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_@ Settlement for the hire of the boats FOR WAR SERVICES af Offered $5,000,000 for Com- ©’ mandeered Ships, Gulf Com- pany Demands $8,242,442, ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--The war Tecords of the Standard Stee! Car ‘Company and the Gulf Refining Com- pany, of which Andrew W. Mellon, selected. by President-clect Harding for Secretary of the Treasury, is a Prominent director, aro proving a bit- ‘ter pill to the Republicans. ‘The Mol- jon corporations did not show up well when the final settloments came. Files here indicate that the car and Gil companies resisted all efforts on the part of the Govesnment officials to reach agreements on the smo ‘Danis of other big war working oon- the United States entered the we Wi 1917, the Government, @ Wok of preparedness, was forced to commandeer the machinery of many big business interests in order Sarevin eda lel y Lake on work of ing on” against Germany. Some of these big interests hute} eonclusively proved their patriotism, While others have proved equally con- ¢lusively that “business is business, of the most conspicuous examples Of the latter class of big interests is ‘the Refining Company, of which Andrew W. Mellon ix one of the Vice Presidents and directors. The Gulf Refining Company is the hg A eS ion, of ic lon ice °’' President and Director, having a oap- Atal of $60,000,000 and assets valued at $218,476.42. Pad) JINE HUWDRED AND El CALENDERS AGO ~ BE ON FEBRUARY 22,1'732° WASHINGTON GA OUT UPON THE EA SOMETHING MODERN WONDERS Expect Revelations When a Friar Roger Bacon Manu- script Is Decoded. 1b To Start — (Lt SAY HE Di! HE WAS BORN IN) VIRGINIA — Wy vocarion HE 1D A PLANTER WHILE IN) LATER YEARS THIS STOOD HIM /N GOOD<TEAD FOR DID HE NOT MAKE A SURVEY OF THE SITUATION AND 6O AND PLANT, THE ASPIRATIONS OF GEO. THE JEP? HERE'S SOME HYPO Of3"G. WL WAS A SURVEY! railee Worle ARTE Frouioe World.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING STALMENTS. a to be married to Jobn Ancient knowledge of what we be- lieve to be modern subjects which are ¢ being made known at this moment the deciphering of an old tome written in a hitherto unknown GQ) LORD! THIS APOSTLE OF ANANIAS HAS THE NERVE TO COUNT HIMSELF IN ON THE HOLIDAY '! * Daw qonart! my royalties From that cont €d breakfast cereal t¢ two weeks © . CHAPTER I. G.W. ONCE THREW A SILVER ACROSS THE POTOMAC penned scientific tracts in the gloom Franciscan monastery | thirteenth century and predicted the coming of steam driven ships, auto- ' mobiles and even airpla believed, throw light on other modern subjects for which present day acien- tists are groping. Facts about GEO WASHINGTON HAD A WISE —— IN F WASHINGTON: fireplace and stooped to lift something ot ward’ fingors. with a start that it was the wedding | ; Yell, that gossamer wisp of tulle that | had wrenched from her dark It was crushed and torn, and | he looked at it with diama “You git down, please, I'd stand, T'-— she caught her wavering | courage and said voice that sounded child repeating a Nina's gone away. nes, may, it is GREAT DOME! THOSE Days! ysios and his. known to scientists, seoms, to Friar Bacon, whowe strange book, ‘now in the possession of Wil- frid M, De Voynith, an antiquarian bibliophile of New York, of supposedly modern subjects itis said, that is surprising, even startling to moderns. | Friar Bacon's book was written in code, because he ment for his conclusions. being decoded b: in a queer little like that of a GEORGE WAS RED-HEADED, She isn't comin; , s 7 BUT HE WORE A PoudeReD Mel Rogers came ahd told her Temper INCEAL HIS she must marry him, here, to-night— and Nina went John Amory looked across at Varia @s though he could not understand the words she spoki A dark flush suffused his face, and faded as quickly as it had come, teav- ing him tense and gray. “For God's sake, what ‘W. Romaine New- bold of the University of Pennsyl- vania and a portion of its contents | will be given to the public at mect- | ings of the College of Physicians and Sufgeons and the American Philo- Philadelphia | April 20 and 21, by Prof. Newbold, Erwin McChing, He took three steps across to her and caught her shoulder in his strong fingers. Varia felt a wrenching pain as he tightened 2 “ Prof. Clarence he was scarcely conscious of what he ‘ MEMBER THE STORY YY zoologist, and Mr. De