La Grande evening observer., April 15, 1925, Image 1

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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBEK ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 161
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2 BANDITS
SLUG GIRL;
TAKE RINGS
Newlin's Book arid Sta
tionery Store Scene of
Robbery Last Night
CASH SAVED BY
SPEEDY ACTION
Mrs. Earl Larson, Clerk,
Locked Safe, Hid Key
and Money, Foiling the
Plans of Masked Men.
Only Ihe presence of mini and
tiuli'k udtnns of Mrs. Karl Larson,
clerk nl Ncwlins Pook und Station
ery store, prevented -two bandits
from escaping with a large kiiiii of
money liiHt night when they enter
eil I lie establishment as Mrs. l.ur
son was dosing up shop for tlie
evening. As ii was, Hhe lost three
rings a diamond ring, an onyx
ring wltli a diamond set, and n
wedding ring hut as near an ran
he cheeked up. that is all I! wit va.
tiiken. Tln wedding ring was founu
on I lu floor of liii' store today.
Met ween S;40 and nine o'clock,
the two men. their faces masked,
entered the store. Mrs. Larson was
preparing to lock up thu safe und
when Hhe s'iw the two she promptly
thnt and locked the safe, hid the
Key ami hid a Imx containing a
large amount of cash.
klHMkftl riMfiiist-oui.
Tin inn approached her and
tried to set her to unlock the safe.
'!'h in tthe refused to do, stating that
she didn't know tin comhlnation.
(tie- man said: "Spill something
else funny."
Then they grubbed her and tried
again to gel her to open the HJife.
Almost, immediately afterwards,
according to the account given by
the police, one of 1ho men struck
her above the eye with his fist,
knocking her unconscious.
Itlims Stolen.
While she was unconscious, they
apparently tried to gain entrance
to the safe hut tailed to do so
j-ol finding the key or the mom'j
v hieh she had hidden.
They then stripped I In three
rings from her fingers and escaped.
About nine o'clock a girl enter
ed the store and found Mrs. Lar
s'. n. still unconscious. She revived
Iter and her first words were "i
the police." Apparently whe had
egaiiied consciousness once loiifc
enough to take down the deceiver
of the telephone but had been un
hide to hold out long enouch to
call.
Search t nimillinx.
( irricen; Alon.o Dunn, Cecil
Lieualbn. and J. II. Gordon were
aummoned and conducted a search
1 ,
(Contmutd on Page I-'Ivo.)
BEST ESSAYS
ARE SELECTED
The '-liental Kssay Content" Just
clewed, was entered Into with con
siderable .est by the schools of
I'nion coiinly. according to Conn
t y School Superintendent K; A.
Savre, The winners will each re
ceive $io. following are the
names of Hie winners:
Cor tilth and sixth grades, ly
ing outride of districts of first
-ass. Kihen Mull. Star district.
For seventh and eighth grades
King outside of dirtrtcts of first
class, Kslher Anderson, Cove dis
trict. l-'or filth and sixth grades in
distthls of the tirnt class. Harriet
Stnuleion. Centra! school. Ijl
Grande.
Kor seventh and eighth grades
in districts of the first class. Until
(b lhel. Central school. I .a Grande.
The winner's manuscripts have
lei n sent lo Salem to be intend
in Hie state content. A winner hi
the state contest received $'J5.
Artists' Recital Will
Be Held Tomorrow Eve
'hie of the finest recitals of the
tii- in Lu Grande what those
in chaige of the concert to be
uisen iii tin Kirst Methodist Kpt
copul church tomorrow ninht
promise. The concert will feature
Victor de pinto, violinist. sist"d
by Mi.s Marguerite Carney, lyric
soprano, and Miss Margaret Noise,
pianist, who will appear under the
siusph es of t he Young Women's
Ivhe .itmnnl Auxiliary.
The program t announced
follows;
1. LO Sonato in A Major (Haen
d"l); (') Nocturne in C Hat
Jimmy Ferris
Arrested In
Pasco, Wash.
