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RETURN OF MARINO Tragedy and Romance In Home- oomlng of Soldier. ■y L1WIB JAMES. The hand of old Papa TzantiH trem- blod Tho day's doing» had boon all wrong, and In his capacity aa ▼lllaga priest at Mttrtana he bad been un able to help himself. And then th» new» had coma. It had spread rapidly, flrat In whispers and later, whan men’s excitement could no longer bn restrained. In joy- out shouts "Marino la coming! Our Marino! Karlatinakl, the Cretan eagle' Our hero! The slayer of Bulgaria! The savior of the oppressed! He Is com ing home." Papa Ttantlll went Into his house on the outskirts of tbe village He wish ed to avoid being questioned. He sat In his little room upstairs and gated sadly toward the quay. Toward evening a steamboat churn ed her way between tho northern pro montory of the Island and the barren rock which rose sentinel a quarter of a mile off. In the stem of tbe vessel stood a huge man with hl* hands upon the converging bulwark He was a Cre tan born, to judge by hla dress, which he had donned for the special occa sion of hla homecoming. He looked before him fixedly, and joy Aereo and glorious joy filled bls •yes As the boat began to pass under the promontory, a little caique shot round a projecting rock, followed by another and another And as they came within balling distance, their crews began to shout. At first It seemed to the Cretan that these were but tho usual overtures of a varkarl soliciting pas sengers from the anchorage to tho quay. But with a sudden hot flush of pleasure he soon realised the truth Home one had told the nows of hla coming They wore shouting his name In welcome. But Marino had other plans In view. He wax well aware that once among this exuberant throng on shore It might be hours before he could tear himself away, and the first joys of his home-coming must be unobserved. Ro, not loath to enjoy the triumph, but wishing to postpone It, hn pre vailed upon the skipper to land him In a secluded cove 20 minutes or more before tho vessel should reach Its appointed haven that he might first visit tho hom<* of his fiance Marino stepped ashore and gazed about him nt tho familiar scene. Ho .scrambled up the rocks a little way so that tho view might be ex tended. Then ho caught the sound of voices overhead, and presently ho saw the figure of a small boy emerge from a shallow cleft, and, with a frightened glance behind him, run up the zigzag path beyond In another second the Cretan discov ered what the boy had been doing. A skin of wine lay at the entrance to the cleft, and aa he advanced silently he could make out tho form of a man seated In tbe shadow. Ho was eat ing some food tho boy hnd brought Ths soldier stopped and stared That gome solitary Individual should eaj bls supper on a desolate cliff was not so singular, but that he should be clothed In ceremonious black, that an excessively high collar, resplendent from an Athens laundry, should encir cle his neck, were surprising. For a whole minute they stared at each other. "You are frightened, D’Metrl?" Ma rino asked shortly, grinning In con tempt and amusement. "You didn't expect to see me hero so soon. You thought I was still with the bands. Is It not so. D’metrt?" "That Is true," the fellow whined. "Have mercy on me! I did not moan to Injure you; I couldn't help my self.” "That you could not help yourself from running when under fire I can quite believe, hut that afterward you should turn traitor and betray us Into the—" He saw D'motri'a hand slide Into his pocket, and tho next Instant his own flashed over his head. One short scream strangled In tho coward's throat, and Marino's knife struck home again. For a moment or two tho soldier stood over him, his faco glowering, then without a bnckward glance con tinued the ascent. Righteous Indignation lent addition al vigor to Marino's stride, and In a few minutes ho had mounted the zlg- r.ag path and stood upon tho rock road whloh led to the cottage. As he camo nearer he saw tho small boy who had brought food for D’metrl sit ting at tho* roadside, cutting up an onion with a big knife. As the Cre tan approached the lad started up In terror and began to run. "Atop!" cried Marino. "Cdmohere; 1 will not hurt you, little one.” The big man's voice was kind, and the boy obeyed. For a while they looked at each other, In the gathering dusk. Then, with a shout, Marino laid his hands upon the boy’s shoul ders. "It Is my little Adonl!” he