Voynich. On April 6, 1917, when the United ., States declared that a state of war existed with Germuny, the Guif Re- © Gining*Company had a feet of twelve o initers, Geo! “The volume, which came inte my 1913, shows a knowledge into subjects about “It's true, it’s true,” she said voice- | he said something about a! “ ‘ special license, How can I make him love me? oil tankers and four oil barges. Under | the Presidential proclamation of July » 2, 1917, the Shipping Board later com- ‘ Mandeered six of the ficet of tankers ) @perated by the company. » — The fleet taken over by the board consisted of the steamers Guif of Mexico, Guifiight, Gulfmaid, Trini- | dadian, J. M. Guffey and Winifred. * The ships were commandeered be- ®. Octoer, 1917, and Fe! WOULD HAVE MADE A ewekoo OFA COWBOY STAR IN THE MOVIES — AND BESIDES ‘c! t P which modern scientists barely sue- T Beard a totor car} in Friar Bacon's said Mr. De Voynich. “The code was unlike any known to science and ita key was discovered by Prof. New-| 4 bold only after fourteen months of | painstaking work. devised and so comprehensive that the 150 pages of vellum on which it is are expected to 000 and 800,000 words of her hand to the pocket of her skirt and felt there the hardness of | circle of pun. He flung himselt toward the open) “Tit jast jen, r. in the pocket of his vest “Won't you have tea or something? I can speak to Jenkin: "No, please, I'll have to go,” Vari ‘We've got to do something, now, at his rooms,"" But Varia stopped him with » — oe It is so cunningly send tt back’ | Her white gloves were on the table and her beaded bag; do anything now Amory’s rooms. She knew he lived Be ape seme in Gramercy Park, The number was He would not be home yet and She did not like the expression of had been friends, 1918, and were operated by the Go his face, the hard lines that seemed It a deeper bond of sym ernment for from six to twelve ~ months. All the expenses of opera- tion and repair of these and other ships fiom the day they were com- 2 leered were pald by the Shipping under the terms of a contract entered into with the owning com- | eng Following the armistice the on turning back the ships to their owners, suggested a basis of manuscript.” Friar Bacon is one of the interesting of the mediaeval figures of sclenoce and letter. and understanding. they might have been the merest ac- quaintances. Varia put down the picture and lifted her gloves, but in her nervous- Ness she brushed the round wooden frame from the table. it Up and looking at it with surprise said, “Was this what you were look- ing at when 1 came in?” she said bravely. He wus very Close to her and he to spring about his mouth, the blind look in his eyes, the door and came back to her place by the (able. John Amory sank down heavily in the chair that he had placed for Varia. He leaned forward with his head on his hands. He did not move, sat there like the statue of Ro ‘The high notes of the silver clock the mantel sounded silly and he went over to It softly and Her heart began faster; the wlood began to w: face and she felt now as though she were 4 part of this life that seethed Past her. She, too, was filled with HIS CHERRY TREE EPISODE WOULD HAVE MADE A BIRD OF A SUBJECT FOR THE EDUCATION PICTURES UNDER THE AT THE LUMBER INDUSTRY "oR \L COLOR. PICTURE ~"CHERRIES IN THE FALL” He was educated at Oxford and the University of Paris and his knowledge of scientific sub- jects made iim 6o feared by the un- lettered of his day that it was said be was a magician who had sold himself He was imprisoned, dur- ing the time of Pope Nicholas IIL., for ten years on such a charge and bis book, which Mr. De Voynich declared John picked IDO But when she found. herself in the great bronae clevator of 9 Gramercy Park, Varia was frightened, What if he should be there? at $4.15 a eagwsient ton a month. |Marine and the Standard Oil Com- 400 Questions Answered Free Never beforeinthe history of the United States have financial words and phrases been so generally used. Do you understand all of them—oi is mai ket «ews “Greek” to you? A free booklet ex- plainingmorethan 200 which are used con- stantly by brokers, bankers and financial reporters is yours for the asking. Call, phone or write for No. EW-366 ‘Seale, Ask for latest available news enactive securities JONES & BAKER Sipectaliuts ta New Yorks Curd Market Soenstioe BROAD STREET OFFI 80 Broad Street ‘Telephone Bread 7190 MADIGON SQUARE OFFICB ‘226 Fifth Avenue ‘Tel. Madison Square 1377 400d GTREEBT OFFiCR 805 Fifth Avenue ‘Telephone Murray HI 7130 ‘Offices tm 8 Principal Cittes a Diwect Private Wires noticed that her lashes were wet. . what's the matter?’ done anything. Hag any one hurt you?" she twisted her face away from him, Look at me!" he commanded, At last she lifted her eyes to his touch a’ button in the wall and the Md John searching those violet-blue room sprang into light, ri ‘Mr. Amory is not i 8 kins, and Varia hesitating asked, leave something for Mr, mocking, and Varia suddenly moved from her place by the table and went ever to him. “John, please, T loved her, too, don’t take it so”—— “Thanks, Thanks awfully, but I'd rather”—— he dragged himaelf ont of the chair and stood up as though he ny, with the exception of the Gulf Refining Company, basis and their claims were adjudi- cated, The Shipping Board offered the Gulf Refining Company approximate- ly %,000,000 for the use of its six ves- sels, but the offer was refused and the company entered sult against the Shipping Board for $8,242,442.82. ‘LIAR, SAYS BARUCH ANSWERING MASON He Indignantly Denies Charge of Making, $50,000,000 speaks of his imprisonment, was writ- ten after his release. Reference to it is made, it ts be- leved, at the end of a volume entitled “Of the Admirable Power and Force of Art and Nature,” wrote of codes when he said, shall write in cipher no one shall be able to read.” knowledge of the persistence of mod- ern American University professors, and now the secret works of the man who predicted not only modern inven- tions, but who described also the true theory of telescopes and microscopes, is believed to have poe- GILPIN WATS TO HEAR (SHIP SAVED FROM ICE FROM DRAMA LEAGUE} — ARRIVES 8 DAYS LATE Hasn’t Received Invitation to Dinner—Anyway, Two Other Bodies Want Him. “If you will step this wa: Holding her breath, herself following Jobn' Varia found She saw him depths said slowly Ee ar atin’ etio better care of yourself, my dear; him a note,” she sald | youre tired out.” “Good-night, Varia; it's all right,” se oe cate he said, without looking at her. Then he caught sight of her face, down which the tears were running, though she made no sound, no movd Captain of Bristol City Denies Crew Lacked Food or Burned Fittings. breathlessly. He showed her the desk and thén| very white, shadows showed beneath Varia did not pi the pe 5 t pick Up the pon he | *’sveh, I'm tired out: that's alt; Varia repeated, but he’ saw her un- derlip tremble ike a child's, 1] get a taxi you home” he said, “John!” Varia stopped him, “it's Fm all right, last might I lay you—and everything. | foolish to feel so”—— it's all over now, |going to put it out of my mind. | You must.” he said. j He was frowning "s hard on you, too, dear," he said gently as though he were slowly waking to consciousness. It’s not for anyone 1 care, not Nina, not for myself—but for you—4f I could do something”—— For one moment he stood looking across at her as though his eyes had then he came closer and looked into her eyes, until he saw a very strange thing happen. Varia's lids dropped and a crimson flood of color swept from the hollow of ber throat to ber white temples. She was burning with this color that had betrayed her more surely than words could have done, until it re- slowly and she was white “Little Varia . . about with fascinated eve: whose wind: ‘looked the park, must be John’s liv- | She had a sen 4s though she saw John for the first time—awe and curiosity for the room, with its deep blue rug, its wide coucli covered in blue, {ts carved oak book- shelves built between the windows, Was 4 man's room. held pipes and a carved closed box, a riding crop was thrown carelessly She saw on bis desk a pile of | unopened letters and an open book, Kneeling on his chair she read the title, “Huekieberry Finn.” A tiny smile wreathed Varia’s lips. He was reading that Ohartes Gilpin, the negro star in “The Emperor Jones” at the Princess ‘Theatre, could not say whether he would accept the invita- tion of the Drama League to be one ‘of its guesta of honor at @ dinner in| port yesterday eight doys late, {the McAlpin Hotel on March 6. He ‘said he had not yet received the in- vitation and could not say what he would do until he hac. He repeated his refusal to