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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY
THE WEATHER
C I T Y
EDITION
gon: Fair tonight. WcrtucH
dny fair In the east, cloud
and cooler In tho -west.
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 178
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LA GRANDE
Approximately 300 Peo
pic on Hand to
Greet Stars
FLAPPERS "TAKE
TO" BEN LYONS
Miss Nilsson, Mr. Lyons
, and Others Guests of
Chamber of Commerce'
at Luncheon Today.
With crowd of approximutcty
3f La Grande people present at
tin railroad Htation to greet them,
members of Frank Lloyd's motion
pleture'euHt arrlvrd In !a Grande
thin morning nt 10:Sl) o'clock ou
tran No. 24.
They came In two special cars,
which - were hooked onto the
branch line train und taken to
Joseph. From Joseph the cast will
be taken to the head of the lake
by automobiles.
.Several stuns of Hie first water
were present. Including Miss Anna
. Nthson. Oorolhy Keblestiun. Ken
l.vnns, Tully Marshall, Viotor Mac
Lughlcn. llobarf Bos worth and olh
its, Pocsihly the party numbered.
Including? camera men. and others
connected with the working (duff,
forty or fifty persons.
Mb-s Nilsson, Mr. Lyons and two
or three other members of the
parly left the train hero and were
guests of the chamber of commerce
nt Its regular Tuesday noon-day
luncheon today. Karl Reynolds,
secretary of the chamber, accom
panied the group from Pendleton
to Lu Grande.
The renminbis' members of the
cast left for Wallowa this morn-
Flappers Present
5 Beii Lyons, he who ymis many
lici'o purls that are especially con
duel vi lo hero worship from the
yomiK Indies, nmy have been a
slight disappointment to mem
bers of the fair sex. The trouble
was (hat. Instead of tippcurlng lin
maculate from bead to toe, he was
minus a haircut, (if course, this
whs necessary as his part calls for
that particular type of hirsute
adornment, but even so. some of
the Indies were -omewhut non
pulsri ut fir.it. Quite a number of
the younger ladies, however, were
giving Ben more attention than
they gave other members of the
cad .
The intire parly, uftir un all
night ride from Fort land, were
tired and eager to reach their destination-
I.Ikes Fnst Oregon.
Ah a ' whole, the parly is very
much pleased with Kastern Ore
gon a.s much of it as they have
seen, and they are looking forward
to arrival at the lake with much
anticipation. Mr. Lloyd, declared
Continued on Page Five.)
Albert Patterson. 8.'., a well
known pioneer of the Grande
Ronde valley, passed on here Hun
day night, following a short Illness.
Influenza was the direct cause of
his death. l)e was a resident of
La Grand'1 Tor 7;3 years.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
from Ht. Peters Kpiscopal church.
The remains are at the Snodgrass
ami Zimmerman funeral service
parlors today.
I PATTERSON,
PIONEER, DEAD
Eastern Oregon Track
Meet Plans Heading Up
S' ldoni does Ui Grande have till
opportunity to see such an array
vt track talent us will be in com-p-tltlon
at the Kastern Oregon
track meet at the high school Sat
urday. Although t he registrations from
wheels will not clone until tomor
row nine teaind have alreudy signed
up for the it-nt. Including 1m
Grande.
( 'ove. Pendleton, H' lix, Inildcr.
linker, Fnion, I'malllla and i'lant
will all send teams to I -a (Jrande
for th" meet.
f tf these t'ove. Mellx. Fmufltla
and Crane are dark hone a and 11
ta hard to (H just what may hap
pen. It wet-ms certain that these
m houls must have something or
thy wouldnt be going to the ca-p'-nse
of sending their mii. '
Kfforts are being made to run
the meet with the most possible
pleasure for the spectalora'as well
' as the centcttan.. A large stuff
3 Excellent
Programs Set
For Midweek
Men to Entertain on
Wednesday Evening;
Tickets on Sale for the
"Knight of Dreams."
