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lcontinued from Yesterdayl

"Confound all fools who sign their
letters on the outside,'' said Kent
scowling at the seal. What has that
planetary lunatic got to say that
won't keep"
What Preston Jax had to say was,
first, in the form of a very brief
note; secondly, In the shape of a
formidable looking document. The
note began Esteemed sir. concluded
Yours remorsefully," and set forth,
in somewhat exotic language, that
the writer. fearing a lapse of cour-
age that might confuse his nara tive
when he should come to give it. had
taken pen in hand" to commit it to
writing. and would the recipient
kindly pardon haste?" Herewith,
twenty-one typed pages.
"Hastel'' cried Chester Kent griev-
ously. why. he's written me the
story of his life"
Indeed at a cursory glance, it APP
peared So The initial paragraph
opened, II was born of poor but hon.
est parents" Chester Kent groaned.
A little further down the page the
phrase, "Oh, that those innocent days
of my happy childhood might return!"
rose and smote him in the
eyes. Chester Kent snorted A
desperate leap landed him in the
midst of page five, where he en-
countered this gem. with these
fateful words the kind old minister
laid a faltering hand upon my head.
But enough"
quite enough" agreed Chester
OF q 9
document into corner.
1t fell in a crumpled heap with one
sheet, curving in upward protuber-
ance, conspicuous to the eye On
this sheet there was handwriting,
and the handwriting was Nthe same
as that of the note Majorie Blair had
Identified. Kent retrieved the paper
laid it on his desk, selected a likely
spot for one more plunge, and dived
into the turbid flood of words. And
behold as he turned, so to speak,
the corner of the narrative, the cur
rent became suddenly clear. The
muddled eloquence fell away; and
the STYLE crystallized into the tense
quick testimony of the prime actor
in a drama, intensely and shudder-
ingly felt.
The reader ran through it with in
creasing absorption. Then, pencil in
hand. he attacked the first part of
the precious screed and emerged
from a scene of literary carnage with
one brief paragraph in hand and the
slaughtered bodies of many eloquent
pages strewing the floor. That one
paragraph stated that Preston Jax,
whose real name was John Preston,
had, after rebellious boyhood, run
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

L ROSTRUM
In Defense of DIR. Markers.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Sir-On May there appeared an
article in the Newark Evening News
entitled Job for Markers Despite
Protest"
It seems a pity that in the year
1913 there should be such narrow
minded people as to condemn an in
dividual who is and has been trying
for some years past to walk the mar
row path of Righteousness. Let us
reason as broad minded men possess
ing the required weight of gray mat
ter in our craniums.
With very few exceptions, every
man has done something that when
he reaches the age of common sense
he regrets. How many are there of us
poor mortals who would not give a
good deal to cleanse ourselves of
youthful errors?
Dr. Markers has more than paid
the penalty of his young folly. In his
case he harmed no one. Why this
attempt to ruin him? There certainly
is someone in the underbrush with a
personal grudge.
The doctor is now married man,
living happily with his wife, who
has the highest praise for her hus-
band Believe me, that any woman
who sticks to her husband as that
little woman does in this age of sep
aration and divorce, must certainly
think a great deal of him. He has
won her respect. In an editorial yes
terday entitled, Shameful and
STAINLESS" the personal animosity of
the News was more clearly shown.
1t stated that the young physician
should have retired to private prac-
tise, and the affair would have passed
from memory long ago.
| AS a member of the April term
grand jury in 1900. did my duty to
the State, but had l known then that
the matter would hang over the
young doctors head to this day,
would have taken a different view. If
there ever lived a man who paid
dearly for anything he did; If there
ever was a man who was prosecuted
for anything that man is DR.. Mark
ems. Where are his associates of the
| affair in 1900? Some are in business
In our city, and are being patronized
daily by some of DR., Markens's enc
mics. Others are in our best society
but, of course, they have retired to
private practise. DR.. Markers Shout
dered the blame for what others were
responsible. He and he alone Is
being made the martyr.
To me there appears to be no sin
that by, years of good, honest deeds
cannot be washed away l for one
cannot praise F'reeholder Ernest F..
Ryman too much for his broad
mindedness in appointing DIR. Mark
ems to the position. | do hope that
there are more freeholders in the
+, present board of such high calibre
of fearlessness as to appoint DIR.
Markers permanently to the posi-
ton
| CHANGED to make the acquaint-
ance of DIR. and Mrs. Markers some
time ago. Knowing the case from
being on the jury, | have studied
the doctor all 1 possibly could.
will say in your worthy paper that
DR.. Markers is a welcome guest in
my house at any time.
In conclusion / will say to his
enemies: Let him who amongst you
is without sin cast the first stone
Respectfully
PETRINO B. MATTIA,
(Not the freeholder)
So Summer avenue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
CITY OF LONDON.
Thing Every Day"
NO. a. WESTMlNST ABBEY
Copyright 1913 by The Newspaper School, Inc

