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THE WEATHER
POKTl.ANll AP On
Kon: Gi-nfrully cloudy to
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VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS'
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY,' OCTOBER 29, 1925.'
MEM HER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 17
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DEEP WELL
120 FEET III
DEPTH 111
Report of the Municipal.
Work PrnfrrPd; HpnvH -1
; t. xieaiu i
NEW WAREHOUSE
WEAR COMPLETION
Beaver Creek' Intake
Work-May Be Finished
in November, ' Crews
rrojrri'sii of munlt'hml Improvi'
lurnls. intuit noNsthto hv the June
thl nl spi'i'lul iili'cllun, wan ri'lntvd
last i-vi ntiiK nt ih city commission ;
mivliiiir hv w. c. Crews, iltv man-
afr. . - .children found on tno .streets after
Tlw ili i-li will, mar Second thai hour." Ihc chief will. Imllcat
street viuiliirt. I now approximate-.. InB Ihul a Juvenile hull-pen will lie
ly 120 reel deep," the report read, ready lor aervlco In case offender
"a nil I hope to'huvu-lwo xlill Ih are urouKhl Into head'iuurlera.
working on the Veil in a very Hliort j "Xo one hlHines the children for
time. wanting .a little enjoyment of the
"The work nt the septic tank in Hallowe'en nature once u year,"
coming nlonj? nicely. ' I . he concluded, "but Ihey will have
"The warehouse which Is belnn ' to have Ihelr fun before 0 o'clock
constructed by Hie ctty Ik now ttik- and sec (hut It doesn't Involve
Iiib shape. The foundullon and dcalroylng or iJnmaLriiig iiropcrty."
framework are completed at IhlB
time and 1 hope to have this hulld
lnK under cover within 10 ilaya.
Wali'r Project lluKrt -
"The work ut the beaver creek '
Intake Is ulao progressing nlculy," i
the report concluded, "and the line
around the reservoir la completed i
nil but the back-filling. Water
will be ti.nieil through .thla line!
Thursday.' October 29. The right-of-way
on the Hidden Spring line 1
lias been cleared and the excavn-
4 Inn approximately completed. No
pipe la laid ut thia time. The '
rlKht-ol-wav on West lliavcr Is all -
. .-hwd and. iipproxImuXcly SS pit
cent of Ihn excavation completed:
All pipe and fittings Tor the Bcuvcr
creek work is now on thc ground,
The hauling was completed Octo -
ber 2 :j. I believe It will take ap
proximately IK dayH 1o complete
'the leaver cre.-k t'onlrnrl."
UreiiM ('Htici'lled
A report wan nuirte to. the f-oni- ' In siore; for thenn Tickets were
inl. lotH i'H by .1. K, SlearnH, city i dlMtrlbutiMl to the clays prKlfb-nts
reorder. Hint IHrdle Nlekle, re- uirl the Live Wlre, who will di
I'ently convicted of possession , of vide them umonj; the, members of
Ihitior In the Imrland hotel, has their tin sirs for disposal to the
Miirendereil her rooming-hoi ie public. These tickets may be ex
lieeiiise. Tpon imitlon the surren- chanKed for n-served wnl coupons
ilrr was accepted nnl he lluenrte li-fjcinnln Thursday. November 6.
cancelled, iliiisi hrlnKinK to n nd when tju board will be open at
a jiltuaflun that hits resulted in the Otitis (JniK store Keats for
ettcMiderable dlnciiKKlon and 'xpen- the balcony will be sold only at
diture f time on the part of the the doors.
c'lly dads. j There, will be competition by
The matter of extending the fire chuscs and by individuals on the
limits east on Adams avenue w:is - sale of ticket. for the .play,. Prizes
tabled and the underwriter's, re
(Continued on Huge Plvn.)
