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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
PLATOON UNDER ViRGlNIAN
WINS GUNNERY HONORS
Lieutenant william r.. Nimn, of Nor.
FOLK, Heads Crack Machine
Gum limit

LIE MANS. FRANCE. May l7.-Flrs.
platoon. Company A. First Machine
Gun Battalion of the Third Divisinr
commanded by Lieutenant villa -, -
Nimm. Of Norfolk, Va. has Won tho
american expeditionary force battic
ennciehcy competition for machine gun
plSIoons, scoring a percentage Of 35os
=, ihird platoon, Company u, Second
IM iiE,n,n Gun Hattalion OF the First
Division commanded by First Lieu
second. with score OF 3o7.23
firSt platoon. Company 4 Nine
Iccnih Machine Gun Battalion of the
ruin DIVISION. commanded bv Lien
.enhnt l." Allyn, OF New Haven, was
, naGh platoon was pu, through an
ldentical battle problem laid out cn A
shlituily constructed combat range on
Which battle effects wrro Reproduced
YIN a high degree or cxactitude
none or the competitors had any pre-
FlouS knowlcdSc OF the nature of the
pr0Dlem before they took the field
me relative merit OF the competing
pi'toonB was determined by considcra-
non OF tho number Of hits nIndc on
the various targets: the time CON
suined in switching fire from one tar-
get to another: the number OF we'll
paced hits per minute: tho estimation
or the situation of the platoon lender
and tho control and disposition Of his
rorccs and skill shown in maneuyerinc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
WILL INTEREST WOMEN
IN WORLD FELLOWSHIP
Miss Mary Bosworth Scheduled 4,
Address Many Meetings During
Week,

\ series OF meetings is being ar.
.!nn Assoc,ation In the interest Of
Of the y: W. c. 4. has loaned Miss
Mary Bosworth, OF the headquarters
star. 10 cad in the promotion OF
methods for enlistinG interest in
women OF other lands.
Miss Dosworths visit hero il for
the purpose OF aiding church women.
clubs and classes to put over vital
compelling program which will APP
peal 10 young and old alike. To this
end she Will address mass meeting
Cor women of all denominations in the
auditorium OF the y. w. G.. ~ FRIDAY
evening at Sis O'Clock.
She will speak on Japan" at tho
regular meeting OF the Business
Women's CounciI Thursday from to
Friday evening a, $50 she will ad (.
dress ONT meeting of the Roostern'
Club. the gymnasium girls and Busi-
ness Women's Club in the auditorium
OF tho association.
supper will he served al $40 and
girls in the native costumes OF India
China. Japan. Korea and the Phiiip-
pines VIII act hostese
other meetings with the westha,nn
ton College girls, tho Industrial clubs
OF the \. w. 6. y. and with tho girl
reserves and high school clubs have
been arranged.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
ECCENTRIC, THAT'S ALL
Illinois Man Hns Number of Foibies
That Relatives DO Not Fnncy-Iiis
Clock Three Hours Fpst.

SPRINGFIELD. I'LL. May I1.-John
Lamun, niuety-slx, is an eccentric.
Here's what he viii and will not do
Efas never voted and says he never
VIII. Will eat nothing that ever
breathed life. Keeps his clock three
hours ahead OF standard time. VIII
make no statement under oath. In
sists the correct way 10 spell his name
is 'Lamun" instead Of Lemon" as
relatives claim is proper. And because
0! his eccentricities relatives attempted
TO have a conserrator appointed for
him. But County Probate Judge Jeu-
kins ruled II unnecessary. \ son OF
I.amun's said his father has been doing
things according TO customs OF 1868.
when grent change In his life began.
In that year the son said. a group OF
rehE ious fanatics converted his father
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

what you'll find in DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. It gives you just the help
that you need. TO be had in LIQUID or
tablets. Tablet form, so cents, at oil drug
stores.
It is medicine that's made especially
to build up women's strength and to euro
women's ailments-an inyigorating, 70
storatiye tonic, soothing cordial and
bracing nervine; purely vegetable, nom
alcoholic, and perfectly harmless.
PADucAH, KY.-~Aiter first becoming
mother, 1 was In miserable health. I
developed a severe case OF woman's
trouble. and suffered with backaches
and pains in my side. I got 80 bad that
| was complete nervous and physical
wreck and had given up hopes Of getting
better when l began taking DR. Pierce's
favorite Prescription. I soon started to
Improve and was convinced that I had
found tho right medicine for my trouble
kept on taking the Prescription and
my health was completely restored.
am always ready TO speak n good word
for this wonderful woinan's medicine. ~
MRS. ANNIE SMITH, lll9 N. loth Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
WIFE COULDN'T COLLECT
Jud@e Decides That n Wife Cannot Sue
Husband for S,nnder. nx He In
tcrprctN the Inv.

