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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADESTG NEWSPAPER-TEN PAGES TODAY. CITY EDITION THE WEATHER POrtHLAND (AP) Ore. gon; Generally cloudy ta nlght and Friday. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIIEBS LA GftANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY. MAY 7, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 180 E E Parallel-to-Curb System May Be Adopted in La Grande CITY DADS AWAIT MOTORISTS' IDEAS Many Good Features of Plan Pointed Out at the Commission Meet ing Last Night. If tin' plan meets with tho up prov al of lu U ramie motorists, tliiit city will adopt ill.' parall-l parking plan now in use In i'ori land. Seattle. Seaside. The Dales inn! nllivr cities in the northwest. Last night at tin city commit s-on meeting ii n ordinance pro i'l i n for al opt Ion of this plan was read twice and laid over for tin- third and final reading. The ordinance, :u brief, rails for parking of cars parallel with the curia and provides that no ear .shall he parked nearer than four feet to the cur uhcad or bi hind. 'I'hu ordinance also gives th' police .power to erect "no parking', signs at various points with full authority to enforce the orders. , Provisions are Included i-llov ing the police to mark off parking spaces on paved streets. -ohI J-'enliires Pointed Out. The ordinance is not supplied with an emergency clause und. If adopted, would not go Into effect Itir 3 a days after final passage. Hood features of the purallei parking plan were pointed out ul the meet in i? last night. Bummed tip. they follow: I. Would crive La Onndc a pi.rktng ysU'rtt like Uif greater share of cities of the nort Invest. '2. Would " prtve v inoro driving room tn Hm strutKs. especially on Adams nVftin fthlctt js a, part of the old .Orturon Trail and carries a great deal of through truffle. :t. ddd Rive fire trucks in or (Continued on Pago Klv.) L Mis-; t-'uye Price, well and fuvor ahly known throughout the tiorth- i Hl because of her ability S3 0 harpist, will appear here in harp recital Saturday evening at ' the Tr'-Hbyterian ebtire h. Mrs. I.eo l- -Milter, will be in charge or the pro gram that night, which will begin ut S:3u o'clock, to allow attendance of people from the business sec tion. ' iTlss Price, who Is donating her service tw assist in making Lu tl r amie's M iistc Week n complete success, studied wllh .Miss Lorett 1 cLone, forinetiy of Omuhu but now in New York. She played with the Seattle Civic Symphony under .Madame lOnglrerg; with the Cornish Symphony under Kntncfs J. Ann strong and with the I'tiiversily of Washington Symphony under Dean livtnj; M. del). She will be assisted by Mih. J. A. Tedford at the pipe organ and Mis. Miller cit tin- piano. frldayS Program. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 :.' o'clock a matinee operetta. "The Koresl Court' will be singed on the nthh iic field by the Central Gram mar school with Imogen lUisseli directing. At 1 :3o o'clock a tnul t-1 nee will also he given nl the Green-' v-ood school directed by Mrs. Hazel' I . miry. Other schools are co-operating under the direction of Mrs. J 'i Mas C.reen. The musical comedy, "Knight of 1 'reams," which was postponed. Hill be given next week. OH the ""vening of May 1 4th. 1 HARP flECTA SATURDAY HE Provisions Taken To Lake Late Last Night Motion pirttir-- players, who are ImI.I a -huge salary tor their work. i"t'st have the best of food -and M nty of it. I'Yunl. Kloyd. directing the ork ft Wallowa- Lake in filming three n'-em s (or "Winds of ( 'hi nee, a l lrsi National picture, hupres-:- d 1 11-1 fact very deeply upon the in I nd of I litis-; In charge of the -s-Tvin? al the hike h-sl j-vening. Apparently the food was not up to the standard required for Lloyd's cist. At