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VOLUME XXIII.
MK.MBIOK ASSOCIATKI) IMIHSH
LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925.
MKMHICH ASSOCIATED TRESS
NUMBER 189
uFtttttg
SERVICE III
1
Seventy-One Seniors Lis
ten to Baccalaureate
Address Last Night
REV. G. A. POLLARD
PREACHED SERMON
Appropriate Program at
Methodist Church Is
Attended by a Large
Crowd.
Jliiccalauri'JiU: srrvlcifB for the
KruOilating class of Ulii LuGiundi'
hit'h Hchool, 71 HtronK, were hl'UI
lust i' v n 1 n k. b-KinnlnK at S
o'clock, in thr Mi'tliotllst Episco
pal clrirch. A larKC crowd was
in attendance.
The scrvici-s were in-eKlded over
by Iteverend Hull Knllogft WhIIIh
of stand City, ami wus opened byline chamber of commerce oifie -b
un organ prelude by Mrs. H. H.jut 11:45 o'clock and anyone de
Young. "America' was then sung siring to go must be there by
by the choir and congregation
and Reverend William F. Hull, of
the Zion Knglish Lutheran church,
gave the invocation.
The boy's quartet sang "Suflly
Now the Light of lay" which was
followed by u scripture reading i
bv lte.erend S. W. Creasey. of the!
hi. Peter's Kpiscopai church. An
noud) by the Glee club preceded
the baccalaureate sermon, which
was delivered by Iteverend G. A.
j'oiinru oi me itapiisi cnurcn. mi:
Pollard's sermon wus very up -
propriale to the occasion und will I
undoubtedly be ranked among tin; (
uesi 01 us ii imi preucncu iur
local graduating class.
The boys quartet nrfuin ap
peared, singing "Hun of My Soul"
before benediction was,, proi on ne
ed by Iteverend Beit A. Powell,
of the Methodist church, South.
List of roeclhc Graduates
The seventy-one seniors, who
hope to receive their diplomas at
commencement exercises Friday
evening, follow:
Mn ret Andrew. George Stev
ens Burbeail, I'" red Walter Bau
mann, Llla Bean, Hanna Mae
Bean, Gwenith Workman Berger,
( . r,.l.l-. !,......, I 11, .11.. lll.i..'-
i"!..-t..i. f:.n.D-.. itink'lund. Marv!"""1 J'"
Uuth P.ramwell. Thclma Lucille
Brown, Oorothy Itaye Caldwell,
Kat heron Fllen Church, Clayton
Matthew Coal well, Sam Luther
Cochran, Margaret Mica nor Crea
sey. Phoebe Fred ricks Ouhlstrom.
Claire Bruce Dennis, Carrie Jcan-
( Continued on Pace Flvo.)
A large number of interest "d
people of i-j Grande attended the
Saturday aft' tnoon meeting at the
city hall building conducted by
l-Yank Pirn, lighting engineer, and
-I. Saltzmun, traffic officer of the
slate.
The new headlight law, which
will b-coine effective May ITSth,
was explained in detail by Mr.
Pini 11 11 d Mr. Saltman ami many
'locutions that have been bothering
local motorists and mechanic?
w un' satisfactorily answered.
The headlight law will be the
subject or an article by Mr. Plm
that will appear in the Saturday
afternoon auto section of the F.ve
ning Observer this wck.
Local Guard
Will Cri 111
EXPLAINS NEW
'LIGHTING LI
Company K. JSfith Infuntry M
the Oregon national guard, w ill
h 11 ve. I ,ii Gi-ande for camp at
Me( ford Thursday morning, June
11, o'clock by special train.
They will arrive In Portland at
fc:4;"i that evening and leave there
t 7:4o the xame evening lo ar
rive at Medford the next day. The
first day v. ill be luken up with
Retting Kiuad tents ready and
building camp.
The dally routine follows. I'ird
-UI. :::tp a. m.: reetlee. 5:4'i a.
nt.; assembly, 11. m.; nu-.-w
'iill. 6:15 a. 111.: shk call, 7 a. in.:
flM call for diill, 7:'t a. m.; re.
e;iN. 11:2n H, ni: tm ss call for
dinner. 1 ;int o'clock; school and
demonstration. 1:15 p. m.: ath
bttes and gmnes. 3:u p. ".:
call. 4 :'" p. m., guurd moun:.
