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M tS S Of T H E I ß OREGON CAR TO O N IST. D EAD IN N E W YO RK . AN D ONE OF H IS FAM O U S M A R K H A N N A CARTOONS. //x^T) THIRD DEGREE Current Events of Interest Gathered From the World at Large. ^CHARLES KLEIN Y w ARTHUR0HORNBLOW Y General Resume o f Important Evente Presented In Condensed Form ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY W ALTERS fo r Our Busy Readers. COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY G.W. D ILLIN G H A M COMPANY The Turks suffered defeat on the island of Rhodes, but won a decisive victory in Tripoli. Ten veterans and six trainmen were killed in a wreck o f a Confederate vet erans’ reunion special. SYNOPSIS. H o w a r d Jeffries, banker's sen, under the e\ll Influent*«* o f Ilobort Underwood, fellow-Htudeut at Vale, leuda a lif e o f di s sipation, marries tlo* da u gh ter o f a g a m bler who died Iti prison, and Is disowned bv Ills father. He is out o f wor k and In deaperate struits Underwood, w ho had on. <• I k «*iT engaged to H o w a r d ’» step mother. A Ib ln . is apparently in prosper ous elreumstances T a k i n g a dv a n ta g e o f his Intima cy with Alicia, he becomes a • of t o f social highw'avman. D is co ver in g his true ehar aet r. Alicia deni«*» him the house Ho send*4 her a note thr eatenin g suicide. Art dealers fo r w hom lu* acted ns commissioner, demand an accounting. He .cannot m ike good. H o w a r d calls at his apart me nts in an Intoxicated condi tion to ronuest a loan o f $2,000 to enable him to take up a business proposition. Ho w a r d drinks himself into a maudlin f o n d ' " -n. and goes to sleep on a divan. A ca ller Is announced and Und erwood (Itaws a screen round the drunken sleeppr. Alicia enters. Site demands a prom'- o from U*u|er\voo«l that he will not take his life. H e refuses unless she will renew her patronage. This she refuses, and takes her leave. U nd erw ood kills hlmsflf. T i e report o f the pistol nwa- h n s Howard Il«*c*hid.$ U nd erw ood d ad. Ho w a r d Is turned o v e r to the police Capt. (Minton, notorious for his brutal treatment of prisoners, puts Howard through the third degree, and finally gets an alleged confession from the harassed man. Annie. H o w a r d ’ s wife, declares her belief lr. her husband’«! Innocence, and calls on Jefl r e s , Sr. l i e refuses to help unless she v 11 consent to n divorce. To save H o w a r d six* consents, but when she finds that the elder Jeffries «Iocs not In- ter d to stand by h*s son. exc ept finan cially. slip s. orns his help. Ann ie appeals to Judge Piv'YKter. at torney f o r Jeffries, Pr.. to take H o c mV:; ease. TTo declines. Tt Is reporter! that Annie Is g o in g on the stage. Th e hanker and his w i f e call on Judge Rrewst« r to find some w a y to pre vent It. The butter war in Portland is ended, and the former regular price of 26 cents has been restored. Chicago publishers claim to have a throttle hold on the pressmen’s strike situation, and that it will soon be over. Roosevelt seems to have a majority in the Maryland primaries, and Speak er Clark leads for the Democratic nomination. Baroness Hermione von Preuschen Telman, a famous landscape painter o f Germany, is in San Francisco on her fifth trip around the world. Lieutenant General Homer Lea has returned from China a physical wreck. He has worked incessantly in support o f the new Chinese republic since the revolution first began. Unionists in the English parliament charge that the supporters o f recipro city in Canada are guilty o f treason able conspiracy, and every effort will be made to ‘ ‘ smoke out” the guilty parties. Motor boats sent to rescue refugees who were floating on housetops in the Mississippi floods, found only the buildings being buffeted about in the water, and it ^is believed many fam ilies have been washed from their roofs and drowned. CHAPTER XV.