EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY.
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND (AP). Ore
Ron: Cloudy tonight and
Thursday, probably rain la
ibe treat.
CITY
ED1TI O N
volume xxiii:
MEMBER. ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 149
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ICE LAKE A
PARADISE
TO ANGLERS
Annual Journey Made to
Body of Water by
Ardent Fishermen
LIMIT CATCHES
QUITE COMMON
Light Boats to Be Placed
on Ice and Aneroid
Lakes This Summer, by
Resort Company.
Pierce Ends
4-Day Visit
In County
Governor Left for Salem
Last Night; Made Four
Addresses During "Vacation."
Movernor WultiT M. Pierce, who
has spent tin; past rour days In
L'uion county on u brief vacation,
returned to Sulcm Inst night, leav
ing here on No; US.
. During Ihe Jour days the chief
executive mude addresses at Lu
Orandc, Elgin, Bukcr and Hot
lAke. Friday, before lib arrival
here, hu spoke ul Bourdinun.
2 BOYS III
LADY, OWNER
OF LARGEST
LAST NIGHT RANCH. DEAD
The Wallowa Wonderland region
iH ovlremely altracllve to the firth;
ei-mnn, cHpeelully lit uerlaln times
of the season and April JM.lt, the
day when the angler can lawfully
get out his rod and rocl and hie
hlniHelf lo the hanks of his fuv
orlte fishing slreutn or lake, is
being eagerly awaited by suvcrul
who luinuaily make the trip back
to some lake In the heart of the
Wullowu mountains. In nuesl of
the limit of eastern brook troul.
lee Lake, hard to roach out
worth the crfort. Is u fuvorllo.
The Irlp has lo be made on fool
because of Hie immense (iiantltl'.-s
of snow at this time of the year,
making travel on horseback im
possible. ,..
ir the trip Is muda early In the
morning snow-shoes are not nuces
sarv. as the snow Is usuully froi-
en over during thu fore port of
the day. '' '
Culling Through Ice. .
The lee on Iho lake ut this
(Continued on rage Five.)
SPl-'-AKS AT llAKIOll
DAKKIl. Ore. (Special) Gov
ernor Fierce, speaking before u
Joint meeting of the Uaker Cham
ber of Coinmeree nnu me kiwuiiis
club delved principally along lines
pertaining to his economic policy
.... nl.lu? li,,ittl mint fif I lif state
of Orciron. In his address before I
I he two bodies Governor Fierce ut
tered a word concerning his stand
on taxation, saying I hut when he
u-ssumed office the slate tax levy
was more than IK.O00.uUU while for
the present year it is in the neigh
borhood of i7.670.000. The stale
executive also urged thai the ir
rigation nrojecls should be built
by the government without any In
terest churge whatever to the set.
tiers of the area uffecleil, which is
the plan of the Uaker projeot. The
construction of such extensive wa
ter plans would be paid later by
the settlers of the districts.
An Insight into the conditions In
the state penitentiary was present
ed bv the governor, who in a de-
tulled manner told of his plan to
make the institution self support
ing. There are now in the Oregon
penitentiary 012 convicts accord
ing to last reports, tin- governor
said. At his time of taking office
Joe Busch and Jaiftes Fer-
ris Escape i'rom Cus--tody
of Of f iccrs
CAR THEFT LAID
TO LOCAL LADS
Sheriff Believes Getaway
Was Made in- C. K. Hib
bard's Franklin Car,
Missing Today.
M GALL TAKES
IIS POST
Joe Huseh and Jumc.i Kerrls, two
lot-ui boys, who were arrested here
a few days ago wlth'lhre. other
luds in connection with th1 then
or fight cms. to which they are
alleged to have .confessed, broke
Jail during the night and made
tlwtr csoupc. .
