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A verdict of $000,000 rendered
against the Ford Motor company In
New York and In favor of the Hotel
Woodward conpany will stand. The
supremo court refused to review the
case.
Trouble Is reported in Upper Silesia
because of the rumored recommenda
tion by the Interallied commission
that Germany be given all the plebis
cite area except the districts of Dybnlk
and I'less.
The plague is gaining In north Man
churia and la parts of Siberia, accord
ing to press advices. The number of
deaths at Harbin from the plague since
lis inception has reached 1000 with
793 in March.
Vice-President Coolidge said Tues
day afternoon that he was planning a
trip to Portland, Or., In June, but ex
pressed regret that the news of his
proposed trip had leaked out after the
cabinet mooting.
Gold bars said to be worth approx
imately $15,000,000 has juBt crossed
Sweden and Norway from Russia en
route to the United States.
Retrial of Henry Albers, rich Port
land miller, whose conviction under
the espionage act was set aside by
the United States supreme court a
few days ago on the technicality that
the lower court erred in refusing to
admit a duly Interposed demurrer, will
he ordered at once, the solicitor gen
eral announced Tuesday. ,
Establishment of a radio service be
tween the United States and the Dutch
East Indies is announced by the naval
communication service. Messages
will be accepted at San Francisco for
any point in the Dutch East Indies at
75 cents a word, the announcement
said. ,
Insolvencies among American firms
in April numbered 1487, according to
It. G. Dun & Co. This number was 151
greater than the March compilation, al
though the liabilities, amounting to
more than $38,000,000, were $28,000,
000 below those of the preceding
month.
After a day of riuts and anxiety in
the marine workers' Btriko, uniformed
men of the Baltimore police force
Tuesday were on board nearly all
ocean-going vessels In the harbor to
prevent further outbreaks and all avail
able reserves were concentrated In the
waterfront districts.
Edwin Jensen, 12, of Harrlsburg, Or.,
was killed Instantly Tuesday when a
steel rod with which he was fishing
off the Oregon Electric railroad trestle
over the Willamette rlvor came in con
tact with a high-tension wire carrying
00,000 volts of electricity. Ho foil
150 feet into the river.
Six porsons were killed ami a score
or more injured late Tuesday when
the Tugfork passenger train, backing
off a branch line near Tug, W. Va.,
broke loose and crashed into a string
of cars on the main line of the Norfolk
& Western railway. Several passenger
coaches were turned over.
Dr. William R Crooks, professor of
astronomy at Hobart college in Gonova,
N. Y., since 1900, and recognized as the
discoverer of more comets than any
living astrotumior, died Tuesday. Ho
w as born ut Maidstone, Kent, England,
In 1S44. He was one of the first as
tronomors to use photography In as
tronomical observations.
The senate Tuesday passed the
emergency Immigration bill limiting
admission of aliens to 3 per cent of
each nationality resident In the United
States In 1910. Tho bill Is effective for
14 months, beginning 15 days after
enactment. The vote on passage was
87 to 1, Senutor Reed, denuK,rut,.M!s
souri, opposing the measure.
President Harding objects to the In
sertion In the navy appropriation bill
of any provision requesting him to
call a naval disarmament conference,
as proposed under an amendment by
Senator Borah, republlcan,Idaho. This
became known when the senate naval
committee began work Tuesday on the
$396,000,000 measure passed by the
'house.
CURRENT
BERGD0LL GETS U. S. GOLD
$GO,000 Obtained After Draft Evader
Is Fugitive from Justice.
Washington, D. C. The fact was
established Monday through W. L.
Alexander, a clerk In the treasury de
partment, by the house committee In
vestigating the escape of Grover Berg
doll that the letter's mother and a
friend obtained $105,000 In gold from
the treasury In 1919. But from there
the trail was not uncovered to the
burled pot In the mountains of Mary
land. James Romig, awaiting sentence on
conviction of conspiracy to aid Berg
doll, was the agent, Alexander said,
through whom $45,000, the first batch
of gold, was obtained. On his sec
ond trip Romig was accompanied by
Mrs. Emma C. Borgdoll, also awaiting
sentence for conspiracy, and they left
with $60,000 In gold.
When he made his first visit Romig
found clerks unwilling to turn over
even $20,000 on their own responsibil
ity and Alexander said, he fumed and
fretted about the corridors until his
application was laid before R. C. Lef
fingwell, then an assistant secretary,
and approved.
This amount was given for gold cer
tificates, but once it was placed In an
automobile, Romig went back for
more. There was some delay, accord
ing to the witness, but In the end
Romig got It.
