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
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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
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