WILSON LIFTS EMBARGO
ON ARMS FOR MEXICANS
Both Federals and Rebels May Now Obtain
Munitions of W ar From United States.
Greatest Benefit Is to Rebels.
W ashington, D. C., Feb. 3.— Presi
d ent W ilson has decided to lif t the
em bargo on exportation o f arm s to
Mexico.
A proclam ation under the authority
of the congressional resolution of 1912,
which will restore th e Blatus o f the
arm s question to w here both the Hu-
re ta forces and co n stitu tio n alists may
im port arm s from the U nited S tates
will soon be issued from the W hite
House.
General C arranza and o th er leaders
o f the rebels have repeatedly declared
in the p ast th a t the liftin g o f th e em
bargo would mean the prom pt over
throw o f th e H u erta regim e.
They
m aintained th a t H u e rta had the ad
vantage, in th a t he could im port arm s
freely from o th er countries, and since
FLYERS TO TRY
TO CIRCLE GLOBE
Panama Pacific Exposition Will
Offer $300,000 in Prizes.
Time Limit of 90 Days—start From
San Francisco In May, 1915—
Feat la Poaaiblc.
the only source for th e rebels, which
was across the U nited S ta te s border,
was cu t off by W ilson’s order, they
w ere le ft on an unequal footing.
The rebels have been depending
largely for th e ir supply of m unitions
upon Buch as they could take from the
H u erta forces th a t they conquered.
Shoot or Banish Huerta Supporters
Ju arez, Mexico, Feb. 3.—A w arning
was issued by General Francisco Villa
today th a t all Spaniards captured in
th e Torreon cam paign would be dealt
w ith sum m arily. G eneral V illa said
he had positW e proof th a t Spaniards
in Torreon had taken up arm s ag ain st
the rebels, and th a t all such would be
shot. O thers, he said, would be ban
ished from the country.
will inquire into the allegations th a t
Vice A dm iral Koichi F u jii, exwiaval
atta c h e a t Berlin, and o th er officers,
had received illic it commissions on
contracts.
W hile certain opposition groups are
a tte m p tin g to m ake use o f the charges
in an effort to d iscred it and overthrow
the m in istry , there is no doubt th a t
the public has been aroused over the
allegations and will ex act a rigid in
v estigation.
Discover New Route for
Alaskan Government Road
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Fashions Play Havoc
With Health of Girls
San Francisco — Mrs. W illiam E.
Magee, head o f th e w om en’s d e p a rt
m ent o f physical education a t the U ni
v ersity o f C alifornia, was em phatic in
saying th a t th e physical tra in in g of
women is neglected to an appalling de
gree, and th a t the d ic ta tes of fashion
are d estroying th e old ideal of wo
m anly grace.
O ther in stru cto rs o f the d epartm ent
concur in th is opinion.
“ Five out of every six women en
te rin g the u n iv e rsity ,” said Mrs. Ma
gee, “ when exam ined th is y ear were
found to be afflicted w ith ffat fe e t or
broken arches. T his is due directly to
the high-heel shoes which fashion de
crees.
" L a s t y ear we had an epidem ic of
deranged internal organs, caused by
tig h t lacing.
“ C urvature of the spine is common,
and, while it could be easily prevented
by exercise and sensible dressing, it
takes a year to co rrect even a m inor
case.
“ G irls coming to th e u n iv ersity to
day show a decided increase in such
deform ities as crooked necks, crooked
spines, round shoulders and flat chests.
All of these are im puted a t once to the
slouchy pose which is fashionable.
The new way in which women have to
stand to be fashionable is dangerous to
th e ir h e a lth .”
Early Operation Is Only
Hope for Cancer Patients
SHAPTERVI.
Yaqui Indians on raids have killed
several Mexican freig h te rs in Arizona.
T hree hundred and tw o persons were
killed by autom obiles in New York
City in 1913.
C olum bia county, Oregon, voted in
f a v o r o f a g i o d roads bond issue hy
633 m ajority.
G eneral Villa, w ith 12,000 soldiers
well arm ed and equipped, ia ready to
m arch on Torreon.
SYNOPSIS.
C ow boy» o f th o F ly in g H e a r t r a n c h a re
S entim ent in favor o f Federal aid
e a r tb r o k e n o v e r th o loss o f th e ir m u c h -
for good roads is said [to be grow ing p h rlx
e d p h o n o g ra p h by th e d e f e a t o f th e ir
c h a m p io n in a fo o t- r a c e w ith th e co o k o f
rapidly in congress.
A deputy facing a m urder charge in
the M ichigan strik e zone has forfeited
his bonds and dissappeared.
A pag ean t req u irin g 6600 actors is
being planned by the city of St. Louis
to celebrate ita- 160th anniversary.
