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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

seemed better than high adventure
terminated at any moment by sud
den cataclysmic death.
That was 427 years ago. Now. says
the New York Evening Post. there is
no need to call for criminals to man
the first Atlantic trips In air. They
had to turn men away from the crew
of the RIA on the frst voyage by
lighterthan-air machine. and even
then one stowaway got himself aboard
and made the trip. The idea was to
keep the tremendous dirigible ~ light
~ possible. And 20. with all this
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

Instead Of offering cigars and Gig
arets, in Persia one Is offered betel
nut. Everyone carries q supply Of
them in neat little ivory boxes. not
unlike the snun-boxes Of our ancea-
tors. The betel-nut II q narcotic. In
ite effects not unlike tobacco. but II
Is much more harmful. Those who
chew it suffer from infiamed gums.
and they generally lose their teeth.
The betel is q species Of climbing
plant. with q leaf mot unlike ivy. II
yields a crop Of nuts. which are ground
to a powder; this Is mixed with a
similar powder derived from the
areca-nut, and made into . paste.
which u vTappsd IN pieces - betel
lao1
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

TAouGh his attnek was Wild the
vigoe o. his blows almost beat down
my guard. At last . random blow q
mine swept the weapon from his feebls
old hand and sent It whiriing down ths
cataract into the lake below.
Then he was at my throat, and II
was fortunate that there was lirm rock
instead Of slippery ice beneath us, or
we should both have followed the
sword.
"Calm yourself, for heavens sake.
monsieur!' gasped as gained 4 mo
mentary advantage over him. Don't
want to save youi"
you shall not take mel / have
done nothing! 1t was years agoi Let
me gol Let me goi" he screamed.
I released him for q moment, hoping
that his disordered brain would calm
enough for him to recognise me and
that. when he saw my motives were
peaceful he would grow quiet.
But suddenly, With a final howl. he
sprang past me. sweeping me against
the wall. and leaped out on the ledge.
I held my breath. I expected to see
him stagger to his death below. But
he stood motionless in the middle Of
the little platform and stretched out
his arms toward the raging torrent as
though in invocation. Then he leaped
across with the agility Of q Wild sheep
and rushed on Into the tunnel be-
yond.
I started back. keeping this time to
the right side Of the tunnel. until !
heard the gursling Of the brook. Then
heard JacQueline's footstep.
who Is 1T" she called wildly. m.
HEWLETT Ny father"
caught her as she gwayed toward
me. HE has gone Jacqueline," said.
Il went into the tunnel to Try to ind
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25
! Struck to Kill.

ease he were pursued, and none but
Pierre and he knew the secret. All,
come, monsieur--come! !"
But I meant tn kill Leroux and still
1elt for the bolt
A fumbled there the door splin-
eered suddenly and JacQueline cried
out.
Then 1 yielded reluctantly to Jacque-
fines soft violence. followed her
through the dark chamber, under an
archway Of stone, and through wind
ing passage in the rock. Pierre's
candle nickered before US, and in an
other moment we had squeezed
through a narrow opening into cham
Der In the cli6.
On the ground were i've or six
large stones and Pierre began to 1t
then Into the aperture through whaeh
- - paassa. Il Dl1sts The paacs
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

the way. He had been feigning sleep
and he crept after me. tried to stop
him. He was % frightened that
thought it best to let him 20. He ran
on into the tunnel
1--WE must ind him." she said.
"He will come back, Jacqueline."
"He will never come back r. she an
swered. "He must have been planning
this and waiting for me to sleep. He
may be hiding somewhere. We must
search for him."
Let rs go. then, Jacqueline. II an
swered.
led her back into the tunnel on
what was to be. hoped. our ANAL jour
ney. We reached the ledge. The star
had faded now. and the whole sky
was bright with the red clouds Of
dawn.
At length I saw daylight ahead Of
me-and there was NO sound Of the
torrents.
I left Jacqueline in the cave for q
few moments and went into the small
er one near BY. where had seen the
provisions ON the preceding days. !
found a small box Of hard biscuit.
with which stuffed the pockets Of my
coat, and. happier still. small re
volver and some cartridges, to which
I helped myself literally.
Then 1 went back to Jacquellne.
.Jacqueline." said, "let us 60 on.
Perhaps your father IL on his way out
side the tunnel"
"We cannot 30 without my father."
she answered, shaking her head in de-
termination.
"Jacqueline." said, ''if We can md
your father you will come with me?
Because it has occurred to me-" went
on, "that II he had come this way his
footprints would be in the mud be-
side the stream. It would take an
hour or two for them to 1ll up again.
So perhaps he did not come this far,
but is hiding In some cave In the tun-
mel through which We came. VIII you
wait for me here while go back and
searchf'
She nodded and went back into
that interminable tunnel again.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

