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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL OREGON STATE NEWS I OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal E ve n ts of the Week Assembled for Information of O u r Readers. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON EPTEMBEIt 6, which- Is observed with special ceremonies In many parts of the United States, Is a double anniversary ami in both cases it has a sig nificant meaning to Amer leans. It Is the anniver sary of the birthday of Marquis de Lafayette and It commemorates the first buttle of the Marne during the World war. Just bow Important these coinciding anni versaries are in our history was well expressed by C. B. Bobbins, assistant secretary o f war, whose speech was broadcast from Washington on the oc casion o f the Lafayette-Marne day celebration la s t year. His speech. In Pftrt, follows: T h e Marne is a quiet, w e ii behaved l i t t l e r i v e r fl o w in g pe acefully through the picturesque countryside of France arid past be autiful wooded hills— yet this li t tl e r iv e r )• $jishrlned In the br a v e hearts o f the French people as m a r k in g the line w he re many times the fo r e ig n inv ade r has been repulsed and w h e r e t w ic e du r in g the W o r l d w a j th e high tide o f German advance was sw ep t back t ow ar d th$ fr on tie r F o u r teen year s have passed since the first bat tle oj th* Marne. T o att em pt to i v e a technical account o f the m il i a r y operations by the Fr ench and Br itish on one side and the Germans on the ot he r w ould be to m er el y re- M a t wh(it ha» been the subject o f so m an y learned b o o k » and t rea ti se » pub lished sin qj tj(e war. . » . * - T h e battle o f the Marne ha » ri g h tl y been classed as one o f the decisive ba ttl e s o f his tory It was de cis ive of the ear ly stages o f the war. T h e G e r man losses w ere not o v er w h el m in g . T h e i r armies w e r e still In being and able to make a mas te rl y retirement, but It w as decis ive In an other sense f o r It marked the de fe at o f the first German plan o f cam pa ig n and it ut t er ly trans form ed the s t r at eg ic al sit u ation. T h e avalan ch e designed crush Fr ench resistance In a month bad beeg fo u g h t and the m o r r o w w as come. T h e r e a ft e r Germ an y was co m pelled to accept a sj g w w a r o f ah- trenchments which wns repttfrnant to all her theories, and every week brou gh t her nearer to the position o f a be leaguered city, w hi le fo r the allies It marked the definite turn o f the tide of defeat. T h e effect of the battle o f the Marne In A me ri ca was profound T h e t re mendous success o f the German armies du ri ng the first three w ee k s o f the war, th eir or gan iza tio n nnd the magnificent fi g ht in g qual iti es o f their soldiers, had seemed to render resistance futile. Ame rica had w ai te d with bated breath f o r the news o f the capt ure o f Paris and the o v er r u n n in g o f all France by the German army. Wh e n the news of the Marne was received nnd It became kn ow n that the hi th ert o Invincible German arm y not only could he stopped hut w as act ua lly in retreat, the nation marv eled T h e ties of frien ds hip wi th F ran ce turned our hearts t ow ar d the allied rnuse One unacquainted wi th history mi ght well ask when ce came this a l most universal sy m pa th y fo r France I t is both t rad it ion al and historical T h at yo u ng Fr enchman whose blrtn w e also honor this dny came to Amer lea in Its hour o f need. Enthused by the Ideals f o r which the colonies were fi g ht in g came L a f a y e t t e o ff er in g hi* services, his fo rtu ne and his lif e In the cause o f freedom and equal rights I t was more than a magnificent g es ture. It came from the people of France, an expression o f their s y m pa thetic un derstanding of the a sp ir a tions o f the colonies to found a free nation based on the principle o f the righ t o f the people to rule Ho w well he fulfilled his mission Is history, hut the profound g r a t it u d e o f that s t r u g g l i n g people has endured through the g en er at io ns and wi th the esta blis h ment o f the republic of France, through bloodshed and a go ny , the friendship of the t w o great peoples has been c e mented until It has become a tradition th rough the g en e r at io ns that have come and gone since L a f a y e t t e served In the a rm y o f the Revo lutio n f T o moat Americans Lnfii.vette is h fnmlllnr name. From their schoolbook historic« they know that he was n gal lant young French soldier who. hum Ing with seal In the cause of freedom came to this country a c.ne of the darkest hours of the Revolution an t ottered his services to the patriots They know that he became a valued friend o f Washington and served with distinction through the remainder of the Revolution. They may even re member that later In his life he re turned to this country and that everj one— President, congress and people— united to do Honor t< the man who bad helped establish American Inde pendence. And because the recent World war Is fresh In the memory of most of them they have some sort of n hazy notion that our participatlop In that conflict was to “ repay the debt fo Lafayette.’