i, city, was built by Edward the Con-
fessor and consecrated in 1865. A few
days later Edward died and was
buried in the nave of his church
Afterward- sainted by the pope, be-
loved by the commons, favorite
with the monks, Edward the Confess
sor's reign was looked back upon as a
golden age. Henry III. pulled down
most of this church and built il
anew. He chose his own burial place
there, and it came to be looked upon
as a privilege to be buried near the
Confessor. Edward /. and his queen
We're buried there, as were long lines
of kings and queens and members OF
the royal families. Chaucer was
given burial there. and Spenser, and
Ben Jonson, and great men innumer-
able
Edward l.. on his invasion of Scot
land, seized at Scone the sacred
stone upon which Jacob pillowed his
head This he brought to Westmin-
ster, chair was built about it, and
every monarch of England from that
reign to this has sat in it at his
coronation.
The Abbey begun by Henry III.
was carried on by Edward l., Rich
ard H., Henry v, and was completed
by Henry VII The western towers,
however, were not finished until 1740,
so that the building of this beautiful
edifice occupied five centuries. One
of the finest examples of early Eng
lish and Gothic architecture, its in
teHor is a hallowed spot. On every
hand are the monuments of poten-
tates and princes, Statesmen, soldiers,
the great men of English letters. 1t
is the Valhalla, the sacred burial
place, of the nation. the spot where
Fame puts a last touch upon the
brow of him whose achievements
have lent more luster to the honor
of the nation.
Every day a different human inter
est story will appear in the Evening
Star. You can get beautiful intaglio
reproduction of the above picture,
with five others, equally attractive.
7x0h inches in size, with this weeks
"Mentor." In 1.-THE Mentor" a we'll
known authority covers :he subject
of the pictures and stories Of the
= and "rhe Mentor" will know Art,
Literature. History, Science, and
Travel. and own exquisite pictures.
On sale at the Newark Star office,
Branford place. and P. F. Mulligan,
927 Broad street. Price, ten cents.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
Zashington
: w LETTER
BY H. 3. WALKER
CHECK oN CORRUPTION
star Stan Correspondent.
Star Bureau,
Metropolitan National Bank Bldg,
WASHINGTON May %.

