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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1920)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. The bolshevik communique of Tues day says that fighting is active on all fronts. Both sides are attacking, with varying success. Three prisoners were shot and a guard was badly beaten in a riot at the Maryland penitentiary Tuesday. None of the wounded was dangerously injured. A squad of policemen sub dued the malcontents. More than 100 houses, most of them occupied by negroes, were destroyed Wednesday in a blaze which started in the negro section of Pine Bluff, Ark. Nearly 500 people were made homeless. A fund for their relief is being raised. The Deer Trail, Colo., State bank and the First National bank were en tered by robbers some time Tuesday night and several thousand dollars in cash and securities were taken. Of ficials believe the loss may mount as high as $75,000. A campaign to combat unrest and discontent among farming elements of the country was being put under way Wednesday by the Grain Dealers' Na tional asuoclatlon through its legisla tive department. The association is in annual convention in Minneapolis. The states of New York and New Jersey joined hands and broke ground Tuesday for a vehicular tunnel be neath the Hudson river which will be the biggest subaqueous structure in the world. The 128,000,000 project was launched while thousands of citi zens cheered. Signs of the approaching collapse of bolsheviBm in Russia are seen by state department officials in the crum bling of soviet authority on the Polish front and the rapidly augmenting strength of antl-bolshevik forces in the southeastern part of Europe under General Wrangel. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad has been paid a sum, under stood to be $30,000,000, in full com promise settlement with the United States railroad administration for the period it was operated under federal control. It is the first of the major lines to reach such settlement. While arrests were being made dur ing (ho military raids iu Drumcondra, a suburb of Dublin, two officers were shot dead, one nou-commlssloned of ficer was wounded and one civilian was killed and another wounded, ac cording to an official report of the affair made public Tuesday. Acting under orders of John M. Con eldlne, prohibition enforcement offi cer, of San Francisco, George Poult ney, Internal revenue officer, Wednes day curried out a series of raids in the outskirts of Sacramento. Thir teen arrests were made and Illicit liquors valued at $20,000 confiscated. The supremo court refused Tuesday to reconsider Us decision of lust June 7 sustaining validity of the prohibition amendment and provisions of the en forcement act. The rehearing had been asked in petitions by Christian Folgeuspun, a brewer of Newark, N. J., and Georgo C. Dempsey, a whole sale liquor dealer of Boston, Mass. The French cabinet Tuesday adopt ed a programme to reduce the cost of living in France. Departmental coun cils of consumers are to be established with, a central council In Paris. The use of fish is to be encouraged and many fish markets will be opened, while the exportation of dairy prod ucts and cheese will be prohibited. Approximately 6300 acres of home stead and desert land in the Eureka and Sacramento land districts of Cali fornia will be opened to entry Decem ber 3, the interior department an nounces. The land Is claused as non agrlculturnl, mountain grazing land and entry will be reserved to cx serv ice men for 60 days after the opening, as provided by law. Failure of the fuse attached to four quarts of dynamite confined In a gal lon syrup glass jar to burn saved the plunt of the North Itend, Or., Sunday Morning Deo from destruction und the life of Its owner, Frank B. Cameron, whose home Is in the building. The bomb waa placed In the basement of the Bee office some time Sunday night. Editor Cumerou found It next morning. EMPLOYMENT GOES DOWN Wages Increase in Comparison Made In 14 Principal Industries. Washington, D. C Ten of the 14 principal industries in the United States showed a decrease in employ ment during the month of September as compared with August, according to statistics made public Tuesday by the labor department Nine of the 14 showed a decrease last September as compared with September, 1919. Whole the volume of employment in these Industries has been steadily decreasing, the amount of payroll in 10 of the 14 shows an increase during last September over the same month last year. During