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L OF Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU POISONOUS FOOD KILLS 7 Events of Noted People, Governments nd Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Approval of tlio McNary bill, desig nating the Old Oregon Trail us a na tional highway, was given Wednesday by Secretary of Agriculture Wullucu. Kurt K. Ilaney In confirmed by the Bcnuto as a meniljer of the shipping board, along with Frederick Thomp son of Alabama and V. H. Hill of South Dakota. Kdilh Kelly (luuld, cx-wlfo of Frunk J. Gould, has usked the French courts to grunt her tho right to hulf of Mr. Gould's property in Franco, or about 800,000,000 fruncs. The mayor of Itoxhelni, Ilavarlan palatinate, un adherent of the autono mous movement in that province, was asuusxlnulcd Wednesday. Ho was slain while entering tho town from the railway station. Corliss II. Cirlffls, the American who attempted to kidnap Grover Cleveland llergdoll in Germany, has been released from prison by tho Ger man government. Tho stale depurt uient is so advised. Governor I'ierco haa the distinction of being tho first person In Oregon to pay stato Incomo tax under the luw enacted at tho 1923 session of the legislature and later approved by the voters of tho statu ut special election. I.OH Angeles, Oil., lias been selected by tho army air service us the start ing point for tho attempted around-the-world flight. Original plans to be gin the flight from Seattle, Wash., or Washington, I). ('., have been modified accordingly. Posit iva assurance was given Hepro- tentative Summers ot Washington Wednesday by Secretary of Agricul ture Wallace that representatives of the department ot agriculture will bo sent Into Oregon, Washington and Idaho to Investigate wheat grading. Fifteen persons were Injured when Canadian National railway passenger train No. 9, on routo to Calgary from Saskatoon, was derailed near Anion ode, SO miles northeast of Calgary, Tuesday afternoon. A split rail was said to bo tho cause ot the uocldcnt. While forces In Siberia have seized upon the occasion of tho death of Nlcelal I.ctihio to proclaim a free stale in Amur province und bavo Interrupt ed railway service to Vladivostok und eastward. Advices to this effect have been received by tho Japanese govern incut from Mukden. Jakey, a goose that took bis whisky straight and washed It down with u swig ot beer hi pre prohibition days, is dead. He was IS years old und was owned by John Keller, former St. I.oiiIh saloon proprietor. In the old days u round of drinks was not com pleto unless Jakey was In on the setup. Full diplomatic recognition of soviet Russia by the llrltlsh government Is expected within ti'ti days, according to political observer conversant with tho labor government's Intentions These observers say Premier Mac donahl Is eager to have recognition an accomplished fact before parliament meets on February 12, Government efforts to restore ngrl culture to a sound economic footing took more definite shape last week as tho administration pressed Its relief plans and legislation designed to aid tho Industry received committee ap proval In congress. President Cool Id go fixed February 4 ns the dato for a conference of representatives of common lal lines Interested in agri cultural welfare nnd Issued 40 odd lux I tat Ions to spokesmen for the several Interests to rotifer on the situation with Seiretarles Hoover nnd Wallace. Income tax payers would receive a reduclloil In their i')23 taxes payable this year under a provision voted Wed nesday by republican members of the bouse ways nnd means committee. The amount ot reduction has not been determined, but Chairman Green, au thor of tho proposal, said It might be ns high as 25 per cent. It would apply to the taxes after they !inv been rompuled und to nil personal Income taxpayers. Treasury experts estim ated that a 25 per celil cut would mean a saving to taxpayer of 1-25.-000,000. Albany, Ore., Family Wiped Out By Eating Home-Canned Beans, Albany, Or. Seven persons were dead and three others were dying here Monday night as the result of eating home-canned beans, which were be lieved to have spoiled and thus pro duced the deadly poison known as botullnus. The dead: Mrs. Paul Gerblg, 34; Hilda Gerblg, 10; Marie Cerblg, 7; Gotfried Iluehllng; Mrs Cotfrled Rueh- ling; Werner Yunker, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Otto Yunker of Thomas station, near Sclo; Iteinhold Berber. The dying: Taul Gerblg; Esther Gerblg, 13 months old; two-yeur-old son ot Mr. and Mrs. Iluuhllng. Two other persons were stricken 111 by the strango malady hut were re ported to have fully recovered. Mrs. Iteinhold Gerher, ut whose homo the fatal dinner was served, apparently was none tho worse for her experience and two-year-old Margaret Gerblg was believed to have escaped the poison ous food. The child is still fed by bottle and it was not known whether or not she had any of tho vegetable dish at dinner. The death of 13-months-old Esther Gerblg was declared by attending phy sicians to bo only a matter of hours and they held out no