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PACK TWO T1IR SPRINGFIELD NEWS WORLD HAPPEHIriGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted Teople, Governments and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. A verdict of 1600,000 rendered against the Ford Motor company In New York and in favor of the Hotel Woodward conpany will stand. The supreme court refused to review the case. Trouble is reported in Upper Silesia because of the rumored recommenda tion by the inter-allied commission that Germany be given all the plebis cite area except the districts of Dybnlk and Pies. The plague is gaining in north Man- churia and In parts of Siberia, accord ing to press advices. The number of deaths at Harbin from the plague since Its inception has reached 1000 with 793 in March. Vice-President Coolidge said Tues day afternoon that he was planning a trip to Portland, Or., In June, but ex pressed regret that the news of his proposed trip had leaked out after the cabinet meeting. Establishment of a radio sen-ice be tween the United States and the Dutch East Indies is announced by the naval communication service. Messages will be accepted at San Francisco for any point in the Dutch East Indies at 75 cents a word, the announcement said. i Insolvencies among American firms in April numbered 1487, according to R. O. Dun & Co. This number was 151 greater than the March compilation, al though the liabilities, amounting to more than J38.OO0.0O0. were $28,000, 000 below those of the preceding month. After a day of riots and anxiety in the marine workers' strike, uniformed men of the Baltimore police force Tuesday were on board nearly all ocean-going vessels in the harbor to prevent further outbreaks and all avail able reserves were concentrated in the waterfront districts. Edwin Jensen, 12, of Harrisburg, Or., was killed instantly Tuesday when a steel rod with which he was fishing off the Oregon Electric railroad trestle over the Willamette river came in con tact with a high-tension wire carrying 60,000 volts of electricity. He fell 150 feet into the river. Six persons were killed and a score or more" injured late Tuesday when the Tugfork passenger train, backing off a branch line near Tug, W. Va., broke loose and crashed into a string of cars on the main line of the Norfolk & Western railway. Several passenger coaches were turned over. Dr. William R. Brooks, professor of astronemy at Hobart college In Geneva, N. Y., since 1900, and recognized as the discoverer of more comets than any living astronomer, died Tuesday. He was born at Maidstone, Kent, Efigland, in 1844. He was one of the first as tronomers to use photography in as tronomical observations. The senate Tuesday passed the emergency immigration bill limiting admission of aliens to 3 per cent of each nationality resident in the United States in 1310. The bill is effective for 14 months, beginning 15 days after enactment. The vote on passage was 87 to 1, Senator Reed, democrat, Mis souri, opposing the measure. President Harding objects to the in sertion in the navy appropriation bill of any provision requesting him to call a naval disarmament conference, as proposed under an amendment by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. This became known when the senate naval committee began work Tuesday on the $396,000,000 measure passed by the house. ENGLAND, FRANCE AGREE Procedure on German Reparations De cided-New Penalties Discussed. London, Great Britain and France have reached an agreement on how to deal with Germany to compel payment of reparations and exact guarantees. It has been agreed that the allies will make a declaration, but not to Ger many. They will announce that the repara tions commission will notify Germany aa to the amount she is required to pay and how It Is to be paid. The allies will then announce that within ten days, this period being subject to possible modification by the supreme council, they will proceed to carry out the penalties. If the terms are not met Tha plan provide for supervision and control of Germany's source of revenue. It is not yet completed, but while the experts are working on It, France will proceed with all her mili tary preparations to occupy the Ruhr. This was the general result of an agitated day of conversations and con ferences. The agreement was brought about by the Intervention of the Bel gian foreign minister, M. Jaspar, at the supreme council Sunday afternoon. The French premier asked for Brit ish naval co-operation, suggesting the blockade of Hamburg. The British premier replied that American public opinion would not