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One woman was killed and two In
jured In Belfast Tuosduy night In a
bomb explosion. "The bomb was
thrown from a railroad embankment
Into the street.
Twenty millions of Coreans are be
ing reduced "to political and economic
serfdom" by Japan, Dr. 1'hlllp Jalsohn,
vice-chairman of the Corean commis
sion to tho arms conference, asserted
Tuesday In an address.
Recognition by the United States of
the far eastorn republic of Siberia Is
hoped for by tho far eastern republic's
trade mission to America, which ar
rived In Victoria, D. C, Monday on
tho steamer Empress of Asia, Skvlr
sky, one of tho delegates, declared.
Members of several armament dolo
gatlons Informally suggested lust week
that any thought of adjourning the
sosslons for the Christmas holidays be
abandoned In the expectation that by
adopting such a course the delibera
tions could be concluded by the end
of December.
Declaring willingness to abide by
the limitations placed by the agenda
on the subjects to be considered by
the conference, the Italian delegation
through a spokesman Tuesday showed
a lively Interest In the possibility of a
subsequent economic conference to
consider the financial situation of Eu
rope. Thirty-one more war law offenders
In federal prisons have been uncov
ered In the preparation by the depart
ment of justice of digests of their
cases for the attention of President
Harding, Attorney-Genoral Daugherty
said Tuesday. Examination of the
records have revealed that tho total
is 206.
Albert Borde, CO, of Jacksonville,
Ore., is lying at the point of death as
the result of his falling Into a vat of
boiling water Sunduy afternoon while
helping a neighbor scald hogs. Mr.
Dorde had a rope around the carcass
of a hog and was dragging it toward
the vat when the rope slipped, causing
him to topple over backward Into the
wator.
C. Fred Kohl, San Francisco capi
talist and clubman, who ended his life
nt Del Monte last week, loft his wi
dow, Mrs. Elizabeth 0. Kohl, her
choice of $1000 a month for life or
$250,000 outright. Ila bequeathed
$250,000 and the residue of the estate
to a friend, Mrs. Marlon Lord of New
York, according to the terms of his
will, filed for probate.
Socretary Hughes, as chairman of
the armament conference, Wednesday
received Miss Kate Munieoms of Lon
don, who called as representative of
the working women of 48 nations par
ticipating In tho Geneva conference.
She assured Mr. Hughes of the deep
gratification of those Bhe represented
for the "advanced position taken by
the American delegation."
Grover C. Bergdoll, convicted draft
evader, through his mother, Mrs. Em
ma C. Bergdoll, has filed suit In the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia for return of property valued
at $750,000, seized by tho government.
Tho petition sets forth that Bergdoll
Is a citizen of tho United States, re
gards his stay In Germany as "tem
porary, and expects to return."
The Philippine islands should re
main In their "present gcueral status"
until the poople there "have had time
to absorb and thoroughly master the
power nlready in their hands," ex-Major-Genorul
Leonard Wood, now
governor-general, and W. Cameron
Forbes, ex-governor-general, say In
their report to President Harding,
based on their six months' study of
conditions In the Islands.
Europe Is being treated as a negli
gible quantity at the Washington con
ference In the opinion of the Deutsche
Allgemelne Zeltung, the organ of
Hugo Stlnnes, leading German finan
cier. It saw evidence in the circum
stances that curtailing of naval arma
ments has received primary considera
tion, and that the Issue of land arma
ments was not causing the conference
apprehension. This attitude, Bald the
newspaper, "gives France an Indefin
ite franchise to continue her devasta
tion of tho European mainland."
WEEK
FOUR.POWER ALLIANCE UP
United States, Great Britain, France
and Jupan Included.
Washington, D. C The question of
a three or four-power agreement to
roplace the Anglo-Jupauese nlllanco la
demanding Increased attention among
arms delegates whllo they wait for
Japan to deflno her posltlou on tho
mivul ratio.
The latest suggestion contemplating
an entente to Include the United
States, Great Britain, Japan and
France, has developed to the point
where a tentative treaty draft Is under
consideration In some quarters al
though It has not been formally pre
sented to the conference,
There are Indications that the Jap
anese delegates and perhaps the Brit
ish, are consulting their homo govern
ment on such a proposition while they
uro asking for further Instructions ou
naval ratio.
