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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-11-13
cHAprER ~.
The Masked Voice


For a matter OF twelve hours the
soK. iaaden. dank. viscous. AZ inexor
sbis as this dominion OF evil, had
wrapped the world In an embrace az
foul and noxioua as the coils OF some
great. gray, slimy serpent
Through It's aluggish folds the pom
daroua, powerimpelled lifeboat crepl
II snaIi's pace. lis stem parting and
rolling back from either flank heavy
hearted sen Of gray.
In The bows a young woman rested
IN q state Of semIexhaustion, her eyes
closed. he head piiiowed on cork
belt iIfe.preaerver. her sodden gar
ments modelled closely 10 the slender
body that was ever and again shaken
from head to feet with the strength
q long. shnddering respiration.
Seated on the nearest thwart, Alan
Law. chin IN hand. watched over the
rosa OF this woman whom he loved
with grimiy hopeless solicitude. He
was In no happier case than she, 30
far "a physical comfort went he was
In worse. since he might not rest.
fremonltion OF misfortune darkened
his heart with it's impenetrable
shadow.
In the stern Tom Barcus presided
moruEeiy over the steering gear. and
Law vas no more Iealoualy heedful OF
his sweetheart than Barcus OF the
heayy-duty motor that chngged away
30 purposefully at It's business OF driv.
ing the boat aven.knew.where.
Lacking At once a compass. all no.
tion whatsoever OF tho SUMS bearings,
and any immediate hope OF the fog
aifting or chance bringing them either
10 land or 10 rescue by some larger
end less comfortless craft, Barcus
steered mainly through force OF habit
the saltwater mans instructive feel.
kng that no boat under way should
sver Ia any conceivable circumstance
be without hand at the helm. II had
seemed impossible that It could long
escape repetition OF the disaster. but
.omahow. II always did escape, and
aeet ~ q vide margin: never once
had n passed naAr enough to another
vessel 10 see Il.
And now for moro than an hour the
silence had been uncannily constant,
broken only by the rumble OF the mo.
cor. the muted lisp Of water slipping
down the side. the suck and gurgle OF
the wake.
Fcrebodinga no less portentous than
Aawis crawled In the mind OF Barcus.
u was az likely as not that the life
beat Was travelling straight out to sea.
Ana gnsoiiue tanks can and oftentimes
90 hnc0me as empty as an official
weather prophets promise OF fair
weather for holiday.
More than this, Mr.. Barcus was a
confirmed skeptic In respect OF ma,
rina motors; on terms OF long and
intimate experience with the ways OF
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fog back like scroll and sent 1t spin
ming far out to sea, while the shore
on which the two had landed was
deluged with sunlight, bright and
beautifully warm.
He showed thoughtful and consid-
crate countenance to the girl.
You're about all in?"
She nodded confirmation OF this,
which was no more than simple truth.
Where are we?" she added.
He made her party to his own per-
plexity.
You're not able to travel" he pur-
sued. DO you mind being left alone
while take turn up the beach and
have look round? We can't be far
from some sort Of civilization; even
II it's an island there are no desert
isles along this coast. I'll fnd some
thing soon enough, no fear"
BY tacit consent both avoided men
ton Of Alan, but each knew what
thought was uppermost in the others
mind.
There's a niche among the rocks
up here" Barcus indicated, almost q
cave. You'll be warm and dry enough.
and secure from observation overhead.
Maybe you can even snatch a few
winks of sleep. :"
She negatived that suggestion with
weary smile; no sleep for her until
sheer exhaustion overpowered her, or
she knew of Alan's fate.
And SO. reiterating his promise to
be gone no longer than absolutely
might be needful. he left her there.
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throttle down the carburetor and jump
out Of the engine-pit.
But In that small space OF time the
lifeboat and Alan Law had parted com
pany as definitely as though one of
them had been levitated bodily to the
far side OF the earth.
1t could not have been more than
minute after the accident before
Barcus was guiding the boat over
what, going on his sense of location
and judgment OF distance, he could
have sworn was the precise spot
where Alan had disappeared, but with
out discovering sign OF him.
And fer the next twenty minutes
he divided his attention between at
tempts to soothe and reassure the
half-distracted girl and efforts TO
educe reply from Alan by stsntorian
hailing--with as little success in the
one as in the other.
"Alanl" he shrieked at the top of
his lungs. "Alanl Give hail to tell
US you're safel"
There was little pause; he was
racking his brains for some more NOV
ing mode Of appeal when the answer
came In another voice--in the voice
OF Judith Urine, clear, musical, effer-
vescent with sardonic humor:
BE at peace, little one-bleat no
morei Mr.. Law ID with us--and safe
--oh, quite, quite safel"
In dumb CONSERVATION Barcus
sought the countenance OF Rose. Her
eyes, meeting his, were blank with
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syNoesls.