Local Boy Who Escaped
from County Jail Two
Weeks Ago Again in
Custody.
The hardships of humming about
the country without f unds proved
too much of a trial to Jimmy I'er
ric, lf-ycar-old boy who escaped
with a partner in crime from the
county jail two weks ago and unf
recaptured y est unlay, at l'asco.
Washington.
Joe Husch, Ferris partner who
escaped with him was not taken
and his whereabouts are still un
known to the police. Ferris says
that the last time he saw Joe was
when they both boarded u freight
train out of Butt", Montana, and
in some way became separated.
Stole llihlmul Cur.
Jcks Hreshcars, county sheriff,
who drove to l'asco for the bo
last night and now has him in the
jail suid this morning, that Ferris
admitted to him the theft of the
Hibbard car.
Ferris told the sheriff of the
taking of the car from in front of
a residence on Pennsylvania Ave
nue and driving It .east to Bliss, Id
aho, where it was abandoned. At
the time the car was discarded it
had not been damaged and was In
the same shape in which the boys
took it wilh exception of a spot
light sold in Kampa, Idaho, for
Hireo dollars.
From Bliss the two boys went to
I'ocateilo and later by successive
jumps reached Butte, Montana. At
this juncture both boys were prac
tically in rags and had barely suc
ceeded in keeping themselves alive
by begging meals at the restaur
ants and hotels in return for some
odd jobs about the pluee.
Went to Pasco.
At Butte they decided to return
home, get more clothes and again
hit the road. Artec their aepnra-j
Hon Ferris gradually drirted south
until he reached l'asco. Ho was
taken into custody there by an of
ficer who suspected from his ap
pearance that something wus
wrong and was later identified by
a description which was broadens!
by Sheriff Breshears.
The date of Ferris' hearing has
not been definitely set.
DR. J. E. WOODELL
IJRINGS IN BEST
MESS OF TROUT
The prize of a fine fish line of
fered by Lills hardware store for
the finest catch of fish by J 1',
noon, today wa.s won by Hr. J. Iv
Woodell who brought in a mess of
trout of a kind seldom seen so
early in the season. The fish were
almost of uniform size and aver
age from Hi to 12 Inches in
lengti. Ir. Woodell refused to di
vulge liis happy fishing ground.
Mr. Frawlcy's Funeral
Will Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services over the re
in iius of John Crawley. Ui Grande
pioneer railroadman and for 24
years county trea.su rer, who tiled
esterday, will tie held Thursday
morning at. Hi o'clock, from the
Catholic, church.
Interment will be in the Sum
inerville cemetery under the aus
pices of the K. of l lodge of La
Grande, of which he was a charter
member. The remains tire at the
Bohneiikamp chapel.
Baker-Haines Stretch
Load Limit Removed
The load limit was removed this
morning from tin- I luk"r-Haines
section of the old regon Trail, ac
cording to announceni' ni from the
shite highway oHlces here. This
section has lieen closed to heavy
traffic for some tlm" bec.ius. of
being wet. Although :t hn been
slow to dry out i in nov in good
condition and open to all traffic.
Only one load limit now remains
on the highways lead in t out of
La Grande. That is between Hil
g;ird and Head Man's Fas, between
here and I 'end let fin. This will
probably be remoxei) within the
llext week, depending, howevr. on
weather conditions.
( 'hopin-Sa rasnte ) Mr. I c I "into.
Lf. (a Cirri Nome, from "Itigo
letto ( Verdi ; b Mondna ht
t Se human ; it) ( 'are Selve (Han
del) Miss Carney.
:i. (a) Chant "Nobody Known
1 e Trouble I've Seen" t Wliile) ;
h) Negro Haiiee, Somelini's I
Feel Like n MothelbsS Child"
(White); (c) (irtentale (Cull: (d)
Melody (OaweM Mr. I e Finto.
i. (a) Bhapsodie (BrahuiM): (l)
j Ktu-ie (S( rlaldne) ; (( ) Waltz
' (Fri'dman) Mi.-s .VoU.
