EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Ha
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTIAND (AP) Ore
roii: Cloud tonight and Sat
urday, probably ruin la tho
went and extreme north.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1923.
VOLUME XXHI.
MEMBEIl ASSOCIATED mESd
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 181
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5 0
GRADUATE
THIS YEAR
Largest Class of Seniors
to Receive La Grande
' High Diplomas
LANDERS SPEAKER
AT COMMENCEMENT
Hie school May 2ft. H will continue
11 i n . ll'v days a week for four wicks.
Reverend Pollard, baptist, rloslnir Jiini- 19lh and liny hoy or
Church, to Preach the-;;, "BP or ov,r' ,s
baccalaureate bermon
Sunday, May 17th.
On tin: evening of May '-'2. 1 ! 25
tin- largest, senior chins in tho his
tory of I-l Orande high school will
graduate according to nnnonnce
in'n! by Principal K. 1. Towler t.o
diy. Approximately 70 seniors wilt
receive their diplomas, five more
than ever before.
Last year '' grudualed which
bmkc all existing records here.
President J. F. Lunders of the
Oregon Normal school, has been
secured to deliver tin- commence
ment address. Keverend George
poilurd ol tin- Huptist church, will
preach tin baccalaureate hit in on
the Sunday preceding commence
ment. Oi initiation Program.
The graduation week program
is as follows:
May 17. Sunday, 8 p. m. Huc
ca laureate services in the Metho
dist Kptscopal church, corner
Fourth und Spring streets.
Muy '12. Friday, t p. m. l-0M,
mencemcnt exereLu-s In the !,. j
S. tabernacle, corner Fourth and
U .streets.
(.n Friday thu .schools of the cily
will close for the mi tinner vuculion
period.
i;i,(;is PitoiiUAM
The progru rn for conimence
lnent week. May 17 to 22. ut lllcrln,
1k nearly identical with that of I -a
Grande. .
Un Sunday, May 17, ut 8 p. in.,
the baccalaureate sermon will bo,
pnaehed in the I'reshylerlnn
chuieh. On Wednesday night class
exercises will be held In the
Cliy opera house and on Friday
evening commencement, exercises
will be held.
The Klgin high school a closing
one of its best years, this year be
ing considered a success from every
Maudpoiul. The high school in-crea-sed
from 75 to 9$ l the
grades from Ut; to a 0 The grad
uation class is the. largest in the
history of the school.
The following is the Hat of
graduates;
John Mill. Will 1 N 11. I.u !:)'
l:hhard. Clinton Meude, Kay
Shellou, Held Hibberd, Lloyd Wick-
(Contlnued on Page Five.)
A giQiip of I.a (iraude musieians
will go to Itiik'-r Tuesday evening.
Muy '2, to lake part in a program
arranged by Mrs. ,ejsc Hosklns. to
be given (here at the ltaker thea
ter under the auspices of the Mac
ove club. Mrs. lloskins lias had
charge of the Monday Musical cho
rus here during the past winler.
Members of the Monday Musical
chorus, t he I i (i ramie Municipal
band, the chamber of commerce
iiiartei ;md the Neighborhood, club
wxletti; wilt go to linker that even
ing anil take part in the program.
The ladies' se.xtellc will give the
song cycle "A Garden of Flowers,"
which they recently presented here.
This number Is done in costume
unci is excellent.
The Haker Kiwanh club will en
tertain the li Grande people while
they itre there.
MUSICIWS TO
, VIS1T BAKER
Large Families Expected
To Become Fashionable
A perusal of (he statistics seem
to indicate that It will uguln be
come fashionable in this Htutc tor
parents to have good sUed famil
ies. An increase' In the number of
birt hs during 1 Is noted und
In. Frederick l. .Strieker, of the
On-iron state board of health. Is
Imping licit the Ini'P us- Ml be
t onie great '-r and greater in the
future.
The rate has increuHd from
per thousand population to 1 ..
This seems slight but It means that
for eery I ''it p.-ople In Or gen
4" more children a en born in
than In the previous y-.nr,
CHy Hirllc. I. renter.
