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HARDING ACTS TO 1 WORLD Britain, France, Italy and Jap an Are Approached. CONFERENCE URGED Chief Executive Seeks to Ascertain Whether or Not Plan Is Agree able to Europe. Washington, D. C President Hard ing has taken definite steps looking to a conference In Washington of the principal allied and associated powers to discuss limitation of armament He also has suggested to the interested nations that there be at the same time a discussion of Pacific and Far East ern problems with a view of reaching a common understanding. This announcement was made Sun day night by the state department by direction of the president In the fol lowing statement: The president, in view of the far reaching importance of the question of limitation of armaments, has approach ed in Informal, but definite Inquiry the group of powers heretofore known as the principal allied and associated powers, that is, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, to ascertain whether It would be agreeable to them to take part in a conference on this subject, to be held in Washington at a time to he mutually agreed upon. If the proposal Is found to be acceptable formal invi tations for such a conference will be issued. "It is manifest that the question of limitation of armaments has a close relation to Pacific and Far Eastern problems, and the president has sug gested that the powers especially in terested In these problems should un dertake, in connection with this con ference, the consideration of all mat ters bearing upon their solution, with a view to reaching a common under standing with respect to principles and policy in the Far East. "This has been communicated to the powers concerned and China has also been invited to take part in the dis cussion relating to Far Eastern prob lems." The department's statement was made public without comment and the fact that the president has suggested to the interested nations a joint dis cussion of the Far Eastern and Pacific problems came as something of a sur prise in Washington. The depart ment's statement did not make clear what nations had been approached on theBO particular subjects, but aside from China, which was specifically named, it was assumed that Great Bri tain and Japan were among them. Renewal of Anglo-Japanese alliance has been under discussion by the Brit ish and Japanese governments, but whether this was considered by Mr. Harding as within the scope of the proposed conference on Pacific and Far Eastern problems has not been disclosed. PLANE HITS AUTOS, KILLS 5, HURTS 50 Moundsvllle, W. Va. Five persons were known to be dead and ap proximately 50 were Injured at Lan- gln field here late Sunday when a Martin bombing plane fell on a group of automobiles parked on the grounds. An explosion followed, setting fire to the machines. Lieutenant Mclve and Dunton were taking oft in the government plane from Langln field. They had rlson about 30 feet, according to the report, when the plane swung sharply to the left and seemed about to lilt a hangar. An effort was made, It was said, to throw the plana Into the Ohio river, but it was flying too low and crashed into automobiles lined along the river bank. Sixteen automobiles were burn ed and the dead, In most Instances, were trapped In the machines. The pilots arrived at Moundsvllle Saturday from the Martin factories at Cleveland, and were leaving Langln field for Langley field, where the plane was to be put Into service. Endurance Hike Ends. Washington. An endurance test has been completed by Private John Mc Gregor of the second division, believed by veteran Infantrymen here to estab lish a new record for distance hiking with full 45-pound park. Major-Oca- eral Harbord made public the official reports of Mcdregor'g feat, showing that he covered the last BOO miles In 14 days, an average of more than 35 miles a day. The entire distance cov ered waa 1100 miles. FOREIGN TRADE TAKES DROP Slump Is About Evenly Divided Be tween Exports and Imports. Washington, D. C America's for eign trade fell off more than $3,000, 000,000 during the fiscal year ended June 30, a summary of trade issued Monday by the department of com merce shows. The slump was about evenly divided between exports and imports. Exports for the year aggregated $6,519,000,000, as compared with $8, 108,000,000 the year before, while im ports amounted to $3,666,000,000, as against $5,238,000,000 the previous year. The trade balance in favor of the United States for the year was $2,852,000,000. Exports in June totaled $340,000, 000, as against $329,000,000 in May and $629,000,000 in June, 1920, while Imports were $189,000,000, compared with $204,000,000 in May and $552, 000,000 in June, 1920. While lower than the total for the previous year and the $7,000,000,000 total in 1919, exports for the last fiscal yearj were greater than the total of $5,919,000,000 in 1918 and $6,290,000,000 In 1917. Exports during the last year were greater than In any year since 1917 with the exception of 1920. Gold Imports for the fiscal year aggregated $646,000,000, compared with $150,000,000 in