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."te seemed to wish to speaa, iu
heave with speech that declined to be i
spoken and would not rouse up from .
his Inwards. Finally he uttered words.
"I?I?well, I?"
"Oh, I know," she said. "A man?
or a boy 1?ulways hates to be Intruding
his own convictions upon other
men, especially in a case like this,
where he might b'e afraid of some
idiot's thinking him unmanlike. But
Ramsey?" Suddenly she broke off
and looked at him attentively; his discomfort
had become so obvious that
suspicion struck her. She spoke sharply.
"Ramsey, you aren't dreaming of
doing such a thing, are you?"
"What such a thing?"
"Fred hasn't influenced you, has he?
You aren't planning to go with him.
are you?"
"Where?"
K "To Join the Canadian aviation."
"No; I hadn't thought of doing it."
She sighed again, relieved. "I had a
queer feeling ubout you Just then?
that you were thinking of doing some
such thing. You looked so odd?and
you're always so quiet, anybody might
not really know what to think. But
I'm not wrong about you, am I, Ramsey?"
They had come tp the foot of the
steps that led up to the entrance of
her dormitory, and their walk was at
an end. As they stopped and faced
each other, she looked at him earnestly;
but he did not meet the scrutiny,
his eyelids fell.
"I'm not wrong, am I, Ramsey?"
"About what?" he murmured, uncomfortably.
"You are my friend, aren't you?"
"Yes."
L "Then it's all right," she said. "That
relieves me and makes me happier
than I was Just now, for of course if
you're my friend you wouldn't let me
make any mistake about you. I be'
lieve you, and now, just before I go
m and we won't see much of each
other for a week?if you still want me
to go with you again next Sunday?"
"Yes?won't you, please?"
"Yes, if you like. But I want to tell
yeu now that I count on you in all tills,
m even though you don't 'talk much,' as
you say; I count on you more than
I do on anybody else, and I trust you
when you say you're my friend, and it
^nakes me happy.
"And I think perhaps you're right
about Fred Mitchell. Talk Isn't ev- ,
erything, nobody knows that better i
than I, who talk so much! and I
think that. Instead of talking to Fred,
a steady, quiet influence like yours
would do more good than any amount
T fxiict vnil i.n,i 1 d
Ul ur&UJIJ&. ou ^ i> uoi j vu, j vu o<x j
Anil I'm sorry I hud that queer doubt s
of you." She held out her hand. "Un- s
less I happen to see you on the campus v
for a minute, in the meantime, it's s
goo<l-bye until a week from today. So s
?well, so, good-bye until then!"
' "Wait," said Itamsvy.
[ ' "What is it?" 1
He made a great struggle. "I'm not ll
Influencing Fred not to go." hfe said. r
"I?don't want you to trust me to do c
anything like thut." c
F "What?" n
' "I think it's all right for him to go, a
if he wants to," Itamsey said, mis- *
erably. N'
"You do? For him to go to fight?" ('
He swallowed. "Yes."
"Oh!" she cried, turned even redder ^
than he. and run up the stone steps.
But before the storm 'doors closed *
upon her she looked down to where he K
^ stood, with his eyes still lowered, a 1
lonely seeming figure, upon the pavement
below. Her voice caught upon a e
sob as she spoke.
"If you feel like thnt, you m.ght as c
well go and enlist, yourself," she said,
bitterly. "I can't?I couldn't?speak *
to you ugain after this!" *
CHAPTER XIV.
It was easy enough for him to evade
Fred Mitchell's rallylngs these days; 1
the sprig's mood was truculent, not '
toward bis roommate but toward con- 5
gress, which was less in fiery baste than
he to be definitely at war with '
Germany.
All through the university the J
change had come: athletics, in other
years spotugnteu ai me cenier or uie
stage. languished suddenly, threatened
with abandonment; students working '
for senior honors forgot them; everything
was forgotten except that grow- ,
ing thunder in the soil. (
Several weeks elapsed after Dora's 1
bitter dismissal of Itamsey before she I
was mentioned between the comrades. 1
Then, one evening. Fred asked, as he
restlessly puced their study tloor: I
J "Huve you seen your pacifist friend
lately?" ?
"No. Not exactly. Why?"