H enry M. Pindell, a fte r being ap
pointed and confirmed as am bassador
to R ussia, has refused to accept the
position.
P ortland is planning to have a m u
nicipal tim b er tra c t and woodyard
w ith which to g re e t the unemployed in
the future.
P ittsb u rg — W arning a g ain st blind
W itnesses fo r th e Steel corporation
fa ith in th e cure o f cancer by radium declare th a t no monopoly ex ists and
was voiced by D. Edw ard Reynolds, of th a t prices are governed by demand
Boston, a t a public educational m eet and supply.
ing o f th e A m erican Society for the
A prospector n ear O roville, C al.,
Control o f Cancer. Dr. Reynolds, who found an old iron pot em bedded.in a
is vice presid en t o f th e New England sandbar of the Yuba river, and ob
tained $300 in gold dust from it.
Medical Society, asserted there is no
The ocean-going steam er Grace
evidence th a t radium had cured one
I Dollar, w ith a cargo of 1,100,000 feet
advanced case o f cancer. According of lum ber, is anchored a t Sacram ento,
to his view, the radium tre a tm e n t of the first ocean fre ig h te r to reach th a t
cancer is, up to the p resent tim e, an city since in the 60s.
ex p erim en t and successful results have
E ighty out of 120 elem entary schools
been obtained chiefly in the treatm en t
of ex tern al cancers, p articu larly of in the county of H erefordshire, E ng
land, are closed by the schoolteachers’
the skin.
The first principle in the treatm en t Btrike, and thousands of children are
of cancer, Dr. Reynolds said, is the enjoying an unexpected vacation.
ex trem e d anger o f delay, and thus fa r
A com m ittee of 25 women w orkers
a thoroughly qualified operation seems in m ills and sw eatshops, representing
to hold out the only hope fo r cure.
a delegation of 500, called on P resi
Frederick H. Hoffman, sta tistic ia n dent W ilson to ask for woman su f
for a leading life insurance company, frage, but received little encourage
gave sta tistic a l evidence to support m ent.
th e w arning to seek early operative j
Ju g g lin g o f com parative naval fig
treatm en t.
He cited figures to show
ures is charged by com m ittee m em
th a t th e records of hospitals tend to 1
bers, who declare the A m erican navy
prove th e assertion th a t the ea rlie st
equal to G erm any’s, if not better,
possible operation seem s to offer the
though the figures give G erm any a
only hope fo r cure.
considerable advantage.
W ashington, D. C.— Professor Law
rence M artin, o f th e U niv ersity of
W isconsin, one of the g re a te st living
San FranciBco — T hree hundred au th o rities on glaciers and glacial
com m unication ju s t
thousand dollars and perhaps more will |
/,*}
received by G ilb ert H. Grosvenor, di
be offered in prizes to aeronauts who rector of tho N ational G eographic so
race around th e world in any type of ciety, su b sta n tia te s his claim to the
m otor-driven a ir c ra ft under the aus discovery of a new railw ay route in
pices o f th e Panam a Pacific In te rn a A laska connecting P ortage or Passage
tional exposition company.
O f this Bay, on the w est side of Prince W il
slim $160,000 will be offered d irect by liam Sound, to T urnagain Arm.
the exposition company and subscrip
A lthough the U nited S ta te s geolog
tion arran g em en ts on foot for secur ical survey, in a bulletin made public
ing the rem ain d er are said to indicate Jan u ary 1, says th a t “ some ex c ite
an even larg er sum than $300,000.
m ent has been caused by th e discovery
I t is said to be th e la rg e st prize o f a feasible railw ay ro u te ” connect
fund ever offered for a single sp o rtin g ing the tw o points, P rofessor M artin
Champ C lark says he would now be
event.
points o u t th a t the discovery was All Asiatic Exclusion
president if a presidential prim ary
The race, th e clim ax o f th e w orld's made by the 1910 A laskan expedition
Amendments
Are
Killed
law had been in force in 1912.
aeronautical activ itie s thus far, is to of th e N ational G eographic society
W ashington, D. C. — A siatic exclu
s ta r t early in May, $1916.
under his direction.
I t seem s certain th a t S enator L ew is’
C ontestan ts w ill have 90 days in
“ We feel c e rta in th a t, including the sion a g ita tio n was quieted, tem porar bill to validate Oregon and C alifornia
ily
a
t
least,
in
th
e
house
a
fte
r
a
h
e
a
t
w hich to make th e flight of approxi cost of th e long tunnel, a railw ay only
land g ra n t title s w ill not pass.
m ately 22,000 mileB around th e globe. 11 or 12 m iles long and p ractically at ed dabate th a t bro u g h t both R epubli
The race is to s ta r t and finish on t h e sea
__ __________
H can and D em ocratic leaders to the
A “ w hite b lack b ird ” is seen feed
level could __________________
have been built from
grounds o f th e Panam a Pacific exposi- passag e Canal to T urnagain A rm for floor w ith pleas fo r calm ness and de ing regularly w ith a flock o f his black
By overw helm ing votes relatives in the fields of Southern O re
tion and th e course lies e a st from San much less th an th e $5,000,000 UBed in liberation.
