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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1922)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, and Other Thlnit Worth Knowing. Germany's floating debt 'was In creased from April 1 to May 20 by 13,750,000,000 marks, and now totals 285,680,000,000 marks. Martial law has been proclaimed at Macao, the Portuguese concession at Hongkong, owing to a general strike of Chinese there, according to advices from Hongkong. Harry Orossberg ot Cleveland, 0., Is under arrest In Montreal, charged with forging a permit for the removal of $4,000,000 In liquor with Intent to de fraud the United States government. . An organization to be known as the Western States Agricultural represen tatives and comprising agricultural directors and commissioners of 11 western states was formed in Sacra mento, Cal,, Tuesday at a meeting of officials representing the member states. A rebellion has broken out among the Hottentots In the southwest pro tectorate of Africa, said a Reuter dis patch from Cape Town. It was antic ipated that a South Africa air force will have little difficulty in dealing with the rebels. The federal government Is not lia ble for losses which coal companies alleged they suffered during the war when compelled to sell coal at prices fixed by the government, the supreme court Monday held in pjase brought by the Pine Hill Coal company. Charles M. Reynolds of ' Detroit, Mich., was Instantly killed and Wil liam Jackals of St. Paul, Minn., sus tained three fractured ribs when their cars crashed at Independence, Mo., late Tuesday. The two drivers were in the sixth lap of a six-mile automo bile race. Louis W. Miller, who shaved four presidents Fillmore, Pierce, Buchan an and Lincoln is dead In Washing ton, D. C, at 88. Miller, who for years conducted a barber shop at the New York and St. Germain hotels in New York, continued his trade until three years ago. A. G. Dunkle, formerly cashier of the Continental National bank In Sioux City, la., was arrested Monday by Fred Davis, United States marshal, charged with embezzlement. The al leged deficit is placed at $28,000 and the money is said to have been used in land speculation. Chinese arriving in the United States prior to the immigration act of February 15, 1917, can be deported by an administrative order, it was held Monday by the supreme court In a case involving deportation of four Chinese by order of the commissioner ot Immigration at San Francisco. E. R, Woods of Portervllle, Cal., carefully extracted a. revolver from beneath his pillow when he saw a rattlesnake approaching his bed Tues day and then fired with deadly aim. He did not note the fact, however, that his right big toe was in the line of fire, and the bullet which killed the Bnake also clipped off the toe. General Gregorle Semenoff, Russian CoBsack leader, whose deportation has been demanded by Senator Borah of Idaho, for alleged brutalities perpe trated upon American soldiers in Russia, cannot be deported from the United States, according to a decision transmitted Monday by Comnilssioner Genernl of Immigration Husband to Secretary Davis. A new tobacco merger, representing combined capitalization ot $158,000, 000, Involving the United Retail Stores corporation and the Tobacco Products' corporation, was announced Tuesday by James M. Dixon, president of the Tobacco Products' concern. The Uni ted Retail Stores corporation, by stock ownership, controls the United Cigar Stores corporation. More strict enforcement of the Sab bath laws is to be demanded by the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, whose board of directors de cided to renew their campaign against all Sunday sports and amusements carried on for money-making pur poses. They are against Sunday base ball, Sunday movies and all other sim ilar activities for which admission fees are charged. I STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. TTTff f T?f WW WW WW WW Bend. Postal receipts for May in Bend showed a gain ot approximately 50 per cent over the total of May 1921. The Increase was slightly more than $000. Albany. Rex. W. Davis, assistant cashier of the First National bank of Albany, has been chosen as manager of the Linn county fair to be held in this city the coming October. La Grande. The one-half per cent out In interest on federal farm bank loans will result 'in an annual saving of about $3000 to farmers now hav ing loans, and whose applications have been approved. Gaston. The saw mill owned and operated by Carl Kllnge of Gaston, which was shut down during the win ter months, has started up again with a full force of men. Mr. Hallock Is assistant manager. Bend. Hall stones more