WORLD HAPPEK1NCS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items COMPILED FOR YOU Eventa of Noted People, Government and Padflc Northwest, and Other Thing? .Worth Knowing. The cost of living In France has risen 161 per cent since the armistice. This Is the estimate made by the French minister of labor. Twenty-five more policemen were added to Seattle's force by action of the council In approving a request for that number. To provide for their pay $50,000 was appropriated. A strong earthquake shock lasting several seconds was felt at Salta, Ar gentina, shortly after midnight Mon day. The tremors were repeated at 6 o'clock In the morning with less in tensity. J. W. Herreld, republican congress man-elect from the fifth Oklahoma district, will leave Friday for Wash ington to take his seat and fill out the unexpired term of the late Joseph H. Thompson. Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee social ist, was denied his seat in the house Monday by an overwhelming vote, the house holding he was Ineligible for membership because of his open op position to the war with Germany. A detailed plan of organization which will provide for full participa tion of republican women in the future affairs of their party was adopted by the republican national committee at an Informal meeting held in Chicago Monday. Deportation proceedings have been Instituted in a number of cities to rid the country of the violent radicals caught In the nation-wide raids which have been In progress since Friday, Attorney-General Palmer announced Monday night. Convictions under the espionage act In New York of Jacob Abrams and four other self-avowed Russian anar chists for circulating radical literature were upheld Tuesday by the supreme court. Justices Holmes and Brandeis dissented. With her logbook carrying stories of new Arctic adventures, the famous old cutter Bear of the United States coast and geodetic survey arrived at Seattle Monday, completing her 33d annual summer patrol of the Boring sea and other northern waters. Since the prohibition law went Into effect New York's Insistent and en thuslastic drinkers have been consum lng the "non-beverage" alcohol which usually goes Into hair tonic, cologne and patent medicines at 30 to 40 cents a glass, according to Colonel Daniel I. Porter, supervising intornal revenue agent Country-wide attempts to organize German branches of the Industrial Workers of the World were disclosed by New York police Saturday. The bill providing a graduated In crease In the pay of postal employe; pending action of the congressional committee investigating the salaries of such employes, became a law Sat urday without President Wilson's sig nature. Blind, or nearly blind, 40 strong, healthy, able-bodied men are In cus tody at the King county stockade and will be wards of the taxpayors of the state of Washington during the rest of their natural lives as a result of drinking denatured alcohol. In a keynote speech Friday night at Sprlngfiold, 111., launching the candl dacy of Governor Frank O. Lowden Illinois for the presidency of the Uni ted States, Representative William A. Rodeuburg of East St. Louis presented the name of Governor Calvin Coolldge of Massachusetts as a running mate for Lowdon, at a meeting of the Illi nois republican editorial association. The mention of Governor Coolldge's name brought a storm of applause. Disbursement of $576,349,205 by the government In October, was the low est In any month since June, 1917, Secretary Glass announced- Saturday. Helpless because of an infected log and slowly starving and freezing In a cabin near Webena lake, Minnesota, James Francisco, 60 years old, a camp caretaker, fired cartridge after car trldge In an unsuccessful attempt to summon assistance. Then he commit ted suicide with his last revolver bul let j J STATE NEWS X I IN BRIEF. Bend. Bend's first woman health fficer was appointed last week when Dr. Ann Rles Flnley was appointed by Mayor J. A. Eastes to succeed Dr. C. Vandorvert. Salem. Frank Hettlck, who enlisted in the Infantry July 4, 1919, and has been stationed at Fort McDowell, Cal., lias sailed for Siberia, according to word received here. Hood River. M. H. Nickelsen, vet eran school clerk here, has just com pleted his census of school children in the town. He reports a total of 931, gain of 49. over the census of last year. Hood River. Youthful' pheasant hunters last week killed an imported pure bred Jersey cow on the dairy farm of Bruno Franz in the Frankton district. Small bird shot penetrated the animal's heart. She was valued at ?250. La Grande Two important transac tions were closed here recently when '. L. Snodgrass sold his grocery store, one of the largest in eastern Oregon, to J. L. Holm, and the Hill department store purchased the French shoe store, Each involved a large sum of money. Salem. Articles of incorporation will be filed in Salem shortly by local men who will form a company with capitalization of $250,000 for the pur pose of building houses for relief from the home shortage situation here, which has reached an acute stage. Salem. Approximately 113 teachers are needed to fill the vacancies in the Oregon schools at the present time according to reports received by J. Churchill, state superintendent of public Instruction, from all counties in the state with the exception of Curry, Crook, Malheur and Wheeler. Roseburg. Vern Buell, here to or ganize a waiters' union, was fined $10 on a charge of disorderly conduct. Buell was arrested Saturday on a charge of using abusive and threat ening language to a woman restau rant proprietor, whose place he was