approve such a course and he could not agree. M. Brland agreed to this point of view. He added that the course of the United States had been correct. Uneasiness still exists among French delegate over the possibility that Washington may endeavor to mediate; they declare this would not be ac ceptable. The French were not entirely satis fied with the developments and the Idea of an ultimatum. M. Brland was averse to delay and it was understood he had undertaken that, falling Ger many's compliance, some move should be made at once. KNOX RESOLUTION WINS, 49 TO 23 Washington, D. C The administra tion's first step toward placing the United States on a technical legal ba sis of peace was taken Saturday night by the senate in adopting the Knox peace resolution. The vote for adoption, was 49 to 23. The resolution now gocB to the house, with prospects of prompt ac tion. It would repeal the war resolu tions affecting Germany and Austria Hungary, impound alien enemy prop erty, and reserve to the United States all rights and privilege under the treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties. An effort to amend the resolution made by Senator Townsend, republican, Michigan, who moved to strike out the clause repealing the war declaration and substitute a simple declaration of peace, was defeated, 44 to 26. Senator Lodge in inaugurating the debate told the senate that treaties with Germany and other nations with which the United States had been at war would follow the Knox resolution. He also gave notice that the United States would not "abandon" the allies. Substitutes for the Knox resolution prepared by Senator King, democrat, Utah, were not offered. The vote on the peace resolution did not come until after 7 o'clock in the evening and was preceded by tense partisan clashes. The republicans lined up almost solidly behind the measure and all but five democrats voted or were paired against it. 1695 Refuse To Move. Chicago. Moving day, Chicago's an nual spring upheaval, Sunday resulted in more excitement and confusion than ever before. As a result of tenants' refusal to move, 1695 suits were filed by landlords, and many fortified them selves in their homes for a long selge. Many a load of furniture stopped be fore a flat building bad to go back or take its load to a warehouse. Stock Handler Strike. Chicago. Between 1200 and 1500 members of the livestock handlers' union struck Sunday at the Union stockyards, in protest against a pro posed wage reduction of 8 cents an hour. A. G. Leonard, president of the Union Stockyards & Transit company, declared the places of these men will be filled at once. HE BRUTALITY III ill Eli Delegates Ask President to Withdraw Troops. MILITARY RULE HIT Officers and Men Are Declared to Have Tortured Native and Com mitted Many Crime. Washington, D. C Many atrocities by American marines and the native gendarmerie were charged by three Haitien delegates who are here to present a memorial to President Hard lng, the state department and congress, and who demanded withdrawal of the United States forces. The memorial made public Sunday night, review the five year of occu pation, and declared that It la "the most terrible regime of military auto cracy ever carried on In the name of the great American democracy." The naval Investigation was charac terised as a "Joke," and Rear-Admiral Knapp was accused of having done nothing at all" when he visited Haiti under orders from Secretary Daniels to make an inquiry. "The Haitien people feel.' 'said the memorial, "that if the naval court of inquiry has not fulfilled In Haiti the broad mandate conferred on It by Josephus Daniels, It Is because It was faced with charges of such a horrible nature It was thought best to pass them over." Among acts 'charged against the American occupation were: Administration of the "water cure" and other tortures by American offi cers and marines, and the commission of "numberless abominable crimes," of which 25 cases were given. Removal of $500,000 of Haitien gov ernment funds which American ma rines "took on board the gunboat Machlas" and which were deposited in New York to "force the Haitien gov ernment to accept control of the cus toms houses by depriving it of finan cial resources." Enforced ratification on June 12, 1918, of a new Haitien constitution, with marines presiding at the ballot box, only ballots bearing the word Yea" being Issued. , Exclusion from the naval board of Inquiry of "all Haltiens who had any thing to say regarding the numerous cases of murder, brutality, rape, arson, etc." The memorial stated that during the five years of American