EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
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Portland, AP) Oregon
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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 153
GITYl
EDITION
NY AT
REX HALL
GIVES VAY
Several Skaters at Rink
Injured Somewhat by
the Collapse
NONE SERIOUSLY
HURT IN SMASH
Precautions to Be Taken
to Avoid Similar Occur
rences in the Future.
Auto Stolen
From Local
M
an roun
A number or merrymakers al
most miraculously! escaped sorl-.
oiih injury or death Saturday ev
ening when a portion of the bill-:
cony of Hex Hull fell tQ the floor.
The Hex Hull Is now being us
cmI un a skating rink and ha re
cently hud large crowds in atten
dance. On Saturday evening the
entire hull and bit loon ies were fill
ed with the usual Halurday nighl
crowd.
About Hi persons were watch
ing the skaters from a small pro-
Jl'CllllJ? fliUCUIiy 111 lilt!, cam tux.
. ..... it... r '
OI l lie null wiieil nv ii nut. .-nu ui
the section dropped slowly to the
floor.
Ankle Fracture..
Mrs. It. W. Cummings sustain
ed a fractured anklo us a resu
the fall. George Bauman. a high
school student, was severely jar
red and was knocked unconscious
by the Torce of the Impact but
will recover without permanent
injury.
:' Airs. Cummings and young Bau
man were the only two occupants
of the balcony to receive injury
other than a few minor scratch
es and bruises. .
Clyde laundry was skating un
der neath the balcony as it fell
tind won quite severely bruised by
he falling tlmbora but no. byM'S
were broken. Park Taylor and A'.
V. Htlne also sustained minor
Franklin Car, Belonging
to C. K. Hibbard, at
Bliss, Idaho; Two Boys
Still at Large.
The Franklin car owned by C.
II. lllbbard of Im. Grande which
wtts stolen bust week was located
yesterday in Bliss, Idaho, accord
ing to a message received by the
authorities here.
The cur was apparently in good
shape, the message stated, and
will be returned hero this week.
Job Busch and James Kcrrls,
the two boys suspected of the
theft of the cur after escaping
from the county Jail Tuesday
night of last week have not been
found.
Jesse Bresheara. county sheriff
sent telegrams - to authorities in
L'luh, Idaho and California In a
further attempt to locate the miss
ing youths this morning.
, I'll tier Sentence.
Jf npprehended. Joe Busch will
be taken to the Mate institution
for boys, Judge U. l. Couch said
this morning.
At the time of this last escapade
Busch was under parole from the
judge and by violating the terms
of the parole automatically be
comes lluble for a term in
statu jtchool for boys.
MORE THAN
Mill! A HUM 1 1
IUU nilLHU
MEET HERE
2 New Plans
Are Drawn
By DeMonzie
Bank Note Circulation
and Contribution' by
. Capital Plans Before
.French Cabinet.
I'AlilS, (lly Bio Associated
Presa) llio lobbies or tttt
' chamber of deputies anil scii-
ate were crowded totlay Willi
' nienittefs of parliament anil
others, aulivc politically,, most
of. whom, rorrcastliur the rail
or the Herrlot Ministry, were
.nlreoUy Nweeulntliuc on the
eoniKslthMi or the next cabi-
net, .Meanwhile the cabinet
members were deliberating on
reiNjrtett dlrrerenees or polity
between Herrlot ami M. De
Monzie, new flnanee minister.
DeMonzie, who came into the
limelight as Kiniince Minster I'
Inentel'a . successor, has suddenly
acquired prestige that mukes him
Ihe louder in t lie possible race for
the premiership. The cubiuet's full
high school Saturday proved thon(,xt TCeck Is taken for granted
most siieeessful of the series held'-,nd It is pointed out that Herrlot
Teachers of Union Coun-
.ty Gathered at Final
Institute -
STATE OFFICIAL
GIVES ADDRESS
Concluding One of Three
Conferences Held bat
urday Was Most Suc-
cesful. .
