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1 THIS STARTS TUB STORY
A week-end houso party ' being
I held at the home of Katherine nnd
Bingham Harvard. Among the guests
are Clancy, Archer, Demming, Sears
j and one Conrad Belknnp. Katherlnc
discovers BeJknap cheating at cards.
She order him to leave her house at
v once. Ho scornfully refuses to do so.
Y She is about to tell her husband of
the occurrence, but hesitates owing
J to a peculiar influence which Bel
. knap seems to exert over her. Con
'vlnccd that he is concealing his reul
identity, and that lie Is there for
some ulterior purpose, Katherlne re
solves to ferret out the ni)stery. She
baa formerly had an experience ns
( a police headquarters detective, and
has been known as Lady Kate of the
t Police. She intercepts a telephone
, call of Belknap's to a woman enn
' federate whom he calls Ilerta nnd, in
t turn, cnlls up the woman, and dis
v covers her full name and address.
"Realizing that he is inspected by
Katherine, Belknap threatens to ex
pose the fact that Katherine's
' brother, Roderick Maxwilton, who is
believed by his parents to be dead,
faces a term in prison. Bingham
Harvard, who once bore the nlins,
'The Night Wind." becomes suspi
'clous of Belknap and of Katherine's
attitude toward hlni. Knthcrine'H
parents nrrive nt her home. Senorita
Ccrvantez, a pianist, arrives to en
tertain the guests. She seems unable
to speak and writes her words on a
- pad of paper It is revealed that
I she Is Berta, or Roberta, the enn-
Jfederate of Belknap Belknap is
mystified at her pretense of being
dumb.
AND IIERF. IT CONTINUES
THAT night nnd after seemed to be
replete with surprises for ever body.
Belknap's wolfish smile still lingered
yipon his fnce, and he was in the net of
-turning awny, unaware that a grim.
silent, implacable man of superhuman
i Strength awaited him amid the deeper
shadows when, sibilant and sharp upon
t -the night nir. he hoard a call :
y$ "C- U. ' Ce-e Be-e!" the rail
Mounded the enunciation of it being no
f more thnn a whisper, although the sibi
j lance of the utterance gave it a pene-
C trating force that carried it over to
s the ears of Harvard, where he stood,
twenty or thirty yards away, waiting
t The sound of it stnrtled him and re
lieved the tension of his attitude.
His Instant thought was thnt Kather
ine had returned to the balcony, but
one swift upward glance assured him
.l,r ., . , ., .. ,
iliffcrently, and nt the same time he saw
, n.i, . , . , , i
- Belknap start and turn nnd glance up-
word nt another window.
Now. Hnrvnrd hnd no notion regard- I
Inr the location of Senoritn Cervantz'.s
oom. That wns a household detail to
which he paid no attention the room-
ing- ot lus guests and in the darkness
-he had not the least idea of the identity
Mf thewecond individual to appear that
J night in another balcony scene.
xtciitiiuii, wiin one uusiy glance ai
lKatherinc's window, went swift! to-
"Jjrrftrd the person who had summoned
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iflim, and Harvard, profound! mystified
' and possibly more than ever angered
because such happenings should be un
s dertaken at Myquest wns torn by a
i, thousand conflicting emotions.
While he thought, nnd he thought
' rapidly, his eyes followed every act of
', ihis Becond balconv scene; he saw Bel
rtnap stop beneath it, and heard his
Voice speaking, although he could not
.distinguish the words. He saw the
' woman bend across the rail and put
, the fingers of one hnnd to her lips,
while with the other one she extended
and dropped precisely as Katherine
' had done, Bingham thought something
white, which, no doubt, was also a mes-
- sage. He saw, rather than heard, the
5 man speak ngain r but the woman who
"could she be? he wondered shook her
! head in a decided negative, turned
''abruptly away, and disappeared into
'the darkened room behind her.
Agaln he heard Belknap's voice nnd
?the utterances as well although it was
.'spoken in a very low nnd guarded tone.
"Berta! Berta!" he called twice;
but the window remained closed ; and
"after another moment of waiting the
.man of such mysterious actions retreat
Jed slowly to the shadow of the same tree
that had sheltered him before.
TTnrvnrd. still watching in utter si-
lence and as motionless as a statue in
stone, saw the flash of a pocket-elec-
trie and then a faint glow, as if Bel -
knap was endeavoring to concenl the
light while be read nis messages oy ii.
j till messages i
' One of them and its contents did not
'concern Harvard in the least, but the
other one did, nnd he determined then
and there to possess himself of it of
Joth, in fact, since he would hnve no
ilethod of differentiating between them
'Jn, the darkness.
5? It was then that he began to move
stealthily nearer to Belknap with the
jilqw, relentless, abiolutely noisless ad
vance of a leopard that creeps without
Sound upon its prey.
& ti i.m xrnrvnril'E ciincrhuman
Muscular strength, as compared to that
t the ordinary man, might be likened to
rlw .-. , str.nrth as eomnared
& tha of a Uttlo child! certain it was
ghat Conrad Belknap felt like a child
fin the grasp of the hands that seized
jSipon him without warning, as if they
Jliad reached out of the black shades of
'night and clutched him.
