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world happenings OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Datty News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU TAX SLASH IN PROSPECT Half Billion Reduction Forecast -Extra Session Held Unnecessary. Events oNoted People, Governments und Pacific Northwest, amf Other Things Worth Knowing. A sharp earthquake shock was felt throughout the Suu Francisco bay re gion ut 11:26 A. M. Sunday. No dam age was reported. Cardinal Begin, Roman Catholic primate of Canada, died in Quebec Sunday morning. Death occurred at 13:30 A. M at the archbishop's palace. Vancouver, Wash. Mrs. Ellen Adams, 80, 505 Ingals street, was burned to death Sunday morning in a fire which she Is believed by her hus band, J. T. Adams, to havo set. Girls stood pre-eminent in tho na tional prize essay contests for ytmng BtUdenU of chemistry, winnlg four of the six scholarships offered by the American ChemiBtry society, Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, an nounced. Reception arrangements for tho American fleet in Melbourne, Austra lia, continued energetically Monday. A school holiday has been proclaimed for July 24, tho day tho floet arrives. Zetb Lane, reputed wealthy lumber mill owner of Colvillo, Wash., died Saturday night at his summer home in the Valley of tho Moon, near Sono ma, Cal. Death was due to a heart attack. He was (it! years old and Is survived by his widow, a son and a daughter, The Rumanian government probably will Bend no note to Washington re garding payment of Rumania's debt to the United states until Premier Brat iauo has discussed tho general debt Bit nation with the French and British governments. New evidence of corruption in the enforcement or prohibition has been disclosed to federal authorities in numerous instances as a result of the efforts of Asslstunt Secretary And rews of the treasury to rebuild the en forcement system. A special dispatch from Bucharest states that tho Rumanian government lias consented to the export of tio.ooo carloads of wheat In the final harvest. A reduction of the export tax also is granted becauso of tho prevalent low prices of wheat In tho world markets. A conference of trade union execu tives In London Friday approved a plan for a great alliance embracing millions of British workers, including miners, railway men, engineers, ship builders and transport laborers. The question then was referred to the var ious unions to consult their members and report to a further conference. Harold (I. Bretherton, American Vice-consul at Aguuscallentos, Mexico, was shot in the back and slightly wounded on the night of July Hi. The American embassy at Mexico City has I n Instructed by the state depart ment to take up the case with tho Mexican foreign office for Investiga tion and punishment of tho assailant. For the first time in Its history, the commonwealth of Australia has turn ed from London to New York for Its external financing. J. 1". Morgan & Co. announced Friday the purchase of a 175.000,000 Australian loan, which will bo offered for public subscription next Monday. Simultaneous offering of a i 5,000.000 loun will bo made in London. Montana farmers Saturday present ed their side of the export wheat rate controversy before Examiner Jewell of the interstate commerce commission. These witnesses declared themselves as unalterably opposed to cancellation of the export rate to North l'aclflc terminals, insisted that tho rate hns brought better prices and more com petition and demanded that the farm er and the state be given opportunity for agricultural development. A Minneapolis engineer. H. J. Smith. Saturday declared be had discovered a mysterious new force, "black rays" of the sun. which exert a pushing in stead of the pulling power hitherto supposed to Iw oue of the influences keeping (lie earth in its orbit, and he has so far demonstrated the truth of his claim that Dr. Henry A. Erlkson, head of the physics department of the Fnlverslty of Minnesota, has aband oned plan for a vacation and shut himself up in hi laboratory to see it the law of Newtou must be scrapped or amended. Swampscott, Mass. President Cool iflge, plunging into his first real con sideration of the administration's leg islative program for next session, Mon day received an encouraging report from Senator Curtis of Kansas, the republican leader, on the prospect for a heavy tax cut. A reduction of at least $300,000,000 is in prospect on the basis of