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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1920)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Importan Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Ev ents o f Noted People, Government* and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worthy Knowing. General Semenoff, commander of the remnants of all-Russian forces In Siberia, has been seriously wounded in a mine explosion in China. T EN D ’ c IN KLAM ATH F IR E Hotel and Business Houses Burn W ith ' Loss o f $130,000. STATE N E W V O S IN BRIEF, 1 s u Klamath Fails, Or.— Ten persons are I Albany.— September 17 has been fix known to have been burned to death, ed as the date for the official open seven are injured, and several others, | jng 0j Albany's community house, and two of whom are believed to be from plans for a big house-warming are be Portland, are missing as the result ing developed. of a fire which destroyed the Hous ton hotel here Monday and also razed | Salem.— Frank Davey, candidate for a part of the business district. Esti representative from Marion county at mates of the number o f dead have I the November election, has accepted been placed as high as 16. a position as special claim investigator The property loss was estimated j in the state industrial accident de at $150,000. partment. A ll those who lost their lives were Eugene.— The outlet of Slltcoos lake, occupants o f the Houston hotel, which in the western part of Lane county, was crowded with 180 persons who will soon be made navigable for small had come to Klamath Falls for the power boats, according to R. S. Shel Labor day celebration. ley, supervisor of tbe Siuslaw national The seven persons who were hurt forest, who has just returned to Eu sustained Injuries dr burns in at gene. tempting to make their escape from Salem.— The Guernsey Cattle Breed the flaming building. The fire rap idly ¿wept through the old three- ers’ association o f tbe Pacific north story building which almost at once west w ill hold a public auction in was. turned to a fiery furnace. Many Portland on Novem ber 18 in connec of the patrons were forced to leap tion with the Pacific International ex from the upper windows. The flames position, according to announcement in almost no time seemed to have made here. 19 RADICALS PLOT PASSENGERS’ DEATH Confessions Betray Plan to Wreck Fast Train. TO KILL SURVIVORS Track to Be Torn Up Near 300-Foot Cut and Coachea Hurled to Bottom. Springfield, 111.— Confessions from the eight conspirators said to be direct ly connected with the plot to wreck the Diamond special of the Illinois Central near here Wednesday night Samuel Lehman, well-known musical were obtained Monday night by Chief conductor and author of “ Everybody of Police Morris and federal agents. Works but Father," was killed in New Officials declared their belief that had York Sunday by an automobile. the plan been carried out not one pas cut o ff all avenues of escape from Portland.— Damages totaling $428,- According to the London Daily Mall, senger on the train would have es the hotel. 053.74 for alleged breach of contract it has been decided to establish an Th e hotel register was destroyed, are sought in a suit filed in the cir caped alive. Arab parliament in Mestopotamla and Nineteen foreigners are under ar making the work of identification cuit court recently by the Astoria also an Arab cabinet with British difficult, it was feared that in some Marine Iron Works against the United rest and all are declared by officials advisers. cases the names of the victims might States shipping board emergency fleet to be communists. The track, accord ing to the confessions, was to have Both the Polish and Russian soviet never be learned. Five unidentified I corporation, been torn up about 300 feet from a delegations plan to resume tbe peace persons who were known to have oc Hermiston.— Owners of prune orch bridge near Bissel, so that the train negotiations within a week, probably cupied rooms in the hotel are missing at Riga, Letvla, says a wireless mes according to statements made by Mrs ards on the Umatilla project report would be plunged into a 50-foot ra that the crop returns w ill be very vine. By H O W AR D L. RANN sage from Minsk. Goldie Hoi^ton, who managed the —W h a t T h e y M ean good this year. Climate and soil are W hatever passengers remained hotel, and Harry Jones, night clerk. The French government has decided proving favorable to the growing of alive, Chief Morris declared the con From the Houston hotel the fire to appoint two delegates to the Ameri DID YOU DREAM OF HENS? THE MU FFLER CUT-OUT prunes and more land is being put into fessions said, the plotters intended can Mayflower celebration in Novem leaped south across the street und to kill and then “ to kick in the teeth HE muffler cut-out Is an attach ber and December, one of whom will wiped out the opera house and other prunes eac^ year> HIS is not a common dream but of the rich.” buildings in the same block. The | Albany.