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WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU events of Noted People, Governments ind Pacific Northwest, and Other Thing! Worth Knowing Six hundred houses worn burned Wednesday In a flro which swept Zoshlgayu, a suburb ot Toklo. Twenty pontons were Injured. Threo thousand are homeless. SueeeHHful experiments were mude Monday 1h carrying on conversation by radio between air mall pilots In flight and tho Omaha air mail station. It Is announced. Fifty persons have been killed in a landslide In the seaport of Amalfi, 23 miles southeast of Naples, accord lug to a dispatch from Amalfi to the (ilorualu d'ltulia at Homo. l'resldent CooIIiIko's sons, John and Calvin, Jr., have applied for enroll intuit In the citizens' training camp to ho held at Camp Dovcns next Aug ust, It was learned Wednesday. I'M Lockhnrt, last of a trio of notor lous Oklahoma outlnws, was killed Wednesday near Kperry, Okla., as he attempted to fleu from a farmhouse where he had been trapped by a posse Tho rank und file of the United Mine Workers of Amerlcu ratified tho new wage scale agreement, assuring peace In the bituminous Industry for three years by an overwhelming vole, it was announced in Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon. The vote was 1G t.S&S to 20,253. The Austrian und Hungarian gov crn moots have approved in "principle' an ugreement proposed by tho 1,'nited States for the creation of mixed com missions to nelllo claims with (he United Stales arising out of the world war. Directors of the American Hoot Sugar company Tuesday declared four quarterly dividends ot (1 each on (lie common stock. This was the first dividend action since January 31, 1921. when 2 per cent was paid. Officials explained that the company's earning). In the fiscal year ending March ;il had Justified the action. lllsliop Manning of the I'roteslaiil I'piscopal diocese of New York Weil Ucstlay informed Kov. William Nor man Cuthric, rector ot St. Marks In the llowerle, dial his church would re main "without episcopal visitation or ministration" for its rector's refusal In discontinue eurythiulc dancing in connection with services at the church tlrover Cleveland llcrgilnll, the American druft evader, left Khcrhticli. linden Tuesday morning for an tin announced destination. As he carried considerable luggage, it was generally assumed he wns quilting (iermany. lie made other preparations prior to hi departure which seemingly Indlcutci! that he did not contemplate returning to Itadeti. Four mall bandits. In the first hig postal robbery In or near Chicago tn two years, slugged a poslofticn tncs scnger In Harvey, 111., a suburb, early Wednesday anil craped with two pouches of registered mall known to hnve contained at least (Illa.OOO hi currency. The bandits were heavily armed with revolvers and sawed of: shotguns. A volcano on llabuyan Island, slluat id between the I'hlllpplncs and Japan. Kits In eruption early this month and It Is feared inhabitants have perished, slated advices Wednesday to constat) ulary officials in Manila. Although records hero Indicate the Island wih not Inhabited, officials believe a Hum her of fishermen recently established headquarters there. That the Washington state eight hour law for women applies to nil women employed in any mercantile or mechanical establishment, laundry hotel or restaurant, "Irrespective of the class of work she may bo doing," Is the opinion rendered by Attorney Ccnerul I'unbar to tho department of labor and Industries. The query ea peclally referred to stenographers. Kronen archaeologists working In Syria have discovered at Snlivch, in tho Kuphrutos region, a Creek city, founded Just after the death of Alex Slider tho Great, 22 46 yean ago, and abandoned In I7J A. 1)., when the desert sands covered It. Among the objects found are parchments, one of which, written in 1S9. 1). C Is said to be the oldest (J reck manuscript extant. SCHOOL' LAW IS HELD VOID Injunction Against Enforcement Given By Federal Judges, Portland, Or. Governor Pierce, Attorney-General Van Winkle and Dis trict Attorney Myers were restrained from enforcing the Oregon compulsory school law and the law was declared unconstitutional and Invalid la a de cision handed down by federal Judges Monday. Tho law was declared to violate the 14th amendment of the federal con stitution and to deprive the school corporations and pnrents of children ot their natural and Inherent rights. The court said it might well have been called "an act to prevent parochial and private schools from teaching the grammar grades." Ileforo a packed courtroom, C. E. Wolverton, federal district Judge, read the decision which ho had written for the court. Sitting with him on the bench was W. 11. Gilbert, circuit Judge. District Judgn Ilean, who also heard the arguments In tho case, was not present, as he was holding court at Pendleton. The crowd In Ihe courtroom was tense all through the reading of the decision. Many lenned frownrd, eager to grasp every word. Judge Wolver ton spoke quietly and carefully, but distinctly, as ho went through the many pages of the decision Judge Gil bert sat beside him In silence and then left the bench lifter tho decision was announced. As tho court declared tho law might have been entitled an net to prevent tho leaching of the grammar gratles by parochial schools many In the audience were plainly pleased nnd smiled. At each point where the court held against tho contentions of the slate officers smiles ran around a large section of tho audience, while other sections appeared to be In deep study. Prominent Catholics, priests nnd other clergypten were In the audience that Jammed all of Ihe nvallable space In the