E OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event of Noted People, Governments nd Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Mrs. Kathryn Miracle, councilman and tho first woman candidate to file for mayor In Seattle, lias withdrawn from tlie raco. Ilear-Admlral Thomas O. Sclfridge, retired, died at Ills homo In Washing ton, D. C, Monday of heart disease. IIu would havo paBsod his SSlh birth day Wednesday. Chief Justlco Tatt, by direction of his physician, Dr. Thomas A. Claytor, has cancelled all engagements for tho Immedlalo future and entered upon a period of complete rest. Ilreaklng all previous records in Clalaop county, Oregon, triplets, a hoy and two girls, were born Sunday night to Mr. and Mrs. Jlln Medley of the Nehalem valley. Howard Carter lias gono to Cairo to purchaso tho necessary apparatus such as differential pulleys and like gear for raising tho Jmnieiisely heavy lid from Tutankhamen's sarcophagus. Word was received In Provider) It. I., by wireless Wednesday of the death of Dr. Henry Crosby Kmery, on board the steamship President Lin coln, whllo en route to San Francisco, from Shanghai, China. Ho was ex chairman of the United Slates tariff board. Actuated by a news story read years ago stressing tho danger of persons supposedly dead being, burled alive, A. M. Ilartholoinew of llend, Oro., says bo has Invented an alarm to give warn ing from under tho sod that life still exists within the casket. General Pepeilayev, ex -commander of the Siberian white army, and 20 of his followers havo been sentenced to death by tho mllllary tribunal at Chita for their counter-revolutionary activi ties in Siberia after Kolchnk's defeat. Fifty-seven others were given various prison terms. Itev. Father Hubert of Dahm, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church at Itrldgeport, Conn., was shot and prob ably mortally wounded by an uniden tified man shortly after 7 o'clock Mon day night. Tlie shooting took place on Main street In the heart of the theater district. 'llio central and middle western lutes from Minnesota to Texas were digging themselves out of snowdrifts Tucsduy, after one of the worst bli. tards In years had tied up railroad traffic and wrought havoc with wlr communication, wiin estimated losses of several million dollars. MARTIAL LAW PUT IN FORCE Troops to Enforce Order at Herrin, 111, Carrying of Firearms Forbidden. Herrin, 111. "Bloody Williamson" county, scene of the Herrin massacres, domain of rule by the Ku Klux Klan and community that has several times set itself above the law, Wednesday morning felt the first sting of military authority when the proclamation is sued late Tuesday night by Major General Milton J. Foreman, supreme law enforcement officer, was placard' ed broadcast along its highways an In Its towns and villages. It reads In part: "Hereafter, wearing or carrying of firearms or other weapons by any but duly authorized officers of the law prohibited and troops are Instructed to confiscate all firearms and weapons so carried and to hold tho offenders for appropriate action. "The rights of all peaceful citizen will bo safeguarded and protected an no invasion thereof will be permitted or suffered. They should, however, refrain from participating In gathi Ings on public streets, remomborin that they will thereby be aiding and abetting in acts of disorder. "Tho solo aim of the military forces Is to assert and vindicate the supra macy of the law, which will be en forced to the fullest extent. "MILTON J. FOREMAN, "Major-General, 111. Nat. Guard, "Commanding 33d Division." This order will bo backed up by two regiments of Infantry, Including mu- chine gun companies and four troops of cavalry, unhorsed. The soldiers have been Instructed to carry it out "This Is tho end in Williamson county of rule by the consent of an Individual class," General Foreman said. Thi n ho added that tho state of gov ernment in the county Is tantumoun to martial law, inasmuch as the civil authorities now In existence in WI1 Hum son Wednesday vested tho major- general with full authority to restore law und order hero by any means that ho might conceive, and to enforce it by any other means ho saw fit. TUX BILL FIGHT LOOMS use Debate on Measure Slated to Start This Week. President t oolidge, responding to representations of agricultural mem bora of the northwestern farm and bank reference, declared he Imped Jus tifloatlon for an Increase In tlie tariff on wheat would result from the pros elit Investigation of tho wheat duty by the tariff commission. The homo of Hev. Wallace fnrpen ter, Presbyterian minister, was do inollshed near llirniliighuni, Ala., Tues day night by a tornado and his wife anil eldest son killed Instantly. Six other members of the family, including Itev. Mr. Carpenter, were badly hurl and are In a local hospital. Kt. itev. George Cnelidge Hunting, bishop of the Protestant Kplscopal church in Nevada, died Wednesday night at Ills homo In Iteno after an Illness of but a few duvs. He was M years of age. Pneumonia was given as the cause of his death. Ulshop Hunting Is a couMn of President Coolldge. The presbytery ef thol'irst l'reshy terlan church of New York Monday accepted by vote of III to a com mlttee report vindicating the, tea. Ii lugs of liev. Dr. Harry F.moraon Fes dlek, a llaptlst minister who had been charged with heretical utterances whllo occupying tho First Presby teriun pulpit. Tho Jury in tho Do llouehel Candler jr.oO.OOil breach of