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A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA BY SIR A. CONAN DOYILE. In Three Chapters-Chapter IL At three o'clock precisely I was at Baker Street, but Holmes had not yet returned. The land.ady informed me that he had left the house shortly after eight o'clock in the morning. I eat down beside the fire, however, .with the intention of awaiting him, however long he might be. I was already deeply Interested in .his in quiry, for, though it was surrounded by none of the grim and strange fea tures which were associated with the two crimes which I have already re corded, still the nature. of the case and the exalted station of his client gave it a character of its own. In deed, apart from the nature of the investigation which my friend had on hand, there was something in his masterly grasp of a situation, and his keen, incisive reasoning, which made - it a pleasure te me to study his sys tem of work, and to follow the quick, subtle methods by which he disentan gled the most inextricable mysteries. So accustomed was I to his invari able success that the very possibility of his failing had ceased to enter into my head. It was close upon four before the door opened, and a drunken-looking groom, ill-keanpt and side-whiskered, with an inflamed face and disreput able clothes, walked into the room. Accustomed as I was to my friend's amaing powers In the use of dis guises, I had to look three times be fore I was certain that it was indeed he. With a nod he vanished into the bedroom, when he emerged five min tes tweed-suited and respectable, as of old. Putting his hands into his pockets, he stretched out his legs in front of the fire, and laughed hearti ly for some minutes. "Well, really!" he cried, and then he choked, and laughed again until he was obliged to lie back, limp and hlpless, in the chair. "What is it?" "It's quite too funny. I am sure. you.could never guess how I employ ed my morning, or what I ended by doing." "I can't imagine. I suppose that yon- have been watching the habits, and, perhaps, the house, of Miss Irene Adler." "Quite so, but the sequel was rath er unusual. I will tell you, however. I left the house a little after eight o'clock this morning in the character of a groom out of work. There is a wonderful sympathy and freemasonry among horsy men. Be one of them, and you will know all that there is to know. I soon found Briony Lodge. It Is a bijou villa, with a garden at the back, but built out In the front right up to the road, two stories. Chubb lock to the -door. Large sit ting-room on the right side, well fur nished, with long windows almost to the floor, and those preposterous English window-fasteners which a phild could open. Behind there was nothing remarkable, save that the passage window could be reached (rom the top of the coach-house. I -walked round It and emined It 'closely from every point of view, but without noting anything else of in terest. "I then lounged down the street, -and found, as I expected, that there was a mews In a lane -which runs down by one wall of the garden. I lent the hostlers a hand'in rubbing - down their horses, and I received in exchange twopence, a glass of half and-half, two fills- of shag tobacco, and as much information as I could 7 desire about Miss Adler, to say noth ing of a half dosen other people in the neighborhood, in 'whom I was not In the least Interested, but whose biographies I was. compelled to listen *to." "And what of Irene Adler?" I ask "Oh, she has turned all the men's heads down in that part. She is the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet. So say the Serpentine Mews, to a man. She lives quietly, sings at concerts, drives out at five every day, -and returns at seven sharp for din ner. Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings. -Has only one male visitor, but a good deal of him. He is dark, handsome, and dashing; never calls less than once a day, and of-ten twice. He is a Mr. Godfrey Norton of the Inner Temple. See the advant'ages of a. cabman as a confi dant.. They had driven him home a dozen times from Serpentine Mews, and knew all about him. When I had listened to all that they had to tell, I began to walk up and down near Briony Lodge once -more, and to think over my plan of campaign. "This Godfrey Nortion was evi dently an important factor in the matter. He was a lawyer. That* sounded ominous. What was the re lation between them, and what the1 object of his repeated visits? Was she his client, his friend, or his mis tress? If the former, she had prob *aby transferred the .photograph to1 his keeping. If the latter, It was less likely. On the issue of this question depended whether I should continue my work at Briony Lodge, or turn my attention to the gentleman's chambers in the Temple. It was a, delicate point, and it widened the field of my Inquiry. I fear that I bore you with details, but I -have- to let you see my little difficulties, If you are to understand the situation." "I a.'n following you closely," I answered'. "I was gtill balancing the matter in my mind,. when a hansom cab drove up to Br~lony Lodge, and a gen tleman 8"rung out. He was a re markably ha'udsoLge man, dark, aqui line, and rutached-evdently the man of whom I Mad heard. He ap peared -to be in a g;'eat hurry, shout ed to the cabman to w7g and brush ed past the maid who A-end the door, with the ti et a mans h a thoroughly at home~. an "He was in tbe house abod Adsk. an hour, and I 1d' datche glimbsis A~ in the windon" 4f thWe sitti-lg tm cing up an~d do#s, t'aking' I! room, p.. 4 waving his arni5 &t he I could Se even mre flur-'Z he 0eeged, look A Le steplied up ri-ed than before.uedagdwad to the cab, he pulled a olkd at i -from his pocket ande thoe dvit he earnestly. 