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E OF Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments nd Pacific Northwest, and Other 1 hinge Worth Knowing. The First National bank at Finley ville, Pa., was held up and robbed of $115,000 In cash and bonds Monday. A reward of 100,000 pesos for the death' or capture of Francisco Villa has been offered by the government of the state of Chihuahua. Mrs. Eleanor Hodgman Porter, au thoress, known especially for her "Pollyanna" stories, died at her home in Cambridge, Mass., Friday night. Brigadier-General C. M. Bailey, U. S. A., retired, died in Chicago Satur day. General Bailey was born in New York In 1841. He was retired in 1899. A 7-cent fare on the Seattle munici pal street railway is provided In the ordinance which was presented to the city council as an emergency measure. Scrubwomen, elevator men, janitors and window washers in the Chicago federal building will resign July 1 un less they are granted an increase in pay. An Increase of (12,745,000 in the appropriation of the army air service is tentatively agreed to by the senate. The house fixed the air service fund at $27,255,000. Flour made a further decline in price at the largest Minneapolis mills Mon day, family patent flour being quoted at $14.75 to $15 a barrel in 98-pound cotton sacks In carload lots. The Walker bill was signed by Gov ernor Smith of New York Monday. The law legalizes the manufacture and sale of beer containing not more than 2.75 par cent of alcohol by weight. The forty-five million dollar soldier bonus bill, introduced in the New York legislature by Miss Marguerite L. Smith, republican member of the as sembly from New York, was signed by Governor Smith Saturday. Two children were burned to death and three other occupants of the Henry Bloyd residence on South Fourth street, Kelso, Wash., burned and Injured In escaping from the house early Sunday morning when the struc ture was destroyed by fire. One person dead and more than 10 injured was the toll of two tornadoes that Saturday swept Castle Rock, Minn., a town of 200 population, and a strip of countryside near Red Wing, Minn. i Governor Ben Olcott of Oregon, with Lieutenant R. M, Kelley as pilot, reached Stockton, Cal., at 2:40 P. M. Monday by airplane after a flight which extended from the Canadian boundary. An unconfirmed report was received In El Paso, Tex., Sunday that General Francisco Villa had ordered American and other foreign-owned mining com panies in Chihuahua to pay him $500, 000 and that ho had cut the power line between Boqulllas and Parral. A detachment of cavalry from Fort Myer was called out Sunday night to disperse a mob of more than a thou sand persons which surrounded the . jail at Alexandria courthouse, 12 miles . from the limits of the District of Co lumbia. The mob was attempting to obtain possession of William Turner, a negro, Americans have evinced no great determination to become possessors of articles once belonging to ex-Kalser Wllhelm. Seven lots of gold-emhrold-ered velvet hangings from the throne room of the imperial palace at Berlin were knocked down under the auction eer's hammer in New York Saturday for only $305. Authority to accept for the United ' States a mandatory over Armenia was ' asked of congress Monday by Brest . dent WllBon. The executive said he j was conscious he was "urging a very ! critical choice," but that he did so "In the earnest belief it will be the wish of the people of the United States that this should be done." Indianapolis. Estimates based on incomplete reports from all parts of the country received here indicated that the American Legion had added between 400,000 and half a million new members to Its rolls In the nation-wide ! membership campaign of last week. New York, Texas, California, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania all j appear as contestants for first place In the race on the basis of early re turns, WORLD P i CURRENT WEEK JOHNSON VI BY SMALL MARGIN Wood Vote Creeps Up as Count Progresses. CHAMBERLAIN WINS Stanfield Heads Ticket for U. S. Sena- torship Capital Punishment Is Favored Again. With all but one small precinct in Multnomah county accounted for in the returns and with numerous other counties incomplete, Hiram Johnson is holding his lead over Leonard Wood for the Oregon presidential preference by the narrow margin of B10 votes. Johnson's lead as shown on the first returns that had been received Sun day was cut down materially in the all but complete count In Multnomah county. One basis on which he had a lead of more than 1700 in the state at large was a lead of more than 1500 in Multnomah. But the missing pre cincts In Multnomah as they came in gradually ate into