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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1923)
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 Things Worth Knowing. The senate has confirmed the nom ination of Robert Wood Bliss of New York, now third assistant secretary of state, to be minister to Sweden. Increase of 10 cents a hundred pounds In the price of refined cane sugar to $7, effective Tuesday, was announced by the California-Hawaiian and the Western Refineries. A cor responding increase In the price of re fined beet sugar to $6.80 was an nounced by the Spreckels Sugar com pany. A city-owned natural gas well was brought In by drillers on the grounds of the municipal hospital In Buffalo, N. Y., Tuesday, with an estimated flow of 00,000 cubic foet a day. Commis sioner Perkins estimated the value of the flowing well at $1,000,000. The Spanish prisoners ransomed from the Moroccan rebels numbered 323, one of whom died on the journey from Alhuomas to Melllla, according to an official dispatch from the latter place, Approximately 100 of the pris oners required hospital treatment. A bill Intended to place the tax for highway maintenance on tires, Instead of on gasoline, was Introduced In the California legislature Tuesday by As ' semblyman Baker of Los Angeles. "All tires use the highways, but all gaso line Is not sold for motor cars," Mr. Baker said. Representatives of former service men's organizations appeared Tuesday before the house Interstate commerce committee to urge changes In the Sweet bill, amending the war risk In surance act so as to permit greater latitude In payment of compensation to hospital patients. While Mrs. Carl Beuter of .Napa vine, Wash., was in the barn milking Tuesday night her three-year-old son took some matches Into a clothes closet In the second story of the home and while playing set the house on fire. The flames spread rapidly, burn ing the house to the ground. In an attempt to determine the basic cause for criminality among ex-soldiers of the world war, Governor Blaine of Wisconsin has written the governors of all states asking them to advise him as to conditions among the ex-service men confined In their prisons. The letters were mailed out recently. A doficlency estimate of $16,452,000 for the Interior department was trans mitted to congress Monday by Presi dent Harding. The largest item was $16,000,000 for pensions, and It was explained that It resulted from the changed method of paying pensions from quarterly to monthly Install ments. The heads of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia and of his family who met death with him at Ekaterlnberg at the hands of revolutionists, are being pre served In alcohol In the Kremlin at Moscow, according to Captain Flrmln, chief of staff of the Russian refugee fleet anchored at the Mariveles quar antine station near Manila. The post-mortems are still coming In from the 1922 football season, show ing It was the most profitable and successful In history. It Is variously estimated that the combined net in come to the athletic associations of the colleges and universities of the country, from football sources alone, aggregated between $3,000,000 to $3, 600,000 tor the last seaBon. Twenty Germans are reported to have been killed Monday when French soldiers were obliged to use their arms to protect themselves during a violent nationalist demonstration at Boppard, near Blngen, said the Echo de Paris. The newspaper said It had been Impos sible to obtain confirmation of the report on account of Interruption of communication with the Rhineland. One ten thoustandth of Its pre-war value was the German mark's official rating n the Berlin Bourse Tuesday. There was a lively domand for dollars In the post-bourse trading on a basis of 45,000 and actual offers of 60,000 flat. For the first time In its careen ing downward flight, the mark rushed past the 40,000 notch, and It Is be lieved to be making seven-league boot strides' In an effort to overtake the Austrian crown. APPROVE IMMIGRATION BILL House Measure Provlees for Japanese Exclusion-Other Aliens Hit. Washington, D. C Exclusion of Japanese Immigrants and a reduction in the percentage of aliens admissible from European countries would be provided for by sections of a proposed permanent Immigration restriction act approved Monday by the house Im migration committee. Completion of the entire measure within a day or two and a prompt re port to the bouse Is the committee's plan. Japanese exclusion would be made' possible, It was explained, under a general provision of the bill, which sets forth that "an Immigrant not eli gible to citizenship shall not be admit ted to the United States." To meet treaty stipulations, exceptions would be made In the cases of ministers of the gospel, professors of colleges, members of "any learned profession" and bona fide students, who seek to enter the United States solely for the purpose of study at an educational In stitution. Such students who