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.VOLUMErXXIII.
M KM BISK A8HOCIATED PREKH
LA GRANDE. OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 298
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FARMERS OF
Gin FACE
Events of Great Interest
to Agriculturists to :
Take Place
COUNTY FAIR WILL
BEGIN WEDNESDAY
Union ( County Grangers
to Be Hosts to Eastern
Oiegon at Meet Here
Saturday.
Farmers of La Grande and East
ern Oregon in general are looking
upon the week as one of much
activity and of great Interest In
agricultural ways. -
Three event of outstanding im
portance to the local agriculturists
are scheduled the Union county
fair at Elgin, beginning Wednes
day and continuing through the
week; the Wallowa community
fair, lo he held Thursday and Fri
day at Wallowa; and a grange
meeting, with the tmton County
Pomona grange as host to Eastern
Oregon, to be held Saturday In La
Grande.
The Wallowa fair will, of course,
be of greatest internal to those of
that community, although It in ex
pected to attract visitors from Un
ion county and from Enterprise and
Joseph.
Many to Attend Fair.
From Elgin comes the report
that a large attendance during the
four fuir days Is expected, provid
ing Inclement weather does not
put a damper on the entertainment
features.
Stock, both exhibition and rac
ing, have started to Elgin and in
some- cuhps. animals are already at
the grounds. Premiums this yean
include several special awards and
among the donors Is Dr. W. T.
Phy, whose interest in dain .
tl- has proven a decided impetus td
dairymen throughout Eastern Ore
gon. Prizes are to be awarded in
every division, from poultry .o
Perch eroiu and from embroidery
to jelly.
Grange Program.
Grange leaders here believe that
the Saturday sfssion will be a
great stirrers. The meetings in the
.morning, in the Odd Fellows hall
across Adams from the Foley ho
tel, will he for members only 'but
at the noon hour thn chamber of
commerce quartet la to sing and a
number of prominent grangers nnrl
local business men will give short
talks ditr'ng the luncheon.
After the luncheon three confer-
(Continued on Pure Five.)
Not only will the La Grande
public b the first In Oregon to
witness Frank Lloyd's "Winds of
Chance" but they will actually be
the third In the United States, with
only New York and Boston in the
lend.
This was stated in a letter re
cently received by Meyers and
Ford, of tho Arcade, from the di
rector, excerpts of which follow:
"Let me take this opportunity of
making one letter serve more than
one purpose first, to thank you
most sincerely for your spendid
co-operntlon when "Winds of
Chance" was filmed In your sec
tion; secondly, to express through
you to the people of La Grande
Joseph and Wallowa, our apprecia-
(Continued on Page FIviO
Odd Fellows
La Grande
About forty people from . Ia
Grande, members of the odd Fel
lows nnd Rebecca lodge's, will at
tend the I. O. O. F. convention
which Marled In Portland today
and will continue all this week. Al
though 7000 members of the or
der In that city are dlrectlv handl
ing the big convention the tank
fall upon the whole state and ev
ery member of the order is con
tributing toward the entertainment
fund which will aggregate nonrlv
isn.oon. Portland U contributing
$20.oen out of the combined con
tion fund, which was subscribed
early in the year to handle sixteen
conventions, which were to meet
In that rltv during th season.
The Odd Fellows lodge is one
of the targe fraternal organisa
tions In the world and the conven
tion tn a world gathering. The
Grand B're of Australia wMt be
present to represent that section
BUSY WEEK
LA GRANDE 15
Tin IN II. S.
a mm W i
HAZEL SCOTT
JOINS STAFF
OF OBSERVER
Misa Hazel Scott, for four years
society editor and all-around re
porter and newspaper woman on
the Waterloo Evening Courier,
Waterloo. Iowa, arrived in La
Grande Saturday and starts n to
day as a member of Tho Obser
vers news staffl. She fills tho
vacancy caused by the departure
of Sho waller Lynch for further
school activities at Eugene.
