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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 182
U GRANDE
DOES ILL
IN PRELIMS
Eastern Oregon Track
Meet Starts Off With .
Qualifying Events
NO RECORDS DROP
IN FIRST EVENTS
Sherwood Springs Sur
prise by Throwing Dis
cus 110 Feet; Fugit
Puts Shot More Than
42 Feet.
i 1
( Hy .1. S. M
Willi it light breeze blow ing but
conditions otherwise Ideal the an
il uh I ' Ku stern Oregon track met
opened tit l he high school athletic,
field this morning.
During the forenoon session
heats were run off in the dashes,
the weights and the jumps. .a
Grande men qualified In every
event nnd will appear In the flu -a
Is this afternoon.
The morning session went ovr
smoothly with no friction between
competitors or coaches. The prei-inc.-
of Virgil Karle, nthlctlu di
rector of the rnlversity of Ore
gon, who is acting us re free was
of great value.
Prom indications thlH morning
La Grande should lake the meet.
.Some records are pretty sure to
go lido the discard. Kendbtr,
ruiatllhi's lone entry showed reil
ckos In the lli'it-yurd dash and
the high jntiip. His time for the
L'Jti was 24.3 seconds and he loaf
ed the last 7" yards.
Sherwood of l.a Grande heaved
t h discus w ell up a round the
record mark and should he able
to heat it this afternoon. Sher
wood th'-ev It 1)t feet nnd the
record Is hut 1 II feet ft iiicli--
K-iglt of I'nlon pushed the slul
out it feet 3 3-4 inrhes. Thin Is
hlill ahout four fer.t lower thua
the Lastcrn Oregon record hut is
much higher than the shot his
been thrown in this territory this
season.
MtinU This Afternoon
The finals in all events wU'. he
(Continued on Pago Five.)
I.a Grande and the - Grande
Houde valley citizens are generally
preparing lo observe Mothers day
--- tomorrow l" some manner.
Gilts lo the mother are on sched
ule lor many and others plan visits
or other communication.
The churches oi this city have
announced special "Mother's Way"
prog rams which will undoubtedly
b'- well attended.
Tlx- observance of the day Is
really a very old custom, one that
sen Ing I he day. This charming
to tli is country from Knglaud. ,
In America, however, the earli
est cruiid'Ts for observance were
the Lagles. who began the cam
paign In luM mid yu; in the club
house of Kansas City Aerie No. 47.
Since that start, oilier organiza
tions ami the population in gen
eral in America have taken tip the
movement ardently until now it is
a national day In more respects
than one.
The wearing of a, flower In hon
or of "Mother" Is one way of ob
serbhig the day. This charming
met hod of paying t rlbute to t he.
mother Is almost universally practiced.
WILL OBSERVE
Mirmirmp nnv
iviuinLnaufu
Two Tie For First In
Music Memory Contest
l-'ifty music stnd'-nts of the li
C.iand.- high school entered the
Music Memory coiit.'Mt held Hp-re
lust evi-ning as n pHrl of Music
w- k. Miss imrolh Culdwell and
Jark Innb tied for ftrt. prize,
each having a perfect score. ,1ls!
Culdwell was presented wUh a btist
of the composer 1,1st. and Mr. It n
nl;i will be given one of Mozart by
the Monday Musictl club.
Six nth -r s'ndents ha I a score
ol oxt ;.(t. They were tt.-njamln
vfcrlirig. Krauk Johnson. Thom
as Itriiee. Merlvn Mager. H'i-n
WlltiinoN and i 'harlolte lirostus.
Tift y n'cords wtc pla e und the
sliebni.s hud to tell tto' nam" und
foiiipus'-r cf twenty of th-m in or
d' T to have u prfect (Horc
In i ddillon lo th Miwc Mem
ory contesL-the Neighborhood club
eitii aecomjainied by M rs. J.
1 aiimtd Mi-yers. rendered several
0eK'ction; Taul KnuuU 'tang
Recital Here
Will Present
Faye Price
Talented Harpist Fea
tured in the Final Pro
gram of National Music
Week.
