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What Has Happened Up to Date

tors bring Fuller and SRyder, bound
and gagged, into cellar, where they
discover the strange disappearance
of KimLall. Knowles and Henderson
meet at Raleigh, start search for
Madeline, and discover that Kimball
has disappeared. Locate Madeline
at Capitol Park Hotel, learn she and
aunt" had left with baggage. Made
line recognizes Kimball in basement
vaults, aviator escapes up chute and,
making detOur, huTls himself upon
WI Tsang, who is at bottom OF stairs
in basement, but instead OF over
towering the Celestial, Kimball is
surprised. Knowles and Henderson
discover House of Mystery, door un-
licked, enter find three Cinnamon be-
fore carved image of Buddha.
Knowles demands the whereabouts
of Madeline; a piercing scream Of a
woman leads rescUers and prisoners
to basement. Knowles discovers WI
Tsang in act of sinking dagger into
Kimball's heart. Knowles sends bull
let to knifeblade breaking it at hilt.
Kimball lands uppercut on WI
-Tsang, knocking latter unconscious.
Bound forms of Fuller and Snyder
discovered. Knowles gloatingly eX-
hibits and lays chart on table. Fuller
lights cigarette, throws match into
package of powder taken from one
of the Celestials. There was blind
ing glare, room was empty and chart
was gone, and they were locked in
cellar. Three men make escape
through coal chute. Madeline inter-
cepted by Mrs. Thayer and induced
to go to the latter's country home on
island in Potomac, where she is held
prisoner. Makes her escape with as
sistance of Kimball and hydroplane.
KimbaIl loses control while at eight
thousand feet, faints, and boat comes
to water in tail spin dive-but the
answer is told in a rapid fire style
today by Mr.. Roe Fulkerson who, in
Chapter VII, carries characters
through a thrilling series Of hair
breadth tangles-but read the story;
here you have it
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the Zoo and preen ewes pIittered from
adioininp cages and deem. throaty
growls indicated the rage of his car
nivorous neighbors.
The next glance ne shot through
the opening leading to the outdoor
norton Of the cage. and there he saw
a 1ordIv lion pacing back and forth.
He rapidly crossed the cage and
closed the door which led 10 the out
side anu then released Major knowles
from, bi. bonJ-
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IT..,,,,. o.,,,iri,a. The side door AZ
-. r,.,, -, tho ,,oo our heroes
,s,.,a ,r.. T., ~, NOT locked. and
- =, - ono side they stepped out
into the main animal house Of ,he
Zoo
Only dim light burned in the
buildfng. and the sonorous snores nf
the watchman near the door suggest
ed the opium with which the willy
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nateIy neither OF W. has one What
shall we do"
81 see nothing to do but keep und sr
cover, replied Barry, angrily. i do
not. like the idea, but l suppose We
would better make ourselves as COM
Portable as possible until morning, fo-
if We attempt to get out or hero we
are liable to be shot.
So philosophically they ~nugglad
down on a pile Of leaves lo make the
best Of tLe situation.
They rose in the morning and found
an impenetrabIe fog over the entire
landscape Neither was familiar WITH
that part or the city near the zoo, AMI
for two hours they wandered around
the neighboring hills and fields until
at last the sun broke through tho
feg and they walked to the top Of
ncighboring nil to see in which Ii
rection the city lay.
a zoooooming sound from overhead
made the navy man Int his eyes. to
eaten lie sunlight gIinting on the
wings OF a sea plane. Recognizing It
as a nav machine, in an instant his
handk erchier was out and he was wig
wagging for help.
IN answering wave from the sea-
plane showed that they were seen
and in slow spiraIs It descended TO
earth beside them. The jo;t nr the
plane threw Madeline out OF Ter ,eat,
but three men hurried % her assis.-
ance in an instant.
- have smashed it up BIT fear"
said Kimball looking regretGdiiv a.
the plane, but ] could not get back
to the water anyway. / had not told
Made" he hesitatCd in confusion.
and then went back a bit. 81 had not
told Miss Conner but there IS not
quart of gasolene left in the tank"
at last we are all together." ex-
claimed Barry. "The very first thing
/ want 10 know is which orc OF YOU
has that chart?"
Each Of the quartet Looked cy-
pectantly at the other.
As / supposed" he said. lit is
either in the hands of those orien,aIs.
the two men, Fuller and Snyda-. or
that hip strapped widow Thayer."
What are we to do now" asked
VimhaII
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Major Knowles receives a letter
from a Denver bank advising him to
begin search for Madeline Lucille
Connor, who had left Colorado for
Washington, carrying the details OF
4 secret process for the transmuta-
ton of baser metals into gold.
Knowles is held up by four China
men, who secure the letter. He Is
rescued by Captain Henderson, who
had Just been robbed Of letter re-
ceived from Miss ConnoT. Fuller and
Snyder plan to get the chart from
Madeline. Mrs. Thayer is also try
ing to gain the confidence of the
Colorado girl, while WI Tsang, the
Chinese diplomat, is working under
a cloak of mystery. Lieutenant Kim
ball has been kidnapped and Madeline
Lucille Connor, who has been
trapped in the office of Fuller, makes
sensational escape out of eleventh
story window, reaches adjoining Of
fee, falls into meshes of conspira-
tors again, is taken to house Of WI
Tsang, who locks her in mysterious
cabinet.
Lieutenant Kimball is rescued by
aviator comrade, phones hotel is
answered by Mrs. Thayer, who i'm
personstes Madeline, makes appoint
Snent to meet Kimbal at WI Tsang's
house, both taxis are wrecked In col
lision, Kitnball and Mrs. Thayer car
ried unconscious into the Highlands
.-conspirators demand that WI
Tsang release Madeline from cabi-
net-the door is opened, the cabinet
is empty, and out runs a Little
Brown Mouse. Madeline escapes by
chute to secret cavern, Kimball taken
from Highlands unconscious, to tenn
pie Of WI Tsang, where he is bound
and thrown into cellal. Madeline,
trying to escape, discovers Kimball,
both give fictitious names, and hide
IN cavern as the oriental conspira-
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nearby settee a man with almond
eyes dropped behind them as they
started for the elevator.
The four got out at the second floor
also and were shown into another
small parlor Immediately adjoining
the one occupied by Madeline and
the three men.
One party was in 2O3 and the other
in 2O5.
The printer will please insert mere
a row OF those pretty fieurs de lys.
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How You Can Win $3.50

