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Mile Foch, 82 years old, eldest Bis
ter of Marshal Foch, died Tuesday at
the family mansion at Toulouse,
France.
Ten of the counts in the indictment
of Harry F. Sinclair for contempt of
the senate were sustained Monday in
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia.
President Coolidge will be notified
formally of his nomination as the re
publican presidential candidate at
ceremonies to be held in Washington,
1). C. Thursday night, August 14, in
Continental Memorial hall.
Kalgan, province of Chihll, China,
the largest commercial center north
of Pekin, has been destroyed in part
by a flood along the Yangho river,
according to advices. The damage to
the city was unofficially estimated at
$1,000,000.
Recurrent earthquakes of groat in
tensity have been registered at the
selsmographlcal observatory in Tash
kent, Russian Turkestan, during the
lust four days. The center of the
shocks is believed to be In the Pamirs
on the Indian border.
Rev. Francis Nugen, 22, pastor of
the South Methodist church at Peoria,
Oregon, was drowned near that place
early Tuesday while working with a
crew of men rolling logs into the rlvor,
He came to Peoria from Idaho a short
time ago, is married and haslione
child. "
Tammany Hall Monday chose
(loorge Washington Olvany, goneral
session Judge, as grand chief to suc
ceed the late Charles F. Murphy, and
voted its "undivided and loyal sup
port" to the Davis-Bryan ticket and
the "progressive and 'forward-looking
platform" of the national democratic
party.
Although the American government
expects to maintain its policy of re
fusing to consider cancellation of war
debts of European nations, calcula
tions ot treasury officials are being
made on the theory that not more
than one-fourth ot the principal ot the
$10,600,000,000 owed us will be paid
back during the next 30 years.
Albert B. Fall, ex-secretary of the
interior, Tuesday pleaded not guilty,
waived preliminary hearing and re
fusal! to make any comment whatever
when ho was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Schmid. at El
Pasco, Texas on charges growing out
ot Indictments returned by a special
grand Jury in the District of Columbia,
The fedoral power commission Iiub
postponed until next full action on
the application ot the Washington Ir
rigation & Development company, a
subsidiary ot the Electric Bond &
Share company ot New York, for a
license to construct a power dam 90
feet high and 2 miles long across
the Columbia rlvor between Pasco and
Okanogan, Washington.
A Constantinople court has decided
that poker Is not a game of chance,
according to the Loudon Dully Mail's
correspondent in the Turkish city.
After hearing a gambling cuso. In
which defendants were alleged to have
violated the luw by pluylng poker,
the court held that there had been
no gambling because chance did not
euter Into the competition,
, Federal officers Monday night rac
ed a passenger train from Grays har
bor to Centrttlla, overtook it in their
automobile there, Belied opium and
yn shea valued at $150,000 and ar
rested three men charged with ship
ping narcotics from Aberdeen. The
ttieu under arrest are: Yah Yip, China
man; Kock Wuh, Chinaman, 37; and
II. Samuels, 26, American overseas
veteran.
The trade ot the United States with
Latin-America for the first 11 months
ot the fiscal year passed the billion
aud a halt mark and exceeded figures
for the 11 months ending May, 1923
by nearly $42,000,000, according to It.
F. O'Toole, chief, Latin-American divi
sion, bureau ot foreign and domestic
commerce. The value of American
merchandise sold to Latin-American
markets Jumped soma $75,000,000, or
from $585,000,000 to nearly $860,000,
000. Our purchases ot Latin-Amer
ican product declined in value, how
ever, dropping from $957,000,000 to
$923,000,000.
WEEK
U. S. AID PLEDGED EUROPE
Private Economic 'Assistance Declared
Certain by Secretary Hughes.
London. American assistance in
necessary measures for the economic
rehabiliation of Europe may be coun
ted upon, Secretary Hughes of the
American state department said here
Monday, speaking at the Pilgrims din
ner. 'It does not matter that this aid
is not given by the government," Mr.
Hughes continued. "I may give it
as my conviction that had we attempt
ed to make America's contribution to
the recent plan ot adjustment of a
governmental matter, we should have
been involved in a hopeless debate
and there would have been no ade
quate action.
'We should have been beset with
demands, objections, instructions.
This is not the way to make an Amer
ican contribution to economic revival.
"You have the Dawes plan and you
have had the participation of Amer
ican experts with the liberty of con
structive effort, which was essential
because it was undertaken in the only
way in which success was possible.