than half an inch in diameter fell here Sunday afternoon in the course of a violent thunderstorm. No damage was re ported. The total precipitation for the day was .2 of an Inch. Cottage Grove. August 10 to 20 are the days for the annual camp meet ing of the Oregon Methodist confer ence, to be held on the grounds of the conference here. Negotiations are un der way for prominent speakers from the coast and from the east. Salem. Two loggers, Walter Wheel er, a hooktender of Klrby, Or., and Al fred H. Mueller, a taller of Nehalem, Or., were the only two men to lose their lives in the 446 accidents re ported to the state industrial acci dent commission during the week end ed June 1. " Salem. Bonuses paid to ex-service men under the present state law can not be attached for debts, according to a decision handed down here by Cir cuit Judge Bingham. The decision was made in the case of Br, William Vetter against Chester Earl Boon for the collection of $300. Cottage Grove. J. H. Chambers lost 2,000,000 feet of logs In a fire at his logging camp Wednesday afternoon. Some slashing was being burned, that being the last day for burning. The wind changed and carried the flames to the logs, which were ready to be shipped to the mill here. Albany. Brush and slashing fires which broke out in different parts of Linn county during the warm weather a few days ago are all reported con trolled now and most of them are out. There were small fires in various places, but In only one instance was any good timber burned, and in that case damage was very slight. Eugene. J. F. Preston, inspector in the office of the chief forester at Washington, D. C, was In Eugene Fri day on his way to Klamath county, where he will Inspect the pine beetle Infested area among the forests. Con gress recently appropriated $150,000 with which to co-operate with private tlmberlnnd owners in checking the in sect. Pendleton. Cattle and sheep rais ers of Umatilla county are fast mov ing their stock onto the forest graz ing lands with the sudden jump of hot weather. Grasses have grown rap idly since the break In the cold weath er and although the grazing will not be up to its usual standard the stock men expect to make considerable profit. Eugene. The decision ot Circuit Judge Kelly at Salem Thursday en joining the county court of Polk coun ty from placing any of its market road money on the west-side Pacific high way has caused a cessation of work on the completion of the Pacific high way through Cottage Grove and the bridge at the northern entrance to that city. Forest Grove. Mrs. Jane Smith of this city has just had a black walnut tree over 50 years old grafted to Eng lish walnuts. It required 101 grafts to cover the Immense tree and required the work of four men a whole day. ISngltsh walnuts do well here when grafted on black walnut trees, and much work of this kind has been done here this spring. Astoria. A party of 50 Finnish men, women and children, all socialists and many of them naturalized citizens, left here Sunday morning by train for New York en route to the Karelia dis trict of northern Russia. They go to establish fisheries and obtain what they believe will be greater religious and political freedom under the bol shevik government of Russia. Marshfield. Two hundred million feet of yellow fir bordering south of Coos river, five miles above tide water, was sold Saturday by Duncan & Brewer of Duluth to Adelsperger & Conrad of this city. The tract com prises 3300 acres adjoining a solid forest reaching into Douglas county, and when logged will be the farthest from Coos bay that has been cut. AMUNDSEN'S IP 5 5 0 NORTH Great Crowd at Seattle Dock as Maud Sets Sail. GUNS BOOM FAREWELL Famous Explorer Plans to Study Ocean and Magnetic Currents. To Be Gone Five Years. Soattle, Wash. With parting cheers and cries of "God speed you," echoing from docks and hillsides where 5000 people waved a farewell, the schooner Maud slipped her cables Saturday afternoon and headed northward with her crew of intrepid scientists who are to follow the leadership of Captain Uoald Amundsen in a five years' voy age of exploration across the grim white Arctic basin. Before her as she headed up Puget sound went the naval tug Mahopac with band playing, while a dozen yachts and small craft from the Seat tle Yacht club bowed their wings and bobbed about the schooner, forming alongside in double escort lines. Cap tain Amundsen, smiling, hatless, stood at the vessel rail bowing acknowl edgment of the cheers that reached him through the babel of whistles and bonking automobile horns. As the Maud passed the government forts on the upper sound, great guns roared a parting salute and the schooner was soon after