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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1920)
THOUSAND DIN DAILY NEAR $200,000,000 Needed to Buy Food for Stanins. BABIES ARE DESERTED Five Province! Swept by Starvation and Many Refugees Die by Roadside. Fekin. The area and extent of the famine situation In .China has recent ly been brought out In a number of . reports.,; reaching here. The region chiefly, affected extends east and west from the" Gulf of Chihll to Han-chlnga In Shensl and north and south from Mongolia to Shang-chlng In Honan. Eurty'two years ago China was sweptrby a memorable famine in which millions of persons perished from cold and hunger. In 1878, however, condl ttqns were less serious than at present, . for at that time a wheat crop preceded the drought, whereas today, due to two years' lack of rainfall, only limited areas have produced even the scant iest yields. The reports have told how the trees of entire districts have been gripped of their leaves for use as food. The starving people mix them with millet chaff, clover or weeds, with a minimum of grain, and bake them Into cakes which resemble clay. Thousands of refugees who are en- doavoring to migrate afoot from the . famine areas are said to be living on such "food," hoping to reach the more ' fortunate cities where they may pos sibly purchase necessaries of life. Extraordinary means to obtain -.money for food are reported from all Sections of the five provinces. Little children are found ' deserted In the streets, and many ibave been rescued from the rivers Into which they have been cast by their Impoverished par ents., .- The sale of 'children Is often re ported, much despised girl babies be ing offered for Bums as low as a dol lar. A boy of 6 years, whose mother had died and whose father was 111, was rescued from the father, who declared If no one would feed him he intended to "throw him into the river." There have been suicides of entire families. Reports from numerous points in the famine area which, it is estimated, will require $200,000,000 worth of the plainest food to avert the greatest loss of life, have been received. One thousand deaths from starva tion are occurring dally in the Pekln district; farm and draught animals in Tehchow and Slaochang, in Shan tung, have been sold by their owners for a song because of lack of foddor to keep them and fuel to cook them If slaughtered; every road northward from Chanteho, In Honan, swarms with hunger-pinched humanity, many of whom full exhausted out of the weary procession to die by the roadside. Consolidation Wanted. Paris. Le Journal said Sunday it learned from Berlin that It is report ed In political circles a manifesto has been prepared by Austria asking the league of nations that Austria be at tached to Germany. Dr. Walter Si mons, German foreign minister, and Count Otto Kar Czernln von Chudonltz, former Austro-Hungarlan foreign min ister, are said to have drafted the 'document. The Petit Parislen declares that the recent treaty signed by Italy and Jugo Slavla provides for reciprocal support to provisional restoration of the mon archy either in Austria or Hungary. Business Damage Small. Cleveland. The fourth federal re serve bank In its monthly summary of business conditions said business has weathered the storm of 1920 and that an era of stabilized business conditions Is in Bight. While the year "ias been one of surprising developments to many," said the statement, "there was noth ing but what students of business con ditions had expected. "A substantial liquidation has taken place and the damage done as com pared with the good accomplished has been surprisingly small," It said. Belgium Refute Claim. Paris. Belgium, says a Brussesls dls, patch to Le Journal, intends to re nounce her rights to confiscation of Oerman property in Belgium, as pro " ' vlded in the Versailles treaty, follow ; . lug the example of Great Britain, which renounced its right to take over 'German property in the United King dom. It Is ald Belgium considers re nunciation necessary from a commer cial point of view. FEDERAL MARKETS WANTED Trade Commission Would Regulate Perishable Foods. Washington, D. C. Establishment of central market for perishable food products in all large cltlea and the setting up of a federal licensing sys tem applicable to all dealers In uch food at those markets is proposed by the federal trade commission in Us annual report to congress. The commission's conclusions are based on an investigation covering many months and It declares that federal action is necessary to obtain effective regulation and to avoid un fair and wasteful practices, with the consequent effect on prices. In the present system the commission sees as a hindrance to the proper passage of perishables from the producer to the consumer certain lntertrade deal ings which it believes should be elim inated and it suggests that the han dling of these products be surround ed by numerous regulations and re strictions such as the recording of available supplies, the dating of cold storage periods and provisions for auction marketing. Facilities should be made adequate, the commission says, to enable the producers to ship freely into the cen tral markets and "with proper protec tion of his Interests." The marketing system should be so governed that objectionable hoarding would