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LD HAPPENING OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Importan Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government and Pacific North went, and Other Things Worth Knowing. The Chnndlor Motor company has declared a quarterly dividends of $1.50 a share. This was a reduction in the annual dividend rate from $10 to $0. Sale of the Vashon Island military reservation in the state of Washing ton, is authorized In a bill approved by tho .house and Bent to the senate. The lioiino passed Monday a bill providing for government acquisition of private fishing rights in Pearl har bor, Hawaii. Hordes of ants, driving upwards from the earth through mud tubes, are threatening destruction to the $100,000 exchange building at the Wichita, Kan, stockyards. A Joint resolution was adopted late Tuesday by the house and the senate authorizing the secretary of war to ex tend all possible relief to Colorado flood sufferers. Pueblo authorities, in a telegram Tuesday to Representative Hardy of Colorado, urged congress to appro priate $5,000,000 immediately for to- lief In the flood-stricken area. The first offlciul lint of casualties which occurred during the race riots in Tulsa, Okla., made public by na tional guard offlcluls, places the num ber of known white deud at nine and the negro dead at 2G. All farms of hazing have been abol ished by the Btudent body of the Uni versify of Wisconsin, following Injury of eight freshmen and sophomores who were cut and burned Saturday night in a class battle involving about 1000 students. Seven of the 13 prisoners confined in the Klamath Falls, Or., city and county jail escaped some time after 1 o'clock Tuesday morning after saw ing the bars from one of the jail win dows. A further wage reduction of 5 cents an hour for all Chicago packing house employes paid on an hourly basis and proportionate cuts for piece workers, were askod Tuesday by the Chicago packors in a petition filed with Federal Judge Alschuler, federal arbiter. Tho Carnegie corporation has placed an additional fund of $17,400,000, with provisional conditions, at the disposal of the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburg and the Carnegie Institute of Technol ogy over a period of years. The money is to be used for maintenance and de velopment. U-97 of the German navy, once a terror of the underseas, Tuosday night lay In 150 feet of water 30 miles out in Lake Michigan, whilo four gun crews of the United Statos steam ship Wilmette toured Chicago, spend ing $100 prize money, the price set on the former kaiser's submarine. Brigadier-General John W. Duckman, 63, in command of the North Atlantic coast artillery district, died in Brook line, Mass., Tuesday. He had sorved In Cuba, in the Philippines, on the Texas border in 1916 and during the world war, when he .held the rank of major-general in the .national army. President Harding told General John J. PerBhlng, chief of staff of the United States army, he had taken Bteps "through diplomatic channels" with the end In view of procuring a concord of nations to "lift the burden -of exces sive armament," the general .declared In an address at Llucoln, Neb., Tues day night. Winnecke'g comet will probably not come within 10,000,000 miles of the earth, according to information re ceived at the Harvard college obBor vatory for astronomers studying its motion closely. The comet will make its nearest approach to the sun June 13. Several astronomers predict a meteoric shower June 27 ag a result of the comet's approach. The parliament of northern Ireland, elected lust month under the new home-rule measure, was opened Tues day morning amid Impressive scenes In the council chamber of the city hall in Belfast. The ceremony occurred In the presence of a distinguished gath ering. None of the nationalist or Sinn Fein members elected to the parlia ment was present as the 40 unionist members took their seats and proceed ed to tbe organization of the house. j III HOUSE VOTES TO END WAR Failure of Senate to Accept Substitute Sends Question to Conference. Washington, D. C By a vote of five to one the house Monday night adopt ed the Porter resolution to terminate the state of war between the United States and the central powers. As a subsltute for the Knox reso lution, adopted by the Benato, repeal ing the declaration of war, it was put through, 305 to CI, as a republican measure with tho loss of only one republican vote Kelley of Michigan Forty-nine democrats Joined In the lundulldo. First throwing out, on a point of order, a motion by Representative Flood, democrat, Virginia, to send the resolution buck to committee with in structions to report a substitute re questing tho president to negotiate with the enemy countries for a treaty of peace, the house voted down, 254 to 112, another recommitting proposal There was no debate on tho lattor motion. Springing a surprise at the lust moment, Chairman Porter of the for eign affairs committee in charge of the fight, presented Representative Bourke Cockran, democrat, New York, to make the closing argument for adoption of the resolution. Mr. Kelley, who Is chairman of the house conferees at work on the naval bill, with its disarmament