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VOLUME XXIII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 218
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PUE83
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-
CITY
EDITION
V
MHO
OF HIT. EMILY
: Sawmill Will Probably
I Begin Cutting in Sep
! tember or October
INSTALLING NEW
MACHINERY NOW
Work in the Woods IS
Keeping Pace with the
Building Here ; Camp
Unit Cars Out.
lODITOK'S OTK
This is tin first or n series of
weekly stories touching iiH)ii
the Industrial, ngiiciilturiil ami
coinmcivlnl rev'imM'cs of La
Lrandc, riihm and Wallowa
counties which will be publish
ed in Ihe KYCiiiii Observer.
The new Ml. Kmlly Timber com
pany's plant here, now under con
struction and rapidly nearlng com
pletion, is scheduled to In formul-
ly opened some time in September
; or October, according to the latest
plans or tho company officials.
Two Kvenlng Observer reporters
went through the plant which Is
now a veritable bee-hive of indus
try, with the laying of brick walls,
placing of heavy machinery, and
other items that will go to make
the concern a finished plant by
fall, progressing very satisfactorily.
A large crew of men is now busy at
thje grounds.
J Installing Machinery
The machinery, although some
has been permanently set in. the
nrooer uuces, is iiiosuy nun
installed in, the sawmill, the box
department and planer. Some un
itn have not arrived but will be
here when needed.
The sawmill proper is a huge
builtKtii;. dimensions by 114
feet with i2 main concrete busi
Khaftiui;. Tliri-c f-initiffi-H. I In ed -
gcrfi ami triniuiiTs tre on tin- riotir
oho i-uri-iugu cnpuiiit! oi cutting
32 foot mirr. Ahov nils .i.Mnt-
im-nt Ih tho filing room, whurc
thri'O men will dovoto their entire
tin... to ruins :'s. uml observe-1
Hon" suae.-. where on.' may watch
the mill In operation, ohlnl.ilnc a
birds-eye view of the work, l.ulu-
(Continued on Page Five.)
E.
WAbbOWA. Ore 'Special) At
Wallowa Lake, starting Sunday,
June 21. will be held the annual
Methodist camp meeting. lasting
for a week uml lollowed by the
Kpworth League Institute, Dele
gate:; from all of Ka stern Oregon
will attend. Courses will be given
In Bible study. Methodism, meth
ods for the young people, and in
the work of Ihe pastors.
A inong the prominent Metho
dists who will lend the meeting
are: Walter B. Koley. ChWagn, of
the central of lice of the Kpuorth
.League; Henry S. Kreneh, Phila
delphia, member of the Hoard of
Home Mission:; Kdwurrt Ixiird
NEAR
CAMP TO
OPEN SUNDAY
Mills. Portland, Oregon, editor of;t was presumed thai Mr- Morrison
the Paeific Christian Advocate; K. had gone to his neighbor's barn to
M. Jasper. Salem, Oregon, Kdiica- J hoi row a horse at the time e was
tlonal secretary of Kpworlh Leiv'uo Htrieken.
in Oregon; It. Karle Parker, pastorl Mr. Morrison was years' or
or the Kirst M. K. Church nrjuge and had lived In Ihe Liberty
Port In ml: Hurry S. Il.unlllon, Hoi- district for ten yearn. He was born
8 Idaho, snperinlendent of tho in Polk county. Mr. Morrison Is
Western Oregon, and JJert A. Po-' survived by his willow, a son, llalph
welt. La tirande. Oregon, will lie J Morrison, and a daughter. Mrs.
recreational director. ' Vey:i Kastman of MarysvtHe, Cat.
Company E. Ranking One
In National Guard Camp
(Ity a I'M (minle fiuimlMiian for the battalion parade.