promise suit Tues day returned a verdict in favor of Asa (!. Cnndler Sr., the defendant.1 Decision of the suit was placed In the hands of tho Jury after Judge Samuel Sibley had charged tho Jury particu larly on tho question of Mrs. IV 1 1 Dig Kill Is Iteported. Washington, D. C Tho first of the great annual supply measures for the next fiscal year, that for tho interior epartment, wus reported Saturday by the senate appropriations committee, It carries a total of Jli, is 1,75(1, an Increase of $1,737,2!! over tho house bill, but S, 58 1,575 below tho budget bureau's estimate and (34,035,253 un dor tho appropriation for the current fiscal year. The principal changes made by the senate committee relate to reclama tion projects. For tho Yuma project In Arizona- California the houso figure of $705,000 Is red need to 1515,000, while for the Holso project in Idaho tho reduction Is from J1.OSO.000 to $6,10,000. The house proposal of J3.S0.0O0 for the Minidoka project In Idaho is In creased to $1,015,000. while tho $155,- iioo total for the Newlands project In Nevada Is udvanced from $155,000 to $100.1101). The senate conimitlee also Increas ed from $1,000,000 to $1,250,000 the proposed appropriations for nialnten ance and operation of the Alaska rail road. Wheat Dill It Backed. Washington, D. ('. Itopresontatlve Slnnott of Oregon, member of the re publican steering committee of the house, told the committee that tho Me- Nary llaiigcn export corporation bill was the only hopo of the wheat farm ers of the Pacific northwest. He said that tho $50,000,000 live stock loan bill, which has tho Indorse ment of the president, Is practically of no value In Oregon, Washington and Idaho because diversification is out of the quest (un In those areas of low rainfall. Diversification, ho said, was sound doctrine only In such wheat states as Minnesota and tho Dakotas, where the rainfall Is normal. St. Louis Has Red Day. St. Louts. A new criminal record was said to have been established In St. Louis Sunday, when five murders were reported to the police in six hours. William It. Anderson, a police man, was found on a sidewalk, his body riddled with bullets. Simon Uroekman was shot to death by high waymen. Nathaniel Williams and Charles Iterry. negroes, and James Nick were stabbed to death in three street tights. Edison Quit Inadequate. West Orange, N. J. Thomas A. IMIson's famous questionnaire for de termining the fitness of men for the ebs they seek Is a failure, the wizard admitted at his laboratory, where he Monday celebrated his 77th birthday by working. "The questionnaire sys tem does eliminate the unfit to a cer tain extent," ho said, "but something Ilouchors divorce from her ox husband more It needed for the .eWH.m .,f Adolph Koequet. g0O(1 ... LONG BATTLE LIKELY THE ROMANCE OF WORDS Surtax Rate of 32 to 40 Per Cent Re ported Agreeable to Republi can Majority. Washington, D. C The revenue bill providing for complete revision of the federal taxes and for a 25 per cent reduction in 1923 personal income taxes payable this year will reach the house from the ways and means com mittee and on Thursday be taken up for debate. Leaders predict the measure will be before the house at least two weeks and possibly four. An indication of the fight which will be made on the bill, particularly its income tax rates, which are the same as suggested by Secretary Mellon, was given Sunday in the announcement that four separ ate reports would be made by the committee members. There will be three reports from the republican members and one sign ed by the 11 democrats of the com mittee. Chairman Green will submit tho republican report, but an addition al one will be sent in by the 11 re publicans of the committee who voted for the Mellon rates, arguing more vigorously than the chairman for the maximum surtax rate of 25 per cent. Representative Frear, Wisconsin, re publican insurgent, already has made public another report in which he argues against any reduction in the surtax rates and for a greater cut in the nominal rates. Tho democratic report will demand lower tax rules and higher surtax rates than carried by the bill, and ad ditional exemptions. Republicans, through Representa tive Longworth, Ohio, the floor leader, havo admitted the Mellon surtax rates are doomed. Mr. Longworth conveyed this message to President Coolldge af ter Representative Begg, Ohio, had completed a poll of the republican membership. Mr. Degg announced a maximum surtax rate between 32 and 40 per cent would be agreeable to majority of the party and that about 35 or 37 per cent would bo sufficient to prevent passage of the democratic plan for a maximum rate of 44 per ceut. "DECIMATE" r CRDJO the World war it was a comparatively frequent occurrence for some war corre spondent to report that, during an attack, tlie German forces "were decimated by the wither ing Are of the allied troops." But, could he have gotten Into spirit or ouija-board communica tion with Julius Caesar, who holds a prominent place among the world's great war corre spondents, tlie modern writer would have found that his state ment meant something far dif ferent from what he imagined it did. The word as we use it today is the outgrowth of the Roman custom of punishment for revolt ing cohorts. After the revolt bad been crushed, every tenth man declmus would be select ed by lot and put to death. If a cohort suffered In battle so that about one man In every ten was killed, It was said to have been "decimated," but to use the word as a general synonym for great slaughter Is hardly In accord ance with its Latin origin. One might as well say that the at tacking troops were "terribly tithed." br WhatUr SyndlcU. Inc.) lone Market GEO. W. RITCHIE, Prop. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in FRESH and CURED MEATS Your Patronage Solicited. Under New Management IONE HOTEL I0NE, ORE. Refurnished and Strictly Up to date. Com mercial Table First Class. A home away from home, with best meals in Central Oregon. SAM GANGER, Proprietor. Nice Rooms. Good Service Something to Think About by F. J. WALKER Farmers Promise Fight. Walla Walla. If gasoline keeps go ng up the Farmers' Oil & Fuel com puny, organized three ,ears ago dur- ng the gasoline famine, again will function. "We havo sufficient stor go facilities to care fur gasoline by he carload," Charles linker, secre tary, said. "For two years the agemy has not handled gasoline, but the county executive committee has au thorized resumption of business when- ver It is deemed necessary." Europe Has Heavy Snow. Paris. Heavy snow storms are re ported throughout Europe. Warsaw Ispatches say that tho town of Zako pane, nt an nltitudo of 2745 feet, and other centers in the Tatra mountains, havo been rut oft after nn abnormal nowfall. A mass of Ice, described as two and one-halt miles long, is blink ing the railroad, and famine is menac ing the snowbound population. Japanese Births Lead. Honolulu. Approximately halt the births recorded in the territory of lawall in 192,1 were those of Japan ess children, according to statistics of the board of health made public Sat urday. The figures follow: Total. 11.094: Japanese, D509; Per- uguese, 1015; Filipino, 8SS; Chinese, 7; Americans, SSI. Tho remainder were mainly those f children of mixed blood. Big Swindles Charged. St. Louis, Mo. Indictments charg ing uso of the mails to defraud were returned against 11 persons by tlie deial grand Jury here Saturday. The defendants are alleged to have purchased approximately 1500,000 orth of goods from merchants throughout the couutry and to have ulled to pay tor It. . Ui of Autos Growing. New York. Vse of motor vehicles increasing as rapidly in other coun- ries as In the United States, accord- g to a world census Just completed by Automotive Industries. The total now in operation Is 1S.!41.47, a gain of S.49S.000 or nearly 24 per cent since the beginning of 1923. MAKING PROGRESS VOT may often be filled with won der at the apparent ease with which some of your friends, of no pro nounced ability, climb steadily and un erringly to the heights. To your mind they are deficient in mentality and power of endurance, yet, In spite of your doubts, they keep mounting surely day by day, brushing aside dltllcultles with no observable ef fort and holding fast to their places, Opposing forces do not daunt or dis courage them. Ihey plan and execute. They re frain from boasting, yet wlthlij their neans mere is on inmate resolution to stuy in the tight until tbey meet victory. Often they are footsore, exhausted In body and spirit, but never are they in a mood to admit defeat. They know quite as well as you that their talents are limited and their faults many. It Is this conscious knowledge of their frailties that make them persist with out pause In their commendable effort. While you are having Jolly times at night among the bright lights, they are seeking In the solitude of their room the precious nuggets of wisdom, digging deep below the surface. They have become students of biography, following seriously the blazed trails of the noble men and women who only a few years ago passed over the highway to fame aud left their ilgn-boiirds at the fatal cross-roads, where all later travelers may stop, read and gather new cour age. It must be a shallow sort of bumao being Indeed who cannot see the value of such observation and study. Rut whatever It may be with regard to the frivolous and fun-loving, this Idea of following step by step the rug ged paths of the great, striving to comprehend their emotions and to emulute their examples, Is not only profitable to the earnest student but extraordinarily Inspiring. What dullard seeking Improvement falls to find encouragement in reading of such men as Washington and Lin coln? Who does not glow with Inspiration when he beholds blind Milton groping his way to the heights sublime? Those who cry "Impossible" are those who need most to fumlllarlze themselves with the trials of the Im mortals who overcame and won Im perishable crowns. ( kr UcClur. N.w.p.p.r SyBdlcatt.) A Qt'ERT. Street Lamp Hey, Mr. Mall Man, got any Utters for m? -O- Lyrie Poett of Germany Minnesingers was the name given to certain lyric poets of Germany that flourished during the Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries. They were generally men of noble birth, and sang of love, friendship, re ligion, war and adventure at the court of kings and feudal barons. Although m io tne troubadours of Province, the minnesingers treated love In a more refiued spirit and manifested I greater reverence for woman. They wrote principally In the Swsh. Ian dialect of middle hli:h German Farm Implements Vulcan and Oliver Plows, Superior Drills, Fairbanks Morse Engines, Myers Pumps, Star and Aermotor Wind Mills, Winona Wagons. PAUL G. BALSIGER IONE, OREGON A Good Time to Subscribe for the Independent Is Now! Advertise in THE INDEPENDENT Reaches the People Detroit 'w.