Mosier bulletin., April 18, 1913, Image 2

NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEES
AUEN LAND BILL AMENDED
I k (îtfonideso f
A ld in g to n Peace
California House Passes Proposed
Measure in New Form.
Sacram ento, Cal. — An an ti-alien
land ow nership bill, designed p rim arily
to p rev en t Jap an ese from acquiring
title to real property w ithin th e sta te ,
but so worded as to p rohibit any alien
from ow ning land more than one y ear
ex cep t on a declaration o f his in ten ­
tion to become a citizen was passed by
A D em ocratic caucus refused to pu t th e low er house o f the leg islatu re by a
vote of 60 to 15.
The m easure was
c a ttle on th e free list.
d ra fte d by a subcom m ittee o f th e ju ­
R epublicans are said to be planning d iciary com m ittee as a su b stitu te for
to “ g e t ev en ” on W ilson’s ap point­ o th e r bills, all o f which specifically
m ents.
provided th a t “ aliens ineligible to c it­
Jose Fernandez, a prom inent L iberal izenship” should not hold lands.
The com m ittee, however, proceeded
leader o f Cuba, was assassinated in a
' on th e theory th a t such a s ta tu te
H avana cafe.
m ig h t be held in violation o f the
Mrs. E m m aline P a n k h u rst is re­ tre a ty rig h ts of Jap an ese sub jects and
ported to have had a relapse since her broadened th e m easure to include all
liberatio n from prison.
aliens who had not declared th e ir in-
Dr. F riedm ann continues to tre a t | ten tio n to become citizens.
In o rd er not to em b arrass foreign
tuberculosis sufferers, and only one o f
corporations o f large in te re st in the
those tre a te d so fa r has died.
sta te , th e com m ittee did m ake the cor­
M exican rebels a re p re p a rin g to poration clause of th e bill, section 8,
captu re the only rem ain in g govern­ apply only to “ aliens not eligible to
m ent stronghold in Sonora province.
1 c itiz e n sh ip .”
Republican leaders plan a m eeting
in Chicago soon to arra n g e for th e re ­ ARIZONA HAS ALIEN STATUTE
h ab ilitatio n o f th e p a rty throughout
th e country.
Resume of World’s Important
Events Told in Brief.
T exas has sued the S tandard Oil
company fo r $100,000,000 as p en alties
fo r alleged violations of the a n ti-tru st
law s o f th a t sta te .
T hree M inneapolis men, g rad u ates
o f the U n iv ersity o f M innesota, are
held prisoners o f w ar by federal troops
in Lower C alifornia.
London police have sta rte d a th o r­
ough search for a m issing T ennessee
man, whose h a t and purse w ere found
on the banks of th e riv e r Thames.
P resid en t W ilson m ade an address
of welcome to th e C ontinental Con­
gress of D au g th ers o f th e R evolution
a t its 23rd annual session in W ashing­
ton.
Two hundred thousand men in Bel­
gium joined th e strik e for manhood
suffrage in au g u rated by th e Socialists.
The governm ent plans resistan ce to
the utm ost.
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C cpyr/ y/ ,/ ó y U / Cr. C / triP M rtrt
THE MYSTERY OF
THE CAUSEWAY
Federal Officials Discover Law That
Never Has Been Enforced.
Phoenix, A riz.—T h at A rizona has a
law — forg o tten since its en actm en t a
y e a r ago— p ro h ib itin g persons not e li­
g ible to A m erican citizenship from ac­
q u irin g title to real pro p erty in this
sta te , was brought to the a tte n tio n o f
F ederal officials here Thursday.
The governm ent au th o ritie s said
they would call th e m easure, en force­
m ent o f which never has been a tte m p t­
ed, to the a tte n tio n of th e S ta te de­
p artm en t.
U nder the provisions o f
th e law all aliens holding land a t the
tim e o f its enactm ent m ust su rren d er
title w ith in five years.
Even when title is acquired by the
enforcem ent o f liens or ju d g m en t, t i ­
tle m ust be surrendered in th e sam e
period o f tim e.
The law, however,
does not apply to m ining claim s or to
lands considered necessary for the
o peration o f m ines or reduction works.
KING NICHOLAS
M ontenegrin R uler Who Now S tands Alone in His Defiance of
E uropean Powers.
