select piano The match
less music of these instruments far outweighs
the extra cost.
Two or three slightly used pianos at greatly
reduced prices if you are looking for low prices.
WE TAKE LIBERTY BONDS IN EXCHANGE
AT FULL VALUES.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20
WEST CLOCESTER

Clarkville school closes December
goth for vacation till January 9th.
Mrs. Alfred Mcbride and children
Of Chepaehet were the guests of W.
Crawford Greene and family Sunday.
Archie Bourgeois, who has been to
Camp Devens for several months, has
been honorably discharged from SER
vice. returned to his home here We'd
nesday evening, and resumed work at
the Bowditch Mills the next Monday.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20
JustReceiyed Fresh Stock Stationery

There is nothing like fresh, crisp, clean
assortment from which to select your writ
ing paper This is always true when the
paper is Eaton's Highland Linen and
Cranes Linen Lawn. You know the latest
can ALWAYS be found here.
Putnam patriot., 1918-12-20

CAMEO BROOCH-Pink or cornell
an shell, with a classic head ex-
quisitely hand-carved, set in hand
engraved or jeweled mounting
$3.50
LINGERIE CLAsPS-Daintily use
ful, of solid gold, with attractive
engraved, engine-turned patterns,
$500, $3.50, $3.50
PENDANT AND CHAIN-It is solid
gold, but you may choose just the
finish you like, and jewels and de-
signs, for there is a great selection
of charming kinds, some with GEN
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

very old now. was in 4 hospital
once. after a battle. And he came in.
He put his hand on my shoulder. like
this"-he illustrated it on the child's
small one-"and said" Consider
ing that old Adelbert no longer loved
his king, 1t is strange to record that
his voice broke.
"Win he die soonT' Bobby put In.
He found kings as much of a novelty
as to Prince Ferdinand William Otto
they were the usual thing.
"Who knows? But when he dies,
the city will learn at once. The great
bell of the cathedral, which never
rings save at such times, will toll.
They say 1t is u sound never to be
forgotten. I. Of course, have never
heard 1t. When 1t tolls, all in the city
will fall on their knees and pray. 1t
is the CUSTOM"
Bobby, reared to strict Presbyterian
ism and accustomed to kneeling but
once a day, and that at night beside
his bed, In the strict privacy of his
own apartment, looked rather startled.
"What will they pray for7' he said.
And old Adelbert, with new bitter
ness. replied that the sons Of kings
needed much prayer. Sometimes they
were hard and did cruel things.
"And then the crown prince will be
a king" Bobby reflected. "If were a
king, I'd make people stand around.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28
CHAPTER TX.
Old AdeIbet.

Old Adelbsrt.
Old Adelbert Of the opera had lost
his position. No longer, q sausage In
his pocket for refreshment, did he
leave his little room daily for the
opera. A young man. who made ogiing
eyes at Olga, Of the garde-robe, and
who was not careful to keep the lenses
clean, had taken his place.
He was hurt in his soldiers soul.
There was no longer a place in the
kingdom for those who had fought for
1t. The cry was for the young. And
even in the first twenty-four hours
subtle change went on in him. His
loyalty, on which he had built his
creed of life, turned to bitterness.
The first day of his idleness he wan
dered into the back room Of the cob
bler's shop near by, where the butter
seller from the corner, the maker OF
artificial flowers for graves, and the
cobbler himself were gathered, and lis
tened without protest to such talk as
would have reused him once to white
anger.
But the iron had not yet gone very
deep, and one thing he would not per-
nit. 1t was when, in the conversation,
one Of them attacked the king. Then
indeed he was reused to fury.
Once upon a time a student named
Haeckel had occasionally backed him
up In his defense of the royal family.
But for some reason or other Haeckel
came no more, and old Adelbert missed
him. He had inquired for him fire.
quently.
"Where is the boy Haeckel7" he had
asked one day. II have not seen hip
lately"
No one had replied. But sort of
grim silence settled over the little
room, Old Adelbert, however, was not
discerning.
But, that first day of idleness, when
he had left the cobbler's. he resolved
not to return. They had not been
unfriendly, but he had seen at once
there was a difference. He was no
longer old Adelbert of the opera. he
was AN old man only, and out Of work.
He spent hours that first free after
noon repairing his frayed linen and
his shabby uniform, with his wooden
leg stretched out before him and his
pipe clutched firmly In his teeth.
Then, freshly shaved and brushed. he
started on a painful search after work.
with no result. And. indeed, he was
hopeless before he began. He was oio
and infirm. There was little that ne
had even the courage to apply for.
True, he had his small pension. but
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

