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The London Dally Mall's Tangier
correspondent reports the death of
the notorious Moorish chief, RalsuU.
It was suspected, according to this
dispatch, that Raisuli was poisoned. .
Any foreigner who wants to get
married in Germany these days is hit
something of a staggering financial
blow right at the outset. When he
goes to' get his license it costs him
$36.
Ten men were killed Sunday in en
gagements in the vicinity of Guad
alupe between insurrectionists and
federal troops, according to uncon
firmed reports received in Juarez
Monday.
A 68-pound beaver was caught re
cently in the Umatilla river near
Stanflold, Or. by Murk brothers of
Woodland, Wash. The fur stretched
38 Inches in diameter. This is an
extra large beaver,
William J. Burns, chief of the
bureau of investfgation of the depart
ment of Justice, was on his feet again
Tuosday after ten days' confinement
to his bed in Ban Francisco, Cal.,
with an attack of intestinal influenza.
' Twelve awards totaling approxi
mately ' $1,000,000 were announced
Tuesday morning by the mixed
claims commission in favor of Amer
ican claimants against Cermany for
property losses sustained during the
war.
Preparations for attack on the
transportation act at the present ses
sion of congress are being made by
the national association of railway
and utilities commissioners, the or
ganization of state railway commis
sioners. Deputy BokanowskI, reporter of the
finance committee of the chamber of
deputies, in " a statement in Paris
Monday on the country's financial
situation, claimed that France has
made savings all along the line in
public expondlture.
Grown tired of making home-brew,
the American people are giving up
their opposition to prohibition and
will never permit the return of
liquor, ex-Represontatlve ' Volstead
told the Minnesota law enforcement
conforence at its closing session
Tuesday.
The four American army aviators
who have been selected to attempt
to circumnavigate the globe will have
a race on their hands if they hope
to beat the American navy, reports
rocolved in San Diego from Wash
ington Monday indicated. Accord
ing to the reports, six naval airmen,
to be seleutod from the Atlantic
and Pacific fleet air forces, will make
the race for the navy.
A large number of Americans are
being detained in Moxlco City by
President Obregon for fear that it
thoy attempt to leave they may come
in contact with rebel forces, accord
ing to advices received in San An
tonio, Tex., Tuesday by Judge L. B.
Camp. The Americans, the advices
state, are in no danger.
The charred body of Frank Croinp
ton, 28, a patient at the Fort Macken
zie veterans' hospital at Sheridan,
Vyo was found chained to two
small Cottonwood trees in a coulee
a short distance west of this city
Tuesday. The evidence indicated
Croinpton burned hlmsolf to death,
according to Dr. W. A. StefCen,
coroner.
The Ecuadorean government Tu3
day roceived a report from the chief
of the northern military section ad
vising it that the city of Tulcan had
been destroyed by the recent violent
earthquake. The shock was felt as
far south as Ibarra. The latest gazet
teer gave Tulcan a population of
about 4000. Ibarra Is nearly 50 miles
south of Tulcan.
Liaison between ocean, canal, rail
road and highway transportation to
bring the benefits of cheap haulage
to the midwest was the subject Tues
day of a conference of manufactur
ers, agriculturalists and traffic ex
perts from throughout the central
United Slates, who convened In
Omaha under the auspices of the mid
dle west trade committee for a two
day session.
CURRENT
WEEK
RUSSIA SEEKS RECOGNITION
Soviet Appears Hopeful of Receiving
Answer to Communication.
Washington, D. C. A note from the
Russian foreign office making a new
bid for recognition of the soviet gov
ernment by the United States reached
the White House Monday and was re
ferred to the state department for
consideration. The only comment
made in official circles was that the
communication, like all others filed
with the Washington government,
would be studied carefully before a
decision was announced. It was add
ed that any decision would be made
in the light of the well-understood
views of officials here as to the neces
sity of complete guarantees of sta
bility and orderly government in
Russia.
