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' Henry J. Case, 85, Inventor ot bar
resting machinery and pioneer In the
agricultural field, died In Poughkeep
ile, N. Y, Monday.
The reparation commission hai of
ficially declared the Dawee plan In
operation. The plan became effective
, at noon September 1.
Genoral Maaataro Kukuda, ot Tokio,
was attacked Monday by a socialist,
but escaped unhurt when the one re
volver bullet fired at him by the man
missed iti mark.
Strong earthquake ihockt caused
much damage along the eastern coast
ot Mindanao Saturday, according to
advice received by the weather
. bureau In Manila. No loss ot lite baa
been reported.
' The island ot St. John, In the Virgin
Island group, was practically laid
waste by the second hurricane within
, tour days, according to an official dls
. patch Tuesday to the navy depart
ment. Five deaths were reported.
The Chicago Joint Land bank has
brought suits against Noah Williams.
Ida Grove (Idaho) millionaire farmer,
tor I70,TJ on notes given in 1921 and
1S22. Appointment ot a receiver tor
land owned by defendant in Woodbury
county, Iowa, is asked.
Sheriff Galllgan ot Williamson coun
ty, III, was arrested by Coroner Will
lam McGowan, charged with murder
In connection with the death ot six
. men at Herrln Saturday. He was re
leased on bonds of (10.000. Calllgan
' would make no comment.
Immediate shipment ot clothing and
hospital garments for more than 2000
' victims ot the Virgin islands hurricane
last week, was announced late Tues
day by Red Cross headquarters. Presi
dent Cooltdge had sent a message of
sympathy to the stricken Islanders
earlier In the day.
Dr. William P. Kuhn,.7S yeara of
age, grand high priest ot the grand
chapter ot Royal Arch Masons ot the
United States, and a practicing phy
sician ot Kansas City, Mo. for the
last 37 yeara, was found dead at his
home early Tuesday. Death was said
to be due to apoplexy.
The United States uses more than
l.r.00.000.000.000 matches made out ot
wood every year. This Is about 37
matches a day tor every man, woman
and child in the country, based on a
population of 110,000,000. Recent sta-
tlstlcs from Europe have placed the
per capita consumption there at 14
matches a day.
A 1137.000,000 program ot film play
production and building activities bas
been arranged for the coming year by
motion picture concerns operating in
and about Los Angeles, It was an
nounced Tuesday night by Joseph M.
Schenck, coincident with bis re-election
as president of the Motion Pic
ture Producers' Association of Cali
fornia. Three are dead and three seriously
. Injured as a result ot an automobile
accident three miles east of Caldwell,
Idaho Sunday afternoon. The dead
are Mrs. Edward Stemper, William
McMasters and Mrs. W. Paine. Those
- Injured were Edward Stemper, Claude
McMasters and the youthful son -of
William McMasters. All are residents
of Rosewell, Idaho.
Transmission ot trans-oceanic mes
sages at a speed five to eight times
as great as the highest now attained
in standard cable practice Is the prom
ise held out by the Western Union
Telegraph company with the laying
of the American end ot a new type of
submarine cable at Rockaway bcacb.
It will, be the first direct connection
between tbe United States and south
ern Europe. ,
Tbe score or more ot astronomers
at Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton,
Cal., who have been manning the giant
teloacopes since Mars has been In
apposition, have concluded the planet
is not Inhabited. Tbe supposed
"canals" which long have been the
chief basis ot scientific belief that
Mars boasted animal and probably
- human life much like our own, it turns
. out, are too wide to be man-made at-
' fnlre. f nil v Iflfl mllne tprnmrn AIma
-, from the scientific viewpoint they are
, now declared to be too winding In
their courses to be the result of any
i great inartlan engineering project.
RAILWAY EXTENSION LOOMSl
Great Northern May Extend Line From
Bend to Klamath Falls.
Portland. Tacit admission tbat ex
ecutives ot the Hill system ot rail
ways, centering at St. Paul, look with
favor upon the extension ot the Ore
gon Trunk line from Bend to Klumath
Kails, aud that such an extension Is
being given serious consideration, was
made Monday by Ralph Budd, presi
dent ot the Great Northern railway,
who Was In Portland with other of
ficials of the company.
' Mr. Budd Indicated, moreover, that
definite announcement ot the com
pany's plans with reference to central
Oregon development may be expected
to follow consideration by the board
of directors ot a report on potential
tonnage resources In the territory.
This report will be made by W. P.
Kenney, vice-president ot the Great
Northern in charge of traffic, a mem
ber ot Mr. Budd'a party, on returning
east by way ot Spokane following a
trip ot Inspection through the central
Oregon country.
Asked directly If his company was
ready to announce plans relative to
the Bend-Klamath Falls extension, Mr.
Budd said:
"The question ot any railroad ex
tension or development Is one that
goes up finally to the directors, and
decisions must always be preceded by
careful consideration of all available
data bearing on tbe situation.
