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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1919)
PEACE CONFERENCE FORMALLY OPENED League of Nations to Be First Subject Discussed. CLEMENCEAU IN CHAIR Seventy-Two Seats Are Provided for in First Session of World's Historic Conference, Paris. The peace conference, des tined to be historic, and on which the eyes of the world are now centered, was opened Saturday afternoon in the great Sulle de la Talx. me proceedings, wnicn wero con- fined to the election of Georges Clem one'eau, the French premier, as pcrma nent chairman of the conference, an address of welcome by the president of the French republic, Raymond Poln- care, and speeches by President Wil son, Premier Lloyd George and Baron Sonnlno, were characterized by ex presslons of lasting friendship and the apparent determination of the repre sentatives of the various nations to U. S. TO BE 'DRY' JANUARY, 1920 Washington, D, C Ratification last Thursday of the federal constitutional prohibition amendment made the United States the first great power to take legislative action to permanently stop the liquor traffic. Nebraska's vote gave the necessary affirmative three-fourths majority of the states to make effective the amend ment submitted by congress In De- comber, 1817. It was followed by simi lar action In the legislatures of Mis souri and Wyoming, making 38 states in all which have approved a "dry" America. Affirmative action by some of the 10 slate legislatures yet to act Is pre dicted by prohibition advocates. Under the terms of the amendment, the manufacture, sale and Importation of Intoxicating liquors must cease one year after ratification, but prohibition will be a fact In every state 'much earlier because of the war measure for bidding the manufacture and sale of al coholic beverages after Juno 30 until the demobilization of the military forces Is completed. Under the war time measure exportation of liquor is permitted, but the great stocks now held In bonded warehouses will have to be disposed of before the federal amendment becomes effective. Discussion as to whether the new amendment becomes a part of the con stitution, now that 30 states have rati fied It, or whether It becomes a part of the basic law only whon each state has OREGON LEGISLATURE State Capitol. The Oregon leglsla- ture passed Us first bill last week In double time, creating a Soldiers' and Sailors' commission for the relief of returning soldiers, appropriating $100,- 000 for that purpose, and doing it all between convening In the morning and adjourning In the afternoon. The commission created undor the bill Is given power to give such relief to returning soldiers and sailors who are out of employment as is deemed advlsablo under the circumstances of each case, aiplynACriiers V -TYV-. - ffiMOFE ENDIOOTT .ciy ri 1 x o , come to an amicable understanding with respect to the problems to bo de- certlflel action to the secretary of elded by the conference. Whon President Polncare spoke the entire assembly stood, and the fact that, according to custom, no applause greeted his utterance, gave greater solemnity to the scene, M. Clemenceau's acceptance of the presidency of the congress was both a feeling expression of personal gratl tude and a definite outline of the great questions immediately ahead. Three of these larger general subjects he de- Jammry fined as responsibility for the war, responsibility for crimes during the war and International lubor legisla tion. The league of nations, he de clared, was at the head of the program for the next full session. "Our ambition is a great and noble one," said M. Clomenceau. "We wish to avoid a repetition of the catastro phe which bathed the world In blood state, led to a search for nrecedent. which showed that the only two amendments ratified In the last half century providing for Income taxes and direct election of senators, were con sidered effective immediately the 36th state had taken affirmative action. Senator Slieppard, author of the pro hibition amendment, held that national prohibition becomes a permanent fact 10, 1920. Only 14 of the states have certified their action to the State department. New problems of government are raised by prospective stoppage of the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquor as hundreds of millions of dol lars derived from internal revenue will have to be obtained from other sources. Laws for enforcement of the amendment also will have to be passed The first bill to be passed by the Oregon legislature, which provides for Immediate relief of soldiers and sail ors by-the appropriation of $100,000 and the creation of a soldiers' and sailors' commission for the disbursing of the funds, apparently Is unconsti tutional and Invalid, and either an amendment of one of the sections of the measure, or its re-enactment 'with amendment by the legislature, will be. necessary before the funds will bo mado available for the uses Intended. The discovery of the weak section of the bill was made in the auditing department of Secretary of State 01 cott's office when the bill was filed in that office as required