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Show . THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH Eli!.Oliver Garwood AMhmm ' j B and at last Tlaoga was finished and stood for a moment with upraised hand amid a great hush then spoke a single word, Opltchl. A girl, the Thrust, sprang forward, and as she came Tlaoga took the slave collar from Tolnette's throat and crushed It Into the earth with his moccaslned foot A murmur ran through the circle, and Tlnoga stood with bis arms folded across his breast, and Tolnette felt the hands of the Thrush, drawing her away. They paused at the edge of the circle, and for a little whUe no one moved or spoke. Then there was a break in the ring behind the Seneca chief, and through It came Jeems escorted between Shlndas and another warrior. Tolnette gasped and almost cried out. There was an, amazing change In Jeems. He was stripped to the waist and painted In stripes of red and yellow and black. His face appeared to be cut In crimson gashes. Ills thick blond hair was tied In a warlock from which streamed a feather showing he had killed a ' man. At Tlaoga's command there advanced frpm the circle an old man with a wizened face and white hair and a younger man whose form was bent almost double because of a deformity. Behind these two came a little girl. The old man was VYuskoo, the Cloud. The younger was. his CHAPTER IX Continued Is convinced them that fortune was bound to smile on them again. They bad loved Sol Tan Makwun. With her death had come bad times. Now the spirits would give them an easy winter, and next year would see the earth flowering with good things. Chenufslo made ready for the feast. There were still plenty of earthy things and a supply of late green corn packed away In husks and kept for this occasion. The last day was long for Tol-nette. It had begun at dawn, and though Tinoga halted his men at In-tervals to let her rest. It had not ended with dusk. Darkness came before they reached a plain on the far side of which was a hill. Be-yond this hill was Chennfslo. They could see the glow of a great fire lighting the sky. Tolnette forgot her exhaustion at this sign of the end of their Jour-ney. She observed that some one took from Jeems the scalp of the man he had killed, which he had tried to conceal from her eyes un-der a flap of buckskin. Then she saw all of the scalps taken by the Senecd8 fastened like dangling fish to a slender pole which was carried on the shoulders of two men, the hair of one of these scalps reaching almost to the ground. With the scalp carriers in the lead, they came to the hill at the edge of the plain and looked down on the valley of Chenufslo. j At Tioga's command the men bearing the scalp-lade- n pole had gone ahead, and now Tlaoga fol-lowed with his men in single tile. Tolnette and Jeems were midway In the line. Wide slave collars of buckskin had been placed about their necks, and Jeems was stripped of his weapons. The warriors did not huffy. Their step was slow and stead; and not a man broke the silence with a whisper or a word. A sea of torches advanced. It rolled In and out of hollows like a flood, then came to a level place and formed two streaming lines of fire. The scalp bearers reached these a hundred yards ahead of Tlaoga and his men. Tolnette God that Hepsibah Adams had made It possible for him to do this thing In the light of the fire at Chenufslo. A murmur of approba-tion stirred the people, it rippled and died out as another warrior took his place. , Long after midnight the revels ended, and Chenufslo grew quiet. For- - a time, he looked at the stars and the changing shadows of tjie. moon through the open door Wuskoo's tepee. He entered sleep as If going Into a long avenue ot golden colors. Only happiness rls-ln- g like a flower from the ashes ot a torture that was gone could have . made It like that His mother seemed a part of It her voice a glad melody somewhere In the ra-diance which embraced him. in the avenue of gold, he saw Wood Pigeon smiling happily between bis mother and Tolnette. Then he saDk into deeper sleep. i This was the beginning of the strange life of Jeems and Tolnette In Chenufslo which Colonel Boquet, afterward major general and com-mander In chief of his majesty's forces In the southern department of America, described as "an epi-sode of fact whlcb Is difficult of be-lief and astounding In the new viewpoint which it and others of a similar kind give us of savage life." To Jeems and Tolnette there was nothing spectacular lu their first day or in the many that followed, After the triumphal night