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PEACE RESOLUTION T Proponents Firm in Determina tion to Call Matter Up. HARDING IS SILENT President Holds Important Confer ences, Probably Concerning Foreign Relations. Washington, D. C. Senate propon ents of an Immediate peace with Ger many by congressional resolution are understood to be standing firmly by their intention to present such a reso lution promptly on the convening of the extra session of congress. This information was obtained Sat urday after a day of White House conferences, at which the advisability of a congressional declaration of peace, together with other questions Invol ved were understood to have been dis cussed. Whether the Intention of peace-by-resolution senators has been approved by President Harding and whether it has the support of senators generally, were matters on which no informa tion was available. The conferences were generally con sidered In the bearing on international affairs as probably as the most im portant that President Harding has held since his inauguration. Senator Knox, ex-secretary of state and author of the republican peace resolution; Colonel George Harvey of New York selected as ambassador to Great Britain; Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, understood to be under consid eration for ambassador to France, and Stephana Lauzanne, French journal ist, who came to American with ex Premior Vivlanl, were among' those whnm thfl nrRlflfnf. Raw. Dy Inference the day's developments were coupled with the visit of M. Vivlanl. Gossip about his mission per sistently has suggested that he Is sup posed to persuade the administration not to push its peace declaration, but rather to consider on what basis it might accept the Versailles treaty. Senator Knox and the president spent more than two hours together. The senator's visit started a new out cropping of speculation about the fate of the peace resolution. The Impression given was that a definite policy was yet to be framed. Mild Winter Aids Crops. Washington, D. C The condition of cereal crops in the northern heml- sphere were described as "generally favorablo" by the department of agri culture's bureau of crops Saturday in a summary of foreign crop prospects, The mild winter In almost all the re porting countries was held to have been an Important factor In the crop situation. The bureau said that noth ing reliable had come through as to Russian crops. Due to mild weather, seeding was re ported to have Btarted In Saskatche wan and Alberta, Canada, a month ealler than usual. Winter rains I in proved the autumn-sown cereals In France. Spring cultivation was re ported unusually advanced in the United Kingdom. Crops in Finland were said to be in a "promising con dition" and In Belgium late wheat was reported somewhat Irregular. The Italian crops were reported as making normal progress and the wheat area in Roumanla was estimated at 6.3 per cent over last year. Fair and mild weather In Germany was declared to have been favorable to the cereal crops. The total wheat acreage In India was estimated at 23,352,000 acres. From the southern hemisphere, Ar gentine reported a continuation of favorable climatic- conditions. Exces sive rains were reported from Aus tralia, but the latest figures indicated the output of wheat would reach 147, 000,000 bushels. ... The bureau noted an effort to en courage production of hemp in western Canada. Ireland's Week Bad One. Dublin. Last week's casualties among crown forces again were heavy, says the official revlow, which places them at 48. Nineteen casualties were sustatued by the police, five of them being men killed and 14 wounded. The military had 13 killed and 14 wounded. Sinn Fein assassinations of civil- tans, the motive for which, accord ing to the review, was friendly relations of the victims' with the police and military, numbered nine. London. Ex-President Wilson, ac cording to Reynold's newspaper, is expected here for 10-day visit at the end of April. It says rooms for a party of eight have been reserved. TD BE AMONG FIRS JOHN BURROUGHS BURIED Great Naturalist Paid Last Tribute by Admiring Friends. West Park, N. Y. In a rustic house, the retreat of John Burroughs for nearly half a century, 150 representa tives of the thousands of nature lovers who admired his outdoor life and writ ings, gathered Saturday at his funeral. The ceremonies were short, of great simplicity and reminiscent of . the career of the great naturalist. By train and by automobile the little groups arrived throughout the fore noon at Riverby, the naturalist's home, situated where the Shawangunk moun tains meet -the waters of the Hudson. Scientists and manufacturers of prominence mingled in sorrow with the neighborhood children. Publish ers and horticulturists bowed with religious men from the holy cross monastery. Among the mourners were Thomas A. Edison, Henry FoM and Harvey S. Firestone, who for several years have spent their vacations outdoors with Mr. Burroughs. Next to Mr. Edison stood an aged and gray-haired man who had pedaled his bicycle from Binghamton, more than 300 miles away. He was C. C. Branhall, an ac quaintance of the naturalist since childhood. The funeral service began with the soft violin strains of Pinsuti's "Re