One of the moat important at
tractions for music week is the pro
gram for Wednesduy evening, to
be conducted entirely by the men.
which Is to be given ut the L. O. H.
tabernacle. Besides selections by
the l,u Grande Municipal band
there will be n solo by one who is
a recent addition to the musical
talent of Ia Grande; a men's chor
us; community Hinging and hIso a
number by u newly organized young
men's orchestra. G. K. Itirnle hi
chairman and will be assisted by.
Andrew Loney, Karl Stoddard, the,
chamber of commerce quartet and
Klmer Stoddard.
Tonight at 8: IS o'clock, under
the direction of Mis. A. L. Itich-
ardson, a program consisting of
arias, art tongs and piano selec
tions will be given In the Preshy-
terian church.
Musical Comedy
Probably the feature irogram of
the entire week will he the oper
etta "A Knight of Dreams"' to be
given in the high school auditor
ium Thursday night. With inu.stc
week off lo a. flying mart the
Neighborhood club and the Mon-
uy Mucical club are devoting their
time to the success of this pro
gram. The rough spots are being
polished off at the nightly rehears
als and the principals are going
through their parts like veterans.
No musical comedy Is complete
without n chorus and "Knight of
Dreams" will have a chorus of 1m
Grande, girls that would make th
famed girls In Ziegfeld Follies, so
it Is uu id. hide behind the tall trees
at Wallowa lalte if they saw these
flappers go through their paces.
Reserved- wuts for ".Knight of
Breams" went on sale this morn
ing at Glass Orug and while there
waa a long line watting1 Tor the
store to open, there are several
good seats left. ;
Following is the cast of char
acters:
Principals. U. 1 J., tmttom Miw
.tames MoNuinec, Fan I KnaiiU.
Mrs. Lester Stoddard. Krnest Witt-
klns. Mrs. Karl Htoddatd. Or. Buy
Murphy, Klwood Gwilliama. Mil
dred Jiovctt and Mrs. A. W. Nel-
Hon.
Witches chorus: Vera Wat ten-
berg, Mildred Lovett. Jessie log
gers, Nell K. Fourth. Clem Green,
Kvelyn ilearshuw.
Special Pickaninny chorus: Bar
bara Coolidge. Varginla Warnick.
Jane Staiige, Gtldn. Ashby, Jacque
line O'Brien, Ruth Murchir.on. Lu
cile Friee, Maria Lyman. Peggy
Hohnenkamp. Ruth Black. Bernice
Wilson. Virginia Brain well.
M,....lti.r4 of clinriiM- Milt. el Uer-
zinger. Belly Garrick, Wlnoiiu Ly-J
man. LaRue Hank-s, Fonda Hanks,
Mary laron. Gladys Mc. Manna,
liaisv Robbs, orothy Funk. Isa-
belle. Miller. Faullne Ainsworth, (
Myrtle Black. Fete 1irson, Babe
flriw.n llnnnlil lntllf I'm- Ml IT.
phy. Lloyd Wulsh, Frank Johnson. I
nl,l..n .,..rlu.n n.l I j.eIxk Mind- !.
dard.
The second 1 1 ee concert of
Music Week will be given this
evening, commencing at 8:15 at
the Fresbyterlan church. Mis. A.
1j. Jtlchardson is chairman of the
evening and promises a very un
.isual and interesting program.
(Continued on Page Five.)
eKjIhthmFrees
are planted at
willow school
The school board completed the
planting ff eighty silver maple
trees at the Willow school and the
high school athletic field yesterday.
At Hie athletic Held the tree were
planted In the parking on K ave
nue from Fourth to Second streets
and on second Mreet from K to M
avenue, 2.r feet apart.
The trees art planted along tin
west and south sides of the Willow
school propert y.
of comp' tt-ijl officials iia.i been se
lected mid the events will be tun
off In Kood tini" with the minimum
of confusion and delay.
The prellmlnury heals will be
finished In I he forenoon and at
the regular afternoon sevton only
the final events will be run. thu.
making the races ils interesting a
possibh1.