married after entering the country would be deported, however. Explaining the section of the bill which would provide for the exclusion of Japanese. Immigrants, Chairman Johnson said It was the purpose sim ply to translate Into law the terms of the "gentlemen's agreement" between the United States and Japan affecting Immigration from the latter country. In the past the executive branch has objected to attempts to deal with this question in general legislation by con gress, but thus far there has been no announcement of objection In the pres ent instance. As affecting Europe and the near east the bill would reduce the quotas of Immigrants from any one country in any one year to 400 and In addition 2 per cent of the number of foreign born Individuals of such nationality resident In the United States as de termined by the 1890 census. Tidal Wave Takes Heavy Toll. Honolulu, T. H. Between 10 and 12 persons were killed by the tidal waves in Hllo bay after Saturday's earth quake, which was reported to be be tween 2000 and 3000 miles away, It was estimated here Sunday. The known dead Include a. child swept from a sampan and three Jap anese fishermen who were trapped In the engine room of a sampan which, together with a scow, wrecked the railroad bridge across the Walluku river. One of the fishermen was be headed. The damage at Hllo, according to a conservative estimate, was $100,000. Several days will be required to as certain the number of lives lost and the correct amount of the damage. The Matson Navigation company's liner Matsonla touched the mud bot tom once while in the grip of the tidal wave, but floated off with the next wave. The escape of the Standard Oil com pany's' tanker Doane was character ized by shipping men as remarkable. The ship was carried reefward front anchorage by an lnrushing wave, then carried back to safety by the recession. Fraud Trial to Begin. Washington, D. C. Charles W. Morse, New York shipbuilder, his three sons and eight others alleged to have been associated with him In war-time shipping contracts, went to trial before Justice Stafford In the criminal division of the District of Columbia supreme court, Tuesday, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and the emergency fleet corporation. Those who will go to trial besides Morse are Ervln, Benjamin and Harry Morse; Colin H. Livingstone, former president of the Virginia Shipbuilding corporation; George M. Burdltt, attor ney for the Morse interests; Nehemi ah H. Campbell, of New York; Rupert M. Much of Augusta, Me., assistant secretary of the Virginia Shipbuilding corporation; W. W. Scott of Washing ton, attorney for the corporation, and Philip Relnhardt, Leonard D. Chris tie and Robert O. White, all officials In the Morse shipbuilding plants. John D. Goes to Work. Ormond Beach, Fla. John D. Rocke feller Sr. was feeling so much im proved from his recent attack of bron chial trouble that only the uncertain weather, with occasional tropical showers, kept him oft the golf links Monday, It was said at the Rockefeller home. Members of the household said the hoarseness he had as a result of his Illness had not entirely left him, but he was up and attending to bis correspondence. Bandits Rob Theater. Oakland, Cal. Automobile bandits, who blew open the safe of the State theater at Fourteenth and Broadway early Monday, obtained approximately $5000, the police announced. TURKS WON'T SIGN; III SEEMS NEAR Peace Parley is Wrecked; Del egates Leave. CURZ0N QUITS CITY - Diplomats Try to Line Up Ismet Pasha but "No" Is Reply to All Americans Also Fall. ' Lausanne. The Turks have refused to sign the Near Eastern peace treaty and the Near Eastern peace confer ence has definitely collapsed. The Turks unqualifiedly rejected the capitulations and economic clauses of the treaty. Lord Curzon, the chief British dole gate, has left Lausanne. As the Turks emerged from the conference Sun day they told the Associated Press that peace seemed Impossible. The final session of the conference was dramatic In the extreme. Lord Curzon, M. Bompard and the Marquis dl Garronl evoked the specter of war and declared the Turks would be re sponsible. Practically the whole diplomatic w,orld ran after Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation, trying to In duce him to sign the treaty but Musta pha Kemal's favorite general, with gentle smile, was immovable. He said 'no" to all Americans, British, French and Italians. The American representative, Am bassador Child, Joseph C. Grew and Rear-Admiral Bristol, called upon him after the break, In an endeavor to save the conference and Lord Curzon delayed his departure for a half hour In the hope that Ismet Pasha would change his mind, but all In vain. The conference failed because the Turks refused to accept clauses con cerning the future economic regime In Turkey, and to some extent, because they would not accept the allied form ula dealing with juridical guarantees for foreigners, which were to replace the existing extraterritorial