(Continut-d on Tag Five.)
New Writer
A'-
A stnilKli.rr(iii-slioiiliir talk
i' W nsliliiuKm nrrnira. Thnl ts
whin Is !"; lo ho offcml Ki
ri nili is r ihe i:n'iiliis ObscrviT
in the Inlly Wilshluxlon loltor
nlilrll will lM' ivrillcil '.lilslolr
for this inHr liy Charles 1'.
Slrwnrl. ifclurrl almv( hi'uln
llliiK I'rliliiv. Slowart haw bo'll
wrllln for this ner for some
time anil now he will write ilaily
on topics of Interest lo all. Anil
lie knows wheivof he spi-aks.
Watrh for Stewart's articles.
Less than loo applications have
been received to date by Karl Key.
nobis from men seeking positions
as extras in the Hex Beach produc
tion to be filmed at Wullown laki
in May by Frank Lloyd's company
of motion picture stars.
The greater share of Ihe ijppMl
canls have applied in person tit the
chamber or commerce orfices In
Hie. Sommcr Hotel building on Ie.
pot slreett although many applica
Hons have been received by mail.
Kither method is all right, accord
ing to M r. Reynolds.
Three hundred men will be
needed for one or two days during
the filming of "Winds of Chance."
They will be paid $4 per day and
maintenance, which includes meals,
and other similar Items.
Mr. lieynolds urges that all who
desire to work as extras apply at
once, in order to avoid any hist
minute confusion. No particular
" type" Is specified the only thing
is that the applicant, must be u
mun. The extras will take the purl
of miners in Alaska in the early
gold rush days.
2 OFFENDERS
A record of two arrests and two
convictions of Honor violators all
in the sjiice of about 12 hours was
hung up by (b orne M- Fierce, spe
cial ofilcer. las) evening and this
morning.
Mr. Fieri- heard a thirsty gen
tleman make n engagement for a
mart of red eye with W. C Mar
tin last evening and when M r.
Mart in. more familiarly known
about the city as "Bill." returned
to make delivery he was taken up
with the bottle in his possession.
Judi;e Brady saiid "$2rl) fine"
and the case was closed, Martin
will serve out his sentence at the
rate of two dollar's a day.
Frank Hardness, was seen on
the si reefs of the city this morn
ing more or le:-:s under lite intlu
enuce and when searched on sus
picion t he it'iunr itself wax dis
covered on his hip.
The Judge let Mr. Bartemess off
fairly easy and he will be M r. Mar
tin's cell mate at f he county jail
while u $150 fine 1h being served
out.
Burglars Enter Home;
A Few Supplies Taken
Someone entered the Torn John
son residence last nmht but a check
today showed thTtt the only tilings
bothered Were u few SUpplte.S of
groceries und food.
However, the house hn-ukers
were etremely careful mid con
siderate. They ginned entrance by
reinoing the .shits from the win
dow in i he door, then carefully
placing the ghiss to one fde so
that It wouldn't be broken.
Klv Generation LU big
SASKATi. Siisk. (API Sas
katchewan has a family wit li tdx
K'-neratluns living. Mrs. Odell, 'j'i,
who was marrb-d when she was Hi
has a greiil. great. it real. great
Kranddauuhtcr. 1 months old. Kv
ery generation started with u dau
ghter, Mch of whom married be
tween the ages of 16 and IS.
URGES EXTRAS
TO APPLY NOW
PIERCE NABS
jSCENIC'RDAD PA NLEVE
10 BE FREE
FROM INS
Highway Entering La
Grande from West to
Be Kept Unmarred
ALL PARTIES IX
NEW AGREEMENT
Poster Boards Not to Be:
Erected Near Gangloff
Park as Result of Ar
rangement.
