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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Resume Most Importan
Daily News Items.
COMPILED FOR YOU
Events of Noted People, GoYernmenta
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
It was announced In London Tuesday
as provisionally arranged that Premier
Lloyd George would attend the Wash
lngton conference on limitation of ar
xnaments.
Thomas D. Randolph, a leading busl
ness man of Sharon, Pa., was kidnaped
Monday night and Is being held for
$50,000 ransom, according to lnforma
tion given the police by Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Emma R. Burkett, in New York
from Hillsdale, Ind.. to face a charge
of forging the indorsement of the late
Theodore Roosevelt on a note for $69,'
900, Tuesday pleaded not guilty and
was held for trial July 27.
The direct charge that $5000 was
paid to Major Bruce R. Campbell, an
officer of the army for use among "the
higher ups" to obtain the release of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, her slacker
son, was made Tuesday by Mrs. Emma
C. Bergdoll of Philadelphia to a house
investigating committee.
The fifth bank robbery in small vil
lages in eastern Idaho within the past
few weeks was reported in Idaho Falls
Monday morning, when officers were
warned to watch for four men who
broke into the bank at Leadore last
night and stole $3000 worth of liberty
bonds. Leadore is a small mining town
' There are 8,000,000 women in the
United States in gainful occupations,
Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, presi
dent of Mills college, Oakland, CaJ,
told the 300 delegates attending the
third annual convention of the nation
al federation of business and profes
sional women's clubs in Cleveland, O.,
in an address Tuesday.
Jam and playing cards were granted
the dignity of a class freight rate and
scheduled at $1.95 and $3.65 a hun
dredweight, respectively, from Atlantic
to Pacific ports by the North Atlantic-
Pacific coast westbound conference at
San Francisco Tuesday. Heretofore
they had gone under the commodity
or mixed shipment status.
Frank Farlno, 16, of Brooklyn, is
recovering after his heart was acci
dentally pierced with a knife and then
promptly sewed up. The boy was work
ing in a factory when a 17-inch knife
with which he was cutting rope slip
ped. The blade entered his chest,
pierced tho heart covering and cut
through the heart muscles.
Prisoners In the western penitenti
ary at Pittsburg Monday fired four
buildings and for a time kept the in
stitution in an uproar, while prison
guards, deputy sheriffs and policemen,
reinforced by armed citizens, fought
to put down the disorder. Six convicts
were shot and two others cut. Prison
officials said three or four of the
wounded would likely die.
A singular coincidence in suicides of
two men named Helm Is that Gratz W.
Helm in San Francisco was found dead
Monday afternoon sitting upright in
his chair at bis desk with a bullet hole
back of bis left ear, while Frank Helm,
foreman of Gold Zone mine at To no
pah, was found dead Monday afternoon
sitting in bis chair at his desk with a
bullet hole back of his right ear. They
were not related.
Lachrymatory, or tear gas, the in
vention of Major Stephen de la Noy,
. of the chemical warfare division,
United States army, was given its first
official tryout as a mob scatterer and
in repelling attacks by criminals at
Cannon Ball farm Tuesday, near Phil
adelphia, and 200 policemen were driv
en back weeping three times. Major
de la Noy, addressing the men juBt be
fore the attack, sajd: "This is not dan
gerous. It is merely a tear-producing,
choking, nauseating gas. But be care
ful you don't (wallow too much."
SHIPPING BOARD LOSS HUGE
Deficiency Far Exceeds Previous E
tlmate Laaker Announces.
Washington. D. C. Operations of
the shipping board's fleet for th fit
ral year just ended resulted in a loss
of approximately $380,000,000, Chair
man Lasker of the board announced
Monday. This deficit was greater by
approximately '$"80,000,000 than pre
vious estimates from official sources
and was made following an examina
tion of all board accounts.
The government's venture in the
merchant marine business last year
Involved a total expenditure of $680,-
000,000 so far as could be ascertained
from the board's books, which Mr.
Lasker declared are In bad shape. The
new chairman estimated that It would
cost the government $300,000,000 to
carry on operation of the fleet this
year.
A deficiency appropriation of $150.-
000,000 for the shipping board will be
asked In a few days. Chairman Jones
of the senate commerce committee in
formed the senate.
"The situation there is critical,"
said Senator Jones, adding that the
proposed appropriation was designed
to save several hundreds of millions.
