The Monmouth herald., April 08, 1921, Image 2

WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEN
JOHN
BURROUGHS
BURIED
Great Naturalist Paid Last Tribute by
Admiring Friends.
West Park, N. Y.— In a rustic house,
the retreat of John Burroughs for
j CLAIRE WINDSOR
ATE N E W S ♦
PEACE RESOLUTION t | ST IN^
B R IE F.
TO BE AMONG FIRST
DECISION IS MADE
Bend.— Building costs in Bend have
fallen 20 per cent in the last month,
| nearly half a century, 150 representa­
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
COMPILED
FOR
tives of the thousands of nature lovers
who admired his outdoor life and writ­
ings, gathered Saturday at his funeral.
The ceremonies were short, of great
simplicity and reminiscent of the
YOU
Events o f Noted People. Governments
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
i
»..i
Proponents Firm in Determina
tion to Call Matter Up.
HARDING
IS
survey of unit expenses just completed
by the local contractors’ association
showed.
$10,000,000 Corporation Soon
to Organize.
Salem.— After waiting for more than
23 years, O. P. Hoff, state treasurer,
Saturday received a check in the sum
of 3 cents, which he overpaid for Span
ish-American war bonds issued in the
year 1898. Mr. H off has framed the
check, which will occupy a conspicu
Confer­ ous place in his office.
Washington and Oregon Business Men
SILENT
career of the great naturalist.
By train and by automobile the little
groups arrived throughout the fore-
“ • Utverby, the naturalisfs home, President Holds Important
situated where the Shawangunk moun-
ences, Probably Concerning
tains meet the waters of the Hudson.
Scientists ami manufacturers of
Foreign Relations.
prominence mingled in sorrow with
the neighborhood children. Publish­
ers and horticulturists bowed with
Washington, D. C.— Senate propon­
religious men from the holy cross ents of an immediate peace with Ger­
monastery.
many by congressional resolution are
Among the mourners were Thomas
understood to be standing firmly by
A. Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey S. their intention to present such a reso­
Firestone, who for several years have
lution promptly on the convening of
spent their vacations outdoors with
the extra session of congress.
Mr. Burroughs. Next to Mr. Edison
This information was obtained Sat­
Btood an aged and gray-haired man urday after a day of White House
who had pedaled his bicycle from conferences, at which the advisability
Binghamtou, more than 300 miles of a congressional declaration of peace,
away. He was C. C. Branhall, an ac­
j together with other questions invol­
quaintance of the naturalist since
ved were understood to have been dis­
childhood.
cussed.
The funeral service began with the
Whether the intention of peace-by-
soft violin strains of Plnsutl’s "R e­ resolution senators has been approved
membrance.” The Lord's prayer was by President Harding and whether It
repeuted and lines written by Earl
has the support of senators generally,
Williams which Mr. Burroughs felt were matters on which no informa­
characteristic of his own self where tion wus available.
read.
The conferences were generally con­
BIG AID TO GROWERS
Take Definite Action at Recent
Eugene.—Fire that broke out in R
H. Pierce’s garage in this city at
Portland Conference.
o’clock Saturday morning destroyed
the building, entailing a loss estimated
at $70,000. Most of the cars destroyed
The Newfoundland sealing fleet
Portland.— Backed by twenty of the
V
ere in "storage or in the garage for
reported Tuesday that it had encoun­
biggest businessmen of Oregon and
repairs and besides these Pierce lost
tered great herds of seals and 40,000
Washington, a gigantic corporation to
20 cars of hiS own, most of them old.
bad been caught.
handle the business end of the soft
Salem.—The girls o f the state acci fruit and berry Industry of the two
Acting secretary of the navy In ab­
*r
dent commission have organized
states wds launched in this city Tues
sence o f Secretary Denby, Assistant
f
baseball team, and will play a series day afternoon.
