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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events .oLJVoted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Thing" Worth Knowing. HANEY IS ASKED TO RESIGN President and Shipping Hoard Member In Disagreement. A light earthquake banged doors and rattled window! In Brawley, Cal Sunday. The shock came at !:07 P. M. and 'lasted about IE seconds. No damage was reported. When she ran In front of a street ear, after dodging an automobile, Mrs. H. M. Johnson, 09, was struck and killed in Seattle Saturday night. She died almost Instantly, The Italian government will ho represented by a legal expert at the meeting In London September 1 for discussion of phases of the proposed European security pact. Ail vices from Nanagua,, the capital of Nicaragua, report that Luis Kivas, governor f Managua, has seized Tis capa (oftreaa and refuses to obey the government, nr. Roman Y. Byes, minister if finance, is said to have been arrested. In the Uttlfl Watch Hill, R. L, union chapel Miss Anil a llegeler I.lhmo of Watch Hill, New York ami Chicago Saturday became the wifo of Prince ltd ward Joseph Lobkowlci, son of the late Prince August Lobkowlcs and the ex-Conntesa Irma Palermy of Austria. Ellsworth Pickering, no, a clerk, was shot i" the back and critically wound ed by two outlaws who. held up the Orange Mercantile store at laaaquah, DOrtb of Seattle, Wash., Saturday afternoon, and escaped with isuo in loot, He was brought to a Seattle hospital. Ten candidate! were entered in the race tor the unexpired term of the late Senator La Follelte Saturday. They Included six who will try their chances In the primary September 15 and four who will pass up the primary and run as Independents In the special elec tion September 2!l. Two employes of tin' Powers Spec ially company were in the Hansvillo, N. Y., general hospital Saturday with severe burns received when a "practi cal joker" tossed a lighted match into a pail of benzine in which the men wen' washing their hands. Their hands and arms were severely burned. The joker was nol held. Babe ituth, king or swat, will not play In l!2(i with the New York Yankees, he told a group of Chicago newspaper men Sunday night upon his arrival from St. Louis. This slate meat was amplified with the assertion that ituth would quit if Miller Hug gins was retained as manager. Lady Patricia Huinsny, "Princess Put," daughter ol the duke r Con- naught, arrived in llueboc Saturday on the liner Kinpress of Scotland. She wus met by her husband, the Hon. Captain Alexander Ramsay, command er of H. M. S. Calcutta, flagship of the llrillsli north Atlantic squadron. Regulation of Interstate bus lines in I he same manner I hat most of the states, lie -lulling Oregon, now control automobiles In common carrier serv ile within their borders, will be ask ed of congress at lis coming session, with both the organized buss oper ators and the stale utility commissions lending their support (o the proposal The 70 foot trawler Virginia I, said by const guard officials to be owned by the Seliasilun Stuurt Fish company of Seattle, was tied up at Melgg's wharf. San Francisco Saturday with her cargo of about 1000 cases ol us sorted liquors, while guardsmen and police were searching for her captain, who escaped in an early morning dash lor liberty. The cargo of the Virginia I was valued In excess of $50,000. Arthur M. Free, representative in congress from California, ranking 're publican member of the house com mittee on merchant marine ami fish eries, visiting Scuttle Sunday, udvo cited abandonment of the government railroad in Alaska, built at a cost of $00.000.1100. Ituuuing from Seward to Fairbanks," Free said, "the rail road serves a population of less than 5000. The cost of maintaining it each year Is approximately $400 for each person of population along its line." Siamese Boast. The Siamese call their country "Mining Thai," (he "Lund of the Free " I bis is because Sum has le v ei I.. .11 under foreign rule. Washington, I). C. The controversy of eight months' standing between Bert E. Haney, Portland member of the United States shipping board, and Leigh R. Palmer, president of the emergency fleet corporation, came to an unexpected climax Sunday when Haney refused President Coolldge's request for his resignation, based on bis opposition to Palmer. In defying the chief executive Commissioner Haney insisted that he had never agreed to cease his fight against Pal mer, as the request implied. As a result the president is ex pected to withdraw Commissioner Hancy's temporary reappointment to the shipping hoard, made early in