Francisco.
the construction of th e 66 m iles of the the house strip p ed from the im m igra gon.
bill
under consideration all
The route ns now outlined crosses A laska N orthern railw ay from Seward tion
Two coasting steam ers collided in a
the A tlan tic Ocean, England, France, to T u rn ag ain A rm ,” snys P rofessor am endm ents th a t would have placed a
fog off the V irg in ia coast, one sinking
Germ any, Russia, Jap an and th e P a M artin. " T h is would have resulted bar a g a in st A siatic im m igration.
The action was taken a fte r R epub im m ediately, and it is feared many
cific Ocean, touching th e w orld’s larg- in a m arked saving of grades, a sav-
e s t capitals, th e A rctics, th e sub-trop- ¡ng 0f distance, and an elim ination of lican L eader Mann, R epresentative persons perished.
ics of the O rient, and th e Siberian nearly all of the glacier com plications Sherley, of K entucky, and o th er lead
D issolution o f the alleged sm elter
w astes.
Specifically the line runs which still th re a te n the A laska N orth ers m ade a vigorous fight to overcome
the sen tim en t which expressed itse lf tru s t is to be asked for.
from San Francisco through Reno, ern railw ay.
by a vote o f 111 to t90 in favor of the
N ev., Cheyenne, Wyo., from there
I t is believed low er fre ig h t rates
perfection o f an am endm ent to exclude
eith e r to K ansas C ity, St. Louis, or
will increase exports considerably.
Trophies
From
Mighty
Mongolians, Malays and negroes. The
Chicago, on to New York.
The A tlan tic Ocean is conceded to
Hunters Reach Museum speakers insisted th ere Bhould be no The proposed “ sunshine tre a tm e n t”
hasty action th a t m ig h t em barrass the for tru sts is severely criticized in the
be the m ost form idable stre tc h in the
New Y ork—Two consignm ents of S ta te d ep artm en t in its relations w ith senate.
race. I t will be essayed from Belle
Isle, a sm all point betw een N ewfound anim als slain in foreign jungles have Jap an .
I t is stated th a t G eneral V illa has
----------------------------------------------------
i
land and Labrador.
Cape Farew ell, been received by tho A m erican Mu
$5,000,000 in his w ar fund, besides
Federal Employes Warned.
Greenland, the n ext stop, b arrin g a seum o f N atural H istory h ere—one
drop into the w ater, 610 m iles away, from Theodore Roosevelt, in South
W ashington, D. C.— Classified Fed much property.
and from Cape Farew ell to R eyjavik, America, and the o th er from Paul J. eral employes affiliated w ith suffrage
Secretary McAdoo says the N orth
Iceland, is 670 m iles fu rth e r. One Rainey, in B ritish E a st A frica.
Twenty-five
mammals, including organizations w ere w arned they would w est lacks the necessary capital for a
more jum p to Stornaw ay, in the He
regional reserve bank.
brides is 670 miles, and the A tlan tic rab b its, deer, wolves and a mammoth be liable to removal from office under
the
civil
service
laws
if
they
partici-1
guinea
pig
and
160
b
ird
s—the
fru
its
has been crossed.
pated in political a c tiv itie s eith e r as
T hat none of these three distances of one w eek’s efforts hy the Roosevelt
PORTLAND MARKETS
Mr. M cllhenny
is impossible, aero ex p erts assert, is expedition — came as th e Colonel’s officers or mem bers.
said
th
a
t
“
com
petitive
classified
em
first
contribution
to
th
e
museum
from
shown by a recent flight o f G arros, the
W h e a t—T rack prices;
Club, 89(f}
The Rainey ployes may be m em bers o f political
French aviator, who did 600 miles i South A m erican wilds.
90c per bushel; bluestem , 98(<£99c;
clubs
or
sim
ilar
political
o
rganiza
over the M editerranean from Cannes I collection consists o f 12 lions, two
forty-fold, 90c; red R ussian, 87c; v al
chetuh, a leopard, two striped hyenas, tions, b u t it is im proper for them to
France, to Tunis, A frica.
ley, 90c.
From the H ebrides to Edinburgh, e ig h t jackals, a hydrax, a dik-dik, be active in the form ation or o rg an iza
O ats—No. 1 w hite, m illing, $25 ton.
tion of th e club, to be officers thereof,
London, P aris, Berlin, W arsaw, St. three zebras, a reed buck, five w hite
C o rn - Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36.
o
r
as
m
em
bers
to
influence
o
th
e
rs
.”
tailed
mongoose
and
oth
er
mammals.
