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and Friday.
VOLUME XXIII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1925.
MEMBER .ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 198
Dinner Given
A.C. Hampton
By Hi Dads
Straw Hat Season
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FILED AT
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SENTIMENT
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PROGRAM
RADIO S B
FOR ISSUES
Majority of Taxpayers at
Meet Last Night Ap
proved Projects
BONDING ISSUES
FULLY EXPLAINED
Commissioner L a n d i s
Tells Citizens of city's
Problems and Their So
lution. The majority of the sentiment
shown at the city commission meet
ing lust, evening seemed to be in
fuvor of the proposed four bond
ing issues which arc to coniu up
before the voters of la Grande
June 3.
Nearly three hours were devoted
by the. commission and a group of
voters, many of whom were repre
senting organizations, to a general
discussion of the four problems
confronting U Grande und the
purpose for which the municipal
bonds are to he Issued.
The meeting was very informal
und at times took on something of J
the nature of a debate with here
and there a remark or two which
raised laughter umong those pres
ent. lifiiuiU K.vplalns
Tho meeting opened with u thor
ough explanation of the problems
and their solution, as recommend
ed by the commission, given by
Commissioner 'It. P. iJindis.
Mr. lindis took each or the four
issues Individually and explained
just what 1 he money would be
spent for and why it should be ex
pended. lleainninir with the S1X5.1MMI
asked for the city water supply ,.ra, hero for the occasion, spolt..
Mr. 'bnndls pointed out lhat this puying a high tribute to J. T.
, mini orvvoc,";- was loV' wo '-'. Longfellow, nowly oleoled y:pev
not only di" the Heaver creek proj- ' mtendent of the local schools,
cot, hut to improve the city reser- t,r, Longfellow . then spoke
voir, drill a test well to be used as briefly and Mr. Kherhard told ot
an auxiliary water supply, repair,,, school board's association with
the pipe line from Heaver creek, r Hampton.
repair the city pumping plant at. Hampton then responded,
the river, and lay the mutn In the Impressing his very keen nppiv
Ainnnt KniMv Tltulier cotilDailv !,.iiinn rr the kind things said
mill. about him and staling that li
Of the $18,'i.(i"(i a sum of $:!.",- w0 ,(, uo the cause of his making
Odd h to be expended to bring West H pr(ffi. to higher und more un
Heaver creek and Hidden Springs Hinsh service in his new field,
into the city water mains by a di- flared that he' would ai
red flow. This would do away VVays feel himself a part of l.a
with the present system of im-1 r,,iinde even though removed
pounding the water at the Heaver from this city.
creek dam and guarantee a million During his remarks. Grandad
und a quarter gallons of water. Glass stated that It was the wish
Dependent on Pump of the Hi Hads to present Mr.
Tin- citv in at nreselit dependent
upon the Howman-lllcks pumping
plant, said lr. Land is In his talk.
For this reason $:'5,ooa is to lie ex-
(Continued on Page Five.)
The annual meeting of the Kant
em Oregon Sportsmen's association
will be helil In I.i Grande in con
Junction with the Wing. I''ln and
Fleet root club's annual l ishing con
ten and hamtuet Ihe latter part or
June or early in July, depending
upon the condition of the streams.
TI, l note ntirtiiillv nr-
ruiigol. The rlshlng contest will !
he held on Sunday and .Monday of j
Ihe week chosen ,the annual trapj
shoot of thi' sportsmen's assoeia- j
lion Tuesday and the hanciuet Tues- ,
day evening. :
The a:moeiation membership In- j
eludes ten counties eiust of the Cits-
cade mountains. j
Two prizes, orrered hy 'he Wing.
l'Nn anil Kleetl'oot cluh. a -22 cali- j
her rifle and a shot gun for the
most crows and magpies killed lv j
any boy or girl in this county, will
Win- awarded at the liunttuet. No II-
"lease Is required to shoot these
hirils. The contest will he decided I
according to the numlier of crow
and magpie reel displayed. I
SPORTSMEN TO
CONVENE HERE
Four Golf Teams Meet
Here Saturday, Sunday
liniil detuils of the int-r-citv
K'lf tournament, to be held her--Saturday
and Sunday with fl,r
t'-uuia competing, were worked out
bv the connMltt'-' S in liurge at a
luncheon held In the Sommcr ho
tl at noon today.
