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Events of Noted People, Government!
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
Threo men lost their lives when
tho sand steamer Protection turned
over and sunk In Sandusky bay Won
day afternoon.
Further consideration by tho house
of the Ilurkley bill to abolish the rail'
road labor board, Speaker Glllott rul-
cd Monday, must be deferred for two
weeks.
The shipping board has postponed
action on a resolution to modify its
original certificate to the Interstate
commerce commission on section 28
of the merchant marine act.
Klsle Ferguson, beauty of tho stage
and screen, Is a bride for the third
time. Sho was married Sunday to her
most rucent stago villain, Frederick
Worlock, an Knglls actor.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin,
who Is recovering from an attack of
pnoumonla, left Sunday for Atlantic
City with Mrs. La Follette to complete
his convalescence. Ho is expected to
return to Washington in about two
weeks to resume his work In the sen
ate.
Charged by indictment with con
splracy to defraud the United States
government In connection with
whisky transaction In September,
1921, John W, Lnngley, representative,
of Kentucky, is on trial in fuderul
court In Covington, Ky.
Chairman llurton of the house com
mltlee that investigated criminal
charges against Representative Zlhl-
mau, republican, Maryland, said In a
stutemeut that bo had found "no ovl
denco" that Mr. Zihlman bad Improp
erly received money to exert offlclul
Influence.
An official recount of the returns
from Sunday's elections for the rolch
stag, announced Monday, concedes
(ho united socialists 100 votes, tho
nationalists 96, tho center party or
clericals 62, the democrats 25. the
communists 62, the people's party 44
and the llavurlun people's party 10
Exlstenco In the veterans' bureau of
a "ring" which controls Its policies
and operation was charged In the sen
ula Monday by Senator Oddlo, repub
llcan, Nevada, who declared "all the
laws in the mind of man" would not
make the bureuu function properly so
long as present conditions obtained.
The provision of tho immigration
bill for Japan exclusion wus agreed
upon by senate and house conferees
Monday night to bo effective July 1
next when other provisions of tho bill
become operative, and was met li
mediately with indications ut the
White House that tho arrangement
was unsatisfactory to President Cool-
Idge,
Olson's orchestra, broadcast through
KOW, Tho Oregonlun station at Port
land, was heard Sunday night in the
ghost chamber of the Oregon Cave
near (irants Pass. This chamber Is
the Innermost portion of the caves
now accessible to parties, and Is 1600
feet under tho surface of the ground,
it also Is 3300 feet from tho entrance
to the caves.
Cells Cooney and her husband Kd-
ward, pals In banditry, Monday took
separate roads to prison for 10 to 20
years. The youthful couple, who com
mitted nearly a score of during rob-
berries in New York and then were
ruptured In Jacksonville, Fla., where
they hud gone to await the urrivul of
a baby, bade au revolr in Brooklyn
county court.
Mrectors of tho Washington Wheat
Crowers' association Monday night In
Spokune. following authorliutlon by
the membership of tho association, vot
ed to suspend operations for 1924. It
wus announced that plans are being
worked out whereby the members of
the association may market their 1924
crop through tho Oregon liraln Grow
ers' association.
The voice of business was heard
Mouduy In tho opening sessions at
Cleveland, O , of the 20th annual con
vention of tho Chamber of Commerce
of tho Culled States. It urged popular
support of tho experts' report on repar
ations; condemned the sonata tor Its
rejection of the Mellon tax schedules;
suggested "obviously sound methods"
la dealing with the credit situation In
tbs northwest wheat belt, and gave
Tot of confidence to the federal
reserve system.
FARM FREIGHT CUT ORDERED
Interstate Body Directed by Senate
Adjust Tariff.
Washington, D. C. Urged by the
farm bloc, a joint resolution was quic
ly adopted by the senate Monday
directing the interstate commerce
commission to adjust freight rates to
relieve depression In any basic In
dustry, particularly agriculture. It
was adopted with virtually no debate,
Senator King, democrat, Utah, alone
questioning the wisdom of the policy.
Furm relief legislation is an out
standing Issue in congress with the
furm bloc standing against an adjourn
ment until some measure is enacted to
aid agriculture. The first fight will
be made on the McNary-Haugen bill,
which will come to a test soon. If
this measure fails the bloc is prepared
to champion the Norrls-Sinclair bill
while the Curtls-Aswell bill Is in th
offing and may receive attention, ul
though It bus not been reported by the
sonata agriculture committee.
Tho ruto adjusting resolution was
Introduced by Senator Smith, demo
crat, South Carolina, chairman of the
interstato commerce committee, and
was supported by Senator Cummins,
republican, Iowa, who explained the
purpose of the resolution was to give
the support of congress to the Inter
state commerce commission to use
the authority now vested in it.
Spokesmen for the farm bloc said
the resolution would mark a great step
forwurd in aiding the farmer, in that
quick, cheap transportation would be
afforded for furm products.
