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! STARTLING EXPOSURE OF INNER LIFE OF KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE AS TOLD BY COUNT ERNST VON HELTZENDORFF TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX : Relates How Kaiser : • • ■ : Escaped Assassin • • • I- HI I oKl % I Mill.. — William I .e who here rhroalrlem for hi* frfeaJ. I oaat lra*t % «»a llel«*end«*rff. •be latter* revelation* of the Inner life of the imperial t.erman coart. ha* »•** been rr.»ZBlirf throughout 1.0 rope a* the p«***eo*or of It* laarrtnukt noeroc* The I as li*h -Who** \\ fan** *a«a of him “He ha* Intimate knowledge of Che *e*-eC on tee of i oaflaeatal run trie* and I* «oaaldered by the cuteru men! t**f t.rrai Hritaiai aa aathorlty on ataHb matter*.** laalbrr aathorlty *sy*: -I r* pewpl- hate been more rloocly n* * printed aaltb or ka»* more of the aatpcaadtaa inner aoarhlarry of C*cr maay Than he. * I K|arat probably ha* more *oaree» of *rrrrt taler mat ion at hi* t-ommand than nay nairaporary la <*!«II life, and for che loot *la year* the British lire eraaaeat ha* made aalaable u*r of hi* aaat at cape of arrrrt Information thruach a *pr • .all y orsanUed depart meat with «*hl«h 1 rvurut work* aa a voluntary aad*taM t ount voa Ifeltceadorff heeaine an In timate of l arteral year* prior Co che oat break of the war: he ha* been U« In* la retirement la I ranee *in«*e l«S»*i. IPI4. and It wa* there that Ur q«r«t rrrrlted from the rrowc prince** late pr'*c*asl adjataai perml**i«»a to make pakU* theme revelation* of the loner life of the Hobea»«*nrrti*— that the demoerarir* of the world an light rome to know the real, bat heretofore hidden, peroonalltle* of the two domi nant aaember* of thr autocracy It la now arrayed esala«t. THE command* you «J audience at once ill the private dining nw»iu.” said an*- • Ter ng The kai^ r ~ study. where 1 was uniting tutu. .%> I |*»i—I d«»wn>tairs to the r**oRi. to ah. h e:j*ntnce was forbidden even to the crown print, himself. I natur ally w 'hder*-.! why I had been CoIP tn*nd*-i to tsuunctf there. il.v«- y«»u any knowledge of the < * of the letter which you have br* .gh* fr-.m th« crown prince?” the eiu}o*r *r a*k*-d hluntly. ! r*-i*li**«l In the negative. A T ■ T* :'•>*! pimfTow: li. a* k ed suddenly “T-< Thorn. 3;v imiwrial highness in-i~ ■- ’he g»rr.- s there on Thurs day.'* I SfdC. “Ah «»f otjr-e I intended to go, hot tt l* impossible.** Then after a |« use. the emperor ks-ked as. -'might in the face and suddenly Mid: • H» 'rend--rff. have you any know! edge ,,f say lun;; mlb-d Mlnckwit*?" I reflected. “1 , a i « v<*n Min-'kwit*. grand tar. -ter tie- e.*jrt of the duke of Roue-Alten burg." was my reply. Vi ft:* nun. Wilhelm Minck wit* der p«se« as a musician." 1 kisoi my head. “You ar. quite certain that you have never li e,.r<! the name? Try to r>*-<>) l«rt ali-'her tike crown prince has ever : •• •..•’.ed him in your presence." I endeavored to ris-all the circutn st; fur - .:neho very gradually 1 fel* a ■! - - re. ileit.iin of having tmrr heard that name before. A* the r iieient I f»ii to recall any thing y»cr majesty." was my answer. The etiip- mr knit his brows as though annoyed at my reply, arid then gre- •—i d—-pty la dissatisfaction. “Metu lit* here In -ilani." he «abl. “Te*.egr;*td» to the crown prince re calling turn at my order- and I will can--. •» is-t. *) ,.t Thorn. Toil the crown prince that I wish to see him tonight tmrmdlateiy u]m>ii his re turn." Th-r. not..-ing f*-r the fir-t time that the rmperor held a puper in his hand. I realized t.y it- color that It was one of those — .-r*-t r-i"*rt* furnished for the kaiser'* eye alone—a report of one of "he thousand* of *pie- of Germany spread ev.-rywheiv. Minekwit*! I impress,*! that name upti i: y t.ii-tnory. arid being dismissed •-,«ed r j ., |f ,,tjt „f the imperial pres ence. Kexaming to the Mar- • r palace I —at a I*mg and urg.-nt i —::i:v over •he privat* wire t» “W illie" at Al • •*.«. rej» :■ mt his majesty's orders, tad recalling him at once. tyuite well I ,ew Tlist -urh an unusual message -Id tsr--'!se his IligtlTiess* ;iJjJ.reheU - - Tli-vt f'«r —*>:ae often**- or other he *a- at-. it to receive a pj'temal cas t ' .'S- If it I oltfil 1 * |.e explicit. he*su*»• I fi l l no knowledge of the re*— xi the -of was canceling our cawpasut »t Thom “D d He Ask You That?” At nine o'clock that night the crown prtn.