I'AMP JACKSON cWciul to tli
Observer by Mail) The chest of
every man in Company K. Is sweil -
imI to an adove normal si sen as In-
tspcctinK officers have Judged Com-
puny K. the rwnking company at;
Camp Jackson. The companies!
were indeed for neatness and or -
derliness . Kaeh of the corporals
of the several siads is doing hia
best 10 outdo ihe others in keen -
Ing his snuads tents in order. Kaeh of linker, O. of Korest Grove and
row of tents has a border nf white-. H. or the mlliy. The parude
washed rocks In Tront. Company : was performed excellently accord -K.
IMith is fonm-d with rocks tn,inf to the onlookers.
front of each tent. Lvery inorn.j The guards ror Ihursday: Mll
tng the t-nts are inspected by of-; -in Hlanehard. (iwin M Noun. Itay
flcers within the company for de- mond payton und Sidney Ue d.
fret. The K. P.'s are: Crl Shanks. Leo
The first wrt of Vcdn-H.a Havn, und Tom Wade,
morning, drill period, whs taken I The menu for the evening was:
up with open order drill and the; Mashed potatoes, com, veal sUw,
remainder was used for practicing rice puddintf, milk and coffee.
Second Night !
Of Paree Is
Successful
Final Evening of Legion
Show Expected to At
tract Large Crowd of
Pleasure Seekers.
"Yankee puree," second night.
I was more successful lhan I he open-
!er, judging; from the crowd In at
tendance lust evening. The gay
throne of pleasure seekers which
filled nearly all the avullable apace
I in the immense hull seemed to en-
Joy every minute of the show. Al
though they worked hard ut It the
I legion men In charge f the booths
and others connected with the pre
sentation end of the exhibition
I acted us If they were getting a bis
"ut of it also so everyone was
, nappy.
With the troubles u;ways at
tendant to the first night over with
the show went ucross In fine shape
on its second day.
The dancing- gained In popular
ity uud the floor wa alwas well
filled with couples. The floor had
,been worked over and the rough
spots .smoothed out adding consid
erably to the pleasure of dancing.
The il-ia ripe.ru. pluying-under
n handicap of shouting and hum
I mering concession men. put. out
Ian excellent job lust evening with
I their full personnel present.
I This orchestra has a smooth
(harmonic style of playing devel
oped in the American colleges
which Is particularly adapted to
(he newer dunce steps. This com
bination. of harmony and syncopa
tion is characteristic of everything
the Pi-Id Pipers play.
The evening was one to increase
the popularity of Mslcu Snodgras
French Cafe and this department
of the "Yankee paree" proved more
than eriual to the occasion. Verit
able fountains of vin rouge, cog
nac, cuii de cologne and other thirst
quenchers were served over the bar
all evening.
Mrs. Wells dancers again pleas
ed the uudlence with their grace
ful ballet Interpretations. The final
dance program will be presented
tonight.
The concession booths must be
visited to be upprecialed
Many
members of the American Region
whose talents were hitherto un
known proved wonderful speelers
and these talks are a wel:( liked
feature of " I Ik? shoW; Ulanknls,
I dolls, candy, electric fans, pillows.
1 '
ford Car Burned iSear
(vp I.rkI Eveninc
V.UVI Uitl LiVtlUIli,
COVK (Kni-clal) A 1' ord cur
owned l.y l.oula Peck wus burned
M cvonlnit about 9 o clock on the
Cove-l-a Grand.! hishway about a
Iraveliug representative for the
Watkins products and wus on his
way home to Cove when another
car, going ut a fast, rule or speed,
hit him and tipped his car off the
highway Into a deep ditch con
taining about t hree or four feet
of water. The gas ran out of the
(unk and formed on top of the
waler. Men were called from Cove
and In trying lo remove the car
from the. ditch a match was struck
and the gas ignited, destroying the
ear.
Mr. Peck was unhurt except Tor
a few minor bruises. i ne ear was
equipped with a commercial bark
and wiis filled with goods at the
time of the accident. There wan
no insurance on the car which was
a total los. amounting to between
$iu and $?(.
