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Newspaper Page TextSALAZAR FLEES FROM FEDERALS Rcbfh Move Towards New Mex ico isomer Line. ..,H'V Patrol lnraaad Head of United btatea Halea Troops Peart Trouble, F.I r". Texaa Movement! of the federal and rebol artnlea In tha dl rlet south of tha border at thla point and the poaltlon of tha Amarlenn col onlats 1 th troubled on,i occuplea th attention of chiera or tho United States troiipa engaged In patrolling tb bonier at thla point Thirty men from Colonial Dial, to th went of the uaeae oraouee aiairici, arrived nt Ilachltn, N. M., according ti advices race I ad at Fort lillaa, and tha colonists rrora ma .luare ana liuhlsn colonies ar expected to reach the border In a day or two. A report haa reached tha United State aerret eervlca that General Sal aiar with 10UU rebela, haa evacuated Caul (Irandee ami that two group, o flrala. largely outnumbering tha bl forcet. are in pursuit Accord In to thla informatloa Salaiar la brailrd for tha border, moving due north with tha Intention of reaching I'alomaa, oppoalta Columbua. N. M and a fw nillea weet of Kl Paao. Thii will bring him in cloaa touch with the rebel leader, Orotco, who ra mains in Juarrl with about 600 men and together they may proceed along the border into Sonora. Thla move, American officer here believe, la made alao with tha view of obtaining ammunition and it la pruba tie that the United Btatea border pa trol will be increaaed. That tha rebel ara in great need of ammunition 1 evidenced by tha recent initauree of bonier running. BUMPER CROP CERTAIN. Yuld of Oregon to t acted All Form er Record. Portland Crop proepecU In every section of Oregon and in every line of agriculture were never better than they are thla year. It ha been bumper eaon all around, and it mran prosperity for tha farmer and everyone directly concerned with tha farmer' welfare; and that Include almoat everybody in tha etste. If there ia any adveraa factor in the Ituation, it i tha chanca that aome of the crop may ba ao large they will have to aell fur lea money than in other year. The aurplua to ba marketed, hi ever, la ao great that tha total income will be enormoua. The wheat crop thla year will net the farmera of Oregon about $12,600, 000. The oat emp will bring in half a much money a tha wheat crop, and the barley crop will produce a million The other grain and hay will alao add a vt eurn to the atate'a wealth. The year 1912 ia undoubtedly the greatest fniit year Oregon haa yet known. Tha total value of all fruita ia placed at mora than Irl, 500.000. The potato yield, which I enormoua, will, even on a lower market, bring the farmer close to 11,600,01)0, and the onion and root crop will add ma terially to thla um. The hop crop I going to ba a great one, on the acreage, ami at tha pre ent market price will give the farm er $2.20,000. all of it money bnui(ht from outalda tha atate. The value of the wool and mohair clipa ex ceed. $4,000,000. Tha wheat crop of Oregon will amount to about 18,000,000 buahel. Theyiill will ba record one in Umatilla. Wallowa, Raker, Waacn, Sherman, Union and Gilliam countie. the latter county eatimating a crop of 4,0110,01)0 buahel. Wheat condition in the Willamette valley, especially in I'olk, I. Inn and l.ane counties, are fine, the c.-op in l.ana being tha beat In 10 yeara. Further aouth. the wheat pmnpecta are alao good. Tha oata cmp of tha atate I eatimated at 1". ooii.ooo buahel. and tha barley crop at 2.300,000 buahel. re-the une month." an KtUlP 18 GRANTED. Em.rg.ncy Appropriation T.mpoe.r. Provld.d In Ha.olutlon. Wa.hlngu.n. 1). C.-Tempor.ry lif for the bankruptcy government r,.nn,i ,,..i MMafa. 