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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most important Daily News Items.. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, GoYemmcnts and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Frank Livingston, negro, was tied to a tree and burned altvo by a mob of about 150 men, both white and negroes, about IS miles from Eldorado, Ark., Thursday. Ten square blocks of Mobile's resi dence section were swept by fire Fri day which caused $750,000 property damage, left 1500 people houseless and destroyed probably 200 buildings. Repeal of the semi-luxury tax sec tion of the war revenue bill was practi cally decided on Friday by tho repub lican members of tho house ways and means committee, but formal action was deferred. As a result of an agreement entered into last week by the state of Wy oming and the Midwest Oil company, the state treasury will be enriched by nearly $3,000,000 in royalties from one section of state-owned oil lands In the Salt Creek field near Casper. The international parliamentary commercial conference has decided to reserve Its decision on the question of the Internationalization of the Rhine. The Belgian claim for complete eco nomic apd military liberty was agreed to unanimously by the conference. The supreme court was asked in memoranda filed by the Commercial and the Commercial Pacific Cables companies to decide upon their merits the suits brought by the companies to enjoin the postmaster-general from seizing their properties under the presidential proclamation of last Nov ember. A score of persons were killed and nearly 100 injured Thursday night by an explosion and fire which wrecked the Douglas Starch works at Cedar Rapids, la., and consumed the ruins. The loss was $3,000,000 to the Douglas plant, in addition to damage caused to other property over a radius of more than a mile. "Day labor wages for Baptist clergy men is a blot on the denomination; less than half the nation's Baptist ministers receive $1500 a year." This declaration was made at Denver Fri day to the northern Baptist convention by Dr. E. T. Tomlinson of New York, In presenting the report of tho ministers and missionaries board. The French government introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies ask ing for credits of 12,948,886,520 francs to cover military and extraordinary civil expenditures for the second six months of 1919, not Included in the regular budget. The credits make a total for the year of 30,210,425,942 francs, or 12,000,000,000 francs less than in 1918. Passage by the house lato Thurs day of a deficiency bill providing ur gent'appropriatlons of $45,044,500 for war risk allowances to soldiers' and sailors' families and civil war pen sioners made another speed record for tho new house, which Wednesday adopted the woman suffrage resolution. The first sharp partisan clashes of the session between republicans and democrats occurred during discussion of the deficiency bill. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who was Injured seriously In Now York a month ago when a surface car col lided with a taxlcab, left for his home In Washington after physicians had pronounced him entirely recovered. Miss Ruth St. Donls, a California dancer appearing In Vancouver, I). C, In vaudeville, Tuesday placed with Lloyd, tho Ilrltlfth Insuranco house, a million-dollar uccldont policy cover lug her finger und toon during tho jioxt two week, O. (Junllnor Johnson, 'Jooal roprenentatlvo of Lloyd, announced, LAWMAKERS TAKE UP DUTIES Special Session of "Reconstruction" Congrcss'IIas'Much to Do. Washington, D. C Tho 60th, or "re construction" congress, called Into ex traordinary session by President Wil son from Paris, convened nt noon Monday and republican majorities In sonato and houso organised both bodies. Representative aillott of Massachu setts was elected speaker of tho houso over Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, democratic candidate and former speaker, by a voto of 227 to 172. Senator Cummins of Iowa, tho re publican candidate, was chosen presi dent pro tempore of tho senato ovor Sonator PIttman of Novada, democrat, 47 to 42. Several democrats were ab sent but all republicans were In their scats, two withholding their votes. The republicans of both Bides also elected full slates of other officers and thus, for Iho first time sinco 1911, returned to control of tho American national legislature Routine affairs of organization com prised tho opening day's proceedings, both bodies adjourning until noon Tuesday, when President Wilson's cabled messago was read separately in tho senato and houso. Tho senate concluded Its session in 50 minutes and tho houso Jn two hours and 20 minutes. There wa3 no outward evidence In the Initial proceedings of ho enor mous amount of work ahead. Tho peace treaty with Germany, Including the league of nations covenant, tho