cried, for getting all else. "My little Adonl, grown so big as not to be recog nized!" "Why, It Is Marino! And I did not know you !n that dress. And how red you are! And—Oh, what a cut that Is upon your cheek!" "Tell me, Adonl— how does your lit tle sister? Tell mo of Marlanthe.” "Marlanthe Is well," and the boy looked away. "We thought that you were dead.” "Dead! Why? Men came In boats from the town to meet mo. They did not believe me dead. They expected me -living." "The news of your coming arrived only today. Wo thought that you had been killed.” and again Adonl avoided Marino's gaze; then, with startled sud- denness, ths lad hid hla faco against tho big man's sleeve and began to cry. And before Marino could bold him Adonl broke away and fled. Homelhlng was wrong. The heart of the fierce warrior beat audibly, "I will go to Marlanthe,” he said, and strode forth. As he approached the house a man darted out. and. brushing by him without a word, sped away In tbe di rection of the village. ills gruy beard told Marina that this was the father of Marlanthe. "They are fleet of foot tonight,” thought he, and came to tbe door. It was open, and the dim light just sufficed to show him tbe one roolta of which the place consisted. There was an armchair by tbe open window, and in It a woman rocked to and fro In an agony of grief. Marino stood silent for several mo ments. Then he went In and took the woman In his amis. "Marlanthe, my loved one, I have come back to you!” For a moment her arms were about his neck, and she rals«d her eyes to hla and looked at him sorrowfully. "I)o you not say anything to me?” "Why did you not come soonerF’ in a whisper so low as scarcely to be heard. "I have come aa soon as It was pos sible. Why do you look so at me!" He broke off and seized her hands, and covered them with kisses. "Adont said that the story came that I had been killed." "Yes. They brought the cap I made for you, all stained with blood end torn by a bullet." "1 lost the cap six months ago. But they brought It—who?” For the first time the shadow of sus picion crossed his mind. He was stroking her hands still, waiting for her to speak. Then as his grip tight- cued upon tho Angers of her left hand, he felt something that bo had not no ticed before. His heart seemed to stop. Oray bands of fear tore at him. but ho remained silent. "D’metrt. He camo back In the spring Ho said that you were killed at his side.” "Ay—and then?” Tho words hissed away her hands from him. "And then—and then,” she cried, "he came to my old father. For a long time nothing was said to me, but I know now that It was arranged be tween them that I should marry D'mntrl. Ah, do not look at me so! Oh. Marino, my loved one, there was no life for me when you were dead. Thero was nothing. But I loathed D'metrt. 1 tried to flee away from the Island, but they brought me back And at length—at length I was forced to give in. Marino, mine, If you had come but yesterday!’’ "What do you say—yesterday?" "Papa Tzantlll married us today, and Just as we had sat down to eat aft erward a man arrived from Athens, saying you were not only alive, but were coming by the next steamer to Mltrlane." Marino rose, and roughly dragged the gold ring from her Anger. For a moment he looked out of the window, watching the afterglow of the sun set above the horizon. Far below an easy tide lapped against the rocks. Half-way between lay one whe was white and cold and stared forth from tho rock cleft. He held tho ring In the palm of hla hand. "Our forefathers burned ornaments of gold with tflelr dead." he said, and burst into a roar of laughter. "Oo and comfort thy master!" he shouted, and hurled the ring away. CHILDREN TURKISH FORCES WANT TO FIGHT Troops Repudiate Government’s Efforts tor Mediation. VENTRILOQUISM AMONG BIROS Many Songsters Have Notae That Are Difficult to Place—Grasshopper is Big Offender. Ventriloquism la not conflned solely to the human race. London Answers assert». There are many birds whose notes It la almost impossible "to place." Take the corncrake, with Its harsh "crake, crake!" One moment the sound Is by your feet; the next, fifty yards away. The grasshopper Is an other offender In this respect. Its sib ilant note is hard to locate. Tbe sedge warbler goes one better. Not only la It an accomplished ventrlL oqulat, but it wtll mimic or parody the song of other birds In a lessor degree the redbreast and the crow possess these powers, and foreign doves come under