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» A the polk c HOW A WAR WAS PREVENTED. A d m itte d t o th e * TH U R SE V i Iteiu iie r.o iie y SUBSCRIPTION - W ith Weekly <' { W ith Oregon \ ’ PHONES: » m i s ; Patronize One A nother fo (O r ig in a l] The essential feature® of this story constitute a notable newspaper scoop. One evening ut a ball at the German embassy at Paris M. de K.. a brilliant young Journalist then representing the London Times at the French capital, was standing looking ou at the dan cers when a girl possessing a Teutonic cast of countenance passetl leaning on the arm of the German ambassador Her eyes met those of De B.. and. though she lowered them modestly. | still there was that in her expression ! which revealed to the young journulist | that he had made an impression. IK* tv . j sought the ambassador and begged an ! introduction. It was granted, and De B. was presented to Marie von Ullen v-i& stein of Berlin, a niece of Prince Bi y .- '" * " , A I march. De B. met the frauleln often in so clety. ami at ever\v meeting the mm : . q 1 pleasure appeared to be greater than at the previous one. Within a few weeks he was encouraged to it a her a proposition of marring*». She ac knowledged that she was greatly pleas JV i i ( / ^ .| \ ed with him. blit that no definite an r* ‘h JQŸ swer could be given without consulta tion with her family, and especially her uncle, the chancellor. S552 “ You think,” she added, “ that I am seizing upon it pretext to put you off. 2 3 5 To convince you to the contrary. I wi'.l confide to you what this engrossing 6 8 9 10 12 subject is. Our government, fearful that France, displaying such remark 1 4 15 1 6 1 8 1 9 13 17 able recuperative powers, will soon grow strong enough to take revenge for , 2 0 21 22 23 2 4 2 5 26 the blow received in the late war. is about to pick a quarrel with the French ¡¡2 7 2 8 1 2 9 3 0 inarch on Paris and level it.” The imparting of such n remarkable piece of news to him. a Journalist, by a niece of the real ruler of Germany threw* De B. into a fearful state of doubt. What could it mean? lie soon left the fraulein, going to another apartment to think. Two Germans near him were talking together, and lie heard one o f them mention the name of Marie von Ullenstein. where A d m i t t e d to the Meeond clans oi m a il matter. upon the other added, “ It is said that the chancellor intrusts her with many delicate bits of diplomacy.'” TH U R SD A Y , SEP. 3, I9u8. The words did not reassure the lis tener. He left the embassy, went to his apartments and lay awake all night thinking of Ids strange adventure. V. P. F1SKE. What should he do? Whether the news ihc fraulein had given him was true or false, it was his duty as a Frenchman ( Itemize)*, one year in advance ................ . .........$1 %(> to impart it to the president of France. SUBSCRIPTION - With Weekly Oregonian or Semi-weekly Ji Journal............ 2 (Hi But this compelled the betrayal of a ( With Oregon Woodman........................... ............. 1 7f> confidence reposed In ldm by the girl he loved. After a terrible mental strug gle he sent the information to his pa m utual ] . ,1.1 per. Its publication attracted consider I Residence, 1401 ‘ ( Residence, 113 able attention for the time being, then was dropped by the public as a piece id' manufactured news. Patronize One Another for the Uphuildimj o f Town and County. De B. kept away from Marie von Ul lenstein. The day after the publion tlon of the news she had given him he heard that she had left Paris. One of two things was probable. Either she had been recalled by her uncle to be punished for revealing state secrets o;- she had manufactured the news to test him. As time passed and he heard nothing of German preparation to in vacle France he made up Ids mind that the latter hypothesis was correct. In either case his mental sufferings were almost unendurable, loving desperate- v. ns he did. the girl whose confidence lie had violated. Then came an offer from a Paris pa per for him to act as its Berlin corn? spondent A burning desire to see Marie von Ullenstein once more, even though she spurned him. decided him. and he went to Berlin. It was not long before he met her in company. To his urprise she nodded to him and smiled. Her action convinced him that she had manufactured the news she had given him and. finding him unworthy, had become indifferent to him. Eager to '.earn the truth, he took the first oppor- Sunity to join her. “ Well.” he said, “ you saw that I re garded my duty instead of my love.” “ Don’t let us talk of that.” she re plied. “ Your act did no harm.” “ No.” ho said gloomily. “ There is ;io harm in manufactured news.” “ The news was not manufactured. You did your duty. Why have you not written me?” “ I? Write you after having reveal ed your secret?” “ I expected you to reveal it. Indeed. I wished you to do so.” “ Why?” “ If I had intended the secret to be kept, I would not have imparted It to Greatest Exhibit at any Coast Fair you. Your duty to your country com pelled you to reveal