EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
C I T Y
EDITIO N
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THE WEATH23
1'OllTI.AND AI' Ore
gun: Ot3iirMlly cloudy lo
Iglit and Hundujr.
NUMBER iS
VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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UNION, ORE.
BHUG
OLDER 60YS
Eastern Oregon Confer
ence Gets. Underway
in Afternoon
BANQUET HONORS
MEET DELEGATES
Main Address of Evening
Made, by the Rev. H. S.
Hamilton, of Boise,
Idaho.
UNION, Iro. - (Special). With
nltoiiL 70 delegates present from
outside towns and from local or
ganism! Ions, the older hoys' con
fen nee started off with a bang
Friday afternoon nt the Mctho
(list church. Most of the time
from 4 to G In the ufternoon was
spent tn organizing nnd In gel
ting tin boys registered. ' llrucc
Duvis, local high hcIiooI boy, -was
chosen iiH president for the con
ference, (lien Steele of Knterprise
at vice president and Tozicr,' ' of
Jlclix, us secretary-treasurer.
(Julng to the K. I', hull ut 6::ta
the delegates, their respective
leaders and members of the lorn!
committee sat down to a. bunqint
which was in churgc of the Pyth
ian Sisters. Tliu singing of
"America" und the invocation by
the I lev. W. M. Hrudner of Cove,
preceded the "eats;" then the
boys enjoyed a sons'-rest while
tin tables wen being cleared.
This part of the progrum w-ts
led by A. '. VoelUer or Helix.
Aitli'iiMMt nf welcome ' were clv-m
liv, Sdii'V miiuin, presiuem oi
ofl
the local high school Hludeiitl
body., uie ucv. . t. ijuinn, nuu
by .Mayor . ai v- . I u yy
llrovviitim lte
A ' response to the
r-v... v J
r 'r!
IU mnnm r l.y
,,l.l,t or. I,.;!
was given in un able
Wesley lirownton, pri
li Grande high school student
body. At this time the boys an I j
men enjoyed a couiile of votvil
numbers by Mr. Voelker und his .
male chorus, which lie had
hroight tfrinn Helix.
The main address, of the ev.;
((Continued on i'nBC Klve.)
Tonight the Jiick-o'-hmlerncd
ghosts, black-chul witches and
ot her phantoms from the spirit
world will celebrate llallowe'ep la
vishing notlurnal haunts through
out the city In their annual greet
ing (?) to maili'r.nf-raet mankind.
It will be kiddies' night, mostly,
even though some of the grownups
will have an evening long to re
ju'iuber. open hoiiM'-. barring damaging
prankH, vltt be in progress until It
o'clock when the officers of Hie
law will close down proceedings
for the youngsters.
Hays of eager anticipation and
dillLTi nt preparation will culminate
fur tin younger generation in the
parade of c:indle-gh amlng turnip
kins.
A few of the "ghosts couldn't
wait until tonight and went abroad
on preliminary quest lust night.
Apparently. Hie air wasn't, strong
i nough for some of tlu m. so thtv
loosed many pounds from the tires
of handy automobiles, augmenting
their oxygen supply and 'sharply
reminding motorist thut Hallow
e'en is near.
Ibil.. outside of several flat tlfes.
the night before Hallowe'en vu
quiet, with lt main feature a num
ber of seasonal parties und dances.
'SPIRITS' ILL
ILK TONIGHT
Priest Returns Home;
Was Received By Pope
Home from hi piltrrimage to
Home, when lie was honored with
the audience and Hie blessing of
the pope, the Lev. Father O. Nooy,
paMor of Our Ijidy of tin Valley
church. Is receiving u warm wel
come from the members of his par
ish and the students of Sacred
Heart niadeiny,'
Father Nooy was Impressed
he tmvch d through Kurope by the
rapid reconstruction that has fol
lowed the war. nnd by Hie evi
dences of prosperity that he saw
around him.
