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L OF Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. m D HAPPENINGS CURRENT WEEK William Archer, the noted dramatic critic and author, died In London Sat urday. R. Q. Merrick, prohibition divisional chief tor New York and northern New Jersey, said New Year's eve raids would be "bigger and better than ever." Three aged patients of the Illinois state Insane hospital, three miles east of Alton, were burned to death early Sunday when a frame farmhouse was destroyed by fire. Expenditures of approximately $41, 500,000 will be made by the North American company for expansion of its public utility properties throughout the United States in 1925. More than 60 persons were killed, upward of half a hundred were injured and 15 others were missing as the re sult of an unusual number of accidents in Chicago Christmas eve and Christ mas day. Stacy, 12, and Clark, 10, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Swanson, living a mile below Santa Clara on river loop No. 2, five miles north of Eugene were drowned in a small lake at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Construction of five hospitals for the world war veterans, completion of one and purchase of another will be undertaken shortly by the veterans' bureau with funds recently made avail able by congress. A national training school for the blind also will be built. Contracts for construction of a 232 bed hospital at San Fernando, Cal., to cost approximately 11,000,000, have been awarded by Director Hines of the veterans' bureau. The North Pa cific Construction company of Los An geles obtained the general construc tion contract on its bid of $755,900. The zero weather had moderated over the middle west Sunday night with the approach of a light fall of snow. Utah reported zero and Colo rado was warmed up to an average of three above zero, except in the mountains and on the plains, where sub-zero weather still prevailed. The whining of an Airedale dog, unable to bark because of an automo bile accident which left it crippled, awoke the J. W. Stuart family in Galesburg, 111., early Sunday and saved the lives of five persons who escaped in night clothes when their home burned. The thermometer showed 18 below zero at that time. Four more bodies were found Satur day in the muck from the dam that broke Wednesday night and flooded the lower sections of Saltville, Va., bringing the known death list, to 13. , Seven persons still are missing. The bodies found were those of children ranging in age from three to ten years. Three were from one family. Ultra microbes, organisms so small that they are invisible with the strong est microscopes, which presumably live, as parasites in disease bacteria, have been isolated in experiments at the University of Minnesota, in a fluid so deadly that one drop will annihilate the most highly developed culture of disease bacteria, it has been an nounced. Thrown onto the pilot of the Knick erbocker special, fast Big Four pas senger train, after the train had crash ed into an automobile in which she was riding and injured three members of her family,, one fatally, at a cross ing in Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. Kenneth Clark, 18, had a wild 12-mile ride Sat urday night until she fell from the train into a ditch near Oaklandon, Ind. Ice several feet thick was encoun tered in the Columbia river by the steamer Rose City, which left Portland early Sunday en route to the sea, ac cording to a radio message Sunday night. The message indicated that ice conditions in the Columbia had become worse due to the break-up of floes in consequence of the milder weather and these were declared to be jam ming the river between Portland and Astoria. Longview. A cut of 1,015,826 board feet was made in two eight-hour shifts at the west fir unit of the Long-Bell manufacturing plants here one day this week, according to Roy F. Morse, manager. MILLIONS FOR WAR ON WETS House Taken Action for Prohibition Enforcement. Washington, D. C Provision in the treasury postoffice appropriation bill for expenditure of $11,000,000 for pro hibition enforcement, during the com ing fiscal year was approved Monday by the house. No effort was made to alter the amount, which is $341,770 less than the amount available this year, but $75.1,120 more than the budget esti mates. The house also approved, without amendment, an allotment of $20,597, S36 for coast guard activities, part of which would be available for curbing rum-running. This amount is $11,753,- 706 more than tho total appropriated for this year. A halt, in the name of economy, to the ever-increasing activities of the federal government was urged from both sides of the house during gen eral debate on the appropriation bill carrying $760,000,000 tor the postoffice and treasury department. Chairman Madden of the appropria tions committee said he hoped for further tax reduction, but that the ac tion of congress would in large meas ure determine whether it would be possible. Representative Byrnes of Tennessee, ranking democrat on the committee, declared that, without questioning the sincerity of President Coolidge in his efforts for economy, he was convinc ed there had been no such great reduc tions in the cost of government opera tions as the public had been led to