it.” N ew Buildings all Completed “ You used me as a tool, then.” Walks and Grounds the Finest “ Yes.” "And your consent to consider me a Free Camping for Thousands suitor was a part of your scheme.” “ It had nothing to do with my Agricultural College to hold meetings scheme.” Races six days; commencing Monday A flood of joyous relief welled up In De B. “ You have given me one Free evening entertainments confidence/’ he said. *‘If you are not McElroy’s Band and Orchestra displeased svith me, give me another. Explain.” Prominent men will speak "I have ut times.” she replied, “ been Fancy stock shown daily Intrusted by my uncle with delicate diplomatic maneuvers. He had been long worried by the war party who were determined to destroy France, thus antagonizing the civilized world. Finally tb* v carried the day. and war was decided on. My «it:,!o coni nils- ioned me *«» go to France and let out the secret, especially f »:• England, ex pecting til it power would Interfere. I hose you as my ine/'iim. As soon as tlu* news was published In Eng’and c h il d r e n - r o r r r : word \v:i*J coin!! n:r *rd by the Rrft- C H ILD R E N C f Ç M T t T Monday, 14 t m * S Saturday, 19 ” I Ish mln!s’ *»r here that If we attacked France we must also attack England. That settled the m atter” I.ater the lietrothal <* M de R. and Marie von Ullenstein was announced. W INSLOW JENKINS. J r - V Æ ■J f «i,S ñ/\f m e/ > £ pmßM i pa a AUSTRIA The man who goes away frot home town to buy goods gen gets buncoed. A little invest^ would nearly always show tha could get the article cheaper at The chairman of tlu* Mult!) republican precinct coinmitte failed to < omply with the requ* tKo democratic chairman for parties to publish a list of their paign subscriptions. Is some tainted? Advertising Oregon is the tit page in Printers Ink of July Htl of 'he most widely known of ad« ing journals. And it is no w that the state’s work along these has attracted this attention, f portion of America is circulatii attractive literature that burden mails of Oregon every day in the Now that the colonists rates are into eft* ct 3very citizen of tin* should feel it his duty to advert! fact in his personal correspotn to send information about his munity to eastern acquaintance! to aid in every possible way the 1 = 2 1 = 1 ADAMS & Great Furniture We have rented a pai to reduce our stock ardless of cost. C toves, Farm Implem to be reduced. f THE POLK COUNTY ITEMIZES. ’PHONES: 25V EXCi) AND SPECIAL RATES TO EXPOS SALEM, ORE. SEPT. 14 -19 C O M P L E T E P R O G R A M FOR SIX D A Y S T W O G R E A T SH O W S D A Y A N D rilunT B l In quarter sawed plate glass, large and Dallas Furniture Co Adams & Hrobst Cc D R E In quarter sawed roomy drawers, bevel Dallas Furniture Co Adams & Brobst Co’ One Hundred Thousand Oregon People Attend the Fair and are Better For It! ;rj WHEN GEMS l/E U E PRECOUS lOriginal ] “ Mother, Curl says you told him .) pretty story about some jewels you lost wheu you were a young lad.' Won’t you tell It to me?’’ “ I f you'll promise not to repeat I t ” T b « Countess of Blumenattln took bsr little daughter on Utr lap and told the story. “ Through one of our spies iu the “ Twenty .tears ago.” she said, “ wheu service of tin* minister we luteud to Jewels were very expensive. they were put out of the way. We are to be ur much valued by those who could af ic-ted tonight at i) o’clock. The trai- ford to own them. It was, 1 thi: » u it formed the minister that we . the year I00f» that a young lady « e v. ' .t . in session at that hour.” nobility whom we will call Bertha “ It is now a quarter to D." the presi was appointed one of the ladles in dent suggested, looking at his watch. waiting to the empress. Her majesty “ We have time to get away.” possessed one of the rarest collections “ Not ut ail,” said Korloff. “ There of gems in Kuroiie, and Bertha was has been a secret watch kept ail the made responsible for them. There evening.” was a young man at court whom we “ Then we are surely lost.” will call Maximiliuu. He was of roy There seemed nothing to do but al blood through his mother, but not await their doom. Presently the pres through his father. ident said: • Now. Mu' ltnlliuo took very little in “ Our only hope is in submitting terest in court mat rs. He wus a peacefully to arrest aud afterward en student. al\ ays experimenting with deavoring to throw suspicion on the in liquids that he poured into little glass former. Since he is one of our number tubes and I »oil oil and froze and did all we can accuse him with a* fair show sorts of «¿iieer things with. It was of being aide to prove him guilty. As ubout this time that a new aud funny your leader, with full power to execute substance v is discovered called ra any plan I may determine upon, I di dium. It had a sort of glow that nev rect that we remain iu our seats, with er died out. Maximilian took great the door unlocked. When tlie*force ar interest iu radium aud was constantly rives we will pretend surprise, declar trying its glow ou different other sub ing that we are a society for