The appropriation, he said, was an
obligation taken over from the last
administration.
In stating that an examination of
the books showed that $380,000,000
had been expended from the public
funds of the shipping board last year.
Mr. Lasker said this "revealed an as
tounding case of deception to the
country and congress."
"The president was astonished and
dismayed that such a condition could
exist when I laid these figures before
him, but he wanted me to give the
public the facts," he added.
Total expenditures over receipts ap
peared to be approximately $380,000,
000, Mr. Lasker said. Instead of $93,
618,567.11, as previously shown by the
board's books.
A commercial concern operating on
a similar' basis would have been in
the hands of a receiver some time
ago, the chairman asserted, stating
also that he knew this state of affairs
was not the fault of Admiral Benson,
ex-chairman of the board, nor of Con
troller Tweedale. He Bald that it was
due to the system started during the
war, and continued until recently. The
money which is unaccounted for was
said by the chairman to have been
disbursed by operators of government
owned boats for which a full account
ing has not been made.
The chairman further asserted that
of 9000 voyages made only 3000 had
been accounted for and that 200 aud
itors were now working on the books
of these operators to find out what
happened.
A balance sheet of the shipping
board's books classified receipts from
operation of ships, $300,000,000; from
appropriation, $100,000,000; from bal
ance on band July 1, 1920, $80,000,000;
and from sale of assets $200,000,000,
a total of $680,000,000.
Expenses were, general operations,
$409,000,000; new ships, $160,000,000;
drydocks, etc., $6,000,000; supplies,
$18,000,000; advances to foreign of
fices, $15,000,000 and miscellaneous ex
penses, $72,000,000; a total of $680,
000,000. From this balance sheet, Mr.
Lasker said, the board had spent
above earnings $100,000,000 in direct
appropriations, $80,000,000 from a bal
ance of a previous year and $200,000,
000 from assets sales, or $380,000,000
of deficit.
"I am asking congress for $300,000,-
000 for the year," Chairman Lasker
said, "and I fear that I may throw
a lot of sand into the gear box of tax
revision, but we estimate that it will
take from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000
to run the next six months. But we
plan to pay for all losses of operations
and settle a part of the claims against
the shipping board, amounting to
more than $300,000,000. These may
be settled at no more than 50 cents
on the dollar, because they are be
lieved to be padded."
Frisky Lamb Is Costly.
Yakima, Wash. One frisky lamb
caused a stampede that drowned 109
sheep in the Peshastin river, with a
loss of $800 and the cost of recovering
and burning the bodies, according to
D. Dunn, who told the story here
Monday. The sheep- belonged to Ev
erett Butler and William Knox of
this city and were part of a band to
be chipped to Chicago.
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BOOTLEGGING
Foreign and Domestic Capital
Declared Used.
FLEET SAID AT WORK
Atlantic City Collector of Customs
Says Suspected Liquor Steam,
er Has Left Port.
New York. Foreign and domestic
capital aggregating millions of dollars
is supporting a conspiracy to violate
the Volstead act by running cargoes
of liquor into various parts of the
United States in a fleet of sailing
vessels of British and American reg
istry, it was charged Sunday by Leroy
W. Ross, United States dlstrtlct at
torney of Brooklyn.
With the seizure Saturday of a
sloop attempting to discharge a con
traband cargo on the Connecticut
shore and the amplification of the
government's enforcement facilities
along the Atlantic coast, Mr. Ross has
been placed in virtual charge of pro
hibitive operations at the port of
New York.
Elliott Rapp, collector of customs.
Atlantic City, declared that a roysterl
ous three-masted schooner is lying off
Atlantic City, but that when revenue
officers went out to her Sunday they
found she was beyond the three-mile
limit. He also said a large steamer,
which had been lying off Atlantic City
for several days and which was sus
pected of having a cargo of contra
band liquor, weighed anchor Saturday
and disappeared. He added the ship
had signaled ashore to "lay down your
money and come and get it"
POLAND BIDS FOR
NORTHWEST WHEAT
Spokane, Wash. Receipt of an of
fer from a large New York exporting
firm to purchase 3,300,000 bushels of
wheat for shipment to Poland was an
nounced here Sunday by W. F. Scbll
ling of Northfleld, Minn., president of
the $100,000,000 finance corporation of
the United States Grain Growers, Inc.
