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PORT ARTHUR OPEN PoRT
shows Jnpnn's Good Faith In Mnn.

SlOWS Jnpnn'g Good Faith In Dinu.
Washington. B. c.. January 14.-Al-
though attaching no considerable COM
mercial Importance to the purpose of
the japanese government to open Port
Arthur as a port of entry, State De-
consequence as an evidence of Japans
desire to further apply the principle
of opening up Manchuria to foreign
commerce.
The officials of the State Department
welcome the announcement as an in
dication that Japan invites foreign
trade to IL port hitherto held to be
strictly military and naval. The de-
parfment has received no official in
formation on the ezsubject. however, but
has indicated that the government was
seriously considering this step.
Notice of the intention OF the Jap
anese government to open Port Ar
came to the Japanese embassy In this
city about wo4months ago. It was
stated that the Issue of the order
would be Withheld until the govern
ment was able to FIX upon the exact
date for the opening.
4 The purpose Is not to make. Port
Arthur q free port sin the sense or
Hamburg, where goods may enter free
of duty-and be placed in bond. but
simply Nn1.I tc put IT on IN the footing Of New
Port Arthur, instead of Dalny. was
selected as the entrepot Of Southern
Manchuria, because its harbor Is NJ
ways OPEN. Dalny is frequently closed
by ice In the harbor
The Significant point of this event
is the fact that it marks the determi-
nation. Of the Japanese government
to abandon Port Arthur as great
sea coast fortress. 1t is stated tnat
never again will the attempt be made
to render the port impregnable as a
naval base a. $at
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AFTER MEN "HIGHER UP"
IOflicini Of sugnr Trust Is Indicted for
COnHpiracy.

OWciuI oL SuGnr Trust IS Indicted Tor
Conspirncy.
I New York. January t4.-ono OF the
men higher up has at last been
named by the Federal grand Jury In
5vestisating the sugar frauds. Charles
n. Heike, secretary and treasurer OF
the American Sugar Refining Com
spany, was indicted to-day on charges
OF conspiracy to defraud and OF max.
Ing false entries.
Harry w. Walker, assistant superin-
tendent OF the williamsburg docks OF
the American company, was also In
dicted, together with other employees
OF the company against whom indict.
ments have previously been found.
In the new indictments Helks and
Walker arc accused, with Ernest w
Gerbracht, former general superin.
tendent OF the williamsburg refinery
James r. Bendernagel former cashier
Jean NJ. Yoelker and James II. Hill.
gen. checkers. OF making false en-.
tries regarding four cargoes of sugar
at tho customs-house.
Tho defendants are further accused
of having conspired with Oliver Spit.
zer and the four checkers recently
sentenced to Blackwelrs Island, to de.
fraud the government by tho under.
Weighing OF sugar.
When the indictment was handed ur
In the United States Circuit Court be-.
fore Judge Hough, Special Prosecutor
Felix Frankfurter stated that the is.
suance of bench warrants was not
necessary; as all the defendants. ex-
cepting Secretary Heike and Walker
are at present under bail on similar
charges. 1t is expected that Heike
and Walker Will surrender themselves
to the court tomorrow.
+ The new indictments contain six
counts--four of effecting false entry
and two Of conspiracy. Under the first
conspiracy count eighteen overt acts
are charged against the various de-
fcndants.
Under one or the counts it Is charg-
ed that Charles r. Heilke did on July
20. 1907. In pursuance of the conspiracy,
indorse a check for sl,111 drawn on the
assistant treasurer of the United
States by the acting disbursing agent
In the Customs Collccor's office to the
order OF the American Sugar Refining
Company. this sum being alleged to-
be the excess of deposits OF duty, while
in truth 1t was a portion of the duties
lawfully due the Unied states.
a second similar charge is made
against Helkc with regard to q check
for s2,7o1.
Henry "A. Wise. United states District
Attorney, said tonight that the gov
erment had no present intention of
any proceedings against the
American Sugar Refining Company un-
der the Sherman antitrust law.
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FOUND GUILTY.
President and Secretary OF Seminole
Company Convicted.

