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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (Al').-Ore-iron: Kain tonight and prob ably Thursday in tho north west portion. Cooler in the east, ' VOLUME XXIII. MKMBKIt AHSOCIATEI) PKKS8 LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 192o. MKMREIt ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 197 E IS NEARLY Legionnaires Working in Residential District of City Today FIGURES ON SUM RAISED UNCERTAIN Khen All Sections Are Heard From, However, the Endowment Fund May Be Completed. QUOTA HER SUBSCRIBED Acuorlintf to announcement from 1 American legion lioudquurters here today, the l,u Orumle public' re tiponne to its efforts to raise ttie local quoin or Ihe flve-mllllon-dol-Jur emtowment fund campaign is very gratifying a'1(l the total will lyt th residence districts are canvassed. Hrporls turned In today at noon showed that a major part of the amount had been secured althfiuKh tin total pledges and cash dona tions have not yet been totalled In detail. The success of the drive has been lurgely clue to the lesion's excel lent spirit In not seeklnff large do nations particularly but rather that everyone have a part In the cam paign. My this, no one has been burdened and yet the lesion states that the greatest generosity has been met in all solicitations. The post Is proportionately grateful for such support. Heports from other posts In the county have not yet been received but It is believed that they will huvc little difficulty In raising their uuotux. lteports are that the drives ut Island City and I nion are espe cially successful. t .Tho proceeds will nor be. spent ' but will form an endowment fund nnd. the earnings from this fund Hill be used to provide temporary aid for veterans who have become disabled as the result of their war service and will give permanent bonus and care to the orphan children of world war veterans. G. R. 0. GETS LDCDMOTVE The Central Huilroad of Oregon, running between Colon Junction. Inhere It connects with the O-W. line, tind Cove with headquarters at I'nlon. will again have u locomo tive in operation I" the near fu ture, according to Karl J- Stack lund. of Cove, who wua In En Grande yesterday. The locoinollve is being brought h to Inton from Cieorgiu. J ti addt- lion to the engine, a small gas en gine, thut will gte additional fa culties to the road for small freight movements. has been ordered. "This has been accomplished by Mr. Mhldleton of the company and will again give I'nlon and Cove freight service and allow for the movement or crops to the outer world," Mr. Htackland states. 10 per Cent Cherry Crop The visitor, who lum one of the largest cherry orchardH In the county. states that Cove expects u commercial crop about Id per cent ot normal and that I nton may pos sibly have a Mi per cent normal crop. lie anticipates that Cove will ship out only about ten car loads of cherrieH instead of tho usual one hundred. Wedding Aniibwary (kid. SANDY. Or. lr. and Mrs. O. Hot kin celebrated their G:M wedd ing anniversary ut their Clorry ille hame, 3" relatives being pre sent, among whom were their three children. Dr. A. W. Holkln of (Ire sham. Mrs. Ida Graham of I'ort land und James llntkln of Kslu euda. Dr. Hot kin is a civil war ve teran und practiced medicine In J'orthind 3" years, coming to Cher ry vtlle to reside 13 yars ago. 425 Children In Local Figure a compiled yesterday after noon show that the total enroll ment .Including Tuesduy, In the l- Grande Pally Vaeatiunal Hlble school Is 42S and that yesterday's actuul ut tendance ut both "orth und south .side school was 3 S 8. The children ure enthusiastic concerning the school according to reports und each day the enroll ment Is Increasing 25 to 3'. It Ik not unlikely that 6'0 may be en rolled before the school term, which tudi June iyth, l ciustU- Will Discuss Bond Issues At Meeting Commissioners Invite All Taxpayers to Attend Session in City Hall This Evening. According to announcement by tlx city coiiiini.sNioiiers of La (ramie today, a large crowd of taxpayer; In c.:ivted nl I lit! meeting of (lie city coinmlsMon ton l. U which will be largely dcotcd