'Drive lik th gavil's shouted, 'irst toGrs the to' th < in -eetSrt an the to th ware ftoad. Half a guinea if you do t it in twenty minutes!' "Away they went, and I was just wondering whether I should not do well to follow them, when up the lane came a neat little laudau, the coachman with his coat half button- ] ed, while all the tags of his harness were sticking out of the buckles. It I hadn't pulled up before she shot out I of the hall door into it. I only caught I a glimpse of her at the moment, but she was a lovely woman, with a face that a man might die for. " 'The Church of St. Monica, John,' I she cried; 'and half a sovereign if you 1 reach it in twenty minutes.' I "This was quite too good to lose, 1 Watson. I was just balancing wheth- I er I should run for it, or whether I should perch -behind her landau, 3 when a cab came through the street. The driver looked twice at such a i shabby fare; but I jumped in ] before he could object. 'The I Church of St. Monica,' said I, 'and 1 half a sovereign if you reach it in I twenty minutes.' It was twenty-five I minutes to twelve, and of course it 4 was clear enough what was in the ( wind. , "ly cabby drove fast. I don't I think I ever drove faster, but the I others were there before us. The cab and landau with +heir steaming I horses were in front of the door 1 when I arrived. I paid the man, and hurried into the church. There was not a soul there save the two whom I had followed, and a surpliced clergy man, who seemed to be expostulating with them. They were all three standing in a knot in front of the altar. I lounged up the side aisle like any other idler who has dropped into a church. Suddenly to my sur prise, the three at the altar faced round to me, and Godfrey Norton came running as hard as he could to wards me. "'Think C-od!' he cried. 'You'll do. Come! Come!' "'What then?' I asked. "'Come, man, come; only three minutes, or it won't be legal.' "I was half dragged up to the altar, and, before I knew where I was, I found myself mumbling re sponses which were whispered in my ear, and vouching for thing of which I knew nothing, and generally assist ing in the secure tying up of Irene Adler, spinster, to Godfrey Norton, bachelor. It was all done in an in stant, and there was the gentleman thanking me on the one side and the lady on the other, while the clergy man beamed on me in front. It was the most preposterous position In which I ever found myself in my life, and It was the thought of it that started me laughing just now. It seems that there had been some informality about their license; that the clergyman absolutely refused to marry them without a witness of some sort, and that my lucky appear ance saved the -bridegroom from hav ing to sally out into the streets in search of a best man'. The bride gave me a sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch chain in mem ory of the occasion." "This is a very unexpected turn of affairs," said I; "and what then?" "Well, I found my plans were very seriously menaced. It looked as if the pair might take an Immediate de parture, and so necessitate very prompt and energetic measures on my part. At the church door, how ever, they. separated, he driving back to the Temple, and she to her own house. 'I shall drive out in the park at five as usual,' she said, as she left him. I heard no more. They drove away in different directions, and I went off to make my own arrange ments." "Which are?" "Some cold beef and a glass of beer," he answered, ringing the bell. "I have been too busy to think of food, and I am likely to be 'busier this evening. i~ the way, doctor, I shall want 'your co-operation."' "I shall be delighted." "You don't mind breaking the law?" "Not In the least." "Nor running a chance of arrest?" "Not in a good cause." "Oh, the cause is excellent!" "Then I am your man." "I was sure that I might rely on you." "But what is It you wish?" "When Mrs. Turner has brought In the tray I will make it clear to you. Now," he said, as he turned hungri ly on the simple fare that our land lady had provided, "I must discuss it while I eat, for I have not much time, It is nearly five now. In two hours we !:lust be on the scene of action. Miss Irene, or Madame, rather re turns from her drive at seven. We must be at Briony Lodge to meet her." "And what then?" "You must leave that to me. I have ~aready arraged what is to occur. There is only one point on which I must insist. You must not inter fere, come what may. You under stand?" "1 am to 'be neutral?" "To do nothing whatever. There will probably be some small unpleas antness. Do not join in it. It will1 end in my being conveyed into the house. Four or five minutes after wards the sitting-room window will be open. You are to station yourself close to that open window."i "Yes." "You are to watch me, for I will be. visible to you." "Yes." "And when I raise my hand-so you will throw Into the room what I give you to throw, and will, at the same time, raise the cry of fire. You quite follow me?" "Entirely." "It is nothing