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.
Two civilian prisoners, Martin Hur
cell and William O'Brien, were shot
dead In the Tlpperary barracks in
Dublin Monday while attempting to
disarm a sentry, an official statement
says.
Conditions at Vladivostok, seized
Thursday by troops formerly under
command of the late General Kappell,
an antl-bolshevlk force, are still un
settled, according to advices from
American sources.
Itear-Admlral Sims of the United
States was granted an honorary de
greo of doctor of laws Tuesday by the
University of Cambridge, England. At
the same time the prince of Wales was
accorded the same honor.
The Southern Pacific company has
decided to reduce freight rates on rice,
barley, canned goods, dried fruit, dried
beans and dried peas from California
points to GalveBton and New Orleans
for export to Europe, It is announced.
Creation of a $100,000,000 federal
farmers' export financing corporation to
buy farm products In the United States
and sell them abroad Is proposed In a
bill Introduced by Senator Norrls of
Nebraska, chairman of the agriculture
committee.
Confirmation of the report that Cap
tain Emmet Kllpatrick, American Red
Cross worker in the hands of the bol
shevik!, had been transferred from a
prison camp to a dungeon In the
Tcheka prison has been received
through Terijokl, Finland.
Senator McNary of Oregon announc
ed Tuesday that he would file with the
supreme court a petition for leave to
intervene as a friend of the court in
the case of Henry Albers, a wealthy
citizen of Portland, who was convicted
there of violations of the espionage
act.
A plea to Governor Cox for rein
statement of members of the Boston
police force who went on strike In'Sep
tember, 1919, wore made Tuesday in a
letter signed by Michael Lynch as
president of the Boston Social club,
the former police fraternal organiza
tion. Cuptaln Mueller, the second Gorman
officer to be tried and convicted for
criminal acts during the world war,
Monday was sentenced to six months'
Imprisonment. lie was tried on the
charge of having practiced cruelties on
prisoners at the Flavy-Le Martel prison
camp in the Alsue department of
France.
Two white persons and one negro
are known to bo dead and many other
persons injured, some seriously, as re
sult of race rioting In Tulsa, Okla.,
Tuesday night. Throe units of the na
tional guardsmen were ordered out by
Governor Itobertson, and early Tues
day, officials believed the situation
well under control.
"Informal feelers," with respect to
an International agreement for a reduc
tion of armaments already have been
put out by the American govern
ment, It was learned Tuesday in high
administration quarters. The purpose,
it is understood, was to dovelop the
attitude of foreign governments on the
question before, any formal negotia
tions are undertaken.
The Milwaukee Leader and New
York Call were restored Tuesday to
the second-class mulling privileges, It
was announced by the postofflce de
partment. Use of the malls were de
nied these two daily newspapers by
former Postmaster-General Burleson
because of the character of matter ap
pearing In their columns In rolation to
American participation in the war.
J. A. Clark, a comedian employed by
the Kolwood Production company, was
drowned in Green lake at Seattle,
Wash., Monday afternoon when he
purposely capsized a canoe in which
he and Isabelle Carpenter, an actress,
were being filmed. He sank while
endeavoring to swim ashore from the
canoe after ho apparently recovered
his balance following the sudden
plunge Into tjje lake. Miss Carpenter
returned to assist Clark and was
nearly drowned by him. The camera
registered the tragedy from beginning
to end.
.)
STATE NEWS
i IN BRIEF. I
WW WWW WWW WW WW WW WWWWW WW W WW
Corvallls. More than 20 hens at the
Oregon experiment station made In
dividual records of more than 800 eggs
in four years, which was the record of
a Kentucky hen said to be the world's
champion.
St Johns. With a few finishing
touches remaining to be added to the
building, the plant of the Western
Wool Warehouse company, located at
St Johns, was opened Saturday for
the reception of the first consignment
of wool.