Ifie l.iicknn w is released on
bnndu of $i(ia Wednenday after
noon rrom Justice Hugh K. H rudy;
court when he pleaded not guilty
TRIO ARRESTS !
ni n nrrrimrnl
ULU u.ruutfi
to a, charge of illegal possession or j less of class Is welcome lo attend,
intoxicating Ihuior. Trial has been ! Knvoy Parker snys. "Iist night
S' t Tor Tuesday In the justice 'Id boys enjoyei) mi hour listening
tourt. 'a nn explanation of the purpose
Two quarts of whisky taken or the club after which game were
from l.uck.snus roonMn u raid by ployed, and rerrejhmeiits served.'
William .MeKenzie. prohibition of- I No other city In On-gon outside
fleer, and Tilt purm-tt and Oeorgelof Portland has attempted to form
Pierce, federal ugentx, led to thelsuch a club. Mr. Parker says, add-arn-st.
. jl"!? 't siiggentlomt from towns-
l.uckson in said by orricers lo! people will Ix- welcomed. Chmicm,
have pleaded guilty to a similar ! radio concerts, gym work, drilling
charge hist June, puying a fine of nnd all kinds of sport will be on
$ j;,0. tnp club's winter jrograni.
I Ain't Got
Warbles
. And now It transpires that the -mediately Imagim-d could be de-
dad man's fool" never had any j teeted. 1
body. I "Hail No ltii-lnc'" Tberr
Just n plaster of parts model. The chief Jook ft look for hlm
tmt was all. One nf thos- to-jself. and being of u practical t irn
leal reproductions that Bhoe m-n.of mind, hamedtately cast about
plac- In their show windows tn for a means of re moving the uti
convfnet us that man's ped'tl ; noyanec. 1
struture Is a delicate thing r-1 "It appeared to be a perfectly
quiring artlfh iul nrch. s for prop- good foot." he declared this moru
cr nupport. Mnjj. "bit it hadn't any husinesn
Thin on- as of pi.rtcularly ; in the Orunde Ponde river."
t'tqulsltt workiiiHiinhtp. and iuimx -
M-rtly strung together with fine' told hlrn to put on his scven
w ires and minute springs, that It f league gum boots and wade in
in no wuud-r the c-oionT tin th.-'after the fot.
deputy sheriff m I others who'
w it resting beneath two fe-1 '
of running water Just In-low the
old ro Ihdl bridge mistook tt
for the genuine thing. enp iaMy
since their Invest igutlon
place In, the eveniig.
il was fhh'f of Police Hayn -s
who finally ileare-l up the my-
t.-ry and colncldentally freed the
city wstr supply of en kccoin -
rtvuiiyirg ta;n? that iu.rem Iiu -
Fun O.K. On
Hallowe'en,
Chief Says
But Enjoyment MustJBo
. Limited to Harmless
Pranks Curfew Will
Ring at 9 O'clock.
Hallowe'en pranks in Iji Grande
nextaliirduy night will lie made
thc PHlU:(V u iR nnnoun(.(a l0.
day by Police' Chief Clint liiiym-a.
"1 larmiers und-funny pranks are
above reproach. " the chief re
marked, 'lut when youngsters
take to' destroying properly in their
quest Tor nocturnal enjoyment
tliut is going too fur." ;
Several extra police will be add
ed to the Torre Suturduy evening
and a fur-reaching patrol will be
organised, to continue throughout
the night. ' -
The curfew law. whlcu provides
that all children under IS yen in
of age be off 1 tie streets 'by U
o'clock, will apply on Hallowe'en
jum lliu siimi; as on iniy aiin-i
niBhl. "Wf are uoing to make
arriiiiBonients to takn can' of any
T
. . , '
l'll'k't '"I" "" I1'" Junior class i
P'H'' "M i" Homebody KIs.'." wjileh
will ho presented under direction,
" l' MaheJ Itcnnett at the high,
"enoiil nuiinnrnim tne eveninipi oi
November li md 7. started with
i - ipcclal recognlllon at un assembly
lat Ihc high school this afternoon.
Some or the high spots were
Jilted from the phiy and produced
by the younir netors to Rlvc ihe
tu(nL body u liLste of pood ihlnsH
for the winning contestants are be
ing arranged.