When you deal with economic rehabili
tation you doubtless have in mind
such contribution as America may be
able to give in disinterested advice
and later in participation in the ab
solutely essential loan. '
"The important, indeed, the indis
pensable thing Is that methods should
be contrived and that your disposi
tion should be such that assistance of
that sort can be rendered.
'All discussions will be futile un
less the arrangements ultimately
made satisfy the investing public. We
appreciate the difficulties but we be
lieve that the Dawes plan opens the
path of confidence and prosperity. For
that reason we are deeply interested
In Its prompt execution.
"My confidence that a way will be
found to surmount all the existing
difficulties lies In the fact that failure
would Invite chaos. There is no gain
to anyone in that. On the other hand,
going forward with reasonable meas
ures to put the plan into effect gives
hope to all."
Mr. Hughes led up to his specific
reference to the deliberations now in
progress In London in an effort to
find a way to. put the Dawes plan
into effect by Baying that he was
"oft duty tonight" and that his status
was that of "a sympathetic and un
official observer." He was also, the
secretary continued, returning in an
informal way the visit ot the prince
ot Wules to the United States and
took the opportunity to reaffirm Presi
dent Coolidge's desire that there
should be further conferences for
limitation of armaments "as soon as
the time Is opportune."
FRANK MURDERERS
PLEAD GUILTY
Chicago. The fute of Richard Loeb
and Nathan F. Leopold Jr., kidnapers
and slayers of 13-year-old Robert
Franks, was placed in the hands of
one man John R. Caverly, chief Jus
tice ot the criminal court of Cook
county when they plouded guilty
Monday.
Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney,
reiterated his intention of asking the
death peualty for the two college
students.
Clurence S. Durrow and Benjamin
Huchrach, attorneys for the defense,
announced In court their purpose to
see their clients safely Incarcerated
for life.
"We have had no intention of try
ing to restore them to society," ex
plained Mr. Durrow.
In behalf of his motion to change
the plea he addressed the court as
follows:
"Your honor, Mr. Buehrach and my
self and all ot those concerned In this
caso for the defense are fully aware
of the responsibilities involved.
"The case has attracted nn unusual
amount of attention, and the theory
has been advanced that the defense
wishes to restore the defendants to
society.
"We are of the opinion that these
two young men should be permanently
Isolate, and it never was our in
tendon to attempt to restore them to
freedom.
"It is our Intention merely to see
that these two defendants are safely
incarcerated for the rest ot their
lives," Mr. Durrow Bald. "Therefore,
I move to withdraw the plea ot not
guilty and to euter pleas of guilty
for both defendants."
Ancient Relic Sought.
Salem, Or. W. I. Staley, secretary
of the Oregon Growers and E. E.
ltrngg, industrial accident commis
sioner, Sunday visited the Elkhorn
district, where excavations are being
made Into the side of a huge pyramid
which explorer believe hold the re
mains ot some indent peoples. Work
has progressed in two tunnels about
30 feet. Excavators have located In
side the pyramid mark which indicate
they were made by-humnn hands.
GERMAN
WEALTH
E
Plan Agreed On in Case Ber
lin Defaults.
TREATY IS PRESERVED
Conclusions Raise High Hopes of
Economic Restoration of
European Nations.
London. The committee on sanc
tions of the inter-allied conference
agreed unanimously Saturday on two
important principles to govern the
action ot the allies in event ot possible
default by Germany under the Dawes
reparations plan, namely, to insure
investors in the loan to Germany of
priority on all German resources in
event of such default, and to preserve
the rights of the countries signatory
to the Versailles treaty.
With this agreement, in the opinion
of the American, British and French
delegates, a long step has been taken
toward the success of the conference
upon which such high hopes have
been raised for the economic restora
tion of Europe.
At the opening of the conference
Wednesday it was generally recog
nized that the proposed loan to Ger
many was the crux-of the Dawes plan,
and after only four days' deliberations
it was possible for the committee to
agree that in any contingency, in
cluding default and resultant sanc
tions, the holders ot the loan should
have priority claim to the assets ot
Germany. With this is coupled an
agreement that the protocol to make
the conference action effective shall
reserve all the rights enjoyed at
present by those countries which sign
ed the treaty of Versailles.
