EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER 1WELVE PAGES TODAY.
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
Portland (AP) Oregon:
tthowors In Die west tonight;
unsettled, howeru Sunday.
VOLUME XXIII.
MEMHEK ASSOCIATED I'RESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, May 1G, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 188
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SETTLEMENT
OPS
EXPECTED
Winter Killed Wheat Re
planted, According to
County Agent
GRIMM ALFALFA
GROWING NICELY
Normal Crop of Apples
Expected Although the
Cherry and Prune Out
look Is Not Good.
According1 lo II. G. A very, coun
ty agriculturist, it In Kern-rally, es
timated that about fifty per cent
of the local fall wheat was killed
by the cold lust winter. However,
till of tlits has bem replanted to
either wheat 'or other grain. The
nornutl spring needing U ciiuul to
or ubout elKhty per cent o the
acreage in winter wheut. Most of
this acrcaffe is planted now. There
will prolably be u Binull increase
in barley acreage this year.
Ktghty per cent of the total grain
needing- Is completed nt the present
time. Some of the grain nluntcri
in curly March has mu.de u won
derful growth, and all wheat, in
cluding winter wheat that was not
killed, is doing well. Prospects in
dicate that there will be fully as
good as a crop this yeur uh in J'liM
and If moisture conditions continue
good there will be a better grain
crop. , . . . -,
MoYu Hp mis Planted
There is a ten per cent increase
In the potato acreage being plant
ed this yeur. Two cars of certified
seed potatoes have been shipped
hen t hrougli the cooperation or
the Grande Nattonul bank and
Ihetf have all been seeded in the
county. The potato planting Is tiow
going on and will be completed in
u short time. Corn, a minor crop
In this county. Is being s-cded also.
Conditions are good for Heeding
both these crops.
Alfalfa in the county waa dam
aRed to some extent by Hie win
ter freeze. A little was killed out
in Klgin and I'nion sections and
a large amount in the North pow
der section. It Is also reported thai
the damage wiui heuvy in Huker
county. It is noticeable that Grimm
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SELL POPPIES
The Indira Auxiliary to the
American Iegion here will conduct
u poppy sale here on Friday, May
I'll (he day before Memorial day
to raise fund:t largely to be
r.pent in local relief work for the
service men anil their families.
Ten per cent of the amount raised
wilt ah o be contributed to the
American J,egiun child welfare
fund which support; the war orph
ans billets at Otoer Lake, Michi
gan. Mrs. l.ot Snod grans, Mrs. Hay
Williams and Mrs. Hoy ('urn-v are
on the poppy sale committee with
Mrs. I', li. Appleby us chairman.
The popph'H to be sold have been
made by disabled veterans in hos
pitals In various states, including
Oregon, and the men were paid
one cent or more lor each flower.
Lace Returns
In Ladies'
(lly M. M. 31.)
It Is evident that late will be
very popular for dresses tlity sum
mer, and local dealers are already
receiving luce, both in the boll for
making dresses and in the ready
made gjrtn ni'. Most, of the laces
are rat her h u y and have body
enough not io cruIi or get mus-ted
in damp weather. Frocks of all
oilr net trimmed with tuee will be
popular and the straight line sil
houette, with timing ged ts Is al
so a popular style. A fuller rfkirl
and bodice waixl also seems to be
coming back In the.e.
iresses for Mimmr that ar" nt
lace aH oer will he trimmed very
much with lace, frills. Jabots, go
dels and punels. whh h gtve a flut
tering line, ure made of laces that
give u striking effect, when com
bined witii iiuiuiu r siilu, vcjica or
LADIES HILL
New Sawmill
Opening To
Be Tuesday
Chamber of Commerce
to Have Lunch at Per-,
ry ; Evening Program
Is Arranged.
The Union Cointy Chamber of
Commerce will hold its regular
weekly luncheon Tuesday noon at
l'erry, the occasion being the of
ficial inspect Ion by the. public of
the Grande Hondo Lumber com
pany 'n new sawmill, which will In
formally opened on that day,
A force of men under Superin
tendent W. W. Gray has been
busy I he past 1 h days Installing
the new resuw and with this lust
piece of machinery in, t he me
chanical installation is complete.