1 " lh'Khtl.a pa reflation " h7n:rK-"- PPropri.llon r.. Union which waa aent at once to the pre. dent. It c.rrie. forward the -,-,-...,..,.. aa uiey existed in J and July for another "half mont y Auguat 15 it ia ..n-Mi TJ nual appropriation bill will hav. been paaaod. An attack w.. ma.1. on tha emer gency meaaure in the aenat. on the ground that it provided no fund, to meet tha increase in pen.ion. recently authorised. The emergency appropri atlon I for "nece.aary t,Mn, r government" and for "the r,.vmu. penaiona." ' ' In neither Instance k,a..u.. J it provide for anvthinir 'm-th..' .i... tha eetimate a tha they existed In June. Senator William AM-n Rmi.u - Michigan, charged that eongreea waa 'keeping the old soldier out of their pay," by this mean of m.i.lul money for the irovernm.nt , Mr. McCumher preaented a resolu tion to meet tha penaiona emergency Ihl reaolution will be called up for anion Immediately. It authoriies the appropriation of $30,000,000. or a much of that amount aa i necea- ary to meet pension claima ;tha't may "be due and payable on or before Au gust 4." Charge were made bv men-.hera f each parly that the other w. respon Ibl for delaying the appropriation bill. SENATE SAYS ALL MUST KEEP OFF Foreign Corporations Cannot Acquire Military Basis. SURVEY PUSHED NORTH. Alaikan B Boundary Lin May Marked Thlt Year. Washington. D. C Since the aum- mer of liwil the Joint commission ap pointed by the United State and Ca- nadian government, to locate and mark the boundary line seoaratinir Hritinh territory from A)aka haa been actively engaged in this work, puahing th. line northward from the Yukon to Porcupine river bv the end of the 1910 aeason. Laat cummer the field operation were advanced farther along that part of the 141it meridian which extend from Porcupine river to tha Arctic Ocean, and it i believed that the present year will witnea the completion of this part of the aurvey. Realising that it well equipped field organization afforded unuaual fa- ilitiea in thi remote and rather in- acceetible region for gathering much nformation not directly connected with the narticular work of locating nd marking the boundary line, th. oint commiaaion extended an invita tion, which waa readily accepted, to the Geological aurvey of Canada and the United Statea Gelogical aurvey to aend geologiat to accompany the field partiea during 1911 and 1912 and to examine the geology along tha bound ary from the Yukon to tha Arctic. Vital latu.t of Monro. Doctrln. Dia- cussad In S.cr.t Stat. D.. partm.nt Not Con.ult.d. "aaninglon, V. C. Tha United State lenata iaaucd a warninir Satur day to th nationa of tha world against encroachment upon tha continent of North and South America. Th ft..: a ... .... uiiiuw oiaie win not lee "without grave concern," aid the senate, any suitable naval or military ite pan Into control of a foreign cor poration, when uch poaaeaaion might threaten the communication or th sariey of the United Statea." bo vital were the laaue discussed In the I.odge reaolution, which set forth tha policy of the United State, a to point lituatedlik. Magdalena Bay, in mwer California, that the door of in lenate were closed for three hour while the resolution waa debated in ecret leaaion. It finally paaaed with only four vote against it. notwithstanding tha com parativa unanimity of the senate upon the note of warning, it ia understood the measure did not have the official indorsement of tha administration it waa framed entirely outaide tha State department and it i understood the executive branch of the govern ment wa not consulted with regard to me senate pronouncement. The resolution aroae from tha n-port-d attempt of a Japanese syndi. rate w aecure land auout Magdalena Kay. In the form finally adopted by th. senate it declare againat the ac quisition of any threatening location by a foreign corporation, "which ha uch a relation to another government not American a to give that govern ment practical power of control for naval or military purposes." DYNAMITERS FOILED. MEAT SOARS IN CHICAGO. Rill Poster Men Sued. Chicago Suit for dissolution of the Aaaociated Bill roster and Distrib uter of tha United Statea and Can ada. who have been aucceeded by the Poating Advertising association. was filed In tha United Statea diatrict murt here. In a petition In equity Attorney General Wickoraham charged a conspiracy to destroy competition. nx price and monopodia and domi nata tha bill-poating buaines. Tha government aim ask Injunction against practice and agreement said to be In violation of tha Sherman law. Treasury