eagerness for flying. the RIBS crew
was smaller than the crew Of the San-
ia Maria, which consisted Of So ignor-
ant and fearful men. who had no .dea
just why they went, or where. On the
three ships together. the Encyclopedias
Britannica says, there were IS men.
SO on the sailing ship Santa Maria.
which Columbus commanded himself,
and Is apiece on the caravals Pinta
and Nina.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

clown. The familiar figure walked out
on the platform and every child there
could see at a glance that he was
with his white face with red spots on
1t, his big white run, full trousers and
coat, marked with the bright red dia-
monds. In one hand he carried a metal
scale Is cll as Is used for weighing the
BABY and on the other arm market
basket filled with green vegetables
from the midst Of which peeped u fry
ing-pan and a coffeepot and q pint
bottle Of milk.
"Hello, childrenl" he called out.
"Glad to see you'll" And he tripped
over an imaginary obstacle. nearly
losing his hold on his market basket.
to the unholy JOY Of the youthful spec
tatOrs.
"Ho. ho!" he roared. almost lost
my dinner that time. Those vegetables
are precious. I eat 'em alive and get
big and strong"
The white figure advanced to the
center Of the platform by slow stages,
because Of a continuous dropping OF
the various articles contained in his
basket. In picking up a carrot he
dropped q beet and in picking up the
beet he dropped a cabbage. and 10 IN !;
and how these children laughed! At
last he deposited his burdens safely on
the bench.
I've been to the country and the
things In that big basket were all given
to me as presents by a kind farmer
and his wife. Shall tell you about
my visit7"
The delighted yell that went up was
answer enough. So Cho-Cho told about
1t. The farmer and his wife showed
him how the cows were MIXED and
they told him that these animals were
working overtime to get milk enough
for the city children. who insisted on
drinking milk instead of tea and coffee
because 1t makes them grow tall and
strong.
This reminded him that he had had
no milk since breakfast and he must
interrupt his story to take his nour-
ishment, for milk IL food as well as a
drink and he makes 1t a point to drink
at least a quart Il day. He took the
bottle of milk from his basket, re-
moved the paper top. wiped the neck
of the bottle carefully with paper
napkin. explaining that he always did
this to any bottle or glass or cup from
which he drank. as one never knows
who used the article or whether or not
they had whoOping cough or measles
or mumps or any other disease that
one might catch. Then. with much
joyous blinking Of the eyes and rub
bling of the stomach and wiggiing Of
the toes, he drank the entire contents
Of the hottie.
He found the eggs, which the hens
had laid in the hay, and learned that
there is as much nourishment In one
egg as there is in good big piece
OF heefsteak. TIE vegetable garden
was visited and he learned that spin
ach. a vegetable for which he never
cared. contains a vast amount of iron.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

which makes one strong so that one
can win races and pitch baseballs bet
ter than any Of the other fellows In
our gnng. and 80 on.
And-what do you think! When he
got buck after eating these things tnat
make one strong and healthy he hud
gained u whole pound. And this ne
proved by standing on the scales and
letting one Of the children read the
figures. A whole pound and IL normal
child is only supposed to gain half
pound In a whole month. He pranced
about and laughed with glee over this
glad news.
And then he produced the frying pan
and the cOffeepOr. which he bran
dished In the air as he pranced about.
declaring that they were the deadly
enemies Of all children. and the only
thing that should be put In them was
holes. Nothing cooked in frying pan
or coffeepOt was fit for any child to
take Into his system, and he hurled
them from him in rage.
Then he gave side-splitting imita-
ton of boy going to bed. He un-
dressed with great care and carefully
folded ,ch garment and placed 1t on
| a chair. yawninR and rubbing his eyes
the while.
"What does he do next?" he asked
his audience.
He brushes his teethl" was the
reply.
He sure does" answers Cho-ChO,
land this IL how he brushes them, up
and down. up and down, in the new
style, instead Of cross-ways In the old
fashioned way. And then he gargies
his throat like this. to get rid Of oil the
dust Of the street-and next9"
He takes bath!"
Fright again." says the clown. and
J you never saw such fun as Cho-ChO
had in his bath, scrubbing himself and
squeezing the sponge over his head,
and getting soap In his eyes and
mouth, and sputteiin and laughing all
at once. One never realized that
bath could be such fun.
"And now" said he. as he rubbed
his back with the imaginary towel.
.what next?"
He opens his windowsl" came the
chorus.
"Of course" sud Cho-Cho. ''he opens
them at the top and the bottom, like
this, so that Mr.. Good Air can come
in and Mr.. Bad Air can 60 out And
now he drinks glass Of nice. cold
water-he drinks four Of these every
day and this is his last-mm. MN, it's
good Now he jumps into bed and the
first thing you know he's snoring away
like this"
~ must 60 now. But remember! If
you do these things you'll gain half
pound a MONTH" So he backed away
and out the door. kissing his hand and
shouting "Good-by" at every step,
though the children yelled 30 that he
could hardly be heard at all.
This is true story. 1t happened
Just this way in New York city and Is
going to happen In many other cities.
Cho-ChO is a real clown and he rs
working in this thing for Uncle Sam
to make the school children strong and
healthy.
The school hygiene division of the
National Bureau of Education of the
Interior Department is carrying on
national health contest among the
school children Of the country. At
present there are, according to Secre-
tary Lane, 8.OOO,OOO underweight chill
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25
EAGER FOR GREAT ADVENTURE
Men Of Today Vastly Different From
Those Who Went Exploring With
Christopher Columbus