Ills arms were pinioned behind him
, bo suddenly that the articles, three in
J)jill, that he hnd held in his hands, fell
to the ground : nn open sheet of paper
covjred with writing In pencil, an en
velope that had passed through the mail
and that contained something within it,
and a small pocket flashlight.
He attempted to struggle and In
tantly realized the futility of It.
The person who had selred him ut
tered no sound whatever; everything
that was done was carried out in utter
silence.
Belknap's arms, drawn quickly and
forcibly behond him, were held together
at 'the wrists by the grasping fingers of
etta band ot bis raptor, while his own
handkerchief was taken from bis coat-
pocket and used to bind his wrists to-rsthcr.
" Once, when he made on effort to turn
ji'"' te head to discover the. Identity of the
0 a who una nitacKea mm, a nana
. , evr to his throat and seized it, and he
waa so powerfully choked for a moment
i.tVbmt he nade no further effort of that
"r"o&'Vhen hhr wrista were securely
' toniM; hirwaa lilted .from blc feet and
''i)i3i- 4bik""iward, on the ground,
of the Night Wind
and hold there by the pressure of n knee
,,
nfttiiiiti, nm n in nil ui ii is uurn, in in u
second handkerchief was tied over his
eyes.
I'p to then Belknnp had entertained
no doubt that the man who attacked him
was Bingham Harvard nnd for once In
his life he was frightened, realizing
his danger if Harvard had witnessed the
two scenes in which he had so lately
been concerned.
The next net of his ussailont amazed
him nnd it convinced him also, that
the man was not Harvard but a footpad
or a jegg. who had caught him tin
awnres while wandering In the shrub
berry which was, be it said, precisely
what Harvard wanted him to think, and
exactly wh llnrvard carefullj and ex -
pedltlousl) relieved him of ever thing of
value that his pockets contained.
Watch, nockct honk. loose chnntro.
stickpin Harvard took ever thing from
Kelknnn flint n worth tnlcinir cvni.fli
ns n footpad or a disappointed jegg1"10
might have done it. and Belknap was I " "ns not ""til he saw nnd heard
the more rendily deceived because he
had never seriously believed the occa
sional reference he had heard to Har
vard's wonderful strength of muscle.
Then, ns silently ns the robber had
approached, he went nwa.
Belknap had no knowledge of his go
ing until lie realized that he was alone.
Alone, prone upon the ground, fnee
downward, blindfolded, and with his
wrists tied behind his buck '.
But hi feet nnd legs were free, nnd
bj dint nf grent effort he managed to
struggle to his feet, and a moment
later he started blindl) forwnrel in
sennli of the path by which he hoped to
find Ins j back to the house.
But he n.iide turns in the wrong di
rection: he collided with trees; thorns
penetrated his flesh and scratched his
face; he tripped in the soft loam of a
(lower bed nnd fell nnd got to his
feet again and went on
IInrnrd, in be meantime, hnd re
sumed his chair on the veranda and
was waiting.
Harvard's Strategy
BINGHAM HARVARD did some
serious thinking while he awaited
the coming of Conrad Belknap, whom
he had just nttneked. He did not doubt
thnt the man would be nble to find his
wii) to the house without much diffi
culty, blindfolded nnd with his hands
ticei behind his back though he win,
A It l,rtllfrli tlio ttliwt ,i n a ulin.1 until
Belknap staggered gropingly into view,
Harvard was able to review the sev
ornl .liOnilw tdnt 1m, il linnimnn iln.tni
the last ten das to disturb and annoy I hc '"''V1 th, otI'T on r"1,('I"-inK ".l'1
.. vllsilfltiu linmli rttnl entillflAil moi-nn.ir, ,
htm,
He recalled again the scene at the
summer house when Belknnp wns sup
posed to hnve receied n message snm-
I ! ,.!... . .!. ..!.... T.--.1 :....
' luoniUK nun lo i' cuv ; rviiiiu'niif m
i.i. ...i .n.m i i. .. ui-i.
"nit'iuiifi; nun uiMittt- oi inu uiuu iviucii
Harvard believed that he saw or felt
Ininly : Tom Clancy's oonfessed re-
puBnnnce of him and tlie ill-concealed
covert watchfulness with which Tom
regarded him; the short scene at the
rose bower nothing nt all of itself.
ct which might have a distinct mean
ing in its relation to other incidents
when the burning cigarette was tossed
from it, when Katherine stepped out
!. 1 . I 1.. .,. ., . .
iiom it aim lumen in inc pain to speaK
ngnln to the mnn inside it and her
all -too -evident perturbation nt the
DREAMLAND AD VENTURES -By Daddy
"THE MERMAID IS KIDNAPPED"
(An eitra edition of llndlnnd Gos
sip telli the I'rinrc of Dollars thnt
Anita, the mermaid, uill not iced him
because hc it ricA and she is poor. It
also says the is to iced Blacksmith
loe that vciu night. The birds and
animals declare that she shall marry
the prince. J
CHAPTER II
Lonesome Bear Likes Fish
It
"OAI.KY SAM is up to mischief. 1
J-f saw a funny twinkle in his eye
exclaimed I'eggy ns she and Billy nnd
I the I'rince of Dollars watched the ani-
raals and birds out of sight.