The I wo hud b(.n confined In
the ladies "apart tnenl- at the
court house. -They left their cell
by in cans of the uputuir.H window,
thence crawling onto- 1 tier" porch
roof and Ihen down the posts, of
fleers stated. . '
A iv d her Car Mining.
It Is believed by both the coun
ty and city peace officers .that the
two boys made, their getaway in
C ft. JMltbard'H ear, which was
stolen last night. , Inasmuch as the
two were hi jail on charges of ear
theft, the linger of suspicion easily
linked up their escape nnd the
(Continued on ruffe Five.) .
Mrs. Henrietta King Suc
cumbed at Kingsvnle,
. Texas, Last Night
ONE OF RICHEST
WOMEN IN U. S.
Vast Estate Owned by
; Her" Bordered Gulf of
Mexico for Nearly 100
'Miles.
All Hands and the Prexy On Deck!
JI)
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arsT l I ivs ' ' 1 r K rf MS, 1
XX i 11 W
j, h i
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lluffh JVM'atl, former county
(reiisurer (,f fnlon uounly, will suc
ceed M. A. Horn cashier of tv
Hunk of Haines, beginnlnty next1
week, leporla from Uak'T stale
today. Mr. lioss has been wllh (he Bank
of Huin-M for about o. year,, re
cently resigning an ryyhler to en
ter upon new duties as a nntlonal
bfink examiner with headquarters'
at 4linneapollM.
Mr. MeCall vi-ry well known
bere. having been connected .with
biinks at Cove and J,a Grunde prior
lo his assuming county office,
which 1' resigned to tuke an at
tractive ofrer from a bunk In
imrth'-rn Idaho more limn a year
ago.
(Continued on Page Five.)
TAX PAYMENTS
BEING RECEIVED
AT COURTHOUSE
Ah the fhwlMlny for collecllim
taxes before placing of the pen
alty approaches the crowd In I me
at the deputy sheriff's window at
the courthouse grows even larger.
According to Amos Ib.-tm, dep
uty sheriff, responsible for the
collection of (axes, payments are
coming hi ul about Urn uvi'ruge
rate of sliced comparing wllh the
records of past years.
The actual date throws the last
Jay on Kjndny but the books will
be held open Monday. April C,
Inst'-ud ol on April f.tli In ordor
to give tux payers I he Hume num
ber of days in which to muke
payments.
Oil LIMIT IS
OPERETTA IS
POSTPONED
hi tr
ill Flow
tin
. inif to r-onrilrllnff
ont'H'Llii. "Clii't'-ri-lla
Iiiii.I" to h- Kivcn lluJi.T tile uuu
plt-t-M of I lie i"lfllborllooO clul lia
iM't-n itoslponi'd lo HiiiiirUtty, April
II. ul I hi- high hcIiodI uuillturiuin.
lli-miiB" r so s much lllm-83
lliriniKlioiit tin- t-lty It lio.-i bi"'n
illrricillt lo liM rL-llro ruills Willi
virolir pnTHf-nl Ho wllh a f-w
niori iIjoh lo pnirtlcc a betli-r
pruiJiirtlon' Is posMlbl'. Approxl
ntatcly forly -lilhlri-n will tuk
part In III' prcm-litiitlon.
to ,vni:.M co.i-'i;i(i;.oi:.
MIhh I'l-url Wlllliuim of tin
I'nli'ly Shop will I.'h.vi' thin
nln? for Hull Uili-! t'lly lo iitt nl
n U l. H. conf'riiii-o unt vlalt
ri'hitlvi-n. - Miss Williams l'p;'9
to bo gonv ubool lwo weeks.
Sinnott Asked lo Give
Address at Lake July 4
'llii! Wnlluwn Imkf' Woiiili-r-Inml.
Iim?.. ji-sli'iiloy wlnil t oil
RrrMMiion . Slniiotl. at Vali
tiifel4Mi. ro4iiolln lilm lo )o
rlili-f MK-akrr nl a l-ourtli or
Inly flcbratloli at Wlillown lakl
this oar.