amendment, made a bitter attack on the resolution, declurlng congress would live to apol oglze for its act, which he described as making peace with a mere clasp of the hand. The principal attack on the resolu tion was based by democrats on the ground that it did not properly pro tect American rights and that the United States, in attempting to ne gotiate a treaty with Germany and her ally, would sit down win feet and hands tied. Republicans held, how ever, that ull rights were safe-guard ed. Fullure of the senate to accept the house substitute will- send the ques tion of peace to conference. Representative Burton, republican, of Ohio, supporting the resolution, said it would have to be supplemented by treaty provision, -and the simplest course would be to ratify the treaty of Versailles, with reservations. IN APRIL RAILROADS EARN $29,201,000 Washington, J. C Railroads earn ed $29,201,000 in April, or $1,494,000 less than in March, according to re ports transmitted to the Interstate commerce commission, and made pub lic Sunday by the association of rail way executives. The earnings for April represented a return on the valuation tentatively fixed by tho commission of 2.08 per cent against 2.30 per cent for March and were $51,200,000 short of the amount contemplated by the trans portation net, the statement said. Operating expenses were 86.74 per cent of the amount of the revenues against 87.19 for March, showing that whilo expenses were reduced, reve nues fell off. During the eight months since the federal guaranty period ex pired, the roads have earned $279,000, 000, whlcU would be an annual return of 2.41 per cent on the tentative valu ation, or $414,253,000 less than the sum. contemplated to bo earned from the commission's rates. Earnings in the eastern district for April represented a return of 2 per cent; in the southern 3.41 per cent and the western 2.01 per cent. Operating revenues In the western district were $164,252,000, an increase of 1.6 per cent over April, 1920, and operating expenses were $142,548,000, a decrease of 6.8 per cent from last April, The not operating Income was 10,513,000, as compared with a deficit of $2,809,000 in April a yoar ago. U. S. Jobs Still Up In Air. Washington, D. C Senators .Jones and l'oindexter of Washington held their first conference Monday to de- iilo on the distribution of federal pa tronage In the state. At the close it was said that no agreement had been reached on any appointment and that they are to get together again sobn. 'olonel Charles R. Forbes, director of the war risk insurance bureau, has been obliged to abandon his trip this week to the northwest as planned. New Members Sworn In. Washington, D. C. Four of the seven members of the shipping board, including Chairman Lasker were sworn In Monday. Other members in tuited were ex Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, Fred I. Thompson of Ala bama and Rear-Admiral William S. Benson of Georgia, former chairman. halrmun Lasker immediately called meeting of the board. POST-WAR SSUES TO OCCUPY LABOR Federation Faces Severe Test Says Sam Gompers. DELEGATES AT DENVER Convention to Study Problem of Un employment and Open Shop Movement, Chief Declares. Denver, Colo. The 41st annual con vention of tho American Federation of Labor, which opened here Tuesday, will be a gathering for the promotion and development of American welfare and freedom, President Samuel Gom pers of the federation declared in a stutement tonight. This convention, the veteran labor leader said, would mark a "milestone in our national progress," would deal with the "great post-war issues con fronting organized labor, which are today in the balunce at the crucial moment where the die must be cast one way or the other." More than 600 delegates from alT parts of the United States and Canada were assembled for the meeting, which will probably continue for the next two weeks. J. H. Thomas, president of the railway workers' union of England, was here to represent as a fraternal delegate the workers of Great Britain In the British trade union congress. Despite many reports that President Gompers and his administration would be opposed for re-election, up to to night there had not been any open indication of such a movement. While John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, who had been boomed as a candidate for the presidency by the anti-Gompers forces, declined to make any statement, it was under stood that he would not opposed the labor chief. The major issues to come before the convention, as outlined by Presi dent Compers include: "The condition of unemployment, of which estimates run as high as 6, 000,000 workers. 'The un-American attempt to crush labor and blast its spirit through what Is called, with miserabe dis regard for the truth, the open-shop movement. "The railroad problem, Involving the nation's chief means of transportation, 'The immigration problem, with Its vital bearings on American standards of living and citizenship. "The problem of Russian affairs, the cancer that Is eating at the vitals of world civilization. 