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committee on immigration in the last
House, died suddenly last night at
his home here
Mr.. Burnett had seemed in excellent
health during the day and was pre-
pairing to return to Washington for
the convening of the extra session of
Congress next Monday. Last night he
attended a lodge meeting and while
there complained of feeling. bad. He
was taken to his home by friends and
died within ten minutes after reach
ing his residence.
Mr.. Burnett was one of the older
members of the House. having been
elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress
and reelected to each succeeding
Congress. including the Sixty-sixth.
which will convene Monday. In the
last Congress he was chairman of the
House immigration committee, which
with the cessation of hostilities and
the taking up of recox struction tegls- is
lation became one or the most nm
portant committees Late in the last
ession Mr.. Burnett introduced bills
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WAR RISK HAS $4,000
IT CANNOT DISPOSE OF
"Mrs. John Smiths" Remittance
Makes a Puzzle-Addresses Are
Inadequate.

The bureau of war risk insurance
has S2S.000 on hand which it doesn't
know how to dispose Of
This sum represents 2,119 remit
tances which have been received
without sufficient information to in
dicate for what purpose the payment
is made. Many of the remittances
are for insurance premiums, but are
not accompanied by definite informa-
ton which would warrant the bureau
in issuing a receipt therefor
The flood of checks. money orders.
bank drafts, currency. and even
postage stamps being received with
out suitable information as TO their
disposition. is bring war risk war
workers to desperation. Each day
some remittances arrive which would
need A ciairvoyants knowledge to
ascertain what they are sent for.
For instance, there arrived d neat
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for deportation of dangerous aliens
and for the stopping of all immi-
grafton four years after the declara-
tion of peace.
1t was believed that because of his
activity in behalf of the two bills
Mr.. Burnett was one of the more than
a dozen high government officials to
whom internal machines recently
were mailed. The bomb addressed to
the Alabama congressman was re-
ceived at his home here and only
difficulty in opening the package by
Mr.. Burnett and his son saved him
from serious injury or death.
Representative Burnett was born in
yiyed by his widow and one son.
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LEAD RIFLE MATCHES.
Second Division and the Fifth
Regiment Are Winners in France.

The I'd Division made the highest
score of all divisions of the American
expeditionary forces in the rifle
matches at LIE Mans, France. and the
5th Regiment of marines, attached to
that division, led all regiments, Ma
rine Corps headquarters here have
been advised by Gen. Pershing.
LIE MANS. Monday. May 12.-oliver
B. York. 5th Marines. Of Franklin,
Ohio, leads the $50 pistol experts COM
peting for the championship of the
American expeditionary forces, his
score being II points above that of
his nearest rival. Chief Mechanic
LLOYD E. Wilson. 11th Field Artillery.
of Pelham, Wash. York has scored
6S5 out of a possible 500.
Honorary first place goes to Color
Sergt. James w. Bell. 18th Field Ar
tillery. who is a distinguished pistol
shot and not regular contestant.
The match will end tomorrow.
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CO[ORED MEN ASK
EQUAL TREATMENT
National Association De.
cIares Race Is Denied Con-
stitutionaI Rights.

Equal service on railroad and other
public carriers, including sleeping
and dining car service, at the same
! cost and upon the same terms as
! other passengers. is asked for the coll
: ored race in a platform Ito make
America safe for Americans" an
: nounced today by John r. Shillady.
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
: pie.
| This is one plank in the platform
announced in connection with the ma
tion-wide drive to double the present
$4,000 membership of the association
+, by June 81, at which time national
conference is to be held at Cleveland.
Ohio. The members are Ito defend
the constitutional and legal rights
now denied more than four-fifths of
the negro race in this country
The full platform, as announced.
! follows:
Demands Made.
Il. A vote for every negro man
ana woman on the same terms as for
white men and women.
Y. An equal chance to acquire the
kind of education that will enable
the negro everywhere wisely to use
this vote
'3. A fair trial in the courts for all
crimes of which he is accused, by
judges in whose election he has par
ticlpated, without discrimination be-
cause of race.
-. A right to sit upon the jury
which passes judgment upon him.
D. Defense against lynching and
burning at the hands of mobs
% Equal service on railroad and
other public carriers. This is to mean
sleeping car service, dining car serv-
ice, Pullman service, at the same cost
and upon the same terms as other
passengers.
~. Equal right to the use of pub
lie parks, libraries and other COM
munity services for which he is taxed.
IS. An equal chance for a iyeli-
hood in public and private employ
ment.
80. The abolition of color-hyphe-
nation and the substitution of
straight Americanism"
Says Many Are Denied Rights.
IF 1t, were not a painful fact that
more than four-fifths OF the colored
people of the country are denied these
elementary rights" said Mr. Shillady.
organization is necessary to demand
for American citizens the exercise Of
such rights. a.
The common citizenship rights Of
no group Of people, to say nothing of
nearly 100000 of them, can be de-
MED with impunity to the state and
the social order which denies them.
This fact should be plain to the dull
est mind among US, with the upheaval
Of Europe before our very eyes. Who
so loves America and cherishes her
institutions owes it to himself and
his country to join hands with the
members of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie TO 'AmericaniZe' America and
make the kind of democracy we
Americans believe in to be the kind
of democracy. we shall have in fact
as we'll as in>theory."
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HEADS WOMAN LAWYERS.
Miss Ida May Meyers Elected
President of Bar Association.

