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SYNOPSIS.
SEA IS SCOURED
BY SISTER SHIPS
Survivors in Small Boats Res-
cued By Liner Carpathian.
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a r l t o n
L. P
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LAWYER
HOOD R IV E R
:
OREGON
3054 East Second St.,
Will practice in Mosier and
Long Distance Phone. Main 2201
May be reached by long dis
The Dalles
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Oregon.
tance phone, Home phone 61.
E. C. BROCK BOYCE CAFE
V
HOOD
C ivil E n g in e e r
tf# Y *C M T . 1*09. a r O.w. DltLtNOHAM CO/^ÜfV
H ow ard JelTrlea, b a n k e r'«
«on. under
the « r l l Influence o f R o b ert Underwood.
| felIow>«tudent at Y ale, leads a life o f dla-
• Blpatlon, m arries tbs dau gh ter o f a g a m
bler who died In prison, and Is disowned
by his father. H e Is out o f work and In
desperate straits.
U nderw ood, who had
once been en gaged to H ow a rd 's step-
I mother, A licia , Is apparen tly In proeper-
I ous circum stances. T a k in g a dva n tage o f
i his intim acy with A licia , he becom e« a
«rt o f social highw aym an.
D iscovering
m > s true character, A lic ia denies him th«
house
H e sends her a note threatening
suicide. A rt dealers fo r whom he acted
acte<!
« wx
f •
n
it •
auldd*.
as commissioner, dem and an accounting.
H e cannot m ake good. H ow ard calls at
his apartm ents In an In toxica ted condi
tion to request a loan o f $2,000 to enable
him to take up a business proposition.
tells him he Is In debt up to
Only Mass o f Wreckage Tells ot Big Underwood
his eyes. 11«»ward drinks hirnself Into a
maudlin condition, and goes to sleep on a
Ship’s Fate—Little Hope for
divan. A ca ller Is announced and U n d er
wood draw s a screen around the drunken
1,200 Passengers.
Bleeper.
A licia enters.
She dem ands a
promise from U nderw ood that he w ill not
take his life. He refuses unlUM she will
renew her patronage. Th is she refuses,
takes her leave.
U nderw ood
kills
New York— While the fate o f the and
himself.
T h e report o f the pistol nwa-
majority o f the 2,100 persona on board
H ° * “ »*d. H e finds Underwood dead.
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Realising his predicam ent he attem pts to
the mammoth White Star liner Titanic flee and Is tnet by U n derw ood 's valet.
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I H ow ard Is turned o v er to the police,
which sank early Monday in the New Capt Clinton, notorious fo r his brutal
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treatm ent o f prisoners,
puts
H ow ard
Foundland Banks after a collision with through th « third degree, and fin ally gets
a lleged confession from the harassed
an iceberg, still remains in doubt and man. AnnU. H ow ard'!« w ife, d e cla re« her
In her huahand'u innocence, and
it ia feared that more than 1,200 per belief
ays she w ill clear hint.
Bhe culls on
./fries, Hr
H e r.fu s«.* to help unlesu
sona were lost, a note o f good cheer ■he
w ill consent to a divorce. T o Have
came by wireless between 1 and 2 H ow ard she consents, but when Bhe finds
that the elder J effries doe« not Intend to
stand hy his son. excep t financially, she
o'clock Tuesday morning.
■corns his help. A nnie appeals to Judae
It was a wireless message from the Brewster, attorn ey fo r Jeffries. 8r.. to
lake H o w a r d ’s case. He declines.
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Plunges to Bottom.
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Mosier - - Oregon
RIVER ,
OREGON
The place to get a good,
square, clean meal.
Mosier people especially in
vited to call when in Hood
River.
of one of the most brilliant legal
minds In the country, yet In this very
A. M. BOYCE,
office had been prepared some of the
most sensational victories ever re A l l B u s i n e s s e n t r u s t e d t o
Proprietor.
corded In the law courts.
T he C are o f th e
Visitors to Judge Brewster's office
were not many. A man of such re
nown was naturally expensive. Few
could afford to retain hls services,
and In fact he was seldom called upon
except to act in the Interest of
wealthy corporations. In these cases,
of course, hls fees were enormous. He W ILL HAVE PROMPT ATTENTION
D E ALE R IN
had very few private clients: In fact,
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-
$100,000.00
he declined much private practice Capital
Fresh and Cured Meats
that was offered to him.
He had Surplus and undivid
been the legal adviser of Howard
ed profits
-
130,000.00
Country Produce
Jeffries, Sr., for many years.
