The Monmouth herald., January 16, 1925, Image 4

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Events of Noted Teople, Governments
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
The arbitration treaty between the
United States and Sweden, signed
June 4, 1924. was ratified Saturday by
the senate.
An earth Ehock lasting between 15
and 30 seconds was felt in Los An
geles and surrounding towns at 10:15
o'clock Saturday morning. No damage
was reported.
Election of Rear Admiral John H.
Dayton to be commandant of the 12th
naval district (San Francisco) and of
Mare Island navy yard, was announc
ed Saturday.
Driven into the wilderness under
the lash of one of the winter's most
bitter blizzards, two Indian braves Sat
urday fought and lost their struggle
against the elements near Browning,
Mont.
The special train of General John J.
Pershing stopped at Temuco, Chile,
for two hours Sunday morning and
then proceeded to Valdivla, where the
commander of the American forces in
the world war spent several hours
sight-seeing.
Owing to the lack of incriminating
evidence against him in connection
with the murder of General Sir Lee
Oliver Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian
army, Abdel Rahmen Fehmy, organ
izer of the notorious "vengeance so
ciety," has been liberated.
Interstate commerce commission
hearings pn wool and mohair rates
from Pacific coast and intermediate
territories to the east will begin Feb
ruary 17 at Boston, in place of Febru
ary 19 at Chicago. Further hearings
w ill be held at Portland, Or later.
Vincente Blasco Ibanez will be pro
secuted in France for his recent pam
phlet against King Alfonso of Spain
on the charge of an offense against a
foreign sovereign. Conviction on such
offense would render him liable to
imprisonment for from one month to
one year.
"Dr. Molotkoff, professor in the neu
rological academy at Leningrad, Rus
sia, has announced the employment of
a new method of treating cancer,
which he'declared would effect cures.
The treatment consists in cutting the
nerve leading directly to the can
cerous growth.
American agricultural machinery
came into a great world demand dur
ing 1924 after three years of consider
able depression. For the 11 months
including November, 1924, the com
merce department announced Sunday,
the United States exported agricul
tural machinery to a value of $56,431,
000, or about $9,500,000 in excess of
the value of such exports during the
sale period of 1923 and more than
twice the total for the entire year of
1922.
Plans for fitting out the navy tender
Rainbow to make scientific investiga
tions at sea, recommended by the re
cent conference here on oceanography,
were announced Sunday by the navy
department, Secretary Wilbur having
already submitted estimates to the
budget bureau for the necessary funds.
Warrants were sworn out In the
court of Topeka, Kan., Monday, charg
ing Jonathan M. Davis, governor, and
his son, Russe G. Davis, 28, with so
liciting and accepting a bribe of $1250
In payment for a pardon issued Fred
W. Pollman, it was announced by
Tinkham Veale, county attorney of
Shawnee county.
Countess Zwetana von Hartenau,
daughter of ex-King Alexander of Bul-
garia, who abdicated after the revolu
tion in 1885, and Dr. C. H. Boissevain
of Colorado Springs were married De
cember 29 in- St. Patrick's cathedral
in New York city, it was learned Sat
urday with the return of Dr. and Mrs.
Boissevain from a honeymoon trip.
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
dined Saturday night with Senator
Reed Smoot of Utah and Mrs. Smoot
at their home in celebration of the
senator's 63d birthday, thereby break
ing through, a White House tradition
of many years' standing. As a rule
presidents do not accept invitations
except from, members of their official
family.
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U. S. CLAIMS RECOGNIZED
Anglo-American Accord Reached at
Paris Conference.
Paris. The British and American
delegations at the conference of the
allied finance ministers have reached
a final and definite accord relative to
the payment to the United States of
the cost of the army of occupation and
war damage claims. This was of
ficially announced Monday night.
The agreement is subject to ratifi
cation by a plenary session of the con
ference, but inasmuch as France, Italy
or Belgium entered the negotiations
already pledged to support the Amer
ican viewpoint and divergencies ex
isted only between the British and
Americans, ratification is regarded as
a foregone conclusion.
