EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITIO N
THE WEATHER
l'OKTLAND (AP). Ore.
Hon: Kalr In the east,
mostly cloudy In the went
portion tonlRht and Friday.
Moderate temperatures.
VOLUME XXIII.
MEM HER ASSOCIATED PRtHS
lA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 289
LILLY GETS
SIDEWALK
CBIlMlCTi
City Commissioners Let
North. Side Job to
Local Contractor
COST OF WORK TO
TOTAL $1,120.17
North Ash, Y and Other
Streets Are Included in
PistnVt; Survey Gang
Busy Today.
Ploet nnd snow may fall, rain
may pelt down but residents of
the pert of Hie city In tin1 vicinity
of y nnd North Court It avenues
will be able to keep their feet dry
this winter or at least much drier
than usual.
The city survey gang Is enrneed
this afternoon in staking out the
new sMewai'.s to be built in Im
provement district Number 1 r7.
contract Tor which was awarded
et t lie omui'ssiun meet in:; Inst
evening to Pete Ully for a con
sideration of 4,U).17. C. J.
ltichards, another local contractor
submitted the only other bid turn
ed In but some higher. Air. Rich
ard a bid w.-fl S4,3tM.40.
The contract calls for the "con
struction of Portland Cement con
crete1 sidewalks on North Ash
street (where cot in place) on the
v. est side from Jackson avenue lo
McDonald or Henton avenue, on
the east side from V avenue north,
a distance ot 2LH feet: X avenue
(where not In place) from North
Ash to North Kourt h street; X
avenue, nut-tti aula only, from
North Courth street to North Sec
ond street; Jackson avenue (north
.trt. only, wikmc- not In pUvce)
f -..n Mni Ui Miich street to. North
Fourth street: North Fourth street
,eaat side only, where hot lit 'place)
from Jackson avfpue to Y avenue;
uvenue (north Bide Ollty, where
not in phice) from North Ash
street to Jackson avenue."
Work to IJe Jtusliud
Actuul construction on this Im
provement d.Btrict Is ox peeled to
stun within a tew clays.
As a whole the commission
meeting w as a rather uneven! till
one, A. T. Hill, president of I he
city was unable to attend and
Onirics Play ic presided in his
place. H. I1. Land is, commission
er wus also present, j
The eily managers report, bills
nnd oiher routine business occu
pied the greater portion of the
session, an unusually short one.
E
S
F. W. Kins, of Mhv park, is
.showing senile i .vtra tine Hpeilim-ns
of Hartleit pears in Lu Gnindc to
day. He bus so peiir trees in his
orchard and reports that the frost
rut the crop .short this year but
the extra sine and quality of the
fruit made up for the loss in quail- !
tity. The peiirs have found it ready I
market nH the demand Is far ahead '
of the supply.
Mr. King also li.is 110 young
cherry ire winch he hmys arc do
intr very wi ll niter having suceejs
f"H withstood the pus! winter.
Proper care of (he trees is his
tormtila ior succe-s in the orchard
business.
DUALITY
PEARS
01
Prune Picking To Start
At Cove On September 15
The nnr.ua 1 Cnton county prune
liarvi-f! will get under wny nbout
the middle of next week, according
to present Indications. The greater
shan- of the prune grown in the
Grande Iionde valley are tn the
ncigl.liorh'iod of Cnion and Cove,
i "rop romllt ions imllcaie a good
ie, although no figur h.'ve ben
gi'-n a to the extent of the crop
as yet.
Coe orchardlts expect to ptart
pit k-ng ii nd parking about Hep.
t inber
rrti M; mahm.st staiits
lll'SKHI IK!, fire. (Ily the As
sorluled I'nm.) The prune h t r
i'l started iKtrdHy in the south
ern pun of (he county, hastened
conMdt -rnbly by the heavy rains of
the week end. The tendency of
prunes to develop brown rot fol
lowing warm rains has forced the
Nod
) V
A face to study is flint of llnr
rison Noel, the .youthful slayer
of Mary Imty, Mvyvtr-olil
3loiit( lair. . J. He had social
adt milages, inmiey to spcml. Ills
own t-ar and was regarded as a
brilliant Mudeiit. nis raw Is
parallel in many reiMx-t.H to tint
of the famous murder of Bobby
Fiank by ljoeb and LcooUI ill
CI lie-ago.
