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WORLD HAPPEN NG5 OF CURRENT WEEK BELGIANS TALK WAR DEJ3TS Settlement Outlook Held Bright by Washington Officials. Brief Resurne Most Importan Daify News Items; COMPILED FOR YOU Events of .Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Secretary Weeks has sold li is house in Washington, D, C and liis friends bald he would live in an apartment when ho returns to Washington. Mrs. Irene Henry, 22, of Ontario Cal., died Sunday of injuries suffer ed when the sudden side jerk of a roller coaster ear in which she was riding tossed her out over the trestle framework to the pier 40 feet below The prince of Wales, who is spend ing a few days hunting game, Satur day killed a blue wildebeest, describ ed as the largest of its kind ever shot in Southern Khodosia. It brought the prince unstinted congratulations from hunters. Christian Zauner, 70, first and only keeper of the Westport lighthouse, will soon end a 40-year vigil on the north Pacific coast. The veteran lighthouse tender will be retired on pension July 31 after 40 years of con t InuoUl service. Fire, which originated in the shoot Ing gallery of White City, an amuse ment park on the south side of Chi cage, Sunday created a brief panic among the crowds of patrons and swept one side of the place for a loss that may total $50,000. Luscious ripo plums lured David Cassolope. ft, over a fence into the back yard of Frederick George Pabst in Los Angeles, where a plum tree stood. Tbo boy died here last night from gunshot wounds and Pabst is belli In custody for the shooting. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayo of Ya kima, Wash., were Friday night driven Indoors by a swarm of 1000 or more insects that attacked them and hum med about as though they were boes, about an Inch or a half-inch in length Mayo reported today to the county horticulturist. Art critics have fallen out over plans for renovating und refitting the White House. With a small initial ap propriation available, officials in charge are starting to give the Inter ior the air of a colonial mauslon. The program was mapped out by Robert W. Deforest, head of the Metropoli tan Museum of Art. Search of the ruins of the Hotel Dreyfus, Boston, that collapsed curly Saturday while a holiday party attend ed by 111 persons was in progress continued, with the known dead at 12. Many persons escaped, hut searchers believed other bodies will he found. The five s! ory building was occupied lii' the Pickwick club. Com ment Ing on tho debt situation the MoHsaggoro asks at what rate of exchange should Italy be called on to repay her debts. It argues that It would be absured to demand (he rate prevailing when the loan was made because Italy received neither the American nor the British loan In dol lars or sterling, but in raw material. The French government has decid ed to send a iniHsliin to the I'nlted States with the object of reaching an agreement with the American debt Funding commission relative to pay ment of France's debt. The plan wus approved by the council of ministers Friday, und It is taken for granted assent will be given by the cabinet. The Dulled States Is being violent ly attacked by the Brussels news papers in a series of editorials for "cornering llelgium" us tho paper al lege, "Into recognizing the war debt In order to flout a $100,000,000 loan" and also for "trying to collect a debt which the Belgians expected t.i le c harged to Germany under the Vcrsntl les treaty." Dr. W. D. Muson. veterinary sur geon, and Uiwrenee Bowman, of Chat tuuoogu, Tenn , who have been the ob ject of a search by n large posse since their mysterious disappearance on Sig mil mountain June 23. were found hand cuffed und chained to a tree at 10:. "10 o'clock Sunday morulng by Jlui Thomas, a mountaineer. Both men were in a serious condition due to their long exposure and Insufficient nourishment Mason and Bowman said they were set upon by five hooded men. carried off and chained to a tree. Each night they were blind folded and removed to another place, they stated. This, It is believed, pre vented their discovery. Washington, D. C. Indications were given Monday that the treasury anti cipates little difficulty in arriivng at a finding settlement on the Belgian debt. Acting Secretary Winston of the treasury, as secretary of the Amer- ican debt commission, has reserved from August 5 to August 16 in which to talk with the Belgian commission and has notified the French ambassa dor here that the commission could meet with the French representatives in a funding conversation either be fore or after the period set aside for the Belgians. It now apears that the debt com mission officials have private advices warranting the belief that the Paris commission will come to Washington ahead of the time which has been indicated in press reports. The earliest date on which the French has been expected was in Sep tember, but the announcement that the embassy here had been informed of the program of meetings with Secre tary Mellon, the chairman, Mr. Win ston and other members of the com mission now here and, the time they will be available gave rise to the be ef that other information was in the hands of the treasury. Questions on this phase of the debt situation were neither affirmed nor denied. Officials concerned with the debt problem are much more optimistic now about the probable results of their efforts to get the foreign powers to act on the debts. While none of them believe that all the debts can be worked out. in funding settlements immediately, it was evident that they believed the Belgian move was sin cere and that