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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1920)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event! of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest,' and DOther J Thing! Worth Knowing. Five hundred French troops are re ported to have been wiped out In the evacuation of Urfa, In the northwest part of Mesopotamia. Details are lack ing. A retroactive tax on war profits has been definitely agreed on by house democrats and Insurgent republicans to raise funds for soldier relief legis lation, i Flume is again severely blocked by land and sea, following a raid by d'An nunzlo's soldiers on Abbazia, west of that city, where 45 horses were stolen from the regular troops. Edith Kelley Gould, of New York, who last week brought suit for separ ation against Frank Jay Gould, has filed summonses In a suit for divorce, naming two co-respondents. The New York assembly Monday concurred with the senate in the pas sage of the Donahue-Lockwood bill, The bill is intended to give salary in creases to the teachers of the state. Government charges involving vio lation of pure food laws were upheld in 49 out of 50 cases recently decided in federal courts, it Is announced by the bureau of chemistry, department of agriculture. - Governor Olcott of Oregon, together with many other state officials and employes, appeared at their desks Monday dressed in khaki suits and other garments intended to Bwat the high cost of living. A huge wave swept over a wharf at Champerlco, Guatemala, killing six persons and destroying more than 6000 bags of coffee and many bales of mer chandise. The coffee was ready for shipment to San Francisco. The story of how two Milwaukee robbers Btole 91728 attached with court plaster to a sailorman's leg, was told Monday In court when the rob bers, Fraud Frator and John Defranza, were sentenced to Sing Sing for from eight to 20 years. Supporters of Essad Pasha, former provisional president of Albania, have occupied Tirana, Albania, and over thrown the Albanian government, says a dlBpatch from Fiorina transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph corres pondent at AtheiiB. World cable communication, it is asserted, will be revolutionized, by an Invention made by Major General Geo, S. Squier, chief signal officer of the army. By this Invention it will be possible to talk by telephone to Eu rope, it is announced. Five warBhlps will be added to the Chilean navy as a result of negotia tions between the Chilean and British government Chile has decided to ac cept the offer by Great Britain of one dreadnought, four torpedo-boat de stroyers of 1800 tons each and a trans port. Whether there is one great universe, perhaps ten times ,as large as com monly believed, or a million "Island" universes Blmllar to that of which the earth is a part, was discussed at Mon day's session of the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences In Washington. Scores of persons were killed and 25,00 acres of valuable timber have been destroyed by forest fires in the Kamo district, Hiroshima prefecture, This was made known in a cablegram from Toklo received in Honolulu, T. II., Monday by Nlppu Jljl, a Japanese language newspaper. Unless Canadian provinces can be won through friendly effort to remove export restrictions on pulp wood, con gress Bhould use the "big stick" of retaliatory legislation, Senator Under- wood, democrat, Alabama, declared be fore the house foreign affairs commit tee recently, Hev. Edmund M. Mills, acting secre tary for the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church which will open Saturday at Des Moines, la., stated that the conference probably would revise the ban on amusements, changing it from a mandatory act in the book of discipline to a word of advice. CHIT WEEK STATE NEWS I TIM taOTTTTT 111 J If ffff ?ITf WWWVT WW WWW WW Salem. William Farre of Burns is named by Governor Olcott as county judge of Harney county to succeed Judge H. C. Levins, who died in Port land recently. Albany. An emergency landing place for airplanes is being prepared near Cascadla for the convenience of planes engaged in forest patrol work In the Santlam National forest. V Marshfleld. It is announced at the ical office of the state engineer that work on the road between Marshfleld and Coquille would be started at once so the paved highway between this city and the county seat can be fin ished early in the summer, Salem. PlanB are now being made by the secretary of state to license all drivers of motor vehicles under the provisions of a law passed at the special session of the legislature in January. Salem. R. D. Cooper, a civil engi neer with headquarters at Burns, has been employed by the state Irrigation securities commission to go to Jeffer son county and appraise the lands in- luded in what is known as the Suttles lake irrigation district. Salem. A. C. Barber, state insur ance