"And did you sec that bear! He
will eat my beloved mermaid unless I
catch and kill him!" cried the prince,
and away he sped on Lonesome, Bear's
trail.
"No, no! He is n tame bear who
doesn't like meat," shrieked Peggy,
running after the prince.
"But he does like fish, nnd the mer-
maid is half fish," shouted Billy,
'sprinting after the others. Whnt he
isnid gave Peggy real cause for'alnrm.
i When they had last seen the mermaid
one u w raring u-k umeau oi a urn,
uiil jit-maps tiie unci gone duck to tue
water to live and had become part
fish again. Lonesome Bear in his fond
ness for finny food might gobble the
fish half up before he found that the
other hnlf was girl.
Reaching the top of n high hill over
looking a wooded valley, Peggy, Billy
nnd the prince found that the animnls
nnd birds had vauished from view. But
in an open place in the valley they
could see signs of life. A girl wns
coming out of n little cottage.
My lnernuiid! cried the Prince,
i Sure enough it was Anita, and he
voice came up to them clearly ns si.
sang the song she hnd uung on the rock:
1 ' " the ake :
'I'f Dollar prince 0f my heart,
Cruel the fate that keeps us apart."
DOROTHY DARNIT There's More Than One Way
time; her very plain repression of some
thing that she wanted to confide to
her husbnnd that night nnd which she
refrained from doing; her iniduight, nnd
therefore secret talk over the tele
phone that same night
The ntniosphere of restraint nnd por
tending disaster that seemed to per
vade the whole' plate since the coming
of Belknap, the anonjmous letter, nnd
last, more disturbing and confounding
than all of the other Incidents' put to-
I Kcther, the utterly amazing nnd astound
ln incidents that he had just wit-
' ncsseci.
Throughout all of it not one thought
of doubt nbout Kntherlne's motives en
tered Harvard's mind; not once did it
, occur to him to question her conduct
I or to condemn it, save only in so far
I as the apparent fact that she hnd not
deemed it best to confide In him; nnd
' "" Ior mui wnen lie innugui 01 u
he was certain that she must be follow-
'" Inn "CUUCS 01 lier own UCSl Jtlllg-
alsn--ltelknnp's approach that he re
membered that he carried in one of his
coat pockeU nt that moment the elec
tric flashlight and the two written mes
sages that he had seen fall from the
balconies into Belknap's hnnds, nnd
thnt the might, and doubtless would,
disclose some of the myster.
ltut there was no time to examine
them just then.
Belknap had found the path nnd wns
"tumbling along it toward the veranda
where Harvard was seated awaiting
him.
lling had himself thoroughly in hnnd
b thai tune; not one whit of the blind
fun that had gripped hlni while he had
waited for Belknap under the trees re
mniued. Me was prepared for Bel
knap's approach, and he received it as
nnttirnll as if It had been in fact n
surprise.
He started from the chair to his feet,
shoving it nwn. from him so that it
scraped uoisil .
"Hello, there!" he called out. and
ran forward and down the steps to the
path, and so met the sorry-looking vic
tim nf his controlled rage nnd strength.
"What in the world why! is it jou,
Belknap? What has happened?" he de
mnnded with c.aetlv the right degree
of stupefied amusement: nnd without
waiting a reply he began ut once to
the liumlko-ehief that covered
Belknap's eves (It was his own, it
ma lie recalled, and nlthoiigh there Division, inarched todny ocr I'eniiN.vl
was no mark upon it. it would be. nev-, nnia avenue from the Capitol to the
ertheless, leadih identified, so he thrust White House
it into one of his own pockets.) Then
knap's hands nnd retained possession
of that one also, so that it might not
appear that he had kept only one of
them.
He seized Belknnp by the arm nnd
led him swiftlv forwnnl un the steos
into the house, nnd up the stairs to
Belknap's own quarters, snjing sharply
ns he did so:
"Don't talk now. Something has
happened to you, and we must do noth-
ing to startle the people in the house,
Walt."
The man was a sorry-looking one in-
deed, under the glnre of light in his own
lavatory, whither Bing piloted him; his
face was scratched and bleeding in sev-
eral places from contact with the thorns
or rose-bushes; his nose was plastered
He dashed out of sight among the
trees
The prince moaned as if in pain.
"The animals will hear her. Thej will
catch her and the bear will eat her up
before we can get there."
"No, there is a mnn to protect her,"
exclaimed Peggy, pointing to n bravvnj
chap who was walking toward the cot
tage. "Blacksmith Joe, to whom her troth
Is plighted," groaned the prince. "He
has come to take her to the wedding."
It was plain to be seen even from the
hilltop that Anita, the mermaid, did
not vvnut to go with Blacksmith Joe.
