WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
HARDING UPHOLDS DRY LAW
Big Audience Responds Lustily When
Chief States Policy.
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Events of Noted People, Governments
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
A. 13. Williams, Battle Creek manu
facturer, running on the republican
ticket, was elected to congress from
the third Michigan district in Tues
day's special election.
The hottest day in Now York so far
this year brought death to five per
sons in greater New York and caus
ed mure than a score of prostrations,
most of them on the lower east side.
Bight cruisers, four river gunboats
ami three cruiser submarines will com
prise the building program which the
navy department will present to the
budget bureau and to congress at the
coming session.
Pluralities of J. A. O. Preus, gover
nor, and Magnus Johnson, republican
and farm labor nominees for United
Stales senator from Minnesota as a
result of Monday's primary, continued
to Increase as belated returns came
in. ,
Two deaths were reported Wrednes
day as a result of the heat wave which
struck Chicago Tuesday, although
slight relief was found late Wednes
day afternoon in a shower which last
ed but a few minutes. The tempera
ture reached 111 degrees.
An earthquake lasting 48 seconds
oi l urred at Anchorage, Alaska, at
ll!:4,r Tuesday afternoon. The motion
was rotatory. Advices stated that
the volcanic region on the Alaskan
peninsula, where extensive disturb
ances occurred lust winter, is quiet.
Senator Read of Missouri, address
ing u luncheon in Ban Francisco Wed
nesday, scored what he termed the
growing tendency toward control of
business and home by government bur
cuus and commissions composed of
"lame ducks, ward heelers and politi
cal tramps."
Henry Ford may decide to become a
candidate for the presidency of the
United States. The Detroit automobile
manufacturer In an interview in Dos
ton, MaSB., declared that he had never
stated, us was written in the news
papers last Sunday, that he would not
be a candidate for president.
Fire cost the lives of three children
al llomodiile, Idaho at an early hour
Monday and mother love, expressing
itself In a futile attempt to save the
children from the flames, added Mrs.
Honuto I'beruaga to the victims. Mrs.
I'beruaga died from bums sustained
when attempting to save her children
Captain ltoald Amundsen, the ex
plorer, who recently abandoned his
proposed flight across the North l'ole
by airplane, Is returning to the 1'niled
States on the schooner Holmes, ac
cording to a dispatch from Nome,
Aluska, to the Aflenposteli in
Chrlstiauia. The dispatch said Amund
sen's airplane was damaged in a trial
flight.
Ellis Island officials have admitted
the charge In the Itrltish houso of
commons that as many as 150 persons
of different races and color were
housed In the same sleeping quarters,
but said that this was unavoidable.
It was pointed out that to keep races
separately classified it would be nec
essary to have a "gigantic honey
comb" of u building.
A million and a half pounds of wool,
representing a pool of clips from the
district about Boise, Idaho, has been
placed iu storago in Portland by W.
Scott Anderson of Boise. The ship
ment was made by the same interests
which lust year disposed of a 1.000.
000 pound pool at auction In Portland,
and Indicates that favorable market
conditions here, together with facllt
llc for storage, warrant the uso of
the Portland market In future.
PNSldent Harding has disposed of
his control of the stock of (he Hard
lug Publishing company, publisher of
the Marlon Star, to Bonis 11. Brush
and Itoy 1). Moore. The sale, how
ever, did not constitute a complete sev
erance of Mr. Harding's connection
with the newspaper, whose editor he
has been for so many years, it was
announced at the White House that
lit) would retain some stock In the
company ami would continue to he
associated with the Star In an edi
torial capacitv .
Denver. President Harding, speak
ing here Monday, definitely placed
himself, his administration and his
political fortunes on the side of those
opposed to modification of the na
tional dry laws.
