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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1921)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR .YOU Events of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Governor Lake of Connecticut Tues day vetoed the Sunday observance bill which would legally permit profession al baseball games on Sunday afternoon. The relchstag, by 221 to 175, yielded to the final allied demands and agreed to fulfill the terms of the treaty of Versailles to the "capacity" of the nation. Transfer of prohibition enforcement from the treasury department to the department of justice Is understood to be under consideration by President Harding. Seven persons were killed and 11 In jured In a political campaign riot be tween nationalists and socialists at Castelvetranto, near Palermo, Sicily, Sunday. Opposition to the passage at this session of congress of a public building appropriation hill was announced In . the house Tuesday by Representative Mondell , of Wyoming, republican leader. The army appropriations bill, carry ing approximately $320,000,000 and providing for an army of 150,000 men, was passed late Tuesday by the house and sent to the senate. The vote was 243 to 23. Admiral Hugh Rodman announced Monday that Admiral Clarence S. Wil liams, at present second in command, would take command of the Pacific . fleet May 23, when Admiral Rodman will leave for Washington to sit as a member of the naval selection board. The charge that Colonel John E. Hunt, ex-commandant at the disciplin ary barracks at Governor's Island, was "white washed" by a courtmartial re sulting from his alleged failure to take precautions to prevent the escape of Grover Dergdoll was made Tuesday before the house Investigating com mittee. President Harding is not asking for delay in the adoption by the adoption by the house of a peace resolution, it was said in high administration quar ters, but because of the situation In Europe growing out of the reparations settlement, he is not insisting that there should be any haste In putting the measure through. Charges that the government, through Chairman Benson of the ship ping board, Is shouldering the fight of the Bhlp owners against the unions were made to members of congress Tuesday by spokesmen of the district council of the Marino Engineers' Ben eflcial association. They asked that congress take some action in the sit uation. Conditions In the intorior of Siberia are pitiable with practically all the people In dire need of clothing, food and medicine, according to D. O. Live ly, formerly of the American Red Cross, who has arrived in Toklo from Vladivostok,' Ho said there were many persons in Siberia who had not had new clothing or adequate clothing for six years. Civil service restrictions governing postmasters' appointments were modi fled by President Harding Tuesday to give the administration a freer hand. In an executive order affecting ap proximately 13,000 postofflces of the first, second and third classes, the president authorized the selection of anyone of the first three on the eligible list as determined by open competitive examinations. Rocent shipments of fruits from Pa- . clflo ports to Europe via the Panama canal have been delivered in three days' less time than was required by the transcontinental rail and water route, according to the Panama canal record. Not only was economy In time effected, It was said, but the freight charges by way of the canal were 75 cents a box Icbs than offered by rail routes. Such phrases as "I see the cat," and "the dog runs," in, the elementary grades should be replaced by sentences similar to "I look right and left when I cross the Btreet," according to C. M. Anderson, manager of the safety divi sion, Milwaukee association of com- ' merce, who urged a safety instruction In public, parochial and vocational schools, in an address before the Wis consin industrial service conference Tuesday. AURORA CAUSES FLAMES Telephone Exchange Burned and Ca ble Communication Hindered. Brewster, N. Y. A fire which de stroyed the Central New England rail way station here Saturday night was caused by the aurora borealls, In the opinion of railway officials. Telegraph Operator Hatch said he was driven away from his Instrument by a flare of flame which enveloped the switchboard and ignited the build ing. London. Telegraph and telephone lines In the British isles and through out all northern Europe have been ser iously Interrupted by the great mag netic storm which virtually paralyzed wire transmission in the United States Saturday night and Sunday. Cables between England and the United States were affected early Monday morning and transmission was badly delayed. The