The entire story of "CAMOUFLAGED' viii be
written by twenty-eight Westinghouse of whom
you know. Each chapter will be from the pen Of
different author-and the Thirteth Chapter will be
an open competition among all the readers of THE
WASHINGTON TIMES
The writer who successfully solve this mys-
terry and write the best final chapter of "CAMOU-
FLAGED'' will receive a cash prize of TWO HUN
DRIED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, in addition to the honor
OF having won this remarkable literary contest
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The author Graves the gentle read
er's indulgence for a moment. Why
are readers always called "gentle?"
We would think by this time the
readers OF this story would be wild.
But, be that as it may, the action
OF the story has been so rapid for
the last week that none OF our char
acters. save Major Knowles, have
had a chance to battle or shave. We
will now take time to let Madeline
90 up to Kitty Dunn's and have
Myrtle marcel her hair, Gladys do
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, locate himself.
+ 2 = =

. Meanwhile Let Us, DanieI-iIke, ven
ture into the lions den.
When the CRATE Of iron bars, with a
sound as hollow as a hotel radish,
came TO the cars Of Major Knowles
and Captain Henderson they realized
in an instant the soft tread Of padded
feet meant either the retreating foot
steps OF the Oriental thugs or the
pads Of the beasts into whose cage
they had been thrown.
An instant's intent listening showed
them to be receding instead Of ap-
preaching.
With sailors aptitude for knots.
Harry was already working at the
thongs with which his hands were
tied. His supple fingers worked, al
though his set jaw showed that he
was as impatient "a a small bow
whose mother stops on the way TO a
movie to gossip with neiChbor.
Al last his hand, were loose. and
lac hastily tore the gag from his
mouth and the bandage from his eyes.
A single glance showed that he was
~ IN" of tho 1ar~o animal cages of
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This story has one
peculiarly. The char
acters disappear, but
they never die. Every
character that was IN
the first chapter win
be IN the last, a. no
author VIII be allowed
to kill one or add one.
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No woman may have both ease OF
body and ease OF mind. We viii also
rush our three heroes up 20 the
CONTINUED on Page FOurteehl
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her nails and get her back in proper
shape for a heroine. Every girl
knows il she lets herself go she lets
her sweetheart go at the same time.
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This is the speediest
serial ever written,
because while you are
reading today's chap
ter, tomorrows is
being written. That
makes the auth or
hustle.
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Fukersons literary experience work The
years began Of humorous sketches
"Andrew and ImOgene He has written this
story every day and today it being syndated
to thrty-seven newspapers in the country.
addition this he another humorous sketch
which also syndcated under the title of The Coat
enough he the staff of trade
magazines the Kwans Torch the official
of the United States and Canada.
This his He conducts successful business in
Washington fraenal circles and demand
as al afer-dinner speaker and POSTMASTER.
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love was finding him up in the air,
where fame had already found him,
for Madeline was one Of those girls
you would pick out Of a crowd just
as you pick the cauIifower out OF a
dish Of mixed pickles.
He leaned toward her. with the love
light shining in his eyes. and was
just about TO speak when she looked
downward and uttered squeaI OF
Joy. A woman is the only animal
which squeaIs when il IS pleased
Following the direction OF her gaze.
he looked below and saw the sunlight
Just touching the tops OF some trees.
Kittens win not stay kittens, pups
will not stay pups, nor viii love af-
fairs just stay love affairs, but the
doughty aviator knew that one does
not crack an egg 10 get the chick or
tear open bud 10 get the rose, SO ne
he was willing 20 be patient He
choled back his passionate words and
turned the machine in y slow circle,
trying 70 locate himself.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
INCREASED GRAIN SHIP
MENT FROM STATE NEARLY
SWAMPS RAILWAY TRAFFIC