the study stances. , of geography. Indeed, as you know. I “ One day Bertha—it was about two have kept geographical mups here for years after she had been appointed an emergency like this. Let the li lady In waiting—went to the vault brarian get them out. where the empress* Jewels were kept, “ There is another precaution to be aud, io ami behold, they were gone— taken of great importance. Arms will that is, all except the diamonds, which not only avail us nothing, but will Ini- were in a safe within the vault. She tray us. Give your weapons to Korloff. fainted, but soon recovered and went who will take them away and throw out. locked the vault and sat down to them down a secret shaft provided for think what she should do. It was the purpose of getting rid of incriminat enough that the jewels had been taken ing documents.” while under her care, but would she The members, who were sworn to uot be held responsible as the thief? obey their president, all gave up their While she was in agony as to what arms, aud the librarian brought out the In the world she should do Maximilian books. The table around which they was announced. In a few minutes she sat was strewed wlt'i rough sketches was pouring her troubles into his ear. of partially exph rod countries—every “ Maximilian thought for a long while thing made to look as scholarly as pos then told her to say nothing about the sible theft Ail would depend upou the em Shortly before 0 o’clock the sound of press not calling for her lost gems footsteps came up from below, and In for some time. Photographs of them another minute (lie door was pushed wore kept that they iniphf he identi open and a single man entered, while fied in case of loss. Maximilian took others remained in the hall. The man these photographs and told Bertha that who came iu was In ordinary apparel he was going to put the best detec and masked. All looked at him aston tive lu Berlin on the track of the Jew ished. The police were not used to els. What are detectives? There are making their descents in tills way. no such persons now. There used to “ What means this Intrusion?” asked be. but there were so many ingenious the president. “ It means that the minister of the in detective story tellers that they reveal ed to the thieves all possible ways of terior, knowing of your intentions, h a s tracing them, and the detectives ceased sent his own secret force here instead of the police to annihilate this assem to be of use “ Well, Maximilian took two sets of bly. You will all disappear without the photographs «w ay with him. telling slightest commotion. Tomorrow Mos Bertha that if the gems were uot called cow will not know that you are dead. for for a month all would be welt. I have men in tin* hall to execute you It happeued that the empress was in and lower your bodies into the court, disposed about that time aud attended from whence they will be carried in no state occasions, so she did not need barrels as merchandise to a spot where her jewels. Bertha was In an agony they will be buried.” “ This is indeed tyranny!” exclaimed of suspense for the thirty days; then one day Maximilian came to see her. the president. The man. paying no attention to him, When they were alone he unrolled a called to those without. They entered, parcel, and there were the gems. “ Of course she was wild to know how every man. like his commander, in citi he had recovered them, and to her as zen’s dress aud masked. They were touislnnent he told her that they were exactly the came number as tiu* con not the original gems, but others he spirators. Their lender drew a revolv er, cocked it and covered the presi had manufactured. I will try and ex plain to you how he did it. He had dent, while each of the others covered noticed that that funny substance call a conspirator “ Captain.” cried* one of the doomed ed radium imparted to the little glass tulies he used a beautiful blue. This men, “ have you not been informed?” "Informed of what?” led him to a new experiment. He took “ About me.” certain crystals of different hues, put “ You? What about you?” them awuy in the dark, and when, aft “ I am exempt.” er several weeks, he looked at them, “ F r what reason?” what do you think? Why. the white “ It is I who gave the minister the crystals had become yellow topazes, he blue crystals green emeralds, while Information.” Every pistol was instantly lowered. the violet crystals had turned into blue “ That will do.” said the [»resident. upphlres. He had made the discovery hat lias since led to the manufacture “ You may unmask.” The captain took off his mask and •f what used to be called precious- tones. To reproduce the gems shown was followed by the others. Every n the photographs he bad crystals cu. one of them was a member of the ike the originals, then exposed them circle. “ Comrades,” said the president. “ 1 o the influence of radium. “ It wasn’ t a week after this that one ■was informed that we had a traitor .f the multimillionaires of America among us; but. despite the employment nine to Berlin. At tlu* same time came of our