'The prbolem of how best to meet conditions brought about by court de cision, is a problem, unhappily, not decreasing in Importance and for that reason demanding more than usual at tention. "Added to these are the construc tive demands which labor must voice with endless repetition and with grow ing intelligence and emphasis: The problems that will be brought forth by the delegates affecting the trades and calling of the wofkers; the rela tionship of American labor to inter national bodies; the consideration of suggestions and proposals looklngvto the marking out of new work and new programs of action." Disarmament and the Irish question and the high cost of living will oc cupy outstanding positions on the fed eration's program. The adoption of a resolution calling upon congress to take steps to bring about world wide disarmament will be unopposed, labor leaders declared, as the convention of 1913, 1914 and in 1919 went on record favoring interna tional disarmament. Masonic Dignitary Quits Toledo, O. Illustrious Barton Smith (33d), most puissant sovereign grand commander Ancient, Accepted Scottish Site Masons for the northern jurisdic tion, United States of America, has an nounced his retirement from that of fice. Advice of physicians will not permit continuous activity caused Mr. Smith's action. Mr. Smith was elected In 1910. During his Incumbency the Scottish Rite membership has grown from 50,000 to more than 200,000. Married Teachers Discharged. Chicago. A wife's place is in the home and not in the schoolroom, the Lake Forest school board decided Sat urday and proceeded to discbarge all married teachers. Homesteader By Robert J. C. Stead Author of " Th Cow Punchir,' Etc Illuitratloni by IRWIN MYERS Copyright, All Bights Reserved CHAPTER X. Continued. 18 ' "Well, no," Harris Buld; "I'm afraid we can't." "A marked check is as good as bills," the bunker argued, "and much easier to carry, not to speak of being safer," he added, as an afterthought. "Trav eling with that amount of money on you Is a sort of defiance of natural law, especially with the country full of strangers, as It is at present." The banker looked from the powerful frame of the fanner to the equally powerful frame of the furmer's son, and his eye fell on the gun which the lutter carried under his arm. "But I guess," he con tinued with a laugh, "there Isn't much danger on that score." "Nothln' t' spenk of," said Harris. "And while I don't want t break your bank, I do want t' gH that money, and f get It in bills, or part of It in gold an' sliver would do. The fact Is, I don't mind tellln' you, I've a deul on, an' I've undertaken t' put up this mon ey In cash tonight." A young man emerged from some where and locked the front door of the bank. "It's closing time now," said the teller, addressing the mnnager. "We have enough cash on hnncl to pay this gentleman, and we can wire for more bills, which will reach us in time for tomorrow's business." "Pay if, then," snld the manager. "Mr. Harris has a right to his money in that form If he wants It. "But," he added, turning to Harris, "I'd advise you to keep both eyes on it until your transaction Is completed." The counting of the money was a bigger task than either Harris or Allan had thought, but at last It was com pleted, and they were ready for the road. The banker looked after their buggy as it fuded out of sight up the river road. 'Hang me If I like thatl" he said to Ijimself. The long drive up the valley In the warm August afternoon was an experi ence for the soul of painter or poet. Even John and Allan Harris, schooled as they were in the religion of ma terial things, felt something within them responding to the air, and the sunlight, and the dark green banks of trees, and the sound of rushing water, and the purple-blue mountuins heaving and receding before them. Darkness settled about them. , One or two stars came out. The poplars took on the color of the spruce; the river fretted more noisily in Its rocky channel. A thin ribbon of cloud lay across the mountuins, and a breeze of wonderful mellowness came down through the passes. At length, just as they were thinking of pitching camp for the night, Allan espied a deserted cabin In a cluster of trees by the side of the road. They turned into the wood and unhitched the horses. . A match revealed a lantern hanging on the wall, and a few cooking utensils, safe from all marauders under the un written law of the new land. The two men first made their horses comfortable, and then cooked some supper on a little fire at the door of the shack. Harris was tired, so they cleareuVa space In the corner farthest from the door, and spread their blan kets there. Harris lay down to rest, the precious bag of money by his side. You might ns well drop off for a nap," Allan suggested. "They must have been delayed, and may not make It tonight at all. We're here for the night; and you may ns well rest If you can. I wou't.turn In myself until you waken." "I believe I'll do as you say," his fa ther" agreed. "Keep a keen ear an' don't leave the building without wakln' me." Allan looked out at different times for Gardiner nnd Riles, but there seemed no sound in all the world save tlie rushing of water. A cold draught crept along the floor. ... He fancied his father had fallen Into a nap. . . . The night chill deepened and at length Allan hung a blanket as best he could ncross the