ilLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
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Events of Noted People, GoTenunenta
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Thing! Worth Knowing.
Mrs. R. A. Pittack ol Everett, Wash.,
collected bounty Tuesday on a wildcat
that was killed when struck by her
automobile near Granite Falls.
The ministry of Premier Berge in
Norway has resigned as a result of
the defeat of the government's pro
posals for balancing the budget.
The first American Legion party,
which will visit the battlefields under
the auspices of the United States line,
arrived Tuesday at Cherbourg, France.
Participation by President Coolidge
in the national campaign is expected
to be limited to less than a dozen
speeches and to Involve no extended
campaign tour.
William Jones, of Yuma, Ariz., con
fessed slayer, escaped from a sheriff's
posse under a fusillade of pistol shots,
only to lose his life in flight in the
quick sands of the Colorado river.
Sir William Abbott Hehrman, one
of the best known marine biologists
In Great Britain, arrived in London
from Liverpool Monday and was found
dead in his hotel room Tuesday night.
Three thousand civilians are report
ed to have been killed and Injured in
fighting at Sao Paulo between Brazil
ian fuderal and revolutionary forces.
Hoports received by the state depart
ment said, however, that no Amer
icans were Included among the
casualties.
Sentenced to read every newspaper
in Los Angeles each day for' the next
six months and rewrite the traffic ac
cident stories In them in his own
handwriting was the punishment
muted out to W. G. LovelL, 18, who
wub charged with speeding.
Trapped in their second-story home
near Sandy lake, 21 mllos from
Sharon, Pa., five children of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hedgelin, ranging in age
from 9 months to 9 years, were burned
to death when the home was de
stroyed by fire early Tuesday.
Because his father "was always
swearing around the house," 21-year-
old Willard Kruger killed him with
an iron bar and burled his body In
an abandoned hog pen. This was dis
closed in a formal confession which
authorities said young Kruger made
iu Hudson, Wis., Tuesday.
Reliable Information received in
Suntos, Brazil, Tuesday, from Sao
Tuulo is to the effect that the gov
ernment forces have rocaptured sev
eral outlying sections of the city from
the rebels and are bringing up heavy
artillery and placing it at strategic
points commanding rebel strongholds,
With the Interallied conference on
the Dawes reparation plan not yet a
week old, the American ambassador,
Frank B. Kellogg, has been called
upon to play the delicate role of
mediator, which all the delegations con
fidently predict would be his, sooner
or later, when the statesmen opened
their parleys.
Five hundred aud twenty-eight wo
men and children, passengers on the
Kustorn Steamship company's Bound
liner Boston, which was rammed by
the tanker Swlftarrow late Tuesday
night off Point Judith, L. I., arrived
in New York Wednesday with dram
ntio stories of their rescue at sea in
a dense fog.
Thirty-six leading grain firms of the
northwest Monday offered to sell
1062 country elevators, 22 Minneapolis
terminals and 12 Duluth termluala to
(he American Farm Bureau Federa
tion. The offer will be submitted
formally to the directors of the new
$26,000,000 grain sales corporation
Wednesday at Chicago.
Frit Haarmann, known as the
"vampire murdorer," has been charg
ed with 17 murders in an indictment
Just filed In Hanover, Germany. The
police believe they will bo able to
prove his guilt In at least eight other
cases. Numerous disappearances re
ported In various parts of Germany
are being traced to his house.
Carl C. Magee, editor of the Albu
querque, N. M., State Tribune, because
of editorials In Magee's paper criticis
ing court decisions, early Tuosday was
found guilty of contempt of court by
District Judge Leahy at Las Vegas,
N. M and sentenced to three months
In Jail. Governor Hlnkle later in the
day Issued a pardon tor Mugee.
STERN NOTE SENT PERSIA
U. S. Warning Outlines Imbrie Case
Course Reparation Asked.
