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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
PICK YOUR BLOCK
FOR RED CROSSA|D
Workers Can Select Favored
Territory in Campaign for
100000 Members,

Every person DESTROYS of Offering
MS or her services as a membershj 0
canvasser in the Forthcoming Red
cross thanksgiving victory roll cali.
ana VINO has q preference for a GER
tain block as working territory.
should lose no time in sending in his
or her name to roll call Headquarters.
just established at 1919 H street. ac-
cording to Edward B. Eynon, jr.. who
presides thereover as office manager
Ihose expressing a desire to cover a
certain territory will be given it
where possible. it is announced. Ad-
dresses and telephone numbers should
accompany the names.
Seek to Enroll 1000 Workers.
Meetings will be held throughout
the present week to enroll the 2. 900
workers who are absolutely essential
TO the success Of the drive, which
begins November 2. and ends Novem-
Der IL. The goal which the local or
ganization is striving to attain is
100000 members, either new or re-
newed, according to Thomas Bell
Sweeney. chairman of the campaign.
Tomorrow morning at 1880 o'clock
Chairman Sweeney will preside at
meeting of team captains at 1920 Con-
Saturday morning, at the same place.
Miss Margery Lower will preside over
a conference of volunteer workers of
the uniformed corps.
The chief clerks Of the government
departms nts met last night at the Of
nee Of Charles e. Stewart. chief clerk
OF the Department of Justice, and
mapped out plans for thoroughly can
wasting their offices to secure mem
bers during the coming week.
Sunday Meeting at Liberty Hut.
Next Sunday. tho opening day of
the campaign, there will be q special
o'clock for the volunteer workers
only. To insure that q worker NAV
receive proper credentials in time for
thsi gathering is still another reason
for early volunteering. The Marine
Band will play and there will be a
number of speakers and singers.
whose names will be announced in
the near future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
Room Made Attractive.

The room in which the exhibition
will be staged has been attractively
decorated with fresh flowers, the
gifts of Washingtonians interested in
the work of Trinity House. The ia
bles in the center Of the room are
laden with the fancy baskets. glasses
and Jars Of apple jelly. ounce. honey
and preserved pears and other fruits.
Around the walls are hung the rugs
which were woven by the soldiers on
improvfsed looms at the hospital
workshop. In one corner there Is a
quantity of hand-embrofdered cloth.
the work of some Of the woman pa
tients at the hospital. and on a table
in separate part Of the room is an
exhibition of candy cookery to make
any manufacturer jealous of the prod
uct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
TRINITY
COMMUNITY DRIVE
EvangeIine Booth Of Saliva
ton Army Praises Ameri-
canization Work.

A ringing message Of Endorsement
for Trinity community drive was re-
ceived here today from Evangenne
Booth, commander in chief of the sal
walton Army forces in America. ana
read at the team captains luncheon at
tho New Willard.
Miss Booth, in her telegram to no
land Robins, chairman Of the execu-
tive committee, declared that Trinity
community was doing Americanlzatioh
work OF the finest character. and pre-
dicted success.
Canvass Begins Today.
The canvass of tho city to raise a
permanent endowment fund OF $5O,oOo
started in earnest today. Every com
mittee member and every team cup
tain, with fifty general workers. met
at the regular luncheon meeting a.
the New Willard. Rev. DR.. Charles
Wood and NJ. D. Rosenberg were tne
speakers. indorsing the Trinity move
ment.
1t was announced by the women IN
charge that the Halloween ball;
Thursday night, at the willard. would
be featured by the stars from keith
Theater. 1t was also announced tnat
at the special performance OF sol
diers of Fortune" given for TRINITY
Community tomorrow afternoon at
S o'clock at the Garden Theater Ar
thur Pryor would present new
march for the first time. The marcn
is named for the play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
FOR NATIONAL SING ON
ARMISTICE anniversary
Council Of Women Plans It Shall
Be Held at Same Time Through
out Country.

Call for q great national memorial
sing, to be held at II o'clock am. and at
approximately the se--ie hour In every
community in the entire country. No.
vember II. the first anniversary Of the
signing Of the armistice and the cessa-
ton Of hostilities In the world war. has
been issued by the National Council of
Women of the United States, of which
Mrs. Phillip North Moore is president.
Assistance and cooperation Of the
National Federation Of Music Clubs. the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs,
the Community Music League and civic
and war associations generally has been
pledged to make the memorial sing q
national event.
Songs suggested for the nation wide
sing have been divided into five groups
as follows:
National songs-''The Star Spangled
Banner" Battle Hymn Of the Repub-
Hc." "Our America"
Songs Of thanksgiving-"Ring Out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
Canvass Begins Today.
Committee Announcement.