—Continued. The Chicago Coliseum is being en larged to seat 10,000 persons, in read iness for the political nominating con vention. A ll available stock cars, no matter to whom consigned, are being seized at Cheyenne for the transportation of U. S. cavalry to the Mexican border. The “ honor system” among convicts in the Nevada penitentiary has proven a practical failure, and all men out on road work have been called in. Prisident T aft pays high tribute to Major Butt, his aide, who was lost on the Titanic. Railrond officials are preparing for the largest passenger traffic this spring ever known in the Northwest. The proposal to send out a third steamer to search for bodies o f the T i tanic's wreck victims has been aband oned. Alaska steamers arriving at Seattle report the ice floes in the North the most numerous and dangerous they have ever encountered. The British inquiry into the Titanic disaster promises to be as thorough as the American. Anthracite coal miners have refused the agreement offered by the opera tors to settle the question o f wages and working conditions. Homer Davenport, one of the great est o f modern cartoonists, died of pneumonia in New York. The T i tanic disaster and the pictures he drew hearing upon it had greatly de REBELS ARE DEFEATED. pressed him and are believed to have hastened his death. He was a native Mexican Garrison. Aided by Police, o f Silverton. Drive O ff Insurrectos. Tepic, Mexico— With 220 dead and PO R TLA N D M ARKETS. more than this number wounded, many Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem, o f whom were unable to crawl from $1.06(ii 1.07; club. $1.01; red Rus the battlefield, 2000 rebels, under sian, $1; valley, $1.01; forty-fold, command o f Manuel Guerrero, have been completely routed by the garri $ 1 . 02 . Millstuffs — Bran, $24 per ton; son o f this city, aided by the police of the local commandery. shorts, $26; middlings, $31. Corn — Whole. $39; cracked, $40 The battle occurred on Wednesday, April 24, the rebels appearing on the per ton. Hay — Timothy, $16.506(17.60; al hills surrounding Tepic on the day falfa,. $12(i/.12.60; clover, $86(9; oats previous and demanding the surrender and vetch. $116(11.50; grain hay $9. of the garrison, which was under com Oats— No. 1 white, $396(40 per ton. mand o f Colonel Martin Espinosa. Fresh Fruits—Strawberries, $1.266$ Colonel Espinosa responded to the 1.60; per crate; cranberries, $86610 messenger o f the rebel chief by means per barrel; apples, $1.2601:3 per box. o f a cannon ball, which killed three Potatoes — Jobbing prices;: Bur rebels and wounded two. banks, old. $1.60 per hundred; new Town Finds Name Odious. California, 44(<05c per pound. Onions—Bermuda. $2.256(2.60 per Sioux City, la.— According to dis crate. patches from Ismay, Mont., the hus Vegetables— Artichokes, 756490c per dozen; asparagus. California, $1.250( tling young town on the Puget Sound 2 per crate; beans, 264 2 4c per pound; extension o f the St. Paul railway, the cabbage, 36(3}c; cauliflower. $2.75 residents are contemplating steps to per crate; celery, $5«i6; cucumbers, change the name of the town since the $16(1.60 dozen; egg plant, 25c per Titanic disaster and the resultant crit icism leveled at J. Bruce Ismay, man- pound; head lettuce, $1.76 per crate; hot house lettuce, 76cO( $1 per box; aging director o f the ill-fated ship. A peas, 86i9c per pound; peppers, 25c; majority o f the residents favor adopt radishes. 156120c per dozen; rhubarb. ing the name o f some man who acted a 2J (i3c per pound; spinach. 46(5c; to hero's part on the doomed vessel, and matoes. $4.50 per box; garlic. 86( 10c are divided between Astor, Butt, per pound; turnips, $16(1.10 per sack; Smith and Straus. beets. $1.50; rutabagas, $1661,10; carrots, $1. Butter — Oregon creamery, solid pack. 26c per pound. Eggs -Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, 2lc per dozen; case count, 204 c. Fork— Fancy. 1046(llc per pound. Veal— Fancy, 10461; 11c per pound. Poultry— Hens, 146615c; springs. 146; 16c; broilers, 256630c; ducks, young. 206;25c; geese, 11c; turkeys, live, 20c; dressed, 25c. Hops—1911 crop, 3961394c; olds, nominal; 1912 contracts, 216426c. