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o TH E MONMOUTH H E R A LD , MONMOUTH, OREGON F R ID A Y . M A Y 11, 1923 CHINESE BANDITS KIDNAP PASSENGERS One Prisoner Killed and Prom inent American Woman Is Captured in Raid. Pek in —One fortlguer was killed and 150 passengers were carried off «hen bandits held up the Hhanghal- Pekln express train on the Tientsin- Pukom railway near the Shantung border according to word received here. Miss Lucy Aldrich of New York city, daughter of the late United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island and sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., was among the passen gers. The foreigner killed was believed to be s Russian The express train waa northbound from Soochow when attacked by the bandita, who tore up a long stretch of rallroed track. Fifty first class and 100 second-class passengers were car ried off, it was reported here. Six foreigners escaped. U. S. TO DEMAND ACTION BY CHINA Washington, D. C.—A situation re garded as seriously menacing good re lations between tbe United States and the Pekin government was described by Ainuricun Minister Schurman In the first official report to reach the state department regarding the capture of American citizens by bandits near the Shantung border. The American minister la under stood to have made official representa tions on his own responsibility and It Is expected he will be instructed by the government to pursue the moat vigorous course to secure the release of the prisoners unharmed. Should any American lose his life, the state department Is prepared to make vigorous demands on the Pe kin authorities for restitution. Not only will suttatde apologies be requir ed, but Indemnity must be paid and those responsible must be punished If good relations between tho two gov ernments are to continue. GERMAN OFFER REJECTEO Fr«noh and Belgian Governments Agree Proposals Unsatisfactory. note sent tbe allies and delivered to the German embassies in Paris and j Brussels. The note criticises point by point | the German offer and announces the ! determination of Prance and Belgium to be puld In full and not to congldiT any proposal until German resistance I in the Ruhr ceases. [ Surprise -is expressed at German i pretensions, which the note says, would mean tearing up the Versailles treaty. In the final paragraph it re marks: "Tbe German government, if It will only look into its own heart, will not be astonished that such a bargain thould be refused.” Indian» ts Sue U. S. for $750,000,000. W:^ihl:'gton. D. C.— The governm?nt will be sued for approximately $750.- OOO.COO by the Sioux Indians who claim a gigantic fraud has been perpetrat ed against them through violation of their treaty rights. Tho suit, probably the biggeet ever filed against the gov ernment, was entered in the court of claims here Monday. Attorneys for the Indians claim that 8,000,000 acres of valuable lands, Including the Black Hills of South Dakota, where gold was discovered shortly after *he Civil war. were takeu from tbe red men in viola tion of their treaty rights and without just compensation. Poincare’s Note Needs No Reply. Washington, D. C.— The French re fusal to scale down Germany’s repar ations—except on condition that the United States scale down the debts owing her by the allied powers— was delivered to the state department here j for ’’the Information and guidance of , tbe United Slates government." Of tlclals, after examining the Poincare note, contented themselves with say ing that the French note called for no response from this government. SCIENTISTS FIND COMMISSION URGES HEAT OF SUN LESS CHANGE IN* FLAG « Earth Becomes 3 to 4 Per Cent Colder Than 15 Months Ago. Washington. D. C. — Government scieutists, including the heads of the I nited States weather bureau, have been thoroughly startled by results of examinations of the sun s world heat ing capacity, made by Dr. C. G. Ab bot, home secretary of the National Academy of Sciences. According to Dr. Abbot, the sin appears to have gone on strike and Is exerting Its «arm ing qualities upon the earth to an extent from 3 to 4 per cent less than 15 months ago. This unusual action on the part of tbe sun is assumed to be respon sible for the present late spring, may have had its influence upon the strange winter season just passed and may presage a damagingly cold sum mer and an Intensely severe season next winter. Scientists see In the present situa tion a possible duplication of the dis astrous summer of 1816 when frosts occurred during June and July, caus ing wholesale loss of crops and re ducing food production to a minimum. Weather bureau officials refused to commit themselves on the startling statement made by Dr. Abbot In a paper before the meeting of the Aca demy of Sciences Just closed saying the experiments upon whclh Dr. Ab bot bases his conclusions are so new that It Is Impossible to determine their value In anticipating weather conditions for long periods In advance. Furniture Tlealurs from all sections of the Willamette valley met In Salem New Treasury Issue Is Out. last week to discuss the so-called mat Washington, D. C.