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'••• THE DOUBLE CODE I
etrieng-aria man mule Miele Al
A -Story of the Iluite
**4-4-4-e-neeteeneatetnit++ +ere -te-
lt wao ono night in carte tall that
Dill Quinn and I were lirowsieg
lerotted the Itbrary in the how() that he
iia� called lime ever sinee P. vountere
eeitere Meapacitated him from
further tette° work in the secret seta
eelee, Prior to that time he had Jived.,
ttei be put it, "wherever ee hung his
tat," but now there wee a comfortable
eittle bo wIth a den vehere Quinn
)tept the Moro enuseal, and often
lereweeetele, relies whici brought back
enlarlee et the past.
There, Imaging an the wall with a
'darkebrown stain etill adorning. the
rewrite() edge, waa a Chineee hatchet
which had doubtlata figured in eame
'roug war gu the coast. Below was
an ordinary 25-cettt piece, attaehed te
the wallpaper with chewing gum-
"ellet en it once aided in robbing the
treasury of nearly $1,000,000," Quinn
assured ine. in another part of the
nowt was a frame containing what ,a1).
Peered to be a bit torn front the wrap -
tieing of package, with the cancelled
tamp end much obliterated postmark
Us the miler clue% to the murder of the
hannewho had reeeived it, and, besides
theheolteases which contained a. wide
rouge of detective literature, hung a
larger frame in which were the finger-
Orinte of more than a score of crimin.
els-inert bearing name e praeticallY
unknoNeth to the pubites but whose ex-
ploits.. were bywords in the various
gavernmental detective servieee.
It' Wes whiee glanciug over the con-
tents:of the bookcase that I noted one
velure& which appeared strangely oat
of place 'In this collection of the fic-
tionalt tomances of 'crime.
"What's this doing here?" 1 n-
tquiree, taking down a weenie et "The
hetiaat 'Raft,' lby Julius Verne. "Verne
didn't write detective storice, did he?"
"No," replied Quinn; "and it's real-
ly out or piece in the bookcase. It pos-
tale, 'I'd Ake to have it framed and
nut on the wall 'witli the rest of the
relicts -49r it's really more important
than any or them, from the viewpoint
of veleta to the nation. That quarter
ten tee wl1 over there -the .one which
teior ed in the eugar fraud ease -cost.
the governiheet in the neighborhood of
"41,•000,000, but this book probably
'saved .e score of millions arid hund-
reds_ ittf Bees as atoll. If it hadn't
been for the fact that 'Thurber, of the
navy departnient, knew hie Jules
Verne better than he did his Bible it's
quite eossible that-
, "Well, there's no me telling the end
ot the entry before the beginning,
Wakeyurseit comfortable and see
if1 eau -retell the .detalls of the etete.
' e *
iternember Dr. Heinrich Albert?
Quinn. Inquired, after we had both
stretetted out in front or the open tire.
Theoreticalty, the Herr Dolor was at-
taehed to the German liehbassy in
WaehIngtou merely in an advisory and
financial calamity. He and Haniei von
Heimhausen -- the same counsellor
that the peeeent elerman government
wanted to send over here as ambaesa-
dor after •the :signing Of the heace
treaty -were charged with the solution
t of Manytof the. legal difficultiee *which
arose in connection with the business
'of the big red brick dwelling on 'Mae-
, saehusetts avenue, But while von
efinhausen was occapied witla the
legal end ot the game, Dr. .Albert at-
tended to inany of the underground
detelle" whieh -went unsuspected for
niatiedlettee-
It was het for example, who man.
tiged the biddipg for the wireless sta.
Con in the Philippines -the plan
which permitted the 'German govern -
pacer to dictate the lccation of the
• Station and to see to it. that the tow-
ers` were -plecedoarhere .they- would be
Most useful to Berlin. He undoubted-
ly Worked with von Papen and Boy -Ed
s during -the early years of the war -
"years• in which this preceme trio,
-either with or •without. the Italowleclge
. of 'Count von Bernstorff, sought by
, ervere means to cripple American ship-
-tieing, violate Alnericen neutrality and
make a, laughing stock of American
diplomatic methods. What's more
they,got away with it for months, not
become the secret service aud the de-
hartment of justice weren't ,hot .on
tethelr but :because the Germans'
were tea cagey to -be •caught altd you
calet arrest a diplomat just on sus-
• Outing the months Wheel followed
Augusts. 1914, practically every one of
the government's detective servloes
'were called upon in some way, to pry
enter the affairs of the embassy staff,
t lea the brunt of the work nattwally
developed 14611 the ewe organizations
directly concerned with preventing
fiegrant breaches of neutrality -the
secret serviee and the department of
justecet
. , TRAILED VIE DOCTOR,
Every time that Dr. Albert, or any
other °Meal of the Gentian govern.
meas.- left 'Washington he was tra•ilar
by alie-where fron one to five men.
Every' meve. hw. made was noted and.
Stat* 4 geOret Servioe.
eeported to lieitagitariers, with the re.
stilt that the state department had a
eere" Pend idea of the Mentes of the
men who were being ueetl-to forwerd
Germany's endie even though it hum
comparatively little abottt what Avail
nettlally pinned. The attinetat were
entirely too clever to tarry on cont.
promising convereatione in the open
and their appointmentwere made in
emelt a manner ite effectually to pre-
vent tee planting of a dletaPholle or
any other device by which they might
be overheard.
