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VORLD LEAGUE
DIFFICULT BUT
NOT JIOPELESS
Senator Thomas Thinks Presi
dent Will Carry Through
Peace Plans With Credit
to the Nation.
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Washington, Jafi. 3. Senator
Thomas of Colorado, democratic
member of the foreign relations
committee, predicted today in the
senate that "at this critical hour in
cur diplomatic history, President
Wilson would acquit himself well
and to the ultimate satisfaction of
his countrymen."
Disclaiming any intent to criticise
senators who have felt impelled to
record their disagreement with the
president's outline of peace condi
tions, Senator Thomas said he re
garded it as incumbent upon those
who felt otherwise to make public
expression of their views lest it be
gathered from, their silence "that
announcements' hitherto recorded
embody the common sentiment of
the American senate."-
He quoted at length from letters
and opinions by Alexander Hamil
ton, Thomas Jefferson and others to
show that the president's power"'!!,
negotiating treaties is made su
preme by the constitution. . '
The senator said he was reluctant
to speak of economic barriers and
trade relations, "for in the last
analysis that is the real obstacle to
an all embracing entente.1' . :
He added, however, that he cor
dially endorsed the presndent's de
mands for "the removal as .far as
possible of economic barriers."
"Freedom of the seas," Senator
Thomas said, "is a vague and indefin
able term. It is noticeable that the
president declares for 'absolute free;
riom of navigation upon the seas out
side of territorial water, alike in
peace and war.' " '
Establishment of a league of . na
tions, Senator Thomas said, pre
sents a difficult problem. Some of
the difficulties , already have been,
mentioned -by,' other senators, and
added that he need "only; mention
the financial burden and its method
of,, distribution, its inclusion of" the
vanquished nations, -of bolshevist
Russia and the Vatican." ;
; "I do not say these difficulties are
insuperable." continued the . speak
er"but l feel sure" that only time!
and experience can surmount them.
They will tax the patience and the
wisdom of the entente?' j
, Senator Thomas said he was much
impressed with the suggestion 'of
Viscount Grey,; former British for
eign secretary,; that the victorious
league now in force be continued. It:
is amply competent, the. speaker
said, to keep the peace of "the world
and it may admit other nations to its
association as time and experience
shall determine.
Insurance Man Dies. . -
Milwaukee, 'Jan. 2. John Barns,
59, general counsel of the Northwestern-Mutual
Life Insurance com-;
pany, die,d today following a Strode
of apoplexy. ' ' '; ' ; :, ;
British Army Kept
School for 3,000,000,
Says Director Goall
' London, Jan. 3.-r(Via Montreal.)
Educational work among British
troops was the most astonishing
thing in the war, said Lord Goall,
deputy director of army staff du
ties, in an address here today. The
army contained at least 3,000,000
students and constituted the largest
school in the world before the arm
istice, he said.
This w'ork was given in order to
divert men's minds from the' terrors
of war. Since the armistice . the
work has increased, it being given
with a definite view to post-war re
settlement. Recently 72,000 books
have been dispatched to France for
the British army, which is clamor
ing for more. In connection witi)
this the authorities in France have
ordered 2,000,000 pencils fortnight
ly, which are more than are in ex
istence. Over 60 subjects are being taught,
most soldiers choosing technical
subjects. 5
Two Conferences Are
to Be Held Before Main
Parleys Are Started
Paris, Jan. 3. (Havas.)-After
the preliminary conference between
the four great allied powers Jan
uary 13, says the Journal, there will
be a second conference, at which
the other allied states will be con
sulted on questions interesting them.
These two preparatory conferences
will be held at the French foreign
office.
, The peace congress proper, the
newspaper adds, will be held at
Versailles. The debates will not be
made public, but reports will be is
sued daily.
New York May Ask for
Extradition of Harry Thaw
Philadelphia, Jan. 3. District At
torney Swan of New York, yester
day requested an exemplified copy
of the record in this city in the
lunacy, proceedings which resulted
in the commitment of Harry K.
Thaw to the Pennsylvania hospital
for the insane. This action, it was
said, probably means that the New
Vr.rU 3iihnritii intnft to file re
quisition for the surrender -of Thiw,
' f .A . A- - -- Xt i.
wno is unaer lnaicimem in mai .uy
on charges of assaulting Frederick
Gump, a Kansas City high school
boy. .
Foch Will Permit Germans
in Rhine Provinces to Vote
- i Paris, Jan. 3. (Havas.) Marshal
Foch, according to the Matin, has
given permission for the Germans
in the occupied Rhine provinces to
participate in the German elections.