Senator Capper, republican, Kansas,
oii0 of the furm bloc spokesmen, In a
statement said he would oppose ad
Journment of congress until a "real
effort has been made to help the farm
ers of this country."
"Pending now In congress are four
measures for farm relief," the state
ment continued. "Three are designed
to -assist In the stabilizing of farm
pricoB not In arbitrary fixing of farm
prices as they are often deliberately
misrepresented. They propose to try
to restore a parity between farm
prices und general commodity prices
approximating the ratio that existed
during tho pre-war years. Anyone of
these measures will be of great assist
ance to farmers." 1
ive Entombed Miners
All Well and Cheerfu
CUmuii, Colo. Five miners entomb
(I in the Km pi re Zinc Mining com
puny's property, near here, lust Sut
urday still were underground Monduy
night, but all reported to rescue work
era outside that they were well and
heerful. During the duy water, cof
oo and food was passed to them
urough an opening made by a din
mond drill and fresh air was pumped
to them.
Work of scores of men trying to dig
into the mine wus Interrupted several
lines by sliding rock and timbers, but
officials were confident the men soon
would bo readied.
During tho day one of the miners
us asked by a member of the rescue
party if bo bud uny message for "his
girl." Tho entombed man replied:
All O. K., but 1 11 see her myself."
The entombed men laughed and
ked with tho workers, urging them
o "hurry up, so we can go home.'
Waldorf-Astoria Afire.
New York. Tons of wuter were
poured Into the Wuldorf-Astorla hotel
Saturday to subdue a fire which, start
ing in a sub basement carpenter shop,
nearly trapped kitchen employes und
proud to tho floors before It wus
hocked. Thousands of Fifth-avenue
pedestrians thronged to the scene and
raffle was demoralized. The fire burn-
1 for an hour and a half before It was
rotight under control. The loss wus
estimated ut S 150.0O0.
Polncsrt Wants Action.
London. The quick acceptance
hlch Prime Minister MaclHmuld got
In response to his Invitation. asking
rentier Polncure to como to England
on May 20 has pleased officials In
owning street.
They consider thut the reply from
uris Indicates that the French pre-
ler, like his llritlsh colleague, is
sirous of keeping tho Dawes reparo-
ens bull rolling.
Coolldge To See Circus.
Washington, D. C President Cool
Ige for the lust few weeks has shown
real regularity in turning down invl
Hons to make addremtes at f unc
oils, but ho accepted an Invitation
omluy from John Itlngllug, the show
un, to attend tho circus in tho after
noon ruin or shine. Mr. Coolldge
so gave an acceptance for Mrs. Cool-
Ige. '
langley Found Guilty.
Covington. Ky. A Jury In federal
ourt here Monday night found John
. Langley, representative in con-
ress from Kentucky, guilty of con-
piracy in connection with a whisky
ransacllon in l21. The Jury return-
Its verdict auer deliberating three
ours and 40 minutes.
I STATE NEWS t
! IN BRIEF.
Springfield. A wage cut of 40 cents
a day will take effect in the Booth
Kelly Bawmlll here May 15, accord
ing to a bulletin issued to the em
ployes. Astoria. The plan to take chlnook
salmon eggs at the Klatakanine river
tla year may have to be abandoned,
asserted Hatchery Supervisor Mitch
ell, who visited the hatchery on that
river recently.
Salem. Mailing of the premium
lists for the 1924 State fair has start
ed here under direction of Fred Curry,
secretary of the Oregon state fair
board. The fair will be held Septem
ber 22 to 27, inclusive.
Tho Dalles. Two Indians, said to
be members of a gang of outlaws caus
Ing a reign of terror In the southern
part of tho county for several weeks
were brought to The Dalles Saturday
and bound over to the grand Jury for
Investigation.
Salem. Approximately C000 of
Salem's present population wra horn
In Oregon, while the remaining 10,
000 wore born In the east, accordin
(o figures made public here Sunday
by Secretary Wilson of the Saljm
chamber of commerce.
Eugene. A big tabernacle lor th
annual Methodist camp meeting at
Cottage drove will be erected before
this year's mooting, July 17 to 27, ac
cording to announcement here recent
ly after a meeting of the Methodist
camp-meeting commission of Oregon
Eugene. Steps were taken at
meeting here Saturday afternoon to
to form an organization embodying
all the farmers' societies in tho coun
ty, through which to carry out rccom
Herniations of the economic confer
ence held here during February.
Astoria. Vlenlo Peltomaa, 8-yeaf-
old daughter of Mrs. Alfred Krum, was
drowned In the Columbia river Satur
day night and her body was found
next morning lying on the rocky beach
under the railroad trestle near the en
tranco to tho Warren Packing com
puny plant.
Cresham. A meeting of the berry
growers of eastern Multnomah coun
ty was called by the county agent Fri
day night to estimate crop conditions.
Aftor a comparison of figures it was
thought the raspberry crop in this sec
tion this year will be about 2reer
cent short of normal.