* which Is made all the more real to them because of the fact th it General Pershing, upon landing In France. Is said to have stood before Lumber Fire Deluge Tilt* hnut- timber | > l nccuimilHted for the manufacture of paper pulp somethin'* mnslst <>t 2<M*Ni cord* nt wood tilth h riiluiitlon of shout $.NiKi. (SKI. s In I tl ese K-esi pile* sometime* become limited ti.rotp.’h spoutumini» romhusllon when the’ lo»* of the ms terlnl It Considers hie hut foi luck of tnutcrlul the plums lire often loseil down for s time, which menu* nn even greater loss The fire starting In the young the tomb of the great Frenchman nnd snid “ Lafayette, we are here I” Even though the fact is that that historic utterunce was made by Colonel Stan ton, a member of General Pershing** staff, It symh 0 ll 7 .es so well the historic friendship between the two nations that we hnve Incorporated It in the list of our favorite legends. Perhaps the affectionate regard of a whole nation for a man who has been dead these hundred years should be enough of fame for him. But the greatness of Lnfayette Is more than Mint suggested by the average Ameri can’s Idea of him. It Is revealed In the work of a well-known hlstorinn whose biography of Lafayette nppeared within recent months. That Is the hook, “ Lafayette,” by Henry Dwight Sedgwick, published by the Bobhs Mer rill company. From It we see that al though. contrary to the popular Iden of Ids ¡[evolutionary war career, Lafay ette was never a great general; he was always a great gentleman. “ Nature had bestowed upon him r.enl. cournge. energy, honesty, frank ness. simplicity, perseverance, a flam ing enthusiasm for what he deemed high causes, a disposition so graced with charm that his wife, his fnmlly, Ills friend ndored him und—a rare quality In nmhltlous men. n power of admiration, nnd what Is perhaps rarer still, a hero to admire worthy of that admiration." That Is the tribute which his biographer pays to *hlm nfter studying the facts of his life. And he continues: “ Lafayette rnn a career that Is without parallel In the history of our Western World. His life divides Itself Into episodes. First, that o f his adventurous youth In America; sec ond, during the French Revolution when for a time— I am hut quoting what others have said— he was mas ter of the fate of France; nnd, third, when In the Revolution of ln.NO nfter a long eclipse a second time, he held that fate In his hnnds. And. besides this, four score years later his spirit rose from the grave nnd did more than any other Frenchman, living or dead, to bring America Into the struggle that determined his country's fate." Lafayette was horn In Auvergne, a son of the rural nobility. In a region where the natives “ have been noted' Mine out of mind for their stubborn ness, their thrift, nnd their readiness of assume unthankful tasks.“ He grew up as a simple country hoy, “ he lacked social graces, was gawky, red-haired and a clumsy horseman But the de sire for glory always possessed him." .lusi how much this desire or tils “ In exornhle love of liberty" Influenced him to offer hi* services to the Amer lean colonists cannot be determined hut (he Important thing Is that this nobleman was willing to glva up Ills assured position in a country where nobility counted for everything, to go Into a strange land nnd take part In a revolt against the very social or der to which he himself belonged. The story of his association with Washington Is a particularly appeal ing one. “ There are a number of cele brated friendships In history In which both friends hnve mutually shown both constancy, tenderness nnd loyalty nnd sympathetic appreciation. But there Is none which I hnve rend of which sets off the character of both friends In so vivid nnd high-colored a man ner. When Lafayette was wounded, Washington, whose quarters were eight miles away, came every day to ask nfter him, with tears In his eyes, and Imde the doctor care for him as If he were his own son.” While Lafayette’s career as a mili tary lender In this country was not especially noteworthy ( “ he was the colonial army's mascot . . . his forte was popularizing nn enterprise which a wiser head directed” ) hit career upon Ills return to France wus more distinguished. He was first a member of the Assembly of Notnbles, then of the Stntes-Genernl. After the attack on the Bnstlle he was appoint ed commander In chief of the National Guard of I’nrls. When the angry wom en of I’nrl* marched to Versailles nnd threatened the lives of the royal fam ily, Lafayette, with remarkable sagaci ty nnd courage, led Marie Antoinette to a balcony of the palace In full view of the mob. And