La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 06, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TEN PAGES TODAY. Itwttttti The Weather , PpRTlAND (AP)-Ore-gon Bain tonight and Thursday. Warmer tonight in th Euat, CITY EDITION VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PItKBS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 192-1. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 101 EX-PRESIDENT IS TO REST LA IB LA GRANDE EXPRESSES SORROW Community United Today in Mourning Death of Mr. Wilson FIREBELL TOLLS TRIBUTE AT .NOON Judicial and Business Sections Quit Work Flags Fly at Half Mast Social Activities Halt I,u Grand" . uu a community mournj tho death oi' Woodrow Wilson today. Social affairu j teuKcu looay until auer inn Miner al hour, many business concvrn:) closed their doors to tho public rroni two until four o'clock thl;; afternoon, fluffs are flying at half inat and at noon today the fire, bell tolled out t' sad trlblite to t ho dead war-time leader of the nation. i- President of the CHy Commis sion, lr. It. R Krownton yester duy proclaimed tblo afternoon a Jiulf holiday in f.u Grando follow Iiik similar action by Governor 1'ierce in declaring a half holiday throughout the s late. Circuit court, hi aeaslon this mornmfi, onjournrd tnhV: "lirtrr tioon out of respect for Mr. Wil son and other county and city of fires ceased functioning. , .everywhere throughout tho city, people paid trllmlu in ont: Way or another to Mr. Wilson, The entire nation, of which l.a Grande l.i but a small milt, uni ted today In the slnccrust exprea blon of mourning that Kx -President Wibson has been called lie yond. The feelings of th community aro partially expressed in the fol lowing verse: Wilson I.", dead . " leuner n gone to uie uix.u lJeyci.d j And behind him countless mil-; I1UI'I IIIOIM1I. KtHleil In grief the nation stands I'idti'd In sarlneua for t Wilson Is dead. ' The I,a Grande American Le gion team I ant night defeated the North Powder town team 2 to 1 f In a game thai was closu In the rlrst half and a walkway for the Legionnaires In the Inst half. iA Grande lead 18 to 15 in Hie first half lint In the second period the local tossers got going and scored 44 points while. North I'wder hol ono free, throw for one point. l,a Grande player:; I'nlon'o Le gion team here Thursday night. La Grande 2): Garity l r. McDonald S. MacTavish 7; L. Sloddard r-: Thclson Ui; J. Stoddard 4; J. Ileynolds 4; J. Ash; I'roctoi la. .North I'owd.-r (Hi) O'lirien 2: Hutchison; Klllutt r.; Join-s 7; Sloan 1: A. Ledbetter; U, Led better. Iteferec Geertsen. Union. LEGION WINS ATN. POWDER; Light and Power Co. Urges Safety Lights Kced for more light in the lum Inesc liourea of li Grande aa an aid to polite prelection- Is being Ft i eased in this city this week by th Kastern t re iron Light and Power company which is pointing tut to Io-ui businesMtnen that only 5n per rend of the storea and bus Incpji houn' use electric light to protect their property all durinf the nlsht hmira. Commissionera Itrownton. Wil liams and Iihuk with t'ity Man ogT Have;; and t'hlef of folic. Haynen all have declareil that It would greatly aid the work of the police r steps were taken by every business bourn- to burn at least u smalt light near the safes und that If there were enough llht lo make the entire interior of the business hoti viMtde there would be still greater police protection rendered with the uiii" force Thut light turning In a ttoro Senate Wins One Tiller lfc. ... 