There was no embargo at that time
on the withdrawal of government gold,
but the policy of the department, as
explained by Alexander, was to keep
it in tho vaults by placing diplomatic
obstacles in the way.
Three weeks later Romig returned
with Mrs. Bergdoll. It was brought
out that at the moment the woman
was at the treasury posters were dis
played offering a reward for Berg
doll. Romig pushed a bundle of bills
through the window, and after some
delay, Alexander said, and with the
approval of the treasurer, left with
more gold than a stevedore could
lift $00,000.
What became of the treasure was
not brought out today.
The gold chapter was related after
Major-General March, chief of Btaff,
had given his views on getting Berg
doll back from Germany to serve his
flve-y-ear sentence, and had declared
that diplomatic moves were under way
to get him.
Bergdoll was described as a "bad
specimen of deserter" by the general,
who declared that he would not have
apologized had Americans kidnaped
him on German soli.
NEW TRIAL IS ALL
THAT ALBERS GETS
Washington, D. C. The case of
Henry Albers, a German convicted In
Portland, Or., of having violated the
espionage act, has not been closed
through the recent confession of error
entered in the supreme court by the
government, Solicitor-General Frlerson
declared In a statement Monday, but
has been "merely remanded to the dis
trict court for a new trial."
The Bupreme court ordered judg
ment reversed. Tho government's ac
tion, Mr. Frierson explained, was
taken because tho district attorney
who prosecuted Albers Introduced as
evidence against him certain state
ments he was alleged to have made In
1914 and 1915, or before the United
States entered the war.
In two circuit courts, the second and
eighth, It had been held that the ad
mission of such evidence rendered the
trial unfair and was reversible for
error, the statement said.
"In those circuits, the ruling had
been acquiesced in by the department
of justice, upon a careful consideration
of the record the department was sat
isfied it was unjust to ask for an
affirmance (of the convictions) ob
tained In part, at least, by the use of
evidence of this kind. Entertaining
the views above expressed, there was
but one course open to the solicitor
general. He accordingly confessed
error.
"This does not free Albers. The
case is merely remanded to the district
court for a new trial. If he is .guilty,
It is presumed there would be no dif
ficulty In securing another conviction
by the use of competent evidence."
Jazz Held Evil Spirit.
Chicago. Jazi Is the evil spirit of
musie, Dr. F. E. Morton told the music
trades convention, which opened Mon
day. "Jazz," he said, "expresses
hysteria and Incites to Idleness, re
velry, dissipation, destruction, discord
and chaos." Pleading for the suppres
sion of jazz music and a return to
"Home Sweet Home," he declared that
with home swallowed up in the cab
aret, the great stabilizing center of
society is lost.
League Meeting Called.
Geneva. The assembly of the league
of nations wll hold Its next meeting
September 6 in Geneva. President Da
Cunha of the league's council Monday
Issued the call for this session.
BRUTALITY
Delegates Ask President to
Withdraw Troops.
MILITARY RULE HIT
Officers and Men Are Declared to Have
Tortured Natives and Com-
mitted Many Crimes.
Washington, D. C. Many atrocities
by American marines and the native
gendarmerie were charged by three
Haitien delegates who are here to
present a memorial to President Hard
ing, the state department and congress,
and who demanded withdrawal of the
United States forces.
The memorial made public Sunday
night, reviews the five years of occu
pation, and declared that It is "the
most terrible regime of military auto
cracy ever carried on in the name of
the great American democracy."
The naval investigation waB charac
terized as a "joke," and Rear-Admiral
Knapp was accused of having done
"nothing at all" when he visited Haiti
under orders from Secretary Daniels
to make an inquiry.
"The Haitien people feel,' 'pld the
memorial, "that if the naval court of
Inquiry has not fulfilled In Haiti the
broad mandate conferred on it by
Josephus Daniels, It is because It was
faced with charges of such a horrible
nature It was thought best to pass
them over."
Among acts charged against the
American occupation were:
Administration of the "water cure"
and other tortures by American offi
cers and marines, and the commission
of "numberless abominable crimes,"
of which 25 cases were given.
Removal of $500,000 of Haitien gov
ernment funds which American ma
rines "took on board the gunboat
Machias" and which were doposlted in
New York to "force the Haitien gov
ernment to accept control of the cus
toms houses by depriving it of finan
cial resources."
' Enforced ratification on June 12,
1918, of a new Haitien constitution,
with marines presiding at the ballot
box, only ballots bearing the word
"Yes" being issued.