4:35 p. in,: parade, 5 : 1 5 p. m.;
Hums call for supper, :Mt p. m..
and tap, 1o:imi p. m.
All mcmbcra of the guard must
Wallowa Man
In Accident;
Died Sunday
Lumber Company Team
ster Injured Saturday;
Medical Aid Could Not
Save Life.
A regrettable nccldcnt occurred
when George Walse, teamster for
the How man-Hicks Lumber com
pany, was caught between the
timbers und his wagon while
driving under the traimvuy. Ho
wuh immediately rushed to t ho
hospltul ul Wallowa but alt medi
cal aid railed to avert death,
which occurred Sunday evening.
Mr. Walse made his home ut
Wallowa, according to information
received In Im Grande, today.
Further dttaits of the accident
are lacking.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEMBERS PLAN TO
INSPECT SAWMILL
Klmep Stoddard will be chair
man of the Chamber of Commerce i
luncheon tomorrow, which will ie
served by the Indies of the Com
munity club of Terry at the rom-
;inunity hall there. Cars will leave
that time.
There; will be no p rogra m dur
ing tlie luncheon but Immediate
ly afterwards those present will go
through the Grande Honde Linn-
her company's new mill recently
opened there,
.DeMolay Members Plan
Big Meet Wednesday
The 1.U Grande chapter of le-
for Wednesday evening. May M,
......, ,,., ,,.,(,- ..-in meet nt
tho mo,,- lodge rooms. lleportu '
will be heard from those wholof a "no-hit. no-run" game to tell.
attended the state conclave ule Pirates subsided and Pendle-
Mediord recently, Four new mem
bers will le Initiated into the
order, officers wilt alRO be elect
ed for the next six months at
this time.
After tlie meeting ihe boys will
enjoy u bunq.iet.
Sappington and Buck
Bound to Grand Jury
l. B. Kappington and William
Buck were bound over to the
this morning under
Jl.tMMi bonds for larceny by bailee.
They were unable to raise their
bonds and are in jail.
Woman's I lent h Myslhcry
LITTLK BOCK, Ark. (Al')- Her
face metllated almost beyond rec
ognition and her body covered
wit h bruises, the. almost lifeless
body of Mrs. Maude Fossard, 3H.
wus found early Sunday morning
less than a mile from her home,
three miles from Little Uoek. She
died at noon in a local hospital
without regaining consciousness.
BILL Toil m;OKGAM,VnoN
OF 1 HKMH AKMV SHF.IAFJ)
PABIS (AP). The bill calling
for t he rt organization of the
I'Yeneh army introduced by Gen
eral No) let during the last hours
of the llerrlot government's ten
ure of office, has been abandoned
by the 1'ainleve cabinet und has
become a dead Iss'ie.
The work of experts at the min
istry of war during the past two
years, it provided for a gradual
decreas of I'Yeneh effectives until
the 1 1! 111011 1 hs military service
could be definitely installed.
Marshal Koch was repor ted lo j
have been an opponent of Ihej
bill from the .start and his oppo
sition, parliamentary experts, sa v,
was what finally killed Hie bill
before it was even reported upon
by the army committee of the
chamber.
Company
n nt Marlltwrl
go to camp unless excused by the
regimental commander. The Med-
tord Chamber of f 'oiumerce is
planning dances and other enter
tainment for t he g lard w hile
there. There will be a school for
officers and non-commissioned of
ficers und supervised at hletics.
Several danccri have been given
for the benefit of the iners fund
and other arrangement haw
been made for better meals.
To Vi-il (rnlcr l-ake.
On J . 1 1 1 20 the guard w ill go
to ( 'rater like, w here they w ill
spend two days. They will innk
(tie trip in ears, furnished by the
military department und the
rhainle-r of commerce at Med
ford. i;n route to ramp there will '"
the utmost discipline and order,
according to Hnnouncemelila by of
ficers of ' he gtiai d t his rnoi niutf.
They will remain ut camp 1 5
days a nd return to la Grande
June ZC.