Another assembly will be called
I-'riday morning in honor of the
high school football team, mcm-b'-t.
of which nr.- to leave shortly
ai'lerwurd .for. Poise and -the Sat
urdny game. Wesley prownlon.
president of the student body, will
preside.
i Salvation Army Plans
. , Boys Club for City
The Salvation Army Is now plan
ning a bos' club for boy;i from la
to I ft ears of nge. It ( announced.
in'., t.n.- ii ml . i- I.Xc r.nrt.rit.
No Body
Mystery Foot
I So he catled nn Ho ace Knapp.
Mr. Kna;.p' did all of that. I
w alked info water over his kmn
and he reached into water up !i
his shoulder. Me get his te-". i
. i mi grunin u tne iK-n-.x. 1 n y -
JUNIOR PLAY
IT
tooK:sorved ami felt apart tn Ins ftn -
g-''.
The bonP were not bones, but
plaster of pm is.
And when a desd man's foot
j - - -
J (Coiiiintted on Pag- l'Pt.)
GQNFEREUCE ISTEEL VEST
OFFICIALS
SELECTED
La Grande Women Chos
en for Two Positions
by Mission- Workers
MRS. GRICE, EOISE,
NAMED PRESIDENT
Convention to Close This
Evening Following Ad-
" dress by Mrs. Brock, or
Delaware, 0.
' Mrs. T. 1-:. I'ierson was elected
vice-president of the weslern dis
trict and .Mrs. Kloyd McKennon
was re-eleeliil to Ihc office of re-
cording secretary when the dele- tol an attempt to arrest htm In his
ffiites to the fourth annual conven- eweetheart's apartment and eluded
lion or Women's Horn.' Missionary the posse trap, arter fatally wouml
society or the Interstate conference ing his Jietraycr. I.loyd Austin, and
chose pfflcirH for the coming year
at the Klrat M. H, church this
morning.
Mrs. Ulimibcth Orlco of llolsc
who served Iwo 1 succcsslw terms
as president two years ago, again
succeeds to the head of the so-
duty in Ibis conference. Mrs. 1..
CV Schncldi'r or Twin l''ulls will be
lho vice-president ror the custern
listrict.
Mrs. G. W. IJurnes of I'olllster.
Idaho. ,was named corresponding
secretary. Mrs. C. ). Weaver of I
I win Kails, was elected treasurer.
Ihe Itev. It. S. Kami ton of
Itnife, o a net superiuiu.iueiii n.
tills conference, addressed the con
vention thin afternoon on "MiRsion
arv Opportunities In Our Own JLs
trict." - . .
Three flehls in Oregon are wait-
.(f.'ontlnnect on Vax Kive,)
In the recently completed cksi.v
couli-sl on "Old Ironsides" in the
I. a Grande Hchools. spotjsoreil by
the local p. p. O. Klks lodge, under
the din-el ton or Del.lle (Ireen, ihe
ssay of Mary. TltereH Wllwls nf
Sacred H')i1t Affub-my was chosen
is the best among those written
by high sehoo aludents. ' She will
probably enter her essay in the
slate contest In competition for a.
medal offered the winner. .
The essay written by Pnyil Jnck
son. a Indent in the etghlh-A claa
of Centrnl school, was s lecb-d 'm
thi- lie'l anion.-; tlwe written by
graile t ehonl si udents. He was
given a lirrniz" tnednl.
The Mlbjects ft,r the essayH wre
i t'l unged bv I 'resident t'oolidge.
The high st hool studenls wrote on
'Why Phi the Victories or Palled
Stat'-s Ship 'envtil-iPoh 'outrfli
nie So Largely to our KnccesM In
'he War or IKir."' The grade
school subject w is "Why Will 1 he
Pies-rvnt-en of l.'nited K'ates Ship
' 'oust i: oilon Promote I 'atrMit Ism '"
-ff 4 a t 1 a :
Legion I5a!loon Dance
.More than 'io eofde atteided '
'hi sc-cond annua) balloon d.mce
given hist evening by the Anier- :
icon I.gien al Zober ball. The
hall was ib-rorateti with m-my b.il-'
'oons and In tlw center of t Hit floor
there was un arrangement of black
cats and ewls.siiKltesttve of Hal
lowe'en. Mann's Imp' rial urchi n-
tra played. , .
