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tttv. imwVTVO ORFGOVTAN. MONDAY, APRIX 27, 1914 SNIPERS GET SHORT SHRIFT Sneak-Shooters Face Drastic Treatment in Vera Cruz as Only Remedy. FOOD SEEKERS COME FAR Humor That Americans Were Feed ing All Who Applied Draws Hun dreds to Seized FortExchange of Citizens Is Under Way. VERA CRUZ. April 26. The most drastla treatment possible will be ad ministered to Mexican snipers caught operating: at night. At a staff con ference today the question of this kind of shooting was discussed and it was decided that the most severe measures would be the only simple and quick solution. t Lieutenant-Colonel T. p. Kane, com manding 600 marines with two hydro aeroplanes, was ordered to advance to day to the source of the water supply at Tejera, nine miles up the river. The supply has been shut oi and it is re ported that General Maas' men have been Becking to damage the pumps. The water supply here, however. Is adequate for all purposes and there Is little danger from contamination. It is probable that navy aeroplanes will scout in advance of the train bearing the marines. JIundreds Come for Food. A scouting squad advanced two miles today and endeavored to repair the telegraph line to Mexico City. The scouts encountered hundreds of Mex icans coming from miles around. They carried baskets and expected to- obtain food from the Americans. A rumor had gone out that the American forces were feeding everybody . who applied and hundreds thronged about headquarters this morning. Three aeroplanes arrived on the bat tleship Mississippi today. The Missis sippi came from Pensacola with 600 marines. Rear-Admiral Badger. Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic fleet has recom mended to Washington that Rear-Admiral Kletcher be kept in command ashore after the Army arrives. Citizens to Be Exchanged. ' A train full of Mexicans left today to go to the break in the line some miles from the city.- The Mexican pas sengers are there to be transferred to the equipment used by Nelson O'Shaugh nessy when he came from Mexico City. On board this train they are to go to Cordoba and if possible the train is to take up there the many Americans re ported to be marooned in that place and bring them back to Vera Cruz. Efforts- to effect such an exchange and other courtesies are now being made. The dispatch of a second train has been planned and it is thought prob able that Consul Canada will go out to Cordoba with it. The British Consul is also going to communicate with the Mexicans in re : gard to the British subjects, of whom a considerable number are said to be held at Cordoba. 18 MORE REACH VERA CRUZ Refugees Smuggled Ont of Capital Under Assumed Names. VERA CRUZ. April 26. A special train carrying refugees from the cap ital arrived here last night from Mex ico City. The refugees report the con tinued destruction of American prop erty there. Up to the time of their departure no Americans had been killed. The Americans, of whom there were 38 on the train, were smuggled through under assumed names. The train car ried about 300 persons, for the- most part British 'and Germans. Among them were Robert Phillips and family, one of whom, an Infant, was suffering from smallpox. Among others on the train were the family of Dr. E. F. Prestley, the fam ily of Randolph Jennings, Mrs. J. O. Staples and daughter, John McPhail, manager of the Mexico Gas Company; James Carson, contract agent for the ...light and power company, and family, and Baron and Baroness von Hiller. Baroness Von Hiller was formerly Miss E. B. Berney, of Philadelphia. The refugees were held at the sta tion in 'he capital for 12 hours before the train was permttted to leave. A persistent search had been made for Americans. While an order has been ; Issued against the further departure of Americans from Mexico City, it is be lieved the permission granted by the American commander to the family of General Gustavo Maas to leave Vera Crux may have the effect of causing the withdrawal of this order. General Maas is a relative of Huerta. Deserters Would Rejoin Navy. SALT LAKE CITT. Utah. April 26 A half dozen men who have deserted at various periods from the Navy to day applied for enlistment. They will be sent to San Francisco to undergo court-martial with recommendations that In view of their voluntary return to the flag their punisnment be made light. AMERICANS ASKED TO QUIT Huerta's Request as to Employes of Railway Is Confirmed. NEW YORK, April 26. At the office of the National Railways of Mexico The report from Mexico City that Presi dent Huerta had asked all the Amer icans in the employ of the railway company, with the exception of President Brown, to resign, was con firmed. Mr. Brown is In thia