' The third annual Tnlon County
Touchers' Institute held In the
S KILLED III
YESTEHDftY
Florida Wind and Hail
Storm Late Sunday
Fatal to Four ;
EXPLOSIONS TAKE
LIVES OF FIVE
Quarry Blast at Martinez,
Calif., and Premature
Explosion at Victor,
Colo., Prove Fatal. .
Charlotte Quits Hubby
TO
the
GAR ACCIDENTS
(Continued on lage Five.) .
NEW RATES IN
" EFFECT- SOON
Keven-.il changes in domestic po
rtal rules will he In effect hero
RE REPORTED
Two men walking along the
highway toward Island City were
very slightly injured last evening
by a car driven by Clyde Hloom
Mr. Iltoom had slowed down to let superintendent.
this year under the supervision of
K. A. Sayre,. county school super
intendent. The addresses at the institute
were of a uniformly high standard.
The principal lalks were made by
Professor James h Bursch of thoi
department of education and psy
chology. O. A. f A. C Hampton.
f, T. Thy. Assistant Btate Super
intendent .Smith, and H. M. Broad
bent of Baker.
The morning program opened
with a number of musical selec
tions by the high school glee club
under the direction of Miss Jsu
bellc Miller. .
Ifnniptou Speaks.
Superintendent A. .- Hampton
of m Grande delivered the offi
cial welcome to the visiting edu
cators and the responsu was made
by K. A. Hayre, county school
ts between two fires, the enemies
of the capital levy on one hand
and the adversaries of French re
presentation at the Vatican on the
other.
a car pass at the time of running
into the men and was proceeding
at a very slow rate of speed. One
of the victims of the accident
was slightly scrutchod but no
complaint was filed.
K. Ford's luxl Is
have run off the grade on
highway between I. a Grande und
Pendleton b it with Injury to no
one. It is said that the car wan
driven back onto the road by its
own power.
rAUIS, (By the Associated
Press) Bills providing for an
increase in bank note circulation
amounting to four billion franks
and for a voluntary 10 percent
contribution by capital, were pre
sented to the cabinet today by fi
nance Minister DeMonzie.
The cabinet will meet again to
night to finish discussion of these
measures which will be presented
to the chamber tomorrow. De
Monzie is determined to resort to
a straight capital levy plan only
(Continued on Pago Hx.)
SIMMY'S TOMi.
Florida Morm kills 4, injured
21.
3 men killed. 3 Injured - In
minrry blast near - Mnrtinrs,
California.
2 Miners killed, one hurt, In
blast in Victor, Oilo., mine.
THREE TO SPEAK
AT LUNCHEON OF
COMMERCIAL MEN
In addition to speeches by Cap
tain K. C. Allworth and Professor
K. TV Heed of C.orvallis. C. B. Hall
of California- will make an ad
dress at the chamber of commerce
April IS. Sometime previous to puncheon tomorrow on tho sub
that date one-half and one and;j,.ct, "What a Visitor Sues in Ore-
' re- ' inn
Professor Bursch's nd dresses dur
ing the. morning session were on
the subjects, 'The New Teacher
In tho Modern School 'and "The
Problem - of Measuring Men." I
Superintendent H, M. Broadbent
ri.unrtr.ri tn .gave a very line uourewi uurmg
fVitf ri""' niorniiiK uii' in' vuiur wi
iNormai Training to ine reacner.
The remainder of the forenoon
was devoted to work In depart
mental groups with Mrs. K, A.
McKnchron presiding over the ele
mentary group und Miss Susanna
leul head of the phonics and dra
matics group. '
Following cafeteria lunch served
at noon at the high school undor
the direction of Miss Lois Imvls
of the domestic science depart
ment tlie afternoon session opened
with several musical selections
sung by the boys' quartet of the
high school.
Offlt-iftl Speaks.
The first speech of the after
one. half cent stamps will be re
celved ul the local post office f or
use In the new rating system The.
various changes In the system fol-
low: !
