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Show ' ' '' ' ' THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH ' ! TheVALE of ARAGQN SffisH'uH Author of "The BUde of Picirdy" Copyright by Bobbs-Merrl- ll (WNO ervloe.r commanded the center of our at-tacking lines. He had embraced our colonel and had said, "Remem-ber. Pint we take the town of Maraeay and hold It." And Colo-nel rinl, hud saluted, proud of this ' glorious mission, for Plnl, however . much he may have failed, had no lack of courage. On the broad fertile valley that lies to the east of Lake Valencia we met the enemy: Paez, east of us, and Plaza, to the west, attack-ing at the same time. The history of Venezuela calls this battle only a skirmish, for it failed of Its goal because the body cannot go for-ward if the wlnga are dragging. In our unit were two hundred of the British legion and over four hun-dred Indians, and despite the drag-ging wings, we pushed onward un-til we touched the town, which after an hour of fiercely contested fighting, fell. Our Indian soldiers, out of hand with Joy over this hard-wo- vic-tory, run. yelling and shooting, through the narrow streets. In an hour they had found wine and rum, and other drinks to satisfy them, and so became, at lust, more trac-table under the commands of their officers. I had given strict orders to my battalion that no captlvea, wounded or well, should be murdered, which had been, up to this time, the gen-eral procedure In the frightful "war of death" that Morales had Inaugurated rfnd that both sides were waging; so squads were roam-ing ovur the city, carrying to the nearest avallnble houses wounded men for treatment At one of these houses I found Captain Monahan. He was leaning against an adobe wall, his hands ' In. the pockets of tils tan and gray dent so further stay in the city waa impossible. Lastly, La Torre plans a move against the armies of Your Excellency." "It Is good news, Manuel, for we shall be ready." Bolivar considered a long moment "What of the Span-ish officer who rode last night with this Americano?" "There waa no Spanish officer, General, who rode with him. The resemblance between the Senorlta and her brother. Lieutenant Pollto, la a very striking thing." "You mean to tell us, Manuel, that she?" .".Aye, . General." The swarthy sailor laughed. "She used Polito's broken head, and his cold, and the cloak to bide her Identity: and she rides a horse as well as anyone." Bolivar smiled. "Yet the tnle thnt he brought us was so Impos-sible." w. r I turned to the Liberator: "If His Excellency, - having forgiven uie, cares to make use of a stupid clod I would offer service to him. I can, at least furnlsn a man's portion of brawn." '' Now Bolivar took me by the hand' and smiled v Juto my yes. "Francisco-m- is told . me much of you. If Andrew Jackson has looked The heavy wooden door with Its' exquisite carvings stood open as and 1 would have entered, a sentry put a gun across the doorwai "The colonel has Issued orders tnut he Is not to be disturbed; win th. major wait?" ' "The major won't; will you ten the colone- l-r He showed white teeth UVi wide grin. "I cannot; It would be as much as my life Is worth to dig-tur- b him." While I waited, wondering what should be done, the colonel's tenor carrying the burden of a caress! came down the hallway: "Would not the wines of Montalban caress thy palate, Bonlta?" I failed to catch Bonlta's reply but it was not acquiescence, for the colonel spoke again: "When the Spaniards take a city, Senorlta, they take all that is In It; may we. then, do lessr ! He laughed at her rejoinder and continued: "Had I know Maraeay held so gorgeous a beauty I should have taken it long ago; so tflr a vision of loveliness may not be kept for a mere Spaniard ... he cannot properly appreciate. He not so cold." he pleaded; "a little wine, a little" "No, no," she cried, "ah, no!" Name of G d- - the one voire In all the world I It had called to me Id my dreams, It had ridden the wings of the wind, and now ... j With no thought of consequences 1 thrust the sentry aside with a sweep of my arui, sped along the hallway and threw my body against the door, which crashed Inward un-der the Impact of my fall. By the time I bad regained my feet Pint, pistol held ready, was standing across the table from me, and the Senorlta Lamartlna leaned against the wall, fear In her pale face and slim bands pressed against her bosom. j "Senor 1" she gasped. ; "Dulce I" Colonel I'Inl, misunderstanding me, laughed. "Aye, dulce Indeed, Major Garde, for she Is the sweet- - est by far of all those thnt the stupid Spaniard has yet brought over. But why