city, but It is not known whether be will accede to the request of the Mexican govern ment to continue In charge of the rail way. The local officers of the road will continue to operate the property as best they can from this point. Officials stationed here had no di rect word from any of the operating officers of the company in any part of Mexico for the last three days. CATACOMBS CLAIM MAN Amateur Geologist Wanders About In Tunnel. . ' , PARIS. April 25-Faul Philippard. a male nurse at the Cochin Hospital In Paris, who in his spare moments-) studies geology, has bad an unusual experience. His zeal for geological ex plorations led him to descend into the Paris catacombs through an opening in one of the courtyards of his hos pital, but to his surprise, after an ex citing adventure which lasted many hours, he came out in the courtyaVd of the Val de Grace Hospital, nearly a mile away. . -Trusting to a lighted taper which he carried with him he started through the underground galleries, marking the passages here and there with white chalk, so as to find his way back. He examined- the vaults and the stones, and became so absorbed in bis observa tions that he lost his way. When he wished to return he mistook the pas sages. He rushed hither and thither in the gloomy passages trying to dis cover the marks, but he found that previous visitors bad. also marked the stones and this confused him. Finally his light went out alto gether, and he became desperate.' He used up all his matches. Still he failed to discover the exit. Hours then passed in vain attempts to reach the light. At this point Mr. Pbilippard reached a shaft that apparently led upwards, and climbed to the top with despera tion, only to find himself under the cast-iron lid of a drain. He knew he was close to the surface of the street and shouted himself hoarse, without be- SOME IMPORTANT DEVELOF MEXTS OF DAY IN MEXICAN CONFLICT. President Wilson accepts offer ol three South American Republics to mediate. , American Consul-General Canada's report ' that Americana were being detained in Mexico City bectuM It was believed there that Mexicans were restrained by Americans from leaving Vera Cruz. Immediate steps were taken through the British em bassy here and the British legation in Mexico City to correct the im pression , prevailing In the Mexican capital. Unconfirmed reports of the killing of four Americans in Mexico City were called to the attention of the Brazilian embassy here with the re quest that its legation in Mexico City, now looking after American Interests there, seek verification of them. Consul Canada, at Vera Cruz, sent reports of an ti-American demonstra tions and general unrest in Mexico City. He heard that 125 Americans were put off a train at Pach'ucah by the train crew, but that another train bad gone out from Mexico City to as sist them in continuing tbelr journey to Vera Cruz. Secretary Garrison' announced that he had issued no orders for any further troop movements and that Army officers were to use their own discretion in protecting international bridges on the border. The German vessel Yplranga, whose consignment of war munitions for Huerta caused the United Statea peremptorily- to seize the Vera Cruz customs-house, was ordered back to Hamburg, Germany, without landing her cargo. The Navy Department dispatched vessels up and down the Atlantio and Pacific Coasts of Mexico to. take away American Consuls and refugees gen erally. Between 3000 and 3500 refu gees already have been protected or are en route to the United States. Secretary Bryan said today Charge O'Shaughnessy probably would leave for the United States on the first available ship. Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S., A., retired, senior officer com manding the Army In the Spanish American War. called on Secretary Garrison and General Wood and it is understood offered his services should war be declared. - It was announced today that the interests of the Mexican embassy here and her consulates throughout the .oountry would be looked after by the Spanish embassy and consulates. ing heard. Finally he descended again to the bottom ot the- shaft and groped about in pitch darkness for several hours more. At last he came to an other shaft through which he- saw the light, but It was too narrow to climb. lie shouted as loud as he could for a quarter of an hour and was finally heard by some workmen, who let a rope down to him and pulled him up. He had been In the catacombs from 9 A. M. to 8:30 P. M- G. F. BAER GRAVELY ILL Reading's . President Stricken , Street When on Way Home. PHILADELPHIA, April 26. George F. Baer, .president of the Reading Rail way, was stricken on the street when walking from his home to his office Sat urday