She seemed to be begging him to tree
her from her promise, but he shook his
head in stubborn, angry refusal. Fin
all be seized her wriit and dragged her
toward the forest road.
"The brute! She shall not marry
him! I will save her!" shouted the
prince, and he would have rushed down
the hill if Billy had not held him back.
"Sec! Something is happening!"
cried Billy, and what hc said was true.
Balky Sam had suddenly nppeared right
in the path of Blacksmith Joe. And
Balky Sam was very fierce with his
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1 -.' k -v ''' M ' A ' n &? $' fk. v " K u - k '" '
By VARICK VANARDY
Author of "The Two-Knew! Man,"
"Allan the Night Wind," etc
with loam where It hnd plowed into
the flower-bed; one of his trouser legs
wns badlj torn nt the knee; bis collni
had been ripped open nnd his tie was
twisted around so that the knot was
under one of his ears; several of the
buttons had been torn from his white
vest, which was terribly bedraggled and
soiled.
"You look as if ou hnd been through
n threshing machine, Belknap," Ilar
ard remarked, secretly enjoying the
evldenres of his own handiwork and
Its consequences. "What happened to
sou?"
Belknnp had done feme thinking nlso
while so precariously making his way
back to the house; and so, while he
washed awa the marks of his adven
ture, he told his story which Hnrvnrd
naturallv accepted ns literal truth, and
wns proportionately sympathetic. He
told It in jerks ns follows :
"Standing under a tree, smoking
fellows, chaps, footpads, something of
the sort Mine up behind me didn't henr
a sound they jumped me nnd hnd me
,!,. r, 1,,-fnre I knew it two of them;
maybe three tied me up ns you found
me went through me, too took every-
thing watch. money, stlckp By
Jove'" He came to a sudden pause.
"What's the matter?" Harvard
asked quietlv .
'II m' .lust remembered that I hnd n
letter , important one, too. 1 must hnve
chopped it I say, old chap, wait here,
will jou. while I go back and look for
it? 1 er-couldn't afford to lose thnt;
and thev wouldn't linie taken it."
He was gone before Bing could reply,
but the latter called after him:
"I'll go to bed Belknnp. You're
all light now. See oii in the moruing.
Ctood night."
(C0VTINCKI1 TOMORROW)
PRESIDENT REVIEWS
BRIGADE OF MARINES
Congress Adjourns Two Hours
as Heroic Unit Marches
for Last Time
Washington, Aug. 12. I Br A. P.)
First heroes of the world war to
be
i rev lew ed in America bv I'lesident Wil-
' boii. the murine brigade of the Second
Thousands lined the historic thor
oughfure to greet the men who won un
dying fame bj helping stop the f!er
mnn thrust townrd l'nris. Congress pnid
tribute b adjourning for two hours
while veterans marched.
With baotiels fixed and "nrrving
"K1" fipl, equipment, the two regiments
nU(1 machine-gun battalion S000 men
in nil swung along the nvenue in pln-
toons twentj-s'x ubreast while the
crowds surging ngninst the police lines
cheered continuously.
This was tin- last march of the fa-
nious brigade, for nfter the review the
men entrained for Qunntico, Va.. to be
mustered out and bidden farewell bv
their commander, Brigadier (iencrnl
Wendell C. Neville. Tonight most of
the men will be on their vvn.v home.
teeth bnred, his ears laid back, and his
mule heels kicking up. At the other
side of Blacksmith Jne .t,,1,.,. ii.,n
sprang iuto view, nnd on the third side
wus Billy Gout. As .Toe turned to the'
fourth side, Lonesome Bear strutted out i
of tlie unnil. iifl, luati, i.,,i.... i '
ilav.s twitchiuc
No wonder Blacksmith Joe was scared
ut all this. He gave n howl th.it could
In l.eard even at the top of the hill, and
f,,ra.,ln. nll U . .. ,
.n. t , ?.'. J ." !1" Wtt'HR married and
all about Anita, the mermaid, he dashed
out of sight mining the tiees Bulky
Sinn followed whil. the other animals
menaced the mermaid.
"Look! Look! The Bear is going to
eat her up, and the others are going to
help him," shouted the prime, break-I
nig awny irom isuiy and starting down j
the hill.
It certainly did look that wa.v. Lone- !
some Bear rushed ut Anita as if hlR.
weie still a fish Kir, although Peggy
and Billy could plain ice that she
was now all girl. hnviiiL- W-s i,wt,..,,i
of a tail. And Johnny Bull and Bill) '
Goat, who ordinarily would have mo'-
iccieci any woman irom (lunger, threat
ened her furiously with teeth nud
horns.
"Have they gone mad with the heat?"
shouted Billy in alarm.
Anita turned from the raging ani
mals and fled wildly. She c oulil run
fast even if hlie.wns a me-innid, and
for a moment it seemed thnt she might
get nwu.v. Then she stumbled over
what looked like a large, brown tone
and fell Hat upon it The animals
rushed lit her ns if to grab her, when
the stone suddenly jumped up and gal
loped toward the hill, with the mermaid
clinging tightl to it.