be eliminated and proper co-ordination of transportation facilities should be accomplished to make deliveries cer tain when required. The commission says that "the needed reforms can hardly be expect ed to be accomplished by the Initia tive of the dealers" and asserts that state and municipal authorities lack adequate power to effectively regu late the handling of the food sup plies. Although co-operation of state and local authorities and railroads might accomplish the ends sought, the commission believes this plan does not hold out much hope for a satisfactory solution of the problem. HUME BOMBARDED; D'ANNUNZIO INJURED London. Gabriel D'AnnunzIo was slightly wounded, according to the Milan correspondent of the London Times. The report that D'AnnunzIo had been killed, the correspondent add ed, was officially denied. The casualties sustained by the regulars In the fighting with D'An nuhzlo's legionnaires were reported to be 30 killed and about 100 wounded, The wounded included several cara bineer officers. The rebel forces blew up four bridges over the Reclna. Fierce fighting was continuing Mon day night in the environs of Flume, said the London Times dispatch from Milan, and the losses to the regulars were heavy, among the casualties be' ing two colonels mortally wounded. D'AnnunzIo flew over the lines Sun day, dropping leaflets from his air plane, calling on the regulars to de sert. The poet's troops have trans formed the houses in the public gar dens into machine gun nests, which have been effective In stopping the government forces. All the main streets were defended by barbed wire barricades. No Fusa Will Be Mads. .Washlngon, D. C Indications were In evidence at the state department Monday that there was no desire on the part of the American government to make what In the language of diplo macy Is known as an "Incident" out of the transmission of a communica tion of a reply of the British embassy to a member of congress. The embassy wrote directly to Chairman Kellogg denying that the British authorities im posed a censorship on cable messages $50,000 Loot Abandoned. KanBns City, Mo. A strongbox con- taluing a large amount in checks and drafts which was taken fom an Amer ican Railway Express company motor truck Monday morning, when five armed bandits held up the vehicle, was found by detectives this afternoon near Kansas City, Kan. Police said they found $G0,000 In checks and drafts which was taken from an Amer- Capitalist Face Jail. San Jose, Cal. Frederick M. Smith, young San Jose capitalist, was son tenced here to pay a fine of $1000 or to serve 250 days In jail. He was convicted on a charge of running down fatally Injuring and abandoning Rich ard Buellua, San Jose, while driving an automobile on August 18, 1920. Mining Measure Pasted. Washington, D. C A bill extending until July 1, the time for doing 19 annual assessment work on mining claims In publto land states of the West and Alaska, was passed Monday by the house. The measure now goes to the president ! STATE NEWS TIM TJT3TT7T7 Mw WtUU 4 ffTTfHTfTf ffTTfffff ffff W Eugene. Ten sawmill firm and one plumber of Lane county are sued by the state industrial accident commis sion to recover fees alleged to be due the commission, some of them dating as far back as 1918. Seaside. It 1 reported that the Crown-Willamette Paper company will reaume Its operations near Seaside within a short time. The Seaside camp employs several hundred men. Cottage Grove. The Iron foundry established here by John Feeney, for merly of Tillamook, is now In opera tion, the first heat having been put on Monday night. There Is a large amount of business here for this indus try In connection with the sawmill business. Albany. Legislation to compel farmers to destroy Canadian thistles before they bloom is desired by the Pomona grange of Linn county. The grange at a meeting last week adopted a resolution asking the legislature of Oregon at the coming session to enact such a law. Salem. That the hop market has reached a state of uncertainty that should discourage the expansion of this Industry in . Oregon at present, was the assertion made here by Henry h. Bents of Aurora, one of the best known dealers In this commodity on the Pacific coast. Salem. Mary Ann Chapman, 92, for 66 years a resident of Salem, and a cousin of Robert E. Lee, leader of the armies of the confederacy, died at her home in West Salem last Fri day night. Lee. was the maiden name of her mother. Mrs. Chapman was a native of Illinois. Roseburg. The .bridge spanning Pass creek at the outskirts of Drain, 30 miles' north of tbla city, collapsed last week while J. Spauldlng and his two sons were crossing the structure with a team and wagon. All three were thrown Into the creek, but no one was serlouBly hurt. A decayed beam caused the accident. Medford. The home of C. C. French, son of Major L. H. French, of fame as an author, soldier, engineer and hunter of big game, near Table Rock, was destroyed by fire of un known origin early Christmas .morn ing about 2 o'clock. The loss is esti mated to be $70,000, with insurance of about half that amount. The Dallijs. Lumber prices have decreased more than 40- per cent in The Dalles during the last three months, according to John G. Odell district manager of the Tum-a-Lum Lumber company. Despite this big drop in the market, building in the city Is