WASHINGTON. May 90
Much interest is being shown by
members of Congress of all parties in
the bill introduced by Senator Clapp,
fof Minnesota. which forbids senators
or representatives acting as members
of political campaign committees.
While the bill willa not be pushed
until the regular session of Congress
next winter, it is occasioning consid-
cradle talk Although Senator Clapp
is a member of the Progressive
party. friendly comment concerning
the measure is being made by both
Republicans and Democrats.
The fact that the author of the bill
was chairman of the Senate commit
tee which investigated number of
campaign funds and stirred up lot
of scandals during the campaign last
fall attracts additional attention to
the measure.
To End Fat-frying.
The purpose of his bill, Senator
Clamp explains, is to put stop to
the fat-frying of corporations and
others during campaigns by mem
bers of Congress, who thus place
themselves. intentionally or other
wise, in the position of being under
obligations to persons and corpora
lions likely to be interested in leg
islation.
In the opinion of the Minnesota
senator. no member of Congress
should have a part in hunting money
for a campaign. If his bill had been
a law, the scandals of past years,
when ,Babcock was chairman of the
Republican congressional committee.
and when Jim Griggs was chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee, would have been obviated.
There is some comment that the
bill should have been introduced just
at this time, when the Democratic
congressional committee, at Pres
ident Wilson'S suggestion, is being
enlarged and revamped with the pur-
pose of having 1t begin early to build
fences for the congressional elections
In 1914
No Report of Money Used.
1t has been charged that in pre-
vious campaigns the national COM
mittees of the two old parties have
left much of the fat-frying of cor
porations and distribution of slush
funds for corruption purposes to the
congressional committee. 1t has been
openly asserted that in 1908 the Re-
publican congressional committee
collected and used vast sums of
money of which no report was ever
made. Through this committee, it
has been charged the brewers and
distillers sent something like 100000
into the Danville district in Illinois
to secure the reelection of Speaker
Cannon, in return for which the
speaker and his friends agreed to
place barley on the free list and to
see that the liquor interests were
taken care of otherwise in the tariff
revision of the following winter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
OF PREVIOUS cHAPrEKs.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS cHARTERs.
A body, bearing evidence of wealth. is
round lashed to grating with one wrist
enclosed In handeuif. on the shore of
Lonesome Cove. Professor Kent scient-
ist, happens along and interests himself
Kent earns Of meeting the pre-
vious evening between Elder Bennett and
home of Francis Sedgwick. an artist and
talked with him for few minutes. Kent
calls on Sedgwick and Is recognized as
Sedgwfck admits that the strange
woman had on a necklace which he had
often seen oD the neck OF his unknown
visitor. At the inquest over the corpse
Elder bennett relates the story of Sedg-
wick's encounter with the woman, and
tells of the picture in Sedgwiek's studio.
the grating that the body was not
washed ashore. az was supposed and
Gansett Jim points an accusing finger at
Sedgwick. Kent and Sedgwick are ad-
vised by the sheriff to leave town.
Kent figures that the wounds on, the
head of the Cove corpse could not nave
been caused by blows. but by fall
from the cliff; that the other handcuff
was attached to the right wrist of some
other person, who had broken 1t on In a
struggle. He sets out to find man
with a bruised right wrist
picture Sedgwick had started to PANT
and left on an easel had been broken dur
Ing his absence by outlet fired from I
the gunner left no track. Kent and Sedg
wick meet Gansett Jim to effect truce
with the half-breed. Kent learns that
Blair's son, Wilfred, married a Miss Mar
jorie Dorrance, who left him inside OF q
year because Of his wild ways and that
Wilfred was brought back to his father
Kent predicts Young Blairs death,
which is soon reported. He DISCUSSES
himself as fisherman and watches the
burial Then. with Sedgwick, he starts
IN 4Rf
This proves to be visit to the sup
posed grave Of young Blair and the at
tempt of Sedgwlck to open the grave
Schlager is watching, steps from behind
tree and holds them at the point OF q
revolver. Kent cleverly diSarms Schlager
and Sedgwick pins him down. Blair
puts in an appearance, with a long ph ar
threats Kent and Sedgwick opens the
coffin and find nothing but a sack OF
sand. When Kent is ready to depart
Sedgwick cannot be found. The artist
gains entrance to the rear of the house,
where he finds Wilfred Blair's widow,
his mysterious studio visitor, sitting al
Blair enters the room and orders her
to her room and denounces Sedgwick as
a murderer.
Kent goes to Boston and visits an
astrologsr, whose advertisement lie
found in one of tire papers taken by
the Blairs. On the way he sees Mrs.
Blair and arranges. to have mutual
friend introduce him to her. From
this friend he finds out that Wilfred
Blair disappeared from the house
about the time the strange woman
was seen in the vicinity of Lonesome
Cove and never returned. Kent learns
that Mrs. Blair has lost necklace
and other valuable jewelry that had
come down to her from her grand
mother He produces the portrait
procured from Elder bennett and
finds it is Elliott's painting of the
grandmother. The two visit Preston
Jax, an astrologer. who he finds has
a badly bruised right wrist
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
A KIND OF CLASS DISCRIMINATION.