he saved her life, for a day nt least, and this In spite of the fact that the queen hated him and declared once: “ It Is better to perish than to he saved by Lnfayette and the Constitutionalists.” But this was Lafayette, defender of the weak and the oppressed, the same Lafayette who renounced Ids titles, who tried to steer a middle course during the French Revolution between the cruelties ©f the royalty which had brought on the revolution, nnd the cruelties of the nioh nnd he succeeded only In bring ing down upon himself the condemna tion of the aristocracy nnd the rabble. So nlthougli Lnfayette failed to rise to the heights of greatness and save his country from the horrors of the Reign of Terror, this new biography reveals him ns the great gentleman he was, a splendid Idealist nnd a true hero, a man worthy of all the honors that were heaped upon him when he came hack to this country for his famous visit. And ns Americans cele brate the one hundred and seventy second anniversary of Ills birth this year, they can do so with the renllZH Mon that after nil that time his fair fume burns ns brightly as ever before. piles is very difficult to get to and makes considerable headway before II Is quenched If It is extengulshed nt all. In nt least one Instance Mils pos slhlllt.v Is taken care of h.v surround Ing the pile with monitor nozzles dl reeled Into the heart of the pile. In case of fire the water Is turned on and In a sho-i while the great pile Is thoroughly drenched. clent Irish brooch In a crevice of soft rock two feet below the stirfuce of the ground Dating from the Sev enth century. It Is of bronze, and con slsts of the ring and a pin. the hack of the pin being coaled with ennmel of a light green color and the front of the pin of dark green enamel. Ancient Brooch Found Workmen quarrying nt lime kiln* at Ureenagho. Ireland, found an an Th* Hsrdsr Task Religion may help you to forgive your enemies, but only a miracle can make you forgive the auccesa of your frleuda—Capper* Weekly. The Wilson sawmill and yards on Graves creek, 15 miles north of Grants Pass, were destroyed by fire of unknown origin recently. Nearly 200 acres of forest land was burned over by the fire. The loss to the mill was estimated at (2000. A movement to acquire the summit o f Bald Peak, the commanding emin ence of the Chehalem mountains, for a state park, recently was put under way at a dinner al fresco given by the Chehalem Valley Farmers’ club at Ewing Park schoolhouse. THIEVES WHO ROB WOMEN ARE FLOGGED Britain Adds “ Cat” to Jail Sentence. iJverpool— News reaching here to the effect that some members of the New York state crime commission Three carload* of clover huller* advocate whipping as part of the pun and combines were unloaded at Red ishment for certain sex offenses per mond, to be used in the fields of that petrated against women and children John L. Young, 47, was killed by a makes English crime experts ask why section. the punishment Is not advocated for Ten thousand dollars' worth o f chit- dynamite blast while working In the robbery with violence, especially tem bark, grape root and horse hair rock pit at the Joslln-McCalllster road when women are the victims, as It Is were destroyed by fire In a warehouse camp near Baker. The upper part of sometimes Inflicted In England, al the man's body was blown 125 yards at Eugene. though England does not punish sex from the pit and other parts of the crimes with flogging, except In rare Fire of undetermined origin wiped torso were scattered far away. Instances. out the Spring Street Iron works In August 30 Is the date set by the On the other hand, American crime Flamath Falls, causing a loss of close Klamath county chamber of commerce experts who know that whipping does to (100,000. board of directors for the Klamath not always prevent a criminal from Beginning August 31, the postoffice Falls-Alturas railroad celebration. repeating a particular crime may well at Pioneer, In Lincoln county, will be This celebration will observe the op ask why In exceptionally vicious cases discontinued. Mail to Pioneer will be of robbery of women with violence In ening of the Modoc Northern — the England the term of Imprisonment Is diverted to Elk City. Southern Pacific cut-off to the east. always disproportionately short, even For the first time In several years Range conditions in the Heppner when the whipping Is taken Into con the state livestock sanitation board section of the Umatilla national for sideration. will meet In Lakevlew. The last week Twelve Strokes of “ Cat.” est are becoming acute with the con in August Is the date set for the meet An example of what the average tinuance of hot weather. Drought Is ing. fast drying the ranges and springs American criminal court would regard Fire destroyed the slaughter house are drying up. Some bands of spring ns an absurdly light Imprisonment, of the Vanslycke brothers east of Iambs are being cut out and sent from even In view of