The United States under the terms
of the agreement will receive about
$25,000,000 yearly on the total of her
claims, amounting to approximately
$600,000,000. Thus reimbursement of
the United States will occupy a period
of 25 years. The sum remaining due
for the costs of the American occupa
tion is fixed at between $250,000,000
and $260,000,000 while the amount of
war damage claims, the conference
has agreed, will be based on the find
ings of the mixed claims commission.
This has been tentatively fixed at
$350,000,000.
The terms of the agreement pro
vide:
First, the payment to the United
States of 55,000,000 gold marks year
ly by priority on the cash payments
under the Dawes plan, to apply oa the
American army of occupation costs.
These payments are to begin Septem
ber 1, 1926, or after the extinguish
ment of Belgium's priority payments.
If the Dawes plan functions normally
that part of the United States' claims
would be written off the reparations
book in 1943 or 1944.
Second, the United States will share
in the Dawes annuities at the rate of
24 per cent, the total payments not to
exceed 45,000,000 gold marks annually,
beginning retroactively September 1,
1924. These payments will be used
to amortize the amount of the war
damage claims as fixed by the mixed
claims commission. The American
representatives have agreed that this
latter amount should not exceed $350,
000,000 or, with interest, roughly, 1,-
500,000,000 gold marks. Repayments
under thi3 head would normally take
over 30 years, but it Is expected that
the heavier payments made in the
later years of the operation of the
Dawes plan will cancel the claim in
about 25 years.
Third, the United States obtains the
immediate release and possession up
on ratification of the protocol of $15,-
000,000 now in the federal reserve
bank, which was deposited there by
the allies under the Wadsworth agree
ment.
These are the broad outlines of the
agreement reached between Ambassa
dors Kellogg and Herrick and James
A. Logan on the one side and Winston
Churchill and Sir . Otto Niemeyer on
the other, much to the surprise of the
continental delegations because of the
speed with which a situation that to
them seemed a hopeless deadlock the
past three days has been cleared up.
Play Fair, Says Hughes.
Atlanta, Ga. The one great need of
the Vorld is "not some formula or
rule, but a law-abiding sentiment
throughout the land the disposition
to be reasonable, to be fair, to settle
things according to available stand
ards of justice, to enforce the concep
tions of justice against the demon
strations of brute force," Secretary of
State Hughes declared in an address
here Monday night.
Mr. Hughes' address was delivered
at a banquet given In honor of him
and other members of the executive
committee of the American Bar asso
ciation. He made no reference to his
recent resignation from the cabinet.
Rates to be Unchanged.
Chicago. Round-trip summer ex
cursion rates from Chicago, St. Louis,
Memphis, New Orleans and territory
west to California and the north Pa
cific coast will be unchanged this year,
the Trans-Continental Passenger asso
ciation announced. The excursion sea
son will extend from May 15 to Octo
ber 31. The association has as mem
bers all the larger overland carriers
operating between Chicago and the
Pacific coast.
Child Burned to Death.
Seattle, Wash. Bernlce Gertsen, 15
months old, was burned to death and
her little brother Ole was critically
burned when fire destroyed the Gert
sen home here Monday. Their mother
was visiting a neighbor.
Bet Won, Writer Dies.
Havana. Antonio Saurez, well
known Spanish newspaperman, wager
ing $100 on Countess Clarldge in the
first race Sunday, dropped dead when
his horse won by a nose.
RESIGNS
CABINET
POST!
Secretary's Retirement Takes
Place March 4.
KELLOGG APPOINTED
Charles B. Warren to Succeed Stone-
Houghton In Line for Ambas
sador to England.
Washington, D. C. Charles E.
Hughes will retire from the cabinet
on March 4, and Frank B. Kollogg,
now ambassador to London, will suc
ceed him as secretary of state.
Mr. Hughes has placed his resigna
tion in the hands of President Cool
idge with a reaffirmation of loyalty to
his chief, but with request that after
nearly 20 years of public service he
be permitted to return to private Hfo.
The president, accepting the deci
sion, expressed regret, warmly praised
the retiring secretary's record of ac
complishment since he took charge of
the country's foreign affairs four years
ago, and bespoke for him a "well
merited repose" after the cares of
public responsibility.