— In bringing to tress law enaoted at the last session an end the first phase of refinancing of the legislature. Under this law deal the government's great wartime debt ers handling mattressea must show by tbe treasury announced the new offer label« where they were manufactured, ing of $400,000,000 in treasury notes to the Ingredients and other Information. complete the refunding and retiring of Local furniture dealers have branded the victory note« which when Issued the law as freak legislation, and it aggregated more than $4.000,000.000. Is possible that a suit will be started The new Issue will bear 4% per cent to test Its constitutionality. interest and will mature March 15, Governor Pierce has announced that 1927. he would not appoint a highway com Captain Howard E. Walker, Fort missioner to succeed R. A. Booth of Bennlng, Osorgta, has been ordered to Eugene until he has had an opportun Eugene as assistant professor of mili ity to Inspect the highways now being tary iclsnce at the University of Ore constructed through the coast coun gon. Lieutenant-Colonel George H. tie«. Men who have been mentioned White, U. S A., retired, has been re prominently In oonnertion with the ap stored to the active list and ordered pointment are J. E. Norton of Marsh- Paris. — France und Belgium have categorically refused to oonslder Ger from La Jolla. Cal., to Corvallis, as many’s recent offer of 30,000,000,000 assistant professor ot military sdenoe marks as reparations. at Oregon Agricultural college. Tho refusal le_ contained^ In a Joint Wad® A MalHD« ot Corvallis, A c - Marsters of Roseburg and Frank Miller of Albany. £ ____ Russian Priest» «> They Faced Famous Death Court 1 oz. or 1 ton? Washington. D. C.— The American flag Is too long in proportion to ¡ts width to be artistic and a reduction of 12.1 per cent in the length of the present standard size has been decid ed by the fine arts commission to be the most artistic proportion. In consultation with a committee 0f government officials appointed for the standardization of the flag, the commission decided upon a ratio of 1.67 to 1 Instead of the present 1.90 to 1. That would make the standardized flag about two-thirds longer than its width. The decision was reached through tests of various-sized flags from the Arlington amphitheater flag pole. STATE DRY LAW REPEALED Federal Officials Face Necessity of Drying Up New York State. New York.— Federal prohibition en forcement officials In New York, fac ing the necessity of drying up the state unaided If the bill repealing the Mullan-Gage state enforcement act be comes effective, have started drafting plans for spreading their attenuated lines over the territory which has been largely covered for them by state and municipal forces. Palmer Canfield, enforcement di rector for New York state, had about 2000 men at his command to cover the entire state, including the Cana dian border, now largely patrolled against rum-runners by state police. The bill will make New York the only state rescinding legislation sup plementary to the federal VolBtead act. Mismanagement by Leiter Hinted. Chicago, 111.— Charges of misman agement of the $100,000,000 estate of the late Levi Z. Leiter of Chicago were made in a bill filed In the superior court on behalf of Lady Marguerite Hyde, widow of the Earl of Suffolk and Berks, a daughter of the pioneer merchant She asks the removal of her brother, Joseph Letter, as one of the trustees of the estate. The bill asks for an accounting of the estate. Leiter attempted a corner in wheat In 1898 and stood to win $7,000,000 when the market broke him. 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Michigan Radical Convicted by Jury St. Joseph, Mich.— Charles E. Ruth enberg of Cleveland was found guilty of violating the Michigan law against criminal syndicalism. Ruthenber? (aces a prison sentence of 10 years or a fine of $5000, or both. l hi» «•»elusive piloto shou» the f mrteeu Ituaslaii Priests who fneed thè dosth court In thè trial of Ar< Mslui|> TNcliepllak. No 1 1» \rcl.hlsliop Tschepllak, whoso «l.*utl» solitene* was con>mute«l to 10 years' solita t'oiiflneineiit ; No. 1 I h \ Icaro. onorai ltutchkavItch. executotl Uy a Iteti tirili'« aiiund. Spring Cartoonettes HUCBY WfNSTEC > A fO -SI«fce' N MOU'QC ON THE \K80No COAP. YOU SHOULD HEV TUCN- -EP holttx t e n A ^ AMLE4 B A C K 'y^ S ' w e a « '« ^ ANOTwtEQ. Cu*i F*?Q NOW TO BEAT, w e n o n ! A Tho Wiliam las A Grand Ronde rail road, which is operated by the C. A Spaulding Logging company, showed a loss of $36.259.78 for the year 1922. ac cording to the annual report of the corporation filed with the public serv- toe commission. Lee Summers and Don Metsger. who were In an automobile fired upon by Klamath FTtlls police. April 7. have brought damage suits for $500 each against Chief of Police Clow. Assault with Intent to kill and theft are charg ed In the complaint«. Construction of an Interstate bridge across the Columbia connecting Hood River and White Salmon will begin immediately after the June freshet this year, It waa announced at Hood River. Bonds to the amount of $300.- 000 have been underwritten. All indications point in the same di rection The best way to get a house in Monmouth at present is to build one Oregon Fir and Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Lime, Cement, etc. Estimates cheerfully furnished. Monmouth Lumber Company L. W. Waller, Manager Tbe Clatsop county court has voted to make a special levy of $10,000 on the 1923 tax roll and one for a similar amount on the 1924 roll to assist in defraying the expense of constructing the proposed new drawbridge across the Lewis and Clark river. Mrs. Cook Prwstdsnt of the O. A. R Washington, D. C — Mrs Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania vas <fe elared ele<*ed prealdeat general of ths Daughters of the American Revolt» tifn after one of the bitterest eleettor nnrtests In " * • ••vl*»v ¿There were six fatalities In Oregon due to industrial accidents during the meek ending April 19. according to a report p rep a id ky the state Industrial accident commission. The v ic tim were James Wood, le v e r » « n on dredge.‘ West Salem; John H Clinton, carpenter. Myrtle Point, H H Holder man. trimmer spotter. Valaetx; Joseph Vangsim-»« logger. North Bend; S L I Gilbert. laborer. Forest Grove, and Fred Butterfield. blacksmith. Marsk- ! field. A , total of $30 accidents were rspuctedgdurA# 16* week B O YOU KNOW that indigestion can be cured, permanently cured, so that you can eat any k :rHT o f {bod that you crasfe? It has beeq done not only once, but in almost every case when C h a m berlain’s Tablets are used. A n instance: M r. T, Pom inv*.V , Stillw ater, M in n ., who had spent over 5 2 ,o o o .c 3 for medicine and treatment was perm :- I nently t - i e d by these tablets. C h a m b e r i a in s T a b i m