Pegg.v gave a shout. The stone was
Bulky Sam.
(Tomorrow will le told how the
prime has a fight.)
to Skin (With) a Cat
DAILY NOVELETTE
SEASONED A LA CORA
By Ldla I,. Roberts
ri:.R me," sighed Cun Brown as
she cleared nwni the t.'lnrs,
"Chester does not ent much lately. I
wish he hnd the big appetite he used to
lime. I suppose he Is vvnrr!d over
business. It's a dreadful mlxtuie of
high prices, strikes and uncertainties,
It semis to me. Things are getting
worse, I nm afraid. Chester used to
talk so cheerfully at the supper table,
but now he just nods nn answer to me
and thinks nnd eats, only he doesn't eat
enough. There, I forgot to tell him
thnt Dudlc) broke the cellar window
todn "
The telephone rang nnd Corn an
swered. "This Is Mary," said her
couin. "Will you come over this eve
ning for a little while? Fred has
gone out and I'm lonesome. 1 want to
show ou my new dress, too."
"Yes, I'll run over before I wnsh my
dishes," replied Corn. "Chester
brought work home, so he won't miss
me. and the children arc in bed. I'll
be right over."
It was only a short wn'k to her
cousin's home, and soon the two women
were discussing new styles nnd com
paring prices, "I 111Ust go now," said
Corn after nn hour hnd passed, "there
are still nn dishes to be washed and
Chester gets lonesome If I'm out long."
"Let's hne a cup of tea and some
of ni fresh enke," urged Mary. "It
is a new recipe and jou might like it."
"I nm not n hit hungry." laughed
Corn, "but I can always tnste n new
recipe "
"I didn't ent iiiucli supper." sighed
Mar. "I hnd n good supper read
ami Fred ate n lot, but he's told me
f nn accident lie i iw on the way home.
It seems impossible (n save much now
ndnjs on Fred's snlnry and I get so
worried when I think of the expenses
coming. Somehow the supper didn't
tnste ns good as I thought it wns going
to."
"I should say so," cried Corn iu
dlgnnntl . "The idea of Fred telling
ou nil those drendful things at supper
time. That's a nice kind of way to
season our meal."
"dh, lie didn't mean any harm."
eagerly sun! Mor "He Knows I am
' interested in iin.vthing he spes. I al-
'..... ,..n i.i ..i i... ii.ii i- .,,
nil.is iru null nil iiii- nine uuusruoill
happenings, too, either troubles or
jos. end it dicsn'l nffect his uppctite."
"Yes. I tell Chester ever thing that
has happened through tne day,"
agreed Corn "It keeps a man in touch
with the home, nnd 1 think they should
know all we have to put up with, but
his appetite oh!" she stopped suddcu
1 and sat thinking.
"Well. let us hnve our tea now,"
said Man. "I know It will tnste good
because we've hod such a nice visit to
gether." "Yes-cr-.vcs, that's just it," said
Cora thouglitfullj. with a half ashamed
expression in her eyes.
The next night when Chester Brown
came home Cora huriied to the door to
meet him.
"Hello, hone.v. how's the day?" he
asked in his u tial cheery way.
"1 ve had a fine dn.v." answered Corn
jbrightl.v. as they sat down to the good
I smelling meal. "The work has gone
sinoothlv . I got n nice long letter from
Filith thnt I'll read jou present',., and
baby cut his last tooth."
"Hnve the bovs been good todnv ?"
asked Chester ns Corn brought in Die
dessert. '
"Yes, indeed." sin- answered quickl
and leinorsefullj watched his face
brighten. "Arnold wiped the dishes
aml I)l(lp.v s"pl" the piazza for me. 1
thought I would tench them to help,
now tll, "rp "''' ''"""ft""- Tll('J 'ik,,l
tho responsibilitv nnd T praised them
a"'l toltl them I would tell ou all uboul
it."
"Whv. that's tine." said Chester,
looking proud and pleased. "That is
" BUl"' '"Cll "Nil H Will USC Up SOUIC OI
,ie ur,,I1N UlBt ,IBS h,!ea Drcnk.
a good idea and it will use up some of
ing windows nud getting into mischief,
There need be no spankings tonight,
then."
"Oh, no. the are too big for that.
I find the listen to my explanations
and renll.v seem to understnnd why
they must not do things now."
Thank goodness," sighed Chester.
"They got into so much trouble Inst
week I felt as if I had ceased to be
their futher nnd was simply the Chief
Spanker of tlie famil.v."
"I will rend ,vou this letter now,"
said Cora. "It is vcr.v iuteresting be-
('aU!H il t0" about the iniii-h life."
"''hlldieu nie gieat laugh -makers,
chuckled Mrs. Brown.
"I must tell Bill m the office what
jnu've told me tonight. He likes chil
dren and he is forever boasting about
his own. I guess we've got n few that
can't be beat! Take nfter their mother,
of course," he teased Cora.