-e t •urst into the r*-cn wherein I was att* ad.t.g to th*- corn -j*>ti<l. n<-e. “What !» 'fc** tiaiite of fate does all this no an. Sli-liaii'lorff?” lie demand 'd. “Why did the < lajieror fail to re h-> To tiiT message?” i . .-..red it." I -nil And then I de-.Tlh.-i ,hat look plac In the eui f* - r - private dining room. When 1 ! • - r - *• of Minefcwltz the cr»>'i t i < . . cheeks blanched. ! !i y.m ihriiT* he gn*j**d. * ' ' 1 t'.m that the only per son I kn< . . f that name was Count von St.fo k-.iitz.” At: •; * ..-Tie fat. old master of the court. Oh The emperor knows him well enough. It Is sotnetx-jy he Is ref err'ng to.” “Hi* Uitjesty wishes to see you mt xiee." I urged, full of wonder. I could plainly see that hi* imperial highness had been much upset at men S<* of th*- mysterious j- r—.n called ICiackw; z. What could the emperor know of him? Was there some scan dal at the root of it all. some farts which the crown prince feared might be revealed? Travei-«ial- ,-! and without (-hanging bl» tunic. “Willie” went to the tele pt :;tid ordered Knof to bring hack the ‘-;ir. In it he drove across to the News Palais to see the emperor. I had an appointment in Berlin that night, and waited until quite late for “Willie's" return. As he did not come. I left for the capital, and on arrival ;.t my rooms rang up Wolffs agency, and gave out a paragraph to the press that his imperial highness, the crown prince, had been compelled to aban don his journey to Thorn, owing to having contracted a chill. At the Schloss Oels. Several weeks went by. and one dr.y we were at the ancient schloss at Oels. In far Silesia. The guests included old Count von Reisenhach. court chamberlain of the prince of SchambourgT.ippe. who was a noted raconteur and bonvivant, with Major von lleidkumper of the Fourth Bavarian Light Cavalry, a constant : ptmion of “Willie," anti Karl von Bappenheitn. a captain of the Prussian •guard, w ho had been educated at Ox ford. anti who was so English that it wti> often difficult for people front London to believe that he was a Prus sian. Von I’appenheim was one of “Wil lie's" new friends. He was the son of a great landowner of Erfurt, and 'he pair had for the past month been ins..parable. He was a shrewd, keen eyed man. who seemed ever on the alert, but. of course, obsessed by mili tary dignity. He had a sister. Marga rete. a pretty girl, a year or so bis Junior, who hud been to the Maruier palace on one occasion. one day I had accompanied the I arty cut after stag. Soon after lunch eon. which we took at a forester's house, we went forth again, and I con ■■euled myself at a point of vantage, lying behind a screen of ferns and branches specially const: ueted as cover. I was ssone. at some- considerable distance frs-n the others, ami had been there waitin' f..r nearly an hour with no gun In readiness, when suddenly I heard the cracking of dried wood not far away. Something wis moving. I raised iny gun in breathless eagerness. Next moment, however. I heard the voices of two men—"Willie" and his friend. Von Pappenheiin. They were ppronehing me, speaking in low. con tinent ial tones. “You quit;- understand." “Willie" usaying. “My position i« a terri ble one. I don’t know how to estri cate myself. If I rare reveal the truth, t!.* •; I know full well what their ven geance will be." "But. my dear Caesar.” was Karl von I'appenhelin's reply, for he was on su : intimate terms that he called his h" hy the name Von Hochberg !. • stowed upon him. “is it not your ;’> to risk all and tell the truth?” 1 '!:■■ j'alr had halted only a few yards front me and taken cover behind a iced hush which had been cut down and placed conveniently at the spot, in case the shooting party were a large ore- and the screen behind which I had concealed myself was insufficient. So near were they that I could hear all that was said. "The emperor would neither beli< ve nor forgive me,” “Willie” said. "Minckwitz is a clever devil. He would bring manufactured evidence which must implicate me." Minckwitz! That was the name h oh the crop* i-..r had uttered, asking r:.e if I knew him! “Bui can he bring evidence?” asked his companion. "Yes. curse hint!