Washington,' D. C Stern warning
that continuance of American diplo
matic and consular officers in Persia
will depend upon action taken by the
Persian government to protect ade
quately the American nationals in that
country has been served on the Per
sian foreign minister, by Minister
Joseph S. Kornfeld at Teheran.
The note made public Monday at the
state department was delivered Sat
urday and deals only with the mur
der by a mob In Teheran of Vice
Consul Robert W. Imbrie. It was sent
before word was received of the sub
sequent attack by "hoodlums" on the
consul's widow, Mrs. Katherine G. Im
brie. A further communication in con
nection with that attack was sent
immediately by the state department
to Minister Kornfeld, instructing b.im
to make certain representations orally
to the foreign minister. It is under
stood nothing will be made public here
with reference to this statement, how
ever, because of its oral character.
In connection with the murder of
Consul Imbrie, the state department
pointed out to the Persian govern
ment that the facts disclosed by Its
investigation "do not indicate that the
police or military authorities made any
adequate effort to protect the Amer
ican consular representatives."
"There appears in fact," the note
continues, "to be evidence which it
believed the Persian government
will itself desire to investigate most
vigorously that certain military ele
ments participated in the assault."
Preliminary official reports regard
ing the later attack on Mrs. Imbrie by
"several hQodlums" also showed a
failure on the part of the Persian
police to afford protection. A police
official was reported to have stood
Idly by within 10 feet of the point
where Mrs. Imbrie was subjected -to
Insult. In outlining steps which it be
lieves the Persian government should
take in connection with the murder
of Consul Imbrie, the state depart
ment notes that the Teheran author!
ties on their own initiative already
have declared their purpose of making
redress to the widow of the slain of
ficial. That redress should extend, the
note declared, to the payment of costs
for the sending of an American war
ship to bring home the body and also
the establishment of a military guard
of honor over the casket containing
the body and the "rendering of appro
priate honors at the time of leaving
Perajan soil."
CORN PRICE HITS
NEW HIGH MARK
Chicago. Corn, hogs, oats, rye and
provisions left wheat lagging Monday
and ran a neck-and-neck race for ad
vanced price records. Corn outdid
all peace-time standards at this time
of year by selling at $1.00 a bushel
tor May delivery. Hogs touched $10.50
the highest point since 1922. Oats
and rye surpassed any prices hereto
fore paid in 1924 and the provision
market equaled the feat.
Reports that corn growth had fail
ed to make the progress it should
have achieved in the last week start
ed a rush of buying in the corn mar
ket and with hog arrivals scarce at
the stockyards here, the upward swing
of all farm produce markets, excepting
wheat, became an extraordinary force
Predictions that certain definite high
figures for corn, wheat and oats would
be realized were ascribed to James
A. Patten, who at times has been a
big trader In grain, but Mr. Patten
declined to verify such reports. The
fact that he had been active of late
in the oats market, however, made
that grain especially sensitive to the
reports in question.
Sinclair Seeks Appeal.
Washington, D. C Harry F. Sin
clair, lessee of Teapot Dome, has ask
ed the District of Columbia court of
appeals to allow him a special appeal
from the recent decision of the (lis
trict supreme court, holding that he
must answer the Indictment for con
tempt of the senate. The lower court
Invited the taking of the case to the
higher tribunal. It is expected even
tually to be decided by the supreme
court of the United States.
George May Coma Back.
. London. There are many signs of
pending developments in Greece In
the dtrectiou of restoration of the
monarchy, according to the London
Daily Express. The Royalists, who
now have Joined hands with the fol
lowers of VenizeloB, It Is said, be
lieve that a counter-revolution Is im
minent and that King George will be
restored to his throne.
Masterpiece Oddly Written.
"Songs to David," the lyrical poem
of 86 stanzas, was written by Christo
pher Smart during lucid iutervalg of
his wild madness.
STAMP
BOOMS GRAINTRAD
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Market in Chicago Pit Almost
Runaway Affair.