any rate, Kd I'ord, of "he Area-b theater, left heie at II:-" u'. lot k last night w ith a ourioad of provisions that will last through today, bo far, this lua been the Ben 'Jory's Buckers To Be at Show Union Livestock . Show Association Members in Enthusiastic Meet ing Last Night. Another highly successful meet ing of tlu l'nlon Livestock Show asocial Ion una held in the l'nlon city hull lust evening with a large number of members nnd outside visitors present. Attendance and enthusiasm arc running higher this year than over before. Dr. Cud well presided. An attraction that will ud I much to the spoil program at the annual show In June will be the . appearance of ten Jory s bucking horses that have partici pated in the Pendleton ltound-L'p. Tiie uports committee believes thut excellent entertainment will be provided probubly better than anything in the past. Ian Clar'i, of Portland, a member of the com ui it tee, mude n special trip to l'nlon last night in order to attend. At p rt sen t the s t oc k s h o w grounds are being put Into shape and remodelling work is going on. Fifty race horses ure already at the track and more will arrive In the near future. Among those in ntlendunce last nlglit wan Kloyd MuKennon of I .a Grande. CITY TO SELECT OFFICIAL FLOWER LATE THIS MONTH I .a Grande is to liavi a vity f Inner, according to present ! plans. This was suggcMed re cently ami i he l4-Moti In up to tin city planning eoiiimlslou. as its action will undoubtedly 1k approved by the clly cum mission. II. I-:. Ilon. chairman of tlir planning . commission, reqtie-ts Hint any cftiac'ii vlshlnic to innkt .iiKKllons ns to nliat Doner Ik adopted, scuU In the name of the flow with (tin i;asnn-8 why It., shouhl he tlio one selected. Alt .HiigHCstioa must lu In by .May Uth. - Kohler and Butler on Way to Join Players l-red Kohb-r and Wade Nutler arrived In 1.a Grande this "morn ing on truln No. 24 enroute to Wallowa lake w here they will tuke part In the moving pictuie "Winds of Chance" being "taken here. Mr. Kohb-r will take the role of Joe McClanky in the pic tuie arid Mr. Butler will be hint brother, Jim AleClasky, both hea vy parts. They will resume their journey some time today tty a no singe. Visitors Honor Guests At Luncheon at Tiffin Virgil Tuili-. liircotor of 11M1-l.'tk-s nt I'ntvi'islty of Ore gon. Pick Smith, football tm-niar ..n.l liwlr l!.nrlnl Ifo Ttrf.slflrnt of Ihi' aludi'tit lioils' nd a rt'p-1 'HtMltatlVf' Kroup or Itoya irom; I lie l.a Cirnmlc liiKh whool wire! t'litcrtulm-tl lit a liint'liron In Tlii'j Ttrrin, todiiy noon by 1 . of u. Knullluti'H. ' Anions tlir IiomIh wv-rc tr. J. I.. Inirlf. 'I't'v Knicht. A. '. HfllllO- lon. ICrncsl WatklnH. ir. liliy Mur- IKiv Ctirrl-v. Dr. Hlf,'K('r. itiiy Wniiuina and I'lcd KIMh Moose Plan to Erect Building in Mooschcart Thirty thousand ni-mb rs of th I Jival I hder of Moore In the stabs of Washington. Oregon and Idaho and the province of Mrit-. ish Columbia, are aboul to open a campaign to ruise funds for the 'erection. In their "city uf childhood.' Mooseheart, III., u building to cost J7'i,'i"0. ! Past DlcPtlor I1- '. Shanks, of, l.n Gmnde l.odc- No. will have charge of (he collect Ion of; tin- quota assigned to I lie locil only thing urising lhat h.ia met villi Lloyd's disapproval. An Karly Start. Int i-b vitally Llyd 'h;jd IiIb com pany up ut five o'clock this morn iui;. through breukfa: t Vy sis o't lock -ind In spite of t old weHth r and rain, busy making pictures immediately nfterw urds. The Ul.i- l.ind- rman sc n- Is being filmed loduy nl I1' using about I ihi eMrtiS from nearby pttioH. The eanierus will be busy SulurUy and Sunday at "sheep rump." (CofaUaueU ou Tafi i'lre.) PROGRAM IS PAPERS FOR RIVER SY NEWRAILWAY LOCAL IN La Grande Band Partici- , pates in Last Eve ning's Recital DYKAS APPEARS IX THREE SONGS Community Singing Led . liy I'Anwv Stoddard; Sherwood Williams in Vocal Solo. 1 lie inenn prograiu of music week was given before an unusually responsive audience t the I.. i. S. Tabernacle last evening. The pro gram included s.