"Well, for my part. I think she ought
. to be locked up," Fred said, angrily. I
"Have you heard what she did this i
afternoon?" i
"No." ]
"It's all over college. She got up in |
the class in jurisprudence and made a <
speech. It's a big class, you know, |
over two hundred, under Dean Burney.
lie's a great lecturer, but he's a pacifist 1
?the only one on the faculty?and~lT"^
friend of Dora's. They say he encour- |
aged her to make this break and led ,
the subject around so she could do it, i
and then called on her for an opinion, i
as the highest-stand student in the |
class. She got up and claimed there i
wasn't any such thing as a legitimate
cause for war. either legally or moral- i
fp? Ill
^hTarkin^on
Illustrations by/
^Itwin AVyers
9ht,by DoublecLay, Page & Company.
In a nation for It to believe that It did
have a cause for war.
"Well, it was too much for that lit
tie, spunky Joe Stansbury, anil lu
jumped up and argued with her. H?
-??-? '1? n/l*Mli ?11 f Kn Im
intuit? utri auiuib an int? vfci iiiiuio nc**v
[lone to us, the sea murders and the
lund murders, the blowing up of fnc
tories, the propaganda, the strikes
trying to turn the United States into s
Herman settlement, trying to gel
lapan and Mexico to make war on us
iind all the rest. lie even made hei
ldmit there was proof they mean tc
:onquer us when they get through with
[he others, and that they've set out tc
rule the world for their own benefit
ind make whoever else they klndlj
allow to live, work for them.
"She suld it-might he "rue, but since
nothing at all could he a right cause
for war. then all this couldn't be a
rause for war. Of coun<* she had hei
regular pacifist 'logic' working; she
mid that since war Is the worst thing
:here is, why, all other evils were
esser, and a lesser evil can't be a just
muse for a greater. She got terribly
?xclted, they say, but kept right on,
myway. She said war was murder
md there coudn't be any other way to
ook at it; and she'd heard there was
ilready tulk In the university of stuients
thinking about enlisting, and
vhoever did such a thing was vlrtualy
enlisting to return murder for nnir
He Swallowed. "Yes."
cr. Then Joe Stansbury asked her If
he meant that she'd feel toward any
tudent that enlisted the way she
rould toward u murderer, and slie
aid, yes, she'd have a horror of any
tudent that enlisted.
"Well, that broke up the class; Joe
urned from her to the plutfonn and
old old Burney that he was responsile
for allowing such talk in his lecture
ooni, and Joe said so far as he was
oncerned, he "resigned from Burney's
lasses right there. That started it,
nd practically the whole class got up
nd walked out with Joe. They said
lurney streaked off home, and Dora
ras left alone in there, with her head
town on her desk?and I guess she
ertuinly deserves it. A good many
iave already stopped speaking to her."
Ramsey fidgeted with a pen on the
able by which he sat. "Well, I don't
;now," he said, slowly: "I don't know
f they ought to do that exactly."
"Why oughtn't they?" Fred demandd.
sharply.
"Well, it looks to me as if she was
?nly flghtln' for her principles. She
elleves in 'em. The more It costs a
lerson to stick to their principles,
vhy, the more I believe the person
nust have something pretty tine ubout
pm likely."
"Yes!" said the hot-headed Fred.
'That may be in ordinary times, but
lot when a person's principles are Made
to betray their country ! We won't
stand that kind of principles. I tell
rou, and we oughtn't to. Dora Yocum's
indlng that out. all right. She had the
dggest position of any girl in this
dace, or any boy either, up to the last
'e\v weeks, and there wasn't any stulent
or hardly even a member of the
'acultv that bad the influence or was
nore admired and looked up to. She
iad the whole show! Hut now, since
9
SAFER THAN AP
Bank of England Lowers Its Bullior
Into Well at Close of Business
Each Day.
In one sense the Hank of England
is the safest bank in the world. Itf
unique protection Is due to an artesi
in well In the hank. This well supplies
the bank with Its water independently
of the rest of the city; It Is
100 feet deep and supplies 7,000 cubit
feet of water an hour.
The bullion department, which holds
!lie ingots of precious metal, is nightly
submerged In several feet of water
t>y the action of special machinery
Anyone attempting to rob the bank
then, must he an expert swimmer and
diver. In the morning the water Is
pumped away and the Ingots are rend
lly accessible arain.
