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
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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
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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
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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
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