INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
APPLE DAY PLA N S M ADE.
O R E G O N M A Y G R O W F LA X .
River Entertains Lavishly the
First Week of May.
Hood River—With the Commercial
Club, Automobile Club and business
organizations of the city exerting ev
ery effort to make the occasion the
biggest of its kind that the Hood Riv
er Valley has ever witnessed, the lit
tle apple city is planning to entertain
hundreds of guests which are expected
here during the first week of May,
when the orchards are in full blossom.
From present indications the blossoms
will be in full bloom by the first week
of May and there will be more of them
than ever before.
The board of directors of the Com
mercial Club have settled on definite
plans. Letters have been written to
the O.-W. R. & N., North Hank, and
river boat line officials, asking their
co operation. It is planned to have
special trains run from Portland.
Members of the Automobile Club will
meet the visitors at the station and
give them excursions through the
orchards.
Move On Foot T o Revive Industry in
Marion County,
Hood
Salem—Possibility of the develop
ment of 2,000 acres of Willamette
Valley land and the inauguration of
the first gigantic step toward placing
the Max industry on a firm basis in
this section of the valley is presaged
by the visit here of Western Manager
Smith, of the American Linseed Oil
company, and H. A. Brewer.
With Secretary Olcott and State
Treasurer Kay the visitors were taken
to the home of Eugene Bosse, the
pioneer Max grower of the Pacific
Coast. Smith made a proposition to
Bosse to make arrangements for the
development of 2,000 acres of land, to
be sown to Max and to do it immedi
ately.
The American Linseed Oil company
has established a branch industry in
Portland. It is now necessary to send
a large quantity of the Max from
Michigan, but the representatives
here declared that the Oregon flax
surpasses the world in quality and
B E E E X H IB IT S F O R FA IR .
that great quantities of it can be used
C a sh Prizes Will Be Given for Best by the company.
State Fair Exhibits.
F E R T IL IZ IN G Y A M H IL L P R U N E S .
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis—In a letter from Secretary
Frank Meredith, of the State Hoard of
Agriculture, in charge of the state
fair exhibits, to Prof. H. F. Wilson,
of the entomology department at the
Oregon Agricultural college, a list of
twenty-three cash prizes amounting to
about 1110.00, to be offered at the
coming State Fair for exhibits in api
culture. It is through the efforts of
the State Beekeepers’ association that
space for the exhibits and the funds
for the prizes have been secured.
The entries will close September 1,
and the entry fees have been fixed at
ten per cent of the first premium.
The exhibits must be in place by 6 a.
m. September 2, and it has been de
creed that all exhibits must have been
produced in the apiary of the exhibit
or during the year 1912.
Premiums will be restricted to ex
hibits from within the state of Ore
gon.
No premiums will be paid unless
there is competition, and none will be
awarded where the exhibits are not
individually worthy. The judge will
in no case give first prize to a second
grade product, even though there are
only two exhibits. The honey must
be pure nectar, sugar or syrup honey
being barred, and the judges will open
the packages to satisfy themselves on
this point. Sections less than three-
fourths full will also be barred.
e u g e n e - c o o s ; l i n e
r u sh ed
.
Grade W ork Westward Will Be C o m
menced This Week.
College
Experimenting In Improving
Quality and Production.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis—Fertility experiments in the
prune orchards of Yamhill county are
being run by the division of horticul
ture of the Oregon Agricultural col
lege, covering both the bottom land
orchards and hill orchards.
The ex
periments include not only the use of
fertilizers, but also various methods
of tillage, the thinning of the fruit,
pruning and like matters, to see if
the general outlook and quality of the
prune can be improved.
An elaborate set of experiments is
also being conducted in this connec
tion as to prune evaporation. In the
fertilizing work, for example, it is
desired to ascertain not only if the
size of the fruit can be increased by
this means and the quality improved,
but what relation fertilization will
bear to the evaporation of the fruit.
The relation of various cultural and
orchard management methods have to
the evaporation of the prune will be
closely studied.
Apple Grow ers Get Busy.
