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The sun., 1919-09-07
sThe Heroic Record
of the British Navy"

rHHE literary shibboleth that history
Il cannot be written while it is in tie
making or Immediately after the event is
very well controverted in The Heroic
Record Of the British Navy by Archibald
Hurd and II. II. Bashford. Here is a
history of the British navy from the dat.
of the memorable review Of the fleet hy
King George late in July of 1914 until
the surrender Of the Germans on Novem-
Der 81, 1918, that is as complete and as
thoroughly satisfying as any general
reader could want for his library shelf.
Mr.. Hurd and Mr.. Bashford have coz
cerned themselves with no controversies,
nor with such tiresome intrusions Of opin-
ions and judgments as are in Pollens The
British Navy in Battle.f They have con-
tented themselves with setting down
straightforward record Of what the Brit.
ish navy did in the war; and have not
been aversc to describing what the French,
Italian and American navies did TO aii
the great British fleets in action, in patrol
work and in fighting the submarine.
It is doubtful if any Government ever
reported" war so admirably and so COM
pletely as Great Britain did this one now
drawing to an official end. In Iterar,
sense it would be difficult to equal tie
"despatches" describing the battle Of Jut-
land and the blocking Of Zeebrugge and
Ostend. It is from such sources that these
two historians have drawn their material,
SO that, historically, they are on certain
ground. Nor have they attempted to
embroider their accounts with any "fne
writing" In this respect one may note
how marked is the influence of Rear Ad-
miral Mahan's books on British naval
writers. For it is TO be observed in tie
story Of the Falkl land Islands fight here
the same hint Of Mahan's account of the
GLORIOUS first of June" as crept into POI.
lens study of that engagement. The pa,-
allel must always be unacceptable to those
who know our great naval writer's worLs
of "the long summer day ahead for fight.
ing and no need for hurry"
After describing the events leading up
to the declaration of war on August 4,
1914, the book tells of The Battle Of tLs
Blight, the Craddoek tragedy off Coronel,
the Falkland Islands engagement, the work
in the North Sea, what the British AM
French navies did at Gallipoli, the battle
Of Jutland, the work Of the Dover Patrol,
the Scaling of Zeebragge and Ostend,
what the Americans did in European
waters, summing up the surrender of the
German fleet in the final chapter, The
Harvest Of Sea Potcer An excellent in-
dex adds to the general usefulness Of tie
volume.
THE HEROIC RECORD OF THE BRIT.
ISH NAVY. By ARCHIBALD HURD and
The sun., 1919-09-07

the Hen Scratch saloon, and of Shin Bone,
manager Of the hot cat eating placef The
conversation is veracious and amusing.
Golfers has a striking story by Oscar
Graeve, The Day Is Not Yet Come, which
shows certain kinship with POe's Ligeia,
but is I'm essentially original application
Of scientific theory to imaginative situa-
tions. Not many recent stories of the
supernatural have the thrill of this ac-
count Of soul transference, of the housing
Of dying mans spirit in another's body
so that his work may go on uninterrupted.
Naturally dramatic events follow such a
psychic operation.
The Touchstone, an art magazine that
publishes uniformly good fiction, has a
story by Helen r. Hull that is distinctive
in its simplicity Of emotion, and in its
method of narration, there being only one
character save in brief moment or two
and the story being brought out by means
of the old woman's talking TO herself as
the story proceeds The Preparation
shows good workmanship.
Pictorial Reriew publishes couple of
murder stories this month. Pictorial is to
be complimented on its refusal to be
bound by the happy ending required in
most women's magazines, to the detriment
Of their fiction. But in The Grapes Of
San Jacinto, by Rose Sydney, one finds
it hard TO believe that the mother would
deliberately plan the murder Of her only
child for no motive save greed, when she
didn't really stand TO gain anything she
didn't already possess. The story is well
developed up to the final, part, but falls
down in the climax, which is both vague
and unconvincing.
Daotones, also in the Pictorial, by Oe-
tavus Roy Cohen, is natural narrative
about movie actress and her obscure
sister, who thinks she longs for something
different from her real desires.
WOmdn's Home Companion has story
by Edith Wharton which satirizes young
versi6ers and pretty war workers. Writ
ing Var Story begins: "Miss Ivy Spang
of Cornwall-on-the-H Hudson had published
little volume Of verse before the war;"
which is a beginning Edith Whartonish
enough, though the story doesn't run al
together true to tradition.
Ecerybody's has strong story by Mary
Brecht Pulyer, The Pursuit Of Knotcledge.
The character of the young girl Ruby is
an astonishing portrayal, with her naive
sophistication, her beauty and her insolent
power of acting-very far removed from
the ordinary pretty girl of fiction. Small
wonder that the trusting young teacher Is
no match for heri
MeClare's has several rather light
stories, the best this month being The Eyes
Hace IL, by Dana Gatlin, which moves
swiftly through Irritation and the high
,handed' intervention Of the returning hus,
The sun., 1919-09-07