On tho part of the American gov
ernment there apparently Is no dis
position to entertain an entente pro
posal, at least at present. Later such
a suggestion may receive considera
tion, provided It includes no require
ments counter to American public
opinion,
Upon high authority It was said
that tho naval problem as It was re
ferred to Toklo Involved no proposal
for a political agreement, but Is con
cerned solely with the naval and mili
tary aspects of the situation. The
American delegation adheres to Its
expectation that the naval issue will
be settled without conditioning the
docislon on a political rearrangement.
Admiral Baron Kato of the Japa
nese delegation said, however, that
the naval question Involved Issues of
far-reaching effect upon the national
and International life of Japan and
upon the policies of great powers for
decades to come and perhaps perm
anently. These Issues, he said, should
be brought to the full knowledge and
consideration of his government.
May Give Germany More Time
Paris. Germany will probably be
granted a three years' delay In her
cash indemnity payments, the Asso
ciated Press Is Informed from the
most reliable sources.
Negotiations are going on between
reparations officials of France and
Great Britain, add responsible offi
cials of both countries virtually agree
that Germany must be given a breath
ing spell.
All that remains to be done is to
work out a scheme acceptable to both
countries.
The suggestion of a three-year mor
atorium has been abandoned at the
solicitation of France. The French
representatives explained that the
word moratorium was offensive to the
French people In connection with the
indemnity, as It was understood to
mean complete suspension of all pay
ments. Railway Conditions Improve
Chicago. Reports to the railroad
labor board show steadily Improving
conditions among the railroads, B. W.
Hooper, vice-chairman of the board,
Bald in a statement Sunday night. He
pointed out that the board's decision
not to consider wage reductions for
any class of employes until working
rules for the class had been disposed
of, had not delayed consideration of
wage disputes on any railroad or for
any class of employes. His statement
said:
"The railroad situation Is more conducive-to
optimism than it has been
for many months. Absence of any
serious general labor disturbance,
combined with the disposition of the
carriers to make voluntary reductions
in freight rates will both contribute
to the restoration of souud business
conditions.
Helium Elevates Blimp.
Washington, D. C Naval Blimp C-7,
the first airship ever to be Inflated
with helium, the non-explosive gas,
arrived over Washington Monday and
landed at the navy aviation station at
Anacostia, a suburb, for inspection by
naval officials. The ship left Hamp
ton Roads Monday morning and made
quick time to Washington. The C-7
contains In her huge sliver envelope
virtually the world's available supply
of the new gas. x
Allen to Be Protected.
Washington, D. C. A proclamation
has been issued by nationalist leaders
lu India calling on loyal natives to
assist In protecting all American and
European non-combatants "during the
revolution expected to break over In
dia this month." This la according to
Information received by Jtf. Giuse,
director of the American commission
to promote self-government in India.
Washington, D. C Approval of 50
advances for agricultural and live
stock purposes aggregating $2,813,000
was announced Monday by the war
finance corporation. Washington state
received $10,000.
FARMER
BUYS
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BUI SELLS CHEAP
He Pays $24 for Spuds in Cafe
He Gets 60 Cents For.
BEEF, WHEAT, SAME
Nebraska Commission Trying to Dis
cover Who Is Responsible for
This Tremendous Spread.
Omaha, Nob. A Nebraska state
commission Is trying to discover who
Is responsible for the tremendous
"spread" In the price of farm products
from the time they leave the farm to
the time they appear on the table of
the consumer. For two week the
commission has been talcing testi
mony and will continue to do so a
month or so,
The commission has developed some
good "stuff." For Instance, It has
found a bushel of potatoes, for which
the farmer received about 60 cents,
sell for $24 when served In a res
taurant as baked potatoes.
It has developed that coffee, which
retails for 29 cents a pound at a gro
cery, sells for $2 in a cafe.
It has developed that a loaf of bread
which costs, to bake, about six or
seven cents, and retails for 11 cents,
sellB for 90 cents when served as toast.
It has developed that a pound of
beef which the farmer sold for about
6 cents and which the retail market
sells for 12 cents, is passed on to
the customer as roast beef at a price
of 46 cents as the ultimate consumer
walks down the line at a cafeteria,
Not only will the commission In
vestigate the tremendous spread In
farm product prices, but it will In
vestigate the profit in clothing, In
rents, In meats, in banks, and in all
the phases of the cost of living or of
doing business.