Columbia, s. c., January H.--John II
Darlington and J. Stobo Young, for.
merly president and secretary, respect
lively, Of the Seminole Securities Com
pany, Tonight were found guilty of
breach OF trust with fraudulent intent,
the fourth count In the Indictment
against them. The other four counts
were dismissed. a motion for a new
trial was made Immediately after ths
announcement OF the verdict. Judge
Prince announced that he would hear
arguments on the motion tomorrow.
In the meantime the defendants. Car
lington and Young, were rcmanded to
jail. Judge Prince refusing to continue
their bonds.
At 11o'clock tonight the Jurors an.
nounced that they had arrived at q
verdict. The defendants were called
into court and the verdict was am
verdict with perfect composure. Tho
verdict carries a prison sentence OF two
to ten years.
The specific charge on which Car
lington and Young were convicted Is
that they fraudulently appropriated
from the Seminole Securities Company
funds amounting to $55,59s.77. The
other counts In the indictment charged
breach OF trust with regard to stock
of the Seminole Securities Company,
larceny OF stock and larceny Of money
and conspiracy.
After two days OF hard-fDught legal
battle the case was given to the jury
at 9 o'clock this afternoon, after the
attorneys for the defense had COM
pleted their closing arguments and the
Judge had delivered an exhaustive
charge to the jury. Eight hours later
tho jury announced its finding. Both
Darlington and Young are members of
highly respected and prominent famt-
lies of Laurens county. this State.
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l,Nrenk on scnhoard.

Ragland Ala, January l4,-The Sea-
hoard Air Lines eastbound passenger
train from Birmingham to Atlanta.
was derailed near here this morning.
iEngIneer Lee Whattley, Fireman I,
His. OF Birmingham; Mrs. w. s,
Wheeler, of Buford. Ga, and Bennet
Wheeler. OF Bufordv-;were slightly In
jured. . !. s5 IA . 4 W, 5s (
THE accident was. caused BY a land !
gine and express combination car left
tho track. and turned over, whilo u
coach and 4 sleeper We're practI IcallY
overturned. n ~ ss I.
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| HONOR i O D. /: LEES BIRTHDAY
Ohicial ltecognitton Given by. Trcasur,
q sDlepnrtncnt In Order Just Issued.

y Washington. D, c.. January 14.-of-
s,,Sa ,hela1 ,rffSSSgnttien, in limited way of
ii.le. ;i.e y plrtnday or General Robert H. Lee
partment. The anniversary Of the birth
or the famous Confederate soldier falls
on January 49, and the collector OF
customs at Newport News, Va. has
that. day for as long a time as pub.
lie, business Will permit. The honor
paid General Lees memory is an in.
usual one, as rarely, if.ever. it han
on the occasion of the celebrat i'm ~
birthdays of noted Americans, eXnent
OF course. where regular HOLIDAYS nro. p..
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-15
SAVED FROM DEFEAT

IIenry's RESOLUTION Changing InauEu,
uneSpected early adjournment OF tha
House to-day probably saved from
defeat the Henry resolution proposing
an amendment to the Constitution
changing the date OF presidential In.
aug gurations.A gS s .
4 Led by yssRepresentative Perkins, OF
New York. tho opponents of the reso-
luton showed eridenfss of unexpect,d
i NJ #
Fearful Stlest he could mot in,ister
eno ugh yotes to SECURE the rsauixsA
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IlIng manuel to Wed patrlci..

Paris, January ! It. penial eiispatc
authorlaed source atfirminglthat an mar. ~
iarineess Victoria Patricia, 'yoanges, IN "
daughter e 4, the Z 'sea DUKE &. of naught
ps solammseea ~ snt My and Plat
scommunIcatcd "a ohlcial Il ~ to the foreisil '
courts sos ~. ss "A 4 sS5S 3, s At,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-15
OBJECT TO PUBLICITY
Manufacturers Want Feature of New
Corporation Tax Law Abolished.

Chicago. ILL.,, January 14.-Congress
day was requested to abolish the
publicity feature Of the new corpora
ton tax law. In a resolution adopted
important commercial and industrial
organizations of the country The
meeting was held under the auspices
of the Illinois Manufacturers Associa-
.tion.
1t was recommended that a. COM
mittee OF eleven be appointed to de-
wise ways and means. with full power
to carry out the spirit Of the resolu-
ton. and test the constitutlonality OF
the law If deemed advisable.
+ Tile sense of the meeting was also
that tho whole law should eventually
be repealed.
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NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
Verdict iii Case Against General Her
!, hNrt 4 II. ~ ~ l|yt1

bert y. JeHrlcs.
Panama, January l4,-General Her.
bert ., Jetfries, who last August struck
William Nichols Chandler editor OF
the Panama Press, on the head with
u large revolver from the effects Of
day and acquitted on the charge OF
murder.
Il The killing was the result OF an
article printed in the newspaper re.
3hecting upon ono OF General Jeffriess
women relatives. 'g s. q q
General u effries rs a5graduate cC
West Point. andghas been prominent
In nearly every revolution fors many
years past In Central America. Chand-
Ilec hailed II ON .WlHAbor0, S. q, aI-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-15
GOV I4ARM0N'S PLANS