they expected to reach an agreement with that nation in a short series of conversations. i'lie officials here, however, denied having any information as to the char acter of the terms to be proposed by the Belgium), but were convinced that a few talks with them would clarify iny differences that may bo found to exist. Heat Kills 6 in Chicago. Chicago, Six deaths and several prostrations were attributed to the leat in Chicago Monday when the tem lerature mounted to 9G at 4 o'clock, (he hottest July fi in Chicago since 1N74. It was not the hotteBt day this year, however, as the mercury went to !IS last Saturday. A violent thunder storm Struck the city about 9 o'clock and reduced tho temperature. Chicago. The most disastrous July I week end In recent history resulted In a total of 170 deaths throughout the ountry, 29 of that number being in Chicago and vicinity. Child Killed by Sister. Marsh field, Or. Delpha May Dout- hitt, daughter of Mrs. Charles Donni- son. who was shot Sunday by her six- yearold sister with a .22-caliber rifle, was buried Monday. The parents had left a baby In care of the children with two rifles in the house. Mudellne, 6, was offended when Delpha slapped the babv. The shut went through the five- yearold child's heart, killing her instantly. CONFLICT FUTILE, SAYS PRESIDENT Peace Covenants Held Hope of Europe. PLEDGE U.S. SUPPORT Mr. Coolidge, mi Historic Cambridge, Commons, Urges Nations to Get Togother. rv m J Ignorance Costs Rights San Francisco.- In connection with the nat uralization examinations here Monday. Federal Judge Putridge ask- d Nicola Samar.ich, a Serbian, What happened on July 4, 1776" "I don't know," replied Suniurzich. I wasn't there." Citizenship was denied him, at least until he learns what significance the Fourth of July has. Truck Pins Man Four Days. Kingman. Ariz. After lying for four lays pinned beneath an overturned truck on un unltvqiicntcd road f0 miles from here. John Hull, 60, was brought to a hospital here and phy sicians said that he probably would recover. Hall lay for four days without food or water and suffering from a broken ullar bone. A neighbor found him. Mr. Coolidge Sits Up. Plymouth. Vt. --Colonel John C. Cool idge. the president's father, who a w. ek ago underwent an operation, sat m his front porch for un hour and a half Sunday and enjoy-d himself by watching tourists. He got out of bed for his lunch ami then walked to the porch. Six in Auto Drowned. Bock Springs. Wyo. Six persons were drowned nt Hay Junction. 12 mill's north of here, lute Friday nfter noou when the automobile in which hey were riding wus . aught in u flood resulting from a cloudburst. Wind Storm Kills One. Kl Puso. Texus Due man wus kill ed, two buildings were blown down uud considerable damage was done to fnrm outhouses when a wind storm sine k Carnitine. Texas late Monday. Cambridge, Mass. Near the spot Where George Washington took com mand of the continental army, Presi dent Coolidge called on the nations of Europe Friday to enter into mutual covenants for their mutual security, pledging the moral support of the American government if they do so. "While our own country should re frain from making political commit ments where it does not have political interests," he declared, "such cove nants would always have the moral support of our government and could not fail to have the commendation of the public opinion of the world. "Such a course would be sure to endow the participating nations with an abundant material and spiritual reward. On what other basis can there be any encouragement for a disposi tion to attempt to finance a revival of Europe." The president's address, delivered on historic Cambridge commons, was the feature of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the day Wash ington assumed command of the con tinental troops. After tracing Washington's achieve ments and praising his character and Services, Mr. Coolidge asserted that the nation's first president had "demonstrated by his argument and our country has demonstrated by ex perience that more progress can be made by competition than conflict. 'To agree quickly with our adver sary always pays," he added, continu ing: "I want to see America assume a leadership among the nations in the reliance upon the good faith of man kind. I do not see how civilization can expect permanent progress on any oilier theory. "If the people of the old world are mutually distrustful of each other, let them enter Into mutual covenants for their mutual security, and when such covenants have been made let them be solemnly observed, no matter what the sacrifice. "They have settled the far more difficult problems of reparations; they are in process of funding their debts to us; why can't they agree on permanent terms of peace and re establish international faith and credit? "If there be differences which cannot bo adjusted at the moment. If there bo conditions which cannot bo forseen, let them be resolved into tho future by methods of arbitrotlon and by methods of arbitration and by the forms of Judicial determination. "The world has tried war with force and has utterly failed. The only hope of success lies in peace and Jus tice. No other principle conforms to the teachings of Washington; no other standard is worthy of the spirit of America; no other course makes so much promise for the regeneration of the world." The president, in n touring car with the top down, headed a lengthy parade through cheering lanes of people. In the reviewing stand Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were Joined by Governor Ful ler of Massachusetts, Mayor Qulun of Cambridge