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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1919)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government nd Pacific Northwest, and Other Thin 2 Worth Knowing. The military censorship has been re-established fit Rome. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the suffra gotte, has sailed for America, accord ing to the London National News. The lava stream flowing from the volcano of Mauna Loa, which has been in eruption for a week, became ob structed Sunday night and piled up in a mass 60 feet high and 300 feet wide. The resignation of the Turkish cab inet headed by Damad Ferrid Pasha, grand vizier and minister of foreign affairs, has been accepted by the sul tan. This announcement was made Sunday. The report that the Italian steamer Epiro with 200 Italian troops and other passengers aboard, was fired on by Jugp-Slavs from Rondoni Island, near .' Cattaro, September 30, Is confirmed; officials at Barl, Italy, assert. . A monument over the grave of Rob ert Paul Prager, who was lynched at Collinsvllle, 111., In April, 1918, because of. alleged prb:Gernian sympathies, was unveiled in St. Louis Saturday by Odd fellows, with whom Prager held mem bership. Sixty persons are known to have been killed In the derailment of a train running from Laredo to Mexico Sunday. It is believed the death list will reach 75 or more. All the dead were among the second class passen gers on the train. Significance is attached in Paris to the arrival of former German crown prince at Amerongen, Holland, to visit his father, owing to the arrival at the same time of two German officers. One of the officers is Colonel von Mir bach, a menber of the former general staff and a close friend of General Ludoridorff. Enormous war expenditures have forced the attention of congress to the question of adopting a budget, former President Taft recently told the house committee Investigating proposed changeB in governmental fiscal affairs, Mr, Taft recommended that cabinet officers be required to come before congress to justify estimates contained In a budget The strike of railroad men, which has been in progress on the British railroads since midnight, September 2G, was settled Sunday. Settlement followed a meeting between Premier Lloyd George and members of the executive board of the National Union of Railway Men, which was arranged at a conference between A. Bonar Law and the conciliation committee of the trades union. President Wilson's condition was described as "about the same with a slight Improvement" In a bulletin 1s Bued Saturday night from the White house by his physician, Dr. Cary T. Grayson. After seven days the British rail road Btrike situation Saturday night became the gravest In the history of any labor crisis of the British empire in the present generation. All efforts of the transport workers' federation to find a bridge to enable a renewal of negotiations between the govern ment and the National Union of Rail waymon failed. Because of the Illness of Trosldcnt Wilson, King Albort of Belgium has decided to cancel all his engagements In connection with his tour of the United States after those In Boston and Buffalo up to October 14. From Buffalo the royal visitor will go to some point In California and will re main there until he Is scheduled to visit San Francisco on October 14. Ills schedule after that date stands tentatively. Rioting broke out at the Universal Portland cement plant at Indiana Har bors, 1ml. , Saturday night and a union picket wag shot by one of two armed negroes who, with nearly 25 othor ne groes, attempted to return to work. The Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo, N. D with liabilities aggregat ing more than $1,606,847, was Satur day declared Insolvent by the banking board of North Dakota. It was or dered closed and placed In the hands of a temporary receiver. CURRENT WEEK STATE NEWS! . IN BRIEF. ! Bend. To finance the completion of the new grade school building started here this summer, the Bend school board has issued a call for bids for a $10,000 5 per cent bond to run for 15 years and serially at the end of five years. Eugene. Forest fire patrol work in privately owned timber in western Lane county has been completed for the season, with practically no loss, according to Carl V. Oglesby, super vising warden for the Western Lane Fire Patrol association. Corvallis. State aid to returned sol diers seeking education is benefitting 628 students in the college already, ac cording to report of the registrar's office. This number of applications for state aid