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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF Brief Resurce Most Important. Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event! of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, and Other Thing? Worth Knowing. Three outlaws held up the Flrat Na tUroal bank of Highlands, 111., Tuesday afternoon and escaped with between $17,000 and 10,000. Charles 0. Dawes, republican vice presidential nominee, will open the republican national campaign at Lin coln, Neb., August 29. All preparations have been complet ed for the arrival of the American army airmen on their world flight, at both their landing places In Ice land, Hornafjord and Reykjavik. Men's apparel, plain this year, Is going to be more so next year, accord ing to delegates attending the annual sessions of the Merchant Tailor De signers' association at Cedar Point, 0. Mrs. Merlam M. Ferguson, Texas' first woman gubernatorial candidate, Increased her lead over Lynch David son, Houston, for second place to 2329 voteB, It was announced by the Texas election buroau. The headquarters of John W. Davis, democratic presidential candidate, dur ing the coming campaign will be large ly in the saddle. His personal base of operations will be his home at Locust Valley, New York. Sixty natives are believed to huve perished when the motorshlp Agusan burned' off the coast of Camiguin is land in the sea of Mindanao. A tele gram to that offoct was received in Manila Wednesday from the command er of constabulary In Misamis. The Carnegie corporation of New York, cuHtodiun of the bulk of the fortune left by the late Andrew Carne gie, Tuesday paid to Samuel Harden Church, president of the Carnegie In stltuta of Pittsburg, an $3,000,000 addition to the endowment for the educationul work of the Institute. A posse dispatched from Wilming ton, N. C. to Phoenix, Brunswick coun ty, Tuesday night upon receipt of re ports M a battle between prohibition officers and bootleggers found the. bodies of Marshal Lilly, Deputy United Slates, and City Prohibition Agent Leo George In their automobile two miles from the town. The smouldering feeling between members of the Ku Klux Klan and the auti-klan followers flamed Into bitter and unexpected hostilities early Wed nesdoy in Lancaster and Spencor, Muss., leaving in its wake Injury and destruction of proporty. More than 60 persons were injured and property damage was estimated at thousands of dollars. By way of a demand upon the United States tariff commission for Intorma tlon as to what It has been doing in sugar Investigations, Senator La Fol lette of Wisconsin, Independent can dldute for president has promulgated a declaration which impartially at tucked both the present republican and the preceding democratic natloual administrations. Despite a perceptible slackening In steel operations in the second quarter of the year, directors of the United States Steel corporation Tuesday de clared an extra dividend of 60 cents on the common shares for the third successive quartor, In addition to the regular dividends of 1.25 a Bhare on the common and i 1.75 a share on the preferred stocks. The National Farmers' and Grain Dealers' association, In which 6000 grain elevators in the middle west hold memberships, has refused to in dorse the recently organiied Grain Marketing company of Chicago. The association declared it would continue to withhold Its Indorsement until the grain merger plan was modified to provide that alt stock must be held by farmers' elevator companies and not by individuals. The discovery of 250 gold-ornaments that were ancient heirlooms even in the time of Homer, the opening of a Greek tomb that had not been disturb ed (or more than 3000 years, and the discovery that the so-called saddle roof was not unknown in the architecture of that early day, are some ot the important results, Just reported in Stockholm, of the Swedish archae ological expedition, headed by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, which is excavat ing the ancient city of Aslne, Greece. HINT WEEK AIRPLANE MAY BE REPAIRED Rround-the-World Flier Has Chance to Finish Trip. Washington, D. C A slight hope was held Monday night In war depart ment circles that the trio of American around-the-world filers might yet be able to complete their circumnaviga tion of the globe as a unit, despite the mishap Sunday to the Boston, piloted by Lieutenant Leigh Wade. biltial dispatches describing the wrecking of the Boston were in terpreted as having put Lieutenant Wade definitely out of the flight, but later advices that his machine was being taken to Reykjavik, Iceland, was accepted as evidence that a more care ful survey indicated the possibility of repairs which would enable that ship to Join those ot Commander Lowell H. Smith and Lioutenant Eric Nelson. A repair depot has been establish ed at the Icelandic capital. Not only have spare parts been placed there