Salem. The United Railways com
pany, with headquarters in Portland,
has been granted authority by the
Oregon public service commission to
reduce Its rate on lumber In carload
lots between Portland and Wllkesboro
from 9 to 8 cents a 100 pounds.
rrlnevllle. The many beauties of
the Ochoco are being put into fllmdom
by a party from the Kiser studio of
Portland. The party, which Is headed
by F. II. Kiser, president of the com
pany, is taking also a number of cattle
scenes on the George Russell ranch.
Salem. Members of the public serv
ice commission will bold a Joint ses
sion with the public service commis
sion of Iduho and Washington at Port
land on June 13 to consider the estab
lishment of uniform classification of
accounts affecting the public utilities
of the three states.
Portland. Out of 23 automobiles
stolen In Portland during May, 18 were
recovered during the same month, ac
cording to the monthly report of Lieu
tenant Thatcher, head of the police
auto-theft bureau. The total value of
the automobiles recovered by this
bureau during the month amounted to
$14,000.
Salem- Reports received at the of
fices of the state highway department
here during the last few days indicated
that the Pacific highway, with the ex
ception of a few miles where paving
operations were In progress, was In
good condition practically all of the
way from Portland to the California
line.
Salem. More than 4000 registration
cards have been removed from the
Marlon county voting lists, according
to U. G. Boyer, county clerk. With
the exception of where triplicate regis
tration has been made this will mean
that 4000 names formerly on the poll
books will be missing at Tuesday's
election.
Eugene. The fire lookout season In
the Cascade national forest will start
July 1, according to N. F. Macduff,
supervisor of the forest. A number of
women will be engaged as lookouts on
high peaks and their work will con
tinue until the full Tains set in or until
there is no further danger of fires
The lookout personnel hus' not yet
been completed.
Eugene. Engineer Golrle of the
Southern Puclflc compuny, left Eugene
Saturday for Mapleton, where he will
make a survey of the proposed road
which the company has promised to
build between that town and Cushman
to take the place of the one destroyed
a number of years ago when the Coos
Bay branch was built. The engineer
was accompanied by a crew of men.
Mt Angel- A record production of
butter was accomplished in May by the
Mt. Angel creamery. The total was
43,200 pounds. The most produced in
one day was 2500 pounds, although the
amount received for the month's pro
duction will not be high considering
the lower price, it will exceed $12,000.
The largest producing month In 1920
for the creamery wus June, with about
30,000 pounds.
Salem. There are BO towns and
cities In Oregon that have bank de
posits aggregating more than $500,000
and In which total deposits amount to
$218,804,704.01, according to a report
prepared here by Frank C. Brainwell,
state superintendent of banks. The
report was bused on statements re
ceived from the various banking in
stitutions in Oregon at the close of
business April 28.
Prineville. The bank of Prlnevllle
opened Its doors for business Thurs
day. John L. Karnopp of Portland Is
president, W. O. Hall cashier and
George Huston assistant cashier. The
new bank Is located In the old Crook
county bank building .which the new
Institution has purchased and remodel
ed. .The Bank of Prineville was re
cently granted a charter by the state
and has a capitalization of $50,000.
Hood River. Mrs. J. W. Ingalls, in
charge of the Apple Growers associa
tion employment agency, feared a
shortage of strawberry pickers by the
middle of the week. Transient hap
vest help, arriving here for the most
part by automobiles, prematurely, has
grown tired of waiting for ripening
of berries, delayed by continued cold
weather. Scores left here the last few
days, Mrs. Ingalls said. The associa
tion shipped Its first car of fruit Sat
urday night.
PUEBLO 15 SWEPT
EW
Skagway Reservoir -Goes Out;
River Again Rampant.
RAINFALL IS HEAVY
Loss of Life Is Estimated Variously at
From 100 Minimum Up to 600.
City Under Martial Law.
Pueblo, Colo. Just when Pueblo
Sunday was beginning to recover from
the terrible disaster of Friday night,
a dam on the Fountain river, near
Colorado Springs, broke, the Skagway
reservoir, between Florence and Vic
tor, suddenly gave way, and a down
pour of rain, almost a cloudburst,
caused what really amounted to three
new floods.
