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THIRD PARTY IS FORMED STATE N E W S IN BRIEF. Cam paign Support by 10 or 12 Organ* OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Importan Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government* and Pacifie N orthwest, and O ther Things W orth Knowing. The French cham ber of deputies voted an additional 20,000 franca year for cabinet m inisters and 15,- 000 francs for secretaries of state. izations .Expected. Chicago.—Foundation stones were laic.' Saturday for a new p arty on which to unite all third party move m ents, when the com m ittee of 48 and the single tax party joined in their first national convention to draft platform and pick nominees who, they hope, will win the support of 10 or 12 liberal organizations. The first day’s session, devoted to keynote speeches and organization work, developed as m any different views as there were factions repre sented. Rules, resolutions and nom inations for perm anent officials were debated step by step and a t tim es acrim oniously. Allen McCurdy, the tem porary chairm an from New York and J. A. H. Hopkins, head of the com m ittee of 48, who opened the con vention, m aintained order with diffi culty. A committee representing the eight leading grain exchanges of the country are m eeting in Chicago to form ulate plans for the reopening of trading in Division between the liberal and radical groups was brought out in w heat futures. the rules debate when Swinburne Hale The A ustrian H ungarian m inister of of New York said the state delega education has issued a ruling th at only tions w ere divided “51 per cent lib 25 per cent of the high school stu eral and 49 per cent radical.’’ He dents may be Jews. At present 60 per pleaded for a change in the rules that cent of the students are Jew s. would prevent the radicals from be Joseph Casey, aged 12, of Utica, N. life out-voted by the m ajority lib Y., was instantly killed Sunday on the erals, but the m ajority ruled and his links of a golf club when he was struck plea was lost. Participation of the single-taxers by a golf ball driven from a point 200 in S aturday’s convention followed an yards away. The boy was a caddie. earlier session, at which they decided A train on which the P rince of to present their platform dem ands W ales was traveling was derailed near and views on candidates. They were Bridgetown, W est A ustralia, Monday. understood to be willing to accept Two of the royal coaches w ere throw n either Charles H. Ingersoll, watch off the tracks, but nobody was in m anufacturer, or Amos Pinchot, one jured. of the leaders of the com m ittee of 48, R epresentative Dick I. M organ of for presidential nominee. They w ere opposed, th eir leaders Woodward, Okla., died a t Danville, 111., Sunday night from lobar pneumonia. said, to Senator Robert M. La Fol- He had represented the eighth Okla lette, the favorite .presidential candi homa d istrict in congress for the last date of the 48ers, and may bolt the convention and select their own ticket 12 years. if La Follette is nominated. Two persons w ere killed and two seriously injured early Sunday m orn ing when the G reat N orthern fast w est bound mail train No. 27 was wrecked at Halford, 60 miles n o rth east of Seattle. AMERICANS FLEEING, RUSS SWEEP AHEAD Cottage Grove.—The W estern Lum ber and Export com pany's mill and the J. 11. Chambers mill, which shut down HOW TOPSY WON Document Signed in Form for over the fourth, have not yet re sumed operations, due to Inability to IGER and Tim were two kittens, Sought ¡by Allies. get cars with which to ship th eir prod and while their mother, Mrs. uct. Puss, tried to bring them up as well- • Salem.—‘Thousands of cattle from uiannered kittens should be brought eastern Oregon are being shipped into up, those two naughty kits quarreled ail the time. Idaho and M ontana to- replenish the Topsy Kitten, their sister, was a nice herds of those states, according to Dr. quiet little puss, and Mrs. Puss was W. H. Lytle, sta te veterinarian, who very proud of this one well-behaved Question of Occupation Is for Entente Just returned here a fte r two weeks child, you may be sure, nnd th at was spent a t Pendleton, B aker and other one reason her brothers never missed to Decide, Not Germany, Says a chance to plague their sister because cities. Lloyd George. she was always held up to them as a Roseburg.