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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1921)
JAPAN IS DIVIDED ON ARMS AND EAST Bureaucrats Fear Anglo-Saxon Domination. SOME FAVOR HARDING Battle for Bights at World Session Is Favored. Crisis Declared at Hand. Toklo. Japan Monday seemed to be an empire divided on tlie great Is sues created by the summons of Pres ident Harding to a conference on dis armament and far eastern problems. On one side, largely In the ranks of the bureaucrats, there was fear ex pressed that the proposed conference would be dominated by the Anglo Saxons, and might result In strangling Japan's political and economic devel opment In Asia. On the other side there was ar rayed a powerful liberal group which was demanding that Japan enter into the deliberations fearlessly, submit ting her wants resolutely, combating for them with confidence and not op posing Just claims. Haggling and bick ering, they Insisted, would ruin the cause of Japan. Both camps agreed that Japan was facing a crisis, requiring tact and breadth of vision. Many members of the privy cqancll, according to the well-informed newspaper Chugai Sho gyo Shlmpo, were pessimistic about the conference; they contended that the proposal to discuss problems and policies of the far east Indicated co operation between the United States and Great Britain In an attempt to settle International questions favor ably for them, an indication of which was to be seen In the attitude of the English toward the Anglo-Japanese al liance. The invitation to China to join in the conference, it was further urged, was additional evidence in support of the theory of a secret purpose on the part of the Anglo-Saxon nations in calling the conference. - U. S. Pays Money to England Washington, D. C Despite Great Britain's debt of $4,500,000,000 to this country, payment of $32,688,352 hns been made by the American govern ment to the British ministry of ship ping In settlement of a claim against the war department, treasury qffl cials admitted Saturday. The payment was made, officials said, pursuant to an opinion by Attorney - General Dnugherty. The British claim was for transpor tation service arising out of the war with Germany, and the payment, It wus explained, constituted final set tlement between the war department and the British ministry of shipping of all claims of either party against the other for transportation service. Secretary Mellon asked Mr. Duugh erty for a ruling as to whether the act of March 3, 1837, which requires the secretary to withhold the payment of any judgment against the United Slates where the claimant Is Indebted to this country In any manner, ap plied to such a claim. Mr. Daugherty hold the act did not apply, as It was not the practice of sovereign nations to prosecute their claims against one another in the courts and obtain judgment, but ml just such matters through diplomatic channels. Famine Grips 20,000,000 Berlin. Twenty million persons are on the verge of starvation In the drought-stricken sections of Russia subsisting mainly on moss, grass and the bark of trees, according to the YoBslsche Zeitung, quoting Informa tion from "reliable Russian sources." Refugees are reported to be pour ing Into Moscow and Petrogrnd by thousands and to be fleeing hopelessly in every direction. The parched earth, It Is asserted, Is opening up great crevices and wells and rivers are drying up. Many vil lages are reported ou fire. All cattle In the Btrlcken districts have been slaughtered. Navy Recruiting Halted Washington D. C Navy recruiting has been stopped except for old men who "ship over." Ouly continuous service re-enliBtuicnts will bo accept ed. Reports for the past week Indi cate that approximately 600 re-enllst inputs have been received, while 346 new men signed up before the order became, effective. They will be the last to get In until the personnel Is reduced to the 100,000 total provided fur by law. SHIPPING BOARD LOSS HUGE Deficiency Far Exceeds Previous Es timate Lasker Announces. Washington, D. C. Operations of the shipping board's fleet for the fis cal year just ended resulted in a loss of approximately $380,000,000, Chair man Lasker of the board announced Monday. This deficit was greater by approximately $280,000,000 than pre vious estimates from official sources and was made following an examina tion of all board accounts. The government's venture in the merchant marine business last year involved a total expenditure of $680, 000,000 so far as could be ascertained from the board's books, which Mr. Lasker declared are in bad shape. The new chairman estimated that it would cost the government $300,000,000 to carry on operation of the fleet this year. A deficiency appropriation of $150, 000,000 for the shipping board will be asked in a few days, Chairman Jones of the senate commerce committee in formed the senate. "The situation there Is critical," said