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LADY AsToR's ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Lady Astor-"Miss Nancy from
Virginia made a pictur-
esque campaign for the seat In the
house OF commons vacated by her hus-
band. the new viscount Astor. son
Of the late yiscount Aston Of Hever
Castle. formerly william Waldorf As
tor Of New York city. This American
wife Of an Engllshman Of title who
owns many millions Of dollars worth
Of New York real estate, developed a
qulckness Of repartee which carried
her triumphsntly through most Of the
heckling ut her meetings. Here are
some of her sayings:
ut took the spirit OF Drake and
the faith Of the Pilgrim Fathers to
get me here tonight"
In a packed schoolhouse a wom-
an cried out: II want to ask Lady
Aston why We are all packed into a
room like this?" Quick as flash
came the retort: Because men ar
ranged IT." After making a slight
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groves here and there stepping down
in their fantastic way Into the water.
And yet We were but hundred yards
from the shore. Certainly BLACK
heard'-if the haunt had really been
hls-had known his business; for an
enemy could have sought him all day
along this coast and found no clue
to his hiding place.
But presently, as my eyes kept
on seeking. figure rose, tall and
blaek, near the waters edge, a little
to our left and shot up long arm
By way of signal. 1t was Samson; and
evidently the mouth Of the creek was
right there In front of us-under our
very noses. so to say.-and yet It was
Impossible to make II out. However.
at this signal, stirred up the still
sleeping crew. and presently we he'd
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CHAPTER v.
Old Friends.


Next morning | did MS the king"
lad told me to do. The whole pro-
gram was carried out Just as he had
planned II. | made NY goodbys In
The settlement. rs we he'd arranged,
tot forgetting TO say "Dlen ct mon
troit" to Sweeney. and watching with
some humorous intent how he would
lake 1t. He took II quietly. as a man
N a signal box takes a signal. with
nbout as much emotion and with just
the same necessary seriousness.
Tell the boss" he saId-of course
he meant the "kiug"-'that we are
looking after him. Nothing1l slip
through here, II we can help 1t. Good
luckl"
30 ! went down to the boat-to old
Tom once more, aud the rest of our
little crew, who had long since tx.
hausted The attractions of their life
ashore and were glad, as | was, to
Hist Up the John Il. Sail"
Down In my cabin looked over
some mail that had been waiting for
ne ut the post office. Amongst II was
crisp, characteristic word from
charlie Webster-for whom the gun
"ili ever be mightler than the pen
Tobias escnped-Just heard he is
an your lsland-wateh out. VIII fol.
low In day or two"
| came out on deck about sunset.
We were running along with all our
sails drawing like a dream. looked
back at the captain, proud and quiet
aud happy there at the helm, and nod
led smile to him, which he returned
with a flash Of his teeth. He loved
his boat; he asked nothing better
than to watch her behaving Just as
she was doing. And the other boys
seemed quiet and happy too, lying
along the sides Of the house, ready
Tor the captains order, but meanwhile
content to look up at the great sails
mud down again at the sea.
We were ship and ships crew
M at peace with one another. and
contented with ourselyes-rushlng and
singing and spraying through the wa
TER. We were all friends-sea aud sails
aud crew together. l couldn't help
thinking that mutlny would be lard
10 arrange under such combination
II influences.
Tom was sitting forward plating a
cope. For oil our experiences to-
xetbe. be never implied that he was
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CHAPTER lv-contlnued.