Whether the order will be filled de
pends on the ability of the purchasers
and the grain growers' organization to
agree on the terms of payment, Mr.
Schilling said.
The offer telegraphed to Mr. Schil
ling said that 100,000 tons of wheat
of export quality were desired for
Danzig, shipment to begin in August.
The payment is to be 75 per cent
cash and 25 per cent on 12 months'
credit, according to Mr. Schilling,
guaranteed by the Polish treasury
and Polish bankers. The price was
not mentioned.
"The greater part of this order, if
It is taken, will be filled by pro
ducers of Washington, Oregon and
Idaho," Mr. Schilling said. "This sec
tion is the best for wheat of export
quality."
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
HITS SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco. An earthquake
shock was felt here at 9:05 o'clock
Sunday night.
The shock, which was felt by many
persons In all parts of San Francisco,
was estimated to have lasted between
15 and 25 seconds. No damage has
been reported.
Santa Clara, Cal. An earthquake
which struck hero at 9 o'clock Sunday
night lasted six minutes and covered
a distance of 77 miles, according to
the seismograph record reported by
Father Rlcard of the University of
Santa Clara.
The shock radiated from Palo Alto
and was most severe at that point.' It
took a northwest direction from Palo
Alto. No damage has been reported
in San Jose or from any nearby points.
i STATE NEWS
t IN BRIEF.
Bend. The Deschutes county court
has refused a bid of $96,126 on $50,000
worth of county road bonds and decld
d to dispose of the county's securities
bv nrlvata sale as the money la
needed.
Grants Tass. The Grants Tass
chamber of Commerce has offered a
prize of $20 for the beat song sub
mitted about the city or valley. Other
prizes are also offered, about 20 songs
being wanted.
Modford. Prospects for the heavi
est tonnage of fruit ever shipped out
of the Rogue valley are bright, ac
cording to a census just completed by
the Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany, working In co-operation with the
field staff of the Oregon growers.
Salem. The average daily attend
ance In the schools of Union county
Increased from 3,395 in the year 1920
to 3,677 In the year 1921, according to
a report prepared by Mrs. A. E. Ivan-
hoe, county superintendent, and filed
with the state superintendent of pub
lic Instruction.
Salem. There were two fatalities
in Oregon due to Industrial accidents
during the week ended July 15, ac
cording to a report prepared by the
state Industrial commission here.
The victims were Anna McNaughton,
elevator operator. Portland, and Jack
Pressler, logger, Myrtle Point
Hood River. L. M. Tucker, lu
charge of the recently established
state fish hatchery on Hood River at
the mouth of Green Point creek,. has
just received 230,000 trout eggs from
a hatchery at Klamath Falls. He for
merly received an allotment of 200,
000 eggs, all of which have been
hatched.
Albany. Work on a building which
will house one of tho most modern
creamery plants in the stato began
here Monday. The structure will re
place the old plant of the Albany
Creamery association, destroyed by
fire a few weeks ago. J. II. Ham
mell of Albany has received tho con
struction contract.
Salem. So-called weighing jacks
have be.-n received by the state au
tomobile department here and a can
palgn to enforce the law relating to
trucks and loads operating on stato
highways will start next week. The
campaign will be carried to every sec
tion of Oregon, according to T. A.
Raffety, chief Inspector of the motor
vehicle department.
Salem. The 28th carload of Wil
lamette valley prunes, purchased for
distribution In England, will bo
shipped from Salem as soon as they
can be crated, according to the Ore
gon Growers' Cooperative association.
This week three cars of prunes will
be shipped to New York, while 10,000
of the better varieties of the product
will be sent to Portland.
Falls City. This summer marks the
launching of a community enterprise
in Falls City, which bids fair to be a
success. It Is the Falls City cannery,
formerly owned by the A. Rupert com
pany, which was purchased March 9
by an aggregation of local townspeo
ple and farmers, involving about $20,-
000 In the transaction. C. J. Pugh, ex-
manager for the Rupert company, was
made president and manager of the
new concern.
Salem. More than 20,000 pickers
will be needed to harvest Oregon's
hop crop this year, according to es
timates. Approximately half this num
ber will be required in Marlon and
Polk counties. Pickers will enter the
local field about August 20, and about
three weeks will be required to com
plete the harvest. Although wages
have not yet been determined, crow-
ers said that the figure probably
would be fixed at 40 to 45 cents for a
50-pound box.
