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The Earth Has Grown Old
i n HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
COMPILED
FOR
YOU
Events of N oted People, Governments
and Pacific N orthw est, and Other
Things W orth Knowing.
The volcano Lanin, on the A rgen
tine frontier, is reported to be in a
sta te of eruption. The volcano is ap
proxim ately 9000 feet high.
The A sam a Yama volcano, about
90 miles northw est of Tokio, has been
in eruption for several days. The
ashes are falling over a wide area.
Mixed hogs sold a t $9.90 hundred
w eight a t th e Cleveland union stock
yards Tuesday. This is the lowest
the m arket has been since November,
1916.
The potato m ark et in San Francisco
is a t its record low level of th e year.
The kingly tuber, ru ler of produce row
several m onths ago, is now nothing
but the lowly “spud” begging even
slight recognition.
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Aitò ita aiuti full nf tttuair brraka furti; ntt ttir air,
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S E N A T E V O T E S F A R M E R AID
Revival of W ar Finance Corporation
D irected—Bill Goes to House.
W ashington, D. C.—The senate late
Monday adopted the agriculture com
m ittee resolution directing the revival
of the w ar finance corporations as a
m easure of affording relief to farm'
ers.
The second section of the resolution
which as introduced would have di
rected the extension of liberal credits
to farm ers by the federal reserve sys
tern was am ended to m ake th e desir
ability of such a course only an ex
pression of opinion of the congress.
The am endm ent m aking th e change
of the section of the resolution re la t
ing to the federal reserve system was
proposed by S enator N orris, repub
lican, N ebraska, and was accepted by
a vote of 47 to 16.
A nother change made In the reso
lution on suggestion of S enator Smith,
dem ocrat, Georgia, broadened th e du
ties of the finance corporation to In
clude the financing of exportations
of products other than those produced
on th e farm. An am endm ent by Sen
ato r H arris, dem ocrat, Georgia, to
make the rate of discount on loans to
farm ers 5 per cent was rejected.
A su b stitu te for the resolution, pre
sented by S enator Spencer, republican,
Missouri, m et a sim ilar result. F ur
th er action on the bill was w ithout a
record vote. The m easure now goes
to the house, w here a num ber of sim
ilar farm er relief m easures are pend
ing.
HOUSE VOTES R EP EA L
OF MOST W A R LAWS
COHSTANTIHE SACK
IN GREECE AS KING
Cheering Throngs
Greet
Re-
turned Monarch.
MAKES SIM PLE ENTRY
B ritish and French Envoys Are Ac
cused by N ew spaper o f Being
Pro-V cnivelist.
A thens.—C onstantine of Greece, re
moved from the throne by action of
the allied powers in 1917, and called
back by th e recen t plebiscite to re
sum e his form er statu s, arrived in
A thens Sunday. H e cam e into the city
by train and was received a t th e
Palace de la Concorde.
Those who g reeted the retu rn in g
m onarch included Queen M other Olga,
the regent, and P rincess A nastasia,
wife of P rince Christopher.
Constantine, how ever, w as greeted
station, about 100 y ards from the
Place de la Concorde, w ithout ostenta
tion and w ith the retu rn in g m onarch
like an ordinary traveler.
Constantinue, however, was greeted
by the cheering of thousands of per
sons who had been aw aiting his a r
rival.
Queen M other Olga and the P rincess
A nastacia, dressed in chinchilla furs
and w earing p icture hats, w ere stand
ing in th e royal group. The m inis
te rs also were in the station.
In a carriage draw n by six horses
with outriders and followed by troops,
a procession w ith C onstantine a t its
head sta rted for the stadium .
The crowd along th e route evinced
th e g rea test enthusiasm , frequently
breaking o u t of bounds and rushing
up and kissing th e h arn ess of the
horses draw ing th e royal equipage.
Wild cheering w as h eard along the
entire line of m arch, the people being
alm ost delirious w ith joy.
A fter visiting th e cathedral, Con
stan tin e w ent to the royal palace
where he read a m essage to th e peo
ple.
The new spaper K athim erini has sug
gested th a t th e E arl of G ranville,
British m in ister to Greece, and Rob
e rt de Billy, F rench m inister, should
be recalled on the ground th a t they
are pro-Venizelist, b u t th a t possibly
they could rem ain as high commis
sioners to carry out th e B ritish guar
antees w hich could be embodied in a
new note. It pointed out th a t high
com m issioners have more power and
liberty of action than m inisters.
A largo passenger airplane leaving
London for P aris w ith six passengers
Tuesday fouled a tree, b u rst into
flames and crashed to th e ground.