They had to bribe men in the earnest
and timOrou~ days Of Columbus TO ship
for the drst Atlantic trip. Sailing
towards the edge Of a perfectly Nat
earth had nc particular charms. even
for criminals and "broken men" who
we're offered indemnity II they would
~ Life imprisonment In safsty.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25
CHAPTER XVIII.

The Hidden Chamber.
Simon turned just in time. The
wheel went crashing to the floor and
bounded and rebounded out Of the
room and along the little hall. Phil
ippe jumped in terror from the place
where he crouched-
And then the last strand broke and
I was free to slip the cords from my
limbs.
"You old foolr' screamed Leroux,
catching Duchaine by the wrists. But
Charles Duchaine possessed the
strength Of q mailman. He grasped
Leroux round the waist and chung to
him and would not be shaken Oh.
xiii himi' he screamed. 'He IL q
spyl He has come to betray me to the
government
What followed was the work Of q
moment. / saw JacQueline pull down
both broadswords from the wall. She
flung one down beside me just ~
was staggering to my feet.
Leroux shook OF the old man at
last. He turned on me. swung the
sword aloft and brought 1t down upon
his skull.
Heaven knows struck to kill; but
my wrist was feeble from the ropes,
and the blade fell nat. It drew no
blood. but Leroux dropped like q
stricken OF upon the floor.
This way" gasped the old man.
He pulled At Jacqueline's arm. and
half led and half dragged her through
the open door behind his chair. fol-
lowing. LAcroix sprang into the room,
calling, but whether to NJ or to the
other ruhians did not know. Leroux
sat up and looked about him, dazed
and bewildered.
Then / was In the little room with
Jacqueline and Duchaine, and he
turned and bolted the door behind Nh.
He seemed possessed Of all the
strength and decision Of youth again.
When stood there before the room
had been ~ dark a. pitch. but now q
flicker u light was at the far end.
A voice cried:
"M'sieuri Msisvri have not for
gotten theei"
It was Pierre Caribou. saw his
s figure silhouetted against the light Of
the flaring candle which he held In
his hand.
DueAaine had placed one arm about
his daughters waist and was urging
her along. But abe stopped and
looked back to me. ] saw she held
one broadsword In her hand, ~ held
the other.
Come. nnondeurr" she gasped.
II am going back" I answered
fumbling for the bolt Duchaine had
drawn.
mol We are safe inside. 1t IL &
secret room. Ny father made 1t In
the frst days Of his sojourn here ia
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

IO-CHO! ChO-ChOl
q h o. C h o, I h e
Health G . " q !"
yelled the 2.%
children packed into
the big assembly
hall of the school.
Sure enough. 1t
was ChO-ChO, the
( a m O u 8 health
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-09-25

Cheap bargains are dear.-SpanisA
Pr0verb.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11
STUMP LESSONS IN COLQUITT