Ambassador Kellogg, already fa
miliar with many of the outstanding
problems of foreign policy through his
service at a succession of European
conferences, probably will come to
Washington soon to serve for a few
weeks in the state department before
he takes his new post in March. His
successor at London has not been
selected.
Announcement of the impending
change was made at the White House
late Saturday and heard with surprise
by most of official Washington. Mr.
Hughes had indicated that he desired
sometime in the future to leave public
office and recoup his private fortunes
by resuming the practice of law, but
some of those nearest him In official
life believed he would remain for at
least another year at the head of the
state department.
Paris. Frank B. Kellogg, the Amer
ican ambassador to the court of St.
James, will accept the post of secre
tary of state tendered him by Presi
dent Coolidge on the resignation' of
Charles Evan Hughes.
"I read the news in the papers an
nouncing that the president had de
cided to appoint me secretary of state,
which I accept and appreciate very
greatly as a great honor," said Am
bassador Kellogg, who was here at
tending the International financial
conference Sunday.
"I am not unmindful of the diffi
culties and the responsibilities of this
great office," Mr. Kellogg continued
following especially such a distin
guished and eminent lawyer and
statesman as Mr. Hughes. There Is
nothing more that I can say at this
time."
Washington, D. C Charles Beecher
Warren, Michigan lawyer and ex-ambassador
to Japan and to Mexico, will
fill the cabinet vacancy caused by the
elevation of Attorney-General Stone to
the supreme court bench.
His nomination was sent Saturday
to the senate, where prompt action
was expected, despite that he was
selected over Governor Grosbeck of
Michigan, who was recommended by
Senator Couzens, republican, of that
state, and the Michigan delegation in
the house. The appointment was re
ferred to the judiciary committee In
the usual course.
Washington, D. C As a result of
having accepted the resignation of
Secretary of State Hughes and select
ed Ambassador Kellogg at London as
his successor, President Coolidge will
give attention now to the task of fill
ing the vacancies 'in the diplomatic
corps resulting from these changes in
his cabinet on March 4.
In line with the promotion, of Am
bassador Kellogg, the president is un
derstood to have in mind the transfer
of Ambassador Houghton at Berlin to
the court of St. James. With such a
policy carried to a logical conclusion,
there would be general advancement
of those In the diplomatic service.
Farm Colony Planned.
New York. Plans for colonizing
German - farmers In Arkansas and
Southern California were announced
Sunday by Walter Schade, for many
years Immigration agent for the Louis
ville & Nashville railway, on his re
turn aboard the liner Cleveland from
Germany. "We will bring over 50
families In April and 50 more during
the latter part of 1925," he said.
Only selected farmers will be brought
over. ,
STATE NEWS f
IN BRIEF.
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Cascade Locks. Herbert Hiinklns.
13, while playing on the porch of his
homo, slipped nhd fell Into a rain
barrel striking his stile on the edge
and fracturing hla.rlb.
JIcMlunvIllo. McMlnnvtllo will be
host to the Oregon State Dairy asso
ciation Junuury 20 and 21, when that
body will hold Its annual convention
here. Pinna for the gathering have
been mndo by Chester Mulkey of Mc
Minnvllle, president of the state organ
ization. Snlem. Fire losses In Oregon, ex
clusive of Fortland, In December ag
gregated $208,002.46, according to a
report prepared here Sunday by Will
Moore, state fire marshal. The most
disastrous fire was at Hood Rlvor,
where a warehouse and contents were
destroyed with aioss of $30,000.
Sulem. Enactment of & law fixing
the minimum at which Irrigation and
drainage bonds may be sold and re
peal of the act under which tho state
guarantees Interest on these bonds for
periods up to five years probably will
be recommended by Governor Pierce
In his message to the legislature.
Eugene. Nearly 10,000,000 trout
eggs were taken from the state hatch
ery near Vlda on the McKenzle river
during 1924. said E. W. Goff, superin
tendent, In a report Saturday. Rain
bow trout eggs numbered 5,876.721,
black spotted trout 1,537,400, eastern
brook trout 1,125,000 and steelhead
trout 500,000.