- Miss Scott has had a wealth of
newspaper experience, the Water
loo Courier being tho leading paper
in a city of 40.000, and comes
most highly recommended to The
Observer. In addition to routine
reporting she will help supervise
the society columns and will
hnndle special assignments and do
feature work. Sho knows news'
when she runs across it and knows
how to write it. In commenting
on her resignation from the
Courier staff that paper carried
the following, which serves ad
mirably as an introduction for
The Observer's now worker to the
(Continued on I'age FiY.t ,
fill SUNDAY
At the regular quarterly con
ference of the Jitter Day Saints
church hero yesterday tho bish
oprics of both the flMt and second
wards were reorganized. Bishop
.George It. Lyman and counselors
of the I,a Grande' first ward were
honorably released and A. Lester
Stoddard sustained as bishop -of
the church and Lloyd" Walsh as
firet and Elwood S. Owllllams s
second councelor. Bishop 'Louis
Adams and counselors of La Grande
second ward were also honorably
released and William Grant Bean
sustained as bishop and David Eu
gene Nelson first and .lames H.
Thompson second counselor. These
changes were made under the juris
diction of Mclvln J. Ballard .of the
quorum of twelve, who represents
the general authorities at the con
ference. '
. Large representatives from nil
over Union and Baker counties at
tended the conference yesterday.
The Bakercholr, ot 60 members,
under the leadership of-Mtss Idm.
Fop.som, furnished excellent music
for the morning and nfternon ses
sions. . Mr. Ballard nnd Adam S.
Dennion were the principal speak
ers. Last night a session of the M. I.
A. was held at which time Martha
S. Tingey, president of the young
ladies' M. I. A. of the L. D. 8
church, and Mr. Ballard, assistant
general superintendent of the young
men's M. I. A., were principal
speakers, A special muslcul pro
gram was1 also given in the evening.
CLUB MEMBERS
TO WELCOME HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHERS
At the regular Tuesday noon
luncheon of the Chamber of
Commei ce tomorrow at the i.
O. O. F. hall, F. A, Epling will
be c'-airmnn of the meeting, and
4V.n k(h inlinnl tnf.nlw, n n ,1 (111 r-.
1 erintendent of city schools will
he thp guests of honor. Mr. Fil
ling wn give ine address or wel
come In behalf of the Chamber
of Co mm err, Raymond O. Wil-
tlnms will sing a selection and
J. T. Longfellow will talk.
Leiters Visit Here
Before Returning Home
nnd Mrs. O. C. Lelter. of
Portland, spent Saturday night and
Sunday in La Grande visiting with
Mrs. Elmer Heed and with friends.
They attended the Kound-L'p and
motore'l to this city before return
ing to the Itose 'ity whnro Mr.
Leiter Is managing editor of the
Portland Telegram.
Mr. Lelter was at one time owner
and publisher of The Evcnlntr
Observer and Is well known In La
Grande.
Convene;
Represented
land a large number will attend
from the provinces of Canadu.
where there are many Odd Fellow.
lodges. A- number of the eastern
state j ure sending special ;rain.
One Is known as the odd Fellows
special and carries the Grand Hire.
Herbert A. Thompson and his stall
of ol fleers. Another is the Re-
I bekah special which conveys the
president of the Kebekuh asscm
t bites. Myrtle W. Tandy, and about
two hundred members of the as
sociation. The major part of the
attendance, however. in from the
fetatca of Washington, Idaho and
, Oregon.
t Among the 1- Grande people
'who lefi yesterday for Portland to
ai tend the convention were M r.
j and Mrs. George U. Richardson.
I James Moss. W. F.. McClure, Frank
(Continued on Page Fire.)
p
BISHOPS
High School k
Enrollment
Reaches 420
Five Score Students New
to Upper Grtdes; Reg
istration Continues Un
abated. An unusual Influx of new stud
en s 1U0 of tue 4:iu bays and
girls so for enrolled are .new to
high school experience convinces
E. D. Towler, principal, that La
Grande high school will see a
record enrollment this fail. Five
to 10 new names have, been added
each day since school opened a
week ago, and the increase will
probably continue for a week or'
two, Blnce (many old students are
still delayed by summer employ
ment or vacations spent far from
home. Ijust year's register shown
483 nHtnes, including the mid
year promotion list of 50.