Already sawing Timber.
The mill, however, has been
sawing timber with u day and a
night shift, since April 1st.
The management, Klmer and
Marl Ktoddard, announce that the
inspection hours will be from
12:30 to 7; p. m., during which
time they will be pleased to wel
come ull to see the new plant in
operation. While the new mill Is
only a single band, with the addi
tion of the re saw, by operating
two shifts, the daily capacity will
be 13II.0UU feet which is greater
than the double band mill pro
duction which burned ' last Sep
tember which only run one shift.
Program Plnmiot
- The l'erry community hall has
been newly painted inside, dec
orated and otherwise "dressed up"
for the even lug program which
begins at 7:30 p. m. I
The evening, after It o'clock,
will be spent dancing, and re
freshments will be served.
The program, in charge, of tlw
l'erry Sunday school, follows:
Selection Hy Orchestra
Address.- Klmer . I. Stoddard
Gen. Mgr. tl. It. L. Co.
Violin Solo ,.. Irvin Zundeli
Heading Mrs. Kate Metcalf
tjuartet C. of C. Quartet
Address A. A. Smith, Huker
Vocal Soto ; V.! ;
Mi.s K.ma llaxter. I'nion
Swhsa Yodelcr-H. Ilindebrundt & Co.
Piano Solo Mirs Ijcona Haxler
Selection Orchestra
Elgin, Imhlcia Secure
Local Men Tor Services
Keverend Klmer Grant Keith of
the First Met hodist Kptscopal 1
church here, will deliver the bao
ea laureate sermon at t he I nibler ,
high school Sunday evening at S
o'clock for the graduating class j
of that school.
Keverend . W. Jones, of the i
christian church, w ill deliver the
haccolnureatc sermon for the
graduating class of the Klgin-high
school.
French and Greene Sale
Progressing Favorably
The closing out. wile, now being
onedueted by French and Green,
which was started Inst K-jturday, is
progressing very favorably, accord
ing to re porta today. Crowds have
continued to flock- into the hi ore
alt hough tho greatest congestion
occurred opening dny when it was
necessary to close the doom several
tiiiiea in older to wall, on thus- in
side. The present plan ia to mntinue
the sale until the entire stock is
moved.
A. IL Slangc and Wife
Here for Week's Visit
Mr. and Mrs. A, IT. Sf ange ar
rived In La Grand" yesterday from
their home at Merrill, Wisconsin.
and will spent) u week visiting wlh
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ktange.
To Favor
Latest Wear
organdies.
The' tlaie Ls the very t marteHt
thing, particularly for lace f rot k -.
It usually siartu at the hips or'
just above the knee and Is used
all around or In tint front only j
seldom in the back. This flare if
frequently uceomplitdicd by godet. J
sometime by circular plecej nd '
occasionally by rurften or phiitH i
stitched part way and then re
leaned. A-cording to Madame M-jlge. a'
natwnal uutlioriiy. ' .Sti i-vd - j
thing exeept bathing suits wtlt bet
made of hue. Modish I y gowned j
women have come to realize that
entire froeks of lace ure fluttering
and youthful. Flattering been use I
they b nd I hemm vs to graceful J
and artistic dmplng whir h give hi
softening effect, nnd youthful be
cause they come In such n gorgeous
uiTi'.v v ra:iibo',v colors."
FUND BE
EXPLAINED
LIST RIGHT
Moser, Engel and Davis,
Campaign Officials
Address Legion
FIRST DONATION
HERE RECORDED
Gold-Star Mother Gives
$1.50 Saying, "I. Want
to Be the First in La
Grande to Contribute."
riUST TO GIVK
M is. Ma ry K. And tev s Ta -lor,
mot her of Itert Andrews,
who died in Chaumout, France,
on Pece tuber 27, 1 !) 17, whllo
with the ,a Grande field hos
pital unit, A. K. came to the
American Legion endowment
fund heado.ua rt erM here mid
made the first donation toward
the fund.