believe. He insisted that the figures failed to show a material net reduc tion in the original peace-time cost of government. Political appointments to federal offices except in a few cases would be prohibited under a bill introduced in the senate by Senator Couzens, repub lican, Michigan. . Use of political influence in the ap pointment and promotion of federal employes would be made a misde meanor, subject to a fine of $1000 or six months in jail, or both. The penalty would apply to sen ators, representatives, members of state legislative bodies, state officials and officers of all. national political organizations. Violation by public of ficials would constitute a cause for re moval from office. Fliers to be Rewarded. Washington, D. C. Secretary Weeks approved Monday a plan for reward of the army world fliers which would advance Captain Lowell H. Smith 1000 files on the promotion list and Lieu tenants Wade, Nelson and Arnold 500 files each. Sergeants Henry H. Ogden and John Harding, who hold reserve corps commissions as second lieutenants, would be appointed officers in the regular army in their reserve corps grades. All members of .the flight squadron would receive distinguished service medals and would be permitted to ac cept the decorations offered by foreign governments. The plan was drawn up at the war department at the request of Presi dent Coolidge, to whom it was sub mitted by the war secretary. 5000 Rabbits Killed. Pendleton, Or. The jackrabbit population in Harris Canyon district, west of Echo, was diminished by 5000 in three big drives Sunday. About 200 people from Umatilla and Morrow counties participated. They formed in line and marched down the canyon, driving the rabbits into a corral. Motion pictures of the drive were taken and one of the camera men who placed his camera on the snow in the corral to close-up views had his ma chine knocked over twice by the surg ing animals. College Changes Name. Durham, N. C. The board of trustees of Trinity college voted Mon day to change the name of the college to Duke university. ' By this action the college is assured $6,000,000 for building purposes and in addition an endowment of $12,500,000. James B. Duke, a tobacco magnate, stipulated that if Trinity college did not change its name to Duke university a new university of that name should be established. h- Potato Probe Ordered. Washington, D. C. A message directing Ambassador Kellogg to as certain and report the facts concern ing the promulgation by the British government of the embargo against importation of American potatoes into England and Wales was dispatched late Monday by Secretary Hughes. The embargo became effective December 23. 10 POOL ALL DEBTS Statement Makes Plea for Spe cial Treatment. REPUDIATION DENIED Distribution of War Expenses in Pro portion to National Wealth Is Suggested, Paris. France's war debts to Amor ica and Great Britain, amounting close to 31,000,000,000 gold francs, are not listed as liabilities of tho French treasury as shown in a balance sheet Issued by the French ministry of fi nance Saturday. Nor are the amounts duo France from other countries for war and post war advances, amounting to about 15, 000,000,000 gold francs, included in the assets. The inventory was Issued "for non-party purposes" with the view of creating confidence by a clean breast of the facts, as the document said. On the other hand, 103,000,000,000 paper francs, as the capitalization of the French share in the DawA plan annuities, are included in the assets. Although the figures were omitted, inter-allied debts were freely discuss ed. Finance Minister Clementel, re newed the French thesis that these debts form part of the general allied resources pooled in war time. He fig ured that a strict equity would seem to demand a general addition to war expenses and their distribution among the allies in proportion to the wealth, without taking' into account special undertakings imposed by monetary necessities. The finance minister Insisted that France, therefore, was entitled to special treatment. He remarked in the inventory that the use of French soil as a battlefield saved the allies much blood and money. He also aver red that America and Great Britain pocketed duties on profits made by British and American firms which ful filled French war-time orders. He sug gested that the amount of these duties should be deducted from the French debt. M". Clementel concluded his state ment by declaring that France had no intention of repudiating her debts, but that she was convinced an appeal to conscience and the Bentlments of jus tice of the allies would not be in vain. Mayor's Removal Asked. Seattle, Wash. Charles L. Maxfield, secretary of the University Young Men's Christian association Saturday asked the city council to impeach Mayor Brown because of alleged vice conditions existing in Seattle. "I believe that you must share with other citizens deep humiliation be cause of conditions that exist in our city with regard to gambling, robbery, bootlegging and graft," Mr. Maxfield said in his letter to the council, and asked that body to remove Mayor Brown and appoint another man in his place. Break in Strike Likely. Scranton, Pa. Union leaders said Saturday night that the first break in the strike of 11,000 Pennsylvania and Hillside Coal & Iron company