very formidable," he said, taking a long, cigar-shaped roll from his pocket. "It is an ordinary1 plumber's smoke-rocket, fitted with a cap at either end, to make it self lighting. Your task is confined to that. When you raise your cry of fire, It will be taken up by quite a number of people. You may then walk to the end of the street, and I will rejoin you in ten minutes. I hope that I have made m'yself clear?" "I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you, and. at the signal, to throw in this object, ~en raise the cry of fire, and to wait at the corner of the street." C -ecisely." yumay entirely rely on e. excellent. I think, per *ost time that I prepar rs fth lie ' ole I have to play." He disaead .into his bedroom, 0 ad rstuxned Ia g feg minutes in the ~ barater of an amiabwe and simple -b nnded Nonconformist clergyman. s Elis broad, black hat, his baggy trous ,rs, his white tie, his sympathetic ,mile, and general look of peering mad benevolent curiosity were such as 9ir. John Hare alone could have equaled. It was not merely tha: Flolmes changed his costume. His mxpression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part hat he assumed. The stage lost a Ine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when be became a; specialist in crime. It was a quarter past six when we eft Baker Street, and it still wanted .en minutes to the hour when - we !ound ourselves in Serpentine Ave aue. It was already dusk, and the amps were just .being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony odge, waiting for the coming of its >ccupant. The house was just such Ls I had pictured it from Sherlock lolmes' succinct description, but the ocality appeared to be less private han I expected. On the contrary, or a small street in a quiet neigh >orhood, it was remarkably animat ,d. There was a group of shabbily Iressed men smoking and laughing n a corner,. a scissors-grinder with iis wheel, two guardsmen who were lirting with a nurse-girl, and several well-dressed young men who were ounging up and down with cigars in :heir mouths. "You see," remarked Holmes, as we passed to and fro in front of the iouse, "this marriage rather simpli les matters. The photograph be :omes a double-edged weapon now. lhe chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by Mr. God rrey Norton as our client is to its :oming to the eyes of his princess. gow the question is-where are we to find the photograph?" "Where, indeed?" "It is most unlikely that she car ries it about with her. It is cabinet 3ize. Too large for easy conceal mnent about a woman's dress. She knows that the king is capable of baving her waylaid and searched. rwo attempts of the. sort have al ready .been made. We may take it, then, that she does not carry it about with her." "Her banker or her lawyer. There s that double possibility. But I am inclined to think neither. Women are saturally secretive, and they like to to thei'r own secreting. Why should 5he hand it over to any one else? She could trust her own guardian ;hip, but she could not tell what in lirect or political influence might be brought to bear upon a business man. Besides, remember that shehad re solved it within a few days. It must be where she can lay here hands apon it. It must be in her own ouse." "But It has twice been burglariz ed."- . "Pshaw!. They d'I not know how to look." "But how will you look?" "I will not look." "What then?" "I will get her to show me." "But she will refuse." "She will, not .be able to. But I hear the rumble of wheels. It is her carriage. Now carry out my or ders to the letter." As he spoke, the gleam of the side lights of a carriage came round the curve of the avenue. It was a smart little landau which rattled 'up to the door of Briony Lodge. As It pulled up one of the loafing men at the corner dashed forward to open the door in the hope of earning a cop per, but was elbowed away by anoth er loafer who had rushed up with the same intention. A fierce quarrel broke out which was increased by the two guardsmen, who took sides 'with one of the loungers, and by the scis sors-grinder, who was equally -hot upon the other side. A blow was struck, and in an instant the lady, who had stepped from her carriage, was the center of a little knot of struggling men who struck savagely at each other with, their fists and stocks. Holmes dashed Into the crowd to protect, the lady;- but, just as 'he reached her, he gave a cry and dropped to the ground, with the blood running freely down his face. At his fail the guardsmen took to their heels in one direction and the oungers in the other, while a num ber of better dressed people who had watched the scuffle without taking part in it crowded In to help the lady and to attend to the injured man. [rene Adler, as I will still call her, bad hurried up the steps; but she stood at the top, with ther super.b figure outlined against the lights of the hall. looking back into the street. "Is the poor gentleman much hurt?" she asked. "He Is dead," cried several voices. "No, no, there's life in him," shouted another. "But he'll be gone before you can get him to the hospi tal." "He's a 'brave fellow. "They would have had the lady's purse and watch If it hadn't been for him. They were a gang, and a rough one, too. t.h! he's breathing now." "He can't lie in the street. May we bring 'him in, marm?" 