JAPANESE ISSUE
FOUND DELICATE
CURRENCY REFORM OFFERED
Many Bills Before Congress Lack­
ing Official Endorsement.
W ashington, D. C. — New currency
reform bills w ere introduced in the
house F riday
by
R ep resen tativ es
Prouty, of Iow a; Nelson, o f W iscon­
sin, and Palm er, o f Pennsylvania.
Congress now has before it nearly a
dozen bills, covering all branches of
American Citizens Can’t Own Land banking and currency reform , but
none of tb^se b ear th e indorsem ent of
in Japan—California Prom­
the official com m ittees of the two
ises to Use Care.
houses or of P resid en t W ilson.
R ep resen tativ e Glass, who probably
W ashington, D. C.— P resid en t W il­ will introduce the m easure, about
son expressed S atu rd ay the hope th a t which money reform debate will cen­
th e p ending, legislatio n in C alifornia te r in the house, conferred w ith Secre­
tary McAdoo, o f the T reasury d e p a rt­
by which aliens ineligible to A m erican
m ent, who has been g a th e rin g infor­
citizenship would be prohibited from j
m ation from banks on certain phases
ow ning lnnd would not prove objec­
of the financial situation.
tionable to Jap an .
He realizes th a t j
Mr. Glass said a t the end o f the
Ja p a n is inclined to view such legisla- |
conference th a t th ere would be no
tion as a contradiction of the s p irit of
difference o f opinion betw een him self
her tre a ty w ith th e U nited States.
and the secretary of the treasu ry over
W
hile
officially
unable
to
in
te
rfe
re
in
Strikers’ Plan Is Foiled.
the bill th a t he would finally introduce
An A m erican naval e x p e rt declares
the situ atio n , he expressed confidence
in the house.
Y onkers, N. Y. — Louis Spreckels,
this country is wholly unprepared for
th a t the C alifo rn ia leg islature, cogniz- j
su p erin ten d e n t o f the Federal S ugar
An effort will be m ade in the senate
a w ar a t sea.
a n t o f possible in tern atio n al difficul­
Refinery here, one o f th e la rg e st in
to secure fu rth e r hearings, p articu larly
A snow fall o f five to 15 inches is the world, closed his desk Thursday ties, would en act a law th a t would on the subject o f the money stringency
reported from W estern Iowa, K ansas m orning and announced th a t he was prove acceptable to Jap an .
a t crop m oving tim es and the “ sec­
The P resid en t talked inform ally
and N ebraska.
going fishing and d id n ’t know when
tional dem ands” for money. Senator
about the question in his sem i-w eekly
he would retu rn . He le ft no address
H itchcock, a m em ber o f the banking
One o f Dr. F ried m an n ’s tuberculosis behind him. This was his answ er to conference w ith th e new spaper men, and currency com m ittee of the senate,
p atien ts has died, d esp ite the. use o f a strik e order issued to the unskilled in d icatin g th e d elicate points involved. ! said he would ask fo r hearings a t
W hile th e p resen t tre a ty w ith Jap an
his new serum .
which m ore detailed facts could be se­
laborers in the plant.
The w histle
stip u lates th a t citizens o f each coun­
All m easures to a v e rt the th r e a t­ callin g the men to work w as sile n t try , w hile tra v e lin g in the other, shall cured as to local dem ands for money
ened strik e o f all S ocialists in Bel­ T hursday m orning and th e employes have a rig h t to own houses and fac­ and local problem s th a t should be con­
sidered w hile congress finally takes up
who congregated a t the g ates w ere
gium have failed.
to ries and shops, and to lease land, it
the work of reform ing currency m eth­
turned aw ay. A bout 1200 men are idle.
says
nothing
about
th
e
rig
h
t
to
own
Japan ese express fe a r th a t good re ­
ods.
land.
lations w ith A m erica will end if Cal­
T hree general bills are now before
Benson Dies leaving Only $S.‘U.
On the o th e r hand, though the old
ifo rn ia land bill becomes law.