.1. c. .MoiutisoN is ih;ai
SALKM, Ore. J. C Morrison, a
runner living near Liberty, was
found dead In Ihe barn of R I
Seott. whose ranch adjoins that
owned by Mr. Morrison, physicians
said that M r. Morrison's death
probably was due to heart disease.
In the afternoon all of ihe non-
commissioned officers were called
ito bike to a point two miles norlh
of the camp for the purpose of
planning the demonstration which
is to take place soon.
The battalion purude or the lind
! battalion under the command of
Major Huron took place this eve.
ning at 6:15 Company K. bd th
1 parade followed by Company K.
Saw 3 Die
f
m '14
Kitty KJcrimn, nliuto. Is ni
gaged for the fourth ttntc. Kaclt
of her previous finaiKH'CH was
slain In the warfare that racked
her imtive country, Ireland, for
so many years. Michael Kellc
hcr, llnrry I tola ml nnd the fam
ous Michael Collins were the
tlireo killcil. Her newest sweet
heart is ftcncral J-'clix Croiiin.
And livlund Ls at peace one
more.
The Oaily Vacation Hlble school
closed its session last night with
a very creditable program In the
M. K. church, showing some of
the training given In tho iichool.
The craft work was on display In
the basement of the church.
A grand total or 6K0 enrolled In
the school, distributed us follows:
Methodist Kpiscopul 8ft; Methodist
KpLscopal church. South K2; Chris
linn church 71 ; Presbyterian 62;
Latter lay Saints (Mormon) 57;
Uiiptlst 3j Church of Ood 3tt;
Kpiscopul l!7; Lutheran 17; Nana
rcne la; Christian -Seivnuw- B ; Sal-
vatUm Army 7; Pentecostal 4;
Catholic 4: Seventh Day Adventisl
2; International Itlble Students' as-
imctatlon 2, and with no church af
filiation or preference, 58, making
the grand total of &SU.
The school to hold the pupils
had many obstacles to overcome,
for the only hold the nehool had
was the interest of the pupils in
that which was being given- Some
of the things overcome were pupils
finding work and dropping out.
sickness, cold rooiii for wuU-h no
fne could be provided on the bud
get the school had, etc. Yet the
school had a daily average attend
ance of a 17. There were 18a who
never missed a day in 1 he four
weeks and so were awarded the
purple honor badge; 254 had three
weeks of perfect attendance to
their credit, receiving the blue
honor badge and 319 hod two
weeks of perfect al tendance re
ceiving th red honor budge, while
3S had a full week perfect at
tendance receiving the white honor
badge. ,
lieport Lhen.
The report of the superintendent
of the school showed some very In
teresting facts as to the teaching
force of the school and that which
made possible Ihe school. A total
of I -'7 people gave volunteer serv
ice nf from fifteen minutes to lie 3
hours during thi school. A total
of 'A'Alo hours of a little better than
42 days of eiwht hours a day, 01
volunteer service wus given. Of
those giving this volunteer service,
they came from Ihe following
walks of life: Housewives, school
teachers, students, preachers, law
yers, doctors, dentists, nurses, busi
ness men, clerks, pollen men. fire.
- (Continued on Page Klve.)
Island City Circus
Delights Children
ISLAND CITY. Ore. (Special to
the Observer) Harnuin and Hutl
ey themselves couldn't - have
brought more joy ty the hearts of
tho children of Island cty thun
did the Alerls Zip-Ztp Circus that
was staged there on Thursday ev
ening. A purude began at 7:H" and pro
ceeded through Hie stiei-fs. II was
led by two of the popular young
people, riding prancing horseg.
Following were clowns. I'ncle
Josh and his wife who had come
to town to see the sights, a group
of bullet dancers: monkeys Iki
could ride horseH, a boys band at
tired us women, and lost Ih" ani
mals: beurs. Hon. eh-phaiil and gl
raffs; each attended by a preity
trainer.
After the parade u nn perform-
' ancc whs given on the lawn al th
,h.-HMc of Mis. Ivl Klddh i;i.ch
animul wus put through his p;uiC
j beside the dances, and clown com 1
. leu.