Letters (Miscellaneous, written
or typewritten), no change: Po
stal cords (Government hjsued. no
ch;i nge ) ; I 'osl curds ( private
mulling cards, either written or
printed) old rate t cent each,
new rate 2 cents each; printed
cards (larger than Gov't, postal
cards; old rate 1 cent per 2 ozs.
new rate 1 1-2 cents; per 2 ozh, if
bearing the words "Post Curd" or
' J'rivate Mailing Card." 2 cents;
4fotible or reply post Cards (not
fnv't) each portion . formerly 1
cent each, new rate 3 cents each;
complete newspapers and maga
zines (mailed by public) old rate
1 cent per 4 txs.. new rate 2
t nts per 2 ou, If over 8 cents
mail us parcel post; book und
catalogs (24 pages or over and 8
oz or less) no change; Seeds, plan
ts, bulbs, roots, etc (8 o. or less)
no change; Miscellaneous printed
mutter (8 oz. or less) old rate 1
cent per 2 ozs., new rate I 1-2
cents per 2 ozs.; Miscellaneous
printed matter (over 8 os and in
cluding books, catalogs, newspap
ers and magazines), parcel post
rate; Parcels (8 oi or less. Includ
ing all mailable mutter except
mentioned above). 1 1-3 cents p-r
2 ozs.. formerly 1 cent per oz. or
at the one pound zone rate; pur-
Captaln K. C. Allworth, "Wash
ington's most distinguished soldi-
will talk about the O. A- C.
memorial campaign and Professor
Heed will tell what the Corvallls
chamber of commerce is doing.
LOCAIj cagkhs iioxoiti;i
Oregon Agricultural College.
Cor wi Ills, re. ( Specia l ) Wukl o
Stoddard and George . W. Brown,
both of La Grande, were guests at
a dinner given Wednesday night
by Couch and Mrs. It. II. Hager
In honor of the busketball squad.
Mr. Stoddard, who Is student body
president. Is a senior In com
meree. Mr. Brown is a senior In
mining engineering.
(Continued on Page Five.)
GOLTToulEy
IS
PALM SUNDAY
SERIEHELD
M f AM T, Fla (By the Associated
Press) i-Tho death of Mrs. John
T. Simpson, of West wood Park,
today increased yesterday's torna
do ileal h toll to four.
Bodies of three victims of the
wind .and hull storm near here
Sunday afternoon were In the Mi
ami undertaking parlors late last
night a man named Sullivan, a
Mrs. Scholtz and a boy. Twenty
four Injured in the storm, are in
Miami --'hospitals.
The storm formed near Hlaleah.
sfx miles went of Miuml . and
struck with greatest force at the
White Belt dairy, wrecking homes
and buildings, And doing damage
stimated at between $lGU,00t) and
$2io,onp. It continued In a north
easterly; direction and passed out
to sea 'about 1G miles north of
here.
Reports reaching Miami say
that rain und hall storms were
" .
POSTPONED
HOT I.AKK (SpechU) ; l'alni
Snndny was observed ut the reRU"
lar Sunday nlKht services nelil nc
the Sunutorlum lust eyonliiB. Mm.
A. T. Hill of IM. Grande read n
triinnscrlitt on'-lhe uruelfixutlon of.
Christ. The slhWs which are rep
resentations ol ruinous painting
porlruyinff the events or l-ulm
Sunday wore Khown nnd explain
ed by .Miss Ulanehe Howell or the
Sanatorium statr. Next Sunday
will conclude this series or Lenten
services which have been held
each Hunduy Jit the Ijiko.
The manuscript which Mrs. Hill
prepured and road was Instructive
as well ns InterestlnB, and her talk
was greatly enjoyed by the large
number who attended the servic
es. The slides are being loaned
by Mrs. Mossniun who has given
ninny Interesting lectures in J-a
Grande on ruinous paintings.
Mr. and Mrs. Hill, and Dr. and
Mm. Mossninn were dinner gnosis
at the Sanatorium Sunday evening
and uttended the services.
Chniiottn Nash, who was ".Miss St. Iwils"
puu-canl or mid who ohmeil with l'Y .
tilrnoil rrom lris to her home hi St. Irfuiis without her husband.