" Kurope ban- come to date, haf
adopted the latesj fashions. en.ios
wonderful Industries, has unlonted
labor and high wain-s." he said of
Ms trip this morning
of iMng ts Muh 1" arcordanc. no
Hit people tilga undr autl torn -
Big Chief
mi
Iffl
Chief Antelope,
d'Aiene tribe.
of the Oilier
Washington In-
(IiH ns, (.0 ul s fincKt leathers
for tliu big northwest Indian
coiiveiitlon at Spokane. Ocl. HO
and ill.
Many plans wen proposed and
discussed for tin Northwest Itcal
tors convention, which will be held
i,,.-,. i ui'm iu. ...,niu
,m.uUnff ttf tll(. tAl Ormulu Realty
board in the offices of George H
m-vrril-.m -fit. Hut. orKua",
alu,,'.o?0rN,,.rWalUot
tuku Iuu . vi nlnif .ui. Kn-
,.... T, .,.-...in w ..
jourm-d nniil next Friday evening.
November . when they will meet
in Mr. Carrey's office and elect
officers.
'
Applc-A-Day Rule Is
Followed by Americans
The per capita consumption of
apple in the I'nlled Slates Is now
(about half an apple a day. says, the
' I'tilted Sin tew department of agri
culture. The total crop this year will
reach 1 lil.nao.iiiiii bushels com
pared with 17!), ado. ODD bushels last
year. The decrease In total pro
duction, however. Is partially offset
by the fact that the crop Is of un
usually flue quality, und less limn
the usual proportion will go to
waste or be used for manufarlur
ing purposes. Tin- portion known
as the commercial crop will reach
::o. I :-t.n(Mi barrels compared with
2S.fix7,000 barrels last year. North
western apples jire being shipped
rapidly and are now reaching Hie
peak movement. Kederat inspec
tion of appti-H nt shipping points i.s
also greater than last year. Inspec
tions In the northwest promising
to be " per cent more than In
any preceding season.
Clothing Store Opens
Doors to Public Today
The Toggery, men's clothing
store owned by Andrews brothers,
was opened to the public today for
the first time since being com
pletely rebuilt and remodeled. The
store and stocfc were destroyed by
fire about a monlh ago. An at
tractive new front Un been built.
Inset display windows being used.
On the inside the store is neatly
arranged In separate department.
Two m-w tailors huv been added
recently. Five tailors are now em
ployed in stem r three.
I plain of the high taxation.
;ulnes-4 wmm Ht Us bent, dm to
the presence of thousands of tour
ists, and there exlntw a greut op
timism In the hope of standardiza
tion of money markets anil the
opening of the export and import
I rude. 1 '
"The soldiers' graves that I saw
were kept spoilt-. and many rda
tivij were there to shed u slb-nt
'tear.
"Cod Is srvi-d In heart earnest,
of which the splendid new ly
reslored churehes, school. aed-
tnie.i anil paironats are the living
' proofs.
I It was at The Hague, the city
fmous for its worl
peace ptitnee.
REALTY MEET
PLANS TALKED
..... t.,.rot1!,u, h-.,.l,,r Nooy Joln.-l .1.1. th-
; (Coutiuued on t'irt.)
Portland's
Stock Show
Opens Today
Aristocracy of Domestic
Animal Kingdom Is on
Display Kiddies Open
ing Day Guests.
POJtTLANU, Ore. Uly the Asso
ciated Tress) The aristocracy of
the domestic animal kingdom to
day opened court for the annual
display at (In 1 1 -acre pavilion of
the Pacific International Livestock
exposition here. As usual, the kid-
lies of Portland went honored
guests at the opening Uuy. Thou
sands flocked to the pavilion, to"
which they were admitted free.
Pedigreed slock from, all parts
of tb'.; .country where stock- Is
raised wen present. Truinloads of
fancy beef e,nd dairy 'rattle, horse.,
sheep, swine und oilier clashes of
hlgh-toPed" quadrupeds have
been arriving: .heredurlng the past
few weeks, .an 1 were Broomed and
comb'-d to a h'gh degree of attrac
tiveness for the show.
In addition to livestock tho hip
pavilion houces a great display of
poultry, mure than 1300 entries be-
( Continued on Pg FIta.)