However. th?iwoter still protects flit
sther departmMits of the bank. It>
supply Is almflt uuPmlted, the bunt
she's just the same'as called any student
a murderer if he enlists to fight
for his country and flag?well, now
she hasn't got anything at all, and if
she keeps on she'll have even less!"
He puused In his walking to and fro
and came to n halt behind his friend's
chair, looking down compassionately
upon the hack of Ramsey's motionless
head. His tone changed. "I guess it
isn't just the ticket?me to be talking
this way to you, is it?" he said, with a
trace of huskiness.
"Oh?it's all right," Ramsey murmured,
not altering Ills position.
"I can't help blowing up," Fred went
on. "I want to say, though, I know
I'm nof very considerate to blow up
about her to you this way. I've been
playing horse with you about her ever
since freshman year, but?well, you
must have understood. Ram, I never
meant anything that would really bother
you much, and I thought?well, I
' really thought it was a good thing.
you?your?well, l mean auoui ner,
you know. I'm on. all right. I know
i it's pretty serious with you." lie
' paused.
i "Its?it's kind of tough luck!" his
f friend contrived 1o say; and he began
" to pnce tiie floor again.
"Oh?well?" he said.
1 "See here, ole stick-in-the-mud."
' Fred broke out abruptly. "After her
saying what she did? Well, It's none
o' my business, hot?hut?"
' "Well, what?" Ramsey murmured.
' "I don't care what you say, If you
want to say anything."
"Well. I got to say it," Fred half
gronned and half blurted. "After $he
said that?and she meant it?why, If
I were in your place I'd be darned if
! I'd be seen out wi iking with her
1 aguin."
"I'm not going to be," Ramsey said,
quietly. J
' "By George!" And now Fred hnlted
Iti front of him, both being huskily
solemn. "I think I understand a little
of what that means to you. old Ram1
sey; I think I do. I think I know ,
something of what it costs you to
' make that resolution for your cbun1
try's sake." Impulsively he extended '
his hand. "It's a pretty big thing for 1
you to do. Will you shake hands?" 1
But Ramsey shook his head. "I *
didn't do it. I wouldn't ever have done
anything Just on account of her talkf;
in' that way. She shut the door on
I me?It was a good wnne ago."
j "She did ! What for?"
I "Well. I'm not much of a talker, you 1
know, Fred," said Ramsey, staring at
the pen he played with. "I'm not much 1
of anything, for that matter, prob'Iy, '
but I?well?I?"
"You what?"
"Well, I had to tell her I didn't feel 1
alwut things the way she did. She'd
j thought I hod, all along, I guess. Anyway,
It mode her hate me or something,
I guess; and she called It all
oft. T expect there wasn't much to call
off, so far as she wms concerned, anyhow."
He laughed feebly. "She told
me I better go and enlist."
"Pleasant of her!" Fred muttered.
"Especially as we know what she
thinks enlisting means." He raised his
voice cheerfully. "Well, that's settled;
and, thank God, old Mr. Rernstorff's on
Ills way to his sweet little vine-clad
cottage home! They're getting guns
on the ships, and the big show's liable
to commence any day. We can hold
up our heads now, and we're going to
see some great times, old Ramsey boy!
It's hard on the home folks?Gosh! I
don't like to think of that! And I
guess It's going to he hard on a lot of
boys that haven't understood what It's
all about, and hard or. some that their
family affairs, and business, and so on,
have got 'em tied up so It's hard to *o
?and of course there's plenty that Just
can't, and some that aren't husky
?u tK,? *?A?f no nrn rrnlnir
eilOUgll UUl 1"C ir.-i ui u?. u.u
to have the big time in our lives. We
got an awful lot to learn; it scares me
to think of what I don't know about
being any sort of a rear-rank private.
Why, it's a regular profession,
like practicing law, or selling for a
drug house on the road.
"Golly! Do you remember how we
talked nbout that, 'way back in freshman
year, what we were going to do
when we got out of college? You were
going to he practicing law, for instance.
and 1?well, f'r Instance, remember
Colburn; he was going to be
a doctor, and he did go to some medical
school for one year. Now he's in
the lted Cross, somewhere In Persia.