About 40 boys will be need- I
at the club ground?' Saturday and
Sunday to act as caddies, it wan
announced by the tournament
eoiiimlttee today. Hoys ho tld g t
In touch with A. W. Nelson Prlnt-
lng company before Friday eve
ning. Mr. Nelson will give tile
iiiatruvtious uui la tu clian.-
Local Organization Elects
Officers for Coming
School Year at Banquet
Last Night.
In itnntc ciutlon of his nine years
affiliation with the Ui Ornnde
public schools, the Jji (.irunde Hi
I 'tills tendered A. C. Hampton,
superintendent of schools, a furc
well banquet last evening in the
Sominer grill ul 7 o'clock. Mr.
Hampton will leave this city the
first of July tor Astoria where
hu will uss Jute charge of the
schools there,
Colon II. Uborhard, chainnun
of tho !,a Grande hoard of edu
cation, presided at the banqul.
A business meeting occurred pro
ceeding tho ufter-dinner speaking
with Orand Hud George Glass pro
siding Tor tho last time.
Officers were elected for 1U'':.
as follows lr. W. P. McAdorv.
grand dud; W. 1'. Perkins, st"p
dad; Chester Thompson, ho dad
and A. W. Nelson, pay dad.
Mr. McAdory was then pre
sented as tho new leader of the
organization which has function
ed so successfully here and in
response, spoke briefly, express
ing his appreciation of the hon.u
conferred upon him.
Chairman Kherhard called upon
A. T. Hilt, former school board
member for many years, George
V. Cochran, a member of the li
brary board. K. I. Towler. prin
cipal of the high school tor dx
years under Mr. Hampton, War
ren Gilbert, Floyd McKcnnon and
J. E. lleynolds. former school
board member "ho was charac
terized as the father of uthlctk'S
in ' Ui Grande high school. All
responded with a few well chosen
words.
Mr. Glass was then called Upon
for a farewell talk, representing
the Hi Dads, to Mr. Hampton.
The president of the Nampa
hnurd of education. George
ov-
Hani nton with tile nisi nvnw i"
in i.i, ki n v.vri;u sot gut
OUKGON 1'1'i'V. Ore. Piping
or Hull Hun water lo points as rar
.south as the I'lackamas river, to
serve users in the Kighty-second
street district and the city of Glad
stone is Hie objective or a group
or residents in the community af
fected. A mass meeting has been
called ul the t'lackamaK school
house, where addresses will he
made by George I'. Johnson, at
torney, and It. I. Gilbert, civil en
gineer. The plan is In create u water dis
trict tit serve I'lackamas and the
surrounding territory, and Install
the supply main on Light y-second
street road, connecting with til
I'nrtlund svsteni at the southern
limits or the city.
KAItLY PAPI'.lt SATI IIDAV
The Keening observer will Is
sue and deliver an early morn
ing paper Saturday. Memorial
Hay. and all display advertising
copy, classllled advertisements,
church notices must lie In the
Kvening Observer office by it
o'clock rrlday morning to in
sure Insertion in the Saturday
issue.
The business section of Ii
Grande will also be closed Me
morial hay. which will make
necessary that all purchasi-s for
Saturday and Sunday lie made
Friday.
Ibis portion of tin- lounmmeii!.
Hoys will be n-MUited " bring
lunches and to be at the cluh
grounds ut I" o'clock Saturduy
hum iiing.
The Walla WaMa. Maker, pen
dhton and (rand- teains wil'
tt-e off at 1" o'clock Sittird.iy
mmninc unl ,'it
! nVloctt Sunil.iy
day MJ holes wiM
morninir. i;aeh
l- pluye.l.
The l,e:illt;iUl le
elip lo 1- (
won l.y Ihe I'-nt HI lien on
mejal play lwJ t now on
(CuXitluuvJ uo l'gt Five.)
the
American Legion to Have
Charge of Saturday's
Services
PARADE TO MARCH
TO BURIAL PLACE
Noon Dinner to Be Fol-;
lowed by Afternoon
Program ; Ladies to Sell
Poppies.
