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One million German paper marks
could be purchased In the New York
foreign exchange market Tuesday for
28 cents, or only 4.2 cents more than
the price of a single murk before the
war.
Howard Flotow, negro, was taken
from the county jail In Sardls, Miss,,
Monday night by a mob and hanged
to a tree just north of town. Officials
say tho negro confessed to an at
tack on a.whlte woman.
A suggestion made by James Lino,
secretary of the Aurora Automobile
club, that the name of the Cannon
Hull trail connecting Chicago and Los
Angeles be changed to Harding high
way has met with favor In Illinois.
Heavy drafting of men to fight
the forest fire raging Blnce Friday
and now nearlng the divide at tho
head of the Santa Ynez watershed,
continued In Santa Barbara, Cal, and
In towns of the Santa Ynez valley
Tuesday.
Woodmen of the World, a national
fraternal organization numbering 800,
000 members, will erect a home for
aged members and dependent and or
phan children near San Antonio, Tex.,
according to W. A. Fraser, sovereign
commander of the society.
The result of a blood count taken
Tuesday from Governor Davis, at To
peka, Kan., who Is ill with influenza,
"looks very suspicious of pneumonia,"
Dr. L. M. Powell, the governor's phy
sician, said. "The governor is a very
sick man," the doctor added.
President de Alvear at Buenos
Aires has promulgated a law voted
by congress authorizing the floating
of a foreign loan, of 150,000,000 gold
pesos. The minister of finance has
already culled for tenders from Brit
ish and American bankers.
Five persons were almost Instantly
killed and another was seriously in
jured when the automobile in which
they were riding collided with a train
between Ilayward and Mount Eden,
Calif., Sunday. The deud and Injur
ed all resided In Mount Eden.
Nels Lindahl, a 10-year-old Caddy
nt tho Westmoreland Golf club, Chi
cago, was Btruck anil liiHtantly killed
by lightning during a storm Tues
day. Lightning also struck a street
car, causing several women pas-
seugers to faint, although no one was
injured seriously.
R. Amimdson, caretaker of an Oak
Grove orchard near Hood River, Or.,
belonging to J, Nichols of Philadel
phia, was given a 30-day jail sentence
and fined $50 Tuesday by Justice of
Hie Pence Onlhank on a charge of
carelessly starling a grass fire on the
neglected lawn around his cottage,
American colleges In Constantinople,
where Turks, Greeks and Armenians
meet on equal terms in the classroom,
offer a strong hope for the recon
ciliation, of races in the near east,
says Mrs. Alice Peloubet Norton,
who has just returned to the United
Stales after teaching two years in
Constantinople Woman's college.
Angered by tho arrest of one of
their speakers on a charge of ob
structing traffic whilo addressing a
crowd on a downtown street, several
hundred I. W. W. members invaded
police headquarters In Seattle, Wash.,
Tuesday night to demand his release.
They promptly dispersed when the
police armed themselves with riot
guns and fire hose.
After binding and beating J. T.
Loman, train messenger, Indianapolis,
Ind., four men looted the safe of
the American Express company
aboard nn enstbouml nig Four pas
senger train ntv the union station in
Peoria, 111., nnd esenped Tuesday
night. According to C. R. Stlckley,
auditor for tho express company, the
loss to his company was $139.
Rumors or a rich gold strike In the
mountains beyond the town of Sisters
have excited old prospectors living in
Bend, Or. A "grub staked" miner
was said to have panned several hun
dred dollars' worth of placer gold in
n single day. This afternoon he was
expected in town, but wns believed to
be biding to prevent knowledge of
the location of his find becoming general.
WORLD HAPP
IS
CURRENT
WEEK
WHEAT FARMERS ASK AID
Formation of Half Billion Buying
Agency Urged.
Spokane, Wash. Farmers of three
northwest states joined hands Monday
with 'wheat growers of the Minnesota
prairies in asking President C'oolidgu
for a special session of congress to fix
wheat prices. Action taken was like
that at Minneapolis Sunday and at Mos
cow, Idaho, Saturday.
If was tho avowed purpose of tho
grain growers hero to align themselves
closely with wheat producers elsowhcro
in tho same, cause. They declared them
selves ready to ride in anybody's wagon
going their way. Tho resolution adopted
followed closely tho outline of tho
Gooding bill, which died in the Inst
congress, but which it is hoped to resur
rect under another name at tho hoped
for special session.
Interest nnd attendnnco at tho wheat
conference wero striking. Wheat grow
ers left their harvesting outfits in tho
fields, nt the height of the season, and
c.amo to Spokane. Although tho day
was hot tho hulls used wero crowded
to capacity all day with many standing
throughout tho sessions, In tho after
noon a larger room was obtained, but it,
too, was not big enough.