Nimlllnger is 30 yours older thnn his wire.
In the Aliunde Clly
Niirillhiger. Iiils re-
TROUT
SPAWN
AT HA
J
CHERY
(Continued on Page Five.)
HE QUITS
T
1
Homing AiriiM'n to lie Guided
Through l-'og liy 1 ;ict'tiitit
(Continued on Page Fif.)
1XMON, (Al) An electric
current is lo be used shortly to
guide pilots through tin- fogt of
Knglund in safety to the airdrome
below them.
The binding space is encircled
by a cable. Just under the surface
of the ground, charged with an al
ternating current which '.'rentes u.
magnetic field. Thr presence of
this field Ik detected by instru
ments curried on the plane and,
according to Sir Philip Sasoon.
under secretary for air, no matter
how dark the night or how thick
the fog. the pilot will know when
he Is over the land stage.
The Baker-lrft Grand (J golf tour
nament announced last week will
be held In Baker April Jittli in
stead of April 12 as was first an
nounced. The story goes that the post
ponement of the date was tho re
sult of a request from one of the
most ardent local golfers who ma
nages ii department store In his
spiire time. It seems that this
gentleman made a dale with the
preacher of his church at Clirlst-
m is to see hltn again In church
Kustcr Sunday and felt that an
engug"inent of such long standing
should be kept.
Artists To Appear Here
In Recital This Month
Clover Creek Man Is
Fined for profanity
ij'o 1'TOst or Clover Crook was
fined HI by Judge Hugh K. Hru-
dy or Ihe justice court this morn
ing on charges of using profanity
on the state highway.
Lecturer Tells of
Japanese Earthquake
A. H. Stange, L. Kinzel
Here for a I-ew Days
A. II. Slang'', fullior or August
J. Stung", or this oily, uecompun-
iod by his grandson Leslie ljn.ei.
Is snondlng a rew days In U
Grunde. lie Is here., not only ror
a visit at I lie Stange lioine, but al
so on business.
Mr. Stingo and Mr. miwi win
leave for Morrill. Wisconsin on
Wednesday.
WASHINGTON. (Uy the Asso
ciated l'ress) Tho resignation
of Kdwnrd K. lirodie, minister to
Slum, will be accepted at his re
quest. A successor has not been
selected.
llrodle'wus appointed to the
post by 1're.sldont Harding In 1811.
He was vice-president or the Ore
gon Chamber or Commerce and is
a publisher In Oregon City, Oregon.
X TRA
UNION". Ora.. (Special).- Brood
trout'-spawning Is being curried
on at the local fish hutuhery, and
H. H. Monnoy, superintendent, ox-j
jects to secure about half a mil-'
lion eggs for tho spring hatching.
He . has been feeding and caring
for these brood trout for the past
few, years nnd this Is the first
spawning that tho hatchery has
secured from these fish.
. TO W IT'.IIIOLI) BI.CORItS.
V;VKlllM.lO (AP) Interiiul
revcituo t'ollti'tttrs have lMtn or
dered by Commissioner Blair to
withhold the nw Income tax ree-
onlh - from., public Inspection until
given riirtfiei- authority from the
Internal revenue bureau.
ALFALFA
T
Br COLD WAVE
AUTO THIEF, 1(5,
RAFFLED POLICE
JUST "FOR FUN"
BOSTON. (By the 'Associated
press) Jumes Sheehan, 16. auto
mobile theif who played tag with
the Boston motor police for four
days because he liked a "thrill,"
weuried of the sport today uixl
returned to ihe state school for
boys at Shirley, from which he es
caped several months ago.
In the hide and seek game with
Ihe police yesterday in the Charle
slown dlslrlel, crowds turned out
lo cheer the youth. "I did It Just
for tho fun of the thing," he explained.
NORTH POW Dion. Ore. (Spe
cial to tho Observer) Kully
per cent of the fields of alfalfa
were entirely killed by the D
ccmbcr cold spell. Investigation
during the past week has tils
closed. This condition is report
ed trilto general throughout east
ern Oregon not only lo alfalfa
fields but also to all kinds of Trull
and be rrles. T h e dam age he i
however, is very great.