mine workers had taken place at the Under wood colliery of the company, near Throop. As a result of a vote taken by the Underwood strikers it was said at least 800 of the 1200 employes would return. According to statements issued after the meeting of the strik ers, 828 miners voted to resume work, while eight dissented. Coast Robber Captured. Chicago. William Ryan, 25, alias William Smith, was arrested here Sun day with his 18-year-old wife, Martha Gieser Smith, and confessed that he took part in the theft of $17,700 in currency and $60,000 in bonds from messengers of the Pacific Gas & Elec tric company of San Francisco, Decem ber 4. Ryan disclosed the entire story of the robbery to police officers, nam ing two San Francisco men as his companions. FRANCE-WANTS Death Rate Gain Shown. Washington, D. C Slight increase in the death rate of mothers from childbirth or puerperal causes in 1923 over 1922 was announced Sunday by the department of commerce. For the ten states and the District of Columbia which constitute the so-Called "birth registration area" thdeath rate from puerperal causes in 1923 was 6.4 per 1000 live births, acompared with 6.2 in 1922 and 6.1 in1915. STATE NEWS I TTVT DtJTPCi Cascade Locks. According to rec ords kept by .Sheriff Edlck of Hood River countys tho number of foreign automobiles roKlstorcd in this county for the past year was 410. Salem. The Oregon public service commission has requested permission to Intervene in tho courts in tho case Involving express rates in various sec tions of the United States. Albany. Pupils of tho Solo high school who live in the country will receive $4 a month from the school board with which to pay for their transportation to the school this win ter. Salem. Tho city of Toledo. Lincoln county, has tiled with the state engi neer here application covering the ap propriation of water from an unnamed branch of Mill creek for municipal purposes. Tho cost was estimated at $25,000. Salem. T. B. Kay, state treasurer elect, did not violate the corrupt prac tices act In connection with his ex penditures during the recent cam vaign, according to a legal opinion given here Saturday by John H. Car son, district attorney. Halfway. Some 50 youthful trap pers will be on duty In Pine Valley during the holidays and considerable rivalry Is present among tho organi zation to obtain tho greatest number of hides. Nearly all boys In the local high school earn their Rpare money in this enterprise. Salem. Despite that only three days remained to obtain motor vehicle licenses for 1925 In compliance with the laws, less than 23,000 of an estimated 192,500 to be issued for the next 12 months' period, had been ap plied for last Saturday at the offices of the secretary of state. Forest Grove. Fire at Roy, seven miles north of here, at 2:30 o'clock Saturday destroyed the genernl mer chandise store of J. A. Moore, the postoffice adjoining and the passenger station of the Pacific Railroad & Navi gation company. The loss on the store and postoffice was estimnted at $20, 000, with no insurance. Pendleton. Surety bonds given by Raymond T. Cooklngham, sheriff-elect, and Charles E. Grabam, county recorder-elect, have been accepted by the county court. The sheriff-elect's bonds were in the sum of $60,000, $10, 000 given for him as sheriff and $50, 000 as tax collector. Mr." Graham's bond as recorder was $2000. Salem. Tho Pacific Co-operative Wool Growers, with headquarters in Portland, has petitioned the Oregon public service commission to use In fluence with the Interstate commerce commission to the end that transit privileges may be Included In the pro posed joint freight rate on wool ship ped from Oregon points to Boston. North Bend. Manager Bock of the Stout Lumber company mills here an nounces that he will add a night crew to Mill B, beginning January 1. This will furnish employment to about 75 additional men who have been ldlo for some time and who make, their homes here. Mill A will continue to operate with only the day crew as at present. Dallas. The warehouse on the farm of W. M. Elliott, two miles south of Dallas, was destroyed by fire which started from an oil stove used to keep stored fruit from freezing. Eight hun dred boxes of apples and more than 1000 empty prune boxes were consum ed with the building. Mr. Elliott's loss will be about $2000, with $200 In surance. Marshfield. The port of Umpqua, which includes Reedsport, the only op erating . lumber town on the lower Umpqua river, repols 1924 business somewhat less than for 1923. About 70,000,000 feet will have been shipped from the port by the end of the year, estimates show. These shipments In clude rough, planed and finished lum ber products. Salem. Planting a variety of trees and shrubbery along the state high ways and preserving these how matur ed or In process of maturity, were rec ommended to Governor Pierce in are port prepared by a 'special committee appointed by the state highway com mission to develop plans for the pres ervation of Oregon's scenic beauties. The report was filed here Saturday. Hood River. Wood Incom, a 16-months-old prize-winning Hereford bull from Lea-Mead farm, Nashville, Tenn., arrived Sunday at the Ode.ll country place of Rev. Billy Sunday. Tho bull was the gift of Luke Lea Jr., son pf Senator Luke Lea of Tennes see, to the evangelist. The Hereford was a blue ribbon winner at various southern livestock shows and fairs last fall. SCHOOL DAlS W Copyright ! &?!