September of this year as compared with August, the same number showed a decrease in payroll as in volume of employment. The industries chosen for the com parison are iron and steel, automo biles, car building and repairing, cot ton manufacturing, cotton finishing, hosiery and underwear, woolen, silk, men's clothing, leather, boots and shoes, paper making, cigars and bi tuminous coal mining. Decrease in volume of employment during September was shown in auto mobile, 4.5 per cent; car building and repairing, 4.3 per cent; cotton manu facturing, .9 per cent; cotton finishing, 6.4 per cent; hosiery and underwear, .7 per cent; silk, 6.9 per cent; men's clothing, 6.8 per cent; leather, 7.6 per cent; boots and shoes, 14.4 per cent; paper making 1.1 per cent. . On the Increase in volume of em ployment, woolen with 37.9 per cent is the heaviest. The amount of in crease of payroll in the woolen in dustry during September was 32.6 per cent. In comparative statistics for Sep tember, 1920 over 1919, our building and repairing is Bhown as increasing the volume of employment but 29.1 per cent, but the Increase In amount of payroll was 62.2 per cent; paper making showed an increase of em ployment of 8.7 per cent, but Increase In payroll of 37 per cent, and coal mining a decrease of 6.1 per cent in employment with an increase in pay roll of 30.4 per cent. 10-CENT COFFEE YIELDS BIG PROFIT Boston. Restaurant keepers who were called on by United States At torney Daniel J. Gallagher at an open hearing Monday to "explain away if possible the conviction in the mind of the public that you are gouging them In the prices charged for food," said they could not reduce prices at this time. As a consequence the fed eral attorney announced that he In tended "to find some way to give per sons charging excessive prices a chance to satisfy a court and jury on their charges." Ham sandwiches that cost 6.29 cents and sold for 30 cents, a profit of 399 per cent; rollB which showed a profit of 300 per cent, and pie, costing 46 to 48 cents, which sold for $1.40, figured in the items which the attorney made the subject of questions. Other items which he thought re quired an explanation Included alleged profits running to 1900 per cent on vegetables, sale of corn at 40 cents an ear, coffee at 10 cents a cup and pie at 20 cents a cut. Movie Treasury Looted. Kansas City, Mo. A masked man entered the ofice of a downtown mo tion picture theater Monday while the manager wus counting the Sunday's receipts, forced him, at the point of a revolver, to hold up his hands and ob tained $1000. As he was leaving another theat rical official entered. He was forced to part with a ring valued at $1200, $150 In cash and two cashier's checks totaling $17,500. Deserter Gets 15 Years. Washington. D. C President Wil son has confirmed the sentence of dismissal from service and 15 years' Imprisonment at hard labor Imposed by courtmartlal upon John C. Gottcn klene, second lieutenant, of the Bth field artillery. He was convicted of deserting his command at Neuhuusel, Germany, In June, 1919, after em bezzling $36,051 of military funds. Alaska Tax Law Stand. San Francisco. A rehearing of Its recent decision upholding the right of the territorial government of Alaska to Impose a poll tax on the crews of ships visiting fishing waters within Its confines was denied by the United States circuit court of appeals here. Redi Recapture Minsk. London. The bnlshevikl have re occupled Minsk, which, according to their official communique Issued Mon day, the Poles have abandoned. The bolshevik troops, under pressure, how ever, are retiring to new position In the Slutsk'Polcsia region. t STATE NEWS t TIM TAWTTTTT John Day. Dr. W. IL Lytle, state veterinarian, reports that the livestock of the John Day section is free of dis ease and in the best of condition for wintering. Grants Pass. Fishermen are com ing into Grants Pass from many points in order to get some of the steelhead fishing which is now at Its prime. Large catches are being made daily with flies and spinners, some of the steelheads being especially large this year. Eugene. Over 1000 cattle grazed in the Cascade national forest in the vi cinity of Oakridge during the past summer and fall, according to H. E. Vincent, assistant supervisor of that forest, who has just returned from an inspection trip, looking after grazing contracts. Fairview. Julius Luscher won fifth place at the state fair in stock club work with his pure bred calf. In the club stock judging contest at the Mult nomah county fair the Fairview