W ashington, D. C.—Repeal of m ost
The pilot, a m echanic and two pas
sengers are reported killed and other of the war-time laws w as voted Mon
passengers injured.
day by the house w hich adopted the
A 20 p er cen t reduction in retail Volstead resolution for th a t purpose
price of lum ber w ent into effect W ed after two hours debate.
nesday in Spokane according to an
The vote was unanim ous, 323 votes
nouncem ent by Spokane lum ber deal
being
c a st in favor of it and none
ers, nearly all of whom will join In
opposed. The house before taking
the general cut.
An appropriation of $400,000 for the final vote accepted an am endm ent
startin g w ork on the D eschutes irri providing for inclusion of the Lever
gation project in Jefferson, Crook and food control act am ong the laws which
D eschutes counties, Oregon, has been the resolution would repeal.
recommended by John B arton Payne,
T he am endm ent w hich covers all
secretary of the in terio r in a le tte r profisions of th e food control act
sen t to P resid en t W ilson for approval. with the exception of th e section re
A nnouncem ents were made Tuesday lating to ren ts in the D istrict of Colum
of the sh u ttin g down or cu rtailin g of bia w as offered by R epresentative
large Industrial plan ts in Elizabeth, N. Bland (rep.) Indiana. It was carried
J. The m ain plant of th e Singer Sew 179 to 137.
T he resolution, which now goes to
ing Machine company, em ploying 8000
announced it would close from Decem the senate, exem pts from repeal only
ber 22 to Ja n u ary 5, because of lack the trading w ith the enem y act, the
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— Phillips Brooks of
w ar finance corporation a c t and its
orders.
T he sta te of N ebraska has filed a am endm ents and m easures dealing
So, this Is Just w hat they did.
that this wns the very best gift of all
brief w ith the in te rsta te commerce w ith the issuance of liberty and vic
Charlie had the first bump.
Then, Just as they were going to gt
commission,
objecting to the proposal tory bonds.
When he picked up his package he downstairs, there came a rap a t th<
The resolution declared “any act of
of
the
Chicago,
B urlington & Quincy
found th at he had a round hole with door.
congress th a t by its term s is in force
railroad
th
a
t
it
be
perm
itted
to
dis
n square peg lu It.
“Come In,” they shouted.
only during the existence of a state Hundreds Killed in Violent
There was a bit of paper tied to the
W hat do you suppose? It was Santa trib u te $140,000,000 of its surplus In of w ar and a lim ited tim e th ereafter
By Christopher Grant Hazard
stock
dividends
and
In
bonds
as
a
peg, nnd on It was w ritte n :
Southern Earthquakes
Claus. He marched In with stockings
shall be construed and adm inistered
=o
"Oct Into the right place.”
for them that cash dividend.
Buenos Aires.—E arth q uake shocks
as
if
the
p
resen
t
w
ar
term
inated
on
,011 k (logs have names.
H arry's bump brought down a
were all bulging
Tho R eichstag w ent on rations of
which on F riday afternoon destroyed
There was Caspar, the square hole with a round peg In It.
and bursting with black bread w ithout b u tte r and coffee the d ate when this resolution becomes
several tow ns along th e A rgentine
effective.”
pup. lie luul n name, hut Its paper said :
good things.
w ithout su g ar or m ilk T uesday when
he w as too young to know
The m easure, as adopted, w as prac slope of the Andes m ountains, w ere
W hat fun they
“Don’t get into the wrong place.”
the m anagers and employes of the
It.
had with him and
tically identical with th a t passed by the m ost severe experienced in th is
Then Frank gave a bump th at was
There was old dog Bar a regular butt, and he held up a
with all
the R eichstag re sta u ra n t refused to serve congress ju st before the adjournm ent country since 1869, w hen half the city
ker.
things he had the forbidden foods, “in view of the of th e la st session and vetoed by of Mendoza was laid in ruins. R eports
square hole with a square peg In It.
governm ent’s ap p aren t intention to
My father used to make These words were with th e m :
brought.
from the are a w here the shock w as
P resident Wilson.
Barker sit up nnd listen.
They had such continue raiding hotels to compel them
“A plncq for everybody, apd every
Republican leaders of the house as heaviest indicate g reat loss of life and
F ath er would say to me. "No orderly body lu Ids place.”
a good time that to obey the rationing regulations.”
se
rt th a t adoption of the resolution property, upw ards of 150 bodies hav
hoy would leave his hat on the floor
some of it spread
When Dick humped, lie go a round
The A ssociated Oil com pany of Cali was one of th e first steps taken by the ing already been tak en from th e
like flint. Barker wouldn't do It, If hole and a robnd peg.
away around the
he were a boy.”
corner to a house fornia announces the receipt of advices republican m ajority to fulfill the cam w recks of buildings.
