REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN SESSION
Hottest Factional Fight in Political His­
tory of Country Is Expected.
H undreds of Police a n d D eputy
S heriffs in C onvention H a ll—
H eavy D etails G u a rd Every
E n tran c e—G am eras a n d Red
Cross F lags Conspicuous.
Chicago, Ju n e 10.— W hen the gavel
o f V ictor R osew ater, chairm an of the
R epublican national com m ittee, fell a t
noon today, calling to order the fif­
teen th R epublican national conven­
tion, the moat d esp erate fight in the
history of A m erican politics
had
reached a crisis.
The T a ft men th is m orning flatly
refused th e demand o f th e Roosevelt
forces th a t they agree to a proposition
th a t no vote on th e tem porary o rg an ­
ization be valid unless it received th e
affirm ative vote o f 640 delegates— a
m ajority whose rig h t to a s e a t was
unquestioned. T his w as a novel pro­
gram and arranged a t a session o f the
R oosevelt d elegates th a t lasted until
nearly d ay lig h t today.
A t 10:16 th e doors o f the Coliseum
w ere all m anned and th e ticket-hold­
ers began to filter in.
The pressure
a t the doors when they w ere opened
w as not g reat.
G reat lines o f uniform ed policemen
w ere scattered about th e stru c tu re
and m assed
a t every
entrance.
Grouped w ith them w ere 400 special
deputy sheriffs, especially comm is­
sioned by th e sheriff o f Cook county to
see th a t th ere w as no disorder. P lain
clothes men w ere d istrib u te d through
th e crowd of c u rio sity seekers th a t
had flocked to th e scene, hopeful th a t
th e Roosevelt forces would m ake good
th e ir th re a t and storm th e en trance,
th u s m aking a w ay fo r all w ith o u t
tick ets.
T w enty
policem en w ere
grouped in fro n t o f th e p latform and
60 in th e rear.
M ammoth cam eras, aim ed a t the
stag e, w ere perched from every b al­
cony rail.
Red Cross flags a t several doorw ays
w ere a grim rem inder possibly o f a
prophecy.
Two huge m egaphones, an ice w a te r
tank and a p riv a te telephone w ere the
only ornam ents of th e sp e a k e r’s stage.
By 11:10 a. m. th e hall w as more
than h alf filled, and fully tw o-thirds
o f the delegates w ere in th e ir seats.
The aisles w ere jam m ed and th e Chi-
oago fire m arshal and his aides k ep t
officers busy clea rin g them .
The convention w as called to o rd er
by V ictor R osew ater, chairm an of the
R epublican national com m ittee, a t
12 : 02 .
A t 12:16 req u est w as m ade th a t
crowd rem ain q u ie t w hile flashlight
b e ta k e n . A t 12:18 everyone in the
convention hall w as bro u g h t to th e ir
fe e t by the stra in s o f " T h e S tar-
Spangled B a n n e r."
A t 12:20 F a th e r C allaghan pro­
nounced th e invocation.
12:26— R eading o f call concluded.
12:26—The ch air recognized Gov­
ernor H adley, o f M issouri, who moved
to amend th e tem porary roll call.
The R oosevelt people have decided
on G overnor McGovern, o f W isconsin,
instead o f S enator Borah, as th e ir can­
d id ate for tem porary ch airm an, ac­
cording to a sta te m e n t ju s t m ade by
S enator Borah to th e new spaper men.
McGovern is La F o lle tte ’s choice for
chairm an and th is is tak e n to mean
th a t the Roosevelt men may sw ing to
th e W isconsin se n ato r In case o f a
deadlock.
The
W isconsin
delegation an­
nounced th a t it w ill vote unanim ously
for McGovern fo r tem porary c h a ir­
man.
M arinas Are E ntrenched.
H avana—The U nited S ta te s m arines
stationed a t Kl Cobre, 10 m iles w est
of Santiago, have throw n up en tren ch ­
m ents and are well prepared to re sist
any attack . The Cuban gunboat B aire
has arrived, b rin g in g as prisoners
G regori Surin, a noted revolutionary
leader, and 10 o thers. The m ayor of
Palm a Soriana rep o rts th a t th e con­
ditions th ere are m ost serious. More
than 4000 persons have ta k e n refuge
in the town, w here they are sleeping
in the stre e ts and are absolutely d e sti­
tute.
M orris W orking on R o td
Hood R iver, O r.— W. Cooper Mor­
ris, the convicted bank-w recker, of
Portland, began work as an honor man
on the Portland-H ood R iver highw ay
a t Camp Benson.
M orris arriv ed
w ith ano th er prisoner from Salem and
w as put to work w ith a gang on the
scenic boulevard around Shell Rock
m ountain.
" I may put M orris on my crew of
su rv ey o rs,” said M urray Kay, county
engineer, who has supervision of the
w ork, " f o r he ought to be good a t fig­
ures and thus be o f a ssista n c e .”
W oman A ttacks Asquith.
L ondon— W hile P rem ier A squith
w as holding an official reception in
honor of the k in g 's birth d ay , a fash ­
ionably dressed su ffra g e tte tried to
te a r th e epauettea off th e p re m ie r’s
coat. Mrs. A squith trie d to rescue
her husband from th e unwelcome a t­
tentions o f th e woman and then an
usher literally dragged the su ffrag ette
aw ay from th e prem ier and ejected
her from the building. Some reports
say the woman b eat P rem ier A squith.
F arm Given T o C hildren.
W alla W alla, W aah.—To give them
a chance to m anage the property while
he w as y e t alive and could help them,
Thom as Lyons, a pioneer, d istrib u te d
2600 acres o f th e finest farm in g land
in the valley among hia siz children.
The deeds give th e value of each tra c t
and th e to tal is $94,000, as a conser­
v ativ e estim ate.
Chicago Ju n e 18. — A g ain st the
th re a ts, charges and b itte r invective
o f th e R oosevelt forces th e T a ft sup­
p o rters in th e R epublican national
convention pu t through today the first
portion o f th e ir program by electing
S en ato r Root, o f New Y ork, tem por­
ary chairm an.
