THE BEDFORD MAIL TR-LBPISE. MEDFORD, OKMSOON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, .1910.
GERMANY AND II, S.
PLAY TARIFF GAME
Half Billion Dollars Is the Stake In
Game of Diplomacy Now
t
Being Played.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Nearly
half a billion dollnrs of trndo is the
stake in the panic of diplomacy now
in progress between America and
Germany, and the issue will bo
known -within a month. On Febru
ary 7, in accordance with tho notice
Riven to Germany last April by tho
state department, the reciprocity ar
rangement made under tho Diupley
net wih Germany will expire, and
simultaneously the general tariff
xatcs of that country will apply to
all imports from America, unless In
the short period intervening Secre
Inrv Knox and the German ambas
sador shall be nble to reach a mu
tually satisfactory understanding.
At this moment the indications arc
that this understanding is beyond at
tainment and that it will be only un
dsr the stress of n bitter nud costly
Ktrugglo that the two nations can
compose their differences and re
store their trade to normal condi
tions, America will not be tho only suf
ferer fron this rupture, for on April
7 next the full rigor of the mnximum
tuntf rates earned by the Payne-
Aldnch net will be automatically up-
phed to the vast German import ( tion witb the famous murder of Wil
trade, which in 190S aggregated j Ham ATorris Rice, a New York onp
more than $1(50.000,000, and every I itnlist, for connection with whi.-h
article of Germnn production com- Albert T. Patrick, a famous Gotham
ing to America must pay 25 per cent attorney, is now serving a life s,en
increased duty. tence, is reported to have been
Negotiations have been in prog- j found. Jones' whereabouts nre said
ress for months to avoid this issue, to have been discovered by a brother
but an obstacle has been reached in j of Patrick's, who had been fiidc
the demand of the state department fatigable in his efforts to free the
for the relaxation of the Germnn convicted man.
prohibition against American cattle.
The German government takes the
position that these restriction5;,
founded on veterinnry and sanitary
Teasons, embodied in laws of gener
al application, cannot be regarded
properly as discriminatory against
the United Stntes, and that it would
'be as reasonable to expect America
to repeal or suspend the pure food
law as to require the German gov
ernment to disregard the provisions
of the animal importation set.
While in 190S Germany sent lo
America goods valued at $1C0,000,
000, America shipped to Germany,
our second best customer among na
tions, $300,000,000 of products.
LAWYER IN HIDING SENDS
NOTE INTO COURT
LOS ANGELES, Cnl Jan. 20.
The hunt for Elmer E. Rowell, an
attorney, -who is wanted to nnswer
several charges of obtaining money
under false pretences, was renewed
today, following the receipt of n
message from the accused lawyer to
tht' effect that he would return nnd
fnce trinl ns soon as he recovered
from an illness.
Tho news was delivered to Justice
Stephens by n messenger boy, who
darted from the room before he could
bo Questioned. This settles the
puestion to a degree ns to the where
abouts of Rowell. Previously it w.ih
believed that he had escaped to
South America, but now it is known
that he is hiding in or near this citv
Besides, giving the officers a clew
concerning his wherenbonfs, Rowell
saved Jus rolntives $11,000, which
they put up for his bonds, ns the
'"dire postponed the forfeiture of the
bonds after he received the letter
from Rowell.
Advertised Letter List.
The following list of letters remain
uncalled for at the postoffice at
Bedford, Or., Wednesday, January
10;
Charles Allory, Kntherino Books,
Olivo Bogue, Walter Cnughman,
Frank Casey, Mrs. J. II. Crawford,
Enid Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J.
Gny, Mrs. I. I. Gardner, Mr. nnd
Mrs. G. G. Grimm, Patrick J. Ellis,
A. B. Foster, C. Hammond, Mrs.
Kennedy, John F. Lovclneo, A. E.
Mathews, O. W. Moore, Meril Mc
Nalloy, Moshberger & Son, Mrs.
flntsoy Miller, Mrs. Znlln Menchel,
Edw. Olney, Geo. Owins, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Parsons, Eimnn Paulmon,
Mrs. L. O. Patterson, Charles Pos
tlemnrt, Mr. Press, Martha J. Pow
Jison, Suniiirnlo Orchard Co., D. B.
Taylor, T. J. Trinble, Charles M.
White, R. B. White, O. P. Wolcott,
L. G. Woodward, Mrs. J. W. Wright,
Package, J. C. Wright.