The t'h'KniiH rcoil: Tartfi'
t-olrhrniJoii pluiuird l-ourtli of
July at Wallowa Ijiki- AVoiiiIit
laiitl. Would 'like lo Mlniil to
you nl this linn an Imitation
in bi llio prllirlpal H-aki-r or
llio ilny. 'r an- antli'lpnllne
attcmlam-n fnuu tin rnllrn
calcni Ori'tfoti nmi triiHl. yon
ran mi! fit I" arci'pt. If ixm
Mblp ilun l Ik- our Rural fr
M-crnl days."
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I'll- loud limit 'on the section of
the Ial Grande-Wallowa Lake hlgh
uay between Wullowa and Lostlm:
bus been removed and If weather
conditions remain favoruble other
sections of the highway will be
open to ull traffic within "the next
week. The restriction Is still in
effect between llllgard and Dead
Man's pass on the f'cndleton-La
Grande S"ction of the. Old Oregon
Trail and the section between
Halites und Haker. - i ' .'
l'eople who own trucks have
been endeavoring to gel,, through
these' sections and it has been nec
essary to turn them back. Viola
tors of this order wtll be prosecuted
to the extent of the law, according
lo announcement from the higli
wuy offices here this morning.
KlNtiSYll.LK. Texas. (Fly Ibe
Associated Press)- -Mrs. UenrU'ttu
King, 9:1, virtually unknown to the
outside world, yet possessing the
world's largest ranch and rated as
one of the country's wealthiest wo
men, died last night. :
Mrs. King lived out her life upon
a Vast estate In Houthern Texas, the
town of Kingsvllle, population
125(; 'being the center of and
largely supported by ihe Industries
ot hnr ranch. Mrs. King Inherited
the large properly Troiii her lato
husband. Captain Klchard King. a.
noted, cattleman and soldier of the
early days In Texas. She was born
near t'orpus.. i:nnsu, yiexas, m
1841." An a bride, she went to live
In a blockhouse. the ranch then
being In constant danger of In
dians and bandits.
Following the death of her hu.i-
bund. ninny yeurs ago, Mrs. King
undertook the management of tli
ranch, which borders Ihn Gulf of
Mexico for nearly 100 miles and
comprises 1 ,28n,'t acres. Her herds
Increased until the number in nor
definitely Known, the tiggregatc of
calves branded each 'season being
pver 100.000. Advunce in land vul-
ues, from a few cents to many dol
lars an acre, brought her uu enor
mous fortune, jJ'' ' 1
k 1 ft
3 ty- vh&mc c
l-ru-iillj- iminbois niul nil tlir uu-ii ami woiiinn sltiiU-uls of Iho Colli'Kit of the Pacific turned
out for a special "Arbor layM and hikiiC a full tiny -to )fvi'l. rnll, plant fri'iiits, Uvm, vtv., and oIImt
wisu lu-initlfy Iho new . campus or. llio Instluilloii, which moved from .Sail .Iom; to Stockton, Calif.
Dr. 'lolly . Kiionles, prcsldt-nt of the eolleBt', Is sliuwu In the echlcr of tills . Itroup, Uli-eetUiK
the co-i'd laborers , 1 - " .v
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PROPERTY
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BUDGET HUGE
Community
Contest On
At the Cove
D1HG
E SUIT
ON TRIAL NOW
Legionnaires to Meet;
Drum Corps Plans Up
RALLY TO BE
TOMORROW EVE
Arrangements have been com
pletvd for the Christian Endeavor
Kully to be held at the Presbyter
Ian church here tomorrow evening.