hope for the recovery of any of the other three victims. The case of Gotfried Ruehllng was probably the strangest of all. He was reported dead curlier in tho day but revived from the state of coma which usually precedes death from the strange malady und for a timo was believed to bo on tho road to recovery. Suddenly, however, bis condition be came worse und ho died. None ot -the deaths occurred until more than 21 hours after tho fatal meal. Mrs. Gerber declared that sho su peeled that 1 1)0 beans were spoile when sho opened them but did not pay any uttentlon to their queer ap pearance. Young Yunkers, a friend of tho families, spoko of the peculiar odor and tasto ot the beuns at the time. As all of the peoplo present were similarly affected the poisoning Is regarded as un accident. liotullnus, tho poison which is pre sumed to bavo caused the deaths, thrives und propagates at a tempera ture ot 120 degrees above ten), at which temperature other germs die. Tho bacteria comes from a spore that originates In the ground and is de stroyed only when tho temperature reaches 211) degrees or more, It Is said. Commerclul vegetables are cook ed at a degree or so more than 210 degrees above zero und lire said to bo freo from the bacteria, ulthough all home-canned goods tiro subject to It. WILSON PASSES ON coy MOURN Ex-President Succumbs at 11:15 A. M. Sunday. FAMILY AT BEDSIDE Digestive Trouble of Past Week Proves Fatal to Great War President - Physician Faithful to End. Ex Prefessor Wins $100,000 Bok Prize. Philadelphia. Charles Herbert I.rv ermoro of New York, student of inter national relations, writer nnd ex-college professor, Monday night was an nounced us the winner of tho 100,(100 prize offered by Edward W. llok, 1'hiludclphlu publisher, for tho best plan to preserve peace among tho na tions of the world. lr. I. evermore was announced ns the winner by John W. Huvls of the policy committee of tho American peace award, at a meeting at the Acad emy of Music. Mr. Huvis also present ed him with f r.O.OUO. half of Mr. Iluk's prize, und tho remainder w ill be given only If the plan Is accepted by the congress of tho I'nited Slates. Lever more's plan was numbered M69 in a total of 22,lii5 received. Washington, D. C Ex-President Woodrow Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock Sunday morning. The end was peaceful; life ebbed away while he slept. A tired man, he closed his eyes and, "sustained and soothed by an un faltering trust," passed on to the great, hereafter, "liko one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams." Dr. Grayson, hlg friend and physl ciun, announced tho end of the great war president In this bulletin: "Mr. Wilson died at 11:15 o'clock Ills heart's action became feebler and feebler, and the heart muscle was so futigued that it refused ,to act any longer. The end came peacefully. 'The remote causes of death He In his ill health, which began more than tour years ago, namely, general ar teriosclerosis with haemopllgla. Th Immediate cause of death wus exhaus Hon following a digestive disturbance which began In the early part of last week but did not reach an acute stage until tho early morning hours of Feb ruury 1." Last Friday the grim reaper had forced his way Into the house after wultlng on tho doorstep more than four years. Suturday he had advanced to tho landing on tho staircase and stood counting oft the ticks on the great clock. Suturday night he knock cd on the chamber door. A faithful physician and a loyal wife stood wltl their backs against It. At 9 o'clock ho ruttled the knob and called to the peaceful but prostrate figure on the bed a great bed, long and wide, re plica of tho bed In which Abraham Lincoln slept in tho White House, with a golden American eaglo and a tiny silk American flag just over the head board. The watchers knew the battle was lost. At the portal of the door, now open, the faithful negro servant hov ered. On the bed, sitting beside her husband, sustained with ail the forti tude and composure of a woman facing a crisis, was Mrs. Wilson, hold ing between her hands the wan, with ered, right hand that had proved the pen mightier than the sword. Near the foot of the bed was his eldest duughter, Margaret, resigned to the inevitable. Close by, tears welling from his eyes and coursing down his cheeks, was Pr. Grayson, taking the measure of the fluttering pulse, weak er and fainter with each effort. Heath advanced nnd beckoned for tho last time. The tired, worn out man drew a long breath, there was a slight flutter of the eyelids, an almost Imperceptible twitch of the nostrils Woodrow Wilson's soul had drifted out on the great dark tide that runs around tho world. Something to Think About bj F. A, WALKER Oregon Trail Approved, Moutcsuuo, Wash. Tho Montesano chamber of commerce announced Mon day that It was opposed to changing the inline of the Oregon Trail to loin er Way, as suggested by United States Senator Jones recently. 