Miss Ida May Meyers was elected
president of the Womens Bar Asso-
citation of the District at a meeting
held at 1917 New York avenue last
night. Other officers elected were
M!ssy Marie Easily Smith, secretary
and Miss Helen f Hill, treasurer
Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey was elect
ed honorary president.
The association adopted resolution
rquesting the President to appoint a
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little letter with a neat little note
and inclosure. This is for my son
Johns Insurance." it stated, being
signed MRS. John Smith" The num-
Der of John Smiths IN the Army has
vet to be compiled. but 1t Is estimated
it runs into the thousands.
In such instances the bureau places
the remittance in the fund for un-
identified remittances, ard then tries
to identify it.
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MANY JEWS TO EMIGRATE.
Sc, 900 Each Year for Palestine, Is
Program as Announced.

Fifty thousand Jews, including
$4,000 from the United States, will
emigrate each year to Palestine, ac-
cording to Jacob De Haas, executive
secretary of the Zionist Organization
of America, who spoke last night un-
der the auspices of the Washington
Zionist Circle and Ahavas Zion, at
the Eighth Street Temple. Emile Ber-
liner presided.
Mr.. De Haas, who has just returned
from France, said the British gov
ernment would keep it's promise made
regarding Palestine. He also declared
that the league of nations as proposed
would recognize the rights of the
Jews to establish a homeland in
Palestine, with the British govern
ment as the mandatory power.
Rabbi B. l.. Grossman stated that a
drive for membership in the Zionist
Organization would begin Sunday
and that the Jewish homes Of Wash
fngton would be canvassed by the
junior organizations, composed of
young men and women.
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SUGGEST COMPULSORY TAX.
G. W. U. Students Considering
Plan of Supporting Activities.

Levying of compulsory tax on all
students at George Washington Univer-
sity as a means of supporting student
activities at the institution is being con-
sidered by the university's student coun-
Gil.
The plan calls for an annual tax of S.,
in return for which each student would
get a years subscription to the Hatchet,
weekly student publication: a copy of
the Cherry Tree. student year book, and
a ticket to all athletic events.
Most of the day students favor the
plan as a means of stimulating interest
in student activities. Many of the late
afternoon students who have not the
time to devote to student activities are
opposed to the tax. Faculty members
are divided, but the majority seems to
be opposed to the tax. believing that it
would work hardship upon many stu
dents who have not the time to devote
to university activities.
A decision on the matter probably will
be reached within week or two.
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woman to the District hoard OF chGri-
ties. A similar resolution was adopted
last week by the District Federati ton.
of Women's Clubs. Miss Pauline Floyd
and Miss Mary Sweeney We're admit
ted to membership of the bar associe-
ton.
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Galatea MiddieS
Linen Middies
Jean Middies
Poplin Middies
Crash Midd;es
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Discrimination Here Alleged.

The annual report of the associa-
ton asserts that there has been
employment discrimination against
negroes in government departments
in Washington.
at is the belief of the District of
Columbia branch" says the report,
"based upon experience and proof,
that it is the settled policy at present
of many of the heads of federal de
partments to discriminate against col
ored people wherever possible. The
policy of the Civil Service Commits
sion in requiring photographs of ap-
plicants permit of color discrimina-
tion in an easy way and is SO used by
many of the departments
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CONGRESSMAN BURNETT
DIES At ALABAMA HOME
Expires Suddenly While Preparing
to Return to His Duties in
E Washington.

