La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 23, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY (mtsttmt CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore Kon: r'ulr tonight, coolur In the east. Friday lulr with heavy frosts. , iff: VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIIE.S8 LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 168 E E. 0. L. & P. Company Presents New Lighting Proposal to Council COMMISSIONERS FAVOR NEW PLAN Ordinance Is Ordered Drawn to Accept New System; Will Serve the Residential Districts. A tiiHisnl by (lie Kitstrm Ore gon IJu'H Ar I wrr company, to t-rp!mt' arc lights In fjt (raiiilr with incandescent, furnishing' more Illumination without any ad ditional (list, was placed lirl'ore the city commission litst evening:. The commissioners irtnnlly ac (Tiid'il Ih; miHisltlm, referring It to the rlli attorney with Inst ruc tions for him lit draw an ordinance rovcritig (lie matter. There Is lit tle doubt hut Ihut the ordinance wilt rass when presented lo I'.ie commission ut a Inter dale. The proposition, in hrief, is the replacing of are lumps hi the si reel light ing system, each gen enting 4mi cnndlepower. with 2S IneundfMccuts, (in e milk-power each, and SO incundesrents. 400 candlepower each. In addition the company proposes to furnish without addilional charge in more incandescent s of approximately 4 00 candlepower eurh. The ineandeseeiit units will be equipped with I he latent type re fractors, which permit appro.l malely 1 no per cent increa.se in tlie urea lighted. Hummed up. the replacement of arcs with ineundeseents will give, without any increased cost lo the eity, approximately 37-,8'no candle power as compared with approximate)-,- Ult.lMiO candlepower now and wilt allow th inslnllat ion of 10 addilional lighting units. Kur-lli'-rmore th" nuallly or the llghl will he improved and flickering and shadows eliminated. .o Interference. "The proposed changes do not Inlerfere in any way with the pro posal to install an ornamental lighting system in the business sec tion," staled Mr. Loltrldge. 'n fact, the proposed chantes would make the entire sxslem harmonize with the ornamental system. "We will he able to (five better lighting service at reduced rales," he continued. "In order to make the changes, we will have to in- (Continued on Pnge Five.) GLASS PLANS What may be one rf the most In teresting debates of the year wll! lake place next Tuesday evening at the. home of Karl Reynolds, when the public speaking class will de bale the nitestlon: "Resolved: That PEPPY DEBATE i, lie Old-Kas!iioned tiirl is superior ti the l-'tapper. Il'dger M. Larson w ill m t as ihairma:). The negative side's per sonnel u: liny Murphy. Max Cul hn and Jesse lt)iin. The atTlrina tivu: A. W. Nelson, J, A. Tedford and Harry Snodgrass. Hale Pictured On New One-Half Cent Stamps At:KMi: f 111- ll'-W NlilllllKS now thi- Infill liusinlliii-. IHTOnlinc to I'osl iniiT.tiT Huron. oi" ' Inlon-Kllni; in Ih" om'-lmll' ''' I, ..mini? ii i . I -1 in-.- of Niilliun Jlnlr. i-i-voliiliomiry li. 10 n'J prnli-I iil.lv- tin- l'Kt nini-iiili' l'-d ly I" (his i-intiit ry'M liislory. IliiiiUinw ii rloso Hi'i-oli'l is on iiml oni -huir i-'-nl liimi. N.ilh-ill Ihiii 'B Iiml oi il.i linvi-l.i-t-n iinilouliti-illy ri-iii'-inln-ri-il an'l MUoli-il inoi-i- than liny ollo-r di-.-il i-r IPs. It ii:i Hull- who. whi-n Ihi llrili.vii hnil i-iiiil un-il hlin nl i-n lri-i.'ii-lliK lo Iihuk lilm. sitiil. "I only nur.-t Unit I Imvi' hut "'' llfi- to losi- for my i-ounlry." Niilliun Hill" ns horn ul I'ovi-n-Iry. l onn.. Juno 6. 1755. un-l it Kr.i.hnitiil Mhh notll hi Vain In I7 7:t. II" tailKlit whool tor .1 ivhlh-. I. in sin. illy nil. -r Hi" oiill.r.iik "I th.- U"olnlion hi- Imtuiim- first ll"il-l- iiiint In a r.jiin.-i-lU-uI r.-fflim nt. (n J. in. I. 1 7 7 ii. h" as .-oniinls-t-inn.