Austrian treaty and tho proposed con vention for protection of Franco, aro not expected before next month. All hold-promise of dramatic debate. Appropriation bills which failed in tho filibuster last March will bo rush ed immediately In tho house. Legislation dealing with rallroadB, telegraphs and telephones, woman suf frage, prohibition, repeal of tho lux ury taxes and other pressing subjects are promised In tho van of Important economic and reconstruction ques tions. This legislation Is expected by leaders to hold congress in session al most continuously until the presiden tial conventions of 1920. Investiga tions planned by the republicans of numerous administration acts also aro expected to begin In the near future. The flood of bills which Is expected to make the new congress momentous began in the house. Houso resolution No. 1 was' the woman suffrage con stitutional amendment measure, In troduced by former Republican Leader Mann of Illinois. Despite the formality of Monday's proceedings and the absence of tho president the first time congress has opened with a president on foreign soil overflow crowds in both senato and houso galleries witnessed tho birth of tho new congress. Many cab inet officers and other high officials were spectators in the houso, where cheering and speechmaking lent an In formal tono of popular interest. When houso members were sworn In, Representative Victor Berger of Wisconsin, the lone socialist member, who was convicted of violating tho espionage law, was prevented from taking tho oath upon objection of Rep resentative .Dallinger of Massachu setts, chairman of the elections com mltteo. Ho was ordered by Speaker Gillett to stand asldo and was not allowed to address tho house, which adopted unanimously a resolution for a committee to investlgato his right to membership. No objection was raised from the senato floor to tho seating of Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan, re publican, whoso election Is being con tested by Henry Ford, democrat. For mal notlco of renewal of the Ford con test, with a request for a committee investigation, was filed. In addition to electing officers, tho senate adopted tho usual resolutions of procedure, with a departure In that for notifying tho president, because of his absonco In Paris, of tho convening. Tho senato committee of notification sent a cable merely advising tho presi dent of tho senate's formal action, whllo tho houso commltloo sent a let ter of notification to tho whlto house Berlin. The declaration by Chan collor Scheldomann In tho national us vombly Tuesday that tho poaco terms wore unacceptable brought tho in cm horn of tho assembly, tho spectators and thoso in tho press gallery to tholr foot In a hurrlcuuu of cheers and op plUUSd, i i STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Tho current lssuo of an eastern mag azine contains nn article by Professor Drydon, of Orogou Agricultural col lege. In which is detailed tho history of iv Uoutou county farmer, Jess linn- sou, who cleared $18,300 In four years from chickens. Mr. Hanson started his work with n capital of only $1000. Tho adoption of n new wage scale with lncroa8o in tho minimum wage for common labor from 45 to 50 cents an hour, and a proportionate Increase in skilled labor, was announced by tho nuchuor Lumber company nt North Bend Thursday. Tho Incroaso In wages will become etfectlvo nt ouco and will apply to over 250 employes. Stato surveyors hava completed tholr location of tho rond from tho end of tho present paving in Umatilla county nt Rloth, to Echo. Data, maps and specifications for a call tor bids will bo rushed so that tho work may bo completed this summer. Tho road as surveyed, follows tho river, using In many places, the old railroad grado. Mrs. Loin a. Baldwin of Portland, Mrs. Charles H. Castner of Hood Rlvor and Mrs. W. H. Dancy of Snlem were designated members of tho advisory board for tho state Industrial school for girls, In appointments nnnouncod by Governor Olcott. .Mrs. Baldwin succeeds Mrs. George McMnth, who served temporarily during Mrs. Bald win's nbsenco from tho state during the war. That plans are bolng worked out for construction of a dam across Lost Rlvor bod below Merrill by which later It Is proposed to Irrigate the reclaimed lands of Tulu lake, Is an nounced by Project Manager H. D. Newell, at Klamath Fnlls. Mr. Nowcll says there is no certainty as to whon work will bo undertaken but that tho plans will bo ready when tho funds aro available. Eloven thousand eight hundred nlno-ty-four voters were registered in Linn county Wednesday night when County Clerk Russoll closed tho books for tho special election to be held Juno 3. Of this number C887 woro mon and 5,007 women. , Tho numbor In each political party is as rollows: Republi can, GCC2; democratic, 4127; prohi bition, 376; socialist, 254; miscellan eous, 475. In reply to the, complaint of R. W. Price, president