Diversified interests are reveal
ed in the majors, with Engi.s.,.
required subject, still holding
the lead. Mathematics runs sec
ond, with history, commerce, lan
guages science, industrial arts
and home economics following In
the order named. , La Grande
students show aotlve interest in
the Industrial arts subjects, Mr.
Towler observed this morning is
he looked over the records on his
leak, and this fall soes the usuM
heavy scheduling In that depart
ment. Thus far, there, appears
ip be no call for additional In
struciois in any department, but
extra sections have had to be cre
ated to take care of mathematics
nnd . history students.
A crash of steel oh Hteel
Dull J
thuds as of catapulted flesh.
Then
GARS DKED
IM Pni I IPEflMP
III I 1 1 1 I II 1 1 lll-l
IIU II I ! Si "
spreading stains .of crimson on the,' WASHINGTON' (Bv tho As-oel-pavement.
Just another aulomo-I a,cd I'resa,) Tho indication that
bile accident on the highway from
Wallowa to X& Grande, but -this
time passing motorists, Inured - to
ordinary misfortunes or the road.
slowed to funeral- pace. Women
gasped, and men reiuoved their
hats. .
"Darn my luck," came a dismal
voice from one of the colliding
cars. 'ihere goes two buahtu oi
tomatoes ruined!"
The god who looks after mo
torists wa In a whimsy mood Sun
day. Her pranks provided comedy
on almost every road toward ia
Urunde. Five mites this Side of
Kaiuela. George Huhn,' with Ivan
Urr as a passenger, hooked ieit
iront wheels with a cur leaving
town. . No one was hurt, and the
damage might not huvu been worth
mentioning, had not a third cur out
from La Urunde und evidently in
considerable of a hurry, rammed
Huhn'a partner in misfortune with
enough furco to break ou the two
interlocked wheels.
A sedan plunged into tho Grande
Hondo for an Icy buth Bunday at
tttrnoon, leaving the highway about
midway between1 the country club
entrance and the overhead bridge
of the Lnion Pacific it landed
squarely on its four wheebt, and
Bustaim-d no greater Injury than u
wrenched front axle.
Though accidents occurred in un
usual numbers one guruge owner
reports hauling in s.x damaged
curs-i-the hospital hud no calls, jnd
so far as could be learned up ;o
noon today, no serious injuries re
sulted. Cove Resident Fined
For Hunting Too Well
Owen Puckett, who lives near
Cove, pleaded guilty lo snoo'tlng
more than the slated quota of foui
grouse in a day und was fined fi'
in Justice Hugh U. MiruUy's court
Friday.
School Fair Is lieing
Held at Cove lodayj
A srbool fair will be held at j
ovt this afternoon and eve-
nuiK. a numoer oi exiilli.is nu:e
been arranged, the greater part of
which n furnished by the boy
and gli ls Interested in club, worn,
nnd In the ufternonn there v II'
be a sports program. Including
fnres and contests of artous na
ture. At JiSO o'cIock a progrnm wl't
bp g'ven at the Mt K'-nnle vnr-.
houe. The program will b fo
towed by a dance at tlie Mucct
bee hall.
The premium m.'iteHul from the
filr will lm talfn to the coun'y
fair at E'gln this week end.
Child Han IM infill .WUJrnt
r-eft H'sn. ifn 2 (rrnniit"r nf
Mr. and M-s. Krsnd Hii. had o
flntrr almost srverd wifn hot
brother, with whom she n s piiv
er let i hstchPt r- 1 1 on t hrnd.
Rie Is the daughter of Mrs. !f-
of Oregon City who Is visiting her
parerltj here.
FRANCE IS
READY FOR
S1101
Caillaux and His Col
leagues Complete Plans
- ior Debt Proposals '
PAYMENT IN 1926
. MAY BE OFFERED I
Washington Debt Com
mission Officials View
ing with Renewed In
tel est Trend of Events
ABOAPP S. S. "PARIS (Bv the
Associated Fruss.) Finance Minis
ter Caillaux nnd hl rolleilKiios, on
the French debt mission to tho I
United Stales, toduv completed -.he)
text of proposals which they will I
lay before the Amcrlcun debt fund-
ing- commission.