the previous year, while exports totaled $133,000,000, as against $466,000,000. For the month of June gold imports aggregated $44,000,000, compared with $25,000,000 in June a year ago, while exports amounted to $773,000, against $5,000,000 In June, 1920. Silver exports for the fiscal year aggregated $52,000,000, compared with $179,000,000 In the previous year, while imports amounted to $59,000, 000, as against $102,000,000 during the fiscal year of 1920. During June silver exports aggre gated $1,000,000, compared with $4, 000,000 in June, 1920, while imports totaled $3,000,000, as against $6,000,- 000. HOUSE OF COMMONS CHEERS MOVE TO DISARM London. Premier Lloyd George, in a statement to the house of commons Monday gave a full and frank explana tion of the steps leading to the pro posed conference for the discussion of armaments. The first principle of the British policy, he declared, was friend ly co-operation with the United States. "We are all convinced," said the premier, "that upon this, more than any single factor, depends the peace and well-being of the world." The initiative of President Harding with respect to an international con ference on the limitation of arma ments had been received with the utmost pleasure by Great Britain, said Mr. Lloyd George, adding that he spoke for the empire as a whole. The house cheered this statement. At the same time, he said, Great Britain desired to maintain close friendship and co-operation with Japan, which harmonized the influ ences of the two great Asiatic powers and constituted an essential safe guard to the well-being of the British empire and the peace of the east. The "open door" In China was another aim of the government, he added, to gether with opportunity for peaceful progress and development of the Chinese. Both Great Britain and Japan de sire that the Anglo-Japanese agree ment be brought Into complete har mony with the covenant of the league of nations, continued the premier. Notice to this effect had been given to the league. Forests In Idaho Afire. Boise, Idaho A forest fire is report ed to have broken out near the Pine ranger station, according to informa tion from the Boise national forestry office. Details were not learned by forestry officials, but It is thought the fire was not serious. A forest fire between Dagget and Schaffer's creek was reported under control. State Fire Warden Hooten at Idaho City reported two forest fires in his territory and added that both were under control Triplets Swell Family. ' Stockton, Cal. The wife of Nick Cuddy of this city gave birth Sunday to two girls and a boy. One of the girl babies weighed five pounds and the other children 4 pounds each. The arrival of the triplets makes 17 children born to the Coddys, who are of Syrian blood. This Is the second set of triplets to arrive in the family and there have also been twins. Judge Punlihes Himself. Jamestown, N. D. Records of the police court here show that J. A. Murphy, the magistrate, fined himself on the charge he lodged against him self for driving his automobile on the wrong side of the street to avoid an accident. Murhpy was arrested by a patrolman who though the magistrate "was trying him out." He paid the fine STATE NEWS t i IN BRIEF. J Medford. The Crater lake season Is now on full swing, with many visi tors arriving daily by train and auto mobile from all parts of the country. Salem. The state library has re ceived copy No. 1 of volume 1 of the State Line Herald," published at Lakeview on November 18, 1878. This was the first copy of the first issue of the first newspaper published In southern Oregon east of the Cascade mountains. Salem. The Oregon Growers' Co operative association Sunday shipped to the Atlantic coast the second car load of fresh cherries for the season. The cherries were consigned under the Mistland label and were expected to demand the top-notch price in the eastern markets. Roseburg. Road bonds in the sum of $220,000, comprising series 1 and 2 of the $1,100,000 bond issue voted by the residents of the county, were or dered issued by the county court. The bonds will be dated September 1 and August 10 is the day set upon which the bids will be opened. Bend. To stimulate local building and at the same time to pass along toconsumers the benefit of the re cent mill wage cut, the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber company and the Shevlin Hlxon company Saturday authorized a retail reduction in lumber averaging approximately $6 a thousand. Salem. Fire losses In Oregon, ex clusive of Portland, during the month of June, aggregated $442,200, accord ing to a report prepared here Friday by the state fire marshal. There was a total of 28 fires, six of which orig inated from defective flues and 14 from causes unknown to the officials. Salem. The Willamette valley promises to have the best hay crop this season for many years, according to D. A. White, local feed dealer. Bend. That employment and labor conditions are as good in Bend as in any other section of Oregon was the declaration Saturday morning of C. H. Gram, state labor commissioner, who is checking up on the