-il ll i-iiitiiln anil In Mnrrh ll-Miirti-.l with Hmth's brik-inl" for Km- Vork. when1 noon ufUrwar-J .1 Brick Plant To Be Built By Pratt Co. Initial Unit of Factory to Be Ready to Turn Out First Bricks Next Week. The first unit of a coiicrele brick factory, which will be lo cated just opposite the foundry, is under construction and will be ready for use sometime next week, according to Claude C. Pratt, of the Claude C. Pratt Lumber com pany. ' Mr. J'rutt announces t hat the first unit will he only a starter and that when all units of the factory Is compu ted, (Jrande will have an industry that will be n decided asset lo tin; city's commercial standing. The brick will he made o( con crei y and ot her Ingredients and will be exceptionally strong and also present a neat, attractive ap pearance. "I am merely following a long felt need," Mr. Pratt declared this morning. He also stated that the first unit would undoubtedly be turning out Its first bricks next week. c. m. t. c. picture to bp: shown at arcade tonight From June lit to Jufy X I lie l"n:- ted Ktatts government, in ccnrd-i ance with the present ilefense plan holds a 'II Mens Military Train in, 'amp at ( 'ump Lewis and ot her points. Voting men wishing lo at tend these camps make their appli cation locally and arc given a phy sical ex'tml nation locally and ar then sent to the camp. They ar? given one month's training and on month each year for four years, alter which they are eligible tu be come an officer of the I'. H. reserve' army. This evening a picl ore will be shown at I h A i-eade t heati". through the courtesy of the man a gei uen t, depicting conditions as I hey urc in these camps and, giving an idea of- the tntinim;. Kither Hugh K. Itrady or 'a phi in Paul Hathaway will speak in connection Ith the reel, telling of some ot the. local boys who have utletideJ th camp and the good obtained by It. Robbers Enter Store At Third, C Streets The Old Town Store. Third and C streets, was broken Into last night ami some clgurctces, chewinp tobacco, can tied and lunch good and one sack of flour were taken, according to Police Chief Hayaes. The robbers entered the store by prying the door, and breaking th1 lock. Eleven Estimates Arc Held to Be Correct Kleven people were successf at in estimating the number of c is I ouiers who attended I he Pigg!y Wlggly store opening lu re. The eleven are: Mrs. Sarah Workman. Itobert K. Clark, Mrs. J A. Wright. I(. M. Oliver. Mrs. Henry Jim, .Mrs, J-;. .). rayion. Mrs. C. W. Hunting, V. I.. Camp bell, It. M. White, U. Hand wig, and Kern Mooney. UKVOMI IONIST KII.I.i;i KOI'IA ( AP) Revolutionist 'IV hountoulorr. one of the principal terrorists under Nikoff. alleged com mti nfst leader In the recent cathedral bomb outrage who wits shot ami killed Monday, inel his death today In the same manner J-s did his chief. He was discovered by police, refused to surrender an I shot down. pi m NATHAN HALfc llHCBEnSE rc-, I nTrn l is. v -y 2 After i;dna Sullivan Murray, wile or "Diannimid Joe" Alur-i-uy, recently 4'xtx'iitcd In AiUhii sas, held up mtd rohlail the ICcv. II. II. Soul h ward In nil automo bile nl Kansas City she tried to make lilm kiss her. ills refer ence refused. i:dna lias been nr ieste and Ideittliie! nutt is held under SKI, UUO bond. Wednesday. April 2. C'-Ti. That ilate may not mean much lo the uninitiated but to the Ook i s of Kastcru Oregon II is some thing to look forward to with great anticipation. Heciusc, on lhat date, the l'.)5 Shrine Ceremonial will be held in the Knights of Pythias hall hen , feal uring a banquet. at seven o'clock and tins ceremonial proper at eight o'clock in the- evening.' , Call Is Issued. The following cull has been is sued and H will bring real results. Dokhs proclaim: "Proclamation, Attention votaries I of Iv hilled Temple. No. 17a; K, your Hotl Vizier, after consultation; with the Imperial Prince and Hoyal Princes have proclaimed Wednes day. April 'Z'.t. l!r as a day to lay aside all cares and assemble at Ihe Temple Oatea to escort us large a number of tyros as can lie obtain ed