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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. wiraif C ITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP). Ore gon: Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Sunday. Prob Hbly local rains. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHRK8 LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 303 UBMARINE SINKS; 34 MI 11 big mi JIBING rum iuimi Yesterday's Attendance Said the Greatest in , County's History FOUR SELECTED FOR SALEM TRIP Helen Nebeker, Edna Gil - ' luson, Allen Mills and Jivle Idbetter to 1 Be Takpn tn Orpjrnn "Pair AcUS-CIi IV ViegUIl fcUl. - . K'.OIN. Ore. (Special to The Ob- srerver.) The largest Mir crowd In the h'storv of Union ronntv thr-ntfed the pnvlllnn. the grounds and the grandstand at Klarin yes terday and todiiy. - Gratified offi cials have derided that this year's success Justifies plans for another fair in September, 1936. Helen Ndekor. Ml. Glenn. Edna Gilktson.. Wolf Creek,- Allen Mills, Cove, and I.yle l.edbetter, Imblor, arc receiving congratulations to day as the four representatives of the Boys' and Girls' clubs who will represent T'nlon county1 at the slate fair next month - in Salem. HM i.-in Imi nmonnnnl.1,1 ltlnin liv Ji. A. Sayre. suue.rintendent of had comity schools, -who hns charge of 24 of the 8J clubs filnc tlonins in the community this scn H'in, and will nialte tliclr .home In I Hie aw bnys-nnd ffll'l!.dflrmltnrvc fiirnlshi'd )y the' state tali-' board on the Krounrls. Helen and Edna won Ihclr hon- ors In seivln? clulm, und the boys in work with enlvrl and pics. Kuch of the girls Is 18 years of a i v"a1do 1. Sloddard, wl o return and the boys. 13. None of thorn CU. about a month aao from a has atlendjed Oregon state fair tl.B lo t.,c orient, repnsintinB before. ' Oregon Agricultural college In a Through some oversight. It Is y. ,u (j, A, Btudy tojr, will sptuK said, prizes wore not offered this or ' Ills experiences ut tho regular year for projects in tne uoys ami girls' elul, department, oilier than for livestock nnd swine. The re. suit was a smaller number of en- irlea in ine oilier aeu-iiviio. "ul.'g the work displayed was all of conl- (Continucd on Page Two.) The committee, in charge of the annual rield trials for dogs which wilt he held here October 11, have made arrangements for Mtit Ware, of Twin Falls. Idaho, ..o DM0 n JUDGE TRIALS juuge the field tnais anu nave(Mav Juy ftn( A.,KUat( DUt ho oidred cups and medals to be mftKP8 ROOd whenever the calen used as prl.es. which will he on dftr reads June or December, display here In a short thne. Kour . . cups will be given, one in the puppy class, one In the derby class, -one In the shooting dog class and one In the all age dug class. . Dogs from lluker, Wallowa, Vmatilla and I'nion counties are expected to participate In the trials. 1 The entrance fee for the trials , deputy, announced from the sli.'r is )2.&d and aU doc owners areff'g office this morning. I leejjrsted to register with J. I. Morelm-U before the date of the meet. On Oftnbet 7 all the d.i owners will lock garage. meet at the More Air Mail Planes May Serve La Grande Soon T.ltihprnn Phurrh Will t Observe Rally Sunday Tomorrow will be rally day at the Lutheran rhureh. A special musical program will be (riven in the morning In addition to the ree niar servlers. In the afternoon W. K. S.lxtnann. president of the f'o hitnhht Olstrict t.iith'T hutur will ,snnk nnd there will Ik