do you enter my quarters by such forceful means?" Think I 1 must think, I must con-trol myself; blind luck so far had , WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED In New Orleans, In tht year 1821, Loren Garde, recently an of-ficer jnder Ueneral Jackson, la surprised by lb appearance of three figure. In ancient Spanish costume, two men and a woman wtaoae Jeauty enchanle him. ng the arrogance of the eld-er of the two men Uarde rights a duel with him and wounda him. Ha learna hie opponent la Adolfo de Fuentea, colonel In the Spanish army In Venezuela. Uarde over heara a plot to overthrow Bpanlob rule In Veneiuela. iiacovered ha Aunts, but la overpowered. Uarde finds himself a prisoner, on the ' tianla Lucracia. bearing arma and ammunition for the Veneauelans under Bolivar. On board are the' conspirators he had overheard, the lady of his love, her brother. Po-ll to, and De Fuentea. From the girl. Garde learna her nam la Dulce tamartlna. He loves her and feels she Is not Indifferent to him The vessel wrecked, Ciarde reaches the Venezuelan shore, alone. He meets Monahan. captain In the British legion under Boli-var, and sees Dulre, with De Fu-e- n tea and l'olito. Monahan directs him to friends In Caracas. There Garde is welcomed at revolution-ary headquarters. He goes to the wedding of Dulce and De Fuenes. Dulce recognizes him and leavea De Fuentes at the altar. 8h Is torn from Garde'a arms. bU,t ha escapee Dulce makes her wsv to Garde. .She tells him her wedding to De Fuentes was to have been the price of Garde's life. They reveal their mutual love. Qarde Is seize 1 by Spanish soldiers, and learns Dulce has disappeared. Ha in rescued by Manuel, a revolu-tionist, and with l'olito sets out for Bolivar's camn. They are In-tercepted by Venezuelan soldiers. Garle discovers his companion of the night has been Dulce. She es-capes, hut Garde Is seized. Ills captor la Colonel Plnl. Garde tells his story to Bolivar. CHAPTER VII Continued The red haired Irish soldier turned at the fAvo stone nost that upon you with favor " Francisco Interrupted. "1 have the proof, Excellency, here lu my" picket." He drew out 'the thin leathern wallet that had been In my possession when I had played so poorly the part of San Isidro. In that .wallet I hud carried, since a ,fev daya after the battle of Chalmette, a piece of puper torn from the fly leaf of my French grammar, upon which Gen. Andrew Jackson had written a statement the night he had stayed at my fa- - jacket, noisome pipe tilted at a rakish angle, and Idle eyes upon a western Min. "Why do you stand there," I laughed; "will the poor walls fall If you remove your support?" "1 am waiting," said he, disre-garding my levity, "for Colonel Plnl to come to his senses." Then you have a long wait, my captain, for Plnl will never arrive." "The Lamartlna boy Is Inside." He pointed over but shoulder with an Indifferent thumb. "He wants to see you." "Is he wounded, Monahan?" "Not much." , "Did he say anything about his r "To me?" The Irishman grinned again. "I'm not chasing moon-beams, Garde, I'm no sighing Ro-meo; I'm a soldier." "And a good one, my friend," said I, stooping to pass the portal. l'olito very pale, very frnil lay upon a crude bed of straw. His eyes lighted up when he saw me, and as he raised a left hand, 1 as-sumed that his right was useless. "The the moon wrslth." he said. I opened his Jacket, thrust the shirt aside, and found a bullet wound below the collar-bone- . "Not so bad," I assured l'olito; "It misled the lung, I am certain. You should be out In a month. Who was In command of this sector, l'olito?" "Adolfo." He tried to smile . . . a very sorry effect. "Why, did did you not keep her, Senor, when you had the .chance? She rode away from Caracas with you." "And I sent her hack to the lines had once been a gate and ap-proached. It was good to see that freckled, smiling face again. He saluted General Bolivar, then' he took my hand In an Iron grip. "The Viking I" he cried. "I knew you would come to us, some time. Where s the girl?" "The girl?" "Sure: the Senorlta Lamartlna. Didn't you tell me thnt you'd bring ber?" . . I laughed. "So I did. Monahan and sent her buck again." Monahan turned to Bolivar whose knowledge of English was limited and went back to Spanish again: "I ;net this man on the j Mnracay road, General, and showed ' him a way to enter Caracas be--J cause, as rival of Colonel Fuentes. he could help us, I even gave him money. He promised with typical American bcmstfulness, that he would not only disarrange the wedding of De Fuentes..; hut thnt, when he left the city, he would bring the lady with him." "He tells