WHEAT MAKES CLIMB
Strong World Situation and Reports
of Crop Damage in Canada
Chief Bull Factors.
Chicago. Rarely is such a startling
contrast in market conditions shown
as was the case on the Chicago board
of trade Saturday, compared with a
year ago.
Wheat made a steeplejack climb of
6H. cents a bushel here, on top of
many spectacular recent gains. Last
year at this time most deliveries of
wheat hqre were under $1 a bushel
and below the estimated cost of pro
duction, the market demoralized and
brokers in a rush to sell. Saturday
there was an overwhelming rush to
buy and as high as $1.42 a bushel
was paid.
A strong world situation with re
spect to grains, coupled with con
tinued reports of extensive damage
to the Canadian wheat crop, and in
particular a greatly expanded general
purchasing movement, were reasons
advanced for the remarkable change
from the situation last year. Some of
the most experienced observers, how
ever, described the appearance of tin
market at the close as strained, and
said the outlook was one that sug
gested caution.
All deliveries of rye, as well as
wheat, and some deliveries of corn
reached new high record prices In
Chicago.
Hog prices as well as grain values
soared. Choice hogs brought $9.80,
the topmost figure since October, 1922;
when $10.45 was paid. Less than a
month ago predictions that the hog
market in Chicago would reach $10
before October 1 this year were smil
ed at.
Bank Situation Is Better.
Washington, D. C With the num
ber of bank failures decreasing rapid
ly from month to month in the states
west of the Mississippi river, where
stringent credit conditions obtained
last winter, high treasury officials ex
pressed the belief Saturday that the
reported bumper wheat crop in many
of thoBe states had placed the finan
cial institutions of those districts on
their "feet again.
Treasury records show that 342
banks were forced to close their
doors between January 1 and July 1.
These include 267 state and 75 na
tional institutions, and while a few
more have gone out of business since,
the records show that the failures in
May were 30 per cent fewer than in
April in states west of the Mississippi
and 25 per cent less In June compar
ed wllh May.
The agricultural credit corporation
organized last spring at the direction
of President Coolidge, has been able
to open some 20 of the banks that
failed and advices to the secretary in
dlcate several score more in the north
western states are now receiving aid
which will enable them to weather
any sew crisis.
Rates Declared Unjust.
Olympla, Wash. A Joint complaint
with the city of Walla Walla has been
filed by the department of public
works against the Pacific Power &
Light company, serving a number of
municipalities and country districts
around Yakima and Walla Walla. The
complaint alleges that the power com
pany is charging rates that, are "un
fair, unjust, unreasonable and more
than sufficient for electricity furnish
ed to its customers."
Flight Ends at Seattle .
Los Angeles. The army air service
"has definitely decided" that the
round the world flight, now approach
ing its last lap over the Atlantic, will
end at Seattle and not at Santa
Monica, the starting point. Advices
to this effect were received here Sat
urday from Washington, D. C.
The federal trade commission has
ordered the United States Steel cor
poration to abandon the Pittsburg
plus system of determining the price
of steel.
Powerful Steam Engine.
The most powerful high-pressure
steam engine in the world was built
for the Cargo-Fleet Iron company of
England and develops 25,000 horse
power at 140 revolutions a minute
with steam at 190 pounds.
EDEiTHE RED LOCK
A Tale of the Flatwoodaf
By DAVID ANDERSON
Autkor of "TK. Blue Moon"
Copyright by The Bobba-Hurll! Co.
"A GOOD BOY"
SYNOPSIS. On the banks of
the Wabash stand Texle Colin
and Jack Warhope, young- and
very much In love. Texle Is the
only daughter of old Pap Simon,
rich man and money-lender. Jack
Is tho 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
over, that he will ride out Into
the big world to seek his fortune.
Both know what that will mean
to them. Texle 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
of 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 (trace to his red
lock 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-il-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 villagers
go fishing. Jack discovers the
preacher carries a six-gun. A
footprint on a concealed house-'
boat fits the preacher'B boot. A
drunken ruffian disturbs a vil
lage fstival and stabs Jack In
the shoulder. The preacher
makes him leave. Jack trails the
man to Belden's cabin.