the whipping, w^is fur nished by the sentence of Albert Freewater with a loss of (5000. Two the forest for shipment Grunshaw, twenty-six, to twelve cows were burned and 22,000 prune John Sanders, rancher at Windy strokes of the “ cat" and six months’ boxes destroyed. creek, near Glendale, was found dead Imprisonment when he caused his The annual farmers’ picnic, an In in a field near his home. The body woman victim excruciating pain by stitution of 30 years' standing In Coos was lying under high tension wires, throwing pepper in her eyes, nfter county, will be held August 23 at Glas which had sagged close to the ground first firing two blank cartridges In gow, oh the Roosevqit highway, where due to a burned pole, and It was be her face at a distance of two feet, which might well h jve blinded her for grange forces will be in charge. lieved that Sanders stumbled into lift. A yield of 90.55 bushels of wheat an the wires In Hie darkness and was 1 'Fiie sentence Was Imposed by Jus acre was made on the farm of the killed, tice Charles nt the Liverpool Assizes Scappoose Improvement company, lo Southern Oregon fishermen are be for nn attempted robbefjr of the funds cated on the Scappoose drainage dis ing warned by Roy Parr, deputy game of the sub-post office In Bolton road, trict, two miles east of Scappoose. warden, against using live minnows Lancaster. The six months’ Imprison George D. Maranville, 90, civil war for bait. Parr reports that sunflsh, ment, by the way, will be served In veteran, of St. Helens, was shot in crappy and perch minnows are being the "second division,” where prison ers have many more privileges than the left elbow by one of two uniden used in several localities In the Med If they were not given that form of tified robbers when he disregarded a ford district. This is strictly against sentence. demand for money and reached for the law, he said, and future cases will Grunshaw went Into the sub-post his own gun. be dealt with accordingly. office just as Miss Elizabeth Ellen J. M. Dickson & Son of Shedd have Pear picking will start in the Ump Cottnni, the postmistress, was closing. been notified that Lulu La Belle of qua valley within the next few days. She had counted her receipts, about Ashburn, one of their herd of regis Warm weather is causing the sugar (135, and they were on the counter. Grunshaw asked for a money order. tered Jersey cows, has been awarded content of the pears to come into evi Miss Cottam was handing It to Grun- a silver medal by the American Jer dence, so that by the end of the week shaw when he produced a sporting sey Cattle club. picking will probably be in progress pistol used for starting races and The first prunes of the season are In the majority of the orchards. The loaded with blank cartridges. He fired being shipped out of the valley from valley is expected to produce about two shots Into the woman’s face nnd then threw the pepper, which blinded the Milton-Freewater district. The 8000 tons of pears this year. early shipments are from trees dam The Klamath warehouse, Chiloquln, her and caused the horrible pain. Miss Cottam screamed but did not aged by the red spider mite, which located just back of the new Hesslg quit. She grabbed Grunshnw and was caused early ripening. building In the business district, was fighting with him when another wom Fire consumed the sawmill of the destroyed by fire of undetermined or an In the building camg to the rescue, E. J. Sherman Lumber company, 14 igin recently. General merchandise Grunshaw forced the other woman out, miles northwest of North Plains, and valued at more than (3000 was de closed the door, and resumed the at was being fought by 350 men. The stroyed, besides a shipment of wool. tack on Miss Cottam. They fell to blaze started in the woods at the scene The wool was covered by insurance. the floor. Holding the woinun with one hnnd, Grunshaw grabbed the of the company’s logging. Fire losses In Oregon, outside of money with the other. He was about Portland, during July totaled (436,- Edward Taylor of the Mehama dis to make his escape when a constable trict shot and killed a large cougar, 252, according to a report issued re arrived. which has been sought there for sev cently by the state fire marshal. There Short In Accounts. Grunshaw made ills attempt at rob eral weeks. The cougar was treed by were 132 fires reported, of which three Mr. Taylor’s dogs. The animal meas resulted from explosions. The most bery on a busy street. His determina ured more than seven feet In length. disastrous fire was at Klamath Falls, tion and viciousness were shown not only by firing the pistol blanks that Wool growers over all the west where a mill and equipment were de might have blinded Miss Cottam and were in Pendleton recently to attend stroyed with a loss estimated at (100,- by throwing the pepper that blinded 000 . the third annual Oregon ram sale. her temporarily and might hnve Fourteen tracts of Oregon and Cali