have been sent in and 50 more are being prepared. The Dalles. Owing to the shortage of help at this season of the year an effort Is being made to dismiss the pupils from Dufur school district for one week to aid in the harvest. It Is said this help will Bolve the labor problem until more workers arrive. Eugene. The geography in use In the schools of this state, containing the picture of Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former kaiser of Germany, and consid erable commendatory matter about Germany, Is objected to by the mo thers of the pupils of the Condon school of this city. Salem. To iron out certain misun derstandings In administering the fi nancial educational aid law passed at the last session of the legislature was the purpose of a meeting held In the offices of the secretary of state here recently. Many phases of the law were explained relative to submitting applications. The Dalles. The older hoys' confer ence of the Y. M. C. A. will hold its annual meeting in The Dalles begin ning October 17, it was announced from Salem by B. A. Churchill, super intendent of public Instruction for Oregon. Representatives from Idaho and practically every county in Ore gon will be present. Cove. Karl J. Stackland, orchardlst and fruit shipper, sent east seven car loads of prunes for which he paid 170 a ton, 18 cents per box for picking and 8 cents a crate for packing. Pear packing here and at La Grande began in his packing houses last week; apple packing in Cove next week. Super abundance of peaches made a poor market price. Hood River. Pear growers of the Hood River valley In a number of In stances will realize $2000 an acre from their crops this year. A. J. Graff and LeRoy Childs, owners of one of the valley's biggest pear orchards, located on Dee flat, have harvested an aver age of 1000 boxes an. acre from four acres of Bartletts. The growers will net better than $2 a box. The Dalles. The Wasco county can ning team won second place among all exhibitors at the state fair, according to County School Superintendent Gronewald. The winning trio consist ed of Frances Johnson, Selma Ander son and Rose Harriman. Individually this team carried off every canning prize in the order named above. Mult nomah county was first in the demon stration. Woodburn. Damage estimated at more than $4000 was the result of a tire that broke out at 11:10 a. m. last Friday in the third Btory of the Ma sonic temple, and which was subdued with difficulty by work of volunteer fire fighters. The building is 65x110, the second and third floors being oc cupied for lodge purposes and the ground floor by a department store. The greatest damage was done by smoke and water. The fire originated in a room used for storing fuel. Salem. Highway bonds in the sum of $5,300,000 have been issued Bince March 1, 1919, according to a report prepared by the secretary of the state highway commission and submitted to Governor Olcott, The several amounts, together with the date of Issuance, follow: May 1, $500,000; June 1, $1, 000,000; August 1, $800,000; Septem ber 1, $1,000,000; October 1, $2,000,000. Previous to March 1 there was Issued $2,840,000 In state highway bonds. Of the bond Issues authorized for state highway construction, the following bonds have been sold to date: Bean Barrett, $1,200,000; $6,000,000 bonding act, $3,940,000; $10,000,000 bonding act, $3,000,000. The concluding para graph of the report says: "It is" dif ficult to forecast at this time Just what periods the bonds will be sold to meet the highway commission's con struction programme, but the Imme diate requirements will probably total $1,000,000 a month for the remainder of the year. It is probable that the total amount of bonds authorized, $17, 800.000, will be sold by the end of the year 1920." WOLVES OF THE SEA Carlyle Sees One Chance and Takes It. Synopsis Geoffry Carlyle, master of sailing ships at twenty-six, is sentenced to 20 years' servitude in the American col onies for participation In the Monmouth rebellion in England. Among the passengers on board the ship on which he Is sent across are Roger Fairfax, wealthy Maryland planter; his niece, Dorothy Fairfax, and Lieu tenant Sanchez, a Spaniard, who became acquainted with the Fair faxes In London. Carlyle meets Dorothy, who Informs him her uncle has bought his services. Sanchez shows himself an enemy of Carlyle. The Fairfax party, now1 on its own sloop In the Chesapeake bay, encounters a mysterious bark, the Namur of Rotterdam. Carlyle discovers that Sanchez Is "Black Snnchez," planning to steal the Fairfax gold and abduct Dorothy. He fights Sanchez and leaves him for dead. In a battle with Sanchez' followers, however, he Is overpowered and thrown Into the bay. CHAPTER VIII Continued. . 