San Francisco — The e sta te of John laws o f Ja p a n a g a in st foreign ow ner­ the senate. The W eeks bill em braces
An active traffic in babies a t $2 A. Benson, who wns said to be w orth ship o f land have been abrogated, the the plan o f the m onetary commission
apiece up is carried on in Boston, ac­ m ore than a m illion when he was in ­ im perial edict necessary to put in for a national reserve association or
cording to a prom inent social w orker volved in th e O regon land frauds, force newly enacetd law s has not been central bank, through w hich all banks
would secure th e ir note currency. The
o f th a t city.
am ounts to only $431, according to issued, so th a t A m erican citizens can­ H itchcock bill proposes 20 d is tin c t re ­
not
own
land
in
Jap
an
.
The sen ate agrees to some o f the the final account of his affairs filed in
serve associations, each w ith the pow­
W hile th e a d m in istratio n does not
Thursday.
proposed ta riff reductions, b u t gives th e P ro b ate co u rt here
e r to issue notes to its m em bers and to
construe
the
tre
a
ty
as
g
iv
in
g
Japanese
notice th a t it reserves th e rig h t to T his is th e am ount th a t th e public
buy and sell com m ercial paper. The
a d m in istra to r will tu rn over to his specifically the rig h t to own land, it Jones bill proposes 16 sub-treasury
am end others.
widow, Mrs. G race Benson. Benson feels th a t the a g reem en t does g u aran ­ d istric ts, each su b -treasu rer being em ­
was serving a Federal sentence of tee th a t Ja p a n shall be tre a te d on the powered to issue currency to banks on
PORTLAND MARKETS
one y e a r when he w as released by basis of m ost favored nation citizens approved bonds.
reason o f th e illness which ended w ith under th e sam e clause as is contained
in many A m erican tre a tie s w ith o th er
W heat —T rack p ric e s : Club, 86(u, his d eath tw o y ears ago.
Fight Made on Tammany.
governm ents.
87c; bluestem , 98c; red R ussian, 85c;
W ashington, D. C.— P resid en t W il­
The P resid en t said th a t while these
valley, 87c.
I,abor Hours Regulated.
points had been discussed, the diffi­ son w as form ally requested by anti-
O ats— No. I w hite, $27((j28 per to n ;
H arrisb u rg , Pa. Bills designed to culties really proceeded from the do­
valley, stained, $240i26.
re g u la te the hours and conditions o f m estic constitutional arrangem ents in T am m any leaders o f th e New York
Corn— W hole, $27; cracked, $28 ton
w ork o f women and children in this the U n ited S tates. He declared th a t S ta te Democracy not to recognize
M illstuffs— Bran, $2l(o'22 per to n ;
s ta te pasted the house Thursday and w hile nobody for a m om ent, could T am m any in Federal appointm ents.
shorts, $23(<>24; m iddlings, $30.
They explained th a t th e ir organization
w ere sen t to th e senate.
challenge the constitutional rig h t of
B arley—Feed, $23(u,23.50 p er to n ;
F ourteen y ears is fixed by the c h il-' C alifornia to pass such land laws as needed the moral support o f the ad­
brew ing, nom inal; rolled, $25.50«!;
d re n 's bill as the age lim it for ch il­ she pleased, in so far as the Federal m in istratio n in its fight for progies-
26.50.
dren, and no one betw een th e ages o f governm ent had gone beyond its pow­ sive principles. They w ent aw ay w ith
H ay — E astern O regon tim othy,
14 and 16 y ears may be em ployed for ers o r dom estic a u th o rity in m aking a the im pression th a t the President
choice, $l6fti:17; mixed, $10(u:13.50;
m ore th an e ig h t hours a day, w hile tre a ty , ju s t so fa r was it liable to would go slow in the m a tte r o f m ak­
o at and vetch, $12; a lfa lfa , $1261113;
nine hours is made the m axim um d a y ’s dam ages, b u t it really was helpless in ing out his appiontm ent list, and th a t
clover, $9; straw , $7(<r8.
it would he some tim e before his a t t i ­
work for those betw een 16 and 18 th e situ atio n .