blinded her permanently, but by re The sale, which Is becoming a bigger thing among sheep men every year, fornia grant lands in seven counties turning to the attack. His motive was was attended by more than 300 grow of Oregon were sold by the Roseburg revealed at his trial, when It was tes land office at public sale for (56,- tified that he was about $100 short in ers. Ed Huble, recluse, was painfully 027.26, making more than (200,000 his accounts with a club of which he was treasurer. burned at Newport recently, in at taken in on timber sales by the office Not a redeeming feature marked during the first two months of the tempting to remove his life’s savings this cruel, curefully premeditated from his burning home. He had se fiscal year. Another sale amounting crime Inspired by another crime of his creted (1000 in currency between the to approximately $140,000 is to be held own, yet In addition to the twelve floor boards and (1000 In silver In the September 9. strokes of the cat Grunshaw will do attic. H. L. Cupp of Portland, driver of no more than six months in prison, A meeting of about 750 depositors a Willamette Valley Transfer com with time off for good behavior. That the “ cat" does not necessarily of the Astoria Savings bank adopted pany truck, had a narrow escape from a resolution asking A. A. Schramm, Injury when his truck ran away on deter was evidenced recently by an other English case In which a man state superintendent of banks, to ! the Fifth street hill in Oregon City convicted o f robbery of a woman with grant an extension of 60 days In the and raced six blocks. The truck and violence asked for and received a time allowed for reorganization of trailer crashed into the yard at the sentence of 18 strokes with the cat In the bank. home of Mrs. J. W. Norris, tearing up combination with a short term In pref Special ground breaking ceremonies shrubbery, flowers and several trees, erence to a long term without the for the University of Oregon fine arts and was stopped by a big cherry tree. “ cat,” but It undoubtedly does deter building. In which Mrs. Prince Luclen Forty-two automobiles were dam many nnd possibly the majority of Campbell, wife of the late president, aged to the extent of (22,000, and the criminals who would be inclined to will participate, were announced by Lakevlew garage building about (5000 rob women with violence. Dr. Janies H. Gilbert, dean of science In a fire recently. The fire started In and arts. a transient car stored at the garage, | Crowd Is Generous to and spread from car to car on the Starving U. Graduate THE M ARKETS lower floor, burning tops and uphol New York.— A young mun collapsed Portland Wheat— Big bend bluestem, (1.34; stering and ruining all glass. Sweep at Broadway and Eighty-eighth street. A crowd guthered. He was heard to soft white and western white, (1.28; ing up a wooden door to the ceiling, mutter something about being hungry. hard winter, northern spring and the fire burned through to the second Someone in the crowd slipped away floor. western red, (1.25. and renppeared with coffee nnd sand State prohibition officers had a part Hay — Alfalfa, $18@18.50 per ton; wiches from a restaurant. The young valley timothy, new, (19®19.50; east in 149 arrests for violations of the man ate and collapsed again. An am ern Oregon timothy, new (20.50@21; prohibition laws during the month of bulance arrived. The doctor an clover, new, (15; oats, (15; oats and July, according to a report of George j nounced the young man was starving. Alexander, state prohibition commis There was a movement In the vetch, ( 15@15.50. sioner. Fines were Imposed In the j crowd, a hat was passed, and In a Butterfat— 44 @ 47c. amount of (15,120, with jail sentences few minutes a purse of $100 was col Eggs— Ranch, 30@36c. totaling 1245 days. The officers de- J lected. A woman who had stopped Cattle— Steers, good, ( 11.50@12.25 her car at the scene took the young Hogs—Good to choice, ( 10.50@12.75. stroyed 4100 gallons of mash, 1712 man away, promising him a night’s gallons of liquor and six stills. Five Lambs— Good to choice, (10@12. lodging and train fare home. automobiles were confiscated. Seattle The young man was Ernest Bar Pamphlets containing the state traf- I ber, twenty-three, a recent graduate Wheat— Soft white, (1,28; western white, (1.28; hard winter, (1.25; flc laws were mailed to all sheriffs, i of the University of Virginia, who had western red. (1.25; northern spring, district attorneys and other officers come here with his diploma and high by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state. A hopes to make his fortune, hut had (1.25; bluestem, (1.34. number of these laws are now effec been unable to find work. He had not Eggs—Rauch, 27®36c. tive, while others become operative eaten in three days. Butterfat—48c. Cattle—Choice steers, $10.50® 11.50. Hogs— Prime light, $11@11.2S. Lambs— Choice, (11 @12.50. Spokane Cattle— Steers, good, 9.75@10.60. Hogs — Good and choice, (10 50® 1175. Lambs— Choice, (9.00. January 1, 1930. Heavy Cascar Toll Hop picking has started in the Roy London. — The house ol commons Morley yard east of Mt. Angel. The H. H. Jasobson. William Grimm and approved an appropriation o f $.'