disturbance was believed to have caused a fire which destroyed a telephone exchange at Karlstad, a Swedish town about 160 miles west of Stockholm. The building was de stroyed. New York. Damage to the Western Union Telegraph company's trans- Atlantic cables by the electrical dis turbance accompanying the aurora borealls Saturday and Sunday nights may necessitate raising of the cables for repairs, Newcomb Carlton, its president, announced Monday night. Traffic on the cables was Inter rupted from time to time during the disturbance, he said, and serious dam age caused by the stray electrical cur rents. "The magnetic disturbance," he said, "was much the worst ever experienced, A great many fuses were blown out on our land lines and we had great dif ficulty with the submarine cables. "The oceanic currents accompany ing the aurora searched out the weak spots in the cable insulation, aggra vating them and Interrupting service.'1 GERMANS OBDURATE, MILLERAND ASSERTS Little, France. With Germany still disclaiming responsibility for the war, there is no other course than to deal with her as one who must be compell ed to make good her misdeeds, de clared President Millerand In an ad dress delivered Monday in the pres ence of King Albert of Belgium. "If the citizens of Lille and northern France and Belgium are too generous to claim revenge," he said, "they nevertheless, in accordance with the remainder of the people of France and the allies, demand justice against the government and the nation which brought on the war, and which, throughout the hostilities, pursued a systematic course of ruin and devas tation toward the mines and Indus- rles, employing pillage and arson as a means of insuring their own Indus trial and economic ascendancy upon the coming of peace. "As long as Germany continues to deny the responsibility which her plenipotentiary acknowledged at Ver sailles thore can be no real peace. "It is not to the democracies, eager for work and peace, that one must look for imperialism. We cherish no ambition other than to assure to fu ture generations liberty, fraternity and peace, In which individual happiness shall be the fruit of disinterested dovo- tion to the right and the ideals." Bigger Army Favored, Washington, D. C. An army of 175; 000 was decided on Monday by the sen ate military affairs BUb-commlttee con sidering the army appropriation bill The measure as passed by the house provided for an army of 150,000. In fixing the army strength at 175,000 men, the sub-committee ac ceded to the -request of Secretary Weeks that such minimum be pro vided, even. if other items have to be decreased. 12 Die In Train Wreck. Toulouse, France. Twelve persons were killed and 50 injured when two expresB trains coming from Paris jump ed the track Saturday night within a few miles of one another. The fact thut iu each case eight coaches were derailed and the locomotives and their tenders remained on the track caused the ordering of an Investigation. In each instauce the coupling between the tender and the first coach snapped, Collma la In Eruption. Mexico City. The volcano of Collma In Jalisco, long inactive, was In erup tion Sunday. Smoke and ashes were coming from the crater and the phe nomenon was accompanied by strong rumblings. An earthquake of 20 seconds duration was registered Sat urday night throughout Jalisco. VIOLENCE IN ERIN T SINCE ierce Fighting Sweeps South of Ireland. WOMAN IS KILLED Military Barracks Attacked by Organ ized Mobs. Nine Policemen Killed. Motor Lorries Hit. Belfast. Miss Barrlngton, only daughter of Sir Charles Barrlngton of Glenstal castle, County Limerick, and head of the Masonic order In North Munster, and Police Inspector Biggs were shot dead from ambush Saturday night by civilians while motoring from Killosully to Newport, County Tlpper ary. Sir Charles is ex-high sheriff of County Limerick. Nine policemen, two soldiers and several other persons were killed Sat urday and Sunday in attacks and coun terattacks. For general and organized violence Saturday and Sunday probably were the worst since January, 1919. All casualties except one occurred in the area of the southern parlia ment. The exception was at Dromore, Tyrone, where a Sinn Feiner was shot dead. One constable was shot dead and two others wounded Saturday at Drumcollagher. A party of police go ing to their relief was fired on and two policemen hurt. Fierce fighting followed an attack on the Bandon police barracks. The military and police swept the streets with machine guns. About the same time armed civilians marched through Dunmanway, County Cork. Being fol lowed by auxiliaries in motor lor ries, they shot and killed several horses in the streets to delay their pursuers. All