5 The two must have hung In silence over the rail staring 'down. I dared not advance my head to look, nor even move a muscle of my body In the water. "How came you aft here?" "Because that fellpw leaped the rail from the wharf. I saw him, and we met at the wheel." "From the wharf, you say? He was not aboard, then? Santa Maria! I know not what that may mean. .Yet what difference, so he be dead. An derson, Mendez, throw that carrion overboard no, bullies, never mind; let them He where they are, and sink an auger In the sloop's bottom. What Is that out yonder, Cochose?" "A small boat, senor a dory, I make It." "Cut the rope and send It adrift. Now come along with me." The darker loom of the sloop van ished slowly, . as the slight current sweeping about the end of the wharf drifted the released boat to which I clung outward Into the bay. There was scarcely a ripple to the sea, and yet I felt that the boat was steadily drifting out into deep water. 'I was still strangely weak, barely able to re tain my grasp. Finally I mustered every ounce of remaining energy In one supreme effort and succeeded in dragging my body up out of water Devising Some Meant for Attaining the Deck. over the boat's stern, sinking helpless ly forward Into the bottom. The mo ment this was accomplished every sense deserted me, and I lay there motionless, totally unconscious. I shall never know how long I re mained thus. Ycf this time could not have been great As though awaken ing from sleep a faint consciousness returned. Then the sharp pnin of my wounds, accented by the sting of salt water, brought me swift realization of where 1 was and the circumstances bringing me there. I had evidently lost considerable blood, yet this had already censed to flow, and a very slight examination served to convince me thnt the knife slashes were none of them serious. My other Injuries were merely bruises to add to my dis comfort the result of blows dealt me by Sanchez nnd Cochose, aggravated by the bearlike hug of the giant ne gro. Indeed, I awoke to the discov ery that I was far from being a dead man ; and, Inspired by this knowledge, the various incidents of the night flashed swiftly buck Into my mind. By RANDALL PARRISH Cupyriiil, by A. U McClurs it Co. No gleam of light appeared in any direction; no sound echoed across the dark waste of water. It was clearly Impossible for me to attempt any re turn to the wharf through the impene trable black curtain which shut me In. What, then, could I do? What might I still hope to accomplish? Those fel lows, had swept the sloop clean, and had doubtless long ago scuttled It. They would suddenly find themselves leaderless, unguided. Would that suf fice to stop them? Would the discov ery of his body halt his followers and send them rushing back to their boat, eager to get safely away? This did not seem likely. Estada knew of my boarding the sloop from the wharf, and would at once connect the fact of my being ashore with the killing of Sanchez. This would satisfy him there was no further danger. Besides, these were not men to flee in panic. Surely not with that ruffian Estada yet alive to lead them, and the knowledge that fifty thousand pounds was yonder in that unguarded house, with no one to protect the treasure but two old men asleep, and the women. The women ! Dorothy 1 What would be come of her? Into whose hands would she fall in that foul division of spoils? Estada's? And I, afloat and helpless In this boat, what could I do? CHAPTER IX. A Swim to the Namur. All was black, hopeless; with head buried in my hands I sat on a thwart, dazed. Before me, pleading, expres sive of agonized despair, arose the sweet face of Dorothy Fairfax. No doubt by this time all was over the dead body of Sanchez discovered, the projected attack oh the house carried out, the two old men left behind, ei ther dead or severely" wounded, and the girl borne off a helpless prisoner. Ay, but this I knew ; there was only one place to which the villains might flee with their booty the Namur of Rot terdam. Only on those decks and well at sea would they be safe or able to enjoy their spoils. The thought came to me In sudden revelation why not? Was not here a chance even yet to foil them? With Sanchez dead no man aboard that pirate craff could recog nize me. I felt assured of this. I had fought the giant negro in the dark ; he could not, during that fierce en counter, have distinguished my fea tures any more clearly than I had his own. There was no one else to