local situation. General conditions throughout the state are on the up-grade, Mr. Gram reported. Cottage Grove. The product of the Cottage Grove cannery has established a reputation In the general markets, as illustrated by the ,-iact that an order has been placed through a Portland brokerage company for T. Green & Co., of Des Moines, who specified that the berries in the order must come from the cannery here. Oregon City. The value of the veg etable crop in Clackamas county for the year of 1920 was higher than that of any other county in the state by nearly $200,000. Figures compiled by the bureau of the census, just pub lished, show that in Clackamas during the twelve months vegetable crops were worth $1,562,566. Eugene. A campaign for the elimin ation of the scrub sires of herds of Lane county cattle has been started by the agricultural council of the Lane County Pomona grange. E. J. Moore, county school superintendent, has promised the co-operation of the rural schools and blanks will be sent to each teacher to list scrub sires. Eugene. From an altitude of 10,000 feet the largest fire yet reported by the forest fire air patrol of the 91st aero squadron, with headquarters In Eu gene, Saturday was discovered by the observer of the south patrol. The fire was located near Powers, and the flames, besides a large volume of smoke, could be seen from the plane. Salem. There were three fatalities In Oregon due to Industrial accidents during the week ending July 7, ac cording to a report prepared by the state industrial accident commission. The victims were E. D. Ose, logger, Dallas; William Hauser,. laborer, Klamath Falls, and Eugene Peterson, laborer, Manlstlque, Mich. Salem. Oregon towns that sent na tional guard units Into the world war will have first claim on new units that will be formed, according to George A. White, adjutant-general of the state, who has asked the government tor authority to organize units on the 1922 organization program, Oregon having already furnished its maximum num ber of organizations for 1921. Monmouth. J. H. Ackerman, presi dent of Oregon Normal school of Mon mouth and prominent educator of the state for the last 35 years, died sud denly at 8 o'clock Sunday morning fol lowing a stroke of apoplexy. He ap parently had been in good health when he arose In the morning and following breakfast with the family walked out on the front porch for the morning newspaper. He had returned Into the house and had read for about 20 minutes, when he waa stricken and passed away without warning. i nr"! By it ' I fP ROBERT J. C 0 STEAD O 1 Homesteader 1 d m m m. W W W V ' Author f "Th. Cow V iunchtr," Etc a A Copyright, All Right Reserved 3 CHAPTER XI Continued. 21 Harris told his story with such co herence as he could. He and bis son had come up Into the hills to arrange for the purchase of a property which they had become Interested In through a third party, Gardiner. They carried with them a large sum of money as proof of the sincerity of their Inten tions. At this little cabin they were to be Joined by Gardiner and by an other, named Riles, who also was tak ing an Interest In the property. As they waited in the cabin, and as he, Harris, slept after his long drive, they were suddenly set upon by outlaws. Allan shot one down the body still lay in the doorway but was himself badly wounded, and had not spoken since. Harris had encountered anoth er, but after a severe fight the robber had escaped. The little black bag In which the money was carried was gone with all its contents. Although he had waited all night in great anxiety, Gar diner and Riles had failed to appear, and It could only be supposed that they too had met with foul play. But some hours after the assault one of the party had returned, dismounted from his horse at some distance, and stolen softly up to the shanty. Harris had followed him, and, taking him by sur prise, had been able to make him pris oner. Sergeant Grey looked from Harris to Allan, and then to the prisoner, who seemed to He In a semi-conscious con dition amid his bonds and gags. "You were foolish to come into the hills with so much money alone," he aid. "I would have been at your service for the asking, and this would not have happened. But now that it has happened, the first thing is to pro vide for the wounded man, and the next Is to place this suspect In cus tody. I know a rancher's house a few miles down the valley where you and your son will have the best atten tion." The mounted policeman made a brief examination of Allan, as best he could In the gray dawn, for the lantern now had no oil. "He has not bled very much," he said. "He has a strong frame and ought to have a fighting chance. I will just have a look at the icene of the crime, and then we will move him." He made a hurried survey of the cabin, merely satisfying himself that the man In the doorway was quite dead, and then, with Harris' assist ance, quickly found the horses and harnessed them to the buggy. He also found another horse near the roadway, saddled and bridled. "We will make the prisoner ride his own horse," he said, "while you tnke your