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would stli give $500 gold for II.
show It TO the judge. Senior Torres.
and the rest Of the handful OF big
ones"
And Torres began 10 lie. He had
10 lie. because he could not confess
tho shame OF having had the gems
taken away from him BY the Solanos
and the Morgans when they threw
him out OF the hacienda. And so
convincinRly did he lie that even the
jefe was convinced. while the judge,
except In the matter OF brands OF
strong liquor. accepted everything
the jefc wanted him to believe. In
brief. shorn OF the multitude Of de
tails that Torres threw In. his tale
was that he was 80 certain OF the
jewelers. under appraisal that he had
dispatched the gems by special mes.
senger 10 his agent in Colon with
instructions to forward TO New York
to Tinany's for appraiscment that
might lead TO sale.
As they emerged from the court.
room and descended the several steps
that were flankcd by single adobe
pillars marred by bullet scars from
previous revolutions. the jefe was
saying:
And no, needing the aegis OF the
law for our adventure after these
gems. and, more than that. both of
us loving our good friend the Judge.
we will let him In for a modest share
of whatever we shall gain, He shall
represent us In San Antonio while
we are gone. and, II needs he, furnish
us with the laws protection"
Now It happened that behind one
OF the pillars. hat pulled over his
face, vi Peou half sat, half recllned.
Nor was he there by mere accident.
Long ago he had learned that secrets
of value, which always connected the
troubles OF humans, were markedly
prevalent around courtrooms. which
were the focal points for the airing of
such troubles when they became
acute. One could never tell.
At any moment secret might
leap out at one or briIn over to one.
Therefore IL was like n fisherman
casting his line into the sea for VI
Peon to watch the defendant and
the plaintiff, the witnesses for and
against and even the court hanger
on or casual seeming onlookcr.
So. on this morning, the one per.
son Of promise that vi Peon had
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'HELOTS' PEACE"
WAS ON ITS WAY

These assemblies and ali the talk
OF peace by understanding suited the
Entente very well. They disclosed
our mind. But. with n clear idea Of
national feeling. they allowed no so
cialist leaders to 20 TO the meetings
and declined TO be bound in any
way. They pursued quite different
aims.
In the summer OF 1917 the French
premier. Ribot. expressed his coun.
try's intention Of destroying Ger.
many 30 clearly that no misunder.
standing was possible without delib-
crate self-deception. No one with the
slightest sense OF reality could doubt
that for the Entente all the beautiful
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APPEAL SENT
TO THE KAISER

~ $3.50
However, hia view OF internal con.
dltions soon became more hopeful. as
we may SEQ from "A telegram TO the
emperor ON July 9Th.
In tho meanwhile. on June ~. the
field marshal had himself written TO
the emperor;
Our greatest anxiety nj this
moment. however. Il the decline
In the national spirit. II must be
revived. or we shall lose the war.
Even our allies need n powerful
tonic. otherwise there IL n danger
Of their deserving us. For this u
IL necessary 90 solve those eco
monte problems which are the
most difficult and arc Of the
greatest Importance for the
future. The question arises
whether the chancellor IL capable
Of solving these problcms-snd
they must be correctly solved. or
we arr lost
An outward indication OF the fail.
ing off OF our spiritual capacity for
war was afforded at the session Of
the main committee Of the relchEtag
on July G. Deputy ErxbcrFer made
speech which utterly surprised us.
In which he maintained that the sub
marine war was perfectly hopeless.
and that Il was quite Impossible
for Us 10 win the war at all.
on this the spirit OF the rcichstag
broke down completely. The i'm.
perial chancellor had apparently
been under a dclusion when he
changed his mind 20 suddenly on
July g Now IL was perfectly clear
how far We had sunk II things con.
tlnued Ia this way In Germany. II
nothing was done 90 encourage and
strengthen tho people. then. indeed
military defeat was inevitable.
The war minister agreed with ua
as To the bad effect OF the events
In Berlin on our military position
and considered IL necessary for the
field marshal 20 make a report 20
the emperor on the subject so the
field marshal and proceeded 90
Berlin on the evening Of the 9Th.
The emperor. however. regard
ed those events as an entirely
domestic affair. which had moth.
Ing TO do with tho military
authorities, and further eonsid
ercd that the latter should. con.
stituiionaliy. be represented by
the war minister. 80 our pres
~nec In Berlin on the eth pro.
dnecd no result In any direction
and We returned 10 krcuEnaeh
that evening.
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They were bound TO reduce our
strength still further. also consid'
cred an election to be an injustice
towards the soldier at the front.
who could, OF coarse, according TO
the ideas prevalent az that time, take
no part In H. was drawn into the
parry conflict by partisans and or
ponents Of the right 10 vote. altho
l never expressed my opinion on the
matter In public. often spoke OF
this 20 the ministers.
Personally. hoped a solution OF
the franchise difficulty might be
found In a professional qualification.
such as bismarck had had In mind.
This. perhaps might have Impaired
new vigor to our stAgnant and sterile
public life. AZ that time we had not
vet reached that stage Now We have
a new vague catchword; "Anchoring
tine workmcn's councils In the con
stitution." which again points TO
somc sort of representation by pro
fessions. az any rate, In tho first
chamber. IL Is inconceivable that
only one class should have eonstltu.
tlon2l rights and the rest be sent
empty away.
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DEGREES ADVERTISED
GERMAN WEAKNESS