us thnt he did," said Bolivar grimly; "yet the tale that he briniis " Now .Monahan looked at me with wonder In his eyes. "Garde," he gasped, ."can such a thing".. "I did disarrange the wedding," said I, "and the Senoi-ita- , disguised as her brother, accompanied me. Why Manuel should have sent her Is a thing I cannot fathom, yet 1 know she desired to leave Caracas. If 1 cannot find belief" I shrugged my shoulders hopelessly. A silence fell upon us, a deep iners nnuse; a statement, wnicn, worthless In Itself, has been my dearest possession. "May I read. Excellency, what I have found In the wallet of young Garde?" Bolivar turned to me. "Aye, Ex-cellency, If It will make of me a soldier under your banner." So Francisco, bearing In mind the general's limited knowledge of English,, read It very slowly: "Major Loren (in rile bus offered valiant service to his country; he has fought . with conspicuous gal-lantry at Talladega, at Horseshoe Bend, at Pensacnla, and at Chal-mette, A worthy son of a worthy soldier father." "It Is signed. Excellency." Fran-cisco, said. "'Andrew Jackson.'" "One , ctjuld .. not have come to me," said Bolivar, "more highly recommended. If General Jackson has seen Qt to commission you a major, surely I can do no less." "But, Excellency," I cried, "It Is too much it is more than I de-- . serve. I cannot hope " "It sliull be done. Major; Fran-cisco has said you will make a good soldier, and Francisco's Judg-ment is never at fault." Such was my first meeting with the Liberator, to whom half of South America owes Its Indepen-dence, ond all of the western world offers homage. Colonel I'Inl, the sophist, ex-tended his hand. "1 congratulate ' you, Major." Intuition told me that Pint would never be my friend, a contingency j which worried me not at all. of Spain, realizing too inte that she was not yourself. The revo-lutionists approached, and her life would have been endangered. My loe for her should have seen through so simple a masquerade. I seem always to fall. Did she" I had some difficulty with my voice "did she mnrry Colonel Fuentes?" He shook his head, sighing the while. "Adolfo waits." He offered another feeble smile. "Dulce Is dif-ficult. Senor." "Did Not Bolivar 8ay to TakOhe City, and Have I Not Done 2j?" been my portion, but now . . . Gra-cious G d, give me the use of my hralnl I'Inl did not recognize her, did not realize (he value of the prize that he had won; then, mani-festly, be should remain in igno-rance. "A vision. In truth !" said I. significant silence that was broken laughing. "But do you know, my suddenly by the swift drumming of a horse's hoofs upon the hard rond. The speeding mount came to a slid-ing halt and a swarthy figure dropped to the ground. "Manuel rides a horse as well as he does a ship," said Francisco, re-lief In lils dark eyes. "Aye, friend of mine," I whis-pered, "he (s most opportune." For I felt that Manuel would save me. The sailor pushed through the crowd of curious Indians who had gathered to look upon the great general, and Bolivar, striding for-ward to meet him, threw his arms around the broad shoulders. "My ugly angel," he cried, deep affec-tion In his voice, "I have not seen thee for months I Whnt brings thee In such haste from Caracas?" Manuel grinned at the rest of us. "Caracas, General, Is boiling." His dancing eyes considered me. "Whcra to tha Ki.ni.rlto "!' The weeks that followed my first meeting with General Bolivar were busy weeks Indeed, for' La Torre was nmssing"the forces of Spain to break the ever tightening, republi-can lines, and the Liberator moved to meet him. My days, filled with feverish ac-tivity, ent by, and quiet nights under the stars were given over to worship at the shrine of Love, for the face of Dulce was ever before me. She seemed to be calling, call-ing, and I have awakened crying out her nanie from dreams that were so real I could almost have touched her. And. because of the desperation of my love, I became a better soldier, knowing that this nightmare of murder as she called it would be over only when Bolivar had won, for he was not a man to stop short of victory. Then I could seek her out 1 met. during those diivs. Gen. "Does she speak of of me, He nodded. - "1 think she feels that your regard should have read a mere disguise." "And so It should, Senor, had I been thinking less of my own af-fairs. Forgive me, Polito. I am thinking, as usual, only of myself. I shall see that a medico comes to attend you at once." "I would repay you." He thought a long moment "You cannot hold the advantage you have gained, Senor. for Paez and Plaza, having failed, will permit our wings to close In upon