—he can!” “You can refute It. surely?” “No. I can’t. If I could. I should make a ch an breast of the whole mat ter.” Willie declared. “He Holds Me in the Hollow of His Hand.” ••But cannot 1 help you? Cannot I Minekwitz. and Muff him?” his friend suggested. “Yon don't know him.” was the re ply. “He holds nte in the hollow of his hand." “Ah ! Then you have been horribly indiscreet—eh ?” “I have. I admit I have. Karl; and I do not see my way out of it." “But. my dear Caesar, think of the danger existing day by day—hour by ’fur!” cri**d Von Pappenheim. "Think v.hat there is at stake! That letter yi. i showed me this morning reveals .inly too plainly what is Intended." “It is a letter of defiance. I admit.” “Anil a catastrophe must inevitably occur. if you do not act.” “But how can I act?” cried the crown prince. “Suggest something—I cannot. If I titti r a syllable. Minekwitz will nee! certainly carry out his threat against me.” “Contrive to have him arrested upon sonic chart.« ur other,” Karl suggested. “If I did he would produce the evi dence against me." declared the crown prince. A silence then fell between the pair. Suddenly Karl asked: •TV»-s Von Heltzendorff know?” “He knows nothing," was “Willie’s” answer. "The emperor questioned him. hut he was in ignorance of Minckwitz’s existence. He was naturally surprised, but I did not regard it as judicious to enlighten him.” “He is your confidential adjutant. If I were you, I should tell him the truth. No time should be lost, re memher.” Then, after a few seconds of.silence. Von Pappenheitn went on: “Why. I never thought ot It! My sister Margarete knows Minekwitz. She might perhaps be useful to us— ehr “Why, yes!” cried “Willie,” “a wom an can frequently accomplish a thing where a man would fall. A most ex cellent Idea. Let us leave the others to their sport and get back to the A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCE'S PERSONAL ADJUTANT TO WILLIAM LEQUEUX, POSSESSOR OF THE SECRETS OF EUROPE. Yeneux \adoi, par Moret-sur-Loing, Seine-et-Marne. February 10th, 1917. My dear LeQueux: 1 have just finished reading the proofs of your articles deaerlfclni my life as an official at the !niperial court at Potsdam, and the two o three small errors you made 1 have duly corrected. The gross scandals and wily Intrigues which I have related to y®1 were many of them known to yourself, for, as the intimate friend j Luisa, the ex-crown princess of Saxony, you were, before the wai closely associated with many of those at court whose names appear li these articles. The revelations which I have made, and which you have recorde here, are but a tithe of the disclosures which 1 could make, and if th world desires more, I shall be pleased to furnish you with other an even more startling detail*, which you may also put into print. My service as personal adjutant to the (ierman crown prince Is, Imp pily. at an end. and now. with the treachery of (Germany against civili xation glaringly revealed. I feel, in my retirement, no compunction 1: exposing all 1 know concerning the secrets of the kaiser and his hoi With most cordial greetings from Your lineeBf friend, < 'Agned) ERNST VOX HELT7.EX DORF-F. sehloss and discuss a line of action eh?" And in agreement, the pair emerged from their ambush, and retraced their steps along the path they had come. A Message From the Emperor. Next evening Von Pappenhelm’s sis ter Margarete. fair-haired, petite and rather doll-like, arrived at the castle. During dinner an imperial courier arrived from Berlin with a letter front the emperor, and “Willie” opened it. read it. and then, excusing himself, left the table. 1 rose and followed him. as was my duty, hut when outside the room, his highness sent me hack, saying in a thick, husky voice: “I shall not want you. Von Heltzen dorff; I will write the reply myself.” On my return the guests were dis cussing the effect of the emperor's Message upon their host. Von I’appen heim being particularly anxious. He said something in a low voice to his sister, when the latter became at once thoughtful. Indeed, the remainder of the meal was a very dull affair, and it was with relief that we rose and went out into the big ancient hall, with its vaulted ceiling, where coffee wns nlwnvs sprvprl. The courier had left on his return journey to the capital, yet “Willie” did not again reappear. At eleven o’clock I found him lying in a heavy sleep upon the sofa in the room set apart for me for my writing. I called his faithful valet, and to gether we half-carried him to his room, where he was undressed and put to bed. Hardly had I returned to my room, when