-leetinns by the l,a Grande municipal band, under the direction of Andrew I.oney. Jr., a vocal solo by Mr. Dykns. u men' chorus under the leadership of Karl Stoddard, community Hinging, di rect ed by Kl hut St odd a rd a nd a vocal solo by Sherwood Williams with Ihe band accompunluienU The program opened with two selections ny uie ijanU. These were well played and elcit a good re sponse from the audience. The men's chorus, uiuler direction of Karl Stoddard was well received. Tlie men's voices harmonized per fectly and the selections presented un unusually fine bit of group singing. itearty npptnuso followed the singing of u vocal piece by Mr. Itykas, late or Chicago, und a re cent addition to l.a Grnmlc's musl cal life. Mr. Oykas was competled to give two encores. Kliner Ktoddurd conducted the community singing in his usual suc cessful manner. An unusual por tion of the program was it Vocal solo by Sherwood WUlkmm accom panied by tho remainder of men'i chorus and the band. The; pro gram closed with two more aeb-c lions by the bund under the direc tion of Andrew Lom-y. on;sTio.s phi;paui;i Tho lists or questions for the eighth grade. state examination will be sent from the offices of the county school superintendent next week. It was announced (his morn ing. Tho examination will be tak en by the students May J 4 and 15. The Kellogg. Idaho I rack leani en route to I'ocatello to take part in the Idaho stah; truck meet to be held then Krlday met with un accident yesterday afternoon at about o'clock on the Old Ore gon Trail highway the other side of Ifilgard, when they met the road grader on tho highway, skidded nnd went over a fifty fool grade. I-'ive track men and 1 he coach were In ihe car at the time or the accident and all hough s-veral re ceived sciNitches and bruises, none of litem were seriously hurl. The Kssex car In which they were trav eling was quite badly damaged, the top and windshield being com pletely broken o!T and one fender ami running board badly smashed. They stayed n l.a Grande last night while their car was being re paired nnd left this morning for Pocalello. The first clans reunion in tic his tory of the lt Cr;-nde high school will take pl.ice Sal unlay. May y, when the class of I 'J I & will hold t reunion. The etas meet 4I( til(. chitmber of nuui'ree - here resig. nation villi tuke place, after which they "ill ult-nd the Kiist-ni Ore Kon Track meet in a body. At ti::i'i o'clock U banquet will be served ill the din in room of t h- Solum' i IlOtet. Thirty. five p e o p I graUwalett from the hij,'h m-IiooI in I'tl.'t and eighteen f (hese have already -x-prehM. d I heir intent ions of li'dng present Sat unlay'. Three teachers in the high vhool at thit time Mis. Sleiin Hunter Zurbrl-k, Mih. Jeanclti! H' i:they Krei a. and K. A. Me Kite hrn n, w i I ulso attend tip reunion. Miki lb b n Mi Or,i;,ld is chair. man of the Imnqui t coinmiH e NUii Hunter I hjtton. thatrman o' I the program committee. Mma Ash. chairman of the hohpikiiiiy torn niittee und Karl Keynolds chair man of the Invitation committee. KELLOGG TEI IN AUTO WRECK CLASS REUNION NOW ARRANGED A RE FILED Project Calls for 250 Miles of New Line by Oregon Trunk Co. WOULD CONNECT BEND, KLAMATH No Cost Estimates In cluded in Filings With Interstate. Commerce Commission. WASHINGTON' ( P.v the Associ ated I'nvM) A protect for con structing two hundred and fifty miles of new line In Central Ore gon was filed today with the Inter state commerce commission by the Oregon Trunk rail way. No cost estimutcu were Included. The projected line will run