Passes Up Presidency Until "A ftcr Ills
Canvass for te-E Election.
s. Mobile, a la;,i January ---- soyernor
5Judson Harmon, OF Ohio. In answer@to
la letters to a. personal friend In Mobile,
said that he would not give the pres
lideency any onsderation until after
the fail elect tions In Ohio, as lie would be
a candidate for e-elections for Gov
sornOr. M sts34 i X. t .6as s3a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-15
ROOSEVELT STILL SHOOTING
All OF African Party Well Except
s.aa.t Three Hunt crA. 3Ii..i

All OF Africnn Party Well Exccpt
Three Hunters.
Butiaba, on the Eastern Shore OF
Lake Albert, uganda, January IA
News from the Smithsonian African
scientific expedition was brought here
to- day by means of a native runner
and a canoe service UP the Bnr-1l-
Jebel River. All OF the party were
reported we'll with the exception OF
three hunters recruited in Africa. who
have suffered from dysentery.
Il Colonel Roosevelt shot a white rhino
COW and q young rhino on the first
night that the party was at Camp
Rhino. Its present stopping place. on
the kongo side OF the Bar Ell ebel
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-15
AVIATION ATTRACTS MANY
Great Demand for In formation ~ 80.
neEicS libraries. iS ~ 1'' o'f-

neEic Libraries. eA'- .''
pit ttsburg,. Pa, January Though
COWS in the mountainous reg in,,p pIhtpie = ~
several Carnegie libraries report N1nui thati
books on aviation are moro is q enamtI uMaI
than much of the current flction - y
To glye the z. eager tudents ef flight a
forced to cut down y one ha IF N eeGll
lotment ot time for use or the BOOKS books.
They cite this demand as An in nns i,ns
index TO tllo times. There Is /, . eed 4tbs
sllhraIians say, OF ma yylnore books on
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STORM HAS NEW Y0RKlN GRIP
Practically All Traffic Tied Up and
Much SuGcrinE Among Poor. ~

Practically All Traffic Tied Up and
Much Suffering Among Poor.
New York, January 14-The heavI-
est snowstorm of the winter fell upon
the city this morning, and ragged. un-
abated. all day. In one hour the ther-
mometer fell from 81 degrees above
zero to 20 above Prospects for to-
morrow were said tonight to Indicate
greatly increased Temperature, with
practical paralysis of all traction and
vehicular traffic. and much suffering
among the poor.
Three persons died in the storm to-
day from exposure and undernourIsh-
ment, and q lineman was killed by be-
ing blown from the Queensborough
Bridge tower.
Traffic Conditions Dcmornllzed.
Chicago. ILL.,, January 14.--With the
greater force of the storm of the last
three days spent and moving to the
East. dispatches from points in the
Missouri and Ohio Valleys tell Of enor-
nous damage wrought by the cold
and heavy snow.
michigan and Wisconsin traffic con-
dltions are demorali2ed. many passen-
ger trains being stalled for hours.
While freight trains are fal. behind.
In Chicago and other cities of Illi-
nois there is a great scarcity Of fuel.
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grew stronger, and within three months
I was . perfectly well woman.
II want this letter made public TO
show tho benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
COmpound"-Nrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN.
e115 Second St. North. Minneapolis.
MINI.
Thousands Of unsolicited and genu.
Inc testimonials like the above prove
the efliciency Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. which Is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight Of these facts or doubt
The ability Of Lydia e. Pinkham'G
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
1fyou want special advice write
20 Mr.. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
EMBELLISHMENTS
confidential. For 90 years she
has been helping sick women I'm
this way free OF charge. Don't
hesitAte-Writo at once
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SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful I
am for the wonderful Cuticura REM
edies. My little niece had eczema for
1--WE years and when her mother died
I took care of the child. It was all
over her face and body. also on her
head. She scratched so that she could
not sleep nights. l used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then APP
piled Cuticura Ointment. did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re
solvent. when you could see change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think 1t is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura. !
send you a picture taken when she was
about IL months old.
She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds Of
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
ii. Herman. 663 Quincy St. Brooklyn.
N. Y, Sept. "a, 1909"
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ANNUAL LOSS IS ENORMOUS
Two hundred Million Dollars . Year
Might ee Added to Wealth
Of Country.