Von Pappenheim entered in search of his host. “nis highness is not well, and has retired to his room,” I said. “He ex pressed a desire to see nobody to night." “Oh!” he cried in despair. “Why did he not see me and tell me the truth ! Precious hours are flying, and we must act if the situation is to be saved.” “What situation?" I asked, in pre tended ignorance. “You know nothing. Von Heltzen dorff. eh?" he asked, looking me straight in the face. “Nothing." was my reply. “You have no knowledge of the trap into which the crown prince fell when he was in Paris with you six months ago. and when he and 1 first met?” “A trap! What do you mean?” “Has he told you nothing?” “Not a syllable.” “Ah! Then I cannot be frank with you until I obtain his highness’ per mission. He told me that you knew nothing, but I did not believe it. Know ing well what implicit confidence he places in you. I believed that you knew the ghastly truth.” Into what trap had “Willie” fallen during our last visit to Paris I could not conceive. His constant absences alone, his terrible craving for excite ment, his wild and reckless search for pleasure had ever been a source of anxiety to me. Times without number had I lifted a warning finger, only to be derided by the son of the all-highest one. On a Secret Mission for the Crown Prince. Next day, soon after his highness was dressed, he entered my room. “Heltzendorff,” he said, “I have been chatting with Von Pappenheim and liis sister upon a little matter of busi ness which closely concerns myself. I want you to leave in an hour's time and go to Hanover. In the Kirehroder strasse, No. 16. out at Kleefeld, there lives a certain man named Minckwitz —a Pole by birth. He has two nieces —one about twenty and the other two years older. With them you have no concern. All I want Is that you en gage a photographer, or, better, your self take a snapshot of this man Minckwitz, and bring it to me. Be discreet and trust no one with the se cret of your journey.” “Exactly. T1 ^re is a doubt ns to tlie man's identity, eh?" “Willie” nodded tn the affirmative. Satisfied that I should at last see the mysterious pers< n whose Identity the emperor wished tc establish, I set out from Oels on my loirg journey right across Germany. In due course I arrived ir. Hanover, and found the house situated in the pleasant suburb. Here I found that “Willie's” suspicions were correct, and the man Minckwitz was livisg under the name of Sembnch and pretending to be a musician. I watched, nnd very soon, with my own camera, in secret took a snapshot of the mysterious In dividual ns he walked In the street. With this I left, two days later, on my return to Oels. The photograph was that of a thin, nnrrow-faced. deep-eyed man, with a scraggy, pointed heard—a typical Pole, and when I handed it to “Willie” he held his breath. “Look!” he cried, turning to Von Pappenheim and hi- sister, who were both present. “Look! There is no mistake! That is the man. What shall we do? Xo time must be lost. How can I act?” A Talk With Von Pappenheim’s Sister. Brother and sister exchanged glances blankly. From inquiries I had made In Hanover, it seemed that the man was a stranger, a music-master, who had arrived there about a month ago. I feared to make inquiry through the police, because my official capacity as personal adjutant to the crown prince was too well known, and suspicion might have thus been aroused. The trio again held secret counsel, but I was not told the nature of their deliberations. All I knew was that the crown prince was in some terrible and most dangerous difficulty. That afternoon I met the girl Mar garete walking alone in the grounds near the sehloss. The autumn sun was pleasant, though there was a sharp nip in the air. which told of the coming of the early Silesian winter. We had walked together for some distance, when I suddenly halted and asked her point-blank why they were nil in such great fear of Herr Minck witz. She started, staring at me with her big blue eyes. “His highness has not told you, count. Therefore, it would ill become me to reveal his secret," was her cold rebuke. “But if the situation is so grave, j and if I had been intrusted with the secret mission to Hanover, I may, perhaps, be of service in the matter. 