Tho resolution asking for the presi
dent to tido over the wheat grower was
telegraphed to Vvasliington. It was
adopted by a voto of several hundred,
Bono took the trouble to count tho num
ber stnnding, with only two voting no.
It was doclarcd tho prico of wheat is
holow tho cost of production and held
it to bo proper that tho government
should aid in a distressing situation,
especially since tho government has bo
foro managed wheat marketing and to
the detriment of tho grower.
Tho resolution asked that President
Coolidge call an extra session of con
gross, which nt once should tako Bteps
to stabilize wheat prices, It was recom
mended that congress enact legislation
establishing a federal corporation with
a capital stock of $500,000,000 with
$50,000,000 paid in nnd tho rest avail
able on call, with the power to purchase
and sell wheat in any quantity at any
tiino at a basic prico of $1.75 at the
primary points. This price, it was pro
vided, was to bo set as of a certain
date, which would be tho prico tho
whole year through, minus certain
carrying charges.
This was the gist of the Gooding bill,
The resolution providod further that
should there be a loss sustained in
selling the surplus crop at export, the
corporation might retain from its orig
inal sales price not to exceed 10 cents
per bushel in addition to tho amount
estimated to be necessary to pay operat
ing costs and interest at tho rato of 4
per cent on capital stock actually used.
Storm Hits Chicago.
Chicago. Three persons are dead,
the current in the Chicago river was
reversed, an airplane was brought
down, a dam In tho Des Plalnes river
was bursted, two houses were toppled
over and telephone and electric light
wires and elevated nnd street car
traffic were crippled as a result of a
terrific electrical storm which visited
Chicago early Saturday.
The rainfall was 2.68 inches and
1.25 inches of this amount fell in
20 minutes, a record in the history of
the local weather bureau. A man was
killed when an electric, wire was
broken by the wind and struck him,
a woman was killed when she touch
ed a washing machine which bad
been left running in the water-filled
basement of her home and a 9-year-old
child was drowned when he at
tempted to cross a stream where a
bridge had stood, the bridge having
been washed away by the storm.
Bergdoll Plot Denied
Chicago. Emphatic denial was nindo
Monday by Colonel Alvin M. Owsley,
national commander of the American
Legion, that the legion had any con
nection with tho attempted kidnaping
of G rover C. Bergdoll.
In an interview Bergdoll said the
legion was back of the attempt, nnd
his mother rejoiced that he had killed
one of the would-be kidnapers.
"I am interested, like everyone else,
in seeing Bergdoll brought back to the
Cnitod States to conipleto his punish
ment," said Colonel Owsley, "but to
attempt to abduct him is wrong nnd
un-American. No one connected with
tho legion has been authorized to take
such a step, and so long as I nm com
mander no one will be."
New League Proposed.
Minot, N. I). Formation of a new
organization to replnco the non partisan
league into which all leaguers, laborers
and so-called progressives may merge,
was a plan evolved for consideration of
precinct caucuses nnd county conven
tions nt the Non-Partisan league con
ference here Sunday night. The con
ference also recommended that the state
executive committee call a state con
vention between October 15 nud 25.
RESIGNS
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Dr. Streseman to Form New
Government.
RIOTS ARE TO CEASE
Late Combination to Consist of Peo
ple's, Socialist, Clerical nnd
Democratic Parties,
Berlin. Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno
and his entire cabinet resigned Sun
day and the resignations were ac
cepted by President Ebert.
Dr. GuBtav Stresemaun, leader of
the German peoplo's party, has been
commissioned by President Ebert to
form a new government.
After accepting the task, Herr
Stresemann had a conference with
the representatives of the various
parties. The greatest difficulty seems
to be In connection with the foreign
ministry and It is believed possible
that he will take the post himself
temporarily.
It Is believed in polltfcal quarter
that Herr Hilfording will be the new
finance minister and Herr Sellman
had been named minister of the in
terior, while the name of Herr Rhein
haben of the people's party is men
tioned as the new secretary of state
to the imperial chancellory.
Thus the new cabinet would be of
a strictly political character, includ
ing representatives of the united so
cialist, clerical, people's and democra
tic parties. The united socialists
have made it known that 'they ex
pect to have four seats in the min
istry. Just before Chancellor Cuno called
on President Ebert to submit the
cabinet's resignation the reichstag
leaders, representing the present co
alition parties and the united social
ists, had arrived at an understand
ing with the bourgeoise parties with
respect to their readiness to enter a
cabinet which would accept as a
platform the program of internal tax
and financial measures and other pol
itical and economic demands which
the united socialists put forward in
their campaign against Herr Cuno.1
' War Declared on Mobs.
