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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1920)
F Poles Repulse All Attempts to Break Lines. ENEMY IS PURSUED Americans Express Belief Poles Can Halt Bolshevlkl-British and French Ministers Depart. Warsaw. Bolshevlkl launched their first attack ogulnst Warsaw's defenses Sunday but were repulsed. After light artillery preparation, they attempted to break through the Polish lines near Itadzymln. The Poles not only killed many who neared the barbed wire entanglements, but took prisoners. Bust of Cholm, 40 miles east of Lubly, the Polos broke through the enemy line at Ignatow and pursued the bolshevlkl to the right bunk of the Bug, says an official statement. The Poles occupied Dorohousk and Swiss-Rublesew. PollBh cavalry, strengthened by In fantry, Is fighting near Radzizhow and . Chatojow, west of the Styr, with the bolshevik cavalry, which outnumbers the Poles, the statement says. The Polish command, to shorten the line, has ordered a retreat to the Bug and In so doing Poles have again evucuated Brody. Qn the southern wing, the statement declares, bolshe vik attacks were repulsed. Saturday was one of Warsaw's most strenuous days. The government, be sides completing defense preparations, had the task of getting the Polish peace delegates started for Minsk. It alao continued removing valuable rec ords. Soon after midnight artillery firing to the north was heard and military observers said It was near Itadzymln. Wounded were brought to Prague In carts. There they are transferred to stretchers and later they are sent to Warsaw. Representatives of the American legation, (welfare organizations and missions decidod to remain until the government orders evacuation. Americans express confidence that the Poles can halt the bolshevlkl, British and French ministers have de parted, but military missions remain Gold and silver are being removed The government national bank Is mov ing to Cracow, SOVIET TO SEEK GERMAN ALLIANCE, IS REPORT Kolno, Foland. (By Courier to Dlotowen, East Prussia.) Soviet Russia lntonds to Beek an alliance with Germany to make war on France and, If it succeeds, to undertake a conquest of England and eventually America, officials of the bolshevik regime told tho Associated Press Sun day. When the Polish war, considered a purely Russian business,, is finished a note will be sent to Berlin, they declared, demanding permission to transport troops across Germany for the French campaign. On refusal, which is taken for granted, a revolu tion will be Instituted In Germany, the success of which bolshevlkl as sorted they were prepared to assure by force of arms. , With these ends In view, Russian soldiers, who have been told all wars shall cease with victory over the Poles, are being subjected to propa ganda which declares Frenchmen will be shot on sight, but that the Germans aro friends who soon will be comrades. Glasses Aid "Peeper." Portland. Use of binoculars by per sons with offices In the Gasco build ing to gain views of women employed in Meier & Frank's department store, Is charged In u confidential complaint filed with the mayor Saturday. "I have heard of peeping Toms," said Mayor Buker, "but the use of field glasses to view women In stores and office buildings Is the latest." The complaint has been referred to Chiof of Police Jenkins. Plot Bared In Athens. Athens. The newspaper Estln Sun day gave details of the discovery of an alleged plot to restore ex-King Con stantino, involving the assassination of premier Venizelos. The paper said the plot had been hatching In Zurich, Switzerland, and Athens for two months. 400 Drown In Floods. Toklo. Four hundred persons were drowned in the floods In Saghalen Island, it was announced Sunday. REDS DRIVE WARSAW FAILS t STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. ! Salem. Service rates of the Dallas Telephone company and Shorwood Tel ephone company were Increased by orders of the publio service commis sion issued Monday. The orders will become effective August 16. Forest Grove. At an election held in 14 school districts Monday, lnclud in Forest Grove, it was decided to es tablish a union high schol here. Out of a total vote of 711 there were 495 affirmative votes, with 216 against the proposition. Albany. All forest fires in the San tiam national forest are under control now. . Reports received at the head quarters of the Sautlam national for est here show that some of the fires are burning yet, but there Is no fur ther danger of tbera spreading. St. Helens. After a shut-down of 30 days to Install additional machin ery, the mill of the Columbia County Lumber company has resumed opera tions with a double shift. The dally cut of the mill has been Increased from 160,000 feet to 180,000 feet for the double shift and 142 men are em ployed. Gold Hill. On the eve of assem bling a crew of 40 pickers to gather 15 carloads of Bartlett pears, Monday evening, fire of unknown origin de stroyed the packing house and ware house buildings of the Del Rio or chards, situated two miles