a business mating of the local I.uthr lea gue. In the rveninx at T3' o'rlo'k Mr. Salxmsnn will again talk and T: J ii.mi...r hpOr.nn til rn.ier two voral numbers, accompanied by himself. Mr. Hammer sing at the I. I. R InlMTtiarle last Sunday nlKht. He rime to l.a Grande recently from Boise, Idaho. Co-Ope:ation Is Urged By 5 Speakers Fanner and Business man xseea to vvoi k i to gether, Grange iviein oeis Are xolu. aim tiic business muu was uiu , theme of iu(kt by A. K. Shumwuy . K. Shumwuy, iit'tjubiicun caiiuitld.lt- lor cmied j Stales senator, C. K. Spunsc, '1'orl- lt-Udi elate juarael agent,-' i'Vcd lCurrey, editor of Hie Uislricl Ncwo, J. A. Nice, North Powder, county n i lis Lit .11 ml Kui 1 KtiioiH. hulIck t Union comity chumu.r: 01 commerce, wnen l!UU members - Su STS. euows" huu u I " w. tweier. l o.-aude, a. IlttUonttl onsanheer oi the b.uu pi-uuiued over me lneeung, cui...nr ,,on ui-tingulfdieu guettd iur nuoi- mu auuides. ira. Aiary Jones, Lmahlla, slate home economy -uuirmuu, brought greetiiiK. us Ul - .reti-.upi, ut;i.--.l.al agent of Malheur county. VV. S. L.evL'i.s, Portlund, italo prohimilion commissioner, in town iur i'le uUj, Wat .ie-iut bum.. Invited to address (he meeting, lie pleaded with the cumpuiij 10 re cogunte tiie need tor iuw eiuoice- intnl, and coiuplimenied the com- apples in Oregon, wilt probably 1914, Mrs. Scott prior to hor mar inunity on the oiUcny conduct or ha-'est a crop of 4uo or more ruigt! WR8 a graduate nurse. Tend- tlie crowds at the Pendleton rRtlonris this venr nomi rtlnt tn - -..iin "OMBtt-Up, .uiiio. pcuimo kui. uiu . umi IHs lioi.oruuiu to uocy the law. .wc. i,iali nave u crime wavi or worse t.iuve- It iS Ilitlt lluiv Oi' eviil-V clt'zt;n t0 uLy the luw. liio beeouvi. is 10 see inui me omer lenow ; (Contlpueu'oa vakd fiva.i fHin A Rfl WIT I . " -'V TBililj U KCiCliilM lttU 1U UiUllM . luncheon meeting of the chumuc ot conll,lcmJ My noon at the , 0 0 ... ,... ehurles, H. Itev noi,jB K-lll pi-eside over the pro- - uni. .Stoddard, who Is a recent grad uate of O. A. C, was president of the Association of Students at the college, and president or the Association ot Student Ilody I'les-. idents of the 1'aclfic coast. H has been prominent in athletics, particularly basketball. God of Love Shirks; License Books Suffer No marriage llcenws have been issued in I'nion county In the past 11 days. Stti) the clerk and his staff are not concerned. The love god sometimes shirks during Sep tember, October. November, Jan uary. I ebruary, March, April, Tax Payments Coming snw V! H I JJ1VK Infill, 7 Only nine ,nore days In whlelCof exhibits and in enter.ainment . inty mm- mm ...... ma..- ...a-o for the year, and returns urecom- Ing in rather slowly. Amos Helm, "Taying taxes Is just Christmas shopping; us surely as you wait, you have to stand in; WHlt, you have to stand In ' line." the deputy observed, th'-n added, "Most people wait." Air mall sen Ice for f".r;inde propoN'd seems probable If tin mule fiom 1'asro. WasJi., to K'l. Nov., via Mols4-. Ida.. Is estab lished, according to Walter Y. Varney, aviutor of Kan Kiatielseo, who wan the sole bidder on the rontraet whleh will b let by the Cnited States post offlee depart oil, ment at Washington, ll. In the next three weel.s. Varn'-y, with Mm. Varney and b party of friends, was in I .a Cfi-snde ad evening looklnit over the valley for posMhle landing 'places In rase of Mierg-nrl s. Mn' favorable, spots - avail- a,f' n 11 in ,n" " V that the town