Atlanta, Ga. The "full power of the
executive department will be used
to stop the "series of floggings in
Macon, Bibb county, and other mob
outrages in the state," Governor
Walker said Saftirday in announc
ing rewards for the arrest, with evi
dence to convict, of the persons con
nected with the recent whippings in
Macon and an invasion of the state
reformatory at Milledgevllle.
The governor offered a reward of
$500 for the leader of the Macon flog
ging party and $100 for each member.
He offered similar rewards for the
leader and members of the mob that
invaded the state reformatory.
Negro Colony Planned.
Chicago, 111. Members of the negro
race for the first time will have an
opportunity to establish themselves
as farmers in the north. A negro
city and a farming community com
prising 60,000 acres in southwestern
Wisconsin have been planned by a
syndicate headed by ' Chicago negro
business and professional men who
have been working for several years
to solve problems growing out of
the movement of negroes from the
south to northern cities.
Coal Strike Taboo.
Gloucester, , Mass. President Cool
idge will not permit a coal strike,
it was said here Sunday after a con
ference between John Hays Ham
mond, chairman of the coal fact-finding
commission, and Dr. George Otis
Smith, a member of that commis
sion. Dr. Smith had hurried to Mr.
Hammond's Gloucester home after a
conference with the president in
Washington Saturday. He returned
to Washington Sunday.
Harding Medal Ordered.
Washington, D. C Director Scobey
of the mint Saturday gave orders for
the production by the Philadelphia
mint of a bronze medallion of Presi
dent Harding.
The medallion will carry on one
side the face of the late chief execu
tive in base relief and on the reverse
side will be the dates of his birth
inauguration and death. They will
be sold to the public at $1.52 each.
CABINET
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VI Continued.
16
"Oh," she said, "we have a little
secret. Can't we have a secret If we
want one?"
"Upon my word," Dwlglit comment
ed, "she bus a beautiful secret. I
don't know about your secrets, Lulu."
Every time that he did this, that
fleet, lifted look of Lulu's seemed to
bleed.
"I'm glad for my dinner," remarked
iMonona nt Inst. "Please excuse me."
On that they all rose. Lulu stayed In
the kitchen and did her best to make
her tasks Indefinitely last. She bad
nearly finished when Dl burst in.
"Aunt Lulu, Aunt Lulul" she cried.
"Come In there come. I can't stand
It. What am I going to do?"
"Dl, dear," suld Lulu. "Tell your
mother you must tell her."
"She'll cry," Dl sobbed. "Then
she'll tell papa and he'll never stop
talking about it I know him every
'day he'll keep It going. After he
scolds me It'll be a joke for months.
I'll die I'll die, Aunt Lulu."
Inn's voice sounded In the kitchen.
"What are you two whispering about?
,1 declare, mamma's hurt, Dl, at the
iway you're acting . . ."
I "Let's go out on the porch," said
jLulu, and when Dl would have
escaped, Ina drew her with them,
t It was a warm dusk, moonless, wlnd
lless. The sounds of the village
jstreet came In laughter, a touch at
I a piano, a chiming clock. Lights
jstarred and quickened In the blurred
houses. Footsteps echoed on the
jboard walks. The gate opened. The
igloom yielded up Cornish.
I Lulu wns Inordinately glad to see
,hlm. To have the strain of the time
broken by him was like hearing, on a
lonely winter wnkenlng, the 'clock
Istrlke reassuring dawn.
Cornish, in his gentle way, asked
about the journey, about the sick
woman and Dwight talked of her
again, and this time bis voice broke.
Dl was curiously silent. When cor
nlsh addressed her, she replied simply
and directly the rarest of Di's man
ners In fact, not Di's manner at all.
Lulu spoke not at all It was enough
to have this respite.
After a little the gate opened again.
It was Bobby. In the besetting fear
that he was leaving Dl to face some
thing alone, Bobby had arrived.
And now Di's spirits rose. To her
his presence meant repentance, re
capitulation. Her laugh rang out, her
replies came archly. But Bobby was
plainly not playing, up. Bobby was,
in fact, hardly less than glum. It was
Dwight, the Irrepressible fellow, who
kept the talk going.
"Mammal" Monona shouted from
her room. . "Come and hear me say
my prayers!"
Monona entered this request with
precision on Ina's nastiest moments,
but; she always rose, unabashed, and
went, motherly nnd dutiful, to hear
devotions, as If that function nnd the
process of living ran their two di
ivided channels.