He also will allow freedom of the
press and freedom of assemblage as
far as is compatible with the main
tenance of order.
Big Elevator in Ontario
Burns, With Heavy Loss
Fort William, Ont, Jan. 3.-Fire
last night destroyed the 100,000
bushel cleaning elevator of Parrish
& Heikbecker with a loss estimated
it $250,000. Eighty thousand bush
elsNbf wheat were burned. . ,
"iiitLTi '
milk
" When mothers
economize
on
the children
become pale
and sickly." -
U. 3. Food Administration.'
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"One-third .of the school children in our largo cities arc in aotd
of nutritional attention." '". '
"They need for proper nourishment on pint of milk daily,
for every child and a quart if possible; one egg or two ounces
of meat or fish or beans. They need cereals and bread, fruit and
vegetables and a little fat and sugar."
"If all mothers followed the advice to buy a quart of milk a day
for every child, and refuted to give it tea or coffee, there would
be few undernourished children."
At the Alamito Dairy no expense is spared in producing milk
that not only is fresh and clean but by scientific pasteurisation
' the danger from bacteria is eliminated and the consumer's
health is safeguarded.
Delivered daily by courteous route salesmen.
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Others Are' Imitations
The Abandoned Room
By Wadsworth Camp
CHAPTER XLVI.
Explanations.
.The Panamanian read the letter.
"Her way of covering herself," he
explained, "in case you suspected she
had made you drink too much or had
drugged you. She really wanted you
to come to tea that afternoon. It
was after, writing that that she
found out what had gone wrong. In
other words, she read in the paperof
Silas Blackburn's death, and in' a
panic she put on plain clothes and
hurried out to see what had hap
pened." The fact that'she forgot her
managers, her professional reputa
tion, everything, testified to her anx
iety, and I began to sense the truth.
She had been born in Panama of a
Spanish mother and an American
father, she had some stealthy in
terest in the Cedars and Blackburns.
She was about the right age. Ten
to one she was Silas Blackhurn's
niece. So for me, many hours be
fore Silas Blackburn walked in here,
the presence of the other Blackburn
about the Cedars became a tragic
and threatening inevitability. Had
Silas Blackburn been murdered or
had his brother? Where "was the
survivor who had committed that
brutal murder? Maria had come j
here hysterically to answer those
questions. . She, might know. The
light in-the deserted house 1 She
might be hiding him and taking food
to him . there.. But her crying sug
gested a signal which he never an
swered. At any rate, I had to find
Maria. ""So I slipped out. I thought
I heard her at the lake. She wasn t
there. I was sure I would trap her
at the deserted house, for the dif
fused glow of the light we had seeit
proved that it had come through the
cob webbed "windows of the cellar,
which are set in Jittle wells below
the level of the growd. The cellar
explained also how she had turned
her flashlight off and slipped
through the hall and out while we
searched the rooms. She hadn't gone
back. I couldn't find her. So I
went on into Sraithtown and sent a
costly cable to my father. His an
swer came tonight just before Silas
Blackburn walked in. He had talked
with several1 of the survivors of
those evil days. He gave me a con
firmation of everything I had gath
ered from the papers. The Black
burps had quarrelled over a con
tract. Robert had been struck over
the head. He wandered about the
isthmus, half-witted, forgetting his
name, nursing one idea. Someone
had robbed him,; and he wanted his
money back or a different kind of
payment, but he couldn't remember
who. and he took it , out in angry
talk. Then he disappeared, and peo
ple said he had gone to Spain.. Of
course his wife suspected a good
deal. In Blackburn's desk arc pitiful
and threatening letters from her
which he ignored. Then she died.
and Blackburn thought he was safe.
But he took no chances. Some sur
vivor of those days might turn up
and try blackmail. It was safer
to bury himself here."
"Then," Bobby said, "Maria must
have brought her father with her
when she came from Spain last sum
mer." "Brought him or sent for: him,"
Paredes answered. "She's made most
of her money on this side, you know.
And she's as loyal and generous as
sir is impulsive. Undoubtedly she
had the doctors do what they could
for her father, and when she got
track of Silas Blackburn through
you, Bobby, she nurse d in the
warped brain that dominant idea
with her own Latin desire for justice
and payment."
"Then," Graham said, "that's what
Silas Blackburn was afraid of in
stead of Bobby, as he tried to con
vince us tonight to cover himself."