the In-dian town fell once more Into the routine of Its existence. .Men hunt-ed, women worked, children played. Warriors met In solemn councils and smoked Incessantly as they dis-cussed the affairs of their common-wealth and planned for the future. The "Dark Year" was upon them. Winter threatened. But there were. , other matters to be settled. Tlaoga had brought unusual news. The English, under a general named Braddock, had been defeated and massacred. The French bad been destroyed on Lake George, Sir Wll-Ha- Johnson, the White Father bt the Sioux Nations, wus victorious, and the Mohawks were profiting greatly. This brought somber looks Into the faces of the Seneeas. The eastern wilderness was bound to run red with war. Tiaoga wus. sure. His warriors were sure. The d struggle between the English and the French was at hand, and there would be no rest ' . for the tomahawk until the land ' wns free of one or the other. his spirit rose with the chanting of the savages. What difference did It make that they were burled In the heart of the forests for all tlmeT He had Tolnette. She loved blm. Chenufslo would not be a sepulchre. Their love would trans-form It Into a paradise. He was eager to see Tolnette again, and began to seek for a place where he could clean him-self of the colored clay plastered oa his face and body.- - With his clothes, he went to the river, and after .a thorough scrubbing re-turned fully dressed with the eagle feuther still in bis hair. His weapons had been given to him, and these he carried boldly when he joined the Indians. The tri-umphal fire was blazing, and as soon us the hungry town bad fed Itself, the scalp dances would be-gin. The scalps were already sus-pended on the victory pole in Its light. Children were playing about them.' The fine dark hair of one was so long that they could reach the tresses with their Angers, and when they did this they shrieked with ecstasy. Among them was a white-sktone- d boy of seven or eight 'who laughed and shouted with the others. Jeems found an opportunity to' have a word with Shindas and learned that Tolnette and Opltchl were together. Shlndas could not tear himself - from the martial dignity which was expected of him until . the. warriors had told of their exploits In the scalp dance, so Jeems went alone and found Tlaoga's tepee and the smaller one near it. in which were Tolnette and the. Thrush. It was lighted by a torch, and he drew back among the dark boles of the trees and. waited. At the end of half an. hour, Tolnette and Opltchl came out Into the Illumined for-est For a little while they stood under the gnarled limbs of the trees:-- , which cast shadows from over their heads. He did not re-veal himself until Opitchl's form disappeared among the pools of lig.iti" and. darkness as she went toward .the fires. Then he ad-vanced, " calling Tolnette's name softly. " Her appearance surprised him, she was not the rugged and di-sheveled young woman who had ar-rived with ' Tiaoga's men. Mary, the Thrust, had dressed her in the prettiest raiment left by Silver Heels, There wns something about the long yellow feather, the filet of scarlet cloth, and the boyish close- - could see them enter the light of the torches, nnd In these moments the voices of the savages rose to the heavens. Tlnoga paused, and not until the scalp bearers had pa-raded their grisly burden the en-tire length rr the 'gnunflet of flame did he proceed again. Toinette felt stenlintr over her a Tiaoga and his councilors In Chenufslo faced war and famine. If their fighting men went Into the east, who would keep the people ' from starvation? It was decld&l that Tiaogo should take the war-path again with thirty men chosen by lot, while thirty of his brave should remain to fight hunger kjj1, death during the winter montH. ' 4 The drawing cume, but Jeems wu not Included. Shindas was doomed to leave his sweetheart again. These were days when misglv- - Ings assailed Jeems and Toinette In spite of their hopes and plans, ' yet no cloud more, than tempo-rarily darkened their visions. In . the hcurt of each was the prayer that a wanderinR priest might, come their way, so that the cere-n-on- y could he performed which would make them husband and . wife. In the town were a number of white women who had accepted Indian husbands in the Indian wiiy, but against this practice Toi- - nette revolted. She prayed nnd Mary Daghlen prayed with her, for through the yeurs since her . mother had died the Thrush had kept her faith unbroken. The Seneca, worshiping her, honored it. Early In November groups be-gan to leave, each