BUCKS wlN
SUNDAY'S
GAME, 13-4
Swashbucklers1 Ship Scut- !
tied When Nine Score
in the Eighth
HEIN RAFFLED BY
MURDERER'S ROW
La Grande Retains (he
League Leadership by:
One Game; Colts Get
into Win Column.
m,n: moi ntain lf.agu;
V. I.. !Vt.'
I. GraJide
Pendleton
.Sooi
.GOO
.400
Walla Walla 3
Baker
I
KINHAY'S HI SI LTS
Al Pendleton: La Grande 4, Pen
dleton n.
At Jlakcr:' Walla Wulla 1. Bak
er 15.
Pendleton's Hitherto potential:
murderer's row blossomed inlo full,
flower yesterday and the Pirated
lost their first game of the season,'
by the terrific score, of IS to 4.
Truly It wis Pendleton's day.' Be
sides smashing out un even dozen,
bingles off Hein's offerings, over v.
Buck scored once with the excep
tion of Taylor, Und. Clark and
Jones, who scored twice.
The Swashbuckler's ship
scuttled right no foolin.
was
After t
the sword pulling fray with Baker
last Sunday, when the visiting
horde was sent home with a tale
ton took 'cm In the lull.
A Hectic Fray.
. t It's Ian., long ntory-r-hul part
of It will h told. La Grande came
to bat. looked ovr 1 hmlap's bril
liant offerings and then proceeded
to take his measure for two hits
but no runs. Pendleton's half of
the rirst was different vastly dif
ferent. Taylor filed to shorlstop
but Olsetl drove out a nice two
bagger. Lind singled and Hurst ad
went to first via base on bulls.
Then Clark, commonly called
Chief, put his bat. into action by
busting out a three-bagger and by
Ihe time the ball was safely back
into the defensive mitlH, the bases
w ere not neurly us congested ns be
fore Clark came up. Pretty soon
the Pirate infield trot into action
..n(i Ml(1 Hill(. ,. r,.t!r,.,i foiiowinir
sizzling double Willlamn to
Helm to Knight.
Then the content settled down to
be a regular ball game and lor five
more innings the famous one-two-three
style of play persisted.
In the seventh, following Barth's
three base hit. und a single by
Alexander, the scorer marked up
La Grande's first run.
The Aw Till Klghth.
Webstvr's unabridged defines nw
ful us: filling with awe, profound-
(Continued on Tags Five.)
the number of crow s slain
hunters yesterday morning are
I lacking, because of the nature of
the shoot, it Is known that several
j hundreds of the pests w ere coa
I signed to other worlds,
j According to Game Warden
' John Wabb n, a large number of
I hunters wen- orl at sun-up and
j one parly Is said to have, shot
more than lia crows.
Germany Continues to
Carry Out Dawes Plan
B K It L I N (By the Associated
pr''s Foreign Minister Ktres
mann announce.) totday to the
r--i h.ifitf that the German govern
ment will continue to carry out the
I aw " plan.
Sf rejwm.mn said no couniry
coined more than' Germany the ef.
forts of the I Ihwi'i plan lo acentn
plish economic pnrlf ir t Ions of Lo
np". He said -en Hiomv who o
posed acceptance of the plan were
nilTu.,.l II, ..t uHl.mil ll ri.rm uni
j would not have been able to esinb
jlish a currency oil a secure bai.
mnnrnn nr
numuntuG ur
CMS SLAIN
Although definite statistics on
bv
West Ranges
Show Decided
Improvement
Thirteen Out of 17 States
Make Good Showing;
Cattle Condition Bet
tered. rOHTLANH. Ore, (By the An
sociated Press) Ranges generally
show Improvement with a favor
able outlook for grazing In the
north Hocky mountain, lutermoun
(nln and coast states but the con
tinued drought In the southwest
has only been partially relieved by
rains nnr livestock have suffered
considerably according to the
monthly range and livestock re
port issued by the I nited States
Division of Crop and Livestock Ks
timates: -
Hanges -show improvement In
thirteen out of the seventeen west
ern states . hut flight further de
terioration in Arizona.- Texas ami
New Mexico, ltecent general rains,
however, wdll tend' to Improve con
ditions In most sections of these
states, especially In Texas, nnd
should result In decided improve
ment In the condition of livestock.
Itange prospects ore especially en
couraging .in the northern Rocky
Mountain and Pacific ocean states.
The average rungo condition for
the entire range, country Is 84 per
cent compared with 8 per cent a
month ago und 11 per cent a year
ago.
