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The Washington times., 1922-10-05
DEBT FORG|V|NC
IS RIDICULOUS )
SENATORS SAY
Bankers Who Sponsor Idea
Collect Private Loans,
Curtis Points Out.
BY J. BART CAMPBELL.
international News Service.

AS long rs France persists in
her present miiitaristic policy she
need not expect any proposals for
scaling down the allied war debt
to be taken seriously in Congress,
it was declared today by Senator
Caraway DemD of Arkansas and
other members of the Congressional
delegation TO the recent Interpar-
liamentary Union conference at Vi
emma who have just returned from
Europe.
Caraway and his associates joined
with Senator Curtis of Kansas and
other Administration leaders of
Congress in condemning as "ridic-
ulous propaganda" the appeals
voiced by Thomas w. Lamont, as
soCiate OF J. p. Morgan, and
Thomas B. McAdams, president of
the American Bankers Association,
at New York city Tuesday for a
partial cancellation of the foreign
Indebtedness to the United States.
Private Debts Collected.
while 1t is not surprising that
Mr.. Lamont and his Wall street
interests should again be shedding
tears over poor, BANKRUPT TuIOl'e'
and urging that we forgive our
foreign debtors, 1t may be interest
ing to note that information "each,
ing me from the most trustworthy
financial sources shows that the
international bankers have already
collected about 70O,000,000 from
Great Britain and France on money
advanced privately to them alone
during the world war" said Sena-
tor Heflin OemO of Alabama.
why don't the private banking in
tereSts who are talking so loudly
about a cancellation of the public
debts OF Europe TO the United
States first announce that they
have agreed 10 cancellation OF
the private debts of European ma
lions to them?"
when one has the temerity t.
criticize France one is of course &C.
cused of being ro-German," Sena-
tor Caraway remarked. But l was
in, France long enough to see with
my own eyes and hear with my own
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Cleanup Sale of
Mems Furnishings
Mems 35c Half Hose,
I2Rc

Holeproof Half Hose, perfect
quality in black and colors;
sizes 9i2 and 10 only.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Rats OF Boston Get
Holiday When
Catchers Quit

BOSTON, Oct. At h e
hordes of rats Of the city are
having holiday. The rat
catchers are on strike for more
money, shorter hours and
workless Sundays. The dogs,
trained to work only with their
masters, were of little good.
The, ferrets, similarly in need
of trained hands to direct
them, could not be used ef-
fectively. w. G. Geekie, head Of
the w. G. Geckie Sanitary Emgi-
neering Organization, explained.
"The catchers now work
from 6 at night to A o'clock
in the morning, get sixty-two
and a half cents an hour and
work during the day on Sun
day at pay and. one-half," he
said. They demand a shorter
night, starting at 10 o'clock in
stead of 6, eighty cents an,
hour and no Sunday work.
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GREAT WESTERN STRIKE
ENDED BY AGREEMENT

CHICAGO. Oct. g. Chicago
Great Western railroad and its
striking shopmen have reached an
agreement and the men will start
returning TO work today, Samuel M.
FELTON,, president of the road, an
nounced, on "a proposition mutual.
ly agreeable to representatives OF
the strikers and the management"
Only as many men as there are va
cancies will be taken back, he
added.
He declined to discuss the terms
of the agreement except to say that
II in no way resembled the Balti-
more peace plan. Loyal employees
and those who took the place of
strikers will head the seniority
list, he added.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Hygeia Cotton Comforts
S6 and 81
Values, S4.S5
$3.50 and Sd
Values, S2.45

special purchase of these high-grade comforts
secured from the maker to sell at these unusual
savings. All 72x80 double bed size filled with soft
fluffy Hygeia brand cotton The higher priced com
forts are covered with fne-grade satine and silk
like mercerized cambrcs; the others have sikoline
covers, in light or dark floral designs.
Goldenberg Fourth Floor.
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$3.50 and 81
Lace Curtains
S2.29 Pair
S2.98 Brushed Wool
Scdrfs, S1.98