Senator Jones, adding that the proposed appropriation was designed to save several hundreds of millions. The appropriation, he Bald, was an obligation taken over from the last administration. In stating that an examination of the books showed that $380,000,000 had been expended from the public funds of the shipping board last year, Mr. Lasker said this "revealed an as tounding case of deception to the country and congress." The president was astonished and dismayed that such a condition could exist when I laid these figures before him, but he wanted me to give the public the facts," he added. Total expenditures over receipts ap peared to be approximately $380,000, 000, Mr. Lasker said, Instead of $99, 618,507.11, as previously shown by the board's books. A commercial concern operating on a Blmllar basis would have been in the hands of a receiver some time ago, the - chairman asserted, stating also that he knew this state of affairs was not the fault of Admiral Benson ex-chairman of the board, nor of Con troller Tweedale. He said that it was due to the system started during the war, and continued until recently. The money which is unaccounted for was said by the chairman to have been disbursed by operators of government owned boats for which a full account ing has not been made. The chairman further asserted that of 9000 voyages made only 3000 had been accounted for and that 200 aud Uors were now working on the books of these operators to find out what happened. A balance sheet of the shipping board's books classified receipts from operation of ships, $300,000,000; from appropriation, $100,000,000; from bal ance on hand July 1, 1920, $80,000,000 and from sale of assets $200,000,000 a total of $680,000,000. Expenses were, general operations, $409,000,000; new ships, $100,000,000 drydocks, etc., $0,000,000; supplies, $18,000,000; advances to foreign of fices, $15,000,000 and miscellaneous ex penses, $72,000,000; a totul of $680, 000,000. From this balance Bheet, Mr. Lasker said, the board had spent above earnings $100,000,000 in direct appropriations, $80,000,000 from a bal ance of a previous year and $200,000, 000 from assets sales, or $380,000,000 of deficit. "I am asking congress for $300,000, 000 for the year," Chairman Lasker said, "and I fear that I may throw a lot of sand into the gear box of tax revision, but we estimate that It will take from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000 to run the next six months. But we plan to pny for ull losses of operations and settle a part of the claims against the shipping board, amounting to more than $300,000,000. These may be settled at no more than CO cents ou the dollar, because they are be lieved to be padded." Church to Have Ad Man. New York. Advertising columns of dally newppnpers nre to be used for general church advertising as well for evangelistic purposes, it wus an nounced Monday by officials of the Protestant Episcopal church. The publicity department of the church has been Instructed to add a com potent advertising writer to Its staff. The extent of the new venture In church publicity was not nounced. Frisky Limb It Costly. Yakima, Wash. One frisky lamb caused a stumpede that drowned 109 sheep in the Peshastln river, with loss of $800 and the cost of recovering nnd burning the bodies, according A. D. Dunn, who told the story here Monday. The sheep belonged to E erett Butler and William Knox of this city aud were part of a band be shipped to Chicago. STATE NEWS: IN- BRIEF. J 4 Bend. The Deschutes county court has refused a bid of $96,126 on $50,000 worth of county road bonds and decid ed to dispose of the county's securities by private sale as the money is needed. Grants Pass. The Grants Pass chamber of Commerce has offered a prize of $20 for the best song sub mitted about the city or valley. Other prizes are also offered, about 20 songs being wanted. Salem. The Associated Oil com pany of California has remitted to the secretary of state $18,235.49, covering the corporation's tax on sales of gaso line and distillate in Oregon during the month of June. Klamath Falls Fire late Friday afternoon destroyed the Christy saw mill, west of town, with a loss of $70, 000. The fire spread to the timber and was still burning Saturday night, with a crew of fire fighters endeavor ing to check Us progress. Medford Prospects for the heavi est tonnage of fruit ever shipped out of the Rogue valley are bright, ac cording to a census just completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad com pany, working in co-operation with the field staff of the Oregon growers. Salem. The average daily attend ance in the schools of Union county Increased from 3,395 In the year 1920 to 3,677 in the year 1921, according to a report prepared by Mrs. A. E. Ivan- hoe, county superintendent, and filed with the state superintendent of pub lic instruction. Salem. There were two fatalities In Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ended July 15, ac cording to a report prepared by the state industrial commission here. The victims were Anna McNaughton, elevator operator, Portland, and Jack Pressler, logger, Myrtle Point. Hood River. L. M. Tucker, in charge of the recently established state fish hatchery on Hood River at the mouth of Green Point creek, has just received 230,000 trout eggs from a hatchery at Klamath Falls. He for merly received an allotment of 200,- 000 eggs, all of which have been hatched. Albany. Work on a building which will house one of the most modern creamery plants in the state began here Monday. The structure will re place the old plant of the Albany Creamery association, destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. J. H. Ham mell of Albany has received the con struction contract. Salem. So-called weighing jacks have been received by the state au tomobile department here and a cam paign to enforce the law relating to trucks and loads operating on state highways will Btart next week. The campaign will be carried to every sec tion of Oregon, according to T. A, Ruffety, chief Inspector of the motor vehicle department. Salem. The 28th carload of Wil lamette valley prunes, purchased for distribution In England, will be shipped from Salem as soon as they can be crated, according to the Ore gon Growers' Co-operative association. This week three cars of prunes will be shipped to New York, while 10,000 of the better varieties of the product will be sent to Portland. Falls City. This summer marks the launching of a community enterprise In Fulls City, which bids fair to be a success. It Is the Falls City cannery, formerly owned by the A. Rupert com pany, which was purchased March 9 by an aggregation of local townspeo ple aud farmers, Involving about $20 000 In the transaction. C. J. Pugh, ex- manager for the Rupert company, was made president aud manager of the now concern. Salem. More than 20,000 pickers will be needed to harvest Oregon's hop crop this year, according to es timates. Approximately half this num ber will be required In Marlon and Polk counties. Pickers will enter the local field about August 20, and about three weeks will be required to com plete the harvest. Although wages have not yet been determined, grow ers Buld that the figure probably would be fixed at 40 to 45 cents tor a DO pound box. Salem. Oregon hop growers this year will exert special care In the conduct of their fields with relation to cloaullness aud good picking, ac cording to T. A. Llvesley & Co. and other dealers In this vicinity. The word has been given out by Salem hop dealers that letters received from England indicate that the buyers thi year will demand clean hops and that only first-class product will be nc cepted. English syndicates handle practically all of the local hop crop and It Is the desire of the growers that the product shall meet with their satisfaction. Copyright. All Right Resented CHAPTER XII Continued. 22 There was another pause, broken only by the rustle of leaves and the rushing of the river. "Beulah was right," he said, at last "Beulah Is a wonderful girl, and a beautiful." "She will not be wanting to go back home with us," said the mother. "So much the better. Mary, Mary, we have no home to go back to !" She looked at him with a sudden puzzled, half-frightened expression. "No home, John? No home7 You don't mean that?" He nodded and turned his face away. "I said I hadn't told you all," he managed at length. "I sold the farm." She was sitting on a fallen log, very trim, and gray, and small, but she seemed suddenly to become smaller and grayer still. Sold the old farm," she repeated, mechanically. "Yes, I sold the old farm," he said again, as if finding some delight in goading himself with the repetition. "I thought I saw a chance to make a lot of money If only I had some ready cash to turn in my hand, and I sold It. thought I would be rich and then I would be happy. But they took the money last night. They found out about It some way, and took It, and nearly killed our boy. Mary, you worked hard all your life, and today you have nothing. I brought you to this.". She saw It ail, and for the moment her heart shrank within her. But she saw, too, the futility of it all. She might have upbraided him ; she might have returned In part the sorrows he had forced upon her, for he was wounded now and could not strike back. But she rose and stretched her arms toward him. You said I had nothing John. You are wrong. I have you. I have every thing!" "And it was to you, beloved, to you, a woman of such great soul, that I could do this thing. I should be utterly wretched. But I'm not." He spoke slowly and delib erately, as one having ample time, and with the diction of enrller years. "I should be scouring the valleys with a troop of men, hunting for our money. But I'm not. It seems such a puny thing, it's hardly worth the while ex cept for the