KNOXVILLE. TENN. May l1-Can a
wife sue her husband for libel and
SANDER?
Not in Tennessee, says Judge Won
a. huhaker. circuit court judge. OF
this city, quoting the law as he in
.crprc,s ii.
IN INC case OF Louise w Fromwal,
against H. I. Formwalt. Judge Huff
akcr oNerruicd motion for new
trial after the court sustained a de-
murrer presented by attorneys for tho
defendant and dismissed the case An
acrea was taken to the court OF civil
appSals, where the question may be
finally settled
When the case was dismissed on de-
niurrcr Judge Hufrakcr ruled that the
Sta,c law icrbids n wife 10 sue hcr
husband for Islander and libel but Al,
torncys 10: the complainant claim ina,
the court erred In its imdcmnni
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
PLAN DRY MEXICAN ZONE
,Tcn-SIlle Stretch Below Border tn Re
Free From Liquor Under
Measure.

LAREDO. TEX. May l7-tspeciaD.
"A OIL 10 create a ten-mile dry zone
introduced In the Mexican Congress-. nc
cording TO Mexican officials in Nueyo
Laredo. The proposed law would be-
come enective month before tho
United States goes dry. The zone
would extend from the Pacific Coast
10 the mouth OF the Rio Grande
To Offset the revenue losses TO McSi-
can border merchants incurred by the
law. another bill will be introduced
Tor ten-m!lc free zone having the
same radius which would admit Inn
ports TO the dry territory free Of duty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
OFFER FULL-DRESS JEWELRY
New York Dealer. Showing AIotscr-of
Pearl for Mems Evening
Wcar.

NEW YORK. May tSpeciaD.-
The jewelers. arc displaying a wonder
full array OF full-drcss jcwclry forIrnen
EVEN dress sets are shown in tho win
doWs and the cases Of tho shops In
mother-of- pearl framed in platinum
and oVerlaid with fret design in
platinum wire work. This pattern
oIinSs out quite a new idea and II has
already made many enthusiastic
friends. The open pierced fret tones
down the white of the pearl without
entirely hiding its sheen. and gives 10
atuds, buttons and links soft gray
unish much TO be desired
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
\ ARE DIRECTOR TO SPEAK
Houaeut>es' League VIII Hear DR..
Levy MT Meeting "wednesday
mt Jefferson.

DR.. T.. G. Levy. Director OF Public
Welfare. Viii address the meeting Of
Tho Richmond Housewives League
Wednesday afternoon a; ~4:30 in the
tea room of the Jefferson Hotel. Flee
Ton OF officers Will take place at 4
Following the address there will be
an open forum.
The question OF cleanliness In the
markets. and practices OF caring for
fruit In uncovered containers by green
Erocers VIII be discussed Dust and
MES are two enemies that tho house
wives say they propose 10 fight.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

feelings. dizzy,
pale and weak,
little things an
noy and "every-
thinggoes wrong"
Look the other
,ooy just q minus
and gee Thdt DR..
Pterce's Fororits
Prescription has
done for moro
than q million wo-
men in the last
fifty years.
What ii has done
for others i! can
do for you.
A helping hand
to Lift up weak,
tired, over-taxed
Homen-that'a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
.F0REsHADOWs BREAKUP
OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
america Is Being Urged to Take
Mandate OF lntcrnationalizcd
COnstantinOplc.
SULTAN WILL MOVE TO BRUsA
Armenia Will BE Placed Under Pro-
lection OF United States, Provided
Congress agrees to Accept re-
spOnSibility for That Country.
IBy Associated Ircss.l