In sp ite o f th e fa c t th a t V ictor
R osew ater, chairm an of the national
com m ittee, consistently ruled out o f
o rd er every motion made by the
R oosevelt forces, it required more
than five hours to reach a vote on the
chairm anship.
The calling o f the roll was beset
w ith difficulties from th e first nam e of
th e list of d elegates, b u t in the end,
when th e tu m u lt had died aw ay, Sen­
a to r Root w as found to have won by a
vote o f 668 to 602 for G overnor Mc­
Govern, of W isconsin, w ith 14 sc a t­
te rin g votes and four not voting.
T o n ig h t both th e T a ft and Roosevelt
forces a re a sse rtin g th a t th is vote in­
d icates th a t th e ir candidate is abso­
lu tely su re to win.
The ad v an ta g e ap p ears to be w ith
th e presid en t, how ever, fo r w hile he
is sure to lose some of th e votes th a t
w ere c a st for S enator Root, it is said
th a t he w ill g ain , if in stru ctio n s are
lived up to, some o f th e votes inde­
pendently ca st fo r McGovern.
Those leaders who have been u rg in g
a com prom ise candidate ev er since they
arriv e d in Chicago are p o in tin g to an ­
o th e r angle in th e figures and say they
show th a t it is essen tial to nam e a so-
called " d a r k h o rs e " to save the day
fo r th e R epublican party.
W hie Mr. Root was m ade chairm an
and m anaged to d eliv er his “ k ey n o te”
speech, th e fighting is to be renewed
a t 1 o ’clock tom orrow m orning, when
th e m otion o f th e R oosevelt leaders to
s u b s titu te a new list o f d eleg a tes for
those seated in some o f th e contested
cases heard before the national com­
m itte e is to be tak e n up as th e unfin­
ished business.
No com m ittees w ere
nam ed to n ig h t and none w ill be until
th is motion to " p u r g e " the convention
o f “ frau d u le n t d e le g a te s” is disposed
of. Today it w as defeated on a point
of order, b u t th e Roosevelt forces a s­
se rt th a t p a rliam en tary p ractice will
not be p erm itted to stand in th e ir way
tom orrow .
The R oosevelt people and th e T a ft
people c arried o u t alm ost to th e le tte r
th e ir program s as announced in ad­
vance. The Roosevelt people say to­
n ig h t they a re going to fight every
inch o f th e way.
C ries o f " b o lte r s ” w ere hurled a t
th e R oosevelt d eleg a tes a t tim es in
th e session, b u t th e contingency [of a
bolt to n ig h t seem ed to be fn r d ista n t.
C alifo rn ia assum ed a b e llig eren t a t­
titu d e alm ost w ith the s t a r t o f the
roll call, when th e tw o Roosevelt dele­
g ates from th e Fouth d is tric t, u n seat­
ed by th e natio n al com m ittee, w ere
not allowed to vote.
P ro te sts w ere
confined to eloquence. The tw o votes
fo r Root w ere th e only encroachm ent
in th a t s ta te upon th e vote cast for
McGovern. Pennsylvania m ade even
a fiercer p ro te st a g a in st th e vote of an
a lte rn a te .
C O N T E 8 T E R 8 L O S IN G H O P E .
W a sh in g to n D e le g a te s R e fu se C o m ­
p ro m is e W ith La F o liette M en.
Chicago, Ju n e 18. — C o n testin g
R oosevelt d eleg a tes from W ashington
had a conference today w ith La Fol­
ie tte lead ers w ith a view to g e ttin g
th e su p p o rt o f L a F o liette d eleg a tes in
th e ir fight for se a ts in th e convention.
L a F o lie tte people w ere not deeply
in te re ste d in Beating 14 d elegates
pledged to R oosevelt, and said so.
They offered, how ever, to help the
W ashington c o n testan ts if th e la tte r
would ag ree to s p lit th e ir delegates,
g iv in g La F o lie tte Beven votes o u t of
14 if th e co n te sta n ts should be seated.
T his proposition w as m ore than the
W ashington men could swallow. Four
w ere w illin g to dicker on th is basis,
b u t only four, so th e deal w as declared
off. W ashington co n testin g delegates
are fa s t losing hope and see little
chance o f b eing seated, in view of
to d a y 's lin e-up.____________
S ab s C arrie d Mile and U rh u rt—B od­
ies Miles F rom H om e.
K ansas C ity . — T w enty-six persons
are known to have been killed and
many injured by a storm th a t paused
over C entral W est M issouri la te Mon­
day, dem olishing buildings, tearin g
down w ires and leaving the sm aller
towns and country homes com pletely
w recked.
R eports in d icate th a t the
storm , a fte r doing many thousands of
d o llars’ w orth o f dam age here, passed
to th e S outhw est, w recking all build­
ings in its p ath. In B ates county,
M issouri, th e N orthw estern section
was sw ept for five m iles and nearly
every building in a track h alf a mile
wide was dem olished. H ere 13 d eath s
have been reported.
From Sedalia, Mo., tw o d eath s are
reported, w hile rum ors, unverified as
y et, m ake th e to ta l much larg er. The
storm stru ck B ates county h a lf a m ile
from M erwin. There, when the home
o f H enry Cam eron w as destroyed and
his th ree children killed, the wind
picked up his baby, and it w as found
uninjured a m ile from home.
The
bodies o f Gibson Groves and Fred
Groves w ere found a m ile from th e ir
home. They w ere in the building
when th e storm struck.
Telephone w ires thro u ghout B ates
county are down and th e rep o rts have
been b ro u g h t in by m essengers.
In the country surrounding Sedalia
th e w ires are down, bu t aid is being
rushed to th e o u tly in g tow ns by W ar-
rensburg, S edalia and W indsor.
N othing has been heard from the
d is tric t lying betw een W indsor, Mo.,
and B utler.
JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS
SICK WITH HOOKWORM
S e a ttle —T h irty im m ig rants from
th e O rient, including 20 Japanese
" p ic tu re b rid e s ," are held in quaran
tin e a t th e U nited S ta te s im m igration
statio n here because they a re afflicted
w ith hookworm.
" A b o u t 50 p er cent o f the Jap an ese
women e n te rin g A m erica are victim s
o f hookw orm ,” said Dr. Jo liv a r J.
Lloyd, o f th e U n ited S ta te s public
health and m arin e hospital service.
“ Only 12 p er cen t o f th e m ale im m i­
g ra n ts from Ja p a n have the disease.
The g re a te r prevalence o f the disease
am ong the Ja p a n e se women than the
men is because th e women go b are­
footed w hile w orking in the rice
fields, w hile the men have been accus­
tomed to w earin g shoes.
The disease
is co n tracted by the larvae o f the
hookworm e n te rin g th e system through
some abrasion of th e skin, frequently
on th e feet.
I t has been estim ated
th a t 90 per cen t of th e C hinese boys
who e n te r th is country have the dis­
ease.
C h ris to ffe rs o n In W re c k .
V ancouver, W ash. — H arry C hris­
tofferson, b ro th er of Silas C hristoffer­
son, who made a successful flight from
th e roof o f th e M ultnom ah hotel d u r­
in g the Rose F estiv a l, had a narrow
escape from d eath w hile o p eratin g the
sam e biplane.
A bout a m ile up th e Colum bia riv e r
from th e barrack s, w here the hangars
are, C hristofferson, flying a t a h eight
of 200 feet, a tte m p te d to m ake a turn,
b u t failed to n eg o tiate it and lost con­
trol. The m achine headed into a tree
and the d riv e r m anaged to cling to a
bough, from w hich he w as la te r res­
cued unhurt.
C o lo ra d o L evee B re a k s.
Needles, C al.— T h at a break in the
Colorado R iver levee had occurred a t
some unknow n po in t w as the belief
here T uesday, as th e riv e r suddenly
began to fall early in th e m orning and
k e p t it up all day.
R iver men said
th is fall w as due to a break a t some
place w here com m unication had been
cu t off, b u t it w as believed to be a t
some point on th e A rizona side.
For several y ears p ast it has been
dem onstrated th a t th e g re a te st dam ­
age d u rin g high w a te r occurred a fte r
the c re st o f th e flood had been reached
and the w a te r had begun to recede, and
to com bat th is situ a tio n the S an ta Fe
is m arsh alin g hundreds of men and a
g re a t q u a n tity o f m aterial.
C en tral O hio S to rm S w ept.
Columbus, O. — A rain and wind
storm tornado sw ep t th e central p a rt
o f Ohio, m aking hundreds homeless
and doing dam age estim a te d a t a m il­
lion dollars.
A t D elaw are th e roof
o f St. M a ry ’B C atholic school w as
lifte d and borne across the stre e t,
w recking tw o cottages. In th is city
several houses w ere unroofed.
T ele­
graph and telephone com panies are
th e g re a te st sufferers. Many m iles of
w ires are down. P lain C ity. 17 m iles
D a rro w A gent P e rju re d
w est of here, w as alm ost dem olished
Los A ngeles — G eorge Behm, of and several persons are injured.
P o rtag e, W is., an uncle of O rtie Mc-
Cyclone Kills W o rsh ip p ers.
M anigal, testified a t th e b rib ery tria l
of C larence S. D arrow th a t Darrow
Zanesville, O .—T hree w ere killed
had bro u g h t him to Los A ngeles to g et and a score in ju red when a tornado
O rtie McM anigal to rep u d iate his con­ struck here, toppling th e steeple of
fession. Behm testified also th a t he the S k . Thom as
C atholic church
had denied before the grand ju ry th a t through the roof w hile services w ere
he had trie d to influence M cM anigal. being held.
The storm sta rte d in th e
as D arrow had told him so to te stify . w estern p a rt o f th e city . It lost its
Behm co n tradicted th e la tte r s ta te ­ force a p p aren tly a fte r trav elin g 25
m ent and said D arrow had told him to m iles east of h ere and toppling over
refu se to answ er questions reg ard in g num erous barns.
More than 500
hia relatio n s w ith M cM anigal.
houses w ere badly dam aged and 50
fam ilies w ere m ade hom eless. Scores
B o g u s T ic k e ts A c ce p ted .
of narrow escapes w ere reported from
C h icag o - In sp ite of the precautions chim neys c rash in g through roofs.
tak en by th e com m ittee on a rra n g e ­
R ebels F o rce Fighting.
m ents and the police to p revent any
b u t those holding re g u la r tic k e ts from
C hihuahua — S k irm ish ing betw een
g ain in g adm ission to the coliseum , it the o utposts o f th e rebels and federals
w as reported th a t scores had been a t LaCruz. 60 m iles south of Rachim-
passed by doorkeepers e ith e r for a ha, the rebel stronghold, resulted in a
money consideration, for frie n d sh ip 's loss to th e governm ent o f 12, and the
sake, o r on a tic k e t resem bling the rebels two dead, according to reports
re g u la r ones b u t not genuine.
C hief received here. The rebels w ere com­
D oorkeeper H ansen removed several m anded by G eneral Del Toro.
The
o f his aides a fte r ta k in g th e ir badges significance of th e action is th a t the
from them and causing tw o form er rebels have d eterm ined to m ake Gen-
alderm en to be ejected.
H eral u e rta tight every inch o f his way
n orth tow ard Bachim ba.
P a r k e r M ay Be C h e irm a n .
B altim o re—I t w as said here th a t
Alton B. P a rk e r was a likely candi­
d a te for th e tem porary chairm anship
o f the D eocratic national convention,
w ith R ep resen tativ e Jam es, o f K en­
tucky, n e x t stro n g est.
S en ato r Gore,
o f O klahom a
and
R ep resen tativ e
M itchell P alm er of Pennsylvania w ill
second th e nom ination o f Woodrow
W ilson, It is announced, w hile frien d s
of G overnor B urke o f N orth D akota
sta rte d a “ dark horse” boom for him.