The committee announces to the
public that contributions will be re-
ceived At the campaign headquarters:
1401 r street, and that checks should
be made payable to Roy Neuhauser.
A unique display will be seen this
afternoon, when the work Of wounded
soldiers and sailors at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital 10 put on exhibition at the
Trinity Community House, I'D and c
streets northwest. The sale-for the
articles. ranging from fancy bead
work to chocolate candy. will be
sold-begins at $3.50 o'clock pm: and
lasts unfit 1880 o'clock. The funds
resulting from the sale will be add
ed to those collected in the drive
which begins today to raise $4,000
for the permanent establishment in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
Origin of Vocational Education.

The classes in vocational education
for the soldiers were originally start
ed at st. Elizabeth's under the tute-
lage of woman volunteer workers,
among whom are included Mrs. Maui
rice Otterback. Mrs. William j. Hen
bricks. Mrs. Viola Rudy. Mrs. David
R. Covell. Mrs. l.. w. Covell and Mrs.
]. Ross Facer. Aas the work progressed
the hospital and government workers
gradually took the classes over. and
today the regular teachers in voca-
tional education have the men in
charge.
The work on exhibition today is
peculiarly interesting when 1t will be
remembered that many OF the arti-
fcers have only partial, control of
their minds and bodies. Some Of them
are suffering from nervous break
down, others are partially .paralyzed,
all of them are undeveloped. Yet the
articles they have produced will COM
pare favorably with the best made by
commercial concerns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
Washington Of a Trinity Community
Variety Of Articles on Sale.

There are necklaces and bracelets
Of fancy beadwork. wickerwork bas-
kets. fancy embroidery. rugs, candy.
Of the articles to be sold were made
by the patients at the Government
Hospital for the Insane. So far as
known, this is the first time In WASH
ington that the practical results of
classes in vocational education have
been shown. and those who view 1t
this afternoon will agree that the re-
suits justify everything ever said In
behalf of vocational education.
The soldfers-some of them the art
lists who made the delicate pieces Of
basketry-will be the clerks and will
wait on you and point out each piece
of work in turn. The women in
charge of the exhibition will be those
who instructed the soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
RORN.

bUSEY. To Charles Il. and Catherine j..
Busey tnec Barber,. Friday. October -.
1913: at Garfield Hospital. daughter.
JANE.
HASKELL. At National Homeopathic Hospital.
October II. 1919. TO Harry y. and Edythe
Louise HaskelI tnee Holmesl. q daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-28
October 80 Holiday in Manila.

MANILA. P. l.. October 81 (by tho
Associated Press).-Gov. Gen. Fran
els Burton Harrison proclaimed Octo-
Der 80 as q holiday today to cele-
brate the hoisting Of the old tnsurrec-
to flag here.
The Washington times., 1919-02-04
CHAPTER ONE
By George HI. DOnOhue

Of a prominent Denver bank, an
was as follows:
Dear Major Knowles.
This Is TO acquaint YOU with
the fact that the trust fund eft
with this hank in 1898 for the
maintenance OF John Stanton Con-
nor Jointly BY your father, John
u. Knowles, William {. Hender-
son and Peter L. KimbaH ceases
70 exist as a trust fund, owing TO
the recent death or Prof. Connor.
The principal OF this fund will be
al the joint disposal OF yourself
and the sons Of Henderson and
Kimball, with whom I would like
you 10 consult at your earliest op-
portunity.
Both Henderson and KimbaII are
in the service Of the Government
and should be in Washington AT
this time. will also advise vou
as an old friend Of your fathers.
10 make a diIigent effort TO locate
Miss Madeline Lucille Connor. the
only child OF Prof. Connor WIN
left Colorado for Washington.
d. G. TO find yourself. Hendsr1on
and Kimball. several days ago.
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

