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STANDARDIZING DIVORCE LAWS.
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Many a girl who loves a man for his
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Published Every Week Day Afternoon at
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office Sts., Galveston, Texas.
make the grafters a present, in fee
simple, of one-third of his mine.
Brouillard had written one more let-
ter to the lawyer. In it he had asked
how David Massingale could be unas-
sailably reinstated in his rights as the
sole owner of the “Little Susan.” The
answer had come promptly and it was
explicit. “Only by the repayment of
such sums as had been actually ex-
pended in the reorganization and on
the betterments—for the modernizing
machinery and improvements—and the
voluntary surrender, by the other pax
ties to the agreement, of the stock in
dispute,” the lawyer had written; and
Your stomach is worth more to you
than your face, but von don’t treat it
as well, .
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Capture of Hill Enables Brilish
and French to Protect
Gains.
Feat Should Warn America
That German Arm Can
Reach Her.
Consolidate and Extend Their
Hold Upon Plateau Oppo-
site Peronne.
The Tribune is on Sale at the Follow-
ing Places, Houston, Tex.
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Delivered by Carrier or by Mail, Postage
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THE TRIBUNE receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or-
ganization for exclusive afternoon publi-
cation in Galveston.
not. And I’ll say this:
half your courage .
use, I’m in too deep.
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The foregoing was not included in
the Austrian, statement as cabled from
London last night.
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Entered at the Postoffice in Galveston
as Second-Class Mail Matter.
Brouillard nodded unsympathetic-
ally.
“You will find that there is always
likely to be a second chapter in a book
“Granting your premises—yes. Go
on.”
“I will. We’ll paste that leaf down
and turn another. Though I can’t
"See How the Great Dam—Your Work
—Overshadows It.”
Brouillard had smiled at the thought
of Cortwright voluntarily surrendering
anything which was once well within
the grasp of his pudgy hands.
Failing to start the legal wedge,
Brouillard had dipped—also without
consulting Massingale--into the mat-
ter of land titles. The “Little Susan”
was legally patented under the land
laws, and Massingale’s title, if the
mine were located upon government
land, was without a flaw. But on a
former reclamation project Brouillard
had been brought in contact with some
of the curious title litigation growing
out of the old Spanish grants; and in
at least one instance he had seen a
government patent invalidated there-
by.
As a man in reasonably close touch
with his superiors in Washington, the
chief of construction knew that there
was a Spanish grant involvement
which had at one time threatened to
at least delay the Niquoia project. How
it had been settled finally he did not
farther ahead than a man born blind.
There is one end for which I have been
striving from the very first, and it is
still unattained. I’m past help now. I
have reached a point at which I’d pull
the whole world down in ruins to see
that end accomplished.”
The young missionary took another
turn up and down the room and then
came back to the desk for his hat. At
the leave-taking he said the only help-
ful word he could think of.
your real confessor—and go all the
more readily if that one happens to be
a good woman—whom you love and
trust. They often see more clearly
than we do—the good women. Try it;
and lei me help where a man can
help.”
For a long hour after Castner went
away Brouillard sat at his desk, fight-
ing as those fight who see the cause
lost, and who know they only make
the ruin more complete by struggling
on.
Cortwright's guess had found its
mark. He was loaded to break with
“front feet” and options and “corners.”
In the least speculative period he had
bought and mortgaged and bought
again, plunging recklessly with the
sole object of wringing another hun-
dred thousand out of drying sponge
against the time when David Massin-
gale should need it. At first the under-
taking seemed easily possible. But
with the drying of the speculative
sponge it became increasingly diffi-
cult. More and more he had peen com-
pelled to buy and hold, until now the
bare attempt to unload would have
started the panic which was only wait-
ing for some hedging seller to fire the
train.
The sweat stood out in great drops
on his forehead when he finally drew
a pad of telegraph blanks under his
hand and began to write a message.
Painstakingly he composed it, refer-
ring often to the notes in his field-
book, and printing the words neatly
in his accurate, clearly-defined hand-
writing.
When it was finished he translated it
laboriously into the department code.