Previous to the dance, the Am- j
ewcun Petri nn drum corps paraded 1
the streets. j
Delicate Operation Is
Performed by Ralston
A broiichoseoplc operation one
or the most delicate f-ats in mod
ern surgery was recently 'pcr-forim-d
with compb-te suet-by
Dr. P. I Palston. -. ear. no
und throat specialist.
The iHtb-nt a 20-niont h-old
hltd. the daughter of Mr. and .Mrs.
J. S. IJoyd. who live at Knterprtse.
('ramming Into her moot y a
handful of green pew from a
quantity her nut! her hsd r-udy for
eannlng. the Utile girl chok"d and
forced nn."" of the peas de'p Into
h'-r winrlpkpe.
The ut .rin'-'J piin-ni sent 1" Mi
Grande for i r. I.'ulston. w ho re--moved
the , of Ten ling object by
brfnchoneoiy.
A hrotiihoseooi is a tubular
apparatus that carries both light
(and grasping ins! rumen's into '.he
, hron,.),ial tub
Its use ts par.
In cases wli'-f"
th olarly valiitfhl
tM source of irrit itturi ts of sin h
it naier' that an X -ra y etu ml na
jtlon will nn rvr Ha locution.
Dr. Mnlston Is bl(-v-d to be lh"
first phvsh inn. In this part of the
country to make ue ul the bron-
IB nn iriii nirin
nii'i' inii i in -
IS SAVIOR
OF BANDIT
Officer's Ambush Fails
Killer Fights Way.
From Trap
INFORMER FATALLY
WOUNDED IN FRAY
Llovd Austin and Detec
tive Shot by Martin J.
1 Jurkin, Who Escape;;
Detective s Net. '
C'HK'AOO (Ily the As-oelaU'll
Press) Marltn .1. Durklll, '.itecl.
vested mitomtilille thief and stayer,
hist night niel with his ready pis
shooting a 'detective,
Durkin raced the- posse with
'htalng guns, jjimped rrom n sec-
0nd-alory window und vanished,
.0i(.L. believe his urinoreil vgat
again allied In his escape.
I lurkln has been sought since lie
u prohlbllion agent hen' on
Ul.tolier 11 und Is also wanled for
the wounding or two Sacramento,
f',( policemen several months
uso
Amliiish Plot Tails
Tl(, ,,, lH!(t n,gM wlls lui(1
nri(,r lnlorm.lt wua o:,mied
Au((tl t)mt Durk,n ud Aua.
,. , . ..x. An,ir,.ws Warner.
might come there fir clothing be
lore fleeing the city.
, The officers ordered Austin to
greet Purkln and invite him In,
when the detectives would close, in.
j Hergeant Oray was recognized bv
ilhtrkin before Austin could give
1 1 he pni-urraiiKtMl signu I, und lie
.and Durkin begun firing.
- - A womun attempted to push
down Gray's gun. Austin got into
t lie line of fire und received 1 1
wounds. (Jruy also wa-s wounded.
. I u i kin t hen leaped f rom the
wlndi w ah tiray fell, and dodged
detectives a waiting htm below.
Unicn Preiiarinj? for
Older Coys' Conference
IN ION. Ore. (Special lo Th
t 'bscrver) Pinal prepan.it Ions for
tlw Older Hoys conference, which
wMI nri'ii liere tomorrow, contin- ;
ulng t hrough Saturday and Sun- I
day, are being attended to today.
.1. .1. Plemlng or llaker will be
one of the speakers, on t he pro
greni, a'ong with II. W. Hamilton,
dist r'et an perin tendenl or the
Method.., church; A, K. Yount,
i-tuie boys secretary oi' Pie Y. M.
('. A., and L. (rood win. lutef
stale secretary.