p
I'VE needn't go any farther said
the king" TITS the same all the
way along to the mouth-all over.
grown as you see. all the way. right
out to the white water as they call
it-whlch Is four miles Of shoal sand
that Ii seldom deeper than two faith
oms, and which a nor'easter Is liable to
blow dry for a week on end. Naturally
it's hard place to find. and a hard
place to get or land only two or
three persons besides Sweeney-all Of
them our friends-know the way In.
Tobias may know Of II; hut to know
It Ii one thing. to find II Is another
matter. l could hardly be sure of II
myself-if l were standing In from
the sen. with nothing but the long
palmetto-fringed coast line to 60 by.
Nov you see III brought you
here, because words"
Even yours. dear king" laughed.
~-conld not explain what suggest
for US 10 do. You are interested In
Tobias. Tobias Is interested In you.
! am interested In you both. And ca
lypso and Lave treasure TO guard"
4 have still treasure to seek"
said. half to myself.
"Eow. to be practical. We can as
sumo that TOBIAS Is on the watch.
don't mean that he's around here just
oow. Cor before We left I spoke to
Samson and Erebus and they will pass
he word to four men blacker than
themselves; therefore we can assume
That this a0isre mile or 80 IL for the
moment ~ ourselves But beyond
pur fence yon may rely that Tobias
and bis rhyrmldons-is that the wordi p
he asked with concession to his nat.
ural f.dlishnnss-"are there.
81 he wrnt on. II want you to 20
down h your boa. tomorrow morn
lng to say goodby to the commandment,
the parson and the postmaster; to haul
40 your sail and head for Nassau. Call
In on Sweeney on the way. buy an
extra box Of cartridges. and say 'DIeu
u mon Droit'-lt Is our password; he
viii understand. but. II he shouldn't.
explain In your own way that you
come from me. and that we rely upon
him to look out for our interest. Then
head straight for Nassau; but, about
eight o'clock. or anywhere around
twilight, turn about and head-well,
ven map It out on the chart at
home-anywhere up to eight miles
'iong the coast TIL you come to light
NV down right on the edge of the
Fater AZ soon ms you see II drop
anchor; then walt I'LL mornIng-the
very beginning Of dawn. As soon as
iou can see land look out for Sam.
.on-within hundred yards OF YOU
al the land viii look alike to you.
only make the captain head straight
FOR Samson, and Just as You think
you are going to run ashore Well,
you viii see!'
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anything more than the ships cook.
with the privilege Of waiting upon me
In the cabin at my meals. But Of
course he knew that I had quite an
other valuation Of him. and as our
eyes met l beckoned to him to draw
closer to me.
'.Tom." / said, II have found my
treasure"
"You don't say 30. sar."
quite true, Tom" / Continued /;
you shall see my treasure tomorrow !:
meanwhile read this note" Tom was
SO much to me that wanted him to
know all about the details of the en-.
terprise we shared together. and In
which he risked his life no less than
l risked mine.
Tom took out his spectacles from
some recess Of his trousers and ap-
piled himself. TO Charlie Webster's
note. as though 1t had been the Bible.
He read II as slowly. indeed. as II II
had been Sanscrit. and then folded II
and handed 1t back to me without a
word. But there was quite a young
smile In his old eyes.
"The wonderful works OF Cod"
he said presently. Il guess, sar, we
shall soon be able TO ask him what he
meant BY that expression
Soon the long. dark shore doomed
ahead OF US l had reckoned 1t out
about right. But the captain an
nounced that We were In shoal water.
"How many feet7" asked. and a
boy threw out the lead.
sixteen and half" he said.
go ahead" l called out.
"Do you want to 60 ngroundl" asked
the captain.
For answer pushed him aside and
took the wheel. | had caught the
smallest gllmmer. like a night light.
floating on the water.
drop the anchor" I called.
The light inshore was clear and
near at hand, about one hundred yards
away, and there was the big murmur
and commotion OF the long breakers
over the dancing shoals. The tide was
running out very fast, and the white
sand coming ever nearer to our eyes
In the moonlight; and Samson's Hight.
there. was keeping white and steady.
With the thought Of my treasure and
the king" so near by 1t was hard
to resist the temptation to plunge In
and follow my heart ashore. But
managed to control the boyEsh i'm.
pulse. and presently We were all snug
and some OF us snoring below decks.
rocked In the long swclls of the shoal
water that CLEANED milky like an
animated moonstone under the stars
old Sailor curled up at my feet, Just
like old times.
woke just us dawn was waking
too, very still and MINDLESS; for the
threatening Worcester had changed its
mind, and the world was as quiet as
though there weren't human being
In 1t. As the light grew scanned the
shore to see whether | could detect
the entrance OF the hidden creek but,
though ! swept 1t up and down again
and again. 1t continued to justify the
kings" boast There was no sign
of an opening anywhere. Nothing but
a straight line Of brush, with man.
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mind where 1t II. 1t Is perfectly safe.
l assure you"
But are you sure. my deari
Wouldn't II be safer. after all. here In
the house? How can you be certain
that no one but yourself will acciden-
tally discover itY'
Il am absolutely certain that no
one WILL" she answered, with an en-
phasis on the last three words which
sent thrill through me. for knew
that It was meant for me. "Of course.
dad" she added. III you insist-you
shall have It But seriously l think
II Is safer where 1t Is, and IL | were
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GORGAs ERADICATES YELLOW FEVER