this lead until the count closed with Johnson leading In the county by only 1122. The count now stands, Including Multnomah county: Presidential preference Wood, 40, 109; Johnson, 40,619; Hoover, 13,036; Lowden, 14,487 Johnson's lead 510. - United States Senator George E. Chamberlain continues to lead Stark weather for the Democratic nomina tion. Throughout the state, with In complete returns from 26 counties, in cluding complete returns from 225 Mult nomah precincts, Chamberlain Is vir tually two to one ahead of Stark weather. Stanfield is 11,857 votes ahead of Abraham for the Republican senatorial nomination, with the lead increasing as the returns continue to come in. Senator Chamberlain has, according to the latest returns tabulated, a total vote of 6332 In the state at large, in cluding Multnomah county, while Starkweather has received 3563 votes. a Chamberlain lead of 2769. The Mult nomah count gives Chamberlain 3134 votes to 1706 for Starkweather, a Mult nomah lead of 1429. All measures on the state ballot were approved, the only close contest being over the proposal to restore capital punishment. Opinion of voters wbb fairly well divided on this mat ter, but the measure has carried bring ing back the death penalty. Service Men Fail to Receive $127,150 In Liberty Bonds Liberty Bonds to the value of $127, 150 belonging to 2,543 ex-service men have been returned to Washington by the Post Office Department because of incorrect address, according to Lieu tenant Colonel Mathew C. Smith, head of the Service Information Branch of the War Department, in a statement issued today. Veterans who have not received their bonds at this late date are advised to write to the Zone Fin ance Officer, Washington, D. C, giv ing their name, army serial number, organization, and address. There are also on file with the Zone Finance Officer 7,059 discharge certi ficates which cannot be delivered to their owners because they were mailed in without return address, or mailed out and returned undelivered. Alpha betical lists by states of these unde liverable discharge certificates have been furnished to all senators and con gressmen, with the request that they be given the widest publicity possible. In April, 7,384 Liberty Bonds to the value of $369,200 were mailed, making a total of 1,077,978 bonds of various Issues to the par value of $53,898,900 now delivered to ex-service men. During the same month the $60 bonus was paid to 3,960 ex-soldlers who did not receive it at. the time of their dis charge. Ex-service men who still have claims to be adjusted with the various 'Government agencies should address Lieutenant Colonel Mathew C. Smith, Council of National Defense Build ing, Washington, D. C. Mexico City, Mexico. V. Carranza, who fled from this city on May 6, and who took flight Into the mountains of Puebla following a battle near Rin conada, was killed at 1 o'clock Thurs day morning at Tlaxcalaltongo, accord ing to official announcement here. Carrania's companions, the names of whom are not as yet known, are declared to have shared his fate. The attack which resulted In the death of the president was led by General Ro- dolfo Serrera, it is said. AuMtOMty CHAPTER XII. 18 Conward paused to speak to Irene before leaving the house. "I owe you my good wishes," he said. "And I give them most frankly, although perhaps with more difficulty than you suppose." "You are very good, Mr. Conward," she acknowledged. "I could not wish you anything but happiness," he returned. "And had I been so fortunate as Elden, In making your acquaintance first, I might have hoped to contribute to your happiness more directly than I can under the present circumstances." He was speaking In his low, sedulous notes, and his words sent the girl's blood rushing In a strange mixture of grati fication and anger. The tribute he implied that he himself would have been glad to have been her suitor was skillfully planned to appeal to her vanity, and her anger was due to Its success. She told herself she should not listen to such words; she should hate to hear such words. And yet she listened to them, and was not sure that she bated them. She could only say: "You are very good, Mr. Conward." He pressed her hand at the door, and again that strange mixture of emotions surged through her. Conward proceeded to the business section of the town, well pleased with the evening's events. He found his way impeded by crowds In front of the newspaper offices. He had paid little attention to the progress of the war scare, attributing it to the skillful pub licity of Interests connected with the manufacture of armaments. To the last he had not believed that war was possible. "Nobody wants to fight," he had as sured bis