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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEH-tWELVE PAGES TODAY Ewni CIT Yl ;tDlT10Nj THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore. son: Fair tonight and Bun day. Light to heavy frosts In the east In the morning. VOLUME XXIIL M KM HER ASSOCIATED PRBHS LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRBS8 NUMBER 309 FARMERS TUIIH DIVERSITY Much Progress Shown by Federal Figures 'on". : Union County MORE MILCH COWS; LESS WHEAT LAND Increases Since 1920 Made in Swine, Mules, Oats and Barley Yields . More Apples Grown.. WASHINGTON (Special to. The. nhpnrvr) The 182.r farm census for Vnlon county. Ore;, compiled by the department of commerce, ind'cntes nn. increase In the dairy rattle industry, value of fnrm buildings, opple trees, swhie. bar-: ley, fur in tenants; and shows de creaHes In the- total number of fnrm. "value of Wind, wheat acre age and general cattle. The 1925 figure are preliminary and subject to correction. Compared with 1279 in 1920, tho totnl number of farms in Union county Is 121$ this year, a decrease of fil. There were 1031 owners in i;20 ami but sez tins year, f arm tenants. h wevee. show n Increase of nine during the past five yearn, climbing trm 23 to 24fi. In 1920 Union county had 441,736 acres of fnrm land cornered with 420.029 this year. Comparative figures are not given on the folowing: Crnp Wind (1924), 147, ins acres; harvested, !9.22"; crop failure, 6770; fallow Or idle, 42.143. Pasture (1924), 2r2.39 "acres: plow-able. Kaoo ;wood land, 86.691;' other, 157.448. Wood land not pastured, 6936 (teres. Values Up niu! Down ' The combined value of fnrm buildings ahd land dropped more than tour million dollars." largely responsible to the great decrease in lend values alone.. Tho value of buildings, however, was- increased about $200.0(10.. . . . F:gurc. on farm values follow:. I .and and buildings combined 1025, $19,305,536; .1920, $23,990, 052; decrease, $4,694,617. Land alone. 1925. 16.197,9R5; 1920. $21.0(10.007; decrease, $4, 8K2.022. (Kd Iter's Note: It is said thnt during the period junt after the war farm lands were val ued at fi much greater figure than "Old ivler" 'frainor, who Is crit ically III from alcoholic poisoning in the men's ward at the county jail, is worried. He can't sleep, he can't eat. he can't nad and he can't lie still., ills stomach feels like "a block of wood" and. though It was several iIhj-h ago that he fell In with a ganj? (inwji at the depot nnd drank the stuff they offered as "moon shine." he ptlil suffers pains and twitching Just as he did when the city orriccrs first picked hi in up. But It isn't his health that wor ries old Peter. He wonders where he'll go whin the officers turn him loose and there will be no more warm room with a cot propped up comfortably with pillows und mat- (Continued on Page Five.) PETE T 10 S NEAR DEATH Neighborhood Club To Begin Season's Work At fhe in it hi I meeting of thi- Ui 1 Orjinde Neighborhood Hub Tiies dnv nt the clubrooms In the library building. Mrs. H- A. Zurhrlck. who bus led the members through n puieessfu! er as Its thirl y-second president, will turn over the gavel to Mrs. C. H. Scran ton who served during the year pat as recording secret- 'ry. Mrs. T. J. Scroggln, retiring member of the beard of directors, will act us installing officer. Other women to take office are: Mrs. Al van Duryea and Mrs. Robert New Hn. vite-presldents; Mrs. Robert Kakin. recording secretar'; Mrs. R. E. We.-enhavi r, correspondinR .