treas ury reports hd has gone over, Sen ator Curtis told the executive. He emphasized, however, that should the program for reorganization of the gov ernment departments be enacted, a cut of half a billion dollars seemed possible. He presented no specific plan for tax reduction. Senator Curtis, who came here as the house guest of the president, also gave encouraging reports on tho farm outlook. He confirmed Mr. Coolidge's view t hat no special session of con gress was necessary now. He declar ed against an extended fight to revise the senate rules at the next session, lest It impede the passage of import ant legislation. (iood prices and good crops were making for satisfaction among the farmers generally, the Kansas senator, who has just visited in the middle west, reported. He believed, however, legislation to aid the co-operative mar keting system should be enacted. Inning the day tho president also recevled Senator Hale, republican, Maine, chairman of the naval com mittee, who has just returned from B trip of Inspection of the Pacific const naval defenses. Senator Hale again urged that a naval base be es tablished on the Pacific coast, men tioning Alameda, Cal., as one location and suggested tho government go through witli its proposed Improve ment in Pearl harbor, Hawaii. U.S. FOREIGN LOANS EXCEED 9 BILLIONS $551,591,000 of Securities Of fered in Six Months. DOUBLE NEW CAPITAL Europe Biggest Borrower in First Half of Year; Latin America and Canada Follow. Malady Under Control. San Francisco. The Pacific branch offices of the American Red Cross Monday received from Dorothy Sleich- ter, Red Cross nurse at Fort. Yukon, Alaska, word that the influenza epi demic there was well in hand and that there was no need for additional doctors or nurses at present. Mrs. Blelcbter went to Fort Yulutn Satur day by airplane from Fairbanks. The message said that up to Sunday night I here had been but eight deaths out Of some 200 cases. The Red Cross has established an emergency kitchen at the fort for ac commodation of those who are ill in their cabins. Giant Sturgeon Caught Hood River, Or. -F. L. Wright Co lumbia river fisherman, Monday broke tho record of several yenrs when he lauded from a salmon net a sturgeon thai weighed, when dressed, 202 pounds. The huge fisli measured 7 feet and 7 Inches in length. It was exhibited in the show window of a meal market with a 50-pound Chinook salmon and scores of bluehncks and was viewed by hundreds of motor tourists. Shooting to be Probed. Mexico City. The department of the Interior has ordered an Investiga tion of the shooting of Harold G. Hrelherton, United States vice-consul at Aguascalientes. Information here Is that Hrelherton was only slightly wounded. Washington was advised Saturday that Mr. Bretherton was shot nt Aguascalientes July 16. The cause was not explained, Irut belief was ex pressed that tho shot was intended for someone else. Fort Yukon to Get Aid. Washington, I). O. The American lied Cross announced an appropriation Monday night to cover expenses of sending drugs, food and aid to Fort Yukon, Alaska. Reports received said 200 cases of Influenza with eight deaths had been listed thVro, but that the situation was under control. $600,000 Refund Atked. New York. Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, filed suit Monday In federal court against Lawrence C. Thaw, her grandson, for the return of $600,000. She alleges she gave him this money on his repre sentation that be had been unjustly discriminated ngulust in his father's will. Australia Loan Taken. New York. The $75,000,000 Com monwealth of Australia 5 per cent ex ternal loan, floated by a banking group headed by J. P. Morgan & Co., was sold Monday. The loan was over subscribed with in one hour ufter the books were opened. Load of Marks Stolen. Cherokee, la. - Three Cherokee youths were arrested Sunday while hliilug In an out field, dividing the loot from an alleged farm house rob bery. The loot Included 103,256,000 Herman marks. Washington, D. C. The nation's total foreign investment, inclusive of amounts owed the United States by foreign governments, Is estimated by the department of commerce at a little more than $9,500,000,000. The par value of foreign securities publicly offered in this country dur ing the first half of 1925 amounted to $551,591,000 as compared to $379,700, 000 for the corresponding period last year, according to Theodore R. Gold smith, chief of the finance and invest ment division of