The chief executive furthermore
served notice in his address, deliv
ered in the municipal auditorium, that
so long as he remained in the White
House the prohibition and other laws
would not be permitted to become a
"by-word" even should the burden of
enforcement be increasingly passed
on to the federal government by the
states.
lie did not mention specifically the
recent action of New York in repeal
ing its enforcement code but in a por
tion of bis address, generally con
strued as referring lo New York, he
predicted that "the new nullification
's .... will discover that they have
perpetrated what is likely to prove one
of the historic blunders in political
management.
"I am convinced that they are
small and a greatiy mistaken minority
who believe the 18th amendment will
v. r In.' repealed," said the president
in taking li is stand on the prohibition
enforcement issue.
"Details of enforcement policy
doubtless will be changed as cxper
fence dictates. Further, I am convinc
ed that whatever changes may be
made will represent the sincere pur
pose of effective enforcement, rather
than moderation of the general policy.
Mr. Harding, in announcing his
determination and his views, appear
ed to do so with more emphasis than
iu any of the previous addresses of his
western trip, except possibly his St
Louis speech on the world court, and
the audience, which filled to capacity
I he auditorium seating 12,000, seemed
to respond more enthusiastically than
ajiy he has yet addressed.
The first mention of the 18th amend
ment and the Volstead act brought
forth cheers and applause was fre
quent during thi remainder of the
address, which was on the subject of
"haw Enforcement." The most vig
orous applause came when he declared
that, there could "be no issue in this
land paramount to that of enforce
ment of law."
Reiteration by the president of his
advocacy of American membership in
the permanent court of international
Justice in closing his address likewise
was cheered.
Governor Sweet, a democrat, who
welcomed the presidential party, pre
viously bad been applauded when lit
declared for the world court and com
mended Mr. Harding for putting tin
question "above partisan considers
lions."
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PRODUCERS HERE
Government Promises Up-to-Minute
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PAPERS TO GET NEWS
Passage by Congress of McNary Bill
Makes Possible Extension of
Work in Northwest.
Austrian Schools Idle.
Vienna. Many school teachers in
Austria went on a folded arms strike
Monday. "Children, (hero will be no
classes today or tomorrow either un
less wo get a living wage," they told
their delighted pupils. "You can study
or read your wild west books, but you
must remain quiet in your seats."
All state employes In Austria, par
ularly railway men, were supposed
to start a passive resistance for wage
Increases.
Ship Fast Breaking Up.
Halifax. N. S. Passengers aboard
the ltoyal Mail steamship Carauuet.
which went uground on a reef 12
miles north of Bermuda, have been
taken off the ship by tugs, it wus an
nounced at the company's offices Mon
day night.
Mali also was removed and no cas
ualties w ere reported. The vessel was
fast breaking up, It was said.
Two Slain In Auto Duel.
Bos Angeles, Cal. Two reputed
automobile thieves were killed and a
polli e sei i ".nit probabh wounded fa
tally iu an exchange of shots which
took place in a rapidly moving auto
mobile near the central police station
late Monday. In the midst of the battle
the car ran wild and crashed Into the
police station, wrecking the machine.
Great Platform Fall.
Dnllns. Tex. Freighted with hun
dreds of men, women and children
seeking to crowd their way through
the gates to attend an open air Per-
fromatice at Clye Park theater Mon
day night, a wooden platform over a
ditch to the gateway collapsed, throw
ing possibly 100 people into the ditch.
Tacoma. Mrs. Melissa l.ucy Janes
of Burton, who passed her 101th birth
day August 5 last year, won the honor
of queen of the ashen Maury Island
annual strawberry festival to be held
at Ell iS BOM June IS, when the votes
for the contestants were counted.
Grandma" Jsyoas. one of a field of
five, all the rost of whom are of high
school age, received 11,610 votes, while
her nearest competitor was 7000 votes
behind.
Washington, D. C. Complete in
formation on the prices of livestcok,
fruits and vegetables, and on the
movement of these products of the
farm to the markets, are to be sup
plied to the newspapers of Oregon,
Washington and Idaho from a head
quarters office at Portland, opening
July 1.
A leased wire service is to be ex
tended from Denver to San Francisco
by that date, which will complete the
circuit from Washington. From San
Francisco all information received will
be relayed to the Portland office by
the navy's highpower radio station.