Art Slides Will Be
Shown Saturday Mcrn
Mrs. K. 'P. Mnsman w'.ll s''ow
..r-i .hb nt the public lthmry Sat
urday morning et Pi o'clock ror
all of the ciithlr n or the city who
wlh to ntten l. She will aceom
. panv the slides with a rlinrt ex-
;plnmi'lon of each picture shown.
Ij'st S:iluiilav the children -n-
joved a Hallowe'en" story hour at
t he library
I'ASPIS-vt l ITAPV TO HTAV
MPSSOUM 'IKI.I.S WOKIJl
M I PA X (AP) Penllo .MuMisolinl,
tin- Italian premier, announced ti
the world iedneHiiuy evening That
pHrielsui Inb-nds to control the des
tiny of Paly until overthrown by
force.
Advertising
A Farm
Sale
When h fncMi-T ur rniH-ber I"
fit haw 11 t-l(em- fin! r-aiv ami
tberero'i' (lepeiiil- lclllle:
on lthlliiix nl aticf ami to gvl
proper return fur ht Mt h--i(iti4.
the nuet Miiporiani tlifo-i
lie has lit con-Jdt-r Is get I In I
the Inrgett p(t.fble liiimlM-r (tf
buciH to bi sale.
Without a big gnmti of Mirti
Pat buyei-H the btddln will e
shm and w III lack I be impor
tant ehoN-nt of 1 oitiM-tilion.
Tb" fanner bating Ibi sale i
quick ft rcslle I bat tiU ml
crllng lirniey K tin liwi-tl
hiiporlaiil eHnilltnre nf the
entile ft cut. And be l-t
knoux- Hint lie reai-hc h frir
the largest numle-r of rtirul
teathff thntiigb the (tiliiiiin
of The ObH'rter- lll si In
The flitter, er nil! get bujers
In alHindnnce.
t
MObrrrr Ailertllng
A IderclisudPiluJg 8crvH.rt
Hero of
iClf . UrS" PLEHIIULL
:le Wolf llnpiier, ilic imicli mililcil iiiusicnl coincily Mini, lias mnrricil ngnln. Sitriii'lslug: all f
Ills) ri'.'i nils who thought he bail hail enough or married lire with Ills rlrsl five wlti-s, lliUei' went
ilmvil rifini ItosKm l llni'ironl, cyiiin., ami nianlisl l.llllun (Jlnscr, 211, or Oiiklaml, C'al. Hopper Is
0(1. Ix-rt In right Is a trio r 1) Wnlr lliipiRi's wlviw: lllila Surrey Hopper, fio. 5, lliu prevent
.Mis. Hopper, mill Ktlna Wallace, who wus tli.u third of Ills long string of spouses. Tito Inset sltutva
l)c .WoH'o Hopper liliiLsclr. . . .'-'v . , ' .
COURT HEARS
loci casts
.Argument in ult three Pnlon L
county ca sen docketed for the pres
ent term of supreme ' ourt in
Kaslern Oregon, which convened
at Pendleton Monday morning, was
heard Tuesday on testimony as
given in ihe original trials, by. ) he.
sevcu'ijuatlccs, who loifH the eaa-.j
under advisement. . Decisions are
hoped for within u period of two
or three months.
I 'resent on the bench wen- Chief
.hu-llce Thomas A. Mc Pride, and
Justices Henry J. Iteail. (ieorge M.
I tt own. ttcorgc 1 1', Ptiriiett. John
I.. P-ind, oilver I'. Coshow and
Harrv II. Pelt.