Secretary Iloosevelt attended the cab­
.<• f / ' - n
of games with the girls of other de­
Articles Incorporating the Oregon
inet meeting Tuesday
j
partments of the state government dur­ Washington Canning & Preserving
The American Telephone & Tele­
ing the coming summer. The girls Company with a capitalization of $10,'
graph Co. announced Tuesday the reg­
are practicing nightly, and consider 000,000 under the laws of the state
ular annual dividend rate would be In­
Claire
Windsor,
the
charming
able rivalry is promised in the games of Delaware were ordered filed by
creased from 8 per cent to 9 per cent.
to come.
telegraph In order that the new con­ “movie” actress with the pretty face,
The increase will take effect on July
hails from Seattle, Wash. She decided
Astoria.— The conditions in the log­ cern could function in the quickest that she could act as well as “ these
15.
ging industry are improving slightly, manner in view of the earl£ approach queens of the ‘movies.'" She spent
Fire destroyed tho interstate cotton
although the demand for logs Is not of the berry season.
much of last winter making the rounds
compress, nine boxcars and a two-
Crop experts estimate that the two of the studios daily in her automobile
yet brisk. The Niagara Logging com
story office building of the compress
pany’s camp’ in the Upper Naselle river states this year will produce one of before she was engaged by a producer.
company in Oklahoma City Tuesday
district resumed operation last week the largest, if not tho largest, out­ In the last year she wan featured in
several important screen plays.
at a total estimated damage of $578,-
and the crew began assembling at the puts of berries on record.
-O-
The
strength
of
the
new
corpora­
000.
sidered in the bearing on international Deep River Logging company’s camp. tion is indicated by the personnel of
The San Francisco chamber of com­
♦
Salem—Work of completing the pav­ the preliminary conferences, sessions
affairs as probably as tjte most im­
merce Tuesday gave its indorsement to
portant that President Harding has ing between Salem and Dallas will be of which were held in both states be­
the proposal to hold an Atlantic-Paci­
t
held since his inauguration.
resumed in a few days, according to fore the movement for united action
By MILDRED MARSHALL.
?
fic Highway and Electric exposition
Senator Knox, ex-secretary of state an announcement made by the state to handle the berry crop assumed its
Facts
about
your
nam
e;
its
history
;
mean-
4
in Portland. Or. The exposition will
I n « ; whence it war der ived ; sig nificance;?
and author of the republican peace highway department. This work was present definite shape.
your lucky da y and lucky jew el.
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be held in 1925.
Manila.—Fifteen thousand were ren­ resolution; Colonel George Harvey of | tied up more than a year ago when
Attending the organization meeting
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The maximum weight limit of parcel dered homeless here by a fire Friday New York selected as ambassador to . the residents of Polk county engaged were the following:
A G ATIIA
post packages exchanged between the night, the most destructive here, in Great Britain; Myron T. Herrick of in a dispute over the route of the west
J. C. Ainsworth, president United
United States and Germany will be more than 20 years, which destroyed Ohio, understood to be under consid­ side Pacific highway.
States National bank; S. L. Eddy, vice-
GAT1IA, the good old English
Increased from 11 to 22 pounds be­ 3000 houses in the northern section of eration for ambassador to France, and
Bend.— Loading and skidding of president Ladd & Tilton bank; W. A.
favorite, has a distinctly Greek
ginning April 1, the postoffice depart­ the city, a native quarter known as Stéphane Lauzanne, French journal­
MacRae,
manager
Portland
branch
of
logs at Shevlin-Hix3on camp No.
origin, it conies from the Greek word
ment announced.
ist,
who
came
to
American
wifh
ex-
the
Bank
of
California;
F.
P.
Kendall
the San Lasaro district. Two bodies
began Monday. Two machines started
meaning good. For a long time it re­
Premior Viviani, were among those
loading and two skiddiug, which manager of the American Can com mained imligenous to Greece, Hut final­
Five men walked into the City Bank were found in the ruins.
Police roughly estimate the loss at whom the president saw.
means the employment of more than pany; F. A. Douty, president of the ly came to European fame through a
.fit St Paul, Minn., shortly after 1 P. M.
By inference the day’s developments
$3,000,000. The razed area consisted
190 additional men. Fallera went to Multnomah Lumber & Box company; Sicilian girl called Agatha, who was
Tuesday, struck down the cashier and mostly of small native structures oc­ were coupled with the visit of M.
work a week ago at camp No. 1, but F. C. Stettler, president of the F. C. tortured to death ut Rome in the De­
a woman teller with the butts of their
Sicily straightway
cupied as dwellings and stores. It ex­ Vivian!. Gossip about his mission per­ no work is being done as yet at camp Stettler Manufacturing company, all clan persecution.
made her a guardian saint and since
revolvers and escaped with cash and
sistently has suggested that he is sup­
tended over 30 acres.