Moot h 11 sob) the CMln! cbcilh.
cuts. Also there were side shows,
fortune teib rs and n mai;h'iuu. A ,
large crou d attended and a . nlee.
sum was cleur-d.
The Circus wus under the direc
tion or Miss Hildu Ulokland. . '
BIBLE SCHOOL
TERM CLOSED
UPRISING
IMPERILS
E
Andrews Camp Threat
ened by Rioting and
Wars in China
FACE DANGER OF
STARVATION NOW
Chinese Soldiers Have
Confiscated Every 'Car,
Camel and Mule Near
Operation Base.
(Copyright 1925 XT. A Service Iik.)
KHUl Pu. NKA Special)
Threatened with starvation and in
constant danger of attack by mar
auders, a little band of Americana
is Imperiled by the civil war now
raging In China.
Word from the expedition, head
ed by Hoy Chapman Andrews,
which represents the American
Museum or Natural History, liu
been received here.
Kood is ut a premium, I ow ns nnd
a premium, towns and vilkiges nr
being looted and death Is being
meted out uuicUly lo those who aift
captured by contending forces.
I'pon arrival of the expedition In
I'rga the entire community was in
a "slate of disruption." The Min
ister of War and chief secretary
had been shot to death and. ac
cording to Andrews, efforts to get
food were unavailing.
Refused Supplies1
"When supplies for the expedi
tion. Including two tons of flour, a
ton or rice and other articles In
proportion were ordered the nativ
es laughed at us." Andrews re
port .
"'Hhe day before I hud intended
to ship our supplies to Kalgan we
had word that thu city had been
looted by soldiers.
"Their punishment wus
and wholesale. The looters
swift
had
Pass
hap-
gathered at lh top of the
uiting to see what would
pen.
Word was sent to them
tliat
and
their sins would be forgiven
they would he sent home If they
would surrender. About 450 of
them came into Kalgan and gave
up thetr arms.
'The men were put Into box cars
and told that within a few hours
the train would start for Peking.
Instead of that they wt-re taken
out. halt u dozen ut a time, search
ed, and if loot was found on them
they were marched to the stone
bridge In the center of town and
shot.
'At the end of a few hours 451)
"(Continued on Pago Five.)
Harvey L. Homewood. who suf
fered a fractured skull and other
Injuries In an auto wreck near
Dead Mans Puss Wednesday utter-
noon, died here yesterday about
2:30 o'clock. His remains were la
ken to Maker last night, accom
panied by Mrs. Homewood nnd
her son. A brother is en route lo
Maker from Iowa lo uttend tin
funerul which will be conducted by
the Masonic Lodge of Maker with
the I. O. o. K. and Knights of Py
thias lodges assisting.
Mr. Homewood. although a rest
dent of Lugem.'. formerly lived in
lla ker.
Current belief in that city Is that
i Taulty steering gear was the
cause of his car plunging over the
4o-fool embankment instead of fast
driving, the conclusion fiist arriv
ed at.
How
Interested
Are You?
Whi'ii ou rrlnrn liomr frmu a
rlmppiiiK ll'l'. "f '' ""
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fiml lh Hirii ir Ihuii llll.,n-l
ullh limnl-tilll-'. mm li ln-
(.itI il ru lunr in I In- nit"
Mji prilili1.! 1111'ro.Mi'.'
(rrlnlnl. tin- IiiHt,--! ii liiK.'
in Hull Mini r llilnll-lli
llli"-Ott'' in mil trry .rtlimtllf.
.Nmiiiiilly ton nf '
In find mliiTlMiiK In Jir
iliilly nr-pnKT. Anl llinl").
Iiitt m fhnl IIk' iiii--im.' nf
llir inirrnl. .-frl. h ill liil-llir-iimti.