Deficit Lower. Washington, D. C Tha deficit of the federal treasury at tha end of the nrst month In tha naw fiscal year wa a.i,ins. Treasury official Joyfully compared thi figura with $1(1.093,440, ihe deficit for July, 1911. There were two factor during tha month favor able to tha government. Custom re- celpta exceeded axpectatlona, being narly $6,000,000 mora than in tha corresponding month laat year. Tha delay In passing deficiency and supply hill decreased tha oxpendituree near ly $8,000,000. Treaaura Hunter Off. Victoria, B. C Bound for tha fam u Tiburon laland in tha Gulf of Cali fornia, which la said to ba rich In gold nd other mineral, which hava been uecefuy held by fierea natlvee, aaid to ba rannlbala, two little achoon m. tha "Tenderfoot" and "Drift," tha Victoria Yacht club, left port parrying n adventuroue party of treasure huntora. They expoct to ba fn six montha. They will atop at Bn Franciaco an routa. Oldt Oddfellow Dl.a. Albuquerque, N, M. H. Collin, rmhalily th. oldest Oddfellow In tha t'nlfed Statea. having joined the order t Danville, Kentucky, in 1842, diaJ ' at tha aga of 96 year. Packer Hold Out Llttl. Hope of Decre.t. to Hous.wiv.c. Chicago Meat prices, already a serious problem for Chicago rioufe- ives, hav climbed a notch in the last few days and, according to those (-.painted with the situation, show no ignt or decreasing, in inicago price are: Porterhouae steak, Z4 to 35 cent. Sirloin steak, (beat cut). 25 cent. Hound steak. 20 to 22 cents. I.amh chopa (best), 26 to SO cenU. Pot roat. 15 cents. Veal cutlets. 30 to 35 cents. Pork chop. 19 to 21 cents. Thee figures, according to local ealrr. are a big advance over figurr for lat tear at this aeason. r. S. Hayward, lecretary for Swift & Co., said : The scarcity of cattle and the in creae of population are responsible for the advanced price of meats. "Prices are not going to lower read llv". declared James Irwin, control ling seversl markets.. "Among the reaanni for the advance of meat prices is the high price of corn." Rest Head Disclosed. San Francisco Testimony adroitly brought out by tha government in it rttrantie uit to regain $75,000,000 worth of land from the Oregon & Cal ifornia railroad, a auhsidiary of the Southern Pacific, put into record the fact that Coll a P. Huntington, Mara Mopk In. Charle Crocker and Leland Stanford, known the lengtn oi me ra rlflo O.a.t aa the "Big Four." were tha real head of the Pacific Improve ment Co., which had all construction work for the Southern Pacific, of which they were alao director and officer. Soma Profit on Sugar. San FrancUco Ownership of one half of the common tock of the West ern Sugar Refining company the John D. and A. H. Spreckle concern ol San FrancUco ha netted the Have meyer Interest In the American Sugar Refining company $12,960,000 individendainthapat2lyear. For all but two years of that time these payment were made on an invest ment that representated only $600.- 000. Mora than liz.mw.uou oi amount ha been paid lnce 1893. The firat payment waa on OctoDer ti, jovi. Battleship Bill Galna. Wa.hinrton. D. C Alarmed at the growing atrength of the two battleahip proponent in the houe, Democratic leader Issued a call for another cau cus on the naval bill. It waa gener ally accepted that at least ona battle ship would ba provided for. Repra sentative Sulier who ia leading the fight for two ship, announced that he had 81 algnaturea to hia petition that tha caucu release member from their previou no-battlehip pledge. Mexican Rebel Hana; German. Dougla. Arii. John Hertling and Guldo Shubert, tha men hangea ai Montevista. east of l ananea, oonor.. about a week ago. wmiinu. Germany and .ubject. of that country. .hn..tfh Hertling had taken out hi original paper for American citixen .li. ir..ii,'nr wa the watchman at the Monteviata mlna and Shubert waj hit guest. Robber Get Safe From Mine Office But Ara Driven Off. Baker, Or. Moked men broke into the office of the Underwood Placer Minea company at Cornucopia, rolled down an embankment tha aafa con taining gold nuggeta valued at thou anus or dollars, at 1 baturJay morn ing and dynamited