Tin- Memorial Day program
here this year will differ Bome-'ed
w hat from the ".isual one. In tli.it
tlm l.a Grande post of this Atner-1
lean Lesion will have complete
clinrffe of the day.
The parade of the veterans of
tho various wars, the I.u Orundej
Municipal hand, the W. ft. C, the
Ladles' Auxiliary to the Legion,
gold star mothers and liny others' held in abeyance pending the out
who may wish to take pari, led come of the general election in No,
by the national guard unit of
La Grande, will form In front
of the city building at Id o'clock
and leave for the Masonic ceme
tery at 10:30. where the that part
of the memorial services for the
day w ill be held. After tho Lei-1
ion has gone through their cei-i-
monv. the W. It. will hold n
ceremony for the unknown dead,
. .
Mmmi ll.imer.
Immediately follow ing the re- wlk.h s,.(.(.r , ,.dlng the ex
turn from the cemetery, dinner (.culvt! vto. of this". TI wen
win be served in ine i. oi i
halt ly the w. it. I . anil i.nuics
Auxiliary to the Legion to all
memuera oi me uinercoi pa...-
otic or n ot tne city. Any via-
iting members are welcome lo at-
tend.
in the atternoon, m :.m o cioi
linai .ervices win ,m i '""
Huptist church .under the , huh-
I'"'1'" "r 11 'B,,m '""'
ot tne uwn win un ioiiowuj.
..,...L..K
A program has been arranged
, . n.l1i,1.,,v i.n.l li,, I,
K. llrady 'as speakers, and Itny
Williams and Miss Fi iederil.e
Kehllke will sing. Miss Hci.n.llshmont or a hospiiat lor me iu
Williams will render a piano solo.
The public Is cordially invitcj
to these services.
Memorial Hay the business sec
tion will be closed. On Friday
evening the merchants will ke-p
tlicli doors open until x::in o'clock
to permit customary week-cad
shopping for Saturduy and Sun
day. The city will be decorated with
nags, erected on poles In front
of tile vurlous buslneBa places.
These decorations will be used,
neiiiuinentlv for all occasions that!
call for municipal decorating orbited Press)
(Continued on Tane Five.)
M. 1.1 DAY
The annual M. I. A. la'. of tin.
It. S. church wuh celebrated last
evenlim- hen at the Amurt.-meni
hall. Hcpri'sentativeH were tiren-nt
form Haker, .c'ove, I'nion, Inibler.
Mt. (ilenn and La Grande wards.
At Nix o'clock dinner wuh served to
approximately Si pcopb
with I .est cr Stoddard pieaidlnif ut
toant master. Toasts and musical
numbers wen- irlven hy the various
wards. The Cove ward received
the prize for the most arti.sllc cen
terpiece. Ater dinner contest work whs
the feature. In the quart el con
test t'ove won from Hiker. Hnkur
won from ov In the ladies ora
torical content and In the debate
ron test Inibler won from linker.
I j no winners in mes'. coiiicsik win
compel' wtin IU' noise rsiaKe m. i.
A. at "'isi'r In the near future.
KollowInK tills proKiam the rc
niainiler of the evening was spent
dam-lug, the I'nion Stake M. I, A.
orchestra furnlshinjr the music.
Klmo lcK had charife of Un
contest work und Nepht t. 'onion
was chairman of tho music com.
milt co.
II
A. M. Honnai; Will He
Realtors Guest Friday
The l.ii rirumle Keulty Moiinl
will Ktve u liiinMlel tomorrow even,
tni; llt'lhe SolllliK-r holet .Itnltis
riioiii for H. A. M. Ilolinai'. nr,ni
cielll of the NorthweMt I'.i'lilly Ah-
Isoelatlon. nlel T. U ZiiitiMerinaii.
js"ei','tury of the HHien tut Ion, who
I will lie lu re ut Ihul Mine lor an
nn hit Mull.
illorice rurr,- uiel I.. H U.el.i
nit-mliem of I tie local tiounl, will k'i
to linker tomorrow to utten'l a
lunelleon of the linker Itealty
EourJ tli-;re tomorrow uoou.