to discussing thn four Jkmics Io In toted iiiKiii ut the siM'cial municipal election Juno aid. The commissioners have ex tended an lnilatlou to the pub lii: to lc present at the meeting and to take an act In iart In tho discussion that will ensue. Any question In reference to Uie four Issues the repair of the water system, tin sewage illsiHtsal plant . the equipping of the fire department, and the storm sewer project will he answered by the con lmissioi lei's, they state. LITTLE GIRL Patsy Mae Ma nun, two nnd one hull' year old daughter o' Elmer Mat'MmiUH darted across the street last evening directly In front of u large car driven by Dr. A. 1 Kleh ardson. The-tiitle girl was struck by the bumper of the car, knocked to one side and the wheel of the ma chine passed over one leg-. She was taken Into the house and upon ex amination It was found thut she was not seriously Injured although In considersblo pain for the re mainder of the evening1, and prob ably for some duya to come. Jt was feared at first that the leg run over by (ho cur bad been broken but an t examination i lust evening failed to hJjow any frac ture although the ankle hi sprain ed und the entire inentber was bad- (Continued on Page Five.) Library Staff Ready For Borrowers Today The staff at tin- library Is busy these days preparing for an aetlv( summer season. The interior ol (the building was kalHontined yes- terduy und is now tinted a delicate pi uk. This l;:ilsomining made It nece ssary to close the library .Monday und Tuesday of this week but to day the librarians have most ol the books back in place and an receiving hook borrowers as usual Two contents of Interest to thr children have been announced by Miss Mabel Doty, head librarian. I luring the summer 5n pictures will be displayed. On the first ot September a. prize will be award ed the boy or girl who correctly names (he title and author of the greatest number. A Vocation Heading Club has been formed to stiinulafe reading among t he children during tin Nil miner mont lis. Children who have read 15 books from a select ed list will receive it diploma on the first of September. OBSERVING M. I. A. DAY TODAY; PLAN PROGRAM TONIGHT Members of M. I. A. I'nlon Stake are observing today as M. I. A. day here and this evening plan for a progrum, which will begin with luncheon in the M. I. A. hall at ii o'clock, with Lester Stoddard toast master. At 7 : TP' o'clock each ward will furnish u mn.sient and toast and de hate a'i'1 quartet work In charge of Elmo Clegg will be given. Com munity singing will be led by Hl mer Stoddard and the stake M. I. A. orchestra, with Nephl Combs di recting, will play for a dance. IX UAM.A WALLA TOli AY Charlen Hey n olds, Karl Rey nolds, Charbs lllnirner nnd Elmer Stoddard drove to Walla Wulla this morning io piny a few holes of golt and witness the O. A. C. Whit man baseball game t his o Mernoon. Enrolled Bible School I'ralM'-N SchtHd Here I H verend Jasper, who Is the re 1 ligious educator of the Oregon con i fere nee of the Met hod fed. Episcopal I church, after an Inspection of the m Grande school und course of ; study yesterday, said thut ''this is jthe finest course gHen here that I have ever een In any n-ltool of ' I his t pe." He waa surprise! at 'the large enrollment nd said that in Portland, where the school ha. been conducted four or five years, an enrollment of 600 was the hjtfa , t-et ever readied. BUMPER T STOCK SHOW BREAK IN WILL DRAW CHURCH IS BIG CROWDS PREDICTED Association Expects Best Three Days in Union's History EXHIBITS TO BE OF HIGH CLASS Amusements and Enter . tainment Features Not Overlooked; Snappy Races Planned. UNION, Ore. (Special) lOvery thing is in reudlneas for I nion'n big atock nho-.v June 10-11-12. and the fndlcatloiiB now are that with favorable weather conditions the show will be favored wilh the largest crowd in I he seventeen years' history of the organization. The live stock industry Is the foundation of the I'nlon Live Slock show and the association -tx ussured nf exhibits covering nearly all the departments enumerated In the classification book. The grounds are in first class condition with over fifty horses in the