membrance." The Lord's prayer was repeated and lines written by Earl Williams which Mr. Burroughs felt characteristic of his own self where read. 15,000 HOMELESS IN MANILA FIRE Manila. Fifteen thousand were ren dered homeless here by a fire Friday night, the most destructive here In more than 20 years, which destroyed 3000 houses In the northern section of the city, a native quarter known as the San Lazaro district. Two bodies were found in the ruins. Police roughly estimate the loss at $3,000,000. The razed area consisted mostly of Bmall native structures oc cupied as dwellings and Btores. It ex tended over 30 acres. American sailors from the flagship Huron of the Asiatic fleet and Amer ican soldiers from the Manila bar racks were cheered by thousands as they marched into the burning dis trict to assist In fighting the flames. They razed houses surrounding the burning area, making a fire break, which halted the progress of the fire. Railroads Pay Billion. Washington, D. C. Railroad wages for 1920 totaled $3,733,816,186, the in terstate commerce commision an nounced Saturday. Wages for the first quarter were 1795,616,330, for the sec ond $801,063,930, for the third $1,052, 109,451, and for the fourth $982,606,789, with the back pay for May and June under the retroactive Increase of July 20 amounting to approximately $102, 419,680 to be added in the total. Roports of back pay, said the com mission, are not complete and there fore the figures are somewhat below those to appear in the final annual report. London On Coal Ration. London. The board of trade Issued orders Sunday rationing and reducing coal. Illuminated street signs are pro hibited, the regulations being virtually identical with those of the 1919 strike. Sunday was given up to meetings of miners, railway men and transport workers. These meetings were called to give directions for the triple alli ance conference Wednesday. Judge Ing by the resolutions adopted, a strong foellng prevails in favor of a strike of the railway men and trans port workers to support the miners. 10,000 Idle In Portland. Salem, Or. There Is more unem ployment In Oregon at present that for four years past, according to a state ment just issued by C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner. Mr. Gram said, however, that with the resumption of road work, farm operations and the opening of mills throughout the Btate, most of the idle labor would be ab sorbed early In the summer. It was estimated that there are 10,000 unemployed men in Portland, not all of whom, however, are without funds. Pulp Wood Use Grow. Washington, D. C. A new recorfl for consumption of pulp wood In Cul- fornla, Oregon, and Washington was made in 1920. The department of agri culture announced Monday that the amount consumed exceeded the high est record previously made by 23,000 cords, or 7.4 per cent The 1920 pro duction exceeded that of 1917 by 14 per cent Hemlock pulp wood con sumed last year led all other species combined by 72,000 cords. t STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. : Bend. Building costs In Bend have fallen 20 per cent in the last month, a survey of unit expenses just completed by the local contractors' association showed. Salem. After waiting for more than 23 years, O. P. Hoff, state treasurer, Saturday received a check in the sum of 3 cents, which he overpaid for Span-iBh-American war bonds issued In the year 1898. Mr. Hoff has framed the check, which will occupy a conspicu ous place In his office. Eugene. Fire that broke out in R. H. Pierce's garage In this city at 4 o'clock Saturday morning destroyed the building, entailing a loss estimated at $70,000. Most of the cars destroyed were in storage or In the garage for repairs and besides these Pierce lost 20 cars of his own, most of them old. Salem. The girls of the state acci dent commission have organized a baseball team, and will play a series of games with the girls of other de partments of the state government dur ing the coming summer. The girls are practicing nightly, and consider able rivalry Is promised In the games to come. Astoria. The conditions in the log ging .industry are Improving slightly, although the demand for logs is not yet brisk. The Niagara Logging com pany's camp in the Upper Nasella river district resumed operation last week and the crew began assembling at the Deep River Logging company's camp. Salem Work of completing the pav ing between Salem and Dallas will be resumed in a few days, according to an announcement made by the state highway 'department. This work was tied up more than a year ago when the residents of Polk county engaged In a dispute over the route of the west side Pacific highway. Bend. Loading and .skidding of logs at Shevlin-Hixson camp No. ; 1 began Monday. Two machines started loading and two skidding, which means the employment of more than 100 additional men. Fallers went to' work a week ago at camp No. 1, but no work is being done as yet at camp No. 2, as snow still lies on the ground. Salem. Thrips, which caused con-' slderable damage to the prune, crop of this vicinity a few years ago, have re appeared, according to a bulletin sent out by the Oregon Growers' Co-operative association. Orchardlsts have been asked to aid In stamping out this