The
two men had known each other In
J. S. SCIIENCK, P r e s i d e n t
their younger daya and practically E d M . W i l l i a m s
M ax A. V ogt
had won success together—the one
Vice Pres.
Cashier
In the banking business, the other
In the service of the law. An Im
portant trust company, of which Mr.
Jeffries was president, was constantly
Involved In all kinds of litigation of
which Judge Brewster had exclusive
charge.
As the lawyer found this
highly remunerative. It was only nat-
ural that he had no desire to lose
Mr. Jeffries as a client.
Secluded In hls private office, the
Your Lighting wants will be taken care o f through ourstore
Judge was busy at hls desk, finishing
at
The Dalles and all work in Mosier can be handled on short
a letter. He folded it up, addressed
notice and at satisfactory prices. We will be pleased to fur
an envelope, then lit a cigar and
looked at the time. It was three
nish estimat
electrical works Lighting and Power on
o’clock. The day's work was about
application.
over and he smiled with satisfaction
aa he thought of the automobile ride
In the park he would enjoy before
dressing and going to hls club for din
ner. He felt In singularly good spir
its that afternoon. He had just won
In the court a very complicated case
which meant not only a handsome ad
dition to hls bank account, but a
signal triumph over hla legal oppo
nents. Certainly, fortune smiled on
him.
He had no other Immediate
cases on hand to worry about. He
could look forward to a few weeks of
absolute rest. He struck a bell on hls
desk and a clerk entered. Handing
him the note he had Juat written, he
A. L. D AY
J. E. GEIGER
said:
P resident
V ice -P res .-M anager
“ Have this sent at once by mes
senger.”
“ Very well, Judge,” answered the
clerk.
"By the by,” frowned the lawyer,
“ has that woman been In to-day T"
“ Yes—she sat In the outer office all
morning, trying to see you. We said
FIRST N A T IO N A L B A N K BUILDING
you were out of town, but she did not
PHONE 3 —N IG H T OR DAY
believe IL She sat there till she got
tired. She had no Idea that you went
out by another stairway.”
"Humph,” growled the lawyer; "n
nice thing to be besieged In this man
Engineering, House Wiring, Repairing, Contracting,
ner. If she annoys me much longer,
I shall send for the police.”
Fixtures,
Lamps, Motors, Heating and Cooking
At that moment another olerk en
tered the room.
Apparatus
"What Is It, Mr. Jones?” demanded
the lawyer.
Estimates furnished upon request.
A llwork guaranteed
"A lady to see you. Judge," said the
clerk, handing him a card.
The lawyer glanced at the bit of
Mosier people desiring information as to estimates can
pasteboard, and said Immediately:
leave requests for same at the Bulletin Office.
“ Oh, yes, show her In."
The two clerks left the room and
Judge Brewster, after a glance In the
mirror to re-adjust hls cravat, turned
to greet hls visitor. The door opened
and Alicia entered. She waa fault
lessly gowned, as usual, but her man
ner waa flurried and agitated. Evi
dently something had happened to up
set her, and she had come to make
her husband's lawyer the confidant of
her troubles.
The Judge advanced
gallantly and pointed to a chair.
“ Good morning, my dear Mra Jef
fries; how do you do?"
"Is Mr. Jeffries here?” asked Alicia,
hurriedly.
“ Not yet,” he replied, emlllng.
"This Is an unexpected pleasure. I
think It Is the flret time you have
graced my office with your presence.”
"How quiet It Is here!" ahe ex
claimed, looking around nervously.
“ It Is hard to believe this is the very
center of the city.” Taking the eeal
offered to her, she went on:
"Oh, Judge, we are dreadfully
rled.”
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C. H. DUNSMORE,
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W hite Star liner Olympic, one o f the
CHAPTER XIII.—Continued.
vessels hovering near the scene o f the
disaster, flashing the news that 866 o f
“ Where are the women?" asked
the Titanic’s passengers, mostly wo
Annie, trying to keep down the lump
men and children, were being brought that rose chokingly In her throat.
He Felt In 8ingu!arly Good 8plrlts.
to port by the Cunarder Carpathia.
"They’re in a separate part of the
Other messages later brought confirm prison.” replied the keeper.
“
Ah!”
Interrupted
Annie.
"You, too, by taking up my case without hls per
“ Isn’t It dreadful?" she murmured.
atory tidings.
“ Not at all," he exclaimed cheer heard a womun's voice. Capt Clinton mission. He won’t even seo you."
First reports were that the Carpa fully. "These prisoners fare better In said there was a woman In It.”