A large number of cups, medals
and ribbons will be offered the
winners of the events and the win
ning tea m. The winner of each
event will n-eeiv a nip. second
place h silver medal, third place a
broiu-i medal and fourth place a
ribbon.
A cup will be given the team win
ning the meet, and a special cup
ha.s been offered for the team
which w Ins f he Last cm m-gun
meet three 1 lines in succession.
Thus the winning team Saturduy
will have possession of the cup at
!eat unil next year.
Most Beautiful on Screen
I it? ' ' ' Si?
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H Mr W- w-' t
V 4 , s 'i ;
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ThLs is n faitu-llu pose of Arum Q, Mlsson, iiiomc star who
ill piny n leaillng rolo iu "Winds of Chuiiri." Her iie In ilio
p'h-t tires. Iins bei'ii meteoric and she. lias been rullcd tlic tinxst
beautiful uotiuin on the scrtx'ii.
Sedgwick and
Wallowa
Kdunrd Sedgwick, I'niversfll di
rector who waB In charge .of the
filming of "Let Kr Buck" and
The Saddle Hawk" at Fend let on
last fall, accompanied by Normal
Kerry, famous motion picture star,
passed through Im Grande this
morning en route to Wallowa Iake
where they will look over condi
tions there with the object of film
ing scene! for the Universal pic
ture, "The Fony Kxpresa."
Providing the scenery offered at
the Wonderland Is satisfactory.
Sedgwick w ill later lake his cast
EX-BANKER
QUESTIONED
VA N( () " " Kit, Wash. (AIM O.
Jorgen ( Hhoii, former presblent of
the American Security Bank here,
arrested on embezzlement charges,
was quest toned today concerning
Ihe disappearance of $2,H'U worth
of Liberty bonds from the Vucolt,
Washington, bank on the night of
March li. IH23.
Olson was pnsid'-ni of that bank
until he resigned recently as presi
dent of t he American Security
Bank. Olson refused to make a
statement, today.
The questioning followed the
finding of ft.'i'Mi worth of Yacolt
bonds in the county treasurer's of
fice here The county treasurer had
deposited Oltii of the county
road fundH In the American Secur
ity Bank. The bonds Identified lo
dy were said to be part ol the se
eurily given the county by t he
bank.
scnooii ii i :ai A'iirrKi
ItAN'OUN'. Ore. - R. II. Watmm,
HU pert n I ede nt of Batidoti public
schools, on trial here on charges ol
incompetency arid of having nn-'d
profane IniiKUage in Hp' lilting to a
Ipupil. was found not polity by tin
jschnol board last night. WIiK'h.1'-k
ibttftri-d I hat ':.l,e.n Slid to It-
year-old Voyle P rry, " ijh'i n
h - of a c.iptain."
l "ounsel for I he i, feime argued
that, though the phrase Wi:s used,
it was iio rely U definite udjeellvt
and in euininon use. It was under
stood the case would be appealed
by Frank Ferry, father of the bay
KAtwmnB hi ui. i mm WU"!1I
Kerry At
Lake Today
;to the hend of the lake,
j Sedgwick ami Kerry have been
at. Pendleton muklng arrangements
J for the preliminary work.
! With the two were Severn! Pen
Id let on men, including George G.
f Itmr l.tiuina.ira tutiniiefr l( Ihn
Round-lp, It. K, Fhloupek, of the
Rnund-Fp board und Phllo Rounds,
member of the Happy r'anyon
board and also Charles Kenyon,
special writer for the Universal
company.
Henry ColliuH Is to join the group
at the Lake later today. He will
drive from Pendleton.
TACtiMA (By the Awtoeli
Press) Temporary insanity
be the defense oT George A.
ger when he faei-H t rial for
rnurd' r lr..t Sunday of Ruber
;itrd
will
"on-
the
t .
the
and
llejih.