Late that evening. old Adelbert'e
problem having been solved. Pepy the
maid and Bobby had long talk. Pepy
sat in low chair by the tiled stove
in the kitchen. and knitted stocking
with a very large foot.
what want to know is this" said
Bobby, swinging his legs on the table:
what are the terrOrists?"
Pepy dropped her knitting. and
stared with open mouth. "What know
you of such things?" she demanded.
swell, terrorists killed the crown
princes father and"
Quite suddenly Pepy leaped from her
chair, and covered Bobby's mouth with
her hand. "Hush!" she said, and
stared about her with frightened eyes.
Then. in a whisper: '.They are every-i
where. No one knows who they are,
nor where they meet. l myself. she
went on impressively, "crOssing the
place one night late, after spending
the evening with friend, saw line
of cats moving In the shadows. Ono
of them stopped and looked at me-"
Pepy crossed herself. "It had face
like the Fraulein in there"
Bobby stared with interest through
the doorway. The governess did look
like a cat. Maybe she's one Of
them." he reflected aloud.
'Oh, for Gods sake. hush" !" cried
Pepy, and fell to knitting rapidly. Nor
could Bobby elicit anything further
from her. But that night, In his sleep.
he saw crown prince. dressed in
velvet and ermine. being surrounded
and attacked by an army Of cats, and
went, shivering. to crawl into his
mothers bed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

really needed no assistance whatever.
"You 60 up" said the crown prince
eagerly, turning to the countess. "Tu
hold your bag. 80 you can climb"
He caught her handbag from her,
and instantly something snapped In 1t.
The countess was climbing up the lad
der. Rather dismayed, Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto surveyed the bag.
Something had broken, he feared. And
in another moment he saw what 1t
was. The little watch which was set
in one side Of It had clipped away.
leaving q round black hole. His heart
beat a trifle faster.
"Tm awfully worried" he called up
to her, as he climbed. 'Tm afraid I've
broken your bag. Something clicked.
and the watch Is gone. It II not on
the ground"
1t was well for the countess that the
colonel was talking to Hedwig. Well
for her, too, that the other Officers
we're standing behind with their eyes
worshipfully on the princess. The
countess turned gray white.
"Don't worry. highness," she said.
with stin lips. ~The watch falls back
sometimes. I must have it repaired" !"
But long after the tour of the ram
parts was over, after ammunition
rooms had been visited, with their long
lines Of waiting shells, after the
switchboard which controlled the river
mines had been inspected and ex-
planned, she was still trembling.
Prince Ferdinand william Otto,
looking at the bag later on, saw the
watch in place and drew . long breath
OF relief.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

man was influential, and by this new
policy of substituting fresh blood for
stale, the government had made many
enemies among them.
The old mans bitterness had been
increased by two things. First. al
though he had been dismissed without
notice. in the middle Of the week, he
had been paid only up to the hour of
leaving. That was grievance. Sec
ond, being slow on his feet, one OF
the royal motor cars had almost run
him down, and the police had cursed
him roundly for being in the way.
At last he determined to ind
Easckei, the student. de did not
know his Christian 1nme, nor where
he lodged. But he knew the corls he
belonged to. by bis small gray cap
With q red band.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28
OLD ADELBERT OF THE OPERA LOSES HIS JOB, AN EVENT
WHICH STARTS A CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES

synopslsThe Of Lvonia Ferdinand Otto.
ten years old taken the his and
slips the
Thorpe little American Returning
hhds everything which
made for him The night the chancellor calls consult the
grandfather,
that the kingdom friendship neshbong
kingdom Of Karna
King Karl Of that Countess Lohek
Princess Annunca Hedws mother with King Karl
and his Hedwig Hedwg who loves
Milky Larsc os aid de dmayed when told Of the plans
attacked of terrorists
dummy subsdtu
Kars chauffeur and exchanges the sheet within the
delivering
Larisch made prisoner when the deception is discovered
with
releases Captain
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