Joe Woods, 73 year old stage
driver, showed that he in still a
good Judge of horses und a good
driverthia morning, whtn he drove
down Adams avenue with two six
horse teanw got tun together ior
the I 'end let on Uotmdup.
The horses in one team are bays
ami In the other dapple grays, Five
of the buy horses are owned by
John Courtney pi La. Grande and
one by' Lloyd Pierce, bon ot Gov
ernor Pierce.
AM nix nf the gray drivers' 'are
the property of Henry Hill, randi
er of this vicinity.
The horses were selected by Mr.
Wood to compare &s nearly ius pos
sible with the typical stage It an is
of iiO or HO years ago.
At Pendleton they will be driven
to stages which will meet the din
tiiifju.shcd Kound-i:p guc.ds at the
railway station and will be exhib
ited ut Huppy Oanyon.
.Mr. Woods will drive one team
and Arthur Welton. for jearn wtiige
euiieh driver at Yclhiw.ont: Na
tional purk will hold the reins for
the other six.
The pitity will leave for Pendle
ton tomorrow morning with the two
si hittse b aii.s mui some, saddle
horses to be used in the Roundup,
lu uddition lo Mr. Welton and Mr.
Woods, l-o Griner will go along as
ubiKlui.nt.
Switches License; Pays
Judge $30 and Costs
K. K. Kacho was fined $:n and
costs in the jii.stice court this morn
ing tin being convicted of the
clmrge nr switching automobile 11
eensi: plates from one car to-an-other.
The fine was assessed by
Hugh K. tirady, justice of tlw
peace.
Local Pioneers Will
Hunt Without Cost
.llimi.j M.i nnil I.'rnnl rW-li.t-
plonei-r residents of Oregon, . arc
cleaning nnd oiling their nuns pre
parntory to go hunting, the .n,.
wild deer season haing opened to
day. M r. Moss and M r. iwsb-y
were resdetil.s or Oregon prior to
1S7 and lire eligible to a hunting
license without cost.
growers to hurry the ripened fruit I
Into the drier, and no time is be-i
Ing lost In Belting pickers started. ,
Indteatlon- tire that I he county will i
produce about fi.ono.inin pounds of '
prunts. slightly Ion than half al
crop. Ihl.s .ar. The xlz s. how-!
ever, are running higher than!
usual. I
SHIPPING III IIO I'lllMX
NA.MP.V Ida. Sp ''tal) Malio'
prune nnp this s-asnn will run I
from Kn'i (o 1 cm curs. Hurt on
f'hitnev, Idaho mnnager fot St-in-hardt
A- K'e'ly. New York iruii and
I veg tattle difdributors. e.si im:it-. Ai
tot nl f)f 4 7 4 cv rs hn vc already
been shipped. Prevailing f. o. b. i
prices are from .'& cents to fid '
I The apple crop of this dlMrtct
I will be lurcr. Thi ears imli I
; crop wn light, there are f r 'tears j
land pracculiy no apucou. '
STAGE DIEfl
HANDLES REUS
Hunters Out
After Game
Early Today
La Qrande Nimrods Hie
to iriilis before Day
light to Be Ready iur
Opening of Season.
All through tho night and Into
the wee small hours of morning
a the gray -dawn was breaking,
car utter cur lilted wall men armed
with guns slipped quietly pa.it the
city liinlu, onto the main highway
and were swallowed in life slutduwd'
of the nearby hills. .
Not po.Jes in search of desperate
crunmuls, not vigilantes ;oing forth
lo right oOiue wrong merely cuu
crele and vaual proof that the
deer and grousu hunting seasons
opened at daj break.
Home or tiie hunters left later
this morning, of ionise, but the
inujoritj ui them got an early niari
and hautenod lu the1, hunting
Kiuunds ot their selection.
No Reports Vet.
At pres time, although an anx
ious city wa.led the resudta, no one
i had been reported wn h a deor
j safely on CMiiblUun In une of the
l local show w.nuows, although
there were many who protn.B'.'d lo
I bring home the venison. Which
brings to mind the case of the man,
j last season, wiio promised man
i oi his neighbors in La Grande
thut he would furnish them with
venison ii succeesiul in his quest
tor deer.
Much to his own surprise and In
cidentally tuat of his neighbors
tills gentleman returned with u
ueer out loumi to liui coiiHteritutlon
that one Biuall buck did not begin
to go around to the many ho had
promised.
