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GENERALLY FAIR
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1925.
VOL. XXVI
VOU XIII NO. 1M OP THE IVBNIN4
NO. 2S OF ROSEBb.
ELL
OF
AIRS
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AND
Blames Them for Wreck rf
Shenandoah, Failure cf
Hawaiian Flight
LAW. HELD VIOLATED
Declares Airplanes Sent to
Arctic Were Intended
for Use on Coast
and in Tropics.
.(Aaorlattd Fma Ln4 Wit.)
-WASHINGTON, . 8ept. 30. Re
sponsibility (or the Shenandoah
disaster and (allure of the navy
airplane PN-S. No. 1. to reach Ha
waii were placed directly on the
heads of the navy department to- i
day by Colonel William Mitchell in
testimony before the president's
aircraft board.
-The tending of the big dirigi
ble into the middle west was in
direct violation of law." he assert
ed and arrangements made (or the
PN- (light looked like the work of
"bungling amateurs.'
The former assistant chief of the
air service severely criticised the
work o( the navy In arranging
equipment for the navy contingent
accompanying the MacMIIlan Arc-!
tic expedition, declaring, ''fla
grant" mistakes made in prepara
tion for the three aeronautical
events, "made It Impossible (or
airmen to remain silent."
By sending the Shenandoah to
Ihe middle Wfest, he Insisted the
navy violated the law because in
lime of peace land activities be
long to the army.
- The big dirigible, - he i charged,
was not equipped wllh parachutes.
"This Is liks sending a shin lo
sea without life boats. ' be added.
Engineering data, he asserted,
showed the PN-9 could not possi
bly have reached Honolulu without
re-fueling enroute and that ' the
planes sent to the Arctic were de
signed and built (or service In the
tropica and along the Atlantic
coast. t
"Yet these planes," he added,
"were sent to the Arctic reg'ons
where officers InOcharge of planning-
the expedition expected them
to give satisfactory service.''
Colonel Mitchell declared an at
tempt to get obsolete vessels from
the navy, tor a target - practice
brought a reply from Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Robinson,
that there were "no obsolete ves
sels." "It might he well to build pon
toons and rafts (or this purpose,"
he said in reply to a question, add-
"The point is we can't behoked
otf this way when everybody else
Is going ahead."
Discussing the T.asslter aircraft
report. Colonel Mllchell declared
that the secretary of the navy re
peatedly declined to accept any
propositions which would link the
armv and navy air services, even
declining .the proposal or tne sec-
French Negotiators
MITCH
VIEWS
HEADS
ARM
m
To America Contend for Longest
"' Possible Period Up to 75 Years
il-A c-j . ;
(Aaxristrd r-ma Uuri Wit.) j stood, has not accepted these fig
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. The ures. but a way may be found (or
debt negotiations between the keeping down the French annuities
French and American missions by extending the Oterm of years
seeking to fund the J42.000.000.0UO from 62 to 67 or 70 to. 75. Each
French war debt moved rapidly to- of these term of yeara la being ex
day with the negotiators nearer to-; amlned.
gether than they bad been sine j France Wanta ore Time.
the discussions beRan. I The term of 62 yeara in the Eng-
It was indicated that It had been l'h agreement was taken a. a ba-
.. . .1.,,.. ,h.,.M h in. sla because wllh the Interest rate
.;rt.a in ... ...ttloment for a re-
vision of payments In the event
that it should become evident on
both sides that the French capaci
ty to pay had brn over-estimated,
and In addlCon, the Amerlran com
mission has reduced the proposed
annuities from . fl50.000.00p to
1130.000,000. Both of theee plans
are considered of great Importance
by the Frerfh delegates.
The French proposal Is to pay
America In annual payments (or
62 years, beginning at (25.ooo.ono
a year ard going up to 190.000.000.
