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.
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