Parties calling for tho abovo let
ters will please say advertised. A
fhargo of ono cent will bo mndo upon
delivery.
A, M; WOODFORD, P. M.
Lost.
Black cooker spaniel. Answers to
nnmo "Fritz." Return to postoffiee
nnd receivo reward.
COULDN'T HIT PLANE
SAYS ARTILLERYMEN
At Height and Speed, It Would Be
s Impossible to Endanger Lath
am's Flying Machine.
PARIS, Jain 20. Hubert Lath
am's recent high flight, when he at
tained nn altitude of approximately
3300 feet, or nearly three-quarters
of a mile, has aroused the greatest
enthusiasm among aviators, who
consider that it presages great things
for 1010.
Latham says that there was no
reason why ho should not have
mounted still higher. Bleriot de
clares that the aeroplane is destined
to surpass the dirigible balloon as nn
engine of war. Artillery officers
agree that an aeroplane having a
speed of 50 miles nn hour and flying
at the height reached by Latham
would be invulnerable in time of war,
as no gun could be trained upon it.
The machine used by Lntham yes
terday was an Antoinette monoplane
owned by , II. S. Ilnrkncss of New
York.
Baron d'Estonrnclles do Constant
today issued a public appeal for
funds with which to erect n ihonti
raent to the martyrs of aviation .
"VALET" JONES, WANTED
IN NEW YORK, IS FOUND
GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 20,
"Vnlet" Jones, wanted in councc-
Jones is reported to have agreed
to mako n confession which will
clear Patrick of participation in the
crime.
Albert Patrick, now in Sing Sing
prison, was convicted of conspiracy
in connection with the untimely
death of Rice. lie. was sentenced
to death. Several times he stood
within the shadow of the electric
chair, but finally his death sentence
was commnted to life imprisonment
by the late Governor Iliggins of New
York.
ORDINANCE NO. 2S8.
An ordinance providing for tho con
struction of a lateral sewer begin
ning at Intersection of Bennett ave
nue and Roosevelt avenue, thence
west to Intersection of Howard and
Bennett avenue, thence south on
Howard street to Washington, thence
west on Washington street to Gen
esee street, and for tho assessment of
the cost thereof on the property di
rectly benefitted thereby, and ad
jacent thereto and providing a meet
ing of the council to consider protests
against said construction und assess
ment and the serving of tho owners
of such property with notlco thereof.
The City of Medford doth ordain
as follows:
Section 1. It Is tho Intention of
the council to causo a lateral sewer
to bo constructed beginning at Inter
section of Bennett avenuo and Roose
velt avenue, thence west to Intersec
tion of Howard and Bennett avenuo,
thence south on Howard street to
Washington, thence west on Wash
ington street to Genesee street, and
to assess tho cost thereof upon the
property directly benefitted thereby
and adjacent thereto.
Section 2. Tho council will hear
and consider any protests against said
construction and the assessing of said
property for tho cost thoreof, at a
meeting of tho council to bo held
Fobruary 1st, 101(1 at 7:30 o'clock
p. m. In the council chambor In said
city, and all property owners of prop
erty adjacent to said sower and bene
fitted thereby are hereby called up
on to appear before said council at
said time and place and show cause,
If any they have, why such construc
tion should not be made and tho cost
thereof so assessed.
Section 3, Tho city recorder is
horoby directed to servo notlco there
of upon tho property owners afore
said, by causing threo copies of this
ordinance to posted In three public
places In said city, and said ordi
nances to bo published onco in a dnilv
newspaper published nnd of gonorn'l
circulation in the city, at least ten
days before tho dato of said meotlng.
Tho foregoing ordinanco was pass
ed by tho city council of tho City pf
Modford, Oregon, on tho 18th day of
January, 1910, by tho following vote;
Welch, nyo; Merrick, ayo; Emprlck,
aye; Wortman, aye; Elfort, aye; and
Demmer, nyo,
Approved January 19th, 1910.
. W. II. CANON,
Mayor.
Attest;
ROBERT, W, TELFHR,
City Roco:dor.
I THE PERFUME OF
I THE LADY IN BLACK
Uy GASTON IiKHOV.Y,
Author or "Tho Mystery of
the Yellow Kooin.1'
Copyright, 1000, by llretnno'n
CHAPTER XV.
Dnrznc or Larsan?