below Gold Hill. The loss was $15,000, partly insured. Monzanlta. Efforts of the Bar View coast guard to save the 40-foot power boat, Dragon Fly of San Fran cisco, which grounded on this beach last Sunday, were only temporarily successful, It being impossible to drag the boat far enough up on the sand to prevent its being pounded to pieces by the breakers. Salem. George A. White, adjutant general of Oregon, soon will receive from the government a record show ing every Oregon soldier who was wounded in the war, and a similar list will be furnished by the navy depart ment. It is said the list will run well into thousands and will contain names representing practically every com munity In the state. Dallas. Sheriff Orr and Deputy Sheriff Hooker unearthed one of the most complete moonshine outfits ever found In this county Monday night while looking for bootleggers In Inde pendence. The still, patterned after those of the mountain sections of Ken tucky and Tennessee, was declared capable of turning out one quart of whisky every six minutes. Salem. Directors of an irrigation district do not have authority of law to deprive any settler in the district of water because of failure to pay as sessments. The legal procedure is for the assessment to be transferred to the regular county tax rolls and col lected as any other tax. This is the ruling of Attorney General Brown in response to an Inquiry received from Percy A. Cupper, Btate engineer. Bond. To search for a supposedly rich placer mine near the headwaters of the Umpqua which he had been forced to abandon 26 years ago, Chas. Swalley last week returned to the spot, accompanied by E. C. Landing ham, Bullard Gile and Orviile Rooney of this city, but could find only slight traces of gold, as the stream evidently had been thoroughly exploited since his visit, more than a quarter of a century ago. Harrisburg. Fire broke out in the rear of the Harrisburg bakery at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday morning and was breaking through the roof when dis covered by J. S. Mellors, the baker, who sleeps in an adjoining room. A third of the ceiling and roof were burned before the fire was put out. The city fire siren is out of commis sion and it was after considerable de lay that enough men were obtained to man the hose cart. Salem. The county court of Clack amas couuty has petitioned the su preme court for a rehearing of the mandamus case of W. P. Hawley against the county court in which the supreme court recently handed down an opinion holding void a road bond Issue of $1,700,000 by Clackamas coun ty. The issue was held void because it Increased the county's bonded in debtedness above 2 per cent of the as sessed property valuation of the coun ty. Hood River. The Increase In freight rates will cost Hood River apple grow ers an approximate $200,000 this year. The increase that will be applied to apples moving to points east of the Mississippi, about 75 per cent of the crop, which will exceed 1,225,000 boxes the coming harvest, is approximately 31 per cent. The increase will also affect shipments of apples to Califor nia points. 1 tie City ox baird I S Purple Dreams 1 rfS .JjL CssrrifstsTr.O.SrowBaaCs, FITZ, MAX AND QUIGQ. Synopl Typical tramp In ap pearance, Daniel Randolph FUi hugh, while eroding a Chicago street, causes the wreck of an auto, whose chauffeur disable! It trying to avoid running him down. In pity the occupant of the auto, a young girl, saves him from arreat and gives him a dollar, telling him to buy soap, and wash, His sense of. shame Is touched, and he Im prove! hie appearance. That night he meete Esther Strom, a Russian anarchist, who Induces Kltzhugh to address a meeting. FItzhugh visits Symington Otis, prominent financier, and displaying a pack age which he says contains dyna mite, demands I10.0UU. Oris gives him a check. At the house he meets the girl who had given him the dollar, and learns she Is Kathleen Otis. She recognizes him. Ashamed, he tears up the check and escapes, but Is arrested. Esther visits FItzhugh. In jail and makes arrangements for procuring legal advice. His trial Is speedily com pleted and he Is found Insane and committed to an asylum, from which he easily makes his escape. Kltzhugh takes refuge In Chicago, with Esther, who has become In fatuated with him. With the ithought of Kathleen In his mind, his one Idea is to become rich and powerful, and win Kathleen. While hiding In Esther's house he grows a beard, which effectually changes his appearance. In a fight vytth Nlkolay, jealous admirer of Esther, FItzhugh worsts him, leaving him unconscious, and escapes. Secur ing menial employment he learns that Nlkolay has been found dead In Esther's house, and In a letter to him she admits the killing, tell ing him she did It for his sake and that she has gone away. He sees Kathleen from a distance, and is strengthened in his determination to win her. CHAPTER VI. FItzhugh began to fret and fume at his Irksome employment. He was coining to believe he had made a nils take In adopting such slow meuns to an eagerly