by law. Having procured Oregon's ratifica tion of the national prohibition amend ment by a total vote of 87 to 3 in the combined branches of the legislature, the prohibition forces of the state now are to train their "dry" guns on the patent medicines and so-called tonics containing a genorous portion of al cohol. ' 'II 1,1.1 1 " 1 L l I l cafYRiafrr -1 l a - vr (XODP, HEAD and COMPANY". PRINCE PROVES HIMSELF A REAL CANINE HERO AND WINS . APPROVAL OF THE CORNERS. Synopsis. Her father nnd mother reported lost nt sea when the Dunruven, on which they had sailed or Europe, was sunk, Carolyn Muy Cameron Uanna's Car'lyn Is sent from New York to her bach elor uncle, Joseph Stagg, nt the Corners. The reception given her by her untie Is not very enthusiastic. Carolyn Is also chilled by the stern demeanor of Aunty Rose, Uncle Joe's housekeeper. vStugg Is dismayed when he learns from a luwyer friend of his brotlier-In-luw that Curolyn has been left practically penniless and consigned to his care as guardian. Cjurolyn leums of the estrangement between her uncle nnd his one-time sweetheart, Amanda Parlbw, and the cause of the bitterness between the two families, If the league of nations is to be prac- by conSress' tlcable we must all remain united. Let us carry out our program quickly and In an effective manner." Kererrlng to authors of the war, he said he had consulted two eminent Jurists on the penal responsibility of the former German emperor and each delegate would receive a copy of the report. In all 72 seats wero provided for the opening session of the peace confer ence. On the outer side of the great horseshoe were arranged the Japan ese and British and colonial delegates and tho seat of the fifth British dele gate. A chair for the fifth American delegate also was reserved .immediate ly to the right of the table of honor. The Italian, Belgian, Brazilian, Cu; ban, Haltlon, .Peruvian, Portuguese, Serbian, CzechoSlovaklun and Urn gunyan dolegatos sat in the order named. Across at the left wing of the table sat the Siamese, Roumanian Polish, Llberlai!, Hedjas, Guatemalan, Ecuadoran, Chinese and Bolivian dele gations, As the delegates arrived they wore niet by fanfares of trumpets and ac corded military honors by the troops. The Japanese were among the earlier arrivals and wore followed by the Si amese and East Indians In pictur esque turbans. Only a minimum of unemployment is expected to result, as the cumulative severity of successive restrictive meas ures adopted since the war began al ready has caused many distillers and brewers to seok other uses for their plants. More than half the territory of the United States already Is dry through state action or local option elections, Western and southern states took the lead In prohibition. In the west only California and Wyoming still license tho sale of intoxicants, andtn the south only Louisiana. i ne minimum wage for school toachers throughout Oregon will be $75 a month, if Mrs. Alexander Thompson, representative from Hood River and Wasco counties, has her way. Mrs. Thompson is considering the introduction of a bill which will es tabllah this minimum wage for'" all teachers of the state. Gallagher, of counties, has REORGANIZATION OF ARMY IS POSTPONED PRINCE JOHN, SON OF KING GEORGE, IS DEAD London -Prince John, the youngest Lajorlty ot the commlttee memDers, The proposal grew out of a confer- Washlngton, D. C The house mili tary committee practically reached an agreement Friday in conference with Secretary Baker and General March chief of staff, to postpone tho War de partment reorganization bill until the next session of congress and with it a large part of the prospective debate over the future military policy of the country. A suggestion by Chairman Dent that a legislative rider on the army appro priation bill continuing the existing war organization ot the department and the regular army for another year, be substituted for the reorganization measure, met with the approval of Mr. Baker and apparently with that of a son of King George, died at Sandring- ham Saturday night. He had been ill for some time. The prince was possessed of exu berant spirits. He was the prime fa vorite of all classes and the Idol of the servants and tenants at Windsor. It Is said that he was the favorite brother of Princess Mary, who loved to romp with him. The prince was born at Sandrlugham July 13, 1905. An official bulletin issued this even ing says: ence at which Secretary Baker and the chief of staff explained to the com mittee the reorganization measure framed by the department, providing for a regular army of 600,000-men to be raised by voluntary enlistment on a flat three-year basis. Mexican Town it Seized. Fabens, Tex. Guadaloupe, opposite here, was captured and held over night "Prince John, who since Infancy has Prld8y ,llght by a band ot armel ani suffered epileptic fits which lntnlv niou,lloU Mexicans, reported to be a had become more frequent and severe, ,mrt of Ge,leral JV'Hpe Angeles' com passed away In his sleep following an mand 1,1 ,he nortn- attack at 6:30 P. M. Saturday." fiscal guards composed the only armeu iorce m tne garrison