trying to unionize. He pleaded not guilty. Salem. Capitol post No. 9, Ameri can Legion, of this city, Is emphatlcal ly opposed to universal military train ing and a large standing army, accord ing to a vote taken by the organiza tion recently. When newspapers are printed In foreign languages the post favors that parallel paragraphs in Eng lish be used, Salem For the first time since early In the administration of Will H Halo, steel cells are to be eliminated from the state training school for boys, according to a statement made by L. M. Gilbert, superintendent of the in stitution, before the state board of control. As the state has no use for the cells, they will be sold in the open market. Salem. Announcement has been made by Will H. Bennett, state super intendent of banks, that the Ladd & Bush bank of Salem has passed the $5,000,000 mark in Its deposits. This amount does not include state depos its. The bank is the only institution In the state outside Portland having that amount of money on deposit from its patrons. Gold Hill. The big Beaver Portland cement plant at Gold Hill, which has been idle the past three years, will re sume operations at once. It is being refitted by 40 mechanics, and exper ienced burners, chemists and foremen of all the departments have been brought from the Canadian and east ern cement districts and are on the ground ready to work. Eugene. Improvements at the new state game farm, northeast of Eugene, will be carried on as contemplated, notwithstanding the decision of Dis trict Judge Bingham at Salem, re straining the state game commission from purchasing the Reddish farm where the pheasant pens are located, according to L. E. Beau, of this city who has boon one of the prime movers in this project. ' Salem. All counties in Oregon that failed to send to the state treasurer their last half taxes by November 1 as provided by law, will be compelled to pay Interest on the delinquent re mittances at the rate of 6 per cent according to a statement given out by State Treasurer Hoff. The counties which have not yet remitted include Benton, Gilliam, Harney, Jackson, Mai heur, Marion and Polk. Peace or War? Dorothy Is Forced to Choose. Synopsis Geoffry Carlyle, master of sailing ships nt 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, t now on its own sloop in the Chesapeake bay, encounters a mysterious bark, the Namur of Rotterdam. Carlyle discovers that Sanchez is "Black Sanchez," 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. In a desperate effort to save Dorothy, Carlyle decides to swim to the Namur. By a ruse he gets aboard and min gles with tlie crew. The pirates return to the Namur with Dor othy, the captured gold and Sanchez, badly wouuded but still alive. Carlyle finds a friend in Watkins, an English sailor. Es tada, acting captain, makes Car lyle first mate of the Namur. Eugene The newly-constructed con crete dam across the Sluslaw river at Swisahome, near the mouth of Lake creek, which Gustav Warthun had about finished and which was to have been used In connection with a large sawmill there, was washed out by the high water Monday, according to W. K. Wise, who resides near there. The dam was over 100 feot long and Mr. Warthun had expended over $7000 upon It CHAPTER XV. 10 The Cabin of the Namur. Both huge, black hands grasped, the spokes, and It was evident that it re quired all his giant strength .to con trol the bucking wheel. He was an ugly-looking brute, the lower portion of his face apelike and the wool grow ing so low as to leave him scarcely an inch of forehead. His eyes lifted an instant from the binnacle card to glance at me curiously. They exhib ited no flash of recognition. For half an hour Estada hung about aft, apparently puyiug no attention to me, and yet watching my movements closely. There was little to be done, but I thought It best to keep the watch reasonably busy, so they might thus learn that I knew my work. They proved prompt and capable enough, although I was eyed with some curi osity when I first went forward, and, no doubt, was very thoroughly dis cussed behind my back. The idlers amidships were a totally different class a mongrel scum, profanely chatting In Spanish or swaggering about the deck, their very looks a challenge. However, they kept out of my way, and I found no occasion to interfere with their diversions. After Estada left the deck the ma jority amused themselves gambling, and as I had received no orders to Interfere I permitted the games to pro ceed. Mendoz interfered only once on occasion of a brief fight. My only Instructions from the Portuguese on his going below was to call him at once if a sail was sighted. Apparent ly he was satisfied of my ability to command the deck. No occasion to call him arose dur ing my watch. It was still daylight, but with a purple gleam across the waters, when LeVcre arrived on deck for my relief. We were talking to gether nbaft the wheel when Estada appeared In the companionwny. "Every promise of a clear night," he said, glancing about nt the horizon. "Better change the course two points, LcVere; we are lying in too close to the coast for our purpose. The table call will come very shortly, Senor Gates." I washed up hastily in my state room and came out into the cabin perplexed as to what might occur within the next few moments. Yet whatever the result there was no avoiding It. My every move was one of extreme caution. Estada and Estevan awaited me. The latter was all rigged out, and with smooth black hair oiled and plastered down upon his forehead. I never be held a more disagreeable face, or one which so thoroughly revealed the na