"Olwer,Pr AilTrrtlliiK
A MirtlianilMnK Kcrtliw'
WRECK VICTIM
PUSSES AWAY
MISTAKE OF
OFFICERS
FATAL ONE
State and Federal Forces
Engaged in Bloody
Battle
TOOK OPPONENTS
FOR MOONSHINERS
William F. Porter, Fed
eral Man, Is Dead, and
Workman and Ball May
Not Recover.
WCNTINOTON, W. Va. (By the
Associated Press) William K.
Porter, federal prohibition officer,
was shot and killed; V. K. Wurk
imin. slate officer, seriously wound
ed, uml George Mall, chief of state
officers, wounded in a gun buttle
between federal and state officers
on Camp creek, Wayne county, to
day. The battle started when the fed
eral and state officers, approaching
a still location from opposite sides.
mistook each other ror moon
shiners.
l'ttial Mlstnkc.
According to another federal of-
fleer who witnessed the shooting.
Porter had grappled and thrown
State Officer Poe. Porler Is be
lieved to have recoznlged Poe nnd
started to let him arise when Poe
fired, wounding Porter not reulle
Ing he was fighting fellow officers.
Poe was arrested on a homicide
eh urge when he visited Workman
and Mr. 1 1 at the hospital where at
tendants held Mltle hope for their
recovery. '
TO BE FILLED
The manugers of tin- La Grand n
ball club have promised that the
Pirates will have a strong organ
isation on the field tomorrow, to
play Maker In un effort to keep,
ihe local team t the head of the!
Mlue Mounlalu League standings.
The Pirate lineup cannot be pub
lished today for the reason that it
hail not been definitely decided yet
where the men will play. That
they will play und put up a good
guuic ufiulnst the Colts there seems
110 doubt, according to reports.
Harris Kreneh. manager of the
Pirates, lias been in touch with a
number of good bull players ar
ound Ihe country and expects lo
have souk of them here tomorrow.
SCM-ial Possibilities
There Is some prospect thai
Swllt, short stop of the Kelso team ,
w ill he in the lineup nnd possibly I
(tentfro, second basemen and Slat
lery, first t tseman und home run
king or the Wolves.
Pete K earns, Portland Infielder,
Jerry, (iolemann, fielder and oth
er; have been communicated with
and may be bronchi to La Grande
for tomorrow's game.
Thing may look a llllle differ
ent to the Maker Colls on the La
Grande diamond. The Pirate wil
low sw Ingers are confident that
they have solved Ihe problem of
how to hit Mraudt, uml expect to
do I hat same lifle thing tomor
row'. The game will start at 2:30. The
crundstund seats will be bold on
the usual basis.
Of Interest, to Ihe La Grande
fans who were personally aeuuain
ted with him will be ihe new .4 that
Lefiy Ilariman, former Pirate, (eft
'fielder, who leM here IhhI Monday,
won his first game pitching tor
Way burn, Saskatchewan. t 'una da.
The scon was 6 to I. Lefty Is
playing his third season for the
Way burn team und according lo
the reports his popularity In that
territory Is increasing.'
ui;t NIO TOMOKICOW
The annual Smlt h-t 'on ley reun
ion will be held tomorrow, June Hi,
at Mlverside park. A basket lunch
will be served at noon, with every
one bringing a basket, and a mil
:deal prog ru 111 has been arranged
for the uftenioon.
Mrs. Herwijj Kills Self
By Drinking Poison
I'OKTLAND. Ore. ( Mv the Ahho
eialed Ph-ho Mrs. W. J. Ibrwlg,
we of the siiperin.end' nt of the
- )reirm Antt-Siiloon I ,etKiief ended
her life at her home lure today by
drinking potion. Ihe coroner's of
fice reported, She has been suf
fering from nervousneiA and t hf
suieide Is uttrlbuted to this by her
husband.
Mrs. Ilerw ig. her husband and
relative visiting at their bom,
-d ntrinned tf make a hluhway
trip today. After Herwlg tiroftn
t his morning In went downstalrn
to light the gas und on returning
lo his room found that his ' te
hud taken in.iisott.