across the sands of Ivhorassan's I eserl, remembering our motto. I Jit 1 p Ihe ''alien, and bring them to the cool ln springs of Zem Zem. "(io then. Into I lie plains of Cma tllla. Wallowa and t'nion and round up ihv. won Id -he braves and by such devices as can properly be. ibrought lo play, gather them Into a tight corral, bind them hand and foot, relieve 1 hem of such cash us may consistently be removed from their outer garments wit h ut rlet admonition t hat upon the dati specified In their' pleas for mercy the remaining shekels shall be (Continued on I'age Kive.) HUGE TROUT The mile settlement, oT Perry. U'-st uf l,a Grande, formerly known principally as a lumber center, has .lumped Into the limelight alines' over night as It were and is now the rendezvous of a large proportion of Ihe male population of this city. A display in the Oregon Hard ware and Implement company win dow the first id' this week was the j cause of all the rush out of town.! Tin display referred to was labelled "U pounds and CI ounces, 27 inches, long. caiiL'ht at the Perry dam by' A. i:. Kelly." This card coupled with the huge si eel head trout 1 hanging b side it in the window made lurlher comment unnecessary and bright and early the m-Kl day and every day since from 2f to "'i fishermen have been casting about with spinners, salmon kkh and oile r lures at ihe fool of the dam. In the ensuing space of time since the first fish wrs caught from t ive to ten of t he beaut h s have been taken by f iHheruhn. One wns brought In this morning by Ititl Sailor whieh weinhei five pounds and ten ounces. The ich ate all hieeHieads of a practical Hy uniform sifc" and vl denlly ate from an early run. Al1 have be. n ro uiih I in the deep wab just below the dam at lrry. Odd Fellows to Have Roll Call Friday Eve The l iclitfenl Ii annual roll cult of Die Im (Jrande Lodge, No. 1 fi I. O. O. P.. will be held at Ihe Odd Fellows Temple Friday evening, P. u announced today. B , --y , k, I III -Li K 1 CEBIMI ARE CAUGHT mm mm SCHOOLS! Total Number' of Stud ents Attending Here at Present 2,178. SURPASSES ALL FORMER RECORDS Four Hundred Eight -Three Students Now Enrolled in the Highl bchools, l,b9o in Grades Steady Increase in the registra tion of t h' ai Grande public schools has been felt during the last few years until at the present time a totnl of i! 1 7K students are enrolled In the, five schools of Hie city. Of this number Ihe Central school has the. largest enrollment with pupils on the books. The Greenwood school is the second largest from the standpoint of at tendance with 5f3 .students. The high school boasts h lotal of 4 H :t enrollments at present and the Hi ve rla and Willow schools have 37; and 133 students respectively, llig ;rovlh. doing hack to the reeords of eight years ago, commenced by A. C. Hampton, superintendent of (Conthiut'd on Page Kive.) A police raid on the home of Henry Walmer. last night, located near the stockyards, resulted in the onfiscntion of about five gallons of moonshine, many empty bottles anil jutis and Ihe arrest of Walmer Twelve cartons of cigarettes were also taken by the officers, who be lieve that the. smokes were storen. Walmer, in 11.. city, was to have been tried this morning hut It. was necessary to postpone tho case for a short period. pi;khy iti;siiu;.NT Ki;vri;.Nci;i Herman Johansen. 2t. a resident of Perry has IL'6 days to serve In Ihe county jail as a result of two pints of Ihiuor w hich he did not even have the pleasure of opening. Johansen had just made his pur chase when he ws searched by ( M. Pierce and the liquor was found In his possession. He was arraign ed before Judge Hrady this morn Ing. plead guilty and was fined $ra which he is to serve out at the rat of two dollars a day. CORN' AND OATS BURNED IN FIRE ON SOUTH SIDE I CHICAGO ( My Hie Associated Press) More, than lE.mio.niMi bush-1 els of corn and oats, belonging lo a grain marketing corporation. 