P etersburg, Moscow and along the
B arley— Feed, $22.50 per ton; brew
trans-S iberian railw ay down into Man
ing. *23.50; rolled. $26@27.
Better
Times
Predicted.
churia and Corea and across into Ja p Scientist Relieves Great
H ay— No. 1 E astern Oregon tim
New York — S ta tistic s gathered by othy, $16.60; m ixed tim othy, $14; al
an. runs the line of th e flight. From
Steps
In
Near
Future
th e em ploym ent bureau o f the Society ’ falfa, $14; clover, $9@10; valley,
N orthern Jap an to K am schatka, w ith
varying routes across th e little gap of
P a ris— P rofessor Paul E hrlich, the for Im proving the Condition of the g rain hay. S12c»£ 13.50.
30 m iles which sep arates A sia from noted G erm an scien tist, who is spend Poor, showing th a t 331,000 men in 1 M illfeed— Bran, $21.60 per to n ;
N orth A m erica no obstacle likely to ing his vacation in P aris, is engaged New York C ity are o u t of work, fu r shorts, $23.50; m iddlings. $29@30.
be m et is unsurm ountable, it is de in experim en tin g on a remedy for nished an in te re stin g study for em
V egetables—Cabbage, 6c per p iu n d ;
As a head lettuce, $2.50 per c ra te ; garlic,
clared. Vancouver, B. C., S eattle and sleeping sickness and believes he will ployers and social economists.
T a c o m a , Portland, O r., and San Fran- t,c successful in his research.
W ith result of a canvass, the bureau reports 12Jc per pound; sprouts, 8(<il0c; a r ti
cisco again— and the world is belted.
regard to the advances o f science, he th a t p resen t conditions are abnorm al chokes, $2 per dozen; squash, 1 Jor 2Jc
nnd the w orst since the w in te ro f 1907- per pound; celery, $3.60 per c ra te ;
s a id :
Graft Among Public
“ I am convinced th a t the next ten 1908. “ Most o f th e em ployers feel, hothouse lettuce, 60(ii75c per box;
how ever,” says the rep o rt, " t h a t some spinach, 75(ii80c per c ra te ; horse
Men Arouses Japan
>car*
wil! 8e; im7 ‘n’e Pro*reM in Vj®
1
tre a tm e n t of contagious diseases by relief is in sig h t and a few m onths will radish, 8(<il0c p er pound; turnips, $1
Tokio—The public prosecutor and a radium and the X-ray, which still are see the retu rn o f norm al conditions.” per sack; carrots, $1; parsnips, $1;
Perhaps
naval commission have opened inquir im perfectly investigated.
beets, $1.
Lisbon Shaken By Bombs.
ies into the charges o f naval corrup- cancer will be conquered. The new
Green fru it--A p p le s, 75cM$2.25 per
Madrid — Advices from Lisbon re box; cranberries, $12(d.l2.50 per b a r
tion.^ The naval commission is headed discoveries will be along the lines of
port g re a t u n rest th roughout Portugal. re l; pears, $ l(Ti 1.50.
by Adm iral Baron Shigeto Dewa, and chem icc-radio-therapy. ”
Six bombs w ere exploded in Lisbon
Onions -O regon, $3.60 per sack;
W ednesday night, causing g re a t d am buying price, $3(>C3.26 per sack a t
Twenty-One Thoroughbreds Burn.
Rumblings Arouse Fear.
age. T here is p robability of another shipping points.
Lincoln, M ass.—Tw enty-one th o r
O roville, C al.—The residents in the
railroad strik e. A bomb which was
Potatoes—Oregon, 80c(ii$l per cw t;
oughbred horses
belonging to A. vicinity of Cinder Cone, Lassen coun exploded in the m a rk e t place a t Oporto
buying price, 60(<i90c a t shipping
H enry H igginson were lost In a fire ty, are g reatly alarm ed over rum blings did considerable destruction. Rumors points.
which destroyed the big racing stable o f a w ierd and uncanny n atu re which of R oyalist incursion in the N orth
E ggs —Oregon fresh ranch, 34(<£36c
on the H igginson country e sta te Mon seem to come from the depths o f the have been received. The governm ent per dozen.
day night.
Only four horses were lava beds th a t surround th a t section. in hurry in g troops to th e fro n tier.
P oultry—Hen«, 16kof 17c per pound;
saved. The total loss is estim ated at The only explanation given is th a t
springs, 16J(<il7e; turkeys, live. 20(<i
more than $60,000.