Mrs. Andrews suid: "I saw
In . the Observer where the
American Legion was raising an
endowment fund of ?5.iioo,ooe
and 'that your shuro Is $1,000.
Here Is $1.5o, as I want to be
the first one In la Grundc to
contribute. I J. now the Amer
ican Legion will sen that the
money lu bundled rightly."
Mrs. Andrews' son was bur
led In the Masonic cemetery
here October 22,' ,. mat at a
military funeral. "
A large numlfet ot Legionnaires
were present last t men big ot the
city hall meS-tlng when Nornam
W, Knge, Carl Moser and Paul
Davis appeared in connection with
the five million dollar endowment
fund campaign.
Mr. Kngel, of the national lalson
committee, in the course of his
remarks, stated that "the Ameri
can Legion believes In the Bible
law Am J -my brother's keeper
and p its It, to u practical pur
pose by being ever watchful over
all ex-service men and their fam
ilies." - ;
.He declared that, limong other
things )o U'gbm has accomp
lished is the building of the;
American Lake hospital for luen-
(Continued on Page Five.)
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hohneiikninp
returned yesterday afternoon from
a three men I bs trip through the
eastern and southern states. Mrs. I
Hnhncnkump says. "After Giirty -1
one days on the ocean we landed in j
New York, where w e spent u week I
siuht seeing and visiting friends, !
then went to Syracuse where our
new 1 H J 5 Frunklln was waiting
with Oregon license attached. Driv
ing from there through the beau
U J ill Iterk.shlrc hills to Itoslon, w e
decided to see Port lain), Maine.
From there we went south, visiting
Mrs. Jessie Talbot In New London,
'onn.. t h rough Maryland, a beau
tiful state with a thirty-five mile
BOHHENKAMPS
RETURN HOI
speed limit anu where we felt Ukn "nI ,l street, to the main floor
pikers to use h.T lovely roads, us!'r New Foley building. The
we were piiying no gasoline tax. I shop will be opened there Monday.
"Wu spent, nearly a week In) Tl,t" '"", v been remodeled
Washington, w here th J t panee , redee orated in blue and gray
cherries were lu (lower and went
on to Pichutnnd, a wonderfully hi-j'
torie. citv. and ,lo..ti through Ih, '
urolinas. where the tiirii-nl me I
ramp-'' Interi-sted us greatly, ilouth
Carolina has a five cent gasoline
tax, which we were glad to pay,
as our s'uiie toward her hichwoys.
Cot ton Thinning Started.
"Georgia w an I binning her cot
ton, then Florida the land of flow
ers, oranges, tourisf u and real ch
hiie u gents, 'chiefly real estate
agents Down I he coast we then
cut t hi o ugh to t he center of I he
stale, through' the Lvergladcs on t
ondcrf ul toll pavement. At lnke
City. Florida, v." were greeted
with a welcome sign and close In -Mde
tt on tmmeiis sign 'An l
now try llhte Shirt Flour and make
a shirt of Ihe a.ji k." There wan u
big blue sack utS'l.
"The pre ti(. st things we K.I V
were the t r"'H und the tii f.it un
sightly th inn were the signs.
"i;r.(i" on a brilliant yellow sin
defaced thousands of bountiful
trees, while 'SVIntershln-s' fever
(Coutluued oo i'd'e Five.)
Gauthier Is
Pardoned By
Pierce Today
Governor Believes That
La Grande Man, Sen
tenced to Penitentiary
for 10 Years, Is Not
Guilty.
' KALKM, Ore. (Hy the Associat
ed Press). Declaring it is ills be
lief that Floyd Gauthier, serving
1 u yeurs for a statutory offense
involving a woman from i'nion
county, is not guilty. Governor
Walter M. I'feree has Issued to
Gauthier a conditional pardon.
It est oration of citizenship de
pends upon Uauthler's future con
duct. Floyd Gauthier was sentenced
in circuit court here by Judge J.