Tss 4 Of Hearts IL the death sign" en-
y6oyed by Seneca Urine IN the private war
~ vengeance which, through hla daughter
&udfth. woman OF violent passions like
MS own. he wages against Alan Law, son
~ tbs man flOw dead whom Urine held
srHponslble for the accident which made
MIN helpless cripple Rose. Judifh's
N@tn and double. learns OF her SISTERS
campaign against Alan and leaves her
hoxsa "a aid him. whom she loves. I'M
dor dramatic circumstances Alan saves
yudfth'a life and 50 wins her love. But
Eatigre 20 shake his consistency 10 Rose
ktntinA Judith's Jealousy and settles her
~ hnf hnmicidal purpose, She II largely
Irresponsible for shipwreck IN Nantucket
sound. from which Alan and Rose escape
90 ufnboaf
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ing in her eyes, Judith superintendent
the business till its conclusion than
waved the men away.
Quietly, like well-trained servants
they turned their backs and marched
of. ~
And again. after a brief wait the
woman laughed her short and mirth
less laugh.
The tide will he high" she sa,d
precisely at sunset. You NAV tina
your lives by that. When the SIM d,ne
into the sea, then will your livas -
down with it," 50
She turned on her heel and stroda
swiftly away, with not so much % =
backward glance, overlook her man
and passed quickly from sight arounS
the farther point of rocRa oun'
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CHAPTER XVI.
rhe Island.

Not more than twenty seconds could
have elapsed before Barcus recovered
from the shock Of the motors treach-
cry sufficiently to reverse the wheel,
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&8EIINeFcu INTO Inc HANDS OF inc
Enemy.
kAe demon of perversity that tenants
eAem one and all. he knew that the
present sweet-tempered performance
81 the exhibit under consideration
Sas no earnest whatsoever of future
good behavior. that when such COM
plicatef contraption was concerned
ahere VAS never any telling -.
ia view Of all of which considera-
neas he presently threw open the bat
tery switch.
Aad the aching, void created in the
S1anca bv the cessation of that uni
The citizen., 1914-03-13
coNFEssEs AFTER 90 YEARS.
Pennsylvania Had Been Acquitted OF
Wife Murder.

Erie, Pa-The Rev. John B. Cook,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Girard, Pa, notified District
Attorney J. o. Wait that John Turner,
aged SO, had confessed to him that he
murdered his wife at Linesville, Pa,
in 1885, According to the story told
the district attorney, Turner, who has
been very i'll, summoned Rev. M. Cook
to his home and told him that while
the Turner's lived at Linesville he be-
came angry at his wife and hit her
with a club. He was arrested and
tried for the crime, but was acquitted
by the testimony of members of the
family. The jury held that Mrs. Tur-
ner had died as the result Of fall.
The trial, according to Turner's story,
took place at Meadville, Pa. The au-
thorities there were notified of the
alleged confession.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
OVER SCORE OF
BODIES IN RUINS
Firemen Searching Wreckage Of
Big St. Louis Club.
ABANDON HOPE FOR MISSING
Property Loss Put At $466, ,00o-5iaze
Worst In city's History So
Far As Fatalities Are
Concerned.

st. Louis,-Hope for the 80 or 35
guests of the Missouri Athletic Club
who were in the building when it
caught fire Monday morning was aban-
doned, and officers are almost positive
that the 25 to 29 now unaccounted for
will be in the list of dead when the
toll of the flames is complete.
Seven bodies were recovered from
the flames before sundown.
Though committee opened head
quarters at the Press Club and asked
all who were guests of the Athletic
Club to report, 80 to 35 did not regis
ter, and hourly the feeling grew that
all these were lost.
Hope was given by Fire Chief
Swingley that the water could be
pumped out of the ruins and that
search for bodies might then be re-
sumed,
The citizen., 1914-03-13
G. v. VANDERBILT
OF B|L1M0RE DEAD
Succumbs to Complications Aft
er Appendicitis Operation.
HIS CASTLE COST 100000.
Youngest Son Of the Late William
n. Vanderbilt Dies In Wash
inaton Following An
Operation.