Boy Delivered By Mail.
they are th e “ result o f volcanic ac
21c; dressed, choice, 25(«26e; ducks,
T hree of Mr. H igginson’s m ost v al tio n .” The people believe th e v o l-1 W ellington, Kan. — Mrs. E. H. S ta 14 m '17c; geese, I2(.i, 121c.
uable hunters. P rince Ham pton, S ir canic upheaval was com paratively re ley, o f th is city, received her 2-year-
B u tte r— C ream ery printa, extras,
W orcester and Rose Fenton, worth cent and th a t not fa r under th a t crust old nephew by parcel post from his 311(i£321c per pound: cubes, 30c.
$6000 apiece, were lost. A re o f Clubs. a volcano still is sm oldering. Stock- grandm other
in S tra tfo rd , O kla.,
Pork— Fancy. 101c per pound.
Ease, F riday, Gun Metal and St. P a t men a y ear ago reported they had seen w here he had been le ft fo r a v isit
V eal—Fancy, 14 m 141c per pound.
rick, thoroughbreds, also perished.
flames and smoke issuing from Assures. three weeks ago. The boy wore a tag
H ops—1913 crop, prim e and choice,
about his neck show ing it had cost 13 21M.23C per pound; 1914 contracts.
Yacht Crew Not Rescued.
cents to sen t him through the mails. 16c.
“Tip Trust” Faces Strike.
Wool — V alley, 14 m 15c per pound;
Colon— L atest advices from F. W.
C hicago—T h irty boys, employes of He was tran sp o rted 26 m iles by rural
E astern Oregon, 10(ifl5c; m ohair,
V an d erb ilt’s yacht W arrior, stranded Jacques Kousso, head o f the so-called route before reaching th e railroad.
off the coast of Colombia, report th at “ tip p in g tr u s t” which ren ts the cheek
choice, 1913 clip, 26c.
Order Don’t Worry Huerta.
C ascara b a rk —Old and new, 5c.
the yach t is still hard aground, a l ing concessions in hotels and cafes,
C a ttle —P rim e steers, $7.25 m 7 .8 0 ;
though ap p aren tly not seriously dam struck because Rouaso had su b stitu ted
Mexico C ity — P resid ent W ilson's
aged. The steam er A lm irante found g irls for some o f th e ir num ber. The d eterm ination to give both factions in choice, $7(a'7-2S; medium, $6.75(>£7;
it im possible, ow ing to th e u n fav o r em ploym ent o f th e girls, the boys said, Mexico lib erty to o b tain w ar m aterial choice cow*. $6,25 m 6.50; medium, $6
able w eather, to tak e off the crew, was in hopes of m aking a stro n g er ap from the U nited S ta te s will not cause (» 1 6 25; heifers, $6 <;6.75; lig h t cal
ami proceeded
to
Kingston.
A peal to the hearts o f cafe patrons. The P resident H u erta to d eliver to the ves. $8 i9 ; heavy calve*. $6(0,7.75;
w recking tu g is stan d in g by and Mr. tip p in g business, the boys sa<d, has A m erican charge d 'a ffa ire s his pass hulls, *4 ; 5.75; stags. $6(rf6.50.
V anderbilt has instructed th e captain fallen off as a resu lt o f publicity. p o rts; nor w ill it affect hi* a ttitu d e
Hogs— L ight, $7.60<tj8.30; hesvy,
to rescue th e W a rrio r's crew and send Rouaso employed 10 girls last week. tow ards th e U nited S ta te s or tow ard $6 50 m 7.25.
Sheep — W ethers. $5M5.85; ewes,
them to New York a t the first oppor They w ear special uniform s w ith no A m ericans in Mexico. This assurance
$3 60(84.76; lam bs. $ 5^6.50.
pockets and w ith e x tra tig h t collars.
was given by G eneral H uerta.
tunity.
iH lS doesn’t look much like
our storehouse, does It?’*
Jean paused In her task,
and, seating herself upon
th e sum m it of a step-ladder,
scrutinized with satisfaction
the transform ation wrought
by a m yriad of college flags,
—
. sofa
cushions,
colored
shaw ls, and bunting.
R oberta Keap dropped h er ham m er
w ith an exclam ation of pain.
“O uch!” she cried, ‘‘I ’ve h u rt my
thum b. I ca n 't hit w here I look when
people are talking.”
“Why don’t you pin them up?”
queried Miss Blake sw eetly. "A ham
m er Is so dangerous.”
Mrs. Keap mumbled som ething, but
h er enunciation was indistinct, owing
to the fact th a t h er thum b was in h er
mouth. H elen finished tying a bow
of ribbon upon the leg of a stool,
patted it Into proper form, then said:
“It looks cheerful."
“And restfu l,” added Jean.
"Oh d e a r!” Jean descended from her
precarious position and adm itted, “I'm
tired out.”