The services that La Grtindo has
to offer the homemuknr in her
quest for the home beautiful will
be pointed out to members of the
Neighborhood club in a program
of lalks under the dlrcellon of Mrs.
Prank 13. Appleby, Tuesday after
noon at the general meeting In the
elubrooms at the library building.
Mrs. Appleby will prefuce her
introduction of Hie speakers with n
talk on l he appreciation of art.
Colonial architecture will be dis
cussed by Mrs. Charles U. Miller,
speaking in Hie place of hep hus
band, an architect, who was untune
tu iicwut nn Invitation to nuuiiar
"CofS v--".r .... Orr
rurntUr.i cim..,.-will ..vulutn .!.
S' clr "nl
tttflH the arrangement of furnllurc
in the home.
Hurley Itlchardsoii will tell of
the effective use of pictures, pot
lerv and dishes for decoration.
Following Hie program, which
will require only n limit an hour
for prewentnllon. tea will he served
by Mrs. K. L. lialstoit and the
members of the social committee.
Mm, C 11. Seranlon, president, will
preside at a short business meet
ing. Senior Stunt Brings
Radio Cat Into Action
The senlqr stunt first ' of four
annual ehiss demonstration tha'
an traditional with the ,u Grand
student body provided a n enthusi
astic send-off Friday morning for
the team that clashed with t It
Itolse eleven on the Idaho field thb
afternoon.
An Improvl'.ed radio broadcast
the plays of the nest day's game a
I In- boosters hoped they would take
place, while the seniors gave ex
pression to their. Joy tn the expect
ed victory. Miss Adelulih Dark
strummed hr exHtement on a
banjo. The atmosphere became
so charged with enthusiasm that
Hon, M Ins Klcunor'n black eal
which had been drufied Into serv
ice as static, took fright and ran
out of the picture. He was not
found again until after thu s- nioi
girls' tea last evening.
Best Apple Display
Award Is Offered
A pr'3t- of u for the mosl
effective window dlspluy of apples
in any I .a (Irande grocery store
dnrlntr apple week Is offered today
by the HI tie Mountain Fruit ex
change, ucrordtng to the announce
ment of the rnloii county chamber
tif comm'Tce,
ft roue rs desiring to criter th"
competition are asked to reglsltr
for the contest at Hie commerer
chamber office. The display must
be contoleted for Inspection not
later than Tuesday at ti u. ni.
Judges for Hie j-vetil will lie an
nounced early next week.
An apple menu Is being planned
by the caterers for the luncheon
that will be served ut the regular
TtieMlay noon meeting of the
chamber. William Miller will act
as toa."! muster. l'recedlng the pro
gram there will 1m- a report of tin
merchants committee,
I 'rot 'tt of lirtjulNV
VISALIA, (A I1). The betfi
known in this region us "thf la -it ,
of thr grlxilti'8." roaming th Tn-!
Iur- county mountains, is not .o
be made the target for culthmenj
if the efforts of the American (
Academy of Selent.-c are . sueceutt- j
tul. Meiiilw-rs of t'te oreiinbci
t lun huv 'Offered to pay for anyi
' I 1..-..lUll.l,l. w tilt h til,. It. UP
1 ' " '
,Z . J..ZH .Z
La'tlot na luvtiutatti'.
TO GIVEHOME
BEAUTY HINTS
OREGON IS
SECOND IN
LUMBER GUT
Northwest States Lead
Rest of Country,
Figures Show f
...
TIMBER HARVEST
3,065,547,000 FEET
Yellow Pine and Dougla3
Fir Lead , All Species,
Constituting 34.7 anil
, 20.8 Fer Cent.
PO 1 !TI .A ND, Oro. ( Special to
The Observer) Washington first
and Oregon second In lumber cut
for 1DM. Is shown in detailed fig
ures just received by the district
forester's office here. ,
The lumber production figures
for 1 14 were compiled by the It. S.
department of commerce In coop
eration with the forest service, de
partment of ngrlculVirc.
Kor the . entire I'nlled Slates Hie.
lumber cut was 5,uao.'.tU,outl feet,
or 3.8 per cent less than for lSli3.
