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An earthquake was felt at Batna,
Algeria, Sunday, Bays a dispatch to
the London Daily Mail. A girl was
killed by the collapse of a house and
several buildings were damaged.
Howard Ross, Arthur Toinby and
Herbert Gilbert, each 8 years old, were
drowned at Iowa City, la., Tuesday,
when the Ice on Willow creek gave
way with them. They were playing
on the Ice. -
Submarine No. 43 of the Japanese
navy collided Tuesday with the war
ship Tatsuta ten miles outBide SaBe
bo harbor and suddenly sunk In 26
fathoms of water. Four officers and
40 men were aboard. Rescue work is
proceeding. 1
A bill authorizing the expenditure
of $7,500,000 for the Improvement of
roads and trails, Inclusive of bridges
In the national parks and monuments,
under Jurisdiction of the Interior de
partment, was passed by the house
Monday and sent to the senate.
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Portland holds 11th place among
the cities of the United States in
postal savings deposits, according to
Information received by Postmaster
Jones from Washington, D. C. De
posits in Portland office total approxi
mately 1,250,000, Mr. Jones said.
Its' central location, virtual hub of
railway systems of the country, ample
hotels and market advantages are said
by. the Chicago Association of Com
merce to be contributing factors to
ward Chicago having become the lead
ing convention city of the United
States.
Chinese co-eds are bobbing their
hair as a result of seeing pictures of
American girls, writes Walter Belt,
1920 graduate In pharmacy, to bis sis
ter, Mary Bolt, sophomore at the Ore
gon Agricultural college. Mr. Belt Is
teaching In the Canton Christian col
lege, Canton, China.
Efforts to secure the repeal of sec
tion 28 of the merchant marine act,
which provides that lower railroad
rates may be granted on exports and
Imports carrlod to or from foreign
countries In American ships, was
authorized by the directors of the San
Francisco chamber of commerce Mon
day. ' The Now Jersey legislature adjourn
ed Saturday after republican sonators
had attacked Governor SUzer, demo
crat, for presidential aspirations. The
occasion for the attack was a message
from the governor urging the legisla
ture not to adjourn until it had done
"something for the relief of the peo
ple." O. P. Hoff, Oregon state tronsurer
and member of the state board of con
trol, died Tuesday morning at the
Emanuel hospital following a linger
ing Illness. Mr. Hoff, whb was C5 years
of age, had occupied the post of state
treasurer since 1918 and previous to
this had served for 15 years as labor
commissioner.
Secretary Hughes, who has object
ed to Buveral features of the pending
immigration bill, has nilvlnel congress
that his department would approve a
rewording of the proposed amendment
applying to Asiatics so as to admit to
this country "an ullen entitled to enter
the United States under the provisions
of an existing treaty," Previously a
broader wording had been suggested.
Selection of Curtis D. Wilbur, chief
Justice of the supreme court of Cal
ifornia, to succeed Edwin Denny as
secretary of tho navy was approved
Tuesday by tho senate in an executive
session ot less than 10 minutes. There
was said to have boon no debate on
the nomination and no rollcnll asked
when the motion that he be confirmed
was mnde by Senator Lodge ot Massa
chusetts, the republican Reader.
A suit for $25,000,000 from the Shell
Oil companies for alleged patent in
fringement tn the recovery of oil from
sands and shale was tiled In the Uni
ted States district court Saturday by
Frank Navtn of Los Angeles, an inven
tor of oil recovery processes. Accord
ing to rhlllpi S. Ehrllch. attorney fer
Navln, the eult Is the first of 100 or
more to be filed against oil companies
In the United States on like grounds,
which will demand the return ot hun
dreds of millions ot dollars to Navln.
CURRENT
WEEK
GERMAN RELIEF IS VOTED
Congress Appropriates $10,000,000 for
' StarvingPeople.
Washington, D. C. Disregarding
party lines, the house Monday night
adopted a resolution to appropriate
$10,000,000 for the purchase ot food
supplies for destitute women and chil
dren in Germany.
Sent to the senate by a vote ot 210
to 97, the measure stipulated that the
foodstuffs were to be bought In the
United States and transported to Ger
many in shipping board vessels.