occupa tion, Haiti "has passed through such sacrifices, tortures, destructions, hu miliation and misery as never before had been known in its unhappy his tory." For these "wrongs and In juries" the Haitien people ask repara tions, said the memorial. Cannon 85 Years Old. Washington, D. C. "Uncle Joe" Cannon, holder of the American record for continuous service in congress, celebrated his 85th birthday Suturday by sticking on the Job. The house was not In session, but the ex speaker "re fused to adjourn" and attended a meet ing of the appropriations committee. Someone asked him bow many cigars he had consumed since be began smok ing. "I don't know, but that reminds me," he said, as he reached in his pocket, pulled out a stogie and bor rowed a match. Lutitanla Claim Urged. New York. Representative of claimants for damages resulting from the LuBltanla disaster Saturday named a committee to ask the state depart ment and the senate foreign relations to mm! tee to arrange for immediate payment. -Payments asked would be from proceeds from the sale of German ships or from funds In possession of the alien property custodian. American Reach Russia. Riga. Twenty-four batches of Amer ican workmen and Immigrants, total ing 3042 men, arrived In Petrograd from December, 1920, to April 1. Dur ing the first part of April 2000 addi tional persons arrived, says a Petro grad dispatch. Most of the immi grants remained in Petrograd. STATE NEWS f IN BRIEF. Salom. Herbert Nunn, state high way engineer, with an annual salary of $7200, I now the highest paid of ficial In the employ of th state gov ernment, according to payroll for the month of April. Mr. Nunn until re cently received a salary of $5000 year. Salem. Th loganberry crop of the Sulem" district for the year 1921 will average approximately two ton to th acre, according to estimates of tho growers in' annual session here Sat urday, This season' yield. It was said, will be somewhat lighter than that of last year. Eugene. A monster parad on the business streets of Eugene will be the big feature of tho first day's session of the Oregon state grange, which meets here May 31 and June 1 and 2, according to announcement at the meeting of Lane County Pomona grange at Wlllakentle grange hall re cently. Salem. Iteductlon of approximately 20 per cent In the wages of the em ployes of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company, with headquarters In Salem, was announced by officials of the cor poration 8unday. Tho reductions will affect about 125 men and will amount to about $100 per day. The present dally payroll aggregates $590. Salem. There will bo no Increase In the salaries of schoolteachers em ployed in the Salem district during the coming year. This was made plain at a meeting of the board Friday night when it was found that any advance In the compensation for teachers would border on violation of the per cent tax limitation law. Prlnevllle. At a recent meeting of the stockholder of the new Bank of Prlnevllle tho following officer were elected: J. L. Karnopp of Portland, president; A. J. Noble, vice-president; W. O. Hall of Silver City, cashier. The officers and John Elliott and I M. Bechtel constitute the board of direc tors. It is expected tho bank will open In June. Halfway. Farmers Saturday were very much discouraged over the ex cesslvely wet weather. Rain has fallen steadily for two weeks and the fields were too wet for working. Not 10 per cent of the farm seeding has been done. Many farmers were waiting to do spring plowing beforo tho seed lng. The grass on tho ranges was good, however. Roscburg. The official notices pro viding for a special election to be held on June 7th for the purpose of vot lng on Douglas county's proposed $1. 100,000 bond lsue will be posted in tho various precincts within the next few days, according to County Clerk Riddle. A special committee has re ported that sentiment for tho bonds appears to favor the measure. . Eugene. There are 2000 new baby Chinese pheasants at the stato game farm near Eugene. The first hatch Is now off the nests and remarkable suc cess has been had with the eggs, say the farm keepers. The first hatch this year is earlier than usual, due to the favorable weather conditions this spring. It is expected that 5000 pheas ants will be hatched at this farm this season. Common barnyard bens are used. Coqulllo. "Forty five minutes to Co- qullle"'was the slogan Saturday over the newly paved 20 miles of highway which linked Coqulllo and Marshfleld together In business and commercial life. Coqullle did the entertaining and every part of the county was in at