1 Mnny in Hills.
Although impossible to check up
everyone who went this morning.
I the following were missing when
roll was taken: U. W Noyes,
Charles Murchlson, Hill Mohr.
Ralph Werden, F. K. Ware, Krneat
Waikina, It. K. Coolldge, C; N.
Pnlmer, Otis Palmer and Claude
( Berr-.
K. C. Herzlngr, district manager
(of the Northern Life with his boss,
A. J. HuzurU, special flatd man
Hger of Seattle, left at noon for a
two weeks' trip to the head of the
Snake - river. G. 1. Dutton and
George Cochran plan to go out
this ailernoon.
FINAL HALF OF
TAXES PAYABLE
ON OCTOBER 5TH
Taxes for the second half are due
on n-lobep 5, according to A'. J.
Helm, deputy sheriff in charge ol
tax collections at the court house.
The penalty goes into effect on
November 6. This la three per cent
of thP Intnl. From Oetnher
November B unpaid tav.'s incur the
usual one per ten I a nionth. Thu.
taxes not paid before November
5 will carry a flv per cent inier
e.st fee and penalty. This total is
reached by the on per cent each
for two months and the penally ol
three pcr Cont otter November 6.
The tax collectors httve announc
ed thnf persons paving taxes for
the second, half should bring with
them their receipts for t he f Irnt
j nun. j nis ,win expetiue mnner:'
I considerably' during the last rush
before lime of payment.
Quite a large amount of the tuxe-i
are In already and more are con
stantly being received.
Yankee Sluggers (hash
Out Successive Homers
l'HII.ADKr.l'HIA (Ily Axsoclit
imI I'r'-RS). H icchhsIvp !iom; rutin
wfrv iiuf1c by ItoW Mcimfl. Hnho
Ruth nnd l.ou Cli'hrlB of llw
VnnkecH In the fourth Inning of
.till" first (Titine with thi- Athlclli'i
tocliiy. With Oniy pltciilnc. Mp-i-kpI
hit his 2th hnim-i' of the
s-'iisnn. Huih hit) 17th jin'J (J-.i-rij?
his 17th.
I'asf.iiam, iti-:srirs.
(II) Ilic AKtlaliil I'n--.-)
Ainorlf-nii Iif-auiif.
w York 7. rhllnrtVlt'hhi S.
HI. I.onls 4. i'hlrntrn 2.
Cli-vi'lnnd 1. Ilrtrolt B.
.Nntlotinl lA'uam:
l'lillulrlihla 4-3. Ilo.ston r..o.
l'l.r.MMixci coriii: ri.A..i:i
M.i:SHKIKl,l) Or... pt-.ns
nearly matured provide for adding
plumbing Instruction In the schools
of North HMid nnd Marsh field,
where apprentices may obtain
knowledge of the trade. The plans
provide for an ofh-lul of the slut"
plumbers' association viu'ttnir the
bay onei- a week and givinrr gen
ral tnntrnetlon, while fhe studentrt
at other timeii u ou Id obtain In
siruetion In the manual training
departments of the sehoo's.
TWO SHOT i HIOT.
OKTPOIT fUy (he AssoclHled
Pr.HH.) leon liriener wan shot
and killed and Krlc Hubbard Hhot
nnd !ertoUfdy Injured in a riot
which occurred in the residential
M'ctton lie re lust night on Trulm
Mi-eel when a negro family moved
Into the str' "t. previously inhabited
only by white persous. The men
siiot vcrc white.
OLD FINES
GALLED III
n
Five Hundred Persons in
State Must Pay Up .
' or Go to Jail
$225 OWED STATE
IN UNION COUNTY
Deputy Game Warden -to
Tour State, Arranging
for Collection of De-
linquent Sums.
1'ntiTI.AM), .Ore. ( Uy the A
Foclated Press). - l-'lve humlmd
:n'llvituul8 (iiv'nit a total of $11,.
4'2 to th.' st.te In fines for vlo.
lutton of stati? Krnnip laws iluri.iir
hp n'st f'x-o yivti-R mupt pay i.n
01 eo to jail within the next few
weeks. Stale C.nme Warden Aver
ill has anno inced. ' "
He ordered fnier Pi'puty War
den fliown to visit the inilo-in
'onntlea and take steps for col-j
leetlon. j
The amounts due to the state
from various eonnties Inelnil":
Benton. $17 t'oos. $si;ii; furry,
S"7S: Josephine, $275,- and l-nlon.