at the time. house-to-house search was made for ammunition, arms and horses ana all were seized. Saturday the band rode eastward toward Ojlnaga. Representative P. J. Harney and Malheur completed the draft ot his bill to pro vide for the state guarantee of inter est and principal -of bonds issued for irrigation, drainage and other land improvement districts. It will later be supplemented by a constitutional amendment to make the bill workable, and both the bill and amendment are to be submitted to a vote of the people. Self-aggrandizement is responsible for the discord which is beginning to throw its shadow, over the legislature. Elements contributing to a lack of harmony have been developing rapidly and at the present rate, before the legislature is well Into its third week, there will be open rupture. Thus far the peacemakers have been conspicu ous by their absence, so that the flames of discontent are being fed by clashing personal ambitions. From starting last week with a smoothly running organization in sen ate and house the machinery is begin ning to Jar. Monkey-wrenches are be ing thrown into the cogs and members are referring to other members in language which means fight. It Is not rivalry between house and senate, but between senators and between repre sentatives. Matters which should have caused no trouble have aroused fric tion and this is only the beginning. Reprisals in the way of slaughtering pet measures can be predicted with safety in the coming weeks. Primarily, the two contributing dis cordant factors are the consolidation affair and the road matter. Personal feuds are being waged which do not augur well for a calm and disinterest ed consideration of legislative matters presented. In a bill Introduced Monday by Rep resentative Smith, ot Baker.-state aid to the accident commission would be cut down to an appropriation of S50 000 a year for bare administration ex penses. The bill contains also a num ber of other provisions for amending the workmon's compensation act. This is the third bill directed against state aid for the commission. Aid Extended to Germany. Amsterdam. Replying to a letter from Mathlas Erzberger, head of the German armistice delegation, urging , i. ... . .. t .. . . .... . .u.u uerumn pnsoners or war ,Bdla rV0Pt Autonom.. wao irBiruuima Lnm nn 1 via Xfnntnl a x between occupied and unoccupied Ger- tlonaltot Congress, being held at Delhi, many. Marshal Koch said he intended India, nnv r.nrt. .n.,.tl ... to recommend the return of prisoners adopted favorinir full nrovlnc.! !. most deserving sympathy and was pre pared to permit an exchange of food between occupied and unoccupied Ger many. , nomy and against special electorates for Europeans. The congress passed formal resolutions of loyalty to the crown. Giving of tips is hit by a bill from Representative Roman in the house. He would "prohibit the practice by common carriers, hotels, restaurants, clubs or any other place where the public is given service, and proposes a fine of from $5 to 50 for violation of the act A Joint memorial by Representative Burdick, Introduced in and passed by the house, urges members of Oregon's delegation in congress to support the bill ot Representative Sinnott provid ing an appropriation of Jl.000,000,000 for irrigation. CHAPTER VI Continued, Aunty Rose remained, nppnrently, ns austere as ever, while JoscdIi Stagg was quite as much immersed In business as formerly. Yet there were times, when she nnd the child were alone, thut Mrs. Kennedy unbent, in a greater or less degree. And on the part of Joseph Stngg, he found himself thinking of sunny-holred, blue-eyed "Hunnnh's Car'lyn" with increasing frequency. "Didn't you ever have nny little girls, Aunty Rose?" Carolyn liny ask ed the housekeeper on one of these In timate occasions. "Or little boys? I mean of your very own." "Yes," said Aunty Rose In a matter- of-fact tone. "Three. But only to huve them in my arms for a very little while. Each died soon after coming to me. There was something quite wrong with them all, so the doctors suld." "Oh, my dear! All three of them?" sighed Carolyn May. "Two girls and a boy. Only one lived to be three months old. They ore all burled behind the church yon der." The next morning early Carolyn May, with Prince, went over Into the churchyard and found the three little stones in a row. She knew they must be the right ones, for there was a big ger stone, with the Inscription, "Frank Kennedy, beloved spouse of Rose Ken nedy," upon it. The names on the three little stones were Emeline, Frank, Jr., and Clarissa. Weeds nnd tall grass had begun to sprout about the little, lozenge-shaped stones and about the taller one. While she was thus engaged, a tall man In black looking rather "weedy1 himself, if the truth were told came across the graveyard anl stood beside her. He wore a broad band of crepe around his bat and on his arm, and was very grae and serious-looking. "Who nre you, little girl?" he asked, his voice being quite agreeable and his tone kindly. "I'm Car'lyn May, if you please," she replied, looking up at him frankly, "Car'lyn May Stngg?" he asked, "You're Mr. Stugg's little