Miss Kayo Price, harpist, assist
ed by Florence Lynch Miller. so
prano and Mrs. J. A. Tedford, or
ganist, will he presented to la
Grande music lovers on the final
evening of National Music Vck.
The recital will take place In the
Presbyterian church tonight, be
ginning ut 8:30 o'clock. No ad
mission will be charged.
The program has been urrunged
as follows:
Valse Caprice (Anonymous).
Jteveric I'Yojo). Iai ilarpe Koli
enne (Godefrold) -Miss l'rice.
IHeure Kxyuise (Huhn), Dawn
(Curran), Song of Ihe Open (la
Gargc) Mrs. Miller.
Tales of Hoffman (Arr. by Ver
dalle). II Trovatore (Air. by Clmt
terion). Sextette from Lucia, (Arr.
by Cheshire) MLss price.
The ltosary (Arr. by Pinto). The
Swun (Arr. by Pinto), Serenade
Cuprlclosso (I'into) Miss Trice
and Mrs. Tedford.
Play Mak" Helieve. (Hond), The
Golden Jtulu (Anonymous) Miss
Trice.
Au Mon-JMlere (Ilasselmans). Pa
trouille ( llassetman.s). Nun's I'ray
er (Oberihur), Masurka (Schueck
er) Mils Price.
Miss Trice Honor Guest.
Honoring Miss Kaye Trice, hap
tst, w ho will appear this evening
at S: 1 5 o'eloel; at the Presbyter
ian church In harp recital, the
officers nnd committees of the
Monday Musical entertained this
noon at The Tiffin with a deli
cious four-course luncheon. Cov
ers were laid for IS and a delight-
(Continued on Page Five.)
Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
the Greenwood school, under the
direction of Mrs. K. V. Uumry.
had an Old Kngiish May day fes
tival. The May queen. Miss Kran
cls Heed, was chosen by popular
vote from members of the junior
high school. She was u most
churmtng and gracious ruler of the
fete.
The first grad rs horn Misses
Alice Hcnnelt and KHzaheth Mil
ler's rooms sang a quaint. May day
tune and the children representing
villagers from Mrs. landry's room
danced joyfully in honor of the
, holiday. The first graders danced
an oiu r,ngiisn ioik uuno-. .m
Hughes, In checkered cape, high
boots und plumed chapeau. at this
point heralded the coming of the
(lueen. The queen's procession, un-
jder the direction of Miss Mildred
, l.ovctt, entered, the players follow
ling. The attendants from Miss
j Heed's room were; Velmu- Charl
;1on. Knima Chandler. Irene Quin-
lund. Virginia MeWill tarns. Jiuby
lelk, Vilina Hutsell, Umimi Heck,
and Fanny Struck. The train bear
ers were: Doris Schultz and Kath
leen Dall. Little Torter Wall jr.,
brought in 1 he pearl decked crown,
on a large green cushion. The,
queen was crowned und saluted by
Hobin Hood's men
A number of dances were then
given for the pleasure of the
(Continued on Page five.)
Elk Hide Possessor
Fined and Sentenced
H. L. Willbims. of Starkoy, was
fined $2aii and sentenced to a 3i
duy term In the counly jail In
Judge Hugh )Hrudy's court on the
charge of possessing elk hides.
Williams was arrested some time
ago by Game Warden John Wul
den. ''Kathleen Mavorii"" and as an
em or sung "Three fur Jack;" Mrs.
Alvah iMiryeu gave (wo reatlings;
Mrs. T. H. Maxwell gnve two vocal
numbers and MltH ll"b n W'lltlains
played two piano solos. Miss Jsa
ttelle ,ilh'r had compb-te charge tf
the evening's program.
tupbunas were also awarded lo
t he la ill s winning highest scoreg
in the Hymn Memory content t
this time by Mrs. Sherwood Wlll
iat;).', hairmnn. who gave u. shorl
tntk preceding t he pre?, nialions.
