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"Ceteste Aida :" he cried, crushing her
hand and drawing her closer In sudden
fright, she pushed him away from her
At the same moment there was step
outside. The Sicilian saw who it was.
"Oh, your husband!" he calculated.
The tone explained that now he under
stood why she had pushed him away
because she knew her husband was COM
ing. She colored furiously and her eyes
blazed, but she could think of nothing to
say before he bowed, saying:
"Ah! see, sgnora. | will go away
now"
He slipped past Barney at the door.
Katharine saw her husband gaze curously
at Darucci; then he turned to her with
smile.
"Dearie," he announced, "we're all
ready to fire the big shot"
"All ready, Barney?"
ave connect the batteries tomorrow
morning. We fire the shot at noon!"
"To-morrow!" she exclaimed
1t had seemed to her that the day would
never come. Yet now there was nothing
more to do; she would have her husband
all to herself for the rest of the evening.
X ATHARINE went with him the next
morning and watched while Darucci
and the Others ran the wires to the scores
of great pockets of powder. Then, with
Barney, she withdrew to another noun
tain, where they would be close, but
shielded from the blast. Every one else
was warned away; the great rock slope
was cleared for destruction.
Barney led her to the electric switch
where all the wires conferred; he put her
hand ON the lever and let her close the
circuit.
simultaneously she shut her eyes and
tottered, and Barney seized her; for, just
beyond the spur, the world was in de-
struction. The ground beneath her
swayed; upon the ridges of the hills about
great trees toppled and crashed down. the
sky was spread with cloud of smoke
and dust; great boulders, rocks, and
clay: spattered about. Then the earth
was STILL the cloud from beyond the
hill thinned and the sun shone clear
again.
She felt Barney loosing her. Hewas rum
ming round the spur to see just what the
big shot had done. She called to him
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"Tell me! What are you saying? What
did you do?'
Now, in his bewilderment, he could not
speak.
"You said you put fuse to some of the
powder so as to kill him!"
"Signora" he cried. "You did not
want it,"
"Wam III"
The boy shook her off and retreated
staring at her as one betrayed.
"Then what did you mean, signora?
Before me you quarrel with him! hear
it. You are not happy with him--you
are happy with me. He does not like it,
but you tell me again to come. That is
the first!7
Now he was accusing her, with his
counts against her clear in his mind. She
stood petrified while he went on:
"Then you tell me to come again, and
you cry out you will not have him because
he has no teeth! And when | come in,
you tell me to love! am Radames; even
now you call me that. You are Aida. 1t
is forbidden to love, but love you and
you love me. You say it,"
He glared at her, painting in contempt.
ooh, OH" she gasped.
"And you do love me; you are happy
with me. Then yesterday what do you
say? What do you say to me, sgnora,
yesterday" he demanded. "You have
done it all because with me you must al
ways share? How was to take you if
was not to kill him? He would be after
us forever; he would not give you up!"
Her senses were in a stupor.
"You thought wanted you'll"
"Signora!" Not through his mind but
through his feeling, understanding was
beginning to reach him; and dismay and
destruction of pride-not fear yet of con-
sequences of his boast him.
"Go" she cried to him. $50! | tell
you, go! He is not dead, thank God! He
will live. So let you go! Cor
And now fear reached him, and he fed.
K ATHARINE LEE found her way back
to the shack blindly. 1t was days
before she told her husband
He was able to be about again, and they
had gone together to look over the ground
where the great shot had been fired. 1t
was in the late sunshine of clear evening,
with the cool of night already in the
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swollen. He still refused to leave the
work, and the next morning, after battling
with her again, he had both of his broken
teeth pulled by the blacksmith, so they
would cease troubling him and he could
stay on his job. 1t made his wife hate the