Of-the 21 slates, each of which re
ported the production of iim than
luu.Oi'U.OOO reet of lumber In 11)24,
13 showed a pmutler cut than for
l23. This decrease was shared by
all producing regions of the Cnltcd
States. Yellow pine and Douglas
fir lead all species, constituting
34.7 und 20.8 per cent respectively.
Washington a total lumber cut
for ll24 was $207, 313,01)0 feet
bourd measure, und. is a 6.1 per
cent decrease from 1U23, while
Oregon cut 3,GOi,547,uao feet which'
wiu 7. II per cent less than her
cut. . These figures are based on
data furnished to the foresl service
by lumbermen Jn these two slates.
In 1124 there were 4li'.i mills In
Washington
reporting, which Is 101 j
i l!23, und 3UX in Ore-
UH."J"U" .'- na-iH tn Or.,.
tttcty'u' I'
nut n'-clslir """ ror' al -
Z..IZ
less thun in
number of mills operutlng in these
slates, but might meun 1 hat n
smaller number furnished duta on
their cut for the year. .
Louisiana ranKH third and also
shows a lower cut by 4.4 per ceiit.i
but Mlaslsslppl, which Is fourth, 1
had an Inerense of 4.3 per cent :
over her 1!23 cut. California and
Nevada record likewise a lessened
cut by 5.7 per cent, Idaho and
Montana both show lets production
in 1D2I thun In Ut 23: Alubama and
Georgia show increases. . ;
HUGE STATUK TO
HONOR JOSEPH,
NEZ PERCE HEAD
HI'OKANH (lly. Hu' Aftioeiated
Press) A coIohmh! slatlle of the
late t'hfef Joseph of the Ne Per
ee. leader of his people in the war
nf 1X77 contesting possession of Hie
Wallowa valley in Oregon, will be
creeled In northeastern Oregon or
northern Idaho, it was announced
at the Norl hwewt Indian congress
today by pi'o Peo Thohid, one of
i'hlef Joseph's scouts in that cam
paign. f
Alonxo Victor l.wis. Seattle
Kculplor. chosen to design the
monument, said he planned a sta
lue probably feet In htihl to
he situated In Hie Indian country.
102- i;AH-OI,H WOMAN
( Dl.l ltltA l IvS IvIKTIIHAV
F.I.OIN. III. (Al-"Knrly to bed
and early to rise." Hen Franklin's
age words Is the maxim of Mrs.
Kate Shields, who Willi i7-ycar-oli
i win boys celebrated her 102nd
birthday i niii versa ry lure Friday.
It's
Gralijying
Evidence
Nothing I quite o gratlf.ibig
In The Ohtcricr n the tcry
ileflnho I rend tonartl the pur
I'Iiom of OlMrrir pucT' v
tiiLittWy for the aihcrllinff of
a Iih-nI btiiiicv.
It i v Ideiict Ihnt Sflverll-4'rs
an niiulJtiic llir iiiackei.
thai -they hit getting rlnuln
thm fnt-b. Hint they nn M
covcring '1 Ik Otwrver Iimh Hie
gn-atesi country or lily cier
age t lar hail In Hh oiuiily
anil lhal rt iulcr-tit hi The
oliM'rter I fur lee than mall
afletliiug( or hay other iihiI
Iiiiii. Com (due I wtlh I fat
! a high renilcr-lnlcrcvt of
fKU-iH-tilnr tabic, . .NMniUng mU
wrl Mine inoticjr clioivey in
TIm Olwnrr n-tilli nut nra lly
from study of the fuels,
"Observer Advertising:
A Mej-chaiidhjlug brrrkje.'
Halloween
3 r?