No. 2, as snow still lies on the ground. of Portland; Alfred C. Schmitt, presi­ that little islantl lias always proved a
bonds valued nt $40,000.
dent of the First National bank, A l­
American sailors ftom the flagship posed to persuade the administration
Salem.— Thrips, which caused con­ bany; W. G. Allen, manager of Hunt bone of contention between warring
Panama is expected by Central Huron of the Asiatic fleet and Amer­ not to push its peace declaration, but
siderable iamage to the prune crop of Brothers Canning company, Salem; European countries, and was held suc­
American diplomats in Washington. D. ican soldiers from the Munila bar­ rather to consider on what basis it
this vicinity a few years ago, have re W. H. Paulhamus, president of the cessively, for periods of greater or
might
accept
the
Versailles
treaty.
C„ to exhaust every means of diplo­ racks were cheered by thousands as
less duration, by the Greeks, Sara­
Senator Knox and the president appeared, according to a bulletin sent Puyallup & Sumner Fruit Growers'
cens, Normans, French, Arragonese,
matic resistance before complying, as they marched into the burning dis­
out by the Oregon Growers’ Co-opera­ Canning company; J. W. Spranger, Spaniards and Bourbons, the name of
spent
more
than
two
hours
together.
demanded by Secretary Hughes, with trict to assist in fighting the flames.
tive
association.
Orchardists
have
been
president of the Seattle National St. Agatha spread throughout Europe.
the Panama-Costa Rica boundary They razed houses surrounding the The senator’s visit started a new out­
asked to aid in stamping out this pest, bank; H. C. Henry and Gordon C
St. Agatha's festival day is cele­
award made by Chief Justice White.
burning area, making a fire break, cropping of speculation about the fate
with the co-operation of the Oregon Corbalcy, of Seattle; Henry Rhodes brated in the churches of all the coun­
of (he peace resolution.
which
halted
the
progress
of
the
fire
James Arnold, 74, of Willows, Cal.,
The impression given was that a Agricultural college and other agen­ W. R. Rust, Chester Thorne and G tries which held Sicily for u time.
who attracted considerable notice a
definite policy was yet to be framed. cies.
H. Raleigh of Tacoma; W ill L. Finch, Even Russia lias adopted the name
Railroads
Pay
Billions.
and calls it Agafia. Agatha was the
year ago by erecting a vault for him­
New York.
Salem.—
Dr.
W.
H.
Lytle,
state
vet­
Mild Winter Aids Crops.
name borne by the daughter of Wil­
self in the Willows cemetery, and by
Washington, D. C.—Railroad, wages
Twenty
thousand
berry
growers
in
liam the ’ Conqueror who was be­
Washington, D. C.—The condition of erinarian, has gone to eastern and
purchasing an expensive coffin, was for 1920 totaled $3,733,816,186, the in­
the two states are affected by the trothed to the unfortunate Earl Edwin
burned to death here Monday morning. terstate commerce commision an­ cereal crops in the northern hemi­ central Oregon where he is making a
movement, which is expected to result and died on her way to a state mar­
His portable house was destroyed by nounced Saturday. Wages for the first sphere were described as ’’generally study of conditions as they affect the
In centralization of cannery interests riage in Castllle. St. Agatha was a
livestock
interests.
In
the
absence
of
favorable”
by
the
department
of
agri­
quarter were $795,616,330, for the sec­
flames,
which
now do a business with an an­ favorite saint in England and the
any
forced
liquidation.
Dr.
Lytle
said
culture's bureau of crops Saturday in
shears with which site was mutilated
Levi P. Ankeny, ex United States ond $801,063,930, for the third $1,052.-
a summary of foreign crop prospects. the livestock men were In substantial nual turnover of $20,000,000 and which
109,451,
and
for
the
fourth
$982,606,789,
senator, died at the family home In
is increasing so rapidly that it will nre the symbols carved on many an
financial
condition,
and
that
the
losses
The
mild
winter
in
almost
all
the
re­
old wooden church calendar.
Walla Walla-at 12:30 o’clock Tuesday with the back pay for May and June
porting countries was held to have would not be as heavy as originally reach $30,000,000 within a few years.
l o r that reason Agatha became one
afternoon after a long illness. Death under the retroactive increase of July
The
trend
for
a
closer
union
of
in­
,
been an important factor in the crop anticipated.
of the most popular feminine names
wus duo to genernl senility and rheu­ 20 amounting to approximately $102,-
terests is the outcome of extensive in­ of England.
situation. The bureau said that noth­
Its vogue became so
Salem.— There were 401 accidents In
matism. Ho was In his 77th year. He 419,680 to be added in the total.
ing reliable had come through as to Oregon industries in the week ending vestigations conducted by W ill L. great that, like all mimes in common
Reports
of
back
pay,
said
the
com­
was surrounded by his immediate
Finch of New York, who has been in use. It was applied almost generally
mission, are not complete and there­ Russian crops.