— The mountains of eastern ment which enables the automo It Is a most favorable one, par be General Neville. The Diamond special was selected taking o f that generally beneficent bile to talk out loud. flames jumped east across the sec- Linn county have produced this year Women of Georgia have a right to ond street and destroyed the Argraves the largest and best crop of huckle- “ because only the rich ride on it; character which appertains to nearly Until the muffler cut-out was In vote In the state-wide primary Septem upartrnents and two adjoining re*sl berries in many years. People from poor people don’t ride in sleepers.” all bucolic visions. Dream-hens and vented the only thing about an auto ber 8, as well as at the coming gen dences. A member of the gang was to be dream-chickens are equally of fortu mobile that would talk was money. It various sections who have gone into became necessary to get up something eral election, R. A. Denny, state at stationed at the nearest farm to kill nate omen. The fire, which is believed to have the mountains are securing great quan If the hens are making that peculiar that would take the owner’s mind off torney general ruled. its owner if he raised an outcry and started from a refuse pile In the rear | titles of the berries. noise called “ singing” then Is the the cost of upkeep, hence the cut-out telephone wires were to be cut, ac dream more than ever propitious, ns It was Introduced, with the result that General Semenoff, anti-bolshevik of the hotel, wus discovered about Salem.— The state land board has cording to the confession. foretells thrift, many children and do Its raucous snort may be heard on C'ossack leader in eastern Siberia, has 3:30 A. M. signed a contract with the Salem Sand “ In my 33 years of police service mestic happiness. If you see a brood every country road from coast to coast That others lost their lives in the applied to Leon Trotzky for permis & Gravel company whereby the cor The cut-out has a number o f de sion to join the Russian soviet army, holocaust besides the ten persons poration agrees to iem ove a minimum I have never known a moro carefully of chickens Instead of hens It is true that you will probably have many pet cided advantages, however. When a laid and diabolic plot to destroy life,” whose bodies have been recovered says a Moscow dispatch. of 5000 cubic yards of sand and gravel ty cares and worries before you will strong, fusty cut-out Is coming around declared Chief of Police Morris. was apparent by the grisly evidence | attnln your good fortune, but you will a sharp corner with Its mouth wide from the bed of the W illam ette river Prince George Lotfalluh, personal Direct connection between the men of human bones which could be seen eventually get there and all your wor- open It is not necessary to sound the within a period of five years. The friend of Emir Flsai, king of Syriu, in custody and other communists who riments turn out to your advantage. in the burned debris where the hotel horn, as its language can he heard stipulated price Is 10 cents per cubic says that the king was willing to ac scattered leaflets here Monday urging once stood. Any one about to embark in a busi with perfect ease by anybody who is yard. cept a foreign mandate for Syria, pre destruction of the government and ness venture attended with some risk driving In the next township. By W ith so many persons forced to flee | ferably American or British. Portland.— More than $1,000,000 was support of the soviet regime in Rus should by all means dream of chickens, the Judicious use of this device the from the hotel in scant attire or none Kiitsu Kanayama, senior public pro at all, relief measures were at once I paid by Stanley Dollar of San Fran sia has been established, according to as It shows that his venture will turn life o f many a joy rider who could be out successful beyond his expecta spared as well as not has been saved curator of Japan, wus seriously wound undertaken by local members of the cisco for the Monarch mills in Nor Ut the authorities. tions. For n young unmarried woman to the community, and the speed manl- State and federal warrants charg ed Tuesday when he was stabbed by Red Cross. The Main street court- Portland, according to L. W .David, to dream o f an old mother-hen sur a Japanese, who went to his office to house, an unoccupied building now in owner> who made the sale. The prop- ing conspiracy, attempt to commit a rounded by her chicks Is a sign that GL a DW/N hot5 THft interview him on legul matters. MEAN THAT 'WE'tL lltlgutlon, was commandeered by the erty wiU be operated by a company felony and counterfeiting, will pre she will be mnrrled before the chick have T o walk , up vent any chance of liberty on bonds, ens have grown up to hentood, and the Red Cross und the fire refugees were P f which Mr. Dollar will be the head G oose hill again Search for Americans and British chickens of Dreamland mature Into like we did last Fifty cots were but Mr. David w ill remain as man officials declare, and the eight men subjects kidnaped by Pedro Zamora, •red for there. h S unday - O h meacv ? s8* * 0 ager of the mill. who have confessed w ill be held to hens about as rapidly ns other placed in the building. the Jalisco bundlt, during his raid on chickens. For nny one to see In n A relief fund was started this aft Heppner.— Harvesting and threshing the grand jury. Deportation proceed dream a hen with n brood of chickens the town of Cuale, August 20, has been ings are probable. about her denotes that there will soon ordered by the Mexican war depart ernoon by organized labor bodies for were resumed on some farms Thurs the fire victims. be a marriage in the family. It Is but ment. day after several days’ layoff on ac fair to state that most authorities count of the rain, and It is believed D E M P S E Y W I N S BY It is reported at Trenton, Out., that made it a prerequisite for success In a that the damage to grain w ill be July Exports Exceed 191!) Record. business venture after dreaming of a company with a capital of $31,000,- K N O C K O U T IN T H I R D Washington, I). C.