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MANY K IL L E D BY C Y C L O N E .
G uanajuato, M exico, Flooded,
G uan aju ato , M ex.— A cloudburst
here flooded th e city to a depth o f sev­
eral feet. The loss o f life and prop­
e rty was larg e.
The Porfirlo Diaz
d rain ag e tunnel saved th e tow n from
g re a te r d isaster.
The rain fall was
g re a te r th an in 1906, when m ore than
200 lives w ere lost. The city is in a
narrow gorge in which th e riv er runs.
Many A m erican m ining p ro p erties are
in th e su rro u n d in g hills.
A R m O B A T T O V lZ dDU
M i i m a D t p m Q m j ilqitb
K urd D ogmi
^CHARLES KLEIN
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ARTHUR0HORN BLOW
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY RAY WALTER^
C O erkiC K T , ISOS, s r G.W. D auW G H A M consA M V
SY N O P SIS .
H ow ard
Je fT rl aa. b a n k e r ' s
eon. u n d e r
th e evil Influence o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y al e , l e a d s a Ufa o f d i s ­
sipation. m a r r ie s th e d a u g h t e r of a g a m ­
b l e r w h o d i e d In p r i s o n , a n d la d i s o w n e d
b y b i s f a t h e r . H a is o u t o f w o r k a n d In
desperate straits
U nderw ood, w ho had
once been e n g a g e d to H o w a r d 's s f P '
m o t h e r . A l h ' l u , la a p p a r e n t l y In p r o s p e r ­
ous circum stances
T a k in g ad v a n ta g e of
hia I n t i m a c y w ith A lic ia, h e b e c o m e s a
s o rt of social h i g h w a y m a n .
D iscovering
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 th e
house
H e sen d s h e r a n o te th r e a te n i n g
suicide.
A rt d e a le r s fo r w h o m he a c te d
a s com m issioner, d e m a n d a n a c c o u n tin g
H a c a n n o t m a k a good.
H o w a rd calls a t
h i s 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 ­
ti o n t o r e q u e s t a l o a n o f 12.000 t o e n a b l e
him to ta x e up a b u s in e s s prop o sitio n .
H o w a rd d rin k s h im s e lf Into a m a u d lin
co n d itio n , a n d go es to sleep on a divan.
A c u l l e r Is a n n o u n c e d a n d U n d e r w o o d
draw s
a
acreen
around
the
drunken
sleeper.
A li c i a e n t e r s .
Sha d em an d s a
p r o m i s a f r o m U n d e r w o o d t h a t h e will n o t
t a k e Ilia li f e
H e r e f u s e s u n l e s s s h e w il l
renew her patronage.
T his she refuses,
a n d t a k e s h e r le av a. U n d e r w o o d kills
him self.
T h e r e p o r t o f t h e p istol a w a ­
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 .
H o w a r d la t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e p o li c e .
C a p t . C lin to n , n o t o r i o u s f o r hia b r u t a l
tre atm en t
of
p risoners,
puts
H ow ard
t h r o u a h th e t h i r d d e g re e , a n d fina lly g e t s
a n a lleg ed confession fro m th e h a r a s s e d
m a n . A nnie, H o w a r d 's w ife, d e c la r e s h e r
b e l i e f In n e r h u s b a n d ' s I n n o c e n c e , a n d
c a lls on J effries. Sr.
H e r e f u s e s to help
u n l e s s s h e w il l c o n s e n t t o a d i v o r c e . T o
save H ow ard she consents, bu t w hen she
finds t h a t t h e e l d e r J e f f r i e s d o e s n o t In­
tend to s ta n d by his son, e x c e p t fin a n ­
cially, s h e s c o r n s his help. A n n ie a p p e a ls
to J u d g e B rew ster, a t to r n e y fo r Jeffries.
Sr., to t a k e H o w a r d ' s r a s e . H e d e c lin e s ,
f t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t A n n i e Is g o i n g o n t h e
stage.
T h e b a n k e r a n d his w ife r a i l on
J u d g e B r e w s t e r t o f in d s o m e w a y t o p r e ­
v e n t It. A n n i e a g a i n p l e a d s w i t h B r e w ­
ster
to
defend
H ow ard.
He
con­
sents.
A lic ia
Is
g reatly
alarm ed
when
she
learns
from
A nnie
-tha t
B r e w s te r h a s ta k e n th e case.
She con­
fe s s e s to A n n ie t h a t s h e c a lle d o n U n d e r ­
w ood th e n ig h t o f his d e a th , a n d t h a t s h e
h a s h i s l e t t e r In w h i c h h e t h r e a t e n e d s u i ­
ci d e , b u t b e g s f o r t i m e b e f o r e g i v i n g o u t
th e in fo rm atio n .
A n nie p ro m ise s B r e w ­
s te r to p ro d u ce th e m issin g w o m a n a t a
m e e tin g a t Ms h om e.
B rew ster accuses
C lin to n of fo re lh g a c o n fessio n fro m
H o w a rd . A nnie a p p e a r s w ith o u t th e w i t ­
n e ss a n d r e f u s e s to g iv e t h e n a m e . A lic ia
a r r i v e s , ( ’a p t . C l i n t o n d e c l a r e s A n n i e h a s
trick ed th e m .
A licia h a n d s h im U h d e r-
w c o d ’r l e t t e r . A n n i e l e t s C l i n t o n b e l i e v e
t h e l e t t e r w a s w r i t t e n to h e r . S h e is a r ­
rested.
C H A P T E R XIX.
T he Je ffrie s c ase su d d e n ly e n te re d
Into a n e n tire ly new p h ase, a n d o nce
m ore w as deem ed of sufficient public
In te re s t to w a rra n t colum n a fte r col­
um n of spicy c o m m e n t In th e n e w s­
p a p ers.
T h e tow n aw oke one m o rn ­
ing to le a rn th a t th e long-sought-for
w itn ess, th e m y ste rio u s w om an on
w hose te s tim o n y e v e ry th in g h inged,
had not only b e en fo u n d .b u t proved
to be th e p ris o n e r's ow n w ife, w ho
had been so a c tiv e In b is d e fen se .