Computing that there are in the
United States at least 100000 INDECENT
consumptives who should be cared for
in charitable or semi-charitable sana-
toria and hospitals. the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis estimates that
the annual cost to the country for the
treatment Of these persons would be
$50.000.000 at the rate Of 1869 per
day per patient. At the lowest pos,
sible estimate the country loses $780,
100000 year from the incapacity Of
these INDECENT victims of tuberculo.
sis. This would mean net saving of
$3.50, ZOO, 900 year to the United
States II all victims of consumption
who are too poor to afford proper
treatment In expensive sanatoria were
cared for at the expense Of the munic.
ipality, county or state. And this an.
nual gain does not include the enor.
nous saving that would accrue from
the lessened Infection due to the seq.
regation of the dangerous consump.
tives in institutions.
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Clever loka Of klno.

King Edwards great nature was IL
Illustrated the other night by London
correspondent at the Press club In
New York.
THE king" said the correspondent
was visiting Rufford Abbey. and one
morning. In company with his host
Lord Arthur Saville. he took wall
ever the preserves.
Suddenly Lord Arthur. a big burl,
man, rushed forward and seized Q
shabby fellow with dead pheasant
protruding from the breast Of his coat
Sir said Lord Arthur to the king
this fellow is bad egg. This is thu
second time I've caught him poaching.
But the kings handsome face
beamed. and he laughed his gay ant
tolerant laugh.
"'Oh. let him CO. he said. II HI
really were a bad egg. you know. b,
wouldn't poach.'"
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Qualified.

A prominent western attorney tells
of boy who once applied at his Of.
flce for work.
This boy was bright looking and
rather took to him.
"'Now. my son. said. II you come
to work for me you will occasionally
have to write kilograms and take
down telephone messages. Hence n
pretty high degree of schooling 10 es
sential. Are you fairly well educated7
THE boy smiled confidently.
~ be-. he said.
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Copyright. by J. B. Lippincott Co.
SYNOPSIS.

Andy Mefeen, aged and eccentric nil
iionaire miner. II dying and orders his
attorney to draw UP will leaving al! his
property to the son OF sister from whom
he was separated years before and Of
whose name even he IL ignorant. Andy
tells the attorney that he was married In
his youth, but left his wife after q quar-
rel In which he struck her. He learned
afterward that she and his daughter were
dead. The scene shifts to New York,
introducing Wilfrid Stennis. who 10 tell
ing his hance, Eunice Trevecca, what he
would do IL he were the possessor of
twenty or fifty millions. In the law Of
torneys for the estate OF Andy Meleen.
Roger Hews reports the result Of his
search In the east for heirs OF Meleen.
ns,een ne Il alive ihe iac VITA .ess an al.
vertisement for information concerning
Martha Meleen or descendants. He rec
oGnixes the description as that Of his
dead mother and decides to answer the
advertisement.
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CHAPTER v.