happiness it might bring to you, and Beulah." When they returned to the house It was almost evening, and they found the doctor from town busy over Allan. "Would have killed nine men out of ten," he told Harris, quite frankly "but this boy Is the tenth. He's bad ly hurt, but he'll pull through, if we can arrest any Infection. His consti tution and his clean blood will suve hlra." Before the doctor left Arthur In quired If the police had nny further details of the crime. Harris appeared to have lost Interest in everything ex cept the members of his family. "Quite a mystery," sold the doctor. "I understand one of the robbers was shot, nnd I will go on up from here to make an examination, as coroner. To morrow the police will bring out a Jury, and a formal verdict will be re- What a Wonderful Soul He Wat! turned. A systematic search will also be undertaken to recover the money, os I understand that you" turning to Harris "suffered a heavy financial loss In addition to the Injury to your son. Of course, It Is Impossible to say how many took part In the affair, but It Is not likely the outlaws numbered more tlmn two. In which case they sre both accounted for. The one captured bad no money to speak of in his pos session, but be may have cached It somewhere, and w hen be sees the rope before him it will be likely to make bliu talk. They seem to have pret ty straight case against aim. Not only Auihor of The CoWRtncher. tc. Illustration by Irwin iyert was he captured practically In the act, but they have another Important clue. He owns up to his name frankly enough, and It seems the revolver found on the scene of the crime had his initials, 'J T.' Jim Travers, cut in the grip. In fact, he admits the re volver Is What's wrong, Miss Har ris? Are you ill?" Beulah's breath had stopped at the mention of Travers' name, and she staggered to a chair. Harris, too, was overcome. "We knew him down east," Beulah exclaimed, when she hud somewhat re covered her composure. "I could not have thought It possible!" "I didn't think he would have car rled It that fur," said Harris, at length, speaking very slowly and sadly. "Jim, Jim, you've made a worse mis take than mine." Mary learned of the disclosure in a few minutes, and followed Beuluh up stairs. "You poor child !" she cried, as she overtook her daughter. "It's not me," she shot back. "It's Jhn. He must be saved, some way. It's Impossible to think I won't think it, no matter what they say! Let them find what they like! But he's In a hole, aud we've got to get him out." The mother shook her head with some recollection of the blindness of love. And yet her own heart refused to accept any idea of guilt on the part of Travers. "I want to be alone, mother," said Beulah. "I wont to be alone, to think. I'm going down by the river." As she strode rapidly through the paths In the cottonwoods the girl gradually became conscious of oue dominating Impulse in her maze of emotions. She must see Jim. She must see him at once. She must see him alone. There were things to be said that needed that admitted no witness. She knew that Arthurs or one of the men would willingly ride to town for her, or with her, but this was a task for her alone. They must know nothing until It was over. Outwardly calm, but Inwardly burn ing with impatience, she returned to the house and went through the form of eating supper. Then she dallied through the evening, giving her at tention to Allan until all the house hold, except her mother, had gone to bed. "I will watch with Allan tonight," her mother said. "You need rest more thun I do. Lie down in my room nnd try to get some sleep." Her mother kissed her, and Beulah went to her room. But not to sleep. When silence filled all the house she slipped gently down the stairs, through the front yard, and into the corral. Fortunately her horse had been sta bled. She harnessed him with some dltlleulty In the darkness, and threw herself Into the saddle. For 100 yards she walked him; then she drew him off the hard roud on to the grass and loosed him Into a trot Half a mile from the house she was swinging at a hard gallop down the dark valley. More than once even the sure-footed ranger almost fell over the treacher ous badger holes, but she had learned to ride like the saddle Itself, and she merely tightened the rein and urged him faster. At a crossing her horse almost col lided with a boy returning home from some late errand. "Oh, Mr. Boy," she said. "Come here, please, I want you to help me." The boy approached hesitatingly, as though suspicious that some kind of trick were being played on him. "Can you tell me," she said, In a low voice, "where the Jull Is? I'll give you $1 If you do." "There ain't no jail here, miss," he replied frankly, evidently satisfied that the question was bona fide. "There's a coop, but you wouldn't give a dime to see it. It's just a kind of a shed." "Thnt's Just what I want to find; she continued, "and