-frt tiy; Mrs. G. R. Clay comb, treasurer. Ni xt In Importance to the In staHitlon are the reports of dele, gules to the state convention at Mtirshriebi and the biennial of the Nat tonal Ft deration of Music Clubs nt Portland last June. Mrs. Zur brtck wilt k ve the general swount of the Ms rah field meet inc. and MrkUlied reports will be given by Mrs, (leorge T. Cochran, who wm ejected stat auditor during th t conv. -niton; Mrs. ScraJHoa. Mrs- J Striving For East Oregon Celebration Largest One in Oregon If Hans Materialize. . About 20 members of the Grande post of the Amerlcun Let,'! on wilt go to Pendleton next Jiondtf.y night for a joint meeting with the Pendleton post, for tun purpose of discussing a combined Armistice day celebration in it Grande of Umatilla, Baker, Mor row, Wallowa and Union counties. ; If this plan is successful the 'Armistice day celebration will be I liiL (urges!. In Oregon. . " I The La Grande post has been , trying each year to nwike the eel dilation bigger and better,, and ' this will- be a big step toward making this day one of the big ged in Huston Oregon. Many pint. iM( under discussion to make the celebration this your far better than the last, which was the best yet held here. i Any Legion member who cares to make the trip to Pendleton Monday night is requested to get in touch with Hugh K. Hrauy. ' general chairman of the Armis tice day celebration. Tho ' third annual . "Harvest Moon" ball given last even.ng by tne Legion al Zubcr hull was a decided success, with un unusual- ly large attendance. The hall was decorated in accordance with th; autumn season. Dancing started nt b o'clock and continued until 12, Tho Sunset orchestra played Stock Judging Team Unable- to Make Trip I Almon GeiKS, Howard Gassett Union county boys fudging team were Injured last week returning from the -Elgin fair to their homes near Cove when the ear in which they were riding skidded off the j road at a sharp c.rve und turnA'l ' over the embankment. It wis .' feared at first tlmt CI e Ins might I Iosr an eye, but he, is recovering. ' The other boys and the driver, Miss Welmer, suffered bruises. . Th.ty-tpa.m hB( ' plonne,i , t0-le..nl0'', the judging contest ft r4'-the" stnte" - ralr nt Hulem this week, but were unable to find substitutes for the Injured members. ' Monday Last Day for Paying State Taxes Fttialnnss is good nnd picking un right along in the office of Amos Helm, deputy sheriff, where .the last half of state taxes are bolng paid. Monday Is the last day allowed for payment. Mcthodist Pastor May . Arrive Here Tomorrow The Methodist Kplncopal church (officials are umihlc to announce this afternoon for a certainty if their new pastor will be on hand to conduct Sunday services tomor row or not. The Rev. l'arker, the pHPtor-elect. !ent word from Boise that he would be on htind if pos- ! sibie. 1 n the event M r. Parker does not arrive, the congregation wilt bo called into business sesaion at the 11 o'clock hour for the pur pose of outlining the year's work. SHORT SKIRTS HAWKD. WALL A WALT j A (Special). Par's and New York may decree as they will, but dresses worn by the girls at Walla Walla coi lege must not be more than 1- inches from the floor. Heads of the Adventtst co)1eg have so ordered and three yotinR women who paid no attention to the order had to go home this week to lengthen their skirts be fore they were permitted on the grounds. It is stated. I . I.yneh. Mrs. K. T. Mosman. l:te rlwilrnuin of art. Mrs. W. 1'. McAdory and Mrs. C. 1 Dutton. Mrs. Dutton und Mrs. McAdory were delegati s rrom the music de partment to the biennial at Port land. They will tell of the work of that body. Buiness or the club will be fol lowed by a short musical program under he direction of .Mrs. Ray Williams. ' While the formal meeting of the NeiKhborbood club are dis pensed w!th during the viirmnT months, the projects with which It continually concerns itself Iihvm jm vanced In a number of wuvs ;:lnn the flub was adjourned In the spring. A movement toward Die forma tion of i n w department, one that J will consider the special problems of motberN. with study alone the lines of psychology and sociology. Is progressing under the din-ctton of Mi. R. K. Wesl-nhaver. nnd will b- ready for presentation to the club lr favorably acted on bv the board. Members Interested Cyntinued on fage Four.) Vengeance A "He laujclUMl at. inr UraiN." was me reason sirs, simy ho-, tdna Mndiuo of Cleveland gave, for stabbing Angcllo, wlioeo truck run down ami kllleil iter 6-year-ld moil ,. Monde llo will recover. . i, . ; Tlu? Presbyterian church could not sent al( of the. crowd .thai turned out last -night for .the Il lustrated' lecture that l)r, C E Smith, medical missionary to . Af rica, delivered on the suuject 01 ctnuit ions- and life , In the 'dark continent. . . . . ; . . I'ully .7.