T h is a n n o u n c e m e n t w as stu p e fy in g
e n ough to o v e rsh ad o w all o th e r n ew s
of th e day, and sa tisfie d th e m o st
jad e d p a la te for se n sa tio n a lis m .
T h e first q u e stio n a sk e d on a ll sid e s
w ns: W hy had n o t th e w ife com e fo r­
w ard b efo re?
T h e re aso n , a s g libly
e x p la in e d by a n e v e n in g jo u rn a l of
so m e w h a t yellow p ro c liv itie s, w as log­
ical enough. T h e te llin g of h e r m id ­
n ig h t v isit to a sin g le m a n ’s room s
Involved a sh a m efu l a d m issio n w hich
a n y w om an m ig h t w ell h e s ita te to
m a k e u n le ss forced to It a s a la s t
e x tre m ity . C o n fro n ted , h ow ever, w ith
th e a lte rn a tiv e of e ith e r se e in g h e r
h u sb a n d suffer for a c rim e of w hich
he w as Inn o cen t o r m a k in g public ac­
k n o w led g m en t of h e r ow n fra ilty , sh e
had chosen th e la tte r co u rse.
N a t­
u rally , li m ea n t d iv o rce from th e b a n k ­
e r ’s son. and u n d o u b ted ly th is w as th e
so lu tio n m o st w ished fo r by th e fam ily.
T h e w hole u n sa v o ry a ffa ir conveyed a
good lesson to re c k le s s young m en of
w e a lth to avoid e n ta n g lin g th e m ­
se lv e s tr. u n d e sira b le m a trim o n ia l a d ­
v e n tu re s.
B ut It w as no less c e rta in ,
w en t on th is jo u rn a lis tic m en to r, th a t
th is w ife, u n fa ith fu l a s sh e had proved
h e rs e lf to be, had re a lly re n d e re d h e r
h u sb a n d a sig n a l se rv ic e In h e r p re s ­
e n t sc rap e .
T h e le tte r sh e had pro­
duced, w ritte n to h e r by U nderw ood
th e day b e lo re h ts d e a th , in w hich he
s ta te d his d e te rm in a tio n to k ill h im ­
self. w as. of c o u rse, a co m p lete vin d i­
c atio n for th e m an a w a itin g tria l. H ls
lib e ra tio n now d e p en d e d only on how
quickly th e p o n d e ro u s m a c h in e ry of
th e law could ta k e cog n izan ce of th is
new and m ost Im p o rta n t evidence.
T h e new tu rn of a ffa irs w as n a t­
u ra lly m ost d is ta s te fu l to th e police.
If th e r e w as one t h l r g m ore th a n
a n o th e r w hich a n g e re d (’ap t. C linton It
w as to ta k e th e tro u b le to build up a
c ase only to h ave It su d d e n ly d em o l­
ish ed
H e scoffed a t th e "su ic id e le t­
te r,” sa fely c o m m itte d to Ju d g e B rew ­
s te r 's c u sto d y , and op en ly b ra n d ed It
as a fo rg ery con co cted by an Im m oral
w om an fo r th e p u rp o se of d e fe a tin g
th e e n d s of ju stic e .
H e k e p t A nnie a
p riso n e r and defied th e c o u n sel for
th e d e fe n se to do th e ir w o rst. Ju d g e
B re w ste r, who loved th e fray, a c c e p t­
ed th e c h allen g e
H e a c te d p rom ptly.
He se c u re d A unle's re le a s e on h a b e a s
c o rp u s p ro c ee d in g s and. hls civil su it
a g a in st th e city h a v in g a lre a d y b egun
In th e c o u rts, he su d d e n ly called C apt.
C linton to th e s ta n d a n d g av e him
a g rillin g w hich m o re th a n a to n e d for
any w hich th e police ty r a n t had p re ­
viously m ade hia v ictim s suffer.
In
th e lim e lig h t of a se n s a tio n a l tria l. In
w hich public s e rv a n ts w ere c h arg e d
w ith a b u sin g p o sitio n s of tru s t, he
show ed C apt. C linton up a s a bully ami
a g ra fte r, a b rib e-tak e r, w ork in g hand
and glove w ith d ish o n e st p o liticia n s,
not h e s ita tin g even to d iv id e loot w ith
th ie v e s a n d d iv e-k e ep e rs In h is greed
for w e alth
H e pro v ed him to be s
c o n su m m a te liar, a m an w ho w ould
sto p a t n o th in g to gain h ls ow n en d s
W h at ju ry w ould ta k e th e w ord of
su c h a m an aa th is * Y et th is w as th e
man w ho still in siste d th a t H ow ard
Js ffrle a w as g u ilty of th e (h o o tin g
of R o b e rt U nderw ood!
B ut public opinion w as too Intelll
g e n t to be h o odw .nked fo r any len g th
of tim e by a b ru ta l and Ig n o ran t po
lleiKnen
T h e re waa a cla m o r for th e
P laced th e Rolla a n d
p ris o n e r’s re le a se . T h e e v id e n ce w as
such th a t fu rth e r d e la y w as In e x cu s­
able.
T h e d is tric t a tto rn e y , th u s
urg ed , to o k an a c tiv e In te re s t In th e
c ase, and a fte r going o v e r th e new evi­
dence w ith Ju d g e B re w ste r, w e n t be­
fore th e c o u rt and m ade fo rm al a p ­
p lic a tio n fo r th e d ism issa l of th e com ­
p lain t. A few days la te r H ow ard J e f­
frie s le ft th e T om bs am id th e c h e e rs
of a crow d a sse m b le d o u tsid e. A t hls
side w a lk ed h ls w ife, now sm ilin g
th ro u g h te a rs of joy.