privileges. Briefly, the 'Turks wanted to strike from the treaty all clauses binding them to recognize contracts and con cessions granted by the old Ottoman empire. They maintained that they should be left free to study these ques tions and, if necessary, reopen nego tiations concerning them with the In terested countries and peoples. They could not, they said, accept the economic burden imposed upon the new Angora government by the old Turkish regime, which had handed out concessions right and left, In the form of capitulations; they Insisted that vast concessions had been granted without fair return and they wanted the right to revise all of them. Big Estate Inherited. Astoria, Or. Word was received here Saturday that John Juola, a Co lumbia river fisherman, employed by the Union Fishermen's Co-operative Packing company, had fallen heir to several millions of dollars from the estate of an uncle, who died recently In New York city. Juola's son, when seen, refused either to confirm or deny the rumor, adding that the family did not wish to say anything about the matter until they had received further information. Noted Actor It Dead. New York. William H. Thompson, for more than- 60 years a star In Eng lish, and American drama and said to be dean of motion picture actors, died Sunday. - He was 7ff years old. Born In Scotland, he came to the United States In bis youth and made his first appearance on the stage In the early '70s. During his career he played with many notables, including Maude Adams in "The Little Minister." Avlatrlx Hurt In Fall. Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Bessie Col mar, Chicago avlatrlx, fell 300 feet -while making an exhibition flight be tween Los Angeles and Santa Monica Sunday and suffered a broken leg and general shock. Her plane was wreck ed. She was taken to a hospital at Santa Monica. General Kurokl Diet. Toklo. General Tamemoto Kurokl, one of the famous warrior of Japan, died Sunday of pneumonia. He was 78 year old. T Mardi Gras Mystery By H. BEDFORD-JONES Cofyrlbt kf DOUBLIDAY,PAUB AND COMPANY CHAPTER VII Continued. 11 "Very well. Do not plan to wear any jewels, Lucie, I have a set to lend you for the occasion no, not a gift, merely a loan for the suke of Comus. They are very nice pearls ; a little old fushioned, because they were mounted for the Princess de Lamlmlle, but you will Qnd Hint they fit In ex cellently with your gown. I'll bring them with me when I call for you" "And I'll tender fitting thanks then. One thing)' more: Henry Gramont Is going to see you after luncheon, I think on business. And I want you to be nice to him, Uncle Jachln." "Most assuredly," said the other, dryly. "I should like to be associated In business with that young man. The firm would prosper." Smiling, she hung up the receiver. Ten minutes later, when Gramont and Miss Ledanols entered the wait ing car, Hammond saw the boxes that they carried. He stood beside the open door, paralyzed, his eyes fus tened on the boxes, his mouth ngnpe. "To the post office, sergeant," said Gramont, then affected to observe his stupefaction. "Why, what's the mat ter?" Hammond met his twinkling eyes, saw the laughter of Lucie, and swal lowed hard. "I er nothing at all, cap'n," lie an swered, hoarsely. "A little chokln spell, that's all. Post office? Yes, sir." CHAPTER VIII. Comua. From the time they left the Leda nols house with Lucie, Gramont had no opportunity of seeing his chauffeur In private until, later In the afternoon, he left the Malson Blanche building. He had enjoyed a thoroughly satisfac tory Interview with Jachln Fell. The car was waiting for him in Royal street, not far from the Monteleone, and Gramont approached It to 'find Hammond In deep worry over the out come of the Interview with Fell. "Well, cap'n 1" he exclaimed, anx iously, as Gramont drew up. "You're smllln', so I guess It ain't a pinch !" "Don't worry. The stuff Is returned, and the matter Is now closed. We can forget all about the Midnight Masquer. Now, there's another and more Impor tant thing that I want to speak with you about, a matter of business " "Hold on, cap'n 1" Interrupted Ham mond, quietly, his eye on a spot be hind Gramont. "One of your friends Is beaded over this way, and If I know anything about It, he's got blood In his eye." Gramont turned, to see Bob Mall lard approaching. The latter ad dressed hlra without any response to his greeting. "Have you a moment to spare, Gra mont?" "All afternoon," answered Gramont, cheerfully. He affected not to observe Malllnrd's air of heavy business, nor the frowning suspicion that lurked half-veiled In the other's glowering features. The two were standing a bit apart, and Hammond was fussing with ope of the headlights, but Gramont suspected that the chauffeur was listening avid ly. "I've just come from a talk with dad. How did It happen that you sold him that stock of yours In the com pany?" Gramont smiled a little. "I hap pened to need the money. Why?" "But why the devil didn't you hang