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APPALACHIAN BILL
REPORTED TOULOUSE

The bill TO create national forest
reserve in the Appalachian and White
mountain ranges was reported 20 me
House today by the Committee on Agri-
culture.
As framed at present, the bill Will
meet 1he objections 10 II, that were
made By the Committee on judiciary
earlier in the session. Members of the
Agriculture Committee believe they nave
framed the measure. % that II Will com
rIv with all constitutional requirements.
and will not infringe on the rights OF
the States.
No arrangement has yet been made for
the date of considering the bill
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WOULD TAKE COURT
TO MOONSHINERS

Senator'S Paynter and McCreary, from
Kentucky, locked horns today IN the
Senate over a bill to establish United
States court al Jackson. the headquar-
tiers OF the HSrgis feud clan.
Paynter insisted on the bin being con-
sidered and McCreary opposed II.
Finally, Paynter made a motion 20 take
il up. which prevailed. PayRter spoke
in favor Of the bin and McCreary
against it. Paynter said Jackson -
situated niaety-six @r<tiles from Rich
mond, wbers lfcCTeary resides. and II -
feared business will be taken away
from that plsce. He said violations Or
the internal revenue laws are frequent
Ia that section, from $50 TO 600 prison
ers and witnesses being handled each
year al AN average expense Of So each.
He said there viii be great saving
to the Cover 1ment II court is held at
Jackson.
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VISITORS FLOCK
TO WHITE HOUSE

Like harbingeTs OF the vacation sea-
son visitors from all parts of the coun-
try trooped 70 the White House bright
and early this morning and crowded the
waiting rooIt long before the presi-
dent had appeared in his office. There
were men, women, and children scarcely
able 10 walk.
The President Tece we'd mos than a
hundred visitors in less than an hour.
Among theTl was a delegation Of fifty
SIX Mississippi bankers. accompanied by
their wives, who are making tour OF
the North. as a wind-up Of their annual
convention which was held several days
ago
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USHER SUCCEEDS WINSLOW.

Commander Nathan R Usher former
~ in command of the cruiser 81. Louis.
has been appointed assistant chief of
the Bureau of Navigation, to succeed
Capt Cameron MGR Winslow. who has
been assigned to the command Of the
battleship New Hampshire. Comman-
der Usher takes charge of his new Of
fee May 2.
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COPYRIGHT LAW
POSTPONED AGAIN

No new copyright law viii be enacted
at this session Of Congress. At meet
ing of the House Committee on Patents
today a subcommittee OF seven mem
law.
This committee viii report before the
Christmas holidays next session.
The committee has given hearings all
winter long and has been particularly
pressed b. authors and cOmpoe srs, who
opposed canned music
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

(which doesn't help the matter ma
terially that | can see!" exclaimed the
young man. with a full beard he'd
probably look like a Sicllian bandit. ii
I thought he was really pursuing you
in this darkly mysterious way should
certainly give him piece Of my Amer
lean mind You might suppose that a
girl would be safe travelling with her
brother
1T isn't your fault Dick" laughed
the girl You know our parents dear
were with US when we first began TO
notice hin-that was in Rome-and
now that we are alone he continues to
follow our trail just the same. It's
really diYerting, and if you were i
good brother you'd find out all abous
him, and we might even do stunts to-
gether-the three of US. with you as
the watchful chaperon You forget
how have worked for you, Dick. 1
took great chances in forcing an ac-
quaintance witk those frosty English
people at Florence just because you
were crazy about the scrawny blond
who wore the frightful hats wash
my hands of you hereafter. Your taste
in girls is horrible"
your mind has been afTected by
reading these fake kingdom romances,
where ridiculous prince gives up
home and mother and his country to
marry the usual beautiful American
girl who travels about having silly adj
ventures. belong to the Know Moth
ing party America for Americans and
only white men on guardr'
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

of his blue serge coat He was at once
absorbed, and the presence of the Clai-
bornes gave him apparently not the
slightest concern.
He has a sense of humor,'' the girl
resumed. Il saw him yesterday
You're always seeing him. You
ought to be ashamed Of yourself"
Don't interrupt me, please. As /
was saying, saw him laughing over
the Fliegende Batter"
But that's no sign he has sense ot
humor. It rather proves that he hasn't
I'm disappointed in you, Shirley. To
think that my own sister should be
able to tell the color of wandering
blackgllard's eyesm
He struck a match viciously, and his
sister laughed.
Il might add to his portrait That
blue and white scarf is tied beautiful
II, and his profile would be splendid
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