it. They were interrupted Jhy Foreman Charles Camel, of Walla Walla, who ia in charge of the plant, and fired several shots at him, but he escaped with a slight wound and called help and frightened them away without their booty. Mrs. K. S. Bisher, telephone oper ator, who Friday saved Halfway from a serious fire by calling out the farm er and townspeople, wa appealed to and she rang people out of bed and urged them to start in search of the safecrackers. The entire Pine valley waa notified by breakfast time and partiea passed the day in search. A. C. Stephens, deputy sheriff of Baker county, in that district, suspected two men and telephoned to Baker for aid, but a Sheriff Kand could nt cover the 90 mile to the mine in time to help, told him to arrest the men. They have not been apprehended yet, f hip and Whale Collide. San Francisco A giant whale col lided with the schooner J. H. Bruce Saturday night off the coast between Point Reyes and tha Farallona Islands. A part of the forward rigging of the vessel wa torn away by the impact with the body of the leviathan and when tha schooner reached port por tion of the flesh of the whale and quantities of blood were scattered over the deck load and the forecastle head. The sea animal was lighted by the lookout when the vessel wa3 not more than 300 yards away. The course was altered, but the whale kept in its path. Nirarsgua Ask for Help. Panama Manuel E. Velasquei, the Nicaraguan minister here, (aid ha hoped the friendly office of the United State might atop bloodshed and restore peace to the Nicaraguans. New that President Adolph Dias, of Nicaragua, had dismissed General Luia Mena from hia office a minister of war and imprisoned him and that Mena'a son, tha military commander of Granada, i in control of Granada, Nandiame and Masaya, where General Mena had to red big quantitiea of war munitions, ia'confirmed. Chicago Strike Imminent. Chicago Chicago treet car men favor a atrike by a vote of 8939 to 171 unless their demands for higher wages and improved working condi tions are granted, immediately iwo conference were arranged with the street railway official, when a final effort will be made to settle the dis pute peaceably. President Matron aaid: "The men axpresaed tneir win on the question oi nn nu nun it I up to the companiea to meet ma demanda. It la going to Da a ngni to tha finih on tha part of tha men." Cotton M.asur. Patted. Waahinirton. D. C The house haa passed 166 to 72, tha cotton tariff r vision bill, which tha Democratic ma jority asserta will reduce the dutle on coiion anu wiwu by approximately 21 per cent, The meaiuro I Identical with that vetoed last year by President Taft on the ground that It wa not baaed on om cial Information. House member be lieve the aenate will pass It and put it up to the president again. Thirty-Two Automobilsa Burned. San Francisco Thirty-two automo bile were destroyed nere in a ore that burned out the body factory of Albert E. Lattimore. The damage is witn nine ex- Stamtqm . or MS I SAM' ' SYNOPSIS. At tha tH-Klnnln of area! auloinohlle ' mei'iiHiiii'ian of ilia M-eury. HlMnlon'a mai-lilne. lrni dead. Hirana youth Jti Kloyd. vulunioera. and la accepted. ..tlmated at 1100.000 tha machinea were privately owned. The fire department haa no ictBdd from tha machlna. Tha work- . I ,L. kl... A.iMln.ljl 1 knowledge oi now me ui. CHAPTER I. (Continued.) "Coin' to throw away the raca an' wreck your machine, for foolishness?" he Inquired. "That's Just like you, Ualph Stanton. You'll risk a blow-out an a immh to save five minutes In twenty-four hour race. You can drive, but you won't use common sense." Soniethlnn snapped under Stanton'a mask. Haglng with silent fury, be slowed down his car and swung Into the paddock gate at they came oppo site It, thundering through to bis own camp, "Fix that tire," be commanded, a the (warm of mechanics surrounded them, and descended from bis Beat to confront tbe assistant manager. "Have you got me another mechanician, yet? Thla one won't do. Why, no," Mr. Green deprecated, "The driver who alternatea with you wanta to keep bis mechanician; be sides, the man