lost to view in the haze.' Impressive ceremonies marked the departure of the Maud from the Union Oil dock this afternoon. An army band played the national airs of Nor way and the United States while a de tachment of American marines un furled the Norwegian flag aft and ran the stars and stripes up the foremast. Last aboard the ship was the Canadian flyer, Lieutenant G. E. Fullerton,? who elbowed through the throng followed by his bride of eight months who kissed him farewell for five long years. At the command ot Captain Oscar Wlstllng to "shove off" the marines loosened the schooner's lines, she moved away, the band struck up the strains of the Norwegian march, "Sons of Norway," and the babel started. Captain Amundsen and his Seattle agent, H. H. Hammer, left the Maud opposite the West Point lighthouse and, boarding a yacht, returned to Se attle, Captain Amundsen will leave to morrow on the steamship Victoria for Nome, where he will rejoin the party. Leaving Nome three weeks hence, the expedition will head into Bering sea, then westward, touching the northern Siberian coast to drop three natives who have been with the party since the Maud left the Arctic before coming to Seattle last winter. After passing Wrangell island the Maud will veer to the north and push as far as possible into the Pacific-Polar-Atlantic current, to drift across the pole. Heat Damages Wheat. Pendleton, Or. First reports of the scorching of growing wheat have come into Pendleton. The sudden blast of hot weather has dried up all moisture and the crops are now suf fering. Farmers, who a week ago declared that their crop condition was 100 per cent normal, are now eager for rain. On the heavy lands the crop is not noticeably damaged, but in the lighter lands the growing grain has been scorched. Steamer Sinks at Sea. Buenos Aires. The steamer Villa Franca sank Sunday oft Hohenau, Paraguay, following an explosion. It is believed 80 persons perished, ac cording to a dispatch to La Nacion. The steamer had on board tourists for Iguaza Falls. The explosion occurred at 10:40 o'clock Sunday morning. It was said the vessel sank so quickly that the passengers had no time to dress or to seek life belts. Grandstand it Burned. Wichita Falls, Tex. Fire starting In the second innning of the Wichita Falls-Shreveport game here Saturday destroyed the grandstand and most ot the bleachers. About 100 auto mobiles were also burned. Three per sons were slightly Injured. The loss is estimated at about $125,000. mm. m i raw & I 11 WW MrVNJ A Now Romance of CHAPTER XVII Continued. 18 "There sure Is," said John Pendle haven. "Sit down, boy. We're just getting at it. This is Mrs. Devon." "And my man," she insisted, strug gling up. "Uriah always was a d n fool, mlxln' up with swells like Reggie Brown, but I love 'Itn; and, mister," she wiped her face and, shuilderlngly, appealed to Paul Pendlohaven, "if you give 'Ira to me, mister " "We'll see Tony first," he interrupt ed. "Wait." While their cousins were with Urluh's wife below, Mrs. Curtis and Katherine were talking over the events of the night. "If Tony'U only stick to what she's said," Mrs. Curtis was repeating, "nothing could be better. She'll prob ably go to Jail, and Reginald will for get her." "Rege's such a fool," commented the girl. "I wonder If she really did say she loved him. She simply couldn't care for him when she has Philip, nor after knowing he tried to kill Cousin Paul. I'd like to know what's behind it all." Tony received the call to the library listlessly. Nothing that any one could say now would make her lot any easier. Nothing! Nothing I Philip, her new father, kind Uncle John, all had vanished in the waters of bitterness that had overwhelmed her. The room seemed full of people when she crept timidly In. Uriah De von, with a white cloth tied around his head, lounged in a large chair. Mrs. Curtis and Katherine were seat ed, rigidly erect side by side. The girl's gaze passed over their glaring eyes and settled on Philip MacCauley. Was that a smile she saw lurking around his lips? Of course not I He couldn't smile when she was In such trouble I She shivered as she met Reginald Brown's eager eyes, and, thrusting back a sob, she went to Paul Pendlehaven because he had held his hand out to her. Then she saw her mother, and a bewildered expression spread over her face. Doctor Paul, his eyes soft and gleaming, his Hps twitching nervously, drew her down beside him. "Mummy doesn't know anything 'about It," gasped the girl, extending her arms to Edith. "I won't hear any one say Oh, Uriah," she turned to Devon, "you know. Oh, say I did it." "Won't say any such thing," mut tered Uriah. "Of course he won't, Tony," exclaim ed Doctor