The ladle receiving diploOOLS were;
Mrs. 1-indeM. Mrs. Sto-pherd. Mrs.
X'orug. Mrs. MeMttnus, Mrs. Ithtn-.
M's. H C. Hull. Mrs. I'r.-.l Voting.
Mi. Ualt'-r Vokiil'. ,lr. .laek Mr
f itieitn. M rs. W- K. Inborn und
Mrs. Caldwell, nil members of the
Itappb r iloims club.
Members of the Monday M lit leu t
octtd as judges.
CHILDREN IN
MAY FESTIVAL
LEGION'S
CAMPA GN BYRUMROW
TO START
Local Committees Named
at Meeting Here
Last Evening
HILL TO SERVE
ON STATE BOARD
Fred Kiddle. For m e r
State Commander, Is
Chairman of Local En
dowment Drive Com
mittee. The appointment of A. T. Hill,
president of the city und former
ohairniHii of the liberty loan
drives (luring the World war per
iod, as a member of the general
state committee and of Kred Kid
dle as chairman of the local le
gion committee w as announced
lost night In preparation for I'n
lon county's part In the nutional
child welfare endowment drive of
the American Heginn to be staged!
hem the last of this month.
Tluns were discussed at a spe
cial meeting of I.egton worker.!
held In the city hall and a gen
eral committee to aid Mr. Kiddle
in directing the campaign was
named by Commander Otis Pal
mer of the La Grande post. The
roiiow ng ''B'onnaires witt Bervej
chairman; 11. 10. Conlldge, II. K.
Hrady, 1 H. Appleby, H. 11. Wat
kins. Harry Williams and O. W.
Tnlmer, with Mr. Hill, of the state
committee, acting in nn ndvlso-y (
capacity. Additional memoera w in
be drafted for the actual work of
the drive and the Legion antici
pates Utile difficulty In "going
over the lop" as did L'nion county
in the war drives.
In connection with the" cam
paign here a speakers committee,
member:! of which w ill present
the campaign plans to the schools
and churches, has been .named,
nnd Its personnel follow s: Hugh
K. Hrady, chairman; Ir. Hay
Murphy, Harry Williams.
County's Oiiotu.
The county's ((tint a of the na
tional child welfare endow ment
is H.Siid. Jn Oregon $60,000 of
the amount raised is to go to the
Horn Hccker hospital In Portland.
(Continued on Page rive.)
DATE IS SET
The people of Perry are look
ing forward to a happy and en
joyable time on May l!tth. Tues
day, the date set by the manage
ment of the Grande Honde Lum
ber company for the official open
ing of the Perry sawmill to the
Inspection of the public.
The Terry community, under
the leadership of Harvey M. Lar
sen. s jperlntendent of the local
Sunday hchool, plans a speci.il
program for the evening, conclud
ing with a big dance In the com
munity hall.
The details of the progrum will
he announced later.
LUST MEET OF
MILL OPEN NG
A LI
HYHACI SK. N. Y. (Hy Hie Asso-I
A eonimunlty-w ide interest n;ciuted Press) - Senate rules per
being shown in the program "The uiittlng unlimited debute, are the
Arts or Our Grandmothers," to he. ! country's strongest safeguards
presented at the Inst meeting forjugainsl hasty h-giMlallon by a coal-'
the year or the Neighborhood ctubjltlon of the blocs that have Hpcmi?
Tuesday afternoon. Prieesl-'ss j up In Americun political life. Ken-;
treasures or handicraft will be'sior Moses, republican of New :
exhibited at this time anil many Hampshire, declarer) her - hii
will ntt. nl the meeting in old-. night In an addrecs def.-nding Ihose
time corit'jmejt. An obl-fushione J rules again the uhsjuIIs of ice ,
tea, in charge of Mrs. George President Dawes.