Hnir to Game Fund 1
Fines unpaid ai-e from persons1
found guilty who hnvp been al
lowed to go by local magistrates.
Of the amounts d ie. hnif Is to
tro to the stnte gamo fund nnd
the other la'f to the county in
which the fln Is levied.
Similar fiction in regard to rte- ''
Mnquent fines netted about $10,-.
dOtl three years ago, Averill said.
(Continued on Pug Five.) I
Aulumohilcs Cut Into
Railroads' Business
CHIfAOt) (Ily the Assoelnted
Press.) Itallroads of the went ar
making "ahsoliitelv no profit" from
'heir paaellsrer nervlee, I'ri'.Mleut
' hnrle.i lionnelly of the':;orthi rn
rnelfle Itallwav company, del lan-d
Wednesday at the western rati-
i .i -
hearing before Clyde Ii. Atchison
of the Interstate Commerce com-
mission.
P.eHident Connelly told of the
Inroads of irlvnte automobile, and
bus-ten. "Short haul business" he (,,y weather in lai-fce ureas nnd In
snld, "is poinw more nnd more to dlented production now is iL'.Sfifi,-
iiiissos nnd what we have lotu there
ts no likelihood of recover!.
In he Hiitd. of Hit? pasen-
irrled n.asfl.oim pays-nprH nnd
earned $L'.'"n.0"0 by it. bu! !n !?i'4
Uie number of pas-senpers hd
nroied to 3.Mi7.iHin mm the reve
mie wns only $ 1 3. linn, 'imi.
W K 1 1 1 Nf : T( )N (My h A sh. -
date, press). Treasury lax r-e-
iniiMndatnns to congress tire ex
pected to include rcdudion of t'-o
surtax rates to a maximum of
per rent, repeal of (he ineonie
t:iv oubMettv see1 ton an'1 'n v-
erlng. If not entire elimination.
of the cHtnte lav
Minor chitnves lo close up loon
holes in t he present law will also
be suggested.
New
People
Constantly
'I bere are new proole hi rli In x
In I s (.rniiile cotiMaiitly. Thej
want home", n part men (, limn
ing plnti-s, pIneeH to cm bun
dtedN of thing 1 1 if t go to
in. ike up eer-ilay living.
The (Hwm-r has iiimieillate
itintaci ultli llti'4 fMop'e,
'I I icy buy a ihmi- on the
sIiim'I. come llilo I hi office,
search Ibc mil Ad for
I bin s Hint will meet their
need. If ou liae Minietliln
to n-ni, wll or linde, oii i-nu
rrncli HicM1 new people thiiHiub
Tiie Ohcrer Wnnt Ads a I
mhilmnm col. ICcluiiis arc
immediate.
"Observer Advrrll-lng
A Merchandising bc-rrlce."
REGOHHEJIDSA
LOWER SURTAX
Chicago
m t S e A ft ? 5 A k
A Iiiikp Htniftnn! 30 stories
... ...,.,, ,K ,ml, ,m
111 tilt. fili.v..tl.lll. fl.u...
.......... nn,
,,, ' ' " iim-rair tiiiin ot me kiiiimiiii' triii im- usail roe llie c-otiveittlmi Imll
,V. ,, !.?. st''l""K i'l y of aii.OUO. Woi k will stall next sii lii(t und tho ,si ll .stlnmleU at $10 -
HARVESTS ARE
- BELOW NDHIUL
. VAHlir.VGT(iN (Ry the Ansoei
ate IToaB.l Tho deniLrtmeiit of
' .. .
ore, compared with 16.1 last eiir.
forecast of the crop Is 700 mil-
llon hushela this year, compared
K,ln million bushels lust yonr.
WASHINCTdN, ( Hy the Akso-
elated Press.) Crop yields , this
V" will be on the whole, w.dl
hilnw tin. nv.ipi.ir.. nt .w.ii
,n' department of flifrieultures
cron reportinsr board hns an-
nounceil in Its September produc-
tion forecasts. -
Corn detTlorlated on account of
n'".i bushein, a Iohh of (15 mil
"on in the last monlh. The tndi-
ruled crop Is 44x,ihim,(Kki bushelK
"Huhtly under tho averaue of the.'
!-'!"t vi; years.
run-
Sprinir whent yields
.. .7... n'l. .
..cations The crop la now fore.