John. "We know the truth now." Tonnlbel got to her feet, pulling her self away from Paul Pendlehaven. "Oh, you can't arrest my poor little mother," she cried. "Her whole life has been so miserable. I must help her. You must? you, Philip " Philip got out of his chair, but Doc tor John put him back Into it again. "Wait," he whispered into the boy's ear. "I want to tell you, everyone," went on Tony, fiercely, "that I'll Bwear 'til I die my mother " Paul Pendlehaven took the speaker by the shoulders and forced her face up to his. "This woman, here, yomr mother," and he waved his arm toward Mrs. Tony Received the Call to the Library Listlessly. Devon, "says you didn't have that gun In your hand, and It's loaded to the brim now. She didn't use it, either." Reggie's jaw dropped. He made a dash for the door, as Mrs. Curtis screamed. Doctor John caught the fleeing boy and wheeled him around to face his horror-strlckea mother. "It's a He I 1 didn't," he mumbled. "Where'd I get a gun to shoot any one? This woman did It herself. I saw her." "Then yon were here," cried" Fblllp. Mrs. Curtis acted as If she were go ing to faint, but, as no one paid any WW ium n i 'cfve Shadow ofthe ShelferiivQ Dm os, Ay GRACE MILLER ? WHITE iho ormCoutvtrij attention to her, she slumped back be side her daughter, who turned away contemptuously. "That settles one question," com mented Doctor Paul, grimly. "You shot Devon, Reggie," and the boy sank Into a chair beside his mother. "Now," continued the doctor, "who robbed the safe?" To know that her mother hadn't done the shooting relieved but one of Tonnlbel's worries. Uriah wasn't hurt much anyway, but the doctor's ques tion brought vividly to her mind an other danger, not a whit less serious. Edith was certainly Involved In looting the safe I "I told you once," Tony began weakly. "Child," Interposed Doctor Paul, "you'll shield no one else. I shudder to think what might have happened If your mother hadn't come here for her husband." His tones were low and stern, though much moved. His eye caught sight of the black bag at the same time his brother's did. Doctor John opened It and, amid an appalling silence, took box after box out of it. "Plain stealing," he growled, and then he stared at Mrs. Devon In open mouthed amazement. "What'd you bring 'em back for?" be questioned. Edith paid no attention to Doctor John's query but addressed her hus band. "Uriah, now you went and done it again!" She turned to Doctor Paul. "You got everythin' back, give me my man. He didn't know what he was doin', sir." .), "Then he'll be taught a lesson, the same as Reginald will, madam," re joined the doctor. "Ever ' since your daughter came to us, she's been In dread of your husband, her father. Once he was sent away, and she had peace. This time he won't come back in a hurry.". Doctor John reached into the drawer of the table near him and produced the roll of bills that Philip had found on Devon the night before. "How about this, you?" he inquired of Devon. "Where'd this come from before It was in your pocket? While we're at it, we might as well clear up everything." The center of Interest, Uriah Devon shifted uneasily in his chair. He had discovered the loss of the money but had not dared to make any Inquiry about It Hastily he ran over the sit uation, and it appeared to him as hope less as possible, but five thousand dol lars was a good thing for a man to have, whatever his position. If Mrs. Curtis claimed the money, her connec tion with him would come out, and that might make things easier for him. If she didn't, he'd have the cash any how. "That's mine, mister," he grunted, "and I didn't steal it, neither. Give it to me." The same considerations had been chasing through Mrs. Curtis' mind, and, in the general cataclysm that she saw before her, she concluded the money might be very necessary for her and her children. "Don't let him have it, John," she screamed. "It's mine. Give It to me." Doctor John arose and stood be tween Uriah and Mrs. Curtis, holding the roll of bills in his hand. Amidst the closest attention of the rest of the group, he looked from one to the other, while the claimants Indulged In a dis pute. , "You give it to me, didn't you, ma'am?" asked Uriah, roughly. "Didn't you?" "Yes, I suppose I did," she acknowl edged, "but you haven't done what you said you would." "Twasn't my fault," Uriah grum bled. "If that fool of a son of yours hadn't butted in and shot me, I'd tak en Tony like I bargained to." Then Doctor Paul Interposed, and a few questions, sternly put and cate gorically answered, discovered the whole conspiracy between Mrs. Curtis, her children, and Uriah Devon. John Pendlehaven, whose anger had been steadily