“ W e’ll see," ahe said quietly. "H e’ll
thia had saved but 676 persons. The prison then they do outside. I wager Thoughtfully, as If to herself, she see me If I have to sit In his office
added: "W e muBt find that woman."
new figures reduce the list o f those some of them are sorry to leave.”
all day for weeks. I have decided to
"When I woke up,” continued How have Judge Brewster defend you be
for whose fate fear was felt by nearly
“ But It's dreadful to be cooped up
200, and if, as seems probable, prac In those little cells. Isn’t It?" she said ard, “U was dark. Groping around cause 1 believe It would mean ac
for the electrle light, I stumbled over quittal. He will build up a defense
tically all those saved were passen
“ Not so bad ss It looks,” he laughed. something. It was Underwood's dead
that will defeat all the lies that the
gers, it would appear that ail but ap
“ They are allowed to come out In the body. How be came by his death 1
proximately 460 o f the vessel’s pas
police have concocted. The police have
corridor to exercise twice a day for an have not the slightest Idea. I at once
sengers are accounted for.
a strong case because of your alleged
hour and there Is a splendid shower realized the dangerous position I was
confession. It will take a strong law
A partial list o f the survivors re
bath they can take.”
In and I tried to leave the apartment yer to fight them." Earnestly ahe
ceived from the Carpathia include
"Where Is my husband’s cell?” she unobserved. Just as 1 was going,
added: “ Howard, If your life Is to be
names o f many women o f prominence.
whispered, almost dreading to hear Underwood's man servant arrived and
saved we must get Judge Brewster.”
A fte r the first calls o f the Titanic
the reply.
he handed me over to the police
for help had brought steamers for
"A ll right, dear,” he replied.
“I
"There It Is," he said, pointing to A That's the whole story. I've been
hundreds o f miles around speeding to
can only leave It in your hands. I
loor. "No. 466.”
here
since
yesterday
and
1
’U
be
devil
the scene, what seems to have been an
know that whatever you do will be for
Walking rapidly ahead of her and ish glad to get out.”
impenetrable wall o f silence wns
the best. I'll try to be as patient as
stopping at one of the cell doors, he
"You will get out,” she cried. “ I'm I can. My only comfort Is thinking
raised between here and the steamer.
rapped
loudly
on
the
Iron
grating
and
doing everything possible to get you of you, dear.”
The liner so far as advices appear
cried:
free. I’ve been trying to get the best
went to her fate without so much aB a
A heavy step resounded In the corri
"Jeffries, here’s a lady corns to see lawyer In the country—Richard Brew
word o f what must have been the
dor. The keeper came up.
you. Wake up there!”
ster."
scenes o f terrible tragedy enacted on
"Time's up, m'm,” he said civilly.
A white, drawn face approached the
"Richard Brewster!” exclaimed How
her decks.
Annie thrust her hand through the
grating.
Annlo
sprang
forward.
ard.
"H
e’a
my
father's
lawyer."
In the lack o f even a line from a
bars; Howard carried It reverently to
“
Howard!”
she
sobbed.
"I saw your father yesterday after hls lips.
survivor imagination pauses before
“ Is It you, Annie?” came a weak noon,” she said quietly.
even trying to conjecture what passed
"Good-by. dear,” she said. “ Keep
voloe
through
the
bars.
“ You did!" ho exclaimed, surprised. up your courage. You’ll know that I
as the inevitable became known and it
"Can't
I
go
In
to
him?"
she
asked
“ Was he willing to receive you?”
was seen that out o f the more than
am working for your release every
“ He hnd to,” she replied. “ I gave moment. I won't leave a stone un
2,000 human lives with which she was pleadingly.
The keeper shook his bead.
him a piece of my mind."
freighted there could be hope o f sav
turned.”
“ No, m'm, you must talk through
Howard looked at her In mingled
ing as it appears, far less than a half.
“ Good-by, darling,” he murmured.
the
bars,
but
I
won't
disturb
you.”
amazement
and
admiration.
That
she
Other than the news that 866 per
He looked at her longingly and
He
walked
away
and
the
husband
should
have
dared
to
confront
a
man
there were tears In her eyes as she
sons, largely women and children, had
and
wife
were
left
facing
each
other.
as
proud
and
obstinate
as
hla
father
turned away.
been rescued from the liner’s boats by
the Cunarder Carpathia, several hours The tears were streaming down An astounded him.
"I'll be back very soon,” she said.
What did he say?” he asked eag
passed without word as to the fate of nle'a cheeks. It was dreadful to be
A few minutes later they were In
the rest o f those on board at the time standing there so close and yet not erly.
the elevator and she passed through
be
able
to
throw
her
arms
around
him.