team won second place. The members are John Flemming, Julius Luscher and Fay Hulit. Forest Grove The farmers in this vicinity are much discouraged over their prune crops this year. Owing to the heavy rainfall and lack of help, a 50 per cent loss is estimated, but if there should be a change in the weath er it is probable that 25 per cent of the standing crop could be saved. Hood River. R. H. Weber, whose ranch place is near Odell, exhibited a record freak potato vine on which the tubers have formed like tomatoes on top of the ground. The potatoes have formed at joints of the vine. Local ranchers say they have never seen potatoes grow in such fashion before. Falls City. The whistle of the Falls City Lumber and Logging company's big mill blew for the first time in six weeks, and a crew of 150 men resumed their work. The shut down was oc casioned by the car shortage. Since cars are not yet very plentiful, the mill will run only four days a week for the present. Ashland. Talent, Ore., voted $450, 000 bonds to build a reservoir on Emi grant creek, east of Ashland and the east side ditch which will complete the irrigation system in that district. The vote was 71 to 3. As soon as the bonds are sold construction work will begin. This new ditch will water 8500 acres in the Talent district Stanfield. The first carload of ap ples was shipped out the first of the week and from now on the shipping will be from one to two carloads a day. The crop Is not quite coming up to expectations, nor will it be as good as estimated. The hail storm that passed over some parts of this district did considerable damage to the fruit. Portland. The British steamers Memphis and Heilbronn, carrying full cargoes, respectively, of flour and wheat, departed for the United King dom Friday morning, the Memphis at 6 o'clock and the Heilbronn at 9. The two big freighters have aboard about 9000 tons of cereals apiece, and the two cargoes are worth close to $2,000, 000. Salem. The application of Fort Klamath Meadows company of Fort Klamath covering the appropriation of 116 second feet of the waters of Four Mile creek, Seven-Mile creek and Ann creek, tributaries of Upper Klamath lake, for the Irrigation of 9318 acres of land has been approved by Percy A. Cupper, state engineer, according to announcement made here recently. Salem. Douglas county Is the only prune-growing district In the state that has not reported losses of this year's crop ranging from 25 to 05 per cent, according to statistics on file In the local offices of the Oregon Grow ers' Co-operative association. In other sections of Oregon and Clalrke county, Wash., from 40 to 75 per cent of the prune crop was destroyed by the heavy rains. Salem. Following the curtailment of loans by the federal reserve banks, hundreds of applications from prospec tive borrowers of state school funds have been received at the office of G. G. Brown, clerk of the state land board, during the Inst two weeks. A report prepared by Mr. Brown today showed that the application for loans now on hand exceeded by more than $150,000 the available school funds in the hands of the state treasurer. Bend. Hundreds of thousands of acres of lodge pole and jack pine In central Oregon, valueless for timber, may become an Important Industrial resource. Experiment conducted un der the direction of John Steld of Bend and Dr. V. C. Coe dt Portland have demonstrated that a good grade of commercially valuable paper can be manufactured from the pine and local buslnes men are endeavoring to In terest capital In the establishment of a pulp mill here. The City of Purple Dreams By EDWIN BAIRD Copyright br F. & Brown A Co. CHAPTER XII. Continued. 16 The crisis was reached the following summer. They met afterwards in a cafe. Hunt was haggard, unkempt He had fallen oft In weight and his sunken face, bloodshot eyes, trembling fingers, were signs of the terrific strain he had undergone. Fltzhugh, In marked contrast never appeared more fresh or more self-contained. They had ordered champagne, and when they clinked their glasses he smiled reassuringly at his white-faced com panion. It was only the bare flicker of a smile that vanished as suddenly as It came. Fltzhugh did not often smile in those days. "How much did you say we had net ted, Hunt? .Tell me again. It's music to my ear." "Three millions and over, Dan. Three mllions and over. Dan " Hunt leaned impulsively across the table, seized his friend's hand, wrung it with fervor "Dan, if ever I try to advise you again, I Dan, I'll never try to bold you back again as