But after the copy was made and
signed he did not ring at once for a
messenger. Instead, he put the two,
the original and the cipher, under a
paper weight and sat glooming at them
searching blindly for some alternative
to the final act of treachery which
would be consummated in the sending
of the wire.
Since, by reason of Cortwright’s tam-
perings with the smelter people and
the railroad, the “Little Susan” had be-
come a locked treasure vault, the en-
gineer, acting upon his own initiative,
had tried the law. As soon as he had
ascertained that David Massingale had
been given sixty days longer to live,
solely because the buccaneers chose
to take his mine rather than his
money, Brouillard had submitted the
facts in the case to a trusted lawyer
friend in the East.
This hope had pulled in two like a
frayed cord. Massingale must pay the
bank or lose all. Until he had ob-
tained possession of the promissory
notes there would be no crevice in
which to drive any legal wedge. And
even then, unless some pressure could
be brought to bear upon the grafters
to make them disgorge, there was no
chance of Massingale's recovering
more than his allotted two-thirds of
the stock; in other words, he would
still stand committed to the agreement
by which he had bound himself to
Carranza Military Authorities Arc Op-
erating Property.
By Associated Press.
American Field Headquarters, Mex-
ico, July 11.-—By radio to Columbus, N.
M.—The great Hearst ranch at Babi-
cora has been taken over by the Car-
ranza government and is now operated
by a manager installed by the Carranza
military authorities, according to state-
ments by John C. Hayes, manager of
the ranch, who passed through her to-
day on his way to El Paso.
Hayes left Babicora at the time the
American expedition quit Namiquipa for
the north. He brought 110 horses with
him as far as Galena to .save them
from seizure by the Carranza forces,
who came north as the Americans re-
tired.
Babicora ranch is nearly a hundred
miles south of the present field head-
quarters of Gen. Pershing.
Niquoia he would have gone his way if
Brouillard had not said abruptly:
“I gave you fair warning; I’m not
' looking for a chance to play the Good
is up ‘ Samaritan to anybody—not even to j
"There Is No Such Thing as Good
News in This God-Forsaken Valley:
Castner.”
of that sort—if the first one isn’t con-
clusive.”
- But there mustn’t be this time,”
Castner insisted warmly. “We must
stop it; it is our business to stop it.”
“Your business, maybe; it falls right
in your line, doesn’t it?”
“No more in mine than in yours,"
was the quick retort.
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” said
the engineer pointedly, catching step
with the long-legged stride of the ath-
letic young shepherd of souls.
“Not if you claim kinship with Cain,
who was the originator of that very
badly outworn query,” came the an-
swer shotlike. Then: “What has come
over you lately, Brouillard? You are a
friend, of the Massingales; I’ve had
good proof of that. Why don’t you
care?”
“Great heavens, Castner, I do care!
But if you had a cut finger you
wouldn’t go to a man in hell to get it
tied up, would you?”
"You mean that I have brought my
cut finger to you?”
“Yes, I meant that, and the rest of
it, too. I’m no fit company for a de-
cent man today, Castner. You’d better
edge off and leave me alone.”
Castner did not take the blunt inti-
mation. For the little distance inter-
vening between the power company’s
new offices and the Niquoia building
he tramped beside the young engineer
in silence. But at the entrance to the
There has no doubt been considerable
misplaced sentimentality in regard to
the treatment of convicts and the im-
provement of prison conditions. But
there is also room for a great deal of
sensible improvement along more hu-
mane lines in the American penal sys-
tems. There is such a thing as mak-
ing prison life so attractive that the
prospect of serving a sentence will be
no bar to the commission of crime.
Hard and regular work under healthful
conditions is one of the best deterrents
on earth to crime, and any corrective
system must include this essential in
liberal doses. The teaching of trades
to convicts, and some provision for the
support of those dependent upon him,
are also elements which no humane or-
ganization can overlook. During the
past year substantial progress was
made in a number of state legislatures
toward elevating the plane of penal
servitude.
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“Go to your confessor, Brouillard— know; but after the legal failure he
- ■ had written to a man—a college class-
Assigned to Texas to Assist in Build-
ing of Good Roads.
Special to The Tribune.
San Antonio, Tex., July 11.—Ar-
rangements have been made by Gov.