IiOes Below Normal
Cattle nre reflecting the Im
proved condition of ranges and ul
though some thin stock are report
ed in states where the winter feed
supply was short, cattle have come
through the winter with losses be
low normnl. except In the south
west. Losses were becoming heavy
in the southern and western Tex
as and portions of New Mexico and
Arizona until relieved by recent
rains und much of this territory Is
still In need of more moisture.
Considerable numbers of cuttle
have been shipped out of the
drought nreas. The elf crop In
lhse sections will be leas than us
ual due to the heavy shipment of
dry and old cows last year and the
loss of calves from lack of milk.
The prospect for the calf crop In
the other range states Is normal or
better. The condition of cattle av
erages 86 compared with 84 last,
month and 9 1 a year ago.
Sheep also show improvement
averaging 93 per cent of normal
compared with 91 a month ago
and 96 a year ago. Lambing is
in progress under favorable weu-
ther conditions In most sections and
a good crop reported. Some feed
ing of ewes has been necessitated
in Texas by the drought, ns where
feed was Insufficient heavy losses
of lumbs.and kids have resulted
from the lack of milk. Shearing
is muking rapid progress in most
of the range stales and the wool
crop Is generally reported to be of
good weight and quality. A few
complaints of a dull wool market
arc noted.
WAHIIINGTON April rains im
proved pastures and ranges consid
erably and the present outlook for
milliner ranees Is falrlv good. Both
leal tie and sheep show improve
ment. Calf and lamti crops report
ed to be lighter than last year.
(Continued on Page Five.)
hugTpagIt
CHAltLOTTK. N. C. (By the
Associated Press). A pageant of
gigantic proportions, portraying
many historic events or the colon
ial period In North Carolina, will
feature the seNrpji-centennhil of
the Mecklenburg declaration' of
Independence, which began today,
lo continue during the week.
The famous Mecklenburg dec
laration, referred to by some as
the "Mecklenburg IteHoliitlons,"
was signed on May iio, 1775, upon
receipt In Charlottee of the news
of the buttles of Concord and
Lexington. Although there his
he'n some controversy s to I he
date the document was signed.
May 2ii has been officially recog
nized and made a legal holiday by
the general ussembly of Nort h
4 "a i oltna.
( i'bdirations have murked tin
recurrence of May 2p for many
years In Charlotte. Ten years ago
the principal speaker was Presi
dent WIlHon. In view of the met
that May V, 112 5. Is the sesqul
eentennlal, It was determined to
stag a celebration of pretentious
proportions. For many months
commit t( M have been b Jslly en
gaged urmnging the details. A
si ad lum that w ill s at thousands
of people has been erected at lil-d-pendenee
Park, and It Is on this
spot that the principal ou'door
event M. Ill be s en. Kxpei ts III
pageuntry from many othi-r sec
tions of the country were en
guged to plHn and execute the
'JlU cili-bratlon.
The Meckh nhurg H-earatlon of
lii!h-perib-nce wus signed by eol
onlsts who wre dlssuttsf led with
STARTS TODAY
(Coiitiuutd uu i'wtft L'itflU.)
FRENCH 10
T
Temps, Says Move Is Un
derway to Bring Set
tlement to Head
MAY AIR PLAN AT
END OF FORTNIGHT
Washington Government,
with Diplomatic Ice
Broken, Calmly Await
ing Results of Notice.
P A It I S (Ity l!n' An.sutlHlt'il
Press) Tht Tphiw says Utility thai
it unU-t-Nt umls that u definite pro
)OKal will lit malt' wllhln lTi tlay.s
by the Kreneh iroyi'mment lo tlie
I'nlh-d Stale mifl Crtut Britain
lor M'tlk'iiwnl of war dt'litH.
1 iOM ion (By t he Associated
Press) Replying to a suggestion
in the house of commonM today,
Premier Baldwin declined to Im
pose a time limit of Fro nee and
other debtor countries In which to
formulate proposals for Kettlementa
of their debts to (Beat Britain.
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) The Washington gov
ernment ts awailing with interest
some word of the reception accord
ed In ihe nine Kuropean debtor
nations to Ihe news that this coun
try desires to arrange funding set
tlements without delay.