1 understand you are acquainted with Herr Minckwitz. alias Sembach—eh?" “Who told you that?" “Nobody. I learned it myself,” I an swered, with a smile. For a second she reflected, then, with a woman's cleverness, she said: “I can tell you nothing. Ask the crown prince himself." And she re fused to discuss the matter further. Indeed, she left the castle two hours later. The Crown Prince’s Fear. That night I went boldly to “Willie,” finding him alone in a little circular room in one of the towers of the castle, to which he often retired to smoke and snooze. I stood before him, and without mincing matters, told him what I had overheard, and all I knew. The effect of my words was almost electrical. He sat up. staring at me, almost dazed at my statement. “It is true. Heltzendorff. Alas! True!" he replied. But he would even then give me no inkling of the reason of his fear. •’If this Herr Minckwitz means mis chief. then surely it would he easy j to secure his arrest for some offense or other, and you need not appear in it,” I suggested. “I've thought of all that. But if the police lay hands upon him, then he will revenge himself on me. He will carry out his threat—and—and. Heltzendorff. I could never hold up my head again.” “Why?” “I can't he more explicit. I’m in a hold, and I cannot extricate myself.” I reflected for a moment. Then I said: “Ton appear to fear some action of Minckwite’s. If that Is so. I will return to Hanover and watch. If there is any hostile intent. I will endeavor to prevent it. Fortunately, he does not know me.” Next night I was hack again in Han over, having stopped in Berlin to pick np a friend of mine upon whose discretion I could rely implicitly—a-re tired member of the detective force. nann*i Flartwieg. Together we start ed to watch the movements of the mys terious Polish musician, and to our surprise we found that he had three friends, one a furrier living in the Burgstrasse. vho visited him regular ly each evening. They always ar rived at the same hour, and generally left about eleven o'clock. Through five days we kept watch, alternately close ly shadowing the man who called him self Sembnch, and becoming acquaint ed with his friends, most of whom seemed of a very queer set. A Strange Purchase. There was no doubt that Minckwitz and the two young women were asso ciates of some criminal gang, and. further, I was staggered one evening to watch the arrival at the house of a young man whom «I recognized as Bnsch. an under-valet of the emperor at the Neues Palais. For what reason had he come from Potsdam? He remained thqre till noon on the following day. When he emerged, ac companied by Minckwitz, the pair went into the city, and we followed, when, ] curiously enough, I came face to face with Von Pappenheim's sister, who was apparently there for the same purpose as myself! Happily, she was too intent in her conversation with Minekwitz, whom she met as though accidentally, to notice my presence. Then, at last, the musician raised his hat and left her, rejoining the young man. Broseh. The pair went to a bookshop in the Herschedstrasse, and presently, when they came forth again. Broseh was car | rying a good-sized volume wrapped in I brown paper. My curiosity was aroused. Therefore ] I went into the shop, made a purchase, and learned from the shopman that the younger of the pair had purchased a well-known German reference book. Professor Xebendahl’s “Dictionary of Classical Quotations.” Strange that such a book should be purchased by an under-valet! Leaving the detective. Hartwieg, tc watch, I took the next train to Pots dam, where I was fortunate enough to find the emperor giving audience to the iinperinl chancellor. At the conclu sion of the audience. I sought, and was accorded, a private interview, at which I recalled his majesty’s anxiety to as certain something regarding the man Minekwitz. “Well—and have you found him?" asked the emperor, very eagerly. The Emperor Showed Me a Letter. I replied in the affirmative. I Then he told ine something which held me breathless, for. unlocking a drawer, he showed me an anonymous letter of warning he had received, a letter which, posted in Paris, stated that an attempt was to be made upon his life, and hinting that the crown prince might be aware of it. "Of course.” he laughed, “I do not regard it seriously, but X thought we ought to know the whereabouts of this man Minekwitz. who is probably an anarchist." “Will your majesty leave the mat ter entirely in my hands?" I suggested. “The police must