long as I live I" CHAPTER XIII. Selling his long line of spring and summer wheat Fltzhugh bought three million bushels of the September op tion. He was now become known as the greatest of the bulls. Every big buying order was laid to him. His appearances In the pit grew more In frequent He distributed his com mands among six or seven different brokers. Crops were universally bad. The United States had not yet felt the European demand, but It would come soon, and he knew It would be heavy. He knew wheat would rise still higher, and he gradually Increased bis holdings In September to six mil lion bushels. Then came the cry from Europe an Insistent cry the cry for bread. He received a code-cable from his agent in Liverpool : "Can negotiate five mil lion wheat Name price." He sold his six millions at an ad vance of twenty cents a bushel, and In one vast swoop bought In eight mil lion bushels of July. And Hunt so far forgot his pledge as to remonstrate. "Aren't you forcing your luck, Dan? It seems to me " "And It seems to me," cut In the "plunger," looking up from the work on his desk, "that I know just what I'm doing. That wheat cost seventy five cents. It'll go up to a dollar be fore July." "But what If It doesn't?" "But It will. It'll go to a dollar If I send It to a dollar. And I'll send It to a dollar. And then 1" "Huh I" Hunt started. "Tou don't mean " "Never mind. I'll tell you later." He told him then, however; had so Intended doing when he entered his office that morning. It was quite the biggest thing thus far In his career, and of late he had worked on It quietly, Indefatlgably, vouchsafing Hunt because he was not for a while sure of It, hardly more than a hint of what he was planning. He had sta tioned correspondents In all the Euro pean markets. He hnd held many se cret conferences with two Packing town millionaires, big gamblers both, who played a hidden game. And now. this morning, the thine which hnd been building these months pnst was no longer nebulous to his vision. It stood forth vividly, nakedly, complete and benutiful In every detail. "Today," said he, leaning across the nat-topped desk and regarding his auditor fixedly, "you and I own, and I control, approximately eight million bushels of July wheat Within two months I shall control fifteen million bushels. By July I expect to control over forty million bushels." "But Dan I How the dickens" "Marsh and Allport are In the pool." nunt subsided, nodding understand ing. "You've seen the harvesting returns, nunt? You know America's crop are going to be small, Same In Europe. French crops are poot; Germany' worse. Argentine's will be the small est for the last ten years. Europe will have to look to America for her wheat But America won't be able to give It to her. There'll be mighty little wheat In Chicago by July; and that little will be locked tight In my pool Do you begin to understand?" PILGRIM DOCUMENTS FOUND Give New Light en Residence of Fa ther In Holland Discovered by Prof. Eekhof. Leyden. nolland. New light Is thrown on the residence of the Pil grim Father In Holland by three old document which Prof. Eekhof dlscov erod In the archive of Leyden and w hich he published on the occasion of the Dutch rilgTtin Fathers' celebra tion her. The way Hunt chewed and puffed at his cigar proved that be understood. Yet he dared not utter what be al ready knew. "Symington Otis Is bearing the mar ket" he said, his hands gripped tight ly round the arms of his chair. "He knows you're long on July wheat too, and" He checked himself, struck by a sudden thought: "I'm hanged if you're not doing this to bent hlra 1" Fitzhugh's iron Jaw tensed. "I thinks I'm doing it alone. He'll fight me for all he's worth. So much the worse for him." Hunt gave full vent to his excite ment: "Where's he going to get his wheat? That's what I want to know." He shoved back his chair, unable longer to restrain himself, unable longer to keep unvoiced the thing up permost In both their minds, "we can do It Dan, we can do It I We'll comer the market!" Daniel shook his head. "I will cor ner the market." Hunt pounded his fist Into his open palm. "And smash Otis!" he cried, exultantly. "Tou owe him one, Dan, Smash Otis!" "Smash Otis?" Daniel laughed. There wns no mirth In the laughter. "Smash Otis, you say? If Symington Otis gets in my way I'll crush hlml" And with a spasmodic movement his fingers contracted, and from wrist to shoulder beneath their tweed covering the rippling muscles of his arms stood out In cords. Otis was planning another of his celebrated bear