'I be reasons assigned were the an tiqutty of the present name, lis use by pioneers nnd In history nnd liter al un', nnd that a change would be considered nn unfriendly net to the people of Oregon. Alleged Outlaw Slain. Cleveland. Charles Sanders was shot and killed and llryim Keenan was shot twice and captured in a gun battle late Monday lit their rendez vous In a suburb, where police located them, for alleged participation In sev eral holdups nnd burglaries. They bad also been hunted for several weeks us suspects In tho recent mur der of John Kuu, bakery wagon driver. More than 75 shots were flrvd lu the gun battle. Tacomn. -Capacity of the Tacoina smelter, recently increased, soon may be still further enlarged, according to Frank II. Drowned, vice president of tho American Smelting A Refining company, tho owner. Mr. llrownell Is milking an inspection tour of the com pany's western smelters. FIGHT FOR LEAGUE COSTS WILSON'S LIFE Washington, 1). C Woodrow Wil son's, speech-making trip for the league ot nations, which snapped his nerves und culminated in his long Illness, was undertaken after his personal physician had warned It might seri ously and permanently impair his health. "I do not liko to disobey you," he said to Pr. Grayson, "and I have never done so before. Hut I feel I must go out and make this fight, even it It costs my life." As if the approach ot Illness had fostered a premonition that the worst fears of his medical adviser would be fulfilled, he expressed to jeveral aud iences during the swing across the country his willingness to make the great suci!f'-e for the trenty. "If I felt tin t I personally stood in the way of this settlement," he said at Omaha, "I would be glad to die that it might be consummated." Coolldge It Indorsed. Chicago. Announcement that the republican stute central committee of New Mexico hud Indorsed President Coolldge for the party presidential nomination was made here Saturday from the national headquarters of the Coolidge preconventlon campaign. The resolution of endorsement read: "The president has given positive and undenluble pro ( of the fact that he Is committed solely and exclusively to serve the best Interests of the nation." TURXS IN THE ROAD WHATEVER may be your afflu ence or Influence, your station on this sphere, your power of conquest or good-fortune, there li In the natural progression of thing a protfublllty that you may some' day come to a turn In the road. At every swing of the pendulum time is working wondrous changes. Overnight the topography of a coun try may be so scarred by an earth quake or scoured by a flood that it li unrecognizable. An empire may crumble; wealth may be swept away; pride subdued and humility exalted. At the dawn ing of the morning we are amazed at the sudden transformatlop. We are In a flash brought face to face with a turn In the road over which we have for yeari been travel ing complacently In flue company and fancied security. We have given no thought to the future, having been too deeply en grossed in our worship of gold. In the hasty pursuit of wealth we have grown blind to the beautiful things around us and unmindful of others. We have forgotten that we are but travelers on our way to an enduring country beyond the limits of earth, and where there are no turns In the road. Wt have seen others lose their way and given them no attention. We have seen them shudder, sink and give up hope. We have turned our backs, stopped our ears and walked on confident of our strength and sure of our step. But when we ourselves come to the turn In the road all Is different. We fall than Into that state In which by some subtle transformation we be come other things. We see with new eyea, speak In a trembling voice, controlled by strange and terrible emotions. For the first time In our lives we realize that we are but sojourners, tossed about like chips upon the sea, at the mercy of the tides and winds. By gome miscalculation we have lost our way. We are swept with tremen dous force In a new direction, over whelmed and awed, just as have been millions of others who have gone be fore us, and if we lack the faith, we turn tick ai we face the vast nothing ness and drop out of the running. (IB br UcClara N.w.p.p.r Srndlcile.) O 'he Young Lady Across the Way The young Indy serous the way eayi some people seem to take a special delight In mixing new drinks, now they're not supposed to have any at all, and she wonders what this 11,0 that she hears so much about li like. O Has Anyone Laughed At You i Because By ETHIL R. PEYSER You like stories with happy endings? Why notf People may rave and say the unhappy ending Is more artistic, yet most people are so geared that the happy ending Is the favorite. You only show that you get to like the characters sad you want them to be happy. You want every one to b happy. You know how hard the easiest life Is, and when you read you want the "folk" to "end" In glorious Joy. Read and be happy ; let those folk laugh and read all the tragedy tbey cere to devour. 80 Your get-away here Is: That you never burned a set of Ibsen er Macbeth, er Hamlet, but you like happy endings nev ertheless! $ br McClert Ntwtptpr Sredtette.) -IV- Streng en Appetite. 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