racing stables, and many stalls for exhibits' already engaged. I My to Kxblbit The famous Hoist etn exhibit irom Hot Lake will bo in its usual quartera. while the association is -issurcd of a Jersey exhibit from tho Cove uectlon that promises to equal thut of the Holsteins. The beef breeds will be repre sented by animals from the leuding growers of eastern Oregon, with (Continued on Page Five.) Feature Buckaroos At Wallowa Lake Sunday 3 to Wed 2. ' C At a triple wetliltu to In1 sol emnized dune 2ft at Ibick 1-land. III., three !.Uier-i, dnnghlerM of Dr. ami Mm. S. ii. Coring will Ih nut led In marriage. I Han (top picture) will wed Ogdrll K.. loluifMMi of UaiiMiu. VK ; Har riett (i-etitT pl lure) will nl (j. . WhL-tnuti. stmitoif. la., nnd Kunico (Ixdow) will wed U. t, tuLiU ut taurcst, VU. I -iff r I VvN if h y I m. - TP.': I .a H h " I V4I Presbyterians Facing a Split Declares Dr. Henry Coffin "VIRGIN BIRTH" STORM CENTER Protest Formally Pre sented Against Judicial Commission's Action of Yesterday, rOLl'MHl'S, (Hy the Associated Press) A doflnlte break in the Presbyterian church in the United States Is imminent, a modernist in . the general assembly declared to ; day. The split will come, accord ing to lr. Henry Slcine Coffin, ol j New York, representing the itbor j al presbytery there. If various Presbyterians uphold the asaemb lly's action of yesterday in voting that liberal acceptance of virgin birth la a necessary qualification for anyone entering the ministry. The ultra-fundamentallstK, thru I )r. 'larenee lid ward M ac .'art ney, asserted that the "law and author ity of the church will be upheld" if the New York presbytery con tinues to license ministers who do not accept all the creedal and doc trinal beliefs of tho church. . Tho protest against the (udiclal commission's ruling yesterday in I upholding that the New York pres jbytery went against church law In (licensing ministers to preach who J (Continued on Page Five.) It If ling wild horses will be a reality at Wallowa Iuke net Sat urdu y und Kunduy ufti i noonn. when the cowboys of .Wallow a county will attempt to ride a group of w lid hot sea brought in from the range, many of which have never been branded. Andy Heaverine, pioneer cow boy of Wallowa county, w ho spent several years with "Hufliilo Ml I IV" wild west . show und the "Hil Wild West Show" Is in charge ot the contest for the Wullowa Lake Wonderland com puny. In t he group of horses which the cowboys will attempt to ride Sat Jrday und Sunday ure several which are "wild" In the re.il sense. They have never hud a saddle on their backs und until now they have run wild on t he range In Wallowa county. .There ure several others which the cow boys have attempted to ride il. the past without success, which wilt play an important part in the program. Plenty of hui'karnos. Severn I dozen cowboys have put in their application to ride the "bad ont'S." Sonic of the boys w ho w ill ride hold records from previoilH contests. while others hope to win their spurs in t In coming contest. Steer riding unci roping will also have a part In the program. A group of steers are being brought In from t he range which should test the ability of the. best of the buckaroos. Wild horse riding In the natural frontier style will he the program for the Wallowa J'ilte bucking contest Sal jrday and Sunday. The horses will be middled and mounted w ithout t he nld of the customary tight corral and shoots used In most bucking eonteHiii. To make the program more in teresting to the spertutoi S the work of saddling und mounting will he done directly in front of the grundstund. The audience will pick the be:d rider. Instead of the Judges ordin arily used. At the close of Un contest Sunday each spectator will be asUef) to w rite t he name of his choice tor best rider, on the back or his ticket. The tick ts Will be collected Utld the VOt'S count "d. and t he prize aw a d-d to the rider w Ith the most vote;. I'orcNt Ps. k r l ined nnd Jailed HOOO ItlVliit, Ore Walter n. It. I a bison, w-H known forest packer, in clung-- of pack trains of 1 to Mount Hood leK(,n etimti for severtil years, wa flnef $:po and ( Ki-tlt'lt-ed (,j ;a day.s In Jail by Jus tice Of the pejice ISIiiMg When he ! pteinb d guilty lo mooitshlullig. fAdam Helmrh h und I,. I.. Wilbur. Portland young men. apprehended with two outig women, weru fined $ ia each for posse,s'cfi of wine. AVMtV AT H. H. Avery, tounly agrP ultni i In attending meetinKs of the boyt' und glrla' clubs at Cove this after- I a oo a. Coast Guard "Bottles" Rum Row Tills picture gives you on Idea of how I lie rujiivennteil coast giuml lias bottled up the bootleg fleet uu rum row. Left lo right you M-e a eonsl iruard ileslroyer, tho Ueuci'itl l'au nlilch Is ai li Sril to be a ruin ship, a iiast guunl liliol and coast guard culler. ' GIRL'S SORROW FOR HERSELF (My I toy !. Clhbons) CHICAGO (MIA Special). The deepest of all the tragedies that have grown out of Hilly McClln tock's fortune Is hidden behind lie shadows in two clear gray eyes. liiabellc Pope, the girl Hilly Mc Clintock would have married If death had not Intervened, does njt care to have the world share her sorrow. "1 dislike being bathed in Hen tlmchtallsm," she says. "1 do not weaii my affections on my sleeve for ihe world to see." Thero are no hysterics, there are no tears except when she i lets herself think of tho dream that couhl never come true. i Ml sb Pope is to testify for the state in the trial of William l. Shepherd. Illlly's foster father, who Is accused of killing hint 1 with typhoid germs to get his, fortune. Will Do llcr Duty. . She will do her duty quietly and unemotionally, . and,- then she waniJ to hear no more of It. Shadows of sorrow well in h"i' eyes us she speaks of it. ' ' "I would rather that what must do weru not to be," she saj... "It will be very bitter. Way must everything be picked lo pieces again ? "My oily hope Is thut the ti'l'il (Continued on Page Eight.) HIT BY FI P1:NIM:T0N. Ore. (My the Ah Kociated Press). l''ire, causing an estimate) damage of 2r,(Mht, destroyed or badly damaged s(v- eral bualneHH cHtablhihmeiitH et Heppner, On -go n. 'I he blaxe stai ted in a meal, market. The establishment:; destroyed tn- eluded: Hopper Tire shop. Schwartz meat markei, v,rs. 1(. CJ., Herren's millinery ntor .Mrs. J. I-'. Uevlne's embroidery shop, the McNamue ho tt'l, the Sku'.f:di tailor hop and the lialdwiu second hand store. V. R. C. to Serve Lunch To Veterans Saturday The Woman's HHIef Corps will ::erve tuuch'-on to iiH'inbers of the il. A. II., Sous of Veterans, Span ish American War veti-rans, local guard and Anu'rlean Legion mem bers that tak pint In the Memorial day ex'Tcisi-s, at tin- K. of p. halt, Saturday, May Sit. Imniedlat'dy afl'-r n'turnlng from the cemetery, At !!::!' o'clock at th liaptlst church llevt rcnd O. A. Pollard will deliver Ihe .Memorial day. address. In connect ion wit h I he address there will alo be ol lier appropriate nuiubern. John IV annamaler Was Right lb' bile Philadelphia nr-rcluml of liilcinalioii.il fume Mild that be nit bfs advetll-lng where bK 'Hlotlie' cpeclci li w' II and wanted II !n tlie liews p:iier. And that IS wleii the lutelll gciil plumper wan Is an uder tW.ti'4 mctsage ii'M where II liilcr no n iKtrcli or lawn, not vt here II offends one's ee or ihm'h one'i destr-e for enter laliifiient. And In The Ob-erer mi ndeiiler flieK minimum rem lee txmt. ObservcT Advurtlslnic A McrchandlHltitf hcrtloe' HEPPNER HMD Half Hundred Men Entombed By Explosion RALEIGH, N. C. (By the Associated Press). More than 50 men were entombed in the Caiolina Coal com pany's mine near Sanford, the result of an explosion today, according to company officials. The men's fate is undeter mined. The rxplonion occurred while tho full rrt'w wuh in tho mine. Iono clout!; or yollow hiiioUc and dun .Tt'rou riimi'H prpviMilod ourly at tciiips at rt;8i;ut Htiveral men pcm'lratcd tho Bhurt a nhort dlii tanoe hut wort drivon bark by a Hrcoml explosion. Thi'y . reported mH'lng nix lioilicH but wtru unahlo to toil whiithor thoy woro dond or alive. , . . NKW YORK (Hy the Associated Press) Tho Cnlon I'atdflc's net openiting Income for April amount ing to $l.R14,27r, was $4ti5.Mi: be low April last year, according to Va)l street statements announced Tuesday, tlross revenues 'ell tu (IX.0K4.9B1 