—Small cherry growers model. who failed to contract th eir crop with But the one thing they never for the local canning plant earlier in the gave was what took place in the barn Spa, Belgium.—Germany, in con season are now losing 2 cents a pound one day, though it was not a t all form lty w ith the unanim ous decision and the price is threatening to go even Topsy’s fault but their own. Mrs. Puss had offered a prize to the of her cabinet, Saturday signed the below this point. From the opening one who should catch the first mouse. protocol for her speedy disarm am ent price of 12 cents cherries have drop It was to be a red ribbon for their insisted upon by the allies. Chancellor ped to 10 cents a pound. neck and each one. of course, w ant ed It. Fehrenbach and Dr. Simons, foreign Portland.—The steam ships Iris and “Oh, we will get the prize,” said m inister, affixed th eir signatures to Fort Seward, both well known to Port Tim to Tiger. “Topsy is so nice she the document, which was draw n in the land shipping folk, are offered for sale exact form subm itted by M arshal by the shipping board. Instructions to advertise for bids on the two ves Foch and Field M arshal W ilson, the sets were received from W ashington allied m ilitary chiefs. by C. D. Kennedy, district agent of the The signature w as preceded by a operations division of the board. notification from Dr. Simons on behalf Bend.—Oscar Houston, Prinevllle of his governm ent th a t in signing the garage man, while on an automobile protocol Germ any did not give her trip to Bend, struck a m tach while his consent to fu rth er occupation of Ger gasoline tank was being filled, in an effort to see how much fuel he had man territory, which could only be The gasoline Ignited, and only prom pt given by the relchstag. action by employes of the filling sta P rem ier Lloyd George said he quite tion saved Houston from injury. understood th a t point of view. The Salem.—Bids for the construction of question of fu rth er occupation in the a new dorm itory a t the sta te home for would not run after a mouse. Let us event of Germany not observing the the feeble-minded w ere opened by the go in the barn and watch this morn stipulations of the treaty and protocol, board of control here W ednesday. Six ing. Then I can wear the ribbon this however, was one for the allies to de bids were received, as follows: A. J, afternoon when we sit out in front in the sun.” term ine and not for the German par Anderson, <52,823; Carl Engstrom , “I am going to win the prize,” said liam ent, he declared. <40,647; Peterson W aale, <49,796; Tiger, “l’ou can’t have it.” The protocol was signed In a small Stebbinger Bros., <41,850; V. Van Pal “Oh, I know I'll get the mouse room adjoining the conference cham let), <43,420; John Alm eter, <39,374. first!” said Tim. “I can always beat you running.” ber. Chancellor F’chrenbach and Dr. Molalla.—The Key Lum ber com “N either of you will get It if you Simons signed first. A fter laying down the pen they bowed to Mr. Lloyd patty's mill here was destroyed Mon stand there quarreling,” said Mrs. George as though saying: “Well, th at ay night by fire, the loss am ounting Puss, giving each of iter sons a tap to <13,000. The cause of the fire was on their ears which sent both scud disagreeable business is finished.” ding into the bnrn. unknown but the blaze was believed Mr. Lloyd George bowed courteously Tim sat down by the biggest hole, in return. H err Geissler, m inister of to have been started by a cigarette defense, was not present but he voted stub. Much of the lum ber was saved. earlier in the German cabinet council The buildings on which was carried about <1700 insurance will be recon for signing the protocol.. COLLEEN M OORE structed a t once. T PROTESTS INVASION W arsaw.—News from the battlefront is meager, but at last accounts the Allies May Aid Poles. Americans were reported to have evac Salem.—A belated Initiative petition Spa.