girl? I've heard of you." "Car'lyn May Cameron," she correct ed seriously. "I'm only staying with Uncle Joe. He is my guardian, and he had to. take me, of course, when my papa and mamma were lost at sea." "Indeed?" returned the gentleman. "Do you know who I am?" I I think," suid Carolyn May, doubtfully, "that you must be the un dertaker." For a moment the gentleman looked startled. Then he flushed a little, but his eyes twinkled. "The undertaker?" he murmured, "Do I look like that?" "Excuse me, sir," said Carolyn May. "I don't really know you, you know. Maybe you're not the undertaker." "No, I am not. Though our under taker, Mr. Snlvvins, is a very good man." "Yes, sir," said the little girl, po litely. "I am the pastor here your pastor, I hope," he said, putting a kind hand upon her head. "Oh, I know you now!" said Caro lyn May brightly. "You're the man Uncle Joe says is goiug to get a stran gle hold on Satan now that vacation is over." Rev. Afton Drlggs looked rather odd again. The shocking frankness of the child came pretty near to flooring mm. "I ahem I Your uncle compliments me," he said drily. "You don't know that he is ready to do his share, do you?" "nis share?" repeated the puzzled little girl. "Toward strangling the Evil One," pursued the minister, a wry smile curl- lug the corners of his lips. "Has he got a share In it, too?" asked Carolyn May. "I think we all should have." said the minister, looking down at her with returning kindliness In his glance. "Even little girls Uke you." Carolyn May looked at him aulte se riously. "Do you s'pose," she asked him con fidentially, "that Satan is really wicked enough to trouble little girls?" plry thus suggested, nnd Mr, Driggs shook his head, in grave doubt. But it gave hlnf something to think of all that day j nnd the first sermon preached In The Corners church that autumn seemed rather different from most of those solid, indigestible discourses that the good man was wont to drone out to his parishioners.. "Dunno but it is worth while to give the parson a vacation," pronounced Uncle Joe at the dinner table. "Seems to me his sermon this morning seemed to have a new snap to it. Mebbe he'll give old Satan a hard rub this winter, after all." , "Joseph Stagg 1" said Aunty Rose admonlshlngly. "I think he's a very nice man," said Carolyn May suddenly. "And I kep awake most of the time you see, I heard poor Princey howling for me here, where he was tied xp." "Hum!" ejaculated Mr. Stnee. "Which kept you awake the dog or the minister?" "Oh, I like Mr. Driggs very much." the little girl assured him. "And he's In great 'fllction, too, I am sure. He he wears crepe on his hat and sleeve." "Huh, so he does," grunted Mr. Stagg. "He's 'most always In mourn ing for somebody or something." "Do you s'pose, Uncle Joe. that ho looks up enough? It does Just seem to me as though poor Mr. Driggs must always be looking down Instead of looking up to see the sunshine and the blue sky and and the mountains, like my papa said you should.' Uncle Joe was silent. Aunty Rose said, very briskly for her: "And your papa was right, Car'lyn May. He was a very sensible man, I have no doubt." "Oh, he was quite a wonderful man," said the little girl with full assurance. It was on the following morning that school opened. The Corners district school was a red building, with a squatty bell tower and two front doors, standing not far up the road be yond the church. Miss Minnie Lester taught the school, and although Miss Minnie looked very sharply through her glasses at one, Carolyn May thought she was going to love the teacher very mucn. - Indeed, that was Carolyn May's at titude toward almost everybody whom she met. She expected to love and to be loved. Was it any wonder she made so many friends? There proved, however, at the start, to be a little difficulty with Miss Min nie. Prince would not remain at hnm. He howled and whined for the first half of Monday morning's session as Aunty Rose confessed, almost drivlne her mad. Then he slipped his collar and tore away on Carolyn May's cold trail. Into the school marched the Aos. having drawn the staple with which his chain had been fastened to the bole of the tree In Mr. Stagg's back yard. Miss Minnie was both alarmed and angry. Some of the little girls shrieked and wept when Prince pranced over to Carolyn May's seat. "If you do not shut that awful doe up so tnat he cannot follow you here, aroiyn May, I shall speak to your un cle, Mr. Stagg, about It Ugh. the uslv Deast i xane mm away at once !" So Carolyn May's schooldays at The Corners did not begin very happily, after all. She had always loved and been loved by every teacher she had ever had before. But Miss Minnie seemed prejudiced against her because of Prince. The little girl felt badly about this. but she was of too cheerful a tempera ment to droop for long under the pres sure or any trouble. The other chil dren liked her, and Carolyn May found plenty or playmates. It was on the last Friday in the month that something happened which quite changed Miss Minnie's attitude towards "that mongrel." Incidentally. The Corners, as a community, was ful ly awakened