"Wlmt does this mean?” he shouted.
At T resportenas more than 100 per
Then Barker would hark. once.
that Santa Claus from W ashington th a t it had conclud paign pledge to put the country on a
“The same thing," answered Frank.
ed a lease w ith the governm ent, under peace-time basis.
ished and a t Costa de A raujo 81 w ere
Then my father would nsk Barker
had
not
visited
“Sure," said Chnuneey.
the oil land leasing act, covering 1400
yet
If he was a good dog. ami Barker
Disposition of th e Volstead resolu killed and 80 seriously Injured. It
Chnuncey was the littlest. He was
would hark twice.
So, every hod» to 1500 acres of land in the Midway tion cleared the way for consideration was feared th a t m ore victim s were
so little thnt he used to take his doll
Some dogs have no names.
had something.
fields and th a t a ten d er of $1,400,000, of the resolution offered by Represen still buried u n d er the ruins in each
to bed with him and talk over with
This Is what production from the property, had been
T he little hlnek nnd white dog It, before he went to sleep, the things
town.
God meant the accepted by the governm ent as a roy tative Reavis, N ebraska, which would
across the street Is Just a dog, but they hud done th at day. And he had
At T resportenas, L a Valle and La
provide
for
a
congressional
survey
of
Christm
as
tree
he will coine when you whistle.
alty.
Just learned th a t word "sure." He
C entral not a house w as left stand
th
e
governm
ent's
adm
inistrative
de
for.
There Is a dog near here who knows was so proud of It th a t he used to
ing, and those not destroyed in othpr
D iplom atic relations betw een Hol partm ents.
After their visit
the butcher cart when he sees It com say It to Ills fath er Instead of “yetli
tow ns w ere left in a badly dam aged
to the poor chil land and Jugo-Slavia have been broken
ing. He drives all the hens out of sir." Chnuncey would soon learn thnt
condition. No estim ate of th e total
the yard, so he can pick up the scraps “sure” was not as nice as "yeth sir.” dren, they all went home laughing off, it w as stated a t T he H ague Mon
Red Armies in Caucasus.
and happy enough to wait a whole
num ber of persons injured has y et
of m eat thnt fall from the cart while
Then the girls anld It was their year for a new crop of Christm as day. Holland has recalled h er m inister
Constantinople.—The 9th, 10th, and been made.
of meat that fall turn nnd they began to bump.
from Belgrade and has dism issed the
cheer—Just ns the dog I’eter, has to
from the onrt
11th bolshevik arm ies already have
Ituth got an alphabet, so as to learn wait until another seasou for a new Serbian charge d'affairs a t T he Hague.
while the butcher
Inaugural Ball Assured.
T he action w as taken as the resu lt arrived in the Caucasus, and the bol-
crop of mulberries.
Is getting
the not to say “hikjlmnop.”
of w hat the Dutch foreign office term s shevikl began entrenching Baku pen
Sarah had "a headache In her
(13. m o. W e s te r n N e w e p a p e r U n io n .)
W ashington, D. C.—Revival of the
meat ready.
a long series of insults to th e Dutch insula, according to a statem en t made historical inaugural ball as a featu re
This dog hasn’t knee,” so Mary bumped for her.
governm ent.”
Down came a pair of rubbers and
nny name. He Is
by a traveler, who returned Monday of tfhe inauguration of P resident-elect
so selfish ttiat he Mary put them on “inside outw urds,”
A landlord and a property owner from th a t region. The bolshevikl were H arding has been definitely decided
Isn't worth nam Just to try them.
w ere sentenced in a police court in fortifying the neck of the peninsula upon by th e W ashington com m it
Then they oil bumped the tree for I
ing.
Los Angeles T uesday to serve 40 days with all sorts of defense works, in ap tee arran g in g for th e festivities
Chnuncey,
who
w
asn't
big
enough
to
Once there was
each
in the city Jail for having dis prehension of a general uprising of Marcfh 4.
n tree, nnd It had hump hard enough to make atiythtog !
turbed the peace of a te n an t by forci the Mohammedans, he added.
The inaugural ball w as one of th e
a name. It was fall.
bly evicting him. Sam Borelli brought
c h ie f events in th e inauguration
Such a lot of things tumbled off.
a mulberry tree.
First course—Gladness.
action ag ain st A. J. Edmondson, the
There was a baseball glove—Kuth
The man that
program m e of the first inauguration
Britain D rafts Oil Note.