the department of commerce. The amount of new capi tal, arrived at by deducting refunding issues from the total, amounted to $437,2GG,000, or more than double that for the first six months of 1924. There was also a large increase in the number of issues. Sixty-three for eign issues had been brought out up to July 1, as compared with 40 is sues for tho first half of last year. Tho volume was below that of the latter half of 1924, however, when the investment totaled $830,077,000, of which $652,087,000 represented new capital. Europe was the largest borrower during the first half of the present year, the gross volume of loans amounting to $237,600,000. Latin America was second with 8151,081,000 and Canada third with $131,910,000. Asia, which led last year with one loan to the Japanese government of $125,000,000, comes fourth this year with only $31,000,000. Tho total of loans to governments nnd enterprises enjoying government guarantees amounted to $415,G71,000, of which $312,171,000 was new capital. Of the total corporate issues, amount ing to $134,986,000, new loans account ed for $125,095,000. During the year 1924 corporate loans amounted to only $150,000,000 or less than one seventh of the total, while for the first part of this year they represnted ubout one-fourth. The actual amount of Increase for the first six months of 1925 was about $85,000,000. European corporations received 48,100,000, most of which will be used as working cap ital, while for the same purpose Ger many alone received $36,000,000. At the end of 1924 this nation's foreign Investment exclusive of money owed the United States government amounted to $9,090,000,000 and It is safe to assume, according to depart ment of commerce figures, that this has been increased at least $437,000, 000, giving a total of about $9,527,000,-000. i it 1 news : STATE tN BRIEF j & fl SCHOOL PA1JS fl & Man Imitates Monkey. Paris. "I'm the man thnt descend ed from the monkey," chattered a man walking on all fours in a crowded business street of Paris Saturday when a policeman questioned him. He refused to walk normally and was taken in a taxlcab to a police station where it was found he was the chief administrative officer of an insane asylum in the Orne depart ment. Too close association with his charges, and not the reading of the daily reports from tho evolution trial at Dayton, Tenn., was believed to be the cause of his condition. City Reported Flooded. Tokio. Dispatches from Korea say a lurge part of the city of Seoul Is Inundated by a flood, which caused the Seoul river to overrun its banks. A special dispatch received here from Osaka reports all lines of com munication from that city to Korea have been severed. Asahl, a newspaper, says the Seoul power house has been destroyed and the city is in darkness und there are numerous casualties. Western Pacific Buys. Washington. 1). C. The Western Pacific railroad was authorized Satur day by tho interstate commerce com mission to acquire control of the Sucramento Northern railroad ut an approximate cost of $4,450,000. The Sacramento Northern will trausfer both stocks and bonds to the Western Pacific. An Issue of se curities, if necessary, was also ap proved by the commission. Salem. There were three fatalities in Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending July 16, ac cording to announcement made at the offices of the state industrial accident commission. St. Helens. Fishermen made good t . A 0 1 ... i , i mi e . 1 . Liti-iicB ui auiiiiuu iusi w ee, i no nsn came in spurts and it is believed that the late run is on the way. -The heavy catch for the week was delivered Wed nesday, amounting to ZV2 tons. Hillsboro. Fire, supposedly from a lantern, destroyed a garage and four automobiles at the farm of M. Waka sugi and K. Shigeno near Rosedale Thursday night. The loss was about $1000, with about but one machine In sured. Salem. Frank Griffin of Kerby has filed application in the office of the state engineer covering the appropria tion of water from Josephine creek for mining purposes in Josephine county. The estimated cost of the proposed development is $3000. Silverton. Appearand of gape among the birds on the Benson pheas ant farm has made necessary the mov ing of all pens. Some of the pens have been in use since the farm was started 10 or 12 years ago, while others were erected during the last two or three years. Hlarshfield. A movemnet is on to have Mr3. C. B. Mulkey appointed county school superintendent