Golly!"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
.Writs Served at Church Door.
Until the middle of the Seventeenth
century a familiar iigure at a Virginia
church door on a Sunday morning was
the county sheriff. The law requiring
attendance at divine worship was of
great assistance to him. It rounded
up the planters and small farmers
from remote corners and enabled him
with a minimum of effort to serve
writs, warrants, summonses, exeeutlnnc
otwl Kimiliir official tinners
i This practical method disturbed the
planters wlio did not fancy otlieiul Ini
truslon on such mi occasion. So, In
1 GT?S, they passed a law prohibiting
the service of official papers on Sun>
day, at the parish church or elsewhere,
i and the sheriff was sent off on his
> web of trails the other six days to do
> us well as he might.
I S
*JY STEEL VAULT !
*
1 knows, and Its protection is practical- j
ly absolute when it Is used. The bnnk
has very delicate machinery arranged ]
so that even the lifting of a coin from
' ! a pile will release a catch which, in (
1 turn, releases u supply of wuter.?De'
trolt News.
. Babes Buried In Sand.
An infant in Guinea is usually
hurled in sand up to Its waist when,
ever the mother Is busy, and this Is t
. the only cradle it ever knows. t
The little Lapp, on the other hand, <
fares most luxuriously in its mother's 1
shoe. These Lapp shoes are hit; affairs
I of skin stuffed with soft moss, and
, can he hung on a peg or tree branch
. safely out of the way. 1
The Chinese baby is tied to the haik <
? of an older child, who goes about its
i ploy quite Ignoring ltn burden.?Lonl
j don Tit-Bits.
1 - i
services at the disposal of King Victor
and was given the rank of lieutenant
in the Italian urmy. He \Vas
employed on Important military missions
to England by the Italian government
and after this service was
transferred as temporary commander
in the Italian navy. Marconi visited
the United Stutes in 1017 as member
of the official mission sent by Italy.
In 1010 Marconi was appointed plenipotentiary
delegate to the peace
conference at Pari:*., and in this capacity
signed the peace treaties with
\ustria and Bulgaria. He wus afterward
awarded the Italian military
cross.
This very important figure in the
wireless world, who has received
ibout all the honors possible for the
scientific world to bestow UDon him,
^^ jl
MARCONI REALLY
FATHER OF RADIO
1
Story of the Gifted Italian's i
Work In Development of Air I
Communication. '
While experiments along the line ,
of radio really started as far back as s
1S27 and hundreds of scientists were
Interested In solving the problems Involved
for many years, It was not until
1896 when Senatore Guglielmo t
Marconi took out his first patent that
the mastery of air communication got
Its first great impetus. His life history
is to all practical intents the history
of radio communication.
Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, G. C. ]
V. O., L. L. !>., D-Sc. M. I. E. E., was
born In Bologna. Italy, April 25, 1874.
His mother was Irish, while his father
was of a family whose mechanical
ability was marked. After an education
at Leghorn and Bologna, the
young man Interested himself in the
problem of wireless telegraphy, starting
his research In 1895. He went to
England and in 1896 took out the first
patent ever granted for a practical
system of wireless telegraphy, by the
use of electric waves. His early experiments
in England were made at
\Ve8tbourne Park. Shortly afterword
Marconi saw W. H. Preece and
at his request made some experiments
for officials of the postofflce. Some
further experiments were made In
May, 1S97. In the Bristol channel,
wireless communication being established
between Lavernock and Brean
Down, a distance of nine miles. I
On the Invitation of the Italian f
government Marconi afterward went e
to Spezia where a land station was r
erected, which was kept In constant
communication with two Italiun bat- t
tleships working from a distance of ?