Albany. Mark Forster of Tangont
has brought a home-made whole wheat
flour Into the local market and one
of the Albany bakeries Is making a
whole wheat bread of the product.
Tho wheat is grown on Mr. Forster's
farm and the flour ground lu .an old
fashioned French burr mill on the
Forster farm.
Pendleton. The Umatilla county
courthouse Is not large enough to af
ford the room for soveral of the coun
ty offices, according to a report made
by the grand Jury Saturday. It rec
ommended that bonds be Issued for
the construction of a new jail, or that
a sinking fund be established to pro
vide for early construction.
Sulem. Petitions were filed with
the county court here Saturday pro
testing against the proposed destruc
tion of a historic oak tree that has
stood on the Champoeg Salem highway
for more than 50 years. Any effort
on the part of the county court to
destroy the tree will meet with stren
uous opposition, It was said.
Salem. Oregon has fewer Illiterate
persons than any other state In the
west, according to a report prepared
by J. A. Churchill, state superintend
ent of public Instruction, based on
statistics gathered by Frank U.
Phillips of the George Washington uni
versity. Only two states in the union
can boast of a lower percentage of
illiteracy than Ore8n-
Salem. Cora Woolbrldge, on behalf
of the women's clubs of the state of
California, has sent a telegram to Gov
ernor Pierce urging that he indorse
the child labor amendment to the fed
eral constitution.- Governor Pierce
sometime ago went on record as fav
oring the amendment, which will' be
submitted to all the legislatures hold
ing sessions this winter. . "
Halfway.4 The Cornucopia mines,
under the superintendency of Fred
Mills, will reopen for the year soon..
Many pipes were frozen, stopping oper
ations. Heads of families were kept
for general repair work, while the.
others- were laid off temporarily. A
crew of 75 men will be engaged In
mining activity as soon as the weather
permits. The snow Is reported seven
feet deep In the mining district.
Salem. A total of 473 Industrial ac
cidents were reported to the state In
dustrial accident commission during
the week ending Thursday,, according
to a report Saturday.', "Of the acci
dents 382 'were subject to the provi
sions of the workmen's compensation
law, 87 were fr.om firms and corpora
tions that have rejected the act and
four were from public utility corpora
tions not entitled to state protection:
Haines So far as known there have
been no cases of livestock suffering
from lack of feed in the Haines sec
tion of Baker county, although it was
said that from, 1200 to 1500 head of
horses in other parts of the county
were starving. A reorganization of
the Baker county branch of the hu
mane society was perfected this week
and plans have been laid to round up
the animals and feed them through
the winter, such as give promise of
being worth the effort. Others be
lieved to have been turned out to
shift for themselves and without value
will be killed. '
SCHOOL DA1S I A
t a. .i Tutf AtA
ftt Softe He ad.
IT MAYBE TAKES
A MINUTE
. By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
TT MAYBE took a inlnuie. friend, for
you to send u wire,
A little, too, you bad to Npend, a little
of your hire.
But right across the world It curne,
across the plains and hills,
And here It In, und here's your mime,
and here the room it nils
With words of love as bright an flame
and sweet at whippooruills.
It maybe took a minute, dear, to write
a Utile Hue,
A letter when n grief jvos near, was
near to me and mine.
But right across the world It went,
across the hikes und lands
The little letter that you sent Is here
within our hands
And, oh, how much your message
meant' God knows . unl undcr
. stands!
It mnyhe tukes a niliiui , nu n and
women here and t!n"v;
To stop a little now . ad then our
happiness to si n. .,
But right across the - olid It goes,
word, a look, n smile,
Through summer sun and whiter snowt
It travels many a mile
And helps more heart's than you sup
pose that need It all the while!
( by McClura Newspaper Syndic!.)
rfoW&Book
I jzzUz '
It Is almost always when things arc
all blocked up and Impossible that a
happening- cornea. If you are sure that
you are looking; and are ready, that
la all you need. God la turning the
world round all the time. Whitney.
