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ENI OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Importan Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Brents of Noted People, GoTernmenU and Pacific Northwest, and Other Thine Worth Knowing. Recognition ot the soviet govern meat by France U regarded In polltlcul circles as Imminent. General James Barry Hcrtiog, lend er of the victorious parties In the re cent elections, Tuesday accepted the premiership ot South Africa, succeed lug General Jan Christian Smuts. Forty thousand workers on men and children's clothing In New York city and vicinity have voted to strike Wed nesday. It Is announced by the Amul gamated Clothing Workers ot America. Directors ot the Washington Wheat Growers voted to suspend for one year the compulsory wheat pooling plan of the organization and release members from their contracts for that period The officers will market the crops of any members so desiring, It was stut ed. Five men were believed to have been burned to death late Tuesday In a tire that followed the explosion of naphtha aboard the British freighter Egremont Castle at ber dock In Brooklyn. Seven other men were ser iously burned. Disorganisation of railroad service, with three trains derailed or maroon ed in southern and western Iowa, heavy damage to communication lines and considerable crop loss, was the re sult ot severe storms that swept across the state early Tuesday. Unselfish service for others, without hope ot reward, is the basis ot true happiness and ot true Lionism, Presi dent Noel, Grand Rapids, Mich., de clared in Omaha Tuesday in bis an nual address before the convention of the International Association ot Lions' clubs. , Seven men were killed by an ex plosion at a rock quarry six miles south of Winston Salem, N. C, Toes day afternoon when lightning struck a shed In which the men had taken refuge during a thunder storm and in which was stored a quantity ot ex plosives. Brlgadle'-General Charles E. Saw yer has resigned as, personal pbysl clan to the president The action was taken, it was explained, so that he could return to Marion, O., and devote his attention to the Harding Memorial association. The resignation was ac cepted by President Coolldge. Fire which has burned over an area of 2000 acres of forest land In the vicinity ot the Tulare and Fresno county lines in California was out of control late Tuesday, according to ad vices to the United Slates forest bead quarters here. Seventy-five men wen employed In fighting the blase. United States Attorney Williams at Sun Francisco has tendered bis res ignation, Attorney-General Stone an nounced Tuesday. The resignation was recently called for by Mr. Stone because of "negligence and inef ficiency." The attorney-general said .it would be acted upon at an early date. A. M. Manson, attorney general, d rlared on bis arrival in Victoria, B. C that on the face ot the returns the province appears to have gone strong ly against sale ot beer by the glass. He said It has not been decided whether those places that voted for beer would be granted the privilege of sale by the glass. A walkout of shipyard workers oc curred In San Pedro, Cul., Monday at the Bethlehem shipyards as a result of an Increase In working hours from 44 hours weekly to 48 hours. Accord ing to shipyard officials, CO men quit. The unions claimed that approximate ly 200 men were out. All trades were affected. The plant employs 490 men. The United States is not only will ing but anxious to assist Europe in puahjug the settlement of her repara tions problem, but does not intend to participate in any political difficulties overseas, a spokesman for President Coolldge said Tuesday in commenting on the proposed interallied conference In London next month to consider means of putting the Lawes plan into effect. . ; Something to Shudder At. It is said that a dish served to per sons ot distinction in Pharaoh's time was made ot lentils, oil aud garlic. WORLD HAPF GS I STATE NEWS 1 IN BRIEF . ...... WW WVWWVWV WWW WW 9WWWW Oregon City. A 60-year-old cherry tree at the home of Mrs. Charles Ilnbcock in this city Is doing Us share toward furninhlug a big crop this year. Salem. There were five fntulltloa In Oregon duo to Industrial accidents in the week ending June 26, according to a report Issued Saturday by the state industrial accident commission Salem. Completed petitions for the so-culled naturopath initiative meas ures to be referred to the voters of Oregon at the November election were filed with the secrtary of state Satur day. Kugene.