Moscow. Foreign Minister Tchit
cherin's note asking resumption of
friendly relations between Russia and
America present the first Instance of
a member of the soviet government
directly addressing the president of
the United States. Once, in 1921, the
soviet central executive committee
sent a communication to the American
congress, but previous communica
tions from M. Tchitcherin, Litvinoff
and other members of the government
have been sent to the secretary of
state.
It appears that the Moscow govern
ment is really hopeful of receiving an
answer to the present offer. Presi
dent Coolldge's reference to Russia in
his message to congress,1 while not
altogether pleasing to the bolsheviki,
was considered in official circles here
as a step forward. M. Tchitcherin's
note is understood to mean exactly
what it says, that "the soviet govern
ment is ready to do all in its power
so far as the dignity and interests of
its country permit to bring about a
friendship with the United States."
How far Russia is ready to go in
this direction in the case of her claim
against the United States for the
American intervention in Siberia and
the Archangel region is not clear, but
from unofficial sources it appears that
the question of debts would not be
considered greatly important in the
event negotiations were brought about.
It is recalled that Karl Radek, in an
article in the official Pravda last year,
said Russia was ready to "buy" Amer
ican recognition.
The soviet government is represent
ed as believing that, now more than
ever, there is paramount necessity for
some stability in Russo-American re
lations. Russian co-operatives are
said to be operating in the United
States, and it is further reported that
a syndicate recently was formed there
to finance the shipment of American
cotton to this country.
Singular People Found.
New York. Discovery of a tribe
whose people he believed to have an
tedated the ancient Egyptians was re-
ported Monday to the National For
eign Trade council by John Giffen
Culbertson, a manufacturer of Wichita
Falls, Tex., on his return from a South
American tour of a year and a half.
These people, known as the Machl
glna, speak a language very similar
in construction to English, he report
ed, and they worship trees In the
tradition that thoir ancestors escaped
extinction In the biblical flood by
climbing trees. The tribes live near
the headwaters of the Amazon, where
Mr. Culbertson said he had invaded
forests never before penetrated by
white man.
Throne Offered Yankee.
Rome.-rA member of the Albanian
mission in Rome said Monday that a
certain American millionaire has Just
been offered the throne of Albania, in
succession to Prince Wlliam of Wied,
in the hope that he can put the coun
try on a sound financial basis. It is
understood that Harry F. Sinclair,
the American oil man, is the prospec
tive king of Albania. Several of Mr.
Sinclair's confidential agents passed
through Rome en route to Tirana last
week. They are under the close sur
veillance of the political police of sev
eral European countries.
Many Trees Imparted.
Washington, D. C The United
States in 11)22 Imported 1,094,865
Christmas trees, according to the de
partment of commerce. Toys to the
value of $7,668,242 were imported
Most of tlte dolls came from Germany,
but $79,22S worth came from Japan
and $1331 worth from China. Ger
many furnished $4,621,S94 of the toys
other than dolls, while toys other than
dolls from Japan were valued at
$454,280.
Borah Not Candidate.
Washington, D. C Senator Borah
of Idaho "is not a candidate for the
presidential nomination of any party,'
he said Sunday in discussing a pre
diction of Frank E. Johnesse at Boise,
Idaho, that he would soon announce
his candidacy for president on the
progressive ticket. Johnesse predict
ed that Borah would be in the race
in 90 days.
STATE NEWS Z
IN BRIEF. I
Pendleton. Trappers and hunters
are applying to the county agent for
strychnine and Information about the
best methods of hunting, trapping and
poisoning coyotes as they never have
In previous years.
Salem. The Marlon County School
Principals' association at a meeting
here Saturday went on record indors
ing Governor Pierce's move to obtain
legislation prohibiting the advertising
of cigarettes in the newspapers or on
billboards in this state.
Astoria. According to unofficial re
ports here, deals are in progress for
the purchase by the Crown-Willamette
Paper company of a tract of several
thousand acres of fine fir and spruce
timber in Pacific and Wahkiakum
counties, Washington, near Cathlamet.
Salem. Salem police have attempt
ed to identify a man who entered the
city hall Saturday afternoon, appar
ently in quest of Information. The
man cannot talk or write, and all ef
forts to elicit his name or. address
proved futile. He is about 50 years
old and fairly well dressed.
