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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily Nfews Item?. 'DRY' HEAD TO DROP SOON Haynes to Be Stripped of All Author ity New Regulations Loom. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. A forest fire blaze in tho Pine creek district, 20 miles east of Wal lace. Idaho, broke beyond control line! early Sunday and Is burning over more tlian 1000 acre. The return In 1921 by the alien prop art custodian of several million dol Inra iii seized funds to the American Metal company is under investigation by department of Justice agents here und abroad. Greater Taconia's population lias in ( reused almost 6000 in Hie last, year and is now estimated at 1 :i5,2G7. These figures were compiled for the R. L. Polk & Co., 1025 directory and an nounced recently. William J. Coobran, prominent Washington correspondent, died in Washington, 1. 0 Saturday nigbt after a long illness. He bad charge of publicity work for thfl democratic party In tho 1U20 campagin. The Canadian Pacific steamer Prin cess Beatrice went ashore Saturday south of Skldgate, 500 mileB north wchI of Victoria, B. 0., In tho Queen Charlotte islands. Pacific ocean. The passengers were taken ashore. The celebrated art collection r the late Senator William A. Clark, refus ed by tho Metropolitan museum of New York, lias been accepted by the Corcoran art gallery of Washington. The price Of bread lias fallen again In Sofia, Bulgaria, as a result of the bumper wheat crop throughout Hui garta and it is officially stated that a further reduction may be expected, it i expected that the export of wheal will be five times tbut of any pre vious year. Baron Kato, who resigned with the Toklo cabinet after a split over new taxation propoaals, was reappointed premier Saturday, ltaron Kato lias reorganised bis cabinet by restoring to their places all mllnsters with the exception of three recalcitrant solyu kal party members. Assistant Secretary Andrews of the treasury depart incut in Ills efforts to rebuild the prohibition enforcement organization, has mapped out a plan to draw Into bis new corps a dozen or more big business executives. Indica tions Saturday night were that tho plan would be successful. The Wellington, New Zealand, labor soclallsls have urgeil publicly that the American fleet iiH a fleet bo boycot ted. The Dunedln labor representa Hon committee hus adopted a resolu lion urging all workers to refrain from participating in celebrations being ar ranged for the forthcoming visit. ('buries C. Hart of Spokane, Wash., the new American minister to Albania, Saturday presented bis credentials to President Ahmed Zogu. Ho was es- oorted to tiie government bouse by of ficials of the American office and a company of Albanian soldiers with a bund playing "Tho Star Spangled Banner. lien II Hawkins, M years old, Is near death in a hospital In Seattle, Wash, after being stabbed with a knife by IiIh brother ut the home of their mother. The fight between the two brothers ending la the stabbing affray is said (o be the culmination of ill feeling that existed between them for several years. The MacMillan Arctic expedition reached Klah, Greenland, at il o'clock Saturday night, after Its long struggle with Hie lei' in Melville bay. The Na tional Geographic society received this Information !n a wireless message which kuvo no Information further than that the party found five Ksklmo families on their arrival. A 50 year search by Mrs. Ida Heed of Hdwiirtlsvlllo. III. for her child has ended successfully with the receipt of word from Mrs. Nettle May Fuller of Tacomn. Wash. Thirty years ago, when her husband died, while they were residing In Wooster. O, Mrs. Heed placet! her two children in an Institution, after which all trace of them was lost. Recently, Kdward Heed, the woman's son, found n man who knew of the case und informed hliu where his sister could be found Washington, D. C, Prohibition Com missioner Haynes will be stripped of all authority over prohibition enforce ment September 1. His duties will be lodged in the 24 prohibition administrators to be ap pointed under the reorganization of the enforcement forces effective the first of next month, and he will act merely in an advisory capacity to As sistant Secretary Andrews of thf treasury. An order authorizing the transfer of authority was issued Monday by In ternal Revenue Commissioner Blair who, under the law, retains nominal jurisdiction over the prohibition unit Actual direction of administration will In- in the hands of Mr. Andrews, who was appointed to the treasury with that end In view. While the order had been forecast, it was much more sweeping than ex pected. It. takes away from the com missioner all authority he had with respect to any matters relating to in toxicating liquors, as well as all auth ority he has had in approving or dis approving acts of prohibition agents in the field. Moreover, there no longer will be any requirements that copies of per mits, bonds or other documents relat ing to the withdrawal, manufacture or olher handling of liquors be forward ed to the commission. These will re main in the possession of the prohibi tion administrators, who will be sta tioned at 22 points in the United States and in Porto Rico and Hawaii. While the full effect of the order will not be felt until September 1, control or I lie manufacture, sale and use of specially denatured alcohol is to be transferred immediately from col lectors of internal revenue to the pres- nt prohibition directors, who will act in Hie respect as administrators until i lie regular administrators can be