th« same category. In Brazil the bell bird la exception ally skillful with Its voice, while the American chickadee Invariably de ceives the listener Canada boasts of a partridge which Is known to deceive sportsmen as to Its whereabouts for hours on end. Porte’s Position Complicated by Hav ing Io Withdraw Request—Cry of "No Surrender" Grows. Ixmdon—Press and public opinion in St. Petersburg, according to a dis patch to the Daily Mail from the ¡Rus sian capital, consider a conflict be tween Russia and Austria imminent if Austria continues to threaten Servia. The Berlin correspondent of tbe Daily Mail learns that tbe threads of the Austro-Servian crisis are now in the bands of the German secretary of foreign affairs, Herr Von Kiderlin W»echter, who is working on a form ula designed to appease both Austria •nd Servia. OREGON GOES FOR WILSON. Lane Democrat, for U. 8. Senator- Woman Suffrage Safe. Portland, Nov. 7.—Any lingering doubt thatjmay have existed of Wood row JVilsoa’s victory in Oregon were removed by the receipt of fuller re turns from Multnomah county and tbe state at large, but the figures still failed to give final results on the sen atorial situation. Tbe return» leave oo room for doubt as to any results on the state ticket and congressional ticket Hawley, in tbe First, Sinnott, in the Second, and Lafferty, in the Third, are well to the good over their oppo nents. Olcott is elected secretary of state Mickle, dairy and food commissioner, and Aitcbiaon, railroad commissioner. If present ratios be carried out, Wilson will have a plurality over Roosevelt of about 7500. There is still an element of doubt as to whether Roosevelt or Taft will win second place, but the outlook seems to favor Roosevelt. In the state outside of tbe county, Roosevelt and Taft to tals are almost identical, but k Mult nomah county the returns indicate a final lead for Roosevelt over Taft of abou 2000. With about one-half tbe vote count ed in Multnomah county and the state outside, the totals on president are as follows: Wilson 21,088, Roosevelt 17,341, Taft 16,196. Returns for about one-half the vote outside of Portland are at hand and these added to tbe Multnomah county figures, which are also representative of about one-hidf the vote, give Sell ing a slight lead. However ’he out side vote is more nearly compete from the anti-Selling counties than from those that are supposed to go for the Republican candidate. The latest figures are as follows: Selling 20,496 Lane 20,512 Bourne 13,592, Clark 5697, Paget 3095. This gives Lane a lead of 178 votes and indicates a final plurality against Bourne of about 12,000. Constantinople — Tbe situation has taken a change for the worse. A grave international crisis seems pend ing. On the one hand tbe position of the government is seriously compro mised because tbe army repudiates the mediation proposition. On tbe other band the committee of Union and Pro gress is giving evidence of renewed activity, while Turkish feeling, both national and religious, is being work ed to fever pitch by the preaching in MOST AMUSING LITTLE TOY the mosques ar^l by tbe impassioned language of the press. Figures of Two Boxers Swing Back The most serious feature of the sit and Forth Under Impact of Blows uation is the weakness of the govern —Heads Are Separated. ment in having first to apply for med iation to secure an armistice, later re A most amusing toy that can be questing mediation, pure and simple, made by any ingenious boy has been and then virtually being obliged to patented by an Illinois man. It con yield to the army which repudiates sists of a piece of cardboard or thin mediation. Probably only the fact wood upon which the figures of two that the powers have not replied to boxers swing back and forth under the request for mediation prevented a ministerial crisis and extricated the government, as it will not now be SUFFRAGE HAS 8LIGHT LEAD called upon to take any action. The committee of Union and Pro gress has taken up strongly the cry of Too Many Road Measures Brings On “no surrender.” Defeat of All. London—The Daily Telegraph’s cor respondent says: “Tbe decision has been reached that the sultan and government shall re main in the capital, even if the troops of the allies enter. Tbe heir apparent and the other princes have expressed strong opinions that it would be shameful and exceedingly dangerous to abandon Constantinople and retreat to Bresau. “Tbe opinion is gaining ground that the differences of