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 1061174c; valley, 86; 9c; mohair, choice, 346( 36c. Cattle— Choice steers, $6.506(7.25; good. $6.25<a6.40; medium, $46(6 25; choice cows. $5.506(6.25; good, $666 6.50; medium, $4.506(5; choice cal ves. $8.606(8.86; good heavy calves, $6 <(,8.50; bulls, $3.506(5.60; stags, $4.786(6.35. Hogs— Light, $86(8.50; heavy. $768 7.75. Sheep — Yearlings, $5.266(6.26; wethers, $66(5.75; ewes, $46(5.26 lambs, $4.606(6; spring lambs, $6(<( 7.60. | ä HAffiOMTOVE (DF |RflcnrDii(D[3D0a .a m M a o u tra American Inroads Feared. Berlin— Several leading German auj tomobile constructors have suggested to the government that it should in crease the German tariff on motor cars. The step, they point out, has become necessary, owing to the grow ing competition o f American machines which are being imported into the country in increasing numbers. This competition also has affecfed the ex ports o f German machines to other countries of Europe, where the Am er ican machine also is making inroads into the trade. Tacoma Gets Oil Tanks. Tacoma— The Indian Refining com pany, said to be controlled by the Rothschilds, has bought seven and one-half lots at Center and M streets and the city commission has been asked to grant a permit for building o f six oil tanks immediately. The permission was given, subject to the approval o f the fire chief. Between $60,000 and $75,000 will be spent there at this time in establishing the concern. ’’You're going on the stage?’’ She nodded. ‘T ’ve had a very big offer.” The Judge leaned forward, and In a low voice, so that no one In the outer office might hear, he said: “ Well, I II give you twice as much If you refuse the engagement.” She laughed ironically. “ You mean that my father-in-law will give It ." she said, lightly. Then she went on: "You know It’s no use your asking me to concede anything unless you agree to defend Howard.” The lawyer shook his head. "1 can’t—It’s Impossible.” "Then neither can I.” she exclaimed, defiantly. Judge Brewster coujd not refrain from smiling. This young woman had actually envelgled him Into an argument. Almost mockingly, ho said: “ So you re determined to have me.” "Yes,'’ she said, simply. "But I don’t argue criminal cases." “ That’s Just It." she exclaimed, eagerly, “ my husband 1 b not a crim inal. He Is innocent. 1 don’t want a lawyer who Is always defending crim inals. I want one who defends a man because he Isn't a criminal." Judge Brewster waved his hand con temptuously. "Go and see some other lawyer— there are plenty of 'em." She leaned eagerly forward. Her face was flushed from excitement, her eyes flashed. "There's only one Judge Brewster,” she exclaimed. “ He’s the greatest lawyer In the world, and he's going to help us. He Is going to save How ard's life." Barge Load of Gasoline Burns. The Judge shifted uneasily on his Cleveland— F ive men were burned j chair. Ha didn't like this forceful, to death and damage estimated at persistent young woman. Almost $450,000 was done to boats and gaso- j fretfully, he said: line on the docks here when Standard ! "You always say that Upon my Oil barge No. 88 exploded late Thurs word, I shall begin to believe It soon.” day afternoon. A ll the injured were i "I shall say It again,” she exclaimed, employes of the Great Lakes Towing '• "anil again every time I see you." The lawyer turned round. Theie company. The barge, which was at the Jefferson avenue docks on the was a comic look of despair In his Cuyahoga river, was being filled with fare which would have amused his gasoline from a 10,000-gallon tank on visitor had her errand not been bo the bank. Leaking oil on the surface serious. "How often do you Intend that shall of the river was ignited and set fire to be ?” the barge. “ Every day," she replied, calmly. "I shall say It nnd think It until—until Treasure Ship Set Back. It comes true.” San Francisco— The National, a 40- i Judge Prewster tried to feel angry, foot gasoline sloop used by a party of although Inwardly he had hard work treasure hunters in an attempt to take to keep from smiling. With pretend a professional diver to the scene of ed Indignation, he said; the wreck o f the steamer St. Paul at "You mean that you Intend to keep Point Gorda, has put into port here in a badly crippled condition. Her crew, at me until I give way—through sheer exhaustion?" consisting of H. G. Kipper, Frank She nodded. Kipper and Thomas Hogan, were ex "That’s It exactly,” she said. hausted from lack o f food and sleep, The lawyer gasped. and said they narrowly escaped death "Well, I must say you—you— you’re in a storm which tore away most of their rigging. Jack Roach, the diver, very brave." Annie shook her head. deserted them at Shelter Cove. “ No, I'm not," she said, earnestly. "I'm an awful coward, but I’m