May and thus force his return to private life. This would be the first act of ! general move from the White House to break the shipping board's opposi tion lo Admiral Palmer, which was on the verge of culminating in the oust ing of the fleet corporation head from his office. Mr. Haney received the request for his, resignation last. Thursday. It re ferred lo an "understanding" suppos ed to have been reached at the time of the commissioner's reappointment, which would have ended his efforts to remove Palmer. The Portland man declared there was no such agreement. He main tained that be explained to President Coolidge that he was unable to get along with Admiral Palmer and did not expect that he would ever be in accord willi the fleet, president's pol icies. In the face of this statement, he averred, the president urged him to remain on the shipping hoard, at hasl until some new arrangement could be worked out promising greater harmony between that body and the fleet officials. "It is not clear to me why the president, in his telegram asking my resignation, should have implied an understanding which never existed," he staled today. "My fight against Admiral Palmer has been one of opposition against his regard of I he shipping board and con sequently against ills adverse attitude toward shipping interests of the Pa cific northwest, as he proposed to ex ercise coal rol over vessels operating out. of the ports of that section con trary to the board's views and to the best Interests of the cities concern ed. "I cannot help hut suspect that the request as I received it wus not dictat ed by the president himself." Mr. Hancy's version of the agree ment under which he accepted reap pointment conforms with his state ment made here at that time. It was known l hen that President Coolidge was disposed lo support Admiral Pal mer in his efforts to get the govern ment out of the shipping business ns soon as possible, regardless of incon venience to ports affected, but Com missioner Haney Informed bis friends that the president had no! sought lo impose such a view Upon him. British Boat Blows Up. Havre, France. A violent xplos sion occurred Sunday night on board I be small llritish steamer Concret, moored in the port. The vessel broke in tWO, caught lire and sank. The French watchman, named La Beuhea, ami his wile. Ihe only persons aboard, perished, The Concrete had been employed In dealing away war-time wrecks ob structing the approaches to the port. She carried explosives. Italian "Sub" Missing. Home. The Italian submarine Se basliano Yleniro disappeared during last week's naval maneuvers oil' Sicily ami has not been heard from since. An official announcement says de stroyers, dirigibles, submarines and motorhoals have searched the Sicilian coast day and night since the disap pearance of the submersible but wit li mit success. Neolithic Bones Found. Ms,con, France. Three human skeletons, believed to be of the neo- lithlc age, hsve been discovered by! scientists who have been delving Into the mysteries burled nt Solulre, near here. The skeleton are believed to be from tliiOO to SO00 yeurs old. The last of them, found Sut unlay, was that of a man of about 40 years of age. GAILLAUX TO COM E 10 UNITED STATES French Finance Minister Will Discuss War Debt. SEE SUCCESS IN VISIT Washington Has No Fear That Ten tative British Pact Will Affect Negotiations. Washington, D. C. Announcement that Joseph Calllaux, French finance minister, is coming to the United States to confer with Secretary Mel lon and the American debt funding commission seems to Indicate almost to a certainly in the opinion of Amer ican officials, that a debt settlement between the two governments is ex pelled and will be reached. Furthermore there seems to be little serious fear that the tentative arrange ment which thas been reached be tween M. CaillaUX and Winston Churchill, British chancellor for the exchequer, will nffect the negotiations between the French and the American debt officials to the extent of prevent ing an engagement. Occupying in France the same posi Hon as does Secretary Mellon in this country, the importance of M. Caillaux in these negotiations, it is pointed out, is of the first, rank. That he should come himself instead of sending sub ordinates is accepted as assurance that the formal negotiations which are about to start will be carried through to a successful conclusion. The tentative agreement with Oreat Britain has not changed the fundamentals of the French debt sit uation with the United States it may he slated on his authority and further more, it has been learned from reliable sources that the