while he waited for Armitage to ex-
plain why ne expected to see Ram
baud in Geneva.
HE is interested in a certain young
woman. She reached here yesterday,
and Rambaud, alias Chauyenet, is
quite likely to arrive within a day or
So"
Jules Chauvenet is the correct
name. / must inform my men," said
the minister.
'sYou wish to arrest him?'
"You ought to know me better than
that, Mr.. John Armitage! OF course |
shall not arrest him. But / must get
that packet. I can't have it peddled
all over Europe, and can't advertise
my business by having him arrested
here If / could catch him once in
Vienna / should know what to do with
him. He and Winkelried got hold OF
our plans in that Bulgarian affair last
year and checkmated me- He carries
his wares to the best buyers Berlin
and st. Petersburg. So there's wo
man, is there? I've found that there
usually Is!
ssThere's a very charming young
American girl, to be more exact"
The old man growled and eyed Armi.
tage sharply, while Armitage studied
the photograph.
81 hope you are not meditating a
preposterous marriage. Go back where
you belong, make proper marriage
and watt"
"EYentsn And John Armitage laugh
ed. Il tell you, sir, that waiting is not
my forte. That's what I like about
America. They're up and at 1t over
there. The man who waits is lost"
They're lot Of swinep' rumbled
Won Stroebels heavy bass.
Il still owe allegiance to the Schom
purg crown, SO don't imagine you are
hitting me. But the swine are indus
trious and energetic. Who knows but
that John Armitage might become fas
nous among fhena-in politics, u
financeI But tor the deplofabIe acei
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23
With the spirits of dead and

With the spirits of dead and
missing royalties and statesmen
for spectators and in a maze of
medieval intrigue and romance,
the love affair of Shirley Ciai-
borne and John Armitdge mas
BROUGHT to its happy conclusion
medieval, ne say, and advised
", since, although the scenes of
our tale are laid in up to date
Europe and Virginia, it is nee
essary to bark back to the quaint
tales of the old time ronaoncers
for such stirring adventures as
befeH Shirley Claiborne of Vir-
gfnia and John Arnsitage of
:sSHgre2 Beautiful in the man
ner Of southern naaidens of high
lineage, fine spirit and daring
devotion was Shirley Claiborne,
daughter of a famous diplomat
and sister of Captain Dick Ctai-
borne, the best rider in the
American army. Boldly she be-
lieved in her zover, confident in
her faith in him even when all
her world had turned against
him. And who was John Ar7li-
Rage, to whom SO much lore was
gipca and around whonl SO many
great affairs repolved2 Read,
and you shall learn from his
story and his deeds of knighfly
bravery that the spirit of chiv-
airy and loyalty still obfdes in
The prosaic, workaday, modern
world, ready at the call of duty
to fight against intrigue, chfcan-
cry JaIsehood and crime.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

quite mad. You viii do well to go back
to America before the police discover
you"
Armitage rose, and his manner
changed abruptly
Il do not mean to trouble or anno:.
you. Please pardon me! Let us BE-
friends if we can be nothing more
st is too tate The ehasn is too deep
I have given my life-ny whole life. as
you have said-to one service, to up
hold one idea Yeu have spoken of that
work with contempt History. be-
lieve, viii reshon il justly
'sYour pl;lce Is secure. No one can
gainsay that. broke il sArmitage.
IF you would do something for me-
for me- do something for Austria, dc
something for my country and yours
You have wits dare say you have
courage | don't care what that sery.
ice may he | don't care where or
how you perform it am not SO near
gone as you may think ! know well
enough that they are waiting for me
to die But am in no hurry to af-
ford my enemies that pleasure. But
stop this babble of yours about de.
mocracy. Do something for Austria
for the empire that / have held here
under my hand these difficult years
then take your name again. and you
will find that kings can be as just and
wise as mobs.'
"For the empire something for the
empire?' murmured the young man
wondering.
Count Ferdinand Won Stroebel rose
"You will accept the commission.
am quite sure you will accept. leave
on an early train, and shall not see
you again. AS he took Armitages
hand he scrutinized him once more
with particular care. There was lin
gering caress in his touch as he de
tanned the young man for an instant
Then he sighed heavily.
"Good night! Goodbyi" he said alb
ruptly, and waved his caller toward
the door.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

, snouiuer loWdfu TIE ies'
~ taurant door to see
what had attracted her attention.
'Tis he, the unknown, Dick.
81 must say I like his persistence"
exclaimed the young fellow, turning
again to the table. IN America ]
should call him out and punch bis
head, but over here
sOver here you have better man
ners, replied the girl, laughing. But
why trouble yourself? He doesn't
even look at rs. we are of no impor-
lance to him whatever. We probably
speak a different language
"But he travels by the same trains,
he stops at the same inns, he sits near
us at the theater-he even affects the
same pictures in the same galleries
It's growing a trifie monotonous. Its
really insufferable I think I shall
have to try my stick on him.
'You fiatter yourself, Richard, mock
ed the girl Hes fully your height
and a tride broader across the shout
ders. The lines about his mouth are
almost yes, should say, quite-as firm
as yours, though he is a younger man
His eyes are nice blue ones, and they
are very steady. His hair isn-she
paused to reflect and tilted her head
slightly, her eyes wandering for an In
slant to the subject OF her comment
flight brown, should call It. And he
is beardless. as all self respecting men
should be"
She rested her cheek against hei
lightly cIasped hands and sighed deem
~ to provoke continuation OF he
brothers growing disdain,
The young gentleman to whom she
had referred had seated himself at O.
table not far distant, given an order
with some particularly aud settled
himself % the reading of 4 newspa
which be had drawn from tbe pocket
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