work more than ever.
Barney was away now continually, for
the black powder and dynamite arrived
by the ton each day, and he set himself
to overseeing the shifts of men boring and
blasting the dozens of little tunnels into
the rock and scooping out great caverns
to contain the powder for the big shot.
Darucci worked in one of the shifts; so
he came after hours to the tar-paper-cov-
cred cabin for his lessons in singing.
The boy was really developing. She re-
ported the progress to Barney, who made
comment only once.
"Swansons got a good voice, katha-
rine, he said suddenly.
"Who's he, dear?"
"The big Swede rockman who sings"
ooh, yes; I've heard him.
"Why don't you take him up, dear?"
"Why, Barney?"
"Instead of that Sicilian, mean"
Her eyes widened and she went over
and sat on her husbands knees.
"Why, Barney" she exclaimed 81
thought it pleased you that was singing"
"That does.
"But you don't like my doing it with
Radames?"
"Who?"
ooh, Darucci, | mean"
$50 you've pet name for him.
"Why, Barney, what do you mean?"
IL was suggesting Swanson for a singing
pupil instead of Darucci; that's all, dear"
"Why?"
81 fanced he might be bit safer.
Barney! You think that Rad-that
boy would hurt me?"
mo; he wouldn't hurt YOU"
"Then what's the natter"
Barney hesitated.
"Does singing with Darucci amuse you
very much, DEAR"
at isn't just an amusement, Barney;
- it's privilege and duty to teach him.
He really has wonderful voice. He needs
only little showing how to use his voice,
and he can go anywhere-can do any
thing. Caruso, you know, was only a
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n around. They sat down on a
knoll, with the raw rocks of
their destruction strewed stu
pendously about them.
"Dearie," he said to her, "you
see? The shot didn't do what
hoped. I'll have to be here
long time yet.
He patted her hand in SYM
pathy. She seized his fingers pas
sionately and pressed his hand
hard against her cheek
"If you have to be here seven
years, or seventy, or seven hum
dred, Barney" she cried,-
you never have anything but
that shack all your life, I'll stay
close-oh, so close, beside you
If can do that I'll be the hap
piest wife in the world!'
/. "Why, dearie!" he exclaimed
softly.
and whatever work you want
to do, I'll love! Oh, Barney,
Barney, whatever is worth your
strength and youth is going to
be worth mine too; and I'll give
myself to it, and let you give
yourself, as long as we do it together"
"Why, dearie!" he cried again.
81 thought could love you and be loyal
to you, and be disloyal to your work; and,
my Barney, almost killed you."
KILLED me, Katharine?"
Then she told him. And when she en-
tirely broke down, he took her in his arms
"You see!" she sobbed Il made him
believe wanted to he disloyal to you be-
cause l was disloyal to your work. But,
Barney, what is singing an opera-even
if one sings like Caruso-compared to
digging grader
"You mean, dear"
"If you are the one digging the grade,
Barney, and you let me dig it with you"
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barber, wasn't he? And wasn't
it Constantine who was a stoker
or something like that? Suppose
| could discover for the world
another voice like theirs!"
PIG Barney said no more, but,
~ as he gazed out toward his
grade and the cut through the
mountains for which he was
spending himself, he WINGED.
Her singing with the Sicilian
proceeded famously. On the
evening of the day in which
Darucci had helped place the
last of the dynamite in the cav
erns under the rock, Aida praised
her Radames more eagerly than
ever before.
"Signora!"-he seized her
hands, his eyes glowing at hers,
-"you are glad!"
"Of course | am glad!'
at means much to you"
"Very much, Radames."
The boy was excited, but
so was she; she was sure that
she had discovered great
artist.
"Why does it mean so very
I I 4
They were speaking, as usual,
in Italian.
"To be able to sing as you
shall, Radames!"
"What, signora?"
at is the greatest gift in the
world"
$50 you are happy that l have
it?" He seemed not to under
stand.
Eyes; for | must share it
with you, Radames!"
"Ah! You want to share it
with me, signora?"
"Sha'n't l, Radames?"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16