Exclusion from the naval board of
Inquiry of "all Haltiens who had any
thing to say regarding the numerous
cases of murder, brutality, rape, arson,
etc." '
The memorial stated that during
the five years of American occupa
tion, Haiti "has passed through such
sacrifices, tortures, destructions, hu
miliation and misery as never before
had been known in Its unhappy his
tory." For these "wrongs and in
juries" the Haitien people ask repara
tions, said the memorial.
Cannon 85 Years Old.
Washington, D. C. "Uncle Joe"
Cannon, holder of the American record
for continuous service in congress,
celebrated his 85th birthday Saturday
by sticking on the job. The house was
not In session, but the ex-speaker "re
fused to adjourn" and attended a meet
ing of the appropriations committee.
Someone asked him how many cigars
he had consumed since he began smok
ing. "I don't know, but that reminds
me," he said, as he reached In his
pocket, pulled out a stogie and bor
rowed a match.
$40,000,000 For Farms.
Washington, D. C Distribution of
the $40,000,000 raised by the farm loan
board through Its recent bond issue
to make loans to farmers has begun,
Commissioner Lobdell said Saturday.
Land banks resumed the making of
loans to farmers Monday, he said, and
while full reports have not been re
ceived It Is the boatrd's Intention to
spread the $40,000,000 among as many
of the farmers as possible throughout
the United States.
-Lusitania Claims Urged.
New York. Representatives of
claimants for damages resulting from
the Lusitania disaster Saturday named
a committee to ask the state depart
ment and the senate foreign relations
commitee to arrange for Immediate
payment Payments asked would be
from proceeds from the sale of German
ships or from funds In possession of
the alien property custodian.
Americans Reach Russia.
Riga. Twenty-four batches of Amer
ican workmen and Immigrants, total
ing 3042 men, arrived in Petrograd
from December, 1920, to April 1. Dur
ing the first part of April 2000 addi
tional persons arrived, says a Petro
grad dispatch. Most of the Immi
grants remained la Petrograd.
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CHAPTER VIII Continued.
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The dinner was late that day, and
Harris was In worse humor than
usual. He had just broken a plow
beam, which meant an afternoon's de
lay and some dollars of expense.
When he had started his meal his
wife laid the full envelope before him.
"A letter from Beulah," she said.
Without a word he rose from the
table, took the letter in his hand, and
thrust it Into the kitchen range.- A
blue flame slowly cut round the en
velope; the pages began to curl like
dry leaves in autumn, and presently
the withered ghost of the missive
shrank awny In the dull glare of the
coal fire behind.
At last the plowing was finished,
and, although the rich smell of wheat
In the milk filled the air, It still would
be almost a month before the ripen
ing crops were ready for the binder.
Harris felt that he could now allow
himself a breathing spell, and that
the opportunity to Investigate the rich
lands of the Farther West was at
hand. Many a night, while Mary milk
ed the cows, he .had walked over to
Riles', and the two had discussed their
forthcoming venture until they had
grown almost enthusiastic over It. A
quarter of a century having elapsed
since his former homestendlng, Har
ris was now eligible again to file on
free government land; Allnn could do
the same, and, by also taking advan
tage of the purchase of script, It was
possible to still further Increase their
holdings.
Harris found the task of disclosing
his Intentions to his wife more un
pleasant than he would have sup
posed, and It took him some days to
make up his mind to broach the sub
ject. He felt that he was doing what
was for the best, and that his busi
ness judgment in the matter could
hardly be challenged; and yet he had
an uncomfortable feeling that his wife
would not full In with his plans. That,
of course, would not be allowed to af
fect his plans; since Beulnh's depar
ture nothing but the most formal con
versation had taken place In their
household; yet It would certainly be
easier for him If Mary should give her
encouragement to his undertaking. He
felt that he was entitled to this, for
was It not for her that he was making
the sacrifice? Was not all he had
hers? And were not all his labors di
rected toward Increasing her reserve
against the rainy day? And yet in
stinctively he felt that she would op
pose him.
It was the evening of a long day In
July when, very much to Mary's sur
prise, her husband took the handle of
the cream separator from her. To
the sfld-hcarted woman it seemed that
the breach was at length beginning to
heal, and that happiness would short
ly return to their hearthslde. Below
the din of the separator she actually
found herself humming an old love
song of the 'eighties.
But her happiness was of short
duration. When the milk had been
run through, and the noise of the
whirling bowl no longer prevented
conversation, Harris Immediately got
down to business.
"Allan and me will be loavln' for
the West In a day or two," he said. "I
suppose you can get along all right
for a few weeks until harvest. Bill
(the hired man) will be here."