loose he realized that help had come
from an unexpected quarter as a
heavily built man in a naval uniform
had Jumped into the fraY and already
the two men holding his arms had
released their grips; the first, as the
result Of a crushing blow on his jaw,
which sent him reeling of the side
walk, and the second, with his fat
nose flattened almost even with the
rest of his evil countenance.
That the ''hold-up" had been care
fully planned was evident from the
fact that the four thugs beat a hasty
retreat to the middle Of the street,
where all four jumped into an auto
mobile which had been slowly trail
ing them, and before Knowles could
regain his wits the machine made a
quick jump out Thirteenth street and
"a few seconds later swerved west
into F street and disappeared in the
night.
well, Major, you certainly had
close call that time," said the naval
ohcer as he returned to where
Knowles was still standing, after
making an Intellectual attempt to
board the bandit autO-"my names
Henderson'-he continued good hu-
moredly as he extended his hand.
Mighty glad l happened along.
that's the second time I've run into
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

those chinks in the last two days, and
the next time, you can gamble, III
get one Of them at least" /"
"Chinks," exclaimed Knowles. "No
wonder they worked that "jfu jitsu"
on me SO cleverly; my names
Knowles, Captain, and sure am
grateful to you; but I can't for the
life Of me understand why those
devils went after me with a knife. "
'Why' look at your coat, man
look at IT," exclaimed Captain Hen
derson, as Knowles turned to the
light; its been cut with q razor,
from the shoulder to the hip, and q
mighty neat job they made Of it. too;
lucky for you the blade didn't traFel
any deeper.
True enough the heavy uniform
coat had been slashed in q straight
line with the most remarkable pre-
cision, and realizing his narrow es-
cape Knowles turned to his ally with
That's the third peculiar occurrence
that has happened to me tonight,
Captain. md guess I VIII get back
to the hotel"
"Well, if you are headed for your
hotel, guess III sail along IN your
wake" returned Hendsrson-"snd,
say!-pardon me, Major, I did not
quite catch your name in all this ex-
citement."
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

ITO all outward appearances,
Major Archibald Knowles,
U. S. A, was very much dis
turbed. He had already read the
letter twice as he stood before the
Raleigh desk, and now, with the
envelope crumpled in one hand, he
still stood staring blankly at the
neatly typewriter letter wllicn he
held before him.
Indecision, perplexity and bewil-
derment were manifest in every
move as he mechanically accepted
the key to his room which the clerk
had been trying to give him, since
presenting the letter, and then
sharply pulling himself together
walked quickly to the elevator, and
q moment later was in his room.
Carefully locking the door, Major
Knowles threw of his overcoat, lit
MS pipe, and then-taking up the
letter again, started to read. The
letter was written on the stationery
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

She has the secret p-UcesS-.in It~
perfected form-for the transmu-
tation OF baser metals into pure
gold, and as I know something OF
the secrecy with which Prof. Con-
nor guarded his process. am OF
the opinion there may be a strong
effort made by Fhree Or four dit-
ferent groups Avho have been sys-
iematicaIIy trying 10 steal the
process Tor the past couple OF
years to work underhand methods
on Miss ConnOr and steal the So
crct which she is trying 10 deliver
10 yourself, Henderson aud Kim
Bail. Kindly advise receipt Of this
communication.
Sincerely yours.
THE DENVER TRUST COMPANY.
Major Knowles, usually quick wit.
ed and resourceful, scratched his
lead meditatively as he puffed slow.
y and steadily on his pipe; the con.
ents of q portion Of the letter was
lot altogether foreign to him. He
that his father. n
rusque old prospector, had often
inted that some day he would be
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

But father, why not rest now,
surely you will be better able to dis
cuss this when you are stronger
Wait, Madeline! There will
never be another time with me- in
terrupted Prof. Connor impetuously;
you must listen now; tomorrow, #
will be too late; you have always
wondered how We managed to live
here; you know that we have always
lived comfortably, and that our sup
plies have been forwarded regular
ly, every three months, from Cripple
Creek.
Il can't go into much detail, suf-
fee to say, that twenty years ago I
made compact with three prospec-
tors, the understanding being that
I was to devote my entire time to
the transmutation of gold from baser
metals. These men placed a sum Of
money in a Denver bank and ar
ranged with the general store in
Cripple Creek to supply me with
everything necessary to live on and
at the same time continue my expert
ments.
Now, listen closely. Madeline"
family whispered the acknowledging
voice. These men we're Jack
Knowles, Bill Henderson and Pete
Kimball. They are all dead now. but
each is survived by a son-they are
several years older than you, with
the exception of Pete Kimball's son,
and l think he is about the same age
as yourself Should anything hap
pen to me, Madeline, want you to
take the chart-go to Washington,
and find Archie Knowles, Barry Hen
derson and Frank KimbaII.
"Play square Madeline-as /
know you will; these boys are the
sons of regular red-blooded Ameri-
cans, and they will protect you and
share with you equally in the tre-
nendous fortune which will be
jointly yours when you complete
The charted triangle.
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