In the future when a tourist
drives Into La Grande from the
west, over the beautiful scenic,
highway that passes Gangloff park,
no poster boards or other adver
tising signs will mar the natural
scenery.
This wan arranged yesterday af
ternoon and this morning when all
parties concerned agreed to keep
this section of the Old Oregon Trail
free from signs.
The Fnton County Chamber of
Commerce yesterday noon went on
record as favoring the discourag
ing of poster boards on the scenic
highway and other similar places
near La Grande.
lnMrt -Owners Agni
About 3:30 o'clock In the after
noon Harl Hey nobis, secret a i y of
the commercial club here. W. C.
Crews, city manager, and an Kven
ing Observer reporter drove first
to the spot where three large pos
ter hoards are being erected by Ihe
Harvey company. Then Mrs. Mary
Foley, upon whose property the
signs nre hfing placed, was visited
and utter u. short discussion she
wholeheartedly agreed that in the
future the property she owns along
this section f the Old Oregon Trail
will not bear signs or poster hoards.
Next Wm. Miller and F. A. Kpling.
who own properly along the scenic
highway, were visited and fhey foo.
Immediately agreed to the same
re(iii'4d as did Mrs. Foley.
This morning Mr. Harvey, head
of the company that erected the
signs on the Foley property, called
Ixx. Grande und stated that he had
stopped construction and would
tear down the boards. Mir. Har
vey is reported to have considered
the matter before he ever started
construction with " t he understand
ing that if anyone complained he
would not keep the signs there.
I 'mud or Highway.
The people of la Grande are
beirinuing to more th in ever real-
! ize the value and beauty of the
scenic highway and the announce
ment that no signs will be erect
ed between Oro Hell bridge and the
hospital, will undoubtedly meet
with widespread approval.
The chamber of commerce und
the city officials are both greatly
phtased wit h I he views In ken by
Airs. Foley. Mr. Harvey, Mr. M II
er and Mr. Kpling and t he co
operation that they cordially ex
tended. Superintendent A. C. Hampton,
In an interview this morning, prais
ed J. T. Longfellow, who will suc
ceed Mr. Hampton July first as
head of the Iji Grande Hchools, and
said "I am certain that the brrd
of education has made a splendid
(selection lu securing Mr. Longfel-
low as superintendent, of thu I ,a
! Grande public, schools."
j "1 was In Spokane !: st wc-k ut
ilendlngthe Inland K.npne Fduca
jtion sis.social Ion," he said, "and I
j talked wii h -l numle-r of s' hool
; nu n from Jdaho and alt assured
line that Mr. J.niiriellow i:; an ef
ficient, school man, who Is h Id in
i the lliKle nt esteem , )-,. lem-
(bers of the profession In Idaho.
"I irlso talked wit h I ir. Brai.,
!who was president o Wn.-mlngton
'state eolb-ge when Mr. Longfel
low grnduited from t'.;it inMno
Hon aixl he was u'ter Cominis-
isioner of Ldueatton in Phiho. Or.
'Jtrvan assured rue ,ha' Mr. Long
fellow Is In every wav qualified lo
, fill the position of Mipeiini' nd'-nt
ami that the people of Li Guiiel"
uri' to bir eolig -a t nl it-d upon m-.
curing his H'T-ll'-i," le- i oiiernl 1.
j School Sites to Be Suiejed.
j Mi;nriitn. ore. profeKs.r !;
H. louglas and Or. H. P. Ualney,
experts from the department of the
school of education at Hie t'uiver.
slty of Oregon, arrlveii here lo
inake u survey of various sites (oi
the proposed $:nfUMMi high school
building. The board of e-hicuHon
,wlll not Mid the dale for Hie Hpc
clul election to Vote bonds W!tl
, whh'h to construct the fiisi unit itf
. the structure until after the e.
, perls have inudt the report of their
(survey.