Gil i
William
CLKVHLANI) (NKA Special) ,
William P. Prenter, who succeeds,
the late Warren S. Stone as acting!
president of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Knglneers. ls one of
tho quietest but most Influential
men in theJabor movement today.
As first vice president and trea
surer of the brotherhood, he has
been in full charge of ill financi
al arrangements for years, and the
expansion of the brotherhood's co
operative bank Into a $ H,uoi.ou)
Institution was as much his work
as It was Stone's.
Prenter was born In Philadel
phia. He moved to the northwest
at an fairly age und becuine a fire
man on thu Candian Pacific Hull
road. After serving his apprenticeship
he became un engineer, and gradu
ated Into the executive ranks of the
brotherhood some twenty-tlvo
years ago.
. Quiet and uncommunicative, he
never attained the national promi
nence that Stone knew, but when
the brotherhood began to expaim
Its banking activities, gaining a
foothold first in Cleveland, later In
New York, and then In many other-cities,
Prenter was the man be
hind the scenes who did a good
share of the planning.
Ih now tho oldest ranking of
ficer in the brotherhood, ami ut
the time of Stone's d"Ntth was cu-
i'KKINO (By tll Akboi!ii(P(I
I'rpss) I'lilm-mi d.lrRuti'S ri'prc
KiMitttm' 4 collfRiii toilny Hnnt a
drpututtun to tin- miiilKtiT of wur
uml till- fori'litn mlnlstiT. clvmiuul
Inij Hint the Chini-n" bw'"1
liiini.'illiiti'ly wiwr ri'lulionn with
Cimit Itrltnln.
(lutwiinlly tho Mtliiation in up
purunlly uutoti-r.
Itl KSIANS APPKAIi.
MOSCOW (My the Associated
Press) lleudquurters of the Mus
alan peasants International today
up pealed to Chinese women and
pea Hants 'to overthrow the Im
perialistic powers," demand the
abolition of foreign Jurisdiction
und summon a Chinese revolution
ary usscmuly
.Thr apepul nsked the Chinese to
join the "pes sunts, communists in
ternational," to observe tho cove
nants of the late Dr. Hun, liberal
Chinese leader, urged the forma
tion of a soldiers romniltteo for
tho defense of Chinese and urged
Chinese women to form vlgiluncc
commttles,
The appeul asked the Chines to
posed Chinese revolutionary )
sembly organize a central uullonul
Hoverninenfln place of the present
foreign regime." and demand a re
turn of the land to tho Chinese
people.
WASHINGTON (By the Assoc!
a ted Press) Senator Ladd, of
North Dakota, under treatment, for
neuritis and rheumatism, has de
veloped kidney trouble. His con
dltiou is serious.
Defense Attacks Story
Told by Isabcilc Tope
( 11 ICAfiO ( My I he Associated
Press) The defense In the Willi
am Shepherd murder trial
resumed Its attack on the
mony of Miss Isalxdh Pope
McCllntock's fiance.
today
testl
young
l'n derlc T. Suuibb, shorthand
reporter, who recorded a poillon
of Miss Pope's testimony beior
t he coroner's jury which held
Shepherd for the McCUntoek mur
der, testified that she had not
mentioned "germs" or the "study
of germs." Un the witness stand
against Shepherd, she tv.itd the d
fetidant bud In formed her he had
studied "typhoid anil germs.
HOSPITAL CONTILVT LOT
SALL'M. Ore. The stale board
of control today awarded Ih" gen
er.-'l construction contract for f
pavilion Ut the M ite tiiberrii
IomIh hospital lo Ihe Cherrv City
f'nmttruef ion company. The bid
was (M ft. Ilead'iuarters of the
Hii cKHfiii didder are in Huh in.
William K. Bunee of Pnillnnd
recet e.d (lie conl rael for the
plumbing at J.'fUi'l. while the heal
ing contract was uwitrded Ut .1. A-IUun-ir.il
or Salem ul f h f i 11 . 4 J .