Mrs. Conger, t he cau.se of
shooting, announced that ;die
her husband have been recouc
and that she will testily In hi;(
f ense.
ibd
de-
LO! SI V CHI RCH III ItNF.B
SHRKVKPKK T. La. (AP) The
Atkins Biptist church of Ceibir
Gro e. which figured in the I rial
of W. Conrad Oliver hi connection
with Mi- flncKinK "f John Barker.
here last Week. Willi bUllied down
early Sunda v morning a nd inve;i
tigatoia sav the bla.e w:w of lll
cendtiuy rli;in.
The rlriieb. Ill" cOJlgl t i(MI tif
whieh lias divided into factious
ov er t he fsue.i in ol ved in t he
conviction or Oliver on a charge of
conspiracy to commit assault, said
to have been ttlflb led because
Barker c.llowe.t his daughter. Jew
el, to rldi a bicycle aid wear knick
ers, w us me ut I our d In testimony
us having been the neat of much
I rough- leu dim; up to the Barker
flogging.
COLORADO BANK ( MlM O
FORT CiiLI.INS. Colo. (AIM
The -'iirinTfi bang and Trust coin
puny of Fort Collins, tailed lo open
Its doors Monday. A notice'oii t ht!
door signed bj P. K. Combs. ca.lrler
s.iys:
Th:s bank Is closed by older of
the board of directors."
The bunk deposits larf. O. eembcr
31 were f31 J,fc4ti 1'".
SLAYER III
PLEA INSANITY
BIG CROWD
II NOON
More Than 300 La Grande
People and Guests
A''e Present
ARMY MEN, MOVIE
STARS PRESENT
Following Luncheon Ex-
cellent Program - Given
in the -Presbyterian
Church.
I'rohably nowhere In the his
tory of the loenl chnmber of
commerce have more world f ani
ons guests been entertained nt
one luncheon than today. (
A partial list follows:
Lieut. Oakley Kelly, of world
wide fame as an aviator, w ho 1
here on C. M. T. C. work.
Lieut. Col. Webb. I". S. A., who
accompanied Mr. Kelly, who ur
rived her shortly before noon in
his airplane.
Anna Q. Nilsson, Mr. Murray.
Ben Kyons. Clumh- Gllllngw uter.
Victor Miicliughlan und other
members of Frank Lloyd's motion
picture cast.
Large Crowd.
A. h'jrried estimate of the num
ber present showed that approxi
mately SUM, Including members
and guests, were 'seated at lunch
eon in the Odd Fellows hull. Or.
Ray Murphy presided as chair
man. Lieut. Kelly, called upon for a
brief talk. In a few words apolo
gised for being unable to fly to
La Grundu last November lo at
tend I lie Armistice day culebru
llon. Mr. Johnson, representing Mr.
Lloyd, thanked i-n Grande people
for the, welcome they extended the
"Winds of Chanee" east und also
extended in invitation to ull to
(Continued on Pag Five.)
NKW YORK (By the Associated
Press) The conviction of Gaston
B. Means, former deportment of
justice ugent, by a Jury last July
on a charge of having conspired to
rr move liquor Illegally from a
bonded warehouse, latv Monday
was confirmed by the Fnlted States
circuit court of appeals.
Means, who has been on ball,
was ordered. laken into custody thut
he might begin the two-yeur term
in the federal penitentiary at At
lanta to which he was sentenced at
the time or his conviction. A $10,
OOit fine also was imposed.
FLEET HEADS
NKW YORK (By the Associated
press) - Twenty-one boats of the
I Fnlted States const guard left Cllf-
jton Bay. the Staten Island base to
day, bound for th rum row to
open an offensive which will seek
!to sweep the Hu'ior armada off the
Atlantic, seaboard by June first.
Th- craft, liberally sprinkled
with guns, are, most of them cap
able of high speerl.
The
Outsider's
Viewpoint
Your opinion of a place of bus.
Iness and your hh'ii of w bat
giMxK it should orfer on. what
mt Ice It should ri'iider, and
wbHl place It bits In the cont
mimlty Is more lio(Hiiiaut (
nu adverHn r tlian any Idea or
o)lntoii fif his own.