PROGMM HELD
I DI GIT
Tithing Bill Takes Place
with Cigarette Tax
and Bus Bill
TO BE HELD UP
UNTIL ELECTIONS
Three
Hundred Eleven
New Laws, Enacted by
'Last Legislature, Ef
fective Today.
SAI.KM. Ore. Hy tin- Arsocllt-
1'riHS) Jul hefore inidlllBhl
. Iumi nlKht completed petltionH for ti
refen nilum of the. Uthing hill were
filed with the Hceretury of slate,
The petitions contained !l.35(.
certified nanu s,
With the firlnK of tin; petition,
the tithing hill, the has 1)111 and the
'tobacco tax hill will all now lie
yomlier, I'J'-ii.
Xi;V LAWS KI'I'l'.CTIVK
SAL KM. Ore. (Al') A total
311 laws, enacted by the last stale
legislature, became effective al
midnight last night, through thi
lanse of the conslllutlonal 90
days since adjournment of tho sen
sion.
b.g.ijii.tora r,aaM,i 3S lawfc
emergency
measures. most
,,,,.,, .. .... appropriation
,11a oJ ,,lennlnl seusiolt. In
ml(moM ,,.,, ,.,,. Hiree measures
rr,.rr,.,, lo ,,. p,.0, ,y ,(. Ugls-
Iiml ,,,. others the clg-
I,,piiu i.,v lh, 111 Line- bill and tile
,(US bmhplu ,, u,rnliBh tho in-
vokinK of I ho referendum by till
,., ..,,.
or ,,. tl,ree measures referred
, ,.Kl, r, ,. provides fol
the location of a state normal
w'bool at Seaside, another provld
les for the creation or a state norm
al nrliool 111 Kastern Oregon and
the third provides for Ihe c-slab-
(Continued on Page Five.)
ITFTElPERSONS
INJURED TODAY
IN TRAIN WRECKS
Oia'ATI K, 111. Three hurl
fn derailment nem Forrst.
M:V YOltK Twehc hint In
siihuiiy rullldiin.
HKCATl It, 111. (Hy th
A:iHoel-
-Thrcc pi'iHons were
injured todny In u collision of two
bauh piisHener train' hit a broken
rail near Kornst today. Two IMill
muii conches turn rl on th-ir Hides
NKW YOliK. (Hy the AstHociat
eil I'ri'ss ) Twelve person h wei
Injured today in a colliltm of two
Hiihwuy trains In the I iron v. Th
,rear platform nf a m-ven-rur train
and the front end of another truin
teh-m-oped. S'-veial pas:i' liK"i-H an
jrcporti'd Herlitiis.y hurl.
Bucking Contests at
Lake Arc Sidetracked
Directors of the Wnlloua IjiUe
Wonderland resort met last e
ening and out or deference to the
American Deghm and other r
gnnlatloiiH and In hMi' for
the memory id' IIiom for whom
the day I observed derided not
lo have the bucking ami riding
contests at Ihe lake on Memorial
May as had been niiuounced,
The dance Sutunluy evening will
Im glwn n" scheduled.
John
IVannamafyer
Was Right
The tale Philadelphia merchant
of Intei national fame said I hut
he i:it his adverllshig where
his iii-tomcts cp.-f-ed lo see
It and wanle-l It In the ncw-
UIH'l.
And that IS wlc v (be Intelli
gent sbontM'r wauls nu mlver
lls!ti' mesge nol where It
liilers titi n iKi-cli or lawn, not
where ft offi'iel one's ee or
n-ossi's mi"' lelre for enter
hiinment. And In The ob ervi-r
tin ndvorllr finis miiiiimim
reader eisl.
'Observer Advertising
A Mcrchaiidlshitf Her v lee'
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INVITATIDNIS . HIIWEYiELDS IXTRA
SENT AD CLUB EIGHT BODIES
roKTI.AND. Or (Special).