Isn't exactly ready to go with you, and be couldn't do both ihlrta, anyhow. I ve telephoned to the company to find a man and rush him htre. What." be looked toward the group around tbe car, where Floyd's bronze head shone In the elec trie Unlit aa be directed proceedings, "what's tbe matter with this one? Scared?' "No," conceded Stanton, grudgingly Just. "Insolent and interfering." "Well, If that Is all" Stanton turned hia back upon tbe speaker, rcklessly and blindly angry. past all reasoning. When the brief operation com pleted, Floyd sprang up beslda hia driver for the atart. Stanton surveyed him through bis goggles, If you are nervous about my driv ing and my sense, you had better sjet off now," was the arlm warning. "For I drive ss I see fit, and I'm going to make up these laps. Why are you wasting time here. then?" countered the mechanician. practically The Mercury hurtled viciously down tbe line of training camps and burst out on the track like a blazing meteor. Stanton shifted Into high gear on tbe curve, and began to drive as ba saw fit. Tbe close-packed wltnessea stood during most of the next hour, alter nately applauding and ahoutlng dls may, climbing on seata and benches to see. The other racers gave tha Mer cury room on tha turna, after the Alan car tried to ateal an inside sweep, and aklddlng, missed destruc tion through and with Stanton by tbe narrow margin of a foot. There waa neither opportunity nor wish for speech between tbe two who rode the verge of death on tbe Mer cury. Floyd attended ateadily to his duties; pumping oil, brushing tbe yel low trackdust from the pilot s goggles to clear his vision for each turn, watching the tires and the other ma chlnea. But be made no protest at the deadly methods of hia companion, Near th. end of the eecond hour. th. scream of the klaxon sounded it significant warning of trouble. It's us lamps out," called the me chanician, after a comprehensive re view of their machine. Stanton shook his head Impatiently, and kept on; deliberately passing the paddock gate instead of turning In. As tbey shot by the grand stand for the second time, the klaxon aouaded gain, long and Imperiously. 'Goln' to fight the Judges?" lisped Floyd, with careful politeness. Tbe driver did not speak or glance from the funnel-effect of light and dark Into which they were boring, but the catch of hia breath wa not gen tle. However, be awung Into the pad dock, on the next circuit, and halted a brief Instant to have the lamp re lighted. Familiar with hi usual wants, a man ran bringing a pitcher of water to Scauton; who swallowed a little, then pushed the vessel ao rough ly toward hia mechanician that some of tha liquid splashed over the recipi ent and trickled down upon tbem both. "Heie." he offered curtly. "Thanks Floyd accepted. and drank as tbey bounded forward, toss ing the tin pitcher back over his shoulder, where a reporter gathered it up and sat upon a keg of oil to writ, a pretty account of the volunteer me chanician who bad made the Mer cury' entry possible and of the conse quent regard of Stanton for him. The next hour passed a trifle mora quietly. Perhaps even Stanton wss sufficiently tired by the strain to drive with seme conservatism; perhaps ba acknowledged mentally that no car built would atand auch viciously gru eling work for twenty-four consecutive hours. But ba kept the lead gained, for all that, and a paca like tha long swoop of a swallow. "Car coming out of tha paddock. Hundred and eightieth lap. Car stopped around tha bend." Floyd re ported, at Intervale. Otherwise there waa mute attention to business on tha part of both men. "Signal," Stanton abruptly ordered, at last, aa tbey rushed across the stretch of track between th grand stand and the training campa. Floyd obediently rose In hia place, raising hia arms above hia head In the accepted algnal to their men to stand ready for the car'a entrance. On tha next circuit Stanton turned Into tha paddock and cam. to a atop before the Mercury's tent "('ret out," ha directed, and himself left hia seat The two men who alternated were walttna to relieve the two who d- I'JBLEANORM