$ porJ.oent;;g JhpV&ud!,- enoe was made up of students wha nenrtt the missionary la his round of vIhIIs to the schools during the nay and wanted more of his en tertiunlng tales about a people it Ik customs and modes of life so different from those ; In America. .. 1 !)t. Smith gave his lecture -lit the foim of a travel talk, show ing" pictures of the 'trip froi.i New York to his station in Hu-m-ih guinea, on the western , xmas' of il'u continenv. Then Jiir'inteo 'luceO tho work of the school.-, and from that, ieo to the ' horrors of insunitatiun cud plagje that ntuUe inetticiiie and surgery indts ppnsatile to the mirslonnry , -programs. Dr.. Smith showed a nitm ber of African - curios, ' Including a five-pound brass tring that a i.ative hud worn about her nefd Country Club Dance Season Opens Tuesday The first Country club dance of the season will be given Tuesday evening, October 6. at the club house. Many preparations are be ing made by tho" committee It charge and one of the best dances of the season Is anticipated. The committee sponsoring the 'tuiice Is: Dr. and Mrs. Ray Mur phy, chairman; Mr. and Mis. ' W. Rlngner, Mr. and Mr. Hush Brady, Or. W. T. Vhy, Mr. and M's. Chase Buhneiikamp, Mr. and Mrs. U. K. Westnn haver, H K. Matthews, Mr. nnd Mrs. 11. M. Bo'jvy, M. and Mrs. T. J. Snog- in. Dr. and Mrs. W. P. McAdory. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Nelson, Mr and M rs. C. . Putin tin. Mr. am Mis. W. H. Iteuter, Mr. and Mrs. U H. Norton and Mr. and Mis. Adoiph Slegrlst. . 7i0 Siitn for Caravan To the Yakima 'Valley I'itly names half of farmer rmd liaif of bunfnens men of t'n (tn countare registered for the i akimu caravan. Karl Iteynolds r:-p.tfls from the chumber of com n:erc off ie. The special ii dia t!nn committee of ' the count; chamber and the realty board will ico to Cove 31 on lay ror n meet, in at R:3H p. m.. vith the 'ov i'oiiimerelal club, at the mdioof btillfKng. business Men to Hear Of 15. P. O. E. '49 Show 1 .. f I. Itnlton. Ie f .lie Own and l 'In ud Mtickey will speitk be. tore membf rs of the I'ptonf'oun i ty i lmmhr of I'mnmeree itt the ruiHr luncheon Tusday noon nt t'i 1. f. . K. htt. "Save fMd tmnmides" week and t'e cnmlmr I I ikp "Korty-fne" show will explnlned. Harry Hoffman will preside as chairman. IV PEOPLE-: HEAR LEGTURE ENTERPRISE FUR WEEK ENDS Large Crowd at Hand for Final Afternoon of the Show UNION COUNTY MEN RECEIVE PRIZES '. ' death, but Tom Mason, engineer, W. R.' Phillips, GUS LeVV, bel,eve1 l hve been killed of Union; J. A. GaskM, ITih" a locomotlva cttb Of IlTlbler, AmOnE SllC- ""'"ml negroes arc Mill nnac 1 IVllkltn.!. counted for.' Most of those Irun- CeSSIUl 11XniDllOrS. pvd were 'able to die themselve.i ' . out- ' KNTF.RPRISE, Ore. (Special to The Observer) The, Wallowa county fnlr. after one of the mwt succesful weeks In Its history, will mine to.n close late today. Largo crowds thron&ed Into the irroun-ls this afternoon for the final duy, which (rlvts promise of being a rec ord breaker. ENTKP PRISE. Ore. (Special to The Observer) Crisp, bright wea ther, a wild west show at the height of Its woolinesH, rows nnd w -of cattle, hnr'ioa nnd hog.n nil combed and 'polished ready" for mi anv. bires m i me leathers, fruits, vegetables and home-baked (foods, that set the mouth to water ing on s ght In fact, the pride of everything the fat farmlands of Wallows county produce lured