This Is little more man ine pnn
clpal. Interest amounting only olwsll resitted lhat developments of
about on'vhaK o( one per cnt. The ito),r wonld largely determine
American proposal orlslnallv was whether the negotiations wonld he
that the French pay tne pnncipa.
plus St per cent Interest both be-
lng figured In annullles. the
amounts growing larger wllh the
years.
Another proposal wonld delay
payments In tha event of the ex -
. . . Li -
treasury a eertaui freedom of
movement In choosing the more
favorable time of transfer.
The French group. It Is under-
AND NA.IES MEN FOR
j BOXING COMMISSION
! At a special meeting or the
j city council last night the box-
Ins commission (or Roaeburg
id appointed - by the mayor
and the appointnienta ratified
by the council. The mayor
named D. B. Bubar, B. R.
Shoemaker, L. L. Crocker. T.
H. Ness and H. C. Darby a
member! of the board, which
will conduct boxing exhibi-
Uots In the future.
The special meeting was
made necessary by the (act
that the commission had never
been legally created, and was
without authority to act. Mem-
bers, however, understood that
they were duly authorlted and
had proceeded to arrange (or a
card on October 6. t
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Shier Drake Uses ttstol
and Compels Thugs to
Flee One Thought
to Be Wounded.
(AwrtaM mm tnrj Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 10.
The Park Rose State bank, in a
suburban business district, was
held ud tod&v for the third'time
mince 4aat M.rrft The robber tot
nothing In , today's attempt, being
driven away by C. B. Drake in a
gun fight. Police were Informed
by a woman witness that one' of
the robbers fleeing to their idling
car was hit by a bullet.
The two robbers drove up to the
bank in a car which they parked
nearby, leaving the engine running.
! When they entered they ordered
I's.hlar Tlralr anri Ur. I )rn k e
who were behind the counter, to
hold up their hands. They then !" ummoranie weamer conaiuona,
told Mrs, Drake to crawl Into the tRear-Admlral H. H. Christy re port
off loe and open a door leading' to l message' today to the sub-
the space behind the counter.
As Mrs. Drake made her way to
the office Drake edged along be
hind her. As he-got Into the office
one of the robbers thrust a pistol
through the glass of the office
door. Seeing Drake -with a pistol
in his hand he fired. The banker
replied and the robbers fired a
second shot. Both ro Doers tnen
fled.
One of the robbers waa clutching
at his abdomen as he ran, giving
the Impression that he may have
been wounded.
Hugo Kaiser, a bystander. Jump
ed Into a car and followed the
fleeing ' robbers but lost them.
They were In a sport roadster.
retary of war, that appropriations
for the two aervicea be considered
Jointly.
He read the testimony given by
Secretary Weeks before a house
committee. In which he said that
for the navy to get more money
for aviation than the army would
be unjust.
"The work of army bombing
planes." he said, "has amounted
to nothing this summer. The bomb
ing group hss been used to tow
targets. The commander Is now
in Maine shooting moose and try
ing to recover after such proceed
i ron tinned on page t.)
on War Debt
' ' P"- CPn'- the entire principal
would, be amortlied at the rata ot
one-half of one per cent a year.
The French, It la understood, have
been setting forth the advantage to
them of a longer period, aa they
could thua reduce their yearly av
erage. Before the Joint Session of the
two groups today, they held sep
arate meetings to ro over the sit
uation, the Americans to consider
jthe possibilities of the situation
and tne rrencn 10 runner siuuy
statistical data.
Wllh the French mission prepar
ing to leave the city tomorrow. It
.sncresstul. No one on either the
Ftnch or the American side would
nrdlrt either a settlement or a
;r.ii,lp.. but It was generally Indl
lea led lhat the situation had reach-
ied point where development!
jmlaht throw It either wsv.
! m - ,ilt Mi.
,lng between Secretary Mellon, head
of the American mlsalon, and Sen-
atnr Curtis, republican, of Kansas.
j senate leader.
ROUGH WEATHER
HALTS IRK AT
SUNKEN GRAFT
Only 2 Bodies Have Been
Recovered From S-51
Since Disaster.