ING of Gjiih? and Hie CanE fhmt Marctay etc. OfrvHvi iSnw n wiir men swarmed around to fill tanka and give awift Inspection, and the fretting car sped back to the track. Left opposite each other In tbe flick ering glare of tha swinging electric lamps, driver and mechanician stood for a moment, weary, car stiff, and still tense. Stanton unclasped his mask with a Jerk, took a atep toward the tent, then turned toward hia as sistant "The three hours- are up." be ob served roughly. "I suppose you leave me." "Why do you suppose that? Are you through with me?" Floyd asked, with studied quietness. "I made the offer to any man who would go for the first three hours. Th. tlm. Is up; you're free to get your money from Mr. Green, and leave." Floyd took off hi own mask and bared bla white, ateadfaat face and tired eyea to tha other' gaze. "I entered for the race, or for a much of It aa you want me," ha cor rected. "Until you quit, or find a sub stitute you Ilk. better, I'm with you." They looked at each other. "Go reat, then. There la coffe In side." bade Stanton, and awung on hia heel. At tbe entrance to bla tent he waa met by tha exultant assistant mana ger. "I've got you a mechanician, Stan ton!" be exclaimed Jubilantly. "I tel ephoned our fix to headquarters, and Jack Rupert la coming down the chief tester at the factory, you know, who used to race with the chief him self. He 'phoned that he wouldn't see tb. Mercury thrown out but to tell you ba was going to cancel his life Insurance policy first so ha would not be accused of suicide for the ' neflt of his heir. Funny chapt He .1 be here before you go on tha track again." "What for?" dencanCed 8tanton. "If I kill my mechanician, I kill my car and myself I don't need two men, and I've got one." "But I thought you aaid " began the amazed Mr. Green. "I was wrong. 'Phone Rupert that follow. Ha waa going to tha rastM rant In tba Interior of tha atand. But aa ba passed a big wblta toul Ing car at tba end of tha row, a wom an leaned from tba shadow or tna rop "I beg your pardon, aba buut moned, ber tona composed end rather Ixperioua. Tba apology veiled a command Stanton baited. "Madam?" ba responded, aatonlsbed and scarcely pleased. She deliberately rtepped down ba side blm, accompanied by tba crisp sound of shaken silk and a drift of faint, rich fragrance. She wore a dark motor-veil, and In tba mingling of dense shadows and glaring llghta it waa not poaelble to diatingujah mora than her general effect of youth and well-poised grace. "I fancied by your costume that too were one of tba racers." she explained. "And aa I only arrived an hour ago. I wished to beg some Information. "I am one of tbe men driving." ba corroborated. She turned to glance at the car rushing by, struggling for the lead "Thank you. Can you tell me whether Ralph Stanton la now driving the Mercury?" "No," be answered. Interested for the first time. "But be will take th wheel again In balf an hour." "Ah? 1 have heard so much of bl spectacular feats, I," she gave a care less, rippling laugh, "I confess 1 should like to see some of them." "Yes? Well, half the people her com. to see whether some of tbe men won't take a chanca once too often. They say there Is a pleasant thrill In watching aome one else get killed." "Hardly that," she demurred. "Still, If one comes to an automobile race, one wanta to see something more ex citing than a drive In tbe park; some thing mora exciting than that" She waved a fragile hand toward tb track, shrugging ber shoulders with an airy amusement and acorn. Stanton surveyed tbe scene. th darkness hiding bis expression. "The Mercury is marking time with a substitute driver, the Duplex la od with a choked feed-pipe, and tbe Stern went through tbe fence." be summei up. "The others are driving to wis by endurance, playing for accidenta t tbe faster cars. It la a dull period. Just now. Yet every car there ia go Ing fast enough to face destruction U anything goes wrong." She turned to him again, - and h knew ber gaze swept him interroga, tlvely, searchlngly. But bia close fitting linen costume offered no meani of identification, since