and was still unconscious at a late hour tonight; Members of the fam ily are at his bedside. The doctors said that while his condition was grave he was a trifle easier than earlier in the day. Everybody in a position to give in formation about Mr. Baer was reticent. The doctors, it is Bald, have not deter mined whether the patient is suffering from apoplexy or paralysis. News or his sudden illness was shock to the railroad and financial world. Although he is approaching 72, his associates considered him In the best of health. FLOOD TO BE CONTROLLED Secretary I Hue Promises Help, Re gardless of Cost. WASHINGTON, April 26. (Special.) Secretary of the Interior Lane an nounced. today 'that preparations were being made to build a railroad 25 miles south from Yuma, Ariz., by Engineer Marshall, who has been sent to take charge of the Colorado River flood sit uation in the Imperial Valley. The road will be used to aid En gineer Marshall In his work of con trolling the threatened floods and re pairing the break in the river bank. Mr. Lane said that the break would be closed, no matter what It cost, and as speedily as possible. PITTSBURG BANK REOPENS Institution That Made Record Fail . ure Reorganised for Business. WASHINGTON, April 26 John Skel ton Williams. Controller of the Cur rency, announced late today that the First-Second National Bank, of Pitts burg, would reopen for business next Monday, with a new management and new board of directors. The capita of the reorganized bank Is $4,000,000, with a surplus of $950,000. The First-Second National Bank, of Pittsburg, In deposits and total liabili ties, was the largest National bank which has failed since the organiza tion of the National banking system, in 1864. Oddfellows Will Observe Day. . Alberta lodge of Oddfellows-will ob serve the anniversary of the founding of the order tomorrow by attending church in a body. Reservations will be made for them at 7:45 P. M. at Centenary Church. East Ninth and East Pine streets. Rev. Delmer H. Trimble will deliver the sermon, his subject to be "War and Christian Nations." - New Tork is said to have 15,000 feeble minded public school children. COLLEGE HEN DO T Reed Victors Will Be Guests at Banquet--H. W. Fries Wins as Hardest Worker." MR. ROBINSON "TOUGHEST' Judge Stevenson Tolls Most Dave Williams Has Biggest Appetite. ' George Kleiser Wears Most Outlandish Apparel. The climax to the festivities on the Columbia Highway work came when the newspapermen were invited to Judge the work and the costumes for a series of prizes offered by different members of the Ad Club. Reed College stalwarts won. hands down, the award for the gang doing the biggest amount of work. They will be guests at luncheon of the Ad Club next week. The hardest worker was unquestion ably H W. Fries. Mr. Fries wheeled 108 barrow loads of dirt and rock and loaded some of them himself. Mr. Fries will be presented with a pair of gloves donated by C. F. Berg. v The man doing the most work (there was a marked distinction; was juage H. Stevenson, who not only tolled on the highway, but had to . act In his Judicial capacity afterward, to adjudi cate the various rows that came up. The Cooper-Yerex Company will pre sent Judge Stevenson with a pair of trousers. The man with the biggest appetite, In the person of Dave Williams, the water "boy." will be awarded a ham by the Union Meat Company. The chap with the most outlandish get-up deserved a prize - for parading, going and coming through Portland. He will get it In the form of a sweater. donated by Julius Meier. George Kleiser, who actually appeared in a full-dress suit, silk "topper." silk hose and pumps, and did a man's work witaal.is the prize-winner. And the toughest-looking guy well, that was Deputy District Attorney Robison. who forsook law and order to become-a lurid-mouthed; red-neck- tled. soft-handed I. W. W. spieler. Mr. Berg will present Mr. Robsion with the reddest tie he has in stock as a tribute. SO POLITICIANS SHOW WORTH Aspirants 'Gang, Drawn by George W. Hazcn, Does Full Shift. (PAID ADVERTISEMENT.) Every politician who believes in good roads can come and show how sincere his belief is by Joining- the good roads special. That was what members of the Ad Club told every candidate for state and county office. Thirty answered the call and demon strated with pick and shovel their pe culiar efficiency to represent the peo pie on the question of good roads. They didn't distribute ' cards. In fact, there was hardly a card to be seen, with the exception of the identification ones each candidate wore. Here is the roster of honor: William Hanley, C. A. Johns, W. A, Carter, Arthur Moulton, C. N. McAr thur, John Manning, T. J. Cleeton, Fred M. de Neffe, Bradley A. Ewers, A. F. Flegel, George