V egetables — A rtichokes, 90c(ii.$l
tude would be known.
years. The w om an’s bill provides a
R
eassuring
word
th
a
t
the
C
alifornia
per dozen; asparagus, 6c pound; cab­
m axim um work day o f nine hours.
leg islatu re would so fram e its laws as
bage, l i e ; celery, $2.50 p er c ra te ;
Hawaii Wants to Secede.
to save th e Federal governm ent from
head lettu ce, $2.50 c ra te ; hothouse
Honolulu -T h e S ta r B ulletin says a
Lumber
Drifts
to
Bcarh.
any diplom atic em barrassm ents has
lettuce, 76c«l$l p er box;
onions,
N ew port, O r.- L arge q u a n titie s of come indirectly to th e national capital p etitio n is being prepared declaring
green, 20(<i25c per d ozen; rhubarb, 5c
th a t “ W hereas H aw aii is com m ercial­
per pound; spinach, 75c p er box; lum ber and w hite cedar railro a d ties anil the a d m in istratio n does not be­
ly unable to ex ist under free sugar, it
have
been
coming
ashore
along
the
lieve
it
is
likely
to
be
confronted
w
ith
sprouts, 10c; g arlic, 6«i6c per pound;
be allowed to w ithdraw from the un­
ocean
beach
from
th
e
entran
ce
to
the
any
serious
situ
atio
n
.
turnips, 90c(<$$l p er sack ; parsnips,
ion and resum e its sta tu s o f indepen­
h arb o r a t Y aquina Head. People liv ­
90cftt$ l; carro ts, 90c«f$l.
dence if a free su g ar provision be en­
Onions— Oregon, 85<<!.90c per s a c k ; ing in th e vicin ity are having a h a r­
Blow to Christianity Seen.
acted by congress.” The S ta r Bulle­
vest o f beach-com bing.
T here is no
Spanish, $2.(& p er crate.
Tokio - Baron Saburo Shim ada and
P otatoes — B urbanks, 46«i.S0c per indication o f w hat vessel th e lum ber o th e r prom inent Jap an ese C hristians tin says the petition is being drafted
by an attorney engaged by leading
An em pty fr u it box was
hundred, new, 8 i « / l 0c per pound; is from .
found b earin g the nam e S. S. G over­ say they are convinced th a t the pas­ business men and th a t the business
sw eet potatoes, 4c pound.
Green F ru it—A pples, 30cft£$1.60 per nor. Lum ber is d riftin g in from a sage o f th e land bill by the C alifornia men are giving it earn est support. It
leg islatu re will prove alm ost a death will be put into circulation as soon as
box; according to q u a lity ; stra w b e r­ southerly direction.
blow to th e C h ristian propaganda in the d ra f t is completed.
ries, Florin, $3«£3.60 p er c ra te ; Lou­
Japnn. C ount Okuma, form er foreign
Non-Relay Service to London.
isiana, $3.50 per cra te
Bryan Spurs Governors.
Vancouver, B. C. By the in stallin g m in iste r and now p resident of W aseda
P oultry— H ens, 16c; broilers, 80(it
W ashington, D. C. — S ecretary B ry­
36c; turkeys, live, 20c; dresed choice, .o f new ly-invented teleg rap h in stru - U n iv ersity , u rg e s the m issionaries to
25; ducks, 18«t!20c; geese, 12«iT24c ! m ents, o p erato rs in the C anadian P a ­ voire a stro n g p ro te st ag ain st the bill. an dispatched identical le tte rs S a tu r­
Eggs -F re s h O regon ranch, 19i«i:20 cific railw ay teleg rap h office h ere are Several new spapers here sarcastically day to the governors o f s ta te s which
now able to send m essages d irect to declare th e bill, w hich they say will have acted favorably on the constitu­
per dozen.
B u tte r — O regon cream ery b u tte r London, Eng., w ithout th e use o f re ­ d iscrim in ate ag a in st and ruin Jap an , tional am endm ent providing for the
direct election o f sen ato rs and have
cubes, 33c per pound; p rin ts, 3440136c. lays. Form erly m essages w ere h a n ­ was “ fram ed by C h ris tia n s.”
dled from here to M ontreal, then re ­
not y et reported the fa c t to the S tate
P o rk —Fancy, 120£12ic per pound.
Reserve Open to Stock.
layed to Hazel Hill, N. S., sen t by
departm ent.
The secretary suggested
V eal— Fancy. 18i«L14c per pound.
Hops — 1912 crop, 1 0 « tl6 ic per cable to W aterville, Eng., and thence
W ashington. D. C. — The d is tric t prom pt notification in order th a t he
pound; 1913 contracts. 14c per pound. to Ixmdon.
fo re ste r at San Francisco has been may issue the usual form al notice of
Wool — E astern Oregon, nom inal;
authorized by C hief F o rester G raves the adoption o f the 17th am endm ent.