Albany—Forty members of the Al
bany Apple Growers association met
here in the Commercial club rooms to
discuss matters important to the fruit
industry of Linn county.. The meet
ing was presided over by H. Bryant,
president of the association, and talks
of interest relative to the protection
of fruit trees from codlin moth and
San Jose scale were made by various
members.
The annual Albany Apple Fair,
which will be held in November, was
discussed at length and efforts will be
made to make this year’s event the
biggest in the history of Linn county.
The president was authorized to ap
point a committee from the associa
tion to work in conjunction with a
similar committee from the Commer
cial club toward making it a success.
Loganberries, which are fast be
coming a profitable small fruit, was
the subject of considerable discussion,
and as a result, many acres will be
planted this year.
G E T M IN IM U M W A G E B IL L .
British M iners Will Fight Till Price
Is Fixed.
London—A fateful day in the his-
tory of British trade struggles came
to a close with the passage through
parliament by a large majority of the
bill establishing in legislation the
principle of a minimum wage scale in
the country’s most important industry
—coal mining. The minimum wage
bill passed its third reading in the
house of commons by a vote of 213 to
48 amid a scene of great excitement.
The house of lords were assembled at
2:50 o’clock to receive the bill and on
motion of Ix>rd Herschel it passed its
first reading.
Premier Asquith on leaving the
house of commons was cheered loudly
by all the members.
After a strike lasting nearly a
month and involving the whole coun
try in distress, the miners thus have
secured recognition of the principle
which they set out to obtain. But
they still are dissatisfied because the
bill does not specify the amount of the
minimum wage and there is no pros
pect of an immediate settlement of
the strike.
The miners’ leaders declare their
determination to keep up the strike
until they have secured guarantees of
a minimum wage scale of 5 shillings
($1.25) for men, or until the district
boards as provided by the bill arrange
acceptable terms.
CHICAGO PACKERS FREED
OF TRUST LAW INDICTMENTS
Chicago—Chicago packers ended a
ten years’ legal battle with the gov
ernment when a jury in ^United States
District Judge Carpenter’s court
found them not guilty of violating the
criminal section of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Whether further investigations into
the beef-packing industry will be
made, District Attorney Wilkerson re
fused to Bay.
He was overwhelmed by the ver
dict. He had been confident of con
victions.
The verdict came after the jury had
been out 19 hours. At no time during
the deliberations were the packers in
danger.
Only three ballots were
tHken. The first was 8 to 4 for ac
quittal, the second 11 to 1, and the
third was unanimous.
Failure of the government to prove
its case beyond reasonable doubt was
responsible for the verdict, several
jurors said. They did not review the
exhibits in the case. The mass of fig
ures and reports mystified them. To
have attempted to untangle them
would have been useless, it was
agreed.
S U F F R A G E T T E S T O JA IL.
Eugene—Upon the arrival of four
Participants in Window • Sm ashing
carloads of mules. Fuller & Company,
Cam paign Sentenced.
sub-contractors on ¡the Southern Pa
London—One hundred and twenty-
cific line to Coos Bay, began grading
six suffragettes were placed on trial
operations westward from Eugene.
at a special sitting of the County of
This company has had perhaps 200
London sessions, in connection with
men scattered along 13 miles of right
the window-smashing raids in London
of way all winter, clearing the land
March 1 and March 4, and were sen
ready for the grading work with the
tenced to terms ranging from four to
settling of weather this spring. Pow
six months’ imprisonment. In some
er graders will be put to work as soon
cases where the women undertook not
as possible.
to repeat the offense, they were bound
Twohy Bros., contractors, have
over to come up for judgment if called
made a good start on the 2300-foot
upon.
tunnel at Not! Pass, and ‘this week
Mrs. I’ankhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Peth-
completed the transportation of ten
ick, joint editors of "Votes for Wo
wagon loads of compressor machinery,
Treatise on Walnut Culture Out.
so that the tunnel men may use air
Portland—The second of the circu men," and Mrs. Mabel Tuke, again
were remanded when they appeared at
drills |
lars
by the chamber of commerce illus the Bow Street Police Court to answer
Deeds for sections £of right of way
west of Noti Pass are being filed ev trating the possibilities of different to the charge of conspiracy and incit
industries in Oregon is out. It is a ing to commit malicious damage to
ery few days.
treatise on walnut culture containing property.
a symposium of facts and information
A prisoner who is serving a term in
Bumper C ro p Expected.
about the growth and methods of this Holloway jail after conviction for
Hood River — Although the Hood branch of horticulture in Oregon,
window-smashing, testified that bags of
River valley will have a much larger written by prominent and successful stones and hammers had been served
crop of strawberries this year than walnut growers.