CRANES KEPT AT BASE
Air Pumped Into Boat and
40 Divers Operate, But
Chances of Finding
Men Alive Small,
(Ai.ori.tl mm Unit Wh.)
U. 8. SUBMARINE BASE. New
London, Conn., Sept. 30. Rough
weather having caused a suspen-
lon ' worlt l scene of the
wrecked submarine, 851. officers
at ,ne aubmarine base today said
that it might be necessary to stop
ine efforts at rescue and try to
selvage the boat.
Such a step, however, would
have to be ordered by the navy de
partment at Washington and pro
bably would be taken only upon
the recommendation of Rear-Admiral
H. H. Christy, in command
of the rescue work, who so far has
refused to give np hope that some
of the 31 remaining men who went
down with her more than (our days
ago, might still be alive.
Two bodies are all that have
been recovered o( the 33 who went
down.
V. 8. SUBMARINE BASE, New
London, Conn., Sept. 30. All res
cue operations on the submarine
i8'" hv been suspended because
marine base here.
Admiral Christy Is In charge of
the (leet working over the spot
where the S-51 went down Friday
after being rammed by the steam
ship City of Rome.
Present weather conditions at
the S-51 make operations Impossi
ble. This waa the first word to come
from Ihe rescue (leet since last
night with the exception of a brief
weather report transmitted by the
submarine mother ship Camden.
The weather report had Indicated
that diving operations at least
could be resumed today. Plana to
make another attempt to raise the
submarine by Ihe two giant cranes,
Monarch and Century, had been
thwarted when the craft were
forced to return to Newport today
after a mid-attempt to join the res
cue fleet.
The cranes were being held In
readlnesa to proceed at once If con
ditions moderated sufficiently to
permit
40 Diver At Work.
Rear-Admiral Christy has refus
ed to give up hope that some of Ihe
men are still alive and his feeling
is shared by Captain E. J. King,
commander of the submarine base.
Many of the other officers admit
they can see little chance of any
survivors being (ound.
Forty deep sea dlvjrs are aboard
(Continued on page 6.)
EUGENE. Ore., Sept. 30.
Loyal Emery, stock raiser
and wool and sheep buyer of
Sutherlln, was bound over
by Justice of tha Peace liar-
old J. Wells yesterday on a
charge of obtaining money
under falre pretense; the
allegation being that he cash-
ed a worthless check at the
First National Jsnk of Eu-
gene August 2?.
On that date Emery de-
posited a check for $261.20,
drawn on tha Albany State
bank of Albany and purport-
ed to have been -signed by
"Ed Nash." According to
the officers he began to check
against this account, but the
account was closed after the
local hank had received word
that Ihe check was worth-
lees and that "Nash" waa not
known there.
Emery was arrested In
Portland Monday and waa
brought to Eugene yesterday
morning by Sheriff Frank K.
' Taylor. He wsiied examine-
t-. A. w iniermeier appears
aa his attorney. w
(
Dempsey-Wills
j In September, 1926, at
Michigan City, Indiana
(AaawUted trtm Laurd Wll-
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 30.
In a country doctor"! ofdc
above the corner drug store in
the little city of Mies. Michigan,
last night. Jack Dempsey signed
articles to defend the world's!
heavyweight championship against
Harry Wills, negro challenger, la
Michigan City, Ind., in September,
1926. ' .
The scene, replete with all the
drama of a picture, ended Wills'
(our-year chase (or a champion
meeting with Dempsey. The aign-i
lng came after a conference of,
more than 18 hours stretched out
over two daya, and only after the
question 'of a referee had threat-'
ened to wreck the negotiation.
It was finally agreed that if Pad
dy Mulltns, manager of Wills, and
Dempsey could not come to terms
over the selection of the third
man In the ring, sixty days In ad
vance of the contest. Promoter
Floyd Kltsslmmons. with two
members of the financial altuation
backing him, would . nam the
Just as dusk was beginning to j
settle over the eountrysme. uenii-
Willa. Manager Mullins and
sey,
hia advisers.