THE HEROIC RECORD OF THE BRIT.
ISH NAVY. By ARCHIBALD HURD and
II. 81. BAsHFoRD. Doubleday, Page & Co.
The sun., 1919-09-07
NOVELS
BY Janet Laing
NEW
THE MAN WITH THE LAMP

Delightful Before the WInd
appealing swiftly moving ingenious story ct adventure sparkling
and spiritual sets apart from the merely entertaining fiction
The sun., 1919-09-07

,ents per agate line. II tines to an Incn.
Sevon words to q line.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
U. S. DEBT FALLS
FIGURES SHOW
Absorption Of Securities
Gets Impetus in Last
Two Months.

= Secretary Of the Treasury Glass re-
ported yesterday that there has been
a substantial reduction of govern
ment debt and that great progress Is
being made In the absorption of gov
ernment war securities by investors
With these statements. made In a
letter to the bankers Of the country,
Secretary Glass also announces that
the Treasury has resumed the issue
OF certificates of indebtedness at I Ia
per cent The banking institutions are
asked to subscribe literally for the
certificates and to secure the widest
possible distribution OF them among
investors.
''on the basis OF Treasury daily
statements" says Secretary Glass,
in the month of October the next
current deficit was $3l9, ,2S9, $50. the
lowest figure for any month since
April, 1917. excluding the months in
which income and profits taxes were
payable. For the first half Of Novem-
Der the net current deficit was $l1S-
63o.7s7. indicating the likelihood of a
further important reduction for that
month.
THE total gross debt which on Au-
gust 81. 1919. had reached the peak OF
S2S6S6. 10l.64S had been reduced by Sep
ten,ber 30 by more than $4Oo0O0,0Oo. and
notwithstanding the increase result
ing from the Victory Loan INSTALL
ment payments In October and No
Vember."
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
BUREAU OF ENCRAV-
ING AND PRINTING
NEWS.

The printing trades section Of the
government departments will be given
a hearing before the Redistribution
Committee on Friday. November Is, at
Four-and-a-half street and Missouri
avenue.
Miss Marie Webb. of the stamp
perforating division, was married last
Tuesday evening In Baltimore, to j.
Harry Thompson, Of this city. Miss
Webb was reported absent due to ILL
ness in the family. and her marriage
was complete surprise to everyone in
her division. The honeymoon was
spent in Atlantic City.
Elizabeth Dwyer. Of section S, was
called home Saturday on account OF
the sudden illness of her father.
e. o. Wood. Of section S. $50 shift.
has been working temporarily with
the midnight force.
Andrew johnson. former plate print
er, and recently on the watch force.
has been transferred to the printing
division as a skilled helper. He will
have charge of the blankets in sec
tion 5.
The Association Of Foremen Plate
Printers held meeting yesterday
afternoon at 9J7 New York avenue.
NJ. Gregory. Of the wetting division.
is spending a few days in Virginia
hunting for wild turkeys.
Miss Anna Burke. of the wetting di-
vision. is on the sick list.
Mrs. Sanders, of the stamp packing
division, is on the sick list.
Mortimer Dowd. of the stamp per-
forating division, has been excused
f. Faw dpvS
The boys at Walter Reed Hospital
were entertained last Thursday even
ing by Prof. Albert Jones. OF the ma
chine division. and his famous ten
piece concert orchestra. About sew
enty-five young ladies went with the
orchestra to dance with the boys
Mrs. f. Bell. of Pittsburg, acted as
cbaperon. Following the dance re-
freshments were served.
T. B. Thornett. of section 6. $50
shift. has been working temporarily
on the 1l:5o shift.
Mrs. Iva Mansfield, Miss Ruth Fish
er. Miss Florence King Miss Grace
Green and Miss Stella PetroIa are on
the sick list in the stamp perforating
division.
Turkeys may be had from the lunch
room at A cents a pound. Get your
order in early.
Machinists' helpers are having their
first grand dance tonight at the Ar
cade. Albert Jones. of the machine
division. with his orchestra. is fur
nishinS the music.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
OIL PEAK Near
EXPERTS AGREE
Producers Spuned to New
Effort m Seeking Source
Of Added Supply.