from Bend in a general southerly direc tion l"o mile.i to Klamath l-'alls. via Bonanza and Oleuii. In addi tion, eight miles additional main lino would ho built through north ward from Klamath Falls along tin west side of Klamath lake, re turning to I hv main trunk again at a junction olnt called Skookum. KELLEY'S LIFE Tl Some interesting insights lulu the personality and character -of Lieutenant Oakley l. KeUey, fa mous army aviator, who wan bore Tuesday,-were furnished this morning- by Or. J. I. Ingle of this city who has known him since 1917. lr. Ingle first met iJeutenanl Kelley In the government training camp ut San Diego in 1 Si J 7 and at that time struck up an acquaint ance whb'h has become more in timate with each succeeding year. On his trip here this week Lieu tenant Kelley related many inter esting incidents in connection with his work. On the recent flight from Vancouver to Washington, l. c. on which he was accompanied by Kzra Meeker, famoua Oregon Trail pioneer and which attracted nat ion wide attention M r. Kelfey said that tho only difficulty he had on tho trip wua with Mr. Meeker am this because he wished to fly ull the lime. Meeker Heal liicr. The old pioneer believed In mak ing stops short uand far bi t w een. 1'pon reaching n landing field Mr. Meeker was always impatient to take t he air again, according to Lieutenant KeUey. Mr. Meeker w.ts astounded at th" very start of the trip, said Mr. Kelley for in Ihe first half day of flying the plane coered one-third of the total length of the old Ore gon Trail. Ily actual computation on tills flight, in H hours or flying time, thv airplane covered a dis tance which look K.ra Meeker loan hours to travel a half century ago. I'Voni t h- standpoint of elapsed time the plant- flew in two daya a distance that Meeker covered la- borously iy wagon in six months. At the present time Lieutetifnl Kelley i sp-ndhif? a good deal of ei fort on tiie air service r serve, lit states that up to date he has signed up over reserve offices for the corps. This group of men is composed of officers who have had actual flying cxp rh-ncc nnd have been government trained. The air n serve i:i mobill.ed tn linn- of war and Is used at once while other (Continued on I'ogc l'ivc.) OPEN HOUSE TO BE HELD O.N U. S. HOSPITAL DAY Aecoiding to nnnouriccue-nt this morning by , llotgt-r M. Itrse-i,' superintendent ol t he ( irande Uonde hospital. National .1 tospi- ! tut day. May I-', will be (.Imrrv- I In the hoypl'al here, "Open hotlMi-"! a III b h :d ull during the after-i noon and r--(rehiiM-nts i te ; M-rvcd. No d flnltu program Uhi yet been arranger!. hi u'idltion to tliiH the fhitmh-r of commeree li oteierve liOMplt'll day :it their r'uh.r Tuesijivy unchcon. Baker Natalorium to Open May Thirteenth Arehp- J. Murray, pmpriclor ot Hill aptirtiie-nts, has le-eti em ptoyi'd by tie Klwanis ehtle tif t'.al.t r tti niarnge the Maher na: . f-iriuni which 1m to ut-n May i :tth. w Itli u utcr spoils und u dance. T NG 1 B LIGHTING PLANGETS O.K. l.a Grande's street lighting sys toin will he changed In the near fu ture to one using Incandescent in stead of arc lights as the result of an ordinance, passed by the city commissioners hint nigjit. The ordi nance nulhorlzcs accepting the Kastern On gon Light &. Tower company's offer. The plan was lecently outlined by .1. P. Lottrldge. .vice president of the K. o. i & P. company. It calls for incandescent lights; rung- ing in power and also provides for . Installation of ten extra lights I without charge. v j In connection with this action, J i Mty Attorney tJeorge Cochran stated that It would be impossible to Include on tlm ballot at the June i mm special election the pro posal to Install the "slugger" light ing nyKlcm, y Improvement dis tricts, in the business sections in lu (Jrande. because