virtually at a standstill, no building permits for houses having been Issued during the last two months. Halfway. A hay buyer was In Pine valley Wednesday, the first of the sea- son, offering $7 a ton for good hay. Farmers are holding for more, but it Is expected that a compromise may be made at about $8 a ton. Nearly all hay raisers have their crops on hand, and with uncertain prospects for sale. Being off the railroad, It Is Impossible to ship hay from here at a profit. Albany. The big sawmill which was erected at Toledo by the spruce production division - during the waf, but which was not , completed In time for use, Is expected to begin running Boon. This is-ithe statement of Lee Wade, a, member of the commission of the port of Toledo, who is in Al bany. The mill was sold recently by the government and the purchasers are expected to begin operation before long. Salem. The Canyon creek arch, the last unimproved link in the Pa cific highway, was completed Friday, according to Information received at the offices of the state highway de partment here. This stretch of road has long been known to the traveling public as Cow Creek canyon, and is situated a few miles south of Rose burg, Or., in Douglas county. Until recently the road was almost impassa ble during the winter, and was consid ered dangerous at all times of the year. Klamath Falls. Experiments by John Sprolek, Malla farmer, have given the Klamath basin a new va riety of wheat, especially adaptable to this climate and possessing excep tional milling qualities, according to J. D. Howard, local miller. The wheat matures earlier than other varieties, contains approximately 15 per cent more gluten content and apparently yields heavier. Mr. Sprolek harvested 35 bushels to the acre this year of this variety, about ten bushels In ex cess of other wheat yields of the neighborhood, - SHADOW ACcnAnDoule AUTHOR "j'lHZ ADVENTUREJ "WE SHALL SEE." Synopsli. Writing Ion after the events described, Jack Calder, Scot farmer of West Inch, tall how, In hla childhood, the fear of Invasion by Napoleon, at that time complete master of Europe, had (ripped the Brltlih nation. Following a false alarm that the French had landed, Jim Horacroft, the doctor'! eon, a youth of fifteen, quarrel! with hla father over Joining the army, and from that lacldent a lifelong friendship begins between the boye. They go to echool together at Ber wick, where Jim la cock boy from the first. After two yeari Jim goes to Edinburgh to etudy medicine. Jack stays five yeara more at Ber wick, becoming cock boy In hla turn. When Jack la eighteen hla cousin Edle cornea to live at Weat Inch and Jack falls In love at first alght with hie attractive, romantic, aelftsh and autocratic coualn of aeventeen. They watch from the cliffs the victory of an English merchantman over two French prl vateere. Reproached by Edle tor staying at home, Jack atarta to en list Edle tells him to etay. Jack promisee to stay and marry her. She acquiesces. Jim cornea home. Jack sees Jim kissing Edle. Jack - and J Ira compare notes and force Edle to chooae between them. She choosea' Jim. Jack gives up Edle to .Jim. The downfall of Napoleon Is celebrated. A half-dead ship wrecked foreigner drifts ashore at West Inch. He says he la Bonaven ture d Lapp, a soldier, of. fortune. He goes to live with the Caldera. A man of mystery, and evidently of high position, he wins all hearts. CHAPTER VII. Continued. Jim Horscroft was at home all that summer, but late In the autumn he went back to Edinburgh again for the winter session, and as he Intended to work very hard, and get his degree next spring If he could, he said that he would bide up there for the Christ mas. So there was a great leave-taking between him and Cousin Edle, and he was to put up his plate and to marry her as soon as he had the right to practice. I never knew a man love a woman more fondly than he did her, and she liked htm well enough in a way, for Indeed in the whole of Scot land she would not find a finer-looking man ; but when it came to marriage I think she winced a little at the thought that all her wonderful dreams should end in nothing more than In being the wife of a country surgeon. I was never very sure at that time whether Edle cared for De Lapp or not. When Jim was at home they took little notice of each other. Aft er he was gone they were thrown more together, which was natural enough, as he had taken up so much of her time before. Well, the summer and the autumn and the best part of the winter passed away, and we were still all very happy together. We got well Into the year 1815, and the great emperor was still eating hi? heart out at Elba, and all the ambassadors were wrangling to gether at Vienna as to what they should do with the lion's skin, now that they had so fairly hunted him down. We never thought that wha all these high and mighty people were doing could have any bearing upon us, and as to war why, everybody was agreed that the great shadow was lift ed from us forever, and that, unless the allies quarreled among themselves there would not be a shot fired in Eu rope for another fifty years. There was one incident, however, that stands out very clearly In my memory I think that it must have happened about the February of this year and I will tell It to yon before I go any further. Tou know what the Border peel cas tles are