commit himself even when ho received » telegram from Kenneth MacGowan, who will toastmaster at the dinner urging bim to accept the invitation. Gilpin seemed more concerned with his work than he was with bis own in a social sense. showed two other invitations for the same evening. Civic Club, Street, asking him to dine, and the other wus from th® League for In- dividual Freedom, asking ‘him to be- come a member of its Advisory Board and to be present at a meeting on the evening of the Drama League's The latter has on its Ad- visory Committee Amelia Bingham, David Bispham, Irvin 8. Cobb, the B. Haynes, Lee Keedick, . and with which he made the for you and take earliest of astronomical observations, . are to be given to the world in April. | “FARMER” GOT FOLEY’S $40. Missing After After being locked fast three days in the ice fields off Cape Breton, the British freighter Bristol City reached Bernard M. Baruch, Representative who charged that he (Baruch) had made more than $50,000,000 on copper alone while Chairman of the War said to-day in re- replying to betrayed him; egos Montague Crinks and members of the crew of twenty-seven men denied the ship had been endangered, although it was admitted that numerous & O § messages bad beea sent out Peb. 12 A heavy table bp gateel Board, William J. Foley of No. 306 Me- Dougal Street, Brooklyn, advertised last Friday in The World for a posi- tion as farm hand or caretaker, About noon a well dressed man called raid bis name was Kelly and that bis father wanted to hire a married cou- ple as caretaker on a farm at Bald- win, L. L He hired Foley and his/ sister? If she had hurt wife at a generous salary and ar- ranged to call for them in his auto | tieve that yeu like me, do you? | A Wave of feeling thritied he conversation he discovered that he| that moment of eostass and Foley had gone to the same! knew that af last he had Brooklyn school as boys together. b A few minutes after bidding the, Foleys goodby, Kelly returned out of | breath and mich excited. He said he| had lost his pocketbook and monéy. Foley loaned Kelly $40. When Kelly failed to call Saturday the family automobile, Foley to Baldwin and learned that the address given by Kelly was at's the use of wasting time on Mason. He's just a damn and he knows it. charges before and then didn't make good by bringing me before the bar of the House or w a court of justice. I challenge him to do either and re- peat that he's an impudent lia ARE dan Seas FINDS CHURCH UNABLE but Varia saw jthat he was a different man now, | He had his emotions under control, If his mouth was a trifle jone else would be the wiser. was not the man ti No one would have the chance to sympathize with John Amory She held out her hand. there's anything I can do for '—John said. do something! laried. and before her st better of her, she ss picture, Jolin, He's made these ‘Lhe ship, which ts of sailed from Bristo] on Jan. rying @ general cargo. she wirelessed Just like a boy! book that all boys loved— ‘Then, on tiptoe, she crossed to the It held only two things—a Buddha carved in ivory, and a tur- | Quoise frame, But Varia, looking at | the frame set with bits of the unpol- \isbed blue stone, saw Me show ‘his feeling, at she had run short for assistance. was then 160 miles from shore. ‘The Canadian Government steam- ship Sheba went to hier aid and towed her safely through the jce to Halifax, where her fuel supply wes replenished and she continued here. Asked concerning the the crew had burned some of the fit- freezing, Capt. «he said gently, “L could help you if you'd let me! | You don't hate me because I am her Now, if you" go"—— ‘Vasia,” he said wonderingly, ness got the “I want that © picture of mobile Saturday. In the course of She shrank back as though a cold and had touched her. |wotten that Nina hud been enthroned here. She had only been thrilled to | gee this roam that belonged to the unknowingly, heart in his hands. ‘With cold fingers she took out the ring and went quickly across to his dedk. Leaning over, “Dear John—I found this and 1|° know Nina would want you to have it back” What else could she say? In doubt, ghe looked about her, and then fo For a picture in a wooden frame caught her wandering glance and held it. The pen dropped with a clatter as Varia leaned closer. The picture showed a tiny boy of six who stood gravely beside a table, What a