The Portland office will distribute
news in marketgrams to be sent out
five days each week to the newspapers
of the three Pacific northwest states.
U. B. Ringer, who had charge of
the Portland office during the war,
will he in charge of the collection and
distribution of all information relat
ing to the livestock industry. He will
not only distribute throughout the
northwest states the information re
ceived by telegraph and radio relative
to livestock prices in the great mar
kets of the middle west, such as Chi
cago and Kansas City, but it will be
his duty to assemble all important
facts regarding livestock on the farms
of the Pacific northwest to be com
municated to eastern points.
By August 1 the department of agri
culture hopes to be able to station a
man at Portland, in charge of market
and crop information on fruits and
vegetables. This man will co-operate
with the office already in operation
at Spokane which, according to de
partment' officials, has been perform
ing the most efficient service, both
is regards general crop estimates and
as to gathering information on the
apple industry.
The marketgrams to be issued from
the Portland office to newspapers five
times a week will in each issue give
i complete review of crop and market
conditions for the preceding seven
days, both locally and in other sec
tions of the country.
It is believed that later it will be
possible to station a man at the Port
land office to perforin the same in
formation service for the dairying in-
lustry that is to be given to livestock,
mam and 1 nut and vegetable growers.
Statistician Says This Country's
Economic Position Has Never
Been Paralleled.
Did you know that the United
States now leads the world as
a manufacturing nation?
Dog Bites Ex-Justice.
Youngstown, O. A report received
it police headquarters Sunday that
lohu . Clarke, former justice of t ho
upreme court of the United States,
had been badly bitten by a mad dog
caused a flurry of excitement until it
was learned that a stray dog for which
Mr. Clarke was caring had attacked
him, tearing his clothing but not break
ing the skin.
It is believed the dog was affected
' the heat, but was not mad. Po
e killed the animal.
New York. The United States is
the foremost manufacturing nation
today, according to E. M. .Miller, stat
istician of the National Bank of
Commerce. Supporting lids statement
It is pointed out that the international
pconomic position of the country has
not heretofore been paralleled in the
history of the world.
The leading dace as a producer of
raw materials would not of Itself suf
fice to give the United States the In
ternational position which It now oc
cupies, however. It has won that
place by reason of the fact that it Is
not only the foremost producer of raw
materials but has been for some dec
ades the foremcst manufacturing na
tion. "The United States took first place
In the Iron and steel Industry about
1S00; now Its annual product is in ex
cess of the combined output of the
United Kingdom, Germany, France and
Belgium," says Mr. .Miller. "It be
came the foremost consumer of rnw
cotton in the closing years of the Nine
teenth century, taking the leadership
from the United Kingdom, which had
theretofore been the largest user.
"Until the World war the United
Kingdom wus definitely the leader In
the woolen and worsted Industries of
the world. During the war period
American raw wool consumption and
production of fabrics expanded rap
Idly, and it Is probable that there Is
not now any material difference In the
capacity of the Industries of the two
countries from the standpoint of wool
consumption. The United States now
uses one-third of the world's cotton,
one-fourth of the commercial supply
of wool, about three-fifths of all cop
per mined and iron ore produced, two
thirds of the annual raw silk crop en
tering into commerce, and from two
thirds to four-fifths of 'the raw rubber
grown.
Depends Upon Domestic Demand.
"Outwardly the conditions surround
ing the development of Industry In
the United States do not annenr
to differ greatly from the influ
ences which have conditioned the de
velopment of manufactures in Europe,
Fundamental differences nevertheless
exist. Evidence of them is found In
the fact that in the main American
manufacturers produce for domestic
demand, while European Industries
are dependent on their export business.