Primary Law Is Ignored.
valley. 16(<i;20c per pound.
to allow C alifornia stockm en to use
Taft to Give Nine lectures.
C attle — Choice steers, $8ot8.16; m e­
W ashington, D. C. — P o stm aster the national fo rest reserve for grazing
dium , $7.500! 7.76; choice cows, $6.76 G eneral Burleson has inform ed R epre­ purposes. R ep resen tative Kahn re ­
New H aven, Con. A nnouncem ent
<ri:7.16; good. $6.60«i6.75; medium, se n ta tiv e Dillon, of South D akota, ceived a telegram a sk in g th a t stock- was made recently th a t Professor W il­
$6«t6.60; choice calves, $8r<t9; good th a t he does not recognize any o b lig a ­ grow ers be p erm itted to use the na­ liam H. T a ft will deliver a course of
heavy calves. $6.600(7.60; bulls, $6.50 tions to observe . the resu lts o f the tional forests, as feed is scarce and nine lectures a t Y ale U niversity th is
©t. 26 .
Kahn took the spring on the general subject "Q u e s­
p re fe re n tia l prim aries in the selection stock is suffering.
H o g s — L ig h t, $9«t9.36; hesvy, $8 of p ostm asters under the South D akota m a tte r up w ith S ecretary o f A gricul­ tions o f Modern G overnm ent.”
The
© 8.7».
prim ary law. H e said he would con­ tu re H ouston, who ordered G raves to lectures will be given Monday and F r i­
Sheep — Y earling w ethers, $6.25«t sider, however, all such selections in a rra n g e w ith th e San Francisco official day afternoons in Mav, beginning May
2 .
7.25; ewes, $4.76«L6.25; lambs, $7«i.8. m aking appointm ents.
to ta k e care of the situ atio n .
A bomb made o f a m ilk can filled
Seattle Opposes Land Bill.
w ith gunpow der, and operated by
S e a ttle —The S e a ttle cham ber of
clockwork, w as found in the Bank o f
E ngland, in London, and it is believed com m erce has sen t the follow ing te le ­
gram to th e cham ber o f com m erce of
to be th e work of su ffrag ettes.
San Francisco and San Diego in ans­
T hirty-five sta te s have ratified the w er to requests for the opinion o f the
d ire c t election am endm ent to th e con­ local organization on the alien land
stitu tio n , b u t 13 o f them have so fa r bill pending in the C alifornia leg isla­
failed to give official notice to ihe gov­ tu re :
ernm en t a t W ashington.
“ The cham ber alw ays insisted th a t
J . P. M organ’s funeral will be de­ legislation re la tin g to aliens should
apply to all n a tio n a litie s alike. We
void o f eulogy, as he requested.
believe en actm en t by any coast sta te
M exican arm ies have been w arned of lawB d irectly or indirectly d iscrim ­
to stop shooting across th e border.
in a tin g ag ain st any n a tio n a lity will
An appeal will be m ade to P resid en t g re a tly em barrass comm ercial rela­
Wilson fo r a system o f Federal loans tions w ith th e people o f countries a f­
fected, w ith the resen tm e n t cen te rin g
to farm ers.
a g a in st tra d e through sta te s passing
M ohair and wool sh earin g begins such laws, b u t in effect im p a irin g the
volume of business for the e n tire coun­
throughout O regon and W ashington.
try and su b jectin g to severe stra in all
E aste rn Oregon has en tered a stro n g in tern atio n al re la tio n s.”
p ro test in congress a g a in st free wool.
The butler bad been starin g a t me
with g reat suspicion; but apparently
he concluded th at, as a friend of a
detective, 1 was a respectable per­
son.
“Well, gentlem en." he said. In a soft,
oily voice, as from confirmed over­
It was on Thursday, May, 18, 1899, eating, “my mind Is, so to speak, a
th a t young S ir Andrew Cheyne was blank. But w hat I know I will say
round dead of a gunshot wound In the w ithout fear or favor. Sir Andrew had
grounds of A lrlie Hall, bis house In’ not previously honored us with his
presence, he having rem ained abroad
Surrey.