fear. If only I might once succeed in get ting safely aboard, slightly disguised, perhaps, and mingle unnoticed among the crew, the chances were not bad for me to pass undetected. Such ships carried large crews and were constant ly changing In personnel. A strange face appearing among them need not arouse undue suspicion. And I felt, convinced I could locate the Namur. But could I hope to attain the ship In advance of the returning party of raiders? God helping me, I would try I My brain throbbed with fresh resolu tion the call to action. There were oars In the boat. I shipped the useless rudder Inboard and chose my course from the stars. My boat had drifted considerably far ther out Into the bay than I had sup posed, and it required a good half hour of steady toil at the oars before I sighted ahead of me the darker out lines of the shore. At first I could Identify nothing, but finally there sud denly arose, clearly defined, the gaunt limbs of a dead tree, bearing a faint resemblance to a "gigantic cross, that had been pointed out on the sloop. This peculiar mark was at the extrem ity of the first headland lying north of the point itself, and consequently a straight course across the bay would land me within five hundred yards of where the Namur had last been at anchor. To a degree my Immediate plan of action had been definitely mapped out within my own muid while tolling at the oars. I would beach my dory and strike out on foot directly across the narrow neck of land. The Namur was not so far out from shore as to make swimming to her a dangerous feat, and I could approach and board her with far less chance of discovery In that manner than by the use of a boat. The greater danger would come after I hnd attained the deck, wet to the skin. The sharp bow of the dory ran up on the soft sand of the beach, and I stepped ashore. Then there came to me the first real consciousness of the reckless nature of this adventure. As I faced then the probabilities there scarcely seemed one chance In a hundred. And yet I must admit there was the one chance ; and In no other action could I per ceive even that much encouragement If Dorothy Fairfax was alrendy In the hands of these men, then my only op portunity for serving her lay In my being close at hand. No alternative presented Itself; no other effort could be effective. It was already too late to attempt the organization of a res cue party. No, the only choice left was for me either to accompany the girl or else abandon her entirely to her captors. I must either face the possibility of discovery and capture, 33 .4a which as surely meant torture and death, or otherwise play the coward and remain impotently behind. So 1 drove the temptation to falter away and strode on up the bank Into the black shadow of the trees. I found extremely hard walking as I advanced through tangled under brush. Fortunately the distance was even shorter than I had anticipated. It was not until after I had advanced cautiously into the water and- then stooped low to thus gain clearer vision nlong the surface that I succeeded In locating the vessel sought. Even then the Namur appeared only as a mere shadow, without so much as a light showing aboard, yet apparently an chored In the same position as when we had swept past the previous after noon. I waded straight out through the lines of surf, until all excepting the head became completely sub merged. If I were to reach the bark at all this was the one opportunity. I stood there, resisting the undertow tugging at my limbs and barely able to retain my footing, intent upon my purpose. Full strength had come back to my muscles and my head was again clear. With strong, silent strokes I swam forward, directly breasting the force of the Incoming sea, yet making fair progress. Some unconsidered cur rent must have swept me to the right, for, when the outlines of the bark again became dimly visible through the night I found myself well to star board of the vessel. Stroking well under water and with only my eyes exposed above the surface, I changed my course to the left nnd slowly and cautiously drew In toward the star board bow. A few moments later, un perceived from above, and protected from observation by the bulge of the overhang and density of the shadow, my hands clung to the anchor hawser, my mind busy In devising some means for attaining the deck. CHAPTER X. On the Deck of the Namur. It was here that fortune favored me, strengthening my decision and yield ing a fresh courage to persevere. Forking out directly over where I clung desperately to the wet hawser, my eyes were able to trace the bow