The directions to the men who were
responsible for the working of the two
serviees were:
"Every attache of the German cm-
basey e; to be guarded with extreme
care, day and night, Reportti are to be
Made through the usual channels and
in the event that something unusual
is el:nerved, divisional headquarters is
to be notified instantly, the informa.
tion being transmitted to Waelthigtori
before any final action is taken,"
This Met dame, of- course, was
serted to prevent some hotheaded op••
erative from going oft halfcocked and
thus spoiling the state department's.
plane. As long as Albert and hie as-
sociates were merely guarded they
couldn't enter any formal complaint.
But given
half a chances they woule
have gottea on their official dignity
and at:weeded that the espionage
cease.
From the state department's point
of view it was an excellent rule, but
Gene Barlow and the other service
men assigned to 1'ollow. Albert couldn't
eee it in that light. •
"What' the idea, anyhow?" Gene
growled one night as hie pet taxicab
dashed ;delve Telaesachueett Gavenue ui
tbe wake 4,)r the big touring ear that
was -carrying' the German attache to
the uulon, etation. "Here we have to
be on the job - at all hours, juSt to
watch. this Dutchman and eee what he
due. And," with a note of contempt,
"he never (Mee. anything' worth report-
ing. Sete halt a •dozen people, lunehee
at the German -American c1ub, irope
In at two or Urea offeceet eowntowu
end then battle here again. If they'd
Only let, us waylay him and get hold
of that black bag he alwaya carts
around. there'd he nothing to it. Some
day I'm going to do that little thing,
jest to eee what happene." •
BARLOW GEMS HIS CHANCE
Bet 'Barlow took It out in threats.
Secret service men find oleasere 111
etating what they are going to do
"Game day" ---but the q-atility et,
obedience hate been {billed into
them too thoroughly for there to for-
get it, which le pcssibly the nation
why they take euch a sheer and gen-
uine delight in going Aheal when the
re-strictions are finally lifted.
It was in New York, more than two
Yeare atter the war had began that
Barlow got lee that opportunity to
see what would happen. In the
meanthne, he had been assigned to
half a deem other cam., but, always
returnee to tb.e tshadowing bt Dr. Al-
bert becauee he .was the one man wlio
had been eminently succeasful in teat
work. The German ,bati aii aimeet ue-
canny habit et throwinghis pureuere
off the trail whenever he wanted to,
and in epite of the, °aorta or the elev.
ereet men in the eertexe, had elleae-
Peered from time to time. The re-
eumption of unrestrietea submarine:
warfare and the delicacy of the diplo-
matic situation which oilseed 'made it
imperative that the emaa with the
eabre.sear," as Dr. Albert was known,
be kept coestantly under taieveillence.
"Stick to him, Gene, and don't bethe
about reporting untilyou. are certain
that he will stay put long enouglidor
you to 'phone.," were the Instruetione
thee Betriew received.- "The elector
Meet he watched: every element that
he's away from the •embassy, and We
up to you to do it."
"Anytleing else beettie wateh;ng
him?" ihquirea the operative, hope-
fully.
melted the chief. "There isn't
to be any rough etuff.• We're on -the
verge of an expiation att it is, and
anyone who pulls the hairtrigger will
not telly find himself mit qf n jeb,
but, will 'have the doubtful eatisfac-
tion eof knowing. that he' t responsible
Lor wreeltiug some very carefully laid
plans. Where Albert goes, who be
talks teak and, if • pceeible, e few
details of what they diecut is all
that' e wonted.". . •
MATTERS' DEVELOP RAPIDLY
"Woulden like to have!,a :piece of
the Iteetern mustache or anything of
that kind, would yet'. chief?" Barlow .
retorted. "1 cintel get that for yen a •
weolc Tote etteier than I etad find eut
what the. man withe the •eabre• scar I
talks about. • De's the Original George
B. ;Garotte!, Never wile known to tate
.ce. \Voulthjt het n niekel
enable(' $1.09 that the sun would come
up to -morrow, and always sees to it
that hie •conferences are held 'behind
bolted dams. They oven pun down
the ehadee eo that no tip -reader -meth
a, rah, of -field glaereee can get at tip.
"That's the reason you were piked
lent twee the head and threw -item it
the rivet'. That ertaddeet heti) tiny.
what we need j inentenatten coneerne
ing what hie plane ere, and it takes it
Meyer man to get that."
"All bull and a yard wide!" laughed
Gene, Itat the eompliment pleased hint,
netterthelees, "I'll Watch him,bet let
me know elan the lid tontee oef and
I can nee other idetilode
The chief prontieed that he would--
and it was not more item three weeks.;
Itralankire tghoaotd.he had an opportunity to
'Barlow," he directed, epeeklug over
the long-dietance phone to the opera-
tive in New York, "the Department of
Jutoiee ham jest reported that Dr. Al-
bert is in receipt of a docement
some liindoprobably a letter or in-
stroetion froin Berlin -which it is
vital thee we have at once. Our in-
formation. Is that the meesage In writ-
ten on a. slip of eilea paper carried
inelde a (tummy; lead pencil. pos- •
sible that the doctor has destroyed it,
but it tend probable: Can yap get it?