America, which gave the world
new and terrible plague. has wiped =.
out, according to word received frosl|y
Maj. Gen. William G. Gorgas. yellow
fever was unknown to the rest of the
world before Columbus discovered
America. Soon 1t was creating havoc
In Europe and Asia. {
The final determination of this
plague was one Of the tasks under.
taken by the Rockefeller foundation.
A commission, headed by General Cor.
gas. had just succeeded in driving 1t
back into the two or three places in
South America where 1t was endemic.
and was preparing to move on the
outer works and extermlnate the last
remaining vestige of the disease when
the great war broke out and the ex-
perts were called to more pressing
campaign. Sentries were left on
guard, however, and as soon as Doctor
Gorgas was relieved from military
service he took up again the fight on
ports that the fight Is Won. Tho Loot
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"yes$ttSeS Nta6StU SeNCt
to fetch It. how can be sure that no
one"-she paused. with meaning
which l, OF course, understood
bias. for instance would see me 90.
ing-and follow me-"
ITO be sure-to be sure" said the
king" "What do you think. Friend
Ulysses?"
Il think II more than likely that
she might be followed" l answered,
'and l quite agree with Miss Calypso.
I certainly wouldn't advise her to visit
her treasure just how--with the woods
probably full of eyes. In fact"
added, smiling frankly at her, Il
could scarcely answer for myself even
for l confess that she has filed me
with an overpowering curiosity"
$50 be It then" said the "king;"
"and now to consider what our friend
here graphically speaks Of as those
eyes In de woods"
The king" then made determined
descent into the practical. The woods,
most probably. were full of eyes. In
plain prose, we were almost certainly
being watched. Unless-unless, In
deed, my bogus departure for Nassau
had fooled Tobias as we had hoped.
But even SO. with that lure Of ca.
lypso's donbloon ever before him, II
was too probable that he would not
leave the nelgbborhood without some
further inyestigation-"an investiga.
ton" the liking" explained. (which
might well take the form Of mid
night raid; murdered in our beds, and
SO forth"
That being so, being in fact almost
certainty-the king" spoke as
though he would he a much disap-
pointed man otherwise-we must look
to our garrison. After all, besides our.
selves, We had but Samson and Ere
bus and their dark brethren Of doubt.
full courage, while Tobias probably
had command of round dozen Of
doughty desperadoes. On the whole.
perhaps, 1t might be best to avafl
ourselves Of the crew Of the Flamin-
go-"under cover OF the dark" he re.
peated with smile.
While We had been talking Samson
had long since been ON his way with
the word to Sweeney to look out for
Webster, and as he had been admon.
ished to hurry back 1t was scarcely
noon when he returned. bringing 10
exchange a verbal message from
Sweeney.
"The pockmarked party" ran the
message as delivered by Samson, "had
left the harbor In his sloop that morn.
ing. Yes. sar!"
"Ha! hal" laughed he "klns." turn.
Ing to me. $50 two can play at that
game, says Henry P. Tobias. Jr. But
II we haven't fooled him let's make
sure that he hasn't fooled us. Wen
bring up your crew all the same-what
do you Think"
Under cover Of the dark" as.
sented.
The kings" instructions to me were
that l was not to show my nose out.
side the house. ! must regard myself
as a prisoner with the entire freedom
of his study-a large. airy room on
the second floor. well furnished with
all manner Of books. old prints.
strange fishes In glass cases. rods.
guns, pipe racks, clriosfties Of every
kind from various parts of the world
CTo B1 coNTINUED.)
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did finch In
fell whole
full looking
looking with
twitcl Not a did
more pec
testh the
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quickly recifd said at Eve who admitted
II make mistake we Will
say
him leave him alone were the
God rule the world and found
Dutch vagea would be punishment enough for me-
said had face thought had lost that
anything heard
long time"
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yellow won The last
plague spot Guayaq Ecuador orga
the last trace Of the
eradcad bringing about the definite of the yellow
first of the great diseases suffer extpon
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
Smoking Stock In
Memphis Dwindling
Through Burglaries