rising, suddenly stepped forward and brushed his brother aside. TU take charge of this now, Paul," he stated. "You're too d d easy, Here's where you treacherous snakes go to jail," he Included Uriah and the Curtises In a sweep of his hand. "Ev ery one of you 1" He turned savagely upon Reginald. "You little pup," he charged swiftly, "you tried to poison Paul, didn't you?" He crossed to his side and towered over him with up raised fist "Own np, d n you. Didn't you?" Reginald cowered, slipped out of his chair and attempted to shield himself In Mrs. Curtis' arms, who leaned pro tectlngly over him. "I I was drunk," he excused him self, "and I thought," he whimpered to his mother, "I thought you wanted me to." Then Edith projected herself Into the excitement again. She glanced at Uriah, her eye melting with tender ness, arose and stoed looking at the Pemllehavtm brother!. "Mr. Puul," he said In a low voice, "don't you remember me?" Paul looked her over with no sign of recognition, and his brother turned away from Reginald to observe this Dew development. "No," mild Paul, and he shook his bead. "Never mind! That don't matter!" wag the reply, "but I'll muke a dicker with you. You give me my won for keeps, and I'll give you- your girl, Caroline. I'm Edith Mlndlll" You could huve heard a pin drop, so deep was the silence. All were look ing nt the haggard woman, facing Paul Pendlehaven, who wus rising unstead ily. "Give me my man," she repeuted. "Don't send 'lm to Jull, and I'll give you your girl." Doctor Paul had become so white that his brother went to him and flung an arm acroHS bis shoulders. "Are you lying?" he thundered at Edith. "If If Kit down, Paul. Let me " "Where's my baby?" quavered Paul Pendlehaven. "Docs my Uriah go free, scot-free?" questioned Mrs. Devon. "Yes, yes," consented both brothers at the same time. Tony had dropped to the floor. Now that little Caroline had been found, she could no longer be a Pendlehaven daughter. Edith went to her and knelt beside her. "Here she is, sir," she said In husky tones, lifting a tearful face to the men, "and you couldn't have a finer girl In the world. I ain't goin to say for you to forgive me, sir, but you've had 'er over two years! Now, gimme Uriah, and we'll go." Tony threw her arms around Edlth'g neck. What a change two minutes and a few words Imd made! She seemed to have taken on a new dig nity as, with shining eyes, she said to Paul Pendlehaven : "Father, darling, whatever it was that separated us, 1 want, oh, how I want to do something for the only mother I've ever known." Of course, Doctor Paul consented; he even did more. He got a promise from the confused Uriah that he'd "You Little Pup, You Tried to Poison Paul, Didn't You?" turn his back on the old days and old ways, and begin again with such aid as the Pendlehavens would give him. While Doctor Paul was settling the fate of the Devons, John Pendlehaven had been sizing up the Curtis family, They were grouped together, clinging to each other. "Reggie," he ejaculated, "I reckon you did a good job when you stopped Devon with a bullet last night. As for you, Sarah, you and your children aren't safe to have in the house. Here!"' He stretched forth his hand and offered the five thousand dollars to her "Here's your money. Now go, and take Reggie and Katherine with you." Mrs. Curtis was so utterly overcome that she could do nothing but sob, but Katherine took the bills from the doc tor's hand and turned to her brother. "Come on, Rege," she muttered. "Help me get her out of this. We better go." She pinched ber mother's arm spitefully. "Get up, mother. Quit that crying, and come on." The others watched them leave the room, and then Mrs. Devon spoke up: "We're next, Rlah 1 And we're ever lastingly grateful to you, Doctor Paul, and you, Doctor John, for lettin' us go. Ain't we, Rlah?" Devon straightened up from hit chair and grinned sheepishly. "That we be," he agreed, "and I'll try to show it." That evening when Tonnibel and Philip were alone together, the young man said chokingly, "You don't for a moment imagine I ever believed you did that thing, darling? I went away because I thought you didn't love me any more, that you never had loved me. You don't think any other way?" "No, dear," she answered gently. "No, of course not!" The boy pressed her to him, and, as they whlsp.ered so low, no one could hear anything, there isn't another word to record, except that Tonnibel Pen dlehaven had everything the world could give one little girl. THE END. Only Survivor of Past Age. The Sphenodon, a lizard-like animal found only In New Zealand, is the only modern representative of the great reptilian order living at the close of the Carboniferous age.