fight Japan Will Join in Fair. San Francisco— Japan has accepted ing for him. Howard Jeffries lifted the invitation o f President T a ft to me up when 1 was way down In the participate in the Panama-Pacific In world. He gave me bis name. He ternational Exposition, to be held in gave me all he bad. to make me a this city in 1915. according to official better woman, and I’m grateful. Why, information received here by Presi even a dog has gratitude, even a dog dent Moore, o f the exposition com will lick the hand that feeds him. pany. The information was cabled Why should 1 hesitate to express my from Tokio to Consul General Nagi, in gratitude? That's all I'm doing—Just this city. Japan is the first foreign paying him back a bit of the debt 1 nation o f importance to signify its in owe him, and I’m going to move tention to participate in the exposition. Heaven and earth to bring his father around to my way of thinking, I've got you already—" Yaquis Raiding in Sonora. The Judge bounded to his feet. Tucson, Ariz. — Reports received Could his ears hare beard aright? “Got me already?" he exclaimed. here tell of depredations committed at "What do you mean by that?" Toledo, Sonora, last Sunday by the ADnle returned his angry look with Yaqui Indians. Three Mexican team the utmost calm. She was playing sters and one rancher were killed in a her cards well, and she knew I t She raid on a hacienda. Quiet was re had hit the old man In a sensitive ported south of Culiacan, as far as place. Quietly, she went on; Tepic, to which point wire communi "You'd say ‘yes' In a minute If It cation was restored. wasn't for Mr. Jeffries." Fawmill Strike is Off. Seattle—-At Industrial Workers of the World headquarters it was said the strike in the Hoquiam and Aber deen sawmills was declared off and the strikers authorized to go back to work. A ll the mills are paying $2.25 a day for common labor. Before the | strike the pay was $1.80 and $2. "Oh, you think so, do you?” he gasped. "I'm sure of It,” she replied, confi dently. Boldly she went on; "You’re afraid of him." Judge Brewster frowned. He did not like the Insinuation that he was afraid to do the right thing because It might Interfere with his emolu ments. Yet, secretly, he had to ad- mit to himself that she had almost guessed right. Now he came to think of It, he had taken this stand lu the matter because he knew that any other course would displease his wealthy client. After all, was he do ing right? Was he acting in conform ance with his professional oath? Was he not letting his material interests interfere with his duty? He was si lent for several minutes, and then, in an absent-minded kind of way, he turned to his visitor. "So you think I'm afraid of him. do you?" “ I'm sure of It,” she said, quickly. "You liked my husband, and you’d just love to rush in und tight for him. His father thinks ho is guilty and, well— you don’t like to disobey him. It’s very natural, lie's an influential man, a personal friend of the presi dent and all that. You know on which side your bread is buttered, and— oh, it’s very natural—you're looking out for your own interests— ” Judge Brewster interrupted her Im patiently. "C ircumstances are against How ard. His father judges him guilty from his own confession. It’s the con clusion I’m compelled to come to my self. Now, how do you propose to change that conclusion?” "You don't have to change It,” she said, quietly. "You don’t believe Howard guilty.” "I don’t?” exclaimed the lawyer. “ No, at the bottom of your heart. You knew Howard when ho was a boy, stared at her In a strange, absent- minded kind of way, until tlnully she lost patience. Boldly she said: "W ell, you sent for me. What do you want to see mo about, Judge?” “ 1 want to tell you that you mustn't come here again," he answered. "Anything else?” she exclaimed. The Judge begun to fuss with the papers on his desk, as he usuully did when embarrassed for words. "Of course,” he stammered, "you will bo amply compensated.” "O f course," she cried. Rising from her chair, she shrugged her shoulders, and said: "Oh, well, this is not my lucky day. They wouldn’t let mo into the prison to see Howard to-day. Capt. Clinton doesn’t like me. He has always tried to prevent my seeing Howard, but I’ll see him to-morrow, captain or no