A study of tat; birth rule a law
Vacational
Bible School
Open May 25
Ministers of La Grande
to Have Charge of In
stitution for Instruc
tion in Religion.
A dally vacations! Willi! m-hool.
18ionsond by tlui Ministerial V'n
ion of lii C.rundi', will be held In
I this cily durinff Ihf Miinmor. ac-
Ifordlntr to announu'tiu'lUu today.
Thu school will be divided Into two
I su ction one on tho south aide
uud one on the north aide of the
rullroad tracks.
I Present plans call for opening of
t or
Courses in the school
inciuap
Itiblc und missionary instruction
through the medium of story tell
ing; music und singing, drnmalizu
tion and pageantry, niipervlsed play
nnd cralt work Including basket
making, raffia work, sewing, ham
mock muktng and possible carpen
t ry.
Full particulars are to be given
at the union service Sunday evening-
at the MeihodiKt Kpiscopal
church at S o'clock. The ministers
urge that all Interested be present
at that time.
"This school will make use of
the vacation, and often idle time,
of the child, turning it Into a valu
able training and character build
ing period," u local minister slated
today.
The school was endorsed some
time ago by the local chamber of
commerce and by other organiza
tions. Grocery Enlarge Its
Business Quarters
Tho City Grocery on Fir street
under the management of Hay
Itauni has increased business to
such un extent that a number of
changes in the arrangement of the
storq have been necessary, accord
ing to the manager who bus. hud
tho improvements done this Tjreek.
The grocery now occupies the
entire room. The show cases have
been re-nrranged so as to display
the goods to a better advantage
und make the front more attract
ive. The walls have been kalsomlned
and several new cusch and shelves
have been put In in order to ac
commodate the larger stock of
groceries now carried on hand.
Xephl Coombs is a repent urldltlon
to the personnel of the establish
ment. Operetta Postponed
Because of Weather
Hecauvc of esterda.vs rain the
operetta "The Forest Court" which
was to have taken place this after
noon at ":30 o'clock on the lawn ut
I he Central school building has
been postponed until the first nice
day of next week. A deMnlte d;ite
has not. yel. been chosen, but1 will
lie announced later. The entire
central school takes part in the
operetta, about five hundred chil
dren iu u 11. It in under the direc
tion of Mis: Imogen Kusscll.
The program to m given this
afternoon at 1 ;3't o'clock at the
(ireenwood school will bo given,
however, unless it starts raining
again be fori that time.
LAKE LINDERMAN
SCENES FILMED
DESPITE WEATHER
Mr. and Mrs. Kd Ford were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Uoyd
at Wallowa lake yesterday. Tiiev
report a ery enjoyable vlsll and
both prubje Mr. and Mrs. JJoyd
greatly.
1 teen use of snow and rain t he
Lake. I'in.lermun scene was not
tak-n until about '2:'.tt o'clock yes
terday und it is doubtful if Sheep
Cnmp scenes can be taken before
Sunday.
I 'esplte the bad weni her. the
cast is being worked by Mr. Woyd
at every opportunity.
tthows that the city rute is greater
than that in the country. In I'M'i
there wre 14.103 births In Oregon
Millie in 1HJ4 there Were IJ.inJ.uil
increase (,r f j 7. These figures were
(alien from the I'niled States cen
sus bureau reports.
Total births In rMhs in Oregon
during 1 '.'2 A were 6.3 J giving u
I rale iM-r thousand. in the
:-otintry !M V.t children were born
makini; the rat I ft p.r thousand -l.'i
Pus than that of the urb;iu dlH
trhls. Mu-t Control l'eatb-. ,
"The Infant welfare work of the
immediate future lpu in t he con
trol of the dcuths w hich occur dur-
(CvuuiiUtvu IVge Five.)
Has Six!
3
"'-fr-r---"
The nunA "grandmothered"
hahy in the I nlteil Stales llert
Walker, ill months old, son or
-Mi', and MK Clem Walker. Cor
volli, Monl. At least (he pa
rent elahn that much, for little
Hcrt lins two gratiiuiotliei-i ami
fimr great-grandiiHithcrs.