AccordlnK to W'illiaui 1'. Mt-rry. to
whom a telegram Inviting the
I'ortlund Ail cl ib caravan to a
cowboy break Hint at Kilter pride
July 4th uuh Hent yesterday. It Is
hoped that the caravan will be
enabled to accept tin invitation,
although definite! announcement
muat come later.
KNTKKI'HIHK, wre, (Special).
A tflcKi'uiu was sent to the
I'ortlund Ad cluh yesterday Invit
ing the cluh caravan to Wallow a
county to a cowboy breakfast on
the iiioi-uIuk of July 4th, when
the caravan will be In this sec
tion of Kastern On-non.
The breakfast would be of the
cowboy style, served In a real
western manner und the contem
plated menu Is bucon and ckks.
trout, bannocks and coffee,
The wire also told Portland that
the Wallowa county race meet
would be held here July 3-4, und
Mie caravan was Invited to at
tend. The telegram was sent to Wil
liam I'. Merry, In chaiKe of the
caravan plans, and' was signed by
II. I'ole. mayor, I). H. ltcuvls.
secretary of the chamber of com
merce, and County J idge, K. K.
Jordan.
Pro m i n cn t S pc a ke is
To Address Convention
PHHTI.ANI. re. (Special)
Speakers of outstanding proiuln
ince, both men and women, have
ben secured for the twenty-flft h
annual iMinventlou of th'- Oregon
Federation of Women's "lobs
which opens In Marshficld Monday
and continues over Thursd ly after
noon.
Among the spankers will be li,
F. Irvine. Ir. Jonah H. Wis". Miss
Ceiiu (hivln. ('. C Colt, Dr. Waller
Hrow n, Mrs. Sadie ( )rr I Ml n bar,
M Iss Jracn J 'helps and J. A.
Churchill.
oticii mam s i,om; hiki:
CAS' 'A UK MICKS. Ore. Miss
Hose It lock of Port land of Port -hind
hiked 4 A mileit In 14 hours,
catrvltig a ffi-pound pack from
Wuhttirn lake lo Cascade Locks and
bu.k iicconlliig lo J. II. drove,
car1 taker of the Hoy Seoul camp
at Ihe lake, who vviim here.
I
The girl, according to Drove, had live September I, hiis been
'spciil ii week-end at the bike und. !fused by the conductors, they mi
i wishing lt icnd Imt stay, walked nounced Tuesday. The rniuest tor
! to CitH ad'- Locks lo b lephoti" to double time lnst-ail of time mid
: litT purenls in Portland. After u half for 'overtime wus also re
u.i.lLiiif fmr rtilli'M I. uric tiiwnnl Ihe fiiHeil 'I'hc CiiriH lltiUH eililduiHl.e'l
i Dt k - she rcmi-mlM-n d thaPshe wasiat the time the request was mud'-!
I lo gel .some mull lure, returned fur it hut no strike w;ia contemplated i
I p, jitid cool I nucd the mu rch.
IUhIv llellcvcd Found
TDK DAI. I. KM. ijrc A body
1ms b- i n found lodged along i he
west hnnk ot lh DcHcbu'cs river
n ar Nntih Junction which jiiotwrs knll und other Injuries lo the head
the 'It icrlption or Patrolimm Me- !iii race on 'he Columbia big b wn y
Cutclicon or ihe porland iollce bu-!lioui to lie- east nf Ibis city,
r-tiu. who wuh drowned while flsh-jwlo-n he wa run over bv a car
log m;.r Dfilewav May Di, iiceord- ' driven by t)irge Went shy of VVap
lug to a report received by Coroner 'uto. Wash., refrigerator ennlneer
Hell. The coroner kfl at once for for ihe Yukimu Fruit Otowt-rs" as
NortU Junttioa. uutUtLou.
COALdl.KN, N. ( Hy the As
sociated Press). With eight bod
ies recovered from the wrecked
Curol Ina Coal company's mine ul
noon today, approximately three
score miners are still unaccount
ed for.
COAIjGMCN. N". C (Hy the As
sociated I'rcss) A recheck hy tho
mine timekeeper showed there were
men recorded os having- been
In the mine at the time of the ex-
t.lnMlnn f if llw.n -7 u..ri ullifn
and 2ti negroes. . The bodies of five
whites and three negroes huve been
recovered.
