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Show THE febvre wrote to her son that It was time he was home. You seem to think you are rolling in gold. If your wife wou't come with . . . And you. come home alone. tills In the second week of the honeymoon. Madame Grows Panicky. Hy now Mme. Lefebvre was growing decidedly panicky. Not only was she incensed that Lr son had married a "wasteful and improvident woman, but she began to entertain fears for the security of their own possessions, the Lefebvre fortune, a monument to her greed which she lmd built, stone by stone, franc by franc, over a period of half a century. When her son had married, though it was beneath him, she saw the beginnings of a new fortune which, by woqld swell saving and the Lefebvre heritage to even more Impressive magnitude. And here he was traveling, spending freely, roll Ing In gold, and perhaps destined 6oon to make demands upon her to maintain the swift and destructive pace his spendthrift wife was setting. If the shadow of Mme. Lefebvre clouded the young conples honeymoon, It completely overcast their home life after they had returned. Andre's mother was a frequent visitor, casting np the household budget and finding It excessive, urging retrenchment and saving, warning her son that he would land In the poorhouse. She was shocked beyond words when she found that Antoinette laid a fresh white tablecloth for each meal. "But It Is scandalous, she whined Think of the laundry to her son. bill. White linen soils so quickly. Wo have always used red tablecloths and napkins at home. They last a long time without washing. She was stunned when she discovered that her "lavish" gift of "antique furniture had been consigned by Antoinette to the attic and that the home was tastefully furnished with new and expensive equipment The discovery led to a bitter quarrel between the women, one of the first of many to follow. Mme. Lefebvre was not appeased when Antoinette explained that she could not have used the worthless had given her Junk her mother-in-lawithout making herself and her husband the Jauglilng stock of their set. She was not appeased when the young woman explained that she was spending largely out of her own pocket, and that her people were that she had been brought up to live according to her ample means. Mme. Lefebvre emerged from each of these quarrels with the conviction that her sou had married Into a family of spendthrifts and wasters and that his wife would lead him Inevitably to his ruin. Yet It was brought out at the trial that the wealthy young couples total expenditures did not exceed $4,000 a year. Her Hatred Grows. In the heart of Mme. Lefebvre there gathered a consuming hatred for her daugleter-ln-laand for the whole Mulle family which was soon to come to a head. It was hatred which grew as she realized she was alone In her desperate struggle to save the Lefebvre fortune. Uer aged husbun 1, seventy-si- x and long retired from business, was a mere pale, carbon copy of herself, echoing her protests and resentments but helpless and relying entirely on his wife to fight the men-ucto their wealth. He had been cowed too long by this dominant woman to show any fight now. lie was just a whining old man. Her son, Andre, a war hero many times decorated, was a spineless creature In her presence, his will broken from Infancy to respond to her 1m perious will. Then one day Andre Lefebvre announced to his mother that an heir was expected. It was the spark that kindled Mme. Lefebvres hatred to a consuming flame. This alien woman, who was bringing her son to ruin, who was wasting Instead of building a fortune, wae about to bring into the world another Mulle another waster. She bought a revolver and killed the young woman whose condition offered a new menace to her greed. The Lefebvre trial lasted only four days, hut Into that short time there was packed more drama than In a whole month of the Hall-Mill- s trial. The Jury was out only ten minutes, returning with a verdict of guilty The audience broke Into cheers as the Judge pronounced the sentence, "tc, have her head cut off In a publii square of the city" the first woman to die at the guillotine in France in many years. Miserly Mother Kills Sons Wife .Shoots Young Woman for. Having Heir to Fortune She Hoarded. New York. Almost on the very day that Mrs. Frances Stevens nail, gray-haire- d, wealthy and socially prominent, appeared before a Jury In Somerville, N. charged with the killing of her husband, Mriie. Guillaume Lefebvre, a millionaire and a member of one of the most prominent families in northern France, appeared before the Assize court in the City of Douul, charged with the murder of her young and beautiful daughter-in-law- , says the New York World. The trials were conducted simultaneously for some days, and while in this country a puzzled public wits following the grim details of the Hall-Milmurder mystery, all France was stirred by the most sensational "affaire celebre" since the trial of Lan-tlru- , the French the Bluebeard," years ago. The parallel between the two cases Is Impressive. In both instances the principals were women of sixty, wlio. because of the dignity of their age and the prestige of the large fortunes secure seemed commanded, they against any misadventure with the law. Loth