James E. Ferguson with the office of
public roads, Washington, D. C., where-
by George D. Marshall, United States
government engineer, has been placed
in Texas under the direct supervision
of the governor, to act as state high-
way engineer, as far as the present law
will permit. Of course, at present his
duties will be in an advisory capacity
only, such as selection of material, lo-
cation of roads, drainages, bridges, lec-
tures in the interest of bond issues,
etc.
His services are free for the asking;
the United States government will pay
his salary until the legislature meets.
Mr. Marshall has been in Texas most
of the time for the past five years, and
is well acquainted with various condi-
tions in this state. He will furnish a
series of articles on maintenance in
the near future, which will be sent to
the office of public roads and mimeo-
graphed and furnished every newspa-
per in Texas for publication. Any
county official or private individual
wishing a visit from Mr. Marshall can
be accommodated by making request of
Gov. Ferguson.
Continues on Italian Front—Austrians
Capture Prisoners.
By Associated Press.
Berlin, July 11.—By wireless to Say-
ville.—The official Austro-Hungarian
statement of Monday reports the con-
tinuance of heavy fighting on the Ital-
ian front. Monte Carno was captured
by the Italians but was won back by
Austro-Hungarian troops which took
prisoner 455 Italians. An Italian at-
tack in the sector of Monte Interroto
failed.
Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes again
have bombarded the Italian military
establshiments at Adria.
Takes Place at Session of Shrine No-
bles in Buffalo.
By Associated Press.
'Buffalo, N. Y., July 11.—The most
brilliant spectacle of the forty-second
annual session of the Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine was presented today
when the Imperial Divan was escorted
from headquarters to the theater/where
the opening session of the imperial
council was held. In the escort were
10,000 nobles, 3000 of them garbed in
the gay costumes of the Arab patrols.
George K. Staples, past’potentate of
Ismalia temple of Buffalo and chair-
man of the general committee of the
session, presided, and J. Putnam Stev-
ens of Portland, Me., delivered the an-
nual address as imperial potentate.
Imperial officers will be elected to-
morrow, all being advanced according
to custom, ’ Henry F. Neidringhaus of
St. Louis, the present deputy, becom-
ing imperial potentate. There are
nearly a .score of candidates for outside
guard, the only office to be filled by
vote.
Violinist Believed He Could Play Better’
With Smaller Digits.
Special to The Tribune.
Wichita, Kan., July 11.—Max Sand-
fort, a violinist, has just left a hospital,
where six of his fingers were whittled
down in order to make a better artist.
.While he is not yet able to play the
violin, Sandfort believes the operation
was successful.
Often he has observed he could have
played better if.his fingers had not in-
terfered while running up and down
the strings. Then he hit upon a plan.
He would have them whittled down. He
waited until the season closed and had
the operation performed.
Six of his fingers, three on each hand,
were cut open, a piece of flesh taken
from each and the sides drawn together
and sewn with horse hair. Sandfort was
under an anesthetic for several hours
during the operation. He is convinced
that when the bandages are removed
that he will be able to play both the
violin and piano much better than be-
fore the operation.
According to physicians this is the
first time that an operation of this kind
has been performed.
Hoffman Sends Them Out in Campaign
on Bad Eggs. •
By Associated Press.
Austin, July 11.—In line with his
campaign against the sale of bad eggs.
State Pure Food Commissioner R. H.
Hoffman has mailed 25,000 circulars to
egg dealers and health officers in
Texas, calling their attention to the
provisions of the pure food law against
the sale of eggs classified as “adul-
terated.”
It is the opinion of Commissioner
Hoffman that eggs which contain
yolks stuck to the shell, mouldy eggs,
black spots, mixed rots, addled eggs,
black rots and any other eggs which
consist wholly or in part filthy are
“adulterated” within the meaning of
the law. Shipments containing more
than 5 per cent of bad eggs to the
case of 18 eggs should be rejected, the
law provides, as it is a violation of
the pure food statute.
Orpet's Attorneys Begin Arguments
Before Jury.
Gy Associated Press.