In an Instant she saw the motive
behind his apparent kindness, and the
hopes she hnd just entertained only
deepened the flood of resentment
which swept over them. But she an
swered quietly and without apparent
emotion: "That's unfortunate, as I
was planning for a little trip myself."
"You I" he exclaimed. "You plnnnln
a trip I Where In the world do you
want to go?" Such a thing as Mary
going on a trip, and, above all, unac
companied by himself, was unheard
of and unthinkable.
"Yes, I thought I would take a lit
tle trip," she continued. "I've been
working here pretty hard for some
thing over twenty-five years, and you
may say I've never been off the place.
A bit of a holiday shouldn't do me
any harm."
"Where do you think of golnT he
demanded, a sudden suspicion arising
In his mind. "Goln' to visit Jim and
Beulah?"
"I think you might at least be fair
to Beulah," she retorted. "If you had
read her letter, Instead of putting It
In the stove, you would have known
better."
"I ain't Interested In anythln' Beu
lah may have to say, and any other
letters that fall Into my hands will
go In the same direction. And what's
more, she's not goln' to have a visit
from any member of this family at
the present time. I'm goln' out west
to take up land, and Allan's going
with me. It ain't fair or reasonable
for yon to try to upset our plans by
a notion of this kind."
"It isn't a notion, John, it's a re
solve. If yon are bound to take up
more land, with more work and more
worry, why go ahead, but remember
It's your own undertaking. I helped
to make one home In the wilderness,
and one home's enough for me."
"Don't be unreasonable," he an
swered. "There's a great opportunity
right now to get land for nothln' that
In a few years will be worth as much
or more than this here. I'm ready to
go through the hardship and the work
for the sake of what It will do for us.
We can be Independently rich in five
years, If we Just stand together."
"Independent of what?" she asked.
"Why, Independent of of every
thing. Nothln' more to worry about
and plenty laid up for old age. Aiu't
that worth a sacrifice?"
"John," she said, turning and raising
her eyes to his face. "Answer me a
straight question. What was the hap
piest time In your life? Wasn't it when
we lived In the one-roomed sod shanty,
with scarcely a cent to bless ourselves?
We worked hard then, too, but we had
time for long walks together across the
prairies time to sit In the dusk by
the water and plan our lives together.
We have done well; we have land,
horses, machinery, money. But have
we the happiness we knew when we
had none of these? On the contrary,
are you not worried morning, noon
and night over your work and your
property? Don't you complain about
the kind of help the formers have to
hire nowadays, and the wages they
have to pay? And If you get more land
won't all your troubles be Increased In
proportion? John, sit down and think
"Youl" He Exclaimed, "You Plannln'
a Trip!"
this thing over. We don't need more
property ; what we need Is a chance to
enjoy the property we already have.
We have all the chance to choose now
between life nnd land ; won't you think
It all over again and let us seek that
which Is really worth while?"
"Now I know where Beulah got her
nonsense," he retorted. "All this talk
about real life Is very fine, but you
don't get much life, real or any other
kind, unless you have the cash to pay
down for It. We've done pretty well
here, as you say, but It's only a begln
nln' to whnt we can do, If we set about
It, and don't wait until the cheap land
Is all gone. I don't see why you should
go back on me at this time o' life,
Mary. We've stood together for a
long while, and I klnda figured I could
count on you."
"So you can, John; so you can to
the very last, for anything that Is for
your own good, but when you set your
heart on something that means more
trouble and hardship and won't add
one lota to your happiness, I think It
Is my duty to persuade you if I can.
We've been drifting apart lately; why
not let us both go back to the begin
ning and start over again, and by kind
ness, and fairness, and liberality, and
and sympathy, try to recover some
thing of what we have lost?"
"I have always thought I had been
liberal enough," he said. "Didn't I
build you a good house and buy furni
ture for it, and do I stint you In what
you spend, either on the table or your
self? More than that, didn't I put the
title to the homestead In your name?
And ain't I ready to do the same with
the new homestead, If that's the stick
er?" "I never thought of such a thing,"
she protested. "And you shouldn't
claim too much credit for putting the
homestead quarter In my name. You
know when you bought the first rail
road land you were none too sure how
things would come out, and you
thought It might be a wise precaution
to have the old farm stand In your
wife's name."
"That's all the thanks I get," he said
bitterly. "Well, I'll take the new one
In my own name, but I'll take It Just
the same. If you don't want to share
In It you won't have to. But for the
present It's your duty to stay here and
run things till we get back."