The first .bulletin out to herself and others from the
last, according to estimates of grow contained a narrative of "W hat One suffragist headquarters with orders to
ers and buyers who are already begin Honored Dollars Did in Oregon.” tel break windows.
ning to contract for the crops, the ling of the personal experiences of one
production next year will probably be family in clearing a wooded tract.
Slueths Take to Autos.
the valley’s greatest output of this
Paris — The French cabinet at a
Orchard Bulletin Alm ost Gone.
fruit. Reports from every part of
the valley indicate that a great
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor special meeting decided to strengthen
many plants are being set. Especial vallis—The issue of Prof. C. I. Lewis’ and centralize the French detective
ly will a great many new tracts be set bulletin No. I l l on orchard manage department, and to organize a division
in the Upper valley. The fruit there ment, published in 20,000 copies, by of secret service men to operate in
is later, but is of excellent quality.
the Oregon Agricultural College Ex automobiles, so as to cope with the
periment station, is now rapidly being new type of criminal called the "auto
A general alarm was
exhausted, in spite of the fact that bandit.”
Land Now Undervalued.
Salem—Declaring that failure uni the Oregonian published the matter sent out from the prefecture of po
formly to assess property of the Al entire, in an edition of 30,000 copies. lice to all the police authorities
bert C. Hopkins estate in Klamath and The pressure of present calls for the throughout Europe, in connection with
Josephine counties has reduced the bulletin will probably be relieved the murders committed in the Chan
value of the estate from over $1,000,- somewhat when the magazine "B etter tilly bank robbery by a gang that has
000, which it is stated it should be F ruit" prints it also in an edition of terrorized the higways of France.
rightly appraised, to $840,581.30, 15,000 copies.
Surveyors Start W ork.
State Treasurer Kav has taken up
Elks to Build Home.
Ontario, Or.—A crew of ten sur
with County Judge Worden, of Klam
ath county, the question of a reap
Oregon City — One of the finest veyors have started to make the pre
praisement on a uniform valuation. homes belonging to the Order of Elks liminary survey for the electric line
The estate is the subject of contro in the state will be erected by B. P. to be built from Caldwell to Ontario
versy because Hopkins is deceased and O. E. No. 1189, of Oregon City, the and Weiser. This will be the exten
the state is collecting inheritance tax. contract for the building having been sion of the system that now connects
awarded to Simmons & Co. Although Boise and Nampa and Boise and Cald
Building for Raising Bu gi.
the local order is only two years old, well, recently purchased by the Main
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor it is in a flourishing condition and the lands, who own the Idaho-Oregon
vallis—An insectary has just been members are looking eagerly forward Light Power company, furnishing
built in the college orchard at O. A. to the dedication of their new homo, light and power to all the towns in
C., for the purpose of studying the which will probably be about July 16. this section. The men behind this
life history of a large number of in The building site is located between line claim they will have it completed
sect pests infesting the orchards, Sixth and Seventh streets overlooking to Ontario this year.
truck gardens, and Mower beds of Ore the Willamette river.
Poison Trial it Begun,
gon, with a view to finding the most
Pear Growing In America.
effective methods of combating them.
Rerlin—The trial has begun here of
A long list of experiments have been
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor five men accused of being responsible
planned by the entomology depart vallis—Prof. C. I. Lewis, chief of the for death by wood alcohol poisoning of
ment for the coming season.
division of horticulture at the Oregon 89 persons which occurred last Christ
Agricultural college, is the author of mas among the inmates of the munici
W ork on Big Dam Started.
a 100-page brochure containing 50 fine pal night shelter for the homeless.