Moultrie Dec 10.--The big stump
ing demonstration staged in Moultrie
several weeks ago under the auspices
of the State College of Agriculture,
the Railroad Administration and the
Georgia Land Owners Association.
is being followed up by field demon
STATIONS in the various militia dis
tricts of Colqutt county. County
Agent Stra tfbrd is in charge of the
demonstrate 1t is stated that
more than seven hundred farmers
saw the four demonstrations which
were staged yesterday.
The manufacturers of a lumber of
stump pullGrs and the makers of dy-
namite are cooperating with the
county agent in putting on the seven
teen militia districts of the county,
Inter est in stamping which show the
best methods Of going about it are
doing much toward encouraging the
work
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11
SPIRITED DEBATE ON
BILL TO CONTINUE
THE SUGAR BOARD

Washington,-Re spons bility and
remedies for the present sugar short
age were dispted at length in the
senate today when the McNary bill toI
continue the United States sugar
equalization boards control powers
another year was brought up. Pro
longed debate however, prevented a.
vote and the bill went over to be
called up at the next opportunity
President Wilson was charge by
Senator McNary, republican re-
gon author of the bill. with major
responsibility for the sugar shortage
by failing to act to sugar boards
repeated recommendations last
summer to purchase Cuban sugar.
Senator Harrison democrat Missis-
sippi, contended that the beard need
ed authorit from congress while Sen
ator Gay democrat, Louisians declar
ed tina board did not need advice
from the president The McNary bill
was opposed by senators from the
cane and best producing sugar states
while other senators joined in Sena-
tor McNary's pleas for continued Of
government control OF sugar to pro-
tect consumers from eXorbitant pric-
es.
That he was amazed at the ruling
CT Attorney General Palmer permit
ting eighteen cents a pound to be
| charged for cane sugar and twelve
cents for beet. was asserted by Sena
| tor McNary, who said the result
would be force consumers to pay the
high price for both varieties
Mr.. Palmer also was criticised by
Senator Kirby. Democrat Arkansas
| for announcing that no effort to con-
troll sugar would be made after JAN
uary /. With Arkansas consumers
forced to pay seventy cents for SUI
gar, Mr. Kirby asserted vigorously
that the government should retain
control OF the sugar situation ITO
prevent these outrageous actions on
the American people,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11
FARMER killed BY CALF
KEEPER AT College PARK

ATLANTA Dec 1o.--'Luke Head
twenty-five years of sage, "A farmer
living near College Park was shot to
death by II. H. Shelton in a rest4ur-
ant owned by the latter at College
Park about 230 Wednesday afternoon
According to witness Head entered
the restaurant and took a glass from
a counter and poured a drink of
whisky into it from bottle he was
carrying. Skeleton the proprietor Of
the place, was standing in the rearI
OF the place at the time and seeing
the intention of Head moved for
and finally were separated byI
hand and started to the door toll
throw the contents out. At this Head
is said TO have grappled with him.
The two scuffled for Il short whilci
and finally were separated by by
ISLANDERS. 1t is Claimed by Skeltonl
that Head then stepped backward al
few steps and made a movement for
his pocket as though he was reach.
ing for IA gun. Seeing this. Shelton
states. he then drew his own pistol
and fired one shot, the bullet killing
Head almost instantly.
Policeman d. II. Bell Immediately |
arrested Shelton and brought him toi
Atlanta where he was placed in the
Fulton county Tower Shelton. Who'll
is about thirty-five years of age.
talked of the shooting. saying that
he was forced to kill Head in self
defense.
A pistol and two bottles Of whis-
ky were found on the person OF the
dead man
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11

Washable crepe de chine frocks for
small girls are shown in white flesh
and pink They are really practical
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11

you are. They seem somewhat warm
er than muslin frochs, too, at least
in appearance.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-11

enough. for in a good quality crepe de
chine washes well, il the garment be
simply made IL irons we'll and there
Evening star., 1919-02-21
GERMANY HAS $1OO,OO0OOO
OF AMERICANS PROPERTY
Owners Can Recover It When Peace Con-
ditions Permit, DR.. Nieders Announces.
Some Requisitioned During War.