Waukegan, Ill., July 11.—Argument
for the defense, following the opening
of that for the state yesterday, was be-
gun today by Leslie P. Hanna in behal f
of William H. Orpet, charged with the
murder of Marian Lambert.
“The defendant,” said Mr. Hanna,
“took the stand as a fair witness. The
shock of his arrest and of Marian’s
death had worn off. He was no longer
the frightened youth who, without
counsel, talked erratically, perhaps,
just after his arrest.
“It would have been folly for him to
have taken the stand unless he was to
tell the truth, and the whole truth.”
With more at stake than any other
nation actively engaged in the war,
England, so far, has had fewer casual-
ties than any, the most recent list
showing about 600,000. Germany, on
the other hand, is probably suffering
heavier losses- than any other belliger-
ent, with the possible exception of
Russia. According to the British com-
pilation from the German casualty lists
the Teutons have lost some 3,012,637
men since the beginning of the conflict.
On the basis of one dead out of every
five casualties, the Germans have lost
something over 600,000 dead men, and
the end is still far from sight.
counsel you, I can still be your faltnrai
accuser. You have committed a great
sin, Brouillard, and you are still com-
mitting it. If you haven’t been the
leader in the mad scramble for riches
here in this abandoned city, you have
been only a step behind the leaders.
And you were the one man who should
have been like Caesar’s wife, the one
whose example counted for most.”
Brouillard got up and thrust out his
hand across the desk.
“You are a man, Castner—and that
is better than being a priest,” he as-
serted soberly. “I’ll take back all the
spiteful things I’ve been saying. I’m
down under the hoofs of the horses,
1 and it’s only human nature to want to
pull somebody else down. You are one
of the few men in Mirapolis whose
presence has been a blessing instead
of a curse—who hasn’t had a purely
selfish, greed- to satisfy.”
Again Castner shook his head.,
“There hasn’t been much that I could
do. Brouillard, it is simply dreadful—
the hard, reckless, half-demoniac spirit
of this place! There is nothing to ap-
peal to; there is no room or time for
anything but the mad money chase ar
the still madder dissipation in which
the poor wretches seek to forget. I
can only try here and there to drag
some poor soul out of the fire at the
last moment, and it makes me sick—
sick at heart!*
“You musn’t look at it that way,”
said Brouillard, suddenly turning com-
forter. “You have been doing good
work and a lot of it—more than any
three ordinary men could stand up un-
der. I haven’t got beyond seeing and
appreciating, Castner; truly I have
The kaiser’s naval experts have put
one over, or, rather, under the allied
navies, and opened a new chapter in the
' story of the big world war now doing
its best to devastate Europe and bring
a number of great nations to a condi-
tion of bankruptcy. The arrival in
Baltimore on Monday of an ocean-
going, freight-carrying submarine has
not only furnished new evidence of the
resourcefulness of the German people,
but it has suggested new possibilities
in ocean navigation, for once it becomes
established that this type of vessel can
be successfully and profitably navi-
gated there will be plenty of capital
stock to undertake enlargement and
improvement until submarine ships will
become as plentiful as surface liners,
both for the transportation of freight
and the carrying of passengers.
Just as present the largest use for
this type of vessel will be that to which
this first venture has been put, the
breaking of a blockade which for two
years had interfered with the com-
merce of a great commercial nation,
and while one such vessel or twenty
submarines constructed for the pur-
pose of carrying freight between Ger-
many and the neutral nations may not
adequately meet the demands of the
tremendous traffic, the feasibility of
the idea has been demonstrated and an
expansion of the project is as sure to
follow as the night follows the day.
The suggestion that the cost of the
submarine throws a tremendous advan-
tage in favor of the surface ships cer-
tainly has some bearing in the matter,
but the existing war has shown a
prodigal disregard for cost, and if a
submarine can be operated as a war
measure it will probably be found that
commerce will be as ready as war to
pay the price of an experiment that
contains so much of promise in the
days to come.
The United States is just now par-
ticularly interested in the inauguration
of a submarine line between our ports
and those of Germany. While our trade
with the allied nations is still bringing
a stream of gold into the coffers of
American manufacturers, we are just
as ready to open new lines of exchange
with other countries as if we were tak-
ing the first steps in trade expansion.