12 miles. For this success the Ital- t
an government conferred upon Mar- c
xmi the honor of knighthood. After v
i return to England further experi- r
nents were conducted and on July 20, t
1897, the first radio company was f
formed and two permanent stations ii
erected. In 1898 wireless reports of
pacht races in Kingston were made p
ind proved the usefulness and adapt- 1
iblllty to which the system lends It- c
H. G. Corcoran of Washington, D. C., N<
His Receiving Wire Being Connected
lelf to commercial purposes. In De-' ii
ember, 1898, Marconi Installed ap- p
>aratus to provide communication be- n
ween the South Foreland lighthouse ti
md a lighthouse on the south coast, a
n 1899 Marconi rend a paper on e
'Wireless Telegraphy" before the Institution
of Electrical Engineers in f;
..ondon. d
Early in 1901 telegraphic conimu- s
ilcation was established between two S
mints more than 250 iniles distant A
ind at the end of that year Marconi 9
ransmltted, signals from Poldhu, in s
Cornwall to St. Johns, Newfoundland, s
in 1902 he received on board the K
iteamshlp Philadelphia in the pres- tl
>nce/ of the officers, good messages c
' * * ?"* " /IJofonno f\t Tl
)n tile tape wneu III u uioiamv v.
iver 1,500 miles front the transmit- tl
ing station and signals at over 2,000
nilex. In December, 1002, the station 2
'stahlished at Cape Breton, Nova fi
Scotia, under a contract with the Cu- e
ladian government for transatlantic s
vireless telegraphy, was put into
communication with the Cornwall stu- 0
ion at l'oldhu and inaugural messages s
vere transmitted to the King of a
England, the King of Italy and to u
he London Times. In October. 1002, e
the steamship Lucania published a r
laily wireless bulletin from messages
received from the Marconi stations, n
\ powerful station at Clifden oa the
west const of Ireland was opened a
jarly in 1007 for tlie establishment 1
>f commercial relations with th? ti
American continent at Glace Bay. a
Mr. Marconi's work has been rec- li
jgnized by many governments and
seats of learning; he has been dec- c
srnted by the King of Italy and the p
late ex-Czar of Russia as an honor- li
try doctor of many universities, in- c
eluding Oxford, Glasgow, Aberdeen, a
Liverpool and Pennsylvania, besides v
having received the freedom of the n
principal Italian cities. In 1014 lie
was elected a senator in the Italian f
parliament. Hp also holds many scl- v
pnttflc awards granted by various so- n
pieties and institutions. a
I'pon the declaration of war by s
Ituly. Senatore Marconi placed his I
Land for Apple Trees.
An orchardlst says that It is better
o plant apple trees In old land, rather g
ban on that newly cleared and fill' u
>f stumps, as to do so will lessen the it
lability to root rot. si
Satisfaction In Green Stuff.
Thero Is no end of saflsfaetlon In
mvltig green stuff for the table In 1(
?arly spring. Hotbeds produce it. o
Cos*-? Less Than Funeral.
A farm sewage-system costs less
Jiun u funeral. g
-*1 ~ ^
Guglielmo Marconi.
ncluding the Nobel prize, has not
;iven up active work, but Is even now
ngaged In radio telephone experiments.
Itndlo enthusiasts have Increased
enfold within the last few months, it
ppears from a survey conducted by
he Associated Press and covering the
entral 'west, Kentucky and Texas. At
Irtually all points from which retorts
have been received, there are
housands of radio sets, particularly
or purposes of telephony, where at
aost there were hundreds before.
'While the sets are used chiefly for
tleasure and experience, they are bang
put to practical uses In many
nses. Numerous farmers are receiv
seds No Aerial for His Radio Outfit,
to the Wire Springs of His Bed.
ig market and weather reports, and
ollee' are receiving bulletins. Serums,
concerts, health talks and style
alks are transmitted. Universities
nd professional operators are co-oprating.
Approximate figures are reported
rom various states and centers lnlcating
the present number of radio
ets. According to A. L. Benson of
;t. Loqis, division manager of the
.merlcan Radio Relay league, about
0,000 radiophones are used In four
fates as follows: Iowa, 23,000; MIsouri,
25.000; Nebraska. 22,000;
Kansas. 20,000. In St. Louis alone
here are some 2.200. The radiophones
hierty carry concert music, but In
lany localities farmers have installed
hem to receive market reports.
Correspondence from Texas reports
03 stations In Dallas, ranging In size
rom M K. W. to 20 watts, and almost
qual numbers In other cities of the
tate.
Cleveland. Ohio, reports probably 1500
radio enthusiasts, 1.000 sending
rations in greater Cleveland, virtually
11 amateur, and 10.000 receiving sets
sod almost nightly. These estimates
commercial sets. Cincinnati
pports 500 sets.