sprit, the rather loosely furled up jib flapping ragged edges In the gusts of wind. Suddenly, as I stared upward, I became aware that two men were working their way out along the foot ropes, and, as they reached a point al most directly over my head, became busily engaged In tightening the gas kets to better secure the loosening sail. The foot of one slipped, and he hung dangling, giving vent to a stiff English oath before he succeeded in hauling himself back to safety. The other indulged In a chuckling laugh, yet he was careful not to speak loudly. "Had one drink too many, Tom?" he asked. "That will pay yer fer fln lshln' the bottle an' never glvln' me another sup." "You, h 1 1 Yer hed the fu'st ov It. Thar's no sorter luck yer don't git yer fair share of, Bill Haines trust yer fer thet. What I ain't got straight yet is whar thet stuff cum from so easy.'. "That wus part o' the luck, Tom. Did yer git eyes on thet new feller Manuel Estevan brought back with him in the boat?" "The one you and Jose carried aboard?" "He's the lad. Thar wa'n't nuthln' the matter with the cove, 'cept he wus dead drunk. We wus waitin' on the beach fer Estevan, an' three fellers he hed taken along with him Inter town ter cum back the nigger, Jose an' me when this yere chap hove 'longside. He never hailed us, ner nuthln'; just cllm over Into the boat, an' lay down. I shook him, an' kicked him, but It wa'n't no use; so we Just left him le thar fer Manuel ter say whut wus ter be done with him. Only Jose he went through his pockets an' found three bottles o' rum. We took a few drinks an' hid whut wus left in the boat locker." "So thet's how yer got it I Who wus the party?" "Thet's more'n I'll ever tell yer. I never got no sight o' him, 'cept In the dark. 'Bout all I know is he wus white, an' likely a sailor. Enyhow, when Manuel got back he told us to haul the lad forrard out o' the way, an' fetch him along. So we pulled out with the feller cuddled up in the bow." "I never seed nuthln' more of him after he was hauled aboard. Whut become o' the lad?" Once on board the Namur, Carlyle know he may have a chance to aid Dorothy. It I a desperate chance, but he Is will. Ing to take It But how to get aboard without being seen? Can he avoid detection which will mean certain death? ITO BE CONTINUED.) Bamboo trees do not bloom nntll thirty years old, NAME 'BAYER' MEANS ASPIRINJS GENUINE For Toothache, Neuralgia, Pain, Colds, Headache! You want relief quickly and safely! Then insist on "Bayer Tablets of As pirin," stamped with the Bayer Cross." The name "Bayer" means you are getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over eighteen years, and proved safe by millions of people. For a few cents you can get a handy tin box of genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," containing twelve tablets. Druggists also sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acidester of Salicylicacid. Adv. Olympia The state highway com mission has authorized the Union Bridge company to build a bridge across the Yakima river between Ken newlck and Richland on force account with a cost limit of $45,000. The engi neer's estimate was $44,230. Wonderful Grand Canyon, The grand canyon of the Colorado river in northern Arizona is 219 miles long, 12 to 13 miles wide and more than a mile deep. Hurrah! How's This Cincinnati authority says corns dry up and lift out with fingers. Ouch 1 ? 1 ? 1 I This kind of rough talk will be beard less here in town If people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drug called freezone when applied to a tender, aching corn or hardened callous stops soreness at once, and soon the corn or callous dries up and lifts right off without pain. He says freezone dries Immediately and never inflames or even irritates the surrounding skin, A small bottle of freezone will cost very little at any drug store, but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callous from one's feet. Millions of America's women will welcome this announce ment since the Inauguration of the high heels. If your druggist doesn't have freezone tell him to order a small bottle for you. Adv. Prosperous in Flax and Linen. Linen bedding is a great luxury to the American housewife, who tries to be contented with cotton sheets em broidered and trimmed, and saves her linen pieces for company. But in Lithuania, where flax is a flourishing product and factories are not plentiful, every housewife has her chests full of linen bedding, beautiful, fine, hand made material that would do for any American beds. Wanted Masculine Touch. 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