"What are you going to do after you
get your new farm? You can't work
two farms a thousand miles apart, can
you?"
"Oh, I guess that won't worry us
long. The Americans are comln' in
now with lots o' good money. I was
figurln' np that this place, as a goln'
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concern, ought to bring about forty
thousnud dollars, and I'll bet I, could
sell It Inside of a week."
"Sell It?" she exclaimed. "You don't
meun that you Intend to sell this
farm?"
"Why not? If somebody else wants
It worse'n we do, and has the money to
pay for It, why shouldn't 1 sell It?"
The tears stood In her eyes as she
answered: "In all these years while
we have been building up this home
I never once thought of It as some
thing to sell. It was too near for that
a part of ourselves, of our very life.
It seemed more like like one of the
children, than a mere possession. And
now you would sell It, just us you
might sell a load of wheat or a fat
steer. Is this place this home where
we have grown old and gray nothing
to you? Have you no sentiment that
will save It from the highest bidder?"
"Sentiment Is a poor affair In busi
ness," he answered. "Property was
made t' sell; money was made t' buy
It with. The successful man Is the
one who has his price for everything
and knows how t' get It. As for grow
in' old and gray on this farm, why,
that's a grudge I have against It,
though I don't thli k I'm very gray nnd
I don't feel very old. And If 1 get my
price, why shouldn't I sell?"
"Very well," she answered. "I've
nothing more to say. Sell it If you
must, but remember one thing I won't
be here to see It pass Into the hands
of strangers." She straightened her
self up, and there was a fire lu her
eye that reminded him of the day when
she had elected to share with him the
hardships of the wilderness, and in
spite of himself some of his old pride
In her returned. "I leave tomorrow for
a visit, and I may be gone some time.
You reminded me of your liberality a
few minutes ago ; prove It now by
writing me a check for my expenses.
Remember, I will expect to travel like
the wife of a prosperous farmer, a man
whose holdings are worth forty thou
sand dollars cash."
"So that's your decision, Is It? You
set me at defiance; you try t' wreck
my plans by your own stubbornness.
You break up my family piece by
piece, until all I have left Is Allan.
Thank God, the boy, at least, Is sound.
Well, you shall have your check, and
I'll make it a big one that It may carry
you farther."
Even in the teeth of his bitterness
the mention of Allan's name strained
the mother's heart beyond her power
of resistance, and she turned with out
stretched arms towards her husband.
For a moment he wavered, the flame
of love, still smouldering In his breast,
leaping up before the breath of her re
sponse. But It was for a moment only.
Weakness would have nipnnt surren
der, and surrender was the one thing
of which Harris was incapable. So he
checked the Impulse to take her in his
arms, and walked stolidly to his desk
In the parlor.
He returned shortly and placed a
check In her hands. She looked at It
through misty eyes, and read that It
was for $200. It represented a two
hundredth part of their Joint earnings,
and yet he thought he was dealing lib
erally with her; he half expected, In
fact, that his magnanimity would break
her down where his firmness had
failed. But she only whispered a faint
"Thank you," and slowly folded the
paper in her fingers. He waited for a
minute, suspecting that she was over
come, but as she said nothing more he
at length turned nnd left the house,
snying gruffly as he went out, "When
that's done I'll send you more If yon
write for It."
It was now 10 at night, and almost
dark, but Harris' footsteps Instinctive
ly turned down the road toward Riles'.
At the gate he met Allon, returning
home from spending a social hour
with the Grunt boys. ,
"Where going, Dad?" the younger
man demanded.
"Oh, I thought I'd take a walk over
f Riles. There's a lot o' things t' talk
about."
"What's the matter, Dad?" The
strained composure of his father's
voice had not escaped him.
"Nothln' I might's well tell
you now; you'll know It in a little
while anyway. Your mother Is
goln' away on a visit."
"Like Beulah's visit, I suppose. So
It's come to this. I've seen it for some
time, Dad, and you must 've seen It
too. But you're not really goln' to let
her go? Come back to the house with
me surely you two can get together
on this thing, If you try."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Ever Meet Anyone Like Her?
A man who lives In a West side
boarding house describes his land
lady: "She Is a kind of parallelo
gram; that Is, an oblong, angular fig
ure which cannot be described and
which Is equal to anything; and any
two meals In her house are together
less than a square meal." New York
Times.
Day by Day.
Every day is a little life, and our
whole life Is but a day repeated.
Those, therefore, that dare lose a day
are dangerously prodigal ; those that
dare misspend it, desperate. Bishop
Hail.