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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