with the small . amount of food which remained as Its share. Mary was to accom-pany two families of eight people under the protection of Thunder Shield, a valiant warrior and a splendid hunter. They were going -- toward Lake Ontario. Toinette was given to Ah De Bah, the Tall Mun. a relative of Tlaoga's. Hiding their disappointment. Jeems and Toinette encouruged themselves with visions of a fu-ture which they tried to point in bright colors. The months would pass quickly. With the earliest davs of spring, they would return to" Chenufslo. Every hour-the-would live In each others thoughts, and at night their prayers would cross In the wilderness. Next year there would surely be . a way. Fate would not separate them again. In their final mv meuts together, Tolnette's eye glowed with a depth of faith and. ..; love which It wus Impossible for Jeems to measure fully. In this way they parted.' He went uorth and west with Wuskoo toward the Tyanagarunfe , river which emptied Into Lake On-tario. Odd strupgled between his devotion for Jeems and for Toj-nett- He followed his masteri distance, then hesitated and turned back. A lump rose in Jeems' throat, and he could not ' see clearly as his comrade snt in : ; the trail ami watched antU he dis-r-. appeared. (TO BE CONTINUED.) She Found Herself Standing Alone With the Seneca Chief. son, Tokanu, or Gray Fox, n name of which he had been promMn the days before a tree fell on his tepee and crooked his back, when he was the fastest runner In the tribe." Tiaoua spoke again. He exulted Ir. the fortune which had sent another son to Wuskoo, a son .with a, white sklt and .n strong body who would care tor him and who would be n brother to Gray Fox. With his thin and quivering hands, Wuskoo' took the slave collar from .leemsj neck and stamped It Joyously Into the ground while the broken Gray" Fox raised a hand In brotherhood nnd friendship. There wus something so wistfully sweet In the big (lark eyes nf the little Indian maiden ttiut Jeems drew her to him nnd put un arm protectingly shout her. It was then Toinette left the Thrush and ran to him, so that nil saw her held In his painted arms, with Wanonnt the' Wood Pigeon, a hnppy partner In the moment when Tolnette proudly and a bit defiantly told Chenufslo and through It the whole Seneca nation that this was- the man to whom she belonged. Like a flood burst loose from a dam, the night of feasting and re-joicing began. It was preceded by a combat among the dogs In which Odd established his right to a place among the four-foote- d citizens of Chenufslo. After a time he found a scent on the beaten ground that led .him to the tepee which had been prepared for Tolnette. Here he found Tol-nette and the Thrush, whose name a long time ago hud been Mary Daghlen. - ' It seemed to Jeems that from the beginning his freedom among the Senecns was as great as If he had been born of their Wood. Gray Fox took him to the tepee of his falter, which whs to be his home, and food nnd drink were brought to him. Then he wus left atone, for even the delighted old man whom Tiaoga had honored by the gift of a son could not be kept away from the celebration- which was In progress. The thought came to Jeems that no impediment had been placed In his way if he,, chose to steal off into the night and disappear. The ease with which he might have set 'out. on this adventure was proof. of his helplessness. Like the others, he' wnj a captive forever. There was no escape from Chenufslo un-less one accepted death as the route. He did not think f escape be-cause its desire possessed him. He was measuring his world hihI ad-justing himself to Its limitations with emotions which were far from unhappy. With Toinette, find here all that he wanted In life. Tlnog and Shindas kneW: thai she belonged to him, and Mie people of Chenufsio were now aware of It. His heart exulted and ; strange fnlntness of body and limb. Stories which she had forgotten, stories she bud heard of the In-dians from childhood, stories that had sent shivers through the hearts of a thousand homes along the fron tiers all crowded upon her at once. Wild tales of appalling torture and vengeance, of stake and fire and human suffering. She had listened to them from her father's lips, from passing voyageurs, had heard them In the gossip of the solgneiirle. And she remembered by name this or-deal which awaited them. It was Le Chemln de Feu the Road of Fire through which they must pass. Others had died In It. Roast-ed by pitch-fille- torches. Blinded. Killed by inches. So she had been told. Tiaoga had his warriors moved slowly. They