Fringed Scarfs. plain and
checked border effects, in tan,
brown, jade. Copen and black ana
white: smart new fall styles for
dress or sport wear.
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ears what is taking place in that
country"
According to information gather
ed at Paris by the Congressional
delegation, the French, for weeks
before the Balfour debt note ex-
ploded among them like a bomb
shell, were acting on the assumption
that President Harding would call
a world economic conference this
winter to consider war debts and
reparationS. They have spent
billions OF francs on reconstruction
in anticipation that Germany would
pay eventually. Germany has not
yet met the bill. Germany says she
is unable to pay, the French say
she is. Senator Caraway and his
associates are inclined to agree with
Germany. having visited both coun.
tries and listened to both sides.
Charge Excessive Sums.
1t is current knowledge at Paris
that a number of favored French
contractors and manufacturers have
rolleCte ed eXorbitant sums from the
French government for reConstruC-
ton work, the pre-war value Of
which was far less than the val
uation claimed. These excessive
sums were charged against Ger
many.
Senator Caraway said that when
Germany first agreed to help in re.
storing the French devastated
regions she furnished a number OF
portable structures at a cost to her
self Of 10000 francs each. She was
billed" by the French government.
however for $4,000 francs, being
compelled to pay an import duty of
5000 francs on each building.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Clean Up Of All Remnants Tomorrow!

Friday is "Houseceaning Day." and we bend
all our energies to clearing out all remnants
small lots and odds and ends that accumulated
during the previous weeks busy selling Many
remnant lots" for tomorrow, and many oppor-
tunities for substantial savings.
No Mail or Phone Orders Filled
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Sea Foods Obtainable

Soft and Hard Crabs, Crab Meat,
Shrimp, LObsters, ScallOp, Oysters,
open. in shell: CLAIMS, Frog Legs,
HaIibut, Salmon, Blue Fish, Mack.
erel. Spots. Butter Fish. Croakers,
Founders, Rock, Perch, Bass, Cod,
HaddOck. Carp, Cat Fish Terrapin,
Trout.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
81 and $I.25
BungaIOU Aprons
79c

Womens Gingham Bungalow
Aprons. fine quality, trimmed
with rick.rack braid and novelty
scallopcd skirts; also others OF
soft finish perCale.
GOIdenberg's-Third Floor.
The Washington times., 1922-10-05
Pink Bandedur, 25c

Fancy Pink Bandeaux, fasten'
back models, also some of plain
heavy mesh material; good tit
ting models; mostly all sizes.
First Floor,
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Municipal Fish Market

o be aimed in having amar in al
hing to b gained simple
foods because hers S it i received o an
and drtan
O lie
off hanW Of off
o
of DarnPS
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actually see the Midnight Masquer
last night? didn't know until after
ward that he had really been down.
stairs and had robbed"
/ II saw him, my DEAR" and the little
=, gray man smiled There was more
warmth to his smile than usual just
now. Perhaps 1t was reflection from
the eager vitality which so shone In
the eyes Of Lucie. II saw him, yes. "
: A restful face was hers-not beau
tiful at first glance; little too strong
for beauty, one would say. The deep
gray eyes were level and quiet and
wide apart, and on most occasions
were quite inscrutable. They were
! now filed with q quick eagerness as
they rested upon Jachin Fell. Lucie
called him uncle, but not as she called
Joseph Maillard uncle; here was no
relationship, no formal affectatton OF
relationship, but a purely abiding
trust and friendship. t&,-er'....-s
Jachin Fell had done more for Lucle
than she herself knew or would know;
without her knowledge he had quietly
taken care of her finances to an ap-
preclable extent. Between them lay
an affection that was very real. Lucie,
better than most, knew the extraordi-
nary capabilities Of this, little gray
man !; vet not even Lucie guessed a
tenth of the character that lay be,
meath his surface. To her he was
never reserved or secretive. Nonethe-
less, she touched sometimes an im-
penetrable wall that seemed ever
present within him.
"You saw him 2" repeated the girl,
quickly. what was he like? Do you
know who he is?' =
Certainly know" replied Fell,
still smiling at her. '
ooh! Then who is hep
Softly, softly, young lady! know
him, but even to you 4 dare not
breathe his name until I obtain some
direct evidence. Let US call him Mr..
T., after the approved methods of ro-
nance, and I shall expound what r
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CHAPTER ".