Entrees — Love garnished
with
landlord, and E. W. Graves, ow ner of
owned the tree tried it on nnd her hand looked like Smiles.
of P resid en t W ilson, who requested
London.—The British governm ent is
had a dog. too. a hassock; a breastpin—Sarah pinned
Gentleness, with sweet-wine sauce the property Borelli occupied, for hav d raftin g a reply to the m ost recent th a t it be dispensed with.
His name was It on her sleeve, “where she could see of Laughter.
ing nailed up the doors and windows
I'eter, and no lit I t;” two doll dress p attern s; a new
of th e bouse before 30 days had ex note of the American governm ent con
Im m igrant Tide Rises.
Second course—Hospitality.
tle dog was ever doll’s hut—a small h a t ; a set of dish
cerning the exploitation of the Mesopo
New York.—The C hristm as rush of
In some house Hospitality Is brought pired a fte r serving th e ten an t with tam ian oil fields, in which the United
more
fond
of es. a doll's high ch n lr; and a tooth
im m igrants and other passengers
on surrounded wltlu Relatives. In otb notice of re n t increase.
meat than I’eter pick.
S tates sets forth its rig h t to be con
anxious to spend the holidays on Amer
Rum ored intentions of G reat Bri
was of mulber
Chnuncey wns like the old woman ers It Is dished up with Dignitaries.
sulted. This reply, afte r subm ission
ries.
ican soil reached its height Sunday
who lived In the shoe. He didn’t know In n third, best of all. It Is served in tain and Ja p an to seek a trip a rtite
He would hunt whut to do with oil his things; but simple shapes, but with a great variety agreem ent w ith the U nited S tates for to the cabinet, will be forw arded to when eight trans-A tlantic liners a r
arouud In the grass, under the mul he was careful to use the toothpick of U nfortunate Persons—such as lone- lim itation of w arship building pro the American sta te departm ent, prob- rived. They carried more th an 12,-
berry tree, until he had found every every time he took a drink of milk. ly people from lodging houses, poor gram s cam e up T uesday in congress. ibly w ithin a few days.
000 passengers.
m ulberry th at bad fallen down. Theu
There wns still one package left. people of all grades, widows and In the sen ate a resolution w a^ of
childless In their affliction. This Is
he would run against the tree and It was lu the top of the tree.
Soviet Troops Gather.
fered by S enator Borah, requesting the
Japan Has 77 Million.
hum p down a lot more.
One little girl, her name was Lucy, the kind most preferred; In fact, neve»-
p
resid
en
t
to
seek
an
agreem
ent
with
London.—Concentrations
of th e so-
Tokio.—Jap an 's population, as re
Some children heard about I’eter had not had anything. So the chil abandoned by those who have tried
those pow ers for a five-year n a v a l! et troops are occurring in the direc- vealed by th e census recently com
and the m ulberry tree and It made dren let her pull the top of the tree It.
them think of something.
n of Vilna, consequent on th e ar- pleted, is m ore th an a m illion under
building truce, with construction pro j
For dessert—Mirth.
down to get this package.
It m ade them think of living up a
1 of allied and n eutral troops in the estim ate. The total num ber of
And there wns the dearest doll that
G ratitude and Faith beaten togeth gram s cu t to half during th a t period.
C hristm as tree, with many little pack ever came off of a Cl r 1st mas tree. er and run In the molds of solid T rust It would, ho said, develop th at G reat
ina. This was related In a dispatch persons in the em pire is 77,005,000, of
ages upon It—like mulberries—and It had blue eyes thnt would open and and Patience.
B ritain and Jap an are sincere in the received Monday from the Lithuanian which 55,960.000 are in Jap an and 17,-
then humping the things oft for shut and tha cunaiagest frock.
Bonbons of Good Cheer and Kind talk of reducing arm am ents.
egatlon here.
2S4.000 in Corea.
C hristm as gifts.
Lucy, now the doll's mother, thought lluesa.
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ODtt ti;p attniufiakpa tl;at muri* tl;ij anìt
<El;r fppt nf ti;p (Ci;riat-01i;tlìì fall çptttlp aitò tnbiir.
Aitò ti;p untrp nf ti;p GUjnat-GIljitò tplla nitt miti; bpliijl;t
cEi;at utaukiitò arp ti;p rl;itòmt nf (Sitò.
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Œl;p fppt nf tl;p I;umblpat mai; malk iit tl;p ftriù
Ì01;prp ti;p fppt nf thp I;niipat I;aup tritò.
âl;ta, tl;ia ia ti;p marupl tu mnrtala rpupalpb
Hll;ptUÌ;p ailupri; triuitppta nf (Ei;riatmaa l;anp pralrò.
<Tl;at titaukiuìt arp tl;p ri;tlùrptt nf (Sub.
Peter and the
Mulberry Tree
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