LONGFELLOW
GIVEN PRAISE
ILL FORM
A CABINET
Ex-Premier Accepts Dou-
ergties Invitation to
Take Charge
MAY FINISH HIS
TASK TOMORROW
Confusion Reigning in
French Politics Since
Her riot's Resignation
Dissipated Some.
I'AKIK (By AsMM'lnbil I'rcss)
, An on icial nnnoiiiiccinciil wit
tnnclc thi nrieriMMMi that c-lre-
! inter I'ninlevo bad accept eil Fi-esl-t
h -nt Imumergiie's hit it at Ion to
form n Hoxeinmcnt.
The acceptance to some extent
dissipates the confusion reigning In
'French politics since llerrlot'a res
ignation. I'ainteve immodi itely started the
formation of a ciblnet. He saht.
however, that he did not expect to
complete the task until tomorrow.
i)ii i-i;iti;.T vi i:vs
Folltlcally, economically ami fi
nancially, there Is a widely diver
gent current of opinion hetweer.
the chamber and senate in France
today. It now has become an open
'conflict ud this underlies all the
present dlf ticultles.
I The dissolution of parliament,
which a few days ago was menlion
Vd only in whispers, is the rallying
cry of all discontent, ami In being
openly discussed in the lobbies of
Continued on Fg: Five.)
MILDRED HARRIS
,TWICE P.RIDE OE
NEW YORK MAN
NKW YOIMC (By the Associated
Press). Mildred Harris, who di-
j vorced Charlie Chaplin In I
! has Just revealed that she has
ibeen married twicu to K. -Terra nee
McGovern. realtor.
The first marriage, she said,
was in Mexico last November af
ter two years' engagement, and
the second lu Greenwich, Conn.,
last week. The bride says sho is
doubly happy.
I'KO.MOTF.It TO Wi:i I'LAPFFIt
NKW YORK (By thu Associat
ed Press). Samuel Gohlwyu.
film promoter, and Frances How
ard, who played the flapper part
In the stage comedy, "The Best
People,' are about to marry lif
ter four weeks' acquaintance, ac
cording to their friends.
U. S. III! OFF,
HAN FltAXOISCu (By the As
soeliited Press) -The grand rb-et,
the mightiest concentration if sen.
power c-vep essembled under the
American flag, steamed out today
to "war" across the Pacific.
Through the Gulden Gate the
fleet began Its trip to Hawaii for
naval maneuvers.
The fleet moved exact ly us
though i he mission of cap! uring
lit'- Island of oahu. chief of the
lliwaiian group, the country's
wesb-rn out post of defense, was
real instead f if Imaginary. Badlo
silence, "darkened ships" the lo
h" maintained throughout the
fleet.
Reaching
Farm
Readers
I teach he; more than -VI per
cent of Hie farm home hi I n
Inn cnuttt. The Olt-M-rier b"
runil -neiiige Hull I- nppre
clael by rwry inreltil nihil
ItMT. ( n Ihe ni nil mole out
at l.n (ii iiiiilc Hie uiH'r giMs tn
nearly 7b' of Hie lMirs,
A liirge lllHjnrily of these fmiil
home's luie been gel Hug The
Oleviver eoiitiinll tttr a gen
eraHiMi eon lining proof of
reiufer iulei-el and I'eiiilei- fin
fldeiMf. .New real hits lidded
1 1 instantly are aiding n sii iuly
gifmlli.
"ObsTricr Ailvrrtllng
A .Men haiidlvlng Kit Ice'
1 SLiQS
Cupid Bridges
i vir o h Vs' j
$ "y
Hit rerciicc In age menus nothing when two hearts heat as
one, says .Mrs. Ida ('nitiphell, 50, of Chicago, who chose? for n
life mat ii .1 nines Weaver, lil. .Mrs. Campbell Is thu proprietor of
a nmining house mid writes poetry. Weaver runs uu elcmtor.
KLAMATH RAIN
IS WELCOMED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (By
the Associated Press). A driving
rain, valued by livestock men at
many tho usands of dollars, is still
falling t hroughout the Klamath
basin today after starting late
yesterday and continuing all night.