"This difference In the relative im
portance of export trade of the manu
facturing industries of the United
States and of Europe has existed al
most from the beginning of the devel
opment of the factory system In Its
present sense. In Europe modem In
dustry was superimposed upon coun
tries already fairly mature. Fields
had lon been tilled. Coal was new
as a source or power, nut metal mines
slderable Importance In its effect both
on the consuming power of the Euro
pean market and on methods of pro
duction Is that before the coming of
modern industry, centuries had al
ready stabilized social customs, strati
fied society mid fixed the habits of life
of the people.
Several Factors Involved.
"It is thus clear that the I'nited
States has attalued to its dominant
position as a manufacturing nation as
a result of the combination of four
factors :
"1. The rich natural resources of
the coi.ntry have not only furnished
the materials lor manufacture, but
their development has resulted In an
average purchasing power in excess of
that of any other country excepting
those British dominions similarly
placed.
"2. T alior has been so f till v emnlnved
In the development of natural re
sources that it has been necessary to
attain to a maximum economy In Its
use.
"3. The combination of these two
factors has stimulated Invention and
has made possible and profitable the
development of large-scale production
I by labor-saving methods.
"4. The development of these meth
ods in turn has Increased the purchas
ing power of the average man by
means of high per capitn production
and apital accumulation."
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.Miss Ethel Thompson of Boulton,
Mo., is now known as "Miss Aroos
took," having won the contest to de
termine the most beautiful girl in
Aroostook county, the Maine district
so famous for its potatoes.
Jap War Bureau Wants Girls.
Tokj o. For the first time in Its his
tory the war department la engaging
women. It is asking for applications
from girls from fifteen to twenty-five
years of age to learn draughtsmanship.
Two Dogs Each to Ee
Indians' Allowance
Washington. Indians at the
Fort Berthold agency in North
Dakota have decided to get
along on two dugs each, thus
solving a problem which has
worried the Indian bureau for
years. The Indians themselves,
at a recent council, solved the
question by voting the abolition
of surplus canines, as well as
placing a $1 tax on each dog
within the limits agreed on.
Country in
of Welf
Work
City Dwellers, Because of Near
ness, Guard Against Evils,
Says an Authority.
Washington. In each small com
munity there Is the village fool, the
ne'er-do-well and the bad boy, and, as
thev are accepted along with other
unpleasant conditions, it appears to
be nobody's business to look after
them, according to a speaker In a re
cent address to a state conference of
child-welfare workers under the direc
tion of the children's bureau of the
Department of Babor. He stated that
the city is the more sensitive organ
ism, and explained tills by saying that
people living close together looked
after evils that threatened the peace"
and safety of all. So be advised those
to whom he talked to telf the country
towns, no matter how familiar many
of the residents are with bad inllu
ences, that It was their duty to make
every effort to eradicate the cause of
misfortunes and bodily and mental ills
In the young to the end that all might
had been exploited for hundreds of ' be benefited.
Minnesota Has Storms.
Breckenridge. Minn. Two tornadoes
hit this vicinity Sunday, causing heavy
damage.
Tho first, at noon, came from the
southwest, tearing off the roofs of the
gymnasium at the United States In
dian IChOOl and several houses.
The second passed over this city,
but reports are that the towns of
Dwlght and Abercromble, N. D., and
Wilberton, Minn., were partly destroy
ed.
years. In England and in many parts
of the Continent supplies of timber
were becoming insufficient for the
needs of the people.
"After tho Introduction of power
spinning and weaving machinery, the
use of coal as fuel, with the conse
quent development of numberless
mechanical devices to do the work
which heretofore had been done by
human hands. It was possible for a
time for the European countries to
depend primarily upon their own nat
ural resourofs and their own markets,
hut this condition did not long pre
vail. Another circumstance of cou-
In commenting on the speech the
bureau stated that It had found thnt
the speaker had spoken the truth and
that In many rural communities the
people thought they had done their full
duty to the relief of the poor when
they gave out orders for small weekly
supplies of groceries or placed the
beipleaa poor in the coiyity poorhouse.
Constructive aid, the bureau said, was
often successful In bettering bad con
ditions and in placing the mentally
and physically unfit on n plane where
they ceased to be a public worry and a
public burden.
