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VOLUME XXIII.
MKMHKU ASSOCIATED IMIICHH
LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925.
MKMHUlt ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 190
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Chamber of Commerce
Members Inspect New
Plant at Perry
EXCELLENT MEAL
SERVED BY LADIES
Program to Be Given at
Perry Community Hall
to Celebrate Opening
of Mill.
On1 of tin1 most enjoyable cham
ber of commerce luncheons of the
season took place today at the Per
ry Community Hall, served by the
ladles of l'erry.
Kltner Stoddard was chairman
and after thanks had been return
ed by Ilovnrend Pollard, the Hit)
or more men present turned, to the
ineul und it was worthy of much
uttentlon.
During the luncheon Kred Kiddle
told of the American Legion five-nilllion-dollar
endowment fund
drive and the drive being carried
on in connection with It in Oregon
for the maintenance of the Doern
beeher hospital in Portland, stating
that la Grande's iiuota of the
J 1 800 to b'e raised In this countv
was f Ifioo.
A. W. Nelson moved that, the
rules be suspended und that I he
chamber of commerce endorse the
campaign. Tho voto was unani
mous. ,
A. it. Stange, of Merrill, Wis.,
here, visiting with Mr. und ' .Mrs.
August Stange, was Invited to tell
of the new ornamental lighting
system recently installed In Merrill.
He. replied by telling briefly of the
good points of the system.
Inspects Mill.
At the close of the luncheon, (ho
chamber of commerce members
went through the new mill, now in
operation, and-viewed the work
ings. It wan noticeable that more
men were clustered about the car
riage than any other particular
point of Interest.
The Grande Honde Lumber com
pany plans to run two eight-hour
shifts and by this method, will turn
out more lumber from the mill
than the output or the former mill,
which burned down lust year.
This evening, in honor of the
formal opening of the new mill, a
program, with A. A. Smith, of Ma
ker, as principal speaker, will be
held in the community hall at
IVrry. beginning at eight o'clock.
Visitors who wish to view the mil!
will bo received tip until 7:UU
o'clock this evening.
Several petitions, probably Ifi to
2n in number, were put into circu
lation here a day or so ago and now
have many signatures In protest
against the "dog ordinance" which
was twice rind at the city commis
sion meeting last Wednesday and
then laid over for final action to
morrow night.
The petitions do not seek to do
away entirely with regulation or
restricting or dogs in J.a Grande
but the signers do ask that the city
postpone, action until another or
dinance, one that will react more
favor.ibiy to both dog owners and
others, can be drarted.
It is understood that a delegation
of cunine owners plan to be present
at the commission meeting tomor
row night und present the peti
tions, along with any verbal argu
ments that might be necessary.
Motorist Fined One
Dollar and Costs
C. Gi ho was lined one dol
lar and costs yesterday utter noon
by Ihe justice of the peace for
leaving his engine run while his
cur was parked on the main street
unoccupied.
HUD
MEN VIEW
HEW ILL
DOG OWNERS
SIGN PROTEST
Pirates To Play Cove
Wednesday Afternoon
The
Ui Grande Pirate, who
hav
in th Blue .Mountain
league rare tnci the opening day,
wilt play u Cove team here tumor
row iifternoon ut 'he high school
grounds, the game to begin t 4
oclovk aet ordtng to Harris Frvnih.
Com defeated I hi Pirate In an
early season game here 10 to 9
and French team i preparing to
turn the tables on the Chvrry
Diplomas To
Be Given On
Friday Eve
Commencement Exercises
for L. H. S. Graduating
Class to Be Held in the
L. D. S. Tabernacle.
Commencement exercises for the
senior graduating claa of the Ia
Grande high school will be held
Friday evening ut 8 o'clock in the
it. I. S. tabernacle with sclent y
one boys and girls scheduled to re
ceive their diplomas if all goes well
in the final examinations, which
are now practically completed.
This Is the largest class of sen
iors to ever graduate from l,a
Grande high school, numbering
six more than last year's reqord of
66.
Of this 71. 28 are boys and 43
girls. Last year more boys gradu
ated than girls which was admit
tedly an exception to the general
rule.
The grammar schools of the city
us well us the high school will close
for the summer vacation on Fri
day. Arrangenienis for tho opening' of
the first La Grande daily vaca
tionai lible nehool, which will be
next Monday. May 2.rth, are T"o
gressing very fuvorably, according
to members of the local ministerial
association backing the movement.