~lf . Were 4 King I'D Make People
Stand Around"
But has the crown prince only a grand
father, and no fatherr
"He died-the boys father. He was
murdered, and the princess his mother
also"
Bobby's eyes opened wide. 'who
did ftf"
'4Terrorists," said old Adelbert. And
would not be persuaded to say more.
That night at dinner Bobby Thorpe
delivered himself Of quite q speech.
He sat at the table. and now and then,
when the sour-faced governess looked
at her plate. he slipped a bit Of food
to his dog. which waited beside him.
"There's a very nice old man up
stairs" he said. "He has fine sword.
and ring doves, and . wooden leg.
And he used to rent opera glasses to
the crown prince. only he turnsS them
around. I'm going to try that with
yours, mother. We had sausage to-
gether, and he has lost his position.
and he's never been ON the scenic
railway, father. I'd like some tickets
for him. He would like riding. I'm
sure, because walking must be pretty
hard. And what want to know is
this: Why can't you give him a job.
fatherf'
"what sort Of q job. son7 A man
with one legl"
"He doesn't need legs to chop
tickets with"
The governess listened. She did not
like Americans. Barbarians they were,
and these were of the middle class,
being In trade. For a scenic railway
Is trade. naturally. Except that they
paid fat salary. with an extra month
at Christmas. she would not be there.
"He means the old soldier upstairs"
said Bobby's mother softly. She was
a gentle person. Her eyes were wide
and childlike. and It was a sort Of re-
ligion of the family to keep them full
of happiness.
This also the governess could not
understand.
$50 the old soldier is out Of work" !"
mused the head of the family. Head.
thought the governessl When they
WOuuu uUOuL tucAA AA6CAoa Nho
liked men of sterner stun. In her
mountain country the men did as they
wished, and sometimes beat their
wives by way of showing their author
ity. Under no circumstances, she felt,
would this young man ever beat his
wife. He was a weakling.
The weakling smiled across the
table at the wife with the soft eyes.
"How about 1t, mother?" he asked.
"Shall the firm Of Bobby and L offer
him job?"
81 would like 1t very much" said the
weakling's wife, dropping her eyes to
hide the pride in them.
Suppose" said the weakling, shat
you run up after dinner, Bob. and
bring him down. Now sit still. young
man, and finish. There's no such hurry
as that"
And in this fashion did old Adelbert
become ticket chopper of the American
Scenic Railway.
And in this fashion, too, commenced
that odd friendship between him and
the American lad that was to have
so vital an effect on the very life it
self Of the Crown Prince Ferdinand
william Otto OF Jvonja.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28
(ro BE coNTINuED.l

Mrs. Despard, a sister Of General
French. Is said to have refused more
than 500 applications for newspaper
interviews after her return from viAl4'
ing her brother at thu front.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28


sent, intact, to take care Of an invalid
daughter In the country. That was
not his. He never used a penny of
It. And he had saved a trife, by liv-
Ing on air, as the concierge declared.
But misfortunes come in threes, like
fires and other calamities. The after
noon Of that very day brought q let
ter. saying that the daughter was
worse and must have an operation.
Cd Adelbert went to church and
burned q candle for her recovery, and
from there to the bank to send by
registered mail the surgeons fee.
He was bankrupt In twenty-four
hours.
That evening in his extremity he did
q reckless thing. He wrote a letter to
the king. He spent hours over 1t, first
composing It In pencil and then copy
ing 1t with ink borrowed from the
concierge. It began "Sirs," as he had
learned was the form, and went on to
remind his majesty. first, Of the hos
pital incident, which, having been for
ty years ago. might have slipped the
royal memory. Then came the facts
his lost position. his daughter, the
handicap Of his wooden leg. 1t ended
with q plea for reinstatement or, fall
ing that, for any sort Of work.
He sent It, unfolded, in 4 large nat
envelope, which also he had learned
was the correct thing with kings, who
for some reason or other do not like
folded communications. Then he
waited. He considered that q few
hours should bring a return.
No answer came. No answer ever
came. For the king was Ill, and secre-
taries carefully sifted the royal mail.
That night, in the concierge's bu-
reau, he was treated to many incl
dents, all alike. The government took,
but gave nothing. AS well expect
blood out Of q stone. Instances were
given, heartlessness piled ON heart
lessness, one sordid story on an
other.
And as he listened there died In old
Adelbert's soul his flaming love for his
sovereign and his belief in him. His
eyes took on a hard and haunted look.
That night he walked past the palace
and shook his fist at II. He was
greatly ashamed Of that, however. and
never repeated II. But his soul was
now an open sore. ready for infec-
ton.
And Black Humbert bided his time.
On the day Of the excursion to the
fortress old Adelbert decided to appeal
to his fellow lodger, Herman Spier.
Now and then. when he was affluent,
he had paid small tribute to Herman
by means Of the camp cookery ON
which he prided himself.
"A soldiers messw he would say,
and bring In a bowl of soup, or q slice
Of deer meat. broiled over hot Goals
in his tiny stove. EAT II. man. These
restaurants know nothing Of food"
Herman could not help him. But
he eyed the old soldier appraisingly.
He guessed shrewdly the growing un-
easiness behind Adelbe-t's brave front
II now one could enlist such a man
for the cause, that would be worth
doing. Among the veterans the old
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-11-28