of not enough time to advertise. This plan w.ll have to tie hnn db'tl either at a separate special election or laid over until u general election. MISS CLEAVER PRESIDENT OF GIRL STUDENTS At the annual election of offi cers of the Associated (llrl Stud ents, held at the 'high school yes terday noon," ittennor Cleaver was named head of tho organization to succeed Phyllis Mcranton, re tiring president. Three candidates lot the ofMcc were on the ballot. Jesaie Itui bridge was Ihe choice of 2$ of the glrln and Oaisy Uobii was selected by t!i. MIks t leuvor uh elected with 73 voles. Imrothy l-'unk was elected vice pvtsident and Cossie Hums, seere ti.t y-treasurer. lw emtolyn Hu chanan and ivllth Kliell were de feat ed for Ihe vice presidency an I Miss Hums uon over .Mated St haeffer und Wilma Oasktll. Annual School Art Exhibit Due Friday The unuual art exhibit of the La Ofande achools Hill lie h.-ld Friday afternoon in all the grade nchtiolu of the city. The rooms v, ill lie open for inspection by the public from one unlit four o'clock. The ex hibit u III contain w ork done by students in all the eight elemen tary grade'!. A Special effort lias been put forth by the Art department tinder, i In- supervision tif Mrs. L. L. houg ias to make the art training n pracJ tical training touching the needs of the community. Holding The Old The fiu-Oiir-- Hint ynt arc Riv ing n store or ioii (oloy tt Ju-C t tnliinblc tn' Ihe lmi-ne-s mart ns nny new tm-hit-, la ncty hope to ft lomornm. The nth eiiKbtg pro'tiarn of nn iiiteltigenl alieiti-er l. there fore, lie wHed to holding obi liaile o- Hell. to deichjplMg new. The bu-inc ni that he Kites ,ioii lb cough Tin Oh htwiV athertl-bue column i1 htteit sina mitt taliinhlc lo w bet her on tin bit-itie-s i 1 1 1 bio ritttt ntiw or c.m-ltlcr doing mi lit the future. "Observer Atltrrtlstng A Mcrc-hantiislng N:rlce The Lqs Angeles at Bermuda V7P!V;'T -:vV)P!T ""v-fJrrw . -" t- . r . f llrn Is nIiowii IIm I.os Aiiu:rlvH siu-'i'sjfiilly must of lh V. H, S. I'atokn In tin- luirlxir nt site rewnUy litnilo nil oxiHTlini'iilnl rilglit. Trotsky To Accept Any Post Offer MOSCOW (lty the Associated Press) lieoii Trotsky, deposed so viet war minister, returned to Mos cow today from Ihe Trans-Caucasus after four months of isotut4on ami is ready to accept any positlou the government offers him. Trotsky, grunted absolution from his polltlcul heresy on his promise to obey the dictates of communism probably will be offered tho com missural of foreign trade. This post, his frleufln believe, will help restore him to some degree of pow er by leading; to a, more responsible place In the cabinet. .. E IS PERFECTED NEW YORK (By the Associated Press) on sea, land and In tho air prohibition forces today con tinued their war against rum row ami Its suttelllfH ashore. With the runt row blockade wild to have been in ado 100 per cent effective in lens than two days, prohibition agencies u.shoro have initial id a clean-up Intended to make lt Impossible, to get lhpior un land. Counterfeiting Plot Discovered by Agents WASHINGTON (lty (he Associ ated Press) One of the greatest conspiracies (or counterfeiting of government securities ever discov ered by secret, service officials to be Involved In t he Indict im-nt at Pittsburg yesterday of eight men on counterfeiting, charged wit h having manufaetured and diHfrihtil ed fake WAr savings stamps and revenue strip slumps. Trial of Hie alleged leaders is to start in Chi cago next week. HOYS MM) HAIIY'S Mi I LL rillCAOO (A P. The rinding tif the skull of a I'O-months'-oli baby by boys searching for base balls between two south rude len--rueiits h;is started police search ing for Mrs. Helen Karat urn. I '. years old, h ho over a year ago r epot ted her baby was kidnaped. She formerly lived u block from u here the skull was found. When the child dlrta ppeured In I Decem ber, 1 Men, KaraCim waited t o days before telling t he po lice. Her eon filet ing stories re united in let t of her' sanity and she Has rcleused after being found s,i lie. iidakim; is m lo The county commit. doncrs in ses sion at the reguiur monthly meet, ing of the county eourt, this morn ing, conducted a formal bearing on Ho' proposed closing of a road north uh! of Island City from what is known as tut- Andrcwu place to the htghHiiy. The matter has noi bet n defiitll.