the powers may bring about a European war by which Turkey might profit and might re establish her position if she resists long enough to muster into line new levies from Asia, numbering 500,000 An Amusing Toy. men, when the general conflagration breaks out. Several high officials at the Impact of their blows. These Tchatalja demand that the new troops blows, by the way. are delivered by from the Black Sea and also tbe for the operator's Angers, which are mer army of Thrace be given a chance thrust through openings In the shoul to fight.” ders of the figures and have miniature boxing gloves fastened on the tips, converting them into lifelike looking arms. The lower portion of the fight ers—from the waist down—is drawn on the card but their torsos and heads Washington, D. C.—Acorn crop of are in separate pieces, pivoted at the waist, so that they swing freely. 8,169,137,000 bushels, or 381,921,000 There is a stop, however, so that If bushels more than tbe greatest crop of one of the men gets an unusually corn ever before grown in any country vigorous punch In tho jaw be will of the world, is the feature of the only bend back to a certain point and country’s most remarkable agricultur will spring forward again to the fray. al year in history, according to the November crop report of the Federal department of agriculture. RIDDLES. This great crop of corn was worth What is the longest sentence known on November 1 to farmers $1,850,- 776,000. to history? Sentence for life. The enormuous sum of $4,171,134,- What is it that you give away all of it and can still keep all of it? Your 000 represented the farm value on No vember 1 of the crops of corn, hay, promise. Why Is Cupid a poor marksman? wheat, oats, potatoes, barley, flax seed, rye and buckwheat With tbe He is always making Mrs. (misses). What does Washington. D. C„ stand value of the growing cotton crop and for? Washington. Daddy of His Coun the crops of tobacco, rice and apples, the aggregate value of these principal try. farm products will amount well be What is the last thing you take off yond ¿5,000,000,000. before going to bed? Your feet from Record crops of corn, potatoes, flax off the floor. When is a woman not a woman? seed, oats, barley, rye and hay were harvested this year. When she is a little cross. Influence of tho Cinematograph. A striking Illustration of the in fluence of the ubiquitous cinemato graph Is reported by the American consulate at Belgrade American fasb. Ions have recently become very pop» lar with the young men of that city; there Is an unprecedented demand al the local shops for hats, boots and otix er wearing apparel similar to that is vogue In the United States, and ths American style of hair cutting has come Into favor. These Innovations are unmistakably the result of the ex. bibitlon of moving pictures of Ameri can origin. The obvious moral of all this, as the consul points out. Is that the cinematograph might be used tc great advantage In advertising all POODLE DOG LOSES ONE LEG kinds of American products. For In Victim of Stret Car Accident Is Furn stance, pictures of American agricui ished With Artificial Limb by turnl machinery (n operation woul« Sympathetic Boy. probably create a great demnnd foi • tho thing Itself. Thia plan offers az A very Intelligent white poodle dog economical substitute for the actual which had one of its forelegs cut off exhibition of American products It in a street car accident wandered out commercial museums and the like. into the country and was adopted by a farm boy. 11« took the dog to a Woman’s Perilous Climb. doctor, who dressed the leg, and when A daring feat was performed th« It healed the boy fitted an artificial other day by Miss Whitehouse,’ t leg over the stump with a laced glove schoolmistress at Far Cotton schools top and a little rubber pad for the Northampton. Tho young womar foot. With this leg the dog travels climbed tho chimney of the brick almost ss well as ever, but occasion- work here and walked round th< steeplejack's scaffolding at the top, i height of 250 feet. Rhe was provide« with a linp rope and climbing Irons but she dispensed with the line snf went to the top with only two rests When sho reached the scaffolding ai the top she had to climb over a pro jecting rim. which Is girdled by a nar row plank footway, and stand on i single 11-lnch plank. Rhe remain«« at the top of the chimney for about i quarter of an hour, talking with th< alL loses his artificial aid to locomo