not be informed.” “It shall t>e as you wish. I give you authority to act just as you deem best, if you really anticipate danger." "I do anticipate it." I replied, and a few minutes later bowed myself out of the imperial presence. I'uiuii; mui i mini iiHuui uir palace, gossiping with the officials anil dames du palais, awaiting the return of the young man Brosch. That night he did not come hack, hut he arrived at the palace about seven o'clock on the following morning. The head valet was furious at his absence, but the young man made a very plausible ex cuse that his sister out at Lichtenberg was very dangerously ilk I had no sleep that night, hut as soon as I was informed of the uniler valet’s return, I repaired to the em peror's study and secreted myself be neath a great damask-covereil settee which runs along the wall opposite the door. For nearly an hour I remained there, when the door was opened stealthily, and there entered the young man whom I had seen in Hanover on the previous day. He carried a book in his hand. This he swiftly exchanged for another similar book of the same appearance, and a moment later crept out again, closing the door noiselessly. Quickly I came forth and took up the classical dictionary, a copy of which was usually upon the emperor's table. It presented just the same up pearance as the book that Brosch had taken away, only it was considerably heavier. A Narrow Escape. Without delay. I dashed out, sought the emperor's valet, and was admitted to his majesty’s presence. Three minutes later we were both in the study. I took up the book and held it to his ear. .Tust as I had heard, lie could detect the faint ticking of a watch within. The book had been hollowed out and a bomb inserted! It was. no doubt, set to explode between eight and nine o'clock, when the emperor would be at his desk. “Take it out quickly!” shrieked the kaiser, in terror, when he realized the true import of the plot. In obedience, handling the book very carefully, I rushed with it downstairs, out into the open. I placed it on the grass some distance away, while the emperor followed me. utterly astound ed at the discovery. Having deposited it. I dashed back to where the emperor was standing upon the steps, greatly to the surprise of the sentries, when hardly had 1 reached him than there showed a blood-red flash, followed by a terrific report and concussion—an explosion which would have blown the emperor’s head off ns he sat. His majesty stood white and rigid, instantly realizing what a narrow es cape he had had. while the noise caused the greatest alarm, and people began rushing hither and thither t<: ascertain the cause. In a few seconds his majesty was calm again. “Say nothing of this. Heltzendorff.' he said. “Let it remain a mystery, Come upstairs, and I will speak on the telephone to the police.” “Tour majesty gave the matter un reservedly into my hands,” I reminded him. “Ah. that is so; I forgot.” he ex claimed, and after thanking me he added: “Take what steps you like, but have the offenders punished, and also try to find out who sent me that anonymous warning." The young valet, who had been, no doubt, heavily bribed by Minckwitz to substitute the book, had already dis appeared, and, as a mntter of fact, has never been seen since in Germany. The man Minckwitz had also, it seemed, suddenly left Hanover on the night of my departure, for Hartwieg. following him. reported to me by wire that he was in Paris. What I Learned in Paris. Without delay I traveled to the ‘ French capital, saw my old friend. Plnnud of the Surote, and told him the whole story, explaining in confi dence that for some mysterious rea son the crown prince feared that if the man were arrested, he might reveal something unpleasant. "I quite understand.” replied the French detective, with a smile. “I know that, six months ago. while the crown prince was in Paris, he was one night enticed into the gaming house kept by the notorious Minckwitz. : There a quarrel ensued, and the crown ! prince, fearing attack, drew his re ! volver. which went off and shot one of j Minckwitz's confederates stone-dead, j The crown prince has ever since been paying big sums to hush up the af fair. "Until recently Minckwitz conceived the Idea that if the emperor died and the crown prince came to the throne, it would mean to him considerably more money each year. Therefore he conceived that