During the war home politics
should have been dominated and al.
recfed by considera ton OF the effect
on the enemy. The greater the
prominence given TO questions OF In
ternal politics. the lower the warllks
artior Of the nation viii sink. Any
statesman should know that.
The DEGREES OF 7th of April and
11th July disclosed our weakness 90
the enemy and revealed our fear Of
revolution. The enemy must have
unid TO himself that there u no
smoke without fire. and n conflagrl
TIA b therefore possible. Revolution
win come. He must therefore have
concluded that he had only 10 hold
cut and fan the flame TO attain his
objcct--revoiution in Germany and
her ultimate destruction.
The effect OF the April decree at
home was very much what II was
abroad. The revolutionary elements
perceived the governments anxiety
and became more exacting. Their
reply was the strikes OF the second
half OF April. They were an Chico OF
the Russian revolution. and proved
how dreadful was the lack Of sym.
PATTY with The fighting men at the
front They also showed TO what
extent the mass OF the workers had
escaped from the control OF their
leaders.
The decree produced no soothing
effect. as the government had hoped.
II was too late for that. and the gov
eminent itself was too weak and too
Incapable Of producing anything new
from its own resources
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NAVY SHAKEN
~ AGITATION

The people were not much affected
by the Prussian franchise; only few
politicians and newspapers took a
lively interest In It, Unfortunately
II proved an instrument to widen
the split at home and intensity the
secret agitation. No one In the army
took any interest In the question.
The navy. which was nearer home
and not engaged In active operations,
= said to have been less apathetic.
The thought OF elections In time OF
war only filled me with anxiety.
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BY GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDORFF

deeply regretted the events which took place in Ger
many in the spring and summer of 1917 did all other
manifestations of weakness They bound to react I'M
favorahy conduct of the and therefore the
subsequent peace.
Looking back that our decline obviously began
with the outbreak of the revolution in Russia The govern
men was oppressed the hand by the fear that 1t
might spread to Germany, and the other by the now
edge of their inability to revive the resolution and war
like ardor of the people waning they thru the
combination of nnumerabe circumstances No doubt our
precarious military position and later the want of success
achieved in the submarine war; of which people had
unfortunately been too confident made more dleut TO
rouse our energy 1t obvious that it suffered from
these
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CALIFORNIA CITY IS
SHAKEN BY QUAkES

EUREKA. Cal, Sept ia snsns
earthquake shock yesterday morhh
was followed at noon by two smart
shocks with jerl<y up'and'dowh nv
tion. II was the most severe teiho'o'
here In months,
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MARSHAL WARNS
CiiiNCil.fOii