1 were destroyed by a fire that start ed shortly before midnight, burning two wooden elevators, and Ihreal enlng the industrial sect lop mi the South side before being subdued, j The loss Is estimated at two and one-quarter inniton dollars, hiiiii io be eovered by Insurance. POLICE Hi SUCCESSFUL Citizens Responding To Clean-Up Period Plans With l-u Crande's clean-up pe- ; riod on Us fourth da. v.. results can already be seen th rough oul 1 lie restdenlial dlst ricts. Because ot rainy weuileT, some yards have not been attended to yet but many property owners are merely wait ing for a rair day to put their lot In spick-and-.'ipaii shape. properly owners have until May 2 to put their ards In hhape. Af ter lhat time, ihe m utter will be at tended to by th.- city wllh He propct ty owners pnlng the ex penses. Il (irailde people. largely be cause or tie" numerous well kepi resident hit dlst rtetn, take great pride in l he appearance of I heir properly in uioM Instances and Die response to the aunuut ch-an-up call is gratifying. In many cafes, property owners did not v.ait tor the clean-up pe riod but went iilnad earlier In the year and did away will, nil trash, ruboish, put their lawns in sha;-, pruned wh rubbery, etc.. and these yard are atreu.- bloMtoming forth in all the beamy springtime can command. 1 (Continued on Page Kive.) SHIP PLEft DISMISSED BY COURT Pacific Mail Steamship Company Beaten in Ac tion for Injunction COURT ORDER IS SIGNED BY HITZ Matter Was Decided Sev eral Days Ago But Fin . al Action Delayed to Allow An Appeal. WASHINGTON illy the Associ ated Press) A final order dismiss ing the plea of the Pacific Mall Steamship company for an injunc tion against the shipping hoard was signed today by Justice Hitx In the District of Columbia supreme court. The pacific Mail's counsel said I hey would advise tho court later of their decision on it further-effort to restrain tho board from completing the sale of five ships now operated by the pacific Alall to Ihe Dollar Interest. ' "Without Prejudice." llitz denied the motion to udd the phrase ''without prejudice" to the dismissal decree. The co u rt dec! d ed se ve ral d ays ago to dismiss the injunction plea but withheld signing the order to allow the Pacific Mall to enter an appeal lo the court of appeals. This appeal was not forthcoming loday. , . t ' WHEELER TAKES STAND; DENIES 11AYESV STORY (J UK AT PAMJt, Mont. T!y the Associated Press) Putting the en tire story of his connection with Gordon Campbell, Montana oil op erator. In t he hands of the Jury that will decide whether or not he wrongfully used his Influence, be fore a government department, Senator Hurton K. Wheeler, on the witness stand In his own behalf, admitted Wednesday that he had discussed one oil land permit with the department of tho interior of ficials. The licensed senator directly de nied Hayes' testimony when he was called to the stand by his chief of defense. Senator Thomas Walsh. Sentence Fruit Broker To 930 Years in Prison KAN FKANCIKCO (AP) I-ulgi Dell 'Aria, fruit broker of this cily and HI. lands, was sentenced to a total of Mia years in I ho federal penitentiary Wednesday follow inn his conviction on charges oT vio lating the interstate commerce art He was given five years on cud of 1 mi counts. However, all bu. three of the terms are to run con currently so that, he will only luivr to serve I U years in prison. In ad dition, he was fined a lotal of i Mi a. The Judgment was pronounced by ('tilled Wales district Judge A. F. Kt. Sure. Dell 'Aria had been on trial for 10 days. He ran afoul of the law by reason of aliened fal sification or weights In bills of lad ing on shipments from California to eastern points in Hr.il. He Tales Time The bu-hie , mnii who has fl mii 'c-" ful bic-lnes and l o1ing vwrjf error! toward malt ing 11 more MK-eessfnl Is neer loo bu-y In ghr nil the lime thai may In? reuulrcd to bis Udtciilslng. He knows that It K hii lcl and ii act constant contact with pii"ie lhe niMioiner- and