Stod'lard. will be givi n. ) Calling utH ntlon that the co-il- i
Mrs. A. T. Hill has charge or "ions differed from day lo day us
the afternoon and will present fhe;n b-gislutloa lo cure H,c iMh,
following progrum, urrsnge.l hyjexlsting In dllferent seel Ions, aref
Mrs. Oeorge Curpy: "Sam piers" , '! vunc.-d, the preMiibnt pro tern-;
by Mrs. Kheruond Williams: vow of the senate said the major- I
" I looked Hugs." Mrs. A. T. Hill. I"' " Hi us momeniarlly vebb-d to- '
"Wown coverbdn." Mrs. Ih-rhe-t "g'dher "are bound to be as reck.;
PaHNon: ' Patch Work O tillts," h "icy an- emphemerul."
Mrs. II. H. I haver. Mis l:iltel
Mtili'r will give a musical r adltg
and Mrs. Thonnis Wulslnger v. Ill '
giv,- u reading. Airs. L o Mill
Mrs. Hay Culler. Mrs. Akihh Dun-
.....1 XI I 1, .-.- ...II
' Htnir irriiuim tif nM mutun.
The club w islx s to
olwrvp
"Mother's Day" by Inviting all
the mothers of .tho community toj
FINISH I
INDICATED
Endurance Contest Be
tween Drys and Wets
Continue Unabated
SMUGGLERS PLAN
TO DRIVE WEDGE
Hope to Pierce Guards
men's Lines and Fol
low Through With
Shore-Bound Liquor.
WANHINGTON Hy the Assocl
at ed Press ) Th o end urancc con
teat between the Atlantic rum fleet
and the rutted States coast guard
"dry' navy continued today wit h
every Indication that, it will resolve
Into a war lo Ihn finish with lutid
and sea attacks,, reprisals and a
"death list" as Important features
of the impending conflict.
' The iiinugglers have accepted the
(Continued on Page Two.)
THREE ROBBERS
LOOT NEW YORK
JEWELRY STORE
MOW YOHK (Hy the Associated
Press) Three robbers, held up the
Jewelry store of J. Hoes today ami
- acHptMl w))h
$90,000 worth oi
jewelry alter handcuffing am
binding four employes.
The neighborhood was crowded j
with Jewish sabbath crowds and
police reserves were called out to
r(1iore order
Fire Sweeps Portland
Telephone Exchange
. VOItTLANI), Ore. (By Asso
tintcil Tress). lfc-pnlr crew
worker last night mat today to
ntoro leiephone svnice Jn tlio
district severe! by I Ho .Main
and Atwnter exchuugo which
titimed yesterday. Emergency
number are luing hkc1 by bus
iness Ikhimm. The iximpany ev
pecta most of the htvIcc will
be restored early next week.
Telephone eoinimny officials
estimated Hie fire lovs Iniweeti
S,-o,o(Mi mid $:tim,nH.
POHTLANH, Ore. ( Hy the Asso
ela t fit I ress 1 . I'"l re. w h Ic Ii swe i1
the main telephone exchange of
the Pacific, Telephone and Tele
graph company yesterday put I ,
oan telephones out of commis
sion and caused damage excee 1
Ing i loo. noo. One hundred tele
phone girls by hatiy and orderly
exit escaped the rapid sweep of
Haines w hlch originated In the
basement from a burned cable.
Two firemen were slightly Injured.
Company officials said the equip
ment, of the building was worth
.. V : ' . .7 ' , ;
...,., , ,..!. .u.
until a check w as made, Mr
d..,mrlMH-..t oirir.. Ih.. .la.n -
aBu woui.i -v.mmi ;i
Condition Of Boy IS
1..oi;Ao1Ur lTnU.kn,rA,
Llltle Walter Kord, nim -year-old
son or I'. N. Kord, who was
shot In t he ih ck Thursday eve
ning while playing, is reported
to be about, the same (his morn
ing. He is in a very serious
condition and dots not seem to
Improve.
I
Senator Moses Defends
Rules Of
Majorities inrrcr,
Senut or M oh. s su Id H was a i
u . .. . 1( tl ., . i I
, omatle that the majority had the
right to rub-, but lie dec lured that
uiujorilics dirti r d from day to day.