V. Know lea nearly two years ago.
He was arrested in la Grande
charged with attacking and mis
treating a Lu Grande girl. .
COVKMj, PFAItK TO HANG.
SALKM, Ore. Hy the Associat
ed Press). Governor Tierce has
Instructed Warden Datrymplc to
prepare for the hangings next
Friday of Covell and Peare, con
victed murderers from Coos coin
ty. . k .,
GOLF TOURNEY
E SUNDAY
; Final preparations ure being
Jmude toduy by the Country club
tercity golf tournament to be
staged here tomorrow between
I lu ker u n d la G ra n de g ol f ers.
Two weeks ago the local teum
waa defeated at Huker and mem
bers are hoping that they can
turn the tables at the links com
IeUtion tomorrow.
Crow Shooters .Ready
To Go Into Action
All preparations for the crow
shoot tomorrow, which startn at
sunup and will end at lu:3(i o'clock,
aro complete according to Game
Warden John Wuldon.
Mr. Wuldon slates that crows
may not be huntc, however, on
the Pierce game reserve. No hunt
ing license is required to partlci
IKito in a crow shoot.
Solicitors Ordinance
Attracting Attention
Much interest Is being shown lu
the ordinance passed by the city
commission at Its last meeting pro
hibiting the soliciting of orders by
sample, without a license or bond,
where a deposit is taken on the
order.
Many solicitors have ml led at
tin? city of flee and attorney's of
firen in (he city for copies of the
ordinance and the companies, of
which they are representative, have
written to variomi lawyers for cop
ies of the order.
Colonial Beauty Shop
Moves into New Foley
The Colonial Una uty Hhop. K.
Lucille Daly, proprietor, has been
moved from the corner of Adams
nun a ioucii oi ros", ."New nxiureH
have been Instilled and everything
'eauy ior ine ni si oi i:ej vtee.
Mr- ""'V hnn 'Snindc
for more th.-m a year und her bd
tty Is well know n here. She Rpe-
cialiases in scalp treatment and w--ter
w aving. Mesides herself here
wltl be two Other operators til til"'
HhOp. I
League of Nations Is
Defended ?l Convention
il-;Nf:VA (AIM A spirited ije
lense of Ihe league of nations chut
aeieried today's s stc.on of ihe lu
tert:a:ional urips traftlc eonfeienec
during debate on an amendment to
divorce the proprtM d Int' rnntb-n-il
artna (rattle control bureau from
the hague.
Ttte smaller nations, through
Spanish and ttmjmunlau deec;les,
Htld ttie b'ttKUe, although perhaps
noperrwi, was a going concern nun
n-pn wni' the hopes of hum intty
li nd that It would be useless to ere-
HER
1a to a
would (
organisation which
only hinder the league.
SHEPHERD
EXPECTS
111 I IB i I I 1 F
ut rnccu rti..v cw --u
Reporter in Cell with Ac-.
cused Man Obtains
His Views
PRISONER KEPT
NEAR HULL PEN
Alleged Poisoner of "Mil
lionaire Orphan" Says
Chief Justice Olsen
"Will Be. Sorry."
(Hy Hoy .1. Gibbons)
CHICAGO (NKA Special) A
rattling of a ponderous door. A
key turned and tho thing swung
back on Its hinges. I
Liberty was left behind and !
bceutne. a prisoner in I ho ame'
Jull, In the same tier and lu 'the
next cell to William Darling Hhep
herd. NKA Service usslgned me. to the
tusk so that you could learn by
first hand information and under
natural conditions Just what sort
of person this man Shepherd in.
During 1he next veek he will go on
trial for murdering his tnlllionaln
wurd by inoculating the youth with
typhoid germs.
Ho is under Indictment for ad
ministering deadly bacilli to young
nilly .McCllntock.
Avoids KcwKpR)H'i-mcti.
Hut since he bus been arrested
no ttio has been able to realty ob
serve and talk to Shepherd, the
inun. They aaw only Shepherd, the
actor. For he is an actor and a
rousummutc one. The history of
the fiction he has built up about
himself proves that. He has per
sistently uvoided newspapermen.