the city." I nodded. "Tour lines of communication, once broken . . ." I nodded again, for i knew then why Monahan awaited the pleasure of Colonel I'Inl, and I realized the danger of the dilatory tactics of our colonel. colonel, that the taking of Marncay has cost us over a hundred men? We would hasten." She looked at me In amazement, resentment In the deep blue eyes, and J thought, an expression of pleading also. "Aye," I'Inl agreed, "a hundred men Indeed but It's worth It ; the Senoritn alone Is worth two hun-dred." I think the garrulous colo-nel had partaken too freely of the wines of Montalban. "Yet there Is much to do." "Did not Bolivar say to take the city, and have I not done so?" "Yes, but General Bolivar also said to hold It Do you not know, my colonel, that half our Indian soldiers, having fired uway their re-maining ammunition In celebration of our victory, have discarded their guns, assuming them empty to be of no further use?" He laughed. "A misfortune, but nothing tragic; It has ever been the habit of the stupid savages. A thing to be discounted as Inevit-able." "And," I continued, "that the forces of Paez and Plaza hiive fall-en back before the Spaniards, free-ing the two wings that may now close In upon us; that If we do not move swiftly our lines of com-munication with Bolivar's arnjvj-wll-l be broken, so that half and without ammunition, we will be lost?" "How gloomy a tale do you bring me In this, the hour of my happi-ness." His acquisitive eyes took In the slim beauty of the Senorlta, and I could have throttled him for the evil In his look. "Does your Americano cowardice come to the fore at such a time as this; do you not realize that, of the entire Use of attack, only we have broVe-t- i through?" "Aye, and I realize also thut the Spaniard will close In behind us. And this American cowardice of mine. Senor, does not presume to celebrate a half-victor- y with drunkennesa and other unseemly conduct." " TO BE CONTINUED.) "Aye," said Monnhnn laughing, "did he not boast?" "The' next man who asks me about the Senoritn, Manuel, shall feel the weight of my fist" The sailor's keen insight read the menace in the air. "This man, gen-eral, belongs to us, he la one of us." "Yet he comes In the garb of Spain." ' "A garb that I myself procured. You should have seen me." He laughed. "1 am perched like a rooster, on the comb of a roof in the moonlight, a piece of heavy tiling in my hand, waiting for a tall Spanish officer to pass beneath me. I was amazed to discover thnt Caracas is filled with short fat of-ficers." He stopped to laugh again. "Finally one, a captain, ap-proached. Upon his head I depos-ited the piece of tiling, and upon his flattened body I deposited my-self. In two minutes he was minus the uniform the Americano now wears, which, in truth. Is grievous-ly Inadequate. ' Bolivar laughed, a rich, rinsing laugh that meant life to me. "And the city," he said, "la boiling be-cause of that? What more?" "There Is little more. General. The beautiful Senorlta l.utiiiirtlna Is. lost, nnd all the forces of Cara-cas have failed to find her. My part of the escapade of the Amerl-eano-wh-has aided os tremen-dously, and who couies to offer service to our ca"e was too evl- - Dnniel O'I.enry, Irish soldier and outstanding figure of the British legion, to whom Venezuela todny renders homage ; Moore, Bolivar's doctor, a vivacious English gentle-man; Marino, his chief of staff; Gen. Bel ford Wilson, veteran, and son of Sir Robert Wilson of Pen-insul-fame; Paez, chief of the llaneros, and later President of Venezuela more than once, and Cedeno, Bermudez, Plaza and ..The g rank and titles that they carried took the place' of pay they didn't re-ceive. Under "us were English, Irish, Portuguese, negroes, half-breed- Indians, lean llnneros, the mixed riffraff of cities, and a few Ameri-can adventurers from the States. A motley crowd Indeed, and hardly one that a man might pick to win an empire, yet the genius of Bol-ivar won them over, touched them with the divine spark of patriotism, and made of this composite crew an army that finally crushed the power of Spain In Venezuela. One mild May morning, as the stin stood an hour above the heights of Snn Casimiro. we broke through I lie Carahobo hills and descended nixm the little city of t'ura. Having no garrison it fell readily Into our hands, then we de-ployed, east and west nnd north, to Invest the town of Maracny. for that was our goal, that the first long stride" In the race for Puerta Cahello. I remembered well the last words of Bolivar to him who CHAPTER VIII . The Bugle of Maraeay. EMERGING again Into the the Irish captain still