— Exports of the slight. Between Wednesday morning chickens that the dreamer should have 000 has taken over a former large Benton Harbor, Mich.— Jack Demp United States to the principal coun-1 and Sunduy morning 1.43 Inches of with him plenty of determination. munitions plant here for the purpose tries during July totaled $651,381,827, | rain fell here. This is an August rec- sey, heavyweight champion of the If your dream-hens are running o f manufacturing drugs and chemicals world, demonstrated Monday that he Rbout cackling as If they had Just laid an Increase of $82,694.312 over the ord for this section of the state. on u large scale. still retains the terrific punch that one of those elghty-cents-n-dozen eggs corresponding period last year the Salem.— Marion county hopgrowers won him the title. H e knocked out we rend nhout It shows that something Prompt acceptance of proposals by department of commerce reported Sat declare that the recent heavy rains had Billy Miske of St. Paul, a fighter as will occur to mar your happiness— Step on the Cut-out and Discover That Italy and Great Britain, relative to urday. Imports for the same month no harmful effect on their yards and big and game as himself, in the third probably the price o f eggs will go up Two Cylinders Have Laid Off for the Poland, by the Russian soviet govern amounted to $537,170,351, an Increase! that picking of fuggles, or baby hops, round o f their 10-round match. Three still farther. Nor Is It good luck to Afternoon. ment was chiefly duo to the Polish of $193.424,281 over July, 1919. started August 31st. In a few of the hard smashes were sufficient to win dream of killing n hen. ac who drives on the loft side o f the victory before Wursaw according to (Copyright.) For the first seven months of this yurds the rain knocked the hops from him between $50,000 and $100,000, his -------- O-------- road has also been entirely preserved, a Rome dispatch. year exports totaled $4,899,254,121, the trellis, but these were not dam 50 per cent share of the gate receipts. including his arrow-shaped head- compared to $4,626.109,266 In 1919, piece. A misstep caused Mrs. Phiiomena aged. It is estimated that the crop At the start of the fight, his first ln while imports totaled $3,481,938,379. The muffler cut-out is also useful this year will be 80 per cent normal. 14 months, Dempsey peeled o ff the Mustacl to full to her donth Tuesday in compared with $1,954,257,362. as a means of informing the driver the huge bread mixer in her husliand's Murshfleld.— Accounts of the great same worn and patched red sweater July exports to Great Britain to- whether his engine Is still in the car bukery in Chicago. The police worked or has dropped out through the crank taled $128,894,945, compared with $206. sa,mon run ln the Hogue river toward that he wore when he knocked out two hours extricating the body, nearly Br GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS case. Thousands o f men drive along 233,921 last year; Canada $98,484,423. the c,ose ot the «eason Indicate there Jess Willard. His face wore the same every hone In which wus broken. ln fancied security until they step on fighting frown, he danced about the imports from Great Britain totaled were moro flsh caine into the river the cut-out by accident and discover ring with old-time lightness of foot ISTORY Is a marvelous Teacher. No morning papers appeared in $46,(33,662, Canada $42,720,420, Japan ,han nt any season in the memory of that two cylinders have laid off for From her pages speak events, ex *he inhabitants of Curry county. The and finished up by taking the fight in Liverpool Monday for the first time $39.7?4,463. the afternoon. The cut-out tells all periences and thrilling deeds— all Imports from Gurmany totaled $10,- reason assigned for the great rush the third round just as he did at T o In 112 years und no evening paper for about this and also causes the engine products of the human Brain. the first time in 50 years us a conse 436,022, compared with $291,166, while 18 ,hat »»I'non which had been lib- ledo. The third round went one min to stutter like a span o f mules with You are now playing n part of the the string halt quence of a sudden strike of news exports to that country readied $28, I erated in other streams schooled into ute and 13 seconds. future History o f the World. In some communities the cut-out paper compositors there and in Man 025,621, compared with $2,426,742 last ,be Hogue river Even the humblest man or woman Is so unpopular that the village con chester, year. | Medford.— The record price for Bart has his part to play. And the part 11 Killed. 70 Hurt in Crash stable is hired to suppress its con played must needs be recorded. lett pears ln the history of the local Coal miners of five mines in the Denver.— Eleven persons were killed versation. Various attempts have been The work of your days and life— All-British Bond Urged. I fruit business wus $5.65 average a and 70 injured when two interurban made to silence the operation o f this Springfield, III., district were on strike whether for good or 111, In Its final device, hut the only one that has been Edmonton. Alberta.