At 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon the
Skagway reservoir gave way and with
in an hour the swollen torrent of the
Arkansas river again had inundated
the low lying sections of the city.
A downpour of rain again began at
9 o'clock. The downpour amounted al
most to a cloudburst. Whether or
not the rain followed the course of the
Arkansas river above Pueblo could
not be learned because of the dark
ness. At 4 o'clock Sunday morning the
waters again had reached Third street.
By 8 o'clock they were receding and
it was believed all danger was ended.
Then Skagway reservoir broke and
brought the second new flood.
The river went up to Third street
on North Santa Fe avenue again, fol
lowing the heavy rain and the break
of the reservoir and the dam. The
waters went to Sixth street and Mala
street. Later they receded.
The Arkansas river reached Fifth
and Court streets, the highest It has
been since the flood when the water
reached Fifth and Main streets.
At 10:25 the river was reported at
Its crest and beginning to subside.
There was not the rush of water
which accompanied Friday's flood.
Fear was expressed for the safety
of people living in towns on the
Arkansas river below Pueblo. There
was no way of confirming It from
here. It was impossible to get into
other sections of the city or out of
the city from the south.
The heavy rains again made the
roads almost Impassable.
J. L. Moorehead, secretary to the
governor, said he thought the death
list would not exceed 150, although
reports to him ranged from 200 to 600.
The local Red Cross set a minimum
death list of 100, while old residents,
familiar with conditions in the Grove
and Peppersauce district, where the
loss of life and property damage was
greatest, insisted that final investiga
tion would show a greater number of
dead.
Trees and masses of debris were
coming down from the country above
Pueblo on the crest of the new flood.
Troops quickly cleared the business
and wholesale districts. Citizens were
prevented from coming within a block
of the waters, while every effort was
made to prevent loss of life from the
new danger.
Denver Is Inundated.
Denver, Colo. At midnight Sunday
the Platte river here went out of Its
banks and began flooding several
blocks of the west side residential
district. The overflow was greatest
In the vicinity of West Eleventh avenue
and Umatilla street.
Several squads of police were sent
to that locality to assist residents in
moving out of their homes.
Three families were cared for at the
city hall.
Syracuse, Kan. A telephone mes
sage from Holly, Colo., stated that the
fire whistle was blowing a warning to
the people to flee to the hills. Water
was reported rushing into the city.
The Amity dam, five miles west of
the city, was reported to have given
away. The telephone operator reports
Amity washed away, with a possible
loss of life.
Four p'ersons who were detailed to
keep driftwood from the piers of a
bridge were reported to have gone
down with the bridge.
Decision Stirt Japan.
Tokio. A national sensation has
been created by the decision of the de
partment of Justice to Institute crim
inal proceedings against S. Makamishl,
prominent member of the opposition?
party, for alleged breach of trust in
the conduct of the South Manchuria
railway, of which he is vice-presi
dent.
Charges against him are based on
the purchase of railway supplies, in
cluding a colliery.
7TL D
flfi ROBERT J. C.
STEAD
Homesteader - e
Author et "Tht CoiV
Copyright, All Rights Reierved rxmchtr," Ktc
CHAPTER X Continued.
14
Harris met his son on the platform.
"What d'ye think, Dad? A letter from
Riles." He drew the crumpled missive
from its envelope. "Looks like a laun
dry ticket," he said, "but I figured it
out, and he wants you to sell the farm
and buy a coal mine."
Harris read the letter through, not
without some difficulty. At first he
was inclined to laugh, but the earnest
ness of Riles Impressed him through
the makeshift English.
"What d'ye think of it, Dad?" said
the younger man, at length. "Of
course we don't know anything shout
coal, but then "
"It must look good to Riles or he
wouldn't want to put any money In It,"
commented Harris, after a few min
utes' reflection. "Riles is pretty cau
tious. He's got money In the bank
drawin' three per cent; he's afraid to
lend It out among the farmers. And
he ain't easy talked Into a new scheme,
either."