Springfield. By resolution of the
town council a special election Was
held here Monday on an amendment
to the city charter to clear the way for
an issue of $50,000 refunding bonds to
redeem and retire an issue known as
"Springfield improvement bonds" of
like amount, bearing date of April 1,
1914, and maturing April 1, 1924.
Hood River. Basket traps will be
utilized by the game commission of
Skamania county, Washington, in tak
ing beaver in lakes and streams in the
vicinity of Stevenson. The animals
have become so numerous as to form
a nuisance in felling trees and dam
ming up lakes and streams. They will
be caught and shipped to other parts
of the state, it is said.
Grants Pass. The Cavemen, boost
er organization of Josephine county,
will undertake the exploration of the
newly discovered caverns in the Ore
gon Caves. These caverns, which ex
tend for an unknown distance into the
mountain, were found on the last day
the resort was opened and the guides
were taken out before the full extent
of the find could be explored.
Dallas. E. G. Erickson, 80, and a
pioneer of this vicinity, died here Sat
urday night as a result of Injuries
suffered in the afternoon when a stick
of dynamite exploded in his hand
while he was working on his farm
three miles northwest of this city. Mr.
Erickson was sitting on a box full of
dynamite when the explosion occurred
but the explosive in the box did not
go off.
Salem. Activities of the state pro
hibition department, created by an
act of the 1923 legislature, have re
sulted in fines amounting to $87,684.94,
according to a report prepared by
George L. Cleaver, state prohibition
director. The report covers the period
March 15 to December 10, and will be
submitted to the governor, who was
instrumental in having the department
created.
Grants Pass. The Josephine county
budget was cut $19,258.35 by the tax
supervising and conservation commis
sion at its meeting here. This is a
reduction of approximately 4 mills
over last year, taking into considera
tion the reduction in the state tax of
$12,460. The greatest cut was made
in the appropriation for roads and
bridges in the county, this item
amounting to $16,300.
Albany. The annual war on rodents
in the Ash Swale district netted a
total of 3653 pests and settled a con
troversy of three years' standing as
to the most efficient hunter of rodents
in the community. A gold medal was
presented to Charles Bowers, captain
of one of the hunting teams, for thrice
winning the honors in the annual
shoot. His brother, E. S. Bowers,
captained the opposing team and
turned in the next high score.
Salem. There were six fatalities in
Oregon due to industrial accidents
during the week ending December 13
according to a report prepared here
by the state industrial accident com
mission. The victims included M. R.
Westbrook, Lynder, Wash., head rig-
german; Harry Andrews, Astoria,
grain sampler; J. A. McLean, Ver-
nonia, head rigger; John Pilger, Port
land, locomotive fireman; C. V. Sims,
Rainier, carpenter, and D. B. Emer-
Ick, Hillsboro, groundman.
Salem. A. E. Burghduff, state game
warden, and M. L. Ryckman of Port
land have filed application in the of
fices of the state engineer covering
the construction of a reservoir for the
storage of 100 acre-feet of water from
Boulder creek and springs and for
the appropriation of the stored water
for domestio fish culture and develop
ment of five theoretical horsepower in
Clackamas county. The cost of the
proposed development is estimated at
$12,000.
CAPTAIN SAZARAC
"A BARATARIAI LAFITTEl"
"I am Lafltte again not Mon
aleur Baiarac) Irons, and then
the yard-arm for Ihe first fellow
who disputes my will. The older
heads will not needs bs told.
The English woman first after
that, as It is Monsieur de Almon
aster's honor to his fellow oltl
sens of Louisiana for Bona
parte. And then "
"The seas are wide." grimaced
Jarvls with a look at the mas
ter whloh drew, In turn, a glance
of Impenetrable reserve.
This Is a stirring tale of the
picturesque days when the young
Creole bloods of New Orleans
rallied around Lafltte the re
doubtable pirate of Baratarla
Bay who won Imperishable fame
by coming to the aid of Andrew
Jackson when that red-headed
warrior beat off the British at
Naff Orleans and planned the
rescue of Napoleon from Bt.