Promoter t iisaim-
mona and othera motoreo iroiu -um u
here eleven allies north of here jsaid It was the best offer ever
.r, ih. Indiana stata line! made to Will, (or a Dempsey
to Nile, Michigan
The reason (or the Invasion of
SHEVLIN-HIXON
BUYS TIMBER IN
DESCHUTES ZONE
(AnrUtM mm U.-.I WlnO
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 30.
Shevlln-Hixon Lumber company
of Bend was successful bidder on
42.650.000 board (eet ot pine ana
nthr snecles of timber In the
nesrhutea National Forest, mas
were opened today at the Port-
land (orestrv ofrlce. The winning
hlt were 13.60 a thousand (or
pine and $1 (or other species.
w n lv nodsnn. manaaer of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce,wber the delegatea to the gnlon
waa In Roseburg today on hla wayurrlved and at Independence Hall
back to Portland after attending lat both of which places the dele
the secretarial conference In A.-ih-i pates were disturbed. The drle
land. He spent several houra In gates came here to vlflt points of
company with L. Antles. local see-, Interest and are to leave (or Wash
retary, meeting local bualnesa men. llngton tonight.
WORLD SERIES SNAPSHOTS
Bucky Harris I
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Stan-
lev Rermond (Bucky) Harrla, 2S
vears old. leads--his Washington
Senators Into 4helr second World's
Series on Oct. 7 in Pittsburgh a
tribute to youth and playing managers.
worn nuc., I."1" nj '""" " I while on his way to attend
""J. i'.nJ"JVm,a",,J1?n::ba.h.l league meeting. In 1
luilliwri. v. ill" ,.'" --' ' "
opinion tnat eitner tne train
car
ried Harris through or that he was
"lucky." Bjit when the series for
the world title came, the youth
matched wits with one of the
game's oldest and most renowned
managers, John L. Mcfiraw of the
New York Giants, and the youth
won.
Harris never has been a remark
able player but there la something
about his leadership that attract
veteranfcnd recruit as well and at
all tlmea h? la prepared to receive
and consider the advice of those
who comprise the backbone of his
club Johnson. Pecklnpaugh. Rice
and Ooslln. Washington, however,
may expect a well turned afternoon
always from Its second baseman.
He la an expert fielder and a dan
geroua batsman, and has developed
Into one of the best pivot men of
baseball.
The Senator leader'a career be
gan In Pittslon, Pa., in 1916, at the
age of IS. He Is a native of Port
.lervls, N. V. In 1916 Hughey Jen
nings of Detroit gave the youngster
a trial at Detroit. Within a month
he went to Scranton of the New
York atate league, and thence to
Muskegon, Mich., where he played
third base and had a batting record
of .166.
Norfolk. Vs.. had him In 1917.!
but on May 10 he became a member
of the Reading club In Ihe Interna- ,n Colorado capital he became
tional league. He played 70 games j nro w)l() 3 victories out of 60
and hit for .860. The following , rams, and Pittsburgh snatched
year found him with Buffalo. pl' ' him away for a short trial In 18.
lng short atop and second base in j Then he again went to Louisville
86 contests and batting for J4I. Inland pllched so well that he came
191 with Buffalo he became one oC DRrK to ptmm to stay,
the International's best Infleldersj After his remarkable work In the
and Increased hia hitting figures m world's series of 1909, Ariama re
.22. It was on August 6 of that ! mi,,, fnr . on(r tm puta
year that the Senatora obtaln-l burKh. bill flnelly fall In 1917 nd
him. departed for the lover leagues. But
In 1921 and 1923 Harrla partld , pished remarkable ball (or
pated In every game wllh the 8-n I Hutrhlnsnn ot the Western and
lalors, hitting tor .2 and .269. In
1923 he had an average of .23 ani
In 1924 his mark waa .2611.