TIw rain today was accompan
ied by thunder and lightning.
Stockmen say the rain insures an
early range and sufficient w titer
holes for their Mock.
Ul IS G FN Fit A L
POUTLANH, Ore. (By tho As
sociated Press) A warm rain
here, one-riff h of an inch,- wax
reported between 5 mid y:30 a. m.
The precipltul Ion wus general
throughout the state.
E
WASHINGTON (By' the Associ
ated Press) Kx ports from the
Fntted States in March w ere val
ued at $1fVH)ii.(iiiit and Imports
were $;iKf, (tan, (Mm. bNivIng a bal-.-ilic-n
favorable to the Lulled
States of $t;7,aiHt,(MHl.
The outflow of gold, which began
last December, wus shown to be
still in progress, exports of th'i
meti'l during March amounting lo
$L,ft, Ht4.4 I fi, com (tared with im
porfs or 7,:t:i7.:-';i, leaving a net
loss of $ I 7,7iF7.0Mi.
Secretary I loover, couiiui'Utlnjr
upon Hie figures, said Imports were
Hi" larg'-sl. for the I nited Stales
wilh one excepf ion, during nuv
month In the l.ist lour years, and
that exports were hirger than Tor
any in on Hi wit h (he excepi ion of
two in thit past 4f. months.
"lteports on Ihe character of im
port h have Interested me partb-u-larly."
Mr. Hoover said, "because
it appeiiiK that the intake of com
modities during March was largely
in Ihe form of raw materials. The
lints will be disclosed later, wlo-u
del it lis have been jilialyzed mor.'
accurately, hui It Is quite apparent
that American Industry is proceed
ing at a high rate of production.
Indicate?, Gocwl Outlook.
"When the large total of exports
is la ken Info consideration, t hese
tigiires const if nl- a I airly suffi
cient ullSWCI' to people, who believe,
the country might be entering a
period of Industrial depression.
Such a prospect Is not f enable lu
the race of trade figures such an
these.
"Sliver exporia weru 7.:oi.7i7
during March, and were balanced
by liupoits of $;.tHii,7Mi.
( "The gold niov iiicni since hist
July, w hen the ls: al year beg-in,
has resulted In the export of Jl!i7,-
ieL':t.:pi worth of Hi" metal, while
; imports have hcep ) 1 0,4 i.H.'J M . no
thnl flu net loss for the period in
approximately 'ik Una, mm. Tin-
iiiuoiint is silt! as small as coin
pared both wilh the monienfar
sto k of the metal now lu Hie conn
ttv and with Ho- Import balance
'which the Frilled States Ikih expnr
: j. n ed In reeenf yeais. Jn the Ms
I (Continued on l'iig! Fivi.)
(). A. C. Debate Team Is
Victorious in East
OAMBItlHGK, Mass, (By Hi-' As-
soeliited Press) - i regon Agricul
tural colli ge won from Massiiehip
'tett:4 Institute of Technology tn
de)Mte re last nli.:ht.
The visitors upheld the affirma-
five of a proposlt ion 1 hat "Con
gress should Im- . m powered to ov-r-i
rnle suprenii' court decisions which
I declare i-ougrcunlonal uction nil
EXPORTS IR
IMPORTS
Age Difference
XTRA
SIIF.IK SAID CAPTI'lti:i).
CO . STAN I INOI'l.i;, (AP) It
is reported here today that Sheik
Said, Kurdish rehel leader, lias
been enptiiit'tl by the Turks.
.MCNAKY'S SFGGFNTIOX
WAS 111 X i i'H IX ( AP) A sug
gest inn tliat the Itolhir Interests
he required to purchase Ihe vessels
they are now ois'iatiug for Hie
shipping hoard uas made to Pres
ident CiHilblife tcslay liy Semtior
.MeNiu-y, or Oregon. If this is done
.Me Nary helicie there would hi re
pinned much basis for criticism tit
the boa nl's action in selling to (he
Hollar Interests fie president type
ships now nic ruled hy the Pwili:' !