You are oul-ldo lie Is lnhle.
Ihe iMlelbgenl niheitlM-r tbere
fon ana h .cm bN advertising
m-! nud nief-ngi'M from jour
lilut of lew. Ami lie tallies
your oplulini and Miggi-Mion-f.
I be huhig -lnndHini. noi the
M-llhig, if Minis innt In tlnoi
luting hiore and tielter I rude.
'Obserw Ad vprt llng
A McrcliaiulNlnff hervlce
MEANS TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY
FOR RUM M
n
AT LOSTINE
1
Wallowa County Pomona
Organization Holds Its
Quarterly Session
MANY SPEAKERS
ON THE PROGRAM
Wallowa County Fair
Progress Pointed Out;
Resolution Favoring a
County' Agent Passed.
WALLOWA, Ore. (Special).
The Wallow a County Pomona
grange held ltn n gulur quartet y
icsslon ut Lostine recently with u
large crowd of representative
members ' from . the subordinate
granges of the county in at ten-
lance. Delegates from Baker and
tnd Fnion county granges were
also in attendance.
The grange was opened In the
fourth degree by Master C. F.
Duvies, and a short business ses
sion held In the forenoon, ut
which time a number of Impor
tant issues were Introduced und
discussed. A resolution condemn
ing the slow system In the co jrts.
in the examination of jurors was
read, and It was recommended
hnt the granges of the (date use
their Influence in bringing he foi-e
the next session of the start, leg
islature a bill w hleh would give
the Judges of the circuit und su
preme courts the sole right lo
question and examine prospective
jurors.
Marl Speak.
The principal speaker on the
program was Paul Maris, director
of the extension service of the
O. A. C. Mr. Marls gave a short
talk on the w ork being accomp
lished by the orgautxnllon, .during
the niorffing session.
.Dinner was served to I lie large
crowd nt noon hour by I (jo ladies
of the South Fork grange, at the
ch'jreh.
The afternoon meeting Included
the progrum and was open to the'
public. The assembly room of the i
school building was well filled ut
this time. Rev. G. II. Feese, lee-j
turer of thu Pomona grunge, had.
charge of the afternoon meeting.
pleuslng the audience greully with
his well prepared program.
Tells of Fair Progress.
A. V. Miller, itecretary of the
Wallowa County Fair association
was the first speaker Introduced
at the opening ef the afternoon
meet. Mr. Miller gave n very In
teresting talk, telling of the great
progress which has been made In
conducting the annual county fair
during the past 2 years. In which
time 19 very successful fairs have
been hidd, the one year In which
the fair was not held being dur
ing the late war when labor was
scarce and producers had no time
to spare In preparing exhibits.
The fair association plans for a
(Continued on Pago Five.)
GRANDMOTHER
IS SENTENCED
TO STATE PEN
PORTLAND. Ore. (My (he As
sociated preKH)r-Mrs. M C. Paton
pb-uded gullly to a charge of man
slaughter In connection wit h t he
death of her grandchild, Sylvia
Itoijisc I lest ham ps. aged 4. who
dbd from the effects of u beating.
Hho was Immediately sentenced to
an Indeterminate term in the slate
penitentiary not to exceed 1 r years.
Hlie was arraigned on a charge of
second degree murder and ph aded
not guilty to that, charge.
1 list i ict Attorney Chun Ba crick
told the rourt that a pteit of gullly
to a ehurgc of muns)HUi;hter would
be cccepijthle, provided the maxi
mum p' lialty would lie pronounced.
The child died April 21 Inat. Hh"
was the daughter of Mrs. Cora M.
Deschamps o Portland who, fol
low In if a divorce, sent her four
children to reside with their
grandmother.
Pola Negri's Hearing
To He Later This Week
NKW YORK (By Ihe A.socla(d
prcs,s) pola Negri's hearing be
fore f-iirttmiiH authorities On all'ga
tlon.M that Mite failed lo deelun
.jewelry valued ut llfi.Otm whi p sh
arrived Friday night on I he Iter
egiirhi has le-'n postponed until
j later Ibis we.-k. Hlie did not up
pear ut the customs housi1.