will frveiitua'iy becom ta n-gular stop on the line. Varney originated the air- plane taxi line from San Kran- Cisco to l.os Angeles, which hns been In operation since 1716. He uses plam-s e-pecllljr adapted loi mountain (lying- mm am $300,000 Union County Has Hlffh p-i, : ts;l r.. xvaiixv in X'lUlU 1IU- duction in Oregon YIELD IS GREATER THAN LAST YEAR About 400 Carloads to Be Zwr:.jT-.T CHILL AJUIUJ-IC tv Consume Most of Crop ImIIIoi's Note Tills Is the I ti'ilrteenth of a scries of stories i published In The Ki cuing On seiner ih riahi'itif o tlir com nici-tinl, in.ltistrml ami agrlcul lural reMnint'es mid operations' of I .a ( rondo. Union and Wal lowa (utilities. l"n ion county, which ranks high in the production of ' marketable information tram prominent nppie Rrownra unci Avoiy, county uKi leulluriat. The valuation of tiie comineiclal bron this fall is fvniploH trt run ttolti.i. Ihnn :tllli . tiuo. , . , , , The avernso crop In Vnlon I county is - around 300 carloads 1 or more of comnu'iclaly- apples, 'I valued, at alio It' tttMOfj XBH.. j trdhHy; lilt, art' :"Stiipped X'Mt. -winy .goiiig 'to Chicago for distrltjution In the middle western states and', the rest going to New York, Xor distribution in the eust coast states and to he exported. i ;uitM; Kallinr AppH. ' Oregon apples are In high fafor In Kurope and are. becoming more so each year,- reports re ceived hero indicate. England, es pecially, is accepting Oregon ap- P'"" a dclicul;y 0t mVch 1m- port.'inee, flf t!w. flrntrnn imnlc, uliltnte,! rn1,iri,. i;i,ii,n eountv sends u huge l.rono. tio.i. especially since packing methods here Imve been improved whlcn haJ tliken p,ace dminK Ulc mst years j Itonic Iteatiues I 'est I'nion eounty- oreliHrdlrds rinil that Home Jfeanths are the sir- (Continued on l'ag Five.) Finis ATTRACT IW KXTKIU'llIKK, Ore, .(Special to the Observer) The Wallowa county fair asstjeiallon will open the nates lo Its annual event next weeK for trie nineteenin tune. I This vi-or'u.riH This year's fair promises to ex- ce lis predecessors In the extenl M uiureB . ,in ii ).rup rim mii irum the slate enabled the management to Increase the premiums offered (Continued on Psge five.) Z CliaptCl Of DcMoIaV OI'r.i. InuinMnA At it mwtlinr nf the 1st flramli (chapter of I eMolay last even na j In the Masonic parlors new offi cers wt.- elected and Installed (leoge Class, Jr,, was tiiFta'led as muster counselor: Tlge Iwirsen S"n'or counse'or-: Urtice tiavis. ol I 'nion as junior coinselnr and Wilson Thurston as serlbe. Of the 4o memlieis belonging to Cie orgaiiimtion 2U are away at sfhool, ni ttie boys are plan ning a meinirership campHlgn. Tl;e- win iTi-el the first and third Thursday of each mont'i. the m-xt meefng to le held Thursday. Oelobi r I. Presbvlerians Formv Junior C. U. Society ' 1 1 The fnenl Presbyterian rhureh h;s orvanixed a Junior 'hrlFtisn Kd:ivor asso-jtlon and the first metlng will he held tomorrow "v-n,n ' 5 a'"""- th' rttnn-U. MIfs Mess f lbe la In charge of I he new organization, All ehlldren between the ages of f and IS Are eligible In nltend th meetings nnd all Intererested are Invited. Meetings will Ik- held every Sunday at 6 o'clock at the church. Scotts Must Stay Wedded, Judge Rules Michigan Congressman and His Wife Both De nied Divorces by Cir- . cuit Court Jurist. jtji ijii 1V1 mien, yity ir-, aho dated' i'ress). Frank D. Scott, Michigan congressman and lidna i denied divorci'S t in the decision of Circuit Judge Enier-ck' today, Scott