son In the buggy." They placed the wounded and still unconscious Allan in the buggy as gently as they could, and then Grey gave his attention to the prisoner. Having searched his clothing for weap ons, he-cut away thfc bonds that se curely held his arms and feet, and re leased the sack from his half-choked throat The man writhed and gasped for fresh air, and the policeman drew the sack away and revealed the face of Jim Travers. CHAPTER XII. Converging Traill. Beulnh Harris raised her arms above her head and drank In the fresh moun tain air that flooded through the open window. They had been great times wonder ful times these weeks spent In the freedom and harmony of the Arthurs' household. Mr. and Mrs. Arthurs Uncle Fred and Aunt Lilian, as she now called them had opened their hearts and their home to Beulah from the first. Indeed, the girl was often conscious of their gaze upon her, and at times she would look up quickly and surprise a strange, wistful look of yearning In their eyes a look that they tried very hard to hide from her. They wanted to leave her free to live her own life to shape her career, for a time at least, wholly In accordance with her Impulses. The arrival of her mother at the Ar thurs' ranch had brought fiesh Joy to Bculah's life. She saw the color com ing back to the old face, the frame straightening up a little, toe light re kindling In the eye, the spring return ing to the step; She had not thought that her mother, after 25 years of un protesting submission, had still the nerve to place a limit on that submis sion, and the discovery had surprised and delighted her, . True, Mary Hurrls let It be known that she was only on a visit, and In due course would return to her home; but Beulnh knew the die had been cast, and things could Dever again be quite as they were. And then a sound caught her ear, and up the trail she saw two men on horseback, a mounted policeman and another, and behind them other men driving In a buggy. By Intuition Beulah knew that a mishap had occurred. Quickly she drew on her simple clothing and hur ried downstairs, but Arthurs was al ready at the door. The little party cams Into the yard, and the policeman rode up to the door. The other horse man sat with hla back to th house; his hands were chained together In front of him. "Good morning, Sergeant Grey," said Arthurs. "You're early out." " The sergeant saluted. The saluta tion was Intended Tor Arthurs, but at the moment the policeman's eye fell on Beulah, and even the discipline of the force could not prevent a momen tary turning of the head. "I've a badly hurt man here," he said, "a man who will need your hos pitality and care for some days. There was a shooting up the valley last night. His father Is here, too, unhurt physi cally, but on the verge of collapse, If I am not mistaken." "We will bring both of them In at once," said Arthurs. "Beulah, will you call Lilian, and your mother, too? They may be needed. But who Is the third?" he continued, turning to Grey. "A prisoner. It seems the older man overpowered him. Not let us get this poor fellow in." The policeman beckoned and Harris drove the buggy up to the door. Ar thurs glanced at him with a casual "Good morning," but the next Instant his eyes were riveted on the visitor. "John Harris!" he exclaimed, taking a great stride forward and extending his long arm. "Man, John, I'm glad to see you, but not In these troubles." Harris took his . hand In a silent clasp, and there was a warmth In it that set his heart beating as It had not for years. "It's hard, Fred," he managed to say in a dry voice, "but It's good to have you by." Arthurs bent over Allan, who was half sitting, half lying, In the buggy. His face was sapped and gray In the growing light. Tenderly the three men lifted him out "Take him straight up stairs," said Arthurs. "It will save moving him again." Both spare rooms In the house, were occupied, but Ar thurs led the way into Beulah's, and they laid the wounded boy on the white bed. Arthurs heard Beulah In the hall. "Take off his clothes, Grey," he said, and turned to the doorway. "Where's your mother, Beulah?" he asked In a low voice, closing the bed room door behind him. "Dressing." The girl looked In his face, and drew back with a little cry. "What's the matter, Uncle Fred? What's wrong?" "A friend of mine bas been hurt, and an oid friend of your mother's. He Had Found His Flngert Threading Her Fine Hair, as They Loved to Do When She Was a Little Child. She must not see him Just now. You will arrange that?" "Yes. But I must see him I must help." Beulah hurried to the room where her mother was rapidly dressing. "A man has been hurt, mother," she suld, with suppressed excitement. "We need hot water. Will you start a fire In the range?" Mary Harris mistook Beulah's emo tion for natural sympathy over a suf fering creature, and hurried to the kitchen. Mrs. Arthurs was whispering with her husband In the hall, but a moment later Joined Mary at the range. Then Beulah entered the room. The policeman was speaking to Arthurs. "I must go Into town now with my prisoner," he was saying. "I will send