who were trailing less than twenty
feet behind.
Had Major Knowles known he
was being followed he would un-
doubtedly have stopped at some
particularly well lighted spot and
discovered that his pursuers were
four Chinese, under the leadership
Of one unusually tall oriental to
whom the other three were appar-
emily eager to do his slightest bid
ding.
But Major Knowles with no
thought of being followed, turned
sharply to the right at Thirteenth
street, and cutting across to the
west side of the street momentarily
slackened his pace while he lighted
a cigarette.
With both hands protecting the
sputtering fame from the wind,
Major Knowles proved an easy prey
to the two grips of steel which, with
lightning like rapidity pinned both
hands to the small Of his back, and
the next instant he caught the
cleaning flash Of a knife, as the
blade slashed directly over his
heart.
The attack was so ferociously sud
den that Knowles. athlete though he
was. was taken completely unawares,
but before he could shake himself
The Washington times., 1919-02-04
ROLOGUE.
EkNH ADELINE" :"

W Yes, Daddy" - and
the girl, pausing in her
task of rearranging the well-wOrn
furniture in the dingy little bed
room, stepped noiselessly to the bed
side and deftly Strengthened the
rumpled covering over the emaciated
form of her father, Prof. John Stan
ton Connor, whose sands of life, she
knew only too well, were fast slip
ping through the hour glass Of time.
"Sit down close beside me, Little
Girl, said the dying man feebly,
there is something 1 must tell you"
--snd-as Madeline seated herself
on the edge of the bed, he reached
for her hand, which he feverishly
helds while the girl, with tear
dimmed eyes, watched the Pickering
spark of life fast fading from the
eyes of the only being she had ever
loved.
Left motherless in infancy, Made
line had been the one bright spot in
the scientific life of John Stanton
Connor. From the time he resigned
his academic career as metallurgist
to within a few short months, his
whole life work of more than thirty
years had been devoted to the re-
generation Of the ancient lore Of
alchemy.
Madeline had watched the thou
sands of transmitting experiments
at first with childish curiosity, then
when the actual discovery of the.
wonderful art came nearer and
nearer TO a triumphant reality, she.
too, began to realize the momentous
import of a perfected process which
would make It possible to produce
pure gold from such baser metals as
copper, lead and silver.
In the little lonely cabin, clinging
20 the side Of a Colorado mountain,
Madeline had grown from infancy to
young wOmanhood, and now-at the
ago Of twenty-two-sher realized that
fate, strange, inexorable fate, would
soon leave her to conclude the mas
terful problem which her father had
accomplished to the point Of giving
his secret to the United States Gov
eminent.
You know the equalization of A.
with the combative elements Of X
and Y-and the radio-activity of H.
continued the scientist, you know
the chart, Madeline, the progression
and the repellant action of heat at
240 degrees-but the governing prin- F.
ciple, girl-the governing princi-
ciple is not on the chart, You alone, /
in all the world, have the knowledge /
to create the entire chemical for
mula to complete the chart am
leaving you" /
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

knowles Archibald Knowles
but what the" and Major
Knowles stopped short in his walk
and glared Indignantly at Capt.
Barry Henderson, while the latter
gave vent to numerous prolonged
roars Of laughter, which he finally
ehoked on long enough to splutter:
''Ten thousand pardons, Knowles,
old chap, but this Is the richest
thing I've struck in years-Why,
hang it man, I've been looking for
you for three days, been held Up
twice myself, been robbed, had my
life threatened, and here / run
across yOu IN just the same fix I've
been myself, and"
''Wait q moment" broke IN
Knowles, "you're not the son Of
William C. Henderson, Of Cripple
Greek, are you?"
'The very same, my hearty,
Barry Henderson, at your service,
and Capt. Barry Henderson, linking
arms with Major Knowles, eontin-
ued towards the latter's hotel.
'You see" said Henderson, SITS
this way, / received . note yestsr-
day from q Miss Madeline Lucille
COnnOr in which she told me she
had come to Washington from Colo
radO at the request Of her father,
Continued on Page FOurteen.l
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