on June 10. 1911. Field Marshal
Won Hindcnburg wrote 20 him as fol
lows. 20 warn him against the View
that the war would be- over that
autumn az the latest:
These dangers tof submarine
warfarcl are undoubtedly recog.
nizod by clcar.thinking people
among our enemies. II In spite
OF this they advocate continue.
ton OF the war II II because they
expect the collapse of Germany
and her allies to take place be
fore their own.
10 may be that they hope 10
bring about this collapse by
victory on land. but they rely
far more on economic and 20
itical causes. such as food
difficulties. shortage Of raw ma
terlals. dlaunion. discomfort and
the supremacy Of the German
radical social democracy, They
base this expectation on the
waning OF our power of resist
ancr at home. the growth Of In
trrnational sentiments. tho state
OF our food supply. and the long
ing for peace 90 which We un.
fortunately give expression no
often.
A revival OF our internal
strength would be the most
potent means ~ psrsuading our
enemies ~ the futiity Of proiong'
Ing the war until their own
means Of existence are In danger
OF destruction. on the other
hand. every complaint OF diaap-
pointed hopes. every sign 81 OK
haustion and longing for peace
on our part. or that Of our al
lee. any talk % the alleged i'm.
possibility % standing another
winter campaign. can only have
the effect % proionEing the war
Tho wording Of the ehane~llor''
reply. dated June IS. revealed ex
traordlnary depression. His way Of
thinking differed from ours. IL
could find no way out Of the Hi,u
alton. and stu teas could he summon
up the energy to act. lie was afrait
OF that ~heiotA' peace" bu, taikcs
abou, a peace by understanding al
tho he considered Engiand's rcadl
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published ~ special arrangement with
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate Copy.
riEhtsi. 1918, ~ Harper and Brothers
AL rights reserved copyrighted in
Great nrtts,n ~ Hatehinson ard Com
parY and the fandns Times. IN Hpaia ~
Msssrs SETS ara nafisI. IN Italy hp
ffatrif Tfsses IN Canada ard Australia
al rtEhis reserved for France. HaiEiufa.
Holland. Russia. Aad the Scandinavian
eogntriosl
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CONTINUED From Yesterday
CHATTER XIV

CHAPTER XIV
Meanwhile. after the manner Of
cross purposes in New York. wherein
Regain craftlly proceeded with his ri
gantic raid on all Francis holdings
while Francis and Bascom vainly
ssrove TO ind his Identity. 20 In Paa.
ana were at work cross purposes
which involved Lconica and tho SO.
lanos. Torres and tho Jcfe, and. not
least In importance. one VI Peon. the
rotund and moonfaced Chinese.
The little old Judge. who was tho
jefs's creature. sat asleep in court In
San Antonio. He slept placidly for
two hours. occasionally nodding his
head and muttering profoundly. aitho
the case was n grave one. involving
20 years in San Juan wherein the
strongest could not survive 10 years
But there was no need for the Judge
TO consider evidence or argument.
Before tho case was called. decision
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In the nest instaIimcni Gen.
Ludendorn tells how Hindenburg
and himself. alarmed by the unrest
among the German people. forced
the downfall Of Chancellor won Beth.
mann. Hollweg and tried 10 restore
morale at home
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INFORMATION OVERHEARD

And WHY VI Peon had asked him.
self. inside remained only the three
chief men OF san Antonio-the jefe,
Torres and the Judge. What connec-
uon between them or any OF them,
and the drink-sodden creature that
shook as II freezing in the scorchlng
blaze OF the direct sun rays7 VI
Peon did not know. but did know
that IL was worth while waiting on a
chance. no matter how remote, Of
finding out. So. behind the pillar.
where no atom Of shade protected
him from the cooking sun which he
detested, he lolled on the steps with
al tho impersonatlon OF one placidly
infatuated with sun baths. The old
peon tottered a step. swayed as II
about to fall. yet managed To defect
Torres from his companions. who
paused TO wait for him on the pave
ment a dozen PAGES on restless and
hot.footed "a II they stood on grid,
tho deep In earnest converse ton.
And vi Peon missed no word nor ges.
ture, nor CLINT OF eye nor shifting
face line. of the dialogue that took
place between the grand Torres and
the wreck Of peon.
what now?" Torres demanded.
harshly.
Money! little money-for the
love OF God. senior, n little money!
the ancient peon whined.
You have had your moneyr'
Torres snarled. when | went away
] gave you double the amount TO last
you twice as long Not for two weeks
yet Is there n centavo due your
81 am In debt" was the old mans
whimper, the while all his flesh auiv.
cred and trembled from the nerve.
rovishment OF the drink so palpably
recently consumed
ION tho pulquo slate at Peter and
Pauls,' Torres. with u sneer, dag.
nosed unerringly.
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KAISER REBUFFED Won LUDEND0RFF