The commission was appointed
some time ago by Governor McKelvie
and was instructed to get to the very
bottom of the question. The commis
sion has no power to punish, even
though it finds where punishment be
deserved. It can, however, make pub
lic its findings and leave to the public
the matter of punishment.
That there are too many hands be
tween the producer and the consumer
was one of the early developments of
the investigation. About ten profits
are shown to be taken from the time
the farmer sells his wheat until the
loaf of bread appears on the table.
All along the line, country elevator,
railroad, terminal elevator, selling
grain commission, purchasing grain
commission, miller, jobber of flour,
wholesaler of flour, baker, retailer
all are shown to take a profit.
ARBUCKLE JURY
FAILS TO AGREE
San Francisco. The Jury in the
manslaughter case of Roscoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle was discharged at
noon Sunday when it was unable to
agree after deliberating more than 41
hours. The final ballot stood 10 to 2,
according to an announcement to the
court by the jury foreman, but he did
not then indicate whether it favored
conviction or acquittal. The case was
set for retrial January 9.
August Fritze, the jury foreman, is
sued a signed statement Beveral hours
after the jury was discharged, saying
that one of the woman jurors wlfo was
lu the minority refused to consider the
evidence from the beginning and de
clared that "she would cast her ballot
and would not change it until hell
froze over."
There were two Jurors who voted
for conviction, according to Fritze.
Marine Kill Farmer.
Shreveport, La. Wylle Clark, a
farmer, was Bhot and killed by a
marine postal guard Sunday while a
Kansas City Southern passonger train
was standing at Blanchnrd, Caddo
parish. A warrant for Willis was is
sued. Willis was said to have con
tinued with the train, not knowing
the fate of the man he shot. Wit
nesses said Clark was standing 12 feet
from the train when the marine or
dered him to move.
7000 Cotton Bale Burn.
Greenwood, Miss. More than 7000
bales of long staple cotton were de
stroyed by a fire of undetermined
origin In the warehouse of the Green
wood Compress & Storage company
here Sunday night. The loss was
estimated at $750,000.
The Voice of t he Pack
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CHAPTER I. Continued.
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Into a little hollow In the bark, on
he underside of the log, some hand
tad thrust a small roll of papers,
ttiey were raln-souked now, und the
nit had dimmed and blotted ; but Dun
eaiized their slgnillcance. They were
lie complete evidence that Hlldreth
tad accumulated against tho arson
1ng letters that hau passed back and
'orth between himself and Crunston,
t threat of murder from the former if
aildreth turned state's evidence, and
i signed statement of the arson aetlv
tle of the ring by Hlldreth himself.
tome Hand Had Thrust a Small Roll
of Paper.
Chey were not only enough to break
ip the ring and send its members to
jrlson ; with the nld of the empty shell
md other circumstantial evidence,
hey could in all probability convict
iert Cranston of murder.
For a long time he stood with the
ihudows of the pines lengthening
ibout him, his gray eyes in curious
ihndow. For the moment a glimpse
vns given him into the deep wells of
lie human soul; and understanding
rame to him. Was there no balm for
intred even in the moment of death?
Were men unable to forget the themes
tnd motives of their lives, even when
lie shadows closed down upon them?
3ildreth had known what hand had
itruck him down. And even on the
'rontier of death, his first thought was
o hide his evidence where Cranston
:ou!d not find It when he searched the
ody, but where later It might be
louud by the detectives that were sure
o come. It was the old creed of a
Ife for a life. He wanted his evidence
0 be preserved not that right should
e wronged, but so that Cranston
vould be prosecuted and convicted
ind made to suiter. Ills hatred of
anston that had made him turn
itate's evidence In the first place had
eon carried with him down Into
loath.
As Dan stood wondering, he thought
le heard a twig crack on the trail be
llnd him, and he wondered what for
sst creature was still lingering on the
Idges at the eve of the snows.
