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Common, ordinary house cat pelts
were purchased In large quantities for
export to Germany at the annual fall
fur auction In New York Tuesday.
SadI Lecolnte Tuesday In the Vllle
Sauvage alrdome In Paris, lowered his
own world airplane speed record by
flying 205 miles 169 yards In an hour.
The Russian soviet government was
denied standing as a litigant in United
States courts of New York by Federal
Judge Manton Tuesday, on the ground
that the country had not recognized
the soviet government.
Four school children of Kingston,
Mass., were killed Tuesday when a
trolley pole came off a car which was
carrying them to their homos, broke
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- the feed wire and caused their electro
cution when they jumped off of the
car.
The crime wave 'which has gripped
New York City for the last several
months has caused such a tremendous
increase in the number of robberleb
of homes that the insurance companies
will Increase burglary insurance rates
10 per cent.
An Immediate strike of the 186,000
railway trainmen employed on Ameri-
can roads will be ordered if the strike
vote, now being counted, favors It,
James Murdock vice-president of the
trainmen's organization announced in
Chicago Tuesday night.
A. P. Andrew, ex-assistant secretary
of the treasury, was chosen to suc
ceed W. F. Lufkln, as representative
from the sixth Massachusetts district
at the special election Tuesday. Mr.
Andrew, republican, won by a major
ity of 15,753 over C. I. Pettingell, demo
crat.
Denver police were asked Tuesday
by Mrs. Henry Horn, wife of a local
broker, to search for her husband, who
has been missing since last Thursday,
Search revealed today, Mrs. Horn said,
that $45,000 In securities were missing
and his banking account had been vir
tually closed.
Trading in liberty bonds and vic
tory notes on the New York stock ex
change Tuesday again attained large
proportions and created several new
high records for the year, the chief
feature being victory 4s. These rose
to 9914, but reacted with most other
issues later when realizing sales caus
ed moderate recessions.
The submarine R-6 sank . in Los
Angeles harbor at 7:15 P. M. Monday,
two men losing their lives. J. E. Dref-
fin of San Pedro was drowned when
thrown from the conning tower of the
sinking submarine, and Vincent Spals
burg of Powers Lake, N. D., was trap
ped In the engulfed craft. Both were
seamen of the R-6 crew.
Playing "Nearer, My God, to Thee,"
en route to the cemetery in the funeral
procession for William Balatrorl, of
Montrose, Colo., the band struck up
"Ain't We Got Fun?" returning from
the cemetery. This program was in
accordance with provisions of the dead
man's will, which also provided that
each of the pallbearers receive a gal
lon of whisky.
America's trade with Europe revived
somewhat during August as compared
with July, but commerce between the
United States and South America, as
taken In the aggregate, remained al
most stationary, according to figures
issued Tuesday by the department of
commerce. Exports to Europe last
month totaled $209,000,000 as compared
with a valuation of $180,000,000 In July,
while Imports were $59,000,00 against
$57,000,000 in July.
Unanimous agreement on emergency
relief measures on the part of the
manufacturers to be recommended to
the national conference of unemploy
ment was reached Tuesday by the com
mittee in charge of this branch of the
employment problem. The commit
tee's report Is to be submitted to the
conference for adoption when it re
convenes October 5. It was under
stood, however, that the report would
suggest some re-arrangement of work
ing time to permit of a more numerous
employment of workers by the manufacturers.
ASKS AID IN PROVIDING JOBS
Harding Says Local Help Must lie Giv
en if Jobless Are to Get Relief.
Washington, D, C, Governors and
mayors throughout the country were
asked by President Harding, in a pub
lic statement Monday, to organize in
each community machinery for the
correction of economlo conditions
along lines worked out by the unem
ployment conference here.
The conference, the president de
clared, had demonstrated that condi
tions could not be met properly with
out such locul co-operation, He an
nounced that a central agency would
be maintained hore under auspices of
the conference to give national co
ordination to the rehabilitation effort,
The president's statement follows:
"The conference which I recently
summoned to Washington to advise
as to the unemployment situation has
demonstrated that an unusual volume
of unemployment exists and that,
ponding the recuperation of trade, the
situation cannot be met, In due regard
to our obligations and necessities,
without a much more than usual or
ganization throughout those states
and municipalities where unemploy
ment has reached considerable pro
portions. "The conference has recommended
a plan of organization which has had
the support of commercial, manufac
turing, professional and labor repre
sentatlves of the country. It is highly
necessary that more accurate knowl
edge should be had, through such or
ganization, of the volume and neces
sltles of the unemployed.