position Of the situation under which
he labored as director OF England's
naval affairs changed his position
with the British public and gave him
a popularity he had failed to have
In his troubled place as navy leader.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
JONATHAN BOURNE y
SAYS M'AD0O HAS
JUCCLEO us, FUNDS

Washington, Nov. i6.--Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo was charged
today by ex-senator Jonathan Bourne
OF Oregon with shifting hgures and
concealing the true financial condi-
tion OF the government.
The shift, according to Bourne,
was over 800, 900, 900.
Harvey Chase, certified public ac-
countant, swore to this analysis OF
McAdoo's figures, charging that the
balance OF the general fund October
20 was actually about s3,500.000,
Instead OF more than s1l7,500, 900.
as McAdoo figured.
"Tho statement issued by Bourne's
republican publicity bureau for poll
tical purposes" said McAdoo, us 80
ridiculousiy untrue as to be unworthy
OF notice. We have In the treasury
all the money which the daily state
mont shows" aa 4
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
SUFFRACETTES N
ENGLAND ABOUT To
BREAK OUT anew

London, Nov. 16.-Sunragettes
are stirring anew in England. after
keeping under cover for months.
\ A mass meeting they planned for
Thursday having been cancelled by
the Authorities. Emmeline Pank-
hurst, militant leader, announced de-
family today that 1t would be held
elsewhere.
At the same time she charged that
the government wished to hush the
public protests against "the betrayal
of Serbia"
The suffragettes had advertised
that they would demand loyal and
vigorous conduct of the war" and
it was suspected that they wished to
demand the removal of Premier AS
Quith and Foreign Minister Sir Ed
ward Grey because OF their diplomatic
defeat in the Balkans.
Authorities determined, however.
that they would permit no such riot
Gus talk. and hence cancelled the
gathering.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
NATURE BLAMED
FOR SLOWING UP OF
BALKAN CAMPAIGN

Berlin, Nov. 16,---Terrible natural
difficulties OF the country rather than
resistance OF the enemy Is slowing up
the central allies in central Serbia.
Yet. with growing numbers OF
Serbs captured daily. and with the
Germans pushing their way. un-
daunted. the rearc good prospects that
the main army of the Serbians will
be surrounded soon, They are be-
ing driven gradually westward, while
at the same time the Austrlans are
closing In from the north and west.
The Austrian forces are slowly.
but surely, crushing the resistance OF
the Montenegrins In the west.
In southern Serbia the Bulgarians
are combating the enemy vigorously.
The situation at Tetovo is in doubt.
that place having changed hands sew
eral times.
The Bulgars are massing heavy
forces around Veles. the point for
which there has been strong battling
during the past week, with varying
fortunes.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
GEN, VILLA LEADS
TROOPS AGAINST II
FEDERAL ARMY
(pv United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Douglas. Ariz,. Nov. 16.---A pitch
ed battle is reported raging between
villistas. commanded by Francisco
villa himself. and Carranzlstas. led
by Alvaro 0bregon, near Hermosillo
today. M
Evidently intending to crush villa
by simultaneous attacks from three
sides, obregon hurled three columns
OF troops against the rebel chieftain
yesterday. villa forestalled this
move by deserting his headquarters
at Magdalena and suddenly assault
ing the enemy advanceguard near
Hermosillo. In this fight he had the
advantage OF superior numbers, and
his scheme appears to be to engage
the Carransista columns one at q
time. thus preserving his own num-
erical superiority. "
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
SENATOR
FOR Protection
MERCHANT SHIPS

Washington. Nov. 16.--America
ought. In the opinion OF Senator
Chamberlain. to protect her merchant
vessels to the limit
I'VE should be careful and con-
scicntions about giving American re-
gisiry TO ships 0f other nasionalities.
but when we have done 30 we ought
10 stand by our declarations"
Speaking OF the Weeks proposed
ship subsidy bill, Chamberlain said
II am not entirely opposed to the
subsidy plan, We should do some
thing to put our vessels on an even
footing with subsidized foreign
ships"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
KILL BAND|T|DEMANDS or
Who HELD THE ALLIES
UP BAR REFUSED
King Constantine Threatens
sssslnternmentlof Troops That
! May Be Forced ITO Seek
Refuge in His Country


Paris. Nov. 16.--Greece has re-
fused demands which the allies in
sisted are essential to their safety.
diplomatic officials admitted today.
: Moreover. the allies are prepared to
force compliance with these demands.
while the central powers will help
King Constantine to resist
Allied diplomats insist that, mas
much as former Premier venizelos
countenanced and. In fact. invited
landing Of allied troops at Saloniki.
Greece has no right to threaten, az
she has. that the allies, II forced to
fec to Greece for safety after Balkan
reverses. will be interned.
II necessary, the allies fleets will
be sent to Greece to insure nom
Interference by Greece with the Bal
kan plans. and, II is hinted. King Con-
stantine may be uncrowned.
AT the same time the feet Is dis
tinctly likely to meet strong resis-
tance from German undersea
boats. known to be heading for the
Grecian vicinity.
Y Meantime. the allies are bringing
pressure to bear upon the king to
force him to alter his attitude. He
is being strongly reminded of his ties
to the entente powers, and 1t is hoped
In the allied capitals that he will not
dare to defy these warnings.
.Denys-Cochin. of the French cab
met. and Lord Kitchener, now in the
island Of Lemnos, supposedly the al
lies near-eastern naval base, will see
the king soon. The allies are con-
vinced that the majority OF Greeks
favor the allies and honestly want to
help Serbia against Bulgaria,
AT the same time. Constantine Is
pro-German. The entente powers had
asked that he at least guarantee to
give them free hand In the Bal
kans. In answer. however, he gave
no promise. The allies are under the
impression that he actually intends to
intern any Of the invaders who may
be driven out of Serbia and Bulgaria
into Greece. The powers feel that
this course is unreasonable, In view
OF the fact that the expedition was
undertaken at venizelos' invitation.
They argue that. inasmuch as they
have been permitted to so to Serbia
via Saloniki, they should be permitted
TO use the same route out II circum-
stances compel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
PLAN FINISH.
CAMPAIGN
FOR BEETS
Pubic Meeting Of Signers Of
Acreage and All Others
Interested VIII Be Held ii
Court House Wednesday