were like bronze men without flesh or emotions. Their heads were high, their bodies straight, their jaws set hard as they stalked at a death-marc- puce between the columns of their peo-ple. .Teems fell Into this rhythmic movement as the month of the torch monster began to swallow them. And then with eyes that became flame-lik- e pools of fear and exhaustion Tolnette saw that not a hand gave a sign of raising agalnsi them. The torches coughed nnd flared, hut not a spark touched their skins In passing. No eyes gleamed hatred at them. No finger clenchpd, no hnnd wns raised. The thing she had heard In the land of her people were lies. The Indians killed in war but they did not tor-ture. They did not pull out eyes and thrusr sticks through quivering flesh. They were men and women and children like nil other men and women and children. These' truths she thought she had discov-ered for herself. But one thing she did not fully know. She might have learned it had she caught the d whis-perings which followed the passing of the warrior: "She is Tlaoga's daughter she Is the spirit of Sol Van Makwun returned to us In the flesh now our good fortune will return the sun will shine light nnd laughter will come for Sol Van Mukwun Is here, out of death to, live with us again !" They crossed a field of darkness toward the fires, nnd when they came nmong them Tlnoga was marching In Jeems' place and Jeems had disappeared. She hud not sensed his going or Tlaoga's presence, and before she knew that Jeems was no longer among the warriors, she found herself standing alone with the Seneca chief, the people gathering In a circle around them. Tiaogu began to speak. His voice renewed her "mfldenee as she searched for Jeems. He was describing the suc-cess of their gods In restoring Sil ver Heels to her people. 11 did not take long for Tiuoga to tell his story. His voice rose. Ills scarred and bitter face assumed a strange gentleness, and Toinette knew thin Jeems was safe though she could not see him. She waited, trembling. ness of her dress which mode Jeems give a wondering cry. It was as if they hud come to her from un obscure and distant past nnd had always belonged to her. He hud dreamed of this lovely wil-derness princess; through years of boyhood hopes and plnnnings he had built up worlds about her, and In those worlds he had fought for her and had adventured with her where he alone was her champion and. her .hero. He had cnrrled gifts of feathers to her feathers nnd fnwaskin nnd a piece of cloth like that which she now wore lu a crimson hand about her fore-head! To him It was the precious red velvet, there In the glow of the moon. He opened his arms, and Tol-nette came into them. CHAPTER X FOR half an hour Jeems was with Tolnette. Then Mury Daghlen returned, and with her came a messenger who took him back to the dances which were be-ginning about the scalpHre. He was not embarrassed by the crlticul eyes upon. him. The wildness of the night entered his blood, a heat set blazing by the Joy of his posses-sion and as he chnnted the Seneca victory songs with the others, Toi-nette was In his heart, and words she hud whispered to him under the' oaks repeated themselves until they dulled his senses and blinded his eyes to everything but their im-port. As soon as God would let them bring it uhout she would be his wife. She had said that! So he danced. He shouted at Tlaoga's side. Tolnette, horrified at first, saw him In his madness. Then She begun to understand. But not until he took his turn among the warriors and danced alone in the light of the fire, chanting his story In the language of his adopted peo-ple, did Opitchl translating what he suld let her know fully the dnr-ln- g of her lover. Jeems' story n iith his earliest thoughts ond memories of her. He told of their homes in the country of the Rich elieu, of his dreams and hopes, lie i described the passing of moons and the growing of his love and how death had come with the Mohawks from the south. Then he came to the finding of Toinette. their flight. the triumph of his love, his tight with the scalp hunter at Lnssan's place nnd their capture by Tiaoga and Ms warriors, lie praised these warriors. They were not like the Mohawks, who were sneaks In the night.