II b Q somewhat startling state
nnsnt attrfbuted b the head of the
Department Of Mines. Mr.. Manning.
tn vhtch he IL reported to have said
that the maximum production Of oil
in ths United States will have been
reached by the year 1892 Mr.. Man
ming goes farther than this. feeling
juSttned In reporting that the maxi
mum world-production of oil will be
reached within the next ten years.
Other experts have reported that the
life Of American oil at the present
rate Of production and consumption
win end IN about IS years. DIR.
z. @. Acheson. who has made careful
study of the oil industry in all its
features. Is persuaded that unless
there be very large new fields of oil
discovered and exploited our Ameri-
can oil will have been exhausted
within IS years.
Prospect in Peru
The leaders in the oil industry are
causing searches to be made in many
parts of the world in the hope that
there can be discovered vast resources
in oil which have not yet been ex-
plotted An American concession has
been obtained for some four million
acres of land stretching from the
northern coast OF Peru inland some
six hundred miles.
The prospectors have already re-
ported that the evidence is excellent
of very large resources of oil within
that concession. In some places a
little digging with a spade is imme-
diatsly followed by the bubbling up of
oil II may be that when this vast
area is exploited it Will contribute u
very large amount OF oil In addition
to the oil which Peru now Is taking
from her wells. almost all of which
10 exported to California
Look to Texas-
Some of the experts who are able
men of science and who have made
q study Of oil geology are now salts
ned that almost all Of so-called Gen.
trail West Texas. or a region extend
ing North or South for go miles. con-
tains very large pools of petroleum.
Recent drilling there seems to justify
that belief and the expectation is that
drilling all over so-called wildcat ter
ritory in Texas will be long continued
because the drills which have already
been established have been followed
by well production which does not
diminish.
Alaska Another Hope
Some Of the leaders in the oil in
dustry are confident that large sup
plies OF oil will come from the North
west President Teagle, OF the Stand
ard Oil Con1pany of New Jersey Jy0uId
not be surprised il reports should
come from Alaska which would
speedily establish upon a great scale
the oil producing industry in that
territory.
Whatever may be the enect Of the
exploitation Of new oil territory and
however prolonged may be the date
when the maximum production of
American oil is reached. it is certain
that new methods of conservation of
oil are needed. perhaps under gov
ernmental supervision and direction.
HOLLAND.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
BY BRoADAN WALL

New York. Nov. 2S.-Conditions in
the stock market, the labor situation
and in politics are such as to make
investors very cautious just now,
and to cause even the spectators to
think carefully before they do more
than normal business in the stock
market. If the stock market can
be settled down 10 q basis of 800, 900
or 100000 shares a day. 1t would be
the best thing for the country as
well as for the holders OF stocks.
The inconsistent feature of what
has been done in the stock market
In the last two weeks is that bank
ers kept on urging the people to in
vest at the prices then prevailing.
and loaned money freely for such
investments with the full knowledge
that the funds they loaned were to
be withdrawn suddenly in few
days. The people who have ben in
jured very naturally will view with
suspicion all further recommenda-
tions from the banking interests,
and the more important the banker
the stronger the suspicion will be.
There are many stocks which at
present prices would be very good
Investments. but confidence in the in
teSrity of the financial leaders OF the
country has been destroyed. With the
destruction OF that confidence has
come a postponement of the revival
Of business FOR in spite OF the didactic
laws Of high finance human expo
rience always repeats itself and a
speculative feeling must-arise in the
country before 1t will go back to
work.
The big banks finding that the big
inr faly
large blocks of bonds are anxious to
get the little people into the bond
market. but the little people are in
clined TO look for quicker results and
favor stocks instead of bonds and In
the present condition of the mark ct
they find little encouragement to buy
stocks so they might be said to be
taking vacations until conditions
improve.
Another disturbing element in the
street is the persistent, rumor that
certain banks that have shown a
tendency to disregard the admoni-
tions Of the Federal Reserve Bank
are to be disciplined. One OF these
concerns is said 10 have been back
ing a motor stock pool and another
is said to have announced that It
would lend its funds according to its
own ideas OF banking procedure and
would not submit to dictation from
any outside source
The weekly statement OF the Fed
eral Reserve Board issued yesterday
shows further liquidation of govern
ment securities and considerable re-
duction of loans on stocks and
bonds. Borrowings by individual
banks from the Federal Reserve
banks were also reduced. In New
York loans on stocks and bonds de-
clined nearly $4,000, 900. 1t is sug-
gested that the change in discount
rates Of the Federal Reserve banks,
which has brought about a shifting
from 15-day war paper to redis-
counts Of longer maturities. may ex-
plain the decreases in borrowings.
Reports Of the national banks. ac>
cording to the statement issued by
the Comptroller of the Currency,
show a reduction in the holdings ~
the banks of Liberty bonds. Victory
notes. and United States certificates
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24