Sioux City, Ia., Jan. increased
shipments of grain from South Dakota
nearly swamEed traffic in the local
railroad yards Friday. Saturday and
Sunday. when s31 cars were moved
south out of Sioux City on the North
1sasteen road
This is q very abnormal condition,
but we nave been able to cope with
the situation up to the present" !" stat
ed E. B. Mcclure, superintendent Of
the Northwestern railroad. 1T is tax
ing our facilities to the limit. One
train drawn by a super-heater carried
3,7o0 tons out Of Sioux City Sunday
night. This is the heaviest tonnage
ever drawn by a locomotive on the
Sioux City division, the normal weight,
being 1,400 TONS"
Up to noon today 100 cars Of South
Dakota grain was placed on the
Sioux City market. Local grain men
are experiencing an unprecedented
rush. Favorable weather conditions
for loading, and the break in market
values are given as reasons for the
heavy shipments.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
STATES RATIFY
| NATL PROHIB.
AN ENDMENl' | I! n
Nation Bone Dry in Year Unless
Already So BY War Pro-
hibition Next July.
DRYs WIN NATION OLD BATTLE
Distillers Plan Fight. Seven Years
Was Given to Ratify. Drys
Are Confident.
DRYs WIN NATION OLD BATTLE
(Ry United Pressl

Washington, Jan. l6. THE. United
States will become bone dry one year
from today
With the ratification by Nebraska, 36
states, the necessary three-fourths,
have ratified the prohibition amendment
to the constitution of the United States,
which goes into effect a year from to-
day.
At that time every saloon, brewery.
distillery and wine press in the land
must close its doors, unless, as seems
likely now, they are already closed at
that time by war prohibition, which
goes into effect next July and stays un-
til completion of demobilization
& The Amendment.
The amendment which outlaws liquor
in this country, reads:
III Section 4. After one year from the
a.ati ification OF this article the manu-
fatcure, sale or transportation of in
4toxicating liquors within, the in1porta-
ton thereof into, or the expectation
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
FOOD RELIEF BILL Is
UNDER CONSIDERATION

Washington. D. c., Jan. 49,. Hear
ings on the bill appropriating $780,
100000 for famine relief in EGrope and
the near east, enactment Of which has
been urged by President Wilson, as the
only means Of preventing the west.
ward spread Of bolshevism, viii begin
tomorrow before the senate appropria-
tions committee, sitting in executive
session.
Senator Martin. chairman OF the
committee, announced today that repre-.
sentatives OF the state and treasury
departments and the food admins
tration have been asked to appear for
examination regarding plans for ex.
penditure Of the relief fund. AT the
request OF members Of the committee
Senator Martin also cabled today to
Secretary OF State Lansing at Paris
for further information as to the uses
to which the money is to be put
Republican leaders plan to vigorously
oppose the bill, which was passed last
night by the house without division on
party lines. They particularly demand
to know Just how the fund is to be
expended. q III
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
q y q p = = =
THE 18TH AMENDMENT
TO THE CONSTITUTION