to suc ceed her husband, who was killed Fri day at North Bend, when a spruce tree two feet in diameter fell upon his automobile, as he was driving through Simpson park. Salem. State officials and em ployes, who in the past have collect ed 10 cents a mile for the .use of their private automobiles while en gaged in official business, hereafter will be allowed only actual rail or ! stage faires, where these transporta tion facilities are available. Salem. Despite the large number of added law-enforcement agencies and the crime prevention campaign, more arrests were made in Salem in the first six months of 1925 than in the corresponding period in 1915. This was set fortli In a report prepared , here by Mark Poulson, city recorder.! I Salem. Jesus Torres, Mexican, who escaped from the state penitentiary; here Thursday, is suspected by the of-' ficers of stealing an automobile be-: longing to C. D. Benningar. The ma chine was parked a few miles east of Salem and in the vicinity of where Torres was last seen after his escape. ! Copyright l. ,i l, 1 .,-n SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER LOVE AND SACRIFICE TF YOU exhibit a continuous willlng- ness to love and sacrifice when all humans about you seem resentful and unappreclatlve, you have within jour soul the essence of true nobility. In wars between nations, in do mestic turmoils, in the breaking of home ties, In the struggles for exis tence, love nnd , sacrifice ultimately become the final nrbiters. What more beautiful than the love and sacrifice of a mother, who re gardless of the unihitlfulness and snubs of her children keeps on loving and making sacrifices for their com fort and advancement, still smiling complacently while in ber breast she is carrying a burden causing aches and pains from which she would glad ly be relieved, but refuses to be, be cause of her spiritual nobility and simple faith. The world Is full of such love and sacrifice, perhaps saving it and its peoples from divine wrath, but cer tainly making it better in manifold ways which we do not in our blind ness and apathy perceive or consider. When all men say "impossible," when the waters are sparling and the storms are heating against a wanton boy or girl, love and sacrifice stoop down and rescue him or her from peril. There Is no depth to which love and sacrifice Will not descend; no height to which they will not scale to accomplish their object. We may turn In lofty disdain from the little old woman with dimmed eyes, gnarled fingers nnd a limp in her walk, but If we could look Into her heart and see its every recess the symbol of love and sacrifice, we might realize that we have snubbed an angel. Every first of January we open a new book with high resolves. On the first page tlfere are profuse promises of love and sacrifice, then follow a few blushing leaves contain ing hasty scrawls; with the rest of the volume a blank. We forget our vows ere January is done. Just as we forget to pay homage to the little old woman with the dimmed eyes and gnarled fingers, who never falls from the beginning of the year to the end to remember love and sacrifice, when she may be count ed upon faithfully to do until the end of her days. ( by McClure Npwapappr Syndicate.) O THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY Eugene. Timber holdings of the Anderson & Middleton Lumber com-' puny and timber along Culp creek,, in the Cottage Grove district, were ser lOUSly threatened by a fire which ' started Saturday afternoon when a charge of dynamite ignited dry slash ings, according to word received here. Salem. The Standard Oil company of Portland hns increased its capital Stock from $5000 to $100,000, accord ing ot notice filed In the office of the state corporation department Satur- j day. Permission to operate in Ore-i gonwas granted to the Nelson Steam- ship company, a California corpora tion. The corporation has capital stock of $io;ooo. Baker. Four assays showing the high average ore value at ton of $72.90 have just been completed for the Mother Lode Copper company by W. 1 W. flibbs, assayor. The assays are as t follows: Gilkison tunnel, copper value $7.96, gold $20,80, silver $.33. total $29.09; Balm creek vein, copper $45.84, silver $.16. total $78.68; South Halm creek, copper. $11.36, gold $1S.40, silver $.28. total $130.04. Salem. Since 1907, when the law went into effect providing state rev MM from the licensing of motor ve hldM, to July 1. 