roads south and west of Cork have been trenched at many points. One hundred civilians were repulsed in an attack on the Clonakllty bar racks with rifles and machine guns Saturday. Four attackers were seen to fall. Two gunners ot the royal marine artillery Btationed at East Ferry, Coun ty Cork, were shot dead Saturday night. This was the first attack on naval forces. At Castletown and Bere haven, County Cork, Sunday two sol diers were killed by civilians. Bombs were thrown at military lor ries on three occasions in the Dublin district Sunday. Several occupants were wounded. Head Constable Benson was shot and killed at Stralee Saturday. BATTLE OF MINERS BREAKS OUT ANEW Williamson, W. Va.Heavy firing on Merrimac, W. Va., from the Kentucky mountains opposite that village broke out Sunday night according to a report of Captain J. R. Brockus of. the state police. The firing lasted for 30 min utes. All other places in the trouble' zone along the Tug river were report ed quiet A squad of troopers headed by Captain Brockus left Immediately for the scene. Before leaving Captain Brockus com municated with the Kentucky national guardsmen on duty at Sprigg and re quested that they move on the at tackers. He was Informed, the cap tain said, that the soldiers could not leave Sprigg as they were watching a body ot men in the mountains there With Kentucky national guardsmen on duty In the region along the Tug, which was the scene ot a three-day mountain battle growing out of in dustrial conditions, authorities here believed the fighting would cease. All day long the situation was quiet. Captain Brockus had Just re ported "all quiet" Sunday night when the dispatch telling ot hostilities at Merimac was received. Seventy-five Kentucky national guardsmen arrived here from Moore head, Ky., Sunday and were stationed on the Kentucky side. British Debt Discussed. Washington, D. C. Conversations with the British embassy have begun here preliminary to resumption ot ne gotiations for funding into long-time obligations Great Britain's five bil lion dollar debt to this country. Act ing in accordance with Secretary Mel- ion's announcement that the treasury was ready to discuss the funding scheme, official said, a conference was held by treasury and state department representatives with embassy officials. W The Homesteader Copyright, All Rights Reserved CHAPTER VIII Continued. 13 "I have tried," said Harris, "and it's 10 use. Sue s got those notions like Jeulah qulttin' work, and twilights ind sunsets and all that kind o' hlng. There's no use talkin' with her ; eason don't couqt for anything. I rave her a good pocketful o' money, ind told her to write for more when ihe needed it. She'll get over her no Ions pretty soon when she gets among itrnngers. Go In and have a talk with ler, boy; there's no use you bein' at nits with her, too. As for me, I can't lo anything more." "I suppose you know best," he an- iwered, "but It seems hang it, Its igalnst all reason that you two that his should happen." Of course It is. That's what I said i minute ago. But reason don't count ust now. But you hove your talk vlth her, and give her any help you :an If she wants t' get away at once. Allan found his mother in her room, lacking a trunk and gently weeping nto It. He laid his hand upon her, ind presently he found her work-worn rame resting in his strong arms. You're not going to leave us, moth- ir, are you?" he said. "You wouldn't lo that?" "Not if It could be helped, Allan. 3ut there is no help. Your father has let ills heart on more land, and more vork, and giving up this home, and I night as well go first as last. More ind more he Is giving Ills love to work nstead of to his family. Perhaps when ! am away for a while he'll come to llmself. That's our only hope." The boy stood helpless in tills con- llctlon. He knew something of the lepth of the nature of his parents, and le knew that beneath an undemonstra ive exterior they cherished In secret a ove proportionate to the strength of heir character. But the long course lown which they had walked together leemed now to be separating, through lelther will nor power of their own ; It vns as though straight parallel lines mddenly turned apart, and neither ost Its stralghtness in the turning. So he comforted his mother with meh words as he could. Loyalty to lis father forbade laying any of the ilarae on those shoulders, and to ilnnie his mother wns unthinkable ; so vlth unconscious wisdom he spoke not if blame at all. "Of course, while we are away, why ihouldn't you have a visit?" he said. Here you have been chained down to his farm ever since I can remember, ind before. And then, when I get set- led on my own homestead, you'll come Hid keep house for me, won't you?" "You're sure j .i ll want me?" she isked, greatly comforted by his mood. 