March 31. aeeording to a report issued the Northwest since the beginning of
family.
to the servant class. Agatha is the
Due to mild weather, seeding was re­ by the state accident commission." Of
fore tho figures are somewhat below
Unemployment In London theater- those to appear in the final annual ported to have started in Saskatche­ the total accidents reported 377 were the year surveying the berry growing name of the interesting maid-servant
in Southey's "Doctor.” But of late
land, like that in other professions and report.
wan and Alberta, Canada, a month subject to provisions of the compensa­ and cannery field. His analysis has
years it lias leaped to prominent re­
shown
that
the
berry
industry
has
trades, is widespread, it being estl
ealier than usual. Winter rains im­ tion act, 21 were from firms and cor­
vival among the most aristocratic cir­
mated that there were more than 2000
proved the autumn-sowu cereals in porations that have rejected the law been expanding faster than the facili­ cles and the list of "Honorable
London On Coal Ration.
chorus girls and actresses out of work.
France. Spring cultivation was re-; and three wpre from publlc ut„ ity cor. ties for efficient handling of the busi­ Agathas” Includes a daughter of al­
London.—The hoard of trade Issued
ness.
It was feared thnt unless conditions
most every titled house In Great Brit­
ported unusually advanced in the porations not subject to the provisions
Eight directors from each of the two ain. France likes the name and both
improve immediately many producers orders Sunday rationing and reducing United Kingdom. Crops in Finland of the act.
coal.
Illuminated
street
signs
are
pro­
states will be chosen and these will Italy and Spain have taken It without
will have to quit.
were said to be in a “ promising con­
hibited, the regulations being virtually
Klamath Falls.— A voluntary reduc­ select the executive and administra­ change with the exception of the as­
dition"
and
in
Belgium
late
wheat
Manufacture and storage of fire­ Identical with those of the 1919 strike.
pirate which they cannot pronounce.
tion of freight rates affecting Klamath tive officers of the new corporation.
was reported somewhat irregular.
works in a manner prohibited by Chi
Sunday was given up to meetings
Portugal calls it Agneda.
The
stated
purpose
of
the
consolida­
Falls,
proposed
in
a
brief
filed
by
the
The Italian crops were reported as
cago city ordinance was blamed by- of miners, railway men and transport
The flame-hearted ruby is Agatha's
Southern Facific company with the In­ tion is to develop and expand the fruit
city and police officials for an explo­ workers. These meetings were called making normal progress and the wheat
terstate commerce commission on growing and packing Industries of the tallsmunlc stone. It is said to give
area
in
Roumania
was
estimated
at
sion in the west side tenement district i to give directions for the triple alli­
her bodily strength and mental power
March 12. will average 13 per cent of two states as a unit, to stimulate berry
and to wear it insures her poise and
Tuesday which killed at least eight ance conference Wednesday. Judge 5.3 per cent over last year.
growing
and
the
manufacturing
and
Fair and mild weather in Germany ••»p Pros<‘n* rate, said M. A. Callaghan,
regal bearing. Tuesday is her lucky
persons, injured 100 or more, render­ tng by the resolutions adopted, a
was declared to have been favorable ‘’•»airman of the chamber of commerce marketing of products of bush and day and 3 her lucky number. Her
ed dozens temporarily homeless and strong feeling prevails In favor of a
department, who Is back from soft fruits of Oregon and Washing­ flower is the lily, signifying purity.
to the cereal crops.
I1 traffic
damaged many buildings.
C
strike of the railway men and traits
(Copyright.)
The total wheat acreage in India San Francisco where he • interviewed ton with the facilities of existing can­
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neries, thereby reducing the overhead
railway officials.
Suspension of mining operations by port workers to support the miners.
was estimated at 23,352,000 acres.
expense and making possible the
the Anaconda Copper Mining company,
From the southern hemisphere, Ar­
Salem.—Funds of a school district
10.000 Idle in Portland.
idest distribution of products through
one of the largest producers of cop­
A
gentine reported a continuation of cannot be expended for the vaccination
aggressive
selling campaigns to bring
per ore In the United States, was an
Salem, Or.—There is more unein ! favorable climatic conditions. Exces- of children attending the schools of
By John Kendrick Bangs.
pounced in New York by John D. Ryan, ployment in Oregoti nt present that for siva rains were reported from Aus- ¡the district, aeeording to a legal opin maximum returns to producers and
chairman of the company’s board of four years past, aeeording to a state tralla, hut ,he latest figures indicated ion given by I. H. Van Winkle attor packers.
directors, after four other concerns raent Just issued by C. 11. Gram, state j the output of wheat would reach 147,-1 ney-general. The opinion was sought
Bonus Shortage Feared.