All bids joibmitied tor the bib-r
Installation at the I uberculosts h"
pltul were rejeirdd. The low bid
lor this Improvement, $lL.47:t, wus
submitted by Johnson ft; 1 ounu.
The new pavilion wa authorized
by the bint legislature, and will In
crease the aeeommodalinns at tie'
Institution to care for the present
waiting list.
I . N. TLAM VUTOHOI'H
.OMM (AP) Tin 1 tilled
Mn(c unity mhi tciun ib-fcnled
the British army team IikIhj, M to
1. In (he first kmiiii of the Inlcr
nallonal championship hci-ics.
SHARP DEMAND
SSUED TODAY
LADU VERY ILL
IN WASHINGTON
B. Prenter
Lj
'"1
shier of tho bank. ,
Prenter Is 68. He Uvea In a com
fortable homo hero with his wife
and daughter.
His subordinates describe him as
a man who works 12 hours a day
and shuns publicity.
XTRA
Mlti: COM IIOI.LKD
IIK M , ( AP) Tho f orcit
I in on the Itrooks-Scnnloii liold
iiig.s miir the Ai'nold Ico -avew vis
intl under conlwd late yesterday.
lurormalloii of the cact extent of
the fliv Is not available ten lay.
STOCKS' VAM K I P
M;V VOKK (AP) The market
value of outstanding Sinclair OH
securities has Incivused nenrly
yi;t,iM)0,ono altvndy as the result
of yesterday's Teapot lhuno oil
leasu tlcclsloii.
A It. MY NLIOMTS OHM III A
ASTOHIA, Ore. Kor the second
lime this year a proposed inspec
tion of the Columbia river defenses
by army officials has fallen
through according to word received
here by O. A. Murphey from Gen
eral Todd, In command Of the coast
artillery units In th ninth area,
hI all 111; that his arrival hore, sched-
ult-d lor tomorrow, was indefinite-
ly delayed by tho fact that all
traveling expense appropriations
hud been exhausted, and Indlcal
iiif that no inspection could be
made until after the close of the
fiscal year 011 June 30.
A former 'promised Inspection by
a war department official fell
through when the official fulled to
visit the coast. No explanations
were mude In regard to that inci
dent.
MAN Hll PH. IS DltOWNI D
J N UK P ION D KNC 10. Ore Cyrus
Blair, afed tltt was drowned In Mill
creek, 116 miles northwest of here
Ills body was round in three fee
or water. Survivors besides his
widow, Kllwibeth. are two sons,
Hulney and Dun lllalr of Huoll,
Ore., nnd four daughters Velna
Walker and Bessie of Uuell; Maidle
Hayes of. Toledo, Ore., and Christie
Debrlck of WHlumliia, Ore.
Mr. Blair was born at Uuell Jan
unry 1. 18fy. Coroner Keeney was
called but no inquest wus held.
Kvidence showed that Mr. Blair
slipped from a steep bunk Into the
creek.
rv'jn SLA lions killld
ASTOHIA. Ore. A total of
sen Hon scalps, the largest number
ever turned over by an Independ
ent hunter, were deposited with
KlHh Commissioner Kaklu by K J.
Blackerby of :U'i college street,
Porlland, who has spent the spring
months hunting sea lion along the
Oregon coast from Heceta Head to
Tlllaluook. According; to Blacker
by, some of the animals weighed
more than a ton and a half, und
he had many nd ventures in his
hunting on the breeding grounds
of the sea Hons in the caves of the
rocky points along the. coaM.
A I $5 a scalp Blackerby lias
reutlxed some WVt by ills spring
hunting.
Recklessness Cause Of
Many Accidents In Air
(By Charles P. SfcuilH)
WASH I N iT( N f N KA Special )
The Wlnstovv bill, regulating air
planes somewhat as iiulos are reg
ukited now. wlU be strongly urged
at the next session or Congress.