desired end, when, in the fifth week, something occurred that dispelled his growing pessimism. It was a warm Suturduy night, and when he came from the broiling kitchen with his coat under his arm, dripping with perspiration, his em ployer met him and handed him eight dollars, five of which he promptly placed between the leaves of his sav ings bankbook, which now showed a balance of twenty dollars. As he nodded good-nlglit to his em ployer he noticed a hatchet-faced man. In a checker-board suit on one of tho lunch-counter stools. Before FItzhugh reached Van Buren street this man confronted him and, smiling as cor dially as his hard face would permit, asked : "How much does the Greek pay you?" "According to my desert, my solicit ous friend. I draw the munificent sal ary of eight dollurs each week." The questioner pushed back his hot and chewed his cigar. And his head bobbed up and down as he scanned the dishwasher from top to toe. "I s'pose you'll do," he finally de cided. "Come 'long to the next block. Got some'in I want to show you." lie led the way up State street, and near Jackson boulevard stopped be fore a gold-and-whlte restaurant, glit tering with electric lights, brand new and spick and span. Across the plate gluss window In letters three feet high was the name, "Max's." "See that? That's me. I'm Max." He tapped his chest proudly. "You've got to make that name famous. Un derstand me? Famous I Cornel Come 'long Inside and I'll tell you all 'bout It." They went In, and Mr, Max outlined his plan. Briefly, it was this: FItz hugh, after a visit to a barber, was to apparel himself in distinguished garb, and with an aristocratic demeanor, was to promenade Slate street for five hours dally. Painted In white letters on the back of his frock-coat would be the name "MAX'S." "Um-lmm," observed FItzhugh, drawing reflectively on his cigar. "How much do I get for this?" "Well, let me see sny fifteen a week. How's that strike you?" "Not favorably. Make it thirty and the deal's closed." And even as he spoke FItzhugh was wondering If his beard sufficiently disguised hlra. He decided It did. Besides, there were the theatrical possibilities of the thing, and this appealed strongly to his love for make-believe. After some further bargaining it was greed he was to receive twenty dollars the first week and, If employed longer, thirty dollars each for all subsequent weeks. . He reported for work Monday morn ing. Accompanied by Max, he went to a barber's shop and afterward to a clothing establishment where ready made apparel of the better class was sold. About eleven o'clock he stepped from the restaurant, paused In the ves tibule, took a pair of new chamois gloves from a pocket and began draw ing them on. When he stepped out Into the morning crowd and strolled up State street, swinging a gold headed cane, his glistening hat tower ing high above the mass of heads, he Dreams started a furore fur greater than his sanguine employer expected. When lie reached Adams street there was In his wake a Jostling num ber of more curious ones, anxious to keep him In sight, yet louth to betray their eagerness. He stopped at the corner, mounted a metal refuse box near the curb and, removing his ilk hat with a sweeping gesture, shielded his eyes with tils hand and stared straight Into the zenith. A minute or more be renin Ined thus, the human Jam thickening about him with every second. The sidewalk became speedily choked. A pollcemun shoved his way through the congestion, reached up, Jubbed his knuckles In Fltzhugh's side. "Come out of it, professor," advised he. "It's the closed seuson for star guzin'." FItzhugh put on his hat, stepped down from his pedestal, nodded silent ly to the officer, and with the pomp and dignity of a lord mayor, retraced his steps down the street, the crowd following. In the afternoon he agnln sallied forth and the success of the morning was repeated. He stopped this time "Come Out of It, Professor," Advised the Officer. "It's the Closed Season for Star Gazln'." at Monroe street for his skyward gaze. Again the crowd surged about him, and again his poise was Jarred by a heavy hand. Instead of a police man, however, he turned to find a man of his own lieignt, but of larger bulk, regarding him with favor rather than of ill-will. He was fashionably at tired and there seemed to envelop him an atmosphere of Cash. The stranger placed his hand on Fltzhugh's shoulder and lowered his voice to a whisper. "I've something for you, friend, that'll make life worth living." Fitzbugh whispered back : "Lead on, major. I'll follow straight" In a little while they were seated In a cool place, where large fans whirred softly overhead und where dark bot tles and tall glasses were placed be fore them. The breezy one flipped a card across the table, with the cryptic remark : "I'm Quigg." The card fell face up. FItzhugh read : QUIGG & PEEVI", STOCKS BONDS GRAIN, and then briefly Intimated: "And I'm FItzhugh." "Greetings, Fitz i Greetings and salu tations! What does this sandwich man stunt bring you In?" "Such