Wednesday the sugar beet will
have the right Of way in Grants Pass.
At two o'clock in the afternoon .
public meeting will be heldaat the
court house, and at this meeting the
situation as regards the securing Of
acreage will be gone into from every
angle. The interest exhibited by the
people Of the district win determine
in very large measure the outcome
of the campaign, for determined and
united effort viii be needed in the
few remaining days to bring success
to the enterprise.
The committee from the CONNER
cial club has been working early and
late the past few days. In calling
the meeting the committee has sent
q letter to every person who has
signed acreage urging that they be
present and that they bring their
neighbors. The call from the COM
mittee Is as follows:
"Are we to have a beet sugar fac
tory? The time has come for the
question to be settled definitely.
&C. w. Nibiey will be here In the
lvery near future to decide whether
the factory will be established and,
liz so, the exact location OF the site.
The campaign for acreage has been
on for a month. and while the out
look is encouraging. there is much
to be done to secure the required
amount. We have reached point
when we .want your counsel and as
sfstance. We dare not think Of
failure.
'The establishment Of the indus
try in our midst means market for
the produce of our farms at an es-
tablished price and free from the
hands of the middleman. In short,
1t means prosperity for the COM
munity. Shall we meet the issue?
ITO consider all Of the many
phases of the question meeting has
been called at the court house in
Grants Pass for two o'clock on We'd
nesday, November IL. 1t is impera-
tive that every subscriber to acre
age and all who are interested be
present at this meeting. as there is
much information to be given to
those interested. Come and invite
your neighbor."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
THE SHAH or PERSIA
" AND HIS MINISTRY /
leave TEHERAN

| 'If .If..
Petrograd, Nov. 16.--Fearful that
the plots Of the central powers and
the entente allies will end in blood
shed at Teheran, the Shah Of Persia
and his ministers left there Monday.
Their exit was virtual fight. 1t
was believed they had sought refuge
In Ishpahn.
At the same time. It was UNDER
stood the Germans and Turks are
preparing to follow the Sha's suite.
The allied diplomats are expected to
overtake the Persian government
members, II, indeed. they already
have not done so. They have long
accused the central allies Of trying
to corrupt the Persian officials.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
Of the Dead Man
Is Wounded in a Battle
With the Officers in Which
the Latter Escape Injury

San Jose. Cal. Nov. 1.-two un-
known men who early today held-up
the bar OF the Swiss American hotel,
robbing four patrons and the till.
we're oyertaken BY a posse at Noun
tain View. IL miles from here. and
In an ensuing battle one OF the ban
dits was killed and the other wound
cd by a charge Of buckshot In the
leg.
None OF the officers was killed. al
though the robbers fred dozen
shots from automatic pistols. The
wounded man, who was brought here
by train. refused to diyulge his iden-
THY. but said he was San Francisco
tailor. and that the dead man was
HIS partner. Both men were well
dressed. but no marks which would
lead to an Identification were found
on their clothing.
After robbing the bar. the bandits
are believed to have hidden In the
local freight yards until a freight
pulled out. They then commander
cd II at the point Of pistols. Con-
ductor Phelps dropped or unseen q
fow minutes later and notified the
local police.
The sheriff, organizing a posse.
started out TO head of the train at
Mountain View. Travelling In auto
mobiles at the rate OF 60 miles an
hour. they arrived at Mountain View
just a few minutes ahead OF the
train. As the freight slowed down
the officers threw searchlights on
the bandits, who we're entrenched In
n pile of machinery on flat car.
The bandits answered the COM
mand to surrender with rain OF
lead. The elder man was struck
down with a charge OF buckshot and
three pistol bullets.
When the posse reached him he
was dead.
The other bandit leaped from the
car as he saw his partner fall. A
charge OF buckshot struck him as he
landed on the ground, but he con-
tinued to fire as he ran. dropping
nifty yards from the train. An ex-
animation OF his pistol showed that
q shell had jammed 1t.
The local posse. augmented by
Constable Petersen and Town Mar
shall Butler, were grouped together
less than 25 feet from the car when
the bandits opened fire, but escaped
injury.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
MAYOR mitchell is
RESTING WELL TODAY