pest, with the co-operation of the Oregon Agricultural college and other agen cies. Salem. Dr. W. H. Lytle, state vet erinarian, has gone to eastern and central Oregon where he. Is making a study of conditions as they affect the livestock Interests. In the absence of any forced liquidation,. Dr. Lytje said the livestock men were In substantial financial condition, and that the losses would not be as heavy as originally anticipated. Salem. There were -401 accidents in Oregon Industries In the week ending March 31, according to a report issued by the state acoident commlsst'on. Of the total accidents reported 377 were' subject to provisions of the compensa tion act, 21 were from firms and cor porations, that have rejected the law and three were-from.public utility cor porations not subject to the provisions of the act . Klamath Fall's.-i-A voluntary reduc tion of freight rates affecting Klamath Falls, proposed In-a brief filed by the Southern Pacific company with the In terstate commerce commission on March 12, will average 13 per cent of the present rate; 'said M. A. Callaghan, chairman of the chamber of commerce traffic department, who is back from San Francisco,. whee he. interviewed railway officials. Salem. Funds of a school district cannot be expended for the vaccination of ohtldren attending the schools of the district, according to a legal opin ion given by. I. H. Van Winkle, attorney-general. TJ)e opinion was sought by the school directors of Baker, who had refused -to audit a bill presented by a physician of that elf. This phy sician, it was said, was employed by the school board to vaccinate a num ber of children for a contagious dis ease. Saleta. No person, regardless of his Influence or standing, will be Immune from prosecution for violation of the traffic laws,' according to a statement Issued here by T. A. Raffety, in charge of field agents for the automobile de partment Mr. Raffety said that many complaints, regarding careless driving had been filed in his office during the last few days and that he. had been asked .Jo make every effort to curb these violations. Additional traffic officers will be stationed on the main highways and all persons, who exceed the speed limit or otherwise violate the traffic laws will be taken Into cus tody and prosecuted, he -said. Copyright. All Rights Reserved "HUNGRY -HUNGRY." Synopsis. Dissatisfied because of the seemingly barren outlook of hie position as a school teacher in a Canadian town, John Harris deter mines to leave It, take up land In Manitoba and become a "home steader." Mary, the girl whom he loves, declares she will accompany him. They are married and set out for the unknown country. They select a homestead, build a home and begin their life work of mak ing the prairie fertile farm land. Returning from Belling his first crop, Harris finds his wife despon dent almost to Insanity from lone liness, and with the Immediate ex pectation of becoming a mother. A son Is born to them, to whom they give the name of Allan. The story now Jumps forward twenty-five years. Harris Is prosperous and all for getting rich. Mary la toll-worn and saddened over the change in her husband. Allan works with his father. Beulah, the pretty daugh ter, la rebellious at. the shut-in farm life. Jim Travers Is an un usual hired man. CHAPTER IV Continued. "Jim," she said, after a while, when lie noise of the milking was drowned n the creamy froth, "I'm getting near lie end of this kind of thing. Father's fettlng more and more set on money til the time. He thinks I should slave tlqng too to pile up more beside what le's got already, but I'm not going to lo It much longer. I'm not afraid of work, or hardship either. I'd live In t shack if I had to, I'd" "Would you live in a shack?" said Urn.; ' ' . She shot a quick look at him. But le was quietly smiling into his milk pall, and she decided to treat his juestlon Impersonally. - "Yes, I'd live In a shack, too, If I iad to. I put In my first years In a lodhouse, and there was more real Happiness romping up and down the and then than there is now. In those lays everybody was so poor that Honey didn't count . , . It's differ tut now." Jim did not pursue the subject and the milking was completed In silence. Ilm finished first, and presently the rising hum of . the cream separator iras heard from the' kitchen. "There he goes, winding his arm off for me," said the girl, as she rose from the last cow. "Poor Jim I wish I knew whether it's just human kind ness makes him do It, or whether " She stopped, coloring a little over the thought that had almost escaped into words. When the heavy grind of the sepa rating was finished Jim went quietly to his own room, but the girl put on i clean dress and walked out through the garden. At the lower gate she stooped to pick a flower, which she held for a moment to her face; then, toying lightly with it In her fingers, she slipped the latch and continued along the path leading down Into the ravine. To the right lay the bench where the sodliouse had stood, not so much as a mound now marking the spot; but the thoughts of the girl turned yearningly to It, and to the days of the lonely but not unhappy childhood which It had sheltered. Presently she reached the water, and her quick ear caught