business acquaintances. "Even the armament people don't Want to fight. All they want Is to frighten more money out of the tax payers of Europe." To Conward this explanation seemed very complete. It covered the whole ground and left nothing to be said. But tonight he was aware of a keener tension in the crowd atmos phere. They were good-natured crowds, to be sure, laughing and cheering and making sallies of heavy wit ; but they were In some way more Intense than he had ever seen before. There was no fear of war ; there was, rather, an adventurous spirit which seemed to fear that the affair would blow over, as had so many affairs in the past, and all the excitement go for nothing. That war, If It came to war, could last no one dreamed; it would be a matter of a few weeks, a few months, at the most, until a thor oughly whipped Germany would retire behind the Rhine to plan ways of rais ing the Indemnity which outraged civi lization would demand. Conward elbowed his way through the crowds, smiling, in his superior knowledge, over their excitement. Newspapers must have headlines. At his office Conward used a tele phone. Then he walked to a restau rant, where, after a few minutes, he was Joined by a young woman. They took a table In a box. Supper was dis posed of, and the young woman began to grow Impatient. "Well, you brought me here," she said, at last. "You've fed me, and you don't feed anybody, Conward, without a purpose. What's the consideration?" "I'm pulling off a little Joke, and I want you to help me. You know Elden Dave Elden?" "Sure. I've known him ever since that jolt put htm out of business up in your rooms, ever so many years ago. He was too rural for that mixture." "I want you to get him down to your place some night to be agreed upon I'll fix the date later and keep him there until I call for him, with his fiancee." "Some joke," she said, and there was disgust In her voice. "Who is It on Elden, me, or the girl?" "Never mind who It's on," Conward returned. "I'm paying for it. Here's something on account, and If you make a good Job of It I won't be stingy." He handed her a bill, which she kissed and put In her purse. "I need the money, Conward, or I wouldn't take It" This part of his trap set, Conward awaited a sultuble opportunity to spring It. In the meantime he took Mrs. Hardy partially Into his confi dence. He allowed her to believe, how ever, that Elden's habits would stand correction and he had merely arranged to trap htm in one of his favorite haunts. She was very much shocked and thought It was very dreadful, but "of course we must save Irene." But concerning another part of his program Conward was even less frank with Mrs. Hnrdy. He was clever enough to know that he must observe certain limitations. At length all his plans appeared to be complete. The city was in a tumult of excitement over the war, but for Conward a deeper Interest centered In the plot he was hatching under the unsuspecting noses of Irene and Elden. If he could trap Dave the rest would be easy. If he failed in this he had another plan to give failure at least the appearance of' success. e COW PUNCHER By Robert J.C.Siead "kitchener, end, other poems IretaMyttt ' mn am turn The fact that the nation was now at war probably bad an influence in speeding np the plot. Everything was under high tension ; powerful currents of thought were bearing the masses along unaccustomed channels; society itself was In a state of flux. If he were to strike at all let the blow fall at once. On this early August night he ascer tained that Dave was working alone in his office. Then he called a number on a telephone. "This Is the night," he explained. "You will find htm alone In his office. I will be waiting to hear from you at" he quoted Mrs. Hardy's tele phone number. Then he drove his car to the Hardy home, exchanged a few words with Irene, and sat down to a hand of crlbbage with her mother. Poring over his correspondence, Dave, with his ear cocked for the cry of the latest extra, spent the evening hours In a valiant effort at concentra tion. There came a timid knock at the door. "Come in," he called. No one entered, but presently he heard the knock again. He rose and walked to the door. Outside stood a young woman. "If you please," she said, "excuse me, but you are Mr. Elden, aren't you J" "Yes. Can I help you In any way?1 The woman tittered a moment, but resumed soberly; "You will wonder at me coming to you, but I'm from the country. Did you think that?" "I suspected it," said Dave with a smile. "You knocked" He paused, "Yes?" "Like a cbuntry girl," he said, boldly. She tittered again. "Well, I'm lost," she confessed. "I got off the train a short time ago. My aunt was to meet me, but there