At present the great need is to
procure 16 or 20 persons who will
be wilting to give half on hour to
an hour ouch day (o telling stories
to the boys and girls enrolled in the
schools.
Iilble and niltunonary courses will
be taught by tho . story-telling
method, und the ministers find that
they ore unable to carry on u
search for the 1S or 2 peruonu
needed because of limited time and
pressing preliminary work' prepar
jatory to opening the school. Any
I person who feels that he or she can
devote sonn; time in connection
jwith the. school is urged to notify
either Reverend llert. A. Powell, of
the South Methodist church or
Reverend George Pollard, of the
Ilaptist church.
Two hchool i;iiltn.
The dolly vaeational blblo school
will be held five days each week
for four weeks. The sessions will
start at nine o'clock in the morn
ing and end at noon. No school
will be held Saturdays and Sundays
and the term will come to a close
June lltth, according to present
plana.
Tho school will be held In two
units, one on the north ami one on
tho south side of the railroad
track. On the north side the South
.Methodist church will house that
unit und on the south side the Hap
tist church.
Hope for l.ttlM) Students.
Any boy or girl six years of age
or more. Is eligible to enroll and,
from present indications, several
hundred children of varying ages,
will be on hand at one of the two
churches Sat urday, May 23rd, to
register. The aim of the ministerial
association is to have i.imo La
Grande children enrolled i" tin
two units.
T h e bc h oo 1 will be open I o all
children, regardless of their rejf-
jgion and nothing wltl be taught
'that will disagree with any child's
(Continued on I 'ago Five,)
Deputy Sheriff Home
From Western Oregon
(. I', llolbrook. deputy sheriff,
returned lo l-i Grande yesterday
from Saletn where lie took Floyd
jGaulhtcr to the state penitentiary.
iGauth'er whs pardoned by Gover
nor lieree Sat urday.
Mr. ffolhrook, who was nccorn
panied by his wife, stopped at Port
land and visited ieier Mtllroy.
formerly tax collector here.
livestock snow datcd
VNION. Ore. The tilbm live.
jstoek show will be held June 10
to 12 .
The management of the show
has reported the outlook better
than ever and lias announced that
n addiHon to ilvestoek exhibit
there will be races and wild west
' displav s.
; licked.
Twiliuht Gunic Potpmcil
liecan.se of the srheduiing of the
t'Ove.f (irande game the firs)
K;iiiie .of the n-wt org.mjjsed Twi
; light bague for 'edne;-wiH after
noon b-twin the Lt fJrunde Ath
' telle club and the -V, nhoj , liat
been postponed until Thuntdny af
ternoon at 5 orlo(k.' All Twilight
ieague fc'umeg wiii go seven innings.
bible sghqql
opens mm
Raises Sheep
hi - i
BO Af ' -vjf
l:ilicl kkI. rn-Kliinnii al tlici
Ori'lton AKrlciiltiiinil IIK'. Is
imjlllg hi'r way tlmiilKll school
, by raising sheep.
TO TAKE PART
O It K CrO N AGUH.ri.TGItAL
rOLLHGK (Special) John. K.
Fitzgerald, Uwlon Slearns, Hussidl
Thomas, ltaymond l'ayton, Waldo
Stoddard. K I wood Lyman and Delta
.Strlnghum, nil of La Grande, nre
entrants in different contests of the
15 competitive features of tho an
nual military tournament to be
held here Decoration day, May 30.
Fitzgerald will be in the infantry
exhibition drill, having trained for
a year In the infantry unit. Ho Is
a member of Omega Fpsllon fra
ternity, and represents Union coun
ty in the. O. A. ('. chamber of com
merce. Stearns has trained for a
year In the infantry unit, and will
be1 In the Infantry exhibition drill.