As good an uuthority us W. A.
Mara, one of I he con nf ry'a fore
most CXpeily on the SUhJeet, HU'B
al least !(" per cent of today's nvia
tion acebli'iita are due to reckh-HS-
nt si, Inexperience or defective
planes.
Aviation's ft h mis . ant to rut
out this !i" per cent, not only as a
ntitter of present Importance, but
also because they believe America
Is on Ihe eve of a. period of great
aerial development und don't, want
disasteiH lo Increase correspond
ingly. With proper precautions, they
say airplane: will be us site us
railroid trains.
The prosposed law
periodical inspection
calls ror
of utuncs
EDITOR OF
IU
Jhomas Dovery, 56, Shot
And Killed in Wash
; ington City
PISTOL LEFT ON
WALK ONLY CLUE
Officers Seeking to Un
ravel Thread of Mys
tery Surrounding Slay
ing; Man Had Many
Enemies.
KKLSO. Wash. (By tho Associa-
ted Press) Thomas Dovery, aged
5( yours, editor of the Cowlitz Val
ley. News, a weekly Kelso publica
tion, was mysteriously shot and
killed Inst night on Third Street,
South Kelso. Officers reported
finding powder murks on his fues
and collur uud stute that tho bullet
ranged downward.
A .45 caliber pistol was found a
bout 50 feet from his body and of
ficers arc trying to learn tho own
ership of tho weapon.
In Dovery's pockets officers
found some now silver dollars and
a warrant for $t6.
Had Bitter i;nemlcs
Members of his family said that
ho hud made some bitter enemies
through articles published In his
paper. In the recent municipal
warfare ho was un advocate of A.
Iturlo Todd, recalled K4so mayor.
Dovery's body was found lying-
faeo downward on tho sidewalk by
a man who notified a neighbor.
The man who found Dovery. a la
borer whoso name was not learned
by tho authorities, snid that ho
heard a report like tho backriro of
an automobile nd luter came up
on the body.
WASHINGTON (By tho Associ
ated Preas) Kurlher Indications
that both Franco and Czecho-Slo-vakia
arc preparing to muka for
mal moves toward negotiations of
war deht refunding agreements
have reached tho Washington gov
ernment through official channels.
Advicea uro regarded as too indefi
nite (q permit o( any official ac
tion. Tho messages wore received pre
sumably from American diplomats
ut both capitals and arc said, how
ever, lo contain information justi
fying the belief thut both countries;
would soon start negotiations.
WASHINGTON (By tho Associ
ated Press) -Hear Admiral J. K.
Itohlson, storm center In tho Tea
pot Dome Investigation, who twlco
since has been denied promotion,
has upplled for early retirement
from the United States navy.
TIIIAL DAT; SKT
rOH KIDNATPKKS
LOS ANGKLKS, (AP) Threo
men accused of a plot to kidnap
Mary Plckford, film stur, several
weeks ago, appeared In court hero
yesterday ami pleaded not guilty,
having their trial date set for Ju
ly 22. The three are Charles Ste
vens. Adrian Wood and Claudo
llolcomb.
(Mara tells of seeing them go up
Med together In place: with hay
wire) und rigid examination or all
candidates lor pilots licenses
(Mara, again, mentions one who
iminugcd to get his bus Into the
air after two hours' training but
wait unable to luud right side up).
Stunt flying is recognized us n
legitimate part of a pilot's educa
tion, that he may know how to
ineel emergencies, iMJt till ills
low bill seeks to restrict it with
passengers on hoard.
Now. as Miiri puts It, "Any In
experienced dub of a pilot who
cares to take a rattletrap airplane
off the ground und can persuade
a passenger to fly with him for a
consideration la free to do so.
Crashes reaull."
The uvkitlon Interests don't care
so much nl"nt the "Inexperienced
dub of a pilot, "but they propose
to prevent him from cndungerlng
others' lives.
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MURDERED
DEBT FUNDING
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