for the engines, but complete sets added of the specially designed pontoons, wings, rudders and controls used in the Douglas type of airplanes which make up the flight group. As a result, army officers declared that "if the fuselage of the Boston" is sound, she can be rebuilt at Rey kjavik." It will only be necessary, they said, that the body ot the plane with Its internal struts and braces be available to the repair forces for the Boston to be placed In commission in 48 hours. Suggestions were made that Lieu tenant Wade be Issued one ot the observation planes carried by the cruisers patrolling the route or that a spare plane be shipped at once from this side, but both proposals were re jected by the army service after care ful consideration. The extent to which interest in the world flight Is being maintained was Indicated by numerous messages, both telephonic and telegraphic, to the war department seeking Information as to Lieutenant Wade's mishap, his chances of continuing and proffering various suggestions for his assistance. Citizens of Boston telegraphed President Coolldge urging that every thing be done to enable Lieutenant Wade to complete the flight and this request was sent to the war depart ment from the White House. Whether an extra plane from Langley field might be made available when the fliers reach this Bide was a question still undecided. ALASKAN M0T0RB0AT SEIZED BY RUSSIANS Nome, Alaska. Russian authorities have seized the Nome, a motorshlp of this city, and confiscated her cargo, according to word received here Tues day from Anadyr, Siberia. Gus Hendrlcksen, master and own er, Arnold Castel, engineer, and Sam Maglds, charterer of the boat, were arrested, it was stated. . Maglds had an arrangement with authorities at Moscow which he un derstood permitted him to trade in Siberia, but reports said that the authorities at Andyr, which is on the east coast of Asia just south of the Arctic circle, refused to recognize this authority. Russlun authorities ot the district known among Alaskans as Whalen, that Is to Bay, the northeastern corner ot Siberia, including East Cape and Anadyr, seized four American trading vessels last summer, the Iskuin of Tacoma, Wash., the Silver Wave and the Blue Sea ot Seattle, and the Be linda of Noma. The American state department refused to move in be half of the owners or crews of these boats, because the United States then, as now, had no relations with Russia. Body to be Sent Home. Naples. The United States cruiser Trenton has been ordered to proceed to Persia to take on board and carry back to the United States the body of Robert V. lmbrie, American vice- consul at Teheran, who was killed by a mob recently. Thirty-two sailors from the Trenton Monday rendered military honors at the unveiling of a tablet here la honor ot Italy's war dead. The American consul-general attendod the ceremony. Mall Lost With Plane. Washington. D. C Loss by fire of an air mail plane and 152 pounds ot mail which left San Francisco Sun day, was reported to Postmaster-Gen eral New. The plane being flown by Pilot Scott was over Great Salt lake when its radiators exploded. The piano took fire and Pilot Scott suc ceeded in effecting a landing but was unable to extinguish the flames or remove the mall. Seott received slight burns. Astoria. Building permits Issued during the month of July by the city hall represented a value of 1327,435, according to figures given out Satur day by J. L. Burges-, city building In spector. ALLIED PREMIERS III FULL ACCORD Steps Taken to Put Dawes Plan Into Effect. U.S. HELP IS PRAISED Ambassador Kellogg Is Officially Pres ent in Interest of American Government. London. A new era in allied diplo macy dawned Saturday when the inter-allied conference, with the Uni ted States officially represented by Ambassador Kellogg, reached a full agreement on the program for making the Dawes reparation plan effective. After eighteen days and a good part of many nights, spent at the British foreign office in Downing street, the parleys have terminated successfully so far as their interallied aspect Is concerned. The conference now be comes an international one. With the arrival of German repre sentatives in response to the invita tion dispatched by Premier Mac- Donald, the inter-allied formula for launching the new scheme to obtain war compensation from Germany will be reviewed and the Berlin emissaries will be asked to agree to it. Final adjournment is expected the end of next week. The delegates characterized the negotiations as the most successful of all the European conferences held since the great war and many of them expressed appreciation of the assist ance by the American delegates and observers. "The conference has been a won derful success bo far," said Ambassa dor Kellogg to The Associated Press. 