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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-15

returning to Mexico according tol
agreement to assist in so far as |
could, in beneficient work; that !
fully believed all the points of dr-
ference between Mexico and the Unit
ed States and other powers could be
amiCably adjustd; that measures were
afoot to remove so far as possible the
rough edges of political acrimony,
that | believed a real self-determin-
ing election would be possible when
the presidential period came around.
Il know that this memorandum
was written in the best interest Uf
peace and good will for all and it
found its way very generally to re-
sbonsible places. Pregident Carranza
himself received copy of it, so there
could be no ground for doubt as to
our views and aspirations in his
promises, / returned here in April
and ever since have been actively en-
gagged in the prosecution of the OBJ
jects which we had in mind.
while matters have moved slowly,
and | have learned in this country
the real lesson of patience, I must
state in all fairness that everything
has advanced toward the goal we
always had in view. one by one the
bishops have come back, so that even
the most doubling Thomas must now
admit that this part of the presi-
dents promise has virtually been full
filled.
II called upon the secretary Of
government today and had a most
satisfactory conference WITH him on
these matters, AS with the bishop,
sc with the amendments to the laws
granting religious and educational
freedom to all. / am certain that
President CarranZa will carry out his
program in its entirety, The con-
stitutional changes of all kinds nee
ossary to make Mexico the equal of
other free countries must soon he et-
fCeted. President Carranza is most
anxious 20 leave office with the state
fully pacified and the citizens in the
full enjoyment of their rights, Every
bit of his energy is being eXerted to
this end. and / am satisfied that with
the projected changes there Will be
brought about here as free a condi-
ton of life as prevails in any of
Mexico's sister republics.
This should satisfy all worth sat
isfying and speedily bring about the
pacification and development of the
nation
Intervention Talk Hurts.
"All this intervention talk does no
good. Every one knows there will be
no armed Intervention now that Mex
leo is endeavoring to do the square
thing and put her house in thorough
order. | am told and believe that this
always has been the desire of Presl
dent Carranza. But there are so many
size currents and causes of delay here
that one must not lose faith If things
&C slowly. Faith. even in the word OF
man, is better than infidelity, and
think that every friend of Mexico anc
Of law an border rs against rnVo!t'
ton and anarchy, Of which there Is
enough and to sp1re in the worl l
1should get behind President Ca'ranz1
row and enable I'M; ID f., Ssh the
trr.,y ratri"+.n w"ri he has fearlGssl>
| c,'hartaken win Il MS natura! tern
| Of office. WhJ helps in II. = great enc
| he lps in Tho spe 'dy reg ncrat,.n Of
| a great nation"
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must sign this FORM" He then read it
as follows:
I hereby formally apply for the
course in special automobile salesman
ship and if accepted as a trial student
understand and except the following
conditions:
Gone. | may be dismissed any time
up to the eleventh session.
Two. ! must attend the evenings
specified and for the time specified.
Three. | must study any literature
supplied and answer questions in class
or in writing as desired to the best of
my ability.
-Four. If accepted for a position
any time after the first session. ! under
take to be ready for duty within two
weeks or less, from the following Sat
urday after being notified to report for
work. This is to enable me to give my
present employer reasonable notice.
Five Should refuse position when
offered, or should I leave of my own free
will the Glider Automobile Company
within three months after being EN-
ployed. | undertake to pay the Glider
Automobile Company the sum OF
twenty five ($25) dollars in full settle
ment for the course of instruction. My
signature to this is full acceptance
of the liability (Which l promise to
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ordinary bouIdors Mt the end Of it.
They were large. it is true. but there
their merits ended. However. PX
amined them with every appearance Of
pleasure. thanked Jock cftusively and
even gave him a sixpcnce. and at last
bade him good day and started for home.
At tea | prepared the doctor for the
possibility Of my going out at night by
Il long windcd. babbing, and entirely
fictitious account of Bottoms morning
call. from which it appeared that MIR.
Bolton was so interested in Mr.. Hob
houses account of how he saw the ship
blow up that he would probably call in
the evening to verify certain particulars
and might even want Mr.. dollhouse to
come with him to the house wher" he
was lodging. And then after tea |
smoked and read and waited
Darkness was beginning to fall when
we finished tea that night and the lamps
wcrr lit when we went into the SmoK .