lie detiHes time Mud tlMHigtit SJid ctiei-gy to ll In pnMMlMMi. "Obsrrvcr AiHrlllng A M ere baud Is I n bcrvlce' PrlhcessWill Marry PMIf Copy-lgrht by lUrrli A Uwinft. Tin engagement of I'rlnccs Itcrtha Conlacuicno, daughter of the foinicr Julia lHul 4irant, now I'riiiecss Cnutacuceiic or Waslu tngton, to Itrtu Smith, mhi of Mr. mid .Mrs. Tliomns Floyd Smith of 1hiiIkIIIc, Ky., hit .lust lccti nunoiiiued. Tin bride Is n gianddannhter oC tho late l'msldeiit ClysscH S. Crunl. PIGIUHESfl.I. NEW1YUDK CHIOAOO (By the Associated Press) -New York is pictured as a, modern JJabylon. degraded he low Berlin or Paris, In tho Fifty first annual report of the New York Society for Suppression or Vice, niudu public today. Licentious, salacious matter pur veyed by tho stage, semen and bookstands is held responsible. 1li:S MolNIvS (liy Ihr- Assoi'l-uti-d I'n-.iH) 'rim uliiiuHiini'ou.s ImrniiiK Inn! hut lilulit or fliry irrosncH in varlcius parlH of tlw rlly. In. lM.lliiK lln. nlnlii cupllol Bruiliiila. aroiiwil a iiuiiilii-r of mm oi-h who lliri-iili-iii.il Ihi' llvi'H or two iilli-lfi-cl K ll Klux Kliin iiiiIU: " lil"l k'Hl I he ll"- ili'iniriiiH-lit iiimwi'ilnir i:h1Ih ri-oin ii-Mlili-lltH who l'i-nri-il Imrliini; .iMiilii-rn. cnrrli-il liy liiKh wlmls, woillil mum.' ilulnniri. tine ni-Kro wiim Hrri'Hti-il. Tim ili-liioliKlrtitlon Ik tiiilil lo In l.iirl of mi iilli iniil hy Ihi- khui lo uroiiMi llili-ri-.il In ll iiii-iiiIii-ihIiIii ciiiiipiilKn. Tin' t-roMi-H huini-il on tin. iiiiinlliiil ImllilliiB. whli-li hoiim-H tin- nullri- ili-intiiin-nl. on thi; roiirt hiniMi- mill on irui-tli-nlly i.vt-i-y 81-hool liilllillnir In I hi. rlly. Minor Tort Captured l!u llnnrltirun Rh(lu GROSSES BURN INDESH day. I loetoi s who examined the body sn thai the woman appear MAXA'Jl'A, Niesragua (By the. , , u, . betwee n and 3M years Associated press) - It. is reported nf ne and that the body had proli here that tat. Celb;i, a minor iort'ubly be u where it was round for fia miles west of Truiilb. has been i nine or ten months belore it was captund bv lloiiduriin revolution- ists. Despite I his report the local confidential agents of Hie llou iluian government claims (he rev olutionists are losing ground thioughoul Ihe r public. Salt Lake Resort Is (uitted by Tire SALT LA K K (AP) -The nation, allv famous Satlalr resort on the shore of the (Ireat Salt Uk', 20 miles west of here, was gutted by lire late Wednesday slid dniuauc Is est I mate. I ut upwa rd of $tiio, immi. The flames were fanned by a 2i mile wind and spread rapid ly. Hallalr was built In JS'J.t by Ihe I Mormon ciiurch and each ear ! wus visited by thousands of lour j Ists especially des.rous of a swim In the buoyant wi.ters of the lake It being Imposs.ble ror a litunan to eink. -ii i , , XTRA HIGHWAY MF.KT TODAY POKI LAND, On-. (AP) Dele- gallons from several counties were hero today to attend tbn Mate blgli- nay commission meeting tlds af ternoon. Bids nix to le oftcned on secn paxhig and siirftM lug con tracts, four grading job and five bridges. PLANKS CABUY PIANOS mim:oi,a, ,v y. (aim a hi piano loaded with two baby grand pianos, carrying six men, left I loose wit field tislay for Washing Ion. One of the pianos Is coiiNlgti. cil to li"s. ooI1iIkc, m;v hi;at hi;( ntn CHICAGO (AP) A new bent record lor this dale In Chicago M'cmed In prospect today when the temperature, mounted to HI at noon II. -. I.. TO I'OM'IM H M;V VIIUK (AIM A ilh-in troiiH liirmiM' In Hid i-ost or lit tin; was ini-illt-liil hy l-'i-tlnk (. Iiow ilcn, loi-inrr (rovri'iior of HHiioIm, tinli-ss aid li tiiwn ruriiii'i-s In or- Bitlii.lin; ro-oM'i-ltllv iniil-krllllK of llii'lr imHluctM. litiAi, is si;r (lll( AI.I) (AIM Mlllillin l. Slii-jilii'i il Irlnl on ( lunula of Urrlnjt WIMIlliil .Mrt'llnlix-k Is ' p.-i-l.