A. Hall. Dr. Elof T. Hedlund, Rufus C. Holman, C. W. Hohlt, Judge Joseph H. Jones, W. A. Leet. Arthur Langguth, Archie F. Leonard. Phil Metschan, Sheriff Word, Conrad. P. Olsen, Judge Fred L. Olson A. W. Orton, John G. Richardson, Charles N. Ryan, George 8. Shepherd, E. O. Stadter, E. L. "Van Dresar, Fred i. Wilhelm, Andy Weinburger. - Even the politicians accord Mr. Johns the credit of doing more work than any one man In the politicians gang, which was driven driven is the only word by George W. Hazen, who was described by Mr. Hanley as a relncar nation of one of Nero s galley chiefs of the whip gang. Mr. Holman spaded and shoveled himself into the admiration of his co teries. George Shepherd forgot all about his souwester as the perspira tion trickled all over him. As a matter of fact the political gang did almost as. much work as any other. Each, politician was afraid the man next him might "tip it off" if "the other, fellow" didn't do a full day's stint. And so they dug and they dug and they dug. ... itoadmaster leon and engineer Lan caster watched them for a while and told each man individually that if he were not elected he could, go to work on the highway. IjAXE . WORK IS WORTH $5000 1000 Volunteer Workers Turn Out With Third as Many Teams. EUGENE, Or., April 26. (Special.) Five hundred yards of crushed rock, given free by city, county and tndi vldual, were spread over an estimated 15 miles of roads Improved by nearly 1000 volunteer laborers, with a third as many teams and motor trucks in the celebration of Good Roads da.y In Lane County. According to the estimate o county officials the day has accom plished work worth $5000. Everywhere in jthe county farmers turned out under the direction of road supervisors. Even at McKenzle bridge, in the mountains 60 miles east of here, every resident for 10 miles around gath ered at the bridge and rebuilt two miles of the McKenZie highway. In the .city streets and alleys were repaired. SO Men and 15 Teams Work. DESCHUTES, Or., April 26 (Spe cial) Sixty men and 15 teams cele brated Good Roads day by donating their services in pulling trees and grading the road between Laldlaw and Deschutes. The women of the" neighborhood fur. nlshed dinner under some Juniper trees on an irrigation canal half way between the two towns. Every one worked with enthusiasm. The affair was a great success which was due "largely to the work of O. Laurgaard, engineer of the Tumalo project. FOUNTAIN-PEN EVILS TOLD Perfection Claimed for Many, but All Contain Traces of Original Sin. Pilson Towns, in the Pall Mall Gazette. Surely It Is not beyond human 'in genuity to devise a form of fountain pen that will write what you want, the whole of what you want, and noth ing but what you want It Is claimed for many kinds of pen that they are thus perfect, but I have been unlucky in possessing specimens in whose barrels original sin still lurked. There Is, I know, the pen that OS ROAD WORK will contain itself in any position, but there is also the pen which will con tain itself in no position. There may be, somewhere, a pen from which the ink flows evenly, as It is required, but there Is in my hand at this moment a pen subject to alternate periods of drought and flood, which writes In visible words, followed by blots. There is the pen that weeps ink, and there is the pen tbat sweats ink. There is the pen to which the letter "e" is an Irresistible temptation: it makes the blind and the rest of" the word a lake of ink. There is the pen which fills itself In a flash, and there Is its terrible counterpart, the pen which empties itself in. a flash. X do not auk for a. pen that will write, merely for a pen that will allow me to write, without first making my blotting pad look like a fox terrier's back. These humble paragraphs are written with a fountain pen. and they would be better' written if I could give more attention to the subtest and a lit tle less to the pen. RAGE BETTING ALLOWED FIGHT AGAINST BOOKMAKING FAILS GERMANS LICENSE! IT. t300.000.0O0 Involved Yearly In Horse Racing and Government Wants Slice of Suns la Fen. BERLIN, April 24. (Special.) The German authorities have again capita- ated to what they term "the Ineradi cable gaming instinct of the average person." After continued and vain at tempts to put an end to promiscuous betting on horse races, which involves sum yearly estimated at between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000. they have decided to license bookmaking In an effort to secure for the state a per centage of this sum. ,A measure to this end has been adopted by the Fed eral Council and Is now awaiting the action of the Reichstag. It- is hoped to have it become effective in time for the Baden-Baden races next