WORLD HAPPENINGS
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Things Worth Knowing.
Two unmasked men held up the bank
at Fall Klver Mills, Shasta county,
Cal., late Tuesday, and procured $1038
In currency and Bilver,
Recommendations relative to the Is
suance of a peace proclamation prob
ably will be submitted to President
Harding within the next week, Attorney-General
Daugherty has announced.
Salaries of all employes of the city
of Seattlo will be cut $10 a month and
wages of day laborers employed by the
city 25 cents a day, the city council,
sitting as a committee of the whole,
decided Teusday.
Business conditions on the Pacific
coast are more encouraging, with re
newed lumber activity relieving the
employment situation generally, ac
cording to a report made public by the
United States department of labor
Tuesday.
Construction work on the battleships
South Dakota, Indiana, Montana,
North Carolina, Iowa and Massachu
setts and the battle cruisers Ranger,
Constitution and United States would
be stopped under a bill Introduced
Tuesday by Senator King (democrat,
Utah).
Belief that the $50,000,000 bankers'
pool for loans to the cattle industry
would prove Inadequate to meet the
needs of the stockmen was voiced by
memberB of the executive committee
of the Southwestern. Cattle RalBers'
association, meeting at Fort Worth,
Texas, Tuesday.
Governor Small, from the office of
one of his counsel in Chicago, was re
ported Tuesday night, according to
word received In Springfield, 111., to
have offered to surrender himself with
out resistance to Sangamon county au
thorities on warrants charging embez
zlement of Btate funds while treasurer
of Illinois.
The Commercial Cable company an
nounced Monday in New York an ex
tension of its cables from London to
Antwerp, Belgium. This extension
gives the company facilities for direct
transmission of messages from New
York to the Belgian city and brings
the United States Into first-hand con
tact with central Europe.
Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, the first
womun to be an assistant attorney
general, will sever her connection with
the government and return to private
practice In San Francisco August 1, It
waB said Tuesday. Sho resigned some
months ago, but remained to finish up
pending cases in her office, under
which fall all legal questions Involv
ing prohibition.
Reduction of the Uulted States army
to a peace-time strength of 150,000 men
will be accomplished by July 31, In
accordance with the decision of con
gress when it refused to appropriate
funds for pay of a greater force after
October 1. With the reduction, Secre
tary Weeks announced there will be
a general redistribution of troops,
practical abandonment of Beven great
war-time army cantonments, place
ment of many organizations on the In
active Hut and skeletonization of
others.
Dr. W. 13. Stone president of Perdue
university, Lafayette, Ind., who, with
his wife disappeared from Walking
Tour camp at the foot of Mount Asslnl
boln at Calgary, Alberta, July 15, was
found dead lute Sunday at the bottom
of a vory deep precipice, according to
advices received Tuesday night. Mrs.
Stone, for whom organized parties had
also been searching for the last few
days, was located alive on Sunday at
the bottom of a 17-foot crevice, accord
ing to word received shortly before
the niesBago of Dr. Stone's death was
received.
Secretary Mellon has offered for sub
scription two new. Borles of treasury
certificates, the combined offering be
ing for about $300,000,000. Both 1hbups
are dated August 1, one maturing In
six months with Interest at 5 1-4 per
cent and the other maturing In one
year with Interest at 6 1-2 per cent.
With this lssuo the treasury, It was
believed, would be in a position to
meet any demands made on It by the
war finance corporation in connection
with settlements with the railroads
Under the plan submitted to congre
by President Harding. ,
SEES ERA OF WORLD PEACE
President Harding Rededicates Ply
mouth Rock to Justice.
Plymouth, Mass. Plymouth Rock,
for three centuries a landmark of
American freedom, was re-dedicated
by President Harding Monday aa a
symbol of "real human brotherhood"
for all the world.
Speaking at the tercentenary cele
bration of the landing of the pilgrims,
the president declared his fervent hope
that the principles of toleration and
liberty for which our fathers crossed
the Atlantic might soon awake a new
world era In which peace and under
standing would be assured among the
nations. Ho referred in particular
to the nation's effort toward disarm
aments asserting his faith that the
movement would succeed.
With his tribute to the Pilgrims Mr.
Harding linked an eulogy to the
achievements of the English-speaking
race everywhere and declared he was
convinced that the mission of the race
would encompass even greater things
than it had yet accomplished. The
leadership of the English-speaking
peoples In the present world crisis, he
said, could not be denied nor doubted
by anyone.
The president's address, delivered
within a few hundred feet of the spot
where Plymouth rock has been in
closed In iron palings to preserve it
or posterity, was part of an anniver
sary celebration In which Vice-President
Coolidge and many other high
officials of state and nation partici
pated.