from its lethargy, and. as It chanced, like the Sleeping Beauty and all her retlnne, by a Prince. The school session on Friday after noons was always shortened. This day Mr. Brady, one of the school trus tees, came to review the school and. before he left to pay Miss Minnie her salary for the month. Annty Rose to go calling that after noon. Freda Payne, whom she liked very much, lived up the road beyond the schoolhouse, and she hud Invited the little city girl to come to see ber. Of course, I'rluce bad to be included In the Invitation. Freda fully under stood that, and Carolyn May took him on his leush. They saw Miss Minnie at her desk when they went past the schoolhouse. She wus correcting written exercises. Curolyn May secretly hoped that her own was much better than she feared ft was. Not for beyond the schoolhouse Prince began to growl, and the balrs 'stiffened on bis neck. "Whatever Is the matter with you, Prince?" demanded Carolyn Muy. " In a moment she saw the cause of the dog's continued agitation. A roughly dressed, bewhlskered man eat beside the road eating a lunch out of a newspaper. He leered at Carolyn May and said': "I guess you got a bad dog there, ain't ye, little girl?" "Oh, no I no's us'nlly very polite," answered Carolyn May. "You must be still, Prince 1 You see," she explained, "he doesn't like folks to wear old clothes. If If you had on your Sun day suit, I'm (tulte sure be would not growl at you." "He wouldn't, hey?" said the man hoarsely, licking his Angers of the lust crumbs of bis lunch. "An' suppose a feller ain't got no Sunday suit?" "Why then, I s'pose Prince wouldn't ever let you come into' our yard If he was loose." "Don't let him loose now, little girl," said the fellow, getting up hurriedly and eyeing the angry dog askance. "Oh, no, sir. We're going visiting . up the road. Come away, Prince. I won't let hlra touch you," she assured the man. , The latter seemed rather doubtful of her ability to hold the dog long, and he hobbled away towards the school-house. Carolyn May had a very pleasant call Freda's mother even approved of Prince and it was an hour before the two started for home. In sight of the school house Prince gave evidence again of excitement. 'I wonder what Is the matter with you now," Carolyn May began, when suddenly she sighted what had evi dently so disturbed the dog. A man was crouching under one of the schoolhouse windows, bobbing up now and then to peer In. It was the man whom they had previously seen beside the road. "Hush, Prince!" whispered little Carolyn May, holding the dog by the collar. She, too, could see through the open window. Miss Minnie was still at her desk. She had finished correcting the pupils' papers. Now she had her bag open and was counting the money Mr. Brady had given her. "O-o-oh!" breathed Carolyn May, clinging to tho eager dog's collar. The man at the window suddenly left his position and slipped around to x the door. In a moment he appeared In the schoolroom before the startled teacher. Miss Minnie screamed. The man, with a rough threat, darted forward to seize her purse. Just then Carolyn May unsnapped the leash from Prince's collar and let him go. , "Save Miss Minnie, Princey 1" she cried after the charging dog. . Prince did not trouble about the door. The open window, thrnmrh which the tramp had spied UDon the schoolmistress, was nearer. He went " hp the wall and scrambled over the sill with a savuge determination that lert no doubt whatever In the tramp's mind. . - With a yell of terror the fellow bounded out of the door and tore along the road and through The Cor ners at a speed never before equaled in that locality by a knight of the road. "Prince lost a little time in recovering his footing and again getting on the troll of the fleeing tramp. But he was soon baying the fellow past the black smith shop and the store. , The Incident called the entire popu lation of The Corners, save the bed ridden, to the windows and doors. For once the little, somnolent village awoke. Prince continues to prove that he Is a very Important character In this story. The next Install ment tells how he Is concerned In another incident that may be heard from later. Don't miss this. (TO BE CONTINUED.) , Naughty Mamma's Boy. 1 My husband, who is at Camp Sher man, wrote home and told us this Joke the boys played on a "mamma's boy" who was the goat of the whole com pany. One night while he was over to the Y. M. C. A. they fixed up the head of his cot with sticks and tied a string to them, then waited until he got sound asleep and pulled the strings, out came the sticks and down went the bed. He nearly exploded he was so mad and my husband said had you been lis tening you could have heard him swearing clear home. Chicago Tribune. All In Some Day. ' One day at a Southern eaihn nn nt the negro soldiers was showing me a service pin with three stars which ho always carried in his Docket I nski him who the relatives were and he re plied: "One Is fo' maself an the other two Is fo ma brudders; one Is going to enlist an' the other is in tha It was startling bit of new pbiloso-, Carolyn May had permission from draft Exchange.