of tho Multnomah Anglers' club, to tho general effect that the stato fish and gamo commis sion was In need of reorganization, and that matters within it were far from right, Governor Olcott has written Mr. Price saying that such an Inquiry will be held when all mcmbors of tho com mission aro in tho state, and that tho Inquiry will bd thorough nnd open. A shameless rancher profiteor, who refused to divulge his namo, mndu $30 last Sunday pulling stalled automo biles from tho mud nt tho eastern nnd western termini of tho Coos City bridge, whero tho rains hnd created a mired condition not observed until tho machines plunged In ovor tho hubs Tho rancher said hjs team could havo made twice as much itad tho necessary number of tourists happened along Mrs. Jesslo Jarvls of Portland was Thursday elected president of tho Oregon Rebekah assembly, to succeed Mrs. Jeanio Burko of Grants Pass Other officers olected were: Vice- president, Miss Ethel Fletcher, Salem; secretary, Mrs. Ora Cospor, Dallas, reelected: treasurer. Miss Ldna Ja cobs, Portland, re-elected; warden, Mrs. Ethel Meldrum, Mllwauklo. Tho latter was elected over a field of ten candidates. Efforts aro bolng made to conserve tho crop of cascara, ono of tho most indispensable- articles In tho mcdlcn.l world and grown only on tho Pacific coast. Tho presont crop growing In tho forests of tho northwest Is nmplo to fill tho domand for all tlmo If prop orly conserved. In other words, tho cascara crop, If not wasted, Is ropro duclng Itself as fast as It Is bolng con sinned, Tho muttiro crop still standing Is probably nmplo to supply tho do mund for from 20 to 30 yours and tho now crop which Is springing up on tho million of ncroH of Jogged-off IuiuIh throughout (ho Pacific count will ina turn u. now crop which will bocomo uvulluhlo In 10 to JC your If not do slroyod. ' ONE DAY FOR HEROES Suggestion That Whole Country Unite In Honoring tho Dead of Both North and South. ALL OUR soldiers nro honored by tho wholu American na tion nt this time by tho hallowed practlco of Memorial day thoso who havo offered their lives for their country In previous wars nnd In our hearts and upon our Hps thosu who enmo forward In tho recent emer gency. Tho Idea of tho soldlcr-do-fendor, ns tho embodiment of tho sen timent of homo and country, comes to tho front today ns ono thought, ono Image. Tho man, after nil l Wo build our Bhlps; wo forgo upon a thousand anvils tho now nnd terrlblo engines of war; wo accumulate innturlnls; wo exhaust tho Ingenuity of our nation In dovtslng subtle mechanical defenses ngutnst tho creeping menace of tho submarine; wo sllenco the laws of peoco In order that tho president nmy command every resource of labor and of food; wo seem to confess that war has passed Into the realm of ma terial forces; but In tho midst of nil this, Rummoncd to another order of thought by tho return of this wonder ful holiday of tho bivouac of tho dead, wo realize onco mora that tho mnn, with his heart of love and devotion, Is above nil. "Vain mlshtlfit flct of Iron framed, Vain thoo nlt-)mtterlnit gun. Unlets proud KtiRlnnd krrp unlnmed Tho itronu lienrt of her onl" It Is tho patriotism and tho honor of men, nfter nil, against tin base de vices of men, that Is tho dependence of freedom. Today, tomorrow, In our memories, tho hero of tho pnst Iho soldier who fought tho ambushed In dian, who stood at Hunker Hill or perished In cold nnd hunger at Valley Forgo that Amerlcn might bo Independ ent, tho man who died to "keep tho Union whole" and then tho hero of today, who offered himself In n causu every whit as great as that of Indo pendenco or of union. Heroes pnst, heroism achieved ; heroes to come, her oisms which shall be Inscribed on tho pages of history now writing in Iron nnd blood; these nro foremost In our thoughts now. We decorate graves long watered by our tenrs, and wo deo ornto unmndo graves, graves yet un known, of men unknown. Wo hnvo many nnd great things to think of; nnd In tho hours of tender remembrnnco nnd of exalted nntlcl- Ill pntlon.lt will no ns good to call tt mind that Memorial day summons Americans to n closer union than they havo ever felt before. Tho emotions of this day wipe out forever nil sec tlonnl, all historical differences. They blend nil our locnl sentiments Into ono grand passion of patriotism. Hence forth there should bo but ono Memo rial day In America, North and South ono benutlful day In May when nil our heroes shall bo remembered, nil our souvenirs recalled, In tho Interest of ono nnd ono only lovo of country. Henceforth there should bo no Union Memorial day and no Confcdernto Memorial day, no day of tho North und nnothcr of tho South, but Amer ica's day nnd Freedom's day. Indlnn a polls News. IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY Brave Men Who Fouoht for the Union Gladly Made the Superla tive Sacrifice. Wo hnvo tho priceless prlvllcgo of decorating tho graves of