CHAPTER VIII Continued.
10
"That's why I came Daddy wants
t see y'u."
"Me?"
"He wants y'u t' come over a min
ute."
Y'u didn't tell 'lm notliin' about
that that face?"
The girl's eyes flinched at the ques
tion.
"No only that you got hurt."
She drew a step nearer, laid her
fingers lightly upon the sleeve of his
blouse.
"How Is y'ur shoulder?"
He fumbled the side of big open
collar.
"Aw, It ain't nothing
The smile came back and brought
the dimples.
"Jack"
He stole a quick look at the side of
her upturned face and waited.
"I b'en s' plnln' hungry all day
somehow f r the rocks and woods
they're all waked up and wonderful
now and "
She paused. The man drank In the
exquisite profile of her fresh young
face, her Hps parted, her eyes softly
retrospective with the smile that
nestled In them.
"I 'lowed mebbe y'u wouldn't mind
takln' me up there, beln' y'ur shoul
der ain't well."
"Wouldn't mind takln' y'u 1" The
man seemed to grope for a word big
enough to finish the thought. "W'y
rd I'd we'll be startln' the minute
we can run over and see what Pap
Simon wants b'fore, If y'u say so."
"No, I reckon we better go t' father
first, he's been that fussed and rest
less sence "
She turned and took a thoughtful
step toward the path that led across
the orchard to the red-roofed cottage.
The man followed, suddenly stopped,
raised a quick glance up o the wild
and tumbled pinnacles of the cliff, and
hurried-back to the cabin. The girl
followed Mm as far as the door, where
she stood mildly wondering to see him
take down th beautifully modeled
revolver the gift of her father from
where It hung on a peg behind the
cook stove, carefully examine it, and
buckle It on under his blouse.
Jack Warhope was startled at the
change the three days had wrought In
the banker. The lines of his craggy
face had noticeably deepened.
Texle ran to him and knelt by the
chair. He laid a great gaunt hand on
her head, and after a time looked up
at the woodsman, standing so tall and
strong In the floor that he seemed al
most out of place in so small a room.
"I'm hearin' they clawed y'u up las'
night."
The woodsman grinned; the old
man went on:
"Didn't hurt y'u, did they much?"
"A cat scratch."
The old man's fingers strayed over
the girl's hair.
"Jack."
"Yes, sir."
"You've b'en a good boy and you've
worked hard." The woodsman shifted
to his other foot and glanced down
at the bright hair of the girl. The
old banker studied him, slowly. "I
never noticed It b'fore how much y'u
look and act like y'ur father."
"Size and looks and actions, you're
like him," the old man went on. "Of
all the men I ever knowed, I think
he was the noblest, and the finest
gentleman. A soldier every Inch, but
no business man. That's why "
He stopped abruptly, took his hand
from his daughter's head and dropped
It to her shoulder. His deep-set eyes
strayed away perhaps into the past,
with Its memories.
He looked op after a time. In bis
quick penetrating way.
'How's the cattle?"
The question was so at variance
with the thoughts In the woodsman's
mind that he. was slow In answering.
"Fine, sir."
"About ready t' market?"
"Most any day, now. Three drovers
have b'en t' see 'em a'ready." ,
"Sell 'em as soon as y'u please.
What'll they bring?'
"If the market holds, they ough t'
top five thousanV
"Five thousan' thats a heap o'
money."
The" bony fingers drummed hara
upon the chair-arm. The bid man fid
geted In his seat in a way that seemed
to Indicate that the Interview was over.
The girl rose.
"Father, we're goln' up in the woods
t' see the sun set Jack and me "
A statement that was half ques
tion. The old man did not look up.
They were at the door of the dining
room, the woodsman standing aside to
let the eirl pass, when the banker
turned In his choir.