.Mull company.
wo.mi'.x si'cof.nts mi;i:t
I'll'tiKM-;, Ore. AP) The
tbbd biennial national eomeiitlon
of AssiH'luled Women Students op
ened hern (l.ilay..x Foni 'y-ronr
M-hnnlH will he ifpivseineti in tin
onfcn'iice, Including most colleges
wesL tit tbi! Appahu'hhm moun
tains. If. A. .IASTIIO PASSFS OX
SAX lltA.CIS(! (AP) Henry
A. d astro, Uakci-sHclil, former
pi-eshleut of the .National LlvesUx k
Assoelal Inn, died lit the I'aliuv Ho
tel here today after an lllnesi of
two monllis.
. II. PAI III AMI S HI AH
TACOMA, WaNli. (AP) WHMnni
II, Paul humus, president or Our
We lei n Washington Fair as.-ocla-lion,
died at HI o'clock lust night
from pernicious anemia, nfter sev
eral mouths Mines. Puulhumus was
prominent In agricultural ami poll
Heal circles In Washington.
Smallpox Outbreak in
Oyo Alarms the Prince
MiNlinN Illy Ihe AHMoelati'd
I're.s l - A tint hi-r ehiuiKi'. Iihh been
iii' i'li' In I lie I'rlnei! nl' Wales' pro
Kiflin. A H.sp;itrh Irum I.HKOH,
I'pper (iiltneil. (;n M Unit while in
, Nii;"iiii the piirtv will avoid liyo,
' ln niil' H iniilli of IhIKO.s. owIdk to
jiin niilliirak of smallpox.
.Portrait Painter Died
In London This Morning
I.OMMIN I liy Ho' Ali.HOelllled
' rti'H.H) .John SUlKi-r SafKi-llt, noted
iirllsi, ilied Mii'I'lenly at Ills lliime
.In Clol:a loilay. lie suffereil a
Mroke Mils niorniiiK anil tiled a Tew
Iioiiim later.
i HurKrul was one or the lies!
1 Known portrait palnleis of recent
'lllina. He wii.t born In l-'loi'iH:e,
j Italy In isr.tl.
Al'l'1,1'. St I'I'I.V SMAIil.DIl
I I 'II Ii 'AIM I (Al'l - Apple sup-
pllea ere rapl'lly iliereasltK;. the
I nlieil Klal'-H biireau or HKllenl
tnral ecoiioinli'S lnm reporteil. llar-
reled ami Imvil apple holilliiKH In
Htor.me are alionl in per eent less
than was Hi'- rafe a ear ii(jo.
I'lalio lu i.irtiiulai lllitr slilpie)
only " I r.a cailoaila nl npple.4 this
si n-ion. 'I'lie loinliini'l output of nil
wxlern lta.tH to date len.i tlinu
tn.iiiia i ius a.s auainsl n niovi-iueut
or ill.'j'Pi In i:i.'4.
Taxes Took 15 Percent
! Of Nation's 1924 Wealth
(Hy Harry H Hunt )
WASHINGTON (NKA HpeetiO
I H;e It or PreMid'-nt i "tiolldKi-'s iliHist
rrici' nil "f'f'finoiiiy" In both public
laud piivate exp"lidlluii'H Is his up.
j iiri'i hitimi (ir the e.tent to which
jibe nntlnn'K Income is mortgaged
j lor la xi h,
i He.Hpiie M per cepl redueibiu
'In I 'l-i nl a mm- smi lien ts hiNt year,
i la m m -t deral. slate, county and
munlcipiHl - iiik l U per cent of He
! lotoi natinniil ve'ith.
i Th" Iat is that public d'-bt-t.
jntate and nattiuial. have reached
' rucJi i-n'.H'iiiuiiB proportions that
SLAYER OF
iiEnT-ai
EXECUTED
Fritz Harrmann, German
Butcher, Beheaded
by Guillotine
TM GUILTY" WAS
HIS LAST WORDS
Murderer Pale and Ner
vous at Execution, But
Maintained Composure
to the End.
llANOVKK, Crniunv (liy thu
A.MitK-lnkti lw) "I'm kiiIIIj.