"D'ye suppose we could sell the
farm?" The Idea of a big, profitable
speculation suddenly appealed to Al
lan with much greater force than the
prospect of three years on a home
stead. He knew that vast sums -of
money had been made, and made
quickly, in the Far West, but he had
never before thought of himself or his
father sharing in this sudden wealth.
"D'ye suppose we could sell the
farm?" he repeated. It began to seem
that the short-cut to wealth hinged on
the possibility of selling the farm.
"I guess we could sell it, all right,"
said Harris. "Maybe not for .that
much cash, but we can get cash on the
agreement, if we need It." He was not
a man to act precipitately, or risk all
on a single throw unless he were very,
very sure of the result.
"Of course, maybe It's all right," he
continued. "But it's a good thing to
buy your buggy before you throw
away your cart. If this thing's as good
as Riles says, It will keep until we can
see It for ourselves. If It don't, some
thin' else'll turn up."
"Yes." said Allun, "but If we find
it's all right when we get there, nnd
we've only a few measly hundred dol
lars 'along, we'll want to kick our
selves all the way home. Lots of fel
lows are making big money Just be
cause they had some capital to work
with, nnd why shouldn't we do it, too?
Couldn't you tlx It some way to get the
money without coming back, if every
thing looks all right? That'd save
time and expense, too."
"There's something In that. There's
time to see Bradshuw yet before the
train comes. We'll kind o' leave it
stnndin' In his hands."
They made a hurried call on Brad
shaw, and asked him to be on the look
out for a buyer for the farm.
"Mind, I'm not actu'lly puttln' it up
for sale," Harris cautioned him, "but
I want you to keep your eye open for
a buyer. Forty thousand dollars takes
the whole thing as a goln' concern, an'
the more cash the better. Get a line
on the buyer If you can, nnd if I send
you word to sell, you sell, and If I
don't send you Word, don't do anythln'.
You understand?"
The lawyer wrote something on a
sheet of paper. "This Is a power of at
torney, which will enable me to com
plete the documents without the delay
of sending them to you, If you should
decide to sell," he explained. Harris
signed the paper, and Allan witnessed
it.
With this understanding the Jour
ney westward was undertaken, and
completed without event of impor
tance. Riles met them onvthe station plat
form. He had met every train for a
week, as it had been agreed that It
would be better that the Hartsses
should not visit Gardiner's ranch until
plans were more fully developed. Jim
was still there, and Gardiner insisted
that Jim should not meet Harris at
present. He allowed Riles to think
that he feared trouble If former em
ployer nnd employee should meet; as
a matter of fact, he feared that If their
coal mine proposition should reach the
ears of Travers the young man would
attempt to dissuade Harris from hav
ing anything to do with It, or at least
would urge a fuller investigation than
might be desirable. Besides, he meant
to make of Travers an unwitting party
to the affair.
Riles, in overalls and shirt-sleeves,
leaned against the Iron rail at the back
of the station platform, his big bands
stuffed In the bulging band of his
trousers, and his under-Jaw busy with
an ample ration of tobacco. He
watched the passengers alighting from
the train with little Interest; he had
no particular expectation of meeting
Harris on this occasion, and, if the
truth be told, he had little desire to
meet him. Riles had no pangs of con
science over his part in the plot
against his old neighbor, but he had
an uneasy feeling of cowardice. When
suddenly his eye fell on Harris nnd his
big, strapping son, his first Impulse
was to slip away in the crowd before
they should notice him. But It was
only for a moment; the next. Harris
was calling, " 'Lo, Hiram," and the two
were shaking hands as old friends met
In a far country.
"Dldja get my letter?" asked Riles,
Ignoring the commonplaces with which
It was their custom to Introduce any
Important topic. "Dldja sell the
farm?"