Bab Adam
PITTSIIHROII, Sept. 30-Slx
teen years ago, on a cold October
day. there ram Inlo everlasting
baseball fame a . bulky Missouri
Charles (Babe) Adams.
Detroit had won the American
League pennant that year, 19.
and Pittsburgh the National, but
Fight
iNlles waa because boxing la re
cognised as a legalised sport In
Michigan and the promoters want
ed to avoid all technicalities In
the contract that might possibly
come up latter."
Fltzslmmons announced that
1300,000 bad been posted as for
feits with the First National Trust
company here. Both Dempsey
and Wills received $25,000 as
training expenses, according to
Filialntmons.
The signing took place In the
office of Dr. Fred N. Honine, oc
culta!, a staunch supporter of box
ing and a personal friend of
Dempsey and Fltsslmmons.
The match, according to plana,
will be staged In the Blue Sky
arena owned by Fltsslmmons at
Michigan City. It has a seating
capacity of about 30,000, but will
be increaHed to meet demanda.
It has been the scene of numerous
boxing contests, notably the Olb-bont-Carpent
ler bout two years
ago.
Neither Dempsey nor Wills
111 receive a guarantee. They
will box on a percentage, but their
respective percentages were not
icimi. ucvnucu .w
match and thai he waa entirely
'satisfied.
IRISH VISITOR TO
. UNITED STATES IS
STRUCK BY ROWDY
(Amrblnl I'm hfri Wirt.)
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 30.
Richard Mulrahy, minister of de
fense In the Irish Free State, waa
ittrurk In the (ace by one of
group or men and women at in
:ipendence Hall today while vis-
Iting the historic building with
other memliors of the Inter-parll-
if About fifteen arrests were made
hv nolice at the railroad station
the Pirates' pitching staff had
crumpled at the last with one ex-
! ceptlon. Adams, a first year man.
had won two games and stood on
the mound at Detroit In the final
struggle, facing another famous
righthander of that day the lale
"Wild Bill" Donovan killed In the
Twentieth Century Limited wreck
the
ngs In 1923.
Wllh Detroit waa the great Tyrua$348 and put It In an envelope for
Raymond Cobb of Georgia, still
great ivter twenty years; the pow
erful Sam Crawford and a string of
other dangerous batsmr-n. But
Adams carried the series and the
world's championship to Pittsburgh
by perpiitting only six hits, mater
ially aided by bow-legged, fighting
Hnna Wagner who seemed to be
evft-ywhere at once. Pittsburgh
scored eight runs for a decisive
conquest In this seventh and (Inal
game.
Today RHbe Adams, now 43 years
old, stands ready tr pitch his
heart out tor aiothiY Plttuburgji
triumph In world's aeries combat
and Ihe sentiment of the Pirate
(ana very likely will draw him Into
acting in at least one ot the games.
His arm hits not the stsmlna ot old
but hla courage and skill remain.
Rnbe hsa had a notable career.
Born In Tipton. Ind.. In 12. he
went with his father to Ml. Morlah.
Mi in eartgllfe. His father waa a
tiller of the soli and so was Babe
until hla work as pitcher for his
home town Haymakers csme lo no
tice. The Parsons team of the
Missouri Valley league picked him
up In 1905 and he won 30 out of 40
games, enoush to attract the atten
tion of the Ht. !,ouls Cardinals. Af
ter spending half of the season on
a St. IOuls bench he waa sent to
Toulnvlllei and thence 4o Denver.
I Kansas City offered him an oppor-
tiinltr .It was the road back 10
fame, a road few major leaguer 1
have traveled. The veteran con-,
qncred Columbus twice In Ihe sa-'
aon of HUM, allowing one hit each J
time, to show he waa back In form.