charged cruelty and conduct, allegeiug his wile Was indiscieet" in lier relations wlthj three men,, while- Mrs. Scott charged her husband gambled and; drank , . . t , Scott and Mrs. Scott separated during Christmas week. 1922, af ter an all night conference in the Scotts' .Washington upartment had tailed to bring a reconciliation ut their differences. It was a year later before he filed a petition for absolute divorce,,. chargingcx travagnnce and misconduct. In a cross - bill she ' denied all the charges made by . her husband and countered - with allegations that the congressman gambled "for high stakes" and that nls conduct in other ways was of a nuture mnklnir rntitimit'd living moitwr inmnHiliin rh u-p.d imnHn.i in Tv, 8coti "Z allowed "(i u mn, tmipornry alimony, In nrt- rtl,on. to Xlccr allonuncea lo .,.i,i . i,i,,( ,i,.,,ninn ' . , .... ...i... t . t. ' . ' BEFORE ELGIN , , . -- ' - . j K I XJ IN, (Special to The Obser- ver). "! hunted catllo over this country a good many years before) the town of Elgin was thought of," reminisced W. B. IlJndinnn. j Union county, pioneer, yeater- day, as lie surveyed the livestock entries para.led under the plne!n trees behind the pavilion. Mr. Jllndman crossed the plans 1 to Oregon with a double tam of ox,n ,n ' and for 8t'voral yirs lie , freighted with oxen between of Itunnock and Walla Walla. Then ' I... n Innrl 1,1 the . valley, and has been farmer since. . Another pioneer, and a friend of Mr. Ilindmnn for more th in J fcti years, jvas present In the per-,ei ruin of J. Q. A. Klcharfls. Mr. the circumstances. Only 1 8 pu Klchards -was- only -1 yeats old pils are nglstered In the fourth when he left Adums City, III., grade In the Willow school and and rode the long, long Journey across the plains with his father lo Oregon City. In age. he Is a twin lo tho day, of his friend, John CavlneiH, who lives In La Grande. Miss lllanche W. Stevens, wl-n f'om Oreuon Agrleultuial i,i to Judge en I lies In Die women's depaiimnnt, was the envy of everyone In the pavilion when she opened the food cas-s t im(J rt(irteU HnillpMng angel fond j vttUvn snd fluffy douirhnuts, hut ,,y t )lc ghe i,,,, couth,,,,.,) the process through numei oils en tries of plain bread witho'Jt bin ter, her job looked less desirable. (Continued on Page Klve.) Correspondents Throughout 2 Counties Mom than a Mtm of mrr (MtiideiiU Mi!lniitly iottr (he new of their a rums eanunni lllrs for The Olwrtcf. t,H-.f day of tltr week and c.ei y wti k of the year Olwnit nilert Unv www of Iti'm anil Walhrn-a cooiitM TIh-v NwmM TIm tllHorirr wltli Intvtrl. not otily bei-an-- f Hie giwrai Minlt and natlmml nrw H fMHliv. not on! for Its many ftnlun. out also for tin1 Mtnis of eomniunlly Inlet ct about tlMfitHtr. Ue-lr neigh nori, or llietr iM-'glibor's nelglilior. Tlilt tn btif one of the reao for Tlw OlwrYpr it lilfrli nuilcr-lnlcrr-t IIh gnal nt faetor In dHemiUilnst ad-er1l-liis lur. Obscrrf Ailvrrt l-lng A Uerdiaotllalatf fimloe. E 0 ISUPHELD TT, T t t- i n 1 1 111 - DaQS BaCK " ScllOOi Fathers in WilloVv- Central Case rprnj rTCnTTCCT?rk 1T1X1A1U1V lWVUOOUU FROM ALL ANGLES Members Hear Reports ! - rpi t a 1 1 iTf i. 1 mat -Aii" vv eauiei Roads Will Be Avail able Near Willow Soon. After reviewing the various In cidents that have taken place In t'.ie controversy over the transfer of some school children from th" Cent rut school to the Willow school, tho 111-Dad organization endorsed the act on of" the La rif,m.l uiUnnl ...1 In L-I.w tJie tmnfers. t a regular meet ing lust night. Hegret was expressed by. Un Hi-Dads that the difficulty had arisen and that any con trove ray between the board and Interested T'S-!ld e "eT?J since similar transfers have been; necessary frequently for mnny years, members of the organiza- " .tlOP I said t1at no more suitable I solution seemed available for the Doaru it inv considerations of good business and efficient school administration be -given attention. Tho present . congested -condition of,. tto Central school, thrf ine-d? vtsnblllty of further crowding tho building with lnudequate base ment rooms, and tho adequate facilities and freedom from con gestion that can be had In the ney Willow school building were points brought out during the discussion. Will Improve Htrwts. Members also reported at last night's meeting that the city and county are co-operating In the improvement oi me streets ap- proaciung v mow scnooi aim in.n ulUweather road would be available In the near future for car going to this school. The (lander to cnnnren crossing tne railroad track, which is necessary for. those who have been traus- frred from Central, was uMo i given attention, but the nieellngl,",'r n took the stand that a division (along some line that would rc - lieve the present congested sltun-' tlon uas al)Solutely necessary and that the m-hool board had seleet- the best eourwe powslblc under 41 uiartWI the year In the nimi grade at the Central building, the man. Newport, ft. 1.; Kranklln l , Hl-Dads were told, und the'Ji'. citiir motor machinist's board's transfer order wus made male. Stratford, Conn.: Walter 'to equalize this condition afid Kdwards Uiwton, electricians comply with the state luw regu- (Continued on ls Five.) - I i SHJI MJlm l PLANE DESTROYED IN SPEED TESTS " ' DliKCX. Krance (Uy Hip AsHnrl- at.'d I'rr.ssj An airplane specially eontitrueted for non-stop flights from I'aris lo New York planned .rlckfc I'eler TejicheTiiHidier, seti by Tsui Taraseon and Kraneols 'o- man. first class. liann'or, l'a.; II, was completely destroyed when gunner's mate, t'lareniont, N. ll.; It crashed 'i miles south of here today. f t'oittlimpfl on t'nae flv. TnreHeoil was seriously Injured .,...:-. while h's companion avlalor Ka. UmI)OI inff of HiRhwaVS vorwiu. was only slightly hurt. The ,)f i j (VimnletCfJ 'ivlators were attempting a new i iVHlLIILd VIHJltlCU --e'l record for the 30 on kilometer I , , . fliglit. Virship's Gas fells Failed Before Crash T.A K Kill ' ItKT (My the Assnelated Press ) Additional (eniinmny lii 'Ib itinit I he failure of the gas cells or the airship Shenandoah was given today lo the naval court Of Imiuliy Into the disaster. August (jnerenhehu, one nf the snnivors suld he saw one cell. In the aftorpart of the ship, deflated le fore he heard the rrueklnv of the Ship. James H. Collier, ehh-f tut- ffer. gav similar testimony yester- ,lHr- Population Increases; 1 Twin Daughters Arrive MKIH,M, SPUINflS (Sp.cldl). The first twins ever born bent arrived SepteniM r I', when two rlrla were born lo Mr. and Mr, Oliver Turner at the home of Cy Turner, Hulh mother and dalgh ter uro gutting along line No Bobs For The HmiKiii'lim nrlstflcmc)' ivruncs to siirii-iuler to IhiIiImmI .)inlr. Notice lln Iminlirwiiir Slum, ile Kcnyeres, aua of the ' nm-t bcaiillful wirliilj' wmiK ii or UuilapcHt. ES G LIST ' WAHH1NOTON (Hy the Ahso e.(ae7 l"eHS).