ture of a man. As I touched his hand, at Estada's brief Introduction, it was as If I fingered a snake. "This is your chair, Gates, and you will find we live veil aboard the Na mur wine, women and song hey, Manuel! Why not, when all are at command? Steward, you told the lady what tny orders were. Then bid her Join us." We stood In silence, as Gunsaules crossed the deck and inserted a key In the after stateroom door. Manuel was grinning in full enjoyment, but the expression on the face of Estada was that of grim cruelty. I felt my hands grip like Iron on my chair back and my teeth clim.h In restraint. God, but I would have liked to grip the fel low where he stood all the bottled up hatred in my soul struggling for action. Yet that would only mean the death of all hope, and I turned my eyes away from him and stared with the others at the opening door. Out into the full light of the cabin the woman came and .halted barely a step in advance of the steward, her head uplifted proudly, her eyes on us. Never before had I realized her beau ty, her personality, as I did then. Her posture was not that of defiance nor of surrender; she stood as a woman defending her right to respect, sus tained by a wonderful courage. I caught her glance, but there was no recognition in it; not by the flicker of an eyelid did she betray surprise, and yet In some mysterious manner a flash of intelligence passed between us. It was ail instantaneous, for her gaze seemed to concentrate on Estada as though she knew him as leader. "You sent for me? For what?" she asked, her Spanish clear and well chosen. "To join us at meal," he answered unmoved. "It Is better than to remain alone." "Better! You must have a strange opinion of me to believe I would sit with murderers and thieves." "Harsh words, senorita," and Estada grinned grimly. "Yet I expected them. There are many trades in the world by which men are robbed. We only work at the one we like best ; nor will I discuss that with you. However, senorita, I can say that we have taken no lives In this last affair." "No iives!" In sudden, Incredulous surprise. "You mean my uncle lives?" "If you refer to Fairfax the one In whose room the chest was hidden, I can only reply truthfully that he lives. These are two of my officers S'ior Gates, one of your own countrymen, and Manuel Estevan. And now that I have answered your questions, what is it to be between us peace or war?" Her eyes dropped, and I could dis tinctly note the trembling of her slen der figure. When she slowly raised her glance once more It rested on my face as though seeking approval, guid ance. "If there be only the one choice," she said quietly. "I accept peace. I cannot live locked in that room alone, haunted by my thoughts and memo ries. If I pledge you my word, senor. am I to i ajoy the freedom of this cabin and the deck?" Estada looked at us, a shade of doubt in his eyes. I made no sign, but Manuel nodded. "Why not?" he asked in his harsh croak of a voice. "So long as we be at sea? What harm can the girl do?" "Perhaps none; I will take a half chance, at least. You shall have the freedom of the cabin. So long as you keep your word, while as to the deci, we will consider that later. Prove you mean what you say by joining us here." My recollection of that meal is not of words but of faces. Estada's eye? sought constantly the girl's face, nnd to my consternation exhibited an In terest in her personality which prom ised trouble. I know n.t whether she noticed this awakening admiration, but she certainly played her part with quiet modesty. I believe that even the Portuguese reached the conclusion that she was not altogether regretful for this adventure and that it was safe for him to relax some degree of vigl lance. His manner became more gi n clous, and long before the meal ended his language had a tendency to com pliment and flatter. I contented my self with occasional senfoncoii. The young woman sat directly across from me, our words overheard by all, and as I knew both men possessed some slight knowledge of English I dare not venture beyond commonplace conver sation in that tongue. With quick wit she took her cue from me, so that nothing passed between us, either by word of mouth or glance of eye, to arouse suspicions. Believing the feeling of confidence would be increased by such action, I was first to leave the table, and it be ing my watch below immediately re tired to my room, noisily closing the door after me, yet refraining from let ting the latch catch, thus enjoying a slight opening through which to both see and hear. Manuel did not linger long, making some excuse to go for ward, but Estada remained for some time, endeavoring to entertain. His egotism made a fool of the man, yet even he finally became discouraged of making her comprehend his meaning, and lapsed into a silence which gave her an excuse to retire. This was ac complished so graciously as to leave no sting, the fellow actually accom panying her to the door of her state room, bowing his compliments as she disappeared within. The fool actu ally believed he had made a conquest and preened himself like a turkey cock. "Gunsaules, you need not lock the senorita in her room or guard her in any way hereafter. She is permitted to come and go as she pleases aboard." Estada entered his own stateroom, leaving the door ajar. When he came out he had exchanged his coat for a rough jacket. Thus attired for a turn on deck, he disappeared through the companion. SY rtl ' P Be sure to hear the New Brunswick, positively the most Wonderful Phonograph made. Plays all records. Prices, $100 to $600 Send for Catalogue and our easy terms. HYATT TALKING MACHINE CO., 3SO Alder St.. Portland, Ore. RHEUMATISM-PILES-- CONSTIPATIN Wild Pigeon Springs Mineral water Nature's own remedy from the Rock. Drink It and get well. 