Those who were fortunate
enough to have their flelda sown
with Orlmm alfalfa are Ihe urn a
mainly who suffered no damag
Flowers Dot La Grande;
Clean-Up Week JN earing
TVjrsdi'y nlntr.. A.rrM
IVuug K oiiieh W.uucatlonul Au
xiliary or the local Methodist
rhurth will present Viet or Depln
to. violinist, and Marguerite Car
ney, lyric soprano, accompanied
by Margaret Notx. pianist, in ron
eerf t the First Methodist Kpis
coimi hurch. '
Both Mr. iM Plnlo and Miss Car
ney are musicians of gnat ability
and are well known to la Grande
people. Mr. lePlr.to neently re
turned from a trip to the Orient.
He was vtolinUt on the Orient
passenger liner President (Irani
and also appeared u sololit In
concert in Japan tnd the PMUy-
f p!-ei. 5l. Rrw -:ii:i1;i'R
Uts htune. Minn Carney if
wWI known lit-t'-, having formerly
resided here. She Is now known
as Port In nd'n blind ntng'T. Sh
is po?W'il of a soprano voire of
delicious purity ami flexibility und
u?M'S It with m listed I lot dl ignce.
She recently won a scholurshlp
gtven by I he National Federation
The down stairs auditorium of
the I D. S. T.ibernaele wus filled
to capacity tuat evening when Kr
ne.t W'oodard. of Baker, gave a
I b-rture on "Conditions In Japan nt
ni i Woodtitd wan on ft MiHMfj to Jn- Jirufjii,
"April Khow-rn bring May Mow
ers." That is true but April sunshine
und showers likewise bring April
Bowers, at least In Ul Orande. At
present one may walk through the
residential districts and see beds
of dafrodlls, bleeding hearts, nnd
other early flowers in all their
iriory gorgeous yellow, brilliant
red und purest white Interming
ling In a protuslon of color, with a
background of verdsint green in
evidence, f
La Grande may not have quite
ma tarlv a season iv rnal cllb'ft
fli't- 't.-I'j In t;...
Low
Cost Per
Reader
pi;sts lNJi iti: tbi;i;s
CNBtN, Our. (Special) Then
In quite, a lot of complaint fron
orchard men in this vicinity In
reference to damage done young
fruit trees by rabbits and ot h
unlmuls during the winter.
Most of the damage seems to
have been done to the prine und
cherry trees, more than 2'to tries
WM. LEVENS
PREPARING
FOR nil
Appoints Four Assistants
to Work from Office
'in Salem .
FORMER BAKER
MAYOR IS CHOSEN
Prohibition Commissioner
to Tour State Soon and
Confer with County Of-,
ficers. .
SALEM, Ore. (By Asso
ciated Press). Prohibition
Commissioner of Oregon Wil
liam Levens today announced
the appointment of four state
prohibition agents who will
operate from his main office.
The quartet are: D, R. Car-:
ter, former mayor of Baker,;
Ore.; Dan M. Jones, former
Washington state " peniten
tiary guard ; , A. McFarlano
and William T. ' Duckworth,,
both of. Portland. V
Levens will soon tour tho
state and confer with sher
iffs and district attorneys. ,
PIERCE DENIES
URGirJ& RECALL
(ions" wi:i.tx)wi:i)i
SAX I'HANCISCO (Al' Till)
Aim' I'lnui Bob, stnlVvnrt holt' or III"
sen, timk n firmer itrlp tmliiy ui-
ill r;io lieurts of the Hun l''rnnelM'0
ilistrlet tliiiu he i'iiilnivil yeHter
ihiy with the liiiim'HHlvu enlriiiiee
or the bnliie rni-t nun inn nay
His M'.iii(l frleiully nssnult iiimhi
the i-flili'iitH' iirrertion.s waH
iierHdiittl iipiH'lirnnee In the form
or a luiriiile or Ki.nno HiillorN riiini
l-'erry IIiiIIiIIiik to the City mill
MAN WITIIOIT COI NTIIV.