1925, the state has ' collected the immense sum of $26, 815.950.66 from this source of revenue. Of this total $141. 2S0 was turned into the general fund of the state treas ury to and including the year 1912. and the balance, or $25,341,937.16, has been expended in the construction, improvement and repair of state and county highways, according to a state ment made public by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Salem. Oregon's per capita indebt-. edness for the year 1923 was lnrger j than that of any other state in the1 union, according to a report issued by the executive department. The large per capita indebtedness in Ore- gon is due to bonds issued for high way construction, which, if deducted from the total, would make the obli gation similar to those of other states. W-l.,1.. liof.l -l,li tit., atatd '. . . . . .. , . . . . The young lady across the wav savs as indebtedness, the highway bonds notln iliful tlum will be liquidated through motor ve- cnll(j wlu,se fatntr uud hide fees and gasoline taxes, and are both dead and to be an orphan with not a lien on tho property of the state. J one parent Is bad enough. (A by llcaurt Nawipaper Syndicate) JifmvtNr k clft I o3i j oAmong the IOTABLES NICHOLAS BIDDLE TVTICIIOLAS BIDDLE was born Sep teniher 10, 175X), with a taste for adventure. So when lie was four teen, he ran away from his home In Philadelphia, where lie was born, and, as tlie expression goes, "went to sea." He soon got plenty of adventure. He sailed to Quebec, then to the West Indies, where the ship was wrecked, and those of the crew who survived, were cast ashore on a desert Island. As there was only one small life boat, they cast lots to see who should stay nnd drown or who should leave ttie ship. After some two months, the men were rescued and Biddle's wealthy family secured him an appointment in the British navy. He was twenty, then, nnd as he was considered too young to be allowed to accompany Musgrave on an nrctlc cruise, he deserted and shipped with the explorer as a common seaman, and went. Nelson, later to become the world famous admiral, was bis mess mate. When the War of Independence broke out, Biddle came home to enlist nnd stiowed such ability that he was given charge of ships that went out and captured enemy vessels, bringing supplies for their troops. He was the naval hero of the country. Then one day he got Into a fight with an enemy ship and wns wounded. Ignoring his hurt, lie ordered an armchair nnd, supported on it, continued to direct the battle. Ills ship blew up nnd he perished along with the whole crew, a mere lad of twenty-seven. Yet he bad accomplished more than most old men, during his brief lifetime. ( by Georffe Matthew A. lama.) o 1DHO SAID "Methods are the master of masters" Hp HE man who uttered these words owed Ids success In life to his methodical way of doing tilings. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Pert-gord better known as Talleyrand was a man of methods and a man who so thoroughly studied the problems thnt presented themselves before him for solution that be became one of the leading statesmen in the France of his day. He was born In Paris, February 13, 1704, and died there May 17. 183S. In the year 170'J Talleyrand was sent to London on a diplomatic mis sion. Wliile there bis enemies at home brought charges against him of being involved In royalist intrigues and he was proscribed. In 17'.)4 h had re mained In England because of the pro scription awaiting him In France England passed the famous alien act nnd Talleyrand was forced to seek asylum in America. After two years spent In the new republic. Talleyrand returned to France. On his return to bis native land ho was appointed minister of foreign af fairs, but being suspected of being In communication with the agents of Louis XVHI he was forced to resign in 1709. Tuileyrand was one of the first to recognize In Napoleon Bonaparte one of the great leaders of the time, and from this time forward for some years he devoted himself untiringly to the service of the "Little Corporal." In 1S07, following the peace of Til sit, a coolness arose between Talley rand and the emperor and In the fol lowing year Talleyrand secretly Joined a royalist committee. The year 1814 saw him active In procuring the abdi cation of Napoleon and working to place Louis XVIII again on the throne. After holding numerous positions un der the government, he retired In 1S34 and died in 1S3S In private life. Wayne D. McMurray. fi by Qwni atattbaw idtma)