France halls the latter decision as
a distinct victory for her, and takes
it to mean that she still has the right
to separate action should Germany
default. Premier Herriot announced
his satisfaction with the great pro
gress which has been made and his
adherents construed this as calculated
to silence any claims by his opponents
that the premier bartered away the
rights of France under the treaty of
Versailles. ,
The Americans and British share
in the French enthusiasm over the
fact that the unanimous agreement
has carried the work of the confer
ence so far forward, although they
do not share the inference that
France is ready to draw from Satur
day's understanding.
The Americans and British do not
concede that the document agreed
upon empowers separate action by
France. In fact, neither the present
MacDonald government, nor any pre
vious government, nor any consider
able section ot public opinion has
ever recognized the legality under the
treaty of Versailles, of the present
occupation ot the Ruhr.
Rebels to Fight Hard.
Buenos Aires The officially her
alded decisive action by which the
Brazilian government expects to put
an end to the Sao Paulo rebellion will
find the rebels well prepared, accord
ing to unconfirmed dispatches reach
ing Buenos Aires from near the scene
of the struggle.
With approximately 20,000 well-
armed and munitioned men, the rebels
are said to be awaiting with confi
dence an attack by the federal forces.
It Is asserted that the rebels hold all
the strategic points in and about the
city of Sao Paulo and also have artil
lery placed on what are known as the
English Bluffs, which command the
roads leading to the city and from
which the Portuguese a century ago
used to watch for hostile Indians.
Farms Gain $1,500,000.
Spokane, Wash, Stocks ot 1923
wheat on hand in eastern Washing
ton and northern Idaho are worth
$1,500,000 more today than it they had
been sold at the low price level, be
cause ot the recent rise in prices, ac
cording to Walter J. Robinson, man
ager of the Washington Wheat Grow
ers. He estimates that there is be
tween 5,000,000 and 6.000,000 bushels
of wheat held over. The new crop is
not being sold, Mr. Robinson said
Lava Fountain Flow.
Honolulu, T. H. Lava began flow
ing In the crater ot Halemaumau Sat
urday afternoon for the first time
since the severe eruption In May,
Lava fountains. Including Old Faith
ful, began shooting their geysers
from 50 to 200 feet high, over a radius
ot several acres. Reflections from
these displays have been visible tor
miles.
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THE FAIRY
SYNOPSIS. On the banks of
the Wabash stand Texie Colin
and Jack Warhope, young; and
very much In love. Texle is the
only daughter ot old Pap Simon,
rich man and money-lender. Jack
Is the orphan bound boy of Pap
Simon, who had foreclosed a
mortgage on the Warhope estate.
At first Texle and Jack talk sadly
of Ken Colin, the girl's missing
brother. Then Jack says that in
ten days his servitude will be
over, that he will ride out into
the big world to seek hla fortune.
Both know what that will mean
to them. Texie and Jack talk of
the red lock of "Red Colin," In
herited by Ken. And Jack says
he's coming back as soon as he
finds gold In California. Then
arrives the new preacher, Rev.
Caleb Hopkins. Pap Simon In
troduces the villagers to the new
preacher, who was a college mate
ot Ken. At supper at the Colin
home the preacher tells how the
boy killed a gambler and disap
peared. His father attributes
Ken's fall from grace to his red
Jock of hair. Then Pap Simon
has a sort of stroke, brought on
by reading a letter from Ken,
"somewhere in New York," who
curses his father on his death
bed. A postscript by another
hand says he is dead. At the vil
lage store and post office Loge
-Belden, a newcomer, says he saw
the new parson with his arm
around Texle. Jack licks him,
shoots a pistol from his hand and
makes-him say he was mistaken.
The preacher and the y'Hasers
go fishing. Jack discovers the
preacher carries a six-gun. A
footprint on a concealed house
boat fits the preacher's boot. A
drunken ruffian disturbs a vil
lage festival and stabs Jack in
the shoulder. The preacher
makes him leave.
CHAPTER VII Continued.
The morning was far gone when the
woodsman finished his task at the
feed-pens.
As he stood leaning against the
fence, the events of the day before
crossed his mind the heelprlnts on
the dusty deck of the concealed house
boat; the ivory-handled six-gun; the
spark of flint that had transformed the
peering eyes of the preacher when he
faced the desperado's knife. From
this, his mind reverted to the words of
Belden about what he had seen in the
little park.
A face rose before him a face com
pelling In Its easy suavity that, In
spite of Its studious severity, seemed
to have a strange fascination for
Texie. He knew she had let him walk
home with her from the festival a
privilege that meant more in the Flat
woods thun anywhere else in the
world. A deep breath came up out of
bis breast ; his hand gripped the fence
rail hard.