Another hur"l in which more
than 500 worth Of cigarets, cigars,
smoking and chewing tobacco vas stol-
en- during the night was reported to
the police by the r., V, Sheely drug
store. Vance avenue and Lauderdale
street. Friday. This makes the fourth
similar robbery In Memphis within the
past AZ hours.
As In the previous robberles, the
thieves paid little or no attention TO
tho open stocks carried In the show
cases but devoted their efforts to haul
ing away complete cartons Of cigarets
and unopened boxes of cigars and gum.
Entrance to the Sheely store was ef-
fected by forcing open the front door.
Other reports which have reached the
police within the past ~ hours. indi-
cate, officials say. that the same gang
Ia perpetrating the thefts Resale OF
the goods Ia their object, police be-
lieVe. because of the fact that nothing
but standard brands are taken aud
Thefts reported to the police Thurs
day we're; A. H. Coward 1927 poplar
avenue, 100 boxes cigars. 60 cartons
ccarets and 30 boxes Of gum: A. Guidl
257 South Main street. + 400 cicarets.
500 cigars. several pounds OF chewing
and smoking tobacco and $40 cash, and
l.. Compossi II South Second street,
where several thousand cigarets and
cigars we're stolen.
The thieves undoubtedly have CON
nection with some fence for the sale
OF the goods. And that Is not dif-
ficut task, as fences, especially In auto
mobile accessories, are common in
Memphis now.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
A. L. PARKER WILL
BE C. OF C. DIRECTOR

A. L. Parker, of the Rotary club
probably will be elected director OF
the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting
of the board Friday afternoon.
The Rotary club recently voted to
affiliate with the chamber as an allied
organization. 1t will be necessary tc
make a change in the bylaws In order
that Mr.. Parker may serve on the
board. The Lumbermen's club for a
number of years has been affiliated
with the chamber in some way. A
number of similar commercial bodies
may become affiliated with the cham.
ber soon.
Members of the bureau of farm de.
velopment met Friday afternoon in the
bureaus new quarters on the fourth
floor of the Chamber of Commerce
building, Monthly reports were hearc
and an informal discussion of the bu.
reau's work for the remainder of the
season held.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
GET DOWN TO REAL
CRUX OF FORD SUIT

MOUNT CLEMENS, July 1s-The
heart of Henry Ford's libel suit against
the Chicago Daily Tribune was reached
today when Attorney Elliott G. Steven
son, representing the Tribune, began to
question Mr.. Ford regarding the al
legged libelous editorial headed Ford Is
an Anarchist" published in the Tribune
June %, 1916
Attorneys Alfred Lucking and Alfred
Murphy peppered the examination with
objections on behalf of the plaintiff,
and Mr. Lucking characterized the eX-
animation in the course of which Mr..
Stevenson attempted again to get the
witness to admit that he was IAN ig-
norant idealist.' as brutal, and particu
larly distressing to so modest man as
Mr.. Ford.
Court was in session nearly two hours
before Mr.. Ford was recalled, the time
being consumed in the reading of por.
tions of the transcript of the examina-
tion of Gen. Erasmus Weaver before
the military affairs committee of con-
gress In 1916, and with other matter
collateral to the case.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18

members OF the American embassy
staff, Mai Gen. John Biddle and hts
staff, Rear Admiral Knapp and other
American naval officers, together with
MAJ. c. II Scott and Brig Gen. u. NJ,
Maitland. OF the trans Atlantic dlrigi-
Bile R-St
The sword of honor is gold mounted
and Is a handsome reproduction Of the
American army pattern. The hilt has
the figure Britannia on one side and
Liberty on the other. On the upper
band is displayed the arms OF the
United States on one side and the arms
of the city OF London on the other. In
the enamel below the American coat
of-arms Is Gen. Pershings monogram
In diamonds and ruhies with the Amert-
can flag and the Union Jack. on the
reverse side enameled ribbons display
the names OF the battles In which the
American, troops participated and OF
Gen. PcrSntnEs campaigns.
The decoration Of a knight grand
cross Of the Order of the Bath, with
which Gen. pershing has been pre-
scented, appears on the lower band The
rose, shamrock and thistle. symbolical
Of the United Kingdom, figure in tho
decorations, The scabbard Is Of leather,
The hilt and bands are Of is karat
gold
The inscription on the blade reads:
Presented by the Corporation Of the
City OF London to Gen. John J. PERISH
ing G. {. r., Commander in Chief Of
the American Expedittonary Forces, In
Testimony OF It's High Appreciation Of
the valuable Services Rendered by Him
and the Troops Under HIS Command in
the Cause of Freedom In the Great War
Just Concluded"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
HUNS TRY TO KILL i. s. GENERAL
London Gives Sword
Of Honor to PerShing