Ing room. At any moment the sum
mons might come. and yet \ CLOCK
struck. and Q, and 10, and | even III
duccd the doctor to sit up till after H.
but still there was no sign of Bolton
And then at last I said some severe
things to myself about the man, and
we went to bed.
Next morning was equally chilly anc
dismal, and after the doctor went ont
to visit a case. I sat over the tre re-
solved to stay there till Mr.. Bolton
came and explained himself. | stayed
there NIL morning, but he never came
and no more did Mr. Kendall. OuI
dinner hour approached and passed. ano
at last | sat down and had my mea
alone. had just finished when heard
the front door open sharply and the
doctors step in the passage. 1t struck
me instantly as curiously quick for
him. He entered the dining room and
saw at once that something was very
much the matter.
Bolton has been murdered. he said
abruptly. ''His body has just beer
found in the sea
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"Hum Hum. Keep her Yourself
you need honey gatherers," objected
Fuzzyhum.
II don't want her." declared Busy
buzz. "She'd keep me busy keeping
her busy and I'm busy enough now,
goodness knows" And away hurried
Busybuzz for the clover fields.
"IIum! Hum! I guess I'm as busy
as she is," rumbled Fuzzyhum GROSSLY.
"With all these babies to feed l haven't
any time to waste on idlcrs.''
W'm not an idler," declared Peggy
Indignantly. "Jf the babies need feed
ing I'll help you feed them. Then I'm
going home
Hum! Hum. Bee babies always
need feeding. You can feed em and
feed EN-. but they'll not stay fed. and
new babies are always coming along
by the hundreds.
Peggy didn't wait to argue that
matter further. She pitched right in
and began to feed the baby bees. And
she quickly found that she had real
Job on her hands. There were hundreds
of them, all hungry for dinner. AS she
fed them she forgot she was a prisoner
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dinner and then come out again into the
hall, and then I heard him. instead of
coming into the smoking room, open and
shut the front door. He had evidently
gone out again and was not sorry to
be left alone.
A little later. in the same absent
minded way. heard the front door bel
family ring and | only woke out of my
revcrie when the smoking room door
opened.
"Dr. Kendall is out. heard" said q
voice that made me jump up very hur
riedly.
1t was Jean Kendall. delightful tc
look at as ever. but with new expires
sion on her face. If she was not anxi-
Gus. and very kcenly anxious too, about
something. | was much mistaken.
Unwilling resumed the role Of
Thomas IIobhouse and informed hel
ncrvously that the doctor had gont out
| knew not where. .
She said nothing for moment, but
still fingered. Then she said.
"What dreadful thing about poor
Mr.. Bolton"
"Dreadful." agreed Mr.. Hobhousc
"Terrible. Dreadful, Tcrrible.''
/ did my cousin tell you much about
it?"
! oh no. not much. very little. He
was upset, very much upset, l could
see.
"Everybody is" she said, and then
added. Il should think you must be. Mr.
IlObhOusp.
There seemed to be an odd note In
her voice which set up vague chain OF
| disQuietng emotions. but Mr.. Hobhouse
answered in the same tone as before:
"Oh yes, | am distressed; dreadfully
distressed
Again she was silent. but still she
fingered.
II am going to walk home again. -
she said suddenly. Would you care
! to walk n little way with me?'
/ Ar that moment | wanted nv owr
company and had certain shrinking
from hers: so the voice of Mr.. Hob
house beatod something about havine
caught slight chill.
Please come little way" she said
81 want to speak to you particularly. >
There was note Of appeal in he,
voice which would have taken a stoutel
man than Thomas Ilobhouse to resist
BESIDES, he felt exceedingly curious
Her whole manner during the interview
in fact reused very strong sensation
of curiosity
He got his hat and his coat (Mr
IIobhouse always wore topcoat) an,
they crunchod their way down th
knobby drive and passed out into th
road, neither saying word. And the,
Mr.. llobhouso got th- most rousing eve
opener of his career, or of Roger NJer
tons either. She turned to him an,
said quietly.
81 hope You are taking care of Won
own life, Mr.. Merton"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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"Is anything more known. doctor?'
no." he answered. and then added
abruptly and with unusual energy.
This is absolutely damnable :"
He walked out of the room again as
he spoke. and l was left to my thoughts.