from $15,114,51 0, Net or S7.1&M90 for tho four montltH this year compared with I0 4K4.324 u year ago, while gross declined more than I7.uoo.ouo to i4.0!),3'.5. NEW YOHK (Hy the Associat ed Prens). Komu one is taking advantage of Harry K. Thaw's presence on Hroadwiiy to press agent himself, according to Thaw's I attorney, who denied that Thaw showered tips decklessly in a cab-j a ret Sunday as ws reported in several newspapers. The attorney Kuid that Tha.v merely droppe into tho place for a little recreation ami that, while I lie cabaret patrons may have had n hectic lime. Thaw himself described It as dull. ITALIAN ENVOY TAKES UP DEBT AT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON ( Hy the Asso ciated preHM). The MCNtlon of llaly'H debt to the Phlted HtateH I was brought to the forefront Tuesday by a visit to the treasury of Haron fl. De Martlno, the Ital ian auibaKHadnr, who tailed fiver the whole pub feet of the Italian 1 obligation of $2,1 UH,r.4;i,ipii0, While the conference w a s c? void of concrete resulta, it marke.? the first step by Italy with h r;p' ct to her debt and inlUul. . ciunerHations hlch treasury offl i lain hope will pioceed into a'-Tu.i! negotiations ol funding terinu. The ambassador conferred no hour nnd a half w It Ii Secretary Mellon and t nderseerot.iry Winston, chair..' ninii and secretary, respectlvlv, j of t he American debt coin tnhinlon. IPkmI ltler Cherries Maikeled HlMrt) It IV EH, ll.-The cirller arle1b of eheiTb-H are inaturlng here tU'(j weeks HOOIIlT lliail ill normal yeats. und J. '. Johmion marltebd the first fruit of the pe chit which retailed for 15 cents aj pound. Hoyal Anne cherrb s are coloring and the bar Vint ol the fruit will be on eurlly In June. Car lot shipment ol straw bcirlcs was Uogun. UNION PACIFIC INCOME LOWER IS TIPS STORY DENIED I XTRA ItlNTOl'l U K itoimi.o I1001 ItlVliH, Ore. (AP) Hohltcrs blew the afo In tho iost nf flee-store at Parkdalc early to day ami escaM'd with $.100 cash and $100 in postage stamps. MOTottsiup it km:i NAM MO. It. C. (AP) The; nio toohlp Wakcna burned off this place early today. The crew, of 1(1 men, cened In life ItonlM and were picktsl up by the tug llclln. 1"iro started w'.icti thr fuel tanks exploded. The Wakcna. a wiiodeti vessel of 4U0 gitiHs tonnage, was built In Portland In 1011 and was owned by tho IjHtoucho Packing compmiy. TItIO AC A IX lNIICTi:i AV A S H 1 N ( i'Vi ) X (AP) Albert , I-'all, lOdwartl Dohcny and Harry J Sim-la lr, whose Mudtciiiicnta ax a rijult of the oil scntnlal were dis missed n'i'entlyoii a tifluileallty, were iidudlct4i toil ay by tliu graiuL jury. Ah In tho pit v lot w (iidict nteiitH, those returncil today charg el conspiracy In connei-tloii with the 'l'eaH)t Dome and Klk HIIIn oil lenses. Kdward i. Dobeny Jr.t nanicil in t'.ie prevhius Indict nients. not ndndli'teil. wiMi not intkkpkih: SALIvM. Dir. (AP) (ovenior Pleifv nnnoiiiicetl today ho would not hit erf ere with plans for a mil itary tournament ut Oregim Agri cultural colh'ge mi Dts-oratlon day but in tho future would request that tho loiii-naiiient not bo held that day. The governor received a pro tect from llm (traud Army of the ltepubllc against the toiiiiiatncut. 1TIKNS Hi;U AT HAY Ki;XTIAM, lud. (AP) He tween eight and 12 roblH'rs today iK'slegixl the town or Hrook, near by, blew tin; statu bank vault and escaped wlt'ii t'JAOO. Telephone and tclcg ra ph w I res from 1 1 in town were, cut and the riightenetl citl zens held at buy. MciiiImth of the band pal rolled various corners of the town, slopping at that point with weapons all citizens who ven tured from their s1ioh to Investi gate five dynamite implosions tlial shook the place. SHIPS ON MAHKKT WASIMNtJTON (AP) -The ship ping lmard voted today to offer for sale 200 ships for scrapping. A numtHT of bids Is e.iH4ate4l, prob ably Including ono from Henry Ford. mmUoii of Tiger of Franco . In Hecoino American (ltl,cn KEATTI.E, Wash, (AP) (leorg ei: (iatineau, grandson of (leorgcs 'lenieneeiiU, I he Tiger of Krance, is an automobile salesman In Kent He. lie Ik a son of Andre and The rese Clemcneeau tlatineau. (latluenu wan personal secretary " his grandfather, the