New York. Nov. 1e.--Mayor Nit
chel, who late yesterday suddenly un-
derwent an appendicitis operation.
was reported resting we'll today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
PRES.W|.I|L|S!0|N vi }!
W0RK|NG0N
MESSAGE
Defense Of Nation viii Be
Main Theme Of Document
to Be Delivered Personally
Before Congress Dec. 7

Washington, Nov, i6,--Working
steadily at his message 10 congress.
President Wilson plans TO have Il fin-
ished by Thanksgiving and 70 de-
liver II personally on December 7
before q Joint session Of the house
and senate.
National defense. Il ia expected, will
be the main theme. In this connec-
tion the president will recommend
Tho tive-year schedule OF strengthen
ing the army and navy at cost OF
$1,000 900. 900. giving the nation an
army and navy second 10 none "as a
defensive institution"
The president will not recommend
presidential primaries. as he abides
by Senator Pomerene's opinion that
these are unconstitutional. r.
Important subjects which he will
discuss include:
Urging OF economies In govern
mental expenditure; passage OF con-
servatlon measures: sweeping
changes in the mining laws; trade cx-
pansion: establishment OF cooperative
selling agencies abroad for AmerI-
can exporters; passage oi. .anti-
dumping" legislation TO prevent cheap
foreign foods from flooding tho Amer
lean market after the war: increased
taxes for liquor. tobacco and wool.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
MUCH DAMAGE is
WROUGHT AT GOR|Tz
BY BOMDARDMENT

Vienna, Nov. 16.-That Goritz has
suffered heavily from bombardment
was officially admitted today. Fifty
soldiers have been wounded and 5S
civilians killed thus far. while 500
buildings. largely churches and con-
vents, have been badly damaged.
Less violence on the Isonzo front
was reported. In the Monte San
Michele region, the Italians, It was
admitted. penetrated an Austrian po-
sition after clearing the way with
artillery fire.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
Off,
!. FORhSERv|CE WITH
OXFORD YEOMANRY
(By United Press Leased wire.)

London, Nov. 1e. - Winston
Churchill. up to last week the most
criticized public man in England.
prepared to sail across the channel
tomorrow to join his comrades Of
the Oxford yeomanry, as a subordin-
ate officer,
The erstwhile first lord OF the ad-
miralty suddenly became In his new
role one OF the most popular men In
England. from his speech yesterday
In the house of commons, In which
he barred the secrets OF English re-
verses and, without excusing him
self, showed that he had not had
enthusiastic support, Newspapers
predicted that he will soon return to
the cabinet, Is
His position Of calm confidence In
England's ultimate success; his ex-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
HILl.sTRoM EXECUTION
PROTESTED By A. +. OF l..
By United Press Leased Wire.

San Francisco. Nov, l6,--The
American Federation OF Labor's con-
domnatlon OF the death sentence
against Joe iIillstrom, I. W w, at
Salt Lake City. was dispatched today
10 President Wilson, the Swedish con-
sui at Washington and tho Utah
board OF appeals In the hope that 1t
might result In aiding Hillstrom to
escape death before the Utah firing
squad Friday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
REINsTATE ASSISTANT
POSTMASTER AT wINNETKA
tpy United Press Leased wire.

fBy United Press Leased Wirel
Washington, Nov. 16,--In orders
to Postmaster General Burleson to-
day the White House unqualihedly
ordered reinstatement OF Assistant
Burkltt at Winnetka, ILL.,, who was
removed because he criticized the
presidents engagement for being too
soon after his first wife's death.
Assistant Postmaster General
Roper today telegraphed Postmaster
Kloepfer TO reinstate Burkitt imme-
diately. '
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-16
AUSTRIA ~ ASKED
FOR ANCONA REPORT

(By United Press Leased Wlre.l
Washington. Nov l6,-The state
department this afternoon instructed
Ambassador Penneld at Vienna to
ask for q detailed report on the sink
ing OF the liner Ancona by an Aus
'trian submarine.