"How tar am I allowed to go?" in-
quired Gene, hoping for permiesioa to
stage a kidnaping at the German 'at-
tache, but fully expecting the instruc-
nous- which followed -order that he
awaSto uothing that would mese
nop
on breach, nothing for which Dr,
Albert could • demand. reparation .or
even an apology.
"In other words," Barlow said to.
hinted-L.0.e be hung up the phone, "I'm
to accomplish the impossible, Mina.
folded and with aty hands tied. 'Won-
der whetiate Paula weillti have a
hunclig—"
A WOMAN'S PLAN,
.Pattle was Barlowei sweetheart'.,
pretty little. brunette who earned a
very good salary azeprivate menial:Jr
to one of the leadIng lights of. Wall
street -width aecouutea for the 'Tact
that the alterative had. Matted to rely
upon her quick Dashes of intuitive
judgment for help in a number of site
=dons which had required tate as
well as action. They wereeto bo mar.
teed whenever Gene's professional
activities subsided eutticiently to allow
him to remain home at Meet one night
a month, but, meanwhile, Paula. main-
tained thiet she would as soon be the
wife Of, an African explorer-"beeause
at least I wined know that be would
not be back for six Months, while I
.haveret any idea whether youel be
out of town two days or two years,"
After they had talked the Albert
matter over from all angle, Paula
inquired: "Where would., your friend
with the sabre scar be likely to cart"'
this paper?
•
'1ither in his pocket or in the black
bag that he invariably has with eine"
• "Hum," ehe mused, "If it's fn his
pocket, I don't see that there is 'any-
thing you ,eart do, ehort of 'mocking
him down- and taking it away from
hints -and that'a barred by the rules a'
the game. But, if. it is .;in the tuYS.
terione• Week bag , • . . Is the
fleeter in town now?" • .
"Yes, he's at the Astor probably for
two or ;three days, Lien Dwyer with
French on -guard there labile I, .pieh
tiumably, snatched a little sleep, But
Id rather have enter advice than any
amount- of- rest."
"Thanks:" Was the girl's only com-
ment, for her mind was busy with the
eirobleni, "There's alfparentry no time
to lose, so Tel inform the °Mee the
first thiegta the morning that I won't
be down, meet you he eront of the
Astor and *we% see What happens. Suet
let me stick with you, ineonspicelousha
and I think that 1 cnn guarantee at
least an opportunity to. lift the bag
without giving the Germans a chance
to raise a taw."
- Thus it was that. early the next day,
Gene Bartow was joined.by n dietinctly
fentdonable 'young women who, after a
moment's conversationtestrolled -up and,
dowu Broadway in front of the hotel.
Soma twenty minutes later a man
whose face had• been distigured by a
eabre slash received at Heidelberg,
Came down 'the steps and asked for te
taxi. But Barlow, acting under ^direc-
tions from Paula, had nen that there
were no taxis to be had. A flash ottiis
badge and .some coin of tho 'realm -had
fixed that. $e Dr, Heinrich Albert,
-of the- German embassy., was" forced to
taken a plebeian surface•careeas Paula
had intended that he. ehouht. • The
secret service operative and his pretty
companion hoarded the same ear a
block farther down, two other govern-
ment agents having beId it sufficiently
illoing.at 44th etre: to -permit of this
me..
. .
Worming • their Way - through the
&Oval when their prey changed to the
GUi avenue -eleenteri,' Gene and Paula
issoon readiedpoints of vantage„ on
either side of 'the; Oen:nuts who earrted
his black beg tightly grasped in this
right hand, and the trio kept this tor-
matioa until they reached.50theatreet,
when the girl apparently started- to
make her way toward the door. Some-
thIng caused lid to stumble, however,
and she pitched forward right into the
arms of the German, who by that time
had SeeUred., a seat and had placed
tile bag besiee him, still guarding it
with a protecting arni.
I3efore the foreigner had time to
gather her wits, he tomtit himself with
a pretty giriniterally in his lap-ta giri
vho wit; mitnifeetly 0 Judy dna who
blushed IQ the tips of her curs atshe
apolugleed for her awkwardnette. Even
It the tiormen had been a woman-
hateirthnthetio•edno olt;tuutt o
ah ani: bete zreatiothlinot
feet, and that, necesearily, required
the me of both heels. An it happened,
lee Albert Wtta Malta -ay tinseeptIble
to feminino tiiiirine and there Was
sOntething Ithettt that ghee:4 melte
which was friendly, though ember-
reenti.
So he spent longer than was etrictly
eesential in helping her to the door --
•oho appeared to have turned lior ankle
•wand then Attuned to his seat pity
to find that his portfolio was lineage
CONTENTS OF THE BAG. •
Reerinenattone ane threats were
ueelesti. A score orpeop1e had felt the
car and) as the guard heartlessly re-
fused to stop the train bedore the next
station, there was naturally not it trace
Of the girl or the man who le t amen -
Dallied her. lly that timeen fel t, Bar-
low and Pilule bad elipptel into the
shelter of a neighboring lintel lobby
end were betty inspectieg the voutente
02 Dr. Albert's precious brief cue, •
• e"Even if there's nothing in it,''
laughed the girl, "we've ltad the sates -
faction of searing hint to death."