I'll give you $1 to show me where It Is. "Easy plckln'," said the boy. "Steer your horse along this way." He led her through the main part of the town, to where a one-story build ing, somewhat apart, stood aloof In the darkness. "Some coop, ain't It?" snld her guide, with boyish Irony. "My dnd says that's what we git fer votlu' against the gov- er'ment. The fire truck's In the front end, an' there's a cell with bars be hind. Do you want to see that, too?" "Yes, that's what I want to tee, but I can find it myself now, thank you.' She dismounted and made her way to the back of the building. She saw the outline of a door, which was un doubtedly locked, and further down the same wall was a little square win dow, with burs on It There appeared to be only one cell, so there was no problem of locating the right one. She stole up along the wall, but the window wus too high for her. Search Ing about the littered yard she found square tin, such as the ranchers use to carry coal oil. Mounting this she was able to bring her face to the bar. "Jim," she said. In a low voice, lis tening intently. But there was no re spect. "Jim," she repented, a little louder. She fancied she heard a stir, and the sound of breathing seemed to cease. "Jim Travers!" "Yes!" came a quick reply. "Yes! Who Is It?" "Come to the window, Jim." In a moment she saw the outline ot his face through the darkness. "Beulah Harris," he demanded. In his quiet voice, "what are you doing here?" A great happiness surged about het at the sound of his voice and the warmth of his breath against ber face. "I might ask the same, Jim, but such questions are embarrassing. Anyway, I am on the right side of the wall." She saw his teeth gleam in the dark ness. What a wonderful soul he was! "But you shouldn't have come like this," he protested, and his voice was serious enough. "You are compromis ing yourself." "Not I," she answered. "These bars are more Inflexible than the stlffest chaperon. And I just had to see you, Jim, at once. We've got to get you out of here." "How's Allan?" "Getting better." "And your father? Pretty angry at nie, I guess." "No. Father isn't angry any more. He's just sorry." 'Times are changing, Beulah. But If he wound that sack around my neck In sorrow, I don't want him at It when he's cross." She laughed a little, mirthful ripple. Then, with sudden seriousness. "But, "What Are You Doing Here?" Said a Sharp Voice. Jim, we shouldn't be jesting. We've got to get you out of here." "I'm not worrying, Beuluh," he an swered. "They seem to have the drop on me, but I know a few things they don't Shall I tell you what I know?" No." 'Why?" 'Because it would seem like arguing trying to prove you are Innocent. And you don't need to prove nnythlng to me. You understand? You don't need to prove anything to me." She felt his eyes hot on her face through the darkness. "You don't need to prove anything to me," she re peated. "Have you thought It over, Beulah?" he said. "I have no right, as matters stand, to give or take a promise. I have no right " "You have no right to say 'as mat ters stuud' as though mutters had any. thing to do with It. They haven't, Jim, No, I have not thought It over. This Isn't something you think. It Is something that comes to you when you don't think, or In spite of your thinking. But It's real more real than anything you can touch or handle more real thun these burs, which are not so close as you seem to funcy " And then, between the Iron rods across the open window, his lips met hers. "And you were seeking life, Beulah," he said at last. "Life that you should live in your own way, for the Joy of living it And " "And I have found It," she answered, In a voice low and thrilling with ten derness. "I have found It In you. We shall work out our destiny together, but we must keep our thought on the destiny, rather than the work. Oh, Jim, I'm Just dying to see your home stead our homestead. And are there two windows? We must have two windows, Jim one In the east for the sun, and one In the west for the moun tains." "Our house Is all window, as yet," he answered guyly. "And there isn't as much as a feuce post to break the view." "What are you doing here?" said a sharp voice, und Beulah felt as thougb ber tin box were suddenly sinking Into a grent abyss. She turned with a lit tle gasp. Sergeant Grey stood wlthlD arm's leugth of her. (TO BE CONTINUED.) A Stiff Upper Lip. Keeping a stiff upper Up Is all right, but there's nothing commendable about It Everybody keeps a stiff up per lip; has to. The upper lip can't be anything but firm. Ever watch a child overcome by emotion? It's the under lip that trembles, and then the Jaw drops, to open an exit for the roar. Next time tell him to keep stiff lower lip. It won't sound right. It will lack punch and probably will fall to Inspire the subject to the proper de gree of steadfastness, but you'll have the approval of the purlat LoulsrUI Herald. ilfP