S TT" ...... It. ,1... IMn.nlni.1
I 1 Every person and every thing
I J In the castle seemed wrapped
i 1 in slumber. Silence brooded
over tho heavens nnd tho earth. While
I stood at my window, my forehead
burning aud my heart froien, the sea
yielded Its last 8lgh nud In a moment
the moon appeared riding like a queen
In the cloudless sky, There, In that
vast, motionless slumber which seem
ed to envelope all the world. I heard
the words of the Lithuanian folk song,
"But his glance seeks in vain for the
beautiful unknown who has covered
her head wttli a veil and whose voice
ho has never heard." The words were
carried to my car, clear aud distinct,
in the still air of the night. What
should the prince of the Mack Iands
be doing on the azure shore with his
Lithuanian melodies?
Why was Mine. Edith attracted to
ward him? He was ridiculous with his
melancholy eyes and his long lashes
and his Lithuanian songs I The emo
tion which was excited In me by the
personality of Prince Galltcb rose less
from my knowledge of tho Interest
which Mme. Edith felt In him than
from the thought of that other. In tny
mlnd the thought of the prince nnd
that of Ijirsau somehow went togeth
er. And the prince had not returned
to the chateau since the famous lunch
con at which Jie was presented to us
that Is to say, since the day before yes
terday. The afternoon following Rouleta
bllle's departure had brought us noth
ing new. We received no news from
him nor from Old Bob. Mme. Edith
had locked herself up In her own apart
ments after having questioned the do
mestics and visiting her uncle's rooms
aud the round tower. Sho made uo
effort to penetrate Into the apartments
of the Darzacs In the square tower.
"That Is an affair, for the police," she
had said.
And now a shadow appeared on tho
bosom of the starry night the shadow
of a canoe which slowly detached it
self from the shadow of the fort and
glided out upop the silvery water.
Whose Is this silhouette which arises
proudly In the front of the boat, while
another shade bends over a silent oar?
It is yours. Prince Galltcb! Ah, hure
Is a mystery .which might be easier to
solve than that of the square tower.
Rouletabille. And I. who believed that
Mme. Edith had too good a brain and
too fine a mind to lend herself to a
vulgar Intrigue!
I left my bedchamber and went rap
idly over to the boulevard In time to
see the bark of Prince Ualltch landing
on the strand in front of the Gnrdeus
of Babylon. 1 recognized the master
and servant. It was Feodor Feodoro
wltch and bis serf Jean. A few seconds
later they disappeared in the protect
ing shade of the century plants.
I turned nnd walked around the bou
levard of the court, my heart beating
wildly. I seemed to see a form arise
In a listening attitude from beneath
tho arch of the ruined chapel. I paused
In the shadow cast by tho gardener's
tower and drew my revolver. Wns It
really a human creature who stood
there listening? It was tbo Lady In
Black. The moon under the half ruin
ed arch showed mo that she was as
pale as death. .
Suddenly I perceived a shadow be
side the Lady In Black, nnd I recog
nized Darzac. From tho corner where
I was 1 could now hear all that they
were saying. Now I thought no longer
of Edith and her Prince Galltcb. I
thought only of Larsan. Why? Why
was it on account of Larsan that I
bent my ears bo anxiously to hear all
that went on between thoso two? I
learned from their words that Mathlldo
had descended stealthily from la Louvo
to bo alone In tho garden with her
agony nnd that her husband hnd fol
lowed her. And sho took his hands
and said .to blm:
"I know, dear I know all your grief.
You need not speak of It to mo when
I seo you so changed, so wretched. I
accuse myself of being tho cnuso of
your Borrow. But do not tell mo that
I no longer love you. Ob, I will lovo
you dearly, Robert, Just as I have al
ways done. I promise you."
Sho pressed his hand nnd turned
away, casting upon hlra a smllo so
sweet nnd yet bo Borrowful that I
wondered how thlB woman could speak
to a man of future happiness. Sho
brushed past me without seeing me.
Darzac remained standing in tho
same spot, looklm,' after her. Sudden-
iy ho said violently:
"Yes. hamilucss roust
como! It
must!"
My thought took form. As I beheld
the gesture of detiauco and rapture I
durcd to say to myself, "If ho should
bo Lnrsun!"
To the gesturo of this man my mind
answered with tho cry, "This Is Lnr
san!" I wns white with terror, and when
I saw Darzac coming in my direction
I could not refrain from n movement
which revealed my presenco whllo 1
wns trying to conceul It. Ho saw mo
and recognized me, nnd, grasping mo
by tho arm, ho exclaimed:
"You were there, Sninclalr you wcro
watching. Wo nro all watching, my
friend. And rou heard what sho said.