WASHINGTON (Hy 11m Asso
ciated Press). Tho army general
staff has been directed lo make
a study of the, effect upon mlll-
tni v eHtnbllHlimenlM of f tll-t hT
ARMY BUDGET
CUT NUT GOME
progresslvo reductions hi army up- nuwt seen nays nave pusseu vvmi
I.ioprlatlons. should that Im or- l nrd fnmi Iho Amundsen ex
dercd under the adminlslratlon's l'lltlon. plans for relief Hirtles In
economic program. America and Norway huvo been
The study Is understood to have "-' " wlci of u'ternn explor-
l.. en milered on the ,uhh of a The COIieeilMIS of Opinion ll-
! White House communlculton to I"'" ' rlr,M "
the war department. - .no Immediate ilnnaer. Kuud Uuh-
Whether olher government .,."''". Danish eiplorer. polnls to
partmenls received similar ccono- the pws,sblllty that Aniuiulsen went
!mic budget suggestions has not'''-'"'' Fonger or tape Folun.hia,
'In which ease nothing would be
Secretary Weeks Goes
Under the Knilc Today
HUSTON (Hy the Associated)
Pi-..hh) Secretary Weeks was op-
crated upon today for gull stones,
A bulletin issued said his condition
wus good.
Waj?e Increase Denied,
No Strike Is Planned
POUTI.AM), fre. (Hy the A
Hoelitt''l Pn-H-'i). 'Ite(UeMt (f (In
Curpcnleis' union h'te for un m
creuHe ft'oni H to u day. i-ffec-
n cuse of refusal.
ni.v nu-inii ..Niii
AS I ' M ! I A. Te. -Itooei i iipiwii,
10. son of I'tiiiries nrj.wn or
W'-stport. miHtained a fractured
WIH. Klld.s HI SltAM)
TACOMA. Wanh. (,P) lxing
lcssotpi In niarUHiiiiuixhlii vlih'i Jiv
Itnd hI von tits tlo fitliiiliinttfl la
(ally today Tor Hugh Dcliuiey, M-nl
hover, 1icn his lfc, Mngilnlcn,
AO, hhot him thtiuigh tho heart
with Ihe lust ruction pistol during
altercations, Dclancy Ihii'atcuctl
to kill 'tier und wan holding an army
rifle iMdiitlng toward her when she
fired, tho woman thl tho imiIIc4
A bullet, one of two fired hy Mrs.
Delaney, lodged between tho stwk '
And barrel of Ills rifle. Tho wonuui
declared Delaney wiw preparing to i
, flro at her when tho first bullet j
"" r Iimmi smicK mo hwk
UIII MM'llcd I'4 ollll. I'. CllltOII,
eye wltiM-ss, eorrolHi rated tho wo-
man's .story.
MOKF. DATA ON DF.HT
WASIIINf iTO.S (A I) Amluis
sailor da Martinet of Italy has
cabled Ills goveniineiit for addi
tional Information uiwm which to
eoiitlnue dlsenssloiiN with Heeretnry
tary .Mellon relative to funding
the Italian debt. Mellon regards
tho ambassador visit two days
ago as iH-glnnlng nctunl negotia
tions for funding tho settlement.
JtlXIFF PLANS HALTFD.
M;V YOHK, (Al') Although
lieaiti i mm ine pariy mini iih nrs
mall fmm
nel year.
I'liulc, about lhi time
DOYS Ml Itltl.K HAHF.
1 .1 l. Ulss. rt ..mm
l ere', H was rormail) eiini-geti wnn
mmder t(Mlay. lie and Mllthvln
Ihirletous, u. admitted that for e -
'' Meini nl they threw little Vivian
Mary llusson. Ill nioulhs nl.l, mio.inui ine r renin losses m ine mi
the vv billing rapids Indnw Paw - i finu war wan 400 kllbd. llO'i
nickel rlls vcsterilav. The baby! wounded and 35 missing. A third
ii"wii. Miinadas n held as
wllncs--1.