a crcwd of several thousands Into the alrgrounds here Friday afternoon. The people came by train, by stage, and In their automobiles; they loped in by ones and twos nnd threes on 'horseback; they came, whole families together, in hacks and buggies. Up tind down the streets In the rnirgrbunds end of town, they parked their ears In double file. They signed all the rooms- In the hotels and u many In private homes as the hospitable folk of Enterprise could arrange to spare. . Throngs nt Fnlr. They thronged the aisles of the pavilion and the showharns, Jh in m ed 1 he b leach e rs an d and the grandstands untij. them were no niore seats and acarcely standing room; . A little: rain fell at noon, and partially accepted, definite, clear when the clouds lifted off thejand binding." ho said. mountains, fresh snow stretched to u, a new low mark down the slopes. But at .1 o'clock the sun and the Scantv Annai'd PlaVS gloom. . Behind the bind, a long parade or cowboys, cowgirls and Indians clattered through 'the streets on fancy-patterned pontes. And the crowds along the side walks cheered ah loudly as If the l"ioupl ya of the bronch-peelers. I :the slim silhouettes of their lithe companions and the stoic hulks i hat were chieftains und siiuaws feathered, beaded and painted uf ter the dictates of Nez Perce and t.'matilla customs hadn't come to Enterprise every year since 11)04. It Is all old and it Is all new at the Wallowa county fair. And those who .have seen It ofieiiest 'ind the most things to interest i hem. . livestock Awards Down in the stock burns, where much of the crowd gathered before lite rodeo commenced, there are ho many cattle entered Dial extra ta bles had to be improvised to ac commodate them. W. R. Phillips & Hon of 1'nlon. ue there with Hen-fords, and dt- ided ribbons with W. K iniig oi Enterprise. Nearby Is Ira (J. Pace's herd of Aberdeen Anyus from his farm near Joseph. Gus I-evy or t'nion. Albln M. Rudger of Joseph and M. E. Jor- fContlniien on pair In A Class By Ibdj The Oleo-ner' Aulo SitI'oii I-cim-tnntl- Hlti-nci ix ii' it lentlon and llitcieti. It has been said b unmet no hcal far owners ami ilenlrrs that it i- the lHt or ( kind hi Ore gon oiit-iidr of I'oritaiol. 'I In- Auto Section ififilnitiM In lffftliig tt Miller . for ei-rfinr who ilr -n h enr local new of 1 lie Bittnntfibih' world, nn liouiict ineiitH of b ii I n v n i'biiiice and of new model, road and highway Infoiniatioti, traffk niolor f ar ri gl traihHi. etc. l n n-gnlai-f cat me of the saliiritay Km. 1 1 in Jimi one nnon for I In high render-ln(cret o inbii'l hf InNdllgcnt adwrliMT. Observer Adrillnu A Menluuidtnlng Krrvlve." Tunnel Trap On Railroad Exacts Toll Fireman's Passing Is the First Known Death. But Several Are Be lieved Killed in Cave-in moHMONn. Va. (By the Ahso c'liled Press) Bonjnmln V. llos by, fireman, died -today from in j.irlp auKtulnoil yesterday In a cave-in of a section of the Cheai-. peuke and Ohio railroad tunnel at Churchill, near: hero, .which trapped upwardf, of 40 workman ewrnffod In reinforcing its walls. Mnsuy's was tho first known T 'WASIHNOTON (By the: Asso ciated Press). A solemn warning by Ellhu Root - that controversies Hndi rrels between nations art, ugn emeiUs not to have these tliimrK happen are futile" - wan uotindod today In his paper on codification of internationaj law presented by Representative Bur ton to the Interparliamentary un-on. Root held that codification hod a specul Importance this time be cause of the necessity of enlarg. Ing services rendered . by the permanent court of international justice. The court, with the league of nations and The Hague court arbitration, Root asserted. prom. sea to "fudlitate the pres ervation ' of peace to a degree never before attained.',,, -After concluding the rending of Root's address, Representative Burton himself addressed the con ference, declaring codification of international Jaw "would make possible