Helena.
"I have been hailed a hero by
the city, pardoned and acclaimed
for service In the new Republio,
denounced again and harried
from the seas, to be once more
a fugitive!" says Lafltte and
chooses to oome back as "Cap
tain Sasarao," only to have his
heart stirred by a lovely face
which leads him to the Plot Na
poleon. The author Charles Tenney
Jackson, has achieved a number
of dos'ervedly popular and wide
read novels. Queerly enough,
though he Is by birth and edu
cation a northerner, he has re
produced most wonderfuly the
atmosphere of those New Or
leans days before the Yankee
came to destroy romance days
when fair ladles were still the
cause of many a duel and high
gambling went with high station.
CHAPTER I
If Jean Were Here.
The affair was one in which, to
this point, the yonng Count de Al
monaster had taken the slightest in
terest But now the name of his
aunt, the Baroness Pontalba, was
upon the tips of the portly alderman
of Old New Orleans; and when, In
turn. Beluche, thb swarthy admiral
of the Cartagenlan privateers, ad
verted to her, the languid aristocrat
shook with laughter.
"Ho, Monsieur Dominique! You,
the fat and prosperous counselor of
the American quarter who, they say,
finds the city's polities even better
picking than were your days of pi
racy with Jean Lafltte you, you,
then, it was, who enticed my good
aunt to giving ten thousand of the
new Yankee dollars to build the house
In which Napoleon Is to spend his last
days on the rue Chartres ! And you
Beluche for whom, even today, any
flag will serve! A grand scheme, this,
to rescue Bonaparte from the Eng
lish I What next for us fantastic Cre
oles?" "Monsieur! Not so loud, I beg! An
affair of state, this, and half the gen
try of Louisiana is In It. But the new
American governor eh, bleu! At
Washington, where the English are
now so well received. It might be em
barrassing this plot "
But De Almonaster shouted the
louder. The admiral of Cartagena
spluttered ; the honest councilor
rubbed his velvet-clad paunch and
pleaded for silence. The young man's
glance went from the two one-time
buccaneers out the door of Maspero's
exchange to the shining new plaster
nnd green shutters of the House Na
poleon; hli hand went to the black
silk stock at hla neck to check fur
ther amusement.
Beluche short, dark, restlessly
glancing about, his black eyes nar
rowing as If he would be done with
talk and to sea again growled sur
lily. Admiral of the New Granada
rebels he might be, but to his old cro
nies of the coffee-houses he was still
the Baratarlan gunner who fought the
pirates' battery on the right of Jack
son's line at Chahnette against the
British; and he made as wry a face
as any of Lafltte's lieutenants when
the grateful young republic of the
North pardoned the buccaneers en
masse.
But the worthy Alderman Domi
nique sighed. at the younger liana
jeers.
"We had thought, Monsieur, that
being of what Is conceded to be the
proudest family of Louisiana you
would lend generously to the plot "
"riot!" Apart, the Count Raoul
mocked as he looked across the cob
bles at the fresh paint upon the huge
wooden shutters of the Hnse Napo
leon; he flung his Jeweled fingers air
ily back to the shadowy tap-room:
"Ho. fellow! The rum and limes! Be
on with them, but tread softly we
have a plot!"
The two old adventurera gazed at
the slender figure In some consterna
tion. "Plot I" De Almonaster made
the rafters ring with It: "Threescore
carpenters, plasterers and whatnot,
slaves and free men of color labor
nil inminer at this royal domicile ; the
very fig sellers of the Place d'Armes
mewl away about It to sallormen of
every sea I, myself, across the Carib
bean, or at Port Royal, am questioned
as to what the bravos of New Orleans
mean by tilts madness; and when 1
come home I am enticed to a public
By CHARLES TENNEY JACKSON
house, and whispered to of a plot!"
"Eh, blent it Is a plot" 'Old
Dominique rubbed his noae. "We have
the money, the ship, the spirit, the
well, everything."