"It is essential that the co-operation
of all sections of each community
should be brought Into action behind
such organization to provide work
and assistance that we may pass
through the coming winter without
great sufferings and distress. It Is
of national Importance that every com
munity should undertake at once such
an organization in order that the na
tion may be protected as a whole.
Moreover, the thorough commitment
to such a task is sure to start a thou
sand activities which 'will add to our
common welfare.
"I therefore appeal to the governors
and mayors of the nation that they
should take the steps recommended by
the conference.
"In order that there may be unity
of action by all the forces which may
be brought to bear, whether govern
mental or private, the unemployment
conference Is establishing an agency
In Washington through which appro
priate co-operation can be promoted
and through which reports on all prog
ress and suggestions may be given
general circulation and co-operation.
I trust this agency will be supported
in this endeavor."
Final plans for the central employ
ment agency are practically com
pleted, conference officials said, and
Secretary Hoover is to make an an
nouncement outlining the character of
the organization. Colonel Arthur
Woods, ex-police commissioner of New
York, Is understood to be under con
sideration for appointment as head of
the agency.
Many Steel Ships Idle.
Washington, D. C Of the 1464 steel
ships under control of the shipping
board, only 420 are In service, it was
announced officially Monday. Twenty-
five are listed as "undergoing repairs"
and 1019 either have been withdrawn
or are Blated to go to "dead mooring"
as soon as they complete their present
charter and discharge cargoes.
The board announced definite selec
tion of 14 mooring sites for ships
which have boen laid up because of
lack of tonnage demand. They Include
James river, Savannah, Charleston,
Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, San
Francisco and Seattle.
Husband's Rule Upheld.
Lansing, Mich. The Michigan su
preme court has laid down the rule
that a husband is master In his own
home and Is guilty of law violation if
his wife, with his knowledge, transacts
illegal business In the home. The de
cision was given in affirming a lower
court verdict convicting John Sydlsloo
of violating the prohibition law. Testi
mony was introduced to show his wife
purchased a still, installed It in the
home and sold the liquor.
Mr. Bourne Gravely III.
Portland. Jonathan Bourne is dan-
gorously 111 at Washington, D. C, ac
cording to advices received by Fred
erick V. Holnian, his local legal rep
resentative, Mr. Bourne, ex-United
States senator for Oregon, has been In
111 health for several months and his
condition appears to be growing grave.
KU KLUX BATTLE
IS TO BE PROBED
Lorena, Texas, Citizens Put
Blame on Sheriff.
ACTION IS RESENTED
Marchers Refuse to Comply With De
mand to Unmask; Warning
Signs Are Posted.
Waco, Texas. The 54th district
grand Jury here will Investigate the
clash last Saturday night at Lorena,
14 miles south of here, between 50
odd knights of the Ku Klux Klan pa-
raders and a sheriff's posse, in which
Bob Buchanan, sheriff of McLennan
county, was dangerously wounded, and
eight other men severely injured.
This announcement was made here
by R. I. Munroe, district Judge of the
54th district court, following an in
formal conference with F. B. Tierey,
county attorney, who is conducting
an inquiry into the case.
After the announcement that there
would be an official investigation of
the clash, two men early Sunday night
posted signs on telephone poles near
the scene of last night's encounter.
The signs, four in number, were
signed "K. K. K." and read as follows:
"Wife beaters beware."
"Crap shooters beware."
"Other eyes are upon you."
"Love thy neighbor as thyself, but
leave Ills wife alone."
"Chicken thieves look out. We are
after ou."
Following a meeting with the coun
ty attorney, a delegation of Lorena
citizens drew up the following resolu
tion, signed by 200 persons:
"We, the undersigned citizens of
Lorena and vicinity deplore the trag
ery that was enacted In our little
town last night. We grieve for the
blood that was spilled. But in order
that the world may know the facts
we desire to make public the follow
ing statement:
''1. We do not believe that the
members of the Ku Klux Klan who
staged the parade violated any law
or that they had any Intention of
violating any law.
'2. We attempted to prevail upon
the sheriff of this county and his dep
uties through the medium of dozens
of representative citizens to permit
the parade to be held, guaranteeing
that it would be law-abiding and or
derly. '3. We Induced the leaders of the
parade to accede to the sheriff's de
mand that two of the paraders should
be unmasked.