catch words were mere window
dressing. intended 20 deceive the mul'
titudc. and TO give might the appear
anco OF right
The government, the rcienHtag ana
most OF the people took Il all for COS
pei. In the roichstag. for the first
time In the war. socialist representa-
tives openly threatened revolution.
The "helots' peace" tof which tho Inn
pcrial chancellor spoke TO q. III. ..
about this umel. which would come II
we gave In before the enemy felt
any inclination 10 peace. was ON Its
way.
The high command observed the
great spiritual decline with increas
ing anxiety. and In view Of tho I'M
compromising attitude OF the enemy
governments felt bound 10 draw at
tenton to the harm that was being
done TO the people and tho army.
especially in Berlin More than
once the held marshal reported TO
his majesty how greatly q. II. .
missed the support OF the imperial
chancellor We had urged the latter
TAR more frequently 10 strengthen
the war spirit OF tho nation.
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ION the pulque slate at Peter and
Paul's," was the frank acknowledg.
ment. And the slate is full. No
more pulque can get credit for. l
am wrecked and suffer a thousand
torments without my pulque."
You are a pig creature without
reasonr'
A strange dignity. rs OF wisdom
beyond wisdom. seemed suddenly TO
animate the old wreck as he straight.
cned up. for the nonce ceased from
trembling and gravely said:
81 am old There is no vigor left
in the veins or the heart OF me. The
desires OF my youth are gone. Not
even may labor with this broken
body OF mine. tho well know that
labor is an easement and a forget
ting. Not even may l labor and
forget Food is n distaste in my
mouth and n pain in my belly.
Women-they are n pest that is n
veNation TO remember ever having
desired. Children buried my last
dozen years gone. Religion-it
AtAkiANtUN me lftuND-l steep WIFI
the terror OF Il. Pulaue-ah. dear
Godl the one tickle and taste OF liv-
ing left 10 me!
What II drink over much9 1t
Is because I have much 10 forget
and have but little space yet to
linEer In the sun ere the Darkness,
for my old eyes, blots out the sun
foreverl'
Impervious to the OLE mans phi.
losophy. Torres made an impatient
threat OF movement that he was go
ing.
NOT A CENTANO
"A few pesos. just a handful of
pesosr' the old peon pleaded.
mot a centavor' Torres said with
nnality.
Every WELL" said the old one with
equal finality.
"What do you meanf" Torres
rasped with swift decision.
'Iiave you forgotten?' was the re-
tort. with such emphasis of signifl
canoe as 10 make VI Peon wonder
for what reason Torres gave the poon
what seemed n pension or an allow
ance.
II pay you, according TO agree
ment. TO forget it." said Torres.
IL shall never forget that my old
! eyes saw you stab the Senior Al
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Let's go buy Boldt's French
try. Uptown. il1i Sd Ave-: ee~E
town, 9l3 I'd Ave.
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ness for peace 10 bo the necessary
condition precedent. and dcspaired Of
getting Lloyd George 10 agree 10 IT,
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But after all. owing TO the collapse
OF Russia. our position IN the sum
mer OF 1917 was better than that OF
the entente. We were justified In
being hopeful HUT there were other
reasons for our spiritual decline The
government lacked the resolution to
deal energetically with abuses And
behind Il there was the reichstag.
with no united viii in part sincerely
anxious about our future. In part
merely striving for power from self
ish reasons.
On April there was published n
decree by his majesty on the fran
chisc. I only heard Of II after pub
lIcation. Neither the emperor nor
the imperial chancellor. Won Beth.
mann. ever spoke 60 me about In
ternal affairs. Nor was Il my bust
ness to originate discussions on these
subjects as internal politics had
nothing TO do with me.
Tho connection between the fran.
chise decree and the Russian revolu.
ton was too obvious. That was what
made II so iiladviscd. II n change
in the franchise was necessary--as Il
doubtless vast should have been
made before the war. NJ the latest In
August. 1914, with a grand geste. as
the free gift Of a strong government.
Worst Of all. the government now
made the crown the center of po-
liticai discussion. instead Of keeping
q clear OF party strife. Besides.
apart from a small section this step
pleased only the enemy. who prob
ably grasped the reason for II with
gusto. At every step the govern
ment should have considered It's prob
able effect on the enemy. as well as
~ hoS-,e
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picked out was ragged old peon
who looked as II he had been drink
ing too much and yet would perish
in his condition OF reaction IL he did
not get another drink very immedi.
ately. Blearyeyed he was. and red.
lidded. with desperate resolve painted
on all his haggard. withered Inca.
monts. When the courtroom had
emptied. he had taken up his stand
outside on the steps close to a pillar.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-03-07