GADSDEN, Ala. May 14.-Repre-
sentative John L. Burnett of the
seventh Alabama district, for seve-
raj years one of the leading members
or the House and chairman of the
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Obsolete.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Hip pockets?" asked the tailor.
Nav" growled the customer. THE
kentry's going dry. What's the use"
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The Khaki University has made ar
rangements in London to train Eng
lish girls how to be housewives in
Canada.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-28
CHAPTER v.
A Game OF Checkers.

The uneasy mood OF the desert, the
wind-hlown sand. drove people indoors
the next morning. Richard was served
a substantial, indlfferently cooked
breakfast in the dining room of the
Desert hotel. whose limitations were
as conspicuous 10 the newcomer as
they were nonexistent TO the other
men. They were finding it soft con-
trast TO Shutdown tents, to life in the
open.
Later he wandered through the
group OF staring idlers in the Office,
past the popular soda stand and the
few chair-tiiters on the sidewalk. go
ing on, as II without purpose, to the
railroad sheds, and then on down TO
the offices OF the Desert Reclamation
company. He discovered it to be the
one engaging spot in the hastily
thrown-together town. There were
oleanders, rose and white, blooming in
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CHAPTER Iv-consInusd.

~Bath right across the hnll Only
room left ID the house The proprietor
awarded him the valley stare. Going
20 be here long3n lie passed the last
key on the rack 20 the darby Singer
ing under d motley Of bags and suit
cases. Richard recognized his. and fol-
lowed.
4 may get you another room tomor-
row." called the proprietor after him
ns ne climbed the dusty stairs.
The signals OF new town were
waving Ia the dining room The ma-
1ority OF the citizens displayed their
shirt sleeves and unblushIng suspend.
ers. one lnrge table wns surrounded
By men In khaki; the desert soldiers,
engineers. The full blown Mattresses.
deliberately pompndoured. were push
ing through the swlng-doors. carrying
heavy trays, Coquetry appeared 10 be
their occupation, rather than meal.
serving, the diners accepting both varle-
ties OF attention with appreciation The
supremacy or those superior muldens
was nenaced only by two other wom-
en- who sat at table near the door.
Rlckard did not see them at first. The
room was as masculine az a restaurant
In Il new mining town.
Rickard left his indoor View to look
through the French windows opening
on q side street. He noticed a slender
but regular procession. All the men
passing fell In the same direction.
cocktail route explained one OF
his neighbors, his mouth full OF boiled
beef.
~oyster cocktnilf' smiled the new
conner.
'a'he real thingi calexico's dry. like
the whole valley, that Is, the county.
See that ditch9 That Is Mexico. on
the other slde. Those sheds you can
see are In Mexlcali. Calexico's twin
sister. That painted adobe IL the Gus
tom house. Mexlcalrs not dry, even In
summer You can bet your life on
that. You can get all the bad whisky
and stale beer you've the money TO
buy. We work IN Calexico. and drink
Ia Mexlcali. The temperance pledge Is
Kept better In this town than any other
town Ia the valley, But you can see
this procession every night"
The Amazon with handkerchief
apron brought Richard his soup. He
was raising his first spoonful 10 his
mouth when he saw the face, carefully
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the patch Of purple blooming alfalfa
that stood for lawn. Mornlng-glories
clambered over the supports Of the
yeranda, and ON over the roof. Rick
ards deductions led him to the Har-
dins.
What school Of experience had so
changed the awkward country fellow?
He had resented his rivalry, not that
he was rival, but that he was boor.
HIS kisses still warm on her lips, and
she had turned to welcome, to coquet
with Tom Hardinl The woman who
was to be his wife must be steadier
than that II had cooled his fever.
Not for him the aspen who could
shake and bend her pretty boughs to
each rough breeze that blewl
Men tossed into desert, fighting to
keep a foothold, do not garland their
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offices with morning-glorIesl Was 1t
the gracious quiet influence of wife.
Gerty Hardin? The festive build
ing he was approaching was as unex-
pected-as Captain Brandonl Richard
walked on, smiling.
He was fairly blown into the outer
room, the door banging behind him.
Every one looked up at the noisy inter-
ruption. There were several men in
the long ROOM Among them two alert,
clean-faced youths, college graduates,
or students out on furlough, the kind
of stuff In his class at Lawrence. Three
of the seasoned, road-coached type
were leaning their chairs against the
cool thick walls. One was putting at
cigar. The other, big, shy giant,
was drawing clouds of comfort from a
pipe. There was a telegraph operator
at work in one end Of the room, her
instrument rapidly clicking. In an OPP
posite corner was a telephone ex-
change. A girl with metal band
around her forehead was punching
connections between the valley towns.
Richard lost the feeling of having
gone into remote and isolated re-
glon. The twin towns were on the
map.
One OF the older men returned his
nod. The young men returned their
hastily withdrawn attention to their
game Of checkers. The other smoker
was watching with cross-eyed absorb
tion the rings his cigar was sending
into the air. Richard might not have
been there.
One Of the checker players looked
up.
Anything can do for you? Do you
want to see anyone in particularly"
mo-" 1t was admitted. "No one In
particular. was just looking round"
Its the show place of Calexico. I'll
take you around. 1t Is the only place