tendance to celebrate with the county seat what many termed the greatest event since the first settlers picked an unbeaten trail over the mountains In the early '50s from Jacksonville. Medford. Rapid development work upon the properties of the Gold Ridge Mining company's holdings, located In the Kanes creek mining district ten miles from Medford, is going forward. Within the past week an ore chute upon which the company is rushing work became rich, estimated values running, It is claimed, as high as $6 or $8 to the pan. This vein varies In width from 2 feet to 3V4 feet, and 1 cut 400 feet below the surface. A drift of over 65 feet has been made along the ore chute and It 1b report ed that specimen rock has been found all th way. u-"r THE WOODS Dy DOUGLAS MAULOCII if -' RAIN. RAIMN', Is It T o It Is An' 1 knew It would. When a man has rheumatls In this old lft atam of tils Ha can tail aa good Whan It's go'n' to leak Aa your fancy waalharman Iwn her In Chicago can. If ha thinks a weak. An' 1 gueaa II I )at beceusa Itheumatl an' Nalura'a law Sort of work together lita of mulalura In Ilia air, llheuinatls a-plenty thara. Doth mean stormy waaihar. Thia left alam of mlna can small Watr nillea away: Thla old atem of mlna ran tall Fifty furlonsa from a wall Where It ought to lay. An' I'll tell you whyi Thla old atem an' ma ha a tramped. Waded, swum an' drove an' camped. Never ajlttln' dry. Forty Wlntera, forty prlngs: IVt you wonder Ihet aha sings When aha amella tha water T If you fellaha really knew All that lata an' ma want throufh Uueaa you'd think aha oushtar. Tou ain't never had tha luck Swam pin' In tha enow; Nona of you ain't never stuck To your boot-lope In tha muck When ll'a ten below. There ain't none of you Ever drove tha Chlppeway In the early daya of May When a norther blew, ' When tha river water frose In your boot a an' In your clo'ee Freeiln'. thawln', freesln'. If thla atem of mlna flnda out Whan there'a water 'round about, Surely Ihera'a a reason. An', bealdea, there's quits a Una Of such algna of rain; There la many another algn 'Op tin' thla old atem of mlna Thet Is Just aa plain. There la bunlona yel Fer a corn er bunion la 'Moat aood as rheumatls Propheayln' wet. When you eea a rat eat grwsa. When you a a amalk-mouth baea Hendln' up a tiubble. When you hear a saln-crow caw It la elmply Nature's law Indlcatln' trouble. lUlnln', la ItT Bo It eeeme; - It's a naety night. Tonder how tho atreet lamp gleamsl Uke tha light you, are In dree me. Soft an' far an' white, Like tha light you are When you lot life's half-hitch slip. When you kind of lose your trip ' On tho thlnta that ba. An' I sometimes think tha ahora Thet wa all are headln' for I.ooka eo far an' ahoatly Tauae we're lookln (like tonight Wa are lookln' at tha light) Through a fog-bank moetty. Mow the aephali pavements ehlnet Almoat lookln' clean. Ev'ry lamp poet makes a Una Like the ahndow of a plna On anowy acena. In the gutter nigh I.lttle rlpplea curl an' comb, l.lttle dirty rtvere foam. In an hour to die. They ara Ilka tha atream of life. Full of work an' play an' atrlfe, l'roud with splash an' aplutler. Fart) bellevee himself a flood Moat of ua la only mud Itunnln' down gutter. Italnln't Hure enough It la, Hut It ain't tha goode; Doesn't git right down to bis I.Ike tha whirling ralndropa whls t'p there In tha wood a. It'a a city shower, I.Ike tha other klnda of stuff In the city, mostly bluff. I,astln' fer an hour, t'p there, when It ralne. It ralna, Flllln' rlvera, floodln' plains Iiown the mountains waahln. t'p there when a rain we git. When we're really through with It, Thlnga ara Jest a-aloahln. Frr a rainstorm In tha brush la the wettest thing, Oround beneath you aoft as mush An' around you all a hush, Not a bird to sing Jest the droppln' slow Of the ralndropa on tha leaves, Bplllln' from a billion caves, On the earth below; Jest a blanket in tha ml re. Jest a aiiiudKy kind of Are, Wenk an' slow an' smoky: rireakfast pancakes simply lead; Dinner wet an' aoggy bread; Suffer biscuits aoaky. Hal n In', la It? Bo It Is. Oliid I'm high and dry. When a mnn has rheumatli In thla old left atem of his Keep Inside, say I. Now, thla city stuff Ain't Ilka woods rain near as wet. Ain't Ilka woods rain Is, an' yet It Is wet enough, fours tha woods rnln Is tha best It Is dampest, healthiest, Iietter altogether; nut I guess I'll stay Inside Tryln' to ba satisfied With thla city weather. (Copyright.) O . THE CHEERFUL CHERUB as Coming home From Gladness in my Ketrt .ujat Aa J kvrry down tKe, street 3mfflnd rJl the dinner ameAU. 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