A Tot Luck supper will be served
at 6:30 o'clock with Iteverend O,
W. Jon'S presiding as toustmaster.
At 7:4:. o'clock the following pro
gram will be given:
1'lpe organ solo. Mrs. W, W. Ht-
ry; duet, clarinet ana cornel, ato ,
f Hutler and Hoy Anderson, both of i
The reg jhir monthly meetlnir of 1ak-r: address, I'sul t Mrown. I u
tbo Amerlrau Leclon lll be hehl!elflc foust Secretary of ie Chrls
tbls ev.nlng In Ihn lionsn huM.M'"" Knd-avor society: vocal solo,
A numb'T vf mutter-i or Impor-1 Mlwi Mudrlne Moore; b-iiedldlon.
liinee lo b'lrlon ih'MhImth an- t: Mr. Urown arrived In m Grande
I'OIITIjAMi. Ore. (lly tho
Assoi'laled lr's.s) The Orcffoa-.
Washlnglnn It all road & Naviga
tion (iMiipuny plans an cxfM'ndJ-tm-o
of $:to,O00,d00 hi lf26, the
general maiiager 1io.h aimounctHl.
AtMMit $,o:i8,uo wilt be for
Improvement, Including 'wldpn
lug of ciitM, laying f lieavler
mlN. bridge w placements ' nnd
new constrncUon. . . jA.
Waues will take, Jt in eAllnml
4h1, i l,iHH),uoo njid vlll
lako $,0U0,V0U., 'Onr . lituidjriftl
thousand is to be Client fpi
(HMMters to help lotomotlveS
oer (hu lMuu MonnUUns. ';
XTRA
Whut thn pcopli! of Cove run
best Uo to Improve economic eon
ditloiiB ill thu community." Kneli
Is the 'question put licforo tin-
Monday cvenlmt lueetliur of the
e'ove. ('oiilmcielul club by Karl .I.
Htacklund, cherry orchurdtHt, In hn
effort to arouse, community Inter
est In thu solving of mutual prob
lems. , ; '
lioiiowiuff J 11C.. pvenenmi niui.. 01
Iho subject. tiu uiun voieu ini
medlutuly to inii.iRinute a prlo
.Ml ItllllH CASK COMFI,ETKI
IIAH'I'I'OHI), Conn. -(AP) Af-!tw0
er two pistol xHkris nail tieciami
the bullci which killed Patrolman
Skclly in New llrlluln IonI October
I2lh. had been fh-cd from (icrald
rhainunirs Run, the state's murder
case agnliLst iho . notorious bandit
wos completed at noon toduy. -
Biggest Deal in History
of Automobiles Uc--curs
at New York
SYNDICATE BUYS,
REPORTS ASSERT
Dodge Interests Neither
Confirm Nor Deny;
Dillon Indicates Trans
action Near Completion
NEW YORK (By th Associated
Press) Nowa that tho Dodge Bro
thers Automobllo company has
been acquired by a syndicate head
ed by tho banking firm of Dillon
Head and Co., of New York, was
prominently published hero today
as one of tho most important fi
nancial transactions In the history
of the automobile Industry.
The banking firm representa
tives declined to either deny or af
firm tho deal. Clarenoa Dillon an
nounced that though final negoti
ations wore not completed.' some
announcement concerning tho doal
would be mado within a day or
essuy contest, open to adults undi
TWO IIKM I W UOlllll.IlY -III
PALO (AP) August Leh
man, car cleaner, . mid Ilermun
lleis, alius Itlce. alias Clinch Con
pcrs, arc- being held lit connection
villi the loss of $11)0,00' In cur
rency from llio malls February S7.
. TAKIX OATH Of Ol'TICK '
WASHINGTON (AP) llcnlfk
: W. Iiiiulnp, of Ohio, today look of-
liuds Baltic for Control.
In financlul circles hero it was
declared that tho sale consummat
ed u flnunclal battle between Dil
lon Head ond company and the
Housa of J. P. Morgan, represent
ing tho General Motors Corpora- ,
Hon, to gain control of tho Dodga
Urothei-R property. .