All th a t m orning the th ree had la
bored, busily transform ing the store
room Into training-quarters for Speed,
who had declared th a t such things
w ere not only custom ary but neces
sary. To be sure, It adjoined the bunk-
room, w here the cowboys slept, and
th ere were no gym nastic appliances to
give it ch aracter, but It w as the only
space available, and w hat it lacked in
horizontal bars, dumb-bells, and In
dian clubs It m ore than com pensated
for by a cosey-corner, a window-seat,
and many cushions. Speed had ex
pressed his delight w ith the idea, and
agreed to w ait for a glimpse of It.
Of all th e denizens of the Flying
H eart but two failed to e n te r fully In
to the sp irit of th e thing. B erke'ey
Fresno looked on with a cynicism
which he was too wise to display be
fore Miss Blake. Seeing the lady of
his dream s monopolized by a rival,
however, inspired him to sundry activ
ities, and he spent much of his tim e
am ong the cowboys, whom he found
profitable to the point of m ystery.
Mrs. Keap, th e youthful chaperon,
seem ed likew ise m astered by soma
private trouble, and puzzled her com
panions vaguely. H elen reported th at
she did not sleep, and once Jean found
h er crying softly. She seemed, m ore
over, to be apprehensive, in a tremul-
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Resume of World’s Important
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th e C e n tip e d e r a n c h . A h o u s e p a r ty Is
on S t th e F ly in g H e a r t. J . W a llin g fo rd
S peed, c h e e r le a d e r a t Y ale, a n d C u lv e r
C o v in g to n , In te r- c o lle g ia te c h a m p io n r u n
n e r, a r e e x p e c te d . H e le n B la k e . S p e e d 's
s w e e th e a r t, b e co m es in te re s te d in th e loss
of th e p h o n o g ra p h . S h e a u g g e s ts to J e a n
C h ap in , s is te r o f th e o w n e r o f th e r a n c h ,
t h a t s h e In d u c e C o v in g to n , h e r lo v e r, to
w in b a c k th e p h o n o g ra p h . H e le n d e c la r e s
t h a t if C o v in g to n w o n ’t ru n . S peed w ill.
T h e c o w b o y s a r e h ila rio u s o v e r th e p r o s
pect. S peed a n d h is v a le t. I , a r r y G la ss,
t r a i n e r a t Y ale, a r r iv e . H e le n B ta k e a s k s
S peed, w h o h a s p osed to h e r a s a n a t h
lete, to ra c e a g a i n s t th e C e n tip e d e m an .
T h e co w b o y s jo in in th e a p p e a l to W a lly ,
a n d f e a r in g t h a t H e le n w ill find h im o ut,
ho c o n se n ts . H e in s is t, h o w e v e r, t h a t h e
s h a ll b e e n te re d a s a n u n k n o w n , fig u rin g
t h a t C o v in g to n w ill a r r iv e in tim e to ta k e
h is p la c e.
“H ere's your m edals," said he.
“Good! I’ll w ear them .”
“Nix! You can ’t do that. Those
gals will get w ise." He selected one,
and read on the reverse side, "C lerk
of the c o u rs e ;” another waB engraved
"S ta rte r." All were official badges of
some so rt or other. “ You alw ays were
strong on the 'R eception C om m ittee'
stuff. T here's six of them ,” said he.
Speed pointed to the bureau.
“T ry a nail-file. See if you can't
scratch off the lettering. How’s th is? ”
He read w hat he had w ritten for the
wire. “ ‘Culver Covington, and so
forth. Come quick. F irst train. N a
tive Son m aking love to Jean.—W ally.’
Ten words, and It tells the whole
story. I can hardly explain why I
w ant him, can I? He expects to stop
off In Omaha for a day or two, but
he’ll be under way in an hour a fte r
he gets this. I h ate to spoil his little
visit, but he can take th a t In on his
way home. Now I’ll ring for som e
body, and have this taken over to the
statio n by th e first wagon.”
‘‘Say, you b etter scratch this F res
no," said Larry.
“W hy?”
‘‘H e’s hep to you.”
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“N onsense!”
G lass looked up a t a sound, to dis
cover M arledetta, the Mexican maid,
who had come In answ er to Speed's
call.
“In the doorw ay!” the tra in e r said,
under his breath. “ Pipe the Cuban
Q ueen!”
“You call?” inquired M arledetta of
the younger man.
‘‘Yes, I w ant this telegram to go to
the depot as soon as possible.”
M arledetta took the m essage and
turned silently, but as she w ent she
flashed a look a t Glass which caused
th a t short-w alsted gentlem an to wink
a t his companion.
“Some frill! E h? I ’m for her! S he’s
strong for me, too.”
"How do you know ?”
“W e talked It over. I gave h er a
little kiss to keep for me."
“Careful, L arry! She may have a
cowboy sw eetheart."
G lass grunted, disparagingly.
“Them glnnys Is Jokes to me.”
As Speed talked he clad him self in
his silken uniform, donned his spiked
shoes, and pinned the medals upon his
chest.