WWIIIIIIL.il IIUIIII . ' IUIII I LU kUIIUI hi
GIRL'S STORY
NOIiM-;HVl(rK,
m,i: -(By uw
Asaocluied Press)-
MmlK.' Oh.T-
holtxer' dying declaration was ad
mitted In evidence today at the.
trial of 1. Stephenson, Karl
Klenek am) Karl tlvnlry In connec
tion with her death, after tliu court
ruled out seven sections of the
document, ,
None of the deletions! affected
lite principal section of Die girl';
declaration In ' which she told of
her abduction and attack, her de-
Kntlon nt thu lUiiuiionU Hold, lur
riiuui to Indianapolis ami forth
detention In (lie Stephenson gar
aee. After Hm docuni(nt was read to
the jury, Ted Wilson, clerk at Hi'' j
Hammond hotel, where the slate IkJuIi- library archives,
alleged Stephenson look Miasr ,t c,ih four of Hie number wilt
oberholtxer. Identified Slephenson I Hhare lt nation-wide observance 1o
as having registered at Hie liotel night. Amid traditional merry
ivi Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Morgan. making, playful ceremonies and
charms to disclose future husbands
. ' , . and wives, uro the rules of look-
SOVICt UCncral DieS lug into a mirror at midnight:
IcVl!,,.,:.,,, n.,..4S
J, MUM W 111 Klts UtlOll
Mi iSi'OW ( Hv the Associated 1
Press) Heiieral Michael W. Frun
ze, soviet commissar of war. died
today following an operation.
(leneral Frunze, who succeeded
Leon Trotsky a lV soviet military
chief last January, was one of the
youngest executives in the Moscow
regime, being only 4) years of age.
lie was famous In t he red army
for Hie number of former c.arlstn
lie ordered shot.
Mrs. Slillman Seeking
Divorce to Re-Marry
NFW VOItK (Hy the Associate,)
Pros) -The New York American
lo'l.iy says that .Mrs. Anne ', Kllll
mau is suing James A- Slillman for
a .divorce so lhat sin may be fn-e
lo marry Fowler Mel 'or mirk, 21.
who at her sugitentlon put oiicnlcrti g id Iron In years.
ov era us m iuin i oe "imhh bi i j
t he Internal loita I Harvester com-
pany from the ground up.
I The story adds thai Slillman .ii ,,,. ,lsinlw mslfrii riill
, prepared lo permit his wire to oh- n,n))v ,.oii for n 5 per ent rate
taiu a divorce and lhal she will not , .rf.aH. , tIir HU of Cliulr-
Idemand a large ultmoiiy and pos-
slt)ly none.
J MeCormlck at one lime was n - -
gsrded as n fiiltor of Mrs. SHU-
man's daughter Anne, now wife of
; Henry P. laivldsou Jr.
' ,
a;i;i man spi-Aiis in vi:aiis
( illSPl.INt. OI T OWN TOM It
HACItAMK.N'TO, Ciil. (AP On
ja lonely promonlory In Kldorado
county, Wlllliiiri M. liowninn. HI -
ar-oin pemet-r ipi ne " 'tnyr.
has sia-nt the lust IS years chisel-J
Jlug a lomb. A grave scooperj from '
lhe solid ria k. fitted with a coffin pri:, N II. On .P) A h'r
;iiid enclosed by a "denO, house," ninoftu tclay hehl itp two cm
I const itute the old nuinS work. He do.ie of the Itoberts Itrothcrs ile
will live In the house unlit he feels 1 pnritiM'iit tort', hi front of the I.',
the approach of death, when a ' H, lkMiil bank, and ix-a-tcd with
white flag will tell his frh-nds M-f jailUMi. iiHr-tl silver, drawn from
He- t"inb tu r.ad to be Hukl. illit. bank for Ihctr mtMj pnvroH.
Pranks Are Now In Order
Superstition
Not Killed,
Thomas
avs
v'-l ...
Hallowe'en
Finds , Ken
tucky Still Respecting
Witches and 3,95:j
Other Beliefs.
ritANk'roltT. Ky. (lly III.' As
H.K'lllll'll I'I'I'KH) On tlllH Jlulluw-
c't-n llii-rc urn rrw oll.ur iiluc..' 1n
lltr .".nKllHli-HH'..ltln w.irl.i whi'r.'