TEST TONIGHT
With the exception of the post
poned "Knight of Ireams" to be
given next week, only two pro
grams remain on La Urande Mu
sic Week, held in conjunction with
national music week. ,
Tonight a music memory contest
will by held at the high school au
ditorium with Miss isabclle Miller
in charge. It will mark the closing
of the school contest and while the
judges are deciding which student
made the most pointg, the follow
ing program will be given:
1. Selections Neighborhood club
I?extot. ;. . ,
2. Violin Rolo Dick l.lndsiy.
3. Vocal solo l'aul Kuuutz.
4. iCeaiJiuir Mrs. Alva Huryrn.
6. l'iuno solo Miss Gladys Mil
C. Vocal soio Mrs. T. U. Max
well.
7. Selection Kenneth dekeler's
orchestra.
judges tor the music memory
contest follow: Mrs. J. A. Tedford.
Mrs. Lynn Wright. Mrs. I. V. How
(Continued on Page Five.)
A boon lo growing crops came
to Ii Grande yesterday in t In
form of a rainfall that gave more
than half n 11 Inch of mnbit ore to
I tin. V'ltlfV I'l.II.Ur u.M.lh.,. ulill
prevails this morning although
showing a tendency to clear up.
Farmers in general are pleased
j with the rain, as tin stockmen.
I p -jntil a o clock yesterday .Pi
inches of rain hud f 11 Men and
continuing drizzles after that hour
brought the measurements abo e
the hull'-inch mark.
I'KNni.FTON, Ore. (Special).
Farmers expressed delight, w lib
lift- rainfall here und w ere anx
ious that it real rain visit the
country before the weather clears
up. liepoiis from t he f rinses of
the whe.it belt are to the t-ffecl
1 that rain Is beginning to be nced
J ed to keep (he spring crop giow
! lug as it should.
SKATTI.K (AT). Kslimal-s
(Continued on 1'age Five.)
Rocknc System Shown
To High School -Boys
Motion pictures Itlustral ing I he
Notre Da me style of fool ball were
shown at the Arcade t healer yes
terday ufieiuuon lei ore a trrotip
of hluh school boys and others
j interested. The pict ure showed
; Kntltn Koehne hlht:i"tf at wo.'h
w II h a fijiiad in t he Sout h Itend
stiuliini and Illustrated positions
! for all the player on both the
! defensive and offensive bums.
Follow ing 1 he Indh (dual playtn:
I fundamental I' jiiii plajs wt-re
shown both with pictures of the
I player q rnd by II lustra I ive dla
' grams.
At tli" ronrhido:i of the pic
lure show ing. Virgil Kurl''. direc
tor of athletics jit l!ie I niversl'y
of Oregon. Introduced Dick Smith.
; football coaeh. who guvi u short
talk on college and colb life.
( The ad v tee Mr. Km it h gave v, as.
;"go to college in your own stat ."
'lb- pointed out the U'lvautugej ol"
.going to colbge in the part of the
j country in w hlch the student In
ltcQd to live uticr eruduutiou.
MUSIC MM
IS WELCOMED
SCHOOL BOY
IS WOUNDED
BY PISTOL
Walter Ford, 9 at Hospi
tal Today; Condi
. tion Is Serious
GUN DISCHARGED
ACCIDENTALLY
Lead Struck Lad in Neck;
Considerable Amount
"of Blood Lost Before
Physicians arrived.
A regrettable accident, the re
sults of which endangers the life
of little Walter Kord, a-yenr-old
uion of F. N. Ford, local real estate
man. utcui n-n iii i in- jiikii .-ihhi
athletic field yesterday ufternoon
About 5 o'clock.
According to Mr. Kurd, he was
told that a boy. Mike Japan, aged
12 years, had a .22 caliber pistol
that was made for shooting blank
cartridges, hid under the grand
stand, enable to procure blank
cartridges, the boy had some .22
short shells from which he intend
ed to remo've the bullets. The Kord
boy was with him when the bullet
was severed from the cartridge but
a small amount of lead was left in
the shell.
Then. Mr. Ford states, his son
started to walk away und the pistol
exploded behind him. the lead
striking him in the neck. Tho dis
charge must have cither been acci
dental or in fun.
Grr-at Ioss of I1IhmI.