Three hours were devoted to debate,
after which a score of amendments
were offered. Only one, by Repre
sentative Jones, democrat of Texas,
which provided that the supplies
should be purchased wherever possible
through farmers' organizations, was
adopted, 165 to 68.
A amendment by Representative
Fitzgerald, republican, Ohio, would
have sought to prevent expenditure of
any of the appropriations until a sol
dier bonus bill was enacted Into law.
It was thrown out on a point of order,
while an amendment by Representa
tive Underhill, republican, Massachu
setts, to withhold the appropriation
until the German government spends
an equal amount for the same purpose,
was rejected, 108 to 84.
Represntatlve FlBh, republican, New
York, author of the resolution, and an
ex-service man, led the fight for adop
tion, while Representative Conally,
domocrat, Texas, directed the attack
against the measure.
Representative Burton, republican
Ohio, declared the resolution to be
constitutional, while an opposite view
was taken by Representative Tucker,
democrat, Virginia. The Ohio mem
ber said It afforded an opportunity for
"charity" and needed relief. Mr. Tuck
er insisted It woul'd tend to consoli
date the German vftte, but would mean
nothing as a relief measure because
but 2 1-5 cents per day was available
for each of Germany's 2,500,000, chil
dren. The resolution, Representative Mc
Keown, democrat, Oklahoma, said at
tempts to excuse the United States'
"lack of a foreign policy" and instead
of rollef, France Bhould be made to
adopt "a propor course" towards Ger
many or "pay her dobt to the United
States." On the contrary, Representa
tive La Guardla, republican insurgent,
Now York, declared the bill would do
"more good In five minutes than the
loague of nations In five years."
A warm appeal for the resolution
was made by Representative Cooper,
republican insurgent, Wisconsin, who
said that although Germany might
have sufficient food, it was destitute
of money with which to purchase it.
PACT WITH JAPAN
SCORED BY HOUSE
Washington, D. C. Immediate can
cellation of tho gentlemen's agree
ment with Japan regarding Immigra
tion would be justified, in the opinion
of tho house Immigration committee,
which Monday submitted a formal re
port of the Johnson Immigration bill
modified to meet some of tho objec
tions to Its provisions, raised by Sec
retary Hughes.
The committee agreed to give wider
latitude for tho admission of Japanese
coming to this country for business
purposes but declined to yield on Its
contention tliut aliens, generally, who
were ineligible for citizenship, should
not bo permitted to enter.
Asserting that tonus ot the "gen
tlemen's agreement" never have been
disclosed, tho committee said it gives
Japan, instead of the American con
gress, control over Japanese immi
grants. While it has been in force
it was added, the Japanese population
In tho United Stntes has steadily in
creased.
In its endeavor to find a solution
of tho question, the committee de
clared It had been handloaped by a
"lack of Information" as to the pro
visions of the gentlemen's agreement,
access to which cannot bo had with
out Jupan's consent.
MacDonald for Parley.
London. Premier MacDonald told
a questioner In the house of com
mons Monday that ho had no Infornia
tlon concerning reports that the Vnl
ted States house ot representatives
hud asked President Coolidge to call
f another conference for consideration
! ot uuvul disarmament, except w hat
ho read In the newspapers. "Until
I the proposal, It there is one, Is In
my hands," he asserted, "I cannot say
what I could do beyond welcoming it."
Red Would 8lgn Pact
Geneva. Soviet Russia has notified
the secretariat ot the league ot na
lions that she will sign the mutual
guarantee . pnet and disarmament
treaty recommended to all the powers
by the last league assembly. The only
other nations that have replied are
Belgium, Finland and Esthonla, which
accepted.
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RATE GUI FIGHT
BE
Cattle Raisers and Shippers
Present Evidence.
5 ROADS DEFENDANTS
Approximate Reduction of $15 Car
Is Asked Lines' Side of Case
to Be Presented.
Portland, Or. Cattle raisers and
shippers of the Pacific northwest Sat
urday began their fight for lower
freight rates on stock shipments from
the producing centers to distributing
and consumption centers on the coast.