"You look inlghtv nice tonight,
wine." he continued, "I haven't enten
o much supper for n long time, seems
to me. Tasted extra good tonight,
did jou season it uii) different, dear?''
"Yes, dear," smiled Corn, as he
threw a kiss for thinks. "It is my spe
cial new brand. 1 seusoned it with love
mixed with understanding nnd spiced
with cheerfulness. I've decided to use
thnt kiud right along."
The next complete novelette The
Silver Cup.
"" "" 'oprteht llllll hi Ihe Hell Sywjicatl. Inc
Senate Will Get
Pact Report Soon
Contlnnnt lYom rr On
the executive in treaty-making. The
Senate has sought to advise intelligently.
It l.ns sought light on the reasons why
certain provisions were put In the
treat . It asked for light from those
only who possessed it the men who
negotiated the treaty for the executive.
Blame Delay on President
It has tnkccl also for documents henr
Ing upon the treaty and for other trea
ties relating to the main treaty. Some
of thes documents, ns, for example, the
related trentles the President was
bound by law to submit to the Senntc.
But in nil cases he has been slow to
comply with the Senntc or its commit
tee's request, nnd In one rase, that of
the treaty with Poland, the President
has not yet seen fit to comply.
His slowness cnused delay. The eoq;.
mlttee on foreign relations waited un
til it could be sure as to the President's
attitude regarding informing it. And
now It will throw responsibility for act
ing upon the treaty upon the Senate at
large.
That is substantially what a report
will mean, for several senntors will
vote to report the treaty who will en
deavor to defeat it upon the floor. Once
It Is reported the process of compro
mise on reservation directed by the nd
minlstrntion itself will begin. It hns
been no secret for some time thnt the
administration representatives In the
Sennle have had authority from the
President to ngree to reservations.
Several Informal Approaches
There has been no formal conference
between them nud the moderate reserva
tlnnists, of whom Senntor Kellogg np
peurs to be the Vadcr. But herc have
been several informal approaches, (ict
ting down to the business of arranging
the compromise on which two-thirds of
the Senate will get together, has audit
ed the repoit of the treaty by the for
eign relations committee.
Reservations hnve not .vet taken form.
As nlread Indicated in this correspond
ence, the one that will possess the
largest inipottnuce nnd will reconcile
most minds to the Senate to voting for
the league of nations, will be one facili- "Isn't he well known in Ungliind ns
fating the withdrawal of the United a pacifist? Didn't lie advocate In puh
Stutes from the lengue in case the ex-lished articles peace without victor?"
periment of entering it proves unsutis-'asked Senntor Brundegee.
fnctorj. I "I never heaid of thut." f
I "Wasn't he suspected of being pro-
TESTIFIES COVENANT j(!Tdo't know -
WAS COMPOSITE ONE ""'""'a " the pnmsio,, thnt par-
I ties to a dispute nie excluded ' from
I voting in tie decision. Senator llnnliiiK
American Lcunl Adviser Dencs "skt''1 n,,"'er, in u dispute between
.
General Smuts Was
Author
Washington. Aug. 12. (By A. P.)
The plan for a league of notions used
ns a basis of discussion at Versailles
wns not any of the drafts submitted bv
the United States, Great Britain,
France or Italy, but was a combination
of nil of them, the Senntc foreign re
lations committee was totd today by
David Hunter Miller, legal adviser to
the league of nations commission at
Versailles.
Chairman Lodge said Piesident Wil
son hnd told the committee nt the White
House in March that the British plan
Irawn by General Smuts was used ns a
basis of consideration, but the witness
protesti'd that such was not his lec-ol-
lection. The phin taken as a basis of
discussion, said he, "was modeled to
some extent on the other plnns, but it
was not the Smuts plan "
The witness said lie hnd submitted
i memoranda on the American plim, but
did not see the finished product until it
was pi in ted in the form transmitted to
the coiiflnittec .vestetdav by President
W ilson.
Plan Came From Wilson
"Where did the plan come from?"
nsked Senator Lodge.
I suppose it came from the Presi
dent." "What became of it?"
"I think it was submitted to the com
mission on the lengue of nations. I
didn't personally have an thing to do
with it."
(Questioned by Senator Brandegee,
Republican, nf Connecticut, Mr. Stiller
snid he wns a law partner of Gordon
Aucliiiii loss, son-in-luw of Colonel L.
M House, one of the American dele
gates to the Peace Conference.
"Diel jou hnve anj experience in in
ternational uffnirs in drafting treaties?"
asked Senator Brandegee.
"Not prior to my appointment ns n
spevial assistant in the Stnte Depart
ment, short!) after the United States
entered the war."
Never Heard of New Yorh Plan
Mr. Miller snid he never had heard
of nn.v plan for n league drafted bv
New York Inw.vers and taken to Pniis
b) the President.
Senutor Brandegee nsked "ns of what
date" the "territorial integrity" men
tioned under Article X of the covenant
wus to be guaranteed.
"I understand the boundaries and
territorial integrity of nations are to be
guaranteed primarily as they existed at
the signing of the tieat) nnd seeoiidnril)
ns they may bo determined under the
treaty by plebiscite, for instance."