Wheeler Defense Board
To Fight Prosecutors
(l I buries P. stevvnrt)
WASH! N i'l'i N (NFA Special )
-Tin Wheel. r d'-fense committee
hns raised $:miui to fight the Wash
lligton conspiritcy c;ise ug.itnst S'
....
,.linlri.
utor Huriou . Wheeler
l,tlon ai
(......I nil i.hi-Im (if (he
..iinlrv. ,.... under II. The big
i lf,M(H. ,ltl( ,MM ,,.,. r,.r ..v.r.in.
gre.'isimin and Mrs. William Kent.
Culttornlu - Th commllb-e
t -r.
Wl ler Ini't rii b. Ills Montanu
ea.-e -(cl til ill a guod deul. To
lllustriilc. when the prosecution
announced Hie New York lawyer,
Jlai:st us u witness, Wheeler real
III CHASE
Two Bank Robbers Dis
cover Modern Weapons
to Be Efficient
BANDITS CAUGHT
AFTER LONG RACE
Telegraph and Telephone
Helped Spread News of
, a Holdup Near Des
Moines Late Yesterday.
ST. JOKKIMI, Mo. (Hy the Asso
vlnted I'rt-SH) Hunk robbing dotn
n't pay with ho inuny modern win.
ponH ut tho comnwind of thi hunkH
and tho pollc, two men who parti
cipated In a hnnk rol)hry at Dos
Mo in 4u hmrned Into yt'Hterduy.
After a fHslit of morn than 150
tnlli'H In ui) nutomoblli following a
holdup. In which they obtained $1,
&tio, the men wvra captured near
Avenue Chy, north of here. Two
of their companions mruped.
(-"rank KuvrlM, 24, uhot In tho
arm, und Joe Warmer, ihot In the
head nro heinjf held here.
Kudlo, teloffraph und telephone
Hpread nevn of tho holdup und an
airplane joined In tho pursuit or
the bandits.
MKKHKMJUR KOBHF.I).
PKOHIA. III. (Hy the Associated
Press) Several men today robbed
a Ktundurd Oil messenger of be
tween I25.UOO and $.tii,eui and es
caped with tho money.
NKW YOUK (Hy tho Associated
Pri-ss) The New York American
today quotes Hurry K. Thaw, in
explanation of his ussoclation with
Miss Fawn Gray, dancer, who the
paper says has received $f0i)0
worth of diamond bracelets from
him.
"I shan't say t love her but I
win uonin ucep aomiraiiou, inaw
IB quoted IU Sliyltlg. "1 WUS Ht TUCk
by her enchanting personality and
grace, she reminded inn much of
the girls when 1 wus a young blood.
I'll bet she will ho married to soma
other man within u year. It's ri
diculous to think anyone cares for
mo."
RIFF FORCES
TI
PARIS (Hy the Aiiocinteil
Press) The French command in
Morocco reports tho percentage of
KitTlan cause ur said to be show
front line has been greutly In
ercHed In the last few days.
The tribesmen won over to the -Hlfftau
cause are said tot Im show
ing more and more reluct unco to
light Abdel Krlm's battles and lie
hnH been obliged to call upon his
best and most reliable troops.
PAKIS Mly the Associated
Press) Deputy Maglnot of the
Republican Democratic, bloc todity
announced thai opposition In the
chamber id deputies would vol"
con i nonce in in- e. ... .i a
Aioroeean poney. mm wn
1 1 Insure the governmctil of a inn-
jjoilly on Iho .uestlon.
Premier Palnlevc announced
of iho casualties were rench and
the remainder iSengaiem.
Izcd that he needed tvbutlal t.-sll-mony.
He relb-d fur it on three New
Yf.Tker.s whom he had to find tu a
i hurry. He couldn't trust Hie very
I Juhtlce tb purttiieill which sought
! his conviction to look for them.
! u I"""'
dctec-
! Hefore I he trio reuclied Omit
' Kails, Hayes had tohl no weak a
i story t Hut they were turned back.
j Hut that bill ulonu exceeded
j
i
j ''h,; Washington case will bo
I
I (Cotilluuud on i'aifra Four.)
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