The snow begun to full In earnest at
nldnlght great, white flakes that al
nost in nn Instant covered the leaves.
t was the real beginning of winter,
md all living creatures knew it. The
volf pack sang to it from the ridge
1 wild and plaintive song that made
Bert Cranston, sleeping in a lean-to
m the Umpqun side of the Divide,
iwear and mutter in his sleep. But he
tldn't really waken until Jim Gibbs,
me of his gang, returned from his
lecret mission.
They wasted no words. Bert flung
lslde the blankets, lighted a candle
md placed it out of the reach of the
light wind. His face looked swarthy
md deep-lined in its light.
"Well?" he demauded. "What did
(ou find?"
"Notliin'," Jim Gibbs answered gut
rurally. "If you ask nie what I found
nit, I might have scmctliln' to an
iwer." "Then" and Bert, after the man
ler of his kind, breathed an oath
'What did you find out?"
Ills tone, except for an added note
if savagery, remained the same. Yet
lis heart was thumping a great toil
ouder than he liked to have it. Real's
ng that the snows were at hand, he
lad sent Gibbs for a last search of
he body, to find and recover the evl
lence that Hlldreth had against him
md which had not been revealed either
m Hiliireth's person or in his cabin.
3e had become increasingly appre
lenslve pbout those letters he had
vrltten Hlldreth, and certain other
locuments that had been in his pos
lesslon. He didn't understand why
liey hadn't turned up. And now tt.e
EDISON MARSHALL
,
snow had started, and Jlin Gibbs hnd
returned enipty-hunded, but evidently
not empty-minded.
Tv tound thut the body' been un
coveredand men ure nlreudy search
in' for clues. And moreover I think
they've found them," Ho paused,
weighing the effect of his words. His
eyes glittered with cunning. Itnt that
he was, he was wondering whether the
time had arrived to leave the ship. He
had no Intention of continuing to give
his services to a man with a rope
noose closing about him. And Cruns
ton, knowing tills fact, hated htm as
he huted tlie buzzard that would claim
him in the cud, und tried to hide his
apprehension.
"Go on. Bint It out," Crunston or
dered. "Or else go away and let nie
sleep."
It was n bluff; but It worked. If
Gibbs had gone without speaking,
Cranston would have known no sleep
thut night. But the man became more
fawning.
"I'm tellin' yon, fust as I can," he
went on, ulmost whining. "I went to
the cabin, Just as you said. But I
didn't get a chance to search It "
"Why not?" Cranston thundered,
nis voice re-echoed uniong the snow
wet pines.
"I'll tell you why I Because some
one else evidently a cop was al
ready searchlu' It. Both of us know
there's nothln' there, anyway. We've
gone over It too many times. After
a while he went away but I didn't
turn back yet. That wouldn't be Jim
Gibbs. I shadowed him, just as you'd
want me to. And he went straight
back to the body."
"Yes?" Cranston had hard work
curbing his Impatience. Again Gibbs'
eyes were full of ominous specula
tions. "He stopped at the body, and It was
plain he'd been there before. He went
crawling through the thickets, looklu'
for clues. He done what you and me
never thought to do lookln' ail the
way between the trail and the body.
He'd already found the brass shell you
told me to get. At least, It wasn't
there when I looked, after he'd gone.
You should've thought of It before.
But he found somethln' else a whole
lot more Important a roll of papers
that Hlldreth had chucked into an old
pine stump when he was dyln'. It was
your fault, Cranston, for not gettln'
them that night. This detective stood
and read 'em on the trail. And you
know Just ns well as I do what
they were."
"D n you, I went back the next
morning, as soon as I could see. And
the mountain lion had already been
there. 1 went back lots of times since.
And that shell nln't nothing but alt
the time I supposed I put It in my
pocket. You know how It is a fellow
throws his empty shell out by habit"
Gibbs' eyes grew more intent. What
was tills thing? Cranston's tone, In
stead of commanding, was almost
pleading. But the leader caught him
self at once.
"I don't see why I need to explain
any of that to you. What I want to
know is this: why you didn't shoot
and get those papers away from him?"
For an Instant their eyes battled.
But Gibbs had never the strength of
his leader. If he had, It would have
been asserted long since. He sucked
In his breath, and his gaze fell away.
It rested on Cranston's rifle, that In
some manner had been pulled up
across his knees. And at once he was
cowed. He was never so fast with a
gun as Cranston.
"Blood on my hands, eh same as
on yours?" he mumbled, looking down.