Callers.
The house in WHICH 'Lucie LedanOis
lived had been her mothers; the 1ur-
niture and other things in 1t had been
her mothers; the two negro servants,
who spoke only the Creole French pa
tots, had been her mothers. 1t was
small house, but very beautiful inside.
The exterior betrayed lack of paint
or the money with which to have
painting done.
The Ledarois family, although dis
family connected with others such as
the Maillards, had sent forth its final
bud of fruition in the girl Lucie, Her
mother had died while she was yet an
infant; and through the years she had
companfoned her father, an invalid,
during the latter days. He had never
been man to count dollars or costs.
and to q large extent he had outworn
himself and the family fortunes In q
vain search for health.
with Lucie he had been In Europe
at the outbreak Of war. and had come
home to America only to die shortly
afterward. Once deprived Of his fine
recklessness, the girl had found her
affairs in a bad tangle. Under the
guardianship of Maillard the tangle
had been somewhat resolved and SIM
plified, but even Maillard would ap-
pear to have made mistakes, and Of
late Lucie had against her will sus-
pected something amiss In the matter
of these mistakes.
It was natural. then, that she should
take joachim Fell into her confidence.
Maillard had been her guardian, but
It was to Fell that she had always
come with her girlish cares and
troubles, during even the lifetime OF
her father.
At precisely three o'clock Of the
Sunday afternoon joachim Fell rang
the doorbell and Lucie herself admit.
ted him.
TELL me quickly, Uncle Jachin!"
eagerly exclaimed the girl. did you
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noW-what's thisT

now-what's this?"
= slight rustic Of paper, as he
walked along, mad attracted his atten-
ton. He passed his hands over the
loose, open domino that cloaked him;
he detected scrap of paper pinned
to it In the rear. He loosened the
paper, and under the street light man
aged to decipher the writing which 1t
bore. ...,
A faint smile crept to his lips as he
read the penciled words:
II do not love you, joachim Fell, =,
The reason why, cannot tell; "
But this know. and know full well.
do not love you. Jachin Fell!'
Certainly the fellow has wit. If not
originality" 0muttered Mr..Fell, as he
carefully slowed away the paper.
The writing upon it was In the hand OF
the Midnight Masquer.
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SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I.-During the height Of the
New Orleans carnival season joachim Fell,
wealthy though somewhat mysterious cit
izen, and DR.. Ansley, are discussing q
series of robberies by an individual known
as the Midnight Masquer. who. invariably
Atttred as an. aviator, has long defied the
police. Joseph Maillard. wealthy banker,
y giving ball that night, at which the
Masquer has threatened to appear and
rob the guests Fell and Ansley. on their
way to the affair. meet q girl dressed as
Columbine. seemingly known to Fell, but
masked. who accompanies them to the
HALL ~. -
CHAPTER Ir.-Lucie Ledanois, recent
Iys the ward Of her uncle. Joseph Mall
lard. Is the Columbine.
CHAPTER HIN his library Joseph
Matllard and q group Of friends are held
Up and robbed BY the Midnight Masquer.
. CHAPTER Iv.-Lucie Ledanois, the last
Iof An old family, Is in straitened circum.
stances Joseph Maillards handling of
her funds has been, unfortunate. Fell IL
m old friend Of her parents and deeply
interested in the girl. Henry Gramont,
rally the prince de Gramont, son OF
a,Frsnch father and an American mother.
but who spurns the title Of prince, Is
Sfiamered OF Lucie and believes himself
q not unfavored sutton.
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Continued In next issue
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s.Dslly, Pm Glad yss
get kslloggs Germ
Flakes and fruit for
supper. I'm 50 tagged
cut luith the hsat
fhat kellosg's Is tbs
: only food that w'ouId
appeal to my sppe-
TIE. II disssts 50
easily and yet ] hnes1
Il IL nourishing!
Cues PH haze an
other helping. Thoss
Ksllosg's certainly
aTs delicious"
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copqriqhe By Doubleday. paee ord Company
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
CITIZENS MILITARY
TRAINING CAMPS
ARE PLANNED

Plans are now being completed
throughout the entire United States for
the establishment of Citizens Military
Training Camps for the instruction of
qualified civilians and enlisted men of
the Regular Army, National Guard and
the Organized Reserves. Similar camps
were held last year and they met with
such success that it has been decided.
to hold them in every section of the
country each year.
These camps bring together young
men of the highest type from every
part of the state and place them upon
Il common basis of equality under the
most favorable conditions of outdoor
life. No more profitable vacation can
be spent by young man than at one
of these camps where, at practically no
expense to himself, he can learn the
rudiments of military art and fit him
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
IN.. pRlcei-IURN