THE COUNTY physician who conceals of suicide
should be promptly expelled from Office The law requires that
of death not due natural shall be nyest
and reported by the county physician There obvious
necessity of this law which strictly in the line of public
policy When conceament is attempted the motive
always discriminating The official yields to the wishes of
influential relatives friends The Atlantic county physician
by derecon of duty did not notify the police file cer
suicide fashionable Atlantic City hotel
days until he forced to do by
paper reporter of this kind easily condoned
o overlooked
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
T HERE is an old legend about tht
founding of Westminster AbbeX

T HERE is an old legend about the
founding of Westminster Abbey
= that places it as early as the be-
ginning of the seventh century. When
the inhabitants of Kent had been
converted by ST. Augustine, an in
fluential and noble-bo Roman, Mel
illus, was consecrated first bishop of
London, and he persuaded the king
of the East Saxons to build church
to st. Peter at Thorneye, the spot
where the abbey now stands. This
church was to be consecrated on a
Sunday early in SIG.
One Saturday night a fisherman fer
ried stranger, who proved to be
st. Peter himself, told the fisherman
to inform Mellitus that the consecra-
ton was complete, rewarded his pilot
with miraculous draft of salmon,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
AN EVENT IN REAL ESTATE.

SALE of the scheuer property at the of Broad
signaizes another the improve
Broad and also marks the
areat property the
Prudential Life Insurance Company erected its first Office build
sn the street purchase understood be
co.t o. the Life Company it pre-
snmrd great corporation will extend its present mas
building the entire block and make another
impressive architectural for Newarks show street,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

which were to be his lot and that of
his posterity ever afterward. In re-
turn he was to refrain from Sunday
fishing and give 1.-THE of what he
caught to the church. The tradition
is interesting because it gives West
minister an equal age with st. PauPs,
and because for many years the
monks claimed a portion of all fish
caught in the Thames.
However this may be, the first au-
thentic church at Westminster, so
called from it's being west of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
THERE'S A REASON

By TUM JAOhSON.
He. does not drink now with the boys;
He's cut out all cabaret joys;
He has sworn off on his cigar;
He rides not in the trolley car;
He fingers no more at the spot
Where flourishes the gay jack pot;
He isn't stingy-no. not he;
He doesn't like economy,
But he'll be wed in balmy June
And needs dough for the honeymoon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
A STATE UTILITY LAW WITH TEETH

WHAT CAN be done by State public utility board under
adequate protect the public from corporate exactions
Wisconsin reduction of 20 per
tariffs is enoned operating within
the the brought before the
state Railroad the Milwaukee Merchants
Association suggests the value organized pro-
against oppressive charges also commission
that has something to justify its existence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
A DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL MAJORITY NOW

SENATOR MUNSON of Sussex, just returned from Eu-
rope will make Democratic majority the Senate when the
Legislature week. and he has gnifed his nten
for referendum bill there should be little time
passing BILL the DEMOCRATS in both houses
committed by the referendum for jury bill BY finally
passing such bill the Democratic majority at Trenton will have
barely escaped egegious bunde of the that fool
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22
Gossip of the Toilers

Minneapolis and st. Paul printers
ask a seven-hour day and SAY cents
per hour for day work and nv cents
per hour for night work. The present
scale is $2450 a week for day work
and $3.50 for night work eight
hours)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

A congress on the protection OF
children will take place in Amster-
dam. Holland, in October. The chief
subjects on the agenda will be COM
pulsory schooling, continuation
schools. child labor. feeding and
clothing Of children.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

Members of the South African
Labor party at present occupy the
following offices: Senate, l member;
house of representatives, members;
transvaal house of representatives,
8: town councillors, "a in nine towns;
members of education boards, etc.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

The danger of new railway strike
in Spain has been brought about by
the discharge by the company of the
late president Of the railwaymen S
organization because of his injurious
agitation" The ganization de-
mands his arrangement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22


Secretary McAdoo will see no office
seekers after l p. M, and doubtless
he never could see some of them.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

A successful wage movement of the
st. Petersburg gold and jewelry work.
ers has caused the masters to COM
bine in a protective union. which has
just proclaimed lockout. The mas
tiers, however, are not united, and
the workers are achieving further
successes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

Manufacturers contend that the diff
ference in the hours of labor in many
States, varying from fifty-four hours
a week in Massachusetts, to sixty-six
hours in the Southern States, Gre
ates an "unwarranted discrimina-
ton in favor of manufacturers To-
Gated in States where ehe long hours
prevail.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-22

The telephone company operating
at st. Paul and in Minneapolis has
decided that the voices of it's girl
operators are not all that it wishes
them to be. The result Is that the
girls will be given lessons in voice
culture. so their voices will sound
sweet over the phone.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-22
Quick Parole for Stokes.