I sl at -tsi million hushels, or
twenty-one million more thnn early
A'irriist conditions tudlf.-ated sad
one million more thnn was produc
ed hist year. Winter wheat nl..
ready harvested. Is estimiiled nf
4l(i lliilllnn lniHlidla mn Iflmr tl,,.
country's total prospective 'iH
erp 7liit million bushels, or twenty;
two tiillllnn bushels more than p-o-:
dtteed Inst year, but 1 U7 ' million
biiPheiH hns thnn tin; five year
nvertnre.
loralo lroHrt4 Poor
Irish potato prospects deeMm-d
cine tuillum ImihIi-'h Ikthuh of hot
w-atlH'r In Aukiisi. with drouth In
mnny s cilons. The crop Is nou
i'm ecest at .114 mtlhon h-ahe's
whlch In tit niillln., l.iM, n
er than Inst year's barv. r. Jm
nrr.portion lo frripulatlon the pr.
t.'ito crop H'-enis M!;e!y to be )h.
imm li-Ht , since I :i I i, but ( he final
wee Us of the jrt'owlriM' H"amni m.:
ehm','e Uie outlook inal criul l In
d leal Ions are for a yield or abiut
I'm bimheln an acre nn compared
H'Mii 124 l"S( year.
Threshing of onls shows results
agJiillsl earliei- exp. ((;. (jr. iih and
" eefion of I . I i2 fMMi.oiKi bus
hels is indicated. That is
of seveniy-iiv miliion ov
Inst
month's foreeaal,
Itnlns rluring AuciihI Improve. t
the tobatco crop in the enm. Indi
cated produetion is ptaei-d at
I.2 4 7.mm(i.(hhi pmtiids. an Increiise
of thirteen million over a monlh
ago,
Pennuls suffered from the wide,
spread drouth In the southern
slates, the crop now being fun-cant
al rtis million pounds.
I'Vult proMp et have ehanired
but Utile lu the iiimtlh and are sltlt
bew the iiMiiat average.
"David I). Joyrc" Savs
Pathetic Taic False
rcrOKNK. fin. IP.y the Ah-io-
e'a,te, pri"(s). Hreakim down
under ipiestff.n nir, the mnu who
gavf his mime as Huvld l. Joy e,
and told a p:itlete stoiy of Mn
robbery by n man he had be.
friended, admitted last evening
that his story wns fa'se and had
beort told to Ins-i re himself a
bed and hot breakfast,
to Have Largest
ft if I .ft A i ft m ! IS A tft A
IiIrIi mid raverinc nn enlii'o Mock will lx hullt hi Clilcnsro.
nun. a mini, lintel aim imiuimu
mi l(n n, flKu (leillllllU. fltlll fl.
1.....! . . ...
A . cr:.
t Youths For
Hurling Eggs
IJpTJlfpn S hi n VV I : I
.u..uuo j x i
erty in Custody.
f
VINTON. Iowa (Hy Mil -Ario-
iniea i ressj. r ytmns, loms
Ollchrlst. IVte Trltteli. (ienrire
Thomarf, t iValter onir . and MufJ
lln Mwiirthnmrh were arretted and
failed last nlKht. tla.K.,1 with
Idefaelm? a private residence as
the result of an etleRed coiifes-
sion by Hwartlmufrh at the eor-
oner's .ruiucst that theso hoys
were members of a Kiinff which)
threw rotten vkkr al the home
of Mrs. Myrtle ( 'ooli. W. T. t;.
pi-'isident, w ho was asHnsHlnald
Coroner Modlin said flip youths
ie not taken In ronm etlon with
I),,, aliiviiit- hill ui.ru firrMt,.,l in
"" ""I"' ,hnl ""'y "'Iff ht su.ily
r,f,lrI..n i,.,,,,,,,,. lo c ,
, 8ly..,..
ItOimi.ltS lti:l,ll A ll lU.AII
'
Sln.: cr. of C ii!vi cmiilv
iioum-ed II ni bc had obtalii'd to
rtxinatiou . that two of ,1b,. four
men who rubbed the Am in a,' I ii c.
bank hint Oi tuhci- wen hilled oi
Inly at Iturlteye. Wa-h.. h Iml-
lets rieed by citizens nfler llie
lw bad rohhed, nIiuI mid hilled
William Hum- ....m . ..... I "U.iH-
m-y" Walle, hi jail hen-, is
charged with h-Ihu; I he third iiihi
oi l.e Aurora mlibiy iuar(r'
nnd ol fii ctN m
nou liiiiii'tiu- rrii-
Ibc foiiitb mini, wboHi idenitly Is
hchctcd Kuov.i).