't-l .U3H!N Sfnnti' nnd house of congress, throuult Senator ('niiicrcn (bowling) nnd Itcprocntntlxu -Me Lend, derided to find out which wits the champion bowliug organization. Sciialv won by unu point. Third Installment of Questions Answered BULLETINS O'Connor Named Hetwl WASHlNOTCN (Uy the Asso ciated 1'resHt T. V. O'Conner. of liuffalo, X. Y., former president of the International longshore- tnen'c Tnion, and a prewent mem ber of the shipping board was des fftnated today by l'residcnt Cool- idge a& chairman of the board. J-;:ummilc IUH Voted, 1'AKIH (AP) :itamber depu ties h'-i'i- toda- uuanimouuly voted a bill Tor eeonomie;) in govern mental expense:, for amount in- to l.OfiO.ooo.uoo francs. Jtoad to, be Finished I'CHtTI.AM) (A I) Action by the stale. highway commission late yesterday ensured the finishing of The alles-(.'allfrnla road In 1925 Two gaps in t lie Wasco county road are lo bo closed. . OIL PROBE AVILL 15E RENEWED ON FRIDAY, REPORT WASHINGTON (AP) Will- la ir. (1. MeAdoo, r, candtclatd for lh ; I lemocratic nresidential nom inatlon. fa expected. t( appear next Friday before the Benato oil com mitter at hs own retuest to tell of hi:: employment a-i counsel uy (tie Ooheny nil interest I aftc,lli:i retirement from the offlcn of 'C retary o.' treasury In th Wilsoi administiattoH, , U: MeAdoo, who In to arrive her- Wednesday from t'alifornli. to attend the funeral of former I !.,. VVllKnn I.m Itilreii 1411.. u-ili, I-' I li..h.-ni- il. f.t In. rc-fle- I 'r i ed "all U't ' jL'SMP.nen in iocs, nx-to lug the amouni ui - i aii.onii. neimi also asserts that his present an nual retainer la only half of the ff.fi.'HMi figure given to the com mittee by .Mr. Ooheny. office rr business hoiife of any kind Is a. protection against theft or maiiraitder:; is clearly pointed nut by local police who, in their pat ro of the business district watch f"r any unusual siKns about inch place and if the nlKht NkIiI should happen to be out. iinmi - d iat"iy notify the owner. Thin prove:: to be an excellent check it i;i slated. "Tf there Is no liuh'. , It is ouitf possible for thieve to' work nndeteeted lut Ihe eonslant hi.ri.lnh- or even .i small light li, " '"" P""H" or lex.kl.-. pnii,- ,. a creat roteitlon. elunlvely you will handle otli ir a lnnlllOiH man la railed out elerleal ork molly. or Led in the niKhl lime hy a lo-j Will you i!i-ane -le it lleeinun Bnd told that hin store ,'he preH"nl loldiftw of my form, I unlocked or I hut hi" nlirht light chum Clara HleB. whom I ha. i& out, he y aKHured ihut the. city ot Been for nearly four y-ani? iw furni:.hlnK real police protee- h' niarrh-d? "' ' 1'uiH.r, uui. v i lu". ; i.jr ,.,e lutain unu suipeci some tliln wronu W hen a rcBulur night light la out om of tljc ipcal po-1 lieu Idrcii dticliircd. Richards to Try to An swer All- of -Questions '. Sent Him Through the Observer. ltMininln, tli" niayb'iim. nn nounccd today Just Iwroits thr Kienftig OIisitvci umm lo presH, I tbnt ho will answer imcMiinns -m- riy mill iiMiay innniii me iHUHpii:er tit toniorrfiw's edition. Ibis h a t'hiuigo in his plans as he in tended p.m uestl(ns iinsw-er-ed today lo lie tho Inst bitiidled. lie will npM'iir at the Arcade I beat re this cvi'iilng lor (be lt time mifl will U-Jui ,a (irande to morrow niorniiig on No. 21. The following is the third install ment of M''Htions and answera to lie given In Ihe Kvening Obtiervei by Itiehards, the inaKlelan. Sever al iettei s ha vi! been sent lo hi in during his engagement h-re com ing from nil the surrounding townR witliin a taree radius, uhuwin tlic xtensive cireulatlon of (he Kve- ning Observer. ' Itichards will conclude a sue- eeflsl ul engagement at tin- Arcade I lion t re t o night wh-re he ha:: hern ' . au:uvf the , j, , r he will I)'! plad t-i an- (: you al for It hr.tt b-en a pliy- lh - theat ical impowibiitly for Hleliaf. any man to answ er (hf iunuir- i-i f.t .....ui i,.,, . . I 1.1... u.. i i. i imii itfiu.vn no parnain anyone iimiwring lliet :ia n-;i possible In (lie :art order the have been reeeivi-d rie;ii. not Hem! I'.I'V WW I A leticrs. Th. following Is Hi installment of o.tnytioits. third t r. M. What v. ill be b,-at fr u.i in do next summer? A n. I advi.u t you- t rm na ' you will do i"it II f iit-.nr-iiiHy. more ho than uorkilii; for.v.a-j'-a. to. S. W.