The delegates' have been dovntw I
Ing considerable time to the r
amount of dpbl to bo pnld tot
America, and the form in which it
nhould bo put; and on the most-i
troublesome parts of the document-
concerning transfers of money to
America and how these can bo
made without disturbing the ex
change and deproc'nting tho franc.
ABOARD S. S. PAKTS (By the
Associated Press.) Cnitlaux's pro
gram would offer a substantial pay
ment In. 1128. w'th increasing
amounts annually during each of
the next 20 yeni-s. Tho Krenrh
governments proposal will not be
tied up with rei oretlnn payments
or will It lie conditioned upon the
tentative agreement recently en
tered Into w''h Crent B-Uein, ac
cording to a summary obtained.
France was prepared to begin imi
mediate liquidation of her debt to
the United States upon the con
clusion of tlie forthcoming funding
negotiations hero stirred a. new
current of interest among AmnrlJ
enn debt commission ofl lclals at
tho trend of events.
Itev. J. A. Hall preached his first
sermon a pastor of 8onth Metho
dist church Sunday. Mr. Hall, his
wife and son, Claude, arrived In L.a
Grande Friday from Hlchland, Ore.,
where he held his Inst charge. The
new pnstor has served Ihe Metho
dic church for twenty yeiirs as a
minister, the early period of his
service having been spent in Vir
ginia. They ure making their home
at 2102 North Fir rtrent. Cl.iude
Hall will be a student In the local
high school.
Itev. Bert A.- Powell, who has
conclude! his pantonite at 'the
Konth church, has been guest
speaker at the M. K. church.
l.n,..,. li,H,..n-
Forest l-'lii-
KCOKNK,
lookouts nnd
Ore. Molt of the '
patrolmen in the
lusiaw nntlomil
ror-st arc b"ln j
laid off for the
se'is in except In i
then
nun ui-eii tin i unit riwii. ucroru-
ing to It a mielley supervisor of
the forest. While heavy showers
fell in most parts of western Ore
gon ten days ago, very litih
precipitation occurred In that part
of the snte. s.ild Mr, Hhe'.ley.
When
The Paper
Is Late '
Wfien there Is a
delay In (lie
dflhei y of Tlx'
t.hM-TUT a
bi enk un i fie iresi or miiim
fiicli iiimttildnlilf ImpiN n'n'
tl:c aiu of telephone tn Is
ft r The (ilN-ncr office Iihiiii
ing a! Hit He paper simply
i r vs us nddlt If Mini rvfdiiii
of niiuiinl leaitei'-iulerest.
The (kiihis on iMinie fiirrfei
routi-N wen lot Hadirlnv
night. sucli a Kiln? doeu't
IiapfM-n wry nflen. When It
dm--. TIM OIntut gels nbiiii
dant proof thai It Is eagerly
awaited nnd eagerly read a
ni't nluable liarneterlle
for a ptnxrewiic advertiser lo
x,a-ider.
MOhfrTfr Advert lng
A Mert hinluinC Hrrrlce."
NEW MISTER
TAKES PULPIT
Steer Wrestling at Pendleton J 1 1 QQARQ
L , ; ' is bi
fV4! Davis First Witness
r m&ifir,. w&jLa rtAz jL s . , -
yinr.
U took two cowboys to bullilow" tills steer at lite' Pendleton ItounuVun. He wiw fleet
of fm;t that one lioraeniaii wim Voiced to rim hi ahead of lilm o Hie oilier liorseniaa ooulil !
It took two cowboys to bullilow" this steei- at (lie Pendleton
"l "M n.racumu- nun
get clost enough to jump from
BEDFORD, Ore. (By the Ansoci
ald Press. )--Joe James Olbbs, T
28, mill, worker and Coos eounty
homeMeaxler. Is dead, and Hyman
llunl ley, fin, laborer, is in the coun
ty Jail the result of a Btahhlnir af
fray hero early Sunday morning.