A BAD QUEST.
earlier in the day had made known labor commissioner. Mr. Gram said. 000.000 bushels.
I by the school directors of Baker, who
Olympia, Wash. — The $11,000,000
their intensions of shutting down.
however, that with the resumption of
The bureau noted an effort to en- had refused to audit a bill presented
F A L L bad quests beneath the
bond issue for payment of the soldier
vault
Work on a wireless station at Shang­ road work, farm operations and the courage production of hemp in western 1 hy a physician of that city This phy- bonus may be nearly $4,000,000 short
The worst, I vow. ts finding
slcian, it was said, was employed by
hai, to be the largest in the world, opening of mills throughout the state Canada.
fault,
of the amount required to pay all such
Unless the moment you detect 'em
will begin shortly under nn agree­ most of the idle labor would be ab­
the school board to vaccinate a num­ claims, according to estimates of the
You
do
your
darnedest to correct
sorbed
early
In
the
summer.
Ireland’s
Week
Bad
One.
ber of children for a contagious dis­ state board of control
ment between the Chinese govern­
’em.
It was estimated that there are
ment and tho Federal Telegraph com­
Dublin. — Last week's casualties ease.
(C
oryrlgh
L)
To exceed the original total of $11,-
pany, an American concern. It is an­ 10,090 unemployed men in Portland, among crown forces again were heavy.
Salem.—No person, regardless of his j 000.000 would require litigation in the
nounced by the department of com­ not all of whom, however, are without j says the official review, which places Influence or standing, w ill be immune I .«tprtme court to determine whether
merce. It is to be completed within funds.
j them at 46. Nineteen casualties were from prosecution for violation of the j tuo bonus act authorizes issuance of
18 months and will be able to com-
I sustained by the police, five of them traffic laws, according to a statement more bonds than the amount specl-
Paclflc without re
re- j
munlcate acros the Pacific
Pu,p Wood Use Grows.
being tnen killed and 14 wounded. The issued here by T. A. Raffety. In charge fled in the measure, it was said.
lay.
j Washington, D. C. — A new record i military had 13 killed and 14 wounded. of field agents .for the automobile de­
The four marine corps aviators who | for consumption of pulp wood in Pal
Sinn Fein assassinations of civil- partment. Mr. Raffety said that many
Dublin.— The Irish census which was
left the naval air station in Wash fornia. Oregon, and Washington was ians, the motive for which, accord- complaints regarding careless driving to have been taken in May, has been
ington. D. C. in two planes early Tues made In 1920. The department of agri ing to
the review, was friendly had been filed in his office during the indefinitely postponed. Dublin castle,
day afternoon on the first leg of Ihelr culture announced Monday that the relations of the victims with the last few days and that he had been announcing this decision said that un­
6000 mile flight to tho Virgin islands amount consumed exceeded the high police and military, numbered nine.
asked to make every effort to curb der present conditions the government
had not been heard from. They had , esl record previously made by 23.00«»
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these violations.
Additional traffic recognizes that the returns must be In-
Intended to make their first stop at ¡cords, or 7.4 per cent. The 1920 pro-j London.— Ex President Wilson, ac- offtcers will be stationed on the main ' Complete and misleading. The Dail
POOR SERVICE
Fayettevllle, N. C.. 340 miles distant. duction exceeded that of 1917 by 14 cording to Reynold's newspaper, is highways and all persons who exceed Eireann at Its last session passed a
"That plate didn’t have over a dol­
but did not put In an appearance per cent. Hemlock pulp wood con­ expected here for a 10-day visit at the the speed limit or otherwise violate measure authorizing the Sinn Fein
lar In It when It passed us.”
either there or at Langley field, Vir­ sumed last year led all other species end of April. It says rooms for a party the traffic laws w ill be taken into cus-, minister of home affairs to forbid the
“ No wonder. That preacher mad«
of eight have been reserved.
combined by 72,000 cords.
tody and prosecuted, he said.
I census.
such a poor delivery that It is a wop
ginia.
par ha collected anything at alL"
Things Worth Knowing.
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IN MANILA FIRE
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