'Perhaps you'll be getting your own lousekeeper, too." Not while I can have you," he an- iwered. "You'll promise, won't you? Nothing that has happened, or can inppen, will keep you from making ny home yours, will It? And when 'You're Not Going to Leave Us, Moth er, Are You?" 3n d gets settled ngaln, and gets all Jiese worries off his mind, then Jilngs'll be different, and you'll come, sven If he is there?" "Yes, I'll come, even If he Is there, If you ask me," she promised. Harris did not come back that night. K light rnln enme up, and he accepted the excuse to sleep at Riles'. The truth was, he feared for his resolution If it should be attacked by both his wife and son. Surrender now would He mere weakness, and weakness wns disgrace, and yet he feared for himself If put to the test again. So he stayed at Riles', and the two farmers spent much of the night over their plans. It had been decided that they were to leave within the next couple of days, but Harris broke the news that his wife was going on a visit, and that ar rangements would have to be made for Out care of the farm. Riles took the suggestion of a few days' delay with poor grace. "Yes, an' while you're chasing up an" down fer a housekeeper the Yankees get all the homesteads. They're com in' in right now by the train load, grabbln' up everythln' In sight. We'll monkey round here till the summer's over, an' then go out an' get a sand farm, or something like. Couldn't your wife do her visitln' no other time?" "I'll tell you, Riles," said Harris, who had no desire to pursue a topic which might lead him Into deep water, "you go ahead out and get the lay of the land, and I'll follow you within a week. I'll do that, for sure, and I'll stand part of your expenses for going ahead, seeln' you will be kind o' repre sent' me." The last touch was a stroke of diplo macy. The suggestion that Harrts should pay part of his expenses swept away Riles' bad humor, and he agreed to go on the date originally planned, and get what he. called "a bede on the easy money," while Harris completed his arrangements at home. He was to get "a bede on the easy money" In a manner which Harris lit tle suspected. When Harris returned home the next forenoon he found that Mary had already left for Plalnville. He sat down and tried to think, but the house was very quiet," and the silence op pressed him. He looked at his watch, and concluded he had still time to reach Plalnville before the train would leave. But that would mean surrender, and surrender meant weakness. CHAPTER IX. A Whiff of New Atmosphere. Riles found the journey westward a tiresome affair. It was his first long rail journey in over 20 years, but hi? thoughts were on the cost of travel rather than on the wonderful strides which had been made In Its comfort and convenience. As fate would have it, Riles selected as the base of his homestead opera tions the very foothill town to which Beulah Harris had come a few weeks before. He sought out the cheapest hotel, and having thrown his few be longings on the bed, betook himself to the bar room, which seemed the chief center of activity, not only of the ho tel Itself, but of the little town. Men were lined three deep against the ca pacious bar, shouting, swearing, nnd singing, and spending their money with an abandon not to be found In mil lionaires. Riles debuted with himself whether the occasion justified the expenditure of 10 cents for a drink when a hand was placed on his shoulder, and a voice said, "Have one with me, neigh bor." He found himself addressed by a man of about his own age, shorter and somewhat lighter of frame and with a growing hint of corpulence. The stranger wore a good pepper-and- salt suit, and the stone on' his finger danced like a real diamond. "Doli't mind If I do, since y' mention It," said Riles, with an attempted smile which his bad eye rendered futile. One of the bartenders put something In his glass which cut all the way down, but Riles speedily forgot it in a more exciting Incident. The man In the pepper-and-salt suit had laid half a dollar on the bar, and no change came back. Riles congratulated himself on his own narrow escape. "You'll be looking for land?" In quired the stranger, when both were breathing easily again. t "Well, maybe I am, and maybe I ain't," said Riles guardedly. He had heard something of the ways of confi dence men and was determined not to be taken for on easy mark. "A man of some judgment I see.' said his new acquaintance, quite un abashed. "Well, I don't blame you for keeping your own counsel. The rush of people and money Into the West has brought all kinds of floaters In Its