It w as q glad hom e-com ing to th e
little flat In H arlem . To H o w ard , a ft­
e r sp e n d in g so long a tim e In th e
n a rro w p riso n q u a rte rs , It se e m e d like
p a ra d ise , a n d A nnie w alk ed on a ir, so
d e lig h ted w as she to h a v e him w ith
h e r a g ain . Y et th e re w ere s till a n x i­
e tie s to cloud th e ir h a p p in e ss.
The
close confinem ent, w ith Its a tte n d a n t
w orry, had se rio u sly u n d e rm in e d H ow ­
a r d ’s h e a lth . H e w as pale a n d a tt e n ­
u a te d , and so w eak th a t h e had se v ­
e ra l fa in tin g spells.
M uch a la rm e d ,
A nnie sum m oned Dr. B e rn ste in , w ho
a d m in iste re d a tonic. T h e re w as n o th ­
ing to cau se a n x ie ty , he sa id , r e a s ­
su rin g ly . It w as a n a tu ra l re a c tio n
a f te r w h a t h e r h u sb a n d h a d u n d e r­
gone.
B u t It w as w o rry a s m u ch
a s a n y th in g else.
H ow ard w o rrie d
a b o u t h ls fa th e r, w ith w hom he w as
only p n rtla lly re co n c ile d ; he w o rried
ab o u t hls fu tu re , w hich w as a s p re ­
c ario u s a s e v er, and m ost of all he
w o rried a b o u t his wife. H e w as n o t
Ig n o ra n t of th e c irc u m s ta n c e s w hich
had b ro u g h t a b o u t hls re le a s e , a n d
w hile lib e rty w as sw e e t to him , It h a d
been a te rrib le sh o c k w h en h e first
h e a rd th a t sh e w as th e w om an w ho
h a d v isite d U n d e rw o o d 's room s.
He
re fu sed to believ e h e r sw orn ev idence.
How w as it p o ssib le? W hy should sh e
go to U n d e rw o o d ’s room s k n o w in g he
w as th e re ? It w as p re p o ste ro u s. S till
th e sm a ll voice ra n g in hls e a r s — p e r­
h a p s s h e ’s u n tru e !
It h a u n te d him
till one d a y he a sk e d p o in t-b lan k for
an e x p la n a tio n .
T b en she to ld th a t
sh e h a d p e rju re d h e rself. S he w as n o t
th e w om an.
W ho sh e re a lly w as sh e
could not say. H e m u st b e sa tisfie d
for th e p re s e n t w ith th e a ss u ra n c e
th a t It w as n o t hls w ife. W ith th a t
he w as c o n te n t. W h at did h e c a re fo r
th e opinion of o th e rs ? H e k n e w —th a t
w as en o u g h ! In th e ir c o n v e rsa tio n on
th e su b je c t A nnie did n o t even m e n ­
tion A licia’s nam e. W hy should sh e ? ”
W eeks pa sse d , and H o w ard 's h e a lth
did not Im prove. H e had trie d to find
a p o sitio n , b u t w ith o u t su c c ess, y e t
e v e ry day b ro u g h t Its o b lig a tio n s
w hich had to be m et.
O ne m o rn in g
A nnie w as b u stlin g a b o u t th e ir tin y
d in in g room p re p a rin g th e ta b le for
th e ir fru g a l luncheon.
She had ju s t
p laced th e ro lls and b u tte r on th e
tab le , and a rra n g e d th e eh alra, w hen
th e re cam e a rin g a t th e fro n t d o o r­
bell.
E a rly v isito rs w ere n o t so In­
fre q u e n t as to cau se su rp rise , so, w ith ­
o u t w a itin g to rem ove h e r a p ro n , sh e
w ent to th e do o r and open ed IL Dr.
B e rn ste in e n te re d .
"Good m o rn in g . Mrs. Je ffrie s." he
said, c h ee rily . B u ttin g dow n hls m edl-
cal b sg . h e a sk e d : "H ow Is o u r pa­
tie n t th is m o rn in g ? "
“ All rig h t, doctor. H e had a s p le n ­
did n ig h t's re st. I’ll c all him ."
“ N e v er m ind, I w a n t to ta lk to you."
S erio u sly , he w ent o n : "M rs. Je ffrie s,
yo u r h u sb a n d n e ed s a c h an g e of scene.
H e’s w o rry in g T h a t fa in tin g epell th e
o th e r day w as only a sym ptom .
I’m
a fra id h e ’ll b re a k dow n u n le ss— "
"U n le ss w h a t? " sh e d e m a n d ed , anx
toualy.
H e h e s ita te d for a m om ent, a s If u n ­
w illing to give u tte ra n c e to w o rd s he
knew m u st Inflict pain.
T h en
he
quickly c o n tin u e d :
"Y our h u sb a n d la u n d e r a g re a t
m e n ta l s tra in .
H ls In a b ility to aup-
p o rt you. h ts b a n is h m e n t from
hls
p ro p e r s p h e re In th e social w orld la
m en ta l to r tu r e to him .
H e feels hts
position keenly. T h e re Is n o th in g else
to occupy h ls m ind but th o u g h ts of
bis u t te r a n d co m p le te fa ilu re in life.
I w as ta lk in g to h is fa th e r la st nigbL
a n d —"
B u tte r on th e
T ab le.
“And w h a t? ” s h e d em an d ed , d ra w ­
ing h e rse lf up.
S he su sp e c te d w hat
w as com ing, a n d n e rv e d h e rs e lf to
m ee t It.
"N ow , d o n ’t re g a rd m e a s a n enem y,"
sa id th e d o c to r In a co n cilia to ry
tone. "M r. Je ffrie s In q u ired a f te r hls
son.
B elieve m e, h e ’s v e ry anxious.
He know s he did th e boy a g re a t In­
ju stic e , a n d h e w a n ts to m ak e up
for It."
"O h, ue d o e s? ” sh e ex claim ed , s a r ­
c astica lly .
D r.B e rn ste ln h e s ita te d for a m o m en t
before rep ly in g . T h en he sa id , lig h tly :
"S uppose H o w ard goes a b ro a d for a
few m o n th s w ith h ls f a th e r and
m o th e r? ”
“ Is th a t th e p ro p o sitio n ? " sh e d e ­
m anded.