France, whose debt lo the Cnited
States Is Ihe largest, is regarded
as the hub of the situation, and it
Is known officials would welcome
an opening move from that quar
ter. WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) With the diplomatic
ten broken, oillciul Washington
apparently has settled down to
await the rcsulta of Ihe American
government's notice lo Its Ktiro
peiin debt on t hat t he t line Iwls
come for arrangement of funding
sett lements.
(Continued on Pnge Five.)
1925 Wheat Yield May
Exceed That of 1921
WASHINGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) Wheat areas In 15
Kuropean countries other than
Busia were reported Sunday by
I he department of ngi iciilture as
being slightly larger than last year.
Indications are that the yield will
be above 'the 10 year average.
Prices," th depart uient said,
"have a tendency to strengthen and
may be expected to maintain levels
favorably comparable will) those ol
last year.'
Growing conditions in mo::(
countries were reported better than
la.st year. In ( 'anada. corn! 1 1 lon;
were represented as especially good
but estimates for India and the
I'nll'-d Stales Indicated a combined
reduction of I'ja.iMHi.ium bushels.
India is pot expected to have an ex
portable surplus, and present con
ditions Indicate the I'nlted st ales
will be on a domestic price basis
for the giealer part If not all the
season.
Wheat afloat April 1 totalled
M. ''('. " bushels against Kii.lMMi,
lieu March I, wllh slocks appreci
ably lower In Importing countries.
Fxports from southern countries
have declined idiarply. Cotton ex
ports in April amounted lo W.'l'J.
bales ns compared wlUi 1Uu,in
bales In March and :22.M;i In April
1 'Jl!4, t he lb-part iihiiI reported.
( 'ondit Ifins of Ihe German taiur
t t crops May 1 was repotted
slightly above average.
The cattle industry of Argentine.
I hi depart men) said, recent ly has
recovered from the severe depres
sion Unit followed (he collapse of
the war time boom.
Only
One Cent
Per Family
An ndwrllser seeking to cover
the La Grande territory may
iim ii full page s Mice for hK
nd. ct the coM per family U
only 1.2 i -en for that ih
llclty. Think whnl mu-Ii a low n-nder-co(
meaiiH to mi Hdcrllrrl
I- for h( entire iin'Hsagc, for
enmde. I linn the ixf.ia.tc
alone would amount to In bend
ing direct tfiiiiiiiniilrntlon In
the uin ie Ihhim-. Ami I I LL
I'.V.i: M I; at thai low t
In Tim Observer, Smaller
Hpnce K, of cMiis4f much less
In iMtjrlluii,
MObffver Ailverlldna
A Merchand bdiitf bervlce'
OFFER
Build It Themselves
U -ffeL- jif !
H
" - ; i
U ,vim warn id. get Nilni'llilnir floiiimnllslii'il. Mail to work
joui M ln Mix Allien Olive Ill-own . (left) mm .Mrs. Howard O.
ISinwn illumed mernlls nml beitnu Inyine iilmikji fur Hit- Woin
iiii's IIiiIIiIIiik in tie ei-eeliil In Sun l'rani'U'o lo lionse the.
minien'H oi-KHiiijnliftns. Anil wlillo these women were MnrMiiff
Ihe work, other womi-ll iw Keltlnir Maileil In the Mile, of
Imnils tn rlnuneo the I)Ik iiinntniellon Job.
FATTY' FIGHTS
i
LOS ANGKLKM (By the Ajisocl
nled PreKs) An nllegcd a t tempi to
bhickmatl "Fatty" ArbucKle hua
been under investigation' by the
district attorney's office for sev
eral days the Los Angeles Kxum
iner says today.
The alleged demands upon Ar
bueUUi were mude by Mrs, J. H.
Murihy, representing herself us
acting on behalf, of Arthur Ar
huckle, Itoscoe's hrtither, the Kx
aminer says. The woman demand
ed (lg.uno lo cover losses sustained
by Arthur Arbuckle during thu
"trinl ami troubles" of his brother
in 1 1 and I'JZ'm. according to
the lOxumlner.
AltlH ( KLi; MAItllEKH
PAKAHKNA. Cal. (Uy the As
sociated press) In t he presence
of a large company of guests, many
of them promifneut In the motion
picture world, Koscoc "Fatly" Ar
buckle, ex-I'll m comedian, and
Horis Mean, film actress, were mar
ried shortly after nine o'clock Hat
unlay night.