It is also believed that tho sale
wrts preparatory lo a M'O million
dollar, merger of tho Dodge prop- .
crtyi l'ackard and Hudson Motor
companies unil the lirlggs body
corporation. ' t:onrirmatlou of this
ls-.lucltln .-.m-'''-'
I , , ', , flee as a-Wunt secretary of agii-l
Mlon would bo unswered. -Thu .. r,,n . n-..am .u-.ni
By the Associated 'contest will closo uturdsy after- 1K.e AnxMmut senary ,joro
.ilon Pacific. North- , n"n- P, '," . ,faiu secretary last Novo
i)i itn tin, w iiinnuiu i ' iiiwi
three best essays that most ade
quately answer tho question. A
cash prize of $10 will ko to the
The lnot jury trial S"t for the
current term of court Ih now in
proifresa. Tho case, "Oladys
arncs vs. James J.cvoiu anu
ri, haVnPii" it nu liotriin voM-
lerduv afternoon with Green and
iless conducting the caHe for the
plaintiff and 11. J. Kitchen rep.
resentlnff the defendants.
The plaintiff's tt-sllinony was nil
In by noon today and tho defend-
III give testimony during iiiottl
of the afternoon session, it seem
ed probable when court adjourned
for the noon hoir. The cas? is
expected to go to the Jury lute
this afternoon or tomorrow morn
ing. Mrs. Csrnes is suing for $.".0n
for slanderous remarks alb-ged I'
have been made by the d'f"ii
duuts. Mrs. t'ornes Is a nsld''iit
of North I'owii'-p and Mr. and
Mrs. Le'oru live near (.'lover
Creek. 1
An c'.ulty case for Ihe division
of property Is scheduled for to
morrow. It Is listed as Clark V.
Lh&vls vs. Oert Uavls. .
Hi;itATION 8TAKTKO
BUATTLU t
PreBS Thn Unl
cm Pacific nnd Great Northern
Hallways started Joint operatlon of
a fast lortland-Heatl le t ralii I o
day. The schedule provides one
train , each way dally, ntuking a
trip .if rive hours and Ifc minutes.
Kive stops ui'if made, at Vancouver,"
Kelso, Chehalls, Centralla and Ta
conia. ' . ,l . .
come up. It m us announced 1 Hs
morning by ' I'Im Cii liner, nun
munder of the local post. Anton;;
ot )ir thbiKH pridlmlnary ptuiiH for
Kndlnff I he drum corps to lb"
stnto convention at I'rlnevHIe uill
be dlseu.wd nnd preliminary ac
tion tuk-n.
tblfi morning and went up the
brunch Mn to 1-os'lne. Ahel be
will be present at tl 1'. K. Kully this
evening. . '
COUNTY COURT
SESSION OPENS
THIS MORNING
Lure of Wallowa Lake
Lacks Not In Romance
Beg Your Tardon
The county court convened In
regular monthly session at the
court house this morning. J Idrre
V. O. Couch presided wllh John
WelU of Allcol and W. W. Kt-vchs
of 1'nlon both present. It-gubu
business occupied the entire morn
ing fesslon. The commlsjdoners
iiay Issue u cill for road bbls
at this session. It vu announced
this morning but no definite ac
tion bus been taken. '
STARTS Fill
RELIEF if
WASHINGTON ( Uy the Asaoel-
ated I'reKs) A plfi" to unite all of
the various running Interests In
the country In support of an agri
cultural relief program for enact
ment jit the next session of con
gress wiih announced by Itepre-
sentntlve 1 MckinHou, ItepuLdleou,
Iowa, one of the farm bloc leaders
in the house.
Mr. Ideklnaon has drafted a bill
which, he said, would be submit
ted .to all agrleuHurul organisa
tions. It embodies in a modified
form, h" expluinrd, many of the
prlncipb's contained In the old Me-Nary-llaugen
export bill und the
measures enueted by th' house last
session deslKn-d to benefit coope
rative orKiintxuilons.
rente Adtlnory Council
The propoHu) would creat. a fed
eral farm ud Inory council to be
compoMMl of 31 members, three
from e:ich of the 12 federal land
bank, districts und representatives
vember.