he purposely kept from the light tbe silver let ten running across bis Jersey. (TO BE CONTINUED.) WHIPS HER SON-IN-LAW ICH YOUNG WIDOW PUTS TEMPO RARY END TO ROMANCE. Banana Disease Threatens Market Because of the fact that the mud dreaded "Panama banana disease, which baa devastated the banana plao "I Am On. of th. Men Driving," He Corroborated, Now, I'd like to gat 111 keep Floyd. soma rest." Tha assistant manager atepped aalda from the entrance, confounded. CHAPTER II. Tha Risk and the Lady. Two hours later, Stanton emerged from hia camp and strolled toward the paddock exit It was after two o'clock la the morning; the dark arch of atar-aet sky overhead, tha black emptiness of the central field except tor the line of tents, contrasted oddly with the glistening white track where the meteor-bright cars circled tireless ly to the accompanying monotone of many volcea, varied by the occaalonal wail of tha official klaxon. One ma chlna waa out of tha race, after going through the fence; a heap of disor dered metal which men were atrlvtng frantically to restore to activity, while In the Illuminated hospital tent Its driver and mechanism were undergo ing a kindred process of rehabilita tion. Other cars went In and out from their camps, for oil, for gaso lene, for tires and minor repair for all the countless wanta of a racing machlna. Stanton looked for tha Mer cury, then, satisfied, crossed tha track and entered the space before tha grand-stand. Along tha edge of the cement prom enade were parked a row of automo biles whose owners preferred to wit ness the race from their own cars rather than from the tiers of aeata be hind. Past them Stanton turned. avoiding the fir. of attention and curi osity ha would draw by crossing th. lighted spaoa where recognition must tations of Central America and tha Island of Trinidad, baa made ita ap pearance In Jamaica, the chief source of supply for American markets, a shortage and even a dearth In th. market supply of bananas, the most common of tropical fruits, la threat ened. Strenuous measures are being tak en to prevent Ita spread. The plants In tbe 26 Infected districts have been cut down, treated with lime, and after exposure to t: atmosphere a while have been covered with earth. Another mode of precaution la that tbe feet of all persons snd animate that may pass through tbe plantation are to be dls Infected, so that bacteria may not be carried to adjoining properties. No ex pensa will ba spared In fighting the disease. Young Couple Had Eloped and Think Ing "Mother" In Good H"ror, They Confessed Bridegroom and Wad ding Ring Thrown Into Street, Clifton Heights, Pa Mrs. Martha Derrick, who waa held in 1 .100 ball by Maglatrata Griffith for blacking th ayes of ber alx-day aon-ln-law waa not In a penitent mood the other day. Sha saya there la but ono way to bandla aa unwanted son In law, and that la to let him know be la not wanted "right off tbe bat," so aa not to give tbe nelgb bora a chanca to talk about that "ter rible mother-in-law." Martin Adama, 24, tall, strong and athletic, la tbe son-in-law who took the beating. Marlon Derrick, daugh ter of tha well-to-do widow, is now hia wife. She 1 18. Marion had been tba telephone girl at the local ex change until Mrs. Derrick gave Adama tba beating. Adama and the young woman eloped to Wilmington, where tbey were made man and wife by tbe Rev. Georga Wolfe, tba "marrying parson." They returned to their homes and said noth ing about the marrUge ceremony for teveral daya. Then Mra. Adama thought th. tlm. propitioua to "break th. nawa to mother." Mother la In a splendid mood." sha telephoned to Adama. "Better como over." Adama arrived. With bla bride ha faced Mra. Derrick. He held out a plecf of paper for bla mother-in-law to read. It waa tbe marriage certificato. Tba reading didn't take long. Then Mra. Derrick pointed to the door and told Adams to "Go." Adams failed to go fast enough. Tbe widow grabbed him by tbe arm. whirled blm around, landed with a left Jab to tba noea and a right swing to tha eye. She repeat ed, landed her right on tba other eye. Adama fled. Mrs. Derrick then