commissioner, has received word from the sheriff of Morrow county urging that H. H. Pomeroy, special investigator for the state fire mar shal's office, be sent to Hardman to robe an alleged Incendiary fire which occurred there last week. Bend. Despite the mid-winter drought, Central Oregon ranchers need have no fear of a shortage of water for irrigation this season, for storms dur- ng the last four weeks have built up the snow reserve in the mountains to normal, acc'ordlng to reports received from trappers in the foothills.' Baker. A project backed by J co operative farmers In the district of Haines assures the construction of a 30,000 grain elevator with a capacity of 45,000 bushels of grain. It will be built on the same site as the pro posed $8000 hay warehouse, for which funds already have been secured. Salem. That prohibition did not ruin the hop industry in the Willamette valley was Indicated in recent reports that not a few new yards will be planted this spring. A. G. Jerman, vet eran hop grower of Howell Prairie, has just purchased the E. S. Crotson ranch of 80 acres and will set the entire tract to hops. Bend. Walter Weber, ex-soldier and millwright In the BrookB-Scanlon mill of this city, was killed shortly after noon last Monday, two miles from Bend, while rabbit hunting, when the 22-callber automatic rifle he was car rying was discharged as he tripped while going through a barbed wire fence. The bullet passed through his head. Salem. Fees received from the fil ing of candidates for the primary elec tion, together with the statements for publication In the voters' pamphlet, totaled f 11,975, according to a state ment prepared by Sam A. Kozer, as sistant secretary of state. This money has been turned over to the state treasurer and Is a substantial offset to the cost of printing and distribut ing of the pamphlets. Marshfleld. The Marshfleld Mill & Timber company, which was incorpor ated for $50,000 by J. E. Montgomery, A. Y. Myers and Ben S. Fisher, will start the erection of a new lumber mill just west of Marshfleld, where the company has purchased between 30, 000,000 and 40,000,000 feet of timber, mostly from the Southern Pacific com pany. The lumber will be transported by auto trucks and a retail yard will be retained in Marshfleld. The com pany will especially cater to local retail trade. Representative Slnnott's bill auth orizing the Klamath tribe of Indians In Oregon to sue the federal govern ment In the court of claims for alleged losses In lands and tribal funds was assed by the house Monday. The Indians contend that the boundary com mission which fixed the boundaries of the reservation in 1896 deprived them of 4000 acres which belonged to them They also allege that they have due them approximately $100,000 under their treaty which has never been paid The Dalles. The price of a pound of cherries, orchard run, in this sec tion of the state is fixed at 15 cents when the cherry growers' union closed with the Llbby, McNeal & Llbby can nery at this figure for the entire crqp of Royal Annes. J. D. Riggs, manager of the cherry growers' union, estimated the crop, if it fulfills pres ent promises, at 1000 tons. The price is the highest ever paid for cherries in the history of the state and is attributed to hard winter conditions in most parts of the United States, which killed the cherry crop outright or greatly reduced It s OH CAPTURES 1ST COAST PORT No Shots Fired as Rebels Take Guaymas. CARRANZA MEN QUIT Federal Marines Join in Revolution When '.California Gulf City Is Occupied. Los Angeles, Cal. The city of Guay mas, on the Gulf of California, was captured April 12 without a shot be ing fired, by five thousand Sonora state troops commanded by General Angel Flores. The report was brought by Captain N. K. Jacobson of the Gulf Mail steamer Nehalem, bound from Corlnto to San Francisco, which ar rived at San Pedro Sunday. According to Captain Jacobson, the Carranzistas In Guaymas made no at tempt at defense, and the customs house, railroads and warehouses, con taining large quantities of foodstuffs, were immediately commandeered by the Sonoralstas. The only move toward defending the city, it was said, came when 250 ma rines were sent ashore from the Mex ican gunboat Guerrero, but they, it was declared, joined the revolution ists as soon as the Sonora cavalry en tered Guaymas. Customs officials in charge of the port immediately took oaths of allegiance to the new gov ernment, it was said, and operations at the port were unhampered. The Nehalem put into Guaymas to unload a cargo of coffee on the morn ing of April 13. Captain Jacobson said there were no signs of disorder. The revolutionists also took over the gunboat Guerrero, which had been riding at anchor In the Gulf. , Finding It in bad shape the revolutionists are said to have requisitioned a tug which towed it off Mazatlan. There her en gines were to be repaired and prepar ation made, it was reported, for an attack on