M W Will AT HHOPS
CIIH A o (AP). May wheal
Popped moie Hwin f'e ceir n
buria l ns i be rc-ull of yesterday's
;mcri;m lit crop ivport. May
lo
ii bushel.
i I'AVOHS I I J, pitop.i;.
S(. rG (,P) Aelllig
See rcinr of War Ihn Is fa. or n
full inieslh'.allil b n .lliiiteresled
agency or (be cbirg;i's Colonel li.
ehell made agalii-t the arm) ml
miiiitrailnii of (hi air scaler. Ha
ils tol'I his eolleituues ill Hie !(
pitrdie m Hint such an ImeM (ga
llon -li'Mifd be ituule b Mini!' om
o!,er Hian Hie tr ilepnrlnient !l
eir T the public is lo fx- finitely
sal e lied.
i wo mi or IHPH I HI CIA
- '
I'l; i;i;V ATI';)',, Ore. -Two small
sons ol .Mr. and Mm. W, I, Hunseh
died al the family home near Ihei
l''lM vn le eoipmnn'tv from dlph
Iheria, The ).oys luul been HI for
seyernl deys before
their Illness
hj'S dla-rnosed,
A third Icty about II years of
age is ill w ll'l the diHeurW. The
three room hool In that com-
n unity bus been cloned awaiting
further developments.
YTR A i
i I I V lL
Building
1 .4 Si i5
It
of nffkv room.. Tim hoiel, ciin
. . " t.. Hl..-Mf.llll
m
WA8HINOTON (Hy the Anl-
crew of two sma II lioats-'roin a
Taulk. tho steamer Ho-.doln of
thA MacMlllan arctic, expedition,
hns Joined the .JVary at Uod
lliiuih, Greenland.
tiiui:!-; mex ihovm:i
HAVUK IJ5 GKACI2, Md. (Hy
,,u' Atsoeiaieu I'ichsj. I niee
H"ileis of the crew of Alired
.,,',,'nnrB ',u'ht Tenemoosha wen,
browned hy the capslziiiK of a
Bll,a" "' A fourth memher or
tll C1'w Wft" rescued,
' . ""' .......
w -r,
UHIIICI S JlllJ V I'CCS
Man of Killing Charge
I It A K Kit, Clre. (Hpeclul) (i. t'.
i....i,..- .11... 1 . if..i i..n 1,
inr from :i wound infllelfil hv Dave
Arl hr. w,, ,.,,) I,, .-If defense.
, TMs w , v,rillct , coro.
ner's jury lint nijrht followInK n
iii(iie.Ht of three, and ami-half hours
duration into the death of Tucker,
wh", it appeared, was stabbed with
the Hluii'p pron of a inlncr'a lump
by Ai'hur on September I nt the
Mother ,nde mine, after lie struck
rtlll,l,r rwiW an auercauou ov
llli: tltlhlll'rtl frotll till) (ttlllltli" (if
(I, 1 .... - Ar inr la rnr in
ol tlx .(other l.odo.
I tMI'.I It I, OSS C.IM AT.
II A WK I ;SHI I( Y. Cjimula ( Hy the
As ociaied I'nss.) -- l.i-si oi ip-
Pfoxlmalidy 7.000,(1(10, said to be
wit cmeied bv insurance, w m
1-auKed yeslerdny when r.n.ooo.ooo
(eel or I ii iii i.er belonging to he
' ". im .nt,
iiiiwiteriuury i tinnier coiupn uv were
i , i. . . . . .
lemroed by the fire. The flames
"'K'-ii ku live iiours ueioru ueing
broughl iinrb-r control.
Traffic Facts
hi r nriTri
blILL tomi;
RESCUE IDE
By Major Williams Covell
(Hy Charles S(euirt )
WASHINGTON, CNKA Kpeelal.)
-Mijor William K. K. Covell, as
slst:int to Kumueer CoiUlllisHioiler
James l-'Dinkltn Hell of the 1Mb
ti lei of Columbia, know s more
about city t raffle, afoot and
awheel, ihnn anybody In the world.