Germany has much .merchandise that
we are very' anxious to obtain, and
doubtless there will be no trouble in
finding a full cargo for the return trip
of the undersea vessel. As to the
status of the vessel, it will doubtless
take oui’ government a very short time
to decide that she occupies the same
position as do the surface vessels of
other nations, fully entitled to the use
, of our harbors so long as our declara-
tion of neutrality is not violated. The
ship will be entitled to all the protec-
tion that can be given by this country
until she shall have passed beyond the
limits over which we exercise jurisdic-
tion. It then becomes a game of chess
between the undersea craft and the
British and French cruisers, and there
is no doubt a whole fleet of them will
be in waiting just outside Chesapeake
bay when the Deutschland clears for
her return trip across the Atlantic.
The’ incident, while it may be looked
upon as one of the remarkable develop-
ments of the war, has a much deeper
significance and one that should be
welcomed by the American people for
the opportunity it affords in demon-
strating that our neutrality consisted
in something more than words. The
Salesmen Must Know Articles and Cus-
tomers.
Gy Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., July 11.—A number of
short talks by business men, sales man-
agers and advertising specialists, with
a general discussion of sales accom-
plished under difficulties, occupied the
sessions of the World’s Salesmanship
Congress today. Edward A. Woods,
president of the National Association
of Life Underwriters, spoke at the
morning session on “Selling Schools.”
“It is not necessary to urge that
there is a demand for sales schools,”
he said. “There is need now for some-
thing more than the training in the of-
fice, the sales department or the manu-
factory. It may be objected that sales-
manship can not be taught—that a good
salesman is born, not made. Every
of the article sold and knowledge of
of the article sold and knoweledge of
the customer. No man is born with
either.”
By Associated Press.
Paris, July 11.—The French continue
to report satisfactory progress in their
great offensive in Picardy. Monday’s
operations again were confined to the
southern echelon, which has consoli-
dated and extended its hold upon the
northern plateau, opposite Peronne.
The outstanding French success of
the day was the capture of all the
German positions on Hill 97, the high-
est portion of the plateau. The first
French rush on Sunday carried them
to the western slopes of this hill, on
which they made good their footing.
The troops waited there until adequate
preparation permitted an attack on the
farm buildings at the summit, which
the Germans had converted into a small
fortress. They are now, in full posses-
sion of this height from which they
look into Peronne 150 feet below.
The result they claim from the whole
day’s fighting is command of the left
bank of the Somme from east of Feuil-
leres to a point opposite Flacourt the
Germans holding only a few positions
on the edge of the river. This does
not mean, French military critics say,
that Peronne can be captured out of
hand. The Germans, acorcding to the
statements of prisoners have con-
structed formidable defenses outside
the city, but the French believe these
are not likely to delay the capture long
when General Foch decides the time
is ripe to make it.
Deutschland will be a welcome visitor
to America, our manufacturers will
gladly purchase what she has brought,
if they have not already done so, and
we will be pleased to sell the mer-
chants of Germany just as much goods
of any sort they desire as they are will-
ing to pay for. . It will be found that
Germany can purchase just as freely in
American markets as can any other
nation on earth, and this ought to sil-
ence some of the thoughtless talk of
the United States being neutral in name
only and that we, were denying Ger-
many the same rights to purchase in
our markets that we were granting
other nations. The only fault we have
to find with the idea is that the
Deutschland did not make Galveston
her port of entry.
Much has been said and written
about the wonderfully efficient 'Swiss
system of national defense in connec-
tion with the discussion of proposed
plans for the United States. One very
important factor in the Swiss system,
however, has not been generally
stressed. The- Swiss military machine
is purely defensive in character. Under
the Swiss constitution the army can be
called to arms only in case the country
is menaced -by an invasion; a war of
aggression is prohibited. With a popu-
lation of only four million the Swiss
can put into the field, at almost a mo-
ment’s notice, a fully equipped army
of 500,000. The United States, to make
a similar showing, would have to mus-
ter over 12,000,000 men.
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MERELY A THEORY.