A physician was called immedi
ately and the boy was rushed to the
Grunde Uonde hospltul where the
lead was removed from his neck.
(Continued on 1'ngo Five.)
(lty J. S. ii.)
The fate of a number of Fast
em Oregon track and field rec
ords hangs In the balance. With KS
athletes from 1" different local
ities scheduled lo do their l"'sl l"
the annual Kastern Oregon meet
to be held here tomorrow a lot. of
markers are golny to bu passed in
the rush.
Wllh the 'addition of Adams. In
t'matlllu county the list of entrants
is now complete and Includes lin
ker, Cove. Helix. Jmbler. -Pendleton,
Crane t 'nion and Final Ilia
und or course, Ut (irande. None
of the branch line (earns are repre
sented. All the M.-hooIs up that
way ure plalng baseball this year.
Tvhi Onc-Muii Train
1 Jul the branch teams won't be
needed to make the meet a hum
dinger. Adams and Cove have one
man each entered, l'uckell. of Cove
and Simonton of Adams will he
here to do their best, or course
two men can't win a meet but when
any of these small towns make up
a purse to send some young ath
lete a good many miles to a meet
by himself In- usually ha some
thing worth watching.
From t h' standpoint of I, a
Orunde the meet should be an un
paralleled success in more ways
than one for the Tigers are book
ed to win the event by a handy
margin. The Ut Orunde team has
already marked up victories over
Pcndlelon, Haker, ( nion and luih
ler in dual meets and In the. I'nion
county meel.
Iji tiraudc Fnlries
MucTavish will have ju men en
tered. These include Itrown, I'.er
ry, llurnett, Charlton. Davis, Fans,
Glass, Harnden. llummeli, Jensen.
Kelt-, I ,un d, I a man. MeKennoii.
Nelson, Price, Sherwood, Smut..
Stoddard, Strand, rimmtino and
.und e.
I 'namuno Is expected to take I lie
sprints. Sherwood the low hurdles,
Jen ecu the mile and the Ui Orunde
relay team composed of Sherwood.
I'namuno. Hrniit. ind undid or
McKennon should skip off wllh the
relay but for I he rest ol t heir
points the Tigers will have to dig
and grab one here und perhaps two
there und m on.
Virgil 1-lnrU to Itefeni
Special interest to the official
side of the 1 m nl will be nllaelied i
to I he announcement t hat Virgil
Karle, athletic director of l!ie . nt- f
verslly of Oregon will referee. Mr.
Carle is in Maker today but will re- ;
turn tomorrow. The xt of officials ;
Includes Ijcc lleynolds, Marler; j
Nolan Skltf. eh rk of m. t; .1. K.
Iteynolds. Frank M Ketinoti, Fred
Kiddle and Allyn Hunter, timers;
.fob it l-arlfon. uiinonrici-r ; l "ra ;ik
Johnson. ciiU'-r; Smul., Cadwell.
Doiton. Knight a-id lindilh,
judges of finish; Hud Lynch, tb-rk
or finish; Jimmte Uosenbaum.
cieik of nice.; J. V. I;ater uud lj.
(CUUbUvd va five.)
TIGERS DOPED
TO Hi MEET
DRY" NAVY'S
BLOCKADE
EFFECTIVE
Great Thirst Developed
Because of Check on
"Rum Row"
LIQUOR SUPPLY
IS DIMINISHING
New Patrol Boats Ready
to Relieve Those Now
on Duty; 500 New Sea
men Are Recruited. .
i;W YOltk (lty tho AsMM'lnUMl
Pre,) great tlitrst Mrms la
hati ileveloieil from Lucie Sam's
blockade of rum row I
The li(iior supply Is rapidly dl
mtnlidiinf., new spa per investigators
say. and prices ure going up.
Meanwhile, some of the ruin fleet
nre presumed to have headed for
homo ports In other lands, either to
replenish provisions or because
they have concluded that tho "dry"
navy Is too strong lor them.
Ite-ults ivnvrt.
Any retreat by ships on rum row.
however, is not yet substantial, ac
cording to meiigre reports from the
scene of passive warfare off shore
The assertion continues to be
made that the results of the block
ade have been perfect, with no cus
tomers at all getting to or away
from the rum fleet.