Hut Shepherd talked to mu us a
fellow prisoner. i
"You're one of the three out of
forty who come here," he siid to
inc. "who are capable of under
standing. This jail is the hell of
everything.
"They're good to me, but I want
to be out and free."
It wan just two minutes after tho
jail guard had searched, weighed
and measured me that I saw Shep
herd. The same hands that, went
t h rough my pockets for possible
concealed weapons had helped ' 7
condemned men to tint gallows In
the same jail, the owner told inc.
I was down in the bull pen waiting
to be put to work. 1 looked up und
I here, bulked out against his cell
in the first tier up, rocked Shep
herd in his tilted chair. He was
leaning out to better catch thf
light that fell on his paper. He was
t'nling the day's f.tory about him
self topped off in a big black head
line, Kvcn from where 1 stood 1
could see. the veina and muscles on
the man's neck and jaw stand out
like whipcords. That alone be
trayed bis anger with the story.
A guard put me to work. 1 wes
lo sweep out the cell block. I ty Ihe
time I reached Hhcphcrd's cell, he
had stopped reading. His face wai.
Mushed and the p.ipi-r bad falbn
to the floor. I te ueemed to be
dreaming w it ti hia large bulbous
eyen fastened on the sooty wallfl.
"May I look at your paper'.'" I
asked him. "I want to see it thorc
reporters wrote up my cane."
We started talking, 1 gave him
a magazine.
"You must uet loneaoine in here,"
I siid.
-Yes." Shepherd replied, "but It
will soon be over, ,Pn go free and
(Continued on Pug.' Five.)
Only
One Cent
Per Family
An luHcrtl-er seeking In rmi-r
(lie l.u (iiande territory may
iv u full page soucc for bis
ml. -ct Ihe cost ocr family I
tuily 1.2 cents for I but fub
llijlv. 'Ihftik what yiich n low reader --fs
itii'iin to nn mheillx'r!
ttH lor his entire iiiessJtge, foi
example, than the Hvfn c
slotic would amount tt hi m'imI
Ing tllrei t i fuutiiunieatlniis to
the mnc tMMiM't, Ami I t LL
lAGi: MAC; at (bat Itm tot
In Ttie f M)Mi'tt-r. hmalh-r
swi Is, of cxitirM", imif-li le?e
hi proKtrtloti.
"Observer Ailvrrtbdng
A Mcrchautllsliii; Scrtico'
Bomb Plotters Slain
t
JanUnff, chief of the Itolslievik iilottor who blew up tho
No fill cntbedml, liappeil with his coiui-ndis Vol, Kml.tclieikoff,
fought their attackers until tho building they werw in um ImjiiiIkhI.
Hot lies rlfvlU r.ii"Cgrouiid,
Kentucky Derby Today
Witnessed By Thousands
XTRA
TANKO KTILIi AT LAHGK
KACItAMKNTO (AIM Jon Tan-
lio, coin let partner or Floyd Hall,
;capture(l Tliiii'Mluy night, continued
jlotluy to ehaio cnmblncil H'nco tf-
hint had Inwn lomul ultcr un in-
tciislvo M'urch,
mi nnrins Avirr;, si i'iin:s
I(;M, Ore. (AIM '. II. Itrooks,
cbt-triclan, and Ills wife nre. ilead
tfulny, tho reult of what officers
iM'llevo was u muitler and stiUiilo
plot. It rooks cut cm I tho house
when) his wife wim sleep! ng Inst
night, shot itiul killed her ami then
shot himself. ,
agf.i) man is iN.n ui;r
Itosl lit Hi;, ore. (AP) ,1. J.