He is a member of Sigma. Nu fra
ternity. Thonius' has also trained'
for a year in the infantry unit, and
will be in the infantry exhibition
drill. He Is a member of Phi Delia
Theta fraternity. Payton has train
ed a year (n the Infantry unit, and
is an entrant in the infantry exhi
bition drill. He is a member of
Sigma Nu fraternity. Ktoddard lias
trained for four years, gaining the
rank of llcutenuiit colonel of a
dets. lie is a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity, retiring president
of the student body, an all-western
basketball forward. Lyman
has also trained for four years and
gained the rank of colonel of ca
det corps. He is president of Omega
t'psllon fraternity, and a varsity
footbajl man. Delta Stringham is
a freshman in commerce. She will
lake part In the girls' musical ride,
in which 1!4 coeda In fancy cos
tumes will do a series of mounted
drills to mu.sic.
' The military department of the
college is sparing no effort to make
this the largest and most interest
ing tournament ever held here,
though previous ones have ranked
as major events In the college year.
The night .sham battle feature has
been displaced 1 his year by an
afternoon program of spectacular
contests and demonstrations.
Military training for the students
closes for the yeur with the tourna
ment hence this annua: event takes
on the nature of a celebration as
well as a military exhibition.
Thn opening event of the tourna
ment will be an air service demon
stration by army planes under com
mand of Lieutenant Oakley (;. Kel
ly, consisting of formation flying by
nine planes, aerial aerobatics, drop
ping an aerial smoke screen and u
3MM) foot parachute jump.
Special Memorial nay exereinen
will follow in the college stadium
after which the rontesta will be
held. These include a mounted
tug of war. skirmish race, girls'
musicii ride, arlillery drill, cavalry
drill, barrell fight, Human riding
and jumping, infantry exhibition
drill, jumping In pairs, machine
gun race, polo pony stick bending
contest, rifle rquad reluy race,
mounted musical chairs, und an en
gineer and tank exhibition.
Special rates are being offered
on all railroads lo t 'orvullls as
crowds approaching those of foot
ball days are expert here.
Stcreopticon lecture
To Bc Given Tonight
A l ereoplicun lecture will be
given this eventi.g at the Seven Day
Advent 1st church by Ktder oberg
of Seattle, Washington, af-dt.-d by
Llder Keller, of ilolse. Idaho. The
subject of the lecture will be
"World Mission '
A cordial Invitation ii extended
to the public.
two wciMi;x ahi!I-sti;ii
l.lK ANC.KI.KW (Af) Mrn. Ail-ni-
(i'-ii'.h. who w-iKtm 470 .ocn'U
jn'i h'-r ilalij(titT l,H'r. who W'-iKh.
a'"t iioliniU, w-n in t-tiMtu'ly Ihtv
rollowlntf a wi k-'n'l nil'l on ih-lr
r'.hUni-. Iy prohHiltlnn nrfl T.
Tho raldvm ai-l they found 3000
galiom of olun on the pluce.
LA GRANGERS
I RHUMBS
SENTENCED
BY JUDGE
To Pay Heavy Penalty
lor Having bull on
His Property.
ALREADY IN JAIL
ON OLD CHARGE
Brady, Upon Burliness
Admission of Guilt,
Fined Him $1000 , and
Gave Him 0 Days.
Add another still to Officer
Pierce's long list of discoveries in
Union county.
J,ast evening, nfter spending
some time on Heaver creek, the
other side of Whiskey Saddle,
Pierce discovered a atlll and 00
gallons of liquor presumably owned
by Frank. Hart mesa, now serving
time in the county Jail for posaea-
sion or miuor.
Pierce brought the still, made of
a copper wash boiler, to l,a Grande
last evening and confronted Lart
mess with tho evidence.
Tho upshot of It wiih that llarl
mess was released from the coun
ty jail this morning long enough
t o n ppear in .lust I ce. j u g h K.
itrady's court and plead guilty to
the charges placed against, him.
Justice ltrady fined ItarlmeSM
J1000 and sentenced him to lilt duya
In (he county jail. Ilartmesi ap
parently will not pay the $1000
which means r00 daya, if served
out at the rate of $2 tier (lay.
LOS ANGKLkN r.N'FA Kervleci
-Thcri-'K ti twil irctii.i ii iti I !! tr.un
who is going to exchange his faded
blue uniform wit h lis worn brans
buttons for a fresher blue outfit
with now buttons. And in the new
uniform he Is going to gird the
'earth.
For the policeman, Harvey Kl-
lis. has over nighf become mil
lionaire through the will of a grent,
sunt who died in Wahinnton, l.
The, cut of the new blue suit Col
lows the latest design derr I by
fashion x,f-Ih for "what the well
dressed yachtsman will wear this
season."