'Surley. Bring him Into the sitting -oom. There is a comfortable sofa. ['his way, please." Slowly and sole nnly he was borne into Briony Lodge1 mnd laid out in the principal room, while I still observed the proceed ngs from my post in the window. (To 'be continued.) MAD2~ HI SIT DOWN. Then He" Suggested Mixed Mission Schools. When Rev. A. Y. Napier, Baptist nissionary from China, In an address iefore the Southern Baptist conven ion at St. Louis on Thursday on how o make foreign missionary work more effective, said it was desirable hat the Baptists join the other Prot stant sects in 'building up interde tominational mission schools, there rere cries of "No, no," and Sit own" from all over the audience. inding it impossible to continue his ddress, he took his seat. Report Favorably on Woods. A favorble report was made to the enate Monday by the judiciary comn ittee on the President's nomination f Justice C. A. Woods, of the South |arolina Supreme Court, to succeed enator Nathan Goff on the Fourth adicial circuit bench. EightMissing After Storm. FIve "one-year" volunteer soldiers f the German army and three Ger ian marines on a pleasure cruise are elieved to have been drowned in a DILL BECOMES LAW GOUVENOR JOHNSON PUTS III NAME TO THE NOTED ALIEN LAND LAW Governor Johnson Issues a Statement in Which He Says That No Mam Who Wishes an Alien Land Lau Will Sign a Referendum as to This Law. California's alien land bill became the law of the State Monday. Against protests of Japan and representationf of President Wilson and his personal envoy, Secretary of State Bryan, Gov ernor Johnson signed the bill, and ninety days after the adjournment of the Legislature, or on August 10, the Act becomes operative. Within California the Act has en countered triple hostility, which may delay its operation until November 1, 1914. Democrats opposed State leg islation at this time, as a matter of party regularity. Nevertheless, sc plain to them seems to be the de mand for the bill that, after exhaust ing all parliamentary tactics, the senate gave only one adverse Demo cratic vote and the assembly only two. As an expression of this opposi tion, Theodore Bell, late Democratic candidate for Governor and formei chairman of the Democratic -StaV central committee, has issued an in vitation to his party to submit the Is sue to the people by invoking th( referendum against the bill. H4 grounds his opposition on two conten tions-one that the bill is insufficient, ly drastic, because it permits lease. running three years; and, second, be cause it embarrasses the National Ad. ministration. The Asiatic Exclusion League, ai organization of which the president h Olaf A. Tveitmore, recently convictei of complicity in the -"dynamite con, spiracy," announced Sunday nigh1 that it would invoke the referenduu purely because it opposed the bill a. faint-hearted. Thirdly, the powerful Panama-Pa cific Exposition Company, backed b many Chambers of Commerce, haA placed itself on record in oppositioi to the bill on the ground that It is s violation of faith. In ;reply to this threatened hostil ity Governor Johnson said in signing the bill: "I repeat what I have before said: "That California for the first timi is Its history has an anti-alien law Any man whowishes another kin of law may consistently invoke tho initiative. No man who really wish es an alien law will sign a referudun as to this law. "If another law Is sought It ma: be presented by means of the initia tive and In the meantime the presen law will be in operation. To tie u] the present law means no law unti Novenm,ber, 1914." The two visiting Japanese are Sor oku Ebara, of the Constitutional par ty and a member of the House o Peers, a'nd Ayao Hattori, of the Na tionalist party, a member of the low er house. They make it plain they came merely as representatives o their parties with a view to learnin the -acutal conditions and prevailin. sentiment In California. Mr. Hat tori said: "Our plans are somewha indeflinate. , We may see Governol Johnson and I expect to visit Presi dent Wilson at his ,summer home be fore I return. I was taking specia work at Princeton when the Presi dent was lecturing there, and hi; course was one of those I attended. Brief statements were Issued Mon day night by Ayao Hattori an Soruki Ebara, the Japanese who arrive< Monday to inquire unofficially int the situation that brought about the California alien land legislation. Mr Ebara's statement did not Indicat< his views upon the issue. Mr. Hat tori's, however, was vigorous of pur pose. "I have come here," he said, "al the representative of the Liberal par ty of Japan. The treaty we have wit) America is deficient and I advocate Its revision. As to the land lay question I think we should secure the right of naturalization. With regari to naturalization of the Japanese, I1 seems to me that Japan Is almost un animous in demanding the same, bu1 how to secure it is not decided yet." "I am a member of thie Japanest Peace Society. We hope to solve thi: problem peacefully and honorably." Mr. Ebara's statement follows: "I have come here as the represen tative of the Constitutional party the majority party of Japan.: My mission is In Interest of establishing a better understanding -between the United States and Japan. The peo ple of Japan are in sympathy with the Japanese in California and they are endeavoring to help them out o: trouble In a peaceable manner. A! to the California question, I am not yet In a position to