El Paso Times:
We understand that .some judge,
somewhere, has said that pedestrians
have equal rights with automobiles on
the streets of a city. We are inclined
to believe that the judge has stated
a really interesting theory, but he is
outside the record as to the facts. This
is at least true in El Paso, where the
speed limit is such that a perfectly
respectable person who finds it more
convenient to walk than ride is com-
pelled to start to his destination a
day or two in advance, thus permitting
sufficient time in which to watch the
race from, the street crossings, forced
upon him, and still get to the place he
started for only an hour or two late.
The screaming siren horns, also, add
to the infatuating hubbub. Every day
is a continuation of the smoky, screech-
ing, racing picnic of the motor car
drivers who have bought the streets
of the city.
Stephen Massingale, much less Van i
Bruce Cortwright. The reason is be-
cause I have a pretty decent backload
of my own to carry. Come up to my
rooms if you can spare a few minutes.
I want to talk to & man who hasn’t
parted with his soul for a money
equivalent—if there is such a man left
in this bottomless pit of a town.”
Castner accepted the implied chal-
lenge soberly, and together they as-
cended to Brouillard’s offices. Once be-
hind the closed door, Brouillard struck
out viciously.
“You fellows claim to hold the keys
to the conscience shop; suppose you
open up and dole out a little of the
precious commodity to me, Castner. Is
it ever justifiable to do evil that good
may come?”-
■ “No.” There was no hesitation in
the denial.
Brouillard’s laugh was harshly de-
risive.
"I thought you’d say that. No qualifi-
cations asked for, no judicial weighing
of the pros and cons—the evil of the
evil, or the goodness of the good—
just a plain, bigoted ‘No.’ ”
The young missionary left his chair
and began to walk back and forth on
his side of the office desk.
“You want counsel and you are not
willing to buy it with the coin of con-
fidence,” he said at length, adding:
“It is just as well, perhaps. I doubt
very much if I am the person to give
it to you.’,’
“Why do you doubt it? Isn’t it a
part of your job?”
“Not always. I am not your con-
science keeper, Brouillard. Don’t mis-
understand me. I may have lived a
year longer than you have, but you
have lived more—a great deal more.
That fact might be set aside, but there
is another: In the life of every man
there is some one person who knows,
who understands, whose word for that
man is the one only fitting word of in-
spiration. That is what I mean when I
VERIFYING THE VISION?
Corpus Christi Caller:
On all fronts, the allies are carrying
out the pact of Paris which has for its
object a simultaneous thrust of irre-
sistible weight. It may be remem-
bered, in view of the war’s present
phase, that Kitchener made an early
prediction, contending that the first
year would be marked by a series of
victories for Germany and Austria;
that the second year would be one of
comparative deadlock, with little nota-
ble progress upon the part of either
side; that the third’year, and the last,
would see German arms crushed by a
sheer superiority of men and supplies.
The third year dawns. Is Kitchener s
vision to be verified?
again. A Chicago pastor has been urg-
ing President Wilson to work for a
constitutional amendment to standard-
ize the laws governing marriage and
divorce. The need of such reform hais
long been evident.
Since the beginning of this century
there have been 1,400,000 divorces in
the United States. There are two per-
sons involved in each of these divor-
ces. Allowing for those who may have
been divorced two or three times in
this period, we are forced to conclude
that about 2,500,000 different husbands
and wives have been legally separated
in less than sixteen years. This is an
appalling proportion of the country’s
married citizens. The divorces for the
present year are expected to total
125,000, adding 250,000 persons to the
list of divorces.
4}
EM2E
By Associated Press.
London, July 11.—With the capture
by the French of La Maisonnette hill,
which dominates the valley of the
Somme and from which everything, that
happened in Peronne can be observed,
one of the primary objects of the
Anglo-French offensive has been
achieved.
The two armies now are engaged in
an effort to organize and extend the
limits of the ground they have gained
and in replling German counterattacks
which are directed particularly against
the British to the north of the river,
where they succeeded in regaining a
footing in the Trones wood. At other
points however the British have been
able to make some progress, although
necesarily slow against well fortified
positions.
The Germjans, on their part are
heavily shelling- the allied front from
Lens to the Belgian coast, but thus far
there have been no attempts at infan-
try actions except for the usual raids
in which both sides engage.