Her grief Is too great. 1 can boar no
more. W'V would have boon so happy.
She Imagines that sho Is to bo pur
sued by eternal punishment. It was
necessary for .the frightful tragedy of
last night to prove to mo that this
woman did lovo tuo once. Yes, for ono
moment all her fears wero for mo. and
1, alas, have blood on my hands only
bocnuso of her. Now who has returned
to her old Indifference. Sho cares no
longer. Her only deslro Is thnt tho
old man shall bo kpt In Ignorance."
Ho sighed so sorrowfully and so sin
cerely that tho abominable Idea which
It hnd harbored tied from my mind. I
thought only of what he was saying
to me of tho sorrow of this man, who
scorned to have lost completely tho
woman whom he loved In the moment
when the woman hnd found u son of
whoso exlsteuce the husband contin
ued to be Ignorant, lu fact, he hnd In
no way been able to understand the at
titude of the I-ndy in Black as regards
the facility with which she hnd de
tached herself from him, and he found
no explanation for this cruel metamor
phosis other than the love heightened
by remorse of Professor Htnngerson's
daughter for her father.
Thou the frightful fancy thnt he was
Larsan assalletl me, and 1 demanded:
"How did ltMinppen thnt tho sack
was empty"
He was not In tho least taken aback.
Ho replied simply:
"Rouletabille must tell us' that."
Theu he pressed my hand and whn
dered away througa the undergrowth
of the garden. I looked after him hnd
said to myself:
"I have gone mad!"
Now he was standing erect upon the
western boulevard, which looked like
a pedestal bcucnth his feet. The rays
of the moon enveloped htm with n
cold and mournful light. Is It yob,
Darzac, or your specter or the ghost
of Lnrsnn come buck from the Iiouho
of dead? I speak as though it were
years since we hnd been locked up In
tho chnteau, and It wns uow Just four
days.
lie began to walk again. 1 wns cer
tain uo longer. There Is something lu
his walk which Is not Darzncs, some
thing In which I seem to recognize
Lnrsnn. but what?
He was almost upon me. lie passed
by. lie had not seen me. I
"It Is Lnrsnit! 1 could swear that '
it was Ijirsan!"
But he paused for a second and
gazed sorrowfully upon all nnture
slumbering n round liltn tilui whose
suffering was lu loneliness nnd soli
tude nnd u. gronu escaped his Hps,
unhappy sou.1 that he was!
"It is Darzac."'
And then he was gone, nnd I re
mained there behind my hedge over
whelmed with the horror of the
thought which I hnd dared to harbor.
I was still beneath the nrchSjf the
Hardener's post'ern. niu! 1 wns Just
about to enter the Court of the Bold
wheu It seemed to me thnt 1 heard
something moving. It Kotimlii! ns
though n door might have been closed.
Then then- wns a sound ns of wood
striking on Iron. P thrust my head out
from under the nrclu and I believed
that I could K(v the shadow of ti per
son near the door of the new castle.
1 snatched my revolver from my pock
et aud with three stuns was at the
place where I Mlevod I hud seen the
shape. Hut It was there no longer. 1 ,
could seo nothing but darkness. The i
door of the castle was closed, and 1
was certain that I hnd left It open. I
was disturbed and anxious. I felt tint I
I wns not alone. Who, then, could b
I listened attentively for more than ;
five minutes without making the slight-
est sound. Nothing! I mtiKt have
been mistaken. Hut nevertheless I did
not oven strike a match, and ns silent
Iy ns 1 could I ascended the stalren;
which led to my chamber. When 1
reached It I lockml myself in and onlr
then began to breathe freely.
The effect on my mind was so ntronr
that at last 1 said to myself: "1 shall
never know pence ugulu until 1 am
certain that Darzac 'la not Larsan
And 1 shall take means to make raj
self certain one way or the other on
tho first occnslon."
Yes. but how? Pull his beard off?
Suddenly I threw off the bedclothes.
Jumped tip nnd cried almost nloud.
"Australia:"
An episode had returned to my mind
of which I hare spoken at tho begin
ning of this story. The render may
remember that at tho tlmo of tho acci
dent In the laboratory I had accompa
nied M. Itobert Darzac. to a druggist.