courtroom nnd that filled the aisles nnd even up around tho clerk's bench nt tho very feet of the Judges. There were school officials there public, private nnd parochial. There were others who were known to favor the law that tho court declared in valid, but In spite of the fact that the decision was going against them they leaned forward eagerly and listened Intently to every word. No actual Injunction will be issued ngalnst the stale officers. It Is ex pected Hint the officers will accept Ihe decision of the court as final until another court passes upou the ques Hons, if an appeal should be taken. I'nless there Is some attempt on the part of tho stale 'officers to enforce the law despite the decision, tho court will not Issue one. Should unt il an attempt be made, which, of course, would be beyond tho realm of possibil ity, the Injunction would be Issued. tlovernor Pierce. It was reported from Salem, refused to comment on the decision, but it was indicated that the case would he carried to the supreme court for final decision. It bad nlso I n announced here before the decision was handed down that whatever the result un npponl would be taken to the supreme court o:' the l'liitecl Stales to have the mat ter determined finally. Wallace Me Cum. int. lis attorney for the Scottish Kite bodies and for the state officers, said "I have nothing to say" when asked what would be the next step, and P, S. Malcom, a member of the lodge committee, said conferences would have to lie held before It would lie determined whether the Scottish Kilo would take the case up to the highest court In the land. The court held that the 11111 Military accademy and the Society of the Sis ters of the Holy Names of Jesus nnd Mary, which brought the suits testing thi law, bad nti ubsolute right to teach In the grammar grades and the par ents an absolute right to employ them to teach their children. Anti-Fat Serum Found. Paris. A serum to make persons thin with n few simple and painless injections Is believed to have been discovered by two French scientists, M. Carnot and M. Terrlg. They sub mitted result of exhaustive experi ments upon animals to the French Wo logical society Sunday. The serum. hereof the principal ingredient is plain liver, when Injected Into ani mals produced a remarkable loss of weight In the shortest time. The in ventors hope to abolish fatness tn men and w omen next. De La Huerta Is Safe. New Orleans.- Adolfo de la Huerta. Mexican rebel lender, now Is In the state of Chiapas, Mexico, according to a statement by A. K. Hedcswlch, rebel agent here, who snld ho received a wireless message late Monday In a code which could have beeu sent only by De la Huerta. Hogejwlch said De la Huerta, was forced to pass through "a certain danger lone" and that be cause of this all mention of his where abouts had been suppressed. Twenty Dead, 100 Injured in Dozen States. FLOODS HAMPER EAST Two West Virginia Towns Under Wa ter; Bridges Swept Away Prop erty Damage Large. ' Chicago, III. March prepared to roar out of tho middle west like the proverbial Hon following general storms Saturday extending from the Ohio to tho Mississippi valcys which cost upward of a score of lives, more than 100 injuries and property dam age estimated at hundreds of thou sands of dollars. Dead I the wako of the storm In cluded eight killed In a tornado at Shnwneo, Okla., four kno.wn dead In southern Missouri as the result of a wind storm and reports that four others had perished, a boy killed by lightning in Kansas, two flood casual ties at Pittsburg, three men reported killed when a railroad bridge at Cum berland, Md., collnpBcd after being In undated by flood waters and four trainmen reported killed when a freight train went through a bridge weakened by high wator near New ark, Ohio. The storm in various sections as sumed tho proportions of a tornado, and elsewhere manifested Itself by driving snow and hull. High winds with fulling temperatures marked Its progress. Damngo was widespread wherever (ho storm struck. In southeastern Missouri livestock vnlued at thousands ot dollars was killed, while three little towns In Kentucky were reported to tally destroyed by wind. Damage to crops was feared in some sections ol South Dakota and Minnesota because of the low temperatures. With the flood stage expected throughout the upper Ohio valley Indications were that property damugo there might be heavy. Pittsburg, Pa. Floods in Pennsyl vania, West Virginia and Maryland caused by warm ruins and moiling snows had devastated a wide area Sun day night, taken a toll of 13 lives and proport y. After having flooded an area of 176 miles extending from its headwaters at Gorman, Md., to Harpers Ferry. W. Va., with the greatest damage done ut Cumberland, Md., tho Potomac river was rapidly returning to its channel. In the western Pennsylvania district the Monongahela nnd Allegheny rivers, meeting here to form the Ohio, swept over the lower sections of their val leys, and the Youghiogheny river, com ing down tho Allegheny mountains, flooded a section extending from Con nollsvllle, to McKeesport, a distance of to miles. The Ohio river here reached a stage of 29.2 feet, seven feet above the flood stage, but was receding Sunday nliiit at the rate of one-tenth of a foot nn hour. Tho cities along tho Ohio river, how over, were preparing for flood waters. An entire family of five was drown ed at Kiumlllcr, Md., three children lost their lives at Melcroft, Pa., and another child was drowned at Johns town, Pa., while a father and mother were drowned rescuing their children at Pittsburgh. Other flood casualties occurred at Conuellsvllle and Newcastle. Railroad traffic throughout the flooded area was demoralized when bridges