Salem. Oregon hop growers this
year will exert special care in the
conduct of their fields with relation
to cleanliness and good picking, ac
cording to T. A. Llvesley & Co. and
other dealers in this vicinity. The
word has been given out by Salem
hop dealers that letters received from
England indicate that the buyers this
year will demand clean hops and that
only first-class product will be ac
cepted. EngllMh syndicates handle
practically all of the local hop crop
and it is the desire of the growers
that the product shall meet with their
satisfaction.
POULTRY
FLOCKS
TEST EGGS AT LEAST TWICE
Make Inspection on Seventh and Four
ttenth Days for Those Infertile
or With Dead Qerma,
(l'rinr4 by the l'nlu1 RUta Depart
rtmnt of Asrloultur)
It is of little profit for a lien to sit
patiently for 21 days If the egg over
which ho nufTn her feathers are In
fertile or If the germs In them have
died. Neither doe It ny t run an
Incubator for three weeks, with Its at
tendant care and exjeiie, If the egg
lu It are not fertile.
All poultry owners who raise chirks
should be thoroughly fumlllur with the
method of tenting egg. An rgg.
whether It I fertile or not, has a small
grayish Mt, known a the germinal
spot, on the surfuce of the yolk. As
soon as n fertile egg Is placed under
a hen or In an incubator tho develop
ment of tho germ begins. All egg
should be tested at least twice during
the Incubation erlod, say poultry sx.
clallsta of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This In done
preferably on the seventh and four
teenth days. The Infertile egg, and
Testing Egg by Use of Metal Chimney
Tester.
those with deu! germs, should then
he removed. White-shell egg can be
teste! on the fourth or fifth day,
whereas tho development of egg hav
ing brown fclieiu often ran not l.o seen
by the UNO of the ordinary egg tenter
until the seventh dny.
A satisfactory home-made egg tenter
or randier run be intnlo with a shoo
box or any other box large euoutih to
hold the lamp. Cut a hole u little
larger than a -."-cent piece in the olilo
of the box, ho that when the lump I
placed Inside the Imix the hole In the
side will he opMmlte the Haute. Make
a hole hIkd In the top of tho box targe
enough to prevent the top from catch
ing lire from the bent of the lamp.
When tiie chimney lit long enough, al
low it to extend through the top of
the box. This permits the heat to es
cape ami nvohU the risk of tire. Spe
cial rare should alwuys be exercised
In using kerosene lamps in candling
to prevent lire. To prevent further
M)sslllllty of fire.
Elertrlc or giis In tups may be use 1
In a box with a hole in the same way
that the kerosene lamp U used. Tho
hole which Is lu the side of the box
should be on the same level ns tin)
light. The eggs may nlso be tested by
sunlight or daylight, using a shade or
curtain with u hole in It for the light
to shine through.
Testing with ii tester or randier
should he done in n dark room. Hold
each egg with the largo end up, so that
the size of the air cell may be Men,
as well us the condition of the embryo
or germ. An infertile egg when can
dled looks perfectly clear, the same
as a fresh one; while a fertile egg
shows a durk spot known as the cm- J
bryo, with u mass of little blood veins
radiating In all directions. When tho
germ Is dead, ami the egg has been
Incuhnted for at least 4$ hours, the
blood Hetties away from tho embryo
towurd the edges of the yolk, forming
In some cases an Irregular circle of
blood, known as n blood ring. Eggs
vary In this respect, some showing
only a streak of blood.
All Infertile eggs, and those with
dead germs, should be removed at tho
end of the first test. Eggs with dead
germs soon decay and glvo off a bad
odor If allowed to remain. Tho Infer
tile eggs make good feed for young
chickens.
At the second teat, on the fourteenth
day, tho eggs containing strong, living
embryos will be durk and well filled
up, showing a clenr, sharp, distinct
lino between the nlr cell and tho grow.
Ing embryo, while eggs with dead
germs will show only partial develop
ment and lack this distinct outline,
Tho period of incubation for hen's
eggs Is 21 days, but usually some of
the eggs hatch the evening of the twen
tieth day. Sometimes It huppens, how
ever, that the hatch will run over tho
twenty first day, especially during cool
weather.
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