Impertinence, Quigg, merits a reprimand, but I'll give you a truthful answer: thirty dollars a week. Com mencing next week." Mr. Quigg placed his glass on the table with elaborate precision. His puffy eyes narrowed. "Fitz," said he, "I'm going to take a chance. I've watched you twice today, and I thiuk I've found the man I want. I'm no bad Judge of a man, either.1' He produced a fat morocco wallet and slipped therefrom a" treasury note which he passed across the table. "There's your first week's salary in ad vance. When you're ready for work I am." FItzhugh glanced at the bill, and saw it was of a hundred-dollar denom ination. He rested both arms on the table and, leaning across, looked his vis-a-vis steadily in the eye. "Would you mind telling me," he In quired pointedly, "what sort of a game you're playing?" , Quigg chuckled and raised a fat, gloved hand in protest "I beg to be excused until I've seen my attorney. Here, boy I" A waiter came hurrying. "Get me a taxi. I've twenty minutes to spare. We'll hustle over to my tailor That's a bum outfit you're wearing." tee FItzhugh, In accordance with prior arrangement, reported to his new em ployer at ulne-thlrty Wednesday morn ing. He had given up his room In Illinois street, and had taken- an un pretentious apartment in a pretentious hotel farther north. His correct morning attire, fuult less, well-tailored, expensive; his fine ly pointed beard and mustache brushed away from his lips in a French fash Ion, even the red flower in his button hole, lent to his Inches an air of dis tinction foreign to Chicago's higgledy piggledy financial district He was acting perfectly the popular conceptlou of a "gentleman of leisure," and quick, sidelong glances of surreptitious Interest were cast his way by the hur rying clerks and traders, pressing down La Salle street toward the bourd of trade, as he entered the building where was the abode of Quigg and Peevy. On a Darrow platform before the blackboard which extended the length of the "customers' room" a phlegmatic youth walked up and down chalking mystical figures, while the telegraph Instrument In a little box at one end chuttered Its Interminable tale. In the three rows of chairs, also spunplng the room's length, gut men, well dressed and nondescript, the latter Jot ting in dog-eared memorandum books with stub pencils, the former watch ing the blackboard and conversing earnestly about "market conditions." Messenger boys scuttled to and fro across, the floor, clutching at their caps, slapping their books shut, enter ing and leaving some inner office whence Issued the clickety-cllck-cllck of a battery of typewriters. And in all this feverish animation there was something vaguely artificial too subtle for the casual onlooker, perhaps, but there nevertheless. As FItzhugh entered, casting a bored glance around the place, he was met by a uniformed negro, who said: "Mr. Quigg says tell you please, suh, step Inter his private office at once, suh." The preceding night, in Quigg's rooms In a hotel, FItzhugh had been thoroughly apprised of the nature of his post There had even been "re hearsals." He was therefore not un prepared for what followed his en trance Into Quigg's sanctum. Mr. Quigg, large and prosperous, held a large cigar In a large hand, aud occupied a large chair before a large desk, near which sat a colorless, com monplace, inconspicuous man whose weak face was at once Inquiring and Impressionable. Near by a stock ticker unwound Its tape into a wicker waste-basket, and from a partly-open door came the furious clattering of many typewriters. And here, as In the outer room, there was an un natural notefalnt, almost Indistin guishable, but discordant all the same. As FItzhugh entered Quigg glanced up, then leaned toward the colorless one and said something in a low voice. Not so low, however, but that FItz hugh caught some fragments: "Pat tlngton . . . Eastern capitalist . . . Worth ten millions If he's worth a nickel." This was Fltzhugh's cue. Instantly his bearing changed. His tired air vanished. His eye, languidly super cilious a moment before, becume cold, arrogant, alert. He was no longer the blase aristocrat. He was now tho hlgh-tensloned financier, whose min utes were diamond-studded. He stood at the door, a slight scowl gathering between his brows, his right thumb and second finger snapping impatient ly. Thus until he received his next cue. "Ah, good-morning, Mr. Pattlngton." Quigg rose, smiling deferentially, atd motioned to a chair. "Won't you s't down? I shall be at leisure presently." Fltzhugh's frown grew a little heav ier, his eye a little harder. "I wbe told I could have an Interview with "I Wat Told I Could Have an Inter view With You at Once." .von at once. My time is extremely I llmtto,! Dili tmnranllnii mt.ct ha - ..Ill 1 1 L u. v u. 1 1 .1 11 - 1. 1 Lll'U UlUdI W I consummated this moment or not at all." (TO BE CONTINUED. Actor and swindler's decoy. Lift ojfCorns! Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents, ' With your fingers! 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