I went into the smoking room, but for
got to light my pipe. With my head
in my hands bent over the fire and
tried in the first place to grasp this
second tragedy. and then to piece things
together and see some sequence in
them.
That Bolton had really been on the
right scent now seemed highly probable.
though as he made no conccalment of his
business. it was possible that an agency
WHICH had tried to murder me, defied
all efforts TO check it for months. and
/ to all seeming had lately blown up n
cruiser. might get rid of him simply
on general principles. Still. the work
ing hypothesis must be that he had got
on to their track. And, oh, if he had
only told me what he had discovered .
But that secret had died with him.
and now once more one must begin all
over again.
Yet this time I had secured one sig
] nificant looking starting point. The
coincidence Of Jocks appearance out
at that lonely place more or less about
/ the time when the murder must have
taken place, and his leading me away
in another direction from that in which
was heading, was certainly suggestive
IoI
pparance Of intelligence than had given
him credit for. and might he not then
be used by some one who knew him
well and had strong influence over him
to play such a simple part as he had
acted? Supposing he We're with such
a person. and that person saw me com .
ing and did not wish me to spy him
/ how easy it would be to say, Go
Jock, and show that gentleman stone,
over there, -
As to whom to suspect of having such
influence over him, that was easy
enough. recalled young Peter Scol
lays stare and laugh when I suggested
that they We're going to look at the
ship. and it sounded to me now n very
sinister laugh.
And yet the more | thought over al
this. the. moro objections | saw. II
/ the first place the body was not founr
where had seen Jock. True, it Nigh
have been moved if the murderer hac
been willy and suspicious enough I,
think that the simple Mr.. Hobhous,
was capable of connecting the harm.
less spisodr of the stones with his gruc.
some work, though even that seemed Il
imply more than was likely; but NOR,
formidable difficulty was the evidence o
educated cunning in every crime com
mitted or attempted by that hand Fo
that hand" 7 decided ! must cprtainI,
substitute "those hands" had al
ways thought there was more than on
in it. aud now / felt surcr of this thar
ever.
With the back of my head. as they
say. ! heard Doctor Kendall go int,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
FARMERETTES HERE TO STAY;
REALLY ENJOY MAKLNG>HAY
Their Hearts Are Aeld Says Land army Chief but Admits
Girls of Yesteryear Didn't Reenlis'

MONEY. health and love for the work
AV1 are the three reasons that will
make farm labor permanent vocation
for women. according to Miss Virginia
NJ. McComb. executive secretary of the
Woman's Land Army of Pennsylvania.
For the last six weeks she has been
working night and day to establish units
throughout the eastern part of the state.
The enthusiasm shown by both farm =
ers and farmerettes has demonstrated
that the movement is no longer pa
triotic necessity and fad, but has become
a real solution for an economic problem
that has confronted both the farmer and
the woman who is now taking up this
work seriously.
''There are just three kinds of farm :
crettcs this year" says Miss McComb.
"The city girl who holds an Office, in :
dustrial or other indoor position during
the winter and feels the need for outdoor
recreational work; the seasoned indus
trial worker, who needs to earn her
living during the dull season. and the
woman who goes into the work because
she loves it,
1--WE have 200 applicants this yeal
so far. We have had high school ant
college students, teachers in schools ant
colleges, industrial workers, stenog
raphers, telephone operators"
References Necessary
The Land Army insists that the ap.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
By J. STCRER CLOUSTON

Author Of "The Spy In Blaclt," "The
I,unatic at Large" etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
THE PROBLEM OF GETTING COM
MISSION Statesmen TO STICK
Mutual Protection

TNHERE were thirty seven men and
l. sixteen women in the room when
Bruno Duke got up to speak to them.
1t looked quite a big crowd and I
felt that Doliber and I had done good
work
Well, Duke explained to them that
every Tuesday and Friday evening, for
six weeks beginning the next Friday Git
was Wednesday them they would all
meet at the Y. NJ. c. A., where arrange
ments had been made to hold the class.
For eight sessions we are to meet at
the Y. NJ. C. A., the remaining four
meetings will be held at the showroom
of the Glider Automobile Company, so
that we can become familiar with the
car
He then told them some things about
the car, price, kinds and terms-just
nough to give them some idea of what it
was. Next, every one got one of the
ihStl uttloh uouho Whltl are SuDDlltu
to all purchasers. Then he said:
1--WE need all the statesmen and sales
will all make good in the training"
Just a minute, boss one man said.
standing up. 1--WE are guaranteed a
job if we come to these twelve talks,
aren't we?"