one Of four men who would startis
the world with a process for the
manufacture of gold.
He remembered his father talking
with three other men on widely sep
arated occasions, but with the death
of his father some six years ago, he
had forgotten all about the secret
( process-and not until now, when
the name of John Stanton Connor
came before him, had he ever given
the matter of alchemy any thought
or attention
"Well, don't see just what Pm
going 20 DO about this thing" he
unused thoughtfully. 81 don't know
Henderson or KimbaIl, and as for
Madeline Lucille Connor, I don't see
how / can locate ker-if she can't
] locate me-"
Further sOlilOquy was broken by
the sharp ringing of the phone bell,
and in answer to the majors gruff
"hello," came the query, uttered in a
peculiarly distinctive accent as to
whether this was Major Archibald
Knowlei, Of Colorado.
"Yes, that's where I'm FROM" an
swered Major Knowles bluntly.
"WhO is this, and what do you want
to know for?"
You'll find out soon enough whv
| want to know" came back the
voice half mockingly. "You better
take a tip from me and leave Wash
ingtOn within twenty-four hours, or
else maybe we will ship you out in a
box"
The voice ceased, and Major
Knowles, after a stormy effort to
renew the connection with the mys-
ferrous speaker, finally slammed the
receiver up with a bang. leave
Washington in twenty-four hours
eh-anG am | Knowles of Colo
rado-send me out of here in a
bOX-huh, whoever is responsible
for that bit of comedy will wish he
hadn't been quite so humorous, if
discover who it was" and pulling
on his overcOat, the Major, after
carefully placing the letter in his
pocket, unlocked the door, left the
room, and u couple of moments
later walked through the lobby to
the street.
Assigned, as he was to executive
duty in the ordnance department.
Major Knowles was practically mas
ter of his own time and move
ments, and tonight, late though it
was, he just wanted to walk and
think things over. The strange let
ter coupled with the mysterious tel
ephone call, were odd happenings in
his orderly schedule Of daily events,
and as he stepped briskly along
Pennsylvania avenue, he failed to
notice the four wen muffed figures
The Washington times., 1919-02-04
Here Are the Characters
Which Govern the Story

Madeline Lucille COnnOr.
Major Archibald Knowles,
L. S. A.
Captain Barry Henderson,
L. S. \.
Lieut.. Frank KimbalI, "Ameri-
can acc"
Mrs. Emery Thsyer.
WI Tsang.
Thomas Jeffrey Fuller.
John Tracy Snyder.
The Washington times., 1919-02-04

"Be constantly on your guard
against Wu. Tsang, Madeline;
you remember how that Chinese
clique tried to steal the chart, only
last year-they will try it again,
and look out for Tom Fuller and
John Snyder, and above all be on
the alert for a woman whom Snyder
uses as a tool, l don't know her
name, but you will meet her-Good
God, girl, my heart almost fails me
when 1 contemplate the pitfalls you
may have to face, but get Archie
Knowles-he will help-you-out." 4"
A brief announcement in the Grip
pie Greek Tribune stated recently
That Prof. John Stanton Connor,
the well-lnown alchemist and metal
lurgist had died, and that his daugh-
ter, Madeline Lucille ConnOr, had
left Colorado for Washington, D. c.,
where she was TO meet several peo-
pie interested in the development
of j secret process perfected by her
father, in the transmutation OF sill
yer into gold.
Another Announcement in the same
paper stated that WI Tsang, the
well-known Chinese diplomat, had
arrived in Denver.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-09

I'm reply to your letter under date
Of Nov. 20 in regard to the use Of
government owned trucks allotted to
the state Of Idaho, beg to advise that
we have received approximately 116
trucks with a capacity of two tons
or more, fifteen trucks with a ca
pacity of one and one-half tons or
less and some fifteen automobiles,
from the government for use Of the
bureau of highways.
The total equipment so supplied
by the government was given to us
upon the understanding that we
would pay the freight and loading
charges on the same, which amounts
to approximately $500 per truck.
The title to the trucks is vested in
the state with the expressed stipula;-
ton that the same cannot be dis
posed Of, that is, sold or traded or
otherwise released from state con-
troll. 1t was also stipulated at first
that the trucks could only be used
upon such highways under construc-
ton with cooperative agreement
with the federal government. Later
this decision was changed so that we
would be allowed to use the trucks
on any public road in the state. The
reason for this being that Idaho
made "holler" due to the fact that
we had available in the state approx