Mazatlan, which was said to be strongly defended and fortified, Synod Thank Ex-Kaiser. Berlin. A vote of thanks to ex-Em peror William as a "last temporal head of the Protestant state church," was given at the closing session of the annual general synod. The synod also paid a tribute to the ex-monarch and his consort for having "in many ways testified to their practical Christian spirit by works of love toward their brethren." The synod adopted a res olution to the effect that the future path of the church lay in the direction of a state free church embracing all the German peoples. Germany Buys Railways. Berlin. Forty billion marks are in volved in the government's purchase of the federated states railways, which has been approved by the national as sembly. The annual interest incurred In the nation's huge investment is es timated at 14 million marks. The gov ernment is not over-sanguine with re spect to early returns from the invest ment, in view of the dilapidated con dition of the railways and demands for wage increases. American's Ship Seized. Calexlco, Car. Fred McCoy, rancher of Lower California,, owner of the Edith D a ship plying between ports on the Gull or California, Mon day said he had received word that the vessel had been seized at Guay mas, Sonora, by Sonora officials. Guns were mounted on the ship after the seizure, according to the message. Mr. McCoy is an American. Tax Cost to U. S. Fixed Washington. Collection of the na tion's tax last year cost the govern ment 53 cents for each $100 in rev enue, according to a statement by the bureau of internal revenue. Total collections for the year were $3,850, 150,000. Salem. The state of Oregon will benefit to the extent of at least $5000 annually as the result of contracts awarded by the state land board here to the Diamond O Navigation company, Columbia Digger company, Nlckum & Kelly Sand & Gravel company, Colum bia contract company and Star Sand company, all of Portland. Pasco. E, B. Vogel was in Pasco the first of the week from Attalla and he states that boring tor oil will com mence at that place just as soon as machinery can be secured for the pur pose. v. i irr.tr ruu' . CHAPTER IX. Continued. 14 Night had settled when Dave left the office. A soft wind blew from the southwest ; June was In the air. June too, was In Dave's heart as he walked the few blocks to his bachelor quar ters. What of the drab Injustice of business? Let him forget that; now it was night . , . and she had called him Dave. He dressed with care. It was not until he was about to leave his rooms that he remembered he must dine alone; he had been dressing for her, unconsciously. The realization brought him up with something of a shock. This will never do," he said. "I can't eat alone tonight, and I can't ask Reenle, so soon after the Incident with her mother. I know Bert Morrison." He reached for the telephone and rang her number. Her number did not answer. He thought of Edith Duncan. But Edith lived at home, and it was much too late to extend a formal dinner invita tion. There was nothing for it but Dave Paused for a Moment, but in That Moment His Eye Fell on Con ward. to eat alone. He Buddenly became conscious of the great loneliness of his bachelor life. The charm of bach elorhood was a myth which only need ed contact with the gentle atmosphere of feminine affection to be exposed. He took his hat and coat and went Into the street. It was his custom to take his meals at a modest eating place on a side-avenue, but tonlgjit he directed his steps to the best hotel the city afforded. There was no wisdom in dressing for an event unless he was going to deflect his course somewhat from the dally routine. The dining hall was a blaze of light. Dave paused for a moment, awaiting the beck of a waiter, but In that mo ment his eye fell on Conward, seated at a table with Mrs. Hardy and Irene. Conward had seen him and was mo tioning to him to join them. The sit uation was embarrassing, and yet de lightful. He was glad he had dressed for dinner. "Join us, Elden," Conward said, as he reached their table. "Just a little dinner to celebrate today's transaction, You will not refuse to share to that extent?" Dave looked at Mrs. Hnrdy. Had he been dealing with Conward and Mrs. Hardy alone he would have excused himself, but he had to think of Irene. That Is, he had to justify her by being correct in his manners. "Do join us," said Mrs. Hardy. It W0S evident to Mrs. Hardy that it would be correct for her to support Mr. Conward's Invitation. "You are very kind," said Dave as he seated himself. "I had not hoped for this pleasure." And yet the pleasure was not unmixed. He felt that Conward had outplayed him. It was Conward who had done the gra cious thing, and Dave could not pre vent Conward doing the gracious thing without himself being ungra cious. After dinner they sat In the lounge room, and Conward beguiled the time with stories of sudden wealth which had been