The outcome of t h" cas cus
toms officials Hiitd, probably would
depend upon whether th actress in
proved to be jj, foreign subject
MUn Negri said she Imd tuk-n out
ft i si cltlr.enship pa tiers in this
country.
When the Bereguria arrived Ihe
'iihIoiuh nKntHconriHCHted 1 hot
ths of alleged liquor found In MIkb
.Negri's trunks.
III 016 IE
Riffians To
Attack At
Three Points
Tribesmen Preparing to
Launch Offensive on
French Front Near Fez
FK Morocco (By th Associ
ated Press) The Riffians uro pre
paring to attack French forces at
three principal points. It was re
ported by French u viators.
According to the French intel
ligence division one force of tribes
men Is assembling in the center of
the front to attempt a march in the
general direction of Fez.
Another native . force Is appar
ently assembling to attack the
French to the left while a third Is
being formed against the French
right wing.
French authorities expressed tho
belief thut the Riffhuis number
about 20,000.
XTRA
V. S. WIMi 1IAVF. SAY
GFNF.VA AI ) 1 lilted States
will have certain constructive Mig
K est ions to offer thu International
Arms Truffle t'onfcrcin'o, Hepre
scntnllve Button or Ohio told the
coiirerviuv today. One of (lie most
imiiortuiil, he said, concerned addi
tional measures to dent with traffic
In iMisonou.s gacs with Ihe luie
of reducing the barbarity of mod
ern warfare.
spi:i: ii may it ixi
WASHINGTON (AF) While
Amluisjsador llaiigblon sjMike on his
own responsibility last night. Presi
dent Coolidge Is very lioiieful that
tho ambassador' Intcrpretm Inn of
the American attitude toward Fu
iop will be helpful to Furoieaii
stafirMiicii and coplc. The presi
dent feels that the economic, situ-
al,t, ""1 N InipmvliiK. Fug
land's return (o the gold stauduiil
and the probable similar action of
Holland at au early date are con
strued dm favorable signs pointing
tmvnrd stabilization. ,
HYLAN TO HI'S
MAY YOltK (AP) Mayor Ily
lan announced tolay that ho would
he a candidal o to miccni1 bhn.sdf
net fall reganllesM of whether
1'amuiany Hall supiMHtetl him or
not.
STAfiF IIFI.B FP
NFYABA TTY (AP) Two men
su.sKt'tel of being Floyd Hall and
loo Tauko, M'aiM'4l itmnlerers
from San Qiieiitlu penitentiary, to
day held tip the htagii near .ran-
Itevllh, SO mill's from hero. They
commandeered (he .stage and start
ed In this illrcvtlon uitli tho posse
pursuing them.
PNKt DO-HI ALFR AItltF.STKI
KFATTM; (Al) Nhois wer cx-
Imugcd when officers arn'sted
'Colonel" Dlnshati P. ;hndhill,
healer, who rep resented himself as
former commander of the New
York police air scrv hi. ihntlinli
was nrresteil in a liolcl room loday.
Officers said he had been sought
for four years. Charges against
him were not given,
French Transportation
Employes Strike Today
P It A I H (By tho Associated
Press) Street car and automobile
bus services wee suspended today
In Home sections of Ihe city where
the radical elements are strong
ind service elsewhere, is great ly
crippled. About one-third of all
transportation employes ceased
work In a strike culled as the re
sult of the suspension of some
transportation emploea for not
working on May I ay.
Car barns and powr houses ure
gnnrd d by troops, One policeman
is Ktationed on each car that Is op
iated.
Mencken and Stewart
Discuss U.S. Conditions
(ty Charles P. Stewart)
. WASHLNOTON (NKA Hpecht!)
11. L. Mencken likes -living in
America. At least, so he says.