, The latter part of the acan '
saw him rrtnrn to In Pirate fold :
and remain there. In hla career In'
the majors he has Pitcher In 2 476:
Innings, equal to 275 (ull gamea. I
This season he haa participated In
the credit (or a doiei contests,
winning as many aa he haa lost
SOCIETUIAirS
ARREST SPOILS
WEDDING PLANS
Young Engineer Wanted for
Theft of Postal Funds
Entrusted to Him. '
POSTMASTER VICTIM
Flight From Oregon Ends in
Capture at Pasadena as
Fugitive Prepares .
for Nuptials.
. (AjovUtol mm Laud Win,.)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. '30. Dep
uty sheriffs today travelled back
to Pasadena with Robert A. Wln
thrope, young society man, who waa
arrested there laat week on lar
ceny charges from Bend. Oregon.
aa be waa preparing (or a fashion
able wedding with one of Pasa
dena a leading young aoclety wo-
en.
Yesterday a private car reached
Pasadena carrying prominent so
cial lights from Rhode Island to
the Intended nuptials which were
set for October 7, and for which
1800 Invitations hud been Issued.
Today John H. Kilmer, of the
Bend sheriff's office, who came
here to take Wlnthrope back to
Oregon, aaid that Ihe young man
waa wanted not only In Bend, but
also In Klamaih county, Oregon,
where he Is alleged lo have embes-
iled $448 funda from the postmast
er at crescent.
Wlnthrope declares his home ad
dress to be Beacon Hill, a auburb
of Rrookline. Mass.
Wlnlhropa wedding plana were
cancelled .wllh bis arrest. The
trip to Pasadena today under eua.
to-ly or officers was (or (urther In
vestigation of charges against him.
Postal Funda Stolen,
BEND. Ore., Sept. 30. No post
office money waa Included In the
$428 which Hubert A. Wlnthrope,
now under arrest In Pasadena, Cal.,
Is charged wllh having taken from
K. M. 'leaves, postmaster and
general merchant of Crescent
Klamaih county.
Wlnthrup had been employed for
about a year on the Natron cut off
construction as a civil engineer In
charge of concrete construction
work. Cleaves aaid In a long dls.
lance telrphone conversation to
day. Between Joba be planned a
trip to Bend to hare dental work
done, Cleaves says, and before
leaving asked If he could do any
errands (or Cleavea In Bend. The
postmaster made up a deposit ot
Wlnthrope to take to the bank. A
check (or $100 waa made out to
Wlnlhrnpe'a order by Cleaves
which waa (o be cashed and tha
change returned to Cleaves. Wln
thrope Is alleged lo have taken all
of the money.
Wlnthrope told Cleaves, where
he frequently visited with other
engineers on the project, that his
mother lived on Flflh Avenue, New
York, hut that they had a winter
home in Hollywood, CaU But he
told nlher slorles, 'lesves says he
has since found nut. The Informa
tion carried In some news dlspalch
es last week lhat Wlnthrope had
admlfied having a wife In the east.
was news o Cleaves. Hn said
I h la morning thai Wtnlhropo had
never Intimated In any way that
he waa married.
CtMl,IIMiK NAMI- ItKl'KHKH
IN HIIKII'I'INU lUMItls ItOW.
. WASHINHTON.i Sept. 30.
President Coolldge moved today
to settle the shipping hoard con
trove my by designating II. G. Dal
ton of Cleveland. Ohio, to teferea
the dispute between board mem
bers and President raimer ot tna
fleet corporation.
Hey Fellers!
Ths World Ssrlts
Starts Octobar 7
And the
Ntwa-Rvlw
Will glv you
A play by play
Rsport of th
Gam
, And, Oh Boy I
It' goln' te
B thrlllin
To watch
Our A, P, operator
Racord th click
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Th Nw-Review
I first with
Th IsUstl
LOGGER USES AX TO
SETTLE DISPUTE ON
SUNKEN SUBMARINE
- .
(Anoriat.4 hM VmmA Wirt.) 4
I PORTLAND, Ore. 8ept 30.