"I got the letter, Hiram, but I didn't
sell the farm. Thought we'd Just have
a look over this coal mine before goln'
Into the business altogether."
"II-s-h. Throttle your voice down.
This place Is full of men on the look
out for someihln like that, an' you
can't keep It too dark until It's all
settled."
"Well, nln't we going to put up
somewhere?" said Allan, breaking the
silence thnt followed Riles' warning.
'There ought to be an Alberta hotel
here, somewhere. I saw one in every
town for the last two hundred miles."
"I got that beat," suid Riles, with a
snicker. "Boardlu' on a lord, or duke,
or somethln'."
"Don't say?"
"Yeh. You mind Gardner? Him
'at lit out from Plulnvllle after that
stenlln' affulr?"
"The one you got credit for beln'
mixed up In?" said Allan, with dis
concerting frankness. "A lame kind
of a lord he'd make. What about
him?"
"Well, he struck a soft thing out
here, fo' sure. This lord I'm tellln'
you about's gone off home over some
bloomln' estate or other, an' Gurd'ner's
running his ranch his 'bloody-well
rawncb' he calls It. Gets a good fat
wad for ridln' round, an' hires a man
to do the work. But It was Gnrd'ner
put me on f this coal mine deal."
"Let's get settled first, and we'll
talk about Gardiner and the mine aft
erward," said Harris, and they Joined
the throng thnt was now wending Its
way to the hotels.
"How's your thirst, nirnm?" in
quired Harris, after he had registered.
"Pretty sticky," confessed Riles.
"But they soak you a quarter to wash
it out here."
"Well, I got a quarter."
"A quarter apiece, I mean."
"Well, I got a quarter apiece," said
Harris. "Come on."
Riles followed, astonishment over
Harris' sudden liberality, and mlsglv-
"Does Taste Kind o Snaky," . Said
Harris.
ing as to how he himself could avoid
a similar expenditure, struggling for
uppermost place In his mind.
"Pretty strong stuff they have
here," lie said, after Harris and Allan
had "set 'em up" In turn. "Keel you
over If you don't wntch It."
"Docs taste kind o' snaky," said
Harris. "Guess that's enough for this
time. Now come upstairs and tell us
all about this deal you have on."
When the travelers had thrown off
their coats and vests, and all were
seated In the little bedroom, Riles
cleared his throat.
"Well, there ain't much t' tell yuh,
more'n I said In m letter," he started.
"As I said, It's Gnrd'ner you'll have t'
thank for this tiling, good or bad. I
ain't a coal miner, an' I told him that,
an' I told him you wasn't neither, but
he says that don't mnke no difference.
He says there's all kinds o' money In
It, n' I reckon that's what we came
out here for, ain't it?"
"Yes, provided the thing's sound,"
said Harris. "Anyone can see with
half an eye thnt there's easier ways
of making money than bustin' np this
prairie sod for it. But you nnd me've
worked hard for what we've got,
Hiram, and we want t' go mighty care
ful about spendln' it."
"I suppose you've sent home word
to sell your farm, have youl" put In
Allan. "You'll be chipping in at the
same time?"
"Oh, yes, I'll be chlppin' in. Of
course. But I didn't Just s..y to sell
the farm yet. I'll have f get back an'
straighten things up some first. You
see, I thought you'd get my letter be
fore you left, on' you could kind o'
make your deal then, an' your pay
ment would hold the bargain bound
until I could sell mine, y' see. Har-
rls?" Riles was beginning to address
himself mainly to the older man.
"Don't take me up wrong," said Al
lan. "I'm In on tills along with Dad,
If he's in ; an If he's out, I'm out. But
I was Just kind o' curious about It."
"It's all right, it's all right," as
sured Riles, with great magnanimity.
Inwardly he was cursing Gardiner for
having left this task to him, He was
suspicious of a trap In the simplest
question, and ftfured that any minute
he might find himself floundering In a
mesh of contradictions.
"Where is this coal mine, and who's
got It?" said Harris.