August. Heretofore the only form of betting sanctioned by law has been by means of the pari-mutuel machine. This, however, was available only to persons able to visit the race tracks. The re-, suit is that a vast array of bookmak ers, estimated at 6000, ply their busi ness in defiance of the law. In addi tion, every barber shop and thousands of cafes and similar restfrts harbor their handbook men. Competent authorities estimate the number of business places where wagers can be laid on horse races at over 200,000. Prosecutions for bookmaking In creased from 1000 In 1906 to 3000 In 1912. For the most part they resulted in trivial fines or short Jail sentences. and the business went ahead just the same. v SMOKE OF BROWN DUST Picture of Mexican Warriors on the March to Gain. Metropolitan. Along came the Tropa. a ragged smoke of brown dust miles along the road. Ahead new a little sciuat black figure with the Mexican flag streaming ever him (both sides use the same flag) J ne wore a floppy sombrero loaded with live pounds of tarnished gold braid probably once the pride of some im perial hactendado. Following him close were ' Mannual Paredes, with riding boots up to his hips, fastened with sil ver buckles the size of dollars, beating his mount with the flat of a saber; Isl- doro Amaya, making his horse buck by flapping a hat in his eyes; Jose Vail ente, ringing his immense silver spurs inlaid with turpolses; Jesus Mancllla. his flashing brass chain around his neck: Julian Reyes, with colored pic tures of Christ and the Virgin fastened to the front of his sombrero; and a straggling tangle of six behind, with Antonio Guzman trying to lasso them, the coils of his horsehair rope soaring out of the dust. They came on the dead run. with Indian shouts and cracking revolvers, until they were only 100 feet away then Jerked their little cow ponies cruelly to a staggering halt with bleeding mouths, a whirling confusion of men, horses and dust. This was the Tropa when I first saw them. About 100 they were. In all stages of picturesque raggedness; some wore overalls, others the charro jackets of peons, while one or two sported tight vaquero trousers. A few had shoes, most of them only cowhide sandals, and the rest were barefooted. Sabas Guti errez was garbed in an ancient frock coat split up the back for riding. Rifles slung, at. their saddles, four or five cartridge -belts crossed over their chests, high, flapping sombreros, i mense spurs chiming as they rode, bright-colored serapes strapped on be hind this was their uniform. In the meanwhile Patricio and loaded three boxes of dynamite and case of bombs Into the boot of the coach. I got up beside Patricio, the peons let go of the mules' heads, and the long whip curled around their bel lies; Galloping, we whirled out of the village, and took the steep bank of the river at 20 miles an hour. Away on the other side the Tropa trotted along more direct road. The Canotiilo we passed without stopping. Almost . every 100 yards along the road were little heaps of stones.- sur mounted by wooden crosses each one the memorial of a murder. And occa sionally a tall whitewashed cross up rose in the middle of a side road, to protect some little desert rancho from the visits of the devIL Black, spiny chaparral the height of a mule s back scraped the side of the coach; Spanish bayonet and the great barrel cactus watched us like sentinels from the sky line of the .desert. And always the mighty Mexican vultures circled over us, as If they knew we were going to war. PERILS OF THE BATH. Old. Roman Writers Anticipated Modern Doctors In Moralizing.' Chicago News. It was not left to modern doctors to associate the decline of the Roman em plre with luxurious, warm bathing. Roman writers are full of moralizing on the subject. Seneca, glancing back at the good old times, recalled that the old Romans, though they washed thel arms and legs daily, bathed their whol body once a week. Even when Sclpi introduced a warm bath Into his villa the bathroom waa "small and dark after the manner of the ancients," with no pretensions to luxury; and the earlier public baths were so slmpl that the aedile merely tested the tem perature with his hand. Things moved on rapidly, and such Emperors as Com modus bathed seven or eight times day. and took their meals in the bath Considerable pomp used to attend the entrance into the water of th Duchess de Berrl, who nearly 100 years ago first made sea bathing fashionabl In France. When the Duchess wen bathing at Dieppe her arrival at th beach was hailed with a salvo of ar tillery. The holder of the then newly created post of "inspector de mains" had. to be there to receive her, attired In a resplendent uniform, cocked hat and white gloves. This functionary led her royal high ness Into the sea until the water reached her knees, when he retired with three profound reverences. Th Duchess, who was an 'expert swimmer, then proceeded to enjoy herself. 