--I h-tve Isf the p..n-1 dant off my LivuM-r. cmii you t'i me what ha.s become r,r tt Ann. i.of.K hi DtlKI t h" co-i!f slove close to the w.iil and yon v.Hi Hnd the pendant. Von '-eiientiy pulled ft off lar.t S.:ni-I'iy v.-h-'n you threw tut arinf ul tif ood In the box by th stove as tin- p"ii dant becaiiie (;'.;f . n-d tn tin- wood I. W. (J.- J have applied fr,r p0. "'""i" hotci rot hooi;- K',',"M' - WMI 1 (,t" r-n fion? Ans ' 5" einpioyef) .y n,(r hot" dnrtnt tlo' Riniiiiier lo not oin- ib biiii b.iikm'. 1 oil . -in ( ,reaeu ner eai l'mij chfstnut Kt.,;Kn,l Iri-onietrv jQulncy, Ilia. (Coulinued eu page i) Drift Running Under Small Pond Collapses, Bringing Disaster MINERS CAUGHT IN DEATH TRAP , -i . nyiMA unJSIJy, IY11III1.. Milium Iron Mine Workers Met With Sudden City Mourns. Death; CIMJKHY. Minn. ( IJy the Ahbo elated 'resn) Tho collapfie of pa ih or Ihe liottotu of a (swamp uiKe Kern a torreni oi water thru the working, of the Milford Iron in'ne n-ar hern Into Tuesday and snuffed out the lives of forty-ono minem, catir'.lit like mis In u trap. CLDSIIY. Minn. Ulv the Ahho claied l'reiiH) l''orty-ono minerrf ' perished when Ihe hot loin fell out of a small pond and flooded the workiiiKit of the Milford iron mine near hvn late Tuesday. (.'aught in the lower levels of tho small mine, only seven of the crew of 4 0 at work were able- to gain the safety of the shaft and ascend to the surface, ... Vkje t'f's in u- trap their com rades died, suffocated by the slimy mud und water that gushed thru the workings soaring in the shaft to within a few feet of th top within 15 minutes. Thei'o was no extended warn ing, "just a rumblo like a thous and uutotnobiles roaring down a ((.'onlimied on page 4) MRS. ATKINSON CALLED BEYOND THIS MORNING Wr. t.' I ll.lenn nf t Giami;., dWnt the homo of her dauhle.', Mrs. M. AfeMurruy, of J'Yuitdiilc, t lila morning at :30 (clock Ht Ihe end of a woek'rt III IH'." Mr;:, A) klnsnn lias been t resident oi' l,a (irande for a quar ter of a century and her death widely niouruetl. The r'-maina j-.ro at the Hnod ras;i ain( Zimmerman , funeral service parlora and funeral ar ranj;emenl:i will bo announced la ter. Mr.,.: Aijiinson. who win tlm wife o.' It. Atkinson, deceased, havei tluin daughters: Mra. M. Mc M nrrsi v or In 1 1 n.t.. I.reaenlln.-r or.. (;.:rU.r . Kl.lirll,.v; Nchr.; . aitnic- n,, Ml. ij.j KniKlon, ot I'orl luin for Ihi! ;,, fin.,,0,,, p.'lul two '-j, ,lixi::iei'. wonM liuv i boon ilayn. Il yn Nf , ,.,. f.(1 nb(,. 6 , li a v e ji i l ),,,;, j ear. t'Miule In re- 1 , . e.iv.,r r. 'ISSiin PERMITS TO IJU1LI) TO 2 ! IN LA GRANDE Itvi'ding permits have been h: ::nerj to Vv'Mllaia Holllua Ulld if. M. Waldrou. whiihiii uuiii! secured OIH' IO erect onr-stor- rr.uno dwelling mi ,nt I, Hfoeh :t. o'Coiiner's ud ditiori, ironUng l' aveliuo between Tenth ami Kleveiilh Kli Ui. Tho I rellnriinri eatlinated coat Is $1.