- The Senecns were clean and swift and brave, lie was proud to be a brother nnd a son among Ih'em. He wanted this people to respect him, nnd he wanted them to love Tolnette whom Tlaoga had honored by taking as bis daughter For Toinette belonged to him. She wanted to be his wife. She wanted to benr him children among the Senecns. He stopped at last and thanked vlcted more than a yeor ago of accepting bribe la connection with the Elk Hills (California) lease and sentenced to pa; $100,000 and serve one year In prison. Do-lie-was acquitted. Atlee Pomerene, speclnl govern-me- nt counsel, replied to Llogan'i argument that It made no differ-ence whether Fall's act was "offl-cla- l" Just as long as Tall had ac-cepted the money to influence his decision. The appeal of Harry M. Black-me- r of Denver, who fulled to ap-pear as a witness at the conspiracy trial and was fined $60,000 for contempt of court, also was argued. i i --. News Review of Current Events the World Over Developments in Fight Between Administration and Senate Over Relief Funds Terrible Earth- - quake in New Zealand. f By EDWARD W. PICKARD ? v t 1 f mt A REPUBLICANS who support the administration started out the week by declaring there would be no compromise on re-li-legislation, even If the quar-rel makes neces-sary an extra aes-lo- Their attitude una av nnnticn h V f - jf FOR some years Mary Hen-derson, ninety-- y e a r - o I d social leader In Wash-ington, wealthy widow of John B. Henderson who was a senator from Missouri, has grieved because Uncle Sam does not provide a resi-dence for the Vice pled Into the sea, and the bottom of the harbor rose 18 feet, the an-chorage pool becoming an Island. Hastings, a plains town 12 miles from Napier, where most of the buildings were of wood, was razed by temblors and Ore. The hospital and nurses' home collapsed on the Inmates. The towns of VValroa, Wulplkuroa and Waipawa also were wrecked. Martial law was proclaimed for the ravaged district, and the Imme-diate evacuation of Napier was or-dered by the authorities because of the danger of an epidemic. The city's water and drainage systems were entirely destroyed. Several British cruisers reached Napier .harbor and Commodore Bloke took charge of relief measures. Other vessels carried many refugees to Auckland. Property dumnge In the Napier area alone was estimated at iioooo.ono. 1 L1AZJ ONE of leaky those congressional trunk cases that amused the coun-try some time ago is going to get a further airing. Justice Joslah Van Orsdel of the Dis-trict of Columbia Court of Appeals has made a ruling that Ronrpupiitii. Rep. Tilson 'ohu Q. Tllson. majority leader of the house, and his statement was approved by James E. Watson, ma-jority leader of the senate. "In all matters of legislation where no question of principle Is involved compromise Is not only customary, it Is ofttlmes neces-sary," said Mr. Tllson.! "But In connection with the proposed dole there Is no proper place for compromise. The amount-o-money Involved In the Initial ap-propriation is of relatively minor importance. Once the door to the federal treasury for a dole to aid citizens In distress la oined, the appropriation used as the opening wedge, whatever its magnitude, will soon pale Into Insignificance In the wake of what will follow. "Once the Red Cross Is destroyed, as It must Inevitably be by a fed-eral dole, and our local charities paralyzed, as they will be when the federal government takes over re-sponsibility for charitable relief, the appropriations that must fol-low as a consequence of such a policy would now stagger belief." Democrats and radical Republic-ans lost no time In responding to this challenge. Senator Caraway of Arkansas made one of his bitter attacks on the administration, the Red Cross and Representative Tll-son. and he whs followed by Sena-tor Borah of Idaho who made a speech that brought cheers and ap-plause from the Democrats and the insurgents. He took his place alongside those who threaten a filibuster unless the President Mrs. Mary President. She has Henderson made several at-tempts to remedy this at her own expense, once of-fering a fine house when Calvin Coolidge was Vice President Its upkeep was too expensive and he declined. Now Mrs. Henderson is trying again, offering to present to the government a handsome resi-dence valued at something like $.'100,000 and situated on one of the exclusive streets of the Capital city. At this writing congress hud not decided whether or not to accept the gift, but Mrs. Henderson's granddaughter, Mrs. Beatrice Who-lea- n, has asked the District of Col-umbia Supreme court to prevent the aged lady from disposing of any of the real estate belonging to the estates of her former husband and son. According to Mrs. Who-lea- n, her grandmother is mentully Incompetent properly to perform her duties nnd functions as trustee under the wills of her husband and son, and her removal as trustee Is