Gene oiled nothing, but pawed
through the papers in frantic haste.
"A slip of oiled paper," lie muttered.
"By the lord Harry, here it is!" and
he produced a peneil which, his teained
fingers told him Was lighter that it
should be. With a wrench be broke
of the metal tip that held the eraser
and, from within the wooden spindle
remoVed a tightly wrapped roll ot
very thin, almost transparent paper,
covelaci. with -unintelligible lettering.
"What's ,on it?" demanded Paula.
"I'll never tell you," was Barlow's
reply. "It would take a better matt
that. I am to decipher this," and lie
read otf: "I i eetla b -t t x o .
"Code?" interrupted the girl,
"Sure it is -and apparently a
peache"rhe next =meet he had
slipped tee paper carefully late au in-
side pocket, crammed the rest 'of the
papers back into tiae brief case and
was tlisaapearing into a. thou° booth.
"Better get down to work, dear,"
be called over his shoulder, • "I'm
going to report to elle office here end
then take this stuff clown to WashIng-
t°Ifd that was the last that paula
saw of him tor a week,
' Six ,hours. later Barlow eutereci tb.e
2 chiefs office -in the. treasury depart-
ment and. reported that he bad se-
cured the code message,
• THURBER-ON Tfill JOB. •
"So New York 'phoned," was 'the
only comment from, the man who di-
reeted.the destinies of the secret ser -
'nee,, '"ralee it right up to the navy
depertment and. turn it over to Teur-
ben the librarian. Heel be able ta
read it, if anybody eau."
Thurber, Gene knew, was the man
who was recognizedly the loading aut
thority on militare codes and ciphers
in the United. Metes, the man who
had made a hobby as well as a butde
nese of decoding mysterious uteasaVa
and who had finally deciphered the
famous "square letter" code, though'
it took him two 1:eoliths to do it.. •
But Thurber was fully cognizant of.
the neoessity for quick action, He Ilea
been warned that Itarlotv was bring -
leg the despatch and the entire office,
was cleared for work. a.
Spreading the oiled paper on a treble
top made of clear glass, the'librarlan
turned en a battery of strongeleotrie,
lights underneath so that any water-
mark or secret writing would tta-ve
"The• army - clock -code is. one- of
sbaoet;oe:nrilt.ieettt once apparent. Bet there Was
Gold Bug claimed that any cipher
nothing on the . sheet except line after
line of .meatingless letters.
may be some writing in invisible ink
pert. "But the fiten that oiled paper..
on the sheet," adinittea the cipher axe
is used would seem to prelatic that.
The code itself may be any one of'
several varieties and it's a matter or'
rtrigeriiintgon'eem„ all until you bit awe the
could be read if you selected tee letter
that appeared most -frequently and
substituted for it the letter 'e,' whicb.
is used most oiten en English, and so
on down the list" stated BarloW.
401ne acroSS hater°. Let's eta it on
is 'written, But I don't think ghat
thing on the board?" queried the oper-
eiletet hew the code was 'constructed,
pend upon hard work and blitid
upon' the tour at Which the ineesagt
applies in 'this case. The elpher doesn't
the blackboard and study it front,
aerate% the room, That Often helps in
concentrating" codes,' Thurber retorted, his Ores riv-
eted to the sheet before hint, "Besides,
while this is feet, and We h.ave to de -
systems which might 'have been lisee
in 'writing Ulla meesage," he eontinnect.
added to every lettertfigure, dependent
look Hee it -though I'll have to admit
•
that. itdoesn't look like any that I've
thiugs that Poe -didn't know about
that was fiction ,and the author knew
them -the one in which a number is
, "There are any number of arbitrary.
"It's pessible,. of couree, that there
"I tliought that Poe's story of The
-You're not .going to write the Whole t
"So it did, 13ut there are tote, of.
apn:coll•iTlythe firet fifteen letters or
hurber put down thlo hale: "
`
•
• I
;f•bb t txor gets b b
"Transmitted, into wbat we gall 'let-
ter figures," he went on, "that woult1
be 9.9 9 20 6 2.2 20 20 24 le 18 17 23
19 2 2• -the system where 'a' In de- •
lanai ,by 1, 'le by 2, and so on. That
repetition et the letter T at the be-
ginning of the message is what melee,
it partieularly puzzling.
"It you don't mind, I'll lock the (leer
and get to week ell this in earnest,
Where 'can 1 reach Ybu ethoite?"
Barlow- mired at this- polite ilia;
missal, apd stating that lie woula be
at iteadquerters for the reSt of Vie ev-
ening and that. they would keow where
to reach him after that t lett the oftice
-decidedly tioubtfel as to Thurber'
alillity to read the message.
• Long after midnight ;aerie answered
a ring from the 'phoiie. beside his bed
and, through a haze of sleep, heard the
veto of the navy librarian, Inquiring
if he etilI had the other peewee which
bad ;been itteDr. Albert's bag: •
"Noe" replied the operative, "but
can get them. They are ott to or
the alerts desk. Nothing in them,
though. 'Went over theta with a Wen
row:eine"
"Just the game," directed Thurber.