the sound of a muskrat slipping gently into the stream from the reeds on the opposite bank; she could see the widening wake where he plowed his swift way across the pond. Then her own figure stood up before her, graceful and lithe as the. willows' on the bank. She sur veyed It a minute, then flicked the flower at her face In the water, and turned slowly homeward. She was not unhappy, but a dull sense of loss oppressed her a sense that the world was very rich and very beautiful, and that she was feasting neither on its richness nor Its beauty. There was a stirring of music and poetry In her soul, but neither music nor poetry found expression. , And presently she discovered she was thinking about Jim Travers. Her mother sat In the dining room, knitting by the light of the hanging lamp. Her face seemed very pale and lovely In the soft glow. "Don't you think you have done enough?" said the girl, slipping Into a sitting posture on the floor by her mother's knee. "You work, work, work, all the time. I suppose they'll have to let you work In heaven." "We value our work more as we grow older," said the mother. . . . "It helps to keep us from thinking." "There you go 1" exclaimed the girl ; but there was a tenderness In her vol-e. "Worrying again. I wish they'd stay home for a change." The mother plied her needles In silence. "Slip away to bed, Beulah," she said at length. "I will wait up for while." Late In the night the girl heard heavy footsteps in the kitchen and bursts of loud but indistinct talking. CHAPTER V. Notwithstanding Harris' late hours the household was early astir the fol lowing morning. At five o'clock Jim AutKor of Tke CoWlinchen1li. Illustration! by Irwin .fyerf was at work In the stables, feeding, rubbing down and harnessing his horses, while Allan end his father walked to the engine, where they built a fresh fire and made some minor re pairs. A little later Beulah came down to the corral with her milk-palls. and the cows, comfortably chewing where they rested on their warm spots of earth, rose slowly and with evident great reluctance at her approach. The Harris farm, like fifty thousand others, rose from Its brief hush of rest and quiet to the sounds and energies of another day. Breakfast, like the meal of the night before, was eaten hunrledly, and at first without conversation, but at length Harris paused long enough to remark, "Riles Is talkln' o' goln West." - "The news might be worse," said Beulah. Riles, although a successful farmer, had the reputation of being grasping and hard to a degree, even in a community where such quali ties, In moderation, were by no means considered vices. Harris paid no attention to his daughter's Interruption. It was evi dent, however, that his mention of Riles had a purpose behind It, and presently he continued: "Riles has been wrltln' to the de partment of the Interior, and It seems they're openln' a lot of land for home steadln' away West, not far from the Rocky mountains. Seems they have a good climate there, and good soil, too." "I should think Mr. Riles wouTQ be content with what he has," said Mary Harris. "He has a fine farmijiere, and I'm sure both him and his wife have worked hard enough to take It easier now." "Hard work never killed nobody," pursued the farmer. "Riles Is good for many a year yet, and free land ain't what It once was. Those homesteads'U be worth twenty dollars an acre by the time they're proved up." Breakfast and Harris' speech came to an end simultaneously, and the sub ject was dropped for the time. In a few minutes Jim had his team hitched to the tank wagon In the yard. The men Jumped aboard and the wagon rattled down the road to where the engine and plows sat in the stubble field. "What notion's this father's got about Riles, do you suppose, mother?" "Say, Jim, Honestly, What Make You Do It?'" asked Beulah, as the two women bus led themselves with the morning work In the kitchen. "Dear knows," said her mother, wearily. "I hope he doesn't take It In his head to go out there, too." "Who, Dad? Oh, he wouldn't do that His heart's quite wrapped up In the farm here. I wish he'd unwrap It a bit and let It peek out at times." "I'm not so sure. I'm beginning to think it's the money that's In the farm your father's heart is set on. If the money was to be made somewhere else his heart would soon shift Here I've slaved and saved until I'm an an old woman, and what better are we for It? We've better things to eat and more things to wear and a bigger house to keep clean, and your father thinks we ought to be satisfied. But he isn't satisfied himself. He's slaving harder than ever, and now he's got this notion about going West Oh, you'll see It will come to that He knows our life Isn't complete, and he thinks more money will complete It All the experience of twenty-years hasn't taught him any better." Beulah stood aghast at this outburst, and when her mother -paused and looked at her, and she saw the unbid den wells of water gathering In the tender eyes, the girl could no longer restrain herself. With a cry she flung her arms about her mother's neck, and for a few moments the two forgot their habitual restraint and were but naked souls mingling together. "Your father Is hungry," said the mother. "Hungry hungry, and he thinks that