are such crowds In the street, I must have missed her. And I saw your name on the window and I had heard of you. So I just thought that I'd ask if you wouldn't mind showing me to this address." She fumbled In her pocket, and Dave Invited her Into the office. There she produced a torn piece of paper with an address. "Why, that's Just a few blocks!" said Dave. "I'll walk around with you." He turned for his hat, but at that moment there was another timid knock on the door. He opened It. A boy of eight or ten years stood outside. "What is it, son?" The lad looked shyly about the of fice. It was evident he was impressed with its magnificence. "Are you Mr. Elden that sells lots7" "Yes. Were you thinking of buying a few lots?" "Did you sell lots to my father?" "Well, If I knew your father's name perhaps I could tell you. Who is your father?" "He's Mr. Merton. I'm his son. And he said to me, before he got so bad, he said, 'There's just one honest man In this city, and that's Mr. Elden.' Is that you, Mr. Elden?" "Well, I hope It is, but I won't claim such a distinction. I remember your father very well. Did he send you to me?" "No, sir. He's too sick. He don't know anybody now. He didn't know me tonight." The boy's voice went thick and he stopped and swallowed. "And then I remembered what he said about you, and I just came." . "Have you help a doctor a nurse?" "No, sir. We haven't any money. My father spent it all for the lots that he bought from you." Dave winced. Then, turning to the young woman: "I'm afraid this, Is a more urgent case than yours. I'll call a taxi to-take you to your address." To his surprise, his visitor broke out In a ribald laugh. She had seated her self on a desk and was swinging one foot jauntily. "It's all off," she said. "Say, Dave, you couldn't lose me in this burg. You don't remember me, do you? Well, all the better. I'm rather glad I broke down on this job. I used to be some thing of an actress, and I'd have put it over If It hadn't been for the kid. The fact is, Dave," she continued, "I was sent up here to decoy you. It wasn't fair fighting, and I didn't like it, but money has been mighty slow of late. I wonder how much you'd give to know who seut me?" Dave pulled some bills from his pocket and held them before her. She took them from his hand. "Conward," she said. Dave's blood went to his head. "The scoundrel I" he cried. "The low-down dog 1 There's more In this than ap pears on the surface." "Sure there Is," she said. "There's another woman. There always Is." Elden walked to his desk. From a drawer he took a revolver, toyed with It a moment in his hands, broke it open, crushed it full of cartridges, and thrust It In his pocket. The girl watched with friendly In terest "Eelieve me, Dave," she said, "If Conward turns up missing I won't know a thing not a d thing." For a moment he stood irresolute. He could only guess what Conward's plan had been, but that it had been diabolical and cowardly, and that it concerned Irene, he bad no doubt His impulse was to Immediately confront Conward, force a confession, and deal with him as the occasion might seem to require. But his eye fell on the boy, with bis shock of brown hair and wist ful, half-frightened face. 'I'll go with you Crst," he said, with quick decision. Then to the girl, "Sor ry I must turn you out, but this case is urgent." "That's all right," she said. "I'm used to being turned out," And before he knew it she was in the street. "All right, son," said Dave, taking up the matter now In hand. "What's your name your first name?" "Charlie." "And your address?" The boy mentioned a distant sub division. "That Is out, isn't it? WeU, we'll take the car. I guess I'd better call a doctor at once." He went to the telephone and gave some directions. Then he and the boy walked to a garage and In a few moments were humming along the by streets into the country. Dave had already become engrossed in his er rand of mercy and his rage at Con ward, if not forgotten, was tempo rarily dismissed from his mind. He chatted with the boy. "You go to school?" "Not this year. Father has been too sick. Of course, these are holidays, and he says he'll be all right before they're over." Dave smiled grimly. "The Incurable optimism of It," he murmured to him self. Then outwardly: "Of course he will. We'll fix him up in no time with a good doctor and a good nurse." They drove on through the calm night, leaving the city streets behind and following what was little more than a country trail. Here and there they bumped over pieces of graded street, Infinitely rougher than the nat ural prairie; once Dave dropped his front wheels into a collapsing water trench; once he just grazed -an iso lated hydrant. "And