open door. His gun gave him a sense of companionship, and he took It in Ills hands and sat down be side his father. ... It was very lean and graceful In his fingers. While the banker worked In his gar- den In the long August evening the thought of the two men with a bag full of money kept recurring and recurring In his mind, and smothering the natural pride he felt in his abounding cab bages. True, It was no business of his, but still he could not feel entirely at ease. As he bent over his hoe he heard hoofs clatter in the street nnd, looking up, saw the erect form of Ser geant Grey on his well-groomed gov ernment horse. At a signal from the banker the policeman drew up beside the fence. They talked in low voices for ten I mites. "It may be a wild-goose chase," said the sergeant at last, "but It's worth a try." Half an hour later his horse was swinging In his long, steady stride up the road by the wind Hj river. 1 CHAPTER Xf. The Honor of Thieves. Gardiner and Klles rode duly a short distance out of town, then turned their horses Into the deep bush, aud waited. At last the Harris' team and buggy rattled by. When It hud secured a good lead the two horsemen emerged from their covering und took a cross roads to Gardiner's ninch. "We better eat," said Gardiner and busied himself Willi starting ft fire. "Of course, the cook's out. Fishing, I guess," he continued, as he noticed thut Trovers' Ashing rod wus gone from the wull. "Perhaps It's Just as well. He might be nsklng questions." Riles ate his meal In huste anil silence. He was luclturn, moody, and excitable, and made no response to Gurdlner's attempts to open conversa tion upon trivial subjects. "Upon my soul," said Gardiner at last, "you don't seem any more than enthusiastic. One would think you were going to a funeral, instead of a a division of profits." "Perhaps I am," suld Riles sourly. "We'll know better when we get back." "Well, If you feel that way about It, you better stay nt home," said fitirdl nor, with pointed caiidklness. "If tun thousand dollars is no good to you perhaps I can use your share In my own business." "That wouldn't let me out," protest ed Riles. "You've got me mixed up In It now, nnd if things go wrong I'm In for It, but If things go right you're wlllln' t' take all the money." ''Things won't go wrong," Gardiner assured him. "They can't. Every thing Is planned to a fraction, but if "If Ten Thousand Dollars Is No Good to You, Perhaps I Can Use Your Share In the Business." we see there's going to be a hitch why, the owner of the mlne'll fail to turn up, and we'll nil come back to town, nnd no one a bit the wiser." Riles was eager to know the details of which lie had been kept In com plete Ignorance, but Gardiner would disclose nothing until they were on the road. "Jim mny come In any minute," he explained, "nnd Jim might hear enough to make him curi ous. And It's Just a little too soon to excite his curiosity, "That 1-emlnds me," Gardiner con tinued. ",71m has a very neat little revolver here somewhere. I think I'll borrow It. We might see some game, as Allan says." A search disclosed revolver nnd cartridges in Travers' trunk, Gardiner loaded the weapon nnd put It In his pocket. "What about me?" demanded Riles. "Ain't I t' have no gun?" "Better without It," said Gardiner. "It might go off. If we really see any game, nnd there's a chance of a sec ond shot, I'll lend you this one." Down by the river, well screened with cotton-woods, Travers fished In a pool close by the ford. He heard voices, nnd, looking up quickly, saw Riles and Gnrdiuer riding slowly down the road. The two rode close by, and stopped their horses to drink with their forefeet In the river. Jim wns going; to call to them when he heard his own name mentioned. He was no eavesdropper, but he- obeyed the im pulse to listen and keep out of- sight. "Travers doesn't suspect a thing," Gardiner wns saying. "It's just ns well. He figures on making old Har ris father-in-law some day, and he might do something foolish if he caught on. If the "old man loses all his money he won't be so desirable from a son-in-law's point of view . . . Well, we'll see how he stands the night In the old shanty up the river road. Strange things have happened there before now, let me tell you, Riles." If Jim had been prompted by curi osity at first a very different emotion laid hold of him ns he caught the gist of Gardiner's remarks. Travers had not known Harris to be In the district, but he had suspected for some days that Gardiner and Riles were hatching mischief In their long absences togeth er. The Information that Harris was going up the river tonight, apparently with a large sum of money, and the fact that these two men also were go ing np the river, gave to Travers' nim ble mind framework on which to hang almost any kind of plot. He leaned forward In the trees, but at that moment Riles clutched Gardi ner's arm and said something In a low voice. The two men rode through the river, nnd their words were drowned In the llp of tho wilier. Tho smile did not leave Travers' lips as he wound up his reel und stole swiftly uloug o cuttle-track up from the river, but a sudden light gleamed lu his eyes and his muscles hardened with excited tension. Ho knew the shanty to