T h e d o c to r nodded.
"I believe M r. Je ffrie s h a s a lre a d y
sp o k e n a b o u t It to b is son," be said.
A nnie choked b a c k a sob and, c ro ss­
in g th e room to c o n ceal h e r em otion,
stood w ith h e r b a ck tu rn e d , looking
o u t of th e w indow .
H e r voice w as
tre m b lin g a s sh e sa id :
"H e w a n ts to s e p a ra te us, I know .
H e ’d give h a lf b is fo rtu n e to do It.
P e rh a p s h e ’s n o t a lto g e th e r w rong.
T h in g s do look p re tty b la c k for m e,
d o n ’t th e y ? E v ery b o d y b e lie v es th a t
m y going to se e U nderw ood th a t n ig h t
h a d so m e th in g to do w ith hls su icid e
and led to m y h u sb a n d b e in g fa lsely
a ccu sed . T h e police b u ilt up a fine ro­
m an ce a b o u t Mr. U nderw ood a n d m e
—a n d th e n e w sp a p e rs !
E v ery o th e r
d a y a re p o rte r com es a n d a s k s us
w hen th e d iv o rce Is going to ta k e
p lace— and w ho Is going to In s titu te
th e p ro c ee d in g s, H ow ard o r me.
If
ev ery b o d y w ould only m ind th e ir own
b u sin e ss and le t us alo n e he m ig h t
fo rg et. Oh, I d o n ’t m ea n you, doctor.
You’re m y frien d .
You m ade s h o rt
w ork of CapL C lin to n a n d h ls c o n fes­
sio n .’
1 m oan p eople— o u ts id e rs —
s tr a n g e r s —-who d o n ’t know us, and
d o n ’t c are w h e th e r w e ’re a liv e o r d e a d ;
th o se a re th e p eople I m dan.
T h ey
buy a one-cen t p a p e r and th e y th in k
It gives th em th e rig h t to pry Into
e v ery d e ta il of o u r liv e s.’’ 8 h e pau sed
for a m om ent, a n d th e n w e n t on: “ So
you th in k H ow ard Is w o rry in g ?
1
th in k , so, too.
A t first 1 th o u g h t It
w as b e ca u se of th e le tte r Mr. U n d e r­
wood w ro te m e, b u t I g u e ss It’s w h a t
you say.
H ls old frie n d s w on’t h a v e
a n y th in g to do w ith him a n d — h e 's
lonely.
W ell, I'll ta lk It o v e r w ith
him — ’’
“ Yes— ta lk it o v e r w ith him ."
“ Did you p ro m lee hie f a th e r you'd
a sk m e ? ” sh e d em an d ed .
"N o— n o t e x a c tly ," he re p lie d , heel
ta tln g ly .
A nnie looked a t him fran k ly .
"H o w a rd ’s a p re tty good fellow to
s ta n d by m e In th e face of a ll tb a t'e
b e in g laid about a y ebaraeie* I n i
he, d o c to r?
A nd I'm n o t g o tb g to
s ta n d In hia lig h t, av an It It d o e sn ’t
e x a c tly m ak e m e th e h a p p ie s t w om an
In th e w orld, b u t d o n ’t le t t t tric k le
in to y o u r m ind th a t I’m d o in g It to r
h ls f a th e r 's s a k e .”
A t th a t m o m e n t H o w ard e n te re d
fro m th e In n e r room .
H e w aa su r­
p rise d to aee Dr. B e rn ste in .
“How do you feel to-day T" a sk e d th e
d o ctor.
" F ir s t ra te ! O h, I*m a ll r i g h t You
see. I’m ju s t goin g to e a t a h its . W o n 't
you Join u s?"
H e s a t dow n a t th e ta b le e n d p ish e d
up th e n e w sp a p e r, w h ile A nnie busied
h e rse lf w ith c a rry in g In th e d ish e s.
"N o, th a n k you." lau g h e d th e do cto r.
" I t’s too e a rly fo r m e. I'v e only ju s t
had b re a k fa st.
I dro p p ed la to se e
how you w e re .” T a k in g up hia bag,
he sa id : "Good-by! D on’t g e t up. I
can le t m yself ou t."
B ut A nnie had a lre a d y open ed th e
do o r for him , a n d sm iled a fa re w e ll.
W hen sh e re tu rn e d to h e r s e a t a t th e
h e ad of th e ta b le , a n d beg an to po u r
o u t th e coffee, H o w ard sa id :
“H e 's a p re tty d e c e n t fellow , l e n t
h e?"
“Y es," sh e re p lied , ab se n t-m in d ed ly ,
as she p assed a cup of coffee.
"H e m ad e a m o n k ey of C apt. C lin­
ton all lig h t," w e n t on H ow ard. “ W h at
did he com e fo r? "
"T o eoe you—of c o u rse ,” s h e r e ­
plied.
"O h. I’m a ll rig h t now ,” h e replied.
L ooking a n x io u sly a t hie w ife a c ro ss
th e tab le , he sa id : "Y ou’re th e one
th a t n eods tu n in g up.
I h e a rd you
c ry in g la s t n ig h t. You th o u g h t I w as
a slee p , b u t I w a sn 't. I d id n 't sa y a n y ­
th in g b e ca u se — w ell— I f e lt k in d of
blue m yself."
A nnie sig h e d a n d lea n ed b a r h e ad
on h e r hand. W e a rily sh e sa id :
"I w as th in k in g o v e r all t h a t w e’ve
been th ro u g h to g e th e r, a n d w h a t
th e y 're sa y in g a b o u t u s— "
H o w ard th re w dow n h ls n e w sp a p e r
Im p atien tly .
" L e t th em sa y w h a t th e y like. W hy
should w e c a re a s long a s w e’re
happy?”
H is w ife sm iled sadly.
“A re w e h a p p y ?" sh e ask e d , g e n tly .
"O f c o u rse we a r e ,” re p lie d H ow ­
ard .
81ie looked up a n d sm iled.