;UMNK TO litaiT TINNI-;Y
MOW YORK (l)"Tinmy (Jlh-
best, 1 5 to tho second and 2.U buns, St. Paul heavyweight, ami
to' the third, - .--' (ieno Ttmney, Aiucilcan' light
Already the contest litis aroused heavyweight champion, will lneet
.'f...t fii.nl .r intnrfMi in tbn 111 it ln-rouiiil iiinH'lt at thn Polo
Cove, community nnd the commer- Uroimcls on the night or Juno liltli.
claf club anticipates receiving a Articles of ugrwim'i.l were nlftmxl
great quantity of excellent suggcs-,louy.
lions from th essays. .The prob
ims that will . probably receive
speelul treatment will include the
orchard Industry, tho lumber
I'KOIII IMP TltANKKKRHED
WASIIIXiTO.V (Al) Admlnl
unnrrnM thn riLllroiKl nrnbleiii. etc. wtruHon of the pndtlbltloii unit was
The content of the winning essays nwimil today from the ocrico of
will be awaited lh , Interest all i iVisiMant mintory Mowt lo uuu oi
LG. CASWELL
WANTSESTATE
over the county.
IER
LEAGUE URGED
(Continued on l og. l-'lv,.)
Wallowa (iirl Debating
For Oregon UnlvcrHity
?.l-n and coiiiin'inlllt- Inlrnt on (
developin"nl or un gon s n!irai
r'.wure-s ley sln-'n upon Ih' sc'-nle
frntures of the slsle at lh pn-3-i
nl tuoiiii n'. fon-slBhle-l men sod
orciinlwi'lniis ( M Orunde are
ptiipliivlilng the scenic wonders of
Wallowa county and tributary
roiinlry. In this explollatlon the)
Mress toil a frnetlon of tile lure of
Wallows, for he who Kees only
Hi' daullng peak and hears only
Ihe nnlhiniM lerflla sing, hss
s-n and heard but a part. If h"
would "t the lirg-1 and f'l the
lure In all "s fiillnrsa, he must
know I he facta. "C the phantonw.
nnd hear the fanlaslea of yester
day. . uom? day. perbsi, the schools
i,( L mon co'je'y nnd Wdlleny
Hill d-i:ri In l"Hfh "t ,-ji1 Home-
hlug at l-sl of Hn? foremost fig
ure In Ihe htflnry of I nlon and
Wa1loa counties.
f Millatidlnz C haracters
We Kustern iir'gonliuis r,-U'l
with (nlen-sl of WIlMon I'rlee Hunt.
f Mndain l'l-rn- lorlon. of ll-
,(lKf .. Imrion. 'tf llewiirl. and of
llonnei III'-, or the earl j dajs prior
to the coming of luitnisnint trains,
toil thes- wen Mil ps.-e.lng figures,
here tods and gone tomorrow. I if
I'hlef Joseph, Ihe Schools IMIV IH -
tie. and the present populution
knows less; yet Thief Joseph roam
ed the plains of Wallowa, and trav-
(CsnUaued oa t Fire.)
In u story printed in the Eve
ning observer yesterday in ref"r
enee to u recent visit here of Hex
Leslie und Mrs. A. It. .Willis, eon
n"cted with the motion picture In-
dusiry, th" reporter who. v rote the
story misconstrued Ihe inform-i-
lon given hlni lifc such an cSleat : t ' l V l-'IIHIT V UK n It y, n n,
that he rointiiitieii ' u rimj -. Yiui , p.-ifrn-,' W",'.Wt-:aii v ;:). wa
in rferenr-e- to stalxiii'iitj con-t men's deleiilnir teams of the I'nl
eernlng these tu visitors. j v-rsity of Oregon and tic- I nlver-
I lie Story StlOOI'l nav n-lli ,o.t, eny oi n.nniii.iuii m, .....,.. - ... .