erty in trust here today. The 400.-
600, 600 marks ($1o0, 0o0. .000) Of Amer
lean property represents thousands Of
owners American-owned factories.
such as those of the International
Harvester Company, the Vacuum Oil
Company, the National Cash Register
Company, the Westinghouse Com
pany and the Singer Company, were
not liquidated during the war. Some
taken over and worked under the
supervision of the Germans during
the war were turned over to this Of
fee.
A tax of 1 per cent for bookkeeping
and banking expenses was deducted.
The war tax levied on all German man
ufacturers was also deducted. The re
mainder, amounting to millions OF
marks, will be turned over to the Amer
lean owners after peace is declared if
the conditions of peace drawn up in
Paris permit. The books kept of the
enemy factories run for war work will
be open to the owners when peace is
signed. AS for personal property, every
article inventoried by the Americans at
the beginning of the war will await
them intact
Works of art. commercial supplies,
furniture and clothing, all entirely in
tact, will be turned over to the owners
with no charge from the government.
Bills contracted for storage and rent will
have to be settled between the contract
ing parties. Rubber. nickel and many
articles needed during the war
were requisitioned by the government.
In such cases no distinction could be
made between German or enemy owned
property. Money for enemy owned arti-
cles requisitioned was, however, paid to
the trustees of such property and this
viii be turned over to the owners after
peace is signed.
DIR. Nieders gave me glimpse of the
huge files Of inventories of enemy prop
erty. He pointed out, for example, the
Office of the Daily News in Berlin, in
which were typewriters and supplies
needed by the government. but not gem
orally requisitioned. as well as an auto
mobile left by the Daily News Berlin
correspondent when the war began. Ali
were intact and ready to be turned over
to the owner without charge. Since
the conclusion of the armistiCe," said
DR. Nieders, mo new measures have
been taken against alien enemy prop
erty.''
Evening star., 1919-02-21
REFUSE TO PLAY BOcAE
American Soldiers Balk at Donning
German Uniforms for Movie"
Production.

Ten of the hundred best stories of
heroism in the war, as cabled by Gen.
Pershfng for use in the victory lib
erty loan campaign. were chosen for
reproduction as scenarios. with SOL
diers from Camp Dix, n. j., playing
roles of the overseas heroes. The SOL
diers were willing movie actors, even
clamoring for parts.
Then along came picture requir-
ing use of German soldiers. There
the Americans baked. They said they
would play anything but "boches.'
officers refused to order the men to
don enemy uniforms.
So today Frank r. Wilson, director
of liberty loan publicity. cleared away
the predicament by hiring score
of professional actors from New York
to play the roles Of German Villains .
Evening star., 1919-02-21
Visited Eight Cities.

The chief places visited by these
officers were Berlin, Munich. Ham :
burg. Hanover, Leibzig. Dresden
Magdeburg and Casse1. Unrest and
disturbances are said to be diminish
ing, owing to the more stable politi-
cal conditions and the firm line adopt
ed by Gustav Noske, minister of de-
tense. At the same time unemploy-
ment and the cost of living are on
the increase. The number of unem
ployed in Berlin is reported to be
more than 200. 1000, and is increasing g
by 5000 a day. In Hamburg the
number of unemployed is 72,O0G;
Munich, $4,000. and Leipzig. $4,000.
"The increase in Unemployment" "
says the report, forms the most
dangerous element in the present sit
uation. Unemployment and hunger
are the chief predisposing causes of
bolshevism, and if these are removed
there will be no chance of boil
shevism gaining a foothold in Ger
many"
Evening star., 1919-02-21
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1919.

BERLIN, February 81. Private
property valued approximately at
100000, 900, abandoned by the Ameri-
cans at the outbreak of the war and
adm mnistered since then by a German
custodian, awaits the return of the
owners when peace conditions permit
This was the statement made pri-
vateIy by Privy Counselor DR.. Herman
Nieders, custodian of enemy property
in Germany.
NO personal property left behind
by Americans or citizens OF other en-
emy countries which was inventoried
and turned over to the custodian's Of
ice has been soId,' said DIR. Nieders.
Altogether there is $500, 600, 900
marks (sS75. 000,o00) in enemy prop
Evening star., 1919-02-21
PROCLAIM ADLER PRESIDENT.
Assassin Of Premier Stuergkh
Heads German-Austrian Republic.

LONDON. February 2e.--Dr. Fried
rich Adler, who assassinated Premier
Stuergkh, at Vienna. in 1915. has
been proclaimed president of the Ger
Austrian republic by the defense
troops outside the town hall. accord
ing to reports from Vienna, received
by the Exchange Telegraph Company.
Evening star., 1919-02-21
Police to Restrict Berlin ReveIry.

BERLIN, "Wednesday, February 10
Sby the Associated Press s).-The car
nival OF dancing. wine drinking and
expensive night revels into which
certain classes of the population of
Berlin and other large cities have
plunged since the signing of the arrri-
stice hereafter will be restricted by
the police
Evening star., 1919-02-21
Industry Is Stagnant.

All over Germany. except in the
coal field areas, industry is stagnant,
owing to lack of coal.
The shortage of staple articles of
food throughout the country. the re-
port continues, is such that the mass
of the population is living upon
rations, which are insufficient to
nourish the body adequately.