"I'd like to have thein right. away, 1
think l'in on the trail, but the peel:gem
Is irepoesible to eleeittletr unlese we /tot
the Kettle -word. it may be in Rome of
the other papers,"
Barlow found the librarian red -eyed,
front We lack of Sleet" aud the etettie
of the ceneentratton over the toile let-'
ter. But when they had gate ever
papers found in the blaek be, eVen
Thurber had to admit that he was
theeltraated.
-Somewhere," he matritained. "is the
tine there ithich e ill eolvo the admen
thltsg, .1 know the tkisu clitkez. Ii
one thet ia very eel:dont wed, la ftict
ens that la etre seldom used, in Ate
the Wily reference that 1 kuow uf is 1»
Jules Vernete novel, 'The Giant elate
It'll a geetetien of taking a keyword,
this and adding three to the letter- A PLEASANT TASK
attingethe letter.figurese welch deluge.
figures of the original letter, Tintewill
give you a series of numbers whith it
iU1pQthI 10 decipher wilco you
Ineaw the keyboard. 3 feel tertain
thet this is a varietion of that seatene
eor the fact that two letters appear to-
gether so trequently woeld acme. to
• Indicate that the numbers which thee
represent are Izigher than 26, the num.
ber of the lettere in the alphabet.'
"One word!" muttered Barlow. Thou
teizing what Was appareetly a
ehamen-
oranchen eet front the pile of Al-
berhe papers, he exclaimed: "Ilereet
a Ilet tbat neither the chief nor I could
make anything tie. See? It has twelve
authors, which might be the months
of the year, with a uame or word be.
1 nil each one!
"Yes," replied Thurber disconisolate.
lY, "I saw that the first thing. 13tit
this is October and the word corre-
sltenelug to the number 10 is
helmstraese'-and that don't help at
IIiIt
ele
r
ie
Sd
iPtT"
TIilltIBElt WORD.
"Then try Hohenzollern, the Sep.
Welber word:" snapped Barlow. "Title
nreesagm
e was presuably written in
Devlin and illetaforin
e took Saa
La get over hero,"
"By George, that's tei! A variation
of 1 -ho celcck code, as well as Verne's
idea. Here, read off the letters and
lel put teem on the board with the
figures repreeenting Hohenzollern un-
bdeeteonie.:91. Talte tee first fifteen as
41
I :TUC; it44; ento uf the (*ea," re. •sTERN mGE
Ess
IL ems time." DUI/4o klx -
.A
t.z.,4.
• - - '
pliea the termer oecret_ite.... '111 tali • ; . ;
A
When they had fineeted, tho Meek -
board bore the renewing, the lit•st iine
being the ()righter codet letters, the
second, the letter -figures ef these and
-the third, the figures ofthetwola Ho-
henzollern with the first ir, repeated
for the fifteenth letter:
1 ittfbbltxorgwebb
'9 35 20 6 28 46 21 35 18 17 23 19 28
815 8 5 14 26 15 12 5 38 14
• "Why 13e for that double. '1' anti 2tit
tor the double 'he'?" aelted. Barlow.
"Add 20 --the total nenther of let-
ters In the alphabet -to the letter -ti-
e -are for the letter itself," sald Thur.
ben "That's .the one beauty of tele
epee, ,aiie of the things which helps
to tinker you Off the scent. NoDitstib-
trading trie two line -we .haveie". .
1 20 12 1 14 20 9 2 6 12 5 5 20
"We've got it!" lee :led an blatant
Inter, as he stepped back to look at
• the figures and mead Off:
• • ekt4e1itic:.eleet •
"Itwas a usyllbi. code, _atter ,au,"
ereurber etated. ween eail eecielter-
ed tee entire message by the sante pro-
daute and had repartee his discovery
to the• secretary-ot-t-he navy wee the
'Phone. "Pt aetlea I ly. . infallible, too,
save for the bet that I, as well as Dr,
Albert, happeneet fo -be faultier with
'Tales 'Seethe. That,' law the .doeteeet
inability to rely' mi..hie memory and
therefore leaving. hisekeYwerds in its
.briefeaae,, renderedethe ,eeltoIe ,thing
peetty easy."
"Yes," teouelft 'Gene, "plus nog.
gestion Ofether'Septemberaword, rather
than the October•one, and plus.Paula's
qu-ick wite-thehs.realin all there.was
la Rut he eteeb. lies thoughts to
litntsele, preferrieg to allow Thurber
to reit) iiii the e'dwarilellitt were cete-
ffeg to hiiti for the solution of • the
double node. • - -- • •
"Dittereektiow• what the whole mes-
gege was?' I inquired, as Quinn -stop -
bed his narrative.
"You'll 'find it' pasted on the back of
that copy of the. Giant Rafts'replied
the former opoleitide, " "Thatete why' I
clatunthat the,hooltought. to, he pre-
sereedne souvenir aan incidedt
that saved Millions ea:eters and hen-
elreile. ' ' " '
Terning no the haek of the Verne
book -I saw pasted. there .the folleeting
.significant. . „ .