--The I-ane county grand Jury has been called to meet July 1 to take up a number of criminal cusps The Jury was first Impaneled at the Kebrusfry term of court and has been recalled twice previous to this time. Salem. There was a total of 44(51 persons In Oregon's 11 Institutions on June 1 ot this year as against 4i!21 on the same (late In 1923, according to a report prepared here Saturday for con sideratlon of Governor Pierce and other officials. Hlllsboro. Voters of IS school dls tricts ot Washington county, Including the city ot Hillsboro, Saturday voted by nearly three to one to organise a union high school district. The dls tricts acting have a combined vulua tlon of approximately $3,000,000. Hlllsboro. The, Bunks hog and dnlry show will be held September 17 IS, 19, according to S. C. Inkley, man ager. Combined with it will be the grange fair and the County Calf am! Pig club fair. Electric lights him been Installed so the fair may be oper evenings. Salem. A deficiency appropriation aggregating approximately 121.000 with which to conduct affairs of the state income tax department during the last seven months ot the present bienoium, was requested at a meeting ot the state emergency board held here Sunday. Haines. About 1000 persons wit nessed the closing races and exhibi tion riding on the program of the Haines Stampede here Saturday. This was the record attendance for the three days. Call for work on the ranches during the haying season pre vented a larger attendance. Salera, Mrs. John L. Brady Sunday sent a telegram to Louise Shields, s writer, asking whether she will accept the position ot executive secretary to have charge of social service work among the workers in the canneries and orchards ot Marlon and 1'olk counties during the present season. Astoria. Sunday night Astoria's street railway system, which has been in operation for more than 40 years, went Into discard. It was supplanted by a fleet of Mack motor busses operated by the Astoria Transit com pany. Each of these busses cost $Soou and will seat 25 passengers with stand ing room tor others. Brownsville. After an absence ot 41 years, Hugh Duntap of Prescott. Wash., accompanied by his brother. Robert, has returned to this city to visit survivors of SO years ago. The boys visited the farm where they were born, In the hills five miles southeast of here, but found few signs ot the log cabin in which they were born. Sulcm. With more than M2.000 at lotted to the payment of premiums, the management of the Oregon state fair, which opens here September 22. probably will bring together In the great annual exposition not only the largest but the best display of pro ducts of the field and farm ever as sembled at a similar event In the west. Salem. Cherry growers here were more hopeful Sunday when it was an nounced that Foster Butner of Rose burg, hud entered the local market anil would pay above the ruling prices for fancy cherries packed In 20-pound boxes for his eastern clients. Mr. But ner has established headquarters at e local hotel, and started advertising for a large quantity of the funcy pro duct. Salem. Property damage resulting from fires In Oregon during 1923 ag greguted approximately $10,000,000 or J11.25 per capita, according to the annual report of Will H. Moore. which was completed Saturday. Mr, Moore, by virtue of his appointment as state Insurance commissioner, also Is state fire marshal. The report show ed that eight persons lost their lives as a result of the fires, while 25 per sons suffered Injuries from the same source. Deaths resulting from fires during the year were 11 less than dur ii g the previous year. ' All tht Differsnct. The very gnarllest and hardest of hearts has some musical strings in It; but they are tuned differently In every one of us. Longfellow, 5 TOM 1 15 10 Death Toll 159; Many Home less in Ohio. LORAIN HIT HARDEST Thlrty.flve on Wrecked Uunch I n hurt; .Thousands Out of Fac tories Miss Death. Cleveland, O. Loss ot life In Sut urday's tornado which wrecked a large portion ot Lorain and parts ot San dusky aud other Ohio cities was not as great as first reports indicated, but rechocklng ot casualties showed that more than 100 persons lost their lives In this storm and almost simultaneous disturbances at Pittsburg and In the upper Mississippi valley. The greatest loss ot life whs at Lorain where the latest count showed 59 dead and 11$ Injured, a score of them suffering severe hurts. The property loss there was upward ol 130,000,000, 125 city blocks having bees demolished. At Sandusky It was found that only six person were kill ed, although 100 were injured and property valued at 12,000,000 was de stroyed. There were seven fatalities in Cleve land, although the property damage was small. Pittsburg reported 1$ per sons killed in western Pennsylvania. while Nantua, O., reported three dead and Akron one. The death loll In Iowa and Illinois was 12, making death list of 109. The total property damage when reports from the rural regions are complete, will probably aggregate 150,000,000. Despite the devastation at Lorain, where the tornado tore down a quarter ot the city, orgunixed rescue work went lor ward smoothly and state troops kept order among the Inhabit tants, hundreds ot whom were thrown out of their homes and had to be shelt ered in tents and with friends. The great loss ot life at Lrruln took place in the State theater, a four- story building, which partly collapsed and crushed many ot the spectators at a matinee movie show. As soon as rescue work was organized a survey ol the situation led to the deduction that many scores had been killed, for build Ings had been whipped down over the heads of several fairly large asaemb lages. At a bathing beach house the- structure, was torn to pieces and It wu announced that dozens bad lost their lives at this