"4. We Implored the sheriff not to
jeopardize the lives of our women
and children.
'5. We unequivocally place the
blame for the shedding of blood on
the. sheriff.
'6. We admire and we honor the
spirit and the Individual that kept the
American flag from being trampled
to the earth.
'7. We conclude by affirming our
belief In the preservation of America
for Americans and by offering tribute
to the little band of men who last
night showed by their calm and deter
mined action that their lives sup
ported this principle."
The third statement In the above
resolution repudiated the assertion of
Sheriff Buchanan when brought to a
hospital here to the effect that the
masked men would not unmask.
Asked if he had any statement to
make regarding the resolution, County
Attorney Tierey said he had "nothing
whatsoever to say."
Physicians attending Sheriff Bu
chanan would not permit him to be
questioned, in view of his serious con
dition. He did not make a formal
statement.
Peter S. Grosscup Dead.
Chicago. Peter S. Grosscup, ex-
United States judge in Chicago, and
an important factor In republican pol
itics for many years, died at sea en
route to Southampton Sunday. As
United States circuit Judge for 19
years, Judge Grosscup became a na
tional figure. He wrote the finding
of the circuit court of appeals when it
reversed the $29,400,000 fine Imposed
on the Standard Oil company by Judge
K. M. Landis.
Apple Orchard Blooms.
O'Neill, Neb. The large apple or
chard on the ranch of John Plelssel,
north of O'Neill, is In .full bloom.
The blossoms are abundant and thrif
ty, despite several light frosts in the
vicinity late in September.
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CRANSTON SEES RED.
Bynopsli.-Warned by hli physi
cian that he ha riot more than nix
month! to live, Dan Falling ilU
despondently on a park bench, won
dering where he ahould spend those
six month!. Memories of hli grand
father and a deep love for all
thing! ot the wild help him In
reaching a decision. In a large
aouthern Oregon city he meet!
people who had known and loved
hi! grandfather, a famoue fron
tlereman, He makes hi! home with
Silas Lennox, a typical westerner.
The only other member! of the
houienold are Lennox's eon, "Bill,"
and daughter, "Snowbird." Their
abode Is In the Umpqua divide, and
there Falling plana to live, out the
ehort ipan of life which' he has
been told l hi!. From the first
Falling'! health show! a marked
improvement, and In the compan
ionship of Lennox and hli son and
daughter he flu Into the wood! life
as If he had been born to It. By
quick thinking and a remarkable
display of "nerve" he eave! Len
nox'! life and his own when they
are attacked by a mad coyote.
Lennox declare! he is a reincarna
tion of hi! grandfather, Dan Fail
ing I, whose fame as a woodsman
Is a household word. Dan learns
that an organized band of outlaws,
of which Bert Cranston Is the
leader, is setting forest fires. Lan
dry Hlldreth, a former member of
the gang, has been Induced to turn
state's evidence.
CHAPTER I Continued.
"He's got a cabin over toward the
marshes, and It has come to me that
he's going to start tomorrow, or maybe
has already started today, down Into
the valley to give his evidence. Of
course, that is deeply confidential be
tween you and me. If the gang knew
about It, he'd never get through the
thickets alive."
But Dan was hardly listening. His
attention was caught by the hushed,
Intermittent sounds that are always to
be heard, If one listens keenly enough,
In the wilderness at night. "I wish
the pack would sound again," he said.
"I suppose It was hunting."
"Of course. And there is no living
thing In these woods that can stand
against a wolf pack In its full
strength."
"Except man, of course."
"A Btrong man, with an accurate
rifle, of course, and except possibly
In the starving times In winter he'd
never have to fight them. All the
beasts of prey are out tonight. You
see, Dan, when the moon shines, the
deer feed at night Instead of In the
twilights and the dawn. And of
course the wolves and the cougars
hunt the deer. It may be that they
are running cattle, or even sheep."
But Dan's Imagination was afire.
He wasn't content yet. "They couldn't
be hunting man?" he asked.
"No. If it was midwinter and the
pack was starving, we'd have to lis
ten better. It always looked to me as
If the wild creatures had a law
against killing men, just as humans
have. They've learned it doesn't pay
something the wolves and bears of
Europe and Asia haven't found out.