"Atlantic fleet'ealls (from) lleMp-
ton Roads (af)' 6 '(e'cleek) inoteting of
seventh: el:light • thboats . will be. wait-
ing.- eAdeiseniecesearet..Darties axed ,be
ready„.(to) .see,k,,,eafety, Success (of)
ettehlt ineeitable
, - . _
"Teat means that he .Thurber 'hatthe
been &tie to discipher ' that code the
greater' eittrof -our -fleet -would -have
.been .stink by an. unexpected submaie
iheiatteelh., tamicheht he a nation With
wliozrte' we o t „even at leaetd'
m ,'
eth:endde, `ivhelf lath fintehed the
l,
• -"Precisely,e agreed -Quinn. ."Bute if
Yatellelook up the .recortle, You'le.eind
that the fleet did not siva on eekedule,
while ler. Heinriell Albert' and 'the
entire staff front the 1iouO on ielasea-
chusette 'avenue_ warp,. deported before
limey more weeke had ',Used'. 'There
wetsfie sonairin 'raising a fuss about
the incident 'Mettle thneefor Von Dern.
storff Would have denied any Inlowl-
edge, ...oe the ,euesete dud probably
woule he'Ve .eharget that (he Whole
thing. was a plant, tlesigited to em-
broil, tete ThifIed Stares' lite the war. So
ft was alloeved tee hitt' 'roe the • time
being c.L
uferelY -jetted. down as an:
othee,econe to be wiped ofe the elate
te3ut neon :have to admit thet a-
knotvtledgen'et etles -Verne- .eitinea' in-
verrhandy-quite as 1111.1011 soin fate,
as -did a kuowledge, of the MOAN and
diepoeition or white rain in 'another.
cave!' e
"Which- one' wee that'?" -
Qattm merely pointed to the top of
hie bookcaee, where there repoetel
a sniffed white appentently
'
asleep. .
4ditor's Job is One Long
holiday.
Banat& Timee: Every once in a
whiie home cheerful Individual re.
eta:trite to me "Well, now that the
paper tit out, ietuppose you tan take It
tetey for two or three tlaYS?"
hour delightful it is thee a rountry
tenter leo nothing to do between
moth _days. Buoineee rent along au-
tomatically. Ween raper bills vette
due Money drape off the trees with
which_ to pay them,' Sebecribere vie
with each .ether to eat wile can ray
• the fartheet in advance. Advertisere
beg Lor additional space. And the
way the news hunts up the edition is
• aleo eileasant to =template, There
Is sometelug strange about the way
• the news items act. When.the paper
Is out the editor steeply goo bee% to
his eaky chair and looks wise and.
• waits for next week's press day. The
• day befere press day the IteoPle line
ltry in front of the office • door- and
they file meet the desk and tell 11111)
ithl tho news of the week. Ile writes
It up in fifteen dr twenty. ininutee,
takes it back. and hauge 011 a hook.
-The compoeitore take the eoPY and
elethen It over the typo cases, ear a
few myetic words, the type Moo into
piece, and after e, few passee by the
foreman the forme are ready for the
press again. And the editor ghee
down and deposits some more money
in the bathe It is the greatest snap M
the eatalogue. Nowif the editor
could only do away with press day hie
job would be ann•plete.
'
CANADIAN GIRL
"INSERTS" 1LS.
Woodstock, N. B., Nurse
. Calls Flag a "Rae'
And Rutland, Vt., People
Are Angry, '
titutland, Vt,, Despatch -An alleged
anti-Ameriean incident, reported. by
nurser' at the Rutland. Hospital, is to
be the subject of inquiry at et joiet
hearing by a teminittee or the Board
of Aldermen anti the directors ot the
hospital to -morrow aight. The ince
dent, as reported to the aldermen, de -
e -eloped front. an .alleged ennversetion
between' Mitts • Annie IVIcLone, of
weedetoek,- N. 13, trel Miss Marion
Nilo, an American girl, both nurses
at the Imeeital.
Miss Neese it was said,. had shown
postcard picture to • Miss 'McLane,
remarking. on its bettetty, whee • the
Cantedianteetiel agreed, but 'addea:•teEtt-
cept for that' dirty -rag," referring to
an American beg which had a promin-
ent place in tho .pleture. A epirited
argument taithreelfethe nurses eollowed,
and the incident was called to 'the
attention of Miss Annie Aitken, super-
inteedeat of the 'hospital, who - is it
'sister of Lord Deavertn•iiok, Of Canada,
with' denutee by• Amer -Man' nurses
that Miss ',McLane apoloeize. When
the arology was not forth.eareang, the
American nurses ev.ent 031 strike as
a protest, ' but reteitieed subsequently.
Miss deleLene is -now said tette at ,
her hew. lii Wattlatocki, an leave or
absence. American names assert that
she ha -s' not yet apologieetle ;and On
their representation.s etild. 0. W. Pen -
cher brought -the matter before the
city fathers for inquiry. ' •
"RESPANT A
hTURE
•
golsheviki Claim Denikine
and Kolehak Retreat
And talionia Curbing Gen,
Itudenitch.
kilit; e .51-1117 eotithere, Ittiettia rs re -
London, Cable -' General Dena- •
tteating, the Beishevik having captur-
ed ten towns In three clay', and etill
advancing, esterirdieet to a wirelees
ea:Tenth receiveu hem from Moscow,
Bolshevik troope ate entering Teltrittne,
twietre they interia to stay, tile detipatth
says.