Ni:V VOItK (Al") I'rhiTO lo-
liailllllitl Killile .elihi'hl'lin. Heir
Htylnl "I'.nilr of Kinilintnii," U-
iMn-leil hv the l.lilleil hluten to
(iri'iit llrlluln only to )' refiiMil
nihiiltliiliee there. In Imek ill !'.!-
lis iHlllllll. llllllliKI'llliim uriii'lnlH
took '.lint hi i nstoily toilny. Me re
Iternleil Ills i llllltls Hint he Is ll'tt
tellliiK on a illiloiiiulle iasHirt
Isniieil by Hie Tnrkisli minister In
lioniliin mill llm hl mission n
to Minre minis ror ileveloinielil
or mitiiriil n'somiix hi Kiinlm-I1111.
8AI.KM. Ore. Soltll Gov,'
irnor Walter Mi TJerw, who rii
cently returned froin 'It trli lip )
I'Jnstern Oreson. and who Ihia' lieen, "
uecuHutl. by Portluna mow ipur.ein
or InHilKutlnK thO' iiroiiotfiil-rveall
or Senutor llruco UiMiulil. ot ; I .a
viruiiiie. niinuuy' urine i jiii
wia In any .wuy liutriimentni til
iLtrltiitlntr the' movement lie uuhl
thut printed reporta to thla orrect
were in error. . .
Tho governor . . declnr-vl that
whilo In eastern Oregon recently
he wim Invited to attend a grung 1
meeting, nnd It Wus arter ho huu
entered the hall that ho waa In
rormed that petitions had been
prepured nsklng for tho rocall of
Ihe Union and Wullowa, senator.
Tho executive lofuued to Intimate
whether he would tako any purt
In reeulling Sonutor Dennis In ev
ent the petitions were filed und
tho election called.
Airplanes to Explore
Remote Arctic Regions
WASHINGTON (Al') The
vnt unknown ri-Klon:i of the Are
lie will be explored tlll.s millillier
wllli niivul iilnriirt by imvy pllols
hill not n a government project.
The allemiit ul observing the un-
eliurli.il urea of more tliun 01111
million "'inure miles lying between
AIiihIul and (he north pole where
i eonllnent mnv exist, will be
on one rnnch having been Hint mlL,,. n ennniTtlon wilb ein cx
so badly that ninny of them will .....iiii,,,, h.iMlol by Honiihl II.
die rrom tho efrects ol gnawing. Mni Mlllnn. the explorer, who will
STATE POLICE
TAKE UP CASE
by animals.
HI H.NT UIVr.lt VJM'M'l'M.
HA K Kit, Ore. (Hpcchtl) That
the frost damage tj alfalfa stands
(n the I pper liuint Htver country
will not be excessive Is the belief
Continued on I'age Five.)
Alleged Kidnappers to
Be Tried in Hombay
IIMMHAY. (lly the Associated
ref) AH nine nieu charged
;';;rf !i
pan and whs In Toklo the three I testacy of st rings urge anl by
'lays of the rptake. H'-ptembcr I. ZiKust'T Hnnday. Ihe wcallh of flo-
and 3. 1923 and spoke from blsw,.rH in full bloom will fir surpam
own exprieni-'. He stutid that ' tit' present. nn siiort week's
1 Tea eHrthiiiiak'-s. wli h only a ; grow h in the ipring means a
uliort time between each. w-re r'- niullltude of polen.
corded during the three da
alo tobl of rondblons aft
of Women's rhiJts in a Young ar- jfihock and the number of people
tlsts contest recently hpi at I'ort
!und. Mips Nots. pJnnlft. Is rImo excel
lent. Hhe Is a plnl-t whose play
ing rvflrets much understanding
and mpathv and her execution
is very satisfactory.
1 A few lawnmowers iire out al-tb-
jihoiiirh tin. areHler share or ihe
raltlln trimmers will not be Isk-
kllb'd by fire and otherwuw. j (i from winfer storag" for awhile.