Authorities said that bad feel.
Ing over attentions Glbbs Is al
leged to have in I1 Miss llattio
lliuvtloy was the cuuse of the nuar-
rel. , ; '
Huntley surrendered to the po
llen and a coroner's Inquest will lift
held 'and forma) charges tiled
against Huntley today.
XTRA
TOIlll
OliY.MJ'
SINKING
I A, Wash.
KliAVKIt
(By The As.
Bocliiutl 1'ress). A. Hurio Todd, '
I'ress). A.
RATE FATHER
KILLS SUITOR
ronner mayor of Kelso, wvoiu- Montana relinquished tho crown
imiiKMl hy a pn'ty of flvo men 'after he met with reversals. Cros
ilnil two noiiu'ii, is In ()l)iiiln by's victory rested on three, third
loiluy seeking appoliilmelll hy ' place winnings. At Cheyenne he
( mi nun- llnilley or a xihh-IiiI took third In steer roping, and he
pi-OMi-ciilcir In lake charge of tin--look third place In steer roping
lirosrciillon lu Hie murder of Tho. nnd bulliloKglng hi re, thus ucqiiir
iiiuh Hartley, Krl-o cilllor. I Ing a total or 17" imlnts, or hit
Todd luit night iniwd thn nr-' ""ra """ -lth'-r King Merrill or
jiv - il or (.ling.- II. Xi.rrls, wip.T-
llnteildeill of Hie Ki-lio wnli-r
w'orks, but the proMM-uhir ordclcd
.Norrls released
MILS!). Wash. (Ity the Asmi-
lii!it). urr.s was in-;
.,. .nM.,ur Wu lm He"
cluii'd lift IiikI no evUli nci- (tin"
1 nifilng NoitIh witli the lotery
l slaying, mid Dial the wati'iint wa-
impmirerly Issinil, and as JiiHtleit
lie luul
warrant
atillMii ity
iMMIIU
a felony
wn.ii ii;ioht ami:s
M U YOltK (Al'). I fitted
States lilMi-lct Attorney Uin-kiier,
iinn'Mintvii KMiny iimi nenirier
he would Mf-k flefMM tiiilmi of nil
niH-ii.s romi'i io m git my or tin
'ntfir; flie problb thin law. II" dc
rlnr'tl bate foiui'l Momethlti (
nl Innt to out the teeth into
hlbllion riiforeeineiit."
P""
NcfTi'o tturncd'at Slake
By Mob in Mississippi
NKW ALBANY,
Associated f'reiM).
gro timber cutter.
Misa. (Ily the
-J.. ij. ivy, ne
KitS burner) ut
tiie slake by a mob which bad
taken him . from of f let is n ir
here Hunday afternoon. Ivy, a-
cording to Sheriff John W. Itob-
erts. crnfessed tliat he attack-d
t!ie daunhi-r of a farmer In the
i;tah community, 19 ml'rs from
here. Friday. He his return d
to.t' seene nf the attack and
burned to death.
More than one I' ons-'nd rr
sons were In the mob which took
the negro from Khe;-'ff Hobeis
, of L'nlon county and Sheriff
jHeese of Lee county..
ioitoi' io run m aneati or inm o
tlie saddle and rateh him by the
Round -Up At
Encl; Visitors
Return Home
HOOSeVelt. Trophy . WOfl '
bv ' Bob'-1 TilVwhv Npw
uy poo uiosny, wew
MeXlCO: raday Kyan
Mee3 With Reversal. I
rKNDI.KTON. Ore., (Rpeeial to
The Observer.) in a blaze of
tfirlory the lllth annual Kound-t'p
came to a close Haturduy afternoon
will. ,vn,l . nur num.. In ,l..lllili
Imprinted -upon tho hnl of famoj0' Ho"th "ollna.
that cowbovs the country over eve I
with Interest deeper than words
can proclaim, unil loiluy newly l
crowned victors are on their wuyl
home ready lo- betfln preparing
for another year of who knows
what?
nob .