on to that stock? Or If you needed money, why didn't you come to me?" exploded the other, angrily. "Heavens I" drawled Gramont, who wag quite willing to exasperate young Halliard to the limit. "You seem frightfully concerned about It 1 What's the big Idea, anyway? I offered the stock to your father at a discount. He realized that It was a good buy, and took It. What's wrong with that?" "Nothing wrong, if you put It that way," snapped Malllard, angrily. "But it's a confounded sly way of doing things" "Now, Just wait right there! Gra mont' easy smile vanished. "I don't take that kind of talk, Maillurd. I'm oft In the morning to start work on that report I was engaged to make. When the report conies In, my resig nation ccmes with It." ' "All right. Let It come here and now, then." Malllnrd's tone was ugly. "If you're so blamed anxious to get out of the company, get out!" "Thanks. I'll be glad to be re lieved of the Job.' Gramont turned and addressed his chauffeur. "Ham mond, you'll kindly remember this conversation, In case your future tes timony Is needed" "Confound you, what d'you mean talking that way?" broke out Malllard. "Do you suppose I'll deny firing you?" "I don't care to have you offer any reflections on my actions, Malllard," said Gramont, evenly. "My course In this matter la perfectly open and above board, which Is more than you can say for your doings." "What?" Malllard clenched his ttlck and took a forward step, anger working In his face. "What the devil d"yoa mean?" "Exactly what I say and perhaps I can prove It Remember the oil con cern to which you persuaded your precious father to sell some of Miss Ledanols' Bayou land? Remember the real estate company to which you per suaded him to sell her St. Landry par ish . property? You had Interests In both concerns; I don't Imagine you'd care to have your share In those trans actions exposed. Further, I entirely understand your Indignation over, my getting rid of this stock before the crash, and It 111 becomes you to assume any such attitude." . Malllard glared at him for a long moment, a red tide of rage flooding and ebbing from his heavy counte nance. Then, mastering himself, he turned away without further speech. Leaving Hammond to take the car home, Gramont headed for Canal street to mingle with the carnival crowd and revel In his new-found sense of freedom. Now that he was his own master, he felt like a new mnn. With a boyish abandon he tramped the streets merrily, exchang ing Jests' and confetti, shoves and bladder-blows, laughs and kisses. Mad ness and reckless gayety were (n the very air, and Gramont drank deep of these youthful tonics. When at last he wandered home to his pension, he was footsore, weary, disarranged and tousled and very happy. The wine of human comradeship Is a good wine. That evening the Comus ball, the most exclusive revel of the most ex-, elusive aristocracy of the southland, crowded the edifice In which It was held to capacity. Here evening dress was prescribed for all the guests. The Krewe of Comus alone were masked and costumed, In grotesque and mag nificent costumes which had been In the making for months. The Krewe Is to the South what the Bohemian club Is to the western coast, with the added enhancement of mystery. Despite the revels of the Krewe, however despite the glittering jewels, the barbaric costumes, the music, the excitement an Indefinable air of re gret, almost of sadness, pervaded the entire gathering. This feeling was something to be sensed, rather than "What the Devil D'You Mean?" observed definitely. Some said, after ward, that It was a premonition of the terrible event that was to happen this night. Wrong! ,It was because, for the first time In many generations, the Comus ball was held in one of the newer public buildings Instead of In Its accustomed place. Everyone was speaking of It Even Malllard the banker, that cold man of dollars, spoke uneasily of It when Gramont encoun tered him In the smoking room. "It doesn't seem like Comus," said Malllard, with a vexed frown. "And to think that we had just finished re decorating the opera house when It was burned down I Comus will never be the same again." "I didn't know you could feel such emotion for a ruined building, Mall lard," said Gramont, lightly. The banker shrugged a trifle. "Emotion? No. Regret! None of us, who has been brought up In the traditions of the city, but regarded the French "Opera house as the center of all our storied life. You can't un derstand It, Gramont; no outsider can. By the way, you haven't seen Bob? He's In costume, but he might have spoken to you " - Gramont answered In the negative, with a slight surprise at the question. It was not long before he came to comprehend more fully Just what the loss of the old French Opera house meant to the assembly. He heard com parisons made on every hand, regret ful allusions, sighs for the days that were no more. This present building, to be sure, was one of the city's finest, up to date In every way, with