Astoria —The Bidwell-IIayden com illustrations, many of them photo The indictment allege« violation of
pany, to whom was given the contract graphs taken in Oregon, which is to the pure food law by the preparation
for building the big dam for the 100,- he issued shortly by the International and selling of harmful substitutes.
000,000 gallon reservoir at the head- Correspondence schools as a course on Technicalities do not permit of more
works of Astoria's water system, have "P ear Growing in America.” Prof. serious charges, so the culprits will
taken out a donkey engine and two Lewis has spent several years in spe undoubtedly get off lightly.
large boilers to be used in connection cial study on this subject.
H srr T rss g a r is Daad.
with their operations. The firm will
Gresham Fair Dates Fixed.
operate a rock crusher. The artual
Berlin—Christian Gottfried Albert
construction work will be commenced
Gresham—At a meeting of the board Traeger, member of the Reichstag
as soon as the ramp is completed.
of directors of the Multnomah County from Oldenburg, and "F ather of the
Fair association, the dates for the House, ” is dead, aged 82. Herr Tra
Bridge Over the Grand Ronde.
fair this year were definitely fixed for eger, who belonged to the radical
La Grande — Steel for the new October 2-5. So far as known these party, had been a member of the
bridge spanning the Grand Ronde riv dates will not conflict with those of Reichstag since 1874. He was a law
er at Riverside park is expected any any other fair or festival to be held yer. He was a prolific poet and col
day. The bridge will be 15 feet in this year, and it is believed that the laborated in the translation into Ger
length and will have a walk on either agricultural displays will be at their man of the poems of Robert Burns.
side six feet wide.
He also wrote several plays.
best about that time.
T ha Jeffries Mansion W as Besieged by Callers.
PETTTOTOioïïAia HD TO
T hird degree
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C O e r W C S T , 19 0 9 , B Y Û.W. D IL L IN G H A M C O M P A N Y
"Have you anything more to say to
me, captain?”
“No,” replied the captain h esitat
H o w a rd Jeffries, b a n k e r's
son, u n d e r
th e evil Influe nce o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
ingly. "You can go. Of course you’ll
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Yale, l e a d s a life o f dls-
i l p a t l o n , m a r r i e s t h e d a u g h t e r o f a g a m be called later for the trial. You can
b l e r w h o d i e d In p r i s o n , a n d Is d i s o w n e d
see your husband In the Tombs when
b y h la f a t h e r . H e la o u t o f w o r k a n d In
you wish."
d esp erate straits.
U nderw ood, w ho had
o n ce b e e n e n g a g e d to H o w a r d 's s t e p
No man Is so hard th a t be has not
m o t h e r . A l l c l a . la a p p a r e n t l y In p r o s p e r
a soft spot som ewhere.
At h e a rt
ous circu m stan c es. T a k in g a d v a n ta g e of
h i s i n t i m a c y w i t h A i t c t a . h e b e c o m e s a Capt. Clinton was not an unkind man.
sort of social h ig h w a y m a n .
D iscovering
Long service In the police force and
his t r u e c h a r a c t e r . A lic ia d e n i e s h im t h e
house.
H e se n d s h e r a n o te th r e a te n in g
a m istaken notion of the proper
suicide.
A rt dea lers for w h o m he ac ted
m ethod of procedure In treatin g his
as co m m is s io n e r, d e m a n d a n ac co u n tin g .
H e c a n n o t m a k e g o o d . H o w a r d c a l l s a t prisoners had hardened him and made
his a p a r t m e n t s In a n I n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i
him brutal. Secretly he felt sorry
t i o n t o r e q u e s t a l o a n o f $2.000 t o e n a b l e
him to t a k e up a b u sin ess proposition.
for this plucky, energetic little woman
U n d e r w o o d t e l l s h i m h e Is In d e b t u p t o
who bad such unbounded faith In her
his eyes.
H o w a r d d rin k s h im s e lf Into a
m a u d l i n c o n d i t i o n , a n d g o e s t o s l e e p o n a good-for-nothing
husband, and was
d i v a n . A c a l l e r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r
ready to fight all alone In bis defense.
wood d r a w s a s c r e e n a r o u n d th e d r u n k e n
sleeper.
A llcla e n t e r s .