Itb-kcl, 7H, a resilient of Sutherlln,
Ore, whh perhaps fatally injured,
late yes ten lay when struck hy an
automobile driven by H. IcvIilsoii,
of Globe, Arizona. According to
tho occupants of tho car, Hiekel
started utohh tho road ami then
lutiietl back. ,
iimi i; HArn.K
I'OItTliAM). Ore. (AV) Dun
can Scott, clerk of a hotel on North
Third Ktrcci, was taken to the hos
pital lodny in a serious condition
tioiii knife Wf muds, one hi the hack
which physicians said punctured
his lung, mid another In tho lert
arm. Oscar Hill, ftl, is under nr
ri'Nt. Officers Mild Hill was Intoxi
cated.
It. MAT, French Morocco
Ai;:eeinlcd I'ress). The Ki
(ity
out host at A on ley, u Icre fill ui"il
have 1 n Hiirnnimted for two
veH;s by Hi 1 1 bins, was relieved
toduy by ;i-nef a I ('olombiit'q
forces, an oftii'tat coiutuuiilq le nil
noiicccd. I I. it mm; imc.nsii ii;ii
t I'y Hie AnM(ent"d Press)
l Ir.htim; Im tue.n the It If flans
ii fid the l-'lffiell forces aeihlUK to
drive them trom l-'rcnch Mi,roeco
has Im-hm' InN-nMltie.i, assumlni;
the proporMoiiH of a pitched battle.
The Krem-h contlnun their ciforts
to M'lieV" oillpo:ttH.
French nvtatm;i followed the Plf
I'iiins derate Wednciiday, uHcmpt-
hiK lo discover where their next
! rouceutrat Ion hi likely to be.
CKJAU DICA LliRS'
ANSWER IS FILED J
IN SALEM TODAY I
ttAI.KM, Ore (AP) The OreRon-Hi-tiill
''licai' heiJli-rs awoclatlon I
fod.iy flb-d an npHrter lu the appeal I
of ('. . lui ixinn from the ballot'
title prepared by Ihe attorney (Ten- i
rat for referendum pet It tons 1
iKalrmt the e'enret, tobacco tat act.'
The ai'swer dealeN the nlb-Nallons
Cnit the Imllut titter is tinralr and!
tnUii dlsmlHual of the uppeal, : j
FBI PAST
REINFORCED
liOl ISVILLi;, Ky. lly the As
MMdateil PrrsM) -I'lylng VAnmy.
rlildcn hy l-irl Sniidc, wiw tlio
Hen lucky Derby ttwlay. Captain
Hal camo In whimii! and htm of
John third. Flying Kbony's tlmu
was 2:7 S-5.
THOI SANDK IV STANDS
LOlUHVlMiK. Ky. (By thn Asso
elated IMtbb) A record, breaking
crowd streuiueyl Into thn stands
this afternoon, indicntiona pointing
to an attendance of moru than 8o(-
000.
It appeared that the trhek would
be fast and this condition Is favor
able to Quatrutn, tho favorite. . j
l.OlllaVII.I.H, Ky. (lly (ho As
sociated I'rosH). Thouaunda of
pcraonti ar horft toduy (or (he
American turf clasnlc tho Ken
tucky Dnrliy which will ho run
this udcrnoon.
Track coinlltlona wcro excellent
this mornlnK and Intermittent
showers proved too Unlit to wet
tho course.
Hoquiam Girl Freed
Of Murder Charges
HOQUIAM (Hy tho AbhocIuIimI
'rem), Mrs. Meatrlce Ivull, 18,
charped with the murder of Kver
ett Urmvnln. who tiodv will
found May lut, has been, released
and tho charo iiKalnst her dis
mlHHed, her attorney lias announc
ed. 38 Theaters Purchased
By Famous Players Co.
NKW YOIMC (My thn Ansocial -ed
Press). Thn purchase of 38
theaters in New Kngland owned
by the Olympta Th-nter, Inc., was
announced tooay by Famous
Players Iwitiky cor potation. Con
trol of the theaters will be as
sumed by the purchasers on July
lath.
KTOItM ItAIM AI L HKAVY
lNIH:i'i:NI)i;NCK, Ore. More
than two Inches of rain fell dur
ing one or thi most severe elec
trical and hall storms ever ex
perienced in thn memory of the
oldest inhablttmf, between 5:1(0
and G o'clock, Streets were flood
ed and some daiuaKe was dune to
Hardens und hi twill .rrut.