In addition to Mr. WoouWd'a . iy smudg'". the result of firr
talk Jick Hlatt rendered a pluno , p.-rmlin. ar rating Into trash c
solo. Mim Myrtle liluck gave a vo'jrumhiied during the winter va
ra I aolo. lIck Undvy played tnro'son. nich soil, prrxured from e
violin number and the I. I). 8. I .
Cbotr aoK two numbers- I (Contiuued on I-Five.)
An afherllMr I InlereMrd In
(pininy i rmiiNHiiw, ' " I ..lt. nM tlnv t ;...-
ui.-,, firii, !) , inn ii .'i.H ,1,
low exH'ilillliiri; mt reader.
relurn tor the ninth lime lo his
favorite haunts of lee and snow
on a ship li nvlng WlHenssi t, Maine
about June I ft.
The plan lias been unproved by
Meerelary Wilbur and Indorsed by
resident Coolhlge.
11KI.MONT. Muss. (By the Asso
ciated l'ress) The slato pollco
joined local authorities today at
tempting to solve the "gas mask"
murder, Ihe victim of which Alex
ander llushman. Nova Hcolla car
penter und war veteran, wus found
Hatiirilay In an abandoned cellur
nivir Waverley.
The gas mask, rastened to ' his
head, couluined enough chloro
form to kill 3D persons, pollen said
which had been poured Into tho
chemical chamber of tho mask.
AIK MIIIHIIOI' DI.AI). .
I'Oltil.AMI (Al) Archbishop
Alexander flirl.lle s lllrrt In tho
hivpital hero f.ils aflcrnixm.
Willis For President,
Anti-Wet Battle Cry
That fsm-lilernllon iletermliii-s
Ih wtlile or IIh luliertl-lng he
hoys. It I- natural. Hirrefon,
that Ih ,-lionhl lalne fllwrier
sMi-e liiubly Isi-aiiw lie get
m minimum rate and na-lMs
oer I2.IHXI renihTs oery day.
"Observer Ailrrrtl.lng
. A Mercliaiidl.lug Sen lee
(Hv lllll'I'V II. II1111I)
( T A':M Siilunn It :gue of A -
merlo-i. linvlng wrlllen elgll
t'''nth tini'-'nilnunt into Ihe uon
Mllllltlon. bill riiKlltiK lis elirorce.
in-Ill lo (hi'e 'O have 1,1-rn both
hitir-lienrli 'I and Inerrlcient. Ii r -
pill -il lo M- gelling "all Bel" to
make prohibitum enforrem.'nl the
di-ei'ldllig fiirler In 111" noilllliiltlon
and election of lb" next president.
Lending the list of pi esldeul lal
eligible", under I lie league Htieelfl
eMlions. in snid lo tie Senator
I I'ri.nk II. Willis of Ohio.
I WUIIs li s been suiipei leil. (or
of the lies Moines Federation of the past elam years. 01 minium,.
a preSIJenuui oe. .x n-xumi
llier favorite of Cue Mahaiuja oi
Indore. were rnmllleil toihiy lifter
a preltnilnary hearing, for trial III
Ihe Uombay high court.
Des Moines RcKiKtcr
Adopts ("rime Policy
lKH MdINK1! (lly the Associa
ted l'ress) The lies Moines He.
glsier today began un experiment
of segregallng all crime news on
(he Inside page. St the suggestion
N omul's Clubs,
f among regulars on all lli-piibllcua
!..;.'. no uvr .ii:v,i,v..iV.,,.l.h ..VesV. i.Ji'.
of th ranks when it cme.es to thn
matter of prohibition and displays
a dry Insurgency that not even
Morris Sheppard, who Introduced
the iimendlnent, cwn Slirplass.
Willis and Ihe Anil-Salon
League sort ot grew up together.
Ills old home at Adli. .. Is not
(ar (rom Westervllle, thn birth
place and still the headquarters or
Ihe leugun. Willis rought the
leagues right In his curly political
hull lea In Ohio, und It was in no
small part liuguo support I hat
:-ent him to Congrrsa, mude him
(Continued on Par Vive.)