Mr. Ij-slle und Mrs. Willis Here, a hoioe-snd-honie duul il-l.ule
not connected llli the l.usl:y ! next Thursday nlghl, April 1 on
.u -......-.Ilnv l l..l..ffr,.:.i Hie miestiun. "Itesolved. That the
reeehci here. M rs. Willis Is ell I Pending Child Ijibor Measure
and faiorul.ly l.nonn and has i Hhoilld lie l -0111,1 Ituliouul Ainend
inany fib nds In re. Hhe Is en- menl."
gng-d In Ihe Inlertst of motion- Aline Hunter ot llittulllon City,
pictures to some e.leol. It is'ful.. and l-'ranees Cherry of Wul
linderstood thai sh- Is Inte rest. I los, the Oregon affirmative train.
In securing locutions for the pr 1
duellon or a large picture of hlij
torieal Interest in the near future.
This Is being written as a cor
rection for statements Inadvert
ently made In the article In r-ci-tcrday'i
Issue.
will debut" against Washington al
Kugene.
Cecil Mehercher of rortlslid
and Mildred (latemsn of Milton
will meet Washington at fteattle.
upholding the negative side of the
(jU'.stlon.
A New :
Comic
Strip
'1 iii-nitH-sn rnlsreeiil r.A ser.
Sr, The OhM-ncr present
shortly ..'veral new smiinn
that will protc ot Intercut to
leaders.
Ihe rnlargeil sen Ice will
Incliiflc a new cmiilc strip,
e'reckl(s," III adllilkHI fo llio
lom on' rm" fialiirr so
eiailnr now. Watch for II
jon ll cniny "Freckles." It will
priMhlc new reader Interest for
Tbr Olea-rver,
"Observer Ailterllln
A .MerchaiidUliig Her, ice'
MONTl-;vll)l-;o, I'rugimy (Hy Ihe
Assoiluled I'ress) Jlelel?ille In
the Chrlstiun Work ronirresn up-
pluuded un exposition by lir. Ilnl
tnsar llrum. former iTUkuayiin
president, of his scheme for. a I'iiii
Amerteun leuirun of iKitlons, which
trriiffuuy presented to Ihe I'uli-
Amerleun eoiiferenee ol. HiiiiIIiiro.
Chile, In l'.t'3. but which wus not
then acted upon.
'The I nlted Htules ulone con
keep the world at peace," ho de
clared. ,
Dr. Alfred Pnlnclmis, deon of llio
Arifenllne Inivei-Blty ot Ixiplnte,
refused lo utlend the romrresa he
cause he considers It another "in
strument of Yankee- domination."
Salem High Defeated
By Torrington (Juint
HAI.KM. Ore. (Uy Ihe Associat
ed Press! Haleiu. Ore., lost to Tor
rington. Conn.. : to 7 today in
tlie nulloiMil inlcnf.liolnstlc baskvt
ball loiirniimeiit here.
CHICAGO ( by the Associated
Press) Tho Clilcngo iMIly News
haB published a story that tho re
puted curse attaching to tho oft
transferred McClintock million
dollar fortune had caused serious
complications for William McUllu
tock. sr.. father of "Hilly" Mc
Clintock, whoso deuth last Decem
ber has been churned wrnlnst Will
iam 1). Hhepherd. - The News says
puman O. Caswell of California Is
seeking to lay claim to the McClin
tock fortune which Hhepherd and
cousins of Hilly McClintock now
are contesting as r-hepherd la in
Jail.