report of the British French understanding was received by officials here more favorably than is generally admitted. The agreement is also looked on as indicating a desire on Ihe part of the former to pay. While the FrehCh at first may sug gest a moratorium, doubt exists in well advised quarters as to whether any actual or direct moratorium will be granted, although it is admitted that France during the early years will not be financially able to make any substantial payments, possibly not greatly in excess of the 120,000,000 which she is now paying annually on I ho 1400,000,000 which she owes on war stocks and which will be funded in wilii the rest of Ihe debt. Friend of Lincoln Dies. Madison, N. J. William O. Stod dard. 90 once private secretary of Abraham Lincoln, died at his home here Saturday. Mr. Stoddard, a veter an of the newspaper profession, had been a in good health until recently. Death was attributed to Mr. Stod dard's advanced age. He was the first journalist to mention Abraham Lin coln for the presidency in 1859 and in IStiO he became the hitter's secretary, a post which lie held for four years. Air Speed Mark Broken. Lcbourget, France. The French aviator Fernand l.asne Saturday broke Ihe world's speed record for 1000 kilo meters (021.37 miles), flying the dis tance in 4 hours 1 minute 10 seconds, a speed of 24S.7 kilometers (154.4 miles) nn hour. The former record was held by the French aviator Doret, at 221.775 kilo meters (18X1 miles) an hour. Storm Kills Two Girls. Klectra, Tex. Vulma liatcliff, 7, aud Otida Smltto, 8, were killed when a small tornado demolished the Hat cliff girl's home four miles south of here Saturday. Gladys Smltto, 12, was ser iously injured. Considerable damage was djmc-tjni denJcks and other property in the vicinity. More than four inches Of ruin fell here within nn hour. Mission Workers Freed. Shanghai. Bishop II. W. K. Mowll. his wife and six other members of the Church Missionary society, captured by brigands near Cheutgu, Siochwun province. Anvils! (,, ),uv,. ., n releas ed. This news was contained in a telegram received Tuesday by the local otfice of ihe missionary society. Snake Has Two Heads. Seattle. Wash. Two heads without a single bite grew upon a garter snake which Fred Hush of Seattle ex hibited here. The heads are both per-' feet and the snake seemed normal in other respects. Hush carries the reptile, Which Is but four Inches long. In u mati h box in his vest pocket. I eoeet j STATE NEWS t A A A - A A A A A. A A A A A A. .fc Eugene. A limit of 2500 pounds has been placed on the Maple creek and Fiddle creek roads in the western end of Lane. county, effective October 15 to May 15. Bend. William McKinley, charged with cattle rustling on the high desert country near Brothers was placed un der arrest Friday by George Stokoe, deputy sheriff. Ashland. John Carkin, state repre sentative from this county and one of the leaders in the last session of the legislature, has denied the report re cently circulated here that he would not seek re-election. Salem The fraternal temple asso ciation of Salem, which will have con trol of the old Klks home here Satur day prepared articles of incorporation Which will be filed in the state cor poration department next Monday. Salem. Because of the shortage of labor in Marion county, cannery oper ators have appealed to the state board of control to allow some of the state charges to assist in saving the fruit crop. The request has teen allowed. Oregon City. At a meeting of the Clackamas County Holstein associa tion, held at the office of County Agent Holt Saturday, plans for mak ing an attractive display of Holstein entile at the county fair this year were discussed. Salem. Although some automobile owners have been required to pay ns much as $50 to have t heir lights ad justed and equipped in compliance with the new state lighting law, the average cost to operators thus far has been a trifle more than $2.50. Fugene. Bay Williams, 25, and ftollo H. Barker, 24, both married,! were arrested at Junction City Friday afternoon on a charge of larceny of wheat. In Fugene justice court they waived examination and were bound over. Bail was fixed at $1500 each. Westport. The Westport Lumber company has just completed building 150.000 square feet of dockage along the highway to the Cathlamet ferry slip. The ground for thisj highway, a distance of COO feet, was donated to the county by the lumber company. Harrisburg. A span and three tourths are now in place at the bridge across the Willamette here. All three spans will be completed by Septem ber 5, or not later than the Sth, ac cording to