It Al t AT, French Morocco ( Hy
Ihe Arisocialed Press) Freiirh
forces opposing It Iff la u tribesmen
today are consolidating their posi
tions but postponing the second and
what t hey hope will be t he final
offensive tj rid the territory of
the Lillians.
Americans Victorious
At Arms Conference
GKNKVA ( Hy tin- Armorial cd
Press). A crisis In the interna
tional arms conference, created by
Ani' TH a's refusal to have the
league of nations (he central of
fice or arms control, wan aver!-
(( tod.iy by a iIim-IhIoii to aban
don t he pi o p 'is' d central bureau.
It ua.i decided t hat the central
bureau w.tn not csHeiitial and that:
I be si liH- cud could be u 1 1 It tin !
by allow ing en eh government lo
publish aims atatlstlcH. Thus the
AllMTMilll KUSf eptlbllttleil WCl' Hat-
isthd nnd league members re
main loyal lo the league by de
din in to agn-e tr orgaiuullon
of any hufea l illtHlde the league.
Not ih I htliola May Manufacture
Cement and I In lid Own Hoitds
pm:i:ki;. h. d. ( ap).-Propii-
I I nr of it a im n cement manufac
tory, Ko'it h I mkotn may launch u
pavi il road program tiis summer
tiding rem nt from Its state plant
ami labor t rom t he penitent lm y
to span the state with hard-surfaced
highways.
A plan ha been worked out. by
Gov, Carl Guieb'THOn which pr -idcs
for u'lliJition of convict la
bor in t h- building of pav.-d
roailK. Tin ccmunt; plunt wtiuld,
under 'he plan, he operated at lis
capacity of mote (ban 2. mm 1m r
ri'is a day nnd all surplus cement
turned over to the hlghwuy com
luisfcloil for paviiltf.
IMiND
TROOPS READY
OFFENSIVE
:ii-1
XTRA
GltAIlK CltOSSING TOLL -
CHICAGO (Al) Nearly 20 per- '
sons were Kiueti ami more Uinn I
iloen injiireil In nutoiiiohllo nc
eldents nt graile rnksslngN thnat'a
out the country vitenln.
KIIF,l'lli:itl ON TIllAfi
CHICAGO (AP) William bnil
big Nhepherd went on trial today
charged, with tho murder of his
millionaire luMer win, William N.
McCllntock, with the. prose-cullon
imlicnttiig that It would ask tho
death ieiialty. Shepherd was pale
when hroiik'.iri Into the prisoner's
dock. Jle wus cIchu sliaven but
IiLh suil showed lack of pn-nslng,
Charles C. I'nlniait, Indh'teil with
Shepherd after confessing ho hi
nI rue ted Miepbenl hi the Ailtiilnls
t ration or typhoid gcrniH, In tdatisl
to bo tlin slur witness , for tho
prosectitloii.
ALOIT GOLD MTAMiAKO
CAPF.TOU N. South Africa (Al)
It wns officially announced that
South Africa irtunieil ttsluy Ut Die
gold Ktnndard.
SCRAPPING POLK V IM KMF,I
WASHINGTON (AP) Adoption
or a Mllcy looking to the scrnp
phi4 or upwards or I (Ml government
hipn probably will he recommend
ed to Ihe Nhlpjilng board shortly
hy its suh-commlMec on scrapping'
Such n slep would uoo the way
for the sale for Junking or a large
hhs'k or icmscIn lo Henry l ord or
other bidders under option of com
pelMKe terms... The Huh commit
tee Is uiidertO(Mt (o fat or Mich a
policy nnd while It will encounter
opMisl(oii lii the hoard, there; are
Indications that It mny command a
majority.
RED ACTIVITIES
IN IJI LCJARIA ARE
AHATEI) LITTLE
KOFI A (Hy the Associated press)
A recrudescence of communist
activities has been noted during
the last e vein I days.
Several armed bauds, com posed
of desperate men, all good marks
men and pnsscHsed of a thorough
knowledge of the terrain, are har
assing the countryside In Central
Uulgarhu They operate at night
and have eluded armed forces
sent after them.
A large store of e:. plosives has
been discovered Ichtimaii,
.Munich 0iern Manager I Me.