in town that is comfortable when it's
hot, or when the wind blows, and
that's the program all summer. Take
my place. Pete"
Pete, the young giant, with the face
of his infancy enlarged rather than
matured, slipped into the vacant chair.
He had been the first to discover the
stranger, but he had evaded the re-
sponsibllity. The game Immediately
absorbed him.
Its nice here" repeated the young
fellow, leading the way. They were
followed by few idle glances.
Richard looked with approval at the
tan slim figure which was assuming
the courtesy of the towns. The fine
handsome face was almost too girlish,
the muscles of the mouth too sensitive
YET for manly beauty. but he liked the
type. 1.-the as a young deSert-reared
| Indian, his manner and carriage told
of careful home and rigid school dis
cfpline.
| lie was ushered into large cool
room. The furnishings ne inyentoried ;
IA few stiff chairs, long table and a
typewriter desk, closed for the Sab
bath.
1.-THE stenographer's room," an
nounced the lad superfluously.
"Whose stenographer'
| General property now. Everyone
has right TO use her time. She used
to be Hardin's, the general managers.
She is his still, in a way. But ogilvie
keeps her busy most of the time"
Richard had not heard OF ogilvie,
He made a mental register.
| 'When did Hardin 90 out7' lie
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.vvmss=~us~sssxsss
might say, adjusted as 1t now is, than
it did before"
II heard that they had sent man
from the Tucson Office to represent
Mr.. Marshall"
did you hear his name9" stam-
mered Ogiivie.
"Rickard.'
The auditor recovered himself. u
would have heard of 1t were It true.
I am in close touch with the Los An
geles office"
ut is true.p
"How do you known Ogilvie's dis
may was too sudden; the fiabby faciai
muscles betrayed him.
aPm Rickard.p The new general
manager took the swivel chair behind
the flat-top desk. "Sit down. Ia IKE
to have talk with YOU"
"If you win excuse me,"-ogilvie.s
bluff was as anemic as his crushed APP
nearance. '1-I am busy this morn
Ing. Might trouble you-for a
few minutes? My papers are IN inns
desk" -
Richard now knew his man to the
shallow depths of his white-corpus-
cIed soul. "If / won't be In your way
I'll hang around here. I've the day 70
kill"
His sarcasm was lost in transit.
OgiIvie said that Mr.. Rickard Woulu
not be in his way. He would move
his papers into the next room tomor-
row.
The engineer moved to the French
windows that opened on the aifaifa
lawn. A vigorous growth of willows
marked the course of New river,
which had cut so perilously near the
towns. A letter 3D." picked out In
quick river vegetation, told the story
of the flood. The old channel-there
it was, the curved arm of the b." one
could tell that by the tall willows-had
| been too tortuous, too slow for those
sweeping waters. The flow had d.
vided, cutting the stem of the letter,
carrying the flood waters swifter
down grade. The flow had divided
hml divided perhaps the danger tool
An idea in that He would see that
better from the water tower he'd spied
at entering. Another flood, and a
gamble whether Mexicali or Calexieo
would get the worst of it. Unless one
was ready. A levee-west of the
American town.
Excuse me, sir--do you need meG'
He turned back into the room. He
could see that MacLean was aching to
get out of the rooIsg Ogilvie had Wis
IDLY withered. A blight seemed to fall
on him as his white, blue-veined fin
gers made bluff among his papers.
"Thank you" Richard nodded at
MacLean, who burst into the outer of
/ fee.
'It's the new general manager from
Tucson-Rickard's his name" His
whisper ran around the walls of the
room, where other arrivals were tilt
ing their chairs. "The new general
managerI Ogilvie woozled for moth
ing. You should have seen his facep'
did anyone know that he was com.
ing| Silent, the tanned giant, spoke
THAT'S Marshall all over" said
Wooster, bright-eyed and wiry, re-
moving his pipe. "He likes to move In
a mysterious way his wonders to per-
form. used to sing that when 1 was
a kidd No announcement. Simply
Enter Richard"
More like this" said Silent. exit
Hardin. Enter ogilvie. Enter Rick.
ard"
"And exit ogilvie," cried MacLean.
It's Add shame" burst out
Wooster. No one asked him what he
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Rverted, Of tho girl he had met 1T the
Marshalls' table. lines Hardin. His
eyes jumped to her companions, the
man stranger, aud then, Gerry
Holmes. Al least. Mrs. Hardin. Some
how. Il surprised him 20 ind her pretty.
She had achieved variety Of dis
tinction. preserving, moreover the
clear.cut babylsh chin which had made
SIS early appeal 10 him. There was The
same fluffy hair. It's ringlets bit artl-
fetal to his more sophisticated eyes.
the same well-turned nose. He had
been wondering about this meeting he
found that he had been expecting some
sort Of sh0ck--who said that the love
of today Is the jest Of tomorrow The
discovery that Gerty was not a Jest
brought the surprised qualification
which we award letter or composition
written IN our youth. We're we as
clever as that. so complete at eighteen
or fwentg-one? Could we, now, with
all our experience, do any better, or in
deed as weil7 That particular sem
Sen~- visF ~ings Could we make 1t
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meant Every man in the room was
thinking of Hardin, whose shadow this
reclamation work was.
What's Richard doingT' asked the
lnfantile Hercules at the checkerhoo "a
: ne force called him Pete, which was
Bodefeldt. aug ustus
from MacLean. TINS
Then he's doing sometime o,so hu
y,i i0 si,ne, mat wouldn't take him five
MINUTES MINUTES unless he's a gull" snapped
d %ooster, who hated ogiIvle as a RAT
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HOW Will HARDIN AND HIS WIFE RECEIVE HIM7-RlcKARD
lSN0T LEFT LONG In DOUBT.