were charged with a capital crime against one of their kin And In both trials by marriage. there was the spectacle of two men, brothers in the case of Mrs. Hall, husband and son In the case of Mine. Iefebvre, defending their women kin against the accusation of a heinous and indefensible crime. Both cases presented a baffling mystery: the Hall case a mystery of fact, In which the Issue was the identity of the murderer; the Lefebvre case a psychological mystery, ' In which the motive for the Frenchwoman's confessed crime baffled the best legal brains of France. An Amazing Character. ltut here the parallel betweep the cases ends. For when, (ihally the aged Frenchwoman's motive was unraveled there was revealed to the world an amazing psychopathic character such as only a llalzac could have created. The Lefebvre munjer could have been committed only In a country. And the Hall trial, muffled in the silence of the defendants, was a dull show indeed compared with the Lefebvre trial, enllvered continually by Latin emotionalism, Latin outbursts of passion in both ibe prineipuls and the. audience and repealed and frantic efforts by the Judges to control the uncontrollable exhibitions of French temperament throughout the trial. Kxnclly fine year ago. In the fall of Ifi'i.Y Mute. Guillaume Lefebvre learned from her son a secret that he had kept for five months: that his wife, Antoinette Mu lie Lefebvre. was soon to give birth to an heir to the combined Lefebvre-Mullfortunes. t)n that aery day Mine. bought a revolver and. soon after, writing to her son, asked him to call on her, bring his wife with hint and take, them both for n drive In his car. The son, obedient to his mother's wishes, appeared several days later st the paternal home with his .voting wife, and the three set out for a drive. Andte Lefebvre occupied the front seat ulone. His wife and his mother sat togeiher in the rear. When they passed through the city gates and into the suburbs,. Mine. emerged Lefebvre requested that her son drive along the path known as "Solitude road." Andre, without inquiring into t he reasons for lids strange wish, still in Ids tunnhood as pliant before the commanding will of ius mother as he was when a child, complied. Hut when he had reached "Solitude road and the car was humming along tlie deserted lane, he suddenly heard mi outcry from his mother. Andre turned, and what lie saw made him bring the car to a quick halt His wife, immobile, lay back in her seat, a thin stream of crimson trickling down her cheek from a wound in her tempte. His mother, spent, her hands paralyzed in her lap. one of them holding a revolver, regarded him silently. The young man could only ask his agonized question with his eyes. gray-haire- , ls Hall-Lcfebv- e I have killed her," the mother said quietly. Without a further wort), Andre Lefebvre swung the car .around . auu dashed madly toward the city and a hospital. Son's Conduct Shows Motive. Arrived at the hospital, the young woman was at. once hurried to the operating room, hut It was too late. She was dead. Mine. Lefebvre, making. tu effort to shield herself, was arrested and her son. Andre, his wife dead and his mother a prisoner, stopped long enough at the hospital to claim his wifes purse, examine Its contents to see that they were Intact and Inquire whether the ring she wore when she lmd left home was still on her finger. Questioned again later In the day. Mate. .Lefebvre declared she had killed because she was her daughter-in-ladriving her son to ruin." In reporting the tragedy the following morning. (he French newspapers described It as a crime of mother love, another ermine passionel." As usuul, tlie case was tried In the French press long before It came to tlie courts and presently, though still recognizing a crime of passion, the newspapers became aware that they were dealing with something more than a mothers love for her son, a passion just as old, but In Mme. Lefebvre overshadowing any feeling she had for her offspring. The star reporters assigned to the cuse got their first cue to the real motive for the crime in Andre Lefebvre conduct at the hospital, when he showed such concern about his dead wifes purse and her Jewels. Their Inquiry took a definite direction when It was estimated that the entire outfit of clothing worn by the millionaire at the time of her arrest could not have exceeded in cost more than $15. And- when It was learned that the young couple had been quite happy and altogether devoted to each other and that. If anything, they had been living beneath their means, Mme. bitter charge that Antoinette Mulle was "driving her son to ruin specifically revealed the nature of the passion which had dafven her to commit murder. Lit by bit. In the press and legal Investigations and during the trial, there emerged the portrait of an amazing creature, a female Ilarpagon, such a monster of greed a3 neither Moliere nor P.nizac would have dared to portray lest they tax too heavily the credence f their publics. A Love Match. Tlie marriage of Andre Lefebvre . and Antoinette Mulle was, to all appearances. a love match, but Mme. Lefebvre made it plain to her son that she considered It a mesalliance, because tlie Mulle fortune, though considerable. was not quite equal to their own. Shortly before the