this is one of our 'choice res idential subdivisions,'" said Dave to himself. "Fine business I Fine busl ness !" As the journey continued the sense of self-reproach which had been static in him for many months became Dave's Blood Went to His Head. "Th Scoundrel!" He Cried, more insistent The Intrusion of Con ward into his mind sent the blood to his head, but at that moment his re flections were cut short by the boy. "We will have to get out here," he said. "The bridge Is down." Investigation proved him to be right A bridge over a small stream had collapsed and was slowly disin tegrating amid its own wreckage, Dave ran the car a little to one side of the road, locked the switch and walked on with the boy. "Fine business!" Dave repeated to himself. "And this Is how our big success was made. Well, the 'suc cess' has Vanished as quickly as II came. I suppose there Is a law some where that is not mocked." They were pnssing through a set tlement of crude houses, dimly visible in the starlight and by occasional yel low blurs from their windows. Before one of the meanest of these the boy at last stopped, pulled the door open and Dave entered. At first he was conscious of a very small and stuffy room, with a peculiar odor which he attributed to an oil lamp burning on a box. He walked over and turned the lamp up, but the oil was con sumed; a red, sullen, smoking wick was its only response. Then he felt In his pocket and struck a match. The light revealed the dinglness of the little room. There was a bed covered with musty, ragged clothing; a table littered with broken and dirty dishes and pieces of stale food; a stove cracked and greasy, and one or two -bare boxes serving as articles of furniture. But it was to the bed Dave turned, and with nnother match bent over the shmnken form that lay almost concealed amid the coarse coverings. He brought his face down close, then straightened up and stead ied himself for a moment. - (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Almighty Dollar. Bribery has been the downfall ox many public men during the course of history. Francis Bacon, the greatest thinker of his age, was ruined by his cupidity. Lord Chancellor Macclesfield and Waterbury were destroyed by the same vice. Benedict Arnold sold a fort In New York to the enemy for $31,575. For this same sin Gorget betrayed Austria, Ahlthopel forsook David and Judas delivered up Christ Standard for Radium. Scientists In Europe are trying to de termine and agree upon an interna tional standard of strength and puf lty lor radium. NEW SOUTH WALES Premier Wool State of the World. Australia is the chief producer of fine wool, and New South Wales Is the greatest wool-producing state of Aus tralia. At the end of June, 1917, the New South Wales flocks contained nearly 36,200,000 sheep. (The same year, the entire United States, second country of the world In sheep-raising, had only 47,616,000 head of sheep.) The wool clip of New South Wales In 1917 totaled 270,625,000 pounds, "In the grease," worth about $8,000,000 to the growers. The same year 22,088,432 pounds of mutton were exported from New South Wales. The State had 2,766,000 cattle in 1917 and 734,000 horses. Meat Is transported, at low cost, from New South Wales to the world's mar kets in large refrigerated ocean steam ers. The great factor In low cost produc tion of meat and wool, in addition to the large areas of suitable land, is the mild climate. It never freezes, except In the highest mountains fodder grows the year around hence farm animals are raised without the neces-. slty of providing barns and other shel ters, and without the labor and cost of winter-feeding from mow or granary. Such a gift of Nature puts the ranch man ("station-owner") of New South WaleB beyond the pale of competition. The results show in the tremendous growth of pastoral wealth in New South Wales. New South Wales Information Bureau. 149 Bro.dw.y, New York Citr. Mother. . Lore cannot stay at home; a wom an cannot keep it to herself; and a mother is always spending it, giving it away to her children." Macleod. Timely Advice. If you would keep the wolf from the door don't Inveigle him into the front yard with titbits of extrav agance. Shellac is the Joint product of in sects and plants and comes from In- dia. The lac insects are about 1.25 of an inch long, a bright red in color. They suck the juices of plants, digest them and exude them in the form of resin, which soon encases the whole insect. When the young Insects have swarmed out, the resin Is scraped from the branches, ground, washed, wixed with colophony and orplment, cooked slowly and drawn out into the thin sheets we know as shellac. 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