The Russians continue their advance
toward Kovel and now are engaged in
a pitcher battle along the banks of the
1 Stokhod, which they have crossed at
some points. On the rest of the east-
ern front, while there is continuous
fighting at many places, no important
change occurred. - Both sides are con-
centrating their efforts on the- Lutsk
salient to the east of Kovel.
In the Caucasus and in Mesopotamia
the fighting between, the Turks and the
Russians continues with varying* re-
sults. The weather, which is extremely
hot, precludes any strained efforts.
Girls who want to marry are always
looking in shop windows for new
brands of bait.
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mate of his own—in the bureau of land
statistics, asking for data which would
enable him to locate exactly the Ni-
quoia-touching boundaries of the great
Coronida grant. To this letter no re-
ply had as yet been received. Brouil-
lard had cause to know with what
slowness a simple matter of informa-
tion can ooze out of a department bu-
reau.. The letter—which, after all,
might contain nothing helpful—lin-
gered on the way, and the crisis, the
turning point beyond which there
could be no redemption in a revival of
the speculative craze, had. arrived.
Brouillard took up the draft of the
Washington telegram and read it over.
He was cooler now, and he saw that it
was only as it came from the hand of
a traitor, who could and would delib-
erately wreck the train of events it
might set in motion, that it became a
betrayal. Writing as the commanding
officer in the field, he had restated the
facts—facts doubtless well known in
the department—the probability that
congress would intervene and the hold
the opposition was gaining by the sus-
pension of the work on the dam. If
tli^ work could be pushed energetically
and at once, there was a possibility
that the opposition would become dis-
couraged and voluntarily withdraw.
Would the department place the men
and the means instantly at his dis-
posal?
“If I were the honest man I am
supposed to be, that is precisely the
message I ought to send,” he mused
reflectively. “It is only as the crooked-
devil in possession of me will drive me
to nullify the effort and make it of no,
effect that it becomes a crime; that
and the fact that I can never be sure
that the Cortwright gang hasn’t the
inside track and will not win out in
spite of all efforts. That is the touch-
stone of the whole degrading busi-
ness. I am afraid Cortwright has the
inside track. If I could only get a lit-
tle clear-sighted daylight on the damn-
able tangle!”
(To Be Continued.)
’The French are a thrifty people. They
are now going to try a new, scheme of
saving. They are going to bring the
consumer and the producer a little
closer together. They propose to elimi-
nate the middleman, who reaps a nice
profit (without fulfilling any really
necessary function) between the Amer-
ican producer and the French store-
keeper. American merchants, to a
limited extent, have succeeded in doing
without the services of the jobber. Co-
operation is the key to the problem.
THE CITY OF 8
NUMBERED DAYS
6/FRANCIS LYNDE ■
ILLUSTRATIONS byC.D.RHDOES - * •
' COPYRIGHT BY CHARLES SLRIBNER’S SONS
By Associated Press.
London, July 11.—“We are quite
ready to join in the laugh against our-
selves and to applaud the ,skill and dar-
ing of the captian, who appears to us
as a sportsman and has earned his
laurels cleanly,” says the Manchester
Guardian, referring to the German
submarine Deutschland.
The Guardian says plans for sub-
marines of 3000 to 4000 tons existed in
Germany and England before the war, /
but that such vessels were not built
because of the time required to sub-
merge them and the impossibility of
submerging in shallow water. It points
out that the Australian submarine AE-2
went from Australian to the Dardanel-
les, and says if the captain and crew
of the Deutschland are members of the
imperial German navy the submarine
may be dealt with as a naval auxiliary.
Otherwise she is a blockade runner,
which could be ordered to stop, and if
she attempted to submerge, it would
be justifiable to sink her.
"It is unlikely,” ■ the Guardian con-
tinues, “that the moral of the appear-
ance in American water of a German
submarine will be missed after the
threats of Count von Heventlow and the
other Tirpitz writers last spring. They
warned America she was not too far
away for Grmany’s arm to reach her.
Although the Deutschland may be dis-
armed, she is none the less a threat
to the American navy.”
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