best men as spies, I could not a princeling, a cousin of the emperor. A discover his identity. Finally I hit iate dinner was given, the emperor upon this plan of forcing him to de Our associate, Ivan •retending that it was for the printe- clare himself. ing. but it was really for the big Amer Sviazhsky, by his own confession has ican banker. The empress called for betrayed us. What is your pleasure all her jewels, Bertha brought them to concerning him?” “ Mr. President.” Interposed Sviazh iier. and neither she nor any one else knew that they had been manufactured. sky. “ I have been a spy. I admit, but not a traitor. I am a member of the The funny part of it was that the great banker, who was a collector of all kinds detective police. Give me my life, and of rare articles, through a medium, of I will not only give you valuable in fered rile empress five times the cost of formation, but i will hereafter work her jewels. She sold them to him. and yn your side. My sympathies have he presented them to an American mu- long been with you. but I have not -eum. They are really a curiosity, dared to desert my post to join you.” '"H o w can we be assured of this?” though he didn’t know it, for they were the first manufactured real gems. I “ In half an hour this house will bo though now there are millions of them. I surrounded by the real police. You And because they are cheap people have only anticipated the raid, This you can prove by taking position where don’t wear them any more. “ Meanwhile Bertha suspected one of yon will be safe.” The offer was accepted, the man’s the maids of honor of stealing the lost gems. The girl finally confessed to story confirmed, and he is now work Bertha and returned them. This was ing—in the police force—for the revo after the manufactured ones had gone lutionists. GEORGE B. ATWOOD to America. Bertha consulted with Maximilian as to what they should do. lie said their return would make a Too Flimsy. dreadful scandal and might create a He—You don't seem to catch my had feeling between Germany and America, so they said nothing about ideas. She—I’m sorry, but I’ve broken my them, but buried them.” “ And what became of Maximilian butterfly net.—Balli; lore American. and Bertha?” asked the child. “ They are now the Count and Count A Menace Unchecked. T h e g e r m s n o w g.-.y y sh ou t “ H u r r a h ! " ess of Blumenstein.” W e s till m a y s m ile a n d s e e k to s la u g h “ Why. that’s papa and you.” te r. “ 8-h. my child. Net or speak of tt S in c e n e 'e r a lo c a l o >tion la w D.o any one. ! have been very inenj- P r o h ib it s ic e c r e a m so d a w a te r . W a s h in g t o n S ta r. lous to tell you the sftvy.” ELEN FOR OP.EOrS Frightening the Wolf. Patience—What is lie doing to keep the wolf from tin* d »or? Patrice—Oh. lie’s bought a phono graph!— Yonkers Staiesman. Jonsh. [Original.] W h e n Jonah v * > v e rb o a rd he in n dimly lighted r mid on the top la s a id to h a v e m rr:n u r«*d . “ A h . m e. most story of a bouse i:i the outskirts M y p r e a c h in g a t I ist. A s is s h o w n b v th is oa st. of Moscow a number <> revolutionists H a s g o t m o a d v a n c e d to a s e e !" were plotting the assassination of the — H a r v a r d L a m p o o n . minister of the interior when a quick “ Out of Mind.” footstep was heard on the staircase Doesn’t Cholly Creasepants look ‘out below, and a moment later the door of sight?* ” was thrown open and a man excitedly "Yes. And all the rest of the adage.” entered. “ W e have been betrayed!” he said. —Browning’s Magazine. “ The police will be here directly!” The Passing Coin. “ Who is the traitor?” asked a num The m e s s a g e o f m jr m o n e y ber of voices at once. Is s c a r c e ly to m y ta ste. “ I don't know, but I do know that I t s ju s t a n o te to say g o o d b y . he Is one of us here present,” S ig n e d t h u s ly : “ Y o u r s In h a s t e ." Every man blanched and looked at — W asp every other man fiercely, suspiciously, That Depends. despairingly. Only the presideut main ” Do you believe in auto hypnotism 7* tained his equauimity. “ Yes. tf you own on« of tbs teamed | “ Korloff.” be said to the man who brought the Information, “ bow do you things.’’—Haitimors American. th u r CHURCH D IR E C TO R Y . Preaching hours at 11 and 8. M. K. church Preaching Sunday morning and even ing Sunday school at 0:45. Epworth 1« ague a* 0:30. Prayer meeting Thins day evening.— M. 1*. Dixon, pastor. BAPTIST C H I'K O I. Preaching Sunday morning and even ing. Sunday school at 10. 1». Y. P. U. at t>::|0. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.—F. II. Buughtou, pastor. PK K 8B YTE K IA N CHURCH. Preaching Sunday morning and ev ening. Sunday school at 10. Christian Endeavor At *>:30. Braver meeting T hursday oveniug.— D.J. Becker, pasto,. C H R IS T IA N C H U R O I Preaching Sunday morning and even ing Bible school at 10. Seniu- C'hristian Endeavor at 0:30. Bible class and prayer meeting Phimtduy evening. A. U. Corbin, pastor. KVAXUKL1CAL CHURCH. 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