Mexico,
around
Crosby, . of Klnna. New
is the world's best all
cowboy and Koosevelt
winner for 1U2G. . l'addy
freckled Irishman from
trophy
Hyan,
"" Asmns. wno won tlie stc.-r
'"I'ing contest and broncho bust-
'nif conlest
respectively.
AHKinn
ride on Nu Name wits the fealure
of the final prorum and fur
. nished a never to be forgotten
thrill to 40.000 spectators.
No Xuiiio Conquered
Ask ins spurred the big blnzed
face sorrel and stuck to him tike
a leach, a feat that tins not been
arrumplished before during this
nhow. ,
(luy W. dish, of Orungevtlle,
Ida., won Second place In the
world's bucking contest by his ride
on Chile flcan. l'red Ktudnlck, of
Htjiyton, Ore., placed third.
In the'tiorthwest bucking con
tent Norman Htewart of I a-wist un.
,j
jH initl
pped flu' money nnd a
I saddle when he rod.i
' Winnemiicca to a npertumlar ftn-
' ish.
l'addy Kyan, Inst year's wlnn
of the Uooevelt trophy, got the
breaks at this ear's snow up un-
(fVmtlnucd on i'ngn Five.)
SURFACING OF
MT. GLENN R(MD
MAKES HEADWAY
The eonnty road master and his
arss stunts Hie busy this wck
k raveling a l hree-mlle serf ion nf
the Ml. Glenn mm ket
aerlkin of lite road
rna I. This
has been
graded duting t'ie past few wee:
mi l In nw being nurfneed. Work
will start this week on the grad-
Int of another mile of this road,
which will also be g aveied. Tho
in'ir" reeilon w'i le com-deted
hy the nvddle of November, nc-
rordlng o Itnlph Morgan, county
rr-,'mt"er.
Thp Mt. GPnn market rfad Is
s miles In length, but only four
miles will be surfaced this yrir.
Round-up. He was so fleet
tlie oilier
horns.
MANILA (BV the Assnnlatnrt
bora lli-.(milsd WaleU
TWO GOBS IN
WATERY GRAVE
oy"' 10r'1 "- Plllabury -aa Iteferrlna---to commercial avla-
t:i0 w,.t ln, tlic,r , porU,ncii ,-,, .ha hald tne olr ,orvlco ,.wltll.
swept ) three sailors overboard orjm its appropriations is doing nil
'". I
,r.u huk, . urumieu aim . me ,
third,' a negro, rescued nft-ii t
swimming through the disturbed:
waters
fop "45 minutes.
Tho dead are B. O. Stewart arm
M. C' O'Hulllviin. both residents
Judge Takes Road Right
-i,, IT.,,1-,. A Jvit-nmnnf
Vdhe Ulluei iiaVlSCIueni
Argument In1 the case of Mrs.
Anna T. Maruhal! versus Hober W.
Conrad, in which the controversy
concerns a road right over tho Con
rad tnrm. was heard In county
court this morning. K. H. Ulngo Is
counsel for the plalntirr and H.fJ.
Kitchen, rnr the defendant. Judge
U. .O. (Jouch took tho casa under
advisement.
rieit't- I'nnluiiH lnig-Termer
HA I. KM, Ore.Wlllliim Took,
who was sentenced to a long term
In the county jail here, July 2 4.
fin ii s atutory charge today re
ceived n conditional nardnn from
j (iovenor fierce. . cook left for
Unite Mont., where his father was
reported ro be 111. The pardon was j languugo used relative to air serv
recommended by District Attorney j lc matters have been insubordln-
Cnrson and other officials.
Mitchell Standing Pat;
Prosecutors Not Eager
(Ily Clinrh'v. P. Stewart.) I
WASHINGTON, ( N KA Hptclal.))
No prosecution ever went into a
cas" with less enthusiasm than the
war department goes ufteM Col.
Hilly" Mitchell, for the roust he
irave the army's nnd the navy's
inanagement of their renpeetlve
aviation services.