an abundance of room and yet everyone said that Co mus would never be the same. About the opera bouse had clung the romance of many fenerations. About It, too, had clung the affections of the people with a fierceness beyond reason. More famous buildings had been allowed to go to ruin, like the Hotel Royale, but the opera house had been kept In re pair for MurdI Gras. It was Itself a landmark. Nothing else would ever be like it From his sent In the Lavergne box Gramont contented himself during the early evening with the common role of all the "blnckconts" thut of look Ing on Idly. More than once be saw Lucie Ledanols called out, among oth ers of the fair sex, as a dancing purt ner for some member of the Krewe. None of the male guests, however, was allowed to participate In the festivity until Rex and his queen should ar riveat midnight; thus, Gramont saw almost nothing of Lucie during the evening. While In search of smoking compan ions, Gramont encountered many of his acquaintances, and among them Doctor Ansley and Jachln Fell. The three strolled oft together into one of the unused passages leading to other parts of the building. They opened a window and stood watching the crowd that surged in the street below, con stantly Increasing as the hour grew later, for the procession of Rex would be well worth seeing and nobody meant to miss anything upon this night of nights. Suddenly, at the sound of an. ap proaching footstep, the three men turned. The eleatrlc lights were going In all of the hallways, and they per ceived that the Individual approaching them was a member of the Krewe of Comus. He was also, It became evi dent, giving a share of his allegiance to Bacchus, for his feet were obviously unsteady. He was clad In a parti colored costume; which was crowned by an exaggerated head of Mephlsto. "Wonderln who I am, aren't you!" he hlccuped. "Well, don't wonder; 'sail between ol' friends tonight. Tell you what, m' friends come with me and I'll find you a U'l drink, eh? Real old Boone plnchneck got It from some boys in Louisville, been savin' It up for tonight." He wagged his head at them, and pursued his subject in a half-maudlin burst of confidential assurance. "Havin' a little party In one of the rooms," he continued. "All of us friends lots more fun than dancin'l And gay I I'm going pull something great, positively great; you don't want to miss It, gentlemen 1 You come along with me and I'll fix It for you. Come on, Gramont, that's a good fel low I You'n I had 'a dls'greement to daydon't matter tonight, nothln' matters tonight, nothln' at all. Mardi Gras only comes once a year, eh? Come along, now." Jachln Fell very civilly refused the , fnvitatlon, as did the others. Gramont, who- now recognized their accoster, was less civil In his refusal. Mephlsto regarded them with vinous regret. "No 'Joyment in you, any more? Bet ter .come along. Tell you, I've got the biggest joke of the season ready to pull oft something rich I Gramont, come on 1" "Thanks, no," responded Gramont curtly. The masquer gave up the struggle and moved on down the empty hall way. "I wonder who that was, now?" mused Doctor Ansley, frowning. "Evi dently someone who knew us ; at least, he recognized you, Gramont." "So it seemed," put It Jachln Fell. His tone, like his eyes, had a somber fire. "A party of them drinking, eh? That will make trouble. The Krewe won't like It. Who was he, Gramont? Sounded like" "Young Malllard." At Gramont' response a whistle broke from Doctor Ansley. Jachln Fell nodded assent. "You took the words out of my mouth. So Bob Is drinking again, eh? Hello, Gramont where to?" Gramont tossed his cigar through the open window. "I think I'll make my adleux, Fell. I Intend to be up early In the morning and get off to work' , "What?" protested Ansley In aston ishment. "You must stay until Rex comes, at least I Why, that's the event of the carnival I The evening hasn't started yet" "I'm growing old and sober, doctor," and Gramont chuckled. "What's more, I was drifting with the crowd all aft ernoon, and I've just begun to realize that I'm dead tired. Rex or no Rex, I'm afratd I'd best say goodnight gentlemen." Returning to the auditorium, Gra mont sought out bis hosts and made his farewells, although not "without encountering some opposition. At length be was free, he had obtained his bat and coat, and as he passed out of the building he again met Fell and Ansley, who were finishing their ci gars at the entrance. He bade them a final adieu and plunged Into the crowd. It lacked half an hour of midnight For a little. Fell and Doctor Ansley stood talking, then tossed away their cigars and turned into the building. They halted In the foyer before the appearance of two men Joseph Mall lard, looking extremely agitated, and behind him old Judge Forester, who wore a distinctly worried expression. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The reason a man scratches his head when puzzled baa sever been satisfactorily accounted for by scientists.