raids. He was re solved it should be the mightiest he had ever led. He gathered in money from every available source. Realiz ing the market disfavored him, he was determined to conquer It by sheer force of capital. His first onslaught started In April, made little If any impression, and he redoubled his attack. Still the enemy showed no sign of weakening. Again and again he charged, but every rush was met and repulsed. He was over whelmed with buying orders. They swamped him from every side. He stopped, puzzled. He had not ac counted his opponent half so power ful. Otis, however, was not the hesi tant sort of general. Marshaling his heavy artillery, he dashed upon the battlefield, fighting with the implaca bility that from the beginning had characterized his long career in finan cial warfare. This charge, too, was easily buffeted. But no white flag was shown. Beating a retreat, the grim old warrior gathered his forces to gether for a fresh onset The next clash, he decided, would be the decis ive one. By the middle of June Fltzhugh was all but czar of the pit. When Fltzhugh formulated the pool to corner July whent It wns understood that no matter what might arise, he was to be free to follow the dictates of his own Judgment For this and other reasons the names of the Parklngtown millionaires were never disclosed, and few knew the main fount of his mam moth resources. His marvelous vitality gave contin ual wonder to his associates. He was made of iron. He would work eighteen hours a day, dispatching with sureness and speed the thousand pressing duties that crowded upon him, taking his meals on the wing, and requiring of the twenty-four but four or five hours for sleep. Most amazing of all, he displayed never an HI sign of the red hot tension under which he worked, hut seemed to thrive on It He was al ways fresh and eager for each day's tasks. His last battle with Symington Otis was the most spectacular of the final trilogy. It began on the morulng of July first and lasted for three terrific days. As the gong sounded on that first morning Fltzhugh appeared In the pit girded for the fray. With the stroke of the opening gong Otis' lieutenants began to sell whent There were three of them, with orders to sell half a million each. Then came an unfathomable surprise: Fltzhugh sold wheut I Bushel for bushel, he sold as fast as his adversaries. The price reeled and dropped diz zily. The precedlug day It hnd closed strong at one dollnr; by eleven that morning It was unsteady at ninety-six and a half. , At the height of the furious conflict Fltzhugh, who wns the core of It be came aware of some one tearing at his arm and yelling In his ear: "Dun I Dan I Have you gone crazy?" Beholding Hunt screaming at the top of his voice, he wrenched loose from the mob surrounding him and. seizing his subordinate under the arm pits, lifted him clear outside the pit At the close of the day's session wheat had dropped to ninety-four and an eighth, where It swayed uncertain ly. Otis had sold two million bushels. Fltzhugh had sold a like amount When be reached his office Fltzhugh found bis three coadjutor waiting him In ominous silence. "Good-day, gentlemen!" There was no answer beyond an un easy cough from Hunt Fltzhugh looked at the three stony faces' silent ly condemning him. "In good truth," he laughed, "a Dan iel come to judgment 1" One of the documents I a contract signed by John Robinson, lender of the Pilgrim, declared to be the only signature of Robinson which has been preserved, and till discovery mny lead to the Identification of other writings by him. The second document Is a letter written by William Bradford a short time before his departure from Hoi Und. He v.n afterward governor of Massachusetts Bay colony. The third paper Dr. Eekhof discov ered 1 the last will of Bridget White, But when he sat at his desk the ver tical lines were between nis Drows. He took n deliterutely long time to light a cigar, then, extinguishing the match and depositing It carefully In an ash tray, he settled himself com fortably In his chair and said: "You all remember It was agreed In the beginning I was to run this thing, and I shall run It In my own way or not at all." "But confound It, man," exploded Marsh, who had been holding bis tongue with difficulty, "what In the name of common sense do you mean by selling?" "Who owns the most wheat Sym ington Otis or us? How long will his crowd last if they try to outsell us? Don't you see?" "Not for a minute!" broke In All port, reddening under his collar. "I'll make It