CHAPTER V.—Continued.
“Say no m ore,” Speed rem arked;
"It’s all rig h t w ith u s !”
Fresno looked up.
“W hat’s wrong w’lth my singing?”
”Oh, I've Just told the girls th at
you’re going to run th a t foot race,”
H elen interposed, hurriedly, a t which
F resno exploded.
“W hat’s wrong w ith my running?”
Inquired Speed.
"I can beat y o u !”
L arry G lass nudged his em ployer
openly, and seem ed on the verge of
hysteria. "L et him go,” said he. "L et
him go; he’s funny.”
Speed addressed Helen, with a m ag
nanim ous smile:
"Suppose we allow Frez to sing this
foot race? W e’ll pull It off In the
treble cleft.”
“Oh, I m ean i t ! ” m aintained the
tenor, stubbornly. "I don't w ant to
run Skinner, the cook, but I ’ll run you
to see who does m eet him .”
Speed shrugged his shoulders indul
gently.
"I'm afraid you’re a little over
w eight."
" I’ll train down.”
"P erh ap s if you w ait until I beat
this cook, I'll ta k e you on."
Glass broke out, In husky Indigna
tion: "Sure! Get a rep, Cull, get a
rep !" Then to his em ployer: "Come
on, W ally, you’ve got to warm up.”
He mounted the steps heavily w ith his
protege.
W hen they had gone, Miss Blake
clapped h er hands.
" I’m so ex cited !” she exclaimed.
"You see. It’s all my doings! Oh,
how I adore a th le te s !”
“Most young girls do,” F resno sm il
ed, sourly. “ My ta ste runs m ore to
music.” A fter a m om ent’s m editation,
be observed: “Speed doesn't look like
a sp rin ter to me. I—I’ll w ager he
cant' do a hundred yards In fifteen-
two.”
” ‘Fifteen-tw o’ Is cribbage,” said
Miss Blake.
"Fifteen and two-fifths seconds Is
w hat I m ean.”
"Is th a t fast?”
Fresno smiled, Indulgently this
time. "Je a n ’s friend Covington can go
the distance in nine and four-fifths
seconds. H e's a real sprinter. I think
this fellow Is a Joke.”
“Indeed he Is not! If Mr. Covington
can run as fast as that, Mr. Speed can
run faster. H e told me so." »
"O h !” Fresno looked a t h er curious
ly. “The w orld’s record Is nine and
three-fifths; th a t's the lim it of human
endurance."
“I hope he doesn’t injure him self,”
breathed the girl, and the ten o r wan-
“Im m ense! If she likes athletes, it's
a walk-away for you.”
“Then give me the baby-blue bath
robe w ith the monogram. W e’ll go out
and tro t around a little.”
B ut h is com placency received a
shock as he stepped out upon the ve
randa. Not only H elen Blake aw aited
him. but the o th er girls as well, while
out In front w ere a dozen or more cow
boys whom Fresno had rallied.
‘‘Goin’ to tak e a little run, eh?” In
quired Stover. “We allowed we’d lay
off a few m inutes and w atch you.”
“T h an k s!”
“Yes," Fresno spoke up. "I told
th e boys we’d b etter hold a stop-w atch
on you and see w hat shape you’re In.”
"A stop-w atch?” said Glass, sharply.
"Yes. I have one.”
"N ot today,” said Speed's trainer.
"N o !” Jie admonished, as his protege
turned upon him. "Some o th er time,
mebbe. You’re Just off a long trip,
and I c a n 't risk g ettin ’ you stove up.”
"Tom orrow , perhaps," urged Fres-
Jered away, disgusted beyond m eas
ure. W hen he was out of hearing he
rem arked, aloud:
"I'll bet ha runs so slow we’ll have
to wind a stop-w atch on him. Any
how, I think I’ll find out som ething
more about this race.”
Once in his room. Mr. J. W alling
ford Speed made a search for w riting
m aterials, while L arry G lass over
hauled a tru n k filled w ith athletic
clothing of various descriptions. T here
were running-suits, rowing-suits, base
ball and football suits, sw eaters, je r
seys. and bath robes—all of which
were new and unstained. A t the bot
tom Glass discovered a box full of
bronze and n earg o ld emblems.
“I wouldn’t promise.
“Then the next day. I’ve tim ed lots
of men. T he w atch Is correct.”
“L et's see It.” G lass held out bis
hand.
“Oh, It’s a good w atch. It cost me
one hundred and twenty-five dollars.”
As Glass reached for the tim epiece
an unfortunate
accident occurred.
Speed struck his elbow, and the w atch
fell. Fresno dove for It, then held It
to his c ar and shook It.
“You’ve broken It!” he cried, accus
ingly.
“Oh, I'm sorry! My fault,” Speed
apologized.
“If It was your fault, maybe you’ll
fix It,” suggested th e tenor.