David Butler
oil
Sulem. The $100,000 bond Issue
authorized by the Salem lodge of
Elks, with which to construct the pro
posed new home for the lodge here
this summer, has been fully subscrib
ed. Approximately 225 members of
tho lodge have subscribed for bonds,
the largest single subscription being
$10,000.
Springfield. A Fourth of July cele
bration In which Springfield will be
host to all Lano county Is planned
under auspices of Springfield post
American Legion, and the business
men of the town. Legion posts from
all over the country have promised
o operation. There will bo a free
barbecue and elaborate carnival.
Pendleton. A gain of & cents a
bushel in tho price of wheat during
lust week has caused not less than
150.000 bushels In Umatilla county to
be marketed. Friday's sales In Pen
dleton amounted to about 2,000
bushels ut 93 cents n bushel, drain
lealers estimate that about 500,000
bushels are still held by farmers.
Sulem. Tho program for the Dlst
uniiual session of the Oregon State
grunge was approved at a conference
In the executive offices here Satur
day. Among those present were
Churles Spenco, state market agent;
(leorge Pultnlter of Hood Illver, mast
er of the state grange, and Governor
Pierce. This year's meeting of the
gango will be held at The Dulles.
Juno S to 6, Inclusive.
Sulem. Edward L. Clark of Salem
was elected state commander of the
ilisuhled American Veterans of World
Wars at tho closing session of the
fourth annual convention of the orgnn
liation here Saturday night, other
Dfflcers elected Included Theodore H.
llreen, Salem, stute vlce-conimun.ler:
II. 11. Shaw. Corvallls, stute treasurer.
and M. Wesley (loss. Sulem. state
hupliiln. Urban A. Kepplnger. Cor-
vullls, Is stute adjutant.
The Dalles. Wasco county will
soon place $250,000 worth of the iiitfO.-
000 bond Issue on tho market to supply
the county's share of the cost of con
struction of Tho Dalles-California
highway and Sherman highway sec-
Ion In Wasco county, It was learner!
Saturday. With this sale. lt!500O0
of the original Issue will have been
llsposed of and Judge J. T. Adklsson
estimated a saving of $50,000 to the
ounty would be made on the enilre
issue. Dlds for the $250,000 lot will
be opened June 9, the countv court
decided.
Starting as many other "movis"
stars havt made their entry Into pic
tures, David Wyngate Butler devoted
three years of his experience to stock
work, later becoming a stage manager.
He was snapped up by a prominent
producer and given leads. He hae
been seen in a number of the most
prominent productlone. Butler Is tall
and dark, weighs 185 peunds and hae
black hair and blue eyes.
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Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morison
1
JUST A MACHINE
T ILA DUNN in her late twenties
was a filing clerk on the thirtieth
floor of one of the business temples
on rew York s Broadway. For ten
years she had conscientiously tilled
her eight-hour days and her forty-four
hour weeks with the same routine. At
precisely 7 :S0 the Big Ben beside her
Iron cot went off, and as those same
hands pointed out eight she was al
ways putting the second hat pin Into
her hat, the duplicate of the one with
which she bad first entered the New
York office of the hardware rompauy.
Next re me the coffee pot filled the
night before, and at 8:30 she was
leaving the door of the house where
she roomed. Then It was thut I.I la
counted the day as really beginning.
One-half block to the left, one block
to the right, two blocks to the left,
and a wide avenue to cross; a short
flight of steps down, and then that
automatic motion for the nickel that
was always In her Inner pocket.
One day Ula found that her special
subway station was blocked up for
repairs. It wss necessary for her to
take a route different from her usual
one. This troubled her desperately
she had become so used to following
the black line down her own special
rsbblt hole! Subconsciously the ex
perience bothered her all dny. Ixmg
after she bsd forgotten the actual In
cident, she had a resulting sense of
discomfort and maladjustment, tin her
way home the shadow was still upon
her. The Interrupted black line It
haunted Llla. Then suddenly her
mind began to work, her perfectly
good mind. She asked herself an
epoch-making question: Why should
she spend her life following a no the
black line?
Next day Llla got up fifteen minutes
earlier than usual ; she had tea Instead
of coffee for breakfast, she prepared
for herself, snd a bit of marmalade on
her toast. Then she walked through
the psrk near her door to a differ
ent car line that also took her to the
office. The resulting sense of emanci
pation she experienced made her sit
down at her desk with a toss of her
bead that caused the office manager to
readjust his tie as he realized for the
first time that I. lis was young and
pretty. That evening she did not go
directly back to her room; Instead
she Invited the girl at the next desk
to accompany her to the movies. So
the days passed, and as she acquired
the habit of making each one different,
she found she could put more energy
ss veell as more pleasure . Into her
work. That winter she was made !
chief filing clerk. Slie had succeeded
In breaking through that hardened
habit of following the-black-llne that
had been strangling her sense of pro
portionthat had almost succeeded In
making of her a mere machine!
HAVE YOC THIS HABIT?
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IONE, OREGON
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