The naturalists say that the reason Is
rather simple that the European
peasant, his soul scared out of him by
the government he lived under, has
always fled from wild beasts. They
were tillers of the soil, and they car
ried hoes Instead of guns. They never
put the fear of God Into the animals
and as a result there are quite a num
ber of true stories about tigers and
wolves that aren't pleasant to listen
to. But our own frontiersmen were
not men to stand any nonsense from
wolves or cougars. They had guns,
and they knew how to use them. And
they were preceded by as brave and
as warlike a race as ever live on the
snrth armed with bows and arrows.
Any animal that hunted men was Im
mediately killed, and the rest found
Dut It didn't pay.
"Just as human beings have found
Dut the same thing thnt It doesn't
pay to hunt their fellow men. The
laws of life as well ns the laws of na
tions are against It."
But the words sounded weak and
dim under the weight of the throbbing
darkness; and Pan couldn't got awny
from the Idea thnt the codes of life by
which most men lived were forgotten
quickly In the shadows of the pines.
Even as he spoke, man whs hunting
man on the distant ridge where Whls
perfoot the cougar had howled.
Bert Cranston, head of the arson
ring that operated on the Umpqua di
vide, was not only beyond the pale In
regard to the laws of the valleys, but
he could have learned valuable lessons
from the beasts In regard to keeping
the laws of the hills. The moon looked
down to find him waiting on a certain
trail that wound down to the settle
ments, his rifle loaded and ready for
another kind of game than deer or
wolf. He was waiting for I.nndy Hll
dreth; and the greeting he had for
him was to destroy all chances of the
prosecuting attorney In the valley be
low learning certain names that he
particularly wanted to know.
There was no breath of wind. The
great pines, tall and dark past belief,
Stood absolutely motionless, like
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strange pillars of ebony. Bert Cran
ston knelt In a brush covert, his rifle
loaded and ready In his lean, dark
hunds.
No wolf that ran the ridges, no
cougar that waited on the doer trails
knew a wilder passion, n more terrible
blood-lust than he. It showed In his
eyes, narrow and never resting from
their watch of the trail; it was In his
posture; and It revealed Itself unmis
takably In the curl of his Hps. Some
thing like hot steam was In his brain,
blurring his sight and heating his
blood.
The pine needles hung wholly mo
tionless above his head; hut yet the
dead leaves on which he knelt crinkled
and rustled under him. Only the keen
est car could have heard the sound;
and possibly In his mndness, Cranston
himself was not aware of It. And one
would have wondered n long time as
to what caused It. It was simply that
he wns shivering nil over with hale
and fury.
A twig cracked, fnr on the ridge
above him. He leaned forwnrd, peer
ing, and the moonlight showed his
fnce In unsparing detail. It revealed
the deep lines, the terrible, drawn
lips, the ugly hair long over the dark
ears. His strong hands tightened
upon the breech of the rifle. Ills wiry
figure grew tense.
Of course It wouldn't do to let his
prey come too close. Landy Hlldreth
was a good shot too, young as Cran
ston, nnd of equal strength; and no
sporting chance could be taken In this
hunting. Cranston had no Intention
of giving his enemy even the slightest
chance to defend himself. If Hlldreth
got down into the valley, his testi
mony would make short work of the
arson ring. He had the goods ; he had
been a member of the disreputable
crowd himself.
The man's steps were quite distinct
by now. Cranston heard him fighting
his way through the brush thickets,
and once a flock of grouse, frightened
He Knew He Had Not Missed.
from their perches by the approaching
figure, flew down the trail in front.
Cranston pressed back the hammer of
his rifle. The click sounded loud In
the silence. He had grown tense and
still, and the leaves no longer rustled.
His eyes were Intent on a little
clearing, possibly one hundred yards
up the trail. The trail Itself went
straight through It. And in an in
stant more, Hlldreth pushed through
the buckbrush and stood revealed In
the moonlight.
If there is one quality that means
success in the mountains it is con
stant, unceasing self-control. Cran
ston thought that he had it. But per
haps he had waited too long for Hll
dreth to come; and the strain had told
on him. ne had sworn to take no
false steps ; that every motion he
made should be cool nnd sure. He
didn't want to attract Hildreth'g at
tention by any sudden movement. All
must be cautious and stealthy. But
In spite of all these good resolutions,
Cranston's gun simply leaped to his
shoulder In one convulsive motion at
the first glimpse of his enemy as he
emerged Into the moonlight.
The end of the barrel struck a
branch of the shrubbery as It went
up. It was only a soft sound; but In
the utter silence it traveled far. The
gun barrel caught the moonlight as It
leaped, and Hlldreth saw Its glint In
the darkness.