Admiral facet iri Ceti -
that Siberia art r;ltrio,e; rapidly, tie-
emelleg to the deep:lice, and the nods
eletteatteaelted-a .1501411 87 1111105- rilSt. Or
(.111)utlitnil. 14 by the Itlethenlan Covent -
mein -that the Northweetere Rut:elan
ov ern men 1 eease 1104,11,1U5--5
11131 bteintierice of Dedicatee have been
kneeled to, aecoreleg intormatioi
ofeeteal cercleee beret .•
Boleitevik fame; 0003.115ee their et .
testes arjainst, the ili•thonians in 113 rs
'lief -neon of Nerve.- 1'3•31...' fere.;
Ow f!gltilut4 whlei is Very 's Ve!P.
•••••••••••••*
EMENCEAll
: To the Pea e De ti
From Germany,
No Deviation From Term
to Rebuilclors.
por,•••••••
Lendon, COM -- A lirireiess
ittcs-
api irom Bute give:: the text of a
, stern note from pe. wheneueran. inane;
dent •of the Peace Conference, to the
eledeinan ee the German delegation to.
Vereitilles, reaming to dentate from
the terms ef Ate penee treaty in favor
of .(terman prisonerwho are (melee-
ta in the Wort,: of reeonstruction itt
devastated Northern France.
Referring to the brutal treatment
meted out to the populations of this
aistrict uncle? the German ;occupation,
Clemenceau is quoted 315 saying;
"the deepest sentiments of the hu-
man heart have been so cruelly lejered
that French public (Minion mina
.agree to grant the favor you request."'
The note sets forth that Germany
systematically delayed the perfor-
mauve of the armistice terms, and in.
stances the tanking of the Germau
warships in Scapa Flow, The delay in
the . delivery of Manama steps, Get --
limey's Bettie policy and the antelen.
tente propaganda in Aleaee and the
werld at large, wee, declares:
"We owe nettling to Germane exeeet
,tIllie:);.•:ciee fulfilment of the provisione
ot the peace trety. accepted by Dei"Ia
•A ..tiEW" HULLESS OAT,
.fltketion of a, good, new
arlett I notiess oats by the Leper-
lenenta, Branch luta net per -
bate; eteeet as much attention LW
it sit Cate samples of this var-
iety a. I .; being distributed by the
Donlineiii • itrealist at Ottawa, The
etock on hand is net large, hut as
long as it fasts samples will be glad-
ly sent to farmers in almost any dis-
trict. tat Canada, as it is believed that
this oat will be widely usefel, . The
fall name of the variety is Liberty,
Ottawa 480. It Is derived from a
cross made in. 1903 between the well-
known/ variety, Swedish Select, and
• it buten oat from. China. The new
variety is decidedly., superior to the
Chinese sort. Threshing out free
from hull; this type of oat furnislieS
a concentrated • product of extremely
-high value which has only to be
ground in' order to make must ex-
cellent feed eepecitity fo7 young pigs
and chickens. When carefully enough
cleaned tor' use as Marian food, tt
makes meal ot surprsingly fine
quality. The Liberty oat has very
good field characters, being rather
early in ripening and having reason-
ably stiff straw, The yield (so far
as kernel is col:Opened) is equal to
about even -eights of that of Banner
oats. Farmers who are interested in
the raising of hogs and chickens are
strongly advisee to give this new
oated trial. It has already proven ex-
tremely satisfactory itt sOine districts.
-70. E. Saunders, Dominion Cerealist.
POTSDA CNN
Sitia ROYALIST
5 I
• 'Berlin cable says: Pan -German im-
perialistic deMonsteations were re-
etenedeat Potsdam on Tuesday. Large
crowds assembled otitside the parson.
age, where General Ludendorff is
stopeeng. • The general] came to a
• winclew and in a speech extolled the
Prussian spirit andemilitariem. The
crowds -gangimperial -tongs and
cheered Ludendorff, the former Em-
peror and militariene and s'iputed
• abusively -against the Government.
Iu connection with the demonstea-
Done on Shadily' Abet pastor of the
Berlin Garrison Church' prayed for
the formeinlemperter and hoped that
other days would soon been for the
fathetTand;• while the 'pastor of the
Cherch of the Holy. Spirit attaekea
the Government and spoke for the
return of the monarchy,
1 .
Photographs On Living Loaves,
• A process of taking a photograph on
the 'lea of a 'plata is deseribea in an
article .by ler. Dees Mansell in Ole
lentschau, a traxisiatton of wide au, -
pears the ecientifieaa American,
Briefly; the prnsess is as follows:
Flatten a negative with strong con-
trasts to a very smooth, thin, hairless
growing leaf, :such a.; the lutEan cress,
scarlet vintner or nasturtium, and leave
it .exposea to street; sunliglinfor see -
oral' home. Then cut the leaf from the
plant, steep it itt boiling water for half
a minute, then intimate it in warm Eft
per eent. alcohol. After a little time
the leaf now AVbite, 133 immersed In a
dilute tincture ef iodine. The result is
a Positive photograph, often of sew
Prieing eharmiess.