dent of foreign birth he might be
come president of the United States
AS it is, there are thousands of other
offices worth getting why not?"
Il tell you not to be fool. You are
young and fairly clever
Armitage laughed at the reluctance
of the counts praise.
THANK you. with all my heart"
go back where you belong and you
will have no regrets. Something may
happen-who can tell? Events-eyents
If man viii watch and wait and
study events. But''-he gulped down
more of the brandy-"where and how
do you live?"
"Where? own cattle ranch in
Montana, and since the archdukes
death / have lived there. He carried
about $4,000 to America with him
He took care that | should get what
was left when he died, and / am al
most afraid to tell you that have aetu-
ally augmented my Inheritance. Just
before | left bought place in Vir-
ginia to be near Washington when
got tired of the ranch"
"Washington!' snorted the count
"In due course it will be the storm
center of the world"
''You read the wrong American news
papers" laughed Armitage.
They were silent for a moment, in
which each was busy with his owr
thoughts. Then the count remarked
In as amiable a tone as he ever used:
"Your French is first rate. Do you
speak English as well?"
"As readily as German, | think You
may recall that had an English tutor
and maybe | did not tell you in thai
interview at Paris that l had spent 8
year at Harvard university"
What the devil did you do that for?'
growled Won Stroebel.
From curiosity or ambition, as yor
like. | was In Cambridge at the law
school for a year before the archduke
died. That was three years ago. | an
twenty eight, as you may remember
I am OBTAINING you; have no wish tS
rake over the past, but / am sorry
am very sorry-we can't meet on some
common ground"
81 ask you to abandon this democrat
lie nonsense and come back and make
a man of yourself. You might go far
very far-but this democracy has hold
of you like disease"
What you ask is impossible. 1t is
just as impossible now as it was wheI
we discussed it in Paris last year. TX
sit down in Vienna and learn how *
keep that leaning tower Of an empire
from tumbling down like stack OF
bricks-it does not appeal to me-"
Don't talk to nae like that. It is no.
amusing
'1No; it is not funny. To see men like
you fetching and carrying for dull
king, who would drop through the
gallows or go to planting turnips with
out your brains-it does not appeal te
my sense Of humor or to my imagina
ton. If were going to furnish the
brains for an empire I should ride tn
the state carriage myself and not be
merely the driver on the box, who
keeps the middle Of the road and looks
out for sharp corners. Here is q plan
ready to my hand. Let me find thai
lost document, appear In Vienna and
announce myself Frederick Augustus
the son of the Archduke Kari! knew
both men intimately. You may remem
Der that Frederick and were born in
the same month. /, too, am Frederick
1xx f,t
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

and Francis would rule the empire.
Karl was a genius; therefore he could
not be king. He threw away about
500 years of work that had been done
for him by other people, and he ca
joled you into sharing his exile. You
threw away your life for him. Bah!
But you seem sane enough
The prime minister concluded with
his rough bur, and Armitage laughed
outright.
why the devil don't you go to vi
emma and set yourself up like a gentle
mani" demanded the premier.
Like a gentleman?" repeated Armi-
tage 1T is too late. / should die in
Vienna in a week. Moreover, / am
dead, and it is well when one has at
tanned that beatific advantage to stay
dead.'
ssE'rancis is a troublesome black
guard declared the old man. Il wish
to God be would form the dying habit,
so that might have few years in
peace, but he is forever turning up in
some mischief. And what can you do
about it? Can we kick him out Of the
army without scandal? Don't you
suppose he could go to Budapest to-
morrow and make things interesting
for US if he pleased? He's as full Of
treason as he can stick, tell you"
Armitage nodded and smiled
81 dare say" he said in English, and
when the old statesman glared at him
he said in German, mo doubt you are
speaking the truth
"Of course I speak the truth, but
this is matter for action and not for
discussion. That packet was stolen by
intention and not by chance, John Ar
mitagei"
There was a slight immaterial sound
in the hall, and the old prime minister
slipped from German to French with
out changing countenance as he con
tinued:
1--WE have enough troubles in Austria
without encouraging treason. If Ram
baud and his chief. Winkelried, could
make a king of Francis, the brokerage
the commission-wouldb be something
handsome, and Winkelried and Ram
baud are clever men"
81 know of WinkeIried. The CONT
mental press has given much space to
him of late, but Rambaud is new
name''
"He is a skilled hand. He is the
most daring scoundrel in Europe"
Count Won Stroebel poured a glass OF
brandy from silver flask and slipped
1t slowly.
81 will show you the gentleman's
pleasant countenance," said the minis
ter, and he threw open leather port
folio and drew from it small photo
graph, which he extended to Armitage,
who glanced at it carelessly and then
with sudden interest.
"Rambaud!' he exclaimed.
THAT'S his name in Vienna. In
Paris he is something else. will fur
nish you a list of his MONS de guerre.'
s'Thank you. / should like all the
information you care to give me. But
it may amuse you to know that
have seen the gentleman before"
'tThat is possible" remarked the
old man, who never evinced surprise
in any circumstances.
81 expect to see him here within a
few days"
Count Won Stroebel held up his emp
ty glass and studied it attentiveiy
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