speak, because] am not well versed in this problem. Before I make any statement I wish to see and investigate the conditions of the Japanese in California. I want to study the cause of this agitation. I want to see and hear as much as possible brore I report to my party.' Mr. r who is seventy-two yea' is termed one of Japan's "g I i n". He is a Christian and., - er. Ever since he com mandL - giment in the revolution of 1868 .io has taken a prominent part In public life. Killed Four Thousand Squirrels. The farmers living in the vicinity of Early, Ia., had their annual squir rel hunt the other day, nearly eighty men and boys participating. At the close of the hunting the winning side was 2,310 points in the lead, and a total of 4,237 squirrels were report ed. The dead bodies filling a dray wagon. Brother Knight, of the 'Bamberg Herald, says it begins to look like he will have to stay away from the meet ing of the State Press Association or abandon our idea of offering a reso lution regarding the free pass ques tion. Don't do th'at, Brother Knight. Go down prepared to offer any kind of resolution you want to and at the same time answer any questions that may be asked you why you quit rid MINISTER HITS STUDENT UNFORTT . TE DIFFICULTY AT SPARTANBURG. Rev. S. A. Nettles Has Dispute With a Young Preacher About Paint and Strikes Him a Blow. The Spartanburg Journal says Rev. S. A. Nettles, member of the South Carolina Methodist conference and publisher of the Southern Christian Advocate, in Greenville, was the prin cipal part of a near-scrap in the rear of Wofford college Monday morning when he excharrged blows with Rev. J. B. Chick, an ordained preacher of the Methodist church and senior classman at the Wofford Fitting school. It was at 8:30 o'clock, and, so far as can be learned, there were only two witnesses to the affair. A. 0. Darby and John. Dean, college boys. These, it is said, will be used by Mr. Chick, who is by trade a painter, of blame of the transaction should the district conference, which convenes this week at Woodruff, probe the matters. Mr. Chick is pursuing his studies at the Fitting school in an effort to fit himself for the pulpit, an appli cant of which he became when he successfully passed the examination. As, a. sideline he is steward at the white house, which is situateit on Cleveland street and in the rear of the college. The building is the property of Mr. Nettles and it is 9tid that *Mr. Nettles came over to Spar tanburg to check over the rent ac count and to make further contracts. There was a misunderstanding known only to the participants %'en it is said Mr. Nettles accused Mr. Chick, who is by tade a painter, of having giving his brother an under hand deal in reference to some paints. Mr. Chick is said to have denied the charge, when Mr. Nettles said, "Well, when you Insult my brother you in sult me," and Mr. Chick, turning his head, was slapped on the side of his face, leaving, it is said, an ugly mark made from the contact sustained with the spectacle frames worn by him. After the disillusionment was pass ed it is said that Mr. Ohick gave Mr. Nettles a short talk in real earnest as to the ethics of their high calling. It is said Mr. Nettles refused to make any apologies and Mr. Chick asserts that his friendship with the offending divine will cease and that he will not renew his contract for the next ses sion. After the affair 0MT. Nettles left the city for Greenville. Warrant for Mr. Nettles. The Spartanburg Journal says a warrant for the arrest of Rev. S. A. I Nettles, publisher of the official church organ of South Carolina Meth - odism, has been placed in the hands 1 of a constable for service. When the prosecutor in the action, Rev. J. B. r Chick, made application for the war - 'rant, he stated that he was not so do t ing in an effort to get revenge for the humiliation he suffered in the as I sault made o'n him by Mr. Nettles, but that he demanded an investiga - tion of the occui-rence in order to - get the matter in proper shape for ! future reference. The date for the - hearing has not been set. r RICHARDSON EXONERATED. SSeems to be Nothing in Charge of Arson Against Km. A special- dispatch from Aiken to The News and Courier says at a pre - liminary hearing before Magistrate - Smoak, Capt. 3. Maxwell Richardson, a well known citizen of this place, - who was arrested last Friday on a * charge of arson and lodged behind the bars of the county jail, was dis *charged and the charges against him dismissed, bearing out his statement Friday, to The News and Courier's correspondent, that It would only be a matter of a few days before he would be absolutely vindicated of the charge, which he characterized as a "frame-up" and political per secution. Capt. Richardson was charged lit 3 erally with destroying his own prop erty In order that he might collect Sthe small sum of $600 for which it was insured. The warrant had been r issued at the instigation of Insurans Commissioner McMaster's deputy, B. A. Wharton. Solicitor Robert L. Gunter was present In behalf of the State during the preliminary, while the defendant had as his counsel Col. Claude E. Sawyer and Messrs. Croft & Croft. The hearin'g was a tedious one. Af ter all of the testimony was in It be came quite clear that there was noth ing whatsoever to substantiate the rather serious charges preferred against a man of Capt. Richardson's prominence. As a matter of