"Except the emperor 1 Bonaparte,
cooped up on his isle with England
watching! Pray, good sirs who will
bell the cat r
The admiral shrugged and tasted
his limed rum of Barbadoes. The
young De Almonaster heard two dolo
rous sighs. It was, Indeed, a quiet
life and a shameful pass when two
worthy buccaneers of but a decade
agone sat at their drink to be Jibed
by an Incredulous aristocrat.
"Eh, w;ll " mumbled old Domi
nique absently. "If Jean were here
he would go rescue Napoleon for
these Creoles. Ho, old cutthroat, If
the Captain Lafltte walked these
streets again there would be an end
to chatter! Eh, the old days! The
good wine and the plunder down the
Baratarla passes I And . I name of
God! am now the alderman for the
American quarter!"
The shadows lengthened- across the
cobbles to the pretentious House Na
poleon. The dim front barroom of La
Bourse de Maspero was quite desert
ed, save for a table of provincial
planters from the river parishes here
and there. But suddenly the drone
of voices from the gaming place in
the rear was cut off by a slamming
door.
A man had staggered out. Tall, un
couth, of disorderly attire, not at all
In the fashion, ragged at the sleeves
he stared at them with swollen eyes
set In a drink-flushed face. The empty
scabbard of a small sword rattled at
his muddy boot-tops; his silken-lined
cloak and round velvet cap gave him
the aspect of a rather solemn and
nervous poseur.
"Devil take the dice!" He saw the
elegant De Almonaster, and came
briskly nearer: "Back with me, Raoul
watch! An affair, Raoul, that will
call me out to the Oaks sleepy-eyed
some morning this week. The stran
ger, Sazarac, has the English colonel
bewitched. A Sazarac! I wish some
thing more than drink could draw all
eyes to me! A pistoling fellow, eh
blen 1"
John Jarvls thrust his blinking eyes
nearer: "A rapier bully, Messieurs
"A Grand Scheme, This, to Rescue
Bonaparte From the English I What
Next for Us Fantastic Creoles?"
such as this Sazarac . . . there's
a woman in It without doubt."
The town's first bohemiun of the
arts and letters, a graceless scribbler,
painter wastrel of the wine-shops,
for all he was the nephew of the great
John Wesley In England. He slept,
worked and ate in a dirty studio up
on the rue Contl, where, unknown as
yet to the world, there labored a
young assistant who painted back
grounds for Jarvls' portraits, but who
was destined for fame when the game
sters 'and politicians of the New Or
leans of 1821 had been long forgot
ten Monsieur Audubon, but lately ar
rived from the Indies.
Jarvls tipped the table for a drink,
looking about to see who might pay
the score. "Pistols" he grunted. "I
trust this Sazarac wings the Britisher
at least, though if he does, I shall see
liquor from his veins and not blood.
The fellow can drink more than I,
which is Intolerable. It reflects on
my reputation. ... I shall chal
lenge, myself, if Sazarac does not!"
"They are to fight?" queried De
Almonaster languidly.
"They will. I know the course of
these affairs. I attend them all
Raoul. I am the black buzzard who is
earliest to roost at the Dueling Oaks
and wish them bad luck all."
The first bohemian of the YIeux
Carre nibbed his nose: "Another
drink. Monsieur? Walt we shall go In
presently when the affair becomes pro
vocative. This Sazarac has a steady
eye, and Colonel Carr Is bent, upon
an insult"
De Almonaster shrugged his dis
taste: "I was speaking of the new
Copyright by The Bebfcs-XenUl Company
sugar process ' at Monsieur Bore's"
"Oh, no!" returned Jarvls airily.
"You were discussing the plot Why
sit with Dominique, the alderman, and
Beluche, the admiral, save upon our
nice intrigue? Ho!" he roared sud
denly, so that the glasses quivered:
"Be discreet ! our plot Napoleon!"
The two former buccaneers looked
wryly at him. "The devJJ take you,
Jarvls," growled Beluche. "It was of
old days, and our vanished captain.'