—If the Poles consent to retire having for its purpose the prohibiting uated Minsk, Kovel and other towns toward which bolshevlkl are approach within the natural frontiers of Poland of profiteering, trusts and monopolies and providing penalties for violations ing in their 745 mile westwurd sweep. the allies will give them all possible of the proposed act, was received at Concluding argum ents on the appli Many telegraph w ires are down and assistance in the event of th eir being the offices of the secretary of state cation of the railroads of the county attacked by the bolsheviki. This an the railroads have been cut. here W ednesday. The petition was for increased froight rates to not an nouncem ent was made here Monday. It is reported thut Minsk is on fire additional billion dollars yearly rev Tho ullies have sent a proposal to initiated by the housewives’ council, enue were begun Tuesday before the but it is not certain w hether the bol- the Russian soviet governm ent for nn of which Mrs. F. J. Kane, 83% Third t, Portland, is president. Interstate commerce commission by shevikl have yet occupied the town. arm istice with Poland on condition stree% representatives of shippers. Tho Catholic archbishop bore has tfiat tho Poles retire w ithin their na- Eugene.—M otorists who drive the ural Polish frontiers nnd th at if the Pacific highway through Lane county appealed to m em bers of tho church Excessive drinking of Florida w ater bolsheviki nttack the Poles within will be glad to learn th at a new bridge mixed with near beer caused the death to Join tho colors. these frontiers the allies will come to will be built Immediately at n point Russian residents have begun or of W alter Sm ith, 22-year-ohl luborer ’olnnd's aid. A conference of repre a m ile south of Cresswell, where there of Pendleton, Ore. Coroner llrown did ganization of Infantry and civil de sentatives of all the countries is pro exl3ts a t present n narrow, rickety net cull fur an inquest, as it was learn tachm ents to fight the bolsheviki. posed. wooden bridge. The new bridge will Tile American relief association and ed that Sm ith had been drinking large be of wood, 57 feet long and 20 feet quantities of the alcoholic concoction. the American Red Cross have com Accidents Fatal for Seven. wide, patterned after plans approved pleted evarn.ition of Vllnn in the north In a race riot at Denison, Texus, Sun and of Lem berg on the southern front. Salem, Or.—T here were seven fatal by the state highway commission day night, the outgrow th of a dispute At last ueecunts the bolsheviki were ities in Oregon due to industrial acci Salem.—Tho Wiliam ina & Grand between ft negro and a w hite boy, 40 kilom eters from Vllnn. Extensive seven negroes were beaten and injured preparations have been made for that dents during the week ending July 1, Rondo Railway company has filed with by mobs of 200 or more w hite men and city's defense. Lem berg is net yet in according to a report prepared by the the Oregon public service commission Rtate Industrial accident commission application to construct its lines across boys. The trouble started over an danger. Of the 482 accidents reported, 468 were j coun^>’ ro»ds in la m h iil and Polk argum ent at a baseball game. None Americans nnd other foreigners here subject to the provisions of the com «»unties. The railroad, which is now was Injured seriously. an* considering em ergency plans pensatlon act, 20 were from firms and wnd®r Construction, will extend from A dispatch to the El Paso Times should bolsheviki m enace tho city. corporations th at have rejected the Willnmlno, Yamhill county, to Bent- from Its correspondent In Torreon, The Red Cross and o th er welfare or provisions of the com pensation law. ley, Polk county, and will carry on Mexico, says Francisco Villa lias sign ganization m em bers discussed plans and four were from public utility cor both a freight afid passenger business. ed an unn istice and agreed to cease for the evacuation and nlso for the porations not subject to benefits under K lam ath Falls.—Miller Hill, Sum nttacks on train s, garrisons or towns. ra re of American property. the act. m ers and Midland school districts, Vllta has also agreed to surrender — ----------------- — — I with a combined enrollm ent of 90 under certain conditions to be approv Debs to Steer Party Canada to Pay on Wheat. pupils, a re considering a proposal ed by Provisional P resident de la In Cell If Not Feed Winnipeg. — The Canadian w h e a t.10 consolidate the districts, and build H uerta. board has decided to m ake an interim a central sch° o1 buildln* large enough to accom m odate the elem entary grades Detroit.