ed John Armitage, to whom he had
spoken. "You have lost none of your
old amiability. but for renowned diplo-
mat you are remarkably frank. When
/ called on you in Paris a year ago 1
was able to render you'll believe you
admitted tia slight service"
Count Ferdinand Won Stroebel bowed
slightly, but did not take his eyes from
the young man who sat opposite him
in his rooms at the Hotel Monte Rosa
in Geneva. On the table between them
stood an open dispatch box, and about
it lay number of packets of papers
which the old gentleman, with char
acteristic caution, had removed to his
own side Of the table before admitting
his caller. He was burly old man,
with massive shoulders and a great
head thickly covered with iron gray
hair.
He trusted no one, and this accounted
for his presence in Geneva in March
of the year 1903, whittier he had gone
to receive the report Of the secret
agents whom he had lately dispatched
to Paris on an errand of peculiar deli
cacy. The agents had failed in their
mission, and Won Stroebel was not
tolerant of failure.
It was not often that the light in the
old mans eyes was as gentle as now.
He had sent his secret agents away
and was to return to Vienna on the
following day. The young man whom
Il
received his whole attention. He pick
ed up the card which lay on the table
and serutinized it critically, while his
eyes lighted with sudden humor
The card was a gentleman's carte de
yisite and bore the name John Armi-
tage
81 believe this is the same alias you
were using when saw you IN Paris.
Where did you get it," demanded the
minister.
II rather liked the sound OF 1t, so
had the cards made" replied the young
man. Besides, it's English, and
pass readily for an Englishman.
have quite got used to It,,
(Which is not particularly creditable
but it's probably just as well So"
II hope you are we'll" said Armitage
kindly.
Il am not. am anything but well.
am an old man, and l have had nc
rest for twenty years"
sit is the penalty Of greatness. It is
Austria's good fortune that you have
devoted yourself to the affairs Of gov.
eminent. have read--only today in
the Contemporary Review-an admira
Bile tribute to your sagacity in han
ding the Seryian affair. Your work
was mastery. followed it from the
beginning with deepest interest"
The old gentleman bowed half IN
consciously, for his thoughts were far
away. as the vague stare in his small
s11rewd eyes indicated.
But you are here for rest. One
comes to Geneva at this season fol
nothing else.
AWbat brings you hereT asked tbs
old man. with sudden energy. IT tht
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23

He girl with the white
plumed hat started and
flushed slightly, and her
brother glanced over his
shoulder toward the res
taurant door to see
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23
events, EvENTs!'

He knowledge that you
are alive gives me no
pleasure" growled the
grim old Austrian pre-
mier.
"Thank your laugh
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-23
az 80
WChapter II ~

THE oLAIBoRNEs OF WASHINGTON.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-09-10

biguity of the Republican plat
form indicates a desire on the
part of the Republican leaders to
avoid the subject as far as pos
sible. Secretary Taft takes the
liberty of amending his platform
on this subject, as he does on
several others, by introducing
Which.cannot be found in
the platform, or by any reason
able construction adduced from
it. The Republican platform says
nothing about independence,
while Secretary Taft holds out
the hope of independence, for to
say that it is unlikely that the
people will be ready for indie
pendence before two generations
must mean that they will after
that time be ready and ought to
have it. In his attempt to de-
fend the holding of the Philip
pine Islands he has laid himself
open to just criticism by conceal
ing the cost of Imperialism. The
Democratic platform presents the
only solution consistent with our
traditions and our ideals. 1t is
to declare the nations intention
at once; this the Republican par
ty has never done. When the
FilippinOs know that they are to
have independence as soon as a
stable government is establish
ed, they will join us in the more
heartily fastening the day of
Independence, and that indepen-
dence will be easily preserved
because the great nations of the
world will be willing enough to
join in the naturalization Of the
islands. "
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