Washington.-George W. Vanderbilt,
aged So, multimillionaire philan-
thropist and sportsman of information
al reputation, died here from heart
failure following an operation for ap-
pendicitis. His death came suddenly,
caused indirectly, through the develop
ment of pulmonary embolism, which
affected the heart, preventing blood
circulation.
Although seriously i'll for some time,
Mr. Vanderbilt had sustained the
operation and continued to show signs
of improvement until the complica-
tions Unexpectedly arose. Previous to
their appearance no alarm had been
felt for his recovery and physicians
said his condition was improving
daily.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, who was formerly
Miss Edith Dresser, of New York, had
been continuously in attendance at the
bedside She was almost Frustrated
by her husbands sudden death.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
VOLUNTARY REPEAL
OF FREE TOLLS
PresidentSays exemption vIo-
lates Treaty We Signed"
CONG GRESS WILL YIELD
Repeal ls Needed AS Evidence or
Good Fath-Nothing Critical
In Foreign Relations Is
Pending.

Washington-Repe of the free
tolls" given American coastwise YES
sells in the Panama Canal Act was
earnestly urged by President Wilson
in brief address to joint session
of the Senate and House.
Gentlemen of the Congress:
l have come to you upon an erano
which can be very briefly performed.
but | beg that you will not measure
its Importance by the number OF SEN
tences in which / state it. No COM
munication / have addressed to the
Congress carried with it graver or
more far-reaching implications to the
interest of the country, and | come
now to speak upon a matter with re-
gard to which l am charged in pecu-
liar degree, by the Constitution itself,
with personal responsibility.
have come to ask for the repeal OF
that provision of the Panama Canal
Act of August "a, 1912, which exempts
vessels engaged in the coastwise trade
Of the United States from payment of
tolls, and to urge upon you the justice,
the wisdom, and the large policy of
such a repeal with the utmost earn
estness of which | am capable.
In my own judgment, very fully con-
sidered and maturely formed, that ex-
emption constitutes mistaken
economic policy from every point of
view, and is, moreover, in plain con-
travention of the treaty with Great
Britain concerning the canal con-
cluded on November 1S, 1901. But l
have not come to you to urge my per-
sonal views. / have come to state to
you a fact and situation. Whatever
may be our own differences of opinion
concerning this much debated
measure, its meaning is not debated
outside the United States. Every
where else the language of the treaty
is given but one Interpretation, and
that Interpretation precludes the ey-
emption I am asking you to repeal.
We consented to the treaty; it's
language we accepted, If we did not
originate it; and we are too big, too
powerful, too self-respecting nation
to interpret with too strained or re-
fined reading the words OF our own
promises just because we have power
enough to give us leave to read them
as we please. The large thing to do
is the only thing we can afford to do,
a voluntary withdrawal from a posi-
tio1 everywhere questioned ard mis-
understood. We ought to reverse our
action without raising the question
whether we were right or wrong, and
so once more deserve our reputation
for generosity and the redemption of
every obligation without bubble or
hesitation.
ask this of you in support of the
| foreign policy of the administration.
| shall not know how to deal with
other matters of even greater delicacy
and nearer consequence if you do not
grant it to me in ungruding measure.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
DYNAMITERs LOSE CASE.
Only Pardon Can Save lronworkers
Now-Court Ruled Out Appeal.

Washington, d. C.-The final chap
ter in the ironworkers' campaign to
destroy open shops" with dynamite
and nitroglycerin was written by the
Supreme Court in refusing to review
the penitentiary sentences imposed
upon Frank NJ Ryan, president of the
international Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, and %
of the associations members.
Senator Kern, leading counsel for
the ironworkers at their trial in the
Federal district court at Indianapolis,
stated after the Supreme Courts
action that he did not contemplate ap-
pealing to the President for pardon
for the convicted men. A pardon alone
stands between them and the penl-
tentiary.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
THE BENTON INQUIRY HALTs.
Washington Understands Anglo-Ameri-
can Probe Is Ended.

Washington, D. C.-Secretary Bryan
said that the Anglo-American commits
sion appointed to examine the body of
William S. Benton, the British subject,
still was in status quo" In official
circles it was understood the COM
mission will make no further effort to
accomplish the task for which it was
appointed. Secretary Bryan also said
that nothing had been received con-
cerning the investigations being made
In the Benton and Bauch cases by the
Mexican Constitutionalist commission.
The Secretary expects to receive the
commissions findings in the Bauch
case General Carranza already had
declared that any information in the
Benton case must be delivered to the
British authorities.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
CANNOT DODGE
AN INCOME TAX
No Haven for the Unhappy
Possessor of Millions.
NOTHING GAINED BY FLIGHT
Views OF Various Members OF Con-
qress Who Have Been lnstru-
mental In Having the Law
Put On the Books.

