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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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
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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
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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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