Samuel & Co.,!Kobe, was discovered at 6 a.m. on Friday unconscious, at the bottom of a well in the firm's compound in five foot of water. Mr. Bardens is one of the highly esteemed foreign residents of Kobe and has always taken prominent part in any public-spirited movement. He has been conspicuously prominent in all arrangements for local banzai-celebrations and is greatly estoomed by local Japanese commercial bodies. Among foreigners he is a strong influence in all local enterprises including the president) and is always to be relied o1
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