"One minute, Mr. Paredes," Rob
inson broke in. "Why did you main
tain this extraordinary secrecy? No
body would have hurt you if you had
put us on the right track and asked
tor a little help. Why did you throw
sand in our eyes? Why did you talk
all the time about ghosts?"
"I had to go on tiptoe," Paredes
smiled. "I suspected there was at
least one spy in the house. So l gave
the doctor's ghost talk all the im
petus I could. I was like Howells,
as v'le told you, in believing the case
couldn't be completed without the
discovery of the secret entrance ,of
the room of death. My belief in the
existence of such a thing made me
lean from the first to Silas Black
burn rather than Robert. It's a tra
dition in many families to hand such
things down to the head of each
generation. Silas Blackburn was
the one most likely to know. Such
a secret door had never been men
tioned to you, had it, Bobby?"
Bobby shook his head. Paredes
turned and smiled at the haggard
butler.
"I'm ' right so far, am I n6t,
Jenkfns?"
Jenkins bobbed his head jerkily.
"Then," Paredes went on, "you
migh answer one. or two. questions.
When did the first letter that fright-1
ened your master come??
"The day he went to Smithtown
and talked to the detective," the but
ler quavered. .
"You can understand his reflec
tions," Paredes mused. "Money was
his god. He distrusted and hated
his own flesh and blood because he
thought they coveted it. He was
prepared to punish them by leaving
it to a public charity. Now arises,
this apparition from the past with no
claims in a court of law, with an in
tention simply to ask, and, in case of
a retusal, to punish, i he conclusion
reached by that selfish and merci
less mind was inevitable. He prob
ably knew nothing whatever about
Maria. If all the world thought his
brother dead, his brother's murder
now wouldn't alter anything. I'll
wager, Doctor, that at that time he
talked over wounds at the base of
the brain with you.
The doctor moved restlessly.
"Yes. But be was very supersti
tious. We talked about it in con
nection with his ancestors who had
died of such wounds in that repm."
"Everything was ready when he
made the rendezvous here," Paredes
went on. "He expected to have
Bobby at hand in case his plan
failed and he had to defend himself.
But Maria had made sure that there
should be no help-for him. When
the man came did you take him up
stairs, Jenkins?" '
"No, sir.' I watched that Miss
Katherine didn't leave the library,
but I think she must have caught
Mr. Silas in the upper hall after he
had pretended to give up and had
persuaded his brother' to spend the
night." v.
Paredes smiled whimsically. He
took two faded photographs from
his pocket. ' They were of young
men, after the fashion of Black
burns, remarkably alike even with
out the gray, obliterating marks of
old age.
"I found these in the family al
bum," he saio.
"We should have known the dif
ference just the same." the doctor
grumbled. "Why didn't we know the
difference?" "
"I've complained often enough,"
Paredes smiled, "of the necessity of
using candles in this house. There
was never more than one Candle in
the old bedroom. There were only
two when we looked at the mur
dered man ini his coffin. . And in
death there are no familiar facial
expressions, no eccentricities of
speech. So you can imagine my feel
ings when I tried -to picture the
drama that had gone on in that
room. . You can imagine poor
Marias. Which one? And Maria
didn't know about the panel, or the
use of Miss Katherine's hat pin, or
the handkerchief. All of those de
tails indicated Silas Blackburn."
"How could my handkerchief in
dicate anything of the kind?'
Bobby asked, "How did it come
there?"
"What," Paredes said, "is the com
monest form of borrowing in the
world, particularly in a climate
where people have frequent colds? I
found a number of your handker
chiefs in your grandfather's bureau.
The handkerchief furnished me with
an important clue. It explains, 1
think, Jenkins will tell you, the mov
ing of the body. . It was obviously
the cause of Howells' death."
"Yes, sir," Jenkins quavered. "Mr.
Silas thought he ha.d dropped his
own handkerchief in the room with
the body. I don't know how
you've found these things out."
"By adding two' and two," Paredes
laughed.
(To Be Continued.)
Want Divorce Suit Against
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insane woman uismisseu
Dismissal of Victor C. Fredrick
son's divorce suit against her i
asked by attorneys of Elizabeth O.
Frederickson, who was adjuged in
sane February 15. 1918 and is now
in the state hospital at Norfolk.
I M
J A Sale
1MMMS STOKE
of Men's Suits and Overcoats
A wonderful Clothing opportunity Sat. close out of all small lots and single garments
Suits and Overcoats many from our best selling lines, the choicest Garments in our stocks.