>00.000 to be *peut for radium to be distrlb Olson yards will start soon. These Wed In the hospitals for treatment of are the early fuggle hops. The crop cancer victim«. It wag revealed dur In general looks good and Is the earlt i ing the proceedings that M.(KK) p er eat for several years sons had died of cancer In Great Brit ain during 1827. LIGHTS OF NEW Y O R K ■' D IXON Drugstore Cowgirls The term “ drugstore cowboy” origi nated in the West, as a slam at the ultra-modern youths in ten-gallon hut» who are more familiar with Ice cream sodas than reul cowboy “ chuck.” Now the term “ drugstore cowgirls” Is ap plied to a new feminine type that has appeared In New York. One can see them any noon time In the smaller drug store In Greenwich village and' off the main streets generally. They drift, in for a sandwich and a soda, and then sit around awhile, smoking cigarettes nnd chatting. I f there la no one else to talk with they will chat with the soda dispenser while business Is slack. “ Well,” remarked one fond father nfter looking over a group of them, “ It's better than having them loaf away the noon hour In poolrooms, 1 suppose.” < ir. • • • W est U W est There has been an exhibition o f Frederick Remington’s illustrations in the New York public library. The ex hibit was made very complete, show ing Remington's work from his first crude Illustrations to his latest and most finished product—altogether s masterly delineation o f the old, gun fighting W est But 1 heard one wom an, with a firm-looking Jaw, voice criti cism. “ 1 didn't see any such things when I went West ten years ago,” she re marked. “ Where did you go?" asked her com panion. .is»—-• “ As far as Rochelle, 111.” *A'V • • • - * City Fishing “ See that old man,” said a friend, as we stood on the sidewalk near City Hall. "H is specialty Is retrieving lost coins from subway gratings. Watch him.” We watched an old man who had shuffled up to a grating. He peered below for n minute or two, and appar ently caught sight of a coin. He low ered a string, to which was attached some shoemaker’s wax or a similar substance, and in a moment bad brought out a nickel. “ That’s his racket,” said my friend. “People begin fishing in their purses for coins before they reach the sub way entrance, and occasionally one Is dropped through the grating. There Is a big Iron pnn right below the grating to keep street refuse from getting Into the subway. Evidently thi old man makes enough out of this kind of fish ing to keep him going, ns he la a fa miliar character down here.” • * • Photogs The old-time newspaper men o f Park Row never had the experience of be ing sent out on an assignment nccorn- pnnled by a photographer, hut It’s com mon enough cow. News cameramen are around in swarms when any big event happens. One newspaper which specializes In pictures, employs more- photographers than reporters. If any thing wearies these news hounds o f the camera it Is a person who Impor tunes them to rake his picture. “ What do you do In such a case?” I asked a photographer. “ We French plate ’em,” was the answer. Further Inquiry developed that s “ French plate" consists of going through all the motions of taking a picture, after the subject is carefully posed, but forgetting to pull the slide, or perhaps putting In a holder that contains no plate. iff), 1929, Bel) Syndicate.) Snakes Impede Work of Power Line Patrolmen Newburgh, N. Y.— Hundreds o f poi sonous snnkes hnve Impeded work o f patrolmen on the high tension power line along the Delaware river near Port Jarvis. One patrolman, J. E. Marsh, said he has killed CO reptiles In a few days. Other patrolmen are carrying clubs to combat the many copperheads, rattlesnakes and other dangerous snnkes which are ram pant In the region. Excessive rains and hot weather Is believed to have brought the serpents out In unusuall’ great numbers. Typhus Kills 13 Peiping, Chinn.— Thirteen famine workers, most of them American mis sionaries. have died of typhus In the Province of Knusu, according to ad vices received here recently. Who Is Bee’s Partner? Puzzle to Scientists Boulder, Col.— A strange team o f the Insect world, the busy carpenter bee and a tiny mite defies the analysis of scientists The mite, according to Norma LeVeque o f the University ot Colorado, Is found In a peculiar abdominal pouen In female bees nnd In their nests. They are found only In tropical regions o f the Old World. The relationship of the two has not been clearly solved. The suggestion Is offered that the mites keep down the fungus growth In galleries which the bee* drill In timber and that they groom their hosts of the excess pollen which may adhere to the hairy body after ralda on flowers.