steeplejacks. Miss Whitehouse, In ai cion when looking for woodchucks. Interview, said she did not feel at al Point In Her Favor. frightened during her climb and de "A female fly lays 130,000 eggs a scent. She quite enjoyed the magnl fleent panoramic view of Northamptoi season." "Well, she doesn't cackle, anyhow." and the floods along the Nene Valley 1912 CORN CROP LARGEST IN HISTORY OF COUNTRY Data Ship Beats Rival. New York—-The steamship Turke stan, Port Said to New York, with 8,- 000,000 pounds of Persian dates in her hold, beat into this port the steamer Stanhope, also from Port Said, with 7,000,000 pounds of dates, and there by won a bonus of $2500 for her crew and $8000 for her consignees. By the time the Stanhope reaches New York, dealers in dates will be well supplied and the price will have fallen from 4f to 3| cents a pound. The Turkestan made her winning trip despite a fire in her bunkers that burned for 12 days. »’Cutter Unalga Is on Way. Washington, D. C.—Moved to ac tion by the impending crisis in the Balkans, the United States govern ment intercepted the American rev enue cutter Unalga at Port Said on her maiden voyage around the world and ordered her to rush to the coast of Asiatic Turkey to protect American life and property in the event of a Moslem uprising against foreigners. The Unalga will patrol the coast of Asia Minor. Portland, Or., Nov. 7.—The count at 2:30 a. m. in Multnomah county on woman suffrage was: Yes 8029; no 7627. State, outside of Multnomah coun ty: Yes 12,210, no 11,361. - The Malarkey public service bill, submitted by referendum, it is indi cated, will have a substantial major ity. As was forecast, the three-cornered controversy over road measures ap parently has resulted in the defeat of all plans, although the harmony amendment limiting county indebted ness for roads is in doubt. Seemingly all tax measures submitted by the tax commission and legislature, except tbe repeal of county tax option and probably the bill excepting the ex emption of household effects, have been rejected. Tbe capital punishment bill, which, if adopted, would have abolished the death penalty in Oregon, is defeated according to incomplete returns by up ward of 20,000 votes. The Cascade county measure is snowed under and the hotel inspector bill is in the run ning for cellar championship. Tbe blue-sky law also seems to have gone to its death in the avalanche of “noes.” It is probable that the anti boycott bill has been defeated, but there is still doubt as to the anti street speaking law. LISTER BEATS HAY BY 886 Washington Strong for Roose velt for President. Many Progressives Got Places—Fal coner and Bryan Elected Rep resentatives st Large. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 12. — Ernest Lister’s lead for governor was in creased 123 vote» today when a re check of the returns in Snohomish county was made. Lister’s plurality over Governor Marion E. Hay is now 886. The total vote for tbe state, with 17 precinets still unreported, is: Lister, Democrat, 96,459, Hay, Re publican, 95,578. Seattle, Nov. 7.—Returns from 951 precincts out of 1903 give Roosevelt 54,745, Wilson 43,405, Taft 34,687. For governor 927 precincts give Lis ter, Dem., 43,867; Hay, Republican, 42,079; Hodge, Progressive, 83,251. For congressman-st-large, 860 pre cincts give Falconer, Progressive, 38,- 000; Bryan, Progressive, 36,976; Frost, Republican, 4,191; Dewey, Republican, 33.795; Connor, Demo crat, 32,082; White, Democrat, 29,- 696. Seattle, Nov. 7.—Theodore Roose velt’s plurality over Woodrow Wilson in Washington is estimated at 23,000. Earnest Lister, Democratic candidate for governor, was elected by a plural ity estimated at 8000 over Governor Hay, Republican. J. A. Falconer and J. W. Bryan, Roosevelt Progressives, probably are elected representatives-at-large over tbe Republican candidates, H. B Dew ey and J. E. Frost, by 5000 plurality. In the First district one-sixth of the precincts give Representatives Will E. Humphrey, Republican, 16,000 plu rality over Charles G. Heifner, Demo crat One-fourth of the precincts in the Third district give Representative William Lafollette, Republican. 440 plurality over F. M. Goodwin, Roose velt Progressive. Returns from Southwest Washington indicate the defeat of Congressman Stanton War burton, Roosevelt Progressive, by Al bert Johnson, Republican. Warbur ton leads in Tacoma, but this lead, according to available returns, will be more than offset by Johnson’s ap parent big advantage in the Grays Harbor section. Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 7.—Com plete returns, semi-official, from 26 out of 36 precincts in Clark county give: For president—Taft 1216, Wilson 1601, Roosevelt 1247. Congressman at-large—Frost, 1363, Dewey, 1452 Connors 1123, White 1059, Brown, 738, Falconer 756; District, Johnson 945, Munday 2396, Warburton 723. Governor — Hay 1556, Lister 1425, Hodge 767, Hart 1601, Collier 1210, Teats 720. Secretary of state—How ell 1631, Ryan 1134. Treasurer— Ford 746, Meath 1551, Gilbert, 1127, Corey 826. Aaditor—Claussen 1617, Stevenson 1116, Moberg 718. For attorney general—Tanner 1586, Jones 1125, Mills 736. Land commis sioner—Savidge 1714, Schooley 1078 and Kaufman 708. Superintendent of public instruction — Mrs. Prescott 1600, Mrs. Monroe 1122, Beach 793. Insurance commissioner—Fishback 1677, Murphy 1129, Collins 704. The vote on the [amendments to the state constituttion follow: No. 1, removing limit from terms of office, for 902, against 1214. No. 2, recall of judges, for 1722, against 539. No. 3, Initiative and referendum, for 1582, against 565. No. 4, setting time for new laws becoming effective, for 975, aganst 806. Collage Wireless Successful. Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis—A wireless message sent from San Diego station, 1400 miles south of Corvallis, was heard perfectly dis tinctly by Joe Hallock, junior, and Cliff Watson, freshman, both electri cal engineering students at the Ore-, gon Agricultural college. They had temporarily booked up to a tree in front of the Gamma Upsilon bouse a “Wsts” and "Drys” Broak Even. 30-foot single wire aerial, to call some of their friends who are operating Seattle—Ths “dry” and “wet” is Marconi wires along the coast. They sue in Washington was one of the also picked up Victoria, B. C., San most important local questions to Francisco and several steamers at sea. come up. The victory is about even for the saloon and anti-saloon forces. Michigan Conceded to Roosevelt. Licensed saloons won out in several Detroit—Returns from 145 out of instances but the general tendency Kenne 2115 state precincts show Taft 12,347, was to maintain prohibition. Roosevelt 20,330, Wilson, 16,66. This wick, which has waged a bitter fight, does not include the incomplete count voted to remain dry, and Vancouver, in many Detroit precincts. It is con after a spirited contest, decided to ceded that Roosevelt will carry the stay weL state. ________________ Oil Dividend Declared. Socialists Second in Florida. San Francisco —The 16th dividend Jacksonville, Fla.—Returns indicate that the entire Democratic ticket is on the stock of the Standard Oil com elected by a majority of about 220,000. pany incorporated in California was The Socialists apparently polled a declared Wednesday by tbe board of larger votq than either the Republi directors of the company at a meeting held in Richmond, Contra Costa cans or Roosevelt Progressives. county. A dividend of $2.50 per share will be awarded on December 15 to all Chehalis Goes Republican. stockholders having stock of record on Aberdeen, Wash. — Twenty-three December 2. The issued stock is now complete out of 57 precincts, in Che valued at $45,000,000. It was in 1910 halis county give Taft 1149, Wilson that the last dividend was declared. 795, Debs 806, Roosevelt 721. Hay Kansas for T. R, By IO.OOO. 1535, Lister 789, Hodge 529. Johnson 1517, Munday 540, Warburton 714, Topeka, Kan.—Returns at the latest Frost 1405, Dewey 1417, Connor 593, indicated that Roosevelt would carry White 605, Bryan 608, Falconer 580. Kansas over Wilson by probably 10,000 Socialist Candidate Aller ran ahead of plurality. Taft apparently was run Warburton in Aberdeen by round 100 ning a poor third. votes. Johnson will go out of the Capper, Rep., for governor, was county with 1800 or 2000 plurality. leading Hodges, Dem., and Stubbs, The entire state and county ticket Re Rep., for United States senator, was publican. slightly ahead of Thompson, Dem. Russia Protests Occupation, Viena—The Neue Frei Presse says it has learned the entry of the Bulgar South Carolina 50,000 Democratic Mississippi Democratic By 105,000 Jackson, Miss. — The Democratic Columbia, S. C. — Indications are ian army into Constantinople is con sidered doubtful, as Russia is protest that Wilson has carried South Caro majority in Mississippi is estimated at 105,000. ing against such action. lina by more than 50,000 majority.