"Jack."
The girl stopped; the man turned
back.
"Texle tells me you're leavln' us as
soon as you're twenty-one."
"I'm almln' to, sir."
"And that'll be ?" -"The
twentieth seven more days.
"Seven days P The old man
frowned ; rasped his hand over the dry
stubble on his bony chin. "Well, seven
days Is seven days," he muttered,
"Hit ain't b'cause I've be'n hard on
y'u, is it?"
"No, sir, It ain't that. You've be'n
8' good to roe that it makes It hard
t' go, but I got t' do somethln' fr
m'self now."
The old man bent his brows thought
fully; nodded toward his daughter In
the door of the dining-room.
"She says you're calc'latln' t' Jlae
a wagon train fr California."
"Yes, sir, that's what I'm aimln" t'
do. If you're still minded t' give me
Graylock when my time's out.
"I'm almln' t' pick up enough gold
out there t' come back and buy the
homestead, If you'll sell It t' me, and
make my father's and mother'i
dream come true."
The old man dropped his eyes and
drew his hand across his shaggy
brows.
"The day you're twenty-one" his
voice was strained, and he seemed to
"We'll Have a Long Talk, You and
Me, B'fore Y'u Jine That Wagon
Train."
weigh each word before letting It fall
"we'll have a long talk, you and me,
b'fore y'u Jlne that wagon train "
He stooped forward, picked up a
bundle of papers from the floor and
began sorting them "over.
The others passed out through the
kitchen, where Mrs. Curry was busy
about the cook stove.
The witchery of the coming sunset
was astir among the splintered peaks
and pinnacles of the bold headland.
The woodsman took off his hat, swept
his eyes over the far-spread landscape,
drank deep the wonder of It, slowly
turned to his companion.
He allowed himself to revel for a
delicious moment In the rich complete
ness of her, as she stood lightly poised
on the rock.
His arm unconsciously stole toward
her; but he drew it back and pointed
to tie tiny flower bed at the foot of
the upstanding pinnacle. The girl
followed the motion, softly clapped her
hands and stood looking down at the
yellow orchid, its golden slipper still
as plump and unwilled as before It
had been transplanted.
"I found It this morning back in the
woods."
His voice was strained and heavy
out of all proportion to what might
have been expected in uttering a state
ment so simple. The girl breathed
fast The man stooped, plucked the
blossom from the stem and held It
toward her; she took It and with slow
fingers fastened It In her belt.
"I reckon we wasn't nothln' but Jlst
crazy klpV the man went on, "but y'u
know how the first bluebird and the
first robin and the first lady slipper
was alw'ys big days to us"
He was venturing his words forth
as If each one had to feel Its way
across bis Hps, like a hunter picking
his way over the dangerous bog at the
head of Mud Haul.
"But lady slipper day," he faltered
on, "was alw'ys the biggest. Y'u know,
we alw'ys klnda flg'r'd on doln' some
thin' extra that day, and when it come
this year I be'n plannln' I'd rd "
Pa?eiLly'e.'lUied Ad, strjjjjgled
for the next words the hardest In the
language to say; stole a glance at the
girl's face; looked away. The stark
skeleton of the unfinished farm-house
unexpectedly mayhap unluckily
came under his eyes; the transfiguring
emotion slowly died In his face ; the
bound boy again dominated the man.
He heard the girl's deep breath ; felt
her hand thrill upon his arm ; accepted
It for what It was the spontaneous
communion of comradeship, a relation
on which he dared not presume-
dimly read In the serious eyes, as they
strayed over his face, the tingling mys
tery, the far-flung vision that nestled
there.
Very thoughtful she seemed, and for
the most part silent thS all-suffielent
silence that sometimes falls between
comrades as he led ' her down the
bluffs, on the Eagle hollow side,
around by the post office, and to the
yard gate at the red-roofed cottage.