At Remarkable Price Reductions
So comprehensive are the collections that men with the most diverse needs and tastes
will find in this Saturday Sale the most profitable choosing. Three important groups:
Group C At
75
Group A At
142
This season's newest models, in clothing
tailored from reliable woolens. Coats
in Chesterfield and English box styles;
ulsters, semi form fitting or loose; suits
both "ultra" and conservative.
Group B At
192
Preferred styles and materials in both
Suits and Overcoats. The values in
this group will surprise most any man.
'All sizes in the assortment
Finest domestic fabrics in business Suits,
semi-dress Suits. Overcoats for both dress
and business, ,ana Storm Coats, Ulsters
and Ukterettes.
Hart Schaffner & Marx's Finest-Overcoats
Broken Lines at Reduced Prices, for Saturday Selling
Broken lines Hart
Schaffner & Marx $75
Overcoats, Saturday,
$60
Broken lines Hart
Schaffner & Marx $65
Overcoats, Saturday,
$50
Broken lines' Hart
Schaffner & Marx $55
Overcoats, Saturday,
$45
Broken lines Hart
Schaffner & Marx $45
Overcoats, Saturday,
37.50
Broken lines Hart
Schaffner & Marx $40
Overcoats, Saturday,
32.50
High Grade Suits
for Stout Men at
We have too many high priced suits to fit men of extraordinary
proportions. Stouts, Long Stouts, and Extra Sizes. Strictly hand
tailored, in fancy mixed worsteds, cassimores and blue serges.
Fine makes, sizes 42 to 52.
Hirsh Wickwire Schloss Bros., Baltimore Sterns Bros.
Michael Sterns L. Abt and Sons.
A Saving of $5 to $15 at This Price
Second Floor, Men's Building.
Men's - Young Men's Mackinaws
Sport Coats, double breasted style, shawl collar and all-around,
belts for the motorist and out-door men. Gem City
Woolen Mills and other makes. , Cl CQ
A big saving at each "price, POj PO, tJ)JLU
Men's Trousers
Also for Young Men, 500 to 600 Pairs on . Sale Saturday
Trousers of all styles "and y CA 7 ETA
sizes, in three big lots - OaOU ,
Men's Sweater Coats
Webber's Hand Made Sweater Coats,
of wool and worsted, in rope stitch,
with shawl collar; in plain colors'and
fancy combinations; some have knit
caps to match; admirable for skating
" 7.50 to 12.00
Men's Wool Mixed Sweater Coats,
broken lots, in plain colors with "V"
neck, shawl collar, and military collars,
in rope stitch and plain weaves. Regu
lar values that have been A QC
selling up to 8.50, at, special 9 yO
Mala Floor,
Men's Building.
- Men's Work Gloves
200 dozen' Men's Wool Knit and
heavy Leather-lined Work Gloves,
suitable for cold weather wear, on
ST.. 75c to 2.50
Men's Up to $8 Shoes at 4.95
In a Special Saturday Sale
Close to one thousand pairs of
men's fine ( Shoes, in brown calf,
gun metal and vici kid, in lace,
blucher cuts and English lasts in
single and double welted soles,
built for style and wear.
Former prices were up to $8,
Choice Saturday
at
Pair.
Former Price
to $8.
Main Floor Men's
Store.
Men's Winter Underwear
Broken lots of Winter stocks in two large assortments,
all repriced for immediate selling v
Union Suits
Wool mixed and fine combe'1
cotton weaves, broken sizes,
but all sizes represented in
the lot of such well known
brands as Munsing, Chalmers,
Manhattan, and many other
makes. Union Suits In this
assortment sold up as high
as 4.00. All go in one big
. IE & 2i
suit
Shirts and Drawers.
Wool and wool mixed, In tan.
;ray and random mixtures,
iroken sizes, but all sizes
.ep resented in the lot Values
In this lot sold up to 3.50. All
go In one big lot, at.
per
gar-
Mala ritor, Urn' Bail dine ment.
1.95
A Sale of Men's Fine Hats at a Big Savin
iiA rt1iir nil thft odd lots of Men's hierh-srrade Hats, including such makes as
Berg & Co.,New York; the Crof ut & Knapp Co., Chase and Co., Von Gal & Co., Hawes Hats and Gilleau
dean Co.; all high-grade manufacturers. These fine makes in two big lots Saturday.
Lot-1- v ; : . , :, ,
Ail the Men's fine soft and stiff Hats,
many silk lined, 4.00 and 5.00 values,
choice," at ' '
2.50
LOT 2
All the odd lots, fine soft Hats, f
2.50, 3.00 and 3.50 Values; your choice, !J
at
The Arcade.
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