For the next three years. Kills
and his wife are going lo tour the
remote corners of Hie globe, ;ttiii
fying their pent-up adventuresome
spirit which they m-ver dreamed
would snmediiy be appeased.
Captain John Fohlman, former
German naval officer who rer-nt-1)
gained world-wide recognition by
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Pendleton Men buy
Imperial Ililliard Hall
.1. L Tiyon, formerly oT Peudh1
1oii, haw put inN"d the Impei i-d
Milliard Pirlois at 2f'H i i pot uir -l
from K. G. Kutes and Is now in full
charge. M r Tryon is v,ell Unu n
11 La fjrande having Ixfii emplov
ed as brakeuuin for the O.-W. I!,
land N. company for ;-"vitiiI ynic,.
!A' that lime b- was a rn'nih"r of
!th.. loeal IboHierhood of Kallway
J Tetiin itM-n. fooii iu iwed cb sn
at pendb ton Mr. Ti yon's wlf' and
family wilt join him h re and 'h y
will make this their p.-rto 1 u'li i
horn'.
J Mr. 1-UivH will leave for Port
land w tt bin the n-xt. t"tt da vs
where he vi!l go tn the: drug busl-nt-M.
GOP INHERITS
GOLD MILLION
V ' A h
FX' ' 1
't A
l;-3
SJt V, i ,n . 'J
W SCRAP
200 SHIPS,
SELL 200
Shipping Board's Sub
committee Members
Agree on Plan
WOULD JUNK 150
LAKERS, 50 OTHERS
If Shipping Board Ap
proves Plans, Remain
ing Vessels Would Be
Subject to Competitive
Bids.
WASH INGTON ( Ity the Associ
ated Press) -A program of selling
200 government vessels for nerap
ping has been tentatively agreed
upon by tho United Htates ship
ping board's subcommittee on
scrapping.
The subcommittee, composed of
Chairman O'Connor, Commission
ers Plummer and lienson. have
agreed on a policy of scrapping lftO
of Ihe least deal ruble of 300 idle
lakers and It Intends to add to
(his number Ml ships of another
type.
Ir the shipping board approves
(lie plan, bids would be Invited for
scrapping vessels. Henry Ford Is
expected to be among the bidders.
U. S. NATIONAL'
BANK RESOURCES
SHOW INCREASE
WASHINGTON ( A P). Combin
ed resources of the national banks
of the 1 'nlted States amounted on
April . Hie date of the last batik
call,1 to ?s:t,s:i2. 47:1, 000, or an in
crcHjw tn the last . J 2 mont hs of
$7.at'J.ri75.00lt. Kvery phase of
national banking oporations Bhow
ed important increases, lioann and
discounts of all (he banks aggro
Kated SI 2.407. S.16,000, an increase
of morn than half a billion in the
year since the. corresponding bank
call of I!i24.
Total deposit liabilities amount
ed to $ 1 :t,oK2,H47,000, an Increase
o( $1,7X4(251,000 over deposits Of
a year ago. Included in the de
poult liabilities were Items of
$:i,4 18,84 1.000 as balances due to
other banks and bankers and de
mand deposit h aggregating $10,
17K,K!5.0iio. Postal savings deposits Included
among the government accounts
were reported at. $fi,7r.,2 1 1,000,
an increase of $fi7,Z4 1,000.
Tin' statistics revealed a slight
den-cane in the ratio of loans and
discounts to total deposits oy
comparison of the last call wit h
the call of March HI. 192 On
this call this year Hie percentage
of loans and discounts total de
posits was 64. IIS compared with
67.H2 on the date of the corres
ponding call last year.
COURTMARTIAL
OFFICERS OF
SUBMARINE S-19
WASHINGTON (My the Associ
ated Press) - Officers (f HM. sub-marint-
H-1 !i, which went aground
last January a I Nausei, Headi.
Mass., wifre today ordered court
martbilleri by Hi-cretury Wilbur,
A court, of hifpiiry ri-coniuiemled
the court martial proceedings,
holding that, the. "endre adminis
tration of the ship prior to the (iuie
of grounding was loose, haphazard
and perfunctory."
The olNe"rn are Lieutenant
charter; . Ma 1 tin, commanding
the submarine, Lieutenant iiestei
L Lewis, n-ivlgator, and Lieiih n
ant. (junior grade) Alexander H.