grave, darling mite he was! Varia lifted the picture in her hands and looked into the face that was un- tings to keep Crinks smiled ship's all bere, isn’t it" Reviewing 1910 Stee] Strike. “I do not believe the time will ever come,” the Rev. Dr. John McDowell told a meeting of Presbyterian min- “when the church J will be able to determine either the wage or hour scale in any industry. But {t should be in a pvsition to de- termine principles upon which wages and hours of labor shall be based. These principles can be found tn the Goape) of Jesus Christ. Get the principles right and the programme will follow.” The meeting took place at No. 156 Dr. McDowell is Sec- retary of the Home Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church and wus a member of the Interchurch Stcel Strike Commission. work of the commission and repeated the statements in the commissio: report on the steel strike of 1919 —that it was not caused by Reds or extremists, but by a natural revulsion against conditions, “The real cause of unrest,” he maid, “was found in the working condi- tions, the long ten-hour da: situation and similar conditions. He added that labor troubles in the steel industry could be settled “as could those in any other industry, by employers and employees themselves. ‘There is no need of outside influence a word and she looked down at it caressingly before she put it im He caught the little cold fingers it and touched He also denied the crew had been him going down the stairs, She heard the front door clove heavily behind bim. Was this to be the end? her bag, he stopped her. “Varia, I do believe you like me a ‘ood, “We had food to sell,” he said. LIQUOR TO BE FREE TO HOSPITALS U. S. Will Give Any Brooklyn In- stitution All It Wants for isters yesterday, little—t'm eo damned T. Stanton and Charles ‘The letter from the League for In- dividual Freedom expressed in strony termis great ind!qnation at the action of the Crama League, The second Paragraph ends thus: “aA heck for $50 will put you on record as one of the men and women who are conscious of thelr basic She struggled to find somethi casual to say, but her voice was lost and she could not answer. ‘he repeated going CHAPTER I. HAT a dey! Telephones all morning, orders to be can- oclled and notes written, tolegrame—and Nina was Kelly is thirty to forty years of age, about 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs about 175 pounds. He bas dark bair, a smooth face and wears ey glasses for reading. lee | MISSING TWO MONTHS; DROWNED | SOUTH NORWALK ‘The body of Harry Duffy of Brooklyn, who disappeared two months ago, was Harbor, lodged vs ; ‘Paper and Pulp feces ragged when he di DO YOU. KNOW? by the Pres York oraine Wales QUESTIONS. 1, On what river is the German city of Hamburg located 2. What city of the Netherlands on an arm of the Zuyder Zee? 3. Who was t He was 90 near her now that she trembled. The odor of his tweed coat, the tingle as his face so dark and brushed her Varia spread out a crumpled ball of yellow and, smoothing the creases, read again the wire Nina had sent them: “Mel and I married last night. NINA ROGERS. Wine, beer, whiskey sands of gallons of it and free for the asking ig the offer made by States Attorney Brooklyn hospitals. accumulated in Governn Fifth Avenue. Conn, Feb, 22.— VILLA SEEKS HIDDEN LOOT. Former Outlaw Searching M tains for Bandit Caches. MBEXIOO CITY, Feb. Vile, the former bandit searching the mountains of Durango for years ago by leaders ra reaching this city from Torreon say that @ considerable body of men, is scourin, ns for many miles in aearc! terious caches, Villa's hacienda, at Camu pering under the former outlaw’s super- vision, it is said, and are such as to permit his absence for weeks at a time, partment clals declare Villa Is on most friendly terma with the present Ros# of Brooklyn ‘The Nquor is that ‘Varia, you like mi “why can't yor Varia did not know how i herself in hia arms and she heard her own voice Yes, I love you!” saying the words that she thought were buried In the silence of her heart. “I never knew, Varia. how long?" 1 He reviewed the neath a float. Duffy, it “ Vina to eh . Mate of the, Bt ‘How like Nina lope at the las’ minute with another man. . Varia’s thoughts halted, for a sparkle of light beneath the library table caught her eyes, ing, she put her hand out and touched a cold round object, Between her fingers lay the hoop of diamonds that had been John Amory’s last gift ‘The stones glistened and sparkled heartiessly, and Varia recalled sud- denly the events of the night before, John's tense gray face, and his voice that was husky and broken. She sipped the ring into the tiny pocket of hor skirt and rose. How close the house was! Only the silver candlesticks on Unmistakably same dark serious eyes, the cheeks were, it was John. 22.