"You are guaranteed job il you last
out the six weeks" Duke explained,
''but we reserve the right to tell you
at any time not to come again. Unless
you people study hard and really demon
strate your ability, we cant use you.
"Then," went on the man, who was
times and then be turned down and all
my time would be wasted?'
'If you call the time wasted. yes.
Duke said calmly. "but we hope you
will benefit by the training. The in
struction should be worth your time al
any rate. We want you to make good,
for it would be serious to us if after
spending time and money in training
people we couldn't get any to work
for us"
The man stood wavering for minute
and then sat down. / may say right
here that we never saw him again after
that night Tt was black eye for me,
in way. for l had picked him out as a
good man.
"Mr. Duke" a young woman put up
her arm school fashion, ''suppose we at
tended class for twelve weeks and you
said we could work. ] mean could start
selling cars'-Dukc nodded his head
and smiled-"then. s-ppose we changed
our mind and didn't want to. What
how-you would be training us free,
wouldn't you'
I'm glad you raised that point, Miss
Horn" Dukes wonder on remember
ing names), "for it Is important. This
is how we protect ourselves.
He then picked up a printed form
from pile and said:
Every one who takes this course
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An Eye. opener
7 LEAPED to my feet and stared at

7 LEAPED to my feet and stared at
L him.
"Drownrd?" gasprd.
"No. he was shot first with pistol
at close quarters. I've Just been ex
aminng the body
"Wherc was it found?"
Away right at the very north end.
Yesterdays episode rushed into my
mind.
AT the very end?'
Practically.
"lt wasn't by any chance as much
as half mile on this side?'
lie stared at me curiously and re
membered that this was certainly an odd
inquiry, and also that Mr.. llobhouse
was speaking very Concisely.
"No." he said. "Why do you ask
took refuge in an ultra Ilobh0usiar
explanation of how ! had been there
myself few days ago, and it hac
struck me as a very murderous looking
place, and then ! asked,
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and that a plot was afoot to make her
queen.
How funny they look !" she giggled.
Hum Hum! They look no funnier
than you did when you were bee
baby" rasped Fuzzyhum.
Peggy gggled bee giggle for, Of
course, she had never been bee baby.
Fuzayhum heard her giggle and flew
into a rage.
"Quit that laughing and get busy"
she ordered. 1--WE haven't time for
giggling or nonsense in beehive"
Some of the babies were queen bee
babies, some were worker babies and
some were boy bee babies, or drones.
The queen bee babies got the most food
and the best, the workers came next,
and the poor little droncs had to take
what was left. Peggy was sorry for
the drones. and she sought to feed them
like the, others. ...... -#
= Don't bother with those lazy
drones," ordered Fuzzyhum. There
are too many in the hive now. We
don't try to raise them H
"How awful" exclaimed Peggy.
"You bees are as bad to boy babies as
the Chinese are to girl babies"
II don't know anything about the
| Chinese. but I do know that drones eat
lot of food they don't work for and a
hive is better off without them said
Fuzzyhum. 1--WE sting EN- to death or
drive 'em out to starve."
That's cruel. RI put n stop to It
when I'm queen" cried Peggy.
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz Treason Trea
son Who arc you who dares to talk
of being qucen?"
Peggy whirled around to find herself
facing an irate lady bee much larger
and more imposing looking than the
workers. And the lady bees eyes were
flashing with ahger and her stinger was
ready for action.
1.-The queen" rumbled Fuzzyhum.
"Now you're in for row.
(Tomorrop tciH be told hoW Peggy
defes the queen.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-18
CHAPTER III.
The Bee Babies
UVOr have no right to keep me

"Yor have no right to keep me a
= prisoner in this stuffy hive" said
Peggy Rec TO Busybuzz. "Set me free
this instant"
"Youll never be free" shifted Busy
buzz. Here you work and here you
die. Follow me-"
There was nothing else to do, SO
Peggy reluctantly obeyed. She made ur
'hcr mind, however, that she would
seize the first chance to escape. And
If she couldn't escape any other way
she might consent to take part in
Honeydew' revolt and become the new
queen of the hive.