Asked about the meeting of the peace
conference nt which the first completed
drnft of the roveunnt was npproved on
the eve of President Wilson s depar
ture for the United Stntes In February,
the witness said he thought the meet
ign was open to the public and lasted
all nfternoon, Some set speeches were
mnde.
"Wns there nnjbody nsklng any one
else whnt certain provisions of the
covenant meant?" nsked Senator
Brandegee.
"I think the speeches were nil pre
pared." Senntor Harding, Republican, of
Ohio, questioned the witness as to what
would ensue under the covenant If the
league made n decision affecting Ameri
can territory cqitrary to the wishes of
the Anierlenn Government. The wit
ness said there would be no authority
to enforce the lengue decision unlesH the
United States broke its covenants nud
went to war over the question.
"Then what does the league have to
hnck up its decisions?" persisted Mr.
Harding.
"Public opinion and mornl force."
Asked who drew up the composite
draft of the covenant used ns a basis of
discussions at Versailles, the witness
said :
"Mr. Iluvst and myself."
Hc was not nsked and did not explain
whnt position Mr. Iluvst held, lie said
he presumed n copy of the composite
draft was in the Stnte Department,, ami
promised to try to get it for the com
mittee. Senator Fall, Republican, New Mex
ico, nsked what the situation would be
if the lengue awarded n strip of Ameri
can territory to Mexico mid Mexico
nccepted the decision of the league and
placed her ling over the disputed terri
tor, though the I 'lilted Stntes refused
to uliide bj the decision.
"It would be nn invasion of the
United States," the witness replied.
"One which we could resist with
armed force without violating our cove
nants?" "Yes."
Suggest, llmst Was Pacifist
Asked later for the full name of Mr.
Iluvst, Mr. Miller said it was C. J. P.
Iluvst, "a legal ildviser to the British
Porclgn Off I
'Australia and another nation, the other
British dominions would have votes,
"It is hard to visualize- a dispute in
which one of the dominions would be nn
Interested part nnd the others would
not," snid the w itness.
Federal Attack
Cuts Food Costs
ContlnuMl lnm I'aite One
on its surplus foodstuffs, and as they
are made the lower quotations will be
communicated promptly to the surplus
property officers detniled for duty at the
thirteen zone supply offices. hiiiI those
offices will be instructed to change their
quotations to municipalities nnd munic
ipal selling agencies. This '"nformatlon
wi)l nlsu.be coinniunii nted through the
Postoffice Department to postmasters
thiotigh the country, nnd orderH booked
ny ine postmaster-' with the innuguia
tion of snles of foodstuff through the
paicel post will be, taken nt the revised
figures.
Lower Than Market Prices
"It will he the policy of the War
Depnttment to fi pr'ees on all surplus
subsistence commodities which will be
lower thnn the prices nt which similar
commodities of like grade are sellinj in
the retail imuket."
Hn.irding. selling at unreasonable
piolits. ucatiug monopolies and re
slricting the supply of food, fuel, feed
or wearing apparel would be punished
bv a fine of X10.000 or live ears' im
prisonment under n bill introduced to
dny by Representative Gard, Democrat,
of Ohio.
The bill also would regulate and con
trol shipments in interstate commerce
nnd give Congress control of sales of
uecessarics jn the District of Columbia,
territories nud possessions.
Legitimate transactions on grain-exchanges
nnd ncouinulutions by farmers
or gardeners, including livestock tann
ers, would not be leturned under the
measure as instances of hoarding.
Urges Stringent Storage Act
Organised opposition of the packing
interests to nil comprehensive colrt
stornge regulntion Inw wns predicted to
dii) b) Senator McKellnr, Democrat, of
Tennessee, before the House agricul
tural committee. He urged the fram
ing and adoption of stringent legislation
which would cover the pciiod of storage
and he of such n chnnnter that it could
not be evaded.
Senator McKellni nsscited "the live
great packers" vlrtuullj had u uionop
ol on cold storage, adding that they had
disregarded cntlielj the law of suppl
and demand. Becuuse of the monopoly,
he said, "live concerns have contiol
over the public and cun hold or sell ns
they please," adding thnt "millions of
pounds of poultry nnd meut had been
By Cha8. McManus
allowed to spoil because the large ln
tercsts refused to sell nt existing
prices,"
Treasury secret service operatives
would be tifed In the campaign against
food hoarders and profiteers If Con
gress heeds the request made today by
Secretary Glass that $175,000 be pro
vided for the purpose.
Wilson Approcs Plan
With the approval of President Wil
son, the secretary sent n letter to
Speaker (Jlllett asking that the appro
priation be made quickly.
The lilgh cost of living wns discussed
in the House by Representative Fess,
Republican, of Ohio, who declared
wastefulness during the war was largely
responsible and thnt the President had
sufficient power under existing law to
deal with the situation.