“
I
asked
him
to
come
publicly
to
o f the fateful crash.
Along the en
the big steel gate once more Into the
tire Atlantic coast wireless instru Her heart ached ns alia saw the dis your support and to give you legal sunlight street
tress
In
his
wan.
pale
face.
assistance.
Ha
refused,
saying
he
ments were attuned to catch from any
“ Why dldu't you come before?” be could not be placed In a position of
source word that possibly one o f the
CHAPTER XIV.
condoning such a crime and that your
many steamships which rushed to the asked
” 1 could not. They wouldn’t let me. behavlot and your marriage had made
assistance o f the Titanic bore other
Outwardly, at least, Judge Brew
survivors. But the ships reported to Oh, Howard," she gasped. “ What a him wash his hands of you forever."
ster's offices at 83 Broadway In no
dreadful thing this Is! Tell me how
Tears
filled
Howard's
eyes
and
his
be at or near the scene o f what,
way differed from the offices of ten
you got into such a scrape!"
mouth quivered.
viewed in the light o f possibilities,
thousand other lawyers who strive to
He
put
his
haud
to
hla
head
as
If
It
“
Then
my
father
believes
me
guilty
may be recorded as the world’s great
eke out a difficult living In the most
est marine horror, gave not the slight hurt him, and she noticed that his of this horrible crime?" he exclaimed overcrowded of all the professions.
eyes
looked
queer.
For
a
moment
the
"H
e
insisted
that
you
must
be
guilty,
est syllable o f encouragement to the
They consisted of a modest suite of
agony of a terrible suspicion crossed as you had confessed. Ha offered,
anxiously waiting world.
rooms on the sixth floor. There was a
her mind. Was It possible that In a though, to give you legal assistance,
small outer office with a railed-off
The steamer Virginian was finally moment of drunken recklessttesg he but only on one condition.”
Inclosure, behind which sat a half
heard from at 2:16 o ’clock Tuesday hsd shot Underwood? Quickly, almost
“ What was that condition?" he de dozen stenographers busy copying
manded.
morning.
She did not report the breathlessly, she whispered to him:
legal documents; as many men clerks
"Tall me quickly, 'tig not true. Is It?
"That 1 consent to a divorce," re were writing at desks, and the walls
presence o f any survivors on board.
Tou
did
not
kill
Robert
Underwood.”
plied
Annie
quietly.
The Titanic lies buried two miles
were fitted with shelves filled with
He shook his head.
"What did you say?”
ponderous law books. In one corner
beneath the ocean surface, midway
“ No," he said.
“ 1 said I'd consent to anything If It was a room w’ ith glass door marked
between Sable Island and Cape Race.
“ Thnuk Ood for that!” aha ex would help you. but when he told me "Mr. Brewster, Private.”
Her position when she struck the ice claimed. "But your confession— what that even then he would not come per
Assuredly no casual visitor could
berg was given
as latitude 41:46 does that mean?”
sonally to your support 1 told him we guess from the appearance of the
north, longitude 50:14 west.
“ I do not know They told me 1 did would worry along without his as
place that this was the headquarters
According to the Carpathia’s ad It They Insisted I did It. Ha was sistance. On that I left him."
vices the liner, which struck the ice stirs I did It Ha told me he knew I
"You're a brave little woman!"
berg at 10:25 o ’clock Sunday night, did It. He showed me the pistol. Ha cried Howard. Noticing hsr pals, anx
was
so
Insistent
that
I
thought
he
was
sank at 2 :20 o'clock Monday morning,
ious face, he aald:
right—that I had done It." In a deep
nearly four hours later.
"You, too, must have suffered."
whisper be added earnestly:
"But
“ Oh. never mind me," she rejoined
you know I didn’t, don’t you?"
Titanic Victims Hsd Vast Wealth
quickly. "What we muat do now la to
"Who Is he?" demanded Annie.
New York —John Jacob Astor was
get you out of this horrid place and
“The
police
captain.”
among the passengers who went down
clear your name before the world. W<
“
Oh.
Capt.
Hinton
told
you
you
with the Titanic, according to a wire
muat show that your alleged confes
less dispatch received by Rradstreet's did It?"
sion le untrue: that It was dragged
Howard
nodded.
from the liner Olympic. Mrs. Astor
from you Involuntarily. We must find Well-Authenticated Cases of Dumb aa wall as anyone. When asked for
“ Yea, he told me be knew I did IL
was save.) and ia being brought to
that mysterious woman who cams to
nsss Which Scientists Are Un
an explanation of hls curious actions
He
kept
me
standing
there
alx
hours,
New York by the Carpathia. Wealth
Underwood's rooms while you lay on
able to Explain.