He was looking for trouble. He had
dreaded this long walk to the settle
ments more than any experience of
his life. He didn't know why the let
ter he had written, asking for an
armed escort down to the courts, had
not brought results. But It was
wholly possible that Cranston would
have answered this questir for him.
This same letter had fallen into a cer
tain soiled, deadly pair of hands
which was the last place In the world
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that Hlldreth would havo chosen, and
It had been nil the evidence that was
needed, at the meeting of the ring the
night before, to adjudge Hlldreth a
merciless and Immediate end. Hll
dreth would have preferred to wait In
the hills and pocslhly to write another
letter, but a chill that kept growing
at his finger tips forbade It, And all
these things combined to stretch his
nerves almost to the breaking point
as he stole along the moonlit trail un
der the pines.
A moment before the rush nnd whir
of the grouse flock had dried the roof
of his mouth with terror. The tall
trues appalled him, the shndnws fell
upon his spirit. And when he heard
this final sound, when he saw the
glint that might so easily have been a
gun-barrel, his nerves nnd muscles re
acted at once. Not even a fraction of
a second Intervened. His gun flashed
up and a little, angry cylinder of
flame darted, as a snake's head darts,
from the muzzle.
Hlldreth didn't take aim. There
wasn't time. The report roared In tho
darkness; the bullet sang harmlessly
and thudded Into the earth; and both
of them were the last things In the
world thnt Cranston had expect
ed. And they were not a moment too
soon. Even at that Instant, his finger
was closing down upon the trigger,
Hlldreth standing clear and revealed
through the sights., The nervous re
sponse that few men In the world
would be self-disciplined enough to
prevent occurred at the same Instant
that he pressed the trigger. His own
fire answered, so near to the other
that both of them sounded as one re
port. Most hunters can usually tell, even
If they cannot see their game fall,
whether they have hit or missed. This
was one of the few times in his life
that Cranston could not have told. lie
knew thnt as his finger pressed he had
held as accurate a "bead" as at any
time in his life. He did not know still
another circumstance thnt In the
moonlight he had overestimated the
distance to the clearing, and Instead
of one hundred yards It was scarcely
fifty. He had held rather high. And
he looked up, unknowing whether he
had succeeded or whether he was face
to face with tho prospect of a duel
to the death In the darkness.
And all he saw was Hlldreth, rock
ing back and forth In the moonlight
a strange picture that he was never
entirely to forget. It was a motion
that no man could pretend. And he
knew he had not missed.
He waited till he saw the form of
his enemy rock down, face half-burled
in the pine needles. It never even oc
curred to him to approach to see If he
had made a clean kill. He had held
on the breast and he had a world of
confidence In his great, shocking, big
game rifle. Besides, the rifle fire might
attract some hunter in the hills: and
there would be time in the morning
to return to the body and make cer
tain little Investigations thut he had
In mind. And running back down the
trail, he missed the sight of Hlldreth
dragging his wounded body, like an
Injured hare, Into the shelter of the
thickets.
Whisperfoot, that great coward,
came out of his brush-covert when the
moon rose. It was not his usual rising
time. Ordinarily he found his best
hunting in the eerie light of the twi
light hour; but for certain reasons,
his knowledge of which would be ex
tremely difficult to explain, he let this
time go by in slumber. Whisperfoot
had slept almost since dawn. It is a
significant quality In the felines that
they simply cannot keep in condition
without hours and hours of sleep. In
this matter of sleeping, they are In a
direct contrast to the wolves, who
seemingly never sleep at all, unless It
Is with one eye open, and in still
greater contrast to the king of all
beasts, the elephant, who Is said to"
slumber less per night than that great
electrical wizard whom all men know
and praise.
The great cat came out yawning, as
graceful a thing as treads upon the
earth. He was almost nine feef long
from the tip of his nose to the end of
his tall, and he weighed as much as
many a full-grown man. ne stood and
yawned Insolently, for all the forest
world to see. He rather hoped .that
the chipmunk, staring with beady eyes
from his doorway, did see him. He
would just as soon that Woofg little
son, the bear cub, "should see him too.
But he wasn't so particular about
Woof himself, or the wolf pack whose
song had just wakened him. And
above all things, he wanted to keep
out of the sight of men.
Whiiperfoot talk! new (am.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Forewarned, Forearmed.
Our idea of a prudent man is one
who never sees a vampire without
thinking of a buzz saw. Dallas News.
The wings of riches enable some
men to fly from their poor relative.