I IM lllllj" I 1 J Ml lir O' ll" I -, II'-
siild. "is no longer partisan or even ;
political. In point or fact, i xeepi
througfi urtirit lal meuns, ai r let
(Continued on Page Klve.)
It's No
,
enmi nnmiCDC Innrinn, ISCHlin SW
lUEtfiHLL rUUULIIU r UU,IUULU mL1-
i innrnnii t Jt" harmain pi nor IM MUM
a m mv . . ii! i iiir m m
yin muiuin Now A Duke " '
i
i
(I K .V K V A ( Hy tlm Associated
Prew;) Smaller countries. , at the
international conference on arms
traffic won a signal victory today
when they succeeded m wecunng
general upproval of t ho jtrtnciplo
that liberty of traffic instead or
prohibition shall be the basis of
t he convention.
The convention on this point was
inspired by the smaller nations'
Tear that they would be placed tn
un unbearable position of depend-
ucy upon great, manuiaciunng
! countries If prohibition of export.
remained thn fundamental princ
iple of the conference.
Wheat Prices Fall Six
Cents on Early Market
CHICAGO (Hy the Associated
PreHS). Wheat prices collapsed
more than six cents today soon
after the opening of the market.
tkh.mk A;m.i:i i ton
pAitis, (AT) TenitH of nod
t , , ,, , . , ,
!,, ,.s , y , ., . ,.r.
I y M..111K, ,;,., , lllllll,.
jm the Versnllles treaty, were IhI(I
(ln - fore the I iimeh cabinet today by
lrHgii MinlMer Hrian.I.
ItOHItKO OK (C.OOu
I'OltTLAMl (AP) win i;. ;ib
soii, manager of the l,ahor Temple.
I was hebl tip ami robbed of $.".o(in
i a.ii uy iwn men nnoui noon mm my.
The robbers escaped In an niitomo
bile. (;ibs4)ti bnd drawn the money
Hoiii he bank to envh union mem
bers pay chocks.
U.S. Senate
Holding
The
Old
The bu-hte-s thai yitu nre gH
log n hlon or hrn today N
jii-i. nn lalualde to the bus(-ne-,
man as uuy new hnslnei
he may hope lo get hnnorrow.
The ndwi'ilsfng program of no
Iniellluciit niHcrllMT N, there
fore, dci otcd lo holding old
linde nn well s- lo de eloping
new. The lmhieH new that
he kIim oti Ibrough The OI
rtiT's nderttlng Tlunuis l
Interesting and nlnsble to oii
w bet her )m do lu-tneH w M h
hK flint nmv or eouldcr doliitf
mi hi tho future
"ObJWTfiT Advert Inlng
A Mlcrchandlsliitf Service'
Use, They Cant
(Hy .Milton Ilronner)
LONDON. Kng. (NKA Sperlal)-
The most romantic, love affair of;''J next week, u local newspaper
the Kngland of Inn yearn ago will
have its dramatic climax shortly In
the House ot Lords.
Hero before, this stately body,
the descendant of u saloonkeeper's
daughter and a gallant and aristo
cratic soldier will luke his place as
Duku of Somerset.
Thus will bo crowned the efforts
of Htig. (Jcnoml Sir 10. H. Sey
mour to establish his claims to
dukedom. A legal seal will be
placed on a story that Is far mure
tomaiitlc than anything novelists
imaglno ond far more dramatic
than the productions of film mak
ers.
In 17S7 Colonel Francis Comp
ion Seymour fell violently in love
with Leonora Hudson.
Seymour ws an officer In the
army, a member of a noble and
undent family which had Inter
married with thn royal family of
L'ngluml.
lie. was a son of a great dlgnl-
(Continued on I'uge Six.)
XTRA
HOY AHiti;sTi:i
ST. I.OI IS. (AT) - I'.duanl O.
Dillon. It), miii or Dr. William A.