practically forced upon m?h who were now regarded as the busi ness framework of the country. As these worthies strolled through the richly furnished room, leisurely smoking their after-dinner cigars, Con ward would make a swift summary of their rise from liveryman, cow puncher, clerk or laborer to their present affluence, occasionally appeal ing to Dave to corroborate his state ments. It was particularly distaste ful to Elden to be obliged to add his word to Conward's in such matters, for, although Conward carefully re frained from making any direct ref erence to Mrs. Hardy's purchase the Inference that great profits would ac crue to her therefrom was very ob vious. Elden was glad when Mrs. Hardy remembered that she must not remain up late. Her physician had prescribed rest. Early to bed, you know. Dave had opportunity for just n word with Irene before they left "How did this happen tonight?" he asked, with the calm assumption of one who has a right to know. "Oh, Mr. Conward telephoned an in vitation to mother," she explained. "I 1: Tke COW PUNCHER By Robert J.C.Siead B Clutnorc Kitchener, and. other poems JllisMiaMlylnriiiMytttr w.it was so glad you happened in. You have had wonderful experiences. Mr. Conward is charming, isn't he?" Dave did not know whether the compliment to Conward was a per sonal mutter concerning his partner or whether it was to be taken as a courtesy to the firm. In either case he rather resented It. He wondered what Irene would think of this "ennobling" business in the drab days of disillu sionment that must soon sweep down upon them. But Irene apparently did not miss his answer. "We shall soon be settled," she said as Mrs. Hardy and Conward were seen approaching. "Then you will come and visit us?" "I will Reenle," he whispered, and he wns sure the color that mounted to her cheeks held no tinge of dis pleasure. CHAPTER X. Elden lost no time In making his first call upon the Hardys. Irene re ceived him cordially, but Mrs. Hardy evinced no more warmth than propri ety demanded. Elden, however, al lowed himself no annoyance over that. A very much greater grievance had been thrust upon Ills mind. Con ward had preceded him and was al ready a guest of the Hardys. Dave knew Conward well enough to know that purpose always lay be hind his conduct, and during the small talk with which they whiled away an hour his mind was reaching out acutely, exploring every nook of pos sibility, to arrive If It could at some explanation of the sudden interest which Conward was displaying in the Hardys. These explanations narrowed down to two almost equally unpala table. Conward was deliberately set ting about to capture the friendship, perhaps the affection, of either Mrs. Hardy or Irene. Strangely enough, Elden was more irritated by the for mer alternative than by the latter. Perhaps this attitude was due to sub conscious recognition of the fact that he had much more to fear from Con ward as a suitor for the hand of Mrs. Hardy than as a rival for that of Irene. Conward as a prospective father-in-law was a more grievous menace to his peace of mind than Conward as a defeated rival. The more he contemplated this as pect of the case the less he liked it. To Conward the affair could be noth ing more than an adventure, but it would give hlra a position of a sort of semi-paternal authority over both Irene and Elden. When at length Mrs. Hardy began to show signs of weariness Irene served coffee and cake, and the two men, taking that as an Intimation that their welcome had run down, but would rewind Itself if not too con tinually drawn upon, left the Ifbuse to gether. On their way they agreed that it Was a very delightful night. Dave turned the situation over in his mind with some Impatience. Irene had now been in the city for several weeks, and he had had opportunity for scarce a dozen personal words with her. Was he to be balked by such an insufferable chaperonage as It seemed the purpose of Mrs. Hardy and Conward to establish over his love affair? No. In the act of un dressing he told himself, "No," suit ing to the word such vigor of behavior that in the morning he found his shoes at opposite corners of the room. Several days passed without any word from Irene, and he had almost made up his mind to attempt another telephone appointment, when he met her, quite accidentally, in the street. She had been shopping, she said. The duty of household purchases fell mainly upon her. Her mother rested in the afternoons "How about a cup of tea," said Dave. "And a thin sandwich? And a delicate morsel of cake? One can always count on thin sandwiches and delicate morsels of cake. Their func tion is purely a social one, having no relation to the physical requirements.' "I should be very glad," said Irene They found a quiet tearoom. When they were seated Dave, without pre liminaries, plunged into the subject nearest his heart. "I have been wanting an opportu nity to talk to you wanting it for