- II. M. Waldun secured a per mit to erv-i a o;ie-slory frame dwelling on Lo' Hi, Block 1, in Itlvendde uddltlon. fronting Third KM -eel between Ijaim atirl Crook SI re( la. Tho tirelltnimirv fsitlmit. r. vn l i SCOfi. English, Mathematics Most Popular Studies Th- il-r.'irliticiit o! eilueatiort of .undent'. Ontl,lu 0; Arnerlenn ltl---Mi e;irh wer Ukei I: cetlriUl lor en(l elvlel nrnner. i n,l,n- the linilllK-: o hlBll mhool si " I' ntli utiidyinj; each piirtieMfar Bl'tt ' l i i lo1 ( eiifm ror n i.i yea . i' I r ree. nll.. completed an. I j nleini many Intercut In;; rnef Thirl lh, omen rorty r-jii- ct hMiulei have he.n Included In I 'li- eensu.: nn'l el a I In! hi shew n.ti c.enii.tn i in,. mi;: pop'.'ar eulviecv. a tnlal ,,' L'V.'rfFiC nlll-i.nd t-nti are Hludyln;: KncllBh., , ..Maihemutiei rm, r eeond .ia-.i it.. 2ii. no; lollower.,. Aluchrn i.i Ihe -o.-l popula.' hri.rti h oi l-.a-j li),'iuat,'l wMI' 1 1 1 n Bluilcnli I" llHi leuBt ooii. ular wllh 2 Bludi-nli-. IIIhIoi-;' ana dvicB. tiiker ul oik iB-tuji'vi third plavj with 18,i;h Seven Dead Is Toll of Great Storm Property Damage Esti mated at . Million Dol lars; Storm Is Wide spread. . NKW YOHK..(lly the Anaocla d Preaa) Weather that Tuesday irun the ffnitiiil frnui mltd t.itmini'. a latum in station of lower Jllchl- gun lo drifted snows further north nnd aleeted atreeta, wires and rails, brought a total or at lehst Beven dead, damage that Is roughly eatl mated at onward of a million. dnl lurs and demoralized truffle and communication In many places. i eicgrapn ana tele phono coiu- ,'panlea related thnl tho havoc to their wires centered In an area In a. 40 Inm'8 apn Chicago but win ofioi-utj arms oi tne storm ex tended In every direction from thai center. Tho worst blizzard in years, according to reports, dainoged tele phone and transportation In the vi cinity of Milwaukee to ? extent of 1 ,000,00(1. Bevernl IraWis In the state wero reported stalled in snow drifts. Hanks, of mmv In until.. ipHrtn of Wisconsin, were said to bo 10 feet deep.- Storm It WldeHpn!. Another radius on th storm ex lend ed south and southwest from Chicago through - Illinois, Allssouri and us far south as Texas. , A tor- (Continued on paga n) Chamber of Commerce Discusses Two Busi nesses Pro and Con at Luncheon. 'With Henry Mens, attorney of thl" city, presiding at the head of tho tuble. members of tho Chuni- her of Commerce yesterday 'heard I 'Vsctl8"i,on P Jd con reirardlne tho railroads and the motor buiw- v:. J. W. Walnutii, an employed of thu railroad, npoke In opposition to tho bun business, claiming that the competition was unful; to thu railroads beeausn tho motor bn.i business was not forced to uphold their end of tho taxation tlu.t It an Imporlnnt item ir. tho expens-i account of (ho railroads. Mr Walnum Water! that whllo tho roll roadii hullded up and lulproved condltloni in "'tho' cbmmunlth-i funda for tho purpose, that thu motor busneii operated on roa.li built by the public and thit In reality the public pays for the motor bun btislnesa both dtreii'y r.r.d Indirectly, tf i ouoted man' stat'sticfi to uphold his argiimenls. Klmer Hloddard, not directly In brente; from r, financial s'.ind. point In cither the railroad or the motor biia, then took the floor mid upheld the litll t'i ft ccrVibi rlent, al the id'tw time hIiowii.i: the goxnl fr.mn of the rallru.l, Mr. .Stoddard, tn cudeavorln .to piace befor.i Ine Chamber 'he fact that (here aro two sldi; tj every ((ucstion, eile I th ia ivco that the motor bu.4 had given tho ptopb, of Wullowii coupIv making It posst'de for them lo Icavo Wallowa county In the morn leg. transact their hit-ilm-H. In .a ( lande. and relur-i lo their homes il.i. same day. A. W. I'erlcy. a piu'vei railroad le.in or this pUrl of the utaU thfii tcok the floor and in an inter- -t.ng talk. Jlnged Willi, witty r.f erencea to past hl ory, (old how tho railroads hud oo. n. d thu wta- (Continued on pneo 21 hlston II the niOBl r I,',.,. IhoilKand n hundre,' turt t-.M.'i-er. Mit'ienn study Anelen: hhilorw l Z.U7J In Modern und Medieval his- lory ilaxBen and 99 In