which Gurdlner referred, u they hud once been there together, and he resolved that If there were go ing to be any "doings" In thut locali ty tonight he would furnish a share of the excitement. Unfortunately, the ford was on a cross-road little used, and It was two miles back to the ranch. By the time Travers reached the ranch buildings, caught und sad dled his horse, mude a fruitless search for Ids revolver, substituted a rl tie which lay at hand, and at length found himself upon the trull, darkness was setting in, and Gurdlner aud Riles had many miles' start of him. When the two plotters stopped to let their horses drink at the ford Gardiner suddenly broke off from their conver sation to make a few remarks about Travers nnd Harris. Riles hud lis tened Indifferently until his eye caught sight of Travers, hulf concealed among the cotton-woods that fringed the stream. He clutched Gurdlner's arm. "S-s-sh," he cautioned. "Jim's Just behind the bunk. I'm sure I suw hliu, un' lie heard you, too." "Good," suld Gardiner, quite undis turbed. "Now we cun go on." They reined up their horses und plunged Into the swlflly-rumilng water. "You see," suld Gurdlner, us the horses took the opposite bank with great strides, their wet hoofs slipping on the round boul ders that frluged the stream "You see, I knew Jim was there all the time. Those remarks were Intended for his benefit. "It's all quite simple. Jim will hurry back to the ranch, saddle his horse, nnd follow us. By the way, I didn't tell him I borrowed his revolver. That may delay him some. But he should arrive at the shack In time to be tak ing a few stealthy observations Just about the moment the Hurrlses are hunting for their money bag. I hope Allan doesn't use thut shotgun on him. A shotgun makes an awful hole in a man, Riles." Riles experienced an unennny feel ing up his spine. "Well," continued Gardiner, "I prom ised to lay the whole plan before you, when we were safe on the road with no possibility of any strange ears cocked for what n man might happen to say. It's all easy sailing now. The big thing wns to get them on the road with the coin. That's what I needed you for, Riles. And you didn't do too bad. I hnd to prod you along a bit, but you'll thank, me for It when It's all over. "Now this is how it will work out, to a T. The two Harrises will get up to the shanty about dark. They'll pitch camp there and begin to wonder when we'll, be along.- Well, we won't be along until It's good and dark, even If we have to kill tlirie on the roud. If Travers catches up on us we'll Just let him make one of the party, which will be sort of embarrassing for Jim. But he won't cnteh up. Well, when It's good and dark there'll be no moon till after midnight and they're both sleepy with their long drive in the high" altitude, we will arrive near by. You will go up to the door nnd take a look on the quiet. I will go up to the win dow and do the same. There's no glass In the window, nnd there's no door on, either, as I remember. We'll size up things inside, particularly the location of the coin. Then you show yourselfi Tell 'em I have the owner of the mine out there lthe trees, but the old fellow won't come In until he has a talk with them. Tell 'em they better not show the money until they chat with him a few minutes. Likely they'll fall for that, as they don't seem to "have the slightest suspicion. But If they balk at leaving the money let them bring It along. Once out In the dark the rest will be easy. But I fig ure they'll leave the money In the shack it's just for a few minutes, you know and they'll reason that It's safe enough with no one but, ourselves with in miles. Well, you lend them off down through the bush. As soon ns you do that I'll slip in through the window, gather up the long green and cache it somewhere In the scrub. You won't be able to find me at first, but when you do I'll say that the old fel low wanted to go up to the shack him self to meet them, and I let him go. Then we'll all go back to the shack, and -find both the money and the old man the mine owner, you know missing. Then we'll start a hue and . cry nnd all hit into the bush. You and I will gather up the spoil and make a quiet get-away for the nlght.'Of course, we'll have to turn up In the morning to avert suspicion, but we can tell them we got on the robber's trail and fol lowed It until we lost ourselves In the bush. In the meantime the Harrises will be tearing around In great excite ment, and they're almost sure to run on to Travers." Harris recently fired Travers, and Allan hnd a fight with him, if you told me right, so It's not likely they'll listen to any explana tions. They'll turn him over to the police, and as It's the business of the police to get convictions, they'll have to frame up a ease against him or be made to look stupid and that's the last thing a policeman likes. Then you and I will quietly divide the pro ceeds of our Investment, and you can go back to your farm, if you like, and live to a ripe old age and get a write up In the local paper when you shuf fle off. As for me I'm not that type. Riles, and I'll likely find some other way to spend my profits. (TO BE CONTINUED.) A man seldom wears his trousers) out at tbe knee praying for work.