Iti'iilli'iiKii, lint linril ns It nmy
lie, I want to ll llko a man."
Wilh these woi-cIh KHU Jliiar-
nunn, Hanover butcher, who was
convicted Homo tlmo Offo of th
inurilcr at iwvnly-nix boys and
men, stepped to tho eulllotlno to.
day and a moinnnt Inter his head
wuh severed from his body.
Ilaarmann was palo and nerv
ous hut inialnntnlned his spirit of
bravado to tho last.
inti)Y ix)txi uvnrv
Tl'lA, Oklu. (By tho AhhocI-
ated Press) Kupene Purdy wan
round pullty of tho murder of K.
S. Hutehinuon, wealthy TuIhu lum
ber dealer, hy u Jury hero today.
Purdy allot and killed Hutchi
son htHt January.
"He broko im niy homo und
stole my child," Purdy told of-
flchilH after tho klllinff.
HIh defense, wuu in.snnlty.
(Hy Itusscll J. I(lrducll)
(CopyrlKht. IB25, M A
Sen lee, I nr.)
HOHHVWOOU. (NKA Special)
Charlie Chaplin, famous film corn-
Milan, and bin 16-year-old wife,
l.ita Grey, who will become a mo
ther durtiiK the later part of May.
both want the coming child to hi
a boy. according to close associate
of tho film pair.
In cane tho heir to the, Chaplin
fame and millions Ih a hoy ho will
be named after IHh father, Chup
lln'H friends usnert. Should the In
fant be a girl, Hhn will be christen
ed after her exotic, and dark-halr-i'd
mother, whono truo nume is IAI
lltu Houi.se.
Chaplin and his wife have al
leady net tho a tn ore In their 40-rooiu
maiiHlon In Heverly llilla to wel
come the Infant Into the. world. A,
hi ri?e olid Immaculate nursery, fit
led with every Inxurioua concomi
tant that wealth can. buy, has been
arranged in the Chaplin home, tho
HpactouH KroundH of which adjoin
the Plckford- Kalr hunks eatate.
SiH'iid $:(.VM on layette.
All of the baby's wardrobe hu4
la -nil purchuM'Ml. A few weeks ago,
I .Ho. (rey Chaplin, accompanied by
h'T mother, Mrs. Lillian McMur
ray, apent lr.tMl In a single, day at
an exclusive ctothliiff store here,
ijuyiiitf a layette for her coming
child, ll'-r purehaHO Included ev
erything from trundlu beds to rub
ber nipples and milk bottles.
All medical arrangements liavu
been made.
One of the physicians who u.sh
ercd Hita Orey Into the world IK
years ago, has been engaged to
deliver her baby.
Knr a while, according to cIohm
friends of the Chapllns, the possi
bility of going uwny to somn u-t
place for the baby's birth was diH
cuhhimI, Thin lde was recently ab
andoned and It has been decided
that u room In the Chaplin horn i
will be converted Into a hospital
delivery sanctum where the baby
HI be born.
After the baby is a few weeks
(Continued on I'uge Klght.)
interest and sinking (und charges
alone constitute, a burden o( ap
proximately $ Hut per family per
year, on Ihe overuse for household
tn Ainetiea. When (hero is added
lo this additional taxes necessary
lo meet Hie current costs of gov
t iniiinenl. local stutu and federal,
(he ta load becomes so staggering
s that It cannot longer lie evaded 'S
I . real danger to our national well
f being.
ir the total public debt, for in
stance, was prorated equally
i (ConttnuuU on l'aeo Four.)
WANTS STORK ;
to bug eoy
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