LONDON, July lS-London honored
Gen. Pershing today, presenting him
the freedom of the city and sword Of
honor IN the presence Of distinguished
company of Britpns and Americans
gathered within the historic Guild hall
John W, Davis, American ambassador;
the embassy staff Rear Admiral Harry
:. Knapp and his staff. members Of the
British government and a number Of
British generals were participants,
Gen. Pershing was applauded by the
crowds that had gathered when he
made his entry into the city, where the
Guilds and the aldermen In their GUS
tomary welcoming robes lent n pic
turesque aspect to the scene. The gem
eral found a company Of the grenadier
guards, with its band drawn up In the
yard. He inspected the guards and
then entered the hall and was con-
Quoted to the dais, where he was
greeted by the lord mayor and lady
mayoress.
After the ceremony the lord mayor
enteEtained the company at a luncheon
at the mansion house Gen. Pershing
sat at the right Of his host, with Mrs.
Davis, wife OF the ambassador, at the
left. Others present included Ambas-
sador Davis, Winston Spencer Churchill,
the war secretary. the earl of Reading,
lord chief justice, Lord Lee, Field Mar
shal Sir Douglas HaiE and Lady Haig
the earl OF Cavan, Walter Hume Long,
first lord of the admiralty; Niscount
Bryce, the members Of Gen Pershing' 8
staff and the commanding officers Of
the American units which will take part
In the victory celebration.
Also attending the luncheon were the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
MILLER THREATENS
FURTHER PRUNING
Finance Commissioner Says
He Intends to Gut Office
Force to Limit.

i am going to reduce the force in
every branch of my department to a
reasonable and sane limit | am going
70 see that every man working IN my
department earns his salary from the
city the same an he would be required
70 90 were he working for corpora
tiom or a private individual" c. w.
Friday. -
II consider that the puhlics interest
should be conserved and can not see
why relatives and friends should be
needed
"One hundred per cent service is
what shall demand"
g 7. Walker, clerk in the city clerk =
office and father in-law OF Commission
er Mason. win be let out by Commits.
missioner Miller Saturday, according to
Mr. Miller Others will go, too, he
says.
Mr.. Miller pointed out that there are
eight persons working in the city clerk y
office, whereas formerly, when the
work was much heavier, only four per-
sons did the work. Two men working
In that department reside outside OF
the city. he said, They are j. Marvin
Thompson, who resides at Germantown,
and Clyde link, discharged recently.
who resides beyond the city limits. c.
T. Walker, father-in-law of Commits
soner Mason, recently was imported
from Little Rock, Mr. Miller declared
They say ! have no control over the
city clerks office; that 1t is under the
supervision OF the mayor" MIR. Miller
said, Then II Mason as commissioner
OF finance. had right to hire him, |,
as comuissioner of finance, have the
same right to fire him"
Those working IN the department are
G. G.. pnRhhV. citV clerk. Henry Raw
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
SAYS CAR CRISIS MAY
SPREAD ELSEWHERE

WASHINGTON, July 1S.--The crisis
in the electric railway industry is ca
pable of having a widespread and dis
astrous effect on every business, Fran
els n. Sisson, vice president of the
Guaranty Trust company, of New York.
today told the federal electric railways
commission.
I'm facing this situation" Mr. Sis
son said, public authorities should not
forget that they are holding in their
hands the credit of their cities, savings
banks, life insurance companies, other
investment institutions and large por-
tion of the invested wealth of the
country"
Mr.. Sisson said the average purchas.
ing power of the dollar had decreased
about so per cent since 1914, but that
the street railway companies in most
instances had continued operation M
der the fixed rule of cents. A long
period of tight money" was predicted
because Of the great draft which the
rehabilitation of Europe will make upon
the worlds capital
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-18
ITALIAN REQUEST FOR
CHINESE GRANT REFUSED

PARIS, July ls tBy the Associated
Press. The mteralied council has re-
fused ltaly's request that Austrian con-
cessions at Tien-Tsin, China, be trans
ferred to her
The committee Of chamber Of deputies
which s considering the treaty Of
peace yesterday took UP Y report on
German colonies. This report says that
the return Of Togoland and the Kame-
run TO France only revives the prior
rights OF France from political View
point. II adds, however. that "a re-
cent accord between France and Great
Britain fixes the limitations and rights
of each In those colonies"
Premier Clemenceau in appearing be-
fore the committee, declared that the
security OF France was guaranteed ny
the treaty Of peace and :he treaties be-
tween France and the United states
and France and Great Bitain. NJ Glenn
enceau reviewed the proceedings In THE
peace conference regarding the left
bank of the Rhine, fllng with the
committee series Of documents on the
subject. lie recalled that In the opinion
Of Marshal Foch the bridgeheads Of
the Rhine should be established and oc-
cupied permanently. and said that ne
had been Obliged to choose between the
protection which France alone would
have been obliged to assure and the
protection afforded by the American
and British treaties.