Earlier In the day he had headed
and reviewed a parade of civic, mil
itary and naval organizations through
the historic streets of Plymouth and
Monday night he witnessed the ter
centenary pageant reproducing the
landing of the pilgrims.
With Mrs. Harding and a party of
friends, the president reached Ply
mouth from Washington shortly before
noon on his yacht Mayflower, named
for the pilgrim ship which entered
this harbor under Blightly different
circumstances 300 years ago. '
Three battleships and six. destroy
ers formed an escort for the May
dower. She was welcomed by a boom
ing of the presidential salute from a
battery ashore, while a British cruiser,
the Cambrian, tipped her flag at her
anchorage just outside Plymouth har
bor. Ashore a troop of cavalry formed a
presidential guard of honor and many
organizations, including a unit of
British marines from the Cambrian,
marched in the parade, which passed
in review before Mr. Harding and his
party.
$35,000,000 Raised For
Northwest Livestock Pool
Washington, D. C More than $35,-
000,000 already has been subscribed to
the pool intended to finance the live
stock Industry of the west, Senator
Stanfield of Oregon was' advised Mon
day in a telegram received from M,
L. McClure of Kansas City, president
of the new organization.
Local committees of three members
each will bo appointed before the end
of the week in Oregon, Washington
Idaho and Montana, President Mc
Clure said. These committees, it is
understood, will pass on all loans made
to livestock men. The pool has been
functioning, however, for several days
and considerable money already has
gone Into the northwest states.
A bill already enacted by the sen
ate authorizing the leasing of state
lands In Washington, Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota for oil or
other mineral purposes for a term
greater than five years and not to
exceed 20 years, was passed by the
house Monday.
By the terms of the enabling act
under which those states were cre
ated, lands ceded to them by the
federal government could not be
leased for mineral purposes for a
longer term than five years. It wns
held that no one would undertake oil
development under such a term lease,
and the Washington state legislature
enacted a remedial law at its last
session subject to approval by con
gresa.
Air Firs Patrol Ended.
Washington, D. C. Uso of army air
planes for fire protection in western
forests will be discontinued next sum
mer, Secretary Weeks announced Mon
day, because "the large reduction now
being made In appropriations" permits
expenditures "for only the most neces
sary strictly military needs." The war
secretary said it would be Impossible
to detail either aviators or planes to
forest patrol work during the fire seu-
sou of 1922.
Pellagra Hits Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Three huu
dred and forty-two cases of pellagra
were reported Monday to Dr. A. U.
Lewis, state health commissioner, by
county health authorities. The disease
was shown to exist in 29 counties in
the state.
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Famine Aid From United States
Readily Accepted.
SEN. FRANCE IN RIGA
Resumption of Trade Relations Advo
cated; Both Lenine and Trotz
ky Are Interviewed.
Riga. Soviet Russia has agreed to
release American prisoners and to ac
cept famine aid from the American
relief association just at the moment
Joseph I. France, senator of Maryland,
has returned here from Moscow deter
mined to advocate renewal of trade
relations and perhaps diplomatic rela
tions between Russia and the United
States, and bringing with him one of
the prisoners, Mrs. Marguerite E. Har
rison of Baltimore, who was freed by
his efforts.
Senator France, who entered Russia
skeptical of the advantage of imme
diate diplomatic relations with the so
viet, but believing trade relations were
advisable, has returned an enthusiast
for both.
Senator France declared that the
Lenine government was starting a new
line of development In Russia, which
cannot backslide into radical com
munism."
Asked whether the Moscow bolshs-
viki were trying to revolutionize the
world, Senator France said:
"I know nothing about the third In
ternationale. But no man worthy of
any attention ever believed propaganda
could start revolutions. Conditions are
not propaganda, history shows."
The senator talked with both Lenine
and Trotzky and was impressed by
them.
"I found that the Russian govern
ment is handling ,the situation in a
statesmanlike way," he said. "Lenine
is much Interested In American rela
tions. Russian factories have not all
ceased operating; many are working
well. They are short of raw material.
Farms are prosperous where they are
not in the famine and drought belt."
The senator mentioned furs as a
possible product of trade with the
United States and asserted that there
would be plenty of exports when fac
tories were supplied and agricultural
implements' were supplied from abroad.
He thought a commission of American
experts would be welcomed, but con
tended that Russia should have the
right to send one to America.
"I am convinced Russia will carry
out any guarantee or concessions made
in return for credit," he declared.
He said he was free to move about
and see what he liked, and the offi
cials admitted bad conditions where
they existed. The senator secured
Mrs. Harrison's release Independent of
the Hoover and Hughes notes.