But many an Insistent task lay wait
ing. The thought roused him. As he
raised his arm to put on his hat, the
sweat got at the cut In his shoulder
and stung him.
He had intended to haul In some
shock corn from the bottoms. He
frowned toward the wagon; plucked
the blouse loose about ljls shoulder;
finally went up into the woods to In
spect a string of rail fence that would
have to be repaired before the stock
cattle could be turned out of the lower
lots Into the upland pasture. '
He had spent some time readjusting
fallen rails and straightening crooked
panels when a tiny spot of color in a
The Leaves Were Flattened and Still
Warm, but the Man Was Gone.
corner of the fence caught hi eye,
For some reason It arrested his In
stant attention. In a moment he was
down on his knees parting the weeds
and tangled brambles where a yellow
orchid had Just unfolded the mysteries
of Its enchanted slipper to the sun.
He rose to Ids feet after a time, but
stood gazing down at the flower t
spot of gold In it mean setting.
Stopping few minute later to
eait his shoulder a bit, he happened to
(0':e over theJWice Into the wood.
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The act was purely involuntary, but a
sight met his eyes that Instantly drove
every other consideration out ef his
mind from behind a log a man was
glowering at him.
He ducked out of sight In a flash.
and the woodsman stooped to his task
carelessly; without so much as the
flick of an eye to betray that he had
seen anything at all but he had
caught a distinct view of a slouch hat,
a rough flannel shirt, open at the col
lar, a glare of dark eyes that smol
dered In a face dark and scowling and
covered with a stubble of black beard
the desperado of the festival.
Texle's startled whisper, as she had
fastened the bandages about his shoul
der the evening before, flashed across
his thought. The face behind the log
and the face of his memory rose to his
mind ' as distinct as a reflection In
Whispering spring. Unbelievable
though It was against all reason in
the light of that terrible letter he
saw the resemblance she had fancied
vague, half intangible, but none the
less a resemblance.
With the tall of his eye on the log,
the woodsman went on with his work,
apparently absorbed in it, really with
no other thought than to put as great
a length of fence row as possible be
tween himself and that scowling face,
and in ns short a time as was prudent.
The moment he thought himself out
of sight, he took f ut a rail of the fence,
crawled through the opening and, with
every caution known to woodcraft,
crept -back through the underbrush to
ward the log. The broken outline of It
at last came Into view through a clump
of hazel. He raised his head ever so
little gnd lay listening. Not a false
note disturbed the soft purr of nature;
the pulse of the woods beat normal.
He dropped lils head; crawled up to
the'log. The leaves were flattened and
still warm, but the man was gone.
He searched the moss and leaves un
til he found the trail the scrape of a
boot in a spot of moist ground at the
foot of an oak. After that It was easy.
There were two sets of tracks. To his
surprise one, set led back toward the
cliffs above the homestead. He fol
lowed it. At a point along the bluffs
that commanded the nearest view of
the cabin under the crimson rambler
the mussed leaves and broken weeds
beneath a clump of bushes at the very
brink of the rocks showed where the
renegade had concealed himself. Three
half-burned matches, with which he
had probably lighted his pipe, Indicat
ed that he had remained some time.
Jack glanced down at the tiny cabin,
the barn-lot, turned and followed the
trail back under the trees.
Past the log It led, away to the
northf down the face of the wooded
bluff and Into the narrow road that
threaded Eagle hollow. He followed It
within sight of the rude hovel at the
head of the hollow Into which Loge
Belden and his sister had lately
moved; stopped; studied the place
critically for a moment ; finnlly turned,
climbed the bluff and, with an un
comfortable feeling of hidden eyes
upon him, returned to his task at the
fence.
The forenoon was gone by the time
he finished it. As he trudged back,
the corner where he had found the
yellow orchid drew his eye Irresistibly.
Raking away the dead leaves he dug
It up, being careful to leave enough
soli about the roots to prevent their
withering, and carried it In his hands
out through the trees and up among
the tumbled ramparts of Black rock.
In the tiny flower bed at the foot
of the sandstone pinnacle where the
three names were carved, he hollowed
out a place In the rich leaf-mold and
set the orchid with tho others all of
thpn doubtless having come there at
different times In the same way; rose
to his feet and stood deeply ponder
ing, a his gaze rested on the three
names carved In the rock. That baf
fling resemblance, in spite of him,
would creep back Into his Jhought.