alton by the Protestant denomina-
ti9ns and boards in religious, social
and economic affairs, 1t was an
nounced today.
Secretary Lansing. Who Is a ruling
elder Of the Presbyterian Church,
succeeds as chairman Of the general
committee F. w. Aver. of PhiladeI-
phia- who resigned the chairmanship
but who is still Identified with the
movement
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
PUBLIC DISTRUSTS BANKS
FOLLOWING UNWISE BUYING
Encouraged Purchases at Current Rates
knowing Withdrawal Coming-Speculative
Spirit Broken in Recent Crashes.

Of indebtedness OF s40s,2ls,3 33s.- in
the period from March Z to Septem-
ber IL.
As to the future market for
stocks. whether it will be lower or
higher Is a matter of chance, but
there is no likelihood of any sharp
turns in either direction for some
time to come, and the public Is like
ly to keep out until it sees some evil
dence Of leadership which at present
is lacking.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
Honest Advertising.

HIS topic all hear nowadays because many people inclined
exagge Yet has physician told you that claimed unreasonable
remedial properties for Fchrs Castoa7
ourselves, we know what the answer will BE-
That has all the virtues to-day that its early dssh
be found increased the recommendation prominent physicians
our assurance that its standard will be maintained.
limitations to be found in stores and only because Of the s
that Mr. Fletcher created But not the genuine Ctoa Mr. Fletcher
Honestly advertised Honestly placed before the public and from be Honestly
expects to receive his reward
The Washington herald., 1919-11-24
Lansing Leads Committee
World Church Movement

New York. Nov. q. - Secretary OF
state Robert Lansing has been elected
chairman of the general committee OF
interchurch world movement Of NoLh
America, the organization for cooper
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-03-27
On Himself.

Novelist Booth Harrington tells with
gnstO this story against himself:
II was strolling around an artists
Red Cross fair when two pretty flap
pers of sixteen o. so came up and
asked me for my autograph.
~ haven't got fountain pen.' !
mid, much fiattered. viii pencil dor
YES replied the older flapper, and
30 Igook.out a pencil ard signed my
name In the morocco bound book that
she had given me.
THE hnpper studied my signature
With frown Then she looked up and
;aid
Aren't you Robert W. ChambersT
mo said I. I'm Booth Tarking-
ton
THE fapper turned to her friend
With a shrug of disgust.
"Iend me your rubber May she
said" a'd
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-03-27
GREAT ROAD BUILDING YEAR
Arranged and More VIII
Surely Foigow.

From the passage of the federas
aid road act to December 10, 1913
755 projects were approved by the
secretary of agriculture. These
projects involve the Improvement Of
1867 miles Of public roads at total
estimated cost of $57 ,632, 900, Of which
the federal government has been re-
quested to contribute S21.602, 900.
There have been actually completed
to date twelve projects, involving a
total OF fifty-one miles of road, cost
ing approximately $617.54S. and on
which federal aid in the amount of
$260,66019 was paid.
Altogether there are more than
1900 miles of road, for which most
Of the steps preliminary to construc.
ton have been taken so far as the
bureau of public roads is concerned
Numerous other projects not yet re-
ported 10 the department have been
completed or are under construction,
so that the sum total of the road
work now in progress under federal
aid is greater than appears in this
summary.
From Florida to Maine, through the
North to the Pacific coast and down
to Mexico road building work is go
ing on Every state has accepted its
contribution from the government,
and wlnle no organized effort has
been made along those lines to the
present time, the states are working
gradually to the system of national
highways
Coupled with plans already out
lined for expenditures on the roads
is tine legislative program now before
congress, which provides for $780,
100000 to be expended over n period
of seven years by federal aid. 1t is
estimated that in the event of the
passage OF this bill, which would
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-03-27