3 Traveling; Bag, Genuine Cowhide. Reg. $8.50, special S6.47 A 35c Guaranteed Tooth Brush and Bot. Formol Tooth Powder for.27c 50e " Cla-Wood " Unbreakable La dies' Heavy Corrib 37c $1.50 "The Tattoo'-' Intermittent Clock Extra special S1.0S KIDNAPERS OF GIRLS IN AUTO DEFY GUN Mrs. Martha Wide!! and Three Men Recover Her Daugh ters From Husband. CHASE IN MACHINE VAIN Portland Keal Estate Operator Loses Children, Possession of Whom He Gained In Chicago in 1913 in Exciting Episode. Shots were fired, followed by a sen sational automobile chase. Friday afternoon when Mrs. Martha Widell and three men friends regained possession of her two young daugnters. Charlotte and Louise, from ' the custody of her husband. F. IX Widell. a real estate operator, at East Ninety-second and Tillamook streets. The fight for possession of the chil dren, according to friends of Mrs. Wi dell, first took place in Chicago in June, 1913. where Mrs. Widell had rone on a visit with her daughters after a family disagreement. Mrs. Widell visited at the home of her uncle. Fred Johanne- sen. in Chicago and later moved Into rooms at a hotel. Widell, who had fol lowed his wife, employed detectives, it s said, and with their assistance raided the children's room and whisked them away in their nightclothes. WIGsll returned to Portland immedi ately after the children were safe in his keeping and gave them Into the custody of C. O. Carlson, at East Ninety-second and Tillamook streets. Mrs. Widell also returned to' Portland, where she took lip her residence In the fam ily home at 1653 East Eighth street. Foar Mesi Offer Aid. Late Thursday afternoon Mrs. Widell called upon a number of friends and succeeded in securing four men who were willing to aid her in an attempt to regain the children from the Carlson home. A high-power automobile was secured and a visit to the neighborhood of the Carlson residence gave the men an opportunity to inspect the lay of the land and plan means of attack ana es cape. Friday afternoon -shortly after 4 o'clock, while the children were play ing in the front yard. Mrs. widen ana her assistants rushed to the Carlson yard and caught up the children. Mr. Carlson was away from the house, but returned In time to see three men drag ging the children down a steep Incline from the house to a waiting automo bile. Mrs. Carlson and her 17-year-old daughter ' heard the commotion in the front yard. and. fearing a kidnap plot. .Yl I a. VtLl laUil I tLIl AW. toa uuotawa . . , V. . uli'i ml' . revolver and fired. . Auto Chase Follows. Carlson ran to the real estate of fice of Widell, nearby, and gave an larm. whereupon Widell resorted to his automobile and drove to the house. He was in time to se the last of Mrs. Widell's automobile turn a corner and disappear. Widell gave chase and pur sued the more speedy machine over i course of several miles, extending through St. Johns, where he lost the trail. Mrs. Widell could not be located at her home in Sellwood last night, and it is thought by her friends that she left Portland "with her daughters and her uncle, Fred Johannesen, who re cently came to Portland from Chi cao. Mrs. Carlson admitted last night that she had fired one shot in the air, hop ing to scare the men away from the house. She said the children fought desperately to gain their freedom from the men and that their life with their father was happy and of their choice. Mr Widell. It is said, has a suit for divorce pending against Mrs. Widell, but which has not been set for- trial. PR0DUCT10M OF NITRATE Rich I e posits of Bolivia In District Devoid of Rainfall. Peter MacQueen. in National Magazine. We had left the lofty plateaux of Bolivia only a few hours behind and passed on into a wide, extent of low, stony hills, where not a blade of grass or any other greenery Is ever seen. Volcanic peaks lie around the rim of this depression. There we found the nitrate works. The desert seemed to be all alive. Narrow-gauge railways lead In aJI . directions, with lines of trucks running over them, for trucks are used to carry everything that can be loaded on them. Hundreds of workmen, mostly half-breed rotos or sturdy peasants, and their overseers are seen here and there In groups, the rotos working with pickaxes breaking th ground or loading the truck. Puffs Double Stamps Today Till 2 o'Clock Buy Bathing Caps Now New Styles Fresh, Strong Rubber Special Today arid Tomorrow Woodard, Clarke & Co. Wood-Lark Bldg. Alder St. at West Park of smoke and dust rise at various points where the rock is being blasted. Elsewhere