Ml'NIcil ( AP). - Anton von
Fuchs, t he famoiiH stage manager
at the Munich Opwu, died recent
ly Ut the iige of Id. lie WHS Well
known throughout the world as an
operatic producer of rare genius.
Ills stage settings were recognlso?
in most countries as the standard
for operatic performances.
Ever Have The Anthrax?
Stewart Tells About It
(Ity Charley P. Mew art)
WASHINGTON (NLA Special)
I see by the papers there's u little
ant hrax in I he country. New
York doctors report a human case.
Welmb-r says anthrax is "an Infect
ious nnd usually fatal disease of
animals, especially cattb- und sheep
und occasionally of mini."
Indeed. In some countries, where
health regulations are lax, humun
eases an fairly common. Not here,
how ever. The only Americans I
know of who have hMd It arc
jcouns'dor Franklin Adams of the
I Pull-American I uluii and mu-un-
TRAITORS
DISCOVERED
Nineteen Members of the
Bum Blockade Forces
Are Behind Bars
COURTMARTIAL 6
FOR SMUGGLING
Shortage of Men Threat
ens to Handicap Oppo
sition to Rum Row on
East Coast.
NKW YORK (By the Associat
ed Press). Internal troubles aro
proving to be hundicaps to thu
li. H. coast guard rum row block
ade, J Hlx members or the .coast jf jard
have been court ma rtluled for
smuggling and three for Intoxica
tion, it was revealed today. It is
known that Hi members havo
been Jailed for. various offenses.
Shortage of Men.
A shortage of men threatens
to bo tin even greater hundican.
It Is sntd that 30 per cent -will
not relnllst When their servlcg
period terminates July lirst.
GVAHI) FACKS TRICK EH V '
FltKKPOKT, N. Y. (By the As
sociated Press). Ruses employed
by "bottle fishermen" In attempts
lo keep their powerfully englnvd,
liquor laden boats out of tho
const guard's hand were madu
known today by coast guard offi
cers, A 'favorite trick, they said, was
to drop an old fishing net In tho
path of tho pursuing government
vessels In which .their propellers
would become entangled.
Another trick is heaving over
board n case of liquor which, If
struck -rin -tho-d a r k n e sa, mltfhfc
fcatino the ritrrt currier (o sink. ,
ARE PRAISED
MAflHIIFIKLD (NKA Special)
Equal rights means equal work
here.
Where there'll a lumberjack
there's a lumberjlll closeby.
Which means that tho big Port.
Oxford cedars which tho lumber
jacks cut down nre cut up by tho
lumbcrjllls, who arc for tho most
part wives or swoethearts of tho
Jacks. i
Tho war Introduced 'Jills to the
lumber camp, but peace hua not
taken them uway. Instead, the em
ployers arc getting to like, tho 'Jills
more and more every day. Proof
Of this may he had in the phono
graphs and radios which have been
installed for tho benefit of thu
'Jills. ,
"They work better' to 'music,"
says tho employer. I i
"Mesides that," says ho, "vc find
that Jills do not sneak off to smoke
beh I ml Inflammable plica of thin
wood, and they don't quit ft .week
after they're hired." 4t
The 'Jills wear flannel shirts and
breeches: some of them wear silk
stockings but this luxury Is enjoy
ed only by thu older hands, for a
novice would rip her expensivo
hosiery In no time.
Jacks and Jills doing tho same
work bet the same pay: and that
Is un Inducement, which attracts
scores of school teachers during
vacation lime.
All this Ihe men don't mind
but they do coin plain that they
can't cuss as much as they used to.
Irish Sliindnrdlzo Porter llotllc
I )CH LIN (AP). The Free Statu
government has made an order
standardizing t he site ol port-r
bottles. Porter is ;awly sold by
bottle and the quantity of tho
tents varied. Home traders got
I fl ami the more generous on'-a
only 14 bottles ojt of a gallon.
less you count, that NeW Yorker,
and considering where ho lives, h
probably isn't un Amerlcun any
way. Adams and I occasionally get tn
get her to reminisce, t'nllke those,
ror instance, who have had their
appendices removed. w have no
large audience of other ex-vlctlmi
w ho. having been eh rough Gu
anine thing, enjoy hearing our
surfcrltms described. So wo havo
to muku the most of ono another.
Adams had his cuso in Chile
(Continued on pajfs 8)
LUMBER JILLS