Countess losehek 10 summoned
to appear before the Committee
Of Ten, leaders Of the terrorIsts,
where she 10 confronted with q
terrifying demand. Tho next
instaIlment tells Of this startling
development
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
TWO DC. BOYS ARE KILLED,
ELEVEN WOUNDED IN BATTLE

Two Washington boys were killed in
action, one died of disease, three were
severely wounded and eight were
slightly wounded. according to the latest
casualty list from overseas.
Those killed in action are: Wilk Stra-
ley Baker, eldest son of Joseph L. Baker
of Washington, and Sergt. Charles q.
Clark, son of Mrs. Mary Clark, whose
address is R. f. D., box 203.
Young Bakers battalion commander
wrote a letter of consolation to the
parents. 1t follows:
81 desire to extend to you and your
family my most sincere sympathy in the
recent death of your son and to give you
the assurance of his battalion COM
mander that he died as you would have
him die-upright. honest and true to the
principles which he knew to be right.
"As you change the blue of his serv-
ice flag to one OF gold-be consoled with
the knowledge that the memory of him
is engraved deeply on the hearts of his
comrades and that he was credit to
the flag which he followed to his death
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work. and Brig. Gen. c. c. Jameson
has been appointed director of sales,
in direct charge of an organization to
be perfected for the disposal of sur
plus property.
Policy and procedure upon which
sales will be made will be formulate
by the director of munitions, the as
sistant director of munitions and the
director of sales. 1t is the intention
of the director of munitions to SO
market government property as to in
terfere as little as possible with busi-
ness conditions, and to this end the
assistant director of munitions and
the director of sales will, as occasion
may require, confer with committees
representing the industries affected
Any information in connection with
the various problems involved will be
furnished by either the assistant di-
rector of munitions or the director of
sales a t their offices in the munitions
building, 18th and Z streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19

on the field of honor.
He died for liberty Of man.
VERY sincerely yours.
''R. l.. MUNDHENk.
major, Signal Corps. U. 5. A., COM
manding l12th Field Signal Engl-
neerS."
Others on today's list include:
Died Of discasc--Prirate Clarence
Shreve, 1903 o street.
Wounded sevcrely--Private Samuel
Furr. 323 G. street southeast: Private
Albert I. Dyer, 10 u street south.
east, and Private James Pote. 6os
Rock Creek Church road.
Wounded degree undetermined
Private Nathaniel Young. 412 LIST
street southwest. and Private Michael
F. Gallagher. sl3 4th street northeast.
Wounded slightly-Capt. Grover r.
Moore, 312 + street northeast; Capt.
Shelton Pitney. United States Su-
preme Court: Lieut.. Forest A. Har-
ness. Sc Rhode Island avenue north
west; Lieut. William d. Smith, the
Portner; Private John H. Carroll. 1870
Navy place southeast; Private James
D. Skinner, 2SO4 14th street: Private
Arthur N. Love!ess, 1347 goth street;
Private Owen NJ Grinder, 521 9th
street northeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
FARMER FOUND GUILTY.
Manslaughter Verdict Against
sherzey. Who Killed Apple Thief.