Tiger ot l-'ranee, until he Joined the ('"reneh army in l!Hfi. He served In many major engagements near Verdun, After the war, Oatlueau narrat ed, he spent an Inheritance of more than a million francs In km m blag resorts In Western ami .Southern Europe. When his mon y was gone, he worked hhi way to Singapore, back to Paris, to New Orleans, Host on, Central and ioul h A nt erica and Heat tie. Here he Iuih taken nut flint papei-H lo become an American eltlxcu. Capital City's Tenants Paid for Walker's Riches (Hy t bnrhw P. Stewarl) W.AHHINGTON, (NEA Hpeclal) Heiw..ii the lines of ull the obi tuaries published by the Washing ton newspapers it few days ago fol lowing ihe death or Allan E. Walk er, prominent real ettlul" man nnd builder ol the capital, runs n story iulte distinct from that of the car eer the vartoun art teles' authors thought they Mere cuiiflnlng them selves exclusively to. It Is ihe story of the merciless exploitation or Washington's ten ant rkiHs since the yer of Amer ica's entry Into the war. Allmi E. Walker died at tho age ut 4. Hi lather, Uiu lata lUd- ii RUM KG D 1IIS Ben Kerr, Ontario Lake Whisky Operator, Is Caught GIRL ATTEMPTED TO STOP OFFICERS Eight Shots Fired by the Coast Guard Cutter Before Rum Craft and Crew Gave Up. UOfllKSTKU, N. Y. (By tho Associated Press). - Ibm Kerr, Toronto, alleged "king" of Lake Ontario rum runners, was arrest ed today as he was unloading a cargo of Canadian alo from a -motor boat on the lake near Sea breeze. Four men and an armed girl, Mae Davis, were also taken Into custody. Eight shots wero fired by tho coast guard cutter when the rum craft attempted to escape. ("barged with Smuggling;. Tho men are held on smug gling charges and the girl Is charged with carrying1 concealed weapons. When the inspectors approached tho llttlo inlet where tho cargo was being unloaded, the Davis girl, dressed in overalls and with a slouch hat p'lllcd over hvr face, blocked their path. The officers, thinking sho was a nuin, ordered her to surrender but when her right bund moved in her overalls pocket, an officer grabbed It and pulled out a load ed automatic. "You have smashed tho lako iium rlmrv. 'K&v- mH) "Tho rent of tho runners are too yellow to come hero very often,-" PA It 1H ( Hy Associated Press). Information from sources con sidered by tho I'Vench as unim peachable Is to the effect that 147 young Germuns, trained In varloMS semi-iullltary and athletic organizations, have left Germany hound for Morocco by way of Hpain to join tho Hiffiuu forces. Home, It Is said, will receive commissions from the Ittfflans. Hard righting between tho French und Hlfftan forces con tinues with neither sldo making appreciable gains. ACCIDENT SLSPIXT IIEMJ PE.YDEETON. Ore. Fred Al corn or lwlslon, Idaho, alleged to have been the driver of the auto mobile that, collided with the ma chine of M. U Hewitt of Echo on tho Old Oregon Trail May 16, was arrested in Hpokune and will be brought buck to Pendleton to fnco charges of driving while intoxi cated, according to Hlierlff Cook ingham. Holh Mr. and Mrs, Hewitt wero Injured, the latter having suffered u fracture of tho skull. According to officers who investigated tho ease, the Idaho man failed to ren der any assistance to the Hewitts after tho accident. toi.ij oroorn;n alarms ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. (AP) Goitre in the largest single causo for dath In the I'nlted States. E. P. Hloam, IHoomingtun, III., said tu a paper read Tuesday before the American Association for the Study of Goitre. Nearly flvm million peo ple are suffering from tho disease, ho said. lord W. Walker, was a real estate man before him. The son entered the bua.nejn: when he wus 13. 1 Io combined apartment home: promo! Ion with his trade In city lota. At the end of IB more years he wou rated at about $fn,aMi and It wan considered be hud done mi nimally well, his business runklng perhaps second unions ull of its kind in the capital. That the year of America's dec laration or hostilities against the central powers 117. "U was ab nuully. During the last eight years hu accumuluted It nt the rate o (Continued oa Page Four.) GERMANS WILL HELP IFI1S