L. S. Buff, foreman of the job for Ihe Portland Bridge company. Salem. The Salem Iron Works, for the pnst 2$ years operated by John Sband, has ben sold to the Dallas Ma chine and Locomotive Works, with headquarters at Dallas, according to announcement made here Saturday. It was said that the size of the plant would be trebled. McMinnville- -Yamhill county's 1925 prune crop will not be more than .10 per cent of the normal yield, accord ing to a summary made by a local bank of all orchards in the county. However, the fruit will 4e large, and recent rains will tend to improve the quality, the report states. Pendleton, Federation wheat, which for three seasons has proved itself the highest yielding variety in I'matilla county, has made such a reputation for itself that demands are constantly being received by the coun ty agent here for seed and informa tion concerning the variety. Baker. Work is progressing rapidly at the Mother Lode copper mine, 28 miles northeast of Haker. according to John Arthur of the rompnny. He ex pressed the belief that another 50 working days would see the large 54 foot leeched Ol quartz vein tapped at a depth of 144 feet below the famous Poorman tunnel by a vertical drop. Canhy. Norman Eid was killed al most instantly late Saturday night and Fred Lent seriously injured when the steering upparutus on the hitter's ear broke and it went into a ditch be tween here and Oregon City. Mr. Eid was hurried to the hospital in Oregon City, where he died a few minutes later. A SCHOOL DAiS A l ' l ilLb ill ilk, I. TI Ir T1 To Clean Mirror. If a mirror bus stains that refuse to yield to n wash lather, try rubbing them with a sott duster moistened with a few drops of camphor. Five Children Die in Fire. Kverett Mttan Viva kt1AM nil under 13. were burned to death and I their mother. Mrs. Irene Scenna. was taken to a hospital with a broken liack! as the result of a fire here Sunday lht. The fire was started by the up setting of a kerosene lamp in their hellle. Eugene. Several cases of typhoid fever have been reported at Spring field and West Springfield during the past two weeks, according to the coun ty health officer. Physicians say that the fever is caused from drinking water from wells, as both the Spring field and Eugene city water has been pronounced pure. Ashland. James Fagin. arrested here Saturday night on a charge of stealing the automobile he was driv ing, said he won the machine in a poker game in Portland, and that the charge was preform! by the loser. Fngln'a eye was blackened, but he refused to explain how this occurred. He was held by the local police. QpUR LA Last Name IS IT WHISTLER? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER AN ABIDING CONFIDENCE XXTinSTLEB, by some thought to be the greatest name among ell American artists, is In reality n name of Irish origin. That Is to say the first Whistler in this country was MaJ. John Whistler, who was born In Ire lund In 1750. Coming here when a young man he served in the Revolution and retired after the war to Hugerstuwn, Md., with his wife. He was breveted ma jor. His son. George Washington Whistler, was grandson, through his mother, of Sir Edward Bishop of Eng land. He was born In 1800, and wus educated nt the Unfted Suites Military college. His wife was Mary Fisher, and his second Anna .Matilda McNeill, and It was by her that he had a son named James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who was destined to bring the name Into lasting prominence In the history of American art. James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in Russia, where his father was engaged ns consulting engineer. It Is nn Interesting thing that Whistler was not married until he was fifty-four. WESTON This Is a name from places in various parts of England. It Iwas also a personal name in the Sev enth century. LAV1LLE A French name, mean ing la rille, the city. CAT'i.1 An animal name, pure and Simple. A family of Norman origin In 'England, called first Le Chat, the French for cat. Then the name be came Le Cat, and then Catt. Kett Is another form of the name. (ft by MaOlure Newspaper Syndicate ) O WHO SAID "The man whose purse is empty can sing before the robber." npiUS bit of philosophizing on the advantages of being poor was ut tered by Beelmus Junius Juvenalis, the jgreut Latin writer of poetical satires, J whose sayings are best known as the jWork of "Juvenal" the popular form ;ln which his name lias been handed down through the ages. Facts concerning the birth, life and death of this famous personage of an- jtiqulty nre very obscure and are of doubtful authenticity, lie Is supposed jto have