Guilty of manslaughter was the
verdict rendered last night by jury
in Criminal Division against Frank
A. Sherzey charged with murder in
the first degree in causing the death
of Herman Sum August 25 last.
Sherzey is truck farmer living
along the Bladensburg road near the
District line, and had been annoyed
by the disappearance of apples from
his orchard When he caught Sum
collecting apples in a basket on his
place he shot him.
Sherzey wept on the witness stand
and declared most emphatically that
he had no intention of killing Sum.
The jury deliberated three hours be-
fore reaching a verdict for the lesser
offense.
Chief Justice Mccoy remanded the
prisoner for sentence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
"F0UR.MINUTERsy TO DINE.
Presented With Discharge Papers
When Activities Are Ended.

trict will wind up their activities
Saturday evening with a banquet in
the Lafayette Hotel. Speeches. NOV
ing pictures and acts from Keith's.
Polls. Cosmos and Lyceum theaters
will be staged.
The men will be presented with
'discharse papers, with the official
United States seal attached. Lee Nc
Cormick Blair. former director, now
in the service, and William H. Inger-
soil, director, will deliver four min
ute talks.
The managers of the different thea
tiers will be special guests. 1t is eX-
pected that they will make impromptu
remarks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
LIEUT.. CoHEENY KILLED.

COPENHAGEN, Wednesday, Deem
her IS (by the Associated Press).-
The killing of Lieut.. Coheeny. an
American airman. in the German pris-
on camp at Stralsund. December 5. is
reported by three British officers who
have arrived here. The American
lieutenant, the officers say. went out
side the barbed wire for a moment and
the German guards fired three times
at him.
Lieut.. Coheeny was killed by bull
let through the chest. A British Of
ficer was seriously wounded by the
shots. ~.
The guards refused to allow CO.
heeny's comrades to remove his body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
IRA KELLNER DIES.
Legal Adviser to Housing Corpora
ton Victim of Influenza.

Officials of the United States Hous-
ing Corporation learned with regret
today of the death at Brooklyn. n. Y,
Tuesday night of Ira Kellner,, who
served as legal adviser to the real es-
tate division Of the corporation dur
ing the war.
Mr.. kellner was stricken with in
f1uenza last week. He was twenty
eight years old and unmarried. He
was a son of Joseph kellner, a con-
structor of Brooklyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
HENRY CISSEL DEAD.
Veteran Employe of Commerce
Commission Had Heart Disease.

Henry Cissel, one of the Oldest en-
ployes in the Interstate Commerce
Commission. died Tuesday afternoon
at the home of his sister. 1912 l. street.
of heart disease. He was about sixty
five years old.
t1r Cissel entered the service Of the
commission at it's organization in
March. 1887. and was employed there
up to the time of his death. He starr
ed as a laborer and finally became a
foreman of laborers. He lived a $3.50
G street northeast. He is survived by
his wife.
Funeral services will be held at .
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
undertaking establishment of f. r.
James, 10th and L streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
TAKE KEY BRIDGE LAND
Proceedings Permit Taking Over
Ground for d. c. Approach
to Structure.

Acting on the advice of the Attor-
ney General that all the necessary
judicial proceedings have been COM
pleted. the Secretary of War has ar
ranged to take possession at once of
the land south of NJ street and west
of saith street for use in building the
northern approach to the Key bridge
across the Potomac river.
That land was acquired by condem-
nation proceedings. The respective
owners will receive the amounts
awarded them by the appraisers as
approved by the courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
Hotel "Wets'' Plan Wide Fight.

NEW YORK. December 19.-The
American Hotel Association in eXecu-
tive session here has decided to wage
a nationwide fight against the pro-
posed prohibition constitutional
amendment and also against the
emergency agriculture bill ''rider."
which prohibits traffic in intoXicants
after June 90. 1919. A committee of
three has been named to take charge
of the campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
Takers and Crooks!

The advertising columns of
The Star are edited as care
fully as the news columns.
Takers and crooks are barred.
Every advertisement known
to contain an untrue or mis-
leading statement has been re-
jected.
Every reader is asked to be
on the Vigilance Committee and
help police the columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-19
Mr.. CROWELL TO DIRECT
. ARMY PROPERTY SALES
Assistant War Secretary at Head
(, Of Arrangements to Dispose
Il of Surplus Material.

. Benedict Crowel1. assistant secre-
fary of war and director of munitions,
has been requested by the President
to assume responsibility for the prop
or disposition of all property acquired
by the War Department since April 6,
1917.
Mr.. crowe1l has appointed C. w.
Hare, assistant director of munitions,
to have general supervision of this