She dem ands a
Eyeing her with renew ed Interest, he
r o m l i r f r o m U n d e r w o o d t h a t h e will n o t
a k e h i s life. H e r e f u s e s u n l e s s s h e w il l dem anded:
renew h er patronage.
T his she refuses,
"W hat are you going to do n o w ?’
a n d t a k e s h e r le ave.
U nderw ood
kills
him se lf.
T h e r e p o r t o f th e p istol a w a
Annie reached th e door, and draw
k e n s H o w a r d . H e finds U n d e r w o o d d e a d .
ing herself up to h er full height,
R e a liz in g his p r e d i c a m e n t h e a t t e m p t s to
turned and said:
flee a n d Is m e t b y U n d e r w o o d ' s
valet.
H o w a r d Is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e p o li c e .
“I’m going to undo all you have
C apt. C linton, n o to rio u s fo r his b r u ta l
done, Capt. Clinton. I’m going to free
tre atm en t
of p risoners,
p uts
H ow ard
t h r o u g h th e t h i r d de g re e , a n d fina lly g e t s
my husband and prove his Innocence
an a lle g e d c o n fe s s io n fro m th e h tffasned
m a n . A n n i e , H o w a r d ' s w i f e , d e c l a r e s h e r before the whole world. I don't know
t e l l e f I n h e r h u s b a n d ’s I n n o c e n c e .
how I'm going to do It. but I’ll do I t
I’ll fight you, captain, to the last ditch,
CHAPTER XI.—Continued.
and I'll rescue my poor husband from
your clutches If It takes everything
"N ot th is lady.” said the boy. "The I possess In the world."
other lady. I think she said Jeffries,
Quickly she opened the door and
or Jenkins, or som ething like t h a t ”
disappeared.
The captain waved bis hand tow ard
the door.
CHAPTER XII.
“T h at's all rig h t—go. W e ll find
her all right.”
The American dearly lovea a sen
The boy w ent out and the captain
sation, and the bigger and m ore blood
turned round to Annie.
"It'll be ra th e r a pity If it Isn't curdling It la th e better. Nothing Is
you,” he said, with a suggestive smile. m ore gratifying on arising In the
morning and sitting down to partake
"How so?” she demanded.
of a daintily served breakfast than to
The captain laughed.
"W ell, you see, a woman alvaays glance hurriedly over the front page
gets the Jury mixed up. N othing foola of one’s favorite new spaper and see It.
covered with startlin g headlines. It
a man like a p retty face, and 12 tim es
1 Is 12. You see If they quarreled m atters little w hat has happened dur
ing the ntgbt to shock the community,
about you—your husband would stand
so long as It satisfies one's appetite
some chance."
Patronizingly
he
for sensational news. It can be a
added, "Come, Mrs. Jeffries, you'd b et
fatal conflagration, a fearful railroad
te r tell the tru th and I can advlae
w reck, a gigantic bank robbery, a hor-
you who to go to."
rlble m urder, or even a scandalous
Annie drew herself up, and with
divorce case. All one asks Is th a t It
dignity said:
be som ething big, with column after
"T hanks. I'm going to th e beat law
column of barrow ing details. The
yer 1 can g e t N ot one of those court new spapers are fully alive to w hat Is
room politicians recom m ended by a expected of them , but It Is not alw ays
police captain. I am going to Richard
easy to supply the demand. T here
Brew ster. He's the man. He'll soon are tim es when the m etropolis lan
get my husband out of the T o m b s.’ guishes for news of any description.
Reflectively she added: "If my fath er T here are no disastrous fires, trains
had had Judge B rew ster to defend him run w ithout m ishap, burglars go on a
Instead of a legal shark, he'd never vacation, society leaders act w ith de
have been railroaded to Jail. H e'd be corum—In a word the city la deadly
alive to-day "
dull. F u rth er consideration of the
C a p t Clinton guffawed loudly. The tariff rem ains the most thrilling topic
Idea of ex-Judge B rew ster taking the the new spapers can find to w rite
case seem ed to am use him hugely.
about
"B rew ster?” be laughed boisterous
The m urder at the aristo cratic As-
ly. "You'd never be able to get tru rta. therefore, was hailed by the
Brewster. F irstly, he's too expensive. editors as an unmixed Journalistic
Becondly. he’s old man Jeffries' law blessing, and they proceeded to play
yer
Ho wouldn’t touch your esse It up for all It was worth. All the
with a ten-foot pole. Besides,” he features of a first-class sensation were
added lu a tope of co n tem p t "B rew present. The victim, R obert U nder
ster's no good In a case of this kind. wood, was well known In society and
He's a constitution law ysr—ons of a prom inent a rt connoisseur.