Formal hearing of their complaint
was started before W. H. Wagner, ex
aminer of the interstate commerce
commission. The complainants are
the Cattle & Horse Raisers' associa
tion of Oregon, Northwest Livestock
Shippers' Traffic league and Portland
livestock exchange. Intervening with
them are the public utilities commis
sion of Idaho, the Idaho Wool Grow
ers' association, the Cattle & Horse
Growers' association of Oregon and
the Oregon Wool Growers' association.
Arthur M. Geary, as attorney for
the complainants, is conducting the
case for the growers and shippers.
The railroads against which the ac
tion has been brought are the North
ern Pacific, Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation company, Oregon
Short Line railroad and the Spokane,
Portland and Seattle railway.
The approximate reduction asked,
although the voluminous tariffs show
considerable variation, amounts to
about $15 a car on shipments from
Idaho and eastern Oregon to Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma.
Additional new rates are asked, in
cluding a double deck rate on hogs
from eastern Oregon, which it is said
would save from $60 to $70 a car, a
reduction of from $30 to $40 a car on
the double deck rate on hogs from
Idaho and the establishment of rates
for diversified farmers providing for
a deck of sheep above a deck of hogs
or above a deck ot calves.
Evidence was introduced to show
the high cost ot production and the
heavy freight rates paid by the live
stock industry.
Samuel L. Newton, rate expert of
the public utilities commission of
Idaho, during the morning hearing pre
sented a detailed study of the traffic
situation. He testified to the material
volume ot shipments and based his
figures mainly on the Oregon Short
Line railroad, taken as an example for
conditions existing on the other lines.
He contended that the cost of ship
ments on the lines under fire, from the
Interior points to Salt Lake and points
in Colorado, is considerably less than
the rate charged on shipments to the
Pacific coast, although the distance is
the same and tho comparative con
ditions ot haul equal. The eastbound
rates, he showed, averago about $20 a
car above the rates to Portland, Se
attle and Tacoma.
Tariff Increase Asked.
Washington, D. C President Cool
idge was urged by the Washington
state delegation in the house Saturday
to increase the tariff duty on sodium
nitrate under the authority conferred
upon him lu the flexible provision of
the Fordney-McCumber tariff act.
The tariff commission recently com
pleted an Investigation of the duty on
sodium nitrate as the result ot an ap
plication for the maximum 50 per cent
Increase possible under the flexible
provision made by the American Nitro
gen Products company of Seattle. Sub
mission of a report to the president
has been withheld pending the out
come ot mandamus proceedings direct
ed against the commission by the Nor
wegian Nitrogen Products company.
House Gets Flood Bill.
Washington, I). C A bill directing
preliminary examination ot the Col
umbia river from Martins bluff to the
mouth ot the Lewis river, with a view
to flood control, has been introduced
by Representative Thomas D. Sehall,
chairman ot the house committee on
flood control.
The project was placed before" the
committee by Representative Albert
Johnson ot the southwestern Wash
ington district.
Senate Mostly Absent.
Washington, D. C Senator Curtis
ot Kansas had the senate all to him
self for a while Saturday. When the
gavel fell calling the body to order,
he was the only member present. It
was 15 minute before insistent ring
ing of call belli dragged enough sena
tors away from other engagements to
make a quorum.
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Captain
By Charles Tenney Jackson
Copyright by Tlx Bobtx-Mcrrill Comptnr
CHAPTER X Continued.
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There was an astonished silence.
The men craned and stared. Johan
ness nodded truculently to them.
"You have heard, now I Then be
warned ! and obey I"
Jphanness,. catching his eye, dis
missed the crew. Back once more by
the steersman, old Dominique sighed.
"We have a handful. But I can
guess their stares. The Captain
Lafitte defending the English because,
forsooth, they are friendly with the
Americans I It is enough to open old
eyes! Half these renegades have
smarted In British press-gangs, and
the rest well, sirs, it puzzles even
our old fellows!"
"It well may. Lafltte's return daz
zled them at first, and they were keen
to be at anything for him; but now
some of them are wondering where
the profits lie for broken bones and
wet skins."