'It has taken a good deal of time, but there was a vast amount of ground to be covered. Everyone was de termined to accomplish the task, and I think we have done it. The program we have adopted is the only one we will take up with the Germans next week." Mr. Kellogg paid tribute to the val uable work done by James A. Logan Jr., and the other American experts. He also praised the helpfulness of Owen D. Young, who In his unofficial position as one of the Dawes com mitteemen placed his opinion before the conference whenever he was call ed upon. In Mr. Logan's opinion, the agree ment reached by the allies marks their greatest success since Versailles, Mr. Young, likewise, expressed ap proval of the program as a sound basis for working the Dawes scheme and In keeping with the spirit of the ex pert commission's work. The medlatlve role ot the Americans continued throughout the conference and aided materially in bringing the final accord during the plenary ses slon, when it was found French and British views still were widely diver gent on technical points which the experts during day and night sessions for the past 48 hours vainly tried to settle. Ambassador Kellogg made a short speech giving his opinion as to what should be done and quick agreement followed. Big Wool Deal Closed. Pendleton, Or. The wool clip of Smythe brothers, aggregating 300,000 pounds, was sold Saturday to C. B. Brannon of Buhl, Idaho, for Swift & Co., according to a statement made here by Mr. Brannon and verified at the office of Smythe brothers. The prices paid for- the clip, which is thought to have constituted the largest volume ot wool left in the hands ot one outfit In Oregon, was 35 to 40 cents a pound, Mr. Brannon said Population Bogy Raised. Williamstown, Mass. "There won't be standing room In the United States 10,000 years from now, it the present rate ot increase in population con tinues," said Professor Henry P. Fair child of New York university Satur day. This statement was mado in opening a round-table conference on population and related problems at the Institute of politics. Hondurani in Revolt. Managua, Nicaragua. Honduras is again in the throes of a revolution San Marcos de Colon was attacked Monday by 400 insurrectionists under Generals Julio Peralta, Jeremiah Fonseca and Toribio Ramos. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. Commandants Tortillo and Colonel Gallardo of the government forces were killed. tt i u u 1 1 1 1 n i"i rnVi rfiil hi hi nil m Mil iTimTn i I THE nllllllllllillllllimilllllllllllllllllllllinm., CHAPTER IX Continued. He lifted hli face after a moment and chuckled complalsantly. "Big Jack," he went on, "couldn't kill him with a nigger maul. Didn't 'e fetch that chuckle head a groanln' lick? Lord I Leetle too high, though," he commented in the nice criticism of a man who, In hii day, was known to have been the most dangerous rough-and-tumble fighter on the border. He paused, and his face assumed the lame puzzled expression It had worn at the festival the evening before. "I reckon hit couldn't 'a' be'n, an it's Jlst as well not t' say nothln' about it," he went on, "but I thought that feller favored that gcape-gal'us of ol' Slme't Ken Colin what 'e would 'a' be'n by 'now. I noticed It when 'e flared up offn the floor thar with the knife." Counterman leaned nearer. "That'a Jilt what I mosey'd up t' talk about." He lowered his voice. "That wua Black Bogus." Uncle Nick straightened. "No I" "Hit were." The old man swore, took out his pipe again, stared at It and put It back In his pocket. "Black Bogus hit couldn't w'y, ther'i fifty sheriffs a-lookln' f'r him." v "Yfla an' tham Kama fftv bh&rifTa ain't none too dern'd anxious t' find 'un. He's a bad man with a six-gun. "That's Jlst What I Mossy'd Up V Talk About." He Lowered His Voice. "That Was Black Bogus." He may be Ken Colin that I don't know but I do know he's Black Bogus. I run afoul of 'lm three year back, down Vlncennes way. It wus when" The fisherman stopped, breathed hard, passed his hand up over his sunken eye socket and sat staring out into the gathering night. The aged hunter atudled him covertly. More than once he had thought of asking for the story of that lost eye, but the Innate delicacy of the born woodsman had restrained him. "Calc'late you wus some su'prlsed when 'e swarmed In?" Counterman turned ; felt along the edge of the porch floor with his hands. "I 'low I werdn't no worse su'prlsed than he'd 'a' be'n If he 'a' saw me. But I happened t' be back In the cor ner b'hlnd the crowd an' It's a good thing I were. J dasn't come face t' face with Black Bogus. He tricked me once; h won't trick me no more" the old hunter saw the weather stained fist of the fisherman grip tight; heard his lanky jaws clamp to gether; watched him Instinctively hitch the holster of his long-barreled six-gun to an easier position at his hip "an I've already got enough blood on my hands ver " He stopped abruptly and again sat staring into the night. The man was a mystery. He had come to Buckeye as the driftwood comes nobody knew from where. He