The
them International fellers. He don’t place w here the crim e was committed
know nothing—"
was one of the m ost fashionable of
"H e's the only law yer I w ant," she New York's hostelrles. The presumed
retorted determ inedly. Then she w ent assassin was a college man and the
in : "H ow ard's folks m ust coma to nls son of one of the most w ealthy and
rescue. They m ust stand by him— Influential of New York's citizens.
they m ust—"
True, this Howard Jeffries, the son,
The captain grinned.
was a black sheep. He had been
"Frohi w hat I hear," he said, "old mixed up In all kinds of scandals be
man Jeffries w on't raise a finger to fore. His own fath er had turned him
save hla scapegrace son from going out of doors, and he was m arried to a
to the chair He'a done with him for woman whose father died In prison.
«« hx 1 and all."
Could a better com bination of cir
Chuckling aloud and talking to him cum stances for a new spaper be con
self rath er than to hla vla-a-vta, he ceived? The crime wae discovered
m uttered:
too late for the m orning papers to
"T hat alone will convince the Jury. make mention of It. but the afternoon
They'll argue th at the boy can ’t be papers fired a broadside th a t shook
much good If hla own go back on the town ATI the evening papere had
h im ”
big scare heads stretching across the
Annie's eye flashed.
entire front page, with pictures of the
"P recisely!" she exclaimed. "But principals Involved and long Inter
his own won't go back on him. I'll view* with the coroner and Capt.
see to It th a t they don't.” Rising and Clinton. T here seem ed to be no doubt
turning tow ard tha door, she asked: th a t the police had arrested the right
8 Y N O P 8 IS .
f
man, and In all quarters of the city
there was universal sym pathy for Mr.
Howard Jeffries, Sr. It was terrible
to think th a t thla splendid, upright
man, whose whole career was w ithout
a single stain, who had served his
country gallantly through the
civil
waf,
should have such disgrace
brought upon him In hie old age.
E verything pointed to a speedy trial
and quick conviction. Public Indigna
tion wae aroused alm ost to a frenzy,
and a loud clam or went up against
the law 's delay. Too many crim es
of this nature, scream ed the yellow
press, had been allowed to sully the
good nam e of the city. A fearful ex
ample m ust be made, no m atter w hat
the etandlng and Influence of the pris
oner’s family. Thus goaded on, the
courts acted with prom ptness. Taken
before a m agistrate, Howard w as at
once com m itted to the Tombs to aw ait
trial, and the d istrict attorney eet to
work Im paneling a Jury. Justice, he
prom ised, would be sw iftly done. One
new spaper stated positively th a t the
family would not Interfere, but would
abandon the scapegrace son to his
richly deserved fate. Judge B rew ster,
the famous lawyer. It was said, had al
ready been approached by the prison
e r’s wife, but bad declined to take
the case. B anker Jeffries also was
quoted as saying th a t the man under
a rre st was no longer a son of his.
As one paper pointed out, it seemed
a farce and a w aste of money to have
any trial a t all. The assassin bad not
only been caught red-handed, but had
actually confessed. W hy w aste tim e
over a trial? True, one paper timidly
suggested th a t It m ight have been a
case of suicide. R obert U nderwood's
financial affairs. It w ent on to say,
were In a critical condition, and the
theory of suicide was borne out to
some ex ten t by an Interview with Dr.
B ernstein, professor of psychology at
one of the universities, who stated
th a t be was by no m eans convinced of
the prisoner’s guilt, and hinted th at
the alleged confession m ight have
been forced from him by the police,
while In a hypnotic state. T his the
ory, belittling as It did th eir pet sen
sation, did not suit th e policy of the
yellow press, so the learned profes
sor a t once becam e the ta rg e t for edi
torial attack.
