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Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1913, Page 2

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Cabled News From Abroad. (Sydney Sun Special.) 'SURE, I DO." SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. Awakened by the pitiful cries ofy her 11-moiiths-old baby, who was choking with croup, Mrs Fred Morris, a Los Angeles mother, rushed from her house to secure medical aid. .She was met on the steps by i marked burglar .who levelled lih revolver at her head. The poor mother Avas in a state of anguish. "Do you know anything about babies?" she cried ".Sine. I do," replied the robber; •'l've live youngsters of my own.' . They both re-entered the house, and the burglar, without removing his mask seixed the vinegar from tilt , cruet, mixed sugar with the liquid, and forced it into the baby's mouth. Then he applied hot bandages and forced open the child's throat witli liis finger. Tn a little while the baby was relieved and fell asleep in the man's arms. He placed the morsel of humanity in the hod and went out. After he had gone the ■woman •"miiKl'Hjflf l five-dollar hill that she h:id, in her gratitude, given him "•rapped in the infant's clothing. S.UD SHE WAS A PRINCESS. LONDON. February 14. A report from Belgrade says that an investigation has been ordered into the execution of Princess Sosnowicka. a Polish •woman, who was recently eourt-marfinlled and shot ;- u .. at Uskub, on the charge of heing a spy. It is alleged that she was engaged as a volunteer nurse in the military hospital at Uskuh, and stated that she was an Austrian citizen. The Austrian Foreign Office is said to he moving in the matter, though the .Servians declare that the -woman was not a princess at all, Imt a wellknown trafficker in the white slave business. "I'LL TAKE YOU." NEW YORK. Feb. 14. On Wednesday Harry Buck, of PitIsburg. was out of work, broke and hungry. Yesterday he was just ns much out of work, but not quite broke, and a little less hungry, and 'io had the additional satisfaction of knowing that ho had done a brave deed. Tie walked the streets and vainly sought a job at the many employment bureaus, and while he was in one of these places the telephonebell rang. Buck answered it as there was nobody about at the moment, and the call proved to bo from ' the City Hospital, where the surgeons wevo asking that one of the rlerolictfi in the employment office -lioiild be sent along to assist in an >poration for tho transfusion of 'ilood, the patient being another tramp. "Gimnip. five dollars and I'll take on." said .Buck, and fifteen miriuItvs later his sturdy arm «.„» strapped to the arm of the stranger. Soon 'tis blood tinted tho other's ]>allid -hecks, and slowly the poison from 'he gas which the patient had inhaled, apparently with suicidal in- ■ ont, worked out in his system. Buck's arm was finally bound nnd taking his five dollars he "heat it" for New York. STEAMER TN PERIL. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l<l. The Japanese liner Tcnyomaru lias •'l'rived from Yokohama, after weathering a storm which her skipper <nyn is the roughest ho lias ever experienced. The vessel's port gangway w<ts washed away, a portion of her rails -smashed, and from waterlino to '■ridge she was fearfully battered. Over 15 passengers were kep£ be!)W the docks throughout tho voyage, and for the first time in his 17 vears' command the captain had t') lieavo her to in order to calm tho passengers. MARATHON m THE SNOW. NEW YORK, Fob. 14. In thin running togs, and despite the fact that tho ground was covor(d with snow and tho thcrnioinotor at zero, 25 athletics took part in a Marathon race- hero yesterday. Tho winner turned out to be William Fossett. Ho was 21ir. 46'min. on tho road. Andrew .Sockalexed. a noted Indian runner, was overcome, by a .severe fainting fit a mile from the finish, but is now recovering. The Australian record is 2hr •Tlinin. 3sec, and is held by And r<! v. - Sime. St. Yves, an American, holds tho world's record -with 2hr 32imn "2Tsec.