- Something to Think About Bt F. A. WALKER IMPERFECTIONS SO THINKING, the dogmatic young n ui ii or woniiin sullies forth to show the staid. Holier elders nt the head of largo Industries how to do things In u mixlfi'ii wiiy. Being fanatics, these young folic have no fear. They lire sure of their ground, positive, tint, tluit they can support their own unwortlilncss mid march to victory with Hying color. The young tniiil with a literary bent will toll the old editor how to run a newspaper to please everybody mid get u million subscribers within a year. lie hr.s glon great deiil of thought to the subject and knows there Is not a single llitw iiuywhere In his self dis covered theory. The editor reinoveK Ids glasses and gasps. But he understand ilinself us he understands his new iper, lie begs to he usd from the humiliating explmi.ii'on of the fact, readjusts his tortoise-shells, settles down again to his work mid chuckles good naturedly us he beholds the swagger youth being shown the way out by a copy boy. The Impudent young mini or woman who has never painted fine pictures or curved statues of merit, will tell you that he or she knows nil about art. There are swarms of the perfect In Imperfection, preying every day In the great cities upon the salt and staff of life. Like Mary's doll, or Willie's Teddy bear, they tire stuffed with sawdust, whirling In the great maelstrom of hard knocks from which there Is no escape except by noble work with hands that are unafraid. But the worst phase of this situa tion is that there Is u new crop being grown every season, for which there seems to lie no visible demand. ($ by McClura Newspaper Syndicate) . . Reflections of a Bachelor Qirl E4 HELEN ROWLAND TVTOWADAYS when a man actually says, "I love you," a woman doesn't know whether to accept It as a Jest or n "gesture." - Just about this time of year a wife (tops speaking of her husband's lassi tude as "rain-fag," and begins calling It by its right name, when he drops the rake and sidles toward the fireplace. The most pathetic sight on earth Is that of a middle-aged married man who has suddenly been seized with the hallucination that ho is the romantic Ideal , of every sixteen-year-old de butante he meets. Aniong the men whom a woman has loved there are many degrees of differ ence ; but n man mentally bunches nil bis past loves together like radishes and tucks them away en masse In tho refrigerator of his memory, Before he selects n motorcar a man spends two or three months looking them over; but he will decide on a wife In two or three minutes after he has met her nnd then spend the rest of his life "looking 'cm over." Every flirtation Is a fascinating ex periment In the laboratory of love, in which the foolish carelessly play with combustibles. Some people take ihelr culture so seriously that it seems almost like ft vulgar display of refinement. ' (2 by HoUrn Rowland.) ( ML HoT Dog J HaiffoPook i ZL . "1 umrilno'i think Hint never blow u rti) Tin ItoKK, wlivre some burluil Cumur tiled. Thnt vry Hym-lnth Urn (lurdfii iir t'rupl In hvr lap from tome one luvetjr Ue.I.M WHAT TO EAT "PASTY biscuit which muy lit used " for tea or breakfast nri: Tea Biscuit. Sift a pint of Hour with four len spoonfitls of baking powder, one ten spoonftil of sugar mid one half ten spoonful of suit, ltub Into It with the lingers four ttitdesjiooiifills of butter, mixing It thoroughly. Add enough rich milk or half milk and half cream to mala' a rather sI't dom;li. Roll out to one-fourth of tin Inch in thickness, cut Into rounds two and one-half Inches In diameter. Hake lit u hot oven for ten to fifteen minutes. Brush over the tops with milk shortly before taking from the oven. Serve cut In halves. Cauliflower With Cheeee Sauce. Soften four table-spoonfuls of butter nnd stir Into It four tablespoonfiils of flour mixed with oim teasiioonful of salt, one-half tcaspoonfiil of is-pper, a dash of cayenne, one-fourth teaspoon ful of celery seed. When these urn mixed add one-third at a time two cupfuls of chicken or veal stock and stir over the heat until It come to H boil, Add one-half cupful of touted hard cheese, stir until incited und pour this over n head of boiled cauliflower. Garnish with minced parsley. A head of eiibbngp tuny be served In the mime way, cutting out the hard center before conking, Serve on a chop plate and cut Into plu sluiped pieces to serve, Spring Salad. Take two or three fresh young car rots, put through the meat grimier or (Imp with n knife in n chopping bowl, add a green onion or two iiIno finely minced, a stalk of celery, and a half down minced nuts. Mix with enough good, highly-seasoned salad dressing to molstin and heap on crisp leave ot tender leltuce. This salad with a piece of good bread and n generous spread ing of sweet butter will make h meal sulllcletitly satisfying. The addition of a drink, such ns cocoa or milk, will add several hundred calories of food value to the menu, (c). 1!2, Western NwMpiipr t'nlnn ) O he Younri Lady Across tho Way mm t hi 1 'the young lady across (lie way says she doesn't wonder, after what he did to Cnrpentlcr, that Jack Dempsey can't get anybody to wrestle with him, ( by McClurt Newspaper SyudlcaU.)