fact, no part of the entire testimony tended in the slightest degree to connect in anywise Capt. Richardson with the alleged Incendiarism. MRS. APPELT ASKED TO RESIGN. Not Giving Post Office Work Personal Attention. A Washington dispatch says the first assistant Postmaster General has called for the resignation of Mrfls. Ap pelt as postmistress at Manning, be cause the inspector's report shows that she is not attending to the office personally. This is carrying out the policy recently announced by the Postmaster General, that postmasters must give their personal attention to the business of their offices. It is stated that the resignation of Mrs. Appelt will be accepted, if tendered immediately. For some little time the post office department has been conducting quiet investigations all over the country to see if postmasters are paying the proper personal atten tion to their work, and it is likely that there will be a good many other cases similar to that at Manning. Finds Snake in Dining Room. A special to the Columbia Record from St. Matthews Wednesday morn ing says that Mrs. 3. H. Hennegan. Tuesday night opened the drawer of a buffet in her dining room and plac ed her hand upon a deadly copper head moccasin snake, which was snugly coiled up among the table cloths. Mrs. Hennegan was terribly frightened when the reptile moved, but withdrew her hand before it had time to strike. The sake was killed. REPLY WAS ilVEN BRYAN HANDS JAPANESE MINIS TER HIS REPLY CONTENTS KEPT SECRET Japan's Protest Alleges. Technical Violations of Treaty by California Law, Weight of Objection Against Spirit of Legislation as Being Dis criminatory Against Japanese. Secretary Bryan late Monday hand ed Ambassador Chinda the reply of the United States government to the Japanese protest against the Califor nia alien land legislation. The am bassador immediately cabled it to S Tokyo. No intimation as to the na ture of the reply was given out. Upon learning through press dis patches that Gov. Johnson had sign ed the Webb land act. Secretary T] Bryan, telegraphed Viscount Chinda and invited him to come to the state department to receive the reply which he had been anxiously await ing since the reception of his own note May 9. When the answer had S been delivered, the secretary and the ambassador conferred earnestly for w an hour regarding the general aspect al of the problem. Of course the opin- In ions expressed were tentative as for re his part, since the ambassador felt ul that he must be guided entirely by cc the direction of the foreign office at ti Tokyo and he could only surmise t what might be the attitude of the of- u ficials at home. - r Meantime it was understood that both the Japanese protest and the al state department's answer would be ti withheld from publication for the t present at least, on the ground that t it would be injudicious to submit the question at issue to heated discussion in the newspapers and at possible mass meetings. The negotiations be- e. tween the two governments are ex- g pected to proceed in regular fashion, b without further reference to what V takes place in California. Viscount Chinda dispatched the state department's reply to his gov ernment and it is assumed that sev eral days may elapse before the next step is taken. In view of the understanding Ile- h tween the two governments regarding c withholding of the correspondence e from publicity none of the officials d at the White House, the state'depart ment or the Japanese embassy cared to indicate the nature of the Japa nese objections or'of Secretary Bry an's'reply'. t] From other sources, however, It was gathered that while the Japa- t nese allege technical violations of the treaty of 1911 by the California law these relate to minor provisions, such as that .prohibiting Japanese s from inheriting property in Califor- e nia. The real weight of objections centres against the spirit of the ri whole legislation which is regarded b as distinctly discriminatory against the Japanese. The spirit of the con vention as well the general princi- d pies of international law is regarded u by Japan as' outraged by this act. The fact that the United States has entered into treaty relatioLs with Japan is cited as an admission of E equality. In his answer Secretary Bryan is understood to have recounted at length efforts made by the adminis- s1 tration to guard against an infringe- Is ment of the treaty rights of the Japa- I-3 nese-.t Officials here believe that this sub- j, stantially has been accomplished and e that at any rate, If the Japanese gov- y ernent takes a contrary view, it will h be an easy mater for it to test the t< matter in American courts. This is s1 pointed out by those who seek to re move the issue from one of treaty n construction, If the state depart- g ment's view Is correct, to the broad b field of international law. It is realized here that the Japa- u nese government is not much con- n cerned about the exclusion of Its sub- n jects from America, for they are ti much needed in Manchuria, Korea e, and Formosa. Underlying the whole tl objection, it .Is said, is the intense h national pride of the Japanese, which has been touched to the quick by the ei general development of anti-Japanese ta feeling on the Pacific coast. k Official circles realize that the ne-r gotiations from this point forward y must be conducted with extreme can- oa tion, but there is a general