-T.,e Revised list of missing men on the suit- marine .N-fl follows:. Ue-u. Uuiiuey . l. Iiobson, Hroolihai t, N. Y., coiiiamndiiig of. fleer; l.inut., Junior grade, Harlow; M. .Pino. Iing lleaeii. rallf.; , Lieut., Junior grade, J. I). UnselH Dillon, H. ('.: Lieut., Junior . wm., jiimr mw '' 1,1 l(,'ter. Nutley; N. J.; en- "'K", h. W. r.gliert. Mariners Har- ilur' N. Y.; I'aul Uerk, englneman, I,r crass. MiioemaKersvine, i-enn. Allen Clifford Kurle, englneman, first class, Gloucester, Mass.; Itudy I'irm, motor ,,., lll.ll.lt'- mate, first class, Klein, Mont,; Valentine lllllbord. chief torpe-lo niate. first class, Weymouui, Mass.; Htady Doinoi e Undsay, enKlneman, S'srond class, I'ensa eola, lla.; Oscar Joiieph MII01, fireman, tMr class, (Iran tevllle, Mass.; l-'rank I a nter Minis, se.i niiin. first eiiiHH. A '.iirusta. (hi.: K,HnU Archibald Shea, e eetrlch.n's mare, iirsi eiass, uioucesi"r, ' Mats.; Augustus Alexanrlnr Smith, torpedo man, Niton, Kla.; Her l,,t Kadelmiin Hnyder, chief slg. tial man. I'hiladeluhla, I'a.: Kred WASHIN'OTON City the Asroe. aied presn)Nnmberln(r or the highways or the 1'nlted States has been cornplelefi by a sub-commit tee of the Joint board of I he Am erican Awsoetatlon of Hint- High way offiehils and the 1'ntled States off leer of public roads here. Included are: HlalriF, Wuth.. H- ttle. Olxmpla. Portland. Siilem, Ashland. Keddtng, K ret no. Ilukerarield, Saera rii"ito. lxw Angeles. i:i Cen'ro to the Mex'eo border; 1 o t frl Ang'des. AsKirlu. rte also the Paclfle rout to San l-'ntn i Iw i. Hanitt ;arbnrH, .o Anaelea. Hun l'eXn to the .Mexlian line at Tia Juaim. 6 Drowncfl When Shin S'.inUu Off X'nvfl .Kroiia 1 N'OKTII SYONKY. Nova Keolla i (My Ihe Aseoetated Pr ss. ) -tap- tain Joseph Vateher. of Ihe 6 .-ton nr (winner Inet (I., of llurg-o. foundland. and five s- am n. were drowned lest nUht when ihe vs- ad eapsiied about fhre mlb ofr lJngan. while making fur bydney (or ih.ltur. North HISSU ISI Aristocracy I I XTRA to iioi.i) ixgriitY. T ll v sleeiiLhlii City of Itonic should liavo ivmniiieil on I be spit unless ,",'""' ""IK-llwl U leave niter "i "taT? "l". today. He said he would ln(iibi' illltl llm ftllKllll'l flf till- cnt.fia'ii f (,t. stcnincr III an InvcstlKaUoii which lie lias ordered, ....., . !!!", i1," A.l7inEI ' m (nun i . mum's nil 'm ciiange teh'Kraphle aveiicy littre m-elved say that nniMirM that SMiiilsh ftrc'M liave enpliiretl Ad Jlr, raiiltnl of Alnlel Krltn, Klf fian lemler, nru Iwlng circulated In Mulrid toilay. riitK toss is shuo " IMI1U mvi i.-uii'ii ipj uf-i'i 11 1? nam w 11 in X, fonsiimefl a mnll garage, a tfitir ing car Ntoi-eil I here mid a wimnI Mfuwl mitrby at the home of liva l i ill ler, fU2 I M Klnrt si iect, lit 5:f0 n. 111. today. Then was no he.urniHir t4i cwver dumaircH, which amounted to alMint $HOU. Rome to Tokio Flight Completed Late Today TOKIO (My Urn Ansnclnt"'! I're-is). 1 'oinmiillder Cranceseo lie IMncdn. Ilallall av'liloi', eeill pleled his Home lo Tokio flight tills afli rnnon W ASH I; N(. TON (AI'l. PinchoVs Chances For White House Discussed fliv t'harlf P. Stewart) Times are pretty good now. WAHIUNOTON. (SKA specliil) What Is Otfford Plnehol's show In the presidential race?" This query lunds on my desk from n middle northwestern editor. tn alr:o been corning lately from other sources quite numerously, "Strong plnehot sentiment Ii breaking out all over the eountry." savs a pngrehfie Minnesota pa per, Semlnclv lemterhlng nf a White' Hoiifte bonrn In hi Interest hns de- velneed from the pennsvlvitnta irovernnr's