The prohibition amendment is the
: 18th added to the federal constitu- 7
Y ton. :
I Provisions of the is amendments
y with the length of time taken for
= ratification follow:
\ First ten amendment, known as =
I" the ''bill of rights provided guar
antees such as free speech; rati-
" fed in nine months.
4 Eleventh, established sover :
! eighty of states; ratified in four :
years. Il
9 Twelfth. changed method of =
8 presidential elections; ratified in one =
. year.
ratified in slightly less than year.
Fourteenth, made negroes citi- :
= zens; ratified in, two years. 7
s Fifteenth, enfranchised negroes 7
= on same basis as white persons;
= ratified in one year. ssSSs
= Sixteenth, allowed congress to
levy income tax, ratified IN three .
and a half years. :
seventeenth, provided for popu-
! lar election of senator's; ratified in
9 slightly less than a year.
= Eighteenth amendment, makes :
: country dry; ratified in less than
two years.
About 100 amendments have been
proposed in congress but only four !
= besides those ratified were sub !
: mtited to the states. I
49, u
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
NO DECISION OF
CONfERENCE0N
nNP. PROBLEMS
Prepare for Formal Opening. The
Questions Upon Which Depend
Initial Session Unsolved.
NO ACTION PLAN OPERATION
Not Known Whether Soviet Govt
VIII Be Seated. Correspond
ents Protest Secrecy.
NO ACTION PLAN OPERATION
BY WILLIAM PHILIP s1MMs


United Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, Jan. 16.-The associated dele
gates were working at full speed today
to get everything in readiness for the
formal opening of the full peace con-
gress Saturday afternoon.
Several of the most important prob
Inns upon which the initial session
hinges remained unsolved. Among
tlese are: The acceptance of the French
outline for the method for operation;
the fixation of status for the Monte
negrian delegate; the determination Of
whether the Russian soviet government
shall be represented; the decision as to
'@se manner of acquainting the world
with what transpires at the confer
ance.
Although the five principal powers
accepted a resolution to limit the news
Of the session to official commrniques,
It was believed today that the storm Of
protest from the correspondents would
reopen the matter for f,irtfa discNs-
sion.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16

thereof from the United States and all
territory subjects1sto the jurisdiction
thereof for beverage purposes are here.
by prohibited
Section g.. The congress and several
states have the concurrent power to
enforce this article BY appropriate legiRss
lation.S 5sge,g53
section 3. This article shall he in
operative unless it shall have been rati-
fed as an amendment to the constitu-
tfon by the Legislatures o fthe several
states as provided by the constit tuition
within seven years OF the day Of sub.
mission hereof to the states by con.
gress.''
What 1t Will DO.
The amendment was adopted by CON
8gress Dec. 1S, 1877 Here are some Of
the things 1t will do:
Wipe out at a stroke 2s6 distilleries,
9s2 breweries and over 800 900 saloons
and wholesale liquor establishments,
forcing their employees to seek other
jobs.
Cut on from tlse United States treas
Jury d source OF taxation counted upon
for an even ST ,O0o, 100000 in the first
drafts of the new revenue bill and mil.
lions in additional incomes to state
treasures.
Remove the liquor question from ma
tional, state and city politics for all
time and help decrease city, state and
federal expense by decreasing law vio'
lations.
An Old Fight.
The fight on liquor, triumphant to-
day, is as old as the constitution itself
4 1t raised its head early in the 18th
century and was looked upon as 9
crank notion"
But it gathered strength. Churches
took it up. doctors followed and ther
came organizations of anti-liauor so
cieties, the Anti.Saloon League and 9th
ers.
In the middle OF the 18th century
Maine went dry.
Kansas followed.
At the end of the Civil war the anti
StdNe sdSltdLoiS, WIZ tit'u s'oit @ siiss -
seriously considered turning to the pro
hibition battle. Their number includ
ed. William Lloyd Garrison and the
poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
Carrie Nation.
About 1900 came the militant In
the person Of Carrie Nation of Kan
sas. probably the most picturesque fig
ure the fight ever developed.
Ten years later the crusade against
liquor had grown from the rawlings OF
cranlss' into an Irresistible movement
that swept the country.
John Barleycorn will try to stage 9
comeback. Z
Distillers plan fight on the amend
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
j. S. BONE-DRY ON ] JANUARY 16 I9z
\ AMENDMENT IN EFFECT
= YEAR AFTER ADOPTION

