flLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resurre Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Government ' Mid Pacific North wet, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Tbe Swiss government has Issued an order forblddiug cllitens of the Kusalau soviet lo enter the Swiss re public. After the closing of the First Na tlonal bank of rutnam. Conn.. Tuea day It was learned that shortages of upward of 2t5.000 of the bank's funds had keen discovered. Secretary Weeks announced Tues day that on retirement of General Pershing. September 11 next, Major General John L. Hlnes, now deputy thief of staff, would be appointed chief of staff by he president. H, E. Hermauson, owner of the mud baths at Medical lake, south of Spo kune, and of the stage line operating to the resort, was drowned to the lake Tuesday night after he had rescued a girl and woman from drowning. Transcontinental train service on the Saula Fe railway was tied up Tuesday following a cloudburst near Glorieta, N. M which washed out or damaged several miles of track. Traf fic was detoured over the Belea cut off. Bernlce and Louis Fanning, aged " and 8 years, were strangled to death on an improvised gallows by their mother, Mrs. George Fanning, 28, who then cut her throat In an attempt to end her life on farm nine miles south of Lindsay, Qnt Tuesday. Because they had assembled further up the bar than usual Tuesday, a por tion of the herd of seals at Garibaldi, Or., survived the explosion of a mine t by Captain Hunter, seal execu tioner. Another mine will be laid In an effort to exterminate the remainder of the animals. A council of marshals, generals and war office officials convened by Lieu tenant General Isael Vgakl, minister of war, at Tokio, has approved the general outlines of the army reorgan isation scheme' recommended by a committee of officers which has been studying the subject. Unrest, agitation, reduced produc tion and strikes are the product, large ly, of boredom among factory and machine shop workers wbo have ac live minds and monotonous Jobs, Ir. F.llon Mayo, famous American sur geon, declared Tuesday before the psychology section of the British as sociation for the advancement of science, in session In Toronto. It. C. Storrie & Co., contractors of the Gorge creek tunnel of a hydro electric project in the Cascade moun lulus, Wednesday was seeking 683, IM additional expenses, having filed claims for that amount with the Se attle city council. The company also asked for an allowance of lOVs months for delays, claiming exemption for this period from $500 a day penalty provided in its contract. Trial of B. K. Wheeler, United States senator of Montana, vice-presi-dentlal candidate on Senator La Fol ate's Independent ticket, on a grand Jury Indictment charging blm with vio lation of section 113 of the United States penal code, will be heard In the federal court in Great Falls, Mont, about the middle of September, unless motion should be made by Senator Wheeler himself for a continuance. The charred bodies of from 12" to 20 itinerant laborers are burled be numb a smouldering pile of 750 tons of bay destroyed by fire early Tues day when flames of undetermined origin razed a large barn, the prop erty of the River Farms company at Kulgbts Landing, Cal. The body of an unknown man has been recovered from the ruins. No search was possible until the flames were extinguished sufficiently to allow rescue workers to dig away the piles of hay. The newly ordained law of the coun ty commissioners of Livingston parish in Lousiana, prohibiting one piece bathing suits, kissing, "petting" parlies, and the wearing of trousers by women, had Its first tryout Monday, when two pretty nurBes of Mississippi were arrested at Denham Springs, charged with wearing "knickers." They were taken before a Justice of the peace, entered pleas of guilty and were assessed fines of 15 each. The Justice let it be known that the law in Livingston parish Is supreme and tuust be respected. IOWA CLOUDBURST SEVERE Thousands of Acres Inundated by Downpour-Two Drowned. Cedar Rapids, la. Two farmers, J Schulley and Pe Claude Barrett of Bertram, eight miles east of here, wore swept away and are reported to have been drowned in flood waters Monday eveulng while searching tor cattle. A cloudburst late In the afternoon left thousands of acres ot land In this vicinity under several toot ot water Reports reaching here indicate that the storm caused great damage to crops. Telephone and telegraph wires were swept away. Railroad advices received from Vinton, la., said houses there and east to Marion also suffered heavy damage. Farmers In the vicinity ot CoKgon, Linn county, reported that much of their corn crop was washed away, as well as