KniclUh hi. lory i liuee s. Helci.ce Minn nr.! with n il devotee:;. (lenerul Belenen hen j elmlenta, phy.tloloKy ehcmlMtrv I .a M I Klx IIioiibuiiiI Bevel, hundred !) - ! hreo study Ijitln dllrlliute. Us follows: Ijitin U I 'hb, i .. r I, HSU; Cteero 572: Vlrvli H2 iiw (..Mil !J. Krenel. haa 2,n7H devotee. Hnan "-n z,ij lypewrlilnir ,776: Mu RAILROADS VS. BUSSES TOPIC io i.i'liT; Bhorlliuml 1,750 und whoae home la now ulao In the Ne tiueltera tlulnlng courao Hi. jhulviu vulley. DEA1H LIST IS II TODAY Mrs. Reinholtl Gcrbcr . Died Early This Morn ing of roisoning ONLY ONE OF FAMILY IS LEFT Horst Ruchling, Thought, Poisoned, Has KecoV' ered from Stomach Ail mcnt. ALBANY, Ore. (AP).- Only one of a party which , , .. composed a family reuiuon here last Saturday is remain- nip; alive today. With the death of Paul Gerbig today, following closely tho deatlm of Mrs. Iteinhold Cerber and three-year-old Margaret Ger- big, the total death toll of poisoning from food eaten at dinner reached 11 today. Horst Reuhling, aged 2, is the sole siirvivpr. . AbUANY (By the Awraelated lresa) Alttany, OreRon'H death t-dl from food pnlnonhiff today tn erca.serl when Men. ftelnhold aerh- cr died early tltlH inornlmr, the ninth victim of poitionlnK belleveil by local investigators due. to bo- lullnua in home preuorved beana served at a family dinner at tiiojstato should become actively tnter hotno Saturday. I..n),.(i m n uintnia,. .nu,.,,nn Paul (terher and. his young ffet behind tho whent export cor- )f place and pOWer ill Amer daughler Murgarcd, aro near . poration bill penllng beforo oon-ica Orirnii nnfpQ nnrl death this morning. Horsl ituhl-KrvHni aill, ft B(alcwWo movement 1,. f notQa and the ing, aKed two .whose parents aro )o hHp , cattleinon orgnnizo an'Pean8: VOICGS of the choir among the victims ., i recovered , Oregon shipping association. ' added a touch of CPPPmnnv today from Htomach ailment sup- TI)P market ugeiit and C J " " wuui OI Ceiemony posed mto yesterday d.,q to poia- ..-.. niflPlt(lniP lnUut ri..;'to the, brief ieliiriou3 exer- ouing. SF lined of llto Oeorge Curlyl- stile of intoxicating lifuor, was tried in the .municipal court last evening before Judge J. D. Klater and was found guilty, wiw fined '2UU. Carlylo Col. ', H. Jvanho wan atiorney for Ihe defendant and City AUor-nc- fJreen' proseculed. Curly le. today gave notico that1 Jio would appeal the ctiie DE LA IHJEUTA ARMY EVACUATES VERA CRUZ, MEX. WAHIIINOTDN (Uy Ihe Axko elaled I'ri'Ha) --T'liu entire evaetl allort or Vein Cnii! hy l)n .n. Kiterta liiHiirreetioiilstn hun been puieeahly el'fectl-'l. The elty iiKain iimler (he eon trol of Ihe reKiiiiirlvllMin autlior Itlea. The evaeuullon wm made 111 ex treme haute 'and panle. BIDS LET FOR RESUUEACINfJ OF-OLD TRAIL I'OKTI.AN'K (Hpeelnl) j,:) reeently opell-d hy the nt;ile high way eommlN.slon Ineluiled one re. lallMK'to I'tllon eonnlv. KeliHlrom and Co.. were Klven-Ihe work or retiiirraeliiR the Lone I'lne-Telo. rii:;i t , etlon or the rild Oregon Trail, 1 r.. i.illoit. for iZl. , Tripled nee : AHTOKIA, .Or. Horn. HreakliiB all l,r,'vl"Ua. reeordH in CIhIboji counly. 'rll'letB. a hoy und two kIi-Ih. were :tiorn to Mr. and Mra, Itln Medley OI lite IVehalem valley. The youncHterR, who are r'pott- i " on in ine -neat of health, lip ped Ihe uealea ut aix. rour und thrcc-iiurlcts nnd five and one hulr puundo rciipcclivcly, u tota.1 of Hi poundu. Mra. Medley wua formerly Minn Murguret Kelly, duilKhler of Mr. and Mra. Wlllluni Kelly, for muny yeura reuldenla of Anlorln, hut CARLYLE WILL APPEAL GA Is Loser :::?;;f A'l'IiANTA, ;n. (Al') JTUo Jury in -lie ln Itouelii'l-Ciuiil-li'e s.r,ii(i,ii(ii hmu-fi if inoinlMi i "-"'i na.s rMuiniy a verdict