Aa tha result ot an argu- 4
ment over the ouestlon whsth-
S the men In the sunken sub-
marine 8 51 were, still alive,
Charles Davla, logger, la In a
hospital her with ax cuts oa 4
hla left arm and leg and
back, and police and the aher-
Iff of Wahkiakum county,
Waahlngton, are looking (or
Lawrence Klnslrup, 26, logger
of Cathlamet. Wash., wllh a
warrant charging attempted
murder.
Officers who brought Pavta
here by steamer from Ctth-
s lamet. which la on the lower 4
Columbia river, reported that 4
after Davla bad read an ac-
count ot the sinking of the
8 51. ha declared hS belief
that the - men aboard were
atlll alive. .
Klnslrup disputed wllh him
and aelted an ax, aiming a
blow at Davla who was lying
on a bunk. Davla attempted 4
s to ward off blow and re-
celved an eight-Inch gash In 4
bis arm, and two more blowa
were Indicted before other
loggers Interfered. Klnatrup
broke away and fled into tne w
brush.
HELD BY Um
CiFSDSQO
Final Details for State Fair
Excursion Arranged
Public May Pro
cure Tickets.
A very succenstul dreaa rehear-
aal was held laat night by the Umn
qua Chiefs and Squaws who went
through tnelr playlet without a
break and In a mast aatlafacinrjr
manner. The playlet Is In be pre
sented In the siadlum at the Slate
Fair on Friday night and will be
In addition to the stunt, which will
be offered In competition with
nlher booster clubs of the statn In
front of the grand stand Friday af
ternoon. The attendance at last night's
rehearsal waa very good, and those
having speaking parla proved
themselves to be letter perfect.
title the dramatic effect waa all
that could be desired.
The drill team has a stunt which
other clubs are going to have a
hard time to beat The Chiefs are
quite positive that they will be
able to carry away honors, again
mia jr.r.
Everything appear to be ahap-
lng up nicely tor the excursion fO:a special election yesterday.
be run to Salem on Friday. October
2. The train will lrava here at 6
a. m carrying Ihe Chiefs, Squaws,
I'miKiua Post drum corns and all
of the cltliens of the city who de-
aire to make the round trip. Thekcast.
Instruments played by the Amerl
cal Legion ilrum corps, are being
made over to represent tnm-toma.
and Ihe men will be dreesed In full
Indian regalia.
The excursion train, with Ha low
rale of $5.36 for the round Irip, la
otiento the general public, and
tickets may be procured at the
deKt.
Lord Grey's Memoirs of World War "
Shows President Wilson Planned
Entry of United States in 1916
( Uli. I'm. Ua.nl Wlrr.)
NKW YORK, Sept. 10. (A. P.)
Enlightening many hitherto obscur
ed pages of the history of the
World War. Viscount Orey'a vol
ijma of inmnlra have lust been
given to the public In Europe and
America.
The Lord's chronicle of Ihe Inti
mate details of the diplomatic ne
gotiations between Wsshlngoln and
lyindon which preceded the entry
of America Inlo Ihe great conflict.
I.iohably has primary Interest on
this side of Ihe Atlantic, but his
volume also are rich wllh diplo
matic history written by a man
who was Britain's foreign minister
during Ihe early weara of th" war,
and who was longer than any oth
er man the foreign mlnlater of a
great world power.
Viscount tlrey reveal definite
documentary evidence, (or the drat
time to ahow President Wllion aa
early aa 1916. waa giving thought
lo a definite prnpoaal to throw the
I'nlled Htalra Into the war on the
side o( Ihe Allies If tho central
powers rejected Ihe proposal for a
peace conference. He ventures Ihe
opinion ihst (lermany today, in ef
ficiency and numbers combined, la
potentially the strongest country
In Europe. He rellevea Ihe Kaiser
and Ihe Herman people nf the full
odium o( setting Ihe eorrh which
started the world conflagration
and thlnka that la determining the
guilt for bringing on the war, the
armed ramp condition In which Eu
rope had been brought by the
LA FOLLETTE i ;
BICDfifL
FATHER'S SECT
Wisconsin Girss Senator's
Son Heavy Plurality t
. Special Election.