Dillon, whose body wnH round with
bullet wounds In (he bead near
Washington liilorlty ground
here .May 1, was uriivdcd lodrty nl
bis molber's home hi connection
with the slnyhig. The hoy Lh the
iH-iiefbinry id Insurance policies
em-tied by the father, totaling Hi:,,
OIMI. OltDLUS INVESTIGATION
I jurv iinesllgntloil of Mih. Helen I
August i ,fiM'imiiit "oaoy lann,
where 112 chllilnn have died with
in Utile oer ll year, ih ordewtl
today.
ATIOH.NLV )i;i'INI' LAW
KALI M . h e. (AT) . Nell her
the ( H eg, in eon-til nt ion nor tn
liitc.s gUe Ihe goiermir power to
cti'ntc a game prescne iiichulhi't
InniN sumMinillng the Oregon
( nM In hivphhie count), (be
nllortiey general oHImmI ioer
nor Tierce? Mlay. TIm gmernor
Ims U"'ii eoiitemplnf lug ptiM'lalni
lng (he territory stirnmnilbtg the
en en a same preserve.
TOLITICAL I I.I ll f ATAL.
VII NN A (AT). One person
wo-s killed nnd two ununded w In n i w a t i s.
a woman mimed Menclu Cnmlehi, It isn't likely the Japanese
witnessing a HrfornuitM ill tin- think they could defeat America
National theater here last night. any w bet e in the vicinity of the
fired ic oltcr Mini nt member bitter's home shores. Tossibly
of lnr hot party. AM mi-soiis hi i hey doni think tln-y can defeat
Ihe Imi wen Miu cdimtaii", tho. her at all. i hut Idea may he
Mdle ald, nnd they attribute Hie1 merely a ompex miimc iieopti
shoot log to n political feud. The have gut.
police dec lared the womsu repre-,
M'lited Macedonian aiitoniiiiii.ts
, under Mioscon's direction.
Read!
WALLOWA. Ore. (tfpeclul).
The exertisf'S marking th closing
of the school year and the grad
uation ot t lie senior class will be
announces,
Tho baccalaureate servlceH w ill
take place In the Presbyterian
church next Sunday at 1 1 o'clock.
M. L. Telelle delivering the ml-
dress. The class day program will
be given at the gymnasium Wed
nesday at 8 in the evening. In
Idltlon to thu regular exercises
tho class will present a one-act
play, "A Perplexing Situation,"
which Is a delightful farce.
Tho commencement will be held
I-'rlday evening, May 1 fith. The
musical part of the progrum will
bo given by Mrs, A. K. Purker,
a male quartet and the orchestra.
Superintendent Crank Hennelto of
Knterprise. has been secured to
inako the address or the evening.
Senior class extends an invitation
to the public to attend nil of the
graduation exercises.
Tim class to bo grad uited Is the
largest in thn history or the
school, the class of I 9 1 7 also hav
ing 2fi members. The personnel
or Ihn class includes: Leon llairi,
(Jeorgo i hnrry, (irnec Coleman,
Wah-mi Cramer, Helen Fisher.
Tony (ireer, l-ioyd llaneku, Ivan
.Johnson. Sidney Johnson, Lottie
Mc 'rue, Lenore MeKinnls, Janie
.McNeil, Donald Mitchell, Jsa belle
Nelson, Wallace Nelson, Aldwin
Oliver, Mailiu Oliver, (Jb-n Plass,
I'iorlan Powers, LI mo Hlch man,
Huby Hoop, Anna It mining, I inn
Warnock, Shirley White, J, minis
Woire,
French Would Teach
Hi Hans a "Lesson"
PA HIS (Hy the Assocluted
Press) - - I 'rentier Palnlcve sold to
day that ad r a cabinet meeting on
tin Morocco sHinitfon, that "a se
vere (canon would be Klvi'ii t hose
who have invaded our territory. We
are acting fn accord wllh the Span
bill and HrHlsh governments."
Militarists 'Hopped Up'
About Japan's Strength
(Hy Charles T. Stew mi)
W A S 1 1 1 St STt N (S E A Specia I .