train. Why" with growing confidence "the other night " What happened the other night re mained untold, for at that moment came a clattering of horse's hoofs on the wooden walk at the door, and moment Inter a gnyly arrayed cowboy rode right into the room, his horse prancing and bodying from side to side to clear the crowd away, then facing up to the bar as though it were his manger. Riles expected trouble, and was surprised when the feat evoked a cheer from the bystanders. "That's Horseback George," said the man in the pepper-and-salt "They say he sleeps on his horse. Rides right Into a bar as a matter of course, and maybe shoots a few bottles off the shelves as a demonstration before he goes out But he always settles, and nobody minds his little peculiarities." Horseback George treated himself twice, proffering each glass to his horse before touching It himself, and stroking with one hand the animal's ears as he raised the liquor to his lips. Then he threw a bill at the bar tender and, with a wild whoop, slapped the horse's legs with bis hat, and dashed at a gallop out ot the bar room and away down the trail. Riles betook himself to his room. He bad Just got Into bed when a knock camt at the door. By ROBERT J. C STEAD Author of "Th Cow tunchtr." Etc "Who's there?" he demanded. "Gen'l'man to see Mr. Riles," said the porter. "Well, shoot 'Im in. The door ain't locked," said Riles, in considerable wonderment as to who his vUItor might be. The door opened, and a well-dressed man of average height, with carefully combed hair and clean-shaven face, save for a light mustache, stood re vealed in the uncertain glow of the match with which Riles was endeavor ing to find his lamp. His visitor was a man of twenty-eight or thirty years, with clear eyes and well-cut face, and yet with some subtle quality In his ex pression that implied that under his fair exterior lay a deep cunning, and that he was a man not to be trusted In matters where his own Interests might be at stake. . "Hello, Hiram," he said quietly. "Well, If It Ain't Gardlneri He Ex claimed. You didn't, figure on seeing me here, did you?" At first glance Riles did not recog nize him, and he raised the oil lamp to turn the light better on the strang er's face. 'Well, if It ain't Gardiner I" he ex claimed. "Where In Sam Hill did you come from?" "It's a big country, Hiram," he said with a touch of bitterness, "but not big enough for a fellow to lose himself In." He sat down on the side of the bed and lit a cigar, tendering another to Riles, and the two men puffed in silence for a few minutes. "Yes, I've hit a lot of trail since I saw you last," he continued, "and when you're In the shadow of the Rockies you're a long piece from Plaln ville. How's the old burg? Dead as ever?" "About the same," said Riles. "You don't seem t' be wnstln' no love on it." "Nothing to speak of," said the oth er, slowly flicking the ash from his cigar. "Nothing to speak of. You know I got a raw deal there, Hiram, and It ain't likely I'd get enthusiastic over It." "Well, when a fellow gets up against the law an' hns t' clear out," said Riles, with great candor, "that's his fu neral. As for me, I ain't got nothln' agen Plalnville. You made a little money, there yourself, didn't you?" The younger man leaned back and slowly puffed circles of fragrant smoke at the celling, while Riles surveyed him from the head of the bed. He had been a business man In Plalnville, but had become Involved In a theft case, and had managed to escape from the town simply because a fellow man whom he had wronged did not trouble to press the matter against him. Gardiner showed no disposition to reopen the conversation about Plaln ville, so at last Riles asked, "How d'you know I was here?" "Saw your scrawl on the register," he said, "and I've seen It too often on wheat tickets to forget it Thought I'd look you up. Maybe can be of some service to you here. What are you chasing more land?" "Well, I won't say that, exactly, but I kind o' thought I'd come out and look over some of this stuff the gover. ment's givln' away, before the furri ners gets It all. Guess if there's any thin' free goln' us men that pioneered one province should get it on the next" (TO BE CONTINUED.) New England Colloquialism. A colloquialism In frequent use, not only in rural communities, but In New England generally, is "at that" It is employed to express merit where none might be presumed, as "he's lazy, but a decent chap 'at that' " "He's up and coming" Is an expression familiar to every New Englnnder, and Its meaning Is synonymous with the rustic's, "head up and tail over the dasher." The first woman to fly from Paris to Morocco, a distance ot about 1,130 miles, made the Bight In two days,