a readier ' adjustment of controversies between nations. Codification would tender that which is now vague and . only Havoc with Dye Works (Hy AsMM'Intwl 1'n'ss) The Hlyle dictates which pi-e-scribe short akirta and sleeveleHH and low necked gowns for women are proving a serious menace to the Uermatr dyn Industry. The amojnt of cloth that goes Into a fashionable gown today is by comparison so slight that the dye trade in such centers an hud wig shafen is as much alarmed as the textile trade. Spanish WarVets to Observe Kooscvclt Day All posts of the Pnlted Veterans f tin! Spanish War have been re- (itcHicd hy the departmental com mander. K. H. Godfrey of Hwiside, to atd In the oboervunce of the birthday of Theodore Uoosevelt jind Saw day, October 27, It Is an nounced here. ( oopeintlon of the Oregon pOHts, which number 21, is held appro pritite, for Itooaevelt resigned from i he oTfice of aHitant serretary of the navy to head the Kough Itiders in Hie Cuban raiiiinlgn during tin Spa n lab wa r. W h t le an aeereta ry 'if the navy. a;id later as prebb'nt, Uoosevelt did much for t he United Slates navy. l,ind week Circuit Judge John II. Stevenson, state Navy day chair- inn. Inv 'ed tlie cooer"lion of the i(iH-o- of 41 rifles In the Ktate of i iregon in observing th day. Sondes Out of Style In Germany at Present (Ity As-olnled IV-w) Itbotdes ai'e out of stvb Iblw e;i;- pi Iterltn society and m.nv i Teutonic gretchen with gold n ' -"ys s e-ig-r to keep poee nltti Mm ultra - fashiouah'e brunette rittpiMr. Is dlsappeurn? Into tle tejit'.s of a beauty pur lor from which she enifnres V It t blr f h dark hue with an undertone r red. Ifng hair Is becoming old-fna'-ond for duy esr but at eve. n ne funet ons ladles m-t annear- tut with arMficial curls, suniile effiflntr ttieir shorn tresses It ur considered bad taste to hav; T-ort hair go with elaborate eve - gnwes. keep the ladies, who now To nt On lurtter shis much i-tore hnn fotip-.-rlv In s good i 1-nor. ninny iiernn ion"riiisi it-e tntroductn-T the Artierlcan sys t m nf supplying radio concerts for their customer!. PRfil WORLD FIFTH m TAKEN FROM E Diving Operations Sus pended at Noon Be cause of Rough Sea NO CREW MEMBERS SURVIVE; TOLL 33 Submarine Base Com mander Believes Many ; of Craft, Were Washed Overboard, Drowned. ABOARD THE U S. S. CAMDEN OFF BI)CK ISLAND (Bv the As elnfed Pesii) Divers today re covered the fifth body from the sunken submarine . H-f.l. It was Identified as Paul D. Jierk. engine man, second class, of Shoemakers- vllle. pa. The body waa fully clothed and wns found In an engine room com partment on lop of the engine cyl inders. Berk apparently had been on watch. Diving operations were tempo rarily suspended shortly before noon because of a rough sea.. U. 8. BUBMA.HINJ3 DASH, Now London (By the Aanoclated Press) Captain E. J. Klnff, comman dant ,o( the submarine base, ex pressed the opinion today that most of the crew of the S-lil tttil! unaccounted for wore washed ovirbonrd and drowned, Their bodies may never be recovered. King upholds the view previous- ly expressed by naval officers that the responsibility for the collision MR resls upon .officers of the City of ' This waa decided at an overnight Rome, .- Jcnnterence between tho court and King hold the R-Sl officers were judge Advocate Ii'oloy. . V In no way responsible for the dla- Thin phase of the inquiry will aster. There can be no reasonnhle delay until Monday completion of doubt,, he asserted, that the steam- . the hearing her tad fernowl to ship saw ttu submarine's lights Washington. , ...... from a distance of 10 miles. x personal, threat against Jamte The lives of the men who went ' Work, chief draftsman o.t the na down on the submarine were ! v intlon here, because of his use snuffed out almost tmiiii-rtintely ' of n, word "liar" yesterday in his after she wa rammed and mink by the City of Home a week ago nnd the douth toll stands at JiS. This was eatabllHhed hitn yesterday when divers found that the two compartments, in which It had been hoped there might havn been air the motor and the torpedo rooms were filled with water. None of the crew who went down had a chance for ills' life. Search for Missing Mail Plane Renewed HI) 1. 