LD HAPPENING
OF CURRENT WEEK
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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.
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"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.