Kdward, officer of the deck.
Practicing
Selling
Economy
it n hit-iiii- man moils in jihi,
and to JS'MHi (Hbel families hi
(be l.u taande (erriloi y, an ad-i-ri(Hln
lii ciibir big us a
bulf page ad In 'I be Ohcrwr,
I; t -.( blm a iiitiilniMni "f
in pom voi; ai-om;,wuii
tin col tit prbilbitf. ,iieloK,i,
addretng. mailing. et4-., In
AHMIIOS.
The j-Hiue in-sie ran ! tar
ried lo (be Mime number of
luriillh-K in (be SWII NPACt;
In ihe blNfur's H'Lerti'iiig
tolMfiin4 fn fjni )X 10,80 nil
rimlrmi busin. 'thai Is Ihe en
tire id. I It any wmid-r
that mhrriiM! nftpii-claui the
Ion ri ader-ftt nf 'I Ins Ob-
MTUt,'
Observrr A'lrfrtllna:
A Merdinndlbig amU
Triplets for Lucky Farmer
I ii-Kt II was n tiiuinploii butteiiat cow that hroughl attention
lo 1110 iscgvi'siiDin faiiuiy ut farmers at ania iina, iiiur. Anil
(hen, just ns Irlpletw wt'iti bom to one tif their prio Holsteln,
an oil touiUtiiy cuiiio along and gave n big prico for tbeli laiul
Tor nothing lcs Hum oil ItM-lf lias bixm found tu the lucky
farmers' homestead.
MEANS READY
101 Til
WASHINGTON Hy the Associ
ated Press) Gaston It. Means,
storm center In the Haugherty in
vestigation and the outstanding fig
ure in many court actions, surren
dered to tie Hlsirict of Columbia
supreme court today and requested
that he be allowed to begin his two
year prison term Immediately.
Means was convicted on a con
spiracy charge In New York. He in
also under indictment here, charg
ed with forgery In connection with
handling of papers In tho Haugh
erty Investigation.
NIOW YOKK. 1 (Hy tho. AHSoetat
ed Prc'AH William Jennings
Bryan's attack on modernism in
religion and his spirited defense
of the Tennessee law forbidding
teaching of the theory of evolu
tion In (ho public schools, in a
speech Monday In Brooklyn, drew
a vigorous protest from the Uov.
J. H. Will In mson, pastor of the
King h Highway Cong regal lonai
church, a member ot thu audi
ence, i
Air, Bryan was altnrnatoly mild
ly hisiied and cheered. 1
He natK'tied that ho had
brought Hie fight, against teach
ing evolution Into the open that
"we are going out to win."
"Wo must win,' he added, "If
the world Is to bo aaved."
Mr. Bryan had just said that
the modernist cannot send mis
sionaries abroad because they have
110 message to send.
"You nro unfair to us that Is
not. trie," declared Mr. William
Son from his seat. "1 speak on 11
congrcgatlonaliHt minister. We be
lieve In majority rule and each
church Is guided as It wishes In
(his mailer. We believe In the
freedom of the human spirit,"
"Then I'm not talking to you."
Mr, Bryan replied. "After this
lit exclude the Congregationalism.
If they have no creedH and stand
for not hing I'll leave them out.
I am more familiar with the. mod
crniHtfi in the Presbyterian
church."
"Two thirds of tin urn modern
ists and we believe In evolution,"
anid Mr. Williamson, "but we be
lieve also In Hi'! divinity of Christ
and t lie Immortality of t he soul,"
"The disgrace," said Mr. Bryan,
"is not Hie Tenneseo law, signed
by the governor and paused by t he
leglslat 'ire; the disRrace Is that
teachers paid in the taxes of a
community which stamps Its dol
lars in find we trust should be
t my 1 tie trust In 1 posed lit them
by the taxpayer.
"The president, of the I .id ted
KtateH tali's his oath of office on
(Continued on Pago Ylvii.)
Americans Win Aain
At Aims Conference
H II N i: V A (By the Aaaoeialed
j press) An amendment to estab
lish the rlttht. lo seneh ships sus
t perb'd of Improper transportation
of arms was eliminated todny from
j the proposed convention of the in
1 tern.ttionai armB traffic conference,
t The American delegation led In
the opposition tot the amendment.