were destroyed and many miles of track washed away. Boy Scalped by Lion. l.os Angeles. Shubert Hellgren. eight years old, was scalped and other wise seriously injured hero Saturday by a liou in a small itinerant circls. The little fellow, circus attendants said, went too close to the king of the Jungles' cage. The animal reach ed through the bars and clawed him before he could escape. Receiving hopsltal doctors said the boy would recover. Auto Sales Take Slump. Chicago. Total February sales of new automobiles and motorcycles for tho entire country aggregated 13(, "S0.0OO. a decrease of 40.J per cent compared with the previous month and an Increase of 16.2 per cent compared with a year ago. The seventh federal reserve bank announced the figures Saturday night. STATE IN BRIEF. t T W North Powder. The recent bond la- j sue voted by the North Powder dis trict was sold to the Farmers State bank here, the highest bidder. The bonds bear Interest at 6 per cent and will mature in 20 years. Haines. Plans are maturing here for the formation of an association of lettuce growers to be patterned after the locals of the farmers' union. The principal object will be to promote co operative marketing of lettuce nnd celery grown here. Roseburg. C. II. Hendricks of Rid dle paid a fine ot $50 In the local Justice court Saturday when he plead ed guilty to feeding venUon to the men In his logging camp, A sack containing a large quantity of deer meat was found In the camp by Deputy Warden Walker. Roseburg. The Douglas County Tiroccolt Protective association of the United States Is the name to be given a new organization being formed by broccoli producers of the Umpqua val ley to protect themselves In future against Inferior seed. Pendleton. Market roads having an aggregate mileago of 36 miles were designated Saturday by the county court for the 1921 programme In Uma tilla county. Special road districts re ceived preference, since special levies of 10 mills were levied to aid In con structing the roads they want. Salem. The Oregon Growers' Co operative association has reported the sale of 1000 boxes of prunes for do mestic consumption In the eastern markets at 9!4 cents. The prunes were classified as 30s. Eugene. The root knot nematode. Bald to he one ot the worst crop pests In existence, is gaining a foothold In the Willamette valley, according to C. E. Stewart, county fruit Inspector, who has taken tho matter up with the Lane county court, asking that steps be taken to prevent Its spread. Salem. In anticipation of the is suance of a proclamation within the next few days setting aside the period April 21 to 27 as forest protection week, F. A. Elliott, state forester, has announced that he had appointed a committee of prominent Oregon men to arrange an appropriate programme Salem. James Linn, upon his re turn from Chlcngo, reported the sale of 350 bales of Oregon hops from the 1921, 1922" and 1923 crops. It was said that the sale was at a price slight ly lower than demanded here a month ago. Mr. Linn is one of the promin ent growers of the Willamette valley. Salem. There were three fatalities In Oregon due to Industrial accidents during the week ending March 27, ac cording to a report prepared here by the state Industrial accident commis sion. The victims were: William Hay man, Knappo, logger; Sam Strlzlc, Jteedsport, rockman, and James Al bert Dunn, linker, hooker. Salem. Approximately 1250,000 col lected by the state tax commission under the state Income tax law enacted at the last session of the legislature has been turned over to the state treas urer. This was announced Saturday by Earl Fisher, state tax commission er, who Is in charge of the adminis tration of the state Income tax act. Salem. I. II. VunWInkle, attorney general, has sent to the secretary of state a legal opinion In which he held that a state treasurer Is to be elected In Oregon this year. The opin ion was sought by Secretary of Stute Kozer, who, under the existing laws, must certify to nil candidates at both tho primary and general elections. Port Orford. Port Orford Is laying plans for a white cedar carnival and pioneers' reunion to be held here In August of this year. The first day of the carnival will be devoted ex clusively to the pioneers, of whom there are many, Curry county being one of the oldest counties In the state, llinger Hermann, ex-member ot con gress, will make the address of the day. Dayton. Voters of Dayton at a spe cial election Friday authorized the Is suance and sale of refunding bonds ! amounting to $18,000 for the purpose of redeeming and retiring a similar amount of city water and street Ira-! provement bonds which mature this year and next. In addition they pro vided for a special tnx levy to crate a sinking fund to take rare ot prln-' clpal and Interest on the new bond Issue. Salem. The North Coast Power company, operating at Hlllsboro and Rainier, had operating Income aggre gating $190,073.69 during 1923. accord ' Ing to the annual report of the cor poration filed with the public service commission here. Operating revenues of ths company totaled f SlS.SSl 13, while operating expenses were f37l, 009.13. Ths corporation's receipts for 1923 showed an Increase ot 74,S53.60 over 1922. lone Market GEO. W. RITCHIE, Prop. Wholetal and Retail Dealer in FRESH and CURED MEATS Your Patronage Solicited. Under New Management IONE HOTEL IONE, 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 Farm Implements Drill, UIVUll tfcAAVA XAA V- Fairbanks Morse Engines, Myers Pumps, Star and Aermotor Wind Mills, Winona Wagons. PAUL G. BALSIGER IONE, OREGON A vi i m A uood i lme to Subscribe for the Independent Is Now! Advertise in THE INDEPENDENT Reaches the People AV Y JJ awwhrv w A Bw