"They glower, too, at this young
gentleman of the rue Roynle for they
deem him part owner of the Sera
phlne, and holding back the captain
from any too unlawful a venture. And
Jarvis, the Idler, goes among them
with his Jests and ruffles their feel
ings." Johanness, tfce bo'sun, had come aft,
cocking an eye aloft at the sail
spread ; he had heard the talk and
growled :
"A good fight that's what these
hearties need blood let from some of
the youngsters, and a man or two to
the shnrksl Aye, and we keep on
fetching yon hull above the water as
we've done the past five hours and
there'll be one."
"Captain Lafitte does not desire an
encounter."
"Burke and the otfier deserting
Irlsher say the Genaron mounts two
long sixes and a twelve-pounder; and
below hatches, stuffed with arms,
which. It was given out, are going to
New Granada for Simon Bolivar's re
volt." "Aye, well! I little think she'll
fight The Seraphlne will flay her In
an hour we carry pretty bat'ries, gen
tlemen, ns ever a privateer could
wish I Twelve twenty-four-pound car
ronades and the two long nines!1'.'
The wind slipped to' uncertain
streaks near sundown, nnd In the. Inst
glimmer of dusk the pursued and pur
suer lay limp and adrift on the wnrm
heave of the gulf. The crew had
grown strangely quiet. Jurvis, lolling
at the quarter-rail, spnt at a follow
ing shark, then touched the Count de
Almonaster upon the sleeve. He point
ed at the fugitive ship to the south
ward, i
"She must know she is pursued.
She Is making straight for Yucatan
she will crawl under the Spaniards'
guns at some river's mouth and yell to
Heaven that old days have come
again In the gulf and the buccaneers
are on the tall of the truffle. The crew
has decided that she should be scut
tled nnd every mouth on her closed
ere she can tell that Lufltte Is at sea
again 1"
"What nonsense I You know the
purpose of this ship ns well as L"
"The devil take me though if I
know her end."
"Come come!" said Raoul hurried'
ly. "No more of this I Affairs are get
ting ominous enough among us. You
had best keep apart from the crew,
Jarvis. You have been setting them
on to fury with tales of the gold the
Genaron carries. You know there Is
no truth to It I"
"I was fair to split my sides laugh
ing over the murdering humor it put
them in I That and the drink I got
among them to stnrt their boasting.'
"The devil take you I I should re
port this to the captain," fumed De
Almonaster. "You are a trouble-
mnker!"
"I must be amused," yawned Jarvis,
"for In the end, I hang."
He pulled his dirty velvet cap over
one ear, rubbed the . unshaven pallor
ot his cheek, and smiled plaintively.
At dinner the gentlemen found him
asleep In the tapestried suite, his
ragged boots upon the pillows ot the
bed which had been designed for Bo
naparte.
CHAPTER XI
The Lady of the Genaron.
And again that flight the hawk
missed Its prey. Even as the chiefs
were conferring ap to what trusted
fellows should man the longboats for
a surprise upon the becalmed bark,
there came a stir out of the east that
gave her chance to elude the Sera'
phlne. But at once Beluche bad hli
satlormen aloft; and with royals and
staysails set the schooner Iny to the
course where-the merchantman .was
last reported. .
"If we ennnot board before tomor
row," grumbled Nex Coupe, ''there will
be the question of gunning her. I
smell sailors' weather coming."
"There will have to' be some action.
Last night some rascals plundered the'
steward's stores;' said Bohon, now on
the watch. "Dalntles.o' food and drlni
meant for the gentlemen o' New Or
leans on their quest for Bonaparte
have been guzzled by shrimp fishers o'
the city markets I"
Indeed, the watching eyes of all the
ship's officers were upon the restless
spirit growing forward. It wan " re
lief, when, after the breeze died fit
fully near midnight, a hall from the
lookout bronght everyone out up
standing. "There abaft our beam I She hangs
flat, and the current are bearing ut
Sazarac
past her bow!" Bohon pointed to the
starlight: "Your Genaron, my cap
tain !"
The party on the qftarterdeck was
watching what only a seaman's eyes
could make out against the night;
when, on the silence, came the jarring
burst of a gun. The flash leaped from
the Seraphine's side, and by it they
saw three figures retreating from the
port carronade.
Then, on the hush, came a shout.