out a doctor at once, and In the mean time I know you will do everything possible." Beulah turned her eyes to the bed. A man was lying there, and an old man was sitting beside It. At the sec ond glance she recognized him, but In an Instant she had herself under con trol. She walked with a steady step to the bed and looked for a full min ute In her brother's face. Then she looked at her father. "What have you done to him?" she said. He threw out his hand feebly. "You do well to ask me that," he said. "I take all the blame." He raised his face slowly until hla eyes met hers. They were not the eyes she had known. They were the eyes of a man who had been crushed, who had been powdered between the wheels of fate. The old masterful quality, the old indomitable will that stirred her anger and admira tion were gone, and In their place were coals of sorrow and ashes of defeat For a moment she held back; then, with arms outstretched, she fell upon her father's breast. And then he felt his strength return. He drew her to him as all that re mained In the world; crushed her to him; then, very gently, released her a little. He found his fingers threading her fine hair, as they had loved to do when she was a little child. She sank to her knees beside him, and at last she looked up in his face. "Forgive me, my father," she whis pered.. He kissed her forehead and strug gled with his voice. "We all make mistakes, Beulah," he said. "I have made mine this 25 years', and there there is the price !" His words turned Beulnh's thought to Allan, and the necessity for action brought her to her feet "We must save him," she cried. "We must, and we Willi Is the policeman gone? We must have the best doctors from Cal gary." Looking about she found that Grey and Arthurs had left the room. They had slipped out to leave father and child alone with -their emotion, but she found them at the front of the house. She seized the policeman by the arm. "You must get us a doctor the best doctor In the country," she plead ed. "We will spare nothing " "My guest, Miss Harris, Sergeant Grey," said Arthurs, and the pollct man deftly converted her grasp into a hand shake. "Mr. Arthurs has told me the In jured man Is your brother. He shall want for nothing. And the sooner I go the sooner you will have help." So saying he rode down to the gate, thanked the cowboy who had been keeping an eye on the prisoner, and the two started off at a smart trot down the trail. Beuluh returned to the house to min ister to her brother, but Mrs. Arthurs stopped her on the stairs. "Your mother knows," she said. "They are both in the room with Al lan." Her first impulse was to rush In and complete the family circle, but some fine sense restrained her. For distrac tion she plunged Into the task of pre paring breakfast At length they came .down. Beulah saw them on the stairs, and knew that the gulf was bridged. "Allan is better," her mother said, when she saw the girl. "He has asked for you." And the next minute Beu lah was on her knees by the white bed, caressing the locks that would fall over the pale forehead. "How did I get here, Beulah?" he whispered. "How did we all get here? What has happened?" "You have been hurt, Allan," she said. "You have been badly hurt, but you are going to get well again. When you are stronger we will talk about It, but at present you must lie still and rest." "Lie still and rest," he repeated. "How good It Is to lie still and rest 1" Later in the day the pain In hla wound began to give much discomfort, but he was able to swallow some por ridge with pure cream, and his breath came easily. His father stayed about the house,' coming every little while to look. in upon son and daughter, and as Allan's great constitution gave ev idence of winning the fight a deep hap piness came upon John Harris. He was able to sleep for a short time, and In the afternoon suggested a walk with his wife. Beulah saw that they were arm in arm as they disappeared In the trees by the river. "I haven't told you aJJ yet," Harris snld to her. "I have done even worse than you suppose, but In some way It doesn't seem so bad today. Last night I was In Gethsemane." It was strange to henr a word sug gestive of religion from his lips. Har ris had not renounced religion; he had merely been too busy for It. But this word showed that his mind had been traveling back over old tracks. "And todny we are in Olivet," she answered, tenderly. "What matters If If everything's all right?" "If only Allan ," he faltered. "Allan will get well," she said. "When he could withstand the first Bhock he will get well. Of course, he must have attention, but he la In the right place for that" "The Arthurs are wonderful people," he ventured, after a pause. "Mary, they have found something that we missed." "But we have found It now, John. We are going to take time to live. That Is where we made our mlstnke." (TO BB CONTINUED.) Movement of Solar Syitem. Astronomers agree on the fact that the sun is moving through space to ward a point In Lyra with a velocity of about 12 miles a second. The whole solar system Is necessarily Involved In this motion.