1 l-'f ) NT K (By the A hho rbited I'ress) Heard) was renewed today for the mail airplane which hus not been hemrd from Hi nee it pusaed llarleton, three miles cost of tho local landing field, ahortlv before midnight Thursday in flight from New York" to Chicago. More than 100 men combed the mountainous country between llar leton and Itellefonte without find ing trace of the plane or pilot, Charle n. Ames. IManes will aid the search, wither permitting, Officials express fears for Amen safety, declaring n forced In mi ing at night In the mountains Is ex tremely bazardous. Tax on Horsci'lcah Rouses Parisian Ire (Ity AsMictuied I'ress) ( I, overs of liorKerieMh, iitentliir;! what a I'Yeneh offiehil pnnipoim'v calls "hlppopol.agoi" or horse eat ers, and not followers of the sport of kiiiKR, are up In arm. The city authorities of Purls to 1 nine additional funds have put un oetol tax on t he "poor inn it's beefsteak" of about $ I for eiie-t 2 "Ml pounds. As horse meat Is the only uiest tlut in habit iints of the poorer qunrters of I'aris can afford, their representatives in the municipal coined have Introdiirer) mot Ion to lave the obnoxious tax re moved. Oxford Trousers Not Liked by Lady Wilson (Ity A-MfMlntcd Tres-) I Oxford tro isers, us tnlv Wll witi sees them, are nil hr1 t 111 t their place, but she does not think i the legs or lngfiMh c nilcmen - 1 the proper P'u for lliem. Hh" ! i thinks tee students end otlirr young 'n wno an-ei rnem might to bundle them all up and: i senu mem io ner m ne irpMie ovr Into dotfdng fr the poor eldldirn or the southern HHii I naltonnltn's "My Idea," said she, '-is t!utt , f t,..,n t un iiffcrd to disregard as our ytinig nu n fook veiy stltyjcol. M tcheli can. with long huir and wide trout- Ft 1 11, they do talk with an occa era. Testifies I' vp-rt I 2 rt jl ) '. "' 'inf ' Clone-up of Commander John Rorigcrs of (lie I'N-9 No. 1, who lentil led jestenlay before the liii'sliloiil's air boanl. lUxtanrn upheld r.ie nnval adliiliii8trallon unit clialleiiReil anyone to make uny "Just crltleLsm" of tho pre patulous for tho Hawaiian fllltht. IKEHUnST. N. J. Uoclatcd Press) The court of Inquiry will give Immedl-1 ute attention to the .question of whether tho blame attaches to Commander Kachary Liansdowne for the disaster. tetittmuuy, wns made before the Hhenandoah naval court today by Anton Helnen,, Zeppelin pilot, Telling the court that Work's statement that he had accused the bureau of naval aeronautics In con nect Ion with the disaster could not be sustained, he auked tjie court's protection in the matter, adding: "1 will tell him 1 am going to fight (Continued on Pago Five.) ' ItltAf.t. IK Iti: P1'IN I I II ; Sld;.M. Ore. (AI,J (iovcnior IMciti tiMlay icapindiited 10, I;. Itrugg or li (.ramie n iiiciiiImt of the statu normal lionrtl of regent. iih:.m irii.s iiiun'iu:u SA1,I-:.I, n. (AT) Seidng Hie name id .lobn dauxeii In n list of Htddfei-H who died during the world war on a moiiunieiu creeicd ihthi hi war mothers, Imvls daiiseu of t Cortland limvllgntcil mid found that II ie (lead wildier wiim a brother he bad not heard from for 20 jean' TO DETERMINE WRECK BLAME By the As-' Bhenandoah : XTRA Much Dissatisfaction In U.S. War Department (Ity t'barlcs ! Stewart) WAHHINdTON (NKA Hpeelal) --Il.cent events In Washington probably have given a pmlly widn y spread tmpreflsloii that all Inn't quite right wilh Arm r lean nation !al defense. ( This ImpresHlon 1 correct. The controversy over the merit" nf wiir vi-rsu surfnee forces Isn't jthe only trouble. HUH worse, arnrj and to some extent navy morale te badly shattered. Whether one considers