The bold frankness of "the man's
face settled to a deeper thoughtful
ness; he looked down at the new or
chid among the old, fresh and piquant
as when he dug It out of the fence
corner; glanced toward the red-roofed
cottage, and set his feet to the rough
path that led down to the fallow yard.
CHAPTER VIII
The Fairy's Secret.
The furnishings of the cabin under
the crimson rambler would have been
a revelation to a stranger entering the
door for the first time. A soft-toned
rug from the Orient covered three
fourths of the rough floor, stopping
Just short of the cook stove, which,
with its array of utensils, occupied the
other fourth. The bed was high post
ed and canopied, dressed In the finest
linen and bung with faded tapestry.
The chairs were handsomely uphol
stered, while center table of hand
carved rosewood stood In the nild-seo
lion ot the floor,
Along the louth wall an American
flag of illk hung draped, and under It
nrippeiT-up center two pictures the
beautiful face of a woman; and In
the companion frame, the fine, up-
standing figure of a soldier in the uni
form of a colonel of Mounted Rang
ers the man and the woman who had
dreamed the dream that never cam
true.
The woodsman had finished bis task
at the barn and feedpens that evening
and returned to the cabin, where,
deeply thoughtful he was half me
chanically building a fire In the cook
stove when his quick ear caught the
sound of a light step coming along tbe
path from the orchard. He laid down
the kindling and turned toward the
door.
The light step had stopped, and
Texie stood outlined in the doorway,
her eyes dancing alive over the
thought of having taken the alert
woodsman by surprise, the round won
der of her throat and cheeks touched
to a softer blush by the waning sun
light that slipped In under the crim
son rambler.
The man dragged off his hat The
girl glanced over the cabin ; lifted her
eyes.
"Jack, you're the best housekeeper
in the Flatwoods." .
The floor creaked with the weight
of him ns he came to the door. He
had to stoop to pass under the lintel,
and his massive shoulders spread al
most from Jamb to Jamb.
"It ain't me," he said In his slow
way. "There's a wonderful fairy about
these hills som'er's that slips in when
I'm off In the fields, and no matter
"Why Don't Y'u Try Some Day t'
Trap Your Falry7"
how upside down I've left things, she '
Jlst touches 'em with them small hands
fairies has got, 'r mebbe says 'r sings
soma wonderful charm to 'em, and
when I come back, there they are, all
spick and span. Some folks says tlier
ain't no fairies, but I know ther Is
one, anyhow."
The girl's expressive face was allv
and eager.
"Why don't y'u try some day t'
trap your fairy?"
The heart of the big woodsman rose
to his eyes. For a transcendent mo
ment the man in him, sprung from
generations of soldiers and gentlemen.
supremely dominated the bound boy.
lie drank In the wonder of her hair,
the plump soft mystery of her throat
and bosom, and his hands Instinctive
ly reached toward her.
"I'd give the world I"
He stopped; the transcendent mo
ment passed. He dropped his eyes and
crushed his hat rim In his powerful
fingers.
The girl bent her head and a deep
thoughtfulness filmed the brown of
her eyes.
"Jack-1"
He felt the slight tremor In her
voice and half guessed what was com
ing. "That face" las' night it ha'nts me."
Involuntarily he glanced up at tht
high brink of the cliff, where, under
a clump of bushes, lay some mussed
leaves and a pinch of pipe ashes.
"Don't let It," was his' slow answer.
"There's the pilot of the Obenchaln,
now, looks a pow'rful sight like Lark
Sharp, and they ain't a mite of kin In
the world."
She pondered the answer and seemed
much Impressed, even relieved, as he
fancied.
"How's Pap Simon t'dayr
"Por father! He ain't hardly left
the house sence that night. He'
wrote and wrote, and looked at paper
In 'is safe I didn't know 'e had, tnd
this afternoon .he had Zeke Polick" up
with ids notary public seal." A shadow
flitted across tier face. She laced her
smooth fingers ; gripped them. "That
terrible letter 1 He's read It and read
It Pore Ken I"
The man reached his arm op over
the door; absently felt a spray of rose
vine. Its buds swollen big with the
mystery that was soon to be revealed.
The girl glanced at the hand among
the rosebuds and slowly turned to the
frank and thoughtful face.
"And make my father' and
mother's dream com true."
(TO B CONTINUED.)
An Early Start
The Groom I wa never to rattled
In all my life.
The Bride And you acted so cool
and collected. Oh, Jack, how could
you begin deceiving in even at tb
altar?