offering sturdy support to the adobe wall. "Every time our colonel wins a battle." said be, "he thinks he's Alexander." "You speak In parables, Mona-han; Plnl falls a deal short of Alexander." He grinned, and bent his red head to Indicate a massive rock house a stone's throw to the north of us. "That's his headquarters or will be until the Spaniards run us nut again. He hns lately en-tered It, with a lady ... a reluc-tant lady. It's true, but the marner of Plnl was gently but firmly coer-cive, so ..." "I shall apprise him of our dan-ger at once; we must and we toust keep In touch with the main body of Bolivar's nrmy. else we are lost, for our ammunition " "Sure," be said. He caught bold of my arm us I turned away. "Is yotir pistol louded, Garde?" There was a strange light In his blue eyes, and under his air nf seeming Indif-ference I read a definite tenseness. "IM I req tire a pistol to ap-proach our colonel?" He shrugged. "Go ahead; you went in Caracas without a gun and out again. This lion's den should be vastly simpler. A Provi-dence watches over you." News Review of Current Events the World Over James M. Beck's Interesting Suggestions to Congress Butler May Be G. 0. P. Chairman British Parliament in Action.' By EDWARD W. PICKARD Six military planes of the Ninth division at Kanazawa dropped 100,-00- 0 handbills that called the atten-tion of Uie cation to the danger of Japanese Interests In Manchuria be-ing Jeopardized. This la the Brst time the army has taken such un-usual measures. The handbills said: "Countrymen, awaken. The na-tional defense Is endangered." LOWELL Baylea of Springfield, who a few years ago was a miner working underground, is the new American king of the air, for he won the Thompson race at the national air races In Cleve-land, making the new record of an average speed of 230 miles an hour In his Gee Bee supersportster over the 100 mile closed course. Bis money reward was $9,300. Among the seven rivals he beat was MaJ. Jimmy Doolittle, .whose achieve-ments at the meet earned for him 110,000. Of the women flven Mrs. Mne Halzllp of St Louis was the biggest money winner, her share being $7,750. John Livingston of Aurora, 111., captured six trophies and a lot of coin. , WriAT the members of the of Nations assembly termed a "lamentable error" was rectified when the assembly met In Geneva and almost OUR eminent statesmen are on Washington already ft preparation for the session of con-gress thnt opens In December, and each one seems to lll.ui)l)iiiii linn 111 ! - I " J have his own Ideas of what should be done to save the nation. The reme-dies they are ready to propose are as various as the men themselves, and at least aome of those that are not too evidently put for-ward for the Dur- - lngton are talking of the availabil-ity of Lawrence O. Phlppa, former senator from Colorado, as chair-man. Those who favor him urge that his great wealth would help the committee In raising the large campaign fund that will be needed. Mr. Phlppa maintains a handsome home In Washington, All thla la e talk, for the National committee doea not meet until De-cember, when It will choose a date and city for the 1032 convention. TflAT amazing story of the of Walter E. Wolfe, manager of the coupon department of the Continental Illinois bank of Chicago, was made almost complete by an announcement from Arthur Reynolds, chairman of the board of directors. He said that during twelve years Wolfe had stolen $3,0(30,029.00, which makes his em-bezzlement the second largest in American banking history. The bank Is covered by Insurance up to $2,000,000, and a charge against special reserves for the bal-ance of $1,000,029 was made. Mr. Iteynolds stated, however, that this entire amount, over and above the Insured sum, would be recovered In time, W'HUB the London bobbles with rubber batona struggled to disperse a mob of Jobless men and Communists, the British par-liament nnenert Its immediately adopt-ed a resolution In vltlng Mexico to Join the league. The first business was the election of a president, and this honor was con ferred On Nikolas TItulesca of Ru mania, former for elzn minister and MUI.JH'IH)..'IIJ IP? J. M. Beck. """ """!' harrasslng an al-ready troubled administration may be worth considering. President Hoover, It is reliably reported, hasn't yet made up his mind whnt la best to be done, and his cabinet members bold widely divergent Tlews, James M. Beck, Republican repre-sentntlv- e from Pennsylvania, la al-ways listened to respectfully, and now, n his return from a trip to Europe, he has a lot to say. He de-cided the plight was due to "exces-sive taxation for socialistic