somo of tho world's greatest heroes. Wo must ro member thnt heroism Is measured by sacrifices for a worthy cause. Tho Im mortals whoso graves wo cover with flowers mado tho supcrlatlvo sacrifice Among them wcro young men who turned nsldo from col I ego halls In which they were seeking preparation for n larger llfo, Among them wcro fanners who left every Interest of heart nnd hand to servo Iho country they loved. Among them wero mer chants who loft tholr merchandise nnd mechanic who left Ihelr trades, never to ho token up ngnln. Among Ihein wero hoys who went nwoy from pnnnils who needed them fix Iho Muff of.llfu H hour jvjjiil fthjiU own wero railing. Anlohg them wvro husbands who carried tho memory of a holy kiss and n tearful fnco tncy never woro to sco again. AtnntiL- thorn wcro vounc men who had but tho day before led to tho altnr tho ono they loved dearer llinn nro it self. And all thoso wont nwny to faco tho storm of Hying bullets and stain with their llfeblood tho rank grass of ninny n southern plain to tho end Hint tho Union might not ho rent In twain and that tho hannor of liberty might float from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific ttev. Dr. Polhptnu 11. Swift, Chicago, BATTLE TIDE TURNED At Oettyiburo the High Hopes of thr Confederacy for Victory In Struggle Wore Ended. 1FTY.8IX years ngo, nt I dawn. Titfyyi iiixit in itiiv m i,i , ,1, ,v,vvw ...... ... l-S. and 00,000 men in blue jvjl I wero hnstonlng toward n VJ' little hamlet In southern I -U-'' I l..,.,.l..n,li Mxrpiilv Booking to shed each oth er's blood. Battle-rent ban tiers proclaiming past valor fluttered along tholr ranks, nnd cannon rumbled and sabers and bayonets Unshed through tho hill posses as tho hurrying hosts wero ar rayed by tholr generals for the coming battle. The Confederates tinder General Leo had Invaded I'ounsylvnnln from tho south, and Just one week hoforc, Juno 1".', 18011, Loo had scut 20,000 mon yet further north to capture Harrlsburg. Thoy oxpocted thnt tho eloso of July would llnd thoiu In possession of l'hll ndelphln. But Just us their advauco envnlry wero pointing tholr guns ncross tho Susquehannn Leo learned thnt tho Army of tho Potomac, under Maj. Gen. George O. Monde, had start ed from Harper's Ferry In pursuit, and Lee ordered his troops In motion back toward Gettysburg, whero twelve turn plko roads concentrated. General Meade, hurrying his corps norihwnrd, came to tho outskirts of Gettysburg the night of Juno SO with his ndvnnco envnlry. At daybreak July 1 General Buford, lending Meade's cavalry, clashed with General Hcth of Hill's Confederate corps, nnd ono of tho greatest battles . of all tlmo wns on. All day tho light raged, ns tho troops composing tho two n nn I es wcro hurried forward from distant points to tnko port. At night full tho Confederates hud driven tho Union mon buck from the ground held by them In tho morning, on through tho streets of Gettysburg, and finally to n lino of battle on Cemetery hill nnd rldgo southeast of tho town, nnd during tho night tho commanders of both armies lilted up gaps In their lines nnd strengthened their positions for tho Inevitable battle of the morn ing. All tho second day Leo hurled his brigades against Mondo's right and left flanks. Desperate lighting In tho cele brated wheat field; lies pern to fighting In the famous peach orchard ; desperate !,.), II.. i. In III., Devil's den. Hand- f 'J.z. Gulp's hill, Round SrTr Ton ii n (I LItllo rt-'V!- Round Top. When dark enmo tho Con federates hnd Jammed tho Union' forco further back on their lino of battle. They had gained ground, but tho g r o u n d hud only served to miiko tho federal posi tion more compact. On tho third nnd last day enmo Leo's final nttcmpt to win, n mighty cannon ading of 150 guns nt ono o'clock In tho afternoon hurling death into tho Union forces on Cemetery ridge. Then, nt 2:30 In tho afternoon, nn order from Lee, n nod of tho head from General Longstrcet, for he did not sanction tho chnrgo, and nwny went General Pick ett In thnt most famous chargo from tho Confcdernto position on Scmlnnry rldgo to tho Union center on Cemetery ridge, nearly n mllo npart. That chargo mado great history. After leading his men to tho Union lino nnd piercing It, Pickett wns beaten hack. Tho point pierced was n stono wall, known to this day ns tho Bloody Anglo, or "High Water Mark" of tho Confederacy. Lee, from Seminary ridge, saw tho chargo was a fulluro nnd tho bnttlo lost Ho ordered n retreat nnd tho Army of Northern Virginia departed from tho sceno of its thrco-dny valor ous strugglo, but still with sulllcleut fighting strength and spirit left to con tlnuo tho conflict for nearly two years longer. .That Is tho Iluttlo of Gettysburg In a nutshell. Brush Cows Before Milking. Cowh on piiNluro usually keep clpnn or than when In Iho burn, hut though thoy appear clean (hoy muy ho very diisly und MiouliJ ho brushed before ouch milking period,