Houghton's Speech
Aimed At The French
(hy linrlrs V. Stewart)
WASMINfiTON (NKA Hpeeinl)
The explanation that President
Cool Id e- opposes any more Ameri
can loans to Kuropetin countries
which can't forget the war and et
Ixtck on a peace bads Is the pnllln
way of aeeounlhiK for Ambassador
tfoiiKhton's hint to (hut. effect in
his ppecch before the "PilKrims" in
Kondon.
It wouldn't sound ho well to fny
that Wall street provider! the mil
Itiiasador with his Inspiration. The
it n routs n tic truth, however, tin
iiuestloniibly Is that "biff liusiiieHa"
t old ( he president It Is worrh-d
over some of lis Kuropean Invest
ments, anil the president passed
the word along to Houghton to
make the most of.
. . I
What the ambassador said was
9 NATIONS
France, Italy and Bel
gium Included Among
Debtors Notified
U. S. FEELS TIME IS
. RIPE FOR PAYMENT
Communication Sent to
European Powers Ex
presses Earnest Desiro
for Immediate Action.
WASHINGTON lr tho Akso.
i laiivi l'rcM). Tlio American kov.
eminent lias advised Its Kuropeaii
debtors (hat, In Its opinion, tliu
Clmo lias come lor o, sottlement.
In a communication addressed
to nlno nations, It has expressed
tho earnest desire that tho war
deht question he brought to a so
lution without further delay.
1 ho nations so notified aro
Frnnce. Italy. Belrluni. Hounianla.
Oreeco, (.'secho-Kluvakia. Juko
Klavla, Kthonla und Ijltvia.
Dlsclnlmliift any Intention to un
duly press for payment where pay
ment Is Impossible, the com
munication nevertheless reflects
the view of Washington that tho
acute stages of the reconat ruction
period ore passing and that debtor
nations should bo In a position to
put. their promises to pay Into def
inite agreements. . ,
Tho nations addressed mudo up
tli .(iot rise at Impdrtnnl war
borrowers OMccpt Ituest "whero
Ihore Is no recognized government.'
In addition, Ambassador Herrlck,
at rarla, has Informed tho French
government that tho United Htntes
would bo pleased if (he Trench
(Continued nn Pairs Klvs.)
NKW YOIUC (Hy the Associat
ed Press). Clarence Dnrrow, of
Chicago, nnd Dudley Field Ma
lone, of Now York, today tolo-
graphed John Itundolph Neal,
at Knoxvillo, Tenn., offering their
services as counsel Tor 1'rofcssor
Kcopes. to be tried for teaching1
evolution in violation of tho Ten
nessee law.
Tho uctlon was prompted, M.i
lono oald, by William Jennlius
Bryan's plan to uld the prosecu
tion. NKW YtJllIC (Hy th Associat
ed Press). A semi-official ob
servation cruise over the Atlantic,
from NarraRnsett Pier, U. J.,
to Atlantic city, which ended to
day, revealed that only 11! rum
ruunliifr ships are in that area,
which provided for more than SO
Ibiuor ships before tho const
guard blockade was established
May Mb.
meant principally for France. Ho
certainly wusn't aiming ut KiiRland.
Indeed, the Kngllsh probably aro
lad he sutd wht- ii" did. He ex
pressed what certainly Is exactly
their own idea and the fact that
this country's diplomatic repre
sentative put tt Into wonlH relieves
them of the necessity of doing- fO.
The French ure sure to resent
It, und French resentment would
mcaen more to a very near neigh
bor, tike UiiKland, than it -will to
America.
For all her resentment, Hough
ton's warning may have a tran-
tUillrliiK effect on France. Hhe ll
be traniiutl. r anythlnj; else, for
enutiKh Anicrlean money.
Tho administration 1 entitled to
(Continued ou faffo Five.)
DARROW WILL
ASS ST NEAL
FEW RUM SHIPS
LEFT ON W