Orangeburg, Jan. 18. - Mack
Stokes, the noted blind tiger who was
given sentence Of five years in the
General Sessions Court last Tuesday,
has been paroled by Governor Blease.
Stokes was convicted during his alb
senCe several months ago, he having
LEFT while under bond and taken ref
uge in Augusta, Ga. The sheriff COM
municated with Governor Blease and
asked for requisition papers to bring
Stokes back to be sentenced, but the
Governor refused to issue them.
Judge Rice filed a sealed sentence in
the case. A few days ago Stokes re-
turned 10 this city on his own initia-
tive to hear his sentence, and, as was
suspected, he was paroled II short
order
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-22
Women Strikers Use Hatpins.

New York, Jan. 1S.-With hatpins
and umbrellas several hundred wo-
men fought the police to-day in one
of the fiercest riots since the begin
ming of the garment workers strike.
A lone policeman who tried to pro-
tect male strikebreakers was severely
beaten.
The policeman arrested one Wo-
man, but had to summon twelve more
bluecoats before he could get his
prisoner to the station house. The
police accomplished this by forming
a hollow square, which was beset on
all sides by the battling garment
workers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-22
Six Wounded in Eeud.

Morganton, n. c., Jan. 21.-SiX
men were seriously wounded in a
battle at Glen Alpine, a village six
miles from here, according to reports
reaching here. Revolvers and
knives were used as weapons. The
clash is said to have been the culmi-
nation Of feud between the Pitts
and Tennessee families.
The seriously wounded are DR.. E.
A. Tennessee, NJ. n. Tennessee, Abel
Pitts, German Pitts, Erwin Pitts and
Sam Bennett. The three former are
reported to be mortally wounded.
Dr.. e. A. Tennessee, a prominent
physician Of Burke county, was one
of the combatants, and was shot
through the head and lungs and can
not live. NJ. n. Tennessee and Abel
Pitts, two others engaged In the af-
fray, are reported mortally wounded,
while German Pitts, Erwin Pitts and
Sam Bennett, the latter the policeman
Of the village, are seriously, if not
fatally shot. Others engaged in the
affray are more or less seriously in
iured.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-22
Anderson Farmers Heavy Loss

Anderson, Jan. 19.-Tha largest
barn IN Anderson county, belonging
to Pat w. Major, a young farmer liv-
ing five miles northeast Of this city,
WIS totally destroyed by fire last
night, the losses, including a large
portion of it's contents, aggregat ting
approximately $500, with insurance
amounting to a little less than two
thirds of the full values. Five mules,
worth about $1,000, and feed stuffs
worth approximately $4,000, COM
prised the contents that were de-
stroyed The barn also contained 60
head Of cattle and many other
mules, but these were gotten out
safely. 1t is supposed that the fire
originated from spontaneous cOmbus-
tiOn
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-01-22
Items from Return.

Return, Jan. 21.-Special: Rev.
l.. NJ. LYDIA filled his regular ap-
pOintments at Return Saturday and
Sunday. On Sunday he preached a
very able sermon from Exodus $40.
G. p. Dean and family, Of Ander-
son, have moved to the Foster plac
We are glad 10 have them in our
community.
]. V. Crooks, Of Ozark, Ala, is
with homefolks at present.
Jesse Martin, Of Hartwell, Ca, has
purchased j. b. Duncan's farm near
Return church. We welcome him
and his to our community.
The WOman's Missionary Society
will meet with Mrs. Oscar Tn ash er
next Saturday at o'clock. All mem
bers are requested to be present.