the area is dotted by the tall Iron pipes, and by the building where this rock is ground to a powder, washed, boiled and dried for packing into sacks to be shipped. The mineral N occurs in a stratum' which lies about a foot below the sur face and averages three feet in thick ness. It is very hard and its color is a brownish gray.. The climate is fairly healthy, because it is some 4000 feet above sea level, the air being dry and pure, except' for the dust that blast ing and working the rock produces. There is never any rain. If there were the nitrate industry could not continue, for the deposits would soon be washed away. At the same time rain would transform the region Into a blossoming countryside. Now it is utterly, sterile. I think no spot on this earth could be more dismally wild than the districts from which the nitrate deposits have been removed and the broken surface abandoned. Resides the nitrates, a considerable quantity of iodine is secured in this region as a by-product of the industry, and sold. The supply is said to be far less than the demand. The officinas vary in size and pro ducing capacity. But an average one will turn out at least 12,000 pounds of nitrate a month. And this is usual ly placed on board ship at Iqulque or Antofagasta at a cost of not more than $1.20 per 100 pounds. Including the ex port tax levied by the Chilean gov ernment of 70 cents for each hundred weight. A well-managed oflclna pays about 60 per cent profit, so that the cost of a complete plant, which Is about $1,250,000. is considered a fine invest ment. It is said that there are ni trates enough in Northern Chile -to rejuvenate old Mother Earth for an other hundred years, even If the en tire supply were taken from these fields. The product Is shipped to every part of the globe, but the three chief consumers are the United States, Eng land and Germany. SPIDER NEAR, WIFE ILL HUSBAND TAKES INTRUDER FROM ROOM, WOMAN RECOVERS. London Interested In Story of Experi ence in Which Presence of Insert Is Detected by Sixth Sense. LONDON. April 23. (Special.) An extraordinary storv of a woman's spi der sense has been related to the Times by a medical correspondent. She could detect, her husband told the writer, the presence of a spider in any room she happened to be living in. without having seen the insect or rea son to suppose that it was there. The discovery ,was accompanied by violent sickness and debility, but all thosf, symptoms at once passed away when the spider was caught and re moved from the room. A few nights later, says the writer. the lady referred to joined her hus band at the house where we were stay ing. In the middle of the night my new acquaintance- came to my room and asked me to attend his wife, who had become very unwell. I followed him, and found his wife in a state which suggested sudden col lapse. She declared that she felt "dreadfully sick," and that she was absolutely certain that there was a spider somewhere in the room. So Insistent was she on this point that to humor her. but without in the least believing her story, her husband and I lit a candle and searched every nook and cranny of the room. We found nothing, and were about to give up-the rather ridiculous pursuit, when the patient suddenly announced that she "had a feeling" that the spider was upon the mantelpiece. We looked there, and had satisfied ourselves that she was quite mistaken when it occurred to me to lift the edge of the flounce surrounding the wood work. As I did so, a large, black spider ran quickly along the cloth towards a hole in the wood and disappeared. The husband and I looked at one an other, and I signed to him to afford no indication of what had occurred. Just then a sigh of relief came from the bed. accompanied by the remark "At last you have found It." The sixth sense had not failed. Within half an hour the patient was -well again. PURSER MAKES 1057 TRIPS St. Paul Officer Disproves Osier Theory at 8 Years of Age. NEW TORK. April 22. Thomas Kin sey. ourser of the steamship St. Paul, disproves Dr. Osier's theory. This is his 1057th trip across the Atlantic. Last month Mr. Klnsey. who admits being 86 years young, fell down some stairs in Southampton and had to miss one trip. He is now back again strong as ever. He has been a purser for more than half a century. He was a purser in the old. Inman Line during the Crimean War of 1854, and served on the United States cruiser St. Louis in the Spanish-Amer ican War. Tailor Is Arrested. Harry TSoelofsz. 