=, PARIS. May 1.-THE allied occupa-
lion or SMYRNA Is taken by the Paris
or tho Ottoman empire.
European Turkey. the Echo de Paris
Predicts. will be divided into two
tional atatc Of Constantlnople, with
INC United States as mandatory.
Armenia according TO the newspaper
forecast. viii become nation under
an American Drotcctoratc: England
VIII have tho mandate for Southern
Mcsopotamia and Palestine: France
possibly Diarbekir. Adana and several
Inandatorics In the nclEhborhood OF
Adalia district and he made protector
or I he Turks. whose capital viii be
ROMA. or BRUSH. forty miles southeast
or Constantinople.
Movement Is Preliminary.
The occupation Of Smyrna is pre-
urinary TO the establishment OF man
datoiies throughout European and
Hisia,c Turkey. virtually terminating
The Sultan OF Turkey is expected 10
establish small zone around Brusa.
Hny miles southeast OF Constantinopic.
as his capital.
While French newspapers report the
.n,tea States will become tho manda-
tory for Constantinoplc. tho American
United States shall take the hse msnda ."e
gresn.
The council OF four. II is said. has
agreed that Great Britain shall be the
mandatory for Mesopotarnia and Palcs-
Tine; France for Syria and Cnicia: Italy
ior Adal!a. and the United States for
armenia. The acceptance by the
Tot Armenia is being urged by Great
britain and France. II 1t Is finally
accepted by the American delegation
II Will be referred TO Congress for
approval.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
RECEIVE STEEL BIDS
RaiirOad Administration L. Quoted
fr!csh Agreed on Rcccntly hy
Dissolved Industrial Board.
tBy Associated Pre,.1

WASHINGTON. Siay iS-Bids OF
steel producers on 100000 tons OF rails
were opened today by the railroad adj
ininistration. but orders Will not be
placed until merit week. No announce
inent OF the prices offered were made
but II was said tho bids ranged about
sf5 q ton for Rcssemer process rails
and SI1 ton for open hearth rails
upon between steel producers and tho
recently dissolved Industrial board. and
which the railroad administration re-
fused to accept.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
TO Innu.urnte Air srY,tc,

ST. PETERSBURG. FLA. May IL
known TO thousands OF winter visitors
10 Florida. viii leave here tomorrow in
rake on cargo OF merchandise and
ny TO Havana. initiating proposed
commercial air service 10 the Cuban
city.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
TWO AVIATCRS KILLED
Srnpinne Fails into PensncoIa H.,
Ensign and aunrtermnstcr
LOstnR Lives
HE Assncia,cdp r.,,

r PENSACOLA. FLA. May IT-Enxisn
e. ". Fowler. OF Salem. Mass and
me! Quartcrmaster Eyar address
h1t Siren) were KILLED. here today
Mhch their seapiane felrinto the bay
Inc plane was wrecked
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

month TO study possibilities OF de-
veloping the science OF aviation along
tho lines OF civilian usage. Secretary
Baker announced today that the party
would sail from New York. May -, on
the transport Mount Vernon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
Cony.ntiop ,I..,. Mo-. .,

A; the convention OF the Diocese OF
virginia IN Winchester. May %. the
program OF the nation wide campaign
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
VIII be prcsenlcd 10 The con Snnt ior p.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
TO Study Av1stion's Civu C.ea.
lBy AssocIAted Preasl

" ASHINGTON, Nav l7.-Assis,an,
Secretary OF War Benedict Crowoii and
o. number of military and civilian avia-
ton experts VIII leave for Europe this
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

oy Rcy. w. W. Milton. OF Washing
ton; The campaign will expand the
acIlfitin3, or the church ~ home and
blshops have pledEcd their smppnr,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

Denounce Treaty Terms
LONDON, May 17.-There was mass
demonstra ton outside OF tho head
quarters OF the American mission at
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18

Hamburg on Thursday during which
the terms OF peace were denounced
according TO a Bern dispatch to this
Exchange Telegraph Company
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-18
Completely Discouraged"

Is the feeling and plant Of women who
are rundown" so low that work drags,
head aches, back aches, dragging down
The Washington times., 1919-02-05

The great umbrella opened, and
as his head-Iong descent was check
cd a current of air caught the para
chute and swept it slowly toward
the east. Lower and lower he came,
but still more toward the east. Out
from over the green of the White
Lot. On beyond the stacks of the
power house. And then suddenly.
heavily upon the roof Of a. house
back OF the Postonice building.
No bones broken. and almost in
stantly recovering from the shock
the air man picked himself up, loos-
ened the buckles of his rig and step
ped to the edge of a skylight.
Had ! landed three feet further
on I might now have a dozen bleeding
wounds from broken glass;" he said
to himself. looking down through the
glass.
"Great God!' he cried aloud.
For just under that glass. looking
up at him. lay n man in the uniform
of the flying corps. a man bound
hand and foot and gagged. Even
through that dusty glass and even
with the mans face half hidden by
the gag he recognized a man whose
photograph had been reproduced in
every illustrated paper in the civil
lied world a score of times. a man
who was his friend in France-Frank
Lifting the sky-light sash he swung
The Washington times., 1919-02-05
How You Can Win $3.50