The sensation grew In Im portance
as the day for the tria l approached
All New York was agog with excite
ment. The handsom e Jeffries m an
sion on Riverside drive was besieged
by callers. The guides on the sight
seeing coaches shouted through th eir
megaphones:
“T h at’s the house w here the m ur
derer of Robert Underwood lived."
The Im m ediate vicinity of the house
the day th a t the crim e was made pub
lic was thronged with curious peo
ple. The blinds of the house were
draw n down as If to shield the In
m ates from observation, but there
were several cabs In front of the main
entrance and passers by stopped on
the sidewalk, pointing a t the bouse. A
num ber of new spaper men stood In a
group, gathering fresh m aterial for
the next edition.
A reporter ap
proached rapidly from Broadway and
Joined his colleagues.
"W ell, boys,” he said cheerily. "Any
thing doing? Bay, my paper Is going
to have a bully story to-morrow! Com
plete account by Underwood's valet.
He tells bow he caught the m urderer
Just as he w as escaping from the
apartm ent. W e'll have pictures and
everything. It’s fine. A nything do
ing here?” he demanded.
"Naw,” grunted the others In dis
gruntled tones.
"W e saw the butler,” said one re
porter. "and tried to g et a story from
him, but he flatly refused to talk. All
be would say was th a t Howard Jef
fries w as nothing to the family, th at
his fath er d id n 't care a straw w hat
becam e of him .”
‘T h a t’s p retty to n g h l" exclaimed
another reporter. "H e’e hla son, a ft
e r all."
"Oh, you don’t know old Jeffries."
chimed In a third. “W hen once he
m akes up his mind you m ight as well
try to move a houae.”
T he afternoon w as getting on; if
th eir papers were to p rin t anything
m ore th a t day they m uat hasten down
town.
"L et's make one m ore attem p t to
get a talk out of the old m an,” sug
gested one enterprising scribe.
"All right,” cried the others In
chorue. "You go ahead. W e’ll fol
low In a body and back you up."
Passing through the front gate, they
rang the bell, and a fter a brief par
ley w ere adm itted to th e house. They
had hardly disappeared when a cab
drove hurriedly up and stopped at the
curb. A young woman, heavily veiled,
descended, paid the driver, and walked
quickly through the g ates tow ard the
house.
Annie tried to feel brave, but her
h eart misgave her when she saw this
splendid home with all Its evidence of
wtealth, culture and refinem ent. It was
the first tim e she had ever entered
its gates, although. In a m easure, she
was entitled to look upon It aa her
own home. Perhaps never so much
aa now she realised w hat a deep gulf
lay betw een her husband's family and
herself. T his waa a world she had
never known—a world of opulence
and luxury. She did not knew how she
had summoned up courage enough to
come. Yet there was no time to be
lost. Im m ediate actio s was neces
sary. Howard m ust have the best
law yers th a t money could procure.
Judge B rew ster had been deaf to her
entreaties. He had declined to take
the case. She had no money. How
ard’s fath er m ust come to his assist
ance. She would plead with him and
Insist th a t It was his duty to stand
by his son. She wondered bow be
would receive her. If he would put
her out or be rude to her. He m ight
tell the servants to shut the door In
her face. Tim idly 6he rang the bell.
The butler opened the door, and sum
moning up all her courage, she asked:
"Is Mr. Jeffries In?”
To her u tter am azem ent the butler
offered no objection to her entering.
M istaking her for a woman reporter,
several of whom had already called
th a t morning, he said:
"Go rig h t In the library, m adam ;
the other new spaper folk are there."
She passed through the splendid re
ception hall, m arveling Inwardly at
the beautiful statu ary and pictures,
no little intim idated at finding her
self amid such splendid surroundings.
On the left there was a door draped
with handsom e tapestry.
"R ight In there, miss," said the
butler.