a whisper what had happened to Sally
while Mr.. Latour looked little EN-
barrassed. 80. .zl....
my face is not beautiful, but they
say that I have good heart" Sally
assured the stranger.
They started on. excused myself
and took a trail through the woods to
another road. Just there, with Sala-
waving her hand to me as stood for
n moment in the edge of the woods,
the curtain falls on this highly roman
tic period of my life.
Uncle Peabody came for me that eve
ming. II was about the middle of the
next week that received this letter
from Sally:
'Dear Bart: Mr.. Latour gave up
and drove to Potsdam In the evening.
Said he had to meet Mr.. Parish.
think that he had seen enough of me.
l began to hope he would stay-he
was so good looking, but mother is
very glad that he went, and so am L,
for our minister told us that he is one
of the wickedest young men in the
AAE 10 vel NClg Ddu.
they say. i wonder If old Kate knew
about him. Her charm worked well
anyway-didn't It? My nose was all
right in the morning. Sorry that l
can't meet you Saturday. Mother and
I are packing up to 90 away for the
summer. Don't forget me. shall be
thinking every day of those lovely
things you said to me. / don't know
what they will try to do with me, and
I den't,care. really think as you do.
Bart, that God has married us to each
other.
"Yours forever.
"SALLY DUNKELBERG".
How often / read those wOrds-so
like all the careless words Of the
youngl
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-03-27

/ pocketbook. Some money was left 10
him by relative In Vermont. That's
how II happened that he bought farm
instead of going to the poorhouse when
Grimshaw put the screws to him."
81 knew that your uncle didn't do
it," she went on. 'Father and mother
couldn't tell you. So had~to."
"Why couldn't your father and moth
er tell meT
"They didn't dare. Mr.. Grimshaw
made them promise that they would
not speak to you or to any of your
family. i heard them say that you and
your uncle did right. Father told
mother that he never knew a man so
honest as your Uncle Peabody"
Just then We came upon the Silent
Woman sitting among the dandeliOns
her hand with some honey on its bot
tom and covered with piece of glass.
"She is hunting bees" said as we
stopped beside her.
She rose and patted my shoulder
with smile and threw a kiss to Sally.
Suddenly her face grew stern. She
pointed toward the village and then at
Sally.
'She means that there is some dan-
ger ahead of you," 1 said.
The Silent Woman picked long
blade of grass and tipped its end in
the honey at the bottom of the cup.
She came close to Sally with the blade
OF grass between her thumb and finger.
"She is fixing eharm," 1 said.
She smiled and nodded as she put a
drop Of honey on Sally's upper lip.
She held up her hands while her lips
moved as if she were blessing us.
II suppose it will not save me If |
brush it Off" said Sally.
We went on and In a moment bee
lighted on the honey. Nervously she
struck at 1t and then cried out with
cain.
"The bee has stung you," said.
She covered her face with her hand
kerchief and made no answer.
swat minute-Fll get some clay"
I said as ran to the river bank.
found some clay and moistened IL
with the water and returned.
"There, look at mel" she groaned.
"The bee hit my nose"
She uncovered her face, now de-
formed almost beyond recognition, her
nose having swollen to one of great
size and redness.
"You look like Rodney Barnes,p ]
said with laugh as 1 applied the clay
to her afflicted nose.
"And feel like the old boy. think
my nose is trying to jump off and run
away"
We were nearing the village. She
wiped the mud from her prodigious
nose and 1 wet her handkerchief in a
pool of water and helped her to wash
it. Soon we saw two men approaching
us in the road. In a moment / OBJ
served that one was Mr.. Horace Dun
kelberg; the other a stranger and a re-
markably handsome young man he
was, about twenty-five years of age