convic- , tion that an amicable solution of the st problems involved eventually will be p, reached. ,a. Secretary Bryan said he had not t a communicated with Gov. Johnson w since the receipt of the governor's long message explaining his reasons for approving the act and probably would not do so. JEWELLER~ IS MURDERED. Woman Last Seen in His Store Taken cc in Custody. rc At Chicago Margaret Kennedy, In known under a number of aliases, U who was taken into custody Monday a! nighit with Isidore Goldstein, an al ci leged pickpocket, was identified by the police as the mysterious blonde bE woman .seen in the offices of Joseph th H. Logue, a jewel merchant, a short 01 time before he was found murdered in his off~ce in the McVicker Theatre sa Building. The murder was one of the most mysterious in the records bt of the police. A blonde woman wasW the last visitor at Logue's office be- pr fore the crime was discovered.m Stephen Durza, who was the jewel. fu er's office boy, said the woman called ~ about two o'clock on the day of the th murder, and tried to sell watches to in him. An houir later he was found murdered. Durza was positive in a identifying the -Kennedy woman.,W Convicted of Blackmailing, no At Newark, N. J., Seeley Davenport p.r anrd Jacob Dunn, mountain wood tic shoppers, of Wharton, 'N. J., were ta convicted by a Federal jury Tuesday' night of seniding threatening letters to Woodrow Wilson while he was Presirlent-r'lect. In the case of Day- W~ enport, the iury recommended mercy. wi' - 1 i ,wi1 !f the 2Po de allows any tinkering mi w'th the 'arirf bill there is no telling Ga where the tinkering will end. Better ed put it through the Senate like it came W frm the House.- 1f. ROl BAKINGF Absoluta The only Baking from Royal GrapeI NO ALUM, NO LM WILL CALL THE BLUFF. ;CRETARY REDFIELD STIRS UP THE TRUSTS. iey Don't Like His Statement That They Must Tell the Truth About the Tariff. During the debate Tuesday in the nate on the matter of making pub- 'l the briefs filed by manufacturers th the finance sub-committees, Sen or Townsend, of Michigan, engaged a colloquy with Senator Simmons lative to the alleged threats of man acturers to reduce wages and the unter intention of- the Administra mn through the bureau of corpora ns to Investigate concerns which - ight reduce wages following tariff t ductions. "Is the Senator aware," asked Sen or Townsend, "of any conditions isting which will make possible Is proposed coercion on the part of t e Government, as indicated by the cretary of Commerce." "Remarks of the Secretary relat g to investigations of manufactur- t s," replied Senator Simmons, "have* own out of threats constantly made r the protected interests that they ould reduce wages unless they are rmitted to retain the excessive tar rates." "Can the Senator give any specific ses where such threats have been 1 ade?" Senator Townsend continued. "I can refer -the Senator to the arings before the ways and means )mmittee, where statements repeat- t ly made by manufacturers that if t aties were reduced, they would be rced to and would cut wages. I ould also refer him to the briefs ed with the finaztee committee, hich are full'of such statements. "Does the Senator construe as a I reat the statement of a manufac rer that certain changes would rce him to cut expenses?" asked the :ichigan Senator. "The Senator may construe as he es fit," Senator Simmons conclud 1, "call it a threat or a statement, at the Secretary of Commerce had I ~ference to these constant warnings1 r representatives of the protected ~dustries, that they would not suffer their own pockets from tariff re ctions, .but would shoulder the loss on their employees." - 'VESUVIUS" HIT BY TORPEDO. at Punctured Below Water Line by Her Own Shot, The torpedo boat "Vesuvius" was ruck by one of its own torpedoes te .Monday and was beached on ope island, Narragansett'Bay, when e lives of those on board seemed iperilled by the waters which rush I in through a hole astern. Late ~onday night the Vesuvius worked rself off the beach and proceeded the torpedo station under her own eam. The "Vesuvius", which is a dyna ite cruiser, famous as one of the st vessels of the "new navy", was ing used for torpedo instruction in arragansett Bay. As a practice hitehead torpedo left her side thet echanism went awry in some man r not yet determined. The torpedor rned like a boomerang and crash into the "Vesuvius" astern belowr e water line, gashing a two-inch le-. Chief Gunner Thomas Smith order t full speed towards Hope Island, o miles away. All pumps were pt working until the "Vesuvius"r n her nose on the beach of Hope land. *'The crew massed In the boat t of reach of the water while the reless operator notified the torpedo 1 tion. Soon the fleet from the tor ~do station ranged along side the esuvius". The Vesuvius becameC ted for its work during the war ith Spain. CONCERNS THlE WORLD. C If ndon Times Thinks Japanese Prob lem Far-reaching. The London Times print a threes lumn article by Sir Valentine. Chi , former editor of The Times, deal-, d gwith the dispute between the iited States and Japan. The writer y alyzes the grounds on which Japan I s ims equality of treatment with a stern nations and expresses the a lef that the situation created reby is more critical than it was any previous occasion. The Times, commenting editorially, r s: "The ultimate point is the dis- F te does not affect America alone, b t is