— Establishment box for a c*11,10“ *1 sold In the Chicago cars collided head on on a curve Just Tuesday and others, Secretary J. J. summing up— is as sure to mark or Watts, of the United Mine Workers, within the > ear of u common council I market Wednesday. Another car In outside o f Globeville, a suburb, Mon Influence some phase of the entire found effective Is n fine of $10 and costs and thirty days in the county predicted would be out soon in pro- 1,1 London in which British dominions wh,cb tb® extra fancies averaged $5.62 day afternoon. History o f Histories, as each act you jail. test against the price o f powder, which would be represented by resident min- ll,u* tb*’ Lrt,iclea $4.10, was sold In the A special car and trailer carrying perform today Is sure to give color (C o p y rig h t.) -------- O-------- was raised 40 cents a keg, by Ihe Joint I was predicted by Viscount Bunt-1 8anH’ market, and a third car o f Rogue a load pf holiday pleasure seekers to and form to the final results of today. Yes— you are now playing a part of agreement recently made in Chicago. I bHni oi ,,u‘ ' upertal press conference River valley Bartletts sold for an Eldorado Springs, a resort, collid ed ! the future History o f the World. dele atlon touring Canada In a speech | average of $5.30. with a regular car returning from J It Is the realization of this truth Negotiations between Secretary of Hat t day. Salem.— A contract was received at Boulder to Denver on the Denver & ' by men and women that Inspires some StHte Colby ami Ambassador ShUlihurn! I VI count Burnham stressed th< the state forester's office here recent Interurban railroad. According to o f-! to become great and notable while oth at Washington have reached a solu n ec« sit) of empowering dominion! ly from the federal government ap- ficials In charge o f the Globeville sta j ers remain obscure. For Just as soon tion ot the Japanese lmlgratton prob gov« rnmenta to “ take their proper I Proving the rocent application of the tlon, the conductor of the outbound | as people wake up to the fact that Re lem lit the United States, according to sponsibility presses down upon them, plue ?s in imp rial affulrs.” state land board for an exchange of 50,- failed to obey orders to wait at Globe a Tokio dispatch to the Nlppu JiJt, a 000 acres o f so-called scattered timber ville for the Incoming car. The ln they begin to draw upon their Reserve Japanese paper in Honolulu, giving its Power. And It Is Reserve Power that Man. 8 feet 9. Gets Lost. lands In the forest reserve for a com- coming car was two minutes behind authority as the Kokumin Shlnbun helps make History fascinating. Chicago - Johanne Anson of I'umld- pact body of timber of similar area. scbedule and was running at high • You nre now playing a part of the Tokio newspaper, credit lug the report hon. Norway, who is 8 feet 9 iuches Signing of the contract has been d e fe » speed to make up the time. future History of the World. to a reliable source. tail ami weighs 603 pounds, walked red until the next meeting o f the state It Is not necessary, however, nor is Ultim ate ownership of the great into u police station Sunday and con land board. It possible for ns «11 to become no Slavs Reach Agreement. stockyards by livestock dealers and fided that he was lost. table In History. History Is universal. The police Salem.— That thousands o f Oregon Washington. D. C.— An agreement And so Is tbe Mind that makes up the producers Is proposed by the “ big five” captain directed him to his hotel people are being swindled aunually by has been signed by General Semenoff human Soul You—doing yonr work meat packing companies la a plan for Aason is with a carnival company and Texas oil concerns operating as com and representatives of the \ ladivostok in the best way you know how— are disposition of their yard holdings filed came here to buy clothes. mon law companies is the report made government providing for unification as great an element in History as C-FifzMwfb- Tuesday iu the District of Columbia here by A. E. Gebhardt, special ex o f the S^hienoff and Vladivostok Alexander, or Washington, or Crom supreme court. Sale o f the packer I Peace Recruiting Heavy. well or such as they. Study History. aminer for the stato corporation de regimes under a national assembly, -O - Interests ln the stockyards was neces Washington. I>. C.— Army recruiting partment, who returned to Salem re- ■i will arouse ton to big deeds. Live Car Derailed by Handkerchief. the state department is Informed. Un sitated by a recent court decree com again broke all peace-time records ln centiy from W ichita Falls. Fort Worth | der the agreement Semenoff is re- is you would like to have History say Nine persons were Injured when s •n lived pelting the packing companies to di I August, according to a statement by and other Texas cities, where he con scenic railway car at an amusement ported as retaining his authority over| -o - park In St. Louis was derailed by a vest themselves o f all ownarshlp of | Adjutant General Harris showing 19,- ducted an investigation o f several oil the Cossacks and as commander of A process for obtaining nickel and woman’s handkerchief, which had been yards, terminal railw ays and m arket' 242 enlistments. July enlistments were companies which contemplate extend troops in the Trans-Baikal, but re-' .•bait from pit waters containing dropped on the track. One car Jumped newspapers. 16.821. ing their operations to this state. iinquishing all other powers. how* metals has been developed In tbe tracK as it ran over the bit of •ertuahj. muslin and another car crashed into It Last Night’s Dreams Rann-dom Reels T T 4 History H - MJLITANTMARY'- Whe/?-ladies, (such-as-1.)-get roadwecan’t rise up ar fd-SMITE ! V/? ’have to use our-tongues- A FAR • L E S S ÖP0RTINÖW AY TO FIGHT !