Exports Get $63,471,700.
Washington, D. C In summarizing
the export financing handled since the
resumption of activity last winter, the
war finance corporation showed in a
statement Saturday night a total vol
ume of business of $63,471,700. Of
this sum, the corporation said $32,696,
700 represented advances already ap
proved, while the remaining $30,775,
000 represented business in process of
negotiation, of which 93 per cent cov
ers agricultural commodities. The
corporation's largest transactions re
lated to cotton, agreements having
been reached to advance $16,560,000 to
finance exports of the commodity.
$500,000 Motel ! Burned.
Ceneva. Firemen, helpless for lack
of water because of recent drouth,
watched the half-milllon-dollar Grand
hotel in the Alpine town of Villars
burn to the ground within an hour
early Monday morning. Two hundred
and fifty guests tossed their valuables
out of the windows and escaped in pa
jamas and nightgowns.
Nearby pine trees, long unwatered
became veritable torches, endanger
ing the whole town.
Women Off for Jungles.
New York. Two women and a child
were members of the party that em
barked with Carl Akeley on the steam
ship Baltic Saturday for a trip into
the Jungles of Africa. Mr. Akeley is
going in the hope of obtaining a gorilla
family for tho American museum of
natural history.
40,000 Employes Affected.
Connellsvllle, Fa. Forty thousand
employes of the II. C. Frlqk Coke com
pany in the Connellsvllle coke regiou
will be affected by a 10 per cent re
duction in wages, according to an an
nouncement Saturday. The new scale
became operative August 1.
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TO FREE AMERICAN::!
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CHAPTER XIII Continued.
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"And then nt last It came, I didn't
see anything, and I didn't hear any
thing, but I knew It was there. 1
still remember how frightened and yet
how cool I was in that lust moment.
I held the gun to my shoulder and
waited for It to thrust itself against
the blanket. In another moment I am
sure I should have fired. But before
that moment I heard my name called,
and I knew my husband's voice, and
came out of the nightmare."
"Most extraordinary," the coroner
repeated, after a silence. "It seems
to account for the shooting of Riles,
but It leaves us as much as ever
more than ever, I should say in the
dark concerning the disappearance of
the money, and the part which hns im
plicated the young man Truvers in the
affair."
The banker gave his evidence. It
wns not unusual, he said, for consid
erable sums In bank notes to be han
dled among speculators and land buy
ers, but the amount withdrawn by
Harris was so great that it hnd left
him somewhat 111 at ease, and as Ser
geant Grey had happened his way he
had mentioned the matter to him.
During the hearing of the various
witnesses Gardiner had attempted an
air of Impersonal Interest, but with no
great success. His demeanor, studied
though it was, betrayed a certain
anxiety and Impatience. He was
dressed just as he had dismounted
from his horse, having removed only
his hat. Hut he smiled confidently
when asked for his evidence, and told
his1 story calmly and collectedly.
It Is quite true that he was asso
ciated with Riles and Mr. Harris In
the coal mine Investment. He was
acting for the owner of the property,
but had seen that a large profit was
to be made from the turn-over, and
had been glad to place the opportunity
In the way of two old friends.
"I feel a grave responsibility in this
whole matter," Gardiner protested,
with some emotion. "I feel that I am,
at least indirectly, responsible for the
serious loss that has befallen Mr. Har
ris, and for the injury to his son.
But when you tyive heard the whole
circumstances you will agree that the
situation was one I could not possibly
have foreseen. Let me give them to
you In some detail.
"The day before yesterday, in com
pany with Riles, I met Mr. Harris and
his son, and found that their money
had arrived. The remittance was not
as large as they expected, but I be
lieved that .1 could raise some money
privately, and thut we would still be
uble to put the denl through. I ad
vised against losing any time, as I
knew that If the owner should meet
anyone else Interested in a proposition
of a similar nature we would find It
much harder to make a bargain with
him. It was arranged thut the two
Mr. Harrises were to drive uheud, tak
ing the money with them, and that
Riles and I would follow. We were
to overtake them at the old building
where this unfortunate tragedy oc
curred. As it happened, I hnd a sick
horse at the ranch, and, as I was de
layed In getting some medicine for
him, Riles suggested that he would
ride out to the ranch thut Is, where
I live and wait for me there. Up to
that time I had no suspicions, aud I
agreed to that.
"Well, when I reached the ranch, I
could find nothing of lilies, and, on
further search, I could find nothing of
Travers, who was working for me.