captain. Ho can make up his mind to that!" The lawyer looked up at her. "Boor girl—you are having a hard time, aren’t you?" "Things have been better," she re plied, with a tremor in her voice. "Howard and I were very happy when we first—” A sob choked her utter ance, and she forced a laugh, saying: "Here, I must keep off that subject—■" "W hy do you laugh?" demanded the lawyer. Already hysterical, Annie had great difficulty In keeping back her tears. "W ell, If 1 don’t laugh,” she sobbed, " I ’ll cry; and us I don’t want to cry— why— I Just laugh. It’s got to bo one question. How do you uccount for Howard’s confessing to the shooting?’' "I don’t accouiit for it," she replied, as she resumed her seat. "H e Bays ho didn’t confess. I don't believe he dktN "But three witnesses— ” "W l;o are the witnesses?" she inter rupted, contemptuously. "Policemen!'' "That makes no difference," he said. "He made a confession and signed—" Annie leaned forward. What did this question mean? Was the judge becoming Interested after ull? Her heart gave a leap as she answered eagerly: "H e confessed against his will, i imean— ho didn’t know what ho was doing at the time. I’ve had u talk with the physician who was called In — Dr. Bernstein. He says that Capt Clinton Is a hypnotist, that he can compel people to say what he wants them to say. Well, Howard Is—what they call a subject—they told him he did it till he believed he did.” "Oh, well, what’s the use— ?" The Judge quickly put out his hand and partly pushed her buck in the chair. "Don't go,” ho said. Then he added: "W ho told you he was a hypnotic subject?” Her hopes revived once more. Quickly she said: "Dr. Bernstein. Besides, Howard told mo so himself. A friend of his at college used to muke him cut all sorts of capers.” "A friend at college, eh? Do you remember his name?” "Howard knows it.” "U n i!" ejaculated the lawyer. He took up a pad nud wrote a memoran dum on it. Then aloud he said: "I'd like to have a little talk with Dr. Bernstein. I think I’ll ask him to come and see me. Lot me ace. Ills address Is—” "342 Madison avenue." she ex claimed. eagerly. The lawyer jotted the address down, and then he looked up. "So you think I’m afraid of Mr. Jeff ries, do you?” She smiled. "Oh, no, not really afraid,” she an swered, "but Just—scared. 1 didn't mean— ” Judge Brewster was enjoying the situation hugely. He had quite made up his mind what to do, but he liked to quiz this bold young woman who had not been afraid to show him where his duty lay. Striving to keep a serious face, he said: "Oh, yes, you did, and I want you to understand I'm not afraid of any man. As to allowing my personal in terests to Interfere with my duty— ” Annie took alarm. She was really afraid she had offended him. "Oh, I didn’t say that, did 1?" n&e exclaimed timidly. Judge Brewster forced his face Into a frown. "You said I knew on which side my bread was buttered!” "Did I?” she exclaimed in con sternation. "You say a great many things, Mrs. Jeffries,” said the lawyer solemnly. "Of course, I realize how deeply you: “ You Take Too Much for Granted.** , W-XLü&a feel, and I make excuses for you. But I'm not afraid. Please understand: and you know he Is as incapable of or the other— see— ?” that— ” He said nothing, and she continued: that crime as you are." He rapped the table with his eye "W ell, I guess I’ll go home— home “ Mrs. Jeffries, how do you know that your husband did not kill Robert — that’s the worst part of it— home—” glasses as if he were very much of fended Indeed. She stopped short, she could go no Underwood?” "O f course not,” she said apologetic*- further. Her bosom was heaving, the " I know It,” she said, confidently. "Yes,” persisted the judge, "but how hot tears were rolling down her ally. " If ~ou were you wouldn’t even do you know It?” cheeks. The old lawyer turned away see me— let alone talk to me—and— Annie looked steadily at him, and his head so that she might not see and— ” Pointing to the piece of pa then she said solemnly: the suspicious redness in his eyes. per he held in his hand, she added: "I know there's a God, but I can’t Moving toward the door, she turned "And— ” "And what?” demanded the Judge, tell you how I know It, that’s all! around. amused. Howard didn't do it. I know he "W ell, you have your own (roubles, Half hysterical, now laughing, now didn’t.” Judge. I’ll go now, but I’ll come again crying, she w*ent on: The lawyer smiled. to-morrow. Perhaps you'll have bet "And—and take the names and ad "That’s a very fair sample of fem ter news for me." dresses of witnesses for the defense inine logic.” The lawyer waved her back to her "W ell, It’s all I have,” she retored, seat with a commanding gesture she — and—think out how you’re going to with a toss of her head. "And It’s a could not resist. There was deter defend Howard—and—and all that—” mighty comfort, too, because when mination around his mouth; in his I The lawyer looked at her and you know a thing you know it and it face was an expression she had not laughed. "So you think I’m going to help makes you happy.” seen there before. Howard 7" he said. "You take toa Judge Brewster laughed outright. "Sit down again for a moment,” he "Feminine deduction!” he cried. said, sharply. "I want to ask you a much for granted.” (TO B E C O N T IN U E D .) / "Think a thing, believe It. and then you know It!” Looking up at her, he asked: "Haven’t you any relatives to whom you can go?” She shook her head. "No,” she said,, sadly. "My father died in— Sing Sing— and the rest are not worth— ” "Yes, yes, 1 know,” replied the Forgot His Own Dinner Party. Photography by Phosphorescence. Judge, hastily. "I got your family his There was a surprise for a couple of There is sometimes employed tory from Mr. Jeffries after your mar men in the Hotel Knickerbocker at abroad an ingenious method of makiiyj riage. It is filed away among the New York recently when one found photographic copies of plates and en family archives.” the other eating a five-course dinner gravings In books which cannot be re She smiled sadly. alone in the cafe. The latter man had moved from the libraries, and where "It’s a wonder you don’t burn ’em asked 30 friends to Join him at an the use of the camera Is prohibited. A up— my folks were not a very bril elaborate dinner in a private dining cardboard is coated with a phosphor liant lot.” Earnestly she went on: room there and in an absent-minded escent substance, exposed to sunlight "But my father was all right. Judge moment had walked into the cafe as or electric light, and then placed at Blood was thicker than water with usual. He was half way through his the back of tbo engraving, while a him. He’d never have gone back on repast when be was seen by one of dry photographic plate is placed on me in the way Howard’s father has his guests. the face of the engraving. The book on him.” "What are you doing here?” asked ia closed, and after a period varying The lawyer looked at her fixedly the guest. from 18 to 60 minute«, depending without speaking. Their eyes met, "W hy shouldn't I be here?” asked largely on the thickness of the paper, and the silence continued until it be the host. a satisfactory negative Is produced. came embarrassing. Judge Brewster "But what about us?” The book Is enclosed in a black cloth, shook his head. a Then the fact that his own dinner during the manipulation. "It’s too bad. I’m sorry for you, party was to take place in half an really, I—” Bee Culture In Switzerland.. hour came to the host. Annie laughed, and he asked: The flora of Switzerland possesses "Why do you laugh?” The Woman In the Moon. qualities that produce delicious honey, "What's the use of crying?" she About nine days after * the new and thousands of colonies of bees may said. "H a! Ha! It's almost a Joke. moon a pretty unmistakably" feminine be seen In the couatry, being utilized You’re sorry, my father-in-law Is sor face, appears on the western half of by the people to Increase the food sup This lunar lady, who Is ply and commercial products; In fact, ry, and I suppose my mother-in-law Is the disk shedding tears for me. too. You’re worth watching for. Is formed by the the production of honey and wax con all sorry and you're all wearing crape mountains and tablelands embraced stitutes an industry of considerable for us, hut why can't some of you by the Seas of Tranquility, Vapors importance to the confederation, as is do something?” and Serenity, and is best seen through shown by statistics furnished by the The lawyer said nothing He still an ordinary opera glass. Swiss Society of Apicnlturists.