Tnrlinna hns 4.500 amateur radio sets
nd Indianapolis 1,000 radiophones.
Wisconsin hns nearly 1.500 stations,
nd the number Is said by Maleomh P.
Innson, University of Wisconsin operaor,
to he increasing at the rnte of five
day. Nearly 1,000 sets are reported
i Milwaukee and vicinity.
North Dakota has n number of reelving
stations and a few fairly
owerful telegrnph and telephone sendig
stations. The North Dakota Agrlultural
college Is planning to install
100-watt service for fanners. The
nctium tube Is displacing older equiptent
In the state.
Marked growth Is . reported at
Imnha, Neb., by two radio clnbs.
rhich have been In existence only six
lonths. The University of Nebraska
nd Nebraska Weslevan. co-operating,
ond to amateurs In Nebraska, Sonth
>nkota, Iowa, Colorado and Kunsas.
Good Garden Appreciated.
This will be a season when a good
anion will be appreciated more than
sual. There Is no excuse for spendig
money for vegetables In paper
aeks or tin cans.
? t
Best Annual Legume.
The soybean Is the host annual
>gume that we have to take the place
f clover. ,
Thrive Where Clover F?JI?.
Soybeans for hay are often profitably
rown on and where clover has failed.
WMB
To Mix Efficiency
' %
TX7ASHINGT0N. ? Part of the
* * bureau of engraving and printing,
which was reorganized under un executive
order by President Ha ding, removing
James L. VVllmeth, its director,
and other high officials, was ordered
closed later by Secretury Mellon for
an inventory of the stock, vulued at
many millions of dollurs.
Mr. Melion's order applied only to
the divisions of the bureau which
nanaie tne paper usea in maaing oans
notes, stumps and government securities.
i
About 1,500 employees of the bureau
force of 6,000 would ordinarily be afBlanton
of Texas I
HPHOMAS BLANTON. a Democratic
representative from Texas, does
not seem to be exactly popular with
either side of the house. Representative
Gurner, Democrat, of Texas, declared
In the house the other'day that
If permitted by the rules to speak what
was In the minds of 434 of the 435
house members he would say that
Representative Blanton of that state
"Is a disgrace to this house and ought
to be kicked out."
At the ouset of his speech Garner
said that In this world there "are all
kinds of liars, the artistic dar, the
Inartistic liar and the common liar."
Representative Blanton, sitting a
few feet away Jumped to his feet and
exclaimed: "And I will hold you personally
responsible If you call me a
liar." ^
Garner did not notice the Interruption,
but Representative Summers,
also of Texas, sitting nearby Jumped
to his feet and shouted "liar" at Mr.
Blanton, at the sume time starting In
his direction.
It was at this point that the ser
geant-at-arms rusnea in ana manion
retired from the chamber. Then there
come from the Democratic side of the
chamber a cry of "throw him out,"
America Up in the
TX7E ,WILL?and we won't?In
*" aviation. The senate passed a
resolution the other day which contains
the following:
"Whereas Immediate and adequate
consideration and development of the
science of aeronautics Is vital to the
commercial and industrial expansion
and to the protection and prosperity of i
the United States:
"Resolved that the secretary of war i
and the secretary 01 me nuvy are airected
to report to congress (1)
whether or not It Is feasible and nd- i
"Home Again, From
LIQUORS having a value In the
legitimate market of more than
$300,000,000 and worth In bootlegger
channels more than $1,000,000,000,
shipped from the United States to
foreign countries Just before the Volstead
act went into effect on January
10, 1920, will eventually find their way
back to this country, under the provisions
of the Willis-Campbell act
passed by congress last November to i
supplement the national prohibition
law, according to John D. Appleby,
general prohibition agent in charge of ]
New York and New Jersey. ]
The passage of the Willis-Campbell j
law, which ostensibly was principally s
for the purpose of killing medicinal
beer, has made it possible for the thirsty
to be supplied with good liquors for <
! a much longer period. 1
The huv stopped the Importations of j
liquors, and also the manufacture of {
spirituous liquor In this country save y
alcohol "until the amount of such j
liquor now in distilleries or other (
bonded warehouses shall have been |
reduced to a quantity that In tlie.opin- I j
Denby Warns Navy /
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<2^*3 WARNING*/
L0?K OUT
P0RREDS
SECRETARY DENBY has served
blunt warning on oilicers and men
of the navy to guard themselves
"eshore and afloat from the preachings
of sovietlsm, communism, and anurchy" j
through a special order to the entire
service wliich declared that no leniency
would be shown to men who "committed
acts of disloyalty."