31. a tailor, was ar rested by Detectives Moloney, Swennes and Golti last night on a charge ot selling suits of clothes which he did not deliver. $2.00 Bath Spray "Monarch" mas sage S1.27 $1.00 Horliek's Malted Milk...67? $1.00 S. S. S G7d 75c Mellen's Food 53c 25c Glycerine and Rose Water XGt? 10c Moth Balls 5c 10c Rose Water - 6c 10c Black Pepper Can 7c SURGERY "FIND" MADE ANCIENT GREEK INSTRUMENTS UNEARTHED IN IONIA. With Two Exceptions, Operation Tool Are Of Bronse and Show Un- cqualed Workmanship. , LONDON. April 21 A set of 37 very remarkable ancient Greek surgical in struments has been discovered near the site of Kolophon, in Ionia, and has. after being for a considerable time in the possession of the late Alfred O. Van Lannep, Dutch Vice-Consul at Smyrna, been brought to England. Thu instruments show a type of workman ship unequaled in any other extant specimens, and generally reveal the very g-reat progress in surgery which the ancients achieved. The date, though somewhat uncertain, is probably the first or second century A. D. : it is pos sible, however, that it may have been before the Christian era. With two exceptions all the instru ments are of bronze. The blades ot the knives were originally of steel, but In each case this metal has been almost completely destroyed by oxidation. Among the collection is a large "beaker" made of purple glass and dec orated. When discovered it was broken into fragments. These, however, havn now been united. Tho Idea entertained is tbat this was the drinking cup oL the physician, or possibly the vessel used for pouring libations at his tomb. It is an interesting fact that in an cient times knives were made either of stone or bronze. This custom was fol lowed, not because iron was unknown, but because that metal was held In su perstitious fear a fear which lingered Into the Christian era. Each of the stx knives (or rather knife handles) in the collection shows a groove for the steel blado which it originally possessed. It is probable that, as In modern In stances, the shapes of the blades dif fered considerably to suit different operations. Among the five pairs of forceps or (trippers in the find is a large and beautifully made Instrument, the han dles of which are shaped to represent two dolphins. This is probably a pair of "polypus" forceps, used for remov ing growths. The "bite" of the teeth , Is strong and close. Another Inter esting pair of forceps is that used for extracting arrow and lance heads from wounds. This pair somewhat closely resembles modern "bone" forceps, ami has artistically modeled handles and blades which possess strong teeth for gripping. An elevator for raising depressed bone is another interesting exhibit. Another and still more remarkable brain instrument is the "drill bow" for operating a skull trephine. The collection includes a tenacula, or sharp hook, similar to those in every day use. a number of catheters of beau tiful workmanship and shaped liko modern instruments -of tho -same typr, a scoop, or cuvette, for gynaecolog ical and other work, a cautery for burning wounds, . couple of probes exactly like the modern ones, a couple of spatulae or spoons, a needle holder, and a bronze box Intended, evidently, as an Instrument case. In addition there is a slab of Egyptian porphyry for mix ing ointments upon, and a well-constructed pair of scales, still in excel lent equipoise. Some curping vessels were also discovered. This most interesting collection of instruments has been given to the Johns Hopkins University, and will shortly be taken to America. Fraternal Obligations. Philadelphia Ledger. "We will now take up our annual collection for tho benefit of the heathen." announced the Rev. Dr. Fourthly at the close of his "sermon, "and I hope those young men in the back seats who have been making so much noiee all through this service will be especially liberal in their contribu tion. They are in duty and honor bound to help their brother heathens." Becau of the dancer of exnlosion Ham burr forbids manufacturers to keep much wool waste on hand unless they have spe cial buildings for It, requiring tuem to keep it in a Tmimoiyai !Hnrfnoii(. HOSPITAL CARD T'S DISEASE Charles W. Turner Is at the Mountain Valley Sanitarium. Hot Springs, Ark., for Brlght's Disease. Uo writes: "The doctor says I am improving. . . The albumen that showed on the card 3ViC' now shows lVjc.-i. . . . I have used eight bottles of the Renal Compound and feel so much better. . . . Before leaving I am going to write the paper here about It and have my home papers copy it-' The ability of Fulton's Renal Com pound to reduce albumenurla in Brlght's Disease is not a theory, but a fact In physics, to prove which we will mall formula for albumen test that will show th percentage from week to week. As the albumen declines, im provement commonly follows, recov eries having been reported in thou sands of cases. Formula and literaturo on request. John J. Fulton Company, San Francisco. Adv. 1