She had dispatched this errand and
,was returning when Mrs. Bett crossed
the lawn from Grandma Gates', where
the old lady had taken comfort In
Mrs. Bett's ministrations for nn hour.
"Don't you help me," Mrs. Bett
I warned them away sharply. "I
guess I can help myself yet awhile."
She gained her chair. And still in
jher momentary rule of attention, she
said c'Jearly:
' "I got a joke. Grandma .Gates
says It's all over town Dl and Bobby
Xarkln eloped off together today.
He I" The last was a single note of
laughter, high and brief.
The silence fell.
"What nonsense!" Dwight Herbert
said angrily.
But Inn said tensely: "Is It non
sense? Haven't I been trying and
trying to find out where the black
satchel went? Dl!"
; Di's laughter rose, but it sounded
.thin nnd false.
, "Listen to that, Bobby," she said.
"Listen !"
"That won't do, Dl," said Inn. "You
.can't deceive mamma and don't you
try!" Her voice trembled, she was
Ifrantic with loving and authentic
anxiety, but she was without power,
she overshadowed the renl gravity of
the moment by her indignation.
"Mrs. Deacon " began Bobby, and
stood up, very straight and manly
before them all.
But Dwight intervened, Dwight,
the father, the master of his house.
Here was something requiring him to
act. So the father set bis face like
a mask and brought down his hand
oji the rail of the porch. It was as
If the sound shattered a thousand
filnmpnts where?
"Diana!" his voice was terrible,
demanded a response, ravened among
them.
"Tes, papa," said Dl, very small.
"Answer your mother. Answer me.
Is there anything to this absurd tale?"
"No, papa," said Dl, trembling.
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"Nothing whatever?"
"Nothing whatever."
"Can you imagine bow such a ri
diculous report started?"
"No, papa."
"Very well. Now we know where
we nre. If anyone hears this report
repented, send thorn to me."
"Well, but tbut satchel", said Ina,
to whom an idea manifested less as a
function than as a leech.
"One moment," said Dwlglit. "Lulu
will of course verify what the child
lias said."
"If you cannot settle this with Dl,"
said Lulu, "you cannot settle It with
me."
"A shifty answer," said Dwlglit.
"You have a genius at misrepresent
ing facts, you know, Lulu."
"Hobby wanted to say something,"
said Ina, still troubled.
"No, Mrs. Deacon," suld Bobby,
low. "I have nothing more to say."
In a little while, when Bobby went
nway, 1)1 walked with him to the gate.
It was ns if, the worst having hap
pened to her, she dared everything
now.
'Bobby," she said, "you bate a He.
But what else could I do?"
He could not see her, could see
only the little moon of her face, blur
ring. "And anyhow," said Dl, "it wasn't
a He. We didn't elope, did we?"
"What do you think I came for to
night?" asked Bobby.
The day hud aged him ; be spoke
like a man. His very voice came
gruffly. But she saw nothing, sof
tened to him, yielded, was ready to
take his regret that they had not
gone on.
"Well, I came for one thing," said
Bobby, "to tell you that I couldn't
stand for your wanting me to lie to-
dav. Whv. Dl I hute a lie. And now
"You
Opened the Letter7" He
quired Incredulously.
In-
tonight " lie spoke his code al
most beautifully. "I'd rather," he
said, "they had never let us see each
other than to lose you the way I've
lost you now."
"Robby !"
"It's true. We mustn't talk about
it."
"Bobby! I'll go back and tell them
all."
"You can't go back," said Bobby.
"Not out of a thing like that."
She stood staring after him She
heard some one coming nnd she
turned toward the house, and met
Cornish leaving.
"Miss Dl," he cried, "if you're go
ing to elope with anybody, remember
It's with me!"
Her defense was ready her laugh
ter rang out so that the departing
Bobby might hear.
When Dl had gone upstairs, Ina said
to Lulu in a manner of cajoling confi
dence :
"Sister," she rarely called her
that "why did you and Dl have the
black bag?"
So that after all It was a relief to
Lulu to hear Dwight ask casually:
"By the way, Lulu, haven't I got
some mail somewhere about?"
"There nre two letters on the par
lor table," Lulu nnswered. To Ina
she added: "Let's go In the pnrlor."
Dwight lighted the gas. "Better turn
down the gas Jest a little," said he,
tirelessly.
Lulu handed hira the two letters.
He saw Ninlan's writing nnd looked
up, said "Aha!" and held It while he
leisurely read the advertisement of
dental furniture, his Ina reading over
his shoulder. "A-ha!' he said again,
nnd with designed deliberation turned
lo Nlnlun's letter. "An epUtlo from
my dear brother Nlnliin." The wordi
fulled, us lie saw the unseuleil Hup.