-iy decide,1 yet. Pastor (iocs to South Hukota SPItlNOr'IKLH. mi e., The realg natlon of ttev. J. CatKon Wetter- hit lui from the pastorate tif Hie I Springfield 'hr lid imi church wim made public Sunday. Mr. Wettcr jliiihn lliS I'-ceiveiJ a call ty l-etls, j S. and h1 h ave ;;oon Iti take up Ills ti' w wtuk. IL- has lneit tn 'Springfield bill a f-w IntuittiH, kuc- e.-t ding Itev, .ttiniea A. Pmnler as J 1'nstfir. Iti-v. Mr. potn'er Is now tiacliin-x In a Libit- college in M Hi- ' itcapolis, Minn. j RUM BLOGKAO , s - t- .. .-" ' , .v.; a ;T'SJt iiioonMl tfi the Itirniuclii, uiit-i-u XTRA AMI I)S; STAHTS FLIGHT NIAV YOUH (AP) fuptuin Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, to day wan presumably oh the erge of starting un attempt to reach thu north pole by airplane. Cabled dispatches late yesterday wild two expedition planes wen preparing w leave hut further word is luck ing Troi i the ephier' base from which conmiiiiilciitloii Is difficult bcentiso of its reniotPiies. I roui i-'aci;s M IT I .JACKSON, Miss. (AP) State ltecnue Officer Miller toilay filed suit against ihe l onl Motor com pany, flinrglnjr criminal conspiracy lo ltdate tho nntl-triist taws of lisslH.slpp seeking- to eollcxt pen alties totalling 12 million thiurs. All I'oitl dculers In the stuto ami' banking liislltiititms with which thry transiK't business nret named co-defenduntK.- .Miller H4cka to at tack the fiuuls of the l-'onl com pany on deposit In bank of the state lo guarantee payment of the penalties in the ccnt tlio suit is sustained In eourt. riityros sunt thkoi ch aiii NIAV YOHK (AP) Photo graphs, transmit ttsl through the nil' most of tho way, traversed 5,000 miles over land ami sen to tny ronipletliifi- a history iimkliM Journey from Honolulu to New York in 20 minute?. Seven pic tures of the Hawaiian nnvul man euvers were traii.siiilltcd. .MltlUNi; ltKAHY TO TA K I) ON MAYO It DAHL.MAN.l.N CONTENT WAHIUNOTON (AP) - Hecro- iary Jurdine, who recently ccepl- u the dure of a boyhood chum to enter a broncho riding event in North Oakota, Is thinking of taking tin Mayor James Dahlman, of Omu hu, in a culf-roping contest. Tho mayor's challenge Is now under consideration by Jurdine and sug gests that the contest be stfiged at an American Legion rodeo to be held May 12th. riti;.Ncii i,ossi;s i. hcuap WITH Jtll I 1A.NS ,OT HI;AVY HAIIAT, Morocco (AP) Total I o.NHeH of ill-' Kreneh troops during recent engagements were 13 killed, mostly natives, and aboul I uo wounded, it was announced at heud'iuartcrs today. The Uifflan losses h ere tb-serilM d us vry heavy. The Liffians ure si ill st rongly entrenched in ijebe itihnno region hut r'ri-neh 3 outposts, still sur rounded there, are le lng kept sup plied by airplanett. IIIOHWAY POLK V S OlUil) KALK.M. O". (borge Hawkins, county judge of Polk county, in an address before me inherit of the Sa lem chamber of commerce charged-; extra vngancfi on the part, of the state highway commission aggrt gatlng m ill Ion m of dollars. ' "There h grave danger," fuild Judge jr wkins, "in cent rali.lng authority to spend local money ),) any state commission. It Isn't the American Idea of democracy or Justice," English Court System Favored by U.S. Judges ll. hnrhM P. Slewurt) WASHINGTON (NKA Special) Chief justice