IS Text OF nallpHal prohia,it lion
= amendment. ],
\ Section AFTER one year from
+ the ratification of this article the
I manufacture, sale. nr traHsportntio
: Of intoxicating liquors within. the
I Importation thereHf into, OF the ex-s'
= partation thereof from the United
States and NIL territory subject To 4
: the jurisdiction thereof for beverage
purposes is hereby prohibited.
g Sec. The congress and the sew
= ..eral states shall have concurrent
y power to enforce this article by ap.
. propriate Legislation.
y Sec. 3-This article shall be inop.
erative unless 1t shall haye been
\ ratified as an amendment to the CON
stitution by the legislatures Of the
several states. as provided in the
y constitution, within sever, wears
from the date Of the submission
Y hereof to the ssates by congress.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
YANKS SEIZE HIDDEN STORES;
TERMS ARMlSTICE NOT COM
Piled WITH BY THE GERMANS.
BY WEBB MILLER

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
8 At American Headquarters in Ger.
many, Jan. 16.--Nearly two hundred
three.inch field guns, several thousand
shells and more than a million dollars,
worth of harness and equipment was
not surrendered by the Germans under
the armistice terms, were discovered in
an isolated workhouse near Eohlenz by
the Americans. They Immediately seiz.,
ed the whole store.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
PRESENT ARMY
ORGANlZAT ION
IS TO CONTINUE
lRy United Pressl

Washington, Jan. 16.A continuance
of the present army organization which
gives large powers to the general staff
was proposed to the house military af-
fairs committee by Secretary of War
Baker today. He proposed to make it
permanent. Secretary Baker repeated
previous requests for temporary vol
unteer force of 100000 men. This, he
emphasized. is temporary provision
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
Necessary Thirty Sixth States i
the Home of Bryan. Rati6e.
Amendment ii 1880.
cONCURS HOUSE RESOLUTION
Senate Passed Amendment Two
Days Ago. Amended in the
House. Senate Agrees.
lBY unitd Prea,s;sI.l. ;I. 8.

@ lincoln, Neb., Jan. 49,. The home
state OF William Jennings Bryan was
the thirty-sixth state Of the United
States to ratify tho federal prohibi.
ton amendment. Prohibition thus be.
comes part Of the constitution d year
from today and the nation becomes
bone dry. aSss
Ratificatio n by the Nebraska Iegis.
lature was accomplished at 1925 this
morning when the senate concurred
IN q house resolution passed earlier Iii
the day.
The senate, two days go, ratified
the amendment but as passed by the
house It was amended. The senate
then concurrel.
81 Paul, Jan. 16.-The Minnesota
senate ratified the prohibition amend.
lsletn by q vote Of 48 to III, The house
adiolirned without taking action ii
fnax act At clever, tomorrow fssernfng..
jefferson City, Mo, Jan. 16.--Nfis-
souri, today ratified the national pro
hibition amendments making it The
thirty-seventf state.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED; CITY
PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW
lRy United Press)

London, Jan. 16.--Bremen has ae-
clared an Independent socialist republic
and will adhere to the principles Of
bolshevism, a Cologne dispatch said to-
day.
The proclamation was issued by the
self appointed dictator who placed the
city under martial law.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
REL EASE ALL SHIPS OPERAT-
ING UNDER REQUISITION

Washington, Jan. 1e.The United
States shipping board today released
from government control all ships
operating under reuuisition.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-16
SLOANE SAYS Y. M. C. "A.
IS NOT GUILTY OF
PROFITEERING, AT ALL

New York, Jan. 16.-The most EN-.
phatic answer the X. NC. A.Tcan make
to the charges OF profiteering which
have been made by returning soldiers
is that the Organization has distributed
free 81, 100000 worth Of canteen sup
plies, William Sloane, chairman Of the
organizations national war work coun-
Gil said in statement issued here.
This total he said, is exclusive of a
loss Of $332.1s1 in operating soldiers
stores in Great Britain. Mr.. Sloane
said his statement was based on
cabled report from e. C. Carter, chief
ard that the figures do not include the
post exchange deficit for November
and December.
Asserting that army officials had
secretary Of the organization in Paris,
preferred to have canteen service run
on a cost basis. because they did not;
wish to have the soldier feel that he
was being pauperized,' s Mr.. Sloan said
that, even excluding rentals and clerk
hire. for which no charge was made,
the Y. AZ. G. A conducted its canteens
at an actual loss.
Supplies distributed free up to Oct.
ober 81 last, he said, amounted to $532,-
110. and the November total was esti-
mated 1T sIss. 81. Tne Christmas
program, which Included distribution
70 every fighting man overseas Of a
gift comprising Two packages of Of
garets can Of tebac Geo 3 package of