"What do you think I want, a rope
around my neck? These hills are big,
but the arm of the law has reached up
before, and It might again. You might
as well know first as last I'm not goin'
to do any killin's to cover up your
murders."
"That comes of not going myself.
You fool If he gets that evidence
down to the courts you're broken the
same as me."
"But I wouldn't get more'n a year
or so, at most and that's a heap dif
ferent from the gallows. I did aim at
him"
"But you just lacked the guts to pull
the trigger!"
"I did, and I ain't ashamed of it
But besides the snows are here now,
and he won't be able to even get word
to the valleys for six months. If you
want him killed so bad, do It your
self." This was a thought Indeed. On the
other hand, another murder might not
be necessary. Months would pass be
fore the road would be opened, and In
the meantime Cranston would have a
thousand chances to steal back the
accusing letters. He didn't believe for
an Instant that the man Gibbs had
seen wasa detective. He -had kepi
too close watch over the roads foi
that.
"A tall chap. In outing clothes
dark -haired and clean-shaven?"
"Yesr
"Wears a tan hat?"
'That' the man."
"I know him and I wish you'd
punctured him. That's Falling the
tenderfoot that's been staying at Len
nox's. He' a lunger."
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Copyright, 10M, by Little, Brown & Co.
"Ho didn't look like no lunger to
me"
"But no matter about that it' Just
a I thought. And I'll get 'em back
mark my little words."
In the meantime the best thing to
do wa to move at once to his winter
trapping grounds n certain neglected
region on the lower levels of the North
Fork. If at any time within the next
few weeks, Dun should attempt to
curry word down to the settlement,
he would be certain to puss within
view of his camp. But he knew thnt
the chance of Dan starting upon nny
such Journey before tlie snow had
melted was not one In a thousand. To
IO caught In the Divide In the winter
means to be snowod In as completely
as tho Itmults of upper Greenland. No
word could puss except by man on
snowshoes.
Yet If the chance did come, if the
house should be left unguarded, it
might pay Cranston to make tin Im
mediate search. Dan would hnve no
reuson for supposing that Cranston
suspected his possession of the let
ters; he would not be particularly
watchful, and would probably pigeon
hole thein until spring In Lennox's
desk.
And the truth was that Cranston
had reasoned out the situation almost
perfectly. When Dan awakened . In
the morning, and the snow lay already
a foot deep over the wilderness world,
he knew that he would have no chance
to act upon the Cranston case until
the snows melted In tlie spring. So
ho pushed all thought of it out of his
mind and turned his attention to more
pleasant subjects. It was true that he
read the documents over twice as M
lay In bed. Then he tied them Into a
neat packet and put them away where
they would be quickly available. Then
he thrust his head out of the window
and let the great snowflakes sift down
upon his face. It was winter at last,
the season that he loved.
He didn't stir from the house that
first day of the storm. Snowbird and
he found plenty of pleasant tilings to
do and talk about before the roaring
fire that he built in the grate. He was
glad of the great pile of wood that
lay outside the door. It meant life It
self, In this season. Then Snowbird
led him to the windows, and they
watched the white drifts pile Up over
the low underbrush.
When finally the snowstorm censed,
five days later, the whole face of the
wilderness was changed. The buck
brush was mostly covered, the fences
were out of sight; the forest seemed
a clear, clean sweep of white, broken
only by an occasional tall thicket and
by the great, snow-covered trees.
When the clouds blew away, and
the air grew clear, the temperature
began to fall. Dan had no way of
knowing how low it went. Thermome
ters were hot considered essential at
the Lennox home. ' But when his eye
lids congealed with the frost, and his
"You Just Lacked the Guts to Pull th
Trigger."
mittens froze to the logs of firewood
that he carried through the door, and
the pine trees exploded and cracked In
the darkness, he was correct in his
belief that it was very, very cold.
But he loved the cold, and the si
lence and austerity that went with It
The wilderness claimed him as never
before: f-.The rugged breed that were
hW ancestors had struggled through
such seasons as this and passed a love
of tlieni down through the years to
him. "
(TO CONTINUED.)
Wedding Rings Use Much Gold.
More than 7,000 pounds of pur
gold, say an authority, are required
each year to supply the wedding rings
for bride.