Washington, D. C.-Framers of the
American Income Tax Law are not
worried by the capitalist fugitives who
are expatriating themselves to escape
the tax.
Leaders said:
Representative Underwood: If it be
true that American millionaires are
seeking asylum in England to escape
the American income tax, they will be
hurt more than they now know.
think there must be another reason
why they should seek the sovereignty
of Great Britain, and it might be in
their love for a monarchy over their
love for republic.
Representative Hull, Tennessee
(framer of the Income Tax Law: The
American tax on small incomes is less
than England's tax. 1t is less, in fact,
ropean country, and the American who
vents his resentment on this country
because of it's new income tax law will
have to flee to some unciviliZed coun-
try to escape payment of this tax. l
have no sympathy with any one who
has made his money in this country
and who seeks to evade payment of
just taxation.
Representative Rainey, Illinois: We
can better afford to lose than to hold
those of our rich who are fleeing to
foreign countries to escape taxation.
We have their property and their
agents will pay this country's levies.
1t is a good riddance.
Representative SABBATH, Illinois: No
American who has lived and knows
conditions in foreign countries where
income taxes are levied will fee the
income tax of the United States. If
he does the protection of this coun-
try should be withdrawn, because we
do not want him.
Representative Palmer, Pennsyl-
vania: The income tax has come to
stay in this country. Our millionaires
will learn to conform to its require
ments. Those Americans who are
living abroad will find they will have
to pay an income tax and they will
learn it's burden is heavier than the
tax imposed by this country.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
AFFINITY r. p. EARLE GUILTY.
Artist and Miss Herman Convicted OF
Kidnapping His Son.

Romorantin, France. = Ferdinand
Pinney Earle, the American artist, and
Miss Charlotte Herman, charged with
kidnapping Earle's son Harold from
school near Paris, were found guilty
after two days trial. Earle was SEN
fenced to serve two months in prison
and to pay a fine of SIS and Miss Her
man to month in prison and a fine of
$3.75. Both the defendants were re-
leased, however, in view of the fact
that they had spent the time to which
they were sentenced to Jail in advance
of the trial.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
TEXAS RANGERS
INVADE MEXICO
1--WE Wanted Corpse and Have
1t" Declares CoIquitt.
FEDERALS GAVE A PERMIT.
Commander Reports To Governor.
American Shot Twice Through
the Head and Once Through
the Neck.

Austin, Texas. Texas Rangers
crossed the international boundary
unto Mexico, disinterred from the
Hidalgo Cemetery the body OF
Clemente Vergara. the Texas ranch
man who was lured into Mexico by
Mexican Federal soldiers, and return
ed with the body to American soil.
The Rangers were not opposed, ac-
complishing their search without the
slightest violence, taking the body
from it's grave almost within sight of
the Texas border. The seizure was
divested of possibly grave aspects in
international complications by reason
of the fact that the Rangers were vir-
tually making use of permission
granted officially by Mexican Federal
authorities several days ago for re-
covery of the body.
Consul Was Afraid.
This permission had been given to
United States Consul Alonzo Garrett
at Nueyo Laredo, but he did not get
the body because of what he reported
as dangers attending search for it in
the immediate vicinity of Hidalgo.
Governor ColQuitt, who recently was
refused permission by the State De-
partment to send the Rangers across
the Rio Grande to pursue the alleged
slayers of Vergara, authorized the
statement that he did not specifically
instruct Ranger Captain j. J. Sanders,
who recovered the body, to cross the
border to get it.
No invasion, Says CoIquitt.
I'VE wanted Vergara's body to de-
termine the manner of his death and
we have it," said the Governor tersely,
adding, Some people may call this
an invasion but it was not"
The official report of Captain Saun-
ders on the incident was given out by
the executive department. 1t simply
said:
81 proceeded to Hidalgo, secured
Vergara's body and returned it to
Laredo"
Vergara had been shot twice
through the head and once through the
neck. The skull was crushed as
though from the blow of rifle butt,
and the charred left hand was taken
TO indicate here that he had been tor
tured before being killed
The citizen., 1914-03-13
JUDGE n. M. CLABAUGH DEAD.
Head Of District Of Columbia Bench
Expires Suddenly.

Washington, D. C.-The sudden
death of Henry M. Clabaugh, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. native of Mary
land and former Republican Attorney
General of that State, came as dis
tinct shock to Washington legal and
social circles. None of his intimates
was aware that he suffered from heart
trouble, and those who knew him were
stunned when they read the announce
ment of his death from heart disease.
The day before Judge Clabaugh ap-
peared in the best of health and
spirits.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
FUNERAL OVER AT MEN.
Services Held In Plymouth Sound For
Men Lost With Submarine.