Horatio Passavant occupied a resi-
dence on Park avenue. that dullest Of
New York's many dull uptown streets.
The place and its furnishings, like
their owner, were heavy. eminently
respectable, pompous, and quite pre-
tentious.
The household consisted Of himself,
his daughter. and his spinster sister
the latter tolerated chiefly because
she made an admirable sheep-dog for
the second, being conveniently deaf.
quite colorless as to opinions. and
capable Of complete self-eifacement
upon occasion.
Clara Passavant, the daughter. was
commonly accounted a handsome
woman, of pale. blonde. stately type
of beauty: she was thoroughly mer.
cenary. brilliant as an icicle and near.
ly as cold. heartless. vain. and ambi-
tious. Her all-consuming aim In life
was to contract splendid marriage;
In her eyes money was the tndis-
pensable requisite for human happi.
ness; and. although she probably
never shaped the thought in 20 many
words. she would undoubtedly sell her
self to the highest bidder.
Father and daughter were sitting
over their dessert on the evening Of
the day which brought to Wilfrid the
tidings Of his stupendous change In
fortune. The scene was far a. the
antipodes from the humble interior
IL uyh0 an
other and Q more momentous inter
view was at that very moment also
taking place.
Now tell me about this Mr.. Stennis
Of yours. papa" said Clara after the
servants bad retired. rs he at al
presentabler
mot half bad. my DEAR" returned
the lawyer; "a tr1fle raw and un-
formed. perhaps. but under the proper
tutelage I imagine he viii become .
very valuable adjunct to society. He
is one Of the richest young men in the
world. remember"
How rich. for example?" queried
Clara. absently admiring the fash and
simmer Of her bracelet.
His income from his mining prop.
critics alone Is 100000 year. and
there In q capital nest-egg Of at least
twenty-five million back Of that"
"A million. dollars year." unused
Clara aloud: lone could support an
establishment anywhere very com.
fortably on that!"
Her father gave vent to an excla.
nation that WAS very like q snort oi
disgust One year Of his income h
more than ! have amassed in all my
professional life!"
when 6oss he come into his prop
ertyr was the bsauty's next ouse
49,
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soA praes3cany inuellsHsiy. nWS
no but Ssv iessd apsnlaas to b Oh
served.
7 shcu1d tAi,k - 1ssa1 fees yssy
grsasful 70 5ca.- cnBtfsced Css7, Tor
rescaing him from possSs5 and d
security.
-weI. you zee. my dear" aid Mr.
Passavant, rubbing his double chin
dubiously at this charactsTistic fem.
mime bit Of logic, the facts being -
they were, We could hardly help nnd-
ing him: there was really NO trouble NJ
all; any other firm could and would
have done a. well. do not exactly
perceive why he should be especially
grateful on that score. No doubt the
young man feels kindly towards mel
have every reason to believe that he
does, in point OF fact"
What has he been doing for liv.
ing all these years?"
His vocation has been that OF .
bookkeeper In . large export house
downtown"
Il suppose he knows nothing what
ever Of society, papa? He could have
no really nice people among his &C.
Quaintances?"
Highly improbable, should say"
was the rejoinder. Il was thinking.
Clara, that we might do. the poor fell
low q signal service by taking him
up-introducing him in the right quar-
tiers. and all that sort OF thing with
an airy wave Of the hand.
"very likely he gobbles his soup and
eats with his knife! Do you suppose
he ever walked through q cotillion in
his lief" said Clara, with supercilious
disdain. Her father gave ventral
chuckle.
Come, come, my dear. we must not
be too hard ON young Stennis. He
has really quite passable manners.
and impresses me as q man who
would quickly fall into civilized ways"
"Oh, you men do that better than
women anyway" commented this ma
ture girl satirically. Has he any
drawbacks In the way Of detrimental
relatives-any sisters?"
He is absolutely alone in the world.
my dear. He was the only son Of his
mother, and she was q widow His
father was . civil engineer by pro
fession."
That's something In his favor" ad.
mitted the daughter Of the house.
What Is his full name, papa?'
"Wilfrid Stennis."
Does he spell 1t with an 4 or with
an 'e?"
with an i'-W-i-l-f-r-i-d. Rather q
well.sounding name-don't you think
so?"
."Oh. 1t will do" said Clara indirer
emily.
Suppose we invite him to dinnel
some night?" suggested Mr.. Passavant
at length: "just by ourselves. you
know. Then you can take his meas
ure and-er-er-form your own esti
mate OF his possibilities"
This was precisely what the sche
ming Clara had been leading towards
although she knew full well that
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The Dentist,s Joke,

At recent dinner OF the Authors
club In London to Mr.. Owen Seaman
the editor OF Punch, Mr.. Walter
Emanuel. another member Of tho stan
Of Punch, referred to the fact that the
man with the largest sense Of humor
he had ever struck was an Englishman
"a dentist He went to him after suit
fering long with toothache. He re
fused to have gas. and the dentist
pulled out tooth. leaving him with
Ing In pain. and took the tooth to the
window. where he laughed quite heart
lily. He groaned: What's the joker
Wrong TOOTH" said the dentist.
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man-like, her father would probably
claim credit for the idea should tho
experiment turn out well.
"As you please. papa. Shall We
say week from next Wednesday,"
1.-THE sooner the better. my dear"
And SO Wilfrid's social fate was set
tied.
In the privacy Of her own room that
night, before she slept. Clara Passa.
want went to her dainty escritoire and.
taking pen and paper. wrote several
times In . dashing. bold hand the
words Mrs. Wilfrid Stennis." scan.
ming the sheet at arms length. Then
she tore the paper into shreds. laughed
softly to herself. and proceeded to
make her quite elaborate toilet for
the night.
Almost at the same hour another
equally interesting episode Of talk was
In progress amid far different sur.
,roundings. and yet the subject was al.
most identically the same. the actors
only being different.
ITO BE coNTINUEDJ