You, yourself, whom Jeau rescued
from perdition once "
"The plot!" shouted Jarvls so loud
ly that even bystnnders across the
cobbled way looked Into the shadowy
portals of Maspero's. "Ah, I am go
ing to my studio, gentlemen! I have
an idea! My new assistant Is very
clever at painting birds Monsieur r
Audubon is crazy to paint birds! He
sprinkles salt on their talis to catch
them. Now I shall take our plot to
the studio, and Monsieur Audubon
shall paint salt upon It to catch the
Emperor Napoleon."
The two worthies glowered upon
him. De Almonaster's idle laugh rang
out. He, too, arose with Jarvls, and
the latter could not resist a last gibe
at his cronies. "The alderman and
the admiral and in the one picture
that I cared about, done down at La
fltte's red fort before" the Americans
plundered It, I had the bad taste to
paint them in with my captain ! What
a downfall! from piracy to politics
for Dominique; and old Beluche blus
tering about having a lawful commis
sion 1" He put an unsteady finger on
the laughing De Almonaster's sleeve:
"Come on, Raoul I There Is no more
romance since Lafltte abandoned the
town to the steamboat Yankees; and
yet, last evening, upon the Esplanade,
I saw a woman's face. I Raoul un
shaven, dirty, idle looked back at her
coach. I, Raoul hanging to a lamp
post made her smile!"
De Almonaster motioned the jester
toward the gaming rooms. "The lady
who arrived with the British colonel's
party? Of course I am told she had
the gallants astir when she drove."
Jarvls nodded absently: "They are
wishing no bad luck to Colonel Carr
beyond that this Sazarac shoots him
tomorrow at the Oaks. Eh, well
come I"
B'rom the door they could see the
throng In La Bourse de Maspero. The
wide door of the small room was
packed with silent, attentive youths.
Jarvls twitched the coat of the
nearest. "What has happened, De
Marlgny? Is the devil still dicing as
to which to take?'
"Carr loses steadily." Young Ma
rlgny had but recently attained fame
by naming a street of the Faubourg
Marlgny his patrimony now being
cut into lots and sold to the Insatiable
Americans outside the city walls
"Rue de Bagatelle," to commemorate
his losses at the game. He therefore
parted the skirts of his bottle-green
coat thrust his hands upon his
breeches of snow-white leather and
tapped them significantly: "A ruined
man. Eh, blen! The British consul,
Langhorne, protested, seemingly very
uncomfortable at Colonel Carr's in
sistence at play with this Captain
Sazarac, who, it Is said, Is a mere
professional gambler of the river
packets with the manners of a gentle
man. I will say he has acted so he
tried in every way to avoid Carr's
game, but It appears that the British
officer Involved himself badly on the
way from St. Louis."
"How then?" ventured De Almonas
ter. "A professional gamester at Mas
pero's?" "Carr, himself. Introduced the fel
low; the game must continue," young
D Marlgny shrugged; "and there la
talk of some affair of women between
the two!"
"The lady who looked back from
her coach" mused Jarvls to himself.
"I must get me a new waistcoat."
A massive silver candelabrum cast
a ruby light upon the cloth about
which sat a quartette. Langhorne,
His Majesty's consul ; a dealer of Mas
pero's; Colonel Carr of the newly ar
rived British mission en route to the
Mextcoes; and the stranger from the
West. ,
"Sazarac" muttered De Marlgny,
"whose fame at the cards has over
leaped the town in one night. Mark
him, Raoul! a peruke, whitened as
silver! Where has the fellow been
these years as to know not the fash
ions?" "Three thousand dollars on
the red against the bond girl!"
iTO BE CONTINUED.)
Argentina.
Argentina, or the Argentine Repub
lic, has an area of 1,135,840 square
miles and a population of about 7,500,
000. The resources include forests of
hardwood In the north, pine forests in
the Andes region; coal Is found; but
the chief sources of wealth are agri
culture and the pastures. Large num
bers of sheep and cattle are raised;
dairying Is important, and the chief
crops are wheat, linseed, oats, barley,
rye, and Indian corn. In some parts
augar cane and fruits are cultivated.