essentially a world question. c atever may be the Issue of the sent dispute, It is a question of b nitude for the white races in the h ure. Until the situation becomes re strained we prefer to believe s t some middle course of settle- r nt will be found. While Japan is fully warranted in nding on her treaty rights, s'1e II do well to remember that a im to enter a neighbor's garden Is c the kind of a claim that can be ~ssed with unrestricted indigna , however strong its documen y support may be." Cut His Wife's Throat. di t Newport News, Va., Newell lker, of Binns Hall, Va., killed his hi e Mionday by cutting her throat W h a razor. The crime was comn-d ~ted in the presence of Matthew T and his son. Jealousy is alles as the cause of Walker's act. Iii ker later surrendered to the shier- th~ AL I IOWDER tv Pure Pevwder made 9ream f Tartar FE PHOSPHATE iARRETT CAPTURED LAYR Of CAMPBELLS CAUGHT IN SWAMP. URISED BY A POSSE 'he Daughter Had Previously Came in and Gave Herself Up, Telling the Sheriff. Her Father Was Heav ily Armed and Would Resist Cap. ture to the Bitter End. M. L. Garrett, who killed his son In-law, Aai~n Campbell, and the lat er's father, Jno. H. Campbell, is now a the Lee County jail, having been laced there Monday morning by heriff R. E. Muldrow Jr., of Lee ,ounty, and his aides, without fur her bloodshed. Sheriff Muldrow, who went to the cene of the double killing imme liately upon notification, was unable o track the slayer who was in the wamp with his daughter, until the Lrrival of Guard J. C. Robbins, of the ;tate Penitentiary, with his dogs, 'Joe" and "Ben". These dogs were >laced on the trail about seven >'clock Sunday evening and Imme lately took the scent and the hunt >egan. The swamp had previously. been urrounded as far as possible by nany citioins who were assisting in he searei. The dogs bayed the fugi ive about dark and Sheriff Muldrow, ushing into the undergrowth, caught ight of the girl's dress and calling ier by name, ordered her to come to im which she did, to the relief of Ll1, as It was feared that she would Llso be killed by her father. Gertle Gampbell then informed the 3heriff that her father had forced her to accompany him by threatening ier life; that he was heavily armed, lad a large supply oi ammunition md had declared that he would de 'end himself to the last and never be aken alive. It being then too dark to proceed with the search, close piard was kept~intil daybreak. Sher ff Muldrow then took a dozen men ith him and followed the dogs into :he thick swamp. Tfhe sheriff and his aides, with the raluable assistance of the dogs, were ;oonu upon the fugitive. -Pressing for gard rapidly, they came suddenly ijon Garrett, who was apparently tsleep, or seeking to hide .because >f the early morning light, 'where he vas Immediately overpowvered and lan' euffed. Garrett's record before the double dling. was probably the darkest In :he history of Lee County, he having yeen tried in Court there September 13, 1910, for an unnatural offence tnd entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced by Judge Geo. E. rince to a period of two years in :he Penitentiary. He served his time nd returned to Lee County the lat :er part of July, 1912, and, It is said, -esumed former relations with his laughter. He was again arrested and tried mn several charges and sentenced to he Lee County gang for a period of We months. After serving two nonths of his time he escaped and, t is salI, he has since been living ear Dalzell, in Sumter County. His laughter has been staying with rela ives near Rose Hill since Garrett was irst arrested, and last Friday she ame to town with Aaron Campbell nd secured a license and were mar led. Garrett is said to have made the breot tl~at he v-ould kill any one who arried his daugrhter, and hearing Qf te nohrriaena. it is said, he loaded his un with slugs and on Bunday morn ng made his~ way to the home of the :mp::clis. Cn his way lhe saw Mr. 3. 3Brown, a white man, near the ome where his son-in-law, Aaron amnnb&ll. his daughter, Gertrude 'mpbell. an-1 .T. -H. Ca.mpbell, the ather ot 'Torrg Campbell, lived uietly together. Arriving th'mre about one o'clock, It Ssaid, he shot the old ma~n in the bdomen, as he (Campbell) was tanding in his piazza, and when the oung man attempted to run in the oor, Garrett shot the top of his head if, and forcing his daughter to go rith him, made his escape into the amp. The coroner held an inquest nd the jury brought in a verdict In ecordance with the above. - Meei-s Horrible Death. John Pressley, an operator at the ,ancaster Cotton Mills. was killed riday in the mill while engaged in is duties in the cord roomn. His lthing came in contact in some *ay with one of the belts and he was urled to the ceiling and down again, is body falling on another cording achine. He was badly mangled, but ill living when picked up. and was shed on a special train to the hos tal at Chester, but was so badly In red ho died before the train reach IChester. Pressley was thirty-three ars old and came from Monroe, N. ,two weeks ago to work. Accused of Killing Husband. At Columbus. Ga., Mrs. Jennie Mae adeliffe was indicted for the mur r by their Museogee County grand ry. S heis charged with shonting r husband several weeks ago. the Sund resulting in his death several ys later. It makes the he'arts of the Reub ans in Congrec bleed to Cee how e Democrats propose to treat the LItS