The entire story of ''CAMOUFLAGED'' will be
written by twenty y-eght Washngtonians- of whom
you know. Each chapter will be from the pen of
different author-and the Thirtieth Chapter, viii be
an open competition among all the readers of THE
WASHINGTON TINES
The writer who successfully solve this mys-
terry and write the best final chapter of ''CAMOU-
FLAGED' will receive a cash prize of TWO HUN
DRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, in addition to the honor
of having won this remarkable literary contest
The Washington times., 1919-02-05

any she had over seen. Trying the
door which the chauffeur had locked.
she saw that it would not fit. The
doorway near where the mouse had
gone was next. That lock also de-
manded an old-fashioned large key.
The wall on the other side of the
room was almost entirely covered by
a huge Oriental rug. She crossed the
room, pulled it aside. and there was
a door set flush with the fiat wall,
door fastened by a very small, queer
shaped lock. She inserted the key.
when without turning but merely by
the gentle pressure she had put upon
the key itself, the door swung open.
The Washington times., 1919-02-05
+ r r +

When Madeline Connor opened the
door and stepped into the room be-
yond, the rug behind her fell silently
over the portal. Great as was her
danger, inexplicable as was her i'm,
prisonment, she could not suppress a
little cry of delight For three or
four years in her wild mountain home
she had read every scrap OF Iitera-
ture she could ind that had for its
theme the Orient and its mysterious
beauties. She had pored for hours
over pictures of the wonders Of the
East, and yet she had not seen any
thing OF them.
And now she found herself in a
room that must be of the very heart
of the East.
Through two high windows filtered
a soft, blue light. family Illuminating
walls hung with rich embroideries
that she knew were Chinese, hanging
here and there parted to show a pic
The Washington times., 1919-02-05
+ r + +

Mrs. Emery Thayer had been disap
pointed. She had looked through
every bit Of baggage. in every drawer
in every nook and corner Of Miss Con-
nor's room. but she had not found the
formula chart that she hoped might
give her the key to the Connor meth
Cd Of turning base metal into gold.
As she was about to begin a third
search, the telephone bell had rung.
yes this is Miss Connor .
You were held up! E. What on earth ?
No. no, you must not come now; you
must not &. It is too dangerous =. q.
No, not danger to me. danger to you.
The hotel is watched. The halls are
watched You mustn't come here,
but I must meet you. Go to my
friends house on Connecticut avenue,
beyond the Highlands. 1t Is near the
bridge, a gray house with ivy en-
the walls. I will be there in thirty
minutes exactly. Yes, in thirty min
utes."
And Mrs. Emery Thayer hung up the
telephone.
Walking down the corridor to Ger
own room she put on her coat and
hat, locked the door, stepped into the
elevator and at the curb asked for .
taxi
Coming out OF the booth Frank
Kimball asked his waiting rescuer
to leave him at once and told him
that the necessary explanations
would be forthcoming later in the
day. The puzzled airman remember
ed his own fortunes and stepped
into the booth to report his safe
landing to Boiling Field.
A few minutes later two taxicabs.
each trying to avoid a racing street
car on the Connecticut avenue hill.
ran into each other and both were
piled, wrecks, on the narrow side
walk at foot of the Mcclellan monu-
ment. a man in the uniform Of an
aviator was lifted out OF one. un-
conscious and bleeding from 4 cut
on the forehead. A woman without
visible wounds, but unconscious, was
lifted from beneath the other. Both
were carried across the street and
into the Highlands.
The Washington times., 1919-02-05
FOLLOWING THE TRAIL
OF @CAMOUFLAGED"
By GEORGE b. poNoHuE.