P. S. Ivnnhoe und r.uslav An-
derson or Itaker represented ,K, league or nanon s quancrH over 1 no
appellants In the case of John I- '-l'l,r,,I rMivwal of fighting along
Stoddard iigalrst Pol U Snodgross I "i1 Orero-Hulgarlan frontier was
ind ayd immermun. in an ac- r"lleve, today by the receipt of un
Ion to restrain them from operat- ! nrritl' iMphH'Ii from Atlu-n Htat
.u,x an undertaking eKtabllshment j "B Oiat. iJespltn a."Pulgarlan ut
u ir rrshlence district. -.The re-J'ark." the (ireek g.vermnent lias
poadenta were defended by Coeh- ; itw '1 '' ''"It' orders hastening the
ran & Kberhard and It. J. Kakln. i'"va-natlon of Hulgarlan soil by
II. P. Illngo assisted the district'111 lr";M-
attorney, ("ail tV. Ili-ltn, in prose
cution or the stale's cane against , (;p;,K ItPPOItT l)i;Ii:i)
P. o. Wlllson. Colonel Ivanhoe hoKIA. Pulgarlu (Py the Asso
and (Jreen & Ib-m were attorneys '(;uted press) The ptitgarlan tele,
lor Hie defendant. This Is the act- Kr,c ngency has issued an offl
oad time the Wlllson case has
ome before the supreme court,
On the 'nl her o c tt.lon. the case
was returned to the original court
Tor ret rm I, rrom which a qonvlc
tlon - or manslaughter was again
the result.
Sherirf ,1'Sse PreKliears wis the
appellant In a cukc brougJit against
him by Darrell Pulk ror replevin
on a sale of attached property.
The sh-rirr was represented by P.
p. Pingo and Hie respondent by
Colonel Ivanhoe.
Revaluation Hearing
At Baker Is CIoHcd
"
PA K Kit. ore. (Sp'-clat to The
observerl--The h;aring before tlu -
Oregon puhlle ervb'e commission
of niafb'is concerning 1 he revalua-
Hon of the KjiM'Tii Ongon l.lglit'W. Cllffonl. ilrlti-f or tin lunik's1
jiind Power comp;in property end-
-d here ycsfcribi with the tesil-
niony or C. P. Pester, commission
I engineer.
The eommlKMloners and other of -
fhials who took pwrt in the hear-
1 lug left today and Ihe opinion
, rei-renee to th- revaliition will be
jgit'-n Out rrom Hulern later.
MnnliHeM liuilget Appnnnl pnruilc at 7:;il p. 111.. .inlay relcil
MAPSHPIKPD, Ore. The op-1 plans hciaiwi' or slreiiuous pro
enitlon of city buslnss in Marsh- Ui-kU U the AtiM-rlcan l'glon.
. field next year will cost but f Z70M I itti-hiOM Imhim's W.ih Ii hail ihi-iilcil
! more than In PJ2fi. or a total of j to remain open will lt- a-keil hy
j nearly K'i.aafi, aecorditig lo thj I die Peg Ion to cIom.
budget accepted hy the city conn-
i ll here. The hiflg--f tncliifb-n nn I
iner as" of atifiut snati for i-l'y offi- j Mt. fiAPItlPL I J.PCTPD
ittals salaries, while th- police and ' I'Olt'l ,A Ml. n. (AP) .Mr.
fire truck rund were cut down!w. W. .olirh-l inT llir Irtlngloii
; I i'd'1 each. ! Parent - 1 raeher aalatliiii of
I Port In nd. t-liatrtuan of nnixlo Tor
NTA'M TOHV ( IIAIK.I. HOPDS I tin stale nMK-lutlou, was tislny
'1 tM;Kf;o CITY. Or, William .elected to llu pnhlencj . aiiitrd
WilliainK has bem indicted hy the log lo liulM-aHniis or on tinorflclal
1 gland jury b'-n- on u statutory jnortey or bnllols yet iMliituiilctl.
th-rx Involving n 1 Z-yar-old li. V. V. Itu itf INtrllnnl ie
girt. A not true I. Ill was r. lurn.d lMally written for tint pre-l.lem .
In lh ciise of O. Jerry Welsh and I mint l-srly III tin itttiot II npp sred
N'-vudu Alum King, accused of re- Iiloubtrtil whlHi ratiitiduti would In
ccivlng and concealing stolen aioiiariil. TIm nmtalmler of Uic
Ijropvrt..-. t
Matrimony Weds
Greeks Say v '
Evacuation
c Is Complete
l
Apprchcnsion in League
Circles Relieved Somer
what; Bulgarians Deny
Greek Charges.
ATIICN'S (Py the AssfHlnlcd
Press) (iii-ek Ironps havc'cviic
imtcd Itiilgiirlnn teriltoi, .1 Is
officially it m 101 1 mil I.