"I ain't saw it myself," admitted (
Riles. "They're awful p'tlc'lar about
lettln' people see It," he continued,
with a sudden flash of Inspiration.
"It's so valu'blo, y' know."
"'Frald somebody'll bring It home
In their pocket, I suppose," said Al
lan. Riles pretended to laugh heartily.
"But where is it?" insisted Harris.
"Is there a railroad near, or how do
you get at it?"
"It's up in the mountains, an that's
nil I can tell you; but it's all right,
an' there's a pile o' money In It. I
guess I better bring Gard'ner down in
the morning, an' he'll explain all
about It. Y' see, he knows the fellow
'at owns it, an' I don't, an' he'll be
able to tell you. That is, if you're
'goln' In on It. Gard'ner won't say
much unless he knows you're goln' in
on it."
"Well, he'll have to say a good deal
before he knows," said Harris. "I
ain't buyln' a pig in a poke. He's got
t show me, and then If It's all right,
why, It's all right."
"Oh. It's all right," said Riles, al
though Inwardly he felt little enthu
siasm over the attitude of either fa
ther or son. He was annoyed that Al
lan should be present. On the whole.
It would be better to leave the rest
of the explaining to Gardiner.
"What d'ye think of It, Dad?" said
Allan, when Riles was gone.
"May be all right," said Harris.
"Wouldn't be surprised but It is. At
the same time, I ain't goln' to put a
cent in It till I'm dead sure. And any
way, there's no use lettln' Riles think
we're keen on it."
"That's what I think. You think
Gardiner's all square In It?"
"I don't know. Likely he's getting
a fnt commission from somewhere,
but that's fair enough, If he makes
the deal. But he won't see any o
our money till I have the opinion of
the best lawyer In town. That's all
we can say till we see It."
"What d'ye say If we sell the old
farm anyway, an' then If this mine
business don't look good, we'll plunk
It Into farm land?"
"Might do worse," his father agreed.
"We'll have a look round for a day or
two, anyway."
- In the afternoon Gardiner and Riles
drove Into town and met the Harrises
In the waiting room of the hotel.
Gardiner's greeting was friendly, but
not overfnmtllar, as became a man
who had recently suffered some reflec
tion on his character. He shook Har
ris and Allan by the hand, inquired
after the cattle and the crops, but dis
creetly avoided fumlly matters, hav
ing learned from Riles that all had
not been going smoothly In their do
mestic affairs. Gardiner knew a little
room at the back of the bar, to which
he escorted his guests. Having or
dered a bottle nnd glasses on the
table, he turned the key In the door.
"You can't be too careful," he ex
plained. "You know, the walls have
ears, and if it gets out that this coal
mine can be picked up at the price we
have on it, it will be taken before
night. I understand your money Is
not here yet, Mr. Harris?"
"No. Not started, I guess. The
fact is, I haven't sold the farm."
"Well, I don't want to hurry you,
but you've got to act quickly, or not I
at all. Of course, we don't figure on
taking any chances. Our idea Is to
turn the property over at once, at a
good profit. That's the way you feel
about it too, Isn't It?"
"I'm not a coal miner."
"Exactly. Neither are the men who
own most of the mines of this coun
try. There comes a time, Mr. Harris,
when we realize that we don't have to
get down with pick and shovel to
make ourselves some money In fact,
the man with pick and shovel hasn't
time to make any real money. I am
glad you feel like I do about It, for 1
have already taken the liberty of put- 4
ting the proposition up to a New
York syndicate."
"You mean If we don't come
through, they will?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
In a Quandary.
A young newspaper man of Kokorao
wrote a short story and sent It to I
magazine. In due time there came
back to him one of those gloom distrib
utors called rejection slips. It ran
somewhat like this:
"We have read your story and are
sorry to say It Is not suited to our
needs, Red Book, Blue Book, Green
Book." f
The young newspaper man looked at
the slip and then at his story.
"Well," he said, "I don't know what
color to clay now."
1