"We have been going over tbe coun
try with a view to acquiring first-hand
information. There la so use denying
the immense potential tonnage In the
Bend country, and tonnage to a rail
road man Is like hpney to a bee."
With Mr. Budd and Mr. Kenney In
Portland are Walker D. Hlnes ot New
York, ex-dlrector general ot the Uni
ted States railroad administration,
now eastern counsel for the Great
Northern, and M. J. Costello ot Seattle,
western traffic manager tor the com
pany. Gen. Forbes to be Tried.
Chicago. Four hitherto suppressed
Indictments against Colonel Charles
R. Forbes, formerly head ot the Uni
ted States veterans' bureau, were re
leased Monday. Colonel Forbes will
go to trial Monday before Federal
Judge Carpenter on charges ot bribery
in his administration of veterans' bu
reau affairs.
The Indictments, which also name
John W. Thompson, Chicago and St.
Louis contractor, who Is charged with
having given Forbes a bribe, were
drawn up to replace the four original
ly drawn last February. Charges in
them are the same as those In the
original bills excepting that It Is
charged that Forbes was to receive
part ot a payment of 166.668 65 to
Charles Cramer, formerly chief coun
sel for the bureau, now deceased,
which payment was to have been
made by Thompson.
World Record Is Mads.
Kansas City, Mo. A new world rec
ord was made Monday at the local
livestock market when more cattle
and calves were received than had
ever been received before In any one
day by any market, according to an
nouncement by the Kansas City Stock
yards company. Official figures were
49,481 cattle and 14,318 calves, making
a total of 63,799 head.
The previous record, also held by
Kansas City, was on August 27, 1923,
when 61,608 cattle and 8698 calves, a
total of 60,206 head, were received.
Tbe cattle receipts were from Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas and
New Mexico.
Sunset Limited Ditched.
Tucson, Arlr. George Ward, fire
man, ot Tucson, was killed when tbe
Sunset Limited of the Southern Pa
cific was wrecked at Bonn, a few
miles east of Maricopa, according to
reports received from the scene of
the accident late Monday night. The
engineer and other members of the
crew were unhurt and no Injury to
any passungnrs hss been discovered,
dispatches said.
Formosans Are Slain.
Toklo. Several Formosans of Jap
anese nationality have been killed by
Chinese soldiers at Amoy, China, ac
cording to newspaper dispatches from
the Chinese city. It is said that the
men were killed during disorders In
connection with the civil war in China.
The Japanese navy department lias
dispatched four destroyers from the
Pescadores Islands, near Formosa, to
Amoy to protect Japanese subjects.
"Glorified Bob" Favored.
Atlantic City, N. J. Bobbed hair fur
sport occasions, with the same hair
made elaborate for formal occasions
by braids and curls, probably wilt be
next year's style.
The National Hair Dressers' asso
ciation convention here hold a com
petition Tuesday to select the new
mode, but many of the delegates bave
expressed themselves as In favor of
"the glorified bob,"
DECLARES
IMPEKIN
Kiangsu Drive Nearer to City
of Shanghai.
FIRING IS HAPHAZARD
Deserted Town of Liuho Under Heavy
Shelling From Both Chliteae
Main Armies.
Shanghai. General Chung Tso-I.ln,
the Manchurlan war lord, bas duclared
war against the Pekln government
and General Wu-I'el-Fu, the military
dictator ot the province of Chlhll.
Shaughal. Late night reports con
firmed the outbreak ot fighting Sun
day at Tsingpu. east ot Talhu lake,
where the objective ot the Kiangsu
troops Is Sungklang, a city only about
!0 miles southwest ot Shanghai.
Late reports from the Hwangtu sec
tor, northeast ot Shanghai, Indicated
that the Cheklang advance had reach
ed Lluteuchlao.
Engagements were reported In all
sectors, including Shanghlng In Che
klang province, about 100 miles south
west ot Shanghai, and Huchachen In
Kiangsu province, on the west shore
of Talhu lake, 90 miles directly west
ot Shanghai. But tbe major struggle
centered on the small town ot Lluho
on the seacoast barely 30 miles to the
northwest ot Shanghai.
An eye witness, returning from
Lluho, reported tbat the Cheklang
troops were withstanding all attacks,
though the Kiangsu line had' been ad
vanced about a mile Just south ot
Lluho. The deserted town was under
heavy shell (Ire and continuous ma
chine gun and rifle fire of both sides.
General Ho Feng-Ling, defense com
missioner of Shsnghal under Lu Yung
Hsien, the governor ot Cheklang,
spent the day In this sector, person
ally directing the Cheklang army.
Tbe Cheklang dead and wounded
there numbered perhaps 200. Tbe
number ot casualties continues out of
proportion to the tremendous amount
ot firing. Tbe eye-witness related the
haphaxard methods on the front llnes
saying that gis soldiers were discharg
ing rifles and even field pieces, utter
ly regardless ot aiming, often simply
pointing them to the sky.