Their riding horses were gone, and so
were their saddles and bridles. I
found that Travers hnd taken his re
volver out of the house. I confess my
suspicions were then somewhat
aroused, but I found myself with the
sick horse on my hands, and I could
not very well leave the place. Of
course, I never thought of anything so
bad as has happened, or I would not
have considered the horse, but I ad
mit I was at a loss to understand their
conduct. But when I heard, early tliis
morning, what hud happened, It was
all clear to me."
During the latter part of this evi
dence Travers had fixed his eyes on
Onrdlner, but the witness hnd steadi
ly avoided him. Jim was now con
vinced that he was the victim, not of
n coincidence, but a plot. Of course,
he could give his evidence, 'which
would be directly contradictory to that
of Gardiner, but he was alreudy under
suspicion, and anything he might say
would be unconsciously discounted by
the jurors. But he began calmly, a
quiet smile still playing about his thin
lips and clean teeth.
"I am sorry I cannot corroborate all
the Inst witness has said," he com
menced. "I did not leave the ranch
with Riles; on the contrary, I was fish
ing down by the river when I saw
Riles and Gnrdiner ride by. Gardiner
was talking and I heard him mention
Mr. HarrU' name. I worked for Mr.
Harris not long ago, but I did not
know he was In this part of the coun
try. I heard Gardiner say " Jim
colored a little, and stopped.
"Well, what did you hear him say?"
said the coroner. "That U what we
are anxious to know."
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Illutrcrtion
by Irwin yert
"I heard him say something about
Mr. Harris losing all his money that
night, In the old shanty up the river
roud. 'Strange things have happened
up there, Riles,' he said. That made
me suspicious, and I hurried back to
the ranch, determined to follow them.
I found that my revolver had been
taken. I armed myself as best I could,
and set out. When I came near the
building which Gardiner had men
tioned I dismounted and approached
It carefully. It was very dark. Sud
denly I was attacked from behind. A
sack was thrown over my head, and I
was overpowered, and bound. I don't
know how long I was kept In thut con
dition, but when at last the suck was
removed I was in the presence of Ser
geunt Grey."
With the progress of Travers' nar
rative all eyes hud turned to Gardi
ner, but, whatever his Inward emo
tions, he outwardly showed no signs
of discomfiture. "This seems to be a
day of strange tales," he said to the
coroner, "and the hist we have heard
Is stranger than the first. Of course,
it is quite absurd on the face of It.
The suggestion that I would be a par
ty to robbing Mr. Harris of $20,000,
und so balk a transaction in which I
stood to make a profit of more than
twice that amount, Is too ridiculous
for discussion. I didn't say so before,
because it didn't seem to benr on the
ense, but I huve ut home a telegram
which 1 received a few days ago from
the New York Investors, offering me a
personal commission of 20 per cent on
the transaction If I was able to get
this property for them at the price
they had offered. So, from a purely
selfish point of view, you see where
my interests lay. But there are oth
er reasons for this fine tale which
you have just heurd. To spare the
feelings of some present, I intended
"Have I Got to Die on End, Like a
Murderer?"
to sny nothing of them, but if I must
tell what I know, why, I must tell
what I know. This man Travers was
a furm hand working for Harris on
his farm back in Manitoba. Harris is
or was well-to-do, and Travers ac
cordingly mustered up an attachment
for his daughter. This the young la
dy, it seems, was foolish enough to re
turn. They "
"That'll do, Gardiner," Interrupted
Travers, In a quiet, vibrant voice.
"You are getting away from the sub
Ject."
"On the contrary, I'm getting close
to the subject a little too close for
your comfort, It seems."
"I am not Investigating any family
closets," said the coroner. "You will
huve to show the connection between
these matters and the inquiry we are
making."
"I will do that in a moment, sir,'
Gardiner returned. "But I cannot
show the connection until I have
shown the events that are connected.
Travers had trouble with Harris and
had a fight with Allan. Then he and
the young lady ran away. They have
both been in this part of the country
for some time. But Travers' plan to
inherit the Harris property was up
set on account of the girl quarreling
with her parents, and his ardor seems
to have cooled off noticeably. But he
was as keen for the property as ever.
Riles was a weakling in the hands of
a man like Travers, and no doubt he
betrayed the fact that Harris was
taking his money with him Into the
hills. Then the two of them framed
up the plan which has resulted In the
death of one and the arrest of the
other."
During these exchanges the sympa
thies of the Jurors seemed to veer
from side to side. The theories pro
pounded were so contradictory that
opinions wavered with each sentence
of evidence. i5ut a new bolt was
ready for the shooting.
"Mr. Coroner," said Beulah, rising
and pointing at Gardiner, "will you
make that man take his gauntlets
off?"