The rOtlfer-nee il Iso vof'd to
abandon the proposed plan of thft
central ttoard under the league of
nations to regulate truffle In arma
and munitions. The Atm-ri'-an de
egiithri had oppoii"d smit a board.
Kucjrnitz Elected New
President of Four-L
P'HtTI.AM), re fltv the As
HoeJated PreMS) W. C, HmgrilU
was eb-eft'd president of the l.oyal
l.eglon of Kriggem and Mimbermcn
yesterfbty llftertiootl to tm-ieeij
Norman !.- Colenmn, who resign
vd.
BRYAN HISSED
AND CHEERED
T4r ' V
XTRA
CONMPIItACY AI.LKGKO
NI'.WAUK, N. .1. (AP) Con
splracy In which It Is alleged (Me
government lias been swindled out
nf mom than a quarter million dol
lars, In whhh this Hty has ben
(ho rciiter or m-tlvlUc or nn al
leged bootleg ring handling thous
ands of gallons of a holm I, was al
leged to hnvo Imm'h revealed today.
It was niiuounced that Mi individu
als and two Industrial flrnis are un
der Indict iiienl charging conspir
acy. MITNKSN IHSAPPI'AUS
CHICAGO AP) The dlsap.
IHa ranee or ItolM't-t White, lmiMirt
11 nt stale witness in tho Hhepberd
niunter trial, was revmtled bslny
by fin pris'Utors, who said thai
detective report ihI Hint While had
viuiistied wilh Ills wife and two
children. Tlirouuh While, n for
mer employe of the raiiuun Nel-
eneo school, the slalo hojs'd tt
show t'.iat Shepherd had vlslbul
the school In -fore William N. M
Cliii(o k's death.
Ii:CISIO MADK
ST. VAUi (AP) Holding (he
HUH decision dissolving the Inter
national Harvester company had
proven eKex-livo, n special KhIctuI
court of en till y today den let 1 dm
government's petition for supple
menial provisions to that decree.
WASHINGTON (Al) The gov
ernment will npM'nl o tho supremo
court from Hie dcclslou In St, 1'aul
today In the International 1 1 ju vent
er VWH
THHI1K MKN I'.NCAPF,
nr,NI, Ore. (AP) Three men,
Including Kay Davis, alleged lo Imi
Insane, sawed the bars In f.io jail
hero today nod fHcnped. Davis -won
recaptured several hours Inlets
ciiAPiiiv in tocirr
I,ON ANfiKIJ'.S (AP) (liailcH
Spencer Chaplin's balloon pants,
snaky cane and Happing shoe,
when lined In conjunction with
other charaelerlKlIc touches or
makeup, were declared to Imi Ills
private property In a court ruling
today, gltlng Chaplin n Ugal vic
tory In bin suit to enjoin Charles
Amador from using t'uein mid Ihe
si age name or Charles Aplhi.
CHILD SWAIil-OWH VOtS
KAI.KM, (ire. Dorothy Holmes.
3-year-old daughter of M r, and
.Mrs. Oscar Holmes of Dallas, nar
rowly escaped death when Hhc
k wallowed a 6 -cent piece wit h
which she was playing.
Tim child was brought 10 Ha lent
and the coin was removed by local
surgeons. Physicians said the child
would recover.
Alio hits i-;ciio oh pu;
I'KNIH.KTOX, Ore. Mr. and
Mrs. M. tt .Hewitt of Keho were In
a. hospital here today, as the result
of an automobile accident on tlm
old iregon trail. The woman's
skull was fractured and the man
was believed to be suffering from
Internal injui k.
Tho Hewitts automobile, accord
ing to a Ktateim-nt, made to t he
sheiirf'M office, was hit by that of
an Idaho licensee who did not slop
and whose identity wax not learned.
liffcen In Madras CIiihh.
MA DIE AX, Ore. Madras union
high school will hold commence
ment exercises May Tin-re are
ifi students in the class, the largest
that has evr r received diploma
from Inn Institution. The bacca -
laureate last nlghl was in charge
of Itev. J, J. Ktiya of Prinevlllc.