noticed the marriage ring on th. hand of bar daughter. She grabbed tba ring and threw it Into the street, after which the locked the bride in a room. Adam swore out a warrant, charg ing his mother-in-law with assault At tb. hearing Adams acknowledged to) waa divorced. Mra. Derrick waa re leased on bail. "You might aa well make It $10,000 aa $300.", ah. told tha magistrate. "I'va got It" Mra. Derrick still has her daughter, and Adama la wondering how he la go ing to get possession of the bride. The bride cannot be seen. Her mother saya she will do the talking for and the de fending of the family. Mra. Derrick la quite prominent SHOOT MAN LOCKED IN ROOM Personal Affront. Striking members of th. Amalga mated Skirt Stitchera wera holding a conference. "Where la that tall, thin girl who Joined the union last week?" Inquired th. walking delegate. Tbe secretary aroae to reply: "She handed la her resignation thla morning." "What wa her reason?" "She took offense when she wa called on to act aa a picket" Judge. No Danger. "I can't understand why you wish to go to the legislature. Don't you think your business will suffer If you ara elected?" "Oh, no. Tou sea, I manufacture thlnga which are needed In fuxnlab lag public office." Texaa Officer. Forced to Slay Alaba mlan Believed to Hava Been - , Temporarily I mane. : Cleburne. Texaa. Locked la hit room In the Cleburne hotel, H. P. Hayea of Vernon, Ala., waa killed by City Marshal A. C. White, after ha had fired two ahota through the door to prevent the entrance of officer. Hayea wa well known here and bla wild actlona which led to the tragedy are believed to have been tha result of temporary mental derangement HI action had terrified other guests of the hotel and these reported to Patrolman Jamea Hughea that Hayea had kept them awake through the entire night by yelling and alam mlng the furniture around In hia room. Employee of the hotel also re ported that Hayea had refused to ad mit them to his room, though he bad convened with some of them through the closed door. When Officer Hugbea waa notified ha want to Hayea' door and asked him to come out There waa some parley and then Hayea agreed to come out If ha wera shown Hughes waa an officer. Tha policeman started to climb up to show his badge over the transom, and Just before his head reached tha glasa a bullet crashed through it and an other passed through the door and through the officer's coat Hughea re treated and summoned City Marshal White to hi aid. Tha two men re turned to the room and ordered Hayea to come out. He refused agijln and the officers started to break down the door. Shots splintered tha door from the Inside at every blow of an axa that tho officers used, but all paaaed harmlessly. As the door crashed In the man con tinued to a hoot, and White, who had hia revolver In hia band, ahot three tlmea. Every ahot that tho officer fired took affect two of them In Hayea' bead and one la hia aeck. Tha man lived an hour. Probably tha First. Chicago. Believed to ba - tba firat woman aver pensioned by a railroad, Mra. Mary Allen, atatloa matron, waa placed on tha paid retired Hat of tha Illinoia Central. Vlcarloua Burial. A good woman'a husband was dia membered and eaten by an African tribe. She, desirous of giving him Christian burial, waa left no other alternative but that of exterminating, with tbe assistance of certain accom modating friends armed with the de structive weapons of our advanced civilisation, the tribe In queatlon, which had ahown auch a receptive at titude toward her husband. The bodlea of aavagea were brought back to civilization by tha avenging expedi tion and were placed In tha grave, , surmounted by a modest slab placed there by the widow and bearing tha following Inscription: "Tha remain of tha Rev. , beloved husband of Hen Attacks Infant. Mount Vernon, UL Attracted by ; rumba oa tha floor, a hen antorod tha homa of A. Potte, a farmer living at Tbackar'a Gap, and th.ra attacked a S-montha-old baby with Ita clawa and bill, mutilating tba chlld'a faca and eyes ao badly before tba frantlo mother could arrive that tha Infant ia aot expected to livo.