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MAKE MOST OF IMPLEMENTS Average Farm Tool Is Only About Half Worn Out by Use Alone Keep Machinery Busy. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The average farm Implement Is only about half worn but by use alone. The rest of the wear Is due to rust and de cay. Make the greatest possible profit out of machinery by using it continu ously for profitable work until it Is worn out. "Peace or War?" One of my men struck him down, but It was not a death blow. If that be the reason of your disdain there is no cause. This chair is held for you." "But why was I brought away a prisoner? To be a plaything? A sport for your pleasure?" "That was but the orders of our chief; we await his recovery to learn his purpose." "Sanchez 1 Was he your chief? A pirate?" "A buccaneer; we prey on the ene mies of Spain. It was at Captain San cliez' orders we waited the arrival of your vessel from England. He loved you; he would no doubt have dealt with you honorably ; I have reason to believe that to be his purpose now. Nothing will change his purpose. He Is that kind, and he has the power. He determined that if you would not come to him by choice you should be made to by force. You are here now by his orders and will remain until you consent to his purpose all that remains for you to decide is whether you choose to be prisoner or guest aboard." "And if he should die?" Estada shrugged his shoulders In differently. "Who knows?" Her lips tightened as though to hold back a cry while one hand pressed to the open door steadied her. There was a look in the searching eyes I did not like to see. It was a moment be fore she could control her voice. "I have heard them call you Estada, Of what rank In this company are you?" "I am Pedro Estada, formerly the i first officer, now, by occasion of Cap- J tain Sanchez' wound, in full command. CHAPTER XVI. In Dorothy's Stateroom. I stood crouched, with eye at the crack watchful of every movement In the lighted cabin, my own decision made. I must see and talk with Dor othy. Gunsaules turned down the light and departed along the passage lead lng amidships. A moment Inter I heard the sound of dishes grinding to gether preparatory to being washed. No better opportunity for action was likelv to occur, although the situation was not without peril. I crept along1 close to the side walls, lifted the latch noiselessly, and slipped quickly within, There was no light, except a glimmer of stars through a large after port, but against this faint radiance she stood vaguely revealed. Her first thought must have been Estada, for there was a.startled note in her challenge. "Who are you? Why do you come here?" "Sneak low," I cautioned. "You must know my voice." 'Geoffry Carlyle 1" 'Yes, but do not use that name all hope depends on my remaining un known. You welcome me? She came straight forward through the dim star shine, a spectral figurr with both hands outstretched. "Welcome !" her tone that of intense sincerity. "Your presence gives me all the strength I have. But for you I should throw myself through that port into the sea. But I know not how you came here tell me, you are not one of these wretches?" "No ; you must believe that first of all, and trust me." "I do but but tell me all you can." "Is there a divan here, or anywhere we can sit down together? I can see nothing In this darkness." DAIRYMAN NOT SOIL ROBBER He Not Only Studies How to Feed His Cows, But Also How to Main tain Fertility. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The dairy farmer not only studies how to feed his cow, but how to feed his land, lie is not a soil robber, as he realizes that the farmer who re duces the fertility of his land robs without reason, since he steals from himself. WHAT THE SCOUTS DO. The Boy Scouts in South San Fran cisco have planted a large date palm In the civic center in honor of Theo dore Roosevelt. Three Boy Scouts who were on a hike from New York to Montreal, passing through the Adirondack Moun tains between Chesterton and Eliza bethtown, N. Y., came across a side car accident, in which the occupants of the side-car were unconscious. The boys rendered first aid and telephoned to Ellzabethtown for medical aid. Backyards nnd alleys in Niagara Falls, N. Y., nil look better since the Boy Scout clean-up visitation. National Scout Commissioner Belg beder of Paris has written Chief Scout Executive James E. West that French Boy Scouts will photograph graves of American soldiers in the Lille, St. Quentin, Soissons, Bhelms, Sedan and Vosges districts, and place flowers upon them for the families of the Boy Scouts of America. It will be necessary to furnish name, rank, regiment and location of the grave. Requests may be sent to the French jommlssioner. Carlyle saves Dorothy from death at the hands of a mysteri ous intruder but is unable to ac count for the sudden attack in the night There is some dark plot behind it all. What will the morning disclose? (TO BB CONTINUED.! Lack of Tact. Jones What a Jonah that fellow Smith is. After owing me $5 for two years he came up to me on the street and paid me right while I was talking to Brown, whom I had owed $5 to for three years! Wise Indeed) He is a wise man who can on oc casion put up or shut up but he is a wiser man who can put up and shut up. Savannah Morning News. Slam Tip in1 Pro Lm SULLIVAN HIDE & WOOL CO. I TT mas ii 1 SL SUm Tip uJPm. Li CJ1 IN