Ne w pa t ro I boa t s are ren d y to
relievo those on duty, according to
officials and five hundred addition
al seamen are hcinir recruited.
I '
EARTH SHOCKS
VISIT ISLANDS
IN SOUTH SEAS
MANILA (My the Assortulr-d
Press) A new series of earth
quakes .shook Albay, Samar and
Camarfnes provinces lodny. )is
patches from Hals, Occidental
Negros l.dand report the wharf
there badly damuged, presenting;
.ships from landing,
1 h lagan te, Ccbu province, re
ports concrete buildings there
cracked by quakes.
Florida Against Japs
Owning Land in State
T A I, LA 1 1 A SS V, H, Fl a, (By 1 h e
Associated Press) A resolution,
calling for un amendment to the
conslilution to exclude Japanese
from ownership of land In Florida
was adopted by the house today by
a vote of f,9 to 0.
i ncli-; .101;." s:. riMis it
HAitii to .mi;i:t okli pace
DA.VVILLK. III. (AP) "T nclo
Joe" Cannon, former speaker of the
house of representatives, was 89
years old Thursday.
Me spent the day (piietly with
hl.s family, reading the hundreds of
telegrams and letters lhal came to
him from ub sections of the coun
try. He enjoyed a. visit Thursday
morning from Lieut s. Jack Hard
ing, world flier, and Lowell Tliorn
.'is, historian of the world flight,
who arc here.
Aii;it T.ki;s nit; 'roiii,
ltKKMN' ( AP). Nearly Gl.n-Ki
pefpie. Including liii.nriO children,
hae bei'ii drowned In Priissift
during the lnM yo years, aeconl
ing lo HtatiKties compiled by tic
Oerman life-saving association.
The organization is demanding
compulHory swimming Instructions
1n schools.
Holding
The
Old
The ttuinos thai you are Riv
ing a More or lum today Is
jiio). r valuable tit the busf
ncst, tiinii ns any new bushier
he may hope to get tomorrow.
The advertising pi ((grant of on
Inlelligf'iii advertiser Is, there
fore, devotftl to holding old
trade ns well ns lo developing
new. The husbiess ttews lhal
he given oii ilotnigh 1 be Oh
s'l'U'i'i. ndvertlhig ttdtimtts Is
Inliie-Uiig nod viilnnbie lo oii
whet Her y on do business with
his firm now or tronslder doln;
mi In the future.
'Ob.siirver Adrffrtlslnit
A Muruhaiidtsiuif be r vie
Wanted Career-Not Husband
1 fBjrfr
S4
lteaiitiful Ho Sacla Mooers, know In the flints ns lo Nacla ,
I'avllle, Hrmltted Iter husband, l-'.tlwln II. Moc-rs, mllllonulrt;
mining magnate, to divorce her lit order that she could t'ontltinci I
Iter pict mt career In Hollywood
lcius.
OKNKVA. (By Associated Press)
Jupon went on record today ns
favoring strict Interdiction of the
uso-ln;rnr of poison gas.
The Japuneso delegation to tho
international arms conference ar
dently supported tho proposal made
yesterday by Kepresentuttvo Burton
of Ohio, that; all exportation of
poisonous gas for war purposes be
prohibited.
Turkey Favors Move.
Turkey approved the proposal
but agreed wit li t he Hungarian
delegation that rights of stutes thut
do not manufacture gas to employ
gas if they ure. so attacked should
bo respected nnd their opportunity
lor defense, should not bo removed
by a too rigid bun on exportation.
Prince of Wales Will
Visit Chilean Cities
"UJNIiONT (By tho Associated
Press)---The l'rluco of Wales has
definitely accepted an invitation lo
visit Chllo upon tho termination of
his visit to Argentina, It Is official
ly announced.
No dato has been fixed for tho
visit but the prince in expected to
arrive In Mille about. August. 20
by special train from Buenos Aires.
He will embark from a Chilean
port for return to Fnglund.