pur-poses and fears the United States Is in grave danger of being led Into the same road. Mr. Beck sug-gests that the present example of the British should be followed by the formation of a coalition leader- - ahtrv nt rcpnnlillpiina mil rtemnnnit. now Rumanian am- - Tltulescu bassador to Grent Britain. Then the matter of Mex-ico was taken up. Lord Cecil of England said the of Mexico would rectify an error In the formation of the league, adding: "I must admit I personally 1 " I , special session called to try to bal-ance the budget After the usual speech from the throne had ' been read, Prime Minis-ter MacDonald.head of the hew national government, offered a motion that the house resolve It- - had a part In committing this er-ror." He said the aid of Mexico waa needed In the league's efforts to solve world problems. These sen-timents were echoed by M. Brland of Trance, Slgnor Grandl of Italy, Curtlus of Germany and Yoshlzawa of Jupan, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. - While the statesmen were paying tribute to Mexico, her observer at Geneva, Martinez de Alba, walked about the auditorium smiling and shaking hands with the loading del-egates. The Mexican senate accept-ed the Invitation' and cabled-It- ac-tion to Geueva. " FOLLOWING close on the that the farm board will sell 15,000,000 bushels of Its wheat to China comes the news thut Germany is dickering for the purchase of 200,000 tons from the same source. Of course both lots would be sold on long term credits, and many Americans doubt that we ever will receive payment Of the wheat for China one-hal- f Will be turned Into flour before It leaves the United States, in order to pacify the American millers. The shipments will be 50,000 tons month-ly, the first to go before October 1. Carl Williams said American ship-ping lines would have a chance to carry this wheat and flour, but must meet corn net! tion : In other words. In congress for the purpose of "abolishing unnecessary and med-dlesome bureaus" and effecting other economies. The Pennsylvanlan estimates that probably two billions of dol-lars annually could be saved by temporarily suspending sinking fund requirements and by scrapping such governmental machinery as the farm board, numerous bureaus of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor and various commissions consecrated to pater-nalistic care of the citizenry In their occupations and in their ' ' homes. He favors only one additional kind of tax. He would have .con-gress pronounce light wines and beer nonlntoxlcating In fact, which lie says can be done constitution-ally, and then Impose an excise tax mates would bring In half a billion on such beverages, which he esti-mates would vrlng In half a billion dollars of revenue annually. NATIONAL Relief Director his committee are as busy as bees the ef-forts of state and municipal gov-ernments to meet the Job of caring for the unemployed next winter. President Hoover has added many names to the advisory board, so It now includes a great number of the country's leading men In all lines. It was believed these advisers would soon be called in session. Labor day gave occasion for nu-merous expressions concerning the situation by labor leaders, cabinet Kino George. 8elf lnt0 0 commit-tee of the whole for the speedy passage of the econ-omy measures deviled by the cab-inet. He Insisted on a division, stating the resolution was consid-ered as a test of confidence. The result of the voting gave the gov-ernment a majority of 05), the fig-ures being 309 for and 250 against It. The Conservatives and most of the liberals lined up with Mac-Donal-as did twelve members of the Labor party. Sir Oswald Mose-le- y and his "new party" were In op-position, together with Arthur Hen-derson's Laborltes. The economy budget, as present-ed by Chancellor Snowden and ac-cepted by the house, caused groans from the Laborlte benches. . Its principal features, summarized, are: Taxes, Income Standard rate raised six pence, bringing It to five shillings in the pound (about $1.25 In $5), or 25 per cent. Beer Increased one penny (two American cents) a pint Leaf tobacco Increased eight pence (18 cents) a pound: other be willing to carry the grain across the Pacific at the lower rates bid by other lines. MORE than sixty experts on problems met at the Uni-versity of Chicago to try to formu-late an economic policy for farm relief. Their sessions were behind closed doors, but those who consent-ed to be Interviewed between ses-sions held out little Immediate en-couragement for farmers, especially those depending on cotton and wheat. The policies of the farm board came In for condemnation on the part of many representatives, who declared that the board's policy of discouraging production of such crops as wheat and cotton was det-rimental. s forms of tobacco proportionately. Gasoline Increased two pence 14 cents) a gallon. Entertainment Movies and legiti-mate theaters, increased 18 2-- 3 per cent Total new taxes this year, $202,-600.00- next year $100,000,000. 