randidaev lo succeed Oeorge Wharton Pepper In the I nlbii Slues Senule ut the l'J.O elect Ion. - fir eon rue H's loo soon lo do any th'rir hut g'ies ni, what the pre.:- denial sltuallon will be three hence. Plnehot If hls wr 192 (lov. wnJdn't stand a ithost of a show. Nobndv would stand a show but (VMn t'oolldire, either for the ll" ubllran nornliiatlnn or for elec tlon. tine mnv like him or no( ,bnt a bin mnjorllv ere for" him at this time of writing. At ity rate they favor the sta - ttus quo, In which he'g Included. STEAMSHIP 1MSS-5V 3 SURVIVE Undersea Boat Running Without Side Lights, Report Says CREW HADLITTLE CHANCE TO ESCAPE John L. Gibson, of Port land, Among the Miss ing; Two - Westerners Thought Drowned. NEW YOrtK (By tho Associated Press.) Thirty-four officers and men or the United States subma rine 8-61 perished last night when tho si earner City of Rome rammed and sunk the submarine 14 mils c"S' nf Block Island, Rhode Inland. Only throe men are reported , by ; naval communications to have been saved. ; , ; . 1 ' -. . . ..''' ' BOSTON (By tho Associated Press.) The submarine 8-61, sunk In ;i collision with tho steamer City of rtomo off Block Island last night with 84 members aboard, was run ning without side lights und was nearly onto the ship before sight ed. Captain Diehl, of the ateumc, reported In . a, wireless meaing'i to tho Charleston navy yard todny. Illelll's message said the slcumcr struck -thd forward conning tower and tHo"tbmarltis sank a( onne. Only three men were a:ivdi' Diehl said tho'ltomo was only a. llttlo '(Continued on I'age 1u.) SAT.EM, Ore; (Special.) Kvery body'a tastes appear to have been considered In planning entertain ment for tho Oregon statu fair which opj'ns at Salem, Sept. 28. , Beginning with an American leglan day and a program of stunts nnd competition that carries $llii)0 In prizes, a aeries of special "days" will honor communities and organ isations represented throughout the northwest. Oovornor Walter M. Pierce will spenk ut the midday meeting Sept. 2 8, at which time tho floral show will bo formally opened In tho new pavilion. Tuesday will be grange and wo men's day, marked by the horso show opening. Mrs. Hnlllo Par rlsh Hinges, Salem vocalist, will bo star entertainer at music. Salem merchants will close their (Continued on I'ago Two.) 1)11. HOWAHI) UKKtHIlD I'jKKING ( AP). Dr. Harvey J, Hownnl, of tho llK'keftdler hos pllal, Peking, khhmjHil by baiulils In Inly, lias been resiiietl. That's the whole basis of the ad ministration's present popularity, for popular it Is. Everything in dicates It. If times stay good, and pnrtle larly If they Improve, between imw and 1828, President Coolldge lik ely will bo renominated und re-el-ected. t If they make a turn for the' wore his chances will dwindle. He can do nothing at all or make lot or mlstakea but ir times stay good he'll get nother terr:t. He ran do the best lob In the world. yet If prosperity wanes he'll be blamed for It. I 1 Say condttlona dn so ahaf' hem-t wdves as to give an outs dr a look-in for the Kepnhltcan prsl deutial nomination In 192. How aboii I Plnehot then? j Well, he must get Into M-e Sen-' ate. first. Jf he loses th fight, he'll hardly have suceeede I , in proving up as presldenltil matrr-: lal. ' Personally he'll . he Jusl "is goo a man, lo be mire, but he won't l haw d'-monst rated political con trol of his own stale. I He can bet he won I get any ifcIp Iroia Andrew W. weuon., , OREGON FAIR OPENS MONDAY