Busybuzz led the way to high wall
in which were set hundreds and hun
dreds of cavclike holes or cells. Over
the wall were crawling active lady bee
workers. Looking into n cell as she
passed by, Peggy saw curled up in it a
plump. white, wormlike body with a
head resembling bee. In all the other
cells were other plump bodies.
why, they look like" babics-bee
babies" exclaimed Peggy.
"of course they do-and why
shouldn't they shifted Busybuzz
''They are &C babies, and your job is
to tend thtlh.'
My gracious, what n lot of then
there are to tend" gasped Peggy.
/ Busybuzz now called to an euergeti,
lady bee who was bustlng around
among the babies.
"Fuzzyhum, this is a new nurse.
maid I've brought you. ! don't know
whether she is much good for she is the
looking around kind. but you may gel
some use out of her. ~
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The Man From the Clouds ::
tcopynfoht, 1919, ov George H. Dordn Co.
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Roger Merton, descending In a
parachute from a runaway balloon,
lands on an island in the north of
Scotland. Supposing hc is in Ger
many, he speaks German to the first
man be meets, and thus causes a Ger
man spy to momentarily reveal him
self. His efforts to uncover German
plot bring about his own arrest
through Mr.. Kendall, the owner
Of the island. He meets Rendalfs
daughter, Jean. A visiting officer
John Whiteclett, comes to the island,
who luckily proves TO be his cousin.
and he has no difficulty in clearing
himself. His story. however. gets
little credencp. and independent in
v~stigation seems to dsprcve it. Later
the British Government begins to sus
pect that there is really a spy on the
island, and Merton is induced to re
turn to the island in the guiSC of an
alcoholic. He assumes the name of
Hobhouse and becomes patient at
the sanitarium of Doctor Kendall,
relative of the owner. Among those
whom he meets are O'Brirn. topper
and former patient of Doctor Rcn
dall's. and an apparently half-wittcd
farmer lad named Scollay. A British
naval vessel is blown up in the bay
under suspicious circumstances. Rol-
ton, a detective, arrives on the scene.
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plcant for farm work be physically mt
and provide references. The women are
sent out in units and have a house OF
their own. with a hOusekeeper. IN a
few special cases groups of two or three
farmerettes have been placed with the
family of the farmer.
Miss McComb, upon whom the respon-
sibility of placement and organization
has been put for this year, says that
she is not a farmer, but admits that
she can take Il hand at anything from
| furniture making to whitewashing in
order to establish units on the farms.
She was a professor at Wilson College
for fifteen years. boasts an A. b. and
an A. Nj. and has studied and Travelled
great deal in America, Europe and
Asia.
Last year Miss McComb was executive
secretary of the wOmen's division of the
food administration of Pennsylvania y
and she knows considerable about farms
and farmers throughout the state.
1T is encouraging to see the respect
and interest of the farming people for
the farmerettes. They certainly have
changed their minds" says Miss Me-
4
around Philadelphia have been little
easier to convince than those who live
upstate. Zone of the reasons why we
have so few of last years girls applying
for work this year is because many of
them are in permanent alt -year-round
farm positions. There are no statistics
on this, but l should say that at least
fifty of last years farmereties are now
doing farm work permanently.
Maud Mullers Successful
'The success of the girls in the hay
and wheat fields last year showed that
kDack rather than physical strength was
necessary for this work. The movement
is bound to be a success for two reasons
the lack of seasonal labor existed be-
fore the war and will exist after it and,
in the second place, the American peo-
pie realize that women are going down
physically because they have not had
enough outdoor life"
This year the farmerettes are paid
from 81 to $3 a day, and from this they
pay their housemother So to SO week.
Food is bought from central place,
wholesale. At the end of the season,
if.there is surplus in the housekeeping
funds, the housemother and the farmep-
cites will receive bonus.
Units have already been established
at Whitford Lodge, at Chesterbrook,
Dresher, Plymouth Meeting, Bridgeport,
West Grove and White Horse Farm.
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Ready Wltted

Hearing the truck peddler in the back
alley crying: Eating apples !" the
woman poked her head out of the win
dow and shouted sarcastically "Say,
have you got any drinking apples?''
mo, ma'am no CIDER" came the
reply, quick AZ shot ~ Boston Tran.
script. ~