Tart of I lie federal supreme bench vtHlted London sonic lime ago lo study the Lttgllsh courts, especially their handling nt criminal tusea. He who much pl us -d. What part leutorly struck htm was tli.it Lnglihh Judged sim ply won't in null delay or be both ered by technicalities.' If u ma.i obv ioun!y hi guilty of sot net hing. Mm ji:d;:e coiiceutrateH tin finding hi in so an 'I generally stiet-t eds. Then the authorities execute sen tence und that ends It. it's the POISOH GAS PR0H1BITI0II SUGGESTED International Arms Traf fic Conference Re ceives Proposal MOVE INSTIGATED BY BURTON, OHIO Representative Declares That Coolidge Will Sup port Article If It Is Adopted. (1 K N K V A (By (ho Associated Press) Condemnation of the uso of poison gas and prohibition of its exportation for war purposes in proposed In a new article of a draft of a covenant offered by Rep resentative liurton, of Ohio, nt to dny's session of the International arms traffic conference. Burton paid he expressed the de sire of tho American government and people that some such pro vision, regarding poison gus bo adopted. liurton declared that President Coolidge would approve the prohi bition of poisonous g-as exportation or war purposen. I s Is Cutidcnuicd Tho article proposed by Hurlon declares the uso in war of poison ous gases and liquids have been Justly condemned by public opin ion nnd that the, prohibition of such use has been incorporated tn treaties signed by the majority of civilised powers. LONOON (By tho Associated Press) Viscount Leverhulmc, aged 73 years, industrial lender and mil lionaire "soap king" died of pneu monia today after a brief illness. William Husketh Lever found his first Job when ho was 18. It con sisted of cutting: and wrapping soun- Krom this humble beginning Ite beeumo one of England's greatest indiiMtrial captains Lord Lever hulmo - multl-tnllllonulro "soap king." His factories and enter prises have followed thu British flag over (he earth, from Port Sunlight, his model Kngllsh village. to the Congo, to China, South Af rica, Australia, the United States and Switzerland l'"our years after William Iever began cutting- soap ho had won promotion to a clerical Job in thu factory, and when he married two years later every ono who knew him thought that ho hud settled down for life. hut not so William Ixjvtr. Tho idea of becoming a soap manufac turer hud taken definite shape in his mind, Imd soon he had u little factory of li in own. His romantic rise dated from that moment. It was a light, and a hard one, to make fortunt smile, but gruduully site did, und before many years hud passed his wealth hud grown to such proportions that it actual ly di-slurbcd him. part of It, wa.i spent In creating: his model works und model town of Port Sunlight. With Its tftialnt old Knglish style houses, red tiled roots and latticed windows, its gardens and tree-lined streets. Port Sunlight Is one of the lniir vci Is of Industrial Kngland. Tho houses are rented to employes of the factory for ' a month. Introduced New Klcm 1 ,ord I .everhulme was t ho first great Itrlt Ish employer to intro duce prorit-shurlng schemes and Industrial co-partnership. Tho only finest ion of success, he fre quently Hiild. Is Will you pay tho price of Holf-suerlflce?" William Lever was a model for tho ques tion. (Continued on Pg Five.) . method we ought to hdopt here, Justice Taft said. All Mils is recalled by the recent hanging In L'ngHnd of Norman Thome, convicted of killing hit sweetheart, lilste Cameron. The evidence w us so purely circumstan tial thut even the prosecution ud milled It was Impossible to prove guilt beyond a shadow tif doubt. Str Arthur Conan hoyle led u strong effort to save the condemn ed man, on the ground that ho was (Continued ou Pugu Flvo.) SOAP KING IS ; CALLED TODAY i