"You oiiened the letter?" he Inquired
Incredulously. Fortunutely he hud no
climaxes of furious calm for high
occasions. All had been used ou smull
occasions. "You opened the letter
cume in a tone of no deeper horror
thun "You picked the flower" once
put to Lulu.
She said nothing. As It Is Impossible
to continue looking liullgnanliy ui
some one who is not looking nt you,
Dwight turned to Ina, who wns horror
and sympathy, a nice half and half.
"Your slHter bus been opening uiy
mull," be suld.
"But, Dwlglit, If it's from Mulun
"It Is my mall," he reminded her.
"She hud asked me If she might open ,
It. Of course I told her no."
"Well," said Ina practically, "what
does be suy?"
"I shall open the letter In my own
time. My present concern Is this dis
regard of my wishes. Why did you do
It?"
Lulu smiled faintly and shook her
head.
"Dwlglit," said Ina, reasonably,
"she knows what's In It und we don't.
Hurry up."
"She Is," said Dwight, after a
pause, "an ungrateful woman."
Ho opened the letter, saw the clip
ping, the avowal, with Us facts.
"A-ha!" said he. "So after having
been nbsent with my brother for a
month, you find that you were not
married to hlin."
Lulu spoke her exceeding triumph.
"You see, Dwight," she said, "he
told the truth. He had another wife.
He didn't Just leave me."
Dwight instantly cried: "But this
seems to me to make you considerably
worse off than If he had."
"Oli, no," Lulu said serenely. "No.
Why," she said, "you know bow It ull
came about. He he was used to
thinking of his wife as dead. If be
hadn't hadn't liked me, he wouldn't
have told me. You see that, don't
you?"
Dwight laughed. "That your apolo
gy?" he asked.
She said nothing.
"Look here, Lulu," he went on, "this
Is a bad business. The less you say
about It the better, for all our sakes
you see that, don't you?"
"I wont the people to know the
truth," Lulu said.
"But It's nobody's business but our
business! I take it you dou't intend
to sue Nlnian?"
"Sue him? Oh no!"
"Then, for all our sakes, let's drop
the matter. Tell you, Lulu, here
are three of us. Our Interests are the
same in this thing only Nlnian is our
relative and he's nothing to you now.
Is he?
"Why, no," said Lulu In surprise.
"Very well. Let's have a vote. Your
snap judgment Is to tell this disgrace
ful fact broadcast. Mine Is, least said,
soonest mencftd. What do you say,
Ina considering Dl and all?"
"My poor, poor sister 1" Ina said.
She struck together her little plump
hands. "Oh, Dwight when I think
of it: What have I done what have
we done that I should have a good,
kind, loving husband be so protected,
so loved, when other women. . .. .
Darling!" she sobbed, and drew near
to Lulu. "You know how sorry I am
we ail are. . . ."
Lulu stooif up. Her white shawl
slipped to the floor. Her hands were
stiffly joined.
"Then," she said, "give me the only
thing I've got that's my pride. My
pride that he didn't want to get rid
of me."
They stared at her. "What about
my pride?" Dwight called to her, as
across great distances. "Do you
think I want everybody to know my
brother did a thing like that?"
"You can't help that," said Lulu.
"But I want you to help it. I want
you to promise me that you won't
shame us like tlds before all our
friends."
"You want me to promise what?"
"I want you I ask you," Dwight
said with an effort, "to promise me
that you will keep this, with us a
family secret."
"No!", Lulu cried. "No. I won't do
it I I won't do It I I won't do It I"
It was like some crude chant, know
ing only two tones. She threw out
her hands, her wrists long and dark on,
her blue skirt.
"Can't you understand anything?"
she asked. "I've lived here all my life
on your money. I've not been
strong enough to work, they say
well, but I've been strong enough to
be a hired girl In your house and
I've been glad to pay for my keep.
. . . Well, then I got a little some
thing, same as other folks. I thought
I was married and I went off on the
train and he bought me things and I
saw the different towns. And then it
was all a mistake. I didn't have any
of it. I came back here and went In
to your kitchen again I don't know
why I came back. I s'pose because
I'm most thirty-four and new things
ain't so easy any more but what have
I got or what'll I ever have? And
now you want to put on to me having
folks look at me and think he run
off and left me, and having 'em all
wonder. ... I can't stand It I
can't stand It. I can't. . . ."
"You'd rather they'd know he fooled
you, when he had another wife?"
Dwight sneered.
"Y'es! Because he wanted me. How
do I know maybe he wanted me only
Just because he was lonesome, the
way I was. I don't care why 1 And I
won't have folks think he went and
left me."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)