appointed. Commissioner Haynes was absent from Washington, but it was said at the prohibition unit that he would re main in his present place, and that as idviser to Mr. Andrews and active le ad of whatever force is retained in Hie prohibition headquarters after the reorganisation becomes fully effective, he will have as many duties as he can attend to. Millions Made Quickly. New York. Kockaway took on the appearance of a frontier town in the midst of a I tic gold rush Monday Then thousands of men and women, mostly speculators bent on the acquis ition of easy wealth, crowded the ocean front to lake part in Hie land boom fostered by the proposed erec tion of a new board walk. hots that a year ago could have been bought for $40 a front foot sold on paper Monday for as high as $10,- 000, Stories of fabulous wealth amass- 1 overnight were whispered among the crowds. Assemblyman llrunner, real estate operator who is credited with getting I lie measure for the board walk nass- d. said ho turned over more than $1,000,000 worth of property, lie Is Credited with having done $(i. 500,000 business last week and he did not deny this. AMERICAN ENTRY IN COURT SIGHTED Favorable Senate Vote Fore cast by Pepper- i PRESIDENT INFORMED James H. Sheffield, Envoy, Makes Re port on Harmony Due to Ex change of Notes. Evolution War Revived. Chattanooga, Tenn. John Itandolph Neal of counsel for John '1'. Scopes, recently convicted of violating Ten nessee's ant I evolution law, in a state ment given the Chattanooga Times, loclurod that he would file in United States district court here a taxpayers' petition to enjoin enforcement of tho slate law. Dr. Neal said that after filing- the petition he would leave for New York o confer with Dudley Field Malone. Arthur Carfield Hays and other at torneys Interested In the case. Chicago. Chicago conversed with Hie Arctic circle by radio earlv M on lay when newspaper men asked and ecelved answers to five questions put to the MacMillan arctic navy expedi Hon through tin- Zenith Itadio corpora Hon on a wave length of 140 meters. I'wenty minutes elapsed between the propounding of (he first question and Its answer. Faint music, apparently of a phono graph, was heard from the expedition before the questions were asked. Boots Save Glrl'i Life. Ueno, N'o lie, uuse she ore rub her boots on her father's farm, the 11 year-old daughter of A. Aeschelman of NeriiiRton. Nov , Is alive after being strut k by a lightning bolt Saturday night. It took 20 minutes for n phy sician to revive her when the bolt laid er unconscious. The doctor says the boots prevented her receiving the full strength of the bolt. Try to conceive a woman with throe eulliireu that thorn Is any unemployment. Two Die In Air Crash. Oklahoma City. Okls. Karl Wheel er, Oklahoma City aviator, nnd an un identified passenger were burned to Swampscott, Mass. Confidence that the senate at its next session will agree to America's entrance into the world court with reservations accept able to the other powers, was express ed by Senator Pepper, republican, Pennsylvania, on his arrival here late Saturday to be a week end guest of President Coolidge. The senator made this prediction to newspaper men after he had paid his respects at White Court. He said that while his visit was purely social, lie undoubtedly would exchange views with the executive before continuing his journey to bis summer home in Maine, on the world court and other issues, Including the anthracite situa tion, although be had not done so when interviewed. Prior to the arrival of Senator and Mrs. Pepper at the summer White House, the president had James H. Sheffield, ambassador to Mexico, as a luncheon guest and had received Representative Underbill, republican, Massachusetts, who reported on his trip to Hie orient. It is understood that the president has been informed that relations be tween the United States and Mexico have improved since the recent ex change of notes between the two governments. Mr. Underhill said the Philippines would not be ready for independence for another 200 years, advocated strengthening the hand of Govemor- deneral Wood and removal of the Ju dicial system from politics and assert ed that America should encourage de velopment of industrial projects In the islands. Enough rubber can be pro duced there, he said, to supply the world. The Massachusetts representative ilso urged strengthening of the Ha waii defense and cril Icised condil ions at t hit- army post on the island, as serting that the barracks were in u disgraceful state. Senator Pepper was of the opinion i bat the senate in reaching a com promise on the world court would ap prove a resolution different in its terms from any yet proposed. He said ho believed the slate had been wiped clean, opening the way for a new proposal that would avoid en tangling alliances, receive senate ap proval and prove acceptable to other mil ions. King Grants Amnesty. Home. An amnesty decree of far reaching proportions, freeing all po litical offenders except murderers and releasing from the JuHs prisoners of all kinds, has been granted as an act of royal clemency and a contribution to national pacification on the occa sion of the completion of the quarter cent tlry reign of King Victor Emman uel. It is estimated between 10,000 and 12,000 persons will be affected. . Under the decree those guilty of political crimes will ho freed, except when the motives were purely person at and when murder, even unintention al, was committed. Thus, those ac cused of Implication in the Matteottl murder are excluded. The decree ulso releases criminal offenders In many mlnor categories, except when death resulted from the crimes. Those re leased will include men and women serving one year or less. Couple Wed In Hospital. hongvlew, Wash.