MilitartMs, who u bound here,
are nit excited over reports t h it
Japan's reply to the Culled States
Hawaiian naval maneuvers Is to
be a set of maneuvers or her own,
to show how easily she could
beat sin ll a fleet US this CO lil -try's
- -or course In Car Ln stern
The
'Mteeii'ii ,it (jMit'ti' ilia lie ii-
vers uru said to bo scheduled tor
1 LIS
LOS! WHEN
Engineers of Fame in the
Southe Are Included
in Death List
MORE THAN SCORE
REPORTED DEAD
Tragedy Occurred Near
Coahoma Landing on
Mississippi River Late
Last Night.
MKMPHIH, Tenn. (Uy the As
sociated Press). Morn than a
aeoro persona -lost their lives w hen
the Pulled States government
steamer M, K. Normn.n,i of the en
gineering fleet here, sunk tato
yesterday near Coahoma Landing,
MIns,, on tho Mississippi river.
Among the dead were Home of
t he best known men in tho en
gineering profession, in tho south.
The steamer carrtnu 60 or moro
persons on an excursion trip as a
side issMo to the first annual con
vention of the Mid-South Associa
tion of Kngineers, just formed
here.
egro hi Hero Hole.
Tom Lee, a negro, rescued 30
persons with a small boat.
The scene or the disaster Is 16
miles south of Momphls opposltn
Coahoma landing and 300 fu'.'t
from the Tenncsse shore.
Immediately tho word was re
ceived of the disaster every avail
able speed boat In Memphis har
bor and ambulances wero dis
patched to the scene.
Search tonight will ho made for
the dead and possible living. Plans
have been made to send divers to
thu sunken hull In tho hope, of re
covering some bodies.
Iraumtlc, Stories. '
tbanuitlc storied. are Uid of ilia
wild staggering or the steamer be
foro sinking. She listed heavily,
the cause for which is unknown,
and Cuptuln Kenton ordered paa
setigern to scatter, thinking there
were too many on one side.
Tho ship suddenly careened, re
rusing to enswer her helm. Three
minutes Ihtvr sho lay bottom sido
up In thn river with her pasnengers
HALKM. Ore. Tho Uend Water,
A rigid investigation will bo in
stituted by government agencies.
Major D. M. Donnelly, U. a. en
gineer, announced. "We uro going
to Dud out what caused tho boat
to roll over," ho said.
T
WASHINGTON (Hy tho Associ
ated Press)- A winter wheat crop
almost. nne-iini'ter smaller than
last year's production, was forecast
Krlday by the department of agri
culture, which placed tho total at
4 H.k;( J,ihh( bushels.
Moro than one. fifth tho acreage
howii last, fall wus abandoned be
cause of heavy winter killing duo
largely lo imravomhlc dry weather
for Heeding, germination nnd early
growth. Tho abandoned aree,
amounting to !,!iii4, (HH acres, has
been exceeded In only one year dur
ing Ihe period covered by the gov
ernment's record which extended
back to I!Hi4. The area left to bo
harvested Is about 3,8i:i,0M0 acres.
The condition of the crop lias
Improved since April J. bijt on May
1 It was X.J points below the aver
age on that date for the last 10
yea rs.
The condition Indicates an acre
age yield or approximately 1.1.0 bu-
(Conllmid on Page Five.)
May -7. This makes tho Wash
ing ton militarists' complex worse.
May 21 Is the anniversary of tho
llattle ot Tsushima, In which Ja
pan's fleet destroyed Kussla'a just
years ago.
"An apt reminder," suy the mil
itarists, "or the great sea tight,
crs the Japanese urn and hoit
necessary It is to be ready for
them."
With all due respect for Japan
ese courage and not disputing an"
can like uny fleet In the state of
disrepair Itnmda's was in. tho
t rtit h Is t ha t t he J apanese ure
known umong seafaring men as
poor shlpb illders. bud sailors und
perfectly I in pot sit ile hands in an
(Continued on Pago Two.)
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