I'e les iiihi finished a survey of
it. In WiiHi.ington, Tor the district
coitiiu H.s)eiierH, and for thorouvh-n-
mm it never was equalled In his
torv. While it wan limited lo the capi-
al. liiesl of Ihf ermdllions It ra-
vealed are ouuiion t( all big ell -
hs. at any rate In the tiniled
Htatex.
Home time ago congress pusat'd
bill
authorizing1 Wnshlngion's
various
r ami autobus
flic ccuimlHslou.
lines to merg
eis wanted to know If It Were de-
s' i able lo go ahead and merge
them.
They had to find out all about
j traffic first, to decide.
PHES DEHT
RETURNS
10 Hll
Coolidge's Special Train Is
Keaehes Washington
at 1:18 V. M. II"
INVIGORATED BY
LONG VACATION
Chief Executive Ready
to blunge into Tasks
of His Office Immed
iately upon Arrival.
WASHINGTON (Hy tluv Assocl
itcd I'rcss.) Preslilent Ciwltil(ro
las returned to Uie While House
uflcr a summer outing In New Kiib
.lilid. Ills train readied Wn.tliiiis
lon nt 1 : 1H p. m after an overnight
run from Salem, Mass.
COOMDGK SPECIAL En Route
o Washinston (By the Aaaoctat-
d Press) , Well rested hy nn U
vveeks stay at Swampscott, Mass.,
President Coolldge la tinvolinn
uaek to Washington, ready to
plunge into the tasks of his of
fice Immediately.
HWAMP8COTT. Mrbs. (Hy the
Associated Proas). Invigorate I
by his 1 1 -weeks stay, President
Coolldge pulled up stakes Wed
uesday night at his summer re
'reat and famed toward Wash
ington enthuslastlo over prospects
if a successful winter In. cou--?ress
as ontiiiied to him In num
erous confoiences with adminis
irntlon leaders.
Hofore leaving Wednesday night
'he president received a most op
timist lo report from Heprescnta
Mve I.ongworth, Republican, of
Ohio, who wilt bo speaker of tho
iit house. Mr. Iongworth pre
dicted the house would approve
a tax reduction bul making sub
tuntlal cuts In Income (;tea. be
fore the first of tho year. If suc
cessful, this program will permit
..iuu action by congress on a tnx
bill before March 1 It, when the
first payments of the now. year
nre due.
Pointing out that Chairman
Green expected to call the ways
;nd meuns committee together
next mouth to formulate a rev-
(Cnntlnued on Pssre Flv.)
T
H Kit 1,1 N Hy the Annoclatnd
I'rcss). Two Americans, father
nnd sou, alleged to be behind the
recent organization here of the
"Knights of the Fiery -Cross.' pat
terned after the Ku Klux Klan,
have been arrested by the Gor
ton n police in Silesia. They nr
Otto Htrohrtcheln, 53, nnd Oot
t ha rd Htrohscheln, both Gertnun
born, but now Amertcnu citizens
l.in.l .AnAnlln rualiln nla n Pl.tnonn
A third American, Hon Burton
Gray. 21, Is reported to have left
Germany three weeks ago and to
be In Chicago now.
It Is alleged tne order was
founded in several cities since
1 financed with funds from
KInn circles In America, and that
It played an active part in tho
i revolt of the so-called "Hlack
itelschwehr" In 1923.
. The police found a roster of
' . . .... k
I ne memners oi uie onier nnu c-
orders have been lasued for the
arrest oi an memuers in tne larg-
rr cities.
Revealed
That wns the survey's Genesis
Covell was put In charge. He's
thorough by nature. He had
plenty of moiicv $.S0,0(mi to do a
good Job. And the despotic form
of thn district's government pro
vided him with an excellent ma
chine for his work.
More pr dest rains nre hit hy
a ul os between 8 and ! p. m. Minn
at any other time of day or night.
Prenumably this is hecnim visibil
ity Is low, hut aulotsts and pedes-
i triatift to gel used to It.
. Hesides, It's an hour whn mot.
. p-ople ar- bent on pleosiire and
fort' careless.
Kleven lo moon ts the peik hour
for antoa to hit fixed object h--nn -
GERMANS FIGH
SECRET DRDEH
their drivers 'ire scooting home for;'
tunch.
I Hut the rush hour Is from f to
t fl, because more people go home to
i dinner than to
when most autos collide. These
are some ot Uio things Covell ascertained.
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