LEAD AVERAGES 2 TO t
Coolidge's Home District
Sends Wet Republican
to Congress Labor." '
Wins in Arizona.
(AasnrUtta Pitas Laaxd Wk. '
MILWAUKEE, Sept. $0. Wis
consin again placed the stamp of
approva. oa the name of La Fol-
lette and si special election held
yeatvrday chose the 10-yearoM go
of Ita kite senator to represeatlh
badger atate la the failed Btaua
Senate.
' Tha approval waa emasatle as
show a by the eaoraMMU aaajorltr
that nearly every eoaaty ta tha?
stale gave lo lb aew sens.tor.
Three couutiea of the first con
gressional district, forpMrljr aoa-
sidered Invulnerable when tha
right wing of . WIscoaalB republi
canism waa betas put lo tlw test,
capitulated la La Follef..
Thirty counties went lo La Fol
lelte by approximately I to 1 vote,
while hla tremendous atreagta was
shown In two . counties. Calumet
and Kewaunee, where the aew aaa- .
ator ran 10 to 1 ahead of bis lea.il.
lag opponent Howard F. Mtbaaar,
republican, running aa . aa Inde
pendent.
The atrenglh of young iJl Fol
ic! te waa farther shown by. tha
percentage of the votes la the eta
er counties of the state. Of these,
he carried eight by more than two
and a half lo oae, elevea by mors
thaa three to oae, four by three
and a half to oae; six by foor to
one; nine by me to oae, four by
six to one, and one by seven to
one. '
With 31 precincts ot 1B-the
atate missing early thla morning,
owing to tho heavy rainstorm la
Ihe northwest section of the state;
I .a Fnllette ahowed a plurality ot
134,644 over Dlthmar, and a .ma
jority of 112,116. ;
Workman's Cempeajaatls Win. -
PHOENIX, Aria., Sept. lO.-c-Xlta?
returna from 261 precincts oal of
42 in the state tabulated, victory
, DroD0nenta of
a alata work-
men'a compensation law waevaai'
caled early today aa tha result ot
The vole for the 252 precinct
waa (.647 for: and 1.061 against... '
Only sparsely settled areaa of
the alate remain to be heard from.
An exceptionally
light vote, waa
Victory For Wats. 1 V '
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. SepL 10.
The election of Henry L. Bowie,
republican, of thla cliy over" his
democratic opponent, Roland D.
Sawyor. of Ware, from Prasigent
t'oolidge'a home district adda to
the rank of the wela la thw an
ti onlTnued on page 2.) '
events of decades must be eoaald
ered. "
The Lord double that the worat
of the economic dlaaater following
the war ha yet been aeen; be
menla made I be world war Inevi
table and he doubta that even yet
nallnns have learned lhat lesson,
without which, he thinks, they
must perish.
It never haa hitherto been de
finitely revealed lhat President
Wilson aa early aa 1916 Wa think
ing of throwing the weight ot the
l ulled Stalea Into the conflict on
Ihe aide of the Allies. Even Lord
(Irev In his memoirs qualifies 1;
I with the statement that Ihe preal-
llent was cnnsiuenuK 11 ai ma .--native
to a peace conference. The
aequenco ot eventa, however, as
Ihey are revealed by the diplomat
ic history o( lhat lime, beara out
Viscount Orey'a recital.
In his memoirs, the Lord re
cords that In February 1916, E. M.
House, President Wilson' person
al repreaematlve on many unoffi
cial diplomatic negni lailopa In Ka
npean capital, net down la colla
boration wllh him a memorandum
defining, aa definitely aa waa th-n
possible, the atepa President Wll-
, on would be prepared lo take and
the terms of peace which Ihe presi
dent would nse the Influence Of tie
I'nlled Stalea lo secure. House, tha
Lord writes, left a copy of the
memorandum with him, while ha
returned to Waahlngton, and later
cabled that tha text had ecea coo
firmed by lb president.