Jarvis, reeling from a coil of cordage
by the companion-hood, pointed to the
shadowy bulk of the English ship
slowly heaving on the seas. With a
grinding, tearing crash, her main mast
was heeling down through her shrouds.
The Seraphine's crew howled.
"Silence!" thundered Lafitte.
"A hit a marvelous shot !" chuckled
Jarvis, rubbing his hands.
There came a shout from the Eng
lish vessel. Men were already strug
gling there to cut away the pounding
mast and wreckage.
'What Is this villainy, sir?' a voice
rasped: "Against his majesty's ship
In times of peace? Who are you, sir?"
A shout broke from the Genaron's
crew. "The Seraphlne! The Yankee
clipper I Aye, the Napoleon ship I'd
know her In a thousand !"
The English captain blustered on, as
his deck officers shouted to the men
to clear away the grinding rigging
overside. Lafitte listened quietly, and
when a pause came, he spoke.
"The' Seraphlne, sir then It Is. Her
present object Is to demand the lady
who Is unlawfully detained upon your
There Was a Howl of Joyful Surprise
Among the Ruffians,
ship. You know the circumstances of
Miss Lestron's detention. I demand
that she be placed at once at our dlS'
posal."
There was an astounded silence on
the bark. Then a woman's cry of
Joyful amazement. "The Americans 1"
The skipper's voice answered: "We
cannot recognize this demand, sir
whoever you are. And who Is In com
mand?" "I demand," retorted the chief, "the
person of Miss Lestron at once dellV'
ered on board this ship."
"And I refuse "
"The affair Is yours. Beluche, sir!"
He turned to his silent men, who clus
tered along the rail. "Lay the boats
skins for boarding. You, Bohon, see
to the gun crews I"
There was a howl of Joyful surprise
among the rutllans, a scattering right
and left, under the yeoman's Instant
call, a clattering of knives and pistols.
Again the commander turned calmly
to' the Genaron.
"You are ready for action, sir? You
shall have It 1"
But the merchantman was not, as
was easily seen. Her crew became a
disorderly pack scattering from the
amldshlp wreckage. The captain spoke
roughly to Miss Lestron.
"Carr put this affair on me! I did
not want you here! That I protested
against from the beginning!"
"That I well know. Captain Rich
ards. I also know why I was seized
and delivered to you for deportation,
which Is more than you !"
"I know not who these people are
who demand you from one of his maj
esty's ships. But I cleur my hands
of It until reparation Is demanded In
the courts Carr and his Intrigues and
all I We cannot fight fivescore scoun
drels boarding us. Mudume, the choice
Is yours I"
"I take It." Her voice came clear,
and proudly. - ;
"Remember you are committing
yourself to unknown adventurers
God knows, perhnps, the buccaneers
.who harried these water not twenty
years agone!"-
There was a hoarse laugh among
the Seraphine's fellows, which the
chief stilled. The woman's calm
voice answered the other's heat.
"I go willingly. I have not been
mre than a prisoner here,"
"A boat," muttered'Lafitte. swiftly
turning. "Pull away,' and have a care
under the quarter when the lady
come alongside."
"Aye, sir I"
The Seraphlne rode slowly on past
the bnrk In the easy sens. Lafltte
turned to De Almonaster when the
yawl swung from the Genaron's aide.
"I have a mind that you represent
me, sir. I prefer to meet her In the
cabin. First comes thl matter of
that rannnn shot."
"Th lady comes." grunted th alder-
man; "make way there P
'First ere she puts foot on rl.e
deck who fired that shot?" The
commander motioned to the bo'sun.
Johanness! Fetch Burke and John
Crackley! Those two, at least, were
recognized."
The under-officers hustled the two
malcontents out of the disorder along
the waist. Crackley, the Englishman,
swaggered with a confident leer.
"You fired that gun, sir?"
"I fired no gun."
"Burke!"
"Neither did L 'sir. And d d
good shot It be, I say!"
"Silence! The captain looked over
the press of evil faces. And from the
rear a hoarse voice chuckled:
"E was no gunner, that Til say.