—Unless he Is pardoned. The am endm ent to the trading with payment of 30 cents per bushel as soon and two classes in high school work. th e enemy net passed by the recent Eugene V. Debs, presidential nominee ns possible after July 15, against the The question will be decided a t a session of congress authorizes the re of the socialist party, will direct the w heat represented by its participation special election to be held, probably turn of 1150,000,000 of enemy property, p arty ’s cum psiga this sum m er from certificates. W hile the board will be next spring. according to estim ates of th e nlien property custodian's office. T here will A tlanta federal prison, where he is unable to determ ine the total value of Salem.—Bonds In the sum of <1,- rem ain more than $350,000,000 In seis serving a sentence for violation of the the certificates before the business Is 700,000 voted by the people of Clack ed property In the hands of th at of espionage law the socialist national | C0UH>1«‘‘“ »* present Indications,* It says, am as county for the Improvement and are that this paym ent represents ap ficial. committee has decided. construction of roads are Invalid be The com m ittee decided first, how proximately 75 per cent. cause the aggregate am ount of money W hut was said to he the largest ever. to make nn appeal to President involved In the issue exceeds 2 per single road construction enntrar* ever Allies Firm W ith Turks. Wilson for Debs' release. About 200 cent of the assessed valuation of prop aw arded in the Uulted S tates, was Spa. Belgium.—The final draft of the erty In the county, according to an socialists plan to call on the presi aw arded lu Texas to a Phoenix, Arts, dent soon and urge him to act on the reply to the Turkish objections was »pinion w ritten by Justice Benson and firm , according to word from Ranger, request made bv a sim ilar committee adopted by the allied delegates Mon handed down by the Oregon suprem e Texas, The contract calls for con day. It will be handed to the Turkish court here. to Secretary Tumulty. stru ctio n of 160 tulles of hardsurfaced delegation at Versailles on July 17. road s and 60 m iles of graded roads in Pendleton.—R epresentatives of the and published sim ultaneously in Paris Craft Offered Germans. E astlan d county under a boud Issue of and Ixtudon. The reply ..j*1ls upon tho U m atilla drainage district m et here Berlin.—The Boerscn C ourier's Ham <4.600,000. , Turks to sign the treaty as drafted, Tuesday m orning to place before the burg correspondent claim s to ha>e j with only slight modifications. G reat B ritain does not forget those county court th eir proposition to bond w ho prove them selves Its friends In authority to confirm the report (hat for construction of one main and two 200 Russian Brides Land. th e h our of need. S ir Auckland Geddes. British shipow ners have offered to lateral ditches through the townsite of B ritish am bassad o r to the United sell to German «hlpow ners or (he San Francisco.—Two hundred Rus Stanfield, located in Stage gulch, S tates, told G eneral Pershing Monday German governm ent a large part of sian brides of American soldiers a r which Is wet when all the surround In presenU ug him a bejeweled sword the tounsge surrendered ns compensa- rived here Monday from Vladivostok ing country dries up. This condition a s a gift of th e city of London. The tlon for the Scapa flow sinkings. with th eir husbands, on board the : has long aggravated residents, and p resen tatio n w as m ade a t th e British The Germ ans declined to accede to arm y transport M adawaska. Several action m ay be taken to «hatter the em bassy b e fo re a distinguished com the British dem and that the ships fly women had two o r three children. One hnrdpan and allow the three ditches the British flag. pany. * had a family of eight. to properly drain the townaite. The tre a ty returning the Danish zone in Schleswig to Dunlsh sov ereignty was signed in P aris by the French, British, Italian and Japanese am bassadors and H. A. Bernhoft, Danish m inister to France. and Tiger said th at was not fair, so they pushed each other about until their mother, hearing the racket, came In and settled the dispute by saying they both should sit by the hole, and the one who caught the mouse would have the prize. I t was a long time before the mouse came out of his hole, because they had made so much noise, but at last be did come, and such a scramble you never did see. Over boxes and palls and rakes and hoes they all flew, and then Tim