and the Little Brown Mouse.
Commissioner BroWnIOw certainly
evolved a TnysteriOusly clever twist
IN his handling of the second chap
ter of ~CAMOUFLAGED." He
has brought Kimbal back to
.hfe-has shown as the subtlety of
Mrs. Thayer, and the introduction
of Wa Tsang in all his Oriental
mysticism is brought startingly to
the surface.
Fuller and Snyder are beginning
to realize that in Madeline they
have a girl whose wits are on q
par with their OWn-but what has
happened to our friends. Knowles
and HendersOn?-O Well-tOmOr-
row we will have the astounding
answer to the problem from Mr..
Herbert Quick, who starts TO write
the third chapter as soon as this
story is off the press-and it goes
without saying that in Chapter
III the mystery surrounding
"CAMOUFLAGED" will be deep
er-much deeper-than we find II
tOday-althOugh I would like
much to know right now how Mr..
Quick will account for the mys-
ferrous disappearance Of the fair
MadeliRe-surely she could not
have been changed into a Little
Brown Mouse by the crafty WI
Tsang-but wait-We will have
the answer tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1919-02-05

believed that escape from Fuller
would be much more difficult IL once
again he had her in his clutches
Was that shade pulled down an .in
dication Of a room Unoccupied? II
so there was little hope that the win
dow would be unfastened.
She turned to look TO the street
below. No one OF the hundreds OF
hurrying pedestrians looked I'D. The
traffic policeman at the corner
moved the streams Of motor vaufcIes
without an upward glance There
was not a face in any Of the win
dows of the District building OPP
posite.
Then she looked closely a: the
bottom OF the closed sash. And
there, halfway under the edge of
the shade lay an envelope addressed
in a large round hand writing:
Lieut.. Frank Kimbau, u. :. A
More she could not see. But that
was enough. II Kimball, too. was
trapped by Fuller she would soon
know. II this were KimbaITs office
her quest might be ended. ana he
could help her to find Major Knowles
and Captain Henderson. She triad
the heavy window. It swung inward
with but the least resistance ~
that her balance on the ledpe vas
not imperiled. She gently raised the
shade and looked in.
On the door opposite was the 1s-
gend' Frank KimbaII. Architect"
Fortune smiled. At a desk balTv,s,,
between the window and the door
man leaned back in a swivel chair.
his feet on top the desk, sound ssIeen
A wealth Of graying hair tumbIe5
over his forehead to his closed ewes
there was a pointed craving besrd
upon his chin-couId this be Snv5ar7
She had lost the photographs, bur
consulting the galleries OF her rar,
ory she recalled that the bearded
SnydeT's photograph had shown 2
glistening, bald head.
Leaping lightly to the floor she
fairly flew toward the door bevond
But the startled sleeper jumped from
thS chair squarely in her path.
who are you?"
who are yoU?"
The questions came in the same in
slant, and were asked again without
words as each looked into the others
eyes. An impulse Of trustfulness
arose within the girls breast 81 am
a girl in great trouble, ! cannot tell \
you why. But IL can find Lieuten-
ant kimbaIl he will help me. DO YOU
know where he is? Are you his friend"
Indeed, am his friend, and this
is his office. or at any rate II
was his office before he went into
[ service, and will soon be his
again when he takes off the uniform
he has so gloriOusly worn. But as TO |
where he isl haven't heard from him
several days. He is out Of town 1
nat know. and no more. am an
'ldish man who chummed with FysuL,
himbalfs father when ] was voupp
and Peter kimball was oIdish as am
now. For that reason Frank suffers
me 10 make his deserted office nv
headquarters. He thinks he docs
me kindness like IL, for II xeens
me in touch with him. I am proud ~
him. But where did you come fron,p
Why are you so troUbled?"
You must not ask me. You r,,,..
help me to find Lieutenant KimbaII-"
The Washington times., 1919-02-05
The Story Up To This Minute

Major Knowles receives letter from Denver
bank advising him to begin search for Madeline Lu-
cille Connor, who had left Colorado for Washington,
carrying the details of secret process for the trans
mutation of baser metals into gold. Knowles is held
up by four Cinnamon, who the letter. He is
cued by Captain Henderson, who had just been robbed
of letter received from Miss Connor Fuller and Sny
der plan to get the chart from Madeline Mrs. Thayer
is also trying to gain the confidence of the Colorado
girl, while WI Tsang the Chinese diplomat is work
ing under cloak of mystery. Lieutenant Kimbal has
been kidnapped and Madeline Lucille Connor who has
been trapped in the Office of Fuller springs to the eev
enth floor window and as Fuller tries to seize her. re-
leases her hold on the easement and
Now read what Mr.. Brownlow has written.