Coolidge Also Dodges
Onrushing Automobiles
(lly t bailee Slennrl)
WASHINGTON (M;A Kpecial)--f'alvin
Coolidge IUh about explodefl
the theory that li s fatal to be
eb-eted pn nbb-nt. To be sure, br'U
Idle oi)e;iOe, bllt (Veil if fie die
III nmrc he won't din of belur
president of the I'nite.l States.
Instead of wasting away under
J m present Job, hia health in
sounder today than when he movcfl
liiito the While House- probably
bi'( au'' he ban taken enpenbilly
jgood car' of it nince then.
2 If his idea that worry, not work,
BEL6IUM 10
TAKE STEPS
TO SETTLE
Decision Indicates First
Break in Interallied -.
Debt Tangle
INFORMATION IS
HELD IMPORTANT
Great Significance Is At
tached to Matter as
Belgium Is One of Ma
jor Debto Nations.
WASHINGTON' (Ity tlm Ahho
chited Piess) . Al (ho Hclglan-
hussy UHlay it wn.i said Am
bassador Deinarelileiutn would
Mill for homo Juno ninth. Tho
whole Itclglan debt nltuaihm is
eviHvted to 1m taken up by him
Willi his. government.
WAHHINOTON (By the AskocN
atod Press) Tho first lreak in
(ho tangle of Interallied debts was
seen by tho officials or lh Ameri
can government today in tho de-
termination of Belgium to tako in
dependent BtepH In negotiating re
funding Betllement with tho United
States.
In official uuurtor Information
that was conveyed from tho Bel
gian foreign offieo In last night's
llspatchcH was accepted as being
highly significant Hlnco Belgium u
classed as among tho major debtors
to whom the United Htates extend
ed Us iiid.
NKW yOUK (By tho Associated
Press) At least seveiity-tv v-,
sons were Injured,' two probably
fatally, In a mad panic --which
swept a crowded cant, aide subway
train as it was about to leuvu tho'
Urand Centrul terminal today.
A blown fust;, followed by ft He
rb's, of elect tie light globo explo-
jmuiiti, jh reimrivo 10 nvo neen 1 no
can no or tne itccmem.
Men, women and children-wero
swept from their feet In the crowd
ed cars when the train auddenly
stopped. When the globes exploded
tho crowd started a mad rush for
I the doors, adding to tho confusion.
Scores were knocked to tho floor
land trutupled bv the mob.
! Cop Docs Bit.
j Kifty-ono persona worn received
for treatment ut the Vanderbllt
hotef nearby. When Policeman
Deno arrived at tho nubway exit
he Kinv burly men knocking hair
hysterical women aside in their
mad plunge for freedom, 3Io torn
off his coat, waded into the crowd,
knocking down five men ho had
seen JoatUng women.
Si;SIDi; CMIAKS TltAIH
8KAHI I'M, Oro.TraU's day, H1I.1
city's annnnl class!!, was observed
here Crhlay and the buslnesH men
and townsneoide turned out wit Ii
1ii-m und mIiovcIm niic miire tit eleai'
the tangled trail which leads over
Tillamook head to Cunnon beach.
A holiday wan declared and tho
mayor and council, accompanied
by the president and other oHlclalu
of the Seaside commercial club,
with wives and children, removed
all obstructions In the trail.
launch was served for all on
Bald mountain, near Indian beach,
and three mib'H watlh of the An
gora camp, from which latter point
11 maKiillleerit view of surf-washed
Tillamook light may bo had sev
eral hundred feet below. A umuil
herd of elk was oeen.
MATADOR 001;i TO DKATH
MA HHKH-LKH, Km nee ( AP)
Pedrueho II, a young matador ot
Baicepnia, Hpaln, was killed In the
sixth anil Uii bout of a bull fight
yf.m Sunday wh"fi Ihe animal gored
hlm through the breast. His real
I nn im was Pumiuri Poglagua M;r
tm.
killed his predercHBaiK who win:
eumbed to the cares of office.
' ne tlitng he. may die. from ft
being hit by an automobile. Any
body limy. Ho missed lt by n
rather narrow . murgbi ft few day
ago. That is. he intuited being hit
not necemiarlly being : killed. It
would be a great honor o any
motorist to run over the president
jof the C tilted Htutee. PreKhb'nt
f Coolidge, however, refused to con
j h-r It on anybody. Thai cold Now
1 '
( (Contmutd on I'aae l-'ivo,)
SUBWAY PANIC
INJURES MANY