wedding, Andre announced to his mother that he was to leave on a short honeymoon after the ceremony. Mme, Lefebvre threw up her arms in horror. Honeymoons were a waste and a needless expense, she told him. Who had put such nonsense into his head? Probably that awful girl, who already was filling his head with extravagant notions. However, Andre insisted that It was only decent for people in their position to have a honeymoon and, on tlie following day, he went to a travel bureau and arranged for the trip. It was perhaps the first time In his life that the young man, thoroughly under his mothers thumb, had ever asserted himself, and Mme. Lefebvre sensed that this alien woman not only was leading her son to extravagance but was threatening her own authority. The resentment she nurtured Increased. She yielded to her sons wishes, but when she learned that he had procured first class tickets for his travels, she Immediately repaired to the tourist bureau and had them changed to second class. It did not appear at all grotesque to her that a young couple representing two of the most substanIn tial families northern France should travel second class on their honeymoon ! The newlyweds had been gone only four or five days when Mine. Le Washington. Workers in Texas oil fields face untold dangers which the exercise of constant precautions, according to the bureau of mines, which has Just completed nn Investigation of conditions In the Lone Star state's oil industry. Investigations hy the bureau took In the Ianhandie district the I.iglake field of lteagan county, and tlie Me Carney field of Upton county. Hydrogen sulphide in petroleum vapors, the bureau found, is tlie most with tlie poisonous gas associated crude oil industry and frequently gives workers serious cases of conjunctivitis, known as "gas eyes. Conjunctivitis le usually contracted In derrick cellar, where the gas collects. In i lie 'errick cellar of one well - a White elephants were known more than years ago. Navul cadets and sailors from the German cruiser llumhurg parading In Honolulu, Hawaii, during the visit of the vessel to the Crossroads of the Pacific. The Hamburg was the first German vessel to enter i harbor since the war. Train Load of Powder Derailed and Blown Up well-to-d- General view of the tielirls of the New York, New Haven und Ilart fofd train which, Carrying'S!? kegs of powder, was derailed at Towners, N. Y., causing an explosion and an estimated damage of $100, 000. Tire explosion shook many nearby towns. SANDWICH GIRL Makes Orchards Hurricane Proof e John K. Gross of York, Ill., eighty years old, took nn apple tree with an Imperfect crotch and braced the three main llmha with grafts. Now the main limbs have natural braces and are Interwoven at six different points. He says Its lots cheaper than gambling with hurricanes and their results. Pretty elghteeu-year-olMargie of Philadelphia boosts oysters as a sandwich girl. The money she earns will send her to Temple college. Keeping Dr. Copeland Decorated d Me-Gur- MAY LEAD WETS . History Reveals Florida Had Its Own Pocahontai in the Ianhandie district fil men were overcome while putting on thebrand-erihead- . Around nmny wells investigators of the bureau found dead- rabbits and birds. Head animals are usually found lifter a still, oppressive night, when there is little or nn air movement. One man collected a pile of more than one hundred dead animals. In one place visited hy bureau It was found that the prea- enee of hydrogen sulphide in excessive quantities caused pronounced durken-inof white lead paint on houses, of brass valves and fittings nnd of silver momy. The stressed tlie necessity of workmen using gas masks while engaged in derrick cellars and whenever 11 is believed gases are In tlie air. German Naval Cadets Parade in Honolulu . 6- of Mines and Use of Gas Masks recommended. SUN, SALINA, UTAH self-denia- l, WARN WORKERS IN TEXAS OIL FIELDS AGAINST DANGER OF GAS Constant Precaution Urged by Bureaii S A LINA I F.radentown, Fla.- - Pocahontas, th Indian princess, who euncted a hit ol drama years ago In the role of tin rescuer, baras about a hundred years be hind a sister of her race who played a like part This developed here when Lr. Hi rum Byrd, president of the Florida Au dution society, dug up a musty copj of "Fairbanks' History of Florida.' Fairbanks recorded that In 13i.8 Juki Oritz of Narvaez expeditionary forct, fell into the hands of Indians. Chlei Ucetn, head of a tribe whose eami was near tlie present site of Tampa enraged over Narvaez HI treatment o; lii.s mother, ordered that Oritz, ai old youth, be roasted t eighteen-yea- r death. Ulelali, Uccta's daughter, hogged oi her knees that Oritz' life lie spared and her wish was gritr.'ed. Oritz badly burp'd, was nursed 'nick ft health hy tlie girl. Twice .grin lo was condemned to die. b.il -- u -- li line Uiei iii saved him. carnation in bis button hole is one of the distinguishing marks about Ferntor Loyal S. Copeland of New York, i.tnl the first job every morning of I co Larues, senate page. Is to provide tlie debonair New York Solon A red with r. frivli I, loom. i New po; trait of Uepresentativ e Frank Oliver, Democrat of New York, who Is expected to be leader of the wet ;roup in tlie house of representatives during tlie next session of emigres. |