small grain In shock. At Relnbeck, Grundy county, Va inches ot rain fell during the day. County agents and farm experts said the storm was the most destructive this summer. Choked sewers caused one section ot Cedar Rapids to be under froiy four to 10 feet ot water. Canoes were used by motorists who had cars park ed In the flooded area. Streetcar traffic In several sections of Cedar Kupida was tied up. Iowa Falls reported that the power house there was put out ot commis sion. A score or more of motorists were reported to be stuck In the mud in the vicinity ot Traer. No attempts were being made to st arch for Barrett and Scballey. Fears were expressed at Bertram that other farmers may have lost their lives In searching for livestock when Big creek went out ot Its banks. Mount Shasta At It Again. Sacramento, Cal. Mud from a rock and snow glacier on the northeast side ot Mount Shasta, which every year sweeps Into Mud creek, has left mud bank In its wake ot from one foot to three feet in height, according to a dispatch to the Sacramento Union. This Is the first time in three years that the slide had muddled the Mc Cloud river all the way to the I'ltt river. Rocky formations which are always swept before the sfow-rolling mud barrier drifted from the main crevice at the base ot the mountain and broke the central pipe system which supplies water for the lumber town of McCloud. The pipes were repaired after two days, and the city is receiving Its usual supply of water. A smaller filter outlet, installed about five years ago, prevents the mud from sweeping Into the central water main. Klsn Disaster Probed. Point Pleasant, N. J. Police Mon day began an Investigation of the col lapse Sunday night ot the main floor of the First Methodist church com munity bouse while COO persons, 400 of whom were member of the Ku Klux Klan in full rogalla, were listen ing to a patriotic address delivered by Mrs. Leila Bell. In the eight-foot drop of several hundred persons to the basement sev eral score persons were injured. FRANG0-6EM PACT IS SIGNED Agreement Is to Evacuate Run in One Year. PEACE STEP NEARER Move to Put Dawes Plan Into Effect Centers In Probable Action of Parliament and Reichstag. London. Peace between France and Germany came one step nearer Saturday night when the represents live ot the allied powers and Ger many assembled lu Premier MucDou aid's room In the foreign office and signed or Initiated a protocol provld Ing means for putting Into effect the Dawes plan. The London conference after SO try Ing days had thus been brought to a successful conclusion. Alt eyes how turn to Berlin and Paris, to see the Germain relchstag and the French parliament wilt support Chancellor Marx and Premier Ilerrlot In their bold step. Both premiers belong to minority governments which are none too sta ble and the reaction ot the German and French peoples will be watched with some apprehension until their executive bodies approve, and make it possible for German and French representatives to meet with the rep resentatives of the other Interested powers at Paris August 30 and atta their formal signatures to the docu ments. Premier MacDonald as president of the conference presided at the meet ing, which was attended by about 200 delegates and experts from the vari ous powers. The session was strictly informal and lacked spectacular feat ures. It was a business meeting and more like a directors' function. The British prime minister and Premiers Ilerrlot and Theuaia; Chancellor Marx, Am bassador Kellogg, Baron Hayashl,' Ja pan, and Professor De Stefan!, Italy, all made brief addresses expressing their satisfaction over the successful conclusion of the conforence. M. Herriot said: "We see the dawn and hope to soon see daylight.' Chancellor Marx thanked Premier MacDonald especially for "the human understanding" with which he had dealt with the delicate problems. Ambassador Kellogg expressed the opinion that the dolegates were all of the mind that the Dawes plan was the greatest piece ot constructive work ot modern times," and added that be desired to extend bis sincere congratulations to General Dawes. Senator Colt I Dead. Bristol, R. I. United States Senator Le Baron B. Colt, died at 5 o'clock Monday morning. lie bad been III for about two weeks from heart trou ble and nephritis. Le Baron Bradford Colt, republican senator from Rhode Island since 1913, was born In Dedham, Mass., June 25, 1846. After graduation from Yale in 1868 and study of a law course at Columbia, he practiced In New York. Ministers Alter Stand. San Francisco. The Methodist Min isters' association of San Francisco Monday reversed its position on ob servance of "defense day." Resolutions protesting against It were telegraphed to President