-PA PIS (Py Ihe Assucluled
I Press) Apprehension"- In , the
..ii (-:, let-m Irul denial of the (ireek
report that an attack by Pplgarian
rnreea was resiMiltslble for yeitter-
day's righting ueaj- the rrontl'-r.
XTRA
P(HiPi;P MI,P ItAMiCIt
Pi I I Al-O. .. V. ( AP) ICob-
ts'i-s tiHlny shol ami killed one cin-
ploje nf the Pauk of Iturfalu anil
wounded anotlier In ma king nway
""1' "" l,lMM,r1 ;;,M,,,h,;;! 1,,M;
itiiiiiimteil lit t:i.oiHI. The tnoitey
was ts-lug traiisrerntl by auto from
( the Murine Trit-t citmpnny lit the
1 Hank or lluffnlit. ' mMi are lit rue
iloniilnwii ImihIih- mi-tloii. Chit.
inacliliie, toils kllleij, ami P. M
! Arrlogton. nuM-iigcr, tn wiiunib
,ecl and is In a nilciil comlltiim.
1 t-'
t -oit I PM '1(1 PI I PHA I i;
pOllll.AMl. On. (Al) -Port
Inland will liate an Arinl-tlii' iln
iMirnde nl II a. 111. .after all. The
inuior' ciMiimlttii. which (trlg-
j(kl."f WRb UllCt-lltttlCj.
Again ,
GUJI SETTLES
P X'B'I S (Ily the Assoolated
Press) Order aa Ueen; . restored
in Damascus, says a reporL re
ceived today from General Harrull.
Krench , high commissioner
1"
Syrhu
v , 1
Denying tiports that women and I
children were evicted from the ;
city, Surralt sas few persons were
left at the time of the 'bombard
ment against Ihe rebel tribesmen.
Mclehor Hi, but that they uru re- '
turning. .
PINCONTKVr ltAMIAVrt
LONDON (Py th" Associated
Cress): A dispatch says that u
large part of the Jewish qiiarter of
Damascus was destroyed by thu
Prench artll'ery and thut hundreds
or Jewish. i-sldents are reported to
huve been killed.
All Syria Is reported to be
aflame with discontent," the dis
patch continues, "this may be the
beginning of 14 new w.ir of Islam
against thc Christian powers.'-'No
one knows where the next utluok
may occur." '
r. s. iiti:-si',NtK in;i,Nii
WASH INGTOjN . (Hy lheAssoci-
ated Press) Aniliassador Ib-rrlck,
In Paris, has made representation 1
to the Kreneh government for pro- I
teetbin -or Atm-ricaii Uvea und j
property In Damascus.
Instructions for Ib-rricg 10 maito
this move were forwarded when
word nf disorders In Syria was re
ived here.
Two American dclroyers are al
Alexandria, Kgypt. ready to pro-1
I to Beirut should the situation '
require further step to sureguiird
tne Americans.
Ofricluls here est I male lf.it Am-
Titans were In
Damascus when f
(Continued on Page Vv.)
Ull UUI1U1UUUU
Most Of Congressmen
Had College Education
(By Chill le P. Mcwail)
WASHINGTON NKA Special).
"Many people have an Idea that
eongreBKuit-n are pi-tty dumb.'
writes a eorreHpoiulcnt. "Just how
true ts this?" he asks. "As o
brains and education, how dotluy
stuck up.'"
Brains'.' That's largely a mat
ter of opinion. As to education
they dtafk Up extremely well.
or the !i0 senators In the M'li
eongreas, 71 were colh-ge men.
Not qiltte all or the 74 Were
graduates, b it most of Hu m wen-,
and ull had at least made a start.
The representatives are a let
seleet body and their showing
wiisn't so brilliant. HHtt, It wun
good. Of Ihe 4:i3 of them -there
were t o vucancles in the house
when congress adjourned la it
March 2:n had at b-asl entered
(olbge and the overwhelming ma -
joiity were graduates, many w
xceptioaul honors.