—¥rancisco force started to opernte in Brooklyn. was seizal by some cases by the pollc owners have been cony: guilty, and tten ordered disposed of by the United States Marshal will be sold at quction to druggists or othera authorized to deal in liquor, but the greater part medicinal use by the hospitals, is necessary is Cor a hospital superin- tendent to call up the United State loot buried th, puckered even then blance of manliness. tiny hands and showed so clearly on and how sturdy How fat those the dimples thelr backs— the straight ted or pleaded alwaye—always,” tia_breathed. With the strength tile, ts. pros of his arms his kjsses on her burning face, she could believe any- thing at this “You darling smiling down at it. Varia knew the next some one was looking lifted her eyes to see across the room. crop conditions moment that e lonely now jovernment and cards they have re- ‘Oh, John, I'll try to make tt eighteenth Presi- up to you—this dreadful time"—— at ———— “It's been hell, 3 DIEe. of any Kind." 5 COMMBPORD—On Monday, Fed. 21, at in SLOW wo a the resideuce of her uncle, Patrick H.| ROBBER ORS, appear BRADFORD, Pa., Feb. 22.—One man ——————L=RF&&FLCFCe_—__S_==UEE_== OWS PLUCK Year-Old Acct+ dentally Shet by ‘Ten-year-old Corn WOUNDED Bi Doctors Praise he said looking at startle you,” be said, coming toward scarcely saw the white mantel showed a gleam of brightness. The beoks In their vel- her as though bh “Hell from the moment I knew she'd was blown to pieces and another is ‘Baward P. Comerford. thought to have suffered the same fate Tasdban ok, tances - when a magazine containing 200 quarts *. psc, of nitre-gtycerine exploded plant of the Pringle Powder Company her, “Oh!” she said in a breath. color swept over her cheeks and sh saw John through a wavering food Unconseiously she had little picture Had he heard her? NEW WESTMINSTER, B, C,, Feb. 22.—Public wohools reopened here yester- day following a strike of teachers for more than a week. agreed to return to their classes and abide by a settlement of the question salaries by a joint committee of @ ewooden hammer) cnnirs of har father’s library seamed She would go out He stopped and and Varia turned to see Jenkins at h his face changed |to suffocate her. : | just for a breath of air, the stately brownstone house behind her and began to walk 6. What color is mandarin? 7. Who was the G North American Indians? 8 What particular kind of cigars are manufactured in the Philippines? 9. Of what State is Montgomery the capital city? 0, How many years are there in) an Olympiad? it Spirit of the clasped the who was acc dentally shot by his chum Sunday night, was transferred from Roosevelt to City Hospital yesterday. dolag well this morning h Le Roy, also Will you dine as usual, sj rer = Avenue, and felt life catch her back into the things of every day, men wero sauntering along and shop girls hurrying, every one golng past “It was nice of you to come,” sald casually, as though it were the most natural thing in the find her in his rooms "{ wanted to bring ina’e—I was afraid it might Ronen apart "I must go now Il take you home.” to go alone”———she ae STRUCK BY TRAIN) Drs. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., ree T. Carpenter of Ramsey, Postmaster of Sloatsburg, is a Juries suffered when be an Erie freight train near h i ‘was « former resident of Monroe, Wile 04 children eurvive bim, OTT” MAW BOAT 5. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 22—The mai! bout Venus, recently reported missing in Alaskan waters, has arrived safely at Unga, lacks. accord ten years old, je playing with “We'll be married soon—~no tugs? | place to go to—not John asked her and Varia geve her lesely as she was. Suddenly whe not aimless, either, She was going co-e-eumain gince. Unor' iro wandering alm- . Afi being #1) ne : = ; Read To- Morrow Orange. . Manitou, it & wm her ‘Neel @ hehe eich’ Pe erishout ‘Jocking et ib end slipped