She w ent in, and found herself In a
room of noble proportions, the wall»
of which were lined with bookshelves
filled with tom es In rich bindings. The
light th at entered through the stained-
glass windows cast a subdued half-
light, warm and rich In color, on the
crim son plush furnishings. N ear the
heavy flat desk in the center of the
room a tall, distinguished man was
etandlng listening dcprecatlngly to
the half dozen rep o rters who were
bom barding him w ith questions. As
Annie entered the room she caught
the words of his reply:
"The young man who has Inherited
my nam e has chosen his own path In
life. I am grieved to say th a t his con
duct a t college, his m arriage, ha»
com pletely separated him from hla
family, and I have quite made up my
mind th a t in no way or m anner can
his fam ily become Identified with any
steps he may take to escape the pen
alty of his mad act. I am his father,
and I suppose, under the circum
stances, I ought to say som ething. But
I have decided not to. I don't wish
to give the American public any ex
cuse to think th at I am palliating or
condoning his crime. Gentlemen, 1
wish you good-day.”
Annie, who had been listening in
tently, a t once saw h er opportunity.
Mr. Jeffries had tak en no notice of
her presence, believing her to be a
new spaper w riter like the others. As
the rep o rters took th e ir dep artu re
and filed out of the room, she re
mained behind. As the last one disap
peared she turned to the banker and
said:
"May I speak to you a m om ent?”
He turned quickly and looked at her
In surprise. For the first tim e he
was conscious of her presence. Bow
ing courteously, he shook his head:
"I am afraid I can do nothing for
you m adam —as I’ve Just explained to
your confreres of the press.”
Annie looked up a t him, and said
boldly:
"I am not a reporter, Mr. Jeffries. I
am your son’s wife.”
The banker started back In amaze
m e n t T his woman, whom he had
taken for a new spaper reporter, was
an lnter'oper, an Im poster, the very
last woman in the world whom he
would have perm itted to be adm itted
to his house. He considered th a t she,
as much as anybody else, had con
tributed to his son's ruin. Yet w hat
could he do? She was there, and he
was too much of a gentlem an to h a re
her turned out bodily. W ondering at
his silence, she repeated softly:
"I’m your son's wife, Mr. Jeffries.”
The banker looked at her a mo
ment, as If taking her In from head to
foot. T hen he said coldly:
"Madam, I have no eon." He hesi
tated, and added:
“I don't recognize—’’
She looked at him pleadingly.
"But I w ant to speak to you, sir.”
Mr. Jeffries shook his head, and
moved tow ard the door.
T repeat, I have nothing to say.”
Annie planted herself directly In his
path. He could not reach the door
unless he removed her forcibly.
"Mr. Jeffries," she said earnestly,
"please don't refuse to hear me—-
please—"
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
Coin Something of a Freak
A tlantan th s Possessor of Silver Dol
leans men, who offered him various
lar w ith Two Heads— Its
prem ium s the highest being $10, all of
History.
which he refused.
The story In connection w ith this
H ansel W. Compton has Just re
turned from New Orleans. La., w here coin Is as follows: An employe In
he w ent upon a business trip, bring the New O rleans m int, whose duty
ing with him the only genuine sliver It was to run the silver coin through
dollar with heads stam ped on both the dies to h a re the head stam ped up
sides ever seen In A tlanta. And there on It substituted a cu rren t sliver dol
by hangs a tale, relates th e Atlantlo lar for the coin Im m ediately after
the head had been stam ped upon It,
Constitution.
Mr. Compton got th is sliver dollar with the other side unstam ped and
In change and did not notlea the un perfectly slick. This was In 190«.
usual fact about It a t the time. Some T hree years later he ran the coin
tim e later he waa m atching a friend through the stam per for the reverse
for ear fare, happening to use this side. Im pressing an o th er head and
sliver dollar, when he noticed th a t the 190« upon t t The fact th a t a coin
coin fell 'heads' every time.
He had been put In. a t the first Instance,
looked closer and saw th a t there waa to replace the half-coined dollar, pre
a head on each side of the dollar. Un vented detection. In this m anner. It
sxplalned, the silver dollar cam# to
der one head were the figures T906,”
the date of the Initial stam ping, and have Its two h ead s
under the other "1909,” th s data of
The First Necssslty.
the second stam ping
Integrity w ithont knowledge is weak
Ha showed It to several New O r and u salesa—P ale/.