It w as
good to h e a r him sa y so, b u t did he
m ea n it?
W as sh e doin g rig h t to
s ta n d In th e w ay of h ls c a re e r? W ould
he n o t be h a p p ie r If sh e le ft h im ? H e
w as too loyal to su g g e st It, h u t p e r­
h a p s In hls h e a r t he d e sire d It. L ook­
ing a t him te n d e rly , sh e w e n t on:
” 1 d o n ’t q u e stio n y o u r a ffectio n fo r
m e, H ow ard.
I b e lie v e you love m e,
b u t I ’m a fra id th a t, so o n e r o r la te r,
y o u ’ll a s k y o u rse lf th e q u e stio n a ll
y o u r frie n d s a re a sk in g now, th e ques­
tio n ev ery b o d y se e m s to be a sk in g .”
" W h a t q u e stio n ? " d e m a n d e d H ow ­
ard .
"Y e s te rd a y th e bell ra n g a n d a g e n ­
tle m a n sa id h e w a n ted to se e you. I
to ld him you w ere out, a n d h e sa id
I’d do Ju st a s w ell. H e b a n d ed m e •
c ard . O n It w as th e n am e of th e n e w s­
p a p e r h e re p re s e n te d ."
•W e ll? "
"H e a sk e d m e If It w e re tr u e th a t
p ro c ee d in g s for a d iv o rce w ere a b o u t
to be In stitu te d .
If so, w h en ? A nd
could I give him a n y In fo rm a tio n on
th e s u b je c t? I ask e d him w ho w a n te d
th e in fo rm a tio n .and he sa id th e re a d ­
e rs of h ls p a p e r— th e people— I b e lie v e
he said o v e r a m illion of th em . J u s t
th in k , H o w ard ! O v e r a m illio n peo­
ple, n o t c o u n tin g y o u r fa th e r, y o u r
frie n d s a n d re la tio n s , a ll w a itin g to
know w hy you d o n ’t g e t rid of m e,
w hy you d o n ’t be lie v e m e to be a s bad
a s th e y th in k I a m — ”
H o w ard ra is e d hls h a n d fo r h e r
to d e sist.
“ A nnie— p le a s e ! ” he pleaded.
" T h a t’s th e fa c t. Isn ’t i t r s h e
laughed.
"No."
H ls w ife’s h e ad d ro p p e d on th e table.
S he w as c ry in g now.
" I ’ve m ad e a h a rd fight, H o w ard ,”
sh e so b b ed , “ b u t I’m going to give up.
I’m th ro u g h — I’m th r o u g h ! ”
H o w ard took bold of h e r h a n d a n d
c a rrie d It to h ls lips.
"A nnie, old g irl,” he said , w ith som e
feeling, “ I m ay be w eak, I m ay be
blin d , b u t nobody on to p of G od’s g re e n
e a r th can te ll m e th a t y o u ’re n o t th e
s q u a re s t, s tr a lg h te s t little w om an th a t
e v e r lived!
I d o n ’t c a re a d a m n w h a t
one m illion o r e ig h t m illion th in k .
S u p p o sin g you h a d re c e iv e d le tte r s
from U nderw ood, su p p o sin g you h a d
gone to h ls room s to beg him n o t to
kill h im s e lf— w h a t of It? It w ould be
for a good m otive, w o u ld n 't It?
L et
th em ta lk a ll th e bad of you th ey w a n t
I d o n 't be lie v e a w ord of It—you know
1 d o n ’t."
S h e looked up a n d sm iled th ro u g h
h e r te a rs .
“ Y ouT e so good, d e a r,” s h e ex­
claim ed. "Y es, I know you b e lie v e In
m e." S he sto p p e d and c o n tin u e d , -ad-
ly: " B u t y o u 're only a boy, you know .
W h at of th e fu tu re , th e y e a rs to
co m e?”
H o w a rd ’s face b e ca m e se ­
rio u s, a n d sh e w e n t on:
"Y ou se e
y o u 'v e th o u g h t a b o u t It, too, and y o u 'ra
try in g to h id e t t from me.
B ut you
can 'L Y our f a th e r w a n ts you to go
a b ro a d w ith th e fa m ily ."
"W all?"
(T O B K C O N T IN U E D .)
A P o ly th eist.
R ecovery e f L ost S ta n d a rd s .
"W hen th e la te B ishop F oss w as
A c u rio u s e x p e rim e n t
w aa onci
p re sid e n t of A m enta se m in a ry ," said m ad e to d e te rm in e w h e th e r a I os
an aged M ethodist of P h ila d e lp h ia . "I s ta n d a rd could be re co v e red by purel]
c n c e b e ard him d e liv e r an In te re stin g p e rso n a l efforts. T he a ssu m p tio n wai
E a s te r a d d re ss on h e a th e n ism and m ade th a t th e s ta n d a rd of le n g th wai
lost. O ne h u n d re d o p e ra tiv e s a n d otb
Id o latry .
"B ishop Foes show ed ns. w ith a lit­ ere a cc u sto m e d to d e a lin g w ith m e s s
tle sto ry , th e bad effect th a t th e m any u re m e n ts w e re a sk e d to give by e sti
gods of p o ly th eism h a s upon th e m ind
m ate th e ir Idea* of w h a t th e g iv e!
"H e said a little E n g lish boy living sta n d a rd w as— In o th e r
w ords, tc
In In d ia w as re b u k ed by hie m other g u e ss a t len g th or th e m ete r. It wai
for te llin g a falsehood.
found th a t th e g u e sse s w e re m oat a e
" -God. If you tell falsehood!. Will c u ra te for len g th * of a b o u t six i n c h «
be very an g ry w ith you.' said U « —th a t sm all le n g th s w ere u n d e re stl
m other.
m ated and la rg e r ones’ w era o v a re a ti
" -Very welL’ th a y o u n g ste r an
m ated
T a k in g th e a v e ra g e of lb«
■wered. T h e a 1 w ill change ® 7 100 s u b je c ts th e re su lt v aried b u t «
few on* th o u sa n d th s from th e tru th .