diabolical plot. I warned the crown prince of it. and he threatened to expose Minckwitz and liyve him arrested. Minckwitz, in turn, threatened that if his highness made the slightest movement to thwart his plans, he would expose to the world that the German crown prince, during his latest escapade in the Montmartre, had killed a man. Finding this to be the case, I myself wrote that anony mous letter of warning, which I ad dressed to the emperor." “And which has had the effect of saving his majesty’s life." I remarked. That night Minckwitz found himself arrested upon a charge of blackmailing a Portuguese nobleman, and was later on sentenced to 15 years’ imprison ment. In his solitary hours in prison he often wonders. I expect, why his das tardly plot failed. Had it been suc cessful. however, it certainly would have had a great effect upon the fu ture history of the world. (Copyright. 1917. by William LeQueux.l FORESEES FUSION OF RACES One Complex Human Species Will Grow From Those Which Succeed in Persisting, Says Scientist "If the ancestors of Swede and Arab, Saxon and negro, Greek and Chinaman had all lived together and freely inter married there would never have been any Swedes, Arabs. Saxons. Greeks or Chinamen, but instead a homogenous race differing front them all,” said Prof. Maynard M. Metcalf of the Or chard laboratory of Oberlin, O., in an address before the Chinese Students' alliance. "It is Isolation which has al lowed the several races of man to de velop, to evolve. "Hereafter no race can develop In dependently of the rest of mankind. Divergent evolution into races more and more distinct has ceased. We are entering upon a new anthropological period, a period in which divergent evolution has ended and a fusion of the races will begin. Increasing fu sion will remove the present rather clearly demarcated racial diversities and the ultimate human species will be one complex race, fused from all those present races which succeed in per sisting.” Blanket Named After Inventor. The cold winter of 1340 gave us the blanket. So. at least, says tradition, which ascribes its invention to Thomas Blanket, a Flemish merchant, who set tled in Bristol, and fell from affluence to want, says the London Chronicle. Blanket and his wife, suffering from the intense cold by reason of scanty bedding and lack of fuel, he searched for something to put on the bed to Increase the warmth, and hit on a piece of rough, unfinished cloth that had been thrown to waste. Its suc cess as a warmth giver suggested the manufacture of special bed covers from the same material, and these ar ticles, to which he gave his own name, won the worthy Blanket wealth and immortality. Wax From the Bayberry. The recovery of wax from the bay berry was for centuries a New Eng land household industry, and it has lately become a factory industry, the wax of the plant being generally used in the making of bayberry candles, held in high esteem for use ami or nament by New Englanders. A tushe: of the berries yields as a rule, between four and five pounds of wax. Another plant belonging to the same genus is the “sweetgnle,” which grows abund antly in the bogs and marshes of Scot land. It is a small shrub with leaves somewhat like those of myrtle or wil low, having a fragrant odor and bit ter taste, and yielding an essential oil by distillation. Division to Two-Mile Trench. A division, which is the largest bod> known in the organization of the American army, will fully man two miles bf trenches. The regulation dis tance in the inunning of a trench is a yard to a man. There are three lines, however, needed to fully man such defenses—the firing line, which is down in the trench, a yard behind each man; the support, which is back a short distance, and the reserve. Well, Who Did? Billy was told to amuse his baby brother for a while. He obeyed, say ing just loud enough to be heard: “Huh, who ever heard of a he nurse girl?” EXCEEDSj) BILLION LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS SURPASS ALL ESTIMATES. f ' OVERSUBSCRIBED 52 PER CENT Over 4,000.000 Persons Purchased Bonds—Draft Registration Com plete; 9,694,938 Answer Call. Washington.