"G ladly!” Speed turned to his tra in
er. "Buy a new alarm-clock for our
little friend.” He stripped off his bath
robe, and handed It to his trainer. “Is
she looking a t m e?” he whispered.
"B oth eyes, big as saucers.”
Speed settled his spikes Into the
d irt as he had seen o th er sp rin ters do.
set him self for an Instant, then loped
easily around the house and out of
sight.
To the cowboys this athletic pan
oply was vastly Impressive. W ith
huge satisfaction they noticed the
sleeveless shirt, th e loose running-
trunks. and, above all. the generous
display of m edals. W ith a wild yell of
delight they broke out upon the trail
of th eir champion, only to have G lass
th ru st his corpulent body In th eir
path. W ith an upflung arm he stem
med the tide.
" I t’s no use. boys," he cried, h e's a
mile aw ay!”
“ H o w d o I lo o k ? ' ‘h o q u e r ie d .
"You'll
Be a Dead A thlete if You
Don’t Beat T his Cook.”
ous, reasonless way; but when w ith
friendly sym pathy they brought the
subject up, she dism issed it. In splta
of secret tears, she had lent willing
hands to the decoration of the gym
nasium , and now nuraer'
swollen
thum b with surprising g
nature.
“Shay we le t them in?" she In
quired. “We have done all we can.”
“Yes; we have finished."
In a flutter of anticipation Jean and
H elen put the final touches to th eir
task, while Mrs. Keap stepped to the
door and called Speed.
He cam e a t once, followed by L arry
Glass, who, upon grasnlng the schem e
of decoration, sm ote his brow and bal
anced dizzily upon his heels. Speed
w as lost in adm iration.
I t ’s
w onderful!”
ejaculated th e
young ath lete. ‘‘Those college flags
give it ju s t the rig h t touch. And see
the cosey-corner!"
Glass regained his voice sufficiently
to m urm ur, sarcastically, “Say, a in ’t
this a swell-looking drum ?”
B erkeley Fresno, draw n by the Irre
sistible m agnetism of Miss B lake’e
presence, w andered in and ran his
eyes over the room.
"W hy all the colors?” asked he.
"You can sing best w here th ere Is a
piano.' I can train best under th e
shadow of college emblems. I am a
tem peram ental ath lete.”
•■You’ll be a dead ath lete If you
don't b eat th is cook.” The C alifornian
was angry.
“Indeed!” exclaim ed his rival, alp-
ily.
“T h at's w hat I rem arked. Did they
tell you w hat happened to Humpy Joe,
your p redecessor?”
“It m ust have been an aocldent.
judging from h is nam e.” At w hich
Miss Blake tittered . She was grow ing
to enjoy th ese passages a t arm s; they
thrilled h er vaguely.
"T he only accident connected w ith
the affair w as th a t Still Bill and Wil
lie didn’t h a re th eir guns.”
Glass sta rte d nervously. “Did these
rum m ies w ant to shoot him ?” he In
quired.
"C ertainly,” said Fresno. "H e lost a
foot-race."
In spite of his assurance, J. W alling
ford Speed felt a trem or of anxiety,
but he laughed it off, saying:
"One would think a foot-race In this
country w as a pearl qecklace.”
“T hese cowboys a in 't good loaers,
eh?” queried Glass.
"It's win or die out here.”
(TO B E C O N T IN U E D .)
WOULD END POETICAL GUSH horrors In my ears and eyea, says a Iness men who w rit« verses.
E n g lis h S u f f r a g is t s P r o t e s t A g a in s t
t h s E f f u s io n s P u t O u t A b o u t
t h t S e x b y Men.
“It is people who w rite poetry about
i t who prevent ue women getting the
rote." The sentence a rre tte d me in
N ading Violet H unt’s story of the
’C elebrity’s D aughter.” a t a week end,
e tth th e sm ashing of windows, the
tattin g up of golf greens, th e »poli
ng of letters and th e th re a ts of other
j w riter In th e London Chronicle. For
men persist in w riting poetry about
women, to th eir am azem ent, and no
women are w riting poetry about men.
Man Is the poetic sex. He goes
about—I may tell you—w ith snippets
from the papers In his pocketbook,
and takes them now and again aa a
to r t of stim ulant. M oreover, th e man
w rites hie poetry eecretly. tend* It to
the new spapers, and they publish 1L
I could give yon the address of bald-
I headed stockholders and bearded hue-
And
m ors who cut the poetry from th eir
new spapers and ta k s It as a stlmm-
la a t
P la y e d C a r d s O n ly on Holidays.
Playing cards, when d rat Introduced
nto England, w ere looked upon purely
u a holiday pastim e.
T here Is hardly any noble quality or
endorsem ent of the mind but has tem
perance for its p aren t or Ita nurse —
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