I was m yself especially Interested In from the death of Sir W illiam, which
the case, as I w as staying a t a cot­ was his uncle, some six m onths ago.
tage w lthtn th ree m iles of th e Hall at Y esterday—th at Is, Thursday m orning
the time. All the gossip cam e to u s < —he wired from London for a carriage
first hand. By b reakfast we learned to m eet th e 12:32 train. We w ere all
of the death. An hour la te r cam e the In a flutter of excitem ent, a s you can
rum or of the m urder, and th e fact well Imagine. But when he arrived It
th at an a rre st had been made. A man was, he said, w ith no Intention of
had been caught running from the staying the night. During the a fter­
noon he saw his agent on business,
spot w here the body lay.
My host was a bachelor and a broth­ and afterw ards w ent for a walk, re ­
er a rtist. His little place w as bound turning about six. He dined a t eight,
by no conventions. Go or come, but and had his coffee served in the small
library.
don't trouble to explain—such was the
“The last train to London w as at
custom. He was busy th a t morning,
as I knew, so I appropriated his bicy­ 10:25, and we had our orders for a
carriage to be ready for him a t five
cle and se t off through the lanes to
m inutes to the hour. A t ten o'clock
visit th e scene of the tragedy.
precisely I took th e liberty of entering
Airlle H all lay some two hundred
the sm all library to Inform Sir An­
yards back from the main road. The drew th a t the carriage was w aiting,
drive, fram ed In wide stretch e s of and th a t th ere w as only Just tim e to
turf, and flanked by a triple avenue catch the train. He was not there,
of chestnuts, ran in a straig h t line and, th e windows on to the te rra c e
from the g reat porch to the entrance
gates of tw isted
Iron.
Peering
through th e bars w ere a dozen vil­
lagers. W ithin, his hand upon the
lock, stood a policeman, m assive, red­
faced, pompous with his present Im­
portance.
"May I come In?” I asked politely.
"You may not,” he said quite briefly.
I put my hand In my pocket, hesi­
tated, and drew It out empty. It
w as too public a place for corruption.
If A ddington Peace had only been
w ith me, I thought—and, so thinking,
came by an Idea. Even a ru ral police­
man would know the famous detective’s
name.
“My friend, Inspector Peace—” I
began.
“Inspector who?" he Interrupted.
"Addington Peace of the Criminal
Investigation D epartm ent. I hoped he
would be h ere.”
His m anner changed w ith a celerity
which w as the g reatest com plim ent
be could have paid to the little detec­
tive.
"I beg your pardon, sir,” he said.
“The Inspector drove up from the sta ­
tion not ten m inutes ago. If you will
Inquire a t th e hall, you will be sure to
find him .”
MAY N O T
The serv an t who answ ered my mod­
est ring led me through a dark pas­
sage of paneled oak and out upon the being open, I walked through to see If
terrace th a t lay on the farth er side of he was sittin g outside, th e evening be­
the house. Below It a sloping lawn ing salubrious fo r the tim e of the
ran down to a broad lake fringed with year. It was while I w as th ere th a t
reeds. Beyond the lake a park I heard the footsteps of some one ru n ­
stretched aw ay dotted with single ning on the gravel, and, first thing I
oaks now struggling Into foliage. It knew, who should appear but Jake
‘Hello, Mr.
was a lovely view, unm olested by the W arner, the keeper.
centuries. As It was so It had been W arner,’ says I, ‘and w here may you
three hundred years before, when some be going In such a hurry? Is It poach­
courtier of E lizabeth, In tightly fitting e rs? ’ I says. ‘No,’ says he, In a sad
hose and Im m aculate ruffles, chose It taking, 'b u t Sir A ndrew ’s been shot—
as the outlook from the windows of shot dead, Mr. R oberts, on the cause­
way to the Island.’ ‘H eaven defend u s /
bis dining-room.
In the middle of the terrace, Adding­ I says; 'b u t do— ’ ’’
"Q uite so, Mr. R oberts.” said Peace.
ton Peace stood, smoking a cigarette
and talking to a tall and stately per­ "W e understand you w ere much u p s e t
son In a black coat, who looked every So you have no Idea when It w as th a t
Inch the m an he w as—the b u tler of a Sir Andrew left th e little lib rary ?”