place. Investigation Sunday when light per mitted a search ot the ruins showed that probably everyone at the beach had escaped with his life. The fact that the tornado struck both Sandusky ana ixtrain whin factories were emptied on account ot Saturday after noon holiday probably reduced t h death toll by hundreds, for a number ot manufacturing plants were lorn down only a few hours after several thousand employes bsd left their work. Four Killed In Wreck. Spokane, Wash. Mrs. O. W. Gibson, her 6 year-old son Darel. and lier father tnd mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Jordan, all of this city, were killed when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by aChlcago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger train In a rock cut two miles south of Cheney, In this county, Sunday.' Mr. Gibson, who was driving the car, escaped with minor injuries. He Is publicity manager for the McX'llu-tock-Trunkey company, wholesale grocers of this city and Seattle. Ac cording to information received here, the engine of the automobile went dead on the railroad track. No one except those In the automobllu witnes sed the accident. , Seattls Joints Raided. Seat lie. Continuing a campaign of law enforcement Inaugurated by Mr. Henry Landes, acting mayor, police raided seven alleged bootlegging es tablishments Saturday night. The raids were conducted at the direction of Captain Claude G. Bunnlck who was appointed acting chief by Mrs. Lund' s when sho dismissed W. B. Koveryns, ex-chlnf, and took personal charge of tho police department. Employment Fall Off. Chicago. Employment roports fur May from Industries in the seventh federal resorve district show a slacken ing in industrial operations, according to the monthly business condition re port of the federal reserve bank of Chicago, made public here, ' !iW,0( Barbara La Marr mm444444444H444f4t Meteoric I tht wora that dttcrlbM th Hit of charming Barbara La Marr, th "movie" star, who hs been suc cessful in various othsr flslds. At th ag of svn her rtmsrksbl grac a dancer wu rcogniitd. Hr ntat crr was llttratur ttorlts for mo tion plcturts; finally th was Induced to play parts hr tuccttt I known th world over. Have You This Habit? By Marjjrarc t MoHson Iks ADDIE ADAMS APDIE ADAMS was the Urst woman In Olil Town to boo her hair, and on tliut occusiuii lie became Hole haired Addle Adams. Kveryoiir knew by reputation Miss Adams niuniilili collars and ties, und her muniilsli tail ored routs, and her hatred fur men. Young Sin, Frank Oalety, however probubly because niosilc attract each other wi a staunch supporter ot Miss Aduins on all occasions. One night Mrs. Frank announced that A Jell was coming to dinner the next evening. Her husband acquiesced with extra graclouxiless. Then he added: "I'll get Tony Tompkins, too; I think Tony'd be Just the man for Addle." Mrs. Frank locked dubious. "You know, dear," she said. "Addle doesn't approve of men." "That's exactly what 1 hud In mlud," answered lier husliund. "Tony's a woman hater !" All assembled the following evening. Addle glared across tho table at Tony and Ignored her host. "How Is Frank, Jr. r she asked Mr. Frank. "It a pity he's a boy." 'I suppose It' more modern to find one daughter Interesting." laughed Mrs. Frank. 'You women who are chained to hus bands must at leust raise girls to carry on the cause. Woman must cap ture every field!" Addle opened th mannish rout she wore even to th table, and dlspluyed a gleaming badge ! I have been sworn In as a special officer," she auld. "1 arrested two men today," Here Tony Interrupted, growing red and puffy a If he were going to have a stroke. "Miss Adams, you mutt never forget the hlologlinl fact that (he brnln of a woman is not so lurge a that of a man." Then they were off. Addle had prob ably never In her life talked continu ously for such a length of time to a man. For the remainder of the meal th reat of the party Just listened. And after dinner when they were assembled nce more In tho drawing room, Addle made straight for .Mr. Tompkins. There was no getting her nwuy from him. For she bad found a mutual Interest to which apparently there was no end. The following day It was reported that she had been seen taking Tony to drive, and within the week they made their parly call on Mrs. Frank together. In tier youth Addle had been sent to a girl's boarding school in winter nnd a girl's camp In summer until she was old enough to enter tin woman's rollege from which she grad uated In four years ready to attach her elf body and mind tn the first cause that presented. That cause was Woman. So far her audiences had been strictly feminine. And now cam Tony. Addle hud discovered the only cure or the hahlt of man-hating a man. Tliey were married within the month. HAVE YOU THIS HAIiITT (9 kr MlropolltinNwppr S.rrlw) lone Market GEO. W. RITCHIE, . Prop. WhoUtal and Retail Dealer in FRESH and CURED MEATS Your Patronago'Solicited. Under New IONE 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 Vulcan and Oliver Plows, Superior Drills, Fairbanks Morse Engines, Myers Pumps, Star and Aermotor Wind Mills, Winona Wagons. PAUL G. 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