8avlngs. Dole Cut 10 per cent Police wages Cut to a sliding scale upward from Ave shillings (about $1.25) a week. School teachers' wages Cut 15 per cent Civil servants of all kinds, from cabinet ministers down Pay cuts ranging aa high aa 20 per cent Heavy reductions in outlay for defense services, education and road fund. An Interesting Incident XI' a a Din I memhers, congressmen and others. In general the dole Idea was con-demned, but many agreed with Wil-liam Green, bend of the American Federation o Labor, who asserted that work must be provided the Idle by Industry. Governor Murray of Oklahoma, speaking at Chicago, vehemently attacked Wall Street and the International bankers, charging them with having upset the economic structure of the coun-try, ne called for a new deal In 1032 for the laborers and common people and freer lending to the pro-ducing classes. His talk sounded aa If he were suggesting himself for President, as the candidate of a new party, for he assailed Repub-- . Hcans and Democrats alike. - So watch put for "Alfalfa Bill." CHILE'S naval mutiny ended as suddenly as It began and peace once more reigns In that country, ofliclnlly, at least. The GOSSIP about national politics rebels, who object-- includes discussion con-cerning the man who shall succeed Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio as chairman of the announcement by King George that he desired a reduction of $250,000 In his civil list of $2,350,000, which la the annual Income paid by the government to the crown. Queen Mary and other members of the royal family Joined tho ring's request for cuts In their parliament-ary grants, and the prince of Wales, who derives his Income from bis duchy of Cornwall, estimated to tie about $350,000 per year, announce" he Intended to contribute $50,000 to ea to various gov-ernment measures, held out until the air forces went in-to action against them. One bnndred planes circled over j the warships held ; by the mutineers, dropping bombs that sank some de--' strovers and dam-- Republican national committee. It Is granted that Mr. Hoover can have a renomlnatlon If be wishes It. so his choice will prevail as to the manager - of the campaign. The one definite statement to date la that of the Bos-- P".. iMtiiii m b. 1 me national exchequer. "TpROUBLE between Japan and China, always In the offing, seems to be getting nearer. The Imme-diate reason Is the shooting of Capu Shlntaro Nakamura, Japanese, as a spy by Chinese troops In Manchuria some weeks ago. The Japanese cab-inet met early In the week to con-sider the matter and Minister of War Jiro MinamI set forth the army's attitude. Recently he urged the government to take a firm stand in dealing with the Chinese rulers of Manchuria, who have sought pre-texts to delay answering queries from Tokyo. The vernacular press la Japan Insists on strong measures against Chins. W Admiral aRed the battleship Gome. f Torra Then literature was dropped telling the rebels they had no chance, so they gave up. Their officers. Including Rear Admiral Go-mez, commander of the fleet, were set free and resumed their com-mands and the craft were taken to Valparaiso and Port Tongoy. - The government has started an In-vestigation Into the guilt of those Involved, more than 2.700 enlisted men and petty officers. Other hun-dreds of men, some of fhem In the army, took part In the seizure of the bases at Talcnhoano and Val-paraiso. It Is alleged that Com-munists stirred np the whole affair. , 3. 1931 Western NowsDaoer Union t . ton Post to the ef- - w M But,eri - feet that former . ' Senator William M. Butler of Mass-- . acnusetts has been approached by close friends of President Hoover re-garding his acceptance of the place. He was chairman during the ad-ministration of President Coolidge and directed bis campaign. The Post saya Mr. Butler was recently a week-en- d guest at the Rap! dan camp and recommended Charles D. Hilles for the place. It was after thla that be waa himself asked If lie would accept the chairmanship. Some of the (talesmen In Waeb- - Revlsed ProverD The race may not always be to the swift, the battle to the strong, nor riches to men of understanding, but It Isn't safe to bet on the attiw, the weak and the stupid. Collier's Weekly. |