like, I have no doubt They were Just square keeps, built every here and there along the line, so that the folk might have some place of nrotectlon against raiders and mosa troopers. When Percy and hi met were over the Marches, then the peo ple would drive some of their cattle Into the yard of the tower, shut up the big gate, and light a fire In the brazier at the top, which would be answered by all the other peel towers, until the lights would go twinkling up to the Lammermulr hills, and so carry the news on to the Pentlands and to Edin burgh. But now, of course, all these old keeps were warped and crum bling, and made fine nesting places for the wild birds. One day I had been on a very long walk, away over to leave a message at the Laldlaw Armstrongs, who live two miles on this side of Ayton. About Ave o'clock. Just before the sunset, I found myself on the brae path, with the gable end of West Inch peeping up In front of me, and the old peel tower lying on my left And as I stared I suddenly saw the face of a man twla kle for a moment in one of the boles In the wall. It wa so queer that I was deter mined to come to the bottom of it; so, tired a I wit, I turned my shoul ojjHERLOCKjHOLMW COPYRIGHT BYA.CONAN DOYLE " der on home, and walked swiftly to ward the tower. The grass stretches right up to the very base of the wall, and my feet made little noise until I reached the crumbling arch where the old gate used to be. I peeped through and there was Bonaventure de Lapp, standing Inside the keep, and peeping out through the very hole at which I had seen his face. He was turned half away from me, and it was clear that be had not seen me at all, for he was staring with all his eyes over In the direction of West Inch. As I ad vanced my foot rattled the rubble that lay In the gateway, and he turned round with a start and fuced me. "Hullo 1" said I, "what are you doing here?' "I may ask you that," snld he. "I came up because I saw your face at the window." "And I because, as you may well have observed, I have very much in terest for all that has to do with the military, and of course castles are among them. You will excuse me for one moment, my dear Jack," and he stepped out suddenly through the hole In the wall, so bs to be out of my sight. But I was very much too curious to excuse him so -easily. I shifted f my ground swiftly, to see what It was that he was after. He was standing outside, and waving' his hand franti cally, as In a signal; "What are you doing?" I cried, and then, running out to his side, I looked across the moors to see whom he was beckoning to, "You go too far, sir," said he an grily; "I didn't thought you would have gone so far. A gentleman has the freedom to act as he choose, with out your being the spy upon him. If we are to be friends, you must not interfere In my affairs." "I don't like these secret doings," said I, "and my father would not like them, either." "Your father can speak for himself, and there Is no secret," said he curtly. "It is you, with your imaginings, that make a secret. Ta, ta, tal I have no patience with such foolishness." And, without bo much as a nod, he turned his back upon me and started walking swiftly to West Inch. Well, I followed him, and In the worst of tempers, for I had a feeling that there was some mischief in the wind, and yet I could not for the life of me think what it all meant What could there be to spy about in Berwickshire. And besides, Major El liott knew all about him, and he would not show him such respect If there was anything amiss. I had Just got as far as this In my thoughts when I heard a cheery hall, and there was the major him self, coming down the hill from his house, with hla big bulldog, Bounder, held In leash. This dog was a savage creature, and bad caused more than one accident on the countryside, but the major was very fond of It, and would never go out without It though he kept it tied with a good, thick thong of leather. Well, Just as I was looking at the major, 'waiting for him to come up, he stumbled with his lame leg over a branch of gorse, and In recovering himself he let go his hold of the leash, and In an Instant there was the beast of a dog flying down the hillside In my direction. 'I did not like it, I can tell you, for there was neither stick nor stone about, and I knew that the brute was dangerous. As it came at me with bristling hair and its nose screwed back between its two red eyes, I cried out "Bounder 1 Bounder I" at the pitch of my lungs. It had Its effect for the beast passed , me with a snarl, and flow along the path on the traces of Bonaventuro de Lapp. He turned at the shouting, and seemed to take In the whole thing at a glance, but he strolled along as slowly as ever. My heart was In my mouth for him, for the dog had never seen him before, and I ran as fast as my feet would carry me to drag It away from him. But somehow, as it bounded up and saw the twittering finger and thumb which De Lapp held out behind him, lta fury died suddenly away, and we saw It wagging Its thumb of a tall and clawing at his knee. "Your dog, then, major?" said he, as 1U owner came hobbling up. "Ah, It la a fine beast a fine, pretty thing." The major was blowing hard, for he had covered. the ground nearly as fast as I had. "I was afraid lest he might have hurt you," he panted, "Ta, ta, tal" cried De Lapp. "He Is a