osked. FOR the second time the senute on the appointments of Smith, Garsuud and Draper as members of the power commission, and the Democratic-radica- l Itepub-Hca- n coalition rejected Smith by a vote of 40 to 83. The two others, however, were confirmed. The ad-ministration considers all three are legally members of the commission. The leaders of the coalition hold Mint this latest action perfects the senate's record In case the mutter is tuken Into court E. E. Denlson tlve Edward E. Denlson of Illinois must go to trial on an Indictment charging hfm with Illegal posses-sion of liquor In his office on Cap-itol Hill. Representative Denlson was In-dicted by the district grand Jury on November 10, lOL'O, eleven months after a leaking suitcase ad-dressed to him wos discovered by federal agents In the union station In Washington. An Investigation led to the discovery of a trunk contulnlng liquor In Mr. Denison's office, and In spite of the represent-ative's assertion that both the trunk and suitcase were mistaken- - CAMERON recently to suc-ceed the late Lee S. Overman us senator from North Carolina, disre-garding the senate tradition that new members must sit silent for mouths, arose to warn his fellow Democrats "t ly delivered to him, an Indictment was brought. PRESIDENT HOOVER was R. C Stephenson of South Bend, Ind., president of the American Banker's association, that business conditions are Im-proving in all parts of the country and should continue to get better during the rest of the year. Mr. Stephenson expressed the opinion that the business depression struck bottom on December 20, and that conditions have been on the up-grade since that time. He said also that If there were less talk of un-employment those who are em-ployed would spend more. yields on the matter of relief ap-propriation, shouting: "I am perfectly willing to say that not another appropriation bill shall pass this body until the hun-gry are fed, until the sick are taken care of, until the government of the United States has met Its obligations to its distressed and hungry citizens." This brought from President Iloover himself a long statement In which he defended his policy and declared his confidence In the ade-quacy of the Red Cross to meet the situation. Some of the opposition sow a chance for a compromise In Mr. Hoover's assertion that "If the time should ever come that the vo-lunteer agencies of the country . . . are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and suf-- , ferlng In my country, I will ask the aid of every resource of the federul government." One proposal for compromise was to Increase the drought loan appropriation by $15,000,000 with provision that In the event of ex-treme emergency, It may be loaned for human relief purposes. House and senate lenders and Vice Presi-dent Curtis all joined In negotia-tions to settle the dispute. President. Hoover dispatched per-sonal representatives to Arkansas, center of the drought region, to re--- port to him on the actual situation. WHEN MaJ. S med-ley D. Butler was Philadelphia's di-rector of public safety six years ago he- naturally mude enemies of a number of bootleg-gers. It Is report-ed that one of these disgruntled Individuals first called the atten-tion of the Italian Gen. Butler government to the general's speech in which Premier Mussolini wns depicted as a motorist and which Is caus-ing the gallant marine so much trouble. General Butler will-g- on trial before a court-marti- board In Philadelphia February 10, and the public will be admitted to the pro-ceedings. Meanwhile he Is free to go where he pleases In preparing his defense. MaJ. Henry Leonard Is his chief counsel at present. From close friends of Butler, it was learned that he will argue that the Mussolini etorv was simnlv nn I OFFICIAL was made In Wash-ington that the ad-ministration of the Virgin Islands was being transferred from naval to civil-ian rule. Soon aft-erward President Hoover 'appointed Paul Martin Pear-son of Swarth- - that the Democra-cy of the South Sen. Morrleon would not submit to the wet wing of the party, and to call for the appearance of a dry lender for the party. Said he: "I am a party Democrat. And I nm also a dry. , I believe that mil-lions of Democrats In this country feel ua I do. If the great city or-ganizations In array against the Eighteenth amendment seek to capture the Democratic party nnd put a wet plank In its platform they will find us resisting. We will not be driven out of the party neither will we submit to such domination. They will never over-ride our consciences on that mat-ter or force us to bow to party de-cree." BV NO means satisfied with the prosiiects for self rule In In-dia held out by the British gov-ernment and the plans devised by the round table conference, Mahat-m- a Gandhi nnd his lieutenants have decided that their campaign of civil disobedience shall be con-tinued. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a meeting of the working committee of the a National congress, the members of which were released from Jail when Gandhi was set free. It looks now as if they and the "holy man" will be In durance again before long. The Nationalists decided that all political prisoners must he freed before they will treat with the government, nnd that mean-while the picketing of foreign cloth, narcotic and liquor shops and the illegal making of salt shall be continued. A conference was arranged be-tween Gandhi and his associates nnd the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce which It was faintly hoped might help clear up the situation, because the busi-ness men In the federation, who have been financing the Nationalist cnmpnlgn, are said to be ready to call a halt. GERMANY'S big flying ship, the Is on Its way to South America, made the first Jump from Spain to the Canary Islands without mishnp. but In attempting to take off for the Cape Verde Is-lands it was damaged by a wave. Repairs, It wns believed, would take at least two weeks as It wns necessary to get new purts from Germany. AMONG those taken by death the wee were the duke of Vendoine of the royal Bourbon line; Philip L. Hrle. American artist and son of Edward Everett. Hale; Mary Hampton, veteran ac-tress, and Lady Decles, the former Helen Vivian Gould, granddaughter of Jay Gould US, ! S3 1. Western Newspaper Ur Ion.) illustration, used In a military preparedness speech. It will be urged that no offense against the Italian premier wos Intended, One point to be stressed Is that the hlt-an- d run story was not told In any attempt to get Into print, or be-cause of any personal enmity to-ward Mussolini. BISHOP JAMES CANNON, JR., in Washington be-fore twelve traveling elders of the Methodist church. South, to answer to grave charges the exact nature of which wns not made public. If the elders find the accusations have sufficient merit Ihey will order a trial which will be held at the next general conference of the church In 1034. The bishop, who Is no-de! going, treatment at a hospltnl for arthritis, was accompanied by two of his sons. ALBERT B. FALL, the fnly man on criminal charges growing out of the oil leasing scan-dals of the Harding administration, bases his hope of escaping punish-ment on the claim he had no au-thority from congress to mnke the leases. The case was argued In the District Court of Appeals. Frank Hotran, his counsel. In seeking reversal of the former In-terior secretary's conviction of ac-cepting a bribe from Edward L. Doheny, snld that since Fall lacked the proper authority he could not be guilty of accepting a bribe to influence a lease. Fall was con- - v more. Pa., to be the first civilian Paul M. governor of the Pearson territory. Mr. . Pearson Is well known as an edu-cator, lecturer and author. Is a na-tlv- e of Illinois and Is fifty-nin- e years old. The Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark In March. 1917, and since then have been under the control of the Navy department Capt W. Evans was the last naval governor. REPEATED earthquake shocks wrought hav-oc in the Hawke's bay province of the North island of New Zealand, and were followed by conflagra-tions and tidal waves that added to the destruction. The large towns of Napier and Uastings nnd at least three other towns were vir-tually ruined. The number of the dead will not be known for some time, but Jt probably Is nearly a thousand. Other thousands of were injured. All means of communication In the stricken area were destroyed and the only news reached Wellington and the outside world from ship wireless stations and eyewitnesses who had fled from the scene. At N'npier, the capital of the province, which has a population of 20.000. nil the stone and brick buildings fell with a terrific roar, ell innks exploded, and flames con-sumed most of the remaining struc-- ' tures. Bluff hill, which stood high above ti e city, collnpsed and top-- . No B.tic African Language Ethnologists have failed so far to find a common root language of the African, or negro, people. There are imiuy dialects, nnd In many nses a dialed used by na-tives of one f elite not far remved physically (mm another is unini-llglbl- c to the other tribe f i i |