There seemed an Instant recession
of the blood from Gardiner's face. Cut
It was for the Instant, only. "My hat
Is off," he said, with a smile. "Is
that sufficient?"
"Make him take them offl" Beulah
Insisted.
'There Is no rule against wearing
gauntlets in a coroner's court," said
the coroner. "I do not see the point
of your objection."
"Make him take them off," said
Beulah.
"As the young lady Insists," said
the coroner, turning to Gardiner, "1
suggest that you comply with her re
quest." I should be glad to," said Gardi
ner,- "but the fuct is I have a sore
hand. When I was giving the horse
medicine the night Travers left me
alone the brute nipped me a little,
and I have been keeping it covered
up since."
"Make him take them off," said
Beulah.
Why should you be so insistent?"
said the coroner. "Surely It makes
no difference "
"Only this difference. You have
heard my father's evidence of the
fight in the old house. The man
with whom he fought will huve tooth
marks In his hand. Muke him take
them off. Or If you won't look at
these hands." She seized Jim's bunds
in hers and held them up before the
coroner and the jury. "Any tooth
murks there? Now make this other
man show his."
For a moment all eyes were on
Truvers' hands. In that moment Gar
diner rushed for the open window,
and In another Instant would huve
been through It, hud not the quick
arm of the policeman Intercepted.
"Not so fast, my man," said Grey.
"Now we will see this horse bite of
yours." Gardiner made no further re
sistance, and he drew the glove from
his hand. There was a fresh scar on
the right thumb.
The coroner examined it carefully.
When he spoke it was In the voice of
a Judge delivering sentence. "That
Is not a horse bite," he said. "Those
are the marks of human teeth I"
Gardiner smiled a faint smile, "Well,
what are you going to do about it?" he
said.
"We are going to put you In Trav
ers' place and tender him our apolo
gies," said the coroner.
But Travers had crowded Into the
center of the circle. "Gardiner," he
said, "If you weren't under arrest I'd
thrash you here and now. But you
can at least do something to square
yourself. Where is that money?"
"Thnt's right, Jim. Everyone thinks
of what Is nearest his heart."
"You scoundrel 1 You know why It
Is near my heart. You have robbed
Mr. Harris of all that he had spent
his whole life for. You will have no
chance to use that money yourself.
You are sure of your living for the)
next 20 years. Why not show that
you are not all bad that you have
some human sentiments In you? It
seems as little as you can do."
"There may be something In what
you say," said Gardiner. "I have a
slip of paper here with the key to the
secret."
He reached with his finger and
thumb In his vest pocket and drew out
a small folded paper. This he un
folded very slowly and deliberately
before the eyes of the onlookers. It
contained a small quantity of white
powder. Before any hand could reach
him he had thrown his head buck and
swallowed It.
"Too late I" he cried, as Grey
snatched the empty paper from his
fingers. "Too late! Well, I guess I
beat you all out, eh? And, as I said
before, what are you going to do
about It? Twenty years, eh, Jim?
You'll be scrawny and rheumatic by
that time, and the beautiful Beulah
will be fat and figureless. Twenty
years for you, Jim, but 20 minutes for
me and I wouldu't trade with you,
damn you I I beg the pardon of the
ladies nresent. One should never for
get to be a gentleman, even when
when "
But Gardiner's breath was begin
ning to come fast, and he raised his
bunds to his throat. A choking spell
seized him, and he would have fallen
had not the policeman and the coro
ner held hlra on his feet, "Let me
lie down," he said, when he got his
breath. "Let me lie down, can't you?
Have I got to file on end, like a mur
derer?" They led him to the adjoining room,
where he fell upon the bed. The mus
cles of his great arms and neck were
working in contortions, and his tongue
seemed to fill his mouth.
(TO BE CONTINUED.) ,
The Fast Age.
"The world never moved so fast be.
fore," mused Mr. Simmons. "We have
winter Ice on the Fourth of July,
spring vegetables on Christmas; we
buy our straw hats In February and
our felt hats In August; we get our
Sunday paper on Saturday night, and
our magazines a month ahead of time.
If we telephone a man In San Fran
cisco from New York, he heurs our
voice about four hours before, we
speak ; and If some one in Japan sends
us a cablegram tomorrow, we get It
today."
Poverty and Splendor.
I saw many poor, whom I supposed
to live in affluence. Poverty has, in
large cities, very different appear
ances; It is often concealed In splen
dor, and often In extravagnnce. It
Is the care of a great part of mankind
to conceal their Indigence from the
rest ; they support themselves by tem
porary expedients and every day is
lost In contriving for the morrow.
Dr. Samuel Johnson.