pretty, gentle thing. I always love the dogs. But I am glad that I have met you, major, far there is this young gentleman, to whom I owe very much, who has begun to think that I am a spy. Is it not so, Jack?" I was so taken aback by his words that I could not lay my tongue to an aniwer, but colored up and looked askance, like the awkward country I n (I that I was. "You know me, major," said De Lapp; "and I am sure that you will tell him that this could not be." "No, no, Juckl Certainly .not I Cer tainly not I" cried the major. "Thank you," suld De Lapp. "You know me, and you do me Justice. And yourself, I hope that you will soon have your regiment given you." "I am well enough," answered the major; "but they will never give me a place unless there i war, and there will be no more war In my time." "Oh I yrju think that?" said De Lapp, with a smile. "Well, nous verrons. We shall see, my friend 1" He whisked off his hut, and turning briskly, he walked off In the direction of West Inch, The major stood looking after him with thoughtful eyes, and then asked me whut It was that had me think that he was a- spy. When I told him he suld nothing, but he shook his head, and looked like a mun who was ill at ease In his mind. . CHAPTER VIII. The Coming of the Cutter, . I never felt quite the same to our lodger after that little business at the ) peel-tower. ' It was always, In my 1 mind that he was holding a secret from me; indeed, that he was all a secret together, Being that he always hung a veil over his pust. . And when by chunce that veil was -for an Instant .whisked away we al ways caught just a glimpse of some thing bloody and violent end dreadful upon the other side. The very look of his body was terrible. I bathed with him once in the summer, and I saw then that he was haggled with wounds all over. Besides seven or eight slashes his ribs on one side were twisted out of shape and a part of one of his calves had been torn away. He laughed In bis merry way when he saw my face of wonder. "Cossacks I Cossacks' t" said he, run ning his hand over his scars. "And the ribs were broke by an artillery tum bril. It. is very bad to have the guns pass over one. Now with cavtlry It Is nothing. A horse will pick Its' steps, however fast It may go. - I have been ridden over by fifteen hundred cuiras siers and by the Russian hussars of Grodno, and I had no harm from that. But guns are very bad." "And the calf?" I asked. "Pooh f It is only a wolf bite," said he. "You would not think how I came by it I You will understand that my horse and I had been struck, the horse killed, and I with my ribs broken by the tumbril. Well, it was 'cold oh, bitter, bitter! the ground like iron, and no one to help the wounded, so that they froze into such shapes as would make you smile. I, too, felt that I was freezing, so what did I do? I took my sword and I opeifed my dead horse, sq well as I could, and I made space in him for me to lie, with one little hole for my mouth. Sapristl I It was warm enough there. But there was not room for the entire of me, so my feet and part of my legs stuck out. Then in the night, when I slept, there came the wolves to eat the horse, and they had a little pinch of me also, as you can see; but after that I was on guard with my pistols, and they had no more of me. There I lived, very warm and nice, for ten days." "Ten days I" I cried. "What did you eat?" "Why, I ate the horse. It was what you call board and lodging to me. But of course I have sense to eat the legs and live In the body. There were many dead about who had their water bottles, so I had all I could wish. And on. the eleventh day there came a pa trol of light cavalry, and all was well." It was by such chance chats as these hardly worth repeating in them selves that there came light upon himself and his past. But the day was coming when we should know all, and how It came I shall try now to tell you. The winter had been a dreary one, but with March came the first signs of spring, end for a week on end we had sunshine and winds from the south. On the seventh Jim Horscroft was to come back; from Edinburgh, for though the session end ed with the first, his examination would take him a week. Edle and I were out walking on the sea beach, on the sixth, and I could talk of nothing but my old friend, for, Indeed, he was the only friend of my own age that I had at that time. Edle was very si lent, which was a rare thing with her, but she listened,-smiling, to all that I had to say. "Poor old Jim I" said she, once or twice, under her breath. "Poor old Jim I" "Ha is my husband." iXO BE CONTINUED.) Telling Time by Heart Throb. . The average man's Idea of a minute may be anywhere between 15 second and 200. But we all have a reliable clock In our bodies. The secret Is sim ply to count your pulse-beat. Most people know how often their pulse beat In a minute, and it Is, of course, easy to find out The average rate Is 72 a minute for a man, and rather more for a woman. A healthy person, however, may have a pulse-rate of anywhere between 60 and 84 a min ute. So your own rate may easily be much faster or slower than the av erage. The secret that the sense of time was due to heart throb was only guessed when a psyehologlclst studying the problem discovered that people with unsound hearts are as a rule abnormally weak In estimating the passage, of time.