weeks," he said. "But It always seemed " "Always seemed that you were thwarted," Irene completed his thought. "You didn't disguise your annoyance very well tl)e other night." "Do you blame me for being an noyed?" "No. But I rather blame you for showing it. You see I was annoyed too." "Then you had nothing to do with with bringing about the situation that existed?" "Certainly not Surely you do not think that I would that I would- "I beg your pardon, Reenle," said Dave, contritely. "I should have known better. But It seemed such a strong coincidence." She was toying with her cup, and for once her eyes avoided him. "You should hardly think, Dave," she ven tured "you should hardly conclude that what has been, you know, gives you the right entitles you" "To a monopoly of your attentions? Perhaps not. But it gives me the right to a fair chance to win a monop oly of your attentions." He was speaking low and earnestly, and his voice had a deep, rich timbre In it that thrilled and almost fright ened her. She could not resent his straightforwardness. She felt that he was already asserting his claim upon her, and there was something tender and delightful In the sense of being claimed by such a man. "I must have a fair chance to win that monopoly," he repeated. "How did it happen that Conward was present?" "I don't know. It Just happened. A little after you telephoned me he called up and asked for mother, and the next thing I knew she said he was coming up to spend the evening." Dave dropped into a sudden reverie. It was not so remarkable as it seemed that Conward should have telephoned Mrs. Hardy almost Immediately after he had used the line. Conward's tele phone and Dave's were on the same circuit; it was a simple matter for Conward, If he had happened to lift the receiver during Dave's conversa tion with Irene, to overhear all that was safd. That might happen acci dentally; at least it might begin In nocently enough. The fact that Con ward had acted upon the Information Indicated two things: first, that he had no very troublesome sense of honor which Dave hud long suspect ed and, second, that lie had delib erately planned a confllctlon with Dave's visit to the Hardy home. This Indicated a policy of some kind; a scheme deeper than Dave was as yet able to fathom. He would at least guard against any further eavesdrop ping on his telephone. He took a card from his pocket and made some figures on It. "If you should have occasion to call me at the office at any time please use that num ber and ask for me," he said. "It is the accountant's number. 'There's a reason.' " The cups were empty; the sand wiches and cake were gone, but they lingered on. "I have been wondering," Dave ven tured, at length, "Just where I stand with you. ou remember our agree ment?" She averted her eyes but her voice was steady. "You have observed the terms?" she said. "Yes, In all essential matters. I come to you now, in accordance with those terms. You said that now we would know. Now I know; know as I have always known since those won derful days in the foothills; those days from which I date my existence." "I realize that I owe you an answer now, Dave," she said frankly. "And I find It very hard to make that answer. Marriage means so much more to a woman than It does to a man. . . . Don't misunderstand me, Dave. I would be ashamed to say I doubt my self or that I don't know my mind, but you and I 'are no longer boy and girl. We are man and woman now. And I Just want time just want time to be sure that that " "I suppose you are right," he an swered. "I will not try to hurry your decision. I will only try to give you an opportunity to know to be sure, as you said. Then, when you are sure, you will speak. I will not reopen the subject." His words had something of the ring of an ultimatum, but no endear ments that his lips might have ut tered could have gripped her heart so surely. She knew they were the words of a man in deadly earnest, a man who had himself In hand, a man "Marriage Means So Much More to a Woman Than It Does to a Man. You Don't Think So, but It Does." who made love with the same serious purpose as he had employed in the other projects of his successful life. Had it hot been for some strange sense of shame some fear that too ready capitulation might be mistaken for weakness she would have surren dered then. "I think tiiat is best," she managed to say. "We will let our acquaintance ship ripen." He rose and helped her with her light wrap. His fingers touched her hand and It seemed to him the battle was won. . . . But he had prom ised not to reopen the subject In the street he said, "If you will wait a moment I will take you home in my car.". (TO B3 CONTINUED.) Have in Elephant Stew. An elephant's foot takes longer to , cook than any other meat To make it tender It must be boiled for thirty six hours. A Coryzatio Word. We never run across the word "heb domadal" without thinking of a cold in the head. .