Colonel "llllh" Mitchell right or wrong In, h s aviation view, nobody ran hold Hint the opinions be expresses o! his mimi1ois ro thoKe or a man in u frame of mind to work effec l- toward the ends that the;, leeni best. Now. Cnl, Mitchell m not alone in an unfavorable otdnlon of these .tune anterior. He shut lv the nitty one who says In public Just what he thinks. A great part of the war depart ment Is fairly saturated with dls- lfinte.it. Anv number of officers ere ready to voice sin ii sentiments in i no !rin nn st ti-rm If aasured they w,,n t be ouoted ami thus et Into . dlf fleulibi- which not many of sional ouusldur and, of course, lor WASHINGTON SENATORS FAVORITES Baseball Experts Con cede Slight Advantage to World's Champs TEAMS NEARLY EVENLY MATCHED Pirates Expected to Tint Coming World's Series with Spectacular Per formances. , ; NEW YORK (By the Asaodat ed Press). The Washington Sen ators and the Pittsburg Pirates will enter the . world's series next Wednesday as closely mutched as uny ' contenders for baseball's highest honors In recent year. This conclusion Is apparent from an analysis of the cogs In tho iwo macmncs. If either club Is given the edg-i, however, expert opinion concede it to Washington on the strength of superior experience, dcfenslve ness, steadtness of pitching by Walter Johnson and Stanley Cov eleskle plus the Senators' faculty of lidng to emergencies. Pliatcs Have Punrh The Pirates, to offset these as sets of the'.r rivals, have greater youth, speed and a batting punch, the combination of which their followers are confident will break down the dofenslve . bulwarks of the vetoran Washington outfit, Pittsburg la more likely to tint tho series with brilliance, fir the b has some of the' ganuss most spectacular Individual performers (Continued on rage Pi.f OMAHA, Neb. (Special to The Obxurver) On tho eve of the. sev enth national convention of the American Legion every detail of the great mooting la ready for tho starter's gun at II a. m., Monday, October 6. , The plana for tho coming of President Coolidgo are all made. The president will arrive in Omaha on Tuesday morning. He will ad dress tho convention in the morn-' Ing and review tho parade In tho urternoon. Governor General .Lord Julian Hyng of Canada, "Byng or Vlmy," will probably be at the convention on Thursday or bViday. This la the only item of tho convention program which Is atlil unsettled. Three separate fleets of air planes aro all ready to "hop off for Omaha. A tratnload of Gorman war tro phies, Including threo 7A.000- pound guns, is en route from Camp ivna to woiumu. in uioiiwm United State soldiers, infantry. artillery, cavalry, engineers,.' prac tically every regular in the seventh army area, are en route to their camp sites at Omaha. mure freely umong themselves. Jt Ian'! aviation deficiencies foIc y that all tho kicking Is about, fiie complaint Is that the coutiiry'a whole military establishment is uiuiing down. That it's on a peace Instead of i war hfcsis is recognised m all iKht. but the malcontents' nrgu tient Is that retrenchment has .-one altogether too far. Maybe the establishment 'a slue a adequate, they nay, but Its n'"' !y is being allowed to dcterlnrtile. In short, the growling. In Its bust nahsls. Is directed ogatmd tho nd ininlst ration's economy policy. Dissatisfaction In the navy de i iirtinent Isn't quite so acute. Tho Mcrnonml, however, does h-cl the jdncb of tight times. Arifunnent imitations are bitterly resented, too. However, the navy men ate not so seriously at odda among them- nelveS. I'robnbly this Is due In pnrt to the fact that they haven'. hen split by the aviation dispute which has rent the army. . KVw If any navy enlrmen take the position that their se vie h;ta rendered nil others obsolete, tr. If they do, they keep It to them selves. Nevertheless, tho departmental atmosphere is one of depression and discouragement. LEGIONNAIRES MEET MONDAY