The Rev. Culeb Hopkins, with a book
under his arm, was Just coming across
the little park from the study at the
parsonage. He dropped down on the
rustle seat at Whispering spring,
opened the book find humped himself
over It, apparently oblivious to all that
went on about him.
The woodsman studied him a mo
ment, frowned, and turned his eyes
back to the girl. Swept by a sudden
Impulse that he could not control an
Impulse that called ,for no word he
lifted her hand from the gate latch;
held It for a delicious Instant In both
his own; dropped it and turned away.
Half-way up the road to the big elm
at the homestead he looked back. The
tall figure of the young preacher had
risen from the rustic seat at Whis
pering spring, and through the pensive
twilight the girl was crossing the yard
toward him.
CHAPTER IX ,
Bats and Beetles.
In the luminous evening that fol
lowed Uncle Nick sat smoking a quiet
pipe on the porch of his modest cabin
at the upper edge of the village, al
most exactly opposite the point where
the Eagle Hollow road crossed the flat,
unbanlstered bridge "and turned up the
east bank of the branch to disappear
between the Jaws of the hollow.
Through the open door came the
clink of the supper dishes as Aunt
Liza put them away. Aj throng of
bats, nocturnal hunters all, darted In
and out among the fruit trees, white
with bloom; the drone of a thousand
beetles, the hum of a myriad gauzy
wings, throbbed the silence Into a sort
of drowsy rhythm a scene ' tranquil
and serene.
The old man was Just setting oft to
keep his tacitly understood appoint
ment with the embryo scientists, sol
diers and statesmen who assembled
nightly around the barrels and boxes
of Zeke Pollck's store, when the front
gate clicked. He stopped and stood
mildly wondering to see the tall and
lanky form of Al Counterman, the one
eyed fisherman, coming up through the
trees.
He threw up his hand, the fisherman
threw up his. Two grins met and
passed in the twilight.
"Fine day," said the fisherman.
"Couldn't make one no better, If I
had the tools."
The fisherman seldom almost never
came Into that part of the village.
With the sound horse sense that eighty
years of hard knocks had pounded into
him, Uncle Nick knew that something
unusual had brought him. Counter
man knew that be knew. He absently
traced the flight of the bats with his
puckered eye and shifted from one
foot to the other.
"Little out o' y'ur range, hain't y'ur'
Tho fisherman sat down on the
porch, spit out Into the yard, and
threw away his cud, as If clearing his
mouth for action. Al rarely threw
away his cud. When he did It mear'
something.
"Whar's Aunt Liza?"'
"Back in the kitchen. Why?"
The other did not answer, but sat
listening to the clink of the dishes.
He finally lifted ills battered hat, ran
his fingers up through his hair and
motioned his aged friend to sit beside
him.
"Seen Big Jack t'day?"
"See'd 'lm this evenln' late come
down offn Black Rock" he tossed up
his hand toward the high battlement of
stone that frowned down upon them
from across the mouth of the hollow
"him an' Texle. They crossed the
branch at the bridge thar, passed the
gate an' went on down through town
t' the post office, I 'low."
The fisherman put his hat back on.
"I'm skeer'd It's deni little good It'll
do 'lm. As I come along up the crick,
I happened t' glance down in ol' Slme's
orchl'd, an' har she set with the new
pnrson at Whlsperln' spring."
The old man lowered his eyes and
sat patting bis boot upon te gravel
of the small gutter worn by the drip
from the porch eaves.
"Beats the devil the headway the
parson's a-makln' with 'er," he mut
tered. "Must know some trick other
men ain't on to."
"But I do know he's Black
Bogus: yet, sir, Black Bogus."
(TO B CONTINUED.)
4
A Pale Drink.
Auntie (looking into baby carriage)
How pale little brother looks.
Georgle Boy Well, auntie, that's
because they never give him anything
but milk since he was born.
No Such Person.
There ain't no such person: the
tailor who will -acquiesce In all your
notions of how your suit should be
made. This Is world of compromise.