paid his way, asked no questions, an swered none. In the silence that fell Uncle Nick sat pondering him what his life story might have been. The fisherman roused himself after a moment and went on. "What crosses my path is, how 'e come t De tnere, p tic lar how e hap- , pened t' come out s' bold 'specially If 'e la the, man you think 'e Is. It ain't hit. way. He never would 'a' done it ; if it hadn't 'a' be'n f r Zeke Pollck's squlr'l whisky." He straightened, : glanced around at his aged friend, ( and had the light been sufficient, the I old man might, have seen that the ' twinkle, never long absent from the doubly capable eye, had returned. "Big Jack aa' the parson shore did show 'lm a good time while tasted." Uncle Nick grinned. "That parson lord I I ain't b'en t' church In fifty year, but I'm calc'latln1 oa goto' next Sund'y. If that parson can outface the devil the way he out faced that hulkln' chuckle-head, be ain't no bad man f hitch up with." Tm only hoptn', Counterman went on, "Big Jack an' the parson, too, fr thci Batter hii seen the last o' Black Bogns. I'm hopln' but I'm doubtln', "I ain't, nary a doubt," Uncle Nick ! cskle4. "Tear Black Bogus" Ue liTTTi nun iTTnTirrTITiTjiT.i iTJir.TI iTTJ ffTT. . , . . 1 11 1 uan I r 1 1 II ft 1 1 k. . . . 1 1 rtfaniurc RED LOCK I A Tale of the Flat woodi By DAVID ANDERSON Author of "The Blue Mood" Copyright bar Tlx Bobbs-Menul Ce. puzzled expression touched his face again "got a bellyful las' night. He ain't honeln' f'r no more, I'm bettln' m' bottom dollar 'e ain't." I dunno' Counterman pursued. 'He'! a bad lot Ther" ain't a worse man the length o' the Wabash. An' then there's Loge Belden they say moved In the ol' cabin up Eagle holler last week with 'is lister. "Cordwood huh he ain't no more a wood chopper than I be. He's a rlvor man. Come fora the K'ntucky moun tains in the first place, an' use'n t' be a pearl fisher till they run 'lm off'n the river. I never knowed Loge, that Is, what y'u might say pers'n'ly. I never see'd 'lm till 'e tangled with Big Jack in the post office t' other evenln', but I knowed '! sister, not the one that's with 'im now but the other one the one that's dead " The fisherman bent hli head and his voice fell low, finally stopped. "Black Bogus Is an old pal 6' Loge's," be went on after a time. "Wouldn't wonder he'i harborln' up thar, an' if 'e Is, why Is 'e? An' what are they both 'r either one ot 'em doln' up byur In the Flatwoodsl Hit looks t' me" he bent toward his com panion "they've got the'r eye on ol' Slme Colin." ' Uncle Nick sat thoughtfully fum bling his chin. "That'd leave Ken out," he mused. "He wouldn't 'a' fell that low. Any how, ther'i lots o' folks that looks like other folks." Counterman thought a moment before he spoke again. Black Bogus' game li counter- fltln', but he'i got the guts fr any thing; an' Loge's or'n'ry enough fr any dirt. Ther' ain't nothln' I'd put a-past 'lm. He's done time twlce't a'ready, an' would be doln' It right now If It werdn't f'r 'Is sister. Thar"! one good gal as different f om Loge as the devil f om Sund'y. Hit's Loge's one good p'lnt he thinks a heap of 'Is sister." "Well," commented Uncle Nick with his slow drawl, as the other paused, 'hit might be the makln' of ol' Slme If somebody could manage t' pry a dollar 'r two offn him, an' as f r Big Jack, I 'low ther1 ain't none of 'em honeln' f'r more truck with him." He chuckled complalsantly, pos sibly fancying that he had put a particularly neat and unanswerable finish to the argument. "That ain't it," Counterman pur sued, "Black Bogus an' Loge are both the kind that strikes In the dark." "Thunder I" Uncle Nick's shoulder Jerked away from the porch post, and the fisher man caught the glitter of his deep-set eyes In the twilight. "They cayn't come nothln' like that on the boy 'r I'll strike the warpath m'self. Dunno but what I'll peel an eye on that cabin up the crick." The old ranger sat erect and rest less, drumming with bis fingers on the porch floor and looking away across the narrow mouth of Eagle hollow to where Black rock poked his tumbled ramparts up against the eastern sky. The clatter In the kitchen ceased, Aunt Liza's still sprightly, vastly post. tlve step came across the cabin floor, and a moment later the creak of her rocking chair joined the droning cho rus of the beetles. "Wonder what Big Jack thinks o' the way the parson's a-cuttln' around 'Is gal?" Counterman mused. "An' her the best prize In the Flatwoods, even If she didn't have a cent." Uncle Nick fumbled out his pipe, knocked It on the edge of the porch floor, and filled and lit It. "I knowed 'is father, Col. David Warhope, when 'e first come t' the Flatwoods up'rdi of eighteen years hack, an' I knowed 'Is grandfather, Old Col. David Warhope. I fit Te cumseh an' the Prophet under the gran'father. The homestead wus a present t' him fora Oen. Andrew Jack son. Ol' Colonel David an' young Colonel David, they wus both fine, up