SOUPS WITHOUT MEAT
THE following Roups lire especially
good for the members of the family
who are not eating much meat:
Cream of Lima Bean Soup.
The buby Hums seem to cook much
quicker thun the lurger kind. Tuke
two cupfuls of the beans and cover
with water, allowing them to M'nnd
over night to souk; drain, mid a quart
of wuter, two onions, two tublespoon
fuls of parsley or a stalk of celery,
and cook slowly on the hack of the
stove or in the tireless cooker until
thoroughly soft. Rub the beans
through a sieve and to each pint of
the pulp add two cupfuls of milk
blended with two tublcMpoonfuls each
of flour and butter well-cooked and
blended; season with salt und cay
enne. '
Cream of Carrot Soup.
Scrape six small carrots, cut Into
small pieces, njjd one small onion, two
stalks of celery and two sprigs of
parsley. Cover with one quart of
boiling water and bring to a rapid
boll, cooking for ten minutes, then
place In a tireless cooker for two to
three hours, depending upon the car
rots.' ' Rub through a course sieve, add
two tublespoonfuls each of Hour und
butter cooked together, to one pint of
hot milk ; cook until well-blended. Add
salt und pepper und serve hot, with a
pinch of mace,
Flemish Soup.
1 Slice five green onions, one bunch of '
celery, six large potatoes and cover
with two quarts of water. Boll ten
minutes .then place In a cooker or
simmer on the back of the range for
three hoilrs. Rub through a sieve, re
'turn to the hent, add one cupful of
cream which has been smoothly mixed
with one tuhlespoonful of flour. Sea
son to taste with salt and pepper,
sprinkle with a teaspoonful of minced
parsley and pour the soup over four
hard-cooked eggs sliced,
(, 1925, Western Newnpuuor Union.)
fThere is enonch salt In the ocenn
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to cover 700,000 square miles of land
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Something to
Think About
By F. A. WALKER
THE MASKED TOLLMEN
AS WK wend our way through the
years, the hidden tollmen nlonj
the roatls we so boldly travel benmit!
more und more Imperious In their de
mands and till our Journey with
thousand caret and complexities.
What to tis wits beautiful live or six
years ngn bus so changed In aspect
and general appearance that we can
And no pleasure In It presence.
A we leave the old milestones he
hind we pick up something as we pro
ceed that adds weight to nur feet, full
ing so gradually upon us that we
scarcely notice It, but when for some
reason we would run, possibly to iintke
haste, we discover that we must stop
a while and settle our account with
the masked tollmen.
We try to explain thut we are not
In debt, that we have been punctilious
In all our settlements, but when our
account Is pn.duced we find that we
have drawn rather heavily, and at our
own risk, on precious physlcul suvlnc
we Imagined were unimpaired.
There is a little blur In our vision,
a slight flutter at the heart and
manifest Impatience over trifles, so our
tollmen toll us seriously to pity.
We naturally think It will go eusler
with us If we cancel our obligation
gracefully, but ns a matter of fact It
mukes no difference.
For os soon as one debt U pnld
we begin to pile up 'another ; we lire
never content to live In nn atmosphere
where risk of life und health Is at a
minimum, or where we can get wholly
away from the huinlllutlng custom of
making apologies.
We continue to find fault with thine
for which we alone are to blame. Our
extravuiint habits are continued,
though we know they are taking us to
ruin, so when the tollmen come a Ionic
and demand our lust dollar, we pay
grudgingly, und often with a great deal
of unnecessary verbal emphasis.
The fact Is, even with our protesta
tions at being robbed during the day
and while we sleep, we are ourselves
the principal culprits, Under the
adroit manipulation of the tollmen we
have become helpless. They go forth
seeking gold, and In transferring It
from our pockets to theirs they show
us that they know their business better
than we know ours, und that they care
not a whit for the sflng of conscience.
( by McClure Newppr HymllcaU )
he Young Lady
Across the Way
The young iud.v across the wnv snv
Suznnrie f.englen may have her faulls
but we'll have to concede that sheH
uul we u jmyg iq
rent ,f pjayer
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to a aeptU 01 one mile. (ObyMClur.N.waapir8jrD4toaU.i
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