He's so extremely unorthodox and
the Fnlted HtateH. these Mines, Ih
ho inu'h t he ot h'-i- way t hat It
seems as if hi- wouldn't enjoy biin
seir here. But, talking with me
at IiIh home down In Bitllliiiore
recently. "I'd be very unhappy,"
he remarked, "in a company of
people ail juHi like myself." or
course this observation lays him
open to the eninelwiek, "Ho would
anybody else." The editor of
the "American Mercury" didn't
mean It In thai way, however. "1
get my real Kick out of life, he
continued. "In this land ot con
ventions, by defying them alt.'
This Is the right way to look ai
it, no doubt. Forced to dwell
here, us ho is, for business rea
mm
IS AVERTED
Members of Spokano
Lodge Narrowly Miss
Death; Plot Fails
EXPLOSIVES WOULD
HAVE KILLED 50
Police Investigating Send
ing or Mysterious suit
case Filled with Gun
powder, Shotgun Shells
and Small Shot
KPOKANK (AP) An Jnrcrnal
muchine, expressed to the Fleet a
Chapter of the Fuslern Htar lodg.i
nere, from Los Angeles wan turned
over to the police who announced
that hud It exploded when opened
the charge would have been ablo
to kill 5u persons. The express
tag showed the sender as H. K. Col
bert, with a Los AJigelcs address.
Investigation In Los Angeles today
failed to reveal to reveal any per
son by that name and living ad
dress. The machine, enclosed in u cigar
box which was contained In a suit
case, was filled with gunpowder,
shotgun shells and small shot
which was connected with an elec
tric buttery In such a manner that
thu spark would ignite, tho powder
when the Aultcase was opened.
The failure of the circuit to bo
completed when the suitcase w:ui
opened last night prevented the, ex
plosion, the police said. The Knst-
ern Hlur officials said thut beforo
the sultciiHe wua opened a copper
wire which protruded from the end
wua pulled. They believe this ac
tion broku the electrical connec
tion. It O N O O N (By the Associated
Press) The leading journals to
day emphasize the Importuned of
Ambassador JJoughton'a uddresd
lust night.
The Times says: "ThLs author!
tutlve reminder that good faith and
real desire for peace arn absolute
ly necessary If active American in
terest in Kurope is to be developed
is of great weight at tho present
moment.
"Mr. 3 fought on's significant
speech Iiuh a far greater direct po
litical value Ihun the torrent of
rhetoric on the old them of Anglo
American relations. It is evident
that the new nmhiufHudor means,
business."
c,n phi Married 50 Years.
NFWBKRO. Ore.- Mr. und Mrs.
( 'hester Lovclnnd entertained at
their home, Chehulem, Center, nuur
Newberg, more than 40 friends and
neighbors to hilp them celebrate,
the filtth anniversary or their wed
ding. ,Mr. anil Mrs. Lovclnnd were
married In Michigan, May 1, l&7t.
They come to their present home In
I1KHI, and are both actively engaged
in earing for the berries and other
fruits rnlHed on their farm. An in
teresting feature or tho festivities
was u golden wedding ceremony
performed by the minhder of tho
local Church of Christ, Rev. C II.
Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Child'-rs of
t Vancouver. Wash., old friends of
t he couple, who themselves cele
brated their gnldett wedding five
years ago, ncb d us bridesmaid and
I groomsman.
sons, the IrrepresBible Mr. Men
cken whows sound sense hi tnsint
Ing on seeing the bright side of
conditions he ban to put up with
anyway. Nevertheless; ti has to
he admitted that existence in this
country is pntiy drab today, com
pared with whut it was up to iv
dozen or L" yearn ago. Befor)
then, 1 myself liked It. here as well
aa I liked uny other place and even
heller ihun I liked Home. But
not now. At pi'Hent I can't think
of a single spot I ever vthitcd on
the whole globe where t wouldn't,
rather live (hail here In the United
States.
The r-. reason t live here is
the Hime real reason that 11. L.
Mencken Iiuh for doing so, too. f
'don't believe that, sloty about his
' unhuppimwf, among peoplu moro
(.ConUuuud on Four.)