! CHICAGO.-A brighter outlook
prevails through the agricultural
regions, confidence has been re-
stored and general business condi-
tions improved. Upon this the
agricultural press is agreed. "Hope-
less resignation" says a leading
farm journal, "has given way to
the firm belief that prosperity is at
hands,
I Agricultural trade experts say
the pendulum started its return
swing in December when the hog
market turned from depression to
a spectacular advance. Live stock
commission men are credited with
being largely responsible for the
turn toward new prosperity. In the
face Of bearish prophecies by large
packers, commission men utilized
to the advantage Of the producers
growing demand from small
'killers" scattered through the
east. Full force was brought to
bear in the open competitive mar
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
Two Camps to be Held

of his country should the necessity
arise
Two Camps to be Held
Two camps will be held in Califor-
MIA: one at the Presidio of San Fran
cisco, with accommodations for 900
students, with Red, White and Blue
courses for infantry, cavalry, field ar
tillery, air service, engineers and sig
nal corps, and one at Fort Scott, Cali
fornia, with accommodations for 40
students, with White and Blue courses
for the Coast Artillery.
Both camps will open on the 9th of
July and close on the 4th of August,
1922.
Three, separate courses-Red, White
and Blue-are to be given at the Pre-
sidio camp.
The Red Course includes instruction
in the fundamentals Of military train
ing. Those who have had no exper-
ience in military training are eligible
for this course. The age limit is from
II to 25 years.
The White Course provides instruc-
ton in more advanced military sub
jects than the Red course and is in
tended to qualify students to become
non commissioned officers in the Or
ganized Reserves. Students taking
this course will, ordinarily, be selected
from the enlisted members of the
National Guard and the Organized Re
serves or from qualified civilians who
have had some prior military service
equivalent to that had in the Red
Course. The age limit is from 1S to
26 years.
The Blue Course provides more ad-
vanced instruction than the White
Course. Ordinarily, warrant officers,
and selected commissioned officers
of the Regular Army, National Guard
and the Organized Reserves and quail
ifiel civilians who have had consider
able previous training will be author
lied to take this course. The age
limit is from 10 to 27 years.
Applicants who have had prior mil
itary training in the Regular Army, Ma
tional Guard or Organized Reserves and
especially veterans of the World War
may be accepted for any of the three
courses if not over 80 years of age.
No obligation for future military
service is incurred by anyone attend
ing these camps. They are held for
the purpose of stimulating patriotism
and Americanism. Through expert
physical direction, athletic d. coaching
and military training it is aimed to ben
eft young men individually and at the
same time, make them realize their OBJ
legation to their country.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
.PR.ES|OEN S
ACTION IS
SCORED
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN

pHlttu IeSS QUILL Correspondents. L.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Adminis-
tration spokesmen in congress today be-
gan counter attack on Democrats who
criticized President Harding's action
in firing all the executives of the
Bureau of Engraving without notice.
Democrats have introduced resolutions
in congress demanding investigation Of
the whole affair.
Now, by innuendo and indirect in
timation, the administration spokes-
men accuse the discharged employees of
plotting with persons high in the Will
son administration to keep intact with
in the government service the nucleus
Of an effective Democratic machine.
The names of Joseph p. Tumulty aud
of William g. McAdoo, former presi
dent Wilson's ex-secretary and Viii
on's soninlaw, have been drawn in
with the half-veiled insinuation that
some, at least, of those dismissed
showed greater loyalty to Tumulty and
McAdoo than to Harding and Mellon.
Orders were issued from somewhere
that the Caraway resolution, introduced
yesterday in the senate as q means of
bringing to light the charges on which
Harding based his dismissals, should be
held up for the present. 1t was init
mated that the resolution would be
blocked until Attorney General Daugh-
erty has completed the inquiry he is
making into conditions at the bureau
That inquiry is expected to be followed
by statement or action which will dis
close the reasons for the dismissals.
Such statement or any action taken
by the government would render the
adoption of the Caraway resolution un
necessary, it was pointed out.
The controversy bade fair to con-
tinue, however, in spite of Republican
efforts to head it off. Some of the dis
charged employees have been promised
by interested members of congress that
the strongest possible fight will be
made in their behalf.
Democratic strategists have seized
upon the incident as political oppor-
tuDity.
Altogether the matter promised to-
day to develop into one of the most
talked of issues in the congressional
campaign.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
MAXIMUM STRENGTH
OF NAVY, $1,000
United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, April 4.-President
Harding was told by Representative
Madden, Illinois, and Representative
Kelley, Michigan, of the house appro
priation committee, that the maximum
naval enlisted strength the house will
vote is $1,000 men.
This is reduction of $4,000 from the
present strength. Harding, in vain,
sought to induce the two congressional
leaders to support the vitws of the
navy department that a strength of
$4,000 to $4,000 is necessary if the
United States is to maintain its proper
place in the 5-5-3 ratio of the naval
limita tiOn
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04