Th1 bitettletil pilaw should have
plenty of battlemee, but curvature of
the 5391110 woule seemly. help his tie.
VIMISMIEVI2Er..
',et • a:
;tee'
loom.
Dud.* Holum
smawrook souorrok irrs,
oar; WI. OR" WINO*
R. Irsostoni-
omporipe ASO *morrow
*ow $tos eit woo mop
woos.
Arthur J. Irwin
0,0,S,, LeD.S,
Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pantie
Weenie College and Lieentiate ot Den-
tal Surgery fis Ontario.
Meal ever. Wednesday etfternoon,
Office In Mecdonald
W. R. Hambief
Leo., M.0., 0.M, ;,•
t
Special ottOntion paid to disinkoal
og Woinou and eiltidgen. Win*
tarn pontsto4uoto ',work In Ong.
glantaziology Ant 1141110itin.
Orgion in the ICarr reisixtonno,
ViroOm tint Queen's Rotel „ ascii tiro
Baptist Ohnzok.
lonoinoso NITOIL Oarglal 0414-1**p
rhea. ,P 0. Don 1111
Dr. Robt. C. Redmond
. mit.0.0; (Vag.)
(Land.)
PHYOICIAN AND titUR01041‘
(Dr. 0111:01in's old otand.),
DR. R. 1 STEWART
Graduate of University ot •Torouto,
Isaeulty of Medicine: 'Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeens.
OFFICIO 1:11TISANCE:
SECOND DOOR NORTH OF
ZURBRIGD's PHOTO STUDIO,
JOSEPHINE ST. PHONE 29
SEDITIOUS
CONSPIRACY
Established at 'Peg Theatre
Meeting Says Crown,
'Wade in Blood to Obtain
Our Rights.
Winuipeg, Nov. 29. --en. J. Andretve,
ie. C., ,counsel fcr. the Crown, made
tee statement Met neehe at the trial
of R. 13. leuseell, charged with sedi--
Nous conspiracy and committing a
common. nuisance, that seditious -con.
epiraey was establiseed at the etatalk-
er theatie meeting:1A Winnipeg;. De-
cember, 1918;
The declaration came in response to
a question by Mr. Justie,e Metcalfe as
tee whether- Mr. Andrews contended
that seditious conspliney had its int
ception at the Calgary convention or
any other meetings Me. Andrews mak-
ing it after slating that he die not
purpose to fixthe place or time of
ineeptien as it heel been a growing
conspleacy. .
In order to expedite the trial, Mr,
euetieet Metcalfe, ruled that the ses-
sions ehouId .he from 10 a.m. to 10
9.111. and last night the merle was ie
sessien vett the latter hoer.
The ufght session- was featured bY
a legal battle of permissibility as evi-
dence of references to speeches tria•de
at the Walker theatre meeting. Me.
Andrews contended that no better
evidence than remarks by Russell and
01.1101' speakers could be secured to
Prove that there had been a seditious
conepiraey, while, on the other hand.
.ein-Catteitly ;claimed that the spealona
hall been deseteleitur, the broad general
Pollee that slimed te entailed. by the
Ileitieh Government regarding Rue -
tea, and that there wae no seditious'
cane:piracy in that.
Iris Loreshin ruled that treferencee
to .specehes made at the meeting
eculti be made, and T. Lt. Peters, lo-
cal real (,tate wan, was called to feat
:Mee De ee.tarte.d that the tenor •ee
the rquivehes matte Would have thii
eititnet tendency to enttouran Men
to take extreme 131e55311e5. He quot-
ed the :.eeoutter of one reeteution as
eatelitte: -"Mood is enneing In Russia
end elate' will run in Me country,
erten fitt- Atlantle to the Patelfic, or
we will get our rights, We are Will-
Wci (quint to 1.o our rights."
hett to wade in elood tn ohlain what
EPSOM RIOTERS
FREED DEC. 15
Turned Over to Canada for
Release here.
Were .Originally Charged
.With Xurder.
Nov. 29,- (C. A. P.). -The
nom! Secretary has informed Bernard
Abinger, the • -solicitor who presented
the petition praying for 'clemeeey for
five 'Canadian soldiers who were sett -
teemed W- twelve months' imprison-
ment for rioting at Jepson), thnt the
men will .1W released on Dee. 15 end
handed over lo the canaditm military
anthoritien who wilt convey them to,
Violate and disebarge them there.
Them nem participated in the riot
10 whioh a policeman lost hie itte.
The prieouere were originally indicted
tee a miller, eharge, which wtte °vein
• 11131117 redneed-lit one of rioting.
Mr. endive' Darling, in Pateeng reit*
teeee,...eaid their •COndtlet was 11t5
11/01Ye than that of many peopleilvIng
in tele eountry.
• The pentiou to the Dome Secretary
minted OW, among other things, that
; the Prima ;of Vealee veer in Cauada.
ed that it would be n speelal ate of
ettna tee awn tire