HlllirrHtlllUI..'. t'OJ.tMT!llt.(J Wll.tlH'H
i-imtIvc Hii inn fit .n'ili,n.:i' nn in til"'
K. '..lucky ..im.ii.iilnH. . Ki'.itucky
In... Itc-n round to l.i.v.. .IIItfM MtiiMir-
IlllIJIlli; ,,,,., i.m.lwy 'JlioinuH,
bile professor of Kngllsh at Oh-
t'etitre und founder und president
of the state branch of thn Amer
ican Folk Lore society, today
brought them out of record In the
walking in u gruvcyur.l; mimg a
(Contlmifirt nn Page Flvo.)
FOOTHAI.Ij ItliSl l.TS.
O, A. . "21), Montana 0 (cm) of
rh-M huiD.
oit (;i; itt k wn.H
I'ltA.NKIilN lllil.H. Phllailel.
phiu ( P) llefore II2.UIIU Mrsiiiis,
Ited (Grange, Illinois fin Aboil thiin-
deiisdt, ran ulld thrfiugh Peniisvl
tHiila's liir.ierto iiiihculcii team to
day on n muddy field. Orange In I'
.hi a I taik thai gave the wr-terner
three lonchilovtii nt the end or the
first hair. His faiuous red heail
I II era II, v ton Peim's defense to
plecas hi ii si rles of dnxllng
thrnt. 'Hie crowtl wiimled him
ii terrific ovatliui In tribute lo thr
most Biimbtg exhibition seen oil an
It A I f, MOTIONS l'H,i:i)
l llll'll Jl i lt .l...,l.ll,I.UH-
. AHiIiImmi of the Inlrrslati'
liiiiuMM-nv coiulloii tiMlay. ltaH
' rcxciilnllvc nf wveral wilirii
, farmerH orniilyalions nnd the
j American Farm Hiireao fiileralloo
filed n iihiIIoii Ut illtiits the rail
petition on the ground Hint the
lloHt-Hiiiith joint ongre-sloiil
nduHnii 4oiiMtltiite legl-lallim
culling for lower rale If Hevihli
iiml Is Iherefort not cimtcniplathig
iiiii locreaHi. Other petitions to
dlMiil wen filed on In'.nilf of the
plate iMiimlslons of wieral wit-
eni lnti. hicliHlbig t Iregon nod
, . .
XTRA
IINITFI) nmnPF
TOPIC ABROAD
PA H IS
de , AHHOulnlcd
press) A ' Pulled' tUfUvl.ttf' K (if ope
has become the subject of discus
sion here as an outgrowth of what
Is considered the masterful hand
ling hy the league of nations conn
ell of two situations dealing with
Kurope's peace, the Locarno agree.
incuts nnd the Urcco-Lfulguiiun
controversy.
Hacking being given the council 1
by France and (I rent Hrltuiu Is re
garded as meaning lhal henceforth
the league must be an agency for
the settlement ofull disputes. '
Witnesses Favor New
Road in West Oregon
MKDFOUD. Ore (Hy the Asso
ciated Press) At a hearing at
Jacksonville yenlcrduy heTore
members of the slate highway
commission regarding Die creation
of a Biipcr-roud district from Wll
lln ms to the iregon cuves, more,
(hun n dozen witnesses were called.
All favored a new road with the
exception of 11. P. Notion, Omnia
pass attorney, who. while not defl
nllely opposing the proposal, (ties
tloiied the wisdom of creating such
a district at present., ,
Hunt Mushrooms an Pas) line
A Y It. Scollinid AP). Mush -
room hunting by molotcar Is the' what now Is Hollywood. A glimpse
later! iiasilme of young people injur southern California an it vvaa
Ayraliirp. There Is a bumper crop j then will be afforded when tho
of mushrooms In Hu country this prehistoric park planned by thu
year .and parlies or young people) Imh Angeles Museum of History,
go out before bn-ukfast gatherbig Science und Art bccomea.u reul-
them.
Flaming Swords" Over
Capital Frightens Blacks
(lly Charles I. Stewart)
WASH I N O TON N K A S pec 1 a I
A flaminc sword appeared - ,ln
Washington's western sky one
nlghl recently.