nictard,
road called the eree o President Marshall Tuscon Ar While
Richard
Hardin had
had married Holmes
IN love Marshall tells ckard the Overland Pacific
the Imperial vniey
Rckad declines
goes Caaxico and on the way
learns much about Hardin and his
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HIckard moves to save the
valley in what seems 70 him az
not I poss,pie way. His Views do
d NOT coincide with those Of Har-
DIN. The next instaIIment ,end.
W ~ Iss'ir ~ the torebodinss with
mn'en ~. Ri'kard undertook his
great task. Do not fail to read ~
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-28
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Spoiled II.

a., Spoiled II.
W. 0S aSe saia you were bird.r "Real
=, o .e exclaimed, delighted. oyss =
p"tf0 Boston Transcript.
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nirht to Kemper hall kenosh., Wis
at the conclusion Of her holiday
vacation.
Tiils, court Hen liur. has an
nouncei a dance for Thursday. Jan
uary y. In the ballroom of the Elks
club
Mr. and Mrs Harry ii~N.l~y have
returned from few weeks visit IN
Kansna CITY,
Tu@a S,ars club viii meet rrgu /.
Mrly this afternoon In Masonic hail
with Me-dans- Scott, Montgomery
Wet, in. and Tennant ~ hostessrH
Mr. and Mrs. HuEh King. jr> an
noun~ mo birth. January q, OF their
second son.
Mr. aud Mrs r. Iamb~-t arc
spending several dayu In Kansas Ciiy.
Mr. ana Mrs Herbert Rarr~tt have
returned from several days trip To
chicago.
Mrs John n Markham, r. will re-