- Despite loss of n leg in a railway accident Friday. I, eon urd Davis, 31, married Sarah Staukey. 31. of Ostrander, Saturday night The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. H. Ciobnrt. pastor of the Longview Communlty church. In the hospital where Davis Is now a patient. Mothers of the bride ami bridegroom and the nurses were the attendants. Davis plans to go to school again aud take up a new vocation. Fire Hits Texas Town. Houston, Tex. Telephone reports at 1 o'tlock said a fire Saturday at l ib. rty. Tex., had caused a properly loss of $100,000. In addition to a block of stores, the Southern Pacific frame depot was reported to have been burned. Liberty Is an oil town death Monday. Their airplane fell a the county seat of Liberty county, 44 few miles north of here. I miles west of Beaumont. t-irn jft fit! i TVTT7T T T4T3 DA AlEi J.TIJC. W e IN BRIEF. Hood River. While no sales of any consequence have yet been made, apple dealers here report more in quiries than usual for this season. Salem. When the state land board closed its doors for the week end Sat urday, George G. Brown, clerk of the department, had served the state con tinuously for 30 years. Salem. James Speirs of Tangent, who gave his occupation as a laborer, was issued the first certificate of mo tor vehicle title under the new title registration law enacted at the last session of the state legislature. Pendleton. Considerable damage has been caused to Umatilla county trees and shrubs by red spiders, ac cording to P. C. Parr, local florist, who has received reports from many prop erty owners that the leaves are falling from trees and bushes. Salem. The United States depart ment of agriculture, Mount Hood na tional forest, Portland, has filed ap plication with Hie state engineer for appropriation of water from an un named stream for domestic purposes in Hood River county. Salem. Three boys at the state training school were reported by Superintendent L. M. Gilbert Friday as critically ill witli typhoid fever as a result of drinking water from con taminated wells at the site of the new training school near Woodburn. St. Helens. Edwin Mattson, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Mattson, of War ren, was drowned about noon Satur day at Columbia beach, near Columbia City, while swimming in view of a party of Warren Sunday school pupils who were picnicking at the resort. St. Helens. The new Rotger build ing on Columbia street is practically completed ami will be ready for occu pancy within a few days. The struc ture is 47x100, one story high and built of concrete. It has two store rooms, one of which will be occupied by the J. C. Penny company. Salem. The Oregon state peniten tiary, with 24 machines in operation and a crew of more than 50 convicts at work, now has the largest and best equipped flax scutching mill in the world. Oregon's nearest competitor in the flax industry is in Ireland, where tjiere is a mill with 23 machines. Molalla. Harvey Robbins, 92, an early Oregon settler and a resident of Hood River, died here Sunday at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Levi Robbins. He bad come here to attend a reunion of the Robbins family a week ago. Mr. Robbins made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Carlson, at Hood River. Vernonia. Fire which started early Saturday in the logging operations of the East Side Mill & Lumber com pany, near Koasey, Or., had traveled approximately three miles Sunday and had destroyed one donkey engine and iome green timber. Most of the area covered by the fire was an old burn. Toledo. Threshing began Monday in upper Y'aquina and Siletz valley. Prospects are good for bumper yields, especially oats and rye. In the high land districts farmers are enthusiastic over giant rye feed which was import ed here several years ago. Hay crops were harvested in fine shape and most barns were filled to capacity with hay. Hood River.--Next week a crew of county road builders will start con struction of a road about three-fourths of a mile long around the north end of Lost lake. A 70-foot wooden bridge will be built across the outlet can yon. The new road will penetrate a timbered area ami open to campers some of the best locations on the lake. Salem. -Penitentiary sentences for persons convicted of operating stills apparently is having a beneficial ef fect in the conduct of this class of law violators, according to William Lev BB9, state prohibition commissioner. Mr. Levens reports that within the Inst two weeks as many as a dozen abnndned stills have been found in various sections of the state. Salem. J. W. Timpson, Washington manager for the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, arrived here Friday to in spect the various soils in the Willam ette valley to determine their adapta bility for the growing of sugar beets. Mr. Timpson said that tests made here previously indicated that much of the land in the Willamette valley would produce sugar beets on a com mercial scale. Eugene. The Harrisburg Junction City section of the Pacific highway, recently paved, will be opened to traf fic August 7, It has been definitely announced. Several small bridges re main to be surfaced, but this work will not alter plans for the opening of the paved section. The stretch of highway Is the last to be paved and provides unbroken pavement on the highway from Canada to California. f SCHOOL DAljS A i n ,i OlOUR LJ Last Name SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT By F. A. WALKER IS IT WAGNER? THERE Is a big and nourishing fam ily named Wagner In tills country. Germany, of course, Is Where the orig inal Wagners came from and there It Is a very usual and very distinguished name, for besides the celebrated op eratic composer and poet, there have been noted men of the name In many of the professions and arts. The name became popular because It was an occupational name of an occupation that was tremendously Im portant. For It is Hie equivalent of cartwrlght or wheelwright some one who made and repaired the wheels of wagons. And of course this was a vital trade when almost all transpor tation was effected in wagons and coaches and carriages. It Is an Interesting thing that the English name Cartwrlght with the same signification, is also usual In England, and numbers among Its bearers many men of distinction. The most-known man of the name here, perhaps, was Peter Cartwrlght of Vir ginia, a famous circuit' rider and preacher of the Methodist church. To get back to the Wagners. Heln rich Wagner of Schwaver, Wurtem burg, had a son Michael, born In MIcbelfeld, Wurtemburg, In 1723, who was a first settler In the New world. In 1744 he married Maris Elizabeth Scllne, and five years later removed with his wife to Gennnntown, Pa. Two years after that' they settled per manently In Frederick county, Mary land, where they bad land direct from Lord Baltimore. Henry Wagner was a fighter in the Indian wars, and he established a big and flourishing fam ily. (ffi by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) O MORE PRETENDERS 1PHO SAID "The grave is the cradle of trans 3 formation." YXfDAN Giuseppe Maszlni, the great Italian patriot, uttered these words, death was staring him in the face and he knew not but that In a short time he would he forced to lie In the "cradle of transformation." In 1870 Mazzini engaged in an Insur rection against the Italian government at Palermo, and together with many of bis comrades he was arrested. Fate looked dark for a time for the patriots, but they did not despair and the threat of death aroused no fear In their hearts nor did It make them lessen their resolve that Italy should be free and an Independent European state. After languishing In Jail for a few months Rome was occupied and the patriots were freed. Mazzini lived but two years longer, his death occur ring in Pisn. Karen to, i7-j. Of the long list of men who have buttled for Italian freedom. Ma.zinl's name stands well toward the top. patriot was born in Genoa In lfift was graduated from the University of Genoa and was admitted to the bar of that city. Shortly after his gradua tion Mazzini Joined the Carbonari. This was a revolutionary party who disguised themselves Hs charcoal mak ers or wood burners, nnd took their name from the trade they affected to follow. Mazzini had not long been a mem ber of this revolutionary purty when he became Involved In a dispute with me autnonttes at Piedmont and marge or conspiracy to wreck government, he was IrnnrianM At the outbreak of the revolution in 1848 he became a member of the trium virate in the republic of Home, but was again exiled when the papal power was restored. lteins unwilling to take the oath of allegiance, he remained sway from Italy until shortly before his death. Wayne D McMurray. (S by Sm Matthew Alum.) TN ALL communities there Is a class of men and women who cannot stand up straight and put a name upon their actions. If you will take time to scrutinize them closely, you will find that they lloat through life like chips on the waters, governed in their movements by the whims of the tides and winds. They nod an Indifferent good-day to failures, which in their lives have a habit of coming often, and quite as supinely put out a listless hand to welcome opportunity, not concerned In the least whether it shall remain or soar away. To these people nothing assumes Importance but their pretentious selves and their unsought opinions, which usually are as threadbare as the tat tered garments of a mendicant. Being the mere pretenders that they are, they are their own court, Judge and Jury, oblivious to criticism and strangely Indifferent to the scorn of good society. From acquired habit they puff out their breasts, disregard all accepted laws of propriety and go parading through life as If they were specially privileged to embarrass and humiliate t heir fellow-beings. Their behavior forms a sort of hack ground which Is recognized at first glance by the unassuming, well-educated and cultured as supremely arti ficial and brazen. So thinking and so acting they con taminate everything they touch. No man or woman of earnest Inten tions can come in contact with these pretenders without experiencing a feeling of disgust which sometimes is tinged witli genuine sorrow. If kindly suggestions should be proffered, these wretched hypocrites turn on their heels In mock civility, bow themselves out and continue their foolish course In proud disdain. Like dolls stuffed with sawdust, they make excellent playthings for children, but are of no material use to men and women who are waging the serious battle of life, performing nobly their role In the affairs of the world, humble In their attitude to wards one another, encouraging nnd consoling the true-hearted, but con stantly frowning upon sham. ( by McCture Newspaper Syndicate.) ) THE YOUNG LADY ACROSS THE WAY The He on a the Ihe young lady across the way says the quiet victims of melancholia are the ones to be watched and she doesn't believe there's a person living who threatened to - commit suicide and really did. ( by McClur N'.w.pap.r Syo3lcatk