contrast the means of transportation
used in the days of the pioneers with
the transportation used at the present
time.
Plan for Movies
The city council, board of supervis,
ors, and representatives of all of the
civic bodies of San Diego have been
invited to take par& in the celebration,
and Mr.. Hal Hobson, San Diego man
ager of Automobile Club Of Southern
California has been delegated by the
chamber of commerce to make special
trip to Los Angeles to arrange with a
moving picture concern to take pic
lures Of the occasion for distribution
through the weekly news reel service.
Photographs will be taken of the erect
ing of the sign and the ceremonies, and
distributed to every newspaper along
the route traversed by the Bankhead
Highway from San Diego to Ell Paso
1t is hoped that this event will be in
the nature of an enthusiastic opening
of campaign of advertising for the
Bankhead Highway which will bring
thousands of tourists over this road in
to San Diego. s. ~f
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04

ket until price-fixing ability was
wrested from low-value advocates.
"The happy result" said a farm
leader, twas a tribute to the COM
mission men. their established mar.
keting system and their service to
patrons. When the corner was
turned other commodities Joined
the upward movement and confi'
dence was gradually restored. Fan:
tastic schemes born Of the days OF
despondency among producers arc
rapidly passing into the discard.
Again farmers are whistling at
their work. The open market
proved its tremendous economic
value at critical time"
"Things are looking up" Russell
Gay, widely known cattle feeder oi
Morris. Illinois, declared after
meeting with a large number OF
7roducers. "Cattle, hogs and sheea
have munched corn the last fe.
months-and made money for the
producer"
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
POST SIGNS
ON ROAD
APRIL |

An event in which Ell Centrans find
themselves u part was announced for
San Diego next Tuesday, April 4, when
the first sign marking the Bankhead
Highway, on which FL Centre is in
cluded with San Diego the western
terminus, will be erected by the sign
posting crew of the Automobile Club
of Southern California.
The celebration has been arranged
by the chamber of commerce with Mr..
Frank j. Belchcr, president of the First
National Bank and member of the
board of directors of the chamber of
commerce and advisory board of the
Automobile Club, presiding. The speak
ers of the occasion will be Mayor
John l.. Bacon, f. B. Gould, president
of the chamber of commerce and Mr..
Carl McStay, field secretary of the
Automobile Club Of Southern Califor-
mia.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
Celebration Prepared

TO link the past with the present the
committee arranging the celebration,
has obtained one of the old stage
coaches which formerly covered the
route from Ell Centre to San Diego
before the days of paved highways.
This coach with one of the very latest
type of automobiles will be used 20
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
Popular Misconceptions

Two persistent misconceptions for electrical service
repeatedly expressed of frequent and continued corrections
One is that based "watered
The other that the State Railroad Commission guarantees"
fixed return to the Power Company.
In authorizing the Commission
consideration whatever value of stock bonds
standing The based actual valuation Of the
efu
efficient depreciation
of regardless
the value the bonds which been issued
There Guarantee" to Company fixed under
the authorized whatever The realization Of
the authorized dependent efficient economical
agement conditions affecting the ability
cessfuly with other forms of power
The Commission that the public shall
for the service than will afford the investors fair
the fair value of the
Holt0n P0lUer Company
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04

self for commission in the services
of his country should the necessity
nrisn