Then h second flaming, sword.
Then a third.
There (hey hung all nlutil' over
the city. H was prelty darned ter
rifying. The next night ii hap
pened again. Then more nights,
livery night, In fuel.
Indeed, It's still happening.
It reiiilres a certain amount of
Imagination to see the phenomena
as flam lug swords, but they're
mysterious shafts of light anyway.
Kveii unimaginative peopl. can see
them.
After liny had appeared for wr-
erul nights in sueeession. some of
1 lie Imaginative ones began lo feel
frightened. Washington bus a
large colored population w libit is
more or less superstitious.
A negro street exhorter preuched
a number of sermons about the
swords. He mild tin y were fl dire
porleul tor thv t-ipital. 'liny
INS
SITUATION
is ciiicm
Section Surrounding Cen
tral uty iteported to . .
Be "Seething"
BARBED WIRE SET
IN MAIN STREETS
Area to North of Damas
cus Reported to Be in
a State of , Complete
Revolution. ' v
l,ONlX.T (By IhiM Associated
Press) A dispatch, to the. Evening
News from Haifa, Ipaleatlne, says
the sll nation In Uatpuscus, where
the French recently, put down an
Insurrection, is atlll critical while
the surrounding country ts 'eeth-
French authorities art- said to bo
Imposing heavy fines on the city.
The French tfuarantocd there
will he no further bombard moots,
hut barbed wlra harriers have been
creeled In tha street1, to .prevent
aiiihushe.-': , ' ;-A .. 1
The country to- thf north, thn.
dispatches .say. Is lo a state nf com
plete, revolution;. Telephone . llnea
have been cut, motor cart held up
within three miles of tiie city und
passenKcr robbed t -
comment sot t;i It. ;
OKNKVA (By thn- Associated
Press) Pormanont nuindaten com-
mission of the leagUi of nations to
day asked France for an official
comment upon petitions,' protests;
nnd complaints, which havti Ijeen.
filed .with tho lunHirt !pnceinln(ff
thn iMnmscun, bombarUiii'cnt Octov
bcr 18 to October 20. . -
NKW-YOUK lly the Associated
Press) October show and freesln
weather Is heinc experienced by a
liirgn portion of the Atlantic sea
boa ru, followlnii sllnlluf oonUltloug
la the middle west.
Foolbult fields hs fur south as
TcnnesHee are snow covered today!
The early show records : were
broken In Connecticut and north,
Virginia, und Washington, 1. C.f
has two Inches of miow; - -
Six Inches of snow caused a post
ponement of the football game be
tween the Pnlversily of Virginia
and Hundolph-Macoii.
An Klyriu, Ohio, woman, blinded
by the snow, was killed hy u train.
Purk l Mmjw Pre-Hl?(orh-
NclghborlHioU of HoIIjwoimI
l,OS ANOKI.K8 (AP). The saber-toothed
tiger and the liuper-luL-tiiaked
elephant .once, roamed
i through a Jungle. J imi south of
1 "Y '
were a piu.te lo (hu tuofjl pructlcal
of folk.
'
News ihul numerous Wasliing
totiluns really were' hch red reatin il
the ears of Profeor Asaph ll-.ill
of the I tilled Stales naval observa
tory. "Those things," he announced,
speaking as an astronomer, "urn
only seurch lights. 1'on't be fool
ish." "What searchlights?" asked ev
erybody. Professor Hi!l had to adiull that
he didn't know. It was pointed
out 1 hat searchlights tiob around.
The flaming swords are sltillunary,
-
Considerable plijued hy popular
skeptieisiii tuwunl his theory, Pro
lessor Hull did some Investigating.
Company C, 29th KnglneerH, Fort
Humphreys, Va he ill si o vend. Is
surveying a -4iU. square-mile true!
iH-tweiMi Ouantlco and Wurrenton,
and the triangulating tn being dune
ut night hy mcunfl of searchlights
new method of the SUlli's own
Invention. hhii; gives results of
the most marvelous mathematical
accuracy, r
WINTER GRIPS
EAST STATES