University Planning
Parents' Week-End
I ; N 1 V K 1 1 S 1 T Y U K OK I'A i ON',
Fugenc, Ore. (Kpeciul) tftudents
of the 1 'nlversity of t tregon will
entertain their rathera and mothers
hen) next Saturday and Sunday,
May 8 and U, ut the annual par
ents Week-end.
Saturday will be vlslthig day. and
and parents will visit the campus
buildings, including (he Keliool of
Music auditorium and Condon hall.
the new science building. In the
ufternoon, mothers will b guests
at tea. I'athei-H will nllend the
l.'niverstty of Or. gou-l .'nlveruit y ((f
Washington baseball ga me on the
IK W field al Meveiilefiith and Agate
streets. The evening performance
of junior vaudi'villc, he annual cn-
Mrtainiueul program presented by
the JuP'or lass, will (conclude Sat
urday's program.
parents will be guests at u spe-
lul university vespers In the mu
sic audit orlum Kunduy ufternoon.
FrntetnitieM, sororities, und other
organized hoiux s will hav e Moth
ers' day dinners Sunday afternoon.
ItOYAL Mh.llllOKS WILL
(IIANt.i; INM KANCL PLAN
MOT HPIHNCfS. Ark. (AC).
Writing of liiHiiianee on the orig
inal benefit Insurance plan v. ill
be discontinued by t he K0y.1l
Neighbors of Amerlen, It was de
termined here Th it sMuy u hen an
a mend men t lo t he order's consti
tution was udopted by t tie su
preme camp count II ut Ing t he re
serve benefit plan. New me in
bers vll not be nci-coied uud r
I the old plan ufter J uty I ,
I The Hupietm- -ailip paiiiciputcd
In u paittdo und pug tan t.
JAPS AGAINST
POISON CAS
1
ttiihainpeiwl by domestic prob-
j
XTRA
worm roitTiFY Hawaii
WASHINGTON (AP) Chair
man. Nu tier, of tho house naval
committee, said today that ho '
: would urge legislation at tho next
'session of eongn'ss to make the
iluwitiiaii lshimls tho "stronget
mllltnry outpost lit the world,'1 Ho
jsnin inemiM'rs or the nous coni
'mlltct would leave in June for the
Islands to obtain first hand Infor
mation on what would Imk required
to aecompllMi this puriHtse."
liAWYI HS, JlltlSTS MUKT
POKTIjAM), Ore. (AP) Iaw
yers mid Jurists front all parts of
Ortgon nssembhHl hero Kwlay to
dlsciiHS with the jiidleinl 4ouncll,
nnip'd as tin result of uetlon by
tin Inst legislature, urtous changes
In court proecdutv.
BABY INMATi; PASSKS
MOW YOKK (AP) Tho ten-motiths-oll
hoy Inmate of the Baby
Hospital, the proprietor of which,
Mm. Helen Augiiste Oelseiivolk. Is
held fur alleged Imby Mibstltntlon,
died today after Iteing removed to
nnother hospital. A niitilopsy was
ordered by authorities, who Mild
they had received reports that tm
nierotiN lii!au(s In the woman's care
died of malnutrition,
TO roit.M MIMKTHV
BItt SSLLS ( AP) Aloys van de
Vyvere, former Belgian finance
minister, today agreed to Attempt
to form n ministry to Nmc(cd that
of former Premier ThcunLs which
resigned April i,
.pioMint srcci "Miw
i;i (;i;.M;, ore. (AP) Itobert l.
Veil teh, HI. Iregon phmct-r, died
lattt yesterday at Collage Orove. He
was prominent n iK'iiHMrnllc cir
cles lor many yi'itrs.
Polar Flight Is Again
Postponed, Report Says
NKW VOKK (Hy the Associated
Press) -I 'nfavorable walhi'r con
ditions are believed to be holding
(he Amundsen polar expedition to
Its base at King: Hay, Hpllzhergen.,
A brief inessngM receive at t t-slo
ll nh;hi said (he start, schedubd
for today, had been postponed.
OSLO, Norway ( A P) Advices
received by the meieurologlcnl ob
servatory, say lhal Hoald Amund
sen has postponed his north pole
flight, which had been planned for
Friday.