While his Injuries were being attended
to he had been obliged to removo his
study coat, and tho slecvo of hU shirt
bad fallen bui-k, leaving his arm bare
through the entire session with tho
druggist and 'lacing In tiill view Just
above tho rllit elbow a" large birth
mark, the uliape of which resembled
that of Australia as It appears on the
maps In the geographies. Mentally
while tho dicmlm was at work I had
mused myself by trying to locate
upon tho arm In tho positions which
they occupied on an actual map the
cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide,
etc.. and directly benenth this large
mark thero wns another smaller ono
which was ulttmtcd llko tho country
known as Tnf'M.inia.
Aud lu this flceplcHs night It wns tho
thought of A iHtrulia thnt 'eamo to mo.
I had scarcely hnd time to congratu
late myself upon having found a
means to prove decisively tho identity
of Dnrzuc and to try to devise some
way of bringing it to an Immediate
test when a singular sound made mo'
prick up my enrs,
Ilreathless, i hurried to my door, and,
with my ear at tho keyhole, I listened.
Bomo one wns now ascending thostair
fase, and boiuq one who desired hU
prosenco to bo unknown,
All at once, as I was leaning ot the
broken buluBtrnde, I saw tho shadow
again. It was lighted up by the moon
beams as though It wcro a flambeau.
Am I recognized. Itobert Pnrzac. .
He raised hW head and looked In my
direction as (hough he felt tho weight
of my eyes upon hhn. instinctively I
drew back. And then I returned to
my post of observation Just In time to
seo him disappear Into a corridor
which led to another nlntrcaso winding
up to the battlements. What could
this mean? Was Dnnuic spending tho
night lu tho new cnstlo? Why did ho
tnko such precautions not to be seen?
A thousand suspicions crossed my
mind, and l felt that I must set my
spirit at rest immediately. 1 must fol
low Robert Dnnae and discover "Aus
tralia." I reached this door, and, lludlug It
locked. I gave three little taps, certnln
thnt he wns Inside. Aud I waited.
My heart was bent lug wildly. All these
rooms were uninhabited, abnndotuHl.
What should M. Darzac be doing lu
ono of these haunted chambers!
"Is It you, Snlnclnlr? Whnt Is It,
my friend?"
"I wnnted to know whnt you could
bo doing here at such an hour?" I re
plied, and It seemed to me thnt my
voice wns thnt of another man, bo
great was my terror.
"You see. I nm preparing for bed."
And he lit a caudle, which was placed
on n clmlr, for there was no night
stand In this dilapidated apartment. A
bod lu one comer nn Iron bed, which
must hnve been brought there durlui!
the day and a single chair comprised 1
nil tho furnishings. 1
"I thought that you were going to .
sleep near Mme. Darzac aud the pro
fessor on the first tloor of la 1jtivo?"
"The rooms nre too small. I wns
afraid of Inconveniencing Mme. Dar
zac," answered the uuhnppy mnu bit
terly. "I asked Bender to fetch mo
a bed hero. And theu whnt difference
does It mnko whero I am, slnco 1 do
not sleep?"
Wo were both silent for a moment.
I was ashamed of myself nnd of my
wretched suspicions. Aud, frankly,
my remorse was ho great thnt I could
not refrain from giving It expression.
I confessed everything to liltn my In- j
famous Ideas and how I had even bo-;
Heved when I saw him wandering so :
mysteriously over the new cnstle thnt
It was ujkhi some evil errand, nud so J
hnd decided to go nud look for tho
"Australia" blrthmnr'L '
He listened to me with such an ex
pression of reproachful sorrow that It
wrung my heart; then lie quietly rolled
up his shirt sleeve, nnd. bringing his
bare nrtn close to the light, he showed
me the birthmark, which mndo n snuo
mnu of me once more.
"You may rub It ns much ns you
choose," said Dnrzac gently. "It will
I not come off."
1 begged his pardon a thousand 1
times over, with tears In my eyes, but
he would nut forgive me until he hnd
me pull nt his heard, which remained '
firmly attached to his chin, Instead of
coming off lu my Imnd.
Then only he allowed me to go back
to my room, which I did, cursing my
self for an Idiot.
(To bo continued.)
Card of Thanks'.
Wo desiro to Bincerely thnnjt our
frionds nnd neighbors for their kind
nssistnnco nnd hourtfolt sympathy
they hnvo shown us during the siek-
i "csfd death of Mrs. Judy, n bo-
lovcu wuo n,1(l mower-
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