“No, sir, save th a t It was between
B ritish country house.
The little Inspector turned, as he nine and ten.”
“T hank you. And now, Mr. Phillips,
heard my footsteps on the gravel, and
I think we will go down and have a
nodded a benevolent welcome.
“A fine m orning, Mr. Phillips,” he look a t the causew ay w alk.’’
At th e end of terrace we found a
said. "I did not know you w ere stay ­
policeman w aiting. He touched his
ing In the neighborhood.”
"I cycled over a fter hearing the helm et to the Inspector, and, a fter a
news. Your nam e opened the gates. few w ords w ith him , led the way down
some moss-grown steps and over a
Inspector.”
“W ell, I am pleased to see you, sloping lawn tow ards the lake. We
anyhow. Mr. R oberts here was giving skirted the right hand edge for per­
me his view of this unfortunate affair. haps two hundred yards, until we
came to w here a short causew ay of
You may continue, Mr. R oberts."
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M rs. A u d le y L e a rn s H e Is “ S u p e rin
te n d e n t" and 8ees People O n ly
by A p p o in tm e n t.
Mrs. Audley hotly.
"So, please tell
him to come to my ap artm en t w ithout
fu rth er delay.”
“The superintendent never sees no­
body except by special appointm ent."
cam e the voice from the basem ent.
“Oh.” m urm ured Mrs. Audley. and.
hanging up the receiver, sat down to
laugh.
■tone had been built out Into the
w ater, joining the law ni to a shrub-
grown Island. The roof of a gabled
cottage peeped out from th e h eart of
Its yews and laurels. The causew ay,
paved with g reat slabs of slate, was
never m ore than five feet broad. On
eith er side of It was a d ense grow th of
feathery reeds, hiding th e lake be­
hind th e ir rustling walls.
"W hat cottage la th a t? ” asked
Peace, pointing a finger.
"W hen he was a young man. S ir
William, th a t was Sir A ndrew ’s uncle,
used to give lunches and te a s th ere In
the sum m er m onths," said th e police­
man. "B ut the place has been sh u t
up for a long tim e now, air. No one
goes to the Island barring th e ducks,
and they n est th ere by th e hundred."
"W here did you catch the prisoner?”
“About th is very place, sir. It was
about half-past nine, and I was walk­
ing down the public path, w hich passes
the e a st corner of the lake, when I
heard the shot. It seem ed a stran g e
tim e of the year for night poaching,
but there are rascalB In th e village
who w ouldn’t h esitate about the sea­
sons so long as they had a duck for
dinner.
"Off I raced as hard as I could put
legs to th e ground. W hen I came to
the causew ay head I pulled up and
looked about me. T here was a slip
of a moon over th e Island and a
plenty of stars, so th a t the night w as
fairly bright. No one w as In sight,
but presently I heard the thum p,
thum p, of a m an running over the
turf, and who Bhould come panting
down the slope b u t Ja k e W arner, the
keeper. H e was in such a hurry th a t
he was nigh as close as I am to you,
sir, before he saw me.
“ ’Good L ord!’ he cried, jum ping
back; 'and w hat a re you doing here?*
“ 'D idn't you h ear a sh o t fired?’ I
asked.
“ ‘N ot a sound of It,’ he said, w ith a
sulky face on him.
“It surprised me m ore th an a b i t
Indeed, I had begun to w onder If 1
could have been m istaken, when there
cam e a c la tte r on the slabs of the
causew ay, and a man rushed out from
the reeds like a m ad thing. He gave
a little cry like a frightened rabbit
when he caught sight of us, and tried
to tw ist away, J>ut his feet slipped
from under him, and down he fell. Be­
fore he could recover I was sitting on
his chest.
’“I had no hand In It,’ he shouted.
’I sw ear to you It w as not me. I was
to m eet him on the Island. He w a»
dead when I cam e to him .’
“ 'Dead—who is dead?’ asked Jake,
very anxious.
" 'S ir Andrew Cheyne,’ said th e
m an, w ith a shiver.
“I w as th a t taken aback th a t If he
had m ade a run for It he m ight have
done so for all I could have stopped
him. As for Jake, he gave a yelp and
disappeared down the causew ay, like
a ra t Into a hole.