Stone Will
If Wheeler
WASHINGTON (NKA Special)
l'n less t he govern lie-nl makes a
better showing in Its case here
iiguimd s nator Wheeler than the
prosecution made agalnsi him in
Mni.tuna. Juftiee Harlan F. Stone
of the federal supreme court Is go
ing to be "in" somewhat "bad."
The Montana case wasn't charge
able to Jnmlce Stone's u count. If
I"
w as a f ratio up. as Senator
I
Whecb-r contends, ii iid as the Jury
j seems to have Ihought. too. the
(riming was done In-fore SI one took
'over the justieti department, and
I he Inherited it. with other uuftn
lulled business brt over from the
j Uaub'lic-rty regime. For thv Wush-
RUM SKIPS
WILL FIGHI
U.S. GUARD
Washington Authorities
Are Expecting "War
to Death"
LIQUOR AGENTS
ARE THREATENING
Information Is Received
That Several Guards
men Are on Rum Run
ners' "Death List."
. WANHINtJTON (Hy tho As
sociated Press) Ktldencc uc
eumulatinK at coast guartl hcnl
tpiarterH - here Is Chnt rum row,
off New York, does not Intend to
strike ita colors without a fight.
Already thero has been so many
Indications of a campaign of re
venge that the coast guard com
mandant today said hi forces un-.
doubtedly faced a war to the death.
In the last three woeks a dozen
Incidents have born reported which
give unmlstukuhle. evidence that
the rum runners Intend to bul
lets on the guardsmen wherever
they are. found.
Out to "Oct" (innrdsmcn
Confidential reports tell of tho
kidnaping of a man at Atlantic
City, nmbushlng a cutter off Mon
tuuk Point, receipt of threatening
letters by guardsmen and passing
out of tho word that rum agents
must 'gt" guardsmen.
Homu guurdsmen aro threatening
to resign because of tho hnzard
faced by their families on shore
when they aro absent on duty. '
Officials today said an anony
mous letted hud conveyed Informa
tion Indicating that certain officers .
and men of the const guard are on
the "death list" of tho rum run
ners, und that; others aro to bo in
capaclated If possible.
Hhlps in rum row havo turned
to tho s of carrier pigeons to
convey messages to their shoro
ugents.
ID IE TREES
KNTKHPItlHB, Ore. (Special lo
tho Observer) .Many miles of
highway In Wallowa county will al
ways b boulevards through strips
of natural park, according to tho
plans of tho statu highway com
mission, a local newspaper stales.
This wilt ensure their being among
thu most uttractivu in I ho wholo
west, both for homo people and for
visitors. Tho north roud, running
(or 40 miles either through or bor
dering forest, will bo one of tho
notable drives of tho country.
Wlllluni luhy ol thu Blato high
way commission, came In last Fri
day iiccompunied by It. H. Huld
ock, division engineer, and Oscar
Cutler, district1 engineer. Tho com
mission wishes to preaervo a strip
I of timber along each side of the
highwny, and Is ready to buy tho
hind where this Is neceosnry. Thero
is no set width for thu strip, but In
many pluces It has been suggested
tlmt this be fiOti feet. Fences aro
to be placed buck of thu park strip
and drivpoutn provided so that tho
people may uso the woods for
pleasure ground.
In Wallowa canyon, logging oper
ations are under way at various
places on the south side of tho
river. Tills is beyond tho highway
board's "sphere of Influence." and
the north slope. Is not easily devas
tated anyway, un It grows under
brush nnd small trees. Hut on the
north side of the river, above tho
highway, are several flmi stands of
pino which the lumbermen aro
nearly ready to attack. One of
(Continued on Page Five.)
Be In Hole
Is Acquitted
Itfgton Indictment, however, Stono
himself wu;i responsible, 1
In ordinary circumstances a
prosecutor who fails to make out
much of a cast against a man he
hutt been luHtriimcutuI In having
indleted, though he may be blunted
for proceeding on Insufficient evi
dence, can at bust reply that he
wuh Inspired by no Improper ani
mus, at uny rate, hui tneso cir
euntsliinecs are not ordinary. It
lite evidence at Senator Wheeler's
OlHlrict of Columbia trial proves
no more substuntlul thun thu uvt-
(Contluued on l'atfe Four.)
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