According; lo Ihe News' Btory,
Lewis Peterson, a lawyer of Ocean
side, Pal., representing Caswell,
has made tmiulries ubout tho Mc
Clintock estate and has volunteer
ed tho Informulion that the elder
McClintock divided the fortune
with a brother-in-law after ho had
Inherited It from his first wife,
Hnrah McClintock, who'loft the es
tule to her husband by a will
I...I.I..I. u t. uH,,...i H,llt, B n,n whlln
Ni:V YOU K f By the Aa.oclated " ' "hr"H, hrt.
Assistant Sii'rctary Andrews. Moss
will contlnuu ailnilnlstratlon of the
Internal revenuo bureau under
which llm prolilbilloii unit lias
liercloforo fiilnlionlMl. Tim i-esllll
will be 11 closer supervision by IiIkIi
Ireasiiry offlcitils of ofs-ratlons of
both thn protilliltlon and Internal
rcvciim tlepui'lmenls.
Eskimos Murder Girl
Itabies, Explorer Says
press) Knud Itasmusson, Arctic
explorer and student of klmo
customs bus urrlved here on hts
way to Ottawa, where ho will re.
port lo the Cnnadluu government
on (he killing ot girl babies In the
upper Hudson buy country.
Jfc said the custom originated
in the difficulty ot securing food
for iurgo fumllies. '
,"If these is not provender
enough, they kill the bablrs im
mediately after birth by amolher
ini( them." huIU Mr. Itnsmlissen.
"If a girl bnby. prior to birth. Is
pledged to marriage, the mother
will preserve It. It not the lnfont
Is killed. Hoy bubles have a great
er value und ure seldom. If ever,
killed
Mrs. McClintoek's brother, ac
cording to a letter from the attor
ney, charged McClintock with hav
ing uttemptcd to poison his wife
to obtain the forlune, but later Mc
Clintock divided thu inherltanco
with his wife's brother, William W.
Caswell, father, ot Lumnn O. Cas
well.
ASSOCIATED FRESH
MANAOr.Il RESIGN?
NKW YOIIK (By the Associated
Press) Announcement Is made of
tho resignation of Frederick Roy
Martin as general manager of tho
Associated Press, to bo effective
after the n-xt annual meeting of
the members on April 21. '
American Ambassadoi
KMIVflTf.' INKA Hli-iell
AlWMSKaUOl '..ill,,,,. Illnel,,.,.,. the lunkv new
TO Spaill KeSlgnS I'OSt. jvnuior from roiiiiccllra as an
" Linmng a lot of the Utile know.
WASHINGTON llii Hie Asso.-I- r .urnt.rt f th(, Purt,,
aleil f'lessl Prnspeel of alinlh- I lis evperlences In strunge places
er shift among major nosis In the.j,,,, tonght him that thliigM arc not
dlplOllluUe service developed hen!Rwav. wna ,(,,,,. (, ;t only
II was mealed that Alexander P. j,v B,,ting under the surface of
.Moore, ambassador to Hpsln since things ran the reul reason rot- a
1921. had laid hi" resignation be-telv, iuutlon be determined,
fore president Coolldge. j Alter two months ot exploring
Thus far the resignation has-naluilal catacombs ami con
110! tieen accepted, but there are sciences, Hlngham has concluded
ludlrutlons Ihal Mr. Moore'u def-'ihiil the senate Is no exception to
I Inite retirement from the service .this general ruin. Muny situations
( may soon be announced und a sue- ,ln the senate, IJingham suya, are
ccisut- uj.iKjlnCed. , jriinlnlsccnl ot tho meeting on a
Hiram Bingham, Senator,
Is Quite An Explorer
ens.
Yunkees.
''One of these Yankees." says
Hlnghnm. "like most ot Ms kind,
was exceedingly reticent. Hut the
second one. who got 011 and sat
down in the same seat with the
rlrst was a curious. Inquisitive
customer. This fellow noticed Iho
fltst hnj a basket on the floor in
front of him In which omelhlug
kepi moving. j'
"What, you got In the basket?'
he asked, trying to penetrate the
ot her'a rem r. o
'None of your business was.
Contlnund on .'" Six.)