\$e had none to offer. ” 1 almply can't
questioning
and
questioning
until
I
aggregating something like $500,000,-
the couch asleep. Do you know what
talk, no matter how hard I try.” was
1 tried to sit
000 is represented by seven o f the was ready to drop.
my theory Is. Howard?"
The I-ondon Lancet recently dug up the substance of bis answer. He bad
down:
he
made
me
stand
up.
I
did
passengers on the Titanic. I f calam
from Its old files the following etory: heard something of a “ rash vow" by
"What?" demanded her husband.
ity befell only a few o f these men it not know what I was saying or doing
"I believe you were hypnotised Into A farmer of Somersetshire made a hls father, but could give no further
would materially affect vast business 11a told me I killed Hebert Under making that ronfesalon. I've read of vow In the presence of hls wife never details. If these stories are to be ac
enterprises in the United States and wood He showed me the pistol under such things before. You know the to speak to her again If she bore him cepted as true, they may perhaps be
the strong light The reflection from
England.
He already had explained as the result of what are
the polished nickel flashed luto my bora In college often hypnotized you. another daughter.
You told me they made you do all three. A son was horn. but. strange railed "fixed Ideas," which sometimes
•yea,
everything
suddenly
became
a
Virginian Extsnds Hope.
blank A few moments later th# cor kinds of things against your will. to say, when the child became old dominate slightly disordered or un
New York A dispatch from St.
oner rams In and Capt. Clinton told That big brute, Capt. Clinton, almply enough to talk and did talk to hla steady minds.
Johns received at 2:16 o ’clock Tues
mothers and sisters, the father could
him I confessed But It Isn’t true. An forced hla will on youre.”
Could Dc Better.
day morning gave rise to the hope
"By Jove— I never thought of that!” never get a “ word out of him," and
nle You know 1 am as Innocant of
The lecture was on the economic,
that the steamer Virginian has some that murder as you are ”
he exclaimed “ I know my head what was more the boy could not talk
ot nature end showed that her great
o f the Titanic's survivors on board.
"Thank Uod, thank Hod!” exclaimed ached terribly after he got through ell I to * nT m* n- This wae assumed In the destructive poweera were used only
The message said she would bring to Annie. "1 see It ail now ."
that questioning When he made me neighborhood to be a punishment of
St. Johns such survivors as she "m ay
man for hls rash vow
Th# re to transform the elements into other
Her tears ware dried Her brain was look at that pistol I couldn't resist
rescue.”
Hope arises from the fact beginning to work rapidly. She al la y more But how are we going to Publication of this curious case led to channels.
"T o Illustrate,” esld the professor,
that the steamer ia putting in there at ready saw a possible line of defence.
break through the net which the po- th* *PP*«rence of another aimllar tale
"there Is In one of the Pacific Islands
all, which she would scarcely do were
lice
have
thrown
around
me?”
of
Intermittent
aphonia,
vouched
for
"1 don't know bow It ell happened,"
a volcano which has lor 16 years been
there nnt some necessity for this ac
“ By getting the beat lawyer we caa
_*
_°_f _
want on Howard ” 1 don’t know any
pouring molten lava Into the ocean
■tanoe
a
young
man
of
IS
years
had
tion. She was bound for Liverpool.
more about It than you do. I left you procure. I shall Insist on Judge Brew
over a precipice 400 feet high and
never
spoken
to
hls
father
nor
to
any-
to go to Undarwood'a apartmant. On ster taking the rase. He declines, but
eleven miles long Eggs are boiled Is
' Canadian Liner Hits Ice.
the way I foolishly took e drink When 1 »hall go to hla office again this after one In the neighborhood but hi* moth the open sea I t miles sway "
Liverpool — The Canadian Pacific 1 got there 1 took more whisky. Be noon
er and sisters. And he could not talk
Ho must
"My goodness'" cried a femlnln*
Steamship company’s liner Empress
with them In the presence of hie fa voice In the audience, "what a big pat
fore I knew It I waa drunk. While
Howard shook hls head
o f Britain, which le ft St. John, N. B.,
ther.
But
when
he
visited
the
clergy-
talking I fell asleep. Suddenly I heard
and what a waste of fire and watei
"You'll not be able to get Brewster.
April 6, arrived here and reports hav
g woman s voice."
He would never dare offend my father men In a neighboring tows he talked land fuse over a little plain cooking!”
ing encountered an ice field 100 miles
in extent when bthree days out from
Halifax.
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