—Liberty Loan sub scriptions total $3,035,220,850, an over subscription of nearly 52 per cent. This figure surpasses the highest esti mate of treasury officials by several millions of dollars. The final tabulation as officially an nounced by tlie Treasury department shows that more tlian 4.00O.OOO per sons bought bonds. Ninety-three per cent of subscriptions, or those of 3,960,000 persons, were for sums carv ing from $50 to $10,000, while twenty one subscribers applied for allotments of $5,000,000 each or more. The New York federal reserve dis trict led the list, with subscriptions totaling $1,186,788,400, or more than tiiree times the amount subscribed iu the next district, Chicago, $357,195,950. The other districts sent subscriptions as follows: Boston. .$332,447,600; Cleveland. $286,148,700; Philadelphia. $232,309. 230; San Francisco, $175,023,900; Richmond. $109,737,100; Kansas City. $91,758,850; St. Louis. $80,134,700 • Minneapolis. $80,255,500; Atlanta, $57. 878,550; Dallas. $48,949,350. These subscriptions include those sent direct to the treasury and appor tioned among the various reserve dis tricts. — Registration Reports All In. Washington.—The grand total of nams on the draft registration "roll of honor" Is !>,694,t)38. The totals are to he submitted to the census bureau to determine why certain western states showed a registration of only about 50 per cent of the estimate. I'm vost Marshal General Crowder con siders the returns practically a 100 per cent registration. With the addi tion of the eligildes in the army and navy, who were not required to reg ister. the total will he brought well over the 10.200.000. Provost Marshal General Crowder directed the regis tration boards to post a list of the men registered in each precinct. He urged that the newspapers print the roll of honor. To Offer Farm Loan Bonds July 1. Washington.—'The first issue of farm loan bonds, it was announced, will tie offered the public about July 1. From $100,000,000 to $150.001!.in XI of the bonds bearing 4K per cent in terest. probably will tie issued within a year. The twelve federal land banks, through the Farm Loan board, have concluded an arrangement with a group of investment bankers under which half of the issue, up to $30,000. 000. during the next six months will be marketed by tiie bankers. Joint Food Control. Washington.—Food control in the United States and Canada will he made as nearly alike as conditions in the two countries will permit. In many respects it will amount almost to a joint control, it was said, after a conference between Herbert C. Hoover and W. ,T. Hanna, just ajs pointed Canadian food comptroller. Fooil laws already enacted in Cana da. Mr. Hanna said, closely approach the administration’s food legislation pending in congress. To Resist Extradition. Bologna. Italy.—Alfredo Coeehi. who is under arrest here in connec tion with the murder of Both Cruqpr in New York, will resist extradition. He declares himself innocent of any crime and his lawyer is preparing a ease to show no valid demand for his return to the United States can he made. Coeehi declares he left America only for domestic reasons. Admits Theft of $25,000. Chicago.—James Burgess, manager of the Adams Express company, ad mitted the $25,000 robbery of an ex press car in the Burlington yards here •Tune l'-1. He named Peter Pelo quin. a switchman, and his brother. ■Toe Peloquin. as accomplices. Ordered Into Active Service. Washington.—Sixteen companies of ! national guard engineers were ordered into acti service by the war depart - j ment. The engineers will he utilized I to lay out and prepare camp sites for i the reception of the national army levy and the national guard to he j called out soon. Boys Murder Junk Man. I Chicago, 111.—David Srery, 33 years ] old. a junk man, was beaten to death with a base ball bat by three boys be tween 12 and 11 years of age in an alley on the west side. Bobbery is be 1 lieved to have been the motive. Warrants for Slackers. Los Angeles, Cal.—Warrants for the arrest of 102 persons charged with failure to register .Tune 5 for the se lective draft were issued here by D. M. Haamack, United States commis sioner. Tenth District. Oversubscribed. Kansas City, Mo.—The tenth fed eral reserve district oversubscribed the Liberty loan by more than a mil lion and a half dollars, according to an official statement issued by the re serve bank here. The total figures were $101,670,000. Subsea Fires on Lifeboats. Paris. — The German submarine which torpedoed a British steamer turned its guns on the lifeboats and killed eight of the occupants, the ad miralty announced.