caught it, but Tiger took It away from him, saying th a t be saw It first, and that the mouse belonged to him. Tim Kitten said it was his, and he began to push Tiger, and the first thing they knew they had forgotten all about the mouse, which had es caped and was running for its hole. Tim and Tiger tumbled and clawed at each other in a terrible way. quar reling all the time, each saying the mouse was his, when Topsy, who was passing the barn, beard the noise and went In to see w hat was going on. Ju st as she entered the door the mouse was running for its hole, and, quick as a wink, Topsy pounced upon it and carried it off to her mother. That afternoon when Mrs. Puss sat out in the sun with her three children Topsy wore the red ribbon, while her brothers looked at her with envy and anger. “She took my mouse,” said Tim. “I caught it first.” “It was my mouse. I snw it before you did,” said Tiger. “If 1 hear another word about that mouse both of you will go to bed w ith out your supper,” said Mrs. Puss. “ If you two were not always quarreling one of you would have won the prize, but your sister caught th e mouse and brought it to me first and the prize Is hers.” As they were to have a saucer of cream for supper, Tim and Tiger thought it best not to talk any more, hut Tim whispered to his brother and sa id : "Who wants the old red ribbon any way? I don’t. Only girl kittens w ear those tilings.” “I don’t want It, either,” said Tiger, rolling over on the grass. “Boy kit tens can't fight with ribbons on their necks.” (C o p y rig h t.) LANDW.GILLI ( C o p y r ig h t.) T H E U N IV E R S A L Q U ES TIO N . T h e y do n ot a s k : “ W h e re d o es th is p a th . w a y le a d ? W h a t w e re m y g o a l If I s h o u ld t h u s p ro - ceed?" N o. t h e y ’r e n o t a s k in g v i t a l t h i n g s lik e th o s e In th e s e s w if t d a y s th r o u g h w h ic h th e m a d w o rld flow s. I n s te a d , t h e y ’re a n x io u s t h a t th e y m a y n o t fa il T o h o ld t h e i r Job a n d d r a w t h e i r w e e k ly k a le . A n d t h i s th e o n ly q u e s tio n t h a t th e y ask A s, lo o k in g a t th e clo c k , t h e y s l i g h t t h e ir ta s k : "C an I G et b y?” Pretty Colleen Moore, one or the win- some stars of the "movies” is just eighteen years old. Her smile has won thousands of warm friends for her, and her acting has endeared her to the hearts of thousands and thousands of others who are patrons of the screen houses. Yes, she is a lover of pets__ she has two tittle bunnies which she carries with her most of the t i m e - in her large fur coat pockets. --------- O--------- Farmer's Side Line. A Vermont farm er took up his posi tion with n horse at a niudhole in the road near East Montpelier, nnd stnyed there ail day, making good money hauling out stalled automobiles at <1 a haul. O - T h e y do n o t a s k : " C o u ld t h i s w o rk t h a t I do B e d o n e m o re th o r o u g h ly , b y h a n d s m o re tru e ? ” T h ey do n o t q u e ry : “ M ig h t I d o s till m o re T o b le s s m y b o s s ‘in b a s k e t a n d in s to re ? ’ ” T h e y a r e n o t tr o u b le d w ith a h a u n t i n g fear L e s t w o rk t h e i r h a n d s a r e d o in g p r o v e to o d e a r . N o t a n y ! A s th e y p r a y f o r c lo s e o f b iz.. T h e ir o n e a n d o n ly e a r n e s t q u e s tio n Is: "C an I G et b y?” • • • MATHEM ATICALLY SPEAKING "1 n o t e t h a t c o u p le s w ith c h il d r e n a r e se ld o m d ivorced.*’ “ Yes. If t h e y ’ve m u l ti p li e d a n y , t h e y ' r e d iv id e d less e a s i ly .” • • • Very Suggestive. One of these scientific dope-sheet- ers, who w rites nil the stuff we don’t want to know, says: “To prevent the Toss of n loose finger ring, there has been patented a guard to be fastened inside it nnd engage the knuckle of the weaker.” If some of these paragraphing sm art alecks don’t pick up that word “en gage” in there, in connection with the word “ring,” we shall be profoundly disappointed. • • • FINNIGAN FILOSOPHY. W h in a m a n calls y e s a lia r, he a lw e z fe e ls h e 's p h r o m o t i n ’ y e s i n t o his o w n class. --------- O--------- What the Sphinx Says. By Newton Newkirk. “No b u s i ness man can afford to re tire. even t h o u g h he CAN a f f o r d It—work is s habit whose shackles are shaken off at the awful cost of rolng dead a t the top, or ’dippy,’ which is worse.”