In h,w r A can.iier, nr., tho "'""""'t. . oneaimn ,,0 iiom..,, niamurr. T T r, , , C. E, Spence .Thjnks That Wheat and Cattle Aid! Should Be Endoised Throughout Oregon.;, ; IC)IITIAND. (flpcclal) C. K. Hpence. Btalo markfjf agent, hays ovnry buaineiis orvftnlzailnn- In til O. A. C, were In Wallowa county lust week, where they wero assist ing I ho calliemen to form a coun ty shipping association. Thoso at the head of the movement believe that the organization will rapidly spread to other counties, and Mr. Hpence says If tho bun In run inter ests of the stale would tako hold wilh tho ranchmen ho believes Mint a Hlnlo organization could be speedily perfected and atroni;' I enough for an nsHocialton-owned I ""Biilfm department In tin-. -oriiami HiocKyartjs. I "( 'niHlillons aro In mighty bad shape in astern Oregon and unless they are speedily ehanKed they will lie woihu, says Mr. Hpence. "The (1'ontlnued on page 6) MALE CITIZENRY OF LA GRANDE IS ON THE INCREASE lllne... the rir.it day of Febru ary the male population, oi. Ijx (irandu ha i received p. marked In crease, three boy. belnif tuddud within the last rew dayu. Mr. and ,lru. I.nwlu J.. Wit hunt, of lTii'l Waahlngtoi. Avenue uru tile proud purenhi oi u huby hoy and tho young man lino been mimed, John Millon: Mr. und Mr:. H. !'. Clay, of Itimsil Mtreet uro at:f ,iin prouu parent., oi n aon und Mr. and Mra. O. J. Durnctt, wen jv Avenue, huve ii newly born ,ul,y boy. !!ACKS WHEA EXPOR PUN Late News Flashes WANT EXI'ORT BILL BACKED. ' PENDLETON (A!'). A recent suggestion of Presi (liint Cnnliflgc (hat he favors the Norbeck-Burtness bill pioviiJing for faun diversifitation in the west as a, means of relief for farmers and wheat growers, has caused the Oregon Export league, the Oregon Wool' Growers association and the .Pendleton Commercial club to send telegrams to the president urging that ' he support the McNary-Haughen bill, for; an export corporation. , ' ' GOVERNOR WILL BACK CLEAVEU. ''''' SALEM (AP). Governor Pierce in an address last night declared he would stand behind Prohibition Offi cer Cleaver and added, "a district attorney who drinks ' in nnvate is in no condition to try bootleggers." This condition prevails in more than one county, he asserted. FUNERAL IS SIMPLICITY Dduble Services Over Woodrow Wilson Held Today Were Brief GREAT LEADER , RESTS IN PEACE Eternal Calm Rested on Features of . War-Time Leader; Look of Strain Gone Forever. WASHINGTON (AP).' Woodrow Wilson passed . for ever today from the world stage where he once towered as a commanding figure. In the strict privacy of his home the last rites were 'said as simple as the faith of the jman himself in the goodness of God. Only k'few wero present although quiet thous- . ands waited outside for their humble share in the last leave taKmg. :. " - frti'mol . tone at ths cnfjiprirai which followed. There in the chapel that ffives entrance to the vault of . entombment, were gathered dignitaries of governments and many men cises. WAKniNOTON . (Vly thcV Asso ciated Press) Lonoly In tho lu- fContlnued on pairo 6) Country Club Anticipates Busy Season on Links; Officers Elected for Year. ' CLUB PLANS MUCH GOLFING With nearly tho whole' bonrd present the rlrat meeting ' of tho new. board of country club direc tors was held recently. Tho' first action was to' elect new' officers . for the coming yeur. Thoso elec ted wero O. !i. I orison, President, I r. A, J. Itichardson. Vlco-Presl-dent tMutst. IteynoldH, . Hecretury, and W. O. INtrklns, Treasurer. C M, Hohnenkamp wua ro-loctod manager of tho club. . . trnder the by-lawa of tho club tho fifteen elected ; directors aro enabled to appoint ,un additional (Continued on page 2)