Thu I'j'.h wugrcss v Hi U:ff-
M TCHELLS
Courtmartial Law Offi
cer Rules Against Dc.-. '
fense Application ,v
FREE SPEECH NOT
INVOLVED, RULING
Charges Against War
. and Navy Department
Officials Held Military
Offense.1 . '-'r .
WASHINGTON (By the Assocl- .
ated Press) Colonel Wllllum
Mitchell's plea of Immunity from,
u military trial on ohargea pend
ing against him was overruled to
day by Ihe general of the- court
martial proceedings. . -
. The court's law officer ruled thut
when Mitchell charged . the , war
and navy department officials with
"criminal" und "almost1 treason.
able" conduct In the administra
tion of the air service-"he" fcom
mltted un offense against mllllury
discipline, und could not take re
fuge rom punishment In consti
tutional v guarantees ' for. . Jtreu
speech, as he had nought to."
Mitchell's counsel then moved
that ull chargea against Kim be'
stricken out cn the grounds that
the court's record failed to show
thut a commanding officer of the
accused had ordered charges
against the defendant. Investigated
or had himself Investigated tham,
11s required by court, martial regu
lations. ''V''' - '
The court, after hearing argu
ments, denied the -motion. : . , V
Premier's - Brother Is
iXw -Slain ; Slayerv Escapes
VIKNNA (By the Associated
presr Dancao TsankOff. brother
or Premier Alexandtr Tankoff of
Itulgurla, wan shot and killed In 1
Hofin while wulkliia the street.
HofliL dlsimlehes describe the
motive for the crlmr us uneutabr
Hnhcd. The slayer escaped.. . '
The Tzunkol'f
brothers were
estranged.
I'AIIIH (Ily thi' ABMOrlalril
I'nuH) Aflcr a.- lahorlnuH Vl
IhrniiKliout Ihc night, ItimiiIit
I'ltinlfvi. aiicci'i'ilfU In forming i A,
niw cahlni't. ' ' ' ' ' ; i i l I
I'lilnli va will li mlnlKti-r of fl
naiicn In plawi rrf Jutoiili I'ullhmx. r
ArlHllili' lrlatlit In I'alnlyVij'J . ;
wihivtlnn;. fur roriMgn mhHator., ' . " i
;CTlO." t (IN(i KMN
ASTOlllA. Ore. Reports from
Waxrenlon Indicate that much in-
terest Is being shown In the clly
election to be held I here Novum
her :i. W. Tremblay, mill man,
Is reported to be a candldute for
Ihe vucaney In the city commis
sion left by the resignation of" K
Warren, wane pennons are oemg
clicuhited to post Dun (. Mulurkey.
H. P. Poweii und It. H. Hansen as
(.u'n(ni1)t,.H ror the vacancy left by
itll -..MiB-ni.tioii of Muvor Mvers.
,, , .... lt,iu'
l en'liiig ni" rii miun, w
sioner Dunkelberger has been
iiiimi d as uctlng mayor.
homewhat from the fisih und the
new members', biographies are not
available yet, hut tt Is reasonably
sufe to predict that the two
houses' educational average next
I winter will not be materially un
like the last two.
New Pnglaiid members of the
6HH1 congn-ss. representatives S
well us senators, were almost P'li
pi t cent liberally educated. Nest
came th,- middle northweit
Htat'S like Wisconsin. Minnesota,
the Dakntus and lowii ur.d the
Kouthefst. ''rrom the Atlantic to
the Mississippi, uhout neck an I
neck. Then the Pacific ceart.
Piiiirtlilv the old-time row cn in-
! try. Piuatty Nw Vork City and
)ri(. industrial region, between the
A(.Rhenles. the Mississippi and
j j H. ohto river.
t There's no Implication thut the
I .,, m-lio fought their way up
lr(mt n,e t-nttle range, the factory
l,,,. !), throttle lo the national
lirillp(, Hre uny loss cnpuble leg 4-
Ilatois than the white collar ele
ment, but fewer of Uieiu bottUj.
uni'-'vilty dtKixe.- .
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