” ‘Sir Andrew Is In F rance,’ I said,
for so Mr. R oberts had told me not a
week before. ‘You’re crazy, m an.'
“ 'S hut your mouth, you fool’—those
w ere his very la st words, sir—’I tell
you Cheyne Is dead. Go and look for
yourself.’
“ ’I m ust trouble you to come w ith
me, then,’ said I, taking him by the
collar.
“W e walked down the causew ay be­
tw een th e reeds, he In fro n t and me
behind w ith my hand in his neck.
About half-way down we cam e upon
Jake, who was kneeling by the body,
w hich lay flat on Its back. I had never
seen Sir Andrew and no m ore had
Jake, so we had to tak e the stra n g e r’s
word for It. W hen we found there
was no sign of life left in him, I sent
Jake to get assistance.
H e cam e
back w ith Mr. R oberts and two of the
men, who carried aw ay the body up
to the house, while I arre ste d my
prisoner and walked him off to the
lock-up. W e found a loaded revolver
upon him. He refused to say who he
was or to m ake any explanation.”
“And afterw ard s?” asked Addington
Peace.
“I searched the causew ay as soon
as It w as light. T here was nothing to
be found. But the evidence against
the prisoner seem s clear enough, sav­
ing the fact th a t the shotgun he used
has disappeared.
He m ust have
throw n It Into the w ater. T hey will
drag th e lake for It th is afternoon.
W e've got the real m u rd erer all right,
don't you think, sir? ”
“Did you search the Island before
you left la st night?”
"No. sir.”
"M ight not another man have been
concealed there?"
Tbe policeman did not reply, save by
coloring a deeper red and sta rin g bard
at hts boots.
Mrs. Audley. who had moved Into
a new apartm ent, was driven to the
verge of distraction by th e p ersisten t
failure of the Janitor to perform cer­
O stracism .
tain services which w ere essentia! to
Tbe ostracism was a way the G reeks
the com fort of herself and h er family.
One m orning when h er Indignation had of getting rid of "undesirable c it­
had reached th e boiling point she izens” of note. The people w rote the
nam es of those they m ost suspected
telephoned to th e basem ent.
upon sm all shells; these w ere put In
"I w ant to speak to th e Janitor,”
an urn o r a box and presented to the
she announced em phatically.
senate. Upon a scrutiny of them he
"Do you mean th e superintendent?"
whose nam e was oftenest found was
Inquired the voice of a woman at the sentenced by the senate to banish­
o th er end of the wire.
m ent. Six thousand votes were re­
"1 mean the Janitor; but If calling quired to m ake the ostracism lawful.
him 'the su perintendent' m akes him Som etim es the system w orked to the
do his work more p ro m p tly -th o , detH m ent of the state. as now and
superintendent.
then a good man w as banished by the
"T he superintendent a in 't In his spite of his enem ies, but generally the
ap artm en t a t the p resen t m om ent," ostracism was a good thing and saved
replied the voice, with unm istakable the sta te much trouble and dan ­
haughtiness.
ger
"A re you the Ja—superintendent's
wife?” telephoned Mrs. Audley.
Stitch In Time.
(C H R O N IC L E S T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
“I am Mrs. Macbeth, the wife of
A l.os Angeles brain specialist says '
the sup erin ten d en t,” adm itted the th a t all A m ericans will be baldbeaded
Baby a Real Midget.
voice.
w ithin
S00 y ears because of thetr
Tbe month-old child of a gypsy,
“Well. I am M rs Audley. Tlease Intense brain activity. E ditor Ake of which w as the subject of an Inquest
send your husband to me as soon as the Iron County R egister, a t Ironton, at W andsw orth, E ngland, not long
possible T here are things th a t must saw the Item, and with m ore or less since, w as described by a doctor as
be done In my apartm ent, and th a t It caution tells his subscribers: ~I will tbe sm allest baby he had ever known.
was hts business to have done days begin a t once to curb th e too, too It only weighed 3 pounds 14 ounce«
ago. and I want. W hat! busy? He lively ten o r of the gray m a tte r which Instead of th e norm al 7H pounds, and
may Just as well be busy doing tbe fills my cranium
Forew arned Is fore- Its length was only 1 foot 6 Inches,
work I require as the work required fended. you know
St. Louis Re­ as com pared with the average 1 feet
by anybody else In th e house.” said public
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