Plymouth, England. With impress
sive ceremony, funeral service was
read for the II men who perished with
the lost submarine AT, hope of recover
ing which has been abandoned by the
Admiralty. While the burial rites of
the Anglican Church were read
aboard the cruiser Forth. standing by
over the spot in Plymouth Sound
where the AT is supposed to be buried
in the sand, a duplicate service was
read in the royal navy barracks at
Keyham.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
GRAIN REMAINING ON FARMS.
Department OF Agriculture Makes Crop
Statistics Public.

Washington, D.. C.-Grain of last
years crop remaining on farms March
/ is reported by the Department of
Agriculture as follows:
Wheat, 151, 100000 bushels, or 1919
per cent, of the 1913 crop remained on
farms About 539 per cent. of the
1913 crop will be shipped out of coun-
ties where grown.
Corn, $3.50, 1892 900 bushels, or 35.4 per
cent, remained on farms. About 17.2
per cent. will be shipped. Proportion
of crop merchantable, SOL per cent.
Oats, 416,476,000 bushels, or 37.4 per
cent, remained on farms. About 26.5
per cent will be shipped.
Barley, 44,126,0O0 bushels, or 24.S
per cent, remained on farms. About
4S.4 per cent. will be shipped
The citizen., 1914-03-13
TO sTERILIzE 20 coNvIcTs.
One Of Prisoners Reported Ready To
Fight New Iowa Law.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Orders for the
sterilization of 20 convicts in the state
penitentiary at Fort Madison and the
reformatory at Anamosa, under new
state law, were issued by the state
board of control here and forwarded to
the authorities Of those institutions.
E. H. Ryan, convict of Fort Madison,
has been reported as prepared to ask
for an injunction to prevent the state
hoerd from CARRYING nut the law
The citizen., 1914-03-13
THAw COUNSEL DisBARRED.
C. w. Hartridge Prevented From Con-
tinuina Practice.

New York.-Clifford W. Hartridge,
counsel for Harry K. Thaw at his first
trial for the killing of Stanford White.
was disbarred from the practice of law
by the Appellate Division Of the Su-
preme Court. The court found that
Hartridge had squandered $4,000 to
induce women witnesses who might
have testified against Thaw TO leave
the city. Daniel O'Reilly, another OF
the Thaw lawyers, died not long ago,
after serving a term on Blackwell's
Island for receiving stolen property.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
ASKS PROBE OF MILL CLOSING.
Representative Nicely, OF West Vir-
oinia, Wants Inquiry.

Washington, D. C.-Representative
Neely, of West Virginia, introduced a
resolution which would direct the Sec
retary of Commerce to investigate the
Follansbee Bros. Company, of Fol
lansbee, W. Va, and report whether
the closing of that company's mills
from October to 81, 1913, was in pur-
suance of any agreement of restraint
of interstate commerce. The mills
were closed, it is said, just before the
special election at which Mr.. Neely
was elected to Congress.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
AMERICAN HUSBANDS ARE BEST
Countess Erdody, OF Austria, Gives
Her Reasons For Assertion.

Washington, d. C.-That American
husbands are the best in the world is
charming Austrian, who is visitor at
the Austrian Embassy. These are the
points the Countess brings out for the
American husband: He is thought
full person. He tries to make his wife
happy. He sacrifices his own COM
fort He takes responsibility on his
own shoulders. He makes his wife
chum.
The citizen., 1914-03-13
rHos. M. OSBORNE is CONVINCED.
New York Prison Reformer Adopts
"Open-Air" Idea.

New York, N. Y.-Speakers at the
second conference on prison reform
came to the unanimous opinion that
the remedy for the present evils OF
prison life lay in the adoption of the
outdoor principle. In voicing this con-
clusion, State Superintendent of
Prisons Riley attacked Sing Sing in
that it lacked facilities for outdoor
life. Thomas Moot Osborne, chairman
of the National Civic Federation Com
mittee on Prison Reform, aligned him.
self with the exponents of "the open
air idea"
The citizen., 1914-03-13
TlLLMAN's PuRE-AIR PLEA WINS.
Senate Prohibits Smoking During
Executive Sessions.

Washington, D. C.-Senator Till
mans long-pending resolution forbid.
ding smoking during executive ses-
sions was adopted by the Senate by
unanimous vote. Il am beset with the
danger of being driven out of the party
and of the Senate ITSELF" said Senator
Tillman in a speech supporting his
resolution, for my very life depends
oD pure air"