Miss Hazel Marie Maahs, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maahs, and
Earl Ginder Bremen, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. J. Bremen. were quietly mar
ried Wednesday evening at the home
of the brides parents, the impressive
ring service of the Episcopal church
being performed by the Rev. r.
Franklin Hart. Only relatives and a
few close friends attended the we'd
ding. The Naahs home was prettily
decorated in pink carnations, daffo-
dis and greens, a screen of spring
flowers intertwined as greens erected
in the living room, serving as back
ground. Miss Georgia Springer was
bridesmaid and the groom was attend
ed by Delta Smyth. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bremen left Immediately on honey
moon trip by auto. They will be at
home at 1927 Franklin street after
March Is.
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HAROLD n. STRONG.

An operation for appendicitis, per-
formed at Ell Centre, Calf, Sunday,
resulted in the death there Monday
of Harold N. Strong of Portland, who
was wellknown to Olympians and
whose wife was formerly Miss Hilda
McElroy, daughter of Mr.. ad Mrs. H.
B. McElroy of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Strong went to California three weeks
ago, leaving their 10-months-old son
here with his grandparents, for the
benefit of Mrs. Strong's health, and he
was taken i'll suddenly. Mrs. Strong
arrived in Olympia with the body
Friday, and private funeral services
were conducted at the home of her
parents, Seventh and Washington
streets, in the afternoon. Mr.. Strong
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j. w. BATCHELLER.

Thurston county pioneers are urged
by the officers Of their society to at
tend the funeral at the Jesse T. Mills
chapel at 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon
of John Wesley Batcheller, one of the
Oldest pioneers of the Northwest, who
died at his home on the Boulevard
road Thursday morning. He was 8S
years old, and came to the Northwest
in the early ffties, locating first on
French prairie, near Salem, Ore. He
removed to Olympia about 1880 and
was we'll known here. He is survived
by three sons, two of whom live here
and one in Oregon. His wife died 2(
years ago, and daughter died few
years ago.
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would or anticipated when the bond

would or anticipated when the bond
plan was originally drafted.
The commissioners assert and say
they will adopt resolution next Mon
day to the effect that the change in
program will make no change in the
taxes, but that the road levies will
continue as planned when the bonding
program was adopted.
They say they will be able to do
this under law just passed by the
legislature, authorizing counties to
pay bond interest and principal out
of the general road and bridge and
the permanent highway funds COM
bined, instead Of out of the former
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and he pronounced the case unmis-
takably infantile paralysis.
AS no one seemed to be willing to
go to the trouble to look into the
cause of the trouble in the family,
Miss Moody finally appealed to the
government health department and
they took it up and will go to the bot
tom of the malady that has afflicted
this family
The young man now i'll is "a years
old and DR.. Browns diagnosis has
suggested that the unknown and un.
usual deaths of the other three mem
bers of the family may have been
caused by the same disease as one
from which he is suffering.
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was highly popular in business and
social circles of Portland and for sew
eral years had been manager of one
of the large plants of Balfour, Guthrie
& Co. there. He is survived by his
parents, several brothers and sisters.
his widow, and infant son, Harry Nc
Elroy Strong.
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alone. The commissioners say they
will pledge themselves not to sell the
bonds in amounts exceeding the
moneys available for the payment Of
interest and redemption of the prin-
cipal under the instalment payment
plan, leaving enough in the funds to
meet other demands.
Plans for the new West Fourth
street bridge are to be submitted to
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the commissioners next Monday by
various contractors, and 1t is expect
ed that within two weeks bids for its
construction will be called for. 1t
will be of viaduct design, passing over
the railroad tracks on the west side
of the river at considerable eleva-
ton and striking the hill at a point
that will reduce the steepness of the
grade.