The order arose, Mr. Penby said,
from the fact that his attention had
been called to a "sinister propaganda
by societies having their origin in for- e
eign countries to undermine the morale s
of the navy und to insinuate into Its *
i.'.
With Civil Service
fected by the order, officials said, tut
about six hundred would be used as
counters and all others having annual
leave to their credit will be given
the benefit of it.
Secretary Mellon In a formal statement
said: "The statements to the
effect that a vast volume of duplicate
bonds and other securities have been
fraudulently Issued and are In circulation
are wholly without foundation.
There has been no evidence developed
of any such situation either In the
bureau of engraving and printing or
elsewhere In the treasury department."
Following President tiaraing?
declaration that the administration Is
conducting no drive on the civil service
but Is driving for greater government
efficiency through the civil service. It
was learned that some Influential administration
leaders plan to take many
of the higher paid positions out of the
Ironclad Jurisdiction of civil service
regulations.
All positions paying $3,000 or $4,000
or over, positions of an administrative
nature, would be placed-tn one group.
Jnpopular in House
which was picked up by other Democrats,
and for a moment there was
great confusion. Mr. Garner waited y
mt-il ni,lot I,mt hppn restored to nro
ceed with his speech.
"But I have In mind an individual?
not a man?a creature who Is the
commonest, the biggest liar that ever
spoke a word of English In this
country. I have In mind a creature
who would go to the stationery room
and make Inquiry about a whisky flask
and then ask the superintendent to get
him one from Philadelphia, that he
might parade It In Texas as an evidence
of what congressmen get."
The cause of the rumpus was
several speeches by Bianton denouncing
the stationery and mileage allowances
of members as graft.
Air Over Aviation
I
vlsable to establish a school of aeronautics,
to be known as the United
States Academy for Aeronautics, with
buildings, grounds, and equipment
necessary for Instructing and training
cadets; (2) whether or not it is practicable
to use a part of the buildings
and grounds of the United States Military
academy and of the United States
Naval academy for separate schools
in aeronautics, to the end that young
men desirous of qualifying for commissions
in the United States air
service may be appointed as cadets
to such separate aeronautical schools
in the same manner as cadets are now
appointed to qualify for commissions in
the United States army and the United
States navy; and (3) whether or not
[t Is feasible to take over one or tbe
existing navy yards or areenals for the
purpose of converting the same Into
a government plant for the development
and manufacture of aircraft of
various kinds suitable for national,
commercial, and defense purposes."
a. Foreign Shore?" '
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Ion of the commissioner will, with
liquor that may hereafter be manufactured
and imported, be sufficient to
supply the current need thereafter for
ill nonbeverage uses."
But it is provided "that the commis
noner may uuiuunxc me re.arn 10 me
L'nlted States under such regulations
ind conditions as he may prescribe
iny distilled spirits of American prodice
exported free of tax. and relmjorted
in original packages in which
?xported and consigned for redeposlt
n the distillery bonded warehouses
horn which originally removed."
Against Propaganda
jersonnel elements of disloyalty and
iisorder."
"I have the most profound conflience
in the loyalty and devotion to
heir country of the commissioned and
>nlisted men of the United States
laval forces" the order continued.
"I fear only that some few of our
nen may be induced. Innocently at
lrst, when on shore to join societies
laving for their purpose the ndvancencnt
of Ideas contrary to our form of
government.
"Because I have been one of you,
know that all men have their pelods
of unhappiness of imagined ill
reatment. homesickness and disconent.
Such periods come to civilians
is weli as to men In naval service.
"The world Is full of false thought
oday. I would save that service of
vhich our country Is so proud and
if which I happen to be at the tnoaent
the head from the hurtful inluence
of Improper theories of govrnraent
or false dreams of a better
tate to be created by anurcby and
lolenct." t
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