clearer. Suppose Otis' crowd knocks July wheat off fifteen or twenty points. Very well. Immedi ately they stop selling perhaps be foreI'll begin buying. Then, as an elastic band that has been stretched to its utmost, July wheat will spring back. It'll go to a dollar. It'll go be yond a dollar. I'll see to that I" "It does sound plausible," hesitated Hunt, desirous of supporting his lead er, yet still somewhat doubtful. "I don't like it," said Marsh sourly. "Mr. Otis," continued Daniel, and there wns a hard ring In his voice that caused Hunt and Allport to exchange meaning glances, "thinks he has me on the run. He's boasting how he licked me In today's skirmish, of how I turned tall at the first fire. But wait till he springs my pitfall. Walt! I've got him !" The discussion lasted until nearly nightfall. By grace of his power of persuasion no less than by his domi nant personality and strength of pur pose, Fltzhugh finally Induced the oth ers to admit that his course was the best one. When they went out through the quiet, brightly lighted offices, the four were on very amlcnbie terms; and the hot words of discussion that had frequently passed between them were quite forgotten. "There's one thing," Fltzhugh said In parting, "I want to Impress upon you three. When we have defeated Otis, I 'want to deal with him In my own way. Remember that" looking keenly into each face. "I want to deal with Symington Otis in my own way." Promptly next morning Otis re newed the combat. It occupied every minute of that day's session, and, as on the preceding day, raged with a tlt-for-tat uproar. When the closing gong sounded he had sold, altogether, over four million bushels of July wheat: wheat of which he owned not a grain, but which he expected to buy later and deliver as promised at a lower price than he had sold It for. And, the same as yesterday, his opponent hnd sold with him, bushel for bushel. Otis was flushed with the elation of his obvious victory. "It's nil over," he confided to a friend that evening, as he sat down smilingly to a well-ordered dinner. Otis was living at his club these dnys, his wife and daughter having gone abroad for the summer. "All over but the shouting. Tomorrow I'll finish him. He'll be snnpped out of the Chicago wheat pit like a gnat Just as I once told him a long tune ago." Simultaneously with the dawning of the third day of battle Otis took the aggressive. And simultaneously there came a surprise. His promises of whent were gobbled up as fast as they were offered. Buying orders poured In from nil sides, deluging his traders. Ha Increased his selling. The buying like wise Increased. He began to fight des perately, flooding the pit with his sell ing commands. But It was as though he poured snnd In the ocean. Fltzhugh had not appeared on the "floor" since the first day. From his private office he sent orders to a dozen or more brokers. All these orders were, "Buy July whent." All were to take effect tills morning. He cabled his representatives In Liverpool and Paris. These cablegrams also read, "Buy July wheat" They, too, became effective this morning. In all, he Is sued Instructions to purchase twelvo million bushels, or approximately double the amount he had sold on the prior two days. The market that morning wns like a kite In a windstorm. It zigzagged crnzlly. Shortly, however, It steadied, hung stationary an Instant then bounded upwnrd. Up, tugging deter minedly. It climbed with a rapidity Hint outstripped Its falling the dny be fore. Otis gave orders to cense all sell ing. Like a released spring, the price leaped higher still. At the close of the day's session It stood at a dollar and twenty-five cents, with a tendency to mount beyond. The next day was Sunday. Mon day' trading Increased lu frenzy. Tht price ascended more and more stiffly. Otis did nothing. He dared not cover his promises by buying. By so doing he would put up the price on himself. He dared not sell, for every bushel he sold would be sold at a loss. Word pnssed swiftly from mouth to mouth that Symington Otis, the big benr, hnd fought his final fight and whs down at last. TO BR CONTINUED I John Robinson' wife, and contnln a considerable quantity of Interesting In formation about Robinson's household. Dr. Eekhof ha added to his work the facsimile of the three document, Kentucky Infant Prodigy. Louisville, Ky. Earl Manley, aged seven years. Is getting his lirst taste of school, yet he has entered the fifth grade. At the age of tbree he had read several book. He U the youngest fifth grader Kentucky ha vvr had.