"The renl step this administration
must take," said Mr. Fess, "Is to dis
mantle this war mnchlue, close up these
extrnvagances, Incrense the purchasing
power of our circulating medium, regu
late our exports, get the government
out of transportation and other busi
nesses nnd thereby get back on the basis
of efficient service away from the riot
of bleeding nnd Industry.
"It should organize our people out
of the activities of war Into industries
of pence, thereby incrense production
and reduce the cost to the consumer."
Representative (ioodykooutz, Repub
lican, of West Virginia, introduced a
resolution which would direct the ju
diciary committee to prepnre legislation
to curb profiteering nnd provide for the
reduction of the amount of currency
now in circulation so that the pur
chasing power of the dollar would b
restored.
BETTER WHEAT PRICE
ASKED FOR FARMER
Senate Committee Holds Stan
dards Do Producer Grave
Injustice
Washington, Aug. 12. (By A. P.)
Demands that changes be made in gov
ernment wheat stnndnrds under the
i
I
i price guarantee net "so as not to penal
ize every grower of wheat" were made
in n statement prepared by Chairman
Gronnn and representatives of farm or
ganizations and npproved today by the
Senate agriculture committee.
' Chairman Gronnn nnuounced thnt a
.committee would he named to present
the demands to Julius II. Burue-, presi
I dent of the United Stntes grain corpor
ation and repieseutntives of the Depart
jmeiit of Agriculture in the hope of hav
ing modified various government regu
lations by which it wns charged "the
pioducers are defrauded and the con
sumers receive no benefit."
Fear Injury' to Agriculture
In the statement designed to give the,
fanner's side of flic high cost of living
question, the Senate cninmitte said it
believed grave injustice was being done
the fanner and might "continue to ac
cumulate and serioul) injure not only
agricultuie, but tlie entire nation as
well."
"While entire!) s.vnipnthetic with the
hardships which present prices cause tlie
people of the citj . said the statement.
"funnels individually nnd through their
oignui.ntions are no less concerned with
their own economic situation.
I ' The powerful mac bluer) of the gov-
eminent is now being set in motion to
apprehend and bring to justice those
who are guiltv of conspiring to restrain
trade and secure undue profits It must
he rrmcnilicicd that this chive is now
coming nt a time when tlie great staple
pioducts of the f.irm nie going to mar
ket and that in sidling the wheat crop,
for instance, the farmer is selling his
entire season's labor.
Profits Arc Pjramlded
"This is an experience with which the
fanner is ver.v finniliar and he instinct -ivi'l)
connects it 'with the interests
which in the past have pyramided their
profit upon his ptoduction nt the be
ginuing of the mnrketing season.'
"Julius 11. Barnes, of the United
Stntes Grain Corporation, openly states
his policy to resell vvhent, curtail our
foreign shipments nnd 'use the resale
of wheat to help control the domestic
market pi ice against further advances.'
The result of Mich polic.v, together with
the nmiiipulntiiiu of n sjstcm of grades
ami standards. ms heen to reduce nia
Iteiinll) the fanner's" income and to
ilcnj him access to e free market where
he can scent e actual cost of production.
i Farmer's Income Only $:tl8.22
I "We- believe city people should know
that the average niinual labor income
of the farmer, including thnt of his
vvife nnd children, ns shown by the Inst
I federal census, was only $318.22.
"The) should know thnt owing to
! manipulation in ndnilnisteiing the
I guides anil standards, together with the
'damage! done bj hot weather to the
niutiiring ciops, the winter wheat pro
differs nre leceiving as low us Sl.l.T
i per bushel for their w lieat -not the
.'".()." which Mr. Barnes gives ns a
'theoretical average nnd thnt this jear'.s
i ci op niav n vertigo not inoie thnn 51.50
1 per bushel net.
I "In the production of vvhent, as in
other crops, labiir enters in the last
laiinl.vsis as the chief item of cost, and
'city people should realize that the ef
fort thut is beiug mnde by the authority
jof the government to restrict or still
i further reduce the price at the farm
must! Inevitabl) lend to deujiug the
farmer liviug wages.
Ma (ict Less Than SI .SO
"We tit this time shall insist on a
chniige in the wheat standards so as
not to peuulUe every grower of wheat.
Hundreds of millions (if bushels of
wheat hnve been shriveled by extreme
I heat this season, which, under the pres
ent grading and discount rules, mny not
average the producer $1.50 per bushel.
"Authoritative investigators have
found such vyhent to be of the highest
milling value, unci it is unthinkable
that farmers should sustain a loss of
from fifty to seventy-five cents per
bushel by reason of the arbitrary stand
ards that have been established.
"This wheat in large meaure will go
into the production of the best patent
flours unci be sold to the consuming
public at pi ices b.iseel on No. 1 wheat.
,Thc producers nre theieb) defrauded
and the consumeis receive uo benefit."
I Fined $5 for Not Heeding Signal
Failure to heed a slgnnl of a traffle
policeman at Newton and Hnddou ave
nues, Camden, today, Frank StcCar
ron, of Haverford, Ta,, was arrested
and Sued $5 by Rceotder Htnckhouae,
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