been born at Aqulnum, a Vol seian town In Italy, about forty-two years after the birth of Christ. W ho his parents were is not known, hat lds jtory relutes that he was the adopted jchiid of a wealthy freedman. This man furnished the funds with which Juvenal was enabled to support him self while Studying With the philoso pher at Borne. By profession Juvenal Wus a pleader, or, as wt would sav today, u lawyer. History further relates that he wn exiled from his native land and look up his residence in Egypt Just why he was forced to leave Koine Is not stated, but it Is a safe assumption that a man of Juvenal's discernment soon saw much to condemn in Home and did not hesitate to criticize. Such being the case, Juvenal was fortunate that exile wus his fate for many oth ers of his time suffered execution for the same offense." No detailed account of Juvenal's life In Egypt can be found ether than that he was put in Charge of a cohort of infantry and died while In the dls-1 charge of his duty. The only works of this writer and poet that are In exist ence are 16 satires, composed In hex emeters which give a powerful and somber picture of the corrupt condi tion of the Roman society of his day. It Is likely Juvenal's Indignation, ex pressed go forcefully in these satires, vas responsible for bis exile. I Translations of his works have been made by Gifford ami l.y Iryden, the English poet. Wayne D. XlcMurray. I t lr Qorf. Ma tt haw A.4m. yOU may often wonder nt the suc- cess of some envied friend of yours who apparently goes straight without faltering or making any visible mistake. And it may be, too, that It is he or she who is not counted In your ex clusive set as being specially brilliant, who in some way or another manages to keep pace with the head line of the procession in spite of the ill winds of gossip, and holds securely his or her place without any perceptible sign of losing It. Sometimes It must be admitted that you are burning with jealousy and not infrequently angry. The contented smile on his or her face is disquieting to you, even though you really try to be charitable and big hearted. It cuts deeply Into the soul and ex poses the raw surface to the biting wind of hate; It stirs up a sense of smarting pain just at the moment when you would settle down for the evening with a companionable book. Like many other envious humans, you fail to look beneath the unruffled surface for the cause, being more or less inclined to attribute it to "dumb hick," so away you go continuing In the irritating chase of illusions. The difference between you and your friend Is that through all of his or her (rials, he or she litis nn abiding confi dence which has been nursed In trou ble nnd adversity until it litis become a lusty offspring of faith. And tills same little glad-eyed spirit is waiting for you, ready at your first Invitation to clasp your hand and lead you safely wherever you may want to gor If you will but trust him, wanting nothing for the helpfulness but yout loyalty and an abiding confidence. ( by McClura Newspaper Syndicate.) For the Children " OOD food habits are an important part of personal hygiene and thrift. Children ucquire such hablta by having .suitable amounts of suit able foods served to them and then being expected to eat what Is set be fore them. Seasonable Food3. Daring the hot weather we like to reduce the amount of meat used, but do not eliminate It entirely. Jellied meat, pressed meat, veal loaves, spiced beef nnd sliced cold meats find a large place in the menus. Ham Mousse. Soften a tnblospoonful of gelatin ro enough cold water to cover. Pour over It u cupful of boiling stock, stir until dissolved, strain and pour the llqulr" over two cupfuls of chopped ham. Let stand until It begins to thicken, then fold In one cupful of whipped cream. Turn the mixture Into a wet mold. Serve on lettuce. Vegetable Salad. Slice tomatoes and cucumbers ana place Uiem on bead lettuce that has been well chilled. Pour over a French dressing, using five tablespoonfuls ol oil and two Of tarragon vinegar and one-half cupful or less of roquefort cheese, broken in bits. Stir until web blended, adding salt If needed and a few dashes of cayenne. Belgian Hash. Soak one-half cupful of prunes, one half cupful of currants, over night, add two finely chopped pig's hocks that have been cooked until the meut falls from the bones, add one-half cupful of sugar, three-fourths of a cupful of vinegar and one-fourth of water ;.lf the vinegar Is very acid, use half of each. Add grated nutmeg nnd a little salt. Put Into the oven and cook until the liquid Is absorbed. C 1125. Wutlrn Nwapapr Union