Attention was called to the fact that
Montenegro Honors American Woman
Coal Report Rushed.
Washington, D. C. The coal coin-
mission is rushing to completion its
report on wages, profits and costs in
uithracite mining so its findings may
o brought to bear in a labor situation
of increasing intensity now arising in
the Industry. Miners' wage contracts
xplre Augst SI and a strike is threat
ned unless negotiations for replace
ment are successful.
Manitoba Votes Liquor.
Winnipeg Manitoba voted in favor
of government sale of liquor at Fri
day's elections by a majority of 30,-
66, returns from all but 100 rural
districts showed Sundav. The vote in
the missing districts will not material-
affect the result.
There was a wet majority of K
1SS iu Winnipeg and 4578 elsewhere.
Count Jovan Plum
representative of King Michael the First, conferring ? order ' of 'Z
grand officer of King Daniel I upon Miss Curt I" M ,. f i , r
principal of the Castle school Mr girls at Tarrytown .in Hudson. TJS?
whs conferred on Ml li.,n r., ).... i " ' "" order
.......... . ,., t-iiimeni serv ees rendered to n.-
of education and as a mark of appreciation for her '
suffering population of Montenegro" Miss Mason was sffto &
Queen Dowager Milena. This was the flrs, time in five hund ,rs C
country s history that u woman or foreigner was so honored.
in a number of states county welfare
boards have been created and' their
officers appointed, and that the results
have been encouraging. Mention Is
made of the delicate treatment de
manded in removing defects in chil
dren because the work "involves n
much more delicate process of adjust
ment than the worst bone fracture.
The treatment of the juvenile delin
quent is a field which requires real
professional skill."
The state University of Minnesota,
ns well as a number of other states,
the report says, has provided training
schools for rural welfare workers,
both through summer Institutes and
through regular courses of several
years. Nothing is said about the fact
that this comparatively new field opens
n way for congenial and steady em
ployment to many thousands of per
sons having an nptltude for It, but
some allusion appears to be made to
it by this statement by the bureau:
"Perhaps we get an idea of what
tins new career involves if we recall
for a moment the great number of
needs which nre filled by modern
work for children by the activities,
for Instance, which are carried on in
a typical large city; by health centers,
clinics and hospitals, vocational and
placement bureaus, luvenile courts
and probation officers, child-study bu
reaus In the schools nnd courts, or
ganizations aiding in enforcement of
protective laws, family aid societies
and mothers' pension boards, home
finding bodies, training schools for
blind and deaf nnd abnormal children.
If we compare the great variety of
this work with the limited provisions
In the country, we shall realize more
fully what a task is faced by the new
county officers doing pioneer work."
How Task Should Be Handled.
In explaining how the welfare work
er should set about his task in a rural
1 miiity the bureau says:
l or needy family, for example,
with the complications of child delin
quency and handicap which occur so
often, be (the welfare worker) secures
' rgency aid from a church society
in Bed Cross chapter or from county
Binds. He enables the father to get
on bis feet financially by bringing him
Into touch with an agricultural ngent,
who advises as to farming methods
and who Interests the troublesome boy
In n corn i,r stock-raising club. Mean-
While be arranges for a friendly doctor
; to examine a small crippled girl who
baa never been able to attend school,
and while she S Waits admittance to
an orthopedic hospital he finds trans
portation so that she can go to school.
He calls In the county nurse to advise
'be mother as to cure and diet for her
other children, probably undernour
ished If there Is no public health
' nrse, be hrings the county to see the
need for one.
"The welfare man or welfnre lady
!t may b soon becomes a well-known
figure on the country roads. But be
nn, ,t I,., everywhere at once and in
the absence of the city's organized re
" he must largely develop rem
edies and treatment for his cases of
dependency, delinquency and neglect
by arousing neighborly spirit where It
ruuy have been larkln Tho. DnM.
contagious from Ids own wet'.
Is
.muuusiie-i conviction that the whole
community benefits or suffers accord
ng to the welfare of Its children and
lt individual families."