Cool- ldge last week. The association, with a fuller turnout of ministers, declined to approve the wording of the resolu tion adopted a week ago. Famous Actress Dying. New York. Julie Relnhardt, 80, at one time a famous actress and prom inent worker for woman suffrage, is lying at the point ot death In a small bedroom here, It became known Mon day. Once wealthy and an Intimate friend of David Wnrfield, Rose Cogh lan, Maurice Barrymore and David Belusco, she is now poverty-stricken. Msn Wins Heart Balm. Tacoma. A man won $2000 In a breach of promise suit when Judge M. L. Glfford awarded that sum to John Petropulos, In superior court. The Judgment was entered Monday aftor Petropoulos had sued Clara Stevens, alleging that be had given her pres ents worth 11000 on her promise to marry him. Cost of Living Goes Up. Washington, D. C During the month ended July 15 the cost of liv ing in Portland advanced two per cent, according to statistics gathered by the United States department of labor, and the average family cost of food at that time was one per cent higher than during July, 1923. Statistics from the same depart ment show, however, that the present cost of living In Portland Is only 3.8 per cent above the average which pre vailed In 1923, a slighter advance than is recorded In any othor large center, except Salt Lake City, Utah, where present prices are only 2.6 per cent above the 1923 level. In Chicago the advance Is 6 4 per cent. Many Desert Schools. Salem, Or. Less than 25 per cent of the boys and less than CO per cent of the girls who enter the first grade complete tkelr four-year high school courses, according to a report pre pared here by Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, county superintendent of schools. Starting with the first grade and on through the fifth grade the number of boys in school is greater than the number of girls. After the fifth grade the number Is about even. Cabinet Gets Ducking. " Berlin. The entire government of Wuertemberg tell Into Lake Con stance Sunday. Thl president of the slate and his predecessor, as well as the entire cabinet were In a small boat studying the fishing problem of Lake Constance. The boat was over turned by a motorboat. All the lead ers were saved except Secretary of State Llnder, wbo was drowned. Manlla.--Governor-General Leonard Wood left Monday on a two weeks' inspection trip of the southern Islands. He will visit Lake Lanao and will Investigate charges which tortaln Moros have preferred against Gover nor Livingstone In connection with the administration of Lanao province. Lewis Stone ffffTTTTTTTTTTTf TTTTTVfTTf ?: j ta Htavy parts In the "movlst," played te the sathifaetlon of the millions of patrons of motion pictures, are respon sible for the popularity of this aotor. Stone is a vttsran of two wars. In MM hs servsd as a boy with the Twelfth Ntw York volunUer Infan try In Cubs; In 1917 he got Jtla eenv mission al an Infantry csptaln at the first Plattsburg camp. lone Market GEO. W. RITCHIE, . Prop. 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The curtstn fell amid applause, and Tolly, who knew all there was to know about Tbe Game, wltb one sweet look and a hint or two had sent a swain by hook or crook lo bring Tlerre to her box. But when the swsln reached the first row there wss no Tlerre to be seen; French wit moved faster that dramatic action. Meanwhile Tolly, baffled In her plans, grew more snd more distrait Tbe second art was almost through, and still Tlerre's seat remained empty. Again the curtain fell. A footstep aeunded behind her. She turned and aw Tlerre Just entering hrr uoi door, behind him a friend to pronounce the introduction. The benediction., fChsre mademoiselle," murmured he. "Mister Tltrrr,- said she. The horrid fart ley there grinning between them she hsd no French, and be bad no English, and tainpua was fugttlng In a most terrifying manner. Speaking more loudly and more loudly, he tried to make herself understood. 'Qu' est-ce que c'estT" cried Tlerre, anxious lest he lose any precious pesrls, and bending Imploring at her aide. She raised her voice more. "If yoa she said. "Comment r he asked. The minute fled. 'It yoa like I" screamed tbe maiden. To poor Tlerre Tolly's onduly loud tones seemed anger. lie turned. He fled. And he sever knew that bawling Tolly was only trying to make her meaning her tender meaning clear to bis French ears when she wss rais ing that unholy din. Do you attempt to burst your lungs to people spesklng a foreign language, tiring to make whst they have heard. but not understood, more clear by shouting and gesticulating at themT HAVI YOU THIS HABITT (C Mttrplll Nwppr StrrlM.) 0 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 fe auCiar Htwaptw lralMu.)