and Mayor Curley of Bos ton. One of the f0 bands participating played "Lord Geoffrey Amherst," the school song of the president's nlma mater. This brought a smile from the president. The president went from the re viewing stand through a tremendous press. of people who swarmed to get a glimpse of him. to the nearby speak ers' stund. He was introduced by Mayor Quinn after n short pageant commemorative of the event being celebrated. Immediately after his address the president returned to Swampscott. I STATE NEWS t IN BRIEF -- V WW WW f f f P La Grande. According to figures just compiled by E. A. Sayre, county school superintendent, six Union coun ty high schools showed an enrollment of 922 pupils for the year of 1924-25. La Grande. At Imbler, Or., a blue fox of the Perry fox farm there had such a large family that she was forc ed to neelect some of them, so iwo of the little fellows were given to a caf to care for. Eugene. The big hall recently com pleted by the Mount Vernon local of the Farmers' union, two miles east of S"pringfield, was destroyed by fire at an early hour Saturday. Te origin of the fire was not determined. Neskowln. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc Cormick and two children of Oregon City narrowly escaped death early Friday when a tree caught and held their automobile after it had fallen nearly 300 feet from the road off Fletcher's point. , Salem. The state board of control has rejected bids for the construction of a new heating plant at the state tuberculosis hospital and ordered the work done by day labor under the supervision of Tom Davis, engineer at the hospital. The estimated cost is $8000. , Salem. Frank Meredith of Salem has been appointed by the state board of control as accountant for the board to supervise the new system author ized by the 1925 legislature to make uniform the systems of all the state institutions and bring them into one office. Eugene. The University of Oregon now has a total of 4947 alumni, ac cording to the directory soon to be is sued by the alumni association. A complete survey of all alumni and ex students, with their present addresses and occupations, is included in the book, which contains 160 pages. Sweet Home. Arthur Jorgeson, who lives near the river, has won the race this year in oat stalks, as far as , is known. He has on display oat stalks measuring 1 inches in diameter and five feet high, which are far from maturity yet, while his mother dis plays a lily with 19 blossoms on one stalk. Salem. Humors that O. L Mclntire, superintendent of the state school for the deaf, and bis wife, who is matron at the institution, are to resign were denied at the school Friday. Reports have been current that the two were to leave the Oregon school for a posi tion Of greater remuneration else where. Harrisburg. Construction of the bridge across the Willamette here again is going on unimpeded after sev eral days' delay due to trouble encoun tered in keeping water out of the steel cofferdam around pier No. 3. Before the water could be pumped from this pier it was necessary to drive a wood en cofferdam about the steel one. A SCHOOL DAqS A tf v) II Von t-CTl f'' ww Writ T )S t ' 1) M) ) turn SUM PMPVt 5 woo ! wffl - IN TV M i ,1 i, r SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER Japanese Have Air Bomb Test. Tokio. -A three-day air-bombing ex ercise recently'was held over Tsujido, a suburb of Kanguwu. Two planes were employed, each carrying 3S bombs weighing 300 to 400 pounds. The object of the exercise was to study various relations between the reaching point of bombs thrown from airplanes, and the speed as well as direction of the winds, also to Improve bomb throwing devices aboard flying machines. Albany. -Fall grain is now being threshed in Linn county. Dan Nof ziger of Tallman, started his thresh ing outfit on fall grain Friday. Al though the bulk of the fall crop is not yet ripe enough to thresh there are many crops waiting for the binders and by the end of this week the har vest is expected to be well under way Boseburg. A suit against Roy D' Autremont. who is being sought as a fugitive charged with murder in Con ner! ion with the mail holdup at Siski you two years ago, was filed in the circuit court here Friday by the Mu tual Life Insurance company of New York, the complaint being signed by Alma 1). Katz, the Portland manager. Salem. - The recent action of the state board of control In raising the salaries of Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner and Dr. W. D. McNary. superintendents of the two state hospitals for the insone. from $3000 to $4000 annually has now- given the board the delicate problem of meeting similar demands from the superintendents of other state insti tution. Salem. In Hie administration of the farmers' relief fund created by the 1925 legislature requisitions for harvesting, sacking and threshing of grain will be given preferred claim, it was announced Friday by the state board of control In letters to ware housemen, attorneys and citizens com mittees charged with the detailed ad ministration of the fund. Salem. Registration of foreign ve hicles in. Oregon during June totaled 12.659. lacking' 2274 of equaling the total registration for the five preced ing months of this year. From Janu ary 1 to May 31. inclusive. 