-.l lo Mint 1 1 ii- niiililll' of .Mil.' It uus Inilii-iili-il loilny. ' Officers Attempt to Identify Slain Woman CHICAOf (By th" Associated Press) - Scraps of clothing were esaiiilned last night by the police and clothiers In an .rtort to Iden I ii v t he woman whose torso was found In a catch basin here Tues- , uncovered. England, France, Japan Laugh at Disarmament (By t ballet P. Mearl) WASHINGTON' (NLA Special) - Why won't the "powers" come lo president CooHdar' disarma ment conference ? They came to Preitldenl llardimt's and were glad to disarm partially. When Presi dent t'onlfdge HiiKKests another con- fcreiM to disarm some more, they turn him town, Why? Well, president Harding was In a position to say, substantially. "America 1ms the world's strong. cMt navy. ibir wash in p building program w ill make ( si rotiger Hill. You can't eateh up. You're broke. We're gold poor. But If you'll scrap a few million dollars worth of your shins, we'll scrap a 6IVES IIP PRISONER Floyd Collins' Body Brought to Surface This Morning Is SCORES INSPECT REMAINS OF MAN Minera Freed Corpse from Rock Last Night and Completed Work Early Today. CAVK CITY, Ky. (By the Asso ciated Press) Sand Cave hus yielded Its prisoner nnd today Floyd Collins' body lies in un undertak ing parlor. Hurlal will bo on tho hill over looking Crystal Cave, which Col lins discovered ncvoral years ago. Collins' body was brought to I ho surface today after lying overnight at the bottom of the shaft. Miners last night succeeded in freeing tho body after removing a rock which held Collins prisoner 17 days lust Jununry until death ended his suf fering. . Inspects Uuriy. Wrapped In a cloth, the body reached the top of Die shaft whilo several score visitors watched. Af ter being placed on a stretcher, an improvised sack was removed from the head. Win. Hunt, In charge of tho re covery work, asked spectators to walk past tho cot. "Pass by and look at the body closely, 1 don't want unybody to go uway and say we brought up a chunk w rapped in rags,' ho said. Visitors kneeled w hile a preacher offered prayer.. . .,. , , fb.n .1 . DAK Kit, Oie. (Special) That the alfalfa weevil quarantine sta tions at Baker will reopen tho last of April Is tho Information contain td In a letter rocelved by Paul Car- pen ted from H. H. Weatlierspoon, Kastern Oregon member of tho state board of horticulture. Tho purpose in maintaining tho weevil quarantine Is to make It possible for hay growers of Baker vulley to ship their hay out of tho county. Without tho quarantine, at this point. It Is understood un embar go would be placed on all hay shipments from Baker county. There are upwards of a hun dred farmers in Baker valley -who ship more or less hay, and to shut these off rrom a market for their hay would work a great hardship. These farmers are changing their crop system us rapidly a posslblo according lo Paul Carpenter, coun ty agent, and a delay of a hay em bargo for u year will bt of great benefit to them. Valdcz Held Innocent Of Los Angeles Killing LOS ANOKLKS (By the Associ ated Press) Freedom for one sus pect held In connection with the killing of Mrs. Louisa Cnternahrtr near here Tuesday night and tho tightening of the not of circum stantial evidence ubout tho other was predicted today by officers. Luis Valdez, despite bloodstains on his clothing. Is believed lnno cent. Curt her evidence has been gathered concerning Stanley Sharp, acquaintance of the dead woman, orricers said, adding that Sharpo had been unable to account for hU movements the. night tho woman was slain. few hundred millions' worth ot ours and we'll be on an even basis, Whal say ?" Naturally tho oth ers asreed. What President Coolidge says i "KtiKhmd. the way this thing has worked out, you're ahead ot us In battleships. ' Japan, you've out built us In cruisers. Prance, your air fleets beats ours a mile. We invite you to scrap yonreelves down to our level!" "Ha, ha," chorus the governments of Low land, Prance and Japan. President Coolidge Is sending a commission to Beunos Aires to stir up Sonth American good roads (Continued oa pago 8), TO ENFORCE QUARANTINE (Continued on rage Five.)