Nothin' e knew but point and pull
lanyard when someone give the word
the Britisher was swingln' fair point
blank in the gun's eye I"
Jarvis," whispered Beluche. '1 had
a mind o' Jarvis "
At his name the buffoon arose with
airy unsteadiness. The crew made .
way for him until he stood below the .
poop steps looking up against the
lights. His blinking eye found the
Count de Almonaster, and to him he
bowed, alone, apparently.
"Monsieur, 1 hove won a pistol. I
have a mind to borrow of you powder
and ball to find a tutor who will In
struct me which end Is which."
The commander drew his breath
sharply. "Jarvis? You fired that
gun?"
The boat's crew was making fast,
the bow men climbing the short lad
der. They stood baclt respectfully to
make way for her. The silence grew
painfully acute. The cloaked figure
of a woman was assisted to the rail
and past the guards. She looked
about puzzledly, as If not seeing clear
ly who first would address her.
"The man Jarvis below, to the
brig, Bohon!" The master spoke low,
swiftly and with a mask of Indiffer
ence that had concealed his pain.
His guards threw Jarvis past the
crowding ruffians and hurried lilm
forward. And the lady who looked
back at him from her coach on the
Esplanade now did not see him at all I
She had gone swiftly to the after
eompanlon, with lis glided panels and
royal carpet leading to the cabin of
the emperor.
At the companionway the bronzed
lamp showed the captain's face. De
Almonaster started at the grief, the
stern, pent sadness of the leader. ,
"Jarvis," he muttered : "My friend
Jarvis"
"Why this fool's mutinous play!"
blustered old Dominique,
"It was so that you could never re
turn to the ports of the world," put In
Raoul de Almonaster. "An act of pi
racyan overt act of war by a ship
that flies no flag, against the power of
England. He condemns you to a part
he would play himself and cannot
Sazarac, the last sea-rover . . .
and the lover, Jean !" And the count
added hurriedly: "Go, now. You have
my pledge to aid In tills, affair. a
my honor, Monsieur you shall be
none but Sazarac."
CHAPTER XII
The Parting of the Paths.
De Almonaster stepped aside as the
two came to the brocade portieres that
hung at the portnl of Napoleon'
cabin. The other man, therefore, had
stepped within, and the brilliance of
the polished lamp cluster with Its crys
tal reflectors was full upon him.
"Sazarac!" the lady cried sharply.
"Sazarac the river gamester !"
"Playing high again. Mademoiselle
Lestron to serve you!"
The lustrous blackness of her eye
was narrowing. She threw the cloak
higher with one arm before her chin,
as If, In fear or some curious revul
sion, to shut the thought of him away.
And then she dropped tills and stood
facing him.
"Monsieur Sazarac," she repeated
quietly. "This is a strange affair!
How can It be? You why should you
take me from the ship of my country?"
"Why did you come?" he retorted,
and his somber smile lightened. "The
choice was yours, Mademoiselle even
at the last"
There came a shout from the waist
ot the ship. A rolling boast, followed
by discordant choruses of laughter.
"With one shot I lay a ship to, help
less, on the seal Oh, bullies I One
shot my first shot I I Jarvis I Why
didn't I play the part ot Lafltt long
years ago?"
The muffled cry was drowned In
Imprecation and more fo'cas'le laugh
ter. Mademoiselle Lestron gave Mon
sieur Sazarac a swift measuring
glance.
"I assure you a rough Jest of my
rough crew. Mademoiselle."
She shivered sllEhtly. "Lnflttet I
recall, when a child, that hi men
plundered my tattler's home at La Casa
Montana In the Grenadines"
"He has long vanished from these
peaceful seas, Mademoiselle."
There came a stir at the threshold
of the emperor's cabin. She turned
to another figure there. A slighter
man, but talL HI dark, slender,
youthful face wa tit by an unbeliev
ing hope. The Count de Almonaster
stepped nearer.
(TO BH CONTINUED.)
Calendar Curiosities.
The calendar offers certain curiosi
ties which are little known. No cen
tury can begin on a Wednesday, Fri
day or Snturday. The month of Oc
tober begin always on the same day
of the week a th month of January;
February, March and November begin
on the same day of the week. May,
June and August begin on different
days. These rule do not apply to
leap year. The ordinary year always
finishes on the lame day of the week
a It began, , . , .