more laud, more money, more success, will fill him. And in the meantime he's forgetting the things that would satisfy the love that was ours, the little devo Oh, child, what am I saying? What an unfaithful creature I am? You must forget Beulah, you must forget these words words of shame they are 1" "The shame Is his," declared the girl, defiantly, "and I won't stand this nonsense about homesteadlng again I Just won't stand It If he says any thing more about it I'll I'll fly off, that's what I'll do. And Pve a few re marks for him about Riles that won't keep much longer. The old badger he's at the bottom of all this." "You mustn't quarrel with your fa ther, dearie, you mustn't do that." "I'm not going to quarrel with him, but I'm going to say some things that need saying. And If It comes to a showdown, and he must go well, he must, but you and I will stay with the old farm, won't we, mother?" "There, there now," the mother said, gently stroking her daughter's hair. "Let us forget this, and remember how much we have to be thankful for. We have our health, and our home, and the bright sunshine, and I declare," she Interrupted, catching a glimpse of something through the window, "If the cows haven't broken from the lower pasture and are all through the oat field! You'll have to take Collie and get them back, somehow, or bring them up to the corral." Pulling a sun-bonnet upon her head Beulah called the dog, which came leaping upon her with boisterous af fection, and hurried down the path to the field where the cows stood almost lost In a Jungle of green oats. She soon located the breach In the fence and, with the help of the dog, quickly turned the cowstoward It But alack 1 just as victory seemed assured a rab bit was frightened from Its hiding place In the green oats and sailed forth In graceful bounds across the pasture. The dog, of course, conclud ed that the capture of the rabbit was of much more vital Importance to the Harris homestead than driving any number of stupid cattle, and darted across the field In pursuit, wasting his breath In sharp, eager yelps as he went Whereupon the cows turned oatward again, not boisterously nor Insolently, but with a calm persistence that steadily wore out the girl's strength and patience. She was In no Joyous mood at best, and the perverse ness of things aggravated her beyond endurance. Her callings to the cattle became more and more tearful, and presently ended In a sob. "There, now, Beulah, don't worry; we will have them In a minute," said a quiet voice, and looking about she found Jim almost at her elbow, his om nipresent smile playing gently about his white teeth. "I was down at the creek filling the tank, when I saw you had a little rebellion on your hands, and I thought re-enforcements might be In order." "You might 've hollered farther back," she said, half reproachfully, but there was a light of appreciation In her eye when she dared raise it toward him. "I'm afraid I was beginning to be very foolish." She tripped again on the treacherous buckwheat, but he held her arm in a strong grasp against which the weight of her slim figure seemed but as a feather blown against a wall. Then they set about their task, but the sober-eyed cows had no thought of be ing easily deprived of their feast and it was some time before they were all turned back Into the pasture and the fence temporarily repaired behind them. "I can't thank you enough," Beulah was saying. "You Just keep piling one kindness on top of another. Say, Jim, honest, what makes you do It?" But at that moment the keen blast of an engine whistle came cutting through the air a long clear note, fol lowed by a series of toots In rapid suc cession. v "I guess they're running short of water," said Jim. "I must hustle." So saying he ran to the ford of the creek where the tank-wagon was still stand ing, and in a minute his strong frame was swaying back and forth to the rhythmic clanking of the pump. Meanwhile other things were trans piring. Harris had returned from town the night before with the fixed Intention of paying an early visit to the Farther West. He and Riles had spent more time than they should breasting the village bar, while the latter drew a picture of rising color of the possibilities which the new lands afforded. Harris was not a man who abused himself with liquor, and Riles, too, rarely forgot that indulgence was expensive, and had to be paid for In cash. Moreover, Allan occasioned his father some uneasiness. He was young, and had not yet learned the self-control to be expected In later life. More than once of lute Allan had crossed the boundary of moderation and John Harris was by no means Indifferent to the welfare of his only son. Indeed, the bond between the two was so real and so Intense that Harris had never been able to bring himself to contem plate their separation, and the boy had not even so much as thought of estab lishing a home, of his own.' The Idea of homesteadlng together assured fur ther years of close relationship be tween father and son, and" the younger man fell In whole-heartedly with It But Jink smiled and said: "No accident at all. I have merely decided le go home steading." . (TO Bhl CONTINUED.) After SO you can't make anybody mad by not Inviting him to l picnic.