And no wonder, for here s a ski
uutlon m wMch the proseeuihm Is
on the diifensive. with the accused
quttu Indltfen-nt as to his own
fate, hot ait
verdict ut guilty
itinsi his accusers.
The worst of It. from the war
delta rt uu-nt s s. an tl point, is that
Col. ' Hilly" can't Iuh.j. nu matter
how Die vnnit ends. The war
und navy - departments can hurd-
ly ito anything else.
Huppose tho colonel's vlndl-
cated.
That means he wins and he ran
win only on i tin ground thai wnat
in' "'""it aviation was justi-
fd -n Iruhiful pair cl b.ack eyes
i"r ' "na navr department
alike.
On the other hand, suppose he a
found guilty of Insuboiiiinntion
d even deprived of Ins comm. 8-
s.on.
I that event he's a murtyr, a
mighty p -pular one, too, and those
who made him on ore correspond
SAYS NO REASON
TO BE PANICKY
Array Is Doing All It Can
Do with Limited Funds
Davis Asserts; Makes
Kecommendations.
WASHINGTON (By tho Associ
ated l'resx) Major General t'ai-
I'lcki dUef of tho army air serv
ice, testlfylno; before the ure.il-
dent's air board, said that the
air Mcrvlco luul asked tho butlgit
buriwi tor 2o million dollars for
the fiscal year of 1927. Tlie gen-
oral Indicated lie did not expect
the request to lie granted, anil
wild tluit lost year he also kel '
for !25 million dollars but received :
only $1(1,850,000. .
WASHINQTON (By the Asso
ciated Press). Acting; Secretary
of War Davis assured the Aniurl
cun people there Is "no reason to
be . panicky about the conditions
of the army air service."
Testifying as first witness be
fore the president's air board, ,
Davis broadly outlined the army
,atr policy and pointed to tho
i successful world flight by army
planes as one achievement which
"proved Us right to the public
confidence."
He declared ' the ' "amount of
equipment la Inadequate but this
Is controlled by funds available; .
while Its personnel, although
somewhat limited, Is jnexocelled
by any air service In the world."
Pledges Cooperation.
Davis, who first urged the ap
pointment of the board, pledged ,
full coopemtlon of the wir
dHpaltmsrlt- la. the' inquiry.
It properly can do" to aid Its de-
- veiopineiii. . ie saia only -.tnrouga
additional : appropriations, would
the war department be able to
bring the air service up to a de
sired . stnndard. i
Davis mado those broad recorn
(Continued on Page Flv.)
s
GOL. MITCHELL
SAN ANTONIO (By tho Associ
ated Press.) - Colonel William
Mitchell, air' service critic. - wuV
relieved from active duty Be p tern -her
19 by order of Major .Oenernl
Krnest Hinds, It became known.' io-.
day,
WASHINGTON by the Associ
ated I'rejis.) It is understood that
Major General Hinds 'action in re
lieving Colonel Mitchell from ncttvo
duty at Hun Antonio arc based on
General Hinds' feeling that tho
late to his superiors.
ingiy unpopular for doing so,
The war department will try to
disregard what Col. "Hihy" said
and concent rata on (he proposi
tion that the way -he said it was
what made It insubordinate.
The colonel will admit that ht
was Inmjhordtnato .perhupH, but
: triotlc
insist Insubordination was a, pu-
nccesslty, because tho
'country's welfare depended on the
' broadcasting of Tie truths ho had
to te).
I If the war and navy depart
ments could show that American
aviutlon really Is up lo snuff they
' wouldn't have so much to fear, but
Mitchell undoubtedly can provj
j the air inferiority of the I'nltcd
J St iles to France, Knglund and Ja
' pan, at least.
Tho question, "How does (his
' happen '!" arises natuniHy, and
Mitchell's answer, '"Official incom
petence, comefc !r. very pit.
He may r.ot be able 1 1 make
out his whole content, on that
aviation has rndered surface
fleets obsolete and surface armies
nearly so.
Hut he can muke out enouarh of
It that our two flying serT(cs
aren't what other countries ar
to get the. war and navy depart
zncutal f oaU,
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