standln' men, soldiers every Inch, an' Big Jack's like 'em. Hit's too bad the homestead bad t' be lost t' ol' Slme, an' the boy bound out to 'lm. But even so, he'd make a heap sight more flttln' man f r a Flatwoods gal than that hump-backed, squinty-eyed parson. Beat! the devil the headway he'i a-makln' with 'er. I wouldn't 'a' thought" "No good' 11 come of It," broke In the acid tonea of Aunt Liza. "Didn't y'u see 'Is carryln'i on with 'er at the sociable las' night? Big Jack ain't go'n' t' be a bound boy f rever. She'll rue the day she draps a fine lad like him an' takei up with a furrlner." "Aw, Liza," drawled Uncle Nick, "the parson ain't no furrlner he'i a college prfessor." "'Don't talk to me," snapped the tart voice. "I reckon I know what I see with m' own eyes Mind what I tell y'u, she'll rue It, an' so'll Slme Colin a-lettln' Mm harbor around like that, don't keer If 'e did go t' school with Ken. "I bet y'u if 'er mother wus llvln' ther wouldn't be no slch golns-on. I dunno what ol' Slme can be think in' about nothln' but money boardln' an' lan' grabbln', I reckon. If I had a gal, I'd no more think o' lettln' 'er be harbored np with a teetotal furrlner that-a-way huh I'd no more think o' letting 'er than Ti think e' takln" wtngi millllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllin and flyln' t' Ingland. There ain't no sense " 'Aw, don't be too hard on the par- ion," Interrupted Uncle Nick with a chuckle, "I reckon 'e won't eat 'er." "Huh I" enorted the voice,. In ulti mate contempt. "What d' you know about raisin' gals? Cayn't see an inch ahead o' y'ur nose. Hyur we set, in our old age, bar'ly able t' keep aoul an' body t'gether, when we might 'a' tuck our pick an' choice an' me a dlngln' It Into y'u f'om daylight t' dark Jlst how it'd be, too." 4 'Oh, well, Liza" the old man re joined, in tones more serious, "don't throw tt up to a man b'cayse 'is fore sight ain't as good as 'Is hindsight. You might 'a' done worse. I hain't never be'n in Jail ylt, an' you hain't never be'n in the porehouse." The dim figure rocked a while In silence. "Qals Is glttln' e'en a'most too high falutln' these days," she re sumed, though in a milder voice. "Bound 'r free, Big Jack's a-plenty good enough f r Texle Colin, the best breath she ever drawed, with all 'er money an' good looks. "Use'n t' be a gal could git along with one beau, but now'days huh they ain't sadlsfled 'less'n they've got two 'r three a-tralpsln' after 'em. Things Is comln' to a purty pass that's what I say to a purty pass. If a gal ain't sadlsfled with one beau at a time, how In the name o' sense can y'u expect 'er t' be sadlsfled with one husban' at a time? now there's the business of It, I-Jeemlny!" The air of hard finality with which the grim lips were pursed up and twisted around toward the right ear, the crisp posltlveness with which the words were uttered, almost made the twilight seem to crackle, like stiff parchment being folded after the reading of aome weighty mandate. Counterman dropped an arm across his knee and sat very still, as If afraid the slightest sound might touch off again that hair-trigger tongue; Uncle Nick looked away toward Black Rock ; the bats darted about-ln the dim half light, intrepidly threading the bewil dering labyrinth of fruit trees; a cricket at the corner of the porch tried to match the creak of Aunt Liza's rocking chair. CHAPTER X Warning of the Frogs. While the cricket carried on hli squeaking contest with Aunt Liza's rocking chair, Jack Warhope, in the tiny cabin at the homestead, sat read ing by the candle on the small center table studying would be a truer word, for the book was Professor' Asa Gray's" celebrated "Manual of' Botany." - The breath of the trees came down over the cliff, caught and rustled the pliant sprays of the crimson rambler, tben the countryside settled still; the words of the book blurred, dimmed, faded away, and from the transfigured page there looked out at him a face with laughing eyes. A trim slim figure flitting with un conscious grace across the lawn to where a tall, suave, profoundly bowing man awaited by the rustic seat under the great maple at Whispering spring, crossed his mind and the face was gone. He laid the book aside; blew out the candle; turned his chair and sat staring Into the fire, still faintly alive and fast waning, behind the open hearth of the cook stove. A Btick Studying Would Be the Truer Word, for the Book Was Professor Asa Gray's Celebrated Manual of Botany. burned In two, fell Into the coals and stirred out a tiny shower of sparks. A bright little blaze flared up, danced over the walls and tim bers of the cabin, glinted upon the word and spurs banging under the companion pictures beneath the draped flag. (TO BS CONTINUED.) Grass Hammocks. Hammocks made of grass or fiber were In common use among the Carib bean Indian! when Columbus discov ered America. Yon can alwayi spot an Inferior per son by his superior sir,