Lunkwa headquarters of the Che
klang army claimed new gains along
the railway. Desperate attacks were
aimed at Anting.
Only the most meager repoAs were
received ot the fighting west and
southwest ot Talhu lake, where the
Kiangsu troops were said to be driv
ing for the Sungklang Hangchow rail
way. Timber Sale Announced.
Hoqulam, Wash. From 130,000,000 to
140,000,000 feet of timber In the south
west corner ot the Olympic national
forest near Lake Qulnault la to be of
fered bidders within tbe next few
months, according to It. L. Fromine,
supervisor of the Olympic national
forest, who was In the city Saturday.
He had Just returned from the area
with J. F. Eldridge ot Washington,
D. C, and F. E. Ames ot Portland, In
charge of timber sales and manage
ment in this district. About 11 sec
tions ot timber are Included.
New York Is Shivering
New York. The cold wave which
has set New Yorkers shivering for the
last few days continued with unabated
intensity .Sunday when all previous
low thermometer records tor low tem
peratures on September 7 were shat
tered. The official thermometer at
the weather bureau registered CO at 7
A. M , tbe coldest temperature of the
day, The coldest September, 7 hither
to recorded here was In 1888, when
the mercury stood at SI. Saturday's
low temperature of 48 also broke all
records for September (.
Georgian Rsvolt Falls.
Moscow. The Rosta agency, the
soviet official news purveyor, an
nounces that the committee for the
Independence of Georgia has published
a declaration confessing that Its at
tempt at a counter revolution hus
fulled. It urges all Its adherents to
surrender flieir arms to the govern
ment and declares that tbe committee
has been dissolved. The declaration
Is signed by M. Androneoff and other
members of the committee.
Woman Falls to Cross.
Boulogne, France, Lillian Harri
son, Anglo-Argentine swimmer, failed
In her attempt to swim the English
channel, begun from the Wench side
at Cap Grls-Nel Friday. Miss Harri
son gave up after reaching mid-channel,
having remained In the water
eight hours.
Marguerite de la Motte
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Winsome Marguerite ds La' Motte,
the "movie" star, was born In Duluth,
Minn. She movtd te 8n Diego, Cal
when a child, and was educated there,
Sha hsd a penchant for the scresn
and, being an unusual type, her rise
to the top of the ladder of fame was a
comparatively ssey one. Miss De La
Motte Is a charming person and every
bit of her five feet two Inches radiates
a remarkably pleasing personality.
She has light hair snd hsiel eyes.
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THE BURIED PAPER
A VERY Interesting superstition Is
found among children in some sec
tions of the country. They write the
names of two or three, hundred lo
some sections It Is one hundred per
tons on a psprr and ask each person
whose nsme Is written 'to bow to the
document. As the bow Is made It Is
recorded opposite the name by a sign
which resembles a crude capital li.
The collection of nnmes and signs be
ing completed, the paper Is burled fsce
down In the ground, After two or
three months It Is dug up with the ex
pectation of finding money under It;
or, some ssjr, left there until It Is de
cayed, when wlistevrr you wished for
at Its burial will "come true." It has
been suggested thst the sign placed
after the names on the paper wss
originally the sodlaral sign for Hayes,
the fishes.
The fish, on high authority, was "the
most obvious and ancient symbol of
the reproductive power of water." The
fecundation of the -earth by water Is
tbe basis of some of the most ancient
and prominent mythological cults.
Thus burying the sign of Pistes In tbe
earth results In production. The
nsmes on the paper represent humsn
sacrifices to, any Fsmmus and Ishtar,
who, In'the ancient Semitic legend,
were the god and goddess typifying
this union of wster and earth and who
were thus Invoked. It Is well known
thst humsn ssrrlflce, once universal,
was replaced as civilization developed.
Into the ssrrlflce of a substitute for tbe
humsn victim.
(4 bf MeClun Kinwiw SrftSlexe.)
, MwCiyre N.wp.ir Syndicate.)
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?KH000KHJOOKlOIHKlOOaa
MEN YOU MAY MARRY
By E. R. PEYSER
Has a man like this proposed
to you?
Symptoms: Looks prlest-IIke
and calm. When out with yon
he la the Gibraltar of solidity.
At first you think he la the
Chesterfield of manners and a
chaperon born. He Is so put-.
tlcular about your clothes
their propriety; about your
volce-lU higher cadences. Yet,
when you are home alone with
him, he U
IN FACT
Mr. Jakyll and Mr. Hyde were
mild llghtnlng-ehange artists.
Prescription to the bride:
4) Be a mastsr of the four
dlmsnslons and Isarn te
Jump from crag to crag
with agility.
Absorb This!
CHANGE IS CHANGELESS.
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, IONE, OREGON
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