14.933 ve hicles were registered in the state. Portland reported the third largest registration of any city in the- state with 1165 for the month of June and 3445 for the first six months of 1925. The National Education association in Indianapolis voted Friday to hold its 1926 convention in Philadelphia. TF A MAN strolling on the sidewalk ) espies the shell of a nut, the chance inny be that he will turn aside to step upon it that he may hear It crunch beneath Ids weight. A vague pleasure conies to him as the shell cracks and gives way to the pressure of his foot; un odd conscious ness of power which for the moment tickles his pride and possibly causes him to expluim to himself as did little Jack Horner In the nursery rhymes, "Oh what a big man am 1 1" From the time of Herod, this type of man has bad much to do with the unhapplnes8 of the world, Its sobs and tears, Its divorces. Its industrial strifes and wars. It is tills sort of man that likes to oppress, to wield ills lists and ply the whips. He delights to humiliate men by compelling them to submit to his rro gance and presumptuous mastery. He has no sympathy for the men and women whose backs art bent un der burdens, who uncomplainingly are doing the world's work, building homes, rearing families, planting trees, tilling the soil, guiding the looms and forging steel. Being the embodiment of selfish ness, dictatorial in all his communica tions and dealings with his fellow kin, he has no hesitancy In crushing be neath his bard, cruel beeli everything and everybody that comes In his way. He does not stop to consider that he, too, in ail probability may meet a similar fate. That as be measures It, will In the day of final reckoning be measured unto him, even to the last mite. He Is too busy and finds too much satisfaction and profit in crunching the shells on the sidewalk and, inci dentally, in crushing hearts and wreck ing lives. The little fellows must seek cover when he conies strutting down the street, else he may turn suddenly aside when he meets them to step upon them, simply to hear the delight ful crunch ! Like a hawk, he is ever watchlm; for prey, ever ready to tear and de stroy, that he may be better fed, be come more powerful and more gen erally feared. If a boy or girl should show signs of developing these strange human traits, see to It that he or she Is shown the error and led away from It with utmost baste. I by Mri'lur HmHUH Syndicate i THE YOUNG .LADY ACROSS THE WAY j oAmong the IpTABLES STRANGE HUMAN TRAITS GENERAL PERSHING GENERAL JOHN JOSEPH PERSH ING, military hero of .both the United States and Europe, wus born September 13, 18C0, in Linn county, Missouri. He was rutlier poor, as a boy, with an intense ambition to "do something." This led liitn to take the competitive examinations for West Point, from which he graduated when he was twenty-six. Few men have had careers where so much tragic misfortune bus gone hand In hand With such brilliant success. When lie wus embarking for work in the Philippine und Moro campaigns, he received word of the death of his mother. He was no sooner started on his honeymoon than lie bad a cable to join Kuroki's army In Manchuria. And, as he was starting out after Villa, In Mexico, he heiird of the tragic death of his wife and three of his four little children In the fire at the Presidio, In California. General Pershing first served In various Indian campaigns then In the Santiago campaign, then In the Philippines and against the Moros, (whose language, Incidentally, he learned). He was sent in pursuit of Villa, and when it became necessary to choose a leader of our expedition ary forces, he was the man sent. He has a face that seems stern in re pose, like the fuces of most military leaders, but with a quick, warm smile that wipes out botli the stern expres sion and the hint of sadness around the eyes. He has a genius for taking desired military positions with little or no loss of men. ( by deorge Matthew Adinn.) O The young lady across the wuv says lyachiug uever will be blotted out un til niob law Is strictly enforced. ( by McClnr. N.w.p.p.r 8ynJlct ) 1PHO SAID "Force is all-conquering, bdt its vic tories are shortlived." TT WAS the realization of the idea A here expressed that Impelled Abra ham Lincoln to decide upon a plan of reconstruction which had for its pur pose the conciliation of the southern states, following the Civil war. His Plan which, had it been followed, would have saved the nation those terrible days which came ufter the war of secession was neglected, how ever, and partisan politicians substi tuted their own plan when the as sassins bullet had laid the great Pres ident low. Lincoln realized thut force war , had brought victory to the North, but he realized also thut the victory would he shortlived if it were not followed up with a policy of generosltv and fairness which would clinch the suc cess achieved on the battlefield. But his policy was not followed and the I'nlted States experienced dark days following the great strife. Abraham Lincoln, as every lad knows, was a poor boy and the son of poor, almost Illiterate parents. The story of how this lad. in rhe face of apparently Insurmountable difficulties, achieved sut-cess and secured a knowl edge of